Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35,848, Jacob Coleman, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Coleman Jacob
S. 35848
B.L.Wt. 1206-200
CONTENTS

COLEMAN, JACOB (VA.) S-35848

Dropped from the 11 Sept 1828, under the 15 May 1828.
Samuel Coleman June 1 1853
46
Samuel Coleman, 11 Sept 1828, under the 15 May 1828.
4.051 Indiana
1 Jacob Coleman Jr 60 in the state of Indiana who was a Lieutenant in the regiment commanded Colonel J. Gibson of the Virginia line, for the term of four years 8.9
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th of Aug 1819 and sent to Hon. R. C. Anderson Louisville Kentucky
arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819 187.9 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 Sept 1819 120.
307.9
46
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

State of Indiana } B- Vigo County — }
personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the acting associate Judges in & for the County of Vigo Jacob Colman a citizen of the State and County aforesaid, who made solemn affirmation that he entered into the service of the United States in the latter end of the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Seventy Six - as a private soldier in the Thirteenth Virginia Inf ty Commanded by Colonel William Russell and in Captain Benjamin Harrison's Company, in which capacity he served until early in the year 1779 in which year the aforesaid Regiment became the 9 th Virg a Regiment and commanded by Colonel John Gibson. This deponent further saith that early in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy nine he was commissioned an Ensign and in the same year the aforesaid Regiment became the Seventh Virginia Regiment.
This deponent further saith that he was commissioned a lieutenant and at the same time appointed the Adjutant of the aforesaid Regt, in which capacity this deponent says he served to the end of the war. This deponent further saith that from his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of his country's support,
Jacob Colman

State of Indiana } Vigo County - }
personally appeared before me the the Subscriber one of the acting Assistant Judges of the Circuit Court in & for the County of Vigo County John John Fammilton who made solemn Affirm- ation that Jacob Colman who is named in the foregoing declaration & who is now present is the same Jacob Colman that performed the services therein stated -
I do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration was duly affirmed to and and subscribed before me this Twenty fifth day of May 18 in year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred & Eighteen, & of the Independence of the United States the 42 nd Given Under my hand and Seal this day & year above Written
Moses Woggatt Judge Circuit Court of Vigo County

Jacob Colman Lieutenant
19 War Gibson's regt Virginia line
Date of acct 25 May. 18
Wanted the judge's certificate of the necessitous circumstances of the applicant.
Indiana Roll.
Adm.
Hon. R. C. Anderson, Louisville, Ky.
Walter G. Williams Clerk, C.C.M.

State of Indiana } Vigo County }
I certify Gilbert
Clerk of the Circuit Court of the said county of Vigo do hereby certify that Moses Foggatt Esq. whose name is sub- scribed to the foregoing certificate of affir- mation is an appointed Judge of the Circuit Court of the aforesaid County and that due faith and credit is and ought to be paid to all his official transactions as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and aff- ixed the seal of our said Court The twenty sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Gilbert Gilbert Clerk, C.C.M. " " "

June 10 th 1879
State of Indiana Vigo County
I Certify that Jacob Coleman whose name is subscribed to the declaration on the opposite side of this sheet is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for as support Moses Hoggatt Afs. Judge V. C.
State of Indiana Vigo County
I Charles Gilbert Clerk of the Circuit Court of said County do hereby certify that Moses Hoggatt Esq. whose name is subscribed to the above certificate was at the date thereof and still is an Associate Judge of said Court duly commissioned and qualified and acting under the authority of said State and that his name so subscribed appears to be his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Terre Haute the tenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
Charles Gilbert Clerk

Additional Statements Evidence
Kentucky Jefferson Circuit Ct.
On this day came before me John P. Oldham presiding judge of the 5 th Judicial district of Kentucky including the Jefferson Circuit. Jacob Coleman aged sixty three years being by me duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress "To provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" that he the sd Coleman enlisted in the Service of the United States in the latter end of 1776, in the 13 th Virginia Regt. commanded by Colo: William Russell in Capt. Benj: Harrison's company, on Continental Establishment & served therein until early in the 1779 when sd Regt. became the 9 th Regt. commanded by Colo: John Gibson & that early in 1779 (he thinks on the 5 th of April) he received a Commission as an Ensign in sd Regt. & that in the same year it became the 7 th Regt. that some time afterward (he thinks in the same year) he was commissioned a Lieutenant & served as adjutant to sd Regt. until the end of the war; so that he was in continued service from 1776 till the end of the war. that he was disbanded at Pittsburgh; that he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, at White Marsh when the British landed at the head of Elk. at the taking of the Indian Towns on the Western Waters - that he is in reduced circumstances and stand in need of

of the assistance of his Country for support
On the same day also came John Harrison who states on oath that he was a Lieutenant in the same regiment in which Jacob Coleman was; that he knew the sd Coleman as a private & as an officer & knows that he continued in the service from the year 1779 till he was disbanded at Pittsburgh after the close of the war - that he was with him in the battles of Germantown & Brandywine;
Given under My hand Seal this 15 th day of July
1819
Jno P. Oldham (Seal)
I John P Oldham Judge as aforesaid certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the sd Jacob Coleman did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy for the term of nine months at one time, on the Continental Establishment & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken before me to the Secretary War, pursuant to the law - I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his Country for support
Witness my hand Seal this 15 th July 1819
Jno P Oldham (Seal)
I the clerk of the Jefferson Circuit Court in the State of Kentucky (which is included in the fifth Judicial District) do certify that John P. Oldham Esquire who has signed the above and annexed Certificate is Judge of the District aforesaid and sole Judge of the Jefferson Circuit Court in sd District, and that to all his acts as such 'full faith & Credit' is and ought to be given - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Circuit this 15 th day of July 1819 and in the 28 th year of our Commonwealth
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I John P. Oldham sole Judge of the Jefferson Circuit Court in the State of Kentucky, within the fifth Judicial District, of said State, do certify that the above Certificate and attestation of Nelson Pope who is clerk of said Court is in due form of law and entitled to full faith and Credit - Witness my hand and seal this 15 th July 1819.
Jno P. Oldham (Seal)

Schedule
District of Indiana ss.
On this twentythird day of October 1821. personally appeared in open court, being a court of record, made such by the laws of this state Jacob Colman aged sixty seven years resident in Vigo County in said district, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows in Captain Benjamin Harrison's Company in the 13th. Regiment of the Virginia line under continental establishment during the latter end of the year 1776 & in the years 1777 & 1778 in the 9th. Regiment in 1779. as an Ensign and in the 7th. Regiment in 1780 as a Lieutenant and Adjutant in which capacity he served until the close of the war. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th. day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner whatsoever disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of the act 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" passed on the 18th. day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person 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, original declaration made on the twenty fifth day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, upon which a pension certificate has been issued dated the thirteenth day of August 1819, and numbered 111051. I have no property, no family my occupation a farmer but unable to pursue it for a living,
Jacob Colman
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and date above written,
State of Indiana } Vigo County }
C. Gilbert Clerk
I Curtis Gilbert Clerk of the Circuit Court of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration and oath are truly copied from the record of said Court filed in my office. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Terre Haute the 1 st day of November 1821.
Curtis Gilbert Clerk

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Regulations for the Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary War who acquired a right to Land from the United States, but have not received it.
By an Act of Congress, of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve, during the War, or until discharged by Congress, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration must be filled up and sworn to by the claimant:
State of Indiana }
County of Parke Vige }
I, Jacob Colman aged Twenty one years, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ... I enlisted for the term of "during the war," and served in the regiment No. 13. 9. & 7. ... under the command of Colonel John Gibson ... of the Kentucky of Virginia line; and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, when I was regularly discharged from the ... regiment, commanded by Colonel John Gibson as aforesaid
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever: therefore,
Know all men by these presents that I, Jacob Colman aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint James Ryon to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; 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.
Attest, Isaac Colman Jacob Colman
I, Isaac Ryon aged Fifty four years, do, upon oath, declare that I have been long acquainted with Jacob Colman who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and further, I know, or do believe, that he did perform the military service therein stated.
Attest, Isaac Colman James Ryon
Before me, H. N. ... Justice of the Peace for ... personally appeared the above named Jacob Colman ... subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; and, likewise, personally appeared James Ryon ... who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed, this 30. day of November 1856
H. N. ... Justice of the Peace.
In testimony that the abovewritten ... was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c, in the State of ... at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at this day of
This law expires 3d March, 1827.

State of Indiana Vigo County ss.
I Curtis Gilbert Clerk of the Circuit Court of said County do hereby certify that Stephen J. Galt, before whom the within sworn statement and affidavit appear to have been made, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts, and also by the request of the within named Jacob Hotman. I do further certify that I have been acquainted with the said Hotman for nearly ten years, that he has resided in the said County during that period and that he is the person described in the within application. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Terre Haute the 19th day of December A.D. 1826.
C. Gilbert

Washington City D.C. January 31 1834
Sir
Enclosed I send you some papers which were forwarded to my father in relation to a pension of Jacob Colman who was my grand father, and who died I think about the year 1836. If I remember right he was a Lieutenant in the Virginia Continental line. Gibson's company.
If there is anything due his heirs, you would confer a favor on these interested and who are in needy circumstances, by advising them through me, in relation to it.
They are not in circumstances to pay an agent in advance & then perhaps receive nothing. The enclosed letter from my father Dr. M. Colman will more fully explain the nature of the case. I have the honor to be Sir
Very Respectfully Yours M. G. Sam l . M. Colman
J. P. Waldo Esq. Commission of Pensions Washington City D.C.
P.S. Please return the enclosed papers. S.M.C.

Lowenstein, Jan'y 20 th 54
Dear Sir,
I did not expect, when I received your letter of the 1 st Jan written at Washington City, which I answered immediately, to have been this length of time without a reply.
Having received from Eugene the accompanying papers, I enclose them to you. There is a balance of pension due to my father, as also a part of his pay as an officer of the Army of the Revolution, which in his lifetime he often spoke of, but being careless he never collected the testimony to establish his claim. My Father was a Lieutenant, but acted, for some considerable length of time, as a Captain of the Reg't to which he belonged, for which services he was entitled to a Captain's pay. This extra service was not included in his receipt.
I have declined signing this man's power of attorney because I do not know him and because it is made "irrevocable."

As your business is about those public offices and has been without such as to invariable you, without difficulty, to ascertain whether any thing can be obtained you will do me the favor to look into it. I want, particularly, to know the date of my Father's last payment from the Revolutionary Pension Office. Any information upon this subject will be thankfully received. Every thing is still here now, no sales of property has yet been made by me for you, or for myself; in the future, from necessity, I must sell something.
The suit of the Corporation was lost in its termination, that it has seriously impaired the value of the grain property.
The Judge's instructions were such as to create the belief that if the right kind of action had been had the plaintiff would have been entitled to a verdict, yet they did not take it up upon their bill of exceptions.

I wrote you a letter about the time of your leaving St. Louis for Washington addressed to the form, enquiring about your taxes; this letter, I presume was forwarded to you.
I often think of your familiar right that I could not have made it convenient to have spent the winter in it,
In your absence I could have resided, since, perhaps equivalent to my board, in earnings.
Congress has now been in session six or seven weeks, and I have not had the first line either in writing or print from any one. I did suppose, with a Whig member from this con- district, that I would be remembered.
Very truly Yours Affec J. B. Mansfield
Mr. Colman

Warrant N o - 1206 issued to Lieut Jacob Coleman of the Virginia Line for 200 acres - of land -
February 9 th - 1827
and - delivered to James Noble

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
RECEIVED
2107
P. O. _____
Jacob Colman
Service: Consolidated March 22 1882 with admitted Soldier File No 35.848
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: In riot _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

35 848
Rev INVALID.
File No. 35 848
Jacob Coleman Lieut Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 91
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1206-200-Rev.

Washington Jan y 31 st 1827
Sir,
I send the application of Mr. Jacob Colman who applies for his land warrant. You will oblige me by your early attention to his application
I have the honor to be Respectfully y r obed t Servt James M c He
Hon. Mr. Stewart Section of Bounty Lands War Dept.

Shelby County State of Kentucky
We whose names are hereunto subscribed do certify that Lieut. Jacob Coleman enlisted in the Thirteenth Virginia Regiment on continental establishment in Captain Benjamin Harrisons Company, about the latter end of the year 1776 - That he continued in said Regiment, first a private, then a sergeant, then an ensign and last a Lieut. and Adjutant, until the close of the war. That the above Regiment, was when raised, the 13 th Virginia Reg t , and before and at the close of the war the 7 th Virg a Reg t - that we were well acquainted with the said Lieut. Coleman, having served in the said Reg t until the close of the war.
Given under our hands the twenty eighth day of June 1819 John Knight Surgeons Mate late 7 th Virg a Reg t Joseph Winlock late Lt 7 th Virg a Reg t

State of Kentucky } Shelby County } ss. the subscriber, a Justice of the peace in and for the county and State aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified according to law, do hereby certify that John Knight and Joseph Winlock personally appeared before me and made oath to the facts contained in the within & foregoing certificate respecting Lieut. Jacob Coleman. And I do further certify that the said Knight & Winlock are men of credibility - that they have both served in the Legislature of this State - that Winlock commanded a Brigade of militia in the late war - and that they are both considered as old Revolution- ary warriors.
Given under my hand & seal the Twenty eighth day of June 1819.
Philip W. Taylor P.S.

Commonwealth of Kentucky
Shelby County Feb
I the Clerk of the County Court of Shelby do Certify that Phillip M. Taylor Esquire before whom the within Affidavit was made and who hath subscribed the Certificate thereof Now is and Was at the time of doing the same One of the Commonwealth's Justices of the Peace in and for said County Commissioned & Qualified according to Law and that due faith and credit is and Ought to be given to all his Official acts as such In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 29 th day of June 1879 and in the 28 th Year of the Commonwealth
Iams J. Whitaker CR

State of Kentucky
Shelby County
July 12 th 1828
We the undersigned having been Officers in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution Do hereby Certify that we were personally acquainted with Jacob Cohnan, that he served in the same Regiment with us to the end of the war at which period he was a Lieutenant and Adjutant in the Seventh Regiment of the Continental line.
Joseph Winlock
John H. Smith

Jacob Coleman returned with amended declaration Providence

Kentucky Jefferson St.
On this day came before me John P. Oldham, Presiding Judge of the fifth Judicial district of Kentucky including the Jefferson Circuit Richard Taylor who states on oath that he was a Major in the same regiment in which Jacob Colman was, that he knew the said Colman as a Subaltern Officer in the Ninth Virginia regiment formerly the Thirteenth, and that the s d Colman served as an officer more than nine months at one time in the aforesaid Regiment. Given under my hand & seal this 15 th Day of July 1819
Rich d Taylor
I John P. Oldham Judge &c as aforesaid certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the s d Jacob Colman did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy for the term of nine months at one time, on the Continental Establish- -ment & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken before me to the Secretary War Pursuant to the law - I am also satisfied that he needs a pension of his Country for support witness my hand and seal this 15 th Day of July 1819
Jno. P. Oldham

Pension offen 11 September.

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
9 Sept 1828.
SIR:
I have the honor to inform you, that Jacob Coleman , — formerly a Lieutenant in Seventh , _____ Regiment of the Virginia , line of the Continental Army ; and who has heretofore received a pension at the Indiana , _____ agency, has been admitted to the benefits of the abovementioned act.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant.
Richard Rush.
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
No 98.

Lin
Enclose to you the declaration & evidence of Jacob Coleman. It was first lodged by Mr Hendricks of Indiana
Yours sincerely
R. C. Masson

No 38,690
Jacob E Colman, deceased ^ Indiana
Lt. Samuel M. Colman February 4/52
2161
Act June 7. 1832

Eugene Aug th 10. 1828
Wash o
J. Rush Sir
At the instance of my Father Jacob Oolman, I herewith transmit you his claim under the late Act of Congress for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution. In your reply to the enclosed claim you will confer an additional favor by informing me what your regulation will be for the semiannual pay from the 4 th Sep r next.
Very Respectfully Yours affec ly
J. M. Oolman

[POWER OF ATTORNEY.]
Know all men by these presents, That _____, of the County of _____, and State of _____, for and in consideration of
do hereby make, constitute, and appoint, L. BLANCHARD TRUE, of Washington City, D. C., true and lawful Attorney, for _____ and in _____ name, to examine all papers filed in any Department or Office of Government, upon which a Pension was granted to _____ on account of the _____ services of _____ and to obtain, by all lawful means, any and all additional amounts that may be due from the United States to said _____, by virtue of said services, as _____ in the Company of Capt. _____ in the Regiment of _____ and in the _____ line of the forces of _____
And for good and sufficient reasons do hereby REVOKE and CANCEL any and all other Powers of Attorney and authority which _____ may at any former time have given to any person or persons for the above specified purposes; and do hereby vest the same irrevocably in said Attorney herein appointed, said L. Blanchard True.
In testimony whereof have hereunto set _____ hand and seal this _____ day of _____, in the year A. D. 185____.
***** * SEAL. * ***** ***** * SEAL. * *****
STATE OF _____ COUNTY OF _____ } ss.
On this _____ day of _____ in the year A. D. 185____, personally appeared before me _____ duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgments in and for the county aforesaid
_____ subscriber to the above, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be _____ free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned; and made oath, in due form of law, that _____ personally interested as _____ in said claim.
And I further certify that _____ personally known to me to be the identical individual represented: _____
J. P. ***** * SEAL. * *****

Please state when he died and, if he left a widow, what Pension she received
Increases just obtained, some of hundreds some of thousands

UNITED STATES PENSION AGENCY, WASHINGTON CITY, D. C.
SIR: An amount of pension has been already granted for the revolutionary services of Jacob Coleman _____ as Lieutenant _____ in the forces of the State of Virginia _____ but we are satisfied we can obtain a larger amount still, due for the same services, by means of ARMY ROLLS and RECORDS of the REVOLUTION now in our possession, &c. The Revolutionary pensioner, or his widow, or a child of same, will have the goodness to sign the enclosed printed form, before some Justice of the Peace, obtain the seal of the court upon the same, and return the paper at the earliest convenience.
Should it be impossible to give the officers' names of the COMPANY and REGIMENT in which he served, as required by the enclosed form, these may be omitted to be inserted, until after the return of the papers.
P. S. The ARMY ROLLS above alluded to as being in our possession, are very full, numerous, and of great value to all pensioners and their children, containing names of more than 60,000 officers and privates of the Revolution. These were not known to be in existence when pensions were formerly granted. Hence a greater allowance may now be furnished by us for the pensioner or heirs.
Address as follows: (in plain letters.)
U. S. PENSION AGENCY,
L. B. TRUE,
Washington City, D. C.
REFERENCES.
I consider Mr. L. B. TRUE's Revolutionary Records of great value to claimants. By them he has recently furnished record proof of more than seven years' service of a Revolutionary officer, for me, in a case when the Keeper of the Public Records had notified me that no record evidence existed of the service; and thus a claim of more than $4,000 has been saved to one of my constituents, which otherwise had been lost.
I can most cheerfully recommend Mr. TRUE as an agent to all claimants.
FEBRUARY 26, 1851.
MOSES B. CORWIN, M. C.
From highly the satisfactory testimonials given by many gentlemen of my acquaintance, to the character and qualifications of Mr. TRUE, I have not the slightest hesitation in recommending him to all who may desire his services, as fully competent to give entire satisfaction in whatever he may undertake.
WASHINGTON, July 15, 1842.
HORACE STRINGFELLOW, Rector of Trinity Church.
I take pleasure in stating that Mr. L. BLANCHARD TRUE, of Washington City, is a graduate of Bowdoin College, the highest literary institution of the State, and among the foremost in New England; that he is a gentleman of good character and worth. I doubt not he will give full satisfaction wherever he may be employed.
AUGUST 2, 1841.
GEORGE EVANS, U. S. Senate.
Refer to Heads of Departments and to Members of Congress generally, of past and present Congresses.
July 12, 1853.

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution approved on the 15 th of May 1828, I Jacob Colman of the Army of the Revolution, in the County of Vermillion, in the State of Indiana,
do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such to the end of the war, at which period I was a Lieutenant and Adjutant in the Twelfth Regiment of the Virginia Line under the Continental establishment.
And I also declare, that I afterwards received a Certificate (commonly called a commutation certificate) for a sum equal to the amount of five years full pay, which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress of the 22 nd March 1780 instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of Congress of the 21 st of October 1780. And I do further declare that I have received of the United States as a pensioner since the 3 rd day of March 1826 the sum of Seven Hundred and eighty dollars paid to me by the agent for paying pensioners in the State of Indiana.
In presence of Josephus Collett James Cromendyke
Jacob Colman

Before me James Greenendyke a Justice of the peace (duly empowered to administer Oaths) in the County of Vermillion and State of Indiana - personally appeared John M. Colman and Stephen S. Collett of the said County who did solemnly make oath that Jacob Colman by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand this 9 th day of August in the year of our Lord 1828
James Greenendyke Justice of the Peace
State of Indiana
Vermillion County ss I Stephen B. Gardner Clerk of the circuit court in and for said county, do hereby certify that
James Greenendyke before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time an acting Justice for said county and duly empowered to administer oaths. In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this ninth day of August. Eighteen hundred and Twenty eight -
Stephen B. Gardner. Clerk

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Jacob Coleman . . . . . late a Lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Indiana Agency, at the rate of Twenty - dollars per month, to com- mence on the 25 th day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this thirteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War.
[Handwritten flourish]
See Virginia Book - page 116

No of Original payment 626
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Sept. 1. 1828.
Jacob Coleman , of Evansville , in the County of Vermillion , in the State of Indiana , has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war,
at which period he was a Lieutenant in the Seventh regiment of the Virginia line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, 480 dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of Indiana .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
6 th September 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Jacob Coleman , a Lieutenant in the Virginia line, amounting to Sixteen Hundred dollars.
It further appears that Jacob Coleman is now on the pension list of the Indiana agency, and has been since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month.
Richd Hagner And
See Virginia Book page 116