Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17794, Jacob Winmer, New Jersey

SERVICE
New Jersey
Winner, Jacob
NUMBER
S. 17794
CONTENTS
carded

19378 Indiana
Order to pay 19 Sept 1837.
Jacob Winner of Henry Co in the State of Ind a who was a pr te in the co mpy commanded by Captain Starks of the reg t commanded by Col l  Taylor in the N. Army line for 10 mo s
Inscribed on the Roll of Ind a at the rate of 23 Dollars 35 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Aug t 1833 and John Elliott Newcastle
Arrears to the 4th of March 66.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept th 16 66
$83 32
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Sam Boyd C Book E Vol. 7 Page 134

23013
Jacob Winner
Indiana
from 1778 private 110 accounts.
$ 33 \frac{33}{100}
Newcastle
John Elliott Esq Atk. Henry County Court Indiana

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jacob Cinnery Henry County Indiana
   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 1778 " 1 " 1st Capt Slants 74 years Traditionary   " same " 1 " " Capt Murphy State of New Jersey Papers not authenticated   " 1778-09 " 6 " " Genl. Minam Col Sela & Taylor Capt Loh   " 1779-08-80 " 1 " " Maj Boine   " 1778 " 1 " " Genl Minam  
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 _____ A. B.
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 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) _____, who has 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 [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] 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, (1) 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.
[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 the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has 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.
☐ 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 is note [j] applies to continental troops only.
☐ [k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
☐ [l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Jacob Wimmer
25013

State of Indiana ss In the Henry Circuit Court Henry County ss April Term 1833
On this 20 th day of April in the year 1833 then personally appeared in open court before the Honor- able John Anderson and Brian Cadwell Assistant Clerks, associate Judges of the Henry Circuit Court, (At time a court of Record). Jacob Winner a resident of the Township of Liberty, County of Henry, State of Indiana, aged forty one years and six months. Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining the ben- fit of disproof of Congress passed June 15 th 1832 That he volunteered in the service of the United States in the year 1818 under the following names officers. And being as herein stated, I volunteered in the service of the United States for the term of one month in the year of 1818 under Captain Simon Stuart and Lieutenant Hays, in the County of Somerset and State of New Jersey from which place he was marched through New Brunswick to Head of Raritan from that to Elizabeth Town from that back to Somerset in said State. When he was discharged having served one month, And that he volunteered the same year under Captain John Whey and General Williams marched from Eliza- beth Town State of New Jersey to Sandy Bay they had a small skirmish with a British brig marched back to Elizabeth Town where he was dis- charged having served one month,

That he thinks it was sometime in the year 1778 or 79, that he volunteered in the service of the United States for the period of six months and served as a noncommissioned officer under Capt. Sills and Taylor, Captain Commanding Col. Marches from Somerset County and State of New Jersey through New Brunswick to Elizabeth Town where he remained for something near six months at which place he was discharged having served six months. And that in the year 1779 or 80, he volunteered under Major Boice and Lieutenant Garrison, Marches from Somerset County and State of New Jersey to Elizabeth Town where he remained for one month at which place he was discharged having served one month. And that sometime in the year 1778 or the year that the battle of Monmouth was fought, he volunteered in the service of the United States for the period of one month under General Washington (the other officers not recalled) and under whose command he marched from Somerset County, State of New Jersey to Elizabeth Town at which place he was discharged, having served one month. And according to the best of his recollection and as near as he can ascertain he served in the defense of his Country ten months.
He hereby relinquishes all any claim to whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present. And he declares that his name is not on the pension roll.

of agency in any state or territory in the United States
Jacob Wimmer
Sworn to and subscribed in open court this 20th day of April 1833,
Witness John Elliott C.H.C.C.
We Isak Seal a Congregational minister residing in the County of Henry and State of Indiana & Thomas R. Stanford of the County and State aforesaid hereby certify that we are acquainted with Jacob Wimmer who has sworn and subscribed the above declaration, that he believes him to be seventy one years and six months of age, that he is a united and liberal in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution. That we concur in our opinion.
Isak Seal
Sworn to and subscribed
Thomas R. Stanford
the day and year aforesaid
Since the death of his wife the reason or persons to whom he can move any thing about his services in the revolution.
Whereupon the Court in compliance with the directions of the Vice President put the following interrogatories to the applicant.
Qst. 1st.
Where and in what year were you born?
Camden County.
Ans. I was born in the State of New Jersey in the year 1762.

Qst 2 nd Have you any Record of your age and if so where is it,
Ans. I have a Record of my age which is in my possession
Qst. 3 rd Where were you long when called into service. Where have you live since the revolution and now, and where do you now live
Ans. I lived in the state of Jersey when called into service and since the Revolution I have lived fourteen years in Pennsylvania, Ohio since and now since that have lived in the state of Indiana Henry County and at which place I now reside.
Qst. 4 th
How were you called into service;
Ans. I Volunteered, as a private;
Qst. 5 th
State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops where you served, such continental, Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service, officers. General Wayne Capt. Linton Stouts. Murphy & Cornelius lot Col. Silla & Flaz. Major Baird whether Militia or continental Regiments, he as not not recollect as to the general circumstances of my service I have no distinct recollection. But that in some small skirmish one with a British Brig at Sydney Bay together with the Tories at several times and places I was in one skirmish with the British at Bo a small stream called Boaxon.

Q. 6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service, and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it, for I have never been I received a discharge from Colonel Taylor  Lee for my six months term, it is all the regular discharge I ever received, and which has long since been lost.
Q. 7th State the names of some of the persons to whom you are acquainted in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your residency and their belief as a result of the Revolution.
A. As to the names of the persons above alluded to, have stated by introducing the names of Professor Seal and Thompson whose names are endorsed in a certificate in my deposition.
And the said cannot do less deliver their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the foregoing questions and inter- rogatories prescribed by the war department. That the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and since as he states, since the court further certifies that it appears to them that he  he who has signed the foregoing certificate is a dis- tinguished resident of the County of Henry and the State of Indiana. And that Thomas R. Mansford who has also signed the same is a resident of the County of Henry and State of Indiana and is a respectable person. And that their statement is entitled to credit. By Sam G. Mendenhall A.D. 1863 John Anderson A.D. 1863

I John Elliott Clerk of the Navy Court do hereby certify that the foregoing proceedings contains the original proceedings of the said Court. in the matter of the application of Lord Winton for a pension;
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal. This 20 day of April A.D. 1833.
Witness John Elliott C. Ne. b. l. c

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jacob Kinner a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ 1778 1 mo Pvt. Simon Stouts ✓ K. J.   ✓ 1778 1 mo. Stephen ✓   ✓ 1778 1 mo. General Kirtland   ✓ 1778 or 1779 6 mos. Cornelius Lott Brig. and Taylor   ✓ 1779 or 1780 12 mo. Levi Garrison Major Baird  
Battles engaged in, X Skirmish at Amboy Bay with British ships.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, vol. in Somerset Co. N.J.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 20. 1833 His el. was ab.
Residence at date of application, Liberty Twp. Henry Co. Indiana
Age at date of application, born in 1762 in Somerset County N.J.
Remarks: He lived 14 years in Pennsylvania after the Rev. War, and seven years in Ohio. There is no data on file as to family. The above noted is the only soldier of that name found on the War. Records of this Pa. Said records fail to show a claim on file for a soldier named Joseph Kinner.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

P 17794
INVALID.
1917 Mar. 31 Heist. to Mr. Herman Winnger. 1922 Dec. 19 Heist. to L. H. Smith
File No. 17794
Jacob Winnger
Br. Rev War
Act: June 7" 39
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 419
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Branch State Bank of Indiana Richmond 9th Mo. 11 th 1837.
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions, Resp. &c.
I enclose herewith, the vouchers of Richard Rue and Jacob Hinner, Pensioners of this district, and respectfully ask leave to make payments to them, it having been more than a year since they were last paid.
Cases sometimes occur, where Pensioners have "applied" for their pension in less than a year past, as their receipts show, but where it has been " more than one year " since the time to which they were last paid. Please to say to me whether under the rules payments may be allowed in those cases.
Very respectfully Elijah Coffin, Cashier Acting for Samuel Merrill Pension Agent, Indiana.

Recd HENRY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 614 SOUTH FOURTEENTH STREET NEW CASTLE, INDIANA
12-12-1922.
Mr. Washington Gardner, Bureau of Pensions, Dept. of the Interior, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will your department kindly furnish our Historical Society with any data you may have regarding three Revolutionary soldiers, two of whom are listed in the Census of 1840 as pensioners living in Henry County, Indiana? They are Jacob Morris and Aaron Dunn. S 33 1/2 S 21 223
The third is Jacob Winner listed in the pension report of 1832 as living in Henry County, Indiana. n mile -
All information regarding their enlistment or length of service or of their family will be greatly appreciated and will be "broad-casted".
Very truly yours,
Clarence H. Smith
Clarence H. Smith Curator.

recs recs Rochelle Public Schools
HERMAN WIMMER, Supt. Rochelle, - Illinois
March 17, 1917.
Mr. G. M. Saltzgaber, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I am a great grandson of Jacob Wimmer who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution.
We have no official record of this man's service and this I am very anxious to secure. I feel sure that he entered the army from Pennsylvania. After the war he drew a pension. In his later years he lived with his son Isaac Wimmer, in Wayne County, Indiana.
Hoping that you can give me official information, and thanking you for whatever research you make in this matter, I am, 19
Yours respectfully,
Herman Wimmer.

From the papers in the pension claim, S. 17794, it appears that Jacob Winner was born in 1762, in Somerset County, New Jersey. He volunteered in said county, and served in the New Jersey Militia, as a private during 1778, for one month in Captain Simeon Stout's Company, for one month in Captain Murphy's Company, and for one month under General Winans. In 1778, or 1779, he served six months under Captain Cornelius Lott and Colonels Seeley and Taylor, and in 1779, or 1780, he served one month under Lieutenant Garrison and Major Baird. During his services he was in several skirmishes.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 30, 1833, while living in Liberty Township, Henry County, Indiana. There is no data on file as to his family.
The name Jacob Winner is a typographical error, on the printed list of Henry County, Indiana, under the Act of June 7, 1832.
Very truly yours,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.
This is last part of letter Dated Dec. 19. 1922 addressed to Clarence H. Smith, Henry Co. Dist. So. New Castle Ind