Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35463, for John Jacobs, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Jacobs, John
S 35463
CONTENTS

6238.
Maine
John Jacobs.
of Kennebec in the State of Maine, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Stearns of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Patterson in the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year from January 1776 to December 1776.
scribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 day of April 1818 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 of January 1819 and delivered to A. C. Weston present
Restored to the Roll on 9 th day of August 1828 and notification sent to Hon. P. Sprague at Hallowell Maine Pension commencing on the 15 of July 1828.
Amount due on 4th of September 1828
$ 13.11.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820. March 1828
3

I, Jesse E. Jacobs of Mountman in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine of lawful age testify and say that I was thirty years of age on the eighth day of December last (1877) and that a few months before I was twenty five years of age my father John Jacobs of said Mountman then wished to hire me to work for him one year and agreed to give me eighty dollars for one year & find me in clothing during said year. I commenced agreeable to his request in August 1872 and continued to work for him two years without making any other agreement. He found me in clothes during said time but had me no money nor made me any other compensation for my services whatever my father was poor & stood in need of my services & could not subsist without them unless he sold his farm. At the expiration of said two years my father proposed to settle with me & give me a deed of his farm as he said he had no other way to pay me for my services or for moneys that I had paid out for him - During the time I worked for my father I married a wife by whom I received property to the amount of three hundred dollars out of which I paid for my father about fifty dollars viz. to Dudley Fogg Esq. thirty seven dollars & fifty cents & to John W. Rollins thirteen dollars & twenty five cents he having an execution against my father in the hands of an officer of that amount & threatening to imprison him unless the same was paid without delay. There was some interest due me on the aforesaid sums when we came to a settlement and I had paid his taxes for two years & let him have several small sums of money of which I made no account. On our settlement he was found indebted to me for my services as aforesaid and for moneys that I had paid for him in the sum of five hundred & ten dollars his little farm was estimated to be worth one hundred & fifty dollars & no more of which he gave me a warrant deed and as he at that time had no other property to my knowledge I gave him only the residue & have never received any thing more he is now poor & nearly destitute of any thing to help himself with & I have had many years since to contribute something towards his support and am the more your deponent sayeth not
Jesse E. Jacobs
Kennebec ss. July 15 th Then the above named Jesse E. Jacobs personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the of the above deposition by him signed before me Edward Fuller Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I John Jacobs, aged fifty nine years, a citizen of the United States, born in Wells in the District of Maine, now resident in Mount Vernon in said District, upon oath declare that I served as a private in the years service upon the continental establishment under Col. Patterson, part of the time in Canada. In January 1777 I again enlisted as a private soldier in the service of the U. States, against the common enemy, in the war of the revolution, upon the continental establishment for the period of three years, but was returned for during the war, in the company commanded by Capt Jeremiah Hill, and regiment commanded by Col. Vose of the first regiment Massachusetts line. I served in said regiment until February 1778 when I procured at my expense Daniel Jacobs as a substitute who was accepted by my Colonel, and I had permission at Valley Forge Feb'y 16. 1778 to return home. Having procured a substitute I took no formal written discharge. I was at the taking of Burgoyne and wintered at Valley Forge until Feb'y 16. 1778. From my reduced circumstances I am in need of assistance of my country for support. And I do hereby relinquish all my claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge on any pension list whatever. I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine. In my years service, at said Sam c Sawyer was my Capt Patterson my Col. of the Massachusetts troops. From the years service I was discharged honorably at Albany Dec r 1776; but my discharge is not now to my knowledge in existence.
John Jacobs
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
9 Respectfully On the ninth day of April A D 1818, John Jacobs, above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration, by him subscribed. Before me,
Nathan Weston Esq
Chief Justice C. Court Common Pleas Second Judicial District

John Jacobs, Mt. Vernon Kennebec Co. p: Col. Paterson's Mass. Reg. Dec 75 to 1 st Jan y 1777.
1 Year
April 9 th 1818

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I John Jacobs, aged fifty nine years, a citizen of the United States, born in Wells in the District of Maine, now resident in Mount Vernon in said District, upon oath declare that I served as a private in the years service upon the continental establishment under Col. Patterson, part of the time in Canada. In January 1777 I again enlisted as a private soldier in the service of the U. States, against the common enemy, in the war of the revolution, upon the continental establishment for the period of three years, but was returned for during the war, in the company commanded by Capt Jeremiah Hill, and regiment commanded by Col. Vose of the first regiment Massachusetts line. I served in said regiment until February 1778 when I procured at my expense Daniel Jacobs as a substitute who was accepted by my Colonel, and I had permission at Valley Forge Feb'y 16. 1778 to return home . Having procured a substitute I took no formal written discharge. I was at the taking of Burgoyne and wintered at Valley Forge until Feb'y 16. 1778. From my reduced circumstances I am in need of assistance of my country for support. And I do hereby relinquish all my claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge now on any pension list whatever. I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine. In my years service afterward I am Samuel Sawyer was my Capt Patterson my Col. of the Massachusetts troops. From the years service I was discharged honorably at Albany Dec r 1776; but my discharge is not now to my knowledge in existence.
John Jacobs
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
9 Rembre 78
On the ninth day of April A D 1818, John Jacobs, above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration, by him subscribed, Before me,
Nathan Weston
Chief Justice C. Court Common pleas Second Justice Francis

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Josiah Gordon of Chesterville in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare that I am well acquainted with John Jacobs within named. From his reduced circumstances, he is in need of assistance from his country for support. He sustains the character of a man of truth.
Josiah Gordon
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec Co
On the ninth day of April A.D 1818 Josiah Gordon above named, after having carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. Before me
Nathan Weston Esq
Chief Justice C. Court C. Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Starbird Turner aged sixty three years of Rome in the District May 11 of Maine, upon oath testify and declare that I know that John Jacobs within named served in the continental army as he has within stated, as I served in the same company. I can not precisely recollect the time he served but have no doubt it was as he has stated it.
Starbird Turner
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec Co
On the eleventh day of May A.D 1818 Starbird Turner above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed.
Before me Nathan Weston Esq
Chief Justice C. Court C. Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit
Starbird Turner Kennebec Co

John Jacobs Priv. Maine Roll #6288 Schedule 4 th June 1823 S. J. Court
Severed one Year
Copy of 2 nd Index

DECLARATION,
In order to be restored to the Pension List, under the act of the 1st March, 1823.
State of Maine.
COUNTY OF Kennebec ss.
ON this fourth day of June 1823 personally appeared
being a Court of Record for said County, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment John Suck , resident in said County, aged sixty six years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of the eighteenth of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, the first of May, eighteen hundred and twenty, and the first of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-three—that he the said John Suck enlisted for the term of one year on the 17th day of January in the year in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain Sawyer in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Patterson in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until last December 1776 when he was discharged from the said service in Providence in the State of Rhode Island . that his name has been placed on the pension list, and dropt there from on account of his property.
AND, in pursuance of the Act of the first May, eighteen hundred and twenty, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby, so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
John Suck
SWORN to and declared, on the fourth day of June 1823. before
Penhallow • William P. D. Ladd of mid court.
Total value $43.

SCHEDULE of the Real and Personal Estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: I have no real Estate other than the improvement of about eight acres of land during my wife's life time in Brattleboro State Except one Cow, three sheep one Swine, one old mare twenty years old no harness but except one Hoe, one axe, no Household furniture except one Iron pot one Tea Kettle, one table four chairs.  John Jacob.
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me John Jacob . who, by occupation am a Huss Carpenter which I am unable to pursue by reason of a nerve (my left leg)
   Names. Ages. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     First my wife 53 years Sickly & unable to labor.   Abigail my daughter 21 years Not able to labor by reason of infirmity.    John Jacob.
That since the exhibition of my first Schedule, the following changes have been made in my property.
The only acres of land mentioned in my former Schedule have been sold for the payment of debts.
   Names of the persons to whom sold. Time of Sale. Amount of Money, or description of property received in return.     Jesse Jacob Nov. 13. 1820 1 Cow sold for support of my family 1 Weifer killed for beef 1 Sheep killed for use of family 1 Yoke oxen sold towards paying a debt 3 Swine killed for use of family 1 Calf sold to pay debts.   William Philbrick    John Jacob
I, Robert C. Vose , Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within the said County of Kennebec do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said John Jacob did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is July five dollars and cents .
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fourth day of June 182 7 .
Robert C. Vose , Clerk of the Court of the of

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____   _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____   _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____   _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____   _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____  
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____ Date of application for pension, _____ Residence at date of application, _____ Age at date of application, _____
Remarks: _____
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

35 463
1919 July 22. History to Eva Jacobs Ewald. f
Rev INVALID.
File No. 35 463
John Jacobs His Rev Wav
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 485
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Copy of deed John Jacobs to Jesse Jacobs
Where all men by these presents that I John Jacobs of Mt. Vernon in the County of Kennebec & Commonwealth of Maine yeoman in consideration of one hundred & fifty dollars paid me in hand by Jesse Jacobs of Mt. Vernon in County aforesaid the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge do hereby grant sell & convey unto the said Jesse Jacobs a certain piece or parcel of land situate in Mt. Vernon aforesaid containing forty acres more or less bounded as follows being part of lot 17. Seventeen & the Southerly part of said lot beginning at a stake & stone standing at the North West corner of land belonging to the heirs of Jesse Eaton deceased being part of said lot formerly purchased by said Eaton thence running North & west on the course of said lot one hundred & thirteen rods or until it comes to land of Jesse Stains or Jesse Ladd then running Easterly on course of said lot to the East line of said lot thence running Southerly to land belonging to the heirs of Jesse Eaton aforesaid thence running Westerly to the first mentioned boundary containing forty acres more or less to have & to hold the same to the said Jesse Jacobs & his heirs & assigns to his & their use & benefit forever & I do covenant with the said Jesse Jacobs his heirs & assigns that I am lawfully seised in fee of the premises that they are of all encumbrances that I have good right to sell & convey the same to the said Jesse Jacobs his heirs & assigns & that I will warrant & defend the same to the said Jesse Jacobs his heirs & assigns forever against the lawful claims of any person
In Witness whereof I the said John Jacobs have hereunto set my hand & seal this thirteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty
Signed sealed in presence of Attest Ebenezer Richardson William Eaton
John Jacobs J. G. B.
Kennebec, ss. March 15. A.D. 1824 Then the within named John Jacobs personally appeared & acknowledged the within instrument by him subscribed to be his free act & deed before me Edward Fuller Justice of the Peace.
Kennebec, ss. Recd. March 17. 1824 Entered with the Kennebec Deeds Book 47, Page 248. Attest John Hovey Register,
Attest R. C. Vow Clerk
John Jacobs (copy of B. 47) Jesse Jacobs

I Jese Jacobs, of Mount Vernon in the County of Kennebec & State of Maine do upon Oath declare that in November 1820 I purchased of my father John Jacobs sixty acres of land in said Mount Vernon for which I agreed to pay him one hundred and fifty dollars, and did pay him for the same as follows, viz. a note against one Samuel Johnson for ninety eight dollars and fifty cents, and I paid thirty seven dollars & fifty cents to one Dudley Fogg to whom my father owed an old debt, and the balance of fifteen dollars I have paid in Cash - The debt due to said Fogg, had been due two or three years & was contracted by my father in payment of the right of possession of a piece of land - A copy of my deed is herunto annexed.
Jesse E. Jacobs
State of Maine
Kennebec ss June 22 d 1825. Then Personally appeared Jese Jacobs and he made oath to the truth to the above deposition by him signed. The said Jese Jacobs being to me well known as a credible witness.
Before me
Robert C. Vose. Just. Peace
State of Maine.
Kennebec, ss:
I the subscriber Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within & for the said County of Kennebec do hereby certify that Robert C. Vose, Esquire, before whom the above proceedings were had is a Justice of the Peace within & for the said County of Kennebec & duly qualified as such: -
In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the County seal of the said County of Kennebec, this twenty second day of June Anno Domini 1825: -
R. C. Vose, Clerk

6238.
See letters 22 May 1824 to Hon J. Cushman - 25 th Feb. 1826 R. C. Vose - and 7 th March 1827 to Hon P. Sprague.
Maine
John Jacobs private
Massachusetts line - 1 year in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
ascribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of - 8 - Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th of April 1818 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th of Jan y 1819 and del d R. C. Vose
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818 4 mo 26/30 - 38.93 semi-ann. all ce ending 4 March 1819 - 48.00
$ 86.93
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Mount Vernon,
Stricken off 13 July 1820, under Act 1 May 1820 - Notification sent to R. C. Vose August 1820

Rev Ser ser
Will you kindly send to
Eva Jacobs Ewald, care Mark Ewald, Olympia, Washington,
any information as to service or family which the pension record of
John Jacobs
who enlisted from Wells, Maine, but was living in Mt. Vernon, Maine, when he received his pension, that is, according to the printed list of pensioners, 1831, for Kennebec County, Maine.

Restored to Jacob- son to son 15 July 1858
Red note to son 14 Sprague, Hallam Marie
J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office

Hallwell July 31 st 1820
Sir
Herewith I transmit three depositions in the case of John Pasco's which I trust will be sufficient to prove his poverty. Although by the disposition of the Son it appears that a part of the consideration for the land conveyed was labour performed by the Son, the contract for which does not appear by the depositions to have been in writing yet the case will not I believe be found within the rule rejecting such contracts. It will be seen that the farm was worth no more than one hundred & fifty dollars and that the Son had paid in cash fifty dollars for the debts of the Father so that if the remaining hundred was still the property of the Father it is not sufficient in amount to exclude him from the benefit of the pension act. But beside this it will be seen that the Father was on settlement in debt to the Son to the amount of two hundred & ten dollars and has since received aid and assistance from the Son. I trust therefore that upon examination this will be found not to be a case for the application

of the new rule which excludes all parol proof of a contract for service between parent and child.
I am very respectfully Your Abt Servt- P. Sprague
J. L. Edwards Esq

I Salathiel Penny of Lawrid age, do testify & say that in the year 1776. I was a soldier in the war of the revolution - that I know John Jacobs as a private soldier in Captain Samuel Savage's Company Col. Paterson's Regt - I was knowing to him (the said Jacobs) belonging to the years service - and have no reason to doubt that he served with the term of his enlistment.
Salathiel Penny
November 1 st Oct. 8 th 1818.
Personally appeared the above named Salathiel Penny, & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed. Before me.
Eph. Gatchell, Just Peace.
Ephraim Gatchell Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Hampshire, and I give credit to the above testimony.
Nathan Weston Esq.

I Seth Gitchell of lawful age do testify & say that in the month of February in the year A.D. 1776 I joined Captain Samuel Sawyer's company, in Colo. Peterson's Regt. at Cambridge - I then found John Jacobs doing duty in the company and Regiment aforesaid - I served with the said Jacobs in the said company &c until the first of December 1776. In January 1777 - I was knowing to John Jacobs enlisting under his brother James George Jacobs, either in the three years service, or for during the war, which I cannot say - I do further testify that I was knowing to the said John Jacobs enlisting under Captain Sawyer's say the years service in December 1775. J. D. D. Seton
Kennebec Jr. Oct. 8. 1818.
Personally appeared the above named Seth Gitchell & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed.
Before
Ebenezer Gitchell, Jus. Peace H. D.
Ebenezer Gitchell Esq above named is a Justice of the peace for the county of Kennebec, and I give credit to the above testimony. Nathan Weston Jr.

Depo David Huntton in the case of John Jacobs
Deposition David Huntton, in the case of John Jacobs

Depo David Hinton in the case of John Jacob
Deposition David Hinton, in the case of John Jacob

I David Henson of Penobscot in the County of Penobscot and State of Maine a man of lawful age testify and say that I have been intimately acquainted with the John Jacobs of Mount Vernon in the County and State aforesaid for twenty four years now last past & that for many years past have considered him a poor man and possessing but very little property and considerably embarrassed & have often heard of his being sued & harassed with debts about two years since the Stephen Richardson & myself were called as witnesses to see the delivery of some stock from said John Jacobs to Jesse Jacobs & saw one pair of oxen one cow & one heifer turned out & delivered by the said John Jacobs to the said Jesse Jacobs I then understood that the said John Jacobs was under necessity of turning out said stock for the payment of his debts & that he then turned out all his stock except such as the law exempts from attachment and that this was done to prevent the same being sold on execution since which time I have often been at the Jacobs House and have generally understood and believed that he was very destitute of property & in poor & indigent circumstances living on a farm in a house belonging to his son and further your deponent sayeth not
David Henson
State of Maine Kennebec ss. October 27 th 1826 Then the above named
David Henson personally appeared & made solemn oath that the facts stated in the above deposition by him subscribed were true
Before me Edward Fuller Justice of the peace

State of Maine,
Hennecob. ss.
I the subscriber Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within the said County of Hennecob, do certify that Edward Sullivan Esq. before whom the within proceedings were had is a Justice of the Peace within & for the said County of Hennecob, & duly qualified as such.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name & affix the County seal of the said County of Hennecob, this twenty seventh day of October Anno Domini 1826.
R. C. Webb

Dudley Dagg of Readfield in the County of Kennebec & and State of Maine Esquire of Lawful age testify and say that about five or six years ago I held a note against John Jacob of Mount Vernon in the County & State aforesaid amounting to about thirty five dollars including interest at that time which note was paid to me by Jesse E. Jacob son of said John Jacob of said Mount Vernon & I delivered the note up to him and furthermore your deponent sayeth not
Dudley Dagg
Winnecue July 14 th 1828 Then the above named Dudley Dagg personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed before me —
Edward Fuller Justice of the peace.
July 12 th 1828 This certifies that I have for twelve years last past been acquainted with the above named Dudley Dagg he has for several years been chairman of the board of selectmen for the Town of Readfield is generally reputed to be a man of truth & veracity and in my opinion is entitled to credit & belief.
Edward Fuller Justice of the peace.

I Caleb Dudley of Mount Vernon in the County of Kennebec & State of Maine of Lawful age testify and say that I am the present year one of the Selectmen & assessors of said Town of Mount Vernon & that I took the Inventory of John Jacobs of said Town the present year and also in the year 1824 as one of the assessors of said Town said Jacobs appeared to possess but very little property and gave in no real estate & I do not know of his owning or pretending to own or possess any in this Town or elsewhere In 1824 he gave in no property at all and was taxed only for his poll The present year he gave in very little property according to the best of my recollection only one cow one heifer & one swine and I then was and now am satisfied that he gave in all the taxable property he possessed or owned
Caleb Dudley
Kennebec ss July 10 th 1828 Then the above named Caleb Dudley personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him signed before me
Edward Fuller Justice of the peace
July 10 th 1828 This certifies to whom it may concern that I have for twenty years last past been acquainted with the above named Caleb Dudley & that during said time he has to the best of my knowledge & belief uniformly sustained a good moral character and is in my opinion entitled to full credit and belief.
Edward Fuller Justice of the peace

Copy of a Deed John Jacobs to Jesse Jacobs
87.

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Know all Men by these Presents, That
I take Jacob of Mount Vernon in the county of Kennebec and Commonwealth of Maine grammar.
In consideration of One hundred and fifty dollars paid me in hand paid by Jesse Jacobs of Mount Vernon as cash rent aforesaid
(the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge) do hereby give, grant, sell and convey unto the said Jesse Jacobs a certain piece or parcel of land situate in Hackettstown aforesaid containing forty acres more or less bounded as follows being part of lot No. seven hundred and the southerly part of said lot - Beginning at a stake and stone standing at the north west corner of land belonging to the heirs of Jesse Eaton deceased, being part of said lot formerly purchased by said Eaton; thence running north N. west on the course of said lot one hundred and thirteen rods or until it comes to land of John Thaine or Jesse Gadd; then running easterly on course of said lot to the east line of said lot; thence running southerly to land belonging to the heirs of Jesse Eaton aforesaid; thence running westerly to the first mentioned bounds containing forty acres more or less.
To Have and to Hold the same to the said Jesus Francisco Luis heirs and assigns, to his & their use and benefit forever.
AND I do covenant with the said Joseph Jacobs — his heirs and assigns, That I am lawfully seized in fee of the premises — That they are free of all incumbrances — That I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said Joseph Jacobs — And that I will warrant and defend the same to the said Joseph Jacobs  his heirs and assigns forever, against the lawful claims and demands of any persons.
In Witness Whereof, the said John Jacobs
have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of
in presence of Ebenezer Richardson Wm Eaton
John Jacobs. (Lead)
Stammbaum ss. March 15. A.D. 1824 Then the above named John Jacob personally appeared and acknowledged this instrument, by him subscribed, to be his free Act and Deed, before me.
Edward Fuller, Justice of Peace.

State of Maine
Kennebec County } ss
I the Subscriber clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Kennebec, do certify that John Hovey, Esquire whose attestation is to the within copy of a Deed, is Register of Deeds within and for the County of Kennebec aforesaid
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the County Seal, this 17 th day of March Anno Domini 1824. —
R. C. Vose, Clerk.

John Jacobs
1815
P. L. Vase. ) Augusta, Maine.

State of Maine.
I John Davis Clerk, for the County of Wennebec of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Ken- nebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court ; and that the original was exhibited in open Court ; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is Three hundred  sixty nine dollars and  cents ; and deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property in the opinion of said Court, is Nothing  dollars and  Cents
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of June 1820.
John Davis Clerk of said Court for the County of Wennebec
... of securities, contracts or debts due to me : nor have I any income ...

(Copy)
State of Maine.
250
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
ON this first day of June , 1820, personally appeared before Nathaniel Weston  James  chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment. John Saccob aged fifty years, resident in Mount Vernon in the County of Wiscasset within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain Swyer and Regiment commanded by Colonel Patton of the line of the State of Massachusetts upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of One year, and afterwards in Capt. Dyer's company and Col. Dyer's regiment of the same line for a further term of thirteen months, that he was in both the battles of Ticonderoga
that his original declaration was made before Judge Weston on the Ninth day of April 1818; that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 6238 . And I, the said John Saccob do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
John Saccob
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz:
Two parcels of land in Mount Vernon without any buildings thereon part of which is estimated to be of the value of one hundred and fifty dollars. The improvement of about eight acres of land with a small house and barn thereon during the lifetime of my wife Sarah of the value of forty dollars. One cow of the value of ten dollars, two cows of the value of thirty dollars. One heifer two years old of the value of ten dollars. Seven sheep and eight lambs of the value of twenty dollars, one goat of the value of forty dollars. Three swine of the value of nine dollars. One set of the value of eight dollars. Old household stuff besides necessary bedding not exceeding fifteen dollars in value. One wooden clock of the value of eight dollars. Implements of husbandry of the value of nine dollars. One cart of the value of ten dollars. I have no debts due to me that can be collected; and I owe as much as four hundred and fifty dollars. The income derived from the foregoing property, deducting the interest I have to pay does not exceed twenty five dollars a year. My

My occupation is that of a farmer, but from age and infirmity having been wounded in my left leg, am able to labor very little. My family at home consists of six persons, namely my wife Sarah aged fifty five years - sickly and unable to labor, my son Jesse aged twenty three years, my daughter Tabitha aged twenty one years, my daughter Abigail aged twenty years & my daughter Betsy aged seven- teen years. Except the foregoing, and my necessary bedding and clothing I have no estate or income whatever.
John Jacobs
Subscribed Sworn to and declared both the oath and schedule on the first day of June 1820.
Before me Nathan Upson Justice
C.L.C.C.C. Clerk
Three Copy
Attest John D. Clark

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that John Jacob , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Mount Vernon , in the said County of Kennebec , in the District of Maine, on the ninth day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier , in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty second day of May in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston  Jm C. West C.C.C. Pleas 2 d E. Circuit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the HONORABLE NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand : Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.