Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 230, for Samuel Jones, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 6
Jones, Samuel Elizabeth
W 230
CONTENTS
d. Oct. 1831 in Maury Co. Tenn.

100 100 100 100 100 100 Elizabeth Sturtevant widow of James Sturtevant served in the Revolutionary as a Daughter
scribed on the Roll at the rate of 44 6 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of June, 1849 and sent to W. C. Jones of Tennessee
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 342, Vol. 1.
Reported acknowledged March 1851 with Sturtevant 13 Feb 1852 Let W. C. Jones 1852

State of Tennessee Marshall County } on this 18th day of April 1849 personally appeared before me Joseph Hester an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County Mrs. Catherine Jones a resident of said County aged forty six years and makes oath in due form of law that she is the daughter in Law to Elizabeth Jones widow of the late Captain Samuel Jones who died in said Marshall County Tennessee on the day of _____ in the year one Thousand Eight hundred and thirty one that previous to his death he was always from affiants first acquaintance with him been reported and believed to have been a captain in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war from the State of North Carolina That her first acquaintance with him was in the year 1812 affiant further States that the annexed family record attached hereto is the original and genuine family record as kept by the said Capt Samuel Jones in his life time and after his death was kept by his widow the said Elizabeth Jones until she removed from said Marshall County to Franklin County Alabama which

was in the year 1847 to reside with her relatives S r & J s G. Goodloe of said Franklin County Alabama appear to further States that since the year 1812 she was well acquainted with the said Samuel Jones and his wife Elizabeth that they always lived together as man and wife and was so reported up to the death of the said Capt Samuel Jones in 1831 that since his death his widow the said Elizabeth has not intermarried but still remains his widow that the family record above mentioned which con- tains the dates of the births of the children of the said Samuel and Elizabeth Jones which is written upon the back of List of the old book she has been ac- quainted with since the year 1812 and is certain that it is the genuine record of the said Samuel Jones and his wife Elizabeth that the date of the birth of their first child Sally Apperwhite Jones appears on said record as being on 7th November Seventeen hundred and ninety one (1791) and in order to identify said record with the one above mentioned and alluded to appear has written her own name of this date

record said record in her own hand writing appears has always understood that the said Captain Samuel Jones and his wife Elizabeth removed from Frank- lin County North Carolina to Davidson County Tennessee and then removed to this Maury County Tennessee where the deceased until his death as above stated resides and subscribed before me this 18th day of April 1849
Joseph Foster J.P. Katharine A. E. Jones
State of Tennessee } I do hereby certify Maury County } I Joseph Foster an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs. Katharine A. E. Jones who has this day appeared and made oath before me to the above affidavit that she is a woman of truth & veracity & that full faith & credit is due & of right ought to be given to her statements and I also certify that the family record mentioned in the above affidavit was produced and the said Katharine A. E. Jones indorsed her name thereon in my presence given under my hand and seal this 18th April 1849 Joseph Foster J.P.

State of Tennessee I William E. Erwin Clerk Maury county of the county courts of said Maury county do hereby certify that Joseph Foster whose name is signed officially to the within affida- vit and certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified. that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal of office at office in Columbia This 25 th day of April 1849.
Wm. E. Erwin clk

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Mr William E Jones, Carthage, Tennessee-

(Copy)
State of North Carolina
Know all men by these presents, That we Samuel Jones & Henry Patter of the County of Granville &c, are held firmly bound unto Alexander Martin Governor of the State aforesaid, or to his successors, in the full sum of five hundred pounds, to which pay must be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs &c jointly & severally, firmly by these presents, Sealed &c, the 27 th day of September Anno Domini 1790
The condition of the above obligation is such, that whereas the above bound Samuel Jones has this day obtained a License from the Clerk of the County Court of Granville to marry Elizabeth Goodloe. If therefore no lawful impediment shall occur whereby the aforesaid intended marriage may be obstructed, then the above obligation to be void, else to remain in force &c.
Samuel Jones Seal Henry Patter Seal
Lest
William Goodloe
North Carolina, Granville County } ss
I James M. Priggins, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true transcript of the Marriage Bond of Samuel Jones (executed on the twenty seventh day of September A.D. one thousand seven hundred and ninety) agreeably to the Records in my office.
Given under my hand and Seal of office, at Oxford, the 28 day of April, A.D. 1849.
James M. Priggins, Clerk

My fee for the foregoing is one dollar which you will send me by mail - don't neglect it - I have a great many small amounts like this due me in various parts of the country. DMW

General Lewis D.
Act. 15 May 1828
Turn
April 7. 1857.
Conceded by the order of the Commission W. R.

State of Tennessee, Maury County, On this 7 th day of January 1887 personally appeared in open court before me William E. Cerrin Judge of the County Court of said Maury County Samuel H. Jones administrator of the estate of Captain Samuel Jones dec d who being first duly sworn makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 15 May 1828 granting Pensions to the Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary War that his ancestor the said Samuel Jones was a Captain in the Continental line in said War from the State of North Carolina and who served until the final close thereof but who during his life time did not apply for the benefit of said act that he died in said Maury County Tennessee some time in the month of October 1831 that at the time of his death he left several Children all of whom have since died ex- cept Robert Jones and Mrs. Polly Gasp who are still living and that there is also the following named and only surviving grand Children to wit, declarant N. H. Jones, Julia A. Thompson, H. K. Jones, Henrietta S. McBride, A. M. Jones, Anna W. Leutnerich, Mary E. Jones, and Frank A. Jones, A. Clinton, Mary R. Stevens, M. G. Cockrill, Fredel Cockrill, Rufus Cockrill,
and who are the only heirs and legal representatives of him the said Capt. Samuel Jones dec d and that he was the iden- tical Capt. Samuel Jones as declarant always understood and believes who received the commutation of five years full pay in lieu of half pay for life as will appear from the Records of North Carolina, that at the time of his death he left a widow Elizabeth Jones declarants grand mother who after the passage of the act of 4 July 1836 or 7 July 1838 applied for and was allowed a pension in right of her said husband at the rate of about Four Hundred and forty Six dollars per annum that she continued to receive said Pension up to the time of her death which took place in Madison County

Tennessee On the _____ day of _____ 1854 declarant further makes oath that he is the Special Administrator of the estate of said Samuel Jones for the purpose of prosecuting said claim and requests that he be allowed the amount of said Pension under the above recited act from the 3 rd day of March 1836 to the day of his death as the same has never been claimed or paid within his knowledge by the United States, Sworn to and subscribed before me in open court the date above written.
Wm. E. Erwin Judge } S. H. Jones Seal of Maury County Court } admr. of Samuel Jones decd.
And also appeared personally, in Open Court Pleasant Nelson and Andrew J. Donaldson two Credible witnesses who on their oaths state that they were acquainted with the family of the late Captain Samuel Jones and that the list of children and Grand children heirs of said estate as given in the foregoing declaration of Samuel H. Jones and that they are the only legal representatives of said estate, to the best of our knowledge & belief. Sworn to and subscribed before me the date above written
Wm. E. Erwin Judge, of Maury County Court
P. Nelson Seal A. J. Donaldson Seal
State of Tennessee Maury County } I William E. Erwin Judge of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that Samuel H. Jones who has this day appeared in Open Court and made oath to the foregoing declaration and also with Pleasant Nelson and Andrew J. Donaldson whose names appear to the above affidavit that they are each men of veracity and full faith and Credit are due and ought to be given to their statements, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 7 th day of January 1857
Wm. E. Erwin Judge of Maury County Court

State of Tennessee } Marshall County } I Samuel H Jones Administrator of the estate of Samuel Jones decd? do hereby constitute and appoint Jones & Young of Clarksville Tennessee my agents and attorneys to present and recover from the United States the amount of Pension as above claimed in the foregoing declaration Witness my hand this 7 th day of January 1857. S H Jones Exec
State of Tennessee } Marshall County } I John B. Padgett Clerk of the County Court of Said County do hereby certify that the foregoing proceedings were duly had in open Court and that William E Ervin whose genuine signature appears to the above is Judge of Said County Court duly elected and qualified according to law and I further certify that Samuel H Jones whose name appears to the foregoing declaration was this day duly appointed Special administrator of the estate of the late Samuel Jones and that he entered into bond and security according to law and that he also acknowledged the execution of the above power of attorney to be his act and deed In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the Seal of Said Court this 7 th day of January 1857
John B. Padgett Clerk

State of Alabama
Franklin County } on this 14 th day April 1849 personally appeared before me Wardoot J Pickett a justice of the peace in and for said County Mrs Elizabeth Jones a resident of said County aged Seventy six years who on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the acts of Cong ress passed on 7 th day of July 1838 3 rd March 1843 17 th June 1844 and 2 nd February 1848 granting half pay and pensions to certain widows that She is the widow of the late Captain Samuel Jones of Frank lin County North Carolina in the days of the Revolutionary war that her husband the said Samuel Jones first entered the service of the United States some time in the year Seventeen hundred and Sixty Seven as a first Lieutenant in the Regular Service of the North Carolina line upon Continental establishment for a term as she always understood from him of during the war that he remained in said Service as Lieutenant as aforesaid until some time in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty or Eighty one when as she has hitherto understood he was promoted to Captain that he raised a Company as declarant thinks in said Franklin County North Carolina of

of Cavalry or light horse for a term of during the war or for twelve months that he remained in said Service as Captain in the said regim t any until the close of the war but from the great laps of time and the loss of her memory she cannot give the names of the officers with whom he served nor the Reg t to which he belong but thinks it was the Tenth Reg t nor can she give the names of the battles in which he was engaged but has often heard him speak of being engaged in various battles that she always understood from her husband that he served through the whole of the Revolutionary war but the particulars of said Service she cannot now give only as he has understood from him but many of the particulars of which she cannot now recollect she further declares that she has often seen her husband the said Samuel Jones handwriting and showing his old commissions both before and after he removed to Troup from North Carolina she further declares that her husband the said Samuel Jones removed from Franklin County North Carolina

to Davidson County Tennessee and from thence to Maury County Tennessee where he remained until on or about the day of October, 1831 at which time he died in said Maury County She further declares that she was married to him the said Samuel Jones in Granville County North Carolina on the day of October Seventeen hundred and thirty that her hus- band the said Samuel Jones died as above stated that previous to her marriage her name was Eliza- beth Goodloe that she was not married to him previous to his be- coming the Service but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794 to wit at the time above stated She further declares that she has no documentary or record proof in support of her claim that the old correspondence of her husband as Captain and Lieutenant the recently was destroyed by some of her Grand children in Maury Coun- ty Tennessee which was since the death of her husband She also states that she has no documentary or record proof of her marriage until it is on her old family record which shows the names and dates of the births of her children which record she left with her

daughter in law Catherine Jones of Marion County where she remarried She further declares that since the death of her husband the said Capt Samuel Jones She has not again in her marriage but still remains his widow that she now makes this declaration in order to recover the amount of pension due to her by virtue of the above mentioned acts of Congress. Sworn to and subscribed before me the date above H. J. Priddle B. Elizabeth Jones
State of Alabama Franklin County } I, H. J. Priddle Pierce a justice of the peace in and for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs. Elizabeth Jones who has this day made oath to and signed the foregoing declaration that she is a woman of truth and veracity that full faith and credit it is due and of right ought to be given to her statements and I further certify that from her age and bodily infirmity she is not able to attend at the Court house of her County in order to make this declaration in open Court with my hand & seal this 14 April 1849 H. J. Priddle

on November 19, 1928
Mrs. J. Frank Thompson 11 Kuhlman Court Columbia, Missouri
Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 230, it appears that Samuel Jones of Franklin County, North Carolina, a Lieutenant of the North Carolina Line, entered the service, October 4, 1777, was promoted to Captain, September 11, 1781, was in the battle of Eutaw Springs and others not named, and continued as Captain to the close of the Revolution.
He married in October, 1790 ( marriage bond dated September 27, 1790) in Granville County, North Carolina, Elizabeth Goodloe, daughter of Robert Goodloe. They were married at the residence of her father.
Soldier moved from Franklin County, North Carolina, to Davidson County, Tennessee, thence to Maury County, Tennessee, where he died in October 1831, day of month not stated and his age is not given.
His widow, Elizabeth, was allowed pension on her ap-

Application executed April 14, 1849, while residing near Tuscumbia in Franklin County, Alabama, with her nephew, Albert Gallatin Goodloe and another relative, J.C. Goodloe, relationship not stated. She was then aged seventy-six years. She died in 1854 in Madison County, Tennessee.
Soldier was survived by several children, all of whom were dead in 1857 except Robert Jones and Mrs. Polly Glass. The first child of said Samuel Jones and his wife, Elizabeth, was Sally Applewhite Jones, born November 7, 1791, no other names are given.
Soldier's daughter-in-law, Katharine A. Jones, was living in Maury County, Tennessee, in 1849, aged forty-six years.
The following grandchildren of soldier were living in 1857: Samuel H. Jones, of Maury County, Tennessee; N. W. Jones; Julia A. Thompson; W.K. Jones; Henrietta S. McBride; A.M. Jones; Ann W. Leftwich; Mary F. Jones; Frank A. Jones; A. Clinton; Mary R. Stevens; W.G. Cookrill; Iredel Cookrill; Rufus Cookrill.
The widow, Elizabeth, had a brother, William Goodloe, born October 22, 1769, in Franklin County, North Carolina, and was living in Madison County, Kentucky, in 1849. There are no further data on file as to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Jany 2, 1898 Mil. history to Granville Goodloe Philadelphia, Chk.
May 8-1902 Hon L. P. Padgett, A. R. 1907 Nov. 7. Heir to Rev. L. P. Padgett Rev. 1928- Nov. 19- Heir to Mrs. J. Frank Thompson. Her letter in Samuel Jones, S. 1355 4th 1930- Apr. 8. Heir to Mrs. W. S. Wilson etc.
230 Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 230 Elizabeth Jones Widow Samuel Jones Lt. & Capt. Rev. War
Act. Feb. 2 nd 1848.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 376
[Arrangement of 1870.]
No family record in this claim when opened by me on Nov. 6, 1967. A. Wilson

8572 1944 Want Alabama
Elizabeth Inez widow of Samuel Inez who was a Lt. & Capt in the Revolution Killed Oct. 1831.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 446 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of June, 49 and sent to
W. E. Inez, Esq., Present
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book a Vol. 2 Page 231

10669
Renata
Alabama
Elizabeth Jones
Widow of Samuel C Jones who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the Oct. 1831 of Franklin in the State of Al. who was a Lt. & Capt. the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by _____ in the Revolution for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Hanksville at the rate of 446 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of June, 1849 and sent to W. E. Jones, Esq.
Total amount, $ Present
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H. Dampson, Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 Page 333.

Elizabeth Jones widow of Samuel Alabama 71230
Suspended
See let ?  cannot find any letter May 1849 W.E. Jones in May 1849 except do do May 31 49
Act of July 1838

Elizabeth Jones widow of Sam Alabama
admitted for 2 yrs service.
1: 7: Cap = $380. 5: Do = 66.66 $446.66 100
Act 7 July 1838 & subsequent acts.
W. E. Jones Esq of the Present.

Huntsville Alabama Agency. Act 2 Feb 1848. Elizabeth Jones, widow of Samuel, D r Sept $14,46.66 per annu To what time last paid?
P aid to 4 th March 1851
Revenue Office Colt
May Bogan.
B.H.B.

State of North Carolina
Office of Secretary of State
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that it appears from the Musterrolls of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary War that, Samuel Jones a Lieutenant in said line, entered the service on the 4 th October 1777, and that he was promoted to Capt. on the 11 th September 1781, and continued as such to the close of the War.
Given under my hand this 22 nd day of May 1849.
W. Hill Secretary of State

Raleigh N. Carolina Comptrollers Office
25 May 1845
I William G. Collins Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the State of North Carolina do hereby Certify that I find the name of Captain Samuel Starnes as having been paid Six Hundred Dollars to himself with the following Statement in the preface of said Book. See Bound Printed Book page 116. "This payment was made by the Commissioners and Certified by James Coor Hillsborough April 25 1783 and signed A. B. Thomas Agent State of North Carolina. Philadelphia Decr 28 1793. with the following Certificate accompanying.
"I Certify the foregoing Abstract to be truly made from the Original Report of the proceedings of The Commissioners, as Certified by James Coor Hillsborough, April 25 1783." This Report contains no Receipts, but in Collins it is noted to whom delivered" Signed A. B. Thomas Agent State of North Carolina.
Philadelphia Decr 28 1793
I also certify that a like payment was made to Capt. Samuel Starnes for Military Service of Eight Hundred and seventy four pounds, Five Shillings and six pence (£874. 5. 6) Receipted

by Samuel Braddock, which payment appears under a "Statement of the Settlements of Army Accounts of the North Carolina Line, by Willie Jones, Benjamin M c Culloch, and Henry Montfort, Commissioners, at Halifax in the years 1783 & 1784." I further certify that it also appears in same Book page 123 that he Capt Samuel Jones Rec d Commutation pay amounting to Twenty four Hundred Dollars ($2400) at the 1 st final Settlement for the arrears of pay, Commutation and quaranty of the officers and privates of the North Carolina Line, Also of the Balance in Specie for pay and subsistence in the years 1782 & 1783. Taken from the original Books, and Vouchers of Robert F r annud Esqr Late Agent for delivering the said Certificate, and paying the Specie to the said officers and soldiers by Abisha Thomas Agent for settling the Accts of North Carolina with The United States" He also rec d payment for subsistence as Captain amounting to Fifty three pounds, Five shillings ($53. 57) See Book of Settlements No 10. I also certify that Capt Samuel Jones Rec d Fifty six Pounds Specie , due as an officer of the North Carolina Line, being balance of Two Months pay in 1782 and Four Months in 1783 and arrears of subsistence

for the same years, for which orders were drawn on W m Skinner Commissioner of the Continental Loan Office in North Carolina See Record Book No 10.
Given Under my hand and seal The day and date above written
W m Collins Compt

Washington City May 28 th 1849.
J. G. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir enclosed I send you the declaration of Mrs. Eliza- beth Jones. Widow of the late Captain Samuel Jones of the North Carolina line in the Revolutionary War claiming a pension under act of 7 th July 1838. together with the proof of service and of her marriage all of which I hope you will find satisfactory so that you will be able to allow the claim while I am in the city.
Very Respectfully your ob t Servant W m E. Jones
Carthage Miss

Pension Office
May 31, 1849
Sir
The papers in support of the claim of Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, widow of Captain Samuel Jones, under act of 1838 have been examined and filed. Her declaration should be made before a judge of a Court of records who should certify to her inability to appear in open court to make her declaration; or the declaration which is now exhibited, and which was made before a court of records may further of the peace; may be submitted to the Court of the County where she resides when in session for its approval, which should be certified by the Clerk of the Court under seal of office. The claimant should state under oath, her reasons for not before making application for a pension, and some reason should be

M m E Jones May 31. 49
given by her husband never applied for the benefits of the act of 15 May 1828, William Harris one of the witnesses testifies that he served as a Lieutenant under Captain Jones. It does not appear that he has ever applied for a pension or received a pension . Some explanation on this point should be given before his testimony can be received as satisfac- tory evidence in this case. It should also be shown from the records of the office of the Secretary of State of North Carolina that Harris served as a Lieutenant in Captain Samuel Jones's Company.
The testimony of William Harris to identify the claimant as the late widow of Captain Samuel Jones who served in the North Carolina line to the end of the war is not sufficient. It rather goes to show that he was not her husband, the witness alleging that the service as a Captain was for one year only. Some records evidence should be produced showing that there was a Captain Samuel Jones who served in the State troops William E. Jones Esq r for one year, of Tennessee Washington City.

Skir G. C. Whiting Confucius

I enclose the application of the Administrator of Samuel Lewis, as for the pension due that officer under the Act of 15 May, 1828. The proof certifying him with the fund in the papers of Eliza with Lewis, Act 1838 re. Lewis, and military for his services.
Very Respectfully A. B. C. Dupre Apr 6: 1857

Pension Office, January 23 rd , 1849.
Sir,
I have the honor to return, herewith, Mr. Towney's letter, and to enclose printed instructions for the guidance of the widow of Samuel Doney in asserting her claim to a pension.
I have the honor to be, Sir, Very respectfully, Your Obt. Servt. J L Edwards
Hon. George J. Houston, House of Representatives.

✓ Department of the Interior June 21 st 1849.
Sir.
In the case of Mrs Elizabeth Jones, of Alabama, an applicant for a pension under the Act of July 4 th 1836, I am of the opinion, that under the peculiar circumstances, the rule requiring the declaration to be made before a judge or justice of a court of Record should be relaxed.
am very respectfully Your O be servant
T. Emory Secretary
J. S. Edwards Esq d Counsel of Pensioner.

State of Tennessee On the 3 d . day of Nov Dec 1849 Smith County Personally appeared before the under- signed a justice of the peace in and for said county William Harris a resident of said county aged eighty eight years and made oath in due form of law that he was well acquainted with the late cap- tain Samuel Jones of Franklin County North Carolina in the days of the revolutionary war that during the early part of the war affiant being out in the service himself to the north under General Washington he cannot say any thing of the service of of the said Samuel Jones of his own knowledge but understood that he was also in the service and was a Lieutenant but in what company or Regiment affiant cannot say but after affiant returned home from a three years tour under Washing- ton to Franklin County he recollects that the said Samuel Jones was then a Captain of the Regular Army that he raised a Company of twelve months men this he thinks was in the latter part of the year Seventeen hundred and eighty which Company the said Samuel Jones commanded as Captain that affiant also joined said Company and was appointed or elected first Lieutenant to said Company that we marched from Franklin County to Salisbury on home back and thence to Charlotte that we remained in said service in the State of North Carolina for about six months when we were ordered to give up our horses and march to South Carolina on foot which order we obeyed and was marched thence to the hanging rock where we joined General Greene's Army thence to the high hills of Santee to the Eutaw Springs =

Crossing Congaree River at Monk's Corner that we continued in Said Service under Captain Samuel Jones being engaged in the battle at the Eutaw Springs until after Said battle was fought though our tour of Twelve Months was out a few days before Said battle that in a few days after Said battle was fought we were discharged and affiant returned home to Franklin County again having acted as first Lieu- tenant to Said Captain Jones' Company the whole of the Said twelve Months that the Said Captain Samuel Jones did act all this tour as Captain of Said Company affiant further states that when he returned home from this tour the Muster Roll of Said Company was in his possession which he had been directed to make return of to General Clink but which affiant did not do in consequence of Said roll having got burnt by the burning of his Father's house Shortly after he returned home affiant further states that after the close of the war he was still well acquainted with the Said Captain Samuel Jones he having returned to Franklin County. that Some time in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty nine or ninety the Said Captain Samuel Jones intermarried to a Miss Goodloe who lived across in Granville County North Carolina but affiant was not present at Said Marriage he well recollects the Circumstance of Said Marriage affiant then removed at a very early date to Sumner County Tennessee that he understood that the Said Samuel Jones also removed to Tennessee and settled probably in Maury County that since which time affiant =

has been informed that the said Samuel Jones was dead. Sworn to and subscribed before me the date above.
J. B. Smith (J. B.) for Smith County
W. Warren Harris
Seal
State of Tennessee Smith County I Josiah B. Smith a justice of the peace in and for said County of Smith do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William Harris who has this day appeared and made oath to the above affidavit before me that he is a man of truth and veracity and that full faith and credit is due and of right ought to be given to his statements given under my hand and seal this 3 rd day of May 1849
J. B. Smith for Smith County
(J. B.)

State of Tennessee Smith County To all whom these presents shall come I William H. Walker clerk of the County Court of said Smith County do hereby certify that Joseph H. Smith whose name is subscribed to the within affidavit and certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commis- sioned and qualified that the signature thereunto purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have to set my hand and affix my seal of office at office this 4th day of May 1849 William H. Walker
Clerk
W. H. Walker Clerk
I have been thinking about the past and how things have changed since we were children. It seems like a lifetime ago. The old house is still standing but it looks so different now. The garden is overgrown and the windows are broken. I wish I could go back for just one day just to feel that sense of peace we once had. But time moves on, and we must move with it. I hope you are well and that life is treating you kindly. I have been very busy lately but I have managed to find some time to write to you. Please let me know when you have a chance. I would love to hear from you soon. With best wishes to you and yours, I remain, as ever, Your sincere friend, Joseph H. Smith

State of Tennessee Court met pursuant to adjournment Maury County 3 -ment Wednesday morning 7 th January 1857. Present & Presiding the Hon. William C. Ewing County Judge, John B. Padgett Clerk & Samuel H. Jones Sheriff,
Samuel Jones, Deceased,
On motion it is ordered that Samuel H. Jones be appointed Administrator of Samuel Jones deceased for the special purpose of obtaining from the Government of the United States of America the Pension money to which the said Samuel Jones was entitled under the act of Congress of 15 th May 1828. and for the special purpose of obtaining the money to which the said Samuel Jones was entitled for services rendered in the war of the Revolution &c, upon the condition that he enter into bond and approved security in the sum of five thousand Dollars conditioned as the law directs. And the said Samuel H. Jones executed bond in said sum with William M. Voorhies & William C. Thompson his securities who were by the Court approved, and thereupon the said Samuel H. Jones was duly sworn to discharge the duties im- -cumbent upon him as such Special Administrator.
State of Tennessee, Maury County.
Know all men by these presents, that we Samuel H. Jones, William M. Voorhies & William C. Thompson, all of the State & County aforesaid, are held and firmly bound unto the State of Tennessee, in the penal sum of Five Thousand Dollars, for the which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves, each, and each of us, our heirs, executors, or Administrators, jointly and severally, and firmly by these presents. Witness our hands, and seals this 7 th day of January 1857.
The Condition of the above obligation is such, that if the above bound Samuel H. Jones who has been appointed Adm-

Administrator of the Estate of Samuel Jones Deceased who died many years ago, in the County of Maury in the State of Tennessee; For the Special purpose of receiving from the Government of the United States of America or from any one in possession of, or liable for the same; And for the Special purpose of procuring from the said Government the Pension to which the said Samuel Jones Deceased, was entitled under the act of Congress of 10 th May 1828. granting pensions to the Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary War. Now if the said Samuel H. Jones shall well and truly prosecute said claim, and shall faithfully account for, and pay over, to the persons and parties entitled to the same, their part, if any sum of money which may be paid to him under said appl- -ication, and shall well and truly account for, and pay over said funds as required by the Laws in such case made and enacted, and shall faithfully discharge all the duties incumbent upon him as such Administrator, then the above obligation to be void, otherwise not.
Acknowledged by principal and securities. And by the Court approved Wm E. Erwin
J. H. Jones Seal W. M. Voorhies Seal W. V. Thompson Seal
State of Tennessee Maury County } S. I. John B. Hodge Clerk of the County Court of said County of Maury hereby certify that the foreg- -oing is a true and correct Transcript of the Records of said Court, in regard to the appointment and qualification of Samuel H. Jones, Administrator of Samuel Jones Deceased. Given under my hand and the seal of said Court, at Office the 11 th day of March 1857. John B. Hodge Clerk.

1 Adm. 43.965213.863 Elizabeth Jones widow of Samuel Alabama
Adm d for 2 years JAE
to 11th Feb 1888
objection on account of declaration having been made before a Justice of the Peace waived by the Secretary of the Interior.
Act. 7 July 1838

State of Alabama Franklin County 3 on this 14 April 1849 personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said County Albert G Goodloe a resident of said County aged thirty seven years and makes oath that she was acquainted with Elizabeth Jones widow of the late Captain Samuel Jones and of Many County Tennessee that he was also acquainted with the said Samuel Jones that during his acquaintance with him he was always repre- sented and believed to have been a captain in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war that the said Samuel Jones was in Many County Tennessee some time in the year 1831 that since his death the said Elizabeth his widow has not intermarried but still remains his widow sworn to and subscribed before me the date above
H J Prid GP
A. G. Goodloe
I H J Prid a justice of the peace in and for said County do hereby certify that the above Albert G Goodloe is purposely known to me that the foregoing above-mentioned he knows is entitled to full credit this 14th April 1849
H J Prid GP

The State of Alabama } I James H. Trimble Clerk of the county Franklin County ss } Court of said County, do hereby certify that Bancourt & Pride whose name is subscribed officially to the foregoing Declaration, Affidavit and Certificate, is and was at the date thereof an Acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly qualified and Commissioned, and that the signatures thereto purporting to be his, is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this the 14 th day of April A. D. 1849 of American Independence the 73 rd Year
James H. Trimble Clerk

Jackson Tenn January 22/32
Dear Sir
Please have me transfund from the Alabama Pension Agency at Huntsville to the Tennessee agency at Jackson to take effect from the 4 th of March 1837, the time at which I was last paid at the Huntsville Agency, as I am now living in Madison County Tennessee near Jackson and wish to be paid hereafter at the Jackson Agency please attend to this immediately and oblige &c
Attest W m G. Cockrell W.H. Delk
Elizabeth her  to Jones mark
Hon Jas E Heath Comm ee of Pensions Washington W.C.

The deposition of William Goodloe sen. taken at his own residence in McCreary county, Kentucky, on the 30th day of March, 1849, being first duly sworn according to law, by Joseph Turner an acting Justice of the Peace for said county, aged eighty years on the 22 nd day of October next, states that when about fourteen or fifteen years of age in Franklin county, North Carolina, near Lewishurg, within about fifteen miles of where he was born, he became acquainted with Captain Samuel Jones, and I was very frequently in his company until late in Sept- ember or early in October 1790 he mar- ried my sister Elizabeth Goodloe. I was present and saw Capt. Samuel Jones and my sister Elizabeth Goodloe married. They were lawfully married by Capt. Charles Eaton, an acting Justice of the Peace for Gran- ville county, North Carolina. My Father, Robert Goodloe, then resided in Granville county, North Carolina, and Capt. Samuel Jones and my sister Elizabeth were mar- ried at my Father's residence, in the coun- ty aforesaid. My sister Elizabeth lived with and remained the wife of Capt. Samuel Jones during his life, and still remains his widow. She now resides in Franklin county, Alabama, near Leesburg, with her nephew Al- bert Gallatin Goodloe. Some years af- ter Capt. Samuel Jones married my sister he moved to Maury county, Tennessee, where he lived till he died, except he resi- ded a few years in Davidson county, Ten- n-

nephew, waiting for the Indian title to be extinguished, and the lands in Maury County, and as soon as this was accom- plished he moved to Maury County, and there remained till his death. My sister Elizabeth lived with and continued to be the wife of Capt. Samuel Jones up to the day of his death, and continued to reside in Maury County. Her nephew for several years after his death, before she moved to Luscumbia, Alabama, or near there. When about twenty-one years of age I moved from North Caro- lina, where I was raised, to Madison County, Kentucky, where I have con- tinued to reside till this time. I was within a few days of twenty one years old when Capt. Samuel Jones and my sister Elizabeth Goodloe were married. I am confident they were lawfully married in Sept. or October 1790, and I am also confident she continued his wife till the day of his death, and that she has never married, but still continues the widow of Capt. Samuel Jones.
When I first became acquainted with Captain Samuel Jones in 1783 or 1784 he was called Captain Jones, and univer- sally said to have been a Captain in the Revolutionary War. I never heard it in- then doubted or contradicted but that Samuel Jones served in the Revolutionary War as Captain. I understood he entered the army as Lieutenant of the North Carolina Continental Line, and was afterwards promoted to Captain and continued to serve as Captain till the

close of the war. I was present and witnessed a meeting between Capt. Samuel Jones and Col. Saul Lewis in Springfield  Springfield County, Tennessee. The meeting was very cordial and they recognized each other as Revolutionary Officers and Soldiers, and talked a good deal about the incidents or circumstances of the war, and their services, but I cannot now recollect them with sufficient accuracy to detail them. Lewis called Jones Captain.
Mr. Goodloe
State of Kentucky Madison County 3 rd dist.
I, Joseph Turner, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, and a member of the County Court for Madison County, Kentucky, do certify that William Goodloe Esq. this day personally appeared before me at his own residence and signed and swore to the foregoing deposition or statement in the usual form according to Law. I also certify that said Goodloe is a credible person, and that his statement is entitled to full credit. I also certify that said Goodloe's moral character for truth, and in every other respect is of the first order, and equal to any person with whom I am acquainted. Given under my hand this 30 th March 1849 Joseph Turner J.P.

State of Kentucky Madison County } Sct
I M c Shackelford Clerk of the County Court of said County do certify that Joseph James Esq. whose signa- ture appears to the within and foregoing Certificate attached to the affidavit of William Goodloe, is now and was at the date thereof one of the Commonwealth's Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified according to law, that his Commission bears date the 10 th day of January 1849. and in full force that his said signature is genuine (above measure made upon signed)
In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court at my office in Richmond this 30 day of March 1849.
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No 230
FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
GEORGE EDMUND FOSS, ILL., CHAIRMAN. HENRY C. LOUDENSLAGER, N. J. THOMAS S. BUTLER, PA. SYDNEY E. MUDD, MD. ROBERT G. COUSINS, IOWA. ERNEST W. ROBERTS, MASS. EDWARD B. VREELAND, N. Y. GEORGE ALVIN LOUD, MICH. ARTHUR L. BATES, PA. GEORGE L. LILLEY, CONN. W. AUBREY THOMAS, OHIO. ALBERT F. DAWSON, IOWA. ADOLPH MEYER, LA. JOHN F. RIKEY, VA. WILLIAM W. KITCHIN, N. C. LEMUEL P. PADGETT, TENN. HARVEY C. GARBER, OHIO. ALEXANDER W. GREGG, TEX.
BENJAMIN H. MILLER, CLERK.
COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U. S., WASHINGTON, D. C.
Columbia, Tenn. Nov. 4. 1907.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I desire to secure some information. Samuel Jones was a soldier of the Revolutionary War enlisting from North Carolina. He married Elizabeth Goodloe in North Carolina and died about 1832. His widow died about 1847 or 48. She received a pension as such widow.
I would be glad to get from the records information as to the date of the birth of Samuel Jones and also the date of his marriage.
Thanking you in advance, I am, Very truly,

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Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington.
Nov. 7, 1907.
Hon. L. P. Padgett, House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Padgett:
In response to your letter dated the fourth instant, and received the sixth, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the claim (Wid. File No. 230) of Elizabeth, widow of Samuel Jones, it appears that Samuel Jones, (the date of whose birth was not stated) a Lieutenant of the North Carolina Line on the Continental Establishment entered the service on October 4, 1777, was promoted to Captain on September 11, 1781 and continued as such to the close of the war. He was in the battle of Eutaw Springs and various others, names of which are not given.
He married in Granville Co., N. C. in October, 1790, Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Goodloe, their marriage license was dated September 27, 1790; and he died in Maury Co., Tenn. in Oct. 1831. She was allowed pension on an application executed April 14, 1849 while a resident of Franklin Co., Ala., aged 76 years, and she died in 1854 in Madison Co., Tenn.
Their oldest child, Sally Applewhite, was born Nov. 7, 1791. In 1857 their only surviving children were Robert

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and Mrs. Polly Glass, names of others not stated.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Dothan Ala March 24 / 30
Mr. Winfield Scott Washington D.C.
Dear Mr. Scott, -
Five years ago I wrote you concerning my ancestor, Howell Anderson - Failing to find the information, you said you would search again if I could give you more information concerning him. In the meantime I have periodically tried various other means and have not yet secured the data needed to become a H. A. R. Rev am asking you again - I have been able to find that Howell Anderson married Elizabeth Benson in 1800 or 1801 in Edgefield Dist. S.C. Ten children were born to them - He died Apr. 27 / 1858 (inscription on tombstone near Dunbarton S.C.) about 87 yrs of age - birth not on tombstone - A relative wrote me that she was told that he fought in Rev. war - also

that he drew a pension.
Five years seems an awfully long time to work on anything & I could not believe it had been that long until I referred to your letter - Anyway it shows that I am not one to give up -
I shall be most grateful for any assistance you may give.
Very truly Addie Anderson Wilson (Mrs. W. S.)
I have a complete family tree on my mother's side & paid a genealogist to trace that ancestor - She failed to send place of birth & death & would not even answer my letter asking for that - He was Lt. Samuel Jones - enlisted Jan 1 - 1777 in Bonahoe Co. 6 th Regiment N.C. troops Continental Line Found in N.C. Historical & Genealogical Register Vol 1 & 3 - July 1900 -
Perhaps you might help along this line -

Office of TRUSTEE OF MAURY COUNTY, J. B. GRANBERRY, TRUSTEE.
Columbia, Tenn. 190
Samuel Jones - Revolutionary War N.C.
23361-32
Daughter of
Married Elizabeth Goodwin
Advise Hon. Mr. Payne, M.C., of Revy. service, &c.
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April 8, 1930.
Mrs. W. S. Wilson Dothan Alabama.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 230, it appears that Samuel Jones of Franklin County, North Carolina, a lieutenant of the North Carolina Line, entered the service October 4, 1777, was promoted to captain September 11, 1781, was in the battle of Eutaw Springs and others not named, and continued as captain to the close of the Revolution.
He married in October 1790 (marriage bond dated September 27, 1790) in Granville County, North Carolina, Elizabeth Goodloe, daughter of Robert Goodloe. They were married at the residence of her father.
Soldier moved from Franklin County, North Carolina, to Davidson County, Tennessee, thence to Maury County, Tennessee, where he died in October 1831, day of month not stated and his age is not given.
His widow, Elizabeth, was allowed pension on her application executed April 14, 1849, while residing near Tuscumbia in Franklin County, Alabama, with her nephew, Albert Gallatin Goodloe and another relative, J.C. Goodloe, relationship not stated. She was then aged seventy-six years. She died in 1854 in Madison County, Tennessee.
Soldier was survived by several children, all of whom were dead in 1857 except Robert Jones and Mrs. Polly Glass. The first child of said Samuel Jones and his wife Elizabeth, was Sally Applewhite Jones, born November 7, 1791, no other names are given.
Soldier's daughter-in-law, Katharine A. E. Jones, was living in Maury County, Tennessee in 1849, aged forty-six years.

The following grandchildren of soldier were living in 1857: Samuel H. Jones, of Maury County, Tennessee; N. W. Jones; Julia A. Thompson; W. K. Jones; Henrietta S. McBride; A. M. Jones; Ann W. Leftwich; Mary F. Jones; Frank A. Jones; A. Clinton; Mary R. Stevens; W. G. Cockrill; Iredel Cockrill; Rufus Cockrill.
The widow, Elizabeth, had a brother, William Goodloe, born October 22, 1769, in Franklin County, North Carolina, and was living in Madison County, Kentucky in 1849.
There are no further data on file as to family.
Very truly yours,
Earl D. Church Commissioner.