Bullitt County KyArchives Military Records.....Hubbs, Jacob March 4, 1831 Revwar - Pension ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Patricia O'Connor p-oconnor@att.net November 16, 2006, 9:41 pm Pension Record RW Pension Jacob HUBBS MD HUBBS, Jacob S.16421 VA Also served 1788-1793 Kentucky Jacob HUBBS of Bullitt Co in the State of Ky who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain HERRICK of the Reg commanded by in the Va militia 11 mo from 1777 and Md Inscribed in the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 34 Dollars cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831 Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of March 1833 and ____ Hon C. A. WICKLIFF Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 54.99 Semi anl allowance ending 4 March 1833 18.33 $73.32 Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832 Recorded by Harry C. Sylvester ? Clerk Book D Vol 9 Page 43 State of Kentucky County of Bullett Sct On the 15th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of Bullitt County now Sitting Jacob HUBBS a resident of Bullitt County in the State of Kentucky aged seventy years on the 30th day of October 1832 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 June 7, 1832. That he entered the Service of the united States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. In the spring of the year 1777 I was living at the foot of the Laurel Hill on the then frontier of the State of Maryland and the Indians having become very troublesome to the frontier settlers, Col BARRETT the name of AUDREY as an Ensign (the name of the Lieutenant not since recollected. ) for a Tour of Six months as a Ranger to guard said Frontiers from the incursions and deprecations of the Indians - during which Tour I was constantly on duty foraging and guarding and at the end of the Six months Captain HERRICK mustered his men and discharged them and I returned home. In the fall of the year 1779 I moved to Kentucky and in the month of July 1780 I volunteered for a Tour of duty of Two months against the Shawnee Indians in a Company Commanded by Capt Peter A. STURGUS of which I was Adam ___ Lieutenant James a STURGUS __ Ensign in the Regiment Commanded by Col William LYNN the whole Troop Commanded by General George Rogers CLARK (Capt George VOURSEY Commanded a Company in LYNN"S Regiment. We rendezvoused at the falls of the Ohio River and marched to the Piqua Town and there had a severe Battle with the Indiana after which we were marched home and discharged. During the year 1781 I was often engaged as a volunteer in Spying and guarding the Frontier and Served in all about two months. In this year I served under Captain Richard CHENOWITH James HOGLAND & Samuel WELLS In 1782 General George Rogers CLARK planned an Expedition against the Shawnee Indians and I Volunteered in a Company Commanded by Capt. Andrew HYNES (of which Philip Phillips was Lieutenant and William HIRSH Ensign) in the Regiment Commanded By Col John FLOYD. the whole of the Troops Commanded by General CLARK. the Tour was for Two months. We rendezvoused at the falls of the Ohio River and marched against the Indian Towns on the Miami River where we destroyed several of the Towns and then returned home & were discharged. In the year 1783 I was frequently out acting as a Spy and guarding the Frontier against the Indians. In the latter end of August or first of September 1785 the Indians came to a place Called Bullitts lick and Stole Some Horses a Company of Volunteers of which I was one way made a/c under the Command of Captain James A. STURGUS Jr to pursue them - we followed them to the Ohio River Crossed it & pursued them for about forty miles, finding that we Could not overtake them we took up our march for home and on our return on the 8th of September we fell in with a party of Indians, had an engagement with them and were defeated and I was taken prisoner and Carried to the Wioctenan (or Weace) Town on the Wabash River and then to the Head of the Maumee River to the Maumee Town during which time I was strongly tyed & closely guarded for Seventeen nights. From there I was taken to Detroit I was in the possession of the Indians between four and five months during which time I suffered much from hunger & cold - Detroit was then Commanded by a Major McBRIDE who commisserated my situation & delivered to set me free. He induced the Indians to believe that he wanted my Services and they gave me up to him and he sent me about two hundred miles to the Moravian Town where I hired an Indian guide who Conducted me to Fort Pitt (now Pittsburg) from there I reached home - In the year 1786 Col John HARDIN set out from the falls of the ohio River with a number of militia with an Intention of destroying the Indian Town on the Wabash River and I accompanied the Expedition as a volunteer in Capt George POWRAY'S Company and aided in piloting the Troops We marched about Seventy miles and fell in with a party of Indians an d had an Engagement with them in which we had several men wounded, Col HARDIN believing that by then the Indians would be apprized of his intended attack on their Town & believing also that his force would not be Sufficient abandoned the Expedition and we returned home and were discharged after an absence of about three weeks. In the year 1787 Col Alexander S. BULLITT the County Lieutenant ordered the militia into Service to protect the frontier and Capt Ballard SMITH raised a Troop of Horse of which Reuben EASTEN was his Lieutenant & William CHRISTY Ensign said Company was stationed on the Ohio River and I was appointed as a spy for said Company and Served three months as such by Spying principally on said River between the mouth of Goose Creek & the 18 mile Island - In the year 1793 I acted as spy on the Ohio River for eight months by the order of Col Alexander S. BULLITT the County Lieutenant - I have no Documentary evidence in my possession to prove my Services to my Country and Cannot prove it by any person now living in Kentucky except that proof which is hereto attached. I hereby relinquish every Claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State. In Answer to the 1st Interrogatory he states that he was born in Halifax Nova Scotia -- On the 30th day of October 1762. To the 2nd Interrogatory I state that I have no record of my age. It was in my fathers Bible & some five years ago I saw it but I do not now know what has become of it. To the 3rd Interrogatory I declare That I was living at the foot of the Laurel Hill on the Frontier of Maryland when Called into Service In the year 1779 I Came to Kentucky & I now live in Bullitt County in Sd State. To the 4th Interrogatory I answer That I was a volunteer in all my Services - To the 5th Interrogatory I answer That there were no regular Troops where I served. I have already Stated the militia Regiments & the ge neral Circumstances of my Service. To the 6th Interrogatory I answer that I never rec'd a written discharge from the Service To the 7th I answer that I am known to Joseph SAUNDERS Jesse WILSON Peter SMITH Benjamin SUMMERS & John EAUTH who Can testify as to my character for veracity & good behaviour but there is no clergyman in my neighborhood whose certificate I can procure as required by the department. Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid Jacob HUBBS December 8, 1936 Mrs. Benis H. ELLISON Jacob HUBBS 703 Comanche Street BA-J/AWF San Marcos, Texas Dear Madam: Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to your great great grandfather, Jacob HUBBS. The data which follow relative to Jacob HUBBS were obtained from pension claim, S.16421, base upon his service in the Revolutionary War. This is the record of the only Jacob HUBBS found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office. Jacob HUBBS was born October 30, 1762 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The names of his parents were not given. While residing at the foot of the Laurel Hill on the frontiers of Maryland, Jacob HUBBS volunteered in the spring of 1777 and served sis months as a ranger in Captain John HERRICK's company of Maryland militia, to protect the settlers from the deprecations of the Indians. He moved in the fall of 1779 to Kentucky and volunteered sometime in July, 1780 in Captain Peter A. STURGES' company, Colonel William LYNN'S Virginia regiment in General George Rogers Clark's Expedition against the Shawnee Indiana, and had an engagement with them at the Piqua Towns. He served two months in 1781, spying and guarding the frontiers, under Captains Richard CHENOWITH, James HOGLAND, and Samuel WELLS. He served in 1782, two months in Captain Andrew HYNE'S company, Colonel John FLOYD'S regiment in General George Rogers CLARK'S Expedition against the Shawnee Indians and destroyed some of their towns on the Miami River. He was out in 1783 as a spy and a guard on the frontiers, at various times, length of service and names of officers not given. He volunteered in August or September, 1785 and served under Captain James A. STURGES, Jr., pursued the Indians to the Ohio River, and in a skirmish with the Indians, he was taken prisoner and carried to a town on the Wabash Riv er, thence to the Maumee Towns, where he was tied and closely guarded for seventeen nights, then taken to Detroit and helf about five months, when released. He served In 1786, three weeks in Captain George POWRAY'S company, Colonel John HARDIN'S regiment, and was in an engagement with the Indians on the Wabash River. He was called out in 1787 by order of the County Lieutenant Alexander S. BULLOCK, and served three weeks as a spy in Captain Ballard SMITH'S company of horse. He was called out in 1795, by order of the same County Lieutenant, and served eight months as spy. The soldier, Jacob HUBBS, was allowed pension on his application executed, October 15, 1832, at which time he was living in Bullitt County, Kentucky. The papers in this claim contain no reference to his family. In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this soldier, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D> C. and give the following: Jacob HUBBS Certificate # 6577 Issued March 2, 1833 Rate $36.06 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Kentucky Agency Very truly yours A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator Transcribed by Patricia O'Connor p-oconnor@att. net File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/bullitt/military/revwar/pensions/hubbs352gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/