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Note: He entered 200 acres on the Vleharrie (Uwharrie) in 1787, 300 more in 1792, 25 in 1793.43 He rapidly acquired land and wealth.36 By 1790 he owned more than 1000 acres in Randolph County and a number of prominent Randolph County residents were in debt to him. In 1794 he inherited (and paid 75 pounds for)l04 the family grist mill with 35 acres described as being '.in the fork of Uwharrie, from the ford at the south fork and running down creek to the black oak sapling up on the old deed line of Andrew Hoover." An astute, tough, and prosperous businessman, he dominated the economics of western Randolph County. He did not own slaves nor employ slave labor. There were disasters in his life. Flooding of the Uwharrie washed his house away, fire destroyed the mill (which he rebuilt), he was crippled by an accident.1804 Jacob and his brother, Jonas, were the only two of Andrew's thirteen children who remained in North Carolina and did not move on to the Northwest Territory. He was not a Quaker. Widowed Elizabeth left Randolph County c 1826 and went to live with son David Hoover (see page 168, 2f3d) in Indiana. ---Gary Tague (gtague111451@@msn.com)[TLWalters2005.FTW] He entered 200 acres on the Vleharrie (Uwharrie) in 1787, 300 more in 1792, 25 in 1793.43 He rapidly acquired land and wealth.36 By 1790 he owned more than 1000 acres in Randolph County and a number of prominent Randolph County residents were in debt to him. In 1794 he inherited (and paid 75 pounds for)l04 the family grist mill with 35 acres described as being '.in the fork of Uwharrie, from the ford at the south fork and running down creek to the black oak sapling up on the old deed line of Andrew Hoover." An astute, tough, and prosperous businessman, he dominated the economics of western Randolph County. He did not own slaves nor employ slave labor. There were disasters in his life. Flooding of the Uwharrie washed his house away, fire destroyed the mill (which he rebuilt), he was crippled by an accident.1804 Jacob and his brother, Jonas, were the only two of Andrew's thirteen children who remained in North Carolina and did not move on to the Northwest Territory. He was not a Quaker. Widowed Elizabeth left Randolph County c 1826 and went to live with son David Hoover (see page 168, 2f3d) in Indiana. ---Gary Tague (gtague111451@@msn.com)
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