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Jacob Eberhart Revolutionary Pension Application Georgia Oglethorpe County Personally appeared in open court, the same being the Inferior Court of said county sitting for ordinary purposes, on this the fifth day of November eighteen hundred and thirty two, Jacob Eberhart, as resident of said county in said State, aged seventy two 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 act of Congress passed 7 June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the State of
North Carolina at the beginning he thinks of the Revolutionary War under General
Rutherford and served two months at Fayetteville North Carolina. John McDowell was Captain
of the company to which applicant belonged, James Dunahoo was Lieutenant. Applicant was
discharged at Fayetteville. Applicant served his next tour at Charleston South Carolina as
a militiaman. He does not recollect the precise time when he commenced this service, but
thinks it was not long after he was discharged at Fayetteville. Served three months in
this tour. Charles McDowell was the General in immediate command, Joseph McDowell was the
Colonel in command of the regiment, John Holmes was Captain of the company to which
applicant belonged. About three or four days after applicant was discharged, the British
attacked Charleston and got possession of the city. Applicant thinks they did not remain
long in Charleston ~ says that it was supposed there were about ten thousand effective men
in the army to which he belonged. He thinks he is quite certain that General Washington
was in Charleston at least part of the time which he was stationed there. Applicant served
his next tour, three months, at Camden South Carolina. Does not recollect the precise time
when this tour commenced. Applicant thinks a French man by the name of Malmody was the
General in command. He does not at present recollect the name of the Colonel. Dunahoo was
the Major under whom applicant served ~ Thomas Lytle was Captain. He was in no engagement
during these three months. Jacob (x) Eberhart Amended declaration of Jacob Eberhart Georgia Personally came in open court, the same being the Inferior court of said county sitting for oridinary purposes, Jacob Eberhart and after being first duly sworn deposeth and saieth that he was born in the State of North Carolina in the year 1756 June, that he has no record of his age, that he was living in Burke County North Carolina when called into service, that he has been living in Georgia forty six years, that he was called into service and served six months the first time as a volunteer, the next three tours he served as a drafted militiaman three months each as specified in his declaration, his next and last tour he served as volunteer two months as he has stated in his declaration. He states the names of Jack Lumpkin, brother of the present Governor, and Brittain Stamps, to whom he is known in his neighborhood and who has testified to applicant’s standing for truth and veracity and their belief his Revolutionary service. That he has named the names of as many officers as he can recollect, that in his last tour he was at the battle of King’s Mountain, that he had written discharges in every instance but the same are lost or destroyed, deponent supposing that there could be no necessity for preserving them. Deponent further states that he is old and his memory bad and that in consequence of loss of memory it is impossible for him to state precisely the period or periods of the war when these services commenced or concluded. He has so far as he was able mentioned some prominent events by reference to which the war department might ascertain the year when these services were performed. He knows of no person living by whom he can prove these services. He could if he deemed it necessary refer to five hundred persons by whom he could prove his character for veracity. Jacob (x) Eberhart Sworn and subscribed in open court this 1 July 1833. Brittain Stamps, JIC
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