Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1554, for Richard Jones, North Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N. C.  

Jones, Richard   
Butler, Sarah
Former Widow

NUMBER
R. 1554

CONTENTS
d. Apr. 15, 1805 in Wilkinson Co. Miss.
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Pension Office, December 30, 1837

Sir,

In copy to the enclosed letters of Mr. 
Johnson, I have the honor to state that the 
claims of Sarah Butler for pension as
formerly the widow of Richard Jones, of Tennessee 
was rejected by this office in 1833, it appearing that her husband was not 
the soldier of his name who performed the service certified by the Secretary of State 
of North Carolina, and upon which 
the claim was based.
But It now appears that Mrs. Butler 
died in 1854 - The claim therefore if valid, could not be recovered, as by a recent 
decision of the Department based upon an 
opinion of the Attorney General, children or 
other representatives of the widow of a revolutionary 
soldier, are not permitted to establish and 
recover such a claim.

Hon Andrew Johnson
U. S. Senate
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Hon A Johnson 
Dec 30-
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Declaration
of 
Sarah Butler
formerly widow of 
Richard Jones

Revolutionary Pension
Act 29 July 1848.


Presented by
Smith & Jones
Attorneys
Nashville
Tenn

July 19/53
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State of Tennessee / SS
Jackson County  

On this 23 day of April 1853 personally appeared before the undersigned & Justice of the Peace, and Justice of the County Court of Said County (which is a court of Record) Sarah Butler a Resident of Said County Aged Eighty nine years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provisions made by the Act of Congress passed on the 29th July 1848 granting Pensions to certain widows.

That she is the widow of Robert Butler and was formerly the widow of Richard Jones the Identical Richard Jones who was a Regular Soldier in the Revolution in the Northcarolina line that he Enlisted some time in the Spring Seventeen Hundred Seventy Six for a tour of Two and a half or Three years.  She thinks in a Company commanded by Capt. Turner in the 2nd or 3rd Regiment of Northcarolina Regular Troops that he continued in service in Said Company for about Two years & Six or more Months as She has allways understood from her said Husband and was discharged from Said Service some time in the fall or winter Seventeen Hundred & Seventy Eight but the particular Battle or Country through which he marched affiant does not now Recollect but She does Recollect having heard her Husband Say in his life time that he was Entitled to Land bounty but by some means he never Received it.  She further declares that She was Married to the Said Richard Jones in Summer County State of Tennessee on the 24 day of March Seventeen Hundred and Ninety Seven by James Douglas at Justice of the Peace that previous to her Marriage to the said Richard Jones her Name was Sarah Campbell that her Husband the Said Richard Jones died in Wilkerson County State of Mississippi on the 15th of April 1805 after which time she remained his widow till on the 30 day of February 1811 when she again Intermarried  to Robert Butler in Willkerson County
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State of Mississippi that her Husband Robert Butler lived in      County State of Mississippi on the day of             1817 that since his death she has not again Intermarried but still Remains his widow.  She further declares that she was not Married to the said Richard Jones previous to the Expiration of his last tour of service but she was Married previous to 1800 at the time above Stated that she has no Leave inventory or Record Evidence in Support of her claim the Family Record Kept by her Husband having long since been Destroyed nor does She know now of any one living by whom She can prove Said Service but thinks she can prove her Marriage to Said Richard Jones by  Mrs. Campbell whose Evidence she will try to procure that the Reason she has not heretofore applied for a Pension is that she was of opinion till Recently tht she was Excluded in Consequence of her Second Marriage.

Sworn to & Subscribed in the day
and year above written before me

        her
Sarah X Butler    [Seal]
        mark

E. C. Crowell JP

I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Butler who has this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing Declaration before me that She is a woman of veracity and good R[illegible] and that from bodily Infirmity and old age she is unable to attend Court for the purpose of Making her Declaration in open court. I further certify that I am not concerned in the prosecution of her claim nor interested in the Result Thereof this 23 day of April 1853.

E.C. Crowell, J. P.
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Know all men by these presend That I Sara Butler formerly Sarah Jones of Jackson County State of Tennessee do hereby constitute and appoint 
Smith & Jones of Nashville Tennessee my true and 
lawful attorney for me and my name to Prosecute and 
Recover for me a Pension Certificate as claimed in 
the within Declaration and I do hereby direct the 
Commissioner of Pensions to deliver to them my Pension 
Certificate as soon as it is allowed and to no one else 
Witness my hand and Seal this 23 day of April 1853

Sarah Butler X her mark  (seal)

Acknowledged before me this 23 day of April 1853

E.C. Crowell



State of Tennessee 
Jackson County

I Sampson W. Cassitty Clerk of 
the county court as said County do 
hereby certify that E C Crowell Esq whose genuine signature 
appears to the foregoing declaration and certificates and 
acknowledgement is and was at the time of signing the 
same are acting Justice of the Peace in and for said 
County and member of the County Court which is 
a court of Record and has by law a public seal duly 
commissioned and qualified as the law directs. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and affixed my 
Seal of office this 23rd day of 
May 1853

S. W. Cassitty Clerk
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[post mark]
GALLATIN 
MAY 24
TE.

5


Stephen Petty Esq.
Smith County Tenn
Government P Office
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State of Tennessee
Sumner County

Know all men by these presents
that we Richard Jones and John Campbell our heirs &c.
are Jointly and severally held and firmly bound into his 
excellency John Sevier Esqr Governor of said State
or his successor officer in the penal sum of Twelve
hundred & fifty dollars, to be void on condition
that there be no lawful objection why the said Richard
Jones and Sally Campbell may not be joined together 
as man and wife in the holy estate of Matrimony -
Witness Our hands and seals this 23d day of March A.D. 1797.

Richard Jones  (seal)
John Campbell  (seal)

Test
Sally Shelby



State of Tennessee
Sumner County

I John L Bugg Clerk 
of the County Court of said County do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains a full and 
perfect transcript of the Marriage Bond of 
Richard Jones - and John Campbell his security 
as appears on file in my office
Given under my hand and seal
of Office at office in Gallatin
Tennessee this the 23rd day of 
May AD 1853.

John L Bugg Clerk

[seal]
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Mr. Stephen Petty

Sir

You will find annexed the 
Marriage bond of Richd Jones - at that 
day it seems to have been not the custom
of returning the licence for marriage by the 
Justices of the Peace or Ministers of the Gospel
so you see I can not send you a copy of 
the licence

Very Respectfully
John L Bugg Clerk
of Sumner County Court
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January 26, 1938

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

RICHARD JONES
R. 1554
BA-/MLB

Mrs. Paul E. Monroe
Box 904
Gastonia, North Carolina

Dear Madam:

The record of Richard Jones follows as found in pension claim,
R. 1554, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Richard
Jones are not shown.

Richard Jones married March 24, 1797, in Sumner County, Tennessee,
Sarah or Sally Campbell, the date and place of her birth and names 
of parents not designated.  Their marriage bond dated March 23, 1797,
was signed by the soldier and his security, John Campbell whose relationship
to Sarah was not stated.  The record of their marriage was
filed in the County Clerk's Office of Sumner County, Tennessee.

The soldier died April 15, 1805, in Wilkinson County, Mississippi,
and his widow, Sarah Jones, married February "30", 1811, in Wilkinson
County, Mississippi, one Robert Butler who died in Mississippi
sometime in 1817.  No further details in regard to Robert Butler given.

Sarah Butler, while residing in Jackson County, Tennessee, aged
eighty-nine years, applied April 23, 1853, for pension which might
have been due her as the former widow of Richard Jones, the soldier.
It was alleged that Richard Jones enlisted April 15, 1776, for the 
term of two and one half years, that he served as private in Captain 
Turner's company, 3" North Carolina Regiment and that he was discharged
in October, 1778.

Sarah Butler's claim for pension was not allowed as she failed 
to furnish proof of her husband's service in accordance with the 
requirements of the pension law.

It was stated that the soldier, Richard Jones, received six hundred
forty acres of land from the State of North Carolina on account of his
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Revolutionary War service.  This office has no record of the location 
of that land as it was a state grant.

Sarah Butler died sometime in 1854, place not stated.

No names in the claim were designated as those of children of 
Richard Jones and his wife, Sarah.

In 1853, the firm of Smith and Jones was located in Nashville, 
Tennessee, and testified in behalf of Richard Jones' former widow, 
Sarah Butler, in her application for pension, and in 1856, reference
was made to one William E. Jones as Agent, no relationship was stated
between any of them to soldier's family or to each other.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1554
REJECTED
Sarah Butler
Former Widow of
Richard Jones
P.O.  [blank]
Service:  [blank]
Enlisted:  [blank date]
Discharged:  [blank date]
Application filed:  [blank date]
Alleges:  Claim filed too late
to be entered on list of 
rejections printed 
in 1852.
Re-enlisted:  [blank]
Attorney:  [blank]
P.O.  [blank]
[blank] Recognized.  [blank] Contract.
[blank] Cert. of Dis.  Searched for [blank date]


[notes on the upper right side]
1938 Jan. 26 - Hist to Mrs. Paul E. 
Monroe (see ltr in clm of John Jameson
R. 5552) . . . . . . MLB
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[page is very dark]

No 1274
Sarah Butler
widow of 
Richd Jones 
Tennessee

Smith & Jones Tennessee
same Sept 23/53
Secty State N.C. office
Sept 23/53
Let Smith & Jones
Oct 7/53
[illegible] Rejected 1554
See let Sec of State N.C.
cannot find [illegible]
Oct 9/53
[illegible] May 17/56
[entire line illegible]
Act July 29,1848
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Duplicate

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.

I, WILLIAM HILL, Secretary of State, in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby 
certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls of the Continental line of this State, in the Revolutionary 
War, that Richard Jones a private soldier in Capt. Turner's 
Company of the third Regiment, entered the service on the 15th
day of April 1776 for the term of two and a half years, and 
was discharged in October 1778.

Given under my hand this 29th day of July 1853

W. Hill Secretary of State
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.

I, WILLIAM HILL, Secretary of State, in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby 
certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls of the Continental line of this State, in the Revolutionary 
War, that Richard Jones a private soldier in Capt. Turner's 
Company of the third Regiment, entered the service on the 15th
day of April 1776 for the term of two and a half years, and 
was discharged in October 1778.

Given under my hand this 29th day of July 1853

W. Hill Secretary of State
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Office of Secretary of State
Raleigh  Octr. 5th. 1853

Sir

The name of Richard Jones appears
on the muster Rolls of the Continental line 
of this State as a private in Captain Turner's
Company of the 3rd Regiment, and it 
further appears that a land warrant was issued
to Richard Jones for 640 acres of land.
The name of Richard Jones appears but 
once on the rolls -

Very respectfully
your obt. servt.

W. Hill



L.P. Waldo 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Washington  May 12" 1856.

Sir

I enclose you the letter of Mr.
Draper, in relation to a claim for
Pension & Bounty Land therein 
described.  If from the facts stated
the Dept can identify the claim, I request he 
be informed of its condition.  Wm.
E. Jones, the agent mentioned in 
Mr Draper's letter has had much 
business before the Dept

I am Respt - &c
Your Obt. Servt

John H Savage



Hon J. Minot
Com of Pensions
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Pension Office
Septr 14, 1853

Sirs,

The application of Sarah Butler,
widow of Richd Jones of Tennessee, has 
been recd & filed under Act July 29 1848
As there is no evidence of 
service, the claim will remain suspended
until testimony is furnished.

Very Respectfully
L P Waldo
Commissioner



Smith & Jones
Nashville
Ten.


over
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Nashville
Sept 21 1853

Sir

On the 19th July last we forwarded
the claim of Mrs Butler & on the 8th
of the month following we sent 
you the proof of service as required in 
your letter attached hereto which we suppose
you will find on file with the 
additional evidence & which we suppose
will be satisfactory

Respectfully
Smith & Jones
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506

Penson Office
Sept. 23, 1853

Gentlemen:

I have filed the Certificates of the 
Secretary of the State of N Carolina shewing
that a soldier named Richard Jones
was a private in Capt. Turner's company
of the 3d Regiment N.C. Line
with the papers of Sarah Butler
formerly widow of a Richard Jones, whose
claim under the Act of July 29, 1848,
has been suspended by this office
and you are informed that before it 
can [illegible] that her husband was
that soldier his identity as such 
must be established in the most satisfactory manner.  Then is sent the
[illegible] testimony any papers
upon this point; whereas it [should be?]
abundant if her husband served as
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alleged.  She states that her husband was [say?]
entitled to Land from N. Carolina, which 
is true, if he served as stated in her 
declaration.  But if he was, the soldier entitled some satisfactory 
reason must be assigned for his 
[failure?] to apply for it.  Her statement has
[excited?] great interest of the claim;
[illegible] I am at a loss to conceive what motion
could induce a revolutionary soldier
to refrain from demanding a 
gratuity, which on itself, was not only
[rational?] but an honorable [illegible] 
to his [patriotism?]


Messrs Smith & Jones
Nashville
Tennessee


[vertically along the left margin]
Smith & Jones Sept 23/53
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Wm. Hill,
Sept. 23/53
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501

Pension Office,
Sept. 23. 1853

Sir,

I will be obliged if you will
at your earliest convenience state
whether Richard Jones, who was a 
private in Captain Turner's company
of the 3d Regiment, N. Carolina
troops, secured Land for that state for 
his services in the Revolutionary War


William Hill, Esq
Sec of State
Raleigh
N.C.


[note on the right margin]
see case of 
Sarah Butler, 
Tenn. July 29/48
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Smith & Jones
Oct 7/53
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156

Pension Office,
Oct. 7. 1853

Sir

Since my letter of the 23d
ult. relative to the claim of Sarah
Butler, formerly widow of Richard
Jones, the most conclusive evidence 
has [now?] filed in this office showing
that the Richard Jones of the North
Carolina Line, received Land from 
that state for his services - and this
confirms the [impression?] of this office
that her first husband was not the 
soldier of that name, whose services
was entered by the certificate of the 
Secretary of the State of N Carolina
submitted by you to sustain the 
claim.  The application of Mrs Butler
is therefore rejected.



Messrs Smith & Jones
Nashville, Tenn.
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Hon J H Savage
Ho Reps
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Pens Office  May 17/56

Sir,

In reply to the enclosed letter of Mr.
Draper I have the honor to state that the claim 
of Sarah Butler for pension as formerly the 
widow of Rchd. Jones was rejected by this 
office in 1853, it appearing that her husband
was not the soldier of his name who performed
the services certified by the Secy of N. Carolina
& upon which the claim was [proven?/prosecuted?]

Very Respy
&c


Hon John H Savage
Ho Reps
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[post mark]
NASHVILLE
AUG 
9
Te.

FREE

L P Waldo Esqr
Commr of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Nashville Tennessee
Aug 8th 1853

L P Waldo

Sir

We herewith send you additional
testimony in the case Mrs Sarah
Butler former widow of Richard Jones
a revolutionary soldier for pension 
which we hope will be 
satisfactory

Very Respectfully
Smith & Jones


[vertically]
Messrs. Smith & Jones
Nashville
Tennessee
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Raleigh  30th July 1853.

Messrs. Smith & Jones

Gentlemen

Your favor of the 19th instant
came to hand yesterday, and I have enclose you two 
certificates in the case of Richd. Jones, having been 
unwell lately am a little nervous, and was not 
pleased with the first certificate I made, hoped to
make a better, but have not succeeded as well as 
I expected, therefore concluded to send both, that you 
can use the one you like best.  I am glad to find it 
as clear and good a case.  If you could send So. Ca. money 
for 
fees it would suit me better than Tennessee

Yours respectfully

W. Hill


P.S.  I am glad to hear my relations in Nashville
are well.  Sorry for the death of my dear Cousins.
Why were they in Texas?

Yours &c.
W. Hill
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Box 904,
Gastonia, North Carolina,
January 14, 1938.

Pension Department,
Veterans Administration,
Arlington Building,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen: -

In Re:  Jones, Richard.
(Revoluntary War).

Richard Jones is listed as serving in "Turner's Company" from 
Lincoln County, North Carolina, during the Revoluntary War.
Do your records show whether or not the said Richard Jones or 
his wife ever applied for or received a Pension of the Revoluntary
War service of Richard Jones.

Apparently the said Richard Jones moved from Lincoln County, North
Carolina, moved to another section, perhaps in North Carolina, after
the Revoluntary War.

If available from your records, please furnish me with the 
following information as to the said Richard Jones: - The place he 
lived or his residing place, the place and date of his birth, date
of marriage, date of death, and also the same as to his wife, if 
available.

Very truly yours,

Mrs. Paul E. Monroe.


P.S.  If you Department is not in position to give the above
requested information please refer this request to such 
Government Department as may possible have such records of 
information.

Mrs. Paul E. Monroe.

[handwritten note above near his name] 2 of NC

[date stamp]
RECEIVED
JAN 15 1938
MAIL SUB.-DIV
VETS ADM
READER #8
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January 26, 1938

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John Jameson, R. 5552
Richard Jones, R. 1554
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. Paul E. Monroe
Box 904
Gastonia, North Carolina

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letters of January 14, in which you 
request the Revolutionary War records of William Deane, of Montgomery
County, Virginia, John Jamison, of Washington County, Virginia, whose
wife was Nancy (Hardy) Jamison and their children were named Magraret
Hyter and Martha Mahaffy Jamison, also, of Richard Jones who served
under Captain Turner from Lincoln County, North Carolina.

There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon 
the Revolutionary War service of a William Deane from Virginia.  Such
claims are the source of data furnished by this office in regard to 
soldiers of that war.  Information relative to his military service
might be obtained from the Adjutant General, War Department, this 
city.  

You are furnished herewith the records of John Jameson and 
Richard Jones.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator


[handwritten note on right margin]
Ltr returned for Wm Deane (negl)