Jacob Treish was the second child and eldest son of Martin Treish and his wife, Elizabeth (MNU). He was born c1742 in Germany and came to America as a young boy with his family in 1750.

Jacob married Catherine (MNU), c1765, likely in Maryland, but possibly in North Carolina.

Jacob and his brother, Valentine, were kindred spirits when it came to adventure and migration to new lands.

After leaving Maryland, no record of Jacob’s whereabouts has been found until he appears on the 1777 tax list of Caswell County, North Carolina.

His brother, Valentine, received a pension as a Revolutionary War soldier. In his application, he stated that he first lived in Orange County, North Carolina at the start of the war.

Caswell County was set off from Orange County on 31 December 1776 and since both brothers were taxed in 1777, it is reasonable to suspect that they traveled together and that Jacob, too, first lived in Orange County.

It is said that Jacob Thrash stopped for a short while in Culpeper County, Virginia, which might be accurate because his sister’s family (Caspar and Catherine Starr) did, in fact, live in Culpeper County through most of the American Revolution. I found the Starrs because of the clue that Jacob had stopped there.

Jacob Thrash received £90 from the state of North Carolina dated 27 June 1781, supposedly for military service. He apparently lived in Caswell County at the time, although his payment receipt doesn’t state that.

Jacob didn’t remain long in Caswell County, either, because on 12 May 1783, he sold land there and the clerk noted that Jacob was “of Rowan County, North Carolina.”

Although Jacob’s sister had settled in Rowan County, he didn’t remain long there either as he received his first land grant in Wilkes County, Georgia in February 1785 – 300 acres “on which he now lives.”

He moved to Putnam County, Georgia c1806 and spent the rest of his life there.

Jacob Thrash wrote a lengthy will dated 18 May 1815, In it, he named his wife Catherine and eleven children.

Jacob married Katherine (MNU), c1766, possibly in Maryland.

The birth order of their children is uncertain since a number of them died before 1850. I generally placed them based on ages in 1850, marriage dates and the order in which their father grouped daughters and sons.

Children:

1. George, born c1767, North Carolina or Maryland; died after 14 September 1850, probably Troup County, Georgia, where he was enumerated in the census; married Martha (perhaps Stubblefield)
2. Katherine, born c1769; married [Nathan?] Carter; died after her father’s 1815 will
3. Priscilla, born c1771, North Carolina; died after 8 August 1850, possibly Baker County, Georgia, where she was enumerated living with her son’s family; married [Johan Peter?] Strozier
4. Polly, born c1773; died after 18 May 1815, the date of her father’s will; married Mr. Hinch
5. Andrew, born 1775; died before 24 October 1831, Putnam County, Georgia, when his will was proved; married Margaret Parrot, 1 December 1808, Putnam County, Georgia
6. Martin, born c1777; died after 1820; married Susey Sturdivent, 11 June 1809, Putnam County, Georgia. He served as a private in the War of 1812. In 1820, Martin lived in Jasper County, Georgia
7. Christopher, born 20 January 1779; died 12 October 1844, Meriwether County, Georgia; married Polly Callaway, 20 August 1806, Wilkes County, Georgia
8. Daughter, born c1781; died before 1815; married Mr. Lunsford. Her daughter Margaret was named in Jacob Thrash’s will.
9. Valentine, born 1783, North Carolina or Georgia; died 14 July 1864, Coosa County, Alabama; married (1) Lucinda Peevy, 10 October 1812, Putnam County, Georgia (2) Lydia Lawrence, 22 October 1818, Wilkes County, Georgia
10. David, born c1785, probably Wilkes County, Georgia; died after 1870, possibly Monroe County, Georgia where he was enumerated in the census; married perhaps Mary Reynolds, c1812
11. Jacob, born c1787, Wilkes County, Georgia; died after 1830, possibly Putnam County, Georgia; married Betsey Rowe, 20 December 1818, Putnam County, Georgia
12. Isaac, born 1789, Wilkes County, Georgia; died before 7 June 1869, when his will was probated; married Nancy Thompson, 11 February 1810, Putnam County, Georgia

This concludes the family sketches of the children of Martin Treish, who died in 1762 in Baltimore County, Maryland because, at this time, who his daughters married and what became of them is not unknown.