Notes for John JONAS

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Notes for John JONAS

Served in the Revolutionary War in New Jersey - Capt. Forman's Co. 4th Batt.
See 1823 Equity Suit in "Republican Citizen and Public Advertizer", Maryland
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"John Jonas. I know of 3 children: Elizabeth, Adolph and Catharine. Adolph [John's father] died young and left a widow with 5 children: John, Jeremiah, George, Elizabeth and Mary all under 21. A John Jonas appears on the 1790 census fo WASHINGTON CO.,
PA: Males 1 16 and up; 2 under 16; females 3 [In Cumberland Township, same township as Elizabeth Clark - unfortunately in alpha order so impossible to tell who lived next door to each other.]. John's father Adolph died in 1795 at Middlesex Co., NJ".
[BJohnson 4/02]
If John's pension commenced in 1794 there may be a clue as to where he lived at that time in his pension record. Was this a state or federal pension?
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MARYLAND PENSION ROLL OF 1835
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REPORT FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR
IN RELATION TO THE PENSION ESTABLISHMENT
OF THE UNITED STATES 1835 COPIED AND INDEXED
BY WILLIAM R. NAVEY
P. O. BOX 251
HOLLY RIDGE, NC 28445-0251
REPORT FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR
IN OBEDIENCE TO RESOLUTIONS OF THE SENATE OF THE 5TH AND 30TH OF JUNE,
AND THE 3RD OF MARCH, 1835
IN RELATION TO THE PENSION ESTABLISMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON
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PRINTED BY
DUFF GREEN
1835
JOHN JONAS
ALEGHANY COUNTY
PRIVATE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY
$60.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
$1,230.00 AMOUNT RECEIVED
SEPTEMBER 4, 1794 PENSION STARTED
Sources:
Cumberland Times, 9/8/1908, p 9.
Cumberland Times, 9/15/1910, p 3.
Federal Census 1800 of Allegany County MD.
Additional contributions from researchers.
"The General Assembly of Maryland in 1777 passed an act giving each
soldier, in a call for 2000 men, 50 acres of land, who had served three years.
In 1781 another act was passed, reserving all the vacant lands in the State
westward of "Fort Cumberland" for the soldiers. In pursuance of these
enactments, in 1787 Francis Dicken and his ten assistants laid off 4,165 50-acre
lots. The commissioned officers were awarded each four 50-acre lots of land; the
private soldiers received only one lot. The records show that 212 officers
were awarded four lots each under the laws, 848 lots in all."
[Note: While transcribing these lists, many names sounded familiar.
So, I checked the pages of the 1800 census I had at home and found over 100
possible matches. These have been included in the second column. The notes
usually indicate spelling differences. Only 209 of the 212 officers awarded
land are included in the newspaper article. Overall, 507 soldiers and
squatters living on the military lots at the time of Francis Dicken's survey are
listed.
One point of interest, very few officers appear to have settled in
Allegany Co.
Names included without a rank, may be either soldiers or squatters.]
Name 1800 Census
Notes
Jackson, Samuel -
Jacobs, William 29 - George's Creek
James, Evan -
Jamison, Officer Adam R -
Rank Unknown
Johnson, Albert -
Jonas, John -
Jonas, William -
Jones, Capt John C -
Jones, William -
Jorden, Capt John -
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Misc. information from Garrett County site:
Bear Camp Cemetery (Between the Cove & Route 40 - Pig's Ear Road)
JOHN JONAS (1754-1815)- Capt. Forman's Co. 4th Battalion, New Jersey. Buried in Simkins' Graveyard at the Bear Camp.
JONAS, Hannah (Hananah), 1/20/1816, 1 yr, 8 mos, 26 days
JONAS, John (rest of marker buried too deep to be read)
JONAS, Mary, 1/9/1810, 17 yrs, 1 mo, 19 days
Note: This is an old graveyard, John Jonas and family are the only markers that could be found. John SIMPKINS and wife, Elizabeth LARAR are supposed to be buried here also, as well as others. JONAS & SIMPKINS are Rev. War Veterans. The cemetery as such
no longer exists and has been planted over in pine.
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By 1787 a John Jonas was living in Allegany Co., Maryland c/o census taken
that year of those living on pension land. He must have been there 1782 as
well because his daughter Catherine was born in Maryland.
Check 1790 Census!? Was he in MD or PA then? There was also a John Jonas in
Cumberland Twp. Washington Co., PA.

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