Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,907, for Simpson Jones, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.) Jones, Simpson
S. 32,907
CONTENTS
in 1776 aged 21 yrs. & res. of Medway, Mass. there in 1778

32907 Rev INVALID.
File No. 32,907
Simpson Jones Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 206
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Massachusetts
Simpson Jones
at Medway in the state of Mass. who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Preston of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 9 mo.
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 of April 1819.
certificate of Pension issued the 14 of July 1819 and sent to William Wetmore Esq Boston Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 $ 34.13
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Caveat.

I Nathan Jones of Boston in the State of Massachusetts, aged Fifty seven years, do testify & say, that I am well acquainted with Simpson Jones, the within named applicant for a pension, he being my brother; & at the time I was about fifteen years old in the month of January A.D. 1776, when soldiers were enlisting for the Continental army in Massachusetts, for that year's service he enlisted into Capt. Guild's Company, Capt. Guild belonging to Dickinson's near the residence of our father Simeon Cook, Lexington, regiment for that year 1776. & I recollect very well that he returned with my uncle whom my father had hired to go after him from Sherbornough in the State of New York, being sick having been discharged by reason of sickness, this was as late as the month of November of that year & being at home all that year & for some years after, with my father, & being well knowing to all these facts.
Nathan Jones
4th Apr.
Sworn to before me this 24 April, 1819.
Wm Wetmore Judge as aforesaid
I Oliver Richardson of Medway in the State of Massachusetts aged sixty four years do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Simpson Jones the applicant within named and well remember that he enlisted into the Continental Service in the month of January A.D. 1776. Capt. Guild's company & Col. Gray's Reg. I frequently saw him while stationed at Mount Independence doing duty there. I saw him also when he was returning home sick in November of the same year. Oliver Richardson Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Norfolk ss. May 4th 1819. Personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace for said County Oliver Richardson above examined and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him signed is true. He being a person of truth and understanding. Daniel A. Adams

Norfolk County in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
I Horatio Townsend Clerk of the Judicial Courts in the County of Norfolk do hereby certify that Daniel Adams Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned by the Executive authority of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that the signature to the within certificate is in the hand writing of said Clerk.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this seventh day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
Horatio Townsend Clerk

United States.
Chasseurs à pied.
Simpson Jones of Medway, in the county of Norfolk, and District of Massachusetts, a resident citizen of the United States, and applicant for a pension from the United States, under an act of Congress entitled An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war, reciteth that he served on the continental establishment in the Massachusetts line of the Army, as a private soldier in the war of the revolution upwards of nine months in manner following, viz: Enlisted in January 1776 in the company commanded by Captain Joseph the Guild, in the Massachusetts regiment, commanded by Colonel Greadon, and served in said corps principally in the State of New York, until November of the same year, when he was discharged in consequence of sickness. His discharge in writing, with pension is now in such reduced circumstances as to require the aid of his country for support,
Sings on floor
We the undersigned that on this twenty seventh day of April in the year of our Lord 1819; pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" made & passed on the 18 th of March A.D. 1818 personally appeared before me the subscriber
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one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, within the District, charged to presiding pro hac vice , the before named Thompson Jones and after due examination & caution to testify & declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration above & subscribes the same in my presence and on examination duly made by me by the said Judge it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said Declaration is true & that the said Jones is in such reduced circumstances in life as to require the assistance of his country for support, & also certify that the within named Defendant, Nathaniel a merchant of Boston is a credible & disinterested witness In testimony of all which I affix my name and the seal of the said Court, Wm Wetmore
Thompson Jones, Plaintiff Nathaniel, Defendant 1. 1807
Admiral on High Seas discharge within the time stipulated

Siconderoga Nov. 2 nd 1776
These certify that Simpson Jones, soldier in in Capt. Joseph Guild's company, of Col. Couston's Regt. is rendered unfit for further service thru' the by reason of a Fever and Diarrhea, and is hereby Recommended for a Discharge
To the Commanding Officer of the 11 th Regt, for Potts
In consequence of the above certificate, and convinced that the complaint is not fictitious I do recom- =mend the said Simpson Jones soldier in Capt. Joseph Guild's company, of the Regt. under my com- =mand, Aged Twenty one years, Five Feet Nine Inches high, light hair, light eyes, light complexion, belonging to the Town of Medway as a proper person to be Discharged from the United States United States of America
To the Hon ble Major General Gates Ebenezer Loring major
Simpson Jones. Continental (Mass) A. 32917.
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I Simpson Jones do acknowledge that I have Received all my pay and Arrears, of all kinds due to me for my service in the Army of the United States of America - Simpson Jones
Simpson Jones Soldier in Capt Joseph Guild's Company and Col Greaton's Regt in for the reason above mentioned Dischar- ged from the service of the United States of America.
Given at Head Quarters this 5 th Day Nov. 1876 Horatio Gates
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