Oglethorpe County GaArchives Jacob Eberhart
Revolutionary War Pension Application
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Jacob Eberhart
Revolutionary Pension Application

Georgia
Oglethorpe County

Personally appeared in open court, the same being the Inferior Court of said
county sitting for ordinary purposes, on this the fifth day of November
eighteen hundred and thirty two, Jacob Eberhart, as resident of said county
in said State, aged seventy two 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 Congress passed 7 June 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the State
of North Carolina at the beginning he thinks of the Revolutionary War under
General Rutherford and served two months at Fayetteville North Carolina.
John McDowell was Captain of the company to which applicant belonged, James
Dunahoo was Lieutenant. Applicant was discharged at Fayetteville. Applicant
served his next tour at Charleston South Carolina as a militiaman. He does
not recollect the precise time when he commenced this service, but thinks it
was not long after he was discharged at Fayetteville. Served three months in
this tour. Charles McDowell was the General in immediate command, Joseph
McDowell was the Colonel in command of the regiment, John Holmes was Captain
of the company to which applicant belonged. About three or four days after
applicant was discharged, the British attacked Charleston and got possession
of the city. Applicant thinks they did not remain long in Charleston ~ says
that it was supposed there were about ten thousand effective men in the army
to which he belonged. He thinks he is quite certain that General Washington
was in Charleston at least part of the time which he was stationed there.
Applicant served his next tour, three months, at Camden South Carolina. Does
not recollect the precise time when this tour commenced. Applicant thinks a
French man by the name of Malmody was the General in command. He does not at
present recollect the name of the Colonel. Dunahoo was the Major under whom
applicant served ~ Thomas Lytle was Captain. He was in no engagement during
these three months.

Applicant served his next tour three months as a Militiaman in the State of
North Carolina Burke County at George Caps Station, the main object of this
regiment was to guard the frontier against the Indians. Joseph McDowell was
Colonel, John Carson was Captain, Rowland Alexander was Lieutenant. He made
two trips to the nation of Indians as a light horse man.

Applicant served his last tour in the State of North Carolina as volunteer.
He served two months during this tour under General Charles McDowell,
Colonel Cleveland and Colonel Shelby, Captain Lydle whose given name
deponent does not now recollect but thinks it was Thomas, was his captain.
Applicant was at the battle of Kings Mountain, Firguson was the commander of
the British forces & was killed at this battle. Several prisoners was taken
by the Americans and carried to the M---- Town North Carolina. This was
applicant's last service. He has no documentary evidence of these services
and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his
service.

He hereby relinquished every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except
the present and declares that his name is not on the roll of the agency of
any State.

Jacob (x) Eberhart

Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year first aforesaid.

William H. Smith, Clerk

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Amended declaration of Jacob Eberhart

Georgia
Oglethorpe County

Personally came in open court, the same being the Inferior court of said
county sitting for oridinary purposes, Jacob Eberhart and after being first
duly sworn deposeth and saieth that he was born in the State of North
Carolina in the year 1756 June, that he has no record of his age, that he
was living in Burke County North Carolina when called into service, that he
has been living in Georgia forty six years, that he was called into service
and served six months the first time as a volunteer, the next three tours he
served as a drafted militiaman three months each as specified in his
declaration, his next and last tour he served as volunteer two months as he
has stated in his declaration. He states the names of Jack Lumpkin, brother
of the present Governor, and Brittain Stamps, to whom he is known in his
neighborhood and who has testified to applicant's standing for truth and
veracity and their belief his Revolutionary service. That he has named the
names of as many officers as he can recollect, that in his last tour he was
at the battle of King's Mountain, that he had written discharges in every
instance but the same are lost or destroyed, deponent supposing that there
could be no necessity for preserving them. Deponent further states that he
is old and his memory bad and that in consequence of loss of memory it is
impossible for him to state precisely the period or periods of the war when
these services commenced or concluded. He has so far as he was able
mentioned some prominent events by reference to which the war department
might ascertain the year when these services were performed. He knows of no
person living by whom he can prove these services. He could if he deemed it
necessary refer to five hundred persons by whom he could prove his character
for veracity.

Jacob (x) Eberhart

Sworn and subscribed in open court this 1 July 1833.

Brittain Stamps, JIC
John M. Cox, JIC
Henry S. Landrum, JIC
Geo. Tuggle, JIC
Robert Huff, JIC