Heavener, Jacob

Born: 1801-11-11 Virginia

Died: 1867-03-21

Heavener served in Abraham Lincoln's company in the Black Hawk War, from April 29 to May 27, 1832. By 1840, he was a farmer living in Pike County with his wife and children.

Muster Roll of Abraham Lincoln’s Company of Mounted Volunteers; U.S. Census Office, Sixth Census of the United States (1840), Pike County, IL, 127; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Pike County, IL, 114; History of Pike County, Illinois (Chicago: Charles C. Chapman & Company, 1880), 223; Gravestone, Blue River Cemetery, Detroit, IL.