Pocahontas County, West Virginia Biography of JACOB WARWICK This biography was submitted by Valerie Crook, E-mail address: The submitter does not have a connection to the subject of this sketch. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/pocahont.htm The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 599 JACOB WARWICK. Probably the foremost character among the early pioneers of Pocahontas County was Jacob Warwick. His father was a native of Great Britain, an engineer and surveyor, and in Colonial times was employed in surveying and locating land grants in Pocahontas County. It is not definitely known just when he located here, but his period of residence covered many years. He married Elizabeth Dunlap, and they finally returned to England and died there. Jacob Warwick's life record is clearer. He married Mary Vance, and for a time lived at Dunmore, West Vir- ginia, where all his children were born. He also lived at other places in Pocahontas County at Clover Lick, on Jackson River, and at Bath. His home at Clover Lick was on the direct route of emigration from the East to what were then outposts of civilization, Ohio and Kentucky, and his place was utilized as a stopping and resting point on the way. The Warwick home became famous and widely known, and mention is made of it in every early history. Jacob Warwick was eminently a brave and just man, and lived at peace with his pioneer neighbors, but he had many fierce encounters with the Indians. His knowledge of the mountain regions far and near was remarkable, and he frequently aided government surveyors in their work. He took part in the expedition to Point Pleasant under Gen. Andrew Lewis, in the march from Lewisburg, a distance of 160 miles, requiring nineteen days. In the sanguinary con- flict with the Indians that followed Jacob Warwick bore a valiant part. Mary Vance Warwick, wife of Jacob Warwick, was in every way calculated to aid him in efforts to build a home in the wilderness. She was a devout Presbyterian, and spent her life in charities and good works, and she organized the first Sunday School in Pocahontas County. She died in 1823, aged eighty years, and is buried at Clover Lick. Jacob Warwick died in 1826, aged eighty-two years, a man of wealth for that time. His descendants are scattered throughout West Virginia, where they have held conspicuous positions in various lines of endeavor.