Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,506, Jeremiah Crandel, Conn. New York R.I.
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Conn.
New York
R.J.

Crandel, Jeremiah

S. 10506
carded
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20.71
New York
JEREMIAH CRANDEL

Onondaga Co. the State of N. York
He was a private in the corp. commanded by Captain Casey of the regiment commanded by Col. Cantine in the N. York (writing cut off) for 11 mos.  & 12 days. 

$36.66
      .22
$37.88       N.Y. R.I. and Conn. 
                  Records completed June 12/05

Inscribed on the roll of N. York
at the rate of 38 dollars - cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Sept. 1833 and sent to (unintelligible)

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 20           $  9.5
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Nov   $  1.9                                                         
                                                          $11.40

Rev Claim Act June 77, 1832

Recorded by Go. C. Stiles Clerk
Book C   Vol 4   Page 93
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declaration in order to attain the benefit of the of Act
ed June 7th 1832
State of New York
Onondaga County ⎬ On this 11th day of October 1832 personally in open court before Daniel Morely Esqr, Circuit Judge of the seventh Circuit of the State of Newyork, and Vice Chancellor of the same,
holding a Court of equity for the said State in the Town and
County of Onondaga now sitting appeared Jeremiah Crandal
 a resident of the Town of Pompey, in the County of
Onondaga and State of New York, aged Seventy seven
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 7th 1832 That
he entered the service of the United States under the following
named officers and served as herein stated. In the winter
of the year 1777. I resided near the cold spring in Nine Partons
in Duchess County in the State of Newyork, I volunteered to
go with Lieutenant Samuel Crandal, belonging to a company
of volunteers, to subdue the Tories in Livingston Manor in
the County of Columbia, said Company was commanded
by Captain John Row, as near as I can recollect, and I think
the name of the Colonel was Cantine of Rhinebeck, that the
Company rendevoused at the Blue Store, & remained there about
a fortnight reconnoitering in pursuit of the tories returned
home in January or February of same year. That the second term I
served, I took the place of one Samuel Casey as his substitute
who was drafted from the militia to go to Greenwich Newtown
and Potowoamneck, in Rhode island to guard the Shores, & lefthem early
in the spring of 1777, and was mustine at Greenwich New Town
under Capt William Sweet of West Greenwich, I think there were
other troops there, but do not remember the officers, nor the names
of my own officers except Capt Sweet-- remained stationed at
Greenwich Newtown a month, standing guard along the shore
some two or three miles off and then returned home to West
Greenwich where I became substitute from thence I went to
South Kingston in Rhode island, my nature place, when I was
drafted to guard the Narraganset Shores, and went the same spring
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And the said Court do hereby declare {unk}[ written on underlaying page]

 in the fore part, or middle of April 1777 under Captain Stephen Babcock, and was mustered at Littleresthill in South Kingston, but cannot now remember the names of the other officers, our duty was to guard the Shores about five miles from there- there were other companies stationed each way along the shore but so far that I was not acquainted with the officers. I remained there in that service till October, but did not like Capt Babcock, and then I and those enlisted out of his company into Captain John Waits company of Kingston Red, in Colonel John Wait's Regiment State Troops, having served under Capt Babcock about six months- there soon came a Draft for every other man to go onto Rhode island to fight the British, and I was drafted from Capt Waits company & was marched to Greenwich, New Town, from there to Bristol and from there to Tiverton, where there was three hundred and fifty boats for the troops to cross over, but  being very bright evening the Enemy from the Island fired so briskly when the boats were coming round a point, that the crossing was given up, remained there a month from time of Enlistment, which was for no certain time, and was then & there discharged & returned home by way of Providence. Afterwards I lived in New Fairfield Connecticut, and in July after Danbury was burnt, I volunteered in the alarm when the British burnt Norwalk, and went through Danbury & saw the ruins to Norwalk, in Captain Hubbells company of New Fairfield, a distance of about fifty miles, and was gone from home about two weeks, having been in the fight at Norwalk. I went afterwards again with Captain Hubbell, in another Alarm to Gregorys Parish about forty miles from home towards Newyork, while  there, a soldier from Danbury went in swimming and was drowned, in a pond & I dove & brought him up from fourteen feet depth of Water and was gone from home about a fortnight. In the fall after Erafues was burnt, I was drafted and went under Captain Husted of Pine plains, as I Pine Partners, from Col Ganfines Regiment and was marched & crossed the North river at Erafues, & went from there to Monibokus, Warwarink and Nissinock twenty or thirty miles distant, in pursuit of Indians and Tories who had been there burning and returned home in about a month. Afterwards, but I cannot tell the year nor the names of the officers, I went as a substitute for one Benjamin Gifford to
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West Point, I think the Lieutenants name was Slocum. I remained there one month, doing fatigue duty, fixing the fort and carried gravel in a hand barrow quite a distance & up a hill, I think this was in June from the fact that a little girl at fishkill was bitten with a rattlesnake when picking strawberries, and I saw her on my way to West Point and it was before the surrender of Cornwallis. Capt Husted gave me a written discharge but I have since lost it. The Deponent has no documentary evidence & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service excepting William Perkins, deposition is hereto annexed. That after the Revolution he removed to the town of Dauer, Durhess County & State of New York & resided there till he removed to the sd Town of Panfrey twenty two years ago where he has since resided till the present time. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

Jeremiah Crandel

Daniel Moseley Circuit Judge [unk] Chanceller

We two [unk] Morehouse and Elanson Watkins residing in the Town of Pompey in the County of Onondaga hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jeremiah Crandel who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, the we believe him to be seventy seven years of age, that he is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion.

Andrew Morehouse
Elanson Watkins

Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.

Daniel Mosely
Circuit Judge
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and the said Court do hereby declare its opinion after investigating the matter and after putting to the above named applicant the interrogatories required by the war department that the said applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the persons above named to wit Elanson Watkins and Andrew Morehouse are residents at the town of Pompry, and that they are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit.

Daniel Moseley
Vice Chancellor
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I Daniel T Moseley Deputy Clerk of the Court of Chancey of the seventh Circuit for the state of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Crandall for a pension. In testimony where I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 11th day of October 1832.

Daniel T Moseley
Deputy Clerk
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State of New York
Cortland County

On this twenty six day of Sept 1832 personally appeared before me Wm Blanchard a Justice of the Peace in and for said county William Perkins of the Town of Grexton in said county aged seventy eight years on in his seventy eight years this deponent being duly sworn before the said Justice doth on his oath depose and sayth that he was acquainted with Jeremiah Crandal of Pompey in the county of Onondaga in the town of South Kingston in the state of Rhode Island in the Revolutionary war that in the spring of 1777 the deponent and said Crandal was drafted to go and guard the Nnraganset shores and went some tome in April under Capt Stephen Babcock of South Kingston and were stationed at Nanganset shore in said town and both remained there and did duty.

William Perkins

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before William Blanchard Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Cortland County

I Samuel Hotchkiss a Clerk of said County do certify that William Blanchard before whom the within affidavits purports to have been sworn was at the [unk] a Justice of the Peace in the Town of {unk} in said County duly commissioned and sworn his oath therefore in that capacity are to be regarded as such. Also that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said justice and verily believe his name to the within affidavit subscribed to his own proper hand writing and signature.

Winess my hand & seal of office this 11th day of October 1832.

Samuel Hotchkiss Hr
Clerk
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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. 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 send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A statement, showing the Service of Jeremiah Crandle Onandago County New York
Period when the service was rendered
Duration of the claimant's service
Years.  Months.  Days.
Rank of the claimant.
Vol. - Wint. 1777 about 14 days private
Sub - Spring 1777 1 month private
Draftd. - Spring 1777 about 6 months private
Enlisted - Fall 1777 1 month private
Vol. - July 1780 about 14 months private
"  "  - about 14 months private
Draftd. Fall 1780 about 1 month private
Sub 1781 1 month private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Cap. Row
Cap Sweet
Cap Babcock
Cap Wait
Cap Hubbell
Cap Hubbell
Cap Hasted
Lieut Slomes
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Col Cantine
Col Wait
Col Cantine
Country through which he marched
Mustered at Greenwich New Town Little rest
Hill
Place of residence when he entered the service, and age at the present 
77 years 
Nine [illegible]
Dutchess County
N York
[Illegible]
traditionary [illegible] not certified 
no clergyman & no reason given
papers not for family attached
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 well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army and to exclude 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, etc. Teamsters, Boatmen, etc. 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}
     On this      day of     personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of     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 United 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, etc.]
     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.
     [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     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 
     In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this      day of     etc.
     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     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 entitles 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      etc.
     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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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 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?
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 Solider.} 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 (t)he 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 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 believebhe 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, my 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 here in 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.
[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 xxxxxx xxxxxx 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 to the plant cannot, by reason of the
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 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 regarding 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; 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 services 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 or 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  to the certificator.
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 crediible 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 oath 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 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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Supplemental Declaration made in addition to an original declaration to which this is annexed in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832.
State of New York
County of Onondaga, On this 7th day of June 1833 personally appeared before John Watson, George Pettit, David Monroe and James M. Allen four of the Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas and general sessions of the Peace in and for said county now sitting at Salina in said County, Jeremiah Crandal a resident of the Town of Pompey in said County who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following supplemental declaration, in addition to the original declaration to which this is annexed in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he is 77 years old the 19 day of last September. That the periods of his service mentioned in his said original declaration were so numerous and short and "by reason of old age and consequent lapse of memory" that "he cannot swear positively" and with "precision" as to the time the said periods of service were all commenced and ended nor as to the "precise length" of them respectively nor the "length of his service" in the aggregate, but "according to
the best of his recollection" he served as a private, "not less than Eleven months and a half for which he claims a pension" -that he does not recollect with certainty the name of the Colonel to whose Regiment Captain Babcock's Company belonged but believes it was Colonel Dyer- that he believes General Spencer commanded the troops to which Captain Wait's company was attached at the time mentioned in said original declaration when declarant was drafted to go on to Rhode Island under Captain Wait but does not remember the Colonel's name in that service nor when he was under Captain Hubbel as stated in said original declaration that during the whole time of his said service "he was not employed in any civil 
[illegible]. " That the Clerk of the Court of Equity in which his said original declaration was made, resides at a remote distant part of the county rendering it difficult, expensive and [illegible] as to procuring him to "attach properly the original papers." to obviate the objection on that account.
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notes in the right hand column of the printed Statement annexed hereto, the declarant deposes and says that he has this day heard the said original declaration carefully read over, and that he not retestifies to all the facts contained or stated in said original declaration, all properly attached together, by the Clerks seal & certificate hereto affixed. That the reason why he does not & cannot procure the attendance of a clergyman in Court, as regulations is that the clergyman & the only one particularly acquainted with the declarant has removed out of the County, where he cannot be procured "without too much expense & inconvenience" to the declarant. That, in answer to the objection marked under notes for the declarant deposes that the service and Captain Wait mentioned in said original declaration as the Rhode Island reds, were State Troops & not continentals as he believes. The Declarant further deposes and says in answer to the interrogatories- 1st where, and in what year was you born? as follows-I was born in Southkingston in Rhode Island in the year 1755, on the 19th day of September- 2nd Have you any record of your age? If so, where is it? I have a record of my age at home in a bible, as my Father wrote it in a bible which is worn out & gone- 3rd Where were you living when called into the service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live? When I was called into the service I lived in Nine Partners, Duchess County in the State of New York. Since the revolutionary war, I have lived in the Town of Pawlings now called Dover in the same county of Duchess & in the town of Pompey in the county of Onondaga, where I now live.- 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? I volunteered four times, was drafted twice, & went as a substitute twice, once for Samuel Casey & once for Benjamin Gifford- 5th 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 you service? In consequance of "age, loss of memory" I cannot be more particular on these
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paints than I have already stated in this and in my said original declaration. 6th- Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? I received no written discharge, except the one mentioned in my original declaration and that is lost. 7th-- State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for certainty and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution. Elamson Watkins and Andrew Morehouse who have certified on oath to my original declaration and David Benson of Pomphrey and George Pettit, John Crandall and Oliver Williams, who live a short distance from me but in another town, and are well acquainted with me, if not better than others nearer by but when the declarant cannot procure to attend Court without too much in expense and inconvenience to him. 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid:
R. S. Hess, Clerk of Onondaga County
We, George Pettit and John Crandall and Oliver Williams reside in the Town of Fabius in the County of Onondaga and hereby certify  that we are and have been the said George and John for more than 20 years and the said Oliver for 4 years, well-acquainted with Jeremiah Crandall who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 77 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 to and subscribed thie day and year aforesaid: George Pettit, John Crandall, Oliver Williams
R. S. Hess, Clerk of Onondaga County.
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And the said Court do hereby declare this opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations 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 George Phylo Oliver Williams and John Crandal who have signed the following certificate are residents of the Town of Fabius County of (and David Benson who has signed the last certificate is a resident of Pompey in said County of Onondaga, are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit, and further, that the said applicant cannot produce in court a clergyman or other witness in their opinion without too much expense or inconvenience to him.
John Watson
James M. Allen
David Munro
George Pettit
I Reuben L. Hep, Clerk of the Courts of Common Pleas and General sessions of the peace do hereby that the foregoing contains the proceedings of the said court in the matter of the supplemental declaration of Jeremiah Crandal for a pension--
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 7 June 1833.
R. S. Hess, Clerk
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10506
Invalid
Rev War
File No. 10.506
Jeremiah Crandel
Pri Rev War
Act 7 Jun 1832
Index Vol A page 82