Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35868, Jacob Creemer, Penn.
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SERVICE

Creemer, Jacob
or 
Creamer

NUMBER
S35868
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Respecting apn. for restoration per letter
Feb. 10, 1829 to Hon L. McLane
[illegible]


307
Delaware Roll.
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Jacob Creamer 
Capt Fishburn 
Private
Pensylvania [sic] line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Delaware
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month to commence on
the 13th of April, 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 29th of April 1818
and forwarded to the Pensioner at
Wilmington, Del.
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Arrearages to 4th Septr 1818
4 months 23/31
$57.93

[Revolutionary claims,
Act 18th March, 1818]

11 three years

[Written sideways on left page]
Notification sent to Joseph Roberts
New Castle [?]  Pennsylvania
July 181?
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Jacob Creamer
Private

Delaware Roll
com. 13th Apl 1818

Correct 


at Wilmington, Del.
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Be it remembered that on this tenth day of April 
Anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighteen Personally
appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas for the State of Delaware  Jacob
Creamer of the Borough of Wilmington in the State of
Delaware who upon his solemn oath deposeth and saith
that he enlisted a soldier in Captn Benjamin Fishburn's
Company attached to the fourth Pensylvania [sic] Regiment
commanded by Colonel William Butler, in March 1777
active service during the term of his enlistment & until 
his discharge which took place at Trenton in New Jersey
the eighteenth of January 1781 or by a reference to this
included command No 1 and 2 with more fully appears
and this deponent further saith that his circumstances are
at this time so reduced arising from lameness & infirmity
& appears he needs the assistance of his Country for support

Jacob Creamer [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed before the subscriber on the 
day & year aforesaid

John Way
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To J.C. Calhoun Esquire
Secretary of War
for the United States
From the Testimony herewith, transmitted and a personal acquaintance with Jacob Creamer I am fully satisfied that he the said Jacob Creamer did serve against the common ememy in the revolutionary war and that his circumstances are as therein stated
John Way

State of Delaware   } 
New Castle County } ss
I, Joseph Roberts Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pelas of the said State of Delaware in and for the said County of NewCastle, do hereby Certify that the Honorable John Way, before whom the foregoing deposition was taken, was at the time and is now One of the associate Justices of the Court of Common Pleas of the said State of Delaware duly Commissioned and qualified and that full faith and Credit are and ought to be given to all Such his acts and attistations [sic].  In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affected the Seal of said Court at New Ca,stle the 13th day of April A.D., 1818   Jos. Roberts, Prothy.
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Apr 18
Jacob Creemer

Not entitled
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New Castle County SS
     On this twenty third day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court of Comon Pleas for the State of Delaware being a Court of Record; and So expressly made by an act of General Assembly of said State by which it was Created
Jacob Creemer aged about Fifty eight years resident of the Borough of Wilmington County of New Castle in the District of Delaware, who being first duly Sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he Served in the Revolutionary War as follows to wit, in the Regiment of the Pennsylvania line commanded by Colonel William Butler as will appear by his Declaration made to the department of War, on the thirteenth day of April 1818 whereon Certificate of Pension No 307 was issued And I do Solemnly Swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1878 and that I have not Since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part where of with intent thereby So to diminish it as to being my Self within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War " passed on the eighteenth day of March 1818 and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or Securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is Contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me Subscribed - ------
2 Tobacco presses    3 Tables      1 lot of empty bottles
2 Small Do      1 Candle Stand      2 Barrells of Snuff
27 Kegs of Tobacco     7 old chairs  11000 Segars
112 Rolls of Tobacco  1 looking Glass 12 Boxes Spanish Segars
5 small Kegs of Do    1 pan Shovel & tongs   10.000 half Do
5Barrells of Segars    1 pair andirons    300 [illegible]Cut & dry Tobacco
2 old Shop Stoves      2 old waiters        one lot of Snuff Boxes
1 tin plate Stove    Sundry Kitchen furniture    one Barrell of [illegible]
6 old [illegible] chairs   1 old domestic Carpet       2 Boxes of pipes
1 Bureau               1 old imported Do           5 Kegs of Snuff
1 old chest of Drawers   Cupboard furniture       1 Barrell of Rapee Snuff
1 Settee           18 pound Bottles of Snuff
18 1/2 Pound Do
Real estate, none    
Bonds     none
Notes  .  one note for $100.
Book Debt, a few small ones generally desperate}
4 Shares of Stock in the Wilmington Turnpike Company}
2 Ditto in the Kennett Turnpike Company}
have yielded me as per [illegible] nor can I now sell them
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My Occupation is that of a Tobacconist my ability to pursue it is very much impaired by Bodily disease and my means to have it carried on much restrained by a Debt which I owe of Six hundred and Seven Dollars, The annual profits of my business had been for Some years past inadequate to the support  of my Family and there is every reason to believe, as well from the general Stagnation of business as from my personal and pecuniary defeats that it will fall much Shorter this year, than ever before of giving said an adequate Support
My Family consists of a Wife and four children, and a Sister. My wife is named Sarah her age is about forty two years. My eldest Daughter named Maria D Creemer is about fourteen years old, my eldest Son named John B Creemer is aged about 12 years. Anna Louisa Ceemer is aged about eleven years , and Catharine M. Creemer is aged about 7 years. These children are all going to School, consequently, cannot contribute much to their own Support. My Sister is a feeble old Woman aged 52 years She is employed in assisting my Wife in taking charge of the House and the children. I have one lad an apprentice, and Nephew, aged about nineteen years who is employed in my business of a Tobacconist.
Signed Jacob Creemer
Whom to and declared and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid in Open Court.
Attest Jos. Roberts Prothy
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State of Delaware
New Castle County
I Joseph Roberts Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in the said State of Delaware in and for the County of New Castle in the said State, Do hereby Certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereunto annexed are truly copied from the Record of the Said Court and I further Certify that it is the opinion of the Said Court that the total amount of Value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is, according to the Valuation thereof made and exhibited to the Said Court by James Simpson and Abijah Yates is one thousand and eighty eight Dollars and eighty Cents.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court at New Castle the Seventh day of July in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight Hundred & Twenty.
Jos Roberts Proth'y
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Jacob Breamer
to Aaron Ogden
Jacob Creamer.
did not serve to the end of the war.
{illegible} July 1. 1828.
not admitted
Letter July 26. 1828

lodged by J R Nourse 1 July '28
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Revolutionary Claim.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the "act Entitled an act for the relief of certain Surviving officers and Soldiers of the army of the Revolution" appeared on the 15 day of May 1828.  I Jacob Creamer of the Borough of Wilmington in the County of New Castle in the State of Delaware. do hereby declare that I Enlisted in the continental line of the army of the Revolution in the war in the month of March 1777 as a private, or Soldier, in captain Benjamin Fishburns company in the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment, col. William Butler, and that I continued in the said Service of the United States until I was discharged on the 18 January 1781 in Trenton and I further declare that I was not on the 15 May 1828 on the Pension List of the United States.
Witness my hand & Seal this 23 day of June in the year Eighteen hundred & Twenty eight
Jacob Creemer

Before me Thomas McDowell a Justice of the Peace in the county of new castle in the State of Delaware personally appeared this day Caleb P. Bennett and David Kirkpatrick of the said county who did {illegible} make oath that Jacob Creamer by whom the foregoing declaration was made & subscribed was and is generally reputed and believed to have been a Soldier in the army of the Revolution in manner as therein Stated
Witness my hand this Twenty third day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and Twenty eight
Tho McDowell
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I Joseph Roberts Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for new Castle County in the State of Delaware, do hereby Certify that Thomas McDowell Esq. before whom the foregoing Affidavit was Sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace, and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this Twenty seventh day of June in the year One Thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
Jos. Roberts Proth'y
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Rev. and 1812
Ward Section

February 4, 1927

Mrs. R. B. Stake
405 W. Broadway
Butte, Mont

Madam:

I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 35863, it appears that Jacob Creemer )pensioned Creamer) enlisted in March 1777 and served as a private in Captain Benjamin Fishbourne's Company, Colonel William Butler's Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment, from which he was discharged January 18. 1781.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 13, 1818, while a resident of the Borough of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.

In 1820, he stated that he was fifty-eight years old, and referred to his wife, Sarah, aged fourty-two years, and children - Maria D., aged fourteen years; John B., aged twelve years; Anna Louisa, aged eleven years; and Catharine M., aged seven years.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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35.868
Invalid.
Revy
File No. 35,868
Jacob Creamer Pri Rev War
Act:  18th March 18
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 88
{Arrangement of 1879.}

1927 - Feb. 4- Hist. to Mrs. R. B. Stake awy.
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Wilmington 23. March 1819
The Hon: John C. Calhoun,
Sir,
Jacob Creamer who has been already placed on the U. S. Pension list, under the law of March 1818 making provision for the certain officers & soldiers who served in the war of the revolution, it appears, is also entitled to a pension from the State of Pennsylvania; but, as necessary to procure it, he is required to produce his discharge, which was forwarded to Washington at the time he submitted his application for the U. S. Pension.  He has requested me to inquire if it is consistent with the rules of your office to return his discharge for this purpose, and if it be, to beg you to cause it to be forwarded to him at this place.
I have the honor to be, Sir with great respect,
your obedient Servant
L. McLane.
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OWS
#35868
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Jacob Creamer - Soldier
Penn. line.
Delaware.
Pensioner under Act of 1818
Inv File No 35868
LOS
Nov 10/19
Rejected {illegible} 1828.
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342
Revolutionary Claims
[C.]
Form of a Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these presents, that I, Jacob Creemer, of [TOWN] in the county of New Castle in the State of Delaware, do hereby constitute and appoint Colonel Aaron Ogden
my true and lawful attorney, with a power of substitution, for me, and in my name, to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due to me, under the act, entitled ""An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828, as a Soldier in the 4th regiment of the Penna line of the army of the Revolution.
Witness my hand and seal, this 23
day of June in the year
Eighteen hundred Twenty-eight
Sealed and delivered
in the presence of ⎬
CP Bennett
Thomas McDowell
Jacob Cremer


Before me, Thomas McDowell, a Justice of the Peace in the county of New Castle in the State of Delaware, personally appeared, this day, Jacob Creemer whose name is subscribed
to the foregoing power of attorney, and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed, and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to his personal benefit.
Witness my hand, this Twenty-third day of June
in the year eighteen hundred Twenty-eight
Jos Roberts

I, Joseph Roberts, Prothonotatary of the Court of the County of New Castle in the State of
Delaware, do hereby certify that in all before whom the foregoing power of attorney
was acknowledged, is a Justice of the Peace.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this twenty-seventh day of June, one Thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight


D. ]
Form of Affidavit to be taken by Attorneys.
Before me, _____a Justice of the Peace in the county of _____ of   ____ , personally appeared this day, _____ the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not given to him by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to the personal benefit of the person by whom the said power was executed.
Witness my hand, this _____ in the year _____

I, _____,  Clerk of the Court of the County of _____ in the State of _____, do hereby certify, that ______ before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace, and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the [L. S.] said Court, this  _____ day of
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THIS is to certify that the bearer, Jacob Creamer, having served in the fourth Regiment of Pennsylvania during the Term of his Enlistment,
is now discharged the Service of the United States of America. Given at Princeton this 18th
day of June 1781.
Anthony Wayne, G.
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The
National Archives
of the 
United States 

Cash of 20 
1 pr Overalls
1 Pr. shoes
1 Shirt
Jos. Dean
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I Do Certify that Jacob Creamer, formerly a soldier in the 4th Regimen, fought and  Discharged at Trenton, has received his pay
ref to this first day of Jan 1789, and from that date to the day of discharge, he has received no pay from me, and I think he is justly entitled.
to it.
C Beatty, J. Peace
4th Regiment
Phila.  Dec. 30, 1782
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1
Jacob Creemer
Pa.
S. 35868

2
Enlisted
In March 1777
4th Pennsylvania Regiment
Col W Butler
Capt Benj. Fishburn
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[handwritten on left side of folded page]  Payable on 4th of [illegible] 24th Sept" in each year by His - Agent at the Farmers. Bank 
Hon Oath [illegible] --


[at bottom of left side of page]
Recorded

[upside down at bottom of right side of page:]

342.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Revolutionary Claim,

I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 18.th of March, 1818
Jacob Creamer late a Private in the Army of the Revolution ~

is inscribed on the Pension List. Roll of the Delaware Agency at the rate of Eight dollars _______cents [crossed out] per month, to commence on the 13th~ day of April~ one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this ~ 29.th ~ day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen

[signature:] L. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
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[rectangular stamp upside down diagonal at top of this letter:] 
[illegible] DIVISION 
MARCH 87 1901
RECEIVED,

[Typewritten letter]

Gaithersburg, Md.  Feb. 27th, 1901

Hon. H. Clay Evans,                                        
Commissioner of Pensions,   
Washington, D. C.

[Stamped to right of address:]  
To Chf __________Div.
Action _____________
Mar 7 1901    
COMMISSIONER

[WRITTEN OVER TOP 2 LINES OF THE STAMP:]
own 

My Dear Mr. Evans: -
Could you give  me the military record and in fact any date of, Jacob Cramer, a lieutenant in the Revolutionary army and a member of the battalion raised agreeable to a resolve of Congress May 25, 1776. and whose name appears on the roster of officers of the army 1779 - 1879 by T.H.S.Hamersly.page 33.
I am anxious to join the Sons of the American Revolution and if you can aid me I will be under many obligations to you. 
If the Jacob Cramer above named, left any relatives that your office will show, I would be glad to know their names.
Very truly yours,
[signature:] H.B.Cramer
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Butte, Mont.
Dec - 1 - 1926
Bureau op Pensions

Washington D.C.
Winfield Scott  com.
Dear Sir,
Can you give me any dates or information about Jacob ["only" is written above Jacob] Creamer ^ Jr. ) b. 1762 Served from Penn. Died at Wilmington.
His wifes name was Sarah, I think his father Jacob also served.
Thanking you for any help you can give me
I am yours Very Truly. Mrs R. B. Stake. (over) [written vertically]
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My address is
Mrs. R. B. Stake,
405 W Broadway
Butte,
Mont.