Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18463, Jacob Wysong, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Wysong, Jacob Mary
W. 18463
CONTENTS

On this 7 th day of March 1839, Mary Wysong of Jefferson County Virginia, aged eighty years, who from bodily infirmity is unable to travel to court, personally appeared before me Isaac R. Douglass judge of the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery for Jefferson County, Virginia, which is a court of record, who being duly sworn, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Jacob Wysong, a drum Major in the Army of the revolution, that she has heard her late husband speak of his services, but that from extreme old age her memory is so impaired that she cannot remember names or dates - That she was acquainted with the said Jacob Wysong in Pennsylvania, before he removed to Virginia and knows that he served in the army before he came to Virginia, having joined it York Pa - That after his first tour he came to Virginia, and went with a recruiting party to Staunton - that he was out at various times, under different commanders and served for a long period; although she cannot say how long he served, she thinks she may surely say he must have served at least three years altogether. The only documentary evidence she has of his services are the certificates of discharge herewith exhibited, but she knows he served at other periods - she remembers his having gone out on some service against the Indians.
She further declares that she was married to the said Jacob Wysong, in Shepherdstown, then Berkeley, now Jefferson County Virginia on Easter Monday 1783, the day of the month she cannot remember - That her husband Jacob Wysong died on the 7 th September 1823 - That she was

not married to him prior to his leaving the service but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794, viz. at the time above stated. Facts
Mary
Her Mark. Mygale
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19 th day of March 1839.
I. R. Douglass
Virginia. Jefferson County. to wit;
I, Robert T. Brown, Clerk of the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery for the said County of Jefferson in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify, that Isaac R. Douglass is the Judge of the aforesaid Court, and that the above signature, purporting to be his, is the genuine signature of the said Isaac R. Douglass. —
In Testimony whereof, I have set my hand, and annex the seal of the said Court this 19 th day of March 1839. —
Robert T. Brown

Virginia, Jefferson County, Set.
Peter Fisher aged 76 years, personally appeared before the subscribers a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid, and the said Peter Fisher, who is conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath being solemnly affirmed deposes and says, that in the year 1783 he was living in Shepherdstown Jefferson County Virginia, (then called Mecklenburg in Berkeley County Virginia) that he was well acquainted with Jacob Wysong and Mary Byers who removed from Pennsylvania to the said Town of Mecklenburg (now Shepherdstown) and he remembers well when they were married, he believes it was in the year 1783. that they continued to live together as man and wife until the death of said Jacob Wysong in the year 1823 and had a large family of children and that his widow Mary Wysong now lives in the said town of Shepherdstown.
Teste
S. [unclear]
his Peter Fisher mark
Affirmed before me this 16 th day of March 1839. Alex r  P. [unclear]

Virginia, Jefferson County, Set
Ann D. Fisher, aged about 78, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid in the State of Virginia, and the said Ann D. Fisher who is conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath, being solemnly affirmed, deposes and says, That in the year 1783- she lived in the town of Shepherdstown, Jefferson County Virginia (then called Mecklenburg Berkeley County) Jacob Wysong and Mary Byers were both then living in the same place, and she distinctly remembers their marriage, the house in which the wedding took place is not now standing. She cannot remember the day of the month with certainty, but she believes it was in the Spring of 1783- (seventeen hundred and eighty three) that they were married - Jacob Wysong died she thinks in 1823 his widow is still living in Shepherdstown.
Affirmed before me This 16 th March 1839.
Ann D. Fisher Mark.
Also R. B. Heler
State of Virginia, Jefferson County, Set:
I, Samuel H. Kramer, Clerk of the County Court of Jefferson County, in the State of Virginia, hereby certify that Alexander R. Boteler esq. is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the foregoing Signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office & subscribed my name this 23 rd day of March, A. D. 1839.
Samuel H. Kramer esq.

5022 Mary Wyson wife of Jacob V 65 Ad July 7. 1838 Married 1783 died 1823
E. G. Lee to Shepherdstown V 65

Virginia 6864
Mary Wysong widow of Jacob Wysong (Da)
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 7. Sept. 1823 of Jefferson Co. in the State of Virginia who was a Drummer in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the regt. commanded by Col. Bowman in the Va. _____ line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond at the rate of 22 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of November 1842 and sent to Jacob Barnick, Waynesboro, Penn.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $110 Semi-annual allowance ending
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown
Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 2. Page 185
Reported to Agent Letter to Rev. Boston Allen of Sept Dec 9 th 1842
Date of death not on A. B. J.L.L.

Oct 22 1842
William.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commission of Pensions
City Washington D.C.

Frederick City Md. Oct 20. 1842
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Sir
you will please inform the bearer of this Mr. Jacob Barrick. of the names of the officers My Father Jacob Wisong. served under and the objections of My Mother's claim for a Pension. whose Papers are filed in your office at City of Washington. D. C.
and oblige yours Resp tly Isaac Wisong

November 28, 1934.
Mr. Alison Struthers 4821 Kensington Road Detroit, Michigan.
BA-J/ILL Jacob Wysong W. 18463 William Cherry R. 13143
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you designate Captain William Cherry and Jacob Wysong, a drum major in the 8 th Virginia regiment, as the soldiers whose records you desire.
The records of these two soldiers are furnished herein as shown in the papers on file in pension claims, based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
JACOB WYSONG-W. 18463.
Jacob Wysong of Pennsylvania, enlisted in the Revolutionary War in York County, Pennsylvania, and served one tour, date of enlistment, length of service and names of officers not shown; he moved to Virginia, served a tour as drum major in Captain Abraham Bowman's 8 th Virginia regiment, and was discharged May 10, 1777; he took the oath of allegiance September 18, 1777, in Berkeley County, Virginia; he served a tour in Captain Joseph Swearingen's company, Colonel John Morrow's battalion of Berkeley County militia and was discharged December 18, 1778. The dates of enlistment and length of these tours of service are not given.
He served also in Captain Abraham Morgan's Company of Infantry and was discharged May 6, 1797.
The soldier married on "Baster Monday, 1783", in Mecklenburg, later called Shepherdstown, Berkeley County, Virginia, Mary Byers; they both resided then in said Mecklenburg.
Jacob Wysong died September 7, 1823, in Shepherdstown, Berkeley

County, Virginia. The age of Jacob Wysong is not shown, nor the names of his parents.
Mary Wysong, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed March 7, 1839. She was then a resident of Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, Virginia, aged eighty years; the date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown.
It was stated that Jacob Wysong and his wife, Mary, had a large family of children. The name of only one child was designated; a son, Isaac, who resided in 1842, in Frederick City, Maryland; he signed his name then Wisong. One John Wysong was in Shepherdstown in 1842.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of Mary Wysong, the pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following:
Mary Wysong, widow of Jacob Wysong Certificate #6864 Issued November 15, 1842 Rate $22 per annum Commenced March 4, 1836. Act of June 7, 1830. Virginia Agency.
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WILLIAM CHERRY-R. 13143. (Written by Mrs. Finch)
The data given herein were obtained from the papers on file in the claim, R. 13143, based upon service of William Cherry in the Revolutionary War.
William Cherry served as Captain of the 4 th Virginia regiment,

that service ending September 14, 1778, the date of his commission not stated. He was appointed in 1779, Captain in Colonel Joseph Crockett's Virginia regiment and June 1, 1781 was appointed commissary of provisions and paymaster to said regiment, was in the campaign to the westward under Brigadier General George Rogers Clarke and served until sometime in December 1781. It was stated that he served seven years and six months.
In 1797, William Cherry was a resident of Berkeley County, Virginia. He died September 22, 1804 in Jefferson County, Virginia.
The name of William Cherry's wife is not shown, nor the date of marriage given. The names of his children are shown as follows: his eldest daughter was Elizabeth who in 1797, was the wife of David Patten; Richard Cherry who was living in Highland County, Ohio, in 1843; Matthias who in 1833 was deceased; Eleanor; Mary; John; William. William Cherry, Jr., married Mary G., her maiden name and date of marriage not shown. He had only two children, namely, Ellen of Winchester, Virginia, who never married and died in the fall of 1843, and Mary E. who in 1844 was unmarried and living with her mother, Mary G. Cherry, a widow, in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. In 1850, Mary E. was the wife of John B. Gilkason of Winchester, Virginia.
In August 1844, one William H. Todd of Frankfort, Kentucky, stated that he had an instrument of writing in regard to this claim, from Richard Cherry of Highland County, Ohio, Joseph Wysong and his wife Eliza Wisong (there is no punctuation here to show whether "wife" and "Eliza Wisong" were one and the same person) and James Harris and his wife Mary of Clinton County, Ohio; he did not state the relationship of these persons to the soldier.
In 1844, the heirs of Captain William Cherry were referred to as William, Richard, John, Mrs. Wysong and Harris.
The heirs of William Cherry were allowed the Virginia Half Pay for his service as Captain and the half pay for his services as paymaster; they were granted 300 acres of bounty land also on account of his service as Captain of the Virginia line, on bounty land warrant No. 2343. Should you desire information in regard to the location of

of the land, address the Commissioner of the General Land Office, this city, and cite the number of the warrant and acreage.
For information in regard to the monthly payments for various ranks for military service, it is suggested that you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

1934 - Nov. 28 - Hist. to Mr. Alion Strathus - See letter - Rev. d. N o Cherry-R 13143 - 22
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18463 Mary Watson Widow of Jacob Watson born Rev. War Act: July 7 th 1838 Index: Vol. M , Page 363
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Discharge

Jacob Mysonq Ta. m. 18463

December the 12 1778 By order of General Minturn I discharge Jacob Weafong having his Power of Attorney John Warren & Wallis in my Company County Militia
J. L. ... Genl

Jacob Wyson
Pa
W. 18463

9 Jacob Wiong Having applied for his discharge from the Company of Infantry under my Command is hereby discharged from said Company under my Command Given under my hand this 6 th day of May 1797 —
Abn Morgan

Jacob Myung Van. N. 18463

Jacob Dyson Summer in the 8 th Virginia Reg t is hereby Discharged from this Reg t Given under my hand this 1 st of May 1864 H. M. Bowman of 8 th Virginia Regt

Jacob Nysonq No. 18463

We hereby certify, that Jacob Wysong hath taken and subscribed the oath or affirmation of Allegiance and fidelity as directed by an act of General Assembly intituled an act to oblige the free male inhabitants of this state above a certain age to give assurance of Allegiance to the same and for other purposes. Witness my hand and seal this 18 day of Sep r 1777 Goddin Lewis (Seal) Frederick County Virginia

Jacob Wysong Va. N. 18463

May 13 th 1777
The Governor, Lieut. Governor and Major to the N. D. Virginia Regiment is hereby ordered to pass to Virginia
Leon Cooper A.D.

Mary Weyson wife of Jacob
Ag s Lt. H. Wait June H 1839 - Same date to E. J. Lee June 1839 do 24 June '39 let 22 Oct 42 Jacob Barnes.
Ad July 7 1836

Jefferson County, set:
Joseph Smith of Jefferson County Virginia, personally appeared before the sub- =scribed a justice of the peace for the County aforesaid and made oath in due form of Law that he was well acquainted with Jacob Wysong dec d . late of Shepherdtown in said County, and also with his widow Mrs. Mary Wysong, having lived in the same town with them many years. That said Jacob Wysong died in Shepherdtown in the fall of the year (1823) eighteen hundred and twenty three, he thinks on or about the 7 th Sept r . 1823, he is sure he died early in Sept r 1823. Given under my hand this 16 th March 1839. Joseph Smith
Sworn before me -
Alex d R. Botler J.P.

State of Virginia, Jefferson County, Set:
I, Saml. J. Brane, Clerk of the County Court of Jefferson county, in the State of Virginia, hereby certify that Alexander R. Boteler esq: is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office & subscribed my name this 23 d day of March A. D. 1839.
Saml. J. Brane

Virginia, Berkeley County etc.
I Harrison Waito, Clerk of the County Courts of said County do hereby certify, that I have carefully examined the records of said Courts, and can find no evidence whatever of a license having issued for the marriage of Jacob Wyson to Mary Byers, or any return of the solemnization of such marriage.
Much irregularity prevailed in the returns of Ministers, certifying the solemnization of Marriages, from the year 1780 to 1790, many marriages which actually took place by virtue of licenses regularly obtained, were omitted to be returned.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Official Seal, at Martins- burg in said County, the 22 d day of February 1839, and 63 rd year of our foundations.
Harrison Waito C.C.

Depart't of War Penna Offce June 24/1838
397
Sir
From a further examination of the papers of Mr. May Wypson, I find that his services were performed in the Berkeley militia, but how many times, I do not know. In a further direction, the papers afford no evidence whatever. Among the old documents which accompany his declaration, is a discharge dated May 10 1777 by Col Abraham Bowman of the 8 th Virginia Regt. Mr. Wypson's name is not borne upon any of the Virginia rolls of the regular army. Another paper dated Sept. 1777 is Mr. Wypson's oath of allegiance; and another is a discharge from the Berkeley militia dated Dec 1778, having served out his term.
You will readily perceive that the Dept. cannot arrive at any satisfactory conclusion upon the merits of the amount of the

know performed; and unless this can be specifically stated and substantiated by proof, no favorable action can be had on the claim. Em
6/14/38 June 24, '39 RE
E. J. Lee for Em Shepherdstown Pa.
OC July 7 1838 5022

Shepherdstown Virginia November 1 st 1842
Mr J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Sir you will
please Issue a certificate for a pension according as my agent Jacob Barrik may direct and I will accept it and by so doing you will much oblige yours
Witness
John Wysong
Respectfully
Mary her O Wysong mark

5022 Mary Wyson of Jacob Virginia
Admitted
Summer, 6 mo. p 22, ~ bap - Col Bowman Va,
died 7 Sept. 1823,
Act 7 July 1838
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Jacob Barrick Waynesboro, Penn a

Lieut Leonard Cooper's name is borne on the rolls of 11th Regt Col Borne for 1877
Rev. H. H. H. H.

James Marshall

Dec 9. 1842
Mr. Dandridge
A. W. Barton M
John L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington
Henry W. Barton H. 102

J L Edwards Esq Comm. of Pensions
A. A. H. 18th Feb 1842
I enclose you a paper in behalf of Mary W. Young which was forwarded to me by John Worthington Esq a member of the legislature from Jefferson Co Va. He desired me to call & see you with respect to it and suggests to me some slight & immaterial informality. If there be any difficulty be pleased to drop me a line.
Yr. afft Servt
A. W. Barton

Pen Office
Oct. 22, 1842
Sir,
The papers in the case of Mrs. Mary Wysong of Va. widow of Jacob Wysong, did have been re-examined. It would appear that her husband was discharged from Colonel Bowman's reg t of the Virginia line on the 7 th May, 1777, the length of service not shown.. He at that time received a passport from Lieutenant Leonard Cooper, who it is found belonged to Captain Jonathan Clark's Company. The records of service forwards of that company previous to May 1777, do not appear are not found among the in this office records of that company , and it cannot therefore be found how long he served. There is a discharge also among the papers exhibits given by Captain Joseph Swearinger, on 15 th Dec r 1778, by order of General McIntosh, and also a discharge given by Captain Abram Morgan in May 1777, which was

having been after the termination of the revolutionary war, the service at that time cannot be computed even if the duration of the tour was known, which it is not. The service in McIntosh's campaign was for about four months, and as his service in the Virginia line may be safely computed at two months, the claim may be allowed for six months service. A pension certificate will be issued, after should it be intimated to me that a pension for that time will be accepted.
Jacob Barrack Oct. 22, '40
Mr Jacob Barrack Prest
O C ✓ 5022 1/2 act 38

E. J. Lee Jr
June 11 '39
06

20 Depart t of War Pension Office June 11 1839
Sir
I have examined the claim of Mrs. Maye, widow of Jacob Wypson's dec d and have placed her papers upon my file. It is alleged that her late husband served during the revolutionary war two years or more. In support of the allegation, two original discharges are exhibited; one bearing date May 10. 1777 at the other Dec r 1778. There is nothing herein, in these papers which goes to show how long he served in each term; nor is there any other proof furnished. No further action can be had on this claim until the necessary proof is supplied.
Yours
OC July 7 1839 5022
E. I. Lee for Genl Shepherdstown Va

Dec 9 th 1842 Honble Revt Barton Hop Rep.

Pensions Office
Dec 9 th 18420
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 8 th inst en enclosing the vouchers in the case of Mary May Sing which are herewith returned I have to state that the papers are defective, inasmuch as there is no second proof of the identity of the pensioner which is required under the regulations of the Department whenever the pension has remained due and unpaid for more than a year. When this defect shall have been cured the vouchers should be sent to P Hague Esq 3 a Auditor of the Treasury for payment. I herewith enclose copies of the regulations and forms for in cases like the present for the guidance of the party.
I have the honor to be Sir,
Humble R W Barton N of Rep d

Incl.
10
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comm. of Pensions.
Washington City.

State of Virginia,
Berkeley County S t .
I Harrison Waito, Clerk of the County Court of said County, do hereby certify, that the records of the said Court furnish no evidence whatever of the marriage of Jacob Wysong and Mary Byers. I do further certify, that the Registry of Marriages solemnized in said County, is greatly defective, in consequence of the omission by Ministers to return certificates as provided by law. This defect exists in a greater degree in regard to the period embraced between the years 1780 and 1785, than subsequently.
Much looseness and irregularity also prevailed in the Clerks Office at the period above mentioned, in taking proper care of marriage license bonds, which instead of being taken in a well bound Book so as to be preserved, were loosely taken, and consequently more liable to be lost or destroyed, some instances of which there is good reason to believe have occurred.
Teste, Harrison Waito C lerk June 19 th 1834.

10 th Nov. 1842.
Mr. Allison
Weymouth
J.
Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
H
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November 9 th 1842
Sir
I Received yours dated October 22 nd 1842. Respecting Mrs Mary Woyson, widow of Jacob Woyson. Decd. you mentioned the claim may be allowed for six months service a pension certificate will be issued should it be intimated that a pension for that time will be accepted you will find a few lines from Mrs Mary Woyson here in enclosed I do direct you to issue a certificate for six months service, and do expect if we can prove any more time hereafter you will admit it please send me the certificate and let me no if you will admit any more time providing we can prove to your satisfaction, hereafter as the widow believes he served a long time, in the Revolutionary war
I am Very Respectfully Your O bt Serv t Jacob Barrick Waynesboro Franklin County Pennsylvania
J. L. Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.