Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37,453, for John Stone, [Blank]
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SERVICE
Navy

Stone, John

NUMBER
S. 37.453

Me residence and Agency in 1818
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12.641

Maine R

John Stone

of South Berwick in the state of Maine
who was a Mariner in the regiment commanded by 
Capt. Simpson of the M.P. Navy
, for the term of nine month. 

nscribed on the Roll of the " "
at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 31st of March, 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd of July, 1819
and south "" 
South Berwick - Marine

Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 11 - m/31
emi-anl. all'ce ending 4 " " 

$89.29
48.00
$137.29

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.

South Berwick
York County
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[writing very faint]

[illegible] sent July 20th, 1820 to
Daniel [illegible] Kennebunk, Maine
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[left side]

1909 June 11 Hist to Richard O. Elliot     
V. L. U.


[right side]

Invalid
[ entry X'd out]

File No. 37453          Navy
John Stone 
Mariner
Ship "Ranger"
Revolutionary
Act     March 18th 1818
Index:  Vol. [blank], Page [blank]

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[initials near top of page]
RW
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Thomaston Me.  May 28.

Pension Bureau
Washington. D. C. 

Dear Sirs:
Will you kindly send me a copy of the Revolutionary War
services of Atwood Fales  born in Bradford, Mass., 
born March 10, 1723 O.S. and died in
Thomaston, Maine Dec. 8, 1805;
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also that of John Stone, who was born near Kittery, Me.
about 1758 and died in St. George,
Maine.  [crossed out]  Dec. 26. 1848 [/ crossed out]  April 26, 1834.  
He was taken prisoner and carried to Halifax.


Yours Truly
Mrs. Richard O. Elliot
Thomaston,
Maine

[round stamp]
PENSION
A
U.  JUN  S.
1
1909
OFFICE
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[in pencil] John Stone Mass service

[in pencil]
25155
37453

[Stamp] 
PENSION A 
U. S. OFFICE
JUN 1 1909
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[in ink]
John Stone

[in pencil]
[entire line illegible]
12.67
Con

[in ink]
Sept 1819
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State of Maine.

York ss...At a Circuit Court of Common Please for the first - Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York - within and for the County of York - on the first Tuesday of July being the fourth - day of said month - - in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene, chief Justice of said Court.

ON this fourth - day of July - in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court  -

the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceeding, and having " the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said county, John Stone - aged Sixty two - years, resident in South Berwick in said county who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a mariner - in the Navy of the Revolution - on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and descibed in his orginal declaration, made on the thirty first day of March -  A.D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 12,671 - was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was aresident citizen of the United States on the 18th Day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, ebtutked "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818 : and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me ; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed ; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
          his
John (Cross) Stone
          mark
Sworn to and declared, on the 4th 
day of July A.D. 1820.

Before Benjamin Greene    Cheif Justice of the said Court

Attl Daniel Sewall, Clerk
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SCHEDULE of real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:

An old one story house of little value. No land. no furniture, except a few necessary articles. 1 pig.

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me John Stone who, by occupation am a labourer which I am unable to pursue by reason of infirmity and rheumatism.

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NAMES. | AGES. | Capacity of each to contribute to their support.

Abigail my wife | 60 | very infirm

| | John [his mark X] Stone
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STATE OF MAINE.

York. ss.

I Daniel Sewall Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas [crossed-out - for said Circuit] within the county of York do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty dollars [crossed-out - and cents]. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this Seventh day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.

Daniel Sewall, {Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York}

[Seal]
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[top line cut off; entire written text very faint]
sion on file in this Bureau. John Stone [illegible] File 37453

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DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
| | | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL.

Oct. 9, 1779 | Shipped as a [illegible] on Continental Ship Ranger under 

Capt. Thomas Simpson [crossed-out - [rest of line illegible]]

captured a prisoner. The Dolphin [crossed-out - [rest of line illegible]]

[crossed-out - [beginning of line illegible]] in May 1780 [crossed-out - where] he was captured [crossed-out - by the enemy] at

the Siege of Charleston S. C. where he remained a prisoner until he was 

exchanged at that place Sept. 1780, at Phila and discharged by the Commissary of Prisoners.
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Battles engaged in, 

Residence of soldier at enlistment,

Date of application for pension, [illegible] 31, 1818 

Residence at date of application, South [next four words illegible]

Age at date of application, 60 years

Remarks: Soldier's wife Abigail was 60 years old in 1820.