Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20983, for William Jones, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New York.

Jones, William
Denison, Elizabeth
Former widow

NUMBER
W 20983
B.L. Wt. 5103-160-55

CONTENTS

Son of Henry
resident Stephentown, Rensselaer Co N Y where he died Mar. 22, 1788
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5413   Albany

New York
________
Elizabeth Denison
former
widow of William Jones
NY
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Sergeant for two years

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

__________
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of April 1850.
and sent to Hon. Hugh White
House of Reps

_________

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 60 Vol. [illegible - possibly 9 or 4]
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[handwritten on left side of page:]

37916. [illegible]
[illegible]

Elizabeth Denison
former widow of
Wm Jones. Rev. Pensioner

N.Y. Contl [Continental] line.

Revolutionary War

AO 160 acres Aug. 25/55.
Boynton
Boynton


5103 iss Aug 27/55

Jacob D Settle
Berne Albany Co
N.Y

[handwritten vertically along right side of page:]

Janry 6/37 [or 39] Let to Thos A [illegible - looks like Russen]  Box 216 Kansas, [illegible - looks like "mother" or possibly "father" of the referred of this letter of the 23rd [illegible] together with [illegible] to the Comm Gen Servis  Office -   N.Y.

Vol. I. [or J.] 74
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12.589

Elizabeth Denison
widow of W. Jones
N.Y.

Act 7 July '38

[written at very bottom of page:]
WB Pierce,
Albany, N.Y
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[image is a typewritten form with several sections handwritten:]

Declaration.

In order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by an act of Congress, passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An act granting half-pay and pensions to certain widows"

State of New-York,
City & County of Albany} ss.
On this twenty-five day of July - in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty five personally appeared before the Albany Justices Courts now sitting Elizabeth Denison [name underlined] - a resident of the town of Bern - in the County of Albany and said State of New-York, aged 79 years & upwards who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by an act of Congress passed July 7.th 1838 - entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."  That she is the widow of Ebinezer Denison late of the town of Stillwater - in said State of New York who departed this life on the seventh day of December 1843 - That her husband the said [the rest of page is handwritten] Ebinezer Denison was her second husband, she having previously been the wife & widow of William Jones for whom she now applies for a pension.  That in the Spring of the year 1778 Declarant moved with her father's family from the State of Rhode Island to Stephentown N.Y.  That shortly after arriving at Stephentown Declarant became acquainted with the family of Henry Jones who lived a nigh neighbor to declarant in Stephentown aforesaid, less than a mile distant from them.  That in the fall of the next year 1779 said Henry Jone's son William returned from the Army.  Declarant then first became acquainted with him.  She had known his father's family for more than a year, during which he had been in the service, not having once visited home.  That said William is the identical William Jones who was afterwards Declarants husband as aforesaid.  That Declarant was there & there & has after since been informed by her said husband & others that he had completed an enlistment in the New York Line of Continental Troops.  That he had with him his discharge from the service which Declarant often saw & which before his death he gave to Captain Shaw of Stephentown to endeavor to obtain for him bounty Land.  After his discharge from the Service her said husband William Jones served under numerous occasions with the militia of that section untill the close of the war - [end handwritten]
AND DECLARANT FURTHER SAITH, That she was married to the said William Jones - on the seventeenth day of November seventeen hundred and Eighty-three by Elder Joseph Barnes at Stephentown aforesaid; that the following persons were present at her marriage, to wit:  her brother George Spencer still living & others whom she believes are all now deceased.

That previous to her said marriage she resided in the town of Stephentown as aforesaid and bore the maiden name of Spencer -
That her husband the said William Jones - died ["as aforesaid" crossed out] on the twenty second day of March, Seventeen Hundred & Eighty Eight since which time she has continued to reside in Albany County, NY with the absence of two or three years only.  That the accompanying record is in the handwriting of her said husband William Jones made by him before his death & which Declarant has preserved ever since -

[signed] Elizabeth Denison

Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid, before said Court}

Note "widow of" [underlined] is erased. "Spring" [underlined] written on erasure & "as aforesaid" [underlined] written on erasure before execution.
D Colt Clerk
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State of New York
Albany County} ss   Elizabeth Crary of Knox in said County aged sixty years being duly sworn deposeth & saith that her maiden name was Elizabeth Jones.  that she is a daughter of William & Elizabeth Jones.  That her father William Jones died in the spring of 1788.  That her mother the said Elizabeth (now Elizabeth Denison) is still living in Bern Albany County, N.Y. & is an applicant for pension.  That altho' Deponents father died before she was four years old yet deponent can [illegible] distinctly remember, him, more particularly his sickness & death.  She remembers asking her mother what was matter with him after his death.  His corpse looked strange to her & she was then too young to know what death was.  And deponent further saith that the accompanying family record has been in her said mother's possession as long as Deponent can remember.  She verily believes that the same was made by her father the said William Jones before his death.  That said record was preserved in his family Bible & has this day been taken therefrom by this Deponent in the hope of assisting her said mother to obtain her pension. That the erazusre [erasure] which appears upon the date of the marriage deponent cannot account for.  That Deponents age thereon recorded towit  that she was born August 31, 1784 Deponent believes to be correct, she having recorded the same date upon her own family record more than fifteen years ago.  that is to say she caused the same to be recorded so long ago believing the same to be correct & she still believes it be correct
[signed] Elizabeth Crary

Subscribed to & Sworn this 31st day of July 1845 ^in open court^ before me & I certify that the Deponent Elizabeth Crary appears to be a credible witness
[signed] D Holt. Clerk
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State of New York
Albany County
Justices Court} ss
I David Holt Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that the within are the proceedings of the said Court on the mater of the application of Elizabeth Denison for a pension
Witness my hand & seal of office this Thirty first day of July 1845.
[signed] D Holt, Clerk
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[image is a cover of a Bible:]

THE NEW
TESTAMENT
Of our LORD and SAVIOR
JESUS CHRIST,

Newly translated out of the 
ORIGINAL GREEK;
And with the former
TRANSLATIONS
Diligently Compared and Revised,

By His MAJESTY'S Special Command.
Appointed to be Read in Churches.

[There is a large image centered near bottom of book cover as follows:
There is an oval crest with what looks like a crown on top and possibly a lion sitting on the crown holding up to objects which look like knives or swords - one in each hand.  There is a faint image inside the oval- possibly a lion?  Around the oval crest is decorative scrollwork or possibly vines.  On each side of the oval are mirror image unicorns facing each other with the oval in the center.  The unicorns have long lion-like tails.  Under each unicorn and the oval is a scroll with written illegible words.]

EDINBURGH.
Printed by the [illegible] of ALEXANDER KINCAID, His Majesty's Printer
MDCCLXXXV.
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Widows. Claim [underlined] 37916
Elizabeth Denison for bounty Land under act of March 3d 1855.


[written at bottom of page:]

Jacob D. Settle  Attorney
Berne Albany Co. N.Y.
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Honl. Loren P. Waldo, Com. of Pensions
Sir - :  If the within application by me made is satisfactory you will please send my warrants, to [underline] Jacob D. Settle  Berne Albany County N.Y. [end underline] and oblige Respectfully sir
yr. obt. servt [your obedient servant]
[signed] Elizabeth Denison
her X mark

Witnesses} [signed] Luke Slade Berne N.Y.
[signed] John M. Wood Berne N.Y.

Me, John M. Woods, and Charles Bell, both residents of Berne in the County of Albany, in the State of New York, upon our oaths, declare, that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Denison in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearances, and statements of the applicants, that she is the Identical person she represents herself to be.
[signed] John M. Wood
[signed] Chas. Bell

Subscribed & sworn before me the day and year above written}
[signed] Luke Slade} Justice of the Peace

The foregoing declaration and affidavit, were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year within written; and I certify that I know the Applicants to be credible persons: that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no Interest in the claim.
[signed] Luke Slade} Justice of the Peace

[the following is a typewritten certificate:]

State of New York,
City and County of Albany, Clerk's Office,} SS:
I, Robert Harper, Clerk of the said City and County, and of the Courts of Record therein, do hereby CERTIFY, that [handwritten name] Luke Slade whose name is subscribed to the jurat of the annexed affidavit, was, on the day of the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Albany, duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes; and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said jurat is genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my official seal, this 28 day of March 1855 [date handwritten]
[signed] R. Harper Clerk.
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September 17, 1934.

Mr. Charles H. Spencer
255 West Ridgewood Avenue
Ridgewood, New Jersey.

BA-J/ILL
William Jones
W. 20983

Dear Sir:

The record of William Jones, who married Elizabeth Spencer, is given herein as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 20983, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

William Jones, the son of Henry Jones, was a resident of Stephentown, Rensselaer County, New York, at the time of the war.

He enlisted and served three years as sergeant in Captain Leonard Bleecker's company, Colonel Gansevoort's New York regiment and was discharged in the fall of 1779; he served subsequently on numerous occasions in the militia until the end of the war, dates and officers not shown.

The soldier married November 17, 1783,  Elizabeth, the daughter of John Spencer; the ceremony was performed by a Baptist Elder at the home of her father in Stephentown, New York, about one mile from the home of William Jones' father.  Said John Spencer had moved with his family in the spring of 1778 from Rhode Island to Stephentown, New York.

William Jones died March 22, 1788, in Stephentown, New York, in the twenty-ninth year of his age.

Elizabeth Jones, his widow, married Ebenezer Denison, who resided in Stephentown, New York the date of their marriage is not shown.  They moved from there and resided in Albany County, New York; he died December 7, 1843, in Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York.

Elizabeth Denison applied on July 31, 1845, for pension on account of the service of her first husband, William Jones, in the Revolutionary War.  She was then a resident of Berne, Albany County, New York, aged about
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[written on left side of page:]

WIDOW, &c.

File No. [handwritten] 20983
Elizabeth Denison
formerly widow of William Jones
Sergt Rev War

Act:  Feb 2d  48
Index:-Vol. A, Page 177

[Arrangement of 1870.]

[handwritten on right side of page:]

Dec 1 '96
To Miss Ella J 
Rochester
___________

1935 June 16  Hist [history] to Mrs Alice R Seabury  MDY

___________

1934 - April 24 - Hist [history] to Mr. Charles H Spencer ILL

1934 Sept. 17 - corrected history for Charles H. Spencer - ILL
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No. 37916

ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.

Received Apr. 3, 1855

Wm Jones
Rev. War

Warrant No. 5103-160-55


Jacob D. Satle
Berne, Albany Co
N.Y.
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V 12.589

Elizabeth Denison
N.Y.

Let. to W B. Pierce, May 29, 20
to [illegible - looks like 09. or og.] [illegible - looks like oo or 00] mar 25. 1847 [or 1849]

Let. [letter] to Hon J.I. Slingerland
April 23 - 1849

Letter to same 3d October 1849


Act 7 July '38
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5103

160 acres
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10887    A.
New York.

Elizabeth Denison
formerly 
Widow of Wm Jones
who was a pensioner under the Act of [left blank] and who died on the 22nd March 1788. of [left blank] in the State of [left blank] who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Bleeker of the Regt commanded by Col. Gansvoort in the [left blank] line for [left blank]

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 120 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of April 1850 and sent to Hon Hugh White, HR [House of Representatives]

Total amount, $ [left blank]

[Act July 7, 1838.]

Recorded by [signed] J B Chase Clerk,
Book D  Vol. 1  Page 537
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Hon J. L. Edwards
Washington
D.C.
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Albany September 29th 1849

Hon J L Edwards
Sir Please examine the claim of the Widow Denison.  Wm Jones case, it is an old claim and has been some time at your office.  Please report it to me for or against

yours t e
John I Slingerland
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Washington 5 April 1812

Dr Sir

Herewith enclosed is the Declaration of Mrs Elizabeth Denison, formerly widow of William Jones, claiming a continuation of pension under evidences heretofore furnished by J.I. Slingerland, Esquire.  Will you have the kindness to have the case examined and forward the papers to me at your earliest convenience.
Most respectfully yours
Hugh White


To - 
Honorable J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions,
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12.589   A.

Elizabeth Denison
formerly widow of William Jones
New York
Albany Co.
admitted
Sergt 2 yrs  $120-
[illegible] and [illegible]
1836 to '41 from 43 to 48
for [or from] 48.-

Act 7 July 1838.
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Albany NY.
March 4, 1847

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir,
In the case of Elizabeth Denison, whose last husband died in Decr 1843, an applicant for pension under the Act of July 7th, 1838, I have obtained and enclose two affidavits from respectable witnesses who knew him in the service & also know that he was from Stephentown N.Y.  The past year has been most extraordinary for mortality among its old soldiers.  Most of those who served in the Line ["Line" underlined] are dead & the few still living are for the most part in a state of mental imbecility.  Mrs Denison was not a widow till Decr 1843 & I could not therefore avail herself of the evidence which might have been obtained previous to that date.  That enclosed is the best which now remains.  The witness Weygrist was a fellow soldier of the Line & Back service for a time as Teamster to Col Ganesvoorts Regiment while Jones was serving as Sergeant therein.
Wm. Jones previous to his death gave his discharge to Capt Shaw of Stephentown to endeavor to obtain for him Bounty Land (See the enclosed declaration)  Said discharge is now perhaps on file in your office & if so, reference thereto is respectfully solicited.
I am sir
Very respectfully
Your Obt Servant
Wm. B Pierce
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Widow Elizabeth Denison.
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to have seen him, as Deponent lived but about one mile distant from the residence of said William Jones.  And Deponent further saith that he has been informed & believes that his said sister first saw said William Jones at said party in the fall of the year 1779.  That they became intimate from that time & it was shortly afterwards reported that they were engaged to be married.  That they kept company together two or three years when they were married at Deponents fathers house in Stephentown aforesaid.  Deponent was present & saw them married.  The ceremony was performed by Revd Joseph Barns a Baptist Elder of that place.  Their marriage occurred as Deponent has before stated 2 or 3 years after their first acquaintance or as early as 1783.  That after their marriage they lived together four or five years and had two children, when the said William Jones died, to wit. at Stephentown aforesaid.  That after his death Deponents sister was again married to Ebinezer Denison with whom she lived until the fall of the year 1843 when he died & said Elizabeth now remains his widow.  Said Ebinezer Denison died at Stillwater, N.Y.
[signed] George Spencer

Subscribed & affirmed this Eighteenth day of July 1845 before me & I certify that said George Spencer is a credible witness -
[signed] J.M. Settle
Comm of Deeds
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and February 2d, 1848, as well as under the act of July 7th 1838.
She further declares that she is still the widow of her second and lasts husband the said Ebeneser Denison and has remained single and unmarried since his death, on 7th of December, 1843, as aforesaid.

Subscribed and Sworn to before me on the day and year first above [illegible due to the fact that a certificate is placed on top of the above declaration covering up much of its writing]
[signed] Elizabeth Denison
her X 

[the following is a typed certificate with names handwritten in certain places:]

State of New York,
Saratoga County Clerk's office.} ss.

I, JAMES W. HORTON, CLERK OF THE SAID COUNTY, do hereby certify That Wm Denison Esq [name handwritten] was on the day of the date of the above DECLARATION AND CERTIFICATE, a [handwritten] Justice of the Peace [end handwritten] in and for said County, duly elected and sworn, and the then signature to the Jurat of the above Declaration and to the above Certificate purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the Seal of said County, this 28th day of March, [date handwritten] in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty ["fifty" handwritten]
[signed] James W. Horton CLERK.

[There is a circular seal stamped on the middle left side of the certificate.  It has the word "SARATOGA" along the upper left outer edge of the circle.  There appears to be other words along the circle's edge which are illegible.  In the inner part of the circle there are stars forming a circle shape with an image in the very center which is illegible.]

[Beneath the above certificate there is a paragraph written and crossed out.  The following can be read, yet all crossed out:]

elected and qualified and duly authorized by law to administer oaths, and to act as such Justice and to take the same: and that his signature written to the Jurat of the said Declaration is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Sid County on this [date left blank]  day of  [month left blank]   -
A.D. 1850.
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[This page appears to be the same exact page from the previous slide (p. 32), however, the certificate is removed, not covering the center part of the written document.]

and February 2d, 1848, as well as under the act of July 7th 1838.
She further declares that she is still the widow of her second and lasts husband the said Ebeneser Denison and has remained single and unmarried since his death, on 7th of December, 1843, as aforesaid.

Subscribed and Sworn to before me on the day and year first above [illegible due to the fact that a certificate is placed on top of the above declaration covering up much of its writing]
[signed] Elizabeth Denison
her X mark
[signed] William Denison
Justice of the Peace
In the presence of Margaret C Denison

[The following rest of the page is written and crossed out.  The following can be read, yet all crossed out:]

State of New York
Saratoga County}ss

[illegible due to a small piece of paper covering words] of the aforesaid County of Saratoga and the State of New York, do hereby certify that William Denison Esq. is a Justice of the Peace, and was a Justice of the Peace at the date of the foregoing Declaration, in and for the said County of Saratoga duly elected and qualified and duly authorized by law to administer oaths, and to act as such Justice and to take the same: and that his signature written to the Jurat of the said Declaration is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Sid County on this [date left blank]  day of  [month left blank]   -
A.D. 1850.
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Bemis Heights Jan 15th 1850

To the Hon John I. Slingerland
Sir
I am informed that others beside yourself are at the City of Washington who are making an effort for my pension at the Pension Office.
I hereby inform you that I have no other authorized Agent to act for me in my pension claim but yourself  William B. Pierce Esqr formerly of the City of Albany was my former agent but has as I am informed left Albany and moved to one of the southern States and previous to his leaving or some time in the month of April 1846 he wrote to me stating that he had not been able himself to find any witnesses of my husbands revolutionary Services and the he had given the case over to David A. Leighton. Mr. Leighton I am informed has since died  Therefore I inform you that I have no other authorized agent to act for me in my pension claim but you  I sent to you a power of attorney last month I understood you was at the city of Washington & fearing you have not received it I now send you an other with this letter  Know all men by these presents that I Elizabeth Denison of the town of Stillwater and County of Saratoga have made constituted and appointed and by these presents do make constitute and appoint John I. Slingerland of the County Albany and late member of Congress my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name place & stead to act for me in a claim I hold ["for" crossed out] against the United States of America for a pension for services rendered by my former deceased husband William Jones who was a soldier and served as a sergent three years under Col Gansevort in the war of the Revolution giving and granting unto you my said attorney full power and authority to do and to perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and
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[page appears to be folded horizontally in the middle of the page.  The following is handwritten on top half of the page above the fold:]

necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents & purposes as I might or could do if personally present with full power of substitution and revocation hereby notifying and confirming all that my said attorney or his substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 15th day January one Thousand eight hundred and fifty  [signed] Elizabeth Denison  her X mark
Sealed and delivered in the presence of William Denison
[signed] William L. Denison

[the following is handwritten sideways on the bottom half of the page below the fold:]

Hon J L. Edwards
Sir.  This is a power of attorney that the Widow Denison has sent to me making me her only agent to act for her, and authorizing me to get her pension.
I think Mr. Allison has change of Widow Denisons papers
[signed] John I Slingerland
Bethlehem
Albany Co
N.Y
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(Copy)  Pension Office 23d April 1849

I have the honor to inform you that the additional evidence in the case of Elizabeth Denison formerly widow of William Jones, is not sufficient To identify her husband with the Soldier bearing his very common name credited with service upon the record of the New York Continental Line
Nathan Franklin the only witness whose testimony is now adduced, was not himself attached to the Continental Line, and could have had no personal knowledge of the service of Jones;  The testimony of those only who were in service in the Regiment with Jones, will be deemed sufficient, to establish this claim.  There were a number of Soldiers bearing the name of William Jones, belonging to the New York Line and two or three to the 3d Regiment, one of whom deserted
I have the honor to be very respectfully 
Your Obt. Svt. [obedient servant]
(Sign) J. L. Edwards
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Spencer and ^she^ was connected to me; said William Jones Died at said Stephentown and his Widow Elizabeth Married again to a man named Denison - he is Dead & she is now the Widow Denison and lives with her son on the old Battle Ground of Bemus Height Saratoga Co.  This is the Sergeant William Jones who served under Capt Bleecker and Col Gansevoort as we served together in one Regt Commanded by Col. Gansevoort for some time  from the time I was Enlisted untill about the time the Regt broke up as aforesaid and he married in my Connection  I knew him up to the time of his death from the time we served as soldiers together as aforesaid up to the time of his death
[signed] Charles Bennett

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of November A.D. 1849 and I certify that I have been acquainted with Charles Bennett the within Deponant he is a Pensioner of the United States and he is a man of sound mind for his age and of strict Integrity  he is a credable witness}
[signed] Jacob Bitley Jr. Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Washington County} ss  I Philander C. Hitchcock Dep Clerk of the aforenamed County & Courts of Washington aforesaid do Certify that Jacob Bitley Junr is now a Justice of the Peace duly Qualified and Authorized by Law to Administer Oaths and was such a Justice of the Peace at the date of the within Deposition purported to have been Executed before him and that his signature to the foregoing is genuine in his proper hand writing

Given under my hand and Seal of said County this 5th day of November AD 1849
[signed] P.C. Hitchcock Dep Clerk
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State of New York
Montgomery County}ss:
Personally appeared before me Samuel Sweet a Justice of the Peace for and In said County of Montgomery Nicholas Hill a Resident of the Town of Florida in said County of Montgomery well known to me to be a Pensioner of the United States first duly sworn according to Law does testify and say "I served during the War of the Revolution under Capt Aaron Aoson [Aorson] Col. GanseVoort 3 Regt- N.Y. Continental line - and many of the soldiers of said Regiment was Enlisted for three years - and when their time expired and discharged - we was transferred to the Regement of Col. Van Schaick the 1st Regement and I served under and in said Regement of Col Van Schaick untill the Close of said War the Revolution  I enlisted in 1777 and then became acquainted with William Jones he served 3 years as as a sergeant under said Capt Bleecker & Col Gansevorte in the Regt with me as aforesaid - and while in the service under Col Vanschaick - I was well acquainted with a soldier named William Jones  I was familiarly acquainted with him he was a very smart acting young man he deserted and persuaded others to Desert - he was taken by our Troops he was tried before a Court Marshall and he was Executed - this was towards the close of said War of the Revolution I knew of no others by the name of William Jones at this time when he Deserted but this William Jones - I recollect him & his looks now very distinctly and of his being Executed as aforesaid  I was Enlisted for during said War, and I am now a Pensioner of the United States for services I rendered as above stated - said William Jones was Executed south - not far from New York my last service was Rendered under Capt. Robert Hicks (I was discharged under said Capt Hicks while under Col Van Schaick)  In or about the year 1786 I saw ^said^ Sergt William Jones at Stephentown Renssalar County N.Y. where he resided I dined with him.  I called again 5 or 6 years afterwards  he was then dead and his widow had Married a man named Denison  This Jones served under Col Gansevoort
[signed] Nichs [Nicholas] Hill

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of October A.D. 1849 and I certify - that said Nicholall Hill is a very credable moral man and a credable Witness and of sound mind and memory for his age
[signed] Samuel Sweet Justice of the pease
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State of New York
Montgomery County} ss  I Chester S. Brumley Clerk of of the County & Courts of the aforenamed county of Montgomery do Certify that Samuel Sweet is now an a
Acting Justice of the Peace for and in said County of Montgomery duly Authorized and qualified by Law to administer Oaths and was as such a Justice of the peace and duly Qualified as such by Law at the date of the within Deposition and his signature to the within Deposition is genuine in his proper hand writing
In testimony where unto I have set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of said County of Montgomery this 6th day of October A.D. 1849
[signed] C.S. Brumley Clerk

[The following is written in a different handwriting.  It is written sideways in the bottom right corner of the page:]

Please report this Claim to me at the Nation at Hotel
Washington
DC
[signed] John I. Slingerland
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State of New York
Jefferson County} ss
I John Wilson a resident of the Town of Leray in Said County of Jefferson aged 87 years being duly sworn according to law do depose and say that I am now a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States.  That in or about the year 1778, I enlisted into the Company of Captain James Gregg in the Regiment of Colonel Gansevoort being the third New York regiment and served therein until the said  Regiment was disbanded when I was transferred to colonel Van Schaick's Regiment in which I served until the close of the said War.  That I was well and intimately acquainted with Sergeant William Jones who was a Sergeant in Captain Leonard Bleeker's Company and served with me at Fort Stanwix then called Fort Schuyler in said Regiment of Colonel Gansvoort and who was a faithful and good officer.  Said William Jones was serving in said Company of Captain Blecker when I enlisted and joined said Regiment of Colonel Gansevoort as aforesaid.  He was a three years man and as I believe was discharged from said Company of Captain Bleeker in the fall of 1779,  When he returned to his residence in Stephentown in the County of Rensselaer in said State of New York, where he continued to reside and where he married Elizabeth Spencer at or near the close of the Sid War. and where the said Jones did as Deponent believes nearly sixty years ago.  The said Elisabeth afterwards married a man by the name of Denison who has since died.  There was a William Jones who deserted and was hung but it was not this one.
[signed] John Wilson

Subscribed and Sworn to before me this 8th day of November A.D. 1849.}
[signed] James Jones Justice of the Peace
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I hereby certify that the within Deponent John Wilson is a highly reputable citisen and a credible witness whose testimony upon any subject is entitled to full faith and credit, and that the facts contained in the within deposition were by him communicated to me before the drawing up and execution of the same.  And that he is a man of sound mind and good memory.
[signed] James Jones Justice of the Peace

[The following is a typewritten certificate with some parts handwritten.]

STATE OF NEW YORK,
Jefferson County Clerk's Office,}ss.
I, James G. Lynde, Clerk of said County do hereby certify, that James Jones Esq [name handwritten] before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same [handwritten] a Justice of the Peace [end handwritten] in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the same to be his proper hand-writing and signature.
Witness my hand, and seal of said County, this 8th day of November in the year 1849 [day,  month, and last digit of year handwritten]
[signed] Jas G Lynde Clerk

[There is a faint seal on left side of the certificate, but it is illegible]
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State of Vermont
Bennington County} .  Personally appeared before me Samuel Hawley a Justice of the Peace for and in said County of Bennington aforesaid Ephraine Blowers a Resident of the Town of Arlington in said County of Bennington aforesaid Aged 87 years and upwards first duly Sworn According to Law does testify and say - I am a soldier of the War of the Revolution and I am a Pensioner of the United States for services I rendered in said War under Capt Cornelius T Johnson and under Col Van Schaick  - I served about three years & upwards in said Regiment commanded by said Col Van Schaick & under Captain Cornelius T. Johnson & served untill the close of said War and was discharged when our said Regement was disbanded and discharged - and during this time I recollect very distinctly - that there was a soldier he was a non Commissioned Officer - he Deserted and forged Discharges for himself and six others - soldiers his name was William Jones his own officers detected him when on his way to Desert who knew him - he was tried before a Court Marshall and said Jones and the other six soldiers were all condemned to be hung - I was present and saw the Execution of said William Jones the Deserter - he was hung - the other six was reprieved while under the Gallows - as it was proven that said William Jones had persuaded the others to Desert and had wrote their Discharges - said William Jones was from the south and had not been Enlisted along [ a long] time before he undertook to Desert - as aforesaid - he had not served long in our Army - he was a smart looking young man and was Called a shrewd active man in the Army of influence - he was taken to the Gallows the place of Execution  he mounted the Ladder Valiently is if no fear of death was before him - & he was swing up or Jumped off the Ladder himself - the rope Broke  he fell with his head upon a Rock and hurt & bruised his head severely - he was again taken to the Ladder he ascended the Ladder the second time with the same firmness & was hung in my presence  This was the last of the unfortunate Deserter William Jones - he served but a short time in our Army and as was reported he was Enlisted for during the war when I was first Enlisted I was under Col GanseVoorte & I was transferred to the Regiment of Col Van
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Van Schaick's Regiment when Col. GanseVoorts Regiment broke up - I was acquainted with an other William Jones who had served 3 years as a Sergt. under Capt Bleecker & Col GanseVoort he Resided in Renssalaer County N.Y. he went home after he was discharged (we) our Regt was stationed a short time at Albany when on our way to take Corn Wallis this Sergt William Jones brought us provisions at this time he was among the officers highly respected  I saw him after the War - he then told me the Deserter William Jones was not connected to him & he had never seen him - he said he was obliged to take care of his Parents or he would have Enlisted again  he resided in Renssalaer County after the War when I saw him. -
[signed] Ephraim Blowers
his X mark

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7th day of November A.D. 1849}

[signed] Samuel Hawley, Justice of the Peace

and I certify that I am well acquainted with Ephraim Blowers the foregoing Deponant  he is a man of a sound mind and good memory for his age and a credable Witness - his hand trembles so much he cannot hold a pen to write his name  he has made a cross mark to his Signature above
[signed] Samuel Hawley Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont
Bennington County}  I Saml. H. Blackmer Clerk  of the County & Courts of the aforenamed County of Bennington do Certify that Samuel Hawley is an Acting Justice of the peace for and in said County of Bennington aforesaid duly & Lawfully Authorized by Law to Administer Oaths and was such a Justice of the peace at the date of the within Deposition purported to have been taken by him & Executed before him and his signature to the within is genuine in his proper hand writing
In witness where of I set my hand and affixed the Seal of the County & Courts of said Bennington aforesaid
This 15th day of November A.D. 1849
[signed] Saml. H. Blackmer Clerk
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State of New York
Oswego County}ss
Personally appeared before me Alfred Phelps a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Nathan Franklin and being by me duly sworn according to law doth testify and say that I am a pensioner of the United States for services done as a soldier of the revolution I resided in Rensselaer County in the state of New York during the war of the Revolution from whence I entered the service and am now requested to state how I became acquainted with William Jones the revolutionary soldier from Stephentown Renselaer County aforesaid  As I have made a previous deposition of his services I now state that we both Enlisted in one county, not many miles distant from each other and I would state that all the rebels as they were then called who were for liberty and Independence had to know each other as we were surrounded by Tories and Indians and we had to know each other to consult ways and means for our safety and protection  I was young at the commencement of the war still I was acquainted with many of the rebels in the county and country  I knew William Jones when he enlisted under Capt Bleecker  I knew Capt Bleecker and Col GansVoorte  I saw William Jones in the service under Capt Bleecker more than once  I remember the time when he returned home out of the army said William Jones served during the time Co. GansVoorte served or his enlistment expired about the time [word crossed out - looks like "New"] Col GansVoorte's Regiment Broke up and when
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Col Willetts regiment was formed I believe that Col Gansvoort was about three years in the continental services and during those three years said William Jones served under said Capt Bleecker and said Col Gansvoorte  after the war said William Jones was married to Elizabeth Spencer  [underline] this has lately occurred to my mind [end underline]  said William Jones died not many years after his marriage to said Elizabeth Spencer and left his wife a widow and had children and the said widow married again to a man living in Stephentown by the name of Denison and said Denison moved from Stephentown many years ago and I do not know his place of residence  I believe left the place and I do not know whether they are living only by information I have heard that the said Denison is dead and that his wife Elizabeth was living some time since many particulars have come to my mind since I made the first deposition  as to his state and marriage  to - said Jones was a respectable and noted man and so was Denison  I plainly recollect Jones' zealousness in the cause of Independence and the tories hated him in the extreme - and further I say not -
[signed] Nathan Franklin
his X mark

Subscribed by making his mark and Sworn before me this 10th day of April 1849 and I certify that the same Nathan Franklin is a pensioner of the United States and a credible witness  I have taken this Deposition myself and he does not write his name but has made his cross mark}
[signed] Alfred Phelps - Justice of the Peace
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Oswego County
State of New York} ss
personally appeared before me Alfred Phelps a Justice of the Peace for & in said County of Oswego Nathan Franklin well known to me to be a pensioner of the United States and an Old Revolutionary soldier of the Town of Parish in said County of Oswego Aged 88 years and upwards does testify under Oath according to Law as follows and says he resided in Renssalaer County in the War of the Revolution from where [or whence] he entered the services under different officers in the United States service and served a good part of the time in the Malitia of Renssalaer County aforesaid and was well acquainted with William Jones who served in the first part of the War at least then [illegible - possibly crossed out] under Col GansVoort & Capt Bleecker from Albany and I saw said Jones in the Service several times while a soldier in said Company of Capt Bleecker & Col GanseVoorte as aforesaid and say I have made a previous affadavit in this case & I now state said William Jones was a noted Soldier and served during the Campain of Col GanseVoorte which was about three years & then the Regiment of Col GanseVoorte was disbanded and Col Willett raised a Regiment of New York Troops called [illegible - looks like "Lewies" or "Ledies"]  Col Willett was Lieut Col under Col GanseVoorte during his services which was not far from three years and during this time said Jones served as above stated  and said Jones Married soon after the close of the War in Stephentown to Elizabeth Spencer soon after said war where he resided up to the time of his death  he died not many years after the war and left his wife a widow & some children and she married again  I think his name was Dennison ^I forget the name & can not [illegible - looks like "posture"]^ and moved out of the County.
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and I do not know where said widow of said William Jones now resides [illegible]  I moved from said Renssalear County a number of years ago but have every distinct Recollection of said William Jones and his services under said Col Gansevoorte  I always knew Col Gansevoorte from my infancy as he always resided and died in the City of Albany not many miles from where I resided and also said William Jones we lived not many Miles apart during our struggle of the Revolutionary war and we suffered many hardships & fatigues and dangers  Said William Jones was a very brave and true soldier during said War and was a bitter enemy to the British  he served under an Enlistment according to my mind I hear of time about three years - not less than three years from the year 1776 to the year 1779 as I have times in my memory  he served at least three years as aforesaid and upwards as I knew both Jones and his wife will before and after their marriage (before the war) 
[signed] Nathan Franklin
his X mark

Subscribed and sworn before me this 27 day of January A.D. 1849 and I certify that I am well acquainted with Nathan Franklin he is respected here as an Old Soldier of the War of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States having examined him myself thouroughly and took a former Deposition from him myself  he cannot write his name but makes his mark  he is a credable witness and has}

Subscribed by making his mark and Sworn this 27th day of January in the year 1849 before me {signed] Alfred Phelps - Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Oswego County} ss.
I Jabez H Gilbert Clerk of the County of Oswego - hereby Certify that Orla H Whitney Esq whose name is Subscribed to a Jurat within on a Deposition by him taken from O Robinson Esqr  said Orla H. Whitney is now acting Judge and Surrogate of said County of Oswego and was such at the date of said Jurat and I am well acquainted with his signature  it is genuine in his own proper hand writing  and I also Certify that Alfred Phelps whose signature is attached & subscribed to a Jurat annexed to that a Deposition by him taken from Nathan Franklin said Alfred Phelps was then at said date as said Jurat an acting Magistrate and is now and is fully Authorized by Law to Administer such affadavits under the office he holds as Justice of the peace; and his signature is genuine to said Jurat
witness my hand & seal of the ^County^ Court of said County this 1st day of March 1849
[signed] J. H Gilbert Clerk of Oswego Co Court

[On bottom right of page there is an illegible circular seal stamped on a square piece of paper and placed on top of a looped piece of ribbon]
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Hon Sir
will you have the goodness to call up and investigate the within Claim here is two Depositions of Nathan Franklin an old Pensioner & soldier of the Revolution  The second Deposition was taken for my satisfaction  I wanted to know the Particulars how he became acquainted with William ^Jones^  The fact is they were nieghbors & both Zealous men for the cause of liberty and as Franklin sent word to me they were nearer than Brothers are now  These soldiers loved one an other in the struggle for liberty was very great indeed   I read over an other Deposition or a Copy of one from John Myers from the same place he testifyed very definite indeed that they were neighbors and that said William Jones attended the Rebel Meetings at his Fathers at the commencement of the war and he knew said Jones when he Enlisted & saw him in the service and saw him when he returned home out of the Army  he knew Capt Bleecker & Col GanseVoorte from their infancy up to the death of the Col - & they could not help but know them as they resided so near Albany and were all Rebels-hearts.  [illegible - possibly "resist"] together - life or death they loved each other & do love each other ^now^ and know how to prize Liberty - many witnesses have gone in as this case it is so definitely Carried out by the best of proof as Myers and Franklin - & Hon A. Robinson an old neighbor once to Franklin states his credit as to be fully relied upon and so does Judge Whitney in his Jurat - I do nothing more perfect nor substantial - & submit the claim on such Testimony - There can be no better - you will please act in this case for the widow - Denison former widow of William Jones as you find in the Depositions - There are several Depositions before the Department filed  
[signed] Hon John I. Slingerland
City of Washington member from Albany County
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[The paper is folded horizontally in thirds.  On the top third is written:]

Case of Widow
Elizabeth Denison
former widow
of William Jones who served as a sergeant under Capt Bleecker & Col Gansevoort's Continental Troops of N.Y.

[Written sideways on the bottom third of the paper:]

 April 17/47


Army

John I. Slingerland
additional Evidence in the case of the Widow Jones
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Elizabeth Denison

applicant for pension

Act July 7th 1838
[illegible]

Supplementary


Agent
Wm. B Pierce
Albany
N.Y.
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State of New York
Oneida County} ss  Tobias Weygint a resident of the Town of Vernon in said County of Oneida aged Ninety-three years & upwards being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he was a soldier during the War of the Revolution and is now a Revolutionary Pensioner.  Deponent served under Captain Ten Eyck & Colonel Cortland & previous to that under Colonel Richmore.  That during said War he was well acquainted with William Jones who lived or made it his home in Stephentown in the County of Rensselaer in said State of New York from whence he enlisted into the Company of Captain Bleecker in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Gansvoort and served therein as a Sergeant for a period of three years.  Deponent did not serve under the same officers with said William Jones but was well acquainted with him and the different Regiments to which Deponent and said William Jones belonged were frequently together and Deponent frequently saw the said William while in said service.

[signed] Tobias Weygint
his X mark

Subscribed & sworn this 30th day of January Anno Domini 1847 before me.  And I certify that said Tobias Weygint is a credible witness & that the foregoing affidavit was read to him & by him declared to be true & correct before execution.}
[signed] Ralph McIntosh
Justice of the peace
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State of New York
Clerk's Office 
Oneida County} ss   I Patrick Mahon Clerk of the County of Oneida certify that Ralph McIntosh Esquire was on the 30th day of January AD 1847 a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Oneida duly elected and authorized to act as such, and that the signature purporting to be that of the said Justice, subscribed to the certificate of the proof or authenticity of the deposition on the opposite side is genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Official Seal and Subscribed my name this 2nd day of March AD 1847
[signed] Patrick Mahon Clerk
[illegible] James Edgar Dep: Clk

[There is a circular shaped seal that is illegible on bottom left side of page.]
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State of New York
Herkimer County} ss
Aaron Buck a resident of the Town of Norway in said County of Herkimer aged Eighty-six years & upwards being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he was a soldier of the United States during the War of the Revolution and served under Colonel Warner, Colonel Gansevoort & various other officers during said War.  Deponent served also scoutting & in said War on numerous occasions & under various officers.  That during said War he was well acquainted with William Jones who lived in said War in the Town of Stephentown in the County of Rensselaer in said State of New York from whence he enlisted into the company of Captain Bleecker in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Gansevoort in the New York Line (as as Deponent was afterwards informed by him & which Deponent verily believes true) & served therein for a period of three years as a Sergeant.  Deponent did not serve in the same company with said William Jones but frequently saw the said William while in said service under Captain Bleecker as aforesaid and well knew the said William then to be doing the duty of and serving as a Sergeant.  Deponent owing to old age & loss of memory is now unable to state the precise years in which said William Jones served the three years under Captain Bleecker as a sergeant as aforesaid but verily believes his service to have been performed near the commencement or about the middle of said War.  Said William Jones was a true whig and a faithful and good soldier while in said service.  Deponent first knew him while serving as Sergeant aforesaid during a part of which time Deponent served as Teamster for said Regiment.
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Subscribed & sworn this third day of February A.D. 1847 before me And I certify that Aaron Buck the above Deponent is a reputable person & a credible witness.}
[signed] Henry Tillinghast Justice of the peace
[signed] Aaron Back

[the following is a typed certificate with names handwritten in certain places:]

State of New York,
Herkimer County, } ss.

I certify that Henry Tillinghast Esq [name handwritten] whose name is subscribed to the [handwritten] Jurat of the annexed affidavit [end handwritten] was, on the day of the date of [handwritten] said Jurat a Justice of the Peace [end handwritten] in and for said county duly elected and qualified. And that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe his signature to said genuine. 

Witness my hand and official seal. this 2nd day of March, A.D. 1846 [date handwritten] 
[signed] Standish Berry Clk
By John [illegible last name - looks like "Millbooster" or "Wilbooster"] Depy

[There is a circular seal stamped on the middle left side of the certificate.  It has the words "STATE OF NY" along the bottom right outer edge of the circle.  There are other words along the circle's edge which are illegible.  In the inner part of the circle there is an image in the very center which is illegible.]
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12.589
Elizabeth Denison

applicant for pension

Act July 7. 1838  to
__________________

M. '83 - d. '88.


Agent,
Wm B Pierce
Albany
N.Y.
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State of New York
Secretary's Office}
I certify that it appears by the Military Register in this office that William Jones was a Sergt. in the 3d. New York Regiment Bleeckers Company Enlisted November 26, 1776 for three years and was discharged the 26th of November 1779.
[signed] Archd. Campbell
Dep. Sec. of State

Albany Feb. 16. 1846


[the following is written in a different handwriting:]

see claim of Wm Jones  S.9362. who did not die until 1833.
it was allowed on this service on account of the son furnishing the discharge ctf from above service.
___________________________________

the man who deserted from the 3d N.Y. was a pvt in Capt. Aaron Aorsons 5th Co.  see N.Y. Archives Vol 1. p. 203.
___________________________________

This widow's claim was erroneously allowed on service of S9362.

Office note. [illegible] Dec. 19, 1918
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[Image is a circular stamp.  It reads as follows:]

PENSION [along top of circle]
OFFICE [along bottom of circle]

U. [on left side of circle]
S. [on right side of circle]

[In center of circle it reads:]
S
APR
15
1925
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Pisgah, Iowa.
Apr 18th 1925.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,
Will you please inform me how to get a certificate showing that William Jones served in the Revolutionary War.  My grand daughters wish to join the D.A.R.s.
His widow, Elizabeth (Spencer) Jones, married Ebenezer Denison (see ancestral tablet 10) his ["his" underlined] father Daniel Denison Jr. was a Sergeant. in the 4th


[There is a circular stamp in center of page.  It reads as follows:]

PENSION [along top of circle]
OFFICE [along bottom of circle]

U. [on left side of circle]
S. [on right side of circle]

[In center of circle it reads:]
S
APR
15
1925
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[handwritten] 
Regiment; N.Y. Militia commanded by Col Killian Van Renselaer.)

The authority for the above military record was found 
in "N.Y. in the Revolution as Colony & State" & compiled by James A. Roberts Comptroller of N.Y. 1895 -8.

William Jones & Elizabeth Spencer daughter Elizabeth married Isaac Grasy, their daughter Adeline, married Cornelius Seabury, their son A. Judson was my husband.

William Jones lived & died in Bern, Albany Co. N.Y.

Respt
Mrs. Alice R. Seabury, Pisgah, Iowa
[/handwritten]
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Rochester N.Y.
Nov 14, 1896

Supertendant of Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,
I am very much interested in looking up the revolutionary history of my family and I would consider it a great favor if you could
help me.  I would like to find some record of William ["William" underlined] Jones.  He was born in 1745 [year underlined]

[the following is written in a different handwriting:]

D [written very large in upper left corner of letter]

J [written very large in center of letter]
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[handwritten] 
and died Nov 9. 1815. His body is buried at Corinth N.Y. and he fought in the Revolution. His wife drew a pension for several years and I was told that a record was on the books at the Pension Bureau in Washington. If there is any fee attached to looking the
[/handwritten]
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record up I will gladly pay it.  Hoping to hear from you soon

I remain
Yours respectfully,
[signed] Miss Ella J. Sage
16 Gibbs St
Rochester
N.Y.

[the following is written in a different handwriting over the closing of the letter:]

This letter should not have been answered will [illegible] claim
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Respectfully referred, Nov 17th 1896

[signed] John Hancock
Superintendent of Building,
Bureau of Pensions,
Dep't of the Interior

[There are two stamps at bottom of page:]

[Rectangular stamp upside down:]

OLD WAR & NAVY [written in an arch shape across top]
FILES [ written across bottom]
NOV 20 1896 [in center]
P. [in bottom left corner]
B. [in bottom right corner]

[Circular stamp - sideways]

PENSION [along top edge of circle]
OFFICE [along bottom edge of circle]
[in center of circle:]
NOV 
18
1896
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CHARLES H. SPENCER
285 WEST RIDGEWOOD AVENUE
RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY

Refer To
BA-J/ILL
William Jones
W.20983

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs;

I appreciate very much your letter of April 23, 1934 answering in such fullness of detail my inquiry regarding William Jones. I have therefore hesitated to write again about the matter; but endeavoring to trace the history of our family after the spring of 1778, when they moved from Rhode Island to Stephentown, N.Y. I have tried to locate the home of George Spencer, referred to in the last paragraph of your letter as in Salisbury, Albany County N. Y. in 1845. I fail to find a place of that name in Albany County now or previously. However, in Fulton County near Utica there is a Salisbury also Salisbury Center, May I ask you to consult your record again as to the name of the County, and greatly oblige,

Yours very truly,
[handwritten] signature [/handwritten]

August 8, 1934.

[stamp]
RECEIVED
Aug 9 1934
MAIL SUB-DIV
READER 19
VETS ADM
[/stamp]
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September 17, 1934.

Mr. Charles H. Spencer
255 West Ridgewood Avenue
Ridgewood, New Jersey.

RA-J/MMHF/ILL
William Jones
W.20983

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request verification of the name of the county in which George Spencer resided in 
1845, as recorded in pension claim, W. 10983, based upon service of William Jones.

The above noted pension claim has been reexamined. It has been found that the names of two counties were inadvertently misquoted in the report furnished you on April 23, 1934.

A corrected record is furnished you herewith to be used in place of the one dated April 23. It is regretted that these discrepancies 
were shown in former report.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.
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April 23, 1934.

Mr. Charles H. Spencer
255 West Ridgewood Avenue
Ridgewood, New Jersey.

BA-J/ILL
William Jones
W. 20983

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of William Jones, whose widow, Elizabeth (Spencer) Jones received a pension on account of his service in that war.

The record of William Jones, who married Elizabeth Spencer, is given herein as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 20983, based upon his Revolutionary War service.

William Jones, the son of Henry Jones, was a resident of Stephentown, Rensselaer County, New York, at the time of the war.

He enlisted and served three years as sergeant in Captain Leonard Bleecker's company, Colonel Gansevoort's New York regiment, and was discharged in the fall of 1779, he served subsequently on numerous occasions in the militia until the end of the war, dates and officers not shown.

The soldier married on November 17, 1783, Elizabeth, the daughter of John Spencer; the ceremony was performed by a Baptist Elder at the home of her father in Stephentown, New York, about one mile from the home of William Jones' father. Said John Spencer had moved from Rhode Island to Stephentown, in the spring of 1776.

William Jones died March 22, 1788, in the twenty-ninth year of his age, in Stephentown, New York.

Elizabeth Jones, his widow, married Ebenezer Denison, who resided in Stephentown, New York; the date of their marriage is not shown. They moved from there and resided in Albany County, New York; he died December 7, 1843, in Stillwater Saratoga County, New York.

[handwritten]Shouldn't this be Saratoga?[/handwritten]
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Elizabeth Davison applied on July 31, 1845, for pension on account of the service of her first husband, William Jones, in the Revolutionary War; she was then a resident of Berne, Albany County, New York, aged about seventy-nine years; the date and place of her birth are not shown. Her claim was allowed. In 1855, she was living in Berne, New York.

William Jones, the soldier, and his wife, Elizabeth, had two children: Elizabeth, born August 31, 1784, and Henry, born May 30, 1786. In 1845, this daughter Elizabeth was a resident of Knox, Albany County, New York, at which time her name was Elizabeth Crary, name of her husband not shown.

It was not stated that Ebenezer Denison and Elizabeth (Jones), his wife had children. However, in 1849, Elizabeth Denison, the widow, was referred to as "at the home of her son" on the old battle ground, Bemis Heights: shortly after, one William Denison was a Justice of the Peace for Saratoga County, New York, and signed an affidavit of said widow in Bemis Heights, Saratoga County, New York; one William L. Denison also was there, also Margaret E. Denison. No relationship of these persons with surname Denison to the widow was stated.

In 1845, George Spencer, was a resident of Salisbury, Herkimer County, New York; he stated then that he was born in the year 1768 in Rhode Island, moved with his father & father's family, in the spring of 1778 to Stephentown, Rensselaer County, New York, and was present at the marriage of his sister, Elizabeth, to the soldier, William Jones.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.

2.
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[the page is a typewritten letter]

June 16, 1925.

Mrs. Alice R. Seabury,
Pisgah, Iowa.

Madam:

I have to advise you, that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W-20983, it appears that on an application executed July 31, 1845, while residing in Bern, Albany County, New York, aged about seventy-nine years, Elizabeth Denison was allowed pension on account of the services of her former husband, William Jones, for two years in the New York Line, War of the Revolution.
Said Elizabeth was the daughter of John Spencer of Stephentown, Rensselaer County, New York and she married there on November 17, 1783, William, (son on Henry), Jones of said place.  They had two children:Elizabeth, born August 31, 1784 who married ---Crary, and Henry, born May 30, 1786.  William Jones died March 22, 1788 in the twenty-ninth year of his age.
The widow Elizabeth married Ebenezer Denison, date not stated, and he died December 7, 1843.
Respectfully,
[no signature]
Acting Commissioner.

[The following is handwritten sideways along the left margin of the page:]

This woman's husband undoubtedly served both before & after marriage but he was not the deserter who was shot nor the Sgt whose family  furnished the discharge ctf. [certificate ?] see S9392.9[3 crossed out]1 [illegible - looks like possibly 62 or 42]  Therefore I could not give specific statement of service.