Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 39076, for Jacob Slaughter, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE                                    NUMBER

Penn.     Slaughter, Jacob        S 39076
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From 5193
West Tennessee to East Tennessee
Jacob Slaughter
Capt Farmer
Private Pennsylvania Service 
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 of May ......

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 of January 1819 and Sent to Hon. John Rhea
House of Representatives US.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818               $ 27.89
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1819  48.
                                                               $ 75.89

{Revolutionary claim, }
{Act 18 March, 1818 }

two years
Cont
Sullivan Coy

Notify sent to Saml Rhea
3 Nov 1820 Blountville Tenn
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39076
Rev  INVALID

File No. 39076

Jacob Slaughter

Priv Revo War

Act:  18th March 1800

Index:-Vol. 3, Page 466

{Arrangement of 1870}
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Declaration of
Jacob Slaughter  Private

Admitted
Hon. John Rhea
H. of R
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State of Tennessee
Sullivan County
Court of pleas & Quarter
Sessions for the County
aforesaid
Personally appeared in open Court Jacob
Slaughter aged sixty two the 22nd of this Instant
resident in the County of Sullivan in the
said State aforesaid who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on his oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act
of Congress entitled "an act to provid for
certain persons engaged in the land and
Naval Service of the United States in the
revolutionary war" that he the said Jacob
Slaughter in listed on Chestnut hill near
Philadelphia German Town Township
in the State of Pennsylvania some time
in October 1775 in the company company commanded by Captain farmer
that he continued to serve in the said Corps
in the service of the United States under the same army in the year seventy seven when he was discharged from sworn that he was in the battles of Quebeck when General Montgomery fell in the defence of his [injured] and oppressed country that he was likewise in the battle of long Island and that he is in reduced circumstances cause himself in absolute need
of the assistance of his Country
for support &
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and that he has no other evidence now in his power
of his said services —

And the said deponent further states that
he was born in Germantown in the state of
Pennsylvania and since which time
he has never been out of the United States
and he never did receive any pension
from the Government of the United States

this deponent states that Colonel Miles
Commanded the Regiment to which he
belonged and which Regiment belonged
to Lord Stirlings brigade, that he received
a discharge but not knowing that it would
ever be of any service to him long since lost (and cannot now be produced.

Jacob Slaughter

State of Tennessee 
Sullivan County }
The Court of pleas and
Quarter Sessions Certificate of law for said County on the 20th day of May 1818
Jacob Slaughter appeared in open Court and
sworn that the facts stated in the foregoing are true and just to the best of his knowledge and belief. Given under my hand & seals of office this 20th day of May 1818
Matthew Rhea
Clerk of Sullivan County
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State of Tennessee 
Sullivan County⎬ 

I Joseph Wallace Chairman of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Matthew Rhea who has made the foregoing Certificate is Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for the county aforesaid and that his certificate is in 
seal form of law and entitled to full faith and credit. 
Given under my hand and seal this 20th day of May 1818. 

Joseph Wallace
Chairman of the Court of Sullivan County

I [illegible]
that Jacob Slaughter is an indigent [illegible]
[illegible]
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4.
Jacob Slaughter
W. T.
5,193.
(W. T.)
[faint text, maybe initials WT]
Saml Rhea
Blountville, C.T.
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State of Tennessee 
Sullivan County }

Schedule
August Session 1820

On this twenty fourth day of August 1820 personally appeared in open court (being a court of record) Jacob Slaughter aged 64 resident in said County of Sullivan who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary ware as follows to suit the first Rifle Regiment of  Pennsylvania in the continental service by Captain Farmer that he enlisted therein for one year in October 1775 and discharged in September 1776 by said Captain Farmer which Regiment was commanded by Col. Miles  Attached to the Brigade of Lord Sterling and served the whole of said term and was in the battle of Long Island in the year 1776 27th day of August.

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any other manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the eighteenth day of March 1818 and that I have not or has any person for me any property or securities contracts or debts
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due to me,  nor have I any income other than what is contained in the following schedule and which is by me subscribed and that I have been (??) and my certificate is of date the 5th of January 1819 and original application the 20th day of May 1818 (3 words block by ink) of to its 5193 schedule as follows to wit has made a contract in connection with his son for a tract land better than one hundred acres and he and his son have paid on said contract above on hundred dollars and is to give eight dollars an acre for said land and has no other property. 

                                           //s//
                                   Jacob Slaughter

He further states and declares that he is by  occupation a leather broaches and glovemaker but does not now work from his infirmed condition follows the same.  That he has a wife that he has eleven children, two of which are living with him and one about 16 years of age and a cripple and never will be able to support himself, the other about 14 years old and the rest are all of age and have left him. 

                                          //s//
                              Jacob Slaughter

Sworn to declared in said county this 24th day of August 1820.
           //s//
   Joseph C. Rhea Clerk of Sullivan County
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J. Richard Netherland
Clerk of the Court of Pleas of Quarter
Sessions for the County of Sullivan do hereby certify that the
forgone oath or affirmation and the schedule thereto annexed 
are truly copied from the record of the said Court. And I
do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that
the total amount in Value of the property exhibited in the
aforesaid Schedule is worth fifty dollars.  In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Seal of the said Court on this 25th day of August 1821
Richard Netherland Clk
By Jonhn C Rhea [illegible]
of Sullivan County Court