Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18628, for John Toland, Delaware
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Continental (Del.)
Toland, John
NUMBER
S. 18628
carded
CONTENTS
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Ohio. 13.486.
John Toland
of Pickaway Co. in the State of Ohio.
who was a [?] of Canbry in the Co. commanded
by Captain Randolph of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Lee in the Va line for two years
Continental $100
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 
100. Dollars 00. Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 da of July
1833 and sent to J. W. Doane, Circleville, P. Co.
Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 200.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 6 Sept 33. 50.00
$250.00
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm. R. Belrun clerk,
Book E. Vol. 8. Page 26.
Suspd.
See letters Jan 27. 1840 [lined out]
to John Barrett, V P. Agt. 
do to J. Darlington, 5 June 1840
Pension Restored see let. 29 Dec. 1841 to
Pen: Agent & [?] Wm Russell
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State of Ohio}
Holmes County ss}
Personally came before me the Subscriber a
Justice of the Peace in said County Hugh
Woods and inhabitant of said County and with whom
I am personally aquainted [sic] and believe to be intitled [sic]
to full credit, and being by me duly sworn
deposeth and saith, that he was, and has been
aquainted [sic] with Jno Toland when, and since he was a
Lad, that said Toland ['was' lined out] was raised, and
['and' lined out] brought up with a certain Jno Ferris in the
County of Newcastle in the State of Delaware, about
Nine or ten miles from Elkton in the State of Maryland
that ^[insert] he Recollects when the said Jno Tolland inlisted [sic] (or
was said by the Neighbours to have Inlisted [sic]) in the
Service of the United States - he further Recollects when
said Ferris went after said Tolland and Indevourd [sic] to
get him back but did not succeed, that said
Toland was absent from the Neighbourhood of Ferris
for a considerable length of time and was not as
this deponent believes in the Neighbourhood untill [sic] the
Conclusion of the Revolutionary war ~ that this deponent
saw said Tolland shortly after his return
to the Neighbourhood which he had left, and conversed
with him as he thinks, and it was the Unanimous
say so of the Neighbourhours [sic] that he was Inlisted [sic] and
had been in the United States Service during his
absence, and of this, this deponent never doubted
himself, and believes it never was doubted in the
Neighbourhood - that this deponent was afterwards
^[insert] aquainted [sic] with said Toland untill [sic] 
he had a family and has no doubt of the
truth of the Nerative [sic] Stated in his declaration of
his travels while he was in the Army, and is satisfied
that said Tolland is in very Moderate circumstances,
this deponent believe[s] himself to be between Sixty
and seventy years of age, and always considered Toland
when they were boys, as a few years older than himself
and further this deponent cannot say ~
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 10th day June 1833
Lyman Shape JP seal [hand circled] Hugh Woods
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State of Ohio Holmes County ss -
I James S. Irvine Deputy Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas in and for said
County hereby certify that Lyman Shafer
before whom the within deposition
was taken is an acting Justice of the peace
in and for said County duly commissioned
and qualified as such according to the
forms of the Constitution and laws of Ohio
to whose official acts full faith and credit
are are [duplicate] and ought to be given
In Testimony of the above I hereunto
Sign my name and affix my seal
of Office at Millersburg this 10th
day June A.D. 1833
fees Recd. 50 cts
James S. Irvine, Dpty. Clerk
Affidavit of Hugh Woods as to John Toland service -
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Mrs Sarah Trask
ansd -June 7/59
John Toland
Delaware line
Lees Legion

If this should be directed to the wrong 
Buro please place it in the correct department

[ink stamp]
PENSION OFFICE MAY 23 1859
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Fulton Hamilton County Ohio May 19th 1859
Hon Sir
Will you please be so good as to inform me the age
completion of John Toland who was private in
Goshins company of artillery in the war of 1812 the
south East qr of section nineteen of township three north
Range five west in the State of Illinois I was informed
by Mr Daniel D. S. Benedict that land was patened [sic] to
my father whose name was John Tolland I paid Mr B
25 dollars to establish my title to said Land and he
obtained from the general land office a copy of the
patent and it is desputed [sic] it being my fathers
my father was a resedent [sic] of Pickaway County Ohio
in 1833 and was placed on the pension Roll in
duly at the rate of 100 per annum as a revolution
soldier of the Virginia militia being in that war a
privt [private] of Coberly and was at that time 72 years
of age can you inform me whether this land above
mentioned was patented to the John Tolland who was pensioner
as above please give me a full description of the
person to whome [sic] the above land was patened [sic] we now
have spent over 60$ and have not bin [sic] able to
assertain [sic] who the real oner [owner] is I am very Respectfully
Yours
Sarah Trask
you will please direct your anser [sic] to John V. Rice
of this place and oblige yours Sarah her x mark Trask
Hon G C Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington Cty DC
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Jno. Tolland priv of [?] Lees Legion V: Continental line
Pensn. Act of 1832 - Pickaway Coy. Ohio
Joseph Darlenton Clerk of the Court of Adams Count in Ohio
John Toland S. F. 18628
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To the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions; -
Sir,
The undersigned write to you on behalf of John Toland, a poor but honest
old man, whom we believe to have been a soldier of the revolution. He came to
Adams County of which we are all residents, about eight years since.
and has resided therein ever since. He had a certificate from the Secretary
of War, entitling him to a pension of one hundred dollars per annum, when
he came to the county, and continued regularly to receive it till March
the 4th 1840; at which time his papers were returned with the following
endowment thereon, "suspended by order of the Commissioner of Pensions,
Jan. 27th, 1840." Since that time he has been endeavoring to find out the
cause of the Suspension. He procured one of the undersigned, (Joseph
Darlinton,) to write to your office on the subject, and received for answer
that he must prove by two witnesses that he had performed the service;
but no intimation was given as to the cause of suspension. The proof
required, after a long and unsuccessful search ['amongst' lined out he is unable
to procure; his comrades in arms being in all probability, all in the wall
of spirits. But fortunately for the cause of humanity and justice, the 
imprudence of an old woman has given a clue to the cause of the suspension.
It appears from report satisfactory to us all that do not know the facts, and
some of us know the report to be true, that a difficulty occurred between
Mr. Toland, and certain timber loafers, amongst whom were William Cole,
[?] Cole, John Barritt, and Theophilus Barritt, Mr. Toland refused
to suffer them to hall [haul] lumber across his land, at this they took offence:
and, as the woman above alluded to has said, got up some kind of written
instrument and forwarded to your office, in order that his Pension might
be taken away, which as they well knew would compel him to sell
his little farm, as it was not sufficient to support him, and his family,
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(widow daughter and four small children, he not being able to labor.
This consequence has resulted, and the woman alluded to, who is wife
to one of the persons with whom he had the difficulty, has said as some
of us know, and all believe, that if the old man had suffered timber
to be halled [hauled] across his land he might yet have been living on it; thus proving conclusively that it was not patriotism, but the most wicked of all passions that actuated those who have unfortunately succeeded in depriving a childish old man of his only means of support.
what statements may have been made to your department we know
not, but this we do know, Mr Toland's character for truth and honesty
will bear a favorable comparison with that of any of the persons who
are believed to have been instrumental in taking away his Pension.
In conclusion we ask, that his pension be restored, knowing that he
must have made the proof required by law, else he would not have received a Pension from the 4th of March 1831, till the 4th of September 1839- Showing also that if his pension was suspended upon the representation of the men alluded to above, & their connexions, [sic] it was done upon the representation of those who had an interest in the matter, for the basest purposes. In duty bound we will ever pray &c
William Robe
James Hood
John Spaihs
L Cole
[?] E Lockheart
Wm Stout [?]
Ralph McClure
Edwd S. Moore
John Trather
Joseph Darlinton
J. Patteman
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State of Ohio Adams County ss
The Deposition of Thomas McCan relating to the
within petition, are as follows
first question: have long is it from you first New [knew]
and became personally aquanted [sic] with the pateshenar [sic]
ancer: [sic] between forty and fifty years: question: [?] you
that he was a solder [sic] in the revolution ware [sic]
ancer. [sic] Not personly [sic]: but I still understand; and heared [sic]
both privetes [sic] and officers of the army say that he
Was: and that he served under Cornel [sic] Lee.
and further I say Not
Thomas C Man
State of Ohio Adams County SS
I the subscribing Justice of the Peace for the
County and state aforesaid do certify that the above
Deposition was taken by me and sworn to before
before me this and subscribed before me this f14th Day of
December in the year of our Lord 1841
John Kirkpatrick J. P seal [hand circled]
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We the undersigned Associate judges of the Court
of Common please [pleas] for the County of Adams in
the State of Ohio Know and are personally
acquainted with the signers to the within
Memorial and know them to be men of truth
and veracity and what they say may be depended
on this 2nd November 1841
Joseph Eglar
Robt Morrison} associate judges
D C Vance 

The State of Ohio}
Adams County} ss
I Joseph Darlinton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the 
afournamed [sic] Joseph Eylar Robert Morrison & David
Vance are Associate Judges of the Court
of Common Pleas in & for the County aforesaid
duly commissioned & quallified [sic] and that the
within named John Kirkpatrick before whom
the within deposition of Thomas McCan was
taken & who has certified the same was at the
time of signing the same and still is a Justice
of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid duly
commissioned & quallified [sic] & that full faith & credit
are due to his said certificate & all other official
acts by him done as well in Courts of Justice as
thereout and that his signature within is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
affixed the seal of the said Court at West Union 15th day of 
December in the year of Lord 1841 & in the 66th
year of the Indepence [sic] of the United States
of America
Joseph Darlinton Clerk A.C.
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John Toland's
Declaration
No 1944.
PO
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Declaration of John Toland in order to obtain the
benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State of Ohio}
Pickaway County} ss 
on this tenth day of August ^[insert] 1832 person 
David Kinnear, Thomas Renick and Samuel Lybrand associate
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county of Pickaway
^[insert] holding a special session of said court John Toland 
a resident of Wayne township in the County of Pickaway and State of
Ohio aged Seventy years on the 10th day of July last
past 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 ^[insert] in the 
continental line in the month of March ['1780' lined out] in the year 1780, at
Elktown in the State of Maryland, in a Regiment commanded
by Colonel Henry Lee of Virginia, composed of
three companies of infantry & three companies of horse, that
he served in the said regiment in one of the companies
of horse till the close of the revolutionary war ^[insert] 1783 under the 
following named officers viz. Colonel Henry Lee, the Majors names
not recollected, the officers of the company to which he belonged
were Captain John Rudolph, Lieutenant James
Heard the Ensigns name believed to be Faulkner. He enlisted
in one of the horse companies, to serve during the
War and the regiment was an independent corps, not 
engaged into any Brigade, but employed in scouting & reconnoitering
for the most part that Sargeant-Major John Champe,
who afterwards attempted to capture Gen. Arnold, belonged
to this regiment - that when he enlisted he resided in 
the County of New Castle & state Delaware, about four miles
from Saint George's. The next day after his enlistment,
he was marched to Christiana bridge, in the state 
in the state of Delaware & from thence, he was marched to
Philadelphia & thence to Burlington
in the State of New Jersey,
where he lay all the month of May: From thence
he was marched through Trenton, Princeton & Hackensack
to Morristown in New Jersey. After lying a short time at Morristown;
the regiment was ordered to the South.
they took up their line & march through Woodbury in New Jersey,
where they halted a few days & they then marched by york in 
Pennsylvania, Fredericktown in Maryland, Leesburgh and Fredericksburgh
in Virginia to North Carolina. Soon after their arrival in 
North Carolina, he was engaged with the regiment, in 
the battle of Guilford, in March 1781; which was the only
battle, in which he was engaged, during his term of service
After this battle, he was marched to South-Carolina & the
regiment was employed most of the time there,
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on the Pardee and Santee rivers, in scouting the country and
reconnoitering for General Green 
and was not encamped
with the other american troops there. A company of infantry
from the Maryland troops, was attached to this
regiment a part of the time, while in South Carolina
and assisted in storming two British posts there; one
called Thompsons Fort and the name of the other forgotten.
He returned to Philadelphia, in 1783, with Henry Archer, who
was a Captain in said regiment and was there told by said
Archer, that peace was ratified & the term of his enlistment fulfilled;
But he asked for no discharge, nor did he receive
any in writing, as the ['entire' lined out] regiment did not ['return' lined out]
march to Philadelphia with them. He further states, that
he has no documentary evidence of his said service, nor does
he know of any person living, whose testimony he can procure
to prove said service. He hereby relinquishes every claim
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.
John Toland [signature]
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid
Andrew Huster deputy Clerk
and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, 
that the above named applicant, was a revolutionary soldier
and served as he states.

I Andrew Huster deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
of said County of Pickaway do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said
court in the matter of the application of John Toland
for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this
10th day of August 1832
Andrew Huster deputy clerk
[seal affixed]
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13.486
John Toland
Ohio
NO 1944.
Adm 2 years} ['$80' lined out]
Cavalry} - 100
G. W. Doane
Circleville
Ohio -
Ohio
J W Doon
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BRIEF in the case of John Toland
of Pickaway County in the State of Ohio.
(Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. 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? 70 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
enlisted March In 1780 and served until the close of the war in 1783.
Duration of Service.
Years,
Months. Days.
[served until the
close of the war in 1783.]
Rank.
As a
Private
of Cavalry
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Col Henry Lees Regmt
Compy of Horse
Capt John Randolph
Lt James Read
Ensign Faulkner
Sergeant Major John Champ
5. In what battles was he engaged: Guilford
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? New Castle County, Delaware
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Sitte
Examining Clerk.
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May 25, 1933.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/ADY
John Toland,
S. 18628
John O. C. Smith
3. 3921

Mrs. H. O. Pile,
122 Edison Avenue,
Circleville, Ohio.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to John
Toland and John O. C. Smith, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein are obtained from the
papers on file in the Revolutionary War claims for pension,
based upon their military services in that war.
John Toland
3. 18638
John Toland was born July 10, 1762 or 1763, place not
stated.
While a resident of New Castle County, Delaware, John
Toland enlisted in March 1780, served in Captain John
Rudolph's Company, Colonel Henry Lee's Regiment of Horse,
was in the battle of Guilford and served to the close of
the war in 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
August 10, 1832 while a resident of Wayne Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio.
In 1833 it was stated that his wife was dead and his
children far from him. In 1841 he was living with a daughter,
a widow, and four small children, their names not stated, 
in Adams County, Ohio, where he had resided about eight years. 
Soldier's daughter, Mrs. Sarah Trask, was living in 1859, her
Address Fulton, Hamilton County, Ohio.

John QOC. Smith
S. 3921
John O. C. Smith was born in December 1760, in Oxford
Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.
While a resident of Mansfield Township, Sussex County,

Date of death not on A. B [written in right margin]
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New Jersey, he enlisted in May 1776 and served six months in a company commanded by Lieutenant Benjamin Warner under Major Piatt which marched on Colonel Rosecrantz' at Minisink and was employed in scouting against Indians. He enlisted in the spring of 1779, serving nine months in Captain Powell Shipman's Company, Colonel William Bond's New Jersey Regiment, was engaged in General Sullivan's Indian Expedition and was at the battle of Chemung.

Some time after the Revolutionary War soldier moved from New Jersey to Maryland, then to Virginia, and later to Ohio.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 23, 1832 while living in Walnut Township, Pickaway County, Ohio.

Date of death not on A. B. [written in right margin]

There are no family data.

Very truly yours,

A. D. Miller
Assistant to the Administrator
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Stouts O
Jany 15
Free

Hon Martin Vanburan [sic] President of
the United States
Washington City

P39.
Jnry 22d
Refd [?] ofc War
Jany 23. 1840 [?]
Pension Office
Jno Towland
Ohio
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Martin Vanburan [sic] President of the United States of America
It is pleasing to every good citizen of these United States
to see that our government is disposed to make provision for
the officers and soldiers that aided in the revolutionary war
It is certenly [sic] right that they should receive a support from
The cuntry [sic] that acheived all the blessings that we now injoy [sic]
by their exertions but will we rejoice in this we have to
Regret that there are some who pertake [sic] of this County
unworthily that have by some under means imposed
on government and by base defraude [sic] have got their
Names on the pention [sic] list that never took any part
In the revolutionary struggle and are drawing money from
The government that have in realety [sic] no more right
to it then [sic] a citizen of France would have there is a man
In this section of the cuntry [sic] by the name of John Towland that
has been drawing in this way a number of years ['that' lined out] and
It is firmly believed by all who know him that he was not
born at the time of the war or at least if he was he must
have been an infant at the close of the war he has been frequently
questioned relative to the war and is found to be perfectly ignorent [sic]
of Every thing relative there to he cannot tell of any officer that
He served under or of any battle or any circumstances that took
place during the war so that there is nothing can be more evident
then that he is drawing money Every year from
Goverment [sic] as unjustly as any thing can be and it is thought
Generally that it would be right and just to advise to pay
Master at Cincinnati to withhold any further pay -
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untill he is strictly Examined on the subject by some
Competent person and on Examination he is thought worthy
in all good faith let him have it but if it is
Found on Examination that he is not intitled [sic] to one
cent and that he is not such a person as the law
Recognizes surely it is not right that he should be 
permitted to defraud the government any longer and
It perhaps would be good polecy [sic] to have and Examination
In every case where fraud is suspected with these remarks
{I am Sir with high respect your Ob Hb Servt
John Barritt
Hon Marten Vanbruan [sic]
Pr of the United Stats [sic]
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John L Edwards Esq
War Department
Washington City

Stouts May 25
20th 1840
May 28 1840
Toland
Ohio [?]
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Sir
Adams County, Ohio May 12th 1840
your letter under date 27th January through some miss
Management in the post office departments did not come to hand untill [sic]
the 12th of this present Month May I will pay as Early attention to your
Instructions as poseble [sic] Mr Towland is not only a drunkin [sic] sot but he
Is verry [sic] vicious it is generally thought that to affront him he would
Not hisetate [sic] to do a privet [sic] injury so that the most of his neighbours
has some hisetation [sic] in interfering with him unless calld. on by
some legal authority. I had rather if you think proper to authorise
me or some other person by letter to Examine Mr Towland himself
before a Magistrate or a Judge of the Court Relative to his claim 
against the government and that his own statement be legally 
certefide [sic] and transmitted to you a few days since one of his neighbours
A Respectable old man said to me that when he heard that Towlands,
Pay was suspended that he purposely entered into conversation with
Him in order to satisfy himself of his claim was a just one and spoke
to him as follows Mr Towland will you be so good as to tell me when
And where you inlisted [sic] in the United Stats[sic] sevis [sic] answer I carried
The mail was it the United Stats [sic] Mail answer I exspect [sic] it was
Did you ever march to any place with our army answer no I was
verry [sic] young what officer was you under answer I dont remember the
tale is so rediculous [sic] to be related by an old Revolutionary soldier that
I forbar [sic] saying any more on the subject at present I will barely observe
That he was married a few days since and that I should Judge from
His look that he was not more then born as fare [sic] back as the close
of the war
I am Very Respectfully your No Ob St

J L Edwards Esqr
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Circleville 27th June 1833
Sir
Enclosed I again send you the declaration of
John Toland with the accompanying proof of his service
He has been at much trouble to get this proof, being 
impelled to walk more than two hundred miles at his
advanced age
to procure it. He is entirely destitute of any
means of support, except the little labors he
can perform, 
his wife being dead & his children far
from him & 
unable to render him any assistance.
There is no doubt
of his having performed the services [underlined]
stated in his declaration; but it may be possible,
that the corps [underlined] in which he served, did not belong to
the continental line, though he feels very confident that
it did. 
It might possibly have belonged to the State
troops of Maryland, he says he received, after his 
discharge, a certificate from the Governor of Maryland, by which he [?] some portion of his [?] at Annapolis.
I pre [illegible lined out] sume [presume] the rolls in the war department, 
will show whether there was such a corps as he describes, 
commanded by Col Henry Lee in the continental line. If no such corps is found
there, it must have belonged to the State troops of
Maryland & in that point, he must then have laboured under a mistake.
If the proof of his service, should not be deemed sufficient
now, [underlined] as it is the best and only proof
he can procure; 
the Department would confer an obligation upon him, if they would inform
him, through me, [underlined] whether the rolls [underlined] contain any
such corps [underlined] as he described, in
the continental service. If they do not, can the department inform us, 
to what troops, that corps belonged? There is no doubt, but he is a much
deserving object of the county of the government, that 99 out of 100 that 
obtain it.
Respectfully yours &c
G. W. Doan
J. L. Edwards Esq

N.B. Please direct to me at Circleville Ohio - GW Doan
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Hon. W. Russell
Dec. 29, '41
G.C
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380
Pen. Office
Dec 29, 1841
Sir,
The pension of John
Toland under act of 7 June 1832 at
the rate of $100 per annum has been
restored to him upon the representation
made by yourself, and Joseph Darlinton
Esq and others and the pension agent
at Cincinnati instructed to pay the
amount due him on the production
of the proper vouchers.
Hon. William Russell
H. R.
G. C
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John Barritt
Jany. 27, 1840
G.C.

Record 19 page 200
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War Dep
Pension office
Jan. 27. 1840
Sir,
Your letter to the President of the
U. States has been referred to this office.
The pension of John Tolland has been stopped,
and no payment will be made until a
further investigation of his case can be
had. I will be obliged to you, if you
will send affidants to this office in
relation to the subject. The evidence
in support of the charge against
him should be taken by some magistrate
duly qualified to administer oaths
An early answer is requested

John Barritt, Esq
Staats,
Ohio
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West Union O}
May 27, 1840}
Free
J.L. Edwards Esqr
Comr of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
June 1. 1840
Jno Toland
Ohio roll
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West Union O. May 27, 1840
J.L. Edwards Esqr
Sir
Permit me to state to you
that John Tolland a soldier of the Revolutionary War
had a pension granted to him on the 27th day of
July 1833 to commence on the 4th day of March
1831, when he applied to the Agent at Cincinnati to
draw his pension due on the 4th of March last, he
was informed that his name had been stricken from
the pension Roll - Will you be so polite to inform
me the cause why it was done & on the
application or information of whom, Also
please to inform the steps which Toland must
take to be reinstated - his statement is that
he enlisted in a troop of Cavalry for 3 years March
1777 & was 17 years of age on the 10th day of July 
following & that he served his 3 years faithfully -he
is now within a few days of 77 years of age
and like most of the Revolutionary soldiers very infirm -
He is very poor & not able to labor for a living
he has very little property except 16 acres of land
Valued at $48 which he paid for in small annual
payments out of his pension money for a home in
his old age - an attempt has been made to get the
land from him & failed & perhaps that has created
a prejudice in the minds of one or two bad men -
If his pension cannot be restored to him he
must eventually become a township charge
and I hope for the honor of our government that
no Revolutionary soldier will be thus degraded-
I am very respectfully
Your Obd Servt
Joseph Darlinton
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[printed and handwritten]

P
18628
INVALID.
File No. 18,628
John Toland
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 377
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1933 May 25. Hist to Mrs. H. O. Pile. A.D.Y.
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[typewritten with handwriting]

Dept. of Interior,
Rev. Records,
Washington D. C.
Circleville, O.
May 1933
[ink stamp] RECEIVED MAY 20 1933 PENSION INDEX SECTION
Dear sir: --
Have you the pension record of John D. C. Smith, private in
P. Militia, received a pension in Pickaway Co. O. Dec. 3, 1833.
Also the record of John Toland, private in Cavalry, Va.
continentials, [sic] received a pension in Pickaway Co. O. July 28 1833.
If you have these records will you pleas [sic] send them to me.
Sincerely Yours,
Mrs. H. O. Pile
22 Edison Ave
Circleville Ohio
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[ink stamp]
RECEIVED
MAY 18 1933
MAIL SUB DV
VETS. ADM. 
READER #59
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[handwritten]

Refd to Com & pension resumed
the name of J. Toleny is found on roll
Lee's Legion 2d. troops (cap Rudolph)
from 11 March 1780.
Dec 29. 1841
James L. Edwards Esqr
Dec 28. 1841
Hon W Russell
HR
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[handwritten]

House of Representatives
Dec the 23rd 1841
Sir
The enclosed memorial was directed to me
with a request that I would present it to you
and that I would state what I know of the Gentlemen
whose names are signed thereto, this I shall do with
a great deal of pleasure, as I have known them
well and known them long say from 30 to 36 years
They are ^[insert] men of the first standing in their County
and their statement is entitled to your serious
attention, they assure me that not one of them has
the slightest personal interest in this matter
If their information was correct that ^[insert] the old mans
pension was suspended on the representation of
Barrett and others, I assure you that you have
been imposed upon, for no representation with
his name to it would be entitled to much
credit where he was known and their 
employment of plundering timber from the Public
Land would not speak much in their favour
to a stranger
I hope sir from the representation made by
those Gentlemen you will feel at liberty to
restore the old man to the pension list again
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If otherwise, I would thank you for a copy of
the charges that were made against him that
his neighbors may have an opportunity to
do him justice if they can
of L Edwards Esq
Very Respectfully
your Obt Servt
William Russell
J L Edwards Esqr
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[handwritten]

Jno. V Rice
for Mrs. Sarah Trask
John Toland - Lees Legion
Pension Papers
[?]
[ink stamp] PENSION OFFICE JUN 29 1859
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[handwritten]

Hon Sir
will you please send us additional information
your answer of the 7 [?] does not satisfy Mrs Trask
she wishes to no [sic] if her father John Toland seved [sic] in the war
of 1812 and was given the South East qr [quarter] of section nineteen
of township three north in range five west it seames [sic] she
believes her father was a soldier in Goskins company of
Artilerry [sic] she wishes you to send her the age [?] of the
person to whom the above peace of Land was pattened [sic]
to for services in said Artilery [sic]
I am Sir Yours very Respectfully
John V. Rice for
Mrs Sarah Trask
Fulton Hamilton Co
Ohio
June 26th 1859
Hon
G. C. Whiting
Commisioner [sic] of
pensions
Washington City D.C.