Looking for the parents of JACOB MOYER mentioned in notes below. Any help will be appreciated. On Sunday, 10 July 1783, Jacob Moyer bought 269 acres on the north and east side of the winding James River in Botetourt County, from Michael and Catherine Carnes. In an Enumeration of Botetourt County, these three families appear close together on page 9, all belonging to Captain Pryors Militia Company as of 8 February 1785 Jacob Moyer, with a total of 11 people in one dwelling, with 4 other cabins; Michael Moyer, with a total of 5 people in one dwelling, with 3 other cabins; and Henry Boughman, who had 5 people and only one building, his dwelling place. (Tenth Legion Tithables pg 61 shows Jacob Moier, & Jacob 21 & Henry, 1N as part of No 14 East Dist, Capt. Jacob Kiser's Company). "The Virginia Germans" Klaus Wust, University Press of Virginia, 1975 p. 99 In 1785 Jacob Moyers was living in one "dwelling cabin" with eleven persons of his household. . . . . Yet, one year later Jacob and Sarah Moyers gave land to the community of Dutch Calvinists and Lutherans on Locust Bottom for the first church. "A Seed-Bed of the Republic" Robert Douthat Stoner, Roanoke Historical Society 1962 p 375 . . . . . some of the early congregations were composed of members of each (Lutheran, Reformed and Presbyterian). This was certainly true of "Zion" or "Locust Bottom" church. The deed to the lot (which is recorded in Deed Book 3, page 384 of the Clerk's Office of Botetourt County) states that it was from Jacob and Sarah Moyers (Myers) of the first part and "the Community of Duch Calvinists & Lutherans, a settlement near the head of James River," of the second part. The deed was made on April 11, 1786, and conveys 1 acre of land, part of the present home place of Moyers "the same to be appropriated for building a church upon and a burying place; and on the said acre of land is now a yard paled in for the purposes above mentioned, the said lot 20 poles by 8". A marginal notation on the deed book where this deed is recorded shows the delivery thereof after recordation to Peter Circle, whose descendants are Presbyterians. This was the first Church ever built in Botetourt County in which the Lutherans participated, although it was not a part of the Lutheran Botetourt Charge. the new Henkel "Autobiography. . ." ". . .I planned to make a trip to Stony Creek in Shenandoah County, Virginia. I made my first call at the home of Preacher Jacob Zink who was just then making a start in the work of the ministry. I held a German sermon in his home on the second Sunday in December 1782, and the following Wednesday I preached for the first time in the old Roders (Rader's) Church. Jacob Zink's brother Peter accompanied me to that point. Jacob Mayer, the German schoolteacher in the neighborhood of Stony Creek, had come and urged me to go with him to his house. Within several hours he had made an appointment for me for the next afternoon. After the sermon I rode home with Peter Zink to his father's [father of Jacob and Peter Zink was still living at that time]. The next morning I rode in company with him and his single sister to a schoolhouser five miles from Millerstadt. . ." Botetourt County Personal Property Tax 1787 List B Moyer, Jacob, Self charged with Tax, 2 White Males 16-21, 0 blacks over 16, 0 Blacks Under 16, 6 Horses, Mares, Colts, Mules, and 15 Cattle. The 1794 Botetourt County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List, Second District Name Mayers, Jacob 2 White Males 16+ 3 Horses DATE 1795 SOURCE Will Book A, 1770-1801 (Reel 20) p. 402-403. Inv. & Appr. rec. July 1795. p. 481-482. Estate division rec. Aug. 1798. NOTE Part of index to Botetourt County Wills and Administrations (1770 - 1800) PLACE Botetourt County (Va.) Executor Peter Zircle (brother in law), Peter Deisher appointed guardian of under-aged children. Appraisal by George Poage, Peter Zircle and John Neiswanger (his nephew-in-law). Karen Carty Saint Louis