Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1877, for Benjamin Jones, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Jones Benjamin Sarah
W 1877
B.L.Wt. 9189-160-55.
CONTENTS
res at East Farmington, Mass In 1837 aged 81 yrs & res. Turner, Oxford Co. Me. d Feb. 4, 1838, at Turner.

Maine 31.323 Benjamin Jones of Oxford Co in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Cobb of the Reg t commanded by Col Grady in the Mass e line for 13 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Jan y 1838 and sent W m T. J. Carter Rec d of Rep d !
Arrears to the 14th of Sept r 1838 $281.64 Semi-ann l . allowance ending 4 th Mar ch 50 21.66
$303.30
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M c Adison Clerk Book G Vol. 2 nd Page 24

181 Atkins Sarah Jones widow of Benjamin Jones , who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1818. 3rd February 1853 Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of May 1853 and sent to
Job Prince Turner Me.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 28, 1818, Page 5 Vol. A
1832
Reg 3 m 55-30765
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30.765.
Ms. 2.1.5
Oct 35
Sarah Joseph Benjamin Jones
Col. Mitchell, Mass. State Hoops, Pinehurst Oct: 4 81.
Rev: Mar
Ms. 2.1.60 Alms Oct. 23 7855.
Boyton Boyton
Adar
Civ. Aug. 14
Rufus Prince Turner Me
Giseto R. Prince Aug. 14/53 Oct 11 " " Sept. 25/53
Me
July 53 - no 481
Rev Mr. Prince June 1877
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State of Maine County of Oxford
On this seventeenth day of February in the year 1853 personally appeared before the Probate Court held at Turner within and for said County Sarah Jones a resident of Turner in said County of Oxford aged Eighty one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed February 30 - 1853, that she is the widow of Benjamin Jones, who was private soldier in the war of the Revolution - And for proof of the service of her late husband and for proof of the names of the Officers under whom he served, or the Corps to which he belonged she refers the Department to the declaration of the said Benjamin Jones and to the evidence accompanying the same on which he was granted a pension at the rate of forty three dollars & thirty three cents per annum under the Act of June 7 th 1832 -
She further declares that she was

married to the said Benjamin Jones on the twenty seventh day of October in the year eighteen hundred and twenty two and that he died on the seventh day of February in the year eighteen hundred thirty eight and that her name before her marriage with said Jones was Sarah Billingham and that Charles L Turner solemnized the marriage in said town of Turner at the time before stated - and that she still remains a widow and unmarried -
Sarah her Jones Mark
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year first above written Before me Timothy Sudden, Judge

State of Maine
County of Oxford ss
I Geo. H. Shaw, Register of the Court of Probate for said County, it being a Court of Record, hereby certify that Timothy Ludden whose proper signature is affixed to the foregoing declaration of Sarah Billingham, is Judge of said Court and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such in and out of Court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and sub- scribed my name this fif- teenth day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty three
Geo. H. Shaw. Reg.

"October twenty seventh eighteen hundred twenty two Benjamin Jones with Sarah Dillingham Scotts of Turner"
I certify that the above is a true extract from the Record of Marriages of the town of Turner with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows "October 27 th 1822"
Hirah Bradford
Town Clerk
I Hirah Bradford on oath depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Turner in the county of Oxford and State of Maine and that the above is a true extract from the Record of Marriages of said town with the exception as above certified by me
Hirah Bradford
Oxford ss. March 2 d 1853
Subscribed and sworn to Before me Job Prince Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE. OXFORD COUNTY.
ss.
CLERK'S OFFICE, SUP. JUD. COURT.
Elisha Winters Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, within and for the COUNTY OF OXFORD, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, hereby certify that
Job Prince Esquire,
was on the Twenty Fifth day of March 1855, - ever since has been, and now is, a Justice of the Peace within and for said State County, duly authorized to administer OATHS , and take the acknowledgement of DEEDS and other Instruments; and that I believe that the signature to the instrument hereunto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine, official signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of our said Court, this Twenty Fifth day of 185
Elisha Winters Clerk

STATE OF MAINE.
County of Androscoggin ss.
On this twenty eighth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, -
Sarah Jones aged Eighty three years, a resident of Turner in the County and State
aforsaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, on oath declares that she is the widow of
Benjamin Jones deceased, who was a Soldier in the Company commanded by Captain  Revolutionary war and in the
Regiment of a pensioner commanded by Colonel  under Act June 7th in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the eighteenth day of June, 1812.
1832 - And that she is the identical Sarah Jones who is a pensioner under the Act of Congress passed February
3rd 1853 at the rate of forty three dollars and thirty three cents
per Annum That her Certificate is dated the 25th of May 1853.
on or about the  and numbered 481 day of  and for proof of  for
the term of Service of her late husband as would continued in actual service in said war for the term  to his marriage with said declarant and was honorably discharged at and his death she on the refers
day of  A. D. _____ as will appear by
The Department to her former declaration and the evidence adduced in support of the
She further states, that she was married to the said  same upon which in she was granted on the aforesaid day of Pension
A. D. _____ by one _____, and that her name before her said marriage was
_____ ; that her said husband died at _____ A. D. _____ and that she is now
on the _____ day of _____ a widow. She also declares that she has not received a Warrant for Bounty land, under this or

any other Act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor, and believes that her said husband never applied for or received Bounty land under any Act of Congress, in his life time.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act of Congress, approved March 3d, 1855.
And for the purpose of this application, I, the said Sarah Jones  Sarah Jones do hereby constitute and appoint Robert Prince of Turner in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of the Interior, a warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid: and I fully authorize and empower him to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purpose therein expressed, hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my Attorney or his substitutes may lawfully do in the premises.
Sarah Jones Mark
We Ajalon Billingham and Titus Jones residents of Turner in the County of Androscoggin and State of Maine on oath depose and say, that the foregoing declaration and Power of Attorney was signed and acknowledged by Sarah Jones in our presence, and we believe from the appearance and
statements of the applicant, and our personal knowledge of her for many years past, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be in her declaration. that we were acquainted with said Sarah Jones while she lived with her said husband was at the funeral of the said Benjamin Jones and have lived in the same neighborhood with the said claimant since the death of her late husband and know that she is still a widow Ajalon Billingham Titus Jones
50865
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me, on the day and year first above written, by Sarah Jones the declarant above named, and by Ajalon Billingham and Titus Jones witnesses above named, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Robt Prince Justice of the Peace.

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Oxford ss.
ON this 30th day of September A. D. 1837, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate now sitting, Specially. Benjamin Jones a resident of Lewiston in the county of Oxford and State of Maine, aged 81 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 act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. - That he served Five or Six months (which of these terms he cannot now say) in the year 1776, in Captain Simon Cobb's Company, Col. Gage's Regiment, which service was performed in the State of New York - That he served Three months in the winter season of 1776-7 at Tiverton in the State of Rhode Island, in Capt. Ebenezer Dyer's Company in Col. John Dyer's Regiment; that he served Four months in the year 1779 in Capt. Nathan Merrill's Company, in Col. Mitchell's Regiment, which last service was under a draught - and was performed partly at Bagaduce & partly at Portland in the State of Maine. The first two periods of service were by voluntary enlistment and in all he faithfully served out the respective periods for which he entered the service & was honorably discharged.
He further states, that by reason of ill health & old age, his memory has become so impaired, that he is unable to state the exact dates of his enlistment - but he knows this, that he served in all, thirteen months - that he may have mistaken the names of his officers
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 and year aforesaid.
Witness J. Emery Before me
Stephen Emery Judge
Benjamin Jones

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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. he having adduced the deposition of Nathaniel Chase, Simon Presbrey & John Presbrey - and also the testimony of Cornelius Jones & Dan Pratt, in support of his declaration of service, all which are herunto annexed. Stephen Emery, Judge
ford. ss.
State of Maine
I Levi Stowell Register  Clerk of the Court of Probate for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Jones for a pension.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this second day of October A. D. 1837.
Clerk
Levi Stowell. Register
Job Prince - Treasurer, Oxford County, State of Maine Agents

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
ms.
April 14, 1924
E. M. Beckards 817 Lincoln St. Topeka, Kansas
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 1877, it appears that Benjamin Jones, while residing in Taunton, Massachusetts, enlisted in 1776 and served five or six months as private in Captain Simeon Cobb's Company, Colonel Cary's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted in the winter of 1776 and 1777 and served three months in Captain Ebenezer Dean's Company, Colonel John Daggett's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted July 8, 1779, in Captain Nathan Merrill's Company, Colonel Jonathan Mitchell's Massachusetts Regiment, and was discharged September 25, 1779.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 30, 1837, while residing in Turner, Oxford County, Maine, aged eighty-one years. He died February 7, 1838.

He married at Turner, Maine, October 27, 1822, Sarah Dillingham. She was allowed pension on her application executed February 17, 1853, while residing in Turner, Maine, aged eighty-one.
There is no further family data on file.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner

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Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1522 Sarah Jones. Widow Benjamin Jones. Dis. Rev. W. A. W.
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Sarah Jones widow of Henry
Me Oct 3 Feb 1853 p 143:33 coug 3 Feb 53
B B B
Job Prince Esq Turner Maine

I Asa Phillips of Turner in the County of Oxford and State of Maine aged Sixty four years on oath depose and say That I was well acquainted with Benjamin Jones late of Turner deceased, That he lived and died within one hundred rods of my residence That he was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States and that he died in said Turner about fifteen years ago. That I was at his funeral, that I was, and still am well acquainted with his widow Sarah Jones, which he left - that she still remains a widow and unmarried and now resides in Turner aforesaid. Asa Phillips
State of Maine } County of Oxford } ss
February 26 th 1853
Then personally appeared Asa Phillips a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above Affidavit by him subscribed -
Before me J. C. Prince Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford County, ss.
I E. Winton , Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of Oxford County, certify that Robt. Prince
is an acting Justice of the Peace within said County of Oxford,
duly appointed and qualified,
and that the foregoing signature, affixed to the Affidavit of Hira Bradford & Issa Phillips
purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and set the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, this fifteenth day of March A. D. 1853
E. Winton
Clerk.

I Nathaniel Chase of Buckfield in the county of Oxford and State of Maine aged seventy six years, do testify and say that in June 1779 I was drafted, and served as a soldier in the war of the Revolution under Captain Nathan Merrill, in Colonel Mitchell's Regiment, in the State of Maine four months - we first marched to Bangor and remained there until our army was defeated - then returned to Portland and served the remainder of the four months - Benjamin Jones who now resides in Turner in this State - with whom I have been acquainted ever since - served as a soldier in the same company during the same time - Said Jones worked some part of the time at the carpentering business Nath l Chase
State of Maine
DeFord - SS. September 1 st 1837
Nathaniel Chase a credible person - made oath to the truth of the affidavit by him signed - Before me Job Prince - Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
Oxford ss. I the subscriber, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify that Job Prince whose proper signature is affixed to the within affidavit, is a Justice of the Peace within said County duly appointed and qualified and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and set the seal of said Court this second day of October in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty Seven.
Levi Stowell. Register.

I John Brebrey of Taunton in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy Seven Years, do testify and say that I served as a soldier in the War of the Revolution under Capt. Ebenezer Dyer in Col. John Doyette Regiment, three months, in the Winter Season of 1776:7 at Tiverton in Rhode Island —
Benjamin Jones who then resided in Taunton & within about one Mile of my place of residence served as a soldier in the same company at during the same time —
According to the best of my recollection the said Jones removed from Taunton thirty or more years ago — Recently I have been informed that he now resides in Turner in the State of Maine —
John Brebrey
Commonwealth of Massachusetts —
Bristol ss. August 5. 1837 — John Brebrey, a credible person, made oath to the truth of the affidavit by him signed — Before me A. Bassett Just. of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Bristol ss. I Anselm Basset Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify that Anselm Basset before whom the within affidavit was sworn is a Justice of the Peace in for said County & that the signature to the within certificate, purporting to be his, is genuine —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court this fifth day of August eighteen hundred and thirty seven — A Basset

(Turner (Me) Oct 18-1888
Sir -
Enclosed you will find "Record evidence" of the Service of Henry Jones in aid of the application of his widow, Sarah Jones, for bounty land under Act of March 3 1855, application No 36765
Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt Rufus Prince
J. Merrill Comr of Pensions

Washington Jan'y 6. 1828
Sir -
I herewith transmit some additional papers, in support of the claim of Benjamin Turner Maine, to a pension from the Gov t of Genl Alston Olafson - from whom the affidavit came to Job Prinner Esq. whose letter I send you as gentlemen of high standing & unblemished character. The former is & has long been Sheriff of the County & the latter is Senator in the State Legislature. Will you oblige me by giving the subject your early attention -
I am Sir very Respectfully
Your O bt Serv t
J. J. Carters
Hon J. L. Edwards

3H. 3H

Furness October 5 th 1837
Sir -
Herewith you will receive the declaration of Benjamin Long, of this town, in order to obtain a Pension with Depositions accompanying it,
I am Sir respectfully Your obed Servt Job Primm
J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions

Pugh Jones Me (2) 1776. Emr Capt Som. 60th. (3) " 3. " Dr. Dean. 79 (1) 4 " Nathan Merrill (of Melick) a Sagadahoc Wall?
 (1) Col. Nathl Chase  (2) Col. Jones  (3) M c Presbury  (2) Sam Presbury 
None of these rolls to be found A.H.S.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston. October 16 th 1855.
I Hereby Certify , That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Benjamin Jones is borne on pay roll of Capt. Nathan Merriill (Comp. Col. Jonathan Mitchell's Regt. on Penobscot expedition, from July 8 th to Sept 25. 1779, 2 mos. 17 days, as private, and 45 miles travel, from Sylvester.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Henry D. Sleeper Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The undersigned respectfully requests the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to furnish from the Military Rolls in his possession evidence of the service of her late husband, Benjamin Jones deceased in the Revolutionary War - She believes that her said husband served five months under Capt Simson Cobb and Col Cary in 1776 and about three months under Capt Ebenezer Dyer & Col Daggett in the winter of 1776 & 7 also four or five months in 1779 under Capt Nathan Merrill & Col Mitchell. And that most of the time during said war he resided in the State, (then district) of Maine but is not positive - She is not able to state any more definitely in relation to said service on account of lapse of time and her advanced age. witnesses Groom Dillingham Sarah by Jones Mark
State of Maine ? County of Androscoggin Town of Turner Oct 4 th 1835 Signed by the Sarah Jones in my presence Job Prince Justice of the Peace

Brief in the case of Sarah Jones Axford County and State of Me act 3 Feb 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her land was a farmhouse at $43.33 per annum. Record proof of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
S. Bruce Thurber, Me
S. Cole Examining Clerk.

Turner (Me) Sept 21- 1833
Sir -
My late husband Benjamin Jones late of this town deceased was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act of 7 th June 1832 at the rate of forty Three dollars and thirty three cents per annum - I made application and obtained a pension for the same sum per annum, under the 2 nd section of the Act of Feb 3 1833 as widow of the said Benjamin by reference to the proof accompanying his declaration - Will you have the goodness to send me a copy of his declaration so far as relates to his service that I may better understand when a look for "Record evidence" of his service - My Pension Certificate under act of Feb 3 rd 1833 is dated May 25 th 1833 and numbered 481 -
Very Respectfully Your O bt Servt Sarah Jones By Rufus Prince her Attorney
J. Minot Com r of Pensions

I, Cornelius Jones of Turner in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, a Revolutionary Pensioner, on oath depose & say, that I was well acquainted with Benjamin Jones of the same Turner in early life, when we were living in Taunton in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I recollect well, that said Benjamin Jones went off as a soldier in the war of the Revolution from Taunton, and I think it was in the Spring of the year 1776. I do not know the length of his service - but have often heard him speak of the incidents of his campaign - and of his having been employed in making sleds, &c as a Carpenter. I have also often heard him talk of other services at other periods, the particulars of which I do not recollect - these conversations were common when we met, & took place thirty years ago or more.
Cornelius Jones
Subscribed & sworn to by the above named Cornelius Jones this 30 th day of September A.D. 1837 before me - and I certify that the said Cornelius Jones is a man who sustains a fair reputation for truth & veracity.
Stephen Emery, Judge of Probate for the County of Oxford
I, Dan Pratt of Turner in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, a Revolutionary Pensioner, aged 76 years (wanting 7 days) on oath depose & say, that I have long been acquainted with Benjamin Jones of said Turner - that I well remember his going away from Taunton into the service of the United States as a soldier in the year 1776, and I knew well the officers he went under - Captain Simon Cobb - Lieut. Crossman - There was probably another Lieutenant belonging to the company, which was frequently

the case, at that time. I think he entered for six months, but am not quite certain - Since coming out of the service, I have often conversed with said Tony & he with me, relating to our respective services in the war of the Revolution - and I have no doubt, that he served at several different periods - The length of which I cannot state - We used to talk over the incidents of our service, and I recollect his telling about his being at Bagnadue &c in his tour of service in the State of Maine - These conversations took place many years ago, long before the passage of any pension laws - and were made as recitals of events in which we felt a deep interest, & took ourselves a part.
Dear Pratt
Subscribed & sworn to by the above named Dan Pratt, well known to me as a credible witness, this 30 th day September - 1837
Before me Stephen Emery, Judge of
Probate Court C.O.

I Alden Blossom of Sumner in the County of Oxford and State of Maine aged sixty one years, testify and say, that I have resided in the same neighbourhood with Benjamin Jones, about thirty five years, and knows that he is reputed to have been a Revolutionary Soldier, that more than thirty years ago I heard him recount many of the incidents of his life while in the Revolutionary war; that he is now almost helpless, and has been for five or six years past, that I have ever understood and believe, that he has been doing all in his power to obtain a Pension; that he employed the late William K Porter to assist him, that his health is so much impaired and at times, his recollection so indiscreet, that it has been very difficult to find the proof necessary to establish his claim.
Alden Blossom
State of Maine
Oxford ss. Subscribed and sworn to this twenty third day of December 1837. The deponent being a credible witness
Before me - Col. Prince Justice of the Peace

I Benjamin Jones of Turner in the County of Oxford and State of Maine do on oath declare that the reasons why I have not made an earlier application to the War Department, for a Pension, are the following, (Viz) I have not only been confined to my house, but a great part of the time since June 1832 have been confined to my bed , and there has been no time since the passage of the law (under which I claim a Pension) that I have been able to write a letter to any person to obtain any information in regard to my services as a Soldier in the War of the Revolution. Finding my mental , as well as physical powers were failing, I became satisfied that it was utterly impossible for me to look up the proof necessary to establish my claim. I, therefore as early as 1833, applied to the late William K Porter Esq., then practicing Attorney & Postmaster in this town, to assist me in procuring the desired information. While he was engaged in that business, & after having taken one affidavit for me, he was taken sick and died in 1834. Being very slow and feeble at that time, and believing that I should not live to enjoy the benefit of a Pension, or need the assistance of any one but a very short time, I entirely abandoned the object. But my life being spared until the

fall of 1836, and needing some assistance from some quarters, and knowing that I was justly entitled to it from Government, I was induced to make one more effort, I accordingly employed Job Prine Esq to assist me in obtaining proof necessary to establish my claim as a Pensioner, and the progress he has made will appear by reference to the Affidavits accompanying my former declaration.
Witness
Anna Jones Job Prine
This Benjamin X Jones Mark
State of Maine
Byford S.S. Subscribed and sworn to this twenty third day of December 1837
Before me - Job Prine Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
Byford County ss. I the subscriber Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Byford aforesaid hereby certify that Job Prince Esq. whose proper signature is affixed to the foregoing declaration of Benjamin Jones and the accompanying affidavit of Alden Blomom is a Justice of the Peace within said County duly appointed and qualified and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and set the seal of said Court this twenty fifth day of December in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty Seven
Levi Stowell. Register

Turner Dec 28 1887
Dear Sir -
Benjamin Jones of this town, made application to the War Department for a Pension, I sent on his papers in the month of Oct last, & recently received a communication from Mr. Edmonds, Compt. of Pensions, stating that the papers had been received, examined & placed upon file; but before coming to any final decision in regard to it, Mr. Jones would be required to state the reasons why he had not made an earlier application for a Pension. Herewith you will receive Mr. Jones declaration in regard to that, also Genl. Blaporns Affidavit which I think must be satisfactory. Mr. Jones was a Carpenter by trade, & was engaged in making Sleds & Barracks some part of the time, therefore Soldiers belonging to the same Company did not so distinctly recollect him as they otherwise would. I have been employed more than a year by Mr. Jones to collect what information I have transmitted to the War Department. I have probably written something like thirty or forty letters to different individuals upon the subject & finally obtained one Affidavit from Mass - one from Vermont & others from Maine - I wish you to present the enclosed declaration & affidavit to the Department & obtain as early a decision as practicable for Mr. Jones will probably live but a short time & I want him to know that the Government have been just & not generous to him -
All the most reliable testimony of our time would testify to much in the same line as that given by Blaporn if it should be investigated
I am Sir respectfully, Your Obedt Servt Job Prince
PL Carter Esq. M.C.

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I Simon Dinsbury of Waterville in the County of Kennebec and State of Vermont a Proportionary pensioner of the United States aged seventy nine years on oath testify and say that I served as a soldier in the Revolu- tionary war for several periods, one of which was at New York in the year 1776 for five months in a company commanded by Captain Simon Cobb in Colonel Capps Regiment, I served five months through New York and was discharged and I well remember that Benjamin Jones then of Farmton in the State of Massachusetts was in the same company and served with me through that time and was discharged. I knew him well he enlisted under Lieutenant Sylvester Jones of Capt- Cobb's Company and went from Farmton at the same time that I did. I recollect that some Benjamin Jones was a carpenter by trade and that some few years after the war he moved from Farmton to the District of Maine. Since that time I have had no personal acquaintance with him
Waterville September 10 th 1837
Simson Dinsbury
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above written
Before me Moses Dike Justice Peace I certify the word "war" was interlined before signing Moses Dike Justice Peace

State of Vermont To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas, I, Philip H. Camp, of Lyndon in the County of Orleans, Clerk of the Orleans County Court, hereby certify that Moses D. Easton is a Justice of the peace within the said County, duly commissioned & qualified that his commission is dated in November 1836, & will expire on the 1 st day of Dec r . 1837, & that his signature hereunto attached is true & genuine In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court at my office in Lyndon on this 12 th day of Sept. 1837 P. H. Camp Clerk

Pension Department Washington D.C.
Topeka Kansas March 11-1924
Dear Sirs - Volume 8- page 901- Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution give Benjamin Jones of Taunton Mass. a good deal of War service in Revolution. After the war he moved to Turner, Maine. Can you tell me whether he ever received a pension, and if so can I get a copy of the pension papers. Please tell me how to go about getting the copy if it is to be had. The history of Turner, Maine. by Rev. M. R. French gives Benjamin Jones as a resident of Turner & a former soldier of Rev. War
Very Respectfully
E.M. Beckards
817 Lincoln St
Topeka
Kan