Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16421, Jacob Hubbs, Md. Va. Also Served 1785-1793
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(8-1776) 
SERVICE | NUMBER

Md.  Hubbs, Jacob    S.16421

Va.  [blank] [blank]
 
Also served 1785-1793         carded 

CONTENTS
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Date of death not on [illegible]

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6577. 6577
Kentucky
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Jacob Hubbs
of Bullet Co in the State of Ky
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Hemick of the Reg. commanded
by ------ in the Va Militia
[following word lined through: line] 11 mo. from 1777. and Md
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Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 2d day of March
1833 and sent Hon. C. A.
Wichliffe
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Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 54.99
Semi=annl. allowance ending 4 March 1833 18.33
$73.32
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{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{ Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by Henry H. Sylusles Clerk,
Book D Vol. 9 Page 43
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State of Kentucky, County of Bullett Sct.

On this 15th day of October 1832 personally appear
ed in Open Court before the Justice of Bullett
County now sitting Jacob Hubbs a resident of
Bullett County in the State of Kentucky aged
Seventy years on the 30th day of October 1832
who being first duly sworn according to Law
doth on his oath make the following Decla-
ration in order to obtain the benefit of the
act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.  That he
entered the service of the United States under
the following named officers and served as
herein stated.  In the Spring of the year
1777 I was living at the post of the Laurel
Hill on the then frontiers of the State of 
Maryland and the Indians having become
very troublesome to the frontier settlers, Col.
Barrett of the Maryland militia ordered
the militia into service for their protection
and I volunteered in a Company commanded
by [word scratched out] John Henich as Captain & a man by the name of Anderson as Ensign (the name of the Lieutenant not now recollected)
for a tour of six months as a ranger to
guard said frontiers from the incursionary
and [illegible] of the Indians. during
which tour I was constantly on duty [illegible]
and guarding and at the end of the six
months Captain Henich mustered his men
and discharged them and I returned home.  In
the fall of the year 1779 I moved to Ken-
tucky and in the month of July 1780 I
volunteered for a tour of duty of two months
against the [following word scratched out: Indians] Shawnee Indians in
a Company commanded by Cpt. Peter A Sturges
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of which James Adams was Lieutenant & James
A Sturges Jr. Ensign in the Regiment Commanded
by Col. William Lynn.  The whole troops
Commanded by General George Rogers Clark
(Capt. George Pomroy Commanded a Company
in Lynn's regiment. We rendezvoused at
the falls of the Ohio River and marched
to the Picqua Towns and there had a
severe battle with the Indians after which 
we were marched home and discharged.
During the year 1781 I was often engaged,
as a volunteer, in spying and guarding the
frontiers and served in all about two
months.  In this year I served under Captains
Richard Chenowith, James Hogland &
Samuel Wells.  In 1782 General George
Rogers Clark planned an Expedition against
the Shawnee Indias and I volunteered
in a Company Commanded by Capt. Andrew
Hyne (of which Philip Phillips was
Lieutenant and William Hinch Ensign)
in the Regiment Commanded by Colo. John
Floyd. The whole of the troops Commanded
by General Clark.  The tour was for
two months.  We rendezvoused at the
falls of the Ohio River and marched
against the Indian Towns on the
Miami River where we destroyed
several of the towns and then returned
home & was discharged.  In the year
1783 I was frequently out acting as a 
spy and guarding the frontiers
against the Indians.  In the latter end
of August or first of September [word scratched out] 1785
the Indians came to a place called
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Bulletts lick and stole some horses.  A com-
pany of volunteers of which I was one was
made up under the Command of Captain
James A. Sturges Jr. to pursue them.  We
followed them to the Ohio River, crossed
it & pursued them for about forty miles,
finding that we could not overtake them
we took up our march for home and on
our return on the 8th of September we
fell in with a party of Indians, had an
engagement with them and was defeated
and I was taken prisoner and carried to
the Wroctenan (or Wrace) towns on the
Wabash River and then to the head of
the Maumee River to the Maumee
towns during which time I was strongly
tyied & closely guarded for seventeen
nights.  From there I was taken to Detroit.
I was in the possession of the Indians
between four and five months during which
time I suffered much from hunger &
cold.  Detroit was then commanded by
a Major McBride who commiserated
my situation & determined to set me free
& he induced the Indians to believe that
he wanted my services and they gave me
up to him and he sent me about two
hundred miles to the Moravian towns where
I hired an Indian guide who conducted
me to Fort Pitt (now Pittsburgh) from
there I reached home.  In the year 1786
Col. John Hardin set out from the falls
of the Ohio River with a number of
militia with an intention of destroy-
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ing the Indian towns on the Wabash River-
and I accompanied this Expedition as a
volunteer in Capt. George Pomroy's
Company and aided in piloting the troops.
We marched about seventy miles and fell
in with a party of Indians and had
an engagement with them in which we
had several men wounded; Colo. Harden
believing that by then the Indians would
be apprised of his intended attack on
their towns & believing also that his
force would not be sufficient aban-
doned the Expedition and we returned
home and were discharged after an
absence of about three weeks.  In the year
1787 Colo. Alexander S. Bullitt the County
Lieutenant ordered the militia into
service to protect the frontiers and Capt.
Ballard Smith raised a troops of horse
of which Reuben Easter was his Lieuten-
ant & William Christy Ensign.  Said Company
was stationed on the Ohio River and I
was appointed as a spy for said Company
and served three months as such by
spying principally on said River between
the mouth of Goose Creek & the 18 mile
Island.  In the year 1793 I acted as spy
on the Ohio River for eight months
by the orders of Colo. Alexander S.
Bullitt the County Lieutenant.
I have no documentary evidence in
my possession to prove my services to my
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to my Country, and cannot prove it by any person
now living in Kentucky except that proof
which is hereto attached.  I hereby relinquish
every claim whatever to a pension or annuity
except the present and declare that my name
is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of
any state.  In answer to the 1st. Interrogatory
he states that he was born in Halifax
Nova Scotia --- [word scratched out] the 30th day of Octo
1762.  To the 2d. Interrogatory I state that
I have no record of my age.  It was in my
fathers Bible & some five years ago I saw it
but I do not now know what has become of it.
To the 3d. Interrogatory I answer that I was
living at the foot of the Laurel Hill on the
frontiers of Maryland when called into service.
In the year 1779 I came to Kentucky & I now
live in Bullitt County in sd. state.  To the 4th
Interrogatory I answer that I was a volunteer
in all my services.  To the 5th. Interrogatory
I answer that there were no regular troops
where I served.  I have already stated the
militia Regiments & the general circumstan-
ces of my service.  To the 6th. Interrogatory I
answer that I never recd. a written discharge
from the service.  To the 7th. I answer that
I am known to Joseph Saunders Jesse Wilson
Peter Smith Benjamin Summers & John Smith
who can testify as to my character for veracity
& good behavior but there is no clergyman
in my neighborhood whose certificate
I can procure as required by the War depart-
ment.  Subscribed & sworn to the day & year
aforesaid. Jacob Hubbs
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I Joseph Saunders a resident of Bullitt County
in the State of Kentucky do certify that
in the year 1780 I was in the expedition
under General George Rogers Clarke against
the Indians at Picqua Towns and
know that Jacob Hubbs who has
signed & swore to the foregoing Declara-
tion was on said campaign & served
therein as he has stated.  Sworn to
& subscribed the date above

[Jacob Hubbs signature lined through]
Joseph Saunders

We Joseph Saunders Jesse Willson &
Benjamin Summers & Samuel Hornback
residing in Bullitt County in the State of 
Kentucky do hereby certify that we ae
well acquainted with Jacob Hubbs who
has subscribed & swore to the above
Declaration.  That we believe him
to be seventy years of age.  That he is
reputed & believed in the neighbourhood
where he resides to have been a soldier
of the Revolution & that we concur in
that opinion.  Sworn to & subscribed
the day & year aforesaid.

Jesse Willson
Joseph Saunders
Benjm. Summers
Saml. Honback
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And the 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 Joseph Saunders who proved the service of said
applicant Jesse Willson Benjamin Summers
and Samuel Hornback who have signed the
preceding Certificate are residents of the County of
Bullitt and State of Kentucky and are credible persons
& that their statements are entitled to credit.

[Following is written vertically from the right side across the above:
15563
Admtd 11 mo
Jacob Hubbs
Admit for 11 mos
from 1777 [remainder
illegible]]

[Following is written vertically in the left margin:
Hon CAWichliffe]

I Noah C. Summers Clerk of the County
Court of Bullitt County do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings in the matter of the
application of Jacob Hubbs for a pension.  In Testimony
where I hereunto set my hand & seal
of office this 15 day of October 1832

Noah C. Summers Clk

This application of Joseph Hubbs in the hand writing
of Geo F Pope Esq. personally known to me.  I know the witnesses
and am acquainted with hand writing of some of them.
I know the clerk his attestation is in his hand writing and have
no hesitation [illegible] as by law in [word lined through] that it was originally [illegible] by him to
the such declaration in order to attest the same the men
concerned are incapable of [illegible] or falsely using the official
certificate of the clerk of the court

Feby 29th 1833 CA Wikopp [illegible]
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December 8, 1936

Jacob Hubbs [illegible]
S.16421
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Benis H. Ellison
703 Comanche Street
San Marcos, Texas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request information in regard to your great great
grandfather, Jacob Hubbs.

The data which follow relative to Jacob Hubbs
were obtained from pension claim, S. 16421, based
upon his service in the Revolutionary War.  This
is the record of the only Jacob Hubbs found on file
in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Jacob Hubbs was born October 30, 1762 in Halifax,
Nova Scotia.  The names of his parents were not given.

While residing at the foot of the Laurel Hill
on the frontiers of Maryland, Jacob Hubbs volunteered
in the spring of 1777 and served six months as a
ranger in Captain John Herrick's company of Maryland
militia, to protect the settlers from the depredations
of the Indians.

He moved in the fall of 1779 to Kentucky and
volunteered sometime in July, 1780, served in Captain
Peter A. Sturges' company, Colonel William Lynn's
Virginia regiment in General George Rogers Clark's
Expedition against the Shawnee Indians, and had an
engagement with them at the Piqua Towns.  He served
two months in 1781, spying and guarding the frontiers,
under Captains Richard Chenowith, James Hogland, and
Samuel Wells.  He served in 1782, two months in Captain
Andrew Hyne's company, Colonel John Floyd's regiment in
General George Rogers Clark's Expedition against the
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Shawnee Indians and destroyed some of their towns on
the Miami River.  He was out in 1783 as a spy and a
guard on the frontiers, at various times, length of
service and names of officers not given.  He volun-
teered in August or September, 1785 and served under
Captain James A. Sturges, Jr., pursued the Indians,
to the Ohio River, and in a skirmish with the Indians,
he was taken prisoner and carried to a town on the
Wabash River, thence to the Maumee Towns, where he was
tied and closely guarded for seventeen nights, then
taken to Detroit and held about five months, when
released.  He served in 1786, three weeks in Captain
George Powray's company, Colonel John Harden's regiment,
and was in an engagement with the Indians on the 
Wabash River.  He was called out in 1787 by order of the
County Lieutenant Alexander S. Bullock, and served three
weeks as a spy in Captain Ballard Smith's company of
horse.  He was called out in 1793, by order of the same
County Lieutenant, and served eight months as spy.

The soldier, Jacob Hubbs, was allowed pension on
his application executed, October 15, 1832, at which
time he was living in Bullitt County, Kentucky.

The papers in this claim contain no reference
to his family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of
pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly
the date of death of this soldier, you should apply to
The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office,
Records Division, Washington, D. C., and give the
following:

Jacob Hubbs
Certificate # 6577
Issued March 2, 1833
Rate $36.66 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency.
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1936 - Dec 8 - Hist to Mrs. Benis
H. Ellison [illegible]

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16,421
INVALID.

File No. 16,421
Jacob Hubbs
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32

Index:--Vol. A, Page 436

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

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1928.  July 24 - Hist to J. M. Hubbs [illegible]
Letter sent to Rec. Div. for reply to Civil
War request access.
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Rev. and 1812 War Section

July 24, 1928

J. M. Hubbs
San Antonio, Route D-Box 104
Texas.

Sir:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary
Was pension claim S. 16421, it appears that Jacob Hubbs
was born October 30, 1762 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

While residing at the foot of the Laurel Hill on
the then frontiers of the state of Maryland, he volunteered
in the spring of 1777 and served six months as a ranger in
Captain John Herrick's Company of Maryland Militia.

In the fall of 1779 he moved to Kentucky and while
residing there he served with the Virginia Troops,as fol-
lows--

From July 1780, two months in Captain Peter A. Sturges'
Company, Colonel William Lynn's Regiment in General George
Rogers Clark's Expedition against the Shawnee Indians, and
had an engagement with them; in 1781, two months spying
and guarding the frontiers under Captains Richard Chenowith,
James Hogland, and Samuel Wells; in 1782, two months in
Captain Andrew Hyne's Company, Colonel John Floyd's Regiment
in General George Rogers Clark's Expedition against the Shaw-
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nee Indians and destroyed some of their towns on the
Miami River; in 1783 was out as spy, length of service
and officers not given; in August or September 1785 under
Captain James A. Sturges pursued the Indians to the Ohio
River, on their return home had an engagement with Indians,
he was taken prisoner and held by Indians on the Wabash
River, then carried to the Maumee Towns, where he was tied
and closely guarded for seventeen nights, then taken to
Detroit and held about five months; in 1786, three weeks
in Captain George Powray's Company under Colonel John
Harden and had an engagement with the Indians; [insert: ex.
against the Ind. Town on the Wabash River] in 1787, three
months as spy in Captain Ballard Smith's Company of Horse; [small x inserted above Horse]
and in 1793, eight months as spy, called out by the order
of the County Lieutenant, [small x inserted], Alexander S. Bullock.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
October 15, 1832, at which time he was living in Bullitt
County, Kentucky.  There are no data as to family.

Your letter has been forwarded to the proper division
for reply relative to the record of the Civil War soldier
James B. Hubbs.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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MAIL SUB-DIV.
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San Mareas, Tex.
11/18/36

The Hon. Winfield Scott
Dear Sir [note: can't identify 11/27/36 [illegible]]

I am writing to ask for
such information as the records
show in the Pension Dept relative
to my G. G. Grandfather Jacob Hubbs [note: only one]

I will deeply appreciate
any information you can give
me and if it is not any trouble
would you be so kind as to
write just what you have
on your files about Jacob Hubbs
my G. G. Grandfather?  I will always
be grateful to you.  Thanking you
again for your help and believe
me when I say I will deeply
appreciate it.  Thanking you for any
answer to my questions.

I am most respectfully

Mrs. Benies Hubbs Ellison 
703 Comanche St

Please state army service.