Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16414, Jacob Hite, Va.
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Service Va.  Hite, Jacob.    Number Sx 16414. carded
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13920     
Indiana
Jacob Hite
Of Rush Co in the State of Indiana
Who was a private in the company commanded
By Caption Armstrong in the Virginia for 8 months private.
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana
At the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
To commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of July
1844 and 
Arrears to the 4th of March. 53.32
Semi-anl. Allowance ending        13.33
 (total) #66.65
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Dan’l Boyd Clerk,
Book E, Vol. 7, Page
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No. 20569

Jacob Hite

Proof of service
20 Feb. 33
from 1778 private
8 [noth.?]
$26.66
26000

Cap Armstrong
Va

Hon
Jonathan Mcarly
Connersville
Indiana
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BRIEF in the case of Jacob Hite Jr.
Of Rush 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? 70 years.
4.	State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period         Duration of Service.    Rank.   Names of General and Field Officers served
                     Years.     Mo,     days.    As a      Gen.
In 1776.      Above.     2.        ------    private.  Capt. Gilkerson
1781                           “                          “            Capt. Armistead, Genl Stuben
                                                                              Virginia line
5.	In what battles was he engaged? York Town.
6.	Where did he reside when he entered the service? Frederick County, Virginia
7.	Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
8.	Are the papers defective as the form or authentication? And if so, in what respect? No.
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State of Indiana}.  Ss’d.
Rush County}
	On this the 22nd day of September
A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open
Court before the judges 
of the Rush Circuit Court now {?}
Jacob Hite Senr {?Junr?) a resident of Richland
township in the County of Rush, and 
tate aforesaid, aged seventy one years
who being first duly sworn according to 
law, doth on his oath make this following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the act of Congress passed June the
7th, 1832.
	That he the said Jacob Hite Sr. was
born in the County of Frederick and State
of Maryland, February 14th, A. D. 1761 
and that his father when this deponent
was about one year old, emigrated
to Frederick county State of Virginia
in which county this deponent was raised
educated, and married, that he resided in the
county of Frederick aforesaid, at the commencement 
of the Revolutionary War. That in the year 1778
this deponent was detailed, under this
authority if the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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To perform a tour duty against
The Shawnee Indians, under Capt.
Gilkison of the afore said, county of
Frederick. In that the company aforesaid
to which this deponent belonged Rendezvoused 
at Old Town in the state of
Maryland and continued at said place
{illegible} the Maryland and Pennsylvania
troops collected, and that he this 
deponent with the troops aforesaid
was marched from thence under the 
Command of Genl. McIntosh, to Fort Lawrence, 
N. W. of the Ohio river-at
which place, the troops aforesaid
were found by 300, regular troops
and that this deponent with the troop 
aforesaid, were marched from thence
through the Indian Country to an Indian
Town on the Sciota River, now called
Old Town, or Old Chillicothe, and
having routed the Indians, and destroyed
this Town, Com Tr were discharged
and returned home, having been gone in
the service of the country in the Virginia
Line two months, or thereabouts.	
	That in the year 1781 about the first
of October, this deponent was again detained
to perform a six months tour of
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Duty in the Virginia line, and that
the troops so detailed, rendezvoused at 
Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia
and that this deponent cannot recollect
the regiment to which he belonged, but
was attached to a company Commanded
by Captain Armistead, and Lieutenant
Mann, and was marched from thence to 
Richmond, Va. And from thence to Yorktown
and placed under the command of Major
Genl Steuben (as he believes) while the
Americans were investing Yorktown—that
this deponent was at the surrendering 
of the British Army commanded by
Lord Cornwallis, that after the surrendering
of the British Army-aforesaid this
deponent was transferred or removed to
Portsmouth on the Elizabeth river, opposite
Norfolk, and continued on said station
until near spring of 1782, was marched
from thence to the city of Richmond and under
Captain Newell and after continuing
in the city of Richmond, about six mounths
was regularly discharged, having served 
six months in what is called the Virginia
Line.
	This deponent is now in his 72nd
year of age is quite infirm and in
addition to the infirmities, incident to
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age he is greatly afflicted with
considerable sore eyes which in great
measure disqualifies him from labor of
kind, especially weaving which is his
usual vocation that his wife is
now in her 66th year, --is greatly afflicted
with a paral{illegible}
and otherwise greatly infirm.
Sworn and subscribed to in}
open court before me on the}
day and year aforesaid}                 Jacob Hite Senr.

Robert Thompson, clerk
Stat of Indinan Rush County in the
Rush Circuit Court.
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January 11, 1936

Jacob Hite-S.16414
BA-J/AWF

Mr. Roscoe M. Grizzle
Terre Haute
Indiana

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Edward F. Fortner and Jacob Hite, both pensioners from Indiana.

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is not possible to comply in full with each request for Revolutionary War data.

The record of Jacob Hite is gurnished [sic] herein as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 16414, based upon his service in the War of the Revoltuion.

Jacob Hite was born February 14, 1761 in Frederick County, Maryland; the names of his parents are not given. His fater, when Jacob Hite was about one year old, moved to Frederick County, Virginia, where the said Jacob Hite was reared "educated and married".

Jacob Hite enlisted, while residing in Frederick County, Virginia, in the year 1778, served two months as private in Captain Gilkison's Virginia Company in an expedition under General McIntosh against the Shawnee Indians and was in an engagement near Chillicothe. He enlisted October 1, 1781, served six months in Captain Armistead's and Eewell's Companies, and was in the Siege of Yorktown.

He was allowed pension on his application exe-
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cuted September 22, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Richland Township, Rush County, Indiana.

In 1832 the wife of Jacob Hite was about sixty-three years of age; her name is not given and there is no information in regard to marriage, other than the reference cited herein. There is no reference to children.

If you desire information relative to the last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and cite the following data:

Jacob Hite
Certificate # 13920
Issued July 15, 1834
Rate $26.66 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Indiana Agency.

Very Truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Jacob Hite
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jacob Hite which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

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?

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?

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with regulations?

VII. Has he maid a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?

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?
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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 revolutionary service?

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is 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's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

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?

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so 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 each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as 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 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 shewn 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.

+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 their 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 be 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 authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authentication, 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.

In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

As his name is not on the rolls he must prove his service as directed in Quere 14 above.

The name is Jacob Hite and not Hill as set out in this brief. Wm J Brown atty

Examine the signature
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Information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Jacob Hite Sr. Sur File 16414

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment
1778
Oct. 1, 1781

Length of Service.
2 mos
8 mos.

Rank
Pvt.

Officers under whom service was rendered.
Captain
Gilkison 
{Armistead
{Newell

Colonel.
under [?]

State.
Va.

Battles engaged in, Siege of Yorktown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Frederick County, Va
Date of application for pension, Sept. 22 1832, His [?]
Residence at date of application, Richland Twp., Rush Co., Ind.
Age at date of application, b. in Frederic Co. Md. Feby 14, 1761
Remarks: Soldiers father emigrated to Frederick Co. Va. when soldier was one year old in which county he was raised, educated & married. His wife was 63 yrs old in 1832, no name stated. For date of last payment of pension & probate date of death
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16.414

INVALID.

File No. 16414
Jacob Hite
Prv Rev War

Act: June 7th 32

Index: Vol: A, Page 174

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1909 June 15 Hist. to Birney E. Hite. [SLM?]
1911 Aug 23
To [Dr. JM Genl?] U.S.A. for tombstone
19[?]6 Jan. 7 hist to Roscoe M. Grizzle uary
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New Salem Inda
R.R. #14.
June 2, 1909

Com. of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
I find, that my great-grandfather Jacob Hite (from the adjt, gen.) had a certificate for £8-7s. 4d. issued as a Virginia soldier on June 28, 1786 but nothing more. Can you inform me how long & what organization was he serving. Think he must have enlisted from Rockbridge Co Va. as he came here from there about 1825. Have learned since writing the adjt. Gen. that he was a pensioner. Think he got his pension at Brookville Inda as that seemed to be our seat of government at that period.
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2.

He died Oct. 27, 1839.
Do not know the date of his birth. Any information you can give me will be very gratefully received. Would have written to Jas. E. Watson our ex. congressman but he is at home now.

Thanking you in advance for your kindness I subscribe

Yours truly
Birney E. Hite.

N.B.
As he is the only known Revolutionary soldier in our family & the only on eburied in our cemetery we desire to furnish him a suitable monument.

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Terre Haute, Indiana,
November 22nd 1935

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Re: Edward F. Fortner (Falkner)
Owen Co, Ind; 1835

Jacob Hite
Rush Co, Ind; 1835

Messrs:

Kindly give any information available about the men listed above, who are reported as pensioners of the American Revolution, and living in the counties as given at the time of the listing.

The Edward F. Fortner listed above is believed to be an error in spelling and that the name should be Falkner or Folkner both families living in that vicinity at that time.

Thanking you for any assistance in the matter I am,
Yours very truly,
Roscoe M. Grizzle
Terre Haute, Imd;