Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2294, for Abraham Jones, New Jersey
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New Jersey  Jones, Abraham  S. 2294

carded
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New Jersey 17.888 

Abraham Jones of Cumberland in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain [null] of the Rgt. [Regiment] commanded by Col. Ogden on the New Jersey line for two years

5.277.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of Oct. [October] 1833 and sent to Joshua Brick by, Port Elizabeth, E. Co. NJ.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. [September] 1833. __200__ Semi-anl. [Semi-annual] allowance ending 4 Mar 34. [4th March 1834] 40.
[Total] $240.

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Wm. [William] K. Cahan 
Book E. Vol. three Page 117
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of
Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State of New Jersey
Cumberland County
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On this seventeenth day of August Anno Domini One Thousand Eight hundred thirty three personally appeared before me one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for said County Abraham Jones a resident of the Township of Maurice River in the County of Cumberland and State of New Jersey aged Eighty years the twenty fifth day of November next, who being 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 the Seventh day of June 1832. That he first entered the Militia service in the Township of Maurice River County & State aforesaid where he then resided & continued to reside during the war of the
Revolution, and ever since that period-- he believes in the year 1776 under Captain Jonathan Smith by a draft for three months- that Colonel David Potter was the officer of the Regiment - that he entered the Militia in 1777 he believes under Captain Jonathan
Beesley, that he served five tours of one month each under said Beesley.  Potter was still the Colonel. that he served under Captain Joseph Stokes, in the same year one Month - Colonel Joseph Hillman officer of the Regiment - that he was under Captain Samuel Wascott three tours of duty of one month each that he was one month under Captain James Hollinshead he thinks in 1778 - that he was one month tour of duty under
Captain Derrick Peterson he thinks in 1779-
that he was two months in the Militia under Capt
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Job Glasby, Samuel Ogden Colonel one to
of duty under Captain George McGlaughlin
of two months he believes in 1780 - Colonel Elijah Hand was the office of the Regiment - that he served two tours of one month each under Captain John Paterson- that he served three Months under Capt Lummis, he thinks his name was John Lummis - and that he
also enlisted in the regular service under
Captain Seth Whilden, for five months but
served six months - his service during that
enlistment was in the Neighbourhood of East
Jersey, on the Raritan River, and Millston
the Commander of the division was Genl
Dickerson- the Major he thinks was Smith, and cannot recollect the name of the Colonel. that he was in the following Battles (To wit) Trenton, Mount Holly - Between the two timber Creeks near Gloucester-- that he was in various skirmishes in Pennsylvania in the Neighbourhood of Philadelphia and was with his Colonel Potter when he was taken prisoner
near Frankford - was also in Fort Mifflin during part of the seige, that the whole of his services was in New Jersey & Pennsylvania &c. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of any agency in any state-- that he had a
discharge for the regular service - but does
not know what became of it
Abraham Jones

Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Joshua Brick
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And I Joshua Brick one of the Judges of
the Inferior Court of Common Pleas as
aforesaid, do hereby declare my opinion
that Abraham Jones the before named applicant was a a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states - he being personally known to me for more than forty years. I further certify that the aforesaid applicant from bodily infirmity is unable to attend the Court which is distant more than twenty miles 
 - he being confined for months to the House, his testimony whereof I have set my hand this
Seventeenth August 1833
Joshua Brick

Interrogatories to the applicant by direction
of the Commissioner of Pensions put by the
Court

First, where and in what year were you born?
Answer - I was born in the Township of Maurice River in the County of Cumberland in the year Seventeen hundred fifty three
Secord - Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Answer -  my name is in the Church Book at sweedsborough- also in the family Bible in the hands of of my kinsman
Third - where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live?
Answer - In the Township of Maurice River all my life
Fourth - How were you called into service:  were you drafte - did you volunteer or were you a substitute? and if a substitute for whom?
Answer - I was drafted- volunteered once-- served my regular town in the Militia and enlisted for five months
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Fifth - state the names of some of the Regular officers who 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 recollect General Putman, Genl Dickerson, Genl Mifflin, Genl Mercer, Col Shreve Colonel Hight, Col. Taylor, Col. Shute Genl Newcomb Col Preston-- Captain Cummins Capt Hollenshead Col. Howell Col. Stillwell Major Bloomfield  - with many more which I knew in service beside those I served under- but from length of time, and the infirmities of age I do not now recollect the names of
Sixth - Did you ever receive a discharge from the service -  if so by whom was it given, and
what has become of it?
Answer - I did receive a discharge from the enlisted service I cannot recollect who signed by- he cannot say certain what became of it-- but believes it was lost in his chest on Board of Captain Stillwell at sea
Seventh -  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your service as a soldier of the Revolution-
Answer - Jonas Vannimon James Godfrey Henry Reeves, Jeremiah Towser, are most of the men now living in this Township who
were in the service - David Davis. Thos
Lee Esq Present Member of Congress-- Revd
Benjamin Fisher Revd John Wishart John
Lee, with many more have known me many years.
Abraham Jones
Sworn to the day above 
written before me
Joshua Brick
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No. 5. 277.

Abraham Jones

Cumberland County

New Jersey.


2 years

$80


Joshua Brick Esq

Fort Elizabeth
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War Department
Pension Office
24 May 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 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 show 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 Abraham Jones Cumberland C. N.J.

Period when the service was rendered
1776

Duration of the claimants service.
Years.
Months.
Days.

Rank of the claimant.

He states the whole of his services, was more than two years. 5 mouthful thereof is a regular.

Names and rank of the field of officers under whom he served.

Col's Ellis, Ogden, Hand & Others


Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.

79
Cumberland County

Proof by which the declaration is supported.

Living witnesses.

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 Army, 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, mucicians 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
ss
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 (c) 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 of 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 ---
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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 ex-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 and 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.
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) 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 clamant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and 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.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) 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 pubic 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 an paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
(j) 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 saine, as well in 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 (i) 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.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
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March 28, 1933

BA-J/ILL
Abraham Jones
S. 2294

Mrs. E. S. Miller
Bentonville
Arkansas.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Revolutionary War soldier, Noah Miller, who was born in 1732 in New Jersey and married in November, 1762, Mary Mills, also the record of Abraham Jones who served from Cumberland
County, New Jersey, in that war, and also in the War of 1812.
A search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made in your behalf and no record found of a claim for pension
or bounty land based upon the service of Noah Miller as described by you in that war. You are requested to furnish any information you may have in your possession pertaining to the alleged pension granted that soldier, especially the list on which his name was found.
The record of Abraham Jones is given below. The data are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim,
S. 2294, based upon his military service in that war.
Abraham Jones was born November 25, 1753 in Maurice River Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey, where he continued to live both before and after the Revolutionary War.
He enlisted sometime in 1776, served as private at various times until sometime in 1780, amounting in all to about twenty-nine
months, in the New Jersey troops under Captains Jonathan Smith, Jonathan Beesley, Joseph Stokes, Samuel Westcott, James Hollingshead, Derrick Peterson, Job Glassby, George McGlaughlin, John Peterson, John
Lummes and Seth Whilden, and Colonel David Potter, Joseph Hillman, Samuel Ogden and Elijah Hand; during these tours of service, he was in the battles of Trenton, Mount Holly, the Siege at Fort Mifflin, and in many skirmishes.
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Abraham Jones was allowed pension on his application executed August 17, 1833, at which time he was residing in his native township.
It is not state that the above named soldier rendered service in the War of 1812.
There is no reference to wife or children in the papers on file in this claim.
Very truly yours,
A.D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.
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*PARTIAL TRANSCRIPTION*
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1933. March 28. Hist. to Mrs. E.S. Miller
1936 July 25 Mr C M Jones and this record only on of name of NJ


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2294.
INVALID
File No. 2294
File No. 2294
Abraham Jones
Privt Rev Par

June ? 1832
Index: Vol. A Page 194.

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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J.L. Edwards Esq

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

N.J. Lchl-2
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J. L. Edwards Esqr
Sir I have forwarded again the enclosed applications. You will perceive that the certifyers
to them are men of the first respectability-
Mr Lee our present member elect to Congress
has for many years known them both - 
that they have served as stated there is no doubt I believe, and it is I think equally certain that neither of them from their age & State of health can want the pittance long - 
they are both poor-- dependent on connections
for their daily subsistence-- the earliest attention
to their claims would be an act of Humanity  If
any Error has been committed by me in the
forms-- please advise me of it-- If then claims
are allowed please forward to me their Warrants
and they can then obtain them at once from me.
Yours respectfully

Joshua Brick
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State of New Jersey
Cumberland County
Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for said County Jeremiah Towser and Jonas Vannimon both residents of the Township of Maurice River County of Cumberland State of New Jersey who being duly sworn according to Law say that they both are well acquainted with Abraham Jones the foregoing applicant for a pension and have known him for sixty years and upward and believe him to be Eighty years of age in November next as stated in his Deposition and know that he served in the war of the Revolution as they were in the same
Battalion with him in the militia of New Jersey
in the war of the Revolution
Jeremiah Towser his mark
Jonas Vanaman

Sworn before me this [illegible]
day of August 1833

Joshua Brick

We John Wishart Clergyman residing in the
Township of Maurice River County of Cumberland and State of New Jersey, and Thomas Lee Esquire siding in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abraham Son who has subscribed and swore to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be Eighty years of age as stated; 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-

John Wishart
Thomas Lee
Sworn & subscribed before me
this nineteenth day of August 1833
Joshua Brick
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I Joshua Brick Judge of the Court aforesaid
do hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the foregoing applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he stated. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with John Wishart a Clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church and
Thomas Lee Esquire member of Congress Elect
that they are residents of the Township of Maurice River County of Cumberland & State of New Jersey that they are persons of credibility, and that their statement is entitled to full credit.
Joshua Brick

I Samuel Seeley Clerk of the Inferior Court of
Common pleas in & for the County of Cumberland in the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that Joshua Brick Esqr before whom the foregoing declaration and attestations appears to have been taken, was at that time and now is one of the
Judges of the Inferior Court of Common pleas
in & for the County of Cumberland aforesaid
and that the signature of the said Joshua Brick
hereunto annexed, is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
Subscribed my name and affixed the
Seal of said Court hereunto this twenty
Seventh day of August in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three
Samuel Seeley Clk
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twice furnished
do not take up again

210 West 25th St.
Wilmington, Del
Dec. 7, 1922

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Gentlement:

In the bureau of Pensions there is mentioned an Abraham Jones age 80, residing June 1, 1840 with Nehemiah Cowgill, Greenwich, Gloucester County, New Jersey.

Will you kindly furnish me with an abstract of his service and any other information you may have concerning him?

Thanking you I am 
Very truly yours
Charles M. Jones

RECEIVED DEC 11 1922
U.S. PENSIONS OFFICE
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151 No. Laurel St., Bridgeton, N.J.Oct.29.1916.

Pension Office,
Washington.D.C..
Gentleman:
Will you kindly send me an abstract of service of Abraham Jones of Glouchester County, New Jersey born in 1753 and placed on the pension roll in 1831 from Cumberland County, N.J.?
Thanking you I am,
Very Truly yours,
(possibly Charles) M. Jones
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10,008 du Pont Bldg.
Wilmington Del.
June 20, 1921

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C. 
Gentlemen:

The bureau of Pensions has listed one Abraham Jones aged eighty years who resided June 1, 1840 with Nehemiah Cowgil at Greenwich, Gloucester County, New Jersey. Will you kindly furnish me from your records, all data you have concerning this Abraham Jones' family, with dates etc. as well as a record of his services in the Revolution for which he was pensioned?
Thanking you for an early reply I am.
Very truly yours,
Charles M. Jones
[Stamp]
Pension
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Jun 
21
1926
Office
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Bentonville, Ark, March 6, 1933

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

[Stamp to the right]
Received Mar 9 1933
Ma[unable to read]
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Read[unable to read]

Gentlemen: -
You certainly have been kind to make the effort to find Noah Miller's pension record for me. I have gone over notes carefully and hope now you can identify him.
He was born 1732 in N.J. Licensed to wed Mary Mills [???] 16, 1762 in N.J. Moved to Nova Scotia Being asked to take oath of allegiance to Great Brittian [sic] he fled to a place called Canan in what was then Mass.
[???] that part of Mass became Maine about the time he is supposed to have died in 1721
He lived with his son Noah when he applied for a pension.
His war record is found in "Soldiers & Sailors of the Revolutionary War", archives of Mass. vol 10. p 769.
"Noah Mills, private, Sn. Thomas Knights' [???] Party" etc.
Would also like pension record of Abraham Jones who married Elizabeth Bolton. He was born 1753. Served in both the Rev. & War of 1812. On roll of Cumberland Co. N.J.
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thanking you for any information you may have in your files about the man.

Very Sincerely
Olie B. Miller
(Mr E.S.)
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 [Handwriting] Rev Sec
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[Typed]
Rev. War Section. 3-1865
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington December 27, 1917.

[upside down stamp]
Pension
O 
Dec
31
1917
Office

[typed]
Charles M. Jones,
151 North Laurel Street,
Bridgeton, New Jersey.

Sir:

In response to your letter dated the nineteenth instant, you are advised that the history of Abraham Jones, Survivor's File No. 2,294 Rev. War, [handwritten insertion] [???] of N.J. troops [back to typing] was mailed to your address under date of November 24, 1916, and that it is not the practice of this Bureau to furnish more than one such statement to the same person.

Very respectfully,
[???]
Commissioner.

[Handwriting]
Gentlemen,
In answer to above letter I might say that I recieved [sic] the history of Abraham Jones referred to and would like to know now if you have any date regarding Abram Jones (not Abraham) of Gloucester Co. N.J

Very truly yours
Chas M. Jones
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Stamp in middle of the top part of page reads RECEIVED Jul 6, 1936
Mail SUB-DIV
VETS. ADM. READER 68

July 3. 1936
Pension Office 
Washington 
D.C.

Gentlemen:
Several years ago you sent me a copy of your record of Abraham Jones of Maurice River Township New Jersey who was pensioned for his services in the Revolution.
Can you tell me when the last payment was made to him for pension or the date of his death? Thanking you I am.
Sincerely,
Charles M. Jones
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
3-525
BUREAU OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D. C., ------------- , 19
SF 2294

In reply to your request of --------------, received -------------
for a statement of he military history of Abraham Jones
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment
1776

Length of Service
Served at various times until  1780

Rank
Pvt

Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered

Captain.
Jonathan Smith
Jonathan Beesley
Joseph Stokes
Samuel Westcott
James Hollinghead
Derrick Peterson
Job Glassby
George McGloughlin
John Lummes
Seth Whilden

Colonel.
David Potter
Joseph Hillman
Samuel Ogden
Elijah Jand

State. 
N.J.

Battles engaged in, Trenton, Mount Holly, Ft. Mifflin
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Maurice River Twp Cumberland Co N.J.
Date of application for pension, Aug 17, 1833 [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Maurice River Twp, Cumberland Co, N.J.
Age at date of application, born Nov. 23, 1753 in Maurice River Twp. Cum. Co. N.J.
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner
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                                                     January 5, 1923

Mr. Charles M. Jones
310 West 35th Street
Wilmington, Delaware


Sir:
     In response to your letter received December 11, 1922, you are advised that the history of the only Revolutionary War pensioner named Abraham or Abram Jones of New Jersey has been twice furnished to you  (  Nov. 24, 1916 and July 7, 1921).
     His residence in 1840 is not a matter of record in the claim.

                             Very respectfully,


                                         Commission.
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Mr. Charles M. Jones
Hercules Powder Company
Wilmington, Delaware
Dear Sir:
1
July 25, 1936
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or
BA-J/MLB
S. 2294
Reference is made to your letters of recent date, in which
you request the Revolutionary War records of Samuel or Lemuel
Hall, of Kingwood, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, and of Abraham
Jones, of Maurice River Township, New Jersey, a pensioner.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based
upon service in the Revolution of the Samuel Hall described by
you, or of any Lemuel Hall. Such claims are the source of data
furnished by this office in regard to soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

The record of Abraham Jones which was furnished you November 24,
1916, and July 7, 1921, is that of the only soldier of that name
found in the records of this office, of New Jersey.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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