Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2510, Joseph Crosby, N H
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CONTENTS
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Declaration of Joseph Crosby
No. 6549
By rolls of Jacob [illegible] Co if appears that the claim't served but 1 mo 11 days
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832 - 
State of Maine
County of Waldo}ss
On this seventeenth day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Court of Probate now sitting in Belfast in said County Joseph Crosby a resident of Swanville in said County of Waldo & state of Maine aged seventy years the 23d day of March last, 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 in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated. 
At Meredith N.H. in, he thinks 1782 in the spring of that year he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer & private soldier in the company commanded by Capt. Smith, he marched with said company to Conway N.H. where they remained a short time  - thence they marched to Jefferson N.H. then called Dartmouth when they were stationed until late in the fall of the year when he was dismissed at said Jefferson without a written discharge & returned home. He cannot recollect the month or the day of the month that ['he entered the' crossed out] he entered the service or was discharged but says that he was in the service six months. He was born at Nottingham N.H. March 23, 1752 - lived at Meredith when he entered the service - has lived since the revolution in Tamworth Mass. & in Swanville State of Maine at which last mentioned place he now lives - He thinks there is a man of his age in said Merridith (Meredith).  He has no documentary evidence of his service & Richard Mardin whose affidavit is annexed is the only person that he knows can testify as to his service -
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any State - 
/s/Joseph Crosby
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
/s/A. Johnson Jr Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states - 
/s/A. Johnson Jr Judge
I Nath'l M. Lowrey Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Joseph Crosby for a pension - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventeenth day of August A.D. 1832 - 
/s/Nath'l M. Lowrey} Register of Probate Waldo  County
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I Richard Mardin of Swanville in the county of Waldo State of Maine aged sixty four years on oath declare that I lived at Jefferson then Dartmouth in the state of N.H. in 1782 that I was then well acquainted with Joseph Crosby then of Meridoth (Meredith) N.H. now of said Swanville that during the summer & fall I think of that year I frequently saw s'd Crosby who was that season in the service of the United States in the Militia I think of N.H. & was stationed at said Jefferson - I cannot tell the precise time that he was in the service but should think not less than six months at that time - 
/s/Richard Mardin
Sworn to & subscribed by the above named Richard Mardin before me Augt 17, 1832
/s/A. Johnson Jr Jus. of the Peace 
I Nathaniel M. Lowrey Clerk of the Court of Probate for the County of Waldo certify that A. Johnson Jr is a Magistrate as above and that foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, and subscribed my name this 17th day of August A.D. 1832
/s/Nath'l M. Lowrey} Register of Probate for the county of Waldo
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218,297 Act Mar 3 Oct 19} 55
Ruth Crosby (wid)
Joseph Crosby Pri
Capt Smith 
Col David Page 
Enl 1781
Dis Oct or Nov 1781} N.H.M. 
Private Col Page
Rev War
[overwritten: No 40936 iss Sept 13/56]
Me Sus June 32
Ad. 160ac's Sept 10/56
Dodge
Walter Nichols 
North Searsport Me
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218297
Declaration of Ruth Crosby Widow of Joseph Crosby
Presented by Walter Nichols North Searsport Maine
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STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Waldo ss
On this twentieth day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, Miles S. Staples a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the County aforesaid, Ruth Crosby aged eighty seven years, a resident of Swanville in the County of Waldo and State of Maine who being duly sworn according to law declare that she is the identical widow of Joseph Crosby who was a private in the Company Infantry commanded by Captain Smith in the Regiment of New Hampshire Militia commanded by Colonel David Page
That her said Husband enlisted or ['That he' crossed out] was ordered out at Meridith (Meredith) County of [blank] and State of New Hampshire on or about the summer ['day' crossed out] of [blank] A.D. 1781 to serve the term of indefinite period and continued in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days and was honorably discharged at Dartmouth in the month of October or November A.D. 1781 as she verrily believes, and that her said husband made an application for a pension about the year 1833 
She also declares that she was married to the said Joseph Crosby at a placed then called Yalmouth(?) in the State of New Hampshire by David Gilman Esq. on or about the year 1788 (but from age and infirmity she is not able to give the precise date.) that her name before her said marriage was Ruth Nickerson, that her said Husband died at Swanville aforesaid on the 19th day of February A.D. 1843. and that she is now a widow as she has not since intermarried
She further declares that she has no family or private record of her said marriage and that she does not know of any and can not obtain any public record of her said marriage 
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the 160 acres of Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act approved the 3d day of March, 1855. She also declares that she has never applied for or received under  this or any other act of Congress, any Bounty Land warrant. 
/s/X her mark Ruth Crosby
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We, Elizer Nickerson and Thomas Crosby Residents of Swanville in the State of Maine upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Ruth Crosby the widow of Joseph Crosby in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
/s/Eleaser Nickerson
/s/Thomas Crosby 
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. And that the claimant is reputed to be the widow of Joseph Crosby - 
/s/Miles S. Staples Justice of the Peace. 
State of Maine, 
County of Waldo SS. 
I, Nath'l Patterson Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine within and for the County of Waldo do hereby certify that Miles S. Staples whose signatures appear to the foregoing Certificates of Attestation was at the time of the dates of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified; and that the signatures purporting to be his, are genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our Supreme Judicial Court this ninth day of October A.D one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
/s/N. Patterson Clerk.
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State of Maine
County of Waldo}ss.
Swanville September 25th A.D. 1855.
I Thomas Crosby of Swanville in the County and State aforesaid, aged fifty six years, do certify and declare, that I am the son of Joseph and Ruth Crosby, that I ever lived in the same house with the said Joseph & Ruth untill the death of the said Joseph, ad since the death of the said Joseph Crosby, the said Ruth Crosby has ever lived and is now living with me in my family, and I do further certify
1st That ever during the lifetime of the said Joseph, he & the said Ruth lived together as husband and wife 
2 That the said Joseph made an application for military pension some years previous to his death for servises done, as he the said Joseph declared while he was a resident of Meredith in the State of New Hampshire, that he, to my knowledge, never received said pension. 
3d That he, the said Joseph Crosby died February 19th A.D. 1843, and I was at his funeral and saw him buried. 
4th that had the said Ruth intermarried since the death of the said Joseph I should have known it, as she ever has lived and is now living with me in my house, as one of my own family - that she never has intermarried since the death of her said husband, Joseph Crosby, & that ever since his death she has ever been, and now is his only and lawful widow. 
/s/Thomas Crosby
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State of Maine
County of Waldo}ss. Swanville September 25th. A.D. 1855. 
I hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I also certify that I know the affiant to be a creditable person. 
/s/Miles S. Staples Justice of the Peace. 
State of Maine
County of Waldo}ss.  Swanville September 25th A.D. 1855.
I, Eleazer Nickerson of Swanville in the County of Waldo and State aforesaid, aged 45 years, do hereby certify that ever since my birth I have lived within a few rods of Ruth Crosby, that up to the year 1843 and to the death of Joseph Crosby he the said Joseph & she the said Ruth lived together as husband and wife - that the said Joseph Died in the month of February A.D. 1843, in my presence, That since the death of the said Joseph, the said Ruth has ever lived with her son Thomas Crosby who is a near neighbor of mine, and that I have never heard or known of her the said Ruth's intermarriage since the death of her said husband, and that I have every reason to believe, and do believe that she the said Ruth ever has been and now is the only and lawful widow of the said Joseph Crosby
/s/Eleaser Nickerson
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State of New Hampshire. 
SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE
[state seal affixed] I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the war of the Revolution, which remain in this office, it appears that the name of Joseph Crosby is borne upon ['the' crossed out] "Pay Roll of ['Capt.' crossed out] a Company, ['as a' crossed out] of  fifty men ['in said Company' crossed out] raised for the defence of the Northern Frontiers of the state of New Hampshire, by order of the General court, to be under the direction of Joseph Whipple Esqr. and Col'o David Page; and to be Officered with one Captain, one Lieut. and one Ensign. and four Sergeants and four Corporals 1781."
Time of engagement Sept. 6. 1781; When discharged Octr. 17. 1781; time of service [one] 1 mo. 11 d. (and that he the said Joseph Crosby was put down as a private). Belonged to the Town of Gilmanton for Meredith
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, this Fourth day of August 1855
/s/Lemuel B. Patton Secretary of State.
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State of Maine
County of Waldo}ss. Swanville September 25th A.D. 1855. 
I hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I also certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person. 
/s/Miles S. Staples Justice of the Peace.
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Declaration of Ruth Crosby
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State of Maine
County of Waldo SS. 
I, Ruth Crosby, of Swanville, County & State aforesaid aged 86 Years who being duly sworn depose and declare that I am the widow of Joseph Crosby deceased, who she has sufficient reason to believe, served in the Revolutionary War from the State of New Hampshire.
I further declare that my said husband made a declaration in order to obtain a pension about the Year 1835 which she believes was sent to the Pension Office about that time but he dying about this time nothing further was done
She makes this declaration in order to obtain a copy of her said husband's declaration in order that she may obtain the benefits of his said service. That the said Joseph Crosby was a resident of said Swanville at the time of Making his said declaration
/s/X her mark Ruth Crosby
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 15th day of May A.D. 1855. And I certify that the above named Ruth Crosby is the person she represents herself to be.
/s/Miles S. Staples Justice of the Peace
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State of Maine
County of Waldo SS.
I Nathaniel Patterson, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within and for the County of Waldo in the State of Maine do hereby Certify that Miles S. Staples whose genuine Signature appears to the foregoing Certificate of Attestation was at the time of the date thereof and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Waldo duly Commissioned and qualified to act as such
[court seal affixed] In Witness Whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of Said Court on this 2d day of June A.D. 1855 - 
/s/N. Patterson Clerk
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2510. own
P.O. [blank]
Joseph Crosby
Service: [blank]
REJECTED
Enlisted: [blank], 18[blank]
Discharged: [blank], 18[blank]
Application filed: [blank], 18[blank]
Alleges: [blank]
Re-enlisted: [blank]
Attorney: [blank]
P.O. [blank]
[blank] Recognized. [blank] Contract.
[blank] Cert. of Dis. Searched for [blank], 18[blank]
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218297
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[handwritten letter]
North Searsport, Maine
October 12 - 1855

Sir, 
I herewith transmit to you the declaration of Ruth Crosby widow of Joseph Crosby, deceased who was a Private in Capt. Smith's Company N. Hampshire Militia in the Revolutionary War in order to obtain her land warrant under the act of March 3, 1855
You will please to give this claim an examination and enclose the same to me 
Yours Respectfully
/s/Walter Nichols
Hon. J. Minot
Com. of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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Maine - 6549
Joseph Crosby rejected
did not serve 6 months
2510
act 7th June 1832
S. 210.936
160 Acres
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[handwritten letter]
North Searsport, Maine
May 31st 1855

Sir, 
I herewith transmit to you the declaration of Ruth Crosby widow of Joseph Crosby late of Swanville deceased in order to obtain a copy of the application for a Pension which her said husband made about the year 1835 in order to take an advantage of the Act of Congress Passed on the 3d day of March 1855 and other acts of Congress relating to widow pensions. 
You will please to enclose to me a Copy of the Application of the said Joseph Crosby on receiving this
Yours Respectfully
/s/Walter Nichols
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Com. of Pensions
Washington City D.C.