Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,338, for Jacob Kytle, North Carolina
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[form number] (3-1776)

[column headings] SERVICE | [no heading] | NUMBER
N.C. | Kytle, Jacob | S. 21.338

CONTENTS
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Dead
Letter to Hon. R.F. Simpson & 3. Audn. 2d Feb 1846.
Paid at Treasury, under act 6 April 1838, from 4 March, 1843 to 19 March 1843. Agent notified 20 April, 1845.

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South Carolina 12.803
Jacob Kytle of Greenville in the State of South Car. who was a pri, Corp. & Sergt. in the company commanded by Captain Armstrong of the Regt. commanded by Col. T. Clark in the North Car. line for 20 months

Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina at the rate of 90 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of May ‘33 and sent B. F. Perry Greenville District, Greenville C.H.S.C.

Arrears to the 4th of March ‘33 - 181.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. - 45.33
[totaled] $226.65

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Wm. Miller Clerk, Book E. Vol. 6. Page 72
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Jacob Kytle - 13306
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South Carolina}
Greenville District} On this 20th October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the court of common Pleas and Quarter Sessions now sitting Jacob Kytle a resident of Greenville Dist South Carolina aged 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 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the Militia under the following named officers and served as here stated - He entered the service in the year “seventy seven” October 9th served three years and left the service at the expiration of that time in the year “eighty”. He enlisted under Lieutenant Parker for three years. He lived in Caswell County North Carolina when he enlisted - was in the battle of Monmouth as a corp of reserve under Colonel Thomas Clark, Robert Mayburn was lieutenant - John Sommer was his Captain. The whole army was under the command of General Washington was in the battl of Stony point under the command of General Wayne was sent from the main army as a detachment to assist General Wayne in taking Stony Point - was in several little skirmishes which he does not particularly recollect - Marched from North Carolina, through Virginia, Maryland into Pensylvania and there joined General Washington at Valley Forge - After the Brittis left Philadelphia following there under Washington to the Ferrys after the battle of Monmouth he went into
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New York State to the “White plains”, there for the remainder of the summer - then marched back with the North Carolina troops to Hackensack in Jersey and there wintered - from Hacknsack to West Point under Col Clark, there lay during the summer [illegible] forts - In the Fall of the year [illegible] so came to Charleston - General Haynes took command at Philadelphia - Marched through Maryland Virginia into North Carolina - there a good many of the soldiers were discharged Some of the waggons were discharged and this applicant was set to driving a waggon which is the reason he was not taken on to Charleston - After the Fall of Charleston Colonel Washington came on and pressed [smudged] not far from Charleston then during a [illegible] and took him back into North Carolina to carry wounded soldiers &c - Colonel Larry then took possession of him and he went one or two trips to Norfolk or Suffolk for guns then waggon from Hillsborough to Newburn [smudged] of rum - was then taken sick and Colonel Larry gave him a furlough to go home - His time expired before he got well and he never returned. He recollects Captain Hall who belonged to the Second regiment - Captain B[illegible]
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belonged to the first North Carolina regiment - this applicant then substituted himself for a six weeks tour, took the place of Michael Cochlites [sp?], under the command of Captain Quinn of the Militia - Was then in the battle of Guilford - under the command of General Butler - General Greene commander in Chief - was discharged after the Battle of Guilford - He then substituted again for a twelve month there was a [illegible] that fifteen men [illegible] [smudged] was under Captain Thomas Dunn[?illegible] - Colonel Henry Dickson Major Armstrong - Marched from Hillsborough to Granville County a place called Harrisburgh - there lay till more troops joined then marched to the High Hills of Santee in South Carolina and joined General Greene, there lay till the Battle of Eutaw - he was in the Battle of Eutaw under General Somner in the Battle of Eutaw - The whole commanded by General Greene then lay at the High Hills until Fall - March to Paw Paw and round marched to Bains Bride there discharged 25th day of May Has no papers or documentary evidence Does not know of anyone whose testimony he can procure as to his services - Was born in Pensylvania in the year of sixty one - has no record of his age - Has lived in North Carolina and South Carolina
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ever since the Revolution and receive discharge at Bains Bridge from Com Dixon but it is lost - Liles Whitten William Blossengen [sp?] and [illegible] live in his neighborhood and can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief in his services as a soldier of the revolution - He hereby relinquishes all claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the  the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above stated
Jacob [his X mark] Kytle
J McDaniel C.C.P

We Nathan Berry a clergyman resident of Grenville and William Blossingam resident of the same duly certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Kytle who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy two years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Nathan Berry
William Blasingame

J McDaniel CCP
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And the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the [illegible] 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 certifies that it appears to them that Nathan Berry who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident of Greenville and that William Blassingame whose name is also prefixed to the same is a resident of Greenville [illegible] credible persons and that [illegible] is entitled to credit.
Richard Gantt

I James McDaniel Clerk of the Court of Common Please and General Sessions do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding in the matter of Jacob Kytle application for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office October 10th 1836 [?] - J McDaniel C.C.P
[seal affixed]
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This history not sent was written to send to Congressman Wm. E. Barton but Mrs. Finch decided not to send)
April 13, 1932
BA-J/EEL

The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S. 21338, based upon the military service of Jacob Kytle in that war.
Jacob Kytle was born in 1761 in the state of Pennsylvania.
While residing in Caswell County, North Carolina, he enlisted October 9, 1777, served as a private in Captains John Summers’ and Armstrong’s Companies, Colonel Thomas Clark’s First North Carolina Regiment, marched to the north and joined General Washington at Valley Forge, was in the battle of Monmouth and at the storming of Stony Point under General Wayne, and in several skirmishes; later, he was detached and served under Colonels Washington and Long, was in the wagon service and was discharge in 1780, having served three years. He enlisted, date not given and served six weeks in Captain Guinn’s Company and was at the battle of Guilford. He enlisted May 25, 1781, served as corporal and sergeant in Captains Thomas Donoho’s Company, Colonel Henry Dixon’s North Carolina Regiment, was in the battle of Eutaw Springs and was discharged May 25, 1782, He is borne on the North Carolina rolls as Jacob Kettle.
After the Revolution, he resided in North Carolina and in South Carolina.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 10, 1832, while residing in Greenville District, South Carolina.
He died March 19, 1843.
There are no data as to his family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

[typed in right margin] Use State report at Mrs. Finch’s direction
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[form with handwriting filled in]
21338
Revolution
INVALID.
File No. 21,338
Jacob Kytle
Sergt Rev War

Act: June 7” 32”
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 233

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of North Carolina
Secretary of State’s Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do certify, that it appears from the musterrolls of the continental line of his State in the revolutionary war, that Jacob Kettle a private in Capt. Armstrongs Company of the 1st. Regiment enlisted the 9th October 1777 for 3 years, nothing is said of his discharge from this enlistment. He enlisted again under DCapt. Donoho of the 10th Regiment on the 25th May 1781 for 12 months as a Corporal, was a Sergt. in January and left the service on the 25th day of May 1782.
Given under my hand this 25th April 1833.
Wm Hill
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, SECOND COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE,
February 6th, 1846.
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 the pension agents, The Executors of Jacob Kytle, decd., a Pensioner on the Roll of the Charleston, S. Carolina Agency, at the rate of Ninety Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1843, to the 19th March 1843.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris 
Comptroller.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.
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The State of South Carolina Greenville District}
Personally came Isaac Gregory before me a subscribing Justice of the peace and after being Duely sworn sayeth that he first knew Jacob Kytle at Halifax Corthouse in North Carolina then a listed soldier under the command of Capt. Torrence a recruiting officer and that sd. Jacob Kytle joined Washingtons army at Vally Forge in the state of Pennsylvania and was there commanded by Colonel Clark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 16th August 1832
Isaac [his x mark] Gregory
Absalom Thompson J P
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I certify that Absalom Thompson is an acting Justice of the peace and in full faith [illegible] give [illegible] acts
Oct 11th 1832
J McDaniel C.C.P
[seal affixed]

Isaac Gregory
Affidavit
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Jacob Kytle - 
Admit - 
12mo 6 [anl?] - 44
4 [Sage?] 20. 
8 - mo - 26.66
90.66
B.J. Perry 
Greenville District
So.Ca.
[illegible] Wm Hill
[illegible Apr. 33 -
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jacob Kytle which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
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? yes
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 amout of pension he is entitled? yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
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? yes
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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? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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? [illegible]
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? no #
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
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? yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes 
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY 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 periods 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 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 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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as 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 paper 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. 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 papers.