Jones Family - James Jones Pension - page 33

                                                                                           September 23, 1937

Mrs. W. H. Quigley                  BA-J/ILL

52 Burton Street, North            James Jones

Grand Rapids, Michigan.           W. 21468

Dear Madam:

                      Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to James Jones, who lived in the Mohawk Valley, and served from New York state in the Revolutionary war.

                       The claim for pension has been found based upon service of a James Jones who served from New York in the Revolutionary War; he is the only soldier with that name who served from that state found on the Revolutionary War pension records. The data given herein were found in claim, W. 21468.

                       James Jones was born July 22, 1754, the place not shown. He was the third child of Henry Jones and his wife, Eunice Miner, who were married January 19, 1749, in Stonington, the state not named. At the beginning of the revolutionary War, the family resided in Little Hoosick, called later Stephentown, in that part of Albany County, New York , which was Rensselaer District.

                       James Jones enlisted in June 1775, as a private in Captain John Vissher's company for the defense of Albany County, New York, in March 1775, served as orderly sergeant in Captain Sandford's company and was on the expedition to Crown Point and Ticonderoga, was commissioned March 30, 1777, ensign, Captain James Denison's (Dennisons's) company, marched against General Burgoyne's Army, was in the battle of Bennington and, after the surrender of General Burgoyne, returned home. He was commissioned April 1, 1778, ensign, Captain James Denisons's company, Colonel Killian Van Rensselaer's New York regiment, and served against the Indians in the Mohawk Valley; he was commissioned March 4, 1780 , 2nd Lieutenant, Captain Stephan Miles's company, in that same regiment and served at Johnstown, New York, and other places as late as 1781.

                        James Jones married May 28, 1778, in Little Hoosick, New York [continued page 34]   

James Jones Military Pension Record, page 13. Fold3.com, image 24197533, 6 July 2019.

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