Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43406, John Crosier, Continental Mass.
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
Continental
Mass.

CONTENTS
Crosier, John

NUMBER
S.43406.
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7154
Ohio

John Crosier,-
Cuyahoga C: in the State of Ohio
was a lieutent in the regiment commanded
lonel Crane,
of the Massachuse
, for the term of three years. Continental

scribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 24th of April, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th. of March, 181X
and sent to the hon: Peter Hitchcock
then at the City of Washington.

Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $207.25
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4. Sept. 1819 120
10 mo. 7/30 & 4/31
$327.25.
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818,}
Continued
68

Continued and Notification sent to Hon.
Perry E.J Cleveland, Ohio, 18 April 1821
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John Crosier

Application Hp

Correct

Hon. Peter Hitchcock
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State of Ohio hood County ss 

On this 24th day of April 1818 before me the Subscriber one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County & State aforesaid personally appears John Crosier aged Sixty seven years resident at Euclid of the County aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "an act to 1 provide in the Land and engage for certain persons Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War " 

That the said John Crosier served under his commission as Second Lieutenant, in the Regiment Artillery commanded by Col. John Crane three years from the date of his said Commission on the first day of February Seventeen hundred Seventy Seven until the year seventeen hundred & eighty was discharged from the service in the State of New Jersey as will also appear by reference to his Commission herewith transmitted.

and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the aid of his country for support, and that he has other evidence now in his power of having perform said services-- and that he now relinquishes all claim to any pension heretofore granted him by any law of the United States 

Sworn & declared before me the day & year aforesaid 

I John H Strong associate Judge as aforesaid do certify that I am personally acquainted with the aforesaid John Crosier and that he is in indigent
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& reduced circumstances & stands in need of the aid of the country for support. And that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Crosier did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken before 1 me together with the Commission aforesaid to the secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the before mentioned act of Congress. 

John M. Strong Asst Judge 

The State of Ohio Cuyahoga County ss 

I Horace Perry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County Do hereby certify that the above named John H Strong is one of Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County & that said Court is a Court of Record & I further certify that the above is his signiture - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this 18th day of Sept AD. 1818 

Horace Perry Clk
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331

John Crosier
application for pension
7154
Con 5 Mar '19
to 18 Apr 21 81
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State of Ohio Cuyahoga County Ss }

On the sixth day of November 1820 Personally appeared in open court being the Court of Common Pleas of said County & count of Record, John Crosier aged sixty seven years resident in Euclid in said County, who being first sworn according to law, doth on his oath depose & say that he served in the revolutionary war as follows. That I was in several skirmishes as a minute man before the war was actually declared & when the enemy went out from Boston to take the stores at Lexington, I was one to drive them back 

In the year 1775 I served as a corporal eight months under Capt Draper in Col Bonds Regt in & near Boston & Cambridge. In the Battle of Bunkershill I was under Col. Gardner, who was killed in Boston Neck. In 1776 I was appointed a sergeant in an infantry company commanded by Capt Stores, I went to the Northward when I was transferred into a company of Artillery under the command of Maj Stephen Badlam, In these companies I served one year, & when my term of service expired I was appointed a Lieutenant under the command of Col. Jno. Crane of Boston, the commission heretofore submitted to the the Department will show the length of time I served in this capacity, during which time I served in the southern army under the immediate care & controul of Gen. Washington, and was engaged in the Battle of Brandywine, Germantown & Monmouth, I cannant remember the date of my original declaration, but the number of my pension certificate is 7154, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen
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of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my prop or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it so as to myself within the provisions of an act of congress, entitled, "an act to for certain persons engaged in the land & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, passed on the 18th of March 1818" & 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 & by me subscribed- 

I have a writing or agreement for 50 acres of land on which have a small log house and ten acres of improvement, for which I have engaged to pay $7.50 perce towards which in order to secure a home in my old age that I can call my own I have paid about one hundred & seventy Dollars out of the charity money my pension has already brought me say $70,00 

One old allare worth 20-00- One cow 15,00, Two Hogs & six pigs 10.00. Household furniture poor, old & but trifling worth perhaps 3.00.- 220.0 - My just debts to a number of individuals in small sums for necessaries of clothing Wood amount as near as can ascertain to $150.000. I further state that my business of life is farming but owing to rheumatism complaints & disordered state of my bowels for which I have been more or less under an care for the last year & half I am unable to perform much labor of any account. my family consists of a wife 77 years of age in pretty good health, a son named Roswell Bemas aged 11 years. much under the common six of children of his age feeble & sickly
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Clinton aged 8 years, Philander aged 4 years & an infant son Having no other help & no other means of support then our own manual exertions, I do solemnly aver that I & my family must inevitably become chargeable to the Town in which we live unless assisted by a grateful country. John Crosier 

Sworn to before the court in open Session Nov. 6. 1820 
Horace Perry Clerk 

I Horace Perry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Cuyahoga in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said court, and that it is the opinion of said court that the total amount of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is thirty seven dollars that said court is a Court of Record, and proceeds according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a record of their proceedings and have the power of fine and imprisonment 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, at Cleaveland this sixteenth day of December Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred & Twenty 
Horace Perry Clerk
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October 31, 1938 
BA-J/AWF 
John Crosier 

S. 43406 Mr. Wilson L. Crosier 
19609 Shelton Drive Cleveland, Ohio 

Dear Sir: Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Crosier, Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War pension number, S43406. You state that you are especially interested in obtaining the names of his father and mother. 

The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 43406, based on the military service of John Crosier in the War of the Revolution. 

The date and place of birth of John Crosier are not given, nor are the names of his parents shown. 

John Crosier was a minute man in 1775, and was in the battle of Lexington, and several skirmishes . After the battle of Lexington, he enlisted and served eight months as corporal in Captain Draper's company, Colonels Bond's and Gardner's Massachusetts regiment, and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. He enlisted early in 1776, served as a sergeant in Captain Stow's company of Infantry, was transferred to a company of Artillery under Major Stephen Badlam, length of this service one year. He was commissioned, February 1, 1777, and Lieutenant, served in Colonel John Crane's Regiment of Artillery, was in the battles of Brandywine,
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Germantown, and Monmouth, length of this service three years. 

John Crosier was allowed pension on his application executed April 24, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, aged about sixty-seven years. 

He referred to his wife in 1820, as aged forty-seven years, but did not give her name, and to the following children Roswell Bemas aged eleven years Clinton eight years Philander four years infant son, name and age not shown. 

John Crosier died April 23, 1823. 

The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to family. 

It is suggested that, as a possible source of obtaining the names of the parents of John Crosier, you apply to the Clerks of the County Courts of the Counties in which he is known to have lived 

In order to obtain the name and address of the person who received the last payment of this pension, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C. and furnish the following data: 

John Crosier Certificate #7154 Issued March 5, 1819 Rate $8000 per month Commenced April 24, 1819 Act of March 18, 1818 Ohio Agency. Very truly yours A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Flora S. Coulter 
letter in S. F. 1839 

43406 INVALID.Revy

File No. 43406
John Crosier 
Lieut Rev War 
Act: 18 March 18th 

Index: -- Vol. 3 , Page 105 [Arrangement of 1870.] 

Mar 4, 1907. Hist to Mrs. 
1909 July 19. Hist to Hon. C. E. Pickett & 1909 July 31 Hist to Hattie J. A. Cownig 
1917 Oct. 29 Hist to Mrs. M. L. Farne 

1920, July 8 Hist to Mrs. C.C. Moses E 
1921 Dec. 14, Hist to N. H. Moses aw
1926 - Nov. 3 Hist to Mrs. V. Jennison 
1928 - June 14. Hist to Allen V. Crosher 
1938 Apr 2 Hist to Forrest A. Miller
1938 Oct 31 - Hist to Wilson E Crozier
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Department of Pensions, 

Please send me the historial record of John Crosier, as I am a direct decendant of his and would like to join the D.A.R 

Mrs A V Jennison 
Willoughby
Lake Co
[postmark] US PENSION OFFICE APR 23 1926
[postmark] US PENSION OFFICE SEP 7 1926

Crosier, John 1 (CONT, MASS) 5-43406
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John Crosier born at to Dorchester, Mass. 1750, married Fanny Whitney of Boston 1771 (The applicant is a descendant of Fanny Whitney) who died In 1807 -  he married Drucilla Gleason who died in 1811 For his 3rd wife he married Mrs. Sallie Bemis 

He entered the war at the Battle of Lexington and remained during the Revolution, was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. After the war he retired to his home and was granted a pension. In 1788 he took his family and settled near Peru, Mass. In Feb 1816 he and his family arrived in Euclid,  Ohio where he is buried. 

CLOSIER, JOHN
(Cont, Mass, ) S-43406
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3 - 049. 
E. A. W. F. Div.Rev. & 1812 
Department of the Interior, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS, 
WASHINGTON, D. C. June 5, 1926 

The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.

Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit. and return to this Bureau. 1st name of widow see notes

Name of soldier: JOHN CROSIER 

Address of soldier at enlistment & after service 
Born at Dorchester, Mass Lived there until he enlisted as private Lexington 

Date of Birth 1750 
Date of Death May 7th 1823 
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers 
2nd Lieutenant 3rd Continental Artillery (Hertman's Historical Register)

Return attacked letter with reply
[signature: Winfield Scott]

WINFIELD SCOTT 
Commissioner

Crosier, John
(Cont, MASS.) S-43406
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I John Crosier of Euclid in the County of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio do constitute and appoint Peter Hitchcock my lawful Attorney for me and in my name and behalf to ask for demand and receive from the the United of America all or any sum of money or sums of money that may be allowed by the United States for any service or otherwise. I witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal at Cleavleland this 18th Day of September 1818 

[circled in squiggle: Lieut] John Crosier 

State of Ohio Cuyahoga County ⎬ Cleaveland 18th September 1818 - 

Personally appeared before me the subscriber John Crosier signed and sealer of the forego instrument and acknowledged the same to be his free act & deed 

Before me Homer Perry
Justice of the Peace
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IN CONGRESS

LEGATES of the UNITED STATES of New-Hampshir, Massachusetts-Bay, fland, Connelicut, New-York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,b Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, TO  
John Crosier

We,  reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be Lieutenant [lots of illegible words] Defense of American Liberty for repelling every Invasion thereof. You are herefor [illegible] and diligently to [illegible] by doing and performing all [illegible]er of Things thereunto belonging. ANd we do strictly [illegible]e and require all Officers and Soldier under your Command to be obedient to your Orders as Lieutenant. And you ar[illegible] serve and follow such Orders and Directions from time to [illegible]e, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress and Purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of the United States, [illegible]y other your Superior Officer according to the Rules and Discipline of W[illegible] in Pursuance of the [illegible]t reposed in you. This Commission continues in Force until revoked by th[illegible] a future Congress

By Order of the CONGRESS
[illegible signature]
[another illegible signature]
John Hancock PRESIDENT
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Sir
I received your [illegible] by mr Davis and it gives  me pleasure that you got up well and [illegible]. I give you and mistres Crother joy with your newborn son.  

My self and family are well and hope these will find ye & family in the same from the same circumstance. I begin to give some where'd to all your family Mrs. Whiting Gives her compliments to Mrs Crother. 

In regard to the Gold Watc I have not received any thing upon iteflect near to call upon him, nor any have it 

Comand Their he found I have got near, did not like it sent.  I made the matter as easy as [illegible] I Could

 Their has nothing Extordinary turnd up since you left the place I am your friend and ever was 
Eben'r Whiting  J 20th
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CE PICKETT 
3rd DISTRICT, IOWA 
 House of Representatives U.S. Washington July 14 1909. 

Hon. V. Warner,
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C. 

Sir: Will you please advise me as to whether or not John Closier who served in Capt.  Frothingham's company 3rd Regiment of Artillery, Continental Troops, and also known as Massachusetts Artillery Regiment was at any time an applicant for a pension. 

If so, kindly give me the record of his service as shown by the records of your office. 

Thanking you,
Very truly
C.E. Pickett
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Cleveland O. Nov. 29 1921 
Revolutionary 
Burean of Pensions 
Washington D.C 
Dear Sirs:
Wish very much to have a record of the Military Service of John Crosier 3rd Lieut Continental Army and a member of the children of the American Revolution, Catherine Avery chapter, and wish to own for him own a copy of my ancestors Record 

I am Very Truly Yours 
Nelson Howard Moses 
853, E. 149th St Cleveland O
[postmark] Dec. 2 1924 OFFICE
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Rev Sec unit 

June 8. 1920 E. Cleveland O 

Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C 

Dear Sirs - Will you kindly send me statement of service of my ancester John Crosier 2nd Lieut 3rd Continental Artillery and greatly oblige.

Very Truly Yours Mrs. C. C. Moses 
13609 Gainsboro, are East Cleveland O. 
[postmark]PENSION OFFICE JUN 10 1920
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Greeley Colorado Feb. 21, 1907. Commissioner Pensions Washington D.C. 

Dear Sir Can you furnish any data concerning her Crosier (or Crozier) a Soldier of the Revolution?

 He enlisted at Boston later was commissioned second lieutenant of a battery. at the battle of Germantown was in Maxwells Brigade.

His wifes name was Fanny Whiting
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He was born near Boston 1750 and died at Euclid Ohio May 7- 1823 

I am told he served through out the war and was granted a pension. 

Thanking you in advance for any additional facts you can supply 

I am Respectfully Yours 
(Mrs) Ford S. Coulter 
Greeley Colorado
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Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C. 

Will you kindly send me if possible. The military War record of my ancestor. John Crozier, a soldier of the Revolution. John Crozier of Pa 2nd Continental Artilling enlisted Jan. 1777. This will be gratefully information received 

Mrs M.E. Garne 139 1/2 Lake shore Blvd Wickliffe O
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Long Island City, New York Sept. 3, 1924 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Costodian of the United States pension records, Washington D.C 

Dear Sir: In a comunication from the Adj. Gen office War Dept. I was referred to you as a possible source of information refering to one Lieut John Crosher (Crosier) American Revolution as to the parents of above and where he came from. The information is needed for Genealogical purposes and will be greatly appreciated.  Lieut John Crosier was commisioned Feb. 1, 1777, resigned for May 19, 1779 

Born Dorchester Mars 1750 died Euclid Ohio May 1, 1823 John Crosier was allowed pension on application executed April 24 1818 for his widow while a resident of Euclid Ohio

I would like to learn if the pension papers mention who were his parents and where they came from and any other information possible of above Lieut John Crother 

Awaiting an early reply Most Respectively Yours 
Allan V. Crosher 293 Howland St 
Long Island City New York
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March 10, 1938 
Pension Dept Washington D.C

Gentlemen, I  would consider it a great favor to [something crossed out]  if you would kindly send me the pension record of John Crosier, served from 1775- 77 as a private Ensign & Lieutenant under different commands. He was pensioned in 1818 of Cuyahoga Co. Ohio. 

I am endeavoring to find out who his wife or wives were; also his parents. 

Thanking you for your kindness to me in this matter 
Your only truly 
Forrest A. Miller 
1601 Hill Ave
Long Beach Cal.
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Cleveland Ohio Sept 20th 1938

Old War & Navy Division 
Bureau of Pensions 

Dear Sirs, I am writing to you in hopes you will be able to give me some information about my Great Great Grand father.

 He was Lieut. John Crosier who fought in the revolutionary war. His service file No. was 43406 I am all most sure. He enlisted from Dedham Mass 

Would you have his father's name or Mothers name? I am very much interested in obtaining any information about him and any thing you may be able to tell me will be greatly appreciated 

Sincerely 
Wilson Elmer Crosier
19609 Shelton Drive Cleveland Ohio 

P.S. If there is any way you could tell me from his record of his Fathers name or Mothers or  suggest any way of obtaining same it would be greatly appreciated. 

It is sug.. that, as a pos. source of obtaining the record of the parents of this sol., you apply to the Clerk of the County Courts of the Counties in which he is believed to have lived.
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                                                            April 2, 1938

                                                           John Crosier
                                                           S. 43406
                                                           BA-J/AWF 
Mr. Forrest A. Miller                                                
1601 Hill Avenue
Long Beach, California

Dear Sir:

        Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Crosier, private, ensign, and lieutenant, War of the Revolution, pensioned while living in Cuyagaga County, Ohio.

        The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 43406, based upon the service of John Crosier in the War of the Revolution.                   

        The date and place of birth of John Crosier were not given, nor were the names of his parents stated.

        John Crosier was a minute man in 1775, was in the battle of Lexington, and several skirmishes; after the battle of Lexington, he enlisted and served eight months as corporal in Captain Draper’s company, Colonels Bond’s and Gardner’s Massachusetts regiment, and was in the battle of Bunker Hill.  He enlisted early in 1776, served as a sergeant in Captain Stow’s company of Infantry, was transferred to a company of Artillery under Major Stephen Badlam, length of service one year.  He was commissioned, February 1, 1777, 2nd Lieutenant and served in Colonel John Crane’s Regiment of Artillery, was in the battles/oof Brandywine, Ger
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mantown, and Monmouth, length of this service three years.

        John Crosier was allowed pension on his application executed April 24, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, aged about sixty-seven years.

       He referred to his wife in 1820 as aged forty-seven years, but did not give her name, and to the following children-Roswell Bemas aged eleven years, Clinton aged eight years, Philander aged four years, and to an infant son, his name not shown.

        John Crosier died April 23, 1823.

        The papers on file in this claim contain no further reference to family.

        In order to obtain the name and address of person paid the last payment of this pension, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data-

John Crosier
Certificate # 7154
Issued March 5, 1819
Rate $20.00 per month
Commenced April 24, 1818
Act of March 18, 1818
Ohio Agency.

                                  Very truly yours


                                  A. D. HILLLER
                                  Executive Assistant                                               to the Administrator
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Rev.&1812 War Section 
June 14, 1928, 

Allan V. Crosher, 
293 Howland Street, 
Long Island City, New York. 

Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 43406, it appears that John Crosier was a minute man in 1775 and was at the battle of Lexington and in several skirmishes; after the battle of Lexington he enlisted and served eight months as corporal in Captain Draper's Company, Colonels Bond's and Gardner's Massachusetts Regiment, and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. 

He enlisted in 1778 and was a sergeant in Captain Stow's Company of Infantry, was transferred to Company of Artillery under Major Stephen Badlam and served one year. 

He was commissioned, February 1, 1777, second lieutenant and served three years in Colonel John Crane's Artillery Regiment, and was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth, 

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 24, 1818, while a resident of Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, aged sixty-seven years.
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In 1820, he referred to his wife as aged forty-seven years, but did not state her name, and to children: Roswell Bemas, aged eleven years; Clinton, aged eight years; Philander, aged four years; and an infant son, whose name and age are not given. 

Soldier died April 23, 1823. 
There are no further data as to family. 
Respectfully, 
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner. 

COPIED BY ADY
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Rev. and 1812 War Section.
November 3, 1928  

Mrs. A. V. Jennison Willoughby Ohio 

Madam; I [crossed out: have to] advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 43406, it appears that John Crosier was a minute-man in 1775 and was at the battle of Lexington and in several skirmishes; after the battle of Lexington he enlisted and served eight months as corporal in Captain Draper's Company, Colonels Bond's and Gardner's Massachusetts Regiment and was in the battle of Bunker  Hill. 

He enlisted in 1776 and was a sergeant in Captain Stow's Company of Infantry, was transferred to Company of Artillery under Major Stephen Badlam and served one year. 

He was commissioned, February 1, 1777, Second Lieutenant and served three years in Colonel John
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Crane's Artillery Regiment, and was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 24, 1818, while a resident of Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, aged sixty-seven years. 

In 1820 he referred to his wife as aged forty- seven years, but did not state her name, and to children Roswell Bemas, aged eleven years; Clinton, aged eight years; Philander, aged four years; and an infant son, whose name and age are not given. 

Soldier died April 23, 1833. There are no further data as to family. Respectfully, WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner. 

Agency Bork
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. John Crosser Sur File 43406 

[table column headings] DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. |  RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. | COLONEL | STATE
[row 1] 1775 | [checkmark] | Minuteman at battle of Lexington & in several skirmishes |  | Mass
[row 2] 1775 | 8 mos | Corpl | Draper | Gardner & Bond
[row 3] 1776 | 1 year | Sgt. | Stow's Co. of Inf and transferred to Co of states | Badlam
[row 4] Feby 1 1777 | 3 yrs | 2nd Lieut | [blank] | John Crane's Art. Regt. 

Battles engaged in Lexington, Bunker Hill, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [checkmark]
Date of application for pension, Apr 24 1818 
Residence at date of application, Euclid, Cuyahoga Co. Ohio
Age at date of application, 67, dec'd Apr 23 1823 

Remarks: In 1820 he referred to his wife aged 47 name of and and children Roswell Bemas aged 11, Clinton aged 8, Philander aged 4 and an infant son whose name & age are not stated 

no fur fam data on file
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Form VAM-51
Division of Veterans' Administration 
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* 

NAME Crosier, John GRADE Private
LINE Maryland 

WARRANT NUMBER 128 ACREAGE --- 100 Issued January 28, 1793 to John Wright, assignee of Andrew Crosier, adm'r

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.