Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9079, for Joseph Jones, Virginia
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Va.
Jones, Joseph
Sarah
NUMBER
W.9079.

CONTENTS
b. May 8, 1751 in Caroline Co. Va
res. during Rev. Caroline Co. & New Kent Co., Va.
res. in 1833, Owen Co. Ky.
d. Dec. 5, 1837
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5218
Kentucky
Joseph Jones
x Owen-in the State of Key:
who was a pr:-in the Compy commanded by Captain Long of the Regt commanded by Col: Thorn in the Va: line for 2 years from 1775
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80-Dollars -Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Feby 1833- and sent Hon: RM. Johnson. Ho: of Reps.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 120-
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar: 33 40-
$160
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk
Book D Vol. 9 Page 44
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2464 ["1509" crossed out]
Sarah Jones widow of Joseph Jones decd. Va who died on the 5th December 1837 of Owen Co. in the State of Ky. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Long of the Regt. commanded by Col. Thorn in the Va. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Ky. at the rate of 80 Dollars-Cents per annum, to commence on the ["4th day of March, 1834." crossed out] 5th December 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Decr. 1838 and sent Hon W. W. Southgate Ho of Reps.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838 $60.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. '39, 40.00
$120.00
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act July 4, 1836,}
{Section the 3d.}
Recorded by D D Addison Clerk,
Book A Vol 2d Page 178

Lets to Pajt. & DM.C. Payne May 14, 1839.
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Commonwealth of Kentucky Owen County Sch: }
On this first day of October in the year 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Owen County Court now sitting Joseph Jones, a resident of said county of Owen and Comth of Kentucky aged 81 years and nearly six months who 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 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated; he resided in the County of Caroline and State of Virginia at the Commencement of the revolutionary war and as early as the month of November 1775 being still a resident of said County, he volunteered as a private soldier in a company commanded by Capt John Long the Lieutenant of which was Saml Woolfolk and one _ Jamison was the Ensign which company was attached to a regiment under the Command of Col John Thorn of Spotsylvania County Virginia and that he entered the service accordingly upon a tour of six months and was immediately appointed an orderly sergant of said company & served as such during said tour He rendesvoused with his said Company & regiment at the Bowling Green and marched directly from thence to Richmond and on to Williamsburg at which said places and in their vicinity they remained during their sad tour _ He recollects also that Christopher Blackburn was adjutant of his regiment and that his said regiment was attached to a Brigade under command of Genl Weeden He recollects that one of the other companies of his regiment was commanded by Capt Robert Ware & another by Capt David Jamison but he does not recollect the names of any
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of the other company or field officers _ He recollects that the reason of their being called out at that time was that Lord Dunmore who had been Governor of Virginia before the Commencement of the war, had collected a considerable fleet & force of men and was threatening to do much mischief in the Country _ that he did make an attacks on the Town of Hampton but was unsuccessful and sometime after stationed himself as he understood at Norfolk _ This declarent recollects to have sum whilst upon this tour Col. Woodford who had the reputations of being a brave man & good officer and who was sent during his said tour from Williamsburg to Norfolk with a detachment of men for the defence of the inhabitants and their protection and he recollects to have understood that Col. Woodford had a battle with the British at or near the great Bridge in the neighbourhood of Norfolk and that a Capt Fordier belonging to the British Troops was killed in the action besides a number of soldiers _ He states and declares that he served out his said Tour and was verbally discharged by his officers _ and that he thereupon returned to the place of his residence in Caroline County
He further states and declares that soon after his said return, about the month of July 1776 being still a resident of the said county of Caroline there was call upon the militia and he stood a draft and was drafted upon a tour of three months and was attached to a company under the command of the same officer under whom he served the first tour, viz: Capt John Long _ one John Woolfolks was Lieutenant of the said Company_ the name of the ensign has escaped his memory _ the said Company was attached to the regiment under Command of Col Matthews _ of which regiment
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one _ Armstead was Major _ the names of the other field and company officers he has forgotton _ He rendisvoused with his company & regiment at Caroline Court house & marched down to Williamsburg Genl Weeden had the command of his brigade during this tour he was also at Richmond and was during the whole of it between the rivers york and James_ At the expiration of his term of service in this second tour he was discharged verbally by his officers and again returned to his residence in Caroline County _ He states that upon his intering upon this 2d tour he was immediately appointed orderly sergeant & served as such during his said tour He furthin states and declares that soon after his last mentioned return home he moved from the said County of Caroline to the County of New Kent to wit about the month of November 1776 - that about tis time it was found necessary to enrol and number all the able bodied men in that section of the Country, so that each one might take his regular tours when there was any need for it to repel the incursions of the British which were very frequent & protect the Country from their ravages _ that the whole country was frequently in motion and under arms _ that he remained in New Kent county from the fall of 1776 till the fall of 1777 _ that during that period he performed several short tours of duty under the above mentioned arrangement and indeed was mot of the time under arms and in active service. That during said time he was upon two occasions under the command of Capt John Bacon _ that in both these tours he was called out for 3 months but was permitted to return home each time without having completed the full tour _ that Pleasant Meredith was Lieutenant on both these tours and the company acted separately from [illegible] other upon each one of them
He further states and declares that in the fall of the year 1777 he returned to his original place of residence in Caroline County - that the arrangement in re-
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lation to the numbering and mode of service of the able bodied men above mentioned prevailed also in said county and that under that regulation he was absent from home bearing arms in defense of the country near one fourth of his time, from that period, towit fall 1777 till the spring of the year 1780 _ that from the great number of short tours performed by him during said time he cannot recollect the particular times at which they were performed nor the  manner in which they succeeded one another nor all the various officers under which he served _ All the services which he performed however during this time were performed between the rivers York and James and were principally performed in single companies _ He recollects distinctly that in two or perhaps more of these sudden and short tours he was under the command of Capt John Woolfolk _ that in at least one he was under the Command of Capt James Sutton _ that in two ,k he was under the Command of Capt John Fitzhugh and in one of them them he was under the command of Capt G. Terrill _ He further states that during one of these tours particularly, he was under the command of Capt John Woolfolk. and attached to the regiment of Col Temple _ and that whilst on the tour he was sent by Col. Temple in search of some Quackers who refused to bear arms with orders to bring them into Camp & in discharge of this duty he took one William Burrows and tied him on a horse and carried him to camp and when he arrived with him the Col attempted to force him to carry a gun and use it, but he obstinately refused so to do and he was finally suffered to return home _ He further states that there were a number of Quakers in that section of the country all
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5 of whom refused to bear arms or promote the war in anyway and it was finally determined to compel them to hire substitutes when their tours came on and when they refused to do it, to sell a sufficiency of their property and apply the money in that way _ And upon one occasion this declarent was sent by Col Temple to the houses of two of them whose names were Hargrove with directions to seize and sell forthwith a sufficiency of their property to pay the hire of a substitute for each one which he did do and the Col. did hire a substitute for each one of them He states that during his said services he was almost invariably appointed an orderly sergant on served as such He further states and declares that in the spring of the year 1780 he again was drafted upon a three month tour, as a private and was attached to a company the officers of which were Capt John Woolfolk and Lieutenant _ Chapman, the Ensign not recollected and was immediately made the orderly sergant of said company & served as such during his tour that his company was attached to the regiment of Col Anthony Thorn of which Regiment _ Armstead was Major. that his said Company & Regiment rendesvoused at Chesterfield in Caroline County and marched directly from thence to Williamsburg where they remained until they together with the other troops were forced to retreat before a superior British force and continued our retreat through the country by the way of Richmond up to Charlottesville _ He further states that upon this tour Genl Nelson was the Commander of his brigade and at the expiration of his term of service he was verbally discharged and returned home to his residence in Caroline County _ 
He further states and declares that sometime in the month of Decr 1780 or early in January 1781 as well as he at this time recollects he was again drafted upon a three months tour as a private and was as a private and was attached to a company commanded by Capt John Fitzhugh John Thompson was the Lieutenant of which company he was appointed orderly sergant & served as such during his tour and his said compa
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ny was attached to a regiment commanded by Col Anthony Thorn & _ Armstead Major the same field officers under whos command he was in his preceding tour. That he rendesvoused with his company & regiment at a public house in Caroline County known by the name of Flanders which house was at that time kept by a man whose name was Head Lynch that he marched from thence to Williamsburg and from thence to Richmond at which place and its vicinity they remained until forced to retreat by the British forces under the Command of Genl Arnold _ that in the retreat the regiment to which he belonged was dispersed and again rendesvoused at a place called hickory nick Church _ His company was then attached to a regiment under Col. Matthews and he remained in the service under said Matthews until the expiration of his tour of service and he was then discharged, during this tour he frequently saw Genl Baron Stuben who had the Command, at that time of the forces in Virginia _ His Company and regiment were attached to the Brigade Commanded by Genl Nelson _ He recollects also to have seen whilst on this tour Col. Clark and Col. Bowyer
He further states and declares that some few weeks after his return home from his said last mentioned tour he thinks in May 1781 Col Simcoe a British officer came into his neighbourhood and took several of his neighbours prisioners amongst whom were John Thomson and Thos Hacketh - that Simcoe came to this declarants house in Company with some of his officers and soldiers, the main body of his detachment being only a short distance off and Simcoe & those who were in his immediate company had
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the above mentioned persons in custody _ He further states that about that time Col. Tarlton took some of the members of the Virginia Legislature prisioners at Charlottesville and came very near taking the whole of them and that while these transactions were taking place the main British Army under the command of Lord Cornwallis was lying at Cooks ford on the Pamunky river _
he further state and declares that about the first of June 1781 he was again drafted on a tour of three months as a private in the Company of Capt George Terrill _ Lieutent D. Cobb and attached to the regiment of Col. Saml Temple of which Company he was appointed orderly sergeant & served as such during said tour _ that he rendesvoused at the Courthouse in Caroline county and marched immediately with his said Company & regiment to the assistance of the Marquis De La Fayette who had taken the Command of the American forces in Virginia and who was a that time following Lord Corwallis in his retreat towards Portsmouth _ that after joining the army La Fayette continued the pursuit to Williamsburg where the British army remained a short time & afterwards continued their retreat to Portsmouth _ The American Army pressed forward and sometimes had some warm skirmishing with the rear of the British army _ at at the the crossing of James River near James town an attack was made on the rear of the British army by a party under Major Galvan, who was sustained by the troops under the command of Genl Wayne, and the whole force of the British marching out to the support of the rear Genl Wayne's situation became difficult and hazzardous, and he was saved only by the in
David Jamison but he does not recollect the name of any
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terposition of La Fayette who called him and the whole of the American army retired behind a swamp this declarent was not one of the party making the attach but was attached to Genl Nelsons Brigade He sates that he continued in the service under the said officers during his said tour of 3 months and its termination received a discharge in writing from his officers which was the only discharge in writing he ever received during the whole of his services in the war of the revolution and he has lost that one _ He states that he recollects during this tour to have seen, besides his own company and regiment officers Genl La Fayette, Baron Stuben, Genl Wayne, Genl Nelson, Col Thorn, Col. Posey, Col. Clarek and Major Galvan_
He further states and declares that about the middle of Sept 1781 he volunteered as a private in the company of Capt James Sutton which company was attached to the regiment of Col. Saml Timple of which company he was appointed orderly sergeant & served as such during said tour that his company joined the army at the seige of york and that at the commencement of the seige his company & himself with it was detailed to pres horses and teams to aid in the construction of the breastworks of the Army _ in hauling brush particularly _ that they were engaged in this business mainly during the seige _ he was frequently present and saw the work progressing and at one time he rode in Company with Quar: Master Genl Frances Woodfolk between the American works and British Fortifications _ that during the progress of the seige he was sent to Queenscreek a distance of about 12 miles to assist in taking a cannon from on board a vessel
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and carry it to the american army which service he performed. He states that the company & regiment to which he belonged were attached to the Brigade of Genl Nelson He recollects to have seen whilst in service on this tour Genls Washington, La Fayette, Wayne, Steuben, Nelson, Francis Woolfolk who as well as he now recollects was a Quarter Master Genl, Col Matthews, Col. Thorn Col. Clarke, Col. Posey, Major Armstead, Christopher Blackburne, Capts John Long, John Woolfolk and Robt Ware. he further states that directly after the successful termination of the seige and surrender of Cornwallis he returned home to Caroline County _ He states that he performed no further service after the surrender of Cornwallis. And that he has no documentary Evidence of any of his said services whatever and that he knows of but one person by whom he can prove any of his services whose testimony he can now procure, the name of which individual is Sally Jones and by her he can prove circumstances only which show that he performed a portion of them He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or Annunity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any state.
Interrogations proporded to the said Joseph Jones by the Court viz.
1st Where and in what year were you born?
Answer. I was born in Caroline County and State of Virginia on the 8th day of May 1757 according to the best information which I have on the subject 
2. Have you any record of your age; and if so where is it?
David Jamison but he does not recollect the names of any
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Answer_ I have a record of my age in my Bible which is now at my own house in this county
3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer_ when first called into service I lived in the county of Caroline Virginia and lived in that county during the whole of the war except one year from the fall 1776 to the fall 1777 during which period I lived in New Kent county Virginia. after the surrender of Cornwallis I returned from the Army to my home in Caroline County where I lived several years and then moved to Spottsylvania county Virginia where I remained till the year and the moved to Fayette County Ky and afterwards to Scott county Ky and from thence in the year 1799 I moved to the place on which I now reside in Owens county Kentucky and have remained stationary ever since
4th How were you called into service: were you drafted, did yo volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer, upon the first tour which I performed and the last at the siege of york I was a volunteer upon all the other tours I was drafted or took my regular turn with my neighbours.
5th 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 service
Answer. upon my first tour I recollect to have seen in the service besides my own company & regimental officers Genl Weeden commander of the Brigade to which I was attached
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Col. Wood ford Capt Robert Ware, & Capt David Jamison upon his second tour he recollects to have seen in the service besides his own company & regimental officers, Genl Weeden I recollect in the course of my services which were various and frequent to have seen and served with Col Anthony Thorn, Col John Thorn, Col. Bowyers, Col Clarke, Col Posey Capt John Woolfolk, Capt Saml Woolfolk, Capt George Terrill, Capt Fitzhugh, Capt Sutton, Capt John Bacon Major Armstead, Col Saml Temple, Genl Nelson, Genl Stevens, Genl Baron Stuben, Genl Wayne, Genl La Fayette Col. Matthews, Major Galvan, Genl F. Woolfolk, Genl Washington. That the whole of his services were performed between York and James Rivers in endeavoring to protect that section of country from the incursions of the British and that from the fall of the year 1775 up to the surrender of Cornwallis in the year 1781 that part of the state of Virginia found but little repose and most of the able bodied men myself among the number were a large portion of said time under arms.
6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service: and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer. I never received a written discharge but for one tour of three months which was signed by my officers and which I have lost.
7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution
Answer I am acquainted with John Searcy a clergyman William Maddon, Obadiah Willhite & Taylor Searcy & Tobias Willhite who can say what my character
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Joseph Jones
David Jamison but he does not recollect the names of any