Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14,029, for Cary Toney, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Johnny, learn or learn Elizabeth
W. 14.029
B.L. Wt 53744-160-55
CONTENTS

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258. 103 See 168367
11/15/57 Mar. 3. '57 Sept. 26. '56
Carey Lacey. pri.
born. Arthur H. Lacey. col. Lyncoln
Do. ma. Do.
Syn. =
Revij. war.
Par? act 7. June 1132 ad 32 - N. 19795
Adit 11 Acres Jan 13/57 B. [unintelligible]
Vol I. page 121.
J. Stephend.
Eaton. C.
[Signature]

Set. S. Stevens, Jan. 25/56 asked Mr. Off: Chs of N. Pub. " " " Sept. 5/56 for one: Off: Ch.
Rejected
168.367 Ack'd Mar. 1855 29 June "
Gary Toney
private
Capt. Arthur or Archer Col. Lynch
End'd 1 st May 1781 Dis. 30 Nov. 1781
Va Mil. Rev. War
Pensioned Act 7 June 1832
Ohio June 32 - 19795
J. Stephens Eaton Ohio

6763
Ohio (Cincinnati)
Elizabeth Sney widow of Carey Sney
who served in the Revolutionary
Va
war, as a Spouse
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 28 dollars 33 cents per annum, to commence on the 31st February 1853 6th September 1859
Certificate of Pension issued 23 rd day of Dec r 1859 and sent to
J. Stephens, Eaton Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 162 Vol. II

Ohio 19195
Carey Soney
Preble in the State of Ohio who was a private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Arthur of the Regt. commanded by Col. Lynch in the Virginia line for 6 1/2 mos.
62
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 28 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Sep. 1833 and unto J. Stephen Eaton
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 33 $ 70.82 Pension allowance ending 4th Mo 34 14.06 $84.98
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by G. C. Stiles Clerk. Book 6, Vol. 8, Page 26.
168367 258 103 Ohio 3744-190

Jacob Niccum came before me and being duly sworn according to law deposes and says. I am well acquainted with Elizabeth Toney (now the widow of Carey Toney and I was well acquaint- ed with her husband) Carey Toney I lived a near Neighbour to them for about forty years and during my acquaintance with them they always lived together as husband and wife and they were so regarded and reputed by their neigh- bours they have quite a large family of children and a large number of Grand children I think no person who knew them ever doubted their having been legally married I know that the said Carey Toney is now dead he died on the 16th day of September in Preble county Ohio last, 1859, and I know that the said Elizabeth Toney is now a widow and that she is the widow of the identical Carey Toney who was pensioned in Preble county Ohio under the Act of the 7th June 1832 at the rate of $28 33 / 100 per annum.
Jacob Niccum
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 16th day of November 1859 and I Certify that the said Jacob Niccum is a credible person I Stephens Notary Public

Emanuel Hoffman came before me and being sworn deposed and says as follows.
I am acquainted with Elizabeth Soney the widow of Carey Soney and I was well ac- quainted with her husband Carey Soney. I lived in the same neighborhood with them for about twenty five years and during my acquaintance with them they always lived together as husband and wife and they were so reputed by their neighbors they had quite a large family of children and a numerous tribe of Grand children I know that the said Carey Soney is dead he died in Preble County Ohio on the 6th day of September last 1859. And I know that the said Elizabeth Soney is now a widow and that she is the widow of the same identical Carey Soney who was pensioned in Preble County Ohio under the Act of the 7 th June 1832 at the rate of twenty eight 100 dollars per annum.
E. H. Hoffman
Sworn and subscribed before me and I certify that the said above named Emanuel Hoffman is a credible person this 16th day of Nov r 1859.
J. Stephens Notary Public

State of Ohio Preble county ss.
I Charles W Larsh clerk of the court of common Pleas holden at Eaton in and for the county of Preble and State of Ohio do hereby certify that Isaac Stephens above named before whom the foregoing deposition of Elizabeth Toney Harman Toney Jacob Niccum and Eunice Hoffman appears to have been taken was at the time of taking and certifying the same and now is a Notary Public in and for the said county of Preble & State of Ohio duly and legally appointed commis- sioned and qualified according to the requirements of the Statute Law of the State of Ohio
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of our said court of common pleas at Eaton in said county of Preble this 12th day of December 1859
C W Larsh clk By B T Larsh Supr

Additional proof in the case of the claim of Elizabeth Toney widow of Carey Toney dec d for a pension.

State of Ohio Preble county ss.
Before me Isaac Stephens a Notary public in and for said county (personally came Elizabeth Toney the widow of Carey Toney deceased) who being duly sworn according to law, deposed and says that she has no private or family record evidence of her marriage with her husband Carey Toney and that she believed that none exist, she further states that she has caused the official examination to be made and she is informed and believes that no public record of her said marriage can be found, she further declared that she believed that no record evidence of her said marriage with her husband Carey Toney exists as none can be found either public or private, she believes there is none in existence. She further states that the said Carey Toney her husband died in Preble county Ohio on the 15th day of September last (1859) and that she is now a widow and that she is the widow of the identical same Carey Toney who was pensioned in Preble county Ohio under the Act of the 7th June 1832 at the rate of twenty eight dollars and 33 cents per annum.
Elizabeth Toney
her marks
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 16th day of November 1859
I Stephens Notary public

Harman Toney came and being duly sworn according to law deposed and says. I am the youngest son of Carey and Elizabeth Toney and I have now living seven brothers and one sister all of whom are the children of the said Carey and Elizabeth Toney. I would further state that the said Carey and Elizabeth Toney have and myself have always lived together and occupied the same house as one family and I know that they always since my first recollection lived together as husband and wife and they were always so regarded by their neighbors. I know that the said Carey Toney is now dead he died in Preble county Ohio I was present at the time of his death. he died on the 6th of September last 1859. the said Elizabeth Toney resides with me and I know that she is now a widow and that she is the widow of the identical same Carey Toney who was pensioned in Preble county Ohio under the Act of the 7th June 1832 at the rate of twenty eight dollars and 33 cents per annum. Harman Toney
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 16th day of November 1859, the said Harman Toney is a credible person Stephen Notary Public

Casey Toney Casey Toney Ohio
A/c to Mo 15 days
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
June 7 th
1833
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 Gary Tenny
   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.     April 1780 6 15 Pr Col Lynch Col Arthur 70 Brasfield 6-6 a Traditionary evidence Certificate Creville  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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 of the 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 definite 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 affix 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 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Declaration 6. Soney
Stephen Agt
Visjakaase
not pompily cultivated Mr. Booit

The State of Ohio Preble County } first Judicial circuit of the Court of common Pleas in the State of Ohio at the Term of March 1833 being a Court of Record. And now where on this 23 d day of March A.D. 1833 Personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. the Judges of the Court of common Pleas now sitting in & for the County of Preble and State of Ohio Carey Loney a resident of Hickson Township Preble County Ohio aged 70 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 pas- -sed the 7 th June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the follow- -ing named officers and served as herein stated. That on the first Monday in May in the year 1780. he entered the service under a draft. in Bedford County in the State of Virginia in Colonel Lynch's Regiment of Virginia Militia in Captain Thomas Arthur's Company this was a draft for six months. that they marched immediately to Petersburg and from Petersburg to Richmond and from Richmond to Yorktown. and that he

rammed at York town in the Service until after the surrender of Cornwallis when he was discharged out of Service he thinks he was discharged the 28 th day of November. 1781.
and this declarant states that he did service as aforesaid from the first Monday in May until the 28 th of November then next following which amounts to six months and a half service.
and that he had a written discharge which he has lost
and that he has no documentary evidence of his said services and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his said services -
he hereby relinquishes every claim what- -soever to a pension or annuity what- -soever except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state.
he further states that he has a written Record of his age which was taken from one kept by his father by which it ap- -pears he was born the 10 th of October 1763 in Buckingham County in the state of Virginia and that at the time he was called into service he resided

in Bedford County Virginia and served in the militia of that State — and that since the revolutionary war he resided in Kanawha County Virginia and from that place he came to Preble County State of Ohio where he now resides and has resided for the space of 12 years last past and that he is known to the Rev. Josiah Conner and William Gray who reside in this present neighbourhood who can tes- tify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his service, as a sol- dier of the revolution whom to subscribed in open court day and Gary Jones year aforesaid H. Hawkins Clerk
We Josiah Conner a clergyman resident in the Township of Dickson Preble County Ohio and William Gray resident in the same Township County and State. Hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Gary Jones who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 70 years of age that he is believed and reputed

in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the revolution and that we fully concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed Josiah Conger day & year aforesaid { William Gray J. B. Wankins clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and 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 Josiah Conger who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Township of Dixon Preble county Ohio and that William Gray who has also signed the same is a resident in a resident of the same Township County & State last aforesaid, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to full credit Credit
By order of the Court
J. B. Wankins clerk

The State of Ohio Preble County } ss - I Joseph C. Hawkins Clerk of the court of common pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Mary Voney for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty third day of March A.D. 1833 J. C. Hawkins clerk

Declaration of Elizabeth Loney widow of Cary Loney for a pension under Act of 3. Feb. 1853
Revolutionary claim
Please send to the address of Isaac Stephens Eaton Ohio

State of Ohio Preble county ss. on this third day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine personally appeared before me Agnes Stephens a Notary Public Elizabeth Loney a resident of the county of Preble and State of Ohio aged about sixty four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following decla- -ration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed March 3. February 1855. That she is the widow of Carey Loney deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and who was placed on the pension list or roll of Revolutionary pension- ers at the rate of twenty eight dollars and thirty three cents per annum under the Act of Congress passed the 7. June 1832 on account of his services as a private soldier in the Revolutionary Army that his pension certificate is dated the 16 th day of September 1832 and payable at the Ohio Agency semi annually on the 4 th of March & 4 th of September in every year she further declares that she was married to the said Carey Loney in Bedford county and State of Virginia on the month day of August in the year seventeen hundred and eighty seven or 88 that her husband the aforesaid Carey Loney died on the sixth day of September in the year AD 1857 and that she had remained a widow ever since that period

as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
For proof of the services of her said husband the said Cary Toney in the war of the Revolution she refers to his papers which were filed in the War Office of the United States under the act of Congress passed the 7 June 1832 and on which his said application he was placed on the roll of Revolutionary Pensions as before stated
Elizabeth Toney have mark
The foregoing declaration was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written and I certify that the said Elizabeth Toney is not from bodily infirmity attend before the Court she being very aged and infirm
J. Stephens Notary Public

State of Ohio Preble county ss. I Charles W. Garsh clerk of the Court of Common Pleas holden at Eaton in and for the county of Preble and State of Ohio do hereby certify that Isaac Stephens before whom the foregoing Declaration of Elizabeth Jones was made now is and was at the time the said declaration was made to wit on the 3 d day of Octo- ber 1859 a Notary Public in and for the said county of Preble and State of Ohio duly and legally appointed commissioned and sworn into office according to the requirements of the Statute of the State of Ohio in all respects
In testimony whereof I have here- unto subscribed my name and affix- ed the seal of our said court at Eaton in said county this 29 th day of October A D 1859
C. W. Garsh Clerk By B. F. Garsh Depr.

Bounty Land Claim of Carey  Joney for Services in the War of the Revolution in the year 1781
Please send to the care of Stephens Eaton Ohio

The state of Ohio Preble county ss. On this 19 th day of September A.D. 1856 before me Probate Judge of the court of Probate, in and for said county and state personally came Carey Toney aged about 93 years a resident of the county of Preble and state of Ohio who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is the identical Carey Toney who was a private in the company commanded by captain Arthur (or) Archer in a Regiment of Virginia Militia commanded by Colonel Lynch in the War of the Revolution That he was drafted at Bedford county in the state of Virginia on or about the first day of May A.D. 1781 for the term of six months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of six months and was honorably discharged at Little York in the state of Virginia on or about the first day of November A.D. 1781 He further declares that he is a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. That he was placed on the pension list roll in conformity with the law of the United States of the 4 th June 1832 at the rate of twenty eight dollars and 33. cents per annum during his natural life on account of his said service in the Revolutionary Army that his pension certificate is dated the 16. September 1833. and is signed Lew. Cass Secretary of War and J. L. Edwards commissioner of Pensions & that he is this in the receipt of his said pension that his said pension is payable or paid at the Agency at Cincinnati Ohio and he refers to the papers on file in the pension office. on which his said pension was allowed & granted to him as proof of his said service in the war of the Revolution

He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the Act approved March 3 d 1855 and of the amendatory Act of May 14. 1856. He also declares that he has not received a Warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress that he heretofore made application for bounty land under Act of March 3 d . 1855 No. 168367 which said application has not been allowed and which said application he hereby revokes
Carey Jones
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We John R. Stephen and Benjamin H. Larsh residents of Preble county in the state of Ohio upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Carey Jones in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that he is the identical person he represents himself to be and we have no interest in the result of this application
Jno. R. Stephen Benj. H. Larsh
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be and that I have no interest in this claim. In testimony whereof I John V. Campbell Judge and Clerk Ex officio of the Probate Court of Preble county & State of Ohio have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of our said Probate Court on the 19 day of Sept. A.D. 1856
John V. Campbell Probate Judge

Depositions in support of the claim of Elizabeth Loney, widow of Cary Loney for a pension
By W. H. French Clerk

State of Ohio Proble county ss. Before me Isaac Stephens a Notary Public in and for said county personally appeared Harmon Toney, who being duly sworn according to law saw upon his oath, that Carey Toney and Elizabeth Toney his father and mother had for a number of years past lived with him in his family that the said Carey Toney died at his house in said Proble county on the sixth day of September A.D. 1859, and that the said Elizabeth Toney still continues to reside in his family with him and that she is now a widow.
Harmon Toney
Sworn to and subscribed before me and I certify that the said Harmon Toney is a credible person this 3 rd day of October 1859.
I. Stephens Notary Public

And now on this 7 th day of October A D 1859 Jacob Niccum personally appeared before me and being duly sworn says upon his oath as follows. I am well acquainted with Eliza- beth Toney and was well acquainted with her husband Carey Toney I have been acquaint- ed with them for upwards of forty years I have lived in the same neighborhood with them I think for more than forty years. and I know that they since my acquaintance with them lived together as husband and wife and they were always so reputed and regard in the neighborhood where they resided by their neighbors I know that they had by their mar- riage a large family of children. I know that the said Carey Toney is now dead I was present at the time of his death he died on the 6 th day of September 1859 I know that the said Elizabeth Toney is now a widow
Jacob Niccum
Sworn to and subscribed before me and I certify that the said Jacob Niccum is a credible person
J. Stephens Notary Public

John Collins being duly sworn according to law says upon his oath. I am acquainted with Elizabeth Toney and I was well acquainted with her husband Carey Toney I lived in the same neighborhood with them for near forty years and during my acquaintance with them they always lived together as husband and wife and they were always so regarded & reputed by their neighbours they had by their marriage a large family of children Carey Toney is now dead he died in Preble county Ohio I think the 6th. of September last. and the said Elizabeth Toney is now a widow
John Collins
Sworn to and subscribed before me and certify that the said John Collins is a credible person this 22 d day of October 1859
Isaac Stephens Notary public

State of Ohio
I, Charles W. Larsh clerk of the court of common pleas holden at Eaton in and for the said county of Probate and State of Ohio. Do hereby certify that I am a Notary Public before whom the foregoing dispositions of Harman Loney Jacob Kocum and John Collins were taken and made was at the time of taking the said dispositions and now is a Notary Public for the said county of Probate and State of Ohio duly and legally appointed commissioned and qualified according to the requirements of the laws of the State of Ohio in all respects.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of our said court at Eaton this 29th day of October 1858
C. W. Larsh C.R.
By B. F. Larsh D.M.
Elizabeth of ...

3 d Auditor's Office Dec. 22. 1839.
Sir:
Carey Toney, Ohio Act: 1832. died 6 Sept 1839. and his pension has been paid in full to that date to Elizabeth Toney, his widow.
Very Resp y A. Johnson Auditor
Geo: C. Whiting Esq r Comm ee of Pensions 69 11/2

OP Pension Office, December 19, 1889
Sir,
Please certify the date of death of within named pensioner, and name of his widow if she received the arrears due at his death. Very respectfully
R. S. Atkinson Esq. 3 d Auditor.
(Edds)
D. M. Cobb Chief Clerk

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Geo. C Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
Dept. of the Interior
Washington City
Elizabeth of ...
National post in the case of the claim of Elizabeth ... widow of ...

application of Elizabeth Foney for a Pension
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Cary Foney Boston Oct 1832 Widow application for a pension
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of Pensions Office of the Superior Washington City

Elizabeth Toney widow of Carey Toney - Pike Co. Ohio
Admitted - Act Feb'y 3, 1853, at rate of $28.33 33 per annum. Commencing June 6 th . September 1859 , when her husband died.
Certificate to J. Stephens Esq Clerk, Ohio.

J. Stephens Eaton Ohio.
168367 Carey Toney. Boyetton Mississippi. J. S.

Eaton Ohio
26 August 1856
Sir yours of the 22 d Inst. is received. In which you say the application of Garry Toney cannot be found on our suspended files it will therefore be necessary that you comply with the requisitions of the above circular, &c.
In relation to the claim of Garry Toney for bounty land above referred to. The application of Garry Toney was filed in the Pension Office the 29 June 1855 and numbered 168367. as appears from the receipt of the Department.
Garry Toney's application for bounty land was filed under the Act of March 3 d 1855. he claims bounty land on account of his Service in the Virginia Militia in the war of the Revolution, in Capt Arthur (or Archers) company. he is a revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the Act of 7. June 1832. Mr. Toney is a very aged and worthy man. It would be doing the old man a kindness if his warrant could be issued
Yours truly
I Minot Comm. of Pension Pension Office
Stephens Eaton Ohio

168.367
Bounty land claim of Gary Toney a private in Captain Archer (or Archer's) Company Virginia Militia in the War of the Revolution 1780-1781
Please send to the Address of Stephens Eaton Ohio

State of Ohio Preble county
On this 30th day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five before me a Notary Public within and for the county and State aforesaid personally came Garey Toney aged 91 years a resident of Preble county and State of Ohio who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is the identical Garey Toney who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Arthur (or Archer) in the Regiment of Virginia Militia commanded by Colonel Lynch in the War of the Revolution.
that he was drafted at Franklin county Virginia on or about the 1st day of May A.D. 1781 for the term of six months and continued in actual service in said Revolutionary War for the term of about 7 months and that he was honorably discharged at Yorktown (Little York) Virginia on or about the 30 day of November A.D. 1781
he declares that he is a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States that he was pensioned under the Act of Congress passed the 7. June 1832 on account of his service as a soldier in the Army of the Revolution as will appear by reference to his declaration on file in the Pension Office
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the Act approved March 3 d 1855 he also declares that he has not received a Warrant for Bounty Land under this or any former Act of Congress nor has he made application therefor
Garey Toney
his mark
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we John V. Campbell and Benjamin Hubbard residents of Preble county State of Ohio upon our Oaths declared that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Carey Toney in our presence with whom we are personally acquainted and that we believe from the appearance statements of and our acquaintance with the applicant that he is the identical person he represents himself to be and that we have no interest in this claim
John V. Campbell B. Hubbard
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and Subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons. that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be and that I have no interest in the result of this claim
Isaac Stephens
State of Ohio Preble county ss
It is hereby certified that the within and foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and Subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons and that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be and that I have no interest in the result of this claim
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed my seal Notarial at Eaton the day and year first within written
Stephens
Notary Public

Brief in the case of Elizabeth Loney, widow of Gary Loney - Preble County and State of - Ohio act February 3. 1853.
Claim, ("original," or " for increase ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
The husband of claimant, was a pensioner under act of June 7. 1832, at rate of $28.33 c per annum, and died 6 th September 1859 - (Elizabeth Loney his widow, having received the arrear of pension then due) as appears by certificate of 3 d Auditor.
Marriage, (date not satisfactorily established - are not essential in this case) - identity - and proof thereof - (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? proof by the testimony of several credible witnesses.
Allowance accordingly.
J. Stephens Esq. Name and residence of Agent
Eaton, Ohio.
R. Gaddis Examining Clerk.

Elizabeth Toney wid
July 16 59. 2 1/2

Eaton, Ohio
Decr. 12. 1859
Dr Sir
The affidavits herewith inclosed are to be used in support of the claim of Elizabeth Toney widow of Carey Toney to a pension as additional proof in her application now on file in the Pension Office
Very respectfully
Stephen Eaton Ohio

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14029
Elizabeth Toney Widow of Corey Toney his next of kin
Act: Feb 2d 58
Index:—Vol. M , Page 278
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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254.103.
J. D. Waldo, Commissioner of Pensions (Pension Office), Dept of "The Interior", Washington City
Bounty Land Claim

No. 7361
Elizabeth Hovey, wid. Carey, O.
D. Stephen, Nov 7/59
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