Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 19625-160-55, for William Jones, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Jones, William Susannah
B.L.Wt. 19625-160-55
CONTENTS
son of Wm. enl. at Springfield, Worcester Co. Mass. + res. there died there May 15, 1854.

1649.12.4 - Act Mar 3/58 May 22/58
Susannah Lloyd of William Jones his
lots Brattle lots of Rand
Revolutionary war Rev. Samuel Rand
Map No. 10
Ad. 160 acres Mar 24/58 Dodge
Charles Mason Witchburg Mass
Cir. L. Mason Mar 13/58
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Vol. I. 80.00

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, Joseph Mason
Clerk of the Judicial Courts
for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Charles Nason on the seventeenth day of May A.D. 1855 was and still is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth, to take the acknowledgement of deeds, and administer oaths, and that his signatures to the certificates of oath upon the declaration, affidavits and his own certificate hereunto annexed are genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said County , this eighteenth day of May , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five
J. Mason Clerk.

State of Massachusetts, County of Worcester, "Family Record, Marriages. —————"
William Jones Junr to Susannah Pollard December eight Seventeen hundred ninety one."
We, Hiera Lewis and William S. Jones, residents of Leominster, in the State & County aforesaid, having been duly sworn according to law, depose and say that the above is a true copy, with the exception of the date which is expressed in the original record in four legible figures as follows, "December 8. 1791" transcribed from the family Bible of the late William Jones of said Leominster, deceased, (who during the lifetime of his father was more commonly known as William Jones, Jr.) whose widow, Susannah Jones now applies for bounty bond on account of the services of her late husband who was a private in the Revolutionary War. That we have known the said William Jones for more than thirty years before his death, and are well acquainted with his hand writing, & that we have no doubt that the record of the marriage of himself with the said Susannah Pollard, contained in this family Bible & of which the above is a true trans copy, is in his hand writing, & was entered & made by him, and we further say that we have well known the said Susannah Jones as well as the said William Jones, for more than thirty years, & that during

all that time up to the time of his death they lived together as husband and wife and were reported to be such, - that we have lived in this immediate neighborhood during all the time aforesaid, & that we are dis- interested.
Arthur Lewis William S. Jones
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me - who certify that the foregoing are credible wit- nesses, - this seventeenth day of May, A. D. 1855. Charles Mason, Justice of the Peace.

State of Massachusetts County of Worcester.
We, Ithna Lewis and William S. Jones, residents of Leominster, in said County and State, having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well knew William Jones who was a private in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, died on the 15th day of May, 1854, whose widow now applies for bounty land,—that we knew him for more than thirty years before his death, which occurred at said Leominster about one year ago,—that we know that he died about that time because we were in the neighborhood at the time of his funeral.
that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she has remained unmarried, and that we are disinterested.
Ithna Lewis
William S. Jones
Subscribed, and duly sworn to before me, this seventeenth day of
May
A. D. 1855.
Charles Mason } Justice of the Peace.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of Ithna Lewis and William S. Jones, of the said County and State, who are personally known to me, who are entitled to credit, and who swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the aforesaid application; that Susannah Jones, of Leominster, Mass., is the widow, remaining unmarried, of the late William Jones, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, and that the said William Jones died at said Leominster, on or about the fifteenth day of May, A. D. 1854.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day of May, 1855.
Charles Mason } Justice of the Peace.

144.124 Susannah Jones.

State of Massachusetts, County of Worcester.
On this seventeenth day of May A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Susannah Jones aged eighty four years, a resident of Leominster in the State of Massachusetts , who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of William Jones , deceased, who was (more commonly, while his father was living, known as William Jones, Jr. ) who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Timothy Bostwick , in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Rand , in the Revolutionary War; - that her said husband enlisted at Leominster aforesaid, on or about the sixteenth day of July, A. D. 1780, for the term of three months, and continued in actual service in the said War for the term of ninety days & upwards, and was honorably discharged, (at or near West Point, New York , as she believes) on or about the sixteenth day of October, A. D. 1780, as will appear by reference to the Rolls; and that he received no formal printed or written discharge.
She further states that she was married to the said William Jones , in Harvard, Massachusetts on the eighth day of December , A. D. 1791 by Rev. Mr. Whitney a regularly ordained clergyman, and that her name before her said marriage was Susannah Ballard ; that her said husband died at Leominster aforesaid on the fifteenth day of May , A. D., 1854, and that she is now a widow, that she has caused search to be made in the records of the town of Harvard , the town where the said marriage took place, but found no record of the said marriage in the records of the said town, and she believes that no public record of the said marriage was ever made or is now in existence. 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. She also declares that neither her said husband nor herself has ever applied for or received, under this or any other act of Congress, any bounty land warrant.
And she prays that the warrant which may be issued upon this application may be sent for her to CHARLES MASON , Fitchburg, Mass.
Susannah Jones
We, Itura Lewis and William S. Jones , residents of Leominster , in the State of Massachusetts , upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Susannah Jones , 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.
Itura Lewis
William S. Jones
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first 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 that I have no interest in this claim.
Charles Mason , JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

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Socialist Minister. Mississippi & Louisiana. Washington City. District of Columbia.
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Fitchburg (Mass) Feb 17. 1856.
Sir,
Having been notified that upon the claim for Bounty Land of Saronnah Jones, widow of William Jones, No 144,124, & of Elizabeth Whitney, widow of James Whitney, No 144,125, the survey of the respective husbands of the applicants does not appear of record in your office, I enclose certificates, from the Secretary of this Commonwealth, of such survey, in the two cases in question, as shown by the rolls in his office.
Should this evidence not be deemed, in form, to answer the requirements of the Statute, will the Department be so kind as to inform me what is requisite for that purpose.
Very respectfully, Charles Mason
Hon. Josiah Hunt } Comm. Pensions. -

William Jones.
Additional evidence on application, 144.124 to Successor forces. for bounty bond. Oct. 3, 1855.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, May 8 th 1855.
I Hereby Certify , That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of William Jones is borne on pay roll of Capt. Timothy Boutelle's Comp. Col. John Hand's Regt. Worcester County, raised for three months to reinforce the Continental Army from July 16 th 1780. 3 Mos. 5 days as private.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wingate Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Massachusetts, County of Worcester.
I, Ephraim Jones of Lancaster, having been duly sworn, depose & say that I am the son of William Jones (Jr) deceased, who was a Revolutionary soldier, that he is believed to have enlisted at Lancaster, Mass., that he was, as is supposed, under Gen. Arnold, but the names of his captain & colonel are not known, to the deponent that he is believed to have served, at West Point, & Fishkill, in New York, & to have been in the service nearly three months, or probably in the year 1780, and that, on behalf of my mother, Susan Jones, the widow of the said William, I pray to receive a certificate, from the Secretary of State, from the Rolls, in his office, of the service of the said soldier, - & that such certificate may be sent to the  Charles Mason, Esq. F.R.S.E.
Ephraim Jones
Subscribed & duly sworn to before me, This twenty fourth day of April, A. D. 1855. Charles Mason,
Justice of the Peace.