Samuel Jacobs Revolutionary War Pension Affidavit; Washington County, Indiana


SUBJECT: Samuel Jacobs Revolutionary War Pension Affidavit
SUBMITTER: Betty Babitzke
EMAIL: bbabitz@peganet.com
DATE: Apr 30, 1999
SURNAMES: Jacobs, Fields, Triplet, Mulenberg, Woodford, Godby, Griswald,
Long, Cassady, Raburn, Vest, MCCully, Meny, Carter, Gibson, Trotter, Holmes,
Edmundson, Coleman, Chisu


Samuel Jacobs, Declaration for Revolutionary War Pension

State of Indiana
Washington County               Washington Circuit Court

On this 25th day of September, 1832 personally appeared before the Judges
of the Washington Circuit Court Samuel Jacobs, a resident of the said county
of Washington and State aforesaid, aged 72 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 provision made by the Act of Congress
passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States
in the year 1776 under Captain William Fields and served in the 2nd Regiment
of the Virginia State line under the following named officers - that he
enlisted into the said company for the term of three years at Culpeper
County, Virginia, and received twenty dollars bounty, then marched to Williamsburg,
- here Capt. Fields was broke of his commission - and was then attached
to another company. The captains's name he does not remember, his regiment
then marched to the Valley Forge, together with the 1st Regiment of the
Virginia State line, which two regiments were generally kept together -
the first Regiment was under the command of Col. Gibson and the second,
to which he belonged under Col. Trotter as he believes but he is not absolutely
certain. Roger Triplet, _____Holmes and ______Edmunson were three Lieutenants
that belonged to the first and second Regts. Said Holmes was killed by
said Edmunson - marched through White Plains, Germantown, Trenton and was
in the battle of Monmouth and ??? other battles and skirmishes not now
recollected - in the winter of 1779 he thinks, he was discharged at Falmouth,
Virginia verbally, and ordered to go to Richmond and get a written discharge
- but the weather was extremely cold, and ground covered with snow and
he barefooted so that he could not get there, & for that reason he did
not get a written discharge - Afterwards saw General Mulenburg who gave
him a discharge which he sent to Richmond and obtained his back rations
and a land office military Warrant No. 3173 for one hundred acres of land

in 1784 - Recollects Gen. Washington, Gen. Peter Mulenburg, Gen. Woodford
of the Continental line - and ??? Coleman, George Godby, David Griswald,
T. Roberts, Thomas Chisu?, Reuben Long, Reuben Cassady, Frank Raburn, Samuel
Vest?, Neal McCulliy?, John Meny? members of the same company to which
he belonged according to his present recollection. He hereby relinquishes
every claim whatsoever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and
he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of the agency or a
in any state.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

                            

his                     Samuel X Jacobs

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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named
applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. -

                
(Signed) Wm H. Carter clerk of the said Washington Circuit Court in the
State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceeding of said court in the matter of the application of Samuel Jacobs
for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal
of office this 25th day of September, 1832. (Signed) Wm H. Carter, clk



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