Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 46075, for Windsor Stone, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass-
★ Stone, Windsor
S 46075
CONTENTS
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1718 New York Windsor Stone
of Canajoharie in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Henry — of the Reg t commanded by Col. Niven — in the War of the Revolution time for 13 Months & 23 days
Inserted in the Roll of New York at the rate of $13 Dollars 30 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Nov r 1832 and issued to A. Stone
  Arrears to 4th of Feb y 1832  $65.30    Pension allowance ending 1 st Mar ch 33  21.30     $86.75  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Miller Clerk Book D Vol. D Page 110

1922-June 26. N. C. Varney call to apply to Genl. Accounting Office for date of death - mmf
Invalid
Rev WIDOW, VAD
File No. 46.075 Winson Stone Private Mass Militia Rev War
Act June 7. 1832.
Index: Vol. 5 , Page 140
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Windsor Stone 2063
9.83 13. 3 days 9.99 10 33 143.29 30 143.59
143.19 21.79 155.39

State of New York Cayuga County
Is on this third day of November A.D. 1832 personally appears before me first judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Windsor Cayuga who being duly sworn, doth on his oath make the following declaration in addition & supplementary to the annexed declaration made by him on the thirtieth day of July last past. That he was born in the town of Framingham in the County of Middlesex & State of Massachusetts in the year 1754 and has no recollection of his age - that he continued to live at that place until the commencement of the Revolutionary war and for about ten years after the war from thence he removed to Berkshire County in said State where he lived five or six years where he removed to the County of Oneida in the State of New York where he lived until about thirty years ago when he removed to the County of town of Bloomfield in the County of Ontario in said State where he lived a few years and then removed to the County of Cayuga where he has resided ever since and where he now resides. He further says that in reason of old age, bodily infirmity & a consequent loss of memory he has forgotten many of the events that transpired during his said service and the general circumstances thereof further than set forth in said declaration - that he never received a written discharge from said service as he believes, if he did he has lost the same. That he was called into said service or enlistment at even time and at the time of the battle of Saratoga when he volunteered that during the war  war

he was stationed at winter Hill the British troops lay in Boston - that he is unable to state the names of the officers under whom he served, and the names of officers which he saw in said service further than set forth in said declaration - that his memory is very much impaired - and that he knows of no living witness by whom he can prove all or any of said services
Sworn & subscribed the day of Monday - Nov 8 year aforesaid
State of New York
Cayuga County ss I. Michael Schuyler clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga do certify that Joseph L. Richardson before whom the foregoing declaration was made was on the day of the date thereof first judge of said Court - that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said judge and believe his signature to the said declaration to be genuine
Witness my hand & the seal of said Court the third day of November 1832 M. Schuyler

State of New-York, Cayuga COUNTY, ss.
ON this 28 th day of July A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court  before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga and state of New-York, now sitting , Windsor Stone a resident of Cohoes
in the County of Cayuga and State of New-York, aged 78 years, 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 7th, 1832: - That he entered the service under the following named officers, and served as herein stated - That about the month of May A.D. 1775 he entered the service of the United States at the town of Cambridge (near Boston) in the State of Massachu- -setts in the company of Militia a state troops commanded by Captain Thomas (Diney) in Col Thomas M'Kinley's Regiment that he marched with said company to White Hill after the battle of Bunker Hill , where he was stationed until the expiration of eight months from the time of entering said service - that he was discharged at Cam- -bridge aforesaid - that he was in the battle of Bunker Hill during said term - He further declares that in the Spring of the year 1776 at the town of Framingham in the County of Middlesex in the state of Massachusetts he again entered said service in the company of state troops under the com- -manded by Captain Gates : in Col ---  Briggs Regiment as he believes for a term of five months, that he marched with said company to Diendanga in the state of New York where he continued to serve until the expiration of said term of five months, and was discharged - He further declares that he was in the battle of Sarington in 1775 and was out there a four days - that whilst stationed near Boston he saw the following named officers, to wit Gen Putnam , and others but their names he does not remember - that he has no documentary or other proof of said services and is not able to procure any
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 State or territory
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
J. L. Richardson first Judge of Court
Windsor Stone

We, John C. Rudd a clergyman residing in Auburn in the County of Cayuga and John Groom residing in the same town do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Windsor Stone who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration; that we believe him to be 78 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
J. L. Richardson John C. Rudd John Groom
And the said Judge  Judge do hereby declare his  his opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Judge  Judge further certifies, that it appears to him  him that John C. Rudd who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in Auburn and John Groom who has also signed the same, is a resident in Auburn aforesaid and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit and he further certifies that the said Stone is unable to attend Court by reason of bodily infirmity.
I, Michael S. Myers Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga and State of New-York, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Windsor Stone for a pension.
I further certify that Joseph L Richardson before whom the foregoing declarations were made & by whom the foregoing certificate was made, and before whom the foregoing certificate was made was on the date of the date thereof and still is the first Judge of said Court duly commissioned and sworn & that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity. that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and believe his signature to the foregoing declarations & certificates to be genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed my name the 30th day of July A.D. 1832
M. Myers

Sons of the American Revolution
St. Paul, Minn. May 14, 1922.
President:
Clifford L. Hilton, New Capitol, St. Paul
Vice Presidents:
Dr. Charles A. McCollom, Minneapolis Fred A. Bill, St. Paul
Secretary:
Charles H. Bronson, 48 East Fourth Street, St. Paul
Treasurer:
Charles W. Eddy, Capital Bank Bldg., St. Paul
Registrar:
Charles Stees, 165 East Seventh Street, St. Paul
Historian:
Rev. M. D. Edwards, St. Paul
Chaplain:
Rev. L. A. Crandall, Minneapolis
Board of Managers:
St. Paul Jerome W. Wheeler, John B. Sanborn Kenneth G. Brill, Dean B. Gregg, Edward S. Stringer, Charles R. Boostrom.
Minneapolis
Ernest C. Brown, Charles E. Rittenhouse, Dr. Wright B. Page, Lewis P. Chute, Joseph E. Ware, Wallace G. Nye,
State
Arthur C. Gooding, Rochester Dr. Warren L. Beebe, St. Cloud Eugene H. Harbison, Duluth Charles W. Clark, So. St. Paul William J. Landon, Winona Edwin H. Canfield, Luverne Edward C. Wade, Moorehead Charles L. Conger, McIntosh
Past Presidents:
Hon. Ell Torrance, Minneapolis Hon. Henry A. Boardman, St. Paul Hon. F. G. McMillan, Minneapolis Hon. William B. Dean, St. Paul Hon. John Day Smith, Minneapolis Hon. Jesse A. Gregg, St. Paul Hon. E. J. Westlake, Minneapolis Hon. Edward P. Sanborn, St. Paul Hon. John H. Rheldaffer, Minneapolis Hon. Gideon S. Ives, St. Paul Robert D. Cone, Minneapolis
Honorary Vice Presidents:
Hon. Greer M. Orr, St. Paul Byron J. Mosler Stillwater William J. Dean, St. Paul Alonzo T. Stebbins, Rochester
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D. C.
In order to verify some applications for membership in our society, will you kindly send me the revolutionary record of Amaziah Richmond a pensioner from Vermont, probably town of Springfield.
Also date of death of Windsor  Stone a pensioner of the revolutionary war of Cayuga county New York.
743 Iglehart Ave.
St. Paul, Minn.
Respectfully,
H. C. Varney Windsor Stone

Rev. War Section
June 26, 1923
H. C. Varney 743 Iglehart Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 14th ultimo, you are advised that for the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Windsor Stone, you should apply to the Pension Section, Interior Department Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. citing all of the following data: "Windsor Stone, Certificate 1713, issued November 9, 1833, rate $42.50 commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, New York Agency."
In order to make a proper search of the Revolutionary War Records of this Bureau for any particular Amosiah Richmond, some of the following data is essential: approximate date of birth and death, name of state troops in which he served, and given name of widow.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.