Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10929, for William Jordan, Virginia
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SERVICE
Va.

Jordan, William

NUMBER
S.10929

CONTENTS 
Carded
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Rev War

10929
INVALID.

File No. 10,929

William Jordan
Priv Rev War

Act: Vol. A, Pagr 196

[Arrangement of 1870]

1916 , Dept. 2 History to Mrs.W. G. Burrell 
F.W.
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Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to 4 Sept 1838 Agt notified 4 June 1839.

Virginia  23,947

William Jordan of Nelson in the State of Va. was a pr: in the — commanded by Captain - -of the Rgt commanded by Col Innis in the Va. line for 15 months-

 Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 50 Dollars - Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Apr 34 and sent to Garland Lovingston - PO:

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 3# 150 
Semi-anl. allowance ending # Sept 29-
$175.-
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by A Rice Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 yr Page 20
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Wm Jordan
20.681 -
April
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Virginia,
At a Court held for Nelson County at the Court house, on the 25th day of March, 1834. 

State of Virginia 
Nelson County }SS

On this 25th day of March 1834, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Nelson County, now sitting, William Jordan, a resident of the said County of Nelson, aged Eighty years on the 16th day of May next, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated viz: During the progress of the War of the Revolution but the year nor day he cannot tell, being a resident of the County of Caroline Va. a draft of the Militia of the adjoining County of King and Queen was made and placed under the command of a Capt. Pollard for a three months tour of duty, that he the said Jordan before the marching of the said draft substituted himself therein and took the place of a certain Edward Botley and served the said tour of three months as a private soldier - That during this tour which to the best of his recollection took place about five years before the close of the War Col. Innis was his field officer and he was with his company & Regt engaged in marches and counter marches and served alternately at and in the neighbourhoods of York Town Williamsburg and Shields tavern - That after he returned home from the last named tour to the County of Caroline, under some law of the state then in force he was drafted with others from the Militia of that county for the period of eighteen months intended to be sent on service to the South. That his mother who was then alive being much opposed to his going on this service persuaded him to obtain a substitute which he did in the person of a certain James Whistler, also of the County of Caroline, about six months after the marching of this latter draft to the Southern service, the division to which Whistler his substitute belonged were ordered into service for three months, when he Jordan was informed by the County Lieut. that as Whistler was absent performing his tour that he Jordan was obliged by the laws then in existence to perform Whistlers tour which he did under the command of Capt. Daniel Coleman. That this tour was performed like the first in and about Williamsburg, the halfway house and York Town and under the command of Col Nelson and was performed also in the character of a private soldier. That after his discharge from this latter tour and his return home, but the day nor year he cannot from old age recollect he joined a volunteer corps of eighteen men under ┃ the command of a Lieut. Minor, to be stationed at James Town on James River
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for the purpose of guarding some boats and keeping the ferry at this place for the transportation across the said River at that point of troops and stores - That he continued in this service at that place also in the character of a private soldier three months. That after his discharge from this last tour and his return home another draft was made upon his native County of Caroline, when his brother Armistead Jordan was drafted to go for the period of three months, that he agreed to substitute and take the place of his said brother and accordingly marched under the command of a Capt New, and served in and about Williamsburg & York Town, but from some cause not now recollected he served but two months this last tour, and like the others as a private soldier - That after the last named tour but the month nor year he is utterly unable to recollect he was again drafted into the service from the same County of Caroline for the period of three months and placed under the command of a certain Capt David Jamison, and was employed in and about York Town, Williamsburg, Richmond and Fredericksburg, and continued to serve four months instead of three- That during this tour he was at times under the command of the Marquis Lafayette, and was with him in Richmond when the enemy had possession of Manchester, and he saw from the Richmond side of the River the first torches that were applied to the Warehouses in Manchester by the enemy which consumed them.

That after serving four months in this tour and that being one month longer them he thought he ought to be kept, and the relief having arrived, yet the relief was kept and his company ^still detained, he grew dissatisfied with the Militia service and declared to a recruiting officer of the Continental line that if he would permit him to go home on furlough he would enlist for the war - The Officer consented and accordingly furloughed him, but for what time he does not now recollect, after reaching home, he was taken sick and lingered for some time, when he was sent for and charged with desertion, but on ^representation to the County Lieut. made by his mother his furlough was extended until such time as his health would enable him to join his company. That as soon as his health permitted he set out to join his company then at York Town and had progressed as far as New Town in the County of King & Queen where he met many of his comrades in arms returning from the seige of that place, bringing intelligence of its surrender, and that his services were no longer needed- That he does not know that he is entitled to any thing on that account or that he can prove his last enlistment, but he is well assured that he ^actually served, in the different Militia tours fifteen months and always as a private soldier - That he has no documentary evidence to support his said claim nor does he know of any living witness or witnesses by whom he can prove his said services - That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his
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name is not on the Pension roll or agency of any State. 

Interrogatories propounded by the Court. 

1st. Where and in what year were you born? Answer. I learned from my parents that I was born on the 16 May 1754 in the County of Carolina on the edge or rather near to the Counties of Essex & King & Queen 

2 Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it? Answer. I have no record of my age, but understood from my parents that my age was recorded in the Clerk's Office of King Queen after the custom of those times . 
3rd. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer. When called into service I was living in the County of Caroline, continued to reside in that County three or four years after the close of the Revolution then removed to the County of Chesterfield, Va. and lived there seven years, removed from thence to the County of Amherst, near my present residence and do now live in the County of Nelson (being a part of Amherst ) 

4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom? Answer. My first tour was as a substitute for Edward Botley, my second for James Whistler, who had substituted me, my third as a volunteer, my fourth as a substitute for my brother Armistead Jordan and my fifth tour was drafted 

5th. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service. Answer my memory as to names is much weakened by time and I do not know that I can designate corps and names, but I do recollect and well recollect the Marquis Lafayette in my last tour - as to the general circumstances of my service I refer to the body of my declaration, with the additional recollection that during one of my tours whilst serving in and about York Town the great stable was burnt and during the last tour an affair we had with the enemy about four miles on this side of Williamsburg, whilst we were under the command of Col. Matthews and Major Armistead, we were attacked by the enemy’s cavalry, which resulted in our route, killing two & cripling one of our men upon which occasion Reuben Broaddus my right hand file leader had his gun lock carried away by an enemy's shot 

6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? Answer. I never received a written discharge nor do I think it was usual in those times to give such.

7th. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neigh-
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& G bourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and then belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution 
answer. There is no Clergyman immediately resident, but Spotswood Garland & Nathan Lofftus I expect will so testify.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Wm Jordan 

We Spotswood Garland and Nathan Lofftus, residing in the County of Nelson do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Jordan who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be aged Eighty years in May next as he states, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Nathan Lofftus Sp. Garland 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that there is not a clergyman immediately resident in the neighbourhood of the applicant , and that Spotswood Garland and Nathan Lofftus who have signed the forefoing certificate are residents of the said County of Nelson, and…….. and that their statement is entitled to credit.

A true copy from the records of said Court, In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name as Clerk of the said Court, and affixed the seal of my office, this 15th day of April 1834.
Sp. Garland, Clerk of Nelson County Court

Sent as private 15 months. $50
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office 
May 18th 1839. 

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, “ William Jordan - a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va Agency, at the rate of thirty three Dollars and seventy seven cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837, to the 4th Sept. 1838, Respectfully, yours,
J. Seaver 
acting Comptroller.

 To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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Aug. 24, 1916. 

Commissioner of Pensions: 
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Sir, 
The undersigned wishes to obtain the military history of the following pensioners of the Revolution, together with what family data you have concerning them: 

1. Capt. John Jordan, Albemarle Co., Va. 

2. Thomas Jordan, Fauquier Co., Va. 

3. William Jordan, Nelson Co., Va. 

Thanking you for the information, please address, 
Mrs. W. G. Burrell 
Fannett, Texas 
Jefferson Co.
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In reply to your request of____, received_____for a statement of the military history of William Jordan a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S.F. 10929

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 3 mos.
RANK.Pri
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. 
CAPTAIN.
COLONEL. Innis
STATE. Va.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 3 mos.
RANK. Pri.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. 
CAPTAIN. Daniel Coleman
COLONEL. Nelson
STATE. Va.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 3 mos.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. 
CAPTAIN. Lieut. Minor
COLONEL. Nelson
STATE. Va.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 2 mos. *substituted for his brother Armistead Jordan.
RANK. Pri.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. 
CAPTAIN. Capt. New
COLONEL. Nelson
STATE. Va

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 4 mos
RANK. Pri.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. 
CAPTAIN. David Jamison
COLONEL. Nelson
STATE. Va.

Battles engaged in, v
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Caroline Co Va. 
Date of application for pension, Mch 25, 1834, His cl.  [?]
Residence at date of application, Nelson Co, Va 
Age at date of application, B. May 16, 1754, in Caroline Co. Va 
Remarks: There is no data relative to wife or children

Respectfully, 

Commissioner.