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Henry Jordon aged
58, a citizen of Williamson County, came before me and claimed to be placed
on the pension list of the United States in consequence of his services as a
soldier in the Revolutionary War, and after being duly sworn deposeth and
saith that he enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary War in the Virginia
Continental line under the command of Capt. Phillip Tolliver, for three
years, in the second Virginia Regt., under the command [of] Col. Charles
Dabney. The Brigade was commanded by Gen. Mulenburg [sic]. That he
faithfully served the said three years and was discharged in Williamsburg,
Virginia. That he was in the battle of Monmouth and at the taking of Stoney
Point. That he has long since lost his discharge. That he is very poor, and
very infirm, scarcely able to walk, can set in his chair and sew a little.
That he has never had any pension from the United States or any state.
[signed] Henry Jordan
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 13th day of Novr. 1818.
[signed] John McNairy, District Judge
The State of Tennessee
Williamson County Court
October Sessions, A.D. 1820
This day Henry Jourdan appeared in open court and filed his declaration for
the purpose of obtaining a pension with a schedule of his estate thereto
annexed which were subscribed and sworn to, which said declaration and
schedule are in the words and figures following (to wit).
District of West Tennessee, on this 10th day of October 1820 personally
appeared in open court being the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the
County of Williamson, and a court of record by act of Assembly of the State
of Tennessee, Henry Jourdan, aged sixty years, resident in Williamson County
in said district, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his
oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows. That he the
said Henry Jourdain [sic] entered the service (at a time he does not
recollect) in the State of Virginia in the company of Capt. Philip Tolifer
in the 2nd State regiment commanded by Col. Charles Dabny and Cl. William
Brent and in the Virginia Continental line. His original declaration bears
dated in the fall of 1818, as well as he recollects, and he has heretofore
received his pension, and the number of his certificate as it appears from
the back – marked “No. 11176” – that he was in the battles of Monmouth,
Stony Point, and he was discharged from the service in the year not
recollected by Capt. John Overton in Williamsburg, Cols. Dabney & Brent then
in command. He the said Henry Jourdain further states that he is not only an
old but a very infirm man and cannot support himself by his labour. Says he
has a wife about 55 years of age and six children, four of them boys, three
of which does not live with him and does not contribute to his support, and
his son Henry lives with him who contributes but little to his support,
being a cripple, and his two daughters Rachael and Sarah has left him, says
he. Lives in a small cabin on the land of one Thomas Wilson. He was by
occupation a Taylor [sic] but is not now able to follow his profession.
[signed] Henry Jourdain X his mark
Sworn to and declared in open court this 10th day of October 1820.
[signed] Thos. Hardeman
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States
on the 18th 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 to diminish it so 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 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person
in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts to me nor …
[page creased] any than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed
and by me subscribed: One cow and calf worth $8; five head of hogs $6; one
loom $4; one cupboard and furniture $5; one table .50; five chairs $1; one
wheel .25; kitchen furniture $3; two axes and one iron wedge $2.50. $34.25.
[signed] Henry Jourdain X his mark
Sworn to in open court this 10th day of October 1820.
[signed] Tho. Hardeman, Clk.
Which being hear and understood on the examination of testimony it is
considered by the Court that the total amount of value of property exhibited
in said schedule is worth the sum of $34.25, and it also appearing to the
Court that the said defendant and witnesses are worth of credit, I Thomas
Hardeman, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Williamson
County in said State, to hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the
schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said Court and
I do further certify that is it the opinion of said Court that the total
amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
$43.25. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court on this 23rd day of December 1820.
[signed] Tho. Hardeman, Clk.
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