He served in the Revolutionary War along with brothers, Adam andChrist opher, under Capt John McCoy in the Augusta Co, VA Militia as aPvt.
This Jacob has been presumed to be the one living in Missouri whoretur ned to KY to dispose of property and arrange the wedding of hisdaughte r Susannah after the death of her mother, Catherine.
He was good friends of Daniel Boone and even discussed with him thepro s and cons of the location of building site of his home.
His bio was found in A History of Pioneer Families in Missouri but thef irst part about his father was mistakenly applied to him:
"ZUMWALT.-- Jacob Zumwalt, of Germany, emigrated to America, andsettle d first in PA., where the town of Little York now stands. Hepurchased t he land upon which the town was subsequently built, anderected a cabin u pon it. Being afflicted with a cancer, he removed toVA., where he coul d obtain medical aid, and settled on the Potomac,not far from Georgeto wn. But he grew worse instead of better, andsoon died. In the meantime , the deed to his land in PA. had beendestroyed, and his children lost w hat would have been a princelyfortune to them. This valuable paper was l ost in a rather singularmanner. One of the girls, while hunting about t he house for a pieceof pasteboard to stiffen her new sun-bonnet, found t he deed, and,being unable to read, she supposed it was some useless pi ece of oldpaper, and used it in her bonnet. The deed had never been re corded,and therefore could not be restored, and the heirs to the prope rtynever succeeded in establishing their title. Mr. Zumwalt was marrie dtwice. By his first wife he had Henry, George, Dolly and Lizzie, and by his second, he had Christopher, Jacob, John, Adam, Andrew andCathari ne. Christopher and Jacob settled in St. Charles co. onPeruque creek, i n 1796, and in 1798 Jacob built the first hewed loghouse that was ever e rected on the north side of the Missouri river.It is still standing, o n land owned by MR. D. HEALD, about one and ahalf miles northwest of O 'Fallon Station, on the St. Louis, KansasCity, and Northern Railway. T he house was used as a fort during theIndian war, and often as many as t en families found shelter withinits walls at the same time. The first M ethodist sacrament in Missouriwas administered in this house, by REV. J ESSE WALKER, in 1807. Thewine was made by Mrs. Zunwalt and MRS. COL. D AVID BAILEY, from thejuice of polk berries, sweetened with maple sugar ; and for bread theyused the crusts of corn bread."
Another rendition is found in the Centennial History of Missouri:
"The first Methodist sacrament in Missouri was administered at JacobZu mwalt's in the first house built of hewn logs north of the Missouririv er. Rev. Jesse Walker conducted the service. Preparation for theeven t taxed the ingenuity of Mrs. Zumwalt and Mrs. Colonel DavidBailey. T hese good Methodist ladies made the wine from poke berries,sweetening i t wih maple sugar. For the crumbs they used the crustsof corn bread. L ike some other Missourians, Jacob Zumwalt leftreligious observance lar gely to his wife. He made whiskey which hesold to the Indians, one of h is best customers being Blackhawk. ButZumwalt's whiskey was so low in a lcohol percentage that in coldweather it froze and was sold in chunks t o the Indians, salesreaching in a single day as much as $100. This tr affic did notinterfere with the exercise of hospitality toward the tra velingpreachers by Zumwalt. Whenever preachers were in the vicinity t heyheld service at the house of hewn logs. Most of the Zumwalt childr enwere given Biblical names....The Zumwalts were very numerous."
Residences & events;
Licking Creek, Bourbon Co, KY On the westward move, the exact date ofh is arrival there is unknown.
abt 1796 St Charles Co, MO
1798 He built the first hewn-log house on the north side of theMissou ri River. It was the standard home of the day, called asaddle-bag hou se, 4 rooms and a loft and 2 large stone chimneys forcooking and heati ng. It has been said the inside chimney stillstands near O'Fallon, MO , just south of US Rte 40. A spring waslocated at the bottom of the h ill below the house.
Later that structure became known as Ft Zumwalt and as many as 10famil ies took refuge there during the War of 1812. Before the war,Black Ha wk was a frequent visitor of the Zumwalt family, some said hewas in lo ve with one of Jacob's daughters.
From Fort Zumwalt History:
Jacob Zumwalt and Christopher Zumwalt moved their immediate familiesto t he O'Fallon, Missouri, area in 1798. They took up Spanish landgrants a nd Jacob built the first hewn log cabin north of the MissouriRiver. Th e small cabin was located on a small hill with a runningspring at the b ase of the hill. Zumwalt added a large two story, fourroom structure t o the initial cabin. The combined structures createdone of the larger b uildings in the area and it became a home fortthat could offer shelter t o as many as ten local families. With thestart of the War of 1812 the f ort was further strengthened by cuttinggun ports into the walls and by a dding a large stockade around thefort. With the end of the war and the s ubsequent Indian treaties, thethreat from both the British and the Ind ians ended and the need forthe fortification went away.
The present day O'Fallon, Missouri area became too crowded for Jacoban d he moved in 1817 to Pike County Illinois after selling his"plantatio n" to Nathan and Rebecca Heald. Capt. Nathan Heald had beenthe Command ant of Fort Dearborn (3) when the Fort Dearborn Massacreoccurred. Both N athan and Rebecca were seriously wounded in themassacre but survived t o be later ransomed. They first lived in thehome that Jacob Zumwalt ha d built but later built their own homewhich survives today and is open t o the public.
From Early Court Records of MO, 1805-1808:
1/1805 US vs Jacob Zumwalt for assault and battery. Defendantassault ed Daniel McCoy at Quivre. $500 security bond; defendantpleaded guilt y, fined $1.50 and $14.33 in costs; defendant alsospelled "Zomwald," " Zumwald"
4/1806 Boert Baldridge vs Jacob Zumwalt for trespass on the case.Dama ges $40. Defendant also spelled "Zemault"
6/1808 Road petition. Petition for road from St Charles to laCharett e wtih side roads to Femme Osage, Peruque, Cuivre Rivers.Petitioners N athaniel Simonds, Thomas Howee, Jacob Zumwalt, JamesCallaway, 10 other s.
