Jacob Wotring ¹

   Another name for Jacob was Jacob Woodring.³

   FamilySearch ID: LCCW-KDD

  General Notes:

Militia 1785. Freeman 1788. Children named by Lehigh Co.
Orphan's Court.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Fact: Lowhill Township History, Lowhill Twp., Lehigh, PA. Lowhill Township was officially established on December 18, 1753.It was originally formed within the Quarter Sessions Court of Northampton County after local resident Peter Der petitioned to erect the land into a township. The territory later became part of Lehigh County when the county was officially carved out of Northampton in 1812.
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Key Historical Milestones
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1737: The land was acquired from the Lenni-Lenape tribe via the controversial Walking Purchase.
1743: The first land warrant was granted to John Conrad Redd.
1753: Lowhill was formally organized as a township.
1812: Lowhill Township transferred boundaries to the newly formed Lehigh County.

2. Occupation: carpenter.

3. Census in 1820 in Lowhill Twp., Lehigh, PA. ⁴ The census listed Jacob Woodring. In his household:
Males (born)
Under 10 (1811-1820) = 1 son
10-15 (1805-1810) = 1 son
16-25 (1795-1804) = 1 son
45 & over (<=1775) = 1 father Jacob
Females (born)
45 & over (<=1775) = 1 wife.

4. Census in 1830 in Lowhill Twp., Lehigh, PA. ⁵ Name: Jacob Wotring
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Lowhill, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1
Total Free White Persons: 2.

5. Book: History of the counties of Lehigh and Carbon, 1884. ⁶
Leather Corner Post is the somewhat odd name applied to a tavern-stand in this township. Its origin is involved in obscurity, but doubtless it arouse from some trivial circumstance. A tavern was kept here during the Revolution by Ludwig Smith, and later by Moses Coyne (who also opened a store about 1806), by Jacob Wotring about 1815, and by Conrad and Christian Bobst. In 1826, Jacob George, son in law of Woodring, became landlord, and greeted the few guests who came this way until his death in 1878, being a Boniface for the period of fifty-two years. His widow is still living, aged eighty-four, or three years younger than her husband was at the time of his death. The present hotel at the Leather Corner Post was built in 1861. It is kept by John P. Bear.

Jacob married Elizabeth.

Jacob next married Magdalena Elizabeth Hirsch. (Magdalena Elizabeth Hirsch was born about 1768.)