Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5437, for Jacob Huss, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Huss, Jacob or Hess
R 5437
Elizabeth
CONTENTS

Do 6015
Elizabeth Hess or Hess widow of Jacob Pa
Lot Hamilton G. Rent Sept. 16/53
✓439
Acc. Feb. 3/53

Act 3 rd Febry 1853.
Elizabeth Hays and Step. M rs of Jacob Hays and Step.
Hamilton G. Hart Washington City

State of Ohio Monroe County. S.S.
On this 3 day of Sept 1855 - person- ally appeared before me a Notary public Well in and for the County & State aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths Martha Davenport aged 67 Years a resident of the County of Monroe and State of Ohio upon her oath makes the following statements viz. That she was present at the Marriage of Jacob Huss or Hess and Elizabeth Clark and that they were Married on the Twenty Ninth day of October 1804. at. Houses Meeting House. West Not- tingham Township Chester County Pennsylvania by the Rev. Wm. Stephenson. a Methodist Minister - and that the present Eliza- beth Huss is the identical person then and there Married to the said Jacob Huss, or Hess - Sworn and subscribed on the day and Year aforesaid before Me
Martha Davenport
and I hereby certify that the above named Martha Davenport is personally known to me and that she is a credible witness and highly respectable lady to wit the widow of the Rev John Davenport late of this place deceased.
John Hollister notary Public

Mrs. D. C. Caldwell 821 Lane Street Topeka, Kansas
Mar 20 1931.
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir
Last June I wrote asking for the history of a Revolutionary soldier John Jacob Hess, which you were unable to give me. I have since learned that he dropped the John and was known as Jacob Hess . Can you furnish me with the war history of Jacob Hess, where he enlisted etc? His farm lay in Layton and West Moreland counties, but he lived at one time in Franklin Co. I will be most grateful for any information concerning him. Thank you.
Sincerely
Mrs. D. C. Hess Caldwell.

A. G. Hunt
Sept. 15/93,

Act 153
Pension Office Sept. 15/55
Sir,
I have received the papers transmitted by you in support of a claim for pension under act of February 3, 1853, of Elizabeth Hess or Hess widow of Jacob, of Pennsylvania
The claimant should have made her declaration before a Court of  in the County in which she resides
Evidence of service should have been sought of the authorities of Pennsylvania, and  and the marriage should have been proved by record evidence if any exist, and if not, that fact should have been legally shown - after evidence of service is obtained, the present applicant must be identified as the widow of the soldier who performed it
Very truly yours
Hamilton G. Harkness Present

State of Ohio Monroe County, S.S.
On this 3 d . day of September 1855 personally appeared before the Probate Court of Monroe County and State of Ohio, Elizabeth Huss. or Hess, a resident of Hiland County and state of Ohio. Aged, Seventy Eight Years who being duly sworn according to law, doth, in her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d . February 1853, granting pensions to Widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary War; That she is the Widow of Jacob Huss. or Hess. Who was a private, in the Company Commanded by Captain, Colonel, or General James Arm. Strong - of Chester County State of Pennsylvania and that he volunteered or enlisted during during or about the Year 1776, in the Revolutionary War, and that he continued in actual service in said War, for and during, the period of the War, and when called into service he resided in Chester County Pennsylvania, and that he was honorably discharged, on the close of the war, and
She further declares that she was married to the said Jacob Huss or Hess on the Twenty Ninth day of October 1804 and that her said Husband died on the Twenty Second day of January 1813. That she was not married to him prior to the Second of Jany 1800, but at the time when

That the reason she makes her application in Monroe County is that she came to Monroe to prove her marriage. That she knows of no Public record of her marriage.
stated. She further declares that she is now a Widow. She further declares that her Name is not on the pension Roll of any State, and that she has never made any application for a pension except the present -
Elizabeth Luss
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd day of September, A. D. 1855. Witness my hand and official seal.
John W. Cley Judge of the Probate Court Monroe County, Ohio.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
1931- May 6 - H. R. 1100 - 2 - C. Caldwell - 1931
5489 P. O. Elizabeth Sharp Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 Discharged: _____, 18 REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18 Too late for printed list of 1852 Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____ P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

May 6, 1931
Mrs. D. C. Caldwell 821 Lane Street Topeka, Kansas
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB Jacob Huss 11.5437
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 5437, that Jacob Huss or Hess married October 29, 1804 in Houses Meeting House, West Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Clark.
He died January 22, 1813.
His widow, Elizabeth, applied for pension September 3, 1855, then aged seventy-eight years and a resident of Highland County, Ohio, and alleged that her husband, Jacob Huss or Hess, while residing in Chester County, Pennsylvania, enlisted about 1776 and served as a private in a company commanded by Captain, Colonel or General James Armstrong, and was discharged at the close of the war.
The claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of service.
There are no data as to family.
The above noted is the history of the only soldier by the name of Jacob Huss or Hess that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner