Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen

Hessian Troops in America

Place of Origin
Flatbush
Land
USA, Canada

Jakob

Record + Accumulated Data

Date:

2.1783 / → Timeline

Category of Presentation:

appointed (especially in the unit rolls)

Regiment:

GRF 1 (Köhler Grenadier Battalion, after 1778 Graf, after 1782 Platte)

Rank:

Drummer

Signature:

HStAM 10 c Nr. 859 [= Maß- und Rangierbücher / (Fünftes) Grenadierbataillon Platte, 1783]

born:

1760/1761

Age:

22 (calculated)

Skin Colour:

black

Reference:

HETRINA I, 8803 [Page 135]

Further Evidence

Jakob:

6.1777: recruited · Köhler 1 · Drummer
HStAM 15 Nr. 2004(21) → Request page

9.1779: deserted · Köhler 1 · Drummer
HStAM 15 Nr. 2005(18) → Request page

11.1779: ransomed · Köhler 1 · Drummer
HStAM 15 Nr. 2005(21) → Request page

10.1783: deserted · Köhler 1 · Drummer
HStAM 15 Nr. 2005(122) → Request page

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Citation
„Jakob“, in: Hessische Truppen in Amerika <https://www.lagis-hessen.de/en/subjects/idrec/sn/hetrina/id/8803> (Stand: 20.1.2015)