Person:Joseph Jewell (5)

Joseph Jewell was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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American Revolutionary War Veteran

Revolutionary War Pension Information

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 3, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Jewell, Joseph - born 10/13/1752 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey; moved in 1772 to New York where entered service 1776 when resided in Orange County; moved in 1784 to Augusta County, Virginia for several years, thence to Botetourt County, Virginia, thence in 1808 to Cumberland County, Kentucky, where granted Pension in 1832 when totally blind when daughter Catherine Lewis made affidavit there, her signature witnessed by Richard & Thomas Lewis (kinship not staated); soldier died 8/1/1840. F-S15480, R1415.

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

• Page 203.--1,000 acres on Jackson's River, patented to William Jackson, 1st June, 1750. Patent to Robert Hall, 7th February, 1784. Teste: A. Stuart, Joseph Jewell, Michael ( ) Cawley, J. Lyle, Jr.

• Vol. 2 - JUDGMENTS - APRIL, 1791 (I to Z). - Joseph Jewell vs. Samuel Harding--Debt. A. and B. Augusta, 15th April, 1790.

• Page 28.--12th October, 1792. Joseph Jewell's bond as contractor to build a stone bridge over the creek on Beverley street in Staunton, near Sampson Mathews' lot, to be seven feet clear between the pillars, to extend down stream 23 feet.

• Vol. 2 - APRIL, 1793 (H to Y). - Reuben Thomas vs. Joseph Jewell--A. and B. Writ, 24th July, 1792.

• Vol. 2 - Marriage Bond: 1799--March 9, Saml. Bailey and Ambrose Lee Tinsley and James Lowe, sureties. Saml. Bailey and Polly Jewell, daughter of Joseph Jewell (consent), Susanna Jewell (consent). Teste: Catherine Lynch. Both of age. (Note: was Susanna possible 2nd wife, or wife of a different Joseph Jewell? Additional research needed).

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

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