Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,799, Jacob Ulmar, Va.

SERVICE
Ulnar Jacob
NUMBER
R. 10799
CONTENTS

N o 33348 Illinois Jacob Ulmar Suspended L t to W m Elliott 27 nov '35
10799

State of Illinois } ss. Fulton County }
On this twenty Eighth Day of October A.D. 1835. Personally appeared in open Court Before the Circuit Court of Fulton County now sitting Jacob Wilmart a Resident near Canton in the County of Fulton and State of Illinois aged Seventy Seven 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 act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated - I was drafted under Captain Brown and served with him for three months and was discharged at Winchester New Virginia - do not Recollect the Year or Month I was drafted nor the Month I was discharged - But think the time of service was in the summer - The next summer I served as a Substitute for one Thomas Welch under Captain Joseph Keller to go to North Carolina and served three Months - I then served the same year immediately after my discharge from Kellers Company as a Substitute for one David Piper under a Captain whose name I do not Recollect - the Lieutenants name I think was Henry Saring of Millers Town - When called into service I was living in Sturges town Shenandoah County New Virginia.
Besides the name of the officers above mentioned he Remembers Captain Mathias Hight and General Muhlenburg. He was not engaged in any Battles during his service - While in the Company under Brown marched through Part of Maryland - through Frederick Town - In the Tour going to North Carolina marched through Stanton Town

Neither of the Companies in which I served ever joined the Main Army - The first Company I served in was ordered to join Washingtons Army, then I think at a place called Scyulkill in Pennsylvania - But Before arriving there it was ordered Back and Returned to Winchester in New Virgin- and Remained there till discharged. The Company under captain Keller was ordered to march for North Carolina But Before arriving there was ordered to Return returned to Storer town New Virginia and remained there till discharged and this Deponent further saith that his memory and faculties generally have become much impaired By age - that he has no documentary Evidence by which he can Substantiate the facts herein set forth - Nor does he know of any Person whom he can procure to testify to his services aforesaid - He hereby relinquished every Claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the Present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State
Sworn to and Subscribed the Day and Year aforesaid.
Yaco E. Miller

1. Where and in what year were you Born?
Answer. I was Born in the Year 1758 in Winchester Frederick County New Virginia
2. Have you any Record of your age and if so where is it? Answer. I have the Record of my age written in my Bible and which was taken from my fathers Bible - which last mentioned Bible is lost
3. Where were you living when called into Service? Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live -
Answer. In Stoverstown Shenandoah County New Virginia
I have lived in a great many places since the Revolutionary war - first in Kentucky - from there I went to the Illinois Grant - from thence to Ohio - and now reside three miles or thereabout from Canton County of Fulton and State of Illinois -
4. How were you called into Service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a Substitute? and if a Substitute, for whom?
Answer. I was drafted under Captain Brown. Served under him three Months - Do not recollect the year - no exact time of the year - it was however in the summer The next summer I served as a Substitute for one Thomas Welch under Captain Joseph Keller to go to

North Carolina and served under him three months till discharged. I then immediately after this discharge served as a substitute for one David Piper under a Captain whose name I cannot now recollect, the Lieutenant's name I think was Henry Saring of Millers Town —
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 service.
Answer. Being old and feeble I do not recollect the names of many officers — I recollect my first Captain's name was Brown the second Joseph Keller — The name of the last have forgotten — I remember the names of Henry Saring Lieutenant — Captain Matthias Hight General Muhlenburg and Capt. Langley. The general circumstances of my service as far as I can recollect are, that the Company of Capt. Brown into which I was drafted and served three months was ordered to march from Stovers Town — to join the army under General Washington then at a place called Suylkill in Pennsylvania we accordingly marched through Park of Maryland on our way thither when we were ordered back — we returned to Winchester and remained there till discharged. The Company under Capt. Keller in which I served as a substitute for Thomas Welch was ordered to march from Stovers Town to

North Carolina; Before arriving there we were ordered Back - Returned to Stover's Farm and Remained there till discharged
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer. I received three discharges from the Companies Before mentioned. But not being able to read English , cannot tell by whom they were signed - I left said discharges in Shenandoah County more than fifty years ago at the house of one Pitman I do not know where they now are -
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.
Answer. Having Lived near Canton for about five years I am known to several individuals Among them are John Coleman Daniel Babbitt Job Babbitt John H. McRine - Israel Stittman and Israel L. Clark - Ware Long Jacob & Silas

We Israel Ludlow Clark a Clergyman formerly Resident in Fulton County and now of Knox County and Isaiah Stillman of Fulton County Residing in the same County hereby Certify. That we are well acquainted with Jacob Wlmar who has Subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we Believe him to be seventy seven 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.
Israel Ludlow Clark
Isaiah Stillman
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 Israel L. Clark who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman Resident in the County of Knox and late of the County of Fulton — And that Isaiah Stillman Esq. who has also signed the same is a Resident in the County of Fulton and state of Illinois and is a Credible Person and that their statement is Entitled to Credit.
Richard M Young
Circuit Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of the State of Illinois

State of Illinois / Fulton County /
Stephen Denny Clerk Circuit of the Court of the County State aforesaid Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Ulmar for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of office, this Twenty Eighth Day of October Anno Domini one thousand Eight hundred and thirty five.
Stephen Denny Clerk

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
10779
P. O. _____
Jacob Ulmer
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Lewiston Nov. 1. 1835 = Fulton County 9/11.
To the Hon. Sec'y of War
Sir
The applicant in this case is very Infirm. His Recollections are thereof Peter Loonen, as to the term specified - "I have no doubt but that he served several years during the war of the Revolution - Having undertaken to do his business in this behalf - any com- munication to me on this subject will be communicated to him
I am The donor to be my
Respectfully Yours John Elliot