Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2540, William Crowder, Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE |  |  NUMBER
Va. | Crowder, William  | R2540
_ | Lucy | B.L.36280-160-55
CONTENT
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[illegible] Act Mar 3/{illegible]
July 20/55
Lucy Crowder
and 7
William Crowder
P [illegible]
Capt Robert Smith
Aug
Private [underlined]
Capt Smith
Nelson A.G.  April a
36280 ip
Rev. War
Ter app. for pension
N.C. [illegible] June 32
AO.160 aco July 26/56
Dodge
William Hunt
Present
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Copy
State of North Carolina
Rutherford County
Know all men by these presents that we William Crowder and Thomas Martin Esqr. in the State aforesaid are held and firmly bound unto the Governer of the State of North Carolina, for the time being in the just and full sum of Five hundred pounds, current money of this State to be paid to the said Governer or his successors or Assigns, to the which payment will now be done and done, we bind
selves our heirs, Executors and Administrators sealed with our seals and dated this fifteenth day of September Anno Domini 1825.
The condition of the above obligation is such
that whereas the above bound William Crowder hath made application for a license for marriage to be celebrated between him and Miss Lucy Thompson of the County aforesaid,
Now in case it shall not appear hereafter
that there is any lawful cause to obstruct
the said marriage, then the above obligation
to be end otherwise to remain in full
force & virtue
Sealed and delivered in
the presence of
Thomas Martin 
Gary Brizendina

William Crowder [seal]
X
His Mark

Thomas Martin [seal]


State of North Carolina
I R.L. Gilkey Clerk the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Rutherford, certify that foregoing is a true copy of the bond
it purports to be as will appear
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from the original now filed in my office.


In testimony whereof I have
hereunto affixed the seal of said
Court at office in Rutherford
and subscribed my name
this 8th day of May AD 1855
R. L. Gilkey Clerk
191511
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State of North Carolina 
Cleaveland County 
on this 3rd day of May 1855 personally appeared before me William A Tisdale
one of the acting Justices of the peace within and for the County of Cleaveland and State of North Carolina
Mrs Lucy Crowder aged seventy years or upwards
a resident of Cleaveland County who being duly
sworn according to law declares that she is the widow
of William Crowder Decd who was a private soldier and
comissary in the company commanded by Captain Robert
Smith in the war of the Revolution that her husband
lived in Mecklenburg County in the State of
Virginia and I believe he was drafted for the term
of six month and continued in actual service for
about three months at which time he got a a parole
to goe home and then as she under stands he hired
substitute to goe in his place who served out the
said term. She further states that she was married
to the aforesaid William Crowder sometime in
---
the month of Sept 1825 or the year 1822 by one
Young Brisendine who was one of the acting Magistrates
in Rutherford County and that her name before she
was married was Lucy Thompson that her husband
died on the 8th day of November 1839 and that she is a
widow at the date of executing this her declaration.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the
Bounty land to which she may be entitled under
act approved March the 3r 1855. She also declares that
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she has never received nor applied for Bounty land
under any other act of Congress only this now
presented I allso constitute and appoint William
Hunt of Washington City D.C. my true and lawfull
attorney for me and in my name to Receive my land warrant

her
Lucy [x] Crowder
mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day above
written and I certify that I believe the claiment
to be the Identical person that she Represents herself
to be and that I have no interest in said claim
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WA Tisdale JP
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State of North Carolina
Cleaveland County

 on this 3rd day of May 1855
Cleaveland County personally appeared before me Wm A Tisdale one of the acting Justices of the peace Mr
J. G. Eskridge and Elizabeth Eskridge Residents of
Cleaveland County and after being Qualified according to
law declares that they are well and personally
acquanted with Mrs Lucy Crowder who saw her sign
her name to the foregoing declaration by maken her mark
that they know her to be the Identical person therein named
and that she is a widow
J.G. Eskendge
Elizabeth Eskridge
sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written
and I also certify that J. G. Eskridge and Elizabeth Eskridge
are creditable and Respectable citizens WA Tisdale JP
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State of North Carolina
Cleaveland County 
I Silas Williams Clerk
of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County
of Cleaveland
the
land hereby certify that W.A. Tisdale
whose name appears to the foregoing declaration and
Certificates is and was an acting Justice of
the Peace in and for the County and State
aforesaid at the time of Signing the Same
duly Commissioned and qualified that the
signatur
purporting to be his is genuin
In testimny Whereof I have hereunto
Subscribed My Name and affixed my
Official Seal this 25th day of June 1855
S. Williams Clk
Ⓧ
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 State of North Carolina}
County of Cleavland}
On this 25th day of April one thousand eight hundred & fifty four personally appeared before me, one of the acting 
Justices of the peace within and for said County;  James
Crowder aged 69 years, who, after being duly sworn according
to law, maketh oath, and declares, that he is the  Son of William
Crowder deceased, who formerly resided in Mecklenburg 
County, State of Virginia in the time of the Revolutinary
war.  that some time in the year 95 or 6 he the aforesaid 
William Crowder,  moved to this County and State
above mentioned, and lived until the 10th day of November
1840 an died.
     That this deponent, (the aforesaid Garrel Crowder)
 has frequently and repeatedly heard his father (the aforesaid
 William) in his life time speak of having served in the
revolutionary war, while living in the County of 
Mecklenburg and State of Virginia; and to the best of
this deponents recollection about three or four months. 
That he was drafted and served under Captain
Robert Smith during his term of Service. 
And this deponent further believes, that he heard his 
father, (the aforesaid William Crowder) say, that he served
in the Capacity of Commissary, as well as private &
that his service was done in 1781, sometime near the
close of the war.
And this deponent further believes, that his father
(the aforesaid William Crowder) had been informed, that 
soldiers who served less than six months was not entitled 
to Pension, is the reason why he never presented his 
claim in his life time. 
That this deponent (the aforesaid Garrel 
Crowder) was left Executor to the last Will &
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Testament of his father (the aforesaid Wm Crowder) and 
in searching over his (William Crowders) papers, he found 
the enclosed “permit” or “furlough” amongst them. 
That he makes this declaration for the purpose of 
ascertaining from the Pension Office, whether the length of service as 
set forth in this declaration will entitle the aforesaid William 
Crowder to pension under any of the pension Acts of 
Congress, passed for the benefit of those who served that 
length of time. 
And further, this deponent alledges, that 
he is the son and legal Executor to the last Will 
and testament of the aforesaid William Crowder, 
which he will satisfy the Department just so soon, as he 
is informd, whether his father was entitled to pension 
for that term of service under any Act of Congress. 
Sworn to and subscribed 
before me this day and year prior above
writen.  And I certify
I have on interest in the result
of this Case and am not
Concerned in its prosecution. |  This deponent believes his father and
mother were married in 1717 or 1772  Garrel Crowder { hand written seal]
Wm A Tisdale  J P.
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Garrel
Crowder as above; that he is an aged respectable
Citizen of this County and believe that he is directly interested
in said claim.
Wm A Tisdale  JP
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March 10, 1938.

Mrs. Lee Smith
Biardstown
Texas.

BA-J/ILL
William Crowder
R. 2540

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War records of Robert Crowder and William Crowder, who
served from Mecklenburg County, or Amelia County, Virginia.

There is no claim for pension on file based upon service
in the Revolutionary War of any Robert Crowder. The data which follow
are found in the papers on file in pension claim, R. 2540, based
upon service of William Crowder, of Mecklenburg County, Virginia, in
that war.
William Crowder was a resident of Mecklenburg County, Virginia
, at the time of the Revolutionary War. He enlisted sometime in
1781, served as private and commissary in Captain Robert Smith's
Virginia company, in which company he was serving September 12, 1781,
length of service between three and four months.
The soldier moved in 1795 or 1796, to Cleveland County,
North Carolina, where he resided until his death; the date of his
death is shown as November 9, 1839, also, as November 10, 1840,
William Crowder married in 1771 or 1772; the name of this
wife, and the date of her death are not shown. He married in Rutherford County, North Carolina, Miss Lucy Thompson, of that county. The
marriage bond was dated September 15, 1825, and was signed by one
Thomas Martin. The names of Lucy's parents are not shown.
Lucy Crowder, the soldier's widow applied May 3, 1855, for
the bounty land which was due under the Act of March 3, 1855, on account
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of the service of her husband, William Crowder, in the Revolutionary War. She was then a resident of Cleveland County, North Carolina, "aged seventy-five years or upwards". She received160 acres of bounty land on warrant #36280.
In 1854, Jarrel Crowder, the soldier's son, was a resident of Polkville, Cleveland County, North Carolina, aged sixty-nine years. He applied then for the pension which might have had due on account of the service of his father, William Crowder, in the Revolutionary War. His claim for pension was not allowed as there was no provision of law under which pension could be granted for service of less than
six months' duration in the Revolutionary War.
If you desire information in regard to the location of the land which was granted on account of service of William Crowder in the
Revolutionary War, you should address the Commissioner, General Land
Office, this city, and furnish that official the following bounty
land warrant #36280-160-55.
Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator,

[handwritten in margin]
Mr Finch said the son Jarrel Crowder did apply she wrote rejection. JLL
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Wm. Crowder
Va. 1P.2540
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September th 13 1781
William Crowder has leave of absence untill
he is able to joyn his Company &  then to joyn
as soon as possable he Can.  Robert Smith Cpat.
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1917 May 10 Hist to Mrs Virginia Ross
1919. Nov. 5 Hist. to Chas. R. Conlee
1919 Nov. 18. Chas R. Conlee infd [informed?]
of Cost of Copies A. W.
1920 Jan. 13, Photostat copies
Mailed to Charles R
Conlee  A. W.
1921 April 23 Hist to Mrs. C. C. Waldo
2 [illegible] 40.
Wm. Crowder

REJECTED

Service: [blank]
Enlisted: [blank]
Discharged: [blank]
Application filed: [blank[
Alleges: Claim filed too late
to be on printed list
of 1852 of rejections
Attorney: [blank]
[blank] Recognized. [blank] Contract.
[blank] Cert. of Dis. Searched for [blank]
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36280

Nev Ans

38745
William Crowder decd [deceased]
N. C.

Jarrel Crowder May 8. 1854

2540

[illegible] 1915
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151576
Lucy Crowder
(Widow of William)
Bounty Land Claim
Act March 3 1855


The application for husband
for Revolutionary Pension, is on
file in the office with
his discharge certificate


Attney [Attorney]
William Hunt
Washington City 
DC
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N. 38.7.45
Wm Crowder
Cleavland [Cleveland] County
N. C.
Polkville, P.A.
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State of North Carolina
Cleaveland [Cleveland] County
I Silas Williams, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify that W.A. Tisdale whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit is and was an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County at the time of of signing the same duly commissioned and qualified that the signatures purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office in [Shelly] the 26th day of April 1834.
S. Williams Clk
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Jarrel Crowder
May 8, 54
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Pension Office
May 8. 1854
Sir
  Your informal declaration for 
pension money on account of the Revolution
army services of your father, William
Crowder, late of N. Carolina, has been
examined.
  No pension can be allowed under
any existing law, for Revolutionary
Services of a less duration than six
months.
Jarrel Crowder Esq
Polkville
Cleveland Co.
N.C.
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Bureau of Pensions
Finance Division
Jan 6, 1920
Chief Rev War Section
Sir:
I have this day received from Chas R. Conlee 
No. 133,908 for $1.60
requesting copy
as per letter herewith
Jun 12, 1920
Photo copies
Mailed 
[illegible]
Very respectfully,
W N Campbell
Chief of Division.
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Money-order for $1.60 read T.N.M.
law offices of Walter S. Coen
Fort Morgan, Colorado
Walter S. Coen
Omer T. Mallory
Chas. R. Conlee

Department of Interior, 
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Enclosed herewith money order for $1.60 for which please send me photostat copies of the 
Revolutionary War Claim of Lucy, widow of William Crowder, as per your letter of Nov. 18th enclosed herewith.
Very respectfully,
Chas R. Conlee
Fort Morgan, Colorado.


Date Jan. 9, 1920
Name William Crowder No. R2[illegible]40
Rev War
Photographic copes wanted of 4
pieces, consisting of 9 pages.
Remarks:
Exr. A E Wilson     Chief Rev War Section
T.F.Dennis
Law Clerk.
Serial
No. 116

Finance Division
Jan 6 1920
Bureau of Pensions
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Madison, Wis. May 3rd. 1917.   Rev 3 D
1202 Elizabette St:

Commission of Pensions:
Washington D.C.
My dear Sir:
  Can you give me any particulars
concerning Lieutenant William Crowder from Virginia
under Capt Pauline Anderson 1781.  what his wife's
name was and whether he is the Same William
Crowder appearing on the Auditors account Book
for 1785 (No 27) on page 208 under date of
Thursday July 7, 1785, who was paid for
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2.
military services in the Revolutionary war.
If not can you tell me the name of this latter
Wm Crowders wife and any acts relating
to his place of enlistment, birth & c/"
Very dearly
Mrs Virginia Ross.
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Red MM
1
Lincoln Neb Mar 29 c 1921
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions -
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE APR 1 1921
Dear Sir -
  Will you please give
me the Rev record of William
Crowder - wife Phoebe Elder-
"Rev War 3 Mo. from Mecklenburg
Co Va under Captain Robert Smith
"See Auditors Account (Va) XXVII=208
also, "See Records in A.G. Office
War Dep. Washington" - for Jacob
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Wise- (wife Elizabeth Leatherman
Private in Capt Bunners Co. 3rd pa
Commanded by Co, James Wood"..
Will thank you very much
for these records
Sincerly -
Mrs C. C. Waldo
Hotel Grand
Lincoln
Neb
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Rec. Sec.
W
Law ofices of 
Walter S. Coen
Fort Morgan, Colorado
Walter S. Coen
Omer T. Mallory
Chas. R. Conlee
Oct. 19, 1919.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Will you kindly furnish me with data regarding the pension claim (Revolutionary War) of William Crowder, from Mechlenburg County, Va., and also data under which his widow, Lucy Crowder was allowed 160 acres of bounty land, under Warrant No. 36,280.
Very respectully,
Chas R. Conlee
Chas. R. Conlee,
Fort Morgan, Colorado,

Pension
D
OCT
U. 24 S.
1919
Office
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October 5, 1919

Mr. Charles R. Conlee,
Fort Morgan, Colorado,
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 19# ultimo, 
you are advised that it appears from the records of this Bureau that william Crowder lived in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, during the Revolutionary War and in 1781 was drafted and served under Captain Robert Smith as a Private and Commissary three or four months.
He married 2nd in September 1825 or 1826 Miss Lucy Thompson and died November 9, 1839 or November 10, 1840. In 1854 son Jarrel was sixty-nine years old and a resident of Cleveland County, North Carolina, to which place William Crowder had moved in 1795 or 1796.
The widow Lucy was allowed 160 acres of bounty land under Warrant No. 36,280. Pension was never allowed on account of his service as there was no such law which granted pension for service of a less duration than six months.
Very respectfully,
E.C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner.
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May 10, 1917


Mrs. Virginia Ross
1203 Elizabeth Street, 
Madison, Wisconson.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 3rd instant,
you are advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the record of a soldier of the Revolution
unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of his services, and you are herewith furnished the history of the only William Crowder found on the Revolutionary War
records.
It appears that William Crowder lived in Mecklenburg County, Virginia during the 
Revolutionary War, and in 1781 was drafted and served under Captain Robert Smith as a Private and Commissary three or four months.
He married in September 1835 or 1836, Miss Lucy Thompson and died November 9, 1839 or November 10, 1840. In 1854 son Jarrel was sixty-nine years old and a resident of Cleveland County, North Carolina, to which place William Crowder moved in 1795 or 1796.
The widow Lucy was allowed 160 acres of bounty land under Warrant No. 36,380.
Very respectfully,
N Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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Secti
[illegible]
Walter S. Coen
Fort Morgan, Colorado
Walter S. Coen
Omer T. Mallory
Chas. R. Conlee
Nov. 10, 1919
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen;
Kindly advise me what it would cost for Photostat copies of the papers in the claim for bounty_land (warrant No. 36,280) of Lucy Crowder, widow of William Crowder, who was drafted from Mecklenburg County, Virginia, and served under Captain Robert Smith as a private and commissary for three or four months. I would want photostat copy of all the papers affecting the military service of William Crowder and the claim of his widow for the bounty land, as I am a decendant [descendant] of theirs and believe that the affidavits etc, on file would prove to be valuable family documents.
Very respectfully,
Chas R. Conlee,
Fort Morgan, Colorado
Pension
D
Nov
U. 13 S.
1919
Office
Law Division
Nov 13, 1919
Received
Send copies when he has paid
of his pair[pass] of Sept of. 1781 = 1 page
widows dec. of May 3, 1855=         3 "
sons       "         Apr 25,1854 =        3 "
[illegible man  bond]             =        2 "
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IN REPLY REFER TO
Rev. War [illegible]
R.File 3540.
3-1866
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON Nov. 18, 1919.
Mr. Chas. R. Conlee,
Fort Morgan, Col.
Sir:
In repoly to your letter of the 10" instant, you are advised that that photostat copies of the original papers in the Revolutionary War claim of Lucy widow of William Crowder will be furnished you under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912 at the rate of fifteen cents per page with twenty-five cents extra if certification is desired. The number of pages to be copied is nine.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
Very respectfully, 
E.C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner.
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LEE SMITH
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
AND DRUGS
[stamp] RECEIVED FEB 25 1938
BIARDSTOWN, TEXAS Feb. 22 1938

Veteran's Bureau
Washington, D. C.,
Dear Sirs:-
I am sorry to be a nuisance, but
I am still looking for any ancestors.
It is like looking for a needle in a
hay stack, but sometimes persistence
accomplishes things.
Will you please send me the
Revolutionary Record of William
Crowder.  He served from Virginia
either Mecklenburg or Amelia Co.
I want any dates or names in the papers
concerning his service - or places.
And if I am allowed two names,
Please send me the record of Robert Crowder
also.
Mrs. Lee Smith
Biardstown, Texas