Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 13554, for Abel Jones, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Jones, Abel Lucinda
W, 13554
CONTENTS
First wife, Abigail, daughter of John and Mary (Dyer) Jones, of Framingham, Mass. She died June 29, 1806.

3421.
Massachusetts Roll
Abel Jones
4
private
H. Jackson's Regt 3 1787. 1 year
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th of October 1818 and sent to Edw. D. Bangs Esq. Worcester Massachusetts
  Arrears to 4th of  Sept.  1818  36.80    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  4 th Mar  1819  48.00    Arrears 4 Mo 1818/30    $84.80  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not entitled
Winchendon Worcester Co.
Information in the possession of the Secretary of War, dated 19 Nov 1818.

Massachusetts - 2372
Lucinda Jones - widow of Abel Jones, decd?
Mah who died on the 29 th Aug t 1836 of Boston in the State of Mass ts who was a P er in the Arty y commanded by Captain H unt of the Reg t commanded by S ar Re ow in the Mass ts line for 2 yrs
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834. 30 th Aug t 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of Oct r 38, and set forth Sarah Wales, Baldwinsville, N.Y.
Arrears to the 14 th of Sept r - $160.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 40.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 1 st }
Entered by R. Burdine Clerk, Vol. 2 - Page 5-2
Lib to Mr. L. Lincoln
Dec 27. 1838.

Abel Jones.
3421
Oct 1818
not entitled

Schedule of the Estate of Abel Jones of Winchendon in the County of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress of May 1. 1820.
   1 old Horse $ 18. - several remnants of farming   1 Cow 20. - utensils valuable only as old iron 3. 25   2 Sheep & Lambs 5. - 1 old saddle 75   1 Swine 11. 50 5 old cedar Barrels 1. 25   1 Wooden clock 7. - several old casks, tubs &c. 75   13 old chairs 2. 75 5 notes of hand supposed to be good   4 old Tables 4. - payable at different future periods   Other old Household furniture and small articles besides beds & bedding of too little value to enumerate 5. 50 amounting in all to $618. 118   1 old light Waggon 6. - debts due by me on which interest is paid as far as can be ascertained 290. -   1 do slough (worn out) 1. 25 328. 48   1 plough 1. 13   4 of the above notes were made Oct 13. 1818 & int. cast to Apr. 1. 1820   NB. The notes are not all due till 1826   Real Estate none $409. 21  
add debts $290. -
I have no other property but the above within my knowledge. My family consists of four persons viz. Myself, wife and a daughter 28 years of age, and small Grandson nine years old. I am a Labourer and have no other means of obtaining a living than the labour of my hands, and what little income may be derived from the trifling amount of my property. I am infirm constitution unable to endure hardship or fatigue of any kind. My daughter is much of the time out of health, and unable to support herself. The only employment of my wife is to the work in the house.
Abel Jones

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this twenty fourth day of June , 1820, personally appeared in open Court, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Worcester, established as such by the laws of said Commonwealth, Abel Jones aged sixty one years, resident in Winchendon in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: Sometime in the year 1781, I enlisted in the 9 th Mass. Regt. commanded by Col. Henry Jackson, in Capt. Hunt's Company of Light Infantry, and served in that Regiment as near as I can recollect, till the latter part of the year 1782, when in consequence of the reduction of the Regiments in number from 10 to 7, I was transferred to the 7 th Regt. commanded by Col. John Brooks, new Gov. of this Comt. I was there transferred to the 4 th Regt. commanded, I think, by Col. Jackson in the Company of Capt. Mills, and served in the Continental service till the time of my discharge in 1784, which discharge is lost. I applied for a pension April 17, 1818, and obtained it by certificate number 3421 dated Oct 7, 1818. and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of 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," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Abel Jones
Sworn to and declared, on the twenty fourth day of June , 1820 before the said Court.
Attest, Abijah Bigelow
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is six hundred ninety nine dollars and twenty one cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty fourth day of June 1820.
Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the Court for the County of Worcester.

Abel Jones' Application for Pension
Robt. Balle JN
Admitted -

State of Massachusetts - I Abel Jones
Wischendon in the County of Worcester a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Wischendon in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on or about the Month of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty one
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to January the first A D 1784 -
as a private soldier against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to Col. Henry Jackson's Regt. and Col. Hunt's Company . for about one year then I was transferred to the Seventh Regt. commanded by Col. John Brooks and Col. Caben's Company . to which last Regt. & Company I was attached for about six Months. then I was again transferred to the 4th. Regt. (Commodore's) and Col. Mills' Company . all the said Companies belonged to the Massachusetts light infantry and that I left the service on the fourth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty one when I was honorably discharged, but my discharge is missing or lost is unascertained. and that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of fifty nine years
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Abel Jones
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this 15th day of April - in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me,
Edward Bangs Judge C. C. C. Corpl. Western Circuit
the abovenamed Abel Jones and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.
the seal of said Court
Edward Bangs

I James Davis of Holden in the County of Worcester in State of Massachusetts Gent - of lawful age do testify and say, that I am acquainted with the within named Abel Jones and have been acquainted with him ever since the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one, and I was knowing to his entering the land service of the United States at or about that time in the continental establishment - and I further say that I believe the facts stated within are true -
James Davis
I Daniel Henshaw of Winchendon Attorney at law do hereby certify that I have been several years well acquainted with Capt. Abel Jones within named & that he is considered a man of strict integrity & veracity -
Daniel Henshaw

3721. Final Reso V 3,721
4 July 1836
Mass.
There are no other mammals '82 pales here act 4 July 36 & Second Final Resolution
admiral 2 years pri
80 $
deduct. died - 29 Aug 1836
pen: com: 30 Aug '36
Jacob Wales
Baldwinville
Mass
Aug 18

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency EDWARD EVERETT , Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
To all whom it may concern:
Know Ye, That Sir Barton Esq. is Edward Everett Judge of Probate and Jacob Wales Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commission- ed, and that to their Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court; that the within attestations are in due form and by the proper Officers.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this tenth day of August, A. D. 1838, and in the Sixty third Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
John C. Sleeper Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the fourth of July 1836: and the first resolution of May 24. 1838 Commanded the of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss
On this ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before Ira Barton Judge of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Worcester. The widow Lucinda Jones a resident of Winchendon in said County aged eighty one years, who being first duly sworn ac- cording to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pro- vision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 and the first resolution of May 24. 1838 That her maiden name was Lucinda Heywood that she was married to Abel Jones July eleventh seventeen hundred and eighty two in the Town of Rutland in said County by John Fessendon Justice of the Peace. That her said husband the said Abel Jones was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war for about three years. That for said services he had a pension under the act of Congress passed 1818, and as evidence of the particular services of her said Hus- band she respectfully refers to the rolls in the war department and to the evidence filed with his appli- cation by which he received said pension. She further declares her husband the said Abel Jones deceased in said Winchendon August 29 th 1836 at which place they moved to in about three years after they were married. She further says her husband the said Abel and herself were residents of Holden in said

county from which place they moved to Winchester as before stated. She further declares she has remained a widow ever since the death of the said Abel
I have to send subscribers the day and year also written
Lucinda X Jones widow
Refer me
McClellan judge of the Court of Probate for service County of Franklin

Extracht from the Records of the Town of Rutland in the County of Worcester and State of Massa- chusetts. "Abel Jones and Lucinda Heywood both of Holden were married July Eleventh seventeen hundred and eighty two." "The above persons were married by me John Lefsenden Just. Paris."
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the Record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows "July 11. 1782" Rufus Putnam clerk of the Town of Rutland
I Rufus Putnam above named Depose & say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Rutland aforesaid, & that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town, with the exception above named as certified by me, Rufus Putnam clerk of the Town of Rutland
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss Rutland August 3 rd 1838 Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year above written. Jacob Waldo pastor of the Church

I Lemuel Haywood of Winchendon in the county of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy six years. Do make this my voluntary affidavit and say that I am a Pensioner under the act of bank- rup passed June 7 - 1832. I further say I am well acquainted with Linda Jones of said Winchendon widow of Abel Jones late of said Winchendon Deceased who was a Pensioner under the act of bankrup pass- ed March 18, 1832 . I further say I lived in Halden County Worcester aforesaid at the time the said Abel Jones and the said Lin- da were married the said Abel was in the Revolutionary war in the last three years service, and he came home an a Hartough and was married to the said Linda whose maiden name was Lin- da Haywood in the fore part July 1782 They were married in the Town of Rut- land in said County by John Fessenden Esquire of said Rutland I do not remember the day of the month although I was present and saw them married. I further say that the said Abel Deceased August 29 - 1836 and the said Linda has remained his widow ever since
Lemuel Haywood
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester County ss, Winchendon August 8 - 1835 subscribed and sworn to before me thereby and year above written Jacob Wales Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that the within named Samuel Hayward is reputed to be a man of truth and strict veracity Jacob Wales Justice of the peace

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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 13554
Lucinda Jones
Widow of
Abel Jones
Rev. New War
Act: July 4th 86
Index:—Vol. a , Page 380
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Abel Jones, Mass. act 1815 when cast pd?
Glw.C
Oct. 17 '38
Since 29 Aug 1836 p o to that period
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Napsachusett
Abel Dows, Private,
Served 1 year from 1781.
1 st Schedule dated 25 th June, 1820,
1 old house $18. + 1 cow $20. $38. - 2 sheep & lambs. 4.50 1 hog. 2.50
Some articles of furniture and a few farming utensils, 33.23
6 old five notes of hand $80.73 later Oct 13. 1818 supposed to be good, payable at different periods, the last in 1826, amount of them $118.43 Owe $290.
Schedule under act 1 st March, 1823 dated 11 th March, 1824,
1 small heifer $10. - 2 sheep 4.50
A few articles of furniture, including 2 beds & bedding. 26.10
Discounts for the disposition of the notes mentioned in 1 st schedule as follows.
States that there was a mistake in inserting 5 notes in 1 st schedule instead of 4 notes, and that the last note became due in 1825 instead of 1826, and their amount with interest up to 1 st April 1820, to $467.48 instead of $618, states that one note was in his possession at the time from Phineas Ball Jun r for $20, - one of the notes with interest up to 1 st April 1820 amounting to $173.33 and interest on that sum for 3 years with the note from P. Ball Jun r for $20, with interest, together with the sum of $21. received for the sale of several small bills, in $3.50, in all $250.22 paid away to his creditors, except
Restored 27 Mar: 1826, com J. 25 Jan: 1825 and sent to him
John Lock H. H.
being $51.85 - their affidavit exhibited also paid in the fall of 182 about $74. - affidavit exhibited in previous schedule in a previous affidavit dated June 21 st 1826 that on the 1 st of March 1824 he had 2 of the notes of hand (all the other having been paid to him and the amount expended in the payment of debts,) one of which was payable in April 1824, the other in April 1825. That being concerned in debt and unable to get any money from P. Ball Jun r the claimant then he sold one of them to Col. So. Damon for $140 being something then the amount of it including interest with this money paid several dollars for expenses to Worcester 36 miles and 18 miles beyond that place, where he paid $20 which he had received in cash from S d Damon, and the other meeting above note is discharge of a note due from claimant to Luther Haver for money borrowed in 1812, - with a part of the balance paid several debts leaving him nearly $100. owed more than this sum in just debts, which being due in different places were not paid at the time of application for pension for want of time, as the court was then in session, - affidavits of Phineas Ball who gave notes mentioned in schedule to claimant, of Luther Haver, Samuel Damon, and several others of less import are exhibited two additional affidavits exhibited, amount paid affiants $26.40.
Claimant aged 64, labourer, infirm wife 66 troubled with rheumatism.
4 Mar 1829 77 th Garrison Esq r 25 Worcester Mass Last evidence given

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The subscriber hereby certify that I have been well acquainted with Abel Jones whose name has been stricken from the pension roll that such has been my situation in regard to him as to know him well, that he now has and always has sustained a good repu- tation for strict integrity and moral honesty - I further state that I he has had the reputation of being poor, but an industrious man, and that I fully believe in the he is really poor and destitute of property to support him- self and is justly entitled to a pension.
John Locke of the H. N.

FREE
Oct 18
Dear Sir: Yours truly A. L. Edwards
L. Edwards Com te of Pensions
Washington City

Baldwinsville Nov 29-1838
Dear
J. L. Edwards Pension Commr
Sir In my letter left with you Augt 18 I requested you to forward me a certificate of the services of a number of Privates in the war of the Revolution and among others the service of Abel Jones late of Winchendon D r the former husband of the widow Lucinda Jones to whom you granted a Pension certificate the 16 day of October last I wish to obtain the widow a State grant and I have no means of proving the services of the said Abel but by a certificate from you as he was a last Byron man and there is no rolls in Boston if you be so good as to answer this immediately I will dispense with the others as I think I shall get along without. you will find the service by referring to the evidence filed with said Jones Application at the time he rec d a Pension under the act of 1818 he was a resident of Holden Mass when he went into the service and if the rolls say so you will certify to that particular in order to identify him I trust my other business will be attended to in turn Respectfully yours &c Jacob Wales

To the Honorable John L. Calhoun. Secretary of War
Sir, I have been requested to forward the enclosed Depositions, to the War Department, in support of the claim of Abel Jones, for a pension. They have been procured in accordance with directions heretofore received from your Office, - and it is hoped they will be considered as sufficient to entitle said Jones to the allowance of his pension. If his prayer should be granted, or any further difficulty occur to prevent an allowance of his claim, you will have the goodness to forward information to - Sir
Your very humble servant William Jennings.
Worcester, Mass ts Augt. 2 d . 1824.

Abel Jones -
Worcester County, Massachusetts.
Further evidence, in his claim to a pension, in addition to that already forwarded.
See letter to
Hon. Mr. Sibley, H. R. March 5. 1825

I Joseph Robbins of Wincendon in the County of Worcester, Gentlemen, do testify That one year ago last May I leased to Abel Jones of said Wincendon, the Applicant for a Pension, part of a house - that said Jones occupied the same till about the first day of January last and paid me before he left the same at the rate of one dollar per month, being about seven dollars & fifty cents the precise sum (as I cannot tell the precise length of time) I cannot determine. I also certify that I sold him, in that time, a hat for which said Jones paid me $1.33 Joseph Robbins  7.50 1.33  8.83
Worcester St. Dec r 1. 1824 Joseph Robbins above named personally appeared & made oath that the affidavit above by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth, and I do hereby certify that said Robbins is con- sidered a man of truth & entitled to full credit  David Henshaw, Justice of Peace.
I Benjamin Adams of Wincendon, Esquire, do testify & state, on oath, that in the year 1820 I loaned to Capt. Abel Jones of Wincendon the Applicant for a Pension for seventeen dollars and twelve cents for which I took his note of hand dated April 3, 1820 on interest, which note not being paid, when called for, was left for collection with Horatio G. Newcomb Esq. Attorney at Law in Sept. of the same year and about the same time to wit, in September or October 1820 The same note was paid in full with interest amounting

to about seventeen dollars & sixty two cents I also say That I am personally & well acquainted with said Jones - That he is considered honest & in low circumstances, Benj e Adams
Worcester J. Dec r . 6. 1824 Personally appeared Benjamin Adams & made oath the that the foregoing affidavit, by him subscribed, contains the truth & nothing but the truth before me - and I do certify that said Adams sustains a fair moral character, & is considered a man of veracity and respectability Daniel Henshaw, Justice of Peace.
The foregoing Depositions were not sent to this Office, in season to be forwarded to Washington with those which have already gone to the pension department - the evi- dence furnished by these, is calculated to strengthen some of the statements made by Mr. Jones, the applicant for a pension - and it hoped will be considered, all together , as sufficient to entitle him to an allowance of his claim. -
The official character of the magistrate, Daniel Henshaw Esq r is not now certified, as he holds the same commission that he did, when taking the oaths of the other Deponents in this case, and the clerk's cer- tificate is attached to them, in due form. - clerk's Office. William Garrison
Worcester, Mass ts January 25. 1825.

Abel Jones -
Winchendon, Mass ts
Additional evidence, in favor of his claim, as a Revolutionary Pensioner.

We the subscribers do, on oath, testify, that we have been for many years personally acquainted with Abel Jones of Winshendon in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, & have lived within two miles of him, that he has ever been esteemed as an honest, upright, industrious, & frugal man, whose character for veracity we never knew called in question, and whose word we should not hesitate to believe on any occasion. He has been considered, for many years, a man of but small property, and considerably involved in debt, and for several years last past quite poor not through idleness, dissipation, or bad management of his concerns, but by age, infirmities, & misfortunes. We know of no property which he possesses, & no means, by which he can support himself & family, but by the labor of his own hands.
Winshendon June 21. 1824.
Isaac Morse Samuel Prentiss Select men and also Assessors of the town of Winshendon
Worcester ss. June 22, 1824 personally appeared Samuel Prentiss, Esquire, subscribed and made oath that the above statement in writing by him, contains the truth and nothing but the truth, before me.
Daniel Henshaw Just. Peace
Worcester ss. June 23 d , 1824 personally appeared Isaac Morse and made oath that the above statement in writing by him, subscribed, contains the truth and nothing but the truth, before me, Daniel Henshaw, Just. Peace
I also certify, that Isaac Morse & Samuel Prentiss above mentioned are a majority of the Selectmen, Assessors, & are also Overseers of the Poor, of the town of Winshendon.
Daniel Henshaw

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester, ss. I, Elijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, within and for the said County of Worcester, do certify, that Daniel Henshaw, Esquire, within named, is a justice of the peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such justice; that he is entitled to full faith and credit in all his doings, as such justice, and that his name as within subscribed, is in his own proper hand writing.
In witness whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said Commonwealth within and for said County, this seventh day of September, 1824.
Elijah Bigelow, Clerk.

Abel Jones - Worcester County, Mass ts
additional evidence, on his application for restoration to the pension roll of Massachusetts, as required by the Secretary of the War Department.

I Abel Jones of Winchendon in the County of Worcester D Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a Soldier of The Revolution and Applicant for a Pension do, on oath, testify and state, that I do verily believe, and am con- vinced and confident, in my own mind, that in making out the schedule accompanying my application for a Pension in June 1820 a mistake occurred in stating five notes instead of four , or at least, a material and considerable mistake in the sum there on said notes. I had but four notes due to me from Phinehas Ball, which will clearly appear by his affidavit accompanying this, and which is according to an account of said notes in the handwriting of Samuel Darrow Esq. of Holden, made at the time said notes were made, stating the num- ber, amount, & times of payment of said notes. My own recollection also as to said notes and the number of them in my possession at the time of said application is, & always has been, clear & without doubt - and when the communication from J. L. Edwards Esq. to William Jennings Esq. of last Sept. requiring me to account for five notes, was first made known to me I felt & expressed much surprise, but supposed the mistake rested on Mr Edwards - for the purpose of ascertaining this, I sent to Worcester, a distance of 35 miles, & obtained a copy of said schedule & found five notes, then mentioned! - I had at that time but four notes signed by said Phinehas Ball, and I think I had no other note or notes at that time in my possession, if I had any other note at that time, it was one signed by Phinehas Ball junior for the sum of twenty  $$$ dollars given in the fall of the year 1818 for an old horse, which I sold to said Phinehas Ball junior - said Ball Jr. has since moved to, & now resides in, the state of New York and I cannot ascertain whether this note was paid before or since my application in June 1820 - my impression is, that it was paid before - but I am certain I had not notes at that time, in all, to the amount stated in said schedule - I had not at said time of Application in June 1820, nor have I ever, since

Then, had any note or notes of any value, except those signed by Phinehas Ball & enumerated & specified in his affidavit, unless it be the note of $20, before mentioned. How said mistake occurred I cannot tell. But the notes & articles contained in said schedule were taken down in writing by one of the appraisers of said property, & by him said notes were cast with interest, and as I relied on his correctness, and was not able to cast, or calculate, the interest & amount myself, correctly, and did not estimate in my mind the amount after deducting the supposed debts, I felt, that I was perfectly safe & correct in swearing to it. The mistake could not have been intentional, as it operated against me, and was probably the means of preventing my obtaining a Pension at that time. The mistake may have occurred by recording one of the large notes twice. This appears the more probable, as the last note is stated in the schedule to become due "not till 1826" whereas it becomes due in 1825 - the notes to me & to said Damon becoming due several years in succession. I will state one or two circumstances (that they may have their weight) which induces me to suppose the note of Phinehas Ball Junior of $20, might have been unpaid, & recorded at that time - 1 st The manner of mentioning them - that there were five notes, four of which were dated 13 th Oct. 1818 &c. - 2 d That I should not be likely to mistake the number of notes, though I might easily mistake the amount , when connected, as it was, with the debts & other articles, in the schedule. It now appears, that in June 1820 there were four notes only due from Phinehas Ball, amounting with one years interest, as was then cast, (from April 1, 1819 to April 1, 1820) to the sum of $467.48 instead of $618. or The two last of them , being accounted for at, and since, my last application - leaves two of them to be accounted for now, to wit, $133.33 and $40, — $173.33 with interest from

April 1, 1819 to the time or times of payments, which perhaps would average 3 years - The amounts to be accounted for would then be - Principal $173.33 Interest 3 years 38.14 add the note of Phinehas Ball yr. of and, say, 1 year int. 1.20
Several articles contained in the schedule of June 1820 have been disposed of from which I have received in cash previous to my last application $21. and I believe no more } 21.00
I have also rec d for labor of my own hands in cutting chair seats from plank about $3.50 which is all the cash I can recollect of receiving for labor since my first application in 1820 & before my last } 3.50
Supposed amount rec d since application of June 1820 = $250.22
I also paid, in labor, otherwise than cash to Joseph Robbins, a part of the sum mentioned in his affidavit, as paid by me, perhaps the whole except $1.33 for a hat, which I p d in cash, as I do not recollect paying any money for rent 7.50
A part of the sum or amount mentioned in the affidavit of Enock Kidder Esq. To wit, $15. toward rent for the year ending in April 1821. I also paid in labor, cutting brushwood on the land hired } 15.00 22.50
I also think a part of the amount mentioned in the affidavit of William Whitney was paid by the labor of my wife in weaving cloth, but I think not so much as was paid at different times in cash for articles of which no account was taken
the sum of $22.50 ought therefore in honesty to be deducted from the amount of payments made by me as testified to in the Depositions of Enock Kidder & Joseph Robbins. The remainder, as testified to in the affidavits of Obediah Walker, W m Whitney, Phinehas Ball, Elisha Bent, Enock Kidder, & Joseph Robbins, all of which I have read, were paid by me in cash. The whole amount
testified to, as paid by me, mentioned in said Depositions appears to be in the affidavit or Deposition of Phinehas Ball $21.00 in Do of Obediah Walker 80.00 in Do of W m Whitney 36.50 in Do of Elisha Bent 29.07 in Do of Enock Kidder 45.47 in Do of Joseph Robbins 8.83 from which deduct as abovenmentioned for payments other than cash 320.87 22.50 198.37 = 198.37
Thus far leaving a balance to be accounted for of $ 51.85
I also paid in cash in the fall of the year 1820 - about $47.62 to Col o Benja. Adams for a note dated 3 April 1820 for $17.12 and interest which was given for borrowed money, and for which I expect to obtain the Deposition of said Adams - I also paid to Horatio G. Newcomb Esq. attorney at law about one dollar cost on the same note, in whose hands it had been left for collection. I have also paid at various times to Samuel Steel of Winchendon, shoemaker, for work since June 1820, as near as I can judge, about $10. or 12. for which I expect to obtain his Deposition in confirmation of this statement. I also paid to the heirs of Doctor Israel Whiton late a Physician in said Winchendon since June 1820 & more than one year ago, in cash, as near as I can

judge, about the sum of $3. and as all the heirs to the estate of said Israel Whiton (being two sons, who were also administrators) have removed to a distance out of this Commonwealth, and their Depositions cannot be obtained without great trouble and expense, I will now state more minutely the circumstances — Said Whiton in his life time had an account against me for medicines, etc. of $15.56 of this sum I paid $3.75 by four bushels of corn, and for the remainder I gave my note on the 27 Sept. 1819 to one of the Administrators, & took from him a receipt at the same time for the amount of which the following is a copy viz — "Winchendon 27 Sept. 1819 Rec d of Capt.
Abel Jones fifteen dollars & fifty six cents in full of all book accounts on the books of Israel Whiton dec d ?"
signed — Otis C. Whiton, Adm r ?
this note I paid with interest, I should think, in about two one year after date.
I have also paid in cash, since June 1820, small sums to Silas Partridge late a Physician in this town, who moved to Connecticut & is supposed now to live there — To Doctor Stephen Baskeller of Royalston — To Doctor Mason Spooner of Templeton and to Doctor James M. Fuller of Winchendon, but as the sums were trifling, and the men live mostly at a distance, it cannot be supposed the Government would require me to take their Affidavits, or I would wish to be troubled with them, I have also paid to Willard Clarke, Blacksmith, late of this town, who removed about one year since to a distance in the state of Newhampshire, about $4. or $5. and to James Dary, Blacksmith, of this town, about $3.
And I do further state, that I have had, since June 17 th 1820, no other resources or funds from which to support myself & family, than what was contained in the my schedule of that date, & the labor of my own hands, and which has been quite insufficient for said support, and that these resources & funds are now exhausted & spent, except a very few articles of small value contained in my last schedule —
Abel Jones
Worcester ss. Dec r 4, 1824 Personally appeared Abel Jones, and made oath that this affidavit, by him subscribed, contains the truth and nothing but the truth, and I do also certify that said Jones is considered a man of truth & honesty.
Daniel Henshaw Justice of the Peace.

I Abediah Walker of Winchendon in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Merchant, do testify & say, that I live & keep a store of goods about one mile from the dwelling place of Captain Abel Jones of this town, the applicant for a Pension. That I have been in the habit for many years of selling him, frequently, small articles from my store necessary for the subsistence of himself & family, and it appears from my books - notes taken up, &c. That he has paid me since about the middle of June A.D. 1820 for articles as aforesaid, as near as can be ascertained, the sum of eighty dollars. I further testify, that said Jones has ever been consid- ered, since my acquaintance with him, as a man in low circumstances, & a very honest, upright, man - and he has frequently paid me for small articles, cash down, of which I have taken no account.
$80.
Abediah Walker
Worcester ss. Nov. 17, 1824 Personally appeared Abediah Walker & made solemn oath, that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth - before me,
Daniel Henshaw, Justice of the Peace.

I William Whitney of Windham, Merchants, do testify, That I live & keep a store between two & three miles from the present dwelling place of Captain Abel Jones, the applicant for a pension from this town - That said Jones has bought of me, occasionally, small articles necessary for the support of himself & family - that for many of these articles he has paid cash at the time of receiving them, of which I have no account; and other articles from time to time have been charged on my books - by recurring to these books I find charged against him an account of $29.25 twenty nine dollars & twenty five cents, which account began the twenty fifth December in the year of our Lord 1820 and was settled & paid on the eighth day of June 1821 being the next year - I also certify that Doctor Matthias Spaulding lived in this town, & boarded in my family, & practiced as a Physician from the winter of 1819 to the the tenth  twentieth day of December 1821, and then moved to a distance in the state of New Hampshire - When he went from this town he left with me for collections an account of hand against said Abel Jones of seven dollars & twenty five cents "for medical attendance in his family from Sept. 17, 1819 to August 14, 1820," and on the twentieth day of May 1822 said Jones paid to me the above sum in full for said Spaulding -  William Whitney
Sworn to Nov. 26, 1824 personally appeared William Whitney & made oath to the truth of the above Depositions by him subscribed - before me; Daniel Henshaw Justice of Peace

I Samuel Steel of Windhendon in the County of Worcester, Shoemaker, do testify & state, that Steel Jones of said Windhendon, the present Applicant for a Pension, has employed me frequently for many years past in the way of my business, to wit: in making & mending shoes & boots, for which he has always paid me in cash, and of which I have taken no account - but since June 1820 & within four years of that time I remember of making for him two pairs of boots, for which I rec d . six dollars, and various other work I have done, which I should think, according (to the best of my recollection, would amount, at least, to six dollars more, making twelve 12. dollars in the whole) Samuel Steel
(Worcester ss. Dec r 11. 1824 Personally appeared Samuel Steel and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth - and I certify that said Steel is considered a man of truth & entitled to full credit - Daniel Knowlton, Justice of Peace.

I Phinehas Ball of Winchendon in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Yeoman, do hereby, on oath, testify, that on the thirteenth day of October A.D. 1818 I purchased of Abet Jones of Winchendon, the applicant for a Pension, a farm then under Mortgage to Samuel Darnon of Holden, for which I agreed to pay the sum of fourteen hundred dollars, to wit, to said Darnon the amount of his Mortgage, and to said Jones the remainder, and gave my notes of hand accordingly, payable at different times as follows viz.
to Samuel Darnon
  1 note payable  April 1. 1819  for $400.  } 758.98    1 Do payable  April 1. 1821  for - 130.    1 Do. Do.  April 1. 1822  for - 128. 98    1 Do Do  April 1. 1823  for 100.  
to Abet Jones
  1 note payable  April 1. 1819  for $200.  } 641.02    1 Do. Do.  April 1. 1820  for - 133. 33    1 Do. Do.  April 1. 1823  for - 40.    1 Do. Do.  April 1. 1824  for - 133. 33    1 Do. Do  April 1. 1825  for 134.36    1 Do. Do.     
$1400.00
all of which notes were dated Oct. 13, 1818 and were on interest after April 1. 1819 and I do further testify that I paid to said Jones said note of two hundred dollars in the month of April A.D. 1819 and I paid him the other four notes abovementioned, and no more, on the seventeenth day of June A.D. 1820 said four notes amounting, beside interest, to the sum of $441.02 and that I have since June 1820 paid said Jones fifteen dollars worth of Pork and six dollars by one barrel of flower Towns $24. said notes, being twenty one dollars, beside cash - and I have paid all the notes abovementioned, which were made payable to said Jones, excepting the last, which is said to be transferred - The note of $133.33 payable in the year 1820 and the note of $40. payable in the year 1823 I paid by small payments at different times, but all, more than one year ago - The other note of $133.33 with interest I paid, the present year, to said Samuel Darnon, the note having been transferred

to him. I also testify, that I have been long acquainted with said Jones, and believe him to be strictly an honest man, & that such is his reputation generally. Phinehas Ball
Worcester ss Nov. 29, 1824 Personally appeared Phinehas Ball before mentioned and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth - before me - and I do certify, that I am personally & well acquainted with said Ball, and that he is considered a man of honesty & veracity, generally, and I do believe him such. Daniel Henshaw, Justice of Peace.
I Elisha Bent of Fitzwilliam in the County of Cheshire & state of New Hampshire, Yeoman, do hereby, on oath, testify, that I live about four miles from the present dwelling place of Capt. Abel Jones of Winchendon, and about two miles from the place where he lived formerly - that I have frequently had dealings with him, and that he has been owing me more or less for four or five years, last past untill about one year since - One year ago last spring he paid me twelve dollars in cash for various necessary family articles, and in the year 1821, I think in the month of December, he paid me a note, which he gave Feb. 2 d 1820 for $11.30. and interest amounting then to about $12.90 and about one year since he paid me another note, dated April 30, 1823 for $5. and interest amounting at the time of payment to about 5.17 - $12. 12.90 5.17 29.07 Elisha Bent
Worcester ss. Nov. 29, 1824 Personally appeared before me Elisha Bent above mentioned and made oath, that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth - and I do certify, from credible information, not being personally acquainted with said Bent, that his character & is considered a man of veracity. Daniel Henshaw Jus Pacis

I Enoch Kidder of Winchendon, Esquire, do testify on oath that I live a near neighbor to Capt. Abes Jones of this town, the Applicant for a Pension, and that as Agent for the widow Gilpah Kidder I leased to said Jones a small house & tract of land for one year ending in April 1821 for the sum of $30. which he paid in the course of that year, and that said Jones also paid to me for said widow in the month of July 1820 $12.35 as the amount of a note signed by him to her, dated April 17. 1820 for $12.17 and interest, which was said to have been given as remainder of rent of the same place the year before said Jones also paid another note dated May 1. 1820 for $3. interest made payable to Levi Kidder a young man who moved from this town to the city of New York about the date of the note and left the same with me for collection said note amounting, when paid, about eight months from date, to $3.12 — Enoch Kidder.  30. 12.35 3.12  45.47
Worcester ss. Nov. 29. 1824 Personally appeared before me, Enoch Kidder above named, and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth. I also certify that said Kidder is considered a man of veracity and respectability — Daniel Henshaw, Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester County, ss. I, Abijah Bigelow, clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Worcester, Do certify, that Daniel Henshaw, Esquire, who took the oaths of the several Deponents in the within and annexed Depositions, named, is a Justice of the peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such Justice, under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that all his acts and doings, as such Justice, are entitled to full faith and credit - and the sig- natures of the said Henshaw as hereto annexed, are in his own proper hand writing. In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name, and annex the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth, this ninth day of December, anno Domini 1824.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk.

I, Abel Jones of Winchendon, in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Gentleman, and a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, & Applicant for a Pension, under oath, do state - As to the disposal of notes & property, formerly in my possession, that all (excepting what was mentioned in the late schedule attached to my last application for a Pension, and excepting also an old table of trifling value, & possibly, some other article or articles of household furniture, given to my daughter, who was married about one year since) as a marriage portion & all other considerations has been expended in payment of my debts and in necessary articles for the support of me & my family - but most of these articles, and many of said debts, being small and numerous, it is perfect ly impossible for me to obtain or furnish evidence when & how these small debts were contracted & paid. But I do say, truly & conscientiously, that none of my property has been disposed of fraudulently, or with a view to bring myself within the Pension law - That on the first day of March last I was possessed of two notes of hand, signed by Phinehas Ball, and only two, all other notes & demands which  were in  had been my possession, having, long before then, been paid to me & expended as before mentioned. These notes were mentioned in a former schedule, and were to the best of my recollection (being not in my hands now) dated in October 1818 for the sum of $133.33 each, or varying but a few cents from that sum, one of which was payable in April 1824, the other in April 1825 - Being considerably in debt, & unable to procure the money of said Ball, the debtor, I sold one of said notes to Col. Samuel Darrow of Holden in this County for $140, being a few dollars less than the amount due on the same, but all which I could obtain for said notes, about the ninth day of March last, and previous to the date of my last application. With this money I paid for several dollars for expenses on my journey which I did from  from  to Worcester, 36 miles from home, & to Milford 18 miles further, where I paid above twenty dollars in cash, & the other note, in discharge of a note which I owed to Luther Haver of Milford, for money borrowed, which I will more particularly describe, to wit, I borrowed $100. of Mary Marshall of Milford for which I gave my note on interest on the fourteenth day of

July A.D. 1812 - Afterward by the death of said Mary Marshall said note became the property of said Luther Havers, to whom I gave a new note on the 18 th day of September A.D. 1816 for the sum of $122,66 with interest which amounted at the time of payment on the 10 th of March last to about the sum of $177. all of which was due, & then & there paid by the note & cash as aforesaid. of the remainder I paid several small sums for debts & expenses at Worcester & on the road, before my last application, leaving at that time, nearly $100, all of which & more I was owing in just & lawful debts, which, as they were due in different places, were not paid at the time of application for pension, for want of time, as it was, then that the Court in Worcester was in session, but which money was considered, according to the opinion of the most intelligent & upright men, the same as if paid away, & which has been since, & was soon after, paid in discharge of debts due from me, at that time several of the largest of which are proved by Depositions of the creditors, Court, Daniel Henshaw Esq. & Capt. Luke Parks, beside these I have paid many smaller debts amounting to the whole sum then in my hands . As to the services rendered in the Revolutionary war, I further state that I was in said war in three different campaigns in the State of New York, & was in the army as a soldier every year except one from the beginning to the close of the war, though it was not thought necessary or expedient to mention some of these services in former applications than the law required.
Abel Jones
Worcester ss. June 21. 1824 Personally appeared Abel Jones & made oath that the foregoing statement by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth - before me,
Daniel Henshaw,
Justice of Peace.
I hereby certify that Abel Jones abovenamed is a man of truth & veracity and entitled to full credit.
D. Henshaw

Abel Jones.
Worcester County, Massach ts Additional evidence, required by the Secretary of War, in favor of said Jones' applica= tion for a pension.

Milford July 6 th 1824
Abijah Bigelow Esq.
Sir Mr. D- Henshaw of Winchendon in behalf of Capt. Abel Jones of S d Winchendon, requests me to state to you on oath some particulars respecting my holding a Note against Mr. Phinehas Ball of S d Winchendon, the Particulars of which are as follows.
(Viz) on the 10 th of March last Capt. Abel Jones paid me 18 Dollars in Cash together with a Note against S d P. Ball. S d Note bearing Date the 13 th of Oct r 1818 for 134 Dollars & 36 Cents on Interest, the Principle & Interest last spring amounted to 159 Dollars & 52 Cents which together with the 18 Dollars Cash made 177 Dollars & 52 Cents, being the amount of a Debt which S d Jones owed me for Cash Loaned to him about the 14 th of July 1812.
Luther Haven
10 th Dec r 1824 July 6 th 1824 Then Personally appeared the above Named Luther Haven and testified on Oath that the above Certificate is true statement of facts
Before Me Guthlacus D. Beck. Just. Peace
Parky Audit

I Samuel Damon of Holden in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Esquire, do testify & say, that I have been for many years last past personally acquainted with Abel Jones of Upton in this County, & have had an opportunity of knowing something of his pecuniary concerns - That on the twelfth day of before Oct. 1811 he gave a Mortgage Deed to me of his farm in Upton for the sum of $500, which had been loaned him which Mortgage remained due & undischarged until on or about the fourteenth day of October in the year 1818 when he sold the same to Phinehas Ball then belonging to the Town of Holden and whose notes I took for the amount due me, instead of which said Jones I had previously held against him said Jones before that time said Jones had several times applied to me to loan him money - and about the ninth day of March last, sold to me a note of Phinehas Ball, before mentioned, as he wanted the money then - I paid him four hundred & forty dollars in cash, being a few dollars less than the full amount of the note, which had not become due, and which might be some trouble to me to collect - I have always understood that he was somewhat in debt, but I have always found him up- right in his dealings and have understood by others that he has ever borne the character of an honest man
Samuel D. Damon
Worcester ss. June 23, 1824 When personally appeared Samuel D. Damon, Esquire, & made oath, that the foregoing statement in writing by him - subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth before me, and also certify that said Samuel Damon is a man of truth. Daniel Henshaw Just. Peace

I Luke Parks of Winchendon in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Gentlemen, do testify, that Captain Abel Jones of Winchendon borrowed of me nineteen dollars & twenty nine cents in cash on the nineteenth day of February A. D. 1818 for which he gave me his note of hand payable on demand with in- terest, which note I held against him till the twenty fifth day of May last, when he paid me in cash said note, amounting to twenty five dollars & thirty nine cents. I further say, that that I have lived a near neighbor to said Jones for more than ten years last past — that he has always been considered a man of honesty & veracity — that he has always been considered a man of small property, if any, — that he has been for many years past a man of full health, unable to endure much labor, but industrious, frugal & econom- ical, & has been somewhat involved in debt; and had considerable sickness in his family, within two years last past, though not in such a degree as to incur great expense from Physicians — has for several years last past had no settled place of abode — has lived on hire & in different houses.
Winchendon June 21, 1824.
Luke Parks
Worcester ss. June 21, 1824 Personally appeared Luke Parks and made oath, that the above statement in writing, by him subscribed, contains the truth & nothing but the truth, before me, Daniel Henshaw, Justice of the Peace I do also hereby certify that the abovenamed Luke Parks is a man of truth & respectability & entitled to full credit.
D. Henshaw

I, Daniel Henshaw of Winchendon in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on oath, do testify, that I have lived in the same town, & have been personally & well acquainted, with Abel Jones of said Winchendon about fifteen years, last past, and have had a good opportunity for knowing his circumstances, character, & manner of life. His reputation is that of an honest & frugal man - He is uncommonly scrupulous & fearful of doing any thing, which might savor in the least of fraud or dishonesty. He has always, since my acquaintance with him, been embarrassed with debts, & has been frequently sued & put to cost, but has never, like many others in similar circumstances, discovered a disposition to secrete his property, or avoid responsibility. He has been indebted to me about seven years together for cash loaned him - viz. on June 16, 1817 I loaned him at his urgent request twenty five dollars to pay a debt due to one Joseph Sewell a Trader, and to Mr. G. Newcomb Esq. for costs on which he was then sued, & was like to be put to much cost & trouble - he was indebted to me, beside, several dollars - He gave at that date a note to me of $27. on interest, which remained due & unpaid till the 25th day of May last, when it was paid & discharged - except that $3.75 was paid by 5 days threshing grain Nov. 12. 1817 - The amount paid on the 25th of May last was $28.76 -
Winchendon June 21. 1824
Daniel Henshaw
Worcester ss. June 23. 1824. Then the above named Daniel Henshaw personally appeared, and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed - and I certify him to be a man of veracity and entitled to full credit.
William Garrison, Justice of the peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester County, ss. I, Abijah Bigelow, clerk of the Judicial Court, within and for the County of Worcester, do certify, that Daniel Henshaw, Gustavus D. Peck, and William Garrison, Esquires, whose names are annexed to the foregoing Depositions, are Justices of the peace, within and for said County of Worcester, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such Justices - that full faith and credit are to be given to their acts and doings as such Justices - and that good faith their signatures to the captions affixed to the said Depositions, are in their respective hand writing. - In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth for the said County of Worcester, this sixth day of July, anno Domini 1824. Abijah Bigelow, clerk

Abel Jones-
Alijah Bigelow, Worcester, Mass:

Schedule of the Property of Abel Jones
  1 small heifer 3 years old $10.00   2 sheep 4.50 - 1 old saw .75 - lot of old iron 3.00 8.25   1 old case of drawers & one old chest 1.25   1 table 1.25 - 6 kitchen chairs 1.50 2.75   1 pair of old saddle bags .40   2 beds and bedding both old and poor 8.00   1 pair of broken hand irons & tongs and shovel 1.20   several small articles of old kitchen furniture 3.00   2 old books .75 - one old wooden clock 5.00 5.75   $40.60 
The notes mentioned in my former schedule, a copy of which is hereto subjoined, have been disposed of by me, in order to procure the means of subsistence for myself and family, neither of said notes are now in my possession, or under my control, as I have transferred all my right in them, for the purpose of enabling me to support my family - the proceeds of such transfer have been expended for such support accordingly.
The old horse mentioned my former schedule as well as the lambs & swine, have been sold and disposed of in maintaining my family - most of the chairs and tables and other household furniture has been worn out, broken and destroyed, by time and hard service, excepting as accounted for, in my new schedule herewith presented; so also are the remnants of farming tools, cyder barrels, and old casks, all worn out and destroyed, excepting what is mentioned in said new schedule. My family consists now but of myself and wife. I am a labourer by profession, but the infirmities of age and weakness of constitution render me unable to labor to any considerable amount. My wife, named Lucinda, is aged 66 years, much troubled, as well as myself, with rheumatism, and not able to support herself.
Abel Jones
Copy of Schedule and Statement referred to in my certificate.
Attest. Abijah Bridgman, Clk.
Copy of former Schedule.
  1 old horse $18.00 13 old chairs 2 old tables other old household furniture? 2 small articles, beside beds & clothing, of too little value to enumerate 2.75 4.00 5.50 $66.75   1 Cow 20.00   1 swine 4.50   2 sheep & lambs 5.00   1 wooden clock 7.00   Carried over.

Brought over $66.75 1 old light waggon 6.00 1 d. sleigh, worn out 1.25 1 plow 1.13 several remnants of farming utensils, valuable only as old iron 3.25 1 old saddle .75 5 old cyder barrels 1.25
Several old cats, tubs &c $ .75 5 notes of hand supposed to be good, payable at different future periods, amounting in all to $618.18 debts due by me on which interest is paid, as far as can be ascertained 290. 328.18 4 of the above notes were made Oct. 13. 1818. int. cont to April 1. 1820-
$409.13 3/4
Copy of former Schedule
Attest. Abijah Bigelow, Clk.

DECLARATION,
In order to be restored to the Pension List, under the Act of the 1st March, 1823.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of WORCESTER, ss.
ON this eleventh day of March 1824, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record for the County of Worcester, Abel Jones resident in Winchendon in said County, aged sixty four years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress, of the 18th March, 1818, and the 1st May, 1820, that he, the said Abel Jones enlisted for the term of three years on the some time day of March in the year 1781 in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain Henry Jackson in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Jackson in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until the latter part of the year 1782, as near as he can recollect, when in consequence of the reduction of the Regiments in number from ten to seven, he was transferred to the Seventh Regiment commanded by Col. John Brooks. He was then transferred to the Fourth Regiment commanded as he thinks by Col. Jackson in the Company of Capt. Mills and continued to serve till the time of his discharge in 1784, which discharge was in the City of New York in the State of New York; that his name has been placed on the Pension List, and dropt therefrom on account of his property.
And, in pursuance of the Act of the 1st May, 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of 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," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. That, since the exhibition of my first Schedule, the following changes have been made in my property:—
Abel Jones
Sworn to, and declared, on the eleventh day of March A.D. 1824, before the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Worcester. Attest. Elijah Bigelow, C.S.
I, Elijah Bigelow Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the said Court, that the said Abel Jones did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding Declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the Continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath, Statement and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is forty dollars and sixty cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on the eleventh day of March 1824.
Elijah Bigelow Clerk.

Abel Jones
Deposition of Samuel Haywood concerning the service of Abel Jones in the Revolutionary War.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER, ss.
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden within and for said County of Worcester, certify, that Stephen Batchelder Jr. and Daniel Henshaw, Esq. before whom the annexed affidavits have been made, are Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified for the purpose, acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that their names subscribed thereto are their own proper signatures.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County seal, this sixteenth day of September .
A. D. 1818.
Abijah Bigelow, Clk.
Application of Abe Jones of Winchendon. Batchelder Henshaw Justices

I George Webb of Worcester, Massachusetts, on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution I was a Captain in the 4 th Massachusetts Regiment and have obtained a pension under the late act of Congress. I was acquainted with Abel Jones now of Winchendon both before and after he entered the service. He enlisted I think in 1781 and served according to the best of my recollection in Col. Jackson's Regiment, Massachusetts Line; I frequently saw him and conversed with him as we had been townsmen and well acquainted. I knew that he continued in the service until Jan y . 1783 when I left the army, and I presume that he served until the expiration of the term of three years for which he enlisted. I have known that he was a good soldier, and have no doubt that he served his whole time faithfully and was honourably discharged.
George Webb
Worcester ss. Sept. 16. 1878 - Personally appeared the above named Captain George Webb and made solemn oath to the truth of the above Declaration by him subscribed.
Before me, Edw. D Bangs Justice of the Peace I certify that the above named Captain George Webb is a highly credible and a divine and credible witness
Edw. D Bangs Justice of the Peace

I John Norton of Royalston in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that about twenty years since I had the discharge from the revolutionary Army of Abel Jones of Winchendon in the County aforesaid, it was given me by said Jones for the purpose of forwarding to Philadelphia to receive some arrearages from the Secretarys Office, for certain reasons I did not go, and said Jones never called for the discharge until since the late act passed in favour of the revolutionary soldiers I have made search for said discharge and must presume that it is lost, or mislaid
John Norton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss August 26 - 1818 Then John Norton above named personally appeared and after being duly cautioned, made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me Stephen Batchelder Jr Jur. Paris
I hereby certify that John Norton the subscriber to the foregoing deposition is a Gentleman who sustains a good moral character and whose veracity is undoubted Stephen Batchelder Jr Jur. Paris

I Rufus Wheeler of Royalston in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and say that Abel Jones of Wenham in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid was with me in the Infantry Company commanded by Capt. Hunt in the ninth Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. Henry Jackson in the year 1792 and he served with me in said Company until said Regiment was reduced which I believe to be about one year, and I further know that said Jones served in other Regiments until the close of the war
Rufus Wheeler
Worster ss August 26-1818 Then Rufus Wheeler above named personally appeared and after being cautioned made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me Stephen Batchelder Jr. Jus. Peace
I hereby certify that Rufus Wheeler the subscriber to the foregoing deposition is a person who sustains a good moral character
Stephen Batchelder Jr. Jus. Peace

I Lemuel Hayward of Winchendon in the county of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Gentleman, do testify & say, that I have been personally acquainted with Captain Abel Jones of Winchendon for above forty years past; that I lived a near neigh- bor to him in the Revolutionary war, & was personally knowing to his joining the army in the continental establishment, as a common soldier, & continuing to serve in the same till the close of the war nearly three years, or between two & three years.
Lem d Hayward
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss August 29. 1878 Then personally appeared Lemuel Hayward, & after being duly cautioned made solemn oath that the above Dep- osition by him subscribed was true before me,
Daniel Henshaw Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify, that I am personally acquainted with Lemuel Hayward abovenamed, & that he sustains the a fair moral character, & is believed to be a man of veracity - I have also been well acquainted with Captain Abel Jones for many years past, & know that he sustains a fair moral character - is of the strictest ver- acity, & extremely indignant in his circumstances.
Daniel Henshaw Jus Pacis