JACOB HUBER HOOVER: REVOLUTIOARY WAR RECORD

JACOB HUBER HOOVER:  REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORD

Solid documentary evidence exists for Jacob Huber's (Hoover) service in the Revolutionary War.   First, we have the military payroll record which provides the date of August 1778, identification of the German Battalion, Continental Troops and the 4th Vacant Company in the German Regiment commanded by Lieut. Col. Weltner.  An almost unreadable, but very helpful, note explains that this particular company was designated at various times as Capt. William Heiser's 4th Vacant.  The Capt. Heiser reference catches my attention since Captain Peter Bell took over Heiser's (Heyser's) command in the Maryland Militia when Heiser left for a command in the German Battalion of the Continental Army:

Content Source: The National Archives Publication Number: M881 Publication Title: Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War Publisher: NARA National Archives Catalog ID: 570910 National Archives Catalog Title: Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War, compiled 1894 - ca. 1912, documenting the period 1775 - 1784 Record Group: 93 Date: 1775-1785 Short Description: NARA M881. Compiled service records of soldiers who served in the American Army during the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783. Roll: 0138 State: Continental Troops Regiment: German Battalion Record Type: Individual Surname: Hoover Given Name: Jacob 

Another military record, pensions and war bounties, establishes the link of Huber to Hoover and also establishes the amount of pension received -- $5543: