Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,939, Jacob Yoakum, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Var.
Yoakum, Jacob Magdalen
R, 11.939
CONTENTS
Name also appears as Yoakhum, Yoakum, Yocum + Yokum

c 175401. Jacob Yoakum Hardy County Virginia
(1 dn. 9. Months)
Ja s Carr Gamble 6th Hardy County Virg a

Yoakum, Jacob Va. R11939

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 tubular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjóined 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. These 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.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jacob Yoakum Hardy County Virginia
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol. June 1778 - 3 - private Capt Stump, Captain Harnes 79 years Hardy County Virginia Traditionary paper correct   Vol. Apr. 1781 - 6 - " Capt Harnes, Colonel Harrison,  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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 from 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 } ss. County of }
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 provision 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 county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [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 hereby 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.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby 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 found, 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 days 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 appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ 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 hereby 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 events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 traditional 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, or 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 case of 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.
[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 resides. 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.
[eote"> [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 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."
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 his 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 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.
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.
[k] 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 10 note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Application of Michael Naiff & wife
Margalena Gortum Ky Dec 6 38 Ch to Columb 6 Dec 45

State of Kentucky } Set Bourbon County }
On this the 19 th day of January, 1846, Michael Neff & Rebecca his wife, residents of the County & State aforesaid, personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County & State, who being first duly sworn according to law, do on their oaths make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the pension to which Magdalena Yoakum (or Yocum) was entitled: That the said Rebecca Neff is the daughter & heir of the said Magdalena Yoakum and of the late Jacob Yoakum also; that the said Jacob Yoakum was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, & as such applied for & was placed upon the pension roll under the law of Congress in such case made & provided, he at that time residing in Hardy County & State of Virginia. Reference is made to his declaration on file in the Pension Bureau in Washington City for a particular description of his services: That the said Jacob Yoakum departed this life in the said County of Hardy in May eighteen hundred & thirty eight; that he & the said Magdalena Yoakum were intermarried in the State of Virginia in the year seventeen hundred & eighty two; that after the death of the said Jacob Yoakum, the said Magdalena Yoakum continued a widow until the 23 rd day of March eighteen hundred & forty one - , when she departed life; that previous to this latter event the said Magdalena Yoakum presented to the Pension Bureau her written declaration setting

With the above facts, & asking a pension as widow of the said Jacob Yoakum, and her declaration is referred to as a part of this. But they have been informed that the application of the said Magdalen Yoakum was for some informality overruled. And the said Michael Stiff & Rebekah his wife hereby ask & request any pension to which the s d Magdalen Yoakum was entitled, to be paid over to them as her heirs & representative.
Michael Stiff Rebekah Stiff
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year first above written before me, John Cunningham J.P.B.C.
a justice of the peace for the county & state aforesaid.

State of Kentucky } Set - County of Bourbon
On this 19th day of January, 1846, Andrew & Jonathan Teverbaugh, residents of said County & State, personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for said County & State, & made oath that Rebecca Niiff the wife of Michael Niiff, & whose signatures, are subscribed to the declaration on pages 18 & 19 of this sheet, is the daughter & heir of the late Jacob Yoakhum & Magdalen Yoakhum, who were married many years since in the State of Virginia; that Jacob Yoakhum was a soldier of the Revolution & was on the revolutionary pension roll at the time of his death, which occurred in May eighteen hundred & thirty eight in Hardy County & State of Virginia; that the said Magdalen Yoakhum survived the said Jacob Yoakhum, & continued a widow until she died, which occurred on the 23 d of March eighteen hundred & forty one - in the County of Bourbon & State of Kentucky, and that she had previously applied for a pension as widow of Jacob Yoakhum. Jonathan Teverbaugh Andrew Teverbaugh
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year first above written before me John Cunningham S.P.B.C.
a Justice of the peace for the County & State aforesaid -
I also hereby certify that the above named Jonathan & Andrew Teverbaugh are personally known to me, & are both men worthy of belief. Given under my hand as Justice of the peace in Bourbon County Ky: John Cunningham - S.P.B.C.

Virginia
Hampshire County to wit
I John B. White clerk of the Court of the said County do hereby certify that it appears from the records in my office that on the 8 th day of October 1782 Jacob Goakins & Mary Mag. Wetton were married by V. Power.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of said County this 1 st day of December 1840
John B. White

Virginia
16.725
Jacob Yoakum or Yoakum of Hardy Co in the State of Virginia who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Stump of the Regt. commanded by Col Harris on in the Potomac line for Genes.
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Sept 1833 and sent to Jas Carr Clk. Ct.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833 - $75.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 34 15.00
$90.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Wylie Army Clerk Book 2 Vol. 6. Page 34

Virginia
Hardy County, Set
On this 21 st day of May 1833 personally appeared before the Justices of the Court of the County aforesaid, now sitting, Jacob Yohanna, a resident of the County of Hardy & State of Virginia, aged 79 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, dithy, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated.
That he was born in Hardy County Va. in December 1753.
That he has a statement of the time of his birth, given him by his father, which is now at his house.
That he lived in the said County of Hardy, when called into service, & has ever since & still resides there.
That he was volunteered  for a term of three months and  was drafted for a term of six months - he volunteered in
the company commanded by Lieutenants Michael Hornbach & Samuel Hornbach & Capt Michael for three months Strantz - that
he served in the company under the command of Capt John Hornbach - for a term of six months. The field officers were Col. Benjamin Harrison & Major Jacob Karmele.
That he was acquainted with Major General Greene, Brigadier General McIntosh - General Muhlenburgh, Col. Crawford, Capt Prather, Major  and  other officers who were regular officers - he does not recollect the numbers of any of the Regiments.
That he was volunteered  drafted in June 1778 & marched from Hampshire County Virginia across the Alleghany mountains in company with several other companies, whose names are not now recollectable - that they encamped at the mouth of Big Beaver on the Western bank of the Ohio river in the State of Pennsylvania & that he returned home in December 1778 - having served his six months term.

That he volunteered in April 1781. Marched from Hampshire County Va. - to York Town in Va. - he returned home in July 1781. having completed his three months term - That he was not engaged in any battle during said services - That he before did receive a discharge, but has lost it -
That he is acquainted with William Heath & Isaac Vanmeter & Jacob Fisher & Jacob Stutler who can testify as to his veracity, & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present & declares that his name is not on the pensions rolls - the agency of any State, And this Deponent further saith that he is unable to obtain the certificate of a clergyman - required by the War Department, as he is not acquainted with some who can give the requir'd affidavit -
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid -
Jacob his Hooker mark
102 William Heath ... Deputy Clerk residing in the County of Hardy & State aforesaid, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jacob Hooker - man who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 74 years of age; that he is respected & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion - Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid -
William Heath

And the said Court go hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, & served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that there is no clergyman residing in the said County of Hardy, who can make such a statement of the applicant's age & of his regular services in the revolutionary war as required by the war department. And the Court also certifies that William Heath and William Baker, who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in said County of Hardy, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Chas. A. Trulery Clerk of the Court
The Court propounded to the said Jacob Spahann, the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, which were answered as follows.
Answer to 1 st I was born in Hardy County in December 1753
Answer to 2 nd I have a statement of the time of my birth, given me by my father, which is at my house.
Answer to 3 rd I lived in Hardy County when called into service and do now reside & have ever since the revolution resided in said County.
Answer to 4 th I volunteered.
Answer to 5 th I was acquainted with Gen l M c Intosh, Gen l Muhlenburgh & Capt. Prather who were regular officers in the regiments I do not recollect.
Answer to 6 th I believe I received a discharge, but have lost it
Answer to 7 th I am acquainted with William Heath, Isaac Trimble, Jacob Fisher & Jacob Dutton who can testify as to my character for veracity in their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution.

I James Barr Gamble, clerk of the Court of Hardy-Cam- bridge, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in this matter of the application of Jacob Yoakum for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 21 st day of May 1833 & in the 57 th year of the Commonwealth
James Barr Gamble
Jacob Yoakum's Secretary
12421
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7531 Magdalen Graham of Jacob Kentucky
No 7531
Application of Magdalen Graham
Hon Garrett Davis Ohio
11939

The application of Magdalen Yoakum, at present of Bourbon County & State of Kentucky, for a pension under the law of Congress, states: that she is the widow and relict of Jacob Yoakum (alias Yoakum) late a prisoner of the United States & whose certificate for a pension is signed by Lewis Cass late secretary of war & countersigned by J. L. Edwards commissioner of pensions; & is dated the sixteenth day of September one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three. She further states that she was lawfully intermarried with the said Jacob Yoakum in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty two in Hardy County & State of Virginia; and that her said husband departed life in said County & State last aforesaid in May 1838 (Eighteen hundred & thirty Eight) as she has been informed & believes - from which she has been & still is the widow & relict of said Jacob Yoakum, and has been during the whole period from his death & still is sole and unmarried.
The said Magdalen Yoakum further states that her late husband the said Jacob Yoakum as she was frequently informed by him and as she verily believes, enlisted in the Continental service in the Virginia line during the revolutionary war & served for a considerable time as a private soldier in said service. She does not know or recollect in whose company or in what corps her said husband enlisted or how long he served, being herself aged & her memory having somewhat failed. She therefore refers the War Department to the the Muster roll & other Archives in the depart

department & to the application of her late husband for a pension & the proofs he exhibited to sustain it, for further & more particular information on these points. The said Magdalen Vohum is now Eighty Eight years of age & of infirm health according to the information which she has about that matter, & she further says that she at present resides ten miles from the town of Paris where the county courts of Bourbon County State of Kentucky are held & that she is unable to travel & appear in person in said county court by reason of her bodily infirmity this twentyfourth day of November 1840 her Magdalen Vohum Mark
State of Kentucky
Bourbon County
ss
The undersigned a justice of the peace duly commissioned & acting in and for the county & State aforesaid & also a justice in & of the county court of said county hereby certifies to all to whom it may concern that Magdalen Vohum (or Vohum) personally known to the undersigned made and adop- ted the preceding declaration in relation to her intermarriage with Jacob Vohum, his death, her widowhood & still being sole & the revolution service of the said Jacob Vohum (or Vohum) & she further made affidavit that all & singular the facts and statements in said declaration set forth, are

and true to the best of her knowledge & belief Given under my hand & seal this 24th day of November 1840
John Cunningham J. A. B. C. H

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
AWF:MLB
July 9, 1930
Elizabeth Pope Hoefler 1108 South 41st Street Tacoma, Washington
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 11939, it appears that Jacob Yoakum was born in December, 1753 in Hardy County, Virginia.
While residing in Hardy County, Virginia, he served with the Virginia troops, as follows:
From June, 1778, six months, under Captain John Harness, and from April, 1781, three months, under Captain Michael Stump. He stated that his field officers were Colonel Benjamin Harrison and Major Garrett Vanmetre.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 21, 1833, at which time he was living in Hardy County, Virginia.
He died there in May, 1838.
The soldier married October 8, 1782, in Hampshire County, Virginia, Mary Magdalen Wilton or Welton.
In November, 1840 she was a resident of Bourbon County, Kentucky and was aged eighty-eight years. She died March 23, 1841 in said Bourbon County.
In 1846, their daughter, Rebekah, wife of Michael Neff was a resident of Bourbon County, Kentucky.
There is no further reference to children.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

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Payments to be made
at Richmond by Pres d U.S. Dist d Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Virginia
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 6 Page 32 by W. L. Williams Clerk.
Yoakum Jacob Va. R 11939

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832. Deeb  Yoakum or Yoakum of the State of Virginia who was a Private in the Revolutionary war is entitled to receive Thirty dollars and _____ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Sixteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
Commissioner of Pensions.
drawn to 4 Sept 1835 - the same to 4 Sept 1836  11 Sept 1837

Rev. + War 1812
Tacoma Wash, April 14, 1930.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
my ancestor, Jacob Yoakum (Yoakham) received a pension in Hardy County Va. from Mar. 4, 1831. Was placed on pension roll Sept 16, 1833. aged 80 yrs. May I have his Rev. Pen. record and application, please? Did he serve in War of 1812 or was it his son Jacob Yoakum of Hardy Co.? Jacob Yoakum's pension record says he served in Va. Continental line.
Another ancestor, Peter Pope died in Va; now West Va. He had lived in Philadelphia Pa. in Census 1790 - P245 - on 9th St. between Walnut and Spruce, with 4 males above 16 yrs. and 3 females. I have not found his War record in Pa. but am told that he served in the Revolution. Have you any pension application

from him or from his widow?
I shall be very grateful for the information.
Respectfully yours, Elizabeth Pope Hoefler.
1108 So 41 St. Tacoma Wn.

1930-July 9. Hish to Elizabeth P. Hoefler acc 3.
11.939
P. O.
Margaret Yoakum
Service: wid. of Jacob
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Not on printed list of 1852
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Payment to be made at Richmond by Re d U.S. Br. Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Virginia
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E. Vol. 6 Page 32 by
(Signed) W. L. Williams, Clerk.

(Copy 1)
WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Jacob Yoakum, or Yoakum of the State of Virginia who was a Private in the Revolutionary War,
is entitled to receive Thirty dollars and  cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Sixteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three,
(Signed) Lew. Cass.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
(Signed) J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Magdalen Youkum Jacob Ky. act of 1838 Suspended
See let of Jan'y 1841 Hon. Garrett Davis let. to do. 7 June 1841 copies of papers sent to same Feb 16. 1843. let to Hon. G. Davis Feb 23 1843 - do. to Hon. G. Davis H. R. July 25. 1846 - do. to same Aug. 1. 1846 - same Dec 22 nd 46

977 Pension Office December 22 d 1846,
Sir,
I have the Honor to transmit herewith a copy of my letter to you of the 18 th of August last, which contains the reasons for not admitting the claim of Magdalen Yoakum, deceased.
Hon. Garrett Davis H R
7531, act 38 sup d

M c Garret Davis presents his Respects to Col o Edwards & will thank him for a copy of the grounds upon which he overruled the application of Magdalena Vroom s heirs for her pension as the widow of a Revolutionary soldier. Application in the name Michael Neiff & wife
20 th Dec 1846

Pension Office July 25. 1846
Sir,
The case of Magdalen Youkum, who was widow of Jacob Youkum, dec d has been examined; but the papers, which it is believed, were received from you in this case during the present session of Congress, cannot be found. I have caused a very careful search to be made: but as yet the examination has proved unsuccessful. The search will be continued, and so soon as the papers shall have been found, a full report on the case will be made.
Milly Beall's claim has been allowed.
I have the
Hon G. Davis, House of Rep
Enter Youkum's case - see Book 278 act 7 July 31 No. 7531 Kew

Washington City July 31 st 1846
Colo. J. L. Edwards,
Dr Sir
Jacob Toahams was a revolutionary pensioner. After his death his widow Magdalen Toahams applied for a pension & made proof that she had been his wife, that she was married before the year 1794, & that she was still his widow. Her application was rejected upon the ground that the Magistrate who swore her to the statement which she made had not certified that it was signed by her in his presence. Michael Keiff & wife make application for the pension which Mrs Toahams was entitled to & prove that they were intermarried, & that the wife was the child & heir of Mrs Toahams. This was the case, in which you inform me the papers had been misplaced. I took the first proof myself by which the marriage of Jacob & Magdalen Toahams was proved to have been before 1784, when the witness Jacob Leebangh saw them living together as man & wife. The parties live in my county that is Keiff & wife, & Mrs Toahams

did also, & so did the witnesses. Jacob Leebrough who is dead. I drew up his affidavit, & it set forth that Joahnus & witness lived in Hardy county Virginia, that witness had in went to Ky. in 1781 or 1782, I do not recollect which & re- mained about two years & upon his return found that they had been in the interim married & that the said Jacob Joahnus had died in Hardy county aforesaid some time in May 1838 . The subsequent affidavits were made by the sons of Leebrough & they proved I think that Mrs Joahnus died early in the year 1841, but of this latter fact I am not certain. I enclose you copy of the papers in part from your office.
I would be much obliged to you for a decision of the case before Congress adjourns
Respectfully
Yrs
Samuel Davis

House of Rep 15 th Feby 1843
Colo J. L. Edwards
Sir,
You will confer a a favor upon me, by enclosing to me the papers in the case of Mary Magdalen Noxon, when they are copied.
Yr obt
Sert
Garret Davis

House of Rep 7 th Jan 1840
J Edwards Esqr
Sir,
I forward you the application of Mrs Magdalena Toahann for a pension. I ask your attention to it as soon as your engagements will allow
I will remind you that I have not heard from you in relation to the application of Lucas his for a the half pay of Capt Lucas
very respectfully
Yr ob st Servt
Garrett Davis

Hon. J. Davis
Aug. 1, '40.

Pension Office August 1. 1846
Sir,
I have found the affidavit to which you allude in your letter to me of yesterday in the case of Michael Neiff and wife, who claim the pension supposed to be due in the case of Magdalena Yoakum, decd. who was the widow of Jacob Yoakum. I regret to say, that we can do nothing for the claimants. Jacob Yoakum, or Yoakum, drew a pension up to 1838, when he died, and his widow applied for a pension, which was disallowed. She died in 1841; and at that time no widow whose husband drew a pension under the act of June 7. 1832, was entitled to the provisions of the act of July 7. 1838. As the widow had no claim when she died, the children have none. The joint resolution of Congress, giving five years full pension to widows notwithstanding their husbands might have been pensioned under the act of June 7. 1832, did not pass till the 16 th of August 1842, and was intended for the benefit of those widows only who were then living.
I have
Hon. G. Davis, House of Reps
act 38 Kew. N o . 7531 enter this letter

Monmouth Sept 16: 1840
D r Sir I have carefully examined the records of the Congregational Church of Haverhill, and cannot find either a marriage or a certificate by Jacob Goodwin, or a certificate of the minister who solemnized his marriage with his present wife. Haverhill was taken from Scituate in the year 1786 and if Mr. Goodwin's marriage took place prior to that time, you can probably obtain from the Clerk of that Church some evidence of the fact. Yours Respectfully J. A. Sanborn Rev. Jacob Goodwin

Washington City 5 th June 1841
J. Edwards Esqr
Sir,
I transmit to you for your consideration the declaration of Magdalen Toahand connected with her application for a pension. Also the deposition of Mrs Neiff. There are other papers having relation to this matter in your office, all of which you will please examine
Respectfully Yrs
Garrett Davis

Home of Rep 1 st March 1847
Colo J. L. Edwards,
Sir,
I applied for a pension in the name of Michael Keiff & wife as heirs of Margaret Tolson the widow of a revolutionary soldier, which was rejected. I respectfully ask you to review your decision upon the following grounds 1 st The law giving a pension to the widows of revolutionary soldiers by its terms vests a right to the pension in the widow; & she thereby acquires a property in & to it that descends to her heirs & legal representatives. Whether this be the construction of the department or not I know not, but such is the law in its terms & spirit.
If the department gives a different construction to this law, Mrs. Tolson having in her lifetime made application for her pension that fixed her right & in vested her with it. She thereupon became entitled to the pension for such period as she lived

Her claim was rejected on account of informality in her papers. Her heirs & representatives are clearly entitled to her line pension up to the time of her death, & I think upon a reconsideration you will feel yourself constrained to come to this conclusion. If Mrs. Fowell had lived & had presented her papers in regular form she would have been entitled to a pension from the date of her application, & not merely from your passing allowing her a pension, nor merely from her perfecting her papers. If she would have been entitled to have received a pension from the date of her application, there is no escape from the conclusion that her heirs & wife as her heirs & representatives are entitled to it & that it ought to be allowed them.
I will take it as a personal favor to myself if you will give this matter your attention before Thursday next
Respectfully
Garrett Davis

G. Davis
May 9 1841
AL

Pen Office, Jany 9. 1841
74
Sir
The papers in the case of Mrs. Magdalena Yoakum widow of Jacob Yoakum, dec d have been exam- d filed with suspended cases, excepting the affidavits of the witnesses which are herewith returned in order that they may be sworn to their credibility certified by the magistrate who may administer the oath to them, and that the credibility official character & signature of the magistrate may be certified by the proper officer under his seal of office. The first should be made to each affidavit. Upon referring to her husband's declaration, it is found that he alleges a term of six and one of three months in the Virginia militia, the last term having been in 1781. She was married in 1782 should she should therefore make a declara- -ration under oath July 1838 drawn up in conformity with the blank form contained in the enclosed prints sheet and authen- ticated as therein required.
Hon. Garrett Davis. H. R.
O. C. 7538 out 38

H. G. Davis Feb 23 1843.
✓

Pennsi Offm, Feb 23. 1843.
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 22 nd inst. I have the honor to state that the claim of Mrs. Magdalen Yoakum has not been rejected. You will perceive from the inclosed copy of my letter to you on the 7 th June 1841, that the papers in her case were returned to you for correction, since which date they have not been in the office.
Enclosed herewith is a copy of the pension Certificate of her deceased husband.
Hon. Garrett Davis W.R.

House of Reps 22 d Feby 1843
Colo. J. L. Edwards
Dr. Sir,
Will you be so good as to send me a copy of the pension certificate of Jacob Toakham (Tocum) and also of your note to me refusing the application of his widow for a pension
Yr obd
Sect
Garret Davis

Copy for
Hn. G. D. Davis
H. O. 4 pages only
Copy of last letter also

I HEREBY CERTIFY, that the accompanying page s numbered from one to 7, inclusive, are truly copied from the original s in the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions.
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That James L. Edwards , who has signed the foregoing certificate, is Commissioner of Pensions; and that to his attestations full faith and credit are and ought to be given.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the seal of the Department to be affixed, on this fifteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty- three .
John C. Spencer Secretary of War.

Virginia,
Hardy county, Set. 3
On this 21st day of May 1833 personally appeared before the justices of the court of the county aforesaid, now sitting, Jacob Gockum, a resident of the county of Hardy and State of Virginia, aged about nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, did, 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. That he was born in Hardy county, Va. in December 1753. That he has a statement of the time of his birth given him by his father, which is now at his house.
That he lived in the same county of Har- dy when called into service and has ever since and still resides there. That he volunteered in the com- pany commanded by lieuts. Michael Hornbeck and Samuel Stoughton and capt. Michael Krapp for three months, and in the company under the command of capt. John Hornbeck for a term of six months: the field officers were col. Benjamin Harrison and Major Garrett Vanmeter. That he was acquainted with General McIntosh, Genl. Muhlentung and capt. Frother, who were regular officers,

officers - he does not recollect the numbers of any of the Regiments.
That he volunteered first in June 1778 and marched from Hampshire county, to, across the Alleghany mountains in company with several other companies whose names are not now recollected - that they encamped at the mouth of Big Beaver on the Western Bank of the Ohio river in the state of Pennsylvania, and that he returned home in December 1778 having served his six months term.
That he volunteered 2 d April 1781, and marched from Hampshire county, to Yorktown in Va. - he returned home in July 1781 having completed his three months term. That he was not engaged in any battle during said service. That he believes he did receive a discharge but has lost it.
That he is acquainted with William Scott, Isaac Vanmeter, Jacob Fisher and Jacob Stutter who can testify as to his veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
He hereby relinquishes any 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. And this deponent further saith that he is unable to obtain the certificate of a clergyman required by the War Department, as he is not acquainted with one who can give the requisite affidavit.
In witness whereof and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Jacob By Fisher mark

We William Heath and Anthony Baker residing in the county of Hardy and State fore- said, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Graham who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 78 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 con- cur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year forementioned.
William Heath.
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 soldier of the Revolution, and served as he states - and the court further cer- tifies that it appears to them that there is no clergyman resident in the said county of Hardy who can make such a statement of the applicant's age and of his reputed services in the Revolutionary war, as required by the War Department. And the court also certifies that William Heath and Anthony Baker who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in said county of Hardy and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Chas. A. Finley Clerk of the court.

The court proceeded to the said Jacob Geak and the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department which were answered as follows:
Answer 1 st . I was born in Hardy county in December 1753.
Answer 2 d . I have a statement of the time of my birth, given me by my father which is at my house.
Answer 3 d . I lived in Hardy county when called into service and do now reside and have ever since the Revolution resided in said county.
Answer 4 th . I volunteered.
Answer 5 th . I was acquainted with Genl. McIntosh, Genl. Muhlenberg, and Capt. Walker who were regular officers. The regiments I do not recollect.
Answer 6 th . I believe I received a discharge but have lost it.
Answer 7 th . I am acquainted with William Shett, Isaac Parneter, Jacob Fisher and Jacob Rutton who can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution.
I, James Carr Gamble, clerk of the court of Hardy county - do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jacob Geakum for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 21 st day of May 1833 and in the 57 th year of the Commonwealth.
Seal
James Carr Gamble

The application of Magdalen Geakum, at present of Bourbon county and State of Kentucky for a pension under the law of Congress, states that she is the widow and relict of Jacob Geakum (alias Geakum) late a pensioner of the United States and whose certificate for a pension is signed by Lewis Cass late Secretary of war and countersigned by A. S. Edwards commissioner of Pensions, and is dated the sixteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. She further states that she was lawfully intermarried with the said Jacob Geakum in the year 1782 in Hardin county and State of Virginia; and that her said husband departed this life in said county and State last aforesaid in May 1838 (eighteen hundred and thirty eight) as she has been informed and believes - from which she has been and still is the widow and relict of said Jacob Geakum and has been during the whole period from his death and still is sole and unmarried.
The said Magdalen Geakum further states that her late husband the said Jacob Geakum as she was frequently informed by him and as she only believes, enlisted in the Continental service in the Virginia line during the Revolutionary war and served for a considerable time as a private soldier in said service. She does not know or recollect in whose company or in what corps her said husband enlisted or how long he served, being herself aged and her memory having somewhat failed.

She therefore refers the War Department to the muster Roll and other archives in the department and to the application of her late husband for a pension and the proofs he exhibited to sustain it, for further and more particular information on these points. The said Magdalen Goakum is now eighty eight years of age, according to the information which she has about that matter, and she further says that she at present resides ten miles from the town of Paris, where the county courts of Bourbon county and State of Kentucky are held and that she is unable to travel and appear in person in said county court by reason of her bodily infirmity - this twenty fourth day of November 1840.  Magdalen her Goakum Mark.
State of Kentucky Bourbon County } Set
The undersigned a justice of the peace duly commissioned and acting in and for the county and State aforesaid and also a justice in and of the county court of said county, hereby certifies to all whom it may concern that Magdalen Goakum (or Goakham) personally known to the undersigned, made and adopted the preceding declaration in relation to her intermarriage with Jacob Goakum, his death, her widowhood, and still being sole, and the Revolutionary services of the said Jacob Goakum (or Goakham) and she further made affidavit that all and singular the facts and statements in said

71 declaration set forth, are true to the best of her know- ledge and belief.
Given under my hand and seal this 24 th day of November 1840.
John Cunningham, S.P.B.C.
Virginia,
Hampshire County to wit:
I, John B. White, clerk of the court of the said county do hereby certify that it appears from the records in my office that on the 8 th day of October 1782 Jacob Goehner and Mary Magdalena Witter were married by C. Power.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said county this 1 st day of December 1840.
Seal
John B. White.