Colonel Jacob Arnold - American Revolutionary War Veteran Graves on Waymarking.com

Jacob Arnold was a celebrated man in his locality during the Revolutionary war, his light-horse company was an independent organization, raised entirely in Morris County, and it won an enviable distinction for its long and brilliant career. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in the Continental army. The Colonel was also well known as the proprietor of the Arnold tavern in Morristown, on the west side of the public green, where Washington and LaFayette spent one winter as his guests, holding many conferences with all the leading men of the army, and where also the balls of the officers were held. Colonel Arnold was also sheriff of Morris County in 1780 and 1786, and assemblyman from the same county in the years, 1784, 1785, 1789 and 1790. He also was one of the twenty-four gentlemen who organized the Morris Academy, on the 28th of November 1791. For his first wife Colonel Arnold married Elizabeth Tuthill, who was born September 15 1753 and died May 7 1803. The children by this marriage who grew up were Hannah, Jacob, Abram, Charles and Eliza M. By his second marriage the Colonel was united with Sarah H Nixon, who was born in Morristown, October 1 1783 and died April 9 1843, and by this union there were seven children namely: Phoebe P., Mary A., Silas H., Abram H., Elizabeth M., Samuel D. and Edward A.

Location type: Section of a Cemetery/Mass Grave Date of Birth: December 14 1749 Date of Death: March 1 1827 Cause of death: Died Later Grave Marker Text: Captain Morris County East BN, Commander of the light-horse Calvery Ranks: Captain, Colonel

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