Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3990, for Solomon Stone, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. b.
Stone, Solomon
S. 3990
CONTENTS
carded

7368 East Tennessee Solomon Stone 1 Mariner in the State of W Tenn who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Gold of the Off commanded by Col William in the No. 6 line for P. 220
Inscribed on the Roll of E Tenn at the rate of 20 Dollars —  Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of April 1831 and Ser. No. B 23 Sarah Hamilton b.H.
Arrears to the 14th of March  40.00 Semimont. allowance ending 4 Sept  10.00 $50.00
{ Revolutionary Elum. } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Day Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 61

See letter 23 June 1834 to 76 - J. P. Standif
Letter to Com Agent 62 Comptroller 20 April 1838
Paid at the Treasury under Act of 6 April 1838 from 4 th Sept 1836 to 4 th Sept 1837. agt Modified 30 May 1838
Letter to Hon J. S. Williams 4 June 1838 2 claims.
Interest due on the above

Pension
Declaration
Solomon Stone Applicant
21057
2

State of Tennessee Marion County ss. S.S.
On this 20 th day of November in the year 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Worshipful Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County of Marion, now sitting, Solomon Stone, a resident in said County and State, aged seventy nine years, the 3 rd of December next, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, that is to say under Captain Richard Gold in Surry County North Carolina, who was under the command of Colonel Joseph Williams of the same County and was marched by them from Surry County as a drafted militia-man to the Long Island on Holston River, now in this State, where Col. Williams' Regiment joined, and was placed under the command of General Christie who conducted this expedition against the Cherokee Indians. The troops some time after the arrival of the militia and the regiment to which he belonged at the station at Long Island on Holston, were marched against the Indians to the distance of upwards of a hundred miles through the wilderness as it was then called, but could not bring them to an engagement. Genl. Christie took possession of an evacuated Indian town, on Tennessee river soon after which the Indians came in and sued for peace and hostilities ceased,

a short time afterwards as the applicant understood a treaty of peace was concluded with the Cherokees. The troops were dismissed by General Christie at the before mentioned Indian Town and this applicant returned home with the regiment to which he belonged under Col Joseph Williams, and was dismissed by him on his return; this applicant recollects that he was drafted to serve the before mentioned town in the year 1776. That the draft was for six months and that he served out the time for which he was drafted, and longer he believes. This applicant states that he was repeatedly called on to scout against the Tories in North Carolina which calls he obeyed, but does not remember what length of time he was in the service of his country when on these scouting parties. He was once or twice drafted after having served as before stated but owing to the situation of his family at the time, he had to hire a substitute, and remain at home himself. He states that he never received a written discharge from the service and has no documentary evidence of his services, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. He states that he was born the 3rd day of December 1752. and has a record of his age in his bible, at home, he was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, he was living in Surry County, North Carolina, when he entered the service, about the close of the Revolutionary he re-

moved to the State of Georgia where he lived four or five years, he removed from Georgia to South Carolina where he lived seventeen or eighteen years, from South Carolina to Tennessee where he lived about three years, from Tennessee he removed to Al- abama, where he lived about ten years from Alabama he removed back to Tennessee, Marion County where he has been living about three years and still lives. He has stated how he was called into service, and the names of the offi- cers under whom he served, there being no regular troops with the troops with which he served, he has also stated the general circumstances of his service as well as he recollects. He states
that he is known to Benjamin Selman and Noble Ladd in his present neighborhood who can testify as to his character for veracity and good behavior as well as to their be- lief of his services as a soldier of the Confederation but is not acquainted with any clergyman in his present neighborhood who can, there being none immediately in his neighborhood

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 any agency in any state.
Sworn to and subscribed Solomon Stone the day and year aforesaid. Wm Standifer, Dep. Clerk.
We Benjamin Tolson and Noble Ladd residing in Marion County and State of Tennessee hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Solomon Stone who has subscribed and sworn to the above de- claration, that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age, that he is respected and believed to in the neighborhood -where he resides to have been a sol- dier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed Benj Tolson the day and year aforesaid Noble Ladd Wm Standifer, Dep. Clerk.
I Isaac H. Roberts a clergyman of Marion County certify that I am well acquainted with Solomon Stone who has signed and sworn to the above de- claration, that he is a man of veracity and good moral character, and that I have the fullest confidence in any statement he may make, but have not sworn to sworn to the open court I. H. Roberts Wm Standifer, Dep. Clerk.

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 applicant was a revolu- tionary soldier and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Benjamin Wilson and Noble Ladd
who have signed the forego- ing certificate are residents in Marion County and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and the said Court further cer- tifies that Isaac H. Roberts is a clergy- man and that his statement is entitled to credit also —
John Mitchell Thomas Mansfield Sam H. Goff Interlocutors
I John Kelly Clerk of the Court of Pensions Quarter Sessions of Marion County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Solomon Stone for a pension —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal (not having a seal of office) at office this 21 st day of November 1832. John Kelly, Clerk.
Seal
By Wm. H. Handerfer S.C.

Serify that John Kelly is clerk of Marion County Court and that William P. Standerfer is his deputy and that his signature is genuine and that there is no seal of office for this County aforesaid
February the 25 th 1833
James Standerfer. H.C.

No 21067. Solomon Stone Marion County Tennessee
From 1776 print 6 months.
$20.
B G Cannon Ralls, Hamilton Court House Tennessee

BRIEF in the case of  Solomon Stone  County of Union in the State of Tennessee  (Act 7th June, 1882.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 79  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days.     Drafted In 1776 6 Stonys Private Gen. Capt Gold Col Williams  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sumy Co N.C.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No public seal of office. Papers authenticated by certificate of m. l. of Congress. 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Dyer Castor Examining Clerk.

September 18, 1936.
Mrs. M. H. Burrell 111 West 12th Street New York City, New York.
BA-J/ILL Solomon Stone S. 3990
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Solomon Stone, a pensioner of Marion County, Tennessee.
The data which follow were found in pension claim, S. 3990, based upon service of Solomon Stone in the Revolutionary War.
Solomon Stone was born December 3, 1752, in Prince Edward County, Virginia; the names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Surry County, North Carolina, he enlisted sometime in 1776, served as private in Captain Richard Gold's company, Colonel Joseph Williams' North Carolina regiment, marched against the Cherokee Indians and was discharged, having served more than six months. He served subsequently on tours against the Tories in the North Carolina troops, officer's names and length of said services not stated.
About the close of the war, Solomon Stone moved to Georgia and resided four or five years, then moved to South Carolina where he resided about seventeen years, thence to Tennessee where he remained about three years, from there moved to Alabama and resided about ten years, afterwards returned to Tennessee.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 20, 1832, at which time he resided in Marion County, Tennessee, in which county he had resided about three years. The soldier referred to the "situation of his family" during the time of his service in the

war, but he did not state any names.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of Solomon Stone, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
Solomon Stone Certificate #7368 Issued April 6, 1833 Rate $20 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832. Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

1934 - Mar. 27 - Hist. to Mrs. J. M. Coleson - J.L.R. 1936 - Sept. 18 - Hist. to Mrs. M. H. Russell - J.L.R.
Rev. Wm
3990
INVALID.
File No. 3995
Solomon Stone
Port. N. H. Limerick
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: — Vol. A , Page 356
[Arrangement of 1870.]

March 27, 1934.
BA-J/ILL Solomon Stone S. 3990
Mrs. I. M. Cochran Doddsville Mississippi.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Solomon Stone of Tennessee.
The record of Solomon Stone is given herein as shown in the papers on file his claim for pension, s. 3990, based upon his service in that war. It is the record of the only soldier with that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Solomon Stone was born December 3, 1752, in Prince Edward County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Surry County, North Carolina, he enlisted in 1776, served as private in Captain Richard Gold's company, Colonel Joseph Williams' North Carolina regiment, was on an expedition against the Cherokee Indians and was discharged, having served more than six months. He served on other tours in North Carolina against the Tories, officers not named nor length of services stated.
About the close of the war, the soldier moved to Georgia and remained four or five years, thence to South Carolina where he remained about seventeen years, then moved to Tennessee and resided about three years, moved then to Alabama and lived about ten years, after which he returned to Tennessee.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 20, 1832, at which time he resided in Marion County, Tennessee; he had resided in that county about three years. He referred to the "situation of his family" during his service in the war, but he did not give any names.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

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Doddville, Mississippi March 10, 1934.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I would like to know, if you have record of Solomon Stone of Monroe County, Tennessee having received a pension for services rendered in the Revolutionary War. I will appreciate any data that you may send me concerning same.
Very respectfully Mrs. I. M. Cochran.

Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 19. 1838.
Sir.
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Solomon Stone a Pensioner on the Roll of the Knoxville Agency, at the rate of twenty Dollars and -- -- Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1836 to the 4 th September 1837
Respectfully, yours,
William E. Parrish Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of S. Common Stone which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine, to what amount of pension he is entitled? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? No

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Dec. 19.
Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary at was Washington City D.C.

Dallas A. C. Nov 24 th 1832
Hon d Sir, I have undertaken for a number of revolutionary soldiers in this and Marion counties, all for whom I have made application to our courts have very scanty means of living except one or two and they are by no means wealthy any communications made for the information of those for whom I have applied are expected by them to be made to me at Dallas Hamilton Court House since some of them stand in great need of pecuniary assistance in some way or other and are very anxious to hear whether their claims have been admitted by the department or not.
Very respectfully J. B. Cannon
I herewith enclose four claims—