Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,105, Josiah A Crossman, Continental Mass. R.I.
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Service Continental Mass. R.I.
Crossman, Josiah A.
Number S. 29,105
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27,781
Michigan
Josiah A. Crossman in the State of ____ who was a private in the _____ commanded by Captain Perry of the ____ commanded by Sergeant in the Revolution line for 
Increased from $50

Inscribed on the Roll of Detroit at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of February 1855 and sent to E.F. Brown Present

Arrears to the 4th of
Semi anl. allowance ending

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by G.T. Getty Clerk
Book E Vol. 9 Page 93

Let to P. Agt in Mch 55
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9208
Josiah A. Crossman
Declaration
27 Aug. 1832

Thomas Beals Agent Canandaigua

See relinquishment

admd
15 mo. pri
50$
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State of New York Ontario County ss.
On this twenty seventh day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court befor the Judges of the County Court now sitting Josiah A. Crossman a resident of the town of Victor County and state aforesaid aged seventy two years, who being duly, first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
1st At Norton, County of Bristol and state of Massachusetts on or before the 1st January 1776 he enlisted for one year in Captain James Perrys Company in Colonel Sargeants Regiment and was marched to Cambridge and joined the Regiment there and there done duty until the British left Boston, and then marched into Boston, and then crossed Charles River and went into the barracks on Bunker Hill, and there built a fort on a point of land between Chelsea and Charlestown and in August was ordered to New York and marched through Providence and then to New Haven and then to New York by water and was stationed at "Horns Hook" until after the battle on Long Island and then retreated to Harlem Heights, then to Kings bridge and then to White Plains. Was in the battle of White Plains, Colonel Jackson was there, knew him well. Then went to Hudson River and crossed over and then went to Fort See. Then pursued by the enemy to Trenton, and crossed the Delaware crossed again and was in the battle at Trenton and captured 900 Hessians. After this went to Princeton, and then went to Morristown. His time was out 1st January 1777, but was requested to stay six weeks longer, and most
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part of his company remained for six weeks, and at the end of six weeks, he was honorably discharged and went home had served thirteen and a half months this campaign.
2d. At Norton as aforesaid in June 1777 he enlisted for six months in Captain Silas Cobbs Company, in Colonel Keyes Regiment and was marched to States Ferry in Swanzey and there done duty at the mouth of Taunton River, and in September was ordered to Dartmouth, and then ordered to "obdike" on the west side of Rhode Island and was there till 1st December and then marched to Providence and on the 1st January 1778 was discharged. Served six months.
3d. At Tiverton Rhode Island on the 16th March 1778 he enlisted for one year in Captain Philip Traffon's Company, in Colonel Toppings Regiment as fourth sergeant, and served as such for and during the said term of one year, and was first stationed at Howlands Ferry on the 9th day of August went on Rhode Island, was the first regiment that went on and took possession of the fort at Butts Hill, and when General Sullivan retreated came off and remained at Howlands Ferry until his time expired, and was honorably discharged and went home.
Besides these regular tours of duty, he was often called out on alarms at various lines, and served his country faithfully until the end of the war when called upon. He received a regular discharge from Colonel Seargeant at Morristown and also from Colonel Topping, and while he lived in Greenfield after the war, his house was burned up and all his papers were distroyed. And he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. He knows Abijah Northrop & James Winkler of Victor.
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Was born in Norton the 25 November 1760 after the war he moved to Sherburn and lived there until 1800 when he moved to the state of New York and has lived in Bloomfield Ontario County since 1812 and now lives in Victor in said county.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court
Joseph A. Crossman

We, Abijah Northrop residing in the town of Victor in the county state aforsaid & James Winkler residing in the town of Perrington in the county of Monroe & state aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Josiah A. Crossman who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be seventy two years of age. That he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid in open Court
Abijah Northrop
James Winkler

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 states, that it appears to them that Abijah Northrop, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident of the town of Victor, and that James Winkler, who has signed the same, resides in the town of Perrinton, in the county of Monroe, that they are both credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Charles Crane, Clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Josiah A. Crossman for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this first day of September A.D. 1832.
Charles Crane
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No. 9208
Josiah A. Crossman

proof regd
from May to [illegible] Mar 16 '79. B l N 2
11.1217

30 Nov '32

Thos Beals
Canandaigua
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Brief in the case of Josiah A. Crossman of Victor in the State of N. York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in open Court
2. If before a judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? seventy two years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. 1s Jany in 1776
Duration of Service. 1 year 1 1/2 Months
Rank. Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Col. Sergeant

Period. June 1777
Duration of Service. 4 Months 8 Days
Rank. Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Col. Keyes

Period. 16th March 1778
Duration of Service. 1 year
Rank. Sergeant
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Col. Topping R. Island

5. In what battles was he engaged? White Plains, and Trenton
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Norton, Mass.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence alone
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are correct in form and authentication

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Wm. Gordon, Examining Clerk.
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State of new York Ontario County SS.
In the matter of Josiah A. Crossman's application for a pension
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, who being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is the same person who made declaration before the county court in August 1832 under the act of 7 June 1832 and that subsequently he amended the same on the requisition of the War Department on the 22 March 1832 and on the 1st January 1834 he procured the testimony of Adam Nichols who served with him in Captain James Perrys company in Colonel Paul Dudley Sargeants Regiment. That the testimony in this case was taken before Thomas Beals a Notary Public on said 1st day of January 1834 and sent to John Dickson Esquire member of Congress from this district. That since that time he has heard nothing from the War Department, and being informed by his agent that the department have refused to receive any testimony unless taken before a Judge or Justice of the Peace, and that Massachusetts Troops were now required to procure a certificate from the Secretary of the state of Massachusetts, he has requested his agent to procure the testimony of said Adam Nichols, with whom he served as aforesaid, before a justice of the peace, and also to procure a certificate from Edward Bangs, Secretary of Massachusetts, which testimony is hereto attached with the certificate of E. Bangs. That the certificate aforesaid gives his name "Josiah Crossman" and not Josiah A. Crossman. He now saith that he always answered at Roll call, to "Josiah Crossman", and oftener "Crossman" that he did not know how he was entered on the Rolls, but that he is the same person thus certified. That he enlisted for six months and received ten dollars bounty, this was June 1777 and was discharged 1 January 1778 and he always understood it to be six months service. He served as he before stated in his original declaration viz. under his 1st head in Captain Perrys company thirteen months and a half, and under his 2d head six months as a private, and under his 3d head he served in
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Captain Traffairs company, Colonel Toppings Regiment as a sergeant for one year. That besides the said Adam Nichols whose affidavit is now attached, he knows of no person now living who can testify to his service. He therefore prays that his case may be acted upon, and he placed on the Pension list agreable to the law of 7 June 1832.
Josiah A.  Crossman

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8 day of July 1834
Jeffrey Chipman J.P.

I certify that the above named Josiah A. Crossman is a credible person.
J. Chipman J.P.

State of New York Ontario County ss.
I certify that Jeffrey Chipman whose name is subscribed to the above certificate is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly elected and sworn and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the said signatures to be his proper hand writing and his genuine signatures. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said county this 8th day of July 1834.
F.J.B. Crane, Dep Clerk