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Note: Notes from Dr. Howard Fausts book, page E5.
Jacob Foust was a Pvt. in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted in the fall of 1776 and served under Captain Landick and Colonel Lindermuth of Berks Co., Pennsylvania. His father was in the service at the same time. Jacob is listed in the Ohio Roster of the Revolutionary War. He was severely wounded in the Battle of Brandywine and is thought to have been one of the prisoners that were released on parole by George Washington. Jacob Foust's father was also in the service. In 1788 Jacob bought 510 acres of land on the east branch of the Schuylkill River and the Tuscorara Mountians in Brunswick Township. He sold it in 1789 and moved to Ohio. The spelling of this family's name changed from "Faust" to "Foust' after they came to Ohio. According to the Delaware County History, after he moved his family to Delaware County, Ohio in1802, Jacob Foust planted the first crop by a white man north of Columbus, Ohio. He also built the first bridge across the river at Delaware Ohio. There are descriptions of his trip to Ohio in covered wagons. He married Christina Alspach when she was 14 or younger and he was appointed guardian when her father died. He became the progenitor of a massive amount of descendants who are still living in Ohio and Indiana. Jacob Foust is buried in the Foust (Mound) Cemetery in Morrow County, Ohio in row six. His wife is buried next to him. As of 1995 their stones were still there. He died at the home of his son. Jacob Faust and his Ohio descendants changed the spelling of their name from "Faust" to "Foust."
Here is the information which Jacob Foust provided to the Court of Common Pleas in Delaware County, Ohio. It is recorded on his pension application dated 20 November 1832.
"I was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania in December of 1757 and I am now 75 years old. I resided in Pennsylvania in Berks County during the Revolution. In the fall of 1776, a little before the battle of Trenton, my father (Jacob Sr.) was drafted. I went as his substitute and served under Capt. Laudick and Lieut. Bowman, in a regiment commanded by Col. Lindermote. I served 4 to 6 months under Capt. Laudick and was then discharged. In 1777 I again served as a substitute for a Mr. Motts, this time under Col. Ultrey and Captain Wye, for 3 or 4 months."
He was awarded a pension of $30.00 per annum, back dated to begin the 4th day of March, 1831.
From the abstracts of Rev. Pension Files:
FOUST, JACOB, S2560, PA Line, sol[dier] was a son of Jacob Foust, Sr. & he was b in Dec 1757 in Berks Co PA & sol lived there at enl[istment], appl 20 Nov 1832 Delaware Co OH where had lived for 25 yrs, sol moved to OH in 1802.
From THE HISTORY OF MORROW COUNTY-REPRINT OF 1880, Page 322:
"..in the fall of 1822 there was an extensive migration to (Peru Township, Morrow County, Ohio). Among the earliest of those who came at this time were the Foust families. Jacob Foust Jr., had come early to Peru with his brother John, and came through this locality as early as 1814 with the surveyor that ran out the Delaware and Mansfield Road. Later their father, Jacob Foust Sr., with the rest of the family, came and took up residence in Peru. The family was originally from Berks County, Pennsylvania, and settled first in Muskingum County. In 1822, desiring to find more room, they came to Cardington, Jacob Foust Sr., entering a farm situated on the banks of the Whetstone, where Jonas now lives. The house, situated on the high bank of the creek, overlooks the long stretch of bottom lands lying to the north, presenting a view that is charming in it's picturesqueness. Just west of this farm, near the same stream, Jacob Jr., erected his cabin, just north of the treaty line, in the southwest quarter of the township.
Another family was that of the Ely's, They came originally from Pennsylvania to Sunbury Township, in Delaware County, where they remained until the summer of 1822, when Michael, with his son Peter and his family came to Cardington and entered into an eighty-acre farm on lot 28, east of the Fousts, where the elder Ely lived until his death."
The treaty line referred to in the above sketch refers to the Greenville Treaty which was made with the Indians that was signed in 1818. The treaty line runs across the state of Ohio and crosses Morrow County in the southern part of Cardington Township. Settlement north of the treaty line was not legal until after 1820 when the land was opened up for settlers.
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