Pvt Jacob Covert

Note: Brother of Jim Morrison lead singer of The Doors fourth grandmother Susannah Ann Emery (Covert)

Biography

Private Jacob Covert served in the Mercer County, Pennsylvania in the War of 1812
Service started: 12 Jan 1814
Unit(s): Captain John Shaffer's Company
Service ended: 12 Mar 1814
Jacob Covert (1787-1869)

Married 16 November 1809 in Butler Co., PA to Mary Ann Cornelius. Pension document from War of 1812 gives his death date and place, marriage date and place and his widow as Mary A nee Cornelius.

They had 12 children: Maria, Sarah, William, Isaac, Lucas, Rose Anne, Elizabeth Jane, John Van Zandt, Agnes, Jacob DeKalb, Samuel, & Jesse. Maria and Elizabeth both married Campbells.

Jacob Covert served in the War of 1812: Birth Date: 1787 Age: 82 Death Date: 20 Sep 1869 Military Branch: Army Veteran of Which War: 1812 Registration County: Mercer Cemetery Name: Presbyt Pine Twp-GC. [1]

Jacob Covert Company: 138 REG'T (MILLER'S) PENNSYLVANIA MIL. Rank - Induction: PRIVATE Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE Roll Box: 47. [2]

Pension Soldier: Jacob Covert Widow: Mary A Cornelius Covert Marriage Date: 16 Nov 1809 Date Enlisted: 12 Jan 1814 Date Discharged: 12 Mar 1814 Soldier's Death Date: 20 Sep 1869 Soldier's Death Place: Mercer County, Pennsylvania Military Service Location: Pennsylvania Pension Number - #1: Wid Orig 4233 Pension Number - #2: Wid Ctf 2722 Bounty Land Number - #1: 5008 40 50 Bounty Land Number - #2: 77162 120 55 Roll Number: 22 Archive Publication Number: M313. Capt John Shaffer's Co [3]

Mortality Schedule 1870 Liberty Twp., Mercer Co., PA: Covert, Jacob aged 83 born New Jersey, died Sept 1969. Cause of death: palsy. [4]

Sources
↑ Pennsylvania, U.S., Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1950-2010; Series Number: Series 4 Description Series Description: Carton 05
↑ Microfilm Publication: M602 Direct Data Capture, comp. U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
↑ Original data: War of 1812 Pension Applications. Washington D.C.: National Archives. NARA Microfilm Publication M313, 102 rolls. Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group Number 15.
↑ National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Non-Population Census Schedules for Pennsylvania, 1850-1880: Mortality; Archive Collection: M1838; Archive Roll Number: 6; Census Year: 1869; Census Place: Liberty, Mercer, Pennsylvania; Page: 1
"1810 United States Federal Census" Year: 1810; Census Place: Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania; Roll: 46; Page: 1059; Image: 00211; Family History Library Film: 0193672
"1820 United States Federal Census" 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Slippery Rock, Butler, Pennsylvania; Page: 149; NARA Roll: M33_98; Image: 165
1850-1860 Pennsylvania census
Acknowledgements
Covert-204 was created by Linda Covert through the import of Rootsmagic.ged on Mar 15, 2014.