Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38865, for David Jacobs, Pennsylvania
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(8 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn

Jacobs, David

NUMBER

S. 38865
RG 217, last pension payment of record
documents are also contained in this file)

CONTENTS
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15,303
Virginia    R
----
Davide Jacobs
of Tyler Co in the state of Virginia
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Humpton of the Pennsylvania
line, for the term of 6 years
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Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence the 11 of May 1818
----
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of Sept. 1819 and sent to William Mills Esqr
Tyler Co Hr. Tyler Co [illegible]
----
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819              $126.47
Semi-anl, all'ce ending Mar 4 1820     48.00
                                                             ______
                                               Dollars 174.47
15 [illegible possibly hrs] 2/31 4/30

{ Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

Returned on the roll 
under the law [Illegible]
[Illegible]

[In the facing page:]
Notification sent to Abraham S Brickhead Tyler
Tyler Co. [Illegible] Virginia

The certificate in this case was returned in a letter for the warden to the Clerk of Tyler Co. Tyler Court House, May 10th, 1820.

Died March 18, 1835 A. B.
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Tyler County Court May Term 1835

This day personally appeared in open Court James G West & John McCardle of this County, who being first sworn saith that Elizabeth Jacobs is the widow of David Jacobs deceased
to whom a Pension certificate issued from the War Department of the United States dated the 11th day of May 1819 and that the said David Jacobs departed this life on the 18th day
of March 1835, and it is ordered to be certified that the Proof was perfectly satisfactory to the Court

a Copy Teste D Hickman Clerk

I David Hickman Clerk of the County Court of Tyler County certify that the above is a true copy from the record in my Office

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed my official
Seal this 28th day of December 1835
D. Hickman
Clerk Tyler County Court
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Virginia
At a County Court held for Tyler County on the 11th day of May in the year 1818. David Jacobs of the said County appeared before the said Court and being then & there duly sworn according to law declares and says that he is an Inhabitant of said County & a native of the State of Pennsylvania aged about seventy nine years that he enlisted as a soldier in the army of the United States in the spring of the year 1777 under Capt James Black in the Independent York Regiment commanded by Col Malcom in the Brigade of Genl Connaway which Regiment was afterwards United with Col Spencers Reg & commanded by Col Spencer when he said Jacobs was put under the command of Capt John Orr the 2d Regiment in Genl Maxfields Brigade moved up the Susquehanah River & from thence to the Scoch Plains in New Jersey where they went into Winter quarters seven miles from Morristown that he said Jacobs was under the command of Majr Thos Bagles at Paramus Mills in said State where he said Jacobs was taken prisoner and detained in New York about nine months he was then exchanged & joined his Reg at Stony point at this place the said Regt was decamped & every one ordered to join his State troops Said Jacobs being a native of Pennsylvania and was put into the Company of Capt. Walter Kinney in Col Richard Hamptons Regiment being the 3d Pennsylvania in Genl Wayns Brigade after the Battle of the Green Springs in Virginia- Three Regiments were put into two the said Jacobs was in the 2nd Pennsylvania Regt commanded by Col Walter [illegible] & Genl Wayns Brigade was at the Capture
of Cornwallace I was discharged in Philadelphia
in the year 1783 where he sold his discharge 
& arrears of pay to enable him to [illegible] to his
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home - that while in the service he lost the sight of one eye & since in loosing his other eye. that he was wounded with a bayonet in his thigh at the Battle of Monmoth in New Jersey. that he is not able to support himself by labor & that he has not an Estate
Sufficient to support him without labor - he therefore prays for relief under the act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons and engaged in the land & navel service of the United States in the revolutionary War

A copy Testo A.G. Birckhead C.T.G.

Virginia
I Abraham Birckhead Clerk of the County
Court of Tyler do certify that the foregoing
is a true copy of the record in my office &
further that I have not been furnished
with a Seal for my office given under my
hand & seal this 15th day of May 1818
A. G. Birckhead
[Hand drawn] Seal
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I, William Wells presiding Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said David Jacobs did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before The County Court of Tyler County, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. And I am satisfied declarant is in reduced circumstances and stands in need
assistance from his Country for support.
Augt 9th___ 1819

SEAL OF THE COURT

William Wells presiding Justice
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Jacobs
Penn line
[Very faint:] 2 Regm
[Illegible]
[Illegible]
Jas Pindall
Correct by Roll
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[On facing page:]
15 c 8- 120
                5.41
21/31       1.06
              _______
4/30      126.47

[Page on the right:]
This case will be
admitted when
the Judges certificate
shall be attached
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a blank one is enclosed
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D Jacobs
affidavit
April 1818
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Virginia (viz)
At a Court con(illegible) & held for Monongalia County on the 28th day of April in the year 1818 Henry Williams of the said County appeared before the said Court & then & there being duly sworn according to law deposes and says "that in the of Spring of 1779 Col Malcoms Regiment was put
into the Regiment of Col Spencer where this affiant then served as a soldier in the Army of the United States at this time he became aquainted with David Heads now of Tyler County who was then under the command of Capt John Orr of said Spencers Regimt and from that time for more than two years this affiant knows that the said David Jacobs served as a soldier of the United States Army this affiant is the same Henry Williams who
is on the pension list"
All which is ordered to be certified to the proper officer agreeable to the requisitions of the act of Congress providing for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval service of the United States during the Revolutionary war--

In Testimony that the foregoing is a copy. I Nimrod Evans Clerk of the county court of Monongalia have hereunto set my hand and seal (there being no seal at present to my office) at Morgantown the 5th day of September AD 1818
N Evans [hand designed] Seal
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David Jacobs
Tyler Co Va
No 15,303
29 Sept. 1819.
C
Notification- sent
July 1820 to Abraham
S. Birckhead, Tyler
Court House, Va
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Virginia Tyler County ss
David Jacobs on this 10th day of July 1820 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of record of the County of Tyler who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows - That he Enlisted as a soldier in the army of the United States in the Spring of the year 1777 under Capt James Black in the Independent York Regiment commanded by Col Malcom in the Brigade of General Connaway which Regt was afterwards united with Col Spencers Regt & commanded by Col Spencer, when he said Jacobs was put under the command of Capt John Orr- The said Regt in General Maxfields Brigade moved up the Susquehanah river & from thence to the Scotch Plains in New Jersey where they went into winter quarters seven miles from Morristown - that he said Jacobs, was under the command of Major
Morris Boyles at Paramus's mills in said State where he said Jacobs was taken prisoner and detained in New York about nine months, he was then exchanged, & joined his Regt at Stoney Point-  at this place the said Regt was deranged and every one ordered to join his State troops.  Said Jacobs being a native of Pennsylvania was put into the Company of Capt Walter Finney in Col Hamptons Regt being the 3d Pennsylvania Regt in General Waynes Brigade- After the battle of the Green Springs in Virginia three Regiments were put into two- the said Jacobs was in the 2nd Pennsylvania Regt commanded by Col Walter Stewart in General Waynes Brigade & that he was at the Capture of Cornwallace & was discharged in Philadelphia in the year 1783 where he sold his discharge & arrears of pay to enable him to get to his home. That while in the servoce he lost the sight of one eye & since is fast loosing the sight of the other, that he was wounded with a bayonet in 
the thigh at the Battle of Monmouth in New Jersey- that he
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made application for a pension under the act of Congress passed the 18th March 1818 the 11th May 1818. & that the pension certificate granted him is numbered Fifteen Thousand Three Hundred & three_

And I David Jacobs do solemnly swear that
I was resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with Intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval
service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th 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 have what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed & by me Subscribed & is as followeth, 
towit, One Horse 13 years old, one Colt 3 years
old, two Cows & Calves, a few hogs the  number at present not recollected One Ewe & lamb two ten Gallon Kettles one Stew kettle, one plough one Farrow & one piece
of Log chain
June 10th 1820
David x his mark Jacobs
and I further swear that I am by occupation a farmer & that I am unable to pursue it & that I have the following family together with their respective ages annexed towit, my wife Elizabeth aged thirty one years in October last, one son named Jacob aged nine years the 17th May last, one other son named John, Six years old the 22nd November last, & one daughter named Prudence born the 29th day of May last & that they are not able to support themselves - Sworn to & declared in open Court as aforesaid this 10th day of July 1820

The Court before whom the foregoing declaration was made & the Schedule exhibited to, doth certify, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the
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Schedule of the said Jacobs is Seventy Seven dollars & that from their own knowledge & belief the declaration of the said Jacobs is true & that he really needs the assistance of the Government for his support, which is ordered to be certified to the Secretary of War

Teste A. S. Birckhead C.G.C.C.

I Abraham S Burckhead Clerk of the
County Court of Tyler do hereby certify
that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court & I do further certify
that it is the opinion of the said Court that
the total amount in value of the property
exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Seventy
Seven dollars. 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal (there having been no seal furnished me for the office)
this 12th day of July 1820

Abraham S. Birckead [handwritten] Seal
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Bank of Virginia Richmond 21st March 1836

Received of Anthony Robinson agent for paying
pensions Fifty one dollars 73 cents being for six
months and fourteen days pension due to David
Jacobs, deceased from the 4th September 1834 to the 18th day of March 1835, for which
I have signed duplicate receipts
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$51.73.
Wm Brown Jr Atny
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State of Virginia
Tyler County ss
Be it known, that before me the subscribed a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Elizabeth Jacobs, known to me to be the widow of David Jacobs deceased late of Tyler County, and made oath in due form of law, that David Jacobs decd her late husband, was the identical person named in an original certificate in her possession, (of which) I certify the following is a true Copy "War Department Revolutionary Claim. I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 18
March, 1818, David Jacobs late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Virginia Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month to commence on the eleventh day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Given at the War Office of the United States, this 29" day of September one thousand eight hundred and nineteen

J C Calhoun
Secretary of War"

that her said husband resided in Tyler County at the time of his death, and has resided there for the space of nineteen years past & that previous thereto he resided in Harrison County Virginia, but was born & raised in the State of Pennsylvania 

Sworn and subscribed this 1st day of March 1836 before me
Elizabeth X her mark Jacobs
James Stealey J P

Known all men by these presents, that I Elizabeth Jacobs, Widow [illegible] of David Jacobs deceased late of Tyler County a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint James Brown Junr Esq. my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name, to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in Richmond, State of Virginia the Pension due me as the widow of my late husband David Jacobs decd from the 4th day of September 1834 to the 18th day of March 1835 (the time of my said husbands decease). Witness my hand and Seal this 11th day of March 1836
Sealed & delivered in presence of us
James Stealey
Elizabeth X her mark Jacobs [handwritten] Seal
S D Kirkman

Sealed & delivered in presence of us
James Sleacy ?
S O Sikman ?
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State of Virginia
Tyler County ss

Be it known that on the 1st day of March1836 before me the subscribed a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Elizabeth Jacobs Widow & [illegible] of David Jacobs decd before named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year before mentioned
James Stealey

State of Virginia
Henrico County ss

Be it known that on this 21st day of March 1836 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared James Brown Junr Esq the attorney named in the foregoing power of Attorney, and made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any sale, transfer, or Mortgage of the Pension, or remains
of pension therein authorized to be received by him.
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Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned before me
21st March 1836
W. Morly J.P.
James Brown Jr.

I David Hickman Clerk of the Court of Tyler County certify that James Stealey is a magistrate as above duly commissioned & qualified, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal office & subscribed my name this 1st day of March 1836
D Hickman
Clerk of Tyler
County Court
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April 3, 1934.

Elmer Jacobs
25 South College Street
Athens, Ohio.

BA-J/ILL.
David Jacobs
S. 38865

Dear Sir:
     Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Elizabeth Jacobs, the wife of David Jacobs, a Revolutionary War soldier whose pension claim is numbered 8.38865.

     The record of David Jacobs is furnished herein as shown in the papers on file in the above noted pension claim. There is no
claim for pension on file which was made by anyone as the widow of this soldier.

     David Jacobs was a native of Pennsylvania, the date and place of his birth and names of his parents not shown.

     He enlisted in the spring of 1777, served as private in Captain James Black's company, Colonel Malcolm's regiment, and in Captain John Orr's company, Colonel Spencer's regiment, was in winter quarters near
Morristown, was in the battle of Monmouth in which he was wounded in his thigh by a bayonet, was in the battle of Paramus under Major Byles and was taken prisoner and held in New York about nine months, was then
exchanged and joined his regiment at Stony Point, was transferred and served in Captain Walter Finney's company, Colonel Richard Humpton's and Walter Stewart's Pennsylvania regiments, was in the battle of Green
Springs, Virginia, was at the capture of Cornwallis, and was discharged in 1783. He stated that during his service he lost the sight of one eye, but he did not state when this wound was received.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 11, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Tyler County, Virginia; he was then
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aged about fifty-nine years.

     David Jacob's wife, Elizabeth, was born in the month of October 1788, her maiden name not shown.

     The names of the children who were living at home with the soldier in 1820 are shown as follow: Jacob, born May 17, 1811; John born November 22, 1813; and Prudence, born May 29, 1820.

     The soldier died May 18, 1835.

     In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and name of person to whom it was paid, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city,
citing the following:

          David Jacobs
          Certificate #15303
          Issued September 29, 1819
          Rate of $8 per month
          Commenced May 11, 1818
          Act of March 18, 1818
          Virginia Agency.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.
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38 865
INVALID. [Revy]
File No. 38 865
David Jacobs
[illegible] Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index: Vol. 3, Page 854
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1932-Oct.3-Hist. to Mrs Opal Cotner-L.L.L.
1934-April 3-Hist. to Elmer Jacobs. L.L.L.
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Jacobs
David decd
Septem:
4. 1834
to
March 18, 1835.
6 mo. 14 days $51.73 ch

Richardward, Va.
1 [illegible] . 1836
Box 119
C- 130
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Received 
SEP 21 1932
[illegible]

8 Court St
Athens Ohio
Sept 19, 1932

Verterans Administration
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen-

Would you please send me the Revolutionary war record of David Hickman Jacobs, who afterwards settled in what is now Wetzel County W.Va., which before 1846 was a part of Tyler Co., Va. and before 1814 a part of Ohio Co, Va.

Sincerely yours

Mrs Opal Cotner
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25 So. College St.
Athens, Ohio
March 17, 1934

Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:

I should like to know if Elizabeth Jacobs, the wife of David Jacobs, a revolutionary soldier whose pension record was no. 8.38865, ever received a pension. She resided in Tyler or Wetzel Co. Va.

Sincerely yours

Elmer Jacobs
25 So. College St.
Athens, Ohio
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October 3, 1932.

Mrs. Opal Cotner
8 Court Street
Athens
Ohio.

BA-J/ILL
David Jacobs
S. 38865

Dear Madam:

  Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of David Hickman Jacobs, a soldier of the Revolutionary War , who settled in Wetzel County, West Virginia, which was a part of Tyler County, Virginia, before 1846.

     The record of David Jacobs given below is obtained from the papers on file in pension claim S. 38865, based upon his service in the Revolution.

     David Jacobs was a native of Pennsylvania, date and place of birth or names of his parents not given.
  
     He enlisted in the spring, 1777, served as private in Captain James Black's Company, Colonel Malcolm's Regiment and in Captain John Orr's Company, Colonel Spencer's Regiment, was in winter quarters seven miles from Morristown, was in the battle of Monmouth where he was wounded by a bayonet in his thigh, was in the battle of Paramus under Major Thomas Byles where he (Jacobs) was taken prisoner and held in New York about nine months, was then exchanged and joined his regiment at Stony Point, was transferred and served in Captain Walter Finney's Company, Colonels Richard Humpton's and Walter Stewart's Pennsylvania Regiments, was in the battle of Green Springs, Virginia, was at the capture of Cornwallis, and was discharged in 1783. He stated that during his service, he lost the sight of one eye, which subsequently effected the sight of his other eye, but he did not state when this wound was received.

     He was allowed pension on his application executed May 11, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Tyler County, Virginia; he was then about fifty-nine years of age.
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  The soldier's wife, Elizabeth, was born in the month of October, 1788, her maiden name not given. The names and births of the following children are given; Jacob, born, May 17, 1811;
John, born November 22, 1813; and Prudence, born May 29, 1820.

     The soldier died May 18, 1835.

     The above record is that of the only soldier named David Jacobs who applied for pension while residing in Virginia, or from any southern state found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.
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Payable semi-annually. The first payment in this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March
next, in Richmond, Va at the Pa. Bank of U.S.

David Jacobs

Recorded
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War Department

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818,

David Jacobs
late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Virginia Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month to commence on the Eleventh day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen

GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 29 " day of September one thousand eight
hundred and nineteen.

J C Calhoun
Secretary of War.