Pension Application of Joseph Jones of Owen Co., Ky. (formerly of Caroline County, VA) ----in the company of Captain Long of the Regt commanded by Col. Thorn in the Va. --for 6 years from 1775 Subscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 dollars & _ cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831 Commonwealth of Kentucky: Owen County. On the first day of October in the year 1832 personally appeared in the open Court before the Justices of the Owen County Court now sitting, Joseph Jones a resident of said county of Owen and Com’th of Kentucky aged 81 years and nearly six months 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 7th, 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated; he resided in the County of Caroline and State of Virginia at the Commencement of the revolutionary war and as early as the month of November 1775 being a resident of said county, he volunteered as a private soldier in a company commanded by Capt. John Long the Lieutenant of which was Saml Woolfolk and one ___ Jamison was the Ensign which company was attached to a regiment under the Command of Col John Thorn of Spotsylvania County Virginia and that he entered the service according upon a tour and was immediately appointed an orderly sergeant of said company and served six months. He rendezvoused with his said Company & regiment at the Bowling Green and marched directly from thence to Richmond and on the Williamsburg at which said places and in that vacinity they remained during their said tour. He recollects also that Christopher Blackburn was adjutant of his regiment and that his said regiment was attached to a Brigade under Command of Genl Weeden. He recollects that one of the other companies of his regiment was commanded by Capt. Robert Ware and another by Capt. David Jamison but he does not recollect the names of any of the other company or field officers. He recollects that the reason of their being called out at that time was that Lord Dunmore who had been governor of Virginia before the Commencement of the war had collected a considerable fleet & force of men and was threatening to do much mischief in the county - that he did make an attack on the Town of Hampton but was unsuccessful and continued after stationed himself as he understood at Norfolk - This declarant recollects to have seen whilst upon this tour Col. Woolford who had the reputation of being a brave man and good officer and who was sent during his said Tour from Williamsburg to Norfolk with a detachment of the men for the defense of the inhabitants and their protection and he recollects to have understood that Col. Wood ord had a battle with the British at or near the great Bridge in the neighborhood of Norfolk and that a Capt. ??ordia belonging to the British Troops was killed in the action besides a number of soldiers. He states and declares that he served out his said tour and was verbally discharged by his officers and that he thereupon returned to the place of his residence in Caroline County. He further states and declares that soon after his said return about the month of July 1776 being still a resident of the said county of Caroline there was called upon the militia and he stood a draft and was drafted upon a tour of three months and was attached to a company under the command of the same officer under whom he served the first tour viz. Capt. John Long - one John Woolfolk was Lieutenant of the said Company, the name of the ensign has escaped his memory - the said company was attached to the regiment under the command of Col. Mathews of which regiment ...... Armstead was Major - the names of the other field and company officers he has forgotten - He rendezvoused with his company & regiment at Caroline Court House & marched down to Williamsburg, Genl Weeden had the command of his brigade. This tour he was always at Richmond and was during the whole of it between the rivers York and James - At the expiration of his term of service in the second Tour he wad discharged verbally by his officers and again returned to his residence in Caroline County - He sates that upon his entering his 2nd term he was immediately made orderly sergeant & served as such during said term. He further states and declares that soon after his last mentioned return home he moved from the said County of Caroline to the County of New Kent to wit about the month of November 1776 - that about that time it was found necessary to enroll and number all the able bodied men in the section of the county, so that each one might take his regular tour when there was any need for it to repel the incursions of the British which were very frequent & protect the county from their ravages - that the whole country was frequently in motion and under ___ - that he remained in New Kent County from the fall of 1776 till the fall of 1777 - that during that period he performed several short tours of duty under the above mentioned arraignment and indeed was most of the time under arms and in active service. That during said time by he was upon two occasions under the command of Capt.. John Bacon. That in both these tours he was called out for 3 months but was permitted to return home each time without having completed the full tour - that Pleasant Meredith was Lieutenant on both of these tours and the company acted separately from any other upon each one of them. He further states and declares that in the fall of the year 1777 he returned to his original place of residence in Caroline County - that the arraignment in relation to the numbering and mode of service of the able bodied men above mentioned prevailed also in said county and that under the regulation he was absent from home bearing arms in defense of the county near one fourth of his time from that period twit: fall 1777 till the spring of 1780 - that from the great number of short tours performed by him during said time he cannot recollect the particular times at which they were performed nor the manner in which they succeeded one another nor all the various officers under which he served - All the services which he performed however during this time were perfomed between the rivers York & James and were principally performed in single companies. He recollects distinctly that in two or perhaps more of these sudden and short tours he was under the command of Capt. John Woolfolk - that in at least one he was under the command of Capt. James Sutton - that in two he was under the Command of Capt. John Fitzhugh and in one of them he was under the command of Capt. G. Terrill. He further states that during one of these tours particularly he was under the command of Capt. John Woolfolk and attached to the regiment of Col. Temple and that whilst on the tour he was sent by Col. Temple in search of some Quakers who refused to bear arms with orders to bring them into camp & in discharge of this duty he took one William Burris and tied him on a horse and carried him to camp and when he arrived with him the Col. attempted to force him to carry a gun and use it, but he obstinately refused so to do and he was finally suffered to return home - He further states that there were a number of Quakers in that section of the county all of whom refused tobear arms or promote the war in any way and it was finally determined to compel them to hire substitutes when their tours came on and when they refused to do it, to sell a su ficiency of their property and apply the money in that way. And upon one occasion this declarant was sent by Col. Temple to the houses of two of them whose names were (blank) Hargrove (blank) with directions to seize and sell forthwith a sufficiency of their property to pay the hire of a substitute for each one which he did do and the Col. did hire a substitute for each one of them. He states that during his said service he was also immediately appointed an orderly sergeant on the aforesaid tour. He further states and declares that in the spring of 1780 he again was drafted upon a three months tour as a private and was attached to a company the officers of which were Capt. John Woolfolk and Lieutenant Chapman , the Ensign not recollected. He was immediately made an orderly sergeant - that his company was attached to the regiment of Col. Anthony Thorn of which Regiment, Armstead was Major - that his said Company & regiment rendezvoused at Chesterfield in Caroline County and marched directed from then to Williamsburg where they remained until they together with other troops were forced to retreat before a superior British force and continued our retreat through the country by the way of Richmond up to Charlottesville. He further states that upon this Tour Genl Nelson was the Commander of his brigade and at the expiration of his term of service he was verbally discharged and returned home to is residence in Caroline County. He further states and declares that sometime in the month of Dec 1780 or early January 1781 as well he at this time recollects he was again drafted upon a three month tour as a private and was attached to a company commanded by Capt. John Fitzhugh & and was immediately made an orderly sergeant & --- Woolfolk was the Lieutentant regiment was commanded by --Anthony Thorn, & Armstead was Major..the field officers under whose command also -- in his preceding tour. That he rendezvoused with his company & regiment at a public house in Caroline County know by the name of Flanders which house was at that time kept by a man whose name was Head Lynch - that he marched from thence to Williamsburg and from thence to Richmond at which place and it’s vicinity they marched until forced to retreat by the British forces under the Command of Genl Arnold - that in the retreat the regiment to which he belonged was dispersed and again rendezvoused at a placed called Hickory Neck Church - His company was then attached t a regiment under Col. Matthews and he remained in the service under said Matthews under the expiration of his term of service and he was then discharged during this tour he frequently say Genl Baron Stuben--- who had the command at that time of the forces in Virginia - His company and regiment were attached to the Brigade commanded by Genl Nelson - He recollects also to have seen whilst on this Tour Col Clarke and Col Bowyer. He further states and declares that some few weeks after his return he thinks in May 1781 Col Simcoe a British officer came into his neighborhood and took several of his neighbors prisoners amongst whom were John Thomson and Thos Hackett - that Simcoe came to this declarents house in company with some of his officers and soldiers, the main body of his detachment being only a short distance off -- Simcoe & those who were in his immediate company had the above mentioned person in custody - He further states that about this time Col Tarlton took some of the members of the Virginia Legislature prisoners at Charlottesville and came very near taking the whole of them and that while these transactions were taking place the main British Arm under the command of Lord Cornwallis was lying at Cook’s fork on the Pamunkey River. He further states and declares that about the first of June 1781 he was again drafted on a tour of three months as a private in the company of Capt. George Terrill, Lieutenant D. Cobb & attached to the regiment of Col. Saml Temple of which company he was immediately made orderly sergeant & served as such during said tour - that he rendezvoused at the Courthouse in Caroline county and marched immediately with his said Company and regiment to the assistance of the Marquis De La Fayette who had taken command of the American Forces in Virginia and who was at the time following Lord Cornwallis in his retreat towards Portsmouth - that after joining the Army La Fayette continued the pursuit to Williamsburg where the British Army remained a short time and afterwards continued their retreat to Portsmouth - The American Army pressed forward and sometimes had some warm skirmishing with the rear of the British Army - At the crossing of James River near James Town an attack was made on the rear of the British Army by a party under Major Galvan?, who was sustained by the Troop under the command of Genl Wayne and the whole forces of the British marching out to the support of the rear, Genl Waynes situation became difficult and hazardous and he was saved only the interposition of La Fayette who called him and the whole of the American Army retired behind a swamp. The declarant was not one of the party making the attack but was attached to Genl Nelson’s Brigade - He states that he continued in the service under the Said officers during his said tour of 3 months and at it termination received a discharge in writing from his officers which was the only discharge in writing he ever received during the whole of his services in the war of the revolution and he has lost that one - He states that he recollects during this Tour to have seen besides his own company and regimental officers, Genl La Fayette, Baron Stuben, Genl Wayne, Genl Nelson, Col Thorn, Col Posey, Col Clarke, & Major Galvaw? He further states and declares that about the middle of Sept 1781 he volunteered as a private in the Company of Capt. James Sutton which company was attached to the regiment of Col Saml Temple of which company he was appointed orderly sergeant & served as such during said tour & that his company found the Army at the siege of York and that at the commencement of the siege his company and himself with it was detailed to prep horses and trains to aid in the construction of the breastworks of the Army - in hauling brush particularly - that they were engaged in this business mainly during the serge - he was presently present and saw the work progressing and at one time he rode in company with Quarter: Master Genl Frances Woolfolk between the American works and British fortifications - that during the progress of the siege he was sent to ?Querorcreek? a distance of about 12 miles to assist in taking a cannon from on board a vessel and carry it to the American Army which service he performed --- he states that the company & regiment to which he belonged was attached to the Brigade of Genl Nelson. He recollects to have seen whilst in service on this tour, Genl Washington, La Fayette, Wayne, Stuben, Nelson & Francis Woolfolk who as well as he now recollects was a Quarter Master General, Col Mathews, Col Thorn, Col Clarke, Col Posey, Major Armstead, Christopher Blackburn, Capt. John Long, John Woolfolk, ---Robt Ware. He further states that directly after the successful termination of the siege and surrender of Cornwallis he returned home to Caroline County - He states that he performed no further service after the surrender of Cornwallis. And he has no documentary evidence of any of his said services whatsoever and that he knows of but one person by whom he can prove any of his services whose testimony he can now procure, the name of which individual is Sally Jones and by her he can prove circumstances only which show that he performed a portion of them. He hereby relinquishes very claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except to the present and declares that his name in not on the pension rolls of the Agency of Any state. Interrogations propounded to the said Joseph Jones by the court viz 1st: Where and in what year were you born? Answer: I was born in Caroline Co. and State of Virginia on the 8th day of May 1757 according to the best information which I have on the subject 2nd: Have you a record of your age and if so where is it? Answer: I have a record of my age in my bible which is now at my own house in this county. 3rd: Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live? Answer: When first called into service I lived in the County of Caroline Virginia and lived in that County during the whole of the war except one year from the fall of 1776 to fall of 1777 during which period I lived in new Kent Co. Virginia. After the surrender of Cornwallis I returned from the Army to my home in Caroline Co. where I lived several years and then moved to Spotsylvania County Virginia where I remained till the year __ and then moved to Fayette Co., Ky. and afterwards to Scott Co. Ky. and from thence in the year 1799 I moved to the place on which I now reside in Owen Co. Kentucky and have remained stationary since. 4th: How were you called into service were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? Answer: Upon the first tour which I performed and the last at the siege of York I was a volunteer upon all the other tours I was drafted or took my regular turn with my neighbors. 5th: State the names of some of the regular offices who were with the troops where you served such continental and militia regiments as you can recalleth and the general circumstances of your service Answer: Upon my first tour I recollect to have seen the service besides my own company & regimental officers Genl Weeden commander of the Brigade to which I was attached, Col Woodford, Capt. Robert Ware & Capt. David Jameson upon his 2nd tour he recollects to have seen in the service besides his own company & regimental officers, Genl Weeden -- in the course of my services which were various and frequent to have seen and served with Col. Anthony Thorn, Col John Thorn, Col Bowyers, Col Clarke, Col Posey, Capt John Woolfolk, Capt. Saml Woolfolk, Capt. George Terrill, Capt. Fitzhugh, Capt. Button, Capt. John Bacon, Major Armstead, Col. Saml Temple, Genl Nelson, Genl Stevens, Genl Baron Steuben, Genl Wayne, Genl Lafayette, Col Matthew’s, Major Galvaw?, Genl Francis Woolfolk, Genl Washington - that the whole of his services were performed between the York & James Rivers in endeavoring to protect the section of country from the incursions of the British and that from the fall of the year 1775 up to the surrender of Cornwallis in the year 1781 that part of the state of Virginia found but little repose and most of the able bodied men myself among the number were a large portion of said time under arms. 6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it? Answer: I never received a written discharge but for one tour of three months which was signed by my officers and which I have lost. 7th 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. Answer: I am acquainted with John Searcy, a clergyman, William Maddox, Obadiah Wilhoit & Taylor Searcy, Tobias Whilhoit who can say what my character - Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Joseph Jones We John Searcy, a clergyman residing in the County of Owen and William Maddox, Obidiah Whilhoit, Taylor Searcy, Tobias Whilhoit residing in the same county do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Jones who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 81 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion. And we do further certify that he is according to our beliefs and his general reputation in the country, a man of undoubted integrity and veracity. Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid John Searcy, Clergyman William Maddox Taylor Searcy Obidiah Whillhoit Tobias Whillhoit 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 name applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Searcy -- who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Owen and that William Maddox, Obadiah Willhoit, Taylor Searcy & Tobias Willhoit who have signed the same also are residents of the same county and are credible persons and that their statements entitled to credit. And the court further certifies that they are personally acquainted with the said Joseph Jones and that there is no man in this community who has a better reputation for integrity and voracity. N. M. Bacon Jas -Sale S. D. Hanks COURT State of Kentucky, Owen Co. On this 25 day of September 1838 personally appeared before Jacob H Smith, a Justice of the place in and for Owen County Kentucky, Sarah Jones a resident of the said County of Owen State of Kentucky aged seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836 That she is the widow of Joseph Jones who was a soldier and pensioner that her husband the said Joseph Jones served in the army of the revolutionary for said services received a pension of eighty dollars per annum under the act of Congress of June 1832 as will more fully appear by the declaration made by the said Jones. She will further declare that she was married to the said Joseph Jones on the 12th of November in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine in Caroline County State of Virginia. She will further state that her husband the said Joseph Jones died the 5th day of December in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty seven - She will further state that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her late husband the said Joseph Jones - and that she is unable to attend in open court by reason of bodily infirmity that she is now in almost a helpless situation all of which facts will more fully appear by the proof hereunto annexed. Sarah Jones {Note : a page from a bible is here -but the copy is so bad it cannot be fully read Joseph Jones, son of Thomas & Sarah was born May 6, 1757 in Caroline Co., Va. Sarah Chandler, daughter of Robert & Lucy was born February 5, 1761 Joseph Jones & Sarah Chandler were married Thursday ----1779---by Rev ------of St. Margarets Thomas Woolfolk Jones, son of Joseph & Sarah was born --- in the morning 13th May 1782 ------ son of Joseph & -------- fternoon, Saturday September 11 1784 (other births that cannot be read) File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Anne Baker abaker@searnet.com USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation.