Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,633, Thomas Crumly, N.C.
Page 1

(8-1776)

SERVICE                                      NUMBER
NC               Crumly, Thomas    S31,633
                 Crumly or
CONTENTS
Page 2

Georgia   12277 (6)
Thomas CrumlEy
of Habersham in State of Geo
who was a Private  in the County commanded
by Captain Gorden of the Regt commanded
by Lewis in the N.C
une for 1 year


Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 40 Dollars ----Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of April
1833 and sent to Thomas
J. Rusk Clarksville Geo

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833                   80
Semi-anl. Allowance ending 4 Sept 1833      20
                                                                          $100
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk
Book E Vol. 6 Page 87
Page 3

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832 (1)
State of Georgia
County of Habersham } ss  On this nineteenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Ordinary of said County now sitting Thomas Crumly a resident of said County and state aged Seventy 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated he entered the
service in the State of North Carolina in New Susburg in the year one thousand seven hundred and Eighty one under Capt Charles Gordon Major Joel Lewis in the North Carolina
State Regiment and served for the term of twelve months and was regularly discharged by Major Joel Lewis he entered and served as a substitute for Theodrick Webb in the militia his discharge is hereto annexed he was during the time of his service marched to Augusta in Georgia as one of a guard sent with some ammunition he was born as he has been informed in the State of Virginia in Fredrick County in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty two in  March he lived at the time he was called into service in North Carolina he removed to South Carolina after receiving his discharge to Newbury District he then removed to Spartanburgh South Carolina from there he removed to Buncombe County , North Carolina from there to Habersham County Georgia where he now resides he has no record of his age in his possession He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any State Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid                 Thomas Crumly
Jonathan D Chastain C. Cor

And the said Court do here by declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interogatories prescribed by the War Department and after examining the above discharge that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states 
Abraham Holcomb J.C. O.
Elizah Starr J.C.O.
John Starrett J.C.O.
[stamped ] NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
I Jonathan D Chastain Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of said
Page 4

County do hereby certify that the foregoing contain the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Crumly for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this nineteenth day of November 1832
Jonathan D. Chastain C Cor

At the bottom: 
CRUMLY, THOMAS
(N.C.) S -31633
Page 5

Hannah Berry's
Power of Attorney
to H. C. Spalding
Washington D.C.
Page 6

(3 )
State of Georgia  
County of Union 
Be it known that before me Edward Rogers a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Personally appeared Hannah Berry Aged Sixty four years a resident of the County of Lumpkin in the State of Georgia who being duly cautioned and then Sworn in due form of Law States that she is the Daughter and one of the Legal Heirs of Thomas Crumley who was a Revolutionary Soldier and Pensioner in the State of Georgia and that he drew a Pension whilst he lived in the State of Georgia and that he died in the month of March AD 1836. And that her mother named Ruth Crumley died in the month of March AD 1837 and that they were married on the [blank] day of [blank] A.D. and that they were residents of Habersham County in the State of Georgia and that they resided their [blank] years and that she resides in the County of Lumpkin in the State of Georgia and that further more She by these presents constitutes appoints and fully empowers and authorize with power of substitution H. C. Spaulding of Washington City D.C. as her true and lawful Attorney for her and in her name and stead to examine into, to prosecute to demand and to receive of and from the United States Government and State officers her rights in all and in any manner of claim for Increas or Arrears of Pension or Land that may be due her as the Daughter and Heir of Thomas Crumley who died leaving
Page 7

the same undrawn as in Right of Law She may be entitled.
In Witness whereof She has on this first day of October AD 1852 hereunto signed her name and affixed her Seal
Hannah Berry [seal]
Elias Berry
AJ Fain
Signed Sealed acknowledged and Sworn to before me, And I further certify that Hannah Berry has always by the community been known as the Daughter and Legal Heir of Thomas Crumley dated on this first day of
October A D 1852
Ed Rogers JP
State of Georgia 
County of Union }
I hereby certify that Edward Rogers Esq before
whom the foregoing Power of Attorney Affidavit and certificate was made is and was at the time of Signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and that his signature to the foregoing is Genuine
Given under my hand and seal of office
11th November 1852
John S. Fain Ordinary
Union County
Georgia
Page 8

Thomas Crumley
Ga
No. 19556-
admit for 12 months from 
1781 as private for $40.00
Capt Gordon
Maj Lewis } N.C.
End -
Thomas J. Rusk
Clarksville Ga
Page 9

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office
183

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. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (these }). You will when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed leter with them; and you will by complying with this request greatly facilitate the invvestigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Thomas Crumley

|Period when the service was rendered ]|  1781 sub

|Durations of claimant's service|  12 months

|Name and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.|  Capt. Chas Gordon

|Name and Rank of the General and Field officers|  Major Joel Lewis

|Place of duty when [illegible] the service and ages at the present period.|  70 years Mecklenburg Co North Carolina 

|Evidence by which the declaration is supported|  Documentary

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Page 10

2
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, 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 and who 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, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits 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 this 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 applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory,or District of County of } ss.
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 provion 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 officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered 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 named applicant 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 names 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 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 believe him to be             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 opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day 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. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the           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 the Court of             do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have 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 original 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 his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon 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 the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the  services of each person
Page 11

3
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, if 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 of 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 Regiments 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 he 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 the 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 certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed 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 enquiry whether the belief is general, and 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 a 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 office, 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 genuine signature.
No payments can be made on 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.
(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 or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier 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, 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:-For [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank] ; 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 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 that 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 place 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.
(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 affix 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 certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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 papers authenticated, the certificate 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 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 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 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.
[pointer] 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 in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary 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.}
Page 12

[illegible] 1812
[illegible] ction
[illegible] el

June 5, 1929

Mrs . Zulette C Franklin
Woodward Way and Habersham Road
Atlanta, Georgia

Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.31633, it appears that Thomas Crumly was born in March, 1762, in Frederick County, Virginia.
While residing in North Carolina, he enlisted in Mecklenburg County, in that state in 1781, served as a private in Captain Charles Gordon's Company under Major Joel Lewis and was discharged October 22, 1782, having served twelve months.
After the Revolution he lived in Newberry District, South Carolina Buncombe County, North Carolina and Habersham County, Georgia, where he was residing when he was allowed pension on his application executed November 19, 1832.
He died there March 10, 1836, and his widow, Ruth, died there in March, 1837.
The soldier's daughter, Hannah Berry, was aged sixty-
Page 13

Rev. a[illegible-not visible]
War Se[illegible-not visible]
MEE/e[not visible if more information followed]

four years in 1852, and was then a resident of Lumpkin County, Georgia. The name Elias Berry appears in 1852, as relationship to Hannah Berry is stated, and there are no further data concerning soldier's family.

Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
Page 14

the Bearer Thos Crumley a Soldier in the N Carolina State Ridgment [Regiment] having completed his time of service 12 months is discharged from the Same
Salisbury  Joel Lewis
[illegible signature]
October 22 1782
[stamped] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
Page 15

31633
Revy INVALID.
File No. 31,633
Thomas Crumley
Pri Rev War
Act June 7th 32"
Index: -- Vol. 2, Page 87
{Arrangement of 1870.}
1929, June 5, Hist to Mrs. Zulette C Franklin M. E. E.
see claim of John McClain S. 31,853, M. E. E.
Page 16

H. C. Spalding
Attorney
Page 17

(4 )
Washington, Novr 22nd 1852.
Honble. Jas E. Heath,
Comr. of Pensions,
Sir,
I have the honor to submit a power of Attorney from Hannah Berry of the State of Georgia, a daughter and legal heir of Thomas Crumley, who was a revolutionary Pensioner from the State of Georgia under act of 1832. You will allow me to inspect the papers on file in the Department on which his pension was allowed-
Very respectfully
Your obt. sevt.
H. C. Spalding
Atty.
Page 18

Endorse: see cl. of John McClain
S. 31853.
Page 19

THE WALRAVEN CO.
MILL SUPPLIES- CONTRACTORS' SUPPLIES
BUILDERS HARDWARE AND MACHINERY
WHOLESALE HARDWARE
P. O. BOX 1188
ATLANTA, GA.
[postage stamp]
Mrs. Zulatte C. Franklin
Woodward Way & Habersham Road
Atlanta Ga
Page 20

(5)
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. 
April 26, 1853
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", and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents, 
the children of Thomas Crumley decd
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Georgia
Agency, at the rate of Forty Dollars per annum, under the law of the " June 1832 have been paid at this Department, from the 4 ' of Sept. 1835 to the 10 March 1836.
Respectfully, yours
J. M. Brodhead
Comptroller
12277
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
Page 21

The National Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Bounty Land Warrant Card*

Name Crumm, Richard  Grade Private  Line Lamb's Artillery (New York)

Warrant Number 6985 and WA. 289-60-55

Acreage 100

Issued Aug. 18, 1790
WN 6985 to Joseph Stringtram assignee 

-----------------
*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.