Dock Davis Jacobs was born about 1890 in northern Sampson County to Jesse A. Jacobs Jr. and his first wife Sallie Bridges. In 1895, soon after Sallie’s death, Jesse married Sarah Henderson Jacobs, who reared Jesse’s children. The Jacobses moved from Dudley in southern Wayne County to Wilson circa 1905.
The 1908-09 Wilson city directory lists:
[106 is now numbered 303 Elba. The *, by the way, denoted a “colored” person.]
On 16 Nov 1923, Jesse A. Jacobs and wife Sara filed a deed filed for the sale of 303 Elba to Jesse’s children Carrie Blackwell, Jean Daniel Jacobs, Doc Jacobs, and Annie Bell Gay in consideration of $1. The Jacobses had purchased the property in 1908.
Jesse Jacobs died in July 1926, and Sarah Henderson Jacobs Silver in January 1938. On 15 April 1938, Dock Jacobs filed a deed with Wilson County Register of Deeds office recording the sale for $20 of his undivided interest in the house to his informally adopted sister, known then as Hattie Jacobs (and later as Hattie Henderson Ricks.)
Dock Jacobs died 9 December 1944 at his home at 126 West 143rd Street, New York City.
Original photograph in collection of Lisa Y. Henderson.
This is a BEAUTIFUL picture. (He is very well groomed.)
Linda Tart
Thanks, Linda. I’m not sure when it was taken, but Dock was obviously a very young man at the time. I suspect it was taken in North Carolina, and possibly in Wilson.
Oh my goodness… I need to go back to my tree…. But I think this is one of my ancestors. I always said eh I would not ever get emotional like the people on those ancestry ads … I have a complicated relationship with my roots.. I’m working to change this .. but to SEE the people behind the names … It’s a feeling I didn’t expect.. I again thank you for your hard work. I can’t begin to tell you how truly Important the information I’ve stumbled upon is. The emotions in feeling are overwhelming, but I’m hooked on the the blog.
Hi, Angela. Great to hear from you. Dock was not known to have had any children. What is the line you’re researching?