Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 14821, Jonathan Haines, Penn Va
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SERVICE
Penn
Va
Born in Penn

Haines, Jonathan

NUMBER
R. 14821


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CONTENTS
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North Carolina
 Surry County}   
On the 17th day of May 1833 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record and opinion and held as such this 
day for the County and State aforesaid Jonathan Haines a resident citizen of said county and state aged eighty three 
years in the month of August 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 the 7th of 
June 1832, that he, the said Jonathan 
Haines entered as a volunteer militia 
soldier into the service of the United 
States in the year 1775 in the town of 
Reciding [sic] or Reding [sic] in the State of 
Pennsylvania in the company commanded 
by Capt Witherington or Worthington of said State; That he in the company as aforesaid, marched from 
Reding [sic] to the upper [illegible] [ferry ?] outer Schuylkill River called he thinks "the Black Horse" 
about three or four miles above Philadelphia that at this point near Philadelphia  Capt. Willington joined General Warren;
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that after he had joined Gen. Warren 
the whole army took up the line of 
March by the most direct rout for 
Boston in the state of Massachusetts; 
that on this side of Boston Gen. Warren 
joined Gen. Putnam; John Hancock 
and Samuel Adams were also in the 
army with Putnam but the rank they 
held, he has said Haines does not 
now recollect; That he with the army 
as aforesaid remained in the vicinity 
of Boston two months as well 
as he can remember; that the American 
forces being entrenched behind some 
kind of fortifications were attacked 
by the British under the command 
of Genl Gage in the celebrated battle
of Bunker Hill; that the American 
forces having been routed; he then said 
Haines returned home, that his Captain 
was killed in the Battle and General 
Warren likewise; that in consequence 
of this general dispersion, he thus 
said Haines obtained no written or 
regular discharge; That he served 
during this period of engagement 
for the term of six months; that
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being now a citizen of North Carolina 
and residing four hundred miles from 
the place of his naturaly, it is not in his 
power to produce any living witnesses 
who can testify to the fact of his service. 

That after he, the said Haines had 
returned home from the battle of Bunker 
Hill, he emigrated to the State of Virginia. When he again entered the service of the United States as a volunteer militia soldier 
in the company commanded by Capt. 
Joseph Pugh in the County of Augusta 
in said State; that he marched from 
Augusta as aforesaid to Pennsylvania 
when Capt Pugh joined the regiment 
under the command of Col Mark
Bird who belonged to the army under 
the immediate command of General Washington; that after remaining some
time with the army they had an 
engagement with the British at 
Brandywine, in which he the said 
Haines was concerned and took part - 
That after the battle of Brandywine he 
returned to Virginia not having obtained a written discharge, but a verbal one 
that in this second period he entered for
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times mostly, but continued in service
six months as a volunteer militia
soldier- the years of service he does
not remember, but it was in the
year of the Battle of Brandywine
And he the said Haines furthur
states that he again entered the service
as a drafted militia soldier
in the year of the capture of Cornwallis
in the County of Bedford in
the State of Virginia in the company
commanded by Capt McDaniel as 
well as
he now recollects. that his 
to Guilford N C and was in the battle fought at that place
marched from Bedford as aforesaid, from
thence he was marched to the Point of Fork on James River 
in Buckingham County, ^ Va. when they
were placed under the command
of Baron Steuben and remained
in this situation till the American
Troops were attached and [illegible]
from it [this situation - crossed out] by 
Col Tartton-
that the 
American troops marched
down the County [illegible]York
Town; that he remained in service
and was engaged with the American
Troops in the capture of Cornwallis;
That he served
during this time one
year from the time he entered the
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service in Bedford County, to the capture
of Cornwallis as aforesaid; that he
was drafted for six months, but was
continued in service according to
having marched to Guilford N C from Bedford and marched to the Point of Fork and KYork town as aforesaid -
the best of his recollection one year-

And the said Haines further states
that he has no living witnesses to produce
who can testify to the facts set forth in his
declaration, because if any are still
living they are resident in Pennsylvania
and Virginia far removed from the
place of his present residence; that 
he recd only verbal discharge while
in service as stated in the preceding
part of his declaration-

And in answer to the several interrogatories 
the said Haines further States
as follows
1.  Where and in what year were you
born?
answer.  I was born in the year 1750 in
Chester County Pennsylvania -
2. Have you any record of your age and if
so where is it?
answer - I had a record of my age taken
from the family bible, but my copy of the
record is now lost-
3.  Where were you living when called
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into service where have you lived since
the revolutionary war and where do you
now live?
answer.  I have stated in my declaration 
the answer to this interrogatory 
latter that I lived in Pennsylvania
when first called into service; and
in Virginia when called and that
was latter periods, I now reside in
North Carolina where
I have lived since the year 1782-
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  In the declaration I have stated
that I was a volunteer for the two first
terms, and a drafted soldier for the
third term-
5  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  I have in the declaration
given the names of Putnam, Warren
John Hancock
and Sam l Adams
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as connected with the first period of
service -  with the second term the name
of Col Mark Bird but whether of the
militia or regular service I do not
now remember and of Gen George
Washington -  & with the third period
the name of Barron Steuben - 
6.  Did you ever receive a discharge
from service, and if so by whom
was it given and what has become
of it.
answer.  The declaration states that
I never had any but a verbal discharge - 
7. State the names of persons to whom
you are known in your present neighborhood
and who can testify as to
your character for veracity and their
belief of your services as a soldier of
the revolution?
answer.  I can give the names of Joseph
Williams Clerk of the Superior Court and
a Justice of the Peace in Surrey County:
Matthew M Hughes Esqr Register of the
County and a Justice of the Peace:
and Col Thomas D Kelly of said County
the affidavits of these men or some
of them will be procured and affixed
to this declaration-- with them I have
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been acquainted for many years-
And the said Haines further states
that there is no clergyman that he
knows of now at Court whose certificate 
he can procure; that there is
no one in his neighborhood with
whom he is acquainted that there
no other lists in said Riders and the
only officiating clergyman in his
neighborhood and with them he has
no personal acquaintance

And the said Haines hereby relinquishes
every claim to a pension or
annuity except the present and declaring
that his name is not on the
pension roll of the agency of any
State-
Sworn to and subscribed this day
and year aforesaid-
Jonthan Haines [signature]
Attest
John Wright Cle
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Jonathan Haines
N.C.
Suspended
Letter 17 Feby 1834
Hon. L. Williams
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873. [crossed out]
14821 [initialed]
P. O.
Jonathan Haines
Service; ________
Rev. [Revolutionary War]
Enlisted: __________,18___.
Discharged: ________, 18____.
Application filed: [Stamped with: REJECTED]

Alleges: ________________
Re-enlisted: ____________
Attorney: _____________
P. O. __________________
______Recognized   ______Contract.

______Cert. of Dis.    Searched for ______, 18___.
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Hon. L. Williams
Panther Creek.
No Caro

[Left Side]
John Wright Cle
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No. 29.655
Jonathan Haines
Suspended
pension of Jonathan Haines in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day May 1833. And Also that Thomas Hampton who has signed the aforesaid certificate is and was at the time acting chairman of said court.
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North Carolina
Surry County}
We whose names are under written
do hereby declare on oath that we were
well acquainted with Jonathan
Haines who has subscribed and sworn to
the forgoing declaration; that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to be a soldier of the revolution
and that we concern in that opinion

Sworn to and subscribed the day
and year aforesaid in open Court - 

[SeaL]
John Wright Cle
Jo Williams [Seal]
Matthew M Hughes [Seal]
Thomas D. Kelly [Seal]

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
Jonathan Haines was a revolutionary
soldier and served as he states, and
that it appears to them that Joseph
Williams, Matthew M Hughes and
Thomas D Kelly whose deposition is
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annexed to the said declaration and
citizens of the said County of Surry
and are entitled to full credit in what
they may state- 
T. Hampton Chairman
Attest
John Wright Cle

I John Wright Clerk of the County Court
Surry do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings  
of the said Court in the
matter of the application for a
pension of Jonathan Haines In
testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal this 17th day
May 1833 - And Also that Thomas
Hampton who has signed the above
certificate is and was at the time
acting chairman of said Court
John Wright Cle

[Right Side of Document]  29.655
Jonathan Haines
Hon L Williams
Panther Creek
No.Car.