Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,716, Aron Crumbie, Conn. Mass
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SERVICE
Conn
Mass

Crumbie, Aron
or 
Aaron

NUMBER
S. 34,716
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34716
Revy INVALID.
File No. 34716
Aaron Crumbie
Corp Rev War
Act: 18" March 18
Index: -- Vol. 2, Page - 88
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1,216
Massachusetts
Aaron Crumbie
Capt Gridley & Corporal, Mass & Con
was in Washington life guards
[crossed out Massachusetts] [illegible]
S.B. Wells ret- war-

In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts,
at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence the 20th of April, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17. of July, 1818,
and sent to the care of Daniel A.
White, Esq, Salem, Masstts

Arrears to 4th of Septr. 1818..$: 36-
[crossed out Semi and all'se ending]
4 months,  15/30 ... $36-
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818 }
6 years
Rowley Essex County
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Aaron Crumbie
Rowley, Mass:
Daniel A. White, Esq
Judge
Essex County, Masstts
Aaron Crumbie, Corpl
Connecticut line,
Revolutionary Claim
found on the rolls-
Correct.
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I Michael Titcomb of Newburyport in the County of Essex and Commonwealth
of Massachusetts on oath do testify and say- That Aaron Crumbie of Rawley who
is [illegible] making application to the Government of the United States for the benefit of the act of Congress providing a pension for certain persons engaged in the land and
Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war is personally known to me.

I do know that in the year 1776 said Crumbie served as a private in General Washington's life guard for the term of twelve months. I was in said life guards with him at the same time. I have no knowledge of his services afterwards
Michael Titcomb

April 14th 1818
Essex Newburyport April 14 1818 Then Michael Titcomb above named personally came and made oath to the truth of the above written affidavit by him subscribed before me 
[signature illegible]
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We the subscribers hereby certify that Aaron Crumbie now making application to the Secretary of War for a pension, agreeably to the provisions of an act of Congress, recently passed for the benefit of officers & soldiers
who served during the revolutionary war, is a citizen of the United States & is now an inhabitant of the town of Rowley in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is also in destitute circumstances, having actually received assistance
from said town, toward his support for several
years past.
Rowley, April 22 1818
Sam Adams
Amos J Tenny
Selectmen  of said Rowley
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I, Aaron Crumbie of Rowley in the County of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath to and declare that I served in the [illegible] of the United States in the war of the Revolution on the continental [illegible] for the commencement of the war until the end thereof part of said time as [illegible] soldiers and the other as a noncommissioned officer -  I first enlisted early in the year of 1775 as
Captain Nathaniel Wade of Company. Colonel Moses Littles Regiment Massachusetts
line, and was immediately afterwards drafted into the Company of Artillery commanded
by Captain Gridley, and was in said Company, and did duty as a [illegible] of soldiers at
the Battle of Bunker Hill in June of that year. Afterwards [illegible] my term of service
expired in said Company. I enlisted into General Washingtons life guards for next year,
in which I did duty that term of time, at the expiration whereof I relisted in Captain [illegible] Company, in the Second Connecticut Regiment, under Colonel Charles R. Webb
to some during the war and did faithfully discharged my duty as aforementioned soldier as a Sergeant in said company until the end of the war, when I received an honorable
discharge.   When the war ended I took the place of [illegible]  Brown [illegible] of the 
three years [illegible], and whose term of service had not expired and did duty for him  and a further term of two months [illegible] being able afterwards to find [illegible]. I did not obtain evidence of that service in the Army - have [illegible]

I do further swear that by reason of my reduced circumstance I am in need 
of the assistance of my country for support
Aron Crumbie
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex
I Daniel A White Judge
of the Court of Probate of the said
County of Essex, do certify that Aaron
Crumbie of Rowley in said County personally 
 appeared on the Twentieth day of April
A.D. 1881, and made the declaration aforesaid
by him signed under oath before me.
That the annexed affidavit of Michael Titcomb was duly taken as thereon certified, and that
it appears to my satisfaction that the said
Aaron Crumbie served in the revolutionary
war as set forth in his said declaration.

Given under my hand & the seal
of the said Court the fifth day
of May in the year aforesaid
D A White