Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1915, for Daniel Jones, North Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N. C.

Jones, Daniel

NUMBER
S. 1915

carded
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CONTENTS
b. Mar 1757
res. at enl. Orange Co. N.C.
res. in 1832 Hawkins Co. Tenn.
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7107
Jonesboro Tennessee
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Daniel Jones
of Hawkins Co. in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the company commanded 
by Captain Wood of the regt. commanded
by Col. Ramsay in the No. Ca. [Mil?]
line for 9 mos from '79
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Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee
at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
---------------------------------
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of March
1833 and sent to 
Hon Jno. Blair H of Reps
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833            $60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833  15.00
                                                                $75.00

{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7 1832.       }

Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk,
Book 2  Vol. 6  Page 127


[notes on the right side]
Lett to Pen Agt to Jonesborough
and Knoxville, Feby 6 '37
1857 Feb  cer[illegible] by D Alexander

Died July 27, 1841
at Knoxville
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12741
Danl Jones
Tennessee
from 1779 private
9 mo.
$30


Hon J. Blair

D. Alexander
Rogersville
T
[the last three lines were marked through]
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BRIEF in the case of Daniel Jones
County of Hawkins in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  [blank]

3.  How old is he?  75

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

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Period.
Sub In 1779
Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.
3 [months]
Rank.
As a
Private
Names of General and Field Officers 
under whom he served.
Gen. Gates  Capt Trousdale, Col. Lytle

Period.
drafted
Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.
5 [months]
Rank.
[blank]
Names of General and Field Officers 
under whom he served.
Capt Wood  Col Ramsay
Capt Wood or Woods

Period.
1780
Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.
1 [month]
Rank.
Light Horse
Names of General and Field Officers 
under whom he served.
Capt Rogers  Maj Oneal

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  Camden

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Orange Co N.C.

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  documentary & traditionary

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?  no clergyman

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.


[Chas C or Lee?] Forrest
Examining Clerk.
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Declaration of 
Daniel Jones
12741
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State of Kentucky 
Hawkins County
on this 29th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the justices of the Court of pleas & quarter Sessions, now sitting Daniel Jones a citizen of said County & State aged Seventy five years last March 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 7th June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated to wit that sometime in the month of December 1779, he does not remember the day, he joined the company of Militia under the command of Captain Trousdale in the Regiment commanded by Col Lytle, as a substitute in the [illegible] of James Cokely as well as he now recollects his name. that at the time this declarant resided in the County of Orange, State of North Carolina, that his regiment was rendezvoused at Hillsborough and marched from thence to Charles town and there stationed and he was there discharged on the 24th March 1780, as his discharge will show which is herewith annexed & signed by Col Lytle, having
served three months.- That this declarant was
afterwards drafted in the said County of Orange
and served in the company commanded by Captain
Wood (or Woods) sometime in April in the year 1780 the precise day not recollected in the Regiment
militia commanded by Col Ramsey. That the said
Regiment having rendezvoused at Hillsborough. North
Carolina marched to Fayetteville thence to the
Cheraw Hills & from thence to Clermont, where
it come under the command of General Gates of the
continental Army, this declarant States he was
one of the rear guard during the battle that took
place between Gates & Cornwallis about the middle of August 1780 and after returning from Camden declarant's regiment rendezvoused at Salisbury in North Carolina and from thence marched
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the Moravian town called Salem, where they met with some Brittish prisoners taken at Kings Mountain and from Salem said regiment marched to Hillsborough  with the prisoners which they guarded to Hillsborough. This declarant further states that when his regiment reached the State line between North & South Carolina, he had served three months lacking16 days, and his time not being up, they were marched into South Carolina as before stated until they reached the head quarters of Genl. Gates' Army and that when he was discharged at
Hillsboro by his Captain Wood or Woods
he had served five months - and having
3 months lacking 16 days when he
his Regt reached the state line and three months lacking 16 days - after be crossed said line making five months that tour said discharge is annexed  by signed Capt Woods
herewith and of which has been torn off by time - that his charge was dated sometime in September as well as he now recollects, but cannot state the day, in the year 1780. This declarant states that as soon as he returned
home, which was immediately after he was discharged he joined a troop  or company of light Horse raised and commanded by Capt William Rogers under the command of Major Oneal in the month of September 1780 the day not recollected and in the said County of Orange said troop being employed in guarding the settlements and
keeping down the Tories in Orange and Chatham counties, and after serving a little better than one month was discharged in the month of October 1780 - having found his own Horse and accoutrements during that time, which different periods amount to nine months and home for say ten days and hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the
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present, and declares that his name is not on the 
pension roll of the agency of any State

Daniel Jones  X  his mark

Sworn to & subscribed the 29th
August 1832

W B Mitchell D C Clk


We John Long and Lazarus Spears Esquire both of Hawkins
County and residents in the neighborhood of the said Daniel
Jones hereby certify that we are well acquainted with 
Daniel Jones who has subscribed and sworn to the 
above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy 
five years of age, and that he is reputed & believed 
in the neighborhood where he resides to have been 
a Soldier of the revolution, and that we concur
in that opinion

John Long
L. Spears

Sworn to & subscribed
the day & year aforesaid

W B Mitchell D. Clk

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 mentioned applicant
was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
And the Court further certifies that it appears to 
them that John Long & Lazarus Spears  Esqr. who 
have signed the preceding certificate are residents
in the said neighborhood & County and are
credible persons and that their statement is entitled
to credit

I Stockley D Mitchell Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter
Sessions for Hawkins County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the 
application of Daniel Jones for a pension
In testimony
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whereof I have hereunto set my hand
& affixed the Seal of office this 29th day 
of August 1832

S D Mitchell Clk
By W B Mitchell D Clk


[written sideways near the bottom of the page]
Declaration of 
Daniel Jones
12741
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March 19, 1936

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BA-J/EEL
Daniel Jones - S. 1915

Mrs. Penelope J. Allen
1710 West 43" Street
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the 
Revolutionary War records of Daniel Jones, of Hawkins County,
Tennessee, and John Whitman, of Campbell County, Tennessee, both 
of whom were pensioned under the Act of 1832.

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and 
the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such
information, it is not possible to comply in full with each
request for Revolutionary War data.

The record of Daniel Jones is furnished herein, the data for 
which were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War
pension claim, S. 1915, based upon the military service of Daniel
Jones in that war.

Daniel Jones was born in March, 1757.  The place of his 
birth and the names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Orange County, North Carolina, Daniel
Jones enlisted sometime in December, 1779, served as a private in 
Captain Trousdale's Company, Colonel Archibald Lytle's North Carolina
Regiment, and was discharged March 24, 1780, having served
three months; he enlisted in April, 1780, served in Captain Wood's
Company, Colonel Ramsey's North Carolina Regiment, was on the rear
guard "at the battle which took place between Gates and Cornwallis
about the middle of August, 1780" and was discharged in September,
1780, having served five months; he enlisted in same month and 
year in Captain William Rogers' Company of Light Horse under Major
O'Neal in the North Carolina Troops and served a little over one 
month.  

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 
1832, while residing in Hawkins County, Tennessee.
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Daniel Jones died July 27, 1841, at Knoxville, Tennessee.

There are no data as to soldier's family.


Very truly yours

G. H. SWEET
Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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1915
Rev. War
INVALID.
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File No. 1915
Daniel Jones
Pvt. N.C. Line
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Act:  June 7, 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 194
[Arrangement of 1870.]



[notes on the left side of the page]
1933 Nov 14 - Hist to 
Winnie Anderson 
Letter to Vet's Admin
for reply in re-cert [for?]
soldier.   EEL
1936 Mar. 19  Hist to 
Mrs Penelope J. Allen
EL
1936 Nov 13 - Hist to Martha
R. Daughton - EL
1939 July 15  Hist to 
Mrs. A E Rucker [illegible initials]
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N. C.       Revolutionary War - Discharges

Daniel Jones
His discharges signed by Col Ant Lytle
and Capt. Wood

Filed as evidence in claim of Daniel Jones  S. File 1915
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[a small torn and spotted piece of paper mostly illegible]

[thy or this?] [illegible starts with an m]
that Daniel Jones 
[remainder illegible]
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[a small torn and spotted piece of paper over which is laid another small piece of 
paper which says]
Daniel Jones
N.C.
SIGN
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This is to Certify, 
THAT Danl Jones has faithfully served out 
his Tour of Duty of three Months, in General Lillingtons' Brigade,
to the Southward.

Charlestown,
March 24 1780.

[illegible signature - possibly Ant. Joseph  ?]
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of Congress passed June 7th 1832

[on a scrap of paper that it laid over another older looking scrap of paper which says]
Daniel Jones
N.C.
S 1915
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Daniel Jones
Hawkins County
$30 pr annum

Payments to be made
at Jonesborough T
by William K Blair
Agent for paying Pensioners,
in the Agency of Jonesboro, T

Recorded by W. L. William
Clerk, in Book 2 Vol
Page 127
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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, Daniel Jones
of the State of Tennessee
who was a Private in the War
of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Thirty dollars and 
00 cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing 
on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 
4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this 
2 day of March
one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.

Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

[seal]

Examined and  }
Countersigned.}
J L Edwards
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of 
Daniel Jones which require further proof or explanation.

I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  yes

II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  yes

III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?  [blank]

IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period of periods of the war when he served?  yes

V.  *Has he mentioned 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?  yes

VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  yes

VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of 
June 7, 1832?  yes

VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?  yes

IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?  yes

X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal?  yes
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2

XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to 
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary 
service?  no

XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not 
obtaining it?  no

XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  witnesses [marked through]  documentary

XIV.  †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service has he produced a witness 
or witnesses as to his service?  
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, 
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?  [blank]
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct?  [blank]

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  [blank]

XVI.  ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  yes

XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? [blank] And, 
if not, which of them is not so answered?  1. 2. 7.

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EXPLANATORY NOTES.

*QUERE V.  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.
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3

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 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 places 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.

†QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In any 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 claimants 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.

‡QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.
☞In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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[post mark]
NASHVILLE
JUN 1
11 PM
1939
TENN.

[one cent Jefferson stamp that has been cancelled]

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADRESS

Pension Office,
Revolutionary Soldiers
Washington, D.C.

[date stamp]
RECEIVED 
JUN 3 1939
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS' ADMIN.
READER # 311
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Will you please be kind enough to supply me with a report
on the Pension of Daniel Jones of Knox County Tennessee.
He died 1841 and was a Revolutionary Soldier.

Thanks.

Mrs. A. E.  Rucker
2710-Belmont Blvd.,
Nashville, Tennessee.


[handwritten in]
no signature?
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MRS. PENELOPE JOHNSON ALLEN
1710 W 43RD STREET
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.

January 25, 1936.

Veterans' Administration,
Revolutionary Pensioners,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:

Will you kindly send me the records for Revolutionary service for Daniel Jones of Hawkins County, Tenn., and 
John Whitman of Campbell County, Tenn., both were pensioned
under the Act of 1832.
Thanking you for your courtesy, I am 

Very truly yours,

Penelope J. Allen

[date stamp]
RECEIVED
JAN 28 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS' ADM.
READER #11
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Martha Rebecca Doughton
Interior Decorator
Guilford College, N. C.
Oct. 6, 1936

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

My dear sir:

Please send me an account
of the pension papers of Daniel
Jones of N. C. (Kings Mountain area)
Pensioned in Hawkins Co. Tenn. in 
1833 and Thomas Jones of 
Washington Co., Tenn. (King 
Mountain area) pensioned in 1833.  
I need any reference to their wives.


[date stamp]
RECEIVED
OCT 8 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS' ADM.
READER #21
Page 27

Martha Rebecca Doughton
Interior Decorator
Guilford College, N. C.


children, where they came from etc.
As you can tell, I am trying
to establish my family line.

Very truly yours

Martha R. Doughton

[date stamp]
RECEIVED
OCT 8 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS' ADM. 
READER #21
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July 15, 1939.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

BA-J/CC
Daniel Jones
S. 1915

Mrs. A. E. Rucker
2710 Belmont Boulevard
Nashville, Tennessee.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request
the Revolutionary War record of Daniel Jones of Knox County,
Tennessee, who died in 1841.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file
in pension claim, S. 1915, based upon service of Daniel Jones
in the Revolutionary War.

Daniel Jones was born in March, 1757.  The place of his 
birth and names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Orange County, North Carolina, Daniel
Jones enlisted sometime in December, 1779, served as private
in Captain Trousdale's company, Colonel Archibald Lytle's North
Carolina regiment, and was discharged March 24, 1780, having 
served three months; he enlisted in April, 1780, served in 
Captain Wood's company, Colonel Ramsey's North Carolina regiment,
was on the rear guard "at the battle which took place between
Gates and Cornwallis about the middle of August 1780", and was 
discharged in September, 1780 having served five months; he 
enlisted in same month and year in Captain William Rogers' company
of Light Horse under Major O'Neal in the North Carolina Troops
and served a little over one month.

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed
August 29, 1832, while a resident of Hawkins County, Tennessee.

Daniel Jones died July 27, 1841, at Knoxville, Tennessee.

There are no data as to soldier's family.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, 
and the name and address of person paid, you should address
the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records
Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Daniel Jones
Certificate #7101
Issued March 2, 1833
Rate $30.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Jonesboro Tennessee Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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C O P Y

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON

November 14, 1833

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

BA-J.MMHF/eel

Winnie Anderson
4804 St. Elmo Drive
Los Angeles, California

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of October 10, in which you 
request the Revolutionary War records of Daniel Jones and Martin Lawson, 
who, you state were pensioners and residents of Hawkins County, Tennessee
or Greenville County, Tennessee; also, Civil War record of James
Allen Jones, a pensioner, whose brother, John Jones served in Company
H.8" Cavalry.

Revolutionary War data furnished by the Veterans Administration
are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land which have been 
made to the United States based upon service in that war.

No claim for pension or bounty land has been found based upon 
service of a Martin Lawson in that war.  The record of Daniel Jones, 
S. 1915, is furnished herewith.

If you will cite the list upon which you found the name of Martin
Lawson recorded as a pensioner, a further effort will be made to 
aid you in your research.

Your letter has been referred to the proper division of the Veterans
Administration for reply in regard to the Civil War soldier, 
James Allen Jones.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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November 14, 1933

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BA-J/EEL
Daniel Jones - S. 1915

Winnie Anderson
404 St. Elmo Drive
Los Angeles, California

Dear Madam:

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file
in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 1915, based upon the military
service of Daniel Jones in that war.

Daniel Jones was born in March, 1757.  The place of his birth
and the names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension
claim.

While a resident of Orange County, North Carolina, he enlisted
sometime in December, 1779, served as a private in Captain Trousdale's
Company, Colonel Archibald Lytle's North Carolina Regiment,
and was discharged March 24, 1780, having served three months; he 
enlisted in April, 1780 served in Captain Wood's Company, Colonel
Ramsey's North Carolina Regiment, was on the rear guard "at the 
battle which took place between Gates and Cornwallis about the middle
of August, 1780", and was discharged in September, 1780, having served
five months; he enlisted in same month and year, in Captain William
Rogers' Company of Light Horse under Major O'Neal in the North Carolina
Troops and served a little over one month.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 1832,
while residing in Hawkins County, Tennessee.

He died July 27, 1841, at Knoxville.

There are no data as to soldier's family.

Very truly yours


A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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November 13, 1936

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

BA-J/EEL
Daniel Jones - S. 1915
Thomas Jones - W. 43

Martha R. Doughton 
Guilford College
North Carolina

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the 
pension records of Daniel Jones, of North Carolina, who received
pension in Hawkins County, Tennessee, and Thomas Jones, of Washington
County, Tennessee, pensioned in 1833, soldiers of the 
Revolutionary War and "Kings Mountain Men".  

You are furnished herein the records of Daniel Jones and 
Thomas Jones, as found in pension claims, S. 1915 and W. 43, based 
upon their service in the Revolutionary War.  It is not shown
that either participated in the battle of King's Mountain.

Daniel Jones
S. 1915

Daniel Jones was born in March, 1757.  The place of his birth
and the names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Orange County, North Carolina, Daniel
Jones enlisted sometime in December, 1779, served as a private 
in Captain Trousdale's Company, Colonel Archibald Lytle's North 
Carolina Regiment, and was discharged March 24, 1780, having 
served three months; he enlisted in April, 1780 served in 
Captain Wood's Company, Colonel
Ramsey's North Carolina Regiment, 
was on the rear guard "at the battle which took place between 
Gates and Cornwallis about the middle of August, 1780", and was 
discharged in September, 1780, having served five months; he enlisted 
in same month and year, in Captain William Rogers' Company 
of Light Horse under Major O'Neal in the North Carolina
Troops 
and served a little over one month.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August
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29, 1832, while residing in Hawkins County, Tennessee.

He died July 27, 1841, at Knoxville.

There are no data as to soldier's family.

* * * * * * 

Thomas Jones
W. 43

Thomas Jones was born in 1762, in Loudoun County, Virginia,
and moved from that county to Fauquier County, Virginia, date
not shown.  The names of his parents are not stated.

While residing in said Fauquier County, Thomas Jones volunteered
near the close of the Revolution, and served three months
in Captain Turner's Virginia Company; shortly after the expiration 
of this tour of service, he moved to Henry County, Virginia,
volunteered there and served three months in Captain Choice's Virginia
Company, marched toward Guilford Court House, reached a 
point "less than two days march of the latter place" but understanding
that the battle was over proceeded no further; no dates are 
given for either of these services.

After the Revolution, he resided in Henry County, Virginia,
for a number of years, then moved to Wythe County, and lived three
or four years; thence to Sullivan County, Tennessee, where he was 
residing when he was allowed pension on his application executed
August 17, 1832.

He died July 25, 1842, place not shown.

The soldier married December 24, 1786, in Bedford County, 
Virginia, Susanna or Susannah Ramsey.  The marriage bond was 
dates at Bedford County, Virginia, as of December 23, 1786.
The date and place of birth of Susanna or Susannah and the names 
of her parents are not shown.

Soldier's widow, Susannah, was allowed pension on her application
executed December 27, 1843, while a resident of Sullivan
County, Tennessee.  At that time, she gave her age as seventy-three

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years but at the time of her marriage she stated that she was 
aged twenty-three years.  In 1850, she gave her age as seventy-
nine years and in 1855, eighty-three years.  No explanation was
made for these discrepancies in age.

The names of the following children are given:

Susanne Jones. . . . . . .born August 15, 1789.
Mary Jones . . . . . . . . . ." September 21, 1792.
Squire Jones . . . . . . . . . " March 10, 1794.
Rebecky Jones . . . . . . . ." November 9, 1795.
Elizabeth Jones . . . . . .  ." February 1, 1798.
William Jones. . . . . . . . . " February 10, 1800.
Danniel Jones. . . . . . . .  . " August 5, 1802.
Extacy Jones . . . . . . . . . . " January 1, 1805.
John Jones . . . . . . . . . . ." November 17, 1806.
Eliza Jones . . . . . . . . . . . " May 30, 1809.

In 1855, one Samuel Jones was a resident of Sullivan County,
Tennessee; no relationship to the family was shown.

* * * * *

Very truly yours


A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.