Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 821, for Enoch Jones, New Jersey
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SERVICE    
New Jersey 
Jones, Enoch  
NUMBER  S.821
carded

CONTENTS

res. at enl. Gloucester Co. N.J.
In 1832 aged 74 years + res Upper Freehold Twp. Monmouth Co. N.J.
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17, 142 New Jersey

Enoch Jones of Freehold in the State of NJ - who was a Pri in the Com commanded by Captain ---- of the Reg commanded by Col. Taylor in the NJ militia for 9 mo

Inscribed on the Roll of NJ at the rate of 30 Dollars --- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Au 1833 and Sent W. I Browne Freehold NJ

Arrears to the 4th of March: 33 $60
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept 4 "15
$75

Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by E.D. Bullock, clerk 
Book E Vol. 3 Page 117
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832.
State of New Jersey County of Monmouth SS: On this 1st day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County now sitting at Freehold NJ Enoch Jones a resident of the township of Upper Freehold in said County and State aged seventy four and upwards who being first duly sworn agreeably to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1782. in the month of March in the County of Gloucester New Jersey with Capt. John Davis's company of guard. He received when he enlisted eight dollars bounty and served in the Regiment commanded by Col John Taylor - was enlisted for nine months and served all that time was then discharged at Chesnut Neck on the Mullica River between Little and Great Egg Harbor N.J. At the time he enlisted he says he lived in Gloucester County N. Jersey - He was engaged in a number of skirmishes with the British and Refugees one at Tuckerton N. Jersey in which his company had one killed, John McKann, three wounded and three taken prisoner, was overpowered by the enemy; understood they had seven killed. Also was engaged at Brigantine on Great Egg Harbour and was there successful agt [against] the enemy having killed eleven of them and wounded several - one other skirmish on the Little Egg Harbour in which the enemy was beaten and driven into the Thoroughfare and killed ^ that is shot and drownded Six of the enemy wounded their Capt. Jesse Smith and took thirteen of them prisoners.
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Also was engaged with a party of Refugees at Little Egg Harbour near Tuckerton in which the enemy was beaten and in which they broke the thigh of their Captain William Giberson of the Refugees Company, took him prisoner together with three of his men and took the prisoners to Burlington Jail.

During his aforesaid enlistment of nine months he marched through the Counties of Gloucester and Burlington to Monmouth and in Monmouth to Toms River at the Block-House to assist against the enemy in the engagement there, but was too late, the enemy had fled before they arrived - He has no documentary evidence - But has the affidavit of James Bell a fellow soldier with him - taken before Josiah Garwood a Justice of the Peace of the County of Gloucester on the 31st day of July 1828. which is hereunto annexed  - This effort was taken with a view of applying for a pension under the act of 1828 but was precluded or informed that he could not then obtain a pension on account of the amount of property which he possessed - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity  except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state -

Enoch Jones

Sworn too & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court
John Hull
W.J. Browne
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(written vertically along left border)
Rev War

INVALID.

File No. 821
Enoch Jones
Priv. N.J. Mil.

Act: June 7, 1832
Index:- Vol. a, Page 193

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Return this
E. Jones

Admit
private
9 mo
$30
Wm. J. Browne
Freehold, NJ.
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Gloucester County SS State of New Jersey

Personally appeared before me William Brooks one of the Justices of the peace in and for said county Benjamin Bates a man of good repute and entitled to belief and credit who on his solemn affirmation deposeth and saith that Enoch Jones did serve as a private soldier in Capt. John Davis's company of regular troops in the years of seventeen hundred and eighty two and that he served nine months the time listed for, as a guard on the sea coast, and once at the expiration of his time was discharged by  same captain and further says not.
his X mark
Benjamin Bates

Taken and subscribed before me the subscriber this 20th day of July 1833 Witness present
William  Brooks 
John S. Brooks

State of New Jersey: Gloucester County SS: I, John C. Smallwood Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that William Brooks Esquire, before whom the above written affidavit was made, was at the doing thereof, one of the Justices of the peace of the said County of Gloucester, duly commissioned and sworn and that the signature of the said Judge subscribed to said affidavit is genuine -
Witness my hand and seal of office this tenth day of April AD 1833.
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Enoch Jones
Payments to be made at Trenton by Pres. of Tren. Bank Company Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of New Jersey

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E Vol. 3 Page 117 by E.D. Bullock Clerk.
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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, Enoch Jones of the State of New Jersey who was a Private during the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive Thirty dollars and ___ 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 2nd day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
John [illegible]
Acting Secretary of War

Examined and Countersigned
JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Oct(?) 28 1833 paid to Sept. 4, 1833
Sept. 30 1834 paid to Sept. 4, 1834


No 17.162
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Enoch Jones
Applicant for pension
No. 3170
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Amendatory Declaration of Enoch Jones to his original Declaration of the 1st August 1832 for a pension under the Act of June 7th, 1832.

Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Monmouth N. Jersey Enoch Jones the applicant named in the original declaration hereunto annexed, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that in consequence of the death of James Bell, a fellow soldier whose affidavit accompanied his original declaration and which was objected to for reasons stated in the accompanying brief - In the place of this affidavit thus objected to, he herewith produces the affidavit of Benjamin Bates of Gloucester County, who served with the deponent in Capt. Davis's Company afsd. [aforesaid] as a Lieutenant - This deponent served as a private soldier - Deponent further says that he does not now know of any other survivor of the afsd. [aforesaid]  company of Capt. Davis whereby he could prove his service.
Enoch Jones

Subscribed & sworn to this 23rd day of April 1833 - before me
W. J Browne
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Woodbury, N.J. 
Ap. 10

12 1/2

William J. Bowne, Esq
Freehold
Monmouth Co., N. Jersey
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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant Enoch Jones, was a Revolutionary Soldier and serves as he states - August 1st 1832
By Order of the Court
W.J. Bowne

I Daniel H Ellis clerk of the Inferior Court of common Pleas in and for the county of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey to hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of  Enoch Jones for a pension. And that William J. Bowne before whom the amendatory declaration of E. Jones was taken above annexed is and was at the taking thereof one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the county of Monmouth duly commissioned and sworn and that the signature thus subscribed-
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subscribed is the true signature of the said Justice and that full faith and credit are due to his official act as such Justice.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court and signed my name at Freehold N. Jersey the 30th day of April 1833

D.H. Ellis clk