Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2424, George Craft, Penn.
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SERVICE
Penn.

Craft, George & Sarah

NUMBER
R.2424
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Sara Croft was born in the year
1761 the 18th of August she got
married in the 17th year of her age
to George Croff that lived 41 years
together and she went to the Heaven
in the year 1829 he died in the year
1829 her fathers name was John Henry
Snyder and her mother Elisabeth
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Power of Attorney

Morris Duane Bowers
To
J.E. Hassler

Pennsylvania
admitted
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State of Ohio
Athens County
Be it known that on this 29th day of August 1854 Before me Henry T. Brown a notary public within aforesaid County personally came Susan Bowers wife of Morris Bowers, aged fifty-six years, who being duly cautioned and thus sworn according to the due form of Law, state that she is the daughter & legal heir of George Crofft, who was a revolutionary soldier of the state of Pennsylvania, and that he died as she is informed & believes, sometime during the year 1827. and that her mother Sarah Crofft, the wife of said George Crofft, died at Gallipoli in the state of Ohio in the year 1848 having remained the widow of said George until her death, She further states that the said George & Sarah Crofft were married prior to the year A.D. 1794 (but cannot state the precise date of said marriage) and that they resided in Westmoreland County in the state of Pennsylvania for a period of thirty years or upwards,
And furthermore the said Susan Bowers and Morris Bowers in the right of said Susan & by these presents, do name, constitute and appoint F.E. Hassler Esq. of Washington, DC their true and lawful attorney for them and within name  in the right of said Susan to demand, examine, prosecute and receive from the proper offices of the Unites States Government any and all  & every [illegible] or claims for increase or arrears of Pensions or land that may be due or coming from the United States Government to said Susan or to said Morris & Susan in her right - 
In witness whereof the said Morris & Susan Bowers have herewith set their hands & seals the day & year first above written
Attest Henry T. Brown
A.G. Brown
Morris Bowers his x mark
Susan Bowers her x mark
Sworn & subscribed & acknowledged before me this 29th August 1854
Henry T. Brown 
Notary Public
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State of Ohio
Gallia County } SS

On this eighth day of March AD 1847 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in aforesaid county Sarah Craft a resident of said county of Gallia and state of Ohio aged eighty years old next August who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress posted July the 4 .. 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows that she is the widow of George Craft who was a private in Captain Leckler's Company of Infantry from Hagarstown Pennsylvania my husband enlisted under Capt. Leckler in the service of the United States in the month of June 1776 for the term of five years for I was well acquainted with the Capt and my late husband whilst in the service for whilst they were enlisting soldiers they both came to my fathers house several times for he was about twenty years older than my self and we were not married until he served his time out and returned home when he marched from Hagarstown he joined the army at  Phillidelphy [Philadelphia] under General Washington and from there to New York under General Washington and to Long Island and there had several scrimmages with the British and from there to White Plains  and had a battle in the Battle of Kings Bridge and at the Battle of Brandywine in a great many other places that I can [paper damaged]... hearing him say he stayed until he got his [discharge?] the command of Gen. Washington then he came again was drafted and went out to serve his ... and got a discharge officers names forgotten ... home again to Lancaster town Pennsylvania ... prest [pressed] to go out as a teamster and Drove ... teams to Philadelphia and from there to ... Discharge he had three Discharges before ...
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married my self and George Craft.  Both were married in Lancaster County and were married there in the year of 1786 in the 19 years of my age as appears from my husband's family record from the family bible the record taken from the bible by my son as it was in Dutch he translated it into English & this peace of paper is the very same & it has been in my possession ever since and that her husband & aforesaid George Craft died on the 7 day of April 1827 in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania and previous to his death he became delerious for two years & he took his Discharges in my presents [presence] & tore them to peaces [pieces] & throwed them down & said that they would do him no good for they would not come after him to go to the army again and that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the services but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four at the time above stated sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me.

Sarah Craft X her mark

Isaac S Clark
Justice of the Peace

I do hereby certify that from my own knowledge Sarah Craft the present applicant from Bodily infirmity and old age and other complaints it is impossible for her to appear before the Court of our County being ten miles  distant and she is old and very poor & unable and without means to support herself with the necessarys of life as witness my hand and seal [paper damaged] day of March AD 1847

Isaac S Clark  Justice of the peace
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We, Jonathan Bowers and Sarah Bowers, Residing in the County of Gallia, Ohio, do hereby certify that we are well-acquainted with Sarah Craft & with George Craft before he died in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and it was always understood, there that he had been in the Revolutionary war two or three times, and we consider Sarah Craft, the subscriber
and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe her to be of truth and veracity, and ought to be believed in any court of Justice,
and we believe her to be of the age reputed, and that George Craft was in the revolutionary [war]. We concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid this the 8th day of March AD 1847
Jonathan Bowers
His mark X
Sarah Bowers
Benjamin A Malley, Justice of Peace

We, Cornelius Halley and Phillip Leonard, Residents of the County of Gallia & State of Ohio, do hereby certify that we are well-acquainted with Sarah Craft, the applicant, for many years and know her to be of good moral character and to be for truth and veracity no better, and her oath ought to be taken in any Court of Justice, and we are well acquainted with Jonathan Bowers & Sarah Bowers & believe them to be of Good moral Character, and as for truth and veracity they are intitled to it in any Court of Justice in the United States
Sworn to and subscribed this the 8th day of March AD 1831
Cornelius Halley
Philip Leonard
Benjamin A. Halley, Justice of the peace
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The State of Ohio
Gallia County ss
I, Joseph Drouillard, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do hereby
certify that Isaac S Clark and Benjamin
A Halley Esqrs., before whom the foregoing
affidavits appear to have been made, were at
that time Justices of the peace in and for
said County, duly commissioned and sworn,
and that the signatures above written are Genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Gallia, upon this 17th day of March A.D. 1847
Jos Drouillard, Clerk
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Revolutionary
Act 7 July 1838.
Sarah Crafts,
Widow of George.
Ohio.
Suspended.
Power of Attorney to examine papers
Ch. C. Tucker, Atty. Present
12, Sep. 54.
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Power of Attorney
Know all men by these present that we, 
Jonathan Bowers, and Sarah Bowers, wife
of said Jonathan Bowers, formerly Sarah Crafts, 
daughter of George Crafts,  do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Chas. C. Tucker, of Washington City, D.C. our true and lawful Agent and Attorney to prosecute the claim of George Crafts for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due under the provisions of the Act of __________ or any other act or Resolution of Congress, and we hereby authorize our said Attorney to examine all papers and documents in relation to said claim on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the herein expressed; and to do all things that we might or could do, were we personally present, Hereby ratifying and confirming all that our said Attorney may lawfully do in the premises.
Witness our hands and seals this 12th day
of May A.D. 1854
Jonathan Bowers
His mark X
Sarah Bowers
In presence of F.T. Strait
Catharine Hanlen

The State of Ohio, Gallia County SS
On this 17th day of May 1854, before me F T.
Strait, a Justice of the peace in and for the
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County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Jonathan Bowers, and Sarah Bowers, and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be their act and deed for the purpose therein mentioned
F. T. Strait
Justice of the Peace

State of Ohio Gallia County SS
On this 12th day of Mary 1854 before me the undersigned, a Justice of the peace in and
for the County and State aforesaid, personally
appeared Jonathan Bowers, and Sarah Bowers,
wife of said Jonathan Bowers, residents of said
County, and made oath according to law that
they are the identical Jonathan Bowers and
Sarah Bowers who executed the foregoing
power of Attorney, and that they are directly interested in said claim, and make this affidavit
to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as our said Attorney may use in prosecuting said Claim.
Jonathan Bower
His mark X
Sarah Bowers
Her mark X
F.T. Strait
Catherine Hansen
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day
and year above written by F.T. Strait, Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio
Gallia County SS
I, Joseph Drouillard, Clerk of the Court
Common Pleas in and for said County, do
hereby certify that F T. Strait Esq, before whom the foregoing affidavit and ackn-
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acknowledgement were made, and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned
and sworn, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of said Court
at Gallipolis this 5th day of September A.D. 1854
Jos. Drouillard Clk
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July 18, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXX
George Craft-R. 2424
BA-J/AWF
The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you
request information in regard to George Kroft, served in the Pennsylvania troops, and died in 1827, soldier of the War of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, R. 2424, based upon the service of George Craft or Croft, in the Revolutionary War. The surname is not found Kroft.
The date and place of birth of this soldier are
not shown, nor are the names of his parents given; he was reared in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
George Craft or Croft married in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Sara or Sarah, the daughter of John Henry Snyder and " Elisabeth". The said Sara or Sarah was born
August 18, 1767, was reared in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and married George Craft or Croft when she was in the nineteenth year of her age. He died April 7, 1827 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
His widow, Sarah Craft or Croft, applied for pension March 8, 1847, while a resident of Gallia County, Ohio, and alleged that her husband, George Craft (Croft), while residing in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, enlisted in
June, 1776, for a term of five years and served as a private in Captain Leckler's company of Pennsylvania troops, that he was in the battles of Bunker Hill, King's Bridge and several skirmishes, and that he served some
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of the time as teamster.
The claim was not allowed as proof of service as required by the pension law was not furnished.
The widow, Sarah Craft or Croft, died in the
years 1848 in Gallipolis, Ohio.
Their children were referred to, only names
stated were, Sarah, the wife of Jonathan Bowers in 1854 and then living in Gallia County, Ohio; and Susan, the wife of Morris Bowers in 1854, then aged fifty-six years
and in Athens County, Ohio.
This is the record of the only soldier named George Craft, under any spelling of that surname, that is found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
The application for headstone for George Kroft and a letter addressed to Mr. Wm. Derby, P.M., Scottdale, Pennsylvania, are both returned herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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V No 13363
Sarah Crafts
[Let. to Cornelius Hally June 8th '47 - Struck Thru]
2X2X
Let 7 July 1838
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Pension Office
June 8th, 1847

The application of Sarah Craft,
widow of Geo. Craft, claiming a pension
under the act of June, 1838 has been 
examined and filed.

In order to a satisfactory adjustment of this claim a declaration made by Mrs. Craft before a court of Record or a Judge of such a court in conformity with the enclosed printed instructions must be produced, and the alledged service of her husband in the Pennsylvania Line [word crossed out] established by the recur [record] in the Archives of that State at Harrisburg, and the date of their Marriage by Certificate of the register of the Church of Lancaster County, an informal family record or some other documentary proof of such be [attainable?], of which the Department must be satisfied before the testimony of Individuals can be received
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the service for which this claim is asserted
is not set forth as required by the regulations
nor is there any evidence that can be admitted
of her husband service or of the date of their
marriage now presented
June 8.47
Conelius Hally Esq
Gallipolis
Ohio
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No 13.363
Sarah Crafts
widow of Geo
O
Act 7 July 1838
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May the 25th, 18 [illegible]
To His Hon [illegible] J [illegible] Commissioner of pensions [next 2 words illegible] we hereby send to your Honorable [illegible] a declaration of Mrs Sarah Craft whose husband was a revolutionary soldier in the Pennsylvania line and [next 2 words crossed out] I am very old and poor and not able to support [next one word crossed out: ]My herself at tall and unable to even walk across the house with out help and not even a home to [underlined:] live in oneley [sic] as [next word crossed out:] my her children pleases and it appears the that by a mishap of Mr. Hathaway the Declaration of Mrs Craft has been some what [?yerd] by a candle being set too nigh a pile of papers in his office and am in hopes that it will Do no harm and the reason of the Declaration of Mrs. Craft being made before a Justice of the peace is that there was no judge in that part of the County where she lives and the infirmness of Mrs. Craft renders it impossible to appear before the Cort [sic] you will please Direct your answer to Cornelius Halley Gallipolis Ohio and oblige your humble servant &Co   
Cornelius Hally, for
Sarah Craft
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.
No 13.363
June 2d 47
Sarah Craft

[Postal Stamp]
Gallipolis O.
May 29

PAID XX
Act July 7/38
The Honorable 
Commissioner of pensions
Washington City
D,,C,,

May the 25th 1819
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[Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.-crossed out]
REJECTED
2424
P.O._________________________
Sarah Crafts
Service: _____________________
Enlisted:_____________________, 18
Discharged: _________________, 18
Application filed: ____________,18
The printed list of 1852 shows reasons for suspension
Re-enlisted: "Service in the Pennsylvania line should be verified by Harrisburg records"
Attorney: _____________________
P.O. _________________________
___________________________
__________Recognized.     _____________Contract.
_____Cert. of Dis.   Searched for __________,18

[on side]
1931-Apr 10 -Hist to Mrs. H.R. Pickham [aw]
1932-July 12-   "    "    Hon. Frank L. Bournan for Mrs. S. W. Barker awf
1932 - Oct 18-   "    "    "   J. Harry Gorley awy
1932, Nov. 4-   "   "   "   [illegible] F. Craft - MRB.
1935- July 18-   "   "   "   Memorial Branch  awy
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ord/rre
WAR DEPARTMENT
A.G. 095   THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE
WASHINGTON
March 12, 1931.

To enable this office to identify the record of the person referred to in the attached communication, if he was in the military service, the following questions should be answered, as fully as practicable, and the papers returned to this office when a further search of the records will be made.
C.H Bridges 
Major General,
The Adjutant General.
1.   Name under which enlisted:   George  [By]  Craft or Kroft First Name    Initial      Last Name
2.   Residence at enlistment:  Springhill Township Bedford ^ Co . Pennsylvania
City           State
3.   Place of enlistment:   Monongalia Co. Virginia
     City       State
4.  Date of enlistment: .................5.   Date of discharge: ...............
6.   Company and regiment in which served .............................
Company       Regiment
7.    Nature of duties performed: private in military service
...........................................................................
8. Names of some of Company officers: Thwaites & Kellogg's book of Revolution on Upper Ohio (pg 2 35 note 79)says "Early records of Monongalia Co. were burned so it is difficult to identify all Rev, soldiers records."
9.   Names of some of enlisted men in company:  Jacob Rich, Alexander McClean, Albert Gallitin,
10.   In what war was service rendered: 
Revolutionary
11...If in Civil War was service rendered in Union or Confederate Army: ...........
12:   Purposes for which it is desired to use the information if furnished:   For supplementary papers for entrance into Daughters of American Revolution
Date   Mch. 18, 1931
Mrs. H. K. Pekham,
348 - 8th Street, North,
St. Petersburg, Florida.

Inel 3-
[stamp:]  
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
APR 3 1931
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St. Petersburg Florida.
Mch. 31, 1931.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Adjutant General, C. H. Bridges, referred your office to me for the following information: to use on my Daughters of American Revolution supplemental papers: I am away down here + have no access to a good historical library where I might find the desired information and will be very grateful if you will assist me.  Thanking you in advance
I remain sincerely
Mrs. H. K. Peckham
348 8th St. N.
St. Petersburg, Florida.
Please return the enclosed record papers.
Please give me Rev. war record, dates etc. pensions, if any, name of wife, etc. of each of the three.
[Oval stamp at left of signature and address:] REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS
SECTION 
APR 4 1931
[ILLEGIBLE] OF PENSIONS
[round stamp to right of address:] 
U.S. PENSION OFFICE 
APR 3 1931
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FRANK L BOWMAN
20 Dist West Virginia

COMMITTEES:
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MERCHANT MARINE,
RADIO AND FISHERIES
INVALID PENSIONS

Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
July 7, 1932.

R. L. JEFFERYS
SECRETARY
SUBCOMMITTEES:
CHAIRMAN, PUBLIC HEALTH, HOSPITALS.
AND CHARITIES
PUBLIC UTILITIES
FISCAL AFFAIRS
RADIO
FISHERIES

Revolutionary Records Division
Veterans Administration
Arlington Building
Washington, D. C.


Dear Sirs:

I enclose herewith a letter from Mr. S. A. Barker, 306 Second Street, Morgantown, West Virginia, who is anxious to obtain certain information from the records of Captain Jacob Rich and Captain George Craft or Kraft ). If it is possible for you to obtain this information without photostating the records and
without charge, I will be grateful, but if not, kindly advise Mr. Barker direct of the usual charge and procedure for obtaining
this information.

Yours very truly,
F L Bowman [signature]
FRANK L. BOWMAN.

FLB:T
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MRS. JOHN HARRY GORLEY
145 EAST FAYETTE STREET
UNIONTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
September 29 - 1932 -
Pension Department.
Washington . D. C. 
Dear Sirs:
Could I have a copy of the Revolutionary War Pension claim R. - 2424.
This is for service of George [next word underlined:] Kroft (Kraft or Croft or Craft) who died September 10, 1806.
He was the first settler in Redstone Twp. Fayette County, Penna., coming here in 1771, but as this region was
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so lovely, we have always felt that he returned east of the mts. to enlist in the Rev. war.
A cousin sent me a record where he enlisted in Lancaster County in 1776 for 5 years, as a private in Capt. Seckler's Penna. Company & also stated that his Rev. war pension claim was R - 2424 - & that he married Sarah Snider, who was born Aug. 18- 1767 & was miarried [sic] at the age of 19 years. Does not state when she died.
If I could have a copy of this pension claim, (which she says was not granted) I might verify some of my data.
Sincerely
Mrs. J. Harry Gorley-
145 East Fayette St.-
Uniontown, Penna.
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Nov. 4. 1932
Veterans Administration

Please furnish a copy of the records of George Craft. a Revolutionary War Soldier. R. 2424. for W.F.Craft, ^ 69 Lincoln St. Uniontown, PA.

Respectfully, 
C.H.Davidson, MD.
2831 Brentwood. Rd. NE
Washington
D.C.
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Request for George Kroft Rev. War sol - [urile? - file?] - Penn. troops died in 1827 - furnished the only one & application for headstone & letter returned.
anz
July 18 - 1935

[round stamp with numbers1 thru 12 around the edge with 2 small and one large hashmark between numbers. Arrow inside pointing to 1:15 with wording:] 
RECEIVED 
JUL 11 1935
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS. ADM.
READER # 26
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WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON

7-10-1935

Memorandum for:

The Surgeon General,
Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department,
Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Treasury Department, The Commissioner of Pensions, Interior Building, General Accounting Office, F Street, between 4th & 5th, N. W.

1. The attached application has been submitted to this office for Government headstone to be erected at the grave of the decedent named thereon. In order that
inscription may be placed on the stone it would be appreciated if your office would verify the name and service on the application, checking and making such corrections in red ink as may be necessary to show the correct spelling of the name and complete designation of the organizations.

2. In addition, please advise State from which decedent came.
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November 4, 1932
Xxxxxxxxxxx

Mr. M. F. Craft
69 Lincoln Street
Uniontown, Pennsylvania

GEORGE CRAFT
R. 424
BA-J/ALB

Dear Sir:

Upon request of Doctor C. H. Davidson, this city, you are furnished herein the record of George Craft as found in the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 2424.

George Craft or Croft married in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Sara or Sarah, the daughter of John Henry Snyder and "Elisabeth". The said Sara or Sarah was born August 18, 1767, and married George Craft or Croft when she was in the nineteenth year of her age.

George Craft or Croft died April 7, 1827, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

His widow, Sarah, applied for pension March 8, 1847, while a resident of Gallia County, Ohio, and alleged that her husband George Craft (Croft), while residing in Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania, enlisted in June, 1776, for a term of five years and served as private in Captain Leckler's Pennsylvania company, that he was in the battles of Bunker Hill, King's Bridge and
several skirmishes, a part of the time he served as teamster.

The claim was not allowed as proof of service as required by the pension law was not furnished.

The widow, Sarah, died in the year 1848 in Gallipolis, Ohio.

Their children were referred to the only names stated are Sarah, the wife of Jonathan Bowers in 1854 and living in Gallia
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County, Ohio; and Susan, the wife of Morris Bowers in 1854, and then aged fifty-six years. in Athens Co. Ohio

 This is the record of the only soldier named George Craft, under any spelling of that surname, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Very truly yours


A.D Hiller
Assistant to Administrator

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October 18, 1932
XXXXXXXXXXXX

Mrs. J. Harry Gorley
145 E. Fayette Street
Uniontown, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the record of George Craft, as found in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 4244.

The George Craft or Croft named pension claim shows
George Craft or Croft married in Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania, Sara or Sarah, the daughter of John
Henry Snyder and Elizabeth. The said Sara or Sarah
was born August 18, 1767 and married George Craft or
Croft when she was in the nineteenth year of her age.

George Craft or Croft died April 7, 1827, in West-
moreland County, Pennsylvania.

His widow, Sarah, applied for pension March 8,
1847, then a resident of Gallia County, Ohio,
alleging that her husband George Craft (Croft), while
residing in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, enlisted
in June, 1776, for a term of five years and served as
private in Captain Kolbaker’s Pennsylvania company,
that he was in the battles of Brandywine, Kings Bridge
and several skirmishes, a part of the time as sergeant
and teamster.

The claim was not allowed, as proof of service as
required by the pension law was not furnished.

The widow, Sarah, died in the year 1843, in Gal-
lipolis, Ohio.

Their children were referred to; the only names
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stated [next word crossed out:] being [written above:] are Sarah, the wife of Jonathan Bowers in 1854 and living in Gallia County, Ohio; and Susan, the wife of Morriss Bowers in 1854, and then aged fifty-six years.

Very truly yours


A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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July 12, 1932
BAJ/AWF
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
George Craft
R. 2424
Honorable Frank L. Bowman
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Bowman:  Reference is made to your letter, [next word crossed out:] enclosing [next 4 words handwritten above it:] with which you enclosed one from Mr. S. A. Barker, 306 Second Street, Morgantown, West Virginia, in which he requests the record of George Craft, as found in Revolutionary War Pension claim, R. 2424.

The papers on file in said pension claim show that George Craft or Croft married in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Sara or Sarah, the daughter of John Henry Snyder and "Elesabeth". The said Sara or Sarah was born August 18, 1767 and was married in the nineteenth year of her age.
George Craft or Croft died April 7, 1827 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
His widow, Sarah, applied for pension March 8, 1847, then a resident of Gallia County, Ohio, and alleged that her husband, George Craft (Croft), while residing in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, enlisted in June 1776, for a term of five years and served as private in Captain Leckler's Pennsylvania company , that he was in the battles of Bunker Hill, King's Bridge and several skirmishes, a part of the time served as teamster.  

The claim was not allowed, as proof of service as required by the pension law was not furnished.

The widow, Sarah, died in 1848 in Galliapolis,
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Ohio.

Children were referred to, the only names stated being- Sarah, the wife of Johathan Bowers in 1854, and Susan, the wife of Morris Bowers in 1954, and then aged fifty-six years.

Mr. S. A. Barker's letter is returned herewith.  

Very truly yours


A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Form VAN-51
12-5-41     BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME     Craft, Nathaniel   GRADE   Private     LINE  New York


WARRANT
NUMBER   6932    ACREAGE       100         ISSUED  Sept. 2, 1790
to -------not  shown ---------
______
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in the National Archives
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES    Division of Veterans'' Administration Archives
Form VAN-51
12-5-41   BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME     Craft, Samuel   GRADE   Private     LINE  Massachusetts


WARRANT
NUMBER   3956    ACREAGE       100         ISSUED  Mar. 25, 1790
to -------not  shown ---------
______
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in the National Archives