Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 24885, John Craig, Md.
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[typed form with handwritten responses]
(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER                                
Md. Craig, John S. 24885 
________________ B.L.Nt. 286-100 

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CONTENTS

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[Handwritten]
No. 286.

John Craig aprivate
Maryland Line __
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Warrant issued 29. 
Sep. 1806 [illegible] 
to original claimant.
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[Handwritten]
Maryland
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John Craig,
private,
In the duty of the U. States.- 
Private in Regt of Colo. Ramsay
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Inscribed on the roll of Md.
at $5 per mo: [illegible] Jan. 7 1803

Increased to $8 per mo.
by the Law of the 24th of 
April, 1816_______________
_____________________
Cert: issued 23d sept. 1819
I sent to John Donnell,
E. [illegible] P. [illegible] B. [illegible] Bank U. States
[ink blot] Agent for pay[rest of the word illegible due to ink blot/correction] U. S.
Pensioners, Baltimore, Md.

Duplicate certificate issued
and sent to Wm H Murray 
Baltimore 18 Sept. 1821

Died Sept. 29 - 1821
from Invalid List
Sec. [illegible] 1835
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Office Discount & Deposit
Baltimore 15th Sept. 1819
Sir
Enclosed I have the honor to present you the affidavits of two U.S. Invalid Pensioners who 
have applied to me for duplicates of their Pension
certificates the originals having been lost.
One of the persons, John Craig, is quite superannated
and can scarcely hear or see, the magistrate was 
consequently unable to ascertain any thing further 
from him than that he had always hitherto recd [received] 
his stipend without difficulty an that he has not until 
the present time been required to provide a certificate.
In consideration of his age & infirmities & of his
residing in the county at a considerable distance 
from Baltimore I have ordered his pension for the 
last six months to be paid and changed in the next quarterly Account -
If the duplicate certificates are forwarded to 
me they shall be delivered to the pensioner
I have the honor to be 
most respectfully 
Sir! your obt [obedient] servt. [servant]
John Donnell
[left bottom of page]
The Hone [Honorable]
JC Calhoun
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
STATE OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY, SS.
Be it remembered, THAT on the 15th 
day of Sept 1819 personally appeared before the subscriber, a justice of 
the peace for the county aforesaid, John Craig
who made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, that he is the same person who is placed on the Pension List of the United States, 
"In conformity with the laws 
of the United States,"
That he now resides in Narfond [Harford] County
Sworn before,
WH Murray
[handwritten notation at bottom of page]
I certify that John Craig has hitherto regularly
recd [received] his pension at this office-that he served in 
the army of the Revolution & that
his pension was advanced to 8$
per Mo. under the law of 23 April 1816
[vertical handdrawn line of separation] 
WH Murray
clk Md Pension Agnt
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September 2, 1933
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John Craig - S. 24885
BA - J/AWF

Miss Mary D. Hunter 
Berkeley Springs, P.O. Box 35 
West Virginia 

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which 
you request information in regard to John Craig 
of Maryland, a soldier of the War of the Revolu-tion. [Revolution]

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.24885, based 
upon the Revolutionary War service of John Craig. 
This is the record of the only John. Craig who served with the Maryland troops, that is found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office. 

The data and place of his birth are not shown, nor are the names of his parents stated. 

John Craig enlisted May 5, 1778 and served as a private in Captain Jacob Brice's company, Colonel Ramsay's Third Maryland regiment; he was in the battle of Monmouth, where wounded, in the battle of Germantown, again wounded, was in the battle of Cowpens, and also wounded in the battle of Guilford Court House, and served until 1783.

John Craig was pensioned from January 1, 1803, on account of disability resulting from above mentioned wounds; then residing in Harford County, Maryland. He was still living there, September 7, 1821. He died September 29, 1821.

There are no data relative to his family.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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[handwritten letter]
James Winchester Judge of the United States
for maryland district
To John Galsaway, John Kitty, and Ninian Pinkney, of the City of Annapolis, Greetings
Know you that I have assigned and appointed you, or any one of you, to be Commissioners or
Commissioner to take upon Oath the depositions
of all witnesses produced before you to establish
the claim of [ineligible] John Craig, a private soldier,
wounded during the revolutionary war, to be 
placed upon the pension list agreeably to the 
Statute of the United States in such cases made
and provided Given under my hand and seal 
this fifth day of June Eighteen hundred & five
JWinchester 
seal [handwritten word circled next to signature]
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State of Maryland City of Annapolis to wit I Ninian
Pinkney appointed a commissioner by the Honble [honorable] 
James Winchester Judge of the United States for 
Maryland District to take Evidence in the case of
John Craig late a soldier in the third Maryland Regiment in the service of the United States do hereby
certify that I have taken the following depositions to wit
Appeared before me this Eleventh day of June in the 
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five 
Major John Davidson of the City of Annapolis and being duly sworn on the holy Evangely of Almighty God deposeth 
and saith that he knew John Craig a soldier in the the third
Maryland Regiment. that he served during the whole 
of the Revolutionary War or nearly so, that he does not 
recollect when he was enlisted, but knows that the said
Craig was wounded at the action of Gilford [Guilford] Court House 
and knows he served to the end of the War in 1783
and appeared before me this Eleventh day of June
in The year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and 
five Thomas King of the City of Annapolis and being
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[2nd page of handwritten letter]
duly sworn on the holy Evangily of Almighty God deposeth and saith,
that he this deponent served as a soldier during the whole of the Revoluntionay [Revolutionary]
War, that he was well acquainted with John Craig a soldier in the third
Maryland Regemint that he knows that the said Craig was wounded
at the action of Gilford [Guilford] Court House through both Hips, and that 
previous to that period he knows the said Craig was wounded at 
the action of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey and that the
said John Craig served to the end of the War.
In Testimony that the forgoing depositions of Major
John Davidson and Thomas King were taken and sworn to 
before me, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at the City of Annapolis, this Eleventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five.
Ninian Pinkney seal [seal is handwritten and circled next to signature]
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[handwritten form]
No. 3
Maryland
Jn.Craig placed
on the pension list June 
14th 1805
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Entered
____________
John Craig
to be placed on the 
pention list at 
the rate of 5 dollars
Pr month to commens [commence]
from the 1st January 1803
and these papers
are [ineligible] at [ineligible]
of his being intitled 
to 100 acres of land-
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[handwritten letter]
James Winchester Judge of the United 
States for Maryland district
To John S. Shaaff of said district
Doctor of Medicine   Greeting
Know you that upon the application 
of John Craig a private soldier during the 
revolutionary war to be placed upon the 
pension list, I [the word 'of' is crossed out] have assigned and
appointed you to examine and report upon
Oath the nature of the wounds of the said
Applicant, and how far he is disabled
from obtaining a livelihood by bodily labor
agreeably to the statute in such cases
made and provided: Given under my 
hand & seal this fifth day of June in 
the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & five
JWinchester  seal [seal is handwritten and circled next to signature]
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By Virtue of the [ineligible] commission to me
directed by the Honble [Honorable] Jas. [James] Winchester judge of 
the United States for Maryland District - I 
have examined upon oath John Craig who swears
that while a private soldier in the armies of 
thee United States he received these several wounds
in the Battles of Monmouth, Guilford & Cow-
pens [Cowpens] - I find on Examination that he has re-
ceived a gun shot wound which has passed through the 
thick muscles of his Hips & across the Sacrum-
a flesh wound in the left leg & one in the right
arm  I am of opinion that he is wholly [word wholly is underlined] inca
pacitated [incapacitated] from obtaining a livelihood by bodily
labor - In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set me hand & affixed my seal this 12th of
June 1805
JT Shaff. M. D. [ineligible due to large inkblot or unreadable stamp]
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[handwritten letter]
Annapolis June 12th. 1805
J.T. Shaff appeared before me thee
Subscriber a Justice of the peace for Anne
Arundel County & made Oath on the holy
Evangels of almighty god that the Contents
of these written certificate are true to 
the  best of his knowledge & Belief
Sworn before
[ineligible]
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[handwritten letter]
Auditors Office Annapolis September 26th 1806
I hereby Certify to whom it may
concern that it appears on the Books of
the record of musters of the Maryland
Line lodged in this Office that John
Craig Enlisted as a soldier in the
third Maryland Regiment to serve
during the war on the 5th day of May
one thousand and seven hundred and seventy
Eight. -

Robt. [Robert] Denny Auditor
State of Maryland
[handwritten embellishment underneath State of Maryland]
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[Handwritten letter]
Maryland district
June 5 1805
I hereby certify that it doth
appear to my satisfaction that John Craig
a soldier during the revolutionary war was 
wholly ignorant of the existence of any Law
providing relief for wounded and disabled
soldiers until the month of March last past 
and therefore made no application for the 
benefit of the Laws applicable to his case
altho' [although] he appears to have understood that 
he was intitled to some relief from his Country.
[signature] J. Winchester. [large handwritten embelishment underneath name]
Judge Maryd. [Maryland] dist [district]
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State of Maryland to wit, I Ninian Pinkney clerk
of the Execution Council of the Said State do hereby
Certify, that it appears by the Book containing a 
list of the name of persons intitled to Final
[ineligible] Certificates that John Craig late a 
Soldier in the Maryland line drew two hundred
and eighty three dollars and thirty [ineligible]
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
this twenty third day of September in the year of
our lord one thousand eight hundred and Six
[signature] Ninian Pinkney
Clerk of the Council

[handwritten addition at bottom of the page]
Maryland St.
In Testimony that Ninian 
Pinkney Esquire is Clerk of the Executive Council 
of the State of Maryland. I have hereto affixed the
great Seal of said State this Twenty Sixth day of September Eighteen hundred and five
[signature] Samuel H Howard [ineligible]
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Office Bank UStates
Baltimore 12th September 1821

James L. Edwards Esquire
War Dept. Pension office
Sir
The affidavit of James
Blewer returned by you for authentication I again enclose
together with one by John Craig for the purpose of obtaining
new certificates for each of those pensioners-
You informed me some time since that it would be unnecessary to obtain the clerks seal & certificate to 
my signature as magistrate -
Mr. Donnell being absent from the office I will
observe that your letter of 6th Inst. has been read
and that your first order to strike off Bennett
Mudd's name from the Pension roll of this agency
was duly executed - 
I am very truly & respectfully 
Sir
Your Obt. servt. 
[signature] WH Murray
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[typed form with handwritten responses]
State of Maryland -- Baltimore County, Ss.

On this 7th day of Sept. 1821; before 
me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county, 
personally appeared John Craig
who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly 
belonged to the company commanded by Captain Jacob Brice in the regiment commanded by Colonel 
Ramsay------------ in the service of the United 
States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of 
Maryland, that he received a certificate of that fact, under the sig-
nature [signature] and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, [typed words 'on or' crossed out] between
[typed word 'about' crossed out]
the fourth day of March 1821
between the fourth day of March 1821 & the fourth day of September 1821 at his residence in Harford County he lost. 

Sworn and subscribed to, before 
me, the day and year aforesaid.}

[signature] WH Murray                             
John  [hand drawn +] Craig
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[Left side of page]
[typed form with handwritten responses]
INVALID.
Revywar [revolutionary war]

le No. 24, 985
John Craig
Pri [private] in Colo [Colonel] Regt [regiment]
RevyWar
Act: Invalid
dex:- Vol. 2, Page 86
Arrangement of 1870 [in brackets]

[Right side of document]
[handwritten]
1933 - Sept 2. [ineligible] to Mary D. Hunter [ineligible]
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[handwritten letter]
Berkeley Springs, West Va.
August  24th 1933

Director of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I would like the data on John
Craig, Enlisted in the Revolutionary War
in the spring of 1778 from Frederick
County, Maryland was wounded in service
at the close of the war married Phoebe
(Phebe) Johnson or Johnston, daughter of Lewis
Johnson and lived in the Middle Town 
Valley section of Frederick County, Maryland 
where he died in the year 1808.
Any record as to war service, birth or 
death would be much appreciated.
Thanking you for any information 
you may be able to give me-
I am
Yours truely, 
(Miss) Mary Dyche Hunter
P.O. Box #35

[Circular stamped seal at bottom of the page, numbers 1 through 12 arranged around the edge of stamp]
RECEIVED
AUG 26 1933
[ineligible]
VETS. ADM.
[ineligible]