Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5761, for Charles Jordan, Georgia
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(8-1778)
Service Ga. Jordan, Charles 
Jordan, Frances
Number R. 5761
Contents
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Charles Jordan
GA
2:19584 Deed
RW
d:e:c:f:m:
Hon I. M Wayne
W.B. Ector
Greenville Meriwether Co. Ga.
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Sir
WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
April 16 1833
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 these 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 by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the service of Charles Jordan

Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service. | Rank of the
Claimant. | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. | Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. | Battles in which the applicant was engaged. | Country through which he marched. | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period | Evidence by which the declaration is supported

 thinks 1780 vol. | about 2 months | Private| Capt Jno. Hill |[blank]  | [blank] | thru Wilke into Richmond | 68 years and upwards, Wilkes Co., Ga. | [blank] |


about 1781 | more than 2 years  | [blank] | Capt. Geo Dooley, Capt. Sam’l Harper | Col Jno. Dooley, Maj Eaton, Col. Picking, Col. Lee, Gen Green, Gen. Clark | [Siege of Augusta ninety six
| [blank] | [blank] | Traditionary Witness


I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant,

J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 
County of

On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of  [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory, or District 
Of  [blank] , aged  [blank] 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank] , with  [blank] and served in the  [blank] (e) regiment of the  [blank] 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 entered 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  [blank] 
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  [blank] of the Court of  [blank] 
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of  [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
 [blank]  day of  [blank] & 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 [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted  [blank] , who has 
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be  [blank] 
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  [blank] 
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the  [blank] 
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,  [blank] Clerk of the Court of  [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
 [blank]  for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of
office, this  [blank] day of  [blank] & 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?
5. 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 the 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.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
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
inquiry 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
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 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  ________ years  ________ months, and ________ days, I served as a________,  or  ________ years  ________ months, and ________ days, I served as a________ ; 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
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.
(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 fix 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 contains
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 seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
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 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 certifiied by the proper officer, under his seal of the office.
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and state troops. The proof required by rule in
note (j) 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.
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Declaration, In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 State of Georgia Meriwether County On this 30th day of January 1837 personally appeared in open court, before the Inferior Court now sitting, Frances Jordan widow of Charles Jordan, deceased, a resident of the county of Meriwether & state of Georgia, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, in her behalf as the surviving widow of said deceased at the time of his death, who received a Revolutionary pension of right of the United States at the time of his death & a resident of said county & state.
1st - That said Charles Jordan was born in one of the northern states, which one is not known, in the month of June 1764. 2nd - That said Charles Jordan, deceased, has a record of his age in an old Bible kept by his father which during the Revolution was worn out & lost in the moving, changes & accidents of time & place, when & where is not known. 3rd - When called into service said Charles Jordan deceased resided in Wilkes county State of Georgia. It is believed that during the Revolution he resided at different periods in that part of Wilkes county afterwards [illegible] to Columbia & Lincoln counties but principally in the latter, where he permanently resided from the year 1790 to 1806, inclusive. The years 1807 & 1808 he resided in Jackson County from 1809 to 1816 inclusive he resided in Morgan county. From there he removed to Monroe county in the state of Alabama where he resided nine years near the Burnt [illegible] Spring up to & including the years 1825. From thence removed back to Georgia into Upson county
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where he resided two years 1826 & 1827 - From thence he removed & resided in Meriwether county from the spring of 1828 up to the time of his death on the 31st day of August 1832. He was a pioneer frontiersman & usually attended to cattle stock with [merely] a farm home.
1st Service.- said Charles Jordan deceased was called into service, residence Wilkes county state of Georgia, sometime during the year 1780, probably the earlier part of that year. He served two months under Captain John Hill. He was a volunteer first militia infantry, service under state authority, recognized & [illegible] by the United States. The service was to perform scouting & reconnoitering  on the frontier of the state, building & sustaining forts & protecting the inhabitants in regular military duty. The exact time of the year is not known, nor can a detailed minute history of the service be given. He [illegible] on little [illegible], marched & defended the upper inhabitants & forts of the state & was honorably discharged on his return march into Wilkes county by Captain Hill by written discharge which he lost. Service 2 mos.
2nd Service- He was called into service, residence Wilkes County state of Georgia, this was in the year 1780, the latter part, he served two months November & December of that year. His captain was Samuel Harper, his Colonel John Dooly who was afterwards killed by the Tories. He was a volunteer private with a infantry acting under State authority & general recognition of the United States, he rendezvoused near the mouth of Little River & marched into the upper part of the state & into South Carolina reconnoitering & securing, sustaining the forts, protecting the country & checking the depredations & threatened hostilities of the Creek Indians & the occasional incursions of the Cherokees. He was honorably discharged by a written discharge of Captain Harper after his return march home in Wilkes county, which discharge was long since lost. At that time Georgia & Carolina were measurably in possession of the British from their control at Augusta & Charleston, & expeditions were entirely on the defensive & cautiously engaged
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in, & mostly with an eye to protect the frontier settlements from Tory [fiends] & Indian massacre. Then were ever indeed & more important than danger or injury from the British enemy, by whom they were encouraged, sometimes [illegible] & always communicate with from those British forts. Service 2nd
3rd Service - He served in the two sieges of Augusta Georgia & in the siege of ninety six in the state of South Carolina. he [then] several tours, duties & sieges & the operations conneted therewith. he served as a volunteer private militia infantry under the Authority of the State of Georgia & South Carolina required & reorganized by the United States. The services in the whole, or in each separately, can not be described in detail. In all these sieges duties & tours he served not less than nine months actual service. They might not have been specially continuend & counted, but were really [illegible] with little interval, & the last siege of Augusta & the siege of Ninety six are believed to have been rendered without a lapse of duty. The particular time of these sieges is not known but it is believed that he rendered two months service in the first siege of Augusta & four months in the lst, the first occurring in the early part of the year 1781 & the last in the latter part of that year or in 1782; the siege of ninety six in the middle of the year 1781 in which he served three months. In all these tours he entered service from his residence Wilkes County Georgia. In the first siege of Augusta he rendezvoused on Little River, Wilkes County, in the [illegible] at Kiokie Creek now Columbia County thirty miles above Augusta in both of which tours & sieges his captain was George Dooly & his Colonel Elijah Clark acting as Genl. in Command. In the [illegible] siege of Augusta General Lee was the principal commander.
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His father of the same name as himself Charles Jordan, was with him at the ssaid siege of Augusta & was killed there by a shot in the stomach in the storm on Brown & Garyson's Forty. Col. Brown was the principal commander on the part of the British. Major Eaton & Col. Dickens were officers on the American side at one or both sieges of Augusta. In the tour of duty performed at ninety six, South Carolina he rendezvoued at Kiokee Creek, Columbia County now, thirty miles above Augusta & marched through Richmond County & through Edgefield district, South Carolina to ninety six, where from his residence Wilkes county Georgia his Captain George Dooly, his Conl or General Elijah Clark; the siege commander by General Nathaniel Greene in person, General Lee also in command assisted by his Colonel or General Elijah Clark. Served in this campaign three months including going & returning, was in the siege of ninety six in the attack & repulse of the Americans, with whom he retreated & remained until out of danger up the Saluda river. In all there three sieges he served & fought throughout their whole operations.
He was in, served & fought in the first siege, attack & repulse at Augusta. He was in, served & fought at the second siege, storm & capture of Augusta.
He was in, served & fought at the Siege of Ninety Six & the attack & repulse of the Americans at that place.
In all these several tours of duty he was honorably discharged after his return home into Wilkes County Georgia by his Captain George Dooly by  written discharges which have been long since lost or destroyed. Service 9 mos.
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4th Service - He entered service, residing in Wilkes County state of Georgia as a volunteer private militia infantry, rendevouzed on Little river, marched & scouted through the frontiers of Georgia & South Carolina defending the inhabitants against the Creek & Cherokee Indians. This service was performed in the year 1782, his captain was Samuel Harper, his Colonel or General Elijah Clark, it consisted in two tours of duty of twenty days each, & in one of which his detachment was accompanied by General Pickens of South Carolina in joint command & when he was in several inconsiderable skirmishes with the Indians & Tories. That campaigns were in the year 1782. He was honorably discharged from both tours by his Captain Samuel Harper after his return into Wilkes by written discharge which has long since been lost or destroyed Service 1m & 10 dys.
And the said Frances Jordan doth on her oath make the further declaration, that there is no clergyman, nor was at the time of the death of the said Charles Jordan, deceased, resident of his neighborhood, who can testify from their acquaintance with him as to his age & Revolutionary reputation. There was [illegible] no clergyman resident near & the nearest were strangers in a new country.
And the said Frances Jordan doth on her oath make the further declaration, that the foregoing narrative comprised the substance & as full an assessment of the material services [illegible] by her deceased husband Charles Jordan as can now be set forth, declared & claimed. Viz- taken from his death bed statements made to Judge Wiley B. Espy on the 28th August 1832 three days before his death, [combined] by repeated verbal communications made to me before in his life time, & contemporaneously by others conversing with him in my presence. This the said Frances Jordan doth on her oath make the further declaration, that said Charles Jordan, deceased, in the time set forth in the forgoing Declaration served with an embodies corps called into service by competent authority; that he was in the field
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or in garrison; & for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
And the said Frances Jordan, applicant, "being duly sworn, deposeth & saith, that, by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory on the part of the said Charles Jordan, deceased, at & before his death, she can not swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but, according to the best of her recollection & knowledge, his/he served not less than the periods mentioned below, & in the following grades:"
For 1 year, 1 month & 10 days, he served as a Private volunteer militia infantry, & [illegible] service [illegible]"
And the said Frances Jordan doth on her oath make the further declaration, that the accompanying answered on certain paper discharge, was found amongst the papers of said deceased & which was given to him individually & identically on it [illegilbe]. It is presented as undeniable proof of his service at the Siege of Augusta especially, & the implied recognition of his further service, here claimed, in the [expression] of having done duty "on all occasions." And that she has no further documentary evidence, & that she knows of no person whose testimony she can secure, who can testify to his service, at least in detail, Alexander Smith, whose statement follows, below knowing him however personally during the Revolution, knew him to have been a Whig, & [recollected seeing] him in service at the siege of Augusta. Some other ancient papers are held, but are either [illegible] unintelligible, or of later date.
She hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present & declared that her name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid W.B. Ector, J.I.C. Frances Jordan Her X Mark
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We, Alexander Smith & Matthew Leverett, residing in the county of Meriwether State of Georgia hereby certify that we were well acquainted with Charles Jordan, deceased, whose widow has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration;; that we believe him to have been sixty eight years & two months of age at the time of his death; that he was respected & believed, in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concour in that opinion.
Alexander Smith states that he is himself a Pensioner of the United States; that said Charles Jordan, deceased, he knew personally at times during the Revolution, he knew him to have then been a Whig on the American side; knew & believes from information, received at that time, that he was in both Sieges of Augusta though he could not identify him as personal acquaintance at that particular period. Immediately after the Sieges of Augusta he knew him ultimately as a neighbor in Lincoln county, then Wilkes. He knew Captain George Douglas who has signed the annexed discharge as a Captain or Lieutenant at the Siege of Augusta Matthew Leverett knew said Charles Jordan, deceased, at different times since the year 1798, at that time he was a middle aged man, he resided then in Lincoln county.Alexander Smith His X mark
Matthew Leverett
W. B. Ector, J.I.C.
And the said court do hereby declare this opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interogatories presented by the War Department, that the above marked Charles Jordan, deceased, was a Revolutionary soldier, & served as stated in the foregoing Declaration of his widow Frances Jordan. And the court further certified that it appears to them that Alexander Smith & Matthew Levertt who have signed the proceeding certificate are residents in the county of Meriwether
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State of Georgia & are credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
And further, that it was satisfactorily proved to said court that said Charles Jordan, deceased, died on the 21st day of August 1832; & that he left said Frances Jordan his widow, at the time of his death who still & is now surviving.
I, Timothy Ford, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Meriwether County State of Georgia do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Frances Jordan for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 30th day of January 1837.
Timothy Ford Clk.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/HMM
March 19, 1930.Mrs. T. D. Power
1441 Second Avenue
Columbus Georgia.
Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 5761, it appears that Charles Jordan (son of Charles)
was born in June 1764 "in one of the northern States".
He lived during the Revolution, in Wilkes County, Georgia, and from 1790 to 1806 lived in Columbia and Lincoln Counties, Georgia. In 1807 and 1808 in Jackson County; in 1809 to 1816 in Morgan County, then moved to Monroe County, Alabama and lived nine years; in 1825 moved to Upson County, Georgia, and lived two years, then moved to Meriwether County, Georgia, where he
died August 31, 1832.
His widow, Frances, applied, January 30, 1837, for the pension due her husband. She was then a resident of Meriwether County, Georgia, and alleged that he enlisted in 1780 and served two months as a private in Captain John Hill's Georgia Company:
later, in 1780 served two months as a private in Captain Samuel Harper's Company, Colonel John Dooley's Georgia Regiment; that he was in the siege of Augusta, the siege of Ninety-Six and the second siege of Augusta, in these three sieges he served nine months, and was in Captain George Dooley's Company, Colonel Elijah Clarke's Georgia Regiment; and in 1782 he was out two tours of twenty days each in Captain Samuel Harper's Company, Colonel
Elijah Clarke's Regiment.
Her claim was never completed as she did not furnish such proof of his Revolutionary War service as was required by the pension
laws.
It also appears in said claim that he did militia duty
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until discharged January 28, 1785.
In 1837 her eight small children are referred to. Their names are not given.
The date and place of their marriage is not shown.
The soldier's father, Charles Jordan, was killed at the second siege of Augusta by a shot in the stomach.

Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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Greenville, Meriwether Cnty, Ga
1st Febry 1837
Dear Sir, 
I enclose you herewith the claim of Frances Jordan, a poor widow with eight children for a pittance of pension due her deceased husband Charles Jordan.
The subject being dead the Department wants impose, if indispensably required, on impossibility to give a minute detail history of service. In the case here hereinto then can be no doubt of the patriotism & service of the applicant. Look yourself at the discharge given by Douglas in 1785 [illegible] share thought you might yourself have known him about Augusta should he have survived to any [illegible] after the Revolution. If so & you will certify or explain the same to the Department of have thought it would be useful & important to a correct & just decision of the claim.
The time runs only from 4th March 1831 up to
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the 31st August 1832 then twice of his death, & then to end [illegible] If the truth of service is recognized, the exactitude of detail, when impossible, only be liberally & clearly supposed.
You are nearly leaving Washington again. At your leisure, some long night toward the 4th of March give me a line [with] prospects of the past, present & future. I shall be happy to hear from you at any & all time. I hope you will not close the [question] recognizing the independence of Texas. I consider this the first [pactical] feature in the movements of Abolition the hingeing interest between the north & south upon this subject. If there is war destined to be a crisis from the redundancy of negro population in the South & West then Texas presents the great drain for this excess, & its acquisition will remove the theatre of the warface from amongst us, at least farther from us, probably then it there if ever to access. Wise men think so, & you I believe amongst the number think there is danger, & at least that its demon aspect should be met at the threshold. For myself I have not thought there was much danger, but I have
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[on left side of document]
See order in Gabriel Clements, W.27592.
Rev, & 1812 Wars Section.
Bureau of Pensions.
September 3, 1930.
541
Rev. War claim of Charles Jordan, R. 5751, Actual 3 of each page positive only

$2.75 9 pages
Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2 in, at top of each page and return papers in each case in folder corresponding name and number. The word "omit" written in pencil on these pages which are not to be copied.
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Copy
(original letter is in claim David Jones Ga. Rej. 5697)
Jan 4, '34
Sir:
The declaration of Chs Jordan and David Jones have been received.
In as much as the applicants have died since their declarations were made and of course rendered it impossible to bring their claims within the Acts prescribed by the Depart. without the direct testimony of credible witnesses who shall be able to specify the services of the applicants, their claims have been suspended and the papers place upon the files of this office.
I have the honor
Hon. JM Wayne H oR
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Chs Jordan
Geo decd
no proof of service
Col. Fows 4 1834 MN
Feby 9 1834 MN
Oct 16 1836 WRE
Nov 3 1836 WRE
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Dear Sir I have just received the enclosed and now forward them for you, and beg your early attention to it.
Yr respectfully
Thos Glasered
J L Edwards Esqur
10th Feby. 1837
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Douglas' discharge for C. Jordan
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This is to certifie that Charles Jordan well and faithfull served at the seige of Agusta and has don melisha duty ever sence on all acasions Given under my hand this th 28' of January 1783 [or 1785]
George Douglass
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Mrs. T.D. Power
State Corresponding Secretary Georgia Daughters of the American Revolution 1441 Second Avenue Columbus, Georgia
3-5-1930
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C. 
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly give me a copy of the application of the widow of Charles Jordan of Merriwether Co. Georgia on list of "rejected claims"
Thanking you, I am,
Yours truly Mrs. TD Power

[stamped on document U.S. Pension Office Mar 7 1930
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Georgia
Letter Jany 4th 1834
[illegible] not found to Hon [illegible] let 16 sep 36 HB Ector found last of no case Subjd ended Let. H B Ector Nov 3 1836 [illegible but 58 reo war
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Acts of July 14, 1862 and March 3, 1873.
[above heading crossed out]

REJECTED
57.61
P. O. Georgia
Charles Jordan
Service:
Enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed:

The printed list of 1852
shows reasons for suspension

Alleges:
Re-enlisted: “For further proof
(Papers enclosed to W. B. Ector
November 3, 1836)”

Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized. Contract
Cert. of Dis.   Searched for 

[Right margin vertical writing]
 1930 Feb 26 Photos to Martha L Houston, thru H. W. Jenks & Fin.
Div. notf’d  ADY
 1930 March 19th Hist. to Mrs JD Powers ADY
 1930 Sept 10 Photos mailed to Martha L Houston & Fin.Div. notf’d  ADY
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE.   I-681   PHONE Branch 476

All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 40240
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 139.

Feb 19, 1930
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering Pensions
Deliver to Room No. 5033

(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE,
EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)

[right margin, vertical handwriting]
Decl. & discharge

Title and description of job photostatic copies of nine (9) pages from Rev. War
pension claim of Charles Jordan R.5761  
No. of copies 1 of each page Shall form be kept standing?      days
For further information see Mrs. Finch Room No. 5033 Phone No. 541
Approved: A D Wilkinson Chief Clerk of Bureau Margaret M. H. Finch Chief of Branch

NOTE: No order made ""SPECIAL unless statement showing necessity is written
below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering

[oval stamp]
DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS
RECEIVED
FEB 21 1890
 DEPT OF THE INTERIOR

CHECK WORK DESIRED

Duplicate
Multigraph      single or double space?   Facsimile signature?
Mimeograph   one side or both sides?   Facsimile signature?
Folding  once or twice?

Assembling
Stapling  Once? Twice? Side? End?


Electric typewriter   Fill in addresses?  Dated?
Addressograph from lists
Envelopes, size
Proof list
Labels (submit sample)
Fill in letters
Cards, size
Pay rolls
Corrections
Tabulation sheets

Photostat X Size actual  Official use? Repay? Yes $1.35
Blue Print    Size    Official use? Repay?  $

Remarks
(OVER)
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NOTE: Routine changes of addresses may be made on this blank [obscured]
Reference though or initialing of chiefs of branches or chiefs of [other? obscured]
Bureaus.

(Date)

INDICATE BY AN X IN PROPER SQUARE ACTION TO BE TAKEN.

Make new addressograph plate

Change present addressograph plate

Destroy present addressograph plate

On List

as follows:

Now reads
1
2
3
4
5

Should read
1
2
3
4
5

FOR USE OF DUPLICATING AND ADDRESSING SECTION
ADDRESSOGRAPH
The above change was made
Operator

MULTIGRAPH
Operator  Date  Type set by  Date
Remarks

MIMEOGRAPH
Operator   Date Cut by
Remarks
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February 19, 1930

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:

Please furnish photostatic copies as follows:
Five ( 5 ) pages from the Revolutionary War pension claim of Bartlett Coxe, S.24964
One ( 1 ) page from the Rev. War pen claim of John Stewart, R. 10164
Nine (9) pages from the Rev. War pen claim of Charles Jordan, R. 5761
Not to be certified

Signed:
Miss Martha Lou Houston
℅ Registrar General’s Office
Mem. Contl. Hall
Wash. D. C.

Cash - $2.25
 [rectangle stamp]
FINANCE DIVISION
BOOK KEEPERS DESK
FEB 20 1930
BUREAU OF PENSIONS


Received payment through Mr. H. W. Jenks
February 19, 1930
Two dollars & twenty-five cents ($2.25)
M.E. Emrick
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41	
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Jordan, Daniel
GRADE Private
LINE South Carolina
WARRANT NUMBER N 12288 and 13245
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED July 13, 1795
to ______ not shown


The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of “Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800” which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41	
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Jordan, Daniel
GRADE Corporal
LINE South Carolina
WARRANT NUMBER N 12288 and 13245
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED July 13, 1795
to ______ not shown


The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of “Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800” which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.