Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16170, for Elkanah Jones, Connecticut

SERVICE
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Conn.
Jones, Elkanah
S. 16170
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CONTENTS
A. Apr. 28, 1761 at Hebron Conn. res during service Hebron & Colchester Conn. res after war in N.Y. & Mass. In 1833 res. Painesville Twp. Geauga Co. Ohio

Pittsburgh Ohio 19.778.
Elkanah Jones
Clermont Co in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Wright of the Regt. commanded by Col. Ennis in the Cont. time for 13 Mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 4 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Sep. 1833 and due to R. Hitchcock Davisville
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $ 108.33 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4th Mo. 34 21.66 $ 129.99
Revolutionary Claim, { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Jo. C. Stiles Clerk, Book E, Vol. 8, Page 46
Was placed on the Ohio Book by mistake

24. 226
Colburn Jones Grange 6 th Ohio
Return
Adm 1. year $1. month.
Reuben Hitchcock Painesville Geauga County Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
27 th April 1863
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Elkanah Jones
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Feb 1776 No- 3 Private Capt. Wright Col. Cone -- 72 years Tracts in exp   1 Aug 1777 + Sal 2 " Capt. Skinner Col. Lattimore Hebron Cont. a Clergyman a living witness   Fall 1779- Aug - 1 1/2 2 " Lt. Day   May 1781- No- 6 " D. Burnham Col. Deadyard  
x Benaiah Jones
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefit of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. (This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 services; 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. [g] The opinion of the Court is always required. [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Eli Jones

Elkanah Jones's Application for Pension
24228

The State of Ohio Guang County p 3
On this fourth day of March in A.D. 1833
personally appeared in open court before the Hon. Matthew Hubbard Birchard President Judge and their Honors Asa Cowles, Samuel Herr and John Hubbard his associates, judges of the Court of Common Pleas now in and for the County of Guang aforesaid, now sitting, Elha- nah Jones, a resident of Painesville township, in the County of Guang and State of Ohio aged seventy two years, who be- ing first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States, as a volunteer, in the fall of 1776, having enlisted for three months under Capt. Elijah Wright of Weatherfield, Lieut. Solomon Phelps of Marlborough, in the regiment of Col. Regd Ennis.
He was marched from Hebron where he lived at the time of enlisting, under the command of said Capt. Wright to New Rochelle, where he was placed under the command of General Wooster & where he was stationed during the most of the term of three months aforesaid. The Quarters were frequently changed. He served out his time and was then dismissed together with his whole company, having been in the service three months, and returned home. The time days of the month of his enlistment and return home he cannot now recollect.
When dismissed discharged he received no written dis- charge as the troops were dismissed by companies.
About the last of July or first of August in 1777 at He- bron aforesaid where he then lived, he again entered the service of the United States as a substitute, in place of his brother Benajah Jones who was drafted, under the command of Capt. John Skinner of Hebron, Lieut. Col. Joel Jones of said Hebron & Col. Robert Pattinwood of New London, and was marched to Saratoga Still Water, where he was attached to the Brigade of Gen. Lincoln, and where he remained until the battle of Still Water, when Gen. Bur- goyne retreated to Saratoga, to which place this deformed under command of Gen. Burgoyne to which place this deponent together with the American army pursued him, when he surren- dered. This deponent was not actually engaged in the battle but was taking care of the baggage waggon of Col. Jones.
* The day preceding this engagement first general engagement at Still water this deponent marched out with the then Horsemen sent out by Gen. Gates to give the enemy battle. He was placed in a line across the right wing of the army & marched through the forest until ordered to halt - The Guard further to be received the order to turn about & return on a speedy column upon the British battalions - They soon made their retreat to the main army, found a line & marched down to the Riverossa & returned to Camp -

of the officers stationed in the vicinity of this deponent he now recollects Genl Gates, Genl & Arnold, Genl . After the surrender of Burgoyne, he was marched to Albany & encamped on the hill back of the city, where he lay a few days, when he, together with his regiment were ordered down the river. He went on board the Boats with the baggage & stores - The army marched down on the East side of the River - On the evening of the first day after leaving the Albany he landed & encamped with the army. On the second day, a cold North East storm blowing, he together with his companions on board the Boats, taking advantage of the wind, shot ahead of the army eight or ten miles, and landed at P'keepsie, where he lay several days when he was dismissed, but without any written discharge, and returned home about the first of November 1777, having been in the service at the time of little more than two months -
In the fall of 1779 at Colchester, Connecticut, where he then lived, he was drafted on a tour to New London - He marched from Colchester under Lieut Noah Gay to New London - where he was stationed near Fort Trumbull - He was employed the most of the time in erecting Fort Mousens, so called, out west of Fort Trumbull and having been engaged in actual service about two months he was dismissed, but without any written discharge, and returned home -
In May 1781. at Hebron, Connecticut where he then lived, he again entered the American States Service as a volunteer - He enlisted and served for six weeks in Governor Griswold's Coast Guard, commanded by Lieut Josiah Burnham and Ensign Zachariah Marvin - He was stationed at the guard house on Gov. Griswold's plantation, at a place called "Black Hall" in Lyme, East of the mouth of Connecticut River - His Head Quarters were at Fort Trumbull, New London, which was commanded by Col Sedge until the massacre of Fort Griswold, when he (Sedge) was killed - The chief employment was the He was most of the time employed in the cruising boats.

Boats, transporting to the head Quarters, Prisoners sent on from the West, and such as were made by him & his companions, and drawing stores, and munitions of war &c - At that time Capt n Catlin commanded the fort at Saybrook on the west side of the Connecticut River - He served out his time of six months, for which he enlisted, when he was discharged, but without any written discharge, and returned home sometime in November A. D. 1781 -
This deponent further states that he has no documentary evidence of said several periods of service, and that he knows of no person except Eliz a Jones, whose deposition is herewith enclosed, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service  to the And further that he has no record of his age except on the blank leaf of an old Bible which belonged to his father from which it appears that he was born at Hebron aforesaid on the 28 th day of April A. D. 1761 -
He further states that after the Revolutionary war, he has resided at Hebron aforesaid until in 1785 or 1786, then moved to Newburgh State of New York where he lived two or three years, then went to Middlefield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, where he resided & resided in that town & vicinity until in 1805, whence he removed to Hamilton, Chenango County, New York & lived there about two years, and then moved to Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, where he now lives -
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 in open court this day and year aforesaid
J. D. Aiken, Clerk
* I know that there is no discharge being in the undivided property - because the same when certified to be a prisoner to the Government.
Mars

We Elijah Ward a clergyman residing in New Lor County of Geauga aforesaid and Stephen Mathews residing in Painesville County of Geauga aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elkanah Jones who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to seventy two 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 their opinion -
Elijah Ward Stephen Mathews.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid - D. D. Aiken, Clerk.
And the said Court do hereby certify declare their opinion that 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 certifies that it appears to them that Elijah Ward who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman and resident in the township of Mentor aforesaid and that Stephen Mathews who has signed the same is a resident in the township of Painesville aforesaid and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit -
State of Ohio, Geauga County ss
I David D. Aiken clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing con- tains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elkanah Jones for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this Fourth day of March A.D. 1833
D. D. Aiken, Clerk.
ms 3 1/2 D. D. Aiken Clerk

Deponents sent Deposition of Eli Jones taken in support of the application of Elkanah Jones for a pension
I Eli Jones of lawful age being duly sworn do on my solemn oath depose and say that some time in the fall of 177 during the Revolu- tionary War my brother Elkanah Jones left home some three or four times for the purpose of serving in the United States Militia, and I supposed and believe that while absent from home, he was engaged in said service - I was so young that I cannot now recollect the precise length of the several periods of time during which he was absent, nor can I recollect under what offi- cers he marched from home except that I recollect that at the time when he went into service up previous to the surrender of Burgoyne he was under the command of Capt Skinner and Lieut Col Joel Jones - I have visited my brother, in the service at which he was attached to Govt Griswolds coast guards I have examined the Statement of said Elkanah herewith annexed, and same corresponds with my recollection on the subject - It was generally understood & believed in the neighborhood where we lived, that my brother was engaged in the service of the United States as set forth in his Statement - And further this deponent saith not - Eli Jones
Sworn to & Subscribed, before this fourth day of March A.D. 1833 in open Court.
D. Aiken, Clerk. -

The State of Ohio Geauga County ss
J. D. Aiken, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elkanah Jones, for a pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twentieth day of March A.D. 1833
J. D. Aiken, Clerk.
  Applicant served.  1 st From Fall of 1776, next following -  3. Months.     2. From August 1. 1777. to Nov r 1. 1777.  2    "     3. From Fall of 1779, next following  2    "     4. From May 1781. to Nov r 1781.  6    "     Total -  13. months.  
Elkanah Jones's Application for Pension
24226

Deposition of Eli Jones taken in support of the application of Elkanah Jones for a pension -
I Eli Jones of lawful age being duly sworn do on my said oath depose and say that during the revolutionary war my brother Elkanah Jones left home three or four times for the purpose of serving in the United States Militia, and I supposed and believed that while absent from home, he was engaged in said service - I was so young that I cannot now recollect the length of the several periods of time during which he was absent, nor can I recollect under what officers he marched from home, except that I recollect, that when he went into service previous to the surrender of Burgoyne, he was under the command of Capt Skinner and Lieut Col Joel Jones - I visited my brother in the service while he was attached to Gov Griswold's Coast Guards - I have examined the statement of said Elkanah herewith annexed, and same corresponds with my recollection on the subject - It was generally understood and believed in the neighborhood where we lived, that my brother was engaged in the service of the United States as set forth in his statement - I further state that I know of no additional witness whom testimony my brother can procure as to his services as aforesaid & further this deponent saith not -
Eli Jones
Sworn to and subscribed this 20 th day of June A.D. 1833 before me -
Helen Canfield Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio Guanga County ss I Helen Canfield a justice of the peace within & for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Eli Jones, and with his character for truth & veracity, that same is unquestionably good and that, in my opinion, he is a credible witness, and full faith and credit should be given to his statement -
Helen Canfield Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio Geauga County, ss
I, S. Aiken Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify, that John Canfield Esquire, before whom the within Deposition of Eli Jones, appears to have been this day taken, and when signing in his own proper handwriting, we affixed to the Certificate thereof, and also to his certificate of the character of the said Eli Jones, is a Justice of the peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned & sworn, according to law.
In Testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court, at Chardon, this 29th day of June A.D. 1833.
S. Aiken, Clerk.

16.170 INVALID.
File No. 16.170
Elkanah Jones
Pri Rev war
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 447
[Arrangement of 1870.]
April 98. E. L. Sparks Benton, Ma MAY 26 1898
as above
Dec. 5-1901 Mrs. Lloyd Nyman Painesville Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
28 May
1833
SIR :
I return herewith the papers in support of the claim s of the person s whose names are  are hereto annexed. This
These papers are in several respects defective. Each case is accompanied by a brief. The objections are contained in the negative answers, in red ink, given to the questions.
Particular attention should be paid to the accompanying regulations and to the explanatory notes subjoined to the brief.
The extraordinary press of business in this office, arising from the great number of claims under the act of June 7, 1832, has hitherto prevented us from attending to the applications sent by you. The investigation of the cases presented under this law has been difficult and laborious, and notwithstanding the greatest exertions have been made by this Department, an earlier attention to your business has been found impracticable.
The brief has been prepared to meet all cases, and thus to save the excessive labor which would otherwise be imposed upon the office, and which would consume so much time as to render the delay two fold greater than it now is in the investigation of claims and writing letters. Each case is considered correct in all respects except in relation to those questions to which a negative answer is affixed. No other alteration or addition will be required.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
Reuben Hitchcock Painesville Ohio
E. Jones.

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BOSTON, March 26, 1898
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Dear Sir,
16170
Oliver Jones and Elkanah Jones, of Hebron, Tolland County, Conn. served in the Revolutionary War and both became pensioners. Elkanah Jones died in Ohio in 1849. The date of death of Oliver Jones cannot be found but records at the Pension Office may show it. Will you kindly send me a copy of the records concerning Oliver Jones and Elkanah Jones, my kinsmen and tell me what remuneration is due from me for your trouble.
Yours respectfully
E. L. Sparks

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SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE: RAYMOND & WHITCOMB, JOHN W. GAY, Jr., Agent, 61 CROCKER BUILDING (Jan. 1 to June 1). W. H. SNEDAKER, Agent, 14 MONTGOMERY ST. (June 1 to Dec. 31).
PORTLAND, ORE., OFFICE: RAYMOND & WHITCOMB, A. D. CHARLTON, Agent, 255 MORRISON ST.
RAYMOND & WHITCOMB, 296 Washington Street,
W. Raymond. TELEPHONE 1881. CABLE ADDRESS, "RAYCOMB."
I. A. Whitcomb.
BOSTON, April 20, 1898
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Your recent communication in reply to questions concerning Oliver Jones and Elkanah Jones, of Hebron, Conn., Revolutionary pensioners, was thankfully received.
Will you permit me to trouble you once again concerning the same pensioners? It is very desirable to learn the exact date of death of the said Oliver Jones, and the only hope of ascertaining it is through the Pension office. Neither state nor town records show it (Hebron records having been partially burned); there are no gravestones for this soldier, and no one is found to remember the date. It is wanted for historical and genealogical purposes only. Would not his pension cease at his death?
The Painesville (O) relatives of Elkanah Jones have a tradition that he served for a time on the staff of General Washington. If this were a fact, would he not have been an officer and pensioned accordingly? It is desired to have the tradition verified or refuted, for historical reasons.
While requesting further information, I regret to cause you additional trouble.
Respectfully yours,
E. L. Sparks
Your letter of April 14 bears the reference
L.W.B.
W. 20135,
I.1 3170