At the time of this application, he was at the age of 73 years. He first volunteered to serve under Captain Abraham Beauchamp when Lord Dunmore sailed up the Potomac River to Saint Georges Island. He then volunteered to serve under Colonel Thomas Jones and Major Thomas Jones his son. He was then considered a minuteman and was stationed on the coast of the Potomac River above the mouth at Smith's Point on the Virginia Shore.

He on that tour served for a period of three years. He states that he knew the Marquis De LaFayette as well as Colonel Gaskins and Colonel Hull. John Bryce, a clergyman, and Abraham Jones, as well as Charles Ruddle, Hubbard B. Smith, and Lewis Myers all swear that they were at one time well acquainted with him.

They were married in Frederick County in the State of Virginia by James Ireland in April 1791. His daughter, Elizabeth Jones, was born on February 5, 1792. John Riffel and Icabod Ashcraft swear as to the legality of their marriage. The following if from the family Bible.

Joshua Jones was born April 25, 1761
Mary Jones was born in February 1767
Jane Jones was born October 22, 1786
Rebecca Jones was born August 16, 1788
Elizabeth Jones was born February 8, 1792
William Jones was born July 23, 1793
Sarah Jones was born July 11, 1795
Mary Jones was born December 13, 1799
Mariah Jones was born February 10, 1807

William W. Jones the son appointed Isaac N. Coffin of Washington in the District of Columbia and Seth Bond of Williamstown in the State of Kentucky to be his attorneys. Mary Jones, the wife, died in Grant County in the State of Kentucky on August 10, 1847. William W. Jones then appointed C. H. Barkley to be his lawful attorney.

Joshua received a pension under the act of the year 1832 in June 7. He was on the Kentucky Roll of Pensions at the rate of $60 per annum. William H. Childers swears that he has been acquainted with them since the year 1800 when they all lived near each other in Pendleton County in the State of Kentucky. John H. Truegate swears that his father, Edward Truegate, helped them to moved from the State of Virginia to the State of Kentucky and William Locket swears that he himself helped them to move from Bourbon County to Pendleton County Kentucky.

He was a private in company commanded by Captain Beauchamp and in the regiment of Colonel Jones in the Virginia Militia. He served in all for a period of eighteen months beginning in the year 1776. He was on the Kentucky Roll of Pensioners at the rate of $60 per annum. His certificate of Pension was issued September 25 of the year 1833 and it was sent to the Honorable R. M. Johnson.

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