Jacob Joseph Wirts, Jr. b. 1 Jan 1810 Lovettsville, Virginia d. 2 Apr 1882 Frederick County, Maryland: Verts Virts Werts Wirts Hackley Leigh Lind Lynn Mann Families Genealogy

1810 - 1882 (72 years)

Name	Jacob Joseph Wirts
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 (Age 60 years)
Mother	Louisa Brunner, b. 20 Oct 1788, Frederick County, Maryland , d. 20 Nov 1825, Loudoun County, Virginia (Age 37 years)
Married	17 Nov 1807	German Reformed Church, Frederick, Maryland
Family ID	F94	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

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 (Age 93 years)
	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 Chart

Family 2 Ann Rebecca Mossburg, b. 21 Feb 1828, Buckeystown, Maryland , d. 7 Apr 1901, Point of Rocks, Maryland (Age 73 years)

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 (Age 63 years)
	2. Jacob George Virts, b. 21 Nov 1849, Frederick County, Maryland , d. 13 Feb 1871 (Age 21 years)
	3. Benjamin Thomas Virts, b. 5 Jan 1851, Point of Rocks, Maryland , d. 27 Apr 1930, Frederick, Maryland (Age 79 years)
	4. Emlia R. Virts, b. 2 Feb 1854, Point of Rocks, Maryland , d. 2 Oct 1855, Point of Rocks, Maryland (Age 1 years)
	5. William H. Virts, b. 14 Feb 1855, Point of Rocks, Maryland , d. 5 Mar 1938, Washington, District of Columbia (Age 83 years)
	6. Roland Claude Duvall Virts, b. May 1856, Point of Rocks, Maryland , d. 7 Jan 1878, Point of Rocks, Maryland (Age ~ 21 years)
	7. Effie Bendella Virts, b. 13 Aug 1858, Point of Rocks, Maryland , d. 25 Feb 1920, Washington, District of Columbia (Age 61 years)
	8. Ashley Jackson Lee Virts, b. 4 Nov 1862, Point of Rocks, Maryland , d. 7 Feb 1864, Point of Rocks, Maryland (Age 1 years)
	9. Edward Clayton Virts, b. 23 Nov 1864, Point of Rocks, Maryland , d. 11 May 1925, Lovettsville, Virginia (Age 60 years)
	10. Marshall L. Virts, b. 12 May 1867, Point of Rocks, Maryland , d. 21 Feb 1918, Baltimore, Maryland (Age 50 years)
	11. Wallace Leon Virts, b. 5 May 1870, Frederick County, Maryland , d. 22 Mar 1930, Adamstown, Maryland (Age 59 years)

Last Modified 22 Feb 2016

Family ID F320 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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.