Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34717, Robert Crouch, Continental (Md.)
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8-1776

SERVICE
Continental (Md.)

Crouch, Robert 
Barnett, Hannah 
(Former widow)

NUMBER
S.34717
B.L. Wt. 49282-160-55

CONTENTS
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October 1823

214653

Notification sent & [illegible] to: 1821, to James Lewall, Elkton, Md

12,0 [illegible]
Maryland

Robert Crouch
of Cecil Co in the state of Maryland
who was a Private in the Legion commanded by 
Colonel Lee of the Virginia 
line for the term of 5 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9th of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 18th of June 
and sent to HD. Miller Esqr
Elkton Cecil Country 
Maryland

Arrears to 4th of March 1819 10 mo 

Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1819 

2/30 4/31 = 86.70 
48.

$134.70

[signature]

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.

Continued
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application 
Robert Crouch 
for a pension

Admd.

com. pen 9 Apl. 181
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State of Maryland Cecil County To Wit.

Robert Crouch, a Citizen of the United States of America at this time residing in Cecil County in the State of Maryland Doth depose declare and say, That he enlisted in April 1778, in Captain Lindsay's Troop of Horse, attached to Lee's Legion, and continued in the said Legion until the Termination of the War, when he was discharged at Charleston in South Carolina, and that this Deponent by reason of his induced Circumstances needs the assistance of his Country for support. 

State of Maryland Cecil County To Wit. 

Then appeared in open Court the above named Robert Crouch, and made Oath upon the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, that the several facts and circumstances stated above are just and true

Sworn to in Open Court 
James Lewall

Maryland Cecil County To Wit. It appears to the satisfaction of the undersigned Judges of the Judicial district of Maryland comprising the Counties of Talbot, Queen Annes, Kent, and Cecil, that the beforementioned Robert Crouch served in the Revolutionary War upwards of nine months on the Continental Establishment, and that he is in reduced Circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his County for Support.

9th April 1819,

R.T. Earl
Tho Worrell
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State of Maryland Cecil Country Ss.

I hereby certify that Richard T. Earle Esquire and Thomas Worrell Esquire, gentlemen whom it appears have made and subscribed to the annexed Certificate, were at the time of so doing, Judges of the Second Judicial District of the State of Maryland, duly commissioned qualified and from; and to all whose acts such due faith and credit are and ought to be given, as well in County of Justice thereout. 

In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the public seal of my office this seventeenth day of April Eighteen hundred and nineteen. 1819.

James Lewall. Clk. 
State of Maryland Cecil County Ss. 
I hereby certify that William Hewitt Esquire gentleman before whom the annexed Deposition appears to have been made, and by whom taken and subscribed was at the time of so doing, one of the State of Maryland's Justices of the peace, in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned qualified and from; and to all whose acts such due faith and credit are and ought to be given, as well in County of Justice thereout. 

In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the public seal of my office this seventeenth day of April Eighteen hundred and nineteen. 1819.

James Lewall. Clk. of Cecil County
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State of Maryland Cecil County SS.

On this 17th day of April in the year 1819. Personally appeared before the Subscriber, one of the State of Maryland's Justices of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid Henry D. Miler, and being duly sworn upon the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, doth depose declare and say, that sometime during the Month of April in the year 1818. He the said Deponent enclosed and sent on by Mail directed to the Secretary at War, the several Declarations of Samuel McConnel, Edward Genish, and Robert Crouch, taken before the judges of Cecil County Court and duly attested and certified, and that the said Declarations and Attestation were the best of this Deponent's knowledge and belief dated on the 9th day of April 1818. and were taken for the purpose of attaining pensions under the late act of Congress.

Henry D. Miller

Sworn and Subscribed
on this 17th day of April 1819
before
Will Hewitt
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Maryland Cecil County Ss.

On this fifth day of April 1821 personally 
appeared in Open Court being a Court of Record 
proceeding according to the course of common law 
with unlimited jurisdiction for the said County 
Robert Crouch aged sixty two years resident in 
Cecil County in said State who being first duly sworn 
according to law, doth, on his oath, declare, that he 
served in the Revolutionary War, as follows, He 
enlisted with Capt. John Rudolph in the beginning 
of April in the year 1778 who commanded a 
company of troops belonging to Lees Legion, and 
continued in the service until [until] the close of the 
war, and was discharged at Charlestown South 
Carolina, and that he has made his original 
Declaration upon which he obtained a 
pension certificate dated 18th day of June 
1819, No. 12,057 and I do solemnly swear 
that I was a resident citizen of the United States 
on the 18th March 1818, and that I have not since 
that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed 
of my property, or any part thereof, with intent 
thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within 
the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An 
act to provide for certain persons engaged in 
the land and naval service of the United States 
in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day 
of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any 
person in trust for me, any property, or securities 
contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income 
other than what is contained in the Schedule 
hereto annexed and by me subscribed
Sworn to in Open Court
James Lewall
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Two cows, two calves, two horses, four hogs, 
& four pigs, five sheep, 1 old cart, 1 old plow & old 
harrow, 1 hoe, 1 mattock, 1 axe & some old and 
very indifferent household & kitchen furniture.
This declarant has been engaged in farming but 
now is unable to do any thing of the kind he has 
living with him a wife & five children, Rebecca 
aged 16 years, Martha Crouch 13 years of age 
Thomas Crouch 10 years of age, Enoch Crouch 
7 years of age & Hannah Crouch aged 6 months
Robert Crouch 

Value of property as ascertained by Court - $130.00
Sworn to and declared on the sixth day of 
April 1821 before the subscriber Chief Judge 
of the Second Judicial District of Maryland 
composed of the counties of Talbot, Queen Anne
Kent and Cecil County.  Ro. T. Earle

I James Lewall Clerk of Cecil County Court 
do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and 
the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied 
from the records of said Court; and I do further 
certify that it is the opinion of the said Court 
that the total [struck out: value] amount in value of the 
property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule 
is $130.00 Dollars and -- Cents.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and affixed the seal 
of the said Court on this sixth 
day of April 1821.
James Lewall, Clerk of the Court for 
the Second Judicial District of Maryland
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[Two panels]
[Left panel]

Let. Jas. T McCullough July 26/56
Exd P

Vol C2, page 115

[Right panel]

Mar 3
214635 Sept. 27/55

Hannah Barnet 
former wid. of 
Robert Crouch,
Musician

Capt 
Col See 
Md mil
Ent
[illegible]
Revolution
[Written vertically across image]
No 49282 Iss Dec 5/56

Admid - 160 acres
Va Line Rev War
Md Mar 1818-S. 19

Dec 1 1856
[illegible]

Jas T. McCullough 
Elkton 
Md
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214635

Claim of }
Mrs. Hannah Barnett
widow of }
Robert Crouch 
To }
Bounty Land 
Act of March 3d 1855
War of Revolution

Presented by 
Jas. T. McCullough 
Elkton
Md
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State of Maryland } Ss
Cecil County }

On this twenty fourth day of 
September A. D. one thousand eight hundred 
and fifty five, personally appeared before 
me a Justice of the Peace within and for 
the County and State aforesaid, Hannah 
Barnett aged seventy seven years a resident 
of Cecil County in the State of Maryland 
who being duly sworn according to law 
declares, that she is the widow of Robert 
Crouch deceased who was a musician 
in the regiment of Maryland Cavalry 
commonly called Lee's Legion comman
did by Col. Lee in the War of the Rev
olution, that her said husband enlisted 
at or near Elkton (formerly called Head of Elk) 
in Cecil County, in the then service of 
Maryland, but this declarant is unable 
to state the time where, and [illegible]
in actual service in said war for the term 
of five and a half years, and was honor
ably discharged in South Carolina 
at the close of said war.

She further states that she was married 
to the said Robert Crouch in Cecil 
County aforesaid on the 19th day of 
November A.D. 1800 by the Rev. Zebulon
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Kinkey a Methodist clergyman, and that 
her name before her said marriage was 
Hannah Cleeves that her [illegilbe] husband 
died at the County aforesaid in the month 
of October 1823, that she afterwards 
intermarried with one John Barnett 
that the said John Barnett departed 
this life on or about the 10th day of Novem
ber A. D. 1846 and that she 
is now a widow

She makes this declaration for the 
purpose of obtaining the bounty land 
to which she may be entitled under 
the act approved March 3d 1855
Hannah her X mark Barnett

We Aramanda Lorp and George H. 
Joyce, residents of Cecil County 
in the State of Maryland upon our oaths 
declare that the foregoing declaration 
was signed and acknowledged by Mrs 
Hannah Barnett in our presence 
and that we know from long acquaint
ance with the said Hannah Barnett 
that she is the identical person she 
represents herself to be; we also 
declare, that we were well acquainted 
with the said Hannah in the lifetime
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of her first husband Robert Crouch 
and knew the said Hannah and Robert 
when they lived together as husband 
and wife, and that they were so reputed,  
that the said Robert Crouch did depart 
this life about the month of October 
1823 and that the said Hannah 
Barnett is now a widow, all of which 
we state from our knowledge and from 
actual observation.
Aramanda her X mark Lorp
Geo H. Joyce

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were 
sworn to and subscribed before me on the 
day and year above written; and I certify 
that I know the affiants to be credible 
persons; that the claimant is the person 
she represents herself to be and that 
I have no interest in this claim.
Edmund Brown Sen

State of Maryland } I hereby certify that 
Cecil County Sct } Edmund Brown 
} Senr before whom the 
aforegoing declaration and oath was taken 
and who has subscribed his name thereto 
was at the time of so doing one of the Just
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tices of the peace of the State of Maryland 
in and for Cecil County duly elected 
commissioned and sworn
In Witness whereof I hereunto sub
scribe my name and seal of 
office affix on this 24th day 
of September 1855
H. H. Mitchell Clk 
Circuit Court for Cecil County

Elkton Md. Sept. 24th/55

Hon J. Minot }
Commisr. of Pensions} Dr Sir
The within claim 
of Mrs Hannah Barnett to Bounty Land 
please file & should a warrant issue forward the 
same to my address Yours truly Jas. T. McCullough
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[words struck out]
Robert Crouch 
Cert
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Robert Crouch, late of Lees Legion, Maryland service, is entitled to 
lot No. 1038-westward of Fort Cumberland, Allegany County, 50 acres 
No. 1038.  Jno Callahan [illegible]
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34717
Revy. INVALID.
[illegible initials]

File No. 34,717
Robert Crouch 
Priv Rev War

Act: 18" March 18"

Index:--Vol 2, Page 88

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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[Envelope with notes]

[Written vertically left margin]
Robt Crouch decd
Hannah Barnett 
wid
Robert Crouch 
No in suspd. files 
Nov 14
[illegible] 
Revolutionary 
Boynton

[Circular mail stamp] 
ELKTON 
NOV
12
Md

[Address:]
FREE
Hon Geo. C. Whiting 
Commsr. of Pensions 
Dept. of Interior 
Washington 
D. C.
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[Envelope]

[Circular mail stamp]
ELKTON 
SEP
25
Md

[Address]

FREE
Hon. J. Minot
Commsr. of Pensioins
Dept. of Interior
Washington 
D. C.
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Copy 
Robert Crouchs 
application for 
a pension &c

12,057-Sept. '19

Con
J. L. E.
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49,282

160 Acres
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Act March 3, 1855.
214,635. Sept. 27, 1855

Hannah Barnett former widow of
Robert Crouch musician.

Capt. ---
Col. Lee Md. Mil.

Revolutionary War

Original brief enclosed.

[diagonally across the above text, follows]
No. 49.282 Iss. Dec. 5/56.
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[rectangular stamp; top left, inscribed as follows: Sold by John C. Clark & Son. [illegible] Dock Street, Philadelphia.]

State of Maryland }
Cecil County. } Sct
I Azarias Pennington, a
resident of Cecil County in the State of Maryland
being first duly sworn according to law on oath
declare, that I am now well acquainted with Mrs
Hannah Barnett, that I was well acquainted
with her when she was the wife of Robert Crouch
who is now deceased, that I knew the said Robert
and Hannah when they lived together as husband
and wife, [illegible] to the time of said Roberts death
from the time I was about twelve years of
age, that I never heard the fact of their marriage
called in question or doubted, and know they were reputed
as husband and wife by all their acquaintances.
I know of no public record of their marriage 
nor am I aware of any public record of marriages
in the State of Maryland, except of the issuing
of marriage licenses. I have heard
Robert Crouch speak to my father of the Pension which he
was in the habit of receiving for his services
in the War of the Revolution. I know he was generally
spoken of as a Revolutionary Soldier, and
as a pensioner, nor have I ever heard of any other
Robert Crouch who was a revolutionary soldier in
Cecil County. I know Hannah Barnett to be
the widow of the identical Robert Crouch above
mentioned and further say not.
Azarias Pennington

I George H. Joyce a resident of Cecil
County aforesaid, being first duly sworn 
according to law declare that I am
now, and have been well acquainted with
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Mrs Hannah Barnett for thirty years 
[illegible], but I knew her well when she was
the wife of Robert Crouch who is now deceased,
but I never heard the fact of their marriage
disputed, and know they were generally
reputed as husband and wife by all their
acquaintances and that they lived together
as such. I have heard Robert Crouch say
he was a soldier
in the revolutionary war in the capacity
of a trumpeter. I know of no other Robert
Crouch in Cecil County who had 
the reputation of being a revolutionary
soldier or pensioner. Hannah Barnett
is the widow of the above named
Robert Crouch
Geo H Joyce

The foregoing affidavits were sworn to
and subscribed before me on the eleventh
day of November A.D. Eighteen hundred
and fifty six. and I certify that I 
know the affiants to be creditable persons
Edmund Brown [illegible]

State of Maryland Cecil County Sct
I hereby certify
that Edmund Brown, [illegible] Esqr before whom the
aforegoing affidavits were made and who has certified
thereto was at the time of so doing one of the justices
of the peace of the State of Maryland in and for
Cecil County duly Elected Commissioned & Sworn
In testimony whereof I hereto
set my hand and seal of
office affix this Eleventh day
of November AD 1836 ~
H H. Mitchell, Clk
[illegible] for Cecil County
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[Text in box top left margin]
Sold by
John C. Clark & Son 
68 Dock Street 
Philadelphia

State of Maryland Cecil County 

I hereby certify 
that it appears by the marriage records of Cecil 
County remaining in my office that marriage license 
was granted on the 25th day of November 1800, to Robert 
Crouch and Hannah Creeves, directed to the Rev Mr 
Cosdon, or any other person authorized by law to 
celebrate the marriage in the State aforesaid.
In testimony whereof, I hereto 
set my hand and affix the 
seal of the Circuit Court for 
Cecil County this eleventh 
day of November A D 1856.
H H. Mitchell Clk 
Circuit Court for Cecil County

Hon. Geo. C. Whiting 
Commsr. of Pensions

Dr. Sir

Please file the fore
going "additional testimony in the 
case of Mrs. Hannah Barnett No. 
214685 Act of March 3d 1855.
There is no public record of marriage 
in this State, except that furnished 
by the issuing of license by the Clerk 
It is hoped that the testimony forwarded 
herewith will be satisfactory
Yours truly 
J. T. McCullough
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES | BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* | Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Form-VAM-51
12--5-41

NAME Crouch, Robert | GRADE Trumpeter | LINE Maryland 

WARRANT 
NUMBERS 11041 and 12962 | ACREAGE 100 | ISSUED January 18, 1800
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 subse
quent 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.