Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12637, Abraham Crego, New York
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Declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed
June 7. 1832
State of New York  Oneida County
On this 18th day of December personally appeared in open
Court before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Oneida now sitting Abram Crego a resident of the Town of Remsen in the County of Oneida & State of New York aged seventy five years the sixth day of October last who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make
the following declaration to obtain the benefit of the act of
Congress passed June 7, 1832, 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
that he [illegible] about the first day of Feby 1776, as a minute man for one year under Capt Daniel Herrick of the Town of New Canaan the County of Columbia State of New York in which town he then lived - he enlisted to be ready at a moment's warning and furnished himself with full equipage as a soldier and met with the company under Capt Heink every Saturday afternoon and  performed military duty and about the first day of Sept of that year he with the rest of the Company was called into actual service and marched into Vermont above Bennington to a place called Maronchick [?]under the command of Col. Ethen Allen in pursuit of a party of Indians and Tories -he was out in this Expedition four days and was then dismissed by Col. Ethan Allen and again about the middle of October of that year he was called into actual service and sent on a scouting party into what
was then called the Northwood in pursuit of some Indians and was out on this excursion three days, and returned home - and continued subject to be called out at a moment's warning during the year for which he had enlisted. That he was drafted about the first of April in the year 1777 to serve in the Militia on a tour of nine months and was called into immediate service - at the time he was drafted he lived with his father in the Town of New Canaan in Columbia County State of New York - that he served in a company commanded by Capt Daniel Hinks of said Town - the
the Regiment was commanded by Col. William B. Whiting, - he marched immediately after he was drafted to Fishkill on the North River when
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he was stationed and continued there until Fall, at the time the British
sailed up the North River and burnt the Village then called Sopus at which time he with the Regiment to which he belonged was marched up the River near to that place but as the British retreated back to New York, - they were ordered back to Fishkill and soon after that news came that 
Burgoyne was marching towards Albany with his whole army - he with the company to which he was attached were immediately ordered
to march up the North River to Join the Main Army against
Burgoyne, but when they got as far up as Greenbush they were inform
that Burgoyne was taken and then he with the company to which
he was attached were marched home to Canaan, and was discharged
about the 26th day of Decr of that year and be received an honorable
discharge from his Col. Wm B. Whiting as having served his term of
[superscript illegible] - which discharge he has
lost,-  he was not in any action during his time of service - he further
states that he was born the 6th day of October in the year 1757 in the
-Town of Swago[Oswego?] in Dutchess County in the State of New York,- he has a record of his age which was taken from a Bible which belonged to his Father, - he lived in the Town of New Canaan about seven years - after the war, moved from there to the Town of Columbia County[sic] of Herkimer at which place he lived about forty years - from there he moved to the Town of Remson, County of Oneida N. York State where he now resides and has resided for about three years. He has no documentary evidence of his services, and he knows of no one whose 
testimony he can procure that can testify to his services, - that the
names of the Persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood and who can testify to his character for veracity and
their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution on
as follows (viz) John Brunson Farmer, Isaac Wilcox Farmer
Stephen Rich Farm, Godfry Wall Farmer, & John Wall
Farmer & Revd Samuel Cross Minister of the Christian Church and
Mason [illegible] -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State
Sworn and subscribed this
day of December 1832
Read Dep Clk
Abraham Crego