Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4079, for Thomas Stokely, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE
Penn. 

Stokely, Thomas
Elizabeth


NUMBER
W. 4079

CONTENTS
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[left side]
3814
Wheeling (Ohio)
Elizabeth Stokely
widow of Thomas Stokely
who was a Captain Sergt
in the Pennsylvania
Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
435 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th ay of March, 1843.
.Certificate of Pension issued the
13th day of December 1843
and sent to John H. Miller
Steubenville
Ohio
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 162
[right side]
Died 
July 12, 1845
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7757
Elizabeth Stokely
of Thomas
Ohio
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State of Ohio Jefferson County Ss
On this first day of March Anno Domini One Thousand
Eight hundred forty one personally appeared
before me the undersigned, a judge of the Court
of Common Pleas within & for the County of Jefferson
aforesaid Mrs. Ellizabeth Stokely a resident of said
County of Jefferson & the widow of Col. Thomas Stokely
decd. aged Seventy five years & Eleven months
who being duly Sworn first according to law, doth on
her oath make the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the provision made by the
act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled
"An Act granting half pay & pension to certain
widows."
That she is the widow of Thomas Stokely
who was a non commissioned officer in the
Regular Army of the United States & afterwards
a Captain of Rangers in the Service of the
State of Pennsylvania, & Served on the frontiers
in the Revolutionary Army as near
as your Deponent can now State as follows
Thomas Stokely entered the Service
of the Confederated States in the 12th
day of August A.D.1776, enlisted many
Soldiers & because first Sergeant of leaps.
Piggots Company in the Battalion commanded
by Col. Enos McLeary of which company one
Jeremiah Stokely, a near Relation of Said
Thomas Stokely, was a Lieutenant-Seargeant
Stokely marched with his Company & Regiment
to Kittaring on the River Allegheny in the
fall of 1776 & there assisted to build a Fort
After the reverses & disasters of the Grand
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Army of Revolution in the Jerseys, Sergeant
Stokely marched with his company & Regiment
from the Allegheny River in mid winter to
reinforce that army & they arrived in
Philadelphia in January where the first
articles for the use of the camp were drawn.
His company & Regiment joined the lines
of the Guard Camp at New Brunswick
& remained in full service & on duty
until May. During which time Col E
McCoy & Lieut. Col George Wilson of the
Regiment died & Col Daniel Broadhead
took command of that Same Regiment.
Your Relater is informed that it was the
8th Regt & formed a part of the 88 battallions which formed the Pennsylvania
quota for the United Confederated States service
in the Revolutionary War; & she believes
he was in Service for two years in the Regular Line.
Sergeant Stokely Served under the command of
General Wayne, was in the Battle of Brandywine,
Germantown & at the skirmish or massacre
at the Paoli. At the latter place he had
the good fortune to save the life of his Colonel
He remained in the line of the regular
Army until sometime in the year 1778.
In the latter year he was appointed as ensign
of a company of Kent Levies, called
Players for the Service of the Frontiers against
the Indians. He continued in this
Service during the remainder of that year &
during the years 1779 & 1780. He commanded
a company of The Same kind of light troops
 then called "Players", which he enlisted, organized,
& disciplined himself for the defense 
of the Frontiers against the constant
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incursions of the Savages. In March A.D. 1781
he raised a new Company for the same purpose,
which were enlisted for & during the War
in August of that year being ordered & invited
to join Col Clark in his expedition
against the Western Indian Towns in the
attempts to do so with his company he &
they were attacked, defeated & the survivors
taken prisoner by the Indians on the Ohio
River near the mouth of the Sisto River
After marching on foot from there to Detroit
suffering incredible hardships & cruelties from
his Savage Captors, he was delivered into the hands
of the British Authorities of Canada by
Capt. Braun whose captive & slave he had been
since the time of his capture by the Indians.
He was carried by the British Authorities to
Montreal & there imprisoned, on account of some
harsh Retaliatory measures between the two Countries
until the close of the year 1782, being a period
of about fourteen months & a part of
the time in irons. All of forty five officers
closely confined at Montreal he was one of
only nineteen who survived the wants
of air & provisions during that cruel confinement
on the 15th of October A.D. 1782 he was put
on board a vessel with other prisoners & delv'd to
New York. He arrived in Philadelphia in the
year 1783 in a very forlorn & destitute condition
but immediately on his return to the Western
Country he again raised a company for the defense
of the frontiers & continued to do his
duty until the close of the War of the
Revolution & on the first day of July 1783
he & his company were honorably discharged
from Service, with the thanks of the Public
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said Thomas Stokely resided in Westmoreland County
Pennsylvania at the time he entered the Service of
the United States in the Continental Army -
He was a Volunteer in the Service - And the
Documentary evidence of the claim is, so far
as it yet remains forwarded or Referred to -
Said Thos. Stokely died in Washington County Pennsylvania
on the 25th day of July A.D. 1824. & he was married
to this Relater in the 9th day of June in
A.D. 1788 one thousand Seven hundred & 
Eighty = Eight. She further declares that she was
not married to him prior to his leaving the
Service, but the marriage took place previous
to the first of January Seventeen
hundred & ninety four viz at the time
above stated. And She has never Since
been married but continues the widow of the
said Thomas Stokely whose service is proved
by the affidavit of Joseph Pyles. Said
Stokely never was a Pensioner.
Elizabeth Stokely

State of Ohio Jeferson County Ss.
I hereby certify that Mrs Elizabeth Stokely did
personally appear before me at the County aforesaid
and was duly sworn to the truth of the facts stated in
the above declaration in which on the second page the
word "was" was underlined & the words "some time in"
written on "rasure" before the same was sworn to
And I further certify that Said Elizabeth Stokely
is unable by reason of bodily infirmity & age to attend
in Court - Sworn to & Subscribed this 1st day
of March A.D.1841
Before me
W Dike {seal}
Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County
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State of Ohio Jefferson County Ss
I John W Patterson, Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas within and for said
County of Jefferson do hereby certify that
N. Dike Esqr. whose signature appears to the
foregoing certificate is an associate Judge duly commissioned and qualified, in and
for said County of Jefferson, that his official acts as such
as entitled to full faith and credit in any Court of Record,
in Ohio or elsewhere and also that the foregoing signature
purporting to be his name is genuine. 
Witness my signature, and the seal of our
said Cout of Common Pleas at Steubenville, this 1st
day of March A.D. 1841.
Attest John S. Patterson
C.C.P.J.C.O.
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Georgetown Del
Feb. 19th
25
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I Cornelius H Mustard pastor of the Presbyterian Church
in I was Sussex County State of Delaware do hereby Certify
that I have Examined the church register now in my
possession and that I find on said register that between
the sixth day of March and the 19th day of July one thousand
seven hundred and eighty eight Major Stokely and
Betsy Mumphford I was joined in wedlock by the
Reverend Mathew Wilson then pastor of said church
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set
my hand this seventeenth day of 
February 1841 - 
C. H. Mustard pastor of
the churches of Lewis & Coolspring
State of Delaware
Sussex County
I John M West one of the justices
of the peace in and for said County do Certify
that Rev Corn. H. Mustard personally appeared before
me and being just duly sworn says that the above
Extract taken from the Record of the Church as assisted
is true in all respects as it stands on the original
Sworn Subjectors
Before me February 17th 1841
John M West 
State of Delaware
Sussex County Ss
I George R. Fisher, Prothonotary of the 
Superior Court of the State of Delaware
in and for Sussex County aforesaid do
hereby Certify that John M. West is a Justice
of the Peace in and for said County
duly commissioned and as such full faith
and credit are due all his official acts
and that the above signature is in his own
proper hand writing, to the best of my knowledge and belief
is which why I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court
as George Town this seventeenth of February A.D. 1841
George R. Fisher Pro.
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Magistrats Certificate  7 cit
Prothonotary -  25/32 [written like a fraction]
Expires
R W-
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July 27, 1936
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

BA-J/EEL
Thomas Stokely-W.4079
Mr. F. S. Wilson
6510 Summit Avenue
Chevy Chase, Maryland

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request to know whether or not Thomas Stokely, who served in the Revolutionary War as lieutenant and captain in the Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Troops, served,also,in the War of 1812: you request, also, the record of George Wilson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who enlisted in 1776 and was probably in the Medical Corps.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon the military service in the Revolutionary War of a George Wilson, as described by you.   Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office.
The record of Thomas Stokely is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 4079, based upon his military service in that war. 
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Thomas Stokely are not shown.
While residing in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Thomas Stokely enlisted between August 12 and 16, 1776, served as first sergeant and recruiting officer in Captain Pigott's Company, [^ line drawn from this point to handwriting in R. margin transcribed later] 
8" Pennsylvania Regiment, which was commanded by Colonel Aeneas Mackey and  Lieutenant Colonel George Wilson until both of these officers died, then by Colonel Daniel Brodhead.  Nehemiah Stokely, a near relative of Thomas9degree of relationship not shown0 served as lieutenant of the company.  In the fall of 1776, Sergeant Thomas Stokely assisted in building a fort on the Allegheny River at Kittanning, later marched over the mountains in a deep snow, crossed the Susquehanna River on the ice and joined the main army at Philadelphia, wintered at New Brunswick, New Jersey, was in the battles of Brandywine, Paoli, and Germantown and served until sometime in 1778. In 1778 he was appointed ensign of a company of rangers raised to protect the frontiers, and in 1779 and 1780, he commanded a company of such troops: in March, 1761, he raised a new company

[handwriting from ^ in R. margin] Capt. James Piggott of 8" Pa [Pa is underlined] Sol [from/first] in Pa [illegible. end handwriting]
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and served as captain. In August, 1781, he joined a force that was to go on an expedition under Colonel Clark, and while on the way at the mouth of the Scioto River on the Ohio River, they were attacked by the Indians and Captain Thomas Stokely was taken prisoner, and conveyed to Montreal, Canada , wherehe was held, a part of the time in irons, until October 15, 1782, when he was placed on board a vessel and sent to New York, and reached Philadelphia in 1783, "in a forlorn and destitute condition."  It was stated that out of forty-five confined with him, only nineteen survived.   He returned to his home and immediately raised a company and served as its captain until the close of the war, leaving the service,July 1, 1783.     It is not   shown that he served in the war of 1812.  
     
      Thomas Stokely died in Washington County, Pennsylvania, July 25, 1824.  

      The soldier married June 9, 1788, Betsey or Elizabeth Mumphford.  The marriage was recorded on the records of the Presbyterian Church of Lewes, Delaware.   The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Betsey or Elizabeth are not stated.   Soldier was called Major ThomasStokely.   He was also referred to as Colonel Stokely.  No explanation for the titles was given.

      Soldier's widow, Elizabeth, was allowed pension on her application executed March 1, 1841 at which time she was aged seventy-five years and eleven months, and resided in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. 

      She died July 12, 1846, place not shown. 
      
      No reference was made to children. 

       In 1841, General S. Stokely was a resident of Steubenville, Ohio.   No relationship to the family was shown.


Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive assistant
to the Administrator 




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6184
Wheeling (Ohio)
Elizabeth Stokely
widow of Thomas Stokely, decd.
and who died on the 25th July 1824
of Jefferson Co in the State of Ohio
who was a Capt. & Sgt in the company commanded
by himself of the _______ commanded 
by__________ in the Penna.
line for 21 mos. Captain
& 3 mos. Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio [illegible] Agency
at the rate of 435 Dollars. cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of May
1841 and Sect of ll
Mason Stubenville Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $2175.00
$2175.00
{Act July 7,
1838.}
Recorded by D D Addison Clerk,
Book A Vol. 20 Page 215
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I Certify that it appears from the Documents in this
Office that Thomas Stokely [illegible] was Captain
of a company of Seven Months men in Westmoreland
County in the year 1780
Sam Bryan
Comptroller Gen Office
29th January 1803

NB These 7 months man were not
discharged When the Term was expired
But remained some
time in Service afterwards
Thomas Stokely
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[handwritten] 4
[two small ripped pieces of typed newspaper articles]
[section 1] 
York.  I know James 
nspector of the city of Ne
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t of the city of New York,
mber, 1838. I know Patrick
ned at that time to the crim-
ue. I know Noah Cook
ber of the Legislature for
. I knew Glenworth in
Cook is a forwarding mer-
that James B. Glennworth
here and vote at fall elec- 
[end]

[section 2]
125,0
The Democ
ernor Shannon
HUNDRED 
SAND VOTES
than he got in
than Harrison
[end]
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Washington County
Pennsylvania
On the 25th day of December in the
year One Thousand Eight Hundred
and Twenty, Personally came before me James Allison Esq.
one of the Commonwealth Justices of the peace in and for said
County Joseph Tyler Tate a sergeant of the Eighth Regiment of Pennsylvania
Commanded by Col. Amos Maloy in the Late Revolutionary Army of
the United States of America. And after being duly sworn Deposeth
and saith that Thomas Stokely Entered as a Vollunteer in the
same company and same Regiment with this deponent on or
Between the Twelfth and sixteenth day of August 1776 That Stokely
was approximate first sergent (and this Deponent 2nd Serv in the same 
Company. That said Stokely was a Recruiting Sergt. and Enlisted a
hundred of men in (In August 1776) and that this Deponent and
said Stokely assisted to Erect a Fort at the Kellaming up
the Allegheny River in same year 1776
That the following winter Thomas Stokely and this
Deponent marched with said Regiment over the mountains
When covered with snow, and crossed Susquehana on the Ice
the first crossing allowed or drew War at Philadelphia in January 1776
From Philadelphia Stokely and this Deponent marched with
the same Regiment through Tulentown and Frenchtown and
was placed the remaining part of the winter on the Times about or
miles from New Brunswick in New Jersey. The same Regiment
above named continued as the lines against the Bristish Army
until they were joined by the Main Army that took the side
in May 1777 during the first two years the continuing war
But Independent and scarce And provisions but independent
and served out in a very regular manner
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above
Written 
Before Me
James Allison Justice of the Peace
Joseph Byles
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Pennsylvania, Washington County Ss. 
Seal Authority
Personally appeared before me the undersigned
Thomas M Earl for Thompson person of known reputation
respectfully who being sworn do depose & say that they were acquainted with
Joseph Pyles of County in [illegible] 1820. That he was well &
reputed in said County, during his lifetime to be a person of truth veracity &
known respectability in the neighborhood in which he resided, & wherever he
was known. Sworn to & Subscribed this 2nd day of March A.D. 1841. Before
me and I further certify that the said
Joseph Pyles was known to me and reputed
to be of truth veracity & respectability
Thomas M Call
James Thompson
Jas McFadden
Justice of Peace
Jas McFadden
Washington County Ss
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 
I John Grayson, Prothonotary of the Court of
Common Pleas for said County, do hereby certify
that James Allison Esq. before whom the foregoing
proceedings were had was at the time thereof an acting
Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned and
sworn as such and that full faith & credit is and ought to begin to all
his official acts and that the signature purporting to be his I believe is genuine
in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of the said court at Washington, the 2nd day of March
 A.D. 1841.
John Grayson
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That Mrs. Elizabeth Stokely whom I hereby
married to Major Stokely was raised in a religious
family & regularly attended public worship in our Presbyterian
Churches. That her character has been always honorable &
usullied so far as I know. I herby certify and therefor
recommend her to the Guardian care of her God on the [illegible]
of any Christian Society to which she may come.
Given under my hand June 9 1788
Matthew Wilford Proth.
for at [illegible]  [illegible]
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This is to certify that Thomas Stokely
enlisted Abraham McClain and Francis
Lenton and Delivered them to me September
the 16th 1776 Given from under my
hand this fourth Day December 1777
Nehemiah Stokely
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Capt. Thomas Stokely of Progress Westmoreland
County to David Rittenhouse Esqr Tres.
Paid him by order of Council to Thomas Ravencraft on his
 in part of his play Dec 6th 1782. $15.0.00
I Certify that the foregoing is a correct
abstract from the book of the Auditor
General's Office. Witness my hand
and seals of Office this 31 January
1818
Geo. Bryan Ret Judge
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the within named forty Dollars was the order of
of Thomas Stokely to April. Mrs Hannah and her
Daughter from Montreal To Westmoreland County
for which Thomas Stokely never received
one Cent.
At Quebek Thomas Stokely Borrowed of a
Mr Williamson Seven ginees [guineas] And Philadelphia
Refunded three for one. This was the first money
Stokely had from the time of his captivity 24th
August 1781 untill 15th October 1782, when he was
Shipped from Quebeck by sea to New York.
Five of those ginees [guineas] were by Stokely handed out among the sick prisoners for Cloathes. Never got one cent in return.
Whilst Stokely was in captivity the Indians
Took and Destroyed Hannas Town then Sect of Justice
of Westmoreland. All the Cloaths, Two Eligent
Swords, a gun and pare of pistols all were born
off by the Indians, with all Stokely’s moveable property,
including one New Suit sent by the Executive
Council. Cloth suits and six [illegible] suits were taken when the Town was burnt by the Indians.
When the war han ended And Stokely
Discharged his men, all the Ballance of his
pay for services during the war paid
for one Riding horse. The State money of 1781
was much Depreciated.
Therefore all that can be deemed
any consequence is commutation. And all that
Stokely asks is that he may be paid as the
officers of the Army and Navy And as the
Chaplin the Surgeons and Marines have
been paid.
Many of the Navy and Marines were
Discharged in 1778 and 1779 which was
about the middle of the Revolutionary war.
They all drew interest til the principle was paid.
All Stokley now asks is his interest.

[Left margin-vertical]
Note The suit sent Thomas Stokely or Capt. he never did nor never will see. Nevertheless Cap Stokely was charged with the same cloathing that he never saw in the same manner or if he had worn them out in Service.  This suit with all of Stokely’s   personal property as carried off by the Indians when Hannas Town was burnt (for which he Stokely) received no reward.
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RECEIVED
JULY 17 11936
VETS ADM MAIL SUB
READER #27

6510 Summit Avenue,
Chevy Chase, Md.
July 16, 1936.

United States Veterans Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly refer this letter to the division that
can tell me whether Captain Thomas Stokely, of Edenton, N.C., and later of Washington and Maple Grove, Pennsylvania, was a soldier in the War of 1812? He was in the American Revolution, lieutenant of militia under Major Michael Huffnagel, Westmoreland County, Pa; then captain.

Also, is there any record in the Veterans Bureau of the
service in the army, probably in the medical corps of George Wilson of Philadelphia, Pa., who joined the army in May, 1776, or more likely July of that year.

I shall appreciate any help you can give me.
Yours very truly, 
F. S. Wilson
F. S. Wilson
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Miss Mary C. Oursler, 1415 Longfellow St. N. W.,
Washington, D.C., wants photostat copies of four
pages, not certified, from Revolutionary War pension
claim W. 4079 of Thomas Stokely, widow Elizabeth,
Pennsylvania Troops.
Recd. payment
50 cents
Antonia W Ford
April 4, 1925.
REV. WAR SECTION

[rectangle stamp]
FINANCE DIVIS
APR 4 1925
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Request for Photostating M 6
(To be prepared in duplicate)
Ex. aw
OFFICE OF CHIEF CLERK
Job No. 2890
Date Apr. 4 25
Subject Thos. Stokely Rev. W.4079
1 copies of 1 pieces consisting of 4 pages to be
forwarded when completed to the Rev & 1812 Sect

Remarks:
Approved:
W E Wilson
Chief Sect

Chief Clerk.
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3 - 2233 113
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
Apr. 4. 1925
Chief Rev Sec. Division.
I have this day received
from Mary C. Oursler
cash for $ 60/100, 
requesting
photostat copy, as per 
letter herewith.

Copies mailed & Finance Division notf’d Apr 11 1925
mmhf

O J HALDALL
Chief Finance Div.
H. C. L.
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Paducah Ky Jany 28 1909
641 Moure St
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C
My Dear Sir
Will you kindly send me a copy of the
Pension statements of Captains Thomas and
Nehemiah Stokely of Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania, together with all family
data accompanying their respective
Applications. Am asking for this too straighten
out some of our family history. Both
these men served in the Revolutionary War
and their Pensions was for this Service.
Thanking you in advance for your
kindness I am
Yours respectfully
Robt P. Armstrong

[circle stamp]
US PENSION OFFICE A
FEB 1 1959
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This Bureau can furnish the military
record of only such Revolutionary soldiers
as were pensioned or whose widows were
pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay
rolls of the Revolutionary War and the
War of 1812 as are now in the possession
of the Government are on file in the
Record and Pension Office, War Department.
 Original rolls and other records
pertaining to service in the Revolutionary
 War may also be found on file in the
archives of many of the original States,
O. W . & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
May 5, 1897.

Madam: 
Replying to your request for information concerning Thomas Stokely, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Stokely, made an application for pension on April 1st 1841, at which time she was 75 years of age and residing in Jefferson County, Ohio, and her pension
was allowed for the actual service of her husband as a sergeant and captain in the Penna. Troops, Revolutionary war, for a period of two years; part of the time he served
under Capt. Piggott and Col. McCoy. Place of his enlistment not stated.
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.

Mrs. Fannie Peirce,
Dayton, Ohio.
Forest Ave
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Elizabeth Stokely
of Thomas
Ohio
Suspended

See let. 9th April
1841 S. Stokely

Act 7 July 1838
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7757
Elizabeth Stokely
of Thomas
Ohio
Admitted
Captain 21 mo. $420
Sergeant 3 m  15
$435

Captain of Pennsyl’a rangers

died 25 July 1824

Act 7th July 1848

J M Mason
Steubenville,
Ohio
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[Typed form with room for hand written answers - top and L corner of document is removed] 

In reply to your request of ___________, received ___________
for a statement of the military history of  James Stokely
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. [handwritten markings] W filel 4079  
-
[Column Headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE.  RANK.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. (sub-column headings: Captain. Colonel) STATE ]
[Row 1] Aug 12 1776  | 2 years| Private | James Piggott | Aeneas Mackay | Pa
[Row 2] [—'ed out] | - | - | - | Daniel Brodhead
[Row 3]177_ | [—'ed out] | Ensign | of a company |
[Row 4] 17_ _  1780 | - | Capt | of a company of |
[Row 5] 1781 | 14 - | Capt | of a company |  -t
[Row 6] 1783 | - | Capt | - | [—'ed out] |
[Row 7]
[Row 8]
Battles Engaged in,  Brandywine [struck through illegible] Paoli [struck through illegible & ^ struck through illegible]
Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Westmoreland Co Pa
Date of application for pension,  March 1 1841
Residence at date of application,  Jefferson Co Ohio
Age at date of application, [illegible]
Remarks: [illegible]
u  9  1788
or Betsy  he died July      824    
[G or S]
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No 1
In Council Saturday February 10th 1781.
Present Honourable William Moore, Esquire
Vice President, Mr Read, M. Gardner, Mr Potter, Mr Van
Campen and Mr Piper
The council taking into consideration the appointing others for the four companies of Rangers to be raised in this State for the defence of the Frontiers - On consideration
Resolved, That the following gentlemen be appointed and
commissioned accordingly viz Thomas Robinson, Captain
Moses Van Camp Lieutenant and [blank] Ensign of the
Company to be raised in the County of Northumberland.

Thomas Stokely Captain, John Cummins, Lieutenant
and [blank] Ensign of the Company to be raised in the
County of Westmoreland.

Philip Shrawder Captain Jacob Kreamer, Lieutenant, and
[blank]  Ensign of the Company to be raised in the County of Northampton.

John Boyd Captain Richard Johnston Lieutenant and
[blank]  Ensign, of the Company to be raised in the
County of Bedford

The foregoing are true Extracts
Jany 28th 1818 James Trimble
Deputy Sec’y
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No 2
Extracts from the minutes of the Supreme
Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The Council met
Philadelphia, Thursday January 1783
Present. The Honorable James
Ewing, Esquire, vice president
Honorable James Irvine, George Wall, 
Sebastian Levan, John Piper } Esquires

A petition from Thomas Stokely and John Boyd
Esquire, Captains of two of the ranging Companies on the
Western frontiers of this State. Setting forth that they
have just returned from captivity, entirely destitute of money,
and almost so of cloathing and praying some relief from
this Board, was read and thereupon, Ordered

That warrants be drawn on the Treasurer in favour
of the said Thomas Stokely and John Boyd for the sum of
fifty pounds, specie each in part of their pay for which they
respectively are to account

The Council met.
Philadelphia, Wednesday March 12th 1783
Present His Excellency John Dickinson Esquire president
Honorable James Ewing Esq Vice President
The Honorable James Irvine, James Cunningham
Dorsey Pentecost, John McDowell, John Piper,
Christopher Hayes }Esquires

On application
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor
of Sergeant Randolph Death of Captain Thomas Stokely’s Company
of
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No 3
of Rangers in Westmoreland County for the sum of Six pounds
to be charged to his account and deducted out of his pay.

The Council met Philadelphia Friday June 6th 1783
Present His Excellency John Dickinson Esquire, President
The Honorable James Ewing Esquire, vice president James Irvine, John Buyers, George Wall Junior Esqr
Upon Consideration, Ordered,
That the Bedford, Westmoreland and Washington ranging companies be immediately discharged from the service of the State, but that in a settlement of accounts, they be
entitled to pay and rations till the first day of July next. It is 
expected that Captains Boyd and Stokely will come prepared to settle with the Comptroller General for the whole. The eldest officer of the Company lately commanded by Captain John Hughes is therefore directed to put all his vouchers &c into the hands of these Gentlemen-- The corps is also informed that Council under a sense of their many services will take some early moment to call the attention of the assembly to their situation, and that no disposition or good offices shall be wanting, to render it as easy as possible.
Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
I certify that the foregoing are true extracts. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
the twenty eighth day of January one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen.
James Trimble
Deputy Sec’y
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7757
Mar 5 1841
Ohio

Act July 7 1838
Eliz. Stokely

J L Edwards
Commissioner Of Pensions
Washington City
Page 35

Steubenville Mar. 1st 1841
Dear Sir 
I enclose you the papers & Documents
 making application for a pension
For Mrs Elizabeth Stokely. If there is any
defect in the proof or papers please
direct one of your clerks to inform me.
The papers enclosed are the declaration
certificate & of Proof of Marriage, 
a Certificate of Lieut. Nehemiah Stokely,
The affidavit of Joseph Pyles duly
certified & authenticated with the Seal of
Office.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
P Ackely

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Comm’r of Pensions
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State of Ohio Jefferson County ss
Before me Nathaniel Dike one of the
associate Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas within & for the County of Jefferson &
State of Ohio Personally came Isaac Jenkinson
 of said County this 21st day of April A.D. One thousand Eight hundred and forty one and being by me first duly affirmed to testify the truth the whole truth & nothing but
the truth deposeth & saith. "That he is
well acquainted with Mrs. Elizabeth Stokely and
has been well acquainted with her for
fifty (50) years last past. That said Elizabeth
Stokely is now living & resident in the town of
Hentonville Ohio. That said Elizabeth
Stokely is the widow & relict of Colonel
Thomas Stokely formerly of Washington
County Pensylvania & now deceased, and
was the sole and only wife of said Thomas
Stokely. This deponent further saith that
from his first acquaintance with said Thomas
Stokery & Elisabeth Stokely now more those
fifty years since he has been informed and
does verily believe that said Thomas Stokely
served during the whole or a large portion
of the war of the revolution and in whole
capacity this deponent cannot now
State.
I. Jenkinson
Affirmed & subscribed before me this 21st day
of April AD 1841
N Dike
Associate Judge
C.C.P. Jeff. Co
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Also at the same time and place came
David Hage of said County of Jefferson
who being first duly sworn deposeth &
faith that he is well acquainted with the
Elizabeth Stokely and has been acquainted with
her for fifty years last past. Also
that [he] was well acquainted with Colonel
Thomas Stokely of Washington County
Pennsylvania now deceased in his life time.
That the above named Elizabeth Stokely is
the widow and relict of said Thomas
Stokely and was the sole and only wife
of said Thomas Stokely as this deponent
verily believes. This deponent further Saith
that he was for many years a resident of
the County of Washington and a neighbour of
said Thomas Stokely and from the information
 of others and general report he believes said
 Thomas Stokely served during the whole or
 some part of the Revolutionary war, but in what
capacity said service was performed this deponent
is unable to State.
David Hage
Sworn & subscribed before me this
21st day of April 1841 -
N Dike
Associate Judge
C C P Jef’n Co
Ohio

I know David Hage the above deponent personally.
He is a man of undoubted veracity. I also am
personally acquainted with Isaac Jenkinson 
whose deposition is on the preceding page. His character
for truth and veracity is above reproach.
N Dike
Associate Judge
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[handwritten]
State of Ohio, Jefferson County ss
I John S. Patterson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for said County of Jefferson, do hereby certify, that W. Dike, Esqr. is an associate Judge of said County of Jefferson, duly elected, commissioned and qualified as such, that his official acts as such, are entitled to full faith and credit, in any Court of Record, in Ohio, or elsewhere, and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his name, are by me, believed to be genuine. -
[left of below paragraph is seemingly a seal that has been covered up by a small piece of paper.] Witness my signature, and the seal of our said Court of Common Pleas, at Steubenville, this 22d day of April, A. D. 1841. —
Attest,
John S. Patterson - Clk
[drawn flourish]
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[intersecting handwritten text going vertically and horizontally]
H -
Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C. 
move —

[written 90 degree rotation to left]
Apl. 27. 1841

[round ink stamp]
illegible

[struck through: Ohio]
Ohio
Add [illegible]
Eliz. Stokely
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Steubenville Ap 22nd 1841
Dear Sir 
By Request of Genl I Stokely- I enclose you the
accompanying Affidavits & Papers  - supposed
by him to be Evidence in support of Mrs Elisabeth
Stokely’s Application for pension.
Should the documents be considered of 
no importance in the application,  I wish them to
be re-enclosed to Gen’l Stokely or to myself - 
If of any consequence they are of course expected
 to be returned from the Department,
I am most Respectfully
Your obd’t servant
head
J H Miller

Hon J L Edwards
Comm’r of Pensions
Page 41

Sept 9 1843
Amended dec
Eliz Stokely
March 3 1843
Elizabeth Stokely
$435

John H Miller
Steubenville Ohio
Page 42

The State of Ohio
On this sixth day of September
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and forty three personally appeared before me one of the
associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
within and for the County of Jefferson in the State
aforesaid Elizabeth Stokely a resident of Steubenville
in the County of Jefferson and State of Ohio aforesaid
aged seventy eight years who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on her oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the act of Congress passed March 3d 1843
entitled “an act granting a pension to certain revolutionary soldiers"
That she is the widow of Thomas Stokely who served in the war of the Revolution in the manner set forth in the act approved the seventh day of June eighteen hundred and thirty two entitled “An act supplementary to the act for the relief of
certain surviving officers and Soldiers of the Revolution.”
That as such widow and in virtue of an act approved
the seventh day of July eighteen hundred and thirty
eight entitled “an act granting half pay and pensions
to certain widows" she received an annuity or pension
for the term of five years from the fourth of March
eighteen hundred and thirty six at the rate of
thirty five dollars per month
Elizabeth Stokely
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and
year above written before me
John Cock
Associate Judge

I John S Cock one of the Associate Judges of the Court
of Common Pleas within and for the County of Jefferson & State of Ohio do hereby certify that Elizabeth Stokely the applicant above named is unable by reason of bodily infirmity to attend the Court
John T Cock
Associate Judge
Page 43

The State of Ohio Jefferson County
I John S. Patterson Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas within and for the County of
Jefferson and State aforesaid do hereby certify that
John S Cock before whom the within declaration
was made, and who signed the within certificate
is an associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
within and for the County aforesaid duly appointed
and commissioned as such, and that all his
official acts are entitled to full faith and credit.
and that the within signatures purporting to be
his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of our said County at Steubenville this sixth day of
September A.D. 1843
Attest,
John S. Patterson Clk
Page 44

Steubenville September 6th 1843
Dear Sir
In my haste preparing a declaration yesterday
in time for the mail, I believe I neglected altogether
to recite the act of the 7th of July 1838 as being the
law under which the applicant received the former pension
& also the age of the applicant.
This I believe to be as full as the statute requires
and I hope it may be satisfactory when taken in concert
with the papers filed in the application under the
act of 1838. The original Certificate I believe was
been delivered to the agent at Wheeling on receipt of
the last payment. Though I think the whole was
paid at one time & the certificate then delivered.
If the original certificate remained in her possession I should
have proved that she was the person named therein.
Of this however there is no doubt, but it may not here
be proved to the satisfaction of the Commissioner. I know
nothing of the proof required in such case.
I remain yours &c
John H Miller

J.L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Page 45

4225 Sept 9 1843
Eliz. Stokely
March 3d 1843
O.

[circle stamp]
Steubenville O
SEP 6

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D C
Page 46

The State of Ohio
On this fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and forty three
personally appeared before me one of the
Associate Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas within and for the County of Jefferson
and State aforesaid Elizabeth Stokely a
resident of Steubenville in the County of
Jefferson aforesaid who being first duly
sworn according to law doth on her oath
make the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the provision made by
the act of Congress passed March 3d 1843
entitled "An act granting a pension to certain
revolutionary soldiers" That she is the widow
of Thomas Stokely who served in the war of the
revolution in the manner set forth in the act
approved the seventh day of June eighteen
hundred and thirty two entitled "An act for
Supplementary to the act for the relief of certain
surviving officers and Soldiers of the Revolution.”
That as such widow, she received an annuity
or pension for the term of five years from the
fourth of March eighteen hundred and thirty
six at the rate of thirty five dollars per month.
Elizabeth Stokely
Sworn to & subscribed on the day
and year above written before
Samuel McNary
Associate Judge

The State of Ohio Jefferson County
I hereby certify that the applicant above named
is unable from bodily infirmity to attend the Court.
Samuel McNary Associate Judge
Page 47

The State of Ohio Jefferson County ss
I, John S Patterson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas 
within and for the County of Jefferson aforesaid do hereby
certify that Samuel McNary is one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly appointed and commissioned and that all his official acts
are entitled to full faith and credit and that the within signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of our said Court at Steubenville this
fifth day of September A.D. 1843. 
Attest John Patterson Clk
Page 48

Steubenville September 5th 1843
J L  Edwards Esqr
Dear Sir
Having been requested by Mrs Stokely to procure
 for her a new certificate in order that she may receive the
benefit of the act therein mentioned. I have
drawn up the foregoing application. Having
seen no forms, which may have been prescribed for this purpose,  I have drawn this in such a manner as I supposed the act contemplated. If it should be defective I will
be much obliged to you to point out the defect
and we will apply the remedy.
I am yours very respectfully
John H Miller
Page 49

3—871.
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RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
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Briefed by  [handwritten] L. D. L. 
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Claim no. 
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Certificate No. 
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Claimant [handwritten] Capt
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Soldier [handwritten] Thomas Stokeley
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Service  [handwritten] Pa
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Additional Service [handwritten] Rev. War
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No _____ claim, State records_______, 190___
No claim, combination records_____, 190___
REMARKS:
[handwritten] No claim, except W. # 4079

0-8            Chief Division
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124 Prospect St.,
Massillon Ohio
Feb. 9th 1897
[circular ink stamp reading: U. S. PENSION - OFFICE -Mar 25 1897]
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Will you please look through your files of the War of [underlined] 1776 [/u] and inform me if the name of [underlined] Stokely [/u] appears. I think the ancestor I am tracing was a [underlined] Col. [/u] of a Penna. troop. I do not know given name or where he resided but want to find out what I can. 
Please Answer and oblige
Mrs Fannie H. Peirce.
Page 51

[blank page bearing two rectangular ink stamps]
[Stamp 1] OLD WAR & NAVY
FEB 13 1897
FILES.
[Stamp 2 is seemingly upside down and barely there. the visible corner resembles the above stamp.]
[illegible and faded] S.
Page 52

Revy WIDOW, &c
File No. 4079
Eliz Stokely
Wid
Thos  Stokely
Capt Pa. line
Act: Mch 3rd / 43
Index -- Vol. M. Page 239
(Arrangement of 1870.)
Page 53

May 5. 1897 - History to
Mrs. Fannie C. Peirce
Forest Ave. Dayton, O.

1909 Feb 16. Hist. to Robt P
Armstrong - aep

1925 Apr. 11 Photostat Copies
mailed to Miss Mary C. Ousler

1936 July 27. Hist to W T S 
Wilson - el
Page 54

O. W. & N. Div. [handwritten] V     0   F. B. [end handwritten]
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. [handwritten] Mar 8 [handwritten end] 1897 [7 is handwritten]
Respectfully returned to the writer, who is requested to furnish, for purposes of identification, as much as possible of the information called for below. 
[Handwritten and struck through signature] Deputy Myrtle Loch[illegible]
Commissioner
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Full name of soldier:
[Handwritten] Col. — Stokely
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Place of residence before service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible)
_
Place of residence after service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible)
[Handwritten] Westmorland [Westmoreland] Co. Pa.
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Date of death ([u]as[/u] near as possible)
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[two ink stamps across these sections, one rectangular with no legible words and one circular] U. S. PENSION - OFFICE - MAR 25 1897 [stamp ends]
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Christian name of widow:
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Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
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Remarks:
[handwritten] The above is all the information I can give.
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Your name and address:
[handwritten] Mrs Fannie H. Peirce
Dayton
Forest Ave. Ohio
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2338b2m