Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36647, for Charles Jones, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Jones, Charles
S 36647
CONTENTS
enl in Bedford Co Va In 1829 res. Union Co Ky aged 76 yrs d in 1840.

20308
Kentucky
Charles Jones
of Adair county in the State of Kentucky who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Campbell - of the Regiment commanded by Colonel P. Henry - in the Virginia line, for the term of one year from August 1775 to August 1776.
Inscribed on the roll of Kentucky at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th day of February 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th of February 1831 - and sent to the Hon. N. Gaither, House of Reps.
Arrears to 4th of March 1831 $ 7 03 Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Sep 1831 " 48 -
$ 55 03
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
Recorded Book D Vol 9 - page 44 C.L.B.
Col. R. H. Sherman 19 March 1831

Allowance of the services satisfactorily approved
D. B. Eaton
8. Feb 1831

State of Kentucky Adair County set
On this sixth day of April 1829 personally appeared in Open Court being a court of record for the said County Charles Jones who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following amendment to his declaration made in the Adair County Court on the 3 rd day of February 1829 which was sent on to the war department and adjudged insufficient to authorize the putting his name on the pension roll, to which former declaration (which is marked A) this is an amendment and is made part thereof setting forth the changes that have been made in said Jones' property since the 18 th day of March 1818. He states that since the 18 th day of March 1818 the following changes have been made in his property vizt one horse saddle and bridle one cow and calf & cattle over given to his daughter Dorcas Taylor March 19 th 1819 & received nothing for them but gave them to her worth in all about fifty dollars & no more. he also gave to another of his upon her marriage one horse saddle & bridle which took place on the 14 th day of December 1824 and said last mentioned property was worth about fifty dollars & no more & that on the 29 th day of December 1824 he swapped a tract of land containing 166 acres to John Winfrey for another tract of land containing 147 acres & that he got of the said Winfrey $200.

and no more as best in said trade between the two tracts of Land he also states that some time in the year 1825 he sold an old Waggon to David Meat for fifty dollars & no more & that in the year 1826 He gave to his daughter Catharine upon her coming of age one horse saddle & bridle & one cow & calf worth about $50 & no more & that in the year 1827 he gave to his daughter Betsey Ann upon her coming of age one horse saddle & bridle & one cow & calf worth fifty dollars & no more. These are all the changes that have been made in his property since the 18 th day of March 1818 other than such as was used for the support of his family, he states that he has been compelled from time to time to decrease his property in the support of his family being unable to work any of consequence & having no other help than is men- tioned in his declaration made in this court on the 3 rd day of February 1829 to which this is an amendment
The facts stated in the above declaration were satisfactorily proven by the Oaths of Mirah Taylor & David Greet & John Winfrey three credible Witnesses of this County
I Williams to a Cavalcade Clerk of the County Court of Adair County, in the State of Kentucky, verifying that the foregoing

Part of schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 7 th day of April 1829
Wm Caldwell Clerk
State of Kentucky - Adair County Set
I Robert Carravens presiding Justice of the County Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Wm Caldwell whose sig- nature is affixed to the within and fore- going Certificate is & was at the time of making the same Clerk of the Adair County Court & that his said Certificate is in due form of law Given under my hand this 8 th day of April 1829
Robert Carravens

State of Kentucky ) ss. County of Adair )
On this 6 th day of January A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty two, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Nathan Gathers, a resident of Adair County in the State of Kentucky, who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that he was personally and intimately acquainted with the aforesaid Charles Jones from the year 1810 till his death which occurred in 1840, and that he believes that the aforesaid Charles Jones did not possess such an amount of property as would exclude him from the benefit of the Act of the 18 th of March 1818. He further states that he was a Member of Congress from this - the 4 th Congressional District in the winter of 1831, and that he in person presented the claim of the aforesaid Charles Jones to the Secretary of War, that he then recollects to have stated that the aforesaid Charles Jones did not then possess such an amount of property as would exclude him from the benefit of the above mentioned Act, and that he, also, recollects to have stated to the Secretary of War that he had then been a practicing Physician for sixteen years, and had attended upon the family of the aforesaid Charles Jones, when medical aid was required, gratuitously, in consequence of his indigence.
Nathan Gathers
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. And I hereby certify that the said Nathan Gathers is a disinterested and credible witness known to me, and that his testimony is entitled to full credit.
W. G. Atkins, J. P. A. B.

It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, by the affidavits of Nathan Gatten and Chesley J. Gaylor, disinterested persons known to me, and who are entitled to credit that William J. Jones, Lewis Jones, Chesley Jones, Lucy Winfrey, Francis Gaylor, Sally Neat, Betsy Ann White and Catharine Staples are the reputed children and the only reputed children of the aforesaid Charles Jones
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 6 th day of January 1852. H. G. Atkins J.P.A.C.
Kentucky Adair County Set I Sinclair Wheat Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that H. G. Atkins Esq., whose name appears to the foregoing declaration & Certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified according to law and that the foregoing signatures purporting to him are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court done at Columbia Ky this 6 th day of January A.D. 1852 Sinclair Wheat Clerk

Joseph H. Sherwin, Agent Columbia
Adair-County Ky.

State of Kentucky } ss. County of Adair }
Be it known that on this 5 th day of January A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty two, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, William S. Jones, a resident of Cumberland County in the State of Kentucky, who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that he is a son of the identical Charles Jones deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, and whose name was inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of Kentucky Agency, at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the eighth day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty one, and whose Pension did not commence previous to the eighth day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty one, as will appear by his original Pension certificate which is herewith presented.
The said William S. Jones, as executor of the Will of the aforesaid Charles Jones deceased, makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining such amount of Back Pay, or Pension as may be due from the time that his father, (the aforesaid Charles Jones) became entitled under the Act of the 18 th of March 1818 to the time that his Pension commenced, it being the 8 th day of February 1831
W S Jones
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written H. G. Atkins J. P. A. 6

State of Kentucky Adair County Pet
On this 3 rd day of February 1829. personally appeared an open court being a court of record for the said County Charles Jones aged about seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818. & the 1 st of May 1820 that he said Charles Jones enlisted for the term of one year as a private on the day of August 1775 in the County of Bedford and State of Virginia in the company commanded by Captain William Campbell in the regiment commanded by Col Patrick Henry in the continental establishment that he continued to serve in said regiment under said enlistment until his term of service & enlistment expired when he was discharged from the service at Williamsburgh in the State of Virginia which said discharge he has through lapse of time by accident in some way lost. so that he cannot now produce it that he relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present that his name is not on the roll of any State except the aforesaid that the following are his reasons for not making an earlier application for a pension. He was for some time ignorant of the means by which he could avail himself of the provisions in the aforesaid acts and when informed as his proof, was in the State of Virginia & could be produced only with delay and difficulty it was a considerable time before he could obtain it When he obtained it he made a declaration in the Adair Circuit Court on the 10 th day of September 1827 and shortly afterwards forwarded his application for a pension but whether it ever reached the pension office or not he cannot tell he states however he has never received one cent - fearing however that some difficulty might exist as to the authentication of his proof he waited until he again sent to the

State of Virginia I had it again made certified & sealed, there are the reasons which have induced him to make this late application. He states that he is by occupation a farmer but that he is so aged & infirm that he cannot support himself by it & that he is in such indigent circumstances that he is unable to support himself without the aid & assistance of his country that he has a wife who is aged about 66 years & is not only frail & infirm but has for about 3 years labored under great bodily affliction being deprived by disease of the use of her limbs in a great degree so that she can not do any thing even walk without assistance & in stead of contributing anything any thing to the support of the family, is a heavy charge on him for her nursing & medical aid, that he has two daughters who live with him & are single one aged about 23 years & the other about 21 years. And in pursuance of the act of congress for the united states of the 1 st may 1820. I do solemnly declare that I was a resident citizen of the united states, on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any other manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby 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 18 th 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 schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. The following contains the whole of my property. First, one hundred & forty four acres of land for which I have no title nothing now has a bond for a title worth two hundred dollars & no more a horse worth $25.00 and no more one yearling cow worth $2.00 & no more about 15 head of hogs & about 24 pigs worth $20.00 & no more 7 head of sheep worth $3.50 & no more one bed & furniture worth $15.00 and no more & some small articles of household & kitchen furniture worth $8.00 or $10.00 and no more and one colt worth $5.00 no more

amounting to about $280.00 & no more February the 3 rd 1829.
Charles his Jones month
Subscribed & sworn to in open court
Thomas B Johnston & Chesley Jones two credible witnesses of this County made oath in Court that the specifications of the property & the value thereof set forth in the foregoing Schedule is just & true.
I William Caldwell Clerk of the Adair County Court in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court the said Charles Jones did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy for the term of nine months under our engage- ment on the Continental establishments & I do further certify that the affidavit of George Lambert which is herunto annexed and thereto was received by the court as part of the foregoing declaration that is as proof thereof. I also certify that the foregoing Oath and Schedule hereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court & I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid Schem- -dulo is $280.00.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 4 th day of February 1829. In the 37 th year of the Commonwealth
Wm Caldwell Clerk of the Court aforesaid

State of Kentucky Adair County Set
I Rott. Examiners presiding Justices of the County Court for the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that Michael Drell whose signature is affixed to the within & foregoing certificate is & was at the time of making the same Clerk of the Adair Circuit Court & that his said Certificate is in due form of law Given under my hand this 4 th day of February 1829
R. Manning
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July 2, 1925
Honorable Ralph Gilbert House of Representatives
My dear Mr. Gilbert:
In response to your letter of the 1st instant, and the letter of Mrs. G. R. Reed with its enclosures, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 36647 it appears that Charles Jones enlisted about August 1, 1775 in Bedford County, Virginia and served one year as private in Captain William Campbell's Company, Colonel Patrick Henry's Virginia Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 3, 1829 while a resident of Adair County, Kentucky aged about seventy-six years (formerly of Bedford County, Virginia).
On said date he referred to his wife aged about sixty-six years and to two unmarried daughters aged about twenty- one one and twenty-three years, no names given.
In April 1829 he referred to his daughters--Dor-

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cas Taylor, another who married December 14, 1821, her name not stated, Catharine who became of age in 1826 and Betsey Ann who became of age in 1827. He died in 1840.
In 1852 the following were the only surviving children of soldier: William T. Jones of Cumberland County, Kentucky, Levi Jones, Chesley Jones, Lucy Winfrey, Frances Taylor, Sally Neat, Betsey Ann White and Catharine Staples.
Yours very truly,
Date of death not on AB-
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
3 enclosures.

Cly-Mrs. G. Mrs.
36 647 Rev INVALID.
File No. 36,647
Charles Jones His Rev. Wad
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 259
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
July 2/97 Geo. R. Jones 708 Prospect Ave, Kansas thro. D. S. Harriman, Kans. Co. Apl. 7, 1905 - His to Mrs. Wood M. Griffin Labette Kas 1918, June 1. History to Mrs. Winona Cabell. Fr. 1925-July 2 - His to Hon. Ralph Gilbert for Mrs. G. R. Reed - MM187-

Charles Jones
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September, of every year, by the First U.S. Natl Bank at Lexington Kentucky The first payment on this certificate will be made on the 4 th of September 1835.
Recorded by Benj d Beall.
Clerk, in Book D Vol. 4 th Page 44.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I Certify, That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, May 1820 & March 1823
Charles Jones late a Private
_____ in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Kentucky _____ Agency, at the rate of eight _____ dollars per month, to commence on the eighth day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this fourteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.
J. Eaton Secretary of War.
Examined and countersigned, J. L. Edwards

Pension Office March 13, 1852
Sir,
In answer to the application of the heirs of Charles Jones, dec d , for arrears of pension, I have to inform you that it is not in our power to allow his  the claim  pension prior to the 8 th February 1831, for the act of 18 March 1818, directs that the pension shall commence only from the completion of the testimony.
The proof in his case was not complete until the 8 th February 1831, the date above mentioned.
J. H. Sherwin, Esq. Columbia Ky
Pa
Rev

Bedford County Va. Set.
Personally appeared before me Thomas Sale Justice of the peace in & for said County. George Lambert of said County and made oath that Charles Jones formerly of this County (and now of Adair County Ky. as this affiant is informed) enlisted under him about the first of August Seventeen hundred & seventy five then an ensign in Captain William Campbell's Company of the First Virginia Regiment upon Continental establishment commanded by Colonel Patrick Henry. The term of the service of the men then enlisted in said Company & Regiment was twelve months. This affiant further saith with pleasure that the said Charles Jones served the time for which he enlisted with energy & energy integrity as a soldier in said Company & Reg t & was honorably discharged. Further this affiant saith not.
George Lambert
The foregoing Affidavit subscribed & sworn to this 21 st Eighteenth day of Oct 1828
Given under my hand the above day & date
Th. Sale J.P.

Virginia Bedford County Sct.
I Robert C. Mitchell clerk of the County Court of Bedford do hereby certify that Thomas Dale whose name is affixed to the foregoing certificate, is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified to act as such that his said certificate is in due form.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 25 th day of November 1828. in the 53 rd year of our Independence
R. C. Mitchell C. S.
Bedford County Sct.
I do hereby certify that Robert C. Mitchell whose name is affixed to the foregoing certificate is the Clerk of said County Court duly appointed and qualified, that his said certificate is in due form and that full faith and credit is to be given to his official acts as such. Given under my hand this 25 th day of November 1828. David Saunders Presiding Member of the Court

War Department Pension Office May 25. 1829
Sir,
The documents in support of your claim to a pension on account of revolutionary service have been examined. Your property which is estimated at $280, to which add $250, the amount of property given away to your daughters, is considered sufficient to disqualify you from receiving a pension under the Act of May 1, 1820. In every case where property has been given away, it is considered to be in the ownership of the donor, except when transferred for a valuable consideration. It appears also that you received $200 from John Winfrey in exchange of land. The regulations of December 26, 1828, which allowed pensions to persons possessing property to the amount of $900, and upwards, have been suspended. Your papers will remain on our files.
I am, respectfully Your Obedt Servt James L. Edwards
Mr Charles Jones, Columbia, Kentucky

State of Kentucky County of Adair 3 Set
At a County Court began and held for the County of Adair, at the Courthouse, in Columbia on Monday the 5 th day of Janu- ary 1852,
On the motion of William T James Executor of the Last will and Testament of Charles James dec d , which was heretofore Proven in Open Court and Ordered to be recorded, is granted him, he having taken the oath required by Law, and Executed and ack- nowledged Bond in the Penal Sum of Six Hundred Dollars with Edgar B Gaultin and Francis M James his secu- rities conditioned as the Law directs
Kentucky Adair County Set
I Sinclair, Wheat clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing order is truly Copied from the records in my office,
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand I affixed the Seal of said Court here at Columbia, Ky On this 8 th day of January 1852
Wm Wheat Clerk

Columbia Ky 8 th Apr 1829
The Secretary of War Washington City
Hon. N. Smith H.R.
Revolutionary Claims
Pension Office 23 rd Apr 1829.
Dear Sir July 10. 1831

Columbia Kentucky 8 th of April 1829
I herewith forward you the papers in support of my claim for a pension. I forwarded a declaration dated 3 rd Feb last to the war department which was returned with information that an account was wanted of the changes in my property since the 18 th of March 1818 to authorise the department to place my name on the pension roll. you will perceive that I have made an amendment to my declaration which is properly authenticated and herewith transmitted. You will please be so kind as to attend to this as soon as practicable, and you will much oblige one who has known by experience what it is to struggle for his country. I have the honor to subscribe myself your Obedient Servt Charles Jones
Hon d J. H. Eaton Secy of war

O. W. & N. Div.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. May 25, 1897
Respectfully returned to the writer, who is requested to furnish, for purposes of identification, as much as possible of the information called for below.
H. M. Brannan Commissioner.
Full name of soldier:
Charles Jones
Place of residence before service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Delaware
Place of residence after service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Brook Co - Va
Date of death (as near as possible):
don't know
Christian name of widow:
don't know
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
he rec'd pension
Remarks:
Please send to D. S. Harrison 321 Sheldahl Bldg K. City, Mo
Your name and address:
George R. Jones 708 Prospect Ave K. C. Mo.

PRESIDENT, CAPT. D. S. HARRIMAN, 321 SHEIDLEY BUILDING
TREASURER, COL. E. H. PHELPS, AMERICAN BANK BUILDING.
HISTORIAN, H. S. HADLEY, NEW YORK LIFE
MISSOURI SOCIETY KANSAS CITY CHAPTER.
Sons of the American Revolution.
SECRETARY,
PRICHARDS, 1126 CHESTNUT STREET.
Dear Mr. C. Evans Washington
Kansas City Mo. 5/7
1897
Dear Sir. I have the honor to request a copy of the Revolutionary record of the service of Charles Jones of Va. - to perfect the application of S. R. Jones to membership in the above Society.
Very Respectful
D S Harriman Pres
OLD WAR & NAVY MAY 25 1897

J. W. Lakin; Kansas March 15-1905
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
Please note the attached correspondence. It seems from the first paragraph of the Military Secretary's letter of March the 6 th that he has overlooked the fact that Clem. Jones lived in Bedford Co. Va. and that he used to go to Frankfort, Ky. for his Pension money. Kindly refer to the records & advise me at your very earliest

convenience with return of the attached correspondence. Thanking you in advance
Yours Very Resp't
Miss Wood M. Griffin.
Saturday.

Rev. Mr. Cabell 1254
1254 Everett Ave. Louisville, Ky
To The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,
If you can give me any information in regard to Charley or Charles Jones, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. first under Patrick Henry, and later under Gen. Lee. He enlisted from Bedford Co. Va. And in his old age applied for a pension in Adair Co. Ky. Where he then lived. An early reply will be appreciated.
Very Truly,
(Mrs.) Winona Cabell. 1254. Everett Ave. Louisville Ky..

SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS
  STUART F. REED, W. VA., CHAIRMAN  CHRISTOPHER D. SULLIVAN, N. Y.    FREDERICK N. ZIHLMAN, MD.  THOMAS L. BLANTON, TEX.    FLORIAN LAMPERT, WIS.  RALPH GILBERT, KY.    OSCAR E. KELLER, MINN.  WILLIAM C. HAMMER, N. C.    CHARLES L. UNDERHILL, MASS.  CHARLES F. X. O'BRIEN, N. J.    R. G. FITZGERALD, OHIO  STANLEY H. KUNZ, ILL.    CLARENCE J. MCLEOD, MICH.  HENRY L. JOST, MO.    ERNEST W. GIBSON, VT.  ALLARD H. GASQUE, S. C.    EDWARD M. BEERS, PA.  EVERETT KENT, PA.    HENRY R. RATHBONE, ILL.     GALE H. STALKER, N. Y.   
ISABEL HORTON CLERK
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
WASHINGTON, D. C.
July 1, 1925.
The Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am herewith forwarding you a letter with its inclosures from a friend and constituent of mine, Mrs. G. R. Reed, who as you will note is anxious to have the records searched in an effort to secure information concerning one of her ancestors, a Charles Jones of Virginia.
I will appreciate your doing what can be done and will ask you to return the inclosures when they have served their purpose.
Thanking you, I am,
Respectfully,
Ralph W. Gilbert
Incls.
there were a letter from the constituent to the Congressman, a letter from him from the A.G.O. & a copy in full from the Adm. Co. Ky. Court records of the pension pension claims of
which the soldier's papers & is now in this office
Feb. 3-1829 - Apr. 6 - 1829 & the one of Sept. 10-1827 to

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Charles 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. S. F. 36,647.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug. 1775 1 yr. Pri. Wm Campbell Patrick Henry Va.          
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Bedford Co., Va.
Date of application for pension, Feb. 3, 1829. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Adair Co., Ky.
Age at date of application, 76 yrs.
Remarks: In 1829, he referred to his wife, name not stated, aged 66 yrs., a daughter, name not stated, who was married Dec. 14, 1821, and daughters, Dorcas Taylor, Catharine, about 23, & Betsy Ann, about 21 yrs. of age. He died in 1840, & in 1852 the following were his only surviving children: William T., Levi, Chesley, Lucy Winfrey, Frances Taylor, Sally Keat, Betsy Ann White, and Catharine Staples. Respectfully,
Commissioner.