Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File Old War Ind. File 3919, for Jacob Slough, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Not Rev War     
Penn.
N.W. Indian Wars 1794

Slough, Jacob

NUMBER
Old War Inv. File 3919

CONTENTS
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(left side)
No. 1093
Pennsylvania
Jacob Slough
Captain in the N.W. Army

Ratio of disability Total
Date of discharge
Time of closing the testimony

Subscribed on the roll of Pennsylvania
20 Dollars per month to commence on the
27 Nov 1824

Certificate of pension issued the 8 of Dec
1824 and Sent to Hon. J Buchanan HR

Arrears to 4th of
Semi=anl. all'ce ending 

Act of the 25 Apl. 1808.
Increased to $30 pr mo to com. Apl. 18 1836. Act 15 June 18 (illegible)
Book F. Vol. 6 page 24

(right side)
New Cert issd at the rate of $30 pr Month,
July 15 1836, & sent to Hon J Buchanan,
Lancaster, Penna, Let to ditto & pen agt. same day.
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I hereby certify, that the accompanying pages numbered from one to six, inclusive, are truly copied from the originals in the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions, Department of War.
J. L. Edwards
Commission of Pensions

Be it remembered, that James L. Edwards, who has signed the foregoing certificate, is Commissioner of Pensions; and that to his attestations full faith and credit are and ought to be given.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the seal of the Department to be affixed, on this twenty seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six.
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
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Copy
State of New York SS
Personally appeared Col Soloman Van Rensselaer who being duly sworn before me the subscriber, doth depose and say that he was a Captain of Dragoons in General Wayne's victory over the Indians on the 20 August 1794, and that he was wounded in that engagement.  That Col. Jacob Slough of the City of Lancaster in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was Captain of Infantry in that engagement, and whilst he was advancing at the head of his company to meet the enemy received a rifle ball  about two inches below the pit of his stomach which passed through his body and was extracted from his back on the day of the battle by Dr. John F. Carmichael.  That this deponant occupied the same tent with Col. Slough for several days after the battle, and when the army retrograded they travelled together to Fort Defiance, and further this deponant saith not.
zSol. Van Renssalaer

Sworn and Subscribed before me this fifth day of November, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty four.
Richd. L. Treat Commissioner &c

I certify that I am well acquainted with Col. Solomon Van Rensselaer and that he is a credible witness.  Given my hand the fifth day of November One Thousand Eight hundred and Twenty four
Rich L Treat
Commissioner &c

State of New York
Secretarys Office
Albany Nov 5 1824
I certify that Richard L. Treat who has signed the Jurat and Certificate on the preceeding page was at the time thereof and still is a Commissioner to take affidavits and
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full faith and credit are due to his official acts. Given under my hand and seal of office this 5th day of November 1824

I V N. Gates
Secretary of State

Lancaster 27 November 1824
It is hereby certified that Colonel Jacob Slough who was a Captain in the Fourth Sub. Legion in the service of the United States appointed on the nineteenth day of March, one thousand and seven hundred & ninety three is rendered incapable of performing the duty of soldier, by reason of a wound inflicted whilst he was actually in the service aforesaid, and in the line of his duty; viz: 
By satisfactory evidence and accurate examination, it appeared that on the twentieth day of August, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety four being engaged under the command of General Anthony Wayne with the Indians at or near a place called the Rapids of the Miami of the Lake, then in the North Western Territory now State of Ohio, he received a wound from a rifle ball which passed through the right hypokordriac region, wounding the liver, diaphragm, and the right lobe of the lungs, and which was extracted about two inches below the scapula near the spine; And he is thereby not only incapacitated for military duty, but in the opinion of the undersigned is totally disabled from obtaining his subsistence by manual labor.
Abm. Carpenter, Surgeon
F. A. Muhlenberg Surgeon

The above sworn to & subscribed before me at Lancaster this 27th November 1824.
Walter Franklin
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I do certify that Dr. Abraham Carpenter & Dr. F. A. Muhlenberg the examining surgeons above mentioned are reputable in their profession. Given under my hand at the City of Lancaster this twenty seventh day of November one thousand eight hundred & twenty four
Walter Franklin

Pennsylvania Lancaster County SS
Personally appeared before me the subscriber, President Judge of the second Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, John Reinhart, aged between fifty four & fifty five, who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he enlisted as a soldier under Captain Jacob Slough of the City of Lancaster in the year one thousand seven hundred & ninety two, and was a soldier under him in Waynes victory over the Indians on the 20 August 1794. A short time after the commencement of the action on and whilst Captain Sloughs company was moving forward to charge the enemy Captain Slough was shot through the body. The ball entered two or three inches below the pit of his stomach. Captain Slough was carried from the battle grounds two or three days after the battle on a litter, and after that time I saw him no more till we met in Lancaster some years afterward, and further this deponent saith not.
John Reinhart

Sworn & subscribed before me at the City of Lancaster this twenty second day of November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty four
Walter Franklin

I certify that in my opinion John Reinhart the deponant above mentioned is a credible witness. Given under my hand this 22 November 1824.
Walter Franklin
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Pennsylvania Lancaster County SS
Personally appeared before me the subscriber President Judge of the second Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Col. Jacob Slough who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he never applied for a pension heretofore, because untill April last he was always able to support himself comfortably. He has been often advised by his friends to apply for a pension, but has uniformly declined it, and never would have made such application had he not been compelled to do so by necessity. He was thrown out of employment in April last by the Landlord from whom he had rented the Inn which he had kept for many years in the City of Lancaster leasing it to another person. He is now almost fifty nine years of age having been born on the 15th December 1765 and is poor. This deponent further saith that he is not on the pension List of any State.
Jacob Slough

Sworn & subscribed before me at Lancaster this twenty seventh day of November one thousand eight hundred & twenty four 
Walter Franklin

Lancaster County SS
Personally appeared before me the subscriber President Judge of the second Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philip Messonhope, Esq who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he was born in the City of Lancaster in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty one, and has resided there ever since: That he well recollects that Col. Jacob Slough returned to Lancaster after General Waynes victory over the Indians in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety four. That he
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was severely wounded - and that it was at that time believed that it was extraordinary he should have survived considering the nature of his wound. According to the best of this deponents knowledge, and belief - the reason why the said Jacob Slough resigned his Commission of Captain in the army of the United States, was his disability occasioned by the said wound. He resigned according to the best of this deponents recollection between two & three years after the said victory of General Wayne over the Indians. He resided with his father Mathias Slough Esq, in the City of Lancaster from the time of his resignation untill his marriage in the year one thousand eight hundred & four or one thousand eight hundred & five. That he then moved to Columbia in the County of Lancaster where he kept a public house for about two years. That he then returned to Lancaster where he has lived ever since, and where he kept a public house untill the first day of April last. That since that time he has been thrown out of employment, but that he still resides in the City of Lancaster.
Philip Messenhop

Sworn & subscribed before me at the City of Lancaster this twenty seventh day of November one thousand eight hundred and twenty four
Walter Franklin

I certify that I am well acquainted with Philip Messenhope Esq, and that he is a credible witness. Given under my hand at the City of Lancaster this twenty seventh day of November one thousand eight hundred and twenty four.
Walter Franklin

State of Pennsylvania Lancaster County SS
I Nathaniel W Sample Jr. Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of
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Lancaster, do certify that Walter Franklin Esq, before whom the annexed and foregoing proceedings were had, and who has signed the same is President of the second Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania duly commissioned and quallified; and that to all acts by him done in that capacity full faith and credit are and ought to be given, as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at the City of Lancaster this thirtieth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty four.
N. W. Sample Jr
Prothy
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3919
INVALID.
N. W. Indian 1794
File No. 3919
Jacob Slough 
Capt [Captain] N. W. Army
Act: 25 Apl [April] 1808
Index: - Vol. A, Page 344 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Bounty Land searched - no warrant issued for this soldier 
Dec 7 - 1934
AWF
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Jacob Hough
[illegible]th Wester War as Captain in the Legion commanded by Genl [General] Anthony Wayne desires in land of [illegible] for 60 years
20
6
120
Mar 4th 1830
[illegible] 1833 66 [illegible]
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Jacob Slough, Penr. Invalid Roll, at what rate was he last paid?
Pen Office
Apl 28 1836.
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Jacob Slough

See letter to Hon. J. Buchanan
July 9 1836
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Hon. S V. Buchanan, H. R.
Jacob Slough
Invalid Claim
Honorable John C. Calhoun
Washington
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Lancaster 30 November 1824
Sir,
Enclosed I transmit to you the evidence to all the proceedings in the case of Col. Jacob Hough of this City an applicant for a pension. The testimony in his case was closed
before me on the 27th of this Inst. 
Walter Frank [illegible]
President Judge of the second Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The Hon. John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
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War Department
Pension Office,
December 7, 1824.
Sir,
I have examined the documents in support of the claim of Jacob Slough. The only deficiency which exists is in the deposition of Col. Solomon Van Rensselaer. It is not taken as the law requires before a Judge, or some person authorised [authorized] by commission from a Judge, but before a commissioner appointed by the Executive of the State of New York for the purpose of taking affidavits &c. As the act of Congress under which the pension is claimed, does not authorize such an officer to take evidence, Col van Rensselaer's testimony which was taken before him, cannot be received. The papers are herewith returned.
I am, very respectfully,
Your Obt Servt [Obedient Servant]
J. L. Edwards
Allowed
J. C. C. 
Hon James Buchanan,
House of Representatives.
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Payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September, at Philadelphia by the Prest. U States Bank

No payment can be made on an original certificate, until the arrival of one or the other of the above dates after issuing the certificate.

Registered in Book D Vol. 7 page 50 by Benjn. L Beall Clerk.
Exd. J. L. Edwards
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