Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 4453, for Thomas Jones, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Jones, Thomas
S 4453
Carded
CONTENTS
A. Mar. 1741 m. S. b. marrying Rev. Charles Co. Va. & Calipus Co. Va. in 1832. Madison Twp. Jackson Co. Ohio

Ohio 7883.
Thomas Jones
of Jackson Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Williams of the Regt commanded by Col. Reed, in the Virginia line for nine months.
$301 00
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of April 1832 and sent to J. D. Hoffman, Clk. Jackson Co. N. H. Ohio near to the 4th of March 1833 60 Pensions, allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833 15. $75.00
Revolutionary Claim, Not June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. M. Palmer Clerk Book 6. Vol. 5, Page thirteen
Let. ap. 23. 1836. to Pen. agt.
Letter 30 th March 1837. J. A. Groves Pen. Agents. dead let to C. Arne
enr 17 '47

17132 - 7883.
Thomas Jones Jackson county Ohio
Adm for 9 Mo from 1780. Adm Mr Edmards.
Daniel Hoffman (th) Jackson C.H. Ohio

BRIEF in the case of Thomas Jones of Jackson co in the State of Ohio (Act 7th June, 1839.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 82  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.      Drafted  Enlisted In 1780  3  6  6  Private  Gen.  Capt. Thomas Williams  Capt. Sanford  Col. Thomas Reed  Maj. Edmund Reed   
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Charlotte county, Virginia  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Seal of the Court not attached to evidence as required 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. G. Bradford. Examining Clerk.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 th June A.D. 1832. State of Ohio Jackson County -
On this 19 th day of September A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Jackson County Ohio, Thomas Jones, a resident of Madison Township in the County of Jackson State of Ohio, aged by eighty two years next March, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832. That he enlisted joined the Army of the United States, and entered its service under the following named officers and served as he now states; That is to say; That some time during the War of 1812, by reason of his age and loss of memory he is unable to state, and when he resided in Charlotte County Va. he was drafted into the Militia service for a term of three months, & into the Com- pany commanded by Capt. Thos. Williams, & Lieut. Wm. Marshall, who were under the command of Col. Thos. Reed - That he marched from Charlotte Co. Va. to Gates defeat in North Carolina, where he served during the term of his service and was discharged at Hillsborough in North Carolina - That some considerable time after he returned home, he thinks some years, tho' as to time he is not certain for the reason aforesaid; he enlisted, at Charlotte Co. Va. where he still resided, in the Company commanded he thinks (but of this he is not positive) by one Capt. Sandford. That his Company was under the command of Major Edmond Threlkeld a Neighbour of his at that time, who is long since dead. That the period for which he enlisted he thinks was five years - That immediately after the enlistment aforesaid he was sent by

in law of his to Bobs Town G o to bring down to Prince Edward G o eight or ten miles to soldiers, which service he performed - That he was afterwards for Major days engaged, by the direction of the Colonel , in collecting several Horses that had strayed, that belonged to the Light Horse - said Major  Colonel , Regiment being a light Horse Regiment - That under this enlistment he served six months, when he was discharged, by writing, under the hand of Major Read, (which has been since lost by time & accident) at Charlottes Court House - That the said Major was at the time he was discharged, well acquainted with the condition of his family, and knew that it was large, consisting of a wife and eight or nine children; that he was in indigent circumstances; which and that they required his personal attention and care, which he thinks was the reason of his being discharged as aforesaid - That afterwards, and when he was residing in Halifax G o Va. he was drafted as a soldier for a term of six months, into the Company commanded by Capt. Parlum Booker, under whom he marched to the lower part of said County, when he hired a substitute and returned home - That in the year 1884 & when he was about to move to Petersburg Va. the said Major Read gave him a recommend- ation which is herewith forwarded to the Department of War - That he has no document- ary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can produce, who can testify to his service - That he was born in South Carolina in 1751; That he formerly had the Record of his age in his Bible, taken from his Father's Bible, both of which have been long since worn out - That he he resided in Campbell G o Va. for thirty odd years, since the Revolution; That in 1819 he moved to Philippi and has lived for about five years past in Jackson G o O. where he now lives -

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn & subscribed by the above  affiant in open Court this 19 th day of Sept. A.D. 1832
We Theophiles Blake, a Clergyman & Sam l Radbourn = g th residents of Jackson County, Ohio, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with H o . Jones who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be right two years of age; that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to subscribed by Theophiles Blake in open Court this 19 th day of Sept. A.D. 1832 Samuel Radbourn
A.B. Theophiles Blake, the above Affiant, upon his examination by the Court, stated, that what he has heard in relation to the Revolutionary services of said Jones, has been since the passage of the law under which this application is made.
Attest
J. Hoffman Clerk
I William Justice resident of Jackson County, Ohio, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with H o . Jones who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that I believe him
to

be about eighty two years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution - and that I concur in that opinion - Sworn to & subscribed in open Court this 20 th Sept. A. D. 1832 - Attest - B. Hoffman Clerk
William Guthrie
Exhibit A
17/32
Jackson Genl. Pleas Sept. Term 1832
This day came into Court
Jones an applicant for the benefit of the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution and filed his declaration to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832 and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and servant as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Theophilus Blake who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in the neighbourhood of the said applicant, and that Samuel Radebaugh & William Guthrie who have also signed the same are residents in the neighbourhood of the applicant and are creditable persons and their statement is entitled to credit
This Jones Declaration

Wake who has signed the foregoing certificate is a Christian resident in the neighbourhood of the said applicant, and that Samuel Radebaugh & William Guthrie who have also signed the same are residents in the neighbourhood of the applicant and are creditable persons and their statement is entitled to credit
The State of Ohio Jackson County ss
I Daniel Hoffman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Jackson and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the fore- going contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thoma Jones for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 22 nd day of September
A.D. 1832
Daniel Hoffman Clerk

Berkeley
4453 INVALID.
File No. 4453
Thomas French Pub. Machine
Act: June 7, 1852
Index:—Vol. A , Page 194
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Thomas Jones. Cir. C. Act 7 June 1832 $30 00 ,
To what time was he last paid
Pension Office August 16 1847
66 S
paid to 4 th Sept r 1835
W. Lyon

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas Jones of Jackson county, Ohio which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Not as required attached to the evidence

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. † Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? all answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ years _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Bryan Williams Co. Ohio August 4 th 1847
Sir
I take the liberty of making certain inquiries of the War Department relative to the proper course to take to procure a small amount of pension money which in his life time was due to Thomas Jones, a Revolutionary Soldier. I am wholly ignorant as to applications for pension money under any circumstances & hope this will be a sufficient apology for applying at head quarters for information.
The facts are these Thomas Jones was a Soldier of the Revolution and drew a pension of thirty dollars ($30.) per annum payable March 1 st of each year. He formerly resided in Jackson Co. Ohio and drew his first payment there. A man by the name of Long acted as agent for him in that Co. He subsequently removed to this County & resided here until his decease Feb y 28 th 1838. At the time of his decease his pension was in arrears for two years. And that far all efforts have failed to show whether the money is still due from the department or whether his agent has received it.
Sept 25
I wish therefore to know where & to whom I shall make application to learn the facts about the matter & claim the money if it can be had. Any information which it may be in the power of proper persons in the department to furnish me as to this matter will very much oblige me & may do service to the heirs
over

of Mr Long who had whatever may be their due
Please direct any reply which may be made to me at Bryan Wms Co. O. & oblige
How Mrs S. Maey Seay of Maey
Your obed Servt Charles Case
Aug 16 47 Bryan & H. Aug 16 47
Chas Case
James of Penna New Hisf. Penna.
C 231. Aug 14 (4)
Prison Open
for Ancey

7883 Mar 17 John This one
Free
L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Franklin Park of Cincinnati 10 th March 1837
Sir
I again enclose to you the pension voucher of Thomas Jones, with an explanation which I trust will be sufficiently satisfactory to authorize you in giving an order for payment
I am yours
Very respectfully John H. Gristleek P. M. By R. M. Lawrence
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
W. B. [?]

W. Long Tree Ohio
1 st Auditor of the Post Office Washington D.C.
7883
W. Long Tree Ohio 1836
Convent 5 April 28 Prof. G. ... No 22 and

Franklin Bank of Cincinnati 15 April 1836
Sir,
Enclosed is the pension application of Thomas Jones, for your examination, which if found correct you will please to return, to this Agency, with orders for payment. The above voucher was paid on the 10 th of Febry last, before I had any knowledge, that it was requisit, that all pension vouchers, for unclaimed pensions, for two years & upwards, under the acts of 7 th June 1832 & 15 May 1828 must be referred to you for your examination & orders for payment, before payment was made; and when that information was communicated to this Agency, it was was communicated by suspended vouchers, notwithstanding many in the same situation had been previously allowed & paid to the credit of this Agency.
I am Yours very respectfully John H. Groesbeck Pen Agt By R. W. Lawrence
4 th Auditor of the Treasury
Washington D.C.