Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25113, for Timothy Stone, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Class of
Stone, Timothy Alice
11. 25 1/3
CONTENTS

Declaration of Timothy Stone
State of Vermont } Windsor County ss. } District of Windsor ss.
On this ninth day of August in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared in open court, before the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, now sitting, Timothy Stone a resident of Cavendish in the County (and District) of Windsor in the State of Vermont, aged seventy-four 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 7 th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, viz.
That the declarant in 1775 lived in the town of Ashby in the County of (Middlesex)  Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and on the 19 th day of April at the time the British left Boston and marched out as far as Concord, he, the declarant, went as a drummer to Concord for the purpose of opposing the enemy - when he arrived at Concord the enemy had retreated, leaving on the battle ground 9 of their number slain - declarants company was ordered to pursue the enemy - They marched to Cambridge, and

according to declarant's best recollection , was there about a week, was then marched to Roxbury, where he remained about a fortnight, was then marched back to Cambridge, and was informed by Capt. Stone, declar- ant's father, that he might return home to Ashby, which he accordingly did, having been absent three weeks. Immediately afterward to wit, about the 10 th of May, 1775 the declar- ant enlisted, for 8 months, to commence from the first day of May, into Capt. Henry Harwell's Company, (Levi Whitney Lieutenant, & Benj a Ball Ensign,) into Col o William Prescott's Regiment, joined the Regiment at Cambridge, - on the evening of the 16 th June 1775 the Regi- ment was marched on to Bunker Hill, and was engaged during the night building the Fort, and on the day following June 17 th 1775 declarant was in the memorable bat- tle of Bunker Hill - remained at Cam- bridge two or three weeks after the battle of Bunker Hill, when Capt. Harwell's Company and Capt. Mansfield's Company were ordered to Jewell's Point in Brookline, where declarant remained, till his time was out, when declar- ant immediately enlisted again for the term of six weeks into Capt. Mansfield's Company, into Col o Grayton's Regiment, and was sta- tioned at Lechmere Point, where he remained till his time expired, when he was regular- ly discharged, about the middle of February, 1776. The declarant further states, that in the month of June 1776 at Ashby he en-

listed as a private for 5 months into Capt. Sashua Patten's company in Col o Jonathan Reed's Regiment, was mustered at Groton Massachusetts, Col o Josiah Gannett was Major joined the Regiment at Ashburnham in said State of Massachusetts, marched to Charlestown N. H. remained there about a week, thence marched through Cavendish, Vermont, over the Green Mountain through Rutland, Vermont, to Ticonderoga New York, where he remained until his time there was no other way and at the expiration of said term of five months was nearly out, - was discharged at Albany. While stationed at Ticonderoga two men were drafted out of Capt. Patten's company to go aboard of a Row Galley in Arnold's ex- pedition on the Lake. Their names were Thomas Rodgers and Jonas Holden - Rodgers was killed. Holden returned safe - During the time declarant was stationed at Ticonderoga 18 of the St. Regis tribe of Indians came to Westport about 20 miles distant, and burned several hous- es and a saw mill. Capt. Ford and 80 men were sent in pursuit of them, declar- ant was of the number, followed them 3 days, but did not overtake them, and returned to the Fort - A number of Regiments were station- ed at Ticonderoga at the same time, but the names of the officers not recollected, except Col o Hale of New Hampshire. About the middle of August 1777 declarant left Ashby, and marched through Brattleborough Vermont, to Bennington; arrived there 3 or 4 days after the battle... was marched into va- rious towns to watch the progress of the enemy, and finally marched to Fort Edward -

arrived there just after the evacuation of the Fort - the retreating Army being in sight a considerable number were taken prisoners. Remained at Fort Edward till after the surren- der of Burgoyne's Army, when the Regiment to which declarant belonged was ordered to guard the Hessian prisoners in their way to New- England - remained about two weeks near Cambridge, to guard prisoners, when declar- ant was relieved by other troops. It was now about the middle of November 1777. In 1778 or 9 the British were in Rhode Island - declarant's father was a Major in the Militia and was called out. Declarant went in a Company commanded by Lieutenant Leonard Procter, of Westford Mass. (the Capt. being sick), marched to Rhode Island - was there on duty six, or seven months, as near as he can recollect - and was regu- larly discharged - but has no written discharge.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, or an annuity, except the present, and he declares, that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any state.
He was born in Lexington in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the twenty fourth day of January 1758; his father made a record of de- clarant's birth in his family Bible, and Declarant copied the same record into his family Bible. Declarant's birth is also recorded in the town Records of said Lexington. When Declarant was seven or eight years of age he moved with his father to that part of Townsend, Massachusetts, which was afterwards set off as a part of said Ashby. Declarant was living in said Ashby, when he was called into service. He moved from said Ashby to Caven- dish in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, about forty three years ago, and has resided in said

Gavendish ever since. General Ward, General Putnam, and Genl. Warren, till he was killed in the battle of Brunkerville, and Genl. Washington from the latter part of Summer, were with the troops in 1775, where Declarant served; and when Declarant served the said term of six weeks in 1776, all the said General Officers except Genl. Warren, were with the troops, where the Declarant served; At Tienderoga, where Declarant served the said term of five months in 1776. Genl. Gates and Genl. Arnold were with the troops, where Declarant served. He never received any written discharge from the service.
He states the names of Reg d Joseph Freeman Timothy Adams, and Jesse Spaulding, as persons to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
Sincerely Yours
Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid -
Jabez Proctor Judge
We Joseph Freeman, a Clergyman, residing in the town of Gavendish in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, and Timothy Adams and Jesse Spaulding residing in the said town of Gavendish, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Timothy Stone, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be twenty four years of age; that he is reputed and believed with the neighbourhood, where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Jos. Freeman Timothy Adams Jesse Spaulding
Jabez Proctor Judge

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 Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Joseph Freeman, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of Cavendish aforesaid, and, that Timothy Adams and Jesse Spaulding, who have also signed the same, are residents in the said town of Cavendish, and are credible persons, and, that, their statement is entitled to credit.
Isaac Proctor Judge
I, Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Timothy Stone for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Reuben Washburn.
Supplementary Declaration of Timothy Stone
State of Vermont } On this twenty third day District of Windsor } of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared, in open Court, before the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, now sitting, Timothy Stone a resident of Cavendish in the County of Windsor.

I Joel Davis of Caven-dish in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, being seventy-seven years of age, Do depose and say that in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, I lived in Cownshend in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts that I was acquainted with Timothy Stone formerly of Ashby in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, now of Caven-dish, County of Windsor and State of Vermont, that he enlisted into the same company with me under Capt. Henry Farwell in Col. Wm. Prescotts Regiment; That we were in the eight months service, and were stationed at Cambridge in Massachusetts, and quartered a part of the time in the alleys
Witness Jac. Washburne Joel his X Davis made
State of Vermont } Be it remembered that Windsor County ss { on this 3 rd day of August 1832. — Before me Jabez Proctor a Justice of the Peace within & for said County — personally appeared the above named Joel Davis & made solemn oath that the above deposition contains the truth & nothing but the truth & that said Joel Davis is well known to me & is a credible witness Sworn, subscribed & certified by and before me Jabez Proctor Justice of the Peace

J. Swan Jr. T. D. Horn
State of Vermont } Benjamin Swan Clerk in Windsor County ss } Windsor County Court do hereby certify that Sabo Brooks who has offered his name to the mother, is a Magistrate duly qualified and that I believe the above to be his genuine signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Woodstock this first day of June 1833.
Benj. Swan

I Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original and supplementary proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Timothy Stone for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this twenty third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three.
Reuben Washburn.

and State of Vermont, aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, do hereby make the following Supplementary Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
That left General Stark commanded the company in which he, the declarant served the said three weeks, stated in his said original declaration, and Col. William Prescott commanded the regiment, to which said company belonged; and that the declarant served during said three weeks as a drummer - that declarant served as a drummer during his term of eight months service, and as a drummer following the term of six weeks service, as stated in his said original declaration.
That in respect to the declarant's service from about the middle of August to about the middle of November 1777, the declarant served in the company commanded by Capt. James Hovey, and regiment commanded by Col. Jonathan Dyer, and declarant served during that term of service full three months, and he thinks a few days more.
That in respect to his term of service, stated in his said original declaration to have been performed in 1778, he, the declarant now recollects, that it was in 1778, and that he served during that term of service, just six months - and that his company then belonged to the Regiment commanded by Col. Dyer.
That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services, except Ephraim Lamson, Eunice Hoffman, Daniel Sherwin and Abel Lewis, whose testimonies are annexed to his said original declaration. The declarant commanded at Rhode Island during the said six months service of declarant in 1778.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. -
Jabez Proctor Judge
Timothy Stone
No 519

I Daniel Sherwin of Chester in the County of Wind- sor & State of Vermont, aged Twenty five years. Depose and say, that the day after the Battle at Lex- ington & Concord, I set out from Townshend in the County of Middlesex & State of Massachusetts, to join the Revolutionary troops at Cambridge with the Militia of the Aforesaid County, & while there, on some of the last days of April 1775 I enlisted for eight months, & served said term in the Army of the United States, at that place and Bunker's Hill — and I now well recalled that Timothy Stone then of Ashby in the vicinity in which I then lived, and now resident of Cavendish in the vicinity in which I now live, set out with me in the same Company commanded by Capt. Henry Farwell in Col. William Prescott's Regiment. That the said Timothy Stone Timothy Stone also enlisted & served out the term of eight months in said Company with me, and was discharged with me at Cambridge in the month of December 1775. And also knows & often saw the said Timothy Stone in the service of the United States at Secondaroga, in the Summer of 1776 that he served in the same Regiment in which I served, for the term of five months at that time, which Regiment was commanded by Col. Jonathan Reed. — —
Daniel Sherwin
State of Vermont } Be it remembered that on the 23 d day Windsor County } July 1832 Before me Amos Hildreth Justice of the Peace in & for the County. Witness my hand, Personally appeared the above named Daniel Sherwin & made oath that the above Deposition contains the truth & nothing but the truth And that the said Daniel Sherwin is well known to me & is a credible Witness. Sworn, subscribed & acknowledged by & Before me Amos Hildreth Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont } I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor Windsor County ss } County Court, do hereby certify that Amos Shedd who has affixed his name to the within, is a magistrate duly qualified and that I believe the same to be his genuine signature. — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of sd Court at Woodstock this Eleventh day of August A.D. 1832.
Benj. Swan Clerk
Daniel Shurwin.
Dep te
For T. Stone

Mrs. Hodgeman's Affidavit.
For Jimmie's Home

I Subscribed Ennise Hodgman of Concord in the County of Windham and State of Vermont But in the year one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy six lived in Ashby in Middlesex County and State of Massachusetts Being of the age of Eighty five do testify and say and well Remember that Timothy Stone and William Walker Both in the first of January stationed at Concord of Ashby aforesaid Did enlist in the Militia of the united States Service for the term of six weeks and in the year June one Thousand Seventy six I well Remember that the above mentioned Timothy Stone and William Walker Both in Listened in the Militia of the united States for the term of five months and well Remember Remember that they Both went according to the understanding and are things which makes me Remember more particularly as that that the said William Walker was then Engaged to me in promise that if he ever returned alive he the said Walker was to marry me But his life was taken from him and I further state that Essegar Samuel Stone father of the said Timothy Stone Both went to the taking Buggayee and after wards I Remember that the said Timothy Stone started from a town to Rhoads island and think that he was gone six or seven months according to my best recollection and further this Deponent saith not
Ennise X  William Hodgman

State of Vermont } at Barnstead Windham County } August 4 th 1882 } Elna Eunice
Hodgman
Personally appeared and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned made solemn oath that the within deposition by her subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth before me
Levi Jackman Judge Probate
I hereby certify that the above named Eunice Hodgman is considered a person of truth and honesty
Levi Jackman Judge Probate

State of Vermont Windsor County
3 Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County do hereby certify that Sir Isaac Mann who has affixed his Name to foregoing is a Magistrate duly qualified and that I believe the same to be his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court at Woodstock this Eleventh day of August A.D. 1832
Benjamin Swan Clerk

To T. Stone

I Ephraim Samson of Chester in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged seventy years, do depose testify and say, That in the fore part of August in 1795 or 1796 (the particular year not recollected) I resided in Concord in the County of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts, which said town adjoins the town of Ashby and I lived in sight of Major Ebenezer Stone's dwelling house in said Ashby, that I knew of Major Stone being also out with the Militia from the towns in that vicinity, and that his son Timothy Stone, now of Cavendish in the State of Vermont went with him to Rhode Island, - that I understood that he went as his father's waiter - that he was gone six or seven months according to my best recollection, and that I saw Mr. Timothy Stone on his return home to Ashby.
Ephraim Samson
State of Vermont. } On this sixth day, District of Windsor ss. } of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight Hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Probate Court within and for the District aforesaid now sitting, Ephraim Samson of Chester in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, and made Sol- emn Oath to the truth of the above Deposition, by him subscribed. And the said Court further certify, that the above named Ephraim Samson is a credible person, and his statement is entitled to credit.
Isaac Proctor Judge

16 out N: 28,036.
Timothy Stone of Bennington in the State of Vermont, who was a private in the County, commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Grayson in the Vermont line for
10. m. 3 d. musicians 8 " pioneers
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 63 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
$ 59.57
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of May 1834 and Hon. H. Everett, H. R.
Arrears to the 14th of Mar. 1834. 191.04 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th S.H. " 31.84
$ 222.88
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. Bendire Clerk. Book 6. Vol. 2 Page 93

Col. H. Evetts Nov 13. 1834
at same 4 July 1835 " " Sept 7, 1837
at Hon. H. Evetts Oct 17 '37 order to pay to letter to J. S. Stone 21. April 1839
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 8 th April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to 4 March 1838 age notified 30 April 1839.

4307
Vermont, Montpelier
Alice Stone
widow of Timothy Stone
who was a Private &c.
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
63 Dollars 68
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Jan. 1844 and sent to Thos. Hammond Brownsville, Vt.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1. Page 30

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Alice Stone Vt.
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Thos F Hammond Brownville Windsor Co Vt

I Thomas S. Stone of Cavendish in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont, aged thirty nine years, being duly sworn, depose and say, that I am a son of Timothy Stone and Alice Stone, mentioned in the foregoing Declaration of said Alice Stone, and the youngest of their family now living, there being five of my Brothers & Sisters, older than I am, now living; that I have constantly lived with my said Parents ever since I was born, and from my earliest recollections, they the said Timothy and Alice, up to the time of the death of the said Timothy, constantly lived together in the relation of Husband and Wife; that the said Timothy Stone, my said Father died at Cavendish aforesaid on the thirtieth day of September in the year eighteen hundred and thirty nine; that I was present and saw him die, that since the death of the said Timothy, she the said Alice has constantly resided with me in said Cavendish where she continues to reside; that since the death of my said Father, my said Mother has not intermarried, but continues to be, and is the widow of the said Timothy Stone.
Cavendish May 22 nd 1843.
Thomas S. Stone
Sworn to and subscribed on this 22 nd day of May, 1843, before me.
Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of Probate for the district of Windsor, Vt.
I Thomas F. Hammond Judge of the Probate Court in and for the district of Windsor in the state of Vermont do hereby certify that Alice Stone who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing Declaration and Thomas S. Stone who has sworn to and subscribed the above affidavit are persons of truth and veracity and that their respective statements are entitled to full credit and belief.
Thomas F. Hammond Judge of sd. Probate Court.
State of Vermont, ss. Salmon H. Dutton, Register of the Probate Court for the district of Windsor aforesaid, hereby certify, that Thomas F. Hammond before whom the foregoing Declaration of Alice Stone and the above affidavit of Thomas S. Stone were severally sworn to and subscribed, is Judge of the probate Court for the district of Windsor, which probate Court is a Court of Record, and that the signature annexed to the foregoing certificate of the oath of the said declarant and affiant purporting to be the signature of him the said Thomas F. Hammond is his own proper and genuine signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Probate Court, and subscribed my name at Plymouth in said district, this fifth day of June, A.D. 1843.
Salmon H. Dutton, Register

State of Vermont, } On this twenty second day of May, in the District of Windsor, ss. } year of our Lord, one thousand eight hun- dred and forty three, personally appeared before the Probate court in and for the District of Windsor afore- said Alice Stone, a resident of Cavendish in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont, aged eighty 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 July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows."
That she is the widow of Timothy Stone who was a Pri- vate and Musician during the Revolutionary War, and for whose Revolutionary services he obtained a Pension of sixty three dollars and sixty eight cents per annum, under the Act of June 7th, 1832, entitled "An act supplementary to the Act for the relief of certain surviv- ing Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution" for a more particular descrip- tion of whose services in the war of the Revolution, and evidence of the same reference may be had to the said Timothy Stone's Declaration, and proofs accompanying the same, now on file in the Pension Department. She further declares that she was married to the said Timothy Stone at Ashby in the state of Massachusetts, by the Rev. Mr. Dix, then the settled minister of Townsend, Mass. some time in the month of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred seven hundred and eighty her former name being Adah Stearns; that she has no family record of their said marriage, and cannot now say with certainty on what day in June their said marriage took place; that her husband, the aforesaid Timothy Stone, died at Cavendish aforesaid, on the twentieth day of September in the year one thousand eight hun- dred and thirty nine; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place pre- vious to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety- four, viz. at the time above stated, that she has not intermarried since the death of her said husband, but still remains the widow of the said Timothy Stone.
Witness Thomas S. Stone
Alice her L Stone
Martha Stone
mark
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Alice Stone on this 22nd day of May, 1843, before me; the words "eight hundred" erased, and the words, "her former name being Adah Stearns" interlined before signing.
Thomas S. Kimball, Judge of Probate Court

"Marriages Made by the Rev. Samuel Whittman
Timothy Stone & Alice Stearns, June twenty second seventeen hundred & eighty.
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows." June 22 d 1780. Cushing Barr Town Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Wadsworth Ashby June 7 th 1843
I Cushing Barr above named depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town, County & State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exceptions above named as testified by me
Cushing Barr Town Clerk of Ashby
Sworn before me
Asa P. Willard Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Medfield ss. I Elias Shenny Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the County of Medfield, do certify that Alex. V. Willard Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within said County of Medfield, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his name subscribed to the within Certificate is his genuine Signature. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the twenty eighth day of June 1840.
E. Shenny

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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
May 5 1893
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     age 75 21 pri. Capt Stone   " " 8 - - " Henry Fairville   Jany 76 1 12 - " Markfield Col Greater   June 76 5 - - " John Parker   78 6 - - J. Ruttenfield - Sampson's left was waiter -  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr. Simon Stone
VT

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.  The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination or claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so accurate as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. [g] The opinion of the Court is always required. [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. [i] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or a 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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. The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases. [l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the facts. [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25113
Alice Stone wid. of Timothy Stone Rev. Rev. war.
Act: Mar 3 rd 1843.
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 250
[Arrangement of 1870.]

63685- 318.40

Rev. Vermont Timothy Stone
16 m o 3 Green 1175 5 m o private 1776 3 m o 1777
Suspended 17 June 32
See letter of 23 Sept r 1832
R. Warburton Lucius

7681 Vermont
Alice Stone widow of Timothe Stone
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 30th. September, 1839 of Windsor in in the State of Vermont who was a private in the commanded by Captain _____ of the commanded by Col: Greaton — in the Massachusetts — line for 10 mos. & 3 days Musician 8 — — — private
Inscribed on the Roll of Montpelier at the rate of 63 — Dollars 68.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th : — day of September, 1843 — and sent to Thomas F. Hammond , Brownsville, Windsor Co. Vt.
Whole amount due $318.40
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Walter Hunt Clerk.
Book A Vol. 2 Page 57 -

28,030
Vermont I 8030
Wrong Certificate -- am d Nov. 4. Switzer, apt. 5: 1834
Simony Stone
of Cavendish in the State of Vt who was a Private in the Com d by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col Grayson in the Vt Troops for _____
13 mo. 3 days Musician
Inscribed on the Roll of Vt at the rate of 59 Dollars 57 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Jan'y 1834 and Lettr No 00 H. Everett, Hon of Reps
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833 $148.92 Pension allowance ending Mar 4 34 297.78 $446.70
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Billings Clerk, Book _____ Vol. 3 Page 92

I Olnathan Reed of Cavendish in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont aged 77 years, do depose and say that I have been acquainted with Mr. Timothy Stone of said Cavendish for about 20 years. — That we have had frequent conversations in relation to the events and occurrences of the Revolutionary War in which we participated. — I further depose and say that I have often heard Mr. Stone allege that he served a part of his term of service under Col. Howe in Rhode Island. — This he told me before any pension act was passed or before any act was contemplated. — I also depose and say that I was a soldier of the Revolution, which circumstances led to the conversations with Mr. Stone. —
Olnathan Reed
State of Vermont Windsor County ss
Cavendish 5 th September 1834.
Then personally appeared Olnathan Reed and personally known to me, and who signed the above affidavit in my presence, and made oath to the truth of the matters therein set forth.
Before me Jabez Proctor Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Olnathan Reed is a credible witness and fully competent to testify understandingly to the above facts.
Attest Jabez Proctor Justice of the Peace

I Timothy Adams of Cavendish in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont aged 73 do depose and say, that in conversation with a Mr. Rice who was in the house at the time  Mr. Stone was present  he told me before I had seen Mr. Stone, or was acquainted with him, he Mr. Rice told me that he had served under Col. Howe during the Revolutionary war  at Rhode Island . I further depose and say that I have learned from various sources that Col. Howe was out during the revolutionary war, on a tour of duty in Rhode Island. Mr. Timothy Stone has frequently informed me that he served under Col. Howe, in Rhode Island, and this he told me soon after he came to this town, long before any pension act was in contemplation.
Timothy Adams
State of Vermont } Cavendish September 5 th 1834. Windsor County ss } Then personally appeared Timothy Adams & personally known to me, and who signed the above affidavit in my presence, and made oath to the truth of the matters therein set forth.
Before me Jabez Proctor Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Timothy Adams to be a credible Witness and fully competent to testify understandingly to the above facts.
Attest Jabez Proctor Justice of the Peace

pt. Jan. 26
J. L. Edwards Esq
Govt. of Rumania
Mr. H. Everett

28.036
24 Feb 95
Sir
I enclose the certificate of the Sec'y of State of Mason in the case of Timothy Stone
Respectfully A. Everett
W. B. Edwards Esq. Sec'y of Purvis

Hon. Horace G. Smith -- No. 6.
Washington
District Columbia

11/1/47 Newbern, N.C. March 17th 1847.
Dear Sir,
In accordance with the provisions of the act "to provide for a general census of the United States" passed March 3rd 1842.
I have the honor to submit the following information relative to the 10th District of North Carolina.
The 10th District of North Carolina contains the following counties: Beaufort, Camden, Craven, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pender, Pitt, and Wayne.
The population of the District at the time of the last census was 104,456.
Yours sincerely, Wm. H. Beaman

Payments to be made at Burlington by Pres. of the Bank of Burlington Agent for paying Pension- ers in the Agency of Vermont
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. B Page 92 by E. D. Willcock Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Timothy Stone of the State of Vermont who was a Private and Musician during the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive Fifty Nine dollars and Fifty Seven cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 1st of March 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 1st of March, and 1st of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this — 20 — day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four
L. D. Bishop Secretary of War.
Forms a and } Countersigned. }
J. C. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Proctorville 5 th Sept 1834.
Dear Sir,
Have the goodness to enquire of the Sec. of War, what steps are to be taken to obtain the additional sum contained in the new certificates in cases where the pensioner has drawn upon the old one, up to the last semi annual pay?
Respectfully,
your ob t servant.
Jabez Proctor
Hon. Horace D. Smith

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Finchley Stone.
C. L. Edwards Esq
Comt. of Prisoners
Hand & Quill A.R.

Washington D.C. Sept. 37
Sir
I enclose a statement, relating to the pension to Lieut. Stone - and request that his case may be re-examined -
respectfully
H. Everett
J. L. Edwards Esq. Chair. of Pension

One Henrik Plan 15.
J. L. Edmund En
bank of Pusan
W. H. Brewster P.L.

Washington 4. Sept 77
Sir I will thank you to send me the Russian paper - in the case of Adam Pond - Abel Harnick - Eli Plant - for examination
respectfully
H. E. Smith
J. L. Edwards Esq Town of Russian

From Hon H Everett card Mittler Stone
J. L. Simmons Esq. Dear Sir,

House of Reps 31. Dec 33
In London additional testimony in the case of Timothy Stone Yves Robert A. Erecoste
J. L. Edwards Esq. Esq. of Lincoln

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 1"> April 26 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6 th of April, 1833 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," Timothy Stone, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Bellows Falls Agency, at the rate of Sixty Three Dollars and Sixty eight Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1832, to the 4 th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Widow B. Parry Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

I Timothy Stone of Cavendish in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, formerly of Ashby in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged 76, do depose and say that I served in the Revolutionary war under Col. Howe in the year 1778. The length of the term of service under Col. Howe I think was about 6 months. At any rate, I was out the same time that Col. Howe was. His term of service was performed in Rhode Island. I further depose and say that my father was Major in the militia, and served in that capacity under Col. Howe, and it was his winter. As to the term of service under Col. Howe, I am not positive, but from a recollection of my birth day occurring while I was out, which was on the 24 th day of January, and from a distinct recollection of Col. Howe frequently threatening to whip me to make me remember it, I feel confident that the term was six months. — Timothy Stone
State of Vermont } Windsor County ss }
Cavendish Septm. 4 th 1834.
Then personally appeared Timothy Stone and personally known to me, and who signed the above affidavit in my presence and made oath to the truth of the matters therein set forth.
Before me Jabez Proctor Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Timothy Stone to be a credible witness and fully competent to testify understandingly to the above facts. Attest Jabez Proctor Justice of the Peace

I Daniel Sherwin of Chester in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged Seventy Six years, depose and say that I am well acquainted with Timothy Stone formerly of Ashby Massachusetts, now of Cavendish Vermont, that I well recollect that the said Timothy Stone enlisted in the service of the United States the fore part of May 1775 in the Company commanded by Captain Henry Farwell in Col d Russell's Regiment in the Company in which I served eight months - That said Timothy Stone served as a Drummer during my term & when I left the company the first of January, he still remained in the Company in the capacity of Drummer as aforesaid and also recollect that he v d Stone served in Captain Samuel Stone's Company as Drummer from the 19 th of April, until he entered the Company of Capt. Farwell.
Daniel Sherwin
Oct 5 th 1897
State of Vermont } Be it known that on the 5 th day of Windsor County ss } October 1897. Before me Simon Heath a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Windsor appeared personally Affiant Daniel Sherwin above named and made oath to the above affidavit in due form - X Simon Heath Justice of Peace

State of Vermont Windsor County ss
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby certify that Amos Heald is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County, duly Commission- ed & qualified, as that the within is his Signature - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court this Eighth day of November A D 1833
Benj. Swan Clerk
State of Vermont Windsor County ss
I Amos Heald of Chester in the county of Windsor, a Justice of the Peace for said County; Hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with Daniel Sherwin who subscribed the within affidavit in my presence; and that he is a credible Witness.
Amos Heald Justice of the Peace

I Jeremiah Lawrence of Ashburnham in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts aged Sixty three years, do testify and say that about the year 79 I was at work repairing a very high Stone Bridge, it being in the winter season and can well remember that Maj. Samuel Stone came home from a campaign in Rhode Island & the next day after he came was down to the Bridge where my Father and myself were at work, and can also remember the time when it was said that Maj. Stone set out on his tour to Rhode Island and was knowing from my report in the neighborhood that that Timothy Stone went with Major Stone his Father as warden, & came back with him, but did not see him set out, but being a near neighbour at that time, the circumstances are fresh in my recollection.
I lived in Ashby Mass. at the time above mentioned, Jer h Lawrence
State of Vermont Windsor County ss {
Cavendish Sept. 5 th 1834.
Then personally appeared Jeremiah Lawrence who signed the above affidavit in my presence and made oath to the truth of the matters therein set forth.
Before me Jabez Proctor Justice of the Peace

April 15 To Mr Evans
Free
Wm. Edwards Esq; Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City. D.C.

Brattleboro April 20, 1839.
To James F. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
Will you authorize the Pension Agent at Bellows Falls, in the State of Vermont, to pay to me the Pension of my Mother, Anne, of Brattleboro Vermont, from the 21 st day of March, 1838, to the 21 st day of March, 1839, being sixty three dollars and thirty eight Cents, which I am authorized by the within Power of Attorney to receive.
I am very Respectfully, W. H. Hunt Florence S. Stone

9338
July 10 1843
H.
1843
July 7 1838
Alice Stone
Timothy
War Department,
Pension Office.
Washington City D.C.
Free

4825 A. Stone
$63:68/mo
Th. F. Hammond Brownsville VT

State of Vermont. } On this third day of October, in the year, District of Windsor ss. } eighteen hundred and forty three, Personally appeared before me, Thomas F. Hammond,
Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the District of Windsor aforesaid, Alice Stone, a resident of Cavendish in the County of Windsor and state of Vermont, aged eighty years, be ing 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 3 d March, 1843, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Timothy Stone who was a Pri- vate and Musician in the War of the Revolution, and died on the thirtieth day of Sept. 1839; that she was placed on the Pension List at the rate of sixty three dollars and sixty eight cents per annum, under the Act of July 7. 1838. She further declares that she is still a Widow.
Witness, Thomas F. Stone Martha Stone
Alice her X Stone mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written. Before me. And I hereby certify, that the said declarant is personally known to me.
Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of Probate.
In testimony of all which, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Probate Court, and subscribed my name at Cavendish, in said District, this third day of October, A.D. 1843, the letters "be" being interlined.
Thomas F. Hammond, Judge.
State of Vermont. } I, Salomon H. Dutton, Register of the Probate Court District of Windsor ss. } for the District of Windsor aforesaid, hereby certify, that Thomas F. Hammond, before whom the foregoing Declaration of Alice Stone was sworn to and subscribed, is

Image of the said Probate Court, which Court is a Court of Record, and that the signature annexed to the certificate of the oath of the said Declarant, purporting to be the signature of him, the said Thomas (T. Hammond), is his own proper and genuine signature.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the said Probate Court, and subscribed my name at Windsor, in said District, this twenty ninth day of December A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
Salmon T. Dutton, Register.

Should a pension certificate be granted on this application of Miss Stone, it may be forwarded to me at Brownsville, Windsor County, Vermont. my Thomas J. HAMMOND,

Am H Everett

Additional Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832.
State of Vermont District & County of Windsor.
On this twenty seventh day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor aforesaid now sitting, Timothy Stone, a resident of Cavendish, in the County of Windsor, and State of Vermont, aged seventy nine years on the twenty fourth day of January, now last past, 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 the first service rendered by him in the Revolutionary War after February 1776 was as a private in Capt. Joshua Packer's Company, Col. Jonathan Rusk's Regiment — This was a five months service commencing in the early part of July 1776 and terminating the first of December 1776 — The second service rendered by him after Feb y 1776 was as a private soldier in Capt. James Hovey's Company, in Regiment commanded by the same Col. Jonathan Rusk — This last named service commenced in August 1777 immediately before the Battle of Bennington and continued three full months — Capt. Hovey's Company, of which he was a member, arrived at Bennington the morning after the Battle on their way from Massachusetts to the main body of the American Army at Stillwater — for the above named five & three months services, constituting together eight months service as a private, he is now in receipt of a pension. The said Timothy Stone further declares, that in August A.D. eighteen hundred and seventy eight — the day of the month he does not recollect, but thinks it was the Monday before the retreat of Genl Sullivan from Rhode Island — whilst he was residing in the town of Ashby, Massachusetts, he volunteered to go to Rhode Island as the waiter of his Father Majr Samuel Stone, of said Ashby — a militia force from that town and the neighborhood was raised to go to the assistance of Genl Sullivan then at Rhode Island. The said Declarant went as the waiter of his said Father, who served as a Majr in that expedition — the Regiment to which he belonged was commanded by Col. Hovey. his father sent this Declarant to notify the Commanding officers one Company in Ashby, one in Shirley and two in Townsend to have a certain number of men from each of said Companies appear at Col. Hovey's in old Marlborough the Thursday following — The Father of the Declarant and the Declarant himself, as his Father's waiter, repaired to Col. Hovey's at that time together with the military force then and there assembled. From Col. Hovey's the military force there assembled as aforesaid, including this Declarant, marched on Friday

Something less than twenty miles, as this Declarant should now think, where they stopped one night, and where the Southern part of Col. Hove's Regiment assembled - the name of the town where they staid Friday night this Declarant does not recollect - On Saturday night they stopped at the upper end of Rehoboth Plains, where they remained till Sunday morning - Sunday night they arrived at a small village (the name now forgotten) six or eight miles from Tiverton - Monday morning they marched on to Tiverton, where Genl. Sullivan with the American forces under his command were then encamped - on Monday night the soldiers under Col. Hove disposed of themselves in the best way they could, agreeably to the directions given by Genl. Sullivan to Col. Hove - they lodged in Barns, Sheds and such other quarters as they happened to find - On Tuesday Genl. Sullivan assigned them barracks & tents - The Field Officers belonging to Col. Hove's Regiment, including my Father a Major & myself as his Quarters as aforesaid, put up at a Mr. Dutton's (I think the name was) where we continued till the end of our term of service, which was six months. This Declarant remembers that he was there on his little day, which was the twenty fourth day of January - he recollects purchasing a quart of Brand for a treat on that occasion, which Col. Hove's son, wrote to his Father presented to the Col. at the request of this Declarant, of which the Col. partook with the rest of the Company - he had no service to perform while stationed at Tiverton - and when dismissed from there returned to our homes. This Declarant was almost constantly with his Father and the other officers at their quarters, and associated but little with the troops generally, whose Barracks were about half a mile from Dutton's - in consequence of associating so little with the troops this Declarant was not familiar with them, nor does he recollect any incidents in particular that transpired among them - he thinks the Lieut. Colonel's name was Fancher - the day they arrived at Tiverton was the day after Sullivan's retreat -
Sworn to and subscribed the } Sixtyth day day and year aforesaid. } 1844
Before - Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of Probate for the District of Mendon aforesaid.
And the said Court doth hereby declare his opinion, after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Thomas F. Hammond, Judge.
State of Massachusetts } I, Subscribed to the foregoing application of Probate within and for the District of Mendon aforesaid.

Windsor aforesaid do hereby Certify, that the foregoing contains the additional proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Timothy Stone for a Pension; — and I further certify, that the said Probate Court is a court of Record — That Thomas J. Hammond, before whom the foregoing Declaration was sworn to and subscribed, is Judge of said Court of Probate, and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be those of the said Thomas J. Hammond, are his, the said Hammond's, own proper & genuine signatures.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and the seal of the said Probate Court, at Concord, within said District of Windsor, this twenty seventh day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty, three.
Almon J. Dutton, Registrar of said Probate Court,