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Williamson County
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, July Session 1826.
This day George Jones, a resident of this county appears in open court and
files his declaration in order to obtain a pension which is in these words &
etc.
The State of Tennessee ))
County of Williamson ))
On this tenth day of July 1826 personally appeared in open court, in the
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Williamson and being a
Court of record for the County of Williamson, George Jones, a resident of
said county 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
pension made by the Acts of Congress of the eighteenth March 1818 and the
first of May 1820.
That he the said George Jones enlisted for the term of two years on the
[blank] day of February in the year 1776 in the state of Virginia in the
company of Captain Henry Terrill in the regiment commanded by Colonel Josiah
Parker in the line of the state of Virginia in the Virginia Continental
establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until the
fourteenth February 1778, when he was discharged from the service at Valley
Forge in the state of Pennsylvania; that he hereby relinquishes every claim
whatever to a pension, except the present. That his name is not on the roll
of any state except Virginia, and that the following are the reasons for not
making earlier application for a pension.
He lived by teaching school and has been able to support himself by that
profession until very recently owing to infirmity. He is not now able to
support himself and his wife who is seventy eight years of age, and being
now poor and indigent, stands in need of the assistance of the Government,
nor did he know until lately that he could make proof of his services.
And in pursuance of the Act of the first of May 1820 I do solemnly swear
that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of
March 1818. And that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any
manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so
to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of
Congress entitled “An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land
and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War,” passed on
the eighteenth day of March 1818. And that I have not, nor has any person in
trust for me, have any property, or securities, contracts or debts due to
me, nor lease, or any income, other than that which is contained in the
schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed, that since the eighteenth of
March 1818 the changes made in my property appear in the annexed schedule.
He has three children; two daughters and one son, neither of whom live with
him nor have either of them for the last forty years. They all have families
and are in indigent circumstances and utterly unable to render him any
assistance. That he has supported himself for the last three or four years
partly by his own exertions in teaching school and partly by the assistance
of his neighbors and friends, that he has lived on the land of Jason Wilson
Sr.[?] for the last four years and still lives there. That said Wilson
generously affords him a good cabin and an acre of ground for cultivation
for vegetables without any compensation or rent thereof. Sworn to and
declared this tenth day of July 1826.
[signed] George Jones
In Open Court [signed] Thos. Hardeman, Clk.
Schedule referred to in the written declaration.
He owns two beds and some furniture, one cow and yearling, one pot, one oven
and broken lid, one sow and five shoats, seven or eight plates, two pewter
dishes, half a dozen spoons, four knives and forks, wearing apparel of his
wife and himself. N.B. The sow and shoats were given him.
[signed] George Jones
And it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court by the affidavit of
William T. Smith and Erasmus Jones. That the said George Jones did serve in
the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the
common enemy for the term of nine months and more under an engagement on the
Continental establishment. And Willis Morgan, a man known to the Court as a
respectable man, who being first duly sworn according to law, states that he
is well and intimately acquainted with the said George Jones and has been so
acquainted for many years that he believes him to be a respectable, honest
and poor man. That he has been frequently at his house and believes that the
written schedule to be a fair and full exhibition of his estate and income
and that he believes the whole amount in value exhibited in said schedule is
forty nine dollars and fifty cents and no more.
Whereupon it is considered by the Court that the total amount in value of
the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is forty nine dollars and
fifty cents. And that the said declarant and William T. Seville, Erasmus
Jones and Willis Morgan are worthy of credit. All of which is ordered to be
as certified.
September 11, 1933
Maben Jones
1207 Taylor Street
Columbia, South Carolina
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the war records of
Publius Jones, of Campbell County, Virginia and his sons Michael (of
Buckingham County), Publius, George, Daniel, Erasmus and Douglas, the last
five supposed to be of Campbell County, Virginia.
A search of the Revolutionary War records and War of 1812 records has been
made in your behalf and no claims for pension found based upon service of
Michael or Daniel Jones as described by you in either war, and no claims for
pension found of any soldiers named Publius, Erasmus and Douglas Jones in
either war.
The record of George Jones who served in the Virginia troops in the
Revolutionary War has been found and is furnished here in: the data are
found in the papers on file in his Pension Claim, S.38888, based upon his
service in that war.
George Jones enlisted in February 1776, in Virginia (the town and county not
named), served as a private in Captain Henry Terrell’s company, Colonel
Josiah Parker’s Virginia regiment and was discharged, February 14, 1778, at
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 10, 1826, at which
time he was eighty years of age; the date and place of his birth and names
of his parents are not shown. He resided then in Williamson County,
Tennessee and had lived in the same house for the past four years. He stated
then that he had not applied for pension at an earlier date, as he supported
himself by teaching school.
In 1826, the soldier’s wife was seventy eight years of age; his three
children; two daughters and one son, had families, and had not lived at home
for about forty years. The names of his wife and children are not stated and
there are no further data relative to them in his pension claim.
In 1820, Erasmus Jones made affidavit on behalf of the soldier, George Jones
in Williamson County, Tennessee; no relationship between George and Erasmus
is stated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and possibly the date
of death of the soldier, George Jones and the name and address of the person
to whom it was paid, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General
Administration Office, Records Division, this city….
Very Truly Yours,
A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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