CALL, Hortense - Putnam

Information taken from an Application for membership in DAR of Hortense Call Barr Descended from Jacobus Hines (commonly called Jacob Hines), who was born in New Castle Co, Del. on the 28 day of Oct, 1752 and died in Union Township in Parke County, Indiana in 1844. Hortense Call Barr was born in Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, daughter of George W. Call, born Apr 8, 1836 and his wife Elina Catherine Copenhaver, born Aug. 20, 1841, married Nov. 17, 1861. The said George W. Call was the son of Samuel Call, born 1811, died 1891 and his wife Rebecca Hines, born Mar. 28, 1816 (living in 1910), married 1832. Rebecca Hines was the daughter of Henry Hines, born in fort in Maryland in 1777 and died in Missouri and his wife Ellen Cooper, died in Missouri, married 1798. Henry Hines was the son of Jacobus Hines, b. 28 Oct 1752, died 1844 and his wife Priscilla Evans, married 1775-6. Jacobus Hines is the ancestor who assisted in establishing American Independence, while acting in the capacity of Private and later as ass't to commissary. Ancestor's Services Enlisted as Private at Chester, Md., Apr. 1775. 4 days under Capt. John Watkins; Aug. 1777--4 months under Capt. John Watkins and Col. Gen. Morgan Mch 1779--3 mos. under Marmaduke Tildan, Alexander Anderson. 6 or 8 mos. Ass't to Commissary, John Batten. Battles engaged in Paoli & Germantown & storming of a Fort in Md. Reference: The family record I have from Rebecca Hines Call. Union Township Parke Co, Ind Jacobus Hines lived from 1832 to 1844. Indiana Pension Rolls, p. 62. Census of Pensioners 1840, p. 184. My Revolutionary ancestor was married at Chester, Md. in 1775. Children: Henry Hines, born 1777, married Ellen Cooper, Jacob Hines. (In Feb. 1823, Henry Hines of Putnam Co, Ind. purchased land in Union Twp., Township No. 15 North, Range No. 6 West.) (Putnam Co., Indiana Feb. 1, 1823 W1/2 SE1/4 Sec. 28 80 acres #100-528).