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Jordan - Jacobs Cemetery, 54-1 Summary Report, page 24
married first at age 22. Renny's wife is Maggie Jacobs (see photo on page 7 above as a possible match), age 32, married first at age 22. They have 5 children enumerated in the household with them: Edward (age 8), Leonard (7), Lawrence (5), Jessie (a son, 4-8/12), and Burrill Jr. (2-6/12). The 1870 census for Burrell Jacobs lists him as “Burrill” at age 60, a mulatto farmer born in North Carolina. His household [#57] included: Booker Jacobs, (female) age 40; George Jacobs, 22; Julia Jacobs, 16; (another) George Jacobs, 18; Matilda Timmons, 20 (a seamstress); Burrill Jacobs, 13; William Jacobs, 12; Eliza Jacobs, 10; and Prudence Jacobs, 8. Household #58 was headed by Pinckney Looney, 23, with no children, but wife Agnes, 17. Household # 59 was headed by Isaac Jacobs, 26, with no children, but wife Visa Jacobs, 24, and also Elizabeth Curry, 28. John Jacobs, 28, headed household # 60, and William Jacobs, 48, headed household 64. Household # 51 was headed by Reilley Jacobs, 35; household # 54 was headed by Unity Jacobs (female, could be wife of the older Burrill), 50; household # 55 was headed by Rebecca Jacobs (another candidate for wife of Burrill), 52; and household # 56 was headed by Amanda Jacobs, 23. The 1850 census records for Madison County include an entry that gives some insights toward the social prominence and kindness of the free Mulatto Jacobs families. In that year, Mary E. Austin and some Austin children were enumerated as living within the household headed by Becka (Rebecca) Jacobs. Mary was shown as of the white race, age 38, born in NC. Her son James M. (age 20, b. AL) was also listed in the household, as were 3 younger females. The girls were probably Mary E.'s daughters. They were given as Prudence E. (18, b. AL), Cyntha N. (16 [or14?], b. AL), and Mary E. (11, b. AL). The next household was headed by Christopher C. Otey and included Mijamin Smith - of the Hughy Smith plantation family. (See the related Summary Report for the Smith Cemetery, 72-2.) The ages given in 1850 for Mary Austin and her children fit precisely with the family of Pleasant S. Austin in the 1840 Madison County census. Pleasant bought land 28 April 1818 per Certificate # 3026 located in Township 5 South, Range 1 West, the 80 acres of the W/2 of the SW/4. This land adjoined that of Hughy Smith and his family, as well as being near the Jacobs property. Pleasant was not found in the 1850 census, so it is assumed that he died during the 1840s. The 1840 census listed Pleasant S. Austin as 24 - (2111)