Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41,703, for Joseph Jones, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (P.I.)
Jones, Joseph.
S 41.703.
Mass.
CONTENTS
and in 1779 at Concord, New Hampshire, Mass. In 1820 aged 65 yrs & res. Richland Co. Ohio

12.368.
Ohio R
Joseph Jones Jew
of Richland Co. in the state of Ohio
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bigelow of the Mass'ts line, for the term of three years
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 of June 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 of July 1819 and sent to Peter Kinney, Judge. Richland, Richland County
  Arrears to 4th of March 1819  69.83    Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept 1819  48.-    8m 18/4/31  $ 117.83  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Dead Letter to J. C. Sec'y of Audit 24 Aug 1844.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 4. Sept to 28. Oct 1841. Age Notified 11. April 1844
at to S. Fisher age 74
Apl. 22, 1885 Statement sent
Ezra S. Stearne E. Rindge W.H. ... - see copy inside.
To Parker Esq. Nov 1840 Mansfield Ohio

Joseph Jones Jr. living in the County of Richland & State of Ohio on his Solemn oaths declares & says as follows to wit: that he was born in the State of Massachusetts that he enlisted in the Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War on the 13 th day of January 1776 for five years in Captain Colles Company in Col. Varnums Regiment of Genl. Greene Brigade & was discharged there to Morris town New Jersey on the 9 th day of Jan y in the year 1779 & then he says on the 10 th day of November in the year 1779 he enlisted for the period of three years under Captain Sylvanus Smith of the 15 th Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. Timothy Biglow at the town of Harvard in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts & that he served in the Army of his country until he was discharged by Col. Andrew Peters at Camp Hottawey in the State of New Jersey on the 10 th day of Oct r 1780 which discharge is not within the reach of this Deponant & that he is in Redwood Circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support & that he Relinquishes all Claims to all and singular the Pensions heretofore granted by the laws of the United States except that there is no Evidence in addition to the foregoing within his Reasonable Knowledge that is within his Reasonable Power.
Joseph Jones Jr.
State of Ohio Richland County
Be it Remembered that on the Thirteenth day of June A.D. 1818 in Richland County aforesaid personally came before me Peter Kinney one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County the above named Joseph Jones Jr. made Oath that the aforesaid

ment is true and Subscribed his name thereto before me
My Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the County of Franklin State of Ohio this 13 th day of June A.D. 1818
Peter Kinney A.G.
State of Ohio Franklin County
Be it Remembered that in addi- tion to the above Certificate that I Peter Kinney one of the acting associate Justices as aforesaid do hereby certify that Joseph Jones who is an old & helpless man & is rendered circumstances of absolutely need assistance for support to my own household I do hereby certify that I have hereunto set my hand this 13 th day of June A.D. 1818.
Peter Kinney A.G.

State of Ohio Richland County
State of Ohio } Richland County } I, Wm Winship, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, do hereby certify Peter Winney, before whom, the within certificate appears to have been ta- ken, was then, and now is, Special Judge of the County of Richland aforesaid, duly sworn and Com- missioned, and that all due faith and confidence is, and ought to be given to all his official acts such, as well in Courts of Justice as thereout —
The Testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court this 28 th day of May Anno Domini 1819 -
Miss Winship Cth " " 6; 6, D
Joseph Jones Jr. (M rs .)
Prof: Varnum Massachusetts Agri College
Col. Bighorn No. 11
1777-80 Note - 3 yrs 18th June 1810 -
The heart of the country, with the attention of the public, business to official channels of the people, is waiting admiration

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Be it remembered that at court of common Pleas begun and held at the court house in & for the County of Richland and State of Ohio on the 18 th day of September, Joseph Jones, Jr. Anno Domini One Thousand Eight hundred & twenty, 12.368 Before the Honorable William Wilson President of said said court and James M. Clare, Robert Bentley and William Patterson Esquires associat Judges of said court that Joseph Jones Jr. came into open court & filed his declaration which in the words & figures following to wit - E. Hedges Mansfield, Ohio.
State of Ohio Richland County
vs court of common Pleas September Term 1820 On this twenty third day of
September A.D. 1820, personally appeared in open court, it being by law of this State a court of Record in and for said County and State Joseph Jones Jr. aged about sixty five years resident in Green Township in the County and State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows viz, that he belonged to the 15 th Massachusetts Reg- -iment commenced by Col. Timothy Bigelow in the 1 st Company of said Regiment com- -manded by Capt Sylvanus Smith of Genl Glovers Brigade that his pension, as appears

from his certificate commenced on the 13 rd day of June A.D. 1818 that his certificate of pension is numbered 12368 and bears date the 8 th day of July A.D. 1819. And I do solemnly swear =re that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th March 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to pro- =vide 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 this se- =chedule hereto annexed and by me submitted Schedule of the property belonging to Jesse L. Jones junior this declarant, necessary bed and bedding & clothing excepted
   2 Cows valued by court at $ 25.00   2 Pigs 3.00   old plow Irons 1.00   4 tin cups .40   1 tin bread basket .25   3 Iron Spoons old .12 1/2   1 tin basin old, & one old tin dipped .12 1/2   1 old tin pail small .25   1 old tin canister .06 1/4  

  two earthen platters 0.20   2 old tea cups & saucers .12 1/2   1 small tin tumbler .06 1/4   1 old water pail .25   3 earthen brocks old .18 3/4   1 old washing tub .37 1/2   3 old clevises & pins 1.00   8 knives & 4 forks .25   1 old saddle old 11.50   1 old bridle .25   4 old chairs 1.33   2 old pots & 1 old frying pan 2.00   1 bake oven & lid 2.00   1 old cracked tea kettle .50   1 Trunk Match poor 4.00   1 fat tub .33   3 boxes wire in the woods 1.50   8 11 / 12 old Proter 1.00 
Total Amount $ 50.07 1/4
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court this 23 rd day of September A.D. 1820 Joseph Jones Junior Ellyy Hedges clk
This declarant further states on oath that his occupation is a farmer, and that his health is feeble and is unable to pursue it with any effect that he has no wife she having died a few weeks since that his family residing with him consists of Joseph Jones his grand son aged 14 years and Betsey Jones his grand daughter aged seven

teen and that they are in good health and able to labour as much as persons of that age gen- erally are, and further this declarant saith not
Given and subscribed Joseph James Sania on this 23 rd day of September A.D. 1820 before me
Ellzey Hedges Atty C. C. P. R. county
The State of Ohio } ss } I Ellzey Hedges clerk of Richland county } the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the forego- ing oath and the schedule here to annexed are truly copied from the record of said court and do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is fifty Dollars seven and one fourth cents, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Mansfield on the 25 th day of September A.D. 1820 —
Ellzey Hedges Atty Richland county

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Feb'y 7 th 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Joseph Jones, Jr. decd., a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburgh, Pa. Agency, at the rate of eight Dollars and  Cents per month month, under the law of the 18 th March, 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept.  to the 28 th Oct. 1841.  Respectfully, yours,
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Rev. War Section.
AW aw Feb. 21, 1933.
Hon. Atlee Pomerene, United States Senate.
In re: Joseph Jones - War of Revolution. Survivor File 41703.
You are herewith furnished the history of the only soldier of the Revolution, named Joseph Jones, who received pension while residing in the state of Ohio.
From the papers in the above noted pension claim, it appears that Joseph Jones was born in Mass. place not stated and date not given. He enlisted Jan. 1, 1776, and served as a private, in Capt. Cole's Co., Col. Varnum's Continental Regt. and was discharged Jan. 9, 1777. He also enlisted Nov. 10, 1777, and served as a private, in Capt. Sylvanus Smith's Co., Col. Timothy Bigelow's Mass. Regiment, and was discharged Nov. 10, 1780.
He was allowed pension, on his application executed June 13, 1818, while residing in Richland Co., Ohio, aged about 65 years. He died Oct. 28, 1841, leaving a widow, whose name is not on record. The place of his death is not stated.
Very truly yours,
Washington Gardner Commissioner.

H 1703 INVALID.
Rev
File No. H. 1703
Joseph Jones W. Va.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 260
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1823 Feb. 21. West. Hon. Atlee Pomerene. U.S.S.

a/c 6 46
To Jany Chas Pitkin
8 July 19.
Paid 10
To the Hon. J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Londonville Pa April 1/66

Lancaster Ashland Co Ohio Apr 1/46 To the Hon. J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir
upon the recommendation of Arad Joy, I am induced to enquire of you with reference to the claims of Joseph Jones a Revolutionary Soldier formerly a Resident of Richland Co, Ohio & who drew a pension Mr Jones died some four years since during his lifetime he never drew any Bounty Lands & I am induced to believe that there is some back pay which has never been drawn
Will you do me the favour to advise me whether his Heirs are intitled to draw any Bounty Lands Also whether there is any Back pay due
By giving the above information you will confer a particular favour
Respectfully
Yours
Sylvester Fisher

ALBERT B. CUMMINS, IOWA, CHAIRMAN. CHARLES E. TOWNSEND, MICH. ELLISON D. SMITH, S. C. ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE, WIS. ATLEE POMERENE, OHIO. MILES POINDEXTER, WASH. HENRY L. MYERS, MONT. GEORGE P. MCLEAN, CONN. OSCAR W. UNDERWOOD, ALA. JAMES E. WATSON, IND. AUGUSTUS O. STANLEY, KY. FRANK B. KELLOGG, MINN. KEY PITTMAN, NEV. BERT M. FERNALD, ME. JOSEPH B. FRELINGHUYSEN, N. J. DAVIS ELKINS, W. VA. PAUL MOORE, CLERK.
United States Senate,
COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
February 19, 1923.
Dear Mr. Commissioner:
I have a letter from Mr. H. F. Guthrie, Perrysville, Ohio, asking information about one Joseph Jones who served in the Revolutionary War. Mr. Guthrie says:
"We have in our cemetery graves of soldiers representing every war in which the United States was involved, save the late World War. Each of these graves is appropriately marked, except that of one who did service in our war for Independence. His name is Joseph Jones. We have no date of his birth other than he was born in New York and entered the Revolutionary War from there. I have in my possession a parchment giving him title to land from President Monroe. We know something of the time of his death. Located as you are it was our thought you might be able to ascertain something of his war record, or advise as to how it might be obtained. We have been told that in his latter days he received a small pension. Any information you can give us will be gratefully received by our Decorating Committee".
I understand you have Revolutionary War files in your Bureau and I shall appreciate it if you will inform me whether there is any record of a Joseph Jones from New York, and if so what that record is.
Sincerely yours,
Hon. Washington Gardner, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
AP/CB
Send S41703 it is the only Joseph Jones on Ohio Agency Book

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Jones, Joseph GRADE Private LINE Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER 11395 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED December 18, 1794 to Henry Purdy, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.