Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,870, John Crawford, Penn. And U.S.A In 1791
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Service 
Penn. 
and U.S.A. in 1791 
Crawford, John
Number 
S.40,870
BLWt. 423-200-Lieut 
Issued Sept. 22, 1791
No papers
Contents
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15,714
Pennsylvania
John Crawford
of Allegheny in the state of Penns
who was a Lieut, in the regiment commanded
Colonel Brodhead of the Pennsylvania
line, for the term of 7 years
Transcribed on the roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence
the 24 of October 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th of November
and sent to Jon. H. Walker Esq
Judge __sburg Pa
Arrears to 4th of 
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1820 $8,7__
___ {Revolutionary claim. Act 18th March, 1818.}
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Pittsburg Pa
Availed himself of the provisions of the Act May 15 1828 See letter of 29 May 1828 to Pension Agent
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AoF 1828
J Crawford
Dec 25 - Aug 1878
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved on the 15th day of May 1828, I John Crawford in the County of Allegheny in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby declare that I was an Officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution and served as such to the end of the war to the time when the arrangement of the Army provided by the resolves of Congress of the 3d and 21st of October 1780 was carried into effect at which period I was a Lieutenant in the 3d Regiment (as I believe) 2d Brigade of the Pennsylvania line at which time I was discharged as a Captain  And I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate (commonly called a commutation certificate for a sum equal to the amount of five years full pay, which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress of the 22d of March 1783 instead of the half pay for life to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of October 1780. And I do further declare that I have received of the United States, as a pensioner since the 3d day of March 1826 at the rate of $20 dollars per Month, that I have received as a pensioner of the United State since the 3d day of March 1828 the sum of One hundred & twenty dollars paid to me by the agent for paying pensions in the State of Pennsylvania at Pittsburgh

J. CRAWFORD 

City of Pittsburgh ss
Before me M B Lowrie an Alderman in and for Said City duly empowered to administer oaths in the County of Allegheny in the State of Pennsylvania personally appeared this day the 1st of August 1828 Henry Earle and Dickerson Crawford of the said County who did severally make oath that John
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Crawford by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally repeated and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein Stated
Witness my hand the same day August 1st 1828

Henry Earle 

Dickeson Crawford 

M. B. Lowrie Aldm

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Allegheny County SS
I William McCandless , Prothonotary of the Courts of Common Pleas in an for the county aforesaid , in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do certify that M B Lowrie Esquire , before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was at the time an Alderman of the City of Pittsburg with the power of an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Allegheny aforesaid and duly empowered to administer oaths - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, at the City of Pittsburgh, in the said County , this first day of August , in Year of our Lord , One thousand , eight hundred and twenty eight - 

Wm McCandless  Pro
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Pittsbg Aug 1 1828
Hon. Richard Rush Scty of the Treasury
Dear Sir,
 In conformity with the act of Congress of the 15th May 1828, I herewith trans (crossed out) for the relief of the surviving offiers of the Revolution, I herewith transmit my declaration together with the Masgistrate Certificate and the seal of the court, which I trust will be satisfactory. My commission was forwarded to WAshington City at the time I was enscribed on the Pension list Roll of the Pennsylvania Agency at the rate of 20$ per month. It was never returned to me and should my claim prove satisfactory. Please forward the amt due me to the Bank of the U.S in Pittsbg for my use.

With Respect I remain your obt svt,
J. Crawford
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United States of America
Western District of Pennsylvania
On this the thirteenth day of July 1820, personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the said District John Crawford aged eighty six years resident in Allegheny county in said District who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: that he was appointed a second Lieutenant in the eight Penna Regiment commanded by Col Eneas McCoy [Aeneas Mackay] in 1776, that he was afterwards commissioned a first Lieutenant by the then President of congress as appears by his commission on the files of the war office & that he served throughout the war in that capacity ____
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of  March 1818; & that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any other manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of congress entitled: "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United Stated in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed one walking cane worth about $0.5, one loom value $5.00
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that he receives a pension from the United States by virtue of a certificate no. 1514. that he has no family residing with him. that his former occupation was a weaver. but that on account of a wound in the breast & old age he is unable to pursue it & that he is in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country

Sworn to & declared on the thirteenth }  J Crawford 
day of July 1820 before the Judge of
the said court
Jonathan H. Walker

I Robert J Walker clerk of the court for the western District of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are [unreadable] copied from the records of the said &  that it [crossed out] I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is five dollars & five cents

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court on this thirteenth day of July 1820 & in the forty fifty year of the independence of the United States

R J Walker clerk of the court for the western District of Pennsylvania
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The United States of America
Western District of Pennsylvania

On this 24th day of October A.D 1819 before me the subscriber Judge of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania personally appeared John Crawford aged eighty five years resident in Allegheny County in the said District who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his solem oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled “an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the U.S. in the revolutionary war” That he the said John Crawford on the tenth day of August 1776 was appointed under the authority of the Congress of the U.S. a second Lieutenant in Capt. Andrew Man’s Company of the County of Bedford in the state of Penna. & of the regiment commanded by Col. Phineas McKee or McKoy [Aeneas Mackay]  No. 8 & Major Richard Butler in the line of the state of Penna. In the revolutionary war & on the continental establishment. that he continued in the same regiment until Col. McKee [Mackay] died at Trenton, when the command of said regiment devolved on Col. Broadhead [Daniel Brodhead]. that he continued in said and second regiment until the close of the war. that in the year 1778, the said regiment under the command of Col. Broadhead was ordered to the western frontier of Penna. Where he the deponent continued to serve until the end of the war & disbandment of the Army , that as this deponent verily believes the aforesaid commission was signed by John Hancock President of Congress but that the said commission is so obliterated as to be totally illegible : that during the said service viz on the 16th day of July 1779 he was again commissioned a Lieutenant in the 8th Pennsylvania regiment in the Army of the US to take rank from the 18th day of April 1777 by his Excellency John Jay Esqr President of Congress as by the said commission hereto annexed will more
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fully appear that he continued to serve in the said Corps & in the second regiment of the Penna. line in the service of the US until the end of the war & disbanding of the Army
That he was in the battles of Bonbook [Bound Brook], near New Brunswick under Gen. Lincoln, of Brandywine Paoli & Germantown & several small skirmishes while the Army operated in New Jersey. That he is in Reduced circumstances in life & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has now no other evidence of said services in his power. That in the year 1791 he received the appointment of Adjutant for 2d battalion of 2d regiment in the Army of the U.S and was in the unfortunate defeat of the Army on the 4th of November in the same year in which action he received a severe wound in the breast which finally obliged him to retire from the Army altho he did afterwards serve a short time under Gen. Wayne  That the said wound has continued to unfit him for labour ever since That he received a pension till lately from the U.S. in consequence of his said wound, but that the original certificate is now lost & the proof on which the Surgeons Certificate was given is now beyond his reach. that he understands the said pension is discontinued and he doth hereby forever remise release & quit claim to the same on the grant of the pension herein applied for

J. Crawford 

Sworn declared &
Subscribed before me
the day & year aforesaid
Jonathan K. Walker
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546        750       
No. of Original Payment 546                        
Revolutionary Claims Treasury Department,        
Aug 23 1828          
John Crawford of        in the County of Allegheny, in the State of Pennsylvania has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution", approved on the 15th of May 1828. He states that he was an officer on the Continental line, and served as such until reduced under the resolves of October 1780 at which period he was a Lieutenant in the 8th regiment of the Penna line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March 1783; and, further, that he has received as pensioner since the 3rd of March, 1826, four hundred and eighty dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of Penna at Pittsburgh. The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.               
By order of the Secretary, A. Dirkins,                    
Treasury Department, Third Auditor's Office, 26th August 1828 It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to John Crawford - Lieut. in the Pennsylvania line, amounting to Sixteen Hundred dollars.         
It further appears that John Crawford is now on the pension list of Pennsylvania Pittsbg agency, and has been since the 3rd March 1826 at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month.         
Peter Hagner  Aud.
11,896
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Copied from MCS
March 8, 1932
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. Harry C. Patton
446 Division Avenue
Bellevue, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of February 6, 1932, relative to John Crawford, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 40870, based upon the military service of John Crawford in the Revolutionary War.
John Crawford was commissioned August 10, 1776, second lieutenant of Captain Andrew Mann's company, Colonel Eneas Mackey's 8th Pennsylvania Regiment. On April 18, 1777, he was commissioned lieutenant of said 8th Regiment, then commanded by Colonel Brodhead. He was in the battles of Boundbrook, Brandywine, Paoli and Germantown, and served until the close of the Revolution.
In 1791, he was appointed adjutant of the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Regiment, U.S. Army, and in the engagement of November 4, 1791, when the army was defeated, he was wounded in the breast. After this he served under General Wayne until he was forced to retired on account of his wound.
On account of the disability resulting from the above mentioned wound, he was pensioned from September 4, 1796.
In October 1819, he was living in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and he was then eighty five years of age. 
In 1828, Dickerson Crawford, of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, testified as to the Revolutionary War service of John Crawford, but he did not state whether he was related to the soldier or not.
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In1820, John Crawford stated that he had no family residing with him. 
There is no further information relative to the family of John Crawford.
Very Truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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The United States of America in Congress Assembled               
To John Crawford militiaman 
Greeting.  
We, reposing special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valor, conduct, and fidelity, do, by these presents, constitute and appoint you Lieutenant of the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment in the Army of the United States, to take [illegible] day of April 1777. You are therefore [illegible]  and diligently to discharge the [illegible] by doing and performing [unreadable] of things thereunto [illegible] we do strictly charge and require all officers and Soldiers [illegible] command to be obedient to your [illegible] Lieutenant [illegible] and follow such orders [illegible] to him as you shall receive from this or future [unreadable] of the United States [illegible] for that purpose appurtenant [illegible] of the [illegible] in chief [illegible] being of this United States or any other your Superior Officer [illegible] to the rates and discipline of [illegible] of the trust reposed in you , this Commission to continue [illegible] until revoked by this or a future Committee of Congress by amendment or a Committee of the [illegible]        
Entered in the War Office and Examined by the Board              
Witnessed [illegible] John Jay Esq. President of the Congress of the United States of America 
Philadelphia Pa.   
Signed in the aforesaid year       
John Jay            
Attest P. G. Culb Secretary of the Board of War
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S. of America
D of Penna

Before me the subscriber Judge of the U.S. for Western district of Penna. personally appeared Michael Moon and after being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with the within named Capt. John Crawford for 20 years upwards. That the said John Crawford is a man of honour integrity and truth and that he is poor and in reduced circumstances in life and is in need of the assistance of his country support.

Michael Moon
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written. Jonathan H. Walker

I Jonathan H Walker Judge of the U.S. the western district of Penna do certify that it appears to my entire satisfaction that the within named John Crawford did serve as Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, from the 10th of August 1776 until the conclusion of the same, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy and on the continental establishment at one time and in one continued service and that the said John Crawford is in reduced circumstances in life and stands in need of the assistance of this country for support, and I now transmit the proceedings testimony and testimonials taken and exhibited before me to the Honorable the Sec. for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the above mentioned act of Congress. 
Pittsburgh Oct 24, 1819
Jonathan H. Walker
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United States of America
Western District of Penna

I do certify that the above named Jonathon H. Walker is a Judge of the U.S. for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
In testimony where of I have Heard and set my hand and caused the seal of the U.S. to be here to affixed.

D. S. Walker
U.S.W.D.P.
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John Crawford
Vol 714
Alleghany Cty
Nov 19

Com
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Amongst the pleas witnessed in the District Court of the United States in and for the Western 
at an adjourned session of the said holden on the 13th day of July 1820   
District of Pennsylvania it is contained as follows:
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Revolutionary Claims
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved 15th May 1828

Treasury Department,
27 August 1828

Sir: I have the honor to inform you that John Crawford, formerly a Lieutenant in teh third Regiment of the Pennsylvania line of the Continental Army; and who has heretofore received a pension the Pennsylvania/Pittsburgh agency, has been admitted to the benefits of the abovementioned act.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Richard Rush
The Hon. the Secretary of War.
No 91

March 1820 Pa, Pittsburgh
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1930 Oct 9 Hist. to Mrs. R.Y. Dean           NUCS
1930 Oct 9 Hist. to Etta M. Kyle sec cor in (??) John Crawford W.2070.                             NUCS
1932 Feb 3 Hist. to Mrs. E.R. Needles see correspondence in clu. of John Crawford W 2070
1932 3 Apr Hist to Mrs Theodore S. Nord see her letter in John Crawford W2070
1932 Mar 8 Hist to Mrs Harry C. Patton M.L.B. (see ltr in case of Patrick Crawford) (BLW N96-100)
1932 Oct 18 Hist to Mrs R.W. Balderidge    NUCS
1934 Oct 3 Mrs. Theodore S. Wood Refd. to Gen. Account. office for date of death              ADY
1935 Mar 12 Mrs. R.R. Needles not. no widow's claim & to apply to C.M. for date of sold's death.                                                        ERA
1938 Jan14 Mrs M.W. Daubenspeck furn further in rel. to John Crawford                    NUCS



40870
INVALID
Rev
File no. 40 870
Name John Crawford
Luet  Rev War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index: - Vol. 3 Page 105

1939 Apr 20 Mrs. R.M. Baldridge Adv hist. already furn. etc. See letter in Wm. Amberson 39933

1907 Aug 6 Hist to Miss Martha S. Harrison Shelbyville, Ky Personal request                  AM
1927 Apr 5 Albert B. Shaw Advised of cost of copies.                                                           AM
1927 Apr 30 Hist to Mrs. Alex. Scott             AM
1927Nov 17 Hist to Elizabeth Crawford      UCS
1928 Feb 25 Hist to Nellie Dauberspeck     UCS
1928 Oct 10 Mrs M.W. Daubenspeck adv no furth data                                                     ADY
1930 Apr 30 Mrs M.W. Dauberspeck adv further in regard to soldiers residence.        CBS
1930 Sep 22 Hist ti Miss Eva A. Scott           MCS
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S-595
O.W. and N. Division

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Aug 6, 1907
Searched by A.Wilson
Original No. (blank)
Certificate No. (blank)
Claimant (blank)
Soldier, John Crawford
Service, Rev. War Inv File 40870, also pensioned for wound in battle of Nov 4, 1971.
Remarks: No invalid claim on file Rev or Old War. Name as invalid appears on old act book and list of Pa Invalids printed in 1813
1835: Lis of Alleghaney Co Penn shows placed on pension roll Sept 4. 1796. pension commenced Sept 4, 1796 rate 120 per an. act June 7, 1785
(illegible) under Allegheny Co PA 1818 act
Alsasce Act 1828
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Stromsburg. Neb.
March 6, 1927

The Pension Commissioner
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,
 Will you please give me all the information available from your records concerning Lt. John Crawford.
He was pensioned first as an invalid from Allegheny Co Penna 1785 and again in 1819 aged 100 yrs from service in third Penna regiment.
Please give me any names of his family or family data share on your records. Thanking you I am very truly yours,
Mrs. Alex Scott
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Jos. G. Charron, Manager
WM. Fischer, Mutual 3101

Granada Hotel & Apartments
Half Block from New Library in the heart of the city, yet residential quiet, refined, reasonable.
419 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, Cal.

May 22, 1927
To the Pension Department Washington D.C. Winifred Scott

Dear Sir: May I be informed as to where I would be able to locate information, as to the son of William Crawford burned at stake Sons name John, did he ever receive a pension or recognition by your dept?
I am a descendent of one John Crawford, who located in the Bakerstown, Pennsylvania district, owned large tracts of land. I am told the original Armough tract. Am not sure of this.
Have always been under the impression that said John, who died in 1828 on farm now owned by my Uncle W. G. Crawford was son of William, located in Fitzsimmins Bld. 4th Ave Pitts. PA would like to substanciate this thru your department, if possible.
Am also trying to find data of Lewis Grono or Gronow and his son John who tradition tells was also in the Revolution. located in Chester Co Pa.
Also George Shead located in Phila. Pa. buried in Trinity Church (Christs) lived near the Schuykill River.
Thanking you I am very truly yours,
Elizabeth Crawford, 419 S. Grand Ave, Los Angeles
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411 No School St, Avalon
Bellevue Pa
Feb 22-28
Commissioner of Pension,
I also would like to have information of my great grandmother's father. She was Elizabeth Crawford born 1784 married 1802 died 1843. Her father, John Crawford was the first white settler in Richland Twp Allegheny Co. Pa cir 1800. His nearest Post Office today would be Bakerstown but I don't know what it was in the early 1800. 
There were so many John Crawfords in Ally Co. at the Revolution time that I cannot pick out which was Elizabeth's father so I hoped thro your pension list to get the dates of his birth and death and his wifes name. And where he served and in what regiment enough to prove to the satisfaction of D.A.R. that I am eligible to join on this line. I do not know where he moved from to Richland Twp. 
Thanking you for any information you can give me. I am Sincerely,
Nellie Daubenspeck.
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Mrs. M. W. Daubenspeck
411 N School St.
Avalon, Pa.
May 16 -28

Mrs. Winifred Scott
Dear Sir,
 In your letter of Feb 20, you gave me John Crawfords Rev. war records. comm Aug 10-1776 as Sec. Lieu and served until the end of war, battles Boundbrook, Brandywine, Paoli, Germanstown, etc. In 1791 appointed adj Sec. Batt. Sec Reg and Nov 1791 he was wounded in breast. AFter this her served under Gen. Wayne on account of disability resulting from wound he was pensioned Sept 4 1796.
Now for this service was he granted any land? My ancestor John C. lived in Eastern
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Pa. during the war, then came to near Braddock, Ally Co and in 1800 he was the first settler in Richland Twp. Close to the border of Pine Twp in Ally Co. Does your record not give the Post Office where he received his pension?
Do you have the complete records of these Land Grants or could I get it in Harrisburg? Do you not have John C's wife's name? 
Sincerely,
Nellie Daubenspeck
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In the list of Land Grants Soldiers of the Revolution are an assignment to John Crawford acerage in Pine or Richland Twp. Allegheny Co. If so give me a copy. 
Thank you,
Mrs. M.W. Daubenspeck
411 N School St
Avalon, PA 
May 16-28
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Mrs. M.W. Daubenspeck
411 N School St
Avalon, PA.
Sept 24-28
Winfield Scott
Commissioner
Dear Sir,
 Your letter of Feb 25-28 rec'd giving me the Rev War record of John Crawford of Alegheny Co. Pa. and of his receiving a pension your quoted this "In 1820 John C. stated that he had no family residing with him"
In Ally. Co Court, I found John Crawford, Pine Twp, Died 1820
So your record might belong to my ancestor John C.
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Does your pension list say what year your John C. died?
You wrote "In October 1819 he was living in Ally. Co and was their 85 yrs of age.
Ally Co History says Jonn C settled in Pine Twp 1800
Harrisburg has draught of survey of land warranted 1807 - executed 1812 - accepted 1813. A note to this paper says "Cir 1812 John C. and family were residing on this warrant. 
Many years after his death in the attic of his home hung an
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officer's uniform and hat.
Since there were 5 John Crawfords of Ally Co in the Rev. I am finding it very hard to say which one was my ancestor.
A cousin 82  years old told me her grandmother's people were very poor having only the pension to live on - This grandma was Elizabeth, daughter of John Crawford. Is there any way you could help attach your record to my John Crawford?
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any help or suggestions you can give me, I will greatly appreciate for if my ancestor was in the war and helped make this country, I want to know it.
Sncerely,
Nellie Daubenspeck
(Mrs. W.M.)
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1447 Davis Ave
N.S. Pittsburgh, PA
Sept 24, 1930

Pension Dept.
Veteran's Bureau
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
I have the following statement from Dr. HH Shenk, Harrisburg.
Three men by the name of John Crawford were pensioned in Allegheny Co. each one a lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, one of them being 100 years of age as shown on the pension record.
I am interested in two of these men. Will you give me information concerning all three? Then I will be able to eliminate the one I do not want. 
Respectfully,
Mrs. R. T. Dean
1447 Davis Ave
N.S. Pittsburgh Pa
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Bureau of Pensions  Apr 26 1930)
Dear Sir,
My ancestor John Crawford died in Pine Twp Ally Co. in 1820. HIs wife's name was Margaret.
I wish to find his papers applying to pension, having served in the Revolutionary War and have been instructed from Washington D.C. to look for these applications here, as application was made every three months there should be many of these papers. I have a war record of a John Crawford of Allegheny Co which in every way fits into the life of my ancestor but I lack the proof that it is his. This record says he was pensioned from Sept 4, 1796 to 1820 in Oct 1819 he was living in Allegheny Co and was 85 years old. If this only said "Pine Twp" he moved to Pine Twp before 1800.
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Will you please hunt thru these files for me. I am most anxious to prove it was my ancestor who had this wonderful war record. 
Sincerely,
Mrs. M.W. Daubenspeck
411 No School ST
Avalon, Pittsburgh, Pa
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Madam:
Being the only representative of the Bureau of Pensions in the Post office Building, Pittsburgh I opened this letter, and reading it I regret that I do not have the information you desire.
Moreover, I do not know that such records are obtainable anywhere. However, my superior officer is The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, DC and if you entertain the belief that he might afford you the desired information, and whether his office can or can not I do not know, you are privileged to address him.
Yours Truly,
Theodor Tallmadge
Field Representative
Pittsburgh PA March 28/30
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411 No School St. Avalon Pa 
April 25-30
Mr. Winifield Scott
Comm of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir, After reading the enclosed letter can you advise me where to look for these "application for pension" papers in Pittsburgh.
Since he lived in Pine Twp Ally Co. Pa from 1800 to 1820, the year of death, would this application he made at the County Seat (Pittsburgh) oir Harrisburgh or Washington DC.
Sincerely
Mrs. M. W. Daubenspeck.
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Youngstown, O.
Aug. 30. '30
War Records Office
Wash. D.C.

Please give me all information regarding pentioned John Crawford or Crawfurd 8th Cont'l line, Pa. Jan. 13-1777, supposed to be buried in Washington Co. Pa. 

Eva A. Scott
1309 Belmont Ave.
Eva A. Scott 

Same as above William Lewis Pa. Cont'l line. also Wash. Co. 
Miss Neva Lewis
Neva Lewis 
1309 Belmont Ave.
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2005 Jenny Luid St. 
McKeesport Pa

Director of Pensions,
Can you give me any information about Lt. John Crawford who was given a tract of land in 1786 for services rendered during the late war?
This was 200 acres in what was then Westmoreland Co. Pa. and the survey is recorded in Crawford Co. Pa.
I want to find where this Lt. Crawford is buried - where the land would now be located, something of his
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family? or in fact, anything that will help me find who my mother's grandfather was. And I thought by tracking the Patent, the copy of which I hold, I could perhaps the better get some live-up.
This is quite important to me and I thank you in advance for any consideration.
Mrs. R. M. Baldridge
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Des Moines Iowa
Sept 4th, 1934
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Sir,
Please for D.A.R. purposes Record of death date of John Crawford of PA S40870 he received a pension Sept 4 -1796. In 1791 adjutant of the 2nd Regiment United States Army. In the engagement Nov 4, 1791 = when the army was defeated he was wounded in the breast after this he served under General Wayne until he was forced to retire on account of this wound they were fighting Indians at that time in Ohio = Little Turtle Tribe - In 1790 General Harmae was surprised by the Little Turtle Tribe - The U.S. Army was routed and defeated almost ruined the Army - in 1791 St. Clair was in Battle with the Indians - later General Washington sent General Anthony Wayne to try to make peace - he was not successful - he then drove them from their hiding place - with Bayonets this Battle was fought 1794 of Ohio on the banks of the Maumee River = John Crawford was Pensioned Sept 4 1796 = he was born 1734 = Chester Co -? pennsylvania - in 1819 he was living in Allegahaney Co. Pa = was 85 years old then. In 1820 John Crawford stated he had no family living with him = (at that time his wife Hannah Robb was ill with a cancer, and living with John Crawford and Hannah Robb's son, Abijah Carwford in Ohio = either Morrow or Jefferson Co Ohio) 1828 john Crawford age 94 was trying to obtain a pension also for Revolutionary Service or an increase in Pension = The service in Ohio for which he received a Pension would be 1812 war - which
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began 1783 - declared 1812 - closed 1815 = John Crawford- served in the Revolutionary War he was commissioned Aug 10 - 1776 2nd Lieutenant of Captain Andrew Mann's Co. In Col. Eneas Mackey's 8th PA Regt their commanded Col. Daniel Brodhead was in Baattles of Boundbrook NJ Brandywine, Paoli and Germanstown Pa. Served to close of war - he during this time was transfered to the 6th Pa page 177 Heilman's Historical Register Officers and men in continental army 1775 to 1783=
John Crawford Pa 2nd Lieutenant Pa 9th of Aug 1776 , 1st Lieutenant 16 April 1777 - Captain 16AUG 1779 - transfered to 6th Pa 17Jan 1781, rehired 12th Jun 1783 end of Revolutionary War.
john Crawford born 1734 Chester Co. Pa - married Hannah Robb = Born Pa - died Ohio = children names - Alexander, William, Joseph, James, Abijah the son who cared for his mother until her death. Mary married Richard Bell, Jane married John Wright, Margaret married Stephen Corrin, Jane Crawford born 1806 married at Steubenville Jefferson Co. Ohio 1830 John Wright born 1810 their children were Mary Jane, Richard, Margaret, Martha, Lucinda, Lurinda,  James, Nancy, John
Tradition = John Crawford was thrown from a horse, died from the injuries, while on a journey to see his wife Hannah Robb Crawford who was very ill with cancer at the home of their son Abijah Crawford in Ohio. We are  unable to give exact year of his death he was 94 in 1828 trusting the death date may be recorded in pension department. In reference to time his last payment ceased his pension received Sept 4, 1796 might be in 1812 War files In 1811 he was destitute and very poor health from his service in Revolutionary War service in Ohio. wounded in the breast brother Mr. Robb of Jefferson Co Ohio gave them of land to live on Mr Robb keeps the title
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We do not know who was caring for the soldier John Crawford in Allegahaney Co. Pa. this co Allegahaney is not far from Jefferson Co Ohio. His wife Hannah Robb their son Abijah cared for his mother believed it was about 1833 year he took her to his home she died after her husband John Crawford death, John Crawford statement, he had no family living with him may of been he and his wife were so feeble and in ill health on destitute circumstances this may be why he stated in 1820 he had no family living with him it wil be greatly appreciated If the Pension Dept will file the name of John Crawford's wife Hannah Robb and the names of his children for further generation and for preservation.
Mrs. Theodore S. Wood
Des Moines
Iowa
3816 Hubble Blvd
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Mt. Vernon, Ia, Feb 23, 1935
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Acting Commissioner
My dear Sir,
 For D.A.R. purposes I desire to learn if the widow of John Crawford pensioner of the Revolutionary War, S. 40870, Certificate No456 or 607, issued Aug 3, 1829, received a pension? If so, do the records of your office show his death date? Was her maiden name Hannah Robb? Please give her birth, marriage, and death dates.
John Crawford was born in Chester Co., Pa., and Hannah Robb was also of the same county.
Very Truly yours
Mrs. E.R. Needles
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2 of Pa.
Mr Winfield Scott Comm          
Dear Sir,        In Feb. 1928 you sent me a copy of the Pension record of John Crawford who was pensioned Sept 4 - 1796 - In Oct 1819 he was living in Allegheny Co- age 85. In 1820 he stated he had no family residing with him.  In 1828 Dickerson Crawford of Allegheny Co testified to the Rev. War Service of John Crawford.    
 This John C. is my ancestor and he died in 1820. What was the occasion for Dickerson C. testifying that J. C. was a Rev. Soldier?  Was it to collect back pension?   
The fact that J C. was a Rev. Soldier was proven in 1796 when he got a pension. John C. settled on land bought with
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"Depreciated pay checks" before 1800 [ in]
Allegany co.  pine Twp. will you please look [Buer] these records, and give me the reason of 
Dickerson's testimony
Where did J.B Live before moving to Pine twp. Allegheny co.? I would appreciate additional information contained in these records.
                Sincerely 
Nellie King Daubenspeck 
Mrs. M.W. Daubenspeck
411 N. School St.
Avalon, Pa 

Jan. 5-'38
 are there no mention of wife's name or any children?
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418 Whitney Avenue      
Wilkinsburg, Penna.           
March 7,1927            
Chief of the Record and Pension Office              
WAR DEPARTMENT              
Washington, District of Columbia      
Dear Sir:             
I would thank you to furnish me the PENSION record of one, JOHN CRAWFORD, a soldier in the War of the REVOLUTION whose military record appears as First Lieutenant with the following notation:       
" CRAWFORD, JOHN, from second lieutenant, April 18,1777; promoted captain, August 10,1777, " on a Roster of Field and Staff Officers,"  Eight Pennsylvania, Continental Line, in the War of the Revolution.                    
See page 315, volume III, Pennsylvania Archives, Fifth Series.     "JOHN CRAWFORD died on his farm in Adams County, Ohio, September 22,1816, aged 66/1/3 years", inscription on his tombstone in his family graveyard.        
In this connection, kindly advise the amount of the legal fees required to procure certified photostatic copies of all papers filed in the PENSION OFFICE in connection with the name of the Revolutionary soldier [unreadable] and will send you [unreadable]  soon as I get your answer to my communication.        
Thanking you for your consideration and prompt attention,            
Most respectfully yours,             
Albert B. Shaw,                     
received A. G. O. MAR 8 1927
RECEIVED MAR 8 1927 OLD RECORDS DIV
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418 Whitney Avenue       
Wilkinsburg, Penna.           
April 4, 1927.              
Winfield Scott, Commissioner        
U.S Department of the Interior   
BUREAU OF PENSIONS            
Washington, District of Columbia (Rev. & 1812 Wars Section)      
Sir:                  
Reference is made to your letter of March 21, 1927, in reply to me inquiry of March 7,1927 concerning one JOHN CRAWFORD, lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, and who died in Adams County, Ohio, September 22,1816, born May 22,1750. (Aged 66-1/3 years) (See my letter attached, also your letter in reply) – returned Apr. 4 –
See carbon one negative for John Crawford who died 1876
You advise, " I have to advise you, that the Revolutionary War records of this bureau, fail to afford any information in regard to John Crawford, who died in Adams County, Ohio, September 22, 1815.    
The Revolutionary War pensioner John Crawford, S. 40870, who served as a Lieutenant of the Eighth Penn. Regiment was a resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania when he applied for Pension October 24, 1819”.  
You will please note that in my letter the date of JOHN CRAWFORD'S death as given as of September 22, 1816, and not 1815 as noted in your reply. I infer that your department has erred in this particular regarding the year, if otherwise, you must have some record of the Adams County, Ohio, John Crawford.           
Please furnish me with the pension record of the Revolutionary War Pensioner JOHN CRAWFORD, S. 40870, who served as Lieutenant of the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, whom you say was a resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania when he applied for pension October 24, 1819. Would like to have photostatic copies of all the papers in your dept. in connection with this particular JOHN CRAWFORD.      
Thanking you for your prompt attention      
Moat respectfully           
Albert B Shaw 
10 pages
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
Mr. Albert Shaw
418 [illegible] Ave.
Wilkinsburg, Penn.
Sir:
I have to advise you, the the Revolutionary War records
of this bureau, fail to afford any information in regard to
John Crawford, who died in Adams County, Ohio, September 22, 1815.
The Revolutionary War pensioner John Crawford, S. 40870,
who served as Lieutenant of the Eighth Penn. Regiment was a
resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania when he applied for 
pension October 24, 1819.
Respectfully,
Winfield Scott,
Commissioner.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
S.40870-John Crawford
MCS/eel

October 9, 1930

Mrs. R.G. Dean
1447 Davis Avenue, N.S.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the records of
this bureau that John Crawford was commissioned August 10,
1776, as second Lieutenant of Captain Andrew Mann's Company,
Colonel Eneas Mackey's Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment. On
April 18, 1777, he was commissioned lieutenant of said
Eighth Regiment, then commanded by Colonel Brodhead. He
was in the battles of Boundbrook, Brandywine, Paoli and 
Germantown and served until the close of the Revolution.
In 1791, he was appointed adjutant of the Second Battalion,
Second Regiment, United States Army, and in the
engagement of November 4, 1791, when the army was defeated,
he was wounded in the breast. After this he served under
General Wayne until he was forced to retire on account of
his wound.
On account of the disability resulting from the above
mentioned wound, he was pensioned from September 4, 1796.
In October, 1819, he was living in Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania, and he was then eighty-five years of age.
In 1828, Dickerson Crawford of Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania, testified as to the Revolutionary War service
of John Crawford but he did not state whether he was related
to said soldier or not. In 1820, John Crawford stated that
he had no family residing with him. There are no further information
relative to the family of John Crawford.
The above history is that of the only soldier named 
John Crawford, of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, found on
the Revolutionary Ward records of this bureau.

Very truly yours
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section MCSMLB      
September 22, 1930      
Miss Eva A. Scott          
1309 Belmont          
Youngstown, Ohio              
Dear Madam: September 22, 1930 You are advised that it appears from the records of this bureau that John Crawford was commissioned August 10, 1776, as second lieutenant of Captain Andrew Mann's Company, Colonel Eneas Mackey's Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment. On April 18, 1777, he was commissioned lieutenant of said Eighth Regiment, then commanded by Colonel Brodhead. He was in the battles at Boundbrook, Brandywine, Paoli and Germantown and served until the close of the Revolution.            
In 1791, he was appointed adjutant of the Second Battalion, Second Regiment, United States Army, and in the engagement of November 4, 1791, when the army was defeated, he was wounded in the breast. After this he served under General Wayne until he was forced to retire on account of his wound.      
On account of the disability resulting from the above mentioned wound, he was pensioned from September 4, 1796.                 
In October, 1819, he was living in Alleghany County, Pennsylvania, and he was then eighty-five years of age.                 
In 1828, Dickerson Crawford of Alleghany County, Pennsylvania, testified as to the Revolutionary War service of John Crawford but he did not state whether he was related to said soldier or not. In 1820, John Crawford stated that he had no family residing with him. There are no further information relative to the family of John Crawford,             
Very truly yours,               
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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Rev. and 1812
Wars  Section
  
    MMHF/HMBA
                                                        April 30, 1930.
Nrs. M. W. Daubenspeck
411 No. School Street
Avalon, Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania.

  I advise you that the data relative to John Crawford of Alleghent County, Pennsylvania, which were furnished you on February 25, 1928, were taken from his pensionon file in this bureau.

        It does not appear in said paper that he lived in Pine Township. He was still living in 1828 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
                            Very truly yours,

                            EARL D. CHURCH
                               Commissioner.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section    M.M.H.

Mrs. M. W. Daubenspeck,
411 North School Street,
Avalon, Pennsylvania.

Madam:
I advise you that the history of John Crawford which was
furnished you on February 25, 1928, was that of the only
soldier by that name of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania,
found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
This bureau has no general genealogical data on file.
It is proper to add that said records are open to
the public for research work, under the provisions of the
Act of March 3, 1901, and you, or any one designated by
you, may examine and collect data from papers on file
in Revolutionary War pension claims by calling at the bureau.

Respectfully,

E. W. Morgan,
Acting Commissioner.

COPIED BY ADY
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February 25, 1928.

Nellie Daubenspeck,
411 North School St., Avalon,
Bellevue, Pennsylvania.

Madam:
I advise you that from the records of this bureau it
appears that JOHN CRAWFORD was commissioned August 10, 1776,
as second Lieutenant of Captain Andrew Mann's Company,
Colonel Eneas Mackey's Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment.
On April 18, 1777, he was commissioned Lieutenant of said
Eighth Regiment, then commanded by Colonel Brodhead.
He was in the battles at Boundbrook, Brandywine, Paoli and
Germantown and served until the close of the Revolution.
In 1791 he was appointed Adjutant of the Second
Battalion, Second Regiment, United States Army, and in the
engagement of November 4, 1791, when the army was defeated,
he was wounded in the breast. After this he served under
General Wayne until he was forced to retire on account of 
his wound.
On account of the disability resulting from the above
mentioned wound he was pensioned from September 4, 1796.
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In October, 1819, he was living in Alleghany [Allegheny] County,
Pennsylvania, and he was then eighty-five years of age.
In 1828 Dickerson Crawford of Alleghany [Allegheny] County, 
Pennsylvania, testified as to the Revolutionary War service of
John Crawford but he did not state whether he was related
to said soldier or not. in 1820 John Crawford stated that
"he had no family residing with him". There are no further
information on file relative to the family of John
Crawford.
This is the only John Crawford of Alleghany [Allegheny] County,
Pennsylvania, that is found on the Revolutionary War
records of this bureau.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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Rev. & 1812 War Section
S. 40870

November 17, 1927

Elizabeth Crawford
419 S. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, Calif.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the records of this bureau it appears
that JOHN CRAWFORD was commissioned August 10, 1776, as Second Lieutenant
of Captain Andrew Mann's Company, Colonel Eneas Mackay's Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment. On April 18, 1777, he was commissioned Lieutenant of said Eighth Regiment, then commanded by Colonel Brodhead. He was in the battles at Boundbrook, Brandywine, Paoli and Germantown and served until the close of the Revolution. In 1791 he was appointed Adjutant of the Second Battalion, Second Regiment, United States Army, and in the engagement of November 4, 1791, when the army was defeated, he was wounded in the breast. After this he served under General Wayne until he was forced to retire on account of his wound. On account of the disability resulting from the above mentioned wound he was pensioned from September 4, 1796. In October, 1819, he was living in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and he was then eighty-five years of age.
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In 1828 Dickerson Crawford of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, testified as to the Revolutionary War service of John Crawford but he did not state whether he was related to said soldier or not. In 1820 John Crawford stated that "he had no family residing with him". There are no further information on file relative to the family of John Crawford. 
This is the only John Crawford of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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April 30, 1927.        
Mrs. Alexander Scott,              
Stromsburg, Nebraska.          
Madam:              
I have to advise you that from the records of this bureau, it appears that John Crawford was commissioned August 10, 1776, as Second Lieutenant of Captain Andrew Mann's Company, Colonel Eneas Mackey's Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, On April 18, 1777, he was commissioned Lieutenant of said Eighth Regiment, then commanded by Colonel Brodhead. He was in the battles at Boundbrook, Brandywine, Paoli and Germantown and served until the close of the Revolution.                   
In 1791, he was appointed Adjutant of the Second Battalion, Second Regiment, United States Army and in the engagement of November 4, 1791, when the army was defeated (St. Clair's Defeat), he was wounded in the breast. After this he served under General Wayne, until forced to retire on account of his wound and he was pensioned for the disability resulting therefrom, from September 4, 1796.              
He was also allowed pension on account of his services in the Revolution, on his application executed October 24, 1819, at which time he was eighty-five years old and a resident od Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.               
I did not say that he was a Lieut of 3 Pa at close of Rev as he did, because neither Houtnioce  nor Pa. Archives show that. They show him a Captain then, but he was only allowed bounty land as a Lieut. The Army register shows he did not leave last service until 1796, so I did not say a "short" while under Gen. Wayne.
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There is no information on file as to family, other
than that in 1820, he stated that "he has no family residing
with him". One Dickerson Crawford of Allegheny County, Penn.,
in 1828, stated that he knew the soldier, but did not say
whether he was a relation.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars
Section.
April 5, 1927.
Albert B. Shaw,
418 Whitney Ave.
Wilkinsburg, Penn.
Sir:
In response to your letter of the 4" instant, I have to 
advise you, that the figure 5, in the first paragraph of the
bureau letter of March twenty-one was a clerical error, the
date should have read, September 22, 1816. (this refers to negative [illegible] carbon of Mar. 21, 1927 [illegible])
If you desire photostat copies of the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim, S. 40870, of John Crawford, Lieutenant
of the Pennsylvania Line, the same will be furnished at
the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra
for certification, if that is desired. The number of pages
to be copied is ten.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau, by
money order, or certified check, drawn to the order of the
Secretary of the Interior, (not to the order of the Commissioner
of Pensions).
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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February 9, 1932
BA-J/AWF
S.40870
Copy of abstract by M.C.S.
Mrs. Theodore S. Wood
3816 Hubble Blvd.
Des Moines, Iowa.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of recent date,
requesting information in regard to John Crawford, a
soldier of the Revolution.
The date which follow are obtained from the Revolutionary
War records of this office.
John Crawford was commissioned August 10, 1776,
as second lieutenant of Captain Andrew Mann's company
in Colonel Eneas Mackey's Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment.
On April 18, 1777, he was commissioned lieutenant of
said Eighth Regiment, then commanded by Colonel Brodhead.
He was in the battles at Boundbrook, Brandywine,
Paoli and Germantown, and served until the close of the
Revolution.
In 1791 he was appointed adjutant of the Second
Battalion, Second Regiment, United States Army, and in
the engagement of November 4, 1791, when the army was
defeated, he was wounded in the breast. After this he
served under General Wayne until he was forced to retire 
on account of his wound.
On account of the disability resulting from the
above mentioned wound, he was pensioned from September 4, 1796.
In October, 1819 he was living in Alleghany [Allegheny] County,
Pennsylvania, and he was then eighty-five years of age.
In 1828, Dickerson Crawford of Alleghany [Allegheny] County,
Pennsylvania, testified as to the Revolutionary War
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service of John Crawford but he did not state whether
he was related to said soldier or not. In 1820, John
Crawford stated that he had no family residing with him.
There are no further information relative to the
family of John Crawford.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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February 5, 1932
John Crawford
BA-J/MCS, S. 40870

Mrs. E. R. Needles
Mount Vernon
Iowa
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of January 15, 1932, requesting information in regard to John Crawford, a soldier of
the Revolution.
The data which follow are obtained from the Revolutionary War records of this office.
John Crawford was commissioned August 10, 1776, as second lieutenant of Captain Andrew Mann's Company in Colonel Eneas Mackey's
Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment. On April 18, 1777, he was commissioned
lieutenant of said Eighth Regiment, then commanded by Colonel Brodhead. He was in the battles at Boundbrook, Brandywine, Paoli and Germantown and served until the close of the Revolution.
In 1791, he was appointed adjutant of the Second Battalion, Second Regiment, United States Army, and in the engagement of November 4, 1791, when the army was defeated, he was wounded in the breast.
After this he served under General Wayne until he was forced to retire on account of his wound.
On account of the disability resulting from the above mentioned
wound, he was pensioned from September 4, 1796.
In October, 1819, he was living in Alleghany County, Pennsylvania, and he was then eighty-five years of age.
In 1828, Dickerson Crawford of Alleghany County, Pennsylvania,
testified as to the Revolutionary War service of John Crawford but he
did not state whether he was related to said soldier or not. In 1820, John Crawford stated that he had no family residing with him. There
are no further information relative to the family of John Crawford.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
S.40870-John Crawford
MCS/eel
October 9, 1930
Etta M. Kyle
144 W. Rayen Avenue
Youngstown, Ohio
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the records of
this bureau that John Crawford was commissioned August 10, 1776,
as second lieutenant of Captain Andrew Mann's Company,
Colonel Eneas Mackey's Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment.
On April 18, 1777, he was commissioned lieutenant of said
Eighth Regiment, then commanded by Colonel Brodhead.
He was in the battles at Boundbrook, Brandywine, Paoli and
Germantown and served until the close of the Revolution.
In 1791, he was appointed adjutant of the Second Battalion,
Second Regiment, United States Army, and in the engagement
of November 4, 1791, when the army was defeated,
he was wounded in the breast. After this he served under 
General Wayne until he was forced to retire on account of
his wound.
On account of the disability resulting from the above
mentioned wound, he was pensioned from September 4, 1796.
In October, 1819, he was living in Alleghany [Allegheny] County,
Pennsylvania, and he was then eighy-five years of age.
In 1828, Dickerson Crawford of Alleghany [Allegheny] County,
Pennsylvania, testified as to the Revolutionary War service of
John Crawford but he did not state whether he was related
to said soldier or not. In 1820, John Crawford stated that
he had no family residing with him. There are no further
information relative to the family of John Crawford.
The above history is that of the only soldier named
John Crawford, of Alleghany [Allegheny] County, Pennsylvania,
found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner
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March 12, 1935
BA-J/EEL
John Crawford-S.40870
Mrs. E.R.Needles
Mount Vernon
Iowa
Dear Madam:
Rreference is made to your letter in which you ask to be informed
whether or not the widow of John Crawford, Revolutionary
War pensioner, S.40870, whose history was furnished you on February 5, 1932,
received a pension. you ask, also, for all data
concerning his widow and for the date of death of the pensioner,
John Crawford.
There id no claim for pension on file made by any person as
the widow of the above named John Crawford and there are no data
whatever in the above noted pension claim in regard to this soldier's
wife and no reference was made to children.
John Crawford, Certificate No. 15714, issued November 9, 1819,
rate $20 per month, commenced October 24, 1819, Act of March 18, 1818,
Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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October 3, 1934.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J / ady
S.40870
Mrs. Theodore S. Wood
John Crawford
3816 Hubble Boulevard
Des Moines, Iowa.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter requesting the date of death of John Crawford, S. 40870, a soldier of the Revolution.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of
pension, the name of person paid and possibly the death date of said soldier, you should apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C. and
cite the following data:
S. 40870
Reference is made to your letter requesting the
BA-Jady
John Crawford, Certificate No. 546 or 607, issued August 3, 1829, rate $320.00 per annum, Act of May 15, 1838, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Agency"".
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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Mrs. R. M. Baldridge
2005 Jenny Lind Street
McKeesport
Pennsylvania
October 18, 1932
BA-J/MCS
John Crawford
S. 40870
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard
to Lieutenant John Crawford who served in the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file
in the pension claim, S. 40870, based upon the military service
of John Crawford, the only soldier by that name who served as
lieutenant of Pennsylvania troops that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
John Crawford was commissioned August 10, 1776, second lieutenant of Captain Andrew Mann's Company in Colonel Eneas Mackey's Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment. On April 18, 1777, he was commissioned lieutenant of the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment which was then commanded by Colonel Brodhead. He was in the battles of Foundbrook,
Brandywine, Paoli and Germantown, and served until the close of
the Revolution.
In 1791 he was appointed adjutant of the Second Battalion,
Second Regiment, United States Army, and he was wounded in the
breast in the engagement of November 4, 1791, when the army was
defeated. After this he served under General Wayne until he was
forced to retire on account of his wound.
On account of the disability resulting from the above mentioned
wound, he was pensioned from September 4, 1796.
In October, 1819, he was living in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and he was then eighty-five years of age.
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In 1820 John Crawford stated that he had no family residing
with him. In 1828 Dickerson Crawford of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, testified as to the Revolutionary War service of John
Crawford but he did not state that he was related to him. There
are no further data relative to the soldier's family.
On account of his service in the Revolution, John Crawford
was allowed two hundred acres of bounty land on Warrant #423
which was issued September 22, 1791.
For the location of this land it is suggested that you
address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior
Department, Washington, D.C.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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January 14, 1938
John Crawford,S.40870
BA-J/MCS
Mrs. M. W. Daubenspeck
411 N. School Street
Avalon, Pennsylvania 
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of January 5, 1938, requesting 
further information relative to John Crawford who served in the Revolutionary
War and was pensioned from September 4, 1796.
In the papers on file in pension claim, S.40870, based upon the
Revolutionary War service of John Crawford it was stated in 1820 that
he had no family then residing with him. This statement was in answer 
to a questionaire [questionnaire] requiring the number of his family who were then
dependent upopn him for support, therefore, it can be concluded
that he had neither wife nor children then living.
John Crawford's name was taken off the pension roll on September 26, 1820,
because the Pension Office did not consider that he was in 
indigent circumstances. He applied under the Act of May 15, 1828, and
was again allowed pension.
In 1828 Dickerson Crawford stated that John Crawford was "believed
to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution". The relationship 
between Dickerson and John Crawford was not shown and the papers in said
claim contain no further data relative to the family of John Crawford.
The earliest place of residence given for John Crawford was in 
1796 when he was living in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
The Revolutionary Ward records of this office fail to afford any
information relative to a John Crawford of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania,
who died in 1820.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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April 20, 1939.
John Crawford S.40870
BA-J/ady
Mrs. R. M. Baldridge
2005 Jenny Lind Street
McKeesport, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which
you request information in regard to your
ancestors other than the record of Beriah
Amberson which has been furnished you. You state that you are interested in the Ambersons and Crawfords of Mercer and Allegheny Counties,Pennsylvania, also, Hosack and Reed record of soldiers of the same counties. You state
that you have a grant of land dated 1783, for
services of Lieutenant John Crawford in the
Revolutionary War.
The Veterans Administration has no general
genealogical data on file as means of establishing ancestral lines and no clerical force assigned to genealogical research. Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims
for pension or bounty land based upon service in that war.
The pension record has been found of one
Amberson, only, that of William. His record is
furnished you herewith.
The records show that October 18, 1932, you
were furnished the record of a Lieutenant John Crawford of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, who received
land warrant No. 43, for two hundred acres of bounty land for his military service in the Revolution.
.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land
on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War
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of any soldier of Pennsylvania with the surname
Hosack, or other spelling or that surname. No
record could be identified of any other Crawford
or of a Reed in whom you are interested without
their full names and some data in regard to them,
such as approximate date of birth and deaths,
and given names of widows.

This office has no record of services
rendered in the Colonies prior to the Revolutionary War.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator