Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15782, for Silas Jones, New York
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SERVICE
New York Jones, Silas
R.I.  Mercy

CONTENTS
b. Apr 26 1760 at 
East Greenwich RI & res.  (unreadable) at Earl.
m 1832 res. Berlin, Rensselaer Co. N.Y.
d. Oct. 14 1832
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20.559
New York
Silas Jones
of Renssellear (Rensselaer) in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Comp. commanded
by Captain Bates
of the Rept commanded
by Col. Freeman in the Rh. Island
line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 31 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Sep
1833-and Smith (Smitto) A.G. Hammond Berlin
Arrears to the 4th of Sep '33 $79.16
Semi-anl. allowance ending (unknown) 15.83
$94.99

⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
June 7, 1832
Recorded by
Go. C Stiles clerk,
Book E, Vol. 4, Page 63

Dead. See letters to Jno. Fleming
P. ap. 29 March 1834
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1440
Albany New York ┃
Mercy Jones
widow of
Silas Jones decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 14th October 1832
of Rensselaer Co in the State of N.Y.
who was a
Private in the company commanded
by Captain Bates Regt of the regt. commanded
by Col. Freeman in the
line for 9 1/2 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany N.Y.
at the rate of 31 Dollars 67 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th of Dec.
1838 and sent (Noon)
No. Vail (Hoo offepes)
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838 $79.17
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '39, 15.83
$95.00


Act July 7, 1838
Recorded by (Dhl.) Addison clerk
Book A Vol. 2 page 85
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14657
Silas Jones
Renselear (Rensselaer) co
N. york (New York)

(abmd)


16 of 
May 6, 1833
P. 376
63.33
15.83
79.16
A.G. (Hausenfer)
Berlin,
N. York (New York)
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Brief in the case of Silas Jones 
of Renselaer Co. (Rensselaer) in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
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.
(TABLE)
Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Years,
Months,
in 1776 substitute for (illegible) Phillips
1777
substitute for (illegible) Jones
substitute for (illegible) 1778
1779
32
3
2
1
32
1
 Capt Johnson (Johesson)
 Capt Spencer ⎬
Capt. Spencer
Capt. Bates
Col Freeman
Capt Husted, Capt. Shaw
Capt Shaw
Col. Waterman
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? East Greenwich, R. I.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary living writeup
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Not connected as required
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
J E Bradford 
Examining Clerk
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In the matter of 
Silas Jones
Application for a Pension
1465[7?]

[unknown word]
9 1/2 [unknown word]
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31.66
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7, 1832. 
Printed & Sold by Kemble & Hooper 
Form for State Troops, &c. 8 State-st. Troy, N.Y. 

State of New York, 
County of Rensselaer 
On this Ninth day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the judge of the court of Mayors Court of the City of Troy now sitting, Silas Jones a resident of Berlin county of Rensselaer and the State of New York, aged seventy two 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 June 7, 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. 

That in the year 1776 he resided in East Greenwich in the State of Rhode Island that in the fall of that year he entered the service as a private in the militia in Captain [illegible] Johnson's Company and marched to Warwick neck point and continued in said service thirty two days, that at the end of said time he again entered the service under Captain Michael Spencer as a substitute for Thomas Phillips & remained at the same place for three month more which made four months of continued service that during this time under both the preceding engagements he was in Colonel Watermans Regiment. That in the spring of 1777 he was called out under Captain Michael Spencer at East Greenwich and served two month and was engaged in garding the sea shore, that in the spring of 1777 [illegible note above line] he entered the service under Captain Jonathan Bates at [illegible] ferry in North Kingston as a substitute for his Brother Noel Jones and service one month. That in the spring of 1778 he moved from Rhode island to where he now lives in Berlin County of Rennsselaer & State of New York. That in the summer of this year he went as a substitute for Thomas Phillips
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 Brother Noel Jones and served one month. That in the spring of 1778 he moved from Rhode Island to when he now lives in Berlin County of Renneselaer & State of New York —that the summer of this year he went as a substitute for Thomas Phillips to what was then called the Upper fort in Schohary which was commanded by Colonel Froman and continued his said service thirty two days that in the fall of 1779 he went to Schenectady under Captain Husted & Lieutenant Shaw or Captain Shaw in which character the latter acted he does not recollect, in which campaign they were occupied about one month - that at about this time the precise time he does not recollect he went under Captain Shaw to Fort Edward which occupied about fourteen days and that he was also engaged at sundry time in hunting [illegible] and Toryes under Captain Shaw about the County of Rennselaers as much as one month - that he has no documentary evidence of his services & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure exact what is hereunto annexed who can testify to his services - 
To the prescribed Interrogatories put by the court he answers 
1. He was born in East Greenwich in the State of Rhode Island in the year 1760 - 
2. There is a record of his age in the Town Clerks Office in said Town of East Greenwich  
3. When called into service first he lived in said Town of Eastgreenwich . Has [illegible] since  the Revolutionary war lived & continues to live in what is now the Town of Berlin, County of Rensselaer & State of New York 
4. Has []  the service and several as above stated. 
5. He did not serve with any regular troops, for his Militia officers and
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general circumstances of his service he refers to the statement given above 
6. He never received a written discharge 
7. He is known in his present [neighborhood?] to John Reeve P.M. and Buston Hammond Esqr who can certify to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution - 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares his name not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Archibald Bull Clerk 
State of New York
Rensselaer County
Silas Jones

Thomas Phillips being duly sworn deposeth and says that he was acquainted with his Silas Jones [ illegible] during the Revolutionary war that he knows of the said Silas being engaged in the service for at least six months as he has within stated and that he the said Silas performed [] the service as substitute for him this [deposant?] as he has within stated & that he has no doubt of the truth of the whole statement as above made - that he this [deposant?] resides in the town of Petersburgh in the State of New York aforesaid and further says not -
Thomas Phillips
Sworn & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Phillips Archibald Bull Clerk 
I hereby certify that Thomas Phillips above named is reputed to have a good moral character Archibald Bull
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We William Satterlee Clergyman, residing in the [illegible], and A.G. Hammond residing in said town of Berlin hereby certify that we are
acquainted with Silas Jones who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two 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.
Wm. Satterlee [signature]
A. G. Hammond [signature]

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Archibald Bull [signature] Clerk

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
William Satterlee - who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident
in the Town of Berlin and that Alonzo G. Hammond [illegible written after Hammond], who has also signed the same, is a [is a is crossed out] are residents in the Town of Berlin and that Alonso and is a [is a is crossed out] are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Archibald Bull Clerk of the Court of [Court of is crossed out] [illegible] Mayors Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Silas Jones
for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ninth day of August 1832.
Archibald Bull [signature] Clerk
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Silas Jones born April 26 1760 on Saturday; Mary Jones the wife of Silas Jones born Feb. 7m 1761 and married Aug. 3rd 1785
Varnun Jones born June 16th on monday     1785
Wm. Jones was born Feb. 16th on friday       1787
Hannah Jones born Oct.17 1789) and departed this life [ ? sept?] 1790 !!
[ ? ] Jones 2nd born March 17, 1780) and departed this life [aug]  1794... !!
[ ] jones born  [April] 17 [monday]     1792
[Charles??] Jones born on Tuesday March 1794
Thomas Jones born on Sunday Decm 25th 1797
Polly Jones born on Sunday Dec. 15th 1800
[?? y] Jones born on Sunday July 11  180[?]
Silas S. Jones born April 27th on Saturday [18??]
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In the matter of
Mary Jones
Widow of Silas Jones

application for a 
Pension-
[ ?]   7 July 183[8?]
Married 1784
died1832

Allow $31.66 per anm
[?] H. Vail
H R
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State o New York
Renseleer County [ ]
        On the 20th day of October in the year of our Lord 1838 personally appeared before me George R. Davis First Judge of Rensselar County Courts. [state] aforesaid Mary Jones a resident of the town of Berlin in the County of Rennelaer
[?? ] aforesaid aged Seventy years the 7th day of Feburary last who being past duly sworn according to law, that on her faith make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An Act [ ?? ] [half] pay pension to Certain Widows"
that [ ] the Widow of Silas Jones who was a Pensioner under the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.  the said Silas Jones at the time of his making out his papers for the pension resided in Berlin aforesaid, but died on the 14th day of October 1832 [died] before his Pension Certificate was received [ ] thus [??] the present application and the Certificate attached to the paper, [ ] she further declares that she was married to the said Silas Jones on the 5 day of August 1784, by the Reverend Joseph Barry, in the town of Pot{??] in the said County of Rensselaer, that the said party [??]  over forty years: that her Husband
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the said Silas Jones died on the 14th day of October 1832; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January (1794) seventeen hundred nine four viz at the time above stated that the only record of her marriage is the annexed one
made by Timothy Ford a school master in deponents neighborhoods, in his hand writing
include record was made nearly thirty years ago & kept by her late husband himself in the family record ever since - that the said [illegible] been dead over twenty five years - that this deponent making the widow of the
said Silas Jones at the time has not intermaried with any one since his death 
Mercy X her mark Jones

Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before me

Geo R Davis [signature] First Judge
of [illegible] County Courts
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State of New York
Rensselaer County [ ]
      On the 30th day of October 1831 personally appeared before me George R. Davis, First Judge of aforesaid [  ]  [  ]  of Grafton in the County and State aforesaid aged eighty seven years the 8th day of last september  who being [First] duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath say that  ] ] the brothers of Widow Mary Jones the [  ] applicant, [ ] present at her marriage with the said Silas Jones, by the Reverent Joseph Barnes then of Petersburgh on the 3 day of August 1784 - that the said Barnes has been dead over forty years , that the said Silas Jones died the 14th day of October 183?. and that the said applicant has not married since his death aforesaid, but [remain] his widow at this time- that they  [  ] knew School Master Timothy Face only by reputation

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
  Geo. R. Davis  First Judge
  Rensselaer County Court
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State of New York
Rensselaer County  [ ?  ]
On the 30th day of October 1838 personally appeared before George R. Davis First Judge aforesaid Mary S[criven] a resendent of Grafton in the County of Rensselaer aforesaid aged seventy years the 8th day of May last who being first duly sworn according to law [?] on her oath say  that she knew School Master Thimothy Force refered to in [annexed ] papers and that he has [ been] dead between Twenty and thirty years- [ ? ] the applicant [?] the widow of the late Silas Jones.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before Geo. R. Davis First Judge of Rensselaer County Court
                        Mary X  Scriven
                          her mark
I George R. Davis First Judge of Rensselaer County do Certify that I am personally acquainted with the applicant and ha [  ] James Sriven and Mary Scrivven and they are each creditable persons and their statements entitled to the fullest credit and I do further declair that I am of the opinion that the facts in said applicants declaration are all true after the fullest investigation of the [??] that the said applicant from age and [?] infirmity is unable to travel from her residence about twenty miles from the place where our court of record are [?] and so appear in Court - Geo. R. Davis  First Judge of Rensselaer County Court
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State of New York
Rensselaer County 
     I Henry R. Bristol Clerk of the said county do certify that George R. Davis before whom the annexed declaration of depositions appear to have been [ ? ] at the date of the said declaration and depositions First Judge of the County of Rensselaer aforesaid duly Commissioned and Qualified  also that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said First Judge and that his signatures to the annexed papers are genuine.
     In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of of the said county the 2nd day of November 1838
        Henry R. Bristol, Clk
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April 26, 1926

Mrs. J. C. Roberts
1815 Sixth Ave.,
Huntington, West Va.

Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 15782 [W. 15782 is underlined] it appears that
Silas Jones [Silas Jines is underlined] was born April 26, 1760 in East Greenwich, Rhode Island,

While a resident of East Greenwich, Rhode Island he enlisted in the fall of 1776 and served thirty-two days as a private in Captain Allen Johnson's Company, Colonel Waterman's Rhode Island Regiment, and at the end of that service enlisted and served three months as a private in Captain Michael Spencer's Company, Colonel Waterman's Rhode Island Regiment.

He enlisted in the spring of 1777 and served two months as private in Captain Michael Spencer's Company, and enlisted in the summer of 1777 and served one month as a substitute for his brother Noel Jones in Captain Jonathan Bates' Rhode Island Company.

In the spring of 1778 he moved to Berlin, Rensselaer
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County, New York and in the summer of 1778 enlisted and served thirty-two days as a private at Upper Fort at Schoharie under Colonel Freeman in the New York Troops.

He enlisted in the fall of 1779, served one month under Captains Husted and Shaw in the New York Troops, then fourteen days under Captain Shaw in said troops. He served
subsequently, at sundry times, about one month in all, hunting Tories and Indians, under Captain Shaw in the New York Troops.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 9, 1832 while a resident of Berlin, New York. He died October 14, 1832.

Soldier married August 3, 1784 in Petersburgh Rensselaer County, New York, Marcy or Mercy Scriven born February 7, 1761 or 1768. She was allowed pension on her application
executed October 30, 1838 while a resident of Berlin, New York. Their children were:

Varnum born June 16, 1785.

William     "    February 16, 1787.

Hannah     "    October 17, 1789, died October 30, 1790

Hannah 2nd " March 27, 17--, died in August 1794.

Marcy        "    April 17, 1792.

Zebulon     "    March 11, 1794.

Thomas      "    December 25, 1797.

Polly           "   December 15, 1800.

Betsey        "   July 10, 180? (illegible).

Silas L.        "   April 27, 1805.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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[left side of page]
June 1 - 1904 - [illegible]
Jns. V. B. clarkson
N.Y. City

1900 [illegible] Mrs.
K. A. Roberts [illegible]
1921 July 8 Hist. to Florence L. Gabek
1926 Apr. 26 - Hist. to Mrs. J. B. {illegible]
1926 Apr. 26 - Hist. to Mrs. Lore[illegible]
      Blackburn MMHF.

[right side of page]
Rev WIDOW, &c.

File No. 15.782
Mercy Jones
Wid of
Silas Jones
Priv. Rev. War

Act July 7th /38

Index: Vol. A, Page 382

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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V 14657
Silas Jones
N. Y

16 - 

A. G. Hammond
Berline
N.Y.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Silas Jones of RensselaerCo New York which
further proof or explanation.

I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
Yes

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

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? 
Yes

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 amout of pension he is entitled?  
Yes

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

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

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate
Yes

X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device ot inscription by which it can be distinguishable from any other seal?
Yes
we letting a plan to the
other fire? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be disting
for any other
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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their better respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
Yes

XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining
it?

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?

XIV.  [cross symbol] If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?

If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Yes

Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
Yes

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? 
Yes

XVI.  [double cross symbol] Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 
No * Amended

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

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
[there is a streak over some of the text and the words are not shown, which is actually the two sideas are off and not joined correctly.  The text below is in the proper order]

QUERE
V. 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 [missing text] deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, to long 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___y ears ___ months, and ___ days, I served as a ___ for ____ months and ___ days
, and --- days, I served as ___; and for such service I claim a pension.
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3

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the
pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite,
and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions
merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable
. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service
Inn 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 he 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 authenticates 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 ends of which must pass under
the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached tot he certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Pension Bureau: - 

Gentlemen
Will you please send to the undersigned parties.  the Revolutionary War record of Silas Jones. b.  Rhode Island, May 26, 1760, d. in Petersburgh, Rens. Co. N.Y. October 14. 1832 - His widow Mercy Scriven Jones - b. February 7, 1761, d. 1839. - She received a pension from the U.S. Government from 1832 until 1839 - Reed Silas Jones'
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war record to become member of a great war society

Thanking you, me remain,
Mrs. Landen Blackburn
Brodhead - Wisconsin

Mrs. J. C. Roberts.
1615 - 6th Ave,
Huntington - W. Va.

March 8, 1826

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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
C
MAR 10
1926
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RECORD DIVISION
MAY 25
1910

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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
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MAY
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MAY 25 1910

1615 - Sixth Ave.
Huntington, W. Va.

15782 wid

[written over Bureau]
Rev

Bureau of Pensions -
Dept of Interior - 
Gentlemen - 
I wish to join society of "D.A.R." so please substantiate at once [at once is underlined], so I can be voted on by June 1st, the following. - 

Silas Jones (my great grandfather) enlisted from Rhode Island - served through war of Revolution: died at Petersburg, N. Y. in 1832 and his widow, Mercy Jones, rec'd a pension
there [there is underlined] until her death in
1839. Please give me date of enlistment if you have it on record.  My brother, Dr. Allen, joined in above record so it is there-
Sincerely - 
(Mrs.) M.A. Roberts
May 23 -10
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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
E
MAY 28
1901

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JOHN V. E. CLARKSON
Telephone Number:
1206 Broad.

FIRM OF
FLOYD CLARKSON & SON.
REAL ESTATE, MORTGAGES, INSURANCE.
APPRAISALS MADE. 
40 AND 42 BROADWAY,
BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN.

Cable [illegible]
"[illegible], New York."

New York, May 27, 19[illegible].

Commissioner of Pensions,
Pension Office, Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs - 
Will you kindly send to us a certificate that one Silas Jones [Silas Jones is underlined] was a pensioner under the Government for service as a private in the Rhode Island Militia during the War of the Revolution.  I desire this for the purpose of adding a descendant of Silas Jones who wishes to join the Society of the Dau. of the Revolution in the State of New York.

Very Truly yours,
John V.B. Clarkson
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RECORD DIVISION
JUN 27 1921
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1.7N,E.
Revo

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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
D
JUN
23 1921

Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Rev. War Section
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen -
Will you kindly send me the Revolutionary War service of the following of my ancestors, who I
and advised were pensioners, also kindly advise any other information you may have regarding them.

If there is a fee attending same please advise amount and I will forward same, and thank you very much for your kind attention
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Silas Jones from Rhode Island
subsequent residence - Rensselaer Co. New York

Died 1832-1833
Widow Mercy was also a pensioner
Full information please 
_____

William Scriven from Rhode Island
subsequent residence - Rensselaer Co New York

Born about 1756 but cannot give date of death
Full information please
_____

Amos Green - 
Residence Windham Co. Conn.
Full information please
_____
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Address -
Mrs. Florence L. Gabeler
60 Maple Ave
Troy N.Y.

June 17/21

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RECORD DIVISION
JUN 27 1921
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application fpr pension on file in this Bureau. Silas Jonesb red. File 15782

[column header]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT
Fall 1776
[check mark]
Spring of 1777
* Summer 1777
Summer 1778
Fall 1779
[check mark]
[check mark]
* Jones substitued for his brother [illegible]

[column header]
LENGTH OF SERVICE
32 days
3 mos.
2 mos.
1 mo.
32 days
1 mo.
14 days
1 mo

[column header]
RANK.
Pvt.

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OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN. / COLONEL.
Allen Johnson / Waterman
Michael Spencer / Waterman
Michael Spencer
Jonathan Babit
at [illegible] Fort at Schoharie / Freeman
Howard Shaw
Shaw
at Sundry hunting Tories & indian under Capt. Shaw. 

[column header]
STATE.
R.I.
[blank]
[blank]
[blank]
N.Y.

Battles engaged in, [check mark]

Residence of solider at enlistment, East Greenwich R. I.

Date of application for pension, Aug 9, 1832. His claimant.

Residence at date of application Berlin, Rensselaer Co., N.Y.

Age at date of application, born at East Greenwich R.I. Apr. 26, 1760.  died Oct. 14 1832


Remarks:  Solider married at Peteresburgh, N.Y. Aug. 3. 1784 Marcy or Mercy Scriven born Feby. 7, 1761 [illegible].  She was allowed pension on an application executed * Oct. 30. 1838 while a resident of Berlin, N.Y.  Children: Varnum b. June 16. 1785 William b. Feby 16. 1787 Hannah b. Oct. 17.  1789 died Oct. 30. 1790.  Hannah 2nd b. Mar. 1780? died Aug. 2 1791.  Marcy b. Apr. 17. 1792.  Zebulon b. Marcg. . 1794.  Thomas b. Dec. 25. 1797.  Polly b. Dec. 15. 1800.  Betsey b. July 10. 180? (illegible) .  Silas L. Apr. 27. 1805.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

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* this date  [illegible] became that on damily record is not legible & [illegible] to 1784.

[arrow pointing from above line dow to following]
1st child was [illegible] in June 1785 [June & 5 are underlined]
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April 26, 1926

Mrs. Louden Blackburn
Brodhead, WISC.

Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 15782 it appears that Silas Jones was born April 26, 1760 in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.

While a resident of East Greenwich, Rhode Island he enlisted in the fall of 1776 and served thrity-two days as a private in Captain Allen Johnson's Company, Colonel
Waterman's Rhode Island Regiment, and at the end of that service enlisted and served three months as a private in Captain Michael Spencer's Company, Colonel Waterman's Rhode Island Regiment.

He enlisted in the spring of 1777 and served two months as private in Captain Michael Spencer's Company, and enlisted in the summer of 1777 and served one month as a substitute for his brother Noel Jones in Captain Jonathan Bates' Rhode Island Company.

In the spring of 1778 he moved to Berlin, Rensselaer
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County, New York and in the summer of 1778 enlisted and served thirty-two days as a private at Upper Fort at Schoharie under Colonel Freeman in the New York Troops.

He enlisted in the fall of 1779, served one month under Captains Husted and Shaw in the New York Troops, then fourteen days under Captain Shaw in said troops. He served
subsequently, at sundry times, about one month in all, hunting Tories and Indians, under Captain Shaw in the New York Troops.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 9, 1832 while a resident of Berlin, New York. He died October 14, 1832.

Soldier married August 3, 1784 in Petersburgh, Rensselaer County, New York, Marcy or Mercy Scriven born February 7, 1761 or 1768 [drawn line from 1768 to a note in the margin reading Miss Wilem said use first - meaning 1761].  She was allowed pension on her application
executed October 30, 1838 while a resident of Berlin, New York. Their children were:

Varnum born June 16, 1785.

William     "    February 16, 1787.

Hannah     "   October 17, 1789 died October 30, 1790

Hannah 2nd  " March 27, 1790 (?), died in Augustr 1794.  [arrow pointing to following handwritten note in the right margin - I decided not to use the 80 as it is evident it is meant for 90 & one who does not see this record could not understand [illegible 84]

Marcy       "    April 17. 1792.

Zebulon    "    March 11. 1794.

Thomas     "    December 25. 1797.

Polly          "    December 15. 1800.

Betsey       "    July 10. 180? (illegible).

Silas L.       "    April 27. 1805.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT