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Early Settlers No 60 The Swoopes
Jacob Swoope, German born merchant, and his sons John M. and Jacob K. Swoope built a prominent Staunton area trading and farming lineage. The piece traces their lives, marriages, and descendants, noting political context in Rockingham Virginia and the family’s evolution into thriving cotton planters and merchants across generations.
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Jacob Swoope
Germany
Ane
United States
Gilmer
Rockingham County
Charlottsville
David Holmes
Congress
Rockingham
Mississippi
Jefferson
Mr. Smith
Judge Smith
Jasob Swoope
Court House
Harrisonburg
Smith
Swoope
Virginia
Mr. Swoope
John M. Swoope
New York
Philadelphia
Cynthia M
Peter Harry
Georgia
Richard 8. Jones
Lawrence
Doctor Sykes
Lucy Early
Watkins
Phinizy
John T. Phinizy
James
Anna
Emily
Huw B.C. Betts
Alabama
Madison County
State Senate
Rostan
Huntaville
Minor Merriwether
Req
Memphis
Tancred
Washington City
Jacob K Swoopa
Courtland
Bro
John
Antoinette
Benjamin Sherrod
William
Clay
Matthew Clay
Turner Saunders
Capt
C. C.swoope
Hhis
Capt. Swoope
Hanting
Hickman’a
Bia
Jacob K
Charles C
Frances
Fannie
Jacob
Elizabeth Ualey
Tennessee River
Alfred Jones
Florence
Jones
Tempe
Darrigh
Omaha
Elizabeth Haley
Jack Peters
Edgar
Susan
Charles
Saunders
Carter
Como
Laean
Thomas Ashford
Birmingham
Als
Kentucky
Jacob K. Swoope
Edward Moore
Columbus
Mies
Edward
Houston
Harrison
James T. Harrison
Bay
That City