Person:Jonas Rouse (4)

Military Service

American Revolutionary War Veteran

Revolutionary War Pension Information

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 4, pg. 264, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Rouch, Jonas - born 9/1763 at Holman Fort, Shenandoah [then Frederick] County, Virginia; entered service as substitute for brother Henry in 1781, they resided in that County, in Virginia Regiment; resided there after Revolutionary War, thence in 1798 to Mason County, Virginia, where granted Pension in 1832 per witnesses brother George (also a Revolutionary War Pensioner), Daniel A. Miller & Michael Rouch (no kinship given), County Justice of the Peace Michael Siegrist, & County Court Clerk Thomas Lewis; soldier's wife died in 1837, & he moved ten to Ohio to reside with daughter mentioned but not named; resided 1848 in Meigs County, Ohio; Pension Office letter in file says an Abraham Roush, War of 1812 Pension certificate #1499, entered service 1812 at Point Pleasant, Virginia, granted Pension 1871 at abt. age 78 in Mason County, Virginia, resided in Graham Township, married 9/24/1812 to Susan Roush, Sutton Township, Meigs County, Ohio, also a Daniel Roush, entered service 1812 at Point Pleasant, Virginia in same company as Abraham, died there 9/8/1866 at abt. age 78, married Catharine Yeager, Mason County, Virginia, who was granted Pension there in 1871 at abt. age 81, Pension Certificate #300, she died 7/26/1886; soldier's surname also spelled Roush; query letter in file states soldier served in father Captain John Rouch's Revolutionary War Company; query letter in file in 1926 from L.L. Roush, Rutland, Ohio, states soldier had 10 brothers, John who was born in 1742, Philip, Henry, Jacob, Samuel, Daniel, George, Lewis, & Mark, all possibly children of John & Dorothea Roush, further Philip married Catharine (resided i Gallia County, Ohio), John never married, Henry married Dorothea (resided in Meigs County, Ohio), Jacob married Catharine (resided in Gallia County, Ohio), George married Christina Circle (resided in Meigs County, Ohio), & Jonas married Barbara Fox. F-S4785, R2089.

1.   Alderman, Norman. Main Two Alderman Archive.

   Jonas Roush (1763-1850)
   
   They had eight children, many of their descendants still live in the Meigs County vicinity and elsewhere in Ohio.
   
   Concerning the services of Jonas Roush in the War for Independence (Revolution) The United States Department of Interior Bureau of War Pensions, Revolutionary Section, sends the following:
   
   "I have to advise you that from the papers of the Revolutionary Pension Claims S4785, it appears that Jonas Roush (Rausch) was bom in September 1763, in Holman Fort, Shenandoah County, Virginia.
   While a resident of his native county he enlisted in July 1781 as a substitute for his brother Henry Roush (Rouse) and served three months in Captain AL or AUL or Awl’s Company, Col. Bird or Burt’s Virginia Regiment, was at the siege of Yorktown, and on his way to Winchester, with prisoners, was taken sick near Fredericksburg, and discharged. He was allowed Pension on his application executed while a resident of Mason County, Virginia, to which place he moved in 1798.
   His wife whose name is not stated died in February 1837, and in June of that year he moved to Meigs County, Ohio, to live with his daughter, whose name is not given." (See History of Roush and Allied Families in America, Lester L. Roush, 1928, p. 596, for complete history.)