Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5736, for William Jones, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Jones, William Polly
R 5736
CONTENTS
b. Dec. 24, 1758 in Westfield, Hampshire Co. Mass. res. at mtd. Great Barrington, Berkshire Co. Mass. m. in 1833, Chesterfield, Essex Co. N.Y. d. Aug. 14, 1863 at Bridport, Addison Co. Vt.

29. 436. 29.634 Vermont
William Jones of Shoreham in the State of Vermont who was a Private Sergeant and company in Col. Smith's commanded by Massachusetts troops time for
6 m o 28 days private 3 m o 10 days serg
Addison County
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 39 Dollars 77 Cents per month to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 o day of Jan y 1835 and sent Rev Wm Glade D.R.P.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 34 130.19 Pension, allowances ending 4 Mar. 35 14.88 159.07
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Oce Clerk. Book 2 Vol. 3 Page 77
Ms. A. 9. 2. 16. 11. 12. 1833

State of Vermont Addison County ss
I Polly Jones of Bristol in the County of Addison and State of Vermont, being duly sworn doth depose and say that I am 93 years of age, my maiden name was Polly Sackett formerly lived in Great Barrington Mass, was there duly and lawfully married to William Jones on the 22 d day of Sept. 1782, have no evidence of any marriage except a family record, moved from Mass, to the town of Shoreham Vt. in 1797, and have ever since resided there and in the town of Bridport adjoining with my husband, the s d William Jones, until the 14 th day of August last when he died, had thirteen children by him, lived with him 71 years, he drew a pension as a revolutionary soldier of near forty dollars a year for the last twenty years of his life, the annuity from the 4 th of March 1853 to the time of his death has since been drawn by me, and his certificate which entitled him to a pension has been given up, am now & have been for the last ten years living with my son Henry Jones, in whose house & family my husband the s d William Jones died.
In presence of E.E. Grosvenor Polly Grosvenor
Polly Jones Mark
Subscribed and sworn to this 20 th day of January A.D. 1854, Before me, E.E. Grosvenor Justice Peace

State of Vermont Addison County ss }
Bridport January 18, 1854. I Waterman Sunderland of Skane in the County aforesaid, now seventy two years of age, being duly sworn, doth depose and say that I was well acquainted with Capt. William Jones and his wife Polly Jones, have personally known and lived near neighbors to them for the last fifty years, that the said William Jones died in Bridport aforesaid, on the 14 th day of August last, and that his widow Polly Jones is still living and is now ninety two or three years of age, and resides now with her son Henry Jones in said Bridport and has for the last ten years,
Waterman Sunderland
Sworn to before me this 18 th day of January 1854
E. E. Goodwin
Justice peace
State of Vermont Addison County ss }
Bridport January 18, 1854.
I Henry Jones of Bridport in the County of Addison and State of Vermont duly sworn depose and say that I am now sixty five years of age, am son of William and Polly Jones, that the said William Jones died on the 14 th day of August last, that he drew a pension of near forty dollars a year as a soldier in the revolutionary war, and that his widow Polly Jones is still living and resides with me. He left no will
Henry Jones
Sworn to before me this 18 th day of January 1854
E. E. Goodwin
Justice peace

State of Vermont } I George S. Swift clerk of the county court Addison County ss. } for the county of Addison in the state of Vermont, hereby certify that E. E. Brown whose signature is attached to the certificates annexed to the accompanying affidavits, was at the respective dates thereof a justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified, and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and truly believe said signature to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Middlebury in said county this 21 st day of January A.D. 1844.
George S. Swift, clerk.
Rolls Jones McEau P. Miller Addison Co. Vt
2 o Feb y 1848

State of New York County of Essex ss. On this 11th day of January 1833 personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex now sitting William Jones (formerly William Jones Senior) a Resident of the Town of Chesterfield in the County of Essex and State of New York aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress Passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated as a Private Soldier
In the month of June 1st 1776 by Enlisting into the Company of Infantry commanded by Captain Deyvey Lieutenant Regiment Ensign Nathan Odey Sergeant Francis Ayer at Great Barrington County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts Col. Smith commanded the Regiment General Fellows commanded the Brigade to which Col. Smiths Regiment was attached was out on the Continent for the space of six months Enlisted at Great Barrington aforesaid and marched directly from Great Barrington for the City of New York and was stationed at the latter Place until the 15th of September 1776 when they retreated to Harlem Heights and the British took Possession of the City of New York the Enemy being commanded by General Howe remained at Harlem Heights until some time in the month of October and then they Retreated to White Plains General George Washington having the Command and Remained there a few days until the Enemy made his appearance and then they was Ordered to North Castle in the State of New York and from their Post to a place called

Conoughton in the State of New York And Remained there until the first day of December in the same Year when he was discharged by Verbal Orders his time being out And did not obtain a Written dis- charge that he then returned home to Great Warrington - and after said to his Father's House says he was in no battle during this term of Service. Says in August 1777 he entered the service as a Volunteer Private at Great Warrington aforesaid in the Company of Captain Robert Colwell Ashleys Regiment Genl. Mifflins had the Command of the Brigade says he proceeded with the Company aforesaid from Great Warrington to Fort Edward And Kingsbury And was there Ten days and was then dismissed by Orders of General Mifflin or General Schuyler And that he returned home to Great Warrington And remained there a few days until the Battle of Bennington at which time he Volunteered as a Private And was gone two days On the road to Bennington but was met On the Road by an Officer the Battle being over and that he returned home says this took place in the month of August 1777. In October he was Employed by the Com- missary Captain Sprague for the purpose of driving a drove of cattle from Great Warrington to General Gates Army then being at Stillwater And out at the time Eight days - And then Returned home again Entered the Service again as a Substitute for John V. Burghardt in Captain Downings Company Col. Simonds Regiment And Went to New Haven in the State of Connecticut And served One month And then Returned home was Employed in mounting guns And guarding the City of New Haven Coln. Entered the Service again as a Private Soldier in the month of July 1779 in Captain Gorrucks Company And was out some days Only being ordered out for the Pur-

pose of attacking a company of Tories on their march to the Enemy the attack took Place at Scrymgeour Manor (and in the State of New York) and says they engaged them at the Latter Place and took and dispersed them thinks they took as many as twenty of them Prisoners and that some of them was killed but none of his comrades was killed and then he returned home and that in August 1779 he Volunteered into the Company as a Private Soldier commanded by Captain Goodrich Col. Ashley's Commanded to guard Continental Stores deposited in Great Pownall being Robbed and Plundered by the Tories and was absent from his House One Month and then dismissed and returned to his house again Extended the Service again in the month of July the 20th day 1780 as a Sergeant in the Company Commanded by Captain Sprool Colonel Brown Regiment and was absent three months says they went on the Mohawk River at Fort Schuyler and did duty from there to Fort Stanwix and at Little Falls on the Mohawk River and at different Stations On the 19th October 1780 at Stone Abbey went into Battle with Colonel Brown and was led into ambush and says Col. Brown was killed by the Enemy and that his men was compelled to Retreat and that the Enemy was commanded by the John Johnson in person as it was Reported and believed at the time, On the 20th they buried the Main and took care of the Wounded On the 21st he was dis- charged or dismissed his time having Expired and he having served as a Sergeant three months. says that in July 1st 1781. he Received a Lieutenant's Commission signed by Governor Hancock of Massachusetts (which is herewith attached) Said at the time he Received the

Said Commission at Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire And due duty in John guarding Stores Raising men detecting deserters from the Army was Ordered to the Service Cornwallis being taken did not go men being raised but did not march as as was calculated at the time was actively Employed to the close of the War in Captain Duguid's Company Colonel John Ashley's Regt. - due duly under his Lieutenancy Commission three months
Has no documentary Evidence of his Service Except his Lieutenancy Commission before mentioned And knows of no Person whose Testimony he can Procure who can testify to his Service And that he is not acquainted with the Minister in his Town.
He hereby relinquishes Every Claim Whatever to a Pension or Annuity Except the Present And de- clares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State And that during the time he was not Engaged in any civil Pursuit
Sworn to and Subscribed The Day And Year aforesaid
Simond New clerk The following interrogatories were put to him by the Court
1 st Where And in What Year was you born
Was born December 21 st in the Year 1758 (as he was informed by his Parents) in the Town of Westfield County of Hampshire State of Mass- achusetts
2 nd Have you any Record of your age and if so When is it

3. Where were you living when called into Service Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War And where do you now live
at the Time he was called into Service he lived at Great Barrington County of Berkshire State of Massachusetts that lived in Shrewsbury County of Addison And State of Vermont Chesterfield County of Bennington And State of New York And resides at the latter Place at the Present Time
4th How were you called into Service Were you drafted Did you volunteer or were you a Substitute and if a Substitute for whom
Says he volunteered at all the terms for which he was out excepting once at which time he was a Substitute for John Burroughs and was out One Month at New Haven Connecticut.
5th State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the Troops where you served such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect And the General Circumstances of your Service
General George Washington General Lee General Putnam General Mc Dougall General Lord Stirling General Arnold Says he has seen the above mentioned General Officers frequently while out with the Army Colonel Hovey's Regiment in Recollects, staying near his Regiment

Know Captain Patten of Colville Ward Re- giment and Captain Shive of the same Re- giment General Patterson Captain Hollister Lieutenant Gleason Design Sloan says he was in the Engagement on the Mohawk at the time the Lovell's Column was killed in belonging to his Regiment at the time and that Sir John Johnson was said to have had command of the British and was engaged in pulling and dispersing a party of Tories at Brantford Mann's Creek March to join the Army and guarding Government Stores at Sault Ste. Marie and Recruiting and being stationed in the City of New York and at White Plains and at Castle Clinton and at Fort Edward and was in no other particular Engagement save those mentioned in his declaration —
1th Did you ever Receive a discharge from the Service while a Private or Non Commissioned Officer
Received no discharge but was verbally dismissed
Did you ever Receive a commission and if so by whom was it signed
Yes and it was signed by John Hunt Coch Governor of Massachusetts

22228
William Jones
U.
Surgeon
Edmunda J. Williams
Elizabeth Town
Essex County New York

Rev. New York
Suspended act 7 June
Letter 23 Oct 1833
7
Edw. T. Williams
Papers enclosed to the Hon. Mr. Slade of D t H.R. Mar. 15. 1834.
5753

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). Yore will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of William Jones, Chistofula Essex County New York
   Period when the service was rendered Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the officers and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Marches in which he marched. Age at which he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     June 1776 Enlisted " 6 " Captis Dawey Lt Bennet Cols Smith Fellows Washington New York Harlem Heights Great Barrington Berkshire County Massachusetts Documentary as to part   Vol 1777 " " 10 " Root Col Ashley G o Fellows Fort Edward Hingham part Landing   Aug 1777 Vol " " 2 priv   Oct during call to Stillwater 8 days 5 priv   Sub " 1 " Downings Goodrich col Under New Haven   July 1778 " " 4 do ashley Livingston Manor Great age 74 years   Oct 1779 " 1 " Stone Rely Great   July 1780 " 3 " Sergeant 3 priv   July 1781 " 3 " Lieutenant 1 priv  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions
Not embraced by the act.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, 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 made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have, before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832, and in case of death, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 _____ year _____ 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
03* The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of Vermont } Be it remembered that at a Pro- District of Addison } bate Court held at Middlebury in and for the District of Addison on the 15 th day of February A.D. 1855.
Present Hon. Horatio Seymour Judge:
Henry Jones, administrator of the estate of Polly Jones late of Bridport in said District deceased being duly sworn, on oath says, that the said Polly Jones was the wife, and the only wife of William Jones, late of said Bridport deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of nearly thirty nine dollars seventy four cents per annum. That the said William Jones died at said Bridport on the 14 th day of August A.D. 1853. That his pension certificate has been surrendered, and is as this declarant supposes, now in the pension department at Washington, and it can be ascertained there from what the exact amount of the said William Jones pension was for annuity. That the said Polly Jones remained the widow of said William, until the time of her death. That she died at said Bridport on the 29 th day of January A.D. 1854. aged 93 years. That she lived and cohabited with the said William Jones as his wife, more than seventy years, and had by him thirteen children, some of which children, Toj Starry, daughter Henry Jones, Fanny Morse, Revial Jones Justin Jones, Alanson Jones and Laura Sanderson are now living. That the family record showing the date of the marriage of the said William & Polly was by his declarant sent to the department at Washington in accordance with instructions from the

Pension Office dated Feby 1. 1854 signed L.O. Waldo Commissioner, in order to sustain the informal application of said Polly Jones for a pension under the act of Feby 2 d . 1848, and this affiant supposes and believes the said original family record is now on file in said Pension office. that this declarant was on this 15 th day of February A.D. 1855 appointed co-administrators of the estate of said Polly Jones, and that he makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the amount of Pension to which the said Polly Jones as widow of the said William Jones would be entitled under the act of Congress of Feby 2 d . 1848: To wit from the death of said William Jones Aug. 14. 1853 to Feby 29. 1854 the time of her death.
Henry Jones
The foregoing declaration was subscribed and sworn to by said Henry Jones, in Court, before me, this 15 th day of February A.D. 1855. And I further certify that the said Henry Jones is a credible witness, and that I am fully satisfied that the said foregoing declaration of said Henry Jones is true.
Horatio Seymour Judge of Probate within and for the District of Addison -
State of Vermont } District of Addison ss. }
I Jeremiah S. Burroughs Register of the Probate Court for the District of Addison, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original declaration of Henry Jones made before said Probate Court for the purpose of obtaining amount of pen-

concern the estate of Polly Jones the deceased widow of William Jones a deceased United States pensioner - and the proceedings of said Court thereon. And I further certify, That at a session of said Court held at said Middlebury, on the 15 th day of February A.D. 1855, the said Henry Jones was, by said Court, appointed administrator of the goods, chattels, rights, credits and estate of said Polly Jones deceased, and accepted said trust, and gave bonds accord- ing to law for the faithful execution of said trust; and he is, at this time, administrator of said estate, by virtue of said appointment. I further certify, That Horatio Seymour is sole judge of said Probate Court, and that he signed the certificate of the oath to said declaration.
In Testimony whereof I have at my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Middlebury in said District this 15 th day of February A.D. 1855 - Jas. S. Washburn Register

July 13, 1926.
Mrs. L. S. Jones, 315 Beard Ave. Buffalo, N. Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the pension claim, R. 5736, it appears that William Jones was born at Westfield, Hampshire County, Mass. December 24, 1758.
While living in Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Mass. he enlisted and served in the Mass. Troops as follows:
From July 1, 1777, to October 23, 1777, as a private in Capt. Dewey's Company, Col. Smith's Regiment.
From July 8, to 27, 1777, in Capt. Hewit Root's Co. Col. Ashley's Regiment.
From July 19, to August 27, 1779 in Capt. Roswell Downing's Company, Col. Miles Powell's Regiment.
From July 18, to October 23, 1780, as Sergeant in Capt. John Speer's Company, Col. John Brown's Regiment
On July 1, 1781, he was appointed Second Lieutenant of Capt. Thomas Ingersole's Company, Colonel John Ashley's First Regiment of Berkshire County, Mass. Militia and was on guard duty for three months.
Soldier's statements were very confusing as to short service & I could not see those that covered each other & the report. W

He was allowed pension on his application executed January 11, 1833, while living in Chesterfield, Essex Co., N. Y. In 1834 he was living in Shorham, Windsor Co. Vt.
He married September 22, 1782, Polly Sacket and he died in Bridford, Vt. August 14, 1853. She died there January 29, 1854, aged ninety-three years, leaving the following children: Henry, Rival, Justus, Alanson, Nancy Doolittle, Fanny Morse and Laura Sunderland. They had thirteen children, the names of the others not stated.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

REJECTED
5453
P. O. NY
Wm Jones
Service: _____
See inside to whom papers sent
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleged: The printed list of 1852 gives cause of suspension of William Jones of Chesterfield, Essex Co. N.Y. as; "He is referred to the Massachusetts rolls at Boston for proof of service."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
There were only 2 or 3 papers in this claim filed under P. 5453 & they belonged in P. 5736 & were placed within Jan. 22-1931 MKT

5756
P. O.
Service:
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18_____
Application filed: _____, 18_____
Alleges:
REF ID: A61211
Re-enlisted
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized.
Contract.
Nov 24. 11, spent N.Y. before night of coast of Stephen

No 107 Polly Jones widow of William Veit
Henry Jones Feb 1/1852 J. J. Bushnell Mch 2/55.
5736
act 2 Feb 1848

Vermont Suspended William Jones Suspended 1st Grade Baker 1874 One 28 private 3 w 10 sarg

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN HANCOCK Esq; Governor and Commander in Chief in and for the COMMONWEALTH of MASSACHUSETTS.
To William Jones Esq: Gentleman Greeting.
YOU being appointed Second Lieutenant of a Company commanded by Captain Thomas Ingersoll in the First Regiment of Artillery in the County of Berkshire wherein John Whaley Esq: is Colonel
By Virtue of the Power vested in me, I do by these Presents, (reposing Special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct) Commission you accordingly.---You are the more carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a 2 d Lieut in leading, ordering and exercising said Company in Arms, both Interior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline: And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their 2 d Lieut and you are yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from me or your Superior Officers.
GIVEN under my Hand, and the Seal of the said Commonwealth, the first Day of July in the Year of our LORD, 1781 in the Fifth Year of the Independence of the United States of AMERICA.
John Hancock
By His Excellency's Command,
Thomas M c Donough

Middlebury Vermont Feby 22 d 1855
Sir:
Henry Jones requests me to forward to you the accompanying declaration for your action thereon - Please inform me whether it will enable him, with the proof already in your office, to obtain the amount of pension he asks for -
Very respectfully
Joel T. Bucknell
To Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Hon W Wade V o Lee Dec 12 th
Mr. Edwards
I send herewith the original papers in the case of William Jones with additional testimony, which I wish to have examined, and the result communicated to me
Respectfully
William Wade
Dec. 10. 1834

March 2/95.
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Pension Office,
March 2, 1855.
Sir,
I have received the additional proof transmitted by you in the case of Polly Dones, widow of William - Act Feb'y 2. 1848. It does not appear that the record of evidence of the marriage has ever reached this office . It will further be necessary, before this claim can be allowed that a certificate of Court be filed setting forth the names of all the surviving children of Polly Dones the widow of the deceased pensioner . This certificate must be based upon the testimony of witnesses whose names and residences must be given, or their affidavits forwarded to this office.
Very respectfully JCS
J. T. Bushnell Esqr, Middlebury Vermont

July 1/54

7 Pension Office Feby 11834
Sir,
The informal Application of Polly Jones wid- ow of William of Vermont has been filed under the Act of 2 d Feby 1848 -
Declarations made before Justices of the Peace, will not be considered, except where the applicant is too infirm to appear before a Court of Re- cord,
The Family Record containing the date of her marriage must be forwarded to this office for inspection,
Henry Jones Esq Robert C. Edwards Esq
Present Bride part Jt

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Mr John S. Edwards Esq.
Washington D.C.
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Bridport January 28, 1854
Mr Edwards Dear Sir
I received your communication and would say that my Father was a Revolutionary Soldier and drew a Pension of a little less than forty Dollars a year He claimed to have served 14 Months 24 Days we have never thought He drew what he ought or might He applied 35 or 36 His longest period of Service was six months
I received some papers from Samuel M c Knight He informed me that He had made some examination and thought He could get an increase of Pension and wished me to employ him for his price one tenth of what He might get
If you would examine and see what could be done and send me your terms you would oblige me you might communicate through James MacKearn M.C. He is doing some business for me and will be sending
my Father Died 14 th August last aged 96 my Mother is living aged 93
Henry Jones
Addison Co. Vt

E. J. Williams
Recd vol 30. p. 71.

War Department Pension Office Oct. 23. 1833
Sir
Res The papers in support of the application of William Jones for a pension have again been examined & you are directed for further proof — In the Office of the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts, E. D. Bangs Esq. an rolls of the Militia of that State, By applying to Mr. Bangs, proof of the alleged service may be obtained
Edmund T. Williams Esq Elizabeth Town Essex Co New York

Hon Mr. Slade March 15. 1834 Q.C.

War Dept.
Pension Office March 15. 1834
Sir
In accordance with your request I enclose herewith the papers in the case of William Jones. Be pleased to acknowledge the receipt of them.
Mr. Slade March 15. 1834
Am M. Slade House of Representatives

Bridport Jan 22 nd 1854
Mr Newham Dear Sir
I send you these papers wishing you to assist me in getting my Mother Polly Jones placed on the pension roll in lieu of her late Husband, William Jones Deceased
I have sent such papers as I thought would be necessary if not I should be glad to know what is wanting as soon as may be it is very desirable that she should be able to draw her money 4 March next
I succeeded in getting for my Mother the Money due my Father to his decease Mr Barnes of Middlebury Bank made out the papers and sent on my Father's Pension certificate
I have written to Mr Waldo concerning the increase of my Father's Pension
I have received of from John S. Edwards of Washington, office F. Street between 5 th and 6 th th Sts one square east of the Patent office law and general agency
a synopsis of the provisions of the most important Bounty Land and Pension Laws

I think I shall employ him if there is a chance to get an increase of Pension I would give him or any other responsible man one tenth of what he might get
W. L. Meacham Esq.

Washington January 26 1835
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir
I return your letter to me of the 12 th Dec r in which you say that William Jones will be allowed a pension for 6 months & 28 days Service - together with a Certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which clearly proves an additional Service of 3 months & 10 days - making in the whole, 10 months & 8 days, for which time I suppose there can remain no doubt he is entitled to a pension.
Please transmit the certificate to Your obedient servant
William Slade

cap
Pension Office
Hon W m Hade House of Representatives
10/15/18 10/15/18

War Department
Pension Office
December 12 th 1894
Sir Upon the papers of William Jones as they are now unrented six months & twenty eight days service is probable & can be allowed - viz - Five months service in Edmitt's Regiment in 1776. Though the claimant and his witnesses testify in terms that he went into this service the first of June, yet as the residue under which the cover was raised was not paid until the 25 June, and the service claimed on the 1 st Decr, five months is the extent which can be allowed - Nineteen days service in Col Ashleyp Regt in 1777. His other service

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upon the papers of William Jones as they are now unrented six months & twenty-eight days service is probable & can be allowed - viz - Five months service in Ed Smith's Regiment in 1776. Though the claimant and his witnesses testify in terms that he went into this service the first of June, yet as the residue under which the cover was raised was not paid until the 25 June, and the service claimed on the 1 st Dec r , five months is the extent which can be allowed - Nineteen days service in Col. Ashley's Reg t in 1777. His other service

service that year does not appear to have been military service within the act. One month three days service in Col Powell's Regiment in 1779. The other services claimed are not sufficiently shown to have been actual service - indeed the facts given in the declarations conclusively show that no allowance can be computed as Lieutenant
If the claimant can show from Mr Bragg's rolls that he was one of the three months men levied in 1780, that service will be allowed - otherwise it cannot be. The papers remain on file awaiting either further evidence, or an expression of the views of the claimant that his allowance may be computed for six months 28 days service. I have the honor to be very respectfully
Your Obt Servt Hon Wm Lado
House of Representatives
J. L. Edwards

Pension Office July 1 st 1854,
Sir,
The informal application of Polly Jones, widow of William, of Vermont, has been filed under the Act of July 2 nd 1848.
Declarations made before a Justice of the Peace, will not be considered, except when the applicant is too infirm to appear before a Court of Record.
The family record containing the date of her marriage must be forwarded to this Office for inspection,
Very Respectfully L. D. Waldo Commissioner
L. D. L. D. Waldo
Herry Jones, Esq. Bridgeport, Vt.

William Jones died Aug. 14, 1853
His widow drew his bank pay-
When the act of Feb 2 d 1848 passed the widow is entitled to pay Jan 29, 1852 the sum of one hundred Henry Jones of Bridgewater offered admin
commencement J. Nichols

Bridport Jan 23 rd 1854
Mr Waldo Sir
Polly Jones the widow of Wm Jones deceased wishes to be placed on the pension Roll in lieu of the said Wm Jones I know not what is required to establish her claim.
I send on such papers as I thought necessary if they do not answer please inform me as soon as may be. It is desirable that she should be able to draw her money 4 th of March next
I have been credibly informed that the said Pension may and ought to be increased from its commencement and and during its continuance.
I wish Sir you would take the trouble to examine and see if this be correct and whether it would be best to employ an agent.
my Parents have lived to great age and in low circumstances and for the last twenty years depended almost entirely on me for support.
I do not know that I can produce any new evidence it was difficult for my Father to prove and in deed could not all his Service for Time had done its work and left him without the means if it were necessary to prove his Integrity for truth and veracity and Moral virtues I could furnish I am Sir a Bound slave

I would prefer refer you to one in your midst, Rev. Byron Sniderlin Pastor of the first Presbyterian Church. I think he is well acquainted with my Father and Mother born and Family
M.C.
I am personally acquainted with James Newham to whom I claim these papers
My Mother drew the last pay due my Father from March 53 to fourteenth August and her Pension certificate was sent on with the papers and probably is in your office
Loren P. Waldo Esq.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, April 24 th 1834.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of William Jones, is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt. Hermit Root's Company, in Col. Ashley's Regt. where he is allowed from July 8 th to the 27 th 1777. Nineteen days. — m. d. 19
William Jones' name is borne on a Pay Roll of Capt. Roosevelt Downings' Company, in Col. Powell's Regt. where he is allowed from July 19 th to August 27 th 1779. One month & Nine days. — 1 = 9
William Jones claims for services under Capt. Deneys. in Col. Smith's Regt. in 1776. under Capt. Sprague in 1777. under Capt. Goodrich in 1779. under Capt. Spear, in Col. Brewer's Regt. 1780. and as a Lieutenant in 1781, but the rolls which he describes are not found in this Office.
Edward D. Bangs Esq
5
6.28

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Jan y 7 th 1835
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of William Jones, is borne on a pay roll of Capt. Hermit Root's Company, in Col. Ashley's Regt. where he is allowed from July 8 th to the 27 th 1777. Nineteen days. ————— 19
William Jones' name is also borne on a pay-roll of Capt. Roswell Downing's Company, in Col. Miles Powell's Regt. where he is allowed from July 19 th to August 27 th 1779. one Month & Nine days. 1 = 9
William Jones' name as a serjeant, is borne on a pay-roll of Capt. John Spoor's Company, in Col. John Brown's Regt. where he is allowed from July 18 th to Oct. 23 rd 1780. three Months & ten days. ————— 3-10 5-08 Edward D. Mansfield

Jan 23 Lang 17
Lee
Col. L. L. Edwards Coy Commission of Union Washington City DC
J. Ellis The General

Barn July 17. 1836
J. L. Edwards Esq
In Li in to year of 27 Nov.
is Revd S. Gille thinks he has those years of his services in 1782 under which in Middle Reg. as clear as can be expected after so long time has elapsed. the order from 2 Jan 1786 Mr Gille does not claim as the Dragoon.
The The other term of alleged services under Capt. Blokeby you did not suspend Mr Gille on which did you say any thing about it until this letter of 27 Nov. therefore do not know whether you visit the Application to make new testimony or not know when you if his wife is dead James Rice still lives in inner Newbury if the Bureau must go through all the Effort again.
Yours Respectfully C R Weston
P.S.
Rev. sup. William Jones is restored again you sent our pension voucher out of the date of the list of war being omitted it omitted our Pension certificate and never been referred before _____ C R Weston

William Jones Additional papers.

State of Vermont Addison County ss.
I Pleas H Garrison Judge of Addison County Court. do hereby certify that William Sons of Sheldahl in the County of Addison opened on the 5 th day of May 1834 made before me Judge as found his additional decla- ration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, and that the witness affidavits of Ephraim Hosley, Simon Butterfield Polly Sons, Pilette's Sons, John Doolittle and Henry Sons were taken and hereunto found to support his claim to a pension under the aforesaid act - and the said Pleas H Garrison Judge as found also further certify that the above named persons are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit. Sheldahl Vermont the 11 th 1834.
Wiliam H. Garrison Judge of Addison County Court

Ephraim Forst of West Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts aged Seventy nine years being duly sworn deposes & says that during the Revolutionary War he resided in New Marlborough in said County & was then well acquainted with William Jones who resided in Great Barrington in said County & who now resides in Shoreham in the State of Vermont as he understands & believing that in the year 1776 said Deponent performed a term of Military duty as a Soldier in the Revolution- ary Army in Capt. Stephen Duryee's Company, Col. Smith's Regiment & Genl. Fellows brigade, of about eight months, in New York & vicinity that said William Jones, also served with said Deponent as a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution in the said Company & Regiment & served as he verily believes for the space of six months, but he cannot be positive as to the exact time, that he believes those who enlisted into said Company, enlisted for the term of six months & he has no recollection of his leaving said service before said six months had elapsed till said Company was discharged which was at Croton in the State of New York that said Deponent made a further engagement & served longer but has no recollection of said service longer
Ephraim Forst Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire ss. Then the above named Ephraim Forst made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed before me & I further Certify that said Forst is a man of undoubted truth & veracity — Robbins Clerk of the peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire
I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth for said county of Berkshire do hereby that Robert Kellogg Esq before whom the foregoing deposition was taken is a true copy of the same within for said county that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Judicial this tenth day of October
A D 1834
Chas Sedgwick Clerk

I Levi Britton of Richmond in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts a Revolutionary soldier of seventy six years of age - do depose and say that in the war of the Revolution I was well acquainted with William Jones now of Sheehan in the state of Vermont. That he belonged to the Company commanded by Capt Duvey in Colonel Smiths Regiment and in John Fellows Brigade in the year 1776 that he served in the six months campaign in said year at & near New York. That I belonged to said Company and served with him in said Campaign.
Levi Britton
Berkshire ss Oct 23 d 1884
Then the above named Levi Britton made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
before me Elazer Williams Justice Peace
The above named Levi Britton is a person with whom I have been acquainted for many years past. & I have always considered him a man of truth & veracity - Elazer Williams Justice Peace

The money and is sufficient to satisfy all the claims of the creditors of the estate of the deceased.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss. I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County of Berkshire do certify that Eleazer Williams Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition of Levi Crittenden was taken is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty fifth day of October A D 1834 Chas. Sedgwick Clerk.

State of Vermont, In to all whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas, in and for the County of Franklin, before me, on the 9th day of September 1834, personally appeared Polly Jones of Sherburne in the County of Franklin, State of Vermont, who being duly sworn, deposes and says that during the Revolutionary War she resided at Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts and that she was well acquainted with William Jones who then lived in Great Barrington a man which here to be the said Polly Jones and that the said William Jones now resides in Sherburne in the County of Franklin and State of Vermont and is now known by the name of William Jones, and she further testifies that in the year 1780 she well recollects of the said William Jones being at her father's house in Great Barrington about the last days of June in the evening in company with one Benjamin Spaulding and the said Jones and Spaulding who stated that they were going to march the next day with Col. Brown into the State of New York for the term of three months as soldiers in the service of the United States, and that the said Jones from that time was absent from her home three months according to her best recollection, and that she well recollects of the said Jones returning home to Great Barrington about from the 1st of December and of conversing with him the said William Jones concerning the capture of Col. Brown and of Col. Brown being killed and also of one of her connections being killed in the Battle of Bennington by the means of General Burgoyne and the said William Jones then informed her that he came to Cushing after he was killed - and that she well recollects of the said William Jones being suddenly called into the service of the United States at Great Barrington about after the defeat of Col. Brown and that the said Jones was then a lieutenant and that she long the said William Jones and she does not recollect and that further she says not know and I hold you in the duty of an open warfare Edw. H. Everett, Father of the Plaintiff

I half certify that Polly Jones who has made and let the other affidavits in the life of the author's mother Williams Jones, and is a person of truth.
Attest Adney H. Ernst his Ben

State of Vermont } Be it known that before me Adams County } Andrew Hunt one of the justices of the Peace within and for the County of Addison Personally appeared Petahiah Jones of Schuam in the County of Ulster and State of New York of lawful age who being duly sworn upon and says that he has been acquainted with William Jones of Rensselaer in the County of Rensselaer and State of Vermont ever since and upon the Revolutionary war that he was formerly called William Jones and that upon the Revolution and during the Revolution he the said William Jones and also this deponent and in the Town of Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts that during the Revolutionary war the year this deponent does not recollect he well remembers of the said William Jones returning home to Great Barrington as usual as it was this said from the Service of the United States as a Soldier having served in and near the City of New York that it was then said he had done the sum of five hundred and the said Petahiah Jones further testifies and says that he well recollects knowing the said William Jones in a conversation with him saying that he was going into the Service of the United States in Col Browns Regiment to be sent to the Mohawk River in the State of New York and that in a few days after this conversation while according to this deponent his recollection was in June or July 1780 the said William Jones went from home and was gone about

Three months, that he recollections of the said William Jones returning home again to Great Barrington informed, after Col. Brown defeated and of killing the Story of their Regiments being defeated having been led into an Ambush as of Col. Brown's being killed, and also that in the said William Jones narrowly escaped, and that the opponents were believe that the said William Jones had the term as a Soldier of three months as it was then reported - and also that this opponents knew of the said William Jones as said Comp aign about three months - and that not long after the said William Jones returned home from Barnes defeat his opponents think in the year 1781. the said William Jones was a Lieutenant and commanded a Guard of Soldiers stationed at Great Barrington informed that the opponents was a Soldier under the said William Jones and served as a Soldier at one time of term twenty days - that the Guard of Soldiers was employed in guarding prisoners - and that the said William Jones was at other times actively engaged as a Lieutenant at Great Barrington informed in electing officers & guarding the Military Stores as the opponents then understood and clearly believes and further says as real Lucan & Litchfield this 11 th day of February 1834 July 1834 My own Adney H. Hunt Lake Puer

State of Vermont I Henry Jones of Brattle Arlington County in the County of Franklin of lawful age do testify and say that I am personally acquainted with Planch Jones of Schenectady in the State of New York and who made and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and that he is a person of truth and a credible witness Given & subscribed before me the 15 th day of October 1838 Henry Jones Adney H. Everest Notary Public
I hereby certify that Henry Jones who made the above affidavit before me is a credible witness Attest Adney H. Everest Notary Public
State of Vermont I John Dootittle of Schenectady Arlington County in the County of Franklin and of lawful age do testify and say that I am personally acquainted with Planch Jones of Schenectady in the State of New York and who made the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is a credible witness Given and subscribed this day of October 1838 John Dootittle Adney H. Everest Notary Public
I hereby certify that John Dootittle who made and subscribed the above affidavit is a credible witness Attest Adney H. Everest Notary Public

State of Vermont ss. Samuel Swift, Clerk of the Addison County Court, for the said County of Addison, do hereby certify that Sidney H. Everest, before whom the within Affidavits of Polly Jones, (Polly Jones) Henry Jones, and John Doolittle were made, was at the respective times thereof a Justice of the peace for said County, and his name severally subscribed to the same is his own signa- ture. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 2 nd day of October A.D. 1834. Samuel Swift Clerk.

1 Th State the names of Persons to whom you are known in Your Present Neighbourhood And Who can testify as to Your Character for Veracity And their belief of your Services as a Soldier of the Revolution
Jimmi Carpenter who Resides in the Town of So. County of So. And State of New York And distant From his House about three miles And acquainted w. H. Wood And John S. Chipman Esq. (Members of the War of the said County) of Elizabethtown County of So. And State of New York with whom he has been acquainted for a number of Years they having formerly Resided in Sheslow and County of Broome and State of Vermont but that he is not much acquainted in Chesterfield his Present place of residence Resi- dence having resided only about One Year and the Population being there about his Neighbourhood And does not go out much and consequently has not got much acquainted with the Inhabitants of Chesterfield And that there is no Clergyman Residing in his Immediate Neighbourhood And that he is not ac- quainted with the Clergymen of the Town sufficiently to be of any use to him
I Jimmi Carpenter of the Town of So. County of Essex and State of New York do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William Wood who has subscribed And sworn to the above declaration that I believe him to be about Seventyfour Years of age that he is Reputed (and believed in the Neigh- =hood where he Resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution And that I am ever in that Opinion Jimmi Carpenter Sworn and Subscribed This day And Year aforesaid I found Wood check

We John S. Chapman and Augustus C. Ward of the Town of Elizabethtown County of Essex and State of New York do hereby certify that James Monroe Boyhood up to within a few years past we were well acquainted with William Jones a Resident of the Town of Chesterfield County of Essex and State of New York at the present time and lately a Resident of the Town of Shoreham County of Vermont and State of Vermont our Native Place. Mr. Jones' Character for truth and veracity stood fair and unimpeachable and in all other respects good and un- questioned. From our earliest Recollection we have borne the title of a Military Officer we never knew or heard of his holding a Commission in the then Military Establishment of the Country but understood And such was the Public Reputation that Mr. Jones's Military Title originated in his holding a Com- mission in the Army of the Revolution.
Subscribed and sworn this 6th day of January 1833 in Open Court
John S. Chapman Att'y & Counselor at Law Can. Head
Second Show { I cannot say as I knew or heard where or in what service Mr. Jones obtained his title. I did not live so near quite as Mr. Chapman.
H. H. H. Attorney at Law & Surrogate of Essex County

Also the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion after the Investigation of the matter And after Filling the Allegations & Prescribed by the War Department that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and Served as the States And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that James Converse who has signed the foregoing certificate is a President in the Town of Day County of Otsego And State of New York And John J. Chapman And Au- gustus C. Hearn who has also signed the same are Presidents in the Town of Elizabethton Otsego County And State of New York and that they are credible Persons And that their Statements are entitled to Credit
D. Leonard Stow, Clerk of the Court of Com- mon Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of William Jones for a Pension
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of my Office this Eleventh Day of January 1833
Leonard Stow Clerk

State of New York William Jones of the Town County of Essex of Chesterfield County of New York being duly sworn testifies and says that the within de- claration as it now appears contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth and that there is no clergyman in his immediate neighbourhood with whom he is acquainted and further saith not
AMEN
Subscribed and sworn this 2nd day of July 1833
Before me John Catten
Commissioner
I certify that the words "as a Private Soldier" "Private" "as a Private Soldier" as a Private Soldier and that during the time he was not engaged in any Civil Pursuit was intimated before signed in the within declaration Dated July 2 1833.
John Catten Commission of Oaths

Ans d Hon. W. Gladstone
May 22 nd 1834

State of Vermont. On the 5 th day of May 1834. Personally appeared William S. Johnson one of the Judges of Chittenden County Court William Jones personally appeared here now a resident of the Town of Shelburne in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, Seventy-five years of age, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in addition to the declaration by him made on the 11 th day of January 1833 before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ulster and State of New York in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States in the following named Officers and Servants as hereinafter stated - In the Month of June 1776. and on the first day of June he enlisted as a private Soldier in a Company of Infantry commanded by Capt. Diney at Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the term of six months in the Regiment commanded by Col. Smith in General Fellows Brigade, that he marched in said Company from Great Barrington through Sheffield, Salisbury Sharon New Britain Farmington to Kingsbridge - and from thence through Harlem to the City of New York and was stationed there until the 15 th day of September 1776. that the Company to which he belonged was attached to the Regiment and Brigade aforesaid on their arrival at New York, that on the 15 th day of September 1776. he the said William Jones with the Company to which he belonged, Regiment, and Brigade and all the American Troops in the City of New York retreated to Harlem Heights, and the City was taken possession of by the British - that he remained with his Company Regiment and Brigade at Harlem Heights until some time in the month of October of the same year - and from thence retreated to the White Plains and remained there a few days until the enemy made his appearance and from thence marched to North Castle in the State of New York, and from thence to a place called Doughty in the State of New York, and there remained until the first day of December in the same year having served the full term of his first enlistment he the said William Jones was discharged by General orders - that he did not receive a written discharge that he then considerably

Returned home to Great Barrington, Massachusetts. That General Washington commanded the American Army during the time of the War of Independence that he the said William Jones saw him almost every day during the time of service that Generals Paterson, Greene, Lee, General Lord Shelburne, General Follows & General Spencer & General Wayne were also with the Army during the time of service that he the said William Jones knew all the above named Generals that Colo. Holman commanded a Battalion in the Brigade to which the said William Jones belonged when he the said William Jones left the American Army which was from New York to Harlem Heights as then they were not upon by the British with Greene's Battery. The Battery they were in from their staying that long at that place so called. That the next morning, the British Harlem Heights, as soon as the American Rangers were attacked by the British about a mile south of the American lines. our Rangers as soon as they were commanded by Colo. Broadhead who was killed in the action our Rangers which greatly they were informed - and then drove the British back. That he the said William Jones was not in the action then in place in every of the action and during the time of the action the Regiment to which he belonged was engaged in making a breastwork some  at every moment to be attacked and that in July 1777 according to his last recollection and that in August as stated in former declaration he entered the Service of the United States as a Volunteer Private Soldier at Great Barrington, Massachusetts in the Company of Infantry Commanded by Capt. Root in Colo. Ashleys Regiment and Jones Follows Brigade - and that he marched from Great Bar- rington, Massachusetts with the Company of Infantry to Fort Edward and Kingsbury in the State of New York and that during the time he was at Fort Edward the Regiment to which he belonged was sent on the road from Fort Edward towards Kingsbury to guard some teams that were carrying military stores from Fort George to Fort Edward and that a firing was heard a few rods north of our Regiment we immediately marched on to the ground where the firing was heard and found two teams the horses of one team had been shot dead, and the teams taken prisoners by the Indians the Indians on our approach made their retreat

With the prisoners said that after staying at Fort Eder and Kingsbury according to the best of his recollection two days he was then dismissed by orders of General Putnam or General Schuyler which name he does not recollect - and that he must have been absent from home on said tour according to his best recollection at least nineteen days - and that he returned home to Great Barington about immediately after he was dismissed and there remained but a few days until the battle of Berington at which time he volunteered as a private soldier and marched on the road to Berington one day - and was met by an order that the battle was over and that he then returned home he says that this took place in the month of August 1777 that he was absent from home on said tour two days according to his best recollection, and that in the month of October he was employed by the Commissary Capt. Snodgrass purchasing commissary to drive a drove of cattle from Great Barington to General Gates Army then being at Stillwater and was out from home on said twenty days, and then returned home again, and that according to the best of his recollection it was on the 19 th of July 1779. That he again entered the service of the United States as a substitute for one John Burghardt in Col. Duryea's Company and Col. Paine's Regiment and not Col. Duryea's as he first stated Col. Paine was first late from under Col. Duryea and marched from Great Barington on said to Newhouse in the State of Connecticut and did stay at said Newhouse according to his best recollection one month and then returned home, and that according to his best recollection was absent from home on said tour in the whole one month and seven days, that he returned home on the 27 th of August while at Newhouse his company was mounting guards and guarding the City of Newhouse, and that in July 1779 he entered the service of his country as a private soldier in Capt. Goodrich's Company and was out four days only being ordered out for the purpose of attacking a Company of Tories on their march to the enemy the attack took place at Surington's Manor in the State of New York and they took and defeated them and that according to his best recollection they took as many as twenty of them prisoners and killed some of the Tories but none of his company and he then returned home and that according to the best of his recollection said service was performed in the fore part of July 1779. and after his returned home to Newhouse about, and that on the last of August or first of September 1779. Some five days after his return

borne from Newhaven as a Gondar, he again entered into the service of the United States as a Volunteer private Soldier in Capt Goodrich Company of Artillery to guard the Military Stores at Great Barrington Gondar. Said Stone having been cruelly broken upon and partly shivered by the force and fired on duty in guarding said Stores one month and was then dismissed and returned to his home, and that on the 20 th day of July 1780, at Great Barrington Gondar he again entered the service of the United States as a Sergeant in a Company commanded by Capt Speer in Colo Munn's Regiment of Massachusetts Militia, and marched from Great Barrington to Albany from there to Schenectady from there to Fort Plain on the Mohawk River at which place our Regiment was stationed till the last of September and that during which time he the said William Jones was stationed at a place called Little Falls on the Mohawk River two or three weeks and was also during the time with the whole Regiment in guarding provisions from Fort Plain to Fort Stanwix where was stationed the Regiment of Colo Vandeusen and also in the said William Jones during the campaign had the command of a Detach'd Post then called Fort Clyde about four miles west of Fort Plain for the space of ten days to enable the inhabitants to gather their crops and that in the last part of October the Regiment to which he belonged was stationed at Stone Bridge where he was with the Regiment and that on the 19 th day of October 1780, our Regiment was led into action by Colo Munn with the British and Indians who were encamped about four miles from the Fort - That he the said William Jones was in the Battle and that Colo Munn was killed and our Regiment having been tied up an ambush and the Regiment was defeated and some taken prisoners those Soldiers who escaped retreated to the Fort the Indians and British were commanded as it was then said by President and Sir John Johnson and on the 20 th he the said William Jones assisted in burying the dead and taking care of the wounded and that on the 21 st of October found he the said William Jones

was dismissed by having served as a Sergeant three months and then returned home to Great Barrington Massachusetts - and that on the 11 th day of July 1781. In the State William Lloyd Jones a State Commission from Governor John Hancock of Massachusetts which is attached to his former declaration that on the time he received his Commission he resided at Great Barrington Massachusetts and belonged to a Middle Regiment Commanded by Colo John Ashley here and that in the month of April before he received his Commission he was elected by the Company to which he belonged as Great Barrington to serve as a Lieutenant, and that soon after he received orders from Colo Ashley to raise men for the service of the United States to take themselves in charge to march at a moment's warning - and that he the said William Lloyd was also ordered as a Lieutenant as ordered to take himself in charge to march when required, and that he was actually engaged in raising men for the service as ordered, it was then reported that he proceeded to Weymouth Port, there in consequence of the surrender of Cornwallis on the 19 th of October 1781. We did not march as was expected - and that during the time that he held his Commission as ordered he was engaged in guarding the Military Post at Great Barrington and also in detecting deserters from the Army and that in the above service as a Lieutenant as ordered he was actually engaged in the service of the United States at least three months, and that during the Revolution may have he resided at Great Barrington Massachusetts until the year 1796, at which time he moved to Shushan Massachusetts and there his residence.

 February 1832, when he moved to Chastleton and in State of Vermont and then when returned to Sherburne in the month of February 1834, where he soon resided and the Rev. William Jones, pastor State Street Church. The terms of his services as stated he left as Second which has been less or more about twenty years since and which services has since in some measure respect his memory of the services as afforded. And the Rev. William Jones, pastor State Street Church addressed after leaving the Congregational Church of money he cannot state precisely as to the exact length of his services as stated here that according to the best of his recollection he served at least the length of one year (12 months) as a Priest. Period from Jan 1776 to Dec 1776, 6 months as a Priest. Period in July 1777, 19 days " " " " " by the Commission of the Bishop, 8 " " " " " " " " from July 18 th 1777 to 27 th Augt - - - 1-9 " " " " " from July 18 th 1777 to 27 th Augt - - - x 4 " " " " " in July 1779 - - - - - " " " " " in Augt & Sept 1779 - - - - - x 1 " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " 9, 12 
making in the which as a private Bill in nine months com twelve days That he lived as a lay rent from Sep 20 th to Oct 2 nd 1781 three months - That he lived as a servant in 1781, three months for which services he claims a pension - That during the time as aforesaid he was not engaged in any other business and that since his original dislocation as aforesaid he has procured a certificate from the Secretary of State for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts which is hereto annexed
I am most sincerely yours and your affectionate Brother
Basin and mountains
W. H. Garrison Judge of Addison County Court

We John Doolittle Isaac Chipman and Adney H. Dooty residing in the Town of Sheldahl hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Lorne who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be in his seventieth year of age, that he is a pious and beloved in the righteousness when he used to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Isaac Chipman Adney H. Dooty John Doolittle
By a motion of the Hon. H. Gibson Judge of Addison County Court and the Rev. Elias H. Emerson Judge as of right does hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories inserted by the Dear Department that the above named William Lorne was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as such at the State and the Rev. Elias H. Emerson Judge as of right does hereby certify that it appears to him that John Doolittle Isaac Chipman and Adney H. Dooty who have signed the foregoing certificate are residents in the Town of Sheldahl and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and the Rev. Elias H. Emerson Judge as of right does further certify that the Clergymen now residing in the Town of Sheldahl have recently come to reside in said Sheldahl and are well acquainted with the said William Lorne.
H. Gibson Judge of Add. Co. Court

Does further certify that the Clergymen now residing in the Town of Sturminster have recently come to reside in said Sturminster and are in agreement with the said William Lord. Silas H. Garrison Judge of Add. Co. Court
I Silas H. Garrison Judge of Franklin County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings of the said Judge in the matter of the additional applica- tions of William Lord for a Pension Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of May 1834. Silas H. Garrison Judge of Add. County Court
Signature of the Magistrate. ( Silas H. Garrison Judge of the Co. Court Justice of the Peace. )
State of Vermont, Addi. ss.
I, Samuel Swift Clerk of the County Court, of the County, and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Silas H. Garrison is a Judge of the  Judge of said Court in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 13th day of November 1833, and will expire on the 1st day of December 1834, and that his signature above written, is genuine. Given under my hand and the seal of
said County, this 12th
day of May 1834
Samuel Swift Clerk.

William Jones
22228
27 Oct. 1839
ans: to Mr. W. Slade
May 22 nd 1836
Mr. W. Slade

State of New York County of Essex } ss. I Percival Morse, Deputy Clerk of the County of Essex, do hereby certify that John Collins before whom one of the annual affidavits of Wm Jones purports to have been sworn (and by whom the certif- icate of intimation immediately following said affidavit purports to have been given was on the day of the date of such affidavit and certificate a Commissioner in and for the County of Essex duly Commissioned and sworn (and duly authorized by law to take affidavits &c): And further that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Commissioner and that below the name of "John Collins" subscribed to the jurat or certificate of proof of said affidavit and said certificate of intimation respec- tively is the proper handwriting of said Commissioner.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 2 d day of July 1833. Percival Morse, Dep. Clerk.

Rev. + 1812 Sections
Mch. 11. 1926.
Dept of Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D. C.
Will you please to give me any data contained in application for pension William Jones  Shoreham Vermont
Placed on Pension Roll 5. 31. 1819
May have served in Mass.
No mention made of any children and his wife?
Very truly yours Bartha Danton Jones.
Mrs. Lonie S. Jones 315 Beard Ave Buffalo, N.Y.

MMF
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS WASHINGTON
May 10, 1926
Mrs. Louie S. Jones 315 Beard Ave., Buffalo, N. Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau it appears that William Jones, S. 38875, whose certificate of pension was issued May 31, 1819, was a Connecticut soldier and in 1818 was living in Middlebury, Vermont and in 1819 was living in Cornwall, Vermont, and that one William Jones, R. 5736, a Massachusetts soldier was living in Shoreham, Vermont in 1834.
Please state which of the above named pensioners whose history you desire and the same will be furnished you.
Please return all of this correspondence with your reply.
Respectfully,
Winfield Scott
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
May 12, 1926.
The underlined is the one Jones referred to in my letter of May 11 herewith enclosed - Mrs. Louie S. Jones

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
Feb. 11, 1925.
Mrs. W. J. Cooper, 707 Normal Ave. Mount Pleasant, Mich.
Madam:
I have to advise you, that if you wish photo-stat copies of the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 5738 of William Jones, Mass. Troops, the same will be furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra for certification, if that is desired. The number of pages to be copied is twenty-four.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
Please return this letter with your reply.
Respectfully,
Hugo H. Haymaker
Acting Commissioner.

Copy of commission — 1 page his decla. May 1, 34 — 7 " " " Jan 11, 33 — 6 " aff. of Carpenter — 3 decla. admr the N. A. S. — 3 decla. wid Jan 20, 34 — 3  MRS. W. J. COOPER 707 NORMAL AVENUE MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN
Total 24 Jan - 26 - 25 -
U.S. Com - Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir - Will you please tell me how many pages there are in the application for a Revolutionary pension by William Jones of Shoreham Vermont. He died Aug - 14 - 1853. Also cost of having Photostat of same Yours -
Mrs W. J. Cooper 707 - S. Normal Mt Pleasant - Mich