Jacob Joseph Wirts, Jr.

1810 - 1882

• Suffix	Jr.
  Born	1 Jan 1810	Lovettsville, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 Apr 1882	Frederick County, Maryland
  Buried	Saint Pauls Episcopal Church Cemetery, Point of Rocks, Maryland
  Person ID	I532	Virts
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	Jacob Joseph Wirtz, Sr.,   b. 26 May 1768, Frederick County, Maryland ,   d. 7 Apr 1829, Lovettsville, Virginia
  Mother	Louisa Brunner,   b. 20 Oct 1788, Frederick County, Maryland ,   d. 20 Nov 1825, Loudoun County, Virginia
  Married	17 Nov 1807	German Reformed Church, Frederick, Maryland
  Family ID	F94	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Catherine Ann Hutchenson,   b. 11 Mar 1810, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	18 May 1830	New Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lovettsville, Virginia   [1]
  Children	1. Minerva Susan Virts,   b. 15 Oct 1830, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 22 Mar 1924, Clinton, Ohio   2. Lucy Augusta Virts,   b. 28 Apr 1834, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2016
  Family ID	F319	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Ann Rebecca Mossburg,   b. 21 Feb 1828, Buckeystown, Maryland ,   d. 7 Apr 1901, Point of Rocks, Maryland
  Married	12 Feb 1855	Evangelical Lutheran Church, Frederick, Maryland   [2]
  Children	1. Alice A. Virts,   b. 15 Jan 1848, Frederick County, Maryland ,   d. 1 Dec 1911, Thurston, Maryland   2. Jacob George Virts,   b. 21 Nov 1849, Frederick County, Maryland ,   d. 13 Feb 1871   3. Benjamin Thomas Virts,   b. 5 Jan 1851, Point of Rocks, Maryland ,   d. 27 Apr 1930, Frederick, Maryland   4. Emlia R. Virts,   b. 2 Feb 1854, Point of Rocks, Maryland ,   d. 2 Oct 1855, Point of Rocks, Maryland   5. William H. Virts,   b. 14 Feb 1855, Point of Rocks, Maryland ,   d. 5 Mar 1938, Washington, DC   6. Roland Claude Duvall Virts,   b. May 1856, Point of Rocks, Maryland ,   d. 7 Jan 1878, Point of Rocks, Maryland   7. Effie Bendella Virts,   b. 13 Aug 1858, Point of Rocks, Maryland ,   d. 25 Feb 1920, Washington, DC   8. Ashley Jackson Lee Virts,   b. 4 Nov 1862, Point of Rocks, Maryland ,   d. 7 Feb 1864, Point of Rocks, Maryland   9. Edward Clayton Virts,   b. 23 Nov 1864, Point of Rocks, Maryland ,   d. 11 May 1925, Lovettsville, Virginia   10. Marshall L. Virts,   b. 12 May 1867, Point of Rocks, Maryland ,   d. 21 Feb 1918, Baltimore, Maryland   11. Wallace Leon Virts,   b. 5 May 1870, Frederick County, Maryland ,   d. 22 Mar 1930, Adamstown, Maryland
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2016
  Family ID	F320	Group Sheet

  
  

• Histories

  Elvin Settled by Jacob Virts, Sr.

  
  

• Notes

  The following information has been graciously provided by Jeanie Virts LaGrave. According to the 1850 (Maryland) Census taken August 16, Jacob Wirts was accessed the following: 300 acres of improved land and 100 acres of unimproved land valued at $11,000.00; $150.00 worth of farming equipment and machinery; 6 horses, 4 milk cows, 12 head of other cattle, 10 sheep, 25 hogs, livestock valued at $1000.00; 100 bushels of wheat, 1500 bushels of Indian corn, 300 bushels of oats, 30 lbs. of wool, 8 bushels of Irish potatoes, 200 lbs. of butter, 10 tons of hay, and $225.00 worth of slaughtered meat. He also owned 2 slaves, one female mulatto, aged 32 (possibly Jane Scoggins, who was the wife of William Scoggins. Jane lived in the area and was still in good health at the age of 93 in 1921, according to Mr. Grove's history of Carrollton Manor). Jacob also had a male mulatto slave age 11 in the household when this census was taken, possibly Jane's son. I have located the grave site of Jane and William Scoggins and have a picture of their tombstones. They are buried in the St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Jacob could not read or write and was born in Virginia, and occupation was listed as farmer. Also living in the household was a Susan M. Wirts, aged 17, born in Virginia (1833), and John Virts, aged 45 born in Virginia, listed as a laborer, and 3 black laborers, George Hopkins, aged 17, John Hopkins aged 14, and George Stoops, aged 45 (they were freed men, born in Maryland). These black laborers may not have lived on the farm, but were possibly just there for the day when the census was taken. There was a black Hopkins family in the area at the time. From Pioneers of Old Monocacy 1721-1743 by Tacey & Dern: "On June 18, 1734 "Sweed's Folly" was surveyed for John Nelson, Sr. to whom it was patented on November 26, 1737. The Certificate located the parcel of land on "a branch called Dry Branch" which falls into the Potomac "near the tract "Arthur's Island." This was a little north of present day Point of Rocks, where the 1873 Atlas shows the home of Otho Wilson Trundle and Jacob Wertz."

  
  

• Sources

  [S572] Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. [S1563] Maryland Marriages 1666-1970.