Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36614, for William Jacobs, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Jacobs, William
S. 36614
CONTENTS

Date of death not on AB
Noted sent to Mr. J. May 8th 1819 Pension Kentucky
11.172 R Kentucky
William Jacobs
of Clay County in the state of Kentucky who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Mughlenburg of the Virginia line, for the term of 3 years .
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 3 Dollars per month, to commence on the 19 th of October 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st of May 1819 and sent to Benjamin Mills Esq. Judge Paris Kentucky .
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819  $ 36. 38 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept 1819  $ 48 $ 84 38
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Signature Continued

19 th Oct. 1810
William Jacob
In 1776 Enlisted in the 8 th Virg a . Col. Stephens Regt. and before rec d his discharge Enlisted for Three Years from which he served out
B. Mills B. or.
on roll
Admitted. —

THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY,
Floyd COUNTY, Soc.
On the 19. day of October 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges for the Circuit Court, in and for the state aforesaid, personally appeared Wm Jacobs aged sixty three years; who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following statement and declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late law 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;" that he is a citizen of the state of Kentucky, and resident in the County of Colay ; and that he was enlisted for one year at Winchester in 1776 the state of Virginia on or about the 15 day of January and served in the company commanded by Captain Tho. Barry of the eighth Virginia Regiment commanded by Colo. Clay .
that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, in the continental army, against the common enemy, until about the 15 day of Jany 1776 when he was honorably discharged from service at by in the service of  that he was in service and before he received his discharge from his first enlistment he re-enlisted for three years under Capt. Abraham Woffall in the same regiment which then he served out, & was honorably discharged by Gen. D. Morgan in Frederick County Virginia in the year 1782 . That he is now a cripple and unable to labor in support of a family which he has to maintain and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; & that he has lost his discharge, and has no evidence in his power, of his services and discharge; other than that which is here transmitted, Sworn and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
Also Roley Jacobs being sworn, states that he is the brother of the aforesaid William Jacobs & that he knows that his brother William was enlisted the first time above named and also knows of his second enlistment for three years , and that he served in the same brigade with the deponent & that he was exchanged out of the 8th Virginia Regiment into the same corps under Morgan in which this deponent was placed & that

he afterwards had an honorable discharge which this deponent has seen granted by Gen. Morgan - That he knows his brother's circumstances, and that he is poor indeed and that his estate is not worth over one hundred dollars, & that he is decrepit & unable to labor, and his wife is decrepit also - and that he is really in such indigent circumstances as to require the aid of his country -
I, B. Mills, Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Will. Jacobs did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress; and it further appears to my satisfaction, that the said applicant is in such indigent and reduced circumstances, as to require the aid of his country, pursuant to the above recited act. Given under
{ SEAL OF THE COURT. }
my hand this 19. October 1818 -
Benjamin Mills

State of Kentucky } October 21 st 1818 Floyd Circuit } Set
I William I Mays Clerk of the Circuit aforesaid do hereby certify that Benjamin Mills whose name appears to the certificate of William Jacobs was at the time of sodding, and now is one of the Circuit Judges of the State of Kentucky duly commissioned and sworn according to law And due faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such as well in courts of Justice as thereout
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Circuit aforesaid to be here to affixed
William I Mays Seal

Wm Jacobs Schedule
Oct 1820
11,172
Wm Jacobs must state the balance
C.A.R. J.L.C.

Floyd County Ky Kentucky } set
William Jacobs a revolutionary soldier soldier late a private in the Army of the Revolution inserted upon the pension lists Roll of the Kentucky Agency at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence on the nineteenth day of October 1818 which pension Certificate was dated 31 st May 1819. Signed L. Edwards in the absence and on behalf of the Secretary of War (172) render the following as a list of my property located, One horse $30. One cow $10. One Cow Calf Twelve dollars 80 cts. a saw & shovel $6. Over $100 at 10% One ax $2 - four delph plate, 10 tin cups One tin pan at one dollar fifty cents. One bed of furniture ten dollars. As witness my hand Seal this 16 Oct 1820
William Jacobs
Witness Tho Temple
I a Citizen of Floyd County William Jacobs do hereby certify that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1818 and 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 to defraud in act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war paid on the 18 th March 1818 and that I have not nor has any per- son 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. now entitled William Jacobs

State of Kentucky Floyd Circuit Court October Term 1820 The foregoing schedule was then sworn to and declared on in open Court the same being a record of record made by the act of assembly creating it, on the 17 th day of October 1820 before me Eli Shortridge Circuit Judge of the Eleventh Judicial District for the State of Kentucky composed of the County of Floyd and others. And I do further certify that it is my opinion that the foregoing schedule and the Notes thereto annexed are true and correct. all of which is ordered to be certified to the Secretary of War.
A copy Teste M m J. McKey Clk

State of Kentucky Floyd Circuit and County (to wit)
I William James Mc Coy clerk of the tho' I hereby certify that the following Court for the Circuit for said Court and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said 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 foregoing schedule is seventy three dollars and twenty five cents, In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said office  Court on the 17 th day of October 1820
Wm J. McCoy C.F.C.
At a Court held for the Circuit and County of Floyd at the Courthouse in Prestonsburg on Monday the 16 th day of July 1821.
The foregoing Schedule of William Jacobs. is Ordered by the Court to be amended by inserting the County in which the Applicant resides to wit the "County of Floyd" which is accordingly done and Ordered to be certified to the Secretary of War A Copy att Will J. McCoy C.F.C.

August 10, 1938
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Ann G. Jacobs Camp Walden Denmark, Maine
WILLIAM JACOBS S. 36614 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
You are furnished herein the record of William Jacobs as found in pension claim, S. 36614, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of William Jacobs are not shown.
William Jacobs enlisted at Winchester, Virginia, January 15, 1776, served as private in Captain Thomas Berry's company, Colonel Muhlenberg's 8 th Virginia Regiment, and was discharged after having served one year. He immediately reenlisted for three years, served as private in Captain A. Westfall's company, in the same regiment, and was discharged after serving the term for which he enlisted.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed October 19, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-three years and a resident of Floyd County, Kentucky, where he was still residing in 1820.
In 1818, the soldier stated that he had a family to support, but the name of his wife then still living and the names of his children were not given.
In 1818, Reley Jacobs, brother of William, made affidavit in soldier's behalf in Floyd County, Kentucky.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of William Jacobs, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: William Jacobs, certificate 11172, issued May 31, 1819, rate $8 per month, commenced October 19, 1818, Act March 18, 1818, Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1938, Aug. 10, Act. to Ann Jacobs-MSB.
36 614 Rev INVALID.
File No. 36, 614
William Jacobs His Rev. Mrs.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 56
[Arrangement of 1870.]

August 9, 1938
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BA-J/MLB
Ann G. Jacobs Camp Walden Denmark, Maine
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information relative to John Straughan and his wife, Mary Sanders (Saunders) Straughan who, you state, were married in 1788 at Christ Church, in Middlesex County, Virginia, and later moved to Orange County, Virginia, which was her home, or to Kentucky, also to William Jacobs who settled in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, soldiers of the Revolutionary War. You request, also, record of John Straughan, of Indiana, who served in the Civil War.
You are furnished herewith the record of the only John Straughan under any spelling, who lived in Virginia, and that of the only William Jacobs who settled in Kentucky, found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Your letter has been referred to the proper official for reply in regard to the John Straughan who may have served in the Civil War.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator