Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21844, for Samuel Jones, South Carolina
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(3 - 1776) 
SERVICE 
S. C. 
Jones, Samuel
NUMBER S.21844
CONTENTS
res at int & in 1833 Kershaw District, S.C. aged 70 yrs. in 1833
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South Carolina 
Samuel Jones of Kushan in the State of So Ca who was a private in the commanded by Captain of the Regn commanded by Col Markham the line for 2 years S. C. 
Inscribed on the Roll of So Carolina at the rate of 80 - Dollars- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of June 1834 and [illegible] Blair HR
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 200
Semi-anl allowance ending J near 34  40
240
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by Nath Rice Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 Page 70
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Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 7th april 1838 drawn 4th March to 4 Sep 1839. Agt holified 1 June 1840
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State of So. Carolina 
Kershaw District 
On this the 3d day of April 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon William D. Martin a Judge in the Court of Common pleas now sitting, Samuel Jones a resident of the district and State aforesaid aged about seventy 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 7th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he entered the service in Kershaw District in the State where he resided as a Volunteer under Captain Wm Nettles in Col Marshalls Regiment on or about December 1778 1.6.0 and was out untill Gates defeat in August 1780. a part of the above time was under the command of Leut Abram Myers. While Capt Nettles was on furlough. In the tour above was out about Eighteen Months & was in the Skirmish with the British tories at Ratliffs. Afterwards reentered the service as a volunteer under Capt Barclay under Genl Marion on or about March 1781 and was in the Skirmish at Biggin Church in the Summer of 1781 and also in the Battle fought by Marion Sumter at Combahee and 0.10.0. was out in service at this time two months. Besides the service above was out on regular service in a tour through Orangeburg District and at the four holes under the command of Captain Thomas Watts under Genl Sumter about four months but does not recollect. He has no documentary 0.4.0 evidence of his service is possible now nor is possible now to procure such this deponant was over two years nearly three years in the aforesaid service He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension 2.8.0.
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or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Sworn to in open Court 
Test. J. Blair Clk
Saml Jones
We James Blair & Chapman Levy residing in the District of Kershaw and State of South Carolina and the Revd Henry H Shock a Clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church residing in Kershaw District aforesaid hereby certify that we are well of acquainted with Samuel Jones who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and we believe him to be Seventy years old; 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 to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Sworn to and subscribed the of day and year aforesaid in open court
J Blair Clk
James Blain
Chapman Levy
Henry Schrock Clergyman of the M E Church And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. On the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Henry Shrock is a clergyman & that J Blair & C. Levy who have signed the same are residents of Kershaw Dis the aforesaid are credible persons, and their statements entitled to credit Given under my hand 3rd April 1833 
W.D. Martin 
presiding [illegible]
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I John I. Blair Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for the District & State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original procedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Jones for a pension In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the Court this third day of April A D. One thousand eight hundred and thirty three 
T. I. Blair C.C. S. . 
South Carolina 
Kershaw District. 
In the Court of Ordinary AD the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty four, Personally appeared in Open Court, before Hall J. McGee Esquire Judge in the Court of Ordinary, now sitting, Samuel Jones, who deposeth that the service rendered by him during the Revolutionary War, as set forth in his Declaration hereunto prefixed, was not as a drafted Militia man but was in the capacity of a volunteer. that he entered the service as before stated on or about December 1778 for a term of six months, which he renewed at its expiration
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alternately at the end of each Six months thereafter without returning home untill after Gates defeat in August 1780 making 18 months. The ten months Service under Captain Barclay, and Myers under the command of Genl Marion, was a volunteer service and renewed at the end of six months in like manner as the service last above stated, untill he obtained leave of Genl Marion to return home 
the four months tour under the command of Genl Sumter was also a Volunteer service In all the above stated service, the deponent was regularly called into such service, by State authority & was in regular embodied corps & employed in civil pursuit the Deponent further saith, that by reason of old age & the consiquent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively to the precise dates that he entered and [illegible] the service but according to the best of his recollection, and belief he served as a private [illegible] not less than Two years & ten months in the whole at the several periods specified in his said Declaration and for such he claims a Pension - Sworn to in open Court
1st january 1834 Before 
Hall T McGee.
Judge Court of Ordy K. O. 
Samuel Jones
I Hall T McGee Judge of the Court of Ordinary do hereby certify the foregoing to be the original proceedings had in the said Court on an amended Declaration of Samuel Jones for a Pension Witness my hand & the seal of said Court 
Jany 1st 1834
Hall T. McGov. 
Judge of the Court of Ordy for KD

28.679
Saml Jones
Revo: Soldier
Declaration to obtain pension of the US
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August 18, 1931
Rev. 1912 Wars Section ILL

Mary Slaughter
P.O. Box 321
Laredo, Texas

Dear Madam
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 21844, that Samuel Jones, while a resident of Kershaw District, South Carolina, enlisted and served as a private in the South Carolina troops as follows: from December 1776, eighteen months in Captain William Nettles' Company in Colonel Marshall's Regiment and was in a skirmish at Ratcliffe; from March 1781, ten months under Captain Barclay and General Marion and was in the battle of Biggin's Church he later served four months in Captain Thomas Watts' Company under General Sumter and was in the battle of Combahee.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 3, 1833, while a resident of Kershaw District, South Carolina. He was then about seventy years of age, date of his birth not given.
There are no data relative to soldier's family in the papers in the claim.
Very truly yours,
A. D. Killmer
Assistant to Administrator.
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Revolution
21844
INVALID
File No. 21,844
Samuel Jones
Pvt Rev War
Act: June 7 32
Index: Vol. 2, Page 212
Arrangement of 1870
1910 [illegible] of Hist to Mrs. Oscar I Peoples. Letter in S. F. 18,061
1924 Feb 4 Hist to Ida L Jones AWJ
1929 Apr 20 Hist to J R Magill AWJ
1931 August 8 Hist to Mary Slaughter ILL
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[stamp]
Pension Office
Jan 8 1924

[no other text]
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Ex AW Rev Div WAR SECTION 
Department of the Interior, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS, 
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 1 1923 
The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained. Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau. 
First names of widows Elizabeth 
Full Names of soldiers Samuel Jones 
P. O. address of soldier at enlistment and after service Camden S. C. 
Company 
Regiment. 
State where enlisted Miller's Mill, S.C. 
Date of birth 1756 
Date of Death Jan. 20, 1847. 
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers. Francis Marion Return attached letter with reply. 
Harrington Gardner Washington Commissioner.
6-2163
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 
Second Comptroller's Office 
May 9th 1840 
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 States," Samuel Jones, - a Pensioner on the Roll of the S. Carolina Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March to the Sept. 1839 
Respectfully, yours, Albion K. Parris Comptroller. To the Commissioner of Pensions Present.
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S.C.
James L Edward, Esq
Pension Office
Washington D.C.
Jany 9 1834
Hon Blair
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Capital 8 Jany. 1834, 
[illegible] I send you the amended declaration of Major S. Jones, with the letter of J.J. Blair, Clk of Kershaw D giving his opinion in favor of the application, I hope there will now be no difficulty in allowing the old man a pension. I have known him from my boyhood, and have often heard my father (who is now dead) speak of Jones as a compassionate and one of the most daring & efficient private Soldiers of the Revolutionary War - I have often heard may Father mention the same officers that Jones Speaks of in his declaration Please return the letter of Mr John J. Blain, unless you wish to file it or a voucher in behalf of Jones, Very Respectfully yours to James Blain 
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Let me beg you to act on this case promptly
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28679
Apl 33
Clamit as a private
2 years $80
Hon Jas Blair
S. C
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office 183 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 the 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. 
Statement; showing the Service of 
Period when the service was rendered 
Duration of the claimant's services Years:  Months:  Days: 
Rank of the claimant: 
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served: 
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
Proof by which the declaration is supported: 
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, James. L. EDWARDS Commissioner of Pensions
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2  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, 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 ( ( 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 provion 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 enered 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 day 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 applicacation 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
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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 he 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. 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 claimant 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 andavit 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 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 that the periods mentioned below, and in the sorrowing grades:--For---year----months, anddays , I served as a . For months and days, I served as 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 respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case, be clearly shown under what offers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authe water in the name or in garrison; and for the time having while the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil  [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 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 conrains 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 son of that of the certifying later, so as to prevent any 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 theme 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 to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note 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.
The applicant must specify as required above - the militia never performed over of 10 and 18 mo. continuously
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Kershaw, SC
Aug 15, 1923
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs
I have been told that by writing to you I may be able to secure some information that I need in order to join the Daughters of the American Revolution I am eligible to join
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from both my mother's and father's side of the house. Both families are pioneers having moved from Virginia to a place on Lynch's Creek near here several generations ago. Camden is the county seat and is about twenty-two miles below here.
My father's grandfather, Samuel Jones fought with Francis Marion and his men and I have been told was the seventh brother, a boy of about fourteen, or sixteen years to go to fight for his country's independence. I should like the names of them all and dates of service and any other information available.
Then on my mother's side Laura Cornelia Stover, daughter of John Cunningham Stover, her great, great grandfather, William Stover fought in the Rev. War, and her great
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great grandfather on the other side was a Colonel Ballard in the Rev. War. I will be glad to get his full name. Any information in regard to date of service, where, with whom, in what battles, etc. will be gratefully received. Very truly,
(Miss) Ida L Jones
[stamp] Pension Office Jan 8 1924
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Southern Railway System 
Law Department 
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 
LE. JEFFRIES, VICE-PRESIDENT & GENERAL COUNSEL. 
B. R. PRINCE. GENERAL SOLICITOR. 
H. O'S.. COOPER, GENERAL ATTORNEY. 
February 4, 1929
U. S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:  Will you kindly give me such information as your records may contain concerning one Sam Jones, of Kershaw County, South Carolina, who, I understand, was a colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War ? It is possible that he was also in the war of 1812. I do not know whether or not he or his widow ever applied for or received a pension. Your kind attention to this request will be greatly appreciated. Yours very truly, JR magill J. R. Magill, C / o Law Department, Southern Railway Co.
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JUL 27 1931
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Laredo, Texas
July 23, 1931
Rev. War Pension Dept.,
Washington, D. C.
Sirs: -
Will you please look up War Pension Claim S. 21844 for War record of Samuel Jones who was a private in the Revolutionary War. Am most anxious to get the date of his birth and also when he joined the army under Gen Francis Marion. Any information you can give me will be greatly appreciated. Very truly, 
Mary Slaughter
P.O. Box 321
Laredo, Texas
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Samuel Jones [illegible] Files 21844
Dates of Enlistment or appointment
Dec. 1778
March 1781
Length of service
18 Mos.
10 mos.
4 mos.
Rank
Pvt
Officers under whom service was rendered
Captain
Wm Nettles
Barclay
Thomas Watts
Colonel
Marshall
Genl Marion
Genl Sumter
State
SC
Battles engaged in: at Ratcliffs, Biggin Church apr 14 1780? October 16, 1781, and Combahee Aug. 27, 1782
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Kershaw Dist S. C.
Date of application for pension, Apr 3 1833 His [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Kershaw District S.C.
Age at date of application 70 years
Remarks: No data as to family
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April 22, 1929
J. R. Magill 
c/o Law Department 
Southern Railway Company, 
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue 
Washington, D.C.,
Sir:   I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.21844, it appears that Samuel Jones, while residing in Kershaw District, South Carolina, listed in the War of the Revolution. He was allowed pension for two years service as a private in the South Carolina Troops, on his application executed April 3, 1833, while a resident of Kershaw District, South Carolina, aged seventy years. There are no data as to his family. The above noted Samuel Jones is the only soldier of that name from South Carolina found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau. Should this not be the desired information, in order to identify the record of a soldier by that name, of the War of 1812, as much as possible of the following data
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is essential: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow. Respectfully, 
E. W. MORGAN 
Acting Commissioner.
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Rev. and 1812 
Wars Section. 
February 4, 1924.
Ida L. Jones, 
Kershaw, S. C. 
Madam;  I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 21844, it appears that Samuel Jones, while residing in Kershaw District, South Carolina, enlisted in the War of the Revolution. 
He was allowed pension for two years service as a private in the South Carolina Troops, on his application executed April 3, 1833, while a resident of Kershaw District, South Carolina, aged seventy years. There is no data on file as to his family. 
The above noted Samuel Jones is the only soldier of that name from South Carolina found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau. 
Respectfully, 
Commissioner. 
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