Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 593-100, for John Jonas, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
Service
N.J.
Jonas, John
Number
Dis.
No Papers
B.L. Wt. 593-100

Md. Residence

Contents
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Aw &
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July 10 06
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Jonas, John
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Maryland, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794 and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 104.
Rank: Private
Disability: Wounded in an action with a party of British troops, near Woodbridge, in New Jersey, in four places, by which he is greatly disabled.  When and where disabled:  September 1782, New Jersey.
Residence:  Allegany County in Pennsylvania.
Remarks:  Not to be found on the musters of Maryland
Evidence transmitted by the District Court, complete. 

From all papers and affidavits it would appear that this is an error & should be Maryland MHF

Allowed See 1838 list.
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No. 593
John Jonas
Private
New Jersey Line
Warrant issued to the original claimant dated June 22nd 1812 and dld to himself same day

1928 Nov 12 Hist to Anne Clark Hart M.E. E.
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Allegany County Maryland To Wit
I make oath on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God that some time after the conclusion of the revolution I saw in the hands of John Jonas Senior his discharge which I was then informed was drawn and subscribed by one his superior officers whose name I recollect was John Cummins.  I further make oath that I have frequently understood that John Jonas sent the said discharge to Judge Peca who was then one of the judges of the district court of Maryland at the time the said John Jonas was placed upon the pension list.
William Coddington
Maryland Allegany County to wit
 The above deposition was taken and subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace for said County and State the 2nd of April 1811
Aza Beale
I certify that William Coddington Esq is a man of respectable character given under my hand this 2nd day of April 1811
Aza Beale
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Allegany County to wit
I do hereby certify that Aza Beale Esquire before whom the within deposition was taken was at the time of Administering the Oath within mentioned and of subscribing his name to the within certificate and still is one of the State of Maryland Justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn.  In testimony whereof I John Lynn Clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office this seventh day of April eighteen hundred and eleven. 
John Lynn, Clk.
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Rev & 1812 Wars Section
D.L. Wt. No. 593-100
MEE/cel
November 12, 1928
Ann Clark Hart
138 Yerba Buena Street
San Francisco, California

Madam:
I advise you from the Revolutionary War records of this bureau it appears that John Jonas enlisted at the beginning of the Revolution, served as a private in John Forman's Company, Lieutenant Colonel John Conway's First New Jersey Regiment, was wounded in four places in September, 1782 near Woodbridge, New Jersey and was discharged in May, 1783; no further details of service given. 
He was allowed pension on account of disability resulting from said wounds, from September 4, 1794, at which time he was a resident of Allegany County, Maryland.  His age is not given.
It also appears that Warrant No. 593 for one hundred acres of bounty land was issued January 22, 1812 on account of the above service and on that date soldier was still residing in Allegany County, Maryland.
There are no family data on file.
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No charge is made for this service.  The amount of your remittance, $1.00, will be refunded to you in due time. 

Respectfully,
Winfield Scott
Commissioner
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Papers of Mr. John Jonas an old soldier applying for Land 1812

Hon. Gabriel Duvall
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Treasury Department
Register's Office 7 Jan 1812
Sir
Agreeably to your request, I have searched the file of Military Land Warrants, located by the Soldier of the New Jersey line, & it does not appear that Jn Jonas of that line has located any warrant. 
I am very respectfully
Sir Your obedt Servt
John Gardiner

Hon. Gabriel Duvall
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State of Maryland Allegany County To wit
Appeared Benjamin Coddington Senior before me a Justice of the Peace for said County and State and made oath on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God that John Jonas Senior went in the army in the service of the United States at the commencement of the revolution and continued in the service of the said United States until the conclusion of the war.  Sworn before me the 25th day of February 1811
Aza Beale

I certify that Benjamin Coddington Senior is a man of respectable character given under my hand this 25th of February 1811.
Aza Beale
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Allegany County Sct
I John Lynn Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Aza Beale Esquire before whom the within affidavit appears to have been made was at the time of subscribing his name to the same and still is one of the State of Maryland Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the Court of Allegany County aforesaid this twenty seventh day of February Eighteen hundred and Eleven.
John Lynn Clk

I make oath on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God that the within mentioned Benjamin Coddington was a regular soldier in the American revolution. 
Samuel Coddington
Sworn and subscribed before me, a Justice of the peace for Allegany County Maryland this 2nd April 1811
Aza Beale

I certify that Mr. Samuel Coddington is a man of respectable character given under my hand this 2nd day of April 1811
Aza Beale
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I make oath on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God, that in the year seventeen hundred and ninety three, I carryed the discharge of John Jonas Senior (who was a regular soldier in the revolutionary war) to the State of Jersey where Major John Cumming made oath on the back of said discharge that the said discharge was one drawn and subscribed by himself and was to all intents and purposes a regular and formal discharge; which discharge I brought with me back to Maryland and which I was informed was put in the hands of the Judges of the District Court of Maryland when the said John Jonas was placed on the pension list.
Saml Coddington

Maryland Allegany County to wit
The above deposition was taken and subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace for said County and State the 2nd day of April 1811
Aza Beale

I certify that Mr. Samuel Coddington is a man of respectable character given under my hand this 2nd day of April 1811.
Aza Beale
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Allegany County to wit
I do hereby that Aza Beale Esquire before whom the within deposition was taken was at the time of administering the oath within mentioned and subscribing his name to the within certificate, and still is one of the State of Maryland Justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn.  In testimony whereof I John Lynn Clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office this seventh day of April eighteen hundred and Eleven.
John Lynn, Clk.
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I make oath on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God that John Jonas Senr. served as a regular soldier in the first Jersey Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel John Conway in Captain John Foreman's company in the revolutionary war and that he went into the army in the service of the United States at the commencement of the revolution and continued in the army until the conclusion of the war.  
Benjamin Coddington
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The within deposition was sworn to and subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace for Allegany County Maryland on the 16th April 1811.
Aza Beale
I certify that Mr. Benjamin Coddington is a man of respectable character given under my hand this 16th April 1811.
Aza Beale

Allegany County to wit
I do hereby certify that Aza Beale Esquire before whom the within deposition was taken, was at the time of Administering the above Oath, and Subscribing his name to the above Certificate and Still is one of the State of Maryland's Justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office this seventh day of April Eighteen hundred and Eleven.
John Lynn Clerk of Allegany County Court
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Newark, N. J. May 7th 1812
Certificate from Ge. N. Cummins relative to military service of John Jonas

22nd June 1812
Colonel Cummins Certificate
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I certify that John Jonas served to the end of the war and was discharged according to general orders by me in May 1783 which discharged the said Jonas alledges to be lost and has applyed to me for thie certificate which I have grangted.  Given under my hand at Newark New Jersy this seventy day of May 1812. 
Jn Cummins formerly Lieut Col. Commd Jersey Batt.
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Re Revolutionary War Pension Papers

138 Yerba Buena Street, Nob Hill
San Francisco, California

January 15, 1932

Hon. Winfield Scott
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir:
We have been advised by the New Jersey Genealogical Society that we ought to secure some pension data in regard to Elizabeth Clark, widow of Capt. Thomas Clark who served through the Revolutionary War; was imprisoned in 1780, and released by the exchange of a British officer.  Capt. Thomas Clark died in Rahway N.J. May 13, 1789, and is buried in Rahway Cemetery, New Jersey.
The widow, Elizabeth Clark went to Allegany County, Maryland with her kinsman John Jonas, whose pension record you sent me.  But you did not send me a copy of the "Pension Papers in John Jonas Bounty Warrant" affidavits signed by Benj. Coddington and Samuel Coddington on April 2, 1811.  Could I please have a copy of those papers and also if there is anything about Elizabeth Clark's pension or bounty lands.  Thomas Clark and John Jonas both served in New Jersey.  Thanking you, I am
Yours very truly,
Ann Clark Hart
Mrs. Ann Clark Hart

Capt. Thomas Clark and John Jonas (Private) were my great grandfathers. 

Stamped:
Received
Jan 18 1932
Receipt Section
Pension [illegible]
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138 Yerba Buena Street
San Francisco
August 2, 1928
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:
In order to further complete my proofs for the patriotic societies I would like to secure information about my great grandfather, John Jonas, who fought as a private in the Revolutionary War from Dec. 1776 to Dec 1781; enlisted from Middlesex County, New Jersey.  After the War he removed his family (wife Lucy) to Maryland and resided in Selbysport, Allegany County;  deed records show he was there from about 1794 to 1806.  Information from Mrs. Lungstedt, Editor, of Bethesda, Md,. says:
John Jonas resided in Allegany County, Md.  Pensioned 1821,  commencing 1794.
$60. a year
John Jonas (my great grandfather) is mentioned in the second volume of Dr. Brumbaugh's book of Maryland Records ($15), therefore I am hoping there will be some information procurable in your office. 
Thanking you in advance for this information regarding the Pension Record of John Jonas after the Revolutionary War, and thanking you for your assistance in the past in securing records, I am,
Yours very truly,
Ann Clark Hart
(Mrs. Jerome A. Hart)

Stamped:
U.S. Pension Office
Aug 6 1928
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15822

3-2233
Bureau of Pensions
Finance Division
Nov. 8, 1928
Chief Rev and 1812 War Section Division
I have this day received from Ann Clark Hart cash in the amount of $1.00 requesting photostat copy as per letter herewith.
C. J. Randall
Chief, Finance Division
H.C.L.

Finance Div notified $1.00 to be refunded
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138 Yerba Buena Street
San Francisco
October 31, 1928

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Cash $1.00
Stamped:
Finance Division
Bookkeepers desk
Nov 8 1928
Bureau of Pensions

Dear Sir:
In order to further complete my proofs for the patriotic societies, I would like to secure a copy of the Pension record of my great grandfather, John Jonas who enlisted in Middlesex, New Jersey, in December, 1776 and served through the war.  After the Revolutionary War he removed with his wife (Lucy) to Western Maryland where he resided int the vicinity of Selbysport (or Cunberland) in Allegany County, Md. until about 1806.  He received the Pension there.
I enclose $1. for the search.
Thanking you in advance for any information you may be able to give me about John Jonas I am,
Yours very truly
Ann Clark Hart
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Ann Clark Hart
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February 23, 1832
BA-J/MMHF
Mrs. Ann Clark Hart
138 Yerba Buena Street, Nob Hill,
San Francisco, California.

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in regard to securing copies of original papers on file in Revolutionary War claim for bounty land based upon service of John Jonas whose record was furnished you.

All data on file in regard to that soldier's services was contained in office letter to you dated November 12, 1928.
If you still desire to have photostatic copies made, the cost will be $1.50
The proper amount should be forwarded to this office by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Treasurer.
Very truly yours,
A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator