Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3785, William Drone, Continental (Va.)

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SERVICE    
Continental (Va.) 
                                                                                         
Drone, William   
________Susannah

NUMBER 
W.3785 

CONTENTS
[blank]

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Fauquier County, District and State of Virginia
 
                    On this 25th day of May 1818, appeared before the County Court of Fauquier, of the state of Virginia, William Drone, aged fifty six years, resident in the County State and District aforesaid, who being first duly sworn in open court according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by a late act of Congress entitled “ an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War”; that he the said William Drone enlisted in January 1777 in the County of Loudon in the State of Virginia under Stephan Lewis as Cornet in a company of Calvary commanded at that time by Captain John Randolph of the Corps of Horse commanded Col. Henry Lee of the State of Virginia; that he continued to serve in the said corps in the service of the United States on continental establishment until the end of the  Revolutionary War when he was discharged verbally from Service in Charleston in the state of South Carolina; that he was in the Battle of Guilford Ct house and Eutaw and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.  Sworn to and declared in open Court the day and year aforesaid.

					  William Drone

Fauquier County, State and District of Virginia
		William Smith and James Pickett credible witnesses, appeared in open Court this 25th day of May 1818 and upon their oaths depose that William Drone (illegible) as they know is a man of truth and  respectability and that they believe that he needs the aid of this county for support.

				Wm. R Smith
				James Pickett

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At a court of Quarterly Sessions continued and held for Fauquier County the 28th day of May, 1818,
                  It appearing to the Satisfaction of the court that William Drone, Did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the annexed Declaration Duly Sworn to in open court by the said William Drone, and in the annexed affidavit of William B Harrison, Ensign & Sworn to before Charles Lewis, a Justice of the Peace of the County of Loudon and State of Virginia against the common enemy.  It is ordered that the said Declaration of the said Wm Drone and the said affidavits of the said Wm Harrison + of  Wm R Smith & James Pickett, the two last having been duly sworn in open court and the Proceedings had thereon be transmitted to the Secretary of the Department of War for the United States
						(illegible)
						D. Withers C.C. F
Virginia Fauquier County to wit
		I, Daniel Withers, clerk of the county court of Fauquier in said state of Virginia, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the order made by the county court of Fauquier the 28th day of May 1818 Touching and concerning the foregoing Declaration of William Drone, as fully + completely as the same now exists among the records of proceedings of said County Court. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the office of the county court of 
Fauquier at the courthouse of said county this 15th day of June, Anno Domi One thousand eight hundred and eighteen and in the 22nd year of the commonwealth.
			Dan’l Withers.

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                              39
 Virginia Richmond
      Susannah Drone
widow of   William Drone
Va. 
who served in the Revolutionary 
war as a Private  of Calvary
      
=========================== 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
     100   dollars    --- 
cents per annum to commence on 
the    4th day of March, 1848.
==============================
Certificate of Pension is issued the
 10th  day of March 1848        
and sent to Wm. Helm
Warrenton, Va

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848   Page   149  Vol. 3   

     RIGHT SIDE:    Reported


(very lightly written:      Jan 1 1854 (?)

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   Virginia Roll.
D.E. F  Ky 1053
      
William Drone     4
 Dragoon
Virginia Line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary war 
      =========================== 
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of  8   dollars per month to commence on    --- 
the    25th  of May, 1818.
===========================================
Certificate of Pension issued this  30th  day of June 1818        
and sent to Hon. B Randolph
 Esq. City of Washington 

Arrears to 4th of Sept  1818
3 months 7/31     26.86
      4/30

{Revolutionary claim
Act of 19th March, 1818
              6 Years War

Continued
 Fauquier  Co

RIGHT SIDE:  
Notification sent to
Gideon Johnston, Esq
7 Nov. 1820,  Fauquier  
C  H Virginia

Duplicate Certificate
open  16  May 1821 and 
sent to J. Horner, Esq
Warrenton, Va

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Wm Drone
Drone
Declaration
1051
William
Sept  1818

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Fauquier County, State and District of Virginia
 
                    On this 29th day of August 1820, personally appeared in open court in the County of Fauquier, Virginia being a Court of Record made so by the Act of Assembly invested with common Law and Chancery Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and with the power of fine and imprisonment, keeping also a record of its proceedings , William Drone, aged Fifty nine years, resident in the said county,  who being first duly sworn  according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, that he enlisted in Leesburg, Virginia for the term of the war under Stephen Lewis, a cornet in a troop of Calvary commanded at that time by Capt John Randolph and afterwards by Capt Farthing, which belonging to the Legion of Light Dragoons commanded by Col. Henry Lee; that he served upwards of four years and six months when he was discharged at Charleston, South Carolina by a public order; that he was in the Battle of Guilford, Eutaw and in the capture of several forts and various skirmishes; that the evidence of his services will more fully appear by a reference to his declaration and the affidavit of Lieut. William Harrison filed in the office of the United States; that his original declaration was made in the County Court of Fauquier Virginia on the 25th day of May, 1818; that the annexed is his certificate of pension number 1051; that he has received his pension under it up to the 4th day of March 1820.

I, William Drone do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 an act of Congress entitled 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 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 is to say, two horses, six head of sheep, six hogs, two shovel ploughs, three hoes and one ax, seven chairs and one table. I live upon a piece of land rented from year to year.  I have been unable

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to work for three or four years past from the weakness and infirmities of age attended by painfull complaints in the Breast; that my family consists of my wife, Susanna, 54 years old, and three sons named Richard, Henry and Thomas aged sixteen years, fourteen years and ten years, and one daughter, Eleanor, aged twenty years; that she is afflicted with a palsy and is able to perform a little house work occasionally at the less afflicting intervals of her disease; that the support of himself, his wife, daughter and sons depends upon the labor of the two of the last; that their support is scant and is partly derived from the assistance of their neighbors; that his circumstances require the aid of his country for his support -  Amount property   $109.24
					William Drone

Sworn to and declared on the     day of 1820   1820  before the County Court of Fauquier Virginia
					Jno A. Smith   DC  FCC


Fauquier County, State and District of Virginia – William R. Smith and French Utterback credible witnesses of full age, appeared in open Court and made oath that they are neighbors of William Drone; that he is considered as a man of truth; that the annexed is a correct schedule of his property shown to them on the place where he lives; that they believe the situation of his family to be such as he has above described.  Signed and sworn to in open Court this 29th August, 1820

Sworn to in Open Court                                     Wm R Smith
this 29th day of Aug’t. 1820                           French Utterback
           Jno A Smith.
           F C C


At a court of Quarterly Sessions continued and held for Fauquier County the 30th day of August, 1820,
	William Drone, a Revolutionary Soldier offered his declaration and Schedule of property which being sworn to by the said William Drone and by William R. Smith and French Utterback, credible witnesses, in open Court is ordered to be filed among the Records of this County.  The Court is of opinion that the property in the schedule is worth one hundred and nine dollars twenty four cents and ordered to be certified.
		A Copy
			Teste
			Daniel Withers, Clk.

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Fauquier County Court Virginia this 30th August 1820

       I Daniel Withers, Clerk of the County Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the forgoing oath and affidavits and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the Records 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 one hundred and nine dollars and twenty four cents

	In testimony whereof, I have hereunto  
    set my hand and affixed the seal of the
seal of the said Court this 30th day 
			of August, 1830
		                          Daniel Withers, clk

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State of Virginia - Fauquier County,
 
                    On this 16th day of October 1838, personally appeared before me, William R. Smith, a Justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid, Susannah Drone, a resident of Fauquier County in the State of Virginia, aged Sixty eight years in January next ensuing, who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of congress passed July 7  1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to Certain Widows”. That she is the Widow of William Drone who was a private in a Regiment of Cavalry commanded by Lee of the Virginia continental Line. That she has understood from her Husband the said William Drone that he served from near the commencement of the Revolutionary War to the end of said War; that the said William Drone was a Revolutionary Pensioner, Virginia agency, and for a more accurate and full detail of the said William Drone’s Revolutionary Service, she refers to the declaration and other evidence now upon file at Washington City and upon which the said William Drone obtained a pension certificate.  She further declares that she was married to the said William Drone on or about the 20th day of September in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty six, in Frederick County in the state of Maryland; that her name before she entered marriage with the said William Drone, was Susannah Sheckells; that her Husband, the aforesaid William Drone died on the 24th day of February 1824; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, Viz – at the time above stated.
					Susanna   Drone


         Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above Written before me, William R. Smith, a Justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid __   I certify that the above named Susannah Drone, from old age and bodily infirmity is not able to attend the court of the County aforesaid, with convenience given under my hand the day and year above mentioned 
(October the 16th day, 1838            
      Wm R. Smith  J Peace

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Virginia - Fauquier County Court


      I  Alexander J. Marshall, Clerk of the County Court  of Fauquier County certify that William R. Smith who hath given the preceding certificate is now and was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such as well in Courts of Justice as thereout and that the aforesaid signatures purporting to be his are genuine

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of  Office and subscribed my name this 16th day of October 1838 and in the 63rd year of the Commonwealth
                                       A.J. Marshall  CC

Fauquier County Court May 29th, 1839

The declaration of Susannah Drone who is an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed 7th July 4, 1838 (which declaration bears date the sixteenth day of October 1838) together with the certificate of William R. Smith, a magistrate in and for the County of Fauquier in the State of Virginia were produced in open Court.  It is ordered to be certified to the War Department at Washington City, that the said declaration, certificates and proceedings about the same are approved of by the Court.

Virginia 
Fauquier County  to wit

      I  Alexander J. Marshall, Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Fauquier in the State of Virginia, certify that the foregoing is a true transcript from the records of the said Court.

In testimony whereof, I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of  the said Court Office this 10th day of June 1839 and in the 63rd year of the Commonwealth
                                                                                   A.J. Marshall  CC

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The deposition of Thomas M Drone, aged twenty six years in January next ensuing, Testifies that he was well acquainted with William Drone, that the said William Drone died on the 24th day of February, 1824 leaving Susannah Drone his Widow; that the said Susannah Drone have never married since the death of her Husband, the said William Drone, but remains his Widow ever since that period.
					Thomas M. Drone

This day, Thomas M Drone personally appeared before me, William R Smith, a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Fauquier in the State of Virginia and made oath that the facts set forth in his deposition above and by him subscribed are true.
	I certify that the said Thomas M Drone is a man of truth and entitled to full confidence.

Given under my hand this 16th day of October, 1838 
				William R. Smith J P

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(same text as above, written sideways, left hand side):

This day, Thomas M Drone personally appeared before me, William R Smith, a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Fauquier in the State of Virginia and made oath that the facts set forth in his deposition above and by him subscribed are true.
	I certify that the said Thomas M Drone is a man of truth and entitled to full confidence.

Given under my hand this 16th day of October, 1838 
				William R. Smith J P 

right hand side:
Died 1824
Allow 2 yr for Cavalry
$100.00 per annum

See Register No
Amended papers

W.G. Settle
Manassas Gap
         VA

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			08 3/4
W.G. Settle, Esq
Manassas Gap
 Warren County
         Virginia

(single)

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Maryland,
   Frederick County Sct.
		I hereby certify that it appears from the Records of my Office that a marriage License did issue therefrom on the 16th day of September, 1786 to Wm Drone & Susanna Sheckells.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
 subscribed my name and affixed the
 Seal of  Frederick County Court,
 this 20th day of August, 1838
                                                                            Henry Schley, Clerk
							   Fred’k. County Court
			

W.G. Settle, Esq                          Fred’k. Co. Md.  Aug 20, 1838

          Sir
	Yours dated11th Inst. came here this morning -  I have traced + found in the Old Record only what is contained in the above certificate.  In this State, the License is left with the minister of the Gospel, who solemnizes the rites.

			With due respect
				Yr Ob’t. Serv’t.
				Henry Schley

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       REVOLUTIONARY WAR  RECORDS SECTION    3-525
			DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

 			BUREAU OF PENSIONS
 			Washington, D.C.          _____________  19 ____


	In reply to your request of _______ received_______for a statement of the military history of William Drone, a soldier in the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, 	you will find below the desired information as contained in his (+ his widow’s) application for pension on file in this Bureau.   W 3785

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT   Jan 1777	
LENGTH OF SERVICE   4 yrs 6 mth	
RANK	Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHO SERVICE WAS RENDERED	
			CAPTAIN	John Randolph , Ferdinand O’Neale	
COLONEL	Henry Lee, Corps of	 Dragoons
STATE	
		
Battles engaged in:  Guilford ; Eutaw Springs
						
Residence of soldier at enlistment	Enlisted in Loudoun Co. VA   Leesburg
Date of application for pension     May 25, 1818; His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application     Fauquier Co. Va
Age at date of application:    56 years
	Remarks:  he married in Frederick Co. Md Sept 20 1786, Susannah Sheckells. he died Feb 24, 1824 and she was allowed pension on an application executed Oct. 16, 1838 aged sixty eight years; she died Jan 1, 1854 (A.B.)   Children in 1820:  Eleanor, 20 years; Richard, 16 years; Henry 14 years and Thomas 10 years.   The above is the only William Drone of Va. found in the Pen. War records of this Bureau

 Respectfully,
	
			Commissioner

Reviewed

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[Left hand side]
1915 Mch 2: history to Mrs. Mary E Anne Clements  M.B.H.

1916 June 21: history to 
Viola Root Cameron    M.B.H.

[Right hand side]
 
Rev’y  WIDOW &c

File No 3785
Susanna Drone
Wid.
Wm Drone
Pri.  Rev. War

Act  Feby  2 48  
Index   Vol   A Page 195

[Arrangement of 1870]

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William Drone, Va.  Act 1818  When paid?

  d  1824   Died 24 Feby 1824     H.H.L.
          paid to that time
                  T. H.H.

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 Virginia      3849
      Susannah Drone
widow of   William Drone dec’d
 who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818
and who died on the ___   1824
of Fauquier Co. in the State of Virginia
who was a Private  of Cavalry  in the                 commanded
by Captain                of the                   commanded 
by                     in the Virginia 
line for   2 years 
      
=======================
Inscribed on the Roll of  Richmond
 at the rate of      100   dollars    ---  cents per annum
 to commence on the    4th day of March, 1836.
========================
Certificate of Pension is issued the  12th  day of Aug’t. 
1839  & sent to   W.G. Settle
Manassas Gap, Va

Arrears to 4th of Mar  1839                               300.00
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sept 39      50.00
					$350.00
                                                       Act of July 7
  1838
 Recorded by    D McCurdy    Clerk
Book A.   Vol  2   Page 177

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    717                                                  
 Virginia , Richmond      
      Susannah Drone
widow of   William Drone  
who was a Private  of Cavalry
in the Revolution              
      
===================== 
Inscribed on the Roll  
 at the rate of      100   dollars    
---  cents per annum  to commence on the    4th day of March, 1843
=========================
Certificate of Pension is issued the  
    3rd   day of July   1843
and sent to   H.A. White
Warrenton,  Va
Right side
        Reported
 Lt to Pen  July 9 1844

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W.W.
  Warrenton, Va   July 4 / 44
Susanna Drone
For arrears of pension due
her husband

D 269  (illegible)
Pension Office

   Sin Drone
Va.  (illegible)   ‘43

(reversed)

FREE
July 5th  Warrenton VA
Secretary of War
Washington City
          D.C.

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(same page as 21, but reversed)
FREE
July 5th  Warrenton VA
Secretary of War
Washington City
          D.C.

(reverse)
W.W.
  Warrenton, Va   July 4 / 44
Susanna Drone
For arrears of pension due
her husband

D 269  (illegible)
Pension Office

   Sin Drone
Va.  (illegible)   ‘43

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Fauquier County   Virginia  4th July 1844
Secretary of War
Sir:
      My husband, the late William Drone, served in Col Lee’s cavalry during the war of the Revolution and was Pensioned during Col Monroe’s administration and I think it was 1818 at ninety six dollars per annum.  I have thought he ought to have received as much a year in his lifetime as they gave me as his widow under the Pension law of 1838 and 1848 which was one hundred dollars a year.  He died in 1824 and if he was entitled to a hundred dollars a year while he was a drawing, I respectfully ask for the difference as his widow.  I would be glad if you will attend to this and report what you decide to do to Doctor William Helm of Warrenton Virginia.
				Susanna Drone

The above writing was at
my mother-in-law’s request and
signed by her in my presence
 Amanda W. Drone

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Admitted

Wm Helm
Warrenton, 
  Virg’a

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State of Virginia - Fauquier County, SS
 
                    On this 4th day of April 1848, personally appeared before me, William Helm, a Justice of the peace in and for said county, Susanna Drone, a resident of said County, aged 78 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of congress passed on the 2nd of February 1848 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the Widow of William Drone who was a private of Cavalry in Lieutenant Colonel Henry Lee’s  Legion;  and that she received one hundred dollars per annum pension from the United States on account of the Revolutionary Service of her said under the act of June 17 1844; she further declares that she is still a widow					      her
					Susanna   Drone
					   mark

  Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
 above written before me, Wm Helm  J P
	I certify that the above named Susanna Drone is personally known to me and that she received a pension as stated by her in the above declaration, Given under my hand, the day and year above written

				Wm Helm  J.P.


Virginia –
 Fauquier County, to wit:

      I William H. Jennings, clerk of the County Court for the said County of Fauquier, do hereby certify that William Helm, before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn to, and who has given the above  certificate was on the 4th inst. and still is,  an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified as such -  and that the signatures of the said William Helm are genuine 

                                            In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed the seal of
              the said court this 24th day of April 1848 and in the 72nd  year of the commonwealth

	 Wm H. Jennings

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Sideways:   Aprll 24, ’48  (illegible)
Act  2nd Feb ‘48
717 Va.
---------
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, 
D.C.

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Warrenton, Virginia   24th April, 1848

Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
   I herewith enclose the application of Mrs Susanna Drone for a renewal of her claim for a Pension under the Act of the  2nd of February 1848 

                            I am very respectfully, your
		obedient servant
				Wm Helm

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I do certify that William Drone was a Private Dragoon in the Partizen Legion com’d by Lt Col Henry Lee in the Revolutionary War, & that he joind the said Legion sometime in the year of 1778, but the Precise time I do not perfectly recollect, not having the Books or Returns of said Legion to refresh my recollection, but recollect perfectly he was for during the war and served with fidelity and Honor as a good & faithfull soldier to the expiration of the same & was honorably discharged

May 7 1818               
      Wm B Harrison
       Ensign to the partizen Legion com’d by
 			Lt Col Henry Lee
                                     in the Revolutionary War.

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Loudoun County, to wit
    Wm B Harrison appeared before me, Chal. Lewis, a justice of the Peace for the aforesaid county & state of Virginia & made oath that the within certificate which he has given in favor of William Drone is just and true to the best of his recollection and knowledge at this time

                    May (illegible)  1818
		Chal. Lewis

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William Drone’s
Affidavit

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Fauquier County, Virginia
 
                    On this 23rd  April 1821, before me, a Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid, William Drone personally appeared  and made oath that he is the same William Drone who formerly belonged to a Company of Cavalry commanded  by Capt John Randolph and (illegible) belonged to the Legion of Lieut. Col Henry Lee in the service of the United States during the revolution; that his name was place upon the pension List Roll of the State of Virginia; that he received a certificate of that part under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War which certificate on or about the last of December 1820 was through ignorance of its importance was destroyed by Gideon Johnston, he having been told that it was of no further use; this Affiant having been informed by said Johnston that he used the certificate as waste paper in his shop at Warrenton, Virginia.
					His
				William Drone
					Mark
        In testimony the said William Drone has sworn to and subscribed the above affidavit before me this 23rd April, 1821 

                Wm  Harrison   (hand written seal)

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Fauquier County, Virginia

                    This 23rd April, 1821 personally appeared  before me, as Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid, Gideon Johnston and made oath that somewhere about the last of December, 1820 in his shop at Warrenton, Virginia, he used the original certificate of the within named William Drone together with others as waste papers having been told that they were of no use.      Gideon Johnston

		Witness my hand and seal and also subscribed before me by the same Gideon Johnston

		Thos O. Jennings  (hand written seal)

 Virginia –
 Fauquier County, to wit:

      I John A. W. Smith Clerk of the County Court of Fauquier, do hereby certify that William Horner and Thomas O Jennings, before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been made and sworn to, were at the time thereof acting Justices of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified and that due faith and credit are and ought to be given to all their official (illegible)  such as used in Court of Justice or thereout-   

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal of              the said court this 25th day of April 1821and in the 45th year of the Commonwealth
                                      Jno. A. W. Smith

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Virginia –
 Fauquier County, to wit:
          I Joseph Blackwell presiding Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing attestation of John A. W. Smith, Clerk of the County Court of Fauquier is in due form of Law.

                          Given under my hand and Seal this 25 day of April, 1821
Jo Blackwell  (hand written seal)

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831

Please examine the within and report to me
			Respfy
			H. A. White

Admit private Cavy  $100
Richmond, Va Agency
Send as above
        Warrenton
	Va.

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State of Virginia
Fauquier County   SS

                    On this 24th day of April 1843, personally appeared before the subscribed, William Helm, a Magistrate in and for said county, Susannah Drone, a resident of said County and State, aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd March  1843  granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the Widow of William Drone who was a private soldier in Colonel Lee’s Regiment of Cavalry during the Revolution and that she was pensioned under the act of Congress of 7th July 1838 at the rate of one hundred dollars per annum.  She further declares she is still a widow

Susanna   Drone

Sworn to and subscribed on the day                                    
 and year above written before
                         Wm Helm 
         
 Susannah Drone subscriber to the above is the identical person who received a pension under the act of Congress of 1838 on account of the revolutionary services of her late husband, William Drone
					Thos. M. Drone

Sworn to and subscribed on the 24th April                                     
 1843 before me
                         Wm Helm  

			I, William Helm, the acting Magistrate in the foregoing case, certify that I know Mrs. Susannah Drone above named personally;  the power of attorney + upon which her last year’s pension was drawn for her in

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Richmond, state of Virginia, was sworn before me and acknowledged by said Susannah Drone.  I therefore can certify that she was a pensioner for the Revolutionary services of William Drone under the act of 7th July 1838.   
Given under my hand   24th April, 1843
				Wm Helm


Virginia –
 Fauquier County, to wit:
      I John Alexander J Marshall, Clerk of Fauquier County Cour in the state aforesaid,  hereby certify that William Helm is a magistrate as above;  and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine

In testimony whereof, I hereunto annex my seal of  Office and subscribe my name this 27h day of April 1843 and in the 67rd year of the Commonwealth
                                       A.J. Marshall  Clerk of
 			Fauquier County Court

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PHONE,  BRYANT 6563	
 CABLEGRAM VIROCAM		

			    Viola Root Cameron
			       GENEALOGIST
			ARTISTIC STATIONER
			       ANTINQUES
MEMBER	NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY	

BRYANT BUILDING
47 WEST 42ND STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

				June 13, 1916

Pension Bureau
   Department of Interior
	Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
	Will you please send me a copy of the pension record of William Drone, who served as a soldier from Fauquier Co. Va. Continental Line, and I understand he drew a pension.
	Thanking you in advance for any courtesy you may extend me in this matter, and hoping to hear from you at your earliest convenience,  I am
				Cordially

SM                           Viola  Root Cameron
				  U.S. PENSION OFFICE DATE STAMP:  JUNE 15, 1916

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(LETTERHEAD OF CHARLES CLEMENTS  GRANITE AND STATUARY BUSINESS
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Military Service Dep’t
Pension Office, Washington D.C.

Dear Sirs: -
	Will you inform me if you have any records of the military service of William Henry Drone who, I think, lived in Virginia.  My impression is his ancestors came from Wales.

				Very Truly

				Mary E. Drone Clements

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Brookline, Mass.