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8.  Jacob H. Sexton

Jacob H. Sexton was born 28 November 1819 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia, and died 24 January 1896 in White County, Indiana.  He married Acantha Hinchman, daughter of William Hinchman, Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Seymore, 28 November 1848 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia.  She was born 28 September 1828 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia, and died 19 March 1918.

As with the other males in this family, Jacob first appears in the PPT entries for Cabell County, (West) Virginia.

 
 
 
Date 		 
 
Head of
Household 		# of white
males
above
16 years 		 
 
# of
horses
2/10/1837 John Sexton 2 2
2/10/1837 Adam Sexton 1 1
2/10/1837 Andrew Sexton 1 2
       
2/26/1838 Andrew Sexton 1 3
3/13/1838 John Sexton 1 3
3/13/1838 Abraham Sexton 1 --
3/12/1838 Adam B. Sexton 1 2
       
4/10/1839 Adam Sexton 1 2
3/26/1839 John Sexton 1 4
4/10/1839 Andrew Sexton 1 1
4/1/1839 Abraham Sexton 1 --
       
3/7/1840 Adam B. Sexton 1 1
3/13/1840 Jacob Sexton 1 --
3/14/1840 John Sexton 1 4
3/14/1840 Andrew Sexton 1 3
3/14/1840 Abraham Sexton 1 --
       
3/22/1841 John Sexton 1 4
3/22/1841 Andrew Sexton 1 4
3/22/1841 Abraham Sexton 1 1
3/22/1841 Adam Sexton 1 2
3/20/1841 Jacob Sexton 1 --

Along with the PPT entries, Jacob entered into land transactions.  In 1844 Jacob Saxton purchased 180 acres on Fudges Creek, Cabell County (Cabell County Deed Book 8, page 552) from John and Louisa A. Sexton.  In 1847 Jacob was issued a grant for 300 acres of land on Fudges Creek by the Virginia Land Office (Land Office Grants No. 98, 1846-1847, page 666).

In the 1850 census, Jacob and Acantha appear with their new little daughter and with Jacob's brother James.  1850 Cabell County census, page 001:

Sexton, Jacob H.
31
 M Farmer
700
 Va
Sexton, Acantha
22
 F
Va
Sexton, Sarah J.
2mo
 F
Va
Sexton, James
47
 M
Va Pauper

In 1852 Jacob H. and Acantha Sexton sell 3 tracts on Fudges Creek, totaling in excess of 132 acres, to Charles Meyer (Cabell County Deed Book 10, page 487).  They were preparing at this point to move to Indiana.  Jacob and family are in the 1860 Princeton Township, White County, Indiana census, page 502, as follows:

Jacob Sexton
40
 M Farmer
3000
500
 Virginia
Macantha Sexton
31
 F
Virginia
Sarah J. Sexton
10
 F
Virginia
William T. Sexton
9
 M
Virginia
Lewis W. Sexton
7
 M
Indiana
In close proximity is the William and Catherine Sexton Jordan family in West Point Township, the neighboring township to the south of Princeton Township, page 521:
William Jordan
52
 M Farmer
10000
2500
 Pennsylvania
Nancy Jordan
50
 F
Pennsylvania
Mount Jordan
30
 M Farm Laborer
Ohio
John Jordan
24
 M Farm Laborer
Ohio
George Jordan
24
 M Farm Laborer
Ohio
Martha Jordan
19
 F
Ohio
William Jordan
16
 M Farm Laborer
Indiana
Nancy Jordan
12
 F
Indiana
This is the William and Catherine Jordan family despite a sloppy census taker recording wrong birthplaces, calling William's wife Nancy instead of Catherine, and failing to report the 12 year old girl's last name as Porter.  Nancy Porter was William and Catherine's granddaughter who lived with them.

Lewis was born in Indiana not long after Jacob and Acantha sold the 132+ acres in Cabell County.  This was also the time frame when James Washington Sexton, son of Andrew H. and Mary Reynolds Sexton was born in Indiana - Lewis being born 22 September 1852 and James being born 12 March 1854.  Could it be that Andrew and Jacob and families traveled together to White County, Indiana before Andrew moved on to Illinois?  Why White County, Indiana?  Could it be that Catherine Sexton Jordan corresponded with family back home and enticed her siblings to join her in White County?

The 1870 White County, Indiana census continues to show the William Jordan and the Jacob Sexton family in fairly close proximity.

Princeton Township, page 273A:
Sexton, Jacob H.
50
 M Farmer
3000
2400
 Virginia
Sexton, Acantha
41
 F Keeping House
Virginia
Sexton, William T.
19
 M At Home
Virginia
Sexton, Lewis W.
17
 M At Home
Indiana

West Point Township (neighboring township to south of Princeton), page 317B:
Jordan, William
66
 M Farmer
14400
6405
 Virginia
Jordan, Catharine
63
 F Keeping House
Virginia
Jordan, Mount Etna
43
 M Farmer
600
 Virginia
Porter, Nancy M.
20
 F At Home
Indiana

The children of Jacob H. Sexton and Acantha Hinchman are:

  1. Sarah Jane Sexton, b. 29 September 1849, Cabell County, (West) Virginia; d. 7 December 1863, Princeton Township, White County, Indiana
  2. William T. Sexton, b. Abt. 1851, Cabell County, (West) Virginia; d. 1912, Princeton Township, White County, Indiana
  3. Lewis Winifred Sexton, b. 22 September 1852, Princeton Township, White County, Indiana; d. Aft. 1920