Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40246, for Jacob Peters, Pennsylvania
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Continental Penn
Peters Jacob
S40246
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Ohio
Jacob Peters
of Pickaway in the State of Ohio
who was a private in the regiment commanded
Colonel Flowers
of the Penn
line, for the term of six years
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio.
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 16th of May, 1818.-
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Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd of Feby 1849
and sent to the Hon P Beecker
House of Reps US
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818.3.6.4.29. 18
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Mar. 1819 48.00
$77.18
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued
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Jacob Peters 66
6522
3 February 1819
Con.
P. Beecker
Circleville, Ohio
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State of Ohio Pickaway County SS   
On this twenty fourth day of July 1820 Personally appeared in open Court, the Court of Common Pleas for said County it being a Court of Record so made by the laws and constitution of Ohio Jacob Peters aged about sixty or sixty one not certain of his age a resident of said County 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 for during the war at Germantown by Samuel North in Cap Park's Company Col Benjamin Flowers Regt Pennsylvania was afterwards drafted to form an Artillery corps commanded by Capt Loyd & Capt Martin under Major Craig that he continued in service until the end of the War and was discharged Philadelphia.  Cannot state the date of his original declaration - the number of his pension Certificate is 572. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and 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 diminished 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 and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has my person in trust for me any property or securities Contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income
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other than what is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed- 
I have no property or any family living with me nor any income only what I have for my own labor being a blacksmith and able to work but little I have neither tools nor the means to procure them frequently much afflicted with the rheumatism 
Jacob Peters 
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court July 24th 1820
Andrew Huston clk 
The State of Ohio Pickaway County SS
I Andrew Huston Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do herby certify that the foregoing oath is duly copied from the Original on file in my office 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Clarksville the 2d day of August 1820 
Andrew Huston Clk
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Jacob Peters
Pennsylvania
Col. Flowers 
[unreadable] 77
To [unreadable] 82
Conn [unreadable]
Artificer
Adm’d
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State of Ohio 
Pickaway County Ss}  
Personally came before me John Thompson President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the second Circuit in the State of Ohio Jacob Peters a citizen of the United States and now a resident in the County aforesaid and made oath to the following facts and Statements for the purpose of shewing and proving that he is entitled to the benefit and advantages of the law of the United States passed at the first session of the 15th Congress for the relief of the surviving soldiers of the Revolutionary war to wit, That he was inlisted in the spring of the year 1776 by Sergeant Samuel North at German Town in Pennsylvania and was one of Capt William Parks company and was attached to the Regiment of artificers Commanded by Col Benjamin Flowers that he was inlisted for during the war and continued in the service untill he was discharged at Philadelphia in the summer of the year AD 1782 at which time he recieved a discharge and that he kept it untill it was principally worn out as he recollects and now to him or his recollection it is lost.  That he was between fifteen and sixteen years old at the time he enlisted and is now about
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fifty eight years old. That he worked in the factory in Philadelphia for some time and from the time he was enlisted untill marched to Carlisle where he remained some time and there with several other artificers and a body of troops he was marched out to Fort Pitt under the command of Major Isaac Craig, and from them down the Ohio River to the falls and three was under the command of Genl Clark and in the next winter returned to Pittsburgh when we heard of the peace then under the command of Gen Irwin, and from there he was ordered to Philadelphia to form the Regiment and was then discharged when it was warm weather, but the time not particularly recollected only as above stated – 
That he is now in very reduced circumstances being entirely [unreadable] of property, dependant upon his own exertion for a support, and that he is infirm and at times much afflicted with the Rheumatism that he stands in need of aid and support from his country 
Jacob Peters
Sworn to subscribed before me John Thompson May 16th 1818
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State of Ohio Ss
I John Thompson aforementioned do certify that said affiant Jacob Peters appears to have served in revolutionary war from said affidavit and no doubt but needs the assistance of the government for support. Given under my hand at Circleville Pickaway County State of Ohio 
John Thompson 
May 16th 1818. 
The State of Ohio Pickaway County SS  
I Andrew Huston Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that John Thompson whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit is President of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the second Circuit in the State of Ohio including the County aforesaid In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Circleville this 18th day of May 1818 
Andrew Huston Clerk
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section 
MCS
OWN
January 16, 1924
Mrs. Walter Brubaker 
312 S. Detroit St. 
Warsaw, Ind. 
Madam: 
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.40246, it appears that Jacob Peters enlisted at Germantown, Pennsylvania, in the spring of 1776, in Captain William Parks' Company, Colonel Benjamin Flower's Regiment which became the Continental Artillery Artificers, and continued in said regiment under Captains Lloyd and Martin, and Major Isaac Craig; he was employed in the factory at Philadelphia, stationed at Carlisle and Fort Pitt, and was discharged in the summer of 1782 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 16, 1818, while a resident of Pickaway County, Ohio, aged about 58 years. 
There is no family data on file. 
Respectfully, 
Commissioner
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40246 
Revy INVALID 
File No. 40,246 
Jacob Peters 
Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 18 
Index: - Vol. 5 , Page 289 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 
1910 Dec. 15. History to Hon. Arthur L. Bates 
1924. Jan. 16, Hist to Mrs. Walter Brubaker 
1934 – Jan 18- Hon A. J. Hickey advised from to obtain name of last person & possible date of death MMHF.
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U.S. PENSION OFFICE H DEC 5 1923
Warsaw, Ind - Dec. 3-23- 
Pension Bureau Washington, Dec. 
Gentlemen 
Kindly send me a statement required by the registrar of the D.A.R. [Daughters of the American Revolution]  of a pension paid to Jacob Peters who was a soldier the Revolutionary War I refer you to the
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following data:
(War Dept. Office of Adjutant General. Dept of the Interior Burean of Pensions Sur File No 40246. Pension allowed May 16, 1818.)   
I also need the name of his wife, If the pension was paid to his wife please state her name if the maiden name was given
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Trusting to hear promptly I am 
Yours truly 
Mrs. Walter Brubaker 
312 So. Detroit St., 
Warsaw, Ind.
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U.S. PENSION OFFICE L JAN 14 1924
312 So. Detroit St. 
Warsaw, Ind 
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Dept. of Interior 
Some time ago I requested a statement from the pension department concerning Jacob Peters pension. 
The pension was allowed May 16, 1818. Sur File No. 40246. I am in need of this information will appreciate your kind attention
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I also need the place birth and death this Jacob Peters and the name of his wife. Do these facts occur in the Pension statement.   
An enclosing stamp for return postage 
Yours truly 
Walter Brubaker 
Warsaw, Ind,
Ans. Jan 16 ‘24 
U.S. PENSION OFFICE L JAN 14 1924
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SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. 
EBENEZER J. HILL, CONN, CHAIRMAN. 
ARTHUR L. BATES, PA. 
HERMAN P. GOEBEL, OHIO. 
WILLIAM B. McKINLEY, ILL. 
JOHN LAMB, VA. 
JOHN N. GARNER, TEX. 
WILLIAM A. CULLOP, IND. 
CHAS. S. CREENWOOD, CLERK. 
House of Representatives U. S. 
Committee in Expenditures in the Treasury Department Washington, D. C. 
Dec. 14, 1910. 
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Mr. Commissioner: 
Will you kindly give me any information possible concerning Jacob Peters, who enlisted April 1, 1779 in Captain Lieutenant Alexander Dow's Regiment? I think he enlisted from Pennsylvania. 
I will be very glad to know if he was on the pension rolls and also any other information available. 
This will much oblige, 
Very truly yours, 
Arthur L. Bates
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ANDREW J. HICKEY 
13TH DIST INDIANA 
CONGRESS of the United States 
House of Representatives 
Washington, D. C. 
January 15, 1924. 
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER JAN 16 1924 U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Hon. Washington Gardner, 
Commissioner of Pensions,
 Washington, D. C. 
My dear Mr. Gardner: 
I have received a request for some information concerning one Jacob Peters, who was born in 1760 and died in 1844 and who was pensioned May 16, 1818. Sur. File No. 40246. The information desired is as to the place of the birth of Jacob Peters and the place of his death and the name of his wife. 
Can you furnish such information from his file? 
Thanking you, 
I am Sincerely yours,
Andrew J. Hickey
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section MMHF  
January 18, 1924
Honorable Andrew J. Hickey 
House of Representatives 
My dear Mr. Hickey: 
In response to your letter of the 15th inst. relative to Jacob Peters, Survivor File No. 40246, War of Revolution, I have the honor to advise you that the date and place of his birth and the name of his wife are not stated. 
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid, and possibly the date of his death, you should apply to the Pension Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. citing all of the following data: " Jacob Peters, Certificate 6522, issued February 3, 1819, rate $8 per month, commenced May 16, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Ohio Agency.”
Sincerely, 
Commissioner.
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December 15, 1910
Hon. Arthur L. Bates, 
House of Representatives. 
My dear Mr. Bates: 
In reply to your letter dated the 14" inst and received this day, I have the honor to advise you that Jacob Peters, Sur. File No. 40,246,was allowed a pension on his application executed May 16, 1818, while a resident of Pickaway County, Ohio, and about fifty-eight years of age. 
That he was enlisted at Germantown, Pennsylvania, in the Spring of 1776, in Captain William Parks' company, Colonel Benjamin Flower's regiment which became the Continental Artillery Artificers, and continued in said regiment under Captains Lloyd and Martin, and Major Isaac Craig, he was employed in the factory at Philadelphia, stationed at Carlisle and Fort Pitt, and finally discharged in the summer of 1782 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There is no family data on file 
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Form VAM-51- 
12 - 5 - 41 
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
NAME   Peters, Jacob   GRADE  Private "in the Artillery Artificers”, LINE Pennsylvania WARRANT NUMBER   10205 accd 13633  ACREAGE   100  ISSUED May 2, 1799 to Abm Bell, assignee 
The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of  "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.