Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16172, for William Jones, Virginia

SERVICE
Va.
Jones, William
NUMBER
S. 16172
B.L.Wt. 78030-160-55
CONTENTS
Son of Wm. A. 1761-1762 in Md. res at est. Montgomery Co. Pa. res in 1851 Clermont Co. Ohio.

33410
Ohio.
Cincin.
William Jones.
of in the State of who was a private in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the Revolution, time for 20 months & 8 days. Va.
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati at the rate of 67 Dollars 55 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831. (Life)
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of January 1858. and sent to,
J. J. Coombs. Present
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G. J. Getty Clerk. Book 16 Vol. 1 Page 73.
1858. February 11 th New Notification. sent to Pension Agent.
245799

246.199. Oct term 3/50
May 19/52
New War
15/11/55
Feb 13/56
William Jones
78.030
Capt. Jos. Floyd
10:11/20/59
Capt. Walter Fila
Ent. Aug. 1780
Dis. Nov. 1780
4 Jan 16/87
Sho! 15/12/59
for app mases
Ohio At 32- No. 33410
No Evidence of roles of Capt. Jos. Floyd of Va Mil for the period claimed on file in this office
30 Audz office Dec 12 1858
W. Williams
House L. Coombe
House papers
J. Coombs Presnt
End 9
1780
No Evidence of roles -
Vol 2 page 108
F. G.

State of Ohio County of Belmont ss On this 29 day of August A D 1881 personally came before me a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County William Jones aged Eighty four (84) Years a resident of said County and State, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declar- ation to wit in order to obtain the ben- -efit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the follow- ing named officers, to wit. Sometime in the early part of the Year A D 1780. I vol- unteered as a Substitute for my Father whose name was William Jones in the company commanded by Captain Joseph Floyd, for the term of three mo- -nths, that at this time I was not more than the fifteen or sixteen years of age, but my Father having volunteered, (although infirmary) and his care and attention being much needed by his family at home, I was accepted in his place. That this volunteering took place in the or near the town of  of County of Montgomery State of State of Virginia, That he continued in actual service three months as such said Volunteer, that during that time he was marched to North Carolina, was at Hoover

2 Town and Salem, and was engaged in a battle that was fought in said North Carolina near the Shallowford of the Yadkin  Rappahannock River. That at the close of his said Three Months' service he enlisted for during the war at Cumberland City, Cumberland County Virginia, under Captain Basterfield, and was placed in what was called the 9 Regiment of Virginia troops. That he has forgotten the names of all his officers except the Captain as aforesaid, and a Sargent whose name was Holt. That from Cumberland City he was taken to Winchester Virginia, at which place he was stationed to guard the Hessians, prisoners of War, taken he thinks at Trenton New Jersey at which place he was discharged at the close of the war by a written discharge, which he has lost. That he recollects that some (he thinks prominent) officer resigned his office at Winchester Virginia about one year after he enlisted, but he does not remember his name. That he does not know that any other troops were stationed at Winchester during the time he was there, at least he has no recollection thereof. That his memory does not serve him as to the names of any of his fellow soldiers except the

3 captain - Sargent Holts and one Joseph Mopp - none of whom he has ever seen since he was discharged, That he was born in Maryland on the day of the A D 1761 or 2 That he has no record of his prior age but speaks merely from tradition - That at the time of his volunteering volunteering he resided with his Father William Jones at the County of Montgomery State of Virginia was Five feet 8 or 9 inches high but afterwards grew to be Six feet one inch High, having dark hazel eyes, Black Hair and was occupied in the business of farming, That he resided from the period of his discharge until the year A D 1810 in the township of North Amherst then County Virginia when he moved and took up his residence in the township of Union Union County of Clermont and State of Ohio where I have continued to reside until this present time, That he is not acquainted with any person who could testify as to his services as such revolutionary Soldier, but in the year A D 18 20 30 One Stephen Robin- son and Judith Robinson resided at that time of the County of Clermont, State of Ohio but now deceased were and with whom he had been acquainted from a period prior to the

the time of his enlisting the Army of the United States as aforesaid - went before me Joseph Davis then a Justice of the Peace in the County of Clermont and State of Ohio, and made oath setting forth their knowledge of the fact that he did in manner and form as herein stated volunteer and enlist into the United Virginia Troops during the war of the Revolution, that he has now forgotten the particulars of said affidavits or made by the said Robinsons, and hence he unto annexes the affidavit of the said Joseph Davis as to the contents of said affidavits, and further this affiant hereby relinquishes every claim what- soever 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 William Miles Jones } Clements Sworn to and mark subscribed this day and year first above written
Jonathan Johnson } Judge of Courts as aforesaid
We George Futch a clergyman, re- siding in the Township of Miami County of Clermont State of Ohio and Joseph Davis residing in the Township of Union County of Clermont and State of Ohio, hereby certify, that

5 we are and have been for the last Forty Years well acquainted with William Jones who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we be- lieve him to be Eighty four years of Age, that he is reputed, and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolu- tion, and that we concur in that opin- ion.
Sworn to and Subscribed } George Gatch be the day and year } Jole Davis ss. first aforesaid Jonathan Johnson } Judge of the Court as aforesaid
And I the said Judge of said Court as aforesaid, do hereby declare my opinion, after a full investigation of the matter that the affiant William Jones is prevented from bodily infir- -ity from attending in open Court, & after putting the interrogatories prescri- bed by the War department and which with their answers are herunto an- nexed do also declare it to be my opin- ion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And I further certify that it appears to me that George Gatch, who has signed the above Cer- tificate is a Clergyman resident in the township of Miami County of Clermont State of Ohio - and that Joseph

Davis is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Witness my hand as such said Judge the day and year first above written.
Jonathan Mason } Judge of } Said Court
Questions put and answers given by the said William Jones before me the undersigned and which answers are embodied in the above Declaration -
1 st Where, and in what year were you born? _____
Ans n I was born in the County of not known State of Maryland, in the year A D 1760 or 1762.
2 nd Have you any record of your age? and if so, where is it? -
Ans n none known or recollected
3 rd Where were you living when called into the Service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war; and where do you now live? -
Ans n I lived in Montgomery County Virginia I have lived in Amherst County Virginia and in Clement City Ohio
4 th How where you called into the service where you a Substitute, and if so for whom? -
Ans n I went as a Substitute for my Father W m Jones in the 1 st place, and at the conclusion of his term I enlisted in Virginia Troops for wart during the
5 th Question, State the names of some of the Regular officers, who were with

from the troops, where you served, such continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect; and the general circumstances of your service.
Ans rs The answer to this Question is fully embodied in the above Declaration.
16 th 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?
Ans rs Rev d George Fatch - Joseph Davis - John Dunsford - J. L. Teal - John Hattman, Dep Teal Joseph John Davis Sec y and Mason Denison?
17 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and, if so, by whom was it given and signed, and what has become of it?
Ans rs I received a discharge I think it was handed to me by my Capt I know not what has become of it I have lost or mislaid it the  the  claimants  signature  signature
Sworn to and Sub d  before me the day  and  and Bear first above written.
Jonathan Johnson } Judge of Court as aforesaid

KNOW ALL MEN by these presents, that I the subscriber have and do hereby appoint William B Jarvis of Columbus, Ohio a true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to receive from the Secretary of War, Paymaster General, Second or Third Auditor of the Treasury, or any officer or officers authorized to pay the same, Land Warrants and all moneys, drafts or other dues of every kind, nature and name, for extra pay, commutation money, bounty, clothing money, prize money, withheld pay, or any other dues of every kind due me from the United States, whether paid by any of the before mentioned or any other officers of the United States; and I do hereby request said officers or any or either of them to pay said amounts to said Wm B Jarvis and do hereby give said Wm B Jarvis full power to endorse all drafts, pay certificates, or any other papers in reference to said business, and to execute any and all receipts or discharges, and to do any other act which I could do if present; and any act by him done shall be the same as if done by me in proper person.
Witness my hand and seal this 20 th day of May , A. D. 185 1 . Signed and sealed in presence of us,
Zachariah Newcomb Henry Koch
his William Jones Mark
STATE OF Ohio COUNTY OF Clermont , ss.
Before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally came William Jones and acknowledged that he had executed the foregoing instrument. I certify that I know him to be the person described in the same. Given under my hand this 20 th day of May , A. D. 185 1 .
Joshua DIAL Justice of the Peace. for the County aforesaid

William Jones Application for Granty Land
P. B. Loring Atty Batavia, Cler. Co. Ohio.
638547

State of Ohio County of Belmont
On this the 5 th day of March  April AD 1856 personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid William Jones aged Ninety One. say (91) years a resident of Belmont County State of Ohio who being duly sworn according to law declare, that he is the identical William Jones who was a Private in the Company, by Captain Joseph Floyd and also a private in the Company commanded by Captain Battlefield that the Company commanded by Captain Joseph Floyd was not at this official now remembers, attached to any particular Regiment but if it was this official has now forgotten it. that said Company however belonged to the Virginia Militia or volunteers in the Revolutionary War declared by The United States against Great Britain on the day of
AD 1775 that he volunteered at the County of Montgomery in the State of Virginia on or about the last of August in the year 1780 for the term of Three months and continued in actual service for the term of Three months and was honorably discharged at Montgomery County Virginia on or about the last of November AD 1780. This official also states that he is the identical person who was a private in the Company of Virginia Regulars commanded by Captain Battlefield his given name this official does not now remember he does

not remember to whose regiment said company was attached, that he enlisted in said company at Winchester Charlestown County Virginia about the last of December 1780 or first of January 1781 for the period of during the War, that he remained in said service until Peace was made and was Honorably discharged, that last scene was in the Revolutionary War, declared as before stated.
That he has heretofore signed an application for land but does not now know what was done with or he had entrusted it to a man by the name of Jarvis. This was about 3 or 4 years ago but says that he has never before received any Bounty land for his said services, and that he makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855, and that he has never applied for except as stated and that he has never received any land Bounty Land Warrant for such service.
John H. Williamson
William his Jones
Jonathan Williamson
We Jonathan Williamson and 1  Mencus Denison, residents of Clermont County in the state of Ohio upon our oaths declare that the fore- going declaration was signed and acknowledged by William

James in our presence and that we believe from the appear- ance and statements of the appli- cant that he is the identical person he represents himself to be,
Marcius Denison Jonathan Williamson
The foregoing Declaration and affi- davit were sworn to and sub- scribed on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credit- able persons, that the claimant is the person he represents him- self to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
J. H. Whitmore, J. P.
State of Ohio Belmont County ss
I, Milton McGrew Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the County & State aforesaid, hereby certify that J. H. Whitmore whose genuine signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate and before whom the foregoing ack- nowledgment was taken of the foregoing declaration was at the time of the taking of said acknowledgment and making said affidavit and the signing of said certificate an acting justice of the Peace duly au- thorized by law to take such acknowledgment and such affidavit - and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such, given under my hand and seal of said Court this 9 th day of March 1856. Milton McGrew Clerk.

16.172 INVALID. Carr
File No. 16.172
William Jones Pre Rev War
Act: June 7 th 39
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 447
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Suspended Per letter 3 June 1835 to J. Holliffr

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. Pension Office, Official Business
J. D. Calhoun Commissioner.
Returned herewith a copy letter. Sept 2
Miss B. Jarvis Esq. Washington D.C.
Ohio
Oct 7 June 1852

No. 32947
Williams Jones Ohio
Act June 7. '32
mmmm
Letter WTS Davis Dec 3/37
act 7 th June 1832

245.7981
7

Washington.
May 22 - 1856
Colon J. Minot.
Com te of Pensions
Dear Sir:
At the request of P. B. Swing, Esq. Atty. at Bataria, Ohio. I enclose the application of William Jones, for Bounty Land.
You will please acknowledge the receipt to Mr. Swing
Very truly
your old Servant
Stearns Emory

United States of America.
THE STATE OF OHIO,
Secretary of State's Office.
I, HENRY W. KING,
SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY,
STATESMAN PRINT.
Jonathan Johnson, Joshua Dial, George Maxfield That and James Dennison whose attestations are hereto annexed, were on the days of the dates thereof, the former an Associate Judge, and the others Justices of the Peace, within and for the county of Belmont, in the State of Ohio, duly commissioned as such; that they are the proper officers to take such attestations; that their attestations are in due form; and that their official acts are en- titled to full faith and credit, as well in Courts of Justice as thereout.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereto subscribed my name, and affixed the Great Seal of the State of Ohio, at Columbus, the 23 rd day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one
Henry W. King Secretary of State.

William Jones, of Clermont Co - Ohio
The substance of Wm Jones' three several declarations is that, in 1780, he enlisted at Montgomery Co. the residence of his father, under Capt Floyd for three months and during this term was in an engagement with the British at the Shallow ford of the Yadkin - served this term as substitute for his father.
2 d That afterwards he enlisted at Cumberland City - Cumberland Co. under Capt "Baxterfield" in the 9 th Va Regt, though he does not remember the names of any other officers excepting Genl Muhlenburg and Sergeant Holt of his company - also privates Joseph Skofo, or Morse, and one Jones, whose christian name was not Wm.
That he thinks he staid at Cumberland Ct about a year, when his company was marched to Winchester barracks, to guard the prisoners, where he remained until he was discharged about the middle of Nov r 1783.
Having enlisted for 3 yrs or the war - his three yrs had not expired when he was discharged.

As to the first tour. it is a fact that Cornwallis crossed the shallow ford of the Yadkin about Feb 1, 1781, but this could not have been the occasion referred to by Jones as he says his party beat the British and that the battle of Kings Mountain was fought while he was in this tour (Oct 1780) so that the affair at the Ford must have been a trifling skirmish.
Samuel Baskerville , who was a St in the Va Line, and was pensioned under the acts of 1818 and 1828, stated in his declarations that, he after the surrender of Cornwallis (Oct 19, 1781) he was stationed at Cumberland Old C. H. that the Va Contl. regiments were reduced to three in number, and he had been  was in the 3 d , under Col Gist. (an error) but at Cumberland CH was under Col Fabiger. (who then commanded the 2 d ) - (the 9 th having been deranged) - that in Oct 1782 he with the troops were ordered to Winchester Barracks, where he rec d a furlough discharged in the summer or fall of 1783.
Jones declared that he served about two years.
By reference to Paine's Final Settlement Certificate it appears that three Williams Jones served to the close of the war in the Va Contl. Line. one a Sergeant  Corporal of

Dragoons - reported  Sergeant at close of war one a Corporal of Infantry, reported Sergeant at close of war - and one a private - the latter, on the roll of men paid to Nov 15 th 1783 is reported paid $47.60 90ths - page 6 - and to Jan'y 1 st 1783 $54 14 / 90 - page 17. This indicates that he was not a war-man.
The coincidence between his statement and that of Lieut Baskerville - notwithstanding the mistake in the name and rank of the latter - is totally inconsistent with a false statement. Lieut Muhlenburg was in command at Winchester barracks - as appears by the declaration of Peter Border, of Ill, who also states that in 1781 ( probably mistaken for 1782) the Guards consisted of only a Captain's command - and that in that fall - just before he left, Lieut Muhlenburg came there in command.
The claim was suspended for want of conformity with certain requirements with which the claimant declared himself unable to comply.
But Baskerville's statements are confirmations of the most satisfactory kind - Several of the suggestions contained in Mr Coombs' brief are just and proper, which it is unnecessary to recapitulate here. —
54.16 47.66 101.82 The amt of payments and the evidence and declarations of the claimant taken together conspire to show

and do show to my entire satisfaction a service of twenty months as private of infantry Dodge
Jany 28. 1858
Wm Jones - Privy of facts

In relation to the Claim of William Jones of Ohio , for the benefit of the Act of 7 th June, 1832, suspended
Samuel Barkerville
Ohio 15 Nov. 1858

Washington, Jany. 22 d 1858.
Sir:
During the past six months I have received several letters written on behalf of William Jones, of Clermont County, Ohio, a claimant for a Revolutionary Pension, under act of 1832 who still survives, and is now about 96 years of age. After spending much time in the investigation of the case, I have succeeded in finding, in the files of your office, such corroborative evidence of Jones's own statements, as, to my mind, proves to a moral Certainty , that he did serve, substantially as he has always claimed. I beg leave to solicit your attention to the case, and to briefly present my views briefly as to the new light in which the claim is placed by the evidence alluded to.
There are two declarations of the said William Jones on file. The first, made in 1835, is much less specific as to his services than the subsequent one, made in 1857.

The first declaration does not draw any distinction between the two terms of service, set out specifically in his subsequent declarations. In all other respects the two declarations agree in all material points.
In his declaration of 1857, Mr. Jones says, that in 1780, he served a term of three months as a substitute for his father, in Capt. Floyd's Company, went to North Carolina, &c.
That after the termination of this service, he enlisted for during the war at Cumberland City, Cumberland County, Virginia, under Captain Baskerfield ; from thence was marched to Winchester, Virginia where he was stationed to guard the Republican prisoners, &c, at which place he was discharged at the close of the war, by a written discharge, which he has lost. In his prior declarations he fixes the time of his discharge more specifically, and says that he thinks it was in November, 1783 . In this declaration he also states that Capt Baskerfield commanded him both at

Cumberland C.H. and at Winchester.
When I first examined Jones's declarations, it at once occurred to me, that the officer described by him as " Captain Baskerfield " must be Levi Baskerville , who was a pensioner under the acts of 1818 and 1828, in Madison County Ohio. Having been permitted to examine said Baskerville's papers, under the act of 1818, I am fully confirmed in this opinion.
It appears by the declarations of said Samuel Baskerville, made before the Supreme Court of Madison County, Ohio, in 1823, that he was a prisoner of war at Charleston, S. C. - that in the summer of 1781, he was exchanged, and returned by water  by to Jamestown, Virginia. That after the capture of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, he was stationed with a detachment of the Virginia troops at Cumberland Old Court House, &c. That in the month of October 1782, he marched with the Virginia troops to Winchester Virginia , where

remained till sometime in the year 1783, when he was ordered to the Point of Fork, on James River, and was there discharged in September of that year.
The service described by Baskerville corresponds, in the main points, so exactly with the service of Jones as described in his declaration, as to render it morally certain that Jones served under him, and substantially as he claims. It is true that Jones calls him Captain Baskerfield . The mistake in the name is a natural one, and I think you will agree with me, that it amounts to nothing. The mistake as to the rank of the officer is also a very natural one, especially if Baskerville, (as I presume was the case) was actually in command of the Company. The Company was on detached duty , guarding prisoners. It was almost invariably the case, in the Revolutionary war, that Companies serving on detached duty as guards, were commanded by Subalterns of

feces - frequently by sergeants only.
Baskerville states that before he was discharged, he was ordered to the Point of Fork, and was discharged there, in September 1863. Jones, according to his statement, remained at Winchester till November 1863. Jones says nothing about Baskerville's leaving Winchester, and it is not at all strange that he may have forgotten all about that circumstance. I presume a part of the Company was left behind, at Winchester, under command of a non-commissioned officer, when Baskerville went to the Point of Fork.
I think Jones is probably mistaken in supposing that he enlisted for "during the war." From From the time of his discharge, it is more probable that he was a three year's man. I have found, in my examination of cases, that it is a very common thing for soldiers who enlisted for three years, but whose terms had not

expired when the war ended, to labor under the impression that their enlistments were for "during the war." In fact, history shows, that in the time of the war it frequently happened that the soldiers and their officers had controversies on this very point, whether they had enlisted for three years , or during the war . If, during the time of the war, soldiers were sometimes mistaken as to the terms of their enlistments, it is not at all strange that after the lapse of half a century a soldier should be found laboring under the same mistake. It is perhaps somewhat uncertain whether the claimant in this case was a war's man or a three years' man, but as the probability is that he was a three years' man, I only claim for him the benefit of the act of 1832 - the act under which he has himself claimed in his declaration.
I beg leave now to call your attention to record evidence in your office, of the service of one William Jones, of the

Virginia line, and to circumstances which render it almost certain that it relates to the service of the claimant in this case.
The Claimant, in his declaration, states that he was discharged in November 1783 . In vol. 4, of Pierce's Final settlement certificates, on page 12, you will find that a certificate was issued to William Jones, of the Virginia line, for $131.12, for service to the 15 th of November, 1783 . And this was undoubtedly the same William Jones who served in Baskerville's Company, for Baskerville was paid for service to the same date . It is true, Baskerville states, in his declaration, that he was discharged in September 1783 , but the records show that Jones's recollection on this point was better than Baskerville's. On page 5 of the Final settlement certificates, you will find that Samuel Baskerville was paid for service to the 15 th of November 1783 .
We find, from the evidence above referred to to- 1 st That Samuel Baskerville was in service at the same

places, and during the same time , that William Jones appears to have been in service under Gasterfield . 2 o We find that Samuel Baskerville and William Jones were discharged on the same day - (Nov. 15, 1783) which date corresponds exactly with Jones's statement as to the time of his discharge. Jones never saw his commanding officer, from the time of his discharge, nor ever heard of him. It is utterly impossible that Jones could by accident have described a service corresponding in so many material points with the service of Baskerville.
But in addition to all this we have the deposition of Joseph Davis, a Justice of the Peace, establishing the fact, that in 1830 two credible witnesses, Isadore Robinson and Stephen Robinson, appeared before him and testified that they were acquainted with W m Jones, the Claimant, in the time of the Revolutionary War, - that they knew of his serving

a Town in 1780 as a substitute for his father, and of his subsequent enlistment into the Virginia line. Said witnesses are both dead, and the deposition which they made is lost; but the substance is given by the Magistrate before whom it was taken.
William Jones (the claimant) is proved, by the testimony of numerous respectable witnesses to be a man of undoubted character for truth, and to have borne the reputation of a Revolutionary soldier for more than forty years.
I confidently hope, that on the examination of this case, in connection with the new and important items of evidence herein referred to, you will arrive at the conclusion that the claim is clearly established, and allow it.
Very respectfully Your obedient servt J. S. Coombs
Geo. C. Whitney Esq Committee of Pensions.

Washington, Jan'y. 26, 1858.
Sir:
Since filing a brief in the case of William Jones, of Ohio, a few days ago, I have received from P. B. Living, Esq. his Attorney, the enclosed supplemental declaration.
It will be observed that in this supplemental declaration he states that according to his recollections, he enlisted "for three years or during the war." This I regard as an important explanation of his former declaration, in which he stated that he enlisted for "during the war." An enlistment "for three years or during the war," was in effect, I suppose, merely an enlistment for three years, with a condition that the service should terminate at the close of the war, if that event happened before the expiration of the three years. Although the claimant may have very naturally regarded such an enlistment as an enlistment for "during the war," and spoken of it as such, yet

yet I supposed he was in fact only a three years' man, and returned accor- dingly.
Very respectfully Your obed servt J. J. Gouly
Geo. C. Whitney Esq Committee of Pensions

Batavia Feby 6/58
J. J. Coombs Esq.
Dear Sir
I have just returned from the City and regret to inform you that I did not succeed in drawing the money. The Agent has been declined paying it until he should be advised by the Department that the Pension had been allowed and he directed to place it upon his list. He says this is always done and he cannot pay without it is so certified.
Why has not the Department attended to this?
The Papers were all right and I arranged it with him that I can draw it as soon

as he receives the notice of its allowance. I thought this rather strange for I thought the signature of the Sec- retary of the Interior was sufficient evidence of its being allowed.
If the notice has not been forwarded, will forward it, and if no formal notice is necessary - have him telegraphed by the Department at our expense - as I am anxious to have it closed.
Yours truly
J. B. Loring

William Jones Ohio act of 1832
Brief
Dodge

Brief in the case of William Jones Clermont County and State of Ohio act June 7, 1832
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Service - 18 mos 8 das priv of Infantry 2 d Regt Va Cont Sims under Col Febiger & Lt Baskerville - proved by rolls and by confirmatory statements of Lt Saml. Baskerville (O. 1818. ad.) and James P. Collins (Ex 1832 sub) - Two months militia - confirmed by historical facts &c. In all, 22 mos 8 das
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
J. J. Coombs Present.
J. G. Dodge Examining Clerk.

William Jones
Ohio - Clermont Co
act June 7, 1832
Admitted
Private Va Line - Col
Febiger St Bathenville
20 mos 8 das $ 67 \frac{55}{100}
per annum -
from March 4, 1831.
Atty J. J. Coombs Present.

Application
For reexamination of the Bounty Land Claim of H. Jones of Ohio - Act 1855
No. 248,799
Rev. War.
Bounty
J. L. Coombs Att'y

Washington, Feby. 4. 1858
Sir:
William Jones, of Clermont County, Ohio, applied, in 1856, for Bounty Land, Act 1855, for services in the Revolutionary war, (No. 245,799)
Mr Jones has lately been allowed a pension under the act of 7 th June, 1832, and I presume there can be no further objection to the allowance of his land claim.
As Mr. Jones is nearly 100 years old, I beg leave to request that his claim be acted upon with as little delay as practicable.
By referring to the Pension papers it will be seen that I am Mr. Jones's atty.
Very respectfully, Your obt servt J. J. Coombs,
Geo. C. Whiting Esq Comm r of Pensions

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
The State of Ohio Clermont County ss.
On the 12th day of July 1832 personally appeared in open court before me the undersigned a Notary Public in and for the County of Clermont State of Ohio now in person William Jones a resident of the County of Clermont in said State aged sixty nine years who being first duly sworn according to law do hereby make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he enlisted in the army of the United States under the following named officers and served in the following named units in the year 1780 with Captain Floyd in Montgomery County State of Virginia in the service of the Continental line under the following named officers Captain Floyd the names of the other officers not remembered excepting General Green Myles Burk who commanded him while he lay at Winchester Va. and Captain Bastard Bastard who also commanded him at Winchester Va. and at a garrison in Cumberland County Pa. He enlisted in the early part of the year (month not remembered) February 1780 for the war was then on and continued in service until he was discharged and he was discharged he thinks in November of the year 1783 at Winchester Va. by a written discharge signed by Captain Bastard which discharge has been for many years since lost or mislaid. The declarant was engaged

in a battle on the Yadkin River in North Carolina not far from a place called the Nollers Ford of the Yadkin under Captain Floyd with a British. There were at the battle two companies of Riflemen one commanded by Captain Floyd the other commanded by a Captain whose name is not remembered but who was killed by a musket shot in the engagement. The Americans beat the British in this engagement. The battle commenced at the middle of the day and lasted better than an hour. He related he marched with his company  to a place called to a place called Fort Chisolm where they staid some time & then marched into North Carolina went to Hootsien Town then to Salem then back to Hootsien Town then back to Virginia to a Garrison in Cumberland County & from there to Winchester Va. where he declared he stood the best part of two years surrounding the British Prisoners. He never saw one but under the one enlistment & always served as a privet excepting occasional appointments by a day as corporal on some special service. 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. William Smith Brown to and subscribe to this 15th day of May A.D. 1921 in open Court
J. D. Morris Clerk
52.947 Wm Jones Ohio

William Jones
a Revolutionary Soldier
Power of Atty enclosed
June 5 th 1852
Ex Wolfgang von Atty Present

I know all men by these presents that I William B Jarvis of Columbus Ohio, being by appointment the true and lawful Attorney of William Jones, a Revolutionary soldier and a claimant for a Pension in consideration of such Rev- olutionary services have appointed and constituted, and do by these presents constitute and appoint A. M. Gangewer of Washington City my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name as Attorney for said William Jones and in his behalf, to receive from the United States, any Bounty Land, Pensions, Money or Moneys that now is or are due the said William Jones on account of services rendered, disbursements made, or expenses incurred by him while in the service of the United States, or on any account whatsoever, and I specially empower the said A. M. Gang- ewer to give receipts and other sufficient discharges for such Bounty Land, Pensions, Patents and Money due as aforesaid, and to attend to and prosecute any and all business I may have with or before any of the Departments of Government, connected with the pro- curement of said Bounty Land, Pensions &c. and to do any and every act, connected with said business that I might or could do, were I present personally at the doing thereof; hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever my said Attorney shall do in and about the premises by virtue hereof. Witness my hand and seal this 28 th day of June A D 1852 W m B. Jarvis
Attest
Napoleon Campbeer et al Sexton
Stat. of Ohio County of Franklin S S
Before me a Notary Public in and for said Coun- ty and State personally came William B. Jarvis and acknowledged that he had executed the foregoing

instrument And I certify that he is the iden- tical person described in the same
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal Notarize this 28 th day of June A D 1852
S. P. Bunch
Notary Public.

Washington City D.C. July 3, 1852
Sir,
Enclosed you will find Power of Attorney in case of William Jones, a Soldier of the Revolution. I wish to examine the papers on file in your office in support of his claim for Pension.
It was filed from Ohio
Yours truly A. L. Gano Att'y
Hon. J. V. Heath Com. of Pensions

State of Ohio County of Clermont ss Before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said County and State personal ly appeared the persons whose names are attached hereto, and concerning whom I certify that they are good and trustworthy and reliable citizens, who being individually sworn according to law declared as follows, That they have been well acquainted with Wil- iam Jones, who is now applying for a Pension for the period of years assigned to their several names, That during that time he has been generally repu- -led in the vicinity where known as a revolutionary Soldier, That the fact of having been such has never been doubted to our knowledge, that we be- lieve him to be Eighty four years of age and that his character for veracity is such as to make his declaration perfectly reliable, they also swear that they are entirely disinterested in this matter & now affix their signatures hereto with the number of years they have known as above the said William Jones to wit. — — — John Drumford has known him for Forty Years J. L. Teal has known him for Forty Years John Hoffmeyer has known him for Forty Years Jesse Scott has known him for Forty Years Jos. Davis has known him for Forty Years Marcus Emerson has known him for Twenty five Years Sworn to and subscribed in my presence.

and I hereby certify that the said af- fants are all worthy of credit and without doubt to speak the truth witness my hand this 7 th day of August A D 1881
George Maxfield
Justice of the Peace
Have the thing agreed to by all and the said for ever Given to the above witness for the the sentence in the witness my hand

William Jones P 11 S W 12 Application under Act passed June 7 th 1832
Triplet
Presented by his Attorney Wm B. Jarvis Columbus Ohio
Ohio Columbus Wm B. Jarvis
App. of Wm Jones
Oct 6 th 1837

State of Ohio County of Clermont ss On the 17 th day of September A D 1881 personally Appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State Joseph Davis an aged and respectable citizen of this County, who being duly sworn according to law on this oath said, That some time in the year A D 1880 or 81, (he being then an acting justice of the Peace in and for the County of Clermont and State of Ohio) one Judah Robinson and Ste- phen Robinson who being duly sworn by me made oath in substance as follows. "That they had been well "acquainted with William Jones "then of this County and State for some "fifty five or sixty six years, that they "knew him when he became a "substitute soldier for his father in "the the the early part of the year "1700, That it was the general un- "derstanding that said William "Jones afterwards enlisted in the Vir- "ginia Troops for and during the "war of the revolution, that they did "not at the time neither do they now "doubt but such was the fact that "they had been well acquainted with "the said William Jones from the "period of his return home from "the war which was at the close "thereof, up to that present time that "he had always borne the general

"reputation of having been a revolution- ary soldier." This affiant further say that the said Stephen Roberson and Judah Roberson subscribed and swore to the affidavit of which the foregoing is the substance, that from his acquaint- ance with they he then believed and now believes they spoke the truth, that the said Stephen and Judah are now dead, that the Mr. Jones to whom their affidavit had reference was the the identical William Jones now a resident of this County and State and who is applying for the Benefit of the Act of Con- gress passed in A D 1832. That he has no knowledge as to what became of said affidavit, that he is entirely disinterested in this matter.
Joseph Davis
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17 th day of September A D 1851 and I certify that the said Joseph Davis is worthy of unplused belief -
Lamont Dornison
Justice of The Peace

Wm Jones
claim for Revolution ay Pension
Act 7 June, 1832
P. of Atty enclosed to see paper
Atty Col Anderson
Mulhanger Atty Present

As in the premises by virtue hereof Witness my hand and seal this 17 th day of August A.D. 1853
The State of Ohio, Clermont County, ss.
I, JOHN S. GRIFFITH, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said county, do hereby certify that J. S. Seal Esq., before whom the foregoing Power of Attorney was taken and acknowledged, was, at the time of taking said acknowledgment, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified as such, that the same is in due form of law, and that the signa- ture of said J. S. Seal thereto is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Batavia, the 3 d day of October 1853.
John Griffith CLERK.

Know all men by these presents that I W m Jones have appointed and do hereby constitute and appoint A. M. Gangerer of Washington D. C. with power of substitution, my true and lawful Attorney for me & in my name, place and stead, to ask, and receive from the United States all moneys, drafts, pensions, Back pay or Bounty Land, or other dues of any and every description, due me in consideration of my services in the Revolutionary war, and do hereby request the officers of the departments paying the same, to pay said moneys, drafts &c. to said A. M. Gangerer and do hereby give said Gangerer full power to endorse all drafts, give receipts, and to do any other act, necessary for the prosecution of said business which I could do if present, hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever the said Gangerer shall do in the premises by virtue hereof. Witness my hand and seal this 17 th day of August A.D. 1853
In presence of S. L. Teal W. H. Stewart
William Jones (mark)
State of Ohio County of Clermont ss
Before me personally came William Jones and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed. I certify that he is the identical person mentioned therein
Witness my hand this seventeenth day of August A.D. 1853
S. L. Teal
{ Justice of the Peace

Washington City D.C. October 10, 1853
Sir,
Enclosed you will find Power of Attorney from William Jones, whose claim for Pension for his service in the Revolution was filed under Act of 7 June 1832. I wish to examine the papers filed in support of his claim.
Yours truly A. L. G. Anguier Atty
Hon. L. P. Waldo Com. of Pensions

Clermont Common Pleas May Term AD 1855
"Be it remembered that on this 15 th day of May 1855 personally appeared in open Court William Jones an applicant for a pension under the law of June 7 th 1832 and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states"
The State of Ohio Clermont County, ss.
I Jonathan D Morris Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the above is a true extract from the minutes of said Court of Common Pleas of Clermont County at the term of May AD 1855 thereof of the proceedings had before said Court on the application of William Jones for a pension and the attached papers are the originals which were before said Court — In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Common Pleas at Batavia this 22 nd day of May AD 1855
J. D. Morris Clerk

Wm Jones, of Ohio, Act 7 th June 1832 suspended,
Supplemental return
J. L. Cowley

State of Ohio Clermont County ss
William Lane, of said County being duly sworn on his oath makes the following supplemental declaration, for the purpose of obtaining a pension for his services as a private soldier in the Revolutionary war. He states that he may have been mistaken, in his former declaration as to the time of his enlistment at Cumberland Court House, Virginia. He will not undertake to be positive as to the year of his enlistment, but he recollects that while he was absent in North Carolina serving as a substitute for his father, in Captain Floyds Company, the battle of Kings Mountain was fought. He thinks he was absent in this service about three months, and then returned home to Virginia, and soon after he returned home but he cannot recollect how long, he enlisted at Cumberland Court House aforesaid. He thinks he remained at Cumberland Court House about one year before he went to Winchester Barracks, and that he remained at the latter place about one year, but he will not pretend to be accurate as to the time, according to his recollection the Officer who commanded the Company in which he served was called Basterfield

but he has no recollection as to how he spelled his name, nor is he certain that his recollection is exactly right in regard to the pronunciation. He does not know in what rank said officer was commissioned, but as he commanded the company he has always supposed he was a Captain. According to his best recollection said Battlefield was a man at least six feet high and quite large built and he thinks that was a man of light complexion though of the latter he is not quite certain.
He further states that when he enlisted he was paid twenty dollars Banty, and was promised land in Kentucky, but he never got his land nor made any effort to get it.
He was discharged at Winchester in the fall of 1783 and he thinks in the latter part of November of said year. The only persons who served with him in the company, whose names he can now recollect were a sergeant by the name of Holt, Joseph Mott or Mense who was his mess mate and he thinks there was another man in his company by the name of Jones but his Christian name was not

William
Dr Smith was the surgeon of the Regiment to which he belonged but don't recollect his Christian name.
He that Gen Mulenbury was at Winchester while he was there in service and that he guarded his tent one night.
According to his recollection he enlisted for three years or during the war but the war ended before he had been three years in service under said enlistment. He is certain however that he was in service more than two years.
William his Jones mark
The state of Ohio } ss Clermont County }
I Geo. L. Living know that the Probate Court within and for said County had certify that the above named William Jones was by me duly sworn according to Law and that on his said oath he depose to the truth of the statements set forth in the foregoing affidavit and that he signed the same by his mark in my presence.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at Batavia this 21 st day of January A.D. 1858
Geo. L. Living Probate Judge