Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S., for Jesse Jones, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. C.
Jones, Jesse
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CONTENTS
1. Dec. 1758 in Duplin Co. N. C. & res. there at end, after Rev. in Lower District S. C. 2. in Apr. 1833, Montgomery Co. N. C.

North Carolina 16.157
Leese Lanes
of Montgomery in the State of North Carolina who was a Fari: in the company commanded by Captain Edwards of the Regt commanded by Col. Faragood in the North Carolina line for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of July '33 and sent L. B. Martin Lawrenceville N. C.
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 — 80 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " — 20
$100
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk Book E Vol. 6 Page 44

No 19430.
Jesse Jones Montgomery County North Carolina
Admiral private 12 mo. - $40 -
5-11-18
John R. Martin CLK Montgomery County Court N. Carolina

BRIEF in the case of  Jefferson  of  Montgomery Co  in the State of  North Carolina  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74  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.     Enlisted In 17 6 Private Gen. (Col Faragood) Capt Edwards Maj. Dougherty   Vol 3 " " Walker   " not stated " " Whitehead  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Supple Co N C.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? the certificate of the certifying officer is not attached to the sheet of paper which contains the affidavit by a piece of tape the ends of which  I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
Dyer Castor Examining Clerk.

Declaration of Jesse Jones in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
State of North Carolina } County Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions Montgomery County } October Term 1832.
On this first day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the justices of this the County Court of Montgomery now sitting Jesse Jones a resident of the County and State of age aged Seventyfour years who being first duly sworn according to law, took on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he was born in the County of Duplin in the state of North Carolina in December 1758 according to the record of his age as kept by his father and that when he was quite young, not more than 17 or 18 years old he was frequently volunteered his services and attached himself to companies who reconnoitred the country about Wilmington in North Carolina in order to keep the slaves in subjection and to protect the women & children of those who were engaged in the services of their country. That this was about the time of a battle which took place between the Whigs & Tories at a place called Weddowmory Creek he does not know but it was four or five months previous to the defeat of Genl. Gates at Camden. He enlisted with one Col. Haragood in the Continental line of North Carolina for a term of six months and served under the said Col. Haragood and one Major. Dougherty. That he was stationed at the Long Bridge on the North east River and when the Cannons were there placed in order to prevent the British from hopping the Bridge and marching up the country. He was one of the men who was attached to the artillery - that they remained at this place and at Ruthenforth Mills for two or three months as well as he recollects when he was that he recollects that there was one Col. Linington who also commanded at the time he states above. While he was stationed in the neighborhood of Wilmington a company of men under the command of one Col. Asa one of whom this affiant was, were detached

from this Service near Wilmington and sent as a reinforcement to Genl. Gates who was then in South Carolina. That they marched by Cape Fear Court house and hoped through North Carolina going not far from Salsbury and across into South Carolina that the Company who were sent to Genl. Gates joined him at a place as he recollected at a place called the Meadow Shipyard. Old fields. That after they joined Gates army they remained in it until the battle at Camden where it was defeated. He recollected that the Captain who commanded the Company in which this affiant was, was named Edwards and that he was killed close by him. That after the battle and defeat the men were ordered to rendezvous in Salisbury and other places in North Carolina. That this affiant and some others made their way to Salisbury and went through Fayetteville where he saw Raskins and from thence he went into Duplin where he had lived and he found Col. Aspin in Bladen County from whom he got a discharge his term of service having expired two or three weeks before. That he had this discharge for some time afterwards but that he has long since lost it. This affiant states that not long afterwards he volunteered under one Captain John Walker in the Militia service for a three months term. That Walker & his Company went to the the  neighborhood neighborhood of Wilmington and on the sea board and reconnoitered and were kept in Garrison in order to prevent or oppose the enemy at any time landing, that when this term was out he again volunteered under one John Webb head a Militia Captain who raised a company who went also into the neighborhood of Wilmington and other places on the sea board in order to prevent any landing of the British at any of the towns or landing in that section of Country. That after these terms had expired he was discharged by his Captains severally by record of months. The time of their services he is wholly unable to state but knows it was in the latter

end of the revolution as he knows. He was in Surry when news came of the Capture of Lord Cornwallis when there was great rejoicing. This affiant knows of no person at this time who can testify as to his services as a soldier of the revolution. That he has lived in Duplin County, and the edge of South Carolina in Horry District until about twelve years past when he moved into Montgomery County in North Carolina where he now resides and those to whom his services were formerly known are either dead or living he knows not where. This affiant states that he is known in his present neighbourhood to Aaron Kennedy Esq. John Jordan and Col. Archibald McNeill who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. That there is no clergyman who can testify as to his reputation as a soldier of the revolution inasmuch as he came to the place where he now lives about twelve years ago. That the fact of his being a revolutionary soldier has only been communicated to his neighbours and that there is no clergyman near him -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Esper Jones Mark
I Thomas McNeill Presiding in the County of Montgomery  Horry and State of North Carolina hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Esper Jones who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be twenty four years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
And the said Court do hereby declare after 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 soldier of the Revolution and served as he states and the Court do for this certify that it appears to them that Thomas McNeill who has signed the preceding certificate as an adult of the County & State aforesaid and this statement is entitled to credit -
for persons not in service of the Revolution to the applicant
Ques. being propounded by the Court to the applicant 2. 1 st When and what year were you born A. I was born in the County of Duplin in the State of North Carolina in the year 1758 2. 2 nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it A. My birth was recorded by my father in a book for that purpose but I 2. 3 rd When were you living when you were called into service when have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live A. I lived in the County of Duplin in this state when I was called into service since the revolutionary war I lived in Horry District in South Carolina until I moved to Montgomery County in this state where I have lived for the last twelve years. 2. 4 th How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you substituted and if so in my first service I enlisted with Col. Haragood and served six months in the other two tours of three months each I volunteered as stated in my declaration 2. 5 th State the names of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served such Continental or militia regiments as you recollect and the general circumstances of your service A. I recollect the officers in the service when I was engaged was Major Doughty Col. Haragood Col. Linnun for Col. Axum & but the name or number of the militia or Continental regiments I am unable to state. The general circumstances of my service are related in my declaration 2. 6 th Did you receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it A. I received a Discharge from Col. Axum in Wayne County

an Arse River, which has been last in the two three months I was under Captain Walker, and while here I was virtually discharged when my three months, if hired
27 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution
A. I am known to Aaron Kennedy Esq. John Jordan and Col. Archibald McNeill who can speak as to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution Subscribed the day this before me John Jones mark
I John B Martin Clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions of the county of Montgomery do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Jones for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 4 th day of October 1832
J B Martin clerk
John Jones, proceeding for a pension

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
MCS/HMM
May 19, 1930.
Mrs. B. R. Bales 131 West Mound Street Circleville Ohio.
Dear Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War records of this bureau it appears that Jesse Jones was born in December 1758 in Duplin County, North Carolina.
While a resident of that place he served as a private with the North Carolina troops as follows:
He enlisted four or five months previous to the defeat of General Gates at the battle of Camden and served six months under Captain Edwards and Colonels Axum and Faragoood and was in the battle of Camden. Soon afterward he served two tours of three months each, one under Captain John Walker and the other under Captain John Whitehead, dates of enlistment not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 1, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Montgomery County, North Carolina, to which place he had moved about 1820 from Horry District, South Carolina.
There are no data relative to family.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.
No blue jacket in case 5/19/1930

1 Sepu bones.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Jones which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Mr VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the 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 _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
‡QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

The amended declaration of Ipea Jones in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. State of North Carolina
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in the County of Montgomery in said State Ipea Jones who being duly sworn. Deponeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear precisely as to the years or particular dates of his service but as to the length of time that he has served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grades: For six months I served as a private when enlisted under Col. Farrowgood. Major Dougherty Col. Arm. by whom I was marched on to Camden with Genl. Gales—
For three months I served as a private under Captain John Walker in the neighbourhood of Wilmington.
For the three months I served as private under Captain John Whitehead a particular relation of these different services making in all twelve months is to be seen my first decla- ration. For twelve months service as a soldier of the Revolution I claim a pension
This affiant states that owing to his weakness and old age he was unable to procure the testimony of any of the persons mentioned in his first declaration by whom he could have proved his reputation as a soldier of the revolution. That Thomas McNeill who lived in an adjoining county a near neighbour of this affiant was the only person present when his first declara- tion was prepared - the other persons living at some distance from the Court house - and their testimony in court could not be procured. He expects to get the

of other of his neighbours to prove his reputation as a pious but that there is no clergy man in his neighbourhood by whom he can prove his reputation.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3 rd day of April 1833.
His Mark Lester Jones
C. F. Lilly Jp
State of North Carolina } Personally appeared before Montgomery County } me Enoch Jordan one of the justices of the peace for the County & State of N.C. John Jordan a resident of the same who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he has been a good while acquainted with Lester Jones who signed the above declaration and that he is of the said and believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution - in the neighbourhood where he resides and that he the said John Jordan concurs in that opinion of John Jordan.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20 th day of April A.D. 1833
E. S. Jordan Jp

State of North Carolina Montgomery County
I John B Martin Clerk of the court of Pleas and Quorum Sessions of the county Aforesaid. do hereby certify that E. H. Gily. E. S. Jordan. whose signature appears to the foregoing is and was at the time of signing the same along Justices of the peace in and for the county Aforesaid, duly appointed and qualified that due faith and credit are due their official acts
as such that John Jordan who has signed the above affidavit is a competent person this statement related to credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county at office the 22 nd day of April 1833 J. B. Martin Clerk
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Cincinville Ohio, Mar. 11 th 1930
Bureau of Pensions:-
Can you give me any information about Jesse Jones who is listed in 1840 as pensioner for revolutionary or military services, and who then resided in Montgomery Co. North Carolina?
Thanking you very much, I am Yours very truly
Mrs. B. R. Bales 131 West Mound St., Cincinville, Ohio