Samuel Priestly Jacobs

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor #: A061325

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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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Samuel Priestly Jacobs

Birth: Mar. 23, 1760

Virginia, USA

Death: Jan. 26, 1840

Johnson County Indiana, USA

Samuel was a shoe cobbler.

"Samuel Jacobs, b. 23 Mar., 1760, in Va.; d. 26 Jan., 1840 in Ind. He is buried in a private cemetery on the Abner Hardin farm in Ninevah Twp., Johnson Co. He participated in the Revolutionary War (Claim W 11921) enlisting from Culpepper Co., Va.;

m. (1st) in 1782, in Hampshire Co., Va., Elizabeth Martin who was b. 2 July, 1762. Her father was Peter Martin (b. in Prussia in 1741; d. 1807) who m. in 1761, Sarah Redding, b. in England. She was thought to be 'an elder sister to Joseph Redding, a Kentucky minister. Everything seems to point to that conclusion. These families (Martin, Jacobs, and Redding) moved from Berkeley and Hampshire Counties (now W. Va.) to Woodford Co., and from there to Shelby Co., Ky., and on to Indiana in 1820, I think.' This quotation is from a letter dated 9 Apr., 1935, to Mrs. Hazel Jacobs Achenbach from Miss Ruth Cralle, a copy of which is in my possession.

Samuel Jacobs m. (2nd) Lydia Groves. Although he had children by both marriages, this genealogy is concerned only with those of the first marriage.

Samuel and Elizabeth (Martin) Jacobs had six children who reached maturity:

Bennett m. Nancy Watts.

James m. Mary (Polly) Watts.

Milburn m. Catherine Bosworth.

Elizabeth m. William K. Cralle.

Martin m. (1st) Julia Daggett; m. (2nd) Louise South.

Phoebe m. Moses Crim.

Three of the above sons, Bennett, James, and Martin, participated in the War of 1812." from "David Glassburn - Virginia Pioneer" by Oma Glasburn Robinson 1964, page 229

SAMUEL JACOBS

Samuel Jacobs PVT. Trotter's VA Regt. Rev. War January 26, 1840

Born: March 23, 1760

Died: 26 Jan 1840

Buried: On Hardin Farm, Nineveh Township, Johnson County, Indiana

Service: Enlisted as a private in 1776, at Culpepper Court House In Capt FIELD'S Company, Colonel TROTTTER'S Regiment. Was in Battle Of Monmouth. Discharged winter of 1777.

Proof: Pension W 11921

Married: (1st) Elizabeth MARTIN

Children: Bennett James Elizabeth Martin Phebe Sarah Milburn Julia Frances

Married: (2nd) Lydia GROVES

Children: George Arnold Amanda

Direction: Jacobs Cemetery Located at the north edge of Nineveh Community across the road from the Masonic Lodge behind the tile house in Section 28 of Nineveh Township, Johnson County.

Picture taken on 28 October 2004 by Edward Hitchcock who is a member of the Daniel Guthrie SAR Chapter in Bedford, IN. Information collected by Mrs I E TRANTER, Franklin, Indiana. Information provided by Jennie Elmore, Nineveh, Indiana.

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Veteran's Name: Samuel Jacobs
Pensioner's Name: Lydia Jacobs State: Virginia Veteran's Military Service Branch: Va. Pension Number: W. 11921 Additional Name: A D Hiller, Presley Daggett, Presley Doggett, Swanson Brown Affiliate Identifier: 24014288

Citing this Record "United States Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9YP-V25 : 11 December 2014), Presley Doggett, pension number W. 11921, service Va.; from "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files," database and images, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d); citing NARA microfilm publication M804 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1974); FHL microfilm 971,403.

The image is viewable at fold3.com. https://www.fold3.com/document.php?doc=24014288&xid=215&p=ma

United States Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900 GS Film number 971403 Affiliate Publication Number M804 Digital Folder Number 004159862 Image Number 00295

Name: Samuel Jacobs Event Type: Military Service Event Date: Jul 1778 Event Place: Virginia, United States Event Place (Original): Virginia, United States Military Rank: Priv

Affiliate Publication Number: M246 Affiliate Publication Title: Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783. Affiliate Film Number: 96 GS Film Number: 000830375 Digital Folder Number: 007197023 Image Number: 00456

Citing this Record "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6Y-PMBW : 15 March 2018), Samuel Jacobs, Jul 1778; citing Jul 1778, Virginia, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,375.

Samuel Jacobs mentioned in the record of Moses Crim Name: Samuel Jacobs Sex: Male Daughter: Sally Jacobs Other information in the record of Moses Crim from Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979

Name: Moses Crim Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 18 Aug 1806 Event Place: Shelby, Kentucky, United States Event Place (Original): Shelby, Kentucky, United States Sex:

Male Spouse's Name: Sally Jacobs Spouse's Sex: Female Spouse's Father's Name: Samuel Jacobs https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F477-RR2?from=lynx1UIV8...

Samuel Jacobs Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007 Name: Samuel Jacobs Event Type: Marriage License Event Date: 24 Oct 1833 Event Place: Washington, Indiana, United States Event Place (Original): Washington, Indiana, United States Sex: Male Spouse's Name: Lydia Groves Spouse's Sex: Female Officiator's Name: David Baggerly Record Number: 1503 Number of Images: 1
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ANCESTOR LAST NAME Jacobs ANC FNAME Samuel ANC MIDNAME BIRTH DATE 3/23/1760 BIRTH STATE VA DEATH DATE 1/26/1840 DEATH STATE IN ANCESTOR STATE SERVED Ky RANK Pvt. ANC SERVICE Mounted Volunteers SPOUSE Elizabeth/Betty Martin CHILD Bennett Jacobs CHILD'S SPOUSE Nancy Watts MBR # 34026 REGISTRAR NATIONAL NOTES