Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7,625, for Jacob Stone, South Carolina
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S.C.  Stone, Jacob.  S. 7,625  carded
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South Carolina  23,869
Jacob Stone
of [illegible] in the State of So Ca
who was a Pr. in the commanded
by Captain  of the Regt. commanded
by Col Winn in the So Ca
line for 10 months
Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Apr. 34 and sent John R. Buchanan, Winnsboro, S.C.
Arrears to the 4th of March 34          99.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.   16.67
 $116.66
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Nath Rice Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 Page 80
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Order to pay June 22, 1837
[illegible] to Pensions Agent 18 April '38
[illegible] 18 March 1840.
Paid at the Treasury under the
Act of the 6th April 1838, from 
4th March 187 to 4 March 1839.
Agt notified 2nd April 1840
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declaration of Jacob Stone in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed Jun 7, 1832. [ South Carolina Fairfield District ] In the Court of Ordinary on this Ninth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally came and appeared in open Court before me John R. Buchanan Judge of the Court of Ordinary for said District and State now sitting Jacob Stone who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration  and say s that he was born in Fairfield District S. Carolina & that from the best evidence he has been allowed to procure  he believes himself to be seventy five or seventy six years of age  & consequently  was born about the year 1757 or 1758 , that he never saw any record of his age  he entered the service as a  drafted soldier on the first of March 1778 under Capt. -- Frost who then lived in Chester District adjoining this . I was marched in his Company from the district to the lower part of this State to a place called the Four Holes , the commanding officers were  Col ( afterward Genl. ) Richard Winn , Col. Lacey , and the name of the Major not now recollected. I was stationed at that lace and served as a private Six months from the first of September of the same year. This was the six months for which I was drafted first, I stayed out that term of time and then got a written discharge from Captain Frost, I then returned home, and stayed there four or five days and I was called out again by Capt. Frost part of the time and part  under Capt. Bonds from the first of Sept. 1778, for four months with the exception of four or five days when I was at home from my first six months tour as above stated the service which I performed in this last tour was scouting parties to subdue the refractory and rebellious Tories and after this four months service I got a written discharge from Capt. Frost. I then returned home to Fairfield District where I have resided ever since. The discharges from the lapse of time has been worn out or lost. I was in no battle during my service
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pg. 2      I was ten months in actual service in the cause of freedom , that is  from the  1st of March  1778  to the 1st of Jany 1779. was after this period I performed services in the cause for freedom in routing Tories and protecting the defenses of the exposed  which I served in those days was partial as any but in this last service  I was not regularly enrolled under any officer and therefore do not claim for it , but only for the above ten months  service. I have not written evidence of my services, I now live within six miles of the place where I was born  and named and have lived there all my lifetime. I refer to the Rev. Nicholas Roberts and Abigail Mobley for my good character  and standing in  society and to William Colvin and Micajah Mobley for the evidence of my actual service in the war of the revolution . I know of no other testimony I can procure who can testify to my services as al except the above are either dead or removed . In October 1831 I sent to Alabama to get the deposition of  Wm Colvin who was one of my brother soldiers and companions  in arms and in the service in the same cause of freedom and I procured his affidavit of my actual service . I done this for the  purpose of applying to this State  for a pension but did not do so and then shortly after this I heard of the act of the seventh of June 1832. I concluded to reserve this affidavit  and make a voucher  of it and attach it to this my declaration and hope it will be received as such  and a part of my papers as it is regularly vouched and authenticated. I would further state respecting my second term of service that is from the 1st of Sept 1778 to the 1st of January 1779 the company in which I served was not attached to any Regiment  but performed several services under Capt. Frost  & Bonds as above stated , and on further reflection I think that while I was stationed at the Four Holes from 1 March to 1st Sep. 1778 there were other regiments stationed there but I don't recollect the name of any of the officers . And I hereby relinquish every claim whatever,
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pg 3 whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to in open Court before me on this ninth day of October 1833. ( his mark X ) Jacob Stone  John R. Buchanan  ( signed ) Ordinary of F. D.                                                                   We Nicholas Roberts a Clergyman residing in Fairfield District and State of South Carolina and Micajah Mobley residing in Fairfield District and State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Stone who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration , that we believe him to be about seventy six years old ; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution , and that we concur in that opinion . Sworn to and subscribed in open Court before me this 7th day of October 1833.  Nicholas Roberts ( signed ) ( his mark X ) Micajah Mobley  John R. Buchanan  ( signed )  Ordinary of F.D.                                              
1st . Where and what year were you  born ? A. I was born in Fairfield District South Carolina  , and was born in the year  1757 or 1758          
 2. Have you any record of your age , if so where is it ?  A. I have no record of my age and have never heard of one.                                 3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war , and where do you now live ?  A. I was living in Fairfield District South Carolina , and was living there before the  war of the revolution and after I returned to the same place and have lived in the same neighborhood ever since to the present time.
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4. When were you called into service ? Were you drafted did you volunteer , or were you a substitute & if a substitute for whom ?  A. I was drafted under Capt. Frost . I was not a volunteer or a substitute .                                5. State the names of some of the regular officer who were with the troops , when you served such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect , and the general circumstances of your services? A. I was drafted under Capt. Frost and was enrolled under him the first six months term, and the second who under him and served of this last time served under Capt. Bonds the remainder under the first named Capt.  The regiment was commanded by  Col . ( afterwards Genl )  Richard Winn  & Col. Lacey this was the six months tour and the four months  tour I served and was commanded by Capt. s Frost  & Bonds . There were other regular officers this same place but I don't re the name of any of them.                                                         6th. Did you ever receive  a discharge from the service if so by whom was it given and what has become of it ?  Did you ever receive commission and ,if so, by whom was it signed and what has become of it ? A. I was only a drafted private soldier and received a discharge [ his discharge from .. (Illegible ) has been worn out or lost ] from Capt. Frost . I never rec'd a commission of any kind.             7. State the name of persons to whom you are known in your neighborhood , and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution . A. Micajah Mobley and neighbor Roberts and for my services Micajah Mobley and Wm Colvin.  Sworn to and signed in open Court this ninth day of October 1833. ( his mark X ) Jacob Stone  John R. Buchanan  ( signed ) Ordinary of  F. D.
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Mr. Jacob Stone  Inf (?)  per mail [ Fairfield Dis.  South  Carolina  Halselville  (?)  ( upside down at bottom of page ) Jacob  Stone papers
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[THE STATE OF ALABAMA Greene County ] SS. I Isaac C. Snedecor, Clerk of the County Court, of the aforesaid , do certify that Burrel Huggins whose signature appears in attestation of the above deposition now is at at the time of his certifying acting Justice of the Peace , in and for said county, duly elected, qualified and commissioned , that his certificate is in due form of law, and that due faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his acts as such. In testimony whereof , I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of my said Office, to be affixed. Done at the Court - House of said County , at Erle, the 8th day of November 1831 and of American Independence the fifty sixth year.  Attest, I. C. Snedecor  ( signed / sealed ) Clerk.  [ The State of Alabama, Greene County , ] I, THOMAS MOODY ,Presiding Judge of the County Court of said county , do, hereby certify that Isaac C. Snedecor , whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate , now is, and was, at the time he signed, Clerk of the  County Court of said county , and that his certificate is made in due form of law. Given under my hand and seal ; this 8th day of Nov, 1831 Thos Moody  ( signed / sealed )  Judge of said Court.
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[ State of Alabama Green County  ] Personally appeared before me  Burrel Huggins an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and State aforesaid  William Colvin  .. ( illegible ) of his being duly sworn depose eth and sayeth that he was a fellow soldier in the old revolution  war with Jacob Stone who now resides in Fairfield District of South Carolina and further more he was with him at the Four Holes Bridges . Given under my hand and seal 3 October 1839. ( his mark X ) Wm Colvin ( sealed )   Sworn to and subscribed the day and date above specified. at B Huggins ( signed / sealed )  J.P.
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{ South Carolina Fairfield District ] Personally came before me Micajah Mobley and after having been duly sworn according to law says he was in the United States service with Jacob Stone at a place called then the Four Holes near Charleston and he Jacob Stone served as a private faithfully in the cause of freedom the six months he states in his declaration and he was a true Whig and a faithful soldier and after this first six months term in which him and myself served together, he was discharged the time for which he was drafted having expired and then we were separated and I knew no more of his services, he is a man of good character and of good veracity and stern veracity and truth. Sworn to in open Court before me this ninth day of October 1833. ( his Mark X ) Micajah Mobley  John R. Buchanan ( signed ) Ordinary of F.D.     [ South Carolina Fairfield District ] Personally appeared before me Nicholas Roberts and Micajah Mobley  and after having been duly sworn according to law says they were all well acquainted with Jacob Stone that he has resided in this neighborhood ever since the war, that he has always supported a good character as to truth and honesty and was always reported to have been a soldier  of the revolutionary war.  Nicholas Roberts ( signed ) ( his mark X ) Micajah Mobley  Sworn to before me in open Court this ninth day of October 1833.  John R. Buchanan ( signed ) Ordinary of F. D.
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(10 ) And the Court do hereby certify and declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above mentioned applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states, And the Court further certifies that it appears to him that Nicholas Roberts who signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman residing in Fairfield District and that Micajah Mobley who has signed the same is a resident in Fairfield District and that they are credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit , And the Court further certifies that  Wm. Colvin whose affidavit is prefixed and Micajah Mobley  are all credible witnesses and statements are all entitled to credit and should be believed.  John R. Buchanan ( signed )  Ordinary of F.D.  ( vertical note ) 27. 437 (?)    I John R. Buchanan Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of Fairfield District  and State aforesaid does hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Stone for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand  and said seal of office this ninth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three and in the fifty eighth year of sovereignty and independence of the United States of America. John R. Buchanan  ( signed  / sealed ) Ordinary of F. D.
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Virginia C. Coogler,
128 Saluda St.,
Chester, S. C.

Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 7635, it appears that Jacob Stone was born in 1757 or 1758 in Fairfield District, South Carolina.

While residing near the line that divided Fairfield and Chester Districts, South Carolina, with his mother, his father was then dead, their names are not stated, he enlisted March 1, 1778 and served six months as a private in Captain Frost's Company, Colonels Richard Winn and Lacey's South Carolina Regiment.

He enlisted in September 1778 and served four months as a private in Captains Frost and Moses Bond's South Carolina Company.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 9, 1833, while living in Fairfield District, South Carolina. There is no further family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3-525 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS. Washington , D.C.  19 __In reply to your request of __, received __ for a statement of the military history of Jacob Stone a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his  application for pension on file in this Bureau.  DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPONTMENT . Mar 1.1778, Sept 1. 1778  LENGTH OF SERVICE . 6 mos, 4 mos RANK. Pvt. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. Frost & Moses Bond COLONEL. Richard Winn, Lacey .  STATE. S.C. Battles engaged in , none  stated .Residence of soldier at enlistment , see below. Date of application  for pension. Oct. 9 1833 ( add below ( His claim was allowed on  Oct 23,1869 * ) Residence at date of application, Fairfield District S.C. Age at date of application, born in 1757 in Fairfield District S.C. Remarks : When he enlisted he was living near the line that divided Fairfield  & Chester Districts S.C. with his Mother, his father was then dead, their names are not stated no further data as to family on file ( * which issued Apr. 17, 1834 )- ( this can be omitted in future also it no )
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Chester, S.C. Oct. 14, 1924 Dept. of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington  D.C. Sirs:  I am wanting to find the volume and page on which is recorded the pension that Jacob Stone in Fairfield District  S. C. applied for on October 9th , 1833. His pension extended for ten months . He was 76 years old. He served under Capt. Frost and Col. Winn. I am wanting this information to join the D.A.R. Chapter. ( post mark ) [ U.S. PENSION OFFICE OCT 16 1924 ]
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( post mark ) [ U.S.PENSION OFFICE OCT 16 1924 ] Please let me hear from you at your earliest convenience. I am most appreciatively , Mrs. Virginia C. Coogler  128 Saluda St. Chester , S. C.
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Give law or reference by volume and page, to the documentary or other authority upon which you found your record.   ( post mark ) [ U.S.PENSION OFFICE OCT 16 1924 ]
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( note ) Rev. War. 7625 INVALID, No. 7625 Jacob Stone Pri Rev War Act ; June 7th '32 Index: - Vol. 13, Page 359  [Arrangement of 1870 ]
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Sept. 15/97 To J. Cornwell Bessemer, Ala 1915 Feb, 17 . Hist, to Annie B. Young sand 1924 Nov. 1. Hist. to Virgina Coogle ans.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 21, 184(?)

Sir:
Under the act 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, " Jacob Stone, a Pensioner on the roll of the South Carolina Agency, at the rate of thirty three Dollars and thirty three cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837 to the 4th March, 1839.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K Parris
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present
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( note ) Read one 2c stamped envelope   Stamped ins. ret'd ret   ( orc BWJ ) Pension Office Washington , D.C. Gentlemen : - I am endeavoring to establish my claim to join the D .A. R. and have successfully traced my descent from one Jacob Stone ,( Sr.) I am enclosing you copy of
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sworn statement of one Jacob Feaster, a Justice of the  ... ( illegible ) for Fairfield District , South Carolina. You will notice that this document also bears the official seal of J.  Elliot, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas , Fairfield District , S. C.  The pension certificate number of my ancestor , Jacob Stone , was 23,869. Will kindly ask that you sent me proven or verified statement of some kind that this pension certificate , number, name etc. are on record and are correct. If there is
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any cost for N. P. seal or any like charge, I will be glad to forward same to you upon receipt of advice. Will thank you very much for an immediate reply to this Respectfully  Mrs. Annie Boney Young 226 Queen St. Georgetown , S.C.  Enclose find stamped envelope for your reply.     
     ( post mark ) [ U.S. PENSION OFFICE FEB 17 1915 ]
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( 2 post marks ) [ ...Navy... Illegible 1897 ] [ CHIEF CLERK BUREAU OF PENSIONS SEP. 10 1897 ] ( initials ) JBG  Gh & WAP  (?) Department of the Interior Sep. 7 1897 Respectfully referred to the Commissioner of Pensions for consideration  and reply to writer. Webster Davis  Assistant Secy
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J. N. CARPENTER , President  T. J. CORNWELL, Vice President.    N. L. CARPENTER , Cashier. Capital $ 100, 000 . The Bessemer Savings Bank  DIRECTORS :  J. N. CARPENTER,  R. F. LEARNED, JULIAS PREGHORN  , CHAS. F. HARD, T. J. CORNWELL , E. H. LOPES,  H. ROSENBAUM , N. L. CARPENTER             Bessemer, Ala ., Sept 4 1897  Hon . Cornelius N. Bliss                                                         Secty. of Interior                                  
Washington  D.C.                                            Dear Sir : Will you kindly inform me if the records of your office show that one Jacob Stone ( underscored ) drew a pension as a soldier of the revolutionary war. He served, I am informed , for 7 years in Gen. Greene's division & enlisted from Va. or S C. but lived in Fairfield  Co., S. C.  I know he did draw a pension from the government & if you have any record of it I would like to have a certified copy stating times of service & under whose immediate command or Co. he served  Yours truly  T. J. Cornwell ( signed )
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Planters & Mechanics Bank                   
Charleston  11 April 1838                                                                      J. L. Edwards Esq. Com. of Pensions    
Washington                                                        
Sir  I forward herewith for you authority to pay,  vouchers of Samuel Roberts, Jacob Fulmer & Jacob Stone. I am respectfully your obt ser.  A. Spears ( signed ) Pension Agent
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27.452 Jacob Stone S. Car.  Admit as private 10 month $ 33.33  E. 8 Nov: 1833. John R. Buchanan  Esq Winnsboro So. Car.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office

Sir,

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus:}). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the service of

Period where the service was rendered

Duration of the claimant's service
-Years
-Months: 64
-Days

Bank of the claimant

Names and ran of the Field Officers under whom he served

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service

Proof by which the declaration is supported


I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS OF THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832,
The following regulations have been adopted;
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops,
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers,
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of, County of} ss.
On this [blank space] day of [blank space] personally appeared (a) before [blank space] A.S. a resident (b) of [blank space] in the county of [blank space] and State, Territory or District following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1932. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank space], with [blank space] and served in the [blank space] (e) regiment of the [blank space] line, under the following officers: [blank space]
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, sons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency to the State of [blank space]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [blank space], A.B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states,
I [blank space] of the Court of  [blank space] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank space] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank space] day of [blank space] &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz;
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank space] and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank space], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank space] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states, And the Court further certifies, that it appears to the that A.B. and that C.D. who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank space]
I, [blank space] Clerk of the Court of [blank space] do hereby certify that the foregoing for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank space] of office, this [blank space] day of [blank space] &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (i) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.{To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?}
{To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if do, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides, If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For [blank space] year [blank space] months, and [blank space] days, I served as a [blank space], For [blank space] months and [blank space] days, I served as a [blank space]; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying  the hours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in very case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must afix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the paper.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in the affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatroies must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Applicant must specify his name as above required. The militia never served 10 months continuously. The applicant could not have all the time in actual service of the army of the U.S.
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Copy
State of South Carolina,
Fairfield District.
Ss.
Be it known that before me Jacob Feaster Sr. a Justice of the Quorum in and for the District aforesaid Personally appeared Jacob Stone and made oath in due form of Law that he is the identical Jacob Stone named in an original certificate in his possession of which (I certify) the following is a true copy; "23.869 War department Revolutionary Claim. I certify that in conformity wit the law of the United States of the 7th of June 1832 Jacob Stone of the State of South Carolina who was a private in the war of the Revolution is entitled to receive Thirty Three Dollars and thirty three cents per annum during his natura life commencing on the 4th of March 831, and payabale semiannually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the war office of the United States this the 17th day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty Four.
(L.S.) Examined and Countersigned:  Lew. Caps, Secretary of War."
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
DISTRICT of FAIRFIELD.} Ss.
March the 4th day 1837.
Conformably to the Regulations of the war department of the 19th of June 1834, I Jacob Feaster Sr a Magistrate in the District above named do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence viz. the oaths of Robt. F. Coleman and Thos Lyles, Esqr. that Jacob Stone who has this day appeared to take the oath of identity to the identical person named in the pension certificate which he has exhibited before me numbered 23.869 and bearing date at the war office the seventeenth day of April 1834, that the said certificate was originally issued for him the he now holds the same in his possession and claims all the benefits arising therefrom. Given under my hand at Beaver Creek on the same day and year abovewritten.
Jacob Feaster Sr. Q.M.
I, James Elliott, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield District, certify that Jacob Feaster Sr is a Justice of the Quorum as above and following and that the foregoing and following signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this sixth day of March in the year 1837.
(seal)
J. Elliott, 
C.C.P.
Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas Fairfield District.
[stamp:pension.office.Feb 17 1915 U.S.A.
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Know all men by these presents that I, Jacob Stone of Fairfield District a revolutionary pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint John Robinson and Son of the City of Charleston my true and lawfull attorney for me and in my name to receive from the agent of the United States for paying pensions in Charleston State of South Carolina, my pension from the Fourth day of March, 1836, to the Fourth day of March 1837.
Witness my hand and seal this the 4th of March 1837. Sealed and delivered in the presence of 
Thomas Lyles.
R.F. Coleman.
his Jacob [signed X his mark] Stone

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
FAIRFIELD DISTRICT.
Be it known that on the 4th day of March 1837 before the subscriber a Justice of the Quorum in and for the District of Fairfield Personally appeared Jacob Stone above named and acknowledge the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
Jacob Feaster Sr. Q.M.
[stamp: pension.office U.S.A. Feb 17 1915]
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Jacob Stone ( underscored ) Additional evidence ( underscored )
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[ State of South Carolina District of Fairfield ] On this day of February in the of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four , personally came and appeared in open Court before me John R. Buchanan Judge of the Court of Ordinary for said District and State aforesaid  ( being the same Jacob Stone who made his declaration on the 9th day of October  A.D.  1833, in order to attain a pension under the Act of Congress June 7th 1832 in this same Court ) and being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith, that as he has stated in his his first (1st written to side of text )  Tour of Duty ( underscored ) was performed at the Four Holes ( underscored ) in South Carolina, that he was called into service as states on the 1st day of March 1778, was living at that time near the line which divides Fairfield and Chester Districts and inclined to believe he then lived in Chester District. was living at that time with his mother his Father being dead. Deponent was drafted as a private under Captain Frost, commanded the Company , Elisha Gore was the first Lieutenant , The company he was with first at James Hughley's  i Chester District, then ce they marched through Winnsbrough left Columbia to the ... ( illegible )  brigade at McCord's ferry  passed the brigade at Mc Cord's ferry  the ... ( illegible ) an on to the Four Holes Troops t0 a considerable number  had assembled here.; The army encamped on the upper side of the Four Holes bridge, and were.. ( illegible ) to protect the upper Country . Col. Richard Winn from Fairfield District , Col Lacy from Chester, Captain Frost and Capt. James Thomas  were there , and other Militia officers not recollected. There were no regular Troops stationed here , some passed by at the turn on their way to Orangeburg , officers names not known.
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Deponent was discharged at the Four Holes Sept. 1st 1778 after having served six months  ( underscored ) compete in their tour as a private ( underscored ) Infantry soldier. His discharge was received from Capt. Frost in writing and for may years he by time or accident lost. Micajah Mobley who has been given his certificate was a fellow soldier  with deponent at the Four Holes and also William Colvin. ( 2nd note to side of text )  In the second tour of duty mentioned in the declaration  deponent served four months as a private soldier. He had returned home  from his first tour to the family  and had been at home  but a few days probably five days , when he received a piece of writing from  Capt. Moses Bonds directing him to join his company  at James Hughley's in two days. Deponent appeared at the same time and place mentioned and continued to serve in Capt. Bonds  Company for four months as a private from the day of rendezvous at Hughley's . Capt. Bonds had in his Company at meeting  as many as forty five miles and men as few as thirty. This company was employed against the Tories  in the upper District  almost entirely  , and was not joined to any other company. The company was full of officers, Deponent recollects that part although he cannot name the officers . The company was marched over the Catawba River through  Lancaster  District was marched through York District , entered the Broad River and went to the ... ( illegible ) after the Tories  and through parts of the Country
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And deponent recollects the fact of the Captain when about to discharge the Company telling them they had served four months . and such he .. ( illegible ) and now is deponents recollection and knowledge as to the term of service . Deponent does not know of anyone now living who can speak of this term . Capt Bond or was afterwards as report states shot in his own house by the Tories , and the rest of the Company hence died or moved away .  Deponent's mother is also dec'd  who could if alive confirm this statement.  Deponent served six months as a private under Captain Frost at the Four Holes as stated, and four months under Captain Bonds as a private soldier in the War of the Revolution  and for such service with an embodied corps called in to service by competent authority as deponent understood  and believes, that he was in the field , and for the time during which the service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit. ( his mark X ) Jacob Stone   Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 10th Feby 1834  John R. Buchanan  ( signed / sealed )  Ordinary of F. D.