Jacob Klock (colonel)

Colonel Jacob Klock (1738-1798) was the colonel of the 2nd regiment of the Tryon County militia during the American Revolutionary War. [Berry, pg. 9]

He was the son of George Klock and Margaret Catherine Walrath. [Barker, pg. 289] [Penrose, Vol. 1 pg. 446] . George Klock was a farmer and trader who kept a disreputable store and tavern next to the Mohawk village of Canajoharie [Taylor, pg. 69] . 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" [Taylor, pg. 70] . Joseph Brant and others broke into his house and forced him to relinquish his claim to the Mohawk village of Canajoharie [Taylor, pg. 69] Jacob Klock married Anna Nelles in Albany County on April 7, 1763 [Penrose, Vol. 1 pg. 446]

He was at the Battle of Oriskany and other battles [Watt] In 1777, he was chairman of the Tryon County Committee of Safety [The Minute book of the Committee of Safety of Tryon County] .

He died in Montgomery County, New York in 1798. [Berry, pg. 336]

Footnotes

References

* Barker, William, "Early Families of Herkimer County New York", 1999, ISBN 0-8063-1078-2
* Berry, A.J., "A Time of Terror", 2005, ISBN 1-4120-6527-5
* Foot, Allan D., "Liberty March, The Battle of Oriskany", 1998, ISBN 0-925168-72-6
* Jones, Thomas, "History of New York during the Revolutionary War", 1879
* Penrose, Maryly, "Compendium of Mohawk Valley Families", 1990, ISBN 0-8063-1280-7
* Taylor, Alan, "The Divided Ground", 2006, ISBN 0-679-45471-3
* Watt, Gavin, "The Burning of the Valleys", 1997, ISBN 1-55002-271-7
* Watt, Gavin, "Rebellion in the Mohawk Valley", 2002, ISBN 1-55002-376-4
* "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/]