Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 748-100, Jacob Grover, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Grover, Jacob.
B. L. 97 th 748-100
CONTENTS

No 448
Jacob Grover
priv:
Connecticut line —
Eunice McMaster Lothers
Warrant issued Feby: 11 th
1879
Hon: J. M. Taylor

Eunice M c Master
Certificate of heirship Order to deliver Warrants -
Pallston Spa } N.Y. 3 Feb }
WEE
Hon. John W Taylor Esq Rep. to Congress Washington

State of New York. Saratoga County ss. I George Palmer Surrogate of the County of Saratoga aforesaid, do certify, that from official documents on file in the office of said Surrogate, it appears to my satisfaction, that Eunice M c Master of the village of Ballston Spa, in the county aforesaid, and Isaac Johnson Grover and Zalmon Grover of the County of Albany, are the only heirs at law to Jacob Grover, who was killed by the enemy, in the revolutionary war. The said Eunice, inheriting the one half, and the said Isaac and Zalmon, the other half of the estate of the said Jacob. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office of said Surrogate, at the village of Stillwater, the twenty sixth day of January, in the year of our Lord, 1819.
George Palmer
I had a brother that went up to or near Canada, about 20 years ago and he died there left two sons which has moved down since with their mother and live in Manslersville.
Eunice M c Master

Mrs McMaster

To the Secretary of War
Sir
Please deliver to John
W. Taylor one of the Representatives in Congress of the State of New York a warrant for the Military Bounty Land due to Eunice M c Master heir of Jacob Grover who was killed in the service of the United States during the war of the Revolution & Oblige
Your Obs. Servt W m M c Master Eunice M c Master
Dated February 1 st 1819
Signed in presence of Thomas Palmer

David Hurd of the Town of Huntington in the County of Fairfield State of Connecticut of lawfull age testifies and says that in the year 1777 I served as a privet soldier in Capt. Samuel Granger's Company in Col. Charles Webb's Brig d and Genl. Jedediah Huntington's Brigade and that I well knew Jacob Grover who at that time who was a privet soldier in said Company & Brig. & said Brigade I also knew that the s d Grover was in service during the war and that on the 4 th day of October in said year 1777 in the said Jacob Grover was killed by the Enemy in a battle at White Marsh so called David Hurd & further the Deponent saith not
State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss Huntington Dec r 3. 1818
Personally appeared David Hurd and made solemn oath to the foregoing Deposition before me
Abel French Justice of peace

James Downs of the Town of Stratford in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut of Lawfull Age Testifies and says, that in the year 1777 I served as a privat soldier in Capt Samuel Grangers Company, in Coln l Charles Webbs Regt, and Gen l Judichiah Huntington Brigade, and that I well knew Jacob Grover, who at that time was a privat soldier in said Company, said Regt, & S d Brigade I also know that the s d Grover was intitled to serve during the war and that on the 11 th day of October in said year 1777 he the said Jacob Grover was killed by the Enemy, in a battle at White Marsh so called, & that I was standing by him the s d Grover side by side when he was killed ————— James Downs
& further the Deponent saith not
State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss. Stratford, December 3 rd A.D. 1816
Personally appeared James Downs and made Solomon oath to the foregoing Deposition before me —————
William Peet Justice Peace

in for the Land country due to Jacob Grover who was a Private in
Capt. S. Grangers Co.
Col. Ch. Webbs. Reg.
Gen. Jd. Huntingtons Brig. enlisted for during war & was killed October 4. 1777. at White Marsh -
Hon J. W. Taylor
Rev. A. A.
Mr. Cutting

Honored Gentlemen I wold inform you that i under real necessity of receiving my just rite for my mother for she is old and almost helpless she is 80 years of age and is delay es some times and is very troublesome by turns and she has not received ennetthing of my fathers weagers or her pention nor land she and myself is all remains of my fathers fammaly and it is time we had our just right and my humble prair is that your honnors wold consider my de stress for i lumber under someone disidvantigis thet i do not know how to live without it i have a large fammely and one troublesome child that has fits and has from her infancy and is now almost as helpless as at that time and 24 years old and has bin meer trouble than the other y for i have 8 children and i have to be father and mother both for the man that fortin gave me has proved a blank he was a respect full youth but has since gave himself up to strong drink and is becun very cross bad man and seems spit all his malice at me it apears he has lost all the tenderness of a husband and father and cars for nothing but drink thatfor i wish mr tailer to take charg of what is coming and deliverit to me at his return my brother rightings will be found with mr tammegis papers

paymaster general at Greenbush who told me he had sent my brothers setiffecut with my paymaster letter of administration and other writings and i wish to receive the value of the land insted of the landwarrants and if Mr Tailor will be so good as to bring the manne or a check on olbemy bank or some place near me i shall be very thankful for my necessaty is grate my mother out to receive her pension which is 30 dollers a year acording to the law at that time my father was killed the widdo of the deceid should receiv to that amount yearly as long as they remain ed their widdo and my mother has never marred the secont time she is now the widdo Grovier and my father has bin ded forty years my mother has maid applica tion and sent letters but it apears they hav bin mis carried for she has no returns if gods fear is in the earth let me re ceive my right for noone knows my distress and wont nor can i cannud cate it to enure
Eunice M c Master
november
1819

1 o The testimony would be uncontroverted deemed admissible if the Justice of Peace in each instance had certified the Credibility of the witness or had even made use of the Common phrase - "to one well known."
2 o The quality of signature of the two Justices, should be respectively attested by the County Clerk, &c.
Mr Taylor says the woman who is the Heir to Grover a revolutionary claimant is extremely poor & was advised by me not to get a power of atty. executed until it was ascertained that she was entitled to Land at N o 748 - Feb. 16. 1878. P. T. O

The above papers given to
Hon: M. Taylor
Jacob Groves his

War Department
Pension office Nov. 5. 1878
It appears from the records of the Connecticut line (Col a Charles Webb's Regt.) that that Jacob Groom enlisted 14. th May 1777 - for the war & was killed 7. th Dec r 1777
Jas. L. Edwards

House of Rep. March 5 th 1818.
Hon ble J. W. Taylor, calling attention to a Revolutionary claim for B ty Land, which he states to have been disposed at the Sec n of Bounty Lands, War Dept., 3 rd Dec r . ult o — good —
answered 10 th Mar. 1818.
March 8 th 1818.

House of Representatives March 9 th 1818
Sir
On the 3 rd December last I delivered to you the papers belonging to the heirs of Grover relative to their claim to Revolutionary Bounty Land. I have on several occasions assigned reasons why it was particularly desirable that a decision should be made in this case - I have now to repeat my request that you inform me what has been done in the premises & whether any further evidence is required -
Yours respectfully John M. Taylor
Nat. Cutting Esq r