Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4442, for William Jones, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 6.
Jones, William
S. 4442
Guarded
CONTENTS
Vol. in Caswell Co., N. C.
1832 Smith Co. Penn. d. Mch. 27, 1836.

13731 West Tennessee Williams Jones
of Smith Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain White of the Regiment commanded by Col Lemarr in the North Carolina line for twenty two months
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of June 1833 and sent to Pickett Carthage
Arrears to the 4th of March 146 66 Pens-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 36 66
$183 32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Loyd Clerk Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 85
Dead - at 67 B. Jones, Apr. 18. 1837.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 Sept 1835 to 27 March 1836. to 4 of the 6 Children Agt notified 30. June 1840

No 12380.
William Ames.
from - private 22 months, $73.33 W. N. H.
at Capt. Garfield's Co. 1st Regt. N.Y. Left camp 22 July 82
J. Pickett C.C. Canterbury. Tennessee Feb. 25. 1862.

BRIEF in the case of William Jones  of Smith County in the State of Tennessee. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 years.  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 17 — — 5. — private Gen. Cap o W m White, Col o Jas t Lemann   1778-1779. — 5. — do. Cap o W m White, Col o Jas t Saunders   — 1. — — do. Cap o Gilman Dixon, Col o Armstrong  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Gates' defeat.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Carroll County, North Carolina  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence —  Phillip Day & the Knight prove one year of 5 months but while of the above is not stated —  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
R. H. Pleasants Examining Clerk.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832
State of Tennessee Smith County Court, August Term A.D. 1832 On this 28 day of August 1832 William Jones a resident of the county of the State aforesaid aged about seventy years old, 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
The applicant William Jones states that he entered the service in the revolutionary war in Caldwell County North Carolina in the early part of the war, but what year is not recollected, first under the command of Capt. White  who name is now forgotten on a tour of three months, was in no engagement the Col. commanding was Col. William Moore Major Thos. Harrison  which was  Major Thos. Harrison Mr. James Peterson was in a different company but the same Regiment. Was in no engagement - (received no written discharge - Phillip Day of no one near living by which I can prove this first tour  who near five in Smith County can testify to my service this tour
Also served a five months tour as a volunteer in the State of North Carolina & from Caldwell County. Was commanded by Captain William White; the Col. commanding was Col. James Saunders, and Major Thomas Harrison & Maj. George Moore was field officers of our Regiment; this campaign was as well as recollected in the latter part 1778 and the first of 1779. Phillip Day & John Knight now Smith County was out at the same time & can testify to my performing this tour of five months

The applicant further states that he served a tour of twelve months in the state of North Carolina and was attached to a company commanded by Capt. Nelson Dixon; one of the Lieutenants was Will Saunders; both Dixon & Saunders died in this county. — Major Will Dixon belonged to the same Regiment, and Col. Armstrong commanded the Regt. Was in the battle at Gates defeated in the South Carolina.
Was discharged at Beaufort Bridge South Carolina the discharge has become worn out & destroyed. Has no written evidence in support of this claim nor does he know of any person now living by whom he can prove this tour of twelve months.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Deponent
William Jones
28 August 1832
J. F. [Signature]
We John Bransford a clergyman residing in the county of Smith and Phillip Day residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Jones, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years old;

that he is reputed & believed, in the neighbourhood where he resided, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
Amount in open court 28
Jno. Bransford
Phillip Day
August 1832 J. D. [unclear]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that John Bransford who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the county of Smith and that Phillip Day who has also signed the same is a resident in the county of Smith and is a creda- ble person, and that their statements is entitled to credit.
John Chambers Chairman of Smith County Court

State of Tennessee Smith County This day being the day of August 1832 Phillip Day & John Knight, personally appeared in open court, and being first duly sworn, stated that they have been acquainted with William Jones who signed & was sworn to the above declaration; that they was with said Jones in the five months tour spoken of in the declaration, and from their acquaintance with him have no hesitation in saying that they believe he served the whole time as stated in his declaration.
Sworn & described to in open court the day & year aforesaid.
Sworn to in open court
Phillip Day John Knight
28 August 1832
J. P. [Signature]
12380
State of Tennessee Smith County. I Jonathan Pickett Clerk of the Court at Nashville and Justice Superior for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Jones for a pension
For Justice whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office in Nashville, this 11th day of September 1832 and 57th year of our Independence
J. P. Pickett

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 26 th 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Four of the six child ren of W m Jones, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville, Tenn: Agency, at the rate of Seventy Three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1835, to the 27 th March 1836, the day of his death,
Respectfully yours,
William P. Harris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
S.F. 4442
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Jones a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     early in War 5 mos. Pvt. ✓ James Saunders N.C.   1778 & 1779 5 mos. William Hick- James Saunders   1780 12 mos. Titghman Dixon Armstrong  
Battles engaged in, Guilford
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Caswell Co. N.C.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 28. 1832 His f. was al
Residence at date of application, Smith County, Tennessee
Age at date of application, 70 yrs. Died Mar. 27. 1836
Remarks: There were six children. Thomas B. a resident of Cartage Tenn. in 1837 is the only one whose name is stated. There is no other data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1922 Early 3 High to Ethel Z. Campbell.
RevWay
4442 INVALID.
File No. 4442
William Jones Putt. S. O. line
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. A , Page 194
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5 BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William 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, but very imperfectly 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? 100. 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? yes.

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 as to that part of the service not proven by living witnesses. XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes in part If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? sworn in court Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 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? yes XVI. † Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  No. No. 1. 2 are not answered
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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
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 authenticates 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 ends 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 every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

State of North Carolina
Secretary of State's Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do certify, that it appears from the musterrolls of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war that William Jones a private soldier in Capt. Garborough's Company of the 10 th Regiment enlisted in 1781 for 12 months, and left the service on the 22 nd day of May 1782.
Given under my hand this 23 rd day of April 1833.
W. Hill

4617 Mrs. Banchers
10 1/2 x 5 1/2 Kingston
FREE
Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Leortha go Smith County Tennessee 3 rd April 1839-
J. L. Edwards Esq r (Commissioner of Pensions)
Dear Sir
The object
of this letter is to ask the favour of you to give me such instructions in relation to the manner & mode of preparing the necessary papers & documents to enable me to draw the balance of the pension money due to my father William Jones dec d who died on the 27 th day of March 1836- and of whose estate I have been appointed administrator by the county court of Smith County Tennessee. You will see by an examination of the records in your office that a certificate was issued to the said William Jones on the 8 th day of June 1833- authorising said Jones to draw a pension under the act of the 7 th June 1832 for $43. 33. cts commencing on the 4 th March 1831. signed by John Robb acting secretary of war & examined and countersigned by yourself No 13731. & recorded in the pension office in Book E. Vol. 7- page 85.- Said Jones drew the last time before he died in Sept 1835. and there is still due about six months pay- as I am the legal adm r of said William Jones dec d & am not advised of the manner and rules prescribed by the department for obtaining the balance that may be due you will therefore confer a favour on me by sending me the requisite information. Please direct your letter to the care of Mr Hubbard att o . at Law Leortha go Ten- Yours respectfully Thomas B Jones

RECEIVED JUN 17 1972 DIVISION

41 Grancy Park New York City Dec. 15, 1921.
Dept. of Revised Revision Rolls
Washington D. C.
Gentlemen;
I am not sure that this is the correct Dept. but feel sure you can in some way give me the desired information. I want to join the D. A. R. and must have more information concerning my Ancestors: Joseph Norman and Richard Norman both of North Carolina and soldiers of the Revolution of 1776. I have a Consanguinity and it

states " Joseph Norman Private enlisted March 21 1776 Frazers company of Col. Wayne's Penna. Battalion from Jan. 5 to Nov. 26 th 1776 Records of the Revolutionary War page 199 & 200. "
Then it also states: " William Jones. (another ancestor) 72 yrs Private North Carolina line pensioner June 8, 1833 Smith county, Tennessee. Revised pension roll Vol. 3 (514) page 98. "
all dont pay any attention to In said "Revised pension rolls Wm. Jones Ky. Militia page 10. Wm. Jones Va. line page 26 Wm. Jones Va. line page 106. Wm Norman page 80. Wm. Newman page 4 " From this dates you ought

to be able to give me desired information or a statement that is necessary to join the "Daughters of the Revolutionary"
Thanking you in advance for information,
Sincerely,
Ethel Z. Campbell, Adel.
41 Gruner Park New York City.