Jacob Froman Sr, is the youngest child of Paul Froman Sr and Elizabeth Hite, and the grandson of Jost Hite, he was born in 1748 in Frederick County, Virginia. In about 1770 he marries wife Barbara, many have her last name as Mercer. They had the following children:
- Jacob Froman (1771)
- Elizabeth Froman (1772)
- Joseph Froman (1774)
- Absalom Froman (1775)
- Susanna Froman (1777)
- Abraham Froman (1779)
- Sarah Froman (1787)
- Elijah Froman (1791)

Jacob Sr is listed in Washington County, Pennsylvania as purchasing 287 acres on 17 Apr 1769 called the "Wrangler" covered by warrant No 3075 on 17 Apr 1769 and surveyed for on 22 Jul 1769. It was situated on the west side of the Monongahela River and adjoined lands of William Fry and Henry and Regina Speers (sister). On 2 Apr 1771 Jacob Froman Sr surveys and patented "Bad is the Best of It", 120 acres in Frederick County, Maryland - in what later became Garrett County at the mouth of Bear Camp Run, and called Mill Run. Soon after he settled there, he builds a grist mill; the first mill in the county. Jacob Sr is also listed on the 1772, 1773, 1774, 1775, and 1776 tax lists for Turkeyfoot Township of Bedford County, Pennsylvania (now Washington County, Pennsylvania).

In 1776 Jacob Sr Washington County joins the Maryland Militia commanded by Captain Charles Coulson in Oldtown (Garrett County, MD). "We who names are hereunto subscribed do in role ourselves into a company of Militia agreeable to the Resolves of the Provincial Convention held at the City of Annapolis the 26th Day of July 1776, we do hereby Promise and at such times as we shall be Commanded by the Convention or Counsel of Safety and there with our whole might Fight against whomsoever we shall be commanded by such authority as aforesaid. Witness our hand this 28 Day of Aug 1776. Jacob Froman Sr also severed in the Militia of Lincoln County, Kentucky from 23 Oct to 22 Nov 1782, in the company of Captain James Ray.

By 1779 he moves to Kentucky, where he acquired thousands of acres of land across six different counties. He is issued eight Virginia Treasury Warrants, # 1016 - 500 acres, #1017 - 500 acres, # 1018 - 500 acres, #1020 - 500 acres, #1815 - 500 acres, #1746 - 300 acres, #1748 - 150 acres, #1815 - 500 acres. In 1781 he issued warrants for 800 acres, 400 acres, and 600 acres, and 1782 1,400 acres, 1,443 acres; in 1783 - 1000 acres, 400 acres, and 4,602 acres; in 1784 - 575 acres, 700 acres.

On 29 July 1789 the new Mercer County courthouse was accepted; Jacob Froman is noted as one of the persons in charge of building it; "Agreeable to an order of a worshipful court of Mercer Count we the subscribers therein nae have examined the courthouse built in Harrodsburg by John Mosby and Jacob Froman for the use of the said court".

In 1791 Jacob Sr is elected to the Virginia House of Delegates for Mercer County, Virginia Session 17 Oct 1791 - 20 Dec 1791. In 1792 Jacob Sr is elected as a member of the first Kentucky Legislature and a State Constitutional Convention, held in Danville, Kentucky. A motion was made by Samuel Taylor on 18 Apr 1792 to rescind Article IX, respecting slavery; Jacob Froman voted to put an end to slavery. The motion to end slavery failed to pass. During the first session, on 18 Jun 1792, the legislature also set the permanent seat of government to Frankfort, Kentucky.

In 1792 Jacob Froman appears as the largest subscribers at £3 for the private improvement to the Wilderness Road. On 12 Dec 1794 the Kentucky Legislature pass an Act for the establishing the Kentucky Academy, Jacob Froman is listed as a trustee. On 2 Nov 1798, two years after it was first proposed, The Kentucky Academy merges with Transylvania University, the merge took effect 1 Jan 1799.

From 1787 to 1790s there are dozens of deeds, tax, property transfers, and court documents which prove he was a resident of Mercer County, Kentucky. Additionally, his home/farm in Mercer County is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/02000344 . On 20 Mar 1799, Jacob Froman request that a way be found for a Road to Brushy Run Creek in Woodford County, where he builds a mill and his home, his property has easy access to the Kentucky River. "The History of the Clover Bottom Church", of Woodford County states that the church was organized at his home in Woodford County on 22 Aug 1801. In the 1802 Act of the General Assembly of Kentucky: it lists Jacob Froman twice for the inspection of Tobacco/Hemp and for Flour Mill operations at his mill on Brushy Run Creek, Woodford County. He also is in county records as operating a tobacco warehouse on his property near the Kentucky River. From 1804 to 1819 tax records show Jacob Froman Sr. as a resident of Woodford County.

Jacob Froman Sr, dies in Woodford County in 1820. An administrative bond for the deceased Jacob Fro(w)man, was signed by sons Elijah and Isaac (administrator) on 3 Jul 1820. On 25 Jul 1820, there is an appraisal for the estate of Jacob Froman deceased in the Woodford County, Kentucky Probate book F page 208-209. Jacob Froman Sr. is also listed as deceased in the Woodford County Orders Book 1794-1821, page 401-402, there a motion by son Isaac to be the administrator of the estate, and an appraisal to be performed. Also, on 3 Jul 1820, wife Barbara/Barbary grants a power of attorney to son Elijah Froman, Barbara is listed as a "widow", Woodford County Deed Book H page 270. Jacob Sr. is buried at the Clover Bottom Baptist Church, where he was a founding member, the first church cemetery is located less than 1/2 mile from his home in Woodford County, Kentucky.

the birth of 4 Sep 1848 is unverfied.

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