Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14981, John Bone, N. C.

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SERVICE				                    NUMBER
N.C.		     Bone  John                       S  14981
                                    carded

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[left hand side}
  7301
Kentucky
John Bone
(illegible)  in the State of Kentucky
he was a priv. & Sargt in the company commanded by Captain byer  of the …….. commanded by ……………. in North Carolina
line for  16 months  private
               3 months Sergeant
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Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
the rate of 68 dollars 33 cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
 
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of March 1833 and sent to Charles F Wing, Greenville, Kentucky
==========
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833     136.6
Semi – anl allowance ending  Sept    334.
                                                         170.82

                           {Revolutionary Claim
                           Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Daniel Boyd     Clerk
Book   E     Vol  7    page 3

New Certificate issued  7th Sept
            1833  and sent to as above.

[right hand side]
See letter  22 May 1833 to
M Kisick requesting the return of Mr. Bone’s certificate incorrectly sent to him.
Certificate sent to C. F. Wing, Greenville
Kentucky Sept 7 1833, having been mis-sent
and returned to this office from Shelbyville, Tenn
Hon  H. C. Burnett,  (illegible)  23/56

Date of Death not on A.B.

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4986

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Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the  act of Congress passed June 7, 1832

State of Kentucky
County of Muhlenberg

On this 30th day of July 1832, personally appeared in open court before the Justice
of the Court of Said County, now sitting,
John Bone, a resident of the County of
Muhlenberg and State aforesaid aged sixty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath,
make the following declaration in order to
obtain benefit of the act of Congress passed
June 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States the last of June 1780, and served against the Tories on the (illegible - ? Forks?) Yadkin, State of North Carolina but does not recollect the time he was engaged and served this tour.
From Gates defeat to some time in May, 1781, he served in the N.C. Militia for three several tours of three months each.  The first tour was under the following officers:
[Illegible] James Byers, Capt.  Gillis  Mail, Lieut. Robt. Martin, Ensign, John Silliman, [Illegible}. Sergt., William Loughery, Sergt. [Illegible]. served the 2nd three months in the NC militia under Saml Reed, Capt.

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John Lucky  and himself were Sergts. Names of the other officers of this company not recollected.  In this tour, he was engaged in a skirmish with the Tories at Colsons.  Gen’t. Davidson commanded there & was wounded.
And in another skirmish with the British at Cowan’s Ford, Catawba River Gen’l. Davidson commanded and was killed.  The other three months same service, he was under Capt. Graham and Lieut. John Purviance.  The other officer of his company not recollected.  In this last service, had a skirmish with the British on the Reedy Fork of Haw River and afterward was at the Battle of Guilford where Gen’l Greene commanded as Major Gen’l. Cols Lucke and Williams. 
After the above services, he served ten months in N & S Carolina and Georgia under Gen’l. Sumpter, Wade Hampton, Col. Wm Alexander, Capt. Dan’l Carter First Lieut., Forgie Snoddy, Second Lieut. and was in several skirmishes – one at Dorchester and another at McCords Ferry in Congaree. He states that he fully completed his several terms of service and was

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well acquainted with John Bone who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age, that his is respected
and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

 Isaac Bard
Pastor of Greenville and Mt. Zion

Hugh Bone

and the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the 
above named served as he states.  And the court further certifies that it appeared to them that Isaac Bard, who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident of the Town of Greenville, County of Muhlenberg &
State of Kentucky.  And that Hugh Bone, who has signed the same is a resident in the County of Hopkins & State aforesaid and is 
a credible

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regularly discharged, but that he has lost his discharges and has no documentary evidence of his services whatever. And, that he knows no person now living whose testimony
he can procure who can testify as to his services; that he was a volunteer from Rowan County, N Carolina.   He states that he
was born in York County, Pennsylvania on the 19th Sept. 1762, moved to  N. Carolina Rowan County 1765, remained there until 3rd Sept 1783,  and in the year 1785 removed to the western country and settled in East Tennessee where he continued until the year 1789 when
he removed to Madison County, Kentucky and there remained until the year 1870, when he removed to Muhlenberg, his present
place of residence.  He has a record of his age in the family bible.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
John Bone

We, Isaac Bard, Clergyman residing in the County of  Muhlenberg and Hugh Bone, residing in the County of Hopkins, both of the State of Kentucky, hereby certify that we are

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person and that their statement is entitled to credit and further the court feels no hesitation in saying from their long acquaintance with the applicant aforesaid and from his
general good moral character that his statements aforesaid are & ought to be relied on.


I, Charles F. Wing, clerk of the Court of the County of Muhlenberg do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Bone for a pension.

      In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my said office, this 30th day of July, 1832 and in the 41st year of the Commonwealth.
 (signed)  Ch. F Wing.

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August 15, 1939
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Honorable John Kee						JOHN BONE
House of Representatives					S. 14981
Washington, D.C.						BA-J/MLB

My dear Mr. Kee

You are furnished, herein, the record of John Bone as found in the papers on file in pension claim  S. 14981, based upon his service
in the Revolutionary War.

John Bone was born September 19, 1762 in York County, Pennsylvania, and moved in 1765 to Rowan County, North Carolina.  It is not shown in the claim that he resided at any time in Nash County, that state  No other claim for pension has been found for a soldier of that name who served from North Carolina.  The names of the soldier’s parents were not given.

John Bone volunteered from Rowan County, North Carolina in June 1780, and served three tours of three months each in the militia, no
specific dates of service given.  The first tour was in Captain James Byers’ company; the second tour as sergeant in Captain Samuel Reed’s company, and was in an engagement with the Tories at Colston and in the battle of
Cowan’s Ford; the third tour was in Captain Graham’s company and was in a skirmish on Reedy Fork of Haw River and in the battle of Guilford Court House, after which, he served ten months in North and South Carolina and Georgia under Captain William Alexander and Colonel Wade Hampton, and was in several skirmishes.

The soldier moved in 1785 to East Tennessee and in 1787 to Madison County, Kentucky and from there in 1810 to Muhlenberg County, 
Kentucky.

John Bone was allowed pension on his application executed July 30, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

It is not shown in the claim whether John Bone ever married.

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In 1838, one Hugh Bone was living in Hopkins County, Kentucky, his relationship to the soldier not stated

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of John Bone, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:   John Bone, certificate 7301, issued March 27, 1833, rate $68.33 per annum, commenced  March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, 
Kentucky Agency.

         Very truly yours

A.	D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
 to the Administrator.

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Left hand side of page:

(top left corner hand written:    Rev. War)

14981

INVALID.

File No   14981
John Bone
Sergt. Rev. War

Act   June 7th 1832

Index: -  Vol   1   Page 89

  (Arrangement of 1870)


Right side of page (written sideways)

1928 Jan 10   Hist.  to Miss M. E. Ellis (illegible)
1931 Aug 24   “”   “”   Sen. Smith W. Brookhart (illegible)
1933  Feb 3  “”  “”  Mrs. McCallister  Pearce    Ark.
1938  Apr 29   “”   “”  Gayle R. Carver  (illegible)
          (illegible)  W 17689 of William Crabtree
1939  May 23    Hist to Sherman Bone
1939  Aug 15   Hist to Hon. Mr Kee  (illegible) Gustavus Elgin    P   8412

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(Written sideways top  left hand side of page:    April 30, 1832
   P.O.)

Shelbyville  7 Apr  18 (illegible) 



(Right hand side of page)
(illegible)

The Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary at War
Washington City

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Shelbyville, Tenn   April the 13th , 1833

Sir, enclosed you will receive the certificate
of John Bone’s service & allowance, which I
presume  have been mailed here through
mistake it appearing from the certificate that
John Bone lives in Kentucky.

Respectfully,
Jas. McKisick
of Bedford County.

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John Bone
Dec 7
from 11780  Private
Sergeant 19 month
(illegible)     months     53.33
           Sept 5 do.           15
Kentucky                      68.33
Returned                      $68.33

(sideways)
                 (illegible)
Co. Secretariat 
   Pension Office
Washington City

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THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS      Nov. 30            32

Pension bureau,
Washington
DC

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    Will you please let me have the Revolutionary
War Record of John Bone (Boone)
who was living in Muhlenberg County, KY  1840

Very Respt.
Mrs McCallister Pearce

Mrs McCallister Pearce
Lone Holly Plantation
Proctor, Ark.

      (Stamped -   Received, Dec. 3  1932

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April 14, 1939

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,
  I would like to make an inquire in regard to
the Bone generation of people.
I have a record which says that my Great Great
Grand Father, George Bone, was a native of
Ireland and migrated to this country in 
about 1770.  This record says he was a soldier
in the Patriot Army during the Revolutionary
War.  Now, I do not know when the Revolutionary
War was fought, and if there is any

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Records of Soldiers that fought
in that war.  Now what I am trying to do
is trace my back generations of people.
This is very important to me.  
My record says after peace was proclaimed
that these people settled in South Carolina, 
but soon after, moved to what is now Madison
County, Georgia.
I think he moved to Madison County Georgia
about 1800.  Now if there is any record of such
a man I would be glad of any information about
him.  I do not know if he was a married man, or not

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when he was in the war. If he was a married man
when he was in the war and there is a record of such man, I would be glad to have his wife’s name, also his children’s names if such would be on his record.

Now, I understand there were two or three of these men – perhaps some of his brothers were with him in the war.  I think their names were William, Barney and John Bone.  If there is any record of such soldiers, I would be
very glad to have these men’s name and age and where they were living

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when they went to the war.  A few words about such people will be highly appreciated as well as very valuable to me.  Thanking you very much for any information on these people.

If there is a charge for this information, just let me know and I will send money by return mail.
Now if I have sent this letter to the rong head quarters, will you please see that it is sent to the right place for me. Perhaps these Bone people once lived in Virginia

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Thanking you very much for any information
Yours truly
Sherman Bone
1959 Boulevard Drive, S.E.
Atlanta Ga.

P.S.  I wrote to the War Department
The adjutant General Ofice
Washington, D.D. and he referred me
to you as a possibility that additional
information might be obtained.

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Atlanta Ga.
May 2, 1939

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,

  I would like to make an inquire in regard to
the Bone generation of people.
I have a record which says that my Great Great
Grand Father, George Bone, was a native of
Ireland and migrated to this country in 
about 1770.  This record says he was a soldier
in the Patriot Army during the Revolutionary
War.  Now, I do not know when the Revolutionary
War

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was fought, and if there is any records of Soldiers
that fought in that war.  
Now what I am trying to do is trace my back generations of people. This is very important to me.  
My record says after peace was proclaimed
that these people settled in South Carolina, 
but soon after, moved to what is now Madison
County, Georgia.
I think he moved to Madison County Georgia
about 1800.  
Now if there is any record of such
a man I would be glad of any

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information about him.  I do not know wheather he was married or not  when he was in the war. If he was a married man when he was in the war and there is a record of such man, I would be glad to have his wife’s name, also his
children’s names if such would be on his record.

Now, I understand there were two or three of these men – perhaps some of his brothers were with him in the war.  I think their names were William, Barney and John Bone.

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If there is any record of such Soldiers, I would be
glad to have these men’s name and age and where they were living when they went to the war.  A few words about such people will be highly appreciated as well as very valuable to me. 

Thanking you very much for any information on
these people.

If there is any charge for this information, just let me know and I will send money by return mail.

I wrote to you two or three weeks ago, but
have

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not had an answer.
Will you please answer wheather you have any
information or not and if you don’t have any
Records of these people, could you write me 
where I would be likely to find this information
I am seeking

Thanking you for any information
Yours truly
Sherman Bone
1959 Boulevard Drive, S.E.
Atlanta Ga.

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207 Avenue 2,  Attica, Indiana
June 24, 1927

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
The 1840 Pension list names a John Bone, living in Muhlenburg County, Kentucky
age 79, living with a John Bone.

Will you please give what data you have about him and his family.

Yours truly
(Miss)  M. E.  Ellis

Pension Office stamp
June 27, 1927

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Rev.
JAMES COUZENS, MICH., CHAIRMAN
JAMES E. WATSON, IND.
		ELLISON D SMITH, S.C.
SIMEON D. FESS OHIO  	
		KEY PITTMAN, NEV
ROBERT B. HOWELL, NEBR
		C.C. DILL, WASH.
GUY D. GOFF, W. VA.	
		BURTON K. WHEELER, MONT.
W.B. PINE, OKLA	
		HARRY B. HAWES, MO.
JESSE H. METCALF, R.I.	
		ROBERT F. WAGNER, N.Y.
OTIS GLENN, ILL.		
	MILLARD E. TYDINGS, MD.
SMITH W.BROOKHART, IOWA
		ALBEN W. BARKLEY, KY.
HAMILTON F. KEAN, N.J.
DANIEL O. HASTINGS, DEL.

        JOHN J CARSON, CLERK

United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE

Washington, I o w a;
August 17, 1931

B O N E,  John
Revolutionary Soldier

Hon. E.W. Morgan
Pension Director
Washington, DC

My dear Director:-
         I will appreciate it if you will send me all the information you have concerning John Bone provided he received a pension as a soldier of the American Revolution.  It is thought John Bone was born about 1761, and that he was living in Mecklenberg, Kentucky at the time he applied for a pension.

Sincerely yours
Smith W. Brookhart

EF                Stamp:  Received  Aug 20, 1931  
                            Receipt Section
                          Pension Files Sub-Division

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                                       February 3, 1933
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                                John Bone – S. 14981
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Mrs. McCallister Pearce
Lone Holly Plantation
Proctor, Arkansas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of John Bone (Boone), a pensioner of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim S.14981, based upon the Revolutionary War service of John Bone, the name does not appear as Boone.

He was born September 19, 1762 in York County, Pennsylvania, and moved in 1765 to Rowan County, North Carolina.  The names
of his parents are not given.

John Bone volunteered from Rowan County, North Carolina, in June, 1780, and served three tours of three months each in the Militia,
no specific dates of service given:  First tour in Captain James Byers’ company; second tour as sergeant in Captain Samuel Reed’s company, and was in an engagement with Tories at Colston, and battle at Cowan’s Ford; third tour in Captain Graham’s company, was in a skirmish on Reedy Fork of Haw River and in the battle of Guilford Court House.  After which he served ten months in North
and South Carolina and Georgia under Captain William Alexander and Colonel Wade Hampton , and was in several skirmishes.

John Bone moved in 1785 to East Tennessee and in 1787 to Madison County, Kentucky, and from there

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in 1810 to Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
The soldier, John Bone, was allowed pension on his application executed July 30, 1832, then a resident of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

One Hugh Bone was a resident of Hopkins County, Kentucky in 1832, no relationship to the soldier shown.

There is no reference to wife or children.


Very truly yours,

A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

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in 1810 to Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
The soldier, John Bone, was allowed pension on his application executed July 30, 1832, then a resident of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

One Hugh Bone was a resident of Hopkins County, Kentucky in 1832, no relationship to the soldier shown.

There is no reference to wife or children.


Very truly yours,

A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

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                                              August 24, 1931
BA-J/AWF  
Hon. Smith W. Brookhart                                 
Washington
Iowa

My dear Sir

Reference is made to your letter of August 17, 1931 in which you request the record of John Bone, for the War of the Revolution.

You are advised that it appears from papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim,  S.14981,
John Bone was born September 19, 1762 in York County, Pennsylvania, and moved in 1765 to Rowan County, North Carolina.  

He volunteered from Rowan County, North Carolina, in June, 1780, and served three tours of three months each in the Militia, no specific dates of service given:  first tour in Captain James Byers’ company; second tour as sergeant in Captain Samuel Reed’s
company, and was in an engagement with Tories at Colston, and battle at Cowan’s Ford; third tour in Captain Graham’s company, was
in a skirmish on Reedy Fork of Haw River and in the battle of Guilford.  

After this  he served ten months in North and South Carolina and Georgia under Captain William Alexander and Colonel Wade Hampton , and was in several skirmishes.

In 1785 he moved to East Tennessee and in 1787 to Madison County, Kentucky, and from there in 1810 to Muhlenberg County, Kentucky where he was living, when allowed pension on his application executed July 30,

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1832.

One Hugh Bone was a resident of Hopkins County, Kentucky in 1832, no relationship to the soldier shown.

There is no reference to wife or children.


Very truly yours,

A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section

                       January 10, 1928

Miss M.E. Ellis
207 Avenue 2
Attica, Ind.

Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim,  S.14981,
it appears that John Bone was born September 19, 1762 in York County, Pennsylvania,
and in 1765 moved to Rowan County, North Carolina.  

He volunteered from Rowan County, North Carolina, in June, 1780, and served three tours of three months each in the Militia, no specific dates of service stated -   first tour in Captain James Byers’ company; second tour in Captain Samuel Reed’s company, and was in an engagement with Tories at Colston, and a battle at Cowan’s Ford; third tour in Captain Graham’s company, was in a skirmish on Reedy Fork of Haw River and battle of Guilford.  

After this  he served ten months in North and South Carolina under Captain William Alexander

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and Colonel Wade Hampton , and was in several skirmishes.

allowed pension on his application executed July 30, 1833 while a resident of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

There are no data as to family

Respectfully

WINFIELD  SCOTT
Commissioner

Hand written notes:
1785  moved to E Tenn. until
1787 to Madison County Kentucky
1810   (illegible)

Hugh Bone res. Hopkins Co. Ky 1832 
no rel -

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May 25, 1939

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                                 GEORGE BOAN,   S. 18326
		JOHN BONE,  S 14981
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Mr. Sherman Bone
1959 Boulevard Drive, S.E.
Atlanta,  Georgia

Dear Sir:

	The Revolutionary War records of George Boan or Bone and John Bone are furnished you, as follows:

GEORGE BOAN
S.  18326

	The data which follow in regard to George Boan or Bone were obtained from pension claim  S. 18326, based on his service in the Revolutionary War.

	George Boan was born January, 1763, in Marlboro District, South Carolina; the names of his parents were not stated.

	While residing in Marlboro District, South Carolina, George Boan volunteered in December, 1778, and served one month as private in Captain Tristan Thomas’ South Carolina company, after which he returned to the home of his father, who shortly after moved to Richmond County, North Carolina and George moved with him.   He enlisted there in March, 1779, and served a tour
of three months as private in Captain John Speed’s company, Colonels Thomas
Crawford’s and Wade’s North Carolina regiment, and was in an engagement
with the Tories on Drowning Creek in which he had five bullet holes shot through his coat and his horse was killed under him.  Soon after that, he again volunteered in Captain John Speed’s company, Colonel Thomas Crawford’s 
North Carolina regiment, and served four months.

	The soldier resided in Richmond County, North Carolina until January 1831, when he moved to Marlboro District, South Carolina, where he remained until February 1832, thence to Chesterfield District, South
Carolina.  He was allowed pension on his application executed March 21, 1837, at which time he was residing in Chesterfield District, South Carolina. He signed George Boan, but his name was borne on the

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pension roll as George Bone.

	George Boan or Bone died sometime in August, 1845, survived by his widow, Penelope, who dies about 1847; no details given in regard to their marriage, or to Penelope.  The following children, also, survived their parents, George and Penelope Boan:  Martha Stogner, who, in 1856 was living in Chesterfield District, South Carolina, and John W. Bone, who
was then still living but no details stated in regard to him.

In 1833, one Lewis Bone was a resident of De Kalb County, Georgia, and stated that during the Revolution he lived in Marlboro District, South Carolina, and that he served with the soldier, George Boan, or Bone, in that war, but did not state any relation.
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JOHN BONE
S. 14981

           The data which follow in regard to John Bone were obtained from pension claim  S.14981, based on his service in the Revolutionary War.

John Bone was born September 19, 1762 in York County, Pennsylvania, and moved in 1765 to Rowan County, North Carolina.  The names of his parents are not shown.

John Bone  volunteered from Rowan County, North Carolina, in June, 1780, and served three tours of three months each in the militia,
no specific dates of service given.  The first tour was in Captain James Byers’ company; the second tour as sergeant in Captain Samuel Reed’s company, and was in an engagement with Tories at Colston, and in the battle of Cowan’s Ford;  the third tour was in Captain Graham’s company, was in a skirmish on Reedy Fork of Haw River and in the battle of
Guilford County Courthouse, after which,  he served ten months in North and South Carolina  and Georgia under Captain William Alexander and Colonel Wade Hampton , and was in several skirmishes.

The soldier moved In 1785 to East Tennessee and in 1787 to Madison County, Kentucky, and from there in 1810 to Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

 John Bone was allowed pension on his application executed July 30, 1832, while a resident of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

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It is not shown in the claim whether John Bone ever married

	In 1832, one Hugh Bone was living in Hopkins County, Kentucky, his relationship to the soldier not stated.

	In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of John Bone, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records
Division, this city, and cite the following data:   John Bone, certificate #7301, issued March 27, 1833, rate 68.33 per annum, commenced on March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

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                            April  29, 1936

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	            	John Bone,  S 14981
	    William Crabtree,   W. 17609
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Mr. Gayle R. Carver
Greenville
Kentucky

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Joshua Arnold, John Bone, William Crabtree and William Cross, the material to be used by you in a series of newspaper sketches for a local newspaper, and in which you request further to know whether or not the records are on file in this office of forty-four other Revolutionary War soldiers named in a list submitted by you.

	Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to make for one person a series of investigations and reports pertaining to soldiers of that war, no matter how great the desire to do so.  The records of a John Bone and a William Crabtree are furnished you herewith, which may aid you somewhat.

	It may be stated that by calling at this office, you may examine and collect data from Revolutionary War pension claims in accordance with office regulations.  This is the usual procedure in matters of these records, they are located at present in Room 1951, Wing 8, Navy Building, 19th and Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C.

Very truly yours,

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator

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August  13, 1939

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 John Bone 
  S 14981

Honorable John Kee		
House of Representatives		               
Washington, D.C.			 

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of William Simpson, of Virginia, War 4361; Gustavus Elgin, of Loudoun County Virginia, John Bone, of Nash County North Carolina and of Virginia, and of John Blakey, of Virginia, who you state received Bounty Warrant in Ohio.

The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched, and no claim for pension found based on service in that war of any John Blakey, under any spelling of the surname.  For information relative to bounty warrant issued to him in Ohio, your constituent should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city and furnish that official any information he may have in regard to it, such as the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of issuance.

In order to identify the record of the particular William Simpson of Virginia in whom you are interested, should it be on file, as much as possible of the following data in regard to that soldier should be furnished:  approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of wife or widow.

The records of Gustavus Elgin and John Bone are furnished herewith.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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Handwritten:   John Bone
        S 14981
May 23, 1939

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Mr. Sherman Bone
1959 Boulevard Drive, S.E.
Atlanta Ga.


Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letters in which you state that your great-great grand Father, George Bone, was a native of Ireland; came to this country about 1770 and served in the Revolutionary War; you state further that this family of Bones later settled in South Carolina, and that said George about 1800
moved to Georgia;   that he had brothers Barney, William, and John in whom you are interested also.

Revolutionary War data furnished by the Veterans Administration are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land which have been made to the United States based upon service in that war.

There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Barney Bone, under any spelling of that surname.  The record has been found of one George Bone or Boan.  His record and that of a John Bone are furnished you herewith.  If you find that these two records do not supply the information you desire, another search of the records will be made for that of William Bone, or others whom you  may name.

Very truly yours 

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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April  29, 1936

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Mr. Gayle R. Carver		John Bone,  S 14981
Greenville	   William Crabtree,   W. 17689
Kentucky 			BA-J/(illegible) MLB

Dear Sir:

The records of John Bone and William Crabtree are furnished you as follows:

JOHN BONE
  S. 14981, 

      The data which follow in regard to John Bone were obtained from pension claim S 14981, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

John Bone was born September 19, 1762 in York County, Pennsylvania, and moved in 1765 to Rowan County, North Carolina.  The names of his parents are not shown.
  
John Bone volunteered from Rowan County, North Carolina in June 1780, and served three tours of three months each in the militia, no
specific dates of service given.  The first tour was in Captain James Byers’ company; the second tour as sergeant in Captain Samuel Reed’s company, and was in an engagement with the Tories at Colston and battle at
Cowan’s Ford; the third tour was in Captain Graham’s company , was in a skirmish on Reedy Fork of Haw River and in the battle of Guilford Court House, after which, he served ten months in North and South Carolina and Georgia under Captain William Alexander and Colonel Wade Hampton, and was in several skirmishes.

The soldier moved in 1785 to East Tennessee and in 1787 to Madison County, Kentucky and from there in 1810 to Muhlenberg County, 
Kentucky.

John Bone was allowed pension on his application executed July 30, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

It is not shown in the claim whether this soldier ever married.

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In 1838, one Hugh Bone was residing in Hopkins County, Kentucky, his
relationship to the soldier not shown.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of  death of John Bone, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:   John Bone, certificate 7301, issued March 27, 1833, rate $68.33 per annum, commenced  March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832,  Kentucky Agency.

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WILLIAM CRABTREE
W. 17689
You are furnished herein the record of William Crabtree as shown in pension claim, W. 17689, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

William Crabtree was born December 25, 1758, in Baltimore County, Maryland, and moved to North Carolina when “quite small”.  The names of his parents were not given.

While residing in Orange County, North Carolina, William Crabtree enlisted June 1, 1779, and served three months as a private in Captain Thomas Farmer’s company, Colonel Hugh Tinning’s North Carolina regiment, engaged in guarding the Town of Hillsboro.  He enlisted June 15 or 16, 1780 and served three months in Captains Thomas Farmer and William Cummings companies, Colonel Stephen Moore’s North Carolina regiment.

William Crabtree was allowed pension on his application executed May 31, 1835, at which time he was a resident of Orange County, North Carolina.  He died December 10 or 15 1836.

The soldier married early in October, 1775, in Hillsboro, North Carolina, Mary Spearman or Speorman, who was born March 30, 1759, in the State of Maryland and when about seven years old, moved to North Carolina.  The names of her parents are not shown.

Mary Crabtree, soldier’s widow, was allowed pension on her application executed June 3, 1838, while a resident of Orange County, North Carolina.  She was still living there in 1843.

  The following are the names of their first four children:
 	Margaret	born July  20, 1776
	Elizabeth	“”     February 25. 1779
 	Lauraney	“”     March 11, 1782
	Haynes or Haines “”  August 15, 1784

	
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No other names of children of William Crabtree and his wife, Mary, are shown.

In order to obtain date of last payment of pension in this case, the name of the person paid and possibly the date of death of Mary Crabtree, you should write to the Comptroller General, as in the other case, and cite the following data:   Mary Crabtree, widow of William, certificate 2457, issued December 13, 1838, rate $20.00 per annum, commenced  December 15, 1836, Act of July 4, 1836,  North Carolina Agency.

Very truly yours 

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator