Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [Blank], for William Jones, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Coast Sea Service. Jones, William
Dis. No papers
CONTENTS
ms of Norwich Com & Nova Scotia

Oct 16 1906
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Jones, William
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Connecticut, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on December 31, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 141.
Rank: Marine
Ship: Oliver Cromwell, 20 guns.
Disability: Wounded by a grape shot entering his thigh, and discharging itself at his hip, in an engagement with the British ship Admiral Keppell.
When and where disabled: April, 1778, at sea, about 60 leagues from the island of Antigua.
Residence: Norwich
To what pension entitled: Three-fourths.
Remarks: The Oliver Cromwell was not a continental vessel, therefore know nothing of William Jones.
Evidence incomplete. The claimant has resided in Nova Scotia from the close of the war till lately. There is no evidence of his disability during this time. Not being in the service of the United States, has no claim for a pension.