Jacob Everhart son of Christian and Lizzie Everhart was born ca. 1798 probably in Hawkins County Tennessee.

No record of a marriage for Jacob has been found. He was not listed on the Hawkins County 1836 tax list, so he may have left Hawkins County for some period of time.

When the 1840 census of Hawkins County was taken, Jacob and his brothers William and Samuel were all living next door to each other. Their brother John and cousin Nicholas also lived nearby.

The census lists Jacob as between the ages of 40 and 50 with a woman between 50 and 60 and a male between 10 and 15 living in his household.

On September 16, 1850, he was living in the 15th district of Hawkins County. His age was stated as 52 and also living in his household was Elizabeth Everhart, age 62. Both gave their birthplace as Tennessee.

Jacob's father, Christian, mentioned him in his will when he wrote it in 1852, so we assume he was still living when the will was written. The will is the last record we found for Jacob.

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