Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5745, for George Jones, Pennsylvania
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( 3 - 1776 )
SERVICE
Penn.

Jones, George
Sicha

NUMBER
R. 5745

CONTENTS

In 1828, res. Terre Haute Vigo Co. Ind.
died in N.Y. Mar 11 1835
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Revolutionary Pension
application of
Mrs. Sicha Jones, Widow of
George Jones Pensioner
Act 15th May 1828.

John
of

Mayo
1853

Filed April 27th 185[6]
By John S Gallaher Jr
Attorn’y
Washington
D. C.
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State of Indiana, Vigo Co ss
Vigo Court of Common Pleas
Charles L. Noble, being duly sworn according
 to law in open Court, declares that he
was recently Clerk of the Vigo Circuit Court
and the Vigo Probate Court, and from an
examination of said records, he avers that
a license for solemnizing matrimony between George Jones and Sicha Danson,
widow of Maj Isaac Danson, was issued
from said Clerk's Office, on the 27th day
of July 1833, but no return of said Marriage
has been entered of record. Said Noble
states that he believes that said marriage was
duly solemnized by Jos Bran, Esq. as he knows
the parties lived together as husband and
wife, and were known and reputed as such
generally.
The said affiant further avers that said
Geo. Jones left Vigo County some time in 1834,
and has never returned. that his estate was administered upon by a son and closed, and said Jones has never been heard of alive, to his knowledge. He verily believes said Jones to be dead. Said affiant makes the above statement from his own knowledge in part and from having had custody of the records as Clerk, of Vigo County, &c.
C L Noble
(over)
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Subscribed and sworn in open Court
and I certify that Chas L. Noble is my
 predecessor in office, and is well acquainted
 with the records of the same, and that his
statements are entitled to full faith and
credit; and that he is a disinterested
witness.
Witness my signature and the seal of said Court, this 21st day of April A.D. 1853
And’w Wilkins Clk
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State of Indiana Vigo County ss
Samuel B. Gookins being duly sworn on 
oath says he was well acquainted with
 George Jones Revolutionary Pensioner, who formerly resided in this County, Deponent has
personally no knowledge of the death
of said George Jones, but he is reputed
in his family and among his acquaintances to have died on or about the 11th day of March 1835, Deponent has had frequent correspondence with member of his family, residing in the State of New York, and was employed as attorney at Law on behalf of the Estate of the said George in the administration of his estate, and on behalf of his heirs in a settlement between them and Sicha
Jones, widow of the said George and division of the property they respectively possessed before marriage. Deponent has in all said correspondence and business understood that said George
Jones died about the date above named
at some place in the State of New York
not now remembered by deponent. Has
never heard his death questioned, and
has no doubt that he died at or about
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the time above stated
S B. Gookins
Subscribed and sworn before me, this 20th day of April 1853
And I certify that said S.B. Gookins  is a respectable citizen, and entitled to full faith
and credit
D.S. Donaldson
Notary Public
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State of Indiana Vigo County Sct
On this 20th day of April 1833 personally
 appeared M.M. Hickey, who being duly
sworn according to law, declares that
he well knew George Jones, husband of
Sicha Jones, during his life time. That
said Jones left Vigo County some time
in 1834 with the intention of visiting
the State of New York and has never
returned. That it was reported said
Jones died at some place in New York, in
the year 1835, and so generally believed
among his acquaintance in Vigo County.
That the estate of said Jones in Vigo
Co. has been administered upon, and
settled as far as possible many years
age and that the death of said Jones
has never been [discredited] or questioned
in Vigo County, to his knowledge
M M Hickey
Said Hickey declares as aforesaid
that said Geo. Jones was the second husband
of Sicha Jones. That said Jones was
reported dead, and that said Sicha Jones
has been considered a widow many
years, was such on the 19 day of Dec. 1850
and is a widow now
M M Hickey
(over )
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Subscribed and sworn before me this
26th day of April 1853, and I certify
that M. M. Hickey is the late Sheriff
of Vigo, a disinterested witness in this
case, a reputable citizen, and entitled
to full faith and credit.
Witness my signature and
Notarial seal, at Terre Haute Ind.
the day above written
D.S. Donaldson
Notary Public
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State of Indiana, Vigo County
Vigo Court of Common Pleas
A Court of Record.
On this 21st day of April A.D. 1853 personally
appear at the Vigo Court of Common Pleas
held at Terre Haute, State of Indiana, Mrs
Sicha Jones, a resident of Vigo County, in the
said State, aged 76 years, who first being duly
sworn according to law doth on her oath
make the following declaration, in order to
obtain the benefits of the provisions made by
the act of Congress, passed on the 3d day of
February, 1853, granting pensions to widows of
persons who served during the Revolutionary war; That she is the widow of George Jones
deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
at the time of his death, under the act of the
15th of May 1828, at the rate of Eighty Dollars
for annum. She avers that she does not know
the rank her late husband held in the service, nor the duties particularly performed, but she relies upon that fact being fully shown by the Military files at Washington, upon which he was granted the aforesaid pension, during his lifetime
She further declares that she was married to the said George Jones, in Vigo County Indiana, on the 28th day of July, A.D. 1833. and that her said husband died during the month of December 1834, that she was not married to him prior to the 2d day of Jany. 1800, but at the time above stated. She
further declares that she is a widow now.
Affiant further states that she was married (over)
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married to the said George James, by one Jos
Brown, a Justice of the Peace for Vigo County,
and that she cannot furnish a certified
statement of said marriage, as she understands
 the said Brown failed to make a
return thereof to the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Vigo County. In the absence of other
evidence, she relies upon the proof herewith
presented, to establish her said marriage
to the said Geo. Jones, and his death. She does
not know the agency at which her said husband was
paid  - Supposes Madison Ind
Sicha Jonas
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and
year before written, before me in open Court
A Kinney Judge Court Com Pleas
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State of Indiana, Vigo County.
On this 21st day of A.D. 1853, personally 
appeared before the Vigo Court of Common pleas
Jonathan Rogers & Mrs Emily Denny, who first
being duly sworn according to law, declare
that they were well acquainted with George
Jones, and Sicha his wife, who were married
in Vigo County, Ind by Jos. Brown, Esq. on the
28th day of July 1833. that they lived together
as husband and wife, and were known and
generally reputed as such, all of which they
state from personal knowledge of said family
being at the time neighbors, and intimate.
They declare as aforesaid, that the said Geo
Jones, sometime in November 1834, left Vigo
County for a visit to New York, being at the
time unwell and that he has never returned. They believe, as was reported at the time,
that said Jones died in passing through Ohio
in December 1834 - that he has never since
returned, nor been heard of alive in this
country. They declare that a son of said Jones
came from New York to Vigo County, and closed
and settled the estate of said Jones, more than
fifteen years since, taking charge of said Estate
as Geo Jones’ administrator. They verily
believe that said Geo. Jones is dead, and it is
so thought and believed by all who once knew
him alive. They also declare that they are
disinterested witnesses.
Jonathan Rogers
Emily Denny

Subscribed and sworn in open court.
A. Kinney, Judge Court Com Pleas
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1348
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" Approved on the 15th of May 1828. I George Jones of Terre Haute in the County of Vigo in the State of Indiana do hereby declare that I enlisted in the continental line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war and continued in service untill its termination, at which period I was a private in Captain Bay's company (commanded by Lieut R Johnson said Boyd being then a prisoner) of the Pennsylvania line. (The regiment not remembered) And I also declare that I did not (to my recollection) receive a certificate for the reward of eighty of Eighty dollars to which I was entitled under the resolve of Congress passed the 15 May 1778. And I further declare that I was not on 15th day of March 1828 on the Pension list of the United States.
Geo Jones


State of Indiana Vigo County
On this 13 day of October 1828 before me Amory Kinney a Justice of the peace personally appeared the above named George James who being duly sworn saith that the above declaration is true.  That at the close of the war he read his discharge signed by the above named Lieut Johnson which discharge he left about forty years ago with a Mr John Elliott of Pennsylvania who is since dead and that he has not seen it since. Geo Jones

Sworn and subscribed before me
A Kinney a Justice of the peace

State of Indiana Vigo County Before me Amory Kinney a Justice of the peace in and for said ___
of Vigo the State of Indiana personally appeared this day John W Osborne and Eleazer Daggett of said County who did severally make oath that
George Jones by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution in manner as therein stated. The said John W Osborne further states that he has been acquainted with the said George Jones for about twenty five years - that he is the same person spoken of in the affidavit
of John H & Horatio Jones herewith enclosed.
Witness my hand and seal this 13th day of October 1828
A. Kinney J P.
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I Curtis Gilbert, Clerk of the Court of the County of Vigo in the State of Indiana, do certify that Amory Kinney before whom the foregoing Affidavits were sworn, was at the time, a Justice of the peace, and
authorized to administer oaths.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of said Court this 29th day of
October in the year 1828
C. Gilbert
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The undersigned is personally
acquainted with Mr George Jones of Vigo
County, Indiana, the person here applying
for pension the benefits of the act of May
15th 1828, and states that he is a respectable
man and of good character
Washington March 27th 1829
Thos H Blake
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State of N York Livingston County ss
I John H Jones of Livingston County & State aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth & saith that
he was well acquainted with George Jones of Terre haute in Indiana both before & since the Revolutionary War. That he enlisted into the service of the United States in the year 1781 in the company commanded by Capt. John  Boyd for & during the war & that he served to the end thereof & was honorably discharged, which discharge this deponent has seen.

John H Jones
Sworn before me this 16th day of Aug. 1828
D. H. Bissell J. Peace

State of N York Livingston County SS
Horatio Jones of Geneseo, County & State aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he was well acquainted with George Jones of Terre haute of Indiana both before & since the Revolutionary War & that he has frequently seen his discharge & from information believes he inlisted in the year 1781 into Capt Boyds Company & served during the War.
Horatio Jones
Sworn before me this 16th  day of Aug. 1828
D. H. Billell J. Peace

State of New York Livingston County ss
I Levi Hovey Clerk of County Court for the said
County do hereby certify that Daniel H. Bissell
Esquire before whom the above affidavits were
sworn is a Justice of the Peace in and for the
said county duly authorized to administer
oaths In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
county this 25th day of August 1828
Levi Hovey
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State of New York
Livingston County I Levi Hovey Clerk of the said County
do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the within
deponents John H Jones and Horatio Jones and that they
are credible persons - Dated August 25th 1828
Leon Hovey
Clk
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Deposition of Jacob Creviston & John Creviston

State of Ohio
Pickaway County ⎬ SS
This day came before me, the
Subscriber one of the Justice of the peace in and
for said County, the deponents, Jacob Creveston and
John Creveston, both of lawfull age; and after being
duly sworn according to law-- the said Jacob Creveston deposeth
and saith that George Jones was a regular
enlisted Soldier in what was bald Capt Boyd's
Company of Bedford Rangers and Commanded by
Lieutenant Richard Johnston and that he the said
Jacob Creveston Served in the same Company and that the
said George Jones was honorably discharged (Hon Col. Barney Daugherty) 
at the end of the war and the said John Creviston deposeth
and saith, that he well recolects George
Jones and that he served in the above mentioned
Company until the end of the war and was
honorably discharged, further these deponents
saith not
Sworn to and subscribed
this 8th day of December 1828
Marker
the words by Col Barney Dougherty
be as entered before signed
Jonathan Ellis
Justice of Peace

Jacob Creveston X his mark
John Creveston
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the State of Ohio Pickaway County ⎬
I Andrew Huston Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for
said County do hereby certify that Jonathan Ellis before
the foregoing affidavit appears to have been made is a
Justice of the peace in and for said County and that the
foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
the testimony whereof have hereunto at my hand
and affixed the seal of said Court at said
letter this 8th day of December in the year
of the Lord 1828
Andrew Huston Clk
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REJECTED [Stamp}
5745
P.O. Sicha Jones
Service: George Jones
Enlisted:___________, 18
Discharged:________, 18

Application Filed: __________, 18
Alleges: Claim filed too late to be entered on first o rejected claims permitted in 1852
Re-enlistsed:________

Attorney:________
P.O.____________
______Recognized.  _____ Contract.
______Cert. of Dis.  Searched for____________, 18

Feb 10 1903
Ms. Joan S Austin
Detroit, Mich

March 26 1903
To above widow claim was rejected
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No 1387
Sicha Jones
Widow of George 
Indiana
5745
Let to John S. Gallagher Jr. 
July 12 1833
Act February 3d 1853
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29.185 [Illegible]
Appl. of Sicha Jones widow of George Jones.
Vigo County
Indiana 1828

Act 3d Feby 1853

Reveg
See Pension papers under act May 15, 1828 - - no 926

John S Gallaher Jr. 
Present
$80.
Terre Haute

Department of  the Interior 
Pension Office, Official Business
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Identity must be proved

[G Mayo]
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Washington April 27th 53
Hon. Commr Pensions
Sir
Herein please
find
the papers in the case of Mrs
Sicha Jones, widow of
George Jones.
The applicant filed papers under
act of 1848, by David F. Donaldson
Esqr.
by whom the case has been
transferred to me.
Your earliest convenient action on
said case will much oblige
Yours
Very
Respectfully
John S. Gallaher J
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State of Indiana, Vigo Court of Common Pleas.
I, ANDREW WILKINS, Clerk of the Vigo Court Com Pleas
hereby certify that
Amery Kinney
is the sole Judge of said Court, and that his signatures
to the foregoing are genuine; and that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter
of the application of Mrs. Sicha Jones
for half pay pension.
also certify that the witnesses who have made affidavit herein, touching the foregoing, are reputable,
and entitled to full faith and credit.
WITNESS my signature, and the seal of said Court, at Terre Haute,
Indiana, this 21st day of April -- 1853
And. Wilkins 
Clerk
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Pension Office,
July 5, 1853

Sir, 
Please certify the time to which George Jones,
a revolutionary soldier was last paid, and
where-- and (if the information be on file
in your office) the exact date of his death and
where he died - He was pensioned under the
act of May 15, 1828, as a private at $80
per annum - pension made payable when
first allowed at the Madison (Indiana) Agency
Very
respectfully
Your Obt. Servant
L P Waldo
Commissioner
of Pensions

Paid to 4th Sept 1834-
Death not stated on the
Books of this office
F. Burt
Auditor

Francis Burt Esqr
Third Auditors
Treasury Department.
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July 12 1833
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Pension Office,
July 12, 1853.

Sir,
the identity of  Mrs. Sicka Jones, as the
widow of the identical George Jones who was
a pensioner on the Indiana rolls, must
be substantiated in the manner designated
in the enclosed circular, dated June 1. 1853
before her case can be finally disposed
of.
The death of her alleged husband
must be also be satisfactorily shown, either
by credible parol proof, or a certified
Copy of proof adduced when letters of
administration were granted upon
his estate
Very respectfully
Gc
John S. Gallagher Jr. Esqr
Present
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R [Illegible]
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Terre Hauth Vigo County Indianae Hon
Dec 1st 1828


Sir The inclosed papers of Mr George Jones, are in one respects informed
as you will doubtless observe, instead of stating that he he did
he says that he did not receive a certificate for the reward
of $80 - but I hope this variation will not be fatal. The old
man is much impaired in body and mind and I presume
he cannot recollect distinctly events which passed over half a century
ago. I have no knowledge of the form of this certificate
or the manner in which it issued but I have just been told
by and old soldier that it was not mentioned in the discharge.
If this be true it is not surprising that he should have forgotten it, as he says he has not seen it in forty years-
Mr Blake our representation in Congress is personally acquainted with Mr Jones and I presume that you are not unacquainted with the character of Judge John H Jones, and Horatio
Jones (brothers of the applicant) whose affidavits are enclosed
Should there be any omission in the papers, Please give me early
information and I will supply the deput, if practicable
with High consideration I am your
obedient Servant
A. Kinney

The Hon. Richard Rush
Secretary of the Treasury U.S.

Should this application succeed it is the wish of Mr Jones that a draft before
the Branch Bank at Lawesville, Should be forwarded to this place

A. Kinney
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Recd 13 Jany 1829      1848

Terre Haute Decr 29. 1828

Some weeks ago I sent you the papers of George Jones
to establish his claim to the pay allowed by a late law
of Congress to certain soldiers of the Revolution. Before
that time he had sent to the State of Ohio to obtain evidence
of his service. But it did not arrive as soon as we [expected] and being the testimony which I have already inclosed to you sufficient for our purpose I sent on befor eany additional evidence arrived. As I have not
yet learnt the fate of his application and believing that additional Testimony will not be unacceptable,
I send you the enclosed deposition. Should this additional trouble which we give you, be wholly unnecessary
I hope the solicitude which I feel for this person of a worthy old
Soldier who is fast sinking to his rest will be a sufficient apology
With High consideration
Your humble Servant
A. Kinney

The Hon R. Rush Sec'y of the Treasury
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1348

No. of A (illegible) 926
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
17 Dec 1828
George Jones of Terre Haute in the County of Virgo in the State of Indiana
has applied to the Secretary
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled ""An Act for the relief of certain surviving
officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he
enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and
continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private
in Lieut Johnson's company, in the regiment of the Pennsylvania line;
and that he does not recollect to have received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of
the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the
pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of
March, 1826, nothing
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by
the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary
F. Dickins
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
20th December 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has
been issued to {BLANK] in the
It further appears that George Jones
is not now on the pension
list of the any agency, and has not been so since the 3d March 1826 at the rate of [BLANK] dollars per month.

The name of George Jones cannot
be found among those of the Pennsylvania line
whom Certificates for the gratuity of Eighty
Dollars were issued-
Peter Hagmen And
or
Indiana Agency book shows under Act May 15, 1828 admitted
George Jones,  Sept.1851. Rate $80. Date of last Aug. 3, 1829-
Private
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Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers
of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
3 Jany 1829
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of George Jones
under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a
request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any
records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive,
the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental Line of the Army
of the Revolution.
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
R. (Illegible) 

War Depart
Bounty land office
It does not appear by the records of this office that
George Jones of the Penna line ever received
or is
entitled to bounty land of the United States
Robert Taylor
7 Jany 1829
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O.N.&N.
Jones. George
R5745
Detroit, Mich
Pension Com
Jan. 31.03.
Pension Com.
Eugene Ware - Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
I am searching for the
 military records of my grand
father, George Jones, where or
when he enlisted I cant find,
but he died in Westfield, Cha
Taigua I think in 1835; I
I have a letter, my father wrote.
while he was settling his estate 
and in this letter says
he had settled with the widow
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in Terre Haute, Ind.
If he was in either the Revolutionary
or war of 1812, he
would have a pension or
land grant, our family
claims he was Major, and
his epaulets have been handed
down to me, he was brother
of Horatio Jones, and fought
the Indians with him-
Could you give me any
advice in the matter?, will
you see if anything is on
record that will assist
me?
I wish to establish
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my eligibility to D.A.R.
or society of 1812, and I
wish to find if his widow
received his pension, if he
had one, and in that way
may find some of George Jones
children or grand children.
I will be very glad of any
thing you can find pertaining
to this matter.
Yours Resfuly
Mrs. Joan S. Austin
1112 Brooklyn Ave.