Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 20,304, for Thomas Jones, Maryland
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Md.

Jones, Thomas

NUMBER
R. 20304

CONTENTS
Res at enl. Charles Co. Md.
in 1833 res of Prince George Co. Md. aged 78 yrs
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209 [2099]

STATE OF MARYLAND,
Prince George's COUNTY, SCT.
On this Sixth day of december in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty tree, personally appeared, before me one of the Judges of the Orphans Court for Prince Georges County, Thomas Jones the 1st, a resident of said county and State of Maryland, aged 78 years, 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 May 15th 1828.
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated; that he served under Captain Joseph Marbury that he entered the service on the ___ day of ___, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, and left the same on the fifteenth day of November one thousand seven hundred and eighty three; that he was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown and at the Siege of York Town and in said engagements served under Captain Joseph Marbury in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven and 1783. that he, at the time of entering the service, resided in ___ town; Charles county, and State of Maryland; that he enlisted; that he marched through Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia country; that he served with the Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia troops; that the names of the regular officers were Col. Peter Adams, Maj. Henry Hardman and Maj. T Lansdale  that he has a record of his af@, which is in Charles County but cannot be procured without great inconvenience - That he received his discharge from Genl. Washington, but has since lost the same.
The said Thomas Jones hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any Agency,
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Thomas Jones

We, Jno Swan, a Clergyman, residing in Prince Gr County and H C Scott residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Thomas Jones, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 78 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, sixth day and year aforesaid. 
John Swan
Hans C fcott {Hans C Scott

And the said does hereby declare his opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the said further certifies, that it appears to him that Jno Swan, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Prince Gr County, and that H C Scott, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the said County, and is a creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Jno Brooke Judge
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State of Maryland, towit
I Thomas Culbreth Clerk of the Executive Council of the State of Maryland do hereby Certify that John Brooke Esquire whose signature is attached to the Deposition on the other side hereof and who appears to have taken said Deposition as Justice of the Orphans Court of Prince Georges County, was at the time of taking and subscribing said Deposition and now is, Chief Justice of the said Orphans Court and that to all his official acts in that capacity full faith and credit is due and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as thereout
Given under my hand this ninth day of December the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Thos Culbreth
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Dec 11 1833
Pension off
I F Brice
Md

respectfully referred to the
Treasury Dept
Penfion office
Dec 27 1833

[Upside down]
FREE
Hon
Lewis Cafs [Lewis Cass]
Washington

[Round stamp mark]
ANNAPOLIS MD
DEC 9
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Nov 7 24 Dec 1825
5668

Annapolis Dec 9th 1833

Sir,
I received your letters enclosing the certificate in the case of Jason Jones and Noble Butler and rejecting the claim of Samuel Mead, and I afsure you, had I entertained the slightest suspicion that he was acting a deception part, I would without hesitation have reproved him, for so unwarrantable a proceeding. But, I had every reason to conclude, he had rendered services during the war of the revolution, which fairly entitled him to the governments bounty. Mr Mead, is far advanced in years, and I declare that I had never heard his veracity doubted, and having had his declaration made in open court, I did suppose that if anything could be alleged against him, it would have been produced on that occasion. The presiding judge of the orphans court, is an elderly gentleman, and has resided for many years in this city, and would I [illegible] not have certified to the declaration, had he not thought he was to be believed on his oath. I herewith, transmit the application of
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Thomas Jones for a pension, which I hope will answer. The declarant is also an applicant for County land, having served, it appears by the evidence accompanying his declaration, during the whole war.
with great respect,
Yr obt. S.
James F Price
Atty for Thos Jones
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Rejected
Ex't. OLD WAR.
No. 20304

Thomas Jones 1st
Pri
Md Line
REJECTED
Filed at ___
___other claim.
___, 187_. Clerk.
Claims under Act May 15,1828
are not entered on this
list of rejected claims printed
in 1852.
Application filed: ____, 18__.
Attorney: ____
P.P. ____
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LAND OFFICE,
Annapolis, November 16th 1883;
I Certify, that it appears by a Pay Roll remaining in the Office, that Thomas Jones 1st a private received of John Hamilton, Agent of the Maryland Line, $80.00 cts arrears of pay from the 1st August, 1780, to the 1st of January, 1782 - also $80.00 cts pay from the 1st January, 1782, to the 1st January, 1788 - also $47.60 cts from the 1st January, 1783, to the 15th of November, 1788.
Gratuity, $80.00 cts. Total received, $287.60 cts
George G Brewer
Register Land Office, W. S. Md.
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Land Office, Annapolis June 23rd 1834;
There are five persons by the name of Thomas Jones upon the muster + payrolls of the revolution, - the rolls do not show the company they each served in, but only gives the regiment, the time they enlisted, and when discharged; I am therefore unable to Certify, whether either of them served in the Company Commanded by Capt. Joseph Marbury.
George G Brewer
Regt Ld Off W S Md
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[Round stamp mark]
ANNAPOLIS Md
JUN 23

FREE

Hon
Joseph Kent
Washington
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Re - '25 June 2834
5899

Annapolis June 23rd 1834

Dear Sir.
I herewith transmit, a letter from A Brewer Esq. which Mr Stalker intended to have taken with him to Washington. I likewise forward a certificate, from Mr G G Brewer, relative to Thos Jones' case which I hope, will be satisfactory. Could you, enable us, to recover, the claim, the favor, will be [illegible] acknowledged by
Yr with much [illegible]
James F Brice
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No 1 - allowed Act 1828
2098

Revolutionary Claims

Treasury Department
4 Jan 7 1834.

Thomas Jones 1st
Prince Georges in the State of Maryland 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 captain Marbury's company, in the regiment of the Maryland line, and that he received a certificate for the arrears of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th of May, 1828, on the Revolutionary 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.
Francis A Dickins
Treasury Department.

Third Auditor's Office,
8th January 1834
If appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the rewards of eighty dollars has been issued to ____ in the ____. It further appears that a man by the name of Thos Jones is now on the pension list of the Maryland agency, and has been so since the 3d March 1826 at the rate of Eight dollars per month. It appears that three certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were ifsued to soldiers in the Maryland line by the name of Thomas Jones, but neither of them is designed as Thomas Jones 1st.
Peter Hagner Aud
No record of Inv or mils on Reg
No. 87246 No. 93138 [93132]
87257
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Dept of War Bounty Land Office
Jany. 11th. 1833.
Three individuals by the name of Thomas Jones, are returned on the record in this office, as Privates in the Maryland line, and as being entitled to bounty lands from the U. States. the claims of each, to that bounty, appear to have been Satisfied by ifsues of Land Warrants, the first on the 7th July 1790, the Second on the 29th Nov. 1790. and the last, on the 21st Jan 7 1792.
Neither of Said Soldiers is designated on the records in this office, as "Thomas Jones 1st."
Wm Gordon
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We the subscribers' citizens of Prince Georges County in the state of Maryland have been acquainted with the petitioner Thomas Jones for many years and believe him to be deserving in all respects and a grant to his petition which he humbly submits for services rendered during the revolutionary war.

To the Hon. R B Taney Esq
Mary 6, 1834

Wm Hook
Jason Baldwin
Benj H Mullikin
Nicholas Fagan
Richard Arell
Jospeh T Knott
P E H Hendricks
Thomas W Lute
P E Scott
Michael Barry
Thomas Shendock
J B Belt
M S Bell
Tilghman Hazel
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David Cranfield
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