Daniel Pinckney Jacobs 1861-1931

 In the beginning of my research I learned the best tactic was to keep it close to home. This means to research the closer generations to discover more about them and consequently learn clues to your earlier ancestors. It works for the beginning of the 19th century because Americans were not as mobile then as they are now. 

It worked because ancestors tended not to relocate as often and they lived, worked, and socialized with the same families. Their children married into families that either were already family or had farmed next to one another for two or three generations. The people your ancestor's children married were comfortable, established friends and hold clues to your ancestors past. Todays post will be about my 2nd Great Grandfather who was from Pireway, Columbus County, North Carolina. He was the father of Noah Needham Jacobs who was the father of Jake Jacobs. 

"Big Catfish" Watercolor by Linda Conkey Shaw Jan 2026 

Daniel Pinckney Jacobs born in 1861 when Noah Jacobs Sn. was fifty eight and his mother was forty-six.  He was, according to the census records, Noah's and Keziah's youngest child and son. When his father passed away sometime between 1882-1884 (sourced from land records) he had been married to Sarah Jane Benton close to one year, and when his mother passed not too much longer afterwards he was still in his early twenties. 

SarahBentonJacobs 
Daniel Pinckney Jacobs 
Mary Elizabeth Jacobs Grice  Circa1920's

It must have been difficult for him to loose his parents while just starting a life of his own. I can only imagine that he leaned heavily on his older sisters and brothers for guidance, comfort and counsel. 

Sarah Benton Jacobs' grandfather Arthur Benton Jr. was born the same year as her father in law Noah E. Jacobs Sn., 1803. According to census records, both were born in Brunswick, North Carolina. We know that Arthur Benton Jr. was born in Brunswick County NC because the Benton family came early to New Hanover and what later became Brunswick County and then even later to Columbus County. There are reasons to believe, however that Noah may have possibly been born in SC. This is based on the amount of DNA matches we have to the Jacobs of Richland County South Carolina. 

In the end, Noah ends up in Brunswick County and would have been at least a neighbor or peer of Arthur Benton Jr. The reason we don't know the exact location of Noah Jacobs 1803 birth is because family lore states that his father died young and that he was raised by extended family members who took him and his siblings or 1/2 siblings in. It is most probable that he was born in Brunswick County and that the DNA we have in SC is from a close relative of the family. 

Children of Daniel P. Jacobs & Sarah Benton Jacobs
Noah Needham, Agnes Jane, Daniel Lewis, Gabriel Cleveland, Patty Ella, Ulessa Manago,
Kitsey Belle, Ruth Elminor, Henry Herman, and Joseph Jonas.
Daniel Lewis died in 1932 and is not in the photo.

Sarah and Daniel were married in 1881 in Pireway, NC. Most probably in either one of their parents home. Together they brought ten children into the world. 

1. Noah Needham Jacobs 1882-1958 - This is my great grandfather. N.N. as the family came to call him, missed all of the census records that would have put him in his parents home. He was born after the 1880 census, there was no 1890 census and by 1900 he is 19 and out making a life for himself as a servant in the Cox family home.  He married 1st Josephine Metcalf who was from Curtis Mills, Florida and had 7 sons and 1 daughter. He married 2nd Edith Cleaver. She had 3 children from a prior marriage. N.N. Jacobs lived and died in DeLand Florida. He was the owner and operator of a lumber mill and was a well known business man in DeLand. 

2. Agnes Jane Jacobs   1884 - 1960 - The oldest daughter, Agnes married in April of 1902 Alexander Robinson and they had 6 sons and 4 daughters. Alexander's first wife Polly Long died in 1902; they had 2 children together. 

3. Daniel Lewis Jacobs 1886 - 1932  "Lewis" married Dora Caulder. It is unclear why his death certificate mentions his wife's name as Dora Lewis? but then sometimes the informant on the death certificate is misinformed. He lived all of his life in Columbus County and died of complications following pneumonia in 1932. Daniel Lewis Jacobs and Dora W. Caulder were the parents of 6 sons and 3 daughters. 

4. Gabriel Cleveland Jacobs 1888 - 1962 otherwise known lovingly as "Uncle Cleve" married Annie Jane Norris in 1911 and they are parents of 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived and died in Columbus County NC and is buried in Tabor City, NC. 

5.  Patty Ella Jacobs 1890 - 1979 married Marshall C. Norris and together they brought 4 sons and 3 daughters into the world. She lived and died in Columbus County NC mostly around her fathers and grandfather's land in Bug Hill and Whiteville. She is buried next to her husband in Tabor City, Columbus County NC. 

6. Uless Manego Jacobs 1892 - 1986  Uless followed his older brother to DeLand Florida where he married Alice Painter and they had 2 sons. He lived and died at the age of 91 in Florida. 

7.  Kitsey Belle Jacobs 1894 - 1991 was a beloved mother of 5 daughters and 5 sons. She married John Furney Spivey and lived and died in Columbus County, NC. She did live for a time in Horry County SC. 

8.  Ruth Elminor Jacobs 1897- 1997 married Lennon Soles and they had 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived and died in Columbus County NC. 

9.  Henry Herman Jacobs 1900-1962 married Blanchie Waddell They had 3 sons and 2 daughters. Henry and Blanchie lived in Wake County, NC and is buried in Tabor City, Columbus County NC. 

10. Joseph Jonas Jacobs 1905-1959 also followed his oldest brother N.N. Jacobs to Florida where he married Viola Long who was from Columbus Co., N.C.  He fought in WWII. We do not have record of any children being born to the couple. He died in Florida and is buried in Tabor City, Columbus County, NC.