Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6324, for Jacob Lewis, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Lewis, Jacob Mary
R. 6324
CONTENTS

5.445. Mary Lewis of Jacob Ohio

The State of Ohio County of Stark ss
On this 20th day of July 1841 personally appeared before the un- -designated one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County, in the State aforesaid Mary Lewis, a resident of Wayne Township in the Co- aforesaid aged eighty four years On the 25th day of October 1840 who being first duly sworn according to law 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 4 1836 and the act explanatory of said Act passed March 3. 1837. That she was married to Jacob Lewis who was a private in the Army of the United States during the war of the Revolution. That said Jacob Lewis entered the service of the United States in the Army of the Revolution according to applicant's best recollection as early as the year 1776 and spent most of his time in the service until the close of the war; that Jacob then resided in Warren county in the State of New Jersey. He entered the service as a private soldier applicant thinks, in a company of Militia commanded by Capt. Gavin Mc Coy - but applicant can't state the names of the other officers of his company she thinks his company was attached to a Regiment commanded by Col. Israel Richey, and that it was by the name of the major genl's  Shuylkill  Shuylkill but applicant cannot state with certainty the names of any officers but the captain. That said Jacob Lewis was in the Battles of Monmouth New Jersey, and in several other times engagements and skirmishes during his service. After said Jacob had served some time as a private soldier as aforesaid his captain relieved him from carrying a musket, in consequence of an injury rec'd in one of his knees, and a subsequent lameness; this applicant thinks was about two years after he entered the service. When relieved as aforesaid from carrying a musket said Jacob was employed and engaged in providing forage in

Carrying expenses, and in such other incidental duties as the Service and his Captain and Superior require, and said Jacob continued in this discharge of these duties until the close of the war. Applicant thinks said Jacob Lewis entered the Army as a volunteer - he continued to reside in New Jersey in the County of Somerset County until the war closed.
Applicant cannot recollect the circumstances of said Jacob's Service as well as she once did, she recollects, and until recently never heard that there was any prospect of her receiving any thing from the Government. She thinks that by the laws and regulations in New Jersey during the war every man over 18 and under 50 years was obliged to serve in the Militia every alternate month unless they had enlisted in the Continental Army and in this way she thinks said Jacob entered the Service. She further declares that she was married to said Jacob Lewis about the 23 rd day of November 1778. She had been and was acquainted with him from a child and knew of his Service before the marriage. That her husband the aforesaid Jacob Lewis died on the 29 th day of June 1801. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January sixteen hundred and twenty four (1794) viz at the time above stated.
That she has never been married again since said Jacob Lewis died but has always remained and still is his widow. She states that by the money and the loss her husband lost a handsome property during the war - and at the close of the war her said Jacob's property was almost entirely lost to the said Jacob Lewis. I do hereby certify that the above is true and correct before me.
On the day and year above written Mary Lewis and hereby that from bodily inform the said Applicant is unable to attend the Court.
J. M. Brearley Esquire Judge H.M. Gen. Phas. Ct.

The State of Ohio, Knox County, ss.
I, Isaac Hadley, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that, W m Revans, Esq r . before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken was at the time of taking the same and still is, one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County, duly commissioned and qualified, & full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such, as well in courts of Justice, as elsewhere. And I do further certify that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine. In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at the Clerk's Office in Mount Vernon this 2 d day of August A. D. 1841.
Isaac Hadley, Clerk, K. C. Pleas.

No. 5,445 Mary Lewis, wid. of Jacob - D. Oct 1842
6524
J. V. Gann

State of Ohio } Sec.  Knox County. }
On this, the 27 th day of July  1852 personally appeared before me, Wm Leechman  an acting Justice of the Peace, in and resident of Mt. Vernon Knox Co. Ohio for the County and State aforesaid, Joannah Murphy  a aged about 65 years, who, being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 , July 7 th 1838 , March 3 rd 1843 & June  17 th 1844 To wit: that she is the one of children of Jacob & Mary Lewis deceased now That her aforesaid Father was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution as she always heard him say and as she verily believes, that he served in the State of New Jersey part of the time as Wagon master & Express rider & part of the time in the regular Army and she thinks he was in the Battles of Monmouth and Trenton, that her aforesa- id father died about 48 or 49 years ago in the State of Penn- ylvania and left her aforesaid Mother his widow who remained a widow until the time of her death which took place on the 28 day of February 1846 at this declarants house in Mount Vernon Knox County Ohio, That her afore- said mother left at the time of her death the following her only living children. Thomas Lewis who is now dead Freeman Lewis who lives in the State of Pennsylvania in Uniontown, Samuel Lewis now dead, Peter Lewis who lives in Wilmington Clinton Co. Ohio, Mary Springer of this County (and this declarant) Joannah Murphy. that Freeman Lewis is the oldest child and is about 70 years of age, and this declarant Joannah Murphy is the next

oldest and was 65 years old on the 5 th day of April 1852. That she verily believes that her aforesaid Father and Mother were married about 73 or 74 years ago. in Sussex County State of New Jersey by the Rev. Mr. Kennedy. that she has often heard her aforesaid father and mother say that they were married during the Revolutionary war And she further states that her aforesaid Mother Mary Lewis in her lifetime made an application to the Hon. Commissioner for a Pension which has been suspended and not allowed for some reason. To which Application and the proofs therewith sent the Hon. Commissioner is most respectfully referred for a more perfect detail of service, proof of marriage &c. And this Declarant now. . . . .
Most respectfully asks the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, that her aforesaid claim or claims may be allowed under the aforesaid Acts, and that the Certificates evidencing the same may be enclosed to her Attorney.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year aforesaid.
W. H. C. Lewis J. P.
Joannah her Murphy Mark
I, the just subscribed Magistrate, do certify that the above Declarant is personally known to me, and that she is a woman of truth and respectability, in whose statements the fullest faith and credit should be placed.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name on this the Twenty-Second day of July A.D. 1852. W. H. C. Lewis J. P.

State of
Ohio
Sec.
King
County.
I Samuel H. Dugdale Clerk of the Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid, do certify that William A. Goodwin is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signatures above written are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Seal of Office, on this the 20th day of February 18 80
is the next

Know all men by these Presents, That I Joannah Murphy of Wt. Vernon Knox Co. Ohio , daughter and heir at Law of Mary Lewis deceased who was the widow of Jacob Lewis deceased ---
who was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, do hereby constitute and appoint J. L. Coonley my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to prosecute against the Government of the United States, before any Department thereof, any and all claim or claims I may have to arrears of pay or Pension money, under any Act or Acts, Resolution or Resolutions, of the Congress of the United States, and especially the Acts 4th July, 1836, 7th July, 1838, 3d March, 1843, 17th June, 1844, 2d February, 1848 and 29th July, 1848—as well as the more ancient Acts of 18th March, 1818, 15th May, 1828, and 7th June, 1832.
Said Attorney is moreover authorised in my name to demand at any Department of the said Government, a re-consideration of any decision hitherto or hereafter to be given, touching my interests, and to obtain from any Department or the archives thereof, any and all information or evidence of whatever character relating to or in anywise bearing upon the claim or claims we hereby seek the investigation of.
Said Attorney is moreover authorised to do any and all things necessary to carry out the foregoing purposes, and to receive the Certificates of Pension or other character of drafts or evidences of the amounts due me and to appoint one or more Sub-Attorneys, and to confer upon him or them all the powers herein conferred upon himself hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may do by virtue of these presents.
WITNESS my hand and seal this 27 th day of July 185 2 Joannah Murphy X
Executed in presence of us W. H. Lockhart A. G. Matthews
State of Ohio  Knox County, set.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the 27 th day of July 185 2 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Joannah Murphy subscriber to the foregoing Power of Attorney, and acknowledged the signing, sealing and delivering the same to be her own voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein set forth.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereunto subscribe my name. W. H. Lockhart J. P.

The State of Ohio Knox County ss }
On this the 27 day of July A.D. 1852 before me the undersigned an acting justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared John P. Lewis a resident of Mount Vernon in Knox County Ohio aged 34 years who, after being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath say that he was well acquainted with Mary Lewis deceased (who was the widow of Jacob Lewis dec who was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution) for 20 years before her death which took place on or about the 28 th day of February 1846 at the house of her daughter Joanna Murphy in Mount Vernon Knox Co. Ohio. That Joanna Murphy who has this day made a declaration in order to draw the Pension due, her mother at the time of her death, is one of the Children of the said Mary and Jacob Lewis and that she is about 60 years old. The names of the other children are Freeman Lewis who is the oldest child and is about 72 years old, Jacob Lewis now dead, and Joanna Murphy as above stated, Thomas Lewis now dead, Peter Lewis who is living, John Lewis now dead, Mary Springer who is living and Samuel Lewis who was the youngest, and is now dead. That the said Jacob Lewis deceased has always borne the reputation of having been a soldier in the Revolutionary War and that he verily believes he was a soldier in said war. And he further states that he is disinterested
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year aforesaid
John P. Lewis
W. C. McLean J.P.
I, the just subscribed Magistrate, do certify that the above Affiant is personally known to me and that he is a man of truth and respectability in whose statements the fullest faith and confidence should be placed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name on this the 27 day of July 1852
W. C. McLean J.P.

The State of Ohio } Knox County } S.S.
On this the 27 day of July A. D. 1852 before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Benjamin Murphey a resident of Clinton Township Knox County Ohio aged 69 years who after being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath state that he became acquainted with Mary Lewis (who was the widow of Jacob Lewis deceased who was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution) about 49 years ago in the State of Pennsylvania and continued intimately acquainted with her until the time of her death which took place on the 28 day of February 1846. That the said Mary Lewis and Jacob Lewis had the following children: Freeman Lewis who is about 72 years of age and now lives in Union town in the State of Pennsylvania. Jacob Lewis now dead, Joanna Murphey who has this day made a declaration in order to draw the Pension due her mother the said Mary Lewis, at the time of her death, and who is about 65 years of age, Thomas Lewis now dead, Peter Lewis now living in Clinton Co. Ohio, John Lewis now dead, Mary Springer now living in this County and Samuel Lewis the youngest and now dead. And he further states that the said Jacob Lewis always bore the reputation of having been a soldier in the war of the Revolution and he verily believes he the said Jacob Lewis was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, and that his widow the said Mary Lewis was entitled to a Pension. And he further states that he verily believes that the aforesaid Mary and Jacob Lewis were married before the close of the war of the Revolution. And he further states that he is disinterested
B. Murphey
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year aforesaid W. Lockhart J.P.

I the just subscribed Magistrate do certify that the above affiant is personally known to me and that he is a man of truth and respectability in whose statements the fullest faith and credit should be placed. In testimony where- of, I have herunto subscribed my name on this the 27 day of July 1852 W. K. Cleodman, J.P.
The State of Ohio } S.S. Knox County } It has satisfactorily appeared to me a justice of the Peace in and for said County that Mary Lewis who was the widow of Jacob Lewis dec. who was a soldier in the Rev- olution, died on the 28 day of February 1846 and left Thomas Lewis, Franklin Lewis, Samuel Lewis, Peter Lewis, Mary Springer and Joanna Mumphy her only living children, and that Joanna Mumphy, Franklin Lewis, Peter Lewis and Mary Springer. Given under my hand and seal, this 27 day of July 1852 W. K. Cleodman J.P.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
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November 6, 1924.
B. R. Cushing, 322 Engineers Bldg., Cleveland, OHIO.
Sir:
I have to advise you that in the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, R.6324 , it is alleged that Jacob Lewis , while a resident of Somerset County, New Jersey, enlisted in 1776 as a private in Captain Gavin McCoy's Company of New Jersey Militia and so served whenever called upon, also acted as a Wagon Master and Express Rider and was in the battles of Trenton and Monmouth.
He married in Somerset County, New Jersey, November 23, 1778, Mary ---, who was born October 25, 1756. He died in Pennsylvania June 29, 1801, and the widow, Mary, applied for pension July 20, 1841, while living in Wayne Township, Knox County, Ohio, but her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of 6 months military service as required by the pension laws. She died February 28, 1846, at the home of her daughter, Joannah Murphy, in Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio.
General Rieberg was never a Col, only a Lieutenant Col, N.Y. Dept. Inf. See N.Y. p 407. Therefore his name is omitted. Service O.K. Allowed to Miss Wilson. (See)

In 1852 there were the following children: Freeman, aged about 72 years and a resident of Uniontown, Pennsylvania; Joannah Murphy (born April 5, 1787) a resident of Mount Vernon, Ohio; Peter, a resident of Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio; Mary Springer, a resident of Knox County, Ohio.
The following children were then dead: Jacob, Thomas, John and Samuel.
Soldier's age is not stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Abner Lewis of Jacob. Ohio
Suspended
Not found See p. 17 Sep. 41 C. Delano. Let to A. Delano Nov 28th 1847.
July 7. 1838

13 Sep 1841.
Allison
Mary Lewis. Madam Jacob Knob Co. Ohio 11 July for by Columbus Delaware 5445.
Mr. Wilson 6
D. H.
Free Stearns
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

Mr Wm Lloyd Sept. 7. 1841
I herewith transmit the application of Mary Lewis widow of Jacob Lewis for a pension under the acts of Congress passed July 4. /36. and March 3 d /37. consisting of her declaration and the affidavits of testimony and P. Lewis
Please address the undersigned on the subject
J. Edwards and Preston
Columbia D. Llano

Sir
Gen Off
Nov. 28th 44
I return you the addl. evidence in the case of Mary Lewis that the credibility of the witnesses may be duly certified. The papers do not afford any definite idea as to the character & extent of the claim. It is asserted for Militia service in N. Jersey when the Militia were arranged in 8 classes in 1861 and served in rotation. It is very clear apparent from all the statements that her husband could not under that classification have served six months in Capt McCoy's Company in which he was enrolled. Consistently with the rule, no term of service is made out as having been rendered in the war, and as to his alleged service as Wagon Master Express &c it will be regarded as being under civil contract unless it is shown by record or documentary evidence that he was appointed.

in the Staff of the Continental by competent authority & as then  there were no Wagon Masters in the N. J. militia.
C. Delano Nov 28 1847
C. Delano Esq. Mt Vernon Ohio

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Dear Winn:
Your letter was certainly a treat and I enjoyed all the news it contained. I hardly expected you would find any record of the Cushings I mentioned, but thought I would take a chance. I now have another request that may be of assistance to me, and so I am again taking the liberty of calling upon you.
One of my direct lineal ancestors, upon whose revolutionary war record I hope to get into the Sons of the American Revolution, was Jacob Lewis, born Oct. 27, 1734, died June 29, 1801, served as a member of the New Jersey minute men, living at the time of the revolution at Basking Ridge, N.J., near Elizabethtown, N.J.
If you can ascertain whether you have a war record for him so far as the pension department is concerned, and provide me with some sort of a copy of it, in case it is there, I will appreciate it. I have written the Adjutant General's office about the Cushings that I mentioned in my former letter but have heard nothing.
Today is election day and I suppose we will have plenty of excitement, radio and otherwise, tonight. I will be helping out the Associated Press this evening here so will be where I will get the dope about as near first as anybody can.
I certainly hope that you may get this way some of these times, bringing the family with you. Give them my regards and in case you see any of the Arners or Lampsons, do the same for me there.
Thanks muchly for your courtesies.
Sincerely,
Referred to Revolutionary War Sec H. T. Simmons - Med Div

1924, Nov. 6 - Hieh. to B.E. Cushing nm
REJECTED
6324
P. O. _____
Mary Lewis
Service: _____
Jacob
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
The printed list of 1852 gives cause of suspension as: "Wagon master and Express Rider"
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

Jacob Lewis' heirs - Rev. War - Minute men of New Jersey - Application from Ohio

Oct 28. 1844
Adolph May Lewis.
of
J. L. Edwards
Conferees of
Pioneer
Washing Co. Pa.
A. P.
12 3/4

Alt Vernon Oct. 23. 1844
Sir
Enclosed, I send you two affidavits in addition to the papers already sent to your office, in the case of Mary Lewis of the County of Stark Ohio who applies for a pension as the widow of Jacob Lewis deceased Be so good as to communicate the result of examining the present papers and oblige
Your Obt. Servt.
C. Allans