Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12629, Samuel S Crawford, New York
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(3 -- 1776)
SERVICE
New York

Crawford, Samuel S.

NUMBER
S. 12629

Carded

Contents
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14978   16978
New York
-
Samuel S Crawford
Orange in the State of N. York
who was a Private in the Comp commanded
by
Captain Tilford
by
of the Reg.
commanded
Col. Paulding in the N. York
line for 13 months
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York
at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of July
1833
and sent to S. Lo Eagen Montgomery
Arrears to the 4th of May  $86.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 1 21.66
$108.32
Revolutionary Claim,
June 7, 1832
Recorded by J. C. Stiles
Clerk
Recorded by
Book E. Vol. 3 Page 51

Let to Saml S. Venn
ford & Pension
Agent
Apl 28. 1837
let to Pensioner Aug 8.37
let to H  Armstrong Nov 17.837
to
same 6. Dec. 1837
Let to H. Armstrong, 22 June 1838.
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In the matter of the
Application of
Samuel S. Crawford
for a pension
20385
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State of New York
Orange County ss, On this third day of December
1832 personally appeared in
open Court before the Judges of the court of
common Pleas in and for said County
now sitting Samuel S Crawford a resident of the town of Montgomery in the
County of Orange aforesaid and State of
New york aged Sixty nine years who being
first duly sworn according to Law doth
on his oath make the following Declarration in order to obtain the benefit of the
act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers
and served as herein stated.

that in the fall of the year 1777 and immediately after the taking of Fort Montogmery on the North River he went as a substitute for one Gideon Pelton of said town
of Montgomery for one month at
 Newburgh and [illegible]
or are said North River Guarding those
places against the enemy- that he served
said Month in the Company commanded
by Ensign Barns in the regiment under the
command of George Denniston
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that James Milliken the late Captain
of said Company was killed at the taking
of Fort Montgomery and McLaughry the
Colonel of said Regiment was taken prisoner
that in said year 1777 and shortly after
he was discharged from said service of one
month he served two months in the company commanded by Captain Telford
engaged in building forts at a place in
the County of Orange on said North River
called Nichold's Point and was quartered
in a house belonging to one Leonard Nichols
that afterward he served one Month
in the Company commanded by Capt Fetter
in the Regiment commanded by Col NewKirk the same then late under the command
of Col McLonghry at Peerpack in the new
County of Orange & guarding the frontiers
against the Indians - that said service
was in the winter & was discharged about
Christmas and left the service on the Saturday
day before Claudus Smith was hung in
 in said County of Orange but
in what year as not distinctly remember
that at another time he served three
Month under Capt Smith and Lieu Bossa
at Shandaken in the County of Ulster
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one of a guard of 50 men guarding
that place as a pass between Delhi in Delaware County and Montgomery
in said County of Ulster that he laid
in a house, there being no fort there
and none within twenty miles of it
that he cannot state the year accurately
that at another time he served
about one month in the Company under
command of Lieutenant Hunter at West
Point recollects working two or three
days putting buoys with a chain through
across the North River, but cannot state
the year with certainty
that at another time he served
three weeks under Cap Van Hennen at
Pierpack in said County of Orange guarding
the parties and was stationed in Germans
Fort near the Jersey line and acted as
orderly sergent, that on this occassion
and not go out for a definite period
as an other occasions and only served three
weeks when he was discharged 
that
at another time and in the
fall of 1779 he went out for a period of
three Month under Cap Tilford and Ensign
William Crist and layed at Fishkill in
Dutchess County New York and in consequence
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of his winter setting in with severity he was
dismissed the service some short time before
the expiration of the said three months
that it was the same winter that he Gen Washington entered in took Philadelphia and
commonly called the harsh winter of 1780
that the object of the expedition was to
take New York, that there was a Brigade
at that time at Fishkill, Gen William
Malcum Col Hathorn May Philips and
adj. John Barber were there in command
that at another time he served six
or Seven Months under Cap Dewitt at
Wawarsink in said County of Ulster in
the Regiment commanded by Col Albert
Paulding May Thomas Dewitt and Quart
Master Edward Conner guarding a military
store and the portion - that the troops
which went first went for on the
but were found too weak and order came
for two men from each company and
said Deponent and one William Walker
were sent from Cap Hunters company
to strengthen them and that is the reason
be served but six or seven months at
this time while other served 9 months
that all the sevices above stated were
performed by said applicant on his own
account on being ordered out by the proper
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Superior authority except the period above
stated when he served as a substitute that
he was born in the lower of Montgomery
in County New York on the 4 of July 1763
and that the son of his age was in his
fathers bible now destroyed being burned in a
school house - that he lived in Montgomery
Orange County aforesaid when called into service and now resides thenre and has lived in
and town & County ever since the Revolution
except for about the years during which
he resided in the County of Sullivan N York
that he never had a written discharge
and that the answers to the other inquiries
put by the war department and set forth
in this Declaration that and Wilson, Nathan
Hill & John Newkirk will testify in his favour
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present and
declares that his name is not on the pension
Role of the agency of any State
Saml S. Crawford
Sworn & Subscribed the
day and year aforesaid
Asa Dunning Clerk

we Nathaniel P Hill & John Newkirk
of the town of Montgomery Orange County & State of New York
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Samuel Crawford who has subscribed
and sworn to the above declaration that we
believe him to be Sixty nine years of age
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that he is reputed and believed in the
neighbourhood in which he resides to have
been a soldier of the Revolution and that
we concur in that opinion

John New Kirk
Nathl P Hill

Sworn and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
Asa Dunning Clerk

And the court do hereby declare their opinion
the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogators presented by the war
department, that the above named applicant
a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he
states, and the court further certifies that
it appears to them that John Newkirk & Nathaniel P. Hill
signed the above affidavit and Andrew Wilson
who signed the
annexed affidavit are respectable persons and their testimony entitled to credit
that they reside in the said town of Montgomery
County of Orange & State of New York
I Asa Dunning Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for the said County of Orange hereby
certify that presiding and annexed contains the original
proceedings in the matter of the application of Samuel
Crawford for a pension-
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
Let my hand and seal of office this
third day of December 1852
Asa Dunning Clerk
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State of New York
Orange County ⎬ Andrew Wilson of the
town of Montgomery in said county being
duly sworn saith that he is personally
acquainted with Samuel Crawford who
makes the preceeding declaration for a
pension - that he
were boys brought who
in the same neighborhood and for a
part of the period of the Revolutionary war
lived next door neighbors - that
to the personal knowledge of this Deponent the said Crawford did service for the
United States as a Militiaman in the year
1777
at Newburgh and New wender in said
County of Orange on the North River in
the Company under command of Ensign
Burns in the Regiment then under the command of George Denniston for one months
that this Deponent served with said Samuel
Crawford for that period and in the same
Company-
and this deponent further testifies that said Samuel S Crawford did serve the United States for about the
period of two months at a place in said county of Orange called Nicholds Point
between Newendor & the highland
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in the Company of Cap Tilford and was engaged
in building forts and that this deponent
was there in service at the same time and
for the same period in Cap Conklins Company
and this Deponent further testifies
that of his like personal knowledge the
said Samuel S Crawford and served at
West Point for about one month in the
Company of Lieutenant Hunter but in what
year cannot state that this Deponent
was then and there in service in the same
company
and this deponent further testifies that he
remembers well the time that said Samuel
Crawford went out on a tour of Service
to a place called Shandahen and that he
was gone for his time have long does
not know that at that time this Deponent
lived next neighbors to the residence of the
said Crawford and distinctly remembers
his absence and parties
and further this deponent saith not
Andrew Wilson
Sworn in open court
before me this 3d
day of 1832
Ada Dunnine Clerk
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20385
Samuel S. Crawford.
Orange Co
New York
a.j.
admd
13 mo pri
$43.33
Saml W. Eager

Montgomery
Orange Co N. York
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
27th May
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, shewing the service of Samuel S. Crawford, Orange Co New York
[chart] Period when the service was rendered /Duration of the
claimant's service Years Months Days / Rank of
claimant. /
Names and Rank of the Company officers under
whom he served. / Names and Rank
of the General
and Field officers. / 
 attles in which
the applicant was
engaged. /
Country through
which he marched. / 
Place of abode
when he entered
the service, and age at the present period. /
 Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

Substitute [illegible] Patton 1777 / private / Ensign Bruns / Colonel Denniston / Newbough New Winsor Nichols Point Shawankie Delhi Marbeltown [illegible] Fishkill / 69 Orange Co N. York / traditionary Witnesses prove several, not all, the tour of service as set forth in the declaration

Drafted / 1 [mo] / / Cap Tilford / Col Newkirk

do / 2 [mo] /  / Capt Fuller / 

do / 1 [mo] /  / Capt Smith /

do / 3 [mo] /  / Lieut Hunter / 

do / 2 [mo] 21 [days] /  / Capt VanKenon /

do 1779 / 3 [mo] /  / Capt DeWitt / Col Albert Paulding /

do / 13 [mo] /  /

I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J.L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 State 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 in
stance, 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.
of
On this
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory a
County of
day of
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year as
served in the
(e) regiment of the
and
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 enered 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
the Agency in the State of
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
A. B.
ina other, and served as re saleslare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revoluof
the Court of
thereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter 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
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
and C.D. residing in (the same)
who has
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 day 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
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
for a pension.
do hereby certify that the foregoing
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
& 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 serupon
the transaction.
vices of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
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
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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
troops of Virginia.
of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary
And if a substitute, for whom?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
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
the general circumstances of your services.
Soldier and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv-
Town Dier has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
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 he 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 traditionary 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
his genuine signature.
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
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 trans nit 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.
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily hirmity; in which case then in a
conforming to the rule.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. The should alone and
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every contental other or other man gave the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
bad liver coat mate, where there are
as could the apartment to deter who won from the mule, and where the applicant nor
loss of memory, state precurity how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an amndavit in the following words:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth
recollection, he served not less than the periods menti
flag, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positvely as to the precise length of his service in case of
days, I served as a-
For --
---
and
saith, that, by reason
us and --
days, I served as a
ned below, and in the following rude for, and ranch service I claim a pension
Important, in a cart or write to the area in a
is the income there on a
ment, and as we may reason we are at any
their without specify mate tours, the name of the other, and other particular respecting their service. This form of declaration to
ghobepali most, or any better men were then read the alarm
particular place or places where the service was performed that the applicant served with an embodied corps called to service by competent aupursuit
.
that he was either to the prison for the turn which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
months, and-
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clark months or near where he is a
papers.
seal of the letter from the ocean are
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certficate of the cerifying flew at the person with the same sheet of men who
as the adavit, or other presence he came they prefer it from
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certficate
Proof of Service.
In a case where the names of the applicant is not found on her arm, or she was a
who are required to set on the ninth more calm on the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate
to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the
The notes from to
must be certified by the proner at
the case
under his seal of office.
ent troops only.
tory evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
Troops, The proof required by rule in
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
This
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From SAMUEL V. NILES,
Attorney for Claimants,
Agency Established 1857.)
WASHINGTON CITY, D.C.
Know all men by these presents that we  Ann Scott Hannah McKinney and Mary C.
Barclay only children & heirs at Law of Samuel S Crawford
have made, constituted, and appointed and by these presents do make, constitute, and appoint
SAMUEL V. NILES, of Washington City, District of Columbia, our true and lawful attorney,
for us and in our name, place, and steads to Examine
into apply for and collect for us
all arrears of pension which may
be found to have been due to Samuel S
Crawford a pensioner of the Revolution
who died on or about Oct 9, 1840, and of his
wife Margaret Crawford who died about
the 23
of February 1850
giving and granting unto our said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all
and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as we might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that our
said attorney
or his substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hand and seal the second
day of May
in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty seven
Hanah McKinney
Mary C Barley
Ann Scott
Witnesses to the signature of Mary C Barley
C Shart Draker
John Fitzpatrick

SEALED AND DELIVERED IN THE PRESENCE OF
Fanny Gamble
Mary C Overton
Frank Overton

State of Iowa
County of Des Mointes ss
BE IT KNOWN that on the 12th day of June one thousand eight hundred and sixty seven before me a county Judge of said county in and for the state of Iowa duly commissioned and sworn, personally came Ann Scott and acknowledged the within Letter of Attorney to be her act and deed.,
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office the day and year last above written.

Hor Power
Judge County court
Des Moines County
State of Iowa
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said attorney
or the substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
In witness whereof 23 have hereunto set our hand and seal the second
in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty seven
SEALED AND DELIVERED IN THE PRESENCE OF
Stansey Gamble
Mary C. Overton
CLERK'S CERTIFICATE.

Hanah McKinney
Mary C Burley
Ann Scott
Witness to the signature of Mary C Burley
C Stuart Draper

Beardsley & Turner, Printers, Pontiac, Mich.
The State of Michigan
OAKLAND COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
thereby certify that
I John Fitzpatrick, Clerk of said County of Oakland do hereby certify that 
C. Stuart Draper Esquire, before whom the annexed instrument, in writing, was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of the taking the same, a Notary
Public within and for said County duly Commissioned
and sworn and authorized by law to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe his signature subscribed to the Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgement to be genuine: and that the annexed instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of this State.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Circuit Court for said County, at Pontiac, this 18th day of May A D. 1867

John Fitzpatrick Clerk
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State of Illinois
Cook County 

Be it Known that on the
second day of May
1867 before me Clerk
Circuit Court of cook County in and for the County and State
aforesaid duly commissioned personally
came Mr Hannah McKinney
acknowledged the within letter of Attorney
to be her voluntary act and Deed
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed
my name and affixed
my official
seal of office the
her last above written
head
Wm L. Church

Clerk
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State of Michigan County of Oakland Be it known that on the Eighteenth day
County of Oakland May AD 1867 before me, Clerk of the
Court for the County of in and for the County and State
aforesaid duly commissioned, personally came before me a Notary Public in and for the county and state aforesaid duly commissioned personally cam Mrs Marry
Barclay to me known to be the person who executed the
within Power of Attorney and acknowledged the same to be
her free act and deed
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
and affixed the seal of my said Office the day and year above written
C. Sheart Draper
Notary Public, Oakland County
Michigan
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Claim for [illegible] of Revolutionary Pension

14.978
FROM
Act 7 Jun A
Heirs of Samuel S Crawford

To Saml V Niles of Washington City
Aug 2' 1867

FILED BY
SAMUEL V. NILES,
ATTORNEY,
WASHINGTON CITY, D.C.
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This Bureau can furnish the military
record of only such Revolutionary soldiers
as were pensioned or whose widows were
pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay
rolls of the Revolutionary War and the
War of 1812 as are now in the possession
of the Government are on file in the
Record and Pension Office, War Department
. Original rolls and other records
pertaining to service in the Revolutionary
War may also be found on file in the
archives of many of the original States.
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.

L. W. B.
I, 12629,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
November 14, 1898.

Madam:-
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that
Samuel Crawford made an application for pension on December 3rd, 1832,
at which time he was 69 years of age and residing in Orange County,
New York, and his pension was allowed for thirteen months' actual service
as a private in the New York troops, Revolutionary war; a part of
the time he served under Capt, Tilford and Col. Paulding. He enlisted
at Montgomery, Orange County, N. Y.
A very careful search has been made and from the data given
the name of Hugh McDonald has not been found upon the Revolutionary war
pension or bounty land records on file in this Bureau.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. S. C. Mills,
272
Liberty St.,
Newburgh, N. Y.
Commissioner,
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State of New York
County ⎬ ss Samuel S Crawford of Montgomery in said County being duly sworn
says that he makes the following affidavit
in explanation of the former affidavits
heretofore made by him in relation to his
revolutionary services. That in addition to
his services under Ensign Burns on the
year 1777. this deponent served
as a private soldier at Nichols point on
the Hudson river as a substitute for James
Kidd that this service was done late in the
full & the first part of the winter in said year
that this deponent then belonged to Capt.
Telfords Company & Col McClougheys Regiment
& was engaged in fortifying said Point
That in the month of May or June in
the year 1778. this deponent served as a substitute
for a class of which John Hammore
was the head
for at least the term of six months & this
deponent believes longer, that said service
was done at Shandaken in Ulster County
in a company to which was for the first
two months commanded by Capt Conklin
that after about that period said Conklin
was relieved by Capt Smith who served
about the time of two months & then
said Smith was relieved by Lieutenant
Peter Roose who continued about the same
term of two months that said
company was under the command of
Col Cantine, that they were discharged in
the month of November as deponent believes in said year that deponent is
positive that he served at least six months 
in the aforesaid to, but knows of none now living
who served with him in this service.
that
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during said serve the officers were relieved
as before stated & the men were some relieveed as often as one each month others as often
as every two months, but this deponent
served for send class the full tour of service
& that this deponent at the time of said
service lived within the bounds of Capt Millikin company which was at that time under the
command of Lieut Hunter
That in addition to the service of this
deponent in said year 1778 at Pumpack
under Capt Felter. This deponent also
says that in the first part of the month of Sep.tember in the year 1779 there was a call for the
militia of Orange County & Ulster to rendezvous at
Fishkill in Dutchess County that this deponent
engaged to do the duty for himself Alexander Crawford & James Kidd that that this
deponent was placed in Captain William
Telford Company & at this time under Col Hawthorn, that
send company rendezvoused at Fiskill aforesaid
about the first of September in said year & served
at said place until about the first of November
when the cold weather came on & the troops were
discharged that he served in this town two months
to the best of his recollection & belief.
That in the year 1780 according to the best deponent
recollection in the month of June or July there was
again a call for an additional quantity of
Levies to guard the western frontiers of Ulster
County & a requisition was made upon
the several company's of the Counties of
Orange & Ulster to finish the additional
quatas of levies, this deponent believes that the
requisition was for every fifteenth ma
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that this deponent belonged to a class of
which James Kidd was the head.
that
send additional levis in the month of June
or July marched to Jacob Devis at Mammatating & from thence to the Lunenhill
where Col Albert Pawling met said heirs
that this deponent was attached to a company of which he Dewitt was Captain
Johannis Jansen & Thomas Nottingham
were the lieutenants that a part of said
levies were left at Mamakating a part
a Lunenhill & a part at Mumbakis
that this deponent with Thomas Dunlap
James Strahan William Walker Arthur
Beatty & this deponent were selected as
the Colonel's guard and were stationed
Johanes G Hardenburgh's house at
Warwassinh which was Col Pawlings
head quarters and that this deponent
remained there as such guard & never
mustered in said Company that this
deponent remained at send head
quarters in the latter part of the fall or
the first part of the winter, when he
was discharged that he served according to the best of his recollection &
belief at this tour six months. that
this deponent heretofore has been
mother in the year in which this
service was done that he knows it
was not done in the 1779 from the
fort that in the year 1779 he served at
Fishkill aforesaid that this deponent may
still be mistaken in said year & that it may
have been in the year 1781 but he is positive
is
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that he served the term aforesaid under the
last aforesaid officers at the place last
aforesaid
that in the month of May in the
year 1781 this deponent served a tour
of about fourteen days at Rempach at
Dewitts fort under Capt Fetter that
this deponent is positive he served
the tours before stated. but may have
be mistaken in the dates & further
says not
Saml S. Crawford
Sworn
before me this
16th day of June 1838

Armstrong
Justice of the Peace

I the undersigned Justice of the Peace before whom
the foregoing affidavit was made do certify that
I am well acquainted with Samuel S Crawford
who made the same & believe him to be
a man of truth & veracity & entitled to full
credit. I also certify that the words "was the head"
was interlined on the first page & the word Company interlined on the second page before the
execution hereof.
Armstrong
Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that H. Armstrong
is at this time acting Justice of the
Peace in and for Orange County NY
and that the above signatures are
his genuine signature
Washington D.C
June 21. 1838
Nathl Jones
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H Armstrong
Newburgh
NY Oct 25
Page 27

State of New York
Orange County ⎬ ss Samuel S. Crawford of Montgomery
in said County personally appeared before the under
Signed a justice of the Peace of said County & made
the following supplementary affidavit in order
to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed
June 7th 1832. That he was born on the eighth day
of July in the year 1763 & was aged seventy four
year on the eighth day of July last. That in the
month of October in the year 1777, immediately after
the Fort Montgomery was taken by the British army
there was a general call of the militia in Col
McClaughry's regiment to assemble at New Windsor
to guard the shores of the river & prevent the enemy
from landing as they passed up the Hudson and
toward Albany. That Gideon Pelton who was a
brother in law of deponent was called out on
said alarm. That this deponent went on said
alarm as a substitute for send Pelton it being
about seed time & said Pelton thought that he
could do more work on the farm than this deponent & consequently proved deponent to go as a
substitue in his place, that this deponent accordingly
went as a substitute for said Pelton & was station
first at Brewster House near the river, that
he belonged to a company of Militia of which
Ensign Robert Burns was   the comander
said Company was formerly under the command
of Capt Milliken who was killed at the Capture of
Fort Montgomery  John Hunter the
first Lieutenant was taken prisoner & Matthew
Hunter the second Lieutenant was killed at
the capture of said Fort and the command
of the Company devolved upon Ensign Brevus that
send Company belonged to Col McClaughey's
regiment and Company also send at Hashouch's
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hills near the aforesaid place & after that were stationed
Robert Boyds house that witness remained
in said service as a substitute at least as long
as three weeks & was there in the fifteenth year of
his age that deponent recollects that he was at
the in the service last aforesaid at the time
the news of the capture of Genl Burgoins army
reached New Windsor aforesaid that send service & the places before mentioned were all with
in a short distance of New Windsor aforesaid
that in the month of November in the year
1779 this deponent again went as a substitute
James Kidd who was an uncle of deponents
& was a man of wealth & in feeble health and
was in the habit of procuring substitutes to do
his militia duty, that deponent went as such
substitute in a company under the command
William Telford which belonged to the regiment
formerly under the command of Col McClaughy
and was stationed at a place called Nichols
Court on the Hudson river & was engaged
in fortifying said point that this deponent
was engaged in said service at least two
months that deponent was during the term of
this service in the fifteenth year of his age that
deponent recollects that he was at Nichols House
on Christmas day in the year last aforesaid & still
engaged in send service
That in the month of May in the year 1778. There were
a company of fifty men to be raised from Col Hardenburgh regiment in Ulster County to guard
the western frontier against the Indians. That this
deponent was hired by a class of which class John
Hanmore was the head man to serve the town of
duty in said Company that said Harmon was
Page 29

uncle of this deponent & the class of which he was the
head prefered to hire a substitute rather than perform three tours of service that each class in the
Companies under the command of Col Hardenburgh
was compelled to keep one man constantly in
service in said guard that said Class gave this
deponent a large suit of clothes besides the regular
pay of a soldier to perform there tours of duty in
said guard. That this deponent rendesvoused at
what is now called Mitchells Mills in the town of
Shawangunk Ulster County was there inspected
by Col Hordenburgh and marched to Shendaken
where send guard was stationed that send guard
of fifty men were first under the command
of Captain Conklin who was afterwards relieved
by Captain Uriah Smith & that said Smith
was afterwards relieved by Lieutenant Peter Rose
who continued to command said guard until
it was discharged which was late in the fall
of said year, that said guard was composed
of men who served tours of different length
many were relieved by there class as often as one
a fortnight others served longer that this deponent
served as he verily believes as much
as five months in the aforesaid service that
Col Cantine appeared to have the superintendence 
of said guard but was seldom present with
them, although it was formed by men from
Col Hardenbergh's regiment, that the service
done by deponent in the term last aforesaid
was done previous to his being sixteen years of age  That in the later part of the month of November in said year this deponent
Page 30

served as a substitute of said James Kidd in a
company of Militia of which Matthias Felten
was Captain Alexander Kidd was Lieutenant
that said company was composed of men from
the different companies of the regiment formerly
commanded by Col McClaughey that said company was stationed of Deurts Fort at Pierpack
& was under the command of Col Jacob
Newkirk that this deponent served in said
company at least five weeks & was discharged
after Christmas & returned home as he will
recollects the day before Claudius Smith the
refugee was hung at Goshen, which was in
the early part of the month of January in the
year 1779, that this service was also done before
he was sixteen years of age,
That some time in the month of September
in the year 1779, that there was a call for one
third of the militia that this deponent was then
sixteen years of age & belong to a class of which
the aforesaid James Kidd was the head that
said Class hued this deponent to do there to
of duty under said call. That the militia was
called out for the term of three months, that
this deponent was under the command of
Capt Wm Telford Henry Neely First John Barber
Second Lieutenant & William Crist Ensign, that
said Company was under the command of Col John
Hawthorn & Genl Wm Malcom that said
company was station at the Village of Fiskhill
in Dutchess County & were first quartered in
the Old Church & afterwards drew tents & said
a short time was the church & then removed
nearly a mile north of said Village & land there
until late in the month of November, that it was
Page 31

the fall previous to the hard winter & that the
snow fell before deponent returned home
which laid on the ground until the next
spring that this deponent served at least two
months in said town but was discharged
before the end of the three months & was
discharged in consequence of the extreme
cold weather & the compaign for that year
being ended that there was a very large body
of militia laying at Fishkill during the afore
send town & it was rumored when said
militia was called out that it was for the
purpose of taking the city of New York from the
British,
that in the spring of the year 1780 there was a call for a regiment
of militia for the term of nine months to
guard the western frontiers against the
Indians that said regiment was raised
from the several classes of the company's
That this deponent belonged to the same
Class with said James Kidd & was hired by
said Kidd to perform the duty of said Class
under said call, that this deponent did not
go as soon as the first troops marched but 
that he was attached to Captain Levi Dewitt
company to John Johnson was Lieutenant
& Thomas Nottingham was the Ensign that
Albert Paulding was the Colonel, that said 
regiment was distributed along the western frontiers, under the captains Lieutenants &
Ensign of the several companies then in service
Col Paulding met the men at Nepanoch
& selected James Strahan Thomas Dunlap
William Walker Arthur Beaty & this deponent
Page 32

as his guard & went to the house of Johannes
Hardenburgh where at Warwarsing where
Col Palding had his head quarters that
there were no other privates at the col head
quarters except those before named with this
deponent. That Major Dewit Edward Connor
Quarter Master Doct Vandelign also laid
at the Head quarters & that witness remained
there until the first of November when he
was discharged which was verbal. that he
served at least six months in said service
during said service at Johnston was stationed at Mamakating & Ensign Nottingham
was station at Hunk,that
in the month of May in the year 1781
this deponent was called out on an alarm
in a company commanded by Captain Felter
and marched to Dewits fort at Peenperch &
was absent at least eight days
That in the month of Feby 1779 this deponent
was called out in service under the command of Ensign Burns at Fort Montgomery &
served there two months that General Washington was there at that time that deponent
recollects that while there he saw the Masons
celebrating St John festival
that soon after his return from West Point in the  year last aforesaid,
 he went as a substitute for Thomas
McKessock who was a Sergeant in Captain
Vern Kemens Company & served at Penpach
aforesaid at least three weeks and during
that time he acted as a Sergeant & made
out the provision returns for his men
that during the service as aforesaid this
deponent served under the name of
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Samuel Crawford that the S was added
to his name after the war in order to
distinguish him from his cousin who was
of the same name that his cousin assumed
the name of Samuel I Crawford & this deponent the name of Samuel S Crawford
by which name he has ever since been
known,
that this deponent never intended to state
in his papers sent to the pension office that
he served before he was sixteen years of age under a draft, that his service was done as is
stated in this his affidavit and there
as stated in this affidavit was as done
before he was sixteen years of age was
actually performed by him as is herein
stated. That he knows his age from seeing
his age recorded in an old family bible
which belonged to his father which bible
was burned in a school house, and that 
his age is correctly stated in the commencement of this affidavit

Saml S. Crawford

Subscribed & sworn
before me this 19th day
of September 1837
Armstrong
Justice of the Peace

I the undersigned Justice of the Peace
do certify that I am acquainted with
Samuel Crawford who made & subscribed
the foregoing affidavit & believe him to be
a man of strict truth & veracity & his
statement under oath entitled to full credit
Armstrong
Justice of the Peace
Page 34

State of New York
Orange County ⎬ Andrew Wilson of Montgomery
in said County being duly sworn says that that he was aged seventy five on the sixteenth
day of January last that he was born &
brought up in the same neighborhood
& is well acquainted with Samuel S
Crawford, & he knows of his own knowledge
that the said Crawford is now in his seventy
fifth year that he knows that said Crawford
served in the Army of the revolution as he
has stated in his affidavit hereto annexed
in the year 1777 at Brewster & about Neward
son & also in said year at Nichols Point this
deponent served in the same company at
Busters & at Nichols Point deponent
served under Captain Conklin that
he knows he & said Crawford served at
Brewster & about New Windsor at least
three weeks & at Nichols Point two months
and at that time said Crawford was
in his fifteenth year. That
deponent also knows that in the year 1775
said Crawford borrowed of deponent
his gun to go to Shandaken to guard against
the Indians & that he knows said Crawford
stated to him at the time that he was going
as a substitute for John Hammore. that
said Crawford was absent from his home
at least five months on said tour, and
at the time of said service said Crawford
was under sixteen years of age. that deponent was also present & served in the same
company with said Crawford
at West Point in the summer of the year
Page 35

1779, and knows that send Crawford
served at least two months under
Ensign Burns at said place, and that 
he has several times known said
Crawford to be absent on the frontiers
on militia service that this deponents
father & said Crawford resided within
a quarter of a mile of each other
during the revolutionary war that
there mothers are sisters & from the into
many of then families & his intimacy with
said Crawford makes him thus certain
of said Crawfords age. That send Crawford during the time of his service in the
Revolutionary war was called Samuel
Crawford & that since the close of said
and he has been called Samuel S
Crawford for the reason stated in
said Crawford's affidavit
Andrew Wilson
Subscribed & sworn
before me this 19th day of Sept
1837.
Justice of the Peace
I the undersigned Justice of the
Peace do certify that I am acquainted with
Andrew Wilson who made & subscribed the foregoing affidavit & believe
him to be a man of truth & veracity & his
statement under oath entitled to full credit
H Armstrong
Justice of the Peace
Page 36

STATE OF NEW YORK,
ORANGE COUNTY, SS. I, LEBBEUS L. VAIL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County
of Orange, Do Hereby Certify, That Horace Armstrong Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits
was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace
in and for said county; and further,
that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice
and verily believe that the signature to the
said affidavits & certificates
is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the
Seal of the said county, the 23d day of September
Lebbeus L Vail Clerk
Page 37

C. Mills
l NY

12629
INVALID
Rev War
File No 12,629
Samuel S Crawford
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7"1832
Index:- Vol., Page
[arrangement of 1870.]

Nov 14/98 Mrs Newbury
Page 38

FREE
w Dec 2'
Saml S. Crawford

J.L. Edwards Esqr
Comr of Pensions
Washington
Page 39

J L Edwards Esqr
Dr Sir
a few day since
received a letter from your department
informing me that the statement of Samuel
Crawford had been returned to him for
the purpose of having it sworn to
I forwarded to your office in the latter
part of the month of October last, additional
proof in his case. I wish you to inform me
whether it has been received it in consisted
of the affidavit of Samuel Crawford &
Andrew Wilson, if it has been received
I wish the case to be examined if it has
not been received please inform me
of the fact in order that I may have
the proof supplied Nov 29th 1837
Newburgh
Armstrong
Nov 29th 1837.

1877 Oct 0 0. 21 of Robt Barns Capt Watkins
" Nov 2 0 2 0 Cap Tolford
1778 0..0 Conklin
" 0 1.5v  Felter Peenpuck Col Newkirk
1779 . 3 0 Tolford
  0 9 0 Levi DeWitt John Johnson
1781 0 0 8 Felter
1779 0 2 0 Esijs Burns
Capt Van Kewene
Page 40

M Luce
Dr Sir
I have just learned this
morning
to the case start for
Baltimore at Joelch instead of as I supposed, which will not give me time to
call at your office for the examination of the pension claims which I mentioned to you, but I trust that you
will give them an examination this
morning & communicate the
result to me at Newbough forthwith
the following are the cases
Mrs Reged widow of John Reed
Mrs Shaw
Mrs Colbraith
---
Mrs Eisenburgh (her husband was returned among the dead)
Mrs Nicholson
John Gruver
Samuel S. Crawford in this case
&
I enclose you the additional testimony which I would ask an immediate examination
Washington 
Oct 23d 1839
Yours Truly
H. Armstrong
Page 41

(14 years in July 17.
fall 77. Substitute for ked Capt Tilford-
Nichols point-
May 78 " for a Class. Capt. Conklin & Smith & S.P. Roosa 6 mo
Sept 79 for a Class - Capt Tilford 2 [mo]
1780 " " Levi Dewitt, Col Pawling  6 [mo] 
May 81. Capt Fetter  Denpath 14 dy
┃ vol 2. p 20 - Capt Date
vol 2 p 20 Capt Levi Dewitt 7 mo 1780 not on. 1780
not on
& was under Burns when Fort Montgomery
was taken & the
served as a substitute for Ked
Page 42

Montgomery June 12, 1833

Dear Sir
This paper is returned first as appears by
your rules
1 (d) for not mentioning the periods of the war
in which he served this
the applicant swears he cannot state
and therefore cannot be amended
2 (s) that the magistrate who administer the oath
must certify to the credibility of the witnesses
this Deposition was made in open court
and the witnesses were sworn by the Clerk of
the court in open court. In this can the
out from the Evidence before if certifies
"that it appears to them that John Newkirk
Nathaniel P. Hill (one of the Judges) who signed the
above affidavit and and Andrew Wilson who signed
annexed affidavit are respectively credible
persons and their testimony entitled to credit &
all the Evidence in this case is offered to the
Court, the witnesses then & there Sworn and the
Clerk under the direction of the court at
by as to the credibility of the witnesses
I would swear that this aught to be a
as to
substantial compliance with the Rule
the other part of the objection, towit that had
witnesses do not testify for this applicant
I answer that I cannot be done in this can
under the instructions of the Department at
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Page 6 of the letter from the Secretary of war
the applicant is directed to produce [illegible] evidence
in his power he then state what it is
and in can he cannot do better, he is directed
to procure if posible the testimony of at least
one credible witness &
this it is thing has been doneas
at present advised I know not that the
can combe amended.
1
of the Department cannot allow it.
It is possible that further evidence may
be herd by searching for it, but which
would give great trouble and consequent
delay to the applicant.
very respectfully
Samuel W. Eger
J.L. Edwards Esqr
Com of Pensions
N.B. the case of Andrew Wilson N. 20387
is exactly like the case of Saml S. Crawford
and the Department will please to
counder the above remarks as applying
---
to that can also, the same is herewith
actioned by mail in another pachap
Page 44

Orange County SS
Andrew William of the town of
Montgomery County aforesaid being duly sworn
depose and says that Samuel Crawford in the year
1777 served in Colonel Mc Laughry regiment as a
Substitute for Gideon Pelton and the same winter he
served as a substitute for James Kidd in Captain Telford
Company, at Nichols Point, and that in 1778 said
Crawford Borrowed the deponents Gun for the avowed
purpose of serving then on the frontier at Mendaken
in Ulster County and as the Deponent verily believes did
so serve as a substitute for John Hanmore and that
in the year 1779 as the deponent believes or there about the said
Deponent served at West Point in the same company with
said Crawford (in Burns Company) and that this deponent 
and said Crawford resided within forty roods of Each other
during the whole time of the War of the Revolution and
this deponent does not now know that there is another
Person living that served within the Bounds of the
regiment to which they belonged
Subscribed and sworn before
Andrew Willson
Subscribed and sworn before
me this 10th day of July 1837 the deponent to me being well known
Cornelius Newfie Justice of the Peace

I do also State that I am well acquainted with the
said Samuel Crawford & believe him to be fully entitled
by common report to the Pension sought and that he is a
respectable & worthy Citizen
Cornelius Neufie
Page 45

STATE OF NEW YORK ORANGE COUNTY  I, LEBBEUS L. VAIL, CREN of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County
of Orange, Do Hereby Certify, That Cornelius Neafie
before whom
the foregoing affidavit
was subscribed and sworn, was, at the time of taking a Justice of the Peace
in, and for said county and further
that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice
and verily believe that the signature to the
said affidavit & certificate
is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the
Seal of the said County, the 21st
July 1837
Lebbeus L. Vail, Clerk
Page 46

SAMUEL V. NILES,
ATTORNEY FOR CLAIMANTS,
No. 262 1 Street,
Between 17th and 18th Streets.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Washington
August 3rd 1867

J. H. Barrett
Commr Pensions

Sir
I
file herewith
a Power of attorney from
Scot, Hannah
Danah McKenney, and
Mary C. Barclay, heirs at law
of Samuel S. Crawford, a Revolutionary pensioner, Authorizing me to collect the arrears
of pension due each of them respectively.

the pensioner, as I
have been informed, resided at
Montgomery, Orange Co. New York,
and
drew his pension, at Newburgh
New York, and his pension
certificate, and other papers are now
Page 47

on file in your office, to which you
are respectfully referred
As the claimants are very aged, they being
65
71, and 79 years old, each
respectively, I respectfully ask your
early.
Very Respectfully,
Saml Wills
Page 48

[Stamp]  FIRST DEPUTY COMMISSIONER. NOV 1 1898

Newburgh
[illegible]
272 Liberty St
Oct 29/98

Mr J.C. Davenport
Dear Sir

Your of Oct 27th 
is received. Since writing you the
doubt has arisen as whether
Hugh Mc Donald would be entitled to a pension as he was
only a Signer of Rev. Pledge. As
you are so generous as to offer
information in regard to two soldiers I have filled
out the paper with the name
of one other ancestor Samuel
Crawford who was a soldier
All I know of Hugh Mc Donald
will put on separate slip of
Paper. Mrs S. C. Mills
Page 49

Hugh Mc Donald
the transfers of property the name
spelled Hugh Mc Donnel Hugh
O Donnell Hugh Mc Donald
Hugh Mc Donnell Signed Rev Pledges
Rutterber and Clark History of Orange
Co. N.Y.
pages 69 & 757 also
Eagens History of Orange Co Pg 532
Cornwall and[illegible]
Lived in town of Monroe Orange Co
both before and after washirl
Died before 1806-
Widow name Mary
29th /18
Mrs S. C. Mills
272 Liberty St
Newburgh NY

Oct 28th/98
Page 50

This Bureau can furnish the military
record of only such Revolutionary soldiers
as were pensioned or whose widows were
pensioned for their services.
such of the original muster and pay
rolls of the Revolutionary war and the
war of 1812 as are now in the possession
of the Government are on file in the
Record and Pension Office, War Department
. Original rolls and other records
pertaining to service in the Revolutionary war
may also be found on file in the
archives of many of the original States.
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

3 -- 076.

Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

Washington. D. Oct 27 1898
Madam:
In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that the courtesy of furnishing
information relative to Revolutionary War soldiers, on account of whose service pensions were granted,
is extended by this Bureau only to their descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical
or genealogical purposes.
In view of the large number of such inquiries now being made, and of the length of time required
to make a proper search of the records in each case, information will not be given to any applicant concerning
more than two soldiers.
In order that the claim of the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, it is
requested that you furnish as much as possible of the data called for below.
riousof
[stamp] FIRST DEPUTY NOV 1 1898 COMMISSIONER

Very respectfully,
Mrs. S. C. Mills.
272
Liberty St.
Newburgh, NY

JC Davenport
Acting Commissioner

Full name of soldier, Samuel Crawford born 18th Dec 1750 died 17 Oct 1828
Place of residence before service, Town of Crawford Orange Co NY
Palace of residence after service, " " " 
Approximate date of death Oct 17 1828
Given name of widow,
Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension?
Additional information, His wife's name was Janet McLundy do not know which died first or whether he [illegible] pension. He was a private in Hathorns Reg also Johnson Reg according to family tradition and to the archives of the state of NewYork.

Signature, (Mrs. or Miss to be prefixed if a lady signs)
Post-office address, including street and number, town, county, and State.

Mrs L. C. Mills
272 LIberty St
Newburgh
Orange Co. N.Y.
3818b5m8-97