Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....Clapp, Jacob May 27, 1840 Revwar - Pension ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Poquette npoq@hotmail.com June 15, 2006, 2:45 am Pension Application Of Jacob Clapp, Natl Archives Microseries M804. Roll # 548. Application #W17624 George Albright, son of JACOB CLAPP, a resident of Guilford County, NC: May 27, 1840-George Albright, one of the heirs at law of the late Jacob Clapp…“That JACOB CLAPP was in the militia in the United States service as herein set forth: 1.-“George Albright has reason to believe…that in the spring of the year of 1775 in consequence of hostilities threatened by the Cherokee Indians, there was a call upon the militia to serve a five months tour of duty. That said tour of duty…commenced on or about the month of February of…1775, and rendezvoused at Martinsville (Guilford Old Courthouse). That in this tour, WHITESELL was captain and JACOB CLAPP was lieutenant, and in that capacity served all of said five months tour in Captain WHITESELL’s company. This tour…proved by GEORGE NEESE, whose affidavit is hereto annexed and marked A. NEESE sets forth that in said tour he was private in the…company of Captain WHITESELL.” “That said JACOB CLAPP died in January 1832. That upon his death, all his papers passed into the hands of his executor Christian Clapp, who some four years ago removed to the state of Indiana, and it is now not known what has become of his Revolutionary papers.” “This declarant has also procured the evidence of HENRY ALBRIGHT (pensioner)…who states that he was acquainted with…JACOB CLAPP, that he went a tour after the Indians, but how long he was gone does not now remember…The affidavit of said ALBRIGHT is hereto annexed and marked B.” “And the said George Albright…also furnishes the evidence of FREDERICK SOOTS of Guilford County (pensioner) who sets forth in his affidavit hereto annexed and marked C. That to his knowledge…JACOB CLAPP served a tour after the Indians of about five months.” “And the said George Albright…has procured the evidence of JACOB CLAPP of Guilford County...That…CLAPP was lieutenant in the Cherokee expedition, but unable to state the length of time his deceased relative served, but thinks the army went away in the spring and not return till some time in the fall of the same year. The witness JACOB CLAPP’s affidavit is hereto annexed and marked D.” 2. “And the said George Albright states that he has reason to believe…that in the year of ____ JACOB CLAPP was appointed captain of a company of militia in the said War of the Revolution and that said company was of Colonel PAISLEY’s regiment. That in this tour, which was of three months duration, this company was in the service part of the time in the south. This tour, this declarant proves by the affiant SOOTS, whose affidavit is hereto annexed and marked E. From the best information this declarant can procure, he believes the…tour was in the fall and winter of 1780.” And the…declarant also produces the affidavit of the witness JACOB CLAPP of Guilford County, who states that…Captain JACOB CLAPP did serve a three months tour of duty in Captain FORBIS’ company in the fall of 1780. See affidavit of…JACOB CLAPP hereto annexed marked F.” And the said George Albright, heir and declarant…has reason to believe… that…. JACOB CLAPP as captain in the militia…did serve a tour of duty as is proven by the affiant DANIEL APPLE in…the War of the Revolution, but whether this tour is the same with that mentioned by the affiant SOOTS, this declarant is unable to say, but is under the impression it may be the same, as PAISLEY was colonel of the regiment. The affidavit of the said APPLE is hereto annexed and marked G.” 1. “This declarant from the evidence furnished believes that…JACOB CLAPP did in the War of the Revolution, serve the United States in the militia five months as Lieutenant in the year 1775.” 2. “That as captain of militia, the said JACOB CLAPP in the War of the Revolution did serve the United States two or more tours of three months each, believed to be in the years of 1780 and 1781, for which service this declarant for himself and the other heirs of…JACOB CLAPP do claim a pension.” “And this declarant further states…that…JACOB CLAPP had a family record in German language and is hereto annexed…so set forth by the affiant ALBRIGHT whose affidavit is marked B…” A April 17 1840-Guilford County-GEORGE NEESE…aged 96 years…“That he was well acquainted with the late JACOB CLAPP…and that he served as a private under Captain WHITESELL and…JACOB CLAPP in the Cherokee expedition for the space of five months and that during that expedition the said JACOB CLAPP served and acted as lieutenant.” B November 25, 1839-HENRY ALBRIGHT aged 80 years…“That he was acquainted with the late JACOB CLAPP senior of Guilford County. The deponent states that… CLAPP went a tour after the Indians. How long he was gone he does not know…” C November 21, 1839-JOHN MCBRIDE, aged 95 years…That he knew JACOB CLAPP senior and that he went in service to the Indian nation under Captain ___ and that CLAPP served as lieutenant under Captain FORBIS in the fall before the Guilford Battle, and CLAPP was lieutenant at the Guilford Battle at Martinsville under Colonel PAISLEY.” D March 14, 1840-Captain JACOB CLAPP aged 73 years…“That he was well acquainted with the late JACOB CLAPP, deceased…and that he well recollects that he, JACOB CLAPP served in the Cherokee expedition and as JACOB CLAPP was lieutenant and acted, this deponent thinks he served as lieutenant in the Indian war, but is unable to say how long he served. The army went away in the spring and returned some time in the fall of the year. This deponent further saith that…JACOB CLAPP afterwards served three months in the Revolutionary War as a lieutenant as he was informed…the fall year preceding the Guilford Battle…” E February 14, 1840-FREDERICK SOOTS, aged 82 years…“That he was acquainted with the late JACOB CLAPP…That he and the said CLAPP served one tour together three months towards the south, and that he, JACOB CLAPP was captain of the company. He further saith that PAISLEY was their colonel. He further saith that he knows… CLAPP served one tour after the Indians about five months…” G November 19, 1839-DANIEL APPLE, aged 80 years…“That he knew the late JACOB CLAPP and that he knew him in the Revolutionary War and that he served as captain in the said war with him, the said APPLE, about nine months and he further said that he does not recollect the date, but recollects that it was the year of the Battle at the Cowpens, and further saith that he served under Colonel PAISLEY…” December 14, 1840-Elizabeth Albright, aged 70 years…“That she was acquainted with the late JACOB CLAPP of the county of Guilford, and she states that from circumstances that took place, she is very confident that JACOB CLAPP’s house was burned some short time after the Revolutionary War was over, and that all of his papers and goods was destroyed in the fire, so she has heard him say…” December 9, 1840-John Clapp…“That he knew of JACOB CLAPP senior dwelling house was burned after he came a cripple in his arm, which was done during the Revolutionary War…” Guilford County, February 10, 1842 Dear Sir, “I have always taken a great deal of pleasure in conversing with our Revolutionary Fathers, and have had a great deal of talk with my mother-in-law, Mrs. PAISLEY. She lived with me 12 or 15 years. She related to me a full account of her house being burned and scarcely anything saved, and also many interesting scenes that she witnessed during that eventful crisis. I have had a good deal of conversation with my old neighbor JACOB CLAPP, deceased. He showed me his wrist where he got wounded during the war when in the service of his country, and also told me that his house got burned up, and what little property was in it. He was a brave old man, and of good moral deportment, and therefore could place the utmost confidence in any assertion he would make.” Respectfully, Jos. Gibson December 18, 1840-John Paisley…“That the dwelling house of his father’s (Colonel JOHN PAISLEY) was consumed by fire and all that it contained some 8 or 10 years after the Revolutionary War…” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/clapp132gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 8.7 Kb