Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36640, for William Jones, Connecticut
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Jones, William

NUMBER
S.36640

CONTENTS

in 1819 aged 57 years & in res of New Haven Conn.
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13.578
Connecticut

William Jones
of New Haven in the State of Connecticut
who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Durkee of the Connecticut
line, for the term of 3 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence
the 24th of June 1819-

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th of August 1819
and sent to Saml H. Woodruff Esq.
Southington, Cont

Portion of
Semi-anl all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819. 2 11/30 18.83
$18.83
Revolutionary claim
Act 18th March, 1818
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To the Honorable Isaac Mills Esquire
Judge of the County Court for the
County of New Haven in the State of
Connecticut the memorial of
William Jones of New Haven in said
County respectfully sheweth

That the said Jones is a native
citizen of the United States and is now
in the fifty eighth year of his age

That in the month of March AD one
thousand seven hundred and seventy eight
he enlisted as a private for the term
of one year in the Regiment of Colonel
Enos, said Regiment being one of the
Regiments of the Connecticut line
in the service of the United States, that
he continued to serve as a private in
said Regiment for more than one
year and until said Regiment was 
by a new arrangement disbanded

That afterward he enlisted for the
term of six months in another Regiment
in said Connecticut line and there
served as a private until the
18th day of January AD. 1781 when he
again enlisted as a private in the
regiment of Col John Durkee, said
regiment being the 1st Regt in said
Connecticut line. this enlistment was
for the term of three years. In July
1781 in the battle near Kingsbridge
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was wounded on the head by a musket
shot and carried from the field for
dead, but in a few months so far 
recovered as to resume his duty in
his Regiment. In the latter part of
the summer of the same year was 
detached in the Company of Captain
Lemuel Clift in the Battalion of
Colonel Alexander Hamilton and
the night of the 14th of October in the same
year at the siege of York Town
in forcing the enemies works was
dangerously  wounded in the leg by an
a[illegible] with this last wound was 
confined until the spring of the year
1782, when he again returned to active
duty and continued in said Regiment
until the spring of the year 1783 when 
he was transferred to the Regt of
Colonel Herman Swift being one of
the Regiments of the Connecticut line
and in this Regt he served as a private
into the 5th of July of the same year
when he was promoted to a sergeant
in said Regt and in that capacity
continued to serve until the peace
where he was honorably discharged

Your memorialist has but a little
property having ever been wholly
dependent on his manual labor for
the support of himself and a numerous
family, his health and constitution are
broken and feeble his head is now
continually affected by his wound
which has nearly destroyed both of his
eyes. With his increasing years the
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wound upon his leg is becoming more
distressing and has for several
past rendered him a cripple and
under his present distressing circumstances 
he is constrained to apply
to his country for aid in his support
He therefore prays your honor to
transmit the evidence in his case
to the Honorable Secretary of the war
Department that your memorialist
may be placed on the pension list
according the provisions of the act
of Congress of March 1818
Dated New Haven June 24th 1819
Wm Jones

New Haven County State of Connecticut
personally appeared William signer 
of the foregoing memorial and made solemn 
oath that the facts stated in said memorial
are true, - and also made solemn oath 
that from his reduced circumstances he
needs assistance from his country for
support
Sworn before me this 24th day of June 
AD 1819
Isaac Mills Judge of New
Haven County Court
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I hereby certify that it appears to my
full satisfaction that William Jones
of New Haven in New Haven County &
State of Connecticut is a citizen of
the United States, that he served for
more than nine months in the war
of the Revolution as a private soldier 
and as a Sergeant in the Regiment
of Colonel John Durkee and Herman
Swift which Regiments belonged to the
Connecticut line. which service was
against the common enemy that
he was wounded in the battle at
Kingsbridge and also at the capture
of Lord Cornwallis at York town, and
that in consequence of his reduced circumstances 
he needs assistance from his
County for his support
Isaac Mills Judge
of New Haven County Court

State of Connecticut New Haven
County ss New Haven June 24th 1819
I Roger S. Skinner Clerk of the
County Court for New Haven County
and keeper of the Seal thereof hereof
certify that Isaac Mills Esq. Judge
of the County Court for said County
and that the above is well known
to me to be his signature in testimony
whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of
said Court
Roger J. Skinner Clk

[overwritten sideways]
Wm. Jones Sgt
Col. Durkees Connt Reg
1781 3 years
24 june 1814 
on roll in [illegible]
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36640
Revy INVALID
File No. 36,640 
William Jones
Serg Rev War
Act 18 March 18
Index:-- Vol. 2, Page 259
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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By Major General Knox commanding the
Garrisons of West Point and its dependencies

William Jones Sergeant in the Connecticut ┃
Regiment, being inlisted for three years is hereby honorably 
discharged the service of the United States

Given at West Point
28th of October 1783
By the General Command
T Knox M General
By the General's command
Jn Lillie Aide de Camp
Registered into the Regiment Book
J W Loomis Ad.
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Wm Jones
Conn S36640
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HERMAN SWIFT, EST COLONEL of the Connecticut
Regiment, in the Service of the United States.

To William Jones
BY VIRTUE of the AUTHORITY Vested in me by the United in Congress assembled, I do by these Presents Constitute and
appoint you to be a Sergeant in the Regiment under my command, to take rank as such the 3rd day of July 1780.
You are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions, as you that from Time to Time receive from me or other your superior 
Officers and diligently to execute the duties of a Serjeant for which this shall be your sufficient Warrant.

GIVEN under my HAND, in the Garrison of West Point,
this 2nd Day of August A. Domini 1783
Herman Swift
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
-
L[illegible] Loomis Adj
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I Elijah Royce of Wolcott in the
County of A Haven and State of Connecticut 
depose and say that I have
been well acquainted with Wm Jones
now of New Haven from his youth
That the said Jones served as a private
and as a Sergeant in the army of
the Revolution and in the Connecticut 
line. that on the night of
the fourteenth of October AD 1781
at the storming of York town and
capture of Cornwallis the said James
was dangerously wounded in the leg
by an abbitis as was supposed - I
was with him at the time and 
Soon after saw him in the hospital
he was long confined with his wound
and is still lame in consequence of it
dated Southington July 6th 1819
Elijah Royce
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Hartford County ss Southington July 6
AD 1819 - Personally appeared Elijah
Royce signer of the foregoing affadavit
and made solemn oath to the truth thereof

Sworn before me
Roger Whittlesey Justice of Peace

[sideways]
Elijah Royce
Affidavit
Wm Jones
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Certificate of Captain Swift
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This may certify that the Bearer William Jones
was in my Company in a Battalion Commanded by
Col Hamilton at the Siege of York Town in
Virginia and was present with me at the storming of the
Redoubt in advance of York Town, and continued
in my Company of Light Infantry to the end of the
War, I can further testify that Jones, was about
my Person as a soldier about Eighteen months, &
after as a Sergeant, to the end of the War. and he
tells me that he was wounded, in an acornear
Kings Bridge over Harlem River West Chester County
& that passing through the Abatis in storming the
Brittish Redoubt, he was badly wounded in the
leg and is now in consequence of that wound, unable
to labour much, and otherwise unwell, and in
low circumstances as he says, I have no reason
to doubt every thing that he has set forth, as he
always while with me, which was for a number of years He
Supported an unblemished character as an honest
and faithful soldier, and I do believe that
he richly deserves to be placed on the Pension list
by the late act of Congress--
Lemuel Cleft Captain
in Col Thomas Grosvenor
Regt in the Connt line
of the Revolutionary Army
of the United States-
Southeast - Putnam County
State of New York
Novr 12th 1818

This may Certify to whom it may concerned that I have
been acquainted with William Jones for a number of years
and am fully convinced that he labours under disability in
consequence of a wound received in the revolutionary war
that his pecuniary situation demand the bounty of the
public
Milford December 3 1818 Caleb Austin Esq.