| birth | 1815 |
| children | Frances 1852, Mahala (adopted) 1868 |
| death | |
| emancipation | Will of John McClelland |
| first name | Jacob |
| misc. information | Registered Nov. 4, 1856. He emancipated a negro woman named Kezia (later his wife) in 1857, in Washington D. C. Mentioned in Freedmen's Bureau Bank Records, Oct. 15, 1867. He was a resident of Washington, D. C., born free in Lexington, father of Frances Ross, and a clergyman. Living in Washington in 1880. |
| occupation | |
| parents | |
| sources (see key to sources sheet) | R; C 1880 |
| spouse | Kezia Ross |
| surname | Ross |