Jacob Klock (colonel) explained
Colonel Jacob Klock (1701–1798) was the colonel of the 2nd regiment of the Tryon County militia during the American Revolutionary War.[1]
He was the son of George Klock and Margaret Catherine Walrath.[2] [3] George Klock was a farmer and trader who kept a disreputable store and tavern next to the Mohawk village of Canajoharie.[4] The Mohawk Canajoharie chief complained to William Johnson "I am under the necessity of complaining again, against that old rogue, the old disturber of our village, George Klock".[5] Joseph Brant and others broke into his house and forced him to relinquish his claim to the Mohawk village of Canajoharie.[4] Jacob Klock married Anna Nelles in Albany County on April 7, 1763.[3]
He was at the Battle of Oriskany and other battles.[6] In 1777, he was chairman of the Tryon County Committee of Safety.[7]
He died in Montgomery County, New York in 1798.[8]
References
- Barker, William, Early Families of Herkimer County New York, 1999,
- Berry, A.J., A Time of Terror, 2005,
- Foot, Allan D., Liberty March, The Battle of Oriskany, 1998,
- Jones, Thomas, History of New York during the Revolutionary War, 1879
- Penrose, Maryly, Compendium of Mohawk Valley Families, 1990,
- Taylor, Alan, The Divided Ground, 2006,
- Watt, Gavin, The Burning of the Valleys, 1997,
- Watt, Gavin, Rebellion in the Mohawk Valley, 2002,
- The minute book of the Committee of Safety of Tryon County, 1905
- Minutes of the Committee and of the First Commission for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies in the State of New York
- The Political Graveyard, http://politicalgraveyard.com/
Notes and References
- Berry, pg. 9
- Barker, pg. 289
- Penrose, Vol. 1 pg. 446
- Taylor, pg. 69
- Taylor, pg. 70
- Watt
- The Minute book of the Committee of Safety of Tryon County
- Berry, pg. 336
