Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5,628, for Joshua Jones, Pennsylvania
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Penn/  Jones, Joshua  / S5628

carded

Aug, 1760 in Bucks Co. Pa
res at [illegible] Philadelphia, Co. PA
res in 1833 Harrison Co, Vw
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left side
2362
Virginias
Joshua Jones
of Harrison in the State of Virginia
who was a Private in the compy's commanded by Captain Smith & others of the Regt's commanded by Col Butler in the Penn'a line for 17 1/2 months from 1776 
101/2 months
Received to $35.00
_________
Included on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 58 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
_________
Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of Nov: 32
and sent Nathan Goff
Clarksburg Va
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Arrears to 4th Sept 1832                                      87.49
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar: 33                  29.17
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                                                                           116.66
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Nathan Rice__Clerk,
Book D  Vol 7  Page 102
Right Side
desk Nathan Goff  10 March '35
Do   Do 26
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7444
Joshus Jones
From 1776
private 171/2 months
58 33/100
alleges 7 mo in all
Reg't Penn line-name
not found

58.33
22.33
_______
35.00

Nathan Goff
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7444
Brief in the case of Joshua Jones
County of Harrison in the State of Virginia
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3.  How old is he?  72

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period       /       Duration of Service     /        Rank   /       Names of Generals  and  
                                                                                        Field  0fficers under 
                          years    /  Months   /  Days                       whom he served                                     July in 1776 abt/                       2                   / private      /  Cap Smith
again 1777    "  /                       2                  /    "             /  Cap Bloom
" 1778               /                       2                 /                    /     "  Hines
                                                 /2                 /                    /     "  Hart
enlisted July      /                     /   7                                   /  "Wm Gray 4th reg of
                                                                                           /  Penn line Cap Gray
Fall Draft 1781  /                     /    2    /    15                           /Col Button Gen 
                                                                                           /Wayne Capt Hines

5. In what battles was he engaged?  none mentioned

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Philadelphia City Penn
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by rolls
Traditionary
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
T Waugh    Examining Clerk
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State of Virginia
Harrison County   }ss
On this the17th day of September 1832 Joshua Jones personally appeared in open before the justices of the Court of Harrison county now sitting a resident in said County of Harrison and State of Virginia 72 years of Age in August 1832- who being first 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 7tgh 1832- That he entered the service of this United States under the following named officer and service as herein stated= That he was borned in the 1760 in Bucks County PA where he resided for some time then moved to Philadelphia County same State where he resided in the year 1776= States that he was drafted in July 1776 under Cap't Smith that he was marched to Amboy Newjersey where he served Two months the time drafted for= when he returned home= that he again was drafted in the year 1777 under Cap't Bloom and was march to the Red bank= Mud Island and to Wilmington below Phill'a served two months at this time and returned home. State he next was drafted in 1778- under Cap't Hines and marched to Bristal above Phila where he again Served two months & returned home-. He again was drafted in same year under Cap't Hart and marched to same place as above and again served two months- That never received any discharges for the above terms of services=
He further states that he enlisted for seven months in same on the first of July in the year 1780- under Cap't Wm Grey and served in the 4th Regiment of the Pennsylvania line under the following named officers= Lu't Pratt Cap't Gray Majr McGavin Col'o Butler and General Wayne- That he was marched to Philadelphia then to Totowa Newjersey from there to Brunswick from there to Orange Town then to Stoney Point thence to a place called the White house=thence to the Jersey Shore opposite the City of New York=continued
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moving from one place to another until the fall of the same year when he was marched to winter quarters at Little Youk Newjersey =where his term of service expired in January 1781 when he received his discharge=(which discharge he left in Phil'a) from Cap't Gray=when he returned home further states that he again was drafted in the fall of the year 1781-under Cap't Hines and marched to New Town above Phila' where he served two months when he was discharged= He further states he was [illegible] an other term of service under the said Cap't Bloom-for six weeks to guard some prisoners taken by Gates to TaneyTown Maryland=states his service in all amounted to Eighteen months & two weeks= States he has a record of his age handed to him by his parents=which States he was borned in the year 1760- States he moved from Phi'la County PA to Harrison County Va about 40 years since where he now resides and has resided there ever since he left PA. States he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services=
He hereby relinquished any claim what was to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Pool of the agency of any State.
States he is well known by many persons in Harrison County=by Th Knotts= Cap't Cochrane= Wm Martins &c (excreta )
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid.     
                                                             Joshua Jones
I Benjamin Hayhurst residing in the County of Harrison Va after first being sworn do depose and say that I am well acquainted with the above applicant Joshua Jones-who has subscribed and sworn to the above declarations= That I believe him to be 72 years of age- and that he is believed and reputed
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in this neighborhood where he resides to have been a Revolutionary Soldier and that I concur in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed this day and year aforesaid.
Benjamin Hayhurst



I Anderson Corbin after first being sworn in open court according to law=do hereby declare That I am well acquainted with the above applicant and from my knowledge of him do believe his declaration to contain the truth= I further declaim that he is reputed to be a man of truth in the neighborhood where he resides
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Anderson Corbin
And the said 
Court do hereby declare their opinion after a full investigation of this this matter and after putting the interrogatories to this applicant that he has served as he states and is entitled to a pension under the Acts out of Congress and we further certify that Anderson Corbin and Benjamin Hayhurst who have signed the two above certificates are both men of creditability and are entitled to credit and we further certify that Joshua Jones the above applicant and Anderson Corbin who has signed the above certificate and Benjamin Hayhurst are inhabitants of the said county of Harrison Vaa
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Harrison County
Virginia
I David Davisson Clerk of the County Court of Harrison County as aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court in the Matter of the application of Joshua Jones for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 18th day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
D Davisson

Seal

7444
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Joshua Jones, S 5628
BA-J/MCS

Lillie Koon
812 1/2 Benoni Ave
Fairmont
West Virginia

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Joshua Jones who was pensioned while living in Harrison County, Virginia.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim S. 5628, based upon the military service of Joshua Jones.
He was born in August, 1760, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted and served as private with the Pennsylvania troops as follows:  From July, 1776, two months in Captain Smith's company; in 1777, two months in Captain Bloom's company; in 1778, two months in Captain Hines' company; in 1778, two months in Captain Hart's company' from June or July, 1780, seven months in Captain William Gray's company in Colonel Butler's regiment' in the fall of 1781, two months in Captain Hines' company; he afterward served six weeks under Captain Bloom and was engaged in guarding prisoners that were being carried to Taneytown, Maryland.
He moved from Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, to Harrison County, Virginia, about 1792.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 17, 1832, at which time he was living in Harrison County, Virginia.
The papers in this claim contain no date relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours

A D Hiller
Assistant to Administrator

handwritten: Soldier's death not in agency Book
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5628
Rev War 
Invalid
File No. 5628
Joshua Jones
Pri Rev War
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Act: June 7th ''32
Index:__ Vol. M , Page 195
[Arrangement of 1870]

Oct 27 '96 [illegible]
Period & Mrs. Mary Cantrell, Georgetown
Ky 
LWB
Mrch 25, 1903
Mrs Mary Cantrell
Georgetown, Ky
Apl 20, 1905 His to
Mrs. Eleanor M Freeman
Denver Colo

1934 Sept 21, hist to 
Lillie Koon NCS
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Joshua Jones, Va Act of June 1832
reduced frm $58 38/100 to $35
Same information requested
Pen Off
Mar 21, 1837
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Joshua Jones Va-Wheeling-$35-- y [illegible may be legal term]
To what time last paid
not p'd at Wheeling 
JH
Pension Office
28 Sept 1837
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Joshua Jones, Va (Wheeling roll) Act June 7. 1832
at $ 35 or annum.
 The P agt at Wheeling wrote to know whether it appears from the book here, that the above pension has been paid from the 4th of September 1840 to 4 March 1841
Please say
Pension Office
apl 23, 1842 } He was not JH
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joshua Jones which require further proof or explanation. 

I. Does the declaration show where the application resides? yy

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yy

V. *Has he mentioned 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 amou[n]t of pension he is entitled? yy

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he serviced, in conformity with the regulations? yy

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy

VIII. Has the court given their opinion? yy

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yy
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yy

XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she , or they are persons of credibility? --
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? --

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? --

XVI. + Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yy

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 7.

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. In a c case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: 
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his  service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For  ------ year ------- months and -------- dats, I served as a --------. For --------- months and --------- dats, I served as a ------------;  and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.

+QUERE XIV. Proof of service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

+QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
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Thomas Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
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Sept 18th 1832
[illegible name ]
Secretary of War I again enclose to your department three more declarations under the late Act of Congress for pensions 8_ To wit  A Conlins Joshua Jones and Joshua Rechard=Hoping these and the formers ones sent- Peter Knights John Duttons  Ebenezer Fisher Enoch Moone's and Ths Synotts will be acted on as soon as convenient by the department= the above named persons have applyed to me to transmit their jusness in this mater= I thought it not necessary to run these men to the expense of imploying an agent in as my availability therefore have transmitted their declarations immediately to the war department= If I have been mistaken in my
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and the supposition and should it be necessary to have an agent there Please inform me of the fact==The first papers I enclosed to your department=  in company with them was a letter from Wm A Garrison district Att'n for this W-D of Va informing the depart who he was &[etc]
Least that letter not be sufficient recommendation to authorize then department to act on these declarations I have Sent, please also to inform me of the same
Your Obedient serv't
Nathan Goff
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Free
James L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
Mr Allenton
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Clarksburg March 31st 1835

J L Edwards
Comm's of Pensions
I this envning received yours of the 26th insa't on the subject of Joshua Jones pension, you say that the 7 months stated to have been done by him in his declarations in the 4th [illegible] of the Pa line cannot be allowed unless further proof is given.
I wrote Mr .Jones's original declarature and if my memory serves me, I think he informed me that he had no proof as to his services so rendered,= and had to depend on proving his character &c= I have not the smallest doubt, but that his statement as given in his declaration is entirely true he is a man of good Character, a simple inoffensive old man= I believe he is entitled to 18 1/2 months, and shall be sorry to see him contacted down to 10 1/2 months, - I think he had no further proof than you now
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have before you= I should be glad he could be continued for the 18 1/2  months as I believe he done then that am't of service, but if the department thinks otherwise it will give him what it thinks so write & proper,- I am sick & tir[illegible] of the pension business-the old men, harras me from morning till night

yours &c
Nathan Goff
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Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office
September 21st, 1842

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April 1838, entitled " An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions form the pension agents, Joshua Jones a Pensioner on the Roll of the Wheeling, Va Agency, at the rate of Thirty five Dollars [and cents crossed out] per annum under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept, 1840, to the 4th March 1841.

Respectfully yours,
[signature illegible]
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions
present
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Payments to be made
at Richmond Va
by the [illegible]
Agent for paying Pensioners
in the Agency of 
Virginia
Recorded by N Rice
Clerk, in Book L vol 7
page 102

William Grey Cote, 42 year 1834  remit
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War Department
Revolutionary Claim

I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Joshua Jones of the State of Virginia= who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution.
is entitled to receive Fifty Eight...dollars and thirty three cents per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States,
this 24 day November
one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Lewis  Cass
Secretary of War
Examined and 
Countersigned
J L Edwards
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Pension Agency
N W Bank of Va
Wheeling October 20th 1843

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner
Dear Sir
I enclose for examination Joshua Jones pension voucher 12 May
I am
Yours very respectfully
I Steen Browne
Pension Agent
by Geo S Thompson
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Pension Agency
N W Bank of Virginia
Wheeling Oct 3 1839

Dear Sir
I enclose for your inspection voucher of Joshua Jones act of June 1832
Respectfully
I Steen Browne
for Arch Woods
Pq

J L Edwards, Esq
Com of Pensions
Washington
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postmark Wheeling Apr 21 
Apr 23, 1843

T L Edwards, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Josh Jones
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N W Bank of Virginia
Pension Agency
Wheeling April 26 1842
J L Edwards Esq

Dear Sir
I have paid the pension of Joshua Jones in compliance with your instructions from 4 March 1841 to 4 March 1842. on reference to the Roll of this agency. I find that he has not drawn his pension from 4th September 1840 to March 1841 has he been paid at the Department, for that time? if he has there is no advise of it here
I am respectfully
Yours
Archibald Woods
for Geor S Thompson
Pension Agent
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Joshua Jones Pen 2312
William McRee 16208
John Patton  Pen 16452

Harrison Cty
ev
Euletts. [maybe]
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Joshua Jones-Pension
I did not see this old man.- Nathan Goff informs me that he himself wrote his Declaration- all the cases in which W Goff wrote the declaration so far as yet examined= has been correct this especially where the service was done east of the Allegany Mountains=Mr. Goff, informs me that in this case war service was done east of the mountains=
Knowing Mr. Goff to be a man of integrity and that he has no notion to commit fraud= nor having charged any thing for services under pensionary act the old gentleman living result from any .....
that I [illegible] I answered it but a waste of time to look him out

W [illegible]
M 18 1824

William M Rec $20.
John Patton       $24.10
In this new case of M Rec and Patton=Mr Goff was the individual who wrote the Declarations=they are I have no doubt correct for the reason set forth in the ...Jones Case
W. [illegible]
Nov 22, 1834
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Free
James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
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Clarksburg Va
September 19th 1837

J L Edwards
Comm's of Pensions
City of Washington
Sir I enclose yours, [two words illegible] Joshua Jones, =to trace his pension money now due, 
Jones is one of those pensioners whose pay was reduced, you will please examine the papers, Strike the balance due
Forward the voucher &c to 
A P Goff Att'n Wheeling Va

I am Very Respect
your ob't servt
Nathan Goff
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Clarksburg 
Mar 10
Va                                             Free

Thom James L Edwards
Com's of Pensions
Washington
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Clarksburg March 14th 1857

J L Edwards
Comm's of Pensions
Sir, Joshua Jones of this County was placed on the pension list under the act 32, at $58.33- which amt he drw for 3 years-am't $ 174.99
when his pension was reduced $35= per annum=certificate baring date 26 March 1835
From the Commencement of the operation of the law of 32 to the 4th of this In'st is 6 years will amount to      _____________________________________210.00
[illegible] now due soms     Gen                          $35.01
James Bohanson of the County his pension was also reduced from $73,33 to $46.66- which will leave due to Bohanson on the 4th of this mn'th $ 59.99, in my absence this winter to the west those 2 pesnioners have sent on powers of Attor's to Richmond to draw their money, but failed in the attempt
=Will you give me directions how the money now due then is to be drawed.
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There are several pensions in the County have not draw thir pension since the 4th of March 1836=, To wit, John Middleton, Wm Davis, John Greenhouse, Wm Martin, Job Goff & others, --
Can those person who have not drew their pensions since the 4th ^March 1836 draw back to that time at the agency at Wheeling, or will they have to draw up to Mar 4th ofs Sep't last at Richmond,
John Smith this County informs me, his pension has been stopped, and requests, me to inquire why it was stopped
I am thus respectfully
yours
Nathan Goff
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Old Wars Navy
Apr 5 1905
 Denver, Colo Mar 31, 1905

Dept of Interior,
Bureau of Pensions
O.W. & N Div.
Will you kindly send me a transcript of the Revolutionary record of Joshua Jones who in 1840 was a resident of Harrison Co. Va (W. Va) and was at that time drawing a pension.  His age at that date was 79 years. Kindly include any remarks that may be attached to the record as I wish to use it for D.A. R. purposes
Very truly,
(Miss) Eleanor M. Freeman.
Fairmont School, Denver/Colo
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8121/2 Benoni Ave
Fairmont, W Va.,
8-28-34

United States Pension Office
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please send me the Military record of Joshua Jones, who was a revolutionary soldier.  When he enlisted he was a resident of Philadelphia, Pa.  His Pension was granted Sept 17, 1832 while a resident of Harrison Co Virginia. Thanking you for same
Yours Truly
Lillie Koon