Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2728, Jacob Geiger, S.C.
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SERVICE  SC
Geiger, Jacob
Dorothy
NUMBER  W. 2728
BLWt 34.282-160-55
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1853 March 25  Let to P. Agt authorising payment of pension
887
South Carolina
Dorothy Geiger widow of
Jacob Geiger
who served in the Revolutionary war
SC, as a Musican & Lieut
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
153 Dollars 83 cents per annum, to commence on 4th day of March 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
27th day of December 1857 and sent to Geo H Jones Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 143 Vol A
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201667 Act Mach 3
Augt 13th 58
Dorothy Geiger Widow of Jacob Geiger
Musician & Lieut

Dorothy wid: Jacob Geiger
Musician & Lieutenant
34282 issued July 17/56
Revoly War
Pensioned Act July 29 1848
July 48 -887
admitted, July 12/56
Boynton
R
LT. Levin
Columbia SC
Vol G = 37
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State of South Carolina
District of Richland
On this _ day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
personally appeared before me a Notary Public within & for the District & State aforesaid, Mrs Dorothy Geiger aged _ years a resident of said District & State who being first
duly sworn according to law declares that she is the identical Dorothy Geiger who as the widow of Jacob Geiger a Musician & Lieutenant in the war of the Revolution who now receives a pension from the United States at the rate of one hundred and fifty three Dollars & eighty three cents
per annum. That as  to the facts of her said husbands services & of her intermarriage with him she refers for full proof to the proofs on file in her pension papers under act of 29th July 1848 in the Pension Office of the same in the United States, she swears that she is now a widow and in the receipt of said pension.
She makes this Declaration for the purposes of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 1855 never having applied for or received a bounty land warrant as the widow of said Jacob Geiger, deceased.
s/ Dorothy Gerger

We C. Neuffer and H. F. Neuffer residents of Richland District in said State upon oath declare that the fore
going declaration was signed in our presence and acknowledged
by Mrs Dorothy Geiger, and that we believe from appearance of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
s/ C Neuffer  H. F. Neuffer

The foregoing declaration & affidavit were Sworn to & subscribed
before me on the day & year above written and I certify that I know
the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant
is the person she represents herself to be & that have no
interest in this claim
s/ L. T. Levin
Notary Public & Mgt Ex off
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South Carolina Richland District
I James E Guignard Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas & General
Sessions in and for the district aforesaid do certify that LT Levin Esquire who hath attested the foregoing affidavit is a practicing Notary Public and ex officio Magistrate in and for said District
and that his Signature is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Columbia this ninth day of August AD Eighteen hundred and fifty five
s/ James E Guignard Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas & General
Sessions
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State of South Carolina
District of Richland
Personally appeared before the undersigned an acting Magistrate within & for said District Mrs
Elizabeth Bell aged Eighty six years a resident of the District of Richland in said State who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath State; that she was born & raised
near Granby in Lexington District in this State and near her present place of residence. that she distinctly remembers the war of the Revolution being at its commencement some
twelve years of age: That fort Granby was within three mile of her father's house and at the beginning of said war her brother Jacob Geiger enlisted in the regular service as a fifer & of his leaving home & going into said service this Deponent is positive & certain of her own knowledge
and is also positive & certain that her said brother continued out in the American service until after the battle at Eutaw Springs when he returned home. that during the whole war her said brother was out in the service in the American cause and had received a wound in his arm which he said he got at Gates defeat at Camden. That among his comrades from the same neighborhood were Captain Gabriel Fridig [Fridign], Captain Godfrey Dick, Lewellen Threewit & others: That
after the war her said brother settled
in what is now Lexington District near
said Granby where he lived until his
death: that his first wife having died
he married the present Mrs Dorothy
Geiger who is now his widow in the month
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of January Seventeen hundred and ninety nine of which marriage taking place at said time this Deponent is certain & positive from the fact that her said brother said Jacob Geiger who served as aforesaid married said Mrs Dorothy Geiger at the date of the birth of this Deponents seventh child David Bell which in this Deponents family Record is recorded to have taken place on the fifteenth
day of January Seventeen hundred
and ninety nine and this deponent
remembers the circumstance of the
Reverend Mr Dunlap's calling at this
Deponent's house on his return from
the marriage at which he said he Officiated as Minister- When deponent first saw her brother
said Jacob Geiger after war he was called Lieutenant Geiger.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
the thirty first day of July A.D. 1851
Elizabeth Bell her X mark
s/ DB Miller Magistrate JP

State of South Carolina 
District of Richland
Personally appeared before
the undersigned an acting
Magistrate within & for said District Charles Neuffer and James S Guignard Citizens of said District who
being duly sworn do on their oath state that they are well acquainted with the deponent the above Mrs Elizabeth Bell: That she appears
to be of the age of which she represents herself and possesses a sound mind and memory and is a lady of high respectability and to whose
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statements upon oath are due full faith and credit
Sworn to and subscribed this first day of August A D 1851 Before me
s/ DB Miller Magistrate
James S Guignard, clerk
C. Neuffer, Sheriff R.D.

And I the said Magistrate do certify
that I know all of the foregoing Deponents that they are all persons to whose statements as above are due full faith and credit that
Mrs Elizabeth Bell appears to me to be of the age by her stated and is of sound mind & memory. That said Elizabeth Bell has shown
me her family Record in which the birth of her son David Bell is recorded to have taken place on the fifteen day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety nine. Given under my hand the day and year aforesaid
s/ D B Miller
Magistrate
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Elizabeth Bell
The State of South Carolina 
Richland District
I James S Guignard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions in and for the said District do hereby certify that D B Miller
Esquire who hath subscribed the foregoing affidavits and certificate is an acting Magistrate for the
District aforesaid - his name enrolled on the Roll of Magistrates and that his signature is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Columbia this 9th day of August AD 1851
s/ James S Guignard
Clerk of Court
Richland District
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Dorothy Geiger's Declaration act 29 July 1848
See 3rd Continental So Ca troops
No 1012 Dorothy Geiger widow of Jacob S. Carolina July 29, 1848
GH Jones Present
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State of South Carolina District of Richland
On this Seventh day of August in the year of our Lord 1851 personally appeared in open Court before the undersigned Judge of the Court of Ordinary now sitting Mrs. Dorithy Geiger a resident of the Town of Columbia in the District and State aforesaid aged Eighty years who
being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 29th, 1848. That she is the widow of Major Jacob Geiger deceased who entered the Army of the United States under
the following Circumstances and served under the following Officers and as herein stated: That
her said husband Jacob Geiger deceased at the beginning of the war, as this Deponent has been
informed and believes lived in what is now Lexington District in this State and near Fort Granby in said District: That early in said war of the Revolution her said husband enlisted as a fifer in the regular service and was out in the service of either of the regular or militia service until about the Battle of Eutaw Springs in this state when he returned home: That as this declarant has been informed from a reliable source & believes her said husband said Jacob Geiger deceased was out in the service during the whole war and received a
wound at Gates Defeat [Battle of Camden] near Camden in this State in his arm. That she has heard her husband speak of
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his having served in said war but as to the various battles in which he was engaged or the Countries through which he passed this Deponent does
not now recollect. That among his Comrades were Captain Godfrey Dreher, Captain Gabriel Fridig [Capt. Gabriel A. Fridign] with whom he served and Lewellen Threewits [Lewelling Threewits] as this Deponent has been informed & believes: That she has not in her possession any of her said husband's war papers such as Discharges &c – That she has reason to believe that
during the years near the close of the war her said husband was a Lieutenant under said Captain
Gabriel Fridig who lived in said District of Lexington: That her said husband & herself were married near Granby aforesaid on the __ day of January 1799. That this Declarant has not the date of her said marriage in any family Record but is enabled to speak with positive certainty as
to the month & year by reason of the fact that her sister in law the present Mrs. Elizabeth Bell had a child her son David born about the very time whose birth is recorded in said Mrs. Elizabeth Bell's family Bible as having taken place on the 15th day of January 1799: That her said husband
& herself were married by the Reverend Mr. Dunlap and continued to live together as husband
and wife until the day of his death on the __ day of December Eighteen Hundred.
That she was a widow on the 29th day of January A.D. 1848 and has & still remain so:
That she was not married to her said husband Jacob Geiger aforesaid prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the 2nd of January 1800, viz., at the time above stated: She further swears that she is now a widow and that she never before made any application for a pension. Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before S/ James S. Guignard, Judge S/ Dothy Geiger
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that she was a widow on the 29th day
of July AD 1848 and has still remains so; that she was not married to her said husband Jacob Geiger aforesaid prior to his leaving the service
but the marriage took place previous to the second of January Eighteen hundred, viz, at the time above stated, she further swears that she is now a widow and that she never before made any application for a pension - 
s/ Dothy Geiger
Sworn to and subscribed
on the day & year above written before. s/James S Guignard Judge of
Court of Ordinary Richland District

And I the said Judge of the Court of Ordinary for said District do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with the deponent above Mrs Dorothy Geiger for nearly fifty years and that she is a lady of respectability and one to whose
statements upon oath as above are due full faith and credit Given under my hand the day & year aforesaid James S. Guignard
Court of Ordinary
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A record has also been found of one Jacob Geiger whose widow, Dorothy, while residing in the town of Columbia, South Carolina, in the year 1843, drew a pension for his services as Musician and Lieutenant in the Revolutionary was. His place of birth is not known, but at the commencement of the war he was living near Ft. Granby, in Lexington District, South Carolina. He died about the year 1800.
It is not known that these soldiers are identical with the ones concerning whom you make inquiries, but the Bureau has no
S. 2728
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record of any other Henry or Jacob Geiger who served in the Revolutionary war.
Very respectfully,
Commisioner.
Mr. A.J. Geiger.
1137 R. St.
Lincoln, Neb
Part of letter, remainder in case of Henry Geiger. File No. 29172
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Letter to AL Geiger R. St. Lincoln, Neb copy inside

Revy Widow, &c.
File No. 2728
Dorothy Geiger
Widow
Jacob Geiger
Mus. & Lt. Rev War
Act: July 29, 1848
Index: Vol.A  Page 268
Arrangement of 1870
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No. 1012
Dorothy Geiger
wid of Jacob
S. Carolina
Let SH Jones Mar 20/51
July 29, 1848
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3 Lh.282
Her Acct
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[stamp] COLUMBIA SC 10 AUG FREE
201.667
Honl JP Waldo
Commr of Pensions
Washington DC
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Charleston SC Agency
Dorothy Geiger
widow of Jacob who was a musician & Lieut. S. Carolina troops
old act July 29, 1848
5 mo 18 days fifer $20.50
10 mo Lieut. $133.33
= $153.83
to commence March 4, 1848
Geo H Jones present
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Pension Office December 23 1851
Sir upon your certificate of the credibility of the witnesses in the case of Eve Awatt, decd I have
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Brief in the case of Dorothy Geiger, widow of Jacob 
Richland Dis. and state of South Carolina. Act July 29, 1848
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Documentary  evidence of service Record and documentary evidence of marriage.
Dec 26th, 1851
Consulted the Commissioner whose views of the case is  in accordance with my own.
Name and residence of Agent.
Geo. H Jones Present
Examining clerk Ogden Niles
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Pension Agency
Charleston 17 March 1853
Sir I herewith forward the vouchers of Dorothy Geiger a pensioner under act 29 July 1848, for authority to pay the same,
I am Sir Respectfully
Your Ob sent
Jno C Cochran P agt
JE. Heath Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
.
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201.667
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Columbia Augt 9th 1855
Honl LP Waldo
Commr of Pensions
Dear Sir Enclosed please find
Application of Mrs Dorothy Geiger for
additional Bounty Land
Very Respectfully
Yr Obt Sert
L. T. Levin
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Jacob Geiger
Cole
Novr 5 1851
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Comptroller Genls Office
Columbia So. Ca. 1st Nov. 1851
It is hereby certified that upon careful examination of the Records of
this Office it appears that Jacob
Geigers name occurs only once
for military service in the War of
the Revolution and that an Official
Copy of the same has already been
made recently 
for Comptroller Genl
James S Black
Dep
(No Seal of Office)
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Washington City
Sept 27th 1851
James E. Heath Esq.
Commr of Pensions
Sir
Please find enclosed
the declaration, and evidence in support of the application of Mrs Dorothy Geiger widow of Jacob
Geiger for a pension under the act of the 29th July 1848,
Very Respectfully
Geo H Jones
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Jacob Geiger
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Comptroller Genl's Office
Columbia S.C  Dec. 10th 1851
This is to certify that I have this day examined, and compared, for Mrs Dorthy Geiger, the handwriting of Jacob Geiger in a manuscript by her
produced, with that of the order enclosed in account Book R. No. 127, of this Office, the former as appears by the date written in 1785, and the latter in 1786, and I have no hesitation, from the characteristics of style and striking similarity pervading both in believing them to be in the handwriting of one and the same
person.
For Comptroller Genl
James A Black
Dep.
(No Seal of Office)
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Mrs. Elizabeth Bell.
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State of South Carolina
District of Richland
Personally appeared before  the undersigned acting Magistrate within & for said District Mrs Elizabeth Bell a Citizen of said District who being duly sworn saith that she has already
testified as to the service in the Revolutionary War of her brother Jacob Geiger deceased and she now further testifies that when her
said brother first entered the service under Colonel William Thompson [Thomson] he went in the Capacity of a fifer and enlisted as such.
that Jonas Beard who was styled Col Beard was afterwards by marriage her said brothers father in law
and that said Col. Jonas Beard and William Arthur both lived the same neighborhood with this Deponents brother near Granby below where Columbia now stands.
Elizabeth Bell X hermark
Sworn to and subscribed this thirtieth day of October 1851 Before me
The words in law above interlined before signing
s/ DB Miller Magistrate

State of South Carolina
District of Richland, Personally appeared before the undersigned an acting magistrate within & for said District C. Neuffer and James S. Guignard who being duly sworn
say that they are well acquainted with the above Deponent Mrs Elizabeth Bell and that she is an aged lady of sound mind & memory, of very respectable character and one to whose statements upon oath as above are due full faith & credit Sworn
to and subscribed this thirtieth day of October 1851 before me The word statements above interlined before signing. s/ DB Miller Magistrate
s/ C. Neuffer  James S Guignard
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State of South Carolina 
Richland District
And I the said Magistrate do hereby certify that I know all of the above deponents: that they are all worthy of credit when testifying, that the
Deponents C. Neuffer & James S Guignard are the Sheriff & Clerk of the Court for this District and further that Mrs Elizabeth Bell is a lady of sound mind & memory and fully worthy of
faith & credit in her statements as above. Given under my hand & seal the 31st October 1851
s/ DB Miller Magistrate

The State of South Carolina
Richland District
I James S Guignard Clerk
of the Court of Common
Pleas & General Sessions for the District aforesaid do Certify that D B Miller Esq who hath signed the
foregoing affidavit and certificate is an acting Magistrate for the District aforesaid and that his Signature is
genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and the Seal of the said Court at Columbia this 31 day of October Anno Domini 1851.
s/ James S Guignard
Clerk of Court of Comm Pleas
& Genl Sessions
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Triplett
Nov. 15th 1851
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State of South Carolina
District of Richland
I James S Guignard Judge
of the Court of Ordinary within and for
said District, and which is a Court of Record, do hereby certify that I have this day examined the family Record of Mrs Elizabeth Bell of said District, who has testified as to the date
of the marriage of the late Jacob Geiger and his widow the present
Mrs Dorothy Geiger and  find the date of said deponents son's birth
David Bell, to have been recorded as having taken place on the fifteenth day of January in the year seventeen hundred and ninety nine
(January 15th 1799 )
Given under my hand and seal of office this tenth day of December in the year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and fifty one
s/ James S Guignard
Judge of Court of Ordinary
Richland District
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Comptroller Genls office
Columbia So Ca
September 22d 1851
No 127 Book R} Issued the 10 of may 1785 to Mr Jacob Geiger for seventy five pounds sterling for 300 days duty in the militia as Lieut in 1781 and 1782 as pr account audited
Principal L 75.0.0. Annual Interest L 5-5-0.
No 44.
No 44 No 127 Book R Mr. Jacob Geiger his account of 300 Days militia duty as Lieut in 1781 & 1782 Amotg to L 75 stg.
The Publick of So Carolina to Jacob Geiger Dr
1781 To 240 days actual duty as first Lieut a 45S
old currency pr day
I do certify that the above L540 S
account against the figure five is just & true 
/signed/Ga Fridig Capt
1782 To 60 days actual duty as first Lieut a 45S old currency
pr day I certify that the above amount against L 135. -5
the figure owe is just & true (signed) Ga Fridig Capt
State So Carolina
Orangeburgh Dist Personally appeared before me Jacob Geiger and being duly sworn saith the above accts of three hundred days service @ 45 S pr dy is just & true & that he never recieved any satisfaction for the same & that the above duty was done in Col Thomson's Regt of militia Sworn before me this 17th June 1784 (signed) Jacob Geiger
(signed) Wm ARthur JP WR Thompson Lt Colo Cord
September 20th 1786 Gentlemen Please to deliver to Coll Jonas Beard moents to the amount of my acct in your office and youl oblige your most obt humble servt /signed/ Jacob Geiger 
To the Gentlemen Commissioner of the Treasury witness No 44 
/signed/Rd Hampton JP
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Revy full satisfaction for the within in an Indent  No 127 R Porder
signed Jonas Beard
I do hereby certify the foregoing to be true copies as taken from the Records in this office For Comptroller Genl 
James A Black
Dep
/No Seal of office/