Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 11934, Jacob Yeast, Md.
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(3-1776)
Yeast, Jacob
Elizabeth
SERVICE Md.
NUMBER R 11934
CONTENTS _
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Yeast Claim 
Jacob Yeast Decd 
Ky. Act 1828 

Catharine Yeast decd.
his widow 
Act 1836  

J. H. Coombs
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State of Kentucky }
Mercer County   } Sct
Mercer County Court 
August Term 1853 
Mrs Catherine Peveler of said County, 
came into open court, and having been duly sworn 
according to law, upon her oath made the following 
declaration - towit - that she is the daughter of Jacob Yeast & Elizabeth Yeast, both deceased, and late of 
Mercer County in the State of Kentucky, that she 
has always understood that her Father the said Jacob Yeast enlisted first in Fredrick [Frederick] County in the State 
of Maryland for a tour of six months; that at 
the end of that time he had become fond 
of that kind of life, and then enlisted for five 
years or during the war; that he continued in 
service until the close of the war being several 
years, perhaps four, from his last enlistment; & that 
he was detailed to serve as a Wagoner, and served 
in that capacity a good portion of the time he was 
out. She further states that she cannot give the Exact time when he enlisted, where he was discharged 
or when, or the names of any of the officers under 
whom he served. She further states that her father 
the said Jacob Yeast, was married to her mother the said 
Elizabeth Yeast as early as the year seventeen hundred and 
seventy four, as their eldest Child was born on the fifteenth day of October in the year seventeen hundred
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and seventy five, that the said Jacob & Elizabeth Yeast 
were married in Fredrick [Frederick] County in the 
State of Maryland, and that the said Elizabeth Yeast’s name before marriage was Elizabeth Wyle. She further states that she has no 
doubt that her father, the said Jacob Yeast 
received an honorable discharge, but that it has 
been lost. She further states that her father the said Jacob Yeast died on the fifteenth day of 
April in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty nine, 
and her mother the aforesaid Elizabeth Yeast lived until the seventeenth day of February in the year 
(1838) Eighteen hundred and thirty eight, when she 
died leaving the applicant Catharine Peveler, and Leonard Yeast her only surviving children who are still alive. She further states that the said Jacob & Elizabeth Yeast died in the aforesaid County of Mercer and State of Kentucky. 

She makes this declaration to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed and approved on the fourth day of July in the year (1836) Eighteen hundred & thirty six, by which her mother the said Eliz Yeast was entitled to a Pension, on account of the services of 
her husband, the said Jacob Yeast in the Revolutionary War 
She further states that the said Elizabeth Yeast never married again, but remained the widow of the aforesaid Jacob Yeast until the day of her death 
Catharine Peveler her mark
Attest
S. H. Stevenson
Geo. W. Tompkins
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Sworn to and subscribed in open Court 
this 2nd day of August in the year 1853 
In Testimony whereof I, Tho Allin 
Clerk of the Mercer County Court, do 
hereunto set my hand & affix 
the seal of said Court at Harrodsburg 
this 2nd day of Aug 1853 
Tho Allin Clk 
Mercer County Court 

State of Kentucky }
Mercer County   } sct 
Aug Term 1855   }
It is hereby ordered to be certified that 
satisfactory evidence has this day been presented to this court by the oaths of Joseph Peeveler & Oliver P. Saller 
that Jacob Yeast, reputed to be a 
Revolutionary Soldier, died in the County of Mercer 
and State of Kentucky on the fifteenth day of April in the year 
(1829) Eighteen hundred & twenty nine and that his widow, Elizabeth Yeast, 
died on the seventeenth day of February in the year 1838 
leaving Leonard Yeast, and Catherine Peveler 
her only surviving children who are still 
alive. 
In testimony whereof I Tho Allin 
Clerk of the Mercer County Court do 
hereunto set my hand, and affix 
the seal of said Court at Harrodsburg. 
This 2nd day of August 1853 
Tho Allin Clk
Interlinations [?] certificate made before signing…}
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Know all men by these Presents, That I, Leonard Yeast, son of Jacob Yeast Decd. who died on the 15th day
of April 1829, & whose widow Elizabeth Yeast died
on the 17 day of February 1838.

who was a Soldier
in the Army of the Revolution, do hereby constitute and appoint
true and lawful Attorney
for me and in my name to prosecute against the Government of the United States, before
any Department thereof, any and all claim or claims I may have to arrears of pay or Pension
money, under any Act or Acts, Resolution or Resolutions of the Congress of the United States, and
especially the Acts 4th July, 1836, 7th July, 1838, 3d March, 1843, 17th June, 1844, 2d February,
1848 and 29th July, 1848—as well as the more ancient Acts of 18th March, 1818, 15th May, 1828,
and 7th June, 1832.
Said Attorney is moreover authorised in my name to demand at any Department
of the said Government, a re-consideration of any decision hitherto or hereafter to be given, touching
my interests, and to obtain from any Department of the archives thereof, any and all
information or evidence of whatever character relating to or in anywise bearing upon the claim or
claims we hereby seek the investigation of.
Said Attorney is moreover authorised to do any and all things necessary to carry out
the foregoing purposes, and to receive the Certificates of Pension or other character of drafts or
evidences of the amounts due me and to appoint one or more Sub-Attorneys, and to confer
upon him or them all the powers herein conferred upon said attorney hereby ratifying
and confirming all that my said Attorney may do by virtue of these presents.
Witness my hand and seal this 31st day of March 1853
attest E D. Veatch
Leonard Yeast [L.S.] [stamp in black ink]

State of Kentucky Mercer County, sct.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the 31st day of March 1853 before the subscriber, a
Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared
Leonard Yeast
subscribers to the foregoing Power of Attorney, and acknowledged the signing, sealing and de-
livering the same to be his own voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes
therein set forth.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereunto subscribe my name
E. D. Veatch J.P.
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State of Kentucky 
Mercer County 
On this 31st day of March 
1853 personally appeared before me 
a justice of the peace in and for the 
County and State aforesaid, Leonard Yeast 
who first being sworn according to 
law, doth upon his oath state 
that he is the son of Jacob Yeach Decd 
who was a soldier in the Revolutionary 
war, that he enlisted in the militia service in Fredrick [Frederick] County 
Maryland for the term of six 
months, but cant remember the 
names of any of his officers.
After he returned from that compaign 
he had become fond of the 
service, and elisted [enlisted] in the same County 
in the regular service for five years 
or during the war, and served about 
four years, until the taking of Cornwallis. 
He says he remembers to have had [?heard] 
his father often speak of being present on that occasion. He [?] The only officers I can positively remember to have heard 
my father speak of, were General Washington 
and Gen Wayne. He says he has often heard his father speak of their great 
bravery, & what fine men they were. 
He also says he has heard him say that he 
did not carry his musket long after entering the regular service, until he was put to drive a wagon. He also says he has heard his father 
talk about how the wagon master used 
to trust the drivers, when he reviewed them 
and found all things in nice order.
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That the said Jacob Yeast died 
in the County of Mercer & State of Kentucky 
on the 15th day of April 1829, leaving this affiant, Yeast, and sisters Mrs. Catharine Peavler 
and Elizabeth Borders (the last of which sisters is now 
dead) the only surviving children. He also states that his mother the widow 
of Jacob Yeach lived after the said Jacob Yeast nearly 
nine years, and died 
on the 17th of February 1838. He further 
states he has often heard his father and 
mother say that they were married in 
Fredrick [Frederick] County Maryland. 

He makes this declaration for the purpose 
of obtaining the benefit of the acts of Congress 
passed May 15th 1828 & 4th July 1836, or any other act 
or acts of Congress by which he might be entitled. 
Leonard Yeast 

Sworn to and subscribed before me, and I 
hereby certify that Leonard Yeast the above affiant 
is personally known to me, and that he is a 
respectable person, and one whose statements 
can be relied upon, and I further certify 
that I have no pecuniary interest in the 
prosecution or result of the above claim 
E. D. Veatch JP MC
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State of Kentucky 
Mercer County ⎬ 
On this 31st day of March 1853 personally appeared 
before me a Justice of the peace in 
and for the County & State aforesaid, Jeremiah Donovan 
who first being sworn according to Law, doth 
upon his oath state that he was acquainted with 
the aforesaid Jacob Yeast & his wife 
Elizabeth Yeast for at least twelve years before 
the death of said Jacob Yeast, and had repeatedly 
conversed with him about his services in the 
Revolutionary war Has often heard him tell the names 
of the officers under whom he served, but cannot 
now recall them. He further states that he has 
heard him speak of being a corporal, and 
how proud he was of his birth at the time. 
He further states he has lived a near neighbor to the Yeast family since the year 1816 
He further states that the said Jacob Yeast was always reputed to have been a Revolutionary 
soldier, and was always considered 
to be a man of truth, whose statements 
could be implicitly relied upon, and he says 
he has no doubt he was in service during 
a large portion of the war. 
He further states that his recolection corresponds 
with the statement of Mr Leonard Yeast 
respecting the time of the death of the said Jacob Yeast & his wife 
He further states that the said Jacob Yeast and Elizabeth Yeast lived together as man 
and wife and were always reputed 
and believed to be such. He also states 
that he has no interest whatever in the 
prosecution or result of said claim 
J. Donovan
Sworn to and subscribed before me, 
and I hereby certify that J Donovan, the 
above affiant is personally known to me & 
is a credible witness, whose statements can 
be relied upon, & I also further certify that I have 
no interest in this claim whatever 
E. D. Veatch JP MC
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State of Kentucky }
Mercer County }
Personally appeared before me 
a justice of the Peace in and for 
the County & State aforesaid, who first 
being sworn according to law 
doth upon his oath state that he 
has been acquainted with the aforesaid 
Jacob Yeast and his wife Elizabeth 
since before the year 1814. During 
that year he moved a near neighbor 
to them & has lived near them ever 
since. He states he has often talked with 
the said Jacob Yeast about his services 
in the Revolutionary war, and remembers 
to have heard him say he was under 
General Green. That on one occasion 
While engaged in the Waggon service they 
were likely to starve, and went to a house & 
demanded a beef from a man, stating 
that Gen. Green had sent them for it.
when they had like to have been punished for this, Gen. Green interfered, & would not 
permit it, on account of personal friendship 
He further states they were always believed to be 
man and wife, & raised several children 
which he knew. He further states that the 
said Jacob Yeast always stated that 
he Enlisted for five years, but did not serve quite five years, as the war ended before 
that time expired. He also states that the said 
Jacob Yeast was always reputed and believe 
to be a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and a man of strict veracity.
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He further states that he is in no way 
interested in the prosecution or result of 
the said Claim 
Philip Burns his X mark
Test 
S. H. Stevenson 
E.D. Veatch 
Philip Burns  
Sworn to and subscribed before me and 
I hereby certify that the said Philip Burns 
the above affiant is a truthful man, whose 
statements can be relied upon. I moreover 
state, that the I have long been well acquainted 
with the said Philip Burns 
E. D. Veatch JP MC

State of Kentucky }
Mercer County }
I Tho Allin Clerk of the Court for the County aforsaid do hereby certify 
that E. D. Veatch Esq. before whom the foregoing 
declarations, Power of attorney, and affidavits 
were made, and who has thereunto subscribed 
his name, is and was, at the time of so doing 
a Justice of the Peace in and for the County 
aforesaid, duly Elected, Commissioned & Sworn, 
and that his said signature is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and affixed the seal 
of my office, as clerk of the Mercer 
County Court this 2nd day of 
April 1833 
Tho Allin Clk 
My Certificate interlined by me 
Tho Allin Clk
[At right angles to the body of the text:]
Leonard Yeast
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[number illegible]

Elizabeth Yeast 
Wid. Of Jacob

Ky. Act 1836
Sus.

[?] Evidence 

J. T. Coombs
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State of Kentucky   }
Mercer County   } Sct
On this 22nd day of April in 
the year Eighteen hundred & fifty four, Lewis Peavler 
personally appeared before me a Justice of 
Peace in and for the County and State 
aforesaid, who first being sworn according 
to law made the following statements to wit; that he is now in his seventy sixth year; 
that he has been acquainted with Jacob Yeast 
& his wife Elizabeth Yeast for more than fifty years, 
that he first knew them in the State of Tennessee, 
where he lived near neighbour to them some 
ten or twelve years, and that he was also well acquainted with Elizabeth, afterwards Elizabeth Borders their eldest daughter, and with Catharine, 
their daughter who is now Catherine Peavler, the sister-in-law 
of the affiant, and who now resides in this 
County, and with Leonard Yeast the son who now resides in this County, and with 
Jacob Yeast a still younger son, who died a good many years since: all these four children of the aforesaid Jacob & Elizabeth Yeast he well & personally knew. He further states that he has  
understood that the second child of the said Jacob & Elizabeth Yeast, the child born between Mrs 
Borders & Mrs Peaver, & the fourth & fifth children the two children which came between Mrs C. Peavler 
& Leonard Yeast, all died in infancy, and that this would make his sister-in-law 
Mrs Cath. Pealer, the third child and Leonard 
Yeast the sixth child of the aforesaid Jacob & 
Elizabeth Yeast . The affiant further states that he has often heard his own mother & and the aforesaid
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Elizabeth Yeast talking about the ages of 
their children, and they always said that he,
Lewis Peavler, the affiant, was about one year 
older than his sister-in-law, the aforesaid Cath. 
Peavler, which would make her now in her 
seventy fifth year. He further says he knowns 
the aforesaid Elizabeth Borders was some years 
older than Mrs Peavler, perhaps some three or four, 
which would make her near Eighty years of age 
if she were now living. He further states 
that he & the said Leonard Yeast were young men 
together, and he has no doubt he is quite as old as he claims to be, towit to be in his sixty Eighth year. He 
further states that he has often heard the said 
Jacob Yeast talk about being in the war, of his 
great hardships & his many narrow escapes. 
He further states that he has often heard the aforesaid 
Elizabeth Yeast tell how much affraid [afraid] of the 
tories as she was, after her husband the said 
Jacob Yeast went out to the war, being left 
alone with her family without protection. 
He further states he has no doubt that the said 
Jacob & Elizabeth Yeast were lawfully married; 
that they lived together as husband & wife; that they 
and their family were always of very reputable 
Character; and that they were husband & wife 
he never once heard called in question. 
He further states that he has no interest whatever 
in the aforesaid claim, either in its prosecution or result. 
Lewis Peavler his mark
Attest S. H. Stevenson 
Thomas J. Parsons 

Sworn to & subscribed before me this 22nd day 
of April Eighteen hundred & fifty four, and I
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would further state I am well acquainted with 
the above affiant Lewis Peavler & believe him 
to be a man of truth, in whose statements 
the fullest reliance may be placed.
I further state also that I am in no way 
whatever interested in the prosecution or result 
of the aforesaid claim. 
Daniel Moore JPMC

State of Kentucky  }
Mercer County  } sct
On this 22 day of April Eighteen 
hundred & fifty four J Donovan personally 
appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace 
in & for the County & State aforesaid, who first 
being duly sworn states that he has been 
acquainted with the Yeast family since the 
year Eighteen hundred & fourteen, that the 
said Jacob & Elizabeth Yeast lived together 
as husband & wife, were of reputable character 
both they & their children; and that he has 
no doubt they had been lawfully married, 
as he never heard the fact questioned. 
He further states that he was well acquainted with the their eldest daughter, Mrs Borders 
and Mrs Peavler their next oldest child 
who was alive when he first knew them and 
that the said Mrs Peavler then had children 
by her first husband who was old if not 
older than the affiant Donovan, who is 
now in his fifty fifth year; and he further 
states that considering this fact & Mrs. Peavler's personal appearance that he has 
no doubt that she is nearly if not 
quite seventy four years of age; that
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and Mrs Borders her sister was still older. 
He further states that he has understood that the aforesaid Leonard Yeast is the 
sixth child, three others besides Mrs Borders & 
Mrs Pealer, having died in infancy all of 
whom we were older than the said Leonard 
Yeast. He further states that he has no doubt from the said Leonard Yeast’s appearance now 
and ever since he knew him that he is as 
old as he claims to be, to wit in his sixty 
Eighth year. He further states that he has no 
interest whatever in the prosecution or result of 
the aforesaid claim 
J. Donovan 

Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 22nd day of 
April in the year 1854 and I further state that the  
affiant is of reputable character, in whose statements full confidence can be placed. 
I also further state that I have no 
interest whatever in the prosecution or 
result of the aforesaid claim 
Daniel Moore JPMC
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State of Kentucky  }
County of Mercer  } sct
On this twenty second day of 
April in the year Eighteen hundred and 
fifty four, Philip Burns of the aforesaid 
County, personally appeared before me 
a Justice of the Peace in & for the County & 
State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn 
according to law made the following 
statements to wit: that he will be sixty 
four years of age of tomorrow; that he 
has been well & personally acquainted with 
the aforesaid Jacob & Elizabeth Yeast 
and the four following children, Elizabeth 
their eldest daughter, Catharine commonly 
Called Katy Peavler, said to be the third child, and Leonard Yeast & Jacob Yeast said to be 
the sixth & seventh of the children. 
He further states that Mrs Catherine Peavler has a son, by a former husband, if still alive 
that lacks but few years of being as old 
as the affiant, Burns, that Mrs Borders 
as before said was still older than Mrs Peavler That he served with the aforesaid Jacob 
Yeast on a tour to New Orleans in the 
year 1814 in the late war with great Brittain, commonly called the war of 1812, 
that the said Jacob Yeast, & judging from 
the size of his family of children, when 
they started on the tour was older than the affiant, Burns, by several years, which would 
make him more than sixty five if now alive 
taking all these facts into the consideration, 
and the personal appearance of all these
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children, He says he has no doubt that 
if Mrs Elizabeth Borders were still living 
she would be at least seventy five, and 
perhaps nearly eighty years of age 
He further states that the aforesaid Jacob Yeast  
& Elizabeth Yeast lived together as 
husband & wife, were always reputed to 
be such, and that they & their children were always of very reputable character from all which facts he has no doubt they 
had been lawfully married. 
He further states that he has no interest whatever in the prosecution & result in the aforesaid claim. 
Philip Burns his X mark
Attest 
S. H. Stevenson 
Thomas J. Parsons 
Sworn to & subscribed before me 
this twenty second day of April Eighteen hundred & fifty four. And I further state 
that I am well acquainted with the above 
affiant, Philip Burn, & can testify that he 
is a man of truth, all of whose 
statements are entitled to full faith 
and confidence. 
I further state that I am in no way 
interested in the prosecution or result 
of the aforesaid claim 
Daniel Moore JP MC
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State of Kentucky 
Mercer County ⎬ Sct 
On this twenty second day of April 
in the year Eighteen hundred & fifty four Leonard Yeast personally appeared before me the 
Justice of the Peace in & for the County 
and State aforesaid, who being first duly 
sworn according to law doth upon his oath 
make the following declaration to wit; that 
his father & mother the aforesaid Jacob Yeast 
& Elizabeth Yeast lived with him for 
a number of years, before they died; that 
all their books & papers were left in his possession 
that he has made dilligent search, 
but has never been able to find any 
written record of the marriage of his 
father & mother the aforesaid Jacob & Elizabeth 
Yeast, or record of the births or ages of 
any of his children, that he never heard 
of any, and he does not believe any such 
Record is now in existence 
He further states that he is in his sixty Eighth year and is the seventh child of his father & mother 
and that his oldest sister Mrs Borders 
was ten years older than he is 
Leonard Yeast
Sworn to & subscribed before me, & I hereby certify that the said Leonard Yeast is a very reputable man; that he is the reputed son of the aforesaid Jacob & Elizabeth Yeast, and that all his statements are entitled to full faith & Confidence 
Daniel Moore JP MC
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State of Kentucky 
Mercer County   } SS
I, Thomas Allen, Clerk of the 
Mercer County Court in the State aforesaid, 
do hereby certify that Daniel Moore 
whose signature is attached to the three foregoing affidavits and declaration 
is and was at the time of so doing an 
acting Justice of the Peace in & for the 
aforesaid County & State duly Commissioned 
and qualified, and that his said signature 
is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand & 
affixed the Seal of Mercer 
County Court this 22d day 
of April 1854 
Tho Allin Clk 
Mercer County Court
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11.934
Elizabeth Yeast
Jacob
REJECTED

Service: 
Enlisted: 
Discharged: 
Application filed: Alleges: 
Re-enlisted: 
Attorney: 
P.O. 
Recognized. 
Contract.
Cert. of Dis. 
Searched for
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No. 7.988
Jacob Yeast
Ky
Act 15 May 1818
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No. 7.988.
Elizabeth Yeast decd
Jacob


[unintelligible]
[unintelligible] Oct 14, [unintelligible]
[unintelligible] May 4, [unintelligible]
[unintelligible]
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Aug 19, 185[?]

Appl. of the
hears of Jacob
and Elizabeth Yeast

Kentucky

[?]

Acts 15th May, 1828 &
4th July, 1836

J. J. Coombs,
Present.
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Know all men by these presents that I 
Catherine Peveler, daughter of Jacob Yeast, 
by his wife Elizabeth Yeast, both 
decd (Jacob Yeast died April 15th 1829 & Eliz Yeast the 17th day of February 1838) 
who was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, do hereby constitute and appoint true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, to prosecute against the Government of the United States, before any Department thereof, any and all claim or claims I may may have to arrears of pay or Pension money, under any Act or Acts, Resolution or Resolutions of the Congress of the United States, and especially the Acts of the June, 1832, 4th July, 1836, 7th July, 1838, 3rd March, 1843, 17th June, 1811, and February , 1848, 20th July, 1818, and 3rd February, 1833--as well as the more ancient Act of 18th March, 1818, and 15th May, 1828. 
Said Attorney is moreover authorized, in my name, to demand, at any Department of the said Government, a reconsideration of any decision hitherto or hereafter to be given, touching my interests, and to obtain, from any Department, or the archives thereof, any and all information or evidence of whatever character, relating to or in anywise bearing upon the claim or claims we hereby seek the investigation of. 
Said Attorney is moreover authorized to do any and all things necessary to carry out the foregoing purposes, and to receive the Certificates of Pension, or other character of drafts or evidence of the amounts due me and to appoint one or more Sub-Attorneys. and to confer upon him or them all the powers therein conferred upon the aforesaid Attorney , hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may do by virtue of these presents. 
Witness my hand and seal this 2nd day of Aug 1853
Catharine Peveler her X mark [seal: LS]

Attest 
J. H. Stevenson 
Geo. W. Tompkins

State of Kentucky, Mercer County sec 
BE IT KNOWN, That on the 2nd day of Aug 1853 before the subscriber, Presiding Judge in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Catherine Peveler
subscribers to the foregoing Power of Attorney, and acknowledging the signing, sealing an delivering the same to be her own voluntary act and deed, for the uses and purposes therein set forth. TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereunto subscribe my name, Saml Daviess presiding Judge of the Mercer C C
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State of Kentucky 
Mercer County }
I Tho Allin Clerk of the 
Mercer County Court, in for the County & State 
aforesaid, do hereby certify that Saml Daviess 
before whom the within Power of Attorney was 
made, and who has thereunto subscribed 
his name, is and was at the time of so 
doing, the Presiding Judge of the 
County Court, in & for the aforesaid County 
duly elected, commissioned & Sworn and 
authorized to administer oaths, and 
that his said signature is genuine 
In testimony whereof I do 
hereunto set my hand 
and affix the seal of said Court 
at Harrodsburg this 2nd 
day of August 1853 
Tho Allin Clk
Mercer County Court 

[in left margin at right angle to body of text] 
Yeast Claim
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J. J. Coombs 
Sept. 6. 1854
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Washington, Sept. 6th 1854 
Sir:
I beg leave to solicit your personal attention 
to the claim of Elizabeth Yeast, decd 
widow of Jacob, of Ky under act of 1836. 
The original declaration claims that 
Jacob Yeast enlisted for five years or during the 
war, in the Maryland Continental 
line, some four years prior to the close 
of the war and served till the end of 
the war. At the time it was presented, it 
was accompanied by no evidence of service, 
except traditionary evidence. But 
on the same day that I filed the declaration, 
I wrote to Annapolis to ascertain whether 
any evidence of service could be obtained 
there. 
In due time I received from Annapolis 
certificate marked A. Showing service of 
Jacob Yeast from 1st August 1780, to the 
15th November 1783, which I filed, together 
with some additional evidence on the 
point of marriage. In answer I received 
a letter from you, dated October 14, 1853, 
a copy of which I enclose, and 
which you will see, only requires
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additional evidence on the point of Marriage. 
It is evident that the Examiner
who wrote that letter supposed that the 
service of the husband was satisfactorily 
proved by the record evidence 
I had filed, and intended to convey 
that impression to me. 
Understanding that the service was 
admitted, I took much pains to procure 
additional evidence of marriage 
and having finally succeeded in proving 
beyond all doubt that the marriage 
took place prior to the last [? period]
of service, I was greatly surprised 
to be then, for the first time, met with 
the objection, that the husband of 
said  Elizabeth Yeast had not been 
identified with the soldier of that 
name who rendered the service. 
I respectfully submit to you, that 
this objection ought not now to be 
made. The service proved by the rolls 
corresponds so well 
with that claimed in the declaration 
(made before the evidence was known 
to exist,) as to leave no doubt (I should 
think) on the point of identity. You
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will see that there is much parol evidence 
showing that Jacob Yeast, the husband 
of the claimant, was reputed, at a very 
early day to have been a revolutonary 
soldier. 
I think the claim is manifestly an 
honest one; and it will be impossible 
to obtain any additional evidence 
on the point of identity.
Your obt svt 
J. T. Coombs 

Hon L. P. Waldo 
Commr of Pensions
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Washington, Aug. 15th 1853 
Sir:
Enclosed please find the declarations 
of Leonard Yeast and Catharine Peveler, 
only surviving 
children of Jacob Yeast decd and 
Elizabeth Yeast decd his widow 
claiming arrears of Pension under 
acts of 15th May 1828, and 4th July 
1836. I have written to Annapolis 
for Evidence of service, and to 
Frederick Co. Md. for evidence of 
marriage, and shall doubtless 
receive answers before this case 
shall come up for examination. 
I have the honor to be 
Very Respectfully, Your Obt Svt.
J. J. Coombs

Hon L. P. Waldo 
Commr of Pensions
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Washington, Oct 1st 1853 
Sir: 
Enclosed please find additional 
evidence in support of the claims of 
the children of Jacob & Elizabeth Yeast, 
decd of Ky. under act of 15th May 1828 
& 4th July 1836. 

Paper marked A. proves service from 
Aug. 1780 to the close of the war. 

Paper marked B shows that there 
are no public records of marriages 
in Maryland, of so early a date. 

Paper marked C. contains parol
evidence of Marriage, and will be 
found, I hope, in the absence of 
record evidence, entirely satisfactory 
to prove marriage prior to the husband's service. 

I have the honor to be 
Very respectfully 
Your Obt Servt
J. J. Coombs

 Hon L. P. Waldo 
Commr of Pensions
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Jacob Yeast D’d 15 Apr 1829 
Elizabeth Yeast D’d 17 Feby 1838 
Md 1774 
Leonard Yeast1 Catharine Peavler2 
Elizabeth Borders3
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Wm McIntire, Wm Sherly, Michael Horn 
Lewis Peavler, J Donovan,  Phip [Philip] Burns


[various calculations]
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Treasury Department 
Third Auditor's Office 
2nd of June, 1854. 
Sir: 
In reply to your letter of the 31st ultimo, requesting information relative to the service 
of Jacob Borders, (who served in Col 
Richard M. Johnson's Regt of Mounted Infantry, during 
the late war with England) in order to establish 
the date of marriage in a Revolutionary pension 
case pending before your office, I have to inform 
you, that on examination of the documents on 
file in this Office, it appears, that Jacob Borders 
entered the service as a private in Capt Robt B. McAffee's 
Company (which company composed 
part of the regiment commanded by Col Richard. M. Johnson) on the 20th of May, 1813, and served 
to the 19th Novr 1813, the expiration of the service. 
Descriptive lists setting forth age, size &c are 
not given when the services are only those of 
militiamen.
Resply Y’r Ob’t Sv’t
F. Burk
3rd Aud’r.

L.P. Waldo Esq 
Commr
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Washington, May 30th 1854 
Sir: 
Enclosed I have the honor to present 
additional evidence in support of 
the claim of Elizabeth Yeast, decd, 
widow of Jacob, of Ky. under act 
of 1836. As there is record evidence 
of the service of Jacob Yeast for 
more than three years, terminating 
the 15th Nov. 1783, the only point 
to be made out is the point of 
marriage prior to the last period 
of service. 

The testimony I now present, 
although it does not clearly 
establish the exact day of the marriage, 
leaves no shadow of doubt, as 
I concieve, that it occurred long 
previous to 1783. 
Very Respectfully 
Your Obt Sert 
J. J. Coombs

Hon L. P. Waldo 
Commr of Pensions
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State of Kentucky }
County of Mercer }
On this 8th day of July in the year 
Eighteen hundred & fifty four William McIntire personally appeared 
before me Daniel Moore a Justice of the peace in 
and for the County and State aforesaid who 
first being duly sworn according to law doth upon 
his oath state that he will be 65 years of age 
if he lives to see the 15th Sept next from his best 
information that he was well acquainted with 
Jacob Yeast. The father of Leonard Yeast and 
had been in company on Various occasions 
and had heard him Speak of his trials
and troubles of being in the revolutionary war
& also Speak of the Surrender of Cornwallis 
and of Various other circumstances 
as which took place in the war and from 
my acquaintance with the said Yeast and 
the character he maintained as a man 
of truth I am [?] of the opinion that 
Mr. Yeast was a Revolutionary Soldier 
and he was upon all occasions when speaking 
about on the subject of the war 
was always reputed and believed to be an 
old Revolutionary Soldier & treated as such 
in his neighborhood and also further states
he is in no way interested in the prosecution 
or Result of the aforesaid claim whatsoever. 
William McIntire his X mark
Witness 
E D Veatch 
Daniel Moore 
Sworn to & subscribed before me 
this 8th day of July 1854 and I hereby
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certify that I am well acquainted with 
the said William McIntire that he is a 
highly repectable man in whose 
Statements full Reliance may be 
Placed I further state also that I 
am in no way interested in the 
prosecution or result of the aforesaid 
Claim. 
Daniel Moore JP MC

State of Kentucky 
Mercer County Sct ⎬ 
I Thomas Allin Clerk 
of the Court for the County afsd do Certify 
that Daniel Moore Esqr. whose name is subscribed to the above certificate is an 
acting Justice of the peace in and for 
the County afsd duly commissioned and 
Sworn and that his sd Signature is genuine 
In Testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and 
Seal of the Mercer County Court 
this 10th day of July 1854 
Tho Allin 
Clerk
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Jacob Yeast
Certificate of service
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Land Office of Md. 
August 17th 1853 
I certify that it appears by a pay 
roll remaining in this office that 
Jacob Yeast received of John Hamilton 
agent of the Maryland Line. $25.10 
arrears of pay from 1st August 1780 to 1st January 
1782. Also $80. pay from 1st January 1782 to 1st 
January 1783. also $43.30 pay from 1 January 
1783 to 15th November 1783. Total $148.40 
In testimony whereof 
I hereto subscribe my name & affix 
the seal of the Land Office of Maryland 
the day & year first above written
J. Murray
Commr of the Ld Off
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Elizabeth Yeast
B
No Mainje [unintelligible] [unintelligible]
in Frederick Co. [unintelligible] ?
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State of Maryland Frederick County Sct. 
I hereby certify that the records of my office do 
not show the issuing of marriage licenses at a period 
earlier than the 19th day of March in the year 1778. 
In testimony whereof I hereto set my 
hand and affix the seal of the Circuit 
Court for Frederick County this 20th day 
of August 1853 
Edward Shriver 
Clerk 

The law regulating the issuing of marriage licenses did not 
pass the Legislature of Maryland until the year 1777. 
Yousre[?]
E Shriver Clk
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State of Kentucky 
County of Mercer 
On this 1st day of July in the 
year Eighteen hundred and fifty four Wm Sherly personally appeared before me Daniel Moore a 
Justice of the peace in and for the County 
and State aforesaid who first being 
duly Sworn according to Law doth upon 
his oath State that he is 67 years of age 
from the best Record or information he 
has on the matter and that he was acquainted 
with Jacob Yeast & had heard him 
speak on different times of being a 
Revolutionary Soldier in the war of 
the Revolution & from my knowledge 
of him I believe his Statements
to be correct & true upon that Subject 
& I further believe from what was 
generally spoken off[of] him during my 
acquaintance with the said Yeast 
that he was or had been a Revolutionary 
Soldier & never on no occasion 
heard it contradicted nor disputed 
by any person or persons but what 
he was a Revolutionary Soldier 

Said Sherly further States that 
he recollects of hearing the old man 
(Yeast) speak at times about his 
being in the war and that when 
he Yeast heard the Drum and 
fife he could then hardly stand it.
Said Sherly further states he is in 
no way interested in the prosecution or Result the aforesaid claim whatsoever 
William Sherly his X mark
Daniel Moore
E D Veatch
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Sworn to & subscribed before me this 
1st day of July 1854 and I hereby certify 
that I am well acquainted with the 
said William Sherley that he is a highly 
Respectable man in whose statement 
full reliance may be placed I further 
State that I am in no way interested 
in the prosecution or Result of the 
aforesaid claim 
Daniel Moore JP MC

State of Kentucky 
Mercer County Sct.⎬ 
I Thomas Allin Clerk 
of the Court for the County afsd do certify that 
Daniel Moore Esqr. whose name is Signed 
to the above Certificate is an acting Justice 
of the peace in and for the County afsd
duly commissioned and sworn and 
that his siad [said] signature is genuine 
In Testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and 
Seal of the Mercer County Court 
this 10th day of July 1854 
Tho Allin Clk
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J. J. Coombs 
July 19, 1854
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Washington, July 19, 1854
Sir:
Enclosed I have the honor to present additional Evidence in support of the claim of Elizabeth Yeast, dec'd widow of Jacob under act of 1836.
Your last letter of Oct. 14th 1853, requires additional evidence only on the point of Marriage; but I enclose also some additional evidence tending to identify the Jacob Yeast under whom we claim, with the soldier of that name who served in the Maryland line, which I suppose is not necessary.
I respectfully submit that the deposition of Michael Horn, now enclosed in connexion [connection] with other evidence on file, ought to remove every shadow of doubt, as to the fact of marriage prior to the last period of the husband’s service.
[End of letter page]
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[Letter continued from previous page] 
It will be seen by the certificate of service, that Jacob Yeast remained in the service till the 15th of November 1783. Mr. Horn states that the son and second child of Mrs. Borders, who was a daughter of Said Jacob & Elizabeth Yeast, was a soldier, and served with him (Horn) in the war of 1812. and the letter of the of the 3rd Auditor, on file, shows that this son, Jacob Borders, enlisted 20th May 1813. So that, if Jacob Borders was only 15 years of age when he enlisted, and if his mother was only 15 years old when he was born, yet his mother must have been born as early as the 20th of May 1782, a year and a half before the termination of the service of Jacob Yeast. In order to sustain the position that this evidence does not prove marriage prior to November 1781, you must assume, that Mrs. Borders was mar-
[End of letter page]
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[Letter continued from previous page]
ried and had given birth to a second child before she was fifteen years of age, and that this extraordinary child, of an extraordinary mother, enlisted into the Army of the United States before he was 15 years of age. I am sure no such impossible state of facts will be assumed.
You will see that the marriage is alleged to have taken place in 1774, in Frederick County, Maryland.
The certificate of the clerk of said County, shows that there are no marriage records prior to March 1778.
Very respectfully
Your Obt Servt
J. J. Coombs
[To]
Hon. L. P Waldo
Commr of Pensions
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(Copy)
Pension Office
October 14, 1853.
sir:
The additional evidence in the case of Elizabeth Yeast, widow of Jacob, has been received and filed. Upon an Examination it is not found to be satisfactory on the point of marriage, as required by the Act of July 4, 1836.
Very respectfully &c
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner
[To]
J. J. Coombs
Present.
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State of Kentucky }
County of Mercer }
On this 29th day of June in 
the year eighteen hundred and fifty four, 
Michael Horn personally appeared before me, Daniel 
Moore a Justice of the peace in and for the 
County and State aforesaid, who first being 
duly sworn according to law, doth upon his 
oath state, that he will be 65 years of age if 
he lives to see Dec 25, 1834; that he was well 
and personally acquainted with the said Jacob and Eliza. Yeast decd and with their children 
who resided in this state; that he was well acquainted with their eldest daughter Mrs 
Eliz. Borders, whose eldest child a daughter also, 
was about his own (Horn's) age. He says he 
feels certain of this, as a son of this Mrs Borders 
her second child, was with him (Horn) on the campaign 
under Richd M. Johnston, when he went to Canada 
in the year 1813 or 1814; and this young Borders  
could not have been more than two years younger 
than himself (Horn) at that time. He further states 
that if this eldest child of Mrs Borders was as old 
as himself, (Horn) and the said Mrs Borders was only 
16 years of age when this child was born, She herself must have been born as early as the 
Commencement of the Revolutionary war.
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if not before. The said Horn further states 
that the said Jacob & Elizabeth Yeast & their 
family were highly respectable; that the said 
Jacob & Elizabeth Yeast lived together as man and wife, were always reputed to be so 
and that he has not the least doubt they had been 
lawfully married, as he never once heard 
the fact called in question 

Said Horn further states he is in no way 
interested in the prosecution or result of the 
aforesaid claim whatever. 
Michael Horn

Sworn to & subscribed before me this 29th 
day of June 1854. And I hereby certify that 
I am well acquainted with the said Michael Horn; that he is a highly respectable 
man, in whose statements full reliance 
may be placed. I further state also that 
I am in no way interested in the prosecution 
or result of the aforesaid claim. 
Daniel Moore JP MC
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State of Kentucky 
Mercer County Sct }
I Thomas Allin 
Clerk of the Court for the County afsd do 
Certify that Daniel Moore whose name 
is Subscribed to the forgoing Certificate 
is an Acting Justice of the Peace in for 
the County afsd duly commissioned and 
Sworn and that his sd Signature is genuine 
In Testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and 
Seal of the Mercer County Court 
this 10th July 1854 
Tho Allin Clk
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Eliz Yeast 
of Jacob 
Montana 
Coombs

[? More statements]
C
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State of Kentucky 
Mercer County 
On this 19th day of April 1853 
personally appeared before me, a Justice of the 
Peace in and for the County and State 
aforesaid Michael Horn, who first being 
duly sworn according to Law doth upon 
his oath state that he is now in his 63d 
year, and that he became acquainted with 
Jacob Yeast Sen [Senior] and his wife Elizabeth 
and their family in the year 1812, and 
lived near neighbor to them as long as 
they lived. He also states that some of the children of the said Jacob & Elizabeth Yeast must have been as old as his own mother, 
as Mrs Elizabeth Borders, a daughter of the said  
Jacob & Elizabeth Yeast, had a son which was 
her second or third child who went out with 
him (Michael Horn) in the Company against 
the British & Indians under Col. Rich. M. 
Johnston in the year 1813 or 1814, and that this said Jacob Borders, grand-son of Jacob & Elizabeth Yeast must have been twenty years of age or nearly so at the time. He further states that 
from his knowledge of the family of children & Grand 
children that they were certainly married before the year 1780, and would suppose about the year 1774 as their child Elizabeth Borders and his 
(Horn's) mother were about the same age and she (Catherine Horn) was born about the 
year 1774. He further states that the said Jacob & Elizabeth Yeast, were always considered very respectable people, always lived together as man & wife, which fact he never heard doubted. He further states that the said Elizabeth Yeast outlived
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her husband the said Jacob Yeast but cannot remember 
the precise date of her death. He further 
States that he is well acquainted with Leonard Yeast, 
and his sister Mrs Peveler, and that they 
are the only surviving children of the aforesaid 
Jacob & Elizabeth Yeast to the best of his 
knowledge. And he also states that he is in 
no way interested in the prosecution or result 
of the aforesaid claim. 
Michael Horn 

Sworn to and subscribed before me. And 
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with 
Michael Horn the above affiant and 
that he is a very respectable man and 
truthful Witness, in whose statements full 
reliance can be placed. And I also 
certify that I am in no way interested in the 
prosecution or result of the aforementioned 
claim. 
April 19, 1853 
E. D. Veatch JP

State of Kentucky }
Mercer County } ss
On this 19th day of April 1853 personally 
appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and 
for the County and State aforesaid Lewis Pevler who first being duly sworn according to law 
doth upon his oath state that he will be seventy five years old if he lives to see the sixth day of June 1853. He further states that he was 
well acquainted with the aforesaid Jacob Yeast 
and his wife Elizabeth Yeast, first, while they lived in 
Sullivan County Ten. [Tennessee] More than forty years ago, and 
since they moved to Mercer County in Kentucky. He further 
states that the aforesaid Jacob & Elizabeth Yeast, must
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have been married about the commencement 
of the Revolutionary War if not before, 
as their oldest daughter Elizabeth, who afterwards 
married Michael Borders was a year or two older 
than himself and that would make her at 
least 76 years old if she were living. 
He further states that the said Jacob & Elizabeth 
Yeast, always lived together as man & wife, were 
always reputed to be such, raised a large family 
of children, were always accounted very respectable 
people, and says he never heard the fact that they 
were man & wife called in question. 

He further states that he has heard the said Jacob 
Yeast tell over his services while in the Revolutionary 
War. He always spoke of being employed as a Wagoner; that he served but a short time as a soldier until they put him to drive the waggons. He further states that the said Jacob Yeast often told him that he served five 
years in the Revolutionary War. 

He further states that his is in no way interested 
in the prosecution or result of the aforesaid claim.
Lewis Pevler [Peavler or Peevler] his X mark
Attest 
S. H. Stevenson 
E. D. Veatch 

Sworn to & subscribed before me, and I hereby 
Certify that I have been acquainted with Louis Pevler, the aforesaid affiant, for several years and believe him to be a very respectable man and credible witness, in whose statements full reliance can be placed. I further certify, as before, that I am in no way interested in the prosecution or result of the aforesaid claim. April 19, 1853 
E D Veatch JP
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State of Kentucky 
Mercer County } ss
I, Tho Allin do hereby certify 
that E. D. Veatch Esq before whom the foregoing 
affidavits were made, and who has thereunto subscr[ibed]
his name, is, and was, at the time of so doing, a 
Justice of the Peace in and for the County & State 
aforesaid, duly Elected, Commissioned & Sworn, and 
authorized to administer oaths, and that his said signature is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and affixed the seal 
of my office, as clerk of the Mercer 
County Court this 20th day of 
April A.D. 1853 
Tho Allin Clk 
Mercer County Court 

[In left margin at right angles to the body of the text:]. E. Yeast case