York County PA Archives Military Records.....Staley, Jacob October 26, 1836
Revwar - Pension 
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Pension Application Of Jacob Staley, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll #__, Application #W6179
Frederick County, Virginia, October 26, 1836, Barbara Staley, aged 80 
years: “That she is the widow of Jacob Staley who was in the service of the 
United States some time during the Revolutionary War, but from old age and the 
loss of her memory, she cannot state how long he was in the service, nor 
whether he served in the regular army or the militia, but she has often heard 
her husband, Jacob Staley state that whilst he was in the services, he was 
taken a prisoner in battle with his captain (whose name was Peter Tritt) with a 
number of others, and whilst a prisoner, the prisoners were fed bread mixed 
with lime (not the citrus fruit). His captain and many of the prisoners died. 
Her husband being sick at the time, did not eat of the bread, and he believed 
he escaped death as a consequence of not eating of the bread.”

“That he said husband, Jacob Staley, marched from the County of York, State of 
Pennsylvania, but she cannot state the name of the place where he marched to or 
performed duty, neither can she name year or years he was in the service,  but 
she recollects that whilst he was in the service, he was commanded by General 
Michael Swope. She must refer to testimony accompanying this declaration for 
the proof of the service of the said Jacob Staley, her husband as aforesaid.”

“She further states that she was married to the said Jacob Staley 55 years ago. 
She was married in Shepherdstown,  in the county of Berkeley, state of 
Virginia. She has no certificate nor any records of her marriage, etc.”

The deposition of Daniel Staley, aged 68 years: “That he well recollects that 
Jacob Staley, his father, and Jacob Staley and Peter Staley, his brothers, was 
drafted and served a tour of duty in the early part of the Revolutionary War in 
the Pennsylvania militia and marched from York County, state of Pennsylvania, 
through the state of  New Jersey to either Long or Staten Island, in the 
neighborhood of New York City. They were commanded when they marched from York 
County by two officers by the names of Peter Tritt and ____ Finley. He cannot 
state the grades of the officers. He does not know how long they served on this 
tour of duty, but he does know that Peter Staley received a pension from the 
government of the United States for the services performed in the aforesaid 
tour of duty.”

“That Jacob Staley, having served out this first tour of duty, then entered 
into the Flying Camp of Pennsylvania (he does not know whether he enlisted or 
volunteered) and served a second tour of duty. That he cannot state how long he 
served on the second tour of duty, but he well recollects that in both tours of 
duty, he served nearly12 months, and that whilst in the service, he was taken a 
prisoner by the Hessians upon Long Island.”

“He further testifies that his father and brother, Jacob Staley, removed from 
the state of Pennsylvania to Berkeley County, Virginia sometime previous to the 
siege of Yorktown in the state of Virginia and that Jacob Staley, his brother, 
volunteered and marched from Berkeley County, VA and served a tour of duty at 
the taking of Lord Cornwallis at the siege of Yorktown in the year 1781. He 
cannot name any of the officers that commanded in this last tour of duty, 
neither can he state how long he served in this tour of duty. He states that in 
the first two tours of duty, the said Jacob Staley served as a fifer.”
And he further states that the said Jacob Staley was married to Barbara Staley 
fully 56 years ago. That the said Jacob has been dead 35 or 40 years, leaving 
the said Barbara Staley a widow…”

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