Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3818, for John Tonner, North Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N.C.
Tonner, John
NUMBER
S.3818
CONTENTS
Carded
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26671
Jonesboro Tennessee
John Tonner
Hawkins Co in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the comp commanded 
by Captain Smith of the regt commanded
by Col Williams in the N Carolina line
for 13 months & 20 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Jonesboro Tennesee
the rate of 45 Dollars 55 Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of April
1834 and [?] Saml Bunch [?]
Arrears to the 4th of March 136 65
Sem-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 22.77
$159.42
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk
Book E Vol. [?]6 Page 134
See letter W. K. Blair
25th March 1837.
Order to pay & letter to C. W 
Meeks 22 Sept 1841
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John Tonner Jonesboro Tenn Act 7th June 1832
$45.55 per annum.
To what time last paid.
Pd to 4th Sep 1840 JH
Pension Office}
22nd ['June' lined out] Sep 1841.}
suspended [lined out] The date erroneous JH
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30.284
John Tonner
Tennessee
f 1776 p 13 mo 20 days, $45.55/100
to be placed on Knoxville agency 
see letter within
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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 a 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 [sic] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
Statement, showing the service of John Tonner
Period when the service was rendered.
1776
1780
"
1781
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years. | Months. | Days.
6 20
2
2
2
1
Rank of the claimant.
pr
pr.
pr.
pr.
pr.
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Col Smith
Col Williams
Maj Bill
Col Car[?]
Cap Agles
Cap Miller
Col __
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
75
N.C.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE, 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, Territor or Distrie of
On this
County of
day of
of
A.
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
with and
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,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
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 in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A.
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.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& 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:
We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
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 them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Clerk of the Court of
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& 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, (l) 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?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
Office has become of it?
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
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.
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.
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.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
continental officer at enter 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 his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
termine 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 amidavit in the following
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---year----months, and
and days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension."
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,
expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every 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 the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix 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 pubseal
of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
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.
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 their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witthe
official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only.
In witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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30, 284
John Tonner
Tenn.
to be placed on Knoxville agency.
see letter
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Declaration of John Tonner in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832
State of Tennessee}
Hawkins County}
On this 3rd day of April 1834 personally appeared in open Court
before the Hon Samuel Powel Judge of the Circuit Court of
Hawkins County held at Rogersville now sitting John Tonner resident of Granger
County in the state of Tennessee aged Seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832
I entered the service of the United Sates as a private in the year 1776. On the
1st of June under the command of Capt Henry Smith the Regiment was
commanded by Col Joseph Williams and Jacob Winston I entered
the service as a vollenteer [sic] was living at that time in Surry County in the state
of North carolina [sic] We march from there against the Cherokee Indians that were troubling the frontiers of said State. We crossed the blew [sic] ridge at what was
called the flower gap and crossed new river at harpers ferry and marched
on to the Long Island of Holstor River we arrived there soon after a skirmish
between said men and the Indians. We lay there about thirty days and then
marched over the mountains crossing Chucky and frenchbroad rivers to an
Indian town on Tennessee River called Tilica the Indians had abandoned
the town and went off. We stationed ourselves there for a month or better
scouting about-- Afterwards we started home and got home
the 20th of December I think as well as I now recollect We were gone six months
and twenty days I received no discharge upon my return 1780 first July
I vollenteered [sic] myself under Mjr. William Bill I do not recollect the name of
my Capt. I [?] marched to Join General Gates men were hastyly [sic] rased [sic]
and we joined general gates some where in South Carolina ^[insert] near Camden some time after we joined him we had a battle in which gates was defeated and a great many of his men killed a great many of his men made there [sic] escape the best way they could I among the rest I got home the last of August was gone
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William Bill I do not recollect the name of my 
Capt and I [?] marched to Join General Gates men were hastyly [sic]  rased [sic] and we joined general gates some where in south carolina ^[insert] near Camden some time after
we joined him we had a battle in which gates was defeated and a great
many of his men killed a great many of his men made their escape the best
way they could among the rest I got home the last of August was gone
two months In 1780 first December I went as a vollenteer [sic] under Colo. Cashaw
out of Roann County, North Carolina we went on as far as Jacksborough in
South Carolina ^[insert] in search of Tories and returned ^[insert] last January home being gone two months In 1781 about the first
of March I joined Capt Agles in Roann County North carolina [sic] and
march through the country to Sallisbury ^[insert] In search of Tories we were gone I think not less than
two months Immediately on my return I joined the Company of Capt Miller
and went several short trips after tories that were lying out I think I was not gone less than And month in the last trips under Miller. 
There were a great many
out lying tories in the Country where I lived and the latter part of my service
were principally searching after them. The above is a court statement of my
service to the best of ^[insert] my recollection ^[insert] served under Capt Smith six months twenty days ^[insert] under Mjr. Bill when gates was
defeated two months under Colo. Cashaw two months under Capt Agler two months under Capt Miller and month. The cause making my declaration in Hawkins County is I live near the line and I am well acquainted in my neighbourhood in hawkins County as in granger County & at this time there is no Court in session in my County
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I have no documentary evidence of my service nor can I procure any
evidence of the same. I hereby relinquish every claim to a pension
or annuity whatever except the present and declare that my name
is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
sworn to and subscribed the day and year before mentioned}
John his X mark Tonner
In Open Court
W B Mitchell Clk
State of Tennessee} Be it known that on this 24th day of March 1834
Hawkins County} appeared Thomas Crawley a Clergyman residing
in the County of Hawkins and State of Tennessee and James
Bird residing in the same County in & State before Lewis
Mitchell an acting Justice of the peace for said County and after
being duly sworn we certify we are well acquainted with John
Tonner who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration
that we believe him to be seventy five years Old that he is
reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to
have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur
in that opinion Sworn to and subscribed the day
and year before mentioned before me
Lewis Mitchell
James Byrd [signature]
Thomas Crawley [signature]
Questions propounded to John Tonner
by the Court an applicant for a pension
1st Question
Ans. I was born in the State of Maryland 1759 the 16th day Novm.
2nd Question 
Ans.  I had a record of my age which my father gave me but lost it
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by the Court an applicant for a pension
1st Question
Ans. I was born in the State of Maryland 1759 the 16th day Novm.
2nd Question
Ans. I had a record of my age which my father gave me but I lost it
3rd Question
Ans. I was liveing [sic] in the State of North Carolina in Surry County
and [?] in Roann County from Roann County I moved
to Granger County East Tennessee where I now live
4th Question
Ans. I vollenteered [sic] myself every time I went
5th Question
Ans. Colo Christy Colo Joseph Williams Mjr Winston Colo Cashaw
Mjr Bill General Gates Colo Porterfield
6th Question
Ans. I never received any discharge
7th Question
Ans. Rev. Thomas Crawley Rev Caswell Crawley Capt James Bird
Rev Moses McGinis Peter [?] of Hawkins County in Grainger
County I am acquainted with Henry Hipsheer William Hipsheer
Robert McGinnis Esq and many others
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State of Tennessee}
Hawkins County} March term of the Circuit Court
Personally appeared in open Court Lewis Mitchell Esq an acting Justice of
for the County aforesaid and made oath that he lives neighbour to
the Revd Thomas Crawley and James Bird and is well acquainted with
them both for many years and further that they are credible
person and any statement or declaration made by them is entitled
to full faith & credit, and this Deponant further states
that from his acquaintance with John Tonner who is herewith
applying for a pension ^[insert] that he has read his declaration & from his his [duplicate] knowledge of the man & his general reputation as a soldier of the revolutionary war & facts stated in the declaration
he is entitled to full faith & credit or any declaration
herewith made by him, and further that he is well acquainted with
all the persons refer'd to by this declarant all of whom are
in the neighbourhood
Lewis Mitchell
sworn to in open court
3rd April 1834 W B Mitchell Clk
And the said Court do hereby declare his oppinion [sic] 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 him that Thomas Crawley who
has signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman
resident in the County of Hawkins and State of Tennessee and that James
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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 him that Thomas Crawley who
has signed the preceeding [sic] certificate is a Clergyman resident in
the County of Hawkins and State of Tennessee and that James
Bird who has also signed the same is a resident in the same
County and state and is a credible person and that there
statement is intitled [sic] to credit
Signed in Open Court 3rd April 1834}
S. Toms Judge of the Circuit Court of Hawkins County
State of Tennessee}
Hawkins County}
Personally appeared John Tonnor before me
the undersigned a Justice of the peace for said
County who being duly sworn deposeth and sayeth that by reason
of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively
to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less that the periods mentioned below and in the following
grades for six months and twenty days I served as a private under
Capt Smith for two months I served as a private under Mgr [sic] Bill my
Capt (I do not now recollect) for two months served as a private under
Col. Cashaw (my Capt I have forgot his name) for two months I served
a private under Capt Agler for one month I served as a private
under Capt Miller and for such service I claim a pension his
Sworn to and subscribed before me Lewis Mitchell}
3rd April 1834
John his X mark Tonnor
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State of Tennessee}
Hawkins County}
Personally appeared before Lewis Mitchell an acting
Justice of the peace for said County ^[insert] John Tonnor being duly sworn
deposeth and sayeth that the cause of his making his
declaration in Hawkins County he lives near the line between Granger
County and Hawkins County and he is as well acquainted in the
neighbourhood of Hawkins County as in Granger, the Clergyman Thomas
Crawley named in the foregoing affidavit is a neighbour of his in Hawkins
County and the neighbours and as well acquainted with me in
Hawkins County as they are in Granger and further this applicant
sayeth there is no Court in Cession [sic] in his County at this time
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 3rd April 1834}
John his X mark Tonnor
Lewis Mitchell
State of Tennessee}
Hawkins County}  I Willie B Mitchell Clerk of the circuit ^[insert] Court of Hawkins County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original
proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of
John Tonnor for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & private seal having no seal of office this 3rd day of April 1834
W B Mitchell Clk
30,284
John Tonner
Tenn.
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I Samuel Bunch a member of Congress from the State of
Tennessee do certify that Willie B. Mitchell
Esquire is the Clerk of the Circuit Court for the
County of Hawkins in said State and that full
faith and credit ought to be given to his acts as
such and that the signature hereto annexed, purporting
to be his is genuine to the best of my knowledge and
belief - Given under my hand this 15 April 1834
Saml Bunch
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November 16, 1938.
Mrs. H. E. Montague
619 Rock Street
Little Rock, Arkansas.
BA-J/ILL
John Tonner
S. 3818
Dear Madam:
The data which follow are found in the papers on file in
pension claim, S. 3818, based upon service in the Revolutionary War
of John Tonner.
John Tonner (his name shown also Connor) was born November
16, 1759, in Maryland; the names of his parents are not shown. At
the beginning of the Revolutionary War, he resided in Surry County,
North Carolina.
He enlisted June 1, 1776, and served six months and twenty
days as private in Captain Henry Smith's company, Colonel Joseph
Williams' North Carolina regiment, during which he was in the expedition
against the Indians and guarded towns on the Tennessee River
after they had been abandoned by the Indians. He volunteered July 1,
1780, served two months under Major Bill during which he was in the
battle of Gates' Defeat; he volunteered December 1, 1780, and served
two months with the troops under Colonel Kershaw, against the Tories
in South Carolina. He enlisted about March 1, 1781 and served two
months as private in Captain Ayles' (Agles') North Carolina company,
after which he served one month in Captain Miller's North Carolina
company, engaged against the Tories. During the latter part of this
service, the soldier resided in Rowan County, North Carolina.
John Tonner moved from North Carolina to Grainger County,
East Tennessee.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 3,
1834, at which time he resided in Grainger County, Tennessee; his home
was near the county line of Hawkins County, that state. He made no
reference to wife or children at the time he made application for his
pension.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name
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of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner,
you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office,
Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
John Tonner
Certificate #26671
Issued April 21, 1834
Rate $45.55 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Jasper Ten March 11th 1859
I return the Certificate of John Tonner
as he has been dead several years
& I found it amongst my old papers
Yours
D Chandin
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James L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City 
D. C
[ink stamp}
JONESBORO SEP 15 TENN
FREE
Sept 22 1841
M Evans
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Jonesboro Sept 14th 1841
J L Edwards
Dr Sir
Enclosed you will receive the pension claim of John Tonner
who has not applied for his pension
for more than one year which cannot
be paid by the Agent without a special
order authorizing the payment has
been given by you - you will therefore
instruct the pension Agent at this
place to pay the amount due and
enclose the voucher to me at this
place (Jonesboro Tenn)
Respectfully
C. W. Meek
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John Tonner
Payments to be
at Jonesboro
by Wm K Blair
Agent for paying Pensioners
in the Agency of Jonesboro
-rough Tennessee
file it

Recorded in the Pension Office, 
in Book E Vol. 6
Page 134 by Danl Boyd
Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United
States of the 7th June, 1832, John Tonner
of the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the Army of
the Revolution-
is entitled to receive - Forty five dollars and
Fifty-five cents per annum, during his natural life, 
commencing on the 4th of March, 1831 and payable semi-
annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in
every year
Given at the War Office of the United States
, this 21st day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty=four
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.}
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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[handwritten]

J. L. Edwards Free
Washington City
Rogersville T
14 April
Tennessee
April 14th
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[handwritten]

Hon. J. L. Edwards 
Sir if Mr Tonnor's [sic]
Declaration is received you will
Please Order it paid at Knoxville
E Tennessee I am Sir Your
Most Obedient Servt
Lewis Mitchell
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[handwritten]

[ink stamp]
JONESBORO FEB 20 TENN
FREE
Mr J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C
Jno Towner
Jonesboro roll
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[handwritten]

State of Tennessee
Washington County
On this 17th Feb 1837
appeared before the undersigned agent
for paying pensions, as also an acting
Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid
& made oath that he is the identical
John Tonner placed upon the pension
last of the Jonesborough agency that owing
to his first vouchers being defective &
therein back upon the agent and this
affiant residing at a distance from
the agency & being old & infirm &
not having applied for the last two
years, there are now three years pay
due him which the agent refers as payment
without an order from the Department
that his failure to draw his pension
was on account of age & infirmity & then
being mountains & the river to cross
he did not feel himself able to attend
Sworn to & subscribed the day above
Wm. K. Blair J Peace
John his X mark Tonner
John Tonner was sworn to the above statement
& he is personally known to me to be the same
John Tonner on the pension list of (Tennessee)
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the Jonesborough agency & the pension
as stated due him & undrawn.
Wm. K. Blair
P agent
Mr Edwards,
I would just remark that considerable
dissatisfaction prevails with service 
of the Pensioners on being refused payment
here because of not having regularly applied
for their money-- they say that some
of the pensioners have received orders
for payment. without any trouble: from
the fact that a great many Pensioners
have not applied for the last year there
are many now to pay of that class &
the agent will invariably refuse payment
until the order is given, unless a suspension
of the rule be ordered.
respectfully
John Blair
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1938. Nov. 16. Hist. to Mrs. H.E.
Montague. See letter in Rev cl.
of George Hulme - S - I.L.L.
3818
Rev. War
INVALID.
File No. 3818
John Tonner 
Pvt. N. C. line
Act: June 7 "32
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 376
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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November 18, 1938
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Mrs. H. E. Montague
619 Rock Street
Little Rock, Arkansas
BA-J/MCS
George Hulme, S.---, Rev. ['letter in' with arrow]
Anthony Sharp, R.5366
John Tonner, S.3818

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary
War records of George Hulme who was born in Amelia County,
Virginia, and died in Williamson County, Tennessee, and John Tonner or
Tanner who was born in 1759 and died in Grainger County, Tennessee.
The records of George Hulme and John Tonner are furnished you
herewith, also the record of Anthony Sharp, as he was the former husband
of Margaret Sharp who married the George Hulme noted above.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator