Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S, Jacob Fisher, Penn
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SERVICE
Penn

Fisher Jacob

NUMBER
S.
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LEFT SIDE OF DOCUMENT

No. 7-712
Ohio
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Jacob Fisher
of Delaware Co in the State of Ohio who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Hoover of the ____ commanded by ____in the Penn[raised a]  line for 7 months from 1777

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 23. Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22d day of March 1833 and sent to Thomas Reynolds Clk of Delaware Co. O. 

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833.    $46.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 17.67
   $64.33 [double underlined]

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.      }

Recorded by F. S. Evans Clerk,
Book E Vol. 8 Page 8

RIGHT SIDE OF DOCUMENT

Let to Hon J. Ridgeway June 18, 1842
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act 6 April 1838 from 4. Sept 1843 to 19. Oct 1843 agt
Notified 31. Jany 1843

1914 Mar 25
History to Hon Frank B. Willis M. C. Letter is re claim of Ebenezer Landon S13/06
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE
Jany 4th 1845

Sir:

  Under the act of the 6th of April 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from pension agents, The only child of Jacob Fisher, decd a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of Twenty three dollars and 33 cents per annum, under the law of the June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1843 to the 19th Oct. 1843.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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20124
Jacob Fisher
Ohio

Admitted for 7 months 
from 1777 $23.33-/3

Th Reynolds clk
Delaware Cnt
Ohio
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Brief in the case of Jacob Fisher County of Delaware in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3.  How old is he?  75

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period
drafted in 1777

Duration of Service
6 months as a Private under Capt Hoover, Col not recollected

Duration of Service
1 or 2 months as a private guarding Hessian prisoners no officer named

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  None

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Berks Co. Pa.

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no clergyman

I Certify that the foregoing statement and answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Chas W. Forrest
Examining Clerk.
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Jacob Fisher
Application for Pension
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And the said Court do hereby certify and declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.  And the court further certify that it appears to them that Amos Utley and George Loop who have signed & sworn to the preceding certificate are residents of the Township of Berkshire and County aforesaid are in the neighbourhood [sic] of this applicant, and are creditable persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Thomas Reynolds Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of this Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Fisher for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this 20th day of Nov. A.D. 1832 ~
T. Reynolds Clerk
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The State of Ohio }
Delaware County Ss}
Be it remembered that on this twentieth day of November in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said county of Delaware in the state of Ohio, now in session, Jacob Fisher [inserted] a resident of Berkshire Township in the said county of Delaware, aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832. I the said Jacob Fisher upon my own oath state that I entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated, to wit:—-}
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[sideways above on the left margin is written:]
Jacob Fisher Berkshire Tp

I was born in Berks County Penna, February 28th, 1757 and am now 75 years of age. My residence was in Berks County during the revolution. In the year 1776 [inserted] or 77 early in the Spring I was drafted to serve a tour of six months in the Militia. I served this tour of six months under Capt. Jacob Hoover in the fort west of it and after his death I served under Capt. Adam Mut. My Regt. was commanded by a Col. whose name I do not recollect. We first mustered at a place called Talperhawken[sic  ?for Tulpehocken] Township about 6 miles from Reading We marched from there to Wolmesdorf and then to Philadelphia. I was with no very large body of troops. We next marched toward Baltimore some ways into Maryland and then back to Penna. and in October or November I was discharged after I had served my six months. I think it was at some fort on the Potomac River in Maryland. The next summer I was again called in the service and served one or two months I do not recollect the name of my officer, but I was employed in guarding the
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Hessen[sic] prisoners at Reading. I was afterwards often called out into actual service for short tours but I cannot recollect times, names or places. I am now very ancient and blind and can not recollect but few particulars of those times; but I am confident I served in the revolution seven or eight months. I have no documentary evidence and know of no person whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my services.
     I lived in Pennsylvania until 1808 when I removed to Delaware County Ohio where I now reside.
 
     I hereby relinquish all claims whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
     Sworn & subscribed to the day & year afores∂.
          Jacob Fisher

We George Loop and Amos Utly[sic] of Berkshire Township in the said County of Delaware and residing in the neighbourhood of the above named Jacob Fisher do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Jacob Fisher [inserted] who signed & swore to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
     Sworn & subscribed to the day & year aforesaid
       Amos Utley
       George Loop
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[initials in upper left-hand corner of page]
[initials in upper right-hand corner of page]

Rev. .& 1812 Wars Section.
Sur. Ctf. 7712.
[above is underlined]

October 6, 1928.

Mrs. Wm. C. Gearing,
c/o Mrs. Smoot,
2521 Conn. Ave. N. W.
Washington, D. C.

Madam:

I have to advise you, that you are herewith furnished the history of the only Jacob Fisher, who served in the [word is completely smudged out], Troops, found on the Revolutionary War record of this Bureau.

From the papers in the pension claim of Jacob Fisher, it appears that he was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, February 28, 1757.  While living there, he enlisted in the spring of  1776 , or 1777 and served six months, as a private, in Captains Jacob Hoover and Adam Mut's Company of Penn., Militia.  He served the next summer for one, or two months guarding the Hessian prisoners at Reading and he was out on other short tours of service; officers and dates not given. [written in right-hand margin:  I could not find these names in Berks Co Notes]

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 20, 1832, while living in Berkshire Township, Delaware County, Ohio.  He died October 19, 1843, leaving one child, whose name and that of his wife are not on record.

There is no further data on file as to family.

Respectfully,

Acting Commissioner.
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2521 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D. C.


August 23, 1926.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, District of Columbia.

[writing in right-hand margin: send & say only one]

Sir:

In order that I may, if possible, complete my papers for entrance into the Daughters of the American Revolution, will you please furnish me such information as may appear on the application for pension of

Jacob Fisher (Bedford County, Penna), [underlined]

as I believe he was alive in 1839.  As a guide, I quote the following from Volume 2 of Egle's "Pennsylvania Archives, Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution (Associated Battalions and Militia)":

Field Officers in 1776-77
First Battlion
Bedford Militia - Commanded by Col. Wm. Parker, Dec. 10, 1777

Brothers Valley (3d) Company
Captain
Henry Rhoads
December 10, 1777.

Court Martial Men
Jacob Fisher, Dec. 10, 1777
George Countryman.

Respectfully yours,

Blanche Fisher Gearing
(Mrs. W. C.)

Address:
Mrs. Wm. C. Gearing,
c/o Mrs. Smoot,
2521 Connecticut Avenue, N. W.
Washington, D. C.

[stamp in right-hand side of margin]
U. S. Pension Office
S Aug 24 1926
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B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jacob Fisher which require further proof or explanation.

I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V.  *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?  No

VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  No

VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?

IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?

X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  No

XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  No

XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. +Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?

XVIII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  2, 5, 6, 7.
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EXPLANTORY NOTES.
*QUERE V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grades; 
For------year----months, and ----days, I served as a -----for ----months and ----days, I served as a -----; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia &c without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.

In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

[A stylized hand pointing to the following]  In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the pages.