Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5288, Jacob Howe, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Howe, Jacob
YR. 5 288
CONTENTS

Dear Sir
Mrs Howe the widow of Jacob Howe has got me to write to the Pension Office for her. her Husband was in the War of the Revolution & went from Pennsylvania what County or under what Officers she does not recollect. but we understand his name is on the Pension Roll. we wish you to examine & write us if it is so & what proof is necessary for her to get at it you will please answer this at your earliest convenience & Direct John T Hill Rogersville, Hawkins Co E. Tenn) & by so doing you will much oblige us, yours Respectfully & J. T. Hill,
He Jacob Howe was some noncommissioned Officer. She has seen his Discharge but has got or was lost at the time of his Death which has been some time She is 83 or 84 years old & cannot remember but very much about it.
J. T. H

Jacob Home's
disbursment
32.806
Tompson
Receipt of disbursement Rec letter 18 Feb 1835 to H. S. Bruch
E
E.
H. S. Bruch

State of Pennsylvania ss. Huntingdon county ss.
December 29 th 1834
on this 29 th day of December 1834
Personally appeared in open court before the Justices thereof now sitting Jacob Stowe and Senatus Sir Years , who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Pardon passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as thereunder stated truth. That whilst he was residing in Huntingdon county in the State of Pennsylvania, he volunteered under a commission complete in Lieut. Craig's Regiment of Pennsylvania Militia, and was marched from Lebanon where they rendezvoused, about the 18 th day of June 1778. They did not arrive at Philadelphia until about the 20 th or 25 th of said month, and after remaining there some time how long this declarant cannot now state, his Regiment was marched into the Jersey State, where this declarant's Regiment came under the command of Genl. Greene , and after marching and countermarching along the Delaware. This officer's Regiment was marched back to the city of Philadelphia, where this declarant was discharged by his captain about the first of November 1778 having served six months that time. Again in the Spring following took service in April 1779 this declarant again volunteered under under captain McCallum and marched from Lebanon in Pennsylvania to Baltimore Maryland, and

was attached to Col. Leiniger  Leiniger Regiment and after receiving their discharge his company was marched back to Carlisle, having which place they they reached about the latter end of July 1779 having served three months that tour for which also he received a discharge from his captain, but both of which have have been long since lost or mislaid - He was acquainted or at least saw - in the first campaign Genl Washington, Genl Wayne & Genl Putnam also - besides Genl Greene & many other regular officers - but his memory is so far gone now by reason of bodily & mental infirmity that he cannot give all the particulars of his services but he served in both campaigns as above stated amounting to nine months. for which he claims a pension. He has no documentary evidence that he knows of, and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services He was born in Germany, but came to America when he was only three years old as his Parents  Relatives informed him, he lost his father on the passage - He has no record of his age, and when called into service was living in Cumberland county Pennsylvania - He is acquainted with the Reverend Adam Saunders and Jacob B. Groves of his neighborhood and who will testify to his character for morality and their knowledge of his services as a soldier of the Revolution He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present And declares that his name is not on the

Pension Roll of the agency of my late brother Jacob Stockley in open court the day and year aforesaid Jacob his Stone W B Mitchell Clerk marks
The undersigned, a clergyman residing in the neighborhood of Jacob Stone the above appli- cant for a Pension and Jacob B. Groves residing in the same neighborhood do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Stone who has been in the neighborhood to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy six (76) years of age, and that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn to before us the day and year aforesaid W B Mitchell Clerk Arden Sanders Jacob B Groves
State of Tennessee } I Stockley Mitchell Clerk Hickman County } of the Court of pleas and quarter District of Hickman County in and the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. and the court further certifies that it ap- pears to them that Arden Sanders who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the said County of Hickman and in the same neigh- borhood of the said applicant and that Jacob B.

Groves who has also signed the same is a resident in said County and neighborhood and is a Credible person and that their statement is entitled to Credit
I Stockly D Mitchell Clerk of the County Court of Hawkins County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Just Hearn for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 27 th day of November 1884
S. Mitchell Clk By M. Mitchell Clk
Just Hearn's
Application
32.806
James Hearn
Respectfully J. Stockly D. Mitchell Clerk of the Court 1885 to H. L. Branch
3.
H. S. Prunk
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1878.
REJECTED
5288.
P. O. _____
Jacob Hoowe
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

nr 32,306 Rejected
Yann - playt horse
See letter to
Yem
Wm. A. Purdie
In Wm. Shapley's R. 10023
18. Feb. 1835
J. T. Hill May 6. 1857.
5288
act 7 th June 1832

Jacob Howe Sen-ias-
Not as / Not as all
Cole
FREE
Remains of Pensions
Washing the body
D. B.

Rochester is unsurpassed at all seasons. The College sits in the village, giving a full view of the mountains, whose picturesque delights to dwell upon.
BUILDINGS.
Its accommodations are ample for the President, the Teachers, and one hundred Boarders, besides all who may attend.
TERMS AND VACATIONS.
The sessions begin annually on the first Wednesday in September and close on the last Tuesday in June, following—giving ten months for instruction, and two for vacation.
COURSE OF STUDY.
The regular course, which is as extensive and as thoroughly taught as that of any other institution of the kind in the country—embraces four years. None will receive Diplomas until they shall have passed a satisfactory examination in the entire course.
CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION.
Good moral character, and the pre-payment of bills, are the only conditions of admission required. None will be retained in the College who are idle, vicious, or who refuse a prompt compliance with all the rules of the School.
tuition, including rooms, and board per Collegiate
  Preparatory $10 00   “ “ 15 00   “ “ 20 00   “ “ 25 00   Junior Class. 30 00   Senior “ 35 00   Contingent Fee, 1 00 
Embroidery, Drawing and Painting, Latin, French, &c., at the usual rates.
OUTFIT.
It is especially desired that the outfit for Young Ladies coming here, should be simple and plain, and that parents should unite with us in encouraging simplicity of dress, and economy in all expenditures.
ORPHANS.
Special care of motherless daughters, is a peculiar feature of this Institution.
INFORMATION, &c.
Circulars of the School will be sent, and all necessary information given, on application to the President, or the undersigned.
E. J. ASTON, Secretary.
Miss Hovey  Sen - Am -  Not at all  Not at all  Commence of summer  Working in city  6  FREE 

Jacob Storer Affixar D
Additional
Amos Briscoe

State of Tennessee Hawkins County
Personally appeared before me Nicholas Fain a Justice of the peace in & for the county aforesaid Jacob Horne, who being first duly sworn deponeth & saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot state positively as to the precise length of his services - He has been informed that the commission of Pensions has returned his declaration accompanied with the annexed "That the Pennsylvanian Militia were called out "and to serve in town of not more than two "months - At the time he states that he marched "to Philadelphia the Enemy had evacuated that "city, and was defeated in New Jersey by the "Enemy under Genl Washington - It is therefore "probable that he only performed a tour of "two months - If he served for so much "longer a period, than what was usual "during his second tour, more satisfactory "proof of said tour should be exhibited"
This deponent saith that although the Enemy was defeated, the American troops were not dispersed, but were kept still in service, as the Enemy was still formidable in considerable force in the neighborhood His memory however is so far good that he cannot overlook the circumstances of his services and it is possible that he may not have served at one time six months, yet still that impression

Timmons in his mind - She is very certain that he served - Two terms of each three months - Making six in all for which she claims a pension - She has it not in his power to prove his services by any living witness that he served - Though if it were necessary he believes all who served him in his neighborhood will testify as to his meracity and integrity and that they are of the opinion that he did serve as he states - She further states that he never would have applied, but that his neighbors believed him entitled to a pension - and therefore persuaded him to apply, is the reason that he ever applied for it -
She could have procured many more respect- able persons to have testified as to their belief of his services - but she was told that one clergyman and one citizen would suffice
She hopes that as he has made application and complied with the regulations as far both as it was in his power, his claim will not be rejected for the petition he now submits herewith herewith before his Jacob X Stone marks on this 4 th February 1835 A. Davis for Hezekiah's estate

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I Samuel Bunch a member of Congress from Tennessee do certify that it  he is an acting Justice of the peace in and for the county of Hawkins in said State, to the best of my knowledge and belief -
Sam l Bunch
Feb. 14 th 1835
Sam l Bunch Justice of the Peace
Acting Justice
Sam l Bunch