Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 32322, Jacob High, Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE		|				|  NUMBER
Va.         		|	High, Jacob	|  S32322	
    		  	       	

Born N.Y. State [handwritten]
	
CONTENTS
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Indiana   25029
Jacob High
of Fountain Co. in the State of Indiana
who was a private in the com commanded   |  Date of death not 	
by Capt. Jerman of the regt commanded.     |  on Agency Bk.  
by Col Crisp in the Virginia
line for 1 year and 4 months
_________________________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana
at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
_________________________________________
Certificate of Pension Issued the 12th day of Nov
1833 and John B.
King Covington
_________________________________________
Arrears to the 4th of Sept			133.33
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March         26.67
						                 _______
					                         $160.00

         { Revolutionary Claim }
	{ Act June 7, 1832.     }
Recorded by Dan Boyd 	Clerk
Book E	      Vol. 7		 Page 114
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No. 23050
Jacob High     Indiana
	[Tenn. crossed out & Indiana written above]

From 1777 [illegible]
16 months.

53.33/100

John B King 
          Covington
    Fountain County
            Indiana
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Sir, 
         The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.    The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 


Statement, showing the Service of Jacob High, Warren County Town

Vol 1777 Drafted Aug, 1778
Vol 1780 Drafted 1782

Duration of the claimant
     Service                      Rank
         3  months             Private         Capt. Firman    Col Crisp    Va.   Aged 79         Traditionary
                                                                                              Hampshire Co. Va.        
         7 months                  "                   Johnson          "              Va. & Pa.

         3 months                  "                   Parsons       Vanmeter       Va. & N. C.
         3 months                  "                        "                     "          Yorktown   
                                                                                       
                                                                                    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 form 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 County of     } 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 provion 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 count and State in which he resided when he enered the service, the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. (Finger pointing right) 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 herby 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.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do herby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
          of the Court of
do herby 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 sound, 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 appeals to them that A. B. 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.
I,     Clerk of the Court of     do herby 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 event 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 the 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, of 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 [illegible] death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity: in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resided.  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 soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
  "personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace ,&c. A. B. who, being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less that the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  __ For ____ year _____ months, and _____days, I served as a_____.  For ____ year _____ 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 it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has not 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  [This section marked with "{"]

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.} 1. 2. 3. 7. 
 

Dyer Castor
Exam Clerk
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State of Indiana } On this 12th Day of November [inserted above] A.D. 1832
Warren County   } Personally appeared in Open Court
the Said Court being a Probate Court in and for Said County
Jacob High Aged Seventy nine Years [inserted above] resident in Said 
County, 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
7, 1832.
That he entered the Service of the United States 
under the following named Officers, and Served as here 
so Stated. He Volunteered in the Company Commanded 
by Captain William Firman [Forman] in the County of Hampshire 
and State of Virginia. In the Sumer [summer] of the Year 1777 marched
from the Town of Romley in Said County to Wheeling
On the Ohio  river. There Joined Colonel Crisip who was the 
Commandant at Wheeling, Virginia. Volunteered for the 
Term of Three months against the Indians. Was dischargd 
at the end of the term of Service and returned home to 
Virginia.

That the above named Declarant was drafted on a 
Second term of Service for the term of three months in 
the Month of July or August Marched from the Town 
of Romley. Some time in the Month of August 1778 
to Fort Cumberland from thence to Beisontown from thence 
to Washington; in Pennsylvania, from thence to Pittsbourgh 
from thence to Big Beaver, then he was engaged in building 
a Garrison. There Stationed all winter. Suffered greatly for 
want of provison, and Clothing. This Said declarant 
was commanded while on the above name expedition by 
the following named officers, viz:
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Captain Abram Johnson, Commanded the Company that 
the Said declarant belonged to. Colonel Crissip Commanded the regiment 
that the Said declarant belonged to. General McIntosh 
Commanded the Brigade or detachment that this 
Said declarant belonged to He was discharged by Genl.
McIntosh at Big Beaver aforesaid, in the month of Feb. 
1779 and returned home to Virginia performing a tour of 
Seven months

On a third engagement this Said declarant Vollenteerd 
for the Term of three months in the Sumer of the Year 1780 
at the County aforesaid under the Command of Captain 
Parsons in the Regiment of Colonel Isaac Vanmeeter
Marched from the place of rendezvous in the County 
of Rumley aforesaid by  Rockbridge in Virginia to 
Stanton in Virginia, there joined General Morgan 
a part of General Greens Army, Marched unto North 
Carolina. There fought an engagement with tories and English. 
Four hundred of the tories were taken prisoners, the name of the [illeg.] 
he can.t recollect, he was marched back to Stanton
in Virginia and there discharged. Served three months 
On the above Tour

On a fourth engagement this declarant was drafted 
from the Millitia of Hamshire County Virginia to go 
against the British early in the Fall of the 1782 Marched 
from the County aforesaid by way of Winchester in virginia. 
Thence to Falmouth. From thence to Little York. was 
present when Cornwallis was taken prisoner was 
at the Siege from the beginning to the end of Said 
Siege
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Was one of the Guard that guarded the British prisoners 
from Cornwallis’s defeat at York Town up to Winchester 
Barracks in Virginia Collone Van Meeter [Colonel Van Meter] Commanded 
on the above Tour Served out his tour of three months 
and was discharged at Winchester in Virginia.

He the Said declarant lost his discharge, cared 
nothing about them believing as he did that they never 
would be any benefit to him.

And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 
to pension or anuity except the present and declares 
that his name is not on the pension Roll of any 
Agency That he has no documentory evidence of 
his Service and that he knows of no person on whose 
testimony he can procure who can testify to his 
Service.                           his
		Jacob      X      High
			 mark
Sworn and Subscribed the day and month year aforesaid

We James Watson and John Jones residing in 
the County of Warren and State aforesaid do hereby certify 
that we are well acquainted with Jacob High who has 
Subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that 
we believe him to be Seventy nine years of age that he 
is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides 
to have been a Soldier of the revolution and that we concur 
			James Watson [handsigned]
in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed 
		   	 John Jones [handsigned]
this 12th day of November 1832
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And the Said Court do hereby declare their Opinion 
after the investigation of the matter and after pulling the 
interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the 
above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and 
Served as he States. And that the Said Court further 
Certifies that it appears to them that James Watson 
and John Jones —----
Who has Signed the preceeding Certificate 
is residents [inserted above] in the Said County Warren and that they 
are Credible persons and that their Statements is 
entitled to Credit.
				      William Wilmeth Probate 
                                                                     Judge

State of Indiana }
Warren County   }	I James Cunningham
Clerk of the Probate Court in and for Said County do 
hereby Certify that the foregoing Contains the original 
proceedings of Said Court in the matter of the 
application of Jacob High for a pension for 
Services rendered the United States during the war 
of the revolution.
		In testimony I have hereunto Set my
                 hand and Seal of Office this 12th day 
J.W.P.C	of November AD 1832
James Cunningham } [hand-signed] 	Clerk of the 
							    	Probate Court
								of Warren
								County
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						June 18, 1932

						BA-J/AWF
					           XXXXXXXXXXXX
Jacob High
S. 32322

Mabel  High 
805 South 5th Street
Springfield, Illinois

Dear Madam,

	Reference is made to your letter relative to Jacob 
High, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

	The data furnished herein were obtained from the 
papers on file in pension claim, S32322, based upon the 
military service of the only soldier named Jacob High
 found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

	Jacob High was born in, 1753, in White Plains, New 
York.

	While living in Hampshire County, Virginia, he volunteered 
in the summer of 1777, was a private in Captain 
William Forman’s Company, marched from Romney to Wheeling 
and joined Colonel Crisip’s regiment, served three months 
and was out against the Indians. He enlisted in July or 
August, 1778, served seven months under Captain Abram Johnson 
and Colonel Crisip and assisted in building a garrison 
at Big Beaver. He enlisted in the summer of 1780, 
served three months in Captain Parsons’ company, Colonel
Isaac Van Metre’s Virginia regiment and was in an engagement 
in North Carolina with British and Tories. He enlisted, 
served three months as private, was in the siege of 
Yorktown and was one of the guard under Colonel Van Metre, 
in charge of the British prisoners taken at the siege of 
Yorktown, as they were marched to Winchester.

	After the Revolutionary War, he lived for awhile 
in Virginia, then in Licking Township, Muskingum County,
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Ohio.

	Jacob High was allowed pension on his application 
executed November 12, 1932, at which time he was a resident 
of Warren County, Indiana.
	
         There are no data in regard to his family.

			                   Very truly yours,
			

                                             A.D. Hiller
                                             Assistant to Administrator
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State of Indiana }
Warren County   }
			Personally appeared before
me John B. King a Justice of the Peace in and 
For Said County Augustus Watson resident
of Said County and of lawful age deposeth
& Saith that he has been acquainted with [inserted above] Jacob
High for the Space of Sixteen years past
and that the Said High now resides in 
Warren County Indiana and in the [inserted above] neighbourhood
where the Said Watson now lives.
That he the Said Watson has heard
the Said High at divers times relate
the Scenes of the revolutionary that passed
while he was a Soldier in Said war
the Said High resided in Ohio at the
time that he made those statements in 
Muskingum County Licking Township.
He the Said Watson perfectly recollects
of the Said High Stateing that he had
been employed in taking care of the wounded.
other Statements of his Service in the Revolutionary
War and that it was a general
belief in the neighbourhood where the Said
High resided in Ohio that he was revolutionary
Soldier and further this deponant Saith
not.                                his
                   Augustus     X     Watson
                                      mark
	Sworn & Subscribed before me this 21st 
day of Sept. AD 1833.      John B. King J.Peace 
                                             [hand-signed]   

I Certify that Augustus Watson [inserted above] who has Sworn to &
Subscribed to the above affidavit is a credible 
witness.                Given under my hand this
                                21st day of Sept. 1833
			                            John B. King, JP [hand-signed]
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State of Indiana }    Personally appeared before
Warren County   }    me John B. King a Justice			
of the peace in and for Said County James Watson
Who after being duly Sworn according to law
Deposeth & Saith That whilst he resided in the
State of Ohio Muskingum County that he
has heard Jacob High relate how he had
Served in in [repeated] the revolutionary war & in
particular a circumstance of Jacob High
packing on his back a certain John Cullins
from the Mountains of Kanhaway [Kanawha] where he
the Said Cullins, had been wounded by 
the Indians in a Battel and he the Said
Cullins. He the Said Watson has heard
the Said Cullins Relate the Same circumstance
that he J [J inserted above] Cullins was then living when Said
Watson heard him make those Statements
In Muskingum County Ohio– and that
the Said High was respected & believed to 
be a Soldier of the revolutionary war in
the neighbourhood  where he resided in Muskingum
County Ohio			       his
			    	James      X     Watson
					      mark
Sworn & Subscribed this 21st day of Sept.
				John B. King JP

I Certify that James Watson who has
Sworn & Subscribed to the above affidavit
Is a credible person
				John B. King JP
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State of Indiana }    I James Cunningham
Warren County   }    Clerk of the Circuit Court of 
the County aforesaid, do hereby Certify that John
B. King before whom the foregoing affidavits appear
to have been made, was at the time there of
and is Still an acting Justice of the peace,
duly Commissioned and qualified as Such
and that full faith and credence is due
and ought to be given to all his official acts
as Such, as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere
		In testimony whereof I have 
		hereunto Subscribed my name
		and affixed the Seal of Said Court
		at Williamsport this 10th day
		of October   AD 1833
		James Cunningham  } Clerk 
                                                        of Warren 
                                                        County
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State of Indiana   }   Fountain County Circuit 
Fountain County  }   Court September Term
			          A D 1833

Personally appeared in Open Court Jacob
High who being first duly Sworn according
to law, Doth upon his oath make the following
amendment to his original declaration. To wit
Question first of the Interogatories prescribed by
the War Department. Ans. I was born A.D. 1753
At a place called the Whiteplains; in the State
of New York, Question 2nd. I have a Record at my 
Age at my home that I intend to transmit to
the war department with my other papers. Qust.
3rd I was living when Called into Service, in the
State of Virginia Hampshire County I have
lived Since the revolutionary war a part of the time
in Virginia a part in the State of Ohio. And the
two last past Years in Warren County, Indiana
where I now reside. Quest. 4th I volunteered the first
tour Served three months a private 2nd Tour I was
Drafted Served Seven months a private; 3rd Tour
Volunteered Served Three months a private, 4th Tour
I was Drafted Served Three months a private;
The Persons to whom I am known in my present
neighbourhood are James C. Watson & John Jones
whose names are Subscribed to my original Declaration,
Quest. 5th The names of the officers that 
was with the troops that I belonged to were Col.
Crissip Col. Vanmeter, General McIntosh
General Morgan, & Genl Washington
				   his
			Jacob   X    High
                                    mark
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State of Indiana   }   And the Said Court being a 
Fountain County  }   Circuit Court in and for Said
County do hereby declare thier opinion that Jacob
High the above named applicant was a revolutionary 
Soldier, and Served as he States
			                                          John R Potter
			                                           Robert Milford

State of Indiana   }  
Fountain County  }  I William B. White Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Said County Do hereby Certify [inserted above] that the foregoing
contains the proceedings of Said Court in the matter
of the application of Jacob High for a pension
for Service rendered the United States during the
War of the revolution [“r” is faded]
			In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
                          Set my hand and Seal of 
                          office this 10th day of Sept. AD 1833
                          W. B. White [hand-signed] Clerk
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Baltimore Warren Co
			Indiana October 11, AD 1833

Dear Sir,
	The Reasons opigned by Mr. Jacob 
High for not amending his declaration
in Warren County where he resides is because
he is in the first Case, old and infirm at
the Same time He was [illeg.] under the fever
and ague. He resides about two miles from 
Covington the County Seat, or place of holding 
Court in Fountain Co. and the County Seat
of the County wherein Mr. High resides is twelve
or thirteen miles further which upon [illegible-possibly “examination”]
of the map you will perceive to be the fact.
He was entirely unable to attend at the Court of
his own County.
You will Compare the signature of Mr. Cunningham
to the original declaration and the signature 
to the traditionary evidence And I think you will
readily perceive to be the fact that they are one and the 
Same Signature.
                                                   John B. King
[Illegible]					Agent
Lewis Cass
Secretary of war

NB.
	direct any communication in relation to Jacob
Highs pension to Baltimore Warren County Indiana
to the Care of John B. King.
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            32322				|   1932–June 18–Hist to Mabel
            INVALID		         |    High—MLB
REV.						
FILE NO.            32322			

              Jacob High
          Pri    Rev     War
Act:         June 7th,,   32”
Index:----- Vol. 2, Page 187
    	[Arrangement of 1870]
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WILLIAM J. STRATTON
SECRETARY of STATE
A.C.MILLSPAUGH
CHIEF CLERK
STATE OF ILLINOIS
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
SPRINGFIELD, ILL
May 12-1932.
Pension Bureau of Revolutionary Claims,
Interior Department,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly furnish me with
record of Revolutionary Military Record and 
family record for Jacob High - also for John
High?
Both I believe were in the Virginia
State Revolutionary army. Jacob High received
a pension as a Revolutionary soldier and
possibly John High also.
Any information as to the families
and record of the above named will be
greatly appreciated.
Thanking you. I am,
Sincerely
Mabel High,  [hand-signed]
805 S. 5th St.
Springfield, Ill

Circle Stamp in black to the left contains:
RECEIVED
MAY 14, 1932
RECEPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION