Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2385-200, Jacob Weitzel, Penn.
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
Penn.

Weitzel, Jacob

NUMBER
B. L. Wt. [Warrant] 2385-200 Lieut.
Issued May 27, 1790
No papers.

CONTENTS
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B. L. Wt. [Warrant] 2385-200 -  Lieut.
Issued May 27, 1790
No papers.
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Frankfort, Indiana
April 8, 1927

Pension Dept.
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen, will you please furnish me with a copy of the of me information available on Jacob Weitzel who served in the American Revolution? He entered the service as Ensign in Patton's Add. Continental Regiment.
Thanking you in advance for this favor, I am
yours my truly
(miss) Alice Price
857 E. Wabash St.
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October 9, 1937
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Jacob Weitzel
B. L. Wt. 2885-200

Mr. C. B. Allman
Moundsville
West Virginia

Dear Sir:

The Revolutionary War records of this office show that Warrant #2385 for two hundred acres of bounty land was issued May 27, 1790,
on account of the services of Jacob Weitzel as lieutenant in the Pennsylvania line during the Revolutionary War.
There are no further data on file relative to this officer and no data relative to his family because of the destruction of papers in bounty land claims when the War Office was burned in 1800.
For information relative to the location of this land, it is suggested that you address the Commissioner of the General Land Office,
Interior Department, this city, giving the warrant number, the acreage and the date the warrant was issued.
Very truly yours


A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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October 8, 1937.
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Mr. C. B. Allman
Marshall County Schools
Moundsville, West Virginia

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the records of John and Martin Whetsell who fought in the battle of Point Pleasant, served also in the Revolutionary War and the record of Jacob Wetsel who served in the Revolutionary War and War of 1812, and that of Lewis Wetzel who served in the Revolution and Indian Wars.
There is no claim for pension on file based
upon service in the Revolutionary War of Martin or Lewis Wetsell, nor for service of a John Wetsel as described by you. This office has no record of services rendered in the colonies prior to the Revolutionary War, hence, no record of service of the above named man in 1774.
The War of 1812 records have been searched and no claim for pension found based upon service in that war of Jacob Wetsel as described by you, nor of a Lewis Wetsel, nor is there a claim for pension on file based upon service in the Indian Wars subsequent to the Revolution and prior to the War of 1812.
The Revolutionary War record of only one Jacob Weitsel has been found under any spelling. His record is furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours


A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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December 23, 1935
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BA-J/UCS
Jacob Weitzel
B. L. Wt. 2385-200

Mrs. Ray C. Gansel
77 Hillside Avenue
Newark, New Jersey,

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War records of Jacob and Phillip Wetzel.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the 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 any Phillip Wetzel (searched under all spellings) or Jacob Wetzel.
The Jacob Weitzel, whose record is furnished below, is the only soldier with name of similar spelling, that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
The Revolutionary War records of this office show that two hundred acres of bounty land were allowed on Warrant #2385, which was issued May 27, 1790, on account of the services of Jacob Weitzel who was a lieutenant in the Pennsylvania line during the Revolution.
There are no further data on file relative to this soldier and no data relative to his family because of the destruction of papers in bounty land claims when the War Office was burned in 1800.
Very truly yours



A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
July 18, 1927

Miss Alice  Price
857 E. Wabash St.
Frankfort, Ind.

Madam;

I have to advise you that from the Revolutionary War records of this bureau it appears that two hundred acres of bounty land were allowed on Warrant #2383, which was issued May 27, 1790, on account of the service
of JACOB WEITZEL who was a Lieutenant in the Pennsylvania Line during the War of the Revolution.
There are no further data on file relative to the soldier and no data as to his family owing to the destruction of papers in bounty land claims when the War Office was burned in November, 1800, and in 1814.
This is the only soldier by the name of Jacob Zeitzel [Weitzel] that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,


WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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BOARD OF EDUCATION
W. F. CURTIS, PRES'T
DR. J. E. ARNOLD
GEO. D. PANAN

BOARD OF EDUCATION
KENNETH HARRISON
DR. J. W. NIEDERMYER
LOUIS R. POTTS, SEC'Y

MARSHALL COUNTY SCHOOLS
LOUIS R. POTTS, SUPT.
C. P. ALLMAN, ASS'T SUPT.
MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA

Sept. 23, 1937.

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs; Thanks for the letter concerning the record of Lewis Bonnett. Mr. George W. Bowers of Mannington, W. Va. has the following phostatic copy of John Wetzell's Company of Virginia Rangers, in command of Colonel Daniel McFarland, ranging in Ohio and Monongalia counties from April 22 to July 25 of 1778 both dates Inclusive.
The company; John Wetzell, Capt. William Crawford, Lieut. John Madison, Ensign Pator Miller, Sergeant Christian Copley, Ditto.
John Six, Samuel Brown, Lewis Bonnett, Jacob Towebaugh, Joseph Morris,
Benjamin Wright, William Hall, Philip Nicholas, John Nicholas, Henry Yoho, John Duncan, Thomas Heargis.
John Province, Quar. Henry Franks, Nicholas Crougher, Jacob Tombaugh, John Six, Jr. Alenar Eastwood, Conrad Har, Mark Har, Martin Whitsell, Enoch Enochs, Valentine Lawrence, John Andrews, John Smith, William Gardener, David Casto, Joseph Yeager, Philip Catt, George Catt, Joseph Coone, Matthias Riffle, Jacob Speagler, Liton Goosey, Philip Baker.
The roll is signed by David Brodhead.
The privates were paid $6  2/3 each in continental Currency as "7 - 18 - 4" The Captain received $40 in continental Currency, "47-10-10".
Capt. John Wetzel was born in either Holland or Switzerland about 1725 or 30. He came to America about 1738. He was killed by the Indians in 1787 at the Mouth of Grave Yard Run in what is now Marshall county, W. Va.
His son Martin Wetzell was born in 1757 in either Virginia or Penn. he died about 1830 or 35 in what is now Marshall county, W. Va.
They owned several thousand acres of land in Marshall and Ohio counties, W.Va.  Do you have any further records of them or their lands as pensions or pensions?
Very truly yours,
C. B. Allman.
C. B. Allman.

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BOARD OF EDUCATION
W. F. CURTIS, PRES'T
DR. J. E. ARNOLD
GEO. D. PANAN

BOARD OF EDUCATION
KENNETH HARRISON
DR. J. W. NIEDERMYER
LOUIS R. POTTS, SEC'Y

MARSHALL COUNTY SCHOOLS
LOUIS R. POTTS, SUPT.
C. P. ALLMAN, ASS'T SUPT.
MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA

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P. S John and Martin Whetsell also fought in the Battle of Point Pleasant on Oct. 10, 1774 under Gen. Andrew Lewis.
The wife of Capt. John Wetsell was Mary Bonnett Wetzel and the wife of Martin was Mary Coffielt Wetzel, and the wife of Jacob Wetzel was Rhuhama Shepherd Wetzel. Do you have any record of Jacob Wetzel serving in the Revolutionary or War of 1812? Do you have any record of Lewis wetzel serving in the Rev. Or Indian War. He was born Aug. 1863 in Pa. or Va. and died in 1808 near Natchez, Miss, He never married.
Thanks
Sincerely yours,
C. B. Allman
C. B. Allman

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Newark, New Jersey
77 Hillside Ave.
Dec. 14, 1935.

Veteran's Administration
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs. Please accept my most sincere apologies for writing some letters that are hard to decipher. The Revolutionary ancestors that I am desirous of obtaining facts about are Jacob Wetzel not Hetzel.
Phillip  O Wetzel
My lettering may be is poor or writing

Jacob Wetzel - private of the 8th class
Captain Miller's Company
Phillip Wetzel sergeant in the Penna artillery and a member of the Burks Co Militia
Gratefully Yours -
Mrs. Ray C. Gansel

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DEC 14 1935