Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,272, Gideon Crandall, Conn. R.I.
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Service Conn. R.I.
Crandall, Gideon
Number S 15,272
carded
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State of Vermont 
Hartford, District Ss

On this 14th day of August AD 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable County Court Probate Court now sitting within and for said District Gideon Crandall a resident of Royalton in the County of Windsor in said District in the State of Vermont aged seventy 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 act of Congress passed June 7, 1832

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.

About  the first of September AD 1777 he was detached in the militia of Rhode Island for two months and served out the sd. [said] time at Westerly in Rhode Island keeping guard on the coast against the incursions of the enemy. He was under the command of Nathan Babcock & George Foster of Capt. Peleg Penbleton's Co. 

In  August AD 1778 he served in the detached militia of Rhode Island & served in Rhode Island 30 days in Sullivans expedition onto Rhode Island. He was in Capt. [Joshua] Wells Co. in Col. [Joseph] Noyes Regiment [illegible] Noyes, Major.

In April 1779 he enlisted in the Rhode Island State troops for one year commanded by Gen. Cornwall in Capt. J. Carr's Co in Col. Tapings regiment and served out the whole year in Rhode Island at Tiverton & Newport where he wintered with the regiment.

In the spring of 1780 immediately after his [illegible] return from the all mentioned service he enlisted in the Rhode Island State troops for six months and served out the same in Capt. Col's Co. in Col. Green's regiment. This service was entirely rendered on Rhode Island.

After the expiration of the six months the same fall [1780] he served as a volunteer two weeks on Rhode Island when Gen. Washington [General George Washington] passed through & [illegible]

In  the fall of 1781 he served as a substitute for one Benj. Babcock in the detached militia of Connecticut two months in Capt. Prentiss's of Connecticut of Preston Ct. Was stationed at Fort Griswold opposite New London [Connecticut]. This was directly after [Benedict] Arnold's expedition into 
Connecticut & the burning of New London [Connecticut]
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He was born in Westerly in Rhode Island in February 1762, that has no record of his age unless there be one at Westerly, which he does not know in. He resided at Westerly during the Revolution. In 1787 he removed to Royalton in Vermont where he still resides. He never had any written discharge. He produces the deposition of Eunice Davis his sister who resided at their fathers, when sd. Crandall's house then was, during said war & was knowing to his service & which deposition accompanied this declaration. That other than this he knows of no evidence by which he can prove his service.
Rev. Asabel C. Washburn & Jacob Collamer of Royalton aforesaid are persons who have long been acquainted with said Crandall.
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.
Gideon Crandall

Sworn to & subscribed the day &^ year aforesaid.
L.A. Marsh Register

Mr. Asabel C. Washburn, clergyman residing in the town of Royalton, County of Windsor and Jacob Collamer residing in said Royalton hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Gideon Crandall who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be seventy 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.
A.C. Washburn
Jacob Collamer

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
L.A. Marsh Register

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And this court further certifying that it appears to them that Asabel C. Washburn who has signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman residing at Royalton in the county of Windsor & that Jacob Collamer who has also signed the same is a resident in said Royalton and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
L.A. Marsh, Register
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The amount of the time & service done & performed by Gideon Crandall in the Revolutionary War V.J.D.
1st AD 1777 Two months at Westerly Rhode Island under the command of Nathan Babcock & George Foster Capt. Pendletons Company

2d AD 1778. Through the Campaign of Sullivan expedition in Rhode Island 30 or 40 days

3d AD 1779 One year at Rhode Island under the command of Gen. Cornwall Col. Tapings & in Boat Guard in Capt. Carrs Company

4th AD 1780 Six months in Rhode Island under Col. Green, Leint. Col. Samuel Ward in Capt. Coles Company

5th As a volunteer to Rhode Island at the time Gen. Washington passed through the N. England States half a month

6th 1781 Two months at Fort Griswold, Connecticut under Capt. Prentice.

I Eunice Davis wife of Johnson Davis now of the town of Warrington, County of New London & State of Connecticut about the age of seventy one years. Born in Westerly Rhode Island. Do depose and say that I am & have been always acquainted with the above Gideon Crandall that as the time and during and after the performance of the services above states, our home was the same dwelling. That I have a distinct & perfect recollection of the several particulars therein related and believe and say they are just and true.
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and [illegible] said Eunice Davis do further say that the said Gideon Crandall was born & bred in the Dunn House & in the town of Westerly Rhode Island with myself and that for about or more than the term of forty years he has been absent and as he says a resident in the town of Royalton Vermont and further the deponent saith not.
Eunice Davis

State of Connecticut ss: New London County Town of Stonington July 26, 1832
Personally appeared the above Mrs. Eunice Davis and made solemn oath that the above and foregoing deposition and statement of the services of Gideon Crandall by her subscribed is just & true according to her best knowledge & belief. Before me
Elisha Faxon Ind. Justice

I Elisha Faxon Int. Justice of Peace for New London Conn. aforesaid, have examined and enquired into the facts as described to by Mrs. Eunice Davis. That I am acquainted with the said Mr. Davis and do say that I think her deposition entitled to full faith & credit in every particular.
Attest E. Faxon Int. Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut ss
New London County Stonington July the 27th 1832
I hereby certify that Elisa Faxon [illegible] whose signature is affixed to the above certificates is to me well known that he is a Justice of the Peace for said county and that I know the above to be his proper signature and that full faith and credit aught to be given to his acts as such.
Attest W. Randall one of the Judges of the County Court
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I W Randall of Stonington in New London County certify that I am and have been well aquainted with this Eunice Davis signer of the foregoing or within [illegible] stands fair and that I consider her testimony entitled to credit.
Attest W. Randall one of the Judges of the County Court for said New London County
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Vermont, 18756
Gideon Crandall of Windsor Co. in the state of Vermont who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Wells of the Regt. commanded by col. Noyes in the R.I. [illegible] line for 23 months and [illegible]
Act Col 1208

Inscribed on the Roll of [illegible] at the rate of 78 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Sept. 1833 and sent to Del Billing Royalton Vt.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 33 $195.83
Semi-anl. allowance ending [illegible] '34 39.1
$234.9_

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Ele Brown Clerk,
Book E Vol. 3 Page 28
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No. 8320
Gideon Crandall
admit
23 1/2 mid
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Brief in the case of Gideon Crandall of Windsor Co. in the State of Vermont
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Probate Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 70 years
4. State his service, as directed in he form annexed.

Period. In 1777 Sept.
Duration of Service. 2 Months
Rank. Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Capt. Poubleton, R.I. Mil.

Period. 1778 Aug.
Duration of Service. 30 Days
Rank. Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Sullivan's expedition, Capt. Wells, Col. Noyes, R.I. Mil.

Period. 1779 April
Duration of Service. 1 Year
Rank. Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Capt. Carr, Col. Toping, R.I. State Troops

Period. 1780 Spring
Duration of Service. 6 Months
Rank. Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Capt. Cobb, Col. Greene, R.I. State Troops

Period. 1780 Fall
Duration of Service. volunteer 14 days
Rank. Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

Period. 1781 Fall
Duration of Service. Sub. 2 Months
Rank. Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Capt. Prentiss, Con. Mil.

5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Westerly, R. I.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living and traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? improperly attached

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D. Brown Examining Clerk
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section    [handwritten] MMMHF OM
March 2, 1926
Harold H. Hahn
Room 1619 Equitable Bldg.,
120 Broadway
New York City
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim S. 15272 it appears that
Gideon Crandall was born in February 1762 in Westerly,
Washington County, Rhode Island, where he lived until
1787.
He enlisted September 1, 1777 and served two months
as a private in Captain Pendleton's Rhode Island Company.
He enlisted in August 1778, served thirty or forty
days in Captain Wells' Company, Colonel Noyes' Rhode Island
Regiment and was in Sullivan's Expedition into Rhode
Island.
He enlisted in March or April 1779 and served one
year as a private in Captain John Carr's Company, Colonel
John Topham's Rhode Island Regiment.
He enlisted in the spring of 1780 and served six
months in Captain Cole's Company, Colonel Green's Rhode
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Island Regiment, and in the fall of the same year he
volunteered and served two weeks, officers not stated. 
He enlisted in the fall of 1781 and served two
months under Captain Prentiss in the Connecticut Troops
at Fort Griswold.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
August 24, 1832 while a resident of Royalton (since 1787),
Windsor County, Vermont. It is not stated whether he
was ever married.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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Oct. 20/97 T. S. Peck,
Adjt. Gen. of Vt.
Burlington Vt.
1924 - Jan 29 - Hist to Mrs. Frank
Ulrich MMHF.
1926 – Mch 2 - Hist to H H. Hahn MMHF
15272
INVALID.
File No. 15,272
Gideon Crandall
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 83
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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No 8320
Gideon Crandall
app
Royalton
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
18 June 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 said notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is
to be done. These 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
Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant’s service Years | Months | Days | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
[handwritten]
It cannot readily be admitted that the above service is
insusceptible of additional proof and the regulations require
the best proof to be furnished that can be had.
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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 of 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 _ day of _ personally appeared (a) before _ A. B. a resident (b) _ in the county of _ and State, Territory or District of _ aged (c) _ 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 Unted States in the year (d) _, with _ and served in the _ (e) regiment of the _ 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 _
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. _ 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.
_ of the Court of _ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _ day of _ &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, vis:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _ 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 day and year aforesaid,
(and then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _ Clerk of the Court of _ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal _ of office, this _ day of _ &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 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 of 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.
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[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.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must 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 the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an 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 his service. The use of the phrase [italicized] about three or four months, [end italics] is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions [illegible] 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 a 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 places where the service was performed; 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 of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public 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 of narrow ribbon, the ends of which must 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 of 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 [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers, and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [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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Royalton Augt. 5. 1833. Vt.
Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir
Enclosed I forward additional
proof to substantiate Gid Crandell’s claim for a
pension. I have been at no inconsiderable expense
to him to obtain it. Mr. Crandall is now unable
to leave home by reason of old age & sickness. I trust enough
evidence is herewith forwarded to satisfy and remove all
doubts as to his service for which he has declared for (not
knowing where to obtain any more), and that I shall soon
be in the receipt of his certificate. You will please to
return to the subscribed in the mean time I am yours
Respectfully O. C. Billings
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I Nathan Bliven of Westerly in the County of Washington
and State of Rhode Island aged seventy two years the 17th of
April 1833, on Oath says that Gidion Crandal of Royalton
the State of Vermont, who lived in Westerly Rhode Island
the time the Revolutionary War commenced. He the
said Crandal with myself enlisted at Westerly aforesaid
as State Troops for the State of Rhode Island on or about
the Sixteenth day of March 1779 for one year in Capt. John
Case's Company, belonging to Col John Toppin’s Regiment, we
marched from Westerly under the command of Lieutenant
Andrew Stanton, to Tivertown Rhode Island, from thence to
Dighton Massachusetts, under the same command, where
we remained untill the English evacuated New Port
Rhode Island, we then marched to New Port, where the
said Gideon Crandall and myself remained in the
states service untill the 16 day of March 1780, when we
were discharged.
Nathan Bliven
State of Rhode Island
Washington Sc. Westerly July 22nd 1833 Personally appeared
Nathan Bliven, the above named Deponent, who gave and
Subscribed before me, the foregoing Deposition, and was by
me duly sworn according to Law. I also further certify
that the said Nathan Bliven has been personally known
to me for more than thirty years; that he is a man of veracity
and that his said Deposition is entitled to credit
Jed W. Knight Justice of the Peace
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State of Rhode Island & Providence
Plantations
Washington Ss} Clerks Office Court of Common Pleas
I Samuel Helme Clerk of the Court Aforesaid do hereby
certify that Jedediah W. Knight Esq. whose Signature in his
own proper hand writing is hereto prefixed is a Justice of the
Peace for the Town of Westerly in the County of Washington legally
chosen by the General Assembly Commissioned by the Governor
and Otherwise Qualified as the Law requires that full faith and
Credit ought to be given to his Attestation throughout the
United States of America
[seal]
In Testimony whereof I have
hereto set my hand and affixed
the Seal of the Court aforesaid
this Twenty fifth day of July 1833
Sam Helme Clk
[illegible] 25th
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State of Vermont
District of Hartford
I Lyndon A. Marsh
Register of the Court of Probate in and
for the District of Hartford
in the State of Vermont do
hereby certify that the foregoing 
contains the original 
proceedings of the Court
the matter of the application
of Gideon Crandall for a
pension
[seal]
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal of
office this 24th day of August
AD 1832
L. Marsh Register
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1737 Loma St.
Santa Barbara
Dear Carrie
Dell's great grandfather
Gideon Crandall, his grandmother's
father, was a soldier in the
Revolution from Rhode Island.
He was only a stripling youth
in 1778 but there is a record
of his service in the War Dept.
at Washington and also in
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the Pension Dept. If Mildred
will write either or both of
them she will get a copy of
the record. I had one some
years ago but it has gone
into the discard long ago
with many like papers.
Sorry not to have seen
you in the Golden State
Sincerely
C. A. Smith
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[on underlying page]
the Pension Dept. If Mildred
[on overlying page]
Mrs Frank Ulrich
1404 Sigsber St. S. E.
Grand Rapids
Michigan
[in different, lighter handwriting]
This is the relative referred to 
on the card, who [illegible]
C. A. Smith [illegible] sister Gideon C.
when he asked for [illegible] Vermont.
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[letterhead]
HAROLD HENRY HAHN
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
ROOM 1619, EQUITABLE BUILDING
12 BROADWAY NEW YORK
TELEPHONE RECTOR 3577
[begin typing]
January 21, 1926.
Winfield Scott, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.                      Rev. & 1812 War Section
Dear Sir:
I acknowledge receipt of your letter of January 18, and note
that the Revolutionary War records of your department fail to afford
any information or reference to Captain William A. or William L.
Hawkins. However, you state that Gideon Crandall, S. 15272, who
was born in February 1762 in Westerly, Rhode Island also served from
there, and was pensioned from Royalton, Vermont. Will you please
be good enough to furnish me with the history of this pensioner as
Gideon Crandall was an ancestor of my wife,
Very truly yours,
Harold H. Hahn
P.
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section   [handwritten] MMHF
January 29, 1924
Mrs. Frank Ulrich
1404 Sigsbee St., S. E.
Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim S. 15272 it appears
that Gideon Crandall was born in February 1762 in Westerly, 
Washington County, Rhode Island, where he lived
until 1787.
He enlisted September 1, 1777 and served two months
as a private in Captain Pendleton's Rhode Island Company. 
He enlisted in August 1778 and served thirty or forty
days in Captain Wells’ Company, Colonel Noyes' Rhode
Island Regiment; was in Sullivan's Expedition into Rhode
Island.
He enlisted in March or April 1779 and served one
year as a private in Captain John Carr's Company, Colonel
John Topham's Rhode Island Regiment.
In the spring of 1780 he enlisted and served six
months in Captain Cole's Company, Colonel Green's Rhode
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Island Regiment, and in the fall of the same year
he volunteered and served two weeks, officers not
stated.
He enlisted in the fall of 1781 and served two
months under Captain Prentiss in the Connecticut
Troops.
He was allowed pension on his application executed 
August 24, 1832 while a resident of Royalton (since
1787), Windsor County, Vermont. It is not stated
whether he ever married.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
[handwritten]
Date of death not on AB
Soldier had sister Eunice, mar. Johnson Davis