Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39,794, for Thomas Jones, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Jones Thomas
S. 39,794
CONTENTS
enl. at Fishkill N.Y.
in 1820 aged about 21 yrs + res. Allegheny Co. Pa. +
Wife

1894 Pennsylvania Roll
Capt Van Benschoten Thomas Jones 2 d N. York line Vergeant 4
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania — at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 th of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th of Dec r 1818. and sent to Samuel Roberts Esq r , Pittsburg.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 3 m. \frac{17}{31} \frac{4}{30} — 29:66 Semi-ann. all'ee ending 4 th March 1819 — 48:—
$ 77:44
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued 6 years War
St. Louis town
Notification sent to R. J. Walker
Pittsburgh Pa July 13. 1870

The Court at which the Pan- Pacific conference
was held at the Hotel
Griffiths
Jones, Thomas NY 539794

Amongst the pleas enrolled in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania at an adjourned session of the court it is contained as follows. United States of America Eastern District of Pennsylvania
On the second day of June 1818 personally appeared then and there Thomas Jones 2 d aged about sixty one years of the said District who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows. To wit That he enlisted in the year 1777 at Fishkill in the state of New York in Capt. Sam Bon Schotten's company in the Third New York regiment commanded by Col. Peter Gansevoort. That he received a pension from the United States on a certificate from the War Department No. 6.894. That he was after a long series of service discharged in said state of New York at a place called Brattle Hill on the 8 th day of June 1783. He then being in Capt. Isaac Egan's company in the first New York Regiment of Infantry commanded by Col. George Vande Shoock. And he solemnly swears that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th March 1818 & that he has not since that time by gift sale or in

any manner disposed of any property in any part thereof with intent to defraud. As to my 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 18. day of March 1818. & that I have not nor has any person on trust for me any bonds or securities contracts or debts due me nor any income property other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed my name. & am. s. b. pledged. & a small lot of crockery & Queensware & looking glass and small chest one chest of drawers with a few small miscellaneous articles of small value all amounting to the value of about fifty dollars I also declare upon oath that the business I last followed, was keeping of a tavern or public house. & that I am so reduced by a long series of sickness having been confined for many months past I am now unable to pursue any business for my support. & that I am in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support myself without the assistance of my country. Also that I have a wife living with me whose name is Rachel Jones, aged about thirty years & who is likewise very unable to labour for her own support & that I have no other family residing with me. Thomas Jones Sworn & subscribed in full court in the room of the deponent this seventeenth day of June 1820 before J. H. Walker

J. R. Walker clerk of the District court of the United States in & for the Western District of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that the foregoing matter & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the record of 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 fifty dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court on this seventeenth day of June A.D. 1820 & in the forty fourth year of the indepen- dence of the United States
J. R. Walker clerk of the court for Western District of Pennsylvania

To the Hon. the Secretary of the Department of War.
State of Pennsylvania } County of Allegheny } }
The Declaration under oath of Thomas Jones an applicant for a pension in virtue of the act of Congress intitled an act to provide for certain persons in- gaged in the land and naval service of the U. States in the Revolutionary war.
Respectfully Sheweth
That he is a citizen of the U. States and now resides in St. Clair town- ship in the county aforesaid.
That in the year 1776 he served as a vol- unteer in Capt. John Durling's company Col. Humphrey's Regt. —
That in the Spring of the year 1777 he enlisted in Capt. Elias Van Benschoten's company 3 d New-York Regt. commanded by Col. Peter Gansevoort — the company was afterwards commanded by Major Boekhan That afterwards Capt. Aaron Aordon took (Con)

took command of the company - the Regt. then commanded by Col. Goose Van Schaick That he was honorably discharged at Snake Hill near the town of Newburgh in the State of N. York on the 8 th day of June 1783 -
That in selling the land to which he was in- titled for his services, the assignment was written on the back of his discharge & delivered to the purchaser W. S. Smith of N. York -
That immediately after his enlistment he was appointed a Sergeant & as such ser- ved during the war and until discharged That he was engaged in Gen. Sullivan's ex- pedition against the Indians - was at the capture of Lord Cornwallis - at the siege of Fort Stanwicks -
He receives no pension from the U. S. - Allegheny County Pa.
Before me President of the 5 th Judicial District of Pennsylvania personally came the aforesaid Thomas Jones who being duly sworn deposes and saith that the facts stated in the foregoing declarations are true to the best of his remembrance and that
From

from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for his sup- port -
Sworn & Subscribed
Before me this 15 th day of May A.D. 1818.
Sam Roberts
Thomas Jones
Allegheny County ss.
I Ephraim Pentland, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the Said County do by these presents certify that Samuel Roberts, Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition was taken And who has thereunto in his own proper hand writing Subscribed his Name was at the time of taking such deposition And now is President of the fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania including the County of Allegheny to all whom Act, At such due faith And Credit are And of right ought to be given throughout the United States And elsewhere.
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand And Affixed the Seal of the Said Court At Pittsburgh this 15 th May A.D. 1818. Ephraim Pentland

Submitted
James Fergus Committee to the New York State Legislature
Pennsylvania
Samuel Roberts President of the Courts of Common Pleas of the Fifth Judicial District in the Commonwealth aforesaid do hereby Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said James Fergus the applicant within named did serve (as stated in his declaration) in the revolutionary War against the common enemy for the term of nine months at one period on the continental establishment. And I further certify that it appears to my satisfaction that he is in reduced circumstances. And I now over- swear the proceedings and testimony had before me to the Secretary of the department of War pursuant to the direction of the of the act of Congress. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at the City of Philadelphia this fourth day of December 1818.
Sam Roberts

39794 INVALID.
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File No. 39794
Thomas Jones Serg Peter 1880
Act: 18 March 1880
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 265
[Arrangement of 1870.]