Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18467, for John Jacobs, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental. Mass.
Jacobs, John
S. 18467
Carded
CONTENTS

See letter to John Nelson Oct 21, 1853
G.C.

Massachusetts
John Jacobs
of Middlesex in the State of Mass who was a private in the Contl. commanded by Captain Jacobs of the Regt. commanded by Col. Dailey in the Mass line for 14. in 62. & Continental
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. at the rate of 17 Dollars 32 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Aug. 1832 and in the 56th year of his age
Arrears to the 14th day of March 1831 $94.64 Pension Allowance ending 14th day of March 1832 13.66 $108.30
Revolutionary Claim, 2 after June 7, 1832. Recorded by J. C. [Signature] Clerk Book E, Vol. 1, Page 35

We Stephen Hull a Clergyman residing in the Town of Carlisle in the County of Middle sex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Abel Patten another Clergyman residing in the same Town -
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Fuchs, who has subscribed and sworn to the Declaration to which this Paper is annexed, and that we believe him to be seventy- two years of age, that he is reputable and believed in the Neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier in the Revolution, and that we are ever in that opinion, Subscribed and sworn to on the 24 28 th day of August AD 1832.
Before me
I am Dear just as we for all the Counties in the Commonwealth
Stephen Hull.
Abel Patten.

Declaration of John Jacobs.
This case contains three papers Deed + annexation No 1. Cert a No 2. Leasing Gats. No 3.
14076.
Please send my Cert a to Sam, Danalig Gaton W. —

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex ss.
On this Seven the 11 th day of August  Prelate Concord personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas , now sitting at within and for the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth
foresaid
John Jacobs of Scituate do Ex. aged 72 years
Who being 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 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following names of officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say
1 st In A. D. 1776 Jan. 1 st he engaged to for one year and enlisted in a Company of Infantry, belonging to Col. John Dyer's Regiment in Colonel John Jacobs's in Colonel General Heath's Brigade & Major General Sullivan's Division of the Massachusetts line, in the Continental Army, and served in that capacity for the term of one year commencing the first day of January in the year 1776, his Captain was Joshua Jacobs of Scituate, his Lt. was Motte he commenced his services at Roxbury Ms. and continued there until the British evacuated Boston on March A D 1776 when his Company, marched by way of Providence, New London where he took shipping for New York, he was taken from the ranks to be assistant to his Mother Lt. Col. Jacobs, on which selection he served out his year and was discharged on the 1 Jan y A D 1777 at Peekskill. —
2 In A D 1777. he engaged to go to Rhode Island for two months and to guard the Prison, he enlisted in the Company of Capt. Amos Peckin of Haverstown Ms. Lt. Reuben Rose of Scituate, in which he served as Clerk he does not remember any Field Officers, nor left one Company, the only Officer, he saw commanding was Capt. Peckin the Company was stationed at Howland's Ferry where they remained till he served two months and ten days and the Company was dismissed.
He

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension, or gratuity, or benefit, except, if present, as listed on the list which is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State. subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
John Jacob
Who has been in the town of the county of heavy artillery that was well appointed with who has subscribed and sworn to the above and that he believes it to be true and that he is reputed and believed in the vicinity where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution and that we believe the and that he is a person of good and lawful character.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and 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 Stephen Hall who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Carlisle  that Abel
Putnam also a clergyman of S. Carlisle Isaac Tinker  Christian or Probate in and for the County of Middlesex
J. P. Tracy Clerk of the Court of J. Brock
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of John Jacob for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty  fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Isaac Tinker

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, to wit,
At the Court of Probate begun and held at Cones on the seventh day of August A. D. 1883. On the application of John Jacobs claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following Interrogatories were propounded to him to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born? Answer:
In Scituate Ms. September 22 d . A.D. 1760
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it? Answer:
I have a family record of my age.
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 Scituate, from there I moved to Hanover where I lived six years, then to Carlisle, where I have since and now do live.
4. 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 always a Volunteer, and went into service of my own motion.
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:
I saw Gen. Washington at N.Y. Gen. Heath at N.Y. & Col. Bailey at N.Y.
6. 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:
Capt. Aaron Fletcher, Rev. Abel Fletcher, John Nelson Esq. Mr. Rowland Litchfield, John Hale Esq.
7. Have you any discharge? My father took my only discharge
John Jacobs

John Jacobs 14076
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March 11. 1833
Dana E.
Present
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Saml Dana Norton Mass

BRIEF in the case of  John Jacob  of  Madison  in the State of  Miss.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72 Years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     Army 1st In 17 th 1 " " Private Col. Baker, Col. Jacob   77 " 2 " Corporal Col. Turner  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Scituate, Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by last incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Documentary proof for first term - Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not properly connected 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. M. Anderson Examining Clerk.

18467 INVALID.
File No. _____
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Act: _____
Index:—Vol. / , Page 121
[Arrangement of 1870.]

James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Carlisle 6 October 1836
Dear Sir
The pension Certificates of John Jacobs & James Knight of the town of Carlisle State of Massachusetts on dated 22 August 1833 Recorded in the Pension Office Washington Book E Vol B. Page 93 - the other dated 22 August 1833 Recorded in Book E Vol B - Page 38 have been presented by us the subscribers - and presented to the Pension Agent Boston for payment who upon examining his books and not finding the names of said Pensioners on them, properly refused payment of the same and at the same time us to write to the Pension Office at Washington, informing that the names of said Pensioners had not been returned to Boston. We thereby avail ourselves of this opportunity and would call the attention of the Office to the mistake and earnestly request that they may receive the payment of their Certificates to which they are justly entitled
James L. Edmands by John Jacobs John Wilson Agt to the widow of said James Knight

16076 John Jacobs
S. Lucia Groton N.C.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Jacob which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

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? Yes 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? NO - but he has documentary proof for 2 nd term 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? NO - 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? NO XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
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."

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 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 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 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.
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.

H. H. H. H. Stephen Johnson. Noah Barric in the case of John Jacobs
Deposition of Noah Barric and another. John Jacobs
 149. 29 157. 11 139. 151 16. 76 
 100 149. 82 149. 11 25. 52 28. 2 179. 64 

Affidavit of Stephen Tolman. Noah Barrick in the case of John Jacobs
Deposition of Noah Barrick and another John Jacobs
149.22  15.93  193.74  26.62
101.00  149.22  15.93  26.62

London, Nov. 15, 1841 Dear Sir,
Samuel A. Turner Esq. South Post Office Scituate, Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. Town of Scituate We, Stephen Totman and Noah Barrell both of of Scituate and county aforesaid, of lawful age testify and say, that John Jacob of Dorchester in the County of Middlesex, was a private in Captain Joshua Danks Company of Infantry, belonging to Col. John Bailey's Regiment, Brigadier General William Heath's Brigade and Maj. General Sullivan's Division of the Massachusetts line, in the Continental Army, and served in that capacity for the term of one year, commencing the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six and further saith not, as Stephen Totman Noah Barrell
Plymouth ss Scituate June 22 d 1826
Then personally appeared the above named Stephen Totman and Noah Barrell and made oath that the foregoing Statement by them made and subscribed, is true, before me.
Samuel C. Turner Just. Peace Scituate May 6 - 1833 I hereby certify that I have been well acquainted with the above named Stephen Totman and Noah Barrell for twenty five years, and they were credible witnesses at the time of signing the above deposition, Mr. Barrell is still living, and is a very respectable man, Mr. Totman has since deceased. Attest Samuel C. Turner Just. Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. I, Jacob H. Lend Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Samuel C. Turner Esq. is Justice of the Peace in said County & that the foreg- ing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this ninth day of May A.D. 1833 Jacob H. Lend

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, August 8 th 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of John Jacobs jun, is borne on a Roll of "Capt. Amos Turner's Company, in Col. Folsom's Regiment", on an expedition to Rhode Island in 1777 — & he is therein stated to have served, as Clerk of the Company, for two months & six days — the days, month & service not particularly stated.
Edward D Bangs, Secy

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by Marion B. Hudson.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. S.F. 18467
Claimant John Jacobs
Soldier Mass Service
Service Capt. Joshua Jacobs and Aaron Turner
Additional Service _____
No _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
No other claims Mass service except- REMARKS:
{ Ser. F. 35463 Not identical Capt. Hells' co Capt. Dwyers co
{ Med file 21.438 Not identical Capt. Eason Capt. Holdens