Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 2018-306, for Jacob Stake, Pennsylvania
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Penn.
Strake, Jacob
B.L. Wt.2018-300-Capt.
Issued March 14, 1794
No papers
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November 26, 1935 
Miss Katharine S. Wheelock
Belle Aurora Cottage
Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
BA-J/ILL
Jacob Baker-S. 2946
Jacob Stake- Wt. 2018-300
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War record of Balzer Steck (Stake) and that of his father, the record of Frederick Fague, also of Jacob Baker, all of Pennsylvania.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based
upon service in the revolutionary War of a Balzer Stake or Steck, nor of any soldier with surname, Fague.
The record has been found of only one soldier with the surname Stake, under any appeal; it is that of Jacob. 
His record and that of Jacob Baker of Pennsylvania
are given herein as found on file in this office.
Jacob Baker - 3946
Jacob Baker served in the Revolutionary War and subsequent Indian Wars; no details, whatever, are given in regard to his Revolutionary War service. He was a matross in General Wayne’s Army and was wounded at the battle of Miami. The nature of the wound is not shown, nor any further information in regards to his service given. 
 
He was allowed pension from April 17, 1802 on account of disability resulting from the above noted wound, at the rate of $2.50 per month, and under the act of April 24, 1816, his pension was increased to $4.00 per month. He was paid at the Philadelphia agency. In 1819, he was “upwards of seventy years”and a resident of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. .
There are no data in regard to the family of Jacob Baker.
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JACOB STAKE - Wt. 2018-300.
The records of this office show that warrant 2018 for 300 acres of bounty land was issued March 14, 1794, on account of the service of Jacob Stake, Captain, Pennsylvania Iine, War of the Revolution.
There are no further data on file regarding his service, and none whatever pertaining to his family, because of the destruction of papers in such claims when the War Office was burned in November 1300.
For information in regard to the location of this land, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land office, this city, and cite the number of the warrant, acreage, and date of issuance.

Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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October 2, 1933
Mrs. C. F. Fendrick 
Mercersburg
Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of September 22, in which you request the records of Gerret (Jared), Gerard, Jerrard Irwin or Erwin who served under Colonel Richard Humpton, 10th Pennsylvania Regiment and died in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, in 1813, and Jacob Stakes who served as captain of the same regiment, and died in Franklin County.
Revolutionary war data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United States based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the service of Gerret (Jared) Gerard, Jerrard Irwin or Erwin (searched under all spellings).
This office has no further information in regard to Jacob Stakes than was furnished to you October 11, 1932.
It is suggested that additional information might be obtained from the Librarian, Pennsylvania State Library. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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October 11, 19?2

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William Shannon -- S.4669
Jacob Stake -- ?.L.Wt.????-300
BA-J/??L

Mrs. C.F. Fendrick
Mercersburg
Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to William Shannon and Jacob Stake, soldiers of the Revolutionary War. Their histories are given below:

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War claim for pension, s.4669, based upon the military service of William Shannon in that war.

William Shannon was born September 5, 1766, in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

While residing in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted early in January, 1776 or 1777, served as a private in Captains Samuel Duncan and Ebenezer Brady's Pennsylvania company, marched to Fort Pitt, served at the fort and went out under Lieutenants Burke and Woods, collecting food and ammunition for the army and driving loaded pack horses to Forts Pitt and McIntosh; length of service two years and about two months.

After the Revolution, he moved to Washington County, Tennessee, and lived there and in Greene County, that state, for many years, then moved to Grainger County, Tennessee.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 6, 1833, while residing in Grainger County, Tennessee.

There are no data as to his family.

One Joseph Shannon was a Justice of the Peace for Grainger County, Tennessee, in 1833; no relationship to the soldier was shown.

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It appears from the reports of this office that warrant number 3018 for three hundred acres of bounty land was issued March 14, 1794, on account of the services of Jacob Stake, Captain, Pennsylvania Line, War of the Revolution.

There are no further data on file as to his service and none whatever as to his family, due to the destruction of papers in ??? claim when the War Office was burned in November, 1800.

. . . . . . 
Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator.

Written on side : Letter in care of ??? Shannon
S4669
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Mercersburg, Pa --
Sept. 22nd

Pension Dept.
Dear Sirs --
One Gerret (Jared, Gerard, Jerrard etc etc) Irwin, Erwin -- served under Col Rich. Humpton 10th Penna Regt. Cont. Line -- A man of this name died in Bedford Co., PA, in 1813. Did this man apply for a pension or can you give me any data on him? Can you give me any information on Capt. Jacob Stake, also of 10th Penna Regt, Cont. Line -- A man of this name
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died in Franklin Co. and I am trying to identify him -- with appreciation of past help, I am
Virginia S. Fendrick
(Mrs. C.F.)

Date stamped Sep 23 1933
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Belle Aurore Cottage
Eureka Springs
Arkansas

Oct. 3, 1935

War Pension Bureau
Washington, DC

Gentlemen: --

I am trying to get the Revolutionary War Record of Balzer Steck (sometimes spelled Stake) who was born in Germantown Penna on July 6, 1759, or of his father whose given name I do not know. Also of Frederick Fague, probably of Lycoming County, Penna, and Jacob Baker or his father also probably
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of Lycoming Co. Penna. Can you tell me where to turn for such information? Are there any soldiers by the name of Steck (or Stake) Fague, or Baker on the Revolutionary Ware pension list? If so what information can you give me with regard to them.

Very truly yours,
Miss Katharine S. Wheelock