State of New York}
Ontario County ss.}
On the twenty eighth day of June One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared Isaac Hoard of the town of Potter in the County of Yates & State aforesaid Aged eighty four who being first sworn according to law doth when his oath Say that he was acquainted with James Jones of Little Hoosick Now Stephentown knew him at the commencement of the American Revolution I know he was in the service of his country at that period- In June 1777 I bore arms, & marched to the North and at or near Fort Ann met with Jones together with all our forces there General Schuyler Commanding, they were retreating before the enemy (Burgoyn's Army) Our forces retreating from place to place (followed by the enemy) until the Bennington Battle and on that memorable day when the British forces there surrendered to General [Stac?] Jones was selected to the command of an scouting party he called on me to go & I went with him on such duty- After that Battle our forces continued on duty until Burgoyn's Army give up in October after how much he Jones served in that year except as above stated I do not know or now recollect- but Jones was in the service anterior to that he enlisted and I think as A sejant, in the spring say March or April 1776 and went immediately to [Sensborough] and there joined our army I was not there myself at the time but I know by common reputation as well as by his statements that he said so join the army, And I do know that he enlisted for that purpose under Lieutenant Obediah Vaughn, [?] officer, My brother David Haard who lived in the same house with me, enlisted at the same time and under the same Officer and went with Jones to the army -David is dead I do not now recollect the name of the Capt. but one Wyncoop was then Colonel and the regiment remained at the north during the whole of that season Jones did not return home until late in the fall or far[e] part of winter- That being an is[festud] district where
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