Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31176, for George Jordan, Virginia

SERVICE
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Jordan, George or Jordan
S 31176
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7449 Kentucky
George Jordan of Anderson in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Thornton of the Regt commanded by Col Mercer in the V. G. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of April 1833 and settled N.B. Johnson Lawrenceburg Ky
Arrears to the 4th of March  160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept  40.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dani Bay Clerk Book C Vol. 7 Page 13
Arch. not in A. B

18503 George Jordan Anderson co Kentucky
Wm Roll from 1776 mts, on Roll #80
Sharon Mercer on Roll vs
N. L. Johnson, Clk, Lawrenceburg Kentucky

BRIEF in the case of  George Jordan  of Anderson Co. in the State of Kentucky  (Act 7th June, 1839.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76  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. As a Gen.     In 1776 service expired in 1778 Refers to the rolls Private Capt. Geo. Thornton 3 rd Reg. Col. Hugh Mercer  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, & Germantown  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Culpeper county, Virginia  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Refuted 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. B. Bradburn  Examining Clerk.

State of Kentucky Anderson County
On the 18 th day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Court of Anderson County aforesaid, George Jordan, aged 70 — years of the said County, and being first sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed the 7 th June 1832.
That he enlisted for two years in the Army of the United States in the year 1796 with Captain John Thornton of the 3 d Regiment of the Virginia Line commanded then by Col. Hugh Mercer, he was at that time an inhabitant of the County of Culpeper in the State of Virginia. The subaltern officers of the Company were Lieutenant Robert Powell, Lieutenant John Baker, Ensign Robert Slaughter. The Captains of the Regiment were Washington, Thornton, Wallace, Johnson, Ashby, Lee and Chilton, as far as he can recollect. That he was in the Battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine & Germantown, and some time in the year 1770 his time of service expired when he received an honorable Discharge at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania which has been long since lost, he is informed that his name is on the Rolls of the Department of War.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on any Pension Roll or agency in any State.
George Jordan

Commonwealth of Kentucky
Anderson County ss:
I Nelson C. Johnson, Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid, do certify that at a Court held for said County On Monday the 13 th day of August 1832, George Jordan a Resident of said County produced in Court the within and foregoing Declaration, and made oath to the truth thereof, and the Court being of Opinion that the statements contained in said Declaration are true, It was ordered to be certified to the Secretary of War.
All which is hereby Certified accordingly. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of my office at Lawrenceburg this 18 th day of August 1832 and in the 41 st year of the Commonwealth.
N. C. Johnson Clk

State of Kentucky
Anderson County ss
I John Wash, Presiding Justice of the County Court for the County aforesaid do certify that Nelson C. Johnson who has signed the foregoing Certificate, now is, and was, at the time of signing the same, the Clerk of said Court, and faith and credit is due, and should be given to all his official acts.
Given under my hand this 18 th day of August 1832.
John Wash J.P. (Seal)
If this application should succeed the most convenient bank in the branch of the U.S. at Lexington in Kentucky and Post Office Lawrenceburg Ky.

June 22, 1936
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BA-J/MCS all George Jordan, S.31176
Goldie Dodge Albany Texas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to that part of your letter of June 6, 1936, relative to Revolutionary War soldiers, William Fain and George Jordan.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in that war. A careful search of the records fails to show such claim on file on account of the service of the William Fain described by you.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.31176, based upon the military service of George Jordan (personal signature, Jordan, but pensioned as Jorden) the only soldier of that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
While living in Culpeper County, Virginia, he enlisted in 1776 as private in Captain John Newton's company in Colonel Hugh Mercer's Third Virginia Regiment, was in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine and Germantown and served two years.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 10, 1832, at which time he was seventy-eight years of age and was living in Anderson County, Kentucky.
In 1894 one Thomas R. Jordan of North K and Prospect, Tacoma, Washington, stated that George Jordan was his grandfather. There are no further data relative to the soldier's family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of George Jordan, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and possibly the date of soldier's death, it is suggested that you address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., giving the following data as means of identification of the claim: George Jordan, Certificate 7449, issued April 12, 1833, rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Kentucky Agency.
Your request relative to the Civil War record of William Anderson Creswell was answered June 19, 1936.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of George Jordan of Anderson co. Ky. 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? Refers to the Rolls 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? 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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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.

June 19, 1936.
Mrs. Finch
BAHB 801
Miss (or Mrs.) Goldie Dodge, Albany, Texas.
CRESWELL, William Anderson
Dear Madam:
In reply to your communication of June 6, 1936, you are informed that a careful search in the files of the Veterans Administration fails to disclose any pension claim based on the Civil War service of William Anderson Creswell.
If he served in the Union Army and you can furnish the information outlined on the enclosed form, you will be advised regarding his widow's eligibility to apply for a pension. If his service was in the Confederate Army, you should write to the Confederate Pension Bureau, Austin, Texas, for information regarding a pension.
Your inquiry regarding the Revolutionary War records of George Jordan and William Fain will be answered under separate cover.
By direction,
W. C. BLACK, Chief Clerk.
Enc.

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Albany, Texas. June 6, 1936.
Veterans Administration Washington ,D.C.
Pen  No Record Pen Ad -
Dear Administrator:-
Would you be so kind to give me information as to the CIVIL WAR RECORD of the following:
(Confederate ?)
WILLIAM ANDERSON CRESWELL , Tarrant County, Texas who was born May 14, 1820 in Blount County, Tennessee, died Aug. 19, 1886, in Stephensville Erath County, Texas, married in Tennessee Nov. 10, 1851 to Phebe Ann Bicknell, William Anderson Creswell served from Tarrant County, Texas. His widow was granted a pension for his service, I was told.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORD of the following:
GEORGE JORDAN , born Jan. 26, 1754, in Culpeper Va. died Mar. 1, 1842, married in Virginia Martha _____, born Apr. 11, 1766 in Culpeper Va. died Apr. 8, 1842. George Jordan served probably from Virginia (Culpeper) he later lived in Kentucky so I am told.
WILLIAM FAIN of North East Tennessee Born 1757-died 1815, in Tennessee, married Sallie McMahan . His service was from Washington County North Carolina now Tennessee.
Appreciate any information you can give me on the war record of these, thanks, I am
Sincerely yours,
Goldie Dodge
Goldie Dodge, Albany, Texas.
Send to Mrs. Frisch Navy Bldg R1857

All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 10404
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 137.
Oct. 29, 1926. 192
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering pension Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostat copy of one page from the Rev. War pension claim, S. 31176, George Jordan.
No. of copies one Shall form be kept standing? no days
For further information see A. E. Wilson Room No. 5033 Phone No. 541
Approved: [Signature: A. E. Wilson] Chief Clerk of Bureau. [Signature: A. E. Wilson] Chief of Branch or Division.
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering
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See receipts for payment in John Jordan Nov 8 38098

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31176 Rev INVALID.
File No. 31,176
George Jordan Rev Rev Rev
Act: June Jan 32
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 215
[Arrangement of 1870.]
June 28/34 Ord. 6 Mrs. R. Jordan, N. 1st & Prospect St., Tacoma, Wash. 1926. New photo mailed to Mrs. D. Goldberry - see receipt for payment in John Jordan, Va - 838098. AW.
1936 June 22. list to Goldie Dodge. TUCS

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Dear Sir
I wish to know the company and regiment to which my Grand-Father belonged during the Revolutionary war. Name George Jordan enlisted in Culpepper county Va. was a resident of Kentucky for 40 years prior to his death which occurred in 1842. He was a pensioner for a number of years and suppose his name will be easily found. His Post Office was Lawrenceburg Anderson county Ky (formerly Franklin county) give me company regiment or by complying with the above request you will oblige
Yours truly Thomas R. Jordan
address
North 16 th & Prospect Tacoma Wash