Jacob Booher ^{1 2}

   Another name for Jacob was Jacob Booker.³

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Court: on 8 Apr 1816 in , Hardin, KY. Jacob's name appears in a court document as a purchser at an estate sale.

8 Apr 1816 Hardin Co., KY Will Book B, page 281. Samuel COOMBS-report of sale. Principal purchaser was : Mrs Polly COOMBS. Other purchasers were: Thomas KOONROD, Robert BLEAKELY, Henry LEASER, Edward WILSON, Josiah E. BEST, Adin COOMBS, Thomas SMALLWOOD, Benjamin MOORE, William KINGCADE, Walter BRISCOE, Samuel MARTIN, Adam MONAN, Isaac THOMAS, James CRUTCHER, Hezekiah SMALLWOOD, Moses BLACK, William JACKSON, Thomas COOMBS, Jacob BOOHER, Gabriel WATHEN, Jonathan SHEPHERD, Jonathan PADDOX, recorded Apr 8, 1816

Source; HARDIN CO., KY. WILLS 1793-1866 by Mary Jo Jones for Ancestral Trails Hist. Soc., 1984, McDowell Pub.

2. Census in 1820 in , Hardin, KY. ¹ In 1820 in Little York, Hardin County [today this is in Meade County], Jacob Booher is listed in the census with this household:
Males (born)
Under 10 (1811-1820) = 3 sons (Don Alonzo, Isaac, William)
26-44 (1776-1794) = 1 father Jacob
Females (born)
16-25 (1795-1804) = 1 wife Jane.

3. Occupation: Mill Wright in 1820 in Little York Twp., Meade, KY. In 1820 Jacob was recorded in the census in Little York, which at that time was Hardin County but today is Meade County, created from Hardin in 1823. In the 1850 and 1860 census Jacob's occupation is mill wright. We therefore conclude Jacob was operating one of the mills on Doe Run Creek mentioned in the following description of Little York.

According to the history online at one of mills which is today the Doe Run Inn, during Jacob's time there were 7 competing mills on Doe Run Creek. See http://www.doeruninn.com/history.html

Source: "Two Centuries in Elizabethtown and Hardin Co.
"Little York was the first county seat of Meade Co., Ky., formed in 1823 from Hardin Co. ( which explains why it was listed as Hardin Co. in the 1810 and 1820 census). It was located on Doe Run Creek which is about midway between Brandenburg and Ft. Knox."
Source: "Two Centuries in Elizabethtown and Hardin Co.", Chapter B-4, p. 217, quoted from section titled "Early Days In That Part Of Hardin County Which Is Now Meade County", by Daniel E. McClure Jr.
"At the time Meade County was established, and county officials appointed, legal business was transacted at the little community called Little York, in the Doe Run section of the county. Squire Boone and an associate are said to have discovered the stream in 1778 and named it Doe Run, based on the large number of deer found there. Boone acquired title to the land thereabout in 1786."
"About the year 1800 a large stone building was erected on Doe Run Creek and used as a mill for about a century following. Thomas Lincoln, who would be the father of President Abraham Lincoln, was at that date a young stone mason living at Elizabethtown, and is said to have worked on the Doe Run mill building, which today is likely the oldest building in the county. It was used first as a woolen mill, then as a grist mill, later it became a flour and grain mill. Today it is known as the Doe Run Inn, catering to overnight guests and serving "Southern-style food." Many valuable pieces of old furniture are on display."
"While Little York was the county seat of Meade County, court sessions and other legal functions were transacted in the homes of the county officers, who lived at Little York. A few years later the county seat was moved to Brandenburg, which was incorporated in 1825. The town took its name from Captain Solomon Brandenburg, proprietor of the town. Within a short period the public officials had moved to Brandenburg and established their residence there."

4. Census in 1850 in Hamilton District, LaRue County, KY. ³ Jacob Booker is indexed in the 1850 Census, but the handwriting clearly appears to be Jacob Booher. He was a mill wright, 60, married to Jane, 54. Living with them: daughter E., 20; James, 18; and John, 10. The parents were born in Pennsylvania, and their children in Kentucky.

5. Census in 1860 in Hodgenville, Larue, KY. ² Jacob Booher, miller, 70, was living with wife Jane, 63, in the home of merchant D. W. Dyer, 40, who was married to H. E. Dyer, 35. The Boohers were born in Pennsylvania, D.W. in Virginia, and M.J. in Kentucky. Jacob has real estate value of $500 and personal estate of $100. The post office is Hodgenville.

The Dyers had these children with them who were all born in Kentucky: daughter M.J. 17; Mollie E., 15; son B.F. 10; Nancy, 6; son D.A. 4; daughter E.M. 11 months old when the census was recorded on 6 Jun 1860. Also living with them was W.H. Dyer, 24, cabinet maker, born in Kentucky; John Litz, 50, master cabinet maker, born in Germany; and Jas. B. Davenport, 21, stove merchant from Kentucky.

6. Book: Ancestral News Quarterly, 1992.
A small snippet of an article (below) is available online via Google Book Search. The full article must be purchased from Ky Ancestral Trails Historical Society. Vol. 17, no. 4 (winter 1992). See http://www.aths.com.

"The old mill eventually was owned by others, Booher being one name and during the Civil War William Kirkpatrick purchased the site, tore the old mill down, built a flour mill operated with steam power..."

Jacob married Jane. (Jane was born about 1796 in , , PA ^{3 4}.)