Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42647, Stephen Cisna, Penn Continental
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Service   Penn
Number  S. 42647

Cisna, Stephen     
or Cissna
Continental
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Stephen Cisna
Ross County in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the regiment commanded
Colonel Thompson of the Pennsylvan
line, for the term of
One year
Inscribed on the roll of Ohio
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to com
the 23d of November 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 of Sep 1819
Sent to John Thompson
Chilicothe. Ohio
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819
Semi-anl, all'ce ending Mar. 1820
75.[illegible]
48.[illegible]
$123.2
J Mo. 12/30

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
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State of Ohio Sct
Be it remembered that on the twenty
third day of November Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighteen of the Independence of the United States the 43d
and of our State the 15 [10?] personally came before me the subscribed President of the Court of Common pleas of the second Court
Stephen Cisna of Ross County who after being duly sworn on the Holy [Evangelists?] of
Almighty God deposeth and saith that he is in his sixty fourth year of his age that he enlisted as a soldier in revolutionary was at Bedford Pennsylvania in the summer of seventeen hundred seventy five in Captain Clugages company of riflemen for one year
and thence marched to Boston and there joined the regiment commanded by Colonel Thompson Lieutenant Colonel [Lynch?] and
Major Meyars, and remained in said regiment untill the expiration of the years enlistment and received a discharge from said Clugage which is lost by time and [?], after said war affiant served as a volunteer in various calls untill the land of the war, that he is now reduced in circumstances and [decreased?] and needs the assistance of the Country
for support.
his
Sworn Subscribed by
me at Chilicothe ths Nov 23 1818.
John Thompson
Stephen [his mark] Cisna
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State of Ohio [Sc]?
I John Thompson president as within stated do certify that from within examination it appears that affiant performed services as a solder in revolutionary war and that from decrepitude by rheumatism or [inspection?] and from my own knowledge of his circumstances I am satisfied that he is indigent debilitated and needs much the assistance provided by the act
of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in land and naval service during revolutionary war.
John Thompson
Nov 23d AD. 1818.

The State of Ohio ⎬ 
Ross County Js
I Humphrey Fullerton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid
certify that John Thompson who signed the foregoing certificate is President Judge of the Court of Common pleas for the second Circuit including the said County of Ross, and that the signature of the said John Thompson is in his own proper hand writing, In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Chillicothe this
24th day of November 1818 and
in the 16th year of this state,
Humphrey Fullerton
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121
Recd 16 Sep: 1820
Sephen
Stephen
Cisna
14700
issued 24th
Sep 1819
Humphrey Fullerton
Chillicothe, Ohio.
John Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington City
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State of Ohio Ross County
Court of Common Pleas

On the twenty-fourth day of August 1829 personally appearing in open court Stephen Cissna aged sixty-five years resident in the State of aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:  That he served in Captain _____'s company of the first Regiment of Pennsylvania Riflemen under the command of Col. Thompson and that he was in the Battle at Lechmere Point near Boston and continuing fighting until we took Boston with a number of skirmishes against the Indians that he served in the continental service for eighteen months and was discharged on Long Island by his _____ _____ 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 or sale or in any manner disposed of my property on any part thereof, with the intent there by so to diminish it to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the law of the land naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, ___ on the 18th day of March one thousand and eight hundred and eighteen and that I have __ has any person in the ___ for me any property or security,  contract or debt, due to my ___
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any income other than what is contained in the
Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
to wit one cow worth twenty dollars, he has
became entirely helpless and for a long time past
has been supported by his family being utterly
unable to earn a cent, that he has a wife and three
children, one a Boy thirteen years old and quite
helpless in consequence of a white swelling, that
but for his pension he should be on the township.
he was placed on the pension list 24th Sept. 1819
as by certificate Number 14.709.
                 his
Stephen    X   Cissna
               mark  
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court on the day
and year first herein written     attest
                Humphrey Fullerton Clerk

State of Ohio Rop County Set.
I Humphrey Fullerton Clerk of the court
of Common pleas for the County aforesaid
do hereby certify that the foregoing declar
=ration and the Schedule thereto annexed
are truly copied from the Records of said
court: and I do further certify that it is the opinion
of the said Court, that the total amount in value
of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
twenty dollars. In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
Court at Chillicothe this 8th day of September
1820 and in the 18th year of this State.
Humphrey Fullerton
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BA-J/AWF
Stephen Cisna
S.42647
Mr. William M. Pettit
846 North Broadway 
Dayton, Ohio
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Stephen Cisna, a pensioner while living in Ross County, Ohio.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S.42647, based upon the military service of Stephen Cisna in the War of the Revolution.
The date and place of birth of Stephen Cisna are not given, nor are the names of his parents stated.
Stephen Cisna enlisted in Bedford, Pennsylvania, in the summer of 1775, served one year as a private in Captain Cluggage's company, Colonel Thompson's Pennsylvania regiment; he was in a battle at Lechmere's Point, near Boston. After the expiration of this service he volunteered and served in "various calls", until the close of the war, no further details of this service given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 23, 1818, at which time he was in the sixty-fourth year of his age, and a resident of Ross County, Ohio.
In 1820, he was still living in Ross County,
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Ohio, and referred to his wife, and three children, "one a boy thirteen years old, but gave no names.
The soldier, Stephen Cisna, died August 14, 1823.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to the family.
In order to obtain the name and address of the person who received the last payment of this pension, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and furnish the following data:
Stephen Cisna
Certificate #14700
Issued September 24, 1819
Rate $8.00 per month
Commenced November 23, 1818
Act of March 18, 1818
Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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State of Ohio ss

    On this sixth day of September Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and nineteen came before me the subscriber president of the court of common pleas of the second circuit, William Scott in his fifty third year of his age and Robert McMahon in his fifty eighth year of age, who each being sworn according to law in order to prove the services of Stephen Cisna a private in revolutionary war regiment by war department as noted on application of said Cisna returned & deposeth and saith the said William Scott that he is  well acquainted with Stephen Cisna now present and well recollects that said Stephen Cisna was out in Captain Clugass's company of Colonel Thompson's regiment of Penna line on continental establishment and that he was out at least a year before his return and on his return it was always stated that he served during his enlistment faithfully and he performed various other revolutionary duties as volunteer, and was one of those restive  anxious soldiers and indeed esteemed himself a great whip and patriot and every (??) undoubtedly gave him the character of an excellent soldier and verily believes that he performed the service stated in declaration here read, dated 23rd Nov. 1818 and at said time Robert McMahon saith that he is also well acquainted with said Stephen Cisna and doth state the same as said William Scott and knows him well and further these deponent say not,
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Sworn to subscriber before me the day & year afore written, at Chillicoth.

                //s//                           //s//
                                         William Scott
         John Thomspon   Robert McMahon

State of Ohio, Sir:

    I John Thompson president as aforesaid do certify that the said affidavits (of) William Scott and Robert McMahon are credible persons from my knowledge of the here... and there can be no doubt with me now that Stphen Cisna performed the service proved. 

                                 //s//
                        John Thompson
                        Set. 6th 1819

The State of Ohio
Ross County  ss

    I Humphrey Fullerton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county aforesaid  & certify that John Thompson Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition were taken was at that time and now, President Judge of Second Circuit of the Court of Common Pleas fore said state including the county of Ross and that the certificate thereto is in his own  person and writing.

     In testimony where of I have here onto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Chillicotte this 6th day of September A.D. 1819 and in the 17th year of this state.

                                       //s//
                         Humphrey Fullerton
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Stephen Cisna,
private
Ross county, Ohio
Col'o Thomspon's
Regiment, Penn'a
line, one year.-
enlisted in 1775
23'd November 1818

Admitted
John Thompson
judge
Chilicothe, Ohio

(Written very lightly)

by two witnesses to who's inability the judgement (was) certify.
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The Ohio Society of the sons of the American Revolution

                         Nov, 25, 1938

   William M. Pettit, Secretary Registrar
   848 North Broadway, Dayton, Ohio


Veterans Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

Gentleman:

    Would inquire as to data as to one, Stephen Ciana, a pensioner, service Penna. who drew pension in Ross Co Ohio?

                         Yours truly,
                                //s//
                        Wm. M. Pettit
                              Secretary Ohio Society SAR

(Organizational Positions and Officer Names of the Ohio SAR)

Board Of Managers 1938-39

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   Sur. File No. 42,647. Stephen Cisna or Cissna, enlisted at Bedford, Pennsylvania, in summer 1775, as a private in Captain Cluggage's Company, Colonel Thompson's regiment of Pennsylvania Riflemen was in the skirmish at Lechmere's Point near Boston, served eighteen months and was discharged on Long Island. date not given.
    He was allowed pension on his application executed November 23, 1818, while he was in the sixty-fourth year if his age, and a resident of Ross County, Ohio.
    In 1820, he referred to his wife and three children, but did not state their names.
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42647
INVALID
Rev(olutionar)y
File No.  42647
StephenCisna
Priv  Rev War
Act: 18 March 1800
. 8, Page 88
Index:- Vol. 8  Page 88

{Arrangement of 1870}

1914 Feb 28, Hist to James B. Laux, letter in S.F.40861, Thomas Craig

1939 Jan 9 Hist to Wm. M. Pettit     ang