Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4660, Craig Isaac, Continental (Penn.)
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Continental (Penn)
Craig, Isaac
Amelia
Number W.4660
B.L.W. X 424 - Hoo-Major
Issued Jan. 28, 1791
No papers
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4554

Pennsylvania Artillery
Amelia Craig
widow of Isaac  Craig Penn
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Major of Artl.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 600 Dollars  Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the  24 day of March 19 and sent to 
J.B. Guthrie
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 214 Vol. 2

Received July 22. 1853.  The Commission of Isaac Craig Esq. as Major in the 4th Regiment of Artillery date March 6th 1782 [illegible] filed with name/Aug. D.K. Cray
Col. De
NoTE if widow death not on AB
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1573

admitted
Major Artillery-2 year-$600-
Proctor's Artillery, Pa line

rec-commutation pay and paid to Nov.
1783.  per Nov. 77.280
                      "    77.585

rec'd lands

died 14 May 1825

Hon R. Biddle
Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Declaration of Amelia ( or Milley) Craig in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 Entitled An Act granting [illegible] Pay and Pensions to certain Widows

State of Pennsylvania
Allegheny County 

on this sixth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before me James Riddle one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of said County Amelia (or Milley) Craig, a resident of Montours Island in the said County  Aged Seventy Five Years (having been born 4th April 1765, who being 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 passed July 7th 1838 Entitled "An act granting staff pay and Pensions to certain Widows"  That she is the Widow of the late Isaac Craig who served during the War of the Revolution  as an officer of various grades including that of Major the rank which he held as she believes at the termination of his services in said War,  His Commission and Major of Artillery is herewith forwarded.

She further declares that she was married to the said Major Isaac Craig on the first day of February One thousand seven hundred and eighty-five: that her husband the aforesaid Major Isaac Craig died on Fourteenth day of May  one thousand eight hundred and twenty five that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January one thousand
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January 11, 1938

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ISAAC CRAIG
W. 4660
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Mrs. A. C. Ellis
1334 Fremont
Manhattan, Kansas

Dear Madam:

You are furnished herein the record of Isaac Craig as found in the claim for bounty land and claim for pension, W. 4660, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Isaac Craig were not given.

Isaac Craig was Commissioner Major in the 44th Regiment of Artillery and served as such in the Revolutionary War.  No further details of his service  were stated.

On account of the above-noted service, Warrant No. 424, for four hundred acres of bounty land, was issued January 28, 1791, to Isaac Craig, Major of Artillery, War of the Revolution.

Isaac Craig died May 14, 1825 or 1826, at his residence on Montours Island near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

Isaac Craig married February 1, 1785, in Woodville near Pittsburgh, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Amelia (or Milley) Neville who was born April 4, 1763.  She was the only daughter of Colonel John Neville of the Virginia troops in the Revolution, at whose home they were married.

Amelia Craig was pensioned for two years' service of her husband, Major Isaac Craig, on her application executed September 6, 1838, while a resident of Montours Island, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.  She was still living there in 1849.

The following named of children of Isaac Craig and his wife, Amelia, are shown in the claim:
Harriet  born December 26, 1785
Nevitt  born March 29, 1787
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Children of Isaac and Amelia Craig continued:

Matilda Emeline  born March 12, 1788
Presley Hamilton  born May 28, 1789
Henry Knox  born March 7, 1791
John Nevill  born February 7, 1793
William  born November 26, 1794; died prior to 1838
A female (name not given)  born April 1796; died day of birth
Isaac Eugenius  born March 31, 1797; died prior to 1838
Winifred  born April 22, 1799; died prior to 1838
Oldham  born March 14, 1800
Amelia  born July 7, 1801
Nancy  born 1802; died prior to 1838.

The name of Colonel A.K. Craig appears in the claim, his relationship to the family not shown.

Reference was made to General Presley Neville, of Woodville, Pennsylvania, who was a brother of Major Isaac Craig's wife, Amelia, but his age was not shown.

If you desire information in regard to location of the land which was granted to Major Isaac Craig, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of issuance.

In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of  person paid and possibly the date of death of Amelia Craig, widow of Isaac, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Amelia Craig, widow of Isaac Craig, Certificate  #4534, issued March 24, 1849, rate $600 per annum, commenced March 4, 1848, Act February 2, 1848, Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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ALLEGHENY COUNTY
State of Pennsylvania, } ss.

I, Alfred Sutton  Prothonotary of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for the County of Allegheny in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do by these presents certify, that James Callan Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit taken, and who has thereunto, in his own proper hand writing, subscribed his name, was at that time, and now is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the said county, duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts, as such, due faith and credit are, and of right ought to be given, throughout the United States and elsewhere.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Pittsburg, in the said County, this 18 day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three and of the sovereignty and independence of the United States of America,  the 67
ATTEST: Alfred Sutton Pro
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ALLEGHENY COUNTY,
State of Pennsylvania} Ss.

I, Hiram Hultz Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Allegheny in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the same being a Court of Law and Record, do by these presents certify, that Wm. Courtney Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, and who has thereunto, in his own proper hand writing, subscribed his name, was at that time, and now is, an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by law to take Acknowledgements of Deeds SS to all whose acts, as such, due faith and credit are, and of right ought to be given, throughout the United States and elsewhere.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Pittsburgh, in the said County, this third day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine and of the sovereignty and independence of the United States of America, the seventy third

ATTEST:
Hiram Hultz  Pro
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January 11, 1938

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W.4660 ( underlined)

Mrs. A. C. Ellis
1334 Fremont
Manhattan, Kansas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letters in which you request the records of the following named officers with surname Craig who served in the Revolutionary War:

Captain Samuel Craig who later settled in Pennsylvania near Philadelphia
Colonel Theodore Craig
Major "Isic" Craig
Captain John Craig
also, of their brothers who may have served as officers, namely, Captains Charles and Hugh Craig, all of who came from Scotland.

With the information furnished by you, no record could be identified as that of the John Craig in whom you are interested.  There are no claims for pension or bounty land on file based upon services in the Revolution of any Theodore, Charles or Hugh Craig.  Such claims are the source of data furnished by this office in regard to soldiers of the Revolutionary War.  Information in regard to their military service might be obtained from the Adjutant General, War Department, this city.

You are furnished hereith the records of Captain Samuel Craig and Major Isaac Craig. (Isaac is underlined)

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER

Executive Assistant
to the Administrator