State of Pennsylvania, Franklin Co., dated 20th day of May,A.D. 1844.  At this time she was a resident of Horse Valley, Letterkenny Twp, Franklin Co.  She was 87 years old   "said William John was a private soldier in the Revolutionary War--the said William John her husband to the best of her knowledge first enlisted in the service of the Continental Congress in the year 1776, in Chester County in the state of Pennsylvania, under Capt. Patterson and Major Montgomery--he served one year or upwards and was regularly discharged.  The said William John again enlisted at the said county of Chester in the year 1778 under Capt. Samuel Dean, in the service of the United States and served till the end of the war when he was regularly discharged.  The said declarant Isabella John believes the first discharge of her said husband was consumed with their h ouse and all their effects, the same having been burnt by the British at Chester County between the times of his said two terms of service; her said husband was lying at their home after his return from his first term of service with the camp fever, when a company of the British coming into view, th is declarant assisted him to the woods, from whence they saw the destruction of their house as afore said.  The second discharge of said declarants husband was lost, as she supposes in moving after the war. This declarant says she has heard her husband say that he was in the battles of Trenton, White Plains, Brandywine and was wounded in the cheek at Long Island.  That he marchedmarched when out in the service at the times of his several enlistments through Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania and to the north to Quebeck.  The said declarant says that she h as no documentary evidence whatever to show her said husband's service, or in support of her claim, except the certificate of her marriage--the said declarant says her maiden name was Isabel Campbell and she was married to William John on the 13th day of September in the year of our Lord 1774, by the Rev. william Curry in Chester County aforesaid.  That her husband the aforesaid William John died in Horse Valley, in Franklin County, Pa. on the seventh day of October in the year 1826 and that she has resided there ever since."   Hope you enjoy this....it gave me gooseflesh when I first read it and still does! Scottie

-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scottie Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 9:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [PaOldC] Isabella Johns pension record info >....it gave me gooseflesh when I first read it and still does! >Scottie I know the following is not Chester County but it gives one an idea of what the war meant to some families and their lives. In her pension application of Sybil Adams, based on the service of her father Jonathan Stone, she states: "My father lived at Templeton Mass. he enlisted and went and left his family consisting of his wife and 3 children in a log house in the Wilderness. I was the oldest and was 7 yrs the land was sold ... the children had to be put out and suffered a great deal the youngest was 3 years old when his father was killed." Several depositions referring to his death, all along the lines of this one: State of Massachusetts Franklin County SS On this 2nd day of January A.D. 1857 Personally came Nathan Stone a resident of Burwick in the state and county above named aged 70 years who first being duly sworn according to law on his oath makes the following statements: I am the son of Seth Stone who was Brother of Jonathan Stone who enlisted in the U States service in the time of the revolution at Templeton Massachusetts as to the death of Jonathan Stone I have no knowledge except what was told by my father and others when a youth which was that he was killed when on the retreat at the time of the Battle of White Plains at or near a place called Harlem in NY. The news was brought to his wife and friends by a Mr Fillmore who stated he was shot through both knees by grape shot and he (Fillmore) and others helped him into a Barn and left him after [????]ing some rum into his canteen which was all the assistance he could render. This report was considered reliable at the time and was always believed as he was never heard of afterwards and was surposed he died there. There were three children of Jonathan and Mary viz Sybil, Nabby and Samuel. Sybil came to live at my fathers soon after the news of her fathers death and made it her home there untill her marriage with Joel Adams she now resides in Athol. Nabby resides in Westminster in this state. Samuel died a few years since as to their being the children of Jonathan and Mary Stone I have no doubt as I have known them from childhood Nathan Stone

Sandra is right these are goose flesh making! Wonderful reading Eliz On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Holly Timm <[email protected]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scottie > Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 9:03 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [PaOldC] Isabella Johns pension record info > >>....it gave me gooseflesh when I first read it and still does! >>Scottie > > I know the following is not Chester County but it gives one an idea of what > the war meant to some families and their lives. > > In her pension application of Sybil Adams, based on the service of her > father Jonathan Stone, she states: "My father lived at Templeton Mass. he > enlisted and went and left his family consisting of his wife and 3 children > in a log house in the Wilderness. I was the oldest and was 7 yrs the land > was sold ... the children had to be put out and suffered a great deal the > youngest was 3 years old when his father was killed." > > Several depositions referring to his death, all along the lines of this one: > > State of Massachusetts > Franklin County SS > > On this 2nd day of January A.D. 1857 Personally came Nathan Stone a resident > of Burwick in the state and county above named aged 70 years who first being > duly sworn according to law on his oath makes the following statements: I am > the son of Seth Stone who was Brother of Jonathan Stone who enlisted in the > U States service in the time of the revolution at Templeton Massachusetts as > to the death of Jonathan Stone I have no knowledge except what was told by > my father and others when a youth which was that he was killed when on the > retreat at the time of the Battle of White Plains at or near a place called > Harlem in NY. The news was brought to his wife and friends by a Mr Fillmore > who stated he was shot through both knees by grape shot and he (Fillmore) > and others helped him into a Barn and left him after [????]ing some rum into > his canteen which was all the assistance he could render. This report was > considered reliable at the time and was always believed as he was never > heard of afterwards and was surposed he died there. There were three > children of Jonathan and Mary viz Sybil, Nabby and Samuel. Sybil came to > live at my fathers soon after the news of her fathers death and made it her > home there untill her marriage with Joel Adams she now resides in Athol. > Nabby resides in Westminster in this state. Samuel died a few years since as > to their being the children of Jonathan and Mary Stone I have no doubt as I > have known them from childhood > > Nathan Stone > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >