Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S., for Jason Jones, Maryland
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(8-1776)

SERVICE:
Md.

Jones, Jason [check mark above the 'n']

NUMBER
S ------- [check mark above the line]

[faint handwriting: the years 1754, 1832, and 1838 visible]

CONTENTS:
Elizabeth Jones, widow of above soldier, received pension as former widow of John Thompson, Md., W. File 26,687.
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Maryland. 22.630.
Jason Jones
of Anne Arundel in the State of Maryland
who was a Private in the Co. commanded
by Captain Watts, of the Regt commanded
by Col Dorsey, in the Maryland.
line for nine months

Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of November. 1833 and sent to James F.
Brice Annapolis. Md

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 - 75.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 34  15.00
$90.00

 Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Wm R Palmer Clerk,

Book E Vol. 8 Page 109

Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the
Act of the 6th April 1838 from
4 Sept 1837 to 7th Feby 1838 the
day of his death. Agt Notified
26 Mar 1839
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Jason Jones
21615
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STATE OF MARYLAND ANNE-ARUNDEL COUNTY, SCT.
On this 30th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the Orphans Court of Anne-Arundel county, now sitting, Jason Jones, a resident of the North of Severn in the County of Anne-Arundel and State of Maryland, aged 75 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 June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated; that he served under Captain George Watts; that he entered the service on the ___ day of ___ in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two, and left the same on the ___ day of September one thousand seven hundred and eighty three. That he received a discharge from Colonel Thomas Dorsey. That he was in a skirmish between the White Horse and the Skuykill and in said engagement served under Captain George Watts, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two. And that he, at the time of entering the service, resided on the Head of South River, in Anne Arundel County and State of Maryland; that he was drafted; that he marched through Maryland & Pennsylvania country; that he served with the Maryland troops. That the names of the regular officers were General Smallwood, Col Thomas Dorsey, and Colonel Johnson. That he was wounded in said skirmish. That he has no documentary evidence; and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service. That he was born on the Head of South River in said County in the year 1757. That he had record of his age, but has since lost the [illegible].  The said Jason 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.
Jason Jones
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.

We, Joseph Williams, residing in the City of Annapolis and Richard Foggett residing in Anne-Arundel county hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with the said Jason Jones, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five 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, the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph Williams his mark
Richard Foggett

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 was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Joseph
Williams, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident of the City of Annapolis and that Richard Foggett, who has also signed the same, is a resident of Anne Arundel county and are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Gilson White Chief Justice} Orphans Court

I Sam’l Brown Jun, Clerk of the Orphans Court of Anne Arundel county, do hereby certify that theaforegoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Jason Jones - for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Thirtieth day of October 1832
Sam’l Brown Jun. Reg. Wills A.A. County
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No. 21615
22,630

Jason Jones Anne Arundel County Maryland

Adm 9. months

$30.

Jas. F. Brice Esqr. 
Annapolis Maryland

EE
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
October 18th 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }).
You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Jason Jones Anne Arundel County Maryland

Period when the service was rendered. Drafted 1782

Duration of claimant's service. - not stated

Rank of the claimant. [blank]

Names and rank of the Field officers under
whom he served. - Genl Smallwood, Colonel Dorsey, Cap. Watts

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. - 75 years Anne Arundel County Maryland

Proof by which the declaration is supported. - 
Traditionary evidence, witnesses certified credible, no clergyman’s certificate & no reason given. Paper correct-

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of 
County of

On this __ day of ____ personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of ____ in the county of ___ and State, Territory or District of ____, aged ___ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) with and served in the (e) regiment of the
___ line, under the following named officers:
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of ___.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I ____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of  ____ for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ___ day of ____& c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia.
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____ who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ___
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.

And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
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 was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _______ and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I ___ Clerk of the Court of ____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this ____ day of ____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

[handwritten]
The question asked on the next page is not
answered. Only one witness is produced & he 
does not state the length of the service.
See note, & if his name be not on the rolls of
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
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 services.
6. To a Soldier - Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer - Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
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.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule. The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
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. B. 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."
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 that 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 a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or place 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 any civil pursuit. 
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.

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 papers 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.

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 claimant's 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.
The notes from (a) to (l) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

[handwritten]
Is not his name upon the rolls in the Register’s office at Annapolis? If not, he must prove his service as directed in note (j.) Dorsey’s regt. provided there on rolls.
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February 6, 1936 
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mrs. Lewis J. Battle 
#1401 Kennedy Street, N.W. 
Washington, D.C. 

BA-J/EEL
John Thompson-W.26687
Jason Jones- S.____
This Belongs to 

Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of your great grandfather, John Thompson, who served in the Maryland troops; also the record of Richard Rawlings. 
There is no claim for pension on file based upon the service of a soldier named Richard Rawlings, who served with the Maryland Troops. Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office. 
The record has been found of one John Thompson, only, who served with the Maryland Troops. His history is furnished herein, also the record of Jason Jones, a solider of the Revolutionary War who married the widow of John Thompson. 
John Thompson
W.26687
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War pensions claim, W.26687, based upon the military service in that war of John Thompson. 
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of John Thompson are not shown. he was referred to as John Thompson 1st. 
John Thompson enlisted, date and place not shown, and served until the close of the war as a private in Colonel John Gunby's 2nd Regiment. 
The soldier married January 3, 1786, Elizabeth Connaway. The date and place of her birth and the names of her parents are not stated.
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John Thompson died October 2, 1790, at "Bullins Neck", near Indian Landing, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Leaving his widow, Elizabeth, and one child, a daughter, Margaret. Margaret married, date not given, ------ Treston or Freston, and in 1833, was aged forty years and lived in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. 
Elizabeth, widow of John Thompson, married November 25, 1799, Jason Jones. Both marriages of Elizabeth were recorded on the records of the clerk of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. In 1833, Jason Jones was aged seventy-five years and lived in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He died Febraury 7,1837, according to a statement of his widow. 
On October 2, 1838, Elizabeth Jones, then aged seventy-six years and a resident of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, made application for the pension which was on account of the services of her former husband, John Thompson in the Revolutionary War. The claim was allowed. Elizabeth Jones died January 12, 1843. 
In 1852, Elizabeth Allen made affidavit in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, that she was the only surviving child of Elizabeth Jones. There are not further data in regard to said Elizabeth Allen. In 1833, one Hazel Allen made affidavit in Anne Arundel County, Maryland: no relationship of Hazel Allen to Elizabeth Allen was stated. 
In 1840 William Jones stated that he was a son of Jason Jones. He did not say his age or the name of his mother.
xxxxx
Jason Jones 
S._____
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in the claim for pension based upon the military service of Jason Jones in the Revolutionary War. 
Jason Jones was born in 1757, at the head of South River in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The names of his parents are not stated. 
While residing at eh head of South River, in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Jason Jones enlisted in 1782, exact date not shown. 
-2-
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and served until September, 1783, as a private in Captain George Watt's company, Colonel's Thomas Dorsey's and Johnson's Maryland Regiments. He was in the battle of Brandywine and in a skirmish "between the White Horse and the Skuylkill". 
Jason Jones was allowed pension on his application executed October 30, 1832, while residing at Severn, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
He died February 7, 1838, as shown by an official paper in the pension claim; 
There are no data as to soldier's family. 
xxxxxxxxx
Very truly yours 
A.D. Hiller 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator. 

[right margin, hanwritten]
Could not find a sol. of this name Jason Jones in Md Archives nor a Capt Geo Watts.
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Treasury Department 
Second Comptroller's Office
March 5th 1839 

Sir: 
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United Sates," The Widow of Jason Jones, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Maryland Agency, at the rate of thirty Dollars and cents [strikethrough] per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1837, to the 7th February, 1838, the day of his death. 
Respectfully yours, 
JE. Parris 
To the commissioner of Pensions, 
Present
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Payments to be made at Baltimore by P! U.S. Br Bank. 
Agent for paying pensioners in the Agency of Maryland- 
Recorded in the Pension officer in book 3, vol. 8 page 109 by 
Wm R Palmer 
Clerk
True Copy from the original Certificate of Jason Jones
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War Department
Revolutionary Claim

I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Jason Jones of the State of Maryland who was a private in the army of the Revolution is entitled to receive thirty dollars per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semiannually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year

Given at the War Office of the United States this Twenty third day of November one thousand and eight hundred and thirty three

Lew Cass
Secretary of War

Examined and Countersigned
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Penssions
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State of Maryland Anne Arundel County, ss
Be it remembered, that on this 7th day of September 1833 personally appears before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for Anne Arundel County, Jason Jones, and makes oath in due form of law, that he served nine months
and two days in the war of the revolution, and that the reason he could not procure a Clergyman, in his neighbourhood, to certify to his behalf, was, because he knew of none.
Th J Brice

Be it remembered on this 7th day of September 1833 personally appeared before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, Richard Hall, and makes oath in due form of law, that he is eighty four years of age, that he was acquainted with Jason Jones during the war of the revolution, that the said Jason Jones was a soldier of the revolution. That this deponent and the said Jason Jones were together in the same Regiment and to the best of this deponent’s knowledge and belief, the said Jason Jones was in the battle of Brandywine, when this deponent was wounded.
Th J Brice

Anne Arundel County to wit
I hereby certify that Thomas J Brice Gentleman who appears to have taken and signed the aforegoing affidavits was, at the time of so doing, one of the state of Maryland’s Justices
of the peace in and for Anne Arundel County duly Commissioned and sworn.
In Testimony whereof I hereto set my hand
and affix the seal of Anne Arundel County
Court this sixteenth day of September
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty three
Wm S Greene A A Co’nty Crt
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State of Maryland 
Anne Arundel County to wit September 2,1833. 
I hereby certify that for many years past, say upwards of thirty, I have lived in the same Neighbourhood with Mr. Jason Jones and been acquainted with him. I have always considered him as a man of veracity whose word in regard to facts by him stated, was and is worthy of full credit. I have also frequently heard that he served during a part of the Revolutionary War in a Company Militia raised by a Captain Watts in Anne Arundel County and who marched with it to join the Regular Army in Pennsylvania or New Jersey and I do myself believe such to have been the case though from my youth at the time, and being at school in Fredrick County I had no personal knowledge of the facts, or who composed the company that Captain Watts commanded. I am also well convinced that any Pension the government may allow Mr. Jones who is now in the Seventy Sixth year of his age, will be well and judiciously bestowed. As written to my hand the day and year aforesaid. - 
Horatio Ridows 

I hereby certify that I was born and have at
ways lived in the neighborhood of Mr Jason
Jones and I have always considered him a
man of good character and of the strictest
veracity. He has frequently told me of his serving in the revolutionary war which I have never doubted and should he receive a pension from Government it will be bestowed upon him who is very deserving. As witness my hand this 2nd day of September 1833 
Grafton B Duvall
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Form VAM-51 
12-5-41 
WARRANT NUMBER 6020 
ACREAGE
100
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Jones, Jasper  
GRADE Private 
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives Connecticut Sept. 29, 1790 to George Smith - The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.