Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,730, for Joel Jones, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Jones, Joel
S. 43,730
Continental
Mass.
CONTENTS
In 1820-1821 was a member of the Committee on the Judiciary, Washington City, D.C. wife Sarah
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16.989 R New York.
Abel Jones
of Washington Co in the state of N. York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Ward of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year -
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 0 Dollars per month, to commence on the 19 of March 1819 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th of May 1820 and sent to W m H. Parker, Esq. Whitehall, Washington Co. N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 - 92. 83 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept. 1820 - 48. 00
11 mo. \frac{17}{31}
$140. 83
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Washington Co.
10. Sept. 1821 - Duplicate Certificate of Pension issued 26 Oct 1823 and sent to W m H. Parker Esq. Whitehall N. York

Notes sent to Com d H Parker By Whitehall N.Y. 1821 10 th Ap r 1821 - Duplicate certificate issued 26 Sep r 1823 and sent to Com d H Parker By Whitehall N.Y.
16.999 R New York.
Abel Jones of Washington Co in the state of N. York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Ward of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year -
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 19 th of March 1819 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th of May 1830 and sent to Wm H Parker Esq r Whitehall Washington Co. N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 - 92.83 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Sept r 1820 - 40.00 110.83 \frac{17}{31}  140.83
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
92.83 Washington Co.

Application made 19 March 1819
Joel Jones, private Washington County, N.Y. Continuation of pension listing
One year in Col o . Jonathan Ward's reg t . — Massachusetts line — taken prisoner by the Enemy, &c. 1776 — 1 year
19. March, 1819.
W. Wood Jonathan Wood, judge.
Vol on roll — service to be proved.
Forwarded by W m H. Parker of Whitehall Wash. Co. N.York Agent for Applicant

United States of America,
State of New York to wit
County of Washington, In conformity with the provisions of the act of the Congress of the United States of America passed March the 19 th in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War, the following, Declaration, in writing is made under Oath by Joel Jones of the Town of Whitehall in the County of Washington in the State of New York, before the Honorable Jonathan Wood Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in said State, which Court is a Court of Record of the County and State, in which the said Joel Jones doth reside, that is to say,
Declaration
I Joel Jones of the Town of Whitehall in the County of Washington, in the State of New York, on this nineteenth day of March in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, Do Solemnly sincerely and truly swear and declare, that I served against the common Enemy in the Army, in the War of the Revolution and that I am a resident Citizen of the United States, to wit, in the Town County and State aforesaid and that by reason of my

reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of the assist- from my country for support. I do further swear and declare that I served in the said Revolution- War in the capacity of and being a private Soldier that I belonged to the army to wit, I belonged to Captain Hubbards Company, Colonel Jonathan Ward's Regiment, in the Massachusetts Line for that I entered said service in April or May in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and f/seventy for one year  six , and was taken Prisoner at Fort Washington the 16 th of November, and was paroled in January, for February one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, and was not Exchanged until after the expiration of the year for which I enlisted, that I was sick and could not return home till April seventeen hundred seventy seven, that I before served nine months in Dorman's Company was in Lexington Battle, and went with Arnold to Canada, when taken I belonged to Colonel Knolton's Regiment, who was killed, was in a company called Rangers, commanded by Pope, And I further declare that in pursuance of the requisitions of the aforesaid Act of Congress I do hereby freely and absolutely relinquish all claims to any pensions under any of the laws of the United States except the pension contemplated to be allowed me under the Act of Congress aforesaid mentioned and under which this Declaration is made. In Witness of the truth of this Declaration I have subscribed the same in presence of the said Judge the day herein before mentioned.
18. 1. 1842

In witness of the truth of this Declaration I have subscribed the same in presence of the said Judge the day herein before mentioned.
Joel Jones
Sworn and subscribed this 19 th March 1819 before me Jonathan Wood one of the Judges of Washington Common Pleas

United States of America
By the Honorable Jonathan Wood Esq. one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Washington which is a Court of Record in the State of New York
To the Honorable the Secretary of war of the United States of America
Sir
I do certify to you that, in pursuance of the act of Congress of the United States of Amer- ica passed March 18. 1818 entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war,, that Joel Jones of the Town of Whitehall in the county of Washington and State of New York did, on this nineteenth day of Mar- ch in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, personally appear before me at the town of Hartford in said County and then and there was carefully and minutely interrogated and examined by me under oath touching the facts stated in his foregoing declaration. And thereupon he then and there subscribed the said declaration in my presence (after the same was deliberately read and minutely explained to him by me) and at the same time made solemn oath before me on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God that the said declaration was in all respects true

I do also certify to you Sir that I am fully satisfied that the said Joel Jones did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy for the term and in the manner by him stated in his declaration and I am likewise satisfied from my own personal knowledge that the other facts stated in that Declaration are in like manner true
Jonathan Wood one of the Judges of Washington Common Pleas
I Daniel Shipman Clerk of the County of Washington in the State of New York do hereby certify that Jonathan Wood Esquire whom the foregoing certificate and declaration appear to have been made was on the Nineteenth day of March last a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington in the State of New York acting under the authority of the said State And that the above is his signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this Ninth day of April 1819
State of New York Washington County
In addition to the foregoing testimony I transmit the affidavits of Isaac Jones and William Jones whom I believe to be credible witnesses I also further certify that I am satisfied as well from credible witnesses that the said before mentioned Applicant was on the Nineteenth day of March last and still is in reduced circumstances in life and that he stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support Witness my hand at Hartford in said County this 20 th day of December 1819
Jonathan Wood one of the Judges of Washington Common Pleas

State of New York ss. William Jones of Amsterdam in the County of Montgomery in said State being duly sworn says that he was well acquainted with Joel Jones in January in the year of our lord 1776 & ever since that this deponent in the latter part of July in that year saw him at the City of New York doing military duty in the service of the United States on the Continental establishment in Colonel Ward Regiment his Christian name unknown to me and also the Company unknown to me and that this deponent then understood he had enlisted in that Regiment about the month of March or April preceding for the term of one year and this deponent then & ever since understood & believed that he continued in said service until the time he was taken in Fort Washington on York Island in the State of New York and that he remained a prisoner in the possession of the British until about the month of January following when he returned on parole from the British. And that the said Regiment was in the Massachusetts line of the Army of the revolution that the said Joel now resides at Whitehall in Washington County N. York State
Subscribed & sworn to this 29th day of November 1819 (I whom I certify to be a credible witness.) Before me
Wm Jones
Aaron Haring First Judge of Montgomery County New York State

State of New York
Montgomery County
I John McCarthy clerk of said county do certify that Aaron Haring before whom the within affidavit appears to have been sworn to is First Judge of the Court of common pleas in said county and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and know the signature within to be his proper hand writing In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said county at Johnstown this 29 th day of November 1819
John McCarthy
which circumstances are false I am in need of the assist

State of New York, Chenango County Clerk's Office } p.
I hereby certify that Billy Synod before whom the within affidavit was taken. Was at the time of taking the same, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for Chenango County. Duly commissioned and sworn as such. Witness my hand and the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 19th day of October 1819
Perez Wm Hall Clerk

State of New York / ss 15 Isaac Jones of the town Chenango County ss of the County of Chenango and of Columbus in the County of Chenango and State of New York being duly sworn according to law do depose and say that I am a brother of Joel Jones an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 that said Joel Jones enlisted at Dorchester near Boston in the month of March or April in the year 1776 in a company commanded in the year 1775 by Capt Jones Hubbard but at the time said Joel enlisted said company was commanded by Lieut Lyman in Col. Hovey's Regiment in the Massachusetts line for one year continued to serve in said Company till October or November when he was detached from said company into a company of rangers commanded by Lieutenant Paine - went to Fort Washington was there taken Prisoner and put on board a Prison- -ship at New York where he remained - until the month of February in the year 1777 when he was liberated and returned home and I do further depose and say that I am now interested in the estate of the said Joel's application as aforesaid } Isaac Jones Sworn and subscribed this 15 th day of October 1879 before me Gilly Lynde one of the Judges - of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Chenango.
Chenango County ss Gilly Lynde a Judge of Chenan- go County Common Pleas, certify that I am per- -sonally acquainted with Isaac Jones above named and that he is entitled to full credit as a witness - Gilly Lynde

Joel Jones, pensioner
Schedule B
16969
Sep 1820
Con
Forwarded by W m H. Parker of Whitehall Wash. Cy. New York Agent for applicant

State of New York Washington County ss On this sixth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington in the State of New York in open Court being a Court of Record proceeding according to the course of the Common Law with jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a Record of its proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment Joel Jones aged sixty eight years and upwards resident in the Town of Whitehall in said County of Washington who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, that he enlisted in the Spring of the year Seventeen hundred and seventy five at Cambridge in Capt. Dorman's Company and served in Col. Seamon's Regiment until the fall of that year when he volunteered to serve in Capt. Buel's Com- pany & served under him in the expedition to Quebec with Colonel or Gen- eral Arnold until some time in the winter of 1776. That in the Spring of the year 1776 he again enlisted at Dorchester in Lieutenant Lyman's Com- pany in Col. Jonathan Ward's Regiment of the Massachusetts line for one year. That he served in said Company and Regiment until the fall of that year when he entered a Company of Rangers commanded by Lieutenant Pope in Col. Knowlton's Regiment of the Connecticut line for the residue of the term of one year for which he first enlisted, when he served until he was taken prisoner at Fort Washington, that he was kept a prisoner by the enemy until some time in January or February in the 1777 when he was released and was immediately thereafter taken sick and remained unfit for service for the residue of his term when he was was regularly discharged having served under his last enlistment in the said Regiment for the term one year. That his original enlistment in this behalf under the act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 was

made and dated the nineteenth - day of March - A.D. 1819 and the number of his Pension certificate granted under the said Act and upon his said Declaration is Sixteen thousand nine hundred and sixty nine
And I the said Joel Jones do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner dispose of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide 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 the Schedule herunto annexed and by me subscribed - And I the said Joel Jones do further swear that I am as I believe upwards of sixty eight years of age and by occupation a Farmer, that I am much afflicted with rheumatism and am not able to perform more than two hours labour in twenty four upon an average, that my family consists of my wife Sarah aged sixty two years - my Wife's Mother Hannah Millard aged eighty five who is unable to labour by reason of old age - and the Sarah Ann Brainard my daughter Child aged eleven years - that my wife is unable to perform much labour by reason of the rheumatism and old age and that no member of my said family is possessed

of any property, or income whereby they can obtain support - Sworn to and declared the 1 st day of April 1820 In open Court Joel Jones R. Shiphard Clerk
A Schedule of the property & existing contracts and debts of  Joel Jones of Whitehall -
  To wit - 4 Last Springs Lambkin Middling order  $ 4.00    10 Bushels of Corn  3.75    1 Hog weighing 150 lbs 5.00 2 Rigs weighing 40 lbs each 2.00  7.00    Due Me from John White  2.50    Real Estate I have none -  $ 17.25    Joel Jones
I Daniel Shiphard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the record of the said Court and I 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 seventeen Dollars & twenty five cents  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this tenth - day of December A.D. 1820  R. Shiphard Clerk

43730
INVALID.
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File No. 43730 .....
Josiah Jones Rev Rev David
Act: 18 th March 18 th .....
Index:—Vol. 8 ....., Page 261
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Post Jones
Application for a New Certificate
Wm. H. Carter Milchall Washington Co. N. York England

APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
State of New York County of Washington ss.
On this Eighth — day of September 1823; before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Washington personally appeared Joel Jones who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Lieutenant Lyman, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jonathan Ward in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of New York that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the first day of October 1822, at or near the Town of Whitehall in said County, this deponent delivered to Nathaniel Hall Esq. and — he the said Nathaniel Hall has since informed this Deponent that that the same is lost and this Deponent believes that the same is lost or destroyed
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.
The figure 2 being first written on an erasure W. H. Barker Justice of the Peace Joel Jones
State of New York Washington County ss
Nathaniel Hall being duly sworn saith that Joel Jones in the foregoing affidavit named left with this Deponent his Pension Certificate under the act of the 18 th of March 1818 and this Deponent has made diligent search for the same but has not been able to find it and believing that the said certificate is either lost, destroyed or taken out of his office without his knowledge or consent to further this Deponent saith Not —
Sworn this 18 th day of August 1823 Before me the words "or consent" being first written on an erasure
W. H. Barker Justice of the Peace
Nath Hall

State of New York Washington County
I Matthew D. Danvers Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that William H. Parker before whom the foregoing Affidavits were made was, at the times when the same were taken that is to say on the 15 th day of August last and on the 8 th day of September instant, a Justice of the Peace of the County aforesaid duly authorized by the Laws of this State to take affidavits and that the signatures appearing to the said Affidavits are in the proper hand writing of the said William H. Parker.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County this Eleventh day of September A.D. 1823
M. D. Danvers Clk