Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6184, for Andrew Stone, Rhode Island
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[typed] (8-1776)
SERVICE [written] R.I. Stone, Andrew Betsey [typed] NUMBER [written] W. 6184
B. L. Wt. 10299-160-55
[typed] CONTENTS
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[writen] Rhode Island 27"960
Andrew Stone
[typed] of [written] Providence [typed] in the State of [written] R.I.
[typed] who was a [written] pr. arty. [typed] in the [blank] commanded
by Captain [blank] of the [written] Reg- [typed] commanded
by [written] C. V. Burton [typed] in the [written] RI
[typed] line for [written] 1 year.
[typed] Inscribed on the Roll of [written] Rhode Island
[typed] at the rate of [written] 50 [typed] Dollars- Cents per annum.
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the [written] 29- [typed] day of [written] Sep 3[lilegible] 
[typed] and [written] Judge S.Y. Atwell.
Glochester. R.I.
[typed] Arrears to the 4th of [written] Sep. 3[illegible]
[typed] Semi--anl. allowance ending [written] [illegible]: 35    175/23.00/200.00
[typed] {Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by [written] Nath. Rice [typed] Clerk,
Book [written] E [typed] Vol. [typed] 2 [typed] Page [written] 130-
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[written] Application of Andrew Stone for pension
21217
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[written] Attest S. Cooke P. Clk
State of Rhode Island & Providence PLantations
County of Providence Sc
On this fiftheenth day of [Boston crossed out] December
1832 personally appears in open Court before the [illegible] of the Coirt of Probate of the town of Glocester
in said County & State now Sitting Andrew Stone as
 resident of Burrillville in Said County & State aged
70 Years who being first duly sworn according to 
Law doth in his oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress
papers June 7" 1832 Viz., I the said declarant was
born in Cranston in Said County on the 16th. of February
1762. There is a record of my eye on this records of the town of Cranston. I live in said Cranston when first 
called into Service. Since the revolution I have lived
in Cranston Scituate & Burrillville in Said County
& now live in Said Burrillville. In April 1777 I
[illegible] in Caps Thurman [illegible], Company Col
William Barton regiment R.I. troops & marched to Brostol
R.I. and was stationed there 6 months while we were
at Bristol the British Came up the bay landed &
attacked us. After a fight we retracted, Col Barton was 
wounded in the fight. The British burnt -about-one half of Bristol & then retracted across to Mount- Hope and
went on board [illegible] boats. I stayed at Bristol with my regiment until my time was out in Bristol 1777. In March
1778 I enlisted for one year I Caps John Garcias Company for
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[written] Elliot regiment of Artilliary R.I. State troops. John Hagg was Major & Captain Carlile Johhing & Snow officers of the time.
I joined this regiment at WarrickR.I. & was Stationed there until the 1st of August when commanded to Provindence &
there to Tiverton R.I. & there joined the troops under General
Sullivan. We crossed the ferry to Rhode Island & took port at
Buth Hill during a severe storm which killed some of our
horses. We then marched down to the town lines & took port at
a fort on Cherry Hill. We built a fort tower down which was
called the 24 pound battery. The British were on [illegible] Hill.
while we stay there I was drafted out of my regiment into 
Caps Todds Company Col Cranes regiment Gen Glovers
brigade crosses State troops on the Continental establishment.
We remained at Cherry Hill until the end of August-1778
when we retreated up the island to Quaker Hill. This was on Friday night & on Saturday morning the 29" of August the British
troops attacked us in the hollar between Butts & Quaker Hill our
regiment swarm on the top we retreated the morning we lay on the field that night & then
next day we swarming a bunch [illegible] the island & in the night we
retreated  crosses the Ferry to Tiverton, where we marched to
Providence where we remained in a week. General Sullivan Glover
& Lovede, Col. Greene Jackson & Livingston  were officers that
I know on Rhode Island From Providence gun regiment 
(Col Cranes) marched through Connecticutt And New York
 crosses the Hudson river at Kingsferry & marched to
Morristown New Jeesey where we joined the other troops
I went into winter quarter. In the spring & during
the summer of 1779 we were marching & countermarching
from one place to another in New Jersey. I was not
in any [illegible] this Year. We went into winter
quarters at [illegible] town New Jersey with the other troops
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[written] {New Jersey crossed oit}. We had a very cold wintee & I suffered
very much for want of clothing. The snow was very
deep. Baron Sturbin was there. We say this fact
differences - places in New Jersey, until August 1780
when I was discharged I came home. I served two
years in Cranes regiment- & five months in [illegible]
regiment. I recieved a written discharge from Cranes
regiment signed by Col Crane & satisfied by Gen
Clover which I have lost. In September 1780 I
enlisted in the boat service under Capt Abraham
Andrews & was stationed at Pawtucket R I, I made
excursions up & down Nanagance bay. I remained
in the Service 3 months. We were Called the town guard- I never recieved any then written discharges
than the one above mentioned what I recollect. This testimony of such [illegible] witnesses as I know of in
hereunto annexed Sabin Smith Hezekiah Cady
Michael Cooke Jonathan Larkey Obed Smith 
as persons who live in my neighborhood who can
testify as to my character for verosity & their belief
of my service as a soldier of the revolution
Attest S. Cooke P. Clk
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[typed] I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare
that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
[written] Andrew Stone
[typed] Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. [written] in open Court
attest S. Cooke P. Clk
[typed] We, [written] Sabib Smith & Jesse Tourtellot
[typed] residing in [written] Said Burrillville {crossed out} Glocester [typed] hereby certify, that we are well
acquainted with [written] Andrew Stone [typed] who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration; that we believe him to be [written] 70 [typed] years of age; that he is reputed and
believed, in the neighbourhood wher he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and said that we 
concur in that opinion. 
[written] Sabin Smith
Jesse Tourtellot
[typed] Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. [written] in open Court
attest S. Cooke P. Clk
[typed] And the said Court do hereby their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and aftee
putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department; that he above named applicant was a
Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to
them that [written] Sabin Smith & Jesse Tourtellot [typed] who ha[written]s [typed] signed the preceding certificate, resident [written] s [typed] in
[written] Said {Brunswick crossed out} Glocester an [typed] credible person[written] s 
[typed] and that [written] their [typed] statement is entitled to credit. [written] &  that no clergyman resides in the
vicinty of said applicant.  
[typed] I, {WILLIAM R WATSON, crossed out} [written] Seril Cooke [typed] Clerk of said Court of {Common PLeas crossed out} [written] Probate [typed] do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court
in the matter of the application of [written] Andrew Stone
[typed] In testimony wherof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of
office-this [written] fifthteenth [typed] day of [written] December 1832.
Seril Cooke P. Clk.
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[written]  Providence July 30" 1833 I hereby Certify that Seril Cooke
was on the fifteenth day of December 1832 reputed to be the Clerk of this Court
of Probation I for the town of Glocester County of Providence
& that the signature to the foregoing document & certification
purporting to be his and into proper handwriting of Said
Cooke as I believe
In writing where of I have hereunto
set my hand whereas I transmit written
N R Knight
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[written] 1856 May 3" I made to credit
3047 Pennsylvania Whit a 
Betsey Stone
[typed] widow of [written]  R I Andrew Stone
 [typed] who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a [written] private of arty"
[typed] Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
[written] 50 [typed] Dollars [written] 00
[typed] Cents per annum, to comence on
the 3rd February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the
[written] 29th [typed] day of [written] November 18[illegible]
[typed] and sent to
[written] William Hunt
Prresent
[typed] Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page [written] 110 [typed] Vol. [written] A
(32)
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[written] Application for Pension 
Art Fil 3 1553
Betsey Stone
widow of Andrew Stone
Revolutionary Pensioner
Rhode Island Roll 
A Homer
William Hunt
Washington City
DC
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[typed] DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the 2d section of the act of [written] February 3, 1853.
[typed] STATE OF [written] Pennsylvania 
[typed] COUNTY OF [written] Wyoming [typed] }ss.
On this [written] 16 [typed] day of [written] September [typed] 185[written] 3, [typed] personally appeared before me
[written] Appellate [typed] Judge of the (blank) Court of [written] Common pleas [typed] State of [written] Pennsylvania
Betsey Stone [typed] a resident of the County of [written] Wyoming [typed] and State afore-
said, aged [written] seventy four [typed] years, who first being sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the fol-
lowing declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed
[written] February 3 1853 [typed] granting pensions to widows of persons who served in the Revolutionary War
[typed] that she is the widow of [writen] Anfrew Stone [typed] who was a [written] Revolutionary Pensioner
of the Rhode Island Roll. He died in September 1834;
After his death she applied to the Commissioner in the amount of averagesdue to her deceased husband and recieved the same. The proof of
his death and of her being his lawful wife was filed withthe said applicatiin and can be refered to. The bible in which the marriage
was recorded was given to Henry Stone and it is not in her possesion
She thinks the Pension Certificate was left at Providence Rhode Island [written on side of document fill up the blanks]
[typed] She further declares that she was married to the said [written] Andrew Stone [typed] on the [written] 19th or twentyith
[typed] day of [written] june [typed] eighteen hundred and [written] sixtee; [typed] that the marriage
ceremony was performed by [written] Reverend Caleb Eldredge, [typed] at [written] Andrew Stones [typed] in the 
[written] Town ( County was marked out) [typed] of [written] Burrillville, [typed] State of [written] Rhode Island; [typed] that her name before marriage was
Betsey Bowdish; [typed] that her said husband died at [written] Burrillville [typed] in the
County of [writen] Providence [typed] State of [written] Rhode Island [typed] on the [written] 25 [typed] 25 [typed] day of
[written] September [typed] 18[written]34, [typed] that she waa not married to him prior to the [written] year 1800;
[typed] but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow. She also
declares that she has and does hereby appoint WILLIAM HUNT of Washington City,D. C., as her true and
lawful attorney, to apply for and to receive her pension certificate, should it be granted.
(Widows, signature here.) [written] Betsey Stone
[typed] Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me, and I certify that by reason of bodily infir-
mity the said widow is not able to attend the (blank) Court,
[written] also [typed] that [written] from my investigation of the matter by interagations etc she is the identified widow
of Andrew Stone deceased, and that she record the average due to him at his death.
[writtten] W. Stansbury Appellate Judge
[typed] (Signature of Judge.)
[written] of Wyoming County
[typed] STATE OF [written] Pennsylvania
[typed] COUNTY OF [written] Wyoming }[typed] ss.
[typed] I [written] Thomas H Miller [typed] Clerk of the County
Court, in the and for the Coujty and State above mentioned, do hereby certify, that[written] W. Stansbury [typed] whose genuine sig-
nature appears above is, and was at the time of signing the same a [typed]s Apelate Judge
after said Court in [next 3 typed words are crossed out and illegible] [typed] the County and State aforesaid, duly
commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith 
and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court, is a Court of Record, having 
general jurisdiction. I also certify that I habe no interest in the result of the
case, and am not concerned in its prosecution.
given under my hand and Seal of Office, [seal affixed but illegible] at [written] Thomas [illegible]
[typed] this [written] sixteenth [typed] day of [written] September [typed] A. D.
[written] Thomas A. Miller [illegible]
By F C Ross [illegible]
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[written] 89.611 Act Mar 3rd/55
April 23d/55
Betsey Stone,
Pensioner
Andrew Stone.
Pri.
R.I. State Troops
Revolutionary Pensioner
Pension at the 
Rhode Island
Agency
See has application for Pension
under Act July 3? 1853
obtained a pension of $50
H S{?} Penn of July 33-3047
10:160 Acres Nov: 20/55
Boyton 
Ralle
William Hunt
Washington City
d C Vol. S[?]-66.
[illegible sentence written across form]
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[written] Act March 3 1855
Bounty Land Claim
Betsy Stone
(widow of Andrew Stone)
The s' meaning a Revoltionary
Pension Pa Roll
Attorney
William Hunt
Washington City
DC
11768
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[typed] DECLARATION FOR WIDOW
Who has heretofore recieved a [written] Pension
[typed] STATE OF [written] Pennsylvania
[typed] County of [writen] Wymoing } [typed] ss.
On this [written] 16th [typed] day of [written] April [typed 185[written] 5, [typed] personally
appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, [written] Mrs
Betsey Stone [typed] aged [written] 75 [typed] years, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, who being
duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of [written] Andrew Stone who was
a U S Pensioner for services in
[typed] in the war with [written] of the Recolution and paid at the Rhode
Island Agency
[typed] She further states that she was married to the said [written] Andrew Stone [typed] in [written] Providence Co
[typed] on the [written] 19 or 20th [typed] day of [written] June 1816 in Rhode Island [typed] and that her name before her 
said marriage was [written] Betsey Bowdish [typed] that her said husband died at [written] Burrillville Rhode Island
[typed] on the [written] 25 [typed] day of [written] September 1834 [typed] and that she is now a widow.
She further declares that she has heretofore made application for [written] Pension [typed] under the act approved [wtitten] Feb 1853
[typed] ( to which she now refers for the particulars of her said husband's service, and for proof
of her marriage) upon which she obtained a [written] Pension of $50
per amumn which she still recieces
[typed] She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the additional bounty land to which she may
be entitled under Act of March 3d, 1855, never having received nor aplied for bounty land under this or
any other Act of Congress except as above stated.
WILLIAM HUNT, of Washington City, D. C. ,is hereby authorized as my attorney to prosecute this
claim and to receive any warrant or certificate which may be issued hereon. [written] He was this Attorney who
[illegible] her Pension.
[typed] Her signature [written] Betsey Stone [typed] {SEAL.}
AFFIDAVIT OF TWO WITNESSESS.
Personally came the two persons whose names are hereunto subscribed residents of the County of [written] Wyoming
[typed] in the State aforesaid, who upon oath declare, that they are personally well acquainted
with Mrs. [written] Betsey Stone who is a U S Pensioner [typed] and saw her sign (or make her mark to)
the foregoing declaration that they know her to be the identical person therein represented, and that she is 
now a widow, and that we habe no interest in this claim.
Signature of witnesses [written] Allen P Wood [typed] {SEAL}
[written] Elizabeth Wood [typed] {SEAL}
MAGISTRATE'S CERTIFICATE
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, this [written] 16th
[typed] day of [written] April [typed] 185[written]5; [typed] and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical
person she represents herself to be, that the witnesses are credible persons, and that I have no inteeest in
this claim.
Signature of Justice [written] Stephen Harding [typed] J. P.
(After the Justice of the Peace has signed the above, it must be sent to the County Court, or any other Court of Record having
a seal, the Clerk of whichn will fill up and sign the following under seal of the Court. Then return the paper to me.)
STATE OF  [written] Pennsylvania
[typed] County of [written] Wyoming [typed} ss.
I hereby certify that [written] Stephen Harding [typed] Esq., before whom the following declaration
and affidavit were made, is and was, at the time of taking the same, an acting Justice og the Peace within and
for the county and state aforesaid, duly commissioned qualified, and that his signature above is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of my
office, this [written] nineteenth [typed] day of [written] April [typed] 185 [written]5.
D. D. Dewitt Pro[illegible]
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[written] 10299
[illegible]
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[written] [illegible] Act /53 Phil;
Boynton
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[written] R I [typed] WIDOW, & c.
File No. [written] 6184
Betsey Stone
Widow
Andrew Stone
Pri. Rev. War
[typed] Act:-Vol. [written] M, [typed] Page [written] 241
[typed] {Arrangement of 1870.}
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[written] Pension Office
Oct 17. 1853
Sir
Please report time of
last payment to or
death of the written named
pensioner
Respectfully Sc
F Burt Esq S Cole
I need [illegible] for Comm-
Andrew Stone Act 1832
$50.00 p. an.- Died 25t.
Sept. 1834, paid to death
F Burt Auditior
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[written] No 3,445
Betsey Stone of
Andrew
Set to Wm Hunt
Oct. 27, 1853
Gray.
Act Feb 3 1853
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[written] Application for a
Revolutionary Pension
Act Feb 3 1853
Betsey Stone
widow of
Andrew Stone
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner on Rhode Island Roll Act 1832 
R I
1853 Rev [illegible] Rb. 29900
pa
M Cole
Act /53
Attorney
William HuntWashington City
D.C.
Allowed $50 per amn
to Com. Feb 3 1853
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[typed] No. [written] 89611
[typed] ACT OF MARCH, 1855.
[typed] Received [written] Apr. 23rd 18 [illegible] 5
Andrew Stone Dec-Priv-
R.I. State Troops
Rev. War
10299-160-55 
Wm Hunt
Washington
P D I
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[written] 21217
Andrew Stone
S y Atwell Esq
Glocester
R I
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[typed] BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
[written] Andrew Stone [typed] which require
futher proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? [written] Yes 
[typed]II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? [written} Yes
[typed] 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 [blank]
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? [written] Yes
[typed] V. Has he mentioned with precision the lenght of his service, and the different grades in which he
served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension
he is entitled? [written] Yes
[typed] VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? [written] Yes
[typed] VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832 ? [written] Yes
[typed] VIII. Has the court given their opinion? [written] Yes
[typed] IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? [written] Yes
[typed] X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinquished
from any other seal? [written]  {yes crossed out} No
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XI. 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 hsi revol-
tionary service? [written] Certified by Citizens
[typed] XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain-
ing it ? [written] Yes
[typed] 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 declarationthat such proof cannot be had? [blank]
XIV. + If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness-
or witnesses as to his service? [blank}
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credicibility of the witness or witnesses? [written] Yes
[typed] Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct? [written] Yes 
[typed] XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situatiin, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? [written] Yes
[typed] XVI. ++ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? [written] Yes
[typed] XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfaxtory? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? [written] Yes 
[typed] 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 precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recol-
lection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For [blank]
year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank] For [blank] months
and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; 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 each applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the
pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three and four months is too in-
definite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions
merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the 
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objection-
able. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into sercice by compentent authority; that he was either
in the field or in a garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not em-
ployed in any civil pursuit.
+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 affidavita 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 he belonged. The magistrate who many administer the oaths
must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magis-  
trate 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 certifing officer who authenticates the papers is not 
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the cer-
tificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass
under the seal of office of the certifying officer,  so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.
[hand pointing] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the 
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
[written] 20
10
The claimant's name does not appear in the Rolls
as since as Col Crane's Regt of Arty- He must therefore
prove his service in said Regt - Hopefully E D Bangs Esq
says of this that of Mag may be able to furnish
the
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[written] [illegible] R I
Pension Service Sept [illegible] 2
J L Edwards Esq
Commisioner of Pension
Washington D. C.
[written upside down] 1 year pen artillery
S Y Atwell
Glocester
Re
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[written] [illegible] R I
Pensiom Services Sept [illegible]2
J L Edwards Esq
Commissionor of Pensions
Washinhton D. C.
[written upside down] 1 year pri artillary
$50
S Y Atwell
Glocester
Re
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[writen] Glocester R I, Sept 22 1834
Sir
In reply to your of the 11th [illegible] I
wanted say that I have no hope that Andrew Stone
will is able to process any further testimony as to
his service in the revolution, he name consquently
to satisfied with a pension for the seven months
service in Col [illegible] regiment of artillary as
mentioned in your letters
Respectfully yours signed
Saml Y Atwell
J L Edwards Esq.
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[written] Rhode Island District
Clerks Office U S District Court
Providence June 25th 1834
I certify there is a Book in this Office containing a Roll of a
Regiment raised by the State of Rhode Island during the Revolutionary
War and commanded by Colonel Robert Elliott during the years 1777
1778 & 1779 on which Roll is borne the name of Andrew Stone as a
private. It does not appear to bear other person by that name said Roll
Said Roll appears to be made up to as certain amount of depreciation
of wages due to the officers and privates and the service of [pound money symbol] 20'2' 4' was
found due said Andrew
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand
and affixed the seal of said Court in the year
and day above written
Benja Cowell Clerk
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[written] William Wilkinson of Providence R. I. On Oath
Testifies that he served in the Rhode Island Brigade of
State Troops duringthe War of the Revolution and that
Colonel Robert Elliot commanded a Refiment of the Artilliary
in said Brigade. He further states thta the sum of [British pound symbol] 20.2.4
as stated in the Certificate of Benjamin Cowell as due
to Andrew Stone for depreication is to the best of his
Judgement the amount that would be due to Andrew
Stone for one Year service from 1778 to 1779  
William Wilinson
State of Rhode Island Sc.
Provindence Sc. In Providence 28th day of August
1834 Whom personally appeared William Wilinson
Esquire who bring [illegible] Sworn on oath Says
what the above affidavite by him signed in my
presence is just & true in as it states I further Certify
that the said Wilkinson is with [illegible] to me in faith
is a gentleman of the highest respectability & that his
statement is written to credit
In testimony whereof I have hereto
set my hand & affixed my seal of
office this day & year aforesaid
Saml Atwell [illegible]
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[written] State of Rhode Island [illegible]
Provindence I Dexter Randall Clerk of the County
of Common Pleas within afore said County being
a Court of Record do hereby certify that Samuel
Y Atwell before whom the within offciant
was sworn is a Public Notary within and for
said County of Providence duly authorized and
empowered by Law to administer oaths & take
depositions and that the signature thereto affixed
purporting to be his is the proper hand writing of
the said Samuel & In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed the Seal of
said Court at Providence this fifth
day of September AD 1834
Dexter Randall Clk
[seal affixed, faded, and illegible]
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[typed] Brief in the case of [written] Betsey Stone widow of Andrew
Wyoming [typed] County and State of [written] Pennsylvania
[typed] act [written] Februaury 3 1853
[typed] Claim, ("original," or "for increase")
Proof exhibited, (if original)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
[written] Husband a private of artillery in Rhode Island
line 1 yr.
And pensioners under act of June 7 1832
at $50 per month
Allowed $50 per annum to commence Feb 3 1853
[typed] (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
[written] Marriage proved by Allen P Wood & 
Ann Wood residents of said county
& certified to be credible
Death proved by auditors, report
Identity, widowhood by credible witnesses
[typed] Name and residence of Agent
[written] William Hunt Esq Washington City
D C
[typed]  Examining Clerk.
J L Gray
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[written] Washington City D. C. Nov 26 1853
In
In answer to your letter of Oct 27th 1853, relative to the
application of Mary Stone for a Pension under the Act of Feb 1853 I
hereunto enclose such testimony as I think will prove satisfactory. 
I beg who to call your special attention to one fact
to [illegible], that shortly after the death of her husband
the widow drew from the Office of the THird Auditor the
Annexes of pension due to him.
[illegible] of the moneys and of his death must have then
been furnished and may no doubt be credibly refered to
in the Office of the Third Auditor.
The [illegible] now enclosed will show that she
is "stated a widow"
Very Respectfull
Your [illegible]
William Hunt
Hon L P Waldo, Com Pensions
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[written] Seal of The Court
[illegible]
[typed] STATE  OF RHODE=ISLAND and PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
Providence, sc.
I WILLIAM R. WATSON, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for
the county of Providence in the State of Rhode-Island, do hereby certify, that [written] Ira
P Evans [typed] is a Judge of the court of Common Pleas afore-
said, which court is a Court of Record; that 
the signature the [written] annexed [typed] documents
purporting to be his, [written] are [typed] in the proper hand writing of the said [written] Evans
[typed] and that full faith and credit are due to the official attestations of the said [written] Evans
[typed] In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the
seal of said Court, at Providence this [written] twentieth
[typed] day of [written] December [typed] in the year of our
Lord 183[written]2
Wm R Watson
[seal affixed and illegible]
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[written] I Seth Ross of Burrillville in the County of
Providence State of Rhode Island sc of Newport
[illegible] In oath do testify & say that I was a Soldier
in the revolutionary war as [illegible] approved by my
application for a pension under the act of June
7" 1832 I knew Andrew Stone now of Burrillville
in Said County to be a soldier in the artillery under
Col Elliot on the island of Rhode Island during
Sullivans expedition- I was with Said from
in the fort on Cherry Hill, he remained a
soldier while I stayed on the island.
Seth Ross
State of Rhode Island Sc.
Providence [illegible]
In Glocester this 20 " day of July 1832
personally affirm Seth Ross who being [illegible] duly
Sworn on oath says that the above deposition by him
signed is just & true in which facts
before me, & I further certify that the Said Seth
Ross was known to me, that he is a creditble
person & that his statement is entitled to credit
Ira P Evans J. C. C. Pleas
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[written\ I Elezar Clark of Glocester in the County of
Providence State of Rhode Island being duly
sworn on oath do testify & say that I was a soldier
in the revolutionary war & I am now an applicant
for a pension under the act of June 1832. I furthersay that in Aufust 1778 I was a soldier in Capt
Job Randalls Company R I militial & was 
with the troops under Gen Sullivan on Rhode
Island. I further say that I such know AndrewStone of Brunswich in said County & have known
him from boyhood. Mr Stone was near neighbor in
our youth. I saw him as a soldier in Capt
[illegible] Company Col Enrich regiment R. I. State
Artillary, with the troops on the island at the time
before mentioned. He was there during the time
the troops remained on the island & I saw him
every few days. He then said Stone was an enlisted
soldier in said Company & regiment
Elezar Clark
State of Rhode Island Glocester
Providence sc. In Glocester this 3rd day of September 1832
before me personally appeared Elezar Clark who being
duly sworn on oath says that the deposition by him signed is him, & true in affidavits I further 
certify that the said Clark is a creditable person & that
his statement is entitled to credit
Attest
Ira Evans J. C. C. Pleas
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[written] Hills [illegible]
Penn
S S Winchester
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[written] State of Pennsylvania
Wyoming County Ss.
[illegible] Be it sworn that before me
Ebenezer Parrish one of the Justices of the Peace
in and for said County of Wyoming aforesaid duly
authorized by law to administrated oath and
affirmations personally appeared Betsey Stone,
and made oath is due from of law, that she is
the widow of Andrew Stone, the identical person
who was a Pensioner and is now dead. And said Andrew Stone to whom a certificate of Pension
was issued which is herewith surrendered.
The deceased Pensioner resided in Burrillville
Providence County in the State of Rhode Island
for the space of nineteen years before his death
and that pensions there to be revised in Situate Providence County state of Rhode Island
from subscribed before
me the Second day of February
Amos Domini 1852
Ebenezer Parrish J. Peace
Betsey Stone
State of Pennsylvania
Wyoming County Ss.
I Peter M Osterhout Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas holder
of [illegible] in and for
said County do hereby certify
that satisfactory evidence has been
made and exhibited to said County that An-
drew Stone was a Pensioner of the United States
at the rate of Forty Eight Dollars per annumn on
between the sum of Forty and fifty Dollars per
annumn, was a resident of the County of
[seal affixed but illegible]
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[written] Providence in the state of Rhode Island and said in the town of Burrellville Providence 
County state of Rhode Island in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
and thirty four on or about the 25th day of September
that he left a widow whose name is Betsey
Stone needs that the Pension certificate of said
Pennsylvania was surrendered at the time
the last Pension was paid to said Pensioner
which was paid to the widow since the death
of her husband. In testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal
of office at [illegible] this 9th day
of May Anno Domini 18[illegible] 1
By the Court
P. M. Osterhout Clerk
[seal stamped /illegible]
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[writen] Additional Evidence
Betsey Stone
Widow of Andrew
Rev Pension Claim
Act Feb 3 1853
Attorney
William Hunt
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[written] State of Pennsylvania
County of Wyoming}SS
[illegible] Be it known that before
me a Justice of the peace dult authorized by law to administer
oaths in and for said County personally appeared the two persons
whose names an here unto subscribed residents of the said County and
State and who I certify to be credible persons and made oath
that they were well acquainted with Andrew Stone and Betsey the
present applicant for a pension during the lifetime of the husband
and knew them to live together as husband and wife and to be so
reputed they also swear that of their own personal knowledge
thta Andrew Stone died on or about the twenty fifth day of
September 1834 they also swear that they are disinterested [illegible]
witnesses and that Betsey Stone the applicant is still a widow
Allen P Wood
Ann [her X mark] Wood
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 14 day of November 18[illegible]
and I certify that I am not interested in the matter or concerned
in the result of the application
Stephen Harding J P   seals 
State of Pennsylvania
Wyoming County }SS
[seal affixed but illegible] I Thomas A Miller Probtiontary and Clerk
of the diferent Courts of said County do hereby
certify that Stephen Harding whose signature
appears above is an acting Justice of the Peace in
and for Said County and was at the time of
taking the above acknowledgement duly commissioned and sworn
as such and duly authorized to take the same and further that
I believe his signature to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
offical seal at [illegible] Nov 16th AD 1853
T A Miller Probt [illegible]
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[written] Wyoming County SS
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
on this 14th day of November
in the year of our Lord one thosand Eight Hundred and
fifty three personally appeared Before me the subscriber a Justice of
the peace in and for said county Betsey Stone the present
applicat and after being duly sworn according to law doth say
on her solemn oath that she is the credible widow of
Andrew Stone deceased Late a pensioner and she also swears
that she was married to him the said Andrew Stone about
the 19th or 20th of June in the year 1816 in the state of
Rhode Island and town of Burrillville County of Providence
also that the marriage was solmned by Deacond Caleb Eldridge
and that she during his life lived with him as his lawful wife
and after his death said the pension due him at his death
and she also swears that there is no record in her possession
of her marriage
Betsey Stone   seal
Sworn and subscribed before me this fourteenth day of November
one thousand Eight hundred and fifty three
Stephen Harding J P   seal
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[written] Additional Evidence
Betsey Stone
Widow of Andrew
Rev Pension Claim
Act Feb 3 1853
Attorney 
William Hunt
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[written] I Andrew Stone of Burrillville in the County of
Providence State of Rhode Island bring first duly
sworn on oath do testify & say, in [illegible] of
my declaration for a pension under the act of June 7th
1832, that by [illegible] of courage & testimony greatly
impaired by [illegible] I [illegible] states correctly the
[illegible] & [illegible] of my service as a soldier in my said
declaration to which this affidavit is an amendment 
I further say that I served as a private in Col Bartons [?]
regiment six months as it states in said declaration
I further say that in March 1778 I enlisted as a
private in Col Elliots regiment R I State military
Caps Garcias[?] Company for one year. John Warner
Lieutnant Cory [illegible] we was first stationed
at [illegible] R I from where we marchesd to join the
troops under General Sullivan on Rhode Island
was present at the battle of the 29th of August 1778
as it states in my said declaration. After the battle
we marched to PROVIDENCE  R I & was stationed on
[illegible] Hill, after that we marched to said Warwick
& during the winter of '78-'79, we were part of the time
at [illegible] Grimmish & part of the time I was stationed
with a party of men & [ilkegible] cannons on Connecticut
point? I remained in this regiment as a private until
the20th of March 1779 when my term of enlistment
being out I was discharged having served one year
I was after this period that I enlisted and served in
[illegible] regiment as it stated in my said declaration
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[written] I have made every effort in my power to obtain
evidence of my Service in [ilklegible] regiment, but
without success. I am [illegible] [illegible] & from I cannot
go away from home to search for testimony & have
no means to pay others for their services. I have no
doubt that I could process the testimony if my
situation was different. After my discharge
from [illegible] regiment & I on my return home I
which is in the Providence of the State of Rhode
Island under Captain Abraham Mowery as in States
in my said declaration & served in the same
three months. Search for the proof of my Service
as I could process is hereunto annexed
I further said now
Andrew Stone 
State of Rhode Island sc.
Providence Se.
In Glocestter this 26" day of August
1834 upon and say affirm Andrew Stone who bring
his duly sworn on oath saidth that the above
affidavite by him signed in my presence is just & 
true in which [illegible]
before me.
Sabin Smith
Justice [illegible]
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[written] State of Rhode Island sc
Providence Se. I Dexter Randall Clerk of the Coujty
of Common Pleas within & for said County being
a Coirt of Record hereby certify that Sabin smith
before whom the preceding affidavit was
sworn in a Justice of the Peace within & for
the town of Glocestee in said County: and
by Law he is duly authorized and empowered
to administer oath &b take deposition and
that the signature purporting to be his is the
proper hand writing of the said Sabin
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto Set my hand and
affixed the Seal of Said Courts
at Providence this fifth
day of September AD 1834
Dexter Randall Clk
[seal affixed but illegible]