COZATT

The Cozatt Family

Paternal Ancestors of Rachel Cozatt Terhune

Jacob Cozatt

(1773-1822)

Margaret Comingore

(1783-1842)

See further information on the Cozatt family on my Rootsweb posting.

The following article[1] gives some information on Rachell Cozatt's brother, father and grandfather.

(I have supplied some clarifying information in brackets.)

JACOB C. COZATT [Rachel's younger brother] was born May 22, 1817, near

Harrodsburg, Mercer Co., Ky.,in 1817, in 1837 he removed to Vermillion County,

Ill., and in 1841 returned to Kentucky, locating eight and one-half miles west of

Danville, on the Lebanon Turnpike, Boyle County, where he has since resided.

His father, Jacob Cozatt, was born September 11, 1773, in Pennsylvania or

New Jersey; removed in childhood with his parents to Kentucky, and with

Barton W. Stone, Humphrey Marshall and others, withdrew from the Presbyterian

Church and entered the old Christian Church, of which he became minister. He

was a hatter and farmer in Mercer County, and died September 10, 1822.

His (Jacob's] father [Rachel's grandfather] was killed by Indians at Boone's

Station.  His offspring were Francis, David, Jacob, Peter, Henry and Albert (twins).

Jacob [Rachel's father] was married in 1799 to Margaret Comingore,

(born March 15, 1783, died June 2, 1842, daughter of Henry Comingore,

of Mercer County, and from their union spring sprang Peter, Daniel, Elisha,

Rachael (Terhune), Mary (Randolph), Henry, David, Ann (Davis), Jacob C.,

John and Abraham.

On September 26, 1837, Jacob C. Cozatt was married to Miss Emily,

daughter of Henry and Jemima (Cleland) May, of Mercer County

(born December 6, 1815), and to them have been born Margaret (Caldwell);

Jemima (Sinkhorn), Mary (Bower), Charlotte L., Henry C., William T.,

Susan (deceased), and John A.  In youth Jacob C. had but limited

opportunities for procuring an education, such as were afforded by

the old field school-house, having a long hole cut in the building to

admit the light; puncheon floor, a very large chimney, and oiled paper

used for the window instead of glass.  The school was disciplined on

the basis of "no lickin' no larnin'" system surpassed Bedlam for racket,

as many yet living can testify.  By application in after years he has

become somewhat conversant with standard and current literature.

He was employed as deputy assessor of Boyle County for four years.

He is now farming, owning 130 acres of land in a good estate of cultivation.

He is a member of the Christian Church, also of the Masonic fraternity,

and is a Prohibitionist.

Since the above was placed in type, the melancholy intelligence has been

received that Mr. Cozatt died October 27, 1886.  He was without a known enemy.

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