Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2442-300, for Strother Jones, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Va.)
Jones, Strother
B. b. Wt. 2442-300
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Stephen Jones, Cap. 1 st
No. 1.
2442
300 Acre
REVOLUTIONARY HEIR BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
Nancy Ann Jones.
FILED BY
Thomas Lumpkin Secy.
PRINTED AT THE CONSTITUTIONALIST OFFICE, AUGUSTA, GA.
See claim 2442, New Series
Land Warr. No. 2442 for 300. Acre. Issued Decem. 15 th 1849. to W th Stephen Jones. Heirs and Barton

REVOLUTIONARY HEIR CLAIM.
State of Georgia Columbia COUNTY. } 1
I, Nancy Ann Jones only Heir at Law of
Mother Jones , do upon oath testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that my Father, Mother Jones , did enter the service of the United States as a Continental , in 17 76 , and served as a Captain , under General Washington in the said Continental Line of the State of Virginia , and he continued in said service until he was discharged in the year 17 83 .
I further declare, I have never received the Warrant for a Bounty Land, promised him on the part of the United States, under the Act 16th September, 1776, or any other Act of Congress, nor do I believe he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it, in any manner whatsoever.
I hereby, by these Presents, appoint and constitute General Joseph Martin , of the Washington City  Dist. of C. O. , my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, to receive from the Commissioner of Pensions, the Warrant for the quantity of Land due me as aforesaid.
Sworn to and subscribed this, the Seventh day of November , 18 55 .
Nancy Ann Jones 
WE, the undersigned, residents of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby attest, that we have known the above declarant long and well, for many years. She is a credible person, and we have no doubt, the identical Heir represented in the declaration, from all the facts in the case. Sworn to the day and year above.
William Jones D. W. Jones
I, J. M. Worth , hereby attest, that the above declarant and affiants are credible persons, and entitled to full faith in their declarations; and, I also certify, that the above declarant did subscribe to and acknowledge the above Declaration and Power of Attorney before me, to be his free act and deed, the day and year above written, under oath, this, the Seventh day of Nov. 18 55 .
Witness my hand and seal.
J. M. Worth
State of Georgia Columbia COUNTY. } 1
I, James Crawford Clerk of the Superior Court, for and in said County and State, hereby attest that J. M. Worth was, at the time of taking the foregoing Declaration and Affidavit, an acting Notary at Law, for and in said County and State, duly authorized to administer oaths, &c. His Signature is genuine, and his official acts entitled to full faith and credit. WITNESS my hand and seal of office, this, the Seventh day of December , 18 55 .
James Crawford Clerk Sup Court Sup Co Columbia Ga

State of Virginia
County of Frederick
Know all men by these presents that I Will him Stephen Jones of the County of Frederick & State of Virginia a grandson & son of the Heirs at Law of Capt. Stephen Jones late of the Virginia Continental Line had do hereby give myself & the other Heirs at Law of said Capt. Stephen Jones decd - to wit David W. Weston & Frances & his wife, James F. Jones, Francis B. Jones, Sam H. Jones, Meribah & Maria Jones - constitute & appoint Richard Ray of Washington City DC. to be our true & lawful attorney for & in our names to demand & receive from the Secretary of the Interior of the United States of America a warrant for the quantity of land due to said Capt. Stephen Jones decd from said Government duties my hand & seal the 15 th day of October 1849.
Virginia County of Frederick
W. H. Jones
Personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in & for said County, William Stephen Jones the subscriber to the above letter of attorney & acknowledged that the same is his act & deed for the pur- poses therein mentioned. Given under my hand & seal the 3 rd day of December 1849
W. H. Jones
and

In testimony the within mentioned John ... was a Magistrate of ... County ... duly authorized to administer oaths or take acknowledgments ... in said County of state at the date of the within certificate ... that his name ... appears subscribed to the within ... and that he was at the time of signing the same a competent Magistrate in and for said state ... the County of ... at ... in the County of ... on the 3rd day of December 1859
I, the undersigned Clerk of the Court of the County of ... do hereby certify that John ... who has signed the foregoing certificate is a Justice of the peace for the County of ... duly commissioned and qualified in that the signature thereto hereto is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court the 4th day of December 1859 and in the 7th year of the Commonwealth. This was attested by me J. S. ... Clerk

Nancy Ann Jones informed me that Strother Jones, her father, was from Virginia, and she believed that he was the person entitled to the land warrant which Francis L. Barton procured. Case prosecuted by Ramsay
June 20th, 1856
S. G. Dodge

Washington
Oct 9. 1849
James L. Ederanes Esq. Com d of Pensions Sir,
I herewith enclose, an application for Bounty Land, in the case of Strother Jones dec d late a Captain in the Virginia Continental line, in the war of the Revolution. The proof of his service is also submitted, together with a letter and report from the 3 d Auditor of the Treasury, showing that Strother Jones commutation was allowed and settled.
I remain
Your most
Or. Ser
Alex. Ray

Mr. Ray

State of Virginia County of Frederick
William Strother Jones of the County and state aforesaid for himself David W Burton & Frances S. his wife James F Jones
Francis B Jones, Beverly Jones and Marshall Jones & Maria Jones infant heirs at law of Marshall Jones died the only heirs at law of Captain Strother Jones deceased, doth upon oath, testify and declare to the best of his knowledge and belief, that Strother Jones did enter the service in the year 1777 for the term of during the war, and served as a Captain in the Regiment commanded by Col Grayson, subsequently, in one of the sixteen additional Regiments under command of Col Nathaniel Gist, of the Virginia, Continental line; and that he continued in service to the 1 st January 1781 at which time he was discharged.
And the said W Strother Jones aforesaid doth further declare, that they have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to said Captain Strother Jones deceased, on the part of the United States, nor do he believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever.
W Strother Jones
on County of Frederick etc. Personally came before me a justice of the peace in & for said county, William Strother Jones, who being duly sworn, says that to the best of his knowledge & belief, the statements made in the above declaration and interrogate are true. Given under my hand & seal Sept 5 1849.
J. R. [seal]

Virginia
At a Court held for Frederick County the 1 st day of October 1869.
From satisfactory testimony produced to the Court it is ordered to be certified that William S. Jones, who made the declaration and affidavit this day produced to the Court and hereto annexed, is the grandson and one of the heirs at law of Captain Strother Jones deceased, who was a captain in the Revolutionary War, and the same that is mentioned in the said declaration; and that the persons mentioned in said declaration as the only heirs of said Captain Strother Jones deceased are in fact such; And the Court are further fully satisfied of the truth of said declaration throughout, and doth hereby authorize the clerk of this Court to en- ter the same to the Secretary War of the United States of America.
I Thomas Allen Pickrell, clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true transcript from the records thereof.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the said Court the 2 nd day of October 1869 and in the 76 th year of the Commonwealth.
F. S. Pickrell

Treasury Department Third auditor's office 7 Feby. 1846
Sir
In reply to your letter of 5 th inst. enclosing one to you from Thomas Green Ely in relation to the claim of the heirs of Capt. Arthur Jones of the N o Cont l Line to Commutation, I send a copy of a letter from this office dated 20 Jany. '42 to Hon. Hiland Hall of Conn t in Reorg l Claims of House of Reps s , from which it will appear that the commutation of the officer in- -quired for, has been already settled for. I return the enclosure of your letter.
Very respectfully Yr. Ob t . Serv t .
Ben o Hagner Aud r
Hon o Thos s Ely City of Wash o .

Hon. Milton Hall Ch. of the Rev. James H. Re.
(P) Treasury Department Third Auditor's Office 20 Jany. 1842
Sir I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated 17 inst., on the subject of the application of the heirs of Matthew Jones (who is said to have belonged to Col. Thornton's N o . Reg t ) asking for commutation & you inquire whether I can give you any information on the subject of his services.
In reply I have to state, that it appears by the Rev y records in this Office, that an ac t was stated by the late Paym t Genl. & Commissioner of Army accounts on 2 May 1791 for the commutation of Capt. Matthew Jones of Col. Lister's Reg t deceased, & reported to the Auditor of the Treasury for settlement, which from the enclosed copies of the letter & statement received from the Register of the Treasury appears to have been allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury in March 1792, & for the payment of which a certificate of Registered debt was issued -
(signed)
With great respect &c. P. Wagner Aud.

Stephen Jones
N. 2442
Alex. Ray Esq. Present
1871

Alex. Ray
1849 Stephen Jones and Capt. V. L. ...
Rec. Octo. 17 th 49