REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION - JONES, GABRIEL

Contributed by:  Dolores Melby Hibbert (dmelby@prodigy.net)

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Floyd County Kentucky

On this 18th of October 1818, appeared in court, Gabriel Jones, now 92 
years of age, resident of the county aforesaid and declared on oath: 

That he enlisted for 1 year at Fort Sumpter NC in or about the 8th of 
Sept 1780 and served in the company commanded by Capt.Sam 
McDowell......in the Regiment commanded by Jno.Armstrong ....received 
the app't. of commisioner.....That he continued in service until 
sometime in April..... and was honorably discharged by Col. Armstrong 
in NC. That he was in the service for 3 years and was in the battles of 
Eutaw Springs and King's Mountain.

In 1820 he appeared again and made a similar declaration....
that he is a farmer but is unable to labor and that he has no family 
living with him, but is living with his children.

Gabriel Jones was put on the Ky pension rolls and pension was to 
commence from 18th of Oct 1818.

On Oct 4th 1833 the pension cert. was returned to John Hawkins and he 
wrote on the back " Gabriel Jones died sometime in March 1832." He left 
a widow who did not demand the amount due her.