Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7920, for John Jones, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Jones, John Frances
W. 7920
also Dummer's War in 1774
CONTENTS

7006
Virginia
John Doe.
of Kanawha Co. in the State of Virginia who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Arbuckle of the Regiment commanded by Genl. Lewis - - in the Virginia line for 3 years.
Subscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of February 1833 and sent to Hon. L. Maxwell H of Rep.
Arrears to 14th of March 1833 . . . 160. 0 3/4 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833. 40. 0 3/4
$ 200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Willis Clerk, Book E  V Page 14
Feb. 15 th March 18 th - County Clerk. " 2 March 18 th Hon. Mr. McComas " " " " R. ...
22 Feb. 1838 as die 8 Mar. 1838 copy of paper sent to him so. H same April 11. 1838 See letter to H. & F. Woodbury under A. P. H. April 4. 1839

7006
Virginia
John Jones
of Kanawha Co. in the State of Virginia who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Arbuckle of the Regiment commanded by Genl. Lewis - in the Virginia line for 3 years.
scribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of February 1833 and sent to Hon. L. Masarell A of Rep.
Arrears to 4th of March 1833 $ 110.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 40.00
$ 200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book 6 V Page 14
Feb 15th March 1833 - County Clerk. " 8 March 1833 Hon. Mr. McElroy
22 Feb. 1835 re-de 8 Mar. 1838 Office of papers etc. to time 2. Home April 11. 1838 sent letter to Hon. F. Gregory under A. H. H. April 4. 1839

Letter to Pension Agent 18 July 1839. Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th March 1838 from 4 March to 4 Sep 1839. Age notification 8 July 1840 Letter to Pension Agent V. L. Annandale 18 th Oct 1841
Virginia 2589
Frances Jones
widow of John Jones, who was a pensioner under the act of 7 th June 1832, and who was paid to  died the 4 th March 1834, of Kanawha Co. in the State of Virginia who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Silcholt of the Regt. commanded by Genl. Lewis in the Virginia line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of April 1839 and sent to Hon. Andrew Beine Mansford, Kanawha Co. Pa.
  Arrears to the 4 th of March '34  200.00    Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Sep. "  20.00     $220.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, due July 6, 1836, Section the Act. 3 rd March 1839 }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2 Page 157
This pension was paid at the Treasury

John Jones
from 1776 prints 3 years $80.
[Faint, illegible handwriting]
Hon. Mr. Maxwell

BRIEF in the case of  John Jones  County of Kanawha  in the State of Virginia  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? _____  3. How old is he? 77.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Vol. In 1774 not stated Private Capt. M c Arbuckle   ditto do. Capt. M c Arbuckle, Genl. Lewis   Enlisted 1776 Sept r . ditto do. Capt. M c Arbuckle, Lieut. Wallace   1778 2 Indian Spy. _____  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Severe battle with the Indians.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Grenbrier City Va.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They are not attached to the seal as required. 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Waugh  Examining Clerk.  Feb. 12, 1833.

Maxwell Feb. 2

Virginia
At a Circuit Superior Court of Law & Chancery held for Kanawha County the 15 th day of January 1833.
Present Lewis Summers Esqr one of Judges of the General Court, and Judge of the 19 th Circuit in the 10 th Judicial District
Virginia Kanawha County to wit
On this 15 th day of January 1833 personally appeared in open court before Lewis Summers Judge of the circuit Superior Court of Law & Chancery for the County of Kanawha aforesaid, John Jones a resident of the said County aged seventy seven years eleven months thirteen days who being first duly sworn as to according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That in the year 1773, he and two others com- menced an improvement or settlement on the great Kanawha river in the County of Greenbrier & State of Virginia (Now Kanawha County) about seventy miles west of the frontier inhabitants of the State of Virginia, but in the spring of 1774 they were driven from their habitation & compelled by the incursions of the Indians to take refuge among the inhabitants of Greenbrier County on Muddy Creek. That he immediately volunteered as a soldier under Capt: Mathew Arbuckle to aid in building a fort on Muddy Creek & to guard the inhabitants against the incur- sions of the Indians. That afterwards in the fall of the year 1774 he volunteered under the said Capt Arbuckle, who raised a company to march against the western Indians in Lord Dunmore's campaign. That Capt: Arbuckle's company joined the division of the Army under the command of General Lewis, and marched with that division of the Army

to the mouth of of the great Kanawha river at Point Pleasant; when a severe engagement ensued between a part of the army of Genl. Andrew Lewis and a large body of Indians. This applicant entered into the battle at its commencement, and continued without interruption in the midst of the enga- gement until its termination, fighting from sunrise until late in the evening, before the virginia forces succeeded in routing their savage adversaries. This bloody and hard fought battle took place on the 10 th of October 1774 -
This applicant further states that about the middle of September 1776 he enlisted as a regular soldier under Capt. Mathew Arbuckle, at the mouth of the great Kanawha river, then greenbrier county and about one hundred & fifty miles west of the inhabited part of that county. The other officers of the Capt. Arbuckle's Company the applicant believes were Andrew Wallace first Lieutenant, William Woods 2 d Lieutenant & John Gallagher ensign. That the soldiers composing that Company erected a fort at the mouth of said Kanawha river and continued there during the latter part of the year 1776, and until the close of the year 1777, when this applicant received a written discharge from Capt. Arbuckle, and returned to the inhabited part of the county of greenbrier - That he hath lost or mislaid said discharge.

so as to be unable to produce the same. That after he enlisted as aforesaid, the company of Capt. Arbuckle was reinforced at their station at Point Pleasant aforesaid, by the company of Capt. McKee, which marched as the applicant believes from the County of Botetourt Virginia. The other officers of that company were, he believes, William Moore & John Moore 1 st & 2 d Lieutenants & James Gilmore ensign. - The company of Capt. McKee continued at the Point Pleasant until the discharge of the applicant - During the period of his service at Point Pleasant, an attack was made upon the fort at Point Pleasant by a body of Indians, who being compelled to abandon the attack, directed their march to Dunally's fort, situated about one hundred & fifty miles in the interior of the State, and on the frontier of the inhabited part of the County of Greenbrier - Ascertaining that the Indians were marching against that part of the country, two bold and daring soldiers dressed in the savage costume, made their way through the wilderness and apprized the inhabitants of their danger - barely in time to save them from total extermination.
That after the discharge of the applicant as

aforesaid? and his return to the inhabited part of the County of Greenbrier at the close of the year 1777, he was, at the beginning of the year 1778, was employed, and he believes under the authority of the State of Virginia as an Indian Spy, at the rate of one dollar per day, but without rations, clothing or munitions of war, the applicant furnishing them for himself.
That the distance he was employed to act as a spy was between sixty & seventy miles, & immediately west of the inhabited part of the County of Greenbrier aforesaid? - That he continued to act as a spy for the period of two years beginning as aforesaid? in the early part of the year 1778, and quitting at the beginning of the year 1780. That William Morris Leonard Morris and John Patterson were spies with him during the same period the two first of whom have since died in the County of Kanawha, and whether the latter still survives is unknown to the applicant.
This applicant resided in the County of Greenbrier from the year 1773 until the establishment of the County of Kanawha out of the western part of it, since which time until the present period he has resided in the County of Kanawha. He has no record of his age, but is satisfied it is correctly given as herein before stated - He cannot state with precision the character of his

engagements under Capt: Arbuckle, whether he belonged to the Virginia Continental line State Volunteers or Virginia Rangers. He knows however that in Lord Dunmore's expedition he was a volunteer, and that when he engaged as aforesaid in 1776 a second time in the service and was stationed at Point Pleasant, it was under the authority of the State of Virginia, & the applicant has always believed that he was a regularly enlisted soldier, and perhaps as a ranger. He never was drafted, or acted as a substitute. The applicant refers to Major John Hans- ford as the person in his neighborhood most capable of attesting the truth of this declaration, & with confidence appeals to him and all who know him for evidence of his character for honesty & veracity. There is but one person living within the knowledge of the applicant who can personally attest as of his own knowledge the truth of any part of this declaration respecting the services performed. He is a very feeble and aged man who resides in this state in the County of Mason, by the name of William Arbuckle, who was in Lord Dunmore's expedition. To procure this testimony would be very inconvenient to the applicant as well as to the witness. The difficulty of doing so was

The labor and suffering which it would inflict on himself as well as the witness have induced an abandonment of the attempt.
The applicant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state -
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year first aforesaid. John Jones Attest A. W. Duane Clerk
We Nathaniel W. Calhoun, a clergyman residing in the town of Charleston & County of Kanawha, & John Hansford residing in same County & in the immediate neighborhood of the applicant hereby certify that we are well acquainted and familiar with his general appearance with John Jones, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be in his seventy eighth year that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, in resisting the aggression of the Indians upon the frontiers, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn & subscribed in open court H. W. Calhoun the day & year first aforesaid. John Hansford Attest A. W. Duane Clerk

And this Court doth hereby declare its opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations 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 him, that Nathan W. Calhoun who hath signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Charleston in said County of Kanawha, and that John Stanford who hath also signed the same, is a resident of said County, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
And the Judge of this Court further certifies to the War Department that the applicant has been long known to him, and that from his respectable character and general reputation for piety, truth and veracity, he thinks his declaration entitled to full credence.
Virginia
I Alexander W. Quarrier Clerk of the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery for Kanawha County Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Jones for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court this 17 th day of January 1833 and in the 57 th year of the Commonwealth
A. W. Quarrier Clerk

Virginia Kanawha County.
on this Twenty first day of march 1838.
Frances Jones of the County of Kanawha and widow of the late John Jones a Revolutionary Soldier personally appeared before me in my said County of Kan a . aged Seventy Eight years, and unable to attend a Court of Record, who being first duly Sworn according to Law, both on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832 that she was married to John Jones in the year 1775 on the Seventeenth of November, and in the County of Chesterfield Virginia. and in the next Spring 1776 she emigrated to the County of Greenbrier. that her husband John Jones while on a visit to the point pleased he insisted upon Capt e Arbuckle, and that she accompanied him to that place where she remained until the fall of 1777- and she does not know whether her husband John Jones was discharged at that time or not. that she then moved to this place where she now lives in Kanawha Co., fifty two years ago Sworn to before me this 21 st march 1838.
John Mansford J.P.
Kanawha County Virginia.
on this 3 d day of April 1838.
June Mansford after being duly Sworn, makes the following statement. That she has known John Jones & Frances Jones his wife for a time of Sixty years, and that when I first saw them, Francis Jones had a child at that time. Question, Who was she before she married John Jones Answer, Her name was Frances Morris & was my father's Sister.
Question, were you acquainted her father & mother & Brothers Answer, I was, and have heard her mother say she was married young & I have lived a neighbour to them for fifty years & have never heard the marriage of John Jones to Frances Jones, so I questioned.
John Mansford J.P. (SE)

Virginia
I Alexander W. Quarrier Clerk of the County Court of Kanawha County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, do hereby certify that John Hansford junr Gent. before whom the foregoing depositions were taken, is a magistrate in and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn, that his Commission is dated the 1 st day of April 1833 and that his signatures affixed to said depositions are genuine - and further, that to all his official acts full faith and credit is and ought to be given.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 9 th day of April 1838 and in the 62 nd year of the Commonwealth A. W. Quarrier CLK

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel
January 3, 1929
Mrs. H.H. Manning Economy Indiana
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 7910, it appears that John Jones was born, February 2, 1755, in Culpeper County, Virginia.
While residing in Greenbrier (later called Kanawha County), Virginia, he served in the fall of 1774 as a private in Captain Matthew Arbuckle's Company, under General Andrew Lewis and was in the battle of Point Pleasant, length of service not stated.
He enlisted in September, 1776, and served until the close of 1777 as a private in Captain Matthew Arbuckle's Virginia Company; and from in 1778, served two years as Indian Spy in Greenbrier County, Virginia.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 15, 1833 at which time he was living in Kanawha County, Virginia. The date and place of soldier's death are not shown.

The soldier married, November 17, 1775, in Culpeper County, Virginia, Frances Morris. She was allowed pension on her application executed in 1838 at which time she was living in Kanawha County, Virginia, aged seventy-eight years. A child is referred to but name is not stated.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Rey WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7920
Frances Jones Wid.
John Jones Robt. Warline
Act: Mch. 31/89
Index: —Vol. 84 , Page 227
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1918-19. Marriage to Frances L. [?] was also given data as to [?] Morris mentioned in declaration of [?] 1929 Jan. 3. Trial to Mrs. H. H. [?] 1938 Jan. 22. " Mrs. [?]

Rey WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7920
Frances Jones Wid.
John Jones P.O. War line
Act: March 3 rd /39
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 277
[Arrangement of 1870.]
 1919 Feb. 9: Whitney to Frances E. Durgan with was also giving data as to W. H. D. second  more than sufficient in calculations to total  no errors for them. and -  1929 Jan. 3: trial to Mrs. H. H. D.  magazine 1938 Jan. 22: " " newspaper  high 

To what time was Mr. Jones of Ranawha Co. Va. paid? a, annuity under the Act of June 7 1832. at $80 per ann.
H. H. 22 Feb. 38
Thurs Auditng C ff to Mr. Jones 22 March 1839 218

Frances Jones, widow of John Jones, dec. act March 3. 1839. at $40 per annum to commence on the 4 th of March 1834. [Inscribe on roll 4 July 1836]
Send cert to Hon. Andrew Beane, Hansford, Kanawha Co. Virginia.

John Jones, Act 7 June 1832 was roll - of 50 per Annuity of Kenawha Co. Est. dated 21 Feb: 1833. 107006.
Be pleased to say to what time his pension was last paid. As there may be more than one person of the name, and at the same annual amount, I have been thus particular in line.
Pension office 21 st Feb 1839
St. 4 March 1834
JH

18. Oct 1841.
L. Stunally
G. G.

148 Pension Office 18 th Oct 1841.
Sir
I have this day instructed the Pension Agent at Richmond to pay the Amount due Frances Lane, where Vouchers are herewith enclosed.
I am H
General Annally Esq Richmond Va

FRANCES JONES, WIDOW OF JOHN JONES.
[To accompany bill H. R. No. 990.]
————— JANUARY 9, 1839. —————
Mr. J. JOHNSON, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, submitted the following
REPORT:
The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Frances Jones, widow of John Jones, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report:
That it appears, from the testimony, that John Jones enlisted in the service of the United States in September, 1776; was commanded by Captain Arbuckle, and stationed at Point Pleasant, in the State of Virginia; that he continued in said service until the close of the year 1777, when he was discharged, and returned to his residence in Greenbriar county, Virginia; that, in the year 1778, he was again employed in the service of the State of Virginia, in the character of an Indian spy, and was paid one dollar per day for his services; that he continued in said service until the beginning of the year 1780, when he was discharged. The above service alleged to have been performed at Point Pleasant is proven by a soldier, who swears that he served in company with said Jones, for which service he now draws a pension; and that John Jones and Frances Jones lived together as man and wife in the army, and that he has never heard the fact of the marriage controverted.
Jane Hansford testifies that she has lived a neighbor to John Jones and Frances Jones for the last fifty years; that, when she first became acquainted with them they had one child; that she was acquainted with the father and mother of Frances Jones, and always understood and believed that they were lawfully married.
All the above witnesses are certified to be credible persons, whose statements are entitled to full weight and credit. The committee, therefore, report a bill for her relief.
Thomas Allen, print.

John Jones
John Jones
April 9 1838
Ref to the Committee on Rev d . Pensions
May 15. 1838 - Bill N o 792
Jan y 7 1839
Ref to the Com ee on Rev d . Pensions -
Jan y 9 1839 - Bill N o 990
portion all owing for one year
Recurve 107.
Rev Rev

I HEREBY certify, that the accompanying pages numbered from One to Eight inclusive are truly copied from the original, in the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions, Department of War.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
BE IT REMEMBERED , That JAMES L. EDWARDS, who has signed the foregoing certificate, is Commissioner of Pensions; and that to his attes- tations full faith and credit are and ought to be given.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the seal of the Department to be affixed, on this eleventh day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty Eight .
W. P. Poinsett
Secretary of War.

Sec. Treasr. April 4. 1839
96
Becon (178) page 174

War Dept.
Pension Office,
April 4. 1839
Sir,
I have the honor to enclose herewith the papers containing the evidence upon which an act was passed on the 3 d Ult o granting a pension to Mrs. Frances Jones, widow of John Jones, dec d together with a certified copy of the law. I also enclose herewith a letter from the Hon. A. Berne to this Dept t in relation to the subject. You will perceive that the execution of the law devolves on the Secretary of the Treasury.
Hon. L. Woodbury
Secretary of the Treasury.

6 th Oct 1837
Yl
Record (172) Page 501

Dept of War Penna Off Oct 6 187
Sir
I return herewith the letter of Mr Hansford, upon the subject of the claim of Mr Jones of Kanawha Co. As we reply have the honor to state, that Mr Jones, rendered according to his own statement but little more military service. The two years engaged as an Indian spy, is disallowed, for the reason that it was a service performed under a civil contract. He admits that he found his own ammunition value $4. @ 20 cts as a compensation, one dollar per day. Mr Jones was refused through Messrs McComas or March Lark, if the decision, and also that further proof should be furnished in support of the first named service of 12 m.p.
I have the honor
EL.
or And. P. Simms A.R.

July 18.
Mr Swan
James L. Edwards esq. Pension Agent Washington city

Sir,
Richmond July 17. 1839.
I send you enclosed the vouchers of Mrs Francis Jones widow of John Jones dec'd to draw the pension due her, which are objectionable because of the erasures and alterations therein: If the objections can be waived be pleased to direct payment of the amount due her.
Very respectfully.
A. Robinson

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Jones which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? no VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? _____
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? _____ Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? _____
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? _____
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1. 5.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ 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 the 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 2 d , 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Frances Jones, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond Agency, at the rate of Forty — Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 3 d March 1839, has been paid at this Department, from the — u of March, to the 4 th Sept. 1839.
Respectfully yours,
Edward B. Parsons Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

War Department,
April 8. 1839
I concur in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, as expressed in his letter of the 6 th inst. in relation to the case of Mrs. Frances Jones, widow of John Jones, of Kanawha County, Virginia, and I accordingly hereby authorize you to place her name on the roll of pensions, and pay her according to the provisions of the act of Congress of the 3 rd of March, 1839.
J. P. Smith
To the Commissioner of Pensions.

Oct 13 1841
RECEIVED OCT 12 1841
Mr. Evans
J
James L. Edwards esqr Comr of Pensions Washington City

Sir,
Richmond Octo 12. 1841
I enclose the pension claim of Frances Jones which the pension agent declines paying as there are errors in it - will you be so obliging as to examine the same and give the necessary directions for its payment and oblige very respectfully yours
Samson Nunnally

Treasury Department April 6 th 1839
Sir,
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4 th inst p , with its enclosure on the subject of the pension to Mrs Frances Jones.
I presume, that the duty required by the Act to be performed by the "Secretary of the Treasury" was inserted in the bill by mistake, as there are no pension rolls in charge of this Department.
But in compliance with the act, I request you will place the name of Frances Jones, the widow of John Jones, on the Pension Rolls of Virginia, agreeably to the provision of the Act of Congress granting her a pension. Approved 3 rd March 1839.
Should any other formality be necessary, I shall be happy to receive your suggestion, on the subject.
I am Very Resp t Yr Ob t Servt
J. L. Edwards Esq r Comm r of Pensions
Sam l M c Laughlin Sec y of the Treas y
P.S. The papers are herewith returned

John Green Paine
Franklin County
Exalted

The Genl. of Palms receive £50—
—The distinguished John Brown, having been captured at Harper's Ferry, after a short trial was summarily hanged, upon the conviction of being a leader in the insurrection against the United States. This insurrection, which was the first of the kind, was the cause of much excitement in the country, and led to the formation of the Confederate States of America, which was the result of the secession of the Southern States from the Union. The war, which followed, was a bloody and destructive one, and resulted in the defeat of the Confederates, and the preservation of the Union. The war ended in 1865, and the United States entered upon a new era of peace and prosperity.

Glasgow the 23 rd March } See The Hon. S. R. Poinsett Secretary of War Washington No. 6
Mr. James Skene
London Univ.
April 2, 1839.
Bill. 1881

Canal Road } March 23 rd The Hon. J. R. Poinsett Secretary of War Washington D.C. 6
Mr. Jones St. Asaph
London Office
April 2, 1839.
B.H.W. 2 m. 81

The Hon J. R. Poinsett Secretary of War Washington 28 March 1837
Dear Sir
I am informed that the papers authorising Francis Jones (in whose favour an act of Congress passed last Session) to draw a pension have not been received. The object of this is respectfully to request you to have them sent to the Hanford Post office, Tehama County.
I have the Honour to be with profound respect Your Obedt Servant Andrew B. Burner

JANUARY 9, 1839.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. J. JOHNSON, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill:
A BILL
An Act
Granting a pension to Frances Jones, widow of John Jones, of the State of Virginia.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 3 the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed 4 to cause the name of Frances Jones, widow of John Jones, 5 late of the county of Kanawha, in the State of Virginia, to be 6 placed on the pension-roll; and that there be paid to her 7 forty dollars per annum during her natural life; commencing 8 at the time of the last payment made to her late husband, 9 John Jones.
Approved, March 3 d , 1839.
A true copy from the Roll in this Office
Dept. of State, Apr. 3 d , 1839.
A. Hall Chief Clerk

Virginia Fayette county This came William Richman Senr before the Subscribers of the commonwealths. In saying of the peace in and for said Virginia made oath that John Jones served with him in Capt. Mathew Arbuthnot's company at Point Pleasant in the year Seventy Six and Seven and the sd Richman further makes oath that Jones was their cook and one H. Davis commissary and he believes that sd Jones served between eighteen months and two years and he further States that the said Jones and himself were much together during the time and the sd Richman further States that he believes that the sd Jones discharged his duty as a Soldier and that he was generally believed by both officers and Soldiers. And the sd Richman further made oath that he is now drawing a pension of Eighty dollars for the same Service rendered at the same time with the sd Jones and has been drawing the sd pension of Eighty dollars per year for some years and he further States that he believes that the sd Jones left the army about two or three weeks before himself and the sd Richman further States that he himself served two years and one month. And the sd Richman further states that that when he entered the that he enlisted in the year Seventy Six that he went to the Point in year Seventy Six and left the Point in the year Seventy Eight and that he does not recollect the months. And the sd Richman further States that he did not see the sd Jones married but he lived with a daughter of John Jones in the army and that her name was or she went by the name of Frances Jones and that he has every reason to believe that m rs Jones was married previous to his Service. Sworn to before me this 16. th day of March 1838
John Roders J.P. F.C.

Fayette county to wit Va. This day came John Rodes and Robert Rodes before me a Justice of the peace and made oath that they have been for some thirty or forty years intimately and personally  personally acquainted with W m Richardson Senior and that they have no reason to doubt his testimony and that they believe that due credit should be given to his testimony given under my hand and seal this 16 th day of March 1838 John Rodes J.P.
This day came Larkin Adkins before the subscribers one of the commissioners of the peace for the county of Fayette and State of Va. and made oath that he has personally known W m Richardson Senior for some twenty or thirty years and that he has from his general character that his oath is entitled to every credit given under my hand and seal this 16 th day of March 1838 John Rodes J.P.
I William Hill Clerk of the County Court of Fayette County do hereby certify that John Rodes whose name appears to the above certificate is an acting Justice of the peace in the County of Fayette duly appointed & qualified as such and all acts done by him officially are entitled to credit. in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and sealed the seal of my office to be affixed this 20 th day of March 1838
William Hill Clerk.
I Seth Hume a Justice of the peace for the County of Fayette do hereby certify that William Hill whose name appears to the above certificate is acting Clerk of the aforesaid County of Fayette and that all acts done by him officially are entitled to credit. Given under my hand & seal this 21 st day of March 1838
Seth Hume J. P. Rodes

Virginia So
At a Circuit Superior Court of Law & Chancery held for Kanawha County the 15th day of January 1833. Present Lewis Summers Esq. one of Judges of the General Court and Judge of the 19th Circuit in the 10th Judicial District.
On this 15th day of January 1833 personally appeared in open court before Lewis Summers Judge of the Circuit Superior Court of Law & Chancery for the County of Kanawha aforesaid John Jones a resident of the said County aged seventy seven years eleven months & thirteen days 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 7, 1832.
That in the year 1773 he and two others commenced an improvement or settlement on the great Kanawha river in the county of Greenbrier and State of Virginia (now Kanawha County) about seventy miles west of the frontier inhabitants of the State of Virginia but in the spring of 1774 they were driven from their purpose & compelled by the incursions of the Indians to take refuge among the inhabitants of Greenbrier County on Mudry creek. That he immediately volunteered as a soldier under Capt. Mathew Arluck

to aid in building a fort on Mud Run creek, & to guard the inhabitants against the incursions of the Indians. About this time, in the fall of the year 1774, he volunteered under the said Capt. Arbuckle, who raised a company to march against the western Indians in Lord Dunmore's Campaign. That Capt. Arbuckle's company joined the division of the army under the command of General Lewis and marched with that division of the army to the mouth of the great Kanawha river at Point Pleasant, where a severe engagement ensued between a part of the army of Gen. Andrew Lewis and a large body of Indians. This applicant entered into the battle at its commencement and continued without intermission in the midst of the engagement until its termination, fighting from sunrise until late in the evening before the Virginia forces succeeded in routing their savage adversaries. This bloody and hard fought battle took place on the 10th October 1774.
This applicant further states that about the middle of September 1776 he enlisted as a regular soldier under Capt. Mathew Arbuckle at the mouth of the great Kanawha river then Mingo County and about one hundred fifty miles west of the inhabited part of that

county. The other officers of Capt. Arbuckle's company the applicant believes were Andrew Wallace first Lieutenant, William Woods 2 d Lieutenant & John Gallagher ensign. That the soldiers composing that company erected a fort at the mouth of said Kanawha river and continued there during the balance of the year 1876, and until the close of the year 1877, when this applicant received a written discharge from Capt. Arbuckle, and returned to the inhabited part of the county of Greenbrier. That he hath lost or mislaid said discharge so as to be unable to produce the same. That after he enlisted as aforesaid, the company of Capt. Arbuckle was reinforced at their station at Fort Pleasant aforesaid by the company of Capt. Mc Kee which marched as the applicant believes from the county of Botetourt Virginia. The other officers of that company were, he believes, William Moore 1 st & 2 d Lieutenant & James Gilmore ensign. The company of Capt. Mc Kee continued at Fort Pleasant until the discharge of the applicant, during the period of his service at Fort Pleasant an attack was made upon the fort at Fort Pleasant by a body of Indians who being compelled to abandon the attack directed their march to Hornbally's fort, situate about one hun.

ced and fifty miles in the interior of the State and on the frontier of the inhabited part of the county of Greenbrier. Ascertaining that the Indians were marching against that part of the country, two bold and daring soldiers dressed in the savage costume made their way through the wilderness and apprized the inhabitants of their danger, barely in time to save them from total extermination.
That after the discharge of the applicant as aforesaid and his return to the inhabited part of the county of Greenbrier at the close of the year 1777. he was at the beginning of the year 1778 employed and he believed under the authority of the State of Virginia as an Indian spy at the rate of one dollar per day, but without rations, clothing or munitions of war. The applicant furnishing them for himself. That the distance he was employed to act as a spy was between sixty & seventy miles & immediately west of the inhabited part of the county of Greenbrier aforesaid. That he continued to act as a spy for the period of two years, beginning as aforesaid in the early part of the year 1778, and quitting at the beginning of the year 1780. That William Morris, Leonard Morris and John Patterson were spies with him during the same period,

5 the five first of whom died in the County of Kanawha, and whether the latter still survives is unknown to the applicant. This applicant resided in the County of Greenbrier from the year 1773 until the establishment of the County of Kanawha out of the western part of it, since which time until the present period he has resided in the County of Kanawha. He has no record of his age, but is satisfied it is correctly given as he hereinbefore stated. He cannot state with precision the character of his engagements under Capt. Armistead whether he belonged to the Virginia Continental line, State Volunteers or Virginia Rangers. He knows however that in Lord Dunmores expedition he was a volunteer, and that when he engaged as aforesaid in 1776 a second time in the service and was stationed at Point Pleasant, it was under the authority of the State of Virginia & the applicant always believed that he was a regularly enlisted soldier and perhaps as a ranger. He never was drafted, or acted as a substitute. The applicant refers to Major John Mansford as the person in his neighborhood most capable of attesting the truth of this declaration with evidence appeal to him and all who know him for evidence of his character in honesty & veracity. There is not one person living within the knowledge of the applicant, who can personally attest

as of his own knowledge the truth of any part of this declaration respec- ting the services performed. He is a very feeble and aged man who resides in this State in the County of Mason, by the name of William Arnes- tle who was in Lord Kamesmore ex- pedition. To procure this testimony would be very inconvenient to the ap- plicant as well as to the witness. The difficulty of doing so, the labor and suffering which it would inflict on himself as well as the witness have in- duced an abandonment of the attempt. The applicant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an- nuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year first above.
Teste
J. W. Quarrier clk.
John Jones
We Nathaniel W. Calhoun, a clergy- man residing in the town of Charleston and County of Kanawha, & John Can- ford residing in same county & in the im- mediate neighborhood of the applicant hereby certify that we are acquainted with John Jones and familiar with his general character, who has subscribed an

sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be in his seventy eighth year that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution in resisting the aggression of the Indians upon the frontiers, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed in open court the day & } N. W. Calhoun year first aforesaid } John Mansford
Test. N. W. Quarrier, Clerk
And this Court doth hereby declare its 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 him, that Nathl. W. Calhoun who hath signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the Town of Charleston in said County of Kanawha, and that John Mansford who hath also signed the same, is a resident of said County and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. And the Judge of this Court further certifies to the War Department that the applicant has been long known to him, and that from his respectable character and

general reputation for pecty truth and re- tracity, he thinks his declaration entitled to full credence
Virginia So.
I Alexander W. Quarrier clerk of the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery for Kanawha County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Jones for a hearing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 17th day of January 1833 and in the 57th year of the Commonwealth
A. W. Quarrier clk.

Rev Sec Rec Glen Lyn, Va.,
Jan. 29, 1919
Commissioner of Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
In view of securing data for membership in Daughters of the A- merican Revolution I am writ- ing you for a copy of the dec- laration made by John Jones in Kanawha Co. W. Va. Jan. 1833 (I am not certain as to the date) It is said that Leonard Morris a brother-in-law and from the same county was engaged with Jones in the work during

The Revolution 1778-9 as In- dian I cant - Are there any rec- ords in your dept about Leon and Morris' services in the American Revolution? !!
Thanking you for any infor- mation you may be able to give me along these lines, I am
Very truly yours, Frances E. Burgess.

Economy, Ind.
March 13, 1928..
Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
In reply to your letter of March 5th I send you the following information in regard to John Jones, whose Revolutionary War record I am seeking.
John Jones, born in Culpepper County, Virginia in 1755..
married Frances Morris in 1779..
Died twenty miles above Charleston in 1840..
Family records say he did not take any pension but am anxious to get his revolutionary record as family records say he was a soldier of that war.
If you have no records of pension could you refer to office or persons where I might obtain his war record?
Thanking you, I am
very sincerely,
Thos H. H. Manning

New Paris Ohio April 8 1938.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
OK AMF
I am trying to find some data of my great great great Grandfather John Jones. In Colonial times the first American Jones came from Wales and settled in Culpeper Virginia. In that county John Jones was born and was a gallant soldier. He participated in the battle of Point Pleasant. He established his permanent home in Kanawha County Virginia in 1797 and owned large tracts of land there. So my family history says, but this is the only date I can find.
John Jones married a Francis Morris, daughter of Levi Morris of Virginia. I would like to know if you have any records Birth Date, when

married. If ever allowed a pension, when Buried . John Jones had a family of 10 Children, 8 Sons and 2 daughters. Five of the Sons located in Wayne County Indiana. They are William, Edmund, Thomas, John, and Levi M. I feel like the rest of the family located someplace around Kanawha County Virginia.
Now I know this is asking a lot but I would like so much to get any information as it means a lot to me. Thanking you for any help you may be able to give me.
I remain Yours truly
Mrs Joseph Baker New Paris Ohio
Dec 3.
If you can not help me with any name, can you advise me who I might get in touch with?

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. ,-----, 19-----
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
Battles engaged in, March 19 is not on file Residence of soldier at enlistment, 1000 10th St Date of application for pension, 1000 10th St Residence at date of application, 1000 10th St Age at date of application, 1000 10th St
Remarks:
Respectfully,
...date of soldier's death not being of record, but as he was discharged by Asst. Dist. Attorney English on account of the Commissioner , found committed in street car of Va. I suppose judgment was pronounced against him and he was given a special dock, showing his pension to the date of

Rev. War Section.
Feb. 5, 1919.
Frances C. Burgess,
Glen Lyn, Va.
Madam:
In reply to your letter of the 29" ultimo, you are advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of his services and a careful search of the records fails to show such claim filed for or by Leonard and William Morris, described herein.
In 1833 John Jones of Kanawha County, Virginia, Revolutionary War pensioner, W. File 7920, whose history is herewith sent you, stated that Leonard and William Morris were Indian Spies with him, between 1778 and 1780 and that both of them had died in Kanawha County. There is no further data on file in said claim relative to them.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

April 22, 1938
Mrs. Joseph Baker New Paris, Box 36 Ohio
John Jones W. 7920 BA-J/AWF
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Jones, born in Culpeper County, Virginia, married Frances Morris, settled in Kanawha County, Virginia.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W. 7920, based on the service of John Jones in the War of the Revolution.
John Jones was born February 2, 1755 in Culpeper County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.
He settled in 1773 in Greenbrier County, that part later Kanawha County, Virginia. He volunteered in 1774, served under Captain Mathew Arbuckle, and assisted in building a fort on Muddy Creek, to guard the inhabitants from the invasions of the Indians. He volunteered in the fall of 1774, served as a private in Captain Mathew Arbuckle's company under General Andrew Lewis, and was in the battle of Point Pleasant, October 10, 1774, length of service not shown. He enlisted about the middle of September, 1776, served as private in Captain Mathew Arbuckle's company, Colonel Nevel's regiment, was stationed a part of the time at Point Pleasant, also assisted

in erecting a fort at the mouth of the Kanawha River, continued in the service until late in 1877. He served from early in 1778, at various times as Indian Spy, about two years, names of officers not given.
The soldier, John Jones, was allowed pension on his application executed January 15, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Kanawha County, Virginia. He died about March 4, 1834, definite date of his death not shown.
John Jones married November 17, 1775 in Culpeper County, Virginia, Frances Morris. The date and place of her birth and names of her parents were not designated.
The widow, Frances Jones, was allowed pension on her application executed March 21, 1838, at which time she was aged seventy-eight years, and living in Kanawha County, Virginia.
Reference was made to a child of John Jones and his wife, Frances, name not stated, and there are no further data relative to children.
William and Leonard Morris served as Indian Spies, at the same time as the soldier, John Jones, served; it was not stated that they were related to the widow, Frances Jones.
Jane Hansford of Kanawha County, Virginia in 1838, stated that the widow, Frances Jones, was the sister of her father, but did not give the name of her father.
One John Hansford, Jr. was Justice of the Peace in 1838 in said Kanawha County, his relationship to the Jane Hansford referred to above not shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment

of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the widow, Frances Jones, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:
Frances Jones, widow of John Jones Certificate # 2589 Issued April 8, 1839 Rate $40.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1839 Act of March 3, 1839 (Special Act) Virginia Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator