Military History of Jacob Bower  (12/20/1757 - 8/3/1818)

	Officer History
	Date   Rank   Unit   Military Action   Position   Status   Apr 1775 - Mar 1776   Sergeant   Pennsylvania Battalion of Riflemen   Boston / Cambridge Campaign         Jun 1775   Sergeant   Pennsylvania Battalion of Riflemen       Regimental Quartermaster       18 Aug 1775   Sergeant   2nd Continental Regiment       Regimental Quartermaster       27 Aug 1775   Sergeant   2nd Continental Regiment   Ploughed Hill, Mass   Regimental Quartermaster       9 Nov 1775   Sergeant   2nd Continental Regiment   Lechmere's Point, Mass   Regimental Quartermaster       1 Jan 1776   Sergeant   1st Continental Regiment       Regimental Quartermaster       Jul 1776   Captain   Flying Camp, Pennsylvania Battalion             15 Feb 1777   Captain   6th Pennsylvania Regiment       Commander, 2nd Company       26-27 May 1777   Captain   6th Pennsylvania Regiment   Middletown, NJ   Commander, 2nd Company       11 Sep 1777   Captain   6th Pennsylvania Regiment   Brandywine   Commander, 2nd Company       4 Oct 1777   Captain   6th Pennsylvania Regiment   Germantown   Commander, 2nd Company       2 Nov - 10 Dec 1777   Captain   6th Pennsylvania Regiment   Whitemarsh Encampment   Commander, 2nd Company       19 Dec 1777 - 19 Jun 1778   Captain   6th Pennsylvania Regiment   Valley Forge Encampment   Commander, 2nd Company       28 Jun 1778   Captain   6th Pennsylvania Regiment   Monmouth   Commander, 2nd Company       Dec 1779 - Jun 1780   Captain   6th Pennsylvania Regiment   Morristown Encampment, 1779   Commander, 2nd Company       16 Apr 1780   Captain   6th Pennsylvania Regiment   New Bridge / Paramus, NJ   Commander, 2nd Company       21 Jul 1780   Captain   6th Pennsylvania Regiment   Blockhouse - Bergen Heights   Commander, 2nd Company       Dec 1780 - Jun 1781   Captain   6th Pennsylvania Regiment   Morristown Encampment, 1780   Commander, 2nd Company       15 May 1781 - 14 Dec 1782   Captain   6th Pennsylvania Regiment   Southern Campaign   Commander, 2nd Company       6 Jul 1781   Captain   6th Pennsylvania Regiment   Green Spring / Jamestown   Commander, 2nd Company       6-17 Oct 1781   Captain   6th Pennsylvania Regiment   Yorktown   Commander, 2nd Company       Jan - Nov 1782   Captain   6th Pennsylvania Regiment   Carolina Campaign   Commander, 2nd Company       1 Jan 1783   Captain   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment       Commander, 2nd Company       3 Jun 1783   Captain   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment         Retired
	Post-War Offices Held
	Date From   Date To   Office Name   Notes   14 October 1788   December 1790   Sheriff, Berks County, PA       1790   1800   Auditor, Berks County, PA       12 October 1790   1793   County Commissioner, Berks County, PA       1792   1798   Recorder, Register, and Clerk, Orphan's Court, Berks County, PA