Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1240-200, for Jacob Talbot, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
Penn
Valbot, Jacob
NUMBER
B L Wt 1240-200
CONTENTS

Warrant No. 1240 - issued to Benjamin Brown the heir of Lieut Jacob Salbott of the Pennsylvania Line for 200 acres of land
May 8 th - 1827 and delivered to Jos. Watson

17.11.10
See certificate of U.S. Postmaster D. Hurts in the case of J.H. Hester, as in Hester, author- ity to certify - J.P.

State of Pennsylvania County of Bucks
§ I Benjamin Brown
and one of the heirs at law of Jacob Talbot late of the County of Bucks deceased do upon oath testify and declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief the said Jacob Talbot was a Lieutenant in the 10 th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line of the Continental Army of the revolutionary war and served as such to the close of the war. Also I do further testify and declare that I have never received a warrant from the No. States for the quantity of land due the said deceased from the No. States nor do I believe that he ever received it or transferred his right to it in any manner during his life time.
Therefore, know all men by these presents that I Benjamin Brown as aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Col. Joseph Meason of Washington City my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the No. States a warrant for the quantity of land due me in right of said deceased.
And my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purposes above expressed and to the same to work at will.
In witness of all which I have hereunto set my hand Witness - and seal this sixteenth day of April 1827
C. M. [unclear]
Benjamin Brown
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the aforesaid County the above named Benjamin Brown signer & Sealer to the foregoing declaration and power of attorney and acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein named; Brown, subscribed & acknowledged before me this 18 th day of April eighteen hundred & twenty seven
J. [unclear]
State of Penn a - County of Bucks
§ I do hereby certify that Isaac Hecks Esq.
Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration and power of attorney appear to have been taken and acknowledged as the time of taking the

same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said county county duly commissioned and qualified as such, and that to all of his official acts as such, due faith and credit should be given —.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Doylestown this 23 rd day of April A D 1827
John Breyer-Petty — 3 —
State of Pennsylvania
County of Bucks I ss: Be it remembered that on this day, the 16 th day of April Anno Domini 1827, there has been adduced to me satisfactory proof by the evidence of two credible witnesses that Benjamin Brown who has made the foregoing declaration on oath and who has subscribed the power of attorney herewith connected, is nephew and one of the heirs of Jacob Talbot late a Lieutenant in the Continental Army of the revolutionary war, and that the other heirs of the said Jacob Talbot are now in number, to wit; Mary Brown, Jacob Brown, Elizabeth Brown, George Brown, Samuel Brown, Joseph Brown & Sarah Brown who all are the children of Elizabeth Brown deceased who was the only sister of Jacob Talbot all residing in the neighborhood of Yardleyville Bucks County except Jacob who resides in the State of New York —
and that the above named persons are all the heirs of the said Jacob Talbot known to be living —.
In witness of all which, I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal official, in my capacity of a justice of the peace this 16 th day of April 1827
J. Breyer
See vouchers on which W t N o 1247 was granted —

Mailed without Review
September 9, 1935
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Miss Elva B. Colglazier 223 West Eleventh Street Hutchinson, Kansas
JACOB TALBOT B.L. Wt. 1240-200 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Jacob Talbot of near Chester, in that part of Chester County, which was later Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and married Susanna Sharples or Sharpless; Dempsey Bundy of North Carolina who married Mary Bosworth and their son married Lydia, daughter of Jacob Talbot; James Brownlee of Canton Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, whose wife was Jane Leman, daughter of John and Mary Leman, of Straband Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolution of the James Brownlee described by you, or of any Dempsey Bundy. Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office. The record has been found of a Jacob Talbot of Pennsylvania, the only soldier of that name found in the Revolutionary War records of this office and it is furnished herein as obtained from the papers on file in the claim for bounty land based upon his service.
The date and place of birth and names of parents of Jacob Talbot are not given.
The records of this office show that Jacob Talbot served as Lieutenant in the 10 th Pennsylvania Regiment, War of the Revolution, and served as such to the close of the war; the date of his entering the service and other details not given.
Jacob Talbot died in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, date of death not given. He was not survived by wife or children and it is not shown whether or not he was ever married.

On account of the Revolutionary War service of Jacob Talbot, Warrant No. 1240, for 200 acres of bounty land, was issued May 8, 1827, in behalf of the following and only heirs of the soldier, who were children of Elizabeth Brown, soldier's only sister, all of whom in 1827 were residents of Yardleyville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with the exception of Jacob Brown who was living in the State of New York:
Benjamin Brown Mary " Jacob " Elizabeth " George " Samuel " Joseph " Sarah "
For information in regard to location of the land granted in behalf of the above-named heirs, you should write to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and cite the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of its issuance.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE Daughters of the American Revolution UVEDALE CHAPTER. NUMBER 788 HUTCHINSON, KANSAS Aug. 27th, 1935.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington. D. C.
Dear Sir:
If you have same, will you kindly send to me the Revolutionary war record in your office of Jacob Talbot of near Chester, Pennsylvania, in Chester, now Delaware county. Jacob Talbot's wife was Susanna Sharples or Sharpless, spelled both ways; and of Dempsey Bundy of Perquimans county, North Carolina, who married Mary Bosworth, and their son married Lydia, daughter of Jacob Talbot; and the record of James Brownlee of Canton township, Washington county, Pa., whose wife was Jane Leman, daughter of John and Mary Leman of Straband township, Washington county, Pa.
I am asking for this data, which is for the sister of former Senator Emerson Carey of Kansas. I am making this request for her; Mrs. Brownlee; and for the family of Senator Carey, who are descendants of these families, as well as of the Careys of Bucks county, Pa.. With much appreciation for any and all data you may be able to let us have, with reference to volume and page or of certificate number, I am
Yours very truly,
Elva B. Colglazier.
(Miss) Elva B. Colglazier. 223 West Eleventh Street, Hutchinson, Kansas.