Harter, Jacob 
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Born: May 16, 1745 (Wurttemberg, Germany)
- birth record
Died: May 2, 1812
Father
Mother
Biographical Sketch:
His wife (ca 1769 -
>1810) is
unknown. One son was Absalom
Harter. Jacob is said to have had two other sons: George, who
is said to have been a minister who migrated to Texas; his two sons
were
George (1811 - ?) and Joel (1814
- ?).
The third son was Andrew, who was living near Absalom in 1850.
Living with Andrew in 1850 was a similar-aged woman named Sarah
Prescott.
Other children:
George
(1786 - af 1810) + ?.
Andrew (1795 - af 1850) -- He is said to
have
died with no offspring.
unk. daughter (1790s - af 1810)
Census Data:
1790
1800
-- this Jacob Harter is too young.
1810
Photo Index:
Notes:
Jacob Harter was the youngest of 16 children born to
Andreas and Cathrina
Harter of Wurttemberg, Germany. The Wurttemberg church records
list
his birth as May 16, 1745. Nine of his brothers and sisters died
soon after birth. Andreas, Cathrina and their 7 remaining
children
immigrated to America in 1750, sailing from England to Pennsylvania
aboard
the ship Osgood. Jacob Harter was only five at the time.
Jacob was probably raised in a Quaker home in
Pennsylvania. His
memories of Germany were probably scarce because of his young age, but
he might have likely spoken German in addition to English, since the
early
Quaker settlements in PA retained much of their German heritage.
Jacob Harter was a resident of South Carolina by the
end of the American
Revolution. It is not known if he fought in the war; nor is it known
when
he migrated from Pennsylvania to South Carolina. He had several
children
with an unknown wife; the first child was born in 1786 in SC.
Jacob died in 1812. He and several other
relatives and descendants
are buried in the Harter Family Cemetery in Barnwell County, SC.
A granddaughter of Jacob Harter named Miley Ann
Harter married Preston
L. Williams. Rebecca Ann Williams was their daughter.
