Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,267, Peter Crandall, R.I.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
R.J.

Crandall, Peter

NUMBER
S. 15267

carded.
CONTENTS
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New York 14695
Letter to 3rd [illegible] 19th Oct 1841
Dead

Peter Crandall of Amity in the State of N.Y. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Cross of the Regt commanded by Col. Greene in the R.I. line for 7 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of N.Y. at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of June 1833 and sent to John S. Collins, Angellica, Allegheny

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept "
46.66.
11.66.
58.38

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.)

Recorded by R. Francoise Clerk, Book & Vol. 4. Page 51.


Paid at the Treasury under the
act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to 19th Oct 1838
Cross of the Reg commanded Agt notified 11 Nov 1841
Agt notified 11. Nov 1841
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State of New York
Allegany County SS: On this second day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared
before Asa S. Allen one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Peter Crandall a resident of the town of Amity in the said County of Allegany and State of New York aged Seventy years & who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 - that he enlisted in the Army of the United States on the first of June 1779 for the term of [illegible] months
in the Continental line at the town of Westerly in Rhode Island under a
recruiting officer by the name of Thomas Crossafter.
Remaining a few days at Westerly he was ordered to March to Providence we started from Westerly where I resided when I enlisted sailed to Newport about twenty miles and from there up the bay and River
to Providence there passed mister
Roll and went through the drill we staid about two weeks as near as I can tell from thence was ordered to go on to the Island of Rhode Island
we landed on the north end of the stand
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near Butts Hill Fort and pitched our tents on a heighth of land near Butts Hill Fort Captain Thomas Cole then took command of our company
our offices were Christopher Green first Colonel Samuel Ward Lieutenant Colonel Major Flagg and Adjutant Dexter Christian names not now
recollected our duty was to go through the manual service keep up quarter guard and work on the fort. The same [summer] there was a large French feet lay in Newport harbor and four or five thousand French troops stationed on said Island - About a month after we had pitched our tents we received orders to go off of said Island and be
understood to go to the west went on board our boats and passed over out the [main] land - we then had orders to return back on said Island after
being on the [main] land about two weeks - we took our boats and went out again on the island and took up
our old camp ground-- there we continued in the same duty as before until cold weather there struck our tents, and went into winter quarters into a quaker meeting house
there we continued until our term of
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service expired - then I was discharged and returned home to my father at the town of Westerly - he cannot recollect the number of the Regiment or line
And he further says that he was drafted at two different times in the Rhode Island Militia the dates of which he cannot recollect [illegible] Westerly where he resided to go on to the Island to [illegible] the shores the first service was under one White cannot recollect his at his Christian name the second service under one Joseph Peckham the Colonels name was Gorton Fugets his Christian name. These troops were marched by land to the Island of Rhode Island - thinks it was the next summer after his service in the continental line = was out on these two services one month at least -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he dictates that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state that he offers the annexed affidavits of Jesse Rogers and Hannah Rogers who can testify to his enlistment in the Continental line and he further states the names of Jesse Rogers and Wm Collins who can testify as to his character for veracity -
Peter Crandall
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Sworn before me this 2nd day of November 1832-
Asa S Allen Judge of Allegany Common Pleas

We Wm Collins of Angelica in said County and Jesse Rogers of Amity in said Co hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Crandall who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy years of age that he is reputed and believe in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion

John Collins
Jesse Rogers

Sworn before me this 2nd November 1832-
Asa S Allen Judge of Allegany Common Pleas
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No. 25.212
Peter Crandall
[Allegany] Co
NY

admitted
7 mo. Private

John S Collins 
[Angelica]
[Allegany] Co
NY
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War Department,
Pension Office,
183

Sir: 
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be offered. 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.

Co NY - [Allegany]
A Statement, showing the Service of Peter Crandall

Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimaint's service: Years - Months - Days | Rank of the claimant | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.

Entered June 1779 Drafted " " | 6 months | Private | Capt Cross Capt Cole Capt Green Col Green Col Gorton | 70 years Westerly R Island | Traditional evidence stated credible by the Judge Witnesses not stated credible Judge says that applicant can not attend court from bodily infirmity -

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of County of } ss.

On this day of personally appeared (a) before 
A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District
of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ,  with and
served in the (e) regiment of the
line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he 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, Volunteers or Militia.
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the 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 the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,  Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this
day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person due 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 above the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
at 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 [illegible] must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the ups and downs of [illegible] guidance.
[b] The [illegible] 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 claimant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] [illegible] officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim [illegible]. 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 [illegible] 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 definitely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of [illegible] 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 [illegible] 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 [illegible] to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the [illegible] to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, in the indefinite, [illegible] such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the [illegible] &c. [illegible] specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is [illegible]
must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular [illegible] was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent [illegible] that he was [illegible] in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil [illegible].
[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 [illegible] and if he 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 certification 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
[illegible] under the seal of office of the qualifying 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 these 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.
[k] The [illegible] equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies in continental troops only.
[l] The [illegible] is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The [illegible] must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration } 1297
J N Ashton
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 28th 1841.

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," The widow of Peter Crandall, decd, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Twenty three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837 to the 12th
October 1838

Respectully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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15267
INVALID.
File No. 15.267
Peter Crandall
[illegible] Rev War
-
June 7th 32
Index:- Vol. 1 Page 83
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of New York
Allegany County SS
Jesse Rogers of the town of Amity in said County being duly sworn says that he is sixty five years of age that he was acquainted with Peter Crandall during the Revolutionary War that he lived about half a mile from the said Peter Crandall in the town of Westerly County of Washington State of Rhode Island that they were brought up as boys together - that the said Peter
Crandall enlisted in the Army of the United States does not recollect the year he left home on the service the fore part of summer and retired in the winter - always understood at that time and since that during that time
he served in the Army of the United States -

Sworn before me the
22 November 1832
Jesse Rogers

Asa S Allen Judge of Common Pleas of
said County
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State of New York
Allegany County SS: Hannah Rogers of the town of Amity in said County being duly sworn says that she is sixty two years of age that she was acquainted with Peter Crandall during the Revolutionary war that she resided
about half a mile from the said Peter
Crandall that she recollects of his enlisting in the Army of the United States - that she understood at that time that he enlisted for six months - that he was gone from home from the town of Westerly Washington County Rhode Island from the fore part of summer until the winter and she always understood that while he was gone at that time he was serving as a soldier in the Army of the United States

Hannah Rogers
her mark

Sworn before me the
22 November 1832 -
Asa S Allen Judge of Allegany Common Pleas
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And the said Asa S. Allen Judge as aforesaid hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states - and he hereby certifies that the said applicant is not able
from bodily infirmity to attend the Court and he further certifies that he is acquainted with Wm Collins and Jesse Rogers who have signed and sworn to the above certificate
that the said Wm Collins resides in the town of Angelica in Allegany County and the said Jesse Rogers resides in the town of Amity in said County and that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit-
Asa S Allen Judge of Allegany Common Pleas

State of New York
Allegany County 
Clerks Office SS

I Judson W. Shennan Clerk of the County of Allegany do hereby
certify that Asa S. Allen before whom the above certificate purport to have been been taken was at the time of the taking of the same one of the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Allegany and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the above certificate be his handwriting and signature -
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of said
County the 3d day of November AD 1832.
John G. Collins atty
J M Shennan Clk