Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6757, William Crye, S.C.
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SERVICE
S. C.

Crye, William
Sarah

NUMBER
W. 6757

Born Isle of Man - Reared in Pa. to NC to S.C. to Ga
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22320
East Tennessee
William Crye
McMinn Co. in the State of Tennessee
who was a pr[ivate] of Cav[alry] & Inf[antry]  in the Com commanded
by Captain Drummond of the regt commanded
by Col Martin in the Carolina in the S. Carolina
line for 5 mos pr[ivate] of Infantry
3 "  "  "  Cavalry

Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee
the rate of 29 Dollars 16 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of October
1833 and Samuel
H Jourdon Athens

Arrears to the 4th of Sept                     79.90
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March    14.58
$94.48

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk.
Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 35

Order to pay May 25, 1837
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from 1776 private of
Infy & Cavly 8 months
Pa. Inf[antry] 5 mo   16.66
Pa. Cav[alry] 3 mo   12.50
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$29.16
McMinn Co

Pension Declaration
of Wm Crye
McMinn Co

Saml H Jordan
Athens
Tennessee
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DECLARATION
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS PASSED JUNE 7, 1832.
State of Tennessee,
County of McMinn ss
On this 4th day of June personally appeared in open Court, before the
Justices of the County Court of said county, William Crye
a resident of said county and state, aged about seventy nine 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 7, 1832.
The entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and
and served as herein stated.
In the year seventeen hundred and seventy six
he joined a volunteer company commanded by Capt
William Hagan Adam Alexander. Was Colonel Commandant
this was in the County of Mecklenburg & State of
North Carolina, during this service declarant was marched
to Cross creek where the company was detained for some
and marched to the encampment of Col. Martin, where a
number of the volunteers were selected and and sent to
Wilmington. From this place declarant was sent home
having charge of the waggons as issuing Commissary
This was a service of three months. Declarants next
service was in an excursion against the Indians in
South Carolan commanded by Capt John William Hagan
Capt John Drummond of S. Carolina with a company
formed a junction and marched with us. They first stopped
at Princes fort in what is now called Granville District
our next place of stopping was at Walford fort whence
our companies made frequent excursions. Near the
last mentioned fort we were discharged. Our higher officers
when discharged were Col. Neel, Lieut Ezekiel Polk
and General Williamson, Declarant received no
written discharge, nor does he recollect his precise time
of service, but believes it more than two months. He
received from the Lieutenant Col Polk twelve dollars
and a half and was informed by him there was still more
due, but he never received it. In Seventeen hundred and
eighty Declarant was drafted to join General Gates Army
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but procured a Substitute, who was received in his stead
who served three months under officers not recollected.
Declarant was next drafted, and entered the service as a horse
man under Capt John Foster who was in company with
Capt Robt Davis whose business it was to scour the
Country in search of Tories. And then this was also
a service of three months. In eighteen hundred and eighty
one he was drafted for the last Wilmington expedition
under Col. Erwin, Lieut William Fagan & Maj. Harris
from which he was discharged by furlough with but a few days service
Declarant was born in the Isle of Man. raised in Chester County
Pennsylvania removed thence to Mecklenburg North Carolina
thence to Burke in the same State, thence to Granville Dist in South Carolina
thence to Burke again, thence to Hall County in Georgia thence
to where he now resides. Declarant was born in seventeen
hundred and fifty four.

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 the Agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the 4th day of June 1833
Wm Crye

We Dimmon Dorsey a clergyman residing in the county
and state aforesaid, and Samuel Blackburn residing as aforesaid,
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Crye
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; and we believe him to be about seventy 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 opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the 4th day of June 1833
Dimmon Dorsey
Saml Blackler

And the Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigating the matter, and putting the
interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that
Dimmon Dorsey who has signed the preceding certificate, is a
Clergyman, that he and Samuel Blackburn who has also signed it, are
resident as they therein state, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel Workman
D.A. Cobb
G R Cos
A C Robison
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I Archibald R Turk Clerk of the County Court of the
County of McMinn aforesaid, do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court,
in the matter of the application of William Crye
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
official seal at office, this 4 day of
June 1833
A R Turk Clerk
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Tennessee 3289
Sarah Crye
widow of William Crye decd
a pensioner, Act of June 1832
who died on the 29 August 1835
of McMinn Co in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Drummond of the regt commanded
by Col Martin in the N. Carolina
line for 5 months - Infantry
3 months - Cavalry
Inscribed on the Roll of Knoxville
at the rate of 29 Dollars 16 Cents per annum
to commence on the 29 day of Aug, 1835.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of April
1840 & sent to Hon. J. W. Blackwell
H. Reps.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1840 $131.75
Semiannual allowance ending 4 Sept 40 14.53
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$146.28
{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act July 4, 1836,}
{Section the 3d}
Recorded by D.M. Curdy, Clerk
Book A. Vol. 2, Page 182

Dead
Letter to James H. Cowan 30th
June 1845

Paid at [illegible], under
act 6. April, 1838, from
4 Sept. 1843 to 8 Feby
1844. Agent notified
7th April, 1840.
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State of Tennessee
McKinn County ss

This 18th day of December in the
year 1839 personally appeared before me, John McGaughey,
an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County
Sarah Crye, a resident of the County of Mckinn, aged
seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to
law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in
order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by act of
Congress passed July 4th 1836 and May 3d 1837, and also of
all other acts of Congress upon the same subject:
That she was married to William Crye
who served sometime as a soldier during the War of the American
Revolution and was receiving at the time of his death a
pension of about as she believes twenty nine dollars from
the Government of the United States - said sum of money being
paid him by the Pension Agent of East Tennessee at Knoxville;
and that all the papers which evidenced her husband's
right to said allowance from Government are filed in the
Pension Office at Washington City owing to which circumstance,
it is out of her power to specify with exact certainty the time
when he entered or how long he continued in service, such
information she supposes, can easily be acquired by reference
the public records at Washington, her husbands name
William Crye, and the Agent of East Tennessee
who paid him the sum allowed by Government being
known. She further declares that she was married to the
aforesaid William Crye on the 8th day of April
in the year 1779 - after which time he became
a soldier in the War of the American Revolution, and
she was a widow on the 4th day of July in the year
1835, and still remain a widow as will more fully
appear by reference to an affidavit this day made by
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John Crye which she hopes will
accompany this declaration. She further states that she believes
her husband served in a Captain Foster's Company under
the command of General Martin, if she mistakes not, in the
State of North Carolina.

her
Sarah Crye
mark

Sworn to and subscribed
before me the day and
year above written
interline before signed
J. McGaughey
Justice of Peace

State of Tennesee ss
I J. B. Jackson Clerk of
Mcminn County ss the County Court for the
County and State aforesaid certify that John
McGaughy whose name appears to the within
is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said
County and was at the time of signing the same
duly Elected sworn and commissioned full faith
and credit is due all his official acts as such
Given under my hand and
seal of office at Office
in Athens this 25th Decr 1839
J. B. Jackson Clk
By D. D. Haymes

I Julius W. Blackwell, a representative in the 26th
Congress of the U. S. from the fourth Congressional
Dec of Tenn. do certify that, J. B. Jackson is Clerk of
the County Court of McMinn Co. Ten. and that the signature
to the above certificate is in my opinion, the
proper hand write of his Deputy. Given under my hand
and seal this 20th January 1840.
J. W. Blackwell LS
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William Crye and Junior
Elizabeth Barker was Married
August the 14 1822
Sarah Crye was Born June 4th, 1823
Mary Crye was Born Novr 7th 1825

William Crye and
Sarah Hagan
was married on the eighth
day of April in the year
of our Lord 1779

William Crye died
August the 3 1835
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1 Cabron Crye was born
August the 27th 1780

2 William Crye Jr was Born
May the 19th 1782

3 Hugh Crye was Born
November 5th 1784

4 Mary Crye was Born
December the 11th 1787

5 Joseph Crye was Born
March the 5th 1789

6 Sarah Crye was Born
September 12th 1791

7 Mary Crye was Born
[illegible] 20th 1794

8 John Crye Born June [illegible] 1796

9 Isabel Crye Born Augt 10 1798

10 James Crye Born Jan 7 [illegible] 

11 David Crye Born Feb 5 [illegible] 

12 Jonathon Crye born Sept [illegible]
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State of Tennessee
McMinn County SS
This day December 18th in the year
1839, personally apeared before me, John McGauhey, an
acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, John
Crye [crossed out: and William] who after being duly qualfied, deposed and says First, said Crye, deposes that his brother
William Crye, a soldier in the War of the American
Revolution and, for several years before his death, which
took place on the 30th day of August in the year 1830, a
pensioner upon the Government of United States, was married
in the year 1779 to Sarah Higgins with whom he
lived till the day of his death. Said John Crye, the affiant,
further says that he was present at the marriage of his
brother William and the aforesaid Sarah and that it took
place in the County of Mecklenburg, State of North
Carolina, and was good and legal, as the records of that
County will show if they have not been destroyed. that his
brother William died, whilst a pensioner, on the 30th day
of August in the year 1835, leaving his wife a widow, now
residing in the County of Bradley and State first aforesaid.
John Crye

Sworn to and subscribed
before the day and
year above written
Interlined before signed
J. McGauhey
Justice of Peace
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State of Tennessee 
McMinn County SS
I J. B. Jackson Clerk of the
County Court for the County
and State aforesaid certify that John McGaughy
Esq whose name appears to the within is an acting
Justice of the peace in and for said and was at
the time of signing the same duly Elected sworn
and commissioned full faith and credit is
due all his official acts as such
Given under my hand and
seal of office at office
in Athens this 25th Dec 1839
J. B. Jackson Clk
By D.D. Haynes Sept

I, Julius M. Blackwell, a Representative in the 26"
Congress of the U. S. from the Congressional Dec. of Tenn. do
certify that, J. B. Jackson is Clerk of the County Court of
McMinn Co. Ten. and that the signature to the above cirtificate
appears to be in the proper hand write of his
Deputy. Given under my hand & seal Jan 20th 1840
J. W. Blackwell LS
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Revy
WIDOW, &c.
[initials: OW]
File No. 6757
Sunk Crye
Wid of
William Crye
Prt. S. C. line
Act: July 4/36, Sec. 3d
Index:--Vol. A, Page 153
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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William Crye E. Ten Act 7 June 1832
to what time paid?
Pen. Office
Jan 22, 1840

$29.16
died Sept 1836

Died 29th Augt 1835 paid [illegible] not served
JH
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Apil 13 1840
JW AL
Wm Crye

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Hon. J W Blackwell
HR
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Washington City April 11th 1840
Sir,
I have just received the leaf of the book containing
the record of the marriage of Wm Crye to Sarah
Hagans, and hasten to enclose it to you. By refering to
your files, will find that the papers in the case of Mrs.
Crye, Widow of Wm Crye Decd, was presented by me about
the 20th or 21st Jan. last. Your early attention to this
case, is most respectfully solicited.
Respectfully,
Your Obt Servt
J.W. Blackwell

J.L. Edwards Esq. 
Com. of Pensions
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Feb 21. 1840
Term:
Sarah Crye

J.L. Edwards Esq
Coms. of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

Hon. J.W. Blackwell
H.R.
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Washington City Feb. 19th 1840
Sir,
I beg leave again to trouble you with the
case of the widow Crye, as the enclosed paper will
show you that, it has but lately been received by
me. I communicated to Mr. John Lea the answer
obtained from you, but it does not appear whether
he had recived my letter or not, before he wrote the
enclosed to me. Please to examine Mr. Lea's letter
and the enclosed affidavit, and let me hear from you
agane as soon as you conveniently can. Having sent
your letter to Mr. Lea, I do not know what the
exact nature of the evidence is, that was [crossed out: which] mentioned in
your letter, as being necessary to entitle Mrs. Crye to a
pention. It is possible that, my communication to Mr.
Lea, may have miscarried. I hope therefore, you will
pardon me for thus giving you additional trouble
I am Sir,
Verry Respectfully,
Your Obt Servt
J.W. Blackwell

J.L. Edwards Esq
Coms. of Pens.
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State of Tennessee
Bradley County SS
This day personally appeared before me, an
acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, James F. Bates and
John G Carter who after being duly qualified, depose and say,
They have examined by request an old book, entitled "The Book of Common
Prayer and Administration of the Sacrament and other Rites and Ceremonies
as revised to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church", published in
the year 1789, in which are recorded the birth, marriage and death
of the family of the Cryes, and in which it is written that William
Crye and Sarah Hagans was married on the eight day of April
1779. Deponents further say, they believe, that from the appearance
of said book and writing, the record aforesaid was made
many years ago.
J.F. Bates
John G Carter

Sworn to and subscribed before are
January 31st 1840
Jesse Poe

State of Tennessee
Bradley County SS
Clerk's Office
Jan 31st 1840.
I, John H. Robinson, Clerk of the
County Court for the County of Bradley, State of Tennessee,
do hereby certify that Jesse Poe is an acting Justice of
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the Peace in and for said County
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal of Office
at Office in Cleveland this 31st of Jan 1840
John H Robertson Clerk
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40 3 4
36. 8. 29
[line]
4. 6. 6

87.48
14.58
    .48
[line]
102.54
  29.16
[line]
131.76

4905
Sarah Crye
of William
Tennessee

Admitted

Pr Inf. 5 mo.} 29.16/100
Pr. Cav. 3 " }
Cap Drummond Col
Martin N.C.

died 29 Augt 1835,
Act 4 July 1836,

Hon J. W. Blackwell
H. R.
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[nearly illegible]
The affixed is just [illegible] and expected to be
included in his responses, but one of them was unable
from circumstances to attend on the day appointed. This
accounts for the [illegible] of the latter part of it.

[affixed note]
Sarah Crye
Tennessee
Suspended
Let. 22d January 1840
Hon. J. W. Blackwell
to do. 21 Feb: 1840.

Act 4 July 1836
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Mr. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC
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Knoxville June 20th 1845
M. J. L. Edwards
Commiss of Pensions
Dear Sir
The enclosed
papers were left with me by Robt H Phariss Adm
&c of Sarah Crye to draw the fraction of Pension
due up to the death of Mrs Crye (8th Feby 1844).
Mr Lyon says they can be paid only at
the Department W. City, and therfore I enclose
them to you
Vry Respectfully yours &c
James H Cowan
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4905
Sarah Crye
of WilliamTennessee

ref & admd

Hon. J W Blackwell
HR
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GIDEON, PRINTER

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
August 29th 1845.
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 only child of Sarah Crye, decd
a Pensioner on the roll of the Knoxville, Ten:
Agency, at the rate of Twenty nine Dollars
and 16 Cents per annum, under the law of the 4th July
1836 has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of Sept. 1843 to the 8th Feby 1844.
Respectfully yours,
Albion H. Parris
Comptroller

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present
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4905
Jan 22 1840
Tenn:
July 4, 1836
Mrs Crye

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com. Pen. Pens. Office
Washington

Hon. J. W. Blackwell
H.R.
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Washington Jan. 20th. 1840
Sir,
Enclosed is some papers proving Sarah Crye
to be the Widow of Wm Crye Decd a soldier in
the Revolutionary War. You will please give
them the proper direction & cause a decision on
them as early as convenient. If further evidence
is necessary, please to inform AAB.
I have the Hon. to be
Sir, your Obt Servt
J. W. Blackwell

J. L. Edwards, Esq.