Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8798, Jacob Vanmeter, Va.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE                                                    NUMBER
Va.             Vanmeter, Jacob                       W. 8798
                  Vanmetre
              or Vanmatre       

CONTENTS
                                                 Rebecca
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   6582
Kentucky

Jacob Vanmeter
of Hardin in the State of Ky
who was a Ensign in the Company commanded
by Captain        of the Reg commanded
by Gen Clark in the Virginia
militia for 9 months
[????] 1778

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 105 Dollars --- Cents per annum.
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2e day of March
1833 and was [????]
Wickliffe??

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832                      157.50
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 1833 52. 50
                                                                 $210.00
⎨ Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by H H Sylvester Clerk
Book D. Vol. 9. Page 64
=
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Decn of En Jacob Vanmetre
Ills Regt-& affidavits
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State of Kentucky} Jacob Vanmetre of the County
County of Hardin} and State aforesaid personally
appeared before me John Morris a Justice of
the peace for the County aforesaid and made oath
to the following statement viz that he the said Jacob
Vanmetre was commissioned an Ensign in the Illinois
Regiment commanded by Col George Rogers Clarke
in February 1778 and commenced recruiting men for
Capt Harrods Company of said Regiment on the
Monongahalia river about ten miles above redstone
fort that having finished recruiting that he started
down the river with part of their companies comman
ded by Captains Helm Harrod and Bowman the
whole in the command of Col George R Clarke
for the falls of the Ohio now Louisville where they
Remained about a month and built a fort on
Corn Island they then left the falls of the Ohio for the
old cherokee fort on the Ohio caled[sic] afterwards fort
Massac where they only staid one night then they
left the boats five in number and commenced their
march to Ocan now called Kaskaska which was
taken by Col Clarke from the enemy who commanded
by a frenchman by the name of Roublack Leaving Capt
Wm Harrod and Col Clark at Kaskaska's he marched
under the command of Capt Joseph Bowman of the
Illinois Regiment to [????] a small french vilage[sic] about
ten miles below the present site of St Louis from this
place he return and under the command of Capt
Bowman and Rejoined his Regiment under the com
mand of Col Clarke at Kaskaska's the following summ
=er he was with Col Clarke at Vincennes that he
continued as an Ensign in the Illinois Regiment
until the end of the war that in 1782 when Col George
R Clark then General commanded an expedition
against the Shawnee Indians there was not
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full command for the officers of the Illinois
Regiment he received the appointment of Captain
of Militia to command a Company from Bullock's
which he did command for about two months
which ended the expedition, but that he did not
Consider his acceptance of the commission of Capt
of Militia to have anuled[sic] his commission as Ensign
in the Illinois Regiment that it was only a company
appointment for the expedition that he afterwards
continued to hold his Commission of Ensign of the Illinois
Regiment until the end of the war and as such was
recognized by the Board of officers who assembled
at Louisville in 1784 under an act of the Assembly of
Virginia for the purpose of allowing to the officers
of the Illinois Regiment their portions of land in the
Illinois Grant and that he was allowed for his
services to the end of the war as Ensign in the Illinois
Regiment 2156 acres of bounty land that when
the declaration was prepared for him by Mr Northup
to obtain a pention[sic] under the act of 1832 he was totally
unadvised of the provisions of the law that he then
stated to Mr Northrup that he was an Ensign in
the Illinois Regiment and also a Capt of Militia
but never intended to convey the idea that he was an
ensign of militia and that he served only seven
months in that capacity for that in truth he served
in said Illinois Regiment for several years viz
from February 1778 when he was first commissi
=oned until the close of the war that Mr Northrup
must have mistaken the seven months service
as Ensign of Militia for seven months of active
campaigning mentioned to him when Ensign
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of the Illinois Regiment that he did not intend
to convey the idea that he only served seven
months in said Regiment but only aluded[sic] to a
particular portion of the time when in service
Given under my hand this 6th day of October
1835
[signed]John Morris JPHC
State of Kentucky
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    I Samuel Haycraft Clerk
County of Hardin of the county court of the aforesaid
County do hearby[sic] certify that John Morris
was a Justice of the county court aforesaid at the time
of taken the annexed affidavit of Jacob Vanmetre and
now is an acting Justice of the peace in and for the
County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified
according to law and that the signature of the said
John Morris  Justice of the peace, is his
Genuine by name.
    In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of the
County Court of Hardin this 6th day of October
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty five
   [signed] Saml Haycraft Clk
State of Kentucky}
County of Hardin}  I Green Adams presiding Justice of the
County Court of Hardin in the State aforesaid do hereby certify
that the attestation hereunto annexed and made by Samuel
Haycraft Clerk of the said court is in due form of law and
by the proper officer appointed by the laws of the said State for that
propose, and that full faith and credit an due thereto
in every court or office in the United States Given under
my hand at the County and State aforesaid this 9th day
of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight
hundred and thirty five and of the independance[sic]
of the United States the 44 year
   [signed]Green Adams JPHC
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999
Kentucky
Rebecca Vanmetre
widow of Jacob Vanmetre
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a Captain& ensign
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
105 Dollars ---
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
and 29th day of July 1848
C. H. Trabue
Frankfort
Ky
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 267 Vol 3

[on right side of document]
Reported
Certife issd[issued]
and  a N[?]. Resd.
23 Jany 45
see within
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6318
Rebecca Vanmeter
of Jacob
Kentucky
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State of Kentucky}
Hardin County Sct}
On this 21st day of October 1839 before the Justices
of the County Court of Hardin County and State aforesaid personally appear
Rebecca Vanmeter a resident of said County of Hardin and State
aforesaid aged Sixty two years next November who being first duly
Sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declar
ation in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by an 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 Vanmeter
deceased Late a pensioner on the roll of the Kentucky agency. she
further declares that she was married to the said Jacob Vanmeter
in the County of Hardin in the State of Kentucky on the twelvth[sic] day
of May Seventeen hundred and ninty three (1793) that her husband the
aforesaid Jacob Vanmeter died on the twelvth[sic] day of April Eighteen
hundred and thirty Eight (1838) She was not married to him
prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous
to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninty four at
the time above stated. She further declares that a record ^of her marriage is on the
the records of the Clerks office in the County of Hardin and State
aforesaid                                          Rebekah Vanmatre

At a court began and held for Hardin County at
the Court house in Elizabeth Town on Monday the
21st day of October 1839 being a Court of record
"on this day, Rebekcah Vanmeter an applicant
for a pension came into Court in open Court and
subscribed and swore to her declaration for the same
and the Court do hereby declare their opinion after
the interrogation of the matter that the said Applicant
is the widow of Jacob Vanmeter deceased and known to
be a pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky agency"
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State of Kentucky  }
Hardin County Sct ⎬  I Samuel Haycraft Clerk
of the Court of the County of Hardin and State aforesaid
do certify that the foregoing order of Court is truly copied from
the Record in my office

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this
21st day of
October 1839
[signed]Saml Haycraft Clerk of
the Hardin County Court
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The deposition of Mrs Mahala Prather a resident of Hardin County
Ky taken this 17th day of October 1839 to be used as evidence in favour
of the application of Mrs Rebecca Vanmeter for a pension under an act
of Congress passed July 7. 1838
Deponent being Twenty Seven years old deposeth and saith that
she is the Daughter of Jacob Vanmeter & Rebecca Vanmeter and that
she knew her Father was a pensioner on the roll of the Kentucky agency
at the time of his death and that he the said Jacob Vanmeter
died on the twelvth day of April Eighteen hundred and
thirty Eight (1838) And that her Mother the aforesaid Rebecca
Vanmeter has remained a widow ever since the death of her hus
band the aforesaid Jacob Vanmeter And further Saith not
State of Kentucky                 [signed]Mahala Prather
Hardin County Set ⎬

      The above deposition was this day sworn
to and subscribed by Mrs Mahala [crossed out]Vanmeter  Prather before me the
undersigned Justice of the peace in and for the County of Har-
din and State aforesaid and I certify the said Mahala
Prather is a woman of good moral character and a person
of truth and veracity
 Given from under my hand this 17th October 1839
     [SIGNED]W E Wilson JPHC
The word (Vanmeter) erased & (Prather) intestined before signed
by me
     [SIGNED]W E Wilson JPHC

The deposition of Jacob Vanmeter a resident of Hardin County
Ky, taken at his own house this 19th day of October 1839 to be used
as evidence in favour of the application of Mrs Rebecca Vanmeter for
a pension under the act of Congress passed July 7 1838 Deponent
being seventy seven years old deposeth and saith that he is the
uncle of Rebecca Vanmeter the widow of Jacob Vanmeter decease
ed that he recollects perfectly well when the said Rebecca
was married to the said Jacob Vanmeter, which marriage
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took place at the said Rebecca Mothers in the County of Hardin
in the State of Kentucky on the twelvth[sic] day of May Seventeen
hundred and ninety three (1793) and the said Jacob Vanmeter
and Rebecca lived together as man and wife from that date
untill[sic] the death of the said Jacob Vanmeter, The deponent
recollects that the Revd Josiah Dodge preach on that day
and after sermon went and married the said Jacob
& Rebecca and the deponent was in company and saw
them married And further saith not
                                   [signed]Jacob Vanmetre
State of Kentucky
Hardin County Sct ⎬
                              The above deposition of Jacob Vanmeter was this day
sworn to and subscribed before me the undersigned Justice of the peace in
and for the County of Hardin and State aforesaid, And I certify that the said
Jacob Vanmeter is a man of good moral character and a person of truth
and veracity. Given from under my hand this 19th day of October 1839
                        [signed]J. H. Howell, JPHC
State of Kentucky
County of Hardin Sct}
                              I Samuel Haycraft Clerk of the Court
for Hardin County and State aforesaid, Certify that WC Wilson and
JH Howell whose names are signed to the foregoing certificates is now
and was at the time of signing the same Justices of the peace in and
for the County aforesaid legally authorized to administer oaths, and
their signatures are known to me to be genuine
    In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal of
office this 21st day of October 1839
                    [signed] Saml Haycraft Clerk of
the Hardin County Court
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State of Kentucky Sct
    I Samuel Haycraft Clerk of the County Court
for the County of Hardin in the State aforesaid
do certify that upon an examination of the Register
of Marriages kept in my Office It appears
that Jacob Vanmatre and Rebecca Rawlings
were married by the Reverend Josiah Dodge
on the (12) Twelfth day of May one thousand
seven hundred and ninety three (1793)
and that the dates here given are truly
extracted from said Register with the addition
that they are here given in words as well as
figures. Given under my hand
this 21st day of October 1839
                                [signed]Saml Haycraft
Clerk Hardin County
Court

State of Kentucky
Hardin County Sct
                            The above deposition of Samuel Haycraft
was this day sworn to and subscribed before me the undersigned
Justice of the peace in and for the County of Hardin and
State aforesaid and I certify the said Samuel Haycraft
is a man of good moral character and a person of truth
and veracity
   Given under my hand this 21st day of October 1839
Will M. Dunavan J.P. H.C.
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State of Kentucky
Hardin County Sct} I Samuel Haycraft
Clerk of the Court for Hardin County and State
aforesaid, do certify that William H Dunavan Esquire
whose name is signed to the foregoing certificate is now and
was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the
Peace in and for the County aforesaid, and legally authorized
to administer oaths, and his signature is known to me
to be genuine.             In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal of office this 21st day of
October 1839
[signed]Saml Haycraft Clerk
of the Hardin County Court
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John Weems Admin
Declaration
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State of Kentucky
Franklin County Sct
Be it Known that on the 5th day of
June 1851 Before me Geo W. Gwin an acting Justice
of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid pers=
=onally appeared John Weems administrator of the estate
of Mrs Rebecca Vanmeter deceased who after being first
duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make
the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the provisions made by the act of the Congress passed
7th June 1832 - 7 July 1838 - 3d March 1843 17 June
1844 & 2 February 1848 Towit: That he declarant is
the administrator of the estate of Mrs Rebecca Vanmeter
deceased widow of Jacob Vanmeter who as declarant Veri
=ly believes was a soldier, Ensign, and Captain
in the Virginia State Line, & army of the Revolution
and served several years therein. That said Jacob
as he verily believes was an ensign in the Illinois
Regiment Virginia State Line and army aforesaid and
entered as such under the command of the Colonel
George Rogers Clark the latter part of the year
1777 and first part of the year 1778 and was pre
=sent at the reduction of the posts Kaskaskia and
Vincennes and continued in actual service in
said Regiment until the said Illinois Regiment
was disbanded in the latter part of the
year 1781 that for his said service he was
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allowed Bounty Land by the Commonwealth
of Virginia which land was allotted to him
in the Illinois Grant and now lies in the County
of Clark State of Indiana oposite[sic] the City of
Louisville State of Kentucky as will appe
=ar from Copys[sic] of the records herewith presented.
That said Jacob Vanmeter received a pension
while living under the acts of Congress passed 7th
June 1832 at the rate of $105. Whereas he was
entitled at that very moment for service as an
ensign from 1st year 1778 to last December
1781 the day the Illinois Regiment was disbanded
and also for service after the disbanding of said
Regiment as a Captain for the proof of
which he relies upon the Army Registers and
the Revolutionary records in the Pension Office
at Washington City. That said Jacob Vanmet
=er departed this life 1838 leaving Rebecca
Vanmeter his widow who survived him
and lived until the 16th day of July 1849 when
she died leaving leaving only four living chil
=dren viz. Nancy Vanmeter Mahala Milb
=urn Letitia Watson and Edward Vanmeter
That said Rebecca Vanmeter applied for and
receive pensions under the acts of Congress
passed 7th July 1838, 3d March 1843
17 June 1844 and 2nd February 1848 at the rate of $105.
per Annum. That said widow was entitled to
receive a pension for 4 years service of her
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an allowance may be made under the act 7th June
1832 for the arrears due sd Officer at his death - and
likewise for the arrears due said widow in her
own right at her death as increase under the
act 7 July 1838 3d March 1843 & 17 June 1844 & also 2nd
February 1848, and that certificates of Pension may
issue for all of said balances in his name and be
delivered to Isaac H Trabue his atty or to such
other person as he may direct.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me day & year of afsd} [signed] John Weems Admin
[signed] G.W. Gwin J.P.}  of Rebecca Vanmeter decd

and I certify that the foregoing declarant is a Gen
=tleman unto all of whose statements the
fullest faith and credit should be given-
Wherefore I hereunto subscribe my name
[signed]G. W. Gwin JP.

State of Kentucky Franklin County Sct
    I Alexander H Rennick Cle
=rk of the Court of said County and State
certify that GW Gwin before whom
the foregoing declaration was made
is an acting Justice of the Peace in
and for the County and State afore
=said duly commissioned and sworn and
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the foregoing signature purporting to be his is
Genuine  In testimony whereof I doth
hereunto affix my seal of
Office and subscribe my
name this 5th day of June
1851
[signed]A H Rennick Clerk
Hardin County Court
  
[written on right margin]
John Weems Admin.
Declaration
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September 20, 1939
BA-J/AWF
Jacob Vanmeter
W. 8798

Mrs. Sarah P. Hoffman
530 S. Clinton Street
Iowa City, Iowa
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War records of Henry
and Jacob Vanmeter.
The Revolutionary War records of this office
have been searched and no claim for pension or
bounty land found based upon service of Henry Vanmeter
,nder any spelling of the surname.
The data which follow were obtained from
papers on file in pension claim, W. 8798, based
upon the service of Jacob Vanmeter, in the War of
the Revolution. This is the record of the only
Jacob Vanmeter found on file in the Revolutionary War
pension records of this office. The surname
was searched under similar spellings.
The date and place of birth of Jacob Vanmeter
are not given, nor are the names of his parents
shown. The name is given, Vanmetre and Vanmatre.
Jacob Vanmeter was commissioned sometime in
February, 1778, Ensign and served under Captain
William Harrod and Captain Joseph Bowman in Colonel
George Rogers Clark's Illinois Regiment, went to
Kaskaskia and Vincennes, and on May 7, 1782, when
General George Rogers Clark commanded an expedition
against the Shawnee Indians, Jacob Vanmeter was
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appointed Captain of a company of militia from Blue
Lick, in which capacity he served two months; he
then returned to the Illinois Regiment and continued
to hold his commission as ensign until the
close of the war.
Jacob Vanmeter was allowed pension in 1833,
at which time he was a resident of Hardin County,
Kentucky. He died April 12, 1838.
Jacob Vanmeter married May 12, 1793, Rebecca
Rawlings. She was born in the month of November,
1777, and they were married at the home of her
mother in Hardin County, Kentucky. The names of
the parents of Rebecca Rawlings are not given, nor
is it shown where she was born.
The widow, Rebecca Vanmeter, was allowed pension
on her application executed October 21, 1839, then a
resident of Hardin County, Kentucky. She died July
18, 1849.
Mrs. Mahala Prather, daughter of Jacob Vanmeter
and his wife, Rebecca, was twenty-seven years old in
1839, then a resident of Hardin County, Kentucky.
The widow, Rebecca Vanmeter, was survived by
the following children:
Rebecca Wanmeter
Nancy Vanmeter
Edward Vanmeter
Mahala Milburn
Letitia Watson.
One Jacob Vanmeter stated in 1839 that he was
the uncle of the widow, Rebecca Vanmeter; he was
then seventy-seven years of age, and in Hardin
County, Kentucky.
In 1834, Joseph Vanmeter was of Hardin County,
Kentucky; in 1836, Isaac Vanmeter was of Grayson
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County, Kentucky, and in 1821, John Eadmeter and
Washington Vanmeter were of Hardin County, Kentucky.
It was not stated that they were related to the
family, or were related to each other.
The papers on file in this claim contain no
further discernible family data.
Very truly yours


A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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This Indenture made this sixth day of March and in thehttps://catalog.archives.gov/images/misc/drag.png
year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety two Between John Campbell Richard 
Taylor Alexander Breckenridge & Richard Terrell Gentleman Commissioned for apportioning the Land
granted to the Illinois Regiment &c of the one part and Jacob Vanmeter of the other part Witnesseth that wherever a
certain tract or parcel of Land containing B hundred forty nine thousand acres lying on the north
side of the Ohio river was granted by the Commonwealth of Virginia by Patent bearing Date at Richmond the four
teenth day of December one thousand seven hundred and eighty six unto certain Commissioners in trust, to be laid out and
divided among the Claimants agreeable to an Act of Assembly entitled, "An Act for Surveying and Apportioning the Lands
granted to the Illinois Regiment and establishing a ???? within the said Grant," and the other Act to amend the aforesaid
Acts the one passed in the October session one thousand seven hundred and eighty six, and the other in October Session One
thousand seven hundred and ninety, the Same being now laid out the Commissioners herein first mentioned having received of
the said Jacob Vanmeter the Proportion of the fees payable to the Register of the Land Office for so much Land as is here-
by to be conveyed, do grant and confirm unto the said Jacob Vanmeter his Heirs and Assigns a certain tract or parcel
of Land in the Grant aforesaid, Containing five hundred Acres being Lot Number two hundred and thirty two, allowed
the said Jacob Vanmeter by the Board of Commission in conference of Military Land [illeg] is performed in the
Regiment aforesaid bounded as followeth to wit, Beginning at a Beech and [????] the west corner of George
Rogers Clark, Survey, Number 215 running thence with Clarks Line N 50E two hundred and sixty six and two thirds Poles
crossing a Branch of fourteen Mile Creek to a black gum and a Maple in the upper line of the Land Grant, thence
with the said upper line N 40W three hundred Poles to a Beech and a White Oak thence with a line of James Shelby
S[illeg] S50W two hundred and Sixty six and two thirds Poles and crossing a branch to a Beech and a
White Oak [illeg] S40E three hundred Poles to the beginning with its appurtenances.
To have and to hold this said tract or parcel of land with its appurtenances to
The Said Jacob Van meter his heirs and Assigns forever. In Witness whereof the Commissioners have here-
unto set their hands and affixed their seals the day and year first above written
 
Signed Sealed and}                                            [signed]John Campbell {seal}
delivered in presence of}                                   [signed]Richard Taylor {seal}
                                                                           [signed]Alexander Breckenridge {seal}
Harvey [????]                                                      [signed]Richd Terrell {seal}
[illeg]
Martin G Clark
Michl Dixon
Joseph Brooks
[in lower right corner]Vanmeter, Jacob Va W 8798
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Ensign Jacob Vanmeter
Bounty Land for
Service in
Illinois Regiment
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Ensign Jacob Vanmeter
Allowances Bounty Land
services in
Illinois Regiment
Lot No 182 for 500 acres
   "   "    155 for 156  do
   "   "    232 for 500   do
   "   "        7 for 500   do
   "   "      64 for 500   do
                        2156. Acres
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Surveyed for Jacob Vanmeter
500 Acres of Land in the Illinois
Grant No. 232, being part of his
claim allowed by the Board of
Commrs. Beginning at K W a beech
& Hickory the West corner of George
Rodgers Clarke's Survey No.215,
running thence north with Clarkes line N. 50° E. 266 2/3
poles crossing a branch of 14 Mile Creek to K X
a black Gum and Maple on the upper line of
the Grant; thence with said upper line N. 40 W.
300 poles to L X a beech and White Oak; thence
with a line of James Shelby's Survey N. 249, S
50° W. 266 2/3 poles, crossing a branch to L W a
beech & Whiteoak; thence S. 40° E. 300 poles to
the Beginning
                                                        Edw'd Rodgers, Ass't
Deed issued to Jacob Vanmetre     W. Clarke, P. S.
Mar. 6th 1792                                 1st Mar. 1786
                           {seal}
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Surveyed for Jacob Vanmetre 156
Acres of Land in the Illinois Grant,
and part of a 500 Acre Survey No.
 155, being the balance of his claim
allowed by the Board of Commr's
Beginning at F.O. two beeches and
a Spanish Oak the West corner of Robert George's Sur-
vey No. 137; running thence with a line thereof N.
50 E. 133 1/3 poles to two beeches, corner to Valentine
Thomas Dalton's Survey of 156 acres. N. 40 W. 187
poles, with Dalton's line to two white oaks & a black
Oak in a line of John Thurston's Survey of 156
Acres S. 50 W. 133 1/3 poles with Thurstons line
to his South corner at a white oak and blackoak,
Thence with a line of Martin Carney's Survey
of 156 Acres in No. 154, S. 40° E. 187 poles to the
beginning.
[signed]W. Clarke. P.S.
Recorded & Ex'd. 15th Apl. 1789.
Etd
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Surveyed for Jacob Vanmetre
500 acres of land in the Illinois
Grant No.7 being part of his claim
allowed by the Board of Commrs
Beginning at E.F. a buckeye syc-
amore and elm on the Ohio opposite
the Six mile Island corner to Rich-
ard Terrells survey No. 6 running
thence with Terrells line North
40 West 250 poles to D.Z. two elms and a hickory saplin[sic]
North 50 East 544 poles to a beech and three sugar trees
on the bank of the Ohio: thence down the said River with
its meanders to the beginning
[signed]W. Clark P.S.
Mar. 1786
Exd
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Surveyed for Jacob Vanmetre
500 acres of Land in the Illin-
ois Grant No. 182, being part of
his claim allowed by the
Board of Commr's
Beginning at H.F. a white oak 
and two Dogwood Saplins[sic] the third Conner
of the Grant Counting from the lowest on the
River, and North corner of Wm. Harrod's
Survey No. 164. Running thence N. 50° E. 266 2/3
poles to H.G. a beech; thence N. 40 W. 300 poles
crossing the Muddy Fork of Silver Creek
to I.G. a Beech; thence S. 50 W. 266 poles, cross-
ing the Creek aforesaid three times to I.F. a
Whiteoak in an outline of the Grant, thence ┃
with said outline S 40° E. 300 poles to the
beginning                                        P. Catlett, D.S.
Deed issd to Jacob Vananetre[sic]   W. Clark, P. S.
Mar 6th 1792.                                  1st Mar. 1786
Exd
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Surveyed for Jacob Vanmetre 500 Acres of
Land in the Illinois Grant No. 64 being part
of his claim allowed by the board of Commrs
Beginning at two beeches & a black gum
the North corner of Richard McCarty's
survey No. 63 running thence with McCarty's
line South 40 East 300 poles to three beeches
North 50 East 266 2/3 poles crossing silver creek ^twice to two syca-
mores & an elm on the bank of the Creek North 40 West
300 poles crossing a small branch sundry times to two
poplars & a beech; thence South 50 West 266 2/3 poles crossing
two branches to the beginning
Bsl Jackson D.S.
W Clark P.S.
1st Mar. 1786

Lewis Jackson Jr.
Moses Oliver}
Wm Jackson}  C.C.
Deed issd to Jacob Vanmeter, Mar. 6th 1792
Exd
State of Indiana Clark County} Sct
I Joseph Bower Recorder in and for the County and State
aforesaid do hereby certify that the 5 foregoing Instruments of 
writing are true and correct copies of the originals as they
now appear of Record in my office in the original survey
Book of the Illinois or Clarks grant the 1st Copy on page 64.
2d on page 141, the 3rd on page 83, 4 on page  3 & the 5th on
page 24 of said Survey Book, given under my hand and private
seal having no seal of office at Charlestown this 13th day of
June A.D. 1851
[signed]Joseph Bower RCC {seal}

State of Indiana} 
Clark County} ss  I Eli M Cally Clerk of the
Clark Circuit court in said State certify that Joseph
Bowen Esqr whose certificate appears above is the Recorder
of Deeds & in and for said County duly commissioned &
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Sworn and that full faith and credit are due to all his
official acts as such and that his foregoing Signature
is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
Subscribed my name and affixed the
Seal of said Court at the Court house
in Charlestown the 13th day of June
A D 1851
[signed]Eli M Calley Clerk C.C
---
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6582
Kentucky
Jacob Vanmeter decd
of           in the State of Ky
who was a Capt & En in the            commanded
by Captain                of the           commanded
by                 in the           
line for 2 Years
 Incd. from $105
Inscribed on the Roll of Louisville
at the rate of 260 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Ending 12 April 1838.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Jane
1857 and sent to
S. F. J. Trabue
Arrears to the 4th of Present
Semi-annual allowance ending
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by H. E. Robinson Clerk,
Book E Vol. 9 Page 64
Page 33

State of Kentucky}  I, Thomas Morrison a Justice of the Peace in the
County of Hardin}  county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Daniel Linder
is a creditable witness, and that he personally appeared before me in my county aforesaid, and made oath that he is well
acquainted with Jacob Vanmetre of Hardin County, that he was
an Ensign in the Illinois Regiment during the war of the revo[torn]
under the command of Col George R Clarke and that he the[torn]
Ensign Jacob Vanmetre served to the end of the war that [torn]
be the affiant Daniel Linder was a private in the said[torn]
Illinois Regiment at the same time that Jacob Vanmetre
was Ensign and knows that he is the same Jacob Vanme
tre who received bounty land from the State of Virginia
in the Illinois Grant for his services in the said Regiment
as ensign untill[sic] the end of the war and that he the
same Jacob Vanmetre that executed power of attorney
to John P. Duval of Bardstown Ky to obtain his half pay
Given under my hand and seal this 12 day of
September 1835
[signed]Thos Morrison JPHC {seal}
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State of Kentucky}
County of Hardin}
I, Samuel Haycraft Clerk of the county court of
the aforesaid county, do hereby certify that Thomas Morrison
was a Justice of the county court aforesaid, at the time of taking the annexed affidavit of Daniel Linder
and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified according to law,
and that the signature of the said Thomas Morrison Justice of the Peace, is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
county court of Hardin this day of October
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five and
in the 44th year of the commonwealth.
[signed] Saml Haycraft HC
State of Kentucky}
County of Hardin}
I, Green Adams presiding Justice of the county
court of Hardin in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the attestation
hereunto annexed and made by Samuel Haycraft clerk of the said court, is in due form of
law, and by the proper officer appointed by the laws of the said State for that purpose, and that full faith and credit are due
thereto in every court or office in the United States. Given under my hand, at the county and State aforesaid, this 9th
day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five and of the independence
of the United States the 44 year.
[signed]Green Adams JP
Page 35

[left side]Jan. 15, 1908. Hist to
Mrs. Geo. H. Koons.
1912. Oct 30. Hist. to
Mrs. H.R. Kreits.
Letter with Alexander Keith
Claim SF36672
1914, Nov. 23. History to
Miss Myrtle Goodin F.W.
1921 July 19 Hist. to Mrs. A.F.
Wilkinson.
1922, July 21 Hist. to Mrs.
P. J. McHugh EW
1925 June 20 to copies mailed
to Mrs. Mary H. Dean of
413 Frederica St. Owens
boro, Ky (incl receipt
for payment in
Samuel Haycraft
W8904)
1926 May 17 - Hist to Mrs
JC Pearson AWF
1928 Nov. 13. Hist to Mrs.
B. G. Keyte AWF
1928 NOv 13 hist to AE Thomas MEE
Nov 15

[center]

Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8798
Rebecca Vanmetre
Wid of
Jacob Vanmetre
Capt Rev. War
Act: Mch. 3rd 43 & June 17th 44.
Index:--Vol. M, Page 295
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[right side]
1929 Oct. 19. Hist to Mrs
FE Trumbo AWF
1930. May 21 - Hist to
Mrs. Howard F Ashby AWF
1934 Jan 3 hist +Mr.H.B. Jebb
1935 June 25 hist to AH for
1936 Aug 19 hist to Mrs Rosamund
A [????] AWF
1937 Dec 20 hist to Mrs. OJ Crabbe AWF
1939 Sept 20   "   " Sarah P Hoffman
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154.
Jacob Vanmere Ensign
to                 Clarkes
J P Duval        Regt
Power of Atty &c
Va State line
Recd 7 Dec A.D. 1833
not allowed
Returned on the records
as having been a Captain
of Militia under Genl
GR Clark from Jefferson 
County
Page 37

Jacob Vanmeter Ken: Act 7 June 1832
to what time paid?
Pen. Office
$105 died 1838     Jan 20. 1840
p F. 4th March 1838
JH
Page 38

6318
Rebecca Vanmeter
of Jacob
Kentucky
admitted
Ensign & Captain
9 month $105.-
Genl Clark Va.
died 12 April 1838
Act 7 July 1838
Chr Claim,
Harrodsburg
Ken.
Page 39

Jacob Vanmeter
Ensign
---
Ill Regt Va Line
Revolution,
Va Half Pay 
Discharged Act July 3rd, 1832, 18
Page 40

See
8798 Rececca - Jacob Va
25824 Jane Isaac Pen
Pension Office
R 10878 Isaac Stabler NY
Washington
D.C.
Can you from the rolls of the
Colonial Army in your possession,
give me any information concerning
the place of enlistment of Isaac and
Jacob Van Meter or Von Meter or Matre
or Metre of Virginia: what I want to
find is where in Vir, their home was
I can give you nothing closer than South
Branch, Country", I think they were both
private soldiers, there was a Van Meter
Manor House, but whether in  Vir or NY
I do not know. I am told their place of
residence may or may not be found
with their names on the rolls, of the
Revolution                     Over
Very respectfully
Mrs. A. L. Thompson,
Clinton
Iowa
Over
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I would like the same information
concerning Soudon Carol or Carll
or Carroll of New Jersey. His son
says the went from a place called
Green Bay; but I can find no
such place any thing like it
I will be grateful for any
attention you will give the matter
Mrs. Watson Thompson
Clinton Iowa

[stamped] US PENSION OFFICE APR 22 1886
Page 42

Curran Pope's Certifi
fee $1.00 paid -



Vanmetre
Page 43

State of Kentucky Jefferson County
I Curran Pope
Clerk of the County Court of the County aforesaid do certify
that upon examination of the Commissions on file in
my office of the records of the County Court from 1778
to 1783, I can not find that any Commission was
issued to Jacob Van meter; but the records of the
said Court of that date, are not complete, having
been in part destroyed-
In testimony whereof I have
hereto set my hand and affixed
my seal of Office this thirtieth
day of June eighteen hundred
& fifty two - Curran Pope
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State of Kentucky}
County of Grayson}   I, William Patterson a Justice of the Peace in the
 county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Isaac Vanmeter 
is a creditable witness, and that he personally appeared before me, in my county aforesaid, and made oath that he well
acquainted with Jacob Vanmeter of Hardin County Ky. that he
was an ensign in the Illinois Regiment during the war of the
revolution under the command of Col George R Clarke and
that the said Ensgn Jacob Vanmeter served to the end of the war
that he the said Isaac Vanmeter was a private in the
Illinois Regiment at the same time that Jacob Vanmeter was
Ensign and knows that that he is the same Jacob
Vanmeter who received bounty land from the State of Virginia
in the Illinois grant for his services in the said Regiment as
Ensign until the end of the war and that he is the same
Jacob Vanmeter that executed power of attorney to John
P. Duval of Bardstown Kentuky to obtain his half pay
Given under my hand and seal this 15th day of September
1835 [signed]William Patterson JPGC
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State of Kentucky} I, Jack Thomas clerk of the county court of
County of Grayson} the aforesaid county, do hereby certify that William Patterson
was a Justice of the county court aforesaid, at the time of taking the annexed affidavit of Isaac Vanmetre
and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified according to law,
and that the signature of the said William Patterson Justice of the Peace, is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
county court of Grayson this 15th day of September
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five and
in the 44th year of the commonwealth.
[signed] Jack Thomas

State of Kentucky} I, William C Wortham presiding Justice of the county
County of Grayson} Court of Grayson in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the attestation
hereunto annexed and made by Jack Thomas
clerk of the said court, is in due form of
law, and by the proper officer appointed by the laws of the said State for that purpose, and that full faith and credit are due
thereto in every court or office in the United States. Given under my hand, at the county and State aforesaid, this 15th
day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five and of the independence
of the United States the 44 year.
[signed] Wm C Wortham
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Administration Bond
Page 47

State of Kentucky Ss
Franklin County Court May Term 1851.
   On the motion of John Weems Administration of the office
Goods Chattels rights and credits of Rebecca Vanmeter widow of
Jacob Van Meter is granted unto him
      Whereupon he took the oath required by law and
together with Isaac H Trabue and Archibald King his Secunties
entered into and acknowledged bond to the Commonwealth of Kentucky
in the penal sum of nine hundred dollars conditioned according to
law
I Alexander H Rennick Clerk of the Franklin County Court do
testify that the foregoing is truly copied from the records of my office
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my name
as Clerk as aforesaid and affixed the seal of said Court
this 21st May 1851
A. H Rennick Clerk
Franklin County Court
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H. of R. Jan 6th 1846
J.L. Edwards Esqr.
DrSir. Will you please to
respond fully to that portion of the inclosed
letter which relates to the claim of Jacob
Vanmeter & inform me (if from the evidences
on file) he is entitled to further pension or to
land & oblige very respectfully your
obt Servant
[signed]B.R. Young
Page 49

To
Washington C
July 21 /52
J. J. Coombs
Appeals from the decision
of the Commissioner of
Pensions in the care of
Jacob Vanneter's Admr
for Half-pay"act 5th
July 1832
R.W. Heath

Refd to the Commissioner
of Pensions for a Report
-
Dept Into
July 24/52

Recd July 21. 1852.
Page 50


Washington July 21, 1852
Sir:
I have the honor to present you the in-
closed letter from the Commissioner of Pen-
sions, rejecting the claim of Jacob Vanmetre's
Administrator for Half-Pay, under act of
5th July 1832, and my leave to appeal from
said decision
I have filed in the case, at the Pension
Office, a printed argument, setting forth the
grounds upon which I claim its allowance
  You will perceive by the enclosed letter
that the objections of the Pension Officer,
against its allowance, are not yet stated,
but are reserved until the report of the
office shall be made upon my appeal
When that report shall be made, it
may become necessary for me to ask
the privilege of filing a rejoinden
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your obt servt
[signed]J. J. Coombs
Hon Alex H H Stuart
Secy of the Interior
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This claim abandoned by Mr Coombs, upon being
shown the evidence obtained from Richmond, herewith
filed, showing that Vanmeter was a private
in a militia Co. during the time it is alleged
he was serving as an Ensign in the Illinois
regiment
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Request for Photostating   M6
(To be prepared in duplicate)   Ex. AW

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK

Job No. 2031   Date June 13. 25
subject Jacob Vanmeter Rev. W8798
1 copies of  6 pieces consisting of 11 pages to be
(No.)
forwarded when completed to the Rev. & 1812 Sect Division
Remarks: See receipt for payment in
Approved
[signed] Sam Haycraft     W8904
[signed] AEWilson
Chief Div.              Chief Clerk.
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Kentucky 4940
Rebecca Vanmetre
widow of Jacob Van Meter
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 12 April 1838
of Hardin Co in the State of Kentucky
was a cap & Ens in the     commanded
by Captain            of the Brigade commanded
by Genl G ClarkClark in the Virginia
line for 9 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 105 Dollars           Cents per annum
to commence on the 12th day of Apl. 1838

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Jany
1840, & sent to Christopher
H Goins, Harrodsburg, Ky.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1839 $146.42
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '40  52.50
                                                        $198.92
                                               {Act July 7,}
                                               {   1838      }
Recorded by  D McCurdy Clerk
Book A Vol. 2, Page 214
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No 404 589  Mar 3 1848. Certificate is under
the It Reto of 23rd Jany 1845 at the
rate of $105 per anm [???]
4th March 1836 and ending 12th
April, 1838, and paid 6 [???]
[signed]C. H. Morehead
Frankfort
Ken
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4940
Kentucky
Rebecca Vanmetre decd
widow of Jacob
who died on the  ------
of------------in the State of Ky
who was a En & Capt in the---- - commanded
by Captain -----of the------commanded
by---------- in the--------
line for 2 years
Inc. from $105-
Inscribed on the Roll of Louisville
at the rate of 200 Dollars 00 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of
June 1857 and sent to
F.S.J. Trabul
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending Present
Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by H.E. Robinson Clerk
Book D Vol. 1  Page 379
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Kentucky
Rebecca Vanmetre
widow of Jacob
who served in the Revolutionary
war as a Ens & Capt:
Inc from $105.00
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
200 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
[torn]Pension issued the
[torn]

[right side]:
1886 April (25)Mrs AL Th[torn]
data to identify (see Jan[torn]
Van Metre
1891
July 26 DS Van Metre history  nov
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1888
Kentucky
Rebecca Vanmetre
widow of Jacob Vanmetre ┃
Va
who was a En & Capt
in the Revolution
Inc. from $105
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 260 Dollars &
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843
Certificate of Pension issued
the 20 day of June 1857
and sent to
S. F. J. Trabue
Present?
Acts of March 3, 1843 & June
17, 1844.
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 187
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Dear Sir
Bardstown Ky Jany 29. 1835
Inclosed I send you a deed executed by the
Commissioners of the Illinois Grant to Jacob Vanmeter Ensign in
the Illinois Regt for 500 acres for his military service in the said
Regt in the Illinois grant, being one of his lotts granted, Is there
is any thing certain the report of the comm in your office and this
deed prove that Jacob Vanmetre was an officer in the Illinois
Regt and other proof filed shows that he served to the end of
the war Vanmeter is yet living and his services as Ensign can be
proved by several soldiers of the Illinois Regt-
Yours
John P Duval
N.B. I shall want the deed when I come to Washington in the spring
you can then take an office copy and return me the original
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Francis A Dickins Esqr
Page 60

ARGUMENT
In support of the Claim of
JACOB VANMETRE'S ADMINISTRATOR
To Half pay, under act of July 5, 1832.
Page 61

ARGUMENT, & c.
TO JAMES E. HEATH, Esq.,
Commissioner of Pensions:
I beg leave to present for your consideration, my views in
reference to the claim of Jacob Vanmetre's Administrator, now
pending before you, for Half-pay, under the act of 5th July, 1832.
It is claimed that the said Jacob Vanmetre was an Ensign in
the Illinois Regiment commanded by Col. George Rogers Clarke,
and served therein from the organization of said Regiment until the
reduction thereof, which took place about the last of December,
1781. It is unnecessary to add, that if these facts be established
by the evidence, the right to Half-pay under the act aforesaid, is
complete.
   Before proceeding to examine the evidence in support of the
claim, I beg leave to remark, that the records which have been
preserved, relating to the Illinois Regiment, are extremely meagre,
and notoriously imperfect. With the exception of the record
herewith presented, and which will be referred to hereafter, a few
fugitive rolls, which have been by accident picked up and preserved,
constitute all that is left in the form of record evidence, to bear witness
to the meritorious services of those pioneer heroes, by whose
unparalleled exertions the British power was overthrown, and
the hostile savages subdued, in the great western wilderness
of the Mississippi Valley, during our Revolutionary struggle.
The report of the Board of Field Officers, which sat in Richmond
in February, 1782, and which forms some kind of a guide
(imperfect nevertheless,) in the examination of the claims of offi-
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cers who served in the other State Regiments, affords no guide whatever for the examination of the claims of those who were
engaged in the "western defence;" as is evidenced by the following
extract from their report:
"No officer of the navy, and no officer from the regiments raised
for the Western defence, attending, and the board having no
returns or information on which they can proceed, from the navy
or from those regiments, they therefore cannot, with any propriety,
proceed to consider them at all."
In the face of this disclaimer on the part of the Board, of any
returns or information from said Illinois regiment, it cannot be
claimed that the absence of Vanmetre's name from the confessedy
defective list of the officers of said Regiment, which the board
nevertheless made out, casts a shadow of doubt upon his title to
half-pay. It will be observed that said list contains the names of
one Colonel, one Lt. Colonel, one Major, six Captains, six Lieutenants
, but not the name of a single Ensign. This fact, alone,
would prove the list to be defective, even if the board had not
expressly protested their inability to make out a correct one.
I now proceed to examine the testimony, which, to my mind,
clearly and conclusively proves the state of facts claimed as above.
And in the first place, I respectfully call your attention to the
statement on file in the case made by the said Jacob Vanmetre,
under oath, in his life time, relative to his revolutionary services;
which is as follows:
"Jacob Vanmetre, of the County of Hardin and State of Kentucky
, personally appeared before me, John Morris, a Justice of
the Peace for the County aforesaid, and made oath to the following
statements, viz:
"That he the said Jacob Vanmetre was commissioned an Ensign
in the Illinois Regiment, commanded by Col. George Rogers
Clarke, in February, 1778, and commenced recruiting men for
Capt. Harrod's company of said Regiment, on the Monongahela
river, about ten miles above Redstone Fort. That having finished
recruiting, he started down the river with part of those com-
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panies commanded by Capts. Helm, Harrod, and Bowman; the
whole under the command of Col. Geo. R. Clarke, for the Falls
of the Ohio, near Louisville, where they remained about a month,
and built a Fort on Corn Island. They then left the Falls of the
Ohio, for the old Cherokee fort on the Ohio, called afterwards
Fort Massac, where they only staid one night. Then they left
the boats, five in number, and commenced their march to Ocon,
now called Kaskaskia, which was taken by Col. Clarke from the
enemy, who were commanded by a Frenchman by the name of
Roseblack. Leaving Capt. William Harrod and Col. Clarke
at Kaskaskias, he marched under the command of Capt. Joseph
Bowman, of the Illinois Regiment, to Coho, a small French Village
, about ten miles below the present site of St. Louis. From
this place he returned under the command of Capt. Bowman,
and rejoined his regiment under the command of Col. Clarke, at
Kaskaskias. The following summer he was with Col. Clarke at
Vincennes. That he continued an Ensign in the Illinois Regiment
until the end of the war. That in 1782, when Colonel
George R. Clarke, then General, commanded an Expedition
against the Shawnee Indians, there was not a full command for
the Officers of the Illinois Regiment, and he received the appoint
ment of Captain of Militia* to command a company from Blue
Licks, which he did command for about two months, which ended
the Expedition; but that he did not consider his acceptance of
the commission of Captain of militia, to have annulled his commission
of Ensign of the Illinois Regiment; that it was only a temporary
appointment for the Expedition. That he afterwards continued
to hold his Commission of Ensign of the Illinois Regiment,
until the end of the war, and as such was recognized by the Board
of Officers who assembled at Louisville, in 1784, under an act of
the Assembly of Virginia, for the purpose of allowing to the offi-
---
*In confirmation of this statement, his Commission, as Captain of a company of
of militia, in the County of Jefferson, dated 7th May, 1782, and signed by Thomas
Jefferson, Governor, will be found on file with the papers.
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cers of the Illinois Regiment, their portion of Land in the Illinois
Grant, and that he was allowed for his services to the end of the
war, as Ensign in the Illinois Regiment, 2156 acres of bounty
Land."
Here we have a brief, but clear, consistent and circumstantial
statement, under the solemnities of an oath, from an old and
highly respectable officer of the Revolution, giving a history of
his revolutionary services -- the amount of which is, that he was an
Ensign of the Illinois Regiment, in actual service from February
, 1778, to about the 1st of January, 1782, and a supernumerary
officer from that time to the close of the war; in the mean
time acting as a captain of militia for one short campaign. This,
I am aware, being the statement of the claimant himself, cannot
be regarded, strictly, as evidence in support of the claim, however
strong may be the conviction it carries to the mind. Never
theless, if his statement is found to be consistent with known
facts, and corroborated by other testimony, it should operate in
favor of the claim, upon the same principle that a statement in
consistent with known facts, and contradicted by other evidence,
would operate prejudicially to the claim.
  On file with the papers will also be found the depositions of
two witnesses, both of whom served in the Illinois Regiment,
with the said Jacob Vanmetre; which are as follows:
1st. Deposition of Daniel Linder, taken September 12th, 1835.
This witness swears: "That he is well acquainted with Jacob
Vanmetre, of Hardin county, Kentucky; that he was an ensign
in the Illinois Regiment during the war of the Revolution, under the
command of Colonel George R. Clarke, and that he the said
Ensign Jacob Vanmetre served to the end of the war. That he,
the affiant, Daniel Linder, was a private in the said Illinois Regiment
at the same time that the said Jacob Vanmetre was Ensign
, and knows that he is the same Jacob Vanmetre who received
Bounty Land from the State of Virginia in the Illinois
grant, for his services in said Regiment as ensign until the end of
the war, and that he is the same Jacob Vanmetre that executed
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powers of attorney to John P. Duvall, of Bardstown, Kentucky,
to obtain his half-pay."
2d. Deposition of Isaac Vanmetre, taken Sept. 7th, 1833.
This witness swears: "That he was well acquainted with
Jacob Vanmetre of Hardin County, and State of Kentucky, and
that he was an officer in the Virginia State line during the Revolution
, and that he served first as an Ensign under Col. George
Rogers Clarke, on the Illinois Campaign, as this deponent well
knows, as he was himself a soldier at the same time, and in the same
Regiment; and afterwards, in the year 1782, the said Jacob
Vanmetre was promoted to the rank of Captain, and served under
Col. Clarke against the Shawnees, and that he continued in the
service until dismissed about the close of the Revolutionary war."
3d. Another deposition of the said Isaac Vanmetre, taken 15th
Sept., 1835, as follows:
"That he is well acquainted with Jacob Vanmetre, of Hardin
County, Kentucky. That he was an Ensign in the Illinois Regiment
during the war of the Revolution, under the command of
Col. George R. Clarke, and that he the said Ensign Jacob Vanmetre
served to the end of the war. That he the said Isaac Vanmetre
was a private in the said Illinois Regiment at the same time that
Jacob Vanmetre was ensign, and knows that he is the same Jacob
Vanmetre who received bounty land from the State of Virginia
in the Illinois Grant, for his services in the said Regiment as
Ensign until the end of the war, and that he is the same Jacob
Vanmetre that executed powers of attorney to John P. Duvall of
Bardstown, Kentucky, to obtain his half-pay."
But few comments on the testimony of these witnesses are
required. Rightly understood and construed, their statements fully
corroborate the statement made by Jacob Vanmetre himself. It is
hardly necessary to say to you, that in speaking of service to
the end of the war, these witnesses do not refer to the date of the
treaty of Peace, but to the time when nearly all the troops at the
Falls of the Ohio were disbanded, which took place about the
close of the year 1781, and during the early part of 1782. I will
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only add, that Isaac Vanmetre, in one of his depositions, evidently
confounds the appointment of said Jacob Vanmetre as a Captain
of militia, immediately after he became a supernumerary in the
Illinois regiment, with promotion in the Regiment; a very natural
mistake, as he served under said commission with the Regiment
, and under the command of Gen. Clarke.
    If the testimony of these witnesses is entitled to credit, then the
state of facts upon which we ground the claim, is clearly made
out. But we do not, by any means, rest the case upon this parol
testimony alone. We now present record evidence (never before
exhibited in the case), which we think conclusive upon the point
of Jacob Vanmere's service as an Ensign of the Illinois Regiment
. It is a copy of the proceedings of a Board of Commission-
ers, for apportioning the lands in the Illinois Grant, among the
officers and soldiers entitled to the same, which sat in Louisville
in 1784. It is transcribed from the County Records of Clark
County, Indiana (that being the county in which said lands lie,
where said proceedings are recorded, as the foundation of title to
said lands. Before proceeding to examine said document, it becomes
necessary to advert to the legislation from which said proceedings
resulted.
In the resolutions of the Virginia Assembly of 2nd January,
1781, "for a cession of lands on the North-west side of Ohio to the
United States," -- (10th Henning 565. ) we find the following reservation
:
"As Colonel George Rogers Clarke planned and executed the
secret expedition by which the British posts were reduced, and
was promised if the enterprize succeeded, a liberal gratuity in lands
in that country for the officers and soldiers who first marched
thither with him, that a quantity of land not exceeding one hunbred
and fifty thousand acres be allowed and granted to the said officers
and soldiers and to the other officers and soldiers that have
been since incorporated into the said regiment, to be laid off in
one tract, the length not to exceed double the breadth, in such
place on the North - west side of the Ohio as the majority of the
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officers shall choose, and to be afterwards divided among the said
officers and soldiers in due proportion according to the laws of
Virginia,"
An act of October session, 1783 (11th Henning, 335, entitled
"An act for surveying and apportioning the lands granted to the
Illinois Regiment, and establishing a Town within said Grant,
appoints "William Fleming, John Edwards, John Campbell,
Walker Daniel, gentlemen, and George R. Clarke, John Montgomery
, Abraham Chapline, John Bailey, Robert Todd and William
Clarke, officers of the Illinois Regiment, a board of Commissioners
to settle and determine the claims to land," under said
resolution of 2d January, 1781.
The Board of Commissioners so appointed, convened at Louisville
on the 2nd of August, 1784, and entered upon the discharge
of their duties. The document which we now present, is the
record of their proceedings, through all their numerous adjourned
meetings. It is quite voluminous, and we must content ourselves
with copying so much thereof, as is directly illustrative of the services
of the said Jacob Vanmetre, as an officer of the Illinois Reg
iment.
The following is a complete copy of the proceedings of said
Board up to and including the time of the allowance of said
Vanmetre's claim.
              ----
"Copy of the proceedings of the Com'rs for adjusting the claims
of Officers and Soldiers of the Illinois Regiment to the lands given
them, under a resolution of Jan. 2nd, 1781, agreeably to act
of Assembly, passed October session, 1783,
Louisville, Aug. 2nd, 1784. Com'rs met according to adjournment
, present, Walker Daniel, Geo. R. Clarke, John Montgomery,
John Bailey, Robert Todd, and William Clark, Gent. Com'rs.
Ordered, that the Board adjourn till to-morrow morning.
Aug. 30. The Board met according to adjournment, present,
the same members as yesterday, and also Ab. Chaplin, Gent.
On motion, the Board came to the following resolutions. That
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all Officers and Soldiers who marched and continued in service
till the reduction of the British posts on the North West side of the
Ohio, that all who engaged and enlisted in the Illinois Regiment
afterwards and served during the war or three years, are entitled
to a share of the Grant under the Resolution and act of Assembly
: that all those soldiers who have enlisted in said Regiment
since the 2nd day of January, [1781] for three years or during the
war are not entitled, as there seems to be no provision made
under the Resolution for those who should thereafter be incorporated
in the said Regiment. That the Officers of the Regiment
are entitled to a share of the land, in proportion to the Commission
they respectively held on the said 2nd day of January, 1781,
and not in proportion to the commission they have since held in
consequence of promotions, and that therefore, Officers Commissioned
since that period are not entitled at all, and that those Soldiers
who enlisted to serve 12 months after their arrival at Kaskaskins
, agreeably to an act of Assembly of the Fall session 1778,
for the protection and defence of the Illinois Country, who did
not reenlist in the Regiment are not included in said Resolution.
That those Officers who were commissioned under said act and
resigned before the expiration of the 12 months are not entitled.
Last, that those who continued during the year and then retired
not having a command, are entitled. Adjourned.
Aug. 4th. The same members as yesterday. The following
claims were taken up and allowed and disallowed, as they are
marked, to wit:
[Here follows a list of the claims allowed and disallowed, and
among those allowed, is the name of "Jacob Vanmetre Ensign."]
Having completed said list, the Board "directed certificates to
issue in the following mode, to wit;
"To a Brig. Genl. 7,500, to a Lt. Col. 4,500, to a Major 4,000,
to a Capt. 3,000, to a subaltern 2,000, to a sergt 200, and to a
private 100 acres of land."
[After dividing the lands according to said apportionment, a
surplus was left for further division, Vanmetre's share of which
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was 156 acres; making the whole amount assigned to him in the
Illinois Grant, 2,156 acres.
I claim that this record, (in connexion with a deed which I
shall refer to hereafter conclusively proves that Jacob Vanmetre
was an Ensign in the Illinois Regiment, and held his commission
in that rank as late at least, as the 2d day of January, 1781.
The commissioners present, at the meeting of the Board which
made this allowance, were all, with one exception, distinguished
officers of the Illinois Regiment. Gen'l Geo. Rogers Clarke, and
Col. John Montgomery, were among the number. Of course
they knew perfectly well, in 1784, who had served as officers in
said regiment, and who held commissions therein on the 2d day
of January, 1781. Before proceeding to award the lands to the
different claimants, the Board first determines what classes of per-
sons are entitled. "And they determine that "the officers of the
Regiment are entitled to a share of the land, in proportion to the
commissin they respectfuilly held on the 2nd day of January,
1781." Now, does not the allowance, by this Board, of land
to Jacob Vanmetre, as Ensign of said Regiment, conclusively
prove that he held a commission in said rank, on the said 2d day
of January, 1781. It will be observed that the allowance was
made to him on the next day after the principles upon which the
allowances were to be made, had been determined as aforesaid.
It will perhaps be said, that inasmuch as the Board determined
"that all officers and soldiers who marched and continued in
service till the reduction of the British posts on the northwest side
of the Ohio, [in 1787] were entitled to a portion of the land,
and inasmuch as the troops who were present at the reduction of
said posts were principally militia, it does not follow from the allowance
of land to Vanmetre, that he ever was an officer in the
Illinois Regiment: That he may have been merely an Ensign of
militia, and as such entitled to land, in virtue of his having
"marched and continued in service till the reduction of the Brit-
ish posts."  In fact, if I am rightly informed, this claim has been
heretofore disallowed upon the express ground, that Vanmetre was
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an officer in the militia, and not in the Illinois Regiment. This
decision, as I am informed, was founded upon the fact, that in
an authentic list of militia officers who were in the service with
General Clarke at the Falls of Ohio, ( a copy of which is in the
large volume labelled "Virginia Claims" in your office,) the
name of Jacob Vanmetre occurs. Nothing is more easy than to
show that this view of the case has originated in an entire misapprehension
of the facts. In said list of militia officers, Jacob
Vanmetre is designated as a Captain, and his Commission, on file,
as Captain of Militia, bears date the 7th of May, 1782; nearly
three years after the reduction of the British posts at Kaskaskia
and Vincennes, and sixteen months after the date at which he
must have held a commission in the Illinois Regiment, to be
entitled to land, as an officer of said Regiment. It is unnecessary
to add, that he could not possibly have been allowed land in the
Illinois grant on account of militia service under this commission;
the only commission in the militia, that there is a shadow of evidence
to prove he ever held.
If the allowance of land by said Board, to Jacob Vanmetre, as
an Ensign, leaves it still in doubt whether the allowance was made
for services in the Illinois Regiment, or for services as a Militia
Officer, who participated in the reduction of the British posts in
1778, it behooves us to look into other evidence for a solution of
that doubt. Fortunately, there is such other evidence, in the furthe
proceedings of the same Board.
You will perceive by examining the record, that the duties of
said Board did not terminate with the allowance of the claims, as
aforesaid. On the contrary, the duties of the board did not cease
until the title of each claimant had been completed, by the delivery
of a deed executed by the members of the Board, at a regular
meeting thereof. After allowing the claims as aforesaid,
the Board on the 16th of August, 1784, (see page 9 of the record)
"Ordered, that General Clarke make out and sign Certificates,
and deliver them to the Surveyor, who is to distribute them according
to the former resolution."
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At page 19 of the record, you will find a resolution appointing
three meetings of the Board, for the purpose of executing deeds
and requiring public notice thereof to be given.
At page 23 of the record, you will find the following resolution.
"Resolved, that Richard Taylor and Ab. Chapline Gent, be
appointed to examine the Deeds to be presented to this Board,
and sign such as are truly made out."
And on nearly every page of the record, you will find an entry
in these words, "The following Deeds were presented to the 
Board and executed, to wit:'  (followed by a list of Deeds.)
You will see from the foregoing, that after the allowance of the
claims by the Board, General GEORGE ROGERS CLARKE, by order
of the Board, issued a certificate to each Claimant, setting forth of
course, the amount of land to which he was entitled, and specifying
, no doubt, for what service he was entitled to it. After the
particular tract to which a claimant was entitled had been ascertained
by survey and allotment, he applied to the Board for a
Deed. This deed, when made out, was inspected by a committee
of the Board, to ascertain whether it was truly made out, and
if so, it was then executed by the Board, in session, and an entry
thereof recorded in their journal.
   It follows, therefore, that each Deed, so executed, is, in fact, a
record of the proceedings of the Board. Not only is it record
of their proceedings, but it is manifest that peculiar pains were
taken by the Board, to secure accuracy in the drafting of the same.
With these preliminary remarks, I now beg leave to call your
attention to the Deed, on file, executed by said Board of Commissioners
, to the said Jacob Vanmetre, for one tract of the land
awarded to him in the Illinois Grant, as aforesaid.
  It purports to be an Indenture made between John Campbell,
Richard Taylor, Alexander Breckenridge, and Richard Terrell,
Gentlemen Commissioners, for apportioning the lands granted to
the Illinois Regiment, &c., of the one part, and Jacob Vanmetteof
the other part, and the conveying clause is in the following
words.
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"Do grant and confirm unto the said Jacob Vanmetre, his heirs
"and assigns, a certain tract or parcel of land in the Grant afore -
" said, containing five hundred acres, being lot No. two hundred
and thirty-two, allowed to the said Jacob Vanmere, by the Board
of Commissioners, in consequence of Military services by him performed
in the Regiment aforesaid, and bounded as follows:"
This deed was doubtless drawn up from the certificate issued
by Gen'l Clarke, immediately after the allowance of the claim.
You will see by the proceedings of the Board, that these certificates
were assignable. When the holder of a certificate applied
for his deed, he presented his certificate to the Board, and if he
appeared to be the legal owner of the certificate, whether by a
signment or otherwise, a deed was executed and delivered to him.
Vanmetre, it is true, did not assign his certificate, but it was never
theless necessary for him to produce his certificate when he applied
for his deed, to prove that he never had assigned it. That certificate
, so exhibited, was doubtless the evidence of title upon
which the deed was drawn up; and the fair inference is that the
facts set forth in the deed, were ascertained from the certificate.
At all events, we have the express declaration of the Board, whose
duty it was to decide all questions touching his title, that the grant
was made to him for military services by him performed in the
Illinois Regiment.
   If, therefore, the proceedings of the Board at the time of the
allowance of the claim, (August 4th, 1784,) are defective in not
specifying whether the allowance was made for service as an
officer of militia, participating in the reduction of the British
ports, or for services in the Illinois Regiment, is not that defect
completely supplied by the subsequent proceedings of the Board
   It must be admitted that the allowance of land was made to
him, for service in one of the two following capacities: Either for
service as a militia officer participating in the reduction of the
of the British posts, or for service as a regular officer of the
Illinois Regiment. Let us now sum up the evidence, and see
upon which side it preponderates.
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    In favor of the hypothesis, that he served as an officer of the
Illinois Regiment, we have; 1st. His own declaration under oath:
2d, The testimony of two witnesses who served with him in the same
regiment; and, 3d, The deliberate declaration of the Board
of Commissioners, who allowed and conveyed his land, that the
same was allowed him for services in the Illinois Regiment.
   In support of the other hypothesis, that he was allowed land
for services as a militia officer, what evidence have we? It is
not easy to express what evidence we have, except by the use of
a negative term. I will therefore state what evidence we have
not. And I aver, that there is not a scintilla of evidence that
Jacob Vanmetre ever was an ENSIGN of Militia at all, or that
he ever held any commission in the militia, until after the reduction
of the Illinois Regiment, and long after the time for which
any service would have been available in support of his claim for
land in the Illinois Grant.
    In fact, I deem his service in the militia, in the spring of 1782
a strong circumstance in corroboration of the evidence that he
had previously served as an officer of the Illinois Regiment. It is
well known to you, as matter of history, that the enlistments of
the privates in the Illinois Regiment, mostly expired about the
close of the year 1781. In consequence, most of the officers were
left without a command, and became supernumerary. Soon
afterwards, it became necessary for Gen. Clarke to march against
the Shawnee Indians. The soldiers of his regiment having been
nearly all discharged, in consequence of the expiration of their
terms, the militia had to be resorted to, to supply the deficiency.
In this juncture of affairs, who so likely to apply for and obtain
commissions to command the militia, as the veteran officers of the
Illinois Regiment, who had just been thrown out of service, by
the reduction of their corps? It was under these circumstances
that Jacob Vanmetre says he was appointed Captain of Militia;
and is not his account of the matter reasonable, and does it not
bear the impress of truth?
   Before closing my remarks, I desire to call your attention to 
one significant fact. Although at least ten or twelve Captains,
and as many or more Lieutenants, have been allowed half pay for
service in the Illinois Regiment, yet I am not aware that halfpay
has ever been allowed for the services of a single Ensign.
Half pay has been allowed to one Cornet, and it may be possible
that one or two Ensigns have received half-pay also; but I think
not. At all events, I know I am not in error in saying, that the
number of allowances to Ensigns is nothing like as great as the
number of allowances to Captains and Lieutenants. Why this
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disproportion? As a general rule, every company must have had
an Ensign, and there must be several good claims outstanding, for
service in that grade. Who the claimants are, in most instances,
will probably never be established, owing to the defective state of
the evidence now attainable. We however here present you one
claim, which we think is clearly made out.
   I hardly deem it necessary to add, that I have succeededin satis-
fying you that the allowance of land in the Illinois Grant, was made
to said Jacob Vanmetre for service in the Illinois Regiment, nothing
further can be necessary to complete his title to half-pay. True, it is
necessary to complete his tittle[sic], not only that he should have served
in the Regiment, but that he should have served either during the war,
or until deranged as a supernumerary. But if I understand correctly,
the principles settled by the Board of Commissioners, no officer of the
Illinois Regiment was held to be entitled to land, unless he held a commission therein on the 2d day of January, 1781, and continued in service
either to the end of the war, or until he retired not having a
command." Whether I am right in my construction of the proceedings
of the Board in this respect, or not, there can be no doubt,
that the Board required an officer of said Regiment to have held a
commission therein on the 2d day of January, 1781, to entitle him to
land. If, therefore, Jacob Vanmetre held a commission in said regiment
on that day, he must have continued to hold it until the reduction
of the Regiment, at the close of the year, unless, in the mean time,
he resigned. In the absence of all proof, you will not presume a resignation
. The Court of Appeals of Virginia, in Marston's case (9th
Leigh) has expressly decided, that a resignation is not to be presumed
in the absence of proof. As I know you are familiar with this authority
, and have been governed by it in other cases, I shall not further
extend my already too protracted remarks, in illustration of the
propriety of this obviously correct rule. I will only remark, in conclusion
that even if a resignation could properly be presumed, in the
absence of proof in any case, such a presumption in Vanmetre's case
would be completely repelled by the fact, that immediately after the
reduction of his regiment, we find him marching against the enemy
at the head of a company of militia. This shows that he was not a
man to voluntarily retire from the service, so long as there was any
thing for him to do. That he did not resign, is also clearly proved by
the parol testimony in the case.
Very respectfully submitted,
J. J. COOMBS,
Attorney for Claimant.
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Box 414 -- Delleker, California.
December 2, 1937.

Veterans' Administration Bureau
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:    VANMATRE
I am seeking complete information of the Revolutionary War record of
Jacob VanMeter or VanMetre as he probably spelled his name.
He was a son of John & Sarah ( Berdine ) Van Metre, and was born in
New Jersey, in which county I do not know. He married Letitia Strode.
Moved into Virginia. The date of his birth is given 1723 and he removed
from Virginia to Hardin County, Kentucky, in 1780, settling in Severns
Valley a short distance from Elizabethtown.
     -------------
If no record is obtainable of Jacob Van Metre, Sr., have you one of his
Jacob Van Metre Jr.
He was born in Berkeley County, Virginia, October 4, 1762. Married
Elizabeth daughter of Henry Rhodes in Hartford, Hardin ( now Ohio ) County,
Kentucky, November 16, 1786. Elizabeth Rhodes Van Metre was born in Pennsylvania
October 6, 1770. Jacob Van Metre Jr., died in Meade County, Kentucky
, December 12, 1850. His widow died in same county February 29,
1852.
Their children were:
Sarah Van Metre
Abraham Wickliff Van Metre
John Van Metre
Joseph Harrison Van Metre
Thomas Rhodes Van Metre
Susan Newmire Van Metre
Jacob Van Metre
Henry Rhodes Van Metre
Daniel Boon Van Metre
Nathaniel Wickliff Van Metre
Miles Chenowith Van Metre
Elizabeth Van Metre
Mary Jane Van Metre
David Rhodes Van Metre.
    ------------------
.
You will note the varied spelling of the name. Some preferred to
spell it VanMeter; others VanMatre or VanMetre. However, I believe from
the foregoing you will or can determine the data I am eagerly seeking
Very truly yours,
[signed]Mrs. B.F. Crabbe
Mrs. B.F.Crabbe
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2612 L Street
Sacramento, California
August 4, 1936
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C
Gentlemen:
A record relative to a Revolution
ary soldier Jacob Van Meter Jr. has been
received by my chapter and in the
military services rendered it states
that he was a commander. That is
not very definite
The record states that Jacob Van Meter
was from Washington Co. Pa. Served under
Gen. Rogers Clark, Commanded a company
in Clarks Expedition against the Indian
in 1782, also mention that he was on
a "Committee of Observation"
I have been referred to your office by
the Adjutant Generals Office, War Dept, as
that office claims its records are not complete
On one that office gave me very good date
The Sacrament Chapter Daughters of the
American Revolution would like the rank
of the above named soldier, for it year Book
Thanking you for such information
I am
Sincerely yours
(Mrs.) Rosamond A. Lamb Treasurer
Sacramento Chapter D.A.R.
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ADDRESS ONLY
THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF EDUCATION
WASHINGTON
Director of Pension Division  June 9
Washington D.C
Dear Sir
Jacob Van Meter was in Rev. War and later he was
granted a pension. He was then in Hardin Co Ky.
Can you give me his age or dates of birth & death, his wife's
name & name of his children. Please give me these facts
I am interested in the children, does your record give names &
order of the children . Did Catherine Van Miler marry about 1783-
Jacob Holtzapple now written Holsapple in Pa and latter
go to Washington Co. Ind. & later to Clinton Co. Ky
& hank you for all you may be able to furnish
me. Yours respectfully
[signed]A.H. Yoder
June 6
4026 Sunnyside ave
Seattle, Wash
 
[stamp] RECEIVED JUN11 1936 MAIL BUREAU VETS ADM READER#30
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Postoffice Box 65
Santa Maria, Calif.
August 15, 1934
A. D. Hiller, Asst. to Administrator
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
A
I am a descendant of Jacob Van Meter, son of Henry &
Eve Van Meter. He was born in Virginia in 1752. He married
1st Catherine Covenhoven and with her and family moved to Hardin
Co., Ky. His first wife died and he married in 1793 Rebecca
Rawlings.
Jacob Van Meter was an officer in the Virginia State
line in the regiment commanded by Col. Geo. Rogers Clark during the
Revolutionary War. I know that he received a pension and
am told that this will be found in your files under W-8798.
Will you kindly send me a copy of the pension and all
allied data found in your files concerning the Jacob Van Meter
in question. It is my belief that he was pensioned from Hardin
County, Kentucky.
Thanking you, I am
Yours very truly,
[SIGNED]H. B. tabb
H. B. Tabb

[STAMP]received aug 20 1934 mail sub div [faded]
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After 5 days, return to
C. K. PARSONS
Box25,
CRYSTAL SPRINGS, MISS.

Crystal Springs, Mississippi.
December 26, 1933.
The Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Please send me the Revolutionary War record of my great-great-
-great grandfather Jacob Van Meter, who was a pensioner in
Hardin County Kentucky in 1835. If you can give me the name of
his wife also, I will appreciate it very much.
Thanking you for this information, I am
Yours very truly,
[signed]Elizabeth J. Parsons

[stamp] RECEIVED JAN 2 1934 MAIL SUB DIV READER#26 VETS ADM
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Roachdale, Indiana
March 14, 1930
Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Sir - Please send me the Revolutionary war
record of ^only Jacob and Abraham Van Meter [pencilled in] all spell
Jacob was born March 1823 in New Jersey, Died
Nov. 16, 1798 in Harden[sic] Co. Ky, was married
in Virginia to Letitia Stroud
Abraham, was born June 3, 1744, died
1787, married Rebecca Kline, was born in
Federick Co., Va. I think
Thanking you very much, I am
Very Truly,
[signed]Mrs. Howard F. Ashby
Roachdale, Indiana
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New Virginia Iowa
Aug 16, 1929.
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Have you military services
for Jacob Van Meter,
Revolutionary War
[in pencil]only
Jacob Van Meter also
served in French & Indian
War & was commander
of a company in
Kaskakia (?) Campaign
May I have copy of
these services? [signed] Mrs FE Trumbo
New Virginia
Iowa
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R.#1. Des Moines, Iowa,
Feb. 9, 1928
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Have you any records
showing compensation for
services in the Revolutionary War
to Abraham Van Meter
son of Jacob and Letitia Strode
Van Meter, (the father also served
in the Revolution.
  In 1778, Jacob Van Meter and
all his children left their home in
Va. and moved to Hardin
Co. Ky, settling there in 1779
(upon land grants, I have heard.)
Abraham was born 1744 and died
at Boone's Station in
Ky. in 1787.
He owned
one thousand (1000) acres of
land in Henry and Shelby
Counties-. His wife was a
Cline (or Kline, and his four
daughters were Letty, Catharine
Sarah and Elizabeth
Yours Truly
(Mrs. B. G. Keyte) [signed]Ethel Ashby Keyte.
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616 University
Feb 8, 1928
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington DC.
Dear Sirs,I would deam[sic] it a great favor &
would you kindly give me the
Revolutionary War service
Record of Jacob Van Meter
born Mar. 1723 Salem Co. New Jersey
died Nov 1798 Hardin Co Ky married
Letitia Stroud 1741 Fredrick
Co. Va. they moved 1769 to Carmichaels
town S.W. Penn & to Kentucky 1779.
Thank you kindly in advance
Sincerly
[signed]A. E. Thomas
616 University
Walla Walla
Wash
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Mexico, Mo. March 20, 1926
Pension Department,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:

Please send me records verifying the service of
Joseph Hite (Va.) Cadet 8th Va. 21st Feb. 1778; Lieut.
Feb. 1779, Resigned Jan. 8, 1780. Heitmen's p. 292
Jacob Van Meter (Va.) sergt. 12th Va. 14th Jan. 1777; regiment
designated 8th Va. 14th Sept. 1778; Ensign, 8th Sept. 1779;
Retired 1st Jan. 1781. Heitmen's p. 556
Very truly,
[signed]Mrs. J.A. Pearson
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RETIRING STATE REGENT.
MRS. WILLIAM H. R. STOTE
ALVA VISTA HOTEL, COLORADO SPRINGS

RECORDING SECRETARY
MRS. ALFRED B. TROTT
2000 ALBION ST., DENVER

STATE REGENT
MRS. HERBERT B HAYDEN
809 SPRUCE ST. BOULDER

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
MRS. HARRY B. McCLURE
637 PINE ST.. BOULDER

STATE VICE REGENT
MRS. WILLIAM H. KISTLER
1143 LOGAN ST., DENVER

Daughters of the American Revolution
TREASUER
MRS. HARRY O. PUFFER
1115 N. CORONA ST., COLORADO SPRINGS

CONSULTING REGISTRAR
MRS. P. J. McHUGH
137 REMINGTON ST., FORT COLLINS

AUDITOR
MRS. FRANK A. BISSELL
1124 N. NEVADA ST., COLORADO SPRINGS

HISTORIAN
MISS MAUD MEEKER
1319 EIGHTH AVE., GREELEY

CHAPLAIN
MRS. S. H. MILLIKEN
715 SANTA FE AVE., LA JUNTA

LIBRARIAN
MISS MARY M. WEAVER
307 S. NINTH STREET, ROCKY FORD
Colorado Fort Collins
June 5" 1922
The Pension Bureau
Revolutionary War Dept
Washington D.C.

Dear Sirs
Can you furnish me with a
Copy of the Revolutionary War pensions of
Jacob Van Meter of Va, but later living in
Ky, Hardin Co.
think his wife was
Tabitha Inskeep,
He was born 1764-
Also ^Capt John Cunningham born, 1756, wife
Rebecca Lauck of Va.
Augusta Co.
Very truly yours
[signed]Mrs P. J. McHugh
St. Registrar D.A.R.

[stamp]PENSION  F U.S. JUNE8 1922 OFFICE
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Am forwarding to your Dept. Hoping
to receive desired information
Mrs. F.H. Wilkinson
Atlanta Mo. 6 /2 /21
Adjutant Gen.
Washington D.C.
Have you an[sic] record service
of Revolutionary Soldier
Jacob Van Meter-Born 1722 his
wife's name was Rebecca (not Known)
Van Meter, Born 1735. We have
family records to him. But have
only that he helped to build fort at
Elizabeth town Ky, and ^helped defend frontier
from Indian attacks as service
Please send us the record
you have as we are tracing
genealogy for D.A.R. applicant.
Thanking You Very Kindly and anxiously
awaiting your early reply
I am Very Cordially
(Mrs.) F. H. Wilkinson
he
Organizing Regent D.A.R. Atlanta, Mo
-
RECEIVED
JUN 24 1921
OLD RECORDS DIVN.

[stamp]RECORD DIVISION JUL 8 1921
[STAMP]U.S. PENSION OFFICE JUL 8 1921
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Charleston Mo. Nov. 15, '14
Commissioner of Pensions:
Dear Sir
I want to know it you have
on your pension roll the
name of Jacob Van Meter
Jan Meter Sr. was
from South Branch of
Potomac in Virginia
and Jacob Van Meter Jr.
fromclose to Elizabeth town
Ky I shall very much

[stamp]U.S. PENSION OFFICE NOV 18 1914
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appreciate any information you
CAN GIVE me on the names
Respectively
[SIGNED]Miss Myrtle Gooden
516 N. Main St.
P.S. They are supposed to have
fought in Revolutionary War
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J.C. ROBERTS, M. D.

ROOMS 202 - 203 MASONIC TEMPLE.
PEORIA, ILL., March 1 1908

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir
-
I am trying to
establish my geneology so
as to become a member of
the D.A.R. and think that
perhaps you can be of as-
sistance to me
On my father's side I
am a great-grand daughter
of Jacob Van Meter of Virginia
who fought in the Revolution
and on my mother's side I
am a great grand daughter
of Loudon Carol who was a
drummer boy in the Revvolution
. He also was from
Virginia. Can you please
tell me if either of these
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He and his brother
Elijah entered the service
in Virginia early in 1776 and
served until 1779 - both had
died by December 1807, at
which time application was
made for bounty land in reward
for services. I grant was
made - to say the records in
the Virginia State Library. In
what state, and where was
this land?
Ezekiel Hickman
was married to Elizabeth Trammel
or Tramel. "His name
appears as that of Lieutenant
on a Roster of field and staff
officers of the 8th Pennsylvania
Line Daniel Broadhear Colonel
1777" according to history
Page 92

Muncie Ind Dec 31st 1807
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Commissioner:
Dear Sir.
Any information
you may be able
to give me concerning
Ezekiel Hickman's Revolutionary
War history will be
greatly appreciated by
his great grand daughter
who writes you now.

[stamp]U.S.PENSION OFFICE A JAN 8 1908
Page 93

He and his brother
Elijah entered the service
in Virginia early in 1776 and
served until 1779-both had
died by December 1807, at
which time application was
made for bounty land in reward
for services. A grant was
made - so say the records in
the Virginia State Library. In
what state, and where was
this land
Ezekiel Hickman
was married to Elizabeth Tram
mel or Tramel "His name
appears as that of Lieutenant
on a roster of field and staff
officers of the 8th Pennsylvania
Line Daniel Broadhear Colonel
1777" according to history
Page 94

recorded in the public records of
the Pensylvania State Library.
So much of official history
Traditional history says that
he mortgaged some land
Pensylvania[sic] to one John
Mason for money enough to
equip, a company of cavalrymen
at whose head he went
as Captain - making his
son Francis Lieutenant
 Also I want to know whatever
you may be able to tell me about
Jacob Vanmatre who enlisted in
Clark's Illinois Regiment in 1778,
became Lieutenant, then Captain
and served till the end
of the war. Jacob Vanmatre was my
great grand father but what his
wife's name was I do not know
His family lived in or near Lancaster
Ohio
An early answer will be
gratefully
received by
Respectfully yours
Josinah Vanmatre Hickman
(Mrs.) George H. Koons
Page 95

L.J.S Van Matre WVa
April 6 1891
Jacob Van Matre Va to Ky
Page 96

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,
Law Department
PARKERSBURGH, W. VA.
Apr 6th 1891
SUBJECT
Gen G. B. Raum
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C
Dear Sir:-
Jacob Vanmeter of Hardin Co Ky, was
pensioner by reason of service in Revolutionary
our, and you will greatly oblige me by
sending one a copy of the entry upon the records
of your office showing for what service said
pension was granted, when he died and for
what period his widow drew a pension, giving
as full information as may be contained upon
the records of the Department concerning him
Very Respectfully
Yours &c
[signed]D. S. Van Matre

[stamp]U.S.PENSION OFFICE APR 8 1891
Page 97


Elizabeth Town Ky June 27th 1840
Dear Sir 
Five or six years ago a Mr Jacob Vanmetre
of Hardin County Kentucky, who was a
Captain in the Revolutionary war
prepared his papers necessary to obtain
a pension, he put them into the hands
of Joseph Vanmeter, who was to attend
to getting the pension for him, he says
that he sent the papers on & has heard
nothing of them since. The old man is
dead & his children think that it is
probable Joseph was drawn the pension
& keeps it a secret. Jacob Vanmetre 
served during the war & supposed himself
entitled to about 2,000 acres of land
$8,000 in money for his services. Be
so kind as to inform me whether the said
papers have reached the department, if so
have they been investigated, is Jacob Vanmetre
entitled to a pension if so how much - has
a grant ^for land or authority of said Jacob been
handed to any person, if so to whom, Has a
warrant on the pension agent in this state in behalf
of said Jacob been sent to any one within
the above time
[signed]Wm Gordon Esq
Respt yr obt svt
[signed]H Hough
Page 98

Pension Office 19 July 1832
Sir
I have examined the claim of the admr
of Jacob Vanmetre for half pay under the act of 5 July 1832
as an Ensign in the Va State line during the revolutionary war
and ^am of opinion that it is unsupported by proper evidence,
and cannot therefore be allowed. As I learn from you
in person that you intend taking an appeal to the
Secretary & that such an arrangement will be satisfac
tory to you, I shall postpone presenting my reasons
for this action until my Report is prepared
very respectfully
Your obt servt
[signed]FFC Triplett
Acting Comm

JJ Coombs Esqr
Present
Page 99

Frankfort Kentucky
June 16. 1845
 Sir
I herewith inclose you the declaration of Mrs Rebecca
Vanmater of Hardin County Kentucky praying a Pension
under the provision made by the act of Congress passed the
3d day of March 1843
Please enclose to me at Frankfort Kentucky
the certificate of allowance
I am Very Respectfully
your Obt Servant
[signed]C H Trabue



Hon J L Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Washington City
DC.
Page 100

Bardstown Kentucky Oct 12 1835
Dear Sir
I enclose to you the Declaration of Ensign
Jacob Vanmetre of the Illinois Regiment He seems to me to be
clear and circumstantial and so fully sustained by the affidavits
of Linder and Isaac Vanmetre, soldiers of the Illinois
Regiment; that there cannot be the shadow of a doubt in relati-
on to the services of En Vanmetre in the Illinois Regiment to
the end of the war and that he is the same person who was in
Ensign in said Regt who recd his bounty land according to
the record in your office. In fact if these can be any matter
in which there can be doubt about, in relation to revolutionary
services; it is the case of Ensign Jacob Vanmetre He is known
in Ky to have served in the Illinois Regt as ensign to as much
certainty, as that Col Geo R Clarke Commanded the Regt
xxx The bungling manner, in which an illiterate [????] (Nor
think) has drawn upon the declaration of Ensign Vanmetre
should not injure his claim on the Government, which is
clearly established not only by his declaration, but by the
affidavits of two reputable soldier of the Illinois Regiment
living in the same county with him, and also by the proceedings
of the Board at Louisville in 1784 which acted under an act of
the Legislature of Va in granting Bounty lands to the officers
and soldier of the Illinois Regiment for services to the end
of the war; then to all these evidences is added the possessi-
on of one of the deeds for 500 acres of the County land by the
Page 101

same person who now applies through me as the officer entitled to half
pay there seems to me not to remain the shadow of a doubt, I have
myself had a conversation with Ensign Vanmetre and am satisfied
that no man could be so conversant with the movements of the
Illinois Regt and the officers unless he had served with them in the
Regt. I hope you will have justice promptly done this old officer.  He
complains much of the course of the government towards him, The land
he obtained in the Illinois grant he sold many years since and lies
immediately opposite to Louisville.
Yours with respect
[signed]John P DuVal
N.B. Be so good as to send me the necessary forms for application for
an increased pension for Ensign Jacob VanMetre for two years services in
the Illinois Regt.
Page 102

Hon Comm of Pensions
Sir
Herin I enclose you the
power of attorney of the administrator of the estate
of Mrs Rebecca Vanmeter making an application for
an increase of pension from $105. the amount she
received per annum to the amount to which she was
entitled at her death. The certificates of all-
owance you will please cause to issue as Early
as practicable
I am Very respectfully
Yours &
[signed]S.F.J. Trabue
Page 103

C[????] Department
the 30 1852
Dear Sir
I have examined the Executive
Journal for July 1778 pay[?????] 
of the volume for 1777 & 78 (very imperfect), but did not
find the name of Jacob Vanmeter
Very Respectfully
yours-
[signed]Wm H Richardson

J. Heath Esq.
[???] pension.
Page 104

Hon J L Edwards
Frankfort
Kentucky
July 19. 1848
Commr of Pensions
D Sir
I herein
inclose you the declaration of Mrs Rebecca
Vanmetre under the act 2nd February 1848, making
application for a continuance of pension
she having received the benefits of the acts
7 July 1838, 3d March 1843 & 17 June 1844.
You will please enclose to me
at Frankfort Ky. the Certificate of allow-
ance.
I am Sir
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
[signed]C H Trabue
Page 105

Jacob Vanmeter
Halfpay





[at bottom folded paper excludes all but]by
Page 106

Washington, Oct. 15th 1857
Sir,
I have the honor to present you the claim
of the administrator of Jacob Vanmeter for Half
pay, under act of 5th July 1832, for the services
of said Jacob Vanmeter as an Ensign of
the Illinois Regiment, Va State line, in
the War of the Revolution.
  Enclosed you will please find a
power of Attorney from Bladen A. Williams
administrator of said Vanmeter to Isaac
H. Trabue Esq, authorizing him to prosecute
the claim. Also, a copy of the Official
Bond of said administrator, duly certified
by the Clerk of Hardin County, Kentucky
I respectfully ask, that when the
case comes to be examined, the documents
in your office, relating to the Illinois
Regiment may be examined, for evidence
of the services of said Jacob Vanmeter
by which I think you will find con-
clusive record evidence that he served
as an Ensign in said Regiment and
it was disbanded in 1781
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your obt. servt
[signed]J. J. Coombs
J.E. Heath Esq
Court of Pensions
Page 107

December 20, 1937

Jacob Vanmeter
W. 8798
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. B. F. Crabbe
Delleker, Box 414
California

Dear Madam:

    Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War records of Jacob Van
Meter, Senior and Junior, both of whom lived in
Kentucky after the Revolution.
The data which follow were obtained from
papers on file in pension claim, W. 8798, based upon
the service of Jacob Vanmeter in the Revolutionary War
. This is the record of the only Jacob Vanmeter
found on file in the Revolutionary War records of
this office. The surname was searched under similar
spellings.
The date and place of birth of Jacob Vanmeter
were not given, nor were the names of his parents
stated. The name is shown, Vanmetre and Vanmatre.
Jacob Vanmeter was commissioned sometime in
February, 1778, Ensign, and served under Captain
William Harrod and Captain Joseph Bowman in Colonel
George Rogers Clark's Illinois Regiment, went to
Kaskaskia and Vincennes, and on May 7, 1782, when
General George Rogers Clark commanded an expedition
against the Shawnee Indians, Jacob Vanmeter was
appointed Captain of a company of militia from Blue
Licks, in which capacity he served two months; he
then returned to the Illinois Regiment and continued
to hold his commission as ensign until the close of
the war.
He was allowed pension in 1833, while a resident
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of Hardin County, Kentucky.
Jacob Vanmeter married May 12, 1793, Rebecca
Rawlings. She was born in November, 1777, and they
were married at the home of her mother in Hardin
County, Kentucky. The names of her parents were not
given, nor was it stated where she was born.
Jacob Vanmeter died April 12, 1838. His widow,
Rebecca Vanmeter, was allowed pension on her application
executed October 21, 1839, at which time she
was living in Hardin County, Kentucky. She died July
18, 1849.
Their daughter, Mrs. Mahala Prather, was twenty-
seven years of age in 1839, and a resident of Hardin
County, Kentucky.
The following children survived their mother
Rebecca Vanmeter
Nancy Vanmeter
Edward Vanmeter
Mahala Milburn
Letitia Watson.
Jacob Vanmeter stated in 1839 that he was the uncle
of the widow, Rebecca Vanmeter; he was then seventy-seven
years of age, and in Hardin County, Kentucky.
          Isaac Vanmeter was in 1836 in Grayson County, Kentucky
; Joseph Vanmeter in 1834 was in Hardin County,
Kentucky; John and Washington Vanmeter were in 1851 in
Hardin County, Kentucky. It was not stated that they
were related to the family or that they were related to
each other.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
Page 109

August 20, 1936

Jacob Vanneter-W.8798
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Rosamond A. Lamb
2612 L Street
Sacramento, California

Dear Madam:


Reference is made to your letter in which you
request information in regard to Jacob Van Meter, Jr.,
of Washington County, Pennsylvania, served under
General George Rogers Clark in an expedition against
the Indians, War of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from
papers on file in pension claim, W. 8798, based upon
the service of Jacob Vanmeter in the Revolutionary War
. This is the record of the only Jacob Vanmeter
on file in the Revolutionary War records of this
office. The surname was searched under similar
spellings.
The date and place of birth of Jacob Vanmeter
(the name is also spelled Vanmetre and Vanmatre) are
not given, nor are the names of his parents shown.
Jacob Vanmeter was commissioned sometime in
February, 1778, Ensign and served under Captain William
Harrod and Captain Joseph Bowman in Colonel George Rogers
Clark's Illinois regiment, went to Kaskaskia and Vincennes
, and on May 7, 1782, when ssaid Colonel Clark, then a 
[in pencil left side] said Clark Gen'l
General, commanded an expedition against the Shawnee to
Indians, Jacob Vanmeter was appointed Captain of a
militia company from Blue Licks, in which capacity he
served two months; he then returned to the Illinois
regiment and continued to hold his commission as ensign
until the close of the war.
He was allowed pension in 1833, while a resident
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of Hardin County, Kentucky.
The soldier, Jacob Vanmeter, married May 12, 1793,
Rebecca Rawlings. She was born in November, 1777 and
was married at the house of her mother in Hardin County,
Kentucky; the names of her parents were not stated.
Jacob Vanmeter died April 12, 1838. The widow,
Rebecca Vanmeter, was allowed pension on her application
executed, October 21, 1839, at which time she
was living in Hardin County, Kentucky. She died July
18, 1849.
Their daughter, Mrs. Mahala Prather, was twenty-
seven years of age in 1839 and living in Hardin County,
Kentucky.
The following children survived their mother-
Rebecca Vanmeter
Nancy Vanmeter
Edward Vanmeter
Mahala Milburn
Letitia Watson.
One Jacob Vanmeter stated in 1839 that he was the
uncle of the widow, Rebecca Vanmeter; he was then seventy-
seven years of age and in Hardin County, Kentucky.
    Isaac Vanmeter was in 1836 in Grayson County, Kentucky
; Joseph Vanmeter in 1834 was in Hardin County,
Kentucky; and John and Washington Vanmeter were in 1851
in Hardin County, Kentucky. Their relationship to each
other is not shown, nor is it stated that they were
related to the family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
Page 111

June 25, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Jacob Vanmeter-W.8798
BA-J/AWF

Mr. A. H. Yoder
4026 Sunnyside Avenue
Seattle, Washington
Dear Sir:
   Reference is made to your letter in which you
request information in regard to Jacob Van Meter, a
Revolutionary War soldier, and granted a pension
while living in Hardin County, Kentucky.
    The data furnished herein were obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, W. 8798, based
upon the Revolutionary War service of Jacob Vanmeter.
The surname is also spelled, Vanmetre and Vanmatre.
    The date and place of birth of this soldier
are not found in the claim, nor are the names of his
parents given.
    Jacob Vanmeter was commissioned in February,
1778, Ensign and served under Captain William Harrod
and Captain Joseph Bowman in Colonel George Rogers
Clark's Illinois regiment, went to Kaskaskia and Vin-
cennes, and on May 7, 1782, when said Clark, then a
General, commanded an expedition against the Shawnee
Indians, Jacob Vanmeter was appointed captain of a
militia company from Blue Licks, in which capacity he
served two months; he then returned to the Illinois
regiment and continued to hold his commission as ensign
until the close of the war.
   He was allowed pension in 1833, while residing in
Hardin County, Kentucky. He died April 12, 1838.
Jacob Vanmeter married May 12, 1793, Rebecca
Page 112


Rawlings. She was born in November, 1777 and was
married at the house of her mother in Hardin County,
Kentucky; the names of her parents are not stated.
   The widow, Rebecca Vanneter, was allowed pension
on her application executed, October 21, 1839,
at which time she was living in Hardin County, Kentucky
. She died July 18, 1849.
   Their daughter, Mrs. Mahala Prather, was twenty
seven years of age in 1839 and living in Hardin County,
Kentucky.
   The following children survived their mother:
Rebecca Vanmeter
Nancy Vatimeter
Edward Vanneter
Mahala Milburn [pencil] Milburn
Letitia Watson
  One Jacob Vanneter stated in 1839 that he was the
uncle of the widow, Rebecca Vanmeter; he was then
seventy-seven years of age and in Hardin County, Kentucky
.
   Isaac Vanmeter was in 1835 in Grayson County,
Kentucky; Joseph Vanmeter in 1834 was in Hardin County,
Kentucky; and John and Washington Vanmeter were in 1851
in Hardin County, Kentucky. Their relationship to each
other is not shown, nor is it stated that they were
related to the family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Page 113

August 31, 1934
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Jacob Vanmeter-W.8798
BA-J/AWF

Mr. H. B. Tabb
Santa Maria, P.O. Box 65
California
Dear Sir:
   Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War record of Jacob Van
Meter, as found in pension claim, W.8798.
    The data furnished herein were obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, W.8798, based
upon the Revolutionary War service of Jacob Vanmeter,
the surname is also spelled, Vanmetre and Vanmatre.
    The date and place of birth of this soldier
are not found in the claim, nor are the names of his
parents given.
    Jacob Vanmeter was commissioned in February,
1778, Ensign and served under Captain William Harrod
and Captain Joseph Bowman in Colonel^George Rogers Clark's
Illinois regiment, went to Kaskaskia and Vincennes,
and on May 7, 1782, when said Clark, then a General,
commanded an expedition against the Shawnee Indians,
   Jacob Vanmeter was appointed captain of a militia
company from Blue Licks, in which capacity he served
two months; he then returned to the Illinois regiment
and continued to hold his commission as ensign until the
close of the war.
    He was allowed pension in 1833, while residing
in Hardin County, Kentucky. He died April 12, 1838.
   Jacob Vanmeter married May 12, 1793, Rebecca
Rawlings. She was born in November, 1777 and was
Page 114

married at her mother's house in Hardin County, Kentucky
; the names of her parents are not shown.
    The widow, Rebecca Vanmeter, was allowed pension
on her application executed, October 21, 1839, then
a resident of Hardin County, Kentucky. She died July
16, 1849.
    Their daughter, Mrs. Mahala Prather, was twenty
seven years of age in 1839 and living in Hardin County,
Kentucky.
    The following children survived their mother-
Rebecca Vanmeter
Nancy Vanmeter
Edward Vanmeter
Mahala Milburn
Letitia Watson.
    Jacob Vanmeter stated in 1839 that he was the
uncle of the widow, Rebecca Vanmeter; he was then
seventy-seven years of age and in Hardin County, Ken-
    Isaac Vanmeter in 1835 was in Grayson County,
Kentucky; Joseph Vanmeter in 1843 was in Hardin County,
Kentucky; and John and Washington Vanmeter were in 1851
in Hardin County, Kentucky. Their relationship to each
other and to the family is not shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
Page 115

January 8, 1934
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/AWF
Jacob Vanmeter-W.8798

Elizabeth J. Parsons
Crystal Springs, Box 25
Mississippi
Dear Madam:
    Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War record of Jacob Vanmeter,
a pensioner in Hardin County, Kentucky.
    The data contained herein were obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, W. 8798, based
upon the Revolutionary War service of Jacob Vanmeter,
the surname is also spelled, Vanmetre and Vanmatre.
     The date and place of birth of this soldier are
not found in the claim, nor are the names of his parents
given.
    Jacob Vanmeter was commissioned in February, 1778,
Ensign and served under Captain William Harrod and
Captain Joseph Bowman in Colonel George Rogers Clark's
Illinois regiment, went to Kaskaskia and Vincennes, and
on May 7, 1782, when said Clark, then a General, com-
manded an expedition against the Shawnee Indians, Jacob
Vanmeter was appointed a captain of a militia company
from Blue Licks, in which capacity he served two months;
then returned to the Illinois Regiment and continued to
hold his commission as ensign until the end of the war.
    He was allowed pension in 1833, while residing in
Hardin County, Kentucky. He died April 12, 1838.
Jacob Vanmeter married May 12, 1793 Rebecca Rawlings
    She was born in November, 1777 and was married
at her mother's in Hardin County, Kentucky; the names of
her parents are not shown. Rebecca Vanmeter was allowed
Page 116

pension on her application executed, October 21, 1839,
then a resident of Hardin County, Kentucky. She died
July 16, 1849.
    Mrs. Mahala Prather, their daughter, was twenty-
seven years of age in 1839 and living in Hardin County,
Kentucky.
    The following children survived their mother,
Rebecca Vanmeter
Nancy Vanmeter
Edward Vanmeter
Mahala Milburn
Letitia Watson.
    Jacob Vanmeter in 1839 seventy-seven years of age
and then in Hardin County, Kentucky, stated that he was
the uncle of the widow, Rebecca Vanmeter.
    Isaac Vanmeter was in 1835 in Grayson County,
Kentucky; Joseph Vanmeter in 1843 was in Hardin County,
Kentucky; and John and Washington Vanmeter were in 1851
in Hardin County, Kentucky. Their relationship to each
other and to the family is not shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
Page 117

Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/HMM
May 21, 1930.

Mrs. Howard F. Ashby
Roachdale
Indiana.
Dear Madam:
    I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension
claim W. 8798, it appears that Jacob Vanmeter enlisted in
February 1778 and served as ensign under Captain William Harrod
and Captain Joseph Bowman in Colonel George Rogers Clark's Ilinois
Regiment, and on May 7, 1782, when said Clark, then a general,
commanded an expedition against the Shawnee Indians, soldier was
temporarily appointed a captain of a militia company from Blue
Licks, in which capacity he served two months. He afterwards returned
to the Illinois Regiment and continued to hold his commission
as ensign until the end of the war.
    He was allowed pension in 1833, while residing in Hardin
County, Kentucky.
    He died April 12, 1838.
    He married May 12, 1793, in Hardin County, Kentucky, Rebecca
Rawlings, who was born in November 1777. She was allowed pension
on her application executed October 21, 1839, while a resident of
Hardin County, Kentucky, [CROSSED OUT]aged sixty-two years.
    She died July 10, 1849, leaving the following children:
Nancy Van Metre
Edward Van Metre
Mahala Milburb [pencil]Milburn
Letitia Watson.
    In 1839 their daughter, Mrs. Mahala Prather, stated that
she was twenty-seven years of age.
Page 118

    The above is the history of the only soldier named Jacob
Vanneter found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
    The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford
any information in regard to Abraham Vanmeter, all spellings of
the surname searched.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
Page 119

Rev & 1812
Wars Section
AWP/eel

Mrs. F. R. Trumbo
New Virginia
Iowa
Dear Madam:
October 19, 1929
    I advise you that it appears from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, W.8798, that Jacob Van-
meter enlisted in February, 1778, and served as ensign un-
der Captains William Harrod and Joseph Bowman in Colonel
George Rogers Clark's Illinois Regiment, and on May 7,
1782, when said Clark, then a General, commanded an expedition
against the Shawnee Indians, soldier was temporarily
appointed a Captain of a militia company from Blue Licks,
in which capacity he served two months. He afterwards
returned to the Illinois Regiment and continued to hold
his commission as Ensign until the end of the war. He
was allowed pension in 1833, while residing in Hardin
County, Kentucky.
    He married May 12, 1793, in Hardin County, Kentucky,
Rebecca Rawlings, who was born in November, 1777, and he
died April 12, 1838. She was allowed pension on an appli-
Page 120

cation executed October 21, 1839, while a resident of
Hardin County, Kentucky, aged sixty-two years.
   She died July 16, 1849, leaving the following children:
Nancy Van Metre, Edward Van Metre, Mahala Milburn and Le-
titia Watson.
    In 1839, their daughter, Mrs. Mahala Prather, stated
that she was twenty-seven years of age.
     The above is the history of the only soldier named
Jacob Vanmeter found on the Revolutionary War records of
this bureau.
     This bureau has no record of services rendered in
the Colonies prior to the Revolution.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
Page 121

Rev
AWF/eel
November 15, 1928

A. E. Thomas
616 University
Walla Walla, Washington
Sir:

I advise you that it appears from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, W.8798, that Jacob Van-
meter enlisted in February 1778, and served as Ensign un-
der Captains William Harrod and Joseph Bowman in Colonel
George Rogers Clark's Illinois Regiment, and on May 7,
1782, when said Clark, then a General, commanded an expedition
against the Shawnee Indians, soldier was temporarily
appointed a Captain of a militia company from Blue Licks,
in which capacity he served two months. He afterwards
returned to the Illinois Regiment and continued to hold
his commission as Ensign until the end of the war. He
was allowed pension in 1833 while residing in Hardin
County, Kentucky.
    He married, May 12, 1793, in Hardin County, Kentucky,
Rebecca Rawlings, who was born in November 1777, and he
died April 12, 1838. She was allowed pension on an
Page 122

application executed October 21, 1839 while a resident of
Hardin County, Kentucky, aged sixty-two years.

{    Children: Mrs. Mahala Prather, aged twenty-seven years}
{in 1839; Nancy; Michael Milburn; Letitia Watson and Edmund}
{or Edward were the only surviving children July 16,}
{1849, the date of the widow's death.}
    This is the history of the only soldier named Jacob
Van Meter found on the Revolutionary War records of this
bureau and said records fail to afford any information in
regard to a John Carroll as described by you.
Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
[referring to above in{} ]
    I read this case over Oct 19-29
could not verify this paragraphe
so wrote it in a different form
this day Oct. 19 - 29.
Prior to this date, I think I
must have made a copy^only from
VSM
     WS
Page 123

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF/eel

November 13, 1928

Mrs. B. G. Keyte
R.R. #1,
Des Moines, Iowa,

Madam:

    I advise you that it appears from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, W.8798, that Jacob Van-
meter enlisted in February 1778, and served as Ensign
under Captains William Harrod and Joseph Bowman in Colonel
George Rogers Clarke's Illinois Regiment, and on May 7,
1782, when said Clarke, then a General, commanded an expedition
against the Shawnee Indians, soldier was temporary-
ily appointed a Captain of a militia company from Blue
Licks, in which capacity he served two months. He af-
terwards returned to the Illinois Regiment and continued
to hold his commission as Ensign until the end of the war.
He was allowed pension in 1833 while residing in Hardin
County, Kentucky.
    He married May 12, 1793 in Hardin County, Kentucky,
Rebecca Rawlings who was born in November 1777, and died
April 12, 1838. She was allowed pension on an application
Page 124

executed October 21, 1839 while a resident of Hardin
County, Kentucky, aged sixty-two years.
   Children: Mrs. Mahala Prather, aged twenty-seven
years in 1839; Nancy; Michael Milburn, Letitia Watson
and Edmund or Edward were the only surviving children
July 16, 1849, the date of the widow's death.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
Page 125

Rev. War Section.        V.L.K.

July 19, 1921.

Mrs. F. H. Wilkinson,
Atlanta, Missouri

Madam:

    In response to your letter dated the 2"" ultimo,
    I advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim W. File No. 8,798, that Jacob Vanme-
ter enlisted in February 1778, and served as Ensign under
Captains William Harrod and Joseph Bowman in Colonel George
Rogers Clarke, Illinois Regiment, and on May 2, 1788, when
said Clarke, then a General, commanded an expedition against
the Shawnee Indians, soldier was temporarily appointed a Captain
of a militia company from Blue Licks, in which capacity
he served two months. He afterwards returned to the Illinois
Regiment and continued to hold his commission as Ensign until
the end of the war. He was allowed pension in 1833 while residing
in Hardin County, Kentucky.
[in pencil]b Nov '77    He married May 12, 1793 in Hardin County, Ky. Rebec-
ca Rawlings and died April 12, 1838. She was allowed pension
on an application executed October 21, 1839 while a resident
of Hardin County, Ky aged 62 years.
Page 126

Children; Mrs. Mahala Prather aged 27 years in 1839,
Nancy, Michael Milburn, Letitia Watson and Edmund or Ed-
ward were the only surviving children July 16, 1849, the
date of the widow's death.
Very respectfully,
[signed]Washington [indistinct]
Commissioners
Page 127

State of Kentucky
Hardin County Sct
On this the 4th day of July 1844 Personally app-
eared before me John C Williams an acting Magistrate in and for the Cou-
nty and State aforesaid Mrs Rebecca Vanmetre a resident of the
County of Hardin and State of Kentucky aged about or above sixty six years
who after being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made
by the act of Congress passed the 17th day of June 1844 entitled An act to con-
tinue the Pensions of certain widows To wit- That she is the widow of Jacob
Vanmetre who was an Ensignign[sic] and Captain of the Virginia
malitia[sic] in the army of the Revolution and served some length of time in actual
service on account of which he was allowed pension under the act of Congress
passed 7th day of June 1832, at the rate of $105.00 per annum. Declarant has
been allowed pensions under the acts of Congress passed 7th July 1838 & the 3d day
of March 1843 at the rate of $105 per annum.  For the facts necessary
in the investigation of her claim she will respectfully ask leave to refer to the
evidence contained in the papers comprising the matter of the s[????] application
for the aforesaid Pensions.  She further declares that she is still a wid-
ow never having intermarried since the death of her said husband. She
now prays that her claim to a pension under the act of 17th June 1844 may
be granted & the certificate be enclosed to her Attorney C H Trabue of
Frankfort Kentucky
Sworn to and subscribed before me on}  [signed]Rebeca Vanmetre
the day & year aforesaid}
[signed]John C Williams JP
Page 128

and & the within subscriber magistrate certify that the foregoing declarant
is personally known to me and known to be the widow of Jacob Vanmet[torn]
deceased late of Hardin County, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United
States under the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 at the rate of
$105 per annum, and is the identical widow who has been allowed
Pensions under the acts of Congress passed 7th July 1838 and the 3d
day of March 1843 at the rate of $105 per annum, and is a
lady of the very first respectability unto all of
whose statements them should be given the fullest faith
and credit of-
    In testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name this the 4th day of July 1844
[signed]John C Williams JP.
State of Kentucky
Hardin County Sct
    Clerk
of the Court of Hardin County State of Kentucky certify
that John C. Williams whose name is subscribed above
is an acting Magistrate in and for the said County and
State duly commissioned and qualified, and the forgo-
ing signatures purporting to be his are genuine
     In testimony whereof I have hereunto
affixed my seal of office and
subscribed my name this the 5th day
of July 1844
[signed]Saml Haycraft  clk Hardin
County Court
Page 129

[first line crossed out]
Rebecca Vanmetre
wid of Jacob
Ky
Act 7 July 1838 and
init resolution of 23
May 1845
Admin $105 per An
from 4 March 1836 to 12th
April 1838 from which
time she has been paid
Hon C S Morehead
Frankfort
Ky
Page 130

State of Kentucky
Hardin County Sct
    On this the 17th day of
October 1848 Before Mr Richard W McQuown an acting
Justice of the Peace of the Peace in and for the County &
State aforesaid Personally appeared Rebecca Vanmeter
a resident of the County of Harden and State of Kentucky
who after being first duly sworn according to law
doth on her Oath make the following Declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
passed 7 July 1838 & the Joint Resolution of Congress passed
23rd January 1845 Towit: That she is the Widow of
Jacob Vanmeter deceased late of the County of Hardin
State of Ky. who was as she verily believes a private
Ensign & Captain in the army of the Revolution & in
consequence of his service in said army as such was
allowed a pension under the act of Congress passed
7 June 1832 at the rate of $105 per Annum. That
after his death she applied for a pension under the
act of Congress passed 7 July 1838 Entitled "An
act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows, which
Application was received & an allowance made her
at the rate of $105 per Annum commencing the 12th day
of April 1838. That she is advised & believes that the
allowance should have been made to her commencing
the 4th day of March 1836. and that
she is both legally and Equitably entitled to
the arrears from the 4th of March 1836 to the
Page 131

the 12th day of April 1838.  She further States that
she has been allowed pensions under the acts of
Congress passed 3rd March 1843 & 17 June 1844 -
also under the Act 2nd February 1848 at the rate
of $105. per annum.
    She now most respectfully
asks the Hon Commissioner of Pensions that the
allowance from 4th March 1836 to the 12th
day of April 1838 May be made her &
that the certificate of Pension which may
issue as evidence of the allowance may
be enclosed to her Attorney C. H. Trabue
Esq of Frankfort Ky, and with him only
does she wish correspondence holden in
reference to her said claim & such other
persons as he may direct
Sworn to & subscribed} [signed]Rebecca Vanmeter
Before me on the day}
& year aforesaid}

[signed]R W McQuown JP

I the Just subscribed magistrate certify that the
above declarant is personally known
to me & known to be the widow of Jacob
Vanmeter deceased & to be the identical individual
she represents herself to be, who drew pensions
under the acts of Congress passed 7 July
1838, 3d March 1843 & 17 June 1844 at the
rate of $105 per annum & that she
has also been allowed a pension under
Page 132

the act of Congress passed 22nd February 1848
as per Certificate pension now before me
which issed from the War Department of
the United States & dated the 29th day of July
1848 & Signed W L Mar[???] secretary
of War
    In testimony whereof I hereunto sub-
scribe my name day & year aforesaid
R W McQuown JP
D
State of Kentucky
       County Scet
I Saml Haycraft Clerk
of the Court of Hardin County State of Kentucky
certify that R. W. McQuown, whose name is
subscribed above is an acting Justice of the
Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid
duly commissioned and qualified, and to
all his official acts the fullest faith
and credit should be given. And the forego
=ing Signatures purporting to be his are genu=
=ine
    In testimony whereof I have
hereunto affixed my seal of office
and subscribed my name this
the 17 day of October 1848.
Saml Haycraft Clk
by Will T. Samuels etc
Page 133

State of Kentucky
Hardin County ⎬ ss
     On this 11th day of
May 1848 personally appeared before
the subscriber A Justice
of the peace Rebecca Vanmeter a resident of the coun-
ty of Hardin aged 70 years who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on her oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision
made by the act of Congress passed the 2nd Febuary 1848
granting Pensions to widows of persons who served dur-
ing the Revolutionary War that she is the widow of
Jacob Vanmeter who was a Private ensign and Captain
in the Virginia Malitia[sic] in the army of the revolution and
in consequence of his service as such was allowed and curried?
a pension under the act of Congress passed the 7 day of
June 1832 at the rate of $105 per annum She further declares
that she has received pensions under the act of Congress passed the
July 1838, 3d March 1843 & 17 June 1844 at the rate of $105 per ann
and that she is still a widow she further appoints C H Trabue her attorney
to [????] her certifficate of Pension, Sworn to and subscribed
on the day and year above written before me
[signed]RW McQuown J P
Rebeccah  her  X  mark   Vanmeter
I the above majorstrate[sic] do certify
at the forgoing affiant is personally known unto me and her
Declarations to be relyed on  [signed]RW McQuown JP
R Wall Known J.P.
Page 134

I Samuel Haycraft Clerk Hardin County Court in the State of
Kentucky do hereby certify that W McQuown is a justice
the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and
qualified his commission bears date in the 20 day of October
and continues during good behavior, and that the foregoing
signature purporting to be his is genuine and in deed
f[???] of Law. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of said Court at my office
in Elizabeth Town this 11 day of May AD 1848
and in the 56 year of the Commonwealth
Samuel Haycraft Clerk
By [signed]Alexander J. Samuels DC.
Page 135

Act July 5 1835
State of Kentucky}
Hardin County}   Know all men by these presents that I Jacob
Vanmeter of the County and State aforesaid, an officer in the Virginia
State line in the Regiment commanded by Col George Rogers Clarke
during the Revolutionary war, have constituted and appointed and by
these presents do constitute and appoint John P Duval of Bardstown
by my true and lawful attorney in fact for me and in my name to de-
mand and receive from the proper accounting officers of the Treasury
Department at Washington City all money and scrip due me for my mil-
litary service as aforesaid during the revolutionary war and my
said Attorney is fully authorized to institute all necessary proceedings
for the recovery adjustment and final settlement of any claim to which
I may be entitled for my services in the Virgina State line under
an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for liquidating and pay-
ing certain claims of the State of Virginia for half pay for life and bounty
land which said act was approved on the 5th of July 1832, and in my name
to give receipts for the same, and to do any legal act or acts which may be necesa-
=ry in the premises to be done in accomplishing my intents and purposes in
having a full and complete settlement of my claims on the United States
and State of Virginia for my military service in the Virginia state or
Continental line, during the revolutionary war and for this purpose
thereby ratify and confirm any act and deed of my said Attorney and
hereby revoke and annul all previous powers of attorney [????] by me
in relation to the premises
Given under my hand and seal this
7 day of September 1833
[Signed] Jacob Vanmetre  [seal]  LS
Page 136

State of Kentucky}
Hardin County} I Samuel Haycraft Clerk of the County Court
aforesaid do hereby certify that Jacob Vanmeter party to a certain power
of Attorney to John P Duval bearing date 7th day of September 1833 and
hereunto annexed personally appeared before me in the Clerks office
of the County aforesaid and having the said power of Attorney fully explained
to him, he the said Jacob Vanmeter acknowledged the same to be his
act and deed, upon which said acknowledgement the said power of
Attorney should be by me recorded if requested-
In testimony whereof I have
set my hand and affixed
the seal of the County Court of
Hardin this 7th day of September
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty three
State of Kentucky}  [signed] Saml Haycraft clk
Hardin County} I   R Newton presiding Justice
of the County Court of Hardin, do hereby certify that Samuel Haycraft
was at the time of affixing the seal of the said County Court to the above
power of attorney and is now Clerk of the said County Court and that the
foregoing certificate is in due form of law and by the proper officer and
that full faith and credit should be given to all the official acts of the
said Samuel Haycraft
       Given under my hand and seal this 6th day of
November 1833
[signed] R Newton {seal}
Page 137

Know all men by these Presents That I John
Weems administrator of the
and of the estate of Mrs Reb-
ecca Vanmeter deceased who was the widow
of Jacob Vanmeter deceased both of whom
were Revolutionary Pensioners of the United States
upon the Kentucky agency Do hereby
constitute and appoint Isaac H Trabue of
Franklin County Ky with full powers of
substitution my true and lawful attorney
for me and in my name to prosecute
against the Government of the United States
the arrears of pensions of the claims for the arr-
ars of pension due said widow at her death
under the act of Congress 7th June 1832, also under the
act of Congress 7th July 1838, 3d March 1843
17 June 1844 & 2nd February 1848. and when
an amount or amounts are found due then
my said Attorney is hereby authorised to demand and
receive the pension certificate en[????]ing said all-
owances,
Witness my hand and seal this 5th day of
June 1851.
In presence of}
G. W. Gwin}
[signed]John Weems {seal}
The administrator of the
Estate of Rebecca Vanmeter
Dcsd
Page 138

State of Kentucky Franklin County Sct
     Be it Known that on the 5th day
of June 1851 Before the Subscriber a Justice of the
peace personally appeared John Weems the foregoing
subscriber and acknowledged the foregoing power
of attorney to be his own Voluntary act and
deed.
    In testimony whereof I doth hereunto
Subscribe my name day and
year aforesaid
G W. Gwin JP.
State of Kentucky Franklin County Sct
I Alexander H Rennick
Clerk of the County Court of sd County certify
that G W. Gwin before whom the forego=
=ing ?rown was acknowledged is an acting
Justice in and for the County and State afsd
duly commissioned and sworn and the for
=going purporting to be his is genuine
    In testimony whereof I doth
hereunto affix my seal of
office and subscribe my
name this 5th day of June
1851

[signed]H Kennick Clerk
Franklin County Court
Page 139

Jacob Vanmeter's adminr
to
Isaac H Trabue
Power of Atty.
Page 140

Know All Men By These Presents that I
Bladen A Williamson the Administrator of the
Estate of Jacob Vanmeter Decd who was a Captain
and Ensign in the Army of the Revolution under the
command of General                      in the Virgin-
ia State line, Do hereby nominate constitute and
Appoint, with full power of substitution, Isaac H.
Trabue of Frankfort Kentucky, my true and lawful
Attorney for me and in my name to prosecute the
Claim of the said Jacob Vanmeter in and to half
pay or the arrears of half pay of the commuta
=tion with interest in line of Half Pay due
under the act of Congress passed 5th of July 1832
from the Government of the United States
when an amount or amounts are found due to the
said Jacob Vanmeter by any tribunal or Depart
=ment of the Government afsd. This my said Attorney
is hereby Authorized to demand and [?????] the
Certificates of Pension in satisfaction for the same, and to sign
seal and deliver any Instrument or Instruments
in writing in order thereto that he may think
Proper.
    In the event the demands made by my said
Attorney of the Government of the United States are
not paid, then my said Attorney is hereby
authorized to cause suit to be instituted
in any court or courts against the Com
Page 141

monweath of Virginia for the recovery of the same;
and when an amount or amounts are found due by any
Tribunal of the Commonweath to demand and ????
=in the money in satisfaction for the same, and
to sign seal and deliver any instrument or instru
=ments in writing in order thereto that he may
think proper I hereby ratifying and confirming the 
same , I hereby revoke any and all Authority hereto
=fore given to prosecute the afd Claim or claims
Given under my hand and and seal on this 16th
day of Jan 1851.
in presence of}   [signed]Bladen A Williamson {seal}
Administrator of the Estate of
Jacob Vanmeter Dcd
H.J. Dunavan
Luke C. Hays
[the following section crossed out]
State of Kentucky Hardin County } Sct
on this the 16th day of June 1851 Personally Appeared before
me                    an acting Justice of the Peace in and
for the County & State of Bladen A Williamson a man of
truth and respectability in whose statements the
fullest faith and credit should be placed. And Ackn
=owledged that the signing sealing and delivering the fore
=going power of Attorney to be his own Voluntary
act and deed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name
                                                                        J.P.
Page 142

State of Kentucky
Hardin County Sct
Personally Appeared Before me H. J. Dunavan, Clerk
of the County Court and State aforesaid, do
certify that on the 16th day of June 1851
Bladen A. Williamson and Administrator of Jacob
Vanmetre decd a man of truth and respectability
in whose statements the fullest faith and
credit should be given and acknowledged
the signing sealing and delivery of the
foregoing Power of attorney to be his act
deed
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of the Hardin County Court this
16th day of June 1851
[signed]H. J. Dunavan Clk
Hardin County Court
Page 143

A Pay Roll of Capt Wm Harrods Company of Militia in the
County of Kentucky on Duty from the 27th of May to the
8th day of December 1779
Mens Names           when      when       Number of days
                               enlisted   discharged
William Harrod Capt  May 27     Dec 8   196..5/4...L52.5.4
James Patten Leut         -                  -      196..3/6....34.6.0    
Edward Bulger Ens        -                  -      196..2/8.....26.2.8
James Harris} sarjts       -                  -       196..1/8....16.6.8
Levi Teal}                       -                  -       196..1/4....16.6.8
Samuel Harriss Soldier  -                  -       196..1/4    13.1.4
John McManus Senr
   &c   &c   &c
Jacob Vanmeter            -                   -        196..1/4    13.1.4 
   &c    &c   &c
              William Harrod
Kentucky County to: wit
This day Capt William Harrod made oath that the
above Pay Roll is just and that their[sic] is due each man
Eighty six Rashens[sic]
Sworn to before John Bowman this
13th day of September 1780
Jno Bowman County
Leut of Kentucky County
              ==========
Auditors Office Va 4 August 1852
I certify that in the 1st Vol. of Illinois Papers now
on file in this office there is to be found a Pay Roll of
Capt Wm Harrods Company of Militia of which the foregoing
is a true copy, excepting that the names of nearly all the
privates are omitted on the Roll both before &
after the name of Jacob Vanmeter
[signed]G W. Clutter
Act. Acr.
Page 144

     No 1
Rank of the Officers of the Illinois Regiment and
dates of their respective Commissions.-- Louisville 28 Jan 1782.
Names                     Rank                           Dates of Commissions
John Montgomery  Lieutenant Col               14th December 1778
Thomas Quirk          Major                            17th August 1779
Robert Todd            Captain                          17  March 1780
Isaac Taylor              Capt                               18th March 1780
Abraham Kellar        Capt Killed Dec 12th 81 19th March 1780
John Bailey              Capt                                29th March 1780
Richard Brashear     Capt                                30th May 1780
John Girault             Capt                               3d June 1781
Michael Perrant       Capt                                10th October 1781
Joseph Calvit           Lieutenant                      1st June 1780
James Montgomery Lieut                              2nd June 1780
Abraham Chaplin    Lieut                                3d June 1780
Richard Clark           Lieut                                4th June 1780
Jarrett Williams        Lieut                                5th June 1780
Wm Clark                 Lieut                                6th June 1780


This certifies that the above is a true Roster
of the Illinois Officers
    G R Clarke
It appears by the Returns of Col Montgomery's Regt that
there were raised in May 1779......350 effective men
      August 1780 Reduced to...........130 men
      at present with Recruits..............130 men
[crossed through]John Montgomery Colo.
[crossed throughIllinois Regt
John Montgomery Lt Colo
Comdt Illinois
Page 145

Casualties
Capt Kellar Killed 12 Decem 1781
General Clark Commission (who was Colonel of the within
Regint) was dated January 2nd 1778
Page 146

              No 2
Richmond April 13 1782
A Board of Officers belonging to the Western Department
a[indistinct]by request of Col. Davies agreeable to
Assembly of last session
Colo John Montgomery President
Members
Maj. Geo. Walls
Majr Thos Quirk
Capt William Cherry

The Board having considered the order of Council of January
18th [illegible]d have proceeded to give their opinions as follows
Relative to the officers of the Western Departmen .....d who
are not entitled to the Benefit of half pay
It is the opinion of this Board that the
officers on the enclosed list of the Illinois Regiment are
entitled to the emoluments allowed the officers of this State
by act of Assembly, as it appears they have been in service
since the raising of the Illinois Regt and continued in
service until derang'd by act of Assembly, and that
they have behaved (whilst in service) as Good officers
andGentlemen
[crossed through]John Montgomery Co Illinois Regt

John Montgomery Lt Colo ^Comadt Illinois
                              Regt
In Council Nov 14, 1783
The above Report ought to be considered as authentic.
Benj Harrison
Endorsed on paper marked
Page 147

No 2 is the following
"April 13 1782
Report of the proceedings of
a board officers of the Western
dept held for the purpose
of ascertaining who are to be entitled to half pay &c & who
not "
---
Auditors Office Va
30 July 1852
I certify that the foregoing papers marked Nos 1&
2, with the exception of what is written in red ink, are true
copies of original papers on file in this office, which
papers are attached together - & I further certify that
where blanks occur in the body of the writing is owing
to the fact that the original has been so worn out as
to ^be altogether illegible- so also with the erasures
G. W. Clutter
-
Act. Auditor
Page 148

State of Kentucky}
Hardin County} I Temple Poston a Justice
of the peace in the County aforesaid in the State of
Kentucky do hereby certify that Isaac Vanmatre
is a creditable witness and that he personally
appeared before me in my County aforesaid
and made oath that he was well acquainted with
Jacob Vanmeter of Hardin County and
State of Kentucky and that he was an Officer
in the Virginia State line during the Revolution
and that he served first as an Ensign under
Colo George Rogers Clarke on the Illinois Camp
=aign as this deponent well knows, as he was him
=self a soldier at the same time and in the same
Regiment, and afterwards in the year
1782 ^the said Jacob VanMete 
was promoted to the rank of Captain and
served under Colo Clarke against the Shawnees
and that he continued in service untill[sic] dismissed
about the close of the revolutionary war. And
that the said Jacob Vanmeter is now living in
the County of Hardin Kentucky and that he
is the same Jacob Vanmeter who Executed
Powers of attorney to John P Duvall[sic] of Bardstown
Ky dated 7th day of September 1833
Given under my hand & seal this
7th day of September 1833
[signed] Temple Poston JPHC{seal}
Page 149

State of Kentucky}
Hardin County}
      I Samuel Haycraft Clerk of
the County Court for the County of Hardin Certify
that Temple Poston is a Justice of the peace for the
County aforesaid & was at the time of taking the foregoing
affidavit of the said Isaac Vanmetre and now
is acting Justice of the peace in and for the County
of Hardin duly commissioned and qualified according to
law and that the signature of the said Temple
Poston; as Justice of the peace is his genuine
Signature
     In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed the
Seal of the County Court of
Hardin in the 7th day of Septem
ber in the year of our Lord One
thousand Eight hundred & thirty
three & in the 42d year of the Common
Wealth
[signed] Saml Haycrft Clk
Hardin County Court
[bottom left corner] aff of Isaac Vanmetre
proof of services of Jacob
Vanmetre en. Ill Regt
Power sent to [illeg]
For Bounty Land from Va.
Richd

No.1.
Page 150

The Commonwealth of VIRGINIA
To Jacob Vanmeter Gentleman, greeting:
KNOW YOU that our GOVERNOUR, on Recommendation from the Court of the County of Jefferson hath constituted and 
appointed you Captain in a Company of Militia in the said
County. In Testimony whereof these our Letters are sealed, with the Seal
of the Commonwealth, and made Patent
Witness THOMAS JEFFERSON, Esquire, our said Governour.
at Richmond, the 7th day of May in the Year of our
Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty two--
   [signed] Th.Jefferson


{seal}
Page 151

Va Court held for Jefferson County on the 2nd July 1782
Jacob Vanmatre duly qualified to the within Commission
   Test Hern Brice Clk Jefferson County

  THE
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
   OF THE
UNITED STATES

Jacob Vanmeter
  Va Wid. File  8798.
Page 152

State of Kentuck}
Hardin County}
       On this the 2 day of June 1843 personally
appeared before me Thomas Morison an acting Justice of the peace in and
for the County of Hardin and State of Kentucky Mrs Rebecah Vanmeter a
resident of the County of Hardin and State of Kentucky aged upwards of sixty
five years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath
make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the act of Congress passed on 3d day of March 1843 granting pensions to
widows of certain persons who served in the Revolutionary war that she is the
widow of Jacob Vanmeter who was a Ensign and Captain in Clarkes
Regment and as for the further particulars concerning his service and the
other Officers she cannot recalled but refers to her former declarations
under the act of Congress passed July 7 1838 which granted her arrears
pension only an which surtificate[sic] of allowance she drew $105 per
anum[sic] she further declares that she has never since her husband death
married but still remain his widow the widow of Jacob Vanmeter
Sworn to and submited}
the day and year above written}  [signed]Rebeca Vanmeter
before me}
interlined before signed in place}
[signed]Thos Morrison J P H C

I the above subscribed Justice of the peace in and for the County of Hardin
and State of Kentucky do certify that the above declarant is personally known
to me and I know she is the widow of Jacob Vanmeter late of Hardin
County State of Kentucky who was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the
act of Congress passed 7 of June 1832 and after his death the above declarant
drew a pension of $105 per anum under the act of Congress passed the
7th day of July 1838 & know she is a Lady of Respectability and her statem
ents in the forgoing declaration is to be believed and due [???] paid to them
I know that she is the Identical person who drew a pension under the
at of Congress July 7. 1838 as the widow of Jacob Vanmeter
given under my hand this 2nd day of   [signed]Thos Morrison J P H C
June 1843
Page 153

State of Kentucky}
Hardin County} Sct
On this the 1st day of June 1843 personally appear
before me an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County-Hardin
and state of Kentucky Joseph Vanmeter who being first duly sworn according to
Law doth on his oath state that he has bin[sic] acquainted with Revecka[sic]
Vanmeter and her Husband Jacob Vanmeter who was a Revolutionary Pen
sioner under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 and after his death his
Widow Rebecah Vanmeter did draw a pension under the law of 7th July
1838 of one hundred and five Dollars per annum he further states he has been
acquainted with the said Rebecah Vanmeter for upwards of thirty years and
he states that she is the Identical widow of Jacob Vanmeter and her statements
in the forgoing declaration is to^be believed for the most of them are knowned[sic]
to him and that she is a lady of truth and her statements entitled to
Credit
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year above written    [signed]Joseph Vanmetre
before me [signed]Thos Morrison J P

State of Kentucky Hardin County Sct
I Samuel Haycraft Clerk of the
County Court for the County aforesaid do certify that Thomas
Morrison Esquire whose name appears to the above certificates
is a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly
commissioned and qualified, and the signatures purporting
to be his in the places in the foregoing are genuine
& in his proper hand writing
     In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed the
seal of said County at my Office
in Elizabeth Town this 3d day of
June 1843
[signed]Saml Haycraft clk
Hardin County Court
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Know all men by these presents that we
Bladen A. Williamson John Vanmetre and Washington
Vanmetre are held and firmly bound unto the Common-
Wealth of Kentucky in the just and full sum of
Four thousand dollars for which payment well
and truly to be made we bind ourselves our
heirs & jointly and severally, firmly by these presents
Sealed with our seals and dated this 19th day of
August 1850
     The condition of the above obligation
^is such that if the above bound Bladen A Williamson
Administration of the goods, chattels and credits of
Jacob Vanmetre new decd (called Miller Jako)
do make a true and perfect inventory of all and
singular the goods chattels and credits of the said
deceased which have or shall come to the hands
of the said Bladen A. Williamson and the same
so made, do exhibit into the County Court of Hardin
County where he shall be thereunto required by the
said Court and such goods chattels and credits
do well and truly administer according to law
and further to make a just and true account
of his actings therein when thereunto required by
said Court and all the rest of the said goods
chattels and credits which shall be found remaining
upon the account of the said administration
the same being examined and allowed by the
Justices of the said Court for the time being:
shall deliver and pay unto such persons respectively
as are entitled to the same by law; and if
it shall hereafter appear that any last Will
and Testament was made by the said deceased
and proven in Court and the Executor obtain
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a certificate probate thereof and the said
Bladen A. Williamson do in such case under and
deliver his Letters of administration
   Then this obligation to be void
otherwise to remain in full force and Virtue
in law
 Bladen A. Williamson   {seal}
John  his  X  mark  Vanmetre
Washington  his  X  mark   Vanmetre

State of Kentucky
Hardin County Sct
I H. J. Dunavan Clerk of
the County Court for the County and State
aforesaid certify that the foregoing is a
the copy of the bond given by Bladen
C. Williamson together with John Vanmeter and
Washington Vanmeter his securities before entering
upon the duties of Administrator of the estate
of Jacob Vanmeter decd
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
Set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the Hardin County Court this
17th day of June 1851
[signed]H. J. Dunavan
Hardin County Court