Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16202, for Jacob Mikesell, Maryland
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Md.

Mikesell, Jacob

NUMBER
S. 16202

Carded

CONTENTS
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2918
Indiana
Jacob Mikesell (5)
of Jefferson in the State of Indiana who was a
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8.979
Jacob Mikesell
Indiana
from 1776 privet
6 month, $20.
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8.769
BRIEF IN THE CASE OF Jacob Mikesell
of Jefferson County in the State of Indiana
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

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

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

3. How old is he? not stated

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
In 1776 July
Drafted in 1777 Augt
1781 - 

Duration of Service.
Years
Months,
Days.
cont in service until
about middle of Decr follow 
2 months
about a week

Rank
As a _____

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Genl Bells, Brigade
Coll Josiah Carroll Hall
Let Colo. Hyatt
Col. Baker Johnson Regt
Benj: Ogle Major
Capt Martin Deers

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  _____

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Frederick Co Maryland

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

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

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

Examining Clerk.
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State of Indiana
Jefferson County
On this day of September 1832 personally appeared before the Judges of the
Circuit Court of the County and State aforesaid
now sitting Jacob Mikesall resident of
the County of Jefferson & State of Indiana,
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.
That he was born in the State of
Maryland and County of Frederick Nov
ember 2nd 1756 as appears from a family
record which now in his possession: That
he was enlisted and entered the service of
the United States in July 1776 and continued
in the service until about the middle of
the December next following when he was
discharged in the City of Philadelphia and returned home to Frederick County [illegible] where he resided when he entered the service
That he belonged to Genl Bell's Brigade
Col. Josiah Carvill Hall's Regt of which
Lieut Col. Hyatt was then Lieut Col and that he was a member of Capt. Daniel Dorsey's Company. Joseph Burgess Lieut. That Genl Bell's
Brigade constituted what was called the flying
Camp of Maryland Troops: That he was drafted and entered the service again in 1777 in the month of August and being regularly discharged at the expiration of the term of service, which was 2 months, at the Valley Forge in Pennsylvania and returned to Frederick Co Md. where he resided. That in 1781 he was impressed with
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his wagon & team in the City of Baltimore
to aid in conveying Gen La Fayette's 
Baggage from Annapolis to Yorktown Va. but the English [illegible] having departed
he was released after about a week and returned
home. That he was with Genl. Bell's Brigade when he advanced to cover the retreat of the troops commanded by Genl Smallwood at the battle of White Plains. That he belonged to Genl Smallwood's Brigade when Genl Wayne
was defeated at Paoli: That when in the
service in 1777 he belonged to Genl Smallwood's
Brigade - Col Baker Johnson's Regt
which Benjamin Ogle was Major Capt
Martin Dorr's Company of which Philp
Lour was 1st Line. That he has no
documentary evidence, and that he knows
of no person whose testimony he can
procure, who can testify to his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present
and declared that his name is not on the Pension
roll of any agency of any State
Sworn to and subscribed the day and
year aforesaid
Jacob Mikesell
to
We John T. West & Richard McClelland residing in the County of Jefferson and State of Indiana hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Jacob Mikesell who has subscribed and sworn
to the above declaration, that we believe him to
be 75 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 & subscribed the day and year
aforesaid
John T. West
Richard McClelland
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war departure that the above named applicant was a soldier of the revolution, and served as he stated; and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John T. West & Richard McClellan who have signed the preceeding (preceding) certificate are residents of the County of Jefferson & State of Indiana that they are
credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
M C. Eggleston [illegible] Judge
Elmore Gale

Richard C. Talbott Clerk of Jefferson
Circuit Court do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court for the matter of the application of Jacob Mikesell for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this 7 day of September A.D. 1832.
R. C. Talbott Clk
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August 5, 1938
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BA-J/ELL on
Jacob Milesell S.16202

Mr. Archibald F. Bennett
#60 North Main Street
Salt Lake City, Utah

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letters in which you request the
Revolutionary War records of Andrew, Jacob, and George Millsell,
all of Frederick County, Maryland.

There are no claim for pension or bounty land on file based
upon service in the Revolutionary War of an Andrew or of a George
Millsell. Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office

It is suggested that as a possible means of obtaining information
in regard to the military service of these soldiers, you
apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city, who is
custodian of military records.

You are furnished herein the record of Jacob Millsell, the
data for which were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary
War pension claim, S. 16202, based upon the military service in that war of Jacob Millsell.

Jacob Mikesell was born November 2, 1756, in Frederick County,
Maryland. The names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Frederick County, Maryland, Jacob Millsell
enlisted in July, 1776, served as private in Captain Daniel Derry's
Company, Colonel Josias Carvil Hall's Maryland Regiment of the flying 
camp and was discharged the middle of December, 1776, he enlisted
in August, 1777, and served two months as private in Captain
Martin Derr's Company, Colonel Dana Johnson's Maryland Regiment
Regiment. In 1781, he served one week as a teamster.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
7, 1833, while residing in Jefferson County, Indiana.
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There are no data as to the family of Jacob Mikesell.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the
name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death
of Revolutionary pensioner, Jacob Mikesell (S.16,202), you
should address the War Comptroller General, General Accounting Office,
Records Division, this city, and site the following data:

Jacob Mikesell
Certificate No. 2918
Issued December 8, 1832
Rate, $20,00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Indiana Agency

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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8979
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those (3)
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Jacob Mikesell 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 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? 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 X has a device.
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2.

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?  Certified by two citizens

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? Yes

XIV. #If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?  _____
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under
his seal of office? _____

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? 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 the 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.

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 be 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 authenticated 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 end 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.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT  (4 )
Second Comptroller's Office
June 29th 1839.

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, Jacob Mikesell,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Indiana Agency, at
the rate of Twenty Dollars and_____Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, 1838,
to the 4 Sept. 1838.

Respectfully, yours
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Bethlehem, Ind
June 10" 1912

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Will you please send
me the war record of Jacob
Mikesell, who was in the
Revolutionary war and received
his pension in Jefferson Co
Ind in 1834

and oblige, yours truly
Mrs. Minnie Pernett

(stamp)
Pension Office
USA
June 12 1912
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16,202
INVALID.
File No. 16,202
Jacob Mikesell
Pri Rev War ┃
Act: June 7" 32
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 259
(Arrangement of 1870.}

June 15, 1912. History to
Mrs. Minnie Pernett, frr

427-Auge  18 Hist. to E E Mikesell
mmh

1927 Aug 29 Hist to R F Craig mmh

935 Nov 13 Hist to Mrs
R. L. Ireland - eh

938. Aug 5. Hist to Archibald 
F. Bennett, elk
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November 13, 1936
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BA-J/MHH7/eel
Jacob Mikesell - S.16202

Mrs. R. L. Ireland
405 West Main Street
Madison, Indiana

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary
War records of Jacob Mikesell and William McCausland, both
pensioned in Indiana.

Because of the great demand fr Revolutionary War data and the
limited clerical force available for furnishing such information, it 
is impossible to comply in full with each request similar to yours.
The record of Jacob Mikesell is furnished herein, the data for which
were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension
claim, S.16202, based upon the military service of that soldier.

Jacob Millsell was born November 2, 1758, in Frederick County,
Maryland. The names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Frederick County, Maryland, he enlisted in
July, 1776, served as private in Captain Daniel Dorsey's Company, Colonel Josias Carvil Hall's Maryland Regiment of the Flying Camp and
was discharged in the middle of December, 1776 he enlisted in August, 1777, and served two months as a private in Captain Martin Darr's 
Company, Colonel Baker Johnson's Maryland Regiment. He also served
one week in 1781 as teamster.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 7,
1832, while residing in Jefferson County, Indiana.

There are no data as to his family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name
and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the 
Revolutionary War pensioner, Jacob Mikesell (S.16202), you should address The Comptroller General, Accounting Office, Records Division,
this city, and cite the following data
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Jacob Mikesell, Certificate No. 2918, issued
December 8, 1833,
rate $20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832,
Indiana Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator,
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v. & 1812 Wars Section
mmm&f

August 29, 1927

(Personal Request)
R.F. Craig
Division (K"
General Land Office
Washington, D. C.

Sir
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revlutionary 
War pension claim S. 16202 it appears that Jacob
Mikesell was born November 2, 1758 in Frederick County,
Maryland.

While a resident of Frederick County, Maryland he
enlisted in July 1776, served as private in Captain Daniel
Dorsey's Company, Colonel Josias Carvil Hall's Maryland
Regiment of the Flying Camp, and was discharged in the
middle of December 1776,

He enlisted in August 1777 and served two months as
private in Captain Martin Derr's Company, Colonel Baker
Johnson's Maryland Regiment. He also served one week in
1781 as teamster.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
September 7, 1832 while a resident of Jefferson County,
Indiana. There are no data on file as to his family.

The above noted is the only soldier of that surname
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R.(illegible) War Section
mmm&f

(all spellings searched) found on the Revolutionary War
records of this Bureau.

The War of 1812 records fail to show that pension
was ever claimed on account of the services of any
soldier by that surname.

Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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Rev & 1812 Wars Section
mmm&f
August 18, 1927

E. E. Mikesell
Eaton, Ohio

Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary 
War pension claim S. 16202 it appears that Jacob
Mikesell was born November 2, 1756 in Frederick County,
Maryland.

While a resident of Frederick County, Maryland he
enlisted in July 1776, served as private in Captain Daniel
Dorsey's Company, Colonel Josias Carvil Hall's Maryland
Regiment of the Flying Camp, and was discharged in the
middle of December 1776.

He enlisted in August 1777 and served two months as
private in Captain Martin Derr's Company, Colonel Baker
Johnson's Maryland Regiment. He also served one week in
1781 as teamster.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
September 7, 1832 while a resident of Jefferson County,
Indiana. There are no data as to his family.

The above noted is the history of the only sol-
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dier by that surname (all spellings searched) found on
the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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In reply to your request of _____ received_____
a statement of the military history of Jacob Mikesell
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
formation as contained his application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
S.F. 16,202

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
July 1776
Aug. 1777

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
served to middle
of Dec. 1776
2 mos
1 wk

RANK,
Pri

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN - COLONEL
Daniel Dorsey Josiah Carvel Hall
Martin Derry Baker Johnson
was impressed with wagon and team

STATE.
MD
"
"
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Frederick Co, Md
Date of application for pension, Sept. 7,1832. His cl was at
Residence at date of application, Jefferson Co. Ind.
Age at date of application, 13 Nov. 2, 1756, Frederick Co.
Remarks:  no data as to family
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THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH
JOSEPH F. SMITH MEMORIAL BUILDINE
80 NORTH MAIN STREET
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

July 6, 1938

U. S. Veterans Administration Bureau
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:
Will you please send us a copy of the pension
and military records of Jacob and George Mikesell, who we
understand enlisted with the Revolutionary Army from Frederick County, Md.

We find record of them in the Journal of the Committee
of Observation of the Middle District of Frederick
County, Md., 29 Nov. 1775, under Captain Jacob Snowdenberger's Company.

We thank you for this service.

Sincerely,
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH
Research Department
Archibald F. Bannett, Secretary

EMC/S

(stamp) 
Received
Jul 11 1938
Mail Sub-Div
(illegible) 5
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Madison Indiana
September (illegible)

(stamp)
Received 
Sep 25 1935
Pension Index
Section

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Will you please send me the
Pension record for
Jacob Mikesell (nee Kessell) Va. Continental Line 1832
Wm McCausland Private Penn. Line
Thanking you for any information
you may send-
I am
Respectfully
Mrs. R. L. Ireland
415 West Maine
Madison
Indiana

(stamp_
Received
Sep 23 1935
Mail Sub-div
(illegible) 17
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E. E. MIKESELL, Recorder
GLADYS C. MIKESELL, Deputy

PREBLE COUNTY RECORDER
EATON, OHIO
August, 11th 1927

Pension Commissioner Office.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs,
I wish to know if there was any person or persons
by the name of "MIKESELL" or "MEIXELL" rendered services in the
Revolutionary war. This family has been in this country about
300 years and is one of the largest families in the United States.
I am inclosing a self addressed stamped envelope for a reply.
If there is a charge to this information I will be glad to remit
by return mail,
we would like to know where or what part of the country they
enlisted from

Thanking you very kindly for the information now I remain

Yours respectfully,
E. E. Mikesell
Eaton, Ohio