Nancy Harger Jakes Applies for Bounty Land

James Jakes 1788–1847
BIRTH 10 FEB 1788 • Franklin Co., Virginia, USA
DEATH 05 SEP 1847 • Bedford Co., Tennessee, USA
My 3rd great-grandfather, James Jakes married Nancy Harger on 29 MAY 1806 in Franklin Co., Virginia, USA  They have one unknown F under 10 in household during 1810 census In which they are in Franklin Co VA near John Jakes--James’ father. Their son George Jakes was my 2nd great Grandfather and was born in 1820 in Franklin Co VA. I do not have the census for them that year(1820.) The family was in Bedford Co TN by the time of son James Jakes’ birth in 1825 and the remainder of their children were born in TN. There are a good bit of descendants from John Jakes son of James & Nancy Harger Jakes so more work has been done on his line.

I had no idea that James served in the War of 1812. I just happened to do a search on the surname Jakes at the BLM site and found the listing below.  I would recommend checking the BLM GLO site to see if any of your ancestors applied for and received a warrant but opted to sell it.  

Looking at the individual entries it appears that James serviced under Capt Jones in the Virginia Militia during the War of 1812. Nancy filed for bounty land under the 1850 Act as well as the 1855 Act and sold the warrants as many did. I have copies of the Land Entry Case Files. I placed an order for Nancy's Bounty Land Applications but the Archives couldn't locate it and feel like it is either lost or misfiled. Many times the Bounty Land Applications are placed in with the pension files but with neither James nor Nancy applying for a pension that did not happen in this case.

Bounty Land under the 1850 Act:

Transcription From back of Warrant:

For Value Received I Nancy Jakes widow of James

Jakes to whom the within Warrant No(blank) was issued

do hereby sell and assign unto William C Davis & George Trumbull of

St Clair County Illinois to his heirs and assigns forever

the said warrant and authorise him to locate the same 

and receive a patent therefore.  Witness my hand

and seal this May 32st 1853.  Nancy (Her x Mark) Jakes Seal

Attest

Francis H Ragsdale

B. L. Chadwick

State of Tennessee Coffee County

On this 21st of May 1853 personally appeared Nancy

Jakes to me well known and acknowledged the foregoing

assignment to be her act and deed and I certify that the

said Nancy Jakes is the identical person to whom the

within issued and who executed the foregoing assignments thereof.

J A Brantley J P

State of Tennessee

Coffee County

I  A.M. Short Clerk of the County Court 

for said county certify that James A Brantley

Esqr whose genuine signature appears to the above certificate

is and was at the time of executing the same an acting Justice of

the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and

qualified and that full faith and credit is due to all his

official acts as such.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set

my hand and affixed my seal of office

at Manchester this 23rd day of May

1853     A M Short Clerk

Bounty Land Under the 1855 Act: 

Transcription from Back of Warrant

For Value Received I Nancy Jakes to whom the within Warrant

No 57991 was issued do hereby sell and assign unto Silas O Kellogg

of Steele County Minnesota Territory and to his heirs and assigns forever

the said warrant and authorise him to locate the same and

receive a patent therefor.

Witness my hand and seal this fifth day of Aprile 1856

Nancy (her x  mark) Jakes Seal

Attest

T. B. Martin

John Jakes

State of Tennessee County of Bedford

On this the fifth day of April in the year Eighteen

hundred and fifty six before me personally came Nancy

Jakes to me will known and acknowledge the foregoing assignment

to be her act and deed and I certify that the said Nancy Jakes

is the identical person to whom the within warrant issued and

who executed the foregoing assignment thereof 

Alexander Lee JP

State of Tennessee

County of Bedford

I J H. Thompson clerk of the county court

of the county and state aforesaid do hereby

certify that Alexander Lee Esq whose genuine signature appeared to the

foregoing certificate of acknowledgment is and was at the time of so

doing an acting justice of the peace within and for the county and

state aforesaid duly elected and commissioned and qualified and that full 

faith and credit is due all his acts as such.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed

the seal of my office as clerk aforesaid this eighth day of 

April AD Eighteen Hundred and fifty six   J H Thompson Clk

Sources:  

Nancy Jakes, widow of James Jakes(Priv., Capt Jones Company, Virginia Militia, War of 1812), bounty land Warrant file # 63701(Act of 1850 40 acres); Land Entry Case File; Record Group 49; Records of the Bureau of Land Management; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Nancy Jakes, widow of James Jakes(Priv., Capt Jones Company, Virginia Militia, War of 1812), bounty land Warrant file # 57991(Act of 1855 120 acres); Land Entry Case File; Record Group 49; Records of the Bureau of Land Management; National Archives, Washington, D.C.