Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3966, for Stephen Stone, Virginia
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Va.

Stone, Stephen

Number S. 3966
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Letter to R M Barryed 27. Nov [November] 1837 to do & order to pay
12 Jany [January] 1838


3349
West Tennessee
Stephen Stone --
of Sumner of the State of Tennessee
who was a Private in the compy [company] commanded
by Captain Winston of the Regm [regiment] commanded by  [no entry - dashed out] ---
in the Virginia line for 6 months from 1776

Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee
at the rate of 20. Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Dec [December] 32 [1832]
and [illegible words]
[illegible], Gallatin -[illegible]
Arrears to 4th of Sept [September]1832
Son
Semi-anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 Mar [March] "33 [1833]
30 [amount itemized]
10  [amount itemized]
$40.[Sum to be paid]
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nathan Rice - clc [clerk]
Book D Vol. 9 Page 160
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State of Tennessee 
Sumner County S.S. 

On this 22nd day of August AD 1832 Personally appeared in open Court before William Edward Thomas Anderson & John L Swaney Esqr Justices of the Court of pleas and Quarter session of said County now sitting Stephen Stone resident Citizen in said County aged Eighty one or two years aged having lost the register of his age who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed the 7th June 1832.
That applicant entered the servis first in year 1776 or 1777 in Hanover County State of Virginia as a drafted malitia man for the term of three months. that he joined his company at Hanover Court House and was commanded by Captain William Winston that he was marched from Hanover Court house down to Williamsburgh and was stationed there untill his term of servis [illegible] when he was discharged after this applicant
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drafted as many as four times for the time of three months each and hired a man to take his place as it was not convenient for him to leave his family - sometime he believes in the year 1781 he was again drafted for the time of three months that he was mustered into servis at Richmond that the company he belonged to was commanded by Captain Hardiman that he was a stranger to applicant and he does not recollect his given name. the Regiment and field officer he does not recollect that he continued at Richmond during his term of servis when he was discharged
he does not know what has become of his Discharge that he was born In Caroline County State of Virgina about the year 1750 that he resided in Hanover County when he entered the servis that he removed from Hanover County to Union County Tennessee where he now resides and has lived for more than thirty years - that he has no written or documentory evidence of his servis- that he was a private soldier
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the
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present and Declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to in open Court Augt  22nd 1832 
A H Douglass Clerk 

[signed with his mark] Stephen Stone
His X Mark

I, John Tinsley residing in Union County hereby certify that I am well acquainted Stephen Stone who has sworn and subscribed the above declaration for a pension that we believe him to be Eighty one or two years of age that he is reputed and believed to be a soldier of the Revolution in the neighbourhood where he resides and we concur in that opinion
Sworn to in Open Court 
August 22nd 1832
A H Douglass Clerk  

[signed] John Tinsley

We Joseph B Wynne a clergyman and Alfred H Douglass herby certify that we are well accquainted with Stephen Stone who has subscribed & sworn the above declaration for pension and that we know him to be a man of unexceptional moral character and that any statement of his would be entitled to full credit.
Sworn to in the Court
Augt 22nd 1832
A. H. Douglass Clerk

[signed] Joseph B. Wynne
A.H. Douglass
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And the said Court hereby declare their
opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the questions prescribed by the War department that the above named Stephen Stone was a soldier in the Revolution and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Joseph B. Wymms is who he [illegible]
preceding certificate is a Clergyman resdent [sic - resident] in Wilson County and that Alfred H Douglass and John Tinsley who has also signed this are resident in [illegible] County are credible persons & that their statements are  entitled to credit [illegible]  Thom [Thomas] Anderson [initials] JB
Wm [William] Edwards [initials] JB
John L Swany [initials] JB
I Alfred H Douglass Clerk of the Court of
Pleas & Quarter sessions of Sumner County do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
original proceedings of said court in the
matter of the application of Stephen Stone for
pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this
4th day of August A.D. 1832 and 57th
year of American Independence
A. H. Douglas Clerk
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7281
 Steven Stone 
from 1777 
private 6 months
$20
 [signed] W Blackness
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7281
the case of Steven Stone
County
of the Sumner
in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 82

State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
drafted in 1776 or 77
Drafted 1780
Duration of Service.
Years -----
3 Months, months3
Day-----
Rank.
As a
private
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen
Capt. Wm Winston
Capt. Hardiman
5. In what battles was he engaged? none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hanover County, VA
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary
8.
Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.

T. Waugh
Examining Clerk.
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December 10, 1937. 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX 
BA-J/ady 
Stephen Stone 
S.3966

Mrs. Mary C. Hane 
185 East State Street 
Columbus, Ohio 

Dear Madam: 

Reference is made to your letter relative to Stephen Stone, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. 

The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.3966, based upon the military service of Stephen Stone in that war.

Stephen stone was born in Caroline County, Virginia, about 1750, day, month, and the names of his parents are not shown. 

[handwritten on right side of page] Date of death not on AB

While a resident of Hanover County, Virginia, Stephen Stone enlisted in 1776 or 1777 and served three  months as private in Captain William Winston’s Virginia Company. He enlisted in 1780 and served three months as private in Captain Hardiman's Virginia Company.

He moved from Hanover County, Virginia, to Sumner County, Tennessee. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 22, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Sumner County, Tennessee, where he had lived more than thirty years. 

There are no family data. 

Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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1937 Dec. [December] 10 Hist. t. Mrs. Mary C. Hane. ADY

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3966
[checkmark] INVALID 
[checkmark] [entered at an angle - unknown] Revthar 
File No. [Number] 3966
Stephen Stone
Pvt. [private] Va. [Virginia] line
Act: June 7 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 356
[printed by printing press in brackets] [Arrangement of 1870.]
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Gallatin,Tn
Dec 30 [illegible] 
J.L Edwards Esqr
War Department
Pensions Office
Washington

Mr. Evans Jan 10
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Gallatin 20 Decr [December] 1857
Sir I herewith enclose you the pension
document of Stephen Stone, [illegible]
as instructed under note of 27th Nov [November]
Respectfully
Robert M Boyers
J. L. Edwards Esqr [Esquire]
War Department
Pension Office
Washington
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Steven Stone
which require
further proof or explanation.
1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
yes
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his 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?
yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?
yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion
yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
yes
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XII.
Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service? Yes
If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under
his seal of office.
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
if not, which of them is not so answered?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which if them is not so answered? 5  7

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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____year____
------ months and --
days, I served as a ______. 
For ____months
and ____days, I served as a________;
and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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.
QUERE XIV. 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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which be 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.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
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Union Bank of Tennessee
Nashville 15th Novr [November] 1837
L. Edwards Esqr [esquire]
Dear Sir
At the request of Mr Robert M Boyers the attorney of Mr Stephen Stone a Revolutionary Pensioner under the list of the 7th June 1832, and to whom there to one years pension due to up to the 4th Sept. [September] 1837
therewith [illegible] you his pension Identity for examination and permission of his payment,
please to return the claim to this office or to W. Boyer at Gallatin Sumner County Tennessee with your instructions and very much [illegible]
John M Bass. aa
By S. Cantrell
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185 East State Street,
Columbus, Ohio,
Veterans Administration,
November 26, 1937.
I am,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you be good enough to send me any record you may have of
any claim for Stephen Stone, who enlisted in the Revolutionary War from Hanover County, Virginia, serving under Captain
Winston, in 1776 or 1777. He is thought to have filed a claim
for a pension from Sumner County, Tenn., in 1832.
May I have the case number or file number for this claim, and
any information you may have?
Thanking you for this kindness,
I am, Sincerely,
Mary Catherine Hane
Mrs. Mary Catherine Hane.