Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3811, for Jonathan Tipton, Maryland

SERVICE
NUMBER
Md.
Tipton, Jonathan
S. 3811
Carded
CONTENTS

Let to Hon A. L. Turney Jan.
29. 1839
See paper of Jonathan Tipton 2 d of Overton Co. Tenn on roll W. Tenn.
Let to Hon Mr. Calhoun June 24/52
Date of death not in no.
23605
West Tennessee
Jonathan Tipton
of Wilson in the State of Tennessee who was as a proof in the comm d commanded by Captain Clancy of the reg t commanded by Col. Guff in the Maryland line for 6 mos s prostravaly
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 25 Dollars 11 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Feb y 1834 and 2605 John Bill 36 B
Arrears to the 14th Sept 62.30
Pension allowance ending March 12.50
$75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Entered by Dan d Boyd Clerk, Vol. Page 98

13.805
Jonathan Tipton Jennifer
for 1/2 Carg 6 months #25.
Thom John Bell N. R.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.      
An allowance will be made for six months as a private of Cavalry.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
□ The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

The Amended Declaration of Jonathan Tipton In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th AD 1832
State of Tennessee } Wilson County }
On this 5th day of August AD 1833 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for Wilson County duly Commissioned and qualified to hold the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the said County of Wilson in the State of Tennessee, the same being a Court of record Jonathan Tipton a resident of the County of Wilson aged eighty years on the 15th day of April last according to the family Register. Who being duly sworn, deposes and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following mode viz That he volunteered for two years in two terms of 12 months each in the service of the United States as far as he remembers in the summer of the year 1780 in the County of Baltimore in the State of Maryland.

1815 Declarant belonged to the company organised by Captain John Mearns and was elected - Lieutenant in that Company and from Butler 2 Lieutenant and and was attached to a Regiment (the number of which he does not recollect) of Cavalry - of the Maryland Line, "City of" the Regiment was commanded by Colon Thomas Gnee and Frederick Decker and the Brigade was commanded by Genl. Buckcannon. his Regiment remained at the City of Baltimore where they were stationed and remained a greater part of the time Declarant was in service - and were engaged in defending the City from the attacks of the British which seemed to be constantly apprehended - on one occasion they marched from the City of Baltimore to a place called Joppa - where it was apprehended the British might land - during the whole of Declarants time of service he remained in the State of Maryland and was for the most part engaged in defending the City of Baltimore. Declarant volunteered for two years - but was detained three months longer making in all a service of two years and three months which he performed. Declarant has no documentary evidence by which he can

prove his services, neither does he know of any living witness whose testimony he could pro- duce as to his services -- as it has been thirty light years since he emigrated to the West and that length of time since he has seen any of his companions in arms -- he must therefore rest his claim for a pension as in his original declaration -- on his own affidavit statement supported by traditional evidence -- Declarant furnished his own horse -- and never received any compensation for his services as he left the State of Maryland before provision had been made by that State for the payment of her troops -- and having emigrated to the far West -- he never returned or made application at any place for any assistance from his country except the present -- Declarant served as before stated two years and three months as 1st Lieutenant -- if it shall be believed at the Department that he is not entitled to a pension as a 1st Lieutenant inasmuch as he has not his commission nor cannot pro- duce a witness to prove the capacity in which he served -- he submits to the consideration of the Department whether he is not entitled to a pension for two years services as a soldier, which

Declarant is advised has been present in his original Declaration - and could be a same sustained if necessary in this his amended Declaration (tradition of evidence being the best evidence within his reach.) Declarant was born about fifteen miles from the City of Baltimore in the State of Maryland where he resided until he moved to the State of Tennessee about thirty eight years ago to the County of Wilson where he has resided ever since. 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 Army of any State in the United States. Declarant has procured the affidavit of Captain Henry H. Becke in addition to that embodied in his original Declaration - abundant other proof of a similar character could be adduced - but he is advised it will not be required.
Sworn to and subscribed Jonathan Tipton before me this 10th day of August AD 1833. James H. Davis (S) No. for the D. County -

Henry Cooke and Sischy Two Years a resident of the County of Wilson makes oath that he first became acquainted with the appli- -cant Jonathan Tipton about thirty two Years ago - shortly after their first acqu- -aintance was formed - he heard the applicant say that he had served a considerable length of time in the Revolutionary War - and has heard him speak of his services frequently since that time - but whether he stated he had served as a Lieutenant - or as a soldier officer does not remember - applicant has always sustained a high character for truth and honesty - I and I have no doubt he served as stated in his declaration - he is generally believed in his neighbourhood to have been a soldier of the revolution and applicant concurs in that opinion -
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10th day of August Henry Cooke A.D. 1833. James H. Davis (J.P.) for Wilson County
State of Tennessee } Wilson County } I James H Davis one of the the Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter

Deposition for the County of Wilson - Do hereby declare my opinion after investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution and read as he states. And I do further certify that it appears to me that Henry Cooke who has signed the same is a resident of the County of Wilson and is a credible person and his statement is entitled to full credit Given under my hand & seal this 8th day of August A.D. 1833.
James H. Davis
I Josiah McClain Clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions of the County of Wilson in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that James H. Davis Esq. is acting Jus- tice of the peace, in said county, and one of the Justices of said court, the same being a court of record, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office, at office in Lebanon this 8th day of August 1833
J. S. McClain

Application of Jonathan Tipton 1st. Lieutenant - in Maryland Militia for A Pension
ref to No 8
Hon John Bell N.R.
N o 13 Certificate made proper at entrance

The amended declaration of Jonathan Tipton in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 State of Tennessee Wilson County On this 14th day of November A.D. 1833 personally appeared before me Thomas Babb a justice of the Peace for Wilson County duly commissioned and qualified to hold the Court of Pleas dequarter sessions for the said County of Wilson the fact of his being a citizen of Wilson County a citizen of Wilson County  deponent Jonathan Tipton aged 80 years on the 15th day of April last according to the family register who being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he is not able to name any living witness that he was in service either as Lieutenant or as a soldier - or the length of said service - it has been thirty eight years since he left the State of Maryland where his services were rendered and he does not know that any of his companions in arms are now alive - he must therefore rest his claim for a Pension on traditional evidence Deponent volunteered (as well as he remembers from old age and consequent loss of memory) in the summer of either 1779 or 1780 - in his first period of service he volunteered for twelve months in the Militia raised in Baltimore County in the State of Maryland in the Company commanded by Captain John M c Hugh Deponent was elected Lieutenant in that Company and then Butter 2 d Lieutenant - the Company rendezvoused at the City of Baltimore and then was attached to the Regiment of Cavalry commanded by Colonels Thomas Guff and Frederick Decker and belonged to the Brigade commanded by General Brigadier Andrew Buchanan. His Corps was stationed in Baltimore to defend the City from the British forces - for they did not know at what hour they might land - for their shipping was often in sight of the City - their duty was further to keep down the Tories

and disaffected Citizens. Declarant was engaged in no other employment while in this service but in attending to his military duties - Every day the Troops were paraded and when not on parade were in the Barracks - he well remembers that the house of Sack Harry Stephenson at who had refused to take up arms in favour of America - and had gone back to England) as well as the Ground contiguous to it was made use of as the place of encampment - This residence was situated in the ease of the City in that day and there were some acres of Ground attached to the Home - Declarant was not held in readiness to do duty - without being in engaged in service as seems to be supposed by the Department in the objections to his application - but it was a constant active service - While stationed in Baltimore his Corps was engaged in re-encoding various parts of the State - where Forces were suspected to be assembled - or where the British enemy might probably land - on one occasion he remembers that they attacked a body of Forces - near a place called McCulloch'stown and took a number of their Prisoners - it was is true that declarant was in no regular engagement - but it was because the town where they were stationed was not attacked. The regular Soldiers of the Maryland Line were it will be remembered they engaged in the South and North - and the State and her available points had to be defended by Volunteers recruited from the militia of the State Declarant served twelve months as Lieutenant at this period the time for which he volunteered and was discharged. immediately after he

Was discharged Declarant a second volunteered for twelve months - and continued to hold the commission of 1st Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Captain John Murray in the Regiment commanded by Colo. Thomas Guff and Frederick Decker and in the Brigade commanded by Genl. Buckhannan - Declarant was engaged for this second period of service in guarding the City of Baltimore - in marching to Joppa and to other places - where the British were suspected for landing - or where it was suspected the Tories - or disaffected Citizens would attempt in any way to give the enemy any assistance - for as before stated the State of Maryland gave the United States more effective aid by her regular soldiery than perhaps any other State - and her defence at home constituted of her militia - declarant was engaged the whole twelve months of his second tour (not in being just ready) but in actual service in the camp and and in the field. Declarant was here the whole two years and was discharged - he was in no battles because the enemy - did not meet them neither was there an action that he remembers in the State of Maryland during the Revolutionary war in addition to the evidence heretofore furnished by the Declarant - which he had hoped may be sufficient has long since lost a misplaced his commission as Lieutenant he has procured the testimony of James Leach and James Tipton of as notorious character, this constitutes all the testimony within his reach upon this evidence and that heretofore furnished the Department he must rest his claim - his name is not on the Pension roll of any State and he hereby

relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14 day of Nov 1833 Jonathan Tipton Not Babb (M)
I James Tipton a citizen of Wilson County do hereby certify that more than twenty years ago he has often heard Horatio Ford who is now dead say that Jonathan Tipton the applicant had served as 1st Lieutenant in the militia Volunteer raised in the State of Maryland - that he the said Ford served under him as a soldier in the same company and that they were mess mates while in the barracks. Affiant has known the applicant from his boyhood - and he has often heard him say that he served two years as a volunteer in the capacity of 1st Lieutenant - in the militia raised in Maryland and that he was principally engaged in defending the City of Baltimore - and resisting the Tories. Affiant is now in his forty sixth year. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14 day of Nov 1833 James Tipton Not Babb (M)
I James Leach a citizen of Wilson County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Jonathan Tipton who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that he has known him for more than twenty years - from his first acquaintance with said Tipton - affiant often heard him say that he had served as a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War in the Volunteer militia raised in the State of Maryland - and that he was principally engaged while in service in defending the town of Baltimore. He has always been reputed in his neighbourhood to have been an officer in the Revolutionary War and affiant concurs in that opinion - affiant

- is 58 - years of age
James Leach
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14th day of November A.D. 1833.
Mrs. Babb (JP)
I the said Thomas Babb justice of the Peace for the County of Wilson do hereby declare my opinion after investigating the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant Jonathan Tipton was an officer in the Revolution and served as he states and I do further certify that it appears to me that James Tipton and James Leach citizens of Wilson County are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to full credit given under my hand and private seal having no seal of office this 14th day of November 1833 Mrs. Babb (JP)
State of Tennessee Wilson County ss
vs Joseph L. McClain Clerk of the
Court of Pleas & Sessions for said County Hereby certify that Thomas Babb Esq whose name

appears to the foregoing amended Declaration of Jonathan Vinton and affidavit & certificate is a Magistrate as therein stated and that his signature, thereto mine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Lebanon this 11th day of Oct Novr 1833
J. P. M c Clain Clerk

Jonathan Tipton's Pension Papers.
13.805

State of Tennessee Wilson County.
Declaration of Jonathan Tipton
On this 25 th day of September in the year 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Benjamin S. Mottley, David C. Williams, and James M. Martin Justices of the Peace of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Wilson County now sitting Jonathan Tipton a resident of the County of Wilson State of Tennessee aged about eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated that he volunteered his services in the defense of the U. S. in Baltimore in the State of Maryland some time in the year 1781 or 2. for the term of 2 years, under Captain John Maury of the light Artillery. Jonathan Tipton was elected the 1 st Lieutenant of Simon Butler 2 d Light Artillery and was attached to the Maryland Regiment of Cavalry Artillery commanded by Colonels Thomas Gueff and Frederick Becker of the Brigade commanded by Genl Buchanan. That they were encamped at Baltimore and Maryland Heights, Howard Hill, but none went out of the State of Maryland, was in no battle, and that he resided in Baltimore at the time he volunteered being a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, that he served with regular troops that he now recollects, that he was honorably discharged by Genl Buchanan in Baltimore about the time the same reached there of the declaration of peace and was at Baltimore during the rejoicing among the citizens that he has no documentary evidence of his services having long since lost his discharge and that he knows of no living being by whom he can prove his services that he rendered his country his whole term of service amounting to two years He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State in the United States.
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court the day of Sept 1832 Jonathan Tipton

State of Tennessee Wilson County
We Elijah Maddox & James Tomkins Clergymen of the County of Wilson & State of Tennessee & Reuben Redin, William Gray & Turner Vaughan, and James H Davis residing in the County of State aforesaid hereby Certify, that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Fipton who has duly subscribed to the above declaration, that we believe him to be about 80 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.  Sworn to & subscribed in open Court this 10th day of September in the year 1832.  Elijah Maddox Clergyman William Gray Hugh Eagan Reuben Redin James H Davis
And the said Benjamin Mottley, David Kibbitts and James M. Martin presiding Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Wilson County now sitting do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that Jonathan Fipton the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Elijah Maddox, James Tomkins, are Clergymen resident in the County of Wilson & State of Tennessee and that Reuben Redin, William Gray, Turner Vaughan & James H Davis who has also signed the same are resident in the County of State aforesaid and are creditable persons, and that their statements are entitled to full credit.
Benj. H. Billings J.P. D.C. Wilkitt J.P. J.M. Martin J.P. in for the County of Wilson

State of Tennessee } Wilson County. } S. S.
I Joseph S. McLain Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Wilson County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Sipton for a pension, and that Benjamin S. Westly, David C. Hethcock & James M. Martin whose names appear to the foregoing Certificate are and were at the time therein specified Acting Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Wilson aforesaid and proceeded as Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions at the September term 1832 of the said Court, duly Commissioned and qualified according to law & that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all their official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my Office at Office in the town of Lebanon on the 25 th day of Sept r in the year 1832 and of the Independence of the United States of America the 5 th of the year Josiah S. McLain Clerk of Wilson County Court
State of Tennessee } Wilson County } I William Stute Chairman of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the county aforesaid certify that Josiah S. McLain whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate is the acting Clerk of said Court and elected & qualified as the law directs, that his qualification is in due form of law & that all his attestations are entitled to full credit as such. Given under my hand this 26 th day Sept 1832 Wm Stute Ch m of Wilson City Court

February 12, 1937
Jonathan Tipton S. 3811 BA-J/AWT aw
Lieutenant Harry Sylvester Tipton 74 & 78 West Utah Avenue Payson, Utah
Dear Sir:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 3811, based upon the service of Jonathan Tipton during the Revolutionary War.
Jonathan Tipton was born April 15, 1753 in the State of Maryland, about fifteen miles from Baltimore. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Baltimore, Maryland, Jonathan Tipton volunteered in the summer of 1779 or 1780, and was elected 1st Lieutenant in Captain John Maury's company, and served two years and three months in Colonels Thomas Guess' and Frederick Decker's Regiment of Maryland Cavalry; he was in a skirmish with the Tories, and during the greater part of the service was stationed in the City of Baltimore.
He was allowed pension on his application executed, September 25, 1832, at which time he was living in Wilson County, Tennessee, where he had lived about thirty-eight years.
James Tipton in 1833 was forty-five years of age, and a resident of Wilson County, Tennessee. It was not stated that he was related to the Jonathan Tipton referred to herein. It was not stated that Jonathan

Tipton was ever married.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and give the following-
Jonathan Tipton Certificate # 25605 Issued February 10, 1834 Rate $25.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 West Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Manly for Rev. C. L. Southworth
Lipton
John Lupton
Rev. C. L. Southworth
W. P. B.
2
Mr.
James E. Heath
Commissioner of Pensions present

Washington City 16 th March 52 Mr James E. Heath
Dear Sir,
I desire to know whether the widow or Representatives of Johnathan Gipton have drawn a pension since 1846 for the Revolutionary services of said Gipton
Respectfully Wm O'Callaghan

ssion on file in this Bureau.
Jonathan Tipton S.F. 3814
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1779 or 1780 27 mos Lieut John Maury Thomas Guess Frederick Decker Col. Md.          
Battles engaged in, /
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Baltimore Md.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 25. 1852 His cl. was ab.
Residence at date of application, Wilson Co. Tenn.
Age at date of application, Born Apr. 15. 1753, 15 miles from city of Balt.
Remarks: (Soldier's widow Vina was a resident of Dayton Tenn. Apr. 1841. No further data as to family.)
* A letter was misfiled with this claim which belonged to W.F. 1098 Jonathan Tipton & Co. The mistake was not discovered until Apr. 20 1908 when a corrected report was sent Miss J.R. Stillman V.L.M.

Record Division.
April 23, 1909.
Mrs. Julia R. Stillman, Sweetwater, Tennessee.
Madam:
Since furnishing you a history of Jonathan Tipton, Sur. File 8811, on March 21, 1908, a further examination of the records of this Bureau has disclosed the fact that Vina Tipton, who resided in Overton Tennessee April 21, 1841 was not the wife of said soldier, but was the widow of Major Jonathan Tipton of North Carolina, Wid. File 1098.
The enclosed statement is a correct history of Jonathan Tipton, Maryland Line, Revolutionary War. Please return former statement to this Bureau.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Long Beach. Calif. Dec. 23. 36
Dear Sir,
I have bothered you folks considerable for which I am sorry, but have hunted, and done considerable research work. And will write you. Query Gene. on Tipton Names Jonathan Tipton Ar. Revolutionary soldier Also. Born. in Va. What is now. known as east-Tenn. Was. Born Abt- 1727. Married Eleanor Bryant - several children were Born Eleanor died they were married - either in Maryland probably Baltimore at any rate they lived there afterwards After Eleanor died he married Sarah. — They both died in Baltimore Co M.D.

Note. William was killed at Bunker hill May 6. 1776, while serving with Colonial forces in Revolutionary war. = Taken from. Messingills Gene. Book. in Los Angeles library. = Book. 929 \equiv 2 M \equiv 415 - Page 822 Also from. St-Pauls parish Vol 1. Page 49. Baltimore Mf. Also from Tipton Year. Book. 1794. of Baltimore
There was a distribution of Rev. War records in Baltimore from. 1801. to 1814. this is Recorded by. Brumigahl Genealogy Historian R. 975 \equiv B. 893 \equiv year 1928. in Los Angeles Cal. Gene. Room, this is on page 314
Mrs. H. B. Johnson 360. Ocean Blvd. West - Long Beach. Calif Sovereign Apts. Apt-203

Jonathan was Rev. Soldier in Enlisted in 1779. And in war. second Lieutenant of Maryland troops under Gen. Green. And. General. Thomas Jonathan died in 1805 - In. Baltimore Co. = Jonathan Took. Bath of Allegiance in 1776. Where. do I find that, This is taken from Messingills Gene. Book in Los Angeles. Library Also from. St. Pauls Parish Vol. 1. p. 49
Mrs H.B. Johnson 360 Ocean Blvd west - Long. Beach. Calif. Sovereign apts apt 203
Would like so much to have these service records of Jonathan - ✓ William Tipton

1 William Tipton. Born in Baltimore in 1690. Son of Machek. Tipton he married Tabitha Wright - 1726. on the they had 3. Children named page Jonathan B. 1727. John 1731 Joshua 1730 William As my Records show. was Revolutionary soldier. Enlisting in 1776 was killed at Bunkerhill May 6 1776. at Battle of. Bunker Hill he probably was the oldest Rev. Soldier in service = But - the Tiptons of early period were very strong robust = Have three records of Thomas who died at age of 111-9 m. Jonathan died in Baltimore age 118. yrs and two or three well beyond a hundred. William went - with Colonial forces. in the Virginias =

Payson 1/15/37
Ariz? Ill? Okla? Utah?
Vetrans Administration Washington D.C.
Gentlemen;
Can you give Soldiers of the Revolutionary Service By the the name of Tipton? My Great Grandfather Served in the War of Independence.
He was one of three Brothers Jonathan and William Tipton Lieut, Jonathan Tipton applied for Rev pension 1832 Wilson County Tenn, William Tipton applied for pension 1834 Wilson County Tenn, I believe My Grandfathers (Great Name was Henry Sylvester Tipton. he may have enlisted und er Henry or Sylvester.
Any information you can give of Revolutionary Soldiers By the name of Tipton will be Appreciated.
Very truly
Harry Sylvester Tipton
Harry Sylvester Tipton 1st Lieutenant 413th Infantry Res,
74478 West Utah ave.,
Payson, Utah.
from War Dept. 7

MAYOR DUNCAN McD. JOHNSTON CTY CLERK W. H. ELDRIDGE CITY TREASURER C. M. McELWAIN CITY ATTORNEY GEORGE M. PAULSON
THE CITY OF TWIN FALLS TWIN FALLS, IDAHO
COMMISSIONERS LEM A. CHAPIN Accounts and Finance O. H. COLEMAN Public Safety MILTON L. POWELL Parks and Public Property W. E. TAYLOR Streets and Public Improvements
Pat 8/67
August 19, 1936
Bureau of Pensions, Revolutionary War Division, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
I will very much appreciate it if you will furnish me an abstract of the Revolutionary War record of Jonathan Tipton , a native of Baltimore, Md. who applied for a pension from Wilson County, Tennessee; with such dates and names of relatives as may appear.
Yours very truly,
W. H. Eldridge
ee

1908 Mar. 21, Hist. to Julia R. Stillman V.L.M. 1908 Apr. 28 Letter to Julia R. Stillman with corrected history of Service. V.L.M. 1914 Feb. 16 Hist. to Myrtle Roth V.L.M. 1936 Sept. 16- Hist. to W.H. Eldridge and 1937 Jan. 19- " " Mrs. H. B. and 1937 Feb. 12- " " Gen. H. and Sylvester Suptoe and 
Revised
3811.
INVALID.
File No. 3811
Jonathan Sipton  Put. No. 1 line
Act: June 7/32
Index:—Vol. A , Page 375
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sweetwater Tenn.
March 11 th 1908.
Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs:—
Kindly forward the Pension Statement of Jonathan Lipton, a private belonging to the Maryland line in the Continental Army of the Revo- lutionary War—
At the time his pension

was granted. 1834 he was 81 yrs old and living in Wilson County Tennessee.
If his pension claim states anything in regard to his parents, home, or children, will you kindly give this information to along with his record in the Revolutionary War.
Will you also send similar information regarding the Revo- lutionary War Soldiers - Nicholas read about him Gibbs who most probably enlisted from Washington District N. C. or unknown East Tennessee or from some of the Western Counties of Virginia. He was killed, it is thought in the Semmes War.
Yr gratefully yours Mrs. Julia R. Stilbman Sevierville East Tennessee.

9.3811
Ms 5 B

Montgomery City Mo 2/2/1914
"Commission of Pensions"
Will you please let me know if you have a Revolutionary War record of Jonathan Tipton who died from Baltimore Co. Maryland. I remain - Myrtle Roth.

War Department Pension Office February 4. 1834
Sir,
I herewith return the papers of Jonathan Tipton, and have to state that a pension cannot be allowed for the time claimed. It is only for tours of actual duty against the enemy that an allowance can be made. See also note c, in the enclosed regulations.
I am, respectfully, Your Obedt. Servt. J. L. Edwards
C. A. Harris Esq Present.

Wilson City
No 13805 Jonathan Tipton
State of Mississippi
State of Mississippi
R. M. Burton sen. Lebanon
Tex.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jonathan Tipton 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? yes 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? yes XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? no If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 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? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? no
 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 each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†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 authenticates 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 ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Should prove that he was commissioned and served as a Lieutenant
The claim of the applicant cannot be allowed for the time set forth in his declaration, unless he can show that he was engaged in actual service against the enemy for specific tours of duty by draft, he is not entitled. This being ready to go against the enemy when called upon to do so does not constitute a claim as understood by the act of June 7, 1832. It does not appear by his amended declaration that he did at any time go out against the enemy.

February 12, 1937.
Lieutenant Harry Sylvester Tipton 74 & 78 West Utah Avenue Payson, Utah.
BA-J/ILL Mr. Finch Jonathan Tipton S. 3811 William Tipton S. 295
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of your great grandfather whose name, you believe, was Henry Sylvester Tipton. You state that his brothers, William and Jonathan Tipton, received pensions in Wilson County, Tennessee, and you would like any Tipton data.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Henry or Sylvester Tipton. Such claims which have been made to the United States are the source of the data furnished by the Veterans Administration in regard to soldiers of that war. The records of Jonathan and William Tipton are furnished you herewith. The name was searched under Typton also.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

January 18, 1937
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BA-J/MCS
Mrs. H. B. Johnson 360 Ocean Blvd., West Long Beach California
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the records of Revolutionary War soldiers, Jonathan, John, Joshua and William Tipton, also of the Colonial War service of William Tipton.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in this war. A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the service of the William Tipton described by you, or of any John or Joshua Tipton.
This office has no record of military service rendered prior to the Revolutionary War.
You are furnished herewith, the record of the only Jonathan Tipton of Maryland that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

January 19, 1937
Jonathan Tipton S. 3811 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. H. B. Johnson 360 Ocean Blvd., West Long Beach, California
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 3811, based upon the service of Jonathan Tipton in the Revolutionary War.
Jonathan Tipton was born April 15, 1753 in the State of Maryland, about fifteen miles from Baltimore. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Baltimore, Maryland, Jonathan Tipton volunteered in the summer of 1779 or 1780, and was elected 1st Lieutenant in Captain John Maury's company, and served two years and three months in Colonels Thomas Guess' and Frederick Decker's Regiment of Maryland Cavalry; he was in a skirmish with the Tories, and during the greater part of the service was stationed in the City of Baltimore.
He was allowed pension on his application executed, September 25, 1832, at which time he was living in Wilson County, Tennessee, where he had lived about thirty-eight years.
James Tipton in 1833 was forty-five years of age, and a resident of Wilson County, Tennessee. It was not stated that he was related to the Jonathan Tipton referred to herein.
It was not shown that Jonathan Tipton was ever married.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of

pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and give the following-
Jonathan Tipton Certificate # 35605 Issued February 10, 1834 Rate $25.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 West Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

September 16, 1936
Jonathan Tipton-S.3811 BA-J/AWF
Mr. W. H. Eldridge City Clerk Twin Falls, Iowa
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Jonathan Tipton, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, War of the Revolution, pensioner from Wilson County, Tennessee.
The data which follow were obtained from pension claim, S. 3811, based upon the service of Jonathan Tipton in the Revolutionary War.
Jonathan Tipton was born April 15, 1753 in the State of Maryland, about fifteen miles from Baltimore. The names of his parents were not stated.
While a resident of Baltimore, Maryland, Jonathan Tipton, volunteered in the summer of 1779 or 1780, and was elected 1st Lieutenant in Captain John Maury's company, and served two years and three months in Colonels Thomas Guess' and Frederick Decker's Regiment of Maryland Cavalry; he was in a skirmish with the Tories, and during the greater part of the service was stationed in the City of Baltimore.
He was allowed pension on his application executed, September 25, 1832, at which time he was living in Wilson County, Tennessee, where he had lived about thirty-eight years.
James Tipton in 1833 was forty-five years of age

and a resident of Wilson County, Tennessee. It is not stated that he was related to the Jonathan Tipton referred to herein.
It is not shown that Jonathan Tipton was ever married.
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 pensioner, Jonathan Tipton, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and give the following-
Jonathan Tipton Certificate # 25605 Issued February 10, 1834 Rate $25.00 per annum To commence March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 West Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator