Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16889, for Epaphras Jones, Connecticut
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SERVICE
Continental (Conn)

Jones, Epaphras

NUMBER
S. 16889

carded
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CONTENTS
B. Feb. 10, 1764
enl at Harford, Conn.
res in 1832 Providence, Floyd Co.  Ind.
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See letter 5 June 1835 to Pensioner


Date of death
not as [    ]
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Epaphras Jones

Floyd

Connecticut Roll

of Roll
from 1777 private
3 yrs [  ] 80

Warster
Webb
Cas[  ]

E. [    ]   Indiana
New Albany
13th Oct 1833
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BRIEF in the case of Epaphras Jones.
of Floyd County in the State of Indiana
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or 
     a  Judge?    A Court.

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the 
     applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3.  How old is he?   68 years.

4.  State his service, as directed in the form 
     annexed.
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Period.
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In 1777.

Duration of Service.
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Years,          Months,         Days
   3.                  ---                --

Rank.
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As a
private

Names of General and Field Officers
under who he served.
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Thos. Worter Capt. - Col. Samul. B. Webb.
Wm Levingston Lt. Col.  Maj . Ebenezer
Huntington   ----

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  ----

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the 
      service?    Hartford, Connecticut

7.  Is his statement supported by living 
     witnesses, by documentary proof, by 
      traditionary evidence, by incidental 
      evidence, or by the rolls?

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or 
     authentication?   No.

* Certify that the foregoing statement and the 
   answers agree with the evidence in the case 
   above mentioned.

B. F. Hensants        Examining Clerk.
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12.111_
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State of Indiana   Sct.

     Be it remembered that heretofore to wit - at a court of Probate begun and held at the Court House in the town of New Albany within and for the County of Floyd and state aforesaid on Monday the thirteenth day of August in the year of Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two - before the Honorable Seth Woodruff sole Judge of said Court.
      Epaphras Jones filed in open Court the following declaration in order to obtain a pension and on being sworn in open Court to the truth of the same, it is admitted to record and is in these words to wit - 

State of Indiana}
County of Floyd} SS

On this day Thirteenth of  August personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said County Epaphras Jones, a resident of the town of Providence in the County of Floyd and state of Indiana, aged sixty eight years 10 February last who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.  That he enlisted in the army of the United States in May in the year 1777 with (not recollected) and served in the ([    ] not recollected) Regiment of the Connecticut line under the following named Officers, Samuel B. Webb Col, William Levingston Lt Col,  Ebenezer Huntington maj
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Thomas Worster capt of Genadiers, Robert Walker capt of Infantry, James Watson (may be Jr) , Willams, Wells, Wright part of the captains of the Battalion, John Meigs Adjt,  Beris, Coles, Charles Hopkins subaltern officers.  Flowers sargt, Major West surgeon.  I left the service, May 1780 having served three years. I enlisted in the town of Hartford, County of Hartford and state of Connecticut.  Was at the battle of Rhode Island (but not in it) was one of the band of musick attached to the Regt . Do not recollect what particular company I was enrolled in.  The names of men constituting the band were vis, [   ] Punce, Prosper Hosmer, Jonathan Steel, Stephen Molton,  Timothy Olmstead, Solomon Goodrich, William Hooker and myself.  Services of the Regiment were 1777 on the North River, Pecks Hill, Fishkill,  New Windsor to Kingston & Esopus.  Returned and tented at West Point the winter of 1777 and 1778, where we built Fort Webb. In the year 1778 moved to Rhode Island, were at Providence, Bristol, Haven, [ ]lada Ferry. Wintered 1778 & 1779 in barracks at Boston Massachusetts. After the British evacuated the island of Rhode Island, we took possession of Newport, Rhode Island.  Crossed from thence to Greenwich, continued on our march through Connecticut by way of  Hartford to Perpbanks Point on the North River N.Y.  Crossed to  Stony Point thence to Hackensack, New Jersey, proceeded on our march to Morristown, New Jersey , where we tented until January, then halted through the winter of 1779
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and 1780. I received a discharge from Eben " Huntington, or as he then wrote his name Huntingdon Lt. Co.. of the Regt.  Discharge is mislaid. It was dated May 1780. I do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and I declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.  Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Ep. Jones
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
I, Harvey Scribner, clerk of the Court of Probate for the County of Floyd aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Epaphras Jones for a pension. 

In Testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at New Albany this Seventeenth day of August A.D. 1832        Harvey Scribner   Clk

I, Seth Woodruff, Sole Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Floyd, do certify that Harvey Scribner who has signed the foregoing Certificate is Clerk of said Court & that his Certificate is in case form of law.  Seth Woodruff.
August 18th 1832
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BA-J/EEL
Adam Hart - S. 46576
Joshua Fowler - S.16120
Epaphras Jones - S.16889
John Russell - S.36878

Mrs. V. R. Conner
311 Woodrow
New Albany, Indiana

Dear Madam:

     Reference is made to your letter in which you request the death dates of Adam Harts or Hart, Epaphras Jones, Joshua Fowler and John Russell, soldiers of the Revolutionary War, who received pensions while residing in Floyd County, Indiana.

      In claims of Joshua Fowler, S.16120, Epaphras Jones, S.16889 and John Russell,, S.36878, the dates of death of the soldiers are not shown. John Russell is erroneously listed on the pension list of 1835, issued by the Secretary of War, as of Floyd County.  His name should have been borne on the Clark County list.

        In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary pensioners, Joshua Fowler (S.16120), Epaphras Jones (S.16889) and John Russell (S.36878) you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

       Joshua Fowler, Certificate No. 5094, issued February 4, 1833, rate $45 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Indiana Agency.

        Epaphras Jones, Certificate No. 7556, issued April 26, 1833, rate $60 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Indiana Agency.
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     John Russell, Certificate No. 18312, issued October 17, 1821, rate $8 per month, commenced August 22, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Indiana Agency.

Very truly yours


A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.




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16889
INVALID.
16.889
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File No._____________________________.
Epaphras Jones
Pri Rev War

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Act:  June 7" 32.

Index:--Vol.   1,  Page  447

(Arrangement of 1870.)

(Second Page)

1935 Apr 11 - Ad. Mrs V. R Conner to apply to C G. for date of death of sol.
Letter in case of Adam Hart.  S.46576 -  [      ]
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Epaphras Jones which require further proof or explanation.

I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?   yes.

II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?    yes.

III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?  -----------

IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served.      yes

V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, the language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?    yes

VI.  Has  He given the names of the officers under who he served, in conformity with the regulations?      yes 

VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832.        yes

VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?    yes

IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?    yes

X.   Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  and if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?    yes
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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of 
      a clergyman and another respectable 
      citizen as to their belief respecting his age 
       and the general belief in his neighborhood 
       relative to his revolutionary service?   No 
       (crossed out)

XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been 
       produced, is there any reason assigned for 
       not obtaining it?    No (crossed out)

XIII.   If the applicant has no documentary 
         evidence, and has not obtained the 
         testimony of at least one living witness, 
          has he stated in his declaration that such 
          proof cannot be had?  No (crossed out)

XIV.    +If the applicant's name is not found on 
           the rolls of military service, has he 
           produced a witness or witnesses as to 
           his service?    No (crossed out)
                If he has produced direct proof as to 
            service, has the magistrate who 
            administered the oath, certified to the 
            credibility of the witness or witnesses?
                 Has the proper officer certified to 
             the official character and signature of 
             the magistrate as the regulations 
             direct?   --------

XV.    Does it appear from any of the papers 
         that the witness was in such a situation, 
         or of such an age as to have a personal 
         knowledge of the applicant's service?  
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XVI.    [] Are the papers authenticated as the 
           regulations direct?    Yes

XVII.   Are the seven interrogatories prescribed 
          by the War Department answered 
          satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them 
           is not so answered?     No (crossed out)  
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.

* QUERE V.   In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he  should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. R. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades;  For ______
year ______ months, and _______days, I served as a ____________.  For ___________months and _______ days, I served as a _______________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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    It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of declaration is highly objectionable.  It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in an civil pursuit.

+QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
       In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate  must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

+QUERE XVI.   Mode of authenticating papers.
     In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
         In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Ind Aug 18, 1832

Free
50
dwards
War Department
Washington City.

(Upside down)

12,111
Indiana
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N. Albany Ind Aug 18, 1832

Free
50

Hon. J L Edwards
War Department
Washington City

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New Albany In: 18th Augt 1832

Sir
        Your [   ] of 4th last was duly received. I now enclosed an application for such monies as may be due me under a late act of Congress.  Depending on your directions as to the manner in which I am to proceed to obtain my dues.

I am Very Respectfully Yours
Ep. Jones
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