Key Facts

Snapshot:	cabinet-maker
Parents:	unknown
Born:	circa 1801 Most sources say South Carolina, but one says North Carolina.
Last known record:	1870 Wilcox County, Alabama
Buried:	unknown

234Jacob Duckett was born circa 1801, probably in South Carolina1-2 (although one record indicates North Carolina3).

The 1840 census shows 234Jacob with a growing family in Cherokee County, Georgia. The numbers below represent: 1 boy age 0-4, 1 boy age 5-9, 1 boy age 10-14, 1 man age 30-39, 1 girl age 0-4, 1 girl age 5-9, and 1 woman age 30-39.4

1840: 234Jacob's family in militia district 890 (map), Cherokee County, Georgia. Full page.4

The 1850 census shows 234Jacob in nearby Cass County, Georgia. This census is the first record to show his wife's name: Sarah.1 The death certificate of their daughter Delpha shows her mother's name as Sarah Phillips.5 Unfortunately, without evidence of when 234Jacob and Sarah married, I can't be certain that Sarah was the mother of 234Jacob's older children.

1850: 234Jacob's family in Cass County, Georgia. Full page.1

By 1860 they had moved to Marshall County, Alabama.2

1860: 234Jacob's family in Marshall County, Alabama. Full page.2

In 1870 they were living in Wilcox County, Alabama. The census shows that 234Jacob and Sarah were both illiterate.3 This census is the last record I've found of 234Jacob.

1870: 234Jacob's family in Prairie Bluff precinct, Wilcox County, Alabama. Full page.3

Sources Cited:

1: 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Division 12, Cass County, Georgia. Pages 120B and 121A, dwelling 298, family 298, Jacob Duckett household. NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 63. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DBB3-15B?i=41&cc=1401638&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMZYJ-YDX>, accessed 25 April 2021.

2: 1860 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Eastern division, Marshall County, Alabama. Page 78, dwelling 520, family 520, Jacob D. Duckett household. NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 16. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBG-FZ7?i=77&cc=1473181&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMHDL-QLH>, accessed 25 April 2021.

3: 1870 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Prairie Bluff precinct, Wilcox County, Alabama. Page 4, dwelling 28, family 28, Jacob D. Dacket household. NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 45. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6D9H-TCB?i=3&cc=1438024&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMH2Q-P8Z>, accessed 25 April 2021.

4: 1840 U.S. Federal Census. Militia district 890, Cherokee County, Georgia. Page 187, Jacob Ducket household. NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 38. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YY2-S5Q2?i=6&cc=1786457&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXHBZ-7SM>, accessed 25 April 2021.

5: Cobb County, Georgia death certificate 25078-C for Mrs D. J. Collins, who died 4 October 1921. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3VY-DXW3-1C?i=516&cc=1320969&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AJD6B-C3F>, accessed 26 April 2021.