Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6181, for Nicholas Stoner, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
N York
Stoner, Nicholas
Hannah
NUMBER
W. 6181
B.L. Wt. 35-60-55
B.L. Wt. 7736-100-
Issued May 3, 1792
No papers
CONTENTS
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New York Roll
No 1695.
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Nicholas Stoner Private New York line - 1777 6 years In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 8th of April 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 30. of June 1818 and sent to the Pensioner at Johnstown, New York
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Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 4 months 27/30 $39.20

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

Van Cortlandt

Town Unknown Montgomery CO
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Notification sent July 6th 1820 to 
Nicholas Dodge Esq.
Johnstown, Montgomery 
New York
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free

The Honbl 
The Secretary at War
City of Washington


[round stamp]
JOHNSTOWN
MAY 1
N.Y
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Montgomery ss  I James Hildreth one of the Judges of the Court of Common Please for the County of Montgomery State of New York do certify that upon an examination in pursuance of the Law entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war, passed the 18th day of March in the year 1818 I do find that Nicholas Stoner served as a Musician in the revolutionary war from the year 1777 until the peace of 1783 when he obtained an honorable discharge at NewBurgh in the State of New York, and that the said Nicholas Stoner agreeably to the provisions of said act of Congress is entitled to the Pension of Eight Dollars per Month.
Given under my hand at Johnstown this 8th day of April in the year 1818. 
[signed] James Hildreth 

State of New York 
Montgomery County ss  I, John McCarthy, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Montgomery State of New York do Certify that James Hildreth the above signed is one of the Judges of the said Court for said County, and was at the time of taking the annexed affidavits and examination 
[signed] Jno McCarthy
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State of New York, Montgomery County SS Nicholas Stoner of the County aforesaid being duly sworn says that he served during the revolutionary war as a Musician in Captain Pells Company Colonel James Livingstons Regiment, and afterwards in the Regiment
commanded by Colonel Van Courtland of the New York line from the year 1777 until the peace of 1783 when he obtained an honorable discharge at New Burgh in the State of New York which discharge is enclosed. 
and this deponent further says that by reason of his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support, and that he receives no pension at present from the United States
[signed] N Stoner
Subscribed and sworn to this 8th day of April 1818 before me James Hildreth One of the Judges for the County of Montgomery and
State of New York

State of New York, Montgomery ss
Richard Dodge of County aforesaid being duly sworn says that he served in the revolutionary war, that he was then well acquainted with Nicholas Stoner the above Deponent, and knows him to have served as stated by him in his affidavit from the year 1780 until the end of the revolutionary War. 
[signed] Rich'd Dodge
Sworn and subscribed before me this 8th day of April 1818.
[signed] James Hildreth One of the Judges
for the County of Montgomery State of New York.
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Nicholas Stoner 
Pension
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Nicholas Stoner
9 ½ fol: 
16gs
30th June 1828
continued
Sep 1818.
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State of New York 
Montgomery County } ss.
on this fifteenth day of June in the year of our Lord 1820 personally appeared in Open Court of Common pleas of said County being a Court of Record for the said County constituted by the statutes of said state according to the principels of the common law with power of fine and imprisonment Nicholas Stover ages about fifty six years resident in said County who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows to wit in Captain Pells company Colonel Cortlands Regiment New York line that the date of his pension Certificate is the 30th day of June 1818 and is numbered 1695 and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by Gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring my self within the provisions of an act of congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engage in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolunary War passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me Subscribed to wit, Real estate none  occupies
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29 acres of land as tenant at will Personal
estate one mare one Cow three hogs two calves some fowls one chest of Drawers old, some 4 pots and Kettles half Dozen Knifes and forks half Doz Tea cups and some few other peices cooking thirteen Hunting Traps One plough one iron chain. His family consist of
four persons his wife Anna aged about fifty
seven years infirm in health his son Obadiah
aged nineteen years his daughter Catherine
aged eighteen years That he is by occupation
a Farmer & day Laborer
[signed] N Stoner
Sworn to and declared on the
15th day of June 1820 in
Open Court
[signed] Jno McCarthy Clerk

Schedule of property real and personal now owned and belonging to Nicholas Stoner dated this fifteenth day of June1820 to wit
Real estate now occupies a lot of land as tenant at will
Personal estate
One mare - $40.
one cow - 12
3 hogs   - $1 1/2  4.50
1 Calf -  5
some fowls  - 1
some old knifes & forks abot ½ Dozn.  - 1
1 chest of drawers old  - 5
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some pots & Kettles value  -  7
some tea cups & Crockery  -  0.50
13 Traps for Hunting   -  9.75
1 plough   -  3.25
1 chain Iron   -  2.
$91.00 
and that he the said Nicholas is indebted for the above and other articles to an amount exceeding the above sum of 91 dollars 
Deduct 5 Dollars in the price of the mare leaves the whole amot. of personal property at the sum of 86 Dollars 
[signed] N Stoner 

State of New York 
Mont. Co Clerk's Office } I John McCarthy Clerk of the Court of Com pleas in and for the said County do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of the said Court and further certify that it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court by the oaths of creditable witnesses and that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is $86 in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on the 15th day of June 1820 
[signed] Jno McCarthy Clerk
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3938
New York Albany 
Hannah Stoner 
widow of Nicholas Stoner NY who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 24 November 1853. 

Certificate of Pension issued 31st day of March 1854. and sent to Claimant Johnstown Fulton Co. N.Y.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 86 Vol. A 


Let. to A. A. Van Horne May 10/54.

Date of death not on A B.
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In the matter of the application of Hannah Stoner Widow of Nicholas for a Pension under the act of 3d February 1853 
Abm A. Van Horne Attorney
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State of New York 
Folton [Fulton] County } ss  On this 13th day of March 1853 personally appeared before the County Court of the County of Folton and state of New York Hannah Stoner a resident of the Town of Johnstown in the County of Folton and State of New York aged Sixty two years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3rd February 1853 Granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; That she is the widow of Nicholas Stoner deceased who was a private & Fifer in the army of the Revolution; That he said Nicholas Stoner on account of his said Services was awarded a pension under the act of Congress passed 18th March 1818 at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per annum; That his services were rendered in the New York State Line in said armey; which fact and other particulars regarding said services are set forth in his papers on file as declarant has been informed and believes in the matter of his application for a pension under said Act of 18th March 1818 
She further declares that she was married to said Nicholas Stoner on the twenty second day of April one thousand Eight Hundred and forty At Johnstown by James T Hildreth Esqr a Justice of the of the town of Johnstown Folton County & State of New York and he has moved off to the State of Wisconsin, That her said Husband died on the twenty fourth day of November one thousand Eight Hundred & fifty three, that she was the widow of Henry Frank deceased before she was married to the aforesaid Nicholas Stoner, That she was not marred to him prior to the Second day of January Eighteen Hundred but at the time stated above; she further declares that she Hannah Stoner is now his widow and still unmarried 
[signed] Hannah Stoner X her mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me 13th day of March 1854.
[signed] N. J. Johnson
County Judge of Fulton County
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State of New York 
Folton [Fulton] County } ss
I John Pye of the Town of Johnstown in the County aforesaid being first duly sworn according to Law do on my oath depose & say that I am Thirty five years of age that that I have known the within declarant some time before she was married to Nicholas Stoner that I know the aforesaid Nicholas but a short time before he was married to the Widow Hannah Frank that I this deponent was present at the time Nicholas Stoner was married to the Widow Hannah Frank which took place at the Village of Johnstown at the House of Tunis Van Vleet on the twenty second day of April one thousand Eight Hundred & Forty that my wife Harriat M Pye was also present with me that they were Married by James T Hildreth Esq a Justice of the Peace of the Town of Johnstown & County aforesaid that the aforesaid Justice has Moved of to the state of Wisconsin The Reason I do so well know of the Marriage of Nicholas Stoner with the Widow Hannah French Viz I was married to Harriat M. Frank two months before Nicholas Stoner was married to Hannah Frank to a day I have the certificate of my marriage which dates Feby 22nd 1840 that makes their marriage 22d April 1840 
This deponent further saith that Nicholas Stoner died on the twenty fourth day of Novembr & Bured [buried] on the Twenty Sixth November one thousand Eight Hundred and fifty three That this deponent & his wife attended the funeral on the 26th Novemr 1853 went up to Caroga with a waggon to attend the funeral the Reason I so well recall I got the waggon & horse from W Outter to attend the Burial for which I gave him credit; the Credit dates the 26th [November] 1853 
I the Deponent further say that Hannah Stoner still continues the widow and is unmarried 
[signed] John Pye
Sworn to before me this 18th day of March 1854
[signed] N. J. Johnson 
County Judge of Fulton
I hereby certify that the above named [covered by fold] creditable witnesses 
Dated Johnstown Mon
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State of New-York, 
Fulton County Clerk' Office, } ss.
I, A. Anderson, Clerk of the said County, do hereby CERTIFY that N J Johnson Esq, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgement of the annexed instrument in writing, and several affidavits, was, at the time of taking such Proof or Acknowledgment, County Judge in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, and duly authorized to take the same: That I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said County Judge and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgment is genuine: And that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New-York. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, this 22d day of March 1854
[signed] A Anderson Clerk
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I Harriat M Pye of the Town of Johnstown in the County aforesaid being first duly sworn according to Law do on my oath depose and say I am years thirty six of age that she knew the widow the widow Hannah Frank the Declarent In the above case from her earliest recollection, she is the deponents mother she knew Nicholas Stoner but a short time before he was married to her mother Hannah Frank, Nicholas Stoner was married with the Widow Hannah Frank on the twenty second day of April one thousand Eight Hundred & forty by James T Hildreth a Justice of the Peace at the House of Tunis Van Vleet at the Village of Johnstown that Nicholas Stoner was married two months after the time she deponent was married to John Pye which makes it the 22d day of April 1840 the date of Deponents Certificate of marriage to John Pye is the 22d of Feby 1840 which makes this deponent so well recollect
[signed] Hariet M Pye  + her mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 13th day 1854 
[signed] N. J. Johnson County Judge of Fulton County 

I Charles R Bellows of the Town of Johnstown & Village of Glovers Vill undertaker aged thirty eight years who being Duly sworn according to Law do on oath say that he this deponent as under taker furnished the Coffin for Nicholas Stoner also the Hearse to convey the Coffin from the House to the Grave which was done on the twenty sixth day of November one thousand Eight Hundred & fifty three I this deponent have the Record of the time on my books the day of Burial which is the 26th day of Novembr 1853 
[signed] Charles R. Bellows
Sworn to before me this 22nd day of March 1854 
[signed] N. S. Johnson County Judge of Fulton County 
[Witnesses] John Pye and Harriat Pye and Charles R. Bellows are respectable and 
[March] 22d 1854. [signed] N. J. Johnson County Judge of Fulton County
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State of New York 
Fulton County }
I Margret Perry of the Town of Johnstown & the County aforesaid aged forty three years being first duly Sworn according to Law do on my oath depose & say I will knew Nicholas Stoner and the Widow Hannah Frank Before they were married and after up to the death of Nicholas Stoner & still know the Widow Stoner I was Present at the time Nicholas Stoner was married with the Widow Hannah Frank at the Village of Johnstown at the House of Tunis Van Vleet who was then in first Husband and is now dead they were married by James T Hildreth a Justice of the Peace In the Latter part of the month of April one thousand Eight hundred and forty; I this depent and my Husband Tunis Van Vleet Removed from the House were they were married & Took and other hous and moved the first of may, the same spring which makes me know; It was but a few days before we moved which I well Recollect that the Hannah Stoner is still unmarred & Remains his widow 
[signed] Margaret Perry X her mark
Subscribed sworn to before me this 18th day of March 1854 and I hereby certify that the said Margaret Perry is a creditable witness 
[signed] N. J. Johnson County Judge
I Philip O Argersiner of the Town of Johnstown County of Folton & State of New York being first duly sworn according to law Depose & say that I am the Town Clerk of the Town Johnstown & County aforesaid & that I have charge of the Records of said town of Johnstown That I have the book containing the Dockets & Records of James T Hildreth late a Justice of the Peace of said Town. That I have duly examined the said Book & Records that I cannot find the Marriag of Nicholas Stoner with Hannah Frank on the Records aforesaid 
[signed] Philip P Argersinger
sworn to before me this 18th day of March 1854 
[signed] N. J. Johnson County Judge
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27.086 Act March 3/55
March 31 S85
Hannah Stoner widow of Nicholas Stoner priv
2d Regt. N.Y. Contl. Line.
Warrant No. 35 Issd Sept 9
War of Revolution 
Recd Pension Act Feby 3. 1853 
Ad: 60 Acres Aug. 9" 1855. 
Boynton
Boynton
Rdw
Abm A. Van Horn
Fonda New York

NB 
Feby 53 -  no 3958
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Application of Hannah Stoner Willow Stoner of Nicholas Stoner
For Bounty Lands Under act March 3 1855 
Presented by Abm Van Horne 
Fonda N. Y. 

27.086
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Declaration 
Of a Revolutionary widow who claims a Land Warrant Under Act March 3, 1855 
State of New York 
Folton [Fulton] County } ss.   On this 23rd day of March A.D. One thousand eight hundred & fifty five, personally appeared Before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County & State aforesaid Hannah Stoner aged sixty three years, A resident of the Town of Johnstown County of Folton & State of New York, who being duly sworn according to Law Declares that she is the widow of Nicholas Stoner deceased who was a solder Private & fifer in the Revolutionary War & was awarded A. pension for his services under act 18 March 1818 at $96 per annum She further declares she is a pensioner under the 2d section of the Act of 3 February 1853 at $96 per annum for service rendered by her Husband the aforesaid Nicholas Stoner, She more particularly refers to her papers on file at the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions She further states that she was married to the said Nicholas Stoner in the Town of Johnstown on the Twenty third day of April A. D. 1840 by one James T Hildreath a Justice of the Peace that her name before her said marriage was Hannah Frank that her said Husband died at Garoga [Caroga] on the Twenty fourth day of November A.D. 1853, and that she is now a Widow
[signed] Hannah Stoner + her mark
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She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855, and she hereby requests the Commissioner of pensions to forward her warrant to Abm A Van Horne Fonda N. Y. and appoint him my attorney to receive the same for me 
[signed] Hannah Stoner + her mark
We John Pye & Jamison Giles Residents of the Town of Johnstown Folton Co in the State of New York upon our Oaths declare, that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Hannah Stoner in our presence, and that we believe from the apperance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be 
[signed] John Pye  [Jamison] Giles

The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and Subscribed before me, on the day and year above written, & I Certify that I know the affiants to be creditable persons, that the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no Interest in this claim 
[signed] J N Johnson Justice of the peace
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State of New-York, 
Fulton County Clerk's Office, } ss.
I, A. Anderson, Clerk of the said County, do hereby CERTIFY that J W Johnson Esq, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing, and endorsed thereon, was, at the time of taking such Proof or Acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, and duly authorized to take the same: That I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgment is genuine: And that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New-York. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal. This 23d day of March 1855.
[signed] An W Anderson Clerk
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES  Form VAM-51  12-5-41 
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* 

NAME Stoner, Nicholas  GRADE Private  LINE  New york
WARRANT NUMBER  7736 ACREAGE 100    ISSUED May 3, 1792
and 35 – [ACREAGE] 60  [ISSUED] 1855 to – not shown
*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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April 16, 1937. 
BA-J/ILL 
Nicholas Stoner 
W. 6181
Mr. Jacob H. Stoner 
343 Clayton Avenue 
Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. 
Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Nicholas Stoner, shown as a pensioner of Fulton County, New York, in 1840, also in Montgomery County. 
The data given herein were found in pension claim, W. 6181, based upon service of Nicholas Stoner in the Revolutionary War. 
Nicholas Stoner enlisted, the place not given, served as a musician in Captain Pell's Company, Colonels James Livingston's and P. Van Cortlandt’s 2” New York regiment and was discharged “at the peace in 1783”, in Newburgh, New York, having served six years. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 8, 1818, at which time he resided in Montgomery County, New York. 
In 1820, the soldier gave his age as fifty-six years, but did not state the date and place of his birth, nor the names of his parents. His family living with him then consisted of his wife, Anna, aged about fifty-seven years, his son. Obadiah, aged about nineteen years, and his daughter, Catherine, aged eighteen years. The maiden name of his wife, the date and place of their marriage, and the date of her death not shown. The soldier married April 22, 1840, in Johnstown, Fulton County, New York, Hannah Frank, then the widow of Henry Frank, the date of death of said Henry Frank was not given. 
Nicholas Stoner died November 24, 1853, in Corago {written correction: Caroga], Fulton County, New York. 
Hannah Stoner, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed March 13, 1853, at which time the resided in
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Johnstown, Fulton County, New York; she was aged then sixty-two years. The date and place of birth of said Hannah, her maiden name, and the names of her parents were not given. 
In 1854, John Pye, aged thirty-five years, and his wife, Harriat M. Pye, aged thirty-six years, were residents of Johnstown, Fulton County, New York said Harriat was the daughter of Hannah Frank, and was married to John Pye February 22, 1840. Both John Pye and his wife, Harriat, were present at the marriage of Nicholas Stoner to the widow, Hannah Frank. 
There are no further data in regard to the family of Nicholas Stoner.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person apid, and, possibly, the date of death of Hannah Stoner, the pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following: 
Hannah Stoner, widow of Nicholas Stoner 
Certificate #3958 
Issued March 31, 1854 
Rate $96 per annum 
Commenced November 24, 1853 
Act of February 3, 1853. 
New York Agency. 
Very truly yours, 
A. D. HILLER, 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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35

60 acres
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act /53 N.Y.

Boynton
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Take this slip out when waiting on visitors -
See notes!
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Pension Office 
March 27/54
4053
Sir, Please report time of last payment to, or death of, within named pensioner 
Respectfully &c
S. Cole
for Commr
F. Burt Esqr 
3 Aud
Present 

Nicholas Stoner, act 1818 
Paid to 4 Sept 1853 No death 
24/Nov./53

F. Burt
Auditor
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[left side]
1929 March 9. Photos to N. Berton Alter & Fin. Div. ntfd.  A.D.Y. 
1929 Mch 14. N. Berton Alter adv. cost of 1818 appl. Photo  MMHF
1929 Mch 18. Burton Alter [illegible, paid?] cost of remainder of papers etc. MMHF 
1929 Apr. 2 Photos to N.B Alter & Fin. Div. ntfd  A.D.Y
1837 April 16. Hist to Jacob H. Stoner  [initials illegible]

]right side]
Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 6181 
Hannah Stoner 
Wid 
Nicholas Stoner 
Pvt. Rev. War 
Act: Feby 3rd/53 
Index: -- Vol. M,  Page 240 
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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JACOB H. STONER 
THREE FORTY-THREE CLAYTON AVENUE 
WAYNESBORO. PA. 

[stamped] RECEIVED MAR 29 1937

Waynesboro, Penn.
March 27th, 1937
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C. 
Gentlemen: 
Wish you would please prepare and send to me a copy of the pension report upon the filing of the application for pension of NICHOLAS STONER born about 1767 and a pensioner in Bleeker, Fulton County, N. Y. shown by 1840 Census of Pensioners for 1840 and also shown in Montgomery County, N. Y. 
This information is desired for genealogical purpose.
Very truly yours, 
[signed] J H Stoner
JHS/H
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Fonda May 5th 1854 
Hon L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions 
At the Request of the Widow Hannah Stoner I write you to inform you that she is in needy circumstance & prays that her Pension may be allowed, In a short time, she has nothing for her Suport but the pension she expects to get under the act of Feby 3d 1853, she has Drawen the ballance due her Husband Nicholas Stoner at his Death which was but a small amount 
She now hopes & wishes that her pension may be allowed soon which will enable her to be comfortable the short time she has to live It will be thankfully Received by her 
Respectfully yours 
[signed] Abm A Van Horne
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Brief in the case of Hannah Stoner widow of Nicholis Fulton County and State of New York act of February 3, 1853 
Claim, (original " or " for increase.) 
Proof exhibited, (if original.) 
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of 1818 at the $96 per annum & paid to the 4th September 1853 & died 24th Nov 1853
Allowed $96 per an to commence November 24, 1853. 
(If for increase.) 
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by credible witnesses 
Death of husband proved by credible witnesses 
Identity & Widowhood proved by credible witnesses 

Examining Clerk. 
J S Gray


Name and residence of Agent 
Mrs Hannah Stoner 
Johnstown 
Fulton Co
N. York
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY 
GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq;
General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United State of America. 
THESE are to CERTIFY that the bearer hereof Nicholas Stoner Fifer in the second New York Regiment, having faithfully served the United States six years
And being inlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from American Army. 
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the
[signed] G Washington 
By HIS EXCELLENCY’S Command, 
[signed] J Trumbell [illegible]
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment, 
[signed] Christ. Shiller [illegible] Adjutant
THE above N[icholas Stoner] has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for Six Years Years faithful Service 
[illegible] to Colo. [illegible]
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Stoner Nicholas
W. 6.181 
New York 
HEAD-QUARTERS, June Eight [year illegible] 
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough. 
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE. 1-681 PHONE Branch 476 
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 30921 
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
WASHINGTON 
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 139.  Please furnish work specified below.
March 25, 1929. 
Bureau ordering Pension  Deliver to Room No. 5033

(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.) 
Title and description of job photostatic copies of 10 pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Nicholas Stoner, New York, W. 6181. 
No. of copies 1 of each Shall form be kept standing? ___days 
For further information see Mrs. M.M.H. Finch  Room No. 5033  Phone No. 541
Approved: 
A. D. Wilkerson Chief Clerk of Bureau. 
Margaret M. H. Finch Chief of Branch 
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering 

CHECK WORK DESIRED 
Duplicate 
Multigraph  single or double space?  Facsimile signature? 
Mimeograph  single or double space?  Facsimile signature?
Folding  once or twice?
Assembling 
Stapling Once?  Twice?  Side?  End?
Electric typewriter  Fill in addresses?  Dated?
Addressograph from lists
Envelopes, size  Cards, size
Proof list  Pay rolls
Labels (submit sample)  Corrections
Fill in letters  Tabulation sheets
Photostat x  Size actual  Official use?  Repay?  yes $1.50
Blue Print  Size  Official use?  Repay?  $
Remarks 
(OVER)
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NOTE: Routine changes of addresses may be made on this blank without formal reference through or initialing of chiefs of branches or chief clerks of bureaus. 
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(Date) 
INDICATE BY AN X IN PROPER SQUARE ACTION TO BE TAKEN. 
Make new addressograph plate 
Change present addressograph plate  } On list
Destroy present addressograph plate 
as follows: 
Now reads  1  2  3  4  5
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FOR USE OF DUPLICATING AND ADDRESSING SECTION 
ADDRESSOGRAPH 
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N. BERTON ALTER 
DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS 
NELLISTON, N. Y. 
March 20, 1929. 

M. O. 44196 - $1.35
[stamp]
FINANCE DIVISION BOOK-KEEPER’S DESK 
MAR 23 1929 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Bureau of Pensions 
Rev. & 1812 Wars Division 
Washington D C 
Dear Sirs: -- A money order or $1.35 inclosed for the remaining papers in the Nicholas Stoner and wife pension claims etc. 
Very truly yours, 
N B Alter 
District Superintendent.

[stamp]
REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS SECTION
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
MAR 22 1929
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Rev & 1812 Wars Section. 
March 18, 1929. 
N. Berton Alter, 
Nelliston, 
New York. 
Sir: 
I advise you that photostatic copies of the remaining papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 6181, which include the application for pension and bounty land of Hannah Stoner, widow of Nicholas Stoner, will be furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents a page. 
The number of pages to be copied is nine.  [side note] this includes wid. Appl. & supporting affids. 4 p. her bounty land app & court seal 3 p. also [illegible] & her ctfs.  jackels
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior. 
Upon receipt of remittance, $1.35, photos will be mailed to you, including the photo of soldier's application in 1818 for which your money order for fifteen cents has been received.  
[side note] 10 p. in all in this req
Your first request was for the military record of this soldier, hence the first photos giving same, were furnished. 
The soldier was allowed one hundred acres of bounty
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[land], on account of his Revolutionary War service, on Warrant Number 7738, issued May 3, 1792, but there are no papers on file, submitted in application for same, due to the destruction of papers in such early applications when the War Office was burned in 1800. 
Soldier's widow received sixty acres of bounty land in full satisfaction for the same service of soldier, on her application as photos will show. Her Warrant Number 35 issued September 29, 1855. 
Should you desire to know location of land, apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, this city, citing warrant numbers, acreage and date of issuance. 
Respectfully, 
E. W. MORGAN, 
Acting Commissioner.
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N. BERTON ALTER
DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
NELLISTON, N. Y.
March 16, 1929.

M. O. 44164 – 15 cents
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FINANCE DIVISION BOOK-KEEPER’S DESK
MAR 19 1929
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Rev. & 1812 Wars Division
Washington D C
Dear Sirs: -- M O for 15¢ inclosed for photostat copy of the pension application of Nicholas Stoner made in 1818. I have his four page statement made in 1820. I wonder whether there were other papers in his pension record. He lived until 1853 and it may be possible that he made another application for pension. Will you please look the matter up. I wish these records to bind in with his life as outlined in Sims' Trappers of New York. 
Truly yours, 
[signed] N Berton Alter

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REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS SECTION
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
MAR 14 1929
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Rev & 1812 Wars Section. 
March 14, 1929. 
N. Berton Alter, 
Nelliston, 
New York. 
Sir:
I advise you that a photostatic copy of application for Revolutionary War pension of Nicholas Stoner (W. 6181) made in 1818, will be furnished for fifteen cents. 
There is one page to be copied. 
If you desire certification, twenty-five cents extra is required. 
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior. 
Respectfully, 
E. W. MORGAN, 
Acting Commissioner.
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Nelliston, N.Y 
March 12, 1929 
Pension Bureau
Dept of Interior
Wars of Revolution & 1812 Division 
Washington D.C. 
Dear Sir:- I received photostat copies of Nicholas Stoner's affidavit filed in 1820 relative to his pension granted in June 1818, pursuant to the act of March the same year. 
What of his pension application for this pension? I want a copy of this if it is extant.
[Truly?]
[signed] N. Berton Alter

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REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS SECTION
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
MAR 14 1929
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Rev & 1812
SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE. 1-681 PHONE Branch 476 
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 30310 
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
WASHINGTON 
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 139.  Please furnish work specified below.
March 1, 1929. 
Bureau ordering Pension  Deliver to Room No. 5033

(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.) 
Title and description of job photostatic copies of 4 pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Nicholas Stoner, W. 6181, N.Y. Troops,. 
No. of copies 1 of each Shall form be kept standing? ___days 
For further information see Mrs. M.M.H. Finch  Room No. 5033  Phone No. 541
Approved: 
A. D. Wilkerson Chief Clerk of Bureau. 
Margaret M. H. Finch Chief of Branch. 
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering 

CHECK WORK DESIRED 
Duplicate 
Multigraph  single or double space?  Facsimile signature? 
Mimeograph  single or double space?  Facsimile signature?
Folding  once or twice?
Assembling 
Stapling Once?  Twice?  Side?  End?
Electric typewriter  Fill in addresses?  Dated?
Addressograph from lists
Envelopes, size  Cards, size
Proof list  Pay rolls
Labels (submit sample)  Corrections
Fill in letters  Tabulation sheets
Photostat   Size actual  Official use?  Repay?  yes  $ .60
Blue Print  Size  Official use?  Repay?  $
Remarks 
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NOTE: Routine changes of addresses may be made on this blank without formal reference through or initialing of chiefs of branches or chief clerks of bureaus. 
192 .
(Date) 
INDICATE BY AN X IN PROPER SQUARE ACTION TO BE TAKEN. 
Make new addressograph plate 
Change present addressograph plate  } On list
Destroy present addressograph plate 
as follows: 
Now reads  1  2  3  4  5
Should read 1 2  3  4  5 
FOR USE OF DUPLICATING AND ADDRESSING SECTION 
ADDRESSOGRAPH 
The above change was made    192 .
Operator 
MULTIGRAPH 
Operator   Date   Type set by    Date 
Remarks:

MIMEOGRAPH 
Operator   Date   Cut by   
Remarks:
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N. BERTON ALTER 
DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS 
NELLISTON, N. Y. 
February 23, 1929. M. O. 44026 – 60 cents 
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FINANCE DIVISION BOOK-KEEPER’S DESK 
FEB 25 1929 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS 
Department of the Interior 
Bureau of Pensions 
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
Washington D C 
Dear Sirs: -- money order for sixty cents is enclosed. Send the pension record of Nicholas Stoner as per your letter of February 21, 1929. 
Truly yours
[signed] N Berton Alter 

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REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS SECTION 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS 
FEB 25 1929
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N. BERTON ALTER 
DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS 
NELLISTON, N. Y. 
February 4, 1929. 
Pension Office
War of Revolution Records
Washington D C 
Dear Sirs: -- What will photo static copies of Nicholas Stoner’s Military Record cost?
Services in 
N.Y. Line 2nd Reg 
N.Y. Line under Col Jos Livingston 
N.Y. Levies Col Marinus Willett 
Truly 
[signed] N B Alter

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REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS SECTION 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS 
FEB 5 1929
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Rev & 1812 Wars Section.   MMHF
February 21, 1929. 
N. Berton Alter, 
Nelliston, 
New York. 
Sir: 
I advise you that photostatic copies of original papers relative to the military service of Nicholas Stoner will be furnished you upon request under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912 at the rate of fifteen cents a page with twenty-five cents extra for certification if that is desired. 
The number of pages to be copied is four. 
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior. 
Respectfully, 
WINFIELD SCOTT, 
Commissioner. 

Soldier’s decl. dated June 15, 1820 3 p-  affid of James Hildreth 1 p-

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