Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 48, for John Jennings, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va. Sea Service
Jennings John
R.H8
CONTENTS
Va half pay
See D.A. Acc No. 837 - Virginia State Navy John Jennings Of S File Va. Half Pay

Oct 5 41
John Jennings June 1841
Thomas H. Williams
John L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Internal Pensions Washington D.C.
PAID

Portsmouth Va Oct. 3 rd 1848
Sir
I would Respectfully address you on the subject of a Claim of the heirs of John Jennings a Sailing master in the Virginia State Navy in the war of the Revolution that Claim was paid as awarded at the time with the Exception of an error in the payment of two or three hundred dollars yet due the heirs
I am informed that a subsequent Act of Congress has Allowed an additional half pay to the heirs of which I am one. The Administrator on the Estate being dead, I have taken out Letters of administration on it. of which I enclose you the Certificate, I had written to the Hon Arch Atkinson on the subject who advised me to ask of you in what manner I should pursue, he also advised me that I could have the business settled without an agent as well as with one. All the papers Vouchers &c are now at the Pension Office, will you be good enough to favour me with an answer as Early as your Public duties will admit.
John L. Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.
I am Sir very Respectfully your Obedient Servant Thomas H. Williams

175 John Jennings Act 5 July 1832
Re? from Mr. Ems L filed by F. A. Dickinson
John Jennings Act 5 July 1832

Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Jennings of Hampton Elizabeth City Co. Va administrator with the will annexed (de bonis non) of John Jennings formerly a Sailing Master in the Virginia State Navy hereby authorize I appoint Vespasian Ellis of Accomack Co Va my attorney in fact for me & in my name to demand receive & receive all monies due me in behalf of the estate of S d John Jennings as a Master app d under & by virtue of the act of 5th Feb y 1832 for half pay for life, & to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the app d purposes & all his or their acts I will ratify & confirm by these presents. & I hereby revoke & annul all powers of Attorney heretofore given by me in the premises. Witness my hand I seal this 14 th Sept. 1836
Tho s Jennings

State of Virginia Norfolk Borough This day Thomas Jennings aforesaid personally appeared before me an alderman in for the Borough of Norfolk I acknowledge the foregoing power of attorney to be his act & deed. Witness my hand & seal this 16 th September 1830
D. G. Barrand 
Norfolk Borough
I John Williams Clerk of the Hustings Court of the Borough aforesaid in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that Daniel G Barrand Esquire who hath given the preceding certificate is an alder- man in and for the Borough aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified that full faith and credit should be had to all his acts as such - and that the signature "D. G. Barrand" thereto subscribed is as I do verily believe in his proper hand writing. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six and of the Commonwealth the sixty first John Williams

Mr Jennings, Esq. July 32.
To remain until Mr. Dickens calls.
F. A. Dickens, Esq. Purk Sept 13 th

Washington 13 Sept 1857.
Sir,
Herewith I return the papers in the case of John Jennings, who was a Sailing Master in the Virginia State Navy. In this case you wished further evidence. Such further evidence as I supposed would be satisfactory is now presented, viz the Affidavit of Com. Barron. The evidence now presented is I believe all that can under any circumstances be obtained. The evidence in this case now consists of the following. viz.
A. Certified copy of the certificate of Com. Barron, dated 1 st Aug t 1853 that John Jennings was a Sailing Master and served upwards of three years.
B. Copy of the order allowing John Jennings land as a Sailing Master

for three years service dated 14 Oct. 1783.
C. Certified extracts made by the Auditor of Virginia from the records, which shew John Jennings to have been in service in August 1779.
D. Certificate of the Auditor of Virginia that John Jennings received in Oct. 1783. for the balance of his pay £189. ~
E. The affidavit of Thomas Jennings aged 68 and William Jennings aged 74 years that John Jennings did serve in the war of the revolution that he was a portion of his time in the Schooner Patriot and was transferred to the command the Schooner Fly and commanded her about two years when she was run on shore on Cape Henry & taken by the British. That the said John Jennings returned to the Patriot and served the balance of his time. That they know the facts of their own knowledge.
F. The Affidavit of Com. James Barron.

being the additional evidence now presented, that he was well acquainted with John Jennings - that he was a sailing master in the Virginia Navy and served then principally under his Uncle Capt Richard Barron - that he was on board of the Schooner Patriot when she was taken which was just before the siege of York and that he remained a prisoner until some time after that siege.
This Affidavit, if there was no other evidence would bring the case clearly within the law. Lord Cornwallis surrendered on the 19 th October 1781. And the Virginia Legislature in November of the same year, see 10 th Hening page 450. enacted, "That the Officers of the Navy of every denomination, be and they are hereby reared; This act would consequently reare John Jennings and entitle him to half pay. This act retained one boat in service the "Look out boat Liberty". G. A certified copy of the will of John

Jennings dated 1801 appoints Mary Jennings Sole Executrix. This will was proved in Court 28 July 1803.
H. The certificate of Elizabeth City Court dated 28 Nov r . 1834 shewing that it was proved 28 Nov r . 1834, by the oath of Thomas Lalimer that John Jennings left five children, two of whom died under age and without issue & that Thomas Jennings, Ann A. Morris & Jane Williams are the only children and heirs.
K. Certificate of Elizabeth City Court that Thomas Jennings is the Administrator on the estate of John Jennings and has given bond in the sum of $9000. That John Jennings was a Master in the Virginia Navy and never resigned but served until the end of the war and that he died in the year 1803. And that Ann A. Morris, Thomas Jennings and Jane Williams are the children and only heirs.

6. A power of Attorney from Thomas Jennings who is the Administrator and one of the heirs.
I am very respectfully
Yours &c
Francis A. Dickinson.
James L. Edwards Esq.
Com te of Pensions.

February 21, 1940
BA-J/MCS Our John Jennings, R.48 Va. Half Pay
Miss Mary Wells 1229 North Pennsylvania Street Indianapolis, Indiana
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were taken from papers on file under R.48, Va. Half Pay, and based on the naval service of John Jennings.
The date and place of birth of John Jennings and the names of his parents are not shown.
John Jennings enlisted, date and place not shown, and served over three years as a sailing master in the Virginia State Navy during the Revolution and most of the time he was under Captain Richard Barron. He served on the schooner, Patriot, was transferred to the Fly and after commanding this schooner for about two years said vessel was captured off Cape Henry and John Jennings then returned to the schooner, Patriot, and served on this vessel until she was captured just before the siege of Yorktown and John Jennings remained a prisoner until sometime after said siege.
In his will dated 1801, John Jennings appointed Mary Jennings (not shown whether she was his wife) his sole executrix.
John Jennings died in Virginia in 1803 leaving five children. Two of his children, names not given, died under age.
In 1837, a son, Thomas Jennings of Hampton, Virginia, was allowed the half pay due on account of his father's service, in behalf of himself and his sisters, Ann A. Maurice, Morris or Norris, and Jane Williams who was the wife of Thomas H. Williams of Portsmouth, Virginia.

Thomas Jennings was dead in 1845 and Thomas H. Williams was living in Portsmouth, Virginia, in 1854.
Reference was made to a William Jennings but his relationship to John Jennings is not shown.
Further information relative to John Jennings may be obtained by addressing the Office of Naval Records and Library, Navy Department, Washington, D.C.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
I omitted the ages of Thos. & Wm. Jennings as the original affidavits of these men are not in file & they may not have been made in 1837 (the date of papers showing their names & ages). The original papers are probably in Navy Dept.
M.C.S.

Portsmouth Va March 21 st 1845
Dear Sir
I have taken the Liberty to address These few Lines to you wishing you to give me the Information which I ask. There is a Gentleman going the Round to get the Power of Attorney to get a balance due the Heirs of Revolutionary officers, we have Received what we thought the half Pay for Services Rendered by John Jennings Who commanded one of the Vessels of war during the whole of the Revolution which the Paper on file in Washington will show for Which we Received the Pay, but it appear by what he tells me There is $198 due the heirs of the said John Jennings, I should Esteem it a favour if you will inform me if there is any thing due and if I cannot Receive the same without Empowering an attorney and whether it will be necessary for me to admin- ister as the Administrator is dead who was my wife Brother Thomas Jennings by complying with the above you will Greatly oblige yours most obedient & humble Servant
J. Doct Wm Collins Esq d Auditors Office Washington D.C.
Thos. H. Williams
John Jennings

Declaration in
John Jennings claim to commutation & interest
Sailing master in Navy Department

Sir,
As adm l . de bonis non of John Jennings dec d . formerly a sailing master in the Virginia State Navy, I claim commutation & interest thereon for his services, as such during the war of the revolution - by referring to the papers heretofore filed in the application for half pay it will abundantly appear that he served to the close of the revolutionary war: I respectfully claim that this demand may be settled according to the principles settled in Barron, Spencer & apprehended cases -
Respectfully Y r . ob d . Serv t . Thos. H. Williams
To
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r . of Pensions }

John Jennings Adm n
Commutation Act. 5 th July 1832
Act. P.P. Mayor Feb. 14 th 1850 - J. S. Gallechin Feb. 14

9 Treasury Department Third Auditor's office July 13. 1857
Sir
In compliance with your request of this date, I herewith hand you the papers in the case of John Jennings for half pay under Act of July 5. 1832. When you have done with them, please to return them to this Office
Very Respectfully
Your Obedt Servt,
J. S. Galt Auditor
J. J. L. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

Washington 31 January 1850
To the Com t . of Pensions
Sir.
I enclose you a letter from the F. Aud t . to Hon. Asa Biggs, dated 29 May 1846, concerning a claim of the heirs of John Jennings a sailing master in the revolution. In the conclusion he says, he has referred to you a question concerning additional pay for answer. Will you please furnish me a copy of your answer, as I presume one was given, as the heirs now applying have never seen it, and return with the enclosed letter.
Respe
Your Ob st .
M c M c Calla

✓ Thos. H. Williams Portsmouth Va
Jan'y 9. 1854.
Asks for information in regard to commutation pay. due John Jennings a Sailors Master in the Va State State Navy during the Rebellious war.
Respectfully referred to the Commg Pensng for decision
Dept Hts Jan'y 13/54
Stro. Whiting Clerk
Pittsburgh 12 Jan'y 1854

Portsmouth Va January 9. 1854.
Sir.
I would respectfully address you for information, in regard to Commutation Pay, for services rendered by John. Jennings, a Sailing Master, of the Virginia State Navy, during the Revolutionary War.
The information I desire is. that, has any decision been had other than that made in 1830; the adjustment then had been stopped suddenly, and that , I have not been advised that any action has been made on the matter since, except that the matter was on its third reading in the Senate during the session of 1832. if the Senate disposed of it, and how, I am not aware - I shall esteem it a great favor to be informed on the above.
I am Sir;
Very Respectfully, Your obed Servt. Thos. H. Williams
The Hon ble Robt. McClelland Secretary of the Interior Washington D. C.

Private chamber
April 26, 1854
Sir,
I enclose herewith a letter from Thomas H. Williams Esq in relation to the claim of John Jennings for half pay or commutation on account of his services in the revolutionary war. with a request that you will examine into the case, allow it if proper to do so, and inform me of the result so that I may communicate it to Mr. Williams.
Very Respectfully
Your Obedt Servt
J. M. W. W.
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D. C.
P.S. Please send back Mr. Wms letter.

Committee Room For Rel.
March 15 th 1854
Sir,
By direction of the Hon James M c Mason I herewith enclose a letter of Mrs H Williams making certain enquiries in relation to the case of John Jennings, a sailing master in the Virginia State Navy in the revolutionary war. with a request that you will furnish him with the necessary information forms &c so that he may communicate the same to Mr Williams.
I have the honor to be very Respectfully
Your obedt Servt-
C. D. Montague
To The Commissioner of Pensions Clerk Committee
Washington
D C

Washington.
16 Nov 1857
Rec d of James L Edwards Esq. Com r of Pensions the papers referred to in my letter of the 13 th Sept 1857 which papers I promise to return
Francis A. Dickinson.

Washington 4 Oct 1836
Rec'd of J L Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions the evidence filed in the case of John Jennings under the act of Congress of 5 July 1832 which papers I promise to return. 10 papers.
Francis A. Dickinson.

M. d.
P. Off.
4 Augt 1855.
Sir,
Enclosed I transmit a certified copy of the evidence filed in support of the claim of the legal representatives of John Jennings as requested..
Thomas H. Williams Esq
Gosport.
Yrs

Copies furnished 26 Aug.
Aug 25
J. S. L. Edwards Esq.
Penman Office Washington D.C.

Rec 25 August 1835.
W. J. Edwards Esq
Yr Sir
In July last I applied for copies of the Paper Placed in your office on the claim of John Jennings. Heirs, and I understand they were transmitted by mail to Surpost I have however repeatedly enquired at that Post office for a letter from you on the Subject but have never yet received the Paper. Therefore They must have miscarried and under these circumstances I have to request that you will furnish me with another copy of the Paper alluded to
Respectfully
yours
J. H. Williams
W. J. Edwards Esq

Rec d 21 July 1885.
A copy of the papers filed in the Treasury Department in the case of John Jennings or Caleb Master in the Virg a State Navy War of the Revolution to be sent to
Thomas W Williams Gosport Va

W.D.
P. Off.
18 July 1855.
Sir,
The claim of the legal representatives of John Jennings under the act of Congress of the 5 th July 1832, has been examined. The act only allows provision for the settlement of the claims of such Officers of the Virginia State Navy as were entitled to half pay for life from the State of Virginia. Neither the evidence filed in support of this claim nor the records show John Jennings to have served in the Navy to a sufficiently late period to have entitled him to half pay from the State of Virginia. Under these circumstances the claim has not been admitted.
I am Sir
J. L. E.
Com. of Pensions.
Thomas H Williams Esq Portsmouth
Yrs
given to W. R. W. Finch.

Ho. Rep. 29 May 46 Hon. Asa Briggs
Recd 29.
Ans d same day as regards the am t , time when paid, and to whom paid
John Jennings
Respectfully referred to the Commission of Pensions on the enquiry regarding additional pay—
Third Auditor's Office
May 29. 1846
Peter Hagner Secy

Ho: of: Rep.
May 29. 1840.
Sir
I am informed that on 29 th Nov. 1837 the Commt of Pensions certified to your Office the amount due the Representative of John Jennings of Va. a master in the Navy for half pay.
I request you to inform me the amount thus certified and paid & whether by any recent act of Congress the heirs of John Jennings are entitled to any additional pay - Please state to whom paid and when.
Very respectfully Yr ob t Servt.
Asa Biggs
Peter Hagner Esq
3 rd Auditor

This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia State Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session, 1781, that a Certificate issued on the 15 th day of October 1783 , in the name of John Jennings as a Master in the Navy for £ 189. 0. 0 , which Certificate appears to have been delivered to himself and was given for services prior to the 1st January, 1782.
{ No Seal of Office. }
Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this
15 th day of April — 1835.
J. E. Meath AUDITOR.

Recd - 418
Smith
John Jennings,
du Chastel, July
5 1832
John J. Edwards Esq. Comm r Pensions Washington D.C.

Portsmouth Va.
December 17 1868
Sir
I would respectfully call your attention to my letter of the 3 d October last. Enclosing a Certificate of letter of administration. I had taken out on the Estate of John Jennings a Sailing Master in the Virginia State Navy, in the war of the Revolution, I am aware of the Bus ness of business In the Pension office, and would simply ask your attention as early as convenient, I believe every necessary Papers or vouchers is now in the Pension office to the adjustment of this business
John L Edward Esq Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.
I am Sir very Respectfully Your O bt Servt Thos. H. Williams

Recd May 17
W. H. Burdett - Esq. May 12 1865
Immediately on the receipt of this note you have the goodness to inform me of the result of the investigation of the claim of Abner Jennings a willing master of the Virginia State Navy, I expected agreeable to promise to have heard the result before this, as I feel confident that the claim is founded on correct principles, as I should not have taken the trouble that I have in prosecuting the claim, have the goodness to write to me on the receipt of this -
Most Respectfully Yours Wm Lloyd Navy Department Washington
Respectfully Yours Thos. A. Williams

212.
John Quincy
W. The Hon. Levi Woodbury Secy of the Treasury
with papers papers etc.

Rev. W. D. ... -
888
Hanson Rep'ts
18 Decr. '36
Sir:
I beg to introduce Mr. Thos. Williams, who has a claim for settlement in the Mackinac, & desires access to the proper Officer appointed for the purpose.
I have the honor to be &c.
Yr. Ob. Serv.
Geo. Loyall
The Hon: Secy. Woodbury Sec. of the Treasury

W. Dept. P. Off. 18 July 1835.
Sir.
The claim of the legal representatives of John Jennings, under the act of Congress of the 5 July 1832, has been examined. The act provides for only for the claims of the officers of the Virginia State Navy, who were entitled to half pay for life from the State of Virginia. In this case neither the evidence filed nor the records show Mr. Jennings to have served to a sufficiently late period, to entitle a Naval Officer to half pay from Virginia. Under these circumstances the claim has not been admitted.
I am &c.
J. L. E. Com. of Pensions.
Thomas Jennings Esq. Norfolk Va

FREE
Honorable Levi Woodbury,
Secretary of the Treasury,
Washington
Mr. Stuart
June 29.
Referred to Comm. of Ways and Means
Referred to Comm. of Ways and Means

No. 29 June 1835.
Norfolk, June 25. 1835.
Sir,
Please let me know what has become of that claim of mine, as the heir of John Jennings dec d ; & if any other papers or proof be necessary; & if not allowed, be so kind as to give me your reasons.
I have the honour to be very respectfully, Your Obedt Servt
Thos Jennings Administrator
To the Honourable Sir Woodbury Secretary of the Treasury, Washington

Portsmouth Va May 20 1835
Yr
I wrote to you on the 11th of this month relative to the claim of John Lunning, a sailing master in the Virginia State navy, will you be good enough to inform me the result of the investigation of the said claim by the board of trustees if the claim has not been acted on you will have the goodness to inform me and let me know at what time a decision will be made on the case as the other parties concerned are anxious to have the result as far as I feel concerned in having the result favourable towards us
Yours Respectfully John H. Williams
Esq. Richard C. Lee Chairman Washington D.C.

Rec'd 17 April 1835.
1054
Auditors Office V a
15. April 1835.
Sir
I have received your communication of the 13. inst, making inquiry respecting the services of John Jennings. It appears by the Records of this office that Jennings settled his account as a master in the Navy and received a certificate for the balance due to him. I also enclose you an extract from the revolutionary documents in this office, which shows that in August 1779 Jennings was connected with the Navy. I have not been enabled to find any other evidence of his services.
I am very respectfully your obedient serv t
J. K. Meath And D r
The Hon Levi Woodberry

July 15/80 John Jennings Sailing master in Virginia State Navy.
Declaration for Commutation of Interest From
22 April 1783 to.
1 January 1803

Sir,
As the administrator de bonis non of John Jennings dec d formerly a "sailing" master in the Virginia State Navy during the war of the revolution, I claim commutation and interest thereon, and respectfully refer to the evidence on file in the Re d Third Auditor's Office in the settlement of his Half pay, as conclusive evidence of his service to the close of the revolutionary war, i.e. to the 22 d of April 1783 - His case therefore comes within the principle established in Barron's case & in Spencer's case - & in Dr. Applewhite's case
I am very respectfully y r ob t . Serv t .
Thomas Williams ad m by his agent P. P. Mayo
Approved by me. Thos. Williams
To
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

Ex. W.A. Div. Nov 8 1892
War Dept Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 2, 1925
The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.
First names of widows No. of claim, _____
Names of soldiers _____
P. O. address of claimant, Soldiers at enlistment & after service
Company, _____
Regiment, _____
State where enlisted _____
Dates of births enlistment _____
Dates of deaths discharge _____
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.
Return attached letter with reply. Winfield Scott
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

At a Court of Quarter Sessions held for Elizabeth City County August 24 th 1848
On the motion of Thomas H. Williams who made oath according to law and with William Jennings his security, entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of six hundred dollars conditioned according to law, certificate is granted him for obtaining letters of administration de bonis non with the will annexed on the estate of John Jennings dec d in due form
A copy of J. S. Howard Clk

1925 Nov. 9. he sht. Mrs. J. T. Mc Dougall (See letter in case of John Wilk. mite. A. 14833) mcs 1925 Dec 9. hst. to Mrs. P. C. Jones mcs 1931 Mar. 9. hst. to Mrs. J. A. Webb mcs 1940 Feb. 21 hst. to Miss Mary Wells mcs
No 413
3173
John Jennings Master
U.S. Navy Revolutionary
Discharged _____, 18
4078
Admitted
H. J. Pay — act. 32
Received _____, 18
Attorney.
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February 20, 1940.
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John Jennings P. 48 John Jennings 8.13529
Miss Mary Wells 1229 North Pennsylvania Street Indianapolis, Indiana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter addressed to The Archives Department, in which you request records of Revolutionary War soldiers, of Virginia. Your letter has been referred, for reply, to the Veterans Administration, custodian of Revolutionary War pension claims.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to show a claim for pension or bounty land on file on account of the services in that war of Daniel Jennings of Virginia, all spellings of the names searched.
The records of only two John Jennings are found on the Revolutionary War records of this office. Their records are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

March 9, 1931
Mrs. J. A. Webb Bethany, Missouri
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section MCS:MLB John Jennings R. 48
Dear Madam:
over not in You are advised that it appears from the records of this bureau that John Jennings enlisted, date not stated, and served three years as a sailing master in the Virginia State Navy, War of the Revolution. He was in command of the schooner, Fly, having been for about two years, until it was captured off Cape Henry, and then he was on the schooner, Patriot, when it was captured just before the siege of Yorktown. He remained a prisoner until sometime after said siege. schooner Patriot
He died in Virginia in 1803, leaving five children, two of them, whose names are not stated, died under age. The name of his wife is not on record.
In 1837 his son, Thomas Jennings, a resident of Hampton, Virginia was allowed the half pay due on account of his father's services, in behalf of himself and his two sisters, Ann A. Norris or Norris and Jane who was the wife of Thomas H. Williams of Portsmouth, Virginia. in 1854
lead in 1845 Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section R. 48
December 9, 1925
Mrs. P. J. Cantt 557 W. 124th St. New York
Madam:
I have to advise you from the records of this Bureau it appears that JOHN JENNINGS enlisted, date not stated, and served three years as a Sailing Master in the Virginia State Navy, War of the Revolution. He was in command of the schooner, Fly, for about two years, until it was captured off Cape Henry, and he was on the schooner, Patriot, when it was captured just before the siege of York Town . He remained a prisoner until sometime after said siege.
He died in Virginia in 1803, leaving five children, two of them, whose names are not stated, died under age. The name of his wife is not on record.
In 1837 his son, Thomas Jennings, a resident of Hampton, Virginia, was allowed the half pay due on account of his father's services, in behalf of himself and his two sisters, Ann A. Norris and Jane who was the wife of Thomas H. Williams of Portsmouth, Virginia.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section R. 48
aw M.P.S.
November 9, 1925
Mrs. J. F. McDougall 557 W. 124th St., Apt. 23 New York City
Madam:
I have to advise you from the records of this Bureau it appears that JOHN JENNINGS enlisted, date not stated, and served three years as a Sailing Master in the Virginia State Navy, War of the Revolution. He was in command of the schooner, Fly, for about two years, until it was captured off Cape Henry, and he was on the schooner, Patriot, when it was captured just before the siege of York. He remained a prisoner until sometime after said siege.
He died in Virginia in 1803, leaving five children, two of them, whose names are not stated, died under age. The name of his wife is not on record.
In 1837 his son, Thomas Jennings, a resident of Hampton, Virginia, was allowed the half pay due on account of his father's services, in behalf of himself and his two sisters, Ann A. Norris and Jane who was the wife of Thomas H. Williams of Portsmouth, Virginia.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

557 N 124 th New York.
Nov 3-1925.
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions.
The Histories of Va, state that John Jennings, Thomas Lilly & William Jennings were with The Va Navy for 3 yrs. They were of Elizabeth City Co- and I got from you in the  Past a long account of the service of William Jennings, man vessels etc. The Lilly, Jennings & Pamerton families much intermarried. This John Jennings I think on Lydia Batts - he moved to A.C after the Revolution - The C.S.C wrote me they all seemed to have returned to Va again before his death - he was born bet 1720-1740

John Jennings was Surgeons Mate. I believe that is what he is called in the Records. W m Jennings was of Elizabeth City Co - & about 1742 lived to be very old [I have his record]. They came from Charles Jennings who was Clerk in 1680 — 1700 & his son Charles followed etc. The full record of our family has been printed by Tyler's Magazine but does not tell about their service in Revolution. Merely a history of the family - Hope to hear from you
Sincerely Mrs P. J. Gault " President "Southland Club" of N.Y. Regent "Knickerbocker Chapter D. A. R."

Bethany W.V. March 3-1931.
Bureau of Pensions. Washington D.C.
My Dear Sir: — John Jennings came from England and settled in Virginia and served in the Rev. War — But he was not the John Jennings that enlisted from Berkeley Co. Va. There were three three men by the name of John Jennings served from Virginia in the Rev. War. Have you any record of the John Jennings of Virginia who served there as Sailing Master of the State Navy for three years.
Yours Truly.
(Mrs) J. A. Webb.

IN REPLY REFER TO
3-2562
Rev. and 1812 Wars Section. MMHF
VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS WASHINGTON
September 30, 1930.
Miss Minnie M. Webb, Bethany, Missouri.
Dear Madam:
I advise you that the data furnished by you are not sufficient to enable this bureau to make intelligent reply to the queries contained in your letter.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below, as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this bureau.
First name of widow .....
Full name of soldier John Jennings .....
Residence of soldier at enlistment .....
Residence of soldier after service Tazewell co. Va. .....
Name of state from which he enlisted Virginia .....
Approximate date of birth He had a son Miles. born 1875. .....
Approximate date of death .....
Kindly return attached letter with your reply.
Respectfully,
E. W. Morgan E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

DIVISION OF REFERENCE
The National Archives Washington, D. C.
FEB 3 1940
Miss Mary Wells 1229 North Pennsylvania Street Indianapolis, Indiana
My dear Miss Wells:
This is in reply to your letter of January 28, 1940, requesting information concerning certain veterans of the American Revolution.
If any of the persons about whom you are inquiring received pensions as a result of service in the Revolutionary War, the records relating to such pensions may contain information about them. These records are in the custody of the Veterans' Administration, Washington, D. C., and we are therefore referring your request to that office for consideration and reply.
Very truly yours,
P. M. Hamer
P. M. Hamer, Chief Division of Reference
The above inquiry was concerning John Jennings of Virginia Revolutionary soldier, especially the John Jennings who mentioned his son Daniel in his application with affiliation (Miss) Mary Wells Caroline W. Hamer D. A. R.

The Archives Department, Washington, D. C.
Kindly forward any data concerning the two John Jennings' who served in the American Revolution as Virginia soldiers, also one Daniel Jennings.
Thanking you for this information, I am,
Yours very truly,
Mary Wells ( Miss) Mary Wells
1229 North Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, Indiana. January 28, 1940
MAIL SECTION JAN 30 9 20 AM '40 RECEIVED - ARCHIVES
B7060

REFERRAL SLIP
DATE FEB 3 1940
INQUIRY FROM:
Miss Mary Wells 1229 North Pennsylvania Street Indianapolis, Indiana
DATED: January 28, 1940
SUBJECT:
Information concerning certain veterans of the American Revolution.
RESPECTFULLY REFERRED TO:
Revolutionary and 1812 Wars Section Veterans' Administration Washington, D. C.
and the writer so informed.
Ph. H. Hamer
CHIEF DIVISION OF REFERENCE

B-7060
FEB 3 1940
Miss Mary Wells 1229 North Pennsylvania Street Indianapolis, Indiana
My dear Miss Wells:
This is in reply to your letter of January 28, 1940, requesting information concerning certain veterans of the American Revolution.
If any of the persons about whom you are inquiring received pensions as a result of service in the Revolutionary War, the records relating to such pensions may contain information about them. These records are in the custody of the Veterans' Administration, Washington, D. C., and we are therefore referring your request to that office for consideration and reply.
Very truly yours,
P. M. Hamer, Chief Division of Reference
EB:rt

July 18.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office Washington
A. W. Smith

No 98 July 1835.
Portsmouth, Virg a 11 th July 1835
Sir
Some time in Dec r . and April last I was in Washington, and left some Papers with Mr. Linkens of the Treasury Department, relative to the half pay due to the heirs of the late John Pennycuick of Virg a State Navy, Mr. Linkens promised me to have the claim investigated and the result made known to me in the course three weeks after my return, and I have written to him three times on the subject and up to this date have not heard from him - You will have the goodness to give me all the information you have in your possession about the claim If the Papers in the Department is sufficient and the claim admitted you will let me know otherwise you will also inform me
Respectfully
Yours Thos H. Williams
L. L. Edwards Esq t Russian Offic r Washington

Treasury Department Third Auditor's Office
Hon. Asa Briggs House of Rep s
From Mayhew to Hon. Briggs
3 rd Auditor

Treasury Department Third Auditor's Office May 29. 1846
Sir
In reply to your letter of this date requesting to be informed of the amount of Halfpay that has been paid to the Representatives of John Jennings a sailing master in the Virginia State navy, upon a certificate dated 29 th Nov. 1837, and whether by any recent act of Congress the heirs of said Jennings are entitled to any additional pay, and also to whom & when the halfpay was paid upon the above mentioned certificate, I have the honor to state that upon the 30 th of November 1837 there was paid to Thomas Jennings administrator of John Jennings the sum of Two Thousand nine hundred ninety five dollars twenty six cents ($2995.76) as the half pay of said Jennings as sailing master from April 22. 1783 to January 1. 1803, under the act of Congress of July 5. 1832. — For an answer to your enquiry "whether by any recent act of Congress the heirs of John Jennings are entitled to any additional pay", I have referred your letter to the commissioners of Pensions, to whom that question properly refers itself.
I have the honor to be
Very Respectfully
Your obed Serv t
John Hagner Aud
To the Hon ble
Asa Biggs
House of Representatives.

22 a 1/2
Care of Jennings Chalfrey
Mr Mayo and Mr Williams
Post

At a court held for Elizabeth City County. August 24 th 1849—
On the motion of Thomas H. Williams, who made oath according to law and with William Jennings his security, entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of six hundred dollars conditioned according to law, certificate is granted him for with the will annexed granting letters of administration de bonis non on the estate of John Jennings dec d in due form—
Copy Teste J. J. Howard clk
Virginia, Elizabeth City County to wit:
I, Samuel S. Howard, Clerk of the Court for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true transcript from the records of my office—
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 8 th day of January 1850—
J. J. Howard clk

Certificate - John Jennings died Oct 5 July 1832 Nov. 29. 1837
Recorded in Vol 43 page 131.

Pension Office
November 29. 1837
I certify that I have examined the claim of the Heirs of the late John Jennings, dece d who was a Sailing Master in the Navy of the State of Virginia during the revolutionary war; that he served until he was made a  taken prisoner of war in 1781, and after the reduction of said Navy; that he died in Virginia in the year 1803; that the case is embraced by the provisions of the act of the 5 th of July, 1832, entitled, "An act to provide for the liquidating and paying certain claims of the State of Virginia"; that the claim should therefore be allowed at the rate of One Hundred and Fifty Two Dollars and eight cents per annum, from the twenty second of April seventeen hundred and eighty three, when the war terminated, to the first day of January eighteen hundred and three, in which year he died; and that the amount is payable to Thomas Jennings, administrator, and one of the Heirs of said deceased.
Approved
But d
Commissioner of Pensions.
Secretary of War.

Tuesday the 10th. day of August 1779.
The Board of War directs Captain Saunders to furnish John Jennings with three men from each Ship under his command for the use of the Boat Fly, she being ordered on a separate command.
Extract from 1st Vol: papers concerning the Army of the Revolution. J. E. Heath And. Pa

July 14
Dr Crump
J. H. Commission of Pensions, Washington
Prof Jennings

No. 23 July 1835.
Warrenton, Va. July 8 th 1835.
Sir,
You will do me a great fa- -vour, to inform me what has been done, respecting my claim as one of the heirs of Thomas Jennings dec d ; & also if any other proof or Papers are necessary to substantiate the claim.
I am,
Very respectfully,
Yrs. Obedt Servt.
Tho Jennings Administrator
To The Commissioners of Pensions Washington

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Jennings, John GRADE Private LINE New Hampshire
WARRANT NUMBER 3247 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Jan. 28, 1790 to James Patterson, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Jennings, Jonathan GRADE Private LINE Sheldon's Dragoons (Connecticut)
WARRANT NUMBER 6041 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Mar. 5, 1790 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.