Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10,159, for Thomas Jordan, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Penn.
Jordan, Thomas
N. 10,159
Rebecca
B.L. Wt. 96085-160-55
CONTENTS

17 May 1837- Letters to J Hollister & A Woods Order to pay 2 Dec 1837. Order to pay 4 Oct 1841. R. V. Marshall Augu 0/60
30,243 Pittsburgh, Ohio
Thomas Jordan of Belmont Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the                      commanded by Captain                      of the Regt.                      commanded by Col. Taylor in the Penn s line for 6 1/2 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of 71 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Oct r 1835 and sent to J. W. Cunningham West Chester, Pa.
  Arrears to the 14th of Sept r 35  97.50    Pens n ant. allowance ending 4 th March 36  10.83  
$108.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown                      Clerk, Book E. 2 Vol. 5                      Page 147

Coer mag 3/50 309511 - Sep 18/60
Rebecca Jordan
Dec 18/60 Ford of 55 Thomas Jordan
96. mi. Colo Taylor's Nest Pa. line Pensioner
Rev. Mr.
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R. V. Marshall
Bluffton
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6961
Indiana Indianapolis
Rebecca Jordan widow of Thomas.
Pa who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 21 dollars 66 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 22 d day of December 1860.
and sent to
R. W. Brown
Bear Blossom
Indiana
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under Act

The State of Ohio Belmont County ss I hereby certify that on the 10 th day of December I joined together in the holy state of matrimony Thomas Jordan and Rebecca Starbuck of lawful age Given under my hand and seal this 11 th day of December 1818 Robert Mills J.P.
The State of Ohio Belmont County ss I Robert Clancy Judge of the Probate Court in and for said County do hereby certify the above to be a true copy of the marriage certificate of Thomas Jordan and Rebecca Starbuck as remains of record in my office
Witness my hand and seal of said Court at my office in Steubenville This 30 th day of August A.D. 1860
See Said Robert Clancy Probate Judge

Thomas Jordan
Ohio Oct. 1832
Wid. Application
the bond land claim filed third day
R. V. Marshall Bean Blossom Brown Co Indiana

State of Indiana, } ss. County of Brown. }
On this first day of September, A.D. one thousand, eight hundred and sixty, personally appeared before me, a justice of the Peace within and for the State and county aforesaid, Rebecca Jordan, aged seventy-six years, who first being duly affirmed according to law, doth on her affirmation, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 rd February, 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Thomas Jordan, who was a soldier in the revolutionary war; that she is unable to state the time and place of his enlistment, term of service or at what place discharged, but that he was a pensioner of the United States in consequence of said service; that he regularly drew his pension at Wheeling in the State of Virginia, from about about the year A.D. 1835, to the year A.D. 1850, the time of his death; for further evidence of which she begs leave to refer to the papers on file in the proper department.--
She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Jordan on the tenth day of December A.D. eighteen hundred and eighteen; that her said husband died on the 15 th day of April, A.D. 1850; that she was not married to him prior to the second day of January, eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Rebecca her Jordan mark
Affirmed to and subscribed on the day and year written above. And I hereby certify that the applicant from bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court. David Robertson J.P.

State of Indiana } County of Brown } 11.
This day personally appeared before me a justice of the peace within and for said State and County, James Coffland and Rhoda Coffland, residents of the county and State aforesaid, who after being duly sworn according to law, declare that for a period of twenty years they were personally acquainted with Thomas Jordan and Rebecca Jordan, the persons named in the foregoing declaration; that they resided in Belmont County, State of Ohio; that on or about the 15 th day of April A.D. 1830, the said Thomas Jordan deceased, they themselves being present at his death and burial. Subscribed and sworn to { James Coffland. before me this first day { Rhoda Coffland of September A.D. 1860 { I further certify that the erasures above were made before signing David B Adams J P

State of Indiana } County of Brown } ss.
I know all men by these presents, that I, Rebecca Jordan of Brown County in the State of Indiana, do by these presents constitute and appoint Randolph L. Marshall of the County and State aforesaid, my true and lawful Attorney, to present and prosecute any and all applications for a pensions or pensions, which may be due or allowed me, by the United States, as the widow of Thomas Jordan, deceased; hereby authorizing him to receive and receipts for the same in my name, and to do all things necessary to be done in the premises, as fully as I could do myself, hereby ratifying and confirming all the acts of my said attorney lawfully done in the premises, and hereby revoking all other powers of attorney by me made for the above special purpose. Witness my hand and seal this first day of September A.D. 1860. Rebecca Jordan Esq.
On the day and year above written, Rebecca Jordan, personally known to me to be the same person who executed the above power of Attorney came before me and acknowledged the signing and sealing of the same to be her act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
David B. Adams J.P.
State of Indiana } County of Brown. } ss. I, Thomas M. Adams, Clerk of the Circuit Court within and for said County and State, the same being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that David B. Adams, whose signature appears to the foregoing Certificates and acknowledgment, was at the time of certifying and taking the same, an acting justice of the Peace within and for said County and State, duly elected, commissioned and qualified, and that his signatures are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Nashville, the place of my office this 1st day of September A.D. 1860. Thomas M. Adams Clerk by James M. Matheny Dept.

State of Indiana, } ss. County of Brown. }
On this first day of September, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty, personally appeared before me, a justice of the Peace, within and for the county and State aforesaid, Rebecca Jordan, aged seventy six years, a resident of Brown County, in the State of Indiana, who being duly affirmed according to law, declares that she is the widow of Thomas Jordan deceased, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution; that she is unable to state at what time or place he enlisted, how long he served or at what place discharged; but that he was a pensioner of the United States, under act of Congress that he regularly received his pension while a citizen of the State of Ohio, at Wheeling in Virginia, from about the year A.D. 1835 up to April A.D. 1850, the time of his death; for evidence of which she begs leave to refer to the papers on file in the proper office.
She further states that she was married to the said Thomas Jordan in Belmont County, State of Ohio on the tenth day of December, A.D. eighteen hundred and eighteen, by one Robert Mills, a justice of the Peace, and that her name before her said marriage, was Rebecca Starbuck that her said husband died at Belmont County Ohio, on the fifteenth day of April A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty, and that she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855."
And she further declares that she has not received or applied for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress
Rebecca her Jordan mark

We William Banta and Eleanor Banta residents of Brown County in the State of Indiana, upon our affirmations declare, that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Rebecca Jordan in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and is still a widow. William Banta Eleanor Banta
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were affirmed to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and is still a widow, and that I have no interest in this claim. David B Adams JP
State of Indiana } County of Brown } ss.
On this first day of September A.D. 1860, personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for said County and State, James Coffland and Rhoda Coffland, who after being duly sworn according to law, depose and say that for a period of twenty years, they were personally acquainted with Thomas Jordan and Rebecca Jordan, the persons named in the foregoing declaration; that they resided in Belmont County, Ohio; that the said Thomas Jordan died in said County and State on or about the 15 th day of April A.D. 1850; the said deponents being present at his death  and funeral, and that she is still a widow.
Subscribed and sworn to before me } James Coffland the day and year above written. } Rhoda Coffland Eramus in above made before signing David B Adams JP

State of Indiana } County of Brown }
Know all men by these presents that I, Rebecca Jordan, of Brown County in the State of Indiana, do by these presents, constitute and appoint Randolph Marshall of the County and State aforesaid, my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name to present and prosecute any and all claims or applications for County land which may be due or allowed me, by the United States, as the widow of Thomas Jordan deceased, hereby authorizing him to receive and receipt for the same in my name, and to do all things necessary and proper to be done in the premises, as fully as I could do myself. Hereby ratifying and confirming all the acts of my said attorney lawfully done in the premises, hereby revoking all other powers of Attorney by me made for the above special purpose. Witness my hand and seal this first day of September A.D. 1860. Rebecca + Jordan her mark On the day and year above written, Rebecca Jordan, personally known to me to be the same person who executed the above power of Attorney, came before me and acknowledged the signing and sealing of the same to be her act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
David B. Adams J.P.
State of Indiana } County of Brown }
I, Thomas M. Adams, Clerk of the Circuit Court within and for said County and State, the same being a Court of Record, do hereby certify, that David B. Adams, before whom the foregoing declaration and acknowledgments were made, and whose signature thereunto appears, is and was at the time of signing the same, an Acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly elected, commissioned and qualified, and that his signatures are genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal of office at Nashville this 1st day of September A.D. 1860. Thomas M. Adams Clerk By James M. Matheny Dept

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7 th June 1832
State of Pennsylvania } County of Chester } ss
On this fifteenth day of October A D One Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty five personally appeared before me Jesse Sharp Esquire one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chester Thomas Jordan a resident of Wayne Township in the County of Belmont and State of Ohio Aged Eighty eight years and upwards who being duly affirmed according to law doth on his affirmation make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the seventh day of June A D 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
1 st In July 1776, I marched as a drafted militia man and joined or belonged to a company commanded by Captain Hugh Reed - at which time I lived in West Town Township Chester County - Our company were ordered to, and rendezvoused at Painters lane end in Chester (now in Delaware) County. The whole Battallion called the Sixth Battallion with the commander thereof viz: Colonel Thomas Taylor were called into service but our Colonel did not march - we were placed under the command of Col Thomas Strubridge who at that time either was, or was acting as County Lieutenant. Our company staid but one night at the appointed Rendezvous and the Baggage Wagons being ready we marched to Chester the next night, from there to Philadelphia and from there to Corgells Ferry up the Delaware where we crossed into Jersey and joined the army at R. Amboy - Served two months and half a few days more. Near Amboy we had a sharp skirmish with the enemy but being inferior in numbers and skill we were compelled to give way and to retreated to Corgells Ferry, where we continued (under the command of Captain Reed) until we were discharged which was in the latter end of September or beginning of October - General M cl ellan was with us in Jersey but whether he was our commander or not my recollection does not now enable me to state

2 d . In the year 1777 (I then resided in the same Township) about the month of September having been elected Ensign of the Company I was in that Capacity drafted or detailed for Service and took in the draft then recently made and took my station agreeably to orders in the (same) Company commanded by (the same) Captain Hugh Reed. Our company again marched in masse. Our notice was very short - our orders were (again) to meet at the same place, vizt Painter Lane end. Colonel Isaac Taylor was designated as our Commander and we were ordered for Coopers Bridge in the State of Delaware - in three hours we were under full march for our destination and we reached the said Bridge the next day - Immediately on our approach to the Bridge we fell in with and encountered the advanced Guard of the enemy which soon fled before us and fell back upon the main body - we did not engage because we were well assured we were not able to cope with them - and because our orders were only to annoy them - we fell back to the Highlands of White Clay Creek - keeping near, before, and in sight of the enemy and keeping ourselves busily engaged in obstructing their passage by every means in our power - We hovered near them till orders were received by Col Taylor for him and his men to cross the Mardywine at Mendenhalls Fording - we did so and lay there till the 11 th of September or thereabouts. We were then ordered up to Glens Fording, and lay there, till the the Battle of Mardywine was fought. Colonel Taylor and his men including our company were under the Command of General Armstrong and were drawn up in a meadow South East of Glens Fording. After the Battle the militia were ordered in advance and we passed through Chester before night on the day of the battle - Next day, we marched to, and crossed over the Schuylkill and encamped on the Eastern side thereof on the Ridge between Philadelphia and the Swedes Fording - we lay there two days and moved thence to Skippack Creek, where we lay till the beginning of October - The enemy were then in possession of Germantown & Philadelphia - We were in the Battle of Germantown - We were commanded by General Armstrong and were compelled to retreat to White marsh where we lay five weeks inactive and were discharged. In this Tour, and with under the Commission of an Ensign I served two months and two weeks.
2 d 113 d Early in the spring of 1778 (I then lived in Thornbury Township which was then and now so in Chester County). The enemy being still in Philadelphia, the

whole company to which I still belonged were again ordered to take up arms and I again marched in the same grade of command and under the same Captain (Hugh Reed) and again under the same Colonel Isaac Taylor . Our company rendezvoused agreeably to orders at the Paoli. I still bore the Commission of Ensign. We lay at the Paoli till the whole battallion assembled - our battallion was the sixth Chester County battallion. We marched from the Paoli direct for Newtown and then to to a place near the Suedesford on the Schuylkill where we lay encamped for two months exactly watching the movements of the enemy without having done anything but camp duty - our company were marched to Chester where we were discharged - and in about two weeks after we were discharged, we were informed that the enemy had left Philadelphia.
4 th I was again called into service still an Ensign to serve another tour but being then a married man and the cares of a family in prospect and being at the time considerably indebted I did not march.
My whole term of service in the army of the revolution as a combatant was two months as a private and four months , and an half as an Ensign.
In answer to the first interrogatory to wit. Where and in what year were you born? This affiant answers. I was born on the fifth day of April A D 1747 (old style) in the Town, (now City) of Wilmington in the State of Delaware.
To the second interrogatory to wit, Have you any record of your age or if so where is it? This affiant answers. I had a record of my age or the time of my birth and also of the ages or times of the birth of my brothers and Sisters, which with other papers now valuable to me and the pocket book in which they were contained was taken away from my house by my eldest daughter at the time of her marriage and she with her family, long since removed to the far west and the place of her residence now is entirely unknown to me.
To the third to wit Where were you living when called into service? Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War? and where do you now live? The affiant answers. When I was first called into service I was a single man and lived with Colonel Thomas Taylor in West Town Township Chester County - when called the second time I was an ensign in the company commanded by Captain Hugh Reed and still lived in the employ of Col l Thomas Taylor and when called the third time

I was also an Ensign and was in the employ of Jacob Yearsley in Thornbury Township same County. and at the fourth call I was a married man and lived in Birmingham Township same County -
I left Wilmington about the year 1772 or 3. Then being about twenty five years of age. Went into Pennsylvania and lived in different parts of Chester County and a few years in Lancaster County - most of my children were born and raised in Chester County and in the Township of New Garden. In the year 1816 I removed to the State of Ohio and settled in Warren Township in the County of Belmont and have ever since lived in the same place and altho' the Township in which I then settled and now live was then called Warner it is now called Wayne Township.
To the fourth point How were you called into service. Did you volunteer were you drafted - or were you a substitute - and of a substitute, for whom? This affiant answers. When I marched as a private in my first tour of service our company was clapped, ready & expecting that the drafts would be made by classes, I was in the eighth class. but our company and the Battalion were called. en masse marched and continued in service for the time mentioned - I never was a substitute - I obeyed my country's call, in my own place and was proud of the opportunity to do so and for myself , from love to the cause without even the wish or prospect of reward - for I knew the scarcity of money and that the Treasury was low and felt well convinced that militia men would be least paid & to this day I never either asked or received a cent of pay for my services
To the fifth the affiant to wit "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" The affiant answers. That he recollects to have seen Genl Washington Genl Lee and Genl Mifflin in Jersey - Lord Sterling also - and also others whose names he has forgotten - he also recollects to have seen Genl Armstrong & General Wayne in the battles of Brandywine & Germantown and also recollects frequently to have been informed at the time that General La Fayette was with the troops where he lay, but has no distinct recollection to have seen him in either of these battles - has seen Genl La Fayette but cannot now tell where
To the sixth interrogatory to wit, " As a soldier Did you ever re-

ceive a discharge from the service and if so, by whom was it given & 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 ? The affirmant answers. I did receive a discharge at the termination of my tour of service as a private, it was given me by Colonel George Pierce of Chester County and I think it was signed by him - This discharge is also in the possession of my daughter before mentioned if she be alive, as it was in the pocket book with the family register as has also been mentioned and by her taken away. Does not recollect the names of any of the Colonels of the Regiments with whom we were encamped or embodied but remembers to hear it said that one of them was from the State of Delaware - name of the Colonel now forgotten. I did receive a Commission as an ensign in a Company of the 6 th Battalion of the Militia of the County of Chester" these very words were in the Commission, which Commission I received in the beginning of the year 1777. and it was signed Thomas Wharton President. and attested by Timothy Matlack Secretary, (I think) of the Supreme Executive Council and I further believe that said Commission was dated and issued at Philadelphia - This Commission was also enclosed in the pocket book mentioned at the time it was taken out of his possession of his daughter and he has never since either seen or heard of it
To the Seventh V izt 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 ? The affirmant answers. My home is now in Belmont County in the State of Ohio and I have resided there since the year 1816. In that place my Revolutionary Services are unknown & not spoken of as I was near seventy years of age when I migrated to that State and then so far past the prime and vigour of life as to be unable to mix or mingle with the busy world and indeed without the desire to do so and have of course remained but little known. But am well known to William Chandler and Joseph Sharp Esq of New Garden Township in Chester County where I formerly lived both of whom, altho aged men are a few years younger than the affirmant can both testify as to his character for truth and veracity for a number of the years of his life. His early life - and also as to the fact of their belief or the neighbourhood report & belief of his having

Served in the army of the Revolution.
This affiant further saith that he has at this time no knowledge of any clergyman of any denomination either in Ohio or Pennsylvania, and that he never was connected with any religious denomination or society - that his parents, he believes were members of the Episcopalian church called the Swedes Church now situated on the river Christiana near Wilmington Delaware and that he left that place about the time he came to years of manhood to seek a home and a lively lood, being an orphan and since leaving often to change his residence, never joined any church and the recollection and consciousness of this has often grown and now causes him painful regret.
And finally the affiant states, that he does not know of one man living who was in the service with him at any time - his great age and consequent infirmities render him unable to labour - and also to travel in any kind of vehicle, and from being afflicted with a species of Hernia he is unable to walk even a short distance without much pain & distress - That his means of life are very much circumscribed if not altogether insufficient to procure even the necessaries of life and inadequate to procure the comforts which a person of his age and infirmity especially when accompanied with decay must require - and that independent of the expense which must be incurred in travelling to the seat of Justice and attending upon the Court with his infirm state, which his means are not adequate to bear - the great age and infirmities of the gentlemen who are his vouchers - renders it out of his power to appear in open Court on this occasion. That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Affirmed and subscribed the day of Thomas Jordan and year aforesaid before.
Jesse Sharp

I William Chandler of the Township of New Garden in the County of Chester and State of Pennsylvania being now in the Eighty second year of my age Do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Thomas Jordan who has subscribed and affirmed to the foregoing declaration and that I have known him for more than sixty years (commencing about the year 1774) that he formerly lived in the Township of London Grove and also in New Garden Township - That I believe him to be Eighty eight years of age - also that he is a man of strict veracity - and also that with all now living who knew him (in the time of the War for Independence) in the neighbourhood in which I live, he is reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War
Affirmed and subscribed to { W m Chandler the day aforesaid before { Jesse Sharp {
I Joseph Sharp of the Township of London Grove in the County of Chester and State of Pennsylvania being now in the sixty fifth year of my age Do hereby certify that I am well acquainted Thomas Jordan who has subscribed and affirmed to the foregoing declaration & that I have known him for upwards of fifty years. that I particularly recollect him living in the Township of London Grove in the employ of my father - that I believe him to be of the age which he states himself to be & also that I believe him to be a man of veracity and entitled to credit - and also that with all now living, who knew him at the period I first became acquainted with him but has always been believed & said that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War & I fully concur in the belief of those who reside in our neighbourhood, which is as I now represent it to be
Affirmed and subscribed to { Jos. Sharp the day aforesaid before { Jesse Sharp {

And I Jesse Sharp Esquire Associate Judge &c Do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the before named Thomas Jordan was a Revolutionary soldier & officer and served as he states. And I do hereby further certify of my own knowledge that William Chandler and Joseph Sharp of New Garden Township and Joseph Sharp Esq of London Grove Township who have respectively subscribed and affirmed to the foregoing certificates are not only creditable but highly respectable Gentlemen and that their statements are entitled to the fullest credit and belief. and I further certify that I believe the attendance of the said affirmant upon court would be more than he would be reasonably able to bear both on account of bodily infirmity and weakness, at the present time as well as unavoidable expenses
Jesse Sharp
State of Pennsylvania } Chester County } ss
I John M Cunningham Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid DO certify that the Honourable Jesse Sharp Esquire who has certified the foregoing attestation is duly commissioned and qualified Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at West Chester the sixteenth day of October in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and thirtyfive
John M Cunningham Prot

December 22, 1933
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BA-J/MCS Thomas Jordan, W.10159
Mr. Donald A. Sinclair 407 Harrison Avenue Highland Park New Brunswick New Jersey
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the record of Thomas Jordan, a soldier of the Revolution.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 10159, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Thomas Jordan.
He was born April 5, 1747 (old style) at Wilmington, Delaware. His parents (names not given) were members of the Episcopal Church called Swedes Church on the Christiana River near Wilmington. He left Wilmington about 1772 or 1773 at which time he was an orphan and he went to Pennsylvania and lived in Chester and Lancaster Counties.
While a resident of Westtown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in July, 1776, and served two months as private in Captain Hugh Reed's company in Colonel Thomas Strawbridge's Pennsylvania regiment. He was commissioned ensign and served as such from September, 1777, for two months and two weeks in Captain Hugh Reed's company in Colonel Isaac Taylor's Pennsylvania regiment and was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown. In the spring of 1778, while living in Thornbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, he served two months as ensign in Captain Hugh Reed's company in Colonel Isaac Taylor's Pennsylvania regiment. He stated that he was again called to serve another tour as ensign but being a married man living in Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and the cares of a family in prospect he did not serve. The date of this marriage and the name of this wife were not shown.
He married December 10, 1818, in Belmont County, Ohio, Rebecca Starbuck.

Thomas Jordan stated in 1835 that most of his children (names not given) were born in New Garden, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was also stated that the soldier had lived in London Grove, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Thomas Jordan stated in 1835 that the "pocket book" containing the record of his birth was taken by his eldest daughter (name not given) at the time of her marriage and that she with her family had long since removed to the far west.
Thomas Jordan was allowed pension on his application executed October 15, 1835, at which time he was living in Wayne Township, Belmont County, Ohio, having lived there since 1816 at which time said place was called Warren Township.
He moved to Monroe County, Ohio, about 1836.
He died April 15, 1850, in Belmont County, Ohio.
On account of the Revolutionary War service of Thomas Jordan, his widow, Rebecca, was allowed pension on her application executed September 1, 1860, at which time she was seventy-six years of age and was living in Brown County, Indiana.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

November 20, 1933
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Mr. Donald A. Sinclair 407 Harrison Avenue Highland Park New Brunswick New Jersey
BA-J/MCS
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the record of Thomas Jordan whose wife, Eleanor Mills, you state received a pension on account of his service in the War of 1812.
A careful search of the War of 1812 records of this office fails to show that a claim for pension was made to the United States by an Eleanor Mills or by an Eleanor Mills Jordan (searched under all spellings of the names) as the widow of Thomas Jordan.
You are requested to furnish any data in your possession relative to the alleged pension.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Thomas Jordan a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
W. File 10,159
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1776 2 mos + Priv. Hugh Reed Thos. Stratbridge Pa.   Sept. 1777 2 mos 2 wks Ensign " " Jesse Taylor   x Spring 1778 2 mos. " " " " "  
(Wt 96085-160-55)
Battles engaged in, Brandy - Germ. Residence of soldier at enlistment, West Town Twp, Chester Co. Pa. Date of application for pension, Oct. 15, 1835. Allowed. Residence at date of application, Wayne Twp., Belmont Co. Ohio since 1816. Age at date of application, B. Apr 5, 1747 O.S. at Wilmington Del. Remarks: Sol. mar. Belmont Co. Oh, Dec. 10, 1818 Rebecca Starbuck. he died Apr. 15, 1850 Belmont Co. Ohio. his pns. appl. ex Sept. 1, 1860 at 76 yrs. Belmont Co., Ind.

96085-16055 Rebecca Jordan - Rough Land & Pension Claim No 309511. widow
Thomas Jordan dec d
Not found in sur d files draw 15/60
Ref. Nov 30/60
Woodly Rev. E. Sep 22/60
R. V. Marshall att

State of Indiana, } ss. County of Brown. }
On this 27 th day of October
A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty, before me, David B. Adams, a justice of the Peace within and for said State and County, personally appeared James Coffland Rhoda Coffland, and Eleanor Banta, who, after being duly sworn according to law, declare, that for the period of at least twenty years prior to his death, they were personally acquainted with Thomas Jordan, the individual referred to in the Declaration of Rebecca Jordan for Pension and Bounty land under Act of 1850 and 1855, that he was the identical Thomas Jordan who was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of A.D. 1832, that he was pensioned at the rate of twenty one Dollars and some cents per annum, that he died in Belmont County, Ohio, on the 15, day of April A.D. 1850, leaving the said Rebecca Jordan his widow, and that she has never intermarried since his death with any other person. Rhoda Coffland Eleanor Banta
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above mentioned. And I certify that James Coffland and Rhoda Coffland Eleanor Banta are personally known to me and that they are credible witnesses.
D B Adams Justice Peace
STATE OF INDIANA, } ss: Brown COUNTY, }
Certificate of Magistracy.
I, Thomas M. Adams Clerk of the Circuit Court of said county, do hereby certify, that D B Adams, Esq., whose name is subscribed to the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in said county, duly commissioned, sworn, and acting as such, and authorized to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe that the signature to the said proof or acknowledgment is genuine; and further, that the annexed instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of Indiana.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, at N ashville, in said county, this 3 rd day of November, A. D. 1860.
T M Adams Clerk. By W S Adams Deputy

Com. Pensions. - Please send Pension and Warrant allowed Reb. Jordan (wid. Shos Jordan, decd) to the undersigned, her Agent and Attorney at Bean Blossom, Brown Co. Indiana.
R. V. Marshall.
Yours Respectfully

State of Ohio, Monroe County, ss.
Be it known, that before me, JEREMIAH HOLLISTER, one of the Associate Judges, in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Thomas Jordan — and made oath in due form of Law, that he is the identical Thomas Jordan — named in an original Certificate in his possession, of which (I Certify) the following is a true copy:
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in Conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Thomas Jordan of the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is entitled to receive twenty one dollars and sixty six cents per annum, during his natural Life, commencing on the 4th day of March 1831 and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of Sept in every year Given at the War Office of the United States this 29th day of Oct one thousand eight hundred and thirty five
Examined and countersigned
Sew Camp
I L Edwards Com of Secy of War
that he is entitled to a pension of twenty one dollars and 66 cents on account of services rendered to the United States during the Revolutionary War; that he served in Captain rough Reeds Company of infantry in the one year Regiment; that he now resides in Monroe County, Ohio, and has resided there for the space of one year years past; and that previous thereto he resided in Pennsylvania —
Sworn and subscribed this 4th day of March 1837 before me Associate Judge.
Thomas Jordan
Jer. Hollister objection the witness should sign here also
Know all men by these presents, that I, Thomas Jordan — of Monroe County, Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Daniel Gray my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to receive from the Agent of the United States, for paying pensioners at Wheeling, State of Virginia, my pension, from the 4th day of Sept 1836 to the 4th day of March 1837 Witness my hand and seal this 4th day of March A. D. 1837
Sealed and delivered in presence of
Thomas Jordan
Seal
Daniel Kirkbride objection the magistrate should sign here also
STATE OF OHIO, MONROE COUNTY, Ss.
Be it known, that on the 4th day of March 1837 before the subscriber an Associate Judge in the County aforesaid, personally appeared Thomas Jordan — above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney, to be his act and deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the day and year last above mentioned.
Jer. Hollister
Associate Judge.
Seal
Ohio
COUNTY, ss.
State of Virginia
Be it known, that on the 11th day of March 1837 before me, Geo. Dally a Justice of the Peace in the County aforesaid, personally appeared Daniel Gray the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any sale, transfer or mortgage of the pension, or arrears of pension, therein authorized to be received by him.
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year last above mentioned before me.
Daniel Gray
Geo Dally J P
I do hereby certify that the figure Six in the date of the affidavit in giving the year was altered by me before Signing
Jer. Hollister associate Judge

I have noted the objection in the within except that the identity was proved before an associate Judge
This should not be returned as I will take the oath of identity in his case on another sheet

FORR
Hon J. L. Edwards (Commissioner of Pensions) War Department Washington City
Oct 28
Pr -

West Chester Octob 26. 1835
Sir
After the receipt of your letter of 20 th . I had an opportunity of shewing it to Thomas Jordan respecting whose application it was written - and upon my recommendation he gave me the enclosed certificate of his willingness & desire to comply with your proposal -
Please to forward the certificate to me as soon as your official engagements will allow you to attend thereto - in the interim, please accept my very respectful acknowledgements for your immediate respect & attention paid to the old mans claim - and my assurances that on the score of humanity and pure American feeling I am grateful for it - The nation cannot do such men too much justice nor do it too soon
I am your most obedient
John W. Cunningham
Recd.
J. L. Edwards Esq

Thomas Jordan Ohio Belmont Co
Admitted on parole 6 1/2 mo. 21. 11. 66
Reed Taylor Pa
Pensioner New Garden H. W. Lammeyham Pa Ohio West Chester Pa

New Garden Octob 24. 1835
Hon. Sir
Gen l Cushingham has made me acquainted with the contents of your letter to him of Octob 20 th in relation to my application for a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832.
All the proof of my services in the Revolutionary Army, either as a private or as an Ensign had in my power to furnish, has already been given and this is to say, that I am very thankful for the prompt consideration you have bestowed upon my case, and that I am willing to accept of a pension at the rate of a privates pay
I am your very Humble servant
Thomas Jordan
Witness
John W. Cushingham

96085-
160 Acres

Thomas Jordan
Chair - Oct 1832
1000 Halle
in Wilson's property
Rebecca Jordan -
wid. of Thomas Jordan
Bliss Farmstead
Bliss Farmstead
Hon. Commissioner Pensions,
Washington City
D.C.

Maryantun Lee Nov 6
Free
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
Additional evidence
D.C.

Suspended See letter 20 Oct. 1835 to J. W. Cuning Hon. Mr. Chester.

Hon I. C. Bass
Secretary of War

West Chester Pa Octob 16. 1835
Hon Sir
I have the honour to enclose the narrative of Thomas Jordan a Soldier of the Revolution prepared with the view of obtaining a pension.
His situation is very peculiar, living in Ohio & obtaining his proofs of identity & character here - He has for some time been unable to travel in any way but hopes soon to be better and as soon as he is able (if he shall ever be so) he intends to return to his place of residence - this with the exception of about 75 miles he can now effect by Canals & the river Ohio
His vouchers are men of the first respectability in our County - one of them William Chandler is 82 years of age a corpulent man exceedingly deaf, and entirely unwilling to leave home - could not be prevailed upon (even if he had been in good health at the time) to attend court - & no court sitting
all the circumstances existing will I hope prevail upon you to give a favourable consideration and decision upon the case - The applicant is Old and poor both of which, are qualities affording strong recommendations - and from having prepared his papers. I believe him to be an honest & true man - When you have passed upon the case please to send the result of your determination to
Your most obedient & very humble Servt.
John H. Cunningham
Hon Lewis Cass.
P.S. pardon me for asking an early decision

Bank Agency NORTH WESTERN BANK OF VIRGINIA, Wheeling, November 27 1837
Dear Sir,
I enclose for information Voucher of Thomas Jordan of Monroe County O. Pensioner under Act of June 1832 at $100 per annum claiming from Sept '36
I am Yours very Respectfully J Woodspenden Agt J. S. Brown
J. S. Brown Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Woodfield O 3 April 11 th Apt
Free
J S Edwards Com of Pensioners Washington City
30243
Cont Mr Gordon The New Education 6600 2nd St NW

Woodfield Ohio April 8 th 1837
Dear Sir
I am sorry to complain but Sir I wish to state fairly the treatment I have received from the agent for paying pensions at Wheeling Virginia when I found there was a new district formed at Wheeling I apprehended difficulty and therefore wrote to the agent to know if there would be any alteration in the form to be pursued to draw pension money other than had formerly been pursued to draw at Pittsburgh I received a letter from the agent which I enclose to you. I went on and prepared the papers for several and went on to Wheeling myself thinking I could obviate any difficulty that they might think in the way I complied strictly to the letter with the forms but after all the claims was rejected for two reasons first that the witness who attested the signing of the power of attorney should also sign his name with the magistrate to the certificate of the oath of identity. Second that an associate judge was not authorized to take the oath of identity notwithstanding his official character of the court was certified certified by the clerk that he was an associate judge only

duly commissioned and authorized to administer oaths and that the signature purporting to be his was genuine. These objections I take to be such as would not be made were the agent a man who understood the common transactions of business and I therefore submit them to you and then beg leave to ask the appointment Removal of the present agent from that office or appointment and the appointment of some suitable person to fill his place. as there certainly can be no objections to his removal must be clear he is in dotage 75 or 80 years old and can scarcely be got into the Bank in his place he has a boy of from 15 to 18 years of age who has not sufficient experience to transact business. If you should think it impracticable impracticable to remove the agent will you allow the names of the Pensioners to be transferred back to Pittsburgh who reside in Monroe County Ohio. we loan with the same facility and rare draw the money at Pittsburgh. Merchants who reside in Woodside has been in the practice of taking the claims and paying the money at this place. I do not hesitate to say I believe they intend putting us to all the trouble they can and that merely on account of political difference in sentiment they will know Monroe County to be almost unanimous on one side and Ohio County on the other and I cannot account for the usage and hostility in any other way

I am put to the last shift and have no other alternative for should I prepare the claims again which would be attended with great trouble as some of the Pensioners live at a distance from this place of from 10 to 20 miles and some so infirm that the magistrate must go to their houses to take the oath of identity they will raise some other objection not contemplated by the rear department and we would still remain in the same deplorable condition. you might almost as well strike the names of the pension- ers of Monroe County from the pension Roll as for us to continue in the agency of A Wood will you point out some way which will afford us relief? I herewith enclose to you the claim of Thomas Jordan which you may see and decide upon. I would merely suggest that Bedick McKey of Wheeling be appoin- ted in the place of A Wood. I have no doubt it would give general satisfaction to the District
I am Sir your most humble Servant
James L Edwards
Geo. H. Hattler
NR I hope Mr Edwards himself will read this and in compassion on the poor old men grant relief

Pension Agency
NORTH WESTERN BANK OF VIRGINIA,
Wheeling, Sept 28 1841
Dear Sir:
I enclose for examination, Voucher of Mr. Jordan pensioner Act June 1824 claiming 12mo's pay
A Wood, agent J. F. Stanbrough no
J. S. Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions Washington D. C.

Bean Blossom, Brown Co. Ind.,
July 31, 1860.
Commissioner Pensions, {
Washington City. }
Dear Sir:
Mrs. Rebecca
Jordan, widow of Thomas Jordan, decd. lives in this vicinity. She says her husband was a soldier in the Revolu- tionary War - that he drew a pension for many years up to the time of his death, which took place in Belmont Co. Ohio in April 1850.
In applying for a pension or Bount Land under Act Mar. 3, 1855, I desire to know whether proof of widowhood of a pensioner would not be sufficient evidence to obtain Bount Land.
I would take it as a great favor if you would refer to the

Record and inform me if Thomas Jordan's name is found thereon - if so when he ceased to draw a pension and for what cause.
I would thank you for a copy of the Laws granting Pensions on Bounties & Land to widows, also for copy of Rules & regulations.
Very Respectfull.
R. V. Marshall,
Atty. for Mrs. Jordan.

No 7583.
Rebecca Jordan
Widow of Thomas Posey Co. Indiana
Set. R. V. Marshall Oct. 2-40.
Act Feb. 3 1852.
309511

509571

Bean Blossom, Brown Co. Indiana, Sept. 10, 1860.
Com. Pensions at Washington D.C. }
Sir Herewith please find Applications of Rebecca Jordan for Pension and bounty Land.
I thank you for copy of Law, forms and instructions.
Please inform me of the result at your earliest convenience and confer a great favor on
Yours very Respectfully &c.
R.V. Marshall.

Brief in the case of Rebecca Jordan, widow of Thomas Jordan, dec. , Brown County and State of Indiana Allowed act Feb'y 3 d 1853.
Claim, ("original," or " for increase. ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Claimant's husband was a pensioner, Act June 7-1832, at the rate of $21.66 per annum. (Marriage, death of husband, widowhood & identity of widow satisfactorily proven by testimony of several witnesses.)
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Allowed at the rate of $21.66 per annum, to commence from Feb'y 3 d 1853.
R. H. Marshall. Bean Blossom, Ind n .
Name and residence of Agent
M. M. Woodley.
Examining Clerk.

Moaryantown Pa Sept 11
9
Commissioner of Pen Washington City D.C.

1909 May 11. Hist. to Alice M.
Callaway P.
1933 Dec. 2 n. Hist. to her
Donald A. Sinclair
was
10.159
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 10159
Rebecca Jordan
Wid
Thomas Jordan
Print Rev. War
Act: Febru 3d  18...
Index:—Vol. A , Page 379
[Arrangement of 1870.]

QUARTERMASTER GENERAL'S OFFICE
1509580
WAR DEPARTMENT

Montrose Colorado April 3 rd '09
To the Honorable Sec. of War. Pension Department Washington
Gentlemen
Please tell me if the name of Thomas Jordan appears upon the pension roll of Revolutionary soldiers. He lived near Valley Forge and joined the Army as a teamster. lived to be over a hundred years old and drew a pension. I am seeking knowledge that will permit me to join the D. A. R. society.
Sincerely yours
Alice M Callaway Montrose Colorado.

407 Harrison Avenue, Highland Park, New Brunswick, N.J., November 22, 1933.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.,
Dear Sir:
In reply to your letter of Nov. 20 (BA-J/MCS), I can supply the following additional material relative to Thomas Jordan:
My informant says he saw service in the War of 1812, but he was born about 1747, which fact would indicate the Revolution.
His wife, Eleanor Mills, was the widow of a Starbuck at the time of her marriage to Jordan. The pension was received shortly after her death.
Sincerely,
Donald A. Sinclair
Donald A. Sinclair.

Rebecca Jordan widow of Tho s Jordan dec d . Brown Co. Ind a
Amount at rate of $21.66 per annum, to commence the 3 rd Feby 1853.
Certificate to:
R. V. Brown Bear Bluff Ind a .
Act Feby 3 rd 1853.

No 309. 571 B. Land Act 55- all the way, New 7/60.

3. Auditor's Office Oct. 1. 1860.
Sir,
The pension of Thomas Jordan, Wheeling Va. ad 1832, appears from the books of this Office to have been paid to March 4. 1850
Very Resp'y A. J. Johnson Auditor
Geo. C. Whiting Esq. Commr of Pensions

Pen. Off. Sept. 29/60
Hon. Rev. J. Atkinson } 3 rd and 5 th h. }
Sir:-
Please state the date of last payment made on the under? premium case of Mrs. Jordan. In the policy to whom it was made. The widow in her application says he died April 15 th '50. Have you any evidence of that fact? -
respectfully D. Webb To Comm.

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. D. L.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Thomas Jordan
Service Inf
Additional Service Res. War
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No claim except W. # 10159 Ref. 5768 Paymaster.  Born Wilmington, Del. Enl. Chester Co. Pa. Ensign Pa. Troops Removed to Ohio
1747 d. 1850- age 103