Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,654, for Richard Jones, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Jones, Richard
S. 2654
carded
CONTENTS
A. May 9, 1745 - Essex Co. Va. res at Genl. Brunswick Co. Va. & Henry Co. Va. res in 1832, Barrow Is. Ky.

23.217
Kentucky
Richard Jones of Warren Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the com commanded by Captain Barton of the regt commanded by Col — in the Virginia line for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Oct 1833 and Jan 6 Lumpkin Glasgow Arrears to the 14th of Sept 33 $66.65 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar 34 $133.33
$79.98
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by David Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 14

Richard Jones
Ken
from - private D. months
5, 13, $26 \frac{66}{100}
Int. 1.27
return
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P-218.
Jan 26, 33,
Hon C. Tompkins Glasgow

BRIEF in the case of  Richard Jones  County of Barren  in the State of Kentucky  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Justice  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes  3. How old is he? 87  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.     Drafted In 17 not stated Private Gen. Capt. David Barton,   Drafted 1787. 1 st summer not stated precisely " Gen. Washington.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Brunswick Cty. Va.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional  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.
J. Waugh Examining Clerk.

State of Kentucky. } On this the 25 day of August 1832 Barren County. } personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the commonwealth's justices of the peace in & for the afo d County Richard - Jones, a resident citizen of said county who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of congress of the 7 th of June 1832 providing for certain surviving officers & soldiers of the army of the revolution, Saith that he is now upwards of eighty seven years old that he was at the commencement of the revolution a citizen of Brunswick County Virginia that he was three times drafted into the service that one of the tours he has no recollection of neither the time the place where he went nor anything pertaining to the same - that in the year of the Battle at Guilford Courthouse he was drafted in Brunswick County Marched across the Rhoneoak River and to Guilford Courthouse but did not arrive until after the Battle was fought - Saw some collection of Tories about Guilford don't recollect the name of any of the officers nor any particular incidents - that occurred during the Campaign don't recollect how long he was out but thinks it was a long tour received a legal discharge which has long since been lost or left in the hands of some Friend now forgotten, he then removed from Brunswick County to Henry County Virginia was there drafted in Capt n David Bartons Company in the latter part of the Spring or first of Summer in the year 1787 was marched on through Richmond and to Williamsburg and was stationed there

Saw Genl Washington there heard the cannon fire down at York recollects a firing of guns that took place between the guards. They were then paraded and stretch a line across the road from woods to woods directly a large body of French came up our line was open and they March d through to the front Then Genl Washington came up with a body of troops and also March d through to the front recollects no officers but his Captain David Barton and Genl Washington was discharged the latter part September he thinks a week or two before the surrender of York by Corn Wallace rec d a legal discharge which he thinks he afterwards gave to his Captain David Barton that he March d from Williamsburg home to Henry County being very sick and without a cent of money don't remember what length of time all his services amounted to was in no engagement from Virginia in 1806 or 1807 to Warren County Kentucky from Warren to Allen County & from Allen to Barren County where I have live for the last ten or eleven years he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and further declares that his name is not on the pension role of the united states or agency of any state
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year before me the day and year first above written Richard Jones Mark
We Ralph Petty a clergyman residing in the County of Barren and John Barton & Abalim Poulson Residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Richard Jones who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration

40 The said Barton & Poulson have known him upwards of 20 yrs that we believe him to be upwards of eighty years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbor- hood to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion and but a few years since could detail many circumstances that occurred during his campaigns in the Revolution, but at this time his memory seems to be greatly impaired
Sworn and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me the day and year first above written Wm Block J.P. 2/2/30 } Alphe P. Myles Abner Barton Absolem Poulson
I do hereby certify that after the investigation of the Matter putting the interrogatories and examining the within known applicant that I believe him to be what he represents himself to be that he served as a Soldier in the revolution as he states - I do further certify that it appears to me that Ralph Petty Esq who has signed the preceding certificate the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the aforesaid county and that Abner Barton and Absolem Poulson who has also signed the same are also residents of said County. are credible persons and their statements I further certify that the applicant is unable to attend at the courthouse are entitled to impartial credit to reject his testimony given under
My hand the day and year first above written Wm Block J.P. 2/2/30

State of Kentucky Barren County I do hereby certify that
I William Logan Clerk of the County Court of Barron do hereby certify that William Blook whose name appears subscribed to the affidavit of Richard Jones and Also to the certificate relative to Raelph Petty Ebner Barton and Absalom Polson is and was at the time of his subscribing his name thereto a Justice of the Peace in and for said County that full faith and Credit is due and ought to be given to any of Judicial acts as such either in Courts of Justices or out
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand Seal of Office this 16 th day of October 1832
Early. But from the statement of the Mother who saw her good she was etc that the Apostle was in the house
John Estlin Esq. with a copy of his last testament. But my friend and afterwards the bearer of my thanks the 15 th day of October 1832. J. D. Charles Bampfylde
Deacon Brewster died September 10th 1832 Deacon doing exhibited the within declaration with his own affidavit with the affidavits of Ralph Petti a clergyman. Deacon Patten & Deacon Patten as Witnesses taken before a magistrate in the county for the purposes of obtaining the testimony of the witnesses of the act of conspiracy of the 1 st of June 1832 in favour of the reviving officers. History of the association. The said act critic as their opinion from the declaration and affidavits afore- said that said John Davis as State in said declaration and that the testimony Ralph Petti, Deacon Patten & Deacon Patten are all of good character, all of which is verified to the department of war of the United States.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
AWJ
January 9, 1924.
Murray Marshall, 1734 New York Ave. N.W. Room 301, Washington, D. C.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 2654, it appears that Richard Jones was born on the Rappahannock River, Essex County, Virginia, May 9, 1745, and was a resident of Brunswick County, Virginia, when he enlisted.
He was allowed pension for eight months service as a private in the Virginia troops, on his application executed August 25, 1832, while living in Barren County, Kentucky.
In 1833, his son Sampson stated that he was sixty one years of age. The name of soldier's wife is not on record, nor is there any further family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev War
2654. INVALID.
1924-Jan-9. Hist. to Murray Mar- shall-See letter in Benjamin Sitzgerald S. 35931- aut.
File No. 2654.
Richard Jones Prin. Ga. Line
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: Vol. A Page 194
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rich? Jones

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Richard Jones further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 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? yes 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? No VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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? yes

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? yes
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? No
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? _____
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes
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? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1. 2. 7.
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 the 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.
†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 authenticated 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 end 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.

The declaration of Richard Jones is amended
State of Kentucky Barren County On this 12 th day of April 1850 personally appeared before the subscriber one of the commissioners of the peace in & for the county aforesaid Richard Jones and made oath to the following statements in addi- -tion to the statements contained in his first declaration dated the 25 th August 1832 that he served in the war of the Revolution three Militia Tours amounting in all to eight Months or more that he has no documentary evidence of his services and knows of no person by whom he can prove his services except his son Sampson Jones who was young at the time but old enough to have some recollection of his services & further that he has now procured or found a record of his age that he was born the 9 th of May 1745. The record is in his own possession that by reason of old age & consequent loss of memory he cannot swear to the extent of the time he thinks he served but has said as above eight Months which service was rendered in the capacity of a private soldier & further that he was born on Rappahannock River Essex County Virginia
Subscribed and sworn to. Richard Jones his mark before me the day and year first above written
Wm B Cook Justice
I do certify that the above named Richard Jones is a man of strict truth and veracity and is so esteemed in his neighborhood & that from his advanced age & bodily infirmity he is wholly unable to attend at the courthouse for the purpose of transacting his business & further that Sampson Jones his son who has testified as to the services of his father

This day Sampson Jones personally appeared before the subscriber an acting justice of the peace in & for the County of Warren State of Kentucky and stated that he remembers of his father Richard Jones being twice called into the service in the war of the Revolution, and when living in Bruns- wick County Virginia and once when living in Henry County Virginia. and that he is now going on 62 years of age - Sampson Jones
Subscribed and Sworn to before me this 12 th day of Sept 1853 — M c Call
My Dear Friend
State of Kentucky County of Barren Co. ss I William Logan Clerk of the County Court of Barren County do hereby certify that William alias Mr. B. Cook is a Mag- istrate as above and below and that the foregoing Signature & the Signature below this purporting to be his are genuine & that full faith & credit are to be given thereto. In testimony whereof
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this 3 d day of June 1833.