Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1543, for Cadwallader Jones, South Carolina
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SERVICE  SC,  Va
Jones, Cadwallader
NUMBER  S.1543
carded
CONTENTS
b. Lunenburg County Va. 1745
res. at Enl. Charlotte Co. Va.
res. in 1832 Wilson Co. Tenn
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22.207
West Tennessee
Cadwallader Jones
of Wilson Co in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the compy
commanded by Captain [Joseph] Brent of the Regt commanded by Col _
in the Virginia Militia for 8 months frm 17__
Va., S.C. Line. Records OK
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Oct 1833 and sent to John
Bruce Lebanon
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $66.66 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch '34 $13.33 = $80.00
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7th Page 85

March 6. 1834 See Let to J.S. McClain Clk of Wilson County
W. Tennessee
Died July 25, 1834 (A.B.)
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Cadwallander Jones Pension Declaration
Wilson County Court
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th of June 1832
State of Tennessee Wilson County on this 27th day of December 1832 personally appeared in open Court in the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions of Wilson County in the State of Tennessee before James M. Marton, Thos B. Reace, & David C.
Hibbits Esqrs Justices of the peace and members to hold said court now sitting Cadwallader Jones a resident of Wilson County in the State aforesaid aged a little more than Eighty seven 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 act of Congress passed 7th of June 1832 that some time in the Summer of 1778 he does not now recollect what month he entered the service of the United States as a
regular soldier and went into Captain Joseph Brent's Company in the first regiment in the Virginia continental line he does not recollect his Colonel's name that his generals
name was Washington. that he joined Captain Brent at Sharlot [Charlotte] Courthouse in the State of of Virginia and from thence he marched through Lunenburg, Amelia and others Countys in Virginia till he arrived at Portsmouth in the State last aforesaid, that as they marched from Sharlot Court house to Portsmouth they stopped at several places and waited in order for the Troops to collect and after he arrived at Portsmouth he continued there two or three weeks then he was verbally discharged by Capt Brent in order that he might take said Capt Brent's and Lieutenant Read's baggage back home as they desired
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to take shipping and sail round to
a stream called Elk river which was some where north of the State of Virginia after he was verbally discharged as aforesaid he returned home to Sharlott [Charlotte] County in Virginia that his first tour of service was two months that during the Tour aforesaid he was acquainted
with Capt [Joseph] Brent and Lieutenant Read declarant states that about one month after he returned home he was drafted and went into service again that he then went into Captain McGood's company of militia in the Virginia line his Colonel was [William] Hubbard his General was [Benjamin] Lincoln he joined Capt McGood, at Sharlot Court house Virginia from thence he marched through Halifax and Mecklenburg Countys in Virginia and then on to the Town of Salisbury being in North Carolina Continued there three months then marched through several Counties in North Carolina he does not now recollect their names till they arrived at a Town called Pointree [Pine Tree] by some persons by others Camden in South Carolina remained there one month as well as he now recollects and then marched to the high hills of Santee in South Carolina remained there five or six days then marched to Stono in South Carolina and there was in that celebrated Battle called the Battle of Stono [Ferry] in which Battle the Americans lost a great number of men but ultimately gained the victory and in a short time after the Battle aforesaid Capt McGoode gave him a
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written discharge he has lost it the second Tour was Eighteen months that during the Second Tour he was acquainted with Genl Lincoln, Colonel Hubbard, Two or three Majors, but the great laps of time has erased their names from memory and soon after he received said written discharge from Capt Mcgood he Volunteered and went into service into Capt Thomas Jones' Company of militia in the South Carolina line does not recollect his Colonels' names his general was Lincoln and after he joined Capt Jones at Stono
he marched to Savannah in South Carolina and was in the Battle at Savannah in which battle the Americans defeated the British and after said Battle was over he continued at Savannah one month then marched back home to the Sharlot County in Virginia Capt Jones having given him a verbal discharge at Savannah that his third tour was
three months during the third Tour
he was acquainted with General Lincoln and Capt Jones that he served in all Twenty three months that he has no documentary Evidence nor he know of no person by whom he can prove the services aforesaid that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity Except the present and declares
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that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State or Territory in the United States
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Test: S/ Josiah S. McClain, Clerk of Wilson County Court
S/ Cadwallader Jones, X his mark
Questions
1st  Where and in what year were you born?
Answer in Lunenburg County in the State of Virginia in the year of 1745
2nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Answer I have not yet was put down in my Father’s Family Bible but has since been taken out of said Bible what purpose I know not
3rd Where were you living when called into service: where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live?
Answer when called into service I lived in Charlotte County in the State of Virginia and continued there several years after the end of the revolutionary war then removed to Rutherford County in the State of Tennessee lived there three or four years then removed to Wilson County
in the State of Tennessee where he now lives
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4th How were you called into service; were you drafted; did you volunteer or were you a substitute, and if in substitute, for whom?
Answer The first Tour I enlisted and went into Captain Brent 's Company the Second  Tour I was drafted and went into Captain Mcgoode’s Company the third Tour I volunteered and went in Captain Jones Company
5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such Continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer I was acquainted with Generals Washington and Lincoln, Colonel Hubbard in Captains Brent, Mcgoode & Jones and the general circumstances of my service is above stated
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 At the Expiration of my first Tour Captain Brent gave me a verbal discharge at the end of my Second Tour Captain Mcgoode gave me a written discharge but I have lost it at the end of my third Tour Captain Jones verbally discharged me
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7th 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 acquainted with Elisha C. Stephens Esquire, the Reverend Presley Lester, Owen L. Wood, Fleming Puckitt and Richard Jones
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
S/ Josiah S. McClain, Clerk
S/ Cadwallader Jones, X his mark

We Presley Lester a clergyman residing in Wilson County in the State of Tennessee and Eliza C. Stephens and residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Cadwallader Jones who have subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be a little more than Eighty seven years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where
he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion Sworn to and subscribed the day and
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year aforesaid  7
Test J. McClain Clerk
of Wilson County Court
s/ Presley Lester
Elisha C. Stephens
and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the ware 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 Presley Lester-- who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Wilson County and that Elisha C. Stephens who has signed the same is a resident in Wilson County in the State of Tennessee and is a Credible person and that their statement is intitled to credit s/ Thomas B. Run JP
D. C. Hibbert JP
PM Martin P
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I Josiah S. McClain Clerk of the
Court of Pleas & Quarter Session of
Wilson County in the State of Tennessee hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Cadwallader Jones for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office This 29 day of December 1832
s/ Josiah S. McClain
.
Cadwellender Jones Pension
Declaration
Wilson county Court
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21911 Cadwallader Jones
John Brown Lebanon T
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the service of Cadwallader Jones Wilson Co T.
Period when the service was
rendered. Summer '78 1st Regt Va Continental line
Duration of service. 2 months
Rank of claimant. pr.
Names and Rank of the Company
officers under whom he served.
Cap [Joseph] Brent
Names and Rank of the General
and Field officers. Genl Washington
Country through which he marched,
Va
Place of abode when he entered
the service, and age at the present
period-  Charlotte Co Va - 87
Evidence by which the declaration
is supported. Trady
'78 one month later Va line for 18 months, pri. Capt McGood, Col [William] Hubbard
Battles in which the applicant was
engaged. Stono Ferry S.C 
1780 Vol [Illegible] 3 months
Capt [Thomas] Jones
Genl [Benjamin] Lincoln
Battle of Savannah
[note] there were no engagements
to serve in the militia for either 12 or
18 months, and there was no colonel belonging to the continental line by the name of Hubbard
I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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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.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
of
On this
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territo in
County of
day of
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
with
and
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 enered 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.
A. B.
┃ And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
I
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
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
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 applicacation 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 his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there
subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account
of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
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.
To a Solder.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
and what has become of it?
To un Officer.
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that 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 transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will folconforming
to the rule.
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
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
very continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
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. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
days, I served as a ----
letin served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following rates for any reserve him a pension
For months and - days, I served as amonths
, and -
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,
too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This
where therefore 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 aupursuit
.
thority; 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
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubpapers
.
lic seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witness,
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
nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
note applies to continental troops only.
The notes from 1912, are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
W. L Williams Ex Clk
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October 3, 1933
Cadwallader Jones S. 1543
Lewellin Jones W. 7906
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. A. W. Bohannan
Surry, Virginia
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of September 21, in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Llewellyn, Cadwallader, Wood and Robert Jones, all of Virginia.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United States based up n the Revolutionary War service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the service of a Robert Jones as described; or of any Wood Jones.
The records of Cadwallader Jones and Lewellin Jones (the spelling of the name under which he signed) follow as found in claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.
Cadwallader Jones
S. 1543
Cadwallader, Cadwallender or Cadwallender ( the various spellings
of the name appeared in the claim but soldier was pensioned under the first spelling) Jones was born in 1745 in Lunenburg County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not stated.
While residing in Charlotte County, Virginia, he enlisted sometime in the summer of 1778 and served two months as private in Captain Joseph Brent's Virginia company; he later enlisted and served as private in Captain McGoode's company, Colonel
Hubbard's Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Stono, after which he was discharged, length of this tour six months; he volunteered and served three months as private in Captain
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Thomas Jones' South Carolina company (his relationship to soldier
not shown) was in the battle of Savannah, after which he was
discharged and returned to his home in Charlotte County, Virginia.
After the Revolutionary War the soldier lived for several
years in said Charlotte County, Virginia, then moved to Rutherford
County, Tennessee, where he lived three or four years, thence to
Wilson County, Tennessee.
Cadwallader Jones was allowed pension on his application
executed December 27, 1832, while a resident of Wilson County,
Tennessee. On September 25, 1833, while still living there,
he stated that he was eighty-eight years and twelve days old.
He died July 25, 1834.
No reference was made in the claim to wife or children.
The soldier referred to Richard Jones as one of his neighbors
in Wilson County, Tennessee, in 1832, but did not state his relationship.
Lewellin Jones
W. 7906
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on
file in pension claim, W. 7906, based upon the Revolutionary War
service of Lewellen or Lewellin Jones ( both spellings of name appear in the claim but soldier signed Lewellin).
The date and place of this soldier's birth and names of his parents are not shown.
He enlisted in June, 1779, at Charlotte County Court House,
Virginia, served as private in Captain Taliaferro's company,
Colonel Richard Parker's Virginia regiment, and afterward in
Captain Bowyer's company, Colonels Heth's and Abraham Buford's
Virginia regiments, was engaged in many battles, the only one
designated being the one of Buford's defeat; he served in all
eighteen months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November
dent of Campbell County, Virginia.
4, 1818, at which time he was aged fifty-eight years and a resident of Campbell County, Virginia.
2
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The soldier died October 30, 1821, in Campbell County,
Virginia.
Lewellin or Lewellen Jones married February 26, 1789,
Catharine Vernon; their marriage was recorded in the County Clerk's
Office of Charlotte County, Virginia.
Soldier's widow, Catharine, was allowed pension on her application
executed February 19, 1839, at which time she was aged
seventy-five years and a resident of Campbell County, Virginia.
In 1820 the following children were referred to: Nancy Jones
aged twenty-three years, Richard aged twenty-two years, Joseph
Jones, aged nineteen, Elizabeth aged sixteen, Catharine aged twelve
and Polly Jones aged eight years.
Very truly yours
3
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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1917 Mch. 31. History to Mrs. Elizabeth Aurner. c
1917 Apr 2. Hist. to W. R. Jones aw
1918 Mch. 7. Mr. W.R. Jones advised,
only one statement to same person see correspondence in this case
1918. Mar. 15. Mr. W.R. Jones advised of cost of photostat copies 
1921, Oct 5 hist to Mrs F H Wilkinson 1933, Oct. 3. Hist. to Mrs A W Bohannon
see ltr in clm of Lewellin Jones, W7906
Revy War 1543 INVALID.
File No 1543
Cadwallader Jones
Priv. Va Mil
.
Act June 7, 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 193
arrangement of 1870
Va and SC Line Records corrected Oct 7 1903
Arrangement of 1870.]
, and T.C. Line Records corrected
1903
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The Honorable Lewis Cass Secretary of War Washington City
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Lebanon September 26 1833
Sir I have inclosed to you the
papers in the case of the application
of Cadwalader Jones for a Pension
You will see the objections which 
you have sent back to me by
Refference to the printed letter which I have sent on to you.
I see that one of the objections which you have made is that there was no Colonel serving in the Continental line
by the name of Hubbard.
Another objection was that there were no engagements to serve in the militia those twelve or eighteen months.
Sir, in reply to those objections I will
make the following statement that Mr
Cadwallader Jones did not State in 
his original declaration that Colonel Hubbard was a Continental Officer but
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on the contrary he stated that when he went out into service the second time he went in the militia and Hubbard was his Colonel. I am truly astonished that gentleman should make such possible mistakes in the war department. As to the other mistake I hope  it is entirely removed by the additional declaration which I have inclosed to you. You will please put Mr Jones on the Pension roll & inclose a certificate to me as soon as you can. If you should search for Mr Joneses name on the rolls I presume you will not find it Cadwallader Jones put CW Jones. Sir I wish you would be so good as to let me know what you have done with the papers in the case of Joseph Jacobs for a pension which papers I sent out to you probably near five months
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ago for a pension from Beaufort County but never have received any return whatever from you. I am confident from the evidence which has been exhibited to me that you are transacting all the business in your office with as much dispatch as you possibly can. I am my dear Sir with every sentiment of respect and esteem , your humble servant
s/ John Bruce

the Honourable Lewis Cass Secretary of War Washington City
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Cadwallader Jones
Wilson Co W.T.
for private 8 months
$26.66/100
John Bruce Lebanon Tenn

additional declaration
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Additional declaration in order obtain the benefit of act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832
State of Tennessee Wilson County
 on the 25th day of September 1833
 personally appeared in open
Court in the Court of pleas and quarter sessions of Wilson County in the State of Tennessee before
David C Wibit, Burchett Douglass &
Shaderick C. Smith Esquires Justices of the peace and members of the Court aforesaid now sitting Cadwallander Jones a resident of Wilson County in the State aforesaid aged eighty eight years and twelve days old who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on his oath make the following additional declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
passed 7th of June 1832. That some time in the summer of 1778 he does not now recollect what month he entered the service of the United States as a regular soldier and went into Capt Joseph Brents Company in the first regiment in the Virginia continental line he does not recollect his Cmlonels name that his general
was Washington that he joined Captain Brent at sharlet [Charlotte] Court house in the state of Virginia and from thence he marched
through Lunenburg, Amelia and other
Counties Virginia til he arrived at Portsmouth in the State last aforesaid that as they marched from Sharlot Court house to portsmouth they stoped at several places and  in order for the troops to collect and after he arived at portsmonth he continued there two or three weeks then he was verbally discharged by Capt Brent in order that he might take said Capt Brents and Lieutenant
Reads bagage back home as they designed to take shipping and sail round to a stream called Elk River which was somewhere north of the state Virginia after he was verbally discharged as aforesaid
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he returned home to Sharlet [Charlotte] County in Virginia that his first tour of service was two months that during the tour aforesaid he was acquainted with
Capt Brent and Lieutenant Read declarant states that about one month after he returned home he was drafted and went into servis again that he then went into Capt. McGoodes Company of militia in the Virginia line his colonel was Hubbard his general was Lincoln he Joined Capt McGoode atliharlot Courthouse in Virginia from thence he marched through Halifax and Mecklinburg County in Virginia and then one
to the Town of Salisbury in North Carolina continued there three months then marched through
everal County in North Carolina he
does not now recollect their names till they arrived at a Town called pointree [Pine Tree] by some persons by others Candon [Camden] in South Carolina remained there one month as well as his now recollects and then marched to the high hills of Santee in South Carolina remained there five or six days then marched to Stono,
in South Carolina and them was in that Celebrated Battle called the Battle of Stono [Ferry] in which battle the americans lost a grate number of men but ultimately gained the victory
and in a short time after the Battle
aforesaid Capt McGoode gave him a writen discharge he has lost it. The second tour was six month. That owing to a mistake of this declarant or a mistake of his council it was
stated in his original declaration that his second tour was eighteen months but in fact and include his second tour or only six months. that during the second tour as aforesaid he was acquainted with General Lincoln and Colonel Hubbard and two or t hree Magers but the grate laps of time has erased their names from his memory
and soon after he recieved said writen discharge from Capt McGoods he volunteered and
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went into service in to Capt Thos Jones company of militia in the South Carolina line he does not recollect his Colonels name his generals name was [Benjamin] Lincoln and after
he joined Capt Jones at Stono he marched to Suvana in South Carolina and was in the Battle at Suvana [Savannah]  in which Battle
the Americans defeated the British and after said Battle was over he continued at Suvana one month then marched back home to Sharlot
County in Virginia Capt Jones having given  him a verbal discharge at Suvana that his third Tour was three months during the third Tour he was acquainted with General Lincoln and Capt Jones that he served in all Eleven months that by mistake this
declarant or of his council it was stated in his original declaration that he served in all twenty three months but in fact and indeed he only served eleven months in all this declarant states that Colonel Hubbard
was a Militia officer as will be seen by
reference to his statement with regard to his second tour in his original declaration
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year last aforesaid in open court Cadwallader Jones X his mark
Josiah McClain Clerk of said County Court
and the said Court hereby certify that the above additional declaration marked A contains a true statement of the additional proceedings in the matter of the application of Cadwalender Jones for a pension in testimony whereof we have here unto set
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4
our hands this 25th day of September 1833
SC Smith JP
B Douglass JP
DC Hibbetz Clk

I Josiah S McCain Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions of Wilson County in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify
the above additional declaration marked A and the above certificate marked B Contains all the additional proceedings in the matter of the application of Cadwalender Jones for
a pension in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of
office this 25th day of September 1833 s/ JS McClain

[Illegible reverse writing below]
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1918 Mch. 7. W. R. Jones, Miners & Citizens Bank Yellville Arkansas

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
RECORD DIVISION
Briefed by J. S. C.
Cert. Christian Co. Ky.
Claimant of Stokes Co. N.C.
Soldier William Jones

REMARKS No claim as above.
also see duplicate of this slip in negatives files
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Commissioner of Pensions Rev Sec
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir Please give the Pension
record of Cadwallader Jones
I think of Va -
In 1835 he lived in Tenn
He was at that time about 89 (?) Have you any data concerning his wife and children. Information wanted for D.A.R. purposes
Sincerely
Mrs Elizabeth Aurner
State Center Iowa March 14-1917
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Sept 6 1921
Organizing Regent DAR Atlanta, Mo
SEP 17 1921
R_ DIVISION
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Atlanta M0
9 /6 /21
Com of Pensions
Will you please send me Rev. War Service record of _
Abnego Wedding of Va - I think also family records that you may have.
thanking you I am Very Cordially
Mrs. F. H. Wilkinson
Organizing Regent D.A.R
Atlanta, Mo
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also of Cadwallader Jones of Tenn
Can you give me names of his children - date of Marriage
am desiring this information for a D.A.R. applicant and we want very much to get these papers before the
board in Oct - will you please reply soon as convenient
Mrs. F. H. Wilkinson
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[letterhead]
MINERS & CITIZENS BANK
YELLVILLE. ARK. 3/15/17
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
War Department,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: I am exceedingly anxious, for good and sufficient reason, to learn all I can about a certain
Cadwallader, (or Codwallen) Jones, who was a Revolutionary pensioner
and was yet living in Wilson Co. Tennessee in 1835
If the Records there show, would like to know who his father was, and
brothers or sons. In fact all the records show, where he enlisted, &c
Yours try WR Jones
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Rev Sec
[letterhead]
MINERS & CITIZENS BANK
YELLVILLE ARR. 3 /31 -17
Hon. Com. Pensions Washington D.C
Dear Sir
my Washington attorney tells me you do not Answer letters of Inquiry unless the relationship is Stated
I wrote you some days ago, for all the
information your department could give me  Concerning a Revolutionary
pensioner named CadwalladerJones
who was yet living in 1835, and getting his pension money at some post office in Wilson Co. Tenn
I think he enlisted in North Carolina and served though the Revolution
I am his great great great grandson
if I am not mistaken. I am exceedingly anxious to know all your records will show. I especially hope they will show
the maiden name of  his wife.
If you do not care to look this up, will you not kindly hand this to some one who will do so for a money consideration
Yours try s/ WR Jones
US PENSION OFFICE APR 3 1917
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AFTER 5 DAYS RETURN TO MINERS & CITIZENS BANK YELLVILLE ARK
YELLVILLE ARK MAR 8 12 M 1918

Auditor War Dept Interior Dept
Washington DC
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Rev Sec
[stamps] MAR 11 1918
DATE RECEIVED
OFFICE AUDITORS INTERIOR DEPT
MAR 13 1918
[letterhead]
MINERS & CITIZENS BANK
YELLVILLE, ARK. 3 / 8 - 18
Auditor War Dept.
Interior Dept.
Gentlemen
Kindly let me know to whom the last
pension payment was made William Jones of the Revolution
Think he died in either Stokes Co.
N.C. or Christian Co. Ky or Wilson Co. Tenn. He was one of my Revolutionary Ancestors. I am
descended from Cadwallader Jones,
son of William I think. this Cadwallader was not quite old enough for service but helped make rifles I think in Stokes Co NC during the Revolution.
Will thank you for any data you may be able to give me.
s/ W. R. Jones
Chair for Marion Co. 3rd Liberty Bond Campaign
[note] no ans required  from this bureau as Mr Jones relinquished search at present for Wm Jones in a later letter Mar 31, 1918
[stamp] US PENSION OFFICE MAR 18 1918
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Rev Sec
[letterhead]
MINERS & CITIZENS BANK
YELLVILLE, ARK, 3 / 11 - 18
Rev. War Section
Interior Dept
Pension Dept
Gentlemen:
Replying to yours of the 7th inst, will
Say that I will not trouble you further at present concerning Wm Jones  of Stokes Co. N.C. But hope to get the data you suggest in the near future
would it be possible for me to have
photopast [photostat] Copies of every scrap of Record to be found in the various departments of the Revolutionary soldier Cadwallader Jones who died
in Tennessee, Wilson Co. S. 1543-
You have sent me on two separate
occasions valuable information
But I would like to have his Pension Declaration and find out if he or his heirs received a Land Warrant and if so where it was laid. none allowed
I feel if I had the entire record some
is my law the entice and something would suggest itself of value to us
If you will let me know cost of the photopest [photostat] word I will send money
yours truly s/  W. R. Jones
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[letterhead]
MINERS & CITIZENS BANK
YELLVILLE, ARK.
If I can get all the data concerning
this private Solder Cadwallader Jones, I will agree to begin on April 6th and sell ten thousand dollars worth of Liberty bonds myself
yours try, WRJ
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Rev Sec
[letterhead]
MINERS & CITIZENS BANK
YELLVILLE. ARR, 3/8 -- 1818
War Dept.Pension Dept.
Washington D.C
Gentlemen:
I desire the war record of Wm Jones, one of my Revolutionary ancestors who I think applied for Pension from Stokes Co. NC
He may have died  there though it is
possible he may have died in Christian Co. KY. In fact he may have applied for Pension from Christian Co. I find it stimulates the young in these trying times to know some history of the Fathers of the Revolution.
Yours try s/ WR Jones
Chair for Marion Co. 3rd Liberty Bond Campaign
[note] This crossed Bureau letter of Mar 7, 1918 & needed no reply in view of Mr Jones letter of Mar. 11, saying
he would not make further search for
Wm Jones
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In reply to your request of _
received _ [note] Cadwellender
for a statement of the military history of Cadwallader Jones a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 1543
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT. Summer 1778
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 2 mos
+6 mos.
1779 3 mos.
RANK. Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. Joseph Brent
McGoode
Thomas Jones
COLONEL [William] Hubbard
STATE  Va.
Va.
S.C.
Battles engaged in, Stono [Ferry] & Savannah
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Charlotte Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Dec. 27 1832. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Wilson Co. Tennessee
Age at date of application, born in 1745 in Lunenburg Co. Va.
Remarks: there is no family data.
Respectfully, Commissioner.
Apr. 2, 1917. aw
Office note: 
Stono was June 20, 1779
& Savannah Oct. 9. 1879
so I have changed above statements as to 2 & 3  enlistments they could not possibly have been as stated by soldier unless he had already served 18 mos in 2.
duties he had served 18 mos in
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Rev. War Section. March 15, 1918.
Mr. W. R. Jones,
Miners and Citizens Bank,
Yellville, Ark.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 11"" instant, you are advised that photostat copies of the original papers in the claim of the
Revolutionary War pensioner, Cadwallader Jones, Survivor's File
No. 1543, will be furnished you, under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912, at the rate of fifteen cents per page, with twenty-five cents extra, if certification is desired. The number
of pages to be copied, is sixteen,
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau, by certified
check, draft, money order or cashier's check drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
You are also advised that a careful search of the records fails to show that bounty land was allowed on account of the services of
said soldier.
For the date of last payment of his pension, name of person
paid and date of soldier's death, you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, Washington, D. C. citing all of the
following data; Cadwallader Jones, Certificate No. 22, 207, issued
Oct. 17, 1833, rate $26.66 per annum, commencing Mar. 4, 1831,
Act of June 7, 1832, West Tennessee Agency.
This bureau regrets that it is unable to aid you further in
regard to the Revolutionary War soldier, William Jones and notes
with interest your postscript to your letter of the 11"" instant.
Very respectfully,
E. C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner.
If paid for said copies
of admitted Jacket = 1 page
letter of John Bruce =3 "
all declarations = 12 "
total 16 pages
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Rev. War Section. March 7, 1918.
Mr. W. R. Jones,
Miners & Citizens Bank, Yellville, Arkansas.
Sir:
In response to your letters dated the twenty - second Ultimo, and referred to this Bureau by the Honorable Joseph T. Robinson, you are advised that in reply to your request of
March 15, 1917, you were furnished the history of Cadwallader
Jones of Wilson County, Tennessee, under date of April 2, 1917
and that it is not the practice of this Bureau to furnish more than
one such statement to the same person.
You are further advised that from the meagre data given by you no claim can be identified for William Jones as of Stokes County, North Carolina, therefore, in order to ascertain whether a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of
the Revolutionary War services of your ancestor, in addition to
his name, some of the following facts are essential: names of
some officers under whom he served, his places of residence at
enlistment and after service, the approximate dates of his birth
and death, given name of his widow, and any other personal data
in your possession.
Very respectfully,
GM Saltzburg
Commissioner,