Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,325, for Westwood A Jones, North Carolina
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[3-1776]

SERVICE
N. C.

Jones, Westwood A.

NUMBER
S.21,325

CONTENTS
carded

1764
res at enl Granville Co. N. C.
in 1832 res. Haywood Co. Tenn.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

27,629
West Tennessee
Westwood A. Jones

of Fayette Co. in the State of Tenn.
who was a Pr. [Private] in the Company commanded
by Captain Harrison of the Regt commanded
by Col. Taylor in the No Carolina
line for Militia
6 Mo [months] Pr [private] $20.00
lives in Haywood County
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee
at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of Sept.
and sent to [Illegible] Brownsville, Tenn.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1834 - 70.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar ’35 10.00
$80.00
{Revolutionary Claim,
{Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by J T Sprague, Clerk
Book 6.2 Vol. 7 Page 94
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

State of Tennessee}
Fayette County} County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions October Term 1833 
On this 18th day of October 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County of Fayette in the State of Tennessee now sitting, Westwood A. Jones a resident of the County of Haywood and State of Tennessee aged Seventy years of age or thereabouts 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 June 7th, 1833 [1832]. That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he entered the Service on the 12th of February 1781, he entered the Service as a Substitute in the Company commanded by Captain Richard Harrison, and Regiment by Colonel Joseph Taylor and marched from Granville County North Carolina and joined General Green's Army at High Rock Ford on Haw River in the State of North Carolina which Army was joined by the Virginian Army commanded by Colonel Munford in March 1781 -- this declarant further states that at the battle of Guilford he was a wagon guard and ordered of [off] to a place called Troublesome twelve miles from the battleground where General Greene's Army rendezvoused, this affiant further states that the battle aforesaid was the only one he was [near?]. This declarant further states that
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he served two tours of three months each under the aforesaid officers and was discharged the first time the 13th of May 1781 and the second he got no written discharge it was the time at which Cornwallis was taken and then he received no discharge as it was supposed the War had ended he thinks he got no discharge if he did his memory [word scratched out] fails him as to that particular. He can prove the last tour by Solomon Williams Sen. who served with him, and who has obtained a pension for his Service. This affiant further states that said Williams is the only one who served with him that lives in Fayette County Tennessee therefore this affiant has had this declaration made in Fayette County in order to substantiate his term of Service by one who served with him, the first tour in the aforesaid Service he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony but Robert Jeter and Solomon Williams Sen. who can testify to his Service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any State. 
Westwood A. Jones {Seal}

Sworn to and Subscribed}
in open Court this 18th}
of October 1833}
Thomas C. Hudson, Clerk
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The Court then propounded the following interrogatories required by the War Department.
1 Where and in what year were you born?
Answer I was born in the year 1764 agreeably to my father's register
2nd Where did you live when called into service and where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live?
Answer I lived in Granville County North Carolina when I entered the Service and then moved in the year 1795 to Wake County and thence to Chatham and from thence to Franklin and there resided five years, and thence to Wake County where I have resided till 1832 then I came to Haywood County Tennessee where I will now reside
How were you called into service; were you drafted; did you volunteer or were you a substitute?
Answer I was a Substitute for [Vinkley Jones] but received no pay whatever
State the names of some of the officers who were with the governmental army regulars & when you served, such as Continental and militia regiments as you recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
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Answer I served under the aforesaid officers as stated in my declaration and the only Continental Regiment (as well as I recollect) was Colonel Lee who commanded the Cavalry and served as was stated in the foregoing declaration.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
[No answer indicated]
[this is missing - 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 in your services as a soldier in the revolution.]
Answer I am known to the Honorable Daniel L. Barringer, Solomon Williams who served with me and Robert Jeter who can testify also..that my veracity stands unimpeached and their belief that of my being reputed to have been a Soldier of the revolution and received a discharge for the first tour and none for the second, the first is lost or destroyed
Sworn to and Subscribed
Thos. C. Hudson
Westwood A. Jones {Seal}
We Thomas Hanks Jr. a clergyman, residing in the County of Shelby Tennessee and Solomon Williams now residing in Fayette County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Westwood A Jones who has subscribed and sworn to the above do [allocutions] that we believe him to be Seventy Years of age and that he is reputed and believed to be a solider of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and Subscribed in open Court this 18th October 1833
Thos C Hudson Co Clerk
Thomas Hanks Jr {Seal}
Solomon [his x mark] Williams {Seal}
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27.644
Westwood A. Jones
[Indiana crossed out]
Tennessee

f. 1781 pr 6 mo
$20

applicant
Brownsville
Tennessee
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
Sir:
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 show what is necessary to be done these points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (these:}). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A STATEMENT, showing the Service of Westwood A. Jones
[column headings: Period when the service rendered: Duration of the claimant’s service. Year Month Day: Rank of the claimant: Names and Rank of the Field officers under whom he served.: Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service, Proof by which the declaration is supported.]
1781; 3 months; P. [Private]; Cap. Harrison; Col. Taylor; Age 70; Traditionary 
1781; 3 months; ; P. [Private]; Cap.Blackwell, Col. Taylor; N.C.; one certificate; certificate to be credible
Solomon Willis should make an affidavit, setting forth the service of affiant and stating how he became acquainted with said service. The credibility of Robt Jeter is not certified see note j.

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 of} ss.
County of}
On this     day of     personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of     in the county of     and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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)    , with    and served in the      (e) regiment of the      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 
Sworn to 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 (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
1               of the Court of              do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of       &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             and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with              , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be               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            and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the            and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I,        Clerk of the Court of            do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of              for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this     day of     &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 bis 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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? 
3. 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.} {To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? 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 he 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 enquiry 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 trans nit 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 so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. ln a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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." 
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 affix 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 in 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. 
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found in 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 signatures of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of 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 to [illegible] 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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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

21325

INVALID

File No. 21,325

Westwood A. Jones
Pri Rev. War

Act: June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 212

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of Tennessee} 
Haywood County} This day comes [^ before] me an acting Justice of the peace for the County of Haywood as aforesaid, Westwood A. Jones, and after being duly sworn according to law, declares on his oath that he entered the United States service in the Revolutionary War as Soldier in a three months Tour as a substitute for Vinkler Jones in a Company of light horse commanded by Captain James Blackwell from Granville County N. [North] Carolina and Regiment by Colo [Colonel] Joseph Taylor from Granville County N. [North] Carolina, was enrolled he thinks in August but what [^ time] in that month his memory fails him in the year 1781 and after said Company was organized the Company had leave to go home and meet at Harrisburg in Granville County N. [North] Carolina at the appointment [of] Colonel or Capt [Captain] in this situation he Continued until September first fall month The troops marched towards Wilmington a town in North Carolina which was then in the possession of the British Troops, news of the capture of General Wallis [Cornwallis] arriving in Camp the troops was drawn up and Fired Several Rounds by way of Rejoicing he thinks shortly after, after this the British Evacuated Wilmington and that your declarant with the Company he belonged to was ordered to march below Wilmington to prevent the British from plundering the inhabitants, this tour Solomon Williams proves he belonged to the same Company, but to say or Swear to the day in September he marched I cannot with certainty say or swear to as his memory will in this fails him, but in month and year he knows he is certain in
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your declarant further states that in this last tour which he proves by Solomon Williams that he served his tour faithfully but got no discharge that he knows of if he did his memory fails him in this particular your declarant further states that in the first Tour he served he got a discharge that lost or destroyed So that he cannot get it, that first Tour he proves by Robert Jeter in which tour he thinks or believes he marched 12th of Feby [February] and was Honorably discharged 12th May 1781 your affiant States that both Tours was serviced in the year 1781 and that in both tours he was a Substitute for Vinkler Jones Granville County N [North] Carolina, further states that to what Regiment he served at each tour he cannot swear nor would he swear, but if left to judge would say he thinks the first tour was in 3rd Regiment and second tour was in the 4th for reason the first Regiment he has been informed was at the British taking Charleston the second with General Gates at his defeat if this is correct the statement of the regiments he served is also, it is required at the war department that claimants are to make their Declaration in the County they reside your declarant states that he has no wife no settled for permanent home or family of his own Except his married children in different Counties in the district with whom he lives first with one then the other being now old and infirm. This declarant states he found his horse and cash [cashed] him in the services worth 85 or $90. 
Sworn to and Subscribed before this 2nd September 1834 
Lawrence McGuire, Justice of the Peace 
Westwood A. Jones
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Hon,
Secretary will be pleased to address all papers to [Illegible] this declaration to Brownsville post office, Haywood County, Tennessee
Westwood A. Jones

State of Tennessee}
Haywood County}
I Will B Grove Clk of said County Court of Haywood county do certify that Lawrence McGuire Esq is an action Justice of the Peace for said county duly entitled and empowered that the signature is in his own proper handwriting. Witness my hand and seal of office at Brownsville the 8th of September 1824.
Will B. Grove Clk 
of County Court of Haywood
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27.644
Westwood A. Jones
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State of Tennessee} I William H Johnson clerk of the court of

I Thos C. Hudson Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in and for the County of Fayette in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that O Griffin before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was an acting Justice of the Peace at the time said affidavit was made and that the Signature of said Justice of the Peace as aforesaid is in his handwriting and is genuine. Given under my hand & Seal at office this 16th July 1834.
Thos C. Hudson Clk


Sol Williams
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State of Tennessee}
Fayette County} This day came before me Owen Griffin an Acting Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid Solomon Williams and after being duly Sworn according to Law declares on oath that he served a three months Tour of duty with Westwood A. Jones in the Revolutionary War in a Company of horse Commanded by Captain James Blackwell from Greenville County and Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Taylor in the fall of 1781 and he said Westwood A. Jones served his time faithfully and was Honorably discharged. 
Sworn to and subscribed 
before me this 15th July 1834
Solomon [his x mark] Williams
O. Griffin, {JP}

Fayette County}
Tennessee State} I Owen Griffin an acting Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid do certify that Solomon Williams who made the above affidavit as a citizen of Fayette and is a man of unblemished character and full faith and credit is to be paid to his affidavit above sworn. Given under hand and private seal this 15th July 1834
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State of Tennessee}
Weakly County} I William H. Jonson Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter sessions for said county do certify that Perry Vincent whose name is signed to the within certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace for said county and that the within signature is in his own proper handwriting –
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed my seal of office the 13th day of March 1834
Wm. H. Johnson Clerk

State of Tennessee}
Weakly County} Perry Vincent Chairman of the court of Pleas and quarter sessions for said county of Weakly do certify that William H. Johnson whose name appears signed to the above certificate is and was at the time of signing the same the acting clerk of said court duly appointed and qualified and his certificate is in due form of law and that he has attached the proper seal of said court and that all due faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
{Seal} Given under my hand and private seal having no seal of my office 
Perry Vincent Chairman of Weakly County Court
This 16th day of March 1834

State of Tennessee}
Weakly County} I William H. Jonson Clerk of the County Court of do hereby certify that Perry Vincent whose name appears signed to the within Affidavit and certificate is an acting Magistrate for Weakly county as stated, duly Commissioned and qualified and that the within name as his own proper handwriting –
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal of office at office in Dresden the 22nd day of May 1834
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State of Tennessee}
Weakly County} This day came Robert Jeter before me Perry Vincent, an acting Justice of the peace for said County and made oath that Westwood A. Jones was a Soldier of the revolution under the command of Captain Richard Harrison of Granville County North Carolina in a three months tour of duty in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Tailor [Taylor] in the year 1781 and I think in February or March that said to Westwood A. Jones entered the service and joined General Greene’s Army near the high rock ford on Haw River in Orange County NC and I believe he was honorably discharged for I served in the same Regiment to which he belonged. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28th day of February 1834. 
Perry Vincent, JP 
Robert Jeter 

State of Tennessee}
Weakly County} This is to certify that I Perry Vincent a Justice of the Peace for the county and state above named do certify that full credit is to be placed in the above affidavit of Robert Jeter and that full credit is to be placed in his character.
Perry Vincent JP
May the 20th day of May 1834
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and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the number and after fully the interrogations prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary solider and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Hanks who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Shelly Tennessee and Solomon Williams who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Fayette and State aforesaid and is a credible person and their statement is entitled to credit.
John Hudspeth {Seal}
Abraham Gibson {Seal}
Owen Griffin {Seal}

I Thos Hudson Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing containing the original [Illegible] of the said Court in the matter of [paper folded] of Westwood A Jones for a pension [paper folded] whereof I have hereunto set my hand [paper folded] of office this 18th October 1833.
Thos C. Hudson, Clerk
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[Note: this is not for Jones, Westwood]

[typed form, with handwritten responses]

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Form VAM-51 
12-5-41
Division of Veterans’ Administration Archives

Name Jones, William   Grade Private      Line   Connecticut

WARRANT
NUMBER  6022         ACREAGE  100         ISSUED Aug. 15, 1792 
to George Wells

*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.