Download or read book A Genealogy and History of Descendants of Jacob Flora, Senior, of Franklin County, Virginia written by and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph J. Flory, the father of Jacob, came from the German Palatinate in 1733 and settled in Pennsylvania. Jacob was probably born in Maryland not later than 1760 and appears in Virginia by 1786. Joseph may have been French originally because he is noted as a Hugenot.