Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 32347, for Moses Jones, North Carolina

SERVICE
Nb.
Jones, Moses
NUMBER
S 32347
CONTENTS
Left Sept 1762 in Island Right Co. Va. Res at end Gatts Co. Va. Res in 1800 Franklin Co. Ill.

Illinois 13.400.
Moses Jones.
Franklin in the State of Illinois who was a Private in the Co. commanded Captain Walton of the Regt. commanded Col Lytle in the M o Vols for nine months.
$30.
Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois at the rate of 30. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of July 1833 and sent to Mrs. J. Grant. Equality H. B. W.
Arrears to the 4th of March. 1833. 6 000 Sem-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 33. 1500
$7500
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M c R. Palmer Clerk, Book E Vol. 8 Page 57

No 17970 2/1/00
Moses Jones Franklin County Illinois
Adm 5.
Adm 9. Months —
Alex. F. Grant, Equality Franklin County Illinois

BRIEF in the case of Moses Jones County of Franklin in the State of Illinois (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Cont  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Entered In 1782 time of service not stated, but continued until the close of the war private Gen. Geest Capt Wm Walton, Capt J. Baily Capt. Breward, Col A. Little Capt Alexander, Capt Pokedr  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none,  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Gates County N Carolina  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional & living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richd. H. Smith Examining Clerk

State of Illinois, Franklin county, ss:
On this 2d day of October, 1832, personally appeared before the circuit court of the said county and state, now in session, being a court of record Moses Jones a resident of said county aged about seventy- one years, also being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 30, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: He entered the service  some time during the winter of 1781 in the state of North Carolina He was born in the Isle of Wight county, Virginia, in the month of September, 1762, and has no record of his age. He was living in Gates county, North Carolina, in June, 1782, it was when it was understood that every twenty men should furnish one man for the United States' service. That pursuant to this understanding he entered the service under Captain William Walton, and was marched  to but before any thing further was done, Captain Joseph Baity was put in command, and marched the company to Ashby Hills, where the company was transferred to the command of Captain Brevard, in the regiment of Colonel

Archibald Lytle: Soon after this a detach- ment was made up of portions of different com- panies, and regiments, then under command of General Gist, of General Greene's army, to which this applicant belonged. In this detachment he was put under the command of a Maryland Captain, named Alexander; and proceeded along the sea coast in quest of cattle for the subsistence of the army. They were engaged in this service 18 or 20 days. After the return of the detachment, the applicant found that the company of Captain Burard, to which he had belonged, had been dissolved. He then was joined to a company commanded by Captain Joseph Rhodes, in Col. Lytle's regiment. They were then moved to James Island, about 12 miles from Ashby Hill, where they remained six or seven months, when orders came for the soldiers to be discharged, peace having been concluded, and proclaimed. From James Island those, who were not discharged there, were taken on to Long Bay, and to Wilming- ton, at the former of which places this appli- cant received leave to quit the service until further orders. He did not then receive a final discharge because the time for which he en-

tered the service, (18 months) had not ex- pired, and it was apprehended that the Indians might require chastisement. They were directed to send their furlough to an officer, he thinks, at Hillsbury, North Carolina, and at the end of their term of service, and receive a certifi- cate to enable them to draw pay - which this applicant accordingly did. This applicant was not engaged in any general battle, the sur- render of Cornwallis, at Little York, having hap- pened a short time before he entered the service. This applicant has no documentary evidence to prove the foregoing allegations; and knows of no person, except W m M c Elya, by whom he can prove testify to his services. M c Elya was in Captain Rhodes' company upon the return of this applicant from the expedition after Cutts, and they served the remainder of the term of service together. He hereby aban- dons every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state the agency of any state.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
His Mark M c Elya
Sworn to and subscribed this 2 nd day of October 1832
W m M c Elya
I, William M c Elya, a resident of Franklin county Illinois, do certify that I am well acquainted with Morris Jones, the applicant making the above declaration - that he knows of his serving in Captain Joseph Rhodes' company, of Col. Lytle's Regiment, as he has stated in his declaration - this affiant having been a private in the said

company at the time the said John entered it, and remained in it until they all left the service.
Given to, and subscribed, the day & year aforesaid.
S. M. Hubbard Atty
William Tell Eliza 17970
We Laban John P. Maddox, a clergyman residing in Franklin county, Illinois, and Laban Estis, residing in the same county, certify, that we are well acquainted with Moses Jones who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Given and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
S. M. Hubbard Atty
John P. Maddox
Laban Estis
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certify, that it appears to them that John P. Maddox, who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the county of Franklin, and that Laban Estis, who has also signed the same is a resident of the same county, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Simon M. Hubbard, clerk of the circuit court for Franklin county, Illinois, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Moses Jones for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and seal my  private no public seal being provided. Seal office, this 2 d day of October, 1832.
S. M. Hubbard Atty

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File No. 89,882
Moses Jones
Rev Rev War
Act: June 1 st 1827
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 206
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Aug. 31-97. Histo to Mr. Josiah Fogg St. Louis Mo.
1906 Jan 5- history to J. Loy Jones care Henry Gable. MR 1906 Oct 5. Hist to Mrs H. M. Marinette

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 muster-rolls of the Continental line of this State, in the Revolutionary War, that Moses Jones a private soldier in Capt. Bailey's Company of the 10 th Regiment, entered the service on the 17 th day of September 1782 , for the term of eighteen months .
Given under my hand this 18 th day of November 1856 .
W. Hill Secretary of State

Equality, Gallatin county, Illinois, May 13, 1833-
Sir
I return herewith the application of Moses Jones, a citizen of the adjoining county of Franklin, for a pension, accompanied by the amendatory affidavit, made in pursuance of your instructions. I hope they may prove satisfactory.
I observe in a Western paper an extract purporting to be made from a letter from your office, intimating that frauds having been practised by persons assuming to be agents for the applicants, you will attend to no communications made upon the subject except from the applicants themselves, or from persons on their behalf, known at the Department. Having undertaken the prosecution of several claims for pensions in the judicial circuit in which I reside and practise as an attorney, I shall to avoid

injustice to the applicants, and to myself, solicit from General Robinson, one of our senators in Congress, a letter to you address advising you what degree of confidence may be placed in any agency I may possess, or in any communications I may make to the Government, or any of its departments.
Respectfully, Sir,
Your obed't serv't
Hea. S. Grant
L. L. Edwards, Esq.
Pension Office.

State of Illinois, Franklin county ss:
The amended declaration of Moses Jones, a resident of Franklin county, made in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed June 30, 1832:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a justice of the peace in and for the said county of Franklin, Moses Jones, who, being duly sworn deposes and says, that by reason of old age, and consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For the period of 1 month I served as a private under Captain William Walton; for the period of five weeks I served in the same grade under Captain Joseph Baily; for the period of 1 week I served in the same grade under Captain ——— Burward; I served in the same grade for the period of three weeks under Captain Alexander; for the period of six months I served in the same grade under Captain Joseph Rhodes; and for such service I claim a pension. Moses his Jones mark
Subscribed and sworn to, this
9th day of May 1833.
Thos M. Harris J.P. Ed. etc
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State of Illinois, Franklin County, ss:
I, Simon M. Hubbard, Clerk of the County Commissioners' Court in and for the County of Franklin aforesaid, do hereby certify that Thomas M. Morris whose official attestation is affixed to the preceding affidavit of Moses Jones, was at the time of the date thereof, and is an acting justice of the peace in & for the said County of Franklin, duly Commissioned & qualified.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the the seal of the said Court, at Frankfort, this 10 th day of May Anno Domini 1855
S. M. Hubbard
Clerk. C. C. H. C.
Franklin Declaration of Moses Jones

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2857 E. 6 th St. Kansas City - Mo Sept. 23-1906.
Commissioner of Pensions: Dear Sir.
I write to ask if you have any record of the name of the wife of Moses Jones. born in Isle of Wight Co. Virginia, in September 1762 -
This Moses Jones, was a "private in the Company of Capt. H w Walton. Joseph Bailey Brevard. Joseph Rhodes. Colonel

Archibald Lyttles North Carolina Troops - 1782 - " Revolutionary War.
The wife's name is necessary for Miss Jessica Jones to perfect her papers to enter the Nat. Society of D. A. R.
I am Request of the Chapter she is trying to enter, and am helping her trace this lost gr. gr. gr. grandmother.
Pensions if granted, give the name of the wife - so I appeal to you to help if possible in the search of this Lady's name.
Very respectfully -
Mrs H. M. Sherwin.

Missouri Society,
Bethany, Mo., Dec. 18, 1905.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I will thank you to give me the Military Service in the Revolution of Moses Jones of Franklin County, Illinois, who was placed on the pension rolls July 16, 1833. I desire this information for Mr. J. Logan Jones of Kansas City. but with the Ct. sent to me,
Respectfully yours,
Henry Cadle
Secy

MISSOURI SOCIETY
PRESIDENT, GEORGE E. LEIGHTON, Rialto Building.
TREASURER, W. C. McCREERY, Security Building.
HISTORIAN, HORACE KEPHART, Mercantile Library.
SECRETARY, JOHN L. BRUCE, Union Trust Building.
REGISTRAR AND ASS'T TREAS. JOHN M. FULTON, 1125 Chestnut St.
CHAPLIN, REV. S. J. NICCOLLS, 2651 Washington Ave.
Sons of the American Revolution.
St. Louis, Aug 13 th 1897
Commissioners of Pension
Dear Sir
I would like the Revolutionary service of Moses Jones who was born in North Carolina and died in Illinois - He is reported to have Rec d a pension in Illinois also I would like the record of Frederick Amasa Sawyer of Vermont - He died April 18 th 1831
I am very Respectfully Yours
Josiah Fogg
200 Wash Building

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Moses Jones , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 82 { 1 mo. Pvt. M c Walton   5 wks. Jos. Bailey   1 " Brevard Archibald Lyle N.C.   3 wks. (detached) Alexander attached to secure cattle as provisions   6 mos. Joseph Rhodes Archibald Lyle  
Battles engaged in, none .
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Gates Co., N.C.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 2. 1832 - Allowed.
Residence at date of application, Franklin Co., Ill.
Age at date of application, B. in Sept. 1762 Isle of Wight Co., Va.
Remarks: No mention of wife.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.