Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,480, for Jacob Meek, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn
Va
Born in Md.
Meek, Jacob
NUMBER
S. 16.480
CONTENTS
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13604
Indiana
Jacob Meek of Wayne County in the State of Indiana, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Stinson of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the Pennsylvania line for 11 months and 25 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 39 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of May, 1833 and sent to Saml. Hannah, Centerville.
Arrears to the 4th of March 78.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept  19.50
$97.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd, Clerk
Book E, Vol. 7, Page 120
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Letter to J. C. Lea 7 Apr
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 Sept 1838 to [illegible] 1839. [illegible] notified 4 June 1840.
Date of death not on A.B.
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The State of Indiana
Wayne County, SS.
On this 31st day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Wayne Circuit Court (the same being a Court of Record possessing criminal common Laws and Chancery Jurisdiction) now sitting, Jacob
Meek, a resident of the County of Wayne, State of Indiana, aged Seventy-seven years in March last, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, to wit:
I entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated to wit:
In the first part of May in the year 1775 or 1776, I volunteered (I then being a resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania) in the company of Captain John Stinson of the Pennsylvania Militia and continued in the service in his company for about three months during which time we marched to Wheeling in Virginia and built a fort known as Fort Wheeling. At the end of three months, I left the company of John Stinson and entered as a volunteer in the company of Captain Hugh Stinson of the Virginia militia, and I continued in his company until about Christmas of the same year when I (with others) was ordered home to make preparations for another campaign. But I was taken sick and was unable to march and did not serve any longer under those engagements.
Sometime in the fore part of the summer of the year 1779 perhaps for I cannot recollect the date certainly now, I was drafted to protect the frontiers against the Indians and served under Captain Ralph Cherry of the Pennsylvania militia and was stationed in my own neighborhood at the mill of Captain Cherry. I served about
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three months and was discharged sometime in the fall of the year though I cannot recollect the particular date. During the time I was in the company of Captain Cherry, the 13th Regiment of Virginia Regulars were stationed at Fort Pitt to protect the frontiers. The Regiment was commanded by Colonel John Gibson. I knew several of the Captains in the Regiment, one
by the name Robert Bell, one by the name of Robert Vance and one Captain Steele. My memory is so much impaired that I cannot now recollect particular dates and cannot recollect whether any of the principal events of the Revolution happened whilst I was in the service. I received regular discharges from each of the officers that I served under but have lost them through the lapse of time. I do not know of any person at this time whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my service as herein before stated.
Jacob Meek [his mark]
Subscribed and sworn to in open Court 31st August 1832
Saml. Hannah, Clerk
Question 1st by the Court: Where and in what year were you born?
Answer: I was born on Elkridge in the State of Maryland, near Baltimore, 
in the year 1755. But in what County I was born I do not know at this time.
Question 2: Have you any Record of your age?
Answer: I have no record of my age and only state my age and birth from the information of my father.
Question 3rd: How were you called into service? Were you Drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
Answer: I have stated as fully as now can heretofore in this Declaration.
Question 4: Where were you living when called into service? Where have you lived since the Revolutionary
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war and where do you now live?
Answer: I resided as heretofore stated in the State of Pennsylvania. After the Revolutionary war, I removed to the State of Kentucky and resided about eighteen or nineteen years in the Counties of Shelby and Henry. From thence I removed to Wayne County, now state of Indiana, where I have resided about twenty-five years, where I now reside.
Question 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 service.
Answer: I cannot state more particularly than I have heretofore done except that I recollect the name of Colonel William Crawford who commanded the militia at Fort Wheeling whilst we were stationed there.
Quest 6th: 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.
Answer: Beale Baller, Esq., a member of the Court, James P. Burgess, Jesse Bink and Agailla Beck can testify as my character for truth and veracity.
State of Indiana
Wayne County, SS.
We, Harlan Robbins, a Clergyman residing within and said County of Wayne, and John Whitehead, a citizen residing in the same County, certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Meek who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration
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that we believe him to be seventy-seven years of age, that he is reputed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Harlan Robbins
John Whitehead
Subscribed and sworn to in open Court 31 August 1832
Saml. Hannah, Clerk
And thereupon the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the examination and investigation of the matters and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above-named Jacob Meek was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Harlan Robbins, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the County of Wayne, and that John Whitehead is a resident in the same County and as Sheriff of said County and a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Jacob Meek  8514
Revolutionary papers
filed 31st August 1832
State of Indiana
Wayne County, SS.
I, Saml. Hannah, Clerk of the Wayne Circuit Court in the County of Wayne and State of Indiana, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Meek for a pension.
In Testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of our said Wayne Circuit Court at Centreville this 7th day of September A.D. 1832
Saml. Hannah, Clerk, Circuit Court
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Jacob Meek
24344
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State of Indiana
Wayne County, SS.
Be it remembered that on the 3rd day of April AD 1833, personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Jacob Meek, aged seventy-seven years, who being by me 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 to wit:
I entered the service of the United States at Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, on the first day of April 1776 as a private volunteer under the command of Capt. John Stinson, and served under his orders about three months. I then volunteered as a private in a company of volunteers commanded by Capt. Hugh Stinson and served under him for more than five months more and was discharged on Christmas day, 1776, after having served without intermission under the above-named officers under two engagements from the 1st day of April 1776 until the 25th day of December of the same year, making eight months and twenty five days actual service as a private volunteer. Afterwards in the year 1779, I served as a private militiaman under the command of Capt. Ralph Cherry of Westmoreland County, Pa. for three months and for such service, I claim a pension.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of any Agency in any State, and further I wish to make and do hereby make this deposition an amendment to my original declaration for a pension and pray that the same may be incorporated therein and made a part of the same.
Jacob Meek [his mark]
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd day of April A.D. 1833
Joseph Curtis, J.P. [seal]
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State of Indiana
Wayne County, SS.
I, Saml. Hannah, Clerk of the Wayne Circuit Court, do hereby certify that Joseph Curtis, Esq., before whom the foregoing deposition has been taken and subscribed and who has certified the same, was at the time an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn into office according to law, and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts and further that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribed my name and affix the seal of our said Court at Centreville this 3rd day of April A.D. 1833.
Saml. Hannah, Clerk, Circuit Court
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No 24344
Jacob Meek, Wayne County, Indiana
from 1776 private
11 months and 25 days
#39
Capt. Stinson
Penn.
Saml. Hannah, Clerk Wayne County
Centreville, Indiana
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
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 show 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, showing the Service of Jacob Meek, Wayne County, Indiana
Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. (Years, Months, Days) | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Vol. May 1775 or 1776 | ( ,3, ) | private | Capt. Stinson | 77 years, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania | Traditionary evidence and clergyman's certificate, witnesses certified credible, papers correct.
Vol. | (not stated) | private | Capt. H. Stinson | |
Drafted [illegible] 1779 | (about 3 months) | private | Capt. Cherry | |
It appears by a subsequent annexed statement that applicant served 8 months, 25 days, plus 3 months, 0 days, making 11 months, 25 days.
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 and 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 cases 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, claiming the benefit of this law as 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 [blank]
County of [blank] ss.
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 day 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 that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the                        and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
1,                   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 or 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 of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above 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 he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of 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 the 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.
(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 declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or solider must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every clamant 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 according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too 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 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 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.
The notes from (a) to (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.
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January 9, 1933
Jacob Meek-S.16480
BA-J/AWF
Mr. P. F. Fullmer
100 Main Street, Room I
Aurora, Illinois
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Jacob Meek, a soldier of the War of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.16480, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Jacob Meek.
He was born in March, 1755 on Elkridge, Maryland, near Baltimore; the names of his parents are not given.
While residing in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Jacob Meek enlisted April 1, 1776 and served as a private in Captain John Stinson's company of Pennsylvania militia, and helped to build Fort Wheeling; after three months service, he enlisted in Captain Hugh Stinson's company of Virginia militia and served as a private six months and twenty-five days, and was discharged on Christmas Day, 1776. He enlisted in the summer of 1779 and served three months as private in Captain Ralph Cherry's company of Pennsylvania troops.
After the Revolution, Jacob Meek moved to Kentucky and lived there eighteen or nineteen years in the counties of Shelby and Henry.
He was allowed pension on his application exe-
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cuted August 31, 1832, then a resident of Wayne County, Indiana.
There are no data relative to his family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of the pensioner, Jacob Meek, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data-
Jacob Meek
Certificate number 13604
Issued May 29, 1833
Rate $39.00 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Indiana Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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October 17, 1930
Office of the Quartermaster General
Cemeterial Branch
War Department
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 16480, that Jacob Meek was born in March, 1755, on Elkridge, Maryland, near Baltimore.
While residing in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted April 1, 1776, and served as a private in Captain John Stinson's company of Pennsylvania militia, and helped to build Fort Wheeling. After three months service, he enlisted in Captain Hugh Stinson's Virginia company and served as a private six months and twenty-five days and was discharged Christmas Day, 1776.
He enlisted in the summer of 1779 and served three months as private in Captain Ralph Cherry's Pennsylvania company.
After the Revolution, he moved to Kentucky and lived there eighteen or nineteen years in the Counties of Shelby and Henry.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 31, 1832, at which time he was living in Wayne County, Indiana.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
[illegible] Data
all slips returned
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16.480
INVALID.
File No. 16.480
Jacob Meek
Private Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: -- Vol. I, Page 255
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1912 Nov. 9 History to Mrs. J. R. Rich. Letter S.F. 15521 Bazil Meek
1922 June 16. History to D. P. Jackson
1923 July 26 D.P. Jackson told how to obtain date of last payment
1928 - July 11 - Mrs. Catherine Burnett advised cost of photos
1928 - Aug. 22 Photos to Mrs. Catharine Burnett, Sec. of Bazil Meek
1929 - May 2 - J. C. A. Meek advised cost of photos
1929 July 29. Photos to C.A. Meek, Fin. Div.
1929 Sept. 16. Photos mailed to Mrs. H.O. Crider and Mrs. F. P. Justice and Fin. Div.
1929 Nov. 6- Mrs. H.O. Crider - advised rel. is date of last pay, etc.
1930 July 17 - History to Mrs. Paul L. Ross
1930 Oct 17 [illegible] all slips returned
1933 Jan 9 - History to Mr. P. F. Fullmer
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Hon. J. L. Edwards
Pension Office
Washington City, D.C.
24344.
3 April
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State of Indiana
Wayne County, SS.
I entered the service as a private volunteer militiaman 1st April 1776 under the command Capt. John Stinson, and served under his order about 3 months and then volunteered in a company of militia commanded by Capt. Hugh Stinson and served under him for about five months more, being in actual service under the above-named officers from the 1st day of April 1776 until the 25th day of December of the same year, making nine months and 25 days constant service as a private volunteer soldier under those two engagements without intermission. Afterwards, in the year 1779, I was drafted to serve under Capt. Ralph Cherry against the Indians and served as a private soldier under him for three months and for such service I claim a pension. I hereby relinquish every claim to a pension or an annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of any Agency in any state. And further I wish to make and do hereby make this deposition as an amendment to my original declaration for a pension, and pray that the same be incorporated therein and made a part of the same.
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Madison March 30 1840
J L Edwards, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Sir, Herewith I hand you Voucher for Jacob Meek, Pension from 4 Sept 1838 to 4 March 1839 - which has not heretofore been paid.
Respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant,
Isaac C. Lea
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office
May 23, 1840
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, Jacob Meek, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Madison, Indiana Agency, at the rate of Thirty nine Dollars and [blank] Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1838 to the 4th March 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF:MLB
July 17, 1930
Mrs. Paul L. Ross
30 South 22nd Street
Richmond, Indiana
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 16480, it appears that Jacob Meek was born in March, 1753, on Elkridge, Maryland, near Baltimore.
While residing in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted April 1, 1776 and served as a private in Captain John Stinson's Company of Pennsylvania Militia, and helped build Fort Wheeling. After three months service, he enlisted in Captain Hugh Stinson's Va. Company and served as a private six months and twenty-five days and was discharged Christmas Day, 1776.
He enlisted in the summer of 1779 and served three months as private in Captain Ralph Cherry's Pennsylvania Company.
After the Revolution he moved to Kentucky, and lived there eighteen or nineteen years in the Counties of Shelby and Henry.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 31, 1832, at which time he was living in Wayne County, Indiana.
There are no data as to family.
Very truly yours
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
MMHF
November 6, 1929.
Mrs. H. O. Crider,
Mountain View,
Oklahoma.
Dear Madam:
I advise you that in order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of Jacob Meek, Pennsylvania and Virginia Troops, War of the Revolution (S.16480), the name of person paid and possibly the date of his death, you should apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C., citing all of the following data: "Jacob Meek, Certificate No. 13604, issued May 29, 1833, rate $39.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Indiana Agency".
The records of this bureau do not show that the widow of the above named Jacob Meek ever applied for pension.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH,
Commissioner.
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TELEPHONE TWO THOUSAND
CULVER & FULLMER
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS SYSTEMS
TAX SERVICE
Room 1, 100 Main Street
AURORA, ILLINOIS,
December 20, 1932
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.
Administrator:
It is said that on April 1, 1776, Jabob Meek of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, enlisted for three months in Captain John Stinson's Company of militia and that he helped to build Fort Wheeling. He next enlisted in Capt. Hugh Stinson's Company and was discharged Dec. 25, 1776. He enlisted for three months in Captain Ralph Cherry's Company of Pennsylvania in 1779.
He was allowed a pension on his application executed August 31, 1832, at which time he was living in Wayne County, Indiana, May I have a detailed copy of his record, including any personal history that you may have in regard to him. 
I have been told that his grave was dedicated by the Government June 14, 1931.
Respectfully,
P.F. Fullmer
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Richmond, Indiana, May 30, 1930
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Can you give me any information as to the Revolutionary Service of JACOB MEEK born in Maryland, 1763, Private in Penna. Militia; pensioned May 29, 1833; died 1843. In 1791 he moved to Ky. and in 1807 to Indiana; buried near Boston, Wayne Co., Indiana.
We are desirous of getting a government marker for this grave and any information you can give me will be appreciated.
Respectfully
Mrs. Paul L. Ross
Chairman of Com. on Marking Graves D. A. R. Chapter
[Stamp: U.S. Pension Office Jun 2, 1930]
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Mountain View, Oklahoma
Sept 30, 1929
Department of the Interior
Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.
I am writing you concerning the pension of Jacob Meek, Revolutionary War, with the Pennsylvania and Virginia troops, survivor file number 16480. When or what year did he die or in what year did you pay him his last payment?
Did his wife continue to get his pension after his death - if so, when or date of year her last pension payment was issued?
Respectfully,
Mrs. H.O. Crider
Mountain View, Oklahoma
[Stamp: U.S. Pension Office Oct 3 1929]
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE.
1-681
PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 35281
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON
September 5, 1929.
CHIEF, Division of Publications,
Room G 137.
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering Pension Deliver to Room 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE,
EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job: photostatic copies of 8 pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Jacob Meek, Penna. and Va. Troops.
No. of copies: 2 of each (Negt.)
Shall form be kept standing? [blank] days
For further information see Mrs. M. M. H. Finch Room No. 5033 Phone No. 541
Approved: A D Wilkinson, Chief Clerk of Bureau
Margaret M H. Finch, Chief of Branch
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering
CHECK WORK DESIRED
Duplicate
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Addressograph from lists
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Proof list
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Pay rolls
Corrections
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Blue Print | Size | Official use? | Repay? 
Remarks
(OVER)
[Stamp: Division of Publications Dept. of the Interior, Received Sep 6, 1929]
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NOTE
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Mountain View, Oklahoma
Aug 22. 1929
U.S. Dept. of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
MO# 132220- $2.90
[Stamp: FINANCE DIVISION, BOOKKEEPER'S DESK, AUG 26 1829]
I want a photograph of the original records of Jacob Meek who fought in the Revolutionary War. Was in the Pa and Va. troops, survivor File No. 16480.
Please find enclosed money for two copies of this war record - One to be sent to Mrs. H.O. Crider, Mountain View, Oklahoma and one to Mrs. F.P. Justice Mountain View, Oklahoma.
There are eight pages at 15 cents page and 25 cents for certification or seal by Commissioner of Pensions. So please
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find enclosed money for both copies.
Respectfully,
Mrs. H.O. Crider
Mountain View, Oklahoma
[Stamp: U.S. Pension Office Aug 24 1929]
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE.
1-681
PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 33932
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON
July 19, 1929
CHIEF, Division of Publications,
Room G 137.
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering Pension Deliver to Room 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE,
EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job: photostatic copies of 8 pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Jacob Meek, S. 16480, Pennsylvania Troops.
No. of copies: 1 of each
Shall form be kept standing? [blank] days
For further information see Mrs. M. M. H. Finch Room No. 5033 Phone No. 541
Approved: A D Wilkinson, Chief Clerk of Bureau
Margaret M H. Finch, Chief of Branch
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering
CHECK WORK DESIRED
Duplicate
Multigraph | single or double spaced? | Facsimile signature?
Mimeograph | single or double spaced? | Facsimile signature?
Folding | once or twice?
Assembling
Stapling | Once? Twice? Side? End?
Electric Typewriter | Fill in addresses? | Dated?
Addressograph from lists
Envelopes, size
Proof list
Labels (submit sample)
Fill in letters
Cards, size
Pay rolls
Corrections
Tabulation sheets
Photostat [X] | Size [actual] | Official use? | Repay? [yes $1.20]
Blue Print | Size | Official use? | Repay?
Remarks
(OVER)
[Stamp: Division of Publications Dept. of the Interior, Received Jul 22, 1929]
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NOTE
Routine changes of addresses may be made on this blank without formal reference through or initialing of chiefs of branches or chief clerks of
bureaus.
[blank] 192 ( Date )
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Make new addressograph plate
Change present addressograph plate
Destroy present addressograph plate
On list [blank]
as follows:
Now reads, 1 [blank], 2 [blank], 3 [blank], 4 [blank], 5 [blank]
Should read, 1 [blank], 2 [blank], 3 [blank], 4 [blank], 5 [blank]
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8 - 1885
IN REPLY REFER TO
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section 
MMHF
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
May 2, 1929.
C. A. Meek,
Bethany,
Missouri.
M.O# 147891- $1.45
[Stamp: FINANCE DIVISION, BOOKKEEPER'S DESK, JUL 18 1929, BUREAU OF PENSIONS]
Sir:
I advise you that photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 16480, of Jacob Meek, Pennsylvania and Virginia Troops, will be furnished you 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 eight.
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.
Bethany, Mo.
July 16, 1929
Sir:- Please find enclosed money order for one dollar and forty-five cents (1.45) for which please send me pension claim of Jacob Meek and certification.
Respectfully, C. A. Meek
[Stamp: U.S. Pension Office, Jul 18, 1929]
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MMHF
May 2, 1929
C. A. Meek,
Bethany,
Missouri.
Sir:
I advise you that photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 16480, of Jacob Meek, Pennsylvania and Virginia Troops, will be furnished you 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 eight.
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.
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Bethany, Mo.
April 9, 1929
Pension Department
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:- I want the complete data on Jacob Meek who served in the war of the Revolution - Senate Dec., Pension Roll, 1st Session 23 Cong. Wayne Co., Ind. (S.16480).
Please advise me what the cost might be. I want complete on Jacob Meek.
Respectfully yours,
C. A. Meek
Bethany, Missouri
[Stamp: U.S. Pension Office, Apr 13, 1929]
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE.
1-681
PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 25901
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON
August 20, 1928
CHIEF, Division of Publications,
Room G 137.
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering Pension Deliver to Room 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE,
EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job: photostatic copies of 8 pages from Rev. War pension claim of Jacob Meek, S. 16480
No. of copies: 1 of each
Shall form be kept standing? [blank] days
For further information see Mrs. M. M. H. Finch Room No. 5033 Phone No. 541
Approved: A D Wilkinson, Chief Clerk of Bureau
Margaret M H. Finch, Chief of Branch
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering
CHECK WORK DESIRED
Duplicate
Multigraph | single or double spaced? | Facsimile signature?
Mimeograph | single or double spaced? | Facsimile signature?
Folding | once or twice?
Assembling
Stapling | Once? Twice? Side? End?
Electric Typewriter | Fill in addresses? | Dated?
Addressograph from lists
Envelopes, size
Proof list
Labels (submit sample)
Fill in letters
Cards, size
Pay rolls
Corrections
Tabulation sheets
Photostat [X] | Size [actual] | Official use? | Repay? [yes $1.20]
Blue Print | Size | Official use? | Repay?
Remarks
(OVER)
Receipt for pay and copies in Banzil Meek
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NOTE
Routine changes of addresses may be made on this blank without formal reference through or initialing of chiefs of branches or chief clerks of
bureaus.
[blank] 192 ( Date )
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Make new addressograph plate
Change present addressograph plate
Destroy present addressograph plate
On list [blank]
as follows:
Now reads, 1 [blank], 2 [blank], 3 [blank], 4 [blank], 5 [blank]
Should read, 1 [blank], 2 [blank], 3 [blank], 4 [blank], 5 [blank]
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July 26, 1923.
Mrs. D. P. Jackson,
916 Texas Ave.
Texarkana, Tex.
Madam:
I have to advise you that for the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner Jacob Meek, you should apply to the Pension Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E. St. N. W. Washington, D. C. citing all of the following data:
Jacob Meek, Ctf. 13604, issued May 29, 1833, rate $39 per annum, commenced Mar. 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832.
Indiana Agency.
Respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.
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REC                  3-525.
         Department of the Interior
                Bureau of Pensions.
S.F.16480     Washington, D.C.    .........,19....


    In repl to your request of ------, received ------for a statement of the military history of Jacob Meek 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 the Bureau.

Dates of enlistment or appointment/Length of Service/Rank/Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered (captain/Colonel)/State
Apr 1, 17776/3months/Pvt/John Stinson - Lt. Wheeling/-/Penna Line
Then enlisted/6 months, 25 days/Pvt/Hugh Stinson/-/Va Line
Summer 1779/3 months/Pvt/Ralph Cherry/-/Penna

Battles engaged in, -------
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Westmoreland Co. Penna.
Date of Application for pension, Aug 31, 1832 His cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Wayne Co. Ind.
Age at date of application, 6 March 1755 on Elkridge Md, near Baltimore.
Remarks: After Rev. moved to Ky. there 18 or 19 yrs. in Ind. counties of Shelby & Henry their (??)
Not & (??) data

Very respectfully.
 Commissioner.

*he says he served in both of these tours 9 months & 25 days.
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2 ct stamped envelope enclosed.

5-8-1922
Texarkana, Tex
916 Maple St.

Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.
 
Rec. Sect.

Dear Sir,

    Is it possible for me to obtain any information of the Rev. Record of Jacob Meek. I know my ancestor served in Rev. War & afterwards was granted land in Penn. I think Lancaster County.  I think a member of Mur's Co.  Thanking you in advance.

    I am sincerely,
Mrs. Dollie Paullin Jackson
Texarkana, Tex.

    Could War Dept. give me covered inform.?