Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19252, for John Lonass, Maryland
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Continental (Md)
Lonass [??Loonass], John
Fardin, Mary
or Farden,
NUMBER
W. 19252
CONTENTS
Former widow
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Virginia 1744
Mary Farden, formerly widow of John LonassMd. who died on the Revolutionary War of Morgan Co. in the State of Virginia who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain ____ of the German Regiment commanded by ____  in the Maryland line for 2 years

Subscribed on the Roll of Virginia the rate of 80 Dollars --- cents, per annum, commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day or Dec. 1837 and sent to Thos  Hord, Esqr. Present
 
 Arrears to the 4th day of Sep. '37   520.00
 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. '38.   40.00
 [total]  $ 560.00

{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3-- }
Recorded by D. Brown  Clerk,
[Bo]ok  A.  Vol. 2  Pace 156

DeadLetter to Hon. R. W. Barton d[illegible] Audi.  12th Jany 1842. Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4th March 1840 to 17 March 1841. Agt Notified 23 Feby 184??
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State of Virginia  Morgan County } To wit:
On this 27th day of November 1837, personally appeared before the County Court of Morgan in the State aforesaid Mary Farden, a resident of said County and State aged 77 years on the 15th of August last, who, being, first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of this provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836, and the Act explanatory of said act, passed March 3rd 1837:

That she was married to John Lonass, who was a private Soldier in the German Regiment of the State of Maryland in the war of the Revolution  She states that according to her recollection, her said husband enlisted in said Regiment and entered service the 1st of August in the year 1780 but she cannot state the name of the officer he enlisted under, as her memory is not perfect on that point at this period. He enlisted in Frederick Town in Maryland was marched to Annapolis, and from thence to the South and served in the Southern states till his death-

The exact period of his death she cannot state, but he died whilst in the said service in the South-- She states that it has been so long since her removal from the State of Maryland, that she does not know whether any of the comrades of her said husband are now living. She further states that her said husband enlisted for three years. He was a resident of Frederick County Maryland at the time of his said enlistment.

She further declares that she was married to the said John Lonass in the month of February in the year 1779. She cannot recollect the day of this month. She states that herself & her said husband were entitled, and kept no record of their marriage. She states that her only child by her said husband was born fifteen months after her said marriage. That her said son was called John, and if now living, resides in the State of Ohio. That her friends wrote to him
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about 12 months since, but have received no answers from him. She states that her said son John Lonass was born on the 31st May 1780. That her said husband John Lonass died as before stated in the Service, and she cannot state the precise date of his death. That she was afterwards married to Aaron Fardin, who died on the 21st day of Feby 1834: and that she was a widow on the 4th day of July 1836. and still remains a widow, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed---
Mary her x mark Fardin

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before the Court aforesaid.
Henry Myers
Presiding Justice, Pro. Tem.

State of Virginia.  Morgan County } To wit: At a Court begun and held for said County of Morgan, (which is a Court of Record) at the Court House thereof, on Monday the 27th day of November, 1837. Mary Fardin, of said County of Morgan, personally appeared in open Court, and made her declaration on oath in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress, passed July 4th 1836, and the act explanatory of said Act passed March 3rd 1837, which was ordered to be recorded.

I Jacob Riechard, Clerk of the above named Court do certify, that the above order was made as stated, & recorded, and that Henry Myers whose signature appears to the same, is a Justice of the peace as above, and that his said signature is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court, this 28 day of November, in the year 1837
J. Riechard
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Joseph Farding
February the 9th 1777
James Harrison the
[illegible circled right side]
Same year born De
25th [illegible] Born in 17[??]
as my Father saes
John Lonis was
born Math the 31- 17[??]
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State of Virginia   Marian County } towit-
Be it remembered that on this 27th day of Mar 1837 Jacob Becktol and Maryan Becktol, citizens of said County, and who are known to the subscriber to the subscriber as person of strict veracity, personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said County, and being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth, that Mrs Mary Farden, now the widow of the late Aaron Farden, was, prior to her marriage with him, the widow of John Lonass - who they have always understood and do believe was a private soldier in the Maryland Line in the War of the Revolution - and that he died in said service. They further state that the only child of said John and many was called John, and that he was born on the 31st day of May 1780 and they have always understood that he was born about fifteen months after the marriage of his said father and mother. He, if living, now resides in the State of Ohio. They further State that the above named Mary Farden some time after the death of her husband, John Lonass, and whilst she lived in the State of Maryland, was married to Aaron Farden; and removed to Virginia & settled in that part of Berkely Co. now called Jefferson, and afterwards moved to the said County of Morgan - That said Aaron Farden in his life time made a register of his own family, and of the age of his step son, John Lonass, and the same is herewith now exhibited by the above named affiants, from the family prayer book of said Aaron Farden. They further State that sd. Aaron Farden died 21st. July. 1834--
Jacob Becktoll
Mary Ann her X mark Becktoll
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The foregoing affidavit of Jacob Becktol and Maryan Becktol was subscribed by them and sworn to before me the justice as aforesaid - given under my hand this day & date above written -
Cromwell Orrick

George Shank also a citizen of said County, & who is known to the subscriber as a man of strict veracity on the same day and date, personally appeared before the same, justice, and being first duly sworn according to law deposeth, that between 36 & 37 years ago his father the late Christian Shank met with Mrs. Mary Forden of this County, and knew and recognized her as the same person who had been the widow of John Lonass of Frederick Co. Maryland, he being the same person who had died in the service in the Revolution from Maryland. That he has also heard his father say, that said Mrs Lonass maintained herself and her son John Lonass (now of Ohio) by her own labor. That he has frequently heard his said father speak of the above mentioned circumstances, and never had any doubt of their truth- He further States that said Mary Farden is now the widow of the late Aaron Farden, and has been since his death--
Geo. Shank

Subscribed & sworn to before me the justice aforesaid--
Cromwell Orrick
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State of Virginia,  Morgan County,  } To wit:
I Jacob Riechard, Clerk of the County Court, of the said County of Morgan, do certify, that Cromwell Orrick, whose signatures appear to the foregoing, annexed affidavits, was at the time of making the same, and now is, an acting Justice of the peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned, & sworn by legal authority, - and that the said signatures, purporting to be his are genuine.

In testimony whereof, I hereto affix the seal of said Court, and set my name, this 28th day of November, in the year 1837
J. Riechard
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John Lonass

[illegible]

Thomas Hord, Esqr.
Washington City
District of Columbia

mail

[round postal mark contianing]
ANNAPOLIS Md  NOV 30
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Land Office, Annapolis, 29th Nov, 1837,
I hereby Certify, That it appears by a pay roll remaining in this Office, That John Lonass, a private, received of John Hamilton -- Agent of the Maryland Line, $24.60cts arrears of pay from the 1st August, 1780, to the 1st of January, 1782, - also $60.40cts Pay from the 1st January, 1782, to the 1st January, 1783, - Total received $85.10 and in the Margin of Remarks opposite his name, it is stated, -- That he died the 2nd of October, 1782, and the balance of pay paid to Wm Hicks, Admr, --
George G. Brewer
Regr. Land Off. W. S. Md.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office
Jany 13th. 1842.

Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The admr of Mary Farden, decd. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va., Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and --- Cents per annum, under the law of the 4th July 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, 1840, to the 17th March 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K Perris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
19252
Mary Farden
Former Widow of
John Lonass
Priv Rev. War
Act: July 4th 1836
Index:--Vol. A, Page 227
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1923 July. 23. Copies mailed
M.F. Jones, au.
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[oval stamp containing]
REVOLUTIONARY WAR SECTION  JUL 5 1923

[round stamp containing]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE A JUL 6 1923

July 5. 1923. received from Mr. W. F. Lones
Wellsville Ohio
$1 45/100 in payment for certified photostat copies
of eight (8) pages from the Revolutionary
War Pension claim of Mary Fardin former
widow of John Lonass, Continental Troops
Rev. War. Widow File 19252.
A E Wilson

[stamped]  REV.WAR SECTION

[square stamp containing] 
FINANCE DIVISION  JUL 6 1923
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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(MF 42 )
Name  John Lonass   No. W. 19252
War Rev.
Photographic copies wanted of  4 
pieces, consisting of   8  pages.
Remarks:
Exr. A E Wilson
Chief, Div.
Law Clerk.
Serial No.  3483 [?? best guess]
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M 233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
JUL 6 1923 192

Chief of Rev. War Section

Sir: 
I have this day received from W. F. Lones
cash $ 1.45, requesting 
copy as per letter herewith.
Respectfully,
O. J. RANDALL
[illegible initials] 
Chief Finance Div.

Copies mailed July 23 & [illegible]
Did Notf au
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John Lonass German Regt. from Md. 3ys.
enlistd Aug 1780. Died in service at the South, 2d Oct. 1782.
Married 1779-
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51-
12 - 5 - 41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME  London, Charles    GRADE  Private    LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER   6095  ACREAGE  100   
ISSUED   Aug. 23, 1790   to --- not shown --

a bounty land warrant with this same
number was issued for service of Samuel Hall,
of the Conn. Line also, on March 16, 1792, to
Lee Hall, Exqr.

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51-
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME  London, Eliel   GRADE   Private    LINE  Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER   6122   ACREAGE   100
ISSUED   Sept. 9, 1790   to James F. Sebor

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.