Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16093, Jacob Custard, Va.
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(3—1776)

SERVICE Va. 
Custard, Jacob S. 
NUMBER 16093
carded
CONTENTS
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Ohio 19.762 Pittsburg
Jacob Custard
Perry Co. in the State of Ohio 
who was a private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Cravens of the Regt. commanded by Col. Neville in the Virginia line for 9 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Sep. 1833 and sent to T. Ewing M.C. Lancaster
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33  $75
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Ma. '34  [$]15
[=] 90
Died August 17, 1833
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Go. C. Stiles  Clerk
Book E.  Vol. 8.  Page 3

Dead.
See let: to G.H. Groesbeck
Pen: agt. Cincinnati
March 9th: 1835

See let to David Snader June 9. 1834.
do. [ditto] to D. Raice July 22d 1834.
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Jacob. Custard
Perry County Ohio

look on the State roll S Car 
not
[Crossed out: Return to]
Adm 9. months.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
15th June 1833.
Sir: The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Jacob Custard, Perry Co. Ohio
Period when the service was rendered.
[1 & 2] 1775  [3] June 1776 or 7

Duration of the claimant's service. Years. | Months. | Days.
[1] 6 Months
[2] 3 Months
[3] 7 Months

Rank of the claimant.
[Blank]

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
[1] Cap. John Riddle
[2] Cap. Conrad Humble
[3] Cap. Cravens. Col Nevill

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
82 years Rockingham Co. Virginia

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered wand who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of classes are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claim- ing the benefit of this law its officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. 
County of 
On this ______ day of ______ personally appeared (a) before ___________ A.B. a resident (b) of ____________ in the county of __________ and State, Territory or District of ________ aged (c) _______ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year (d) _______, with ________ and served in the _________ (e) regiment of the _________ line, under the following named officers:
 [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service: (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of ________
 Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. _____________: A.B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
 And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I __________ of the Court of _____________ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of __________ for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ________ day of ________ &c. 
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the _______ and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, __________ Clerk of the Court of _____________ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of __________ &c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge of commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration , (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered wand who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of classes are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claim- ing the benefit of this law its officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. 
County of 
On this ______ day of ______ personally appeared (a) before ___________ A.B. a resident (b) of ____________ in the county of __________ and State, Territory or District of ________ aged (c) _______ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year (d) _______, with ________ and served in the _________ (e) regiment of the _________ line, under the following named officers:
 [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service: (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of ________
 Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. _____________: A.B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
 And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I __________ of the Court of _____________ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of __________ for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ________ day of ________ &c. 
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the _______ and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, __________ Clerk of the Court of _____________ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of __________ &c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge of commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration , (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or if detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribed and be sworn to, one of the declarations also provided, according to the nature of his case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
 6. To a Soldier.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? 
To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement to the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. -If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
[d] The declaration must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
[e] Every continual officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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." 
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 reconciling to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase [italicized] about three or four months, is to indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that 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 the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; 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. 
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required. 
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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. 
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 papers 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 not to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
Proof of Service. 
[j] 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 claimant's 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. 
[pointing finger icon] The notes from [a] t [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. 
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
last tour
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The State of Ohio  Perry County } Ss.
Court of Common Pleas
November Term  A.D. 1832.
On the ninth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, Personally appeared in open court before the Judges of said court now sitting at the court house in Somerset in Said County Jacob Custerd a resident of Jackson Township in the Same County and State, aged eighty two years in February A. D. 1832, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress i titled "an act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution" approved 7th June A.D. 1832. viz. That he was draughted into the service of the United States into the Company of Captain John Riddle some time about the spring of the year 1776 at Rockingham County in the state of Virginia, where he then resided, for the term of six months that he was marched with Captain Riddles company during the months of April and May to Boston that he was present in the battle of Bunker Hill and that on the expiration of the said six months he returned to said Rockingham County in Virginia. and he further states that some time about the month of June 1776 or 1777 he cannot with certainty state which of those years he enlisted as a regular soldier in the army of the United States under Captain John Craven, at Rockingham in Virginia, and marched in said Captain Cravens company soon thereafter on an expedition against the indians, Crossed the Ohio at the mouth of Big Beaver and advanced some what near an hundred miles into what is now the State of Ohio, and was stationed for a considerable time on the waters of Suscarawa and White Woman Creeks, the sources of the Muskingum river, Colonel Nevil commanded our troops in this expedition, this expedition lasted seven months which time this applicant served and then returned with his company to his residence in Rockingham County in Virginia and by reason of the extreme sickness of his wife he was forced to hire a substitute to serve the balance of his term of enlistment by the name of John Smith, and gave said Smith sixty dollars
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to substitute for him.  This applicant further states that during & between the times of his services in the Boston campaign before mentioned and his expedition against the indians in Ohio as before stated he was draughted into the militia of Virginia at Rockingham aforesaid, under Captain Conrad Humble for the term of three months and that he marched in said company into the Greenbriar County in Virginia against the hostile indians which was a tedious and dangerous service that he served out the last mentioned three months tour and was discharged, making in the whole a period of sixteen months service.  This applicant well recollects of seeing Gereral Putnam in the Boston campaign, General or Colonel McIntosh in the indian expedition to Ohio, and Colonel or General Brian in the expedition into the Greenbriar County.  This declarant never held a commission or received a written discharge and he has no documentary evidence by which he can prove his said services and he knows of no surgeon by whom his said services may be proven and whos 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 declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Jacob his x mark Custard
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid in the court aforesaid.

We Thomas L Forsyth a clergyman residing in the county of Perry and state of Ohio and John Philips residing in the same county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Custard who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty two years of age  that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.  Thomas Forsyth
John his x mark Philips
Subscribed and sworn to the day & year first aforesaid in said writ.
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Jacob Custard 

Hon. T. Ewing  Lancaster  Ohio

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas L Forsyth who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman in the Township of Jackson Perry county Ohio and that John Philips of the same Township county & state who has also signed the preceding certificate is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I John Beckwith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Perry County Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Custerd for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and seal of office this thirtieth day of November Anno Domini Eighteen hundred and thirty two
John Beckwith  Clerk
[Seal affixed]
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July 11, 1938.
Mr. Milo Custer BA-J/ILL
1110 Low Street Jacob Custard
Bloomington, Illinois. S. 16093
Dear Sir:
The data which follow are found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 16093, based upon service of Jacob Custard in the Revolutionary War.
Jacob Custard was born in February 1750; the place of his birth and names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Rockingham County, Virginia, he enlisted in the spring of 1775 and served six months as a private in Captain John Riddle's Virginia company; afterwards, he enlisted and served three months as a private in Captain Coonrod Humble's Virginia company. He enlisted later, served as private in Captain John Craven's company, Colonel Nevill's Virginia regiment on the expedition against the Indians under General McIntosh, during which he crossed the Ohio River at the mouth of Big Beaver (Creek), went on to the Tuscarawas where he was stationed some time, length of this service seven months.
After this last service, the soldier returned to Rockingham County, Virginia, and because of the "extreme sickness of his wife", secured the service of a substitute to complete the term of his enlistment. Jacob Custard did not state the name of his wife.
Jacob Custard applied for pension November 9, 1832, at which time he resided in Jackson Township, Perry County, Ohio. His claim was allowed. He referred to relatives and connections in 1832, but did not state any names. The soldier died August 17, 1833.
In order to obtain t he name of person to whom the last payment of pension was made, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and cite the following: Jacob Custard, Certificate #19763, issued September 16, 1833, rate $30 per annum, commenced March4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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16.093  INVALID.
File No. 16,093  Jacob Custard
Pri  Rev. War
Act: June 7" 32
Index:—Vol. 1, Page 85
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1907 Dec. 18. Heirs to Jacob 
C. Peacock bge. JW. au
1914. Apr 7. Hist. to Mr. Milo Custer  M.B.H
1921, Oct. 26 hist to Mary H. Scarlett  au
1927. Jany 24 - Hist to Mrs. A. Wilber Breaks.  MMMF
1927- Mch. 31. Hist to Henry Lane Wilson  MMMF
1918. July 13. Boutwell Dunlap — advised cost of photos
1935. Oct. 5. Hist. to Dr. Charles C. Clark. ILL.
1938 July 11 - Hist to Milo Custer.  ILL
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Free 
J.L. Edward Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

[postmark]
CINCINNATI O.  MAR 19

Mar. 26

J. H. Groesbeck
Mar. 18. 1835
[illegible stamp]
Jacob Custard

Mr. [Prundine?]
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Franklin Bank of Cincinnati
March 18th 1835
Sir  The name of Jacob Custard, a private at the rate of $30 per annum, is on the roll at this Agency, but no payment had ever been made, her to him or his heirs or to any one on his or their behalf.  The entry, according to request, has been made on the roll.
Yours very respectfully
John H Groesbeck  Pen. Agt.
By R. W. Lawrence

J.L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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David Rader
July 22. 1834
G.C.

Admd Vol 24 page 289
V.G.C.
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War Dept.
Pension Office
July 22d. 1834
Sir,
The papers which you sent to this office in the case of Jacob Custard, decd. have been examined and I herein return them.  The name of the decd. cannot be transferred.  If such vouchers as the enclosed printed sheets direct, be presented at the agency in Pittsburgh, the amount due will be paid; but not otherwise.  The money must be paid to the widow, if [crossed out: he lef] there be one; if not, to the child or children of Custard; and if neither widow nor child, then to the legal representatives.

Mr. David Rader,
Rushville
Ohio
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June 9. 1824
to David Snader
OC

Ohio

R. Vol 32. p 285.
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War Dept.
Pension Office.
June 34
Sir
In reply to yours 27 ult with respect to the balance of pension due to Jacob Custard Decd. I have to state that it should be paid at the agency where the pension has been heretofore paid.  [Crossed out: Such transfers as you request are not made by ]  You will see by the accompanying regulations that the widow if he left one must draw it, or if no widow then his child or children; & if neither widow nor child, then his exr. [executor] or admr. [administrator].
Act 7 June

David Snyder Esqr
admr. of Jacob Curtard decd.
Rushville Ohio
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Somerset, perry County, Ohio
30th of July 1833-
Honored Sir,
It is perscribed by the decision made in the case of my application for a pension that an objection is made to an allowance of 7 months of time which I served in 1776 or 7  under Captain Craven  I am sorry that it is so, but I must abide the decision, as I I know of no persons living at this time by whom I can prove that service, I will therefore relinquish so much of my claim as relates to the seven months under captain Craven in the regular army and ask a pension certificate to be issued for the two terms which I served in the Virginia Militia.  Please to forward the certificate to the Honorable W. Ewing Senator in Congress at Lancaster in Ohio.  I am very poor & destitute of the means of living and far from my [illegible] & relatives and shall be happy in obtaining soon a part of what, if I were not so unfortunate as to proof I should have a right to claim.  Very respectfully I am your most obedient humble servant,
Jacob his x mark Custard
Witnesses present
J.B. Cotton
John Beckwith

I do hereby certify that Jacob Custard who made his declaration for a pension at the court of common Pleas of Perry County Ohio at the Nov. Term 1832 of said court is the same Jacob Custard who has signed the above letter and which declaration is hereto attached and that John B. Cotton & my self witnessed the singing of said letter on the 30th of July 1833.
[Seal affixed]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and caused the seal of said court to be hereto affixed the said 30th of July A.D. 1833.

John Beckwith  Clerk
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free

the Honbl. JL Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions at the pension office
Washington City

Rushville
May 31

June 5, 1834
Ohio
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Rushville  Fairfield County  State of Ohio  May 27th 1834
Sir the pensioners in this vicinity draw their pensions at Cincinatti, the intercourse makes it safe so to do on account of Confidential persons who reside at Cincinatti are well known, have to appoint as attorney to appear and Receive and Remit by Mail to pensioners 
Sir I have to Regret that the name of Jacob Custard of the State of Ohio Late deceased be transferd to the Ohio agencey, and also a Line from you that you have caused the Name of Jacob Custard to be trasfard to the Ohio agencey therby I can with safty Make out the vouchers and send on for his pension.  Yours Respectfully
David Snader, adminastrater to the Estate of Jacob Custard a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States deceased

Honbl J L Edwards
Comissioner of pensions
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THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

[Postage stamp:]
US POSTAL CARD ONE CENT  1 JEFFERSON 1

[Postmark:]
BLOOMINGTON ILL.
JUN 10  130 PM  1938

The Administrator,
veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

[Stamp:]
RECEIVED JUN 13 1938
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS. ADM READER #9
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1110 Low St. Bloomington, Ill.  June 8, 1938;
Dear Sir;-,  Please send me a re-check of the military service record including all genealogical data, of Jacob Custard, [margin note: only one] Prvt. under Capts. Riddle, Humble, and Craven, Virginia Militia, Revolutionary War, "M.B.H. S.F. 16.093" as per letter of Pension Commissioner to me April 7, 1914, and oblige.
If you have on file any pension claims of Conrad Custard, (Custer) Prvt. in Capt. Michael Humbles Co. (Col. G.R. Clark) Virginia Militia, 1780, or of George Custard, Prvt. in Capt. Uriah Springers Co. (Col. John Gibson) Virginia Militia, 1780, I would also be very glad to have similar statements, including all genealogical data.
Very Respectfully, 
Milo Custer.

[Margin note:] 
1 or [illegible]  no 3d
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3—008. (Old No. 3—649.)  6—20
Bureau of Pensions.
Respectfully referred to The Hon. Commissioner of Pensions:
Requesting if practicable that there be furnished the information desired and as indicated in the inclosed correspondence for use in the Society of the S,& D.A.R. and officially as such, thereby obligeing all concerned.
J. C. Peacock.
Decr. 12" 1907

[Stamp:]
RECORD DIVISION.  CHIEF'S DESK
DEC 17 1907

3—595  O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, DEC. 17, 1907
Searched by Gill
Original No. 
Certificate No.
Claimant, 
Soldier, Jacob Custard
Service, Rev. War
Remarks:  no claim except l. 16093
Chief of Division.
27498b4m2–07
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Dept of Interior
Revolutionary War Sect.
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen.  I am writing you for any documentary references you may have on Record, concerning Jacob Custard, who enlisted from Rockingham Virginia in 1775— was born Feb 1750 — Died Aug 17 1838. Jacob Custard was my great-grandfather and I have applied for membership with the D.A.R.
Thanking you I am
Mary H. Scarlett
333 No Main St.
Pocatello, Idaho.
12/5/21
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Henry Lane Wilson 
Indianapolis

Lantern Lane Apts.
St. Petersburg, Fla.
February 1, 1927

Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: I am desirous of obtaining the pension record of Jacob Custer [Custard], a soldier in the Revolutionary War from Rockingham County, Virginia.  He was born in February, 1750, and died August 17, 1833.  He [crossed out: appealed] applied for pension November 9, 1832, while living in Jackson Township, Perry County, Ohio.
I will thank you for any information you may give me from your records concerning this subject.
Sincerely, 
Henry Lane Wilson

[Stamp:]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
F  FEB 3 1927
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W1
MCLEAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
MUSEUM AND LIBRARY.
GEORGE P. DAVIS, PRESIDENT,
D. E. FRINK, SECRETARY, J. H. BURHAM, TREASURER, MILO CUSTER, CUSTODIAN.
304 COURT HOUSE, BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS.
Mar. 25, 1914.
The Pension Commissioner.
Washington, D.C.
Do the records of your office afford any imformation regarding the following Revolutionary Soldiers from Augusta or Rockingham Counties, Virginia," viz:
Conrad Custer (or Custard?)
George Custer (or Custard?)
Jacob Custer (or Custard?) [Margin note: S 16093]
Joseph Custer (or Custard?)
If so, and it be not too imconvenient, I would be very glad to have copies of whatever may be found regarding them.
With most sincere appreciation for your former favors, I am
very Respectfully,
Milo Custer.
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[Evidently the "1" key did not work on this typewriter.]

Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
September 20th I935.
In re: Genealogical data for Clark--Custer families.
Gentlemen: We are refered to you and desire to obtain all possible information about the man whose names are herein below written for genealogical purposes.
We have the date, December 10th I776 when Sergeant Emmanuel Custer was active in a Philadelphia Company of Soldiers.  We sometimes wrote his name "Manuel Custard" and may be a native of Pennsylvania, Maryland or West Virginia.
William Custard of Philadelphia -- not sure of his native state--resided in Pike County Pa., was born around I733--was married in Pike County Pa., I754--was 4I years old (about) I776.
Abraham Custard of Erie County Pa.,
Jacob Custard Trumbull County Ohio.  [Margin note: — only Jacob]
Samuel Custard Jefferson County Ohio.
Thanking you in advance for your courtesy in this matter and also thanking you for past courtesies, we are,
Very truly yours,
Charles Chester Clark
Dr. Charles Chester Clark,
I882 West 22nd Street,
Los angeles California.
--/--

[Stamp:]
RECEIVED [illegible] I935
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Maple Lake Farm
Craigfordsville, Indiana.
February 7, 1927
Pension Department (Revolutionary)
Washington, D.C.
Messrs:  I will appreciate very much to have data on the personel record of Jacob Custer, Revolutionary Soldier, from Rockingham County Virginia (as I am told).  He applied for a pension November 9- 1832 in Jackson Township, Perry County Ohio.  Is there any record of children & how many.?  What department of the army did he enlist in?  Will be so thankful to receive information on this man's record.
Thanking you in advance
I am Yours truly
(Mrs. A. Wilbert)  Flora C. Breaks
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McPherson Woman's Relief Corps No. 74
Crawfordsville, Ind., January 4, 1927

Pension Dept.
Washington, D.C.
Dept., "Old Revolutionery Records."
Dear Sir:  I will appreciate very much to have the personal record of Jacob Custer, Revolutionery Soldier who applied for pension November 9th 1832. when living in Jackson Township, Perry County, Ohio.
Yours truly and oblidged
Mrs. A. Wilbert Breaks  ([illegible])
Maple Lake Farm
Crawfordsville, Indiana.

[Stamp:]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
R  JAN 6 1927
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.  
3—525
M.B.H.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., ___, 19__
In reply to your request of ___, received ___ for a statement of the military history of Jacob Custard, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  S. 16073

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  || LENGTH OF SERVICE. || RANK. || OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. || STATE.
1 Spring 1775 || 6 mos. || Pvt. || [Capt] John Riddle || Va.
3 June 1776 or 1777 || 7 mos || Pvt. || [Capt] John Craven  [Col.] Nevill || [Va.]
2 [blank] || 3 mos || Pvt. || [Capt] Coonrod Humble.  || [Va.]

Battles engaged in. ___
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Rockingham Co Va
Date of application for pension, Nov. 9, 1832.  His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Jackson Twp., Perry Co. Ohio.
Age at date of application, born in Feb. 1750; died Aug 17, 1833. x
Remarks: there is no family data on file.
?
(x A. B =   Eu )
Respectfully, Commissioner 
6—2856
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Record Division.
December 18, 1907
Mr. Jacob C. Peacock,
Certificate Division,
Bureau of Pensions.
Sir:  In reply to your letter dated the 14" and received the 16" inst., you are advised that from the papers in the claim of Jacob Custard, (Surv. File 16093) it appears that he was born in February 1750, place not stated, and while living in Rockingham Co., Va., he was drafted in the spring of 1775, served six months in the Virginia militia under Capt. John Riddle and was at the Battle of Bunker Hill; he also served three months under Capt. Coonrod Humble, and from June 1776 or 1777, seven months under Capt. John Craven and Col. Nevill.  He was married at time of last service, name of wife not stated.
He was allowed pension on an application executed November 9, 1833, while residing in Jackson Township, Berry Co, Ohio, and he died August 17, 1833, place not stated.  The above noted is the only Jacob Custard found on the Revolutionary War pension records.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
[Entire body of letter through "Commissioner" struck out.]
[Note:] don't send again & don't say in battle of Bunker Hill. I never heard of any Va troops being in battle of Bunker Hill.
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MMNF
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section 
February 24, 1927
Mrs. A. Wilbert Breaks 
Maple Lake Farm 
Crawfordsville, Indiana 
Madam:  I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 16093 it appears that Jacob Custard was born in February 1750, place not stated.  
While a resident of Rockingham County, Virginia he enlisted in the spring of 1775 and served six months as a private in Captain John Riddle's Virginia Company, after which he enlisted and served three months as private in Captain Coonrod Humble's Virginia Company. 
He enlisted in June 1776 or 1777 and served seven months as private in Captain John Craven's Company, Colonel Nevill's Virginia Regiment. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 9, 1832 while a resident of Jackson Township, Perry County, Ohio. He signed by mark, and his name does not appear as Custer. 
During his last tour of service, he was then a married man, but the name of his wife is not given. He died August 17, 1833. 
Respectfully, 

WINFIELD SCOTT 
Commissioner.
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MMNF 
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section  
March 24, 1927 
Henry Lane Wilson
Lantern Lane Apts;
St. Petersburg, Fla.

Sir: I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 16093 it appears that Jacob Custard was born in February 1750, place not stated.  
While a resident of Rockingham County, Virginia he enlisted in the spring of 1775 and served six months as a private in Captain John Riddle's Virginia Company, after which he enlisted and served three months as private in Captain Coonrod Humble's Virginia Company.  
He enlisted in June 1776 or 1777 and served seven months as private in Captain John Craven's Company, Colonel Nevill's Virginia Regiment.  
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 9, 1832 while a resident of Jackson Township, Perry County, Ohio. He signed by mark, and his name does not appear as Custer.  
During his last tour of service, he was then a married man, but the name of his wife is not given. He died August 17, 1833.  
Respectfully,   

WINFIELD SCOTT  
Commissioner.
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July 11, 1936
xxxxx
BA-J/MLB
[Note: Jacob Custard  S. 16093]
Mr. Milo Custer
1110 Low Street
Bloomington, Illinois
Dear Sir:  Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Jacob Custard and Conrad Custer, both of whom served from Virginia.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
The record of Jacob [x'd out: Custer], S. 16093, is furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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MMHF
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
COPIED BY ADY
July 13, 1928.
Boutwell Dunlap,
66 Geary Street,
San Francisco, California.
Sir:  I advise you that photostatic copies of the declaration for pension of Jacob Custard (S. 16093) will be furnished you under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912, at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra for certification, if that is desired.
The number of pages to be copied is three [Note below]
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
Respectfully,
E.W. Morgan, Acting Commissioner.

[Note:]  These were just [illegible] 2 p. of decl. dated Nov. 9, 1832 & the ctf. jacket.  For future orders I would now include more pages 
MMHF
Oct. 1935
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Hotel Graystone
66 Geary Street
San Francisco
California
June 8, 1928

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Sir:  The records of the Pension Office show that Jacob Custard, born February, 1750, served in Capt. John riddle's Company, Col. Nevill, 6 months from April, 1775, in Capt. Coonrod Humble's Company, Col. Nevill, 3 months, 1775, and in Capt. John Craven's Company, 7 months from June, 1776, "or 1777" as a private, enlisting from Rockingham County, Virginia, for which service he was pensioned (Certificate No. S. F. 16.093) and that he died August 17, 1833, also that he was a resident of Jackson Township, Perry county, Ohio, at the time he applied for a pension, which was on Nov. 9, 1832.
You are, I understand, required by law to furnish a photostat at a certain price, of any Revolutionary pension record.
Please inform me the cost of photostating the petition of above Jacob Custard, showing in detail his service, and any corrections thereto.  I do not desire other non-informative material.  (over)

[Stamp:]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
A  JUN 13 1928
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Trusting I may hear by return mail, I am,
Very truly yours,
Boutwell Dunlap

Rv.
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[Note:]  2 letters, one dated June 9, 1834 & the other dated July 22, 1834, to David Rader? or, as office deciphered it once, Ruadel, were taken from old letter books and placed in this claim subsequent to all correspondence prior to Oct. 5, 1935

RA-J/ILL 
Jacob Custard 
S. 16093. 

October 5, 1935. 
Dr. Charles Chester Clark 
1882 West 22 Street 
Los Angeles, California. 
Dear Sir: Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Emmanuel Custer, (name shown Manuel Custard), William Custard of Pike County, Pennsylvania, born in 1754 and married in 1754, Abraham Custard of Pennsylvania, Samuel and Jacob Custard of Ohio.
A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and there are no claim for pension on file based upon service in that war of the William Custer (Custard) as described by you, or of any Emmanuel (Manuel), Abraham or Samuel Custer; various spellings of the surnames have all been searched. The record of only one Jacob Custard has been found; he applied for pension from Ohio. His record is furnished herein as shown in the papers on file in that claim. 
Jacob Custard was born in February 1750; the place of his birth and names of his parents are not shown. 
While a resident of Rockingham County, Virginia, he enlisted in the spring of 1775 and served six months as a private in Captain John Riddle's Virginia company; afterwards, he enlisted and served three months as private in Captain Coonrod Humble's Virginia company. He enlisted later, served as private in Captain John Craven's company, Colonel Nevill's Virginia regiment on the expedition under General McIntosh against the Indians, during which he crossed the Ohio River at the mouth of Big Beaver (Creek), went on to the Tuscarawas where he was stationed some time, length of this service seven months. 
The soldier returned to Rockingham County, Virginia, after this last noted service, and, because of the "extreme sickness of his

[Margin note:] 
[Illegible] -Vol 2
p. 294- McIntosh
Exp. -1778-
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wife", secured the service of a substitute to complete the term of his enlistment. He did not state the name of his wife. 
Jacob Custard applied for pension November 9, 1832, at which time he resided in Jackson Township, Perry County, Ohio. His claim was allowed. He referred then to relatives and connections, but did not give any names. The soldier died August 17, 1833. 
In order to obtain the name of the person to whom the last payment of pension was made, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following: Jacob Custard Certificate 19763 Issued September 16, 1833 Rate $30 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832. Ohio Agency (Pittsburg). 
Very truly yours, 
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator. 
2.