buried in "own burial ground" in Pendleton county, WV (relatives east of Franklin near Deer Run/Ft. Seybert area)

m Sarah Swadley ca. 1804-d after 1880 census; (16 Oct. 1822 Pendleton county, WV)

children:

Robert D. Eye (# 156431853) 1826-1910 m Caroline Propst (Nov 1845 PC)

Laban Eye (# 15535885) 1828-1909 m Hannah Mallow (18 Jan 1857 PC)

Neoma Eye (# 156950278) 1830-1904 m Adam H. Lough (11 Aug 1845 PC)

Mary Elizabeth Eye (# 146105492) 1832-1910 m John M. Ruddle (12 Oct 1852 PC)

Sarah Eliza Eye ca. 1834-d after 1880 census m Jesse A. Hartman (16 Apr 1857 PC)

Malinda Catherine Eye (# 23650396) 1836-1912 to IA

Laura J. Eye 1839-1858 d of typhoid fever (probably buried with parents)

Jacob Johnson Eye (# 39851026) 1840-1914 m Timna Dorothy Davis to MO (10 May 1866 PC)

Mahulda Margaret Eye (# 24300922) 1842-1904 m John A. Botkin to IA (25 Jan 1866 PC)

William Mark Eye (# 6454134) ca. 1844-1865 d in Civil War Prison (OH)

Josephine H. Eye 1849-1858 d of typhoid fever (probably buried with parents)


Abstract: Jacob Eye 1861 will in will book 4 pages 399-400, Pendleton county, WV


body placed in own burial ground in Christian manner.

1) debts paid by executor from personal property.

2) to son Robert D. Eye 4 acres, south end of Fisher land near land of David Propst. Other land near E. or L. Propst, mentions South Fork road and a Gap.

3) to wife Sarah all the residue of my lands in Pendleton (life estate); after to my sons William Mark Eye and Jacob J. Eye and their heirs forever.

to wife all the grain, hay, ?? that I possess at death, all household and kitchen furniture, one horse called David, mare Nancy, sorrel horse Charlie, four milch cows (her choice), 50 head sheep (her choice), the farming hogs at hand, 15 head out hogs (her choice).

4) to son Robert $50 from money collected in personal estate.

5) to son Laban Eye $300, carding machine picker, ten plate stove.

6) to wife all horse gear and farming utensils except the big wagon, two ?? comb plows.

7) to son William Mark saddle and bridle worth $4.00 and roan horse he now claims.

8) to son Jacob J. saddle and bridle he now claims.

9) dau Muldah saddle and bridle she now claims.

10) all person property not disposed above to be sold by executor. Money to be divided by my five daughters, share and share alike. Neoma, Mary Elizabeth, Sarah Eliza, Malinda Catherine, Muldah Margaret.

appoint son in law executor: John M. Ruddle

signed: 11 Sept. 1861 witnesses J. H. Johnson and James B. Simpson.

presented in court 3 Oct. 1861 and noted by John M. Jones Court Clerk


[1860 census (Pendleton county, WV) Jacob Eye (family #397) $6000 real property and $2530 personal property]