Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,716, for Thomas Jones, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn Continental
Jones, Thomas
S 43,716
CONTENTS
all of Penfield Conn - in 1818 aged 67 yrs. res. Middlefield, Otsego Co. N.Y.

5194
New York
Thomas Jones Capt Grovenor Sergeant Connecticut Line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 d of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of January 1819 and sent to the Hon Isaac Williams House of Representatives U.S.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 $ 40.79 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 March 1819 48.00
Wylle's $ 88.79
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
2604.32 three years
Discontinued
Middlefield Ohio
Examined with Orig. Keokuk Aug. 1883 W.H.G.
Petification sent to Isaac Peabody Esq. 19 Sep. 1820. Cherry Valley N.Y.
death Oct 26-1832 ab

State of New York Chautauqua Co.
Thomas Jones on this fourteenth day of October in the year Our thousand eight hundred & twenty three personally appeared in open court in the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Chautauqua in said State being a Court of Record he being a resident of the said County aged twenty three years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of January of the eighteenth day of March 1818 & the first of May 1820 that he the said Thomas Jones enlisted for the term of one year, on the eighteenth day of January in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & twenty six in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain Thomas Grosvenor in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Dibble in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the expiration of that year when he was duly & honorably discharged.
And that on the first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty seven he again enlisted for the term of three years in the said State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain William Bliss, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Willis in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment. And that he continued to serve in the said last mentioned Corps until his last enlistment until the twenty fifth day of March April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & thirty, when he was discharged from the said service in Wethersfield in the State of New Jersey. And that his name has been placed on the Pension list & has been dropped therefrom, on account of his property as he has been informed.
And in pursuance of the act of the first day of May one thousand eight hundred & twenty, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred & eighteen. And that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby to so 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

lines of annual service in the United States in the Revolutionary War, paid on the eighteenth day of March 1818. And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts, or bills due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed. I by me subscribe.
That since the exhibition of my first schedule no changes have been made in my property, except a few trifling articles of household furniture which have been worn out or destroyed. Except also the circumvention of the mortgage which then existed but which was forgotten to be inserted as a part of the description of my property — Sworn & subscribed this 14. day of Oct 1823. Shomer Jones in Open Court. William Nichols Clerk
Sworn to & declared on the fourteenth day of October in the year One thousand eight hundred twenty three in Open Court before the judges thereof.
William Nichols Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ohio do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the said Court that the said Thomas Jones did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy for the term of One year & also for another term of three years under two distinct engagements with the Continental establishment.
I also certify that the foregoing Oath & the schedule thereto annexed are true copies of the same from the Records 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 Dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fourteenth day of October 1823. William Nichols Clerk

Schedule of the property of Thomas Jones, an applicant to be placed on the Poorish List to be annexed to his declaration this day made in open Court in the Court of Sessions Pleas of the County of Otago as follows (vii)
I have no property either Real or personal except the nursery Station & my Wife, who, is now sixty six years of age, totally blind, & helpless — I am a farmer by occupation, but in consequence of old age am wholly unable to perform either a day's or any other employment — I have no family except my Wife & have both resided with Lewis Barcum who receives my doughty — I have a lease against said Barcum for the maintenance of myself & my Wife — But that lease was given for fifty acres of land which conveys to him long before any of the acts on this subject were passed — And that at the time I conceived this lease of land to him, it was incumbered by a Mortgage to nearly or quite its full value & that the title thereto is about to be defeated by that mortgage — Mr. Barcum is also himself a very poor man thus a family of his Wife & four Children is wholly unable to furnish me with necessary food & clothing — That I have had no other means of support whatever either for myself or my Wife except the said claim upon Barcum which is now merely gratuitous, which he can no longer furnish on account of his poverty, letter inability — My first hope for relief is to the Government of my Country & my last resource is to the overseers of the Poor of the Town where my legal settlement is —
Sworn & Subscribed this 14 day of Oct. 1823 In Open Court William Nicholls Clk
Thomas Jones
The Court upon the facts stated in the above Schedule & affidavit are of opinion that the property therein mentioned is of no value and do approve it accordingly John C. Morris.
Eliza Goble Mrs. Woodbury W. T. L. T. T.

Thomas S. Lewis affidavit papers

State of New York Otsego County
Thomas Jones of the Town of Middlesex
in the County of Otsego in the State of New York Labourer being duly sworn on the holy evangelists, doth depose that on the first day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred seventy five he entered as a full Soldier in the Continental Army for three years, in a company then commanded by Captain Wills, left in a Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Wylles, in the Pennsylvania Line that he served as a sergeant in that Regiment during the whole period of three years, except about four days, that on the twenty fifth day of March in the year One thousand seven hundred eighty he was fully and honorably discharged from the army, on the ground that the deponent had faithfully served his time out - the four or six days having been allowed this deponent to return home - That this deponent is now over seventy  sixty seven years of age, that he has a wife who is over seventy years of age - This deponent further says that he is poor and indigent and has little or nothing to depend on for his support, except the liberality of his Country - And he further says that he knows of no person in the neighbourhood of his present residence who knows the facts of his enlistment and service, that he is unable to travel in order to procure any additional evidence of these facts - He has understood lately believe that his Colonel is yet living in the State of Pennsylvania, but he has not at present the means of

knowing precisely where he is, nor of procuring his testimony Further I do not I have subscribed this 2nd day of April 1818
before me Joseph White First Judge of the Court of Pleas in the County of Otsego in the State of New York
State of New York, Otsego County ss I Joseph White First Judge of the Court of Pleas in the County of Otsego do Certify that the above mentioned deponent is a person to me well known that the facts set forth in his above written affidavit in relation to his age, his pecuniary circumstances, the separation of his family are also well known to me that the facts set forth in his said affidavit in relation to his enlistment & service in the revolutionary war, are by his said affidavit, satisfactorily proved to me And that I have been personally acquainted with the said deponent for many years, that he has always sustained & does still retain the character of an upright honest man and the 22 nd 1818
Joseph White First Judge of Otsego Court Pleas of Otsego County State of New York

State of New York Otsego County Clerk's Office I certify that Joseph White who signed the above certificate & before whom the above affidavits appear to have been made is first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County duly qualified as such & that the above are his signatures
Given under my hand & the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said County this 13 th April 1810
J. Morell Clerk
State of New York Otsego County I Joseph White first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego, in addition to the certificate heretofore by me made on the other page of this paper do now further certify, that the said Thomas Laps in that certificate named is all his income & he is unable to labour his hands & is reduced in his circumstances, that he has little property, & greatly needs the aid of his County for support And that I have for many years known the said Thomas Laps to be my own personal friend as well as otherwise I certify this to be his situation dated 3 rd December 1815 White first Judge of Otsego Court - Pleas -

Rev. & 1812 War Pension AWF/eel
November 13, 1928
Mrs. Frank H. Becker 93 Guy Park Avenue Amsterdam, New York
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.43716, it appears that Thomas Jones enlisted in Connecticut, January 8, 1776, and served one year as a private in Captain Thomas Grosvenor's Company, 20 th Conn Colonel John Durkee's Regiment. length of Rev War He enlisted, April 1, 1777, and served three years as sergeant in Captain Wills Clift's Company, Colonel Samuel Wylllys' Connecticut Regiment. dis. e. Mch 25-1780 at Westfield Ct - N J
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 2, 1818, at which time he was living in Middlefield, Otsego County, New York, aged sixty-seven years. He had formerly lived in Pomfret, Connecticut.
In 1818, he stated that his wife was about seventy years old, her name is not given. In 1823, soldier and and her age his wife were residing with his son-in-law, Lewis Barnum, who had a wife and four children, no names given. There are no further family data. 1824 Ct at 26-1832 AB
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Edson C. Albany, N.Y.
43716
INVALID.
Rev 
File No. 43716
Thomas Jones
Rev Rev. Ed
Act: 15 March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 8 , Page 261
[Arrangement of 1870.]
May 14/84 Hon. Andrew D. War Asst. Sec. of State Oct. 19-19 C. Edward D. Albany, N.Y.
1816 Aug 29. History to Miss Carolina B. Casper. Heller S.F. 44817 Rufus Fitch 1828 Nov 23. Hist. to Mrs. Francis N. Becken 1832 Oct 11. Hist. to Miss Jane Taylor

New York
Thomas Jones, Ser g . Served 3 y s from 1777
1 st Sched: 20 June 1820 runs thus. Real Estate I have none - a few articles of furniture - I have also a Bond against L d Barnum in a penalty of $1,000 with a Condition that he should maintain me & my wife during our natural lives. The Bond bears date July 1819. The Bond was given in consideration of a piece of land worth $500 - L d Barnum is his son in law & has a large family - His property as valued by Court is $1,000
Sched. under act Mar. 1823. dated 14 th Oct. 1823. in which he gives the same Bond against L d Barnum & states that at
at the time he conveyed the land, it was encumbered by a Mortgage, "to nearly or quite its full value." That the title is about to be defeated, & that Barnum is a very poor man, with a large family & is unable to procure him food & raiment - The Court Certifies that he is worth nothing
His age 73 y s Wife's not given, both unable to support themselves.
Not taken as proof of Barnum's indebtedness I add the Secy Esq Cherry Valley
secret to Hon. Isaac Williams Clerk. 14 April 1824.
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in Otsego County, loaned to claimant $100, and collateral security for the payment thereof, with the interest thereon, took from the claimant a mortgage on 50 acres of land, (the same conveyed to Barnum) and that the whole amount of the prin- cipal and part of the interest is still due and chargeable on the said land.
The affidavits of Levi Wood and Sam- M. Ingalls, state, that the claimant is a neighbor to them - that he has no visi- ble means of supporting himself and wife - that they are well acquainted with Lewis Barnum - that he has a large family - and that it is worth $50. per annum, to support the claim- ant and wife - and that the land con- veyed to Barnum is not, and was not, when conveyed, with more than $ 500. or $600. per acre. These affidavits also corroborate the statement as to the mortgage. - The claimant states that Barnum's title to the land is about to be defeated, and that Barnum being very poor, is unable to furnish the claimant with clothes and food.
Claimant aged 71 - by occupation a farmer - at whole unable to labor. Wife aged 66 - blind & helpless.
Restored 19 Feb 1825, and noti- fication sent below see letter Feb. 1825, to Hon. J. W. Spencer, P.
Jan 19 Recd. comp. 1 Dec: 1825.
New York.
Thomas Jones, Sergeant, ser- ved 3 years from 1777.
1 st schedule, dated 20 June 1820, exhibits a few inconsiderable articles of household furniture - and a bond against Lewis Barnum, with a penalty of $1000, con- ditioned that that s d Barnum should maintain claimant and wife during their lives. This bond was executed in July 1817, and the consideration therefor, was a piece of land in Otsego County, worth about $500. Barnum is claimant's son in law, a man of small property, and unable to support himself & family from s d land; nor could the claimant, if he owned the land, support himself from the rents and profits thereof, and claim- ant has no other security than Barnum's personal contract. No debts are men- tioned.
Restored
Declaration under act of March 1823, states that the few articles of household furniture contained in s d schedule have been worn out and destroyed. He still holds the bond against Barnum, but that he forgot to mention in his 1 st schedule, that the land conveyed to Bar- num, was mortgaged for the sum of 40 pounds with interest till paid, to the Loan Officers of Otsego County. A copy of the mortgage dated 6 th May 1801, is pro- duced. The amount for which the mort- gage was given, was borrowed from the Loan Officers, as appears by the affida- vit of John Russell, one of the Loan Officers present, which states, that in 1801, S d Jones and A. T. Braddock, then Loan Officers

War Department, Pension Office, (February 16. 1825.)
Sir,
In the case of Thomas Jones I have to inform you that it must be proved by the testimony of at least one credible person, that no part of the mortgage on the property to the loan officers of Otago county has been paid, before a final decision can be had.
I am, very respectfully, Your Ob t Serv t J. L. Edwards
Hon. J. Williams of N.Y. House of Representatives.

War Department, Pension Office April 14 th , 1824.
Sir,
The claim of Thomas Jones, of Otsego County, N. Y. forwarded to this office by Isaac Seely Esq. has been examined. The Secretary of War cannot restore his name to the Pension Roll, because the claimant has a bond against L. Barnum, who obligated himself to maintain Jones and his wife, and there is no satisfactory proof of Barnum's being unable to fulfil that obligation - nor is there any satisfactory proof that the property which he conveyed to said Barnum was under a mortgage for nearly its full value. The most unequivocal testimony in this case is required, otherwise the claim must be rejected.
I am, respectfully, Your Obt. Servt. J. L. Edwards
Hon: Isaac Williams, House of Representatives.
100 mortgage 250 value of land -

State of New York, Allegany County ss. John Russell the one of the Loan officers of the County of Allegany being duly sworn says that in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and thirty  Salomons  acting as  Acting as  the  Acting as  Loan officers  Loan officers  of the said County of Allegany  of the said County of Allegany  loaned to Thomas  loaned to Thomas Jones then known to the Town of Middlesex in the said County the sum of One hundred dollars, for collateral security for the pay ment thereof together with the interest thereon the the aforesaid Acting as  Loan officers  Loan officers took from the said Thomas Jones a Mortgage On fifty Acres of land or thereabouts situate lying being in the said Town of Middlesex, which said Mortgage this deponent has since understood the terms to be true the said Thomas Jones has conveyed to One Lewis Barnum subject to the said Mortgage. — And this deponent further saith that the whole amount of the principal sum of One hundred dollars still remains due & unpaid & is chargeable On the said Loan together with a part of the interest thereof And that a copy of the said Mortgage is herunto annexed This deponent further says that he is well acquainted with Samuel McGull, whose deposition is herunto annexed. And that he is a Justice of the peace of the said County, residing in the Town of Middlesex aforesaid — And that he is also acquainted with Levi Wood whose deposition is also herunto annexed & that he also resides in the said Town of Middlesex they are both men of Character respectable standing in the community of further saith not John Russell Sworn to before me William Nichols Clerk This 20th day of Decr 1824

Oregon County ss. I William Nichols Clk of the said Court Do Certify that the above named John Raper came in to Court and in Open Court Subscribe and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition and that I have in testimony thereof set my name thereto and affixed the seal of the said Court this 21. day of December 1824.
William Nichols Clk

(Copy of Mortgage)
This Indenture made the twenty sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & One Between Thomas Jones of Middlefield in the County of Allegany of the first part - And the New Loan officers of the County of Allegany of the second part Witnesseth that the said Thomas Jones for and in consideration of the sum of forty pounds to him well & truly paid by the said Loan officers of the County of Allegany aforesaid hath granted bargained, sold, aliened, released, confirmed & confirmed by these presents doth grant bargain, sell, alien, release, confirm & confirm to the said Loan officers of the County of Allegany aforesaid their successors & assigns forever all that certain piece or parcel of land, situate in the Town of Allegany aforesaid, being part of Lot No 71. in a patent of land granted to Geoffrey Miller Esq., which Lot is distinguished & described by a map made by John Seaver - Said piece or parcel of land hereby granted is better & more particularly described as follows, beginning at a stone standing, the north boundary of said Lot No 71. thence southerly to the south boundary of said Lot to a stone, then Easterly, twenty four chains & twenty links to the south East corner of said Lot No 71. then Northerly along the East boundary of said Lot to the northeast corner thereof, then westerly along the north bounds of said Lot No 71. twenty four chains to the place of beginning containing forty nine acres three rods & twenty five perches of land in the same more or less together with all & all manner of improvements, tenements and appurtenances whatsoever to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining & all the estate right title interest claim and demand whatsoever of the said Thomas Jones of in to the above bargained premises hereby part thereof - To have to hold

The above bargained promises every part thereof with the appurtenances unto the said Loan officers of the County of Allegany & their successors & assigns forever to the use & for the purposes mentioned in an act of the Legislature of the State of New York entitled an act for loaning moneys belonging to the State. Provided always that no rents are upon this condition, that if the said Thomas Jones his Heirs Executors Executors, Administrators or assigns shall pay a sum to be paid to the said Loan officers of the County of Allegany, the interest of the said sum of forty pounds, at the rate of six pounds per cent, per annum, On the first Sunday of May yearly every year. Shall also pay to the said Loan officers of the County of Allegany the said principal sum of forty pounds with all the interest then due for the same when the same shall be by them demanded at any time after the first Sunday of May which will be in the year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and ten, then the above grants, bargain & sale every article & clause thereof shall be void — But if failure be made in any of the payments above mentioned, then the above bargain & sale is to remain in full force & virtue — And the said Thomas Jones for himself his Heirs & assigns, hereby agree to be absolutely barred of from all Equity of Redemption of the premises after the expiration of twenty two days after such failure — And the said Thomas Jones, for himself his Heirs Executors Administrators & assigns, hereby covenant grant & agree to with the said Loan officers of the County of Allegany & their successors & assigns to pay to them the interest of the said sum of forty pounds, at the rate aforesaid annually on the first Sunday of May in every year, the said principal sum of forty pounds with all the interest then due thereon when demanded as aforesaid after the first Sunday of May which will be in the year one

thousand eight hundred two - And that at the time of sealing & delivery of these presents, the said Thomas Jones is lawfully seized of the above bargained premises of a good, sure, perfect absolute & inalienable estate of inheritance - And that the same now are free & clear of & from all former & other Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Leases Judgments Reassignments, Dower, Rights of Dower & other encumbrances whatsoever - And also that the above bargained premises upon the sale thereof pursuant to the directions of the said Act will yield the principal interest of said remaining capital at the time of such sale & until the first Sunday of May next after such sale together with fifteen shillings for the charges of such sale In Witness whereof the said Thomas Jones, has hereunto set his hand the day & year first above written
Thomas Jones (Signature) 
Sealed & delivered in the presence of us John Raper Isaac Van Camp

State of New York, Otsego County ss.
Trii Wood of the town of Middlefield in the County of Otsego, being duly sworn, deposes and saith, that he is and has been for the last ten years well acquainted with Thomas Jones of the said town of Middlefield; that the said Thomas Jones, as this deponent has been informed and believes, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and that he has known Jones applied to the Government of the United States for a pension, and that he now resides in the said town of Middle- field, near this deponent, and in the family of Lewis Barnum, his son-in-law; that the said Thomas Jones is in extreme poverty and has no visible means of living or of sup- porting himself, and his wife, except what provision is made for him by the said Lewis Barnum. This deponent further says, that he is well acquainted also with Lewis Barnum, that he has a large family, and that it is worth one hundred and fifty dollars per year to support the said Thomas Jones and his wife. This deponent further says, that he has understood and believes, that the

Said Thomas Jones some years since conveyed to the said Lewis Barnum a lot of land containing about fifty acres, and that for such conveyance the said Lewis Barnum agreed to support the said Thomas Jones and his wife for and during their natural lives; that this Respondent is well acquainted with the said land; that it is situated in the said town of Middlesex. And that this piece is not now, and was not when it was conveyed to the said Lewis Barnum by the said Thomas Jones, worth more than six dollars per acre, according to the best judgment of this Respondent; that he this Respondent lives near this piece of land and is well acquainted with the value of land in the neighbourhood. This Respondent further says, that he has understood and believes, that the said land now is and was at the time it was conveyed as aforesaid incumbered with a mortgage to the Loan Officers of the said County of Otsego for one hundred dollars, together with the interest, which may have accrued thereon. And this Respondent further says, that whether the said land is or is not.

so incumbered, it is in fact hardly any com- pensation to the said Lewis Bannan for the maintenance and support of the said Thomas Jones and his wife and for their faith not. Sworn and subscribed in Levi Wood open Court, in the Court of Oyers and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery of the County of Otago this 21. day of December 1824, before me William Nichols Clk.
Otago County ss,
I William Nichols, Clerk of the said Court do certify, that the above named Levi Wood came into the said Court and in open Court, subscribed and made oath to the truth of the above deposition. And that I have in testimony thereof set my name parato, and affixed the seal of the said Court this 21. day of December 1824.
William Nichols Clk.

State of New York Otsego County 3/8.
Samuel M. Ingalls of the town of Middlefield in the County of Otsego, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that he is, and has been, for the last twenty years, well acquainted with Thomas Jones of the said town of Middlefield. That the said Thomas Jones, as this deponent has been informed and believes, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and that he has heretofore applied to the Government of the United States for a pension. And that he now resides in the said town of Middlefield, near this deponent, and with his son-in-law, Lewis Barnum. That the said Thomas Jones is in extreme poverty and has no visible means of living or of supporting himself and his wife, except what provision is made for him by the said Lewis Barnum. This deponent further says, that the said Lewis Barnum is a man of a family and has several children. And he further says, that he thinks, it is worth one hundred and fifty dollars a year to support the said Thomas Jones and his wife. This deponent further says, that he has understood and believes, that the said Thomas

There was some years since conveyed to the said Lewis Barnum a lot of land containing about fifty acres, and that for such conveyance the said Lewis Barnum agreed to support the said Thomas Innes and his wife for and during their natural lives; that this de- ponent is well acquainted with the said land, that it is situated in the said town of Mid- Alfield, and that this piece is not now, and was not, when it was conveyed to the said Lewis Barnum by the said Thomas Innes - worth more than four dollars and fifty - cents per acres according to the judgment of this deponent; that he lives near this piece of land and is well acquainted with the value of land in the neighbourhood. This deponent further says, that he has understood and be- lieves, that the said land now is, and was at the time it was conveyed as aforesaid - incumbered with a mortgage to the Loan Officers of the said County of Otago for one hundred dollars together with the interest which may have accrued thereon. And this deponent further says, that if the said land is in fact so incumbered (and even without any incumbrance) it would be but

little compensation to the said Lewis Brannan for the maintenance and support of the said Thomas Jones and his wife. And further with- out.
Samuel M. Ingalls
Sworn and subscribed in open Court, in the Court of Oyer and terminer and General Gaol Delivery of the County of Otago this 21. day of December 1824, before me.
Otago County ss.
William Nicholls Clerk
I William Nicholls, Clerk of the said Court do hereby, that the above named Samuel M. Ingalls came into the said Court and in open Court subscribed and made oath to the truth of the above dep- osition, and that I have in testimony thereof set my name hereto, and affixed the seal of the said Court this 26 day of Dec- ember 1824.
William Nicholls Clerk

Thomas Jones Phipps Sergeant Myllis's Regiment Connecticut line
Service admitted
The Judge's certificate, as to the indigent circumstances of the applicant wanting in this case —
Admitted
for the Hon. Isaac Williams. H. Rep.
rec d . Nov. 24. th , 1815

These may certify the Hon. The Secretary at War of the United States of America That Tho s Jones formerly of Pownet in the State of Connecticut now of Middlefield in the County of Otsego in the State of New York enlisted a Soldier in my Company in the twentieth Regiment of the continental Army of the revolutionary War the 8 th of January AD 1776 and served faithfully till the Month of January AD 1777. the term for which he engaged and was honorably dischar- ged, that afterwards he enlisted himself a Soldier in the 3 d Connecticut Regiment of the Continental Army commanded by Samuel Wyllys, the beginning of the year AD 1777 for the term of three years (of which Regiment I was Major & Lieut. Col d during his three years service) that he served the three years the term of his enlistment faithfully as a Soldier & noncommissioned Officer; and was honorably discharged at Westfield in the State of New Jersey at the end of the term the particular Company of said Regiment I am unable to certify given under my Hand at Pownet This 14 th of Septem r AD 1818 Tho s Grosvenor Lieut d Col d Commander in said Connecticut Line
State of Connecticut, Windham County ss.
Pownet October 2 d AD 1818
Personally appeared Hon ble Thomas Grosvenor & made solemn Oath to the Truth of the foregoing certificate by him submitted We further certify that said Deposition is a proper affidavit to be relied on
Sworn before Me - Lewis Grosvenor Justice of the Peace

Thomas Jones
No 5,194 Jan 1819
2
Mar 4
Mr. Little

State of New York
Otsego County
ss. On this twentieth day of June 1820 personally appeared in Open Court, being the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Otsego, & State of New York, and being a Court of Record, & proceeding according to the principles of Common Law, with power of fine & imprisonment Thomas Jones aged Sixty nine years, resident in said County of Otsego, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: He served in the first place about one year beginning in January 1776, in Captain Grosvenor's Company in Col. Parkers Regiment of the Connecticut Troops in the Continental Service. He again enlisted into a Company commanded by Captain Mills Clift belonging to a Regiment Commanded by Col. Willys belonging to the Connecticut Troops also in the Continental Establishment. That I have heretofore made my declaration in writing in order to entitle myself to a pension under the act of Congress of the 10 th March 1818, by virtue of the said declaration & under the said Act I was placed on the pension list, & my Certificate is number five thousand One hundred & ninety four (5194)
And I Thomas Jones do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 10 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby so 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 & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 10 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 in common other than what is contained in
the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. Given to & dated on this 20 th day of June 1820 before the Court Grosvenor Clerk Thomas Jones

Schedule of the Property of Thomas Jones the Pension within mentioned & described (viz)
Real Estate I have none - nor any personal property except the following (viz) 6 Knives & forks 6 Tea Spoons, 1 Pot some kettles - 1 Hoe - One bed & bedding, & a few articles of Mearing apparel for myself & Wife - I have also a Bond against, Lewis Barnum in a penalty of one thousand dollars, with a condition that the said Lewis Barnum should maintain me & my wife during our natural lives, this bond bears date sometime in July in the year One thousand eight hundred & twenty was executed on the day it bears date - The Bond aforesaid was given me in consideration of a piece of Land lying in Middlefield in the County of Otsego which I then sold him & was then worth about five hundred dollars, Lewis Barnum is my son in Law & has erected on the land a shed & made some small repairs on the House there is fifty acres of Land & is now worth about the same amount Lewis Barnum is a man of small property & has a family six altogether unable to maintain himself & his family off the said Land nor if I still possessed it would it be in my power to support myself out of the rent & profits thereof and I have nothing for my security but Mr. Barnums personal contract above mentioned I am no longer able to labor & my wife is now more than seventy two years old & is totally blind this been for years - I am by occupa- -tion a Shoemaker but am now no longer able to work at it. My wife live in the family of the said Lewis

Barnum who has a wife & two small children entirely too young to assist him, one being about 5 years old & the other about nine months - Thomas Jones
State of New York - Otsego County Clerk's Office J. S. George Morell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego & State of New York do hereby certify that it is the opinion foregoing with the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records 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 One thousand dollars In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court of this 24 th day of June 1820
J. S. Morell Clerk

O. W. & N. T.
CHIEF CLERK REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE
MAY 12 1894
MEMORANDA BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
Thomas Jones
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Danbury or Pomfret, Conn.
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Danbury or Pomfret, Conn.
Date of death (as near as possible):
Christian name of widow:
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Remarks:
Nothing further is known of this soldier except that he served through Rev. War.
Your name and address:
Hon. Andrew Davidson, Asst. Secy. of State, Albany, N.Y.

521 Washington Ave. Charleroi, Pa. ✓
Sept. 23, 1932
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Sir:
full name etc. If you have the pension paper of a Taylor  1 from Mass., (possibly Tyringham or vicinity) who xx served in the Revolution and who had two known sons - Charles and William - I shall be very grateful for any data it contains, and particular- ly for the name of his wife.
29 only one for Conn. I would like also the pension paper of Ensign Thomas Jones who served - in the Revolution - with the "Men from Conn." Who was his wife.
Very truly
(Miss) Irene Taylor.

Amsterdam, N. Y., November 15, 1928 .
Department of the Interior , Bureau of Pensions , Revolutionary War Section , Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen :-
Will you kindly furnish me with a copy of the pension record of Sergeant Thomas Jones , who was on the 1818 pension record as a resident of Otsego County , N. Y., having served in Connecticut .
Yours very truly,
Edith V. Becker
Mrs. Frank N. Becker, 93 Guy Park Ave., Amsterdam, N. Y.

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STATE OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION ALBANY
Oct. 16, 1901. -
H. Clay Evans. Comm r . of Pensions. Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir,
In the Connecticut records of the Revolution, I find that one Thomas Jones a soldier from that state was granted a pension under the act of 1818, that he was a sergeant, and at the time of receiving the pension, he resided in New York state.
In connection with a local history upon which I am at work, I desire to know of this party all that I can learn. - Can you furnish me his war record, and also tell me where in New York he resided, and the names of the witnesses he gave at the time of making application, and their residence?
Thanking you for the service you may render me.
I am Very truly yours.
Edward Jones

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Thomas Jones , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. # 43716.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan. 8, 1776 1 yr. Pvt Thomas Grosvenor John Darker Conn.   Apr. 1, 1777 3 1/2 yrs. Sgt. Nels Clift Daniel Wyllys.        
Battles engaged in, None stated.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enfield Conn.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 2, 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Middlefield, Otsego Co. N.Y. (formerly Pompey Conn.)
Age at date of application, 67 yrs.
Remarks: In 1818 wife was 70. Name not stated.
In 1823 soldier and his wife resided with his son-in-law, Lewis Barnum, who had 4 children, names not stated.
No further family data.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

October 11, 1933 XXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/AWF Thomas Jones S. 43716
Miss Irene Taylor 521 Washington Avenue Charleroi, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Thomas Jones of Connecticut and to a soldier with surname Taylor, both of whom served in the War of the Revolution.
In order to identify the record of the soldier with surname Taylor in whom you are interested, his full name is essential, with as much as possible of the following data relative to him-approximate dates of birth and death and places of residence at enlistment and after service.
The history given below is that of the only soldier named Thomas Jones that is found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office, who served with the Connecticut troops.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 43716, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Thomas Jones.
He enlisted in the state of Connecticut, January 8, 1776 and served as a private in Captain Thomas Grosvenor's company in Colonel John Durkee's Connecticut Regiment, length of service one year. He enlisted April 1, 1777 and served as a sergeant in Captain Willis Olift's company in Colonel Samuel Wylllys' Third Connecticut Regiment and was discharged March 25, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 3, 1818 at which time he stated that he was

view was sixty-seven years of age* and living in Middlefield, Otsego County, New York. He had formerly lived in Pomfret, Connecticut.
In 1818 he stated that his wife was about seventy years old, her name is not shown. In 1823 he gave his wife's age as sixty-six years and they were then living in Middlefield, New York, with his son-in-law, Lewis Barnum, who had a wife and four children, no names given.
The soldier, Thomas Jones, died October 26, 1832. a/n
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator