Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1658, Alexander Craig, N.C. S.C. Born In Del.
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SERVICE
A.L.
Born in Del
CONTENTS
Craig, Alexander
NUMBER
S. 1658
Born In Del.
Carded
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State of Tennessee
Henry County
On this 5th day of September 1832
personally appeared in Open Court before
the Justices of Henry County now selling Alexander
Craig a resident of Henry County and State of Tennessee
aged about seventy five years who being first duly sworn
according to
law doth on his oath, make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act
of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the
service of the United States under the following named
officers and served as herein stated.
was drafted into
service in Mecklenburgh County North Carolina. I think
in June under the command of Captain Richard
Spring for the term of three thou this General Rutherford
Colonel Irvine, Major white, I do not remember
the
name of the Secutenant, marched to Salsbury on our
way to Salsbury took charge of fifteen or twenty persons
in an engagement with a party of tories and
took them
to Salsbury and put them in said, from thence
we marched
to adkin River where we lay several days
and returned
to Salsbury, Captain Spring and half his company
of which number I was one were furloughed and
went home on our return to the army we met the
Army flying from Camden in consequence of
Gates defeat Major William Davie was stationed
at Waran Creek South Carolina, General Sumpter
came along with his army, we joined him and
Marched on Crossing Calaba River to the Rockey
Mount in South Carolina, where we had a fight of
several hours, we were marched from the Rockey
Mount to Landford
on the Calaba River South Carolina
where I was discharged by Colonel Irvine
on the Calabar River, my discharge is lost.
I volunteered in the Continental Line
of North Carolina for ten months in March or April as well and [illegible] 1781in Mecklenburg County North Carolina under Captain John Foster
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Lieutenant, Robert Porter. Major Moore or Bluford
and Colonel Henry Hampton, our company went
to Congaree River South Carolina where we joined
the at my commanded by General Sumpter about
this him Colonel Henry Hampton, Captain John
Foster and Lieutenant Robert Porter and many other
were sent home as supernumeraries and I was put
under Captain Jacob Barnet Lieutenant Flannagan
and Colonel Wade Hampton, we lay several months
in the Town
Town of Orangeburgh South Carolina a portion
of the Army of which I was one were marched to
the four hole bridge within about forty miles
of
Charleston South Carolina, we returned to Orange
burgh where we were discharged by Major Tunell
This discharge is lost also I have no documentary
evidence and I know of no person whose testimony
I can procure who can testify to my service
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to
pension or annuity except the present and declare
to
that my name is not on the pension roll of the
agency of any State
Justin Where and in what year were you born
answer - I was born in Kent County Delaware
in
the year 1757, and my father removed
to Mechlinburg
County North Carolina when I was about five years old
Have you any record of your
North
age
The record of my age is in my fathers Bible
in
Carolina
Where were you living when called into
service, where
have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where
do you now live
I was living in Mecklenburg County North Carolina
when I entered the service and remained for 4 years after
the Revolutionary war I removed to Lancaster County South Carolina
where I lived 10 or 12 years from there
returned to Mecklenburg County North Carolina, where
I lived about 10 years. I then moved to Montgomery County
I
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Jennifer where I lived 1 year from these I removed 3 to Standing Rock Creek in Stewarts County [illegible] where I lived about 12 years from there I've moved to Henry County [illegible] where I have lived nearly 10 years and I now live in Henry County [illegible] .  How were you [illegible] into Service were you drafted  did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom.  I volunteered, I never substituted [illegible].   State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops where you served. [illegible]  continental and  militia regiments, as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service (answer)    I do not know that I can name any of the Regular officers only that General Green with his army lay near us a time or two, General Sumpter Colonel Hampton and the others I have named in the foregoing post of this declaration.  I have seen General Smallwood, General Butler and Colonel Washington, when at Orange [illegible] I saw General Sinclair and his army.  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it signed.  What  has become of it-  I received a discharge for each term of service, the first was signed by Colonel Irvine, the second by Major [?] Linnell, both have been lost long since.  State the names of persons to whom you  are known in your present neighborhood and who I am certify as to your character and veracity and good behaviour and your served as a Soldier of the Revolution.  I refer for character to David Cowan & Robert Searcy.

Alexander Craig (his mark)
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Mr. David Cowan and Robert Searcy
residing in the County of Henry and State of [illegible] do hereby certify, do hereby certify that we were well acquainted with Alexander Craig who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he  resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid

David C. Cowan
Robt Searcy

{?} K Porter Clk

and the said Court do hereby declare the opinion after the investigation of the matter and after [?] the interogatories presented by the war department that the above named applicants were Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that they are personally acquainted with David Cowen and Robert Searcy - that they are  Residents of the County of Henry & State of [?] that they are creditable persons and their statements are [?] to credit

John Huddurk  [?]
Julian Frazier  [?]
[?]

State of [?] Henry County

I, Thomas K. Porter Clerk of County Court in the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains  the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Alexander Craig for a pension.  In testimony whereof I have here unto let my hand and offered the seal [smudge] office this 5th day of September 1832.

Tho. K Porter Clk
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22040
West Lennefall
________________
Alexander Craig of Henry Co. in  the State of Lennefall who was a private in the  com commanded by Captain Spring of the Reg't commanded by Col. Irvine in the N. Carolinian [?] for 13 months.
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Inscribed on the Roll of West Lennefal at the rate of 43 dollars 33 cents per annum to commence on the last day of March 1831,

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Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Sept. 1833 and Thomas K Porter Paris
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Arrears to the last of Se[t.     108,32
[?] allowance ending 4 Mar     21.66
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                                               129.98


{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}
                              
Recorded by Dan'l Boyd
Book E    Vol. 7      Page 75


T. Cooney, Mar. 27, 183?

Let'r to Comm. Agent Jackson, [?]
T. Cooney - June 21. 1837

Order to pay to Pen Agent at Jackson repeated and let'r to T. Cooney June 21, 1837
______________________
Order to pay & letter to T. Cooney
24 Oct 1838.

Letter to T. Cooney & 3 auditors 8 today 1838
________________________
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 4th April 1838 from 4 Sept 1837 to March 1838 Agent notified 14 March 1839
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Dunlap & Porter June 20/54
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Alex'r Craig
Henry Co

[?]

from 1780 private 
13 months                  $43.38/100

Thos K Porter
Paris
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Sir

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832 has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace (thus:  }  ).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and, you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

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A statement showing the service of Alexander Craig

Period when service ws rendered  1780

Duration of the Claimant's service

years   0
Months   3               10

Rank of the Claimant :   
[Note from Transcriber-- this field was blank]

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served:  
[Note from Transcriber -- this field was blank]

Age at present . and place of abode when he entered the service
[note from transcriber --- this field was blank]

Proof by which the declaration is supported:
         [illegible]



I am, respectfully,
    Your obedient servant,
                    J. L. Edwards
                          Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c,   Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

       Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops.
2.   The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3.   Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.   Indian Spikes.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist  in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians   [note:  should this be musicians?\ or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act  of Congress of the 7th of June 1832

            State, Territory, or District of   }
                 County of                           }  ss.
On this        day of       personally appeared (a) before
   A.B. a resident (b) of        in the county of       and State, Territory or District of      aged (c)         
         years, who being first duly sworn, according to the law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832..  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)         with        and served in the         (e) regiment of the        line, under the following named officers:

{here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers)  the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service;  the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  Note:  this form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy. &c.}

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of                  .
     Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

    {and then will follow the certificate of the Court}

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.

   I ,                           of the Court of      
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of
                          for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this       day of
                  &c.


If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:

(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the              and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                ,
who has subscri bed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
    Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
{and then will follow the certificate of the Court}

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them the A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the 
                   and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the 
and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I,                  Clerk of the Court of 
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court , in the matter of the application of
for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this     day of       &c.


Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail hid personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such a witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department,  A very full account
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October 6, 1937

Alexander Craig
S. 1658 and
BA-J/AWF

Mr. O. B. Puryear
P. O. Box 1162
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the records of James Gamblin, a resident in 1840 of Sumner County, Tennessee aged ninety years, and of Alexander Craig in 1840 aged eighty-five years and living in Henry County, Tennessee.

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force
available for furnishing such information, it is not possible to comply in full with each request.

The record of Alexander Craig is furnished
herein as found in papers on file in pension claim, S. 1658, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.

Alexander Craig was born in the year 1757 in
Kent County, Delaware, names of his parents not given. When he was about five years of age, his father moved to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

While residing in Mecklenburg County, Alexander Craig enlisted "before the battle of Gates Defeat" and served three months as a private in Captain Richard Spring's company, Colonel Irvine's regiment, was in an engagement with the Tories, and in the
battle of Rocky Mount. He enlisted sometime in March of April, 1781, served as a private in Captain John
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Foster's company, Colonel Henry Hampton's regiment, was transferred to Captain Jacob Barnett's company, Colonel Wade Hampton's regiment, length of entire service ten months.

The soldier, Alexander Craig, continued to live in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, for three or four years after the Revolution, then moved to Lancaster County, South Carolina, where he lived ten or twelve years, then returned to Mecklenburg County, and lived about ten years, thence to Montgomery County, Tennessee, where he lived about one year, then moved to " Standing Rock Creek ", 
Stewart County, Tennessee, was there about twelve years, and moved to Henry County, Tennessee. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 5, 1832, then a resident of Henry County, Tennessee.

Reference was made in 1854 to the heirs of the
soldier, Alexander Craig, but no names were given, nor degree of relationship stated.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of
pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the
following data:

Alexander Craig
Certificate #  22040
Issued September 28, 1833
Rate $43.33 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
West Tennessee Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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The additional and explanatory declaration of Alexander Craig made an open court before the Honorable Joshua Haskind holding the current court  [?] the County of Henry State of [?]at the Courthouse in the [?] of Paris this 25 day of May 1853 exclaimant Searcy that by reason of loss of memory  as well as the loss of the documentary evidence of his service he accrued [2 words?] the pension of the sum of the revelation of which he entered the service of the United States and says that he entered his [?] service mentioned in the body of his original declaration shortly before Gates'  [? 1 word] his subsequent service of the month, rendered as disclosed in his own original declaration commanded shortly after Gates' [?].  These facts declarant [?] to an order  to enable him to [?] of war to Judge of the records of his services .  Declarant further states that he served in the push [?] mentioned in his original declaration, these months that he served in the second tour mentioned in  his said original  declaration the months marking in all thirteen months  both of which terms of service was performed
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as a private soldier.

Sworn to in Open Court 28 May 1833

Alexander Craig (his mark)

James Jones Clk  of the Court and State aforesaid State of [?]
Henry County 

James Jones, Clerk of the Court in the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the [application --struck out] of  amended application of [strike out Hugh] Craig for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal there being no public seal of office at office in Paris this 28th day of May  AD 1832 and 57 years of Americas Independence.

James Jones Clk

State of [?]
I  [?] the members of Congress did from the [?] Congressional District of the state of [?] do certify that I am personally acquainted with James Jones whose name is signed to the above certificate and that the said James Jones is Clerk of the [?] Court of Henry County State of [?] and that the above signature of his name is in his own proper hand write

August 20th 1833

W. C . Dunlap
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Treasury Department.
Second Comptroller's Office, 
February 18th, 1839,

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Alexander Craig, a Pensioner of the Roll of the Jackson, Tennessee, Agency, at the rate of forty three Dollars and thirty three cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept., 1837, to the 4th March, 1838.

Respectfully, yours, 
Albion H.Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Pension Office, June 10 1854
4043
Sir 
Alexander Craig,
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N Evan Oct 22
[circular stamp]PARIS OCT 9 Tc
James L Edward Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Paris [?]  O ct. 6 1838

Sir
I inclose (sic) Alexander Craig's papers and request you to give the proper order to the Agent at Jackson to pay the arrearages due and to return the inclosed (sic) papers to me.

respectfully yr

T. Cooney

Tho. L. Edwards, Esqr
Commissioner  [?]
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Paris [?] July 3 1837

Sir

I have to request that you will instruct the pension agent at Jackson [?] to pay the pension of Alex'er Craig from, the 4th Sept 1834 to Sept 1836.

See papers inclosed (sic) which be so good as to return to me.

I have also to request that you will direct the payment of the pension of Martin Neave to be transferred from Fayetteville to Jackson, [?] he being removed to this county.

Respectfully yr

T. Cooney

J. L. Edwards, Esqr
Pension Commissioner

* upon reflection I will also request that you direct the pension agent at Jackson to pay Martin Neave's pension, as he has not drawn since 4th Sept 1835

T. Cooney
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Elliott
T Cooney
vouch
Alex Craig
FREE [Stamp]
James L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
[circular stamp] PARIS JUN 8 T
[crossed out] To Terrence Cooney Esqr
[crossed out] Paris Henry County
[crossed out] Tennessee
21
[illegible] Cooney
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Mr. Terrence Cooney

Dear Sir
I had to go to Alexander Craig the old Revolutioner who I have known for 88 years and have lived a neighbor to him for more than 88 years.  I found hi confined to his bed not able to turn himself or get up without assistance .  I got two men to go with me to witness the Power of Attorney to David Armour  to draw his pension from the 4 day of September  1834 to the 4 of march 1837.  We set the old gentleman on a Chear (sic) and his nerves is to affected it was with difficulty he could assign his name to the instruments but I m in Hopes it will answer for he needs his Money and would be glad if you can forward the papers as soon as possible.

Yours, [?]

C. H. Bradford
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Alexander Craig
Ten W 32 
Paris
Commissioner of Pensions
- Washington 
DC
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Cab
Free
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Paris [?] June 1st  1854

Dear Sir

Will you inform us when the Revolutionary Pension granted to Alexander Craig ceased
his heirs are of opinion that it ceased sometime before his death.  They are also of opinion that he was entitled to an annual incre4ase on the Pension allowed, from the fact of his having rendered additional service in a higher grade.

Will you do us the favor to reply to the above inquiries

Very respectfully
Dunlap Porter

to Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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Rev War
1937-Oct 6-lirsh. te . O. B. Puryear
1658
INVALID
File No.  1658
Alexander Craig.
Rio. N.C. Lind
Act:  June 7 1832
Index:-Vol.  A, Page  80
[Arrangement of 1870] [pre-printed]
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RECEIVED
AUG 28 1937
MALL SUB-DIV
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
Pension Department
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I should like very much to have a copy of
the Pension Declaration and records of the following:
JAMES GAMBLIN, who lived in Sumner Co., Tenn. (age 90) in 1840.
ALEXANDER CRAIG, " " " Henry Co., Tenn. (age 85) in 1840.
Thanking you, I am
Sincerely yours,
O. B. Puryear
O. B. Puryear
P. O. Box 1162
Tulsa, Okla.