Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5727, for William Jones, Virginia
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SERVICE / Continental (Va.)  Jones William / Mary   NUMBER / R.5727 
 
CONTENTS 
enl. at Petersburg, Va. 
in 1827 aged 65 years res. Pittsylvania Co. Va 
d. Dec. 15, 1833.
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Virginia 23.515
William Jones Deceased of Pittsylvania in the State of Virginia who was a Sergt of Cav in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt. commanded by Col Washington in the Virginia line for 2 years - Certificate issued in favor of Mary Jones – widow - 
 
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 180 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
 
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Feby: 24 and Sent H[illegible] Thos H. Davenport Ho: of Reps -  
 
Arrears to the 4th of [blank]  
Semi-anl. allowance ending [blank] 
Died 15 Decr 1833 
Amt due }  $500.50 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.} 
Recorded by Nathan Rice – Clerk 
Book E Vol [illegible] ½ Page 20 
 
[right section] 
 
Let 14 Feby 1834 to cannot find this letter 
Pension Agent 
Richmond 
Va 
a letter March [begin crossed out text] 23. 1846 [end crossed out text] to [crossed out illegible text] 
E. A. White, of Lebanon Ten.
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[illegible letters cut off] White 
23 March 1846
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504 
Pension Office 
March 23d. 1846 
Sir,  
The case of Mary Jones, widow of William Jones, deceased, has again been examined. She claimed a pension under the act of July 7. 1838, and died as you informed me in 1839. At that time, a widow whose husband was alive on the 7th of June 1832, was not entitled to a pension under the act of July 7. 1838. As she had no [insert caret] legal claim when she died, her children cannot now have any. All that a child can claim under any of the revolutionary pension laws, is what the parent was entitled to, and did not receive. 
E. A. White, Esq 
of Lebanon, 
Tenn.  
[under cover to Hon. M. P. Gentry, H. Reps.] 
6900  
Act ‘38 
Tenn.
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Declaration 
State of Tennessee 
Wilson County 
On the 14th day of January Eighteen hundred and thirtynine [sic] personally appeared before me George H Bullard an acting Justice of the Peace for the County of Wilson and State aforesaid and a member of the county court of said County the Same being a court of Record Mary Jones aged Seventyseven [sic] years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in Order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 en[illegible- possibly “entitled”] an act granting half pay and pension to certain widows 
That she is the widow of William Jones who was a regular Soldier and volunteered his Services in the Revolutionary war of the United States Army during the War he belonged to the horse Company and entered the Service at the age of Seventeen or Eighteen years old at Peters Burgh [blank] County Virginia under an officer by the name of Barrott and I believe he was four years and Six months in the Service and continued in it until the termination of the War and he was promoted to the rank of Sergant [sic], he was in Seven engagements but I can not now recollect but two of them viz at Cowpens and Guilford Courthouse in the State of North Carolina, my husband William Jones died 15th day of December 1833 aged Seventy two
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years, my husband had a record of his age which had been lost or mislaid, I was married to my husband William Jones in Amelia County and State of Virginia in October Seventeen hundred and Eightytwo [sic] and that She was never afterwards married to any other man and She is now the widow of William Jones Decd. and I am Seventyseven [sic] years, my husband and myself were both born in the same year, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated 
Mary her X mark Jones 
Sworn and Subscribed on the day and year written before me 
GH Bullard Justice of the peace & a Member of a court of Record for Wilson county and State aforesaid
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State of Tennessee 
Wilson County 
Came before me George H Bullard an acting Justice of the Peace and a Justice of the County Court of Wilson County, the Same being a court of Record Tamsel Arnold and made oath that She was well acquainted with William Jones and his wife Mary previous to their marriage and Since until the death of William Jones, They were married at church by a regular minister of the gospel in Amelia County and State of Virginia in October Seventeen hundred and Eightytwo [sic], the said William Jones was a Sergant [sic] in the Revolution and that She has often heard him talk over the Battles that he was in during the war and that she thinks she heard him say that he was four years and six months in the Service and remained there until the termination of the war and that it was always said by his acquaintances to have served in the Revolutionary war and She has no doubt of the fact being so, and that the Said William Jones had performed his Service in the Revolutionary war and before the year Seventeen hundred and ninety four affiant believe [sic] there is not any Record evidence of Said marriage, the Said Wiliam Jones and Mary lived together as man and wife after their intermarriage until the 15th day of December 1833 when he the said William Jones died
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leaving the said Mary a widow, She now lives in a mile of Affiant and affiant is well acquainted with her, Said Mary Jones is now a widow and has never been married to any other man but William Jones She is the Same Mary Jones who signed the foregoing Declaration for a Pension she is the Same person who was the wife of the Said William Jones, she is now verry [sic] old about Seventyseven [sic] years and is at this time verry [sic] feeble and infirm, confined to her bed and entirely unable to go to the County Town or any other place where a court is Sitting, She is in poor and needy circumstances, She is a woman of good character 
Tamsel her X mark Arnold 
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 16th day of January 1839 
GH Bullard Justice of the peace and a member of a court of Record for Wilson County and State of Tennessee
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State of Tennessee  
Wilson County 
I George H Bullard an acting Justice of the Peace and a member of the County Court of Said County the Same being a court of Record do hereby Certify that the Said Mary Jones the foregoing declarant is now intirely [sic] unable by bodily infirmity to appear in open court or to leave her room and I also certify that I have been long acquainted with her and that she is a reputable woman [insert caret] and of good character the Said Tamsel Arnold who have [sic] signed the foregoing affidavit is a woman of good and reputable character and is entited [entitled] to full credit this 16th day of January in the year 1839 (interlined [sic] before Signed) 
GH Bullard Justice of the peace and a member of a court of Record
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State of Tennessee 
Wilson County 
Know all men by these presents That I Mary Jones, wife of William Jones decd. who was a Sergant [Sergeant] in the Revolutionary War of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint Edward A White of the county of Wilson and State aforesaid my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to receive from the War Department at Washington City what ever Pension or Sum of money that may be due and coming to me from the War Department on account of Services rendered by my Said husband William Jones in the Revolutionary War; Witness my hand and Seal this 14th day of January 1839 
Mary her X mark Jones    Seal 
 
State of Tennessee 
Wilson County 
This day personally appeared before me George H Bullard an acting Justice of the Peace for Said County the above mentioned Mary Jones and acknowledged that the above power of attorney execute to E A White to be her act and d[illegible] for the purpose therein contained 
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 14th day of January 1839 
GH Bullard Justice of the peace and a member of a court of Record
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State of Tennessee 
Wilson County Sct 
I Josiah S McClain clerk of the county court of Said Wilson County hereby Certify that George H Bullard Esqr is an acting Justice of the Peace as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine, to wit, His signature to the declaration of Mary Jones, the affidavit of Tamsel Arnold, the affidavit of Mary Jones this certificate, That said court is a court of record. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of office this 9th day of March 1840 
 
[written vertically at bottom of page] 
6900 
on roll 
Sergt Caval 
page 179 
V 6900 
Mary Jones 
of Wel[illegible] 
Tennessee
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Wm. Jones’s 
Declaration 
 
[written vertically] 
20-650
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Virginia Pittsylvania County Sct 
On this Sixteenth day of July 1827 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of record for the County of Pittsylvania and aforesaid William Jones resident in the said County aged Sixty five years who being first duly Sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18” of March 1818, and the 1st of May 1820, That he the said William Jones enlisted during the War, in the month of May or June 1779 in the State of Virginia in the third regiment of the Light Dragoons Commanded by Colo William Washington in the line of the state of Virginia on the Continental establishment. That he continued to Serve in the said Troop, until the War ended when he was discharged from the Service by a general Order at Winchester in the State of Virginia That he hereby relinquishes any claims whatever to a pension except the present. That his name is not on the roll of any state Whatever, and that his only reason for not making earlier application for a pension is, he did not know until very lately that he was intitled [sic] to it under the laws of the united states. And in pursuance of the act of the 1st of May 1820 I do Solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the united States on the 18” day of march 1818, and that I have not Since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it, so as to bring myself within the provision of an Act of Congress intitled [sic] “An Act to provide for Certain Persons engaged in the land and naval Service of the united States in the Revolutionary War” passed on the 18” day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or Securities [unsure], contract or debts, due
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to me, nor have I any income, other that what is Contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, to Wit 
8 head of Hoggs            $8.00 
1 pine Table                [$].50 
3 Small barrels         [$].25 
1 handsaw, 1 Smoothing plain & 1 Jack plain  [$]1.00 
1 jointer 1 Claw hammer & 3 pails     [$]1.00 
1 Washing Tub, 2 pole axes & 1 Spinning Wheel    [$]3.75 
3 Small hilling hoes, Tongs and Shovel   [$] 1.50 
1 Coffee mill, 3 baskets 1 Dish & Coffee pott   [$]3.00 
1 Tin Sugar box 1 gallon Jug 2 Small butter potts   [$]1.00 
[Total] [$]20.00 
One feather Bed, Bedstead & furniture 4 Common Chairs, 1 Iron Skillet 2 ovens and lidds 2 Iron potts, 1 pine cupboard and its contents } Loaned to me by Champness Terry  
 
One feather Bed loaned to me by Barrister Anderson and One Bed Stead loaned to me by William M Williams in 1820 
That I am a Bricklayer and Carpenter by trade in bad health, being subject to Rheumatisms & [illegible] My Wife about Sixty five years old is the only member of my family 
That Since the 18” day of March 1818 there has been no change in my property, except the loan of the [insert caret] Bed & Bedstead by Barrister Anderson and William M Williams in 1820 
William Jones 
I William Tunstall Clerk of Pittsylvania County Court, do hereby Certify that it appears to the Satisfaction of the Court that the aforesaid William Jones, did Serve in the Revolutionary War as Stated in the preceding declaration, against the Common enemy, under one engagement on the Continental establishment. I also Certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule, thereto annexed, are truly copied
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Copied from the Records of the said Court; and I do further Certify that it is the opinion of the [insert caret] sd Court that that Total amount in Value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, does not exceed thirty dollars. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Said Court on this 16” day of July 1827. 
Will Tunstall Clerk of the Court of the County of Pittsylvania 
 
Virginia Pittsylvania County Sct 
On this 17” day of September 1827 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of record for the County of Pittsylvania William Jones, who being duly Sworn, Saith in addition to his declaration made at July Court Last, in Order to Obtain the provisions made by the Acts of Congress of the 18” March 1818 and the 1st May 1820 that the Company in which he enlisted, during the Revolutionary War was Commanded by Captain Churchill Jones which is ordered to be Certified to the department of War. 
 
I William Tunstall Clerk of the County Court of Pittsylvania in the State of Virginia do hereby Certify that the foregoing additional declaration of William Jones is truly copied from the records of said Court. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of my office this 17” day of September 1827 
Will Tunstall
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April 27, 1940 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 
Mrs. Annie Jones McFarland 
Glasgow 
Kentucky 
 
WILLIAM JONES 
R. 5727 
BA-J/MLB 
 
Dear Madam: 
The data which follow in regard to William Jones were obtained from the papers in the claims for pension under File No. R. 5727, based upon his services in the Revolutionary War. 
 
The date and place of birth of William Jones and names of his parents were not given. 
 
William Jones enlisted in May or June, 1779, at Petersburg, Virginia, served as sergeant in Captain Churchill Jones’ company (relationship not stated), Lieutenant Colonel William Washington’s 3” Regiment of Light Dragoons, was in seven engagements, including the battles of Cowpens and Guilford Court House, and served to the close of the Revolutionary War. 
 
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed July 16, 1827, at which time he was aged sixty-five years and a resident of Pittsylvania County, Virginia. He died December 15, 1833, place not given. 
 
William Jones married in October, 1782, in Amelia County, Virginia, Mary ____; her maiden name and names of her parents were not stated. She and William Jones were born in the same year. January 14, 1839, Mary Jones was aged seventy-seven years and a resident of Wilson County, Tennessee. She died during that year.  
 
Children of William Jones and his wife, Mary, were referred to but no names designated. 
 
Very truly yours 
A.D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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[This page contains one stamp that reads: “REJECTED”] 
 
No. 
5727 
P.O.  
Mary Jones 
widow 
Service: William Jones 
Enlisted: [blank], 18 [blank]. 
Discharged: [blank], 18 [blank]. 
Application filed: [blank], 18 [blank]. 
Alleges:  
The pension list of 1852 gives cause of rejection of widow’s claim 
Re-enlisted: as follows: “not a widow under the Act. died before Aug. 16, 1842” 
Attorney: [blank] 
P.O. [blank] 
[blank] Recognized, [blank] Contract. 
 
[Handwritten in upper right hand of page] 
1913. Aug. 22. 
History to  
Frances Hubble. 
FW.
1914. Apr. 3. 
History to 
A. Jane Mason. 
1919. Apr. 26 
Hist to Mrs. G. P. Glenn 
1940. Apr. 27 – Hist to Mrs.  
Annie J McFarland – MLB
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Q 
15593 
INVALID. 
File No. 15593 
William Jones 
Sergt Rev War 
Act: June 7” 32 
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 447 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Mary Jones 
of William 
Tennessee 
her husband died Dec. 1833 Se Va. roll  
act 7 June 32 [illegible crossed out text] cert: to [?] No. 23,515. 
Suspended 
DIED in 1839. 
Not entitled 
See let 26 J[illegible crossed out text]  
E. A. White – do to same 
March [begin crossed out text] 23 1846 [end crossed out text] 
5727 
Act of July 1838
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19,813 
Virginia 
William Jones 
of Pittsylvania in the State of Virginia who was a Sergeant in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the regiment commanded by Colonel Washington in the Virginia line, for the term of 3 years and upwards from June 1779 to April 1783 
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17th day of September 1827 
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 of Septr 1827 and delivered to Thomas Williams Esqr Present. 
Arrears to 4th of March 1828       $44.76 
Semi-anl. all'ce ending                      “   “ 
   [Total]   $44.76 
{Revolutionary Claim, Acts March, 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820.}
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Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March in the year 1828 at Richmond by Richard Anderson Esq 
Presdt to: S. Br. Bank 
 
Recorded by A G Glynn Clk 
Clerk, in Book [begin crossed out text] B [end crossed out text] C Vol. 7 page 144
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War Department, 
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. 
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, William Jones late a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Virginia Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the seventeenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven. 
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 27th day of September one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven 
James Barbour 
Secretary of War 
Examined and Countersigned:  
J.L. Edwards
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Wm Jones decd 
29.650 - 
admit as Sergant [Sergeant] 
of Cav @ 2 years $180 
certificate to Mary 
Jones widow of decd 
for the amt due up 
To Dec 15 1833 [unsure] $500.50 
[Written vertically across page] 
James L Edwards Esqr 
Com: of Pensions
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House of Reps 
Feby 11th 1834 
Sir 
I enclose to you a power of attorney from Mrs. Mary Jones of Pittsylvania County widow of Wiliam Jones Decd who was placed on the pension roll in the year 1827 under the act of Congress of 1818 at 96$ per year as a sergeant to the close of the war, as appears by the pension certificate herewith, and other evidence placed on file at the time with pension office 
You will perceive from the affidavit of Birdat Roach, who I am informed is enroll’d as Birdat Price, that William Jones acted as Sergeant of Calvary to the close of the war Under the act of Congress of the 7th June ‘32 he Jones was intitled [sic] to 15$ per month, instead of 96$ per year, as [illegible] by him under the act of ‘18. 
It appears then from the papers Submitted that Mrs Jones claims the difference between 96$ per annum and 15$ per month from the 4th march 1831 to the 4th Septr 1833 and from that time, the same rate of monthly pay up to the 15th December 1833, that being the time of her husbands death. Your prompt attention to this subject will greatly Oblige Yr fr c [or @] 
H Davenport 
To James L. Edwards Esqr Com of Pensions
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E.A. White 
26 June 1840
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383 
Pen: Office 
June 26. 1840 
Sir,  
The papers in the case of Mrs Mary Jones widow of William Jones, decd have been examined and filed with suspended cases. It should be stated by the claimant under oath whose regt of Cavalry her husband served as well as the captain, and some further proof should be produced of her husbands having served as alleged. If he was a regular soldier it should be shewn why he never applied for a pension. If there be a family record of the births of her children, it should be exhibited. 
E. A. White Esq 
Lebanon 
Ten 
Ac [or oc] 
6900 
[illegible]t ‘38
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Mary Jones
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Know all men by these Presents that I Mary Jones of the County of Pittsylvania in the State of Virginia do hereby Constitute and appoint Colo. Thomas H. Davenport my true and Lawful Attorney for me and in my name to receive from the Commissioner of Pensions Washington City all the money that may be due me [insert caret] under the Act of June the 7th 1832 as the Widow of William Jones Decd. late a Pensioner of the United States from the 4th day of March 1831 to the 15 day of December 1833 for Services rendered as Sergeant of Cavalry in the War  of the Revolution after deducting Ninety Six Dollars per annum from the Said 4th day of March 1831 to the 4th day of September 1833 Received by the Said Wm. Jones – and I will by these presents Ratify and confirm whatever my Said Attorney shall do in my name and behalf Witness my hand and Seal this 23rd day of January 1834  
Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of   Mary her X mark Jones  Seal 
Daniel Coleman 
 
State of Virginia (to wit) 
Be it known that on the 23rd day of January 1834 before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace for the County of Pittsylvania in the State aforesaid, Personally appeared Mary Jones the above named Widow of William Jones Decd. and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her Act and Deed: 
Given under my hand and Seal this 23rd January 1834 
Tho. Williams   Seal
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Virginia, Pittsylvania County January Court 1834 
The Court doth Certify that it Satisfactorily appears to them that Mary Jones is the widow of William Jones Decd late a revolutionary Pensioner of the United States who died on the 15th day of December 1833. 
 
I William Tunstall Clerk of the County Court of Pittsylvania in the State of Virginia do hereby Certify that the above order is truly transcribed from the records of Said Court – I further Certify that Thomas Williams before whom the within Power of attorney was acknowledged is an acting justice of the peace in and for Said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that his signature is genuine -  
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 24” day of January 1834 
Will Tunstall
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This day Burdut Roach Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for the County of Pittsylvania in the State of Virginia who being first Sworn according to Law deposeth and Saith that he is well Acquainted with William Jones of Said County who is now a Pensioner of the United States that he is the Identical William Jones who acted as a Sergeant in Capt. Churchill Jones troop of Cavalry in the War of the Revolution this deponent well remembers that the Said William Jones entered at Petersburg Virginia in the year 1779 for during the War and was Some time after his enlistment appointed Sergeant and Acted as Such in the Regiment of Cavalry which was commanded by Colo. William Washington untill [until] he was made a Prisoner at the Ewtaw [Eutaw] Springs in South Carolina The Said Regiment was then commanded by Colo. Swan – the Said Jones acted as Sergeant untill [until] the close of the War being upwards of Two years, and was honorably discharged from the Said service: this deponent further says that he was a Soldier with the Said Jones in the Same Company during the time Stated above, Given under my hand this 11th day of October 1833 
Wm L [or S] Pannill J.P. 
I do certify that I am well acquainted with Burdut Roach of Pittsylvania County who appeared before me and Swore to the above deposition that he is a Credible man, and that his Statement is entitled to Credit 
Wm L. Pannill J.P.
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I William Tunstall clerk of the County Court of Pittsylvania in the State of Virginia do hereby Certify that William S. Pannill before whom the foregoing affidavit was Sworn to was on the day of the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace for Said County duly Commissioned & qualified and that his signature is genuine  
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal of office this 24” day of January 1834 
Will Tunstall 
[written vertically on lower left edge of document] 
Birdat Roach 
Affidavit for 
William Jones
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Know all men by these presents that I William Jones of the County of Pittsylvania and State of Virginia do hereby make, ordain, Constitute and appoint Thomas Williams of Said County and State aforesaid my true and Lawful Attorney to Receive from the Government of the United States all Such Sums of Money that may be due to me as a pension for Services Rendered as a Reguler [regular] Sergant [Sergeant] of Light Dragoons during the Revolutionary War, and the Said Thomas Williams is hereby fully Authorized and empowered by me to grant a Receipt or Receipts and Discharges for the Same Ratifying and Confirming whatsoever the Said Williams Shall do in my Name and behalf  
Given under my hand & Seal this 18th day of July 1827 
William Jones Seal 
Done in Presence of  
Nathl Wooding 
William Russell 
This day William Jones Personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace for the County of Pittsylvania Va and Acknowledged the above Power of Attorney to be his Act and Deed and Signed by his own hand Given under my hand and Seal this 19th day of July 1827 
Champness Terry J.P. 
I William Tunstall Clerk of Pittsylvania County Court do hereby Certify that Champness Terry Esqr. Before whom the above letter of Attorney was acknowledged was at the time of the sd. Acknowledgement and now is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and Sworn.  
Given under my hand this 19th day of July 1827. 
Will Tunstall
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affts. of Roach & 
C Nichols
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Pittsylvania County State of Virginia Sct 
This day came before me James Adams a Justice of the peace in the County aforesaid Burdatt Roach and Charles Nichols and made Oath that William Jones was a regular Soldier in the Army of the revolution that he served with Themselves as a Sergent [Sergeant] in the 3th [sic] Regiment Commanded by Clo. Washington that he was honorably discharged given under my hand at my House this 7th June 1827 
James Adams 
I do certify that Roach and Nichols are credible 
Jas. Adams 
I William Tunstall Clerk of the County Court of Pittsylvania, do hereby Certify that James Adams Esq. before whom the above affidavits was Sworn to was at that time and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County having been duly Commissioned & Sworn for that purpose Given under my hand this 19” day of July 1827 
Will. Tunstall
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[This page contains one circular stamp that reads: “LEBANON/ MAR/ 9/ TEN.” and another stamp that reads: “FREE”] 
 
J R Pointsett Esqr 
Secretary of War 
Washington City 
 
Mail 
[Written vertically on the left hand of page] 
Mar. 21. 1840 [unsure] 6900 
Tenn 7 July 1838 
Pension office 
Mary Jones 
widow of William
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Lebanon Tenn 
March 9th 1840 
J R Pointsett Esqr 
Secretary of War 
Dr Sir 
Inclosed [sic] you have Mary Jones Power of Attorny [sic] executed to me her Declaration  &c in order to draw her pension from the War Department be [illegible- possibly pleased] to let me hear from you on this Subject So Soon as convenient an oblige 
yr Obt Servt  
E A White
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In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of William Jones a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow’s) application for pension on file in this Bureau. R. F. 5727 
 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK . | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED./ CAPTAIN. / COLONEL. | STATE. 
[Dates of Enlistment. . .] May or June, 1779 to end of War | [Rank] Sergt | [Captain] Churchill Jones | [Colonel] Wm Washington | [State] Va. 
 
Battles engaged in, Cowpens, Guilford Court House. 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl at Petersburgh, Va. 
Date of application for pension, July 16, 1827. His cl. was al. 
Residence at date of application, Pittsylvania Co. Va. 
Age at date of application, 65 
Remarks: Soldier mar. in Amelia Co., Va., Oct. 1782, Mary --. He died Dec. 15, 1833. She was 77 yrs. old and a resident of Wilson Co., Tenn. Jany 14, 1839.  
(There is no further family data – [begin crossed out text] Apr. 3, 1814 [end crossed out text]) She died in 1839. 
Very respectfully, [blank] 
Commissioner. 
S-2856
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April 25, 1940. 
Mrs. Annie Jones McFarland 
Glasgow 
Kentucky. 
 
BA-J/ILL [illegible handwriting] 
William Jones 
R. 5727 
 
Dear Madam: 
 Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of the following men, listed in the Report of the Virginia State Librarian -  
 
William Jones, Sec. of War – 1835-Pen. 2, 185. 
William Jones, Sec. of War – 1835-Pen. 2, 27. 
 
You will note that there are two soldiers with the name William Jones listed on page 27, Pen. 2, as having received pensions at the Virginia Agency, and that the caption of the list of pensioners on which their names are recorded shows that their places of residence could not be ascertained because of the destruction of papers in the War Department in 1814. You will understand then, that in consequence of such loss, this office has no further information than that recorded in the volume cited by you. 
The record of William Jones, Sec. of War-Pen 2, 185, of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, cited by you, is furnished you herewith. 
Very truly yours,  
A.D. HILLER, 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.
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April 25, 1940. 
Mrs. Annie Jones McFarland 
Glasgow  
Kentucky. 
BA-J/ILL 
William Jones 
R. 5727 
 
Dear Madam: 
 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of the following men, listed in the Report of the Virginia State Librarian- 
 
William Jones, Sec. of War- 1835-Pen. 2, 185. 
William Jones, Sec. of War- 1835-Pen. 2, 27. 
 
You will note that there are two soldiers with the name William Jones listed on page 27, Pen. 2, as having received pensions at the Virginia Agency, and that the caption of the list of pensioners on which their names are recorded shows that their place of residence could not be ascertained because of the destruction of papers in the War Department in 1814. You will understand then, that in consequence of such loss, this office has no further information than that recorded in the volume cited by you. 
The record of William Jones, Sec. of War-Pen. 2, 185, of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, cited by you, is furnished you herewith. 
Very truly yours, 
A.D. HILLER, 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.
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[This is a typewritten letter] 
 
Washington    August 6, 1931 
Mrs. N. E. Clement 
Chatham  
Virginia 
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section 
MLB 
 
Dear Madam: 
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 5727, that William Jones enlisted in May or June, 1779, at Petersburg, Virginia, and served as sergeant in Captain Churchill Jones’ company, Lieutenant Colonel William Washington’s 3” Regiment of light dragoons, was in seven engagements including Cowpens and Guilford Court House and served to the close of the war. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 16, 1827, at which time he was sixty-five years of age and a resident of Pittsylvania County, Virginia. 
He died December 15, 1833. 
Soldier married in October, 1782, in Amelia County, Virginia, Mary, whose maiden name is not given. [insert handwritten caret and illegible handwriting] She was seventy-seven years of age and a resident of Wilson County, Tennessee, on January 14, 1829. She died in that year. [begin handwritten text] p 1911 - - 1839 [end handwritten text] 
There are no further family data.  
Very truly yours 
A.D. HILLER 
Assistant to the Administrator 
 
[handwritten numbers] 
39 /77 /1762 
27/ 65/ 1762
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Chatham, Virginia 
June 29, 1931 
Bureau of Pensions 
Dear Sir -  
Kindly send me data in Pension Papers of: (Revolutionary War) 
Robert Devin, S. of W. 1835, Pen. 2, 184 
Thomas Jones  “ [S. of W.]   “ [1835]   “ [Pen] 2, 185 
Wm Jones  “ [S. of W.] “ [1835] of Pittsylvania Co, Va. 
Very truly yours,  
Mrs. N. E. Clement 
Chatham, Va. 
[illegible]
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Rev. Sec. 
Norman Oklahoma 
March 8 1919 
Dear Sir 
I am enclosing a clipping which asks for the pension record of “Wm Jones of Va. who was residing in Pittsylvania Co. Va in 1835 and so mentioned in the report of the Secretary of War of that date. This is needed as so many of that name who served.” Please let me know soon about your charges for duplicate etc. This clipping comes from Mrs. Draper
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who is engaged in looking up data for D.A.R. purposes. I know this Wm Jones is my ancestor.  
Most Respct. 
Mrs. G. P. Glenn 
314 West Main St 
Norman, Okla. 
Please return clipping with your answer. 
Mrs. G. 
clipping returned to writer Apr. 26. 1919
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[This is a typewritten letter] 
 
Springfield, Mo. Aug. 12th 1913 
Commisioner [sic] of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C., 
Dear Sir,  
I wish the record of William Jones of Virginia, who was residing in Pittsylvania Co. Va. in 1835 and so mentioned in the Report of the Secretary of War of that date. 
Yours truly 
(Miss) Frances Hubble 
#435 Market St. 
Springfield, Mo.
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827 Union Street 
Brunswick Ga. 
March 26, 1914 
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Sir, 
Will you kindly send me the record of William Jones of Pittsylvania County, Virginia. A report of the Secretary of War names him as among the Revolutionary war soldiers pensioned in the year 1835. I am particularly anxious to secure [insert caret] also the names of his wife and children. 
Very truly 
(Miss) A. Jane Mason. 
(over)
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P.S. I have reason to believe that I am a direct descendant of aforementioned William Jones. The information I am asking of you, I hope will enable me to substantiate this claim. 
A. J. M.
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[One circular reads: “RECEIVED/ FEB 23 1940/ OLD RECORDS/ DIVISION/ A. G. O.”] 
[Other circular stamp reads: “RECEIVED / MAY 18 1940/ MAIL SUB-DIV/ Reader No. [illegible]/ V[illegible] A[illegible]”] 
[Stamp reads: [illegible] AGO/ FEB 21 1940/ Received”] 
 
Glasgow, Kentucky, 
February 16 1940 
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Sir: 
From the records of your office will you please send me the record of service and other data given in the application for Pension for service in the Revolutionary war by men listed in the Report of the Virginia State Librarian, as follows: 
 
“William Jones, Sec. of War 1835 Pen. 2 185” Corp & Sgt. - Pen in Pittsylvania Co. Va – Va service  
[in margin to the right] [illegible] dated Feb. 13, 1833 – Died 12/15/33 
“William Jones, Sec. of War 1835 Pen. 2, 27.  
[written in margin to the left] 2 on page 27 one Pvt. $60 per annum, pen. com – Jan. 1, 1833 [unsure] - Act June 7, 1785, The other one [arrow pointing to handwriting in right margin] $40 per annum Pvt. Pen Com. Mch. 4, 1803 – Acts of wid [unsure] Estab - 
 
Yours Very Truly, 
Annie Jones McFarland 
(Mrs. Annie Jones McFarland) 
 
Both on burnt list whose residences could not be ascertained – Had been paid at Va Agency  
Fire in War Dept. 1814 (Does not give the other fire in 1800)