Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18061, for Jeremiah Jones, South Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S.C. 

Jones, Jeremiah 

NUMBER
S. 18061 

carded
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CONTENTS
b. Dec. 27, 1759 in Orangeburg District, S.C.  resided there until 1833
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[notes on left side of the page]
Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of the 6 April 1838
from 4 March 1838 to 4 Sept
1838. Agt notified 19 Aug
1839.
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Date of death
not on AB

23.614
South Carolina
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Jeremiah Jones
of Orangburgh in the State of So Ca:
who was a pr. in the [blank] commanded
by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded
by Col [illegible-Wade?] in the So. Ca
line for 10 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of So. Carolina
at the rate of 35. Dollars 83_ Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Mar: [illegible] 
and sent Hon. Jno. [John] M
Fielder H.R.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1834           $107.49
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept. 4 [?]   $ 17.92
                                                                $125.41

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

Recorded by Natl. Rice, Clerk
Book O Volume 6 Page 70
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South Carolina
Orangeburgh District   

To wit -

On this day the twenty sixth day
of March in the year 1833 personally appeared
in open court before John S. Richardson one of 
the Judges of the Court of General Sessions & Common
Pleas, now sitting Jeremiah Jones a resident of 
Orangeburgh District in the State of South Carolina
and born in the said District & State aforesaid on the 
twenty seventh day of December 1759 & now in the 
seventy third year of his age 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 an act of Congress
passed June 7th 1832---
That he entered the service of the United States
as a volunteer under Capt John Stanfield and served
but a short time he does not remember the date or the 
length of time but believes for only five or 6 days as a private.
That he entered again into service under Capt James
Fair about the time Genl. Green came to the state and 
serviced in a horse company three months as a private.
That he was drafted under Col. Thomas Wade and 
served to his recollection three  months as a private--
That he entered the service again under Genl. Marion
& continued under him to the end of the war, which 
term of service lasted four months as a private. & that he has no documentary evidence to prove the same---
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---
Jeremiah Jones

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid---
J. Wenningham [?] Clerk

[from here to the end of the document the following was marked out after it was written]

I [blank] of the Court of Common Pleas
do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah
Jones for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & 
the Seal of office this twenty sixth day of March in the 
year one thousand eight hundred & thirty three---
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Mr. Gideon Hutto a clergyman residing
in Orangeburgh District & State of South Carolina
and David Williamson of the said District and 
State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with Jeremiah Jones wo has subscribed
and sworn to the above declaration that 
we believe him to be seventy three years of age--
That he is reputed & believe in the neighborhood 
where he resides to lave been a revolutionary soldier
and that we concur in that opinion--
Gideon Hutto
David Williamson

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
J. Winningham
Clerk

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 Gideon Hutto who has signed the 
preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the district
of Orangeburgh and David Williamson who has also 
signed the same is a resident in the said district & is a 
credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit--
J T Richardson

I Joseph Winningham Clerk of the Court of General
Sessions & Common Pleas for the district of Orangeburgh & State
aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contain the 
original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the 
application of Jeremiah Jones for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the
seal of my office this 27th day of March in the year [covered up by a seal]

J Willingham 
Clerk
[seal]
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April 26, 1933

BA-J/EEL
Jeremiah Jones - S.18061

Mrs. E. Hooker
North
South Carolina

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you designate the records 
of Jeremiah Jones and Jesse Mercer, father of Chaplain Silas 
Mercer of the Revolutionary War, as the records in which you are 
most interested.

A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made 
in your behalf and no claim for pension or bounty land found based 
upon service in that war of a Jesse Mercer or of a Silas Mercer. 
The record of Jeremiah Jones is given below as found in the papers 
on file in his claim for pension, S.18061, based upon his service 
in the Revolutionary War.

Jeremiah Jones
S.18061

Jeremiah Jones was born December 7, 1759, in Orangeburg District, 
South Carolina.

He enlisted, date and place not stated, and served at various 
times until the end of the war, about thirteen months in all, as a 
private under Captains John Stanfield, James Fair and Andrew DuBose, 
and Colonel Thomas Wade in the South Carolina Troops and was in an 
engagement at Lynch's Creek under General Sumter.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 26, 
1833, while residing in Orangeburg District, South Carolina.

There are no data as to soldier's family.

[notes written in right margin]
could not identify any of 
these officers
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, 
the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of 
the Revolutionary War pensioner, Jeremiah Jones (S.18061), you should 
address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records 
Division, this city, citing all of the following data:

Jeremiah Jones, Certificate No. 23614, issued March 8, 1834, 
rate $35.83 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, 
South Carolina Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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P  18061
INVALID.
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File No. 18,061
Jeremiah Jones
Pri Rev War
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Act:  June 7" 32
Index: -  Vol. 1, PGE 447

[Arrangement of 1870.]


[notes on right side]
1906 Jan 11 - history to D. J.
Knotts / his Hon. A. F. Lever M.B.H.
1910 Mch. 7  Hist. to Mrs. Oscar 
J Peeples
1910 Apr. 5  Hist. to Sarah Howle
1911 Feby 1  Hist. to Lillie B. Smock [Smook/Smoak?]
1915 Aug. 5  Hist. Mrs. W. E. La Grove
1919 No. 10  Hist. to Mrs. Thos. A. Jones.
1933 Apr. 26  Hist. to Miss
E. Levoken/Levoker [?]  EEL
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South Carolina
Darlington District

Personally came before
me Silas Hales who being duly sworn made
oath that he new [knew] Jeremiah Jones in the 
Revolutionary War & served with him as
a Volunteer Soldier under Capt Fair for three
months - That he (the deponent) & the Said Jones were 
in an engagement near Lynchy Creek uner
Genl. Sumter -- the deponent further sayeth
that to the best of his knowledge they were 
to receive as a bounty Twenty five dollars &
Twenty dollars per month - each Soldier furnishing
his own horse & arms

Silas hails

Sworn to before me this 28th Octr. 1828
Ths. E Hart DC

State of South Carolina
Orangeburgh District

Personally appeared before me Jeremiah Jones who
being duly sworn made oath that he Performed the Services as Stated in 
the above affidavit, for the consideration therein specified.  That he has 
never receive any part of the Same directly or indirectly by discount or 
otherwise

Jeremiah jones

Sworn to before me this 21st November 1828
J. Winningham
J.I. [?] Ex officio
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South Carolina
Chesterfield District

Personally came Charles Lisoubie
before me & being duly sworn sayeth that he knew
Jeremiah Jones in the revolutionary war & served with
him as an American soldier under Capt. Fair
for Three months -  That he (the deponent) & the said
Jones were in an engagement near Lynches Creek
under General Sumter & the  deponent further sayeth
that to the best of his knowledge they were to receive
as a bounty Twenty five dollars & Twenty Dollars per
month - each soldier furnishing his own horse & arms

Calosson Lisenba [?]

Sworn before me
Oct. 25th 1838

Hugh Craig J. Co.
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No. 28.753
Orangeburgh

In the matter of 
Jeremiah Jones

application for a Pension
S.C.


Hon. J. M. Felder
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South Carolina
Sumter District

Personally came Peter DuBose 
before me & being duly sworn
Sayeth that he was personally acquainted with 
Jeremiah Jones during the Revolutionary Struggle
for Independence and that he served as a private
soldier during the same when ever called on 
in General Marion's Camps under the
command of Capt. Andrew DuBose & the 
said Peter Dubose as first Lieutenant & 
other officers of the war---
Peter Dubose

Sworn to before me
this 3rd Day of November 1828
Middleton DuBose, J.P.


South Carolina
Orangeburgh District

Personally appeared before me Jeremiah Joes
and duly made oath that he served as the above affidavit
states but how long a period he does not recollect and that 
he has never received any pay for the same---
Jeremiah Jones

Sworn to before me 
this 21st Novr. 1828
J.  Winningham J.Q. Ex officio
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,

August 7th, 1839.

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States," Jeremiah Jones
a Pensioner on the Roll of the South Carolina Agency, at
the rate of Thirty five Dollars and eighty three Cents 
per annum under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1838,
to the 4th Sept., 1838.

Respectfully yours,

Albion K Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Admit as private
3 mo. Cavy.  12.50
7 mo. Infy.    23.33
                   $35.83



Hon J M Felder


[written upside down]
James L Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
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Washington   26 Feb. 1834

Dear Sir,

Keep the favor of you to review your
decision in the case of Jeremiah Jones' application
for a pension herewith returned.  Jones states
that he served three months under Captain
Standfield, three months under Captain Fair.
That he was drafted and served three months
under colonel Wade & that he enlisted and 
served four months under General Marion &
 till the end of the war.  He has sworn explicitly
to thirteen months service a part of which 
time was in a company of horse, the horse & 
accoutrements at his own charge for which I 
believe he never received any compensation.
I know Jones well & know him to be a man
of truth & honor & that his statements are 
entitled to confidence.  Heence [hence] my solicitude for
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his claim.  I also know the Revd. Mr. Hutto to be 
a minister of the gospel and Mr. Williamson to 
have been a member of the South Carolina
legislature & that their certificate is entitled to 
every credit.  I also know the Judge and the
Clerk well and that the papers have their
signature, a signature also entitled to every
credit.  Jones is old & infirm and near
unable to attend court at which I promised 
to see that his papers were correctly
drawn & presented to the court.  I doubt
whether he will ever again be able to attend 
in open court to correct his papers as he 
lives about 25 miles from the court house
where the Judge attends but twice in the 
year & then sometimes not more than two or 
three days.  If his pension is not granted on these
papers, I doubt whether he has the friends who
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know how & when to renew his application or
whether he will be able again to attend court.
Were I not convinced of the justice of his
application, I would not press his claim.
You will also see among his papers some
affidavits taken for the purpose of getting on
the pension roll of South Carolina.  These
affidavits I think strengthen his claim as
I know well all the living parties whose names 
are in his petition.  I will with pleasure if 
wished attend at your office & give any personal
explanation in my power.  

Respectfully,
your most obedient,
John M. Felder
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18061
21844
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ETOWAH CHAPTER
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA

Feb. 14.

Pension Office
Washington

Gentlemen:

Will you kindly send 
me data concerning
Samuel Jones, a Pensioner
in 1840 of Kershaw Co. S.C.
Also "Jeremiah Jones, of 
Orangeburg, S.D. a pensioner
in 1834".  He served
in N.C. Militia.

Very truly,
Mrs. Oscar T. Peeples
Regent Etowah Chapter
Cartersville
Ga.

[date stamp]
U.S.  PENSION OFFICE
FEB. 16 1910
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Rev Sec

NORTH PHARMACY
DR. T. A. JONES, PROPRIETOR
NORTH, S. C.

Oct. 31, 1919

Mr. A. C. Tieman
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

I want a statement
from the Bureau
of Pensions, so that I 
can verify the fact that
Jeremiah Jones, and 
his father Thomas Jones
were Revolutionary soldiers.
I know from community
history and from their
monuments etc. that 
they fought in the Revolution
but I want this statement 
from you for each
of these to use in a 

[date stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
NOV 3 1919
Page 20

D. A. R. Chapter [illegible due to fold in paper]
organized.

1st.  Jeremiah Jones
(full name)
Served under Capt. John
Stanfield in S. C. troops;
in 1781, he served in
Capt. James Fain's Co. of
horse.  He served under
Col. Wade, Capt. Andrew
Dubose & Gen. Marion
He was in an engagement
at Lynches Creek.
I think from the information
I have that Jeremiah Jones
and Thomas Jones
were granted a 
pension about 1833, while
residents of either Orangeburg
district (or what is now 
Orangeburg Co.) and of
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3
NORTH PHARMACY
DR. T. A. JONES, PROPRIETOR
NORTH, S. C.

[blank date line]

Darlington Co. 

Jeremiah Jones was born about
1759 and died about
1848.
Thomas Jones (his father) 
was born 1829 or about 
that time.  Jeremiah
Jones is buried in Orangeburg
Co. & Thomas 
Jones in Darlington Co.
S. C.
Thomas Jones' widow
was Mary Jones.
From this information
I do hope you can 
send me these two
certificates.  I have 
worked faithfully for my 




[date stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
NOV 3 1919
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Govt. and I'm sure you 
all will be glad to help
me.  Please let me hear 
from you as soon as 
convenient.  Thanking you
very much.

Very truly,
Mrs. Thomas A. Jones
Regent D. A. R. Chapter #50
Chw. Home Service A. Red Cross,
Chw. Womans Conv. Liberty Loan,
Chw. Womans Conv. War Savings,

Box 25.
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No. 1
Rev Sec

Johnston, S. C.
July 30, 1915

Pension Office,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs: - 

Please send
me a certificate 
that Jeremiah Jones
was pensioned in 
1834 by national
government for services
in the Revolutionary
War.

Very truly yours,
Mrs. W. E. LaGrove
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Hartsville, S. C.
March 24, 1910

To Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir - 

Will  you kindly
look up the record of Jeremiah
Jones of South Carolina who
served in the Revolutionary
War?  His receipt for
9 lbs & 13 shillings is on
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record in your office - I 
wrote the War Department
& they referred me to your
Dep - 

Very Respt
(Miss) Sarah Howle

[date stamp]
U. S. P ENSION OFFICE
A
MAR 25 1910
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[letterhead]
FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
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JAMES W. WADSWORTH, Chairman.
E. Stevens Henry,          Henry C. Adams,
Charles F. Wright,         John Lamb,
Gilbert N. Haugen,       Sydney J. Bowie,
Charles F. Scott,           Albert S. Burleson,
Kittredge Haskins,        Asbury F. Lever,
Joseph V. Graff,            Phanor Breazeale,
George W. Cromer,      John W. Cassingham,
William Lorimer,           Bernard S. Rodey,
Franklin E. Brooks,
                                     Chas. A. Gibson, Clerk.


Committee on Agriculture,
House of Representatives U. S.
Washington, D. C. 

Jan. 9, 1906.

Hon. Vespasian Warner,
Census Bureau,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir: - 

I enclose you a letter which explains itself.  I will thank
you to give me the information asked for returning the enclosure.

Very truly,

A. F. Lever
M. C. - 7th - S. C.

[date stamp]
FIRST DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
JAN 10 1906
U. S. 
PENSION OFFICE
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[date stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
D
JAN 27 1911


S18061
V L M
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LEONIDAS CAIN, POSTMASTER

UNITED STATES POST OFFICE
ST. MATTHEWS, S. C.

Jan. 25 1911

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington - D. C. 

Can you give me any information
regarding Jeremiah Jones, a Revolutionary soldier
who served under General Francis Marion
and who drew a pension several years
before his death?

Any information will be gladly
received by 

(Miss) Lillie B. Smvak
St. Matthews, S. C.
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North S. C.
Mar 20, 1833.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Kind sir

Jessie Mercer is my great-
great-great-grandfather.
The father of Chaplain
Silas Mercer of the Revolution
Don't know name of first
wife Silas' mother.
His second wife was Sarah
Simmons of North Carolina.
Currituck Co.
Jessie Mercer is burried
at what use to be 
Penfield Ga. now Wilks Co
He was born in Va. came to 
N. C. then to Ga.
Had three sons in the Revolution
Silas, Jacob, Thomas.

Yours truly
[illegible] E. Hooker

[going down the right side of the page]
Kindly designate the ancestor in whom you are most interested,
named in your letter; a search of the records will be made in your
behalf and the record furnished, if on file.  As a means of 
identifying the record, he following information will be appreciated:
approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence
at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
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North S C.
Mar 20, 1833

Commissioner of Pensions

Kind sir

Jeremiah Jones is my great 
grandfather, was born 1759
died in Orangeburg Dist. 1848.
His wife Elizabeth Mercer
was born 1769
Died 1838.
They are burried at the 
Jones Cemetery at his old
home place.  Now in Aiken
Co.  His grave has a 
government headstone.

Yours truly
Mrs. E. Hooker
Chaplain of the 
Jeremiah Jones Chapt
D. A. R.

[date stamp]
RECEIVED
MAR 22 [faded out]

[down the left side of the page]
Because of the very great demand for data pertaining to
soldiers of the Revolutionary War, and the lack of clerical
force available for furnishing such information, it has not
been possible to make a series of investigations and reports
for one person or organization.
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VETERANS ADMINISTRAION
WASHINGTON

February 23, 1933

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

IN REPLY REFER TO;
BA-J/MMHF:MLB

Mrs. E. Hooker
North South Carolina

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letters in which you request the 
records of several soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

Because of the very great demand for data pertaining to 
soldiers of the Revolutionary War, and the lack of a clerical
force available for furnishing such information, it has not
been possible to make a series of investigations and report
for one person or organization.  

Kindly designate the ancestor in whom you are most interested,
named in you letter; a search of the records will be made in your
behalf and the record furnished, if on file.  As a means of 
identifying the record, the following information will be appreciated:
approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence
at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.

The return of these letters will expedite the matter.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

[date stamp]
RECEIVED
MAR 22 1933
[faded out]
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[incomplete portion of a form]
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for 
pension on file in this Bureau.  Jeremiah Jones Pen. File 18061
----------------------------------------
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
[check mark]
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
5 or 6 days
RANK.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
John Stanfield
COLONEL.
[blank]
STATE.
S. C.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
*1780 or 1781
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
3 mos.
RANK.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
James Fair's Co. of horse
COLONEL.
[blank]
STATE.
S. C.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
[check mark]
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
3 mos.
RANK.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
[blank]
COLONEL.
Thomas Wade
STATE.
S. C.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
[check mark]
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
4 mos. (served to the end of the war)
RANK.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Andrew Dubose
COLONEL.
Genl. Marion
STATE.
S. C.

Battles engaged in, Engagement near Lynch's Creek
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [check mark]
Date of application for pension, Mch. 26 1833  His claim was al.
Residence at date of application, Orangeburgh Dist. S. C. 
Age at date of application, born in Orangeburgh Dist. S. C.  Dec. 27 1759
Remarks:  [too faded to read most of it]
went to S. C.
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January 11, 1906.

Hon. Asbury F. Lever,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Lever:

In reply to your letter date January 9, 1906, and received in this
Bureau January 10, 1906, I have the honor to advise you that the papers in 
Sur. File #18061 show that Jeremiah Jones was born in Orangeburg District, S. C.,
on December 27, 1759.  he enlisted, date not given, and served as a private
five or six days under Captain John Stanfield, in the S. C. troops; in 1781,
he served three months as a private in Capt. James Fair's Company of horse, 
was in an engagement at Lynch's Creek; served three months under Col. Wade;
also served four months as a private under Capt. Andrew Dubose and General Marion.

He applied for pension on March 26, 1838, while a resident of 
Orangeburg District, S. C., his claim was allowed.  He was living in 1838,
date of death not shown.  There is no family data.  

The papers in Sur. File #7089, show that John Jones was Born March
19, 1756, in Marion District, S. C.  In 1780 he served three months as a 
private under Capt. Luke Whitfield and Col. William Davis, S. C. Troops, and was 
in occasional skirmishes with Tories; in the same year he served two months
as a private under Capt. Joseph Greaves and Col. Hugh Giles; in 1782, he 
served two months as a private under Capt. Joseph Hudson; and in the latter
part of 1782, he served two months under Capt. John Smith and General Marion.
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Hon. A.F.L. -- 2.

South Carolina; his claim was allowed; in 1842 he was living in Robeson Co.,
N. C., with his youngest daughter, name not given?  No further family data.

The papers in Widow's File No. 7918, show that Nathaniel Jones was
born in Wake Co., N.C., enlisted in south Carolina at the commencement of the 
Revolutionary War, and served in Georgia six months and two weeks as a private
in Capt. James McFarland's troop of cavalry; was in the skirmish with the Indians
at Beard's Bluff on the Altamaha River, was wounded in leg at Fort Barrington;
served as sergeant four months under Capt. Land, S.C. Troops, was in skirmish
with American deserters at Purysburg; served again under the same officers, was
wounded in left shoulder in the attack on Charleston; enlisted at Rocky Mount, S.C.
soon after the "Snow Camps" (November and December 1775, and served three weeks in 
Capt. Woodward's Co. Col. John Winn's S.C. Regt., was in the attack on Lindley's
Fort on Broad River, served five days under Capt. John Watts, in skirmish with
Tories on Broad Creek, Chesterfield 
District.

He applied for pension on October 29, 1832, while a resident of Kershaw
District, S.D.  His claim was allowed.  Referred to a brother in North Carolina,
name not stated.  No further family data.

He married Rebecca -- September 4, 1828, in Kershaw District, S.D. where
she still resided in 1869, sixty-four years of age.  Her claim was allowed.

A careful search of the records of this Bureau fails to show that a 
claim was filed on account of the Revolutionary service of Nathan Jones, and said
records also fail to show that claims were filed for the Revolutionary services
of any Jeremiah, John or Nathaniel Jones of South Carolina other than the above.

The letter of Mr. D. J. Knotts, of Suwanee, S.C. dated December 29, 
1905, is herewith returned.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner