Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7076, for Benjamin Jones, North Carolina
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Jones, Benjamin

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b. Mar. 28, 1754 in King William Co. Va. there at 1 [Illegible] res. m. 1832 Stokes Co. N. C.
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16.7.68
North Carolina 
Benjn [Benjamin] Jones ____
of Stokes _ in the state of NC__
who was a prv [private] .. in the Company commanded by Captain Booker of the ------
commanded by ------- in the Va *
line for 14 months__

* Va. And N.C. July 5, 1804 [1904?]
Records [crossed out - corrected] completed [initialed]

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina _ at the rate of 46. Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831

A Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Sept. 1833.
And sent C. Banner.
Germanton, No Ca.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. ‘33
Semi-anl. Allowance ending 4 Mar 34.

116.65.
23.33
$139.98

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by N. Rice _____ Clerk
Book E Vol. 6 Page 45.
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State of. North Carolina}
Stokes County}
On the 12th Day of December 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the, Justices of the County Court of pleas and quarter sessions for said County now sitting  (being a Court of record having by law a seal and Clerk.) Benjamin Jones, resident of Stokes County and State of North Carolina, aged Seventy Nine years on the 28th Day of March next, 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 the 7th of 1832, that he entered the service [two crossed out words] of the United States, under the following named officers and served as herein stated,

That he entered [begin inserted word] the [end inserted word] service of the United States in the Virginia Militia as a volunteer, under the command of Capt. Edward Booker sometime (he believes in the Spring of 1776, who was employed in garding some British Prisoners, at Amelia Court House, and marched from there by Fedricks Burg, to [Dumfries?], and was discharged at that place, that he never had any written discharge for this service, and knows of no person by
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by whom he can prove it; this tour of service was for three months. _____
He further states that having removed from the State of Virginia, the time he does not recollect, he next entered the service, as a volunteer in the North Carolina Militia, for the time of Five months, under Capt. James Sheperd, in Colnl Brevards Regiment, he Randivoused in Surrey County (now Stokes) in the State of North Carolina, sometime in November 1778. and marched through Salisbury No. Carolina, from thence to Cambdon [Camden] South Carolina, and thence to Genal Rethrfords [Rutherford’s], Camp S. Carolina, thence by Purisburg [Purysburg], thence to the Two Sisters [Ferry], thence to a place called Turkey Hill, thence to Agusta [Augusta], Georgia, and thence to Briar Creek, and was in that engagement, and from thence, returned to Turkey Hill, S. Caralina, where he received his discharge which Discharge is herewith enclosed______

He further states that sometime about the first of October 1780, he again entered the servise of the U. States, as a volunteer in the militia of North Caralina, and served a tour of three months, under the command of Capt. Miner Smith, he Randivoused at Olde Rickman, then Surry Court House, and marched from thence through Wilkes County N.C. to Criders Fort N.C.__ and from thence to the Cherokee Foard on Broad River, and thence to King Mountain, and was in that engagement, and returned by the way of Batties [Beatties] Foard on the Catawba, and the Shallow Foard
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on the Yadkin, and the Moravian Town in Surry County (now Stokes) thence to Guilford Court House, he was commanded principally by Majr [Major] Joseph Winston, but the chief command on the day of the Battle was given to Colonel Campbell [William Campbell] - he received no written discharge for this tour of service, but expects to prove the same (or in part by Lewis Wolff [Lewis Wolf (Wolff) [a/k/a Johann Ludwig Wolff] W4403] whose affidavit is herewith enclosed) the balance of the time he proves by his own oath, as he knows of no person by whom he can prove it.
He further states that in the latter part of the Summer or first of the Fall of the year 1781, he entered the service of the United States as an Ensign, in the Militia of North Carolina, under Capt. William Bostick in Colonel Francis Locke's Regiment, and served three months, he was called back under Colonel Armstrong [Martin Armstrong] of Surry County and was transferred to Colonel Locke [Francis Locke], he rendezvoused at Salisbury N. Carolina, and marched to Charlotte to Camden, South Carolina where Colonel Malmedy [sic, Francois Lellorquis Marquis de Malmady (also Malmèdy)] (a French officer) took the command (Colonel Locke being sick) and thence to Genl Green's [General Nathanael Greene's] headquarters, he then marched with General Greene to the Eutaw Springs, and was in that engagement [Battle of Eutaw Springs, September 8, 1781] and marched back nearly the same route to Salisbury No. Carolina, where he was discharged by Colonel Locke, the Commission which he served under
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under is herewith enclosed.
He further states that he was engaged in a number of other expeditions, but at no one time more than two or three weeks, and does not recollect his officers and circumstances with sufficient precision to state them. This deponent swears that he was born in King William County in the State of Virginia in the year A. D. 1754, that he has no record of his age.
That when called into service he was living as above stated, that now he lives in Stokes County State of North Carolina, and has done since the year A. D. 1779, that he entered the service, as above stated; as to officers, Regiments and service, and all the circumstances relating thereto as nearly as at this time is in his power.
That he never received any discharges but what is herein stated and enclosed. That he is known to Thomas T. Armstrong and Joseph W. Winston Esq. who can and will testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution and who can and will testify as to the character for veracity of the said Lewis Wolff. 
Jno. Hill --- Thos Armstrong
Jos W. Winston

He the said Benjamin Jones hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State, Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above mentioned.
Jno. Hill
Benjamin [his X mark] Jones
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[this document is typewritten]

October 24, 1934.
BA-J/ILL [a signature/initials of some sort]
Benjamin Jones
S. 7076

Bertram M. Jones
817 First Street
Montebello, California.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of your ancestors, Benjamin Jones, and William Hooper, the signer of the Declaration of Independence.

A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and there is no claim for pension of bounty land on file which was made to the United States based upon service of William Hooper as described by you. The record of Benjamin Jones is given herein as shown in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 7076, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Benjamin Jones was born March 26, 1754, in King William County, Virginia.

While a resident of King William County, Virginia, he enlisted in the spring of 1776, and served three months as private in Captain Edward Booker’s Virginia company. He moved to Stokes County, North Carolina, where he enlisted sometime in November 1778, served as private in Captain James Shepard’s company, Colonel William Brevard’s North Carolina regiment, was in the battle of Brier Creek, and was discharged April 10, 1779, having served five months; he enlisted October 1, 1780, served three months as private in Captain Minor Smith’s company under Major Joseph Winston, and was in the battle of Kings Mountain. On December 29, 1780, he was appointed ensign in Captain William Bostick’s company (his appointment signed by Colonel Mart. Armstrong), served as ensign from the summer of 1781 under Captain William Bostick, Colonels Armstrong, Francis Locke and Malmedy in the North Carolina troops, was in the battle of Eutaw Springs and was discharged October 4, 1781, having served three months. He stated that he also served on a number of other expeditions of two or three weeks each, but he did not give the dates or names of officers.
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Benjamin Jones was allowed on his application executed December 12, 1832, at which time he resided in Stokes County, North Carolina. 
There are no data relative to the family of the soldier 

Very truly yours, 

A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.

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[left side] 1909 July 17. Hist to A.D. Cloyd M D. ¢
1909 Aug. 2 Dates of death stated in claim, Dr. A. D. Cloyd
1916 June 1. Hist to Mrs. Oren Oneal. c [initials above H. L. M.]
1918 Nov. 1 “ “ D.E. Cloyd. ¢
1921, Aug. 1 hist. to Miss Rose E-- Richardson – Eu. 
1932 – March 3-Hist. to Mrs. Fred Loomis, ACC 
1934-Oct. 24 Hist. to Bulram M. Jones, ILL.

[right side] 7076
Revy War INVALID

File No. 7076
Benjn [Benjamin] Jones
Pri [Private] Rev War

Act: June 7th, 1832

Index: - Vol. 1st, Page 195

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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S.F. 7076
Rev.
Benj. Jones
dis &
appt.
N.C.
(and Va)
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[strip of paper left side] (2) S. File 7076 
Benjamin Jones, N. C.

[strip of paper right side] (3) S. File 7076
Benjamin Jones, N. C.

[written sideways] Jas. Little
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Camp at Bels Branch [Bells Branch?] October the 9th 1781 Roan County [Rowan County] this May sertefy [certify] that Ben. Jones hath Served his three months Tour of Duty as a Good and faithfull Soulder [faithful soldier] in My Company in Colo. Lock's Redgment [Regiment] and is hereby Discharged by Me. 
Francis Lock Colo.
with one [too faint to discern] under Capt. Bostick 

Decr [December] 29th 1780 Benjn [Benjamin] Jones is appointed Ensign in Capt. Wm Bosticks Company Surry County 
Mart. Armstrong Colo [Martin Armstrong, Colonel]
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[this paper looks to have been folded and re-folded many times]

Camp Turkey Hill So. Carolina
This is to Certify that Benjamin Jones at [a] Soldier in Captain Shepards Company Colo. Brevards Regement [Regiment] in G. Rutherfords [General Rutherford’s] Brigade of No Carolina malitia [Militia] hath Served the time of which he was Drafted as a faithfull [faithful] Soldier And he is hereby Discharged from the Sd. [said] Service 
Given under my hand this [paper damaged and text rendered illegible] 
[Signed] Hu Brevard Colo. [Hugh Brevard]
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Campt [Camp] [at] Turkey hil [Hill] Aprile [April] 10th 1779. 
Benjamin Jones a solger [soldier] in Capt. sheperds [Shepard’s] Company Colo. Brevard's Rigement [Regiment] having his tower [tour] of Duty Five months in Discharged from said servis [service] 
Given under our hands
[Signed] James Shepard Capt.

(1) S. File 7076
Benjamin Jones N. C.
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Admit as a private

14 mo [months] 46.66
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Department of War 
Pension Office 
April 24. 1833 – 

Sir:
The declaration of Benj.n [Benjamin] Jones has been examined and is again returned for further amendment, and proof. 
The applicant claims with other services to have served as an ensign for 3 months, and as evidence in support of his allegation, has produced a discharge from his Col. which so far from affording any testimony in his favor upon this point, tends rather to diminish its probability. 
That he was appointed an Ensign in 1780, in the Militia there is no doubt, but his discharge for the 3 months tour of duty in 1781 expressly styles him a "soldier" - If he can furnish any better evidence, he can have a certificate for 14 months of a private, by returning the papers with a certificate attesting the credibility of Lewis Wolf.
I am, very respectfully 
Your Obt Servt [Obedient Servant]
J L Edwards 

Hon A. H. Sheppard 
Germantown 
Stokes Co. N. C.
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N C Uto June 

Littlegadkin [refers to Little Washington] N C June 20 Free

The Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of pensions 
War department 
Washington City

Via mail
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Germanton, Stokes County, N. C. 
June 19th 1833 

Dear Sir, 
enclosed I return you Benj.n [Benjamin] Jones’s Pension papers as amended with a few lines of the Hon. A. H. Sheppard -- I would be glad to know what is done with Francis Steels Pension papers which I returned some time ago & Shepperd has no apposition in our congressional district as yet & I think will not have any at the Election in August.
your obt. [obedient] Servant 
C Banner
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Mr. Edwards 
By reference to the brief seal with Mr. Jones declaration I will [cut off – possibly appreciate] that objections are now taken not addressed to on the first examination - The applicant is very needy & almost blind & by reference to his discharge & other evidence forwarded by him I think there ought to be no further objection to his claim. 
Yr. Ob Serv [Your obedient servant]
A W Sheppard
June 1833
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N. Carolina} 
Stokes County} Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. Personally appeared before the justice of said Court on this 12th day of June 1833 Joseph W. Winston & Thomas F. Armstrong, residents of Stokes County NC who being first duly sworn according to law depose & state in open Court - that they have long known Benjamen Jones who has sworn to & subscribed the forgoing declaration that he is the generally reported & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and that they entirely concur in that opinion and doubt - not that he served as he has stated - That he is not only old and [Illegible] but now almost or entirely blind. They further herein state that Lewis Wolf, who has made affidavit in this case is in old man residing in the County & reputed & socially believed to have been a soldier in the Revolution & that he is a man of credit & his statement called to enter belief & confidence
Sworn to in open Court before me 
Jno. Hill clk [clerk]
Thos Armstrong 
Joseph W. Winston 

And the said Court do hereby certify that Joseph W Winston & Thomas T. Armstrong who have made the above affidavit who are residents of Stokes County are credible persons and entitled to credit - They further certify that it appears satisfactory to them that Lewis Wolf who has made affidavit in this case is a citizen of said County of Stokes and that he is a person of credit & that his statement is entitled to full credit & belief. Witness
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Justices holding said Court - this 12th of June 1833 
C. Banner JP
[Illegible] JP 
Jno. Banner JP. 

I John Hill Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions do hereby certify that Charles Banner before whom the foregoing affidavit of Benjamin Jones was taken is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County and that the name thereto purporting to be the signature of the said Charles Banner is genuine.
In Testimony of all which I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court at Germanton this 13th day of June 1833.
Jno. Hill. C.C.C.
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State of North Carolina} 
Stokes County} Sct March the 11th 1833
We John L. Wilson a clergiman [clergyman] residing in the County aforesaid and Joshua Banner residing in the same County in North Carolina hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Jones who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Jno Hill … John L. Wilson 
Joshua Banner 

State of North Carolina}
Stokes County} Sct March Sessions 1833
The said County Court of pleas & Quarter Sessions do hereby certify & declare their opinion, after Interrogation of the matter, after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named Benjamin Jones was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John L. Wilson who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergiman [Clergyman] resident in Stokes County and that Joshua Banner who has also signed the same is a resident of the same County and is Credible persons, And that their statement is entitled to credit, the Interrogatories being put say No.XI, being and answered that there was no clergiman [clergyman] present or convenient at last Decemr [December] Court of said County.
Jno. Banner JP
[Illegible] JP
John Vaughn JP
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North Carolina} 
Stokes County} Sct 

I John Hill Clerk County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the Matter for a application of Benjamin Jones for a Pension - In Testamony [Testimony] whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and set my hand this 11th day of March 183
Jno. Hill c. c. c.

North Carolina} 
Stokes County} Personally appeared before me Charles Banner a Justice of the Peace for Stokes County N. Carolina - Benjamin Jones the above named applicant for a pension who being by me duly sworn according to law, saith that owing to old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot recollect with perfect certainty the precise length & character of his revolutionary services but he very well knows and is confident that he served at least fourteen months – Eleven months of which was as a private militia man & three months as an Ensign under the appointment of Col. Martin Armstrong – But he is unable to make direct proof of the service being performed in that capacity and as his discharge does not speak of him as Ensign he consents to be considered a private for the entire time & claims a pension accordingly. That he is on account of his age & the loss of sight unable to attend before the Court to make this affidavit 11th June 1833 
before me C. Banner, JP
Benj. [his X mark] Jones
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

F.W. Rev. War Section 3-1865 F. W. 2 Rev. Sec.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS May 25, 1916
WASHINGTON 

Mrs. Oren Oneal, 
1333 Stock Exchange Bldg., 
Chicago, Illinois.

Madam:
In response to your letter dated the twentieth instant, you are advised that in order to identify a Revolutionary War pension claim for any particular Benjamin Jones, of North Carolina, it will be necessary for you to furnish some of the following data: 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, and the given name of his widow. 

Very respectfully, 
GM Saltzgaber 
Commissioner. 

Replying to above will say Benjamin Jones was born about 1756, was living in 1840 in Stokes County, N. C. with one Elizabeth Jones. Am not sure whether she was his wife or daughter. The family records were all destroyed and I am the last one living, and for that reason am most desirous of getting the record straightened out. The tradition is that he served and was pensioned and it was but recently that I cared specially to prove the case. This certainly should enable you to give me the certificate, and will thank you for the same. 
Very truly yours, 
Mrs. Oren Oneal.
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Rev MH R.F.D. Moberly Mo. 
July 18, 1921 

Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington D. C. 

My dear Sir: 
I have been attempting to trace the Revolutionary War record of one of my ancestors and have had some difficulty due

[circular stamp] PENSION D U. S. JUL 21 1921 OFFICE
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to lack of definite data. I will give you the record as I have it. 
# Benjamin Jones 
(1) born Mar. 28, 1754 in King Williams Co. Va 
(2) served in several different organizations in Virginia from 1776 - 1780 
(3) was pensioned for this service while a resident
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of Stokes Co. N. C. in 1832. 
Any definite data you can give me will aid me greatly. 
Thank you in advance for prompt attention to this matter. 
Very truly,
(Miss) Rose E. Richardson
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

216 Logan Street 
Denver, Colorado 

United States Pension Officer 
Revolutionary Records Division 
Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen: 
If either of the following men made applications for pensions on their Revolutionary service, will you kindly send me abstracts of the Aquila Jones [^ 0] -- Benjamin Jones. [^ OK] 

These two men were living in Stokes County, North Carolina, when the Census of 1790 was taken. 

Yours very truly, 
[signed] Charlotte Loomis 
(Mrs.) Fred Loomis

[stamp] REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS SECTION FEB 4 – 1932 BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

Huntington Park, 
California 
October 12, 1934

Pension Bureau, 
Washington, D.C. 
Gentlemen: 

I am a descendent of Benjamin Jones who was born in King Williams County, Virginia, 28th of March, 1754. He died in 1833. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. 

I am trying to trace my ancestors and would like as much information regarding this Benjamin Jones, his descendents [descendants] and ancestory [ancestry] as you can give me. 

I also wish the same information regarding William [^ of N. C. & d. Oct. 11, 1790] Hooper, the signer of the Declaration of Independence. I believe his daughter married Aquilla Jones, a son of the above Benjamin Jones. This daughter's name, according to my information was Lettie and they were married in Stokes County, North Carolina. 

I would appreciate what information you can give me regarding these two lines. 

Thanking you in advance I am 

Very truly yours, 
[signed] Bertram M. Jones 
Bertram M. Jones
817 South First Street 
Montebello, California 
Drawn by MCS. / her not as for Wm Hooper

[faint stamp]
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[typed form, with handwritten responses] [Letterhead]

[left side of letterhead] Directors: E T. MEREDITH J. EDW. KIRBYE H. H. STIFF CHAS R. BRENTON C. R. SCROGGIE A T. HUKILL A. E. BENNETT C. N. KINNEY F. R. FOULK J. P. LINN GEO. COSSON W. H. GEMMILL B. F. WILLIAMS P. W. HALL DAVID E. CLOYD ADAM PICKETT W. F. BARR JAMES H. HARRIS P. B. SHERRIFF S. B. LEE JOHN SHAMBAUGH G.W. ANDERSON L. O. SHAFFER GEO. A. CHANEY OTTO C HERMAN S. S. MESERVEY

[center of letterhead] American Teachers Life Insurance Company 1104.5 REGISTER & TRIBUNE BLDG. DES MOINES, IOWA 

[right side of letterhead] Officers: DAVID E. CLOYD PRESIDENT P. B. SHERRIFF IST VICE PRESIDENT C. N. KINNEY 2D VICE-PRESIDENT B. F. WILLIAMS SECRETARY GEORGE COSSON TREASURER FRANK E. FOULK, M. D. MED DIRECTOR STIPP, PERRY, BANNISTER & STARZINGER, GENERAL COUNSEL J. M. EMERY ACTUARY 
Execution Committee: D. E. CLOYD B. F. WILLIAMS P. W. HALL P. B. SHERRIFF GEORGE COSSON IRA A MANNING - SALES MANAGER 

[written on a slant] Rev War HH

Oct. 25, 1918. 

Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir:

Will you please give me the record asked for in the [^returned ¢] attached letter, which I addressed to the Adjudant [Adjutant] General, War Department, Washington, D. C., and which is herewith enclosed with his reply attached thereto. 
If I have the record correct, you will find that Benjamin Jones was pensioned under the Act of June 7, 1832 by certificate #16768, issued September 23, 1833, North Carolina Agency, showing * date of soldier's death and date of last payment of pension. 
You should find these in the, record division, I S C, Sur File 7076, Revolutionary War.
If you will furnish me this date by the earliest date possible, you will do me a great favor. 

Very respectfully, 
D. E. Cloyd Pres. 

C - C 

[circular stamp] PENSION O OCT 28 1918 U. S. OFFICE

[* the date of his death is not shown, and this Bureau is advised that the records of last payment of Rev. War pensions by the Auditor for the Interior Dept. are inaccessible at the present time. (War conditions)]
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[typed form, with handwritten responses] [Letterhead]

[left side of letterhead] J. C. ROOT, SOVEREIGN COMMANDER A. D. CLOYD, M. D. SOVEREIGN PHYSICIAN W. O. W. BUILDING 
[center of letterhead] Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World A Fraternal Beneficiary Order Omaha, Neb. 
[right side of letterhead] JOHN T. YATES, SOVEREIGN CLERK

July 21st, 1909.

Bureau of Pensions, 
Department of the Interior, 
Washington, D.C. 

Gentlemen: -- 
I acknowledge receipt of your report under date of July 17th giving information in regard to the Revolutionary services of Benjamin Jones of Stokes county, North Carolina. (Record Division, I. S. C., Sur File 7076, Revolutionary War.) 
If the records show, will you kindly give me date and place of death of the soldier. 

Sincerely, 

[signed] A D Cloyd
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[typed form, with handwritten responses] [Letterhead]

[left side of letterhead] J. C. ROOT, SOVEREIGN COMMANDER A. D. CLOYD, M. D. SOVEREIGN PHYSICIAN W. O. W. BUILDING 
[center of letterhead] Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World A Fraternal Beneficiary Order Omaha, Neb. 
[right side of letterhead] JOHN T. YATES, SOVEREIGN CLERK 

July 10, 1909.

Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions, 
Department of the Interior, 
Washington, D. C., 

Dear Sir: 
Will you kindly favor me with a statement showing the Revolutionary service of Benjamin Jones of Stokes County North Carolina, with any family relationship that may be shown therein? 
The information is desired for geneological [genealogical] purposes. 

Sincerely,

[signed] AD Cloyd

[circular stamp] PENSION D JUL 12 1909 U. S. OFFICE.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

In reply to your request of July 10”, received July 12, 1909 for a statement of the military history of Benjamin Jones a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired formation as contained in his [crossed out - (or his widow's)] application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. File 7076 

[column headings:] DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. STATE. 
Spring 1776 3 mos. [Rank] [check mark] [Captain] Edward Booker [Colonel] [check mark] [State] Va.

Nov. 1778 to Apl. 10, 1779 [Rank] [check mark] [Captain] James Sheperd [Colonel] William Brevard [State] No. Car.

Oct. 11, 1780 3 mos. [Rank] [check mark] [Captain] Minor Smith [Colonel] Maj. Joseph Winston [State] “ [No. Car.]

Dec. 29. 1780 appointed [Rank] Ensign [Captain] William Bostick Col. Mart Armstrong

to Oct. 4. 1781. 3 mos. Ensign [Captain] William Bostick [Colonel] Francis Lock 

Battles engaged in, Brier Creek, Kings Mountain and Eutaw Spring 

Residence of soldier at enlistment, King William Co. Va. 

Date of application for pension Dec. 12, 1832. 

Residence at date of application, Stokes Co., 
N. C. 

Age at date of application, B Mch [born March] 28, 1754 in King William Co, Va. 

Remarks: His claim was allowed. There is no data as to family.
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Record Division. 

August 3, 1909.

Dr. A. D. Cloyd, 
W. O. W. Building, 
Omaha, Nebraska. 

Sir: 

In reply to your letter dated the 21" and received the 23" ultimo, you are advised that in the claim of Benjamin Jones, Sur. File No. 7,076, Revolutionary War, the date of death is not stated. For date of last payment of pension and probable date of death, you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, citing the following data: Benjamin Jones, Certificate No. 16,768: issued September 23, 1833, under Act of June 7, 1832; at the North Carolina Agency. 

Very respectfully, 

Acting Commissioner.
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March 3, 1932. 
BA-J/ILL

Mrs. Fred Loomis 
216 Logan Street 
Denver, Colorado. 

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Benjamin Jones, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 7076, based upon the service of Benjamin Jones in that war. 

Benjamin Jones was born March 28, 1754 in King William County, Virginia. 

While a resident of King William County, Virginia, he enlisted in the spring, 1776 and served three months as private in Captain Edward Booker’s Virginia Company. He moved to Stokes County, North Carolina, where he enlisted in November, 1776, served as private in Captain James Shepard’s Company, Colonel William Brevard’s North Carolina Regiment, was in the battle of Briar Creek and was discharged April 10, 1779, having served five months; he enlisted October 1, 1780, served three months as private in Captain Miner Smith’s Company under Major Joseph Winston and was in the battle of Kings Mountain. On December 29, 1780, he was appointed ensign in Captain William Bostick’s Company, his appointment signed by Colonel Mart. Armstrong, served as ensign from the summer of 1781 under Captain William Bostick, Colonel Armstrong, Francis Lock and Malmedy in the North Carolina troops, was in the battle of Eutaw Springs and was discharged October 4, 1781, having served three months. He stated that he also served on a number of other expeditions of two or three weeks each but did not state the dates or officers names.
[written on the side - by Mrs. Fauch ?]

He was allowed pension on his application executed December 12, 1832, while a resident of Stokes County, North Carolina. 

There are no data relative to his family in the papers in this claim.

1.
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The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to show a claim for pension on file on account of the services of Aquila Jones.

Very truly yours, 

A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.

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