Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2152, David Crawford, Penn.
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(3 -1776)
SERVICE
 Penn. 
CONTENTS Crawford, David 
NUMBER S. 2152 
carded
CONTENTS
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Pittsbg
Ohio 13,187
David Crawford of Jefferson in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain Johnson of the Regt commanded by Mj Crane in the Pennsylvania line for 11 months & 12 days
 Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 38 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of May 1833 and sent to Hon H.H. Leavitt
Steubenville Ohio 
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 ---  $76.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept  $19.00
                                                              $95.00 

[very faded handwriting] Date of death
May 26. 1835
[illegible] agency book

{Revolutionary Claim}
Act June 7,1832        }

Recorded by J Magett, Clerk
Book E. Vol. 8 Page 108
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State of Ohio, Jefferson County} SS
  On this 13th day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting David Crawford a resident of Knox township, in said County of Jefferson aged sixty nine years on the 1st day of July next, 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. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated viz; About the last of September in the year 1780 this declarant then residing in Mingo Creek near where the town of Williamsport now stands, in the County of Washington in the state of Pennsylvania, volunteered for one month, for the defence of the frontiers against the incursions of the Indians, under a Captain Andrew Swearingen of the Pennsylvania Militia-- the names of the other officers of the company, this declarant cannot remember-- the company to which he belonged was marched to a military station called Fort Beaver, on Raccoon creek, Now Washington County, Pennsylvania , where this declarant remained until the month for which he had volunteered, had expired, & he was discharged from the service Afterwards, and on or about the 20th of June 1781, this declarant still residing on said Mingo Creek he was drafted in the Pennsylvania militia, and served in a company commanded by Capt. Jeremiah Johnson, of which one Armstrong was Lieutenant, and David Devore Ensign - the names of the field officers of the Regiment with the exception of a Major Crow, he does not remember-- said company rendered at a place called the New Store, now Elizabeth town, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania between the 20th & 25th of June, in said last mentioned year - the next day the company had leave to return to their homes, until the boats then building at the mouth of Pigeon creek, to convey the troops down the river should be completed, and this declarant returned with the rest of the company to his place of residence, where he remained until the last of July when he was ordered to repair immediately to said New Store, which he
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forthwith did do.  Gen. Clarke, of Virginia, whose first name declarant does not recollect, took command of the expedition, and the troops embarked in boats, passed down the Monongahela river, and thence down the Ohio to where the town of Wheeling now stands at which place there was then a Fort.  After remaining there two or thee weeks, the troops again embarked, and descended the Ohio to the Falls of the river, and landed at the garrison, where Louisville now stands, in the month of October 1781--after remaining in said garrison defending it against the Indians until the 1st of January 1782, about which time his time of service expired declarant was discharged in writing by Lieut Armstrong--his Captain , (Johnson) having been previously killed near the garrison of Louisville.  He was in the service six months [underlined] under the drafts and when discharged returned through the wilderness to his residence on Mingo creek.

On or about the 1st of February 1782, there was another draft from the Pennsylvania militia in the neighborhood of declarant's residence and he again entered the service for two months [underlined], as a substitute for one Henry Devore, in a company under the command of Joseph Ackley, on which one John Wilkin was Ensign.  This was the only company drafted--the company marched by land, from the Monongahela to Wheeling Fort, on the Ohio where it arrived about the 5th or 6th of July  Declarant served out his two mouths, and was discharged at Fort Wheeling, about the 1st of April 1782, by said Ackley-- Immediately after he hired as a substitute for one Rose, for one month, which time he served under one Capt. Joseph Bean, the commandant of the Fort at Wheeling -- at the expiration of the month, ___, the 1st of May 1782, he was discharged, and immediately returned home--He was in the service during this expedition three months [underlined]

On the 12th of May 1782, declarant volunteered in the Pennsylvania militia on an expedition against the Indians, under Capt. James Munn--Joseph Ackley was Lieutenant & Mr. Wilkins, or Wilkey, Ensign of the company.  Capt. Munns' company marched across the wilderness to the Mingo bottom, on the Ohio river, where declarant arrived on the 20th of May.  Here all the troops reconvened and Col. William Crawford was elected as commandant, there was also a Col David Williamson, a Col. McClelland, & a Col. Geddes, attached to the expedition--The troops left Mingo bottom on the 24th of May 1782 and proceeded towards Sandusky by way of the upper Moravian town, & the waters of Kilback on the 4th of June while the troops were halting for refreshments on the plains of Sandusky, they were immediately attacked by a large body of Indians, said to have
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been commanded by the notorious Simon Girty--the attack was about 12 o'clock noon--the American troops maintained their ground till the next evening after dark when the Indians made a renewed attack, and the troops after suffering severe loss, were thrown into confusion & retreated.  Col. Crawford was taken prisoner, and afterwards killed by the Indians as the declarant has understood.  This declarant, having accidentally separated from  his companions found his way alone, after much privation and sufferings, to the Mingo bottom, where he arrived about the 17th of June 1782--he left there two days after for his home which he reached on the 24th of June after an absence of of one month [underlined] & 12 days {underlined].

During the whole of his service declarant was not in service in company with any continental regiment or corps nor did he come acquainted with any regular officers.  He has no documentary evidence by which to prove his service, as the only written discharge which he ever received has been lost through time and account, nor does he know of any person now living by whom he can prove said services.  The only record he has of his age is on his bible, now in his possession.  After the close of the revolutionary war, he lived at Mingo creek until the fall of 1795-moved then to Waynesburgh, Greene Co., Pennsylvania--from there, after a residence of two years, moved to Mercer County, Pa. for the last twenty three years he has lived in Knox township, in said Jefferson County, where he now resides.  He was born [word if crossed out] in Hartford County in the State of Maryland and on the first day of April 1744--He hereby relinquishes any 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.

known to & subscribed this day}
& year of aforesaid -----            }
JR Wells Clk

David Crawford [signed in large letters with heavy dark ink]
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We John Myers & Joseph L. Ball residing in said County of Jefferson, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Crawford, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing, that we believe him to be of the age of sixty nine on the 1st of July next: that he is reputed and believed,  in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed this 14th day of }
May 1833.                                               }
J. R. Wells, Clk [clerk]

John Myers [signature]
Joseph L. Ball [signature]

And the said Court, do hereby declare their opinion of the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations presented by the War Department, that the within named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served served as he states.   And, the court further certifies that it appears to them, that John Myers & Joseph L. Ball who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the said County of Jefferson, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I James Ross Wells, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Jefferson,  do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the application of David Crawford for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & the seal of said Court, at Steubenville, this 20th day of May AD 1833.

James Ross Wells  Clk
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No number
David Crawford
Jefferson County
Ohio

Adm 11 Mo  12 days

Hon H.H. Leavitt
Steubenville
Ohio
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office
25th May---1833

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, (thus:}).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them, and you will by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement,  shewing the Service of David Crawford--Jefferson Co. O.              
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Period when      Duration of the claimant's   Rank of       Names and rank of the    Age at present, and        Proof by which the                                         
the service                                                           the         Field officers under         place of abode when      declaration is
was rendered   Years  Months   Days             claimant      whom he served              he entered the service     supported.
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last Sep. 1780                1                                    pv          Capt  Swearngen                             69 years
20 June 1781                 6                                                     "     Johnson                   Washington Co.
1 Feb--1782                   3                                                  Major Brown                                    Pa.


12 May--1782                1            125


I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS  UNDER THE ACT OF JUN 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 Volunteer's.
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 were 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United Sates 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 he 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 entered 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, Volunteer's, 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 believed  him to be       years of age; that he is reputed and believed , in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of eh Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the days 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 he matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. and that C. D., who 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 applications of              for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of this 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 he 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 the 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, atttend [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-

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(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 it laid 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 _____year _____ months, and ____ days, I served as a ____ . For ____ months and ____ days, I served as a ____; 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 places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(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.
[Pointing finger symbol] 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.
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                                                  December 8, 1939




Mrs. Guy Stickler                         BA-J/AWF
Orland, #3 Box 88                       David Crawford
California                                     S. 2152

Dear MAdam:
         

          Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of David Crawford, pension claim, S. 2152

          The data which follow in regard to David Crawford were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 2152, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

          David Crawford was born July 1, 1764 in Harford County, Maryland. The names of his parents are not given.

          While residing on Mingo Creek in Washington County, Pennsylvania, David Crawford volunteered late in September, 1780, served one month as private in Captain Swearingen's Pennsylvania company to protect the inhabitants from the incursions of the Indians.  He enlisted the latter part of July, 1781, served in Captain Jeremiah Johnson's company and marched under General Clark to Wheeling Fort and on to the Falls of the Ohio, length of this service six months. He enlisted in February 1, 1782, served two months in Captain Joseph Ackley's company, and one month in Captain Joseph Bean's company at Wheeling Fort. He enlisted May 12, 1782, served in Captain James Munn's company in Colonel William Crawford's regiment against the Indians, was in the battle of
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Sandusky, where his Colonel was taken prisoner and killed by the Indians; the said David Crawford did not reach home until June 24, 1782, having suffered many hardships.

          David Crawford moved from Mingo Creek sometime in the year 1795 to Waynesburgh, Greene County, Pennsylvania, lived there about two years, then moved to Mercer County, Pennsylvania, thence to Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio.

          He was allowed pension on his application executed May 13, 1833, then living in Knox Township, Ohio. He died May 26, 1835.

          The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to wife or children of the soldier, David Crawford, nor was it stated that the Colonel William Crawford under whom he served was a relative.

          In order to obtain the name and in order for payment to the person who received the last payment of this pension, it is suggested that you apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:

David Crawford
Certificate # 13187
Issued May 27, 1833
Rate $38.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Ohio  (Pittsburgh) Agency.

                                   Very truly yours

                                   A. D. Hiller
                                   Executive Assistant
                                    to the Administrator
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1922 Jan 12. Hist. to M.R. Johnston
AW
1937 Feb 8 Hist. to Mrs. C. W. Manley
AW
1939 Dec 8 Hist. to Mrs. Guy Stichler
AW

Rev War

INVALID.

File No. 2152

David Crawford
Privt Rev War 

Act: June 7. 1832
Index:--Vol. A, Page 80
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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Stamp & enc. recd.

 [illegible initials]

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TULSA, OKLAHOMA
December 28, 1921.

U. S. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Sir:
I am endeavoring to obtain some information
about an ancestor of mine who was in the Revolutionary War.
No pension was ever paid to him, but his wife had secured the necessary papers and the pension had been granted to her, the first payment to be made in about two weeks, prior to which time she died. It has occurred to me that you might be able to advise me concerning the regiment, etc. in which he, David Crawford, served. I do not know from what state he enlisted, but his pension was granted his widow at Steubenville, Jefferson
Ohio, through the efforts of one Dr. Quigley of
that place.
If you can give me any information along this
line, I will appreciate it greatly.

Very truly yours,
Mary Melison Johnston

Rev Sec.
[initials illegible]
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
July 9, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
IN REPLY REFER TO:
BA-J/AWF
Mrs. M. C. Moseley
Byron
Georgia
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you
request information in regard to David Crawford of Albemarle County, Virginia, soldier of the War of the Revolution, who enlisted for three years in the 2nd Georgia Battalion in defence of the state of Georgia, and who
died in the service.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office
are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United States, based upon service in that war. A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of a David Crawford, who served with the Georgia
troops.
The reference which you give in regard to his
warrant for 230 acres for his services in the 2nd Georgia Battalion, citing " Knights Roster of Revolution, page 53, and from same book page 154, does not pertain to the
records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
JAN 27 1937
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Byron Ga
Jan 23. 1936
Pension administration
Dear sir
only 2
I am enclosing a reply to one of my letters for a David Crawford or Crafford. Have you a David from Maryland or Pa 
My Crawfords were [illegible]- came thru Va & NC to Ten (the youngest ones). His son's pension records states that he (John) moved to N.C. with his father from which place John enlisted in War 1778 - so David did too I suppose but David was not born in N.C.  I thought Va. A James S Crawford pensioner 1833(?) from [illegible] lived neighbors & this one was from Frederick Co & town[?] Md" (land transfers)

Please send me a David from some where (not David by Margaret Guthrie Rockinham Va)
Thank you
Mrs M C Moseley
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[stamp] Nov 22 1939
MAIL SUB-DIV
Header No. 30
VETS ADM [end stamp]

Orland Calif
Nov 18-1939

Veterans Administration
Washington D. C.

Dear Sirs
I would like to get a copy the pension of David Crawford, who served in the Revolution.
S. 2152 P. - was born in Harford Co Md and was a Private-
Respy yours
Mrs. Guy Stickler
Orland Calif
R3 Bx 88
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February 8, 1937

David Crawford
S. 2152
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. M. C. Moseley
Byron
Georgia

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War record of David Crawford (Crafford) from Maryland or Pennsylvania.

The data which follow were obtained from papers in pension claim, S. 2152, based upon the service of David Crawford in the Revolutionary War.

David Crawford was born July 1, 1764 in Harford County, Maryland. The names of his parents were not given.

While a resident on Mingo Creek in Washington County, Pennsylvania, David Crawford volunteered late in September, 1780, served about one month as private in Captain Andrew Swearingen's Pennsylvania company,
to protect the inhabitants from the incursions of the Indians. He enlisted the latter part of July, 1780 [struck out, replaced by 1781], served in Captain Jeremiah Johnson's company and
marched under General Clark to Wheeling Fort and on to the Falls of the Ohio, length of this service six months. He enlisted February 1, 1782, served two months in Captain Joseph Ackley's company, and one month in Captain Joseph Bean's company in Wheeling Fort. He
enlisted May 12, 1782, served in Captain James Munn's company in Colonel William Crawford's regiment against the Indians, was in the battle of Sandusky, where his Colonel was taken prisoner and killed by Indians; the said David Crawford did not reach home until June 24,
1782, having suffered many hardships.

David Crawford moved from Mingo Creek in the year
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1795 to Waynesburgh, Greene County, Pennsylvania, lived there about two years, then moved to Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and moved to Knox Township, Jefferson County,
Ohio.
David Crawford was allowed pension on his
application executed May 13, 1833, then living in Knox Township, Ohio. He died May 26, 1835.
The papers in this claim contain no reference
to wife or children, nor was it stated that the Colonel William Crawford under whom David Crawford was a relative.
Day of the
In order to obtain the name and address of the
person paid the last payment of this pension, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and give the following-
David Crawford
Certificate # 13187
Issued May 27, 1833
Rate $38.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Ohio Pittsburgh) Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 - 525
AW
S2152
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,,19
In reply to your request of, received for a statement of the military history of David Crawford a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Sept 1780
July 1781
Sept 1782
April 1782
May 12 1833
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
1 mo
6 m
2 m
1 m
1 mo 12 days
RANK.
Pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Andrew Swearingen
Jeremiah Johnson
Joseph Ackley
Joseph Bean
James Munn
COLONEL.
Will Crawford
STATE.
Pa.
Battles engaged in, Sandusky
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Mingo Creek, Washington Co Pa
Date of application for pension, May 13, 1833 His el. was allowed
Residence at date of application, Knox Township, Jefferson Co. Ohio
Age at date of application, born July 1, 1764 - in Harford Co. Md
Remarks: He died May 26, 1835.  There is no data on file as to his family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
1833 69 1764
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