Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,143, James Craig, N.H.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE|[blank]|NUMBER
N.H.|*Craig, James|S. 42,143
CONTENTS
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Notification sent November 14, 1820 to John H. Scott, Springfield, Ohio

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14,701
Ohio R. 
James Craig of Clark County in the state of Oi. who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Scammel (Scammell) of the N. Hamp're line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 11 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 of Sep. 1819 and sent to Ira Butler Springfield Ohio 
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1819 126.4[illegible]
Semi-anl. all'ce ending Mar 1820. 48.0[illegible]
15 Mo 21/31 4/30 $174.47
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
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42143
Revy INVALID [initials: own]
File No. 42,143
James Craig
Pri Rev War
Act: 18" March 18"
Index: - Vol. J, Page 105
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[verso]
Judges certificate of reduced circumstances required

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Springfield O
March 23
J. C. Calhoun Secr'y D. of War
Washington City
[overwritten: 4313
Case of Jas. Craig
Ira Butler Agt. 
Springfield Ohio
rec'd July 12, 1819
New Hamp line
3 Regm't
Col. Scammel (Scammell)
Spring 1777
Spring 1980 - 3 yrs
Judges certificate of red'd circumstances is required]

James Craig
Private 
77 to 80
Scammel (Scammell) N. Hamp're Regt
on Roll 
Admitted
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State of Ohio Clark County ss}
on this 11th day of May 1818 before me the subscriber one of the associate Judges of the court of common pleas for said county personally appears James Craig aged sixty five years resident in Springfield in Clark County aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war." That he the said James Craig enlisted in Concord New Hampshire in the Spring of seventeen hundred and seventy seven in company commanded by Captain Livermoore (Livermore) 3rd Regt New Hampshire line, marched from thence to Ticonderoga thence to Mohawk River and was at the taking of Burguin (Burgoyne) thence Albany New York thence Reding (Redding) Connecticut and that he continued to serve in said corps until the Spring of 1780 three years and was discharged at West Point State of New York (which discharge he lost several years since) And that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support 
/s/James Craig
Subscribed & Sworn before me the 11th May 1818 
/s/Joseph Layton Assoc Judge
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[duplicate of page 5]
State of Ohio Clark County ss}
on this 11th day of May 1818 before me the subscriber one of the associate Judges of the court of common pleas for said county personally appears James Craig aged sixty five years resident in Springfield in Clark County aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war." That he the said James Craig enlisted in Concord New Hampshire in the Spring of seventeen hundred and seventy seven in company commanded by Captain Livermoore (Livermore) 3rd Regt New Hampshire line, marched from thence to Ticonderoga thence to Mohawk River and was at the taking of Burguin (Burgoyne) thence Albany New York thence Reding (Redding) Connecticut and that he continued to serve in said corps until the Spring of 1780 three years and was discharged at West Point State of New York (which discharge he lost several years since) And that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support
/s/James Craig
Subscribed & Sworn before me the 11th May 1818
/s/Joseph Layton Assoc Judge
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The State of Ohio Clark County ss
Personally before me the subscriber came John Craig who being duly sworn saith that the within Statement of James Craig as to his term of service is true he being in the service at the same  time
Sworn and subscribed before me the 11th day of May 1819
/s/Joseph Layton Assoc. Judge 
I Joseph Layton Associate Judge of the court aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said James Craig did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the Department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress
May 11th 1818 /s/Joseph Layton Assoc Judge
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State of Ohio Clark County ss - 
This may Certify that Joseph Layton, esqr. before whom the foregoing proceedings have been taken was at the time of taking the same an associate Judge in & for Clark County duly commissioned and sworn and to all his official acts as such full faith & credit is due. - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereto set my name & official seal at Springfield in said County this 24th day of June 1819
/s/Thos Armstrong Clerk Clark C'y
I, Joseph Layton in addition to the foregoing do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the aforesaid James Craig is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support 
Given under my hand at Springfield Clark County Ohio this 26 day of August Eighteen hundred nineteen
/s/Joseph Layton Ass. Judge
Ira Butler ageant for the aplicant 
Springfield Clark County Ohio
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73.
James Craig
Decl'n & Schedule
14,701.
24. Sept. 1819. 
Mar '20
con
No. 14701
John H. Scott,
Springfield, Ohio.
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State of Ohio & Supreme Court
District of Ohio to wit} 
On this twenty first day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty personally appeared in open court before the Honourable Calvin Pease & John M. Lean Judges of the Supreme court of said State (the same being a court of Record, the proceedings of which are according to the course of the Common Law which said court possesses Jurisdiction unlimited in amount, in law both civil & criminal as well as in Equity, & keeps a Record of its proceedings & has a Seal, &c) sitting in & for the county of Clark in said state James Craig of said county of Clark who is aged sixty two years resident in Springfield in said county who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows (to wit) The year of his enlistment is not recollected, but he enlisted in the company of Captain Livermore in the Regiment of Colonel Scammel (Scammell) in the New hampshire line of Continental troops, he served three years immediately after his enlistment, & was at the capture of Burgoyne & the British army at Saratoga, and he was out with General Sullivan during the whole of his expedition to the western part of New York thro' the then Indian country he was afterwards discharged at West Point, his discharge he has long since lost. - 
He obtained a pension under the act of "18th March 1818," & has drawn one installment, the date of his then declaration is not now recollected but the Number of the Certificate is 14701. the time from which the pension commenced is 11th day of May 1818 And I the said James Craig 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
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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 States 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 that what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed *see note on next page, omitted here
Of Real Estate I have none
Of personal estate I have 
One Cow worth fifteen dollars $15.00
two sheep worth three dollars 3.00
I am by occupation a farmer but by reason of age and infirmities particularly a crippled knee I am unable to work but very little. My wife is still living with me She is old & inform. I have three children living namely Robert Craig aged twenty one years able to support himself
Andrew Craig aged nineteen years able to support himself
Alexander Craig aged fifteen years able to support himself
The above statement & schedule sworn to in open court July twenty first 1818 before the Judges of the Supreme court of the state of Ohio 
/s/X his mark James Craig
Attest /s/Saul Henkle, Clerk pro tem. S.C.}
(copy)
State of Ohio
Clarke county ss} I Saul Henkle Clerk of the Supreme court of Ohio in and for the county aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & schedule annexed are truly copied from the record of the said court, & I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount of the value of the property ex-
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exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is eighteen dollars 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court on this 26th day of July, 1820
/s/Saul Henkle, Clerk, 
By his Deputy, /s/John H. Scott
*Debts due to me I have none
Debts that I owe
To John Snodgrass twenty dollars $20.00
To Wm. M. Cartney seven dollars 7.00
To James Wallace nineteen 19.00
[total] $46.00
A part of the schedule - attest
/s/Jno. H. Scott Dep. Clk.