Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,634, Arthur Crawford, S.C.
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(3-1776)
Service
S.C.
Crawford, Arthur
Number
S. 31, 634
Contents
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Georgia 16.333
Arthur Crawford
Hall in the State of Geo
who was a [illegible] & Srgt in the   commanded
by Captain Crawford of the Regt commanded by Col. Hammond in the So Ca line for 1 year

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 52 Dollars 50 Cents per annum.
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of July '33 and Seventh Geo:
Hawke. Gainsville Geo.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  105.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending [illegible] - 26.25.
          131.25
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by M. Rice _ Clerk,
Book C Vol. 6 Page 87.
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Georgia
Hall County
On this the   day of September eighteen hundred and thirty first personally appeared in open Court before Ezekiel Buffington [illegible] and Joesph Dunagan _ [illegible] of the court of Ordinary in said county now sitting Arthur Crawford a resident of Hall County & State of Georgia aged sixty nine years ^ & now in his seventieth year who being first duly Sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of thet act of Congress passed on the 7 day of June 1832
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and Served as herein Stated 
[illegible] in the month of   and year Seventeen hundred [crossed out] Seventy nine under Capt. James Crawford of the Warsaw Settlement in South Carolina Leutinant George Avery, Mjr Samuel Otterson Col. William Farr as a Sergeant, that he resided in Union district South Carolina at the time he entered the Service. Marched to orangeburg District South Carolina, then returned and joined the Brannend Regiment and marched to the Blockhouse at Fair Forrest Union District South Carolina and acted as Sergeant of the Guard Six months. Then marched to [illegible] ferry On the Saluda River in South Carolina and Served three months Still under the commanded by Capt. James Crawford, then returned to Union District South Carolina. Was then drafted into a horse Company and served with a scouting party for three moths under Capt. James Crawford & Col. Thomas Brennan [illegible] states that he was in active and actual service for and during fifteen months and quit the service in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one
E Buffington   Arthur Crawford
He hearby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension annuity except the present and 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
Ez Buffington   Arthur Crawford
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We Josiah Roberts - a clergyman
[illegible] in the county of Hall & State of Georgia &  James Gilmore willing in the same county & state hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Arthur Crawford who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty nine 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 view.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Buffington JJC  Josiah Roberts, M.S.
James Gilmor
and the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after [illegible] 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 Josiah Robberts who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in Hall County & State of Georgia and that James Gilmore who has also signed the same is a resident in Hall County & same State & is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
E Buffington J.J.C
Joseph Dunagan J.J.C
[illegible] J.J.C
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Ammendment to Arthur Crawford declaration
Georgia
Hall County
Personally appeared before the undersigned 
Justice of the Inferior Court of said County Arthur Crawford diposith and saith that he entered into the service of the United States as a Volunteer in the [crossed out word] latter part of the year Seventeen hundred and Seventynine and that he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades For the year 1780 I served three months as a private soldier and six months as a sergeant. For the year 1781 I served six months as a sergeant and that my sergeants warrant was burnt in my house which was burnt down some time in the month of April 1830 and for such service I claim a pension. I was not engaged in my civil pursuit during the time of my service;
1 I was born in the County of Antrim in Ireland & City of Belfast in the year 1762 but cannot say what month of the year
2 I have no record of my age
6 I never received any written discharge nor any commission except my sergeants warrant
7 I refer to James Gilmor [crossed out word] Ezekiel Buffington Ezekiel Dunagan & Josiah Roberts as persons to whom I am Known in my neighborhood
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 7th day of May 1833
Arthur Crawford
Wiley E Wood JJC
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Georgia
Hall County
I John B Nichols clerk of the Inferior Court of Said County do hearby Certify that Wiley E Wood before whom the within affadavit was made is an acting Justice of the Inferior Court in & for Said County and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
Given under my hand and Seal of office this 13th day of May 1833
John B Nichols CJC
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{Georgia
Hall County}
I George Hawke clerk of the Court of Ordinary in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Arthur Crawford for a pension
The testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 3rd day of September 1832

George Hawke CCO

{Georgia
Hall County}
Personally appeared before me John Hames Law Who being duly sworn deposith and saith that he is formally acquainted with Arthur Crawford the applicant in the foregoing Declaration and that deponent saw said applicant four times at different places during the revolutionary war that said applicant was engaged in the defence of the United States.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 3rd day of september 1832
Ez. Buffington JJC   John [illegible] Hames Law

{Georgia
Hall County}
I hereby certify that Ezekiel Buffington before whom the above affadavit was made has gone out of office since that time and I further certify that John Hames Law the deponent ^ [illegible] named is a credible person
Given under my hand this 13th day of May 1833
[illegible] JJC

{Georgia
Hall County}
I John B Nichols clerk of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby certify that John M Mcafee who has given the above Certificate is an acting Justice of the Inferior Court
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in and for said county and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature
Given under my hand and seal of office this 13th day of May 1833
John B Nichols CJC

[down right side of page] Arthur Crawford
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Arthur Crawford 12.899
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Arther Crawford
Georgia

Admit as


Sergt. Cmd 30
[illegible]    12.50
[illegible]    10
                   ____
                   $52.50
                  12899

P. 334
4.5.
Lntg. 1.2.6.7
Apl. 12. 33 -
Geo. Hawke
clk. Hall Co

Gainesville
Geo.
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BRIEF in the case of Arthur Crawford
County of Hale in the State of Georgia
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Open Court

3.  How old is he?  69

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.  In 1769 
Duration of Service.  6 months
Rank.  acted as Sargeant
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen. Capt Crawford Col Otterson 

Period.  1769 then [illegible] [illegible] early '7
Duration of Service: 9 months
Rank.  acted as Sargeant 
Names of General and Field Orricers under whom he served.  under the same Capt.

Duration of Service.  3
Rank.  acted as Sargeant
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Capt Crawford Col Hannon

5. In what battles was he engaged?  none [illegible]

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Union District S. Carolina

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary  one witness

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  
     the living witness is not certified as to credibility

Certify that the foregoing statement and answers agree tithe the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk
 He states that the was in above and actual service 15 months
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31634
Pay INVALID.
File No. 31.634
Arthur Crawford
[crossed out] Arther Crawford
Sergt Rev. War

Act: June 7 32
Index:-Vol. 2 , Page 87

[Arrangement of 1870.]

* W.W.G.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply too the claim of [handwritten] Arthur Crawford
which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? [handwritten] yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? [handwritten] yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? [handwritten] no
V. *Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled? [handwritten] no
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? [handwritten] yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? [handwritten] yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? [handwritten] yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? [handwritten] yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? [handwritten] yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? [handwritten] yes
If he has produced direct proof as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? [handwritten] no
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? [handwritten] yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? [handwritten] yes
XVI. +Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? [handwritten] yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? [handwritten] yes 1. 2. 6. 7

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; Foryear
months, and --- days, I served as a-
-- For -- months and -- days,  I served as a -- ; and for such service I claim a pension.
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[handwritten] Must state what has become of his Sargeant, Warrant, or whether he ever had one --
he must also make his declaration in conformity to the rule above
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name Crawford, Charles Grade Private Line Virginia

Warrant Number 12000 Acreage 100 Issued August 20, 1791 to --not shown--