Jacob Lemon (1763 - 1848)

Born 7 May 1763 in Botetourt, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Gilleland) Lemmon — married 2 Jan 1797 in Boetourt, Virginia

Descendants

Died 6 Nov 1848 at age 85 in Botetourt, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Jacob was born in 1763. He is the son of George Lehman and Mary Young. ^[1]

Jacob was born in 1763. Jacob Lemmon ... He passed away in 1848. ^[2]

Jane or Jenny Gilleland was born on 3 January 1773 at Rockingham County, Virginia.1,2 She was the daughter of James Gilleland and Susannah Young.1 Jane or Jenny Gilleland married Jacob Lemmon on 3 January 1797 at her father's home on the James River, about 22 miles north east of Botetourt Court House.3,2

The following Pension Application of Jacob and Jane Gilland Lemmon was transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris:

File No. W3698 Virginia At a Court held at the Courthouse for the County of Botetourt on Monday the 8th day of July 1833

On this the 8th day of July 1833 personally appeared before the County Court of Botetourt in the said State of Virginia Jacob Lemmon resident in the said County of Botetourt and State aforesaid now in the 71 year of his age 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 of the act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832 that he was born on the 7th day of May in the year of our lord 1763 in the County of Frederick in the State of Maryland and moved to Augusta County in the State of Virginia when he was about nine or ten years of age where he continued to reside untill the first of October 1780 when he entered the army of the United States in the said County of Augusta as a substitute for a man by the name of Frederick Burkett in the company commanded by Capt. John Tate [sic: see note below] and marched from the said County of Augusta to Hillsborough North Carolina where they were furnished with guns and ammunition and from Hillsborough they marched into the State of South Carolina where they joined the army under the Command of General [Daniel] Morgan Colo. William Washington and Colo. [John Eager] Howard (of Maryland) in the neighbourhood of Mecklenburg and were attached to Colo. Howards regiment and in the month of January following was at and engaged in the memorable battle of the Cowpens where he was slightly wounded after which engagement he was employed in conducting the prisoners of War taken in the above battle to Salisbury in North Carolina and in guarding them untill sometime in the month of February (1781) following and was discharged in the same month and arrived at his home in the said County of Augusta the last of the said month during the above specified tour of duty this applicant served the full term of four months and twenty days and acted as a Sergant in the above service and under the above named officers and in the month of May following this applicant was drafted in the said County of Augusta (1781) and marched in the company commanded by Capt. John Dicky [sic: Dickey] to near Williamsburg in the State of Virginia where he joined the army under the Command of Gen’l. [Anthony] Wayne Gen’l. William Campbell of the Va. Militia and Colo. Hazzard and was at and engaged in the battle of James Town under the command of the above named officers and was subsequently discharged in the latter part of August following at Bottoms bridge (now called Camp Holly) about 16 miles below Richmond this applicant served the full term of three months and fifteen days in this his second tour of Duty. he returned home to the County of Augusta when in the month of November following this applicant visited his relations in the County of Frederick in the State of Maryland where he substituted for (his relation) a certain Andrew Hull to guard the prisoners taken at the defeat of Lord Cornwallis stationed at the Barracks in Frederick Town in the State of Maryland where this applicant served for the term of two months after his discharge from Guarding the said prisoners he again returned to his house in the County of Augusta aforesaid and in the month of May following 1782 this applicant was drafted for a tour of duty of three months to guard the frontier against the Indians on the Tigarts Valley River in the north western part of Virginia [sic: Tygart Valley River in present Randolph County WV] that he was ordered into the service by Col. John Moffit [sic: Moffett] of the said County of Augusta and marched in the Company commanded by Capt. John McKitrick [sic: McKittrick] of said County of Augusta. in this his last tour of duty he served the full term of three months for which he was drafted this applicant continued on his return from the last tour of duty against the Indians to reside in the County of Augusta for eight or nine years after which he moved to the County of Botetourt aforesaid where he has resided ever since this applicant has no documentary evidence of his services having long since given out all hopes of ever being remembered by his Country and has consequently lost or misplaced all papers touching his services this applicant would further state that during the periods which he served his country he was not engaged in any Civil business this applicant would beg leave to refer the Department to Capt’n John Jordan, Capt’n. James Paxton, Maj’r George Gray Colo. William Anderson and Charles Beale Esqr. his neighbours for information touching his character and as to their knowledge and belief of his having been a soldier of the revolution. This applicant hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the roll or agency of any State. Jacob Lemmon

NOTE: Capt. Edmund Tate, rather that Capt. John Tate, was at the Battle of Cowpens. Lemmons may have confused the two because John Tate also guarded prisoners from Cowpens (see his pension application S6191).

State of Virginia) Ss.

County of Botetourt)

On this 15th day of Sept. 1852, personally appeared before me, the Judge of the Circuit Court of Botetourt County, Jane Lemmon, she being unable to make a journey to the Court House on account of her age and the state of her health, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 29th of July 1848.

She declares that she is now 80 years of age, and that she is the widow of Jacob Lemmon who was a Revolutionary Soldier and Pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832 whose rank as she believes was that of a private & then sergeant in the Virginia Militia, that he drew his pension in Botetourt Co Virginia, and that the evidence of his service is on file in the Pension Office.

She further declares that she was married to the said Jacob Lemmon on the third day of January on thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven at her father’s residence on James River, Virginia, about 22 miles north east of Botetourt Court House; that the marriage ceremony was performed by Samuel Mitchell of the Methodist denomination; that she was before her marriage as[?] Jane Gilliland; that she was married by Court License, a certified copy of which is herewith presented; that she has seven living children the oldest being in his fifty fifth year. She was born in the County of Rockingham State of Virginia, and removed to Botetourt County some time before her marriage; that she has lived in Botetourt County from that time to the present. She further declares that Jacob Lemmon her husband aforesaid died on the sixth day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty eight, at his residence in Botetourt County aforesaid; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second day of January 1800, viz at the time above stated. She further swears that she is now a widow and that she has never before made any application for a pension. She also declares that she has appointed William Hunt of Washington City D.C. as her attorney to take charge of her pension certificate and to act for her the same as though she herself were personally present.

Jane her X mark Lemmon

State of Virginia) Ss.

County of Botetourt)

On this 2nd day of May, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me, a Notary Public within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mrs. Jane Lemon [sic], aged 83 years, a resident of Botetourt County in the State of Virginia, who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is the widow of Jacob Lemon, dec’d. who was a private in the company commanded by Capt. John Tate, of Augusta County, State of Virginia, in the Revolutionary War. She also declares that her said husband, Jacob Lemon, was in Col. Howard’s Regiment, in the State of South Carolina, and that he was at and engaged in the memorable battle of the “Cowpen’s.” She also declares that her said husband, Jacob Lemon, was a pensioner under the act of Congress passed the 7th day June, A.D. 1832, and that she is also a pensioner under the act of July 29, 1848 and that she receives her pension at Richmond, State of Virginia, as will be seen by reference to Roll of Pensioners, Page 126–Vol. A. She also refers to her former declaration for proof of her marriage &c.

She further states that she was married to the said Jacob Lemon, in Botetourt County, Va on the 3rd day of January A.D. 1797 by one Samuel Mitchell a Methodist Minister, and that her name before her said marriage was Jane Gilland [sic]; – that her said husband died at Botetourt County, State of Virginia, on the 6th day of November, A.D. 1848, and that she is now a widow at the date of executing this her declaration. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855. She also declares that she has never applied for nor received under this or any other act of Congress any bounty land Warranty, and she hereby constitutes John T. Wilson & Co. of Fincastle Va., her Attorneys to prosecute her claim and procure her Warrant.

Jane her X mark Lemmon

We George Lemmon and Mary Lemmon, residents of Botetourt County, in the State of Virginia, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Jane Lemmon, in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, as we are her neighbors and have known her for many years. [Signed] George Lemmon Mary M Lemmon

[The file includes a copy of the bond of Jacob Lemon and John Shanklin for the marriage of Jacob Lemon to Jane Gilliland in Botetourt County.].2 Citations [S893] Lyman Chalkley Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, page 496. [S972] Botetourt County, VA, GenWeb Project: Botetourt County Revolutionary War Pension Applications File #W3698, Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaboteto/pensions.html [S893] Lyman Chalkley Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, page 494.

Research Notes

Conflicting birth information in a merge 3/2024:

• Born 7 May 1763 in Frederic, Maryland
• Born 7 May 1763 in Botetourt Co. VA

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Jim Lhamon, Feb 18, 2012
2. ↑ Entered by Nancy Legge, Dec 11, 2011

• [Lemon Family Bible & Cemetery provided by Bob Macoubrie Lenexa, Kansas]
• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaboteto/Lemon.html
• Jim Lhamon, firsthand knowledge.
• Nancy Legge, firsthand knowledge.