Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2326, Jonathan Howell, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Howell, Jonathan
S 2326
Carded
CONTENTS

Chic. / Pittsburgh Agency
Jonathan Howell of Belmont (in the State of Ohio) who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col. Clapham, in the Virginia line for Militia for seventeen months from 1779.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 54 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Jan'y 1833 and sent to William Tennor S. R.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 80.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. March 1833 28.33
$ 113.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Henry H. Sylvester Clerk, Book D Vol. 2 Page 133

18.657 Jonathan Coover Belmont 6° Ohio
Admirs. 17 mo. paid. from 1779 for 56.66 per ann
Robt Rogers H.R. Ohio

18657
BRIEF in the case of Jonathan Howland  of Belmont in the State of Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17 vol. 0 5 — pr. Gen. Rutherford   June 1779 def 1 — " Lt. Clapham   Spring 1780 1 — " Mal. Troops. —   Aug 1781 3 — Capt W. H. W. —   Spring 1782, [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear]   to Nov. 7 mo. — to all 17 mo.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Leesburg Va  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? with [unclear] [unclear] [unclear]  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

Application of Jonathan Horwell for a
Pension
1863
✓

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of The act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 State of Ohio Belmont County ss
On the 19 th day of November A D 1832 personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting Jonathan Powell a resident of Belmont County in said State aged Twenty two years the 20 th of June last 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 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer and served as herein stated he volunteered at Leesburg in Loudoun County State of Virginia for one year under Captain James Patterson or Ralican Lieutenant Col. Clapham of the Virginia State troops as he understood the name of the General & Major not recollected That he marched from Leesburg to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania & remained there about one month & marched from thence to Wheeling in the State of Virginia & remained there & at Shepherd's Fort until the end of five months from the time he volunteered, which was about the last of July or the first of August 1777 & then the small pox broke out in the Army & he hired a substitute for the balance of the time the name of the substitute was Cornelius Heagerman That during the time of his said service he was in one scrimmage with the Indians between Pittsburg & Wheeling in which one man was killed & two wounded That in June 1779 he was drafted at Buffalo in Ohio County State of Virginia where he then resided for the

Term of one month under that he at that time belonged to Capt Williams company but served the month under Derrick Hogan who was a Lieutenant & commanded at Wheeling opposed & Ramsays Fort on the waters of Buffalo That he first went to Ramsays Fort & then on to Wheeling Fort where he served out said month & got his discharge from Hogan but does not know what became of it
That in the Spring of the year he thinks about the last of March in 1780 he volunteered for one month four or five campaign under Captain Joseph Agle Command Troops was first sent under Ramsey was then Lieut. Col David McLane
Boadhead was Col Commandant that he volunteered at Buffalo opposed & met at Wheeling & marched from there to Hopkinton & took that place from the Indians & took sixty or seventy Indians then there he marched from there back to Wheeling & was
then discharged but got no written discharge That at that time he served a little more than one month
That about the first of August 1780 & at Buffalo he again volunteered for three months the first month of which he served under Capt Joseph Agle & the two last months he served under Capt Simon McVee The first was Lieutenant Col David McLane was Col but neither of them were in the service or out at that time That immediately after he volunteered he marched to Court House Fort, now West Liberty & after that was with a scouting party under said Capt about the Ohio river & once up that creek in what is now the state of Ohio for the first month - That for the two months yet remaining of said last term he served under said Capt McVee

I was engaged in building & guarding Bellemont - Fort & Masons Fort both on the waters of Buffalo & within two miles of each other. That he served out said three months & was paid for the time he was under Capt Hovell but no pay was made out by Capt Hogle & he this applicant recd no pay for said time - That he received no any written discharge. That he received said two months was received pay from Col. James Marshall & as this applicant understood came from the State of Pennsylvania That the time he served five months as aforesaid & then had a substitute he was paid by Captain Radican and as this applicant understood the money came from the State of Virginia That the month he served at Wheeling as aforesaid under Lieut. Hogan he was paid or rather got a certificate for the service & sold said certificate That the time he went to Cassington under Broadhead he got no pay
That in the fall of 1780 at Buffalo he again volunteered That at Buffalo aforesaid in the spring of the year 1782 he again volunteered for an indefinite period of time to keep up Masons fort on the waters of Buffalo aforesaid & served for seven months part of the time under Capt Hovell & then Hovell the Capt enlisted got drunk & ran away after that time this applicant served for for the balance of said seven months under Mason who lived at the said Fort & as this applicant alleged was no officer That he got no discharge or pay for said seven months. That when he volunteered as last aforesaid he understood he belonged to the Pennsylvania line & that James Marshall was County Lieutenant Col.

That the next summer he served at Fort Fort Ticonderoga but for what length of time he does not recollect. That he has no documentary evidence of his services & that he knows of no person whose evidence he can procure who can testify to his services except that William Boggs was out with him in the tour of one month to Cooshocton.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to & subscribed in open court this 5th day of Nov. 1882. Jonathan Howell Peter Salaman C.H.
We Vachel Neall a clergyman residing in Belmont County & William Boggs residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Howell who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
First Presbyterian Hall William Boggs Sworn to & subscribed in open court Peter Salaman C.H.
Question propounded by the court 1 st When & in what year were you born? Ans I was born as far as I am informed by my parents & ancestors on the 20 th of June 1760 in the County of Newburyport in Mass.

State of New Jersey
Ques 2 Have you any Record of your age?
Ans no
Question 3 d Where were you living when called into Service & when have you lived since the revolutionary War & when do you live now
Ans When first called into Service I was living in Soudan County County State of Virginia and at the other times was living on the waters of Buffalo in Ohio County Virginia, at that time but since that time, and for a part of that time, the place where he lived on Buffalo was thrown into Washington County State of Pennsylvania. That until the year 1786 I resided on the waters of Buffalo then went on the waters of Wheeling Creek near Wheeling Virginia & resided there three years - the one year near west Liberty then in Washington County Pennsylvania for nine years then on Wheeling Creek up and up 1814 then went a substitute to Norfolk for Richard Hardisty from Muncy to Belmont County Ohio where he has resided ever since
Ques How were you called into Service were you drafted and you volunteer or were you a substitute?
Ans I always volunteered except for the month I served at Wheeling & never was a substitute in the revolutionary war
5 ques. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served - such as Continental & Militia regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your services

Ans At Pillsbury there were Col. Gibson & Capt. Clark of the Pennsylvania Regiment there were a part of those regiments there I think 2 d Regiment Maryland 8 th of Pennsylvania & 13 th of Virginia I can give no other except these stated in my declaration more particularly state the circumstances of my service
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge? I got a written discharge for the first service above stated for the whole year altho I served but five months myself & a substitute for the balance - it was signed by Col. Josiah Clapham which he believes was destroyed by the Indians at a time when his father's family were driven from here by the Indians - I got a written discharge from Lieut. Hogan the month I served under him which was lost at the same time - never got any other written discharge
Did you ever receive a commission? Ans. no
7 th State some of the persons to whom you are known - your present neighbourhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution
Ans. Lieut. McGee Mahon Watcher Nathaniel Waynes Ralph Cowgall & William Boggs
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after following the rules of order prescribed by the War Department that the above named

applicant was a soldier of revolutionary soldiers I served as he states and the Court do further certify that they examined some witnesses as to the character of said applicant & one as to his tour to Westport William Boggs & the Court do further certify that it appears to them that Rachel Hoag who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in Belmont County & that William Boggs who has also signed the same is a resident in said County and is George Sharp a credible person & that their statement is James Alexander entitled to credit
John Davenport
I Peter Fallman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Belmont Belmont County Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Jonathan Howell for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of office this 19 th day of November A D 1832
Peter Fallman Clerk

February 15, 1932.
BA-J/ADY
Mrs. P. B. Zink, 335 West Walnut Street, Hillsboro, Ohio.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one Jonathan Howell, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S. 2326, based upon his military service in that war.
Jonathan Howell was born June 20, 1760 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
While a resident of Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, he enlisted in 1777 and served five months as a private in Captain Ratiken or Ratican's Company, Colonel Josias Clapham's Virginia Regiment. While a resident of Buffalo, Ohio County, Virginia, which became Washington County, Pennsylvania, he entered the service in June 1779 and served one month as a private in Captain Williamson's Pennsylvania Company. He enlisted the last of March 1780, served at various times, amounting in all to about one year as a private under Captains Joseph Ogle, Abner Howell and Mason and Colonel David McClure in the Pennsylvania troops, was in skirmishes with Indians between Pittsburgh and Wheeling and at Coshocton and took the last named town from them, and was discharged the latter part of the year 1782.
In 1786 he moved from the above named town of Buffalo to Wheeling Creek, near Wheeling, Virginia, where he lived three years, then he moved near West Liberty, where he lived one year, then he lived in Washington County, Pennsylvania nine years, then on Wheeling Creek, aforesaid, and later he moved to Belmont County, Ohio.
The service from 1780 was lumped because the record of Robert Moore, S. 2854, was sent to same inquirer at same time, & contained service under Capt. Ogle with another Colonel with conflicting dates.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 19, 1832, while a resident of Belmont County, Ohio.
There are no family data.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Rev War
2326
INVALID.
File No. 2326
Jonathan Rowell Rev. War. Mil.
Act: June 7, '32
Index:—Vol. A , Page 176
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1922-Aug. 1-Heit- to Mabel T. Harding? MMH 1923 Mar. 21. M. T. Harding wife of Cokt of copies and 1923 Dec. 18. Copies mailed to M. T. Harding 1924-Oct. 15- Mabel T. Harding advised how to obtain date of last payment of pension etc. MMH 1932 Oct. 15. Hist. to P.B. Bink. A.D.Y.

MABEL TRAER HARDING
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1234 E. First St. Long Beach, Cal. June 20, 1923
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir-
Will you be kind enough to send me such data as you have, age, place of enlistment, place of mustering out, etc. of Jonathan Howell, Belmont County, Ohio, granted a pension in the Revolutionary War on January 4, 1833 by Act of Congress June 7, 1832, cited in Revolutionary Pensioners and Soldiers in Ohio. Credited to Virginia State Troops.
Also any information concerning Isaac Howell, listed in Revolutionary Soldiers of Virginia. Thanking you, I am, } not as described Respectfully,
Mabel T. Harding

Jan. 4 th , 1933.
To The Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir.
I would like a copy of the pension application of Jonathan Howell, a revolutionary soldier of Virginia - private in Virginia State Troops. Placed on pension roll January 4 th , 1833. He was a resident of Belmont County, Ohio when he made application for pension.
I would like also a copy of pension application of Robert Moore a revolutionary soldier of Pennsylvania - private in Pennsylvania Militia, placed on pension roll June 25 th , 1833, when a resident of Highland County, Ohio. Thanking you for any information you may send me of
Yours very truly
Mrs. P. B. Zink,
Registrar. Waw-wil-a-ray Chap.,

1234 E. First St. Long Beach, Cal. Nov. 13, 1823
Washington Gardner,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir-
Please let me know what the cost of a photostat or certified copy of the application for a pension of Jonathan Howell, a soldier of the Revolutionary War would cost. I have his war record the correspondence being numbered M.M.H.F. S. 2326, Rev. War Records. On receipt of this information I will remit amount for same.
Yours respectfully,
Mabel J. Harding
7 pages

MABEL TRAER HARDING LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
1234 E. First St. September 19, 1924
Wahington Gardner, Esq. Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
Pension Claim S2326
Dear Sir-
Sometime ago you supplied me with the following information: the date, or approximate date of the last payment of Revolutionary War Pension, claim S 2326 Jonathan Howell, and the name of an attorney in Richland County, or Belmont County, Ohio, to whom it was paid. The genealogist to whom this was entrusted has lost it, and I had failed to take a note of the contents. Would it be possible to repeat this information for my benefit in making claims for membership in the D. A. R. I would very much appreciate the favor. Thanking you, I am,
Respectfully,
Mabel T. Harding

M 233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
DEC 11 1923 192 ..
Chief Rev. War Section Rev. War Division.
Sir:
I have this day received from Mabel T. Harding ..... No. 130,540 for $ 1.05  1.00 , requesting post office address as per letter herewith.
Copies mailed to Finance Div. Nov 18, 1923 REV. WAR SECTION
Respectfully,
O. J. RANDALL
..... Chief Finance Div.

Request for Photostating (To be prepared in duplicate)
M 6
Ex. aw
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK
Job No. 392
Date Dec. 17, 23
Subject Jonathan Howell, Rev. War 82326
7 copies of 2 pieces consisting of 7 pages to be (No.) (No.) REV. WAR SECTION Division. forwarded when completed to the
Remarks: _____
Approved:
W.H. Wilson
Chief REV. WAR SECTION
Chief Clerk.

1234 E. First St. Long Beach, Cal Dec. 4, 1923
Washington Gardner, Commissioner of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir-
In accordance with your advice of Nov. 21, I am enclosing, $1.02- money order drawn to the Secretary of the Interior in payment of photostat copy of the original papers in pension claim S2326, Jonathan Hewell, War of Revolution. Certification is not necessary.
Thanking you for your attention, I am,
Yours truly,
Mabel J. Harding
12/7/23
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Rev. & 1813 Wars Section.
Nov. 21, 1923.
Mabel T. Harding, 1234 E. First St. Long Beach, Calif.
Madam:
I have to advise you that if you desire photostat copies of the original papers in the pension claim S2326, of Jonathan Howell, War of Revolution, the same will be furnished you under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912 at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra for certification, if that is desired.
The number of pages to be copied is seven.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section mmms
October 15, 1924
Mabel T. Harding 1234 East First St., Long Beach, Calif.
Madam:
I have to advise you relative the the Revolutionary War pension claim of Jonathan Howell, S. 2326, that in order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death, you should apply to the Pension Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E St., N. W. Washington, D. C. citing all of the following data: "Jonathan Howell, Certificate No. 3863, issued January 4, 1853, rate $ 56.66 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Ohio Agency".
Respectfully,
commissioner.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,
Aug. 1, 192 3
In reply to your request of _____, for the history of  Jonathan Howell , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the soldier's claim for pension.
STATE.    DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.    1777 5 mos. Pvt. Patiken, or Ratican Josias Clapham Va-   June 1779 1 mo Williamson ✓ Pa.   Last of Mch. 1780 over 1 mo. Joseph Ogle David McClure "   Aug. 1, 1781 3 mos. Joseph Ogle ✓ "   Abner Howell David McClure "   Apr. 1782 7 mos. Howell and Mason ✓ "  
Battles engaged in Skirmishes with Indians between Pittsburgh & Wheeling and at Coshocton -
Residence of soldier at enlistments { 1st Leesburg, Loudoun Co. Va. -  2nd Buffalo, Ohio Co. Va. (which became Washington Co. Pa.)
Date of application for pension, Nov. 19, 1832. His el. was al.
Residence at date of application, Belmont Co., Ohio
Age at date of application, Born June 20, 1760 in Hunterdon Co., N. J.
Remarks: No family data on file.
✓ Miss Wilson said use Mason - Date of death not on a13
Could not say he was in War of 1812 as he gave no details only said in 1814 a substitute for a man to Norfolk.)
Service of Dec. 1783
Respectfully,
not used as it was not
Revolutionary service, only scouting duty =
Commissioner.
Did not use "month" of 1st service as I could not determine whether it was the beginning or end of the 5 mos.