Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1830, Eleazer Crawford, N.H. Vt.
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SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
VT.
Crawford, Eleazer
W. 1830
Mary
CONTENTS
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25,757
Ohio=Pittsburgh Agency
Eleazer Crawford of Lorain Co in the State of Ohio who was a Pri in the Company commanded by Captain Blanding of the Regt commanded by Col Sergeant in the Vermont ['line for' crossed out] Militia - 
1 Yr 6 Mo Pri $60.00
6 Mo Sgt 30
$90 - 
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Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio - P. Agency at the rate of 90 Dollars  - ['Cents' crossed out] per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
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Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of Dec'r 1833 and Sent to John Paulk, Ashland P.O. Ohio
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 - 225.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch '34 45
$270
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk,
Book E Vol. 8 Page 108
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Declaration In order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress passes the 7th of June, 1832. 
State of Ohio
Lorain County ss}
on this 12th day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared Eleazer Crawford before me Reuben Massey Esquire a Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Lorain in the state of Ohio, said Eleazer  Crawford being a resident of the County of Lorain and aged seventy two years, who being first by me duly sworn according to Law deposeth & saith, ['that' crossed out] In order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, that he entered the army of the revolutionary war, in the state of Vermont, In the Militia of said state, that he was drafted out to serve & did serve in the year 1777. for a Period of six months, that he entered the said Militia of the state of Vermont & served said six months as a Private Soldier, this six months service commenced on the first of June 1777, and this applicant served until the first of December 1777. that he was drafted to serve said period his officers who commanded this applicant during said Period, his Captain's name was "Captain Blandin (Blanding)" the Lieutenant's name was "Shaffter", the Colonel's name was Col "Sergeant" the Major's name was "Butterfield."
this applicant entered the army in Windsor County in the state of Vermont, that the army with this applicant marched from Windsor
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to a place called "Mount Independence" and Laid there, and at Lake Champlain the whole of the said six months.
And this applicant further says that he again was drafted to serve a second Tour of Duty in the Militia of the state of Vermont in the year 1778. for another Period of six months commencing on the first of August in in the year 1778. and that he served the said six months, as a Private Soldier in the said Militia of the state of Vermont, that he resided in Windsor County in the state of Vermont at the time he entered the army. 
that he served from the first of August 1778, until the first of January 1779. making a service of six months, the officers who commanded this applicant during this second Tour of Duty, were his Captain was one "Lemuel Blandin" his Lieutenant's name was "Williams," the Colonel who commanded the Regiment was one Colonel "Sergeant" said officers commanded the whole of said six months and served with this applicant, the general who commanded the Militia was one General "Fletcher", they marched to a fort or encampment, at that Time called Crown Point where this applicant was stationed the principal part of said six months, and the balance was served ['at' crossed out] in Marched and Encampment along the Lake, called "Lake Champlain",
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and this applicant further says that he again entered the Militia of the state of Vermont for a Third Tour of six months and that he was Drafted to serve said six months, in said Militia, that he entered for said last mentioned period of six months on the 20th of June, 1779, and continued to serve until the first of January 1780. making a service of six months. that this applicant served said six months as an orderly Sergeant in the said Vermont Militia, that he entered the Militia this third year in the County of Windsor in the state of Vermont, his Captain was "Rose Brooks" an the Lieutenant was "Abigah Larnerd" and the Colonel who commanded was "Whitcomb", that this applicant was marched from Windsor to Lake Champlain and was stationed only a few weeks at a place, being kept almost constantly on the march guarding the Northern Frontier settlements, and Marching in small detachments in the woods and along the lake to prevent the Indians, British and Tories, from Destroying the Property & lives of the settlers on the Frontier's pf Vermont, said officers last above mentioned served with this applicant the whole of said last period of six months,
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and this applicant further says that he once more entered the Militia of the state of Vermont for another Tour of Six Months, having been drafted to serve in said Militia in the year, 1780. that he entered first of September 1780. and served until the first of March 1781. in said Militia of the state of Vermont. that he served the said six months as a Private Soldier during this last mentioned period of six months, in under the following named officers - the Captain was "Lemuel Blandin" the ['Ensign was' crossed out] Lieutenant was "Shafter" the Colonel who commanded was one Colonel "Sergeant." the general who commanded was General "Fletcher" in Windsor County, Vermont, and marched under the command of said officers from Windsor to Places on and about Lake Champlain, that about Three months of said Time they were stationed at ['Fort Defiance' crossed out] Mount Independence on Lake Champlain, and then this applicant with the Militia crossed the Lake, and went to a place called Ticonderoga, on the West side of Lake Champlain and remained there and at ['Crown' crossed out] Crown Point" the Balance of said six months, making a service of six months as a Private Soldier, that this applicant never received any written discharge from his officers at any time, but was verbally discharged at the expiration of his above mentioned periods of service, by his officers.
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that he has not any written Documents in relation to his revolutionary service, in his possession, that his Sergeant's warrant which he received appointing this applicant an orderly sergeant, has been long since lost & destroyed, and out of this applicant's power to procure it. 
And this applicant further says, that no witness can be had or obtained to prove the services of the deponent, or any part of them, that all of his contemporaries are dead & gone,
that this applicant further says that he was Born in the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut, that he was Born on the 8th day of September 1760, that this applicant has no record of his age at this Time, that this applicant knows his age from the fact that his Father kept a record of the ages of his children in a Large Family Bible, this applicant well recollects his age & has often seen & read the record so kept by the father of the applicant
that such record was  kept has been long since lost or destroyed, and out of the power of this applicant to produce or procure, 
that the generals who served with this applicant, were General "Fletcher" and General "Stark"
this applicant does not recollect the number of the regiments in which he served. 
/s/Eleazer Crawford
Sworn to & subscribed this 30th day of November 1833. 
/s/Josiah Harris Associate Judge
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and this applicant further says that he hereby expressly relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state.
/s/Eleazer Crawford
Sworn to & subscribed this 12 day of July, 1833. 
/s/R. Mussey J Peace
Sworn to & subscribed the 30th day of November, 1833. 
/s/Josiah Harris Associate Judge
Interrogatories Prescribed by the War Department 
1st Where & in what year were you Born? 
Ans'r "I was Born in the County of Windham in the state of Connecticut, on the 8th day of September in the year 1760
/s/Eleazer Crawford
2d Have you any Record of your age & if so, where is it?
Ans'r I have no record of my age, but I know my age from a record kept by my Father, which I have often seen & read, but which record is now lost or destroyed. 
/s/Eleazer Crawford
3d. Where were you living when called into the service? where have you lived since the revolutionary war, & where do you now live
Ans'r at the Time I entered the army I lived in Windsor County, in the state of Vermont - and since the revolutionary war I have resided a part of the time in Vermont & a short time in the state of New York. - and I now reside in the County of Lorain in the state of Ohio. 
/s/Eleazer Crawford
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4th How were you called into the service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom?
And I entered the Militia of the state of Vermont and served four Tours of Duty, having been four Times Drafted to serve, eighteen months of said Time I served as a private soldier in said Militia, and six months of said Time I served as an orderly sergeant, making in the whole a revolutionary service of Two years.
/s/Eleazer Crawford
5th Did you ever receive a ['Commission' crossed out] written discharge from the service, if so by whom was it signed? and what has become of it?
Ans'r I never received any written discharge from my officers, but was at the expiration of each Tour of Duty verbally discharged.
/s/Eleazer Crawford
6th Did you ever receive a Commission? if so where is it? & by whom was it signed?
Ans'r I never received received a commission, I did receive an orderly Sergeant's Warrant, & that has long since been lost or mislaid.
/s/Eleazer Crawford 
Sworn to & subscribed this 30th day of November 1833. 
/s/Josiah Harris Associate Judge
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I would state the names of Persons living in my Present neighborhood who can testify as to my character for truth & veracity, and their Belief as to my revolutionary service
Josiah Harris, Esquire, one of the associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas in Lorain County.
Elijah Parker Esquire, Atty at Law,
The Rev'd Caleb, a Clergyman.
/s/Eleazer Crawford
I do Hereby certify that it is my opinion after the investigation and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the said Eleazer Crawford has served as he states in the revolutionary army, as set forth in his declaration, and the answers prescribed by the War Department, which have been subscribed and sworn to by him before me. & I do further certify that it is my opinion that the answers thereto are correct & true, and that he has served in all respects as he states. that no doubts have ever existed on the subject of his revolutionary service, this 12 day of July 1833. 
/s/R Mussey J Peace
/s/Josiah Harris Associate Judge
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26.506.
Eleazer Crawford
Ohio
['Returned a' crossed out]
Adm 2 years, 6 months thereof as Sergeant - 
John Faulk Esq.
Ashland P.O.
Richland County Ohio.
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, 
14th October 1833. 

Sir: 
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, shewing the Service of Eleazer Crawford
[column headings: Period when the service was rendered|Duration of the claimant's service.(Years.|Months.|Days.)|Rank of the claimant.|Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.|Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.|Proof by which the declaration is supported.|]
1777|([blank]|6.|[blank])|priv|Cap. Blandin Col Sergeant|72 years.|[blank]|
1778|([blank]|6.|[blank])|Same Officers|Vermont|Traditionary.|
1779.|([blank]|6.|[blank])|Serg.|Cap. Rosebrooks Col Whitcomb|[blank]|[blank]|
1780|([blank]|6.|[blank])|Cap. Brandon Col. Sergeant|[blank]|[blank]|
[end of columns]
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: 
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line,' State troops," " militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits et the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION, 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory, or District of} County of} ss. 
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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 made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers : 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service ; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers ;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. ⇒This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank] 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [blank] A. B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &c. 
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a RevoIutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank]&c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute: And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.{To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer.{Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are  requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the, declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record [margin note: ⇨ he made before a Justice of the peace but the original must be before the Presiding Judge or one of his Associates] of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform; and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. [margin note: a Justice of the peace in Ohio is not a Justice of a Court of Record & amended declaration] 
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he most assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making au affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith. that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below. and in the following grades:- For ____ year ____months, and ____days, I served as a ____ . For ____ months and ____days, I served as a ____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held; as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers, the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f]The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion or the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
⇒The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Ohio, Cleveland
Mary Crawford widow of Eleazer Crawford who served in the Revolutionary war, as a pri & Sgt Vermont line 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 90 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Decr/53 and sent to Henry Z. Chapman
Elyria, Ohio 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 161. Vol. A
32.
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State of Ohio
Lorain County} ss On this Eighteenth day of November A.D. 1853 personally appeared before the Probate Court of the County of Lorain & state of Ohio the same being a Court of Record Temperance Cutler a resident of the township of Black River in said Lorain County & state of Ohio aged forty six years and a credible and disinterested witness, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath depose and say that she is the daughter by his first wife of Eleazer Crawford deceased who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 and resided in said township of Black River Lorain County, Ohio where he died on the 28th day of July A.D. 1843, and at his death left a widow named Mary Crawford who now survives & resides in said township of Black River Lorain County Ohio, and to whom he was married in the town of Cornwall in the State of Vermont between the years Eighteen hundred and twelve and fifteen as this deponant knows, but on what particular day or year she cannot say, but knows that the marriage took place in the ['winter' crossed out] the fall season and during the time of the late war with Great Britain, that said Mary Crawford is now a widow. 
Also personally appeared Jesse Cutler a resident of the aforesaid township of Black River aged ['forty' crossed out] fifty three years & who being first duly sworn according to law says on his oath that over twenty five years ago he first became acquainted with Eleazer & Mary Crawford above named & who were then living together as husband & wife & generally reputed as such & thus continued living together & residing in said township of Black River until the death of said Eleazer Crawford which took place in said Black River township on the 28th day of July A.D. 1843 and this deponent was afterwards associated Administrator on his estate. That said Mary Crawford survived her said husband Eleazer, and is now a widow & resides in said township of Black River Lorain Co. Ohio
/s/X her mark Temperance Cutler
Jesse Cutler
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year above mentioned & certify that the said affiants are persons entitled to credit & that the interlineations & erasures in the Eighteenth, nineteenth & twenty second lines, were made prior to the Execution of this affidavit.}
/s/P. Bliss Pres. Judge
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State of Ohio
Lorain County} ss On this 18th day of November AD 1853 personally appeared before the Court of Probate of the County of Lorain and state of Ohio the same being a Court of Record Mary Crawford a resident of the township of Black River in the county of Lorain and state aforesaid aged seventy four years 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 passed on the 3d February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, that she is the widow of Eleazer Crawford who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 and resided in said township of Black River Lorain County Ohio
She further declares that she was married to the said Eleazer Crawford on or about the first day of September in the year Eighteen hundred and thirteen in the town of Cornwall in the state of Vermont and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Phelps, that she has no public or private record of her said marriage. That her said husband died on the twenty eighth day of July 1843 and payment was made to her up to that time as his widow & she refers to the voucher in the 3d Auditor's Office for evidence of the fact. That she was not married to him prior to the second day of January Eighteen hundred but at the time above stated She further declares that she is now a widow & never before made any application for pension
/s/X her mark Mary Crawford
In the presence of B. B. Chapman
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year above written}
/s/P. Bliss Prob Judge for Lorain Co
And I further certify that the above statement as to the death of said Eleazer Crawford and the deponents relation to him as his widow appears from the Probate Records now in this office
[court seal affixed] /s/P. Bliss Probate Judge
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RECORD DIVISION 
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS, 
MMH
W. 1830
Washington, D.C., Oct. 26, 1922
In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Eleazer Crawford a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (['or' crossed out] and his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENTS OR APPOINTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.(CAPTAIN.|COLONEL.)|STATE.|
June 1-1777-|Dec. 1-1777|Pvt.|(Blandin|Sergeant)|Vt.|
Aug. 1-1778-|Jan. 1-1779| " |(Lemuel Blandin|Sergeant)| " |
June 20-1779-|Jan. 1-1780|Orderly Sgt.|(Rosebrooks|Whitcomb)|N.H.|
Sept. 1-1780-|Mch. 1-1781|Pvrt.|(Lemuel Blandin|Sergeant)|Vt.
[end of columns]
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Windsor Co., Vermont
Date of application for pension, Nov. 30, 1833. His claim was al.
Residence at date of application, Lorain Co., Ohio.
Age at date of application, Born Sept. 8, 1760 in Windham Co., Conn.
Remarks: After service he lived part of the time in Vt., a short time in N.Y. - then moved to Ohio. He died July 28, 1843 in Black River Twp. Lorain Co. Ohio - In 1853 Temperance Cutler aged 46 yrs., and a res, of said Black River Twp. is mentioned as daughter of soldier by his first wife, name not given. Soldier mar. Sept. 1, 1813 in Cornwall, Vt. Mary Phelps who was al. pen. on her ap. ex. Nov. 18, 1853 while a res. of said Black River Twp. aged 74 years. There is no further family data o file. 
Respectfully, 
[blank] Commissioner.
6-2856
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[verso]
1922-Oct. 26 - Hist. to Mrs. Theodore R. Oehlk. MMH - (Letter in Cl. S.15410 of Calvin Dike)

[recto]
Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 1830
Mary Crawford Widow
Eleazer Crawford
Sgt. Rev. War
Act: Feb 3 - 1853
Index: - Vol. A, Page 152
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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26506
Pension Papers of Eleazer Crawford.
2 years service. 
Address
John Faulk Esqr
at Jeromeville, 
Jeromeville, P.O.
Wayne Co. Ohio.
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We Caleb Ormsby a Clergyman residing in the County of Lorain in the state of Ohio, and Hiram Faulk residing in the county of Lorain & state of Ohio, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Eleazer Crawford the applicant for a Pension. who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy two years of age as he states, and that he is reputed & believed In the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
/s/Caleb Ormsley
/s/Hiram Faulk
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 12th day of July, 1833. 
/s/R. Mussey J. Peace
Sworn to & subscribed this 30th day of November 1833.
/s/Josiah Harris Associate Judge
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And I the said Justice of the Peace do hereby declare my opinion, after the Investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant Eleazer Crawford was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states, and I the said Justice of the Peace, do further certify that it appears to me that  Caleb Ormsby who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the County of Lorain, and that Hiram Faulk who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Lorain, and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to full credit. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & seal this 12th day of July 1833. 
/s/Reuben Mussey J. Peace
/s/Josiah Harris Associate Judge
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I the said Justice of the Peace, do hereby further certify that the said Eleazer Crawford applicant for a Pension is not able to attend to our Investigation in open Court of Record, In consequence of his old age & Bodily Infirmity.
This 12th day of July 1833
/s/R. Mussey J. Peace
This 3oth day of November 1833. 
/s/Josiah Harris Associate Judge
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State of Ohio,
Lorain County. ss}
I Ebenezer Whiton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Lorain in the state of Ohio. do hereby certify that Reuben Mussey Esquire who has Taken & subscribed the foregoing depositions & proceedings, was at the date & time of the taking thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in the County of Lorain, in the state of Ohio - and legally authorized to administer oaths, and that the signature and seal thereto annexed & subscribed to the foregoing Depositions & proceedings is his genuine signature & seal - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have caused my name & seal of office to be affixed, this 12th day of July A.D. 1833. 
/s/Eben'r Whiton Clerk.
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State of Ohio.
Lorain County, ss}
I Ebenezer Whiton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas In and for the County of Lorain In the state of Ohio do hereby certify that Josiah Harris who has taken & subscribed the foregoing time of the taking and subscribing thereof an associate Judge of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Lorain in the state of Ohio, and that the signatures and seals thereto subscribed and affixed is his genuine signature & seal. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name & affixed my seal of office this 30th day of November 1833. 
/s/Eben'r Whiton Clerk.
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Eleazer Crawford
Pension Papers.
Under act 7th June, 1832. 
2 years service.
26.506
['address John Faulk Esq Agent. Ashland Post office - Richland Co. Ohio' crossed out]
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Pr 7. mo 6 ds & Srgt.
Know all men by these presents that I Mary Crawford of Black River Lorain Co. Ohio widow of Eleazer Crawford deceased late of said County & who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under act of June 7th 1832 do hereby constitute & appoint A. S. Townshend my true & lawful attorney for me & in my name to prosecute any claim that I may have to a Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension due me as the widow of said Eleazer Crawford & I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all the papers & documents in relation to said claim on file in the departments at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or argument & to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said claim & to appoint a substitute or substitutes under him & to do all other acts that I might or could do were I personally present Hereby notifying & confirming all that any said Attorney shall lawfully do in the promises. Witness my hand & seal this 17th day of March 1852
/s/X her mark Mary Crawford [facsimile: Seal]
Signed & sealed in the presence of 
/s/B. B. Chapman
/s/Asa Cutler
State of Ohio 
Lorain County} ss On this 17th day of March A.D. 1852 before the subscriber a Notary Public in & for the County aforesaid personally appeared Mary Crawford above named & acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act & deed for the purposes therein mentioned & I do further certify that she did make oath that she was directly interested in said claim.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the day & year aforesaid
/s/Berd B. Chapman Notary Public
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Power of Attorney to examine papers of Eleazer Crawford of Ohio act of June 7th 1832
House Reps.
April 19th/52

Please permit B. B. Chapman Esqr. to make the examination for me 
/s/Anton S. Townshend
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Mary Phelps Crawford widow of Eleazer 74 - 
Lorain Co. Ohio
married Sept. 1, 1813 in ['Conn' crossed out] Cornwall Vermont
Died July 28 1843
['wrote for record evidence of marriage per G.C. what that is received' crossed out]
Marriage proved by affidavit Jesse Cutler and Temperance Cutler certified to be credible witnesses
['ans by certificate of Mr. Boynton, Clk' crossed out]
G. C.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Pension Office, Official Business
Nov. 25, 1853
No 3758
Mary Crawford widow of Eleazer Crawford 
Lorain Co. Ohio
Rev. act 3d Feby 1853
Adm'd $90 per annum
Comm'g 3d Feby. 1853. 
Henry Z. Chapman
Elyria Lorain Co.
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[handwritten letter]
Pension Office,
Nov 28, 1853

Sir,
Please certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid; and, if in your power, the dat of his death. 
Very respectfully Your Obt Servant
/s/S. Cole
For Commissioner
H. Burt Esqr
3d Auditor, Present
(See other side.)
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Eleazer Crawford, Act 7th June 1832, $90.00 pr. an. 
Died 28th July 1843. Paid to his death. 
/s/Sam'l S. Rind
Act'g Auditor.
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Pension Office, 
28 Nov:/53. 
I hereby certify that I well knew Eleazer Crawford late a Revolutionary pensioner of Lorain County, Ohio, from the year 1830. to the day of his death which happened. I have reason to believe in 1843, that I knew the said Eleazer to live in a State of Cohabitation with Mary Crawford, the present applicant for a pension under the Act of Feby: 3d: 1853, as the widow of said Eleazer & a resident of said County & State. that said Eleazer & Mary were universally reputed as husband & wife. & that I have no doubt but that said Mary & Eleazer were lawfully married. 
/s/J. C. Boynton.
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[handwritten letter]
Elyria Lorain Co. Ohio. 
Nov'r 22d 1853

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C. 

Enclosed please find claim of Mary Crawford widow of Eleazer for Revolutionary pension under act of February 3d 1843, when examined please inform me of the result.
Very Respectfully Yours
/s/Henry Z. Chapman
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Brief in the case of Mary Crawford, widow of Eleazer Lorain County and State of Ohio - 
act 3d February, 1853. 
Claim, ("original," ['or "for increase."' crossed out)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 7th June 1832, as private and Sergeant, at $90 per annum. 
Marriage proved by affidavit of Jesse Cutler and Temperance Cutler - only certified to be credible witnesses.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? [blank]
/s/R. Geddes
Examining Clerk. 

Name and residence of Agent
Henry Z. Chapman Esqr
Elyria, Lorain Co, Ohio.