Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7916, for Stephen Jones, Virginia
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[3-1776]

SERVICE 
Continental Va

Jones, Stephen
           Mary

NUMBER
W.7916

CONTENTS
f. Dinwiddie Co. Va.
res at enl. & in 1833 Bedford Co. Va
d. Jan 3, 1834
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

3683
Virginia

Mary Jones
wid of Stephen Jones
[Ink Smear] Va dec’d
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
who died on the -----1834
Bedford Co in the State of Virginia
And was a private in the Co. commanded
by Captain Calloway of the regt. commanded
by Col. Baylor in the Va Mila
line for 14 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond
at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of July
1839 & sent to R. H. Gray Lynchburg, Va
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1839 - $139.98
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep ’39 23.33
$163.31

{Revolutionary Claim,
{Act July 7, 1838

Recorded by D. M. Curby, Clerk
Book A Vol. 2 Page 179
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

16.709
Virginia
Stephen Jones
of Bedford Co. in the State of Virginia
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Callaway of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Baylor in the Va ma.
line for 14 mos

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

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of Sept
1833 and sent R. C. Mitchell Clk 

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1832 - $116.66
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 March ’34 23.33
$140.00
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by W. L. Williams, Clerk
Book [Illegible] Vol. 6 Page 13
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State of Virginia
Bedford County to wit,
On this 30th day of January 1839 personally appeared before me George Stephen a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Mrs Mary Jones, a resident of said County aged 74 years who being first duly sworn, according to law doth on her oath, 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 granting half pay and pensions to certain widows” that she is the widow of Stephen Jones dec’d [deceased] of said County a provision under the Act of Congress of June 7th 1832 who served as a private in the service of the U. States in the Revolutionary War – but of the particular service rendered by her husband, she is unable to speak, nor, is it necessary so to do – or required by the rules of the War Department. Inasmuch as there is now proof of his service, in the Commissioners office for the war department – and upon which her certificate of Pension was granted – and to which the Commissioner of Pensions is referred to ascertain the amount due her – and she the said Mary Jones further declares, that she was married to the said Stephen Jones the 28th day of Decr [December] 1782 in said County of Bedford by the Rev. Jno Holt and have resided in said county ever since. That they have lived together as man and wife ever since they were married, until the time of her husbands death – which she avers was on the 3rd day of Jany [January] 1834. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794 viz – at the time above stated or will more fully appear by the proof am-[Illegible] – and that she has remained a widow
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ever since the death of her husband as aforesaid to the Present time.
Witness as to Mary Jones mark
John Rivers
Mary [her x mark] Jones

State of Virginia
Bedford County to wit
I George Stephen a Justice of the Peace in and for said County do hereby certify that Mrs Mary Jones who has this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration, (by her mark) is the widow of Stephen Jones dec’d who was a U. States pensioner – and that she is to infirm to attend court at her advanced life at this inclement season of the year. Given under my hand this 30th day of Jan. 1839.
G. Stephen J.P.
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Know all men by these presents that said Stephen Jones and Alexander Gibbs are held and firmly bound with Benjamin Harrison Esq. Governor or Chief magistrate of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the sum of fifty pounds to the payment whereof will & truly to be made to the said Benjamin Harrison or to his successor, we bind ourselves and each of us our and each of our heirs, executing and administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents. Sealed with our Seals and dated this 28th day of December 1782. 
The condition of the above obligation is such, that whereof, there is a marriage shortly intended to be had and solemnized between Stephen Jones & Mary Gibbs both of the County of Bedford. Now if there is no legal cause to obstruct the said marriage then the above obligation to her said claim to remain in full force and virtue.
Stephen [his + mark] Jones {Seal}
Alex Gibby {Seal}
Signed & delivered}
in presence of}

I Robert C Mitchell Clerk of the County of Court of Bedford in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a True Copy of the bond executed by Stephen Jones, upon him obtaining license for his intermarriage with Mary Gibbs and now and filed in the Clerks office of said Court and that the minister who celebrated the rites of matrimony between the said parties made no return of the same.
Sealed
R. C. Mitchell Clk Co
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No 25416
Stephen Jones Bedford County Virginia


Clerk as Va Roll
Not
Adm 1 year V 2 Months

66.66

93.33
23.33
116.66

Notice S. [sent] Mitchell 6th Bedford County Virga [Virginia]
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
23 August 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done these points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (these:}). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A STATEMENT, showing the Service of Stephen Jones, Bedford County, Virginia
[column headings: Period when the service rendered: Duration of the claimant’s service. Year Month Day: Rank of the claimant: Names and Rank of the Field officers under whom he served.: Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service, Proof by which the declaration is supported.]
Draft 1781; 3 months; private; Cap Moon, Colonel Lynch, Genl Greene; 78 years Bedford County Virginia; Traditionary & three witnesses
Draft Sept 1781 3 months; private; Cap. Calloway; papers correctly attached.
Entered Oct 1781; 8 months; Trooper; Col. Washington, Col Baylor
Battle of Guilford Court House

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians OR privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration. which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory, or District of} ss.
County of}
On this     day of     personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of     in the county of     and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)    , with    and served in the      (e) regiment of the      line, under the following named officers: 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State. or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
1               of the Court of              do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of       &c. 
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the             and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with              , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be               years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the            and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the            and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I,        Clerk of the Court of            do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of              for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this     day of     &c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in bis declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not. proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. {To a Soldier.} {To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will trans nit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. 
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. ln a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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." 
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 that 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 shown 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. 
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required. 
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no 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. 
Mode of authenticating papers. In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers in not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
Proof of Service. 
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found in 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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signatures of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule to [illegible] note (j) applies to continental troops only. 
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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State of Virginia County of Bedford S.S.
On this 28th day of May in the year 1833 personally appeared in open court before the court of Bedford County now sitting the same being a Court of records Stephen Jones a resident of said County aged Seventy 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 the 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated – In the year 1781 in the commencement of the year but the month or day he cannot recollect by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he was drafted as a militia man from the county of Bedford in Virginia to serve in the war of the Revolution and that he then marched from said county as a private solider under the command of Captain Jacob Moon who was killed in the Battle of Guilford, and he thinks the name of the Lieutenant was Bowen Price that the Regiment to which his company was attached was commanded by Colo Charles Lynch and John Calloway was the major, the number of the Regiment he does not remember if in fact he ever knew. The general rendezvous of the troops from Bedford was at New London where he with the company under the aforesaid officers marched at the time before mentioned to Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina by the way of Staunton and Dan River crossing the first at Wards Ferry and the latter at Dix’s he was in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse where the American Army under General Greene was defeated. He well recollects that in the morning of the Battle General Greene sent to Col. Lynch with a request that he would send him a detachment of his best Riflemen to a particular place, and accordingly on the Generals request being made known this declarant and Joel Leftwich now General Leftwich, of the same company & county volunteered to go where requested by the commanding general & were accordingly with others placed on the right of General Greens army. After the battle when the British army
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began to retire from the neighborhood, the Americans pursued them as far as deep river in North Carolina. This declarant was in the pursuit as well as all the company to which he belonged. He remembers during this tour to have often seen Col. Washington. After the Battle of Guilford awhile he was discharged but the day or month he cannot recollect, he remembers having received a discharge for this tour and thinks he received it from his Captains hand but it is now lost or mislaid as he took no particular care of it. He served during this tour three months and not less than three months he was not during any part of his service engaged in civil employment. In the fall of the same year that the battle of Guilford took place he was again drafted as a militia man from the county of Bedford, but the date of the month he cannot remember for the reasons above set forth and he marched on the requisition under Captain Charles Calloway by the way of Petersburg, James Town and Williamsburg to York Town in Virginia where he & the Troops were employed in throwing up breast work till the surrender of Cornwallis in the month of October, having served up to that time in this tour, not less than three months, he then without receiving a discharge from the militia service enlisted for three years under Charles Yarborough who he believes was recruiting to fill up Col. Washington s corps of horse, as it was this kind of service he performed after enlisting he was more immediately under the command of Colonel Baylor the officers of he company were Charles Yarborough Capt. Lieutenant Stribling and sergeant Everheart The day on which he enlisted he cannot tell but it was in the month of October 1781. They marched from Williamsburg & Petersburg in Virginia where they remained awhile and from there marched to Halifax in North Carolina while they remained some months during which this deponent was taken sick when after having served as a volunteer for eight months and not less than eight months in the next year after he was enlisted he hired a substitute whose name was Kennedy to supply his place. This he did in the county of Bedford the place of his residence whither he had gone after being taken sick, on a furlough he carried
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his substitute from Bedford County where he had hired him as aforesaid to Cumberland old Courthouse in Virginia joined the Troops there again gave up his substitute & was then discharged by Col. Feebecker [Febiger] but his discharge he has lost or mislaid he however well remembers bringing it home with him the day of the month he left the service or the month itself he cannot recollect, he acted in this serviced as a private soldier as in the other cases and was in none of his services aforesaid employed in any civil employment. The whole of his services will amount to not less than one year and two months. To wit, Two militia tours of three months each; and service for eight months and volunteer as before stated. He has no documentary evidence but for proof of his service he refers to the affidavits of John Lowry, James Howard and Thomas Pullin herewith exhibited. He was born in the county of Dinwiddie in the state of Virginia but in what year he cannot tell, but thinks from various circumstances he is over Seventy years of age and perhaps more, he has no record of his age nor did he ever have that he knows of. He removed from the County of Dinwiddie to the County of Bedford where he resided at the time of all his services & has resided all the time since. He has no documentary evidence by which to prove his services except the testimony above referred to. He is unable to procure the testimony of a clergyman as required by the act of congress because there was no one acquainted with him at the time, nor has there been any since who has heard of his services by common report, there being none in his immediate neighborhood. He refers though to Cornelius Noell and John Lowry who have long known him as persons that can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief in his services as a soldier of the Revolution. He makes the following answers to the several Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department -
To the first he answers in the county of Dinwiddie in the state of Virginia but in what year he cannot tell.
To the 2nd he answered – I have not nor did I ever have that I know of
To the 3rd he answered – in the County of Bedford in the State of Virginia
To the 4th he answered – I was drafted twice & was once a volunteer
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To the 5th he answered – See the body of the Declaration for an answer.

To the 6th he answered - See the body of the Declaration for an answer.

To the 7th he answered - See the body of the Declaration for an answer.
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 
Stephen [his x mark] Jones
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court We Cornelius Noell and John Savory residing in the County of Bedford hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Jones who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy 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.
Cornelius Noell Sr.
John [his x mark] Lowry
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Bedford County towit
The affidavit of James Howard aged about Sixty nine years resident of the county of Bedford in Virginia States that he together with Stephen Jones of the county of Bedford were called out as militia men from the county of Bedford under Capt [Captain] Charles Calloway and were marched to Little York in Virginia and were both in the siege at that place, and after the surrender of Cornwallis the said Stephen Jones and this affiant enlisted in the regular army under Capt. Charles Yarborough for three years. That the said Stephen Jones served about eight months and returned home on a sick furlough in the course of about three or four weeks. The said Jones furnished a substitute to Col. [Feebeaker?] not knowing the time of his enlistment refused to take the said substitute for the balance of the 3 years enlistment and said Jones engaged John Keneday his substitute to take his place during the war. Given under my hand this 28th day of September 1832.
James [his x mark] Howard
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Bedford County to Wit
This day James Howard a credible man whose statement is entitled to credit, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for said county and made oath that the above affidavit contains the truth. Given under my hand this 28th September 1832.
John W. Holt JP

The affidavit of John Lowry taken at Liberty Bedford Court house Virginia on this 24th September 1832. The said John Lowry being first duly sworn according to law says, that he was well acquainted with Stephen Jones during the Revolutionary war. That he lived a near neighbor to him and that he knows of said Stephen Jones serving two tours during the said Revolutionary war, he supposes of three months each. He states that said Stephen Jones served one of the before mentioned tours about the time of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. That he believes he served the other tours at York Town in the state of Virginia. He knows that he was in service about that time and believes that Jones was there.
John [his x mark] Lowry
The foregoing affidavit so as duly taken, subscribed & sworn to before me a Justice of the Peace for said county, and I do certify the said John Lowry is a credible person. This 24th September 1832.
Wm. R. Jones J. P.
The affidavit of Thomas Pullin a credible man whose statement is entitled to credit taken this 24th of September 1832. This affiant after being sworn deposeth & saith that he served a tour of duty in the year 1781 to the South under Jacob Moon captain, Regiment commanded by Col. Lynch, and that Stephen Jones served a tour of duty in the same company & Regiment a tour of three months and both of them were in the battle of Guilford in March of the year aforesaid.
Thomas Pullin
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Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me a Justice of the Peace for the county of Bedford.
J. W. Holt J. P.

And the Court do hereby declare their opinion after an investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court doth further certify that it appears to them that Cornelius Noll Senr & John Henry who have signed the annexed certificate are residents of said county, are and the persons; and that their statement is entitled to credit – and further that for the reason assigned by the applicant in his declaration, it appears to them that he could not obtain the certificate of a clergyman as required by the War department.
I Robert C. Mitchell Clerk of the County Court of Bedford in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains a true copy of the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Jones for a pension. And I do further certify that John W. Holt and William R. Jones Esqrs. Whose signatures are annexed to the annexed affidavits, are acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County, duly Commissioned and qualified according to law.
In testimony of all which, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 6 day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Rob C Mitchell
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

Rev. And 1812
Wars Section
AWF/eel Own

November 7, 1928

Miss Jane Mason
1206 Union Street
Brunswick, Georgia

Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.7914, it appears that Stephen Jones was born in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, date not given.
While residing in Bedford County, Virginia, he enlisted and served as a private as follows:
Early in 1781, three months in Captain Jacob Moon’s Company, Colonel Charles Lynch’s Virginia Regiment and was in the battle of Guilford, later in 1781, three months in Captain Charles Galloway’s Virginia Company and was at the siege of Yorktown; immediately afterward he enlisted and served eight months in Captain Charles Yarborough’s Company, Colonel Baylor’s Corps of Horses.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 26, 1833, at which time he was living in Bedford County, Virginia, aged seventy years.
He died January 3, 1834.
The soldier married December 28, 1782, in Bedford County, Virginia, Mary Gibbs.
She was allowed pension on her application executed January 30, 1839, while a resident of Bedford County, Virginia, aged seventy-four years.
There are no further family data.

Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[left side – 1914 Feby 6 Hist. to Alice Gleaver V.L.U.
1929 – Nov 7 – Hist to Miss Jane Macon [Illegible]] 

Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7916
Mary Jones
Widow
Stephen Jones
Pvt. Va. Militia

Act: July 7, 1838
Index: - Vol. A, Page 377

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Stephen Jones Va Act June 7 likely has
d [died] 1834 $46.66 H H S
Died 3d Jany 1834 paid to that time J.P.V
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4440           3683
Mary Jones 
wid of Stephen 
Declaration
Va
The certificate in this 
case, will be directed 
to me in Lynchburg.
Ro. U. Gray
Married 1782
died 1834
Allowed $46.66 per ann- [annum]

Act July 7, 1838
Ro H. Gray
Lynchburg Va
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State of Virginia
Bedford County to wit,
On this 30 day of Jany 1839 personally appeared before me George Stephen a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Mr. Wm. Gibbs a respectable citizen, and resident of said county – who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath, say that he is 73 years old – that he was at the marriage of Mr. Stephen Jones (who was a U. States pensioner at the time of his death) to his present widow Mary Jones - whose maiden name was Mary Gibbs – that they were married in this said County by the Rev. Holt in the latter part of the year 1782. That he thinks he was 17 or 18 years old at the time. That they have lived together in said county as man and wife ever since their marriage as aforesaid until the time of her said husband’s death – which he thinks was in Jan 1833 – that she has remained [paper folded over] husband to the present time – and that she is the identical person who is now claiming a pension from the Genl Government – as the widow of said Stephen Jones.
William [his x mark] Gibbs
Teste
[Illegible] 
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year as above written.
G. Stephen J. P.
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I Robert C. Mitchell Clerk of the County Court of Bedford in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that George Stephens, Esq. is and was at the time of signing the proceeding certificates an acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County, duly Commissioned and qualified signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 30th day of January 1839 in the 63rd year of the Commonwealth.
Robt C. Mitchell, Clk

Virginia
At a Court of [Ink Smears] and held for the County of Bedford at the Court House thereof on the 26th day of March 1839.
The foregoing declaration of Mary Jones for a pension together with the affidavits of William Gibbs, the certificates of George Stephens, Robert C. Mitchell
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and a copy of the marriage bond of Stephen Jones were this day produced in open court and the same being examined it is ordered to be certified to the War office of the United States that the said George Stephens is a Justice of the Peace for this county duly Commissioned and qualified. That his signature to the signing certificates are genuine and the proceedings aforesaid have before him the County are hereby appeared satisfied and confirmed. And the Court doth further certify that it appears to their satisfaction that the said Mary Jones, is a resident of the County, a lady of high respectability and the widow of Stephen Jones dec’d late of said County who died on the 3rd day of January 1834 and who in his life time was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and afterwards a pensioner of the United States Government. That her maiden name of said Mary Joens was Mary Gibbs and that she and the said Stephen Jones were [Illegible] married on the 28th day of December 1782. The court doth also certify that the aforesaid Wm. Gibbs is a resident of this county and a man of respectability and that his oath is entitled to full faith & credit. They further certify that the annexed bond signed by Stephen Jones and Alex. Gibs to Rogr Harrison Esq. [Illegible] is a true copy from the original on file in records of the court – they also certify that Robert C. Mitchell is the clerk of this Court and his certificate aforesaid are genuine. They furthermore certify due to bodily infirmity, the said Mary Jones cannot attend this court. [Illegible] above for this County [Illegible] before signed.
In testimony whereof Robert C. Mitchell Clerk of the Court aforesaid heave hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court as the Clerk this 26th day of March 1839 in the 63rd year of the Commonwealth.
Ro C Mitchell Clk
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Stephen Jones’s
declaration for a pension

25416

Bedford County Va.
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[image of wax seal and ribbon]
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[Stamped – PENSION D; FEB. 1 1914; U. S. OFFICE]
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Pension Bureau,
Dear Sirs, 
Please send me the war service between 1775 – 1783 for Stephen Jones either of Frederick Co. Va. or of Bedford Co. Va.
He had a daughter named Mary or Polly Jones who married Nicholas Smith.
Thank you very much.
Alice Gleaver
Wytheville, Va.
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1208 Union Street
Brunswick, Georgia
Sept. 7, 1929

War Department
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please send me all the information you have concerning Stephen Jones a Revolutionary soldier from Bedford County, Virginia, who is included in the Virginia state librarian’s list as one whose name was furnished by the Secretary of War.
I am especially interested in the data concerning his family, as well as his war record, and will greatly appreciate your help.
Very respectfully,
(Miss) Jane Macon

[Stamped – PENSION SEP. 9 1929; U. S. OFFICE]
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Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Revolutionary War Records Section
Washington
D.C.

Gentlemen,
I am most anxious to obtain from you (for a family history now being compiled) all the data you have concerning one of my great-great-great-grandfathers Stephen Jones of Bedford County, Virginia.
According to the report of the Secretary of War (1833) he was the recipient of a pension, the record of which must be in your files. He was a soldier of the American Revolution.
I should greatly appreciate your giving me as much information as you have, and will gladly remit fee if you desire.
Very truly
(Miss} Jane Macon
1208 Union Street
Brunswick
Georgia

Oct. 2, 1929

[stamped – REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS; SECTION; OCT. 4 1929; BUREAU OF PENSIONS]
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION   3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C.,          , 19  
W. F. 7916

In reply to your request of        , received     for a statement of the military history of Stephen Jones a solider of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow’s) application for pension on file in this Bureau

[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.; LENGTH OF SERVICE.; RANK.; OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. Captain, Colonel.; STATE.]
1.  Early in 1781; 3 mos; Pvt.; Jacob Moon; Charles Lynch; Va
2.  Fall of 1781; 3 mos. Charles Calloway; 
3.  Oct. 1781; 8 mos. Charles Yarborough; Baylor; Continental Corps of Horse

Battles engaged in, Guilford, Siege of Yorktown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bedford Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, May 28, 1833, Va
Residence at date of application, Bedford Co. Va.
Age at date of application, {70 years b [born] in Dinwiddie Co. Va.; 
{d. [died] Jany [January] 3, 1834
Remarks: He mar. [married] Dec. 28, 1782 in Bedford Co. Va. Mary Gibbs. She was al. [allowed] pens. [pension] on an application executed Jany [January] 30, 1839, while a resident of Bedford Co. Va. aged 74 years. No other family data

Respectfully,
Commissioner