Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11921, for Samuel Jacobs, Virginia
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(3-1776)
SERVICE

Va     
Jacobs, Samuel   

NUMBER  W.11921

Lydia 

B.L.W. 82006-160-55
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[illegible] transfer fr 4 Sept 1869
Date of death not [illegible]
290073


6389
Indiana 
N. Albany [crosssed out; replaced with Madison] 

Lydia Jacobs, widow of Samuel Jacobs, who served in the Revolutionary Va war, as a private, Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued 14th day of May 1858 and sent to J. M. Williams, Franklin, Inda

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 225, Vol H.
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Ed MWH
Vol J page 14

290.073 Act March 3/55
May 10/58
Lydia Jacobs wid of Samuel Jacobs pvt

82,006 of July 8/58
[illegible]

Rev War
Ar: 160sc July 2d/58
Specl B
Hon. Jo G Davis
House Reps [crossed out]
Rockville Md
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5099
Indiana
Samuel Jacobs. 
of Washington in the State of Indiana
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Fields of the regt commanded by C. G. Gibson in the Virginia State line for 3 years from 1776.

Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of February 1833 and sent to Hon J. Carr, N.R.

Arrears to 4th of September 1832         $120
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 March 33 $40                                                               
                                                               $160

{Revolutionary Claim,}
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Wm Allison, Clerk,
Book 8, Vol. 9, Page 186
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Samuel Jacobs
Application for Pension


17202


I. Rowland
Salem, Ind.
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State of Indiana Washington County} SS Washington Circuit Court
On this 25th day of September, 1832 personally appeared before the Judges of the Washington Circuit Court Samuel Jacobs, a resident of the said county of Washington and State aforesaid, aged 72 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1776 under Captain William Fields and served in the 2nd Regiment of the Virginia State line under the following named officers - that he enlisted into the said company for the term of three years at Culpepper County, Virginia, and received twenty dollars bounty, then marched to Williamsburg, - here Capt. Fields was broke of his commission - and he was then attached to another Company. The captain’s name he does not remember, his regiment then marched to the Valley Forge, together with the 1st Regiment of the Virginia State line, which two regiments were generally kept together - the first Regiment was under the command of Col. Gibson and the second, to which he belonged under Col. Trotter as he believes but he is not absolutely certain. Roger Triplet,   ___  Holmes and  ___  Edmunson were three Lieutenants that belonged to the first and second Regts. Said Holmes was killed by said Edmunson - marched through White Plains, Germantown, Trenton, and was in the battle of Monmouth and diverse other battles and skirmishes not now recollected - in the winter of 1779 he thinks, he was discharged at Falmouth, Virginia verbally, and ordered to go to Richmond
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discharge - but the weather was extremely cold, and the ground covered with snow and he barefooted so that he could not get there, and for that reason he did not get a written discharge - Afterwards saw General Muhlenberg who gave him a discharge which he sent to Richmond and obtained his back rations and a land office military Warrant No. 3173 for one hundred acres of land

in 1784 - Recollects Gen. Washington, Gen. Peter Muhlenberg, Gen. Woodford of the Continental line - and ??? Coleman, George Godby, David Griswald, T. Roberts, Thomas Chisu?, Reuben Long, Reuben Cassady, Frank Raburn, Samuel Vest?, Neal McCulliy?, John Meny? members of the same company to which he belonged according to his present recollection. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of the agency or a in any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. his Samuel X Jacobs - mark

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. -
(Signed) Wm H. Carter clerk of the said Washington Circuit Court in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of said court in the matter of the application of Samuel Jacobs for a pension
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 25th day of September, 1832. (Signed) Wm H. Carter, clk
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Brief in the case of Samuel Jacobs of Washington County in the State of Indiana (Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made. before a Court or a Judge?   a Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he?  72 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period - in 1776
Duration of Service -  3 years
Rank - 
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served - Capt Wm Fields and Reg. Va. State [illegible] Col. Gibson - Col. Trotter

5. In what battles was he engaged?  Monmouth

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Culpepper County, Virginia 

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  On Roll as a Corporal does not state in his declaration in what capacity he served.

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  No

*Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

B. F. Pleasants  Examning Clerk
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Declaration of Mrs Lydia Jacobs the widow of Mr Samuel Jacobs a Revolutionary pension whose pension was payable at the Madison agency in the State of Indiana the [illegible] payment was made in January 1840.

[illegible] I. H. Williams
Address I. H. Williams [crossed out]
[illegible] [crossed out]
[Illegible] Johnson Co, Indiana
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State of Indiana. Before me the undersigned Johnson County Clerk of the circuit court within and for the county of Johnson aforesaid personally appeared William Keaton and James Keaton who bring duly sworn according to [illegible], and who are well known to me as credible persons, who depose and say what they and each of them, [illegible], and have been well acquainted with Lydia Jacobs who has made the written application for a pension, for many years, and that they also were well acquainted with Samuel Jacobs deceased, who was the husband of the said Lydia, and that the said Samuel Jacobs was a Revolutionary pension at the time of his death, and that [illegible] said Lydia Jacobs is now a widow, and well worthy of belief, and they further say that they have no interest in this claim in any manner whatever.

James J.  Keaton
William Keaton

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20th day of April 1858, and I certify that the above named witnesses are persons well known to me and who are well worthy of belief Given under my hand and seal this 20th day of April 1858
William H. Barnes, [illegible]
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290.073
The Declaration of Lydia Jacobs the widow of Samuel Jacobs a Revolutionary Pension Declaration for Bounty Land [illegible] act March 3, 1855. The Pension was payable at the Madison agency 
State of Indiana 
last payment made on 26th January A.D. 1840.

[illegible] by Hon. John G. Davis [illegible]

Address
J. H. Williams atty
Franklin Johnson Co.
Indiana
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State of Indiana, Lawrence County. On this 14th day of April one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace within and for the county and state aforesaid,  Lydia Jacobs aged fifty three years a resident of Lawrence County in the state of Indiana, who being duly sworn according to Law, declares that she is the widow of Samuel Jacobs deceased who was a (Revolutionary Pension) a private in the company commanded by Captain _____ in the regiment commanded by Col ____ in the war of the Revolution as will more fully appear by reference to the pension rolls in the Department and more particular the rolls of the Madison agency in the State of Indiana the last payment of pension was on the 26th day January 1840, the certificate of which has been Surrendered.

She further states that she was married to the said Samuel Jacobs in the county of Washington in the State of Indiana on the 24 day of October AD 1835 by one David Baggerly a Minister of the Gospel and that her name before her said Marriage was Lydia Groves that her husband died at Johnson County State of Indiana on the 26th day January 1840, and that she is still a widow. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the "act affirmed March 3d 1855" and further that she has not received or applied for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress.

Lydia Jacobs
X her mark
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3-1776
Service Number
Va Jacobs, Samuel W. 11921
Lydia B. L. M. 82006-160-55
Contents
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State of Indiana, Johnson County
Before me the undersigned Clerk of the Circuit Court within and for the county aforesaid personally appears William Keation who being duly sworn according to law, says that he was the  administrator of Samuel Jacobs deceased of Johnson County and that the property of the decedent was taken by his widow Lydia Jacobs as the appraised value, the amount being less than one hundred dollars, that she said Samuel Jacobs died on the -- day January AD 1840 in this Johnson County and that the said Lydia who has made the above application for Bounty Land, is the widow of the said Samuel Jacobs deceased. and that the said Samuel Jacobs was a Revolutionary pensioner at the date of his death and that the said Lydia is still a widow.  

William Theates
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 26th day of April AD 1858
William H. Barnett, Clk

State of Indiana, Johnson County 
Before me the undersigned Clerk of the Circuit Court personally appeared William Lemond who being duly sworn according to law, says that he is and has been personally acquainted with Lydia Jacobs, for the last seventeen years past, and that she is now a widow, and that her husband Samuel Jacobs died at Johnson County in the State of Indiana, on the 26th day of January AD 1840., as he knows of his personal knowledge and further says not.  

Wm Lemond x his mark

Subscribed and sworn to before this -- day of April AD 1858, and I certify that the affiants are well known to me and that they are good
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credible persons and worthy of belief.
In witness whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this day of April A.D. 1858
William H Barnett III
Clerk of the Circuit Court

Note 3
In evidence of her marriage withe the said Jacobs the [illegible] is ordered when declaration for a pension under the act of February 1853 filed at the same date of this application which we suppose will be sufficient in this case -

Yours
J. H. Williams
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Declaration of Mrs Lydia Jacobs the widow of Samual Jacobs deceased, who was a Pensioner at the Madison agency in the State of Indiana at $80--

This declaration is under the act of 3rd February A.D. 1853--

Address J. H. Williams
Franklin Johnson Co
Indiana
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State of Indiana, Lawrence County

On this 14th day of April One thousand eight hundred and fifty eight, before me the undersigned Jonathan Turley a justice of the peace within and for the county and state aforesaid personally appeared Lydia Jacobs aged fifty three years a resident of the county of Lawrence in the state of Indiana who being duly sworn according to the law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of congress passed on the 3rd February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war, that she is the widow of Samuel Jacobs deceased, who was a private in the company of ----------- commanded by Captain -------------- in the regiment of ------------- commanded by Col --------- in the war of the revolution to the best of her information and belief, her husband entered the service at -------------- about the day of ----------- 17-------  for the term of three years and continued in actual service in said war for the time of three years and honorably discharged at --------------- on the ------- day of ---------- 17 -- that her said husband was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress approved the ---- day of 18-- at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum, which was paid to him at the agency in Madison in the state of indiana.  She further states that she was married to the said Samuel Jacobs at the County of Washington in the State of Indiana on the 24th day of October 1833 by David Baggarly a minister of the gospel and church her name before her said marriage was Lydia Groves that her husband died at Johnson
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County in the state of Indiana on this 26th day of January 1840.  That she was not married to him prior to the second January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated and she further states that there is a public record of her marriage a copy of which has been filed with her declaration for bounty land under the act of the 3rd March 1855 within a few days past that she cannot file herewith his certificate of discharge for the reason that she believes the same is on file in the department with his application for a pension as above stated and she further declares that she is now a widow she hereby appoints J. H. Williams her true and lawful attorney with power of substitution to prosecute this her claim for a pension to receive the certificate when issued and to do all other acts necessary and proper in the premises, witness present. 

Jonathan Turley
William R Hamer
Lydia Jacobs x her mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year, first above written, and herby certify that I know the said deponent Lydia Jacobs, and believe her to be as above stated and that she is of the age above stated, and further that I am not interested in this claim as an attorney or otherwise and that the said Lydia Jacobs is unable to attend court in consequence of bodily infirmities at this time.

From under my hand and seal 
this 14 day of April AD 1858, 
Jonathan Turley J.P.
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Va Jacobs, Samuel W. 11921 Leydia BLM 82006-160-55
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State of Indiana, Lawrence County

I, George A. Thornton Clerk of the circuit court do hereby certify that Jonathan Turley Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits and power of attorney were made and acknowledged and who has hitherto subscribed his name thereto was at the time of so doing an acting justice of the peace in an for the county aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that his signatures thereto are known to me to be genuine,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of the Lawrence Circuit Court this 14th day of April AD 1858

George A. Thornton
Clerk
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Date of License 1833 Oct. 24
No. 1503
Parties Names
Samuel Jacobs to Lydia Groves
Remarks (Samuel Jacobs) of age
(Lydia Groves) of age
Certificate of Marriage
I the undersigned certify that on the 24th day of October 1833 I solemnize the marriage of Samuel Jacobs and Lydia Groves as according to law
David Baggerby M.G.

State of Indiana Washington County set 
I James B. Wilson Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for said County hereby certify that the above is a full true and complete copy of the marriage record as to the above matter as the same appears therein in my office.  Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at Salem in said county the 17th day of April 1858 James B. Wilson
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November 18, 1937

Samuel Jacobs
W. 11921
BA-J/AWF

The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Samuel Jacobs, private in a Virginia Regiment, Revolutionary War, pension number, W. 11921.

The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim W. 11921, based upon the service of Samuel Jacobs in the War of the Revolution.

The date and place of birth of Samuel Jacobs are not shown, nor are the names of his parents given.

Samuel Jacobs enlisted in Culpeper County, Virginia, in the year 1776 (exact date not stated), served as a private in Captain William Field's company, Colonel Trotter's Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth, and many other engagements, and was discharged in 1779.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1832, at which time he was seventy-two years of age, and living in Washington County, Indiana.

He died January 26, 1840 in Johnson County, Indiana.

Samuel Jacobs married October 24, 1833 in Washington County, Indiana, Lydia Groves. His widow, Lydia Jacobs, was allowed pension on her application exe-
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cuted April 14, 1858, then a resident of Lawrence County, Indiana, and was aged fifty-three years. The papers on file in this claim contain no further reference to family.

The application for headstone for Samuel Jacobs in returned herewith. There was no correspondence enclosed.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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98 J. Walton
atine, Iowa
1909 Oct. 29 Hist. to
Harold Blake V.L.M. 
1932- Jan. 12- Hist. to Ruth Cralle- EEL
1937- Nov. 18- hist to merc
1939- Jan 16 hist to Mrs. Charles H. Watson 

her Widow, &c. 

File No. 11921
Lydia Jacobs
Wid of 
Samuel Jacobs
Privt Rev. War
Act: Febry 3rd 1853
Index: - Vol. A, Page 371

[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mch 11
Muse
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82.006
160 acres
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[piece of cloth with emblem?]
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Gen D Exp
Rockville Ind. JUL 2

FREE

Mo. G. Davis

Hon. Geo. C. Whiting
Commis of Pensions
Washington D.C. 

290043
Saml Jacobs
Boyontin 
Alay
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Lawrence Co. Indiana
No. 7012
Lydia Jacobs
widow of Samuel Jacobs
Admitted act Feb. 3/53
at rate of $80 per annum
commencing on date of said act 
Service 2 years private 
Pay widow
Certificate to J. H. Williams
Franklin, Johnson Co. Indiana
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Samuel Jacobs Wid. File 11921
of ---tment or ----ntment 1776
Length of Service Winter 1779
Rank Pvt.
Officers under whom service was rendered
Captain William Fields
Colonel Trotter
State Va. 
Battles engaged in, Monmouth
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Culpepper Co Va
Date of application for pension, Sept 25. 1852 His cl was at 
Residence at date of application, Washington Co Ind. 
Age at date of application, 72 yrs. died in Johnson Co. Ind. Jany 16 1840
Remarks: Soldier married in Washington Co Ind Oct. 24 1833, Lydia Groves. She was aware of pension on an application executed Apr 14 1858 while a resident of Lawrence Co Ind aged 53 years
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Brief in the case of Lydia Jacobs, widow of Samuel
Lawrence County and State of Indiana
act February 3 1853

Claim, ("original")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance. 
Claimant's husband was a pensioner of the United States under act of June 7, 1832 at rate of $80 per annum, and in January 26, 1840, the arrears having been paid to "Lydia Jacobs" his widow, as per 3rd auditor's certificate

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?
Marriage, in 1833, proved by record evidence, and identity of applicant and her present widowhood established by affidavit of several credible witnesses. 

Name and residence of Agent
J.H. Williams Esq
Franklin, Johnson County Indiana
Rhoddes
Examining Clerk.
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Rockville Ind
July 1 1858

Hon. Geo C. Whiting
Commer of Pensions
Sir, 
I filed the claim of Lydia Jacobs widow of Jacobs deceased for Bounty Land, War of 1812, sometime during the latter part of the late session of Congress, 

Will you please inform me what has been done in the case?
Very Respectfully
Yr. obl. Svt. 
Geo. G. Davis
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No. 17.202

Saml. Jacobs

from 1776 private
3 yrs $80

refd to Mr Edwards
Admitted as a private, not knowing him long he served as a corporal

Hon John Carr
Indiana
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Jacobs which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county here he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? ---
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. Has he mentioned 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? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionay service?
XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, it there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV.  If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that   the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI.  Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
yes
XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not answered?
___________
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that , by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  For --- year --- months and --- days, I served as a ---. For --- months and --- days, I served as a ---; and for such service I claim a pension."
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  It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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 service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
  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 teir affidavits the time of the claimants 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.
QUERE XVI  Mode of authenticating papers
  In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of the office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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(Illegible) Auditor's office
May 13.1888.

Sir:
Samuel Jacobs, Ind:
a(Illegible) 1832, died 26 Jan'y 1840,
paid in full to that date
to Lydia Jacobs. 

Very Resp'y
(Signature Illegible)
Auditor 

Geo: C Whiting Esqr.}
Commr..of Pensions}
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Pension Office, May 11, 1858
The 3d auditor will please Certify the Date of last payment to widow named pensioner, and if means have been paid, the Date of his death, and the name of his widow. 
Very respectfully
John Dobb 
(Illegible) In Commissioner
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Ho. of Repres.
May 5, 1858

Hon George C. Whiting
Comm of Pensions,

Sir,

Enclosed I present the application of Mrs. Lydia Jacobs of Johnson County Indiana, for Pension and Bounty Lands.
Please address J. H Williams Esq Franklin, Indiana, who is the atty for the applicant
Respectfully
Jerald C. Davis
Land claim sent to Register
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JAMES P. WOOD PRESIDENT
WM. A. MAURY
WM. L. CHAMBERS
HARRY K. DAUGHERTY
ROSWELL P. BISHOP COMMISIONERS
HAROLD BLAKE CLERK
WM. WALLACE BROWN ASST. ATTORNEY-GENERAL

SPANISH TREATY CLAIMS COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.

Oct 25, 1909

Col. Gilbert C. Kniffin
Chief of Record Division
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-
    An ancestor of mine, one Samuel Jacobs, was a pensioner for service in the Revolution.  I believe he served in a Virginia regiment; and when he was placed on the pension-list he resided in Washington County, Indiana.
I shall appreciate, very much, any information relative to the said Samuel Jacobs which can be furnished for the records in your charge.
Very truly yours,
Harold Blake
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702 East Nutwood
Inglewood, Calif.
December 8, 1931.

Director of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-
  I shall appreciate any information you may be able to give me regarding my ancestor, Samuel Jacobs, who in 1828 applied for a pension from Washington County, Indiana.  He enlisted for three years in the fall of 1776, from Culpeper County, Virginia, in the Company of Capt. William Fields.  He was honorably discharged from Falmouth, Virginia in 1779.
  He married twice; first, in 1782, Elizabeth Martin (1762-?) by whom he had 9 children (according to his application for pension) only 5 of which I have able to locate, viz: Bennett (1)-James (2)-Milburn (3)-Martin (4)-Elizabeth (5).  Samuel Jacobs married second, about 1734, Lydia Groves, who later married Abraham Lemon.  Samuel Jacobs and his wife Lydia had three children, viz: George Arnold (1)-Mason (2)-Amanda (3).
I understand both Samuel Jacobs and his widow (2nd wife), Lydia (Groves) Jacobs Lemon received pensions, but I have no record other than a copy of Samuel Jacobs application (28 Apr. 1828, Washington Co., Indiaa)
Very truly yours,
Ruth Crulle

[Pension Files Sub-division stamp received Dec 14 1931 Receipt Section
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2316 Thayer St.
Evanston, Ill.
Dec. 30, 1938

Administrator
Veteran's Administration
Wash., D.C.
Dec 30 [added vertically to the right side of the address by a different hand]

Dear Sir,
Some old family records have just come to light which show that our ancestor, [check mark added] Peter [underlined] Martin [/underlined], was in the Revolution; also his son-in-law, Samuel ["only" added above] [underlined] Jacobs [/underlined] (husband of Elizabeth Martin). Peter, at least, saw the surrender of Cornwallis.
We are very anxious to
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get a copy of their pension records, as we have been seeking information on this family for years. Would you be so very kind as to have copies of their records sent to us?
Peter was born in Prussia in Feb. 8, 1741, and I have reason to believe that he lived in Orange Co., Va., before moving to Woodford Co., Ky. His wife was Sarah Redding, and they were married Sept. 1761.
I do not know just when Samuel Jacobs was born,
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but his wife, Elizabeth, was born 1762, probably in Orange Co., Va.
We await your reply with great anticipation.
Wishing you a happy New Year, I am
Yours very Truly,
Estelle C. Watson
(Mrs. Charles H.)
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Residence,
Evergreen Nook,
308 East 8th St.

J. P. Walton,
Muscatine, Iowa, Feb 25 1898

[begin handwritten letter]

Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington DC

Dear Sir Can you tell me anything about the milelong history of Capt [crossed out] Samuel Jacobs perhaps Captain of Mansfield was in Windham County Conn 

Did he or his widdow [widow] draw a pension or did his heirs draw a land warrant

J. P. Walton

[stamped upside down in the bottom left corner: "Mar 3 1868"]

[very faintly beneath signature: "No B. L. found"]
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January 12, 1932

RA--J/EEL

Miss Ruth Cralle
702 East Nutwood
Inglewood, California

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Samuel Jacobs, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for penstion, W.11921, based upon the military service of Samuel Jacobs in that war.
Samuel Jacobs enlisted at Culpeper Court House, Virginia, in 1776, exact date not stated, served as a private in Captain William Fields' Company, Colonel Trotter's Virginia Regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth and several other engagements, names of engagements not given, and was discharged in the winter of 1779. [Could not identify these officers handwritten off to side]
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1832, at which time he ws aged seventy-two years and resided in Washington County, Indiana.
He died January 26, 1840, in Johnson County, Indiana.  The date and place of his birth are not stated.
The soldier married October 24, 1833, in Washington County, Indiana, Lydia Groves.  Their marriage was recorded on the records of the clerk of the court of said Washington County.
Soldier's widow, Lydia, was allowed pension on her application executed April 14, 1858, at which time she was aged fifty-three years and resided in Lawrence County, Indiana.
There is no reference to a previous marriage by the soldier nor to any children by either marriage.
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The Revolutionary War records of this office do not show a claim for pension on file on account of the services of Swanson Brown or Presley Daggett or Doggett, and the war of 1812 records do not show that a claim for pension was ever made on account of the services of Presley Daggett or Doggett, or of any soldier with surname Cralle in that war.
Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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January 16, 1939

BA-J/AWF
Samuel Jacobs
W. 11921
John Martin 
S. 36074

Mrs. Charles H. Watson
2316 Thayer Street
Evanston, Illinois

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Samuel Jacobs of Virginia, and John and Peter Martin of Virginia, and later lived in Kentucky.

The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension found based upon service of a Peter Martin of Virginia.

You are furnished herein the Revolutionary War records of Samuel Jacobs, and John Martin.

Samuel Jacobs-W. 11921

The Revolutionary War record of Samuel Jacobs which follows was obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, W. 11921, based upon his service in that war. This is the record of the only Samuel Jacobs found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

The date and place of birth of Samuel Jacobs are not given, nor are the names of his parents stated.

Samuel Jacobs enlisted in Culpeper County, Virginia, sometime in the year 1776, served as a private in Captain William Field's company, Colonel
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Trotter's Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth, and many other engagements, and was discharged sometime in the year 1779.

The soldier, Samuel Jacobs, was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1832, in Washington County, Indiana, Lydia Groves. The date and place of her birth and names of parents are not stated.

The widow, Lydia Jacobs, was allowed pension on her application executed April 14, 1858, at which time she was fifty-three years old, and living in Lawrence County, Indiana.

The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to 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 the widow, Lydia Jacobs, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:

Lydia Jacobs, widow of Samuel Jacobs
Certificate #6389
Rate $80.00 per annum
Commenced February 3, 1853
Act of February 3, 1853
Indiana, Madison, Agency.

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John Martin-S. 36074

The data concerning John Martin furnished herein
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were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 36074, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth of John Martin are not given, nor are the names of his parents stated.

John Martin enlisted in Augusta County, Virginia, in the fall of 1776, served as a private in Colonel Charles Scott's Virginia regiment, and in Captain Samuel Lapsley's company, in Colonel Nathaniel Gist's regiment, and was discharged in the fall of 1779, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 4, 1818, at which time he was aged fifty-seven years, and a resident of Clark County, Kentucky.

He was still living in Clark County, in 1820, and then referred to his wife, aged about sixty years, to a single daughter, aged nineteen years, and to a son, aged sixteen years; no names were stated. No further discernible family data in this claim.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person pain, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the same office as given herein, and furnish the following data-

John Martin
Certificate #17544
Issued June 19, 1820
Rate $8.00 per month
Commenced October 4, 1818
Act of March 18, 1818
Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator