Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5752, for Uriah Jones, Rhode Island
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
R.I.

Jones, Uriah

NUMBER
R. 5752

CONTENTS 
b [born] Aug. 13, 1761 in Smithfield, R.I.
res. at enl. [residence at enlistment] and mi 1832 Cumberland, Providence Co R.I.
d [died] Dec 1845 in Providence R.I.
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21239
Uriah Jones 
R.I.
See on Back
Deserted Sept 1782
see Roth of James
Registered under Letter
9 May 1833
See Letter to Hon T. Burgess
24 Feb 1834
v7v2
["B Coswel" linet thru]l
Hon D I Peane
Newport
R.I.

Let [Letter] Hon Geo. G. King Augt 24 1850
Papers sent to Hon Mr King
March 4, 1852
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

BRIEF in the case of Uriah Jones
60 of Providence in the State of R.I.
(Act 7 June, 1832)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 70
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[table with the following column headings]
Period. 
Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days.
Rank.
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.

[presenting table data in a narrative format]
In fall 1776 enlisted and served about 1 year as a private under Cpt Olney, Col. Olney

Winter 1777 enlis'd Continental and was in constant service under different Captains for nearly 5 years, As a Private, Under Cap. Humphrys.

5. In which battles was he engaged? Battles of Monmouth Springfield and twice wounded
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Cumberland N.J.
7. Is his statement supported by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the [illegible]. one living witness
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The precise length of service is not known

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
[signature] George Payson
Examining Clerk
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To the Congress of the United States of America in Washington Assembled A.D. 1851
Respectfully represent the undersigned William Jones, Rachel Jones, and Abigail Jones all children of Uriah Jones late of the city and county of Providence in the state of Rhode Island, deceased, that said Uriah Jones was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution, that he served in said war some time in the state service of Rhode Island, and afterwards in March A.D. 1777 he enlisted in Col Angell's Regiment of the Rhode Island line, that he faithfully served in said regiment until the 24th day of September A.D. 1782, that he afterwards returned to Rhode Island where he continued to reside, as a good citizen until his death, which occurred in December A.D. 1845, that in the year 1833 he made application to the Pension Office for a pension for his service in said war: that his application was rejected because his name was returned on the roll of said regiment as a deserter. But your petitioners believe that the desertion, if any such there was, was of such a character and under such circumstances as could not justly be considered a forfeiture of his right, and of the gratitude of his county, for such long continued and meritorious service. And your petitioner would further represent that the said Uriah Jones their father, was for many years prior to his death, infirm and destitute of property and received his entire support from your petitioners, that the said Rachel and Abigail are aged and unmarried and entirely dependent upon their own exertions and the assistance of their brother for their support. Wherefor they pray that your
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Honorable truly would be pleased to grant them such a sum of money as they believe their father was justly entitled to under the Pension Act of 1832 and under the Act of 1850
And as in duty bound will ever pray
[signatures]
Wm Jones
Rachel Jones
Abigail Jones
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Uriah Jones
21239
Statement of Capt Olney
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Rhode Island District, SC. August Term 1832
County of Providence
On this 7th day of August A.D. personally appeared in open Court being a District Court of the United States within and for said District, now in session -- Uriah Jones a resident of Cumberland in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island aged 70 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, viz. 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
He was born August 13th 1761 in Smithfield and lived in Cumberland when he entered the service & since the War has always resided in Cumberland and this applicant further states that in the fall of 1776 he enlisted in Capt Stephen Olney company & Col Olney regiment of the continental army & served about one year. and this applicant further states that in the winter of 1777 he enlisted into the continental service in Cap Humphrys company & marched to Peekskill in the state of New York & at West Point in New Jersey he was in the battle of Monmouth Springfield where he was twice wounded & was in constant service under different Captains for nearly five years - all of which enlistment he served out and was honorably discharged -  
He 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 and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. 
[signature] Uriah Jones
Attest [signature] B Cowell Clk

We, [blank] a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and [blank] residing in [blank] hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] years of age, that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a solider of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[blank]

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 Stephen Olney who had testified for the applicant is a resident in the town of North Providence and is a credible person, and that his statement is entitled to credit. 
I BENJAMIN COWELL, Clerk of said District Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Uriah Jones for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 29th day of November 1832
[signature] Benjamin Cowell Clk

[illegible Seal affixed at left]
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[typed letter, page 1 of 2]

Rev. and 1812
War Section.
MRE/hmn

July 3, 1929.

Mrs. Lucius P. Deming,
951 Lancaster Avenue,
Syracuse, New York.

Dear Madam,

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 5752, it appears that Uriah Jones was born August 13, 1761 in Smithfield, state not named. 
When residing in Cumberland, Rhode Island, he enlisted in October 1776 and served about one year as a private in Captains Coggeshall Olney's and Stephen Olney's Companies, Colonels Bacton's and Olney's Rhode Island Regiments. 
In the winter of 1777 he enlisted, served as a private in Captain Humphrey's Company under different captains, a part of the time in Colonel Angell's Rhode Island Regiment. He was in the battles of Red Bank, Monmouth, Springfield (where he was twice wounded, once by a ball a little below the abdomen and again, by a ball in the leg) and Yorktown where, under Captain Olney, he stormed a fort, was at the surrender of Cornwallis and in many other battles and skirmishes. 
He applied for a pension August 7, 1832 while a resident of
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[typed letter, page 2 of 2]

Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, where he had lived ever since the war. His claim was not allowed, as the rolls of Colonel Angell's regiment showed that he enlisted March 1777, for the war, and deserted September 24, 1782.
The solider made the following statement when he applied for pension, with reference to his service:

"In all these I was willing to sacrifice my life for my country and I know and I now have the satisfaction of feeling I did my duty. But towards the close of the war indeed after all fighting had ceased and peace had actually been made one Captain Allen took the command of our Company. The Company did not like him for we thought he was very arbitrary and unjust and us many as 8 or 19 left the Company at the same time, all of whom I think are dead but myself. When I did I was ill advised perhaps and did not consider the consequences. I always loved my County and did not mean to desert her and I have always regretted I left the Company but no idea entered my mind of deserting, nor was I ever tried for deserting."

He died in December 1845 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, at the home of his daughters, Rachel and Abigail Jones. 
⁋ In 1851 William Jones, Rachel Jones and Abigail Jones were the only surviving children of the solider. The name of his wife is not shown. 
⁋ The above named Uriah Jones is the only solider by that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
[⁋ in above are handwritten]

Respectfully,

EARL D. CHURCH,
Commissioner.
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

REJECTED
5752.
P.O. R.I
Uriah Jones
Service: Priv Col Olney R.I. Troops
Enlisted: ___________, 18__
Discharged: Deserted Sept 1782, 
Application Filed: __________, 18__
["Alleges:" lined thru] The permitted list of 1852 gives cause of rejection as:
["He enlisted:" lined thru] "He was a deserter"
Attorney: __________
P.O.: __________
__________ Recognized. __________ Contract.

1929, July 3, Hist to Mrs. Lucious P Deming , m e e
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To
Joseph Bennet
Affidavit
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I Joseph Bennett of Smithfield in the County of Providence in state of Rhode Island &c being eighty three years of age on oath depose and say that I know Uriah Jones that I lived in the town of Cumberland immediately after the Revolutionary War. That while I was residing in that town & shortly after the Battle of Yorktown said Uriah Jones came to reside in Cumberland and it was said and it was true as I believe and it was generally understood and believed that he came from the Army. That he was engaged in the Battle of Yorktown and that he served in the Revolutionary Army during the whole or nearly the whole of the War. I also further state that I know Uriah Jones from the time he came to Cumberland as above stated until he died in the year 1845 that during all that time he was a good and faithful citizen and attached to the government which he faithfully served during his whole life.  
[signature] Joseph Bennett
Subscribed and sworn to before me September 16th 1850
[signature] Amasa S Westcott
Justice of the Peace
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To the Honorable Secretary of War
Cumberland R.I. Oct 7 1834
Sir,
I would respectfully solicit your attention to the following facts. In October 1776 I enlisted for 15 months in Col Bartons Regiment of this State. I served in this Regiment 4 or 5 months when I had permission and did enlist into Capt Coggeshal Olney's Company and Col Angells Regt in the Continental Army for during the War. I further State I continued a faithful soldier until a year after the capture of Cornwallis at Yorktown. I was in that battle & was one who stormed a fort under Capt Stephen Olney. I was also in many other battles. In the battle of Springfield I was severely wounded a little before the abdomen by a ball, where it remains to this day and also by another ball in the leg. In this battle nearly half of the company was either killed or wounded. I was also in the battle at Red Bank besides being in a great number of skirmishes. In all these I was willing to sacrifice my life for my Country and I know and I now have the satisfaction of feeling I did my duty. But towards the close of the war indeed after all fighting had ceased and peace had actually been made one Captain Allen took the command of our Company. The Company did not like him, for we thought he was very arbitrary and unjust and as many as 8 or do 10 left the Company at the same time; all of whom I think are dead but myself. When I did this I was ill advised perhaps and did not consider the consequences. I always loved my Country and did not mean to desert her and I have always regretted I left the Company but no idea entered my mind of deserting. Nor was I ever tried for deserting.
And I further state that I am now extremely poor and infirm and unable to
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obtain a living by my labor. I made an application for a pension under the late act of Congress but it was rejected on the ground of "desertion." I believe this record to be erroneous but if so considered I leave nothing to hope for or expect in this world but poverty. 
May I not ask under all these circumstances that my claim may be reexamined and my name placed on the pension Roll. I served my Country faithfully over six years and this was attested to by Stephen Olney before his death as will appear by his certificate in the papers of my claim now in the War Department. I think if faithful service and present extreme poverty are to have any influence I am entitled among thousands of others to the bounty of my Country. 
[signature] Uriah Jones
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[three fold sheet of paper]

[left side on edge]
Washington 10th Jany 1832
Sir
Your

[center section]
Hon. T Burgess --
Dec 24 - 1834
AC

Rec Vol 32
Page 246 -
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War Dept
P.O.
Dec 24th 1834
Sir
Mr  Cowell's letter to you is herewith returned. It is competent to Congress alone to declare that individuals who are returned as deserters upon the rolls of the Revolutionary Army shall be entitled to pensions. This Department cannot be blind to the evidence afforded by its records which are unimpeached so far as regards their accuracy in Mr Jones case - for in his petition enclosed by you he substantially admits that he deserted. There appears therefore to be no relief for him but through Congress.
[signature] Hon Tristram Burgess
HR
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21239 Jones
Uriah. ["Olnly" lined thru]

Inlisted March 11, 77
in the War. Deserted in
24 Sept 1782
Col Angells Regiment
D[illegible] Company

B Cowell
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Uriah Jones which require 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, if 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 amount of pension he is entitled? No.
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 or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes.
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No.
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. †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?
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes.
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes. 
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*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, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ----- year ----- months, and ----- days, I served as a ------- For ------ months and --------- days, I served as a -----------; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which 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 fourth 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 specific 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
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which 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 to the 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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[printed report, page 1 of 2]

32d Congress,
1st Session.
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[SENATE.]

Rep. Com. 
No. 153.
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S. 320 [handwritten over the document]

IN THE STATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
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MARCH 26, 1852.
Ordered to be printed.
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Mr. Walker made the following 
REPORT:
[To accompany bill S. NO. 320.]

The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the children and heirs or Urish Jones, report:

The petitioners represent that they are the children and legal representatives of Uriah Jones, who, it appears, enlisted in the Rhode Island continental line, in the company of Captain Humphreys, attached to the regiment under the command of Colonel Angel, in March, 1777, for the war, and continued to serve therein faithfully until the 24th of September, 1782, when, in consequence of some misunderstanding with Captain Allen, who at that time commanded the company, he with several others left the army, and returned to their homes; that their father was in actual service for nearly six years; that he was engaged in several battles, amongst which were Springfield, Red Bank, and Yorktown; that he had been several times wounded, and at the time of his death had two balls in him; that for many years prior to his death, the said Jones was infirm and destitute of property, and received his entire support from your petitioners; that their father never received either gratuity, bounty, or a pension from the general government, on account of his service in said war; that he made application to the Commissioner of Pensions to be placed upon the pension roll under the act of June 7, 1832; but his name appears upon the Rhode Island roll as having deserted, in consequence of which his claim was rejected. They ask that Congress may grant such pay for their father's services, as would have been received by him had he been placed on the pension roll under the act of June 7, 1832, at the rate of $80 per annum from 4th March, 1831, to December, 1845, the date of his death. 
The act of June 7, 1832, grants to all who served as privates in the war of the Revolution two years or more, who were living at the passage of said act, a pension at the rate of $80 per annum for life, commencing on 4th March, 1831. It is clearly shown that said Jones, the petitioner, further served nearly six years, and did not leave the service until the war was in fact over; that his having left the army at the time he did, when there was no further use for his services, was not such a desertion, if desertion it can be called, as to be considered a forfeiture of his rights and of the gratitude of his country. The petitioners are poor─two of them maiden ladies, who are entirely dependent upon their own exertions and the assistance of their brother for support.
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Uriah Jones, in his declaration for a pension, states that he first served under Captain Stephen Olney, of Colonel Olney's regiment ; that in 1777 he enlisted in he Rhode Island continental line, and served under various captains for more than five years ; that in the battle at Springfield he was twice wounded, and received an honorable discharge. 
At a subsequent date, Jones states that after serving four or five months under Colonel Olney, he enlisted in the continental line for during the war; that he served faithfully until one year after the capture of Cornwallis at Yorktown; that he was in that battle, and was once with Captain Stephen Olney, who stormed the fort; that he was in the battle at Springfield and at Red Bank; that he faithfully performed his duty and was willing to sacrifice his life for his country; "but towards the close of the war, indeed after all fighting had ceased and peace had actually been made, one Captain Allen took the command of our company. The company did not like him, for we thought he was very arbitrary and unjust, and as many as eight or ten left the company at the same time; that he had no idea of deserting nor was he ever tried for desertion."
Captain Stephen Olney states that he was a commissioned officer in Colonel Olney's and Colonel Angel's regiments, in the revolutionary war, in the Rhode Island line, from January, 1777, to March, 1782; that he well remembers Uriah Jones, who was in his company a part of said time; that said Jones served in said company about a year or more, while we were all under the command of the Marquis La Fayette, that said Jones was a faithful soldier. 
The certificate of Milton Burrows, and many other citizens of Cumberland, shows that Jones was a soldier of the Revolution; that he had always sustained a good character for truth and veracity; that they had always heard that said Jones was a brave soldier in the war of the Revolution, and that they do not believe that it was his intention to desert. 
Joseph Bennett is 83 years old; knew Uriah Jones; lived in the town of Cumberland with him immediately after the war; that shortly after the battle of Yorktown, came, as it was understood, from the army; that he was engaged in the army, the whole or nearly the whole war; that the said Jones was a good and faithful citizen, and attached to the government; witness knew him from the time he settled in Cumberland until his death, in 1845. 
Timothy Bennett, of Providence, was acquainted with Uriah Jones for twenty-five years previous to his death; that he had no property; that for several years before his death, his children supported him entirely. 
Elijah Smith, of Smithfield, has been acquainted with Uriah Jones; that he enlisted in the army of the Revolution, and served several years, as he understood; was acquainted with him all his lifetime, and knew him to be a good and loyal citizen, and a firm friend to the government of his country.
Letter from J.L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions, shows that Uriah Jones enlisted in March, 1777, in the Rhode Island line, for the war, and deserted on 24th September, 1782.
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House of Representives
Washington August 20th 1850
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
I have received a request to make inquiry concerning an application for a pension to the heirs of Uriah Jones, I suppose of Rhode Island on account of his services in the War of the Revolution. His son made application for the pension and that with other papers in the case is supposed to be now on file in your office. He omitted to prosecute the claim on account of a difficulty which he is now prepared to obviate. The information now desired is now far Jones' services were proved upon his application now on file (and which was made under the first pension act) so that it may be known how much proof it is now necessary to procure to establish the claim for the pension. I shall be obliged if you will communicate to me by an early opportunity the information desired and appraise me of any difficulty in the way of the claim. In case you think my object will be more readily accomplished and with
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more convenience to yourself by my calling at the office and examining the papers for myself please inform me. 
Your obedient servant
[signature] Geo. G. King
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I Elijah Smith of Smithfield in the County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island being of lawful age on oath do, depose and say That I was acquainted with Uriah Jones that he enlisted into the Revolutionary Army and served in the army several years as I understood. I was acquainted with all his life time and knew him to be a good and Loyal citizen and firm friend to the government of his country. I am eighty nine years of age.
[signature] Elijah Smith

Subscribed & sworn to  Before me Sept. 10th A.D. 1850
[signature] Amasa S. Westcott
Justice of the Peace
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33 Cong. 1 Sess [33rd Congress 1st session]
✔
Document
in relation to the 
claim of the 
heirs of Uriah
Jones to a pension

1854 Feby. 6 Referred to 
the Com. on Revy laims.
Feby 21 Dischg'd & referred to  & referred to 
Com. on Pensions

James[sp]
Mr Sumner
Examine
[illegible]
E
Mr. James
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I Sulesburg Freeman of North Providence in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island & being Ninety three years of age, and on Oath do testify and say that I was acquainted with Uriah Jones who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and that I continued my acquaintance with him during the whole time of said war. And from the close of said war until his death which Occurred in the year AD 1845, and I was with him at the Battle of Monmouth, Red Bank and Yorktown at the time of the Surrender of Cornwallis, He was in Capt Stephen Olney's Company and was one of the men under said Captain Olney who stormed one of the enemy's redoubts at Yorktown, the making of which contributed so much to the final success of the American Arms. And after the war he returned to the State of Rhode Island and lived there during the remainder of his life, as a good and Patriotic citizen. And that he never did to my knowledge desert his post or the American Army. Neither did I ever hear that any such thought was every entertained for a moment by him. Nor dos I believe that he ever entertain any such thought or intention. 
[right] His
[right] Sulesburg X Freeman [X being his mark in lieu of signature]
[right] mark

Attest [signature] Lemuel Angell N. Public [Notary Public]
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State of Rhode Island
Providence in North Providence October 10th 1853
Then appeared the aforenamed Sulesbury Freeman and after being carefully examined cautioned and sworn to testify the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth gave the aforegoing deposition which was by me in his presence reduced to writing and by him subscribed by his mark in my presence. 
Attest[signature] Lemuel Angell a Public Notary
in and for said County of Providence
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Pension Office,
August 24th 1850
Sir:
Your letter of the 20th instant, making enquiry in relation to the application of Uriah Jones of Rhode Island, has been received. 
In reply I have the honor to inform you that, Jones filed an application in 1833 for a pension under the Act of 7th June 1832, on account of service rendered in the Rhode Island Line, during the war of the Revolution, but his claim was rejected as it appears from the rolls of the Line in this office, that he deserted.
The rolls of Col. Angells Regiment, show that Uriah Jones enlisted in March 1777 for the war, and deserted 24th September 1780, he thereby forfeited all claim to his pay as well as a pension.
In explaining the cause of his desertion Jones states in a communication to this office "But towards the close of the war, induced after all fighting had ceased and peace had actually been made, one Captain Allen took command of our Company. The Company did not like him for we thought he was very arbitrary and unjust and as many as 8 or 10 left the Company at the
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same time, all of whom I think are dead but myself. When I did this I was ill advised perhaps and did not consider the consequences."
This statement shows clearly that the return as to his desertion was correctly made. 
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your Obt. Svt.
[signature] J L Edwards

Hon George G. King
House of Representatives.
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House of Representatives
Washington March 3d 1852
James E. Heath Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
The papers filed in your office in the case of Uriah Jones on application for a pension are required for use in an application to be made to Congress in his behalf and you will much oblige me by having the same delivered to the Hon. James F. Simmons for this purpose.
I am sir, Very Respectfully
Your obedient servant
[signature] Geo. G. King
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Petition of 
William Jones
Rachel Jones 
& Abigail Jones
children 
& heirs of Uriah Jones
for money due their
father for Revolutionary
services.
20 Jany Revy

A
33 Cong. 1 Sess..
Petition
of the children &
heirs of Uriah 
Jones, a soldier
in the Revy War
praying a pension
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1852 March 8 Referred to
the Comm. on Revy
Claims
1852 March 26. Bill S. 320 & Report
====================
1854 Feby 6, Referred to
the Com. on Revy
Claims
✔
1854 June 21 Report above
S
Mr. James
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To the Hon. Secretary of War
We the Inhabitants of the town of Cumberland in the State of Rhode Island hereby certify and say that we are well acquainted with Uriah Jones an old Revolutionary Soldier. Said Jones has resided in said town ever since the war of the Revolution and has ever sustained a good character for truth and veracity and has always maintained himself by his industry, but is now and always has been very poor. We have always heard that said Jones was a brave solider in the Revolution nor do we believe it was ever his intention to desert notwithstanding what has been against him in this respect Cumberland Nov 28th 1834
Milton Burrows;  Halsey Miller
Joseph Cobb Jr; James B Miller
David Clarke; Asa Miller
Whitney Alexander; Ephriam Lee
John Chase; William Prude
Alanson Alexander; Russel Miller
Barton Chase; Charles C Crandall
Galum P Lee; Orrin Mowry
Charles Clark; Justus Warnes
Emery Fisher; Richard Camyne
Daniel C Mowry; Caleb Haskell 
Michael W Fuller; Charles Haskell
Amaziah Waterman; Bennett Whipple
Levi Lee;
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Nathan Brown
Dixson Morris
Larned Whipple
Elias W Carpenter
Asa C Whipple
Almon F Alden
Elisha W Buckler
Amasa W Whipple
Timothy Walker
Isaiah Baxter
Joseph A Allen
Thos K Gardiner
Robert Sherman
William Eldredge
Daniel B Reud
Henry C Bourne
Wm W Babbitt
F C Gurdner
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I Stephen Olney of North Providence in the County of Providence & State of Rhode Island &c certify and say that I was a commissioned officer in Col Olney & Col Angells regiments of the Revolutionary army & Rhode Island line from January 1777 to the year 1782 in March. I further certify that I well remember Uriah Jones who was in my Company during a part of said time. I weill remember that said Jones served in my Company as a private a year or there abouts during said time & while we were all under the command of the Marquis La Fayette, and that while in my company said Jones was a faithful Soldier.
[signature] Stephen Olney

Providence ss. State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantation
In Providence in sd County on this fifth day of December A.D. 1829. personally appeared Capt. Stephen Olney of North
Providence in said county subscribed to the above statement & made oath to the truth of said Statement before me.
And I further certify that said Capt Stephen Olney is known to me as a highly respectable man in this community, whose declarations are entitled to full faith & credit. Witness my seal of office
[signature] William H Smith Public
Notary for the County of Providence


[illegible Court Seal affixed at left]

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantation
Providence ss
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Providence sc
I William R Watson, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Providence, in said State do hereby certify that William H Smith is a Notary Public in said County and State, that he is by the laws of said state authorized to administer oaths and take depositions and that the signature to the annexed document, purposing to be him, is in the proper hand writing of said Smith
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court this 28th day of November in the year of our LORD one thousand, eight hundred and thirty two.
[signature] W R Watson

[illegible Court Seal affixed at left]
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Affidavit of Stephen Olney [top, upside down]
For Mr. James [right side, on edge]

North Providence - August 7, 1832
I have this dayPerused the written affidavit and Believe it to be correct - According to the best of my knowledge and am willing testify to the same if necessary. 
[signature] Stephen Olney
attest - 
[signature] Jonathan Freeborn

N.B. Capt Olney Rote [Wrote] with his left-hand having lost his Rite [Right]
November 28th 1832 I hereby certify that the above named Stephen Olney is dead and that his character was such that I should as soon believe his certificate as his statement under oath.
[signature] John Pitman
District Judge U.S.
For Rhode island Dist't  [District]
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I Timothy Bennett of the city and county of Providence in the state of Rhode Island & being of lawful age on oath do testify and say that I was acquainted with Uriah Jones for twenty five or thirty years previous to his death. That he had no property, when I was first acquainted with him he was able to do a little work, and for several years before he died his children supported him entirely and they always assisted him more or less from the time I first became acquainted him till his death. His daughters Rachel and Abigail kept house, and said Uriah Jones lived with them and died at their house in the city of Providence. [signature] Timothy Bennett

Providence sc In the city of Providence the twenty sixth day of January A.D. 1852 then personally appeared the above named Timothy Bennett and gave the aforegoing depositing after being carefully examined cautioned and sworn to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, and was by me reduced to writing in his presence & by him signed in my presence 
[signature] A. S. Westcott
Justice of the Peace
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951 Lancaster Ave,
Syracuse, Feb. 28, 1929.
Com. of Pensions:
Dear Sir:
I have the following references to "Richard Hopkins", private, the Colonel's Co., Col. Angell's Reg. 1779. Only of RI
Rhode Island Vital Records, (Arnold)
Vol. XII (12) - ss- 189; 306; 341.

In Conn. Historical Collections, Vol XII (12) - p. 136 is: "Richard Hopkins" on Rev. Lists and Returns for 3 years; of Killingly.

[date stamp]
U .S. PENSION OFFICE O MAR 1 1929 
[/date stamp]

only [above Jones]
Uriah Jones is also listed as a private on page 198 of Vol. XII Rhode Island Vital Records.
I refer to you for all data on record concerning these two men - especially names of relatives, or places or residence, etc. which would assist in identifying them.
I thank you in advance for compliance with above request.
Respectfully,
(Mrs. Lucius P.) [signature] Frances A. Deming