Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42401, for Samuel Stone, Connecticut

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SERVICE   Conn.
Stone, Samuel
NUMBER  S. 42401

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Letter [unreadable] to Samuel Stone [unreadable]  1828 27th 
H. Turner May 29 1855 
Same June 12 1853 
655 
New York 
Samuel Stone 
Conn 4 
Private 
S.B. Webb’s Regt 1780 
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War 
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 7th of April 1818. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 22d of May 1818 and sent to the pensioner care of Joshua Forman Esq Judge &c Onondaga, Onondaga court, N. York
Arrearages 14 Sept 1818  $39.46
4 Mos 28 days  $39.46
{Revolutionary claims, Act 18th March, 1818}

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Samuel Stone
Admitted
J. V. H.

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State of New-York
Onondaga County. } ss. I, Joshua Forman, First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Onondaga, in the State of New-York, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that Samuel Stone of the town of Onondaga in said county, did serve in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, as stated by him in his declaration on oath hereunto annexed , made before me in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the Revolutionary War:" And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress.   
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the said Court to be affixed, this Seventh day of April in the year 1818. 
Joshua Forman
To J.C. Calhoun, Esq. 
Secretary for the Department of War of the United States.

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State of New York 
Onondaga County}  ss  Samuel Stone being duly sworn saith that some time in the month of February in the year seventeen hundred & Eighty he enlisted as a private Soldier for during the war in company commanded Major Humphreys then and to Genl Washington in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Meigs in the Connecticut line in the Continental army & lived in the same until the fall of the year seventeen hundred Eighty one after his return from the taking of Cornwallis he was transfered to the Third Regiment of the Connecticut line  commanded by Colonel Samuel B. Webb in which he served to the end of the war when he was discharged at West Point in the month of June in the year Seventeen hundred & Eighty three.   He then received the discharge hereunto annexed that he is aged fifty four years in the month of November last & now resides in the Town of Onondaga in the County of Onondaga

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& from his reduced circumstances life is in need of assistance from his country for his support & further saith not.   
Samuel Stone
Sworn to & declared this Seventh day of April in the year 1818  
before me  Joshua Forman 
First Judge of Onon’a Com’n Pleas

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818
Act 1828
Settled at Treasury
S. Stone
Rec’d Aug 28 1828
Ack’d 28
Comb’d with Invalid file #42,401

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Free 
Address NY  Aug 12th} 
{Revolutionary claim  
Hon Secretary of the Treasury of the United States 
Washington City

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629
818   838
[unreadable]
TREASURY DEPARTMENT 
Augt 28, 1828 
Samuel Stone of Salina, in the County of Onondaga in the State of New York has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain - company, in the 3d (Webb’s) regiment of the Connecticut line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.   
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office. 
By order of the secretary 
A Dickins 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,  
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE, 
2nd September 1828 
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Samuel Stone in the Connecticut line.   
It further appears that Samuel Stone is now not now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been so since the 3 March 1826. 
Peter Hagner Aud

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State of New York 
Onondaga County ss For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution approved on the 15th of May 1828, I Samuel Stone of Salina in the County of Onondaga in the State of New York do hereby declare that I enlisted in the continental line of the Army of the revolution for and during the war and continued in its service until its termination at which period I was a private in Captain - Company (the captains name is not now recollected) in the 3d Regiment of the Connecticut line commanded by Col Samuel B Webb.   
And I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of March 1828 on the pension list of the United States.  Dated August 11th 1828 Samuel Stone  
Onondaga County ss
Before me Elijah W. Curtis a commissioner to take affidavits to be read in evidence in the courts of record of the State of New York &c personally appeared this day Elijah Leonard and Clarissa Draper of Onondaga County, aforesaid who did severally make oath that Samuel Stone by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the army of the revolution in manner as therein stated.   
Witness my hand this 12th day of August in the year eighteen hundred and twenty eight 
E. W. Curtis a Commr

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Onondaga County Clerks office ss 
I Reuben L. Hess Clerk of the Court of the County of Onondaga in the State of New York do certify that Elijah Curtis before whom the within affidavits were sworn a commissioner to take affidavits in was at the said County and duly empowered to administer oaths.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 12th day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and twenty eight.   
Reuben L. Hess Clerk

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Geddes August 12, 1828    
To the Honorable The Secretary of the Treasurer of the United States 
Dear Sir Enclosed I send a statement and certificate in pursuance of the requirements of your department as a Revolutionary Claimant. My discharge was sent to the Secretary of War in 1818 (at which time I my obtained a certificate as a pensioner dated of May 1818 numbered 655)  which has not been returned to me.  
Should any further evidence be required to substantiate my claim to the relief granted by the act of Congress you will confer great favor by communicating the same to me.   
I am with great Respect Your Humble Servant 
Samuel Stone
1828

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Saml Stone
[unreadable]  3 Aug 1832

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State of Michigan 
County of Monroe } ss 
Be it known that before me a Notary Public in & for the County aforesaid personally appeared Samuel Stone and made oath in due form of law, that he is the identical person to whom was issued certificate of Pension No. 659 dated August 3, 1829 of Revolutionary Claims that he has received a pension under the act of Congress proved May 15, 1828 entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the Army of the Revolution” 
That he has during the last 20 years until & during the last year resided in the State of Michigan, in the County of Monroe aforesaid, that about a year since he went to the State of New York to the Town of Geddes in the County of Onondaga with the intention of spending there the remnant of his days, that he had his name transfered & drew his pension during the last year at that place that finding his residence in said State of New York not so conducive to his comfort and has returned to the State of Michigan to the County of Monroe aforesaid where he now intends to reside. That this application is made for the purpose of having his name transferred on the Books of your office from said State of New York to the State of Michigan that he may in future draw his pension in this State.   
Samuel Stone
Sworn & subscribed before me this 13th day of July A.D. 1852 Titus Babcock Notary Public

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State of Michigan 
County of Monroe } ss  I Laurent Durcher Clerk of the County of Monroe do hereby certify that Titus Babcock before whom the within affidavit appears to have been taken and which is subscribed in his own proper hand writing was at the date of said affidavit and now is a Notary Public legally authorized and Qualified, to take affidavits & act as such.  
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Circuit Court of said County at the City of Monroe this 13th day of July AD 1852 
Laurent Durscher, Clerk

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Monroe July 13, 1832 
To the Commr of Pensions 
Dr Sir 
After making the transfer applied for in the annexed affidavit please send me a certificate thereof that I may present it when I apply for my pension to the agent in this State, 
Address Samuel Stone 
Monroe City & County  
State of Michigan 
Care of T. Babcock, 
And oblige Your Obt Servt 
Samuel Stone

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East Randolph 11 May [unreadable]  
[unreadable]  I wish to inquire whether there is any pention [unreadable]  acts of the pention was there which would [unreadable]   Samuel Stonewas a pentioner  [unreadable]   as you will [unreadable]  He died in September 1829 in the town of [unreadable]   yours since that [unreadable]  Children on proof being much of the above facts.  Pleas address H. turner East Randolph Vt and oblige your Ob Servant
H. Turner

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Rev War 42401  
INVALID.
File No. 42,401 
Samuel Stone 
Pri Rev War  
Act: 18” March 18” 
Index: - Vol. 5 Page 489
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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To the Department of the Interior 
Pension Office 
Your Petitioner Samuel Stone within named would respectfully represent that he is a Pensioner of the United States that he has resided heretofore for nearly twenty years in the town of Dundee in the County of Monroe in the State of Michigan and that he drew his Pensions from the Pension Agent at Detroit in the State aforesaid during said time and that about three months since he removed to the town of Geddes in the County of Onondaga in the State of New York where he now resides and therefore respectfully asks that his name be transfered from the roll of the Pension Agent for paying Pensions in the City of Detroit aforesaid and that the same be enrolled on the roll of the Pension Agent for paying Pensions in the City of Albany and that special direction be given authorizing payment to be there made.   
Dated Geddes September 30th 1851 
Samuel Stone

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State of New York 
Onondaga County } ss 
I Hiram Judson a magistrate in the County above named do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence viz from personal knowledge that Samuel Stone who has this day appeared before me to take the oath of identity is the identical person named in the Pension certificate which he has exhibited before me numbered 659 and bearing date at the War Office the 3d day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine and signed S. Ingraham Secretary of the Treasury.   
Given under my hand this 30th day of September 1851 
Hiram Judson J.P.
I Rufus Cossit Clerk of the Court of Onondaga County certify that Hiram Judson is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.   
In testimony whereof I have hereunto of fixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 30th day of September in the year one thousand Eight hundred and fifty one 
Rufus Cossit Clerk of the Court of Onondaga County

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Syracuse Nov 5th 1837 
Dear Sir
I am requested by a Mr Samuel Stone a Revolutionary Soldier to make this communication to inquire after a letter forwarded some time since to the Pension Department at Washington, the purport of that letter was his statement of his formerly having lived in Michigan and drew his pensions at Detroit that having not long since Removed to Onondaga County in the State of New York he forward to the Department his Certificate of Identity with the request that his name be transfered from the Pension Roll at Detroit to that of Albany in this State and if the same has not been done he now Requests that the same may be done immediately as his pecuniary necessities are indeed urgent.   
An answer by return mail is solicited 
Very Respectfully Yours
S. N. Holmes
J.E. Heath Esq

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659
Samuel Stone 
N Y  
Act 15 May 1828 
$80 per annum  
To Michigan from 11 May 1852, not’n sent to T. Babcock Monroe, Mich 10 Augt 1852 
Lett Pensioner 8 Sept 1852

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Albany Pension Agency
Aug 6 1852
J. E. Heath Esquire, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 3d inst. I have to state that Samuel Stone - Pensioner under the Act of 15 May 1828  at Eighty Dollars per annum was last paid the 4th day of March 1852.  
I am, Sir, Very Respectfully, 
Your obt sevt, 
Thomas W. Olcott 
PENSION AGENT. 
By Cors Ten Broeck

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Monroe City & County Michigan September 2, 1852 
Comm of Pensions 
Washington 
Sir 
Some time about the middle of July last I forwarded to your Bureau, the application of Samuel Stone, a revolutionary Pensioner, for the change of his name from the New York list to that of Michigan, he having drawn his pension at Geddis Onondaga Co. New York for a year past. Being now as he expects located for the remnant of his days, in Monroe County Michigan he made the application above mentioned, and not having received any answer from your Bureau he now wishes to know whether said application was received or not and if received whether the changes contemplated in said application have been made.  
As the time for drawing his pension has arrived an early attention to this would be a favor which would be duly appreciated by him.  
Direct Samuel Stone 
Care T. Babcock Monroe Mich 
and oblige Your Obt Sert  
Titus Babcock

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HEADQUARTERS, June Eighth 1783. 
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough. 
GEORGE WASHINGTON. 
Samuel Stone [unreadable] 
2nd Company 
3rd Regiment
Samuel Stone 
Conn
S. 42401

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By HIS EXCELLENCY 
GEORGE WASHINGTON ESQ: 
General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America. 
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Samuel Stone as Soldier in the third Connecticut Regiment, having faithfully served the United States from February 1780 to the Date hereof and being inlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army. 
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the Eighth Day of June 1783 
G Washington By 
HIS EXCELLENCY’s Command, 
J. Trumbull Junr Secty
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment, Joseph Clark Adjutant 
THE above Samuel Stone has been honored with the BADGE OF MERIT for Three Years faithful Service, Saml B. Webb Colonel

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East Randolph June 4 [unreadable]
Sir
Samuel Stone [unreadable] 1834 [unreadable] 49 [unreadable]
I am Your Obt Servant
H Turner
L. P. Waldo
Pension Commissioner

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Free Geddes Dec 3d 1828
Hon

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Revolutionary Claim 
Hon Secretary of the Treasury of the United States 
Washington Cy
Pension Office

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Enclosed I send the necessary papers for my pay as a private soldier in the army of the Revolution in pursuance of your instructions.
Please direct your letters to me at Geddes Onondaga County N. Y. 
Respectfully Your Obt Sert Samuel Stone
Hon Secretary of the Treasury of the U.S. 
Geddes Onondaga Co N. Y. Nov 24, 1828 
P.S. I did not receive your draft until to day as it was misdirected to Salina (instead of Geddes as it should have been).   
Will you do me the favor to send my discharge or a copy of it to me; it was forwarded with my papers to your department in 1818 for the purpose of obtaining a pension

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Revolutionary Claim 
Application for a Transfer 
County of Onondaga SS. 
On this thirteenth day of December 1851 before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Onondaga personally appeared Samuel Stone who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel B. Webb (the name of the Captain he does not recollect) in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension roll of the State of New York that some twenty years since he removed to the State of Michigan whence he has late by removed, that he now resides in the State of New York where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future, the following are his reasons for removing from the State of Michigan to the State of New York. That having lost his wife and being left alone he came to this State to live with his daughter.   
Samuel Stone
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 13th day of December 1851 
Hiram Judson Justice of the Peace 
Onondaga County SS. Samuel N. Holmes of Syracuse in said County being duly sworn deposes and says Samuel Stone the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavits.  
Samuel N. Holmes
Subscribed & sworn this 13 day of December 1851 
Hiram Judson Justice of the Peace  
I certify that Samuel N Holmes the person above named & whom is a man of reputable standing in Syracuse Onondaga County
Hiram Judson Justice peace

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State of New York, 
Onondaga Co. Clerk's Office, SS. I CERTIFY, That Hiram Judson  whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that the signature to said certificate is genuine. 
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY, That the said instrument and the acknowledgment thereof are executed according to the existing laws of the State of New-York.   
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, at Syracuse, this 13th day of Dec 1851 
Rufus Cossit Clerk

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Pension Agnes Detroit Dec. 1 1851 
I certify that Samuel Stone, a Pensioner on the Roll of this Agency under the act of May 15 1828 has been paid at my office to the 4th of March 1851 
E. P. Hastings Jr Pension Agent 
This certificate just Rec'd is forwarded to them the date of his last Pension payment ought to have been sent with his Samuel Stones application for a transfer from said agency
 S. N. Holmes

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To N York Albany from 4 March 1851 Not’n [notification]  sent to S. N. Holmes Syracuse NY  24 Dec 1851 
659 Samuel Stone 
Mich Act 15 May 1820 
$80 per annum

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Act 15th May 1828 
Let to Saml H Porter 
18th March 1844

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Samuel Stone 
N.Y. act 18 Mch 1818
E. Randolph 
May 21 [unreadable] }  Paid 
Commissioner of Pensions  Washington D.C.

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Form VAM-51 
12-5-41 
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* 
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives 
NAME   Stone, Samuel   GRADE  Private  LINE   Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER  5041  ACREAGE  100   ISSUED   Dec. 20 1796
To Oliver Gallup
The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives. registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in the National Archives.