Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42661, John Craig, N.H.
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SERVICE N.H.

Craig, John

NUMBER  S. 42661
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Ohio  [?]707 R
15707
John Craig
of Clark Co. in the state of Ohio who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Scammel of the New Hampshire line, for the term of three years

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 of May 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9 of Nov 1819, and sent to Joseph Layton Esq Springfield Ohio

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1819  - -  -  $124.67
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1820  -  48.-- 
[ans?] 15 mos 14/31  4/30  [Date?]
[total] $172.67

 {Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued
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Notification sent 20 May 1822, to Saul Henkle, Springfield, Oh

Date of death not on
AB
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Recd Sep 28th 1819
4916
John Craigs Declaration
Admitted

enter the decision of this
case in the book of entries

Joseph Layton Esqr
Judge
Springfield Ohio
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State of Ohio Clark County ss
personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Associate judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County John Craig a Citizen of said County: who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, That he was born in the now State of Newhampshire, in the year seventeen hundred and fifty eight. That he enlisted in the fall of seventeen hundred and seventy five near Boston, under Capt Abbot in the Regiment commanded by Col John Stark; for one year, in which Regt he served something more than a year on the following duty viz. marched to Canada by the rout [route] of Lake Champlain, down as far as three River points, to cover Arnolds retreat from Quebeck retreated before the Brittish army up to the Lake again; was then ordered to Esopus on the Hudson River, thence to Trenton, on the march was taken with a fever sent back, and furloughed home, so that he  got no regular discharge for that years service; This deponent further states that he enlisted again early in the spring of Seventeen hundred and Seventy seven for three years in Concord Newhampshire in Capt Livermores Company third Regiment Newhampshire line commanded by Col Schammel, Lieut Col Coburn and Major Henry (now as he thinks Genl ) Dearborn; that he arrived at Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain, in May, and continued beating about before the Brittish army until its surrender in October, that he fought in both the principle battles on that occasion, and in sundry skirmishes during the preceding summer, that on the day of the surrender he was marched from the ground, passed the Hessian prisoners at Stillwater crossed the Mohawk in the night and arrived in Albany before morning, being at the time detached from the line into a corps of volunteers acting as light infantry under the immediate command of Major Dearborn; That from Albany he was marched to the south and went into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania;  the next spring marched to the white plains, remained about there during during [sic] the summer and went into winter quarters late in the fall in Reading, Connecticut, the next spring marched under Genl Sullivan up the Susquehannah and over to the Genesee River against the Indians; returned, crossed the Hudson at Kings ferry, and wintered again in Reading; next spring seventeen hundred and eighty marched to west point where he was discharged about the twentieth of April.  That for many years he kept his discharge but by some means has lost it; that he never applied for nor received any pension, or bounty in land or otherwise from the United States as he did not suppose any act of Congress to that effect included his case; he not having enlisted for during the war and having left the service in good health; This deponent further states that he was one of the early settlers of Vermont where he resided viz. in Waterbury on Onion River until he emigrated to the State of Ohio in Eighteen hundred and five.  That with industry he has been hither to able to get a comfortable living for himself and family; but that he finds himself incompetant to the task any longer by reason of old age, much hard service, and of late frequent sickness: but above all from a wound received in the leg two years ago; he finds himself not only a cripple for the remainder of his days [end of page]
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but also, with a broken down constitution that it is with the deepest sensibility and feelings of gratitude that he sees his Country step forward at this dark period of his life; and offer him that succour, without which, in all human probability he must spend the evening of his days in want of the common necessaries to Support human nature -- and further this deponent [saith] not
Sworn and subscribed by me this 18th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen
[signed] Joseph Taylor  Judge [and] John Craig

At the same time also appeared before me the under-Signed: James Craig Brother as he says of the above named John Craig, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that the above statement (after having heard it read), is true to [the] best of his knowledge; and he knows that the said John did enlist in seventeen hundred and seventy five and was absent from home and as he supposes in the army more than a year; and the said James further states that himself and the said John his brother went to the rendezvous at Concord, Newhampshire, together and both enlisted  in the same Company viz. Capt Livermores Company Third Regiment Newhampshire line; for three years, and both served in said company together the whole term; except a few months in the summer of Seventeen hundred and seventy seven; when the said John was detached from the line into a corps serving as light infantry; and that they both were discharged at West point in April Seventeen hundred and Eighty -- And further this deponent saith not
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 18th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight
[James Craig's nearly illegible signature]  James Craig X his mark
{signed]  Joseph Layton   Ass Judge
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The State of Ohio
Clark County}
Be it remembered that on this 18th day of May 1818 John Craig an applicant who is the subscriber of the within certificate personally came before me one of the associate Judges for the County aforesaid, and was sworn and Examined touching the truth of the within statement, from which Examination together with the testimony of James Craig (as above set forth), touching said John Craigs service, I think John Craig is Entitled to a pension as provided for by a late law of Congress, for persons in needy circumstances who served in the revolutionary war with Great Britain,  Given under my hand the day and date above writen
[signed] Joseph Layton   Ass Judge

Be it remembered that on this [blank] day of [blank] 1819 personally came the above named John Craig, who being by me duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that the reason why he did not send on the above application sooner to the war department is that whereas there were several similar applications going on from this County and not knowing whether or not a particular form was necessary thought proper to delay a while  to learn the success of some other application - but that altho he remains ignorant of their success he cannot delay any longer as his necessities are imperious
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State of Ohio
Clark County} ss
On this twenty ninth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and twenty two, personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable John McLane & Jacob Burnet Judges of the Supreme Court of the State aforesaid in and for Clark County sitting[,] said Court being a Court of record proceeding according to the course of the common law and having a jurisdiction unlimited in amount, John Craig aged sixty four years resident in said County of Clark, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, that he enlisted sometime in the autumn of seventeen hundred and seventy five near the Town of Boston and was mustered and did serve in the company commanded by one Abbott which company belonged to the regiment commanded by Colonel John Starke and that the term of his service was more than one year.  And the said John Craig further declares as aforesaid that he again enlisted in the Spring of the year Seventeen hundred and seventy seven at Concord in the State of Newhampshire and that he was mustered and served in the company commanded by Capt. Livermore which company was attached to the third Regiment in the Newhampshire line commanded by Colo. Schammel, Lieut. Colo. Coburn in said corps in the service of the United States for the 
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the space of three years & until April in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty at which time he was discharged honorably at West point in the State of New York
That the date of his original declaration he believes was on the eighteenth day of May 1818.-- and that the number of his pension certificate is fifteen thousand seven hundred and seven. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the Eighteenth day of March Eighteen hundred and Eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any other manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with an intent thereby so to do 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 Eighteenth day of March Eighteen hundred and Eighteen 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 [sic]  what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed[.]   That is to say one old horse one cow & calf two yearlings, Eighteen sheep one plough & one set of gears four chairs one tea kettle one small pot one bake oven one stew kettle one broken kettle five head of hogs one axe one hoe one old waggon
And the said John Craig doth on his oath further declare as aforesaid that he is by occupation a farmer and that he is unable by reason of his advanced age & bodily infirmities to labour but very little  that he has a wife Mary Craig aged sixty seven or eight years or  there abouts who is unable to support
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herself by her labour
[signed] John Craig
Sworn and declared on thre twenty ninth day of April 1822 in open Colurt before me Saul Henkle Clerk of the Dupreme Court aforesaid.
Where upon it is ordered that a copy of this declarastion and schedule be duly certified by the clerk of this Court to the war department, and that the value of the property contained in said schedule be fixed at sixty three dollars and twenty five cents,
A true copy of the declaration and schedule of John Craig, and of the order of the Court aforesaid in the premises,.  In Testimony whereof I Saul Henkle Clerk of the said Court have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Springfield in the County and State aforesaid this third day of May A.D. 1822
[signed] Saul Henkle Clk S.C.
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January 18, 1936
BA-J/EEL
John Craig-S.42661

Mrs. A. O. Shelton
R. D. # 1
Hillsboro, Ohio
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of John S. Craig, who served as a private in the New Hampshire Line, War of the Revolution, and was placed on the pension list in Clark County, Ohio, November 9, 1819.

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.42661, based upon the military service of John Craig in that war. The name does not appear as John S. Craig.

John Craig was in the state of New Hampshire in 1758, exact date and names of his parents are not shown.

John Craig enlisted near Boston, Massachusetts, in the fall of 1775, served in Captain Abbott's Company, Colonel John Stark's #1 New Hampshire Regiment, went on the expedition to Canada for the relief of Arnold, and served for more than one year; he enlisted in Concord, New Hampshire, in the spring of 1777, served in Captain Livermore's Company, Colonel Scammell's 3" New Hampshire Regiment, was in the battle of Ticonderoga, both battles of Stillwater, was in winter quarters at Valley Forge, in General Sullivan's expedition against the Indians and in many skirmishes and was discharged April 20, 1780.

[inserted along the side] His statements about the battles was rather mixed, but Mrs. F & I both thought he meant the three I have cited so Mrs. F. said use it this way.

After the Revolution, he resided in Waterbury, Vermont, until 1805, when he moved to Ohio.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 18, 1818 while residing in Clark County, Ohio.

In 1822, he stated that his wife, Mary, was aged sixty-seven or sixty-eight years. Her maiden name, date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown.
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There is no reference to any children of the soldier, John Craig.

In 1818, James Craig made affidavit in Clark County, Ohio, that he served with his brother John Craig, in Captain Liver more's Company, 3" New Hampshire Regiment.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, John Craig (S.42661), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
John Craig, Certificate No. 15707, issued November 9, 1819, rate $8 per month, commenced May 18, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Ohio Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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Hillsboro Ohio
Commissioner of Pensions
Would you kindly send me a copy of pension certificate of John S. Craig Clark Co Ohio, Private, N.H. Continental, placed on pension roll Nov 9 - 1819 and any family data that may be connected with it.  
Thanking you in advance.
Mrs.  A. O. Shelton
Hillsboro
Ohio R.D. #1

can't ident 
11/21/36 als
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42661
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 42,661
John Craig
Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index: --Vol. 3, Page 105
[in brackets] Arrangement of 1870.

1936 - Jan 18. Hist to Mrs. A O Shelton  EL
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John Craigs Declaration
New Hamp line
3 Regmt
Col Scammel
April 1777 - June 1780)
Correct by Roll
Admitted
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District of Ohio  Clark County - ss.
On this second day of September 1819 before me the Subscriber one of the associate Judges of the District & County aforesaid, personally appeared John Craig aged sixty one or sixty two years resident in the County and district aforesaid, who, being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the 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 the said John Craig enlisted for the term of three years early in the Spring of in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven in Concord in the State of Newhampshire in the company commanded by Capt. Livermore of the regiment commanded by Col. Schammel, in the line of the State of Newhampshire, that he continued to serve in the said corps or in the Service of the United States until sometime about the twentieth of April in the year one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty when he was discharged from service at west point in the state of New York - that he was in the battles of Ticonderoga and several skirmished and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his services.l
[signed] John Craig

Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
[signed] Joseph Layton  Ass Judge
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the State of Ohio Clark County ss
Joseph Layton Associate Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that John Craig did serve in the revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months on the continental establishment and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony had before me to the Secretary for the department of War, pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned Act of Congress, I am also  Satisfied that he stands in need of the assistance of his country for support   given under my hand & seal this 2d day of Sept 1819
[signed]  Joseph Layton   Ass Juge[sic]

I further certify that the above John Craig made his declaration before me on the 18th of May 1818 of his Services, and had his paper prepared as will appear by the paper accompanying this paper, but retained it with himself until he could know the success of other papers of a similar kind and on their being returned (or at least some of them), he discovered the deficiencies and has thought proper to again come before me and have his declaration made agreeably to the form sent on by the secretary for the war department 
[signed] Joseph Layton   Ass Judge

State of Ohio
Clark County ss
In testimony that Joseph Layton Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration was made & by whom the above certificates were also made was at the time of making the same an associate Judge of the Court of Common pleas of said County and that to all his official acts as such full faith & credit is due I have to these presents set my name and official seal at Springfield in said County this 4th day of September 1819.
[signed] Thos Armstrong
Clerk Clark County