Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,351, Anthony Crafton, Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE | NUMBER
Va, | Crafton Anthony | S. 16.351
Carded
CONTENTS
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Kentucky 5742
Anthony Crafter 
of Spencer in the State of Ky 
who was a private in the Compy commanded 
by Captain Morton of the Regt commanded 
by Colonel Lee in the Va 
line for 6 months, from 1778.

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
 at the rate of 20 Dollars __________ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16- day of Feby, 1833, and sent to Hon. R. M. 
Johnson Ho. Reps.

Arrears to 4th Sept 1832  30
Semi-annl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33  10--
$40

{Revolutionary Clain,
Act June 7, 1832)

Recorded by Nathan Rice, Clerk
Book D, Vol 9, Page 34
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12.652
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State of Kentucky
County of Spencer

On the 10th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the County Court of Spencer County now sitting Anthony Crafton a resident n the County of Spencer and State of Kentucky aged eighty five years, who being first duly sworn according to laws doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832 that he was drafted for a three months tour of duty in the County of Lunenburg and State of Virginia in the months of May _ and year of 1778 and served the same at Portsmouth and Hampton under Josiah Morton/Horton as Captain and was discharged in the months of May of September in the year 1778. He does not recollect the names of any of the officers in service during the aforesaid expedition. Also that he volunteered for a three month tour in the County of Lunenburg of State of Virginia in the months of January 1781 under Sylvester Walker as his Captain and James speed as his Ensign was marched towards the South, was in the battle of Guilford Courthouse fought on the 15th day of March 1781 under General Green as Commander in Chief.  Recollect that General Lawson and Colonels Lee and Washington were in command while he was in service, and was discharged in the months of of April 1781 but can’t say the day nor the place, he states that he received written discharges from the service aforesaid but that they are destroyed by time and accident, and that he knows of n person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services, he states he was born in the County of King William in the State of Virginia in the year 1747, the month not recollected, he had a record of his age, but it has been destroyed some years since moved from the County of King William to the County of Lunenburg in the year 1771.  In the year 1784 he moved to the State of South Carolina and then moved back to the County of Charlotte State of Virginia in
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the year 1785 where he lived until about the year 1796 or 1797 he moved from thence to the State of Kentucky settled in the County of Lincoln since which time he has resided in the Counties of Lincoln, Nelson, & Shelby in said State, and about five months since moved into Spencer County where he now resides.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Anthony Crafton

We William Stout -- a clergyman residing in the County of Spencer and John Huston residing in the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Anthony Crafton who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Eighty five years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Wm. Stout
John Huston

And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations proscribed 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 William Stout who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Spencer and John Huston who has signed the Same is a resident in the County of Spencer, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Raphael Lancaster Clerk of the County Court of Spencer County in the State of Kentucky do hereby Certify
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that the foregoing contain the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Anthony Crafton for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of the County Court Office this 10th day of September 1832. In the 41st Year of the Commonwealth.
Raph'l Lancaster Clk
Spencer Cty. Clk.

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Brief in the case of Anthony Crafter
County of Spencer in the State of Kentucky
Act 7th June, 1832.
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 85 years.
4. State his service as directed in the form annexed.
Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of  Generals and Field Officers under whom he served.
Years, Month, Days, | As a | Gen.
Jany 1781 3 |" | Capt. Walker.
5. In what battles was he engaged? Guildford
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? ... Virginia
7. Is his statement support by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication, and if so, in what respect? Correct.
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Cutts
Examining Clerk.
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16351
Invalid

File No - 16351
Anthony Crafton
Pri Rev War

Act:  June 7, ‘39 (or 37)

Index:  Vol.  A ,  Page 88

[Arrangement of 1870]
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12.652
Sep. 26.
Anthony Crafton
From 1778, private
6 months
$20

Hon R.M. Johns
Ralph Lancaster

Taylorsville
Free
Honble Lewis Cass Secretary of War of the United States and J. L. Edwards Esqr Pension office
Washington City
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                              Taylorsville, Sept 17th 1832

Dear sir.  Inclosed you will find the Declarations of Anthony Crafton, he claims for six months as a private and he held no office. You please examine the claim and communicate the results as soon as practicable directed to Mr. Crafton, or to my care  and oblige yr friend of

                              Raphel Lancaster
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Anthony Crafton

from 1778 private
6 months
$20.
 76 R. M. Johns
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims of which those answered in the negative in red ink, will apply to the claim of Anthony Crafton Spencer Co. Kentucky, which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration so where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? Yes
V. Has he mentioned with percision 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? Yes.
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? No.
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June, 1832? Yes.
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes.
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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? 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 services? 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? Yes.
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?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? 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?
XVI. Are the papers autheticated as the regulations direct? Yes.
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them is not answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how the 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 not swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollect the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For year, months, and days, I served as a . For months and days, I served as and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed, that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority, that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

Quere XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants 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 certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of the 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.