Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5707, for Nathan Jones, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.b. S.b. or
Jones, Nathan Jane
R. 5707
CONTENTS
ent. in Dublin Co. N.I. d. in Bladew Co. about 1829
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Amos N Hall P.O. Blockers N. Georgia for Jane Jones widow of Nathanil Jones Discharge war of 1876 additional affidavit of Wiley Hall The Diversity of the name of the soldier is an Error of mine in stead of the claimant the Scotch cal Nathan — Nathanil until This day and Maxwel is a Scotch name Respectfully
Amos N Hall

State of North Carolina County of Cumberland
On this the 15 th day of April A D One Thousand Eight Hundred sixty One Personally appeared Before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Wiley Hall a Resident Bladen County and State aforesaid who Being Duly sworn according to Law Declares on Oath that he said Nathaniel Jones the deceased Husband of the claimant Dead in Bladen County and State aforesaid A D 1829 and Therefore he knows that he is dead and is not now surviving and that the claimant gave birth of Sampson County and State aforesaid and the above named soldier lived together and cohabited as man and wife and was reputed to have been lawfully married and that I never heard their marriage called in question in my acquaintance and that the above named soldier had been previously married to another woman and had children by both women and after his death they all had equal shares in his property and that the claimant had a dower of land on the estate of her husband and that she now owns a slave that belonged to her husband and that the claimant's husband could not obtain a pension under the acts of Congress in A D 1818 because he had more property in real personal property the act would admit them to draw and that I often heard him complain and say that he had ought to have his pension as well as the rest and that I have often heard him speak of Col Anderson & Captain Mill, Lieutenant Slade and heard him and Sanders Simmons & Jeremiah Simmons who are now all dead talk together and say that

They were all in service together in the state of South Carolina on Ashley River at Ashley Hill in the year of 1780 and 81 and that I have been personally acquainted with the claimant Jane Jones for the least fifty years and therefore I know that she is the Identical Person that she represents herself to be and that she always bore a good character and is the Mother and Grand Mother of a large family of good citizens and is beyond all doubt justly entitled to as much pay as is due to any Revolutionary soldiers widow and that they are the Identical Party that were all always reputed to be entitled to pension and I know that if they had not been in service together that the Myns Simmons would not have said so for they were men of truth and that I have no interest in this claim and is not related by marriage or otherwise
Arthur Horne EJB
Wiley Hall
The above and within affidavit was sworn to and acknowledged and subscribed before me on the day and year within written and I certify that the affiant Wiley Hall is a credible person and I also certify that the claimant and Nathaniel Jones lived together as man & wife and that I never heard their marriage called in question in my acquaintance and that they are the Identical Party that I always heard it reputed to be entitled to pension and that I have no interest in the claim of Jane Jones for pension and bounty land.
Arthur Horne Seal

State of North Carolina
I Depee P Marden Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Cumberland County, North Carolina do certify that Arthur Horne whose signature in his own proper hand writing appears to the foregoing affidavit was at the date of the same & is now an acting justice of the Peace in & for said County duly Commissioned & sworn according to law full faith and Credit are due to his official Acts
Witness my hand and Seal of said Court at office in Fayetteville N.C. this 23 rd day of April A.D. 1861
J P Marden Clerk By Henry Horne Deputy

State of South Carolina } Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Simpson County } May Term 1859
Best
R. L. Holmes Chairman.
S. B. Gillett J. P.
W. A. Faison J. P.
3 Pendants 3 Justices
3 Assents Justices
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Personally appeared this 18 day of May 1859 before the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Simpson County S. Carolina now in session at the town of Clinton, I am Jones aged 80 years a Resident of Simpson County aforesaid who being duly sworn, on her oath maketh the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the several acts of Congress applicable to her case as herein stated - That she is the widow of Stephen Jones, who she is informed & believes was a soldier in Capt James Mells & Lt. Moseley Co in a battalion commanded by Maj. Griffith M'Ree in the Revolutionary war - and served in South Carolina under General Greene - the particulars of which service she is unable definitely to state, but she refers to proofs she will hereunto file in due course to sustain her claim -
She further declares she was married

to said Sampson Sarah Jones in Franklin Co. So. Car. in the By one William Parker or year 1795 or thereabouts, that her said husband died in Franklin Co. S.C. in the year 1829 or thereabouts, that she has remained a widow ever since all of which well & more fully appear by the proofs to be filed to sustain her claim —
Sworn to & subscribed before Jane Jones the May 18 th 1859
J. R. Beaman CLK
From the minutes J. R. Beaman CLK
Sworn to & subscribed before me on this day the day & year above written & I Certify that I know said deponent to be her to be as above stated that she is the age above stated that I am not retained in this claim as an Attorney or otherwise
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 18 th day of May 1859
J. R. Beaman CLK Sampson Co. Court.

State of North Carolina
County of Sampson
Know all men by these presents that I Jane Jones widow of Nathan Jones do hereby appoint Jno M Rose & Amos N Hall my duly authorized agent to prosecute my claim as widow of Nathan Jones deceased and to Examine all the papers on Books at Washington City or Else where and Receive the Result at Blocker P.O. N.C. and that my name was Jane Withersby before my marriage with the above named Soldier and that I am now a widow and has not married since the decease of my above named Husband
Jane her Jones mark
Sworn to & subscribed before me Feb 18 th 1859. J. W. Plaman C.M.

Pension Claims
Revolutionary War
Jane Jones widow of Nathan Jones
Amos S. Hall B. John M. Rose agents for Jane Jones widow of Nathan Jones
P. O. Blockers N. C. Mr. G. C. Whiting Esq. com it is very probably that he was discharged at Wilmington N. C. at the close of the war
Respectfully
Amos S. Hall B. John M. Rose agents
Sir you will Examine the Evidence of Wiley Hall & Hugh Simpson then we claim all that would be coming to the husband of our claimant if he was now living and we think that will not be much for the Government of the United States of America to pay a poor widow her own money Respectfully Amos S. Hall & John M. Rose agents P. O. Blockers N. C.

State of North Carolina County of Bladen
On this the 27 th day of May A One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Nine Personally appeared Before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State afore- said Wily Hall a Resident of Bladen County and State aforesaid who Being Duly sworn according to law Declares On Oath that he was Personally Present and Sest. Nathan Jones Dead in Bladen County and that the hope bury him in the year of A 1829 and Therefore he Knows that Nathan Jones the Deceased Husband of Jane Jones who has Filed her Declaration in Sampson County is Dead and is not now surviving and that they lived together as man and wife and was reputed to be lawfully married as stated in her Declaration and that the above named Nathan Jones was always reputed to have been in the Revolutionary war with Sanders Simmons and Jeremiah Simmons who are now Dead for I have heard them talk together and call them selves the Continental Soldiers that served together in the Revolutionary war under Gen Green and that she is now a widow and has not married since the Death of the above named Soldier and that I have no interest in this claim
Pat Hall J.P.
Wily Hall

This foregoing affidavits were sworn to and assigned Before me on the day and year above and within written and I certify that the affiants are credible Persons and I have no interest in the claim of Jane Jones widow Nathan Jones Deceased and that I also seen the above named Nathan Jones when he was alive and was present when he was married
J. N. Hall J.P.
North Carolina Bladen County
I, A. K. Cromartie, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that James Hall, whose genuine signa- ture appears to the foregoing Affidavit, is and was, at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in said County, and that full faith and credit is due to his Official acts.
In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court, at Office in Elizabethtown, the 15 th day of August A.D. 1859 A. K. Cromartie Clk.

State of North Carolina County of Bladen On this the 27 th day of May A One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Nine Personally appeared Before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Hugh Simpson sen who Being Duly Sworn according to Law Declares on Oath that he was a spectator at the Burying of Nathan Jones Deceased Husband of Jane Jones the claimant in Bladen County and State of North Carolina on or about the year of 1829 and therefore he knows that he is Dead and is not now surviving and the claimant and the above named soldier lived together as man and wife and was reputed to have been Lawfully married as stated in her Declaration Filed in Sampson County and that she has often heard the above named Nathan Jones and Sanders Simmons & Jeremiah Simmons talk together and say that they were in service as stated in the claimant's Declaration and that she is now a widow and has not married since the death of her above named Husband and he was always reputed to have been in the Revolutionary war and that I have no Interest in this claim or concern in the benefits thereof
Jas Hall
J.P.
Hugh his X mark Simpson

5707
P. O. _____
James Jones
Service: wid. of Nathan
Enlisted: _____, 18
REJECTED
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: Claim filed too late to have cause of rejection entered
Re-enlisted: on printed list of 1832,
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Cont
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

No 1499.
Jane Jones widow of Nathan Sampson Co. North Carolina
Let. Amos M. Hall, Atty 3/58 Same Lett. 14/59
5707
Not. July 29, 1848

U. A. 1800
No 3

Pension Office, November 3, 1858.
Sir,
I have received and examined the papers sent by you in support of a claim for pension of Anne Jones, widow of Nathan Jones, an alleged revolutionary soldier. We have no evidence of her said husband's service in this Office. If you should procure such evidence, then it will be necessary for her to make a declaration before a court of record, and to prove her marriage, identity, and widowhood in the manner pointed out in the inclosed instructions which were framed to carry into effect the act of Congress of July 29, 1848.
Very truly yours
Amos W. Hall Esqr Blockers P. O. North Carolina

Amos A. Hall,
Sept. 14, 1839.

Pension Office, Sept. 14, 1889.
Sir,
I have received the added declaration of Mrs. Jane Jones, and accompanying affidavits, transmitted by you in support of her claim for pension under act of July 29, 1848. Referring you to my letter of Nov 3. 1858, for the character of the proof required, to sus-  tain this claim, the will remain suspended until said proof is adduced.
Amos. N. Hall Esq. Blockers Post Office North Carolina.

Power of Attorney Revolutionary Pension claim
I know all men by these presents that I Jane Jones widow of Nathan Jones age 75 years Deceased who was a Revolutionary Soldier under Gen Green
I hereby constitute and appoint Amos N. Hall my true and Lawful Agent to prosecute my claim as widow of Nathan Jones Deceased for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or Increase of Pension that may be due and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the Papers and Documents in Relations to said claim on file in the Department at the Washington City or Elsewhere and to file additional Evidence or argument and to receive the certificate which may be issued for said claim which certificate I wish made payable to me Jane Jones widow of Nathan Jones Deceased
To appoint one or more substitutes  agents under him for the purpose herein expressed and to do all things that I could or mite do if I was personally present hereby Ratifying and confirming all that my said Agent shall Lawfully do in the premises. as
witness my hand and seal this the 25 th day of August  July 1858
Albert Westam Amos Bullard
Signed and sealed in presence of
Jane Jones her mark
State of North Carolina
County of Sampson
On this the 25 th day of August  July 1858 Before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid personally appeared Jane Jones widow of Nathan Jones Deceased and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be an free and deed for the purpose therein mentioned - In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand hand and seal - the day and year aforesaid
W. B. Britt J.P.

Claim of Jane Jones widow of Nathan Jones. Deceased Act of
State of South Carolina } Be it known that on County of Sampson } this the 25 th day of August A D 1858 Before the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid Personally appeared Jane Jones widow of Nathan Jones deceased aged 75 years a Resident of Sampson County in the State of South Carolina and made Oath According to Law that she is the widow of Nathan Jones who was a Regular soldier under Gen Green in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain and she also Declares on Oath that her said Husband Died in Bladen County and State aforesaid on or about the year A D 1829 and that she is now a widow and she Further States on oath that she was lawfully married to the above named soldier in the County and State aforesaid on or about the year of A D 1775 and that there is no Record of said marriage exist to her knowledge —
And I also Declares that I am directly Interested as a claimant in said pensions Pension or, never having Received any Pension or applied for any under know Act of Congress — Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Before me } Jane Jones her mark
W. C. Butler J.P.
I W. C. Butler a justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid do hereby certify that Jane Jones widow of Nathan Jones deceased who Executed the foregoing Papers is a Respectable Resident of this County and is I Believe directly Interested as therein set Forth and I certify that I have no Entrust in said claim
W. C. Butler J.P.

State of North Carolina I J. R. Blanton clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in & for the County of Sampson do hereby certify that Mr. C. Butler whose own proper signature appears to the foregoing certificate is & was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County duly Commissioned & sworn & all his official acts are entitled to full credit.
Witness whereof I have hereunto set My hand & Seal of office the 23 d of October 1858 & 83 d year of of American Independence.
J. R. Blanton clk

Mr. J. C. White Esq. Commissioner I must acknowledge that you have favoured me with more than was due me from you if the within is not White I hope that you will inform me what is white in within claim for the is yet a time and doing well as could be expected for another a long Respected Family who People many States of our Country and as a Record of our Green's world B- at use to me I hope you will write me that Nathan Jones is on the second and that will be all that is required of me as I am told that it is there for I know Miss Jones is too much of a lady to expect that is not just of her County yet for she a Pious member of methodist church is Lady of all talents as I will show in Abolitional services in Blackin County I must I shall agent for some some widow of a father in Success I must I shall agent for some widow of a father Jones I must I shall P. O. Blackin V. C. Frank Hall
Yours with Respect I must I shall
The above is in hurry excuse Bad writing
P. O. Blackin V. C.

Blockers N.C. April the 9 th A D 1861
Mr
George C Whiting Esq com
Deor Sir
The Declaration of Mrs Jane Jones widow of Nathaniel Jones deceased a Resident of Sampson County who made her Declaration Before William C Buttle (JP) on the 25 th day of August A D 1858 and was after wards sent to your office through me as her agent and also made Declaration at May Term of To Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions A D 1858 R C Holmes chairman S B Killen and W A Priston in compliance to your former Report and as your Report is mislaid so among my papers that can not now write you when her claim was suspended and can find my copy of the Declaration and has been unable to procure any Record Evidence untill now I have Received a certificate from the Comptroller General of the State of South Carolina which is as follows No 531 Book A Issued the 26 th of April 1785 to Mr Nathaniel Jones for Eight Pounds Eleven shillings & five Pence for Military Duty Pr Account Audited Principal £ 8 11 5 No 28 Annual Interest £ 0 11 11 No 28/10 531 Mr Nathaniel Jones A/c of military duty per Col Andersons Account to carry £ 60
Stg £ 8 11 5
State of South Carolina To Nathaniel Jones JR for duty per Col Andersons Return £ 60 - -
Stg £ 8 11 5
Recd April the 26 th 1785 the full amount of the above Account in Treasury Indent

No 531 Book U By virtue of an order Signed Robt Maxwell, hence certified be &c
I make the above amount to be Sixty Eight Pounds 11 Shillings & 5 pence Sterling and as I thought that it will be necessary for her to make some other Evidence I send you a copy of the Certificate and hence I will Return the Comptroller's Certificate with other Evidence that I think would be necessary But if the Certificate is all that you office is all the Requires write to me to that effect I think it is necessary for Evidence to accompany it that claimant is now surviving
Addns, Blockers N.G. Amos & Hall agent for game preserves

Amos N. Hall address Blockers N.C. agent for Jane Jones widow Nathaniel Jones deceased for Bounty Land and Pension. He since have heretofore filed declaration for Pension for this women But could not offer any Record Evidence of said service you will see within a extract from the Compt. roller General of Southcar- olina The Pay Rolls of said service which Entitles her to Bounty Land according to Circular A and therefor she is justly Entitled to Pension
Respectfully
Amos N Hall

State of North Carolina } County of Cumberland } On this the 20 th day of April A t One Thousand Eight Hundred and sixty one Personally appeared Before me the following Power of an Attorney a justice of Peace Jane Jones and made Know all men by these Presents that I Jane Jones hereby appoint Amos N Hall PO Blockers NC my Truly authorized agent to prosecute my claim for Pensions and explain the Diversity of name in my Declarations made Before the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in Sampson County and State aforesaid on the 18 th day of May A D 1859 and afterwards suspended for Record Evidence and she hereby makes Further Evidence and Further Declares on Oath that she is the widow of the Identical Nathan Jones Deceased that is No 531 in Book O 3 Issued the 26 th of April - 1785 to Mr Nathan Jones for Eight pounds eleven shilling & five pence Sterling for Militia Duty per Account Audited State in 1859 Principal £ 8 11 5
No 28 Annual Interest 0 11 11 No 28 O 531 Mr Nathan Jones act of militia Duty Dr Col Andersons Return Amount to Cury £ 60 State of South Carolina To Nathan Jones for for Duty Dr Col Andersons Return £ 60 8 11 5
Recd April the 20 th 1785 the full amount of the above account in Treasury Indent No 531 Book o by virtue of an order signed Robt Maxwell as Received through my said agent from the officer in Columbia in South Carolina signed Wm R Hunt and that she can not offer any other Evidence only the above stated certificate which she Believes was Received By her Deceased Husband and she hereby appoint Amos N Hall her agent to Receive her Pension at the above named PO together with all the certificates that she may Be Entitled to her Jones And that she is not now able to attend court mark
Thomas Bullard Arthur Horne mark J P Seal Jane Jones her mark
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State of North Carolina
I Ispex Thardev Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Cumberland County, North Carolina do certify that Arthur Horne whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration, Power of Attorney & Affidavit was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County duly Commissioned, & sworn according to law full faith & credit are due to his official acts.
Witness my hand & seal of said Court at Office in Fayetteville N.C. this 23 rd day of April A.D. 1861.
I Thardev Clerk By Henry Hawks Deputy
Sir
I have heretofore sent declarations Nathan Jones and that was a error of my own and does not wish you to think that I have or am trying misrepresent the claim of Jane Jones of Sampson County is the same person that is on the suspended Book as stated in her declaration I never read any of the Books and Papers of the Deceased and I wrote the first declaration, Nathaniel Jones and on Enquiry of old People I have been told that the Scotch calls the name Nathaniel until this day &c. Amos Hall P.O. Blockers N.C. agent for Jane Jones widow of Nathaniel Jones. Discharge for Bounty Land and Pension, Respectfully Amos Hall

State of North Carolina
County of Cumberland
On this the 20th day of April A D One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty one Personally appeared Before me a justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid Jane Jones a Resident of Sampson County and state aforesaid aged 83 years who Being Duly sworn according to Law Declares on Oath that she the widow of Nathaniel Jones Deceased who was a Private or as the Rolls may show in the company commanded By Captain - Mills Lieutenant Slade Major McKee or as the Roll may show commanded By Col Anderson North & South Carolina Battalion or Regiment in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain Declared By the United States or as the case A D 1776 may be, and that her said Husband Enlisted or volunteered or as the case may be in Duplin County or as the case may be for during the war and served in North & South Carolina for the term of Twelve months or as the case may be and Received Sixty Eight Pounds Eleven Shillings and Five Pence in Treasury note signed Robt Maxwell No 531 in South Carolina in Book U or as the case may be and that her said husband was honorably discharged in North Carolina or South Carolina at the close of the war Revolutionary war on the - day of A D 17 - she further states that she was lawfully married to the said Nathaniel Jones in Sampson County and state aforesaid on the day of - A D 17 By one William Parker a justice of the Peace and that no Record Evidence or Eye witness Exist to her knowledge and that her name Before her said marriage was Jane Withersby and that her said Husband Died in Bladen County and state aforesaid A D 1829 and that she is now a widow and has not married since the death of the above named soldier and that she married him since the war and has often heard him speak of Being in the war and how Bad he fared and heard him complain of the First Pension Law Being so passed that he could not Receive Pensions Because he was worth Property and that she has no Discharge and can only offer such Evidence as her said agent has Procured and that she has no learning and does not know how the Book and Papers on which her said Husband's service
Plat City this 3rd day of April 1861

was recorded and that she has heretofore made Declaration in Sampson county and was suspended for Record Evidence for all the Pension that will be due me under the several Acts of congress and I now appoint Amos N Hall PO Blockers N.C. my duly authorized agent to prosecute my claim and receive my warrant. She makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bon Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March the 3 d A t 1855 and May the 14 th A t 1856 and she further Declares that she has not applied for or received any Bounty Land under these or any other Acts of congress and that she is now a widow.
Jane her Jones mark
Arthur Horne (P Seal)
We Thomas Bullard and Arthur Horne Residents of Sampson & Cumberland counties in the state of North Carolina upon our Oaths Declare that the above and within Declaration was signed and acknowledged By Jane Jones in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statement of the applicant that she is the identical person that she represents herself to be and that she is now a widow and that we have no interest in this claim and that we have been personally acquainted with claim for the last thirty five years and that is reputed to be entitled to Pension.
Thomas his Bullard mark
Arthur Horne (P Seal)
Arthur Horne
The foregoing Declaration and affidavits were sworn unto and acknowledged before me on the day and year within written and I certify that the affiants are credible persons and that the claimant the identical person that she here represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim and also the Power of an attorney was duly acknowledged to be her act and deed.
Arthur Horne (P Seal)
And I also further and additionally certify that from the appearance and age of the applicant that she is unable to attend the Regular Term of the court in either Cumberland or Sampson county this the 20 th day of April A t 1861.
Arthur Horne (P Seal)

(Indent)
N o 531 Book O { Issued the 26 th of April 1785 to Mr Nathaniel Jones for Eight pounds, eleven Shillings & five pence Sterling for Militia Duty for Account audited.
Principal £ 8: 11: 5. N o 28 - Annual Interest £ 0: 11: 11 (N o 28) O. 531 - Mr Nathaniel Jones' acct of Militia duty for Col. Anderson's Return, Annotg to Curry £ 60. - . -
Stk £ 8: 11: 5 State of South Carolina Jr To Nathaniel Jones Dec r For Duty for Col. Anderson's Return £ 60. - . - Stk £ 8: 11: 5
Rec d April the 26 th 1785 the full amount of the above Acc t , in a Treasury Indent N o 531, Book O. by virtue of an order.
(Signed) Rob t Maxwell Comptroller General's Office Columbia S C . March 30 th 1861 } I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy from the original Records in this Office.
(No Seal of Office)
Given under my hand W m R. Shutt for Comp t Genl.
Fees $2.00 Paid
Please send me a certification on receiving this Declaration as in all Bounty Land claims   Amos N. Hall  agent for  James Jones widow of  Nathaniel Jones deceased  War of 1776 or  first Revolutionary  of 1776 the present  Revolution had not  Begun when I wrote  this Declaration  Respectfully Amos N. Hall  agent