Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Herbert Knox Jacobs

1. Herbert Knox Jacobs was born on 6 Feb 1882 in Tennessee (son of Andrew Wade Jacobs and Susan Birdwell); died on 26 Jun 1963 in Lavinia, Carroll, Tennessee.
Family/Spouse: Margaret D. "Maggie" Jacobs. Margaret (daughter of George Washington Jacobs and Emma J. Gowan) was born on 27 Aug 1885 in Lavinia, Carroll, Tennessee; died on 19 Jan 1961 in Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Ruby Alberta Jacobs was born on 22 Jul 1905 in Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee; died on 30 Jan 1906 in Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee.
2. Andrew Wade Jacobs was born on 7 Feb 1852 in Gibson County, Tennessee (son of Greene H. Jacobs and Mary Ann H. Wallingsford); died on 7 Dec 1930 in Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee. Andrew married Susan Birdwell on 9 Dec 1869 in Gibson County, Tennessee. Susan was born about 1852 in Tennessee; died on 3 Feb 1885 in Gibson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Susan Birdwell was born about 1852 in Tennessee; died on 3 Feb 1885 in Gibson County, Tennessee. Children:
- Lena Jacobs was born about 1872 in Tennessee.
- Robert Jacobs was born about 1877 in Tennessee.
- Mattie Jacobs was born about 1879 in Tennessee.
- 1. Herbert Knox Jacobs was born on 6 Feb 1882 in Tennessee; died on 26 Jun 1963 in Lavinia, Carroll, Tennessee.
Generation: 3
4. Greene H. Jacobs was born on 15 Nov 1816 in Person County, North Carolina (son of Caleb Jacobs and Mary Scoggin); died on 30 Jul 1894 in Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee. Other Events:
- Alternate birth: South Carolina
Greene married Mary Ann H. Wallingsford on 23 Oct 1834 in Gibson County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Isaac Wallingsford and Nancy) was born about 1816 in Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Mary Ann H. Wallingsford was born about 1816 in Alabama (daughter of Isaac Wallingsford and Nancy). Other Events:
- Alternate birth: Abt 1815, Alabama
- Alternate birth: Abt 1820, Alabama
Notes:
DNA matches on ancestry.com appear to make it likely that she was a daughter of Isaac and Nancy Wallingsford. An Isaac Wallingsford, spelled that way, was the bondsman for her marriage to Greene Jacobs.
Notes:
Bondsman, Isaac Wallingsford.
Children:
- Martha M. Jacobs was born in 1835 in Carroll, Tennessee; died in 1855.
- Mary L. Jacobs was born on 18 Sep 1837 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 18 Apr 1856 in Lavinia, Carroll, Tennessee.
- Isaac H. Jacobs was born on 6 Mar 1840 in Tennessee; died on 26 Apr 1856 in Lavinia, Carroll, Tennessee.
- William Green Jacobs was born on 1 Jul 1842; died on 13 Jun 1919 in Pinson, Madison, Tennessee.
- Monroe Marshall Jacobs was born on 19 Dec 1845 in Milan, Gibson, Tennessee; died in 1892 in Lavinia, Carroll, Tennessee; was buried in Hope Hill Cemetery, Medina, Gibson, Tennessee.
- Newton Dunlap Jacobs was born on 27 Mar 1848 in Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee; died on 6 Feb 1908 in Lavinia, Carroll, Tennessee.
- Mattie Jacobs was born in 1852.
- 2. Andrew Wade Jacobs was born on 7 Feb 1852 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 7 Dec 1930 in Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee.
- Elijah W Jacobs was born on 6 Aug 1857 in Gibson County, Tennessee; died on 10 Aug 1931 in Lavinia, Carroll, Tennessee.
- Walter Jacobs was born on 6 Jan 1861 in Tennessee; died on 15 Sep 1923 in Humboldt, Gibson, Tennessee.
Generation: 4
8. Caleb Jacobs was born about 1780 in St Lukes, Caswell, North Carolina (son of Benjamin Jacobs and Nancy Simpson); died between 1825 and 1830 in Robertson, Tennessee. Other Events:
- Alternate birth: Abt 1786, Caswell, North Carolina
Caleb married Mary Scoggin on 3 Apr 1805 in Person County, North Carolina. Mary (daughter of Nathan Scoggin and Martha Johnston) was born on 8 Jul 1784 in Person County, North Carolina; died in 1865 in Carroll, Tennessee; was buried in Hope Hill Cemetery, Medina, Gibson, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Mary Scoggin was born on 8 Jul 1784 in Person County, North Carolina (daughter of Nathan Scoggin and Martha Johnston); died in 1865 in Carroll, Tennessee; was buried in Hope Hill Cemetery, Medina, Gibson, Tennessee. Other Events:
- Alternate birth: 1781
- Alternate birth: Between 1781 and 1784
- Alternate death: 30 Dec 1865, Gibson County, Tennessee
Notes:
Or Mary Scogon.
Children:
- Blewett Jacobs was born in 1806 in Person County, North Carolina; died in 1860 in Robertson, Tennessee.
- Lethia Jacobs was born in 1806 in Person County, North Carolina; died in 1860 in Robertson, Tennessee.
- Matilda C Jacobs was born in 1808 in Person County, North Carolina; died on 12 Aug 1902 in Tennessee.
- Matilda Jacobs was born in 1808 in Person County, North Carolina; died in 1835 in Tennessee.
- Martha Patsy B. Jacobs was born on 12 Aug 1810 in Person County, North Carolina; died on 28 Feb 1903 in Weakley County, Tennessee.
- Elizabeth Jacobs was born on 12 Oct 1812 in North Carolina; died on 14 Sep 1902 in Medina, Gibson, Tennessee.
- 4. Greene H. Jacobs was born on 15 Nov 1816 in Person County, North Carolina; died on 30 Jul 1894 in Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee.
- Lucinda Jacobs was born on 26 Sep 1819 in Robertson, Tennessee; died on 20 Sep 1881 in Medina, Gibson, Tennessee.
- William Palestine Jacobs was born on 29 Dec 1822 in Robertson, Tennessee; died on 27 Jul 1909 in Lavinia, Carroll, Tennessee.
10. Isaac Wallingsford was born about 1790 in Virginia; died after 1850 in Gibson County, Tennessee. Notes:
Said to have died 25 Nov 1851 in Gibson, Gibson County, Tennessee.
Isaac married Nancy. Nancy was born in 1796 in Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Nancy was born in 1796 in Tennessee. Notes:
Said to have been Nancy Ball. Ball appears to have been the middle name of more than one of her children.
Children:
- 5. Mary Ann H. Wallingsford was born about 1816 in Alabama.