Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,534, Jacob Bacher, Penn.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE Penn
Bacher Jacob
NUMBER S.23.534

CONTENTS
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11457
Pennsylvania
Jacob Bacher of Schuylkill in the State of Penna who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Rich of the Rgt commanded by Col Geiger in the Penna Militia for 6 mo. 14 day
erroneously reported on printed list as Backer

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 20 Dollars 55 Cents per annum to 
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of May and sent to Claimant
1833 Owingsburg Ct H. Pa

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $43.10
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. 33 10.77 

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Geo Whiting Clerk
Book E Vol. 5 Page 3
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832

State of Pennsylvania
County of Schuylkill Ss
On this twenty third day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Schuylkill of the State of Pennsylvania, (the same being a Court of Record), now sitting, Jacob Bacher a resident of West Penn Township Schuylkill County State of Pennsylvania, aged between seventy one and seventy two 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 the 7th 1832

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein Stated

That he served as a private militia man under Captain Peter Rick in Colonel-Giger's Regiment in the winter of the years of 1776 and 1777. That he march from West Penn Township then Northampton County, New Schuylkill to Easton in the State of Pennsylvania, from thence to New Brunswick in the State of New Jersey, from thence to Trenton in the same State, where he remained until discharged, that during the time he was stationed at Trenton, he frequently
served as a guard, that he was not engaged in any battle during this term of service. That he was discharged after serving two months. That he has no documentary evidence to prove the fact of his service. That Michael Happes who served with him and belonged to the same
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mess, can prove the fact of his service, that he returned to West Penn Township aforesaid some time in the month of March in the year 1777 - 

That he again in the month of January of 1778 entered the service as a private militia man under Captain John Krum and Lieutenant Christopher Krum in Colonel Stroud's Regiment under General Lacey and marched from West Penn Township aforesaid to Allentown then Northampton, Now Lehigh in in the State of Pennsylvania, from thence to Doylestown Bucks County-- said State, from thence to Newtown near the Delaware River, from thence to Swenk's Tavern near the North Welch Road where he served frequently in scouting parties-- that he served in a scouting party at the crooked Billet (at which time part of the army were taken prisoners of War and marched to Philadelphia) from which place he was dismissed which was some time in the month of March 1778, and returned to West Penn Township aforesaid-

That he again served a term of two months as a private militia man under Captain ___ Stahler in the summer of 1778 in marching against the Indians - that he was stationed as a guard in the said Company in Mahoning Valley Northampton County now Schuylkill at the residence of Adam Zehner for the space of two months. That he never received a written discharge

That he was born in West Penn Township Northampton County, now Schuylkill  Pennsylvania
that the record of his age is a Certificate now in his possession. That he was a drafted militia man at each time of service

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
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And the said Jacob Bacher hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any State 
Jacob Bacher [signature]

Sworn and subscribed in open court
Jno. Hammer Prothy

Schuylkill County ss
Michael Happes being duly sworn according to law on his oath saith. That he has know Jacob
Bacher upwards of fifty years and served with him in the Revolutionary War and knows that the said Jacob Backer served as a militia man in Captain Ricks Company for about two months as he states in the above declaration, that the said Jacob Bacher again served in Captain Kraus company about two months when deponent was taken prisoner. And that said Jacob Bacher again served in Captain Stahler's Company for two months as he states in above declaration and further saith not
Michael Happes [signature]
Sworn and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid-
Jas. Hammer Proth

We, Daniel Shaffer a Clergyman residing in the County of Schuylkill and Michael Hopper residing in the County of Schuylkill hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Bacher, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy one years of age; that he is reputed
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and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Daniel George Shaffer
[illegible name]
Michael Hopper [signatures]

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Jas. Hammer Prothy

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above name applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states.

And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Daniel George Shaffer who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the County of Schuylkill and
Michael Hoppes who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Schuylkill and
is a creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
C Blythe
G Laush

Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County SS
I Jacob Hammer Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Schuylkill Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Bacher for a Pension

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty third day of
October AD 1832
Jac. Hammer
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Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County ss
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and
State aforesaid Jacob Bacher, 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 periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For two months I served as a private Militia man under Captain Rich command and in Col. Rogers Regiment, For two months I served as a private Militia man under Capt. Krum in Col. Strand's Regiment and for Two Months and about fourteen days I served under Captain Stahler as a private Militia Man: and for such service I claim a pension
Jacob Bacher

Sworn and subscribed before me April 2nd A.D. 1833
Henry Stager J. P.
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Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County Ss
I Jacob Hammer Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Do hereby certify that Henry Stager Esqr before whom the within affidavit was made and who attested the same is and then was an acting Justice of the Peace duly appointed Commissioned and authorized and that I verily belief the within signature to be the proper hand writing of the said Henry Stager

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Owingsburg the third day of April AD 1833.
Jas. Hammer Prothy

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19168
Jacob Bacher
Revolutionary Claimant

Private 6 mos 14 days
$24.55
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RECORD, DIVISION.  3 - 525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. ______, 19 ___
S.F. 23534

In reply to your request of _____ received ______ for a statement of the military history of Jacob Bacher a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
1776 & 1777
Jan 1778
Summer 1778
---
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
2 mo
2 mo
2 mo and 14 days

RANK.
Pvt
"
"

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Peter Rick
John Krum
Adam Stahler
COLONEL.
Geiger
Stroud

STATE.
Penn
Battles engaged in, ___
Residence of soldier at enlistment East now West Penn Twp, Northampton Co. Pa.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 23 1832 His claim was all
Residence at date of application, West Penn Twp. Schuylkill Co. Penn
Age at date of application, bet. 71 and 72 yrs b. in West Penn Twp. Northampton Co. Penn
Remarks: no family data

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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23534
Revolution
INVALID
File No. 23534
Jacob Bacher
Pri Rev War

Act June 7 32
Index Vol 2 Page 22
Arrangement of 1870
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Jan 26/98 History to A.J. Baker Clarinda

1913 Jan 10 Hist to Mrs. C.A. Kraut V.L. M

1914 Nov 5 Hist t John L. Merrill V.L. M

1914 Nov 9 John L. Merrill data to apply to Auditor
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Krebs  Penn 49

Petition & Documents of Jacob Bacher of Schuylkill County a Revolutionary Soldier
April 3d 1835
Chus

Dec. 8. 1835
Clms.

No 23.5344
April 7th 1835, Gratuity and Annuity  -  Granted
found in case of Capt Adam Stohler, Poller or Statler Sept 1880
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To the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Penna in General Assembly met

The Petition and affidavit of Jacob Bacher of West Penn Township in the County of Schuylkill.

Humbly presents - that he entered the service of his country as a private Militia Man under Captain Krum that he was attached to General Lacy's Brigade. that the name of the Colonel he does not now recollect - some time in the Spring of the year 1778 that he was marched to Farmers Mills about eighteen miles from Philadelphia that after leaving there were marched to the Valley Forge to the crooked billet that he frequently served on scouting parties that he returned home after serving Two Months and a few days that he was verbally discharged

That he entered the service as a private militia man under Captain Adam Staller and was marched from his place of residence to Adam Zehner then Northampton now Schuylkill County, where he was stationed as a guard to protect the citizens against the Savages in that neighborhood in the year 1779 or 1780 that he remained in the service two Months and was verbally discharged

That he entered the service as a private Militia under Captain Peter Rick and was attached to Col. Geiger's Regiment prior to his term of service the precise time he does not recollect. that they passed through Easton to Jersey State to a place near Trenton where the Regiment was stationed that said served two months and was verbally discharged. That he resided in East now West Penn Township Schuylkill County then Northampton at the
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different times of entering the service as he has stated. That he is seventy four years of age and is in poor and precipitous circumstances unable to make a living by labour and that he has no property wherewith to maintain him that he receives a pension of twenty tree dollars and four cents year from the United States that he knows of no living witness who can testify to his services
Jacob Bacher [signature]

Sworn & subscribed belove me in the 18th day of April 1835
B Helmer

Schuylkill County
on the 18th day of April A.D. 1835 came before me the subscribed one of Justice of Peace in and for said County Martin Wagner and Benja Bensinger two respectable disinterested witnesses who being duly sworn do depose and say that they are well acquainted with Jacob Bacher the above applicant and know him to be poor and unable to make a living by labour and that he has no property to live upon that of the said applicant and sworn to by him is worthy of credit and that be believe it to be true
Martin Wagner
Benjamin Bensinger [signatures]

Sworn & subscribed before me the 14th day of April A.D. 1835.
B Helmer
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Schuylkill County
We the subscribers two of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County to hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Martin Wagner and Benja Bensinger the two Witnesses who have been sworn to the foregoing depositions, that they are two respectable men, and that
full faith and credit is due to their statements set forth in the above said deposition. Witness
our hands & seals the day year first above written
George Mebbs
B Kepner

I John Harlan, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County hereby certify that B Kepner, before whom the foregoing attestation appears to have been made, was at the time of making the same an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly sworn and commissioned according to law, and that it is in his proper handwriting

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Pottsville, this 22d day of May A.D. 1852
Isaac Harlan For
John Harlan, Prothy
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[stamp]
US PENSION OFFICE
O NOV 8 1914
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[letterhead]
The New Jersey Society
Sons of the American Revolution
Headquarters: 756 BROAD STREET ( Entrance 1 Clinton Street), NEWARK, N. J.
Telephone 3085-M Market

PRESIDENT
JOHN LENORD MERRILL
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT 
JOHN BREWER WIGHT
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
JOHN LAWRENCE BOGGS
SECRETARY
JOHN RANDEL WEEKS
TREASURER
OSCAR HALSTEAD CONDIT
REGISTRAR
GEORGE H. RICHARDS
HISTORIAN
WILLIAM C. ARMSTRONG
CHAPLAIN
RT REV. EDWIN S. LINES, D.D.

MEMBERS OF THE
BOARD OF MANAGERS
SAMUEL CRAIG COWART
AUGUSTUS S. CRANE
NEHEMIAH PERRY HOWELL
FREDERICK C. HYER
EDWARD QUINTON KEASBEY
CHARLES M. LUM
RAYMOND TOWNLEY PARROT
DAVID LAWRENCE PIERSON
FRANK HENRY PRESBY
JAMES HENRY SLOCUM
[end letterhead]
November 6, 1914.
Bureau of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:
We have just received the certificate issued by you under date of November 5th on Revolutionary War service of Jacob Backer, S.F. 23524. Will you kindly send us the necessary data to send to the Treasury Department in order that we may secure the date of the death of Jacob Backer? We need
this date for the record of the descendant of Jacob Backer as an aid in proving his eligibility to membership in our Society.
Very truly yours,
John Lenord Merrill
President.
by B.A.B.
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[letterhead]
The New Jersey Society
Sons of the American Revolution
Headquarters: 756 BROAD STREET ( Entrance 1 Clinton Street), NEWARK, N. J.
Telephone 3085-M Market

PRESIDENT
JOHN LENORD MERRILL
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
JOHN BREWER WIGHT
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
JOHN LAWRENCE BOGGS
SECRETARY
JOHN RANDEL WEEKS
TREASURER
OSCAR HALSTEAD CONDIT
REGISTRAR
GEORGE H. RICHARDS
HISTORIAN
WILLIAM C. ARMSTRONG
CHAPLAIN
RT REV. EDWIN S. LINES, D.D.

MEMBERS OF THE
BOARD OF MANAGERS
SAMUEL CRAIG COWART
AUGUSTUS S. CRANE
NEHEMIAH PERRY HOWELL
FREDERICK C. HYER
EDWARD QUINTON KEASBEY
CHARLES M. LUM
RAYMOND TOWNLEY PARROT
DAVID LAWRENCE PIERSON
FRANK HENRY PRESBY
JAMES HENRY SLOCUM
[end letterhead]
October 31, 1914.
Bureau of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:
Have you any record of the service in the Revolutionary War of Jacob Backer (or Bacher, or Bocker)? He was living in 1828, at an advanced age, in West Penn Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The family records are not complete, and it is not known whether he served with the Pennsylvania troops, or whether he came to Pennsylvania from one of the other States after the close of the War. The Massachusetts records show that one Jacob Backer served in the War, but because of the lack of records we are unable at present to connect the service with the Jacob Backer we are looking for. He is believed to have received a pension. His descendant
desires to join this Society, and we will appreciate any information you may be able to give us as an aid in proving his eligibility.

Very truly yours,
John Lenord Merrill
President.
by B.A.B.
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[stamp]
US PENSION OFFICE
D NOV 6 1913
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[letterhead]
BOARD OF EDUCATION:
EARL C. KNAPP, PRESIDENT
J. C. ROYER, CLERK
J. H. BENNEHOFF
J. E. HERSHBERGER
GEORGE W. SMITH

C. A. KROUT, SUPT. OF INSTRUCTION
240 S. Wash St
TIFFIN, OHIO.

Nov. 4, 1913-

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C
Dear Sir

I have not been able to find full information of the military history of Jacob Bacher, but I will
answer your questions to the best of my knowledge

I know of no fuller name than Jacob Bacher unless senior or Junior
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[letterhead]
BOARD OF EDUCATION:
EARL C. KNAPP, PRESIDENT
J. C. ROYER, CLERK
J. H. BENNEHOFF
J. E. HERSHBERGER
GEORGE W. SMITH

C. A. KROUT, SUPT. OF INSTRUCTION
TIFFIN, OHIO

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might have been added. There has been "Jacob in every generation. His wife's given name was Maria Barbara. He enlisted from Northampton Co. Pa, and lived there at least until 1806. He was born about 1860. His widow died and is buried in Fairfield Co, Ohio. I have not been able to find out where or when he died, but thought if he received a pension, I could find out from
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[letterhead]
BOARD OF EDUCATION:
EARL C. KNAPP, PRESIDENT
J. C. ROYER, CLERK
J. H. BENNEHOFF
J. E. HERSHBERGER
GEORGE W. SMITH

C. A. KROUT, SUPT. OF INSTRUCTION
TIFFIN, OHIO
(3)
your department.

This is what I have copied from the Penn Archives
"Jacob Bacher, sixth class, Capt. Frederick Coons Co, Lebrey township Northampton County Militia
also
"continental Line Soldiers of the Revolution , Northampton County, where I find "Bachert, Jacob" Private
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[letterhead]
BOARD OF EDUCATION:
EARL C. KNAPP, PRESIDENT
J. C. ROYER, CLERK
J. H. BENNEHOFF
J. E. HERSHBERGER
GEORGE W. SMITH

C. A. KROUT, SUPT. OF INSTRUCTION
TIFFIN, OHIO

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Also listed as
"Rangers on the Frontiers, 1778-1783, Northampton Co. Pa. Jacob Bacher
also under head, "continental Line soldiers of the Revolution, Northampton
County, subtitle "soldiers of the Revolution who received pay for their
Services, we find the name of Jacob Bachert

Hoping to hear from you again

I am Mrs. C. A. Krout
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Office of A. J. Baker, M. D.
-
Clarinda Iowa Jan 14 1898
-
Hon H. Clay Evans
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:
Will you kindly oblige me at your earliest convenience, of the war record of one Jacob Baker who served in the Revolutionary war. by giving date of enlistment, time of service, Date of
discharge and Rank. He was from the State of Pennsylvania, also if there was a man by name of Henry Baker who was in same war & having rank of Colonel. You will confer a special favor by answering same as I wish to know as a matter of record only
Yours truly

A. J. Baker M.D.

[2 stamps]
US PENSION OFFICE
JAN 18

OLD [illegible]
JAN 20 1893
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V.L.M. Rev. War Section.
November 9, 1914.

Mr. John Lenord Merrill,
756 Broad Street,
Newark, N. J.

Sir:
In reply to your letter of the sixth instant, you are advised that in order to obtain the date of last
payment of pension and probable date of death of Jacob Bacher, Sur. File No. 23,534, Rev. War, you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, citing the following data:
Jacob Bacher, Certificate No. 11,451, issued May 8, 1833, at $21.55 per annum, commencing
March 4, 1831, under Act of June 7, 1832. at the Pennsylvania Agency.

Very respectfully,
G M Salzgaber
Commissioner.