Greenbrier County, Virginia Personal Property Tax (PPT) entries as shown on Adam's page shows the likelihood of Jacob being Abraham's son.  Abraham shows 2 poles again beginning in 1801, after Peter and Adam both show as independent entries.  The 2 poles show in 1801, 1802, and 1803.  Then in 1804 Jacob appears on Sinking Creek, along with Abm, Peter, and Adam, and Abm returns to 1 pole.  The 1804 date, minus 21 years of age, places his birth date circa 1783.  That is also consistent as far as placement with the other identified children.  Jacob appeared to follow Peter's lead, and wandered from Greenbrier early on.  He does reappear in the 1807 Greenbrier PPT roll before he disappears again.  He does not appear again until 1816 where he appears in the Cabell County PPT rolls.

Shortly after coming to Cabell in 1816 Jacob looks to settle in.  On 1 July 1820 Jacob is issued a patent, as assignee of John Barnes, for ninety acres on Sanders Creek a branch of Mud River, about 1/2 a mile from the road (Land Office Grants No. 69, 1819-1820, page 232).  Then on 31 January 1825 "Jacob Black and Hannah his wife for and in consideration of the sum of thirty five dollars to them in hand paid by the said Sampson Saunders" sold eighty three acres of this land.  Interestingly this deed was not presented to the Cabell County Court Clerks office until 12 September 1837 (Cabell County Deed Book 6, page 481).  The deed of 1825 makes it appear as though Jacob is getting ready to roam again.  Indeed, the 1827 entry in the PPT rolls above is the last year Jacob appears in the Cabell PPT.  Jacob was present at Abraham's estate sale, and made a few purchases, but it appears that not long after Abraham died, Jacob moved on.

Jacob reappears in 1830 in the Mason County, (West) Virginia PPT rolls.  This is consistent with a patent for 100 acres "situate in Mason County on the waters of Little Guyandotte" issued to Jacob Black 25 July 1830 (Land Office Grants No. 79, 1830-1831, page 89).  Jacob seems content to settle in here as he appears in Mason County through the 1860 census (Clover Valley P.O., page 905) and he is issued an additional patent on 4 June 1834 for "Thirty eight acres situate in Mason County joining a survey of 150 acres on which he lives at the head of Little Guian" (Land Office Grants No. 84, 1834-1836, page 306).  Sampson Nottingham received a Mason County patent on 4 July 1835 for "100 acres on waters of Little Guain joining Jacob Black" (Land Office Grants No. 84, 1834-1836, page 546).  By the time of the 1870 census he is found living in Putnam County, (West) Virginia in this Sampson Nottingham household, his daughter and son-in-law (Grant Township, page 287A).  The Mason County PPT entries identify a couple of his sons, in addition to John M. found in the Cabell PPT listing above.

After the death of Hannah, Jacob married Elizabeth, the widow of William Amoss.  William Amoss and family are found in the 1840 Mason County, (West) Virginia census (No Township listed, page 216) with Jacob Black and family and Andrew H. Black and family found on adjacent lines on page 217.  Jacob and Elizabeth are found in the 1850 Mason County census (District 38, page 436) and 1860 Mason County census (Clover Valey PO, page 905).  In the 1870 Mason County census Jacob is living with daughter Malinda and son-in-law Sampson Nottingham (Grant Township, Putnam County, West Virginia, page 287A) and it is presumed Elizabeth has died.  When Jacob is not found in the 1880 West Virginia census, it is presumed he has died.

The children of Jacob Black and Hannah (unknown) are:

1. John M. Black, b. Abt. 1804, Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; d. (unknown)
2. Malinda Black, b. Abt. 1813, (West) Virginia; d. Aft. 1880
3. Andrew H. Black, b. Abt. 1816, Cabell County, (West) Virginia; d. 16 July 1895, Putnam County, West Virginia
4. Catherine Black, b. Abt. 1821, Cabell County, (West) Virginia; d. (unknown)
5. Davis Black, b. June 1823, Cabell County, (West) Virginia; d. Aft. 1900, probably in Putnam County, West Virginia