Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3225, Robert Crawford, S.C.
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( 3- 1776 ) SERVICE S.C. Crawford , Robert NUMBER S. 3225  born in N.Y. State carded
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( left page ) Dead Paid at the Treasury  under the Acts of the 6 April 1838 from 4 Sept  1835 to 17  Sep 1836  Agt notified 25 Oct 1841 ( right page ) 13776 West Tennessee Robert Crawford  of Maury Co. in the State  of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Noble of the __ commanded by __ in the South Carolina line for 1 year. Inscribed on the Roll of Tenn at the rate of 40 Dollars __ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.  Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of June 1833 and sent to Hon O K Polk Columbia . Arrears to the 4th of March  $ 80  Semi -anl. allowance ending 4 Sept  $20 ( total $100 ) { Revolutionary Claim Act  June 7, 1832 . } Recorded  by Daniel Boyd Clerk Book E. (?) Vol. 7 Page 74
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Robt . Craford Declaration for a pension under the act 7th June 1832. 11944
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress 7th June 1832. [ State of Tennessee Maury County ] In the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, now holding for the County of Maury  in the State of Tennessee, by James Huey , John Vincent  & Abraham Looney  Esquires, this the twenty fourth day of  September 1832  - appeared  Robert Crawford aged about  eighty eight years, who , after being duly  sworn , according to law, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed on the  seventh day of June 1832.  That he entered the service of the United States and served in the army of the Revolution under the following named officers and or heirs after noted. That at the commencement of the revolutionary war he was residing in  the  District of Abbeville in the State of North Carolina , in what is called the  Calhoun settlement and was at a very early period  of the contest  called out in the militia service of that State  & served under Captains  Alexander Noble and Joseph Calhoun - In one  tour of duty  he was drafted  & engaged in what is called the Florida expedition. In this tour he was under Captain  William Hutton  - General  Williamson was the commander in chief when he set out , but below  Augusta in Georgia , the army was joined by General Winn & Beard - the army marched across the  .. ( illegible ) & returned . In this tour he was
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about three months . This applicant further states that he was again drafted  into service under Capt. Caldwell, in what is called the Midway expedition - he passed through Beach Island & went below that  Island to Midway . Colonel Andrew Pickens and marched in this expedition , & he was absent about two months. In one expedition he went our  against the Indians under Capt. Joseph Calhoun , and on one  occasion  they attacked an Indian Town  & killed forty two Indians before  sunrise & took in all seventy odd prisoners - Andrew Pickens was the commander in chief. in this tour he was absent about one month on another occasion  he was engaged in guarding  fort Boon in So. C. about six weeks - This was the time that  Williamson had gone into the Indian Nation  & left Capt. Calhoun to command the fort. In another trip his company was called out  & went  down to the Edisto River under Captain Noble - Pickens was also  along  but left the company  this tour lasted about four weeks - On another occasion he was engaged under Colonel Anderson of So. C.  & General Clark of Georgia who had come over  with some of the Georgia Militia , & went our against the Indians , in which   some five or six were killed &  two white men  taken , who were hanged - In this tour he was absent  three or
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four weeks - on another occasion he was called out  against the Indians  & lay about two weeks in Georgia before Pickens & Williamson joined the forces  & after a junction of their forces was effected the army was marched on over the Oconee in Georgia & went against the  Cherokee Indians  no Indians were taken  but after  overtaking Col. Dooley  the army returned - In this tour he was absent  between four & five weeks - Captain  Joseph Calhoun  was the immediate officer over this applicant - on most other occasions he was absent against the Indians under the same officers,  & he was absent in all  there about six weeks. At no time was her even under the command of a Continental officer or  attached to the Continental army   but the whole of his service consisted of such occasional calls as above recited & set forth - He was two weeks engaged in building  a block house near General Pickens  &  then guarded it  Against the Tories he was often at least five or six times  called out when he was absent from a week to a fortnight each time, always under the command of Noble or Calhoun - That he was always in readiness & engaged in  regular service when  ever called upon - but  this much he well remember that from the beginning to the end of the war
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mostly in active service or in camp - it was dangerous to stay at home and as he continued to act under the aforesaid officers until after the war was over - He states that he is well satisfied that he was engaged in active service between twelve  & eighteen months during the war. This applicant  states that he was born in  the Highlands of New York - that he has no registry of his age - his parents having died when he was young - but that an  Aunt has told him about  his age  & he believes it to be around eighty eight  that he was about  twenty six years old when he  settled in So. Carolina - that he remained there until the year 1830 when he  emigrated to & settled in Maury County Ten. where he now resides. He states that he is now known to Robert Foster & Andrew Crawford , who knew him also in So. Carolina - that they reside in his present neighborhood & can testify to their opinion of hiss veracity and also as to their belief of his revolutionary services - And the said Robert  Crawford
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hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not  enrolled on the pension  list of any State agency  whatever - That he has no documents by which  to establish  the above facts, nor does he know of any person living  in this State by whom he can prove his services.  Robert Crawford ( signed )  Thos J. Porter ( signed ) Clerk  And we Robert Foster & Andrew Crawford  do hereby declare that we are well acquainted with Robert Crawford  who has  subscribed & sworn to the  above declaration - that we knew him in So. Carolina before his removal  hither that we believe he is about eighty eight  years  old - that  is generally reputed & believed in the neighborhood where reputed  in the neighborhood where Robert Crawford  formerly resided  that he was a revolutionary soldier, that he has  not formed much of an acquaintance in this State & that we concur in the opinion & belief that he was a  soldier in the revolutionary war  & served as he has above set forth. Robert Foster  ( signed ) Andrew Crawford ( signed ) Thos. J . Porter ( signed ) Clerk
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And the said Court  hereby certifies it is their opinion , after an investigation of the matter and after propounding the interrogatories agreeably  to the directions of the war department , that the above named Robert Crawford  ia a revolutionary soldier - that he served as he has set forth  & we further certify  that Robert Foster & Andrew Crawford  are also citizens  of the County  & are acquainted with the said Robert Crawford. that they are men of  credit  & that their statement on oath is entitled to credit. Given under our hands & seals this the  24th Sept. 1832.  Jas Huey ( signed / sealed ) JP, John Vincent ( signed / sealed ) JP , Abraham Looney  ( signed / sealed ) JP  I do Thomas J Porter Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions , for Maury County  do hereby certify that this together with the  the .. ( illegible )  annexed contains the original proceedings , in the matter of the application of Robert Crawford for a pension. Given under my hand  & seal of office the day & year  aforesaid. Thos. J. Porter ( signed / sealed )  Clerk
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Robt. Crawford 11946 From 1776 private  12 months $ 40    Hon. J. K. Polk Columbia Ten.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office

June 13 1833

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and 
the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A STATEMENT, showing the service of Robert Crawford

Period when the     Duration of the         Rank of     Names and rank of the Field of-    Age at present,    Proof by which
service was             claimant's service       the         ficers under whom he served.        place of abode.    the declaration
rendered.                 Year Months Days   Claimant                                                              when he entered   is supported
                                                                                                                                                      the service
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                                                                                                                                                         88 years        Traditionary
                                                                                                                                                         Abbeville
                                                                                                                                                         District
 [handwritten note]                                                                                                                                                        S. C.
after giving different tours
of service states that he was
between 12 to 18 months in
active service.  This is too
indefinite to enable the dept.
to decide to what amount he
is entitled.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES 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 constructed to extent, 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 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, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefit 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 the 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 applicants reside. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

                                                                   DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
                                            State Territory, or District of
                                             County of
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 offices:

(Here set forth the names and ranks of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service ; (and if he server under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particlar 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 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                                                                       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 name 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 the 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 believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after 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 Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the orginal proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for pension.

 In testimony whereof, I 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 orginal 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 hid personal knowledge of the service oh the applicant, and such circumstance connected therewith as may have a tendency to throw lightupon 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 material facts, which can be used 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, it 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 ol 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 Reginents 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 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 certity to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deened 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 inquiry whether the belief is general or 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 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 or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of ofice, 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 genine signature.

No payments can be made upon 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 of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldiers 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 depots and saith, that by reason of ld age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positive as to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grades: ---For____year_____month____days, I served as a ______ for _______ months and ______ days, I served as a ________; and for such service I claim a Pension"

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant. served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. ome persons who apply for pensions mere state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must begin every case, be clearly shown under what officer the applicant severed; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corp called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed n 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 fix 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 certified officer, should accompany the papers.

                                                      Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certifing officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certiicate 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 attached to the certificate.

                                                                   Proof of Service

(j) In 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 verify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is
note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k)This traditionury 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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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 19th, 1841.

Sir: 

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States,"  The children of Robert Crawford. (Insert: dece (deceased) a pensioner on the Roll of  the Nashville Ten. Agency, at
the rate of Forty Dollars 
per annum under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1835.
to the 17th September 1836.


Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris (signature)
Comptroller. 

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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December 7, 1936 
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ROBERT CRAWFORD
S. 3225
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. Marie Crawford Woodside
Calle 27 No. 342 entre Paseo y A
Vedado, Habana, Cuba

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
record of Robert Crawford who served from South Carolina in the
Revolutionary War. 

You are furnished herein the record of the only soldier named
Robert Crawford found in the Revolutionary War records of this
office who served in the South Carolina line.  The data therein were obtained from claim for pension S. 3225, based upon his service in the Revolution. 

Robert Crawford was born about the fall of 1744, in the Highlands
of New York, exact location not stated; his parents, whose names are not given, died when he was very young, and when about twenty-six
years of age he settled in South Carolina. 

At the commencement of the Revolutionary War, he was a resident 
of Abbeville District (in what was later called Calhoun settlement), and while living there, volunteered early in the war and served at
various times until sonetime in 1780, amounting in all to between twelve and eighteen months, as a private under Captains Alexander Noble, William Hutton, Patrick Calhoun, Caldwell, Joseph Calhoun and McCoppin, and Colonels Anderson and Andrew Pickens, in the South Carolina troops. During his service he was in the battle of Ninety Six, and went on the Florida Expedition, also several other expeditions against the Indians and Tories, and on one occasion an Indian town was attacked in which about forty-two Indians were killed and about seventy taken prisoners, and a part of the time he was engaged in guarding Forts Boone and Charlotte in South Carolina.

The soldier resided in South Caroline until 1830, when he moved to Maury County, Tennessee.
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Robert Crawford was allowed pension on his application executed
September 24, 1832, while a resident of Maury County, Tennessee.

The soldier died September 17, 1836, survived by children, the
number of children and their names not given.  No reference was made
in the claim to soldier's wife.

In 1832, one Andrew Crawford, who had known the soldier, Robert Crawford, when he lived in South Carolina, was then residing in the
same neighborhood with him in Msury County, Tennessee, no relationship shown.

Very truly yours


A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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( left page ) 1934 Oct. 24 - Hist to Prentiss Price Jr. - MLB 1936 Dec. 7 - Hist. to Mrs. Marie Crawford .. ( illegible ) MLB  ( right page )  Rev War  ( check mark ) 3225 INVALID. File No. 3225 Robert Crawford  Pvt. S.C. line Act : June 7th / 32  Index : - Vol. A Page 81 [ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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Amended declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress 7 June 1832. [ State of Tennessee Maury County  ] In the Circuit Court  now sitting for the County of Maury  in the State of Tennessee  being a Court of record  William E Kennedy  Judge presiding  that  this 7 day of May 1833 personally  appeared Robert Crawford aged eighty eight years  who after being duly sworn according to law makes the following declaration in order to obtain the  benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed on the 7 June 1832. That he  entered the service of the United States  & served in the armies of the  revolution under the following named officers & as herein stated - at the commencement of the revolutionary war he was residing in  the State of South Carolina  in what is called the Calhoun settlement, and was at a  very early period  of the war called out in the militia service of that State, In the fall of 1776 or 1777  as well as he now recollects, but is convinced it was in one of those years  & thinks it was the fall of 1776  he volunteered in  Abbyville District  South Carolina in the company commanded by Alexandre Noble's battalion commanded by Major Pickens regiment commanded by Col. Anderson & the whole commanded by  Gen. Andrew Williamson - they  marched to 96  and after the battle fought at Ninety Six  he was dismissed but received no regular discharge - this tour  continued about a week, about two months  after  this time & in the same year he again volunteered
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under Capt Noble & the same officers above mentioned they marched to Stephen's Creek about thirty miles - the object of the expedition was to disperse the Tories that were said to be collected there at which place he was again dismissed without any regular discharge this tour embraced about three weeks - about the  first of the spring of 1777 a well as he now recollects he again volunteered in the same district  & under  the same officers - they were marched into the lower parts of Georgia , the expedition was against the Tories who had  assembled in that part of the country - they returned again into South Carolina where he was discharged or rather dismissed for there was no discharge in writing from any person but being dismissed by his officers & told to go home in the  same year  & under the same officers he again in the same company  & under the same officers  he volunteered  & was marched twice to Stephen's Creek for the purpose of dispersing the Tories & was at each time dismissed  at home as above stated, the two expeditions  making about at least  three weeks - In the spring of 1778 as well as he now recollects he was drafted in the company  commanded by Capt. Hutton - Major Noble , Col. Pickens - Gen. Andrew  Williamson was the commander in chief  when he set out  , but below Augusta in Georgia the army
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was joined by Generals Winn & Beard  this  was a trip to Florida - the army marched  across the St. Mary's  & returned to South Carolina  where he was again dismissed but without any written discharge in this tour he was absent about three months - in the fall of 1778 or early in the year  1779  he volunteered in the company commanded by Capt Noble, Capt Noble's company  was required to  attend Genl. Williamson to the  Cherokee Nation for the purpose of trading with them  or something of that sort he was absent  in this service two weeks  was again dismissed as above stated . In 1779  he volunteered  again in the company commanded by Capt. Noble in a tour against the Indians - he performed two trips against the Indians during this year making  about  five weeks in all  returned home  & was again dismissed - In the same year  as he now  believes he volunteered in the same company , there was no officer of a higher grade than Capt. Noble his company was ordered  to guard the prisoners & guns from fort Charlotte  to  Whitehall his service did not continue longer than  a week - In 1778 he volunteered under  Capt. Patrick  Calhoun , & was stationed at this fort in South Carolina about six weeks - In the same  year he again volunteered  assisted in building a block house under the immediate control of Genl. Pickens after  it was  erected, he was stationed  there  & served about  four weeks - from this he was marched to Beach Island  & from thence to Midway - James Caldwell was his
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Captain, this  expedition was commanded by Colonel Andrew Pickens - Williamson having  gone over to  the side of the enemy -  he was absent  on this tour two months - about the same year he  volunteered under Captain Joseph Calhoun , Andrew Pickens commander in chief - they attacked  & killed forty two Indians  & took  upwards of 70 prisoners in this tour he was absent about  one month - in  1789 as well as he now recollects he volunteered under Capt. Joseph Calhoun & went down to Edisto river - Pickens was also along but left the company  he was absent about  upwards of four weeks - In the same year  he was engaged two weeks under Capt. Calhoun in guarding the wounded soldiers  at Doct. Ranpels in So. Carolina  Genl. Pickens upon leaving  Ninety Six with Genl. Green ordered Capt. Mc Coppin to raise a company and guard the neighborhood in his absence in which service this applicant was engaged two weeks - This applicant was out under Genl Williamson  & Pickens four or five tours , but at what time it was this applicant from old age  & infirmity is unable to say - nor can he recollect how long he was our in   any one of them- At no time was he ever under the command or attached to a continental army , but in the militia alone, he was always  ready  & engaged in irregular service when ever called upon, & this  much  he well remembers, that from  the beginning to the end of the war he was mostly inactive service or in  camp he is well satisfied he was engaged in active service between 12 & 18 months -
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Given under my hand  & seal this the (?) day of May  1833. Will E. Kennedy ( signed / sealed ) Judge [ State of Tennessee Maury County ] I George M Martin Clerk of the Circuit Court for Maury County  in the  State of Tennessee  do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the application of Robert Crawford for a pension. In testimony whereof I have  hereto set my hand  & affixed my private seal having no seal of office at office this the 1st day of May 1833. George M. Martin ( signed / sealed )  C.M.C.C.  [ State of Tennessee Maury County ] I James K Polk a member of Congress for the ninth Congressional District for the State of Tennessee do hereby certify  that he is acquainted with  hand writing of George M Martin  clerk of the Circuit Court for Maury County - that
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P Martin is clerk of said Court  & that the name to the foregoing  certificate is his name  & hand writing as such clerk . Given under my hand this the 11th day of May 1833. James K Polk  ( signed )  I do hereby further certify  that the  foregoing amend declaration  contained and this  and the accompanying  sheets , are the original papers .. ( illegible )  in Court. James K Polk ( signed ) May 11th 1833.    Direct to William P. Martin Columbia Tennessee Maury County
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[ State of Tennessee Maury County ] We Robert Foster & Andrew Crafford do hereby declare that we are well acquainted with Robert Crawford who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we knew him in  South Carolina before his removal  to Tennessee - we believe he is about eighty eight years of age - that it was generally reputed  & believed in the neighborhood where he formerly resided  & is believed  & reputed in the  neighborhood where he now resides , that he was a soldier of the revolution &  we concur in the opinion  & belief  that he was a soldier in the revolutionary war  & served as he has above set forth. Robert Foster ( signed ) Andrew Crawford ( signed )  Sworn  to  & subscribed in open Court this 1st May 1833. George M. Martin ( signed ) [ State of Tennessee Maury County ] I William E. Kennedy  Judge of the Circuit Court for Maury County   & State aforesaid  do hereby certify  as my opinion after the investigation of the matter & after  propounding the interrogatories agreeably  to the  directions of the war department that the above named  Robert Crawford is a revolutionary soldier - that he served as he has set forth  & further  that Robert Foster  & Andrew Crawford are also citizens of this County & are acquainted with the said Robert Crawford- that they are men of credit & that their statement on oath is entitled to credit.
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applicant states that he was born in the highlands of New York - he has no register of his age his parents having died when he was young, he has often been told  his age & believes  he was eighty eight years of age last fall - he was about  26 years of age when he settled in So. Carolina - he remained there until 1830 when he removed to Maury County Tennessee where now & ever since resided  he  held no office in the revolutionary war but was a private  he has no documentary evidence  of his services  & he  knows of no person living by whom he can prove it except  there may be some person residing in Abbyville  So. Carolina who knew him at the time of his services if however they do live there, he is unable to procure their testimony - he states that there is no clergyman residing in his neighborhood  he knows no clergyman  in this County but one  & resides 22 miles distant from him - he states that he is known to Robert Foster & Andrew Crawford who reside in his neighborhood  & who knew him also in South Carolina  & can certify as to their opinion of his veracity as also their belief of his revolutionary services and the said Robert Crawford hereby relinquishes all claims whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not  enrolled on the pension list of any State agency whatever. Robert Crawford ( signed ) Sworn to  in open Court. 1st May 1833 . Geo. M Martin ( signed ) C.M.C.C.
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THE PRENTISS PRICE CO.
LOANS, INVESTMENTS, INSURANCE
DIAL.      3-9202
ROOM 619 []RANIFF BUILDING 
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.
October 12, 1934.

[Stamp in upper right corner: 
RECEIVED
OCT 15 1934
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADM
{illegible}
9]

United States 
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pension
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Please send me the pension application of
Robert Crawford born 1747, of the South Carolina
line, who was living in  Maury County, Tennessee in
1835.

Yours truly,

Prentiss Price, Jr.[signature]


Prentiss Price, Jr
1215 Classen Blva.
Oklahoma City, 0kla.
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[Stamp in upper left corner.
Received
Nov 23 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS ADM.
HEADER 15]

Calle 27 No. 342 entre Paseo y A,
Vedado, Habana, Cuba,
November 6, 1936.

The Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Please send me pension record of Robert
Crawford of S. C. line, private.  Commencement of
pension, March 4, 1841, [Insert 1831?] age 88 years. 

Yours very truly,
Mrs. Marie Crawfond Woodside (signature)
Marie Crawford Woodside

[notes top right of page
Revolution?
only one who in SC]
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October 24, 1934
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

ROBERT CRAWFORD
S. 3225
BA-J/ML.B

Mr. Prentiss Price, Jr.,
1215 Classen Boulevard
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Robert Crawford, born in 1747, served from South Carolina, and was living in Maury County, Tennessee, in 1835.

A search of the records was made and only one record found of a Robert Crawford who served in the South Carolina troops and
settled in Maury County, Tennessee, and it is given herein as shown in pension claim, S. 3225, based upon his service in the 
Revolutionary War.

Robert Crawford was born about the fall of 1744, in the Highlands
of New York, exact location not stated; his parents, whose names are not given, died when he was very young, and when about twenty-six
years of age he settled in South Carolina. 

At the commencement of the Revolutionary War, he was a resident 
of Abbeville District (in what was later called Calhoun settlement), and while. living there, volunteered early in the war and served at various times until sometime in 1780, amounting in all to between twelve and eighteen months, as a private under Captains Alexander Noble, William Hutton, Patrick Calhoun, Caldwell, Joseph Calhoun and McCoppin, and Colonels Anderson and Andrew Pickens, in the South Carolina troops.  During his service he was in the battle of Ninety Six, and went on the Florida Expedition, also several other expeditions againat the Indians and Tories, and on one occasion an Indian town was attacked in which about forty-two Indians were killed and about seventy taken prisoners, and a part of the time
he was engaged in guarding Porta Boone and Charlotte in South Carolina.

The soldier resided in South Carolina until 1830, when he moved
to Maury County, Tennessee.
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Robert Crawford was allowed pension on his application executed September 24, 1832, while a resident of Maury County, Tennessee. 

He died September 17, 1836, survived by children, the number of children and their names are not given, and no reference was made in the claim to soldier's wife. 

In 1832, one Andrew Crawford, who had known the soldier, 
Robert Crawford, when he lived in South Carolina, was then residing In the same neighborhood with him in Maury County, Tennessee, his relationship to the soldier not stated.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME  Crawford, Samuel

Grade  Private

Line  Pennsylvania

WARRANT
NUMBER  9097

ACREAGE  100

ISSUED   Mar. 21, 1790

[handwritten Note: to ____ not shown___]

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are 

registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.

Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.

Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.