Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13586, for David Jones, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Jones, David
S. 13586
CONTENTS
carded
died Oct 6 1762 at Fishkill Dutchess Co. N.Y. & buried at eul. In 1832 res of of Warwick, Orange Co. N.Y. d. Jan. 9. 1832 widow Margaret

28580 New York
David Jones dec d of Orange Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col Willett in the New York line for 18 months
Certificate issued to his Margaret Jones his widow
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 60 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of April 1834 and sent to H. S. D. Wickin Goshen N.Y.
Arrears to the 9th of Jan'y 33. $110.00 Interest thereon ending Recd 9 January 1833
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by No. Cromwell Clerk. Book E Vol. 4 Page 113

David Jones of New York
on Rolls 15 July 80. To 15 Dec 80 not on Sheldon's Rolls
proof of 2 witness reg 13
July 2 nd 1883 p. 212
Rev J. G. Milliken

BRIEF  in the case of  Daniel Jones of Orange  of county  in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he?  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1775 1 1 1/2 as a Gen.   " 6 Infy Capt. Schoharie & Penschoten   1778 or 1779 8 as Major Samson. Col. Willet.   1779 or 1780 8 as Capt. Lumsden   1779 or 1780 8 as " Ellsworth. Col. Wissenfelt   8 as Col. Shelburn, Gen. James Clinton.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Fort Schuyler. Was present at the Execution of Major Andre.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Dutchess County New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? No documentary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Nelson Examining Clerk. July 18 1835

10 Pension Papers of David Jones
by William Hester A. S. Benton
atty.
Attorney
allowed by decision of the Hon. Secy. 18 mo. private to be issued to the widow
Certificate at the rate of 60¢ p. annum from March 31 to 9 Jan'y 33 to Margaret widow

In the matter of the application of David Jones for a Pension under the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 State of New York Orange County 3 d sp.
Nathaniel Jones of Warwick in said county and state aforesaid being duly sworn doth depose and say that he has been personally acquainted with said Applicant since the year 1812. That he has heard said appli- _cant relate incidents which occurred as as said applicant alleged, during the Revolutionary War, and particularly during his campaign to, and at Fort Stanwix, and that these relations were made to deponent, without any reference to obtaining a pension. Deponent also saith, that from his acquaintance with said applicant's character and from the history of his services, he, deponent, believes them to be entitled to credit, and the truth of which deponent fully believes Subscribed & sworn to before me Count the 4 th day of September 1832 Nathaniel Jones. A. L. Dunning Clerk of Orange Com. Pleas.

State of New York County of Orange 3/
In the matter of the of the Application of David Jones for A Pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
I John J. Christie Clergyman of the Town of Wawarsing in the County of Orange and State of New York Clergyman being duly sworn doth depose and say that I am acquainted with above named David Jones - That I believe him to be of the age which he represents himself in his said Application viz - the age 69 as there years - that he is reputed and believed to be a Soldier of the revolution and that I concur in this belief
Taken subscribed & sworn to the 28 th day of August 1832.
John J. Christie -
Before me
Nathaniel Jones, Commr of Pensions.

State of New York County of Orange
On this third day of September December in the year one thousand eight hun- dred and thirty two, personally appeared an open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Orange being a court of Record then sitting. David Jonas a resident of the town of Warwick in the County and State aforesaid - aged sixty  seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 -
That he enlisted in the Ser- vice of the United States in the year 1775 or 76 as near as he can now recollect, that he first enlisted in the three months Service - that he cannot now recollect the Captain's name, to whose Company he belonged - that the Lieutenant was Abraham Lent. That he enlisted at Fish- kill in the County of Dutchess and State of New York, which was his place of residence at that time - immediately after his enlistment he was ordered with other forces, to Fort Con- -stitution on the east side of the North River opposite West Point - that after remaining a short time at Fort Constitution - about one month and a half after his enlistment in the three months Service - he enlisted in the regular Standing Army of the United States That he enlisted for the term of three years as a Fifer under "Olias Benschoten" from
3 mo
3 years

send 1.25 on rolls 5 mo
Poughkeepsie Captain Cochran Major - Glasgow Colonel - Wittet Lieutenant Colonel That very soon after his second enlistment they were ordered to Albany - After remaining a few days in Albany were ordered to Schenectady from thence up the North Mohawk River to Fort Schuyler - the place of our Destination Colonel Glasgow took command of Fort Schuyler - Wittet - Cochran - and Benschoten -ten were also in command under Glasgow at the Fort - That he remained at Fort Schuy- ler at least one year and a half - That while this deponent was there and in the year 1757 the fort was besieged by a party of the British Army under the command of one Le Gier - That the Siege lasted two and twenty days and nights - During which time there was almost every day much firing between the two hostile Armies - but there was no reg- ular engagement - That during the Siege a number of our Men were killed - but no officers at one time during the Siege John  Heckler from the German Flats undertook to re- -inforce the Fort but was cut off by the In- -dians - That a Sally was once made from the fort upon the Indians and British Troops - That Captain Benschoten command- ed the party which made the Sally - that some prisoners were taken by the American Troops - Among the Captains this deponent recollects that one Lieutenant Singleton - that this Deponent did not accompany Captain Benschoten for that no musick was required

That he remained some considerable time at the Fort after the Siege was withdrawn That after having been there about one year and an half as before mentioned he obtained a furlough to return to the town of Fishkill aforesaid - That while there upon such fur- lough and at a time when he was riding on horse back, his horse fell with him and he was very much injured - So much so that he was unable to return before the time for which his furlough had been granted had expired - that before he had sufficiently recovered to return to his duty he received a discharge (He supposed upon the representation of his situa- tion by his brother an orderly sergeant in the same company to which this deponent belong- ed - That the said discharge was in writing but that it is lost and this deponent can not now recollect by whom the same was signed - That upon his recovery he again enlisted as a Sijer in the eight months service - That he enlisted at Fishkill in the County of Dutchess aforesaid in the year 1778 or 1779 - Deponent cannot state precisely the time under one Captain Gerrit Livingston - that he left the town of Fishkill and went with his company to Kingston on the North river - from Kingston we were ordered to a fort on the frontiers back from Kingston in the County of Ulster and near the then lines of Ulster and Albany counties - That this deponent cannot now recollect the name of the Fort That they were there as this deponent sup-

to protect the inhabitants from the incursions of the Indians - That Captain Livingston was in command of the Fort - That there were no other troops there but the Company to which this Deponent belonged that they went there early in the Spring were there all summer and remained until December when we returned 8 mo - ed to Kingston - where this Deponent having served out his enlistment was dismissed and returned home to Fishkill before - mentioned - Thinks no written discharge was given to any of the Company has no recollection of any -
And this Deponent further saith that he again enlisted as a fifer in the year 1779 - or in the Spring of 1780 in the eight months service at Fishkill aforesaid that he cannot now recollect who was Cap- tain of the Company in which he then enlisted That it was commanded by John Ely worth cannot say whether he was the Captain or Lieutenant Commandant - that the Company to which he belonged were ordered to Sachar- -wa on the Frontier - that they first (as de- ponent thinks) marched to Stone Ridge in the County of Ulster aforesaid that while there the Colonies were as Deponent thinks commanded by Colonel Wimpfett - that he had a guard - composed of a corporal sergeant and about 13 or 14 men and a fifer and drummer - That this Deponent was attached to that guard as a fifer - That this Deponent afterwards (as he thinks) went to Sacharwa on the same Frontier

has no recollection of any other troops than the company to which he belonged being at Lackawanna - perhaps that Major Shantlunt who com- manded the Pack horses was sometimes there - When at Stone Bridge and on the Frontiers they were out upon Sullivan's Campaign against the Indians at the end of his enlistment he was again dismissed and returned home to Fishkill - he did not receive a written discharge.
8 th That the Deponent further saith that he again enlisted as a Fifer in the ser- vice of the United States in the eighteenth Service in the year 1779 or 80 - This Deponent was during the whole of his service very young and his recollection is not entirely distinct as to the precise dates of his service - That he enlisted at Fishkill aforesaid - cannot say under whom - that he was ordered to West Point - he cannot say by whom commanded when there - Cannot now recollect the names of any commanding officers either of the British or Standing forces - That he went from West Point across the North river to the County of Westchester - to join Colonel Shelton who commanded a regiment of Mounted Troops and who was march- ing to Eastchester in the said County of Westchester - then in the possession of the British Troops - for the purpose of making an attack upon that place - Upon arri- ving there the British had evacuated the Fort and retired - Some prisoners were
Col. Shelton

Taken by Colonel Shelton Troops - When marched for Beaford in the same County The British were during this at Garytown and the surrounding Country - After leav- ing Beaford we returned to the neighbour- hood of Fishkill and from there to West Point - And this Defendant further saith that he was also at Tappan and that he was present at the Execution of Major (Andr.) - that a large portion of the Uni- ted States Army was there - Cannot now recollect the commanding officers - nor many of the particular incidents - that he served out his enlistment was dismissed and returned home - That he has no doubt at all that he served in the whole about three years -
1 st
That he was born at Fishkill in the County of Dutchess aforesaid in the year 1762 - on the 16 th day of October -
2 nd
That there is a record of his age now in the possession of his sister whose name is Rachel Rome - who resides in the town of Washington in the said County of Dutchess
3 rd
That he lived at Fishkill when called into Service - that he resided at Fishkill after the termination of the war until the year 1792 (as he thinks) that he then resided a few years in the County of Rochester, and State of New York - That he then moved to Warwick in County of

Orange aforesaid and State of New York - where he has ever since resided and now resides -
4 th —
That he entered a volunteer
5 th —
This Deponent thinks that Gen James Clinton commanded the Brigade to which this Deponent belonged when he entered for the three years - and that he cannot now recollect the names of any other offi- cers than those stated
6 th —
That he never received any other discharge than the one already mentioned - and that he has no documentary evidence
7 th —
That he is known to James Dunt William Noble and Joseph Roy all of the town of Warwick aforesaid who can testify as to his character and the belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution
8 th —
That he knows of no per- son to whom he can apply for the evidence of his actual service in the Revolution
And the said Deponent hereby relinquish- es every claim whatever to a pension or an- nuity except the Present and declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the Agency of any -
Subscribed & sworn to in open court The Third day of December 1832 H. S. Dunning Clerk
David Jones

And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the Matter, and after putting the Interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states - And the Court further Certify, that it appears to them that John J Christie who has signed and sworn to the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman residing in the Town of Warwick in Said County, and that Nathaniel Jones who has also signed and sworn to the annexed Certificate is a resident of the Said Town of Warwick and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to Credit -
I Asa Downing of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange Do hereby Certify, that the foregoing Contains the Original proceedings in the Matter of the application of David Jones for a pension - And I further Certify that Nathaniel Jones before whom the preceding affidavit of John J Christie was sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace Commissioner, authorized to administer an oath and to take affidavits to be read in all Courts of record in this State - and that the signature of the Said Nathaniel Jones annexed to the Said affidavit is his genuine signature - In testimony whereof I have

all Lines annexed to the said affidavit is his genuine signature — In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal of office this thirteenth day of December 1832 — Asa Dunning Clerk

Pension office July 8 th 1883
D. L. Jones

In the Matter of the Application of David Jones for a Pension Under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York County of Orange ss
On the twenty seventh day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appear- ed in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County (being a Court of record) now sitting Samuel Wilson a resident of the town of Warwick in the County of Orange aforesaid. Executrix of the last will and testament of David Jones deceased late of the said town of Warwick applicant for a Pension, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth de- pose and say that he was well acquainted with said David Jones, when alive, that the said David Jones died on the ninth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, leaving a widow whose name is Margaret, who is now living at the late residence of him the said David Jones in Warwick aforesaid
Sworn & Subscribed the day and year above written
Sam. Wilson
Asa Dunning Clerk
I Asa Dunning Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange (being a Court of record) do certify that it has been satisfactorily proven to this Court by the above affidavit of

Annual Wilson taken in open court, that David Jones late applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. And on the ninth day of January 1833 depart this life and that he did leave a widow who is now living whose name is Margaret
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set My hand & Seal of Office this 20 th day of May 1833
A. Dunning Clerk
Pension Office July 8 th 1833
H. Jones

Session off.
Feby 8. 1833.
Mr Sir.
I neglected to say to you that it is needful that the Court should certify the time of David Jones's death and the name of his widow before a certificate can issue in conformity to the decision of the Sect. of this Dept.
Yours mo respectfully.
Geo. W m Crump

Revised
✓ 13.586
INVALID.
File No. 13. 586
David Jones Priv Boer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 197
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Susan and Son Widows papers See Letter to Hon u J. J. Wilkin Nov 15 th 1833

laid by for rect. of Toppings & Stanton's
Rolls of service
daily expected.

David Jones (Dead) of New Jersey
adm d
18mo priv:
To the widow
M Wilkin

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of David Jones which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
Service in Col. W. W. Wesson's Regt. in 80. Bmo by the rolls. Not found on the rolls for any other service - He is therefore required to prove it by two credible witnesses - particularly that in Sheldon's Regt.

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
[scribble]
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

in the Care of David Jones Dec. 1835
Free
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Dr. Sir.
I enclose the certificate required in the case of David Jones, who died after his application.
I am truly so
Yours faithfully
Col. Edwards.