Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6,672, Jacob Citty, Md.
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Md. 
W6672
Citty, Jacob
or City.
Elizabeth
or Betsey.
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Repd.
Let to Umlil L. Goggin
Aug 28 '45
Paid at Treasury, under act
6 April 1838, from 4 March, 1844 to 31 Dec. 1844. Agent notified 20 April, 1846.

4943
Virginia, Richmond
Elizabeth Citty
widow of Jacob City
Md
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16, day of Feb. 1844 and sent to R. H. Gray
Lynchburg, Va
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol 1. Page 153
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(illegible)
Son. Agent & E. Robinson
May 15, 1837
Died May 6, 1836

16.630.
Virginia
Jacob City
of Bedford in the State of Va
who was a pri in the_______commanded 
by Captain _____of the Regt commanded 
by Col. Stull in the Md line for 7 months
service end c in 1781
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 23. Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of Sept 1733 and sent R. N. Dickinson
Liberty CH Va
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar. 34
 58.32
 11.66
$69.98
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Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by N. Rice   Clerk,
Book  E Vol. G Page 5
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State of Virginia Bedford County, S.S. On this 22nd day of April 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Bedford now sitting Jacob City a resident of the County of Bedford & State of Virginia aged Seventy two years the 28th day of June last past who being sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832. That in the beginning or pretty early in the revolutionary war he enlisted under Capt. Key nolds at a place called Sharpsburg in the State of Maryland He was then between 15 or 16 years of age and listed for five months, the Lieutenants name was Cresley [illegible] name was Steel, he thinks he was under Gen Lee it has been so long ago that he has forgotten many particulars which happened while the service, he remembers several of his neighbours boys who enlisted at the same time he did Benjamin Madeap, Henry Teter and John Teter. He has forgotten exactly where he marched but marched though different parts to the North and served out the full time for which he enlisted and returned home to his fathers. His father then removed from the State of Maryland to Rockingham County in the State of Virginia. Being sometime after his father had settled in Rockingham, called upon as a Militia man to go against the British his father hired a substitute to go in his place for which he got credit for a tour of duty, some time in the year he was again drafted as a militia man to go against the British who had then got in Albemarle County He was drafted out of Capt Bagg's company of Militia and marched under Captain Cresman to near Williamsburg and marched he recollects by what was called the big church and the burnt ordinary. He remembers he was with the Marquis De Lafayette & Gen Mulenburg & served out his full tour of duty and returned home. He was afterwards drafted to go against the Indians but was discharged in a few days. He does not expect he can now prove any of his services as he supposes it is probable that any person that knew any thing about it may be dead or that he has no chance to get their testimony and that if he ever had any written discharges
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they all lost or mislaid. He is conscious that he served faithfully seven months in the revolutionary war exclusive of the
tour for which his father hired a substitute. He was born in the State of Pennsylvania in Lancaster County on the 28th day of June 1760. He has no register of his age only what is stated in a book of his fathers now in the possession of his
Brother. He now lives in the County of Bedford & State of Virginia where he has resided for nearly thirty years past. He
hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on
the pension roll of the agency of any State
Questions by the Court
1st where & in what year were you born. Answer In Lancaster County State of Pennsylvania 28th day of June 1760
Question 2nd Have you any register of your age if so where is it answer I have none but in a book which formerly
belonged to my father & is now in the possession of my Brother
Question 3d where were you living when called into service where have you lived ever since the revolutionary war
and where do you now live. Answer. I lived in the State of Maryland when I enlisted for 5 months and in Rockingham County Virginia when I was drafted. I removed to the County of Bedford from Rockingham where I have lived the
most part part of my time for thirty years past and where I now live
4th State the names of some of your regular officers who even with troops when you served; such continental
and militia regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your services
Answer when I enlisted I was very young it is long ago, I have forgotten many particulars, cant recollect at this time where I marched, It was however in
the Northern States and think I remember to have been with Genl Sec. who else I do not recollect, and have
forgot what regiment I was with, but am certain
I served out the time for which I enlisted
5th Did you ever receive any discharge from service & if so by whom was it given and what become of it
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Answer. I do not recollect whether I ever had any discharge if I had they are lost or mislaid
6th State the names of some to whom you are known in present neighbourhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier in the Revolution. Answer. I am personally acquainted with several members of the Court now sitting more particularly with Major Samuel Mitchell of Colo. David W. Quarles and Henry Brown - Tighlman A Cobbs, Thomas R. Clayton Mosby Arnold and others of my neighbors 
Jacob City
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court We Mosby Arnold a Clergyman residing in the County
of Bedford and Henry Brown residing in the same do
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob City who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him as he states to be upwards of 72 years of age and that it is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a Revolutionary soldier and that we concur in that opinion
Mosby Arnold
Henry Brown
Sworn & Subscribed the day and   
year aforesaid in open Court
I William Stephens of the County of Bedford & State of
Virginia do hereby certify that I have long been
acquainted with Jacob City of said County and
recollect to have heard him say a great many years ago, that he enlisted and served in the Revolutionary war when he was very young
William Stephens 
Virginia Bedford County Set

I Henry Brown a Justice of the peace in the
County of Bedford and State of Virginia do hereby
certify that the above certificate of William Stevens who
respectable citizen of the County aforesaid was subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st day of October 1833.
Henry Brown J.P.
I Howel Robison of the County of Bedford & State
hereby only that I have long been
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acquainted with Jacob City of said County and recollect to have heard him say in a conversation with my father many years ago (who was also a revolutionary soldier) that he had like to have been taken by the light house in the time of the Revolutionary War.
This conversation took place long before Jacob City could of had any expectation of getting a pension.
Howell Robinson
Virginia Bedford County SS.
I Henry Brown, a Justice of the Peace in the County of Bedford in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that the above certificate of Howell Robinson who is a respectable citizen of said cou8nty was subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st day of October 1833.  Henry Brown JP
We Samuel Mitchell, David W. Quarles, and Henry Brown and others do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob City of the county he has always sustained the character of an honest man and we have no hesitation in saying that we believe the Statement made in his declaration of his Revolutionary Services. 
Saml Mitchell 
Henry Brown
Mosby Arnold 
Tighlman A. Cobbs
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the investigatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he sates. And they do further certify that it appears to them that Mosley Arnold who has signed the foregoing certificate is a Clergyman resident in said County and that Henry Brown who has also signed (illegible) is a resident in said county is a credible person and that (illegible) said certificate is entitled to  credit.
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State of Virginia Bedford County SS.
On this 17 day of June 1841, before me Lewis C. Arthur a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared McWilliam Stevens a respectable resident of said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath say- That he is 64 years old, and married the second daughter of Jacob City def. of said county- who was a United States pensioner at the time of his death- and moved to said County of Bedford from Rockingham County Va. Brocks-Gassford in the year 1799 or 1800 and settled close neighbor of deponent; at which time his oldest daughter Catharine- who married Mr. Wood was 18 or 19 years old, and Nancy wo def. married was about 16 or 17 years old.  That the said Jacob City died on the 6th day of May 1836; and that his present widow Betsey City (whose Maiden name was Runion) had remained unmarried ever since the death of her husband, Jacob City as above - to the present time and is the identical person who is now claiming a pension as the widow of said Jacob City dec. of said county.  And further, that the said Jacob City and wife Betsey had several children besides Catharine and Nancy to wit, Abraham, John, Jacob, Polly, Christopher, Elizabeth, Sally, Samuel, Patsy- that said City left his family (illegible) in (illegible)  that dep. married Nancy City in 1802.  City having been in his neighborhood about 2 years.
William W. Stevens- his Mark
witness Ro U Gray
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Lewis C. Arthur JP.
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State of Virginia Bedford County SS.
On this 17day of June 18541, before me Lewis C. Arthur a Justice of the peach in and for said county, personally appeared Mrs. Betsey City Aged 80 years, a respectable resident of said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838; entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows; that she is the widow of Jacob City dec'd of said county- who 
was a private in the Revolutionary War, and a United States Pensioner at the time of his death in said county under the act of 7 June 1832.  That his pension certificate was returned to the War Department and the balance due him at his death has been paid to declarant, hence there is no necessity for her going into a reapplication of his services.  And she further declares that was married to the said Jacob City in the county of Rockingham Brooks Gass by the Rev'd Andersen Marfett in the year 1781, in the month of March; that her husband the aforesaid Jacob City died in said county on the 6th day of May 1836; that she was not married to him, prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the firs day of January 1794, at the time above stated, as will more fully appear from the proof annexed- that her husband moved to Bedford in the year 1799; and declarant has remained a widow ever since his death as above to the present time in said county.
Betsey City, her mark
The words "according the law" and "her" interlined before signed.   Lewis C. Arthur JP
Sworn to and subscribed by his mark on the day and year above written, before me, Lewis Arthur JP 
In presence of Jennet S. Wood, No. U Gray
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State of Virginia, Bedford County SS
I Lewis C Arthur Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, do hereby certify that Mrs. Betsey City who has this day sworn and subscribed the foregoing declaration before me- by her mark- is the widow of Jacob City dec'd of said county who was a United States pensioner at the time of his death- which was on the 6th day of May 1836; that the said Betsey City has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband the aforesaid Jacob City, as above  the present time is the identical person who is now claiming a pension as the widow of said Jacob City as above to the present time is the identical person who is now claiming a pension as the widow of said Jacob CIty, dec'd and that she is too old and infirm to attend court so great a distance.  with vigor of health or life.  Given under my hand this 17th of June 1841.
Lewis C Arthur JP
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State of Virginia, Bedford County S.S.

On this 17 day of June 1841, before me Lewis C Arthur a justice of the peace, in and for said county, personally appeared, Mr. John Woof, and Catharine Wood his wife -- respectable residents of of said county, who being first duly sworn, according to law doth on their oaths say -- that the said Jno Wood, and Catharine Wood, (daughter of Jacob City decd. of said county -- May 6, 1836) was married in the year 1803; at which time the said Catharine Wood (whose maiden name was City) was 21 years -- and Jno Wood was a few months older than his wife Catharine: and that the said Jacob City -- who was a United States pensioner at the time of his death as above -- and his wife Besty City, whose maiden name was Runion -- daughter of Jno Runion moved to said County of Bedford, from the County of Rockingham by[?] Brocks Gap -- in the year 1799 or 1800, 3 or 4 years before they were married: deponent Catharine Wood, and her sister Nancy, who married Wm Stevens of said county) being both grown at the time. That the said Jacob City kept a registry of the names and ages his children -- to witt -- Catharine, Nancy, Abraham, John, Jacob [illegible] in the Psalter, or collection of David Psalms, by Martin Luther in the German or Dutch language -- and copy was also left by said City of said Family Register in said Psalter, on a seperat piece of paper -- also in Dutch -- but that neither of deponants can read dutch -- but have no doubt that the paper attached to their Affidavit is a correct registry of the ages of the said Jacob and Betsey City, 3 children -- to witt Catharine born Jany. 22, 1782 [illegible] -- that the said Betsy City has remained unmarried ever since the death of her husband the aforesaid Jacob City as above to the present time and is the identical person who is now claiming a pension as the widow of said Jacob City decd. [illegible].

Jenn S Wood
John Wood his mark
Catharine Wood her mark

Sworn to and subscribed by their marks on the day and year above written
Before me
Lewis C. Arthur J.P.
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State of Virginia, Bedford County S.S.

On this 28 day of June 1841, before me Lewis C. Arthur a justice of the peace, in and for this county aforesaid, personally appeared Robert J Gray a respectable resident of the Town of Lynchg. who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say -- that the above Family Register (on which his name is written) of Jacob City decd. of said county -- was taken from a German or Dutch Psalter, handed dep. by Mrs. Betsey City -- the reputed widow of Jcaob City decd of said county -- who was by reputation a United States pensioner at the time of his death. That the Title Page of said collection of Psalms by Martin Luther, published in Germantown in 1768, and also the right was torn from the said Psalter by dep. himself -- and that the top manuscript, with dep. name on the back commencing with Catharine City 1782-2-22nd, was also found in same Book of Psalms -- also in German or Dutch -- and that dep. waferre[?] them together, and thus[?] on his own Affidavit, and the county of Bedford -- and stamped the wafers[?] with his Beaureau Key.

Robert H Gray

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
Before me Lewis C. Arthur J.P.

Mary Virginia Boyall
Maria Virginia Ferguson
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Jacob City
Bedford Co. Virginia
June 12 1833 -- The day this case came on to be heard on the file

Admit as a private
7 mo -- $23.33
d.e.j.m.[?]

Robt. N. Dickenson Clk Bedford County Virga.
Liberty Clt.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tubular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Jacob City Bedford County Virginia

[table] Period when the service was rendered.
Enlisted
Drafted
Drafted

Duration of the claimant's service.
5 Months.
2 Months.

Rank of the claimant.
private

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Genl. Lee
Cap Reynolds, Col Stull
Cap Cresman, General La Fayette + General Mulenburg

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
72 years
Sharpsburg Maryland

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary evidence certified credible -- papers properly attached [/table]

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service. but not those who were occasionally employed with, the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops. Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies. As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. DECLARATION, In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. State, Territory, or District of County of }ss. On this day of personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers: [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c. If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c. Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but it neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore. these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 1. Where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 6. To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace. the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. [a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. [c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: " Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of bis service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For year months, and days, I served as a ; For mouths and days, I served as a and for such service I claim a pension." {It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with au embodied corps called into service by competent authority that lie was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. [f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. [g] The opinion of the Court is always required. [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. [i] The Clerk must his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. Mode of authenticating papers. In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. Proof of Service. [j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. [k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. [l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Document in German

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Ro U Gray
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February 9, 1939

BA-J/MCS
Jacob City, W.6672

Mrs. Hale Houts
17 East 53rd Street Terrace
Kansas City, Missouri

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to Jacob City, a Revolutionary War pensioner from Bedford County, Virginia.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim W.6672 based on the military service of Jacob City. The surname is also shown as Citty.

He was born June 28, 1760, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The name of his parents are not shown.

While living about eleven miles from Sharpsburg, Maryland, Jacob City enlisted late in June or early July 1775 served as private in Captain Reynold's company in Colonel Stull's Maryland regiment and was discharged Christmas week 1775. In April 1776 he moved with his father to Rockingham County, Virgnia, and enlisted in June 1781 and served two months as private in Captain Crisman's company in Colonel Hamilton's Virginia regiment and was in an engagement with the British near Williamsburg.

He moved from Brock's Gap Rockingham County, Virginia to Bedford Count, Virginia, about 1799 or 1800.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 22, 1833, at which time he was living in Bedford County, Virginia.

Jacob City died May 6, 1836, in Bedford County, Virginia.

He married in March 1781 at Brock's Gap Rockingham County Virginia Betsey or Elizabeth Runion, the daughter of John Runion.
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As the widow of Jacob City, Elizabeth City was allowed pension on her application executed June 17, 1841, at which time she was eighty years of age and was living in Bedford County, Virginia.

She died December 31, 1844, in Bedford County, Virginia.

In 1841, William W. Stevens of Bedford County, Virginia, aged sixty-four years, stated that he married in 1802, Nancy the second daughter of Jacob City, and that his eldest daughter, Catharine, married John Wood and that the soldier had other children, namely: Abraham, John, Jacob, Polly, Christopher, Elizabeth, Sally, Samuel, and Patsey. In 1841, John Wood stated that he married the soldier's daughter, Catharine City, in 103 and that she was then twenty-one and he was a few months solder. In 1841, one Jennet S. Wood was living and in 1844 one John Citty and one Mary A. Citty were living, their relationship not shown.

In 1833 the soldier, Jacob City, referred to a brother (name not given) who had moved "to the west".

The following is a translation of family data found in the papers of said pension claim, the original of which is written in German:

Katarina - J.22, 1782
Annasi (?) - Sep 11, 1783
Abraham - Oc 17, 1785
Johan - Jan 14, 1790
Jacob - Mar 17, 1792
Balli - No 20, 1794
Sellt - January 14, 1797
Christian - July 4, 1799
Sehm - Mar 17, 1802
Beddi - April 18, 1805

In the year 1782 on the 22nd day of January, I Jakob Zetti had a daughter born named Kattarina Zettisin.
Ini the year 1783 on the 11th day of September, I Jakob Zetti had a daughter born Anna Zettisin
In the year 1785 on the 17th day of October, I Jakob Zetti had a son born name Abraham Zetti
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In the year 1792 (?) on the 17th day of Mar I Jacob Ceti had a son born named Jacob Ceti.
In the year 1793 (?) on the 20th day of November, I Jacob Ceti had a daughter born named Magdalena Cetisin.
In the year 1788 on the 7th day of March, I Jacob Zetti had a daughter born named Lis--- Zettisin
In the year 1790 on the 14th day of January Iacob Zetti had a son born name Joannes
In the year 1797 on the 14th day of January, I Iacob Seti had a daughter born named Sera Cetisin
In the year 1799 on the 4th day of July I Jacob Ceti had a son born named Christian Ceti.
In the year 1805 on April 18, I Jacob Ceti had a daughter born named Beddi.

There are no further data relative to family.

Very truly yours.

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Translation
In re: CITY, Jacob
Rev. War

The following is a translation of the fly-leaf and two sheets attached to the above case:

PSALMS
of the King and Prophet
David
Translated by
D. Martin Luther

With short summaries or contents of each Psalm and may parallel or similar verses

Kattarina - J. 22, 1782
Annasi (?) - Sep 11, 1783
Abraham - Oc. 17, 1785
Johan - Jan 14, 1790
Jacob - Mar 17, 1792
Balli - No. 20, 1794
Selli - January 14, 1797
Christian - July 4, 1799
Sehm - mar 17, 1802
Beddi Apr 18, 1805

In the year 1782 on the 22nd day of January, I Jakob Zetti had a daughter born named Kattarina Zettisin.

In the year 1783, on the 11th day of September, I Jakob Zetti had a daughter born Anna Zettisin.

In the year 1785, on the 17th day of October, I Jakob Zetti had a son born named Abraham Zetti.

In the year 1792 (?) on the 17th day of Mar I Jacob Ceti had a son
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In re: CITY, Jacob
Rev. War

born name Jacob Ceti.

In the year 1793 (?) on the 20th day of November, I Iacob Ceti had a daughter born named Magdalena Cetisin.

In the year 1788 on the 7th day of march, I Jacob Zetti had a daughter born named Lis---Zettisin.

In the year 1790, on the 14th day of January, I Iacob Zetti had a son born named Johannes.

In the year 1797, on the 14th day of January, I Iacob Ceti had a daughter born named Sera Cetisin.

Iin the year 1799 on the 4th day of July, I Jacob Ceti had a son born named Christian Ceti.

in the year 1805, on April 18, I Jacob Ceti had a daughter born named Beddi.

From German by Matteossian 2/3/39
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[seal] DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION [/seal]

[stamp] RECEIVED DEC 8 1938 [illegible] 15 [/stamp]

Missouri Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
MRS. HENRY CLAY CHILES, STATE REGENT
MRS. HALE HOUTS, STATE HISTORIAN
17 East 52rd St. Terr.
KANSAS CITY, MO.
December 5th.

Veterans Administration,
Department of Revolutionary Records,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sirs:

Published records show that Jacob City of Bedford County Virginia, made application for pension for services in the Revolutionary War in 1835. Will you be so good as to give me a copy of his papers with all items of family history.

Thanking you for this favor, I am
Cordially yours,
Mrs Hale/Alice K. Houts.
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[seal] DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION [/seal]

Missouri Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
MRS. HENRY CLAY CHILES, STATE REGENT
MRS. HALE HOUTS, STATE HISTORIAN
17 East 52rd St. Terr.
KANSAS CITY, MO.
February 6th.

Veterans Administration,
Department of Revolutionary Records,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sirs:

I made this inquiry shorty before Christmas, but I am afraid that it got lost in the Christmas "rush" and hence and repeating my request of all family data contained in the application papers for pension of Jacob City, who is given as a soldier of Bedford County Virginia and received Pension in 1833. Thanking you for this information, I am
Very truly yours,
Mrs Hale/Alice K. Houts

Had been answered when this was received [illegible]

[stamp] RECEIVED FEB 8 1939 MAIL SUB-DIV. [illegible] 35 [/stamp]
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5334 Feby. 12 1844
[illegible]
Elizabeth City
3 March 1843

[stamp] LYNCHBURG FEB 8 [/stamp]

[illegible] 6305
$23:33 per ann

R.H. Gray
Lynchburg
Va.

[sideways] FREE
Jas L Edwards Esq
Com. of pensions
Washington City.
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Lynchg. Febr. 8. 1844,

Sir,

Enclosed is the declaration of Mrs. Elizabeth City of Bedford Co Va. (widow of Jacob City decd) under the act of March 3 1843.

yours -- R. H. Gray Agent

B. You have on file the claims of Saml. Arrington, Wm. Via, Mrs. Wright, and Mrs. Knight, all from the County of Amherst, and Mrs Margarett Lockhart of Bedford -- all of which, have been on hand some 4 or 5 months, and much longer than some that I have recd. Please inform me of the cause of delay, in issuing[?] the above claims, and whether it arises from a new, and established rule of your office in giving preference to the claim of March 3rd 1843 -- or[?] original claims. I forwarded to you through the clerk of Buckingham [illegible] fee to be filed in the case of Mrs. Lucy Ganaway of Campbell please say, whether it has come to hand.

yours -- R. H. Gray Agent
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1939. Feb. 9, hist to (can't read)
Hale Houts   (Can't read)


Revy
WIDOW, &c.
File No.6672
Eliz Citty
Wid:
Jacob Citty
Pvt. Rev. War
---
Act: Mch. (Can't read)
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 134
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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TRANSLATION
In re: CITY, Jacob
Rev. War

The following is a translation of the fly-leaf and two sheets
attached to the above case:

PSALMS
of the King and Prophet
DAVID
Translated by
D. MARTIN LUTHER
With short summaries, or contents of each Psalm
and many parallel or similar verses
---
Katerina -- J. 22, 1782
Annasi ( ? ) -- Sep. 11, 1783
Abraham -- Oc. 17, 1785
Johan -- Jan. 14, 1790
Jacob -- Har. 17, 1792
Balli -- No. 20, 1794
Selli -- January 14, 1797
Christian -- July 4, 1799
Sehm - Har. 17, 1802.
[lined out: (next entry sealed to next page)]
Beddi- April 18, 1805
---
In the year 1782, on the 22nd day of January, I Jakob Zetti had a
daughter born named Kattarina Zettisin.
In the year 1783, on the 11th day of September, I Jakob Zetti had a
daughter born Anna Zettisin.
In the year 1785, on the 17th day of October, I Jakob Zetti had a son
born named Abraham Zetti,
In the year 1792, (?) on the 17th day of Har ---- I Jacob Ceti had a son
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In re: CITY, Jacob
Rev. War

born named Jacob Ceti.
In the year 1793 (?), on the 20th day of November, I Iacob Ceti had a
daughter born named Magdalena Cetisin.
In the year 1788, on the 7th day of March, I Jacob Zetti had a
daughter born named Lis -- Zettisin.
In the year 1790, on the 14th day of January, I Iacob Zetti had a
son born named Johannes,
In the year 1797, on the 14th day of January, I Iacob Seti had a
daughter born named Sera Cetisin.
In the year 1799, on the 4th day of July, I Jacob Ceti had a son
born named Christian Ceti.
In the year 1805, on April 18, I Jacob Ceti had a daughter born
named Beddi.

From German by Matteossian 2 / 3 / 39
REIND TRANSLATION
[initials] GW
FEB 1939
TRANSLATION SECTION
MALL SUB-DIVISION
VETS. ADM.
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6305
Richmond Va
Betsey City
widow of Jacob City decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 6th May 1836
of Bedford Co in the State of Virginia
who was a Private in the ____ commanded
by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded
by Col Stull in the VA
line for 7 months
=====
Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond Va
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 6th day of May 1836.
=====
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of July
1841 and sent to R. H.
Gray, Lynchburg Va
=====
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $112.65
[lined out: Semi-annual allowance ending]
$112.65
{Act July 7,
1838.}
Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk,
Book A  Vol. 2.  Page 184
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Elizabeth Citty Va act 38. &c-- last pd
22 and '45-
[initials illegible]
Paid to 4th March 1844
BLB
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12/  23.33 (19g
[aligns under the 23 above] 12
_____
113
108
_____
53
48

194
388

11665
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Jacob City Virginia June 7 a836 $23.35
d. 1836 When paid
HHJ
July 28 1841
Died 6th May 1836 paid
to that (illegible)
JH
M Harry
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24985
Jacob City's
Declaration
for a pension
__

Bedford County Va

__
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State of Virginia
County of Bedford
I Robert N Dickenson (illegible) Clerk of the County Court of Bedford in the Sate of Virginia do hereby certify that the foregoing (illegible) copy of the original proceeding of the said Court had in the matter of the application of Jacob City for a pension, and I do further certify that Henry Brown, Samuel Mitchell, and David Q Quarles who have signed the foregoing certificate are acting Justices of the Peace for said County duly commissioned and qualified as such, according to the Constitution (illegible) of this State
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, the 29th day of April 1833 in the 57 year of American (illegible)
Ro N Dickenson DO

(seal attached)
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State of Virginia
On this 19th day January, 1844, before me This R Clayton v- a Justice of the peace in and for said county personally appeard Mrs Elizabeth City a resident of said county Aged 82 years - who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath may the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by this Act of Congress (illegible) on the 3rd of March 1843 - granting pensions to widows or pensioners who served during the Re. war. That she is the widow of Jacob City who was a private of militia in the Rev. war - and a U.S pensioner from said county at the rate of $23.33 cents per Annum-and who died on the 6th day of May 1836. And that the annual Ant of pension which she had from the (illegible) under the Act of July 7, 1838, as the widow of said Jacob City. was at the rate of $23.33 cents per Annum for 57 years to Witt, from the 4th of March 1836 to the 4th of March 1841, /and she further declares that she is still a widow,
Elizabeth X ^her mark^ City Seal
sworn to and subscribed on this day and year above written Thos R Clayton J.P.
Below me-
X In presence of (illegible) ^his (illegible)^ Citty Mary A City State of Virginia
X  I Thos R Clayton a Justice of the Peace in and for said county - do truly certify, that Mrs Elizabeth City who has this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration before me, is the widow of Jacob City He who was a U.S. pensioner from said county - and that she is know to me as the identical person who had a pension as the widow of said Jacob City under the Act of July 7, 1838 at $23.33 for (illegible) for 5 years to Witt, from the 4th day of March 1836 to the 4th day March 1841. And further that she
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State of Virginia
County of Bedford SS
I Robert C Mitchell Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that Thomas R Clayton is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 23d day of January One thousand eight hundred & forty four
RC Mitchell (illegible)
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State of Virginia, Bottetourt County SS
on this 11th day Jan 1841, before me Henry M Bowen a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Abraham Crumpecker a respectable resident of said County, who being first duly affirmed according to law, doth on his affirmation say - that he is 74 years old in Nov next, and have been a preacher of the Gospel for 40 years past - that he moved from the State of Maryland to Rockingham County Va and settled in the neighborhood of Brocks Gap, in the year 1786: and immediately became acquainted with Jacob City, and his wife Betsey City - whose maiden name was Runion, daughter of Mo Runion of Rockingham County Brocks Gap. And deponent says that at his first acquaintance with said Jacob City and wife aforesaid - they had two or three children  and was living together as man and wife - and was regarded by all who knew them to be legally married: deponent himself believed them to be so. deponent lived 10 years in said county of Rockingham, and moved to Bedford County
Va. And that in three or four years afterwards, Jacob City, and his wife Betsey, with their children - also moved to Bedford County, and settled in the same neighborhood with deponent. And further deponent says Wm Wood and Wm Stevens married the two oldest daughters of the said Jacob City in Bedford County. That in the years 1818 deponent moved from Bedford, to said County of Bottetourt where he now lives: and has heard that said Jacob City has died since the deponent left Bedford County - and further, deponent moved to Bedford in 1796, and Jacob City and family in 1799 or 1800, at which time his 2 oldest daughters Catharine and Nancy was full grown.
Abraham Crumpacker
Affirmed to and subscribed, on the day and year above written
Before me Henry M Bowger J.P.
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State of Virginia Botetourt County to witt
I Ferdinand Woltz Clerkourt of the Court of Botetourt county certify that Henry M Bowen is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name the 14th day June 1841
F Woltz, Clerk of the Court of Botetourt County
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State of Virginia, Bedford County S.S.

At a regular court, holden in and for said county, at the court house on Monday, the 28th day of June 1841.
The declaration of Mrs. Betsey City widow of Jacob City decd a dutchman of said county being read in open court in order to obtain a pension from the Genl Govt. together with the Family legistee of said Jacob City - and the Affidavits of Abraham Crumpacker a minister of the Gospel of the County of Botetourt Jno Wood, Catharine Wood, Wm. Stevens, Archibald Wade, and R. H Gray; and the certificates of Lewis C. Arthur and Thos. R. Clayton Esqr. Magistrates in and for said county-; and the Court having satisfactorily examined the same, and being satisfied in their minds that the parties and evidence as above are genuine and not fraudulent, do ratify, and confirm the same.
And the court doth order to be certified to the war department that Betsey City aforesaid is the widow of Jacob City decd of said County who was a U. States pensioner for said county at the time of his death which was on the 6th day of May 1836; at the rate of $23 - cents per Annum. And further it does appear to the satisfaction of the court that the aforesaid Jacob City decd as above was married to his present widow Betsey City (whose maiden name was Runion) in the County of Rockingham in the year 1781; and that from said City's Family legistee - written in Dutch- that his oldest daughter Catharine was born on the 22nd Jany 1781; that the aforesaid Betsey City has remained unmarried ever since the death of her husband, the aforesaid Jacob City, as above- to the present time - and that she is too infirm to attend court so great a distance.
And the court doth further order it to be certified that the Revd. Abraham Crumpacker, Jno Wood, Catharine Wood, Wm. Stevens, Archibald Wade ^and R. H. Gray^ all respectable citizens - the first of the county of Botetourt, the last of the county of Campbell, and the rest of the county of Bedford, and that their oaths are entitled to credit: And that ~ R. H Gray interlined[?] before signed - Jno R. Septoe. D.C.
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Lewis C Arthurn and Thos R. Clayton Esq an acting Magistrate in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such - and that the signature purporting to be their attached to the several certificates affixed to the Affidavits above named are genuine.
I John R. Steptoe deputy for Robert C. Mitchell Clerk of the County Court of Bedford in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Mrs Betsey City for a pension In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 30th day of June 1841.
Jno. R. Steptoe D.Croc
We claim for Mrs Betsey City $23 - cents pension  from the 6th day of May 1836. the time of her husbands death.
No. N Gray Agt-
Lynchburg
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City
Otter Bridge V
19 Augt 1845
Free
W. L. Goggin
Hon Geo W. Crump
Off. Com of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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   4 85
      34
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145 5
164 90

Bedford Va Aug 1845
Dear Sir
Will you be so good as to inform me how the arrears of pension due the heirs of Elizabeth City a pensioner under the act of
can be drawn She died last spring in his
County but the pension certificate cant be found-- it is a my small amount that
is due but her son is an extremely poor man
and almost destitute- the other heirs  have agreed to let him have the whole-- can he draw it as (illegible) of E City
An early reply if possible
Yrs very truly
W L Goggin
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Feb'y 6th 1846
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act
directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners,
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending
the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension
agents, The Adm: of Elizabeth Citty, decd
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va
Agency, at the rate of Twenty three - Dollars
and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 17th Jun
1844, has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of March 1844, to the 31st Dec. 1844.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller
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Betsey City
Wid of Jacob
Va
Act July 1838
Married 1781
died May 6. 1836
Allow $23 33 per ann
from 1 May 1836

R. H. Gray Esq
Lynchburg Va
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Richmond May 12th 1837
J.S. Edwards Esq
Washington

Dear Sir
I hand you enclosed, the papers
relating to the Pension due the representatives of Jacob
City Deceased. I have to ask, that you will instruct
the Agent here, to pay the amount. Be good
enough, to return the papers at an early date-
Very respectfully
Your Obt Svt
Ed. Robinson
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Jacob City d May 1837
Betsey City  m July 1781
Pen. [illegible]
2d [illegible] drafts summ '81 an
aude in Augt: 1781
born 1760
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State of Virginia,
Bedford County S.S.
On this 19 day of June 1841, before me Thos R Clayton
a Justice of the peace in and for said County
personally appeared Mr Archibald Wade sere a respectable
resident of said county, who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on his oath say-- That he
is 59 years old-- that Jacob City [Citty] a Dutchman
and Betsey City his wife, moved to said County of Bedford,
in the year 1798 or 99, and settled in the neighburhood, 
the same neighburhood with deponant: At which
time the said Jacob City and wife Betsey had two
daughters - Catharine, and Nancy -grown- besides
several younger children-- to wit, Abraham, John,
Jacob, Samuel, Polly, Sally Sue - that the said Jacob
City came from the County of Rockingham. Brocks
Gap - and that Abraham Crumpecker a Minister of the
Gospel-- also a Dutchman - of the Dunkard denomination
also moved to said County of Bedford and setted in the same
neighbourhood with said Jacob City-- and about the year
1814, moved to the County of Bottetourt [Botetourt]. That the said
Jacob City died in, or about the month of May 1836;
and was a United States pensioner at the time
of his death as above-- at the rate of $23-- Cents per
Annum. That Mrs Betsey City, his widow, has remained
unmarried ever since the death of her husband
the aforesaid City as above to the present time-- and is
the Identical person, who is now claiming a pension
as the widow of the aforesaid Jacob City decd
Archibald Wade Sdn

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above
written -
Before me
Thos R. Clayton J.P.
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Jacob City's
Declaration
for a pension
[scratched out: 25868]
Bedford County Va
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State of Virginia
Bedford County ⎬ SS.
On this 24th day of June 1833 personally appeared in open court before the
court of Bedford County now sitting, Jacob City [Citty], a resident of Rupell parish in said
County & State, aged 72 years the 28th of last June, who being first duly sworn according 
to law, doth on his oath, make the following ^declaration^ in order to obtain the benefit of the act
of Congress of 7 June 1832. That the last of June or first of July in the year of
1775, he enlisted in the service of the United States for the term of five months.
He enlisted at a place called Sharpsburg in Maryland near which place & 
Hagerstown he then resided. His company officers were Capt Reynolds Lieut Cresley
Orenture, or some such name; he cannot recollect the name of his ensign. He thinks
he was under Genl Lee. Col. Stull commanded the regiment to which he was 
attached, tho he cannot recollect the number. He was discharged in the week of
Christmas 1775 by Capt Reynolds verbally. He enlisted for five months &
staid at the Barracks in Sharksburg for some time waiting to recruit a sufficient
number to form a company. He was in the army at least five months, 
discharging military service the whole time. He cannot recollect the County in
which he lived-- tho he can recollect it was about 11 miles from Sharpsburg.
He was engaged in no battle during this enlistment. He marched from Sharpsburg
thro York & Lancaster Pennsylvania croping [crossing] the Susquehanah River, he thinks
at a place called Anderson's Ferry.  He left Philadelphia, he believes to his right
hand, but cannot recollect where he croped [crossed] the Delaware River. He believes he was
in Trenton. He marched on to Brunswick New Jersey, in which State, at various
places not now recollected he performed the greater part of his service. He was only
15 years old when he entered the service & cannot therefore recollect distinctly all
the names of places orises [officers] & other circumstances attending his service. He believes
the soldiers got forty shillings bounty, and he thinks he was a regular. It was 
supposed the British might be overcome in a short time, & the war ended directly - and
that accounts for the short term of his enlistment. He does not recollect the officers
& numbers of the militia, & regular regiments & companies, who were with the
troops - all his officers named above, he believes were regulars- He does not
recollect the names of any other regular officers-
In the month of April after the termination of the tour above mentioned, his
father moved to Rockingham County Virginia. In the month of June or July
1781, (in the summer of the year Cornwallis was taken) he was drafted into the
service of the United States, as a militia man from Rockingham County
Va. from Capt. Bagg's Company. He marched under Capt. Crisman, Lieut.
Gum, & ensign William Bryan. The British were then in Albemarle County.
from which they retreated, & we pursued them, croping [crossing] the Blue Ridge mountains
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at Swift Run Gap into Orange County, marching by Louisa Court house
thro Hanover & New Kent Counties to near Williamsburg. The British had
reached the town before us & were in possession of it when we arrived. He joined
the Regiment commanded by Col. Hamilton. He does not recollect the name
 of his Major. The army was commanded by Gen. Marquis La Fayette.
Pretty shortly after we joined the army, we had an engagement with the British
about two miles from Williamsburg - The British forced the Americans to
retreat. Of the regular officers, with whom he served, he recollects Genls
La Fayette, Wayne & Muhlenburg. There were regular & militia regiments
& companies with the troops, but he cannot ^recollect^ their officers. During this tour,
he was continually marching over the country about Pamunkey River &
Williamsburg - He served this tour at least two months and was discharged
in August by Capt Crisman. But had no written discharge
He has no documentary evidence of his services either tour, and knows no
person living by whom he can prove them.
He served not less than the period mentioned below, to wit: the first tour
five months-- the second tour, two months - in all seven months, for which
he claims a pension
In answer to interrogatories he states:
1 He was born in Lancaster County, Pensylvania, the 28th June 1760
2. He has no register of his age- never had one - His father had one, but his
brother carried it to the west, to what place he does not know.
3. The first time he entered the service, he lived near Sharpsburg, Maryland.
The second time, in Rockingham County Virginia - Since the revolution, he
has lived in Rockingham, Albemarle, & for the last 25 or 30 years, in
Bedford Virginia, where he now resides.
4. He was called into service in the manner stated in his declaration.
5 & 6 interrogatories he has answered in his declaration-
7. The Rev. Mosby Arnold & Capt Henry Brown are persons to whom he is
known in his present neighborhood, who can testify as to his character
for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity
except the present & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll
of the agency of any State.
Jacob City
Subscribed & sworn to the day and year aforesaid, in open court.
We, Mosby Arnold, a clergyman residing in the County of Bedford and Henry Brown
residing in the same, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob
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City who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him
as he states, to be upwards of 72 years of age, and that it is reputed & believed
in the neighborhood where he lives, to have been a revolutionary soldier, and
that we concur in that opinion.
Mosby Arnold
Henry Brown
Sworn & subscribed in open Court

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the 
matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department,
that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states -
and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Mosby Arnold. who
has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in Bedford County,
and that Henry Brown, who has also signed the same is a resident in said
County & is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Robert C. Mitchell, Clerk of the County Court of Bedford in the State of
Virginia, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
Jacob City for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & seal of office this 25th day of June
1833, in the 57th year of American
dependence.
Ro. C. Mitchell Clk