Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5,686, for Jacob Reeger, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)

Service

Penn.

Reeger, Jacob
Ann Deborah
or Anna Deborah

Number

W. 5.686

CONTENTS
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5314  Pittsburg
Pennsylvania

Ann Deborah Reeger
widow of Jacob Reeger
Penn
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
60 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1848

Certificate of Pension issued the 
22nd day of Jan. 1850
and sent to
Hon. Job Mann
House of Reps.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 23 Vol. 2

Reported
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(Small scraps of paper)

1. torn at top
Earo.      Marc. the 30th 1783 ova 52 T Tacos

Reeger (torn out) Son of Pratt Reeger & his wife Barbary was married to Ann Deborah Jones the Daughter of David Jones & His wife Etheldrada


2. Catharine Reeger the daughter of Jacob Reeger & his wife Anne Deborah Reeger was born the 11th of July 1785 about 2 o'clock in the afternoon--Departed this life June 7th 1792 her age was four Days less than six years and (??)
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(two scraps of Paper)

Reeger (torn out) Son of Pratt Reeger & his wife Barbary was married to Ann Deborah Jones the Daughter of David Jones & His wife Etheldrada

Deborah Reeger-the Daughter of Jacob and his wife Anne Deborah Reeger was Born the 16th of Decem. 1793 about 8 o'clock in the evening
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Anne Deborah Jones the Daughter of David and Etheldrada Jones was born the 9th of October 1765 about 2 o clock in the afternoon
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(Random mathematic calculations)

63
  6
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378
   3
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11-34

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26     27
 6        6
__________
216    162
    3      3
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219     165
   3
_______
657          1847
11.34         1765
______________
$17.91           82
    1 65
______
$19. 56
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13748
Application of Ann
Deborah Reeger
widow of Jacob Reeger
dec'd who was a Revolutionary
Soldier for Pension
Pa.
Act 7 July 1838

admitted 
pr. 18.   $60---
pension 4 March 36 to
41-43 to 48 - 48--

h. d. 5 June 1825
Westmoreland Co. Pa.
Capt.- Col- Pa line

Hon 
Job Mann H. R.
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State of Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County }
I David Fullwood Prothondary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and Satte aforesaid Do hereby certify that James Bell Esq. before whom the within attestation & depositions were made and duly acknowledged and whose name in his own proper hand unto as to the said certificate appended was then and now is one of the Associate Judges of the County of Westmoreland duly approved and commissioned and to whose official acts and deeds full faith and credit are of (???)
In testimony whose of I have herewith set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at (???)
the second day of December A D 1848
David Fullwood Prot.
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Westmoreland County SS

I personally offered before me a Judge of the Court in and for York County Isaac Keck who being Sworn according to Law doth say that he lived near Neighbor to Jacob Reeger and Anne Deborah his wife formerly from Northampton County Penna. who by tradition was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war who died in Eighteen hundred and twenty four that his widow the Said Anne Deborah his wife is still Living and that the said Anne Deborah was always esteemed his wife and further saith not Sworn and subscribed before me this 1st day of Dec'r. 1848
James Bell
Isaac Keck

I do hereby certify that the above witness is a man of crediblity his evidence would be received in Court or truth
James Bell
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Westmoreland County SS
Personally came before me a Judge of the Court in and for Said County Simon Drum who being Sworn (word crossed out) according to Law sayeth sayeth that he was well acquainted with Jacob Reeger by tradition a Soldier Of the Penna. line in the Revolutionary War his wife Anne Deborah (two words crossed through) he this deponent (word crossed out) was particularly acquainted with the children he is well acquainted with and from the depositary and her declaration he believes her yet alive and the antecedent documentary evidence taken from his the said Jacob Reegers Bible is in the proper hand writing of the Said Jacob Reeger that he this defendant was well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Jacob Reeger and is satisfied that the Record Contains the Marriage and the age of the eldest child is the handwriting of the said Jacob Reeger Sworn and subscribed before me the first of December 1848
Simon Drum
James Bell

I do hereby certify that the said Simon Drum Esq. I have been acquainted with for a long time and know him to be a man of truth and veracity
James Bell
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Westmoreland County SS
Personally came before me a Judge of the Court in and for Said County Major Peter Row who being Sworn and duly to have Saith that he is and was well acquainted with Jacob Reeger and Anne Deborah his wife formerly of North Hampton county Penna who by tradition was a Soldier in the Penna line in the Revolutuion that they lived together as man and wife and that the said widow aforesaid is yet living in Westmoreland County where the said Jacob Reeger afore said died in Eighteen Hundred and twenty five 1825 Sworn and subscribed before me this first day of December,ber 1848
Peter Row
James Bell

I do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Major Peter Row for many years who has always bore the character of a man of truth and veracity he is a man of (??) his evidence is entitled to the greatest credit.

James Bell
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State of Penna
Westmoreland County SS

Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid Anne Deborah Reeger widow of Jacob Reeger a Revolutionary Soldier of the Pennsylvania line formerly of Easton Northampton County Penna. who being Sworn according to Law Sayeth that She is now about her eighty third year of age doth upon her oath Make the following Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress
That She the Said Anne Deborah Reeger was Married to Jacob Reeger aforesaid in Northampton County State of Penna. on the thirtieth day of March Seventeen hundred and eighty three 1783 at the time we both lived in Easton aforesaid we were married by a German Preacher I got no certificate of marriage but that the (word crossed out) paper hereto Attached taken from my husband bible is the proper Date and is in the proper hand writing of my husband Record Evidence is not now to be had thinks he at one time Enlisted for Eighteen Months in the Penna line all that I can Recollect in Respect to his particular Service after we were married My husband had to go to Wyoming to take and suppress the Tories I well Recollect that than Brought to Easton and there put in Jail a Number of Prisoners My husband had belonged to the Penna. line but his officers names or what he was when he went to Wyoming She Cannot now tell She further duly
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that the said Jacob Reeger her husband died the fifth of June Eighteen hundred and twenty five that the documentary record hereto Attached contains the age of her Eldest Child that lived the first Child died no Entry of the date and that her and husband in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety five Moved out to Westmoreland County and there he died and that She was not afterwards, married that the above date the 30th March 1783 is the time they were married Sworn and subscribed before me the 1st Dec. 1848
Anne Deborah Reeger
her  X  mark

James Bell

I do hereby certify that the above widow from old age and infirmities was not able to appear in Court Given under my hand and Seal this 1st day of Dec. 1848

James Bell
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Deposition of Jacob 
Reeger
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Westmoreland County  SS

Personally came before me a Justice of the peace in and for Said County Jacob Reeger who being Sworn according to law saith that he was Administrator of the Estate of Jacob Reeger whose widow has applied for a pension from the United States for the Services of her husband  I well Recollect of seeing the entries Containing the date of his marriage with Anna Deborah his wife and for the purpose of keeping that Record I cut that part out of the Bible and handed it over to Joseph Stokely to be forwarded to the pension office as Evidence of the date of marriage and further do say that nry was in his bible previous to his death and from having seen him write I am satisfied that it was the proper hand writing of the said Jacob Reeger and further I have heard the said Jacob Reeger frequently say he enlisted as a private Soldier in Eastown Easton Northampton County Penna. to serve Eighteen months in the Penna. line and I have also heard other Soldiers of the Revolutionary war advise him to make application to the government for a pension they had seen him in Service that while they were living he aught to apply and that from his Statement and that of others, I am Satisfied that the Said Jacob Reeger did Serve Eighteen months as a Enlisted Soldier in the Penna. line and herewith saith not
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 6th September 1848
Jacob Reeger
Jacob M. Wise

I do hereby certify that the above Jacob Reeger than & present is a man of truth and veracity
Jacob M. Wise
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I do certify that I am well acquainted with Jacob Reeger who has given the within deposition he resides about four Miles from me now for many years. He is a man of good character and of good repute for truth and veracity His statements are entitled to be received with every credit.
J A V Foster

To J. L. Edwards
Commr. of Pensions

State of Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County SS
I S. B. Ramsey Protonotary of the County Common Pleas of the County of Westmoreland in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do hereby Certify that Jacob M. Wise Esquire before whom the foregoing Depositions were made and whose name in his own proper hand writing as to the foregoing Certificate appended was there and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and commissioned and to all whose official Acts and Deeds, full faith and credit are of right due In testimony where I have herein to set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Greensborough the 2nd day of October A D 1849

S B Ramsey Pon.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. 
April 16, 1894

O. W. & B. Div.
R. S.
M. E. C.

Sir:-
Reference to your request for the Revolutionary history of one Jacob Ruger, I have the honor to advise you that in the year 1848 one Anne Deborah Reeger, who was then residing in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, made application for a pension for the services of her husband, Jacob Reeger, in the above mentioned war as a private in the Pennsylvania troops, alleging he served for the period of eighteen months. Her pension was allowed for the service of her husband as above stated, but the names of his officers, dates of enlistment and discharge, and other particulars of his service were not given.
It is possible that you may be able to find a more satisfactory record of his service in the Revolutionary Archives of the State of Pennsylvania.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner

Hon. M. Brosius,
House of Representatives
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W13748
Ann Deborah Reeger
Pr
Let. to Hon. Job Mann
Jany 23rd '49


Act 7 July 1838
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Two sided document

left side
Apr. 13/94 Mil Hist to C
Hon. M. Borsuis H. of Rep.

Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 5686

Ann D. Reeger
Widow
Jacob Reeger
Pvt. Rev. War

Act: Feby, 29, 48
Index:-Vol. H   Page 154

[Arrangement of 1870]
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10823.     Pittsburg

Pennsylvania.
===============
Ann Deborah Reeger
Widow of Jacob
who was a pensioner under the Act of
and who died on the 5 th June 1825
of Westmoreland in the State of Penn.
who was a Private in the Company
commanded by Captain______ of the
Regt. commanded by_______ in
the Penna. line for 18 months
=============================
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburg
at the rate of 60 Dollars  00
Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of 
March, 1836.
========================
Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of
Jany 1850 and sent to
Hon. Job Mann, House of Reps.
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Total amount, $===================================================================
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. P. Chase, Clerk,
Book C  Vol. 1 Page 237
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8743
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Ann Deborah Reeger
widow of Jacob Reeger
who was a Private
in the Penn a line
for 18 months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 60
Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of Jan 7 1850
and sent to
Hon. Job Mann
House of Reps

Acts of March 3, 1843 & June
17, 1844.}
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 115
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The United States
To the State of Pennsylvania

For the pay of the following persons Eighteen Months Men, enlisted in the Pennsylvania Line in the Federal Army-
Names                           Amount of       
Valentine Sticker.         45 "   "
Jacob Reeger.              45  "   "
Andrew Cuming.          45 " "

Auditor General Office
Harrisburg Dec 9 14

I certify that the above is a true extract from book "Accounts of Pennsylvania with the U States" (page 321 and 322) now remaining in the department.
Witness my hand and seal of office
this day and year aforesaid-
John N. Purrianer
Auditor General