Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5,256, William Crawford, Mass. Sea Service
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SERVICE
Mass.
Sea Service

Crawford, William
Crauford
Martha


NUMBER
W.5256
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State of Maine,
Kennebec County, } ss.

On this ninth day of July AD 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. Nathan Watson Junior, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, William Crawford now a resident of Gardiner in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged seventy two 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 provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1777 with Captain Edis and served in Col. Crafts regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers:  from September 1777 I enlisted and served as a private for six months under Capt. Edis and Col. Crafts until March 1778 when I again enlisted as a private, bombardier, and gunner in the same company and regiment for the term of three years and continued to serve until December 1780 when I was finally and honorably discharged at Boston.  If I took any written discharge, it is not to my knowledge in existence.

[smudged] [this section x'd out] on the Maine roll under the Act of Congress [smudged] that his pension certificate is numbered _ and dropped therefrom on account of his property. That at that time he resided in _ in the County of _ and State of Maine, and now resides in _

He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.

Wm Crawford

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Before
 Nathan Weston
Dist. S.J.C.

And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
 Nathan Weston

Crawford, William
(Mass, Sea Service)
W-5256
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State of Maine

Kennebec, ss.  I, John A. Chandler, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Junior, before whom the within proceedings was held,  is  a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State:  I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of William Crawford for a pensions.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 15th day of October AD 1832.
 J. A. Chandler

William Crawford
Private Edis Co. Craft's Regiment
Sept. 1777 to March 1778  6-

Bombardier and Gunner, Edis Co. Craft's Regiment.
March 1778 to Dec. 1780 2 years

Proof - Thomas Smith E.D.
Bangs Cert.

Pr. Artillery 

$100 per annum

R.C. [Vose?]
Augusta, ME
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Maine 5243

William Crawford 
of Litchfield in the State of Maine
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Edis of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Craft in the Artillery
line for Mass in service
2 years private of Artillery

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 100 Dollars - cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Feb
1833 and sent to R. C. Vose, Augusta, Me.

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1833. $150.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 march 33 $50
$200.

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Francis F. Franciosi Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 Page 52
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                     Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the 
United States.

I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the
Counties of  Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your   Honor, 
that   William Crawford,  a citizen of the United States, now resident in  Litchfield in the said County of Lincoln, in the District of Maine, on the tenth day of April, A.D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his
power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide
for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the 
revolutionary war," passed March 18, A.D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence
produced by the said applicant,
is hereunto annexed.
       And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the
said applicant did serve as a   private soldier , in the war of the revolution, against the
common enemy, upon the continental establishment, ^ Crafts regt is to [illegible] for more than nine months, ^and for more than nine months in the naval service of U.S. as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
        In TESTIMONY , WHEREOF, I  have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto  affixed, this twenty first day of May
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
                                 Nathan Weston Evin C. [?]
                       C.C.C..  Pleas  2d East Circuit
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts


Kennebec, ss.


The Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:
Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

John Davis
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

I William Crawford aged fifty nine years, a citizen of the U. States born in Boston, Massachusetts, now resident in Litchfield in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare that in September 1777 I enlisted and served six months in the war of the revolution against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment in Capt. Edis Company and regiment commanded by Col. Crafts of the Artillery Massachusetts line.  I served until March 1778, as a private and then re-enlisted as a private for the term of three years in the same service, company and regiment.  I served until December 1780, when at Boston, I was finally and honorably discharged from the army.  If I took any formal written discharge, it is not now to my knowledge in existence.  I was in the battle at Rhode Island under General Sullivan. I served three months of the above time at Providence but I was principally employed at the forts and islands in the neighborhood of Boston.  In May 1781 I enlisted as a mariner on board the continental galley called the Chester or the Concord galley, for three months commanded by Capt. Jonathan Nicholson.  I served three months and at the end of that time was discharged at Baltimore.  I went immediately to Philadelphia and shipped as a mariner for the cruise in a continental brig of twelve guns, of which the same Capt. Jonathan Nicholson took the command.  The name of the Brig, I do not now recollect.  In this Brig I served nine months, and was then cast away on Cape Henry and the Brig lost.  I was then in April or May 1782 paid off and verbally discharged on Cape Henry by my Captain.  In the aforesaid Galley and Brig I was employed in cruising against the enemies vessels.  From my reduced circumstances, I am in need of assistance from my country for support.  And I do hereby relinquish all my claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge [born?] on any pension list whatever.
I request that I may be put upon the pension list for the District of Maine. 
 William Crawford
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Lincoln Ss.

On the tenth day of April AD 1818, William Crawford above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the foregoing declaration, by him subscribed.  Before me, Nathan Weston 
Chief Justice, Court of Common Pleas, second Eastern Circuit
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William Crawford Litchfield
Private Col. Crafts Mass Regiment
1777 to 1780 - 3 years
Brig - Jona Nicholson
May 1781 - 9 months
Rejected - Crafts' Regiment not a Continental Establishment
April 10, 1818

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I John Neal of Litchfield in the District of Maine, of lawful age upon oath testify and declare, that I am well acquainted with William Crawford within named. From his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support.  He sustains the character of a man of truth - And I fully believe that he served as he has within stated.

John Neal

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec Ss.

On the twenty first day of May AD 1818 John Neal Esquire above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition, by him subscribed. 

Before Me, Nathan Weston 
Chief Justice - County Court of Common Pleas, second Eastern Circuit
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Maine
Martha Crawford
widow of William Crawford
who served in the Revolutionary War,
as a private of Artillery.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of $100 Dollars
per annum, to commence on the 3rd February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued the
15th day of October 1853 and sent to
Geo. Evans
Gardiner, Me.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853 Page 3 Vol. A.


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Death not on A.B.
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State of Maine
County of Kennebec ss.

On this twenty second day of August one thousand eight hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before me the Hon. John S. Tenney one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, in open Court now in session at Augusta in and for the County aforesaid, Martha Crawford a resident of Gardiner in said County, aged seventy six years who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed 3rd February 1853; that she is the widow of William Crawford, who being a revolutionary pensioner under the act of 7th June 1832 - that she is unable to state the services performed by the said William Crawford but refers to the proof on file in the Pension Office, upon which his pension was granted.
She further declares that she was married to the said William Crawford, on the third day of September Eighteen hundred and twenty
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that her husband the said William Crawford died on the third day of October Eighteen hundred and forty one  - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but was married to him subsequent to January Eighteen hundred at the time above stated.
She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension.

Martha Crawford

In presence of 
Cyrus Kindwich


Sworn to the day and year above stated in open court

Before

John S. Tenney
Justice of S.J. Court
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State of Maine
Kennebec County ss.

I hereby certify that the Honorable John S. Tenney, before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, is, and was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, the same being a Court of Record, duly commissioned and qualified and acting as such, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In witness thereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, for the said County, this twenty second day of August AD 1853.

W.M. Stratton
Clerk of said Court for Kennebec County
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Abstract from the Town Records of the Town of Litchfield -

"Joined in Marriage Mr. Wm. Crawford of Litchfield to Miss Patty Niles of Bowdoin, September third eighteen hundred and twenty by Wm. Stinson, Minister of Bowdoin"

I hereby certify that the above is a true Copy of the Record with the exception that the date was written in plain & legible words & figures as follows "Sept. 3. 1820"

I also certify that I the undersigned do hold the office of Town Clerk of the Town of Litchfield
Isaac W. Springer } Town Clerk of Litchfield

State of Maine
Kennebec Ss.
Personally appeared the above named Isaac W. Springer and made oath that the above certificate by him signed is true to the best of his knowledge & belief before me this second day of July A. D. 1853.
Joseph C. Barstow } Justice of the Peace
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January 19, 1939.

BA-J/ILL
Thomas Crawford -- See her letter
S. 30969
William Crawford
W. 5256

Mrs. Lillian M. Beane
1 Spring Street
Hallowell, Maine.

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Thomas Crawford and William Crawford, father and son, who served in the Massachusetts Artillery, William having died in Gardiner, Maine, at the age of eighty-three years. You cite a Thomas Crawford who died in 1773, aged fifty-six years, and is buried in Boston, Massachusetts.
The records have been found of a Thomas Crawford and a William Crawford, not father and son, who served in the Massachusetts Artillery in the Revolutionary War. Their records follow as found in the claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War. This office has no record of the Thomas Crawford who died prior to the Revolutionary War.
THOMAS CRAWFORD -  S. 30969
Thomas Crawford was born August 23, 1756 in Boston Massachusetts; the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Georgetown (the part which was later Bath), Lincoln County, District of Maine, then in Massachusetts, Thomas Crawford enlisted in January 1776, served as a private in Captain Silas Wild's company, Colonel Phinney's Massachusetts regiment, assisted in driving the British from Boston, afterwards went to Ticonderoga, was in many skirmishes on Lake Champlain and continued until about March 1777, when he was discharged. He enlisted in April 1777, and served four months in Captain Edes' company of Artillery, during which he was at Providence, Rhode Island. After returning to Boston, he entered the sea service on board the armed Brig, "Boston"; no further details of this later service were given.
Thomas Crawford was allowed pension on his application executed
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April 27, 1818, at which time he resided in Bath, Lincoln County, District of Maine; he had continued to reside there ever since the Revolutionary War. His name was dropped from the pension roll under the Act of May 1, 1820, because he owned too much property to draw pension under that Act. His name was restored to the pension roll under the Act of June 7, 1832, at which time her resided in Bath, Maine.
In 1820, the soldier's wife, Frances, was aged sixty-seven years; her maiden name and the date and pace of their marriage were not given. Two daughters, Frances, aged thirty-two years, and Mary, aged twenty-six years, were living at home in 1820.
The soldier died April 17, 1837.
In 1832, William Crawford, aged seventy-three years, resided in Gardiner, Maine; he lived in Georgetown, Massachusetts, when Thomas Crawford entered service in the Revolutionary Was and served in the same company with him in 1777. No relationship between these two men was stated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, and name of person paid, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and cite the following:
Thomas Crawford
Certificate 318238
Issued August 2, 1833
Rate $83.33 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Maine Agency.
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William Crawford - W. 5256
William Crawford was born in Boston, Massachusetts; the date of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.
He enlisted in September 1777, and served six months in Captain Jonathan Edes' company, Colonel Thomas Crafts' regiment of Massachusetts

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Artillery, a part of the time at Providence, Rhode Island; he re-enlisted in March 1778, served as bombadier or gunner in that same company, was in the battle of Rhode Island and was discharged in December 1780, at Boston. In May 1781, he entered as a marine on board the Galley, "Chester" or "Concord", Captain Jonathan Nicholson, served three months and was discharged at Baltimore, Maryland; he went immediately to Philadelphia, shipped as a marine on a Brig of twelve guns (name not given), Captain Jonathan Nicholson, and while off Cape Henry, said Brig was lost; he was discharged in April or May 1782, at Cape Henry.
In 1818, William Crawford resided in Litchfield, Lincoln County, Maine District; he moved after September 1820, to Gardiner, Maine.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 9, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-two years; he resided in Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine. He lived there until his death on October 3, 1841.
William Crawford married September 3, 1820, Miss Martha or Patty Niles, of Bowdoin; they were married by a Minister in Litchfield, Maine District, where the soldier resided then.
Martha, or Patty Crawford, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed August 22, 1853, at which time she resided in Gardiner Maine. She was aged then seventy-six years; the date and place of her birth and the names of her parents are not shown.
No reference was made to children of William Crawford and his wife, Martha or Patty.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should address the Comptrlller [Comptroller] General, this city, and cite the following:
Martha Crawford, widow of William Crawford,
Certificate #2461, issued October 15, 1853
Rate $100 per annum, commenced February 3, 1853
Act of February 3, 1853.
Maine Agency.

Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

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Thomas Smith of Litchfield in the County Lincon [Lincoln] and in State of Maine do upon oath testify and declare that I well know Mr. Wm. Crafford [Crawford] served in Capt. Jonathans Eadi's and in Colonel Thomas Crafts Massachusetts Rigement [Regiment] in year 1777 and 1778 and was discharged at Boston I think in the year 1778 I know him for more than two years in that Service I served in the same Company and rigiment [regiment] and was well knowing to the said Wm. Craffton [Crawford]
Thomas Smith 

Lincoln Ss May 29th 1832
Thomas Smith above man to me is well known to be credible and disinterestedness Witness and a man of truth and veracity personaly appeared and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
John Neal Justice of the Peace

John Neal Esq is a Justice of the Peace.
Nathan Weston Jr

[stamp:]
The National Archives of the United States
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[left side:]
Deposition of
Thomas Smith for
Wm. Crawford

[right side:]
Crawford, William
(Mass, Sea Service)
W-5256
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I, Silas Andrews of Gardiner in the County of Kennebec, aged fifty years, on oath depose & say, that I am well acquainted with Martha Crawford, otherwise called Patty Crawford, widow of William Crawford, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner - that I knew both of said parties before their intermarriage which took place about thirty two or thirty three years ago - that the name of said Martha or Patty before said marriage was Martha Niles, otherwise called Patty Niles, & that she then resided in Bowdoin in this State - & I farther state that the name "Patty" is a common & usual abbreviation or synonym of Martha, & that persons of the latter name are commonly called by the former - the two names Martha & Patty being used & applied indiscriminately to the same person.
I farther say that I was acquainted with said William before his marriage - & up to the period of his death - that at the time of his marriage, he resided in Litchfield in this state - but some [?] after removed to Gardiner, where he died in 1841 -
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& I farther state that the said Martha or Patty Crawford now survives - & has never been married since the death of said William, but remains his widow - & is the identical person who is now an applicant for a Pension.
Silas Andrews

State of Maine
Kennebec Ss: August 25 - 1853 - Subscribed & sworn to before me on the day & year above written, and I hereby certify that the said Silas Andrews is well known to me & that he is a competent & credible witness
Lorenzo Clay } Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Kennebec
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I Cyrus Kindrick of Gardiner in the County of Kennebec, State of Maine, aged sixty four years, on oath depose & say - that I was well acquainted with William Crawford a revolutionary pensioner, who died at Gardiner aforesaid in the year 1841 - that I had known him since the year 1817 - that I was Executor of the Last Will & Testament of said William Crawford, & that as such Executor I received a balance of pension due to him at the time of his death, - & know from that fact, that he was a pensioner -
I farther say, that I have known Martha Crawford, otherwise called Patty Crawford, widow of said William since the year 1818 or 1819 - that her name then was Martha or Patty Niles - the said names being commonly used and applied indiscriminately to the same person, for each other - the later "Patty" being an abbreviation or synonym for the former "Martha" - & that said Martha has resided in the town of Bowdoin in this state. The said parties, intermarried in a year or two after that time.
I farther state that I have known the
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said Martha Crawford, ever since that time - that she has never married since the death of said William, but remains his widow -
I farther state that I was present in open Court when the said Martha Crawford before his Hon John  S. Tenny, Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, signed & made oath to her declaration, for obtaining a pension, on the twenty second day of this month of August & attested her signature to said declaration & I state farther that the said Martha Crawford, so signing said declaration is the identical person who was the wife & is now the widow of said William Crawford
Cyrus Kindrick

State of Maine
Kennebec County - Subscribed & sworn to before me on this twenty sixth day of August A. D. 1853 - And I hereby certify that the said Cyrus Kendrick is well known to me and that he is a competent and credible witness
Lorenzo Clay } Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Kennebec
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State of Maine
Kennebec ss
  I hereby certify that Joseph C. Barstow and Lorenzo Clay Esquires before whom the annexed affidavits were sworn to were, at the dates thereof respectively, Justices of the Peace for the said County, duly authorized to administer oaths &c. and that their signatures thereto are genuine.
 Witness my hand and the seal of our Supreme Judicial Court for said County this 29th day of August A.D. 1853.

W. M. Stratton }
Clerk of said Court
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Gardiner, Me, Aug. 29. 1853
Hon Loren P. Waldo
Commr. of Pensions

Sir
I have the honor to forward herewith, the application & proofs of Mrs. Martha Crawford, for a pension, under the act of the last session.
Have the goodness to cause her certificate, if found entitled, to be forwarded to me.
Very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
Geo Evans
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Brief in the case of Martha Crawford Widow of William,
Kennebec County and State of Maine, act 3d Feby. 1853
Claim ("original" [crossed out: or "for increase."])
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 7 June. 1832.
[Recom?] evidence of marriage

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Hon. Geo. Evans.
Gardiner, 
Name and residence of Agent
Me:

J. C. Boynton 
Examining Clerk
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[left side:]
1937 - April 6 - Hist. to Dr. C. E. Crawford
See letter in Rev - Thomas Crawford [illegible] 
1939 - Jan. 19 - Hist to Mrs. Lillian
M. Beane - See letter in [illegible]
Thomas Crawford - ILL.

[right side:]
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5256
Martha Crawford
Widow
Wm. Crawford
Pvt. Rev. War
Act: Feby. 3, /53
Index -Vol. A, Page 152
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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April 6, 1937.

Dr. C.E. Crawford   
301 East Franklin Street   
Richmond, Virginia  
BA-J/ILL
William Crawford
S.30969
William Crawford
W. 5256

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Thomas and William Crawford of George-
town, (Bath) Maine, both applicants for pension.

The records of these two soldiers are furnished you herein as found in pension claims, based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.

THOMAS CRAWFORD-S. 30969

Thomas Crawford was born August 23, 1756 in Boston, Massachusetts; the names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Georgetown (the part which was later called Bath), Lincoln County, District of Maine (thearin (sic) Massachusetts),
he enlisted in January 1776, served as a private in Captain Silas Wild's company, Colonel Phinney's Massachusetts regiment, assisted in driving
the British from Boston, afterwards went to Ticonderoga, was in many 
skirmishes and continued until about March 1777, when he was discharged.
He enlisted in April 1777, and served four months in Captain Edes' company of Artillery, during which he was at Providence, Rhode Island. After returning to Boston, he entered the sea service on board the armed Brig.
"Boston"; no further details of this later service given. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 27, 1818, at which time he resided in Bath, Lincoln County, Maine District,
where he had resided ever since the declaration of peace in 1783.

In 1820, the soldier's wife, Frances, was aged sixty-seven years' her maiden name, and date and place of their marriage were not
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given. Two daughters, Frances, aged thirty-two years, and Mary,
aged twenty-six years, were living at home in 1820.

Thomas Crawford's name was dropped from the pension roll under
the Act of May 1, 1820, and was restored again under the Act of June
7, 1832. In 1832, he resided in Bath, Lincoln County, Maine. He owned too
much property to remain on the pension roll under the Act of May 1, 1820.

In 1832, William Crawford, aged seventy-three years, was a 
resident of Gardiner, Maine. He stated that he lived in Georgetown
when Thomas Crawford entered service in 1776, and that he served in
the same company with him in 1777 in Rhode Island; he did not state
any relationship between them.

Thomas Crawford died April 17, 1837.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and
name of person paid, you should apply to The Comptroller General,
General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the
following:

Thomas Crawford
Certificate #18238
 Issued August 2, 1833
Rate $83.33 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832.
Maine Agency
--------------------------

WILLIAM CRAWFORD-W.5256.

William Crawford was born in Boston, Massachusetts; the date of
his birth and the names of his parents were not given.

He enlisted in September 1777, and served six months in Captain
Jonathan Edes' company, Colonel Thomas Crafts' regiment of Massachu-
setts Artillery, part of the time at Providence, Rhode Island, then
re-enlisted in March 1778, served as bombadeer or gunner in that same
company and regiment, was in the battle of Rhode Island and was dis-
charged from service December 1780, at Boston. In May 1781, he entered

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as a marine on board the Galley, "Chester" or "Concord, Captain
Jonathan Nicholson, served three months and was discharged at
Baltimore; he went immediately to Philadelphia, shipped as a marine
on a brig of twelve guns, name not remembered, Captain Jonathan
Nicholson, and while off Cape Henry, said Brig was lost, and he
was discharged in April or May 1782, at Cape Henry.

In 1818, William Crawford resided in Litchfield, Lincoln County, Maine District; he moved sometime after September 1820, to
Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine.

William Crawford was allowed pension on his application executed May 9, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy two years. He lived in Gardiner, Maine, until his death, October 3, 1841.

William Crawford married September 3, 1820, Miss Martha or Patty Niles, of Bowdoin. They were married by a Minister in Litchfield, Maine District, where the soldier resided.

Martha or Patty Crawford, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed August 22, 1853, at which time she
was aged seventy six years. The date and place of her birth and the names of her parents were not given. She resided then in Gardiner, Maine.

No reference was made to children of William Crawford and his wife, Martha or Patty.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should 
 address The Comptroller General, and furnish the following:

Martha Crawford, widow of William Crawford
Certificate #2461
Issued October 15, 1853
Rate $100 per annum
Commenced February 3, 1853
Act of February 3, 1853.
Maine Agency.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

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FREE 
Hon L. P. Waldo
Commr. of Pensions
Washington
D. C.
[circular stamp:]
Gardiner ME AUG 30

[written sideways:]
1853
Revo
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Sept. 1, 1853
No. 3164
Appl of 
Martha Crawford
widow of 
William 5243
Kennebec Co,
Me.

Act 1853
$100 per an -
Com- Febr. 3, 1853

Geo Evans,
Gardiner, Me.

[sideways:]
Department of the Interior,
Pension Office, Official Busine[ss]
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Pension Office.
12th Oct. 1853
Sir:
Please certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid or the date of his death.
Very Respectfully,
LP Waldo
Commissioner

William Crawford
Act 1832, $100.00 p. an.
Died 3d. Octr. 1841, Paid to his death.
F. Burt
Auditor.

Francis Burt, Esqr.
Third Auditor, Treasury}