Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9,244, Benjamin Crandal, R.I.
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[illegible seal attached]

State of New York
County of Schenectady 
On this thirteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Schenectady now sitting Benjamin Crandall a resident of the Town of Glenville of Schenectady  aforesaid in the State of New York of the age of seventy two 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 provision of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

That he enlisted in the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution and served under the following named officers as here is stated.

That enlisted in the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution in the month of May in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and seventy Eight into the company Commanded by Captain John Colden  in the Regiment Commanded by Col. Green in the State of Rhode Island in the Troops of said State that the company mustered at the town of Charlestown in said state [RI] and marched to a place called Little Rest [now Kingston, RI] and from thence the Company marched to Providence in said State of Rhode Island
and from thence to the Island of Fox Point 
[India Point Park, Providence, RI] 

That this deponent enlisted to serve for six months and the company was stationed on New Port [Newport, Rhode Island] aforesaid the whole term of enlistment  deponent continued there doing duty as a private  soldier in said Company during the said Term of his enlistment and was then discharged in New Port [Newport, RI] had not a written discharge has dockumentary [documentary] evidence of this service nor has other evidence except the depositions hereto annaxed [annexed].

That this deponent did duty faithfully as a private soldier all the Term of this enlistment. And was Honorably discharged 

And this deponent further says that soon
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after as soon as January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred  and seventy nine he again entered the service of the United States in the United States troops into the Company Commanded by Captain Lavat for the Term of fourteen months.

that he enlisted in the said Island of Newport [Rhode Island] and this deponent with the Company commanded by the said Captain Lavat to which he belonged was stationed there

That deponent continued in the service with said Company doing duty as a soldier faithfully for the Term of Seven months when this deponent was taken sick with the Camp disorder of disentary [dysentery] and was permitted  to return home to Charlestown [Rhode Island] a short distance from NewPort [Newport, RI] and continued sick and unable to do military duty all the rest of his said enlistment. 

that he has no written discharge and  has no dockumentary [documentary] or other evidence of this service except the depositions hereto annexed that this deponent was frequently out in the service of the United States at other and different times   

That he was in [John] Sullivans expedition [1778 Battle of Newport, Rhode Island]  and continued out at that time about one month was in the Battle in the company of John Gavit [Gavitt] in the Regiment of Colonel [Joseph] Noyes.

That he was born in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty in Charlestown [Rhode Island] aforesaid that he now of the age of seventy two years and upwards he there has no record of his age  he continued to reside in the Town of Charlestown  until after the Revolutionary War when he went into the Marine service that about the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two he came to live in the County of Albany [New York] adjoining the County of Rensselaer [New York] 

that  lived there about twenty years until the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty two when he removed to the Town of Glenville [NY] where now resides 

that he is poor and hopes his expectations of obtaining the generous pittance of a worthy Congress may not be blasted
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280148
Benjamin Crandall
For
Bounty Land
Act 1855 & 1856
Wm Von Marter
Lyons, NY
Atty.
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Benjamin Crandall
For
Bounty Land
Additional Evidence 
No 280.148
Revolutionary  Soldier
Wm. Van Marter
Lyons N.Y. 
Attorney
No clerks cft [certification]
See other papers- before 
same Justice - also
see papers for Pension 
Elizabeth Swart. 
Act 1816 taken before same Justice
Wm Van Marter
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9244.
Rev War
our
INVALID. 
File No. 9244
Benjamin Crandall
Pri. Rev War
Act: June 7th 32 [1832]
Index: Vol. 1st, Page 81

[Arrangement of 1870.]