Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 39369, John Crawford, Ga. N.C. S.C.
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[Handwritten]

SERVICE
Ga 
N.C.
S.C.

Crawford, John

NUMBER
S 39369

CONTENTS
[illegible] England
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14.047

South Carolina

John Crawford
of Union Dis in the state of South Ca
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Thompson of the South Ca line, for the term of three years
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Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina at the rate of -8- Dollars per month, to commence on the 3d of February 1819
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Certificate of Pension issued the 23d of Sept 1819 and [illegible] to david Johnson Esq Union. C.H. S.Ca
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Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819   
 [$]56.48
Semi-anl.all'ce ending
 4  Ma  1820                              [$]48.00     
                                                  
[illegible]   26/28   4/30 
 $104.48  
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｛Revolutionary claim
Act 18th March, 1818｝      

[illegible]

[The following text is handwritten on left side of page]

Notification acct 25 Sept 1821 to John Rogers Union  Cl. [illegible]

Date of death [illegible]
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John Crawford
Union District
So. Carol'a
various services
3 years in Colo W.
Thompson's reg. So. Ca.
line.
3d February 1819

David Johnson,
judge,
Union, So Carola
Correct by Roll
Admitted
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[Handwritten]

Case  3351

David Johnson, Judge
Union Ct.house. S. Caro:

Rec.  Feb 23  1819

[The following is handwritten over last text above:    Honble
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[Handwritten]

South Carolina,

I David Johnson one of the officate Judges of the said State do hereby certify that John Crawford did this day appear before me and make and subscribe the foregoing Declaration in oath and that I am satisfied of the truth of the facts therein stated as were from my own knowledge of his character as from the general opinion that {crossed out ]& upon that he was in the army of the Revolution in the Service of the [illegible] and from my own knowledge of his circumstances I am satisfied that they are [illegible] as to render the assistance of his country [illegible] for his support.

Given under my hand & the seal of the Concl of Common Pleas of the said date  at Union Concl House  the 3d day of February 1817

David Johnson [Signature}
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[Handwritten]

The State of South Carolina

John Crawford of the District of Union and State aforesaid personally came before me and being duly sworn Declareth that very early in the Revolution War he [illegible and crossed out]  had at what precise time he cant now recollect he enlisted as a common soldier in the 1st continental Regiment of the Georgia Line,  Col Whitosh, Capt Reevis for the time of one year during which period the regiment was generally stationed at Savannah & at the expiration thereof he was regularly discharged which discharge has been [illegible]  That after [crossed out] shortly after he again enlisted in the third Continental Regiment of the South Carolina line Col Wm Thompson  Capt Uriah Goodwin in  the service of the United for the period of three years which time he served as a Musician (Drummer) to the said Regiment, that during this service the [illegible and crossed out] operations of the regiment were principally confined to the sea [illegible and crossed out] coast of this state in which he was engaged  in a skirmish  with the enemy at Monks Corner and the Siege of Savannah & that at the expectations of the time of his enlistment he was regularly discharged at Pines burgh on the Savannah River that he afterward joined the Militia of So Carolina under Genl [crossed out] Col Pickins for a short period and afterward enlisted in the a [illegible] of the [illegible and crossed out] North Carolina line commanded by Col Lewis Capt Gordon for one year which time he also faithfully served and was regularly discharged at the close of the war, so that he was in constant service from the beginning to the end of the War of the Revolution active with the regulars or [illegible and crossed out] Militia.
The Declarer further saith that he is a native of
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Durham in England but emigrated to the United States sometime before the Commencement of the War of the Revolution and that he has ever since & still continues to reside therein & that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his Country for support.

Sworn & subscribed 3d day of February 1819

David Johnson  {Signature]

John Crawford [Signature]
X his mark
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Schedule
South Carolina
Union District
On this nineteenth day of March
1821 personally appeared in open court, being a Court of record for the district aforesaid John Crawford aged sixty nine years resident near Union Village in the said district who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, that I first enlisted for the term of one
year under Captain Lake McIntosh in a regiment
commanded by Col- McIntosh of
the Georgia line at the commencement of
the raising the said regiment (which time I
do not now remember) and at the expiration
of my time was discharged, , but has long since lost the
the certificate thereof, that some time after
I enlisted under Col. William Thompson who
commanded the South Carolina regiment
first called the regiment of range, in the company
of Capt Uriah Goodwin for the term of three
years, from which service at the expiration
of the said term of time he was also discharged
and the certificate of which he has also lost
And I do also solemnly swear that I was
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a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th
of March 1818, and that I have not since that
time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of
my property, or any part thereof, with intent there
by so to 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 the 18th
March 1818, and that I have not nor has
any person in trust for me, any property 
[illegible] contracts or debts due to me nor have
any income other than what is contained
in the schedule hereunto annexed, and by
me subscribed, I further states that by deed
pation a farmer, but old and infirm
and that no person lives with him but his wife
an old woman a daughter named Polly about
eighteen years or some months upwards old, and a
son named William near sixteen years old
(but of unsound mind) and have no property
of any kind or description whatsoever but
the following, to wit, one bay horse worth $35
eleven head of hogs worth $20
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one cubbard five tumbler three decanter and some crockery ware the whole is worth $10.00
one Deser plates and [illegible} worth 10.00
one Clint worth 5.00
chains hamer and plug worth 3.00
four hoes an one Axe worth 2.50
one big wheel and cart worth 3.75
two Smoothing Irons Shovel & tongs worth 4.00
three chains worth  1.50
two bowls and washing tub 1.50
four pots worth 12.00
$53.25
Sworn to before me in open court this 19th March
1821
Abrm Nott

John X Crawford his mark

I do hereby certify [crossed out]

I Abraham Nott one of the [aporiate] justices of the state of South Carolina do hereby certify that I am of opinion that the whole amount of the property mentioned in the above schedule does not exceed in value one hundred & twenty dollars March 19th 1821
Abm Nott
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South Carolina
Union District
John Rogers Clerk of the
Court of Sessions & Common Pleas for the said
district do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath
and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied
from the records of the said Court and I do
further certify that it is the opinion of the said
Court, that the total amount in value of the
property Exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is
One Hundred & Twenty Dollars-
In Testimony Whereof, I have herewith
set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court 
on the 19th day of March 1821
S. Rogers Clerk of the Court of the District of Union So. Carolina

John Crawford
scheduled 
offered
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the schedule must be sent to the Secretary at Washington
then the amounts will then be ordered to be paid have

John Crawford
scheduled
offered

H Rogers Clerk of the court of the
District of Union So. Carolina
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November 2, 1938
BA-J/AWF
William Bailey
R. 8348
John Crawford
S. 39365
Honorable Luther A. Johnson
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Johnson:
The data which follow concerning William
Bailey were obtained from papers on file in claim
for pension, R. 8348, based on his military service
in the War of the Revolution.
The date and place of birth of William
Bailey are not given, nor are the names of his
parents stated.
While a resident of Albemarle County, Virginia
, William Bailey enlisted the last of
December, 1776, served as a private in Captain
Quarles' company, Colonel Miller's Virginia
regiment; he was in the battles of Monmouth and
Stony Point, and was discharged sometime in
December, 1779, in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He
served in the Virginia militia, and was at the
Siege of Yorktown, no further details of this
service given.
He was allowed pension on his application
executed October 2, 1832, at which time he was a
resident of Union District, South Carolina, and
aged seventy-two years.
William Bailey married in the month of July,
1836 in Union District, South Carolina, Margaret;
the date and place of her birth, and names of
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parents are not shown.
William Bailey died July 23, 1841 in Union
District, South Carolina.
The widow, Margaret Bailey, married in the
year 1843. David Porter.
She was living in 1858 in Whitfield County,
Georgia, then aged about fifty-one years; she
continued to live in Georgia, in 1861.
The papers on file in this claim contain no
further discernible data relative to family.
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John Crawford-S.39369
The data furnished herein relative to John
Crawford were obtained from papers on file in
pension claim, S. 39369, based on his service in
the Revolutionary War.
John Crawford was a native of Durham in
England, and came to this country, before the
Revolutionary War.
He enlisted early in the Revolution, and
served as private about one year in Captain Reeves
of Luke McIntosh's company, Colonel McIntosh's
First Georgia regiment, and was stationed at
Savannah. Shortly afterwards, he enlisted and
served as drummer in Captain Uriah Goodwin's
company, Colonel William Thompson's Third South Carolina
regiment; he was at the Siege of Savannah
and in the battle of Monk's Corner, length of this
service three years. He served in the South Carolina
militia in Colonel Pickens' regiment, length
of service not stated, and served in Captain
Gordon's company, Colonel Lewis' North Carolina
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3-

regiment, and continued in the service until the
close of the war.
John Crawford was allowed pension on his
application executed February 3, 1819, at which
time he was aged about sixty-nine years, and a
resident of Union District, South Carolina. The
date of his birth is not shown, nor are the names
of his parents given.
He referred in 1821 to his wife, but did not
give her name and age, and to the following children
daughter, Polly, aged eighteen years, and son, William,
aged sixteen years.
The papers on file in this claim contain no
further discernible data in regard to family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment
of pension, name and address of person paid, and
possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you
should apply to The Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, this city,
and furnish the following data-
John Crawford
Certificate #14847
Issued September 23, 1819
Rate $8.00 per month
Commenced February 3, 1819
Act of March 18, 1818
South Carolina Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1938 - Nov 2 - lieut G Hon
Luther A Johnson - See heirs 
letter in Wm Bailey R 8348

39369
INVALID
RevY

File No.  39369
John Crawford
Pre Rev War

Act:  18th March 18

ndex:  Vol. 3, Page 105

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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The State of South Carolina
Before me John B. O'Neal
one of the Justices of the Quorum
in and for the district of Newberry
came John InLow [sic] of the district
of Newberry and state aforesaid
one of the soldiers of the Revolution
and made oath this he is imtimately
acquainted with John Crawford, that 
at the time this deponent entered 
into the service of the United States during the
Revolutionary war in the spring
 of the year 1778 John Crawford
was a soldier in the company 
commanded by Capt Uriah Goodwin, 
3d regiment of South Carolina 
Continentals (formerly
the regiment of Ranqers) com
manded by Col William Thompson, 
that he remained in the
service for some considerable
length of time upwards of two
years and nearly three years
that he was honorably discharged
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from the served at Pittsburgh having served out the full term for which he was enlisted that this statement proves of his own knowledge, that I then [illegible] discharged all the duties of a good soldier, he having been in several battles with the knowledge of this [illegible]  [illegible]  in South Carolina and Georgia and move [illegible] in the attach and capture of Savannah by the British.
John Enloe
Sworn to before 
me Aug 7th 1819
Jno B A Neall 2 2
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South Carolina
I Daniel Mc Duff later a lieutenant in the third regiment of South Carolina Continental line of the army of the revolution under Col William Thompson Do hereby certify that John Crawford was attached to the company belonging to that regiment commanded by Capt Uriah Goodwin and was a drum man a wile as  [recedleety] in the year 1776 and 1777 but as to the time Crawford served I do not know as I was detached from the regiment and afterward made a prisoner of war at Fort MacIntosh, and I believe Crawford was regularly enlisted and served that regiment

Given under my hand this 18th June 1819 
D McDuff
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ETERANS ADMINISTRATION [crossed out] 

November 2, 1938

WASHINGTON  [crossed out]

BA-8/AWF

Honorable Luther A. Johnson
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Johnson:

My

Reference is made to your request for information in regard to the folllowing soldiers of the Revolutionary War -

Francis Clinkscales, probably born in Scotland, came to America about 1760, moved in 1789 from Henry County, Birginia, to South Carolina, where he died in 1837;
William Kanady (Canady) Bailey of Virginia or South Carolina, his son, Kennedy William Bailey, married in South Carolina, Mary Perry, daughter of Colonel Perry;
Colonel Perry of South Carolina;
Elijah Melton of Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1790;
Captain Patrick Jack, born in Ireland in 1730, came to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, with his parents when he was eight years old;
John Crawford of Spartanburg, South Carolina;
Hardy Crawford of South Carolina, son of John Crawford.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land which have been made to the United States, based upon service in the war.

A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War

{The following text below is handwritten]  

See his letter on William Bailey R. 8348
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service of Francis Clinkscales, Kanady (Canady) Bailey, Patrick Jack, Hardy Crawford, or to a Perry who served as Colonel with the South Carolina troops, or to an Elijah Melton of South Carolina.  These surnames were searched under similar spellings.

You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War records of William Bailey of Virginia and South Carolina, and John Crawford of South Carolina.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Division of Veterans' Administrative Archives
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARS

NAME Crawford, John  GRADE Private  LINE Massachusetts

WARRANT NUMBER 3952  ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Apr 1, 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.