Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,544, William Crowl, Penn.
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Service
Penn.
Crowl, William
Sally
Number 
R. 2.544

S & W
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State of Pennsylvania 
County of York {SS
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County William Crowl a resident of said County aged 85 years He being by me duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That about the 1st of June 1776 He Volunteered to serve for two months in Captain Gillian's Com. Col Dicksons Regiment and marched York County and marched to Lancaster from thence to Philad'a and from thence to Trenton and to Amboy and from thence to New York where he remained about ten days and then returned to Amboy at which time he had served for three months he was discharged and then and there Enlisted in L Company & Regiment for six months, and was attached to the flying Camp and was in a few days after he had entered into the flying Camp taken Sick in the neighbourhood of Amboy N. Jersey and was put on board of a Baggage Wagon and taken to Trenton with a number of Others who were Sick Also and that on their way to Trenton the Wagon was upset on a Rough uneven place by which his Shoulder was Broken and so injured him that he was taken to Philadelphia and put into the Hospital and there remained three months from thence he was taken from the Hospital by a relation of his in Chester County and there he remained untill the first of April 1777. And then returned to Philadelphia and was Discharged by Col Dickson who was yet in Service and that he served at Least nine months Altogether and that he was Sick upwards five months during the time and had his right Shoulder broken so that he Could never Since raise his right hand to his mouth and has been a Cripple to the present day in Consequence of Said wound & that he has no proof of his service nor does he know any person now by whom he can prove his Service
Contin'd
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And that he relinquishes ever Claim to a pension or Annuity Except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any Agency in any State Except the State of Pennsyl'a
William Crowl {X is his mark}
Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 2d day of Jan'y 1837
Geo. Barnitz

Ques 1 by Judge  Where and in what year was you born
Answer  I was born in Berks County in the year 1753
Ques 2  Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
Answer  I have no Record of my Age
Ques 3 by Judge  Where were you living when Called into Service where have you lived since the Rev'y War and Where do you now live
Answer  I lived in York County when Called in to Service and have lived in P County Ever since the War
Ques by Judge 4  How were you Called into Service were you drafted did you Volunteer or were you a Substitute and if a Substitute for whom
Answer  I Volunteered the first time and the last time I Enlisted
Ques by Judge 5  State the Names of Some of the Regular Officers who were with the Troops when you served such continental and militia regiments as you Can Recollect and the Gen'l Circumstances of your Service
Answer  I was not Acquainted with many of the officers of the Regular Army nor do I Recollect the names of many of the Militia Officers at the present day
6 Question by Judge  Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Answer  I rec'd two discharges which I have lost One {illegible} by Capt. Gilleland and the Last by Col. Dickson
Cont'd
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Ques 7 by Judge  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 there belief of your Services as A soldier in the Revolution. Adam Richcrick, Samuel Kunkel John Miller Jacob Spangler Peter Denkle Can all Testify to my Character for Veracity and truth and there belief of my Services on the Revolution
William Crowl {X is his mark}
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 2d day of January 1837
Geo. Barnitz

We Jacob Hantz of York County and John Purnell residing in the same, do hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with William Crowl who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be Eighty five Years old, that it is reputed and believed in the Neighbourhood where he resides that he was a Soldier and Served as he states and that we concur in that Opinion and that there is no Clergyman in the neighbourhood Living near to Wm Crowl to Certify to this above Statement
Jacob Hantz
John Purnell {X is his mark}
Geo. Barnitz

I George Barnitz Esq one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in and for the County of York and state Pennsylv'a do hereby declare my Opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interogatories prescribed by the war department that the Above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states And I further Certify that it appears to me and that I know Jacob Hantz and John Purnell who has signed the preceding Certificate to be residentures of the County and are credible persons and that there statement as Entitled to Credit And I further Certify that the above named William Crowl is not able to appear in Open Court to make his declaration in Consequence of bodily infirmity. Witness my hand {illegible} 23 1837
Geo. Barnitz
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Pennsylvania 
York County, SS.
Benjamin Lannis Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do certify, that Hon. George Barnitz before whom the within declaration was made and depositions were taken is and at the time of subscribing his name thereto, was one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid and as such is duly commissioned & qualified & beleive the signatures to the same to be in his proper hand writing.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, at York Borough, this 23 day of January 1837.
Benj'n Lannis 
Prot.

{written at 90 degrees to above}
33.988
William Crowl
Pennsylvania
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Hon Commissioner of Pensions Pleas make Returns to J Krall 
Rossville Post office 
York Co. Pa
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State of Pennsylvania 
York County}ss
On this 29th Day of November - A D one thousand Eight hundred and fifty two Personally appeared Before me James Kerr -- a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State afore Said Sally Cole now Crowl aged 76 years a resident of Monghan York County State of Pennsylvania who being Duly Sworn according to Law Declares that She is widow and been at {illegible} of William Crowel Deceased who was a Pensioner of the Revolutionary war and that he Died at York in York County March the 20th 1840 and that She was married to the Said William Crowel 1821
She makes this Declaration for the Purpose of obtaining the {illegible} of Pay and bounty Land to which She may be Entitled to under the act of Congress Passed May 15th 1828 and June the 7th 1832
Sally Crowl {X is her mark}

We the under Signed are well acquainted with Sally Crowel and knew her and William Crowel in his life time to have lived together as husband and wife and So Reputed to have been and never has been cald in question by their friends and that She never has Drawn any Pension money or Bounty Land Due him for the Services of William Crowel in the United States Army
James Kerr
Peter Spangle
Jane Krall

Sworn to and Subscribed before me the Day and above written and I hereby Certify that I believe Sally Cole Crowel to have been the Lawfull wife and now widow of William Crowel and that She is of the age above Stated as witness my hand & Seal
James Kerr {seal} Justice of the Peace
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38.497 Dec 8/52

Sally Crowel
Widow of William
Penn

June 7th, 1832

Hon. Wm. H. Kurtz
H. R.
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State of Pennsylvania 
York County}ss
Known all men by there Presents that I Sally Cole now Crowel of Monghan York County State of Pennsylvania Do hereby Constitute and appoint Josep Krall of York County State of Pennsylvania to be my true and Lawfull attorney for me and in my name to Present and Receive from the Secratary of the united States or any other office a Certificate for the Pension Due her and wages of Pay and Bounty Land Due her as widow and heir at Law of William Crowel Deceased for his Services in the United States Army
witness my hand and Seal this 29th Day of November A D 1852
Sally Crowl {X is her mark} {seal}
Witness present
James Kerr

Personally appeared Before me Sally Crowel Subscriber to the foregoing Declaration and made oath to the Same and in my Presents acknowledge Power of attorney thereunto Subjoind to be her face out and Deed for the Special Purpose therein mentioned the Day and Last above written as witness my hand
James Kerr Justice of the peace

State of Pennsylvania 
York County SS
I Elijah Garretson Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Certify that James Kerr Esq before whom the above declaration was made is and was at the time of doing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned & qualified that all acts by him done in that capacity full faith and credit is due and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 1st day of December 1852
E Garretson Prot.
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State of Pennsylvania 
York County}SS.
On this ninth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, Sally Crowl a resident of York County in the State of Pennsylvania, aged eighty 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 February 3rd 1853:  That she is the widow of William Crowl who was a teamster in the Revolutionary war, that oweing to the failure of memory through age, she is unable to specify the times of his entering on the said service or of his leaving the same, as well as the names of the officers under whom the service was performed:  that she has in her possession no record of documentary evidence in proof of said service; that her said husband was for many years a pensioner of the United States and died on the twentieth day of March A. D. 1840:  that she was married to the said William Crowl on the thirtieth day of May A. D. one thousand eight hundred and nineteen at Siddonstown, in said County, by the Reverend Mr Forehuff a Lutheran Clergyman; that her certificate of said marriage is now lost, and that no record either public or private thereof exists and that ever since the death of her said husband she has remained a widow as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs hereto annexed
Sally Crowl {X is her mark}
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Mr. Hugh McMullan, Peter Spangla and George Burns.     residents of York County in the state of Pennsylvania, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Saley Crowl in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. And we further declare that we know the said applicant in the lifetime of her husband William Crowl: that they cohabited as husband and wife and were always known and reputed as such: that the said William Crowl died at York on the 20th day of March A.D.1840 and that the said Saley Crowl has ever since remained unmarried and is now a widow.
Hugh Mc Mullan
Peter Spangla
George Burns
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written: and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that she is unable, through bodily infirmity, to appear in open court to make this her declaration.  I further certify that I have no interest in this claim    ___ ___Wills Hays
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State of Pennsylvania}    
York County               }  ss.
I, J. Holland, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of York County in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby Certify that Mills Hays is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid duly appointed and commissioned to act and now actin as such. and duly authorised [sic] by law to administer oaths, and that the foregoing is his true and genuine signature.  In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of this Court this sixteenth day of July A.D one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
H. Holland. 
Prothonotary
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Acts of July 14, 1862 and March 3, 1873.

2544.

P.O. Sally Crowel
Service: Wid of William

Enlisted: ___,18  .
Discharged: ___, 18  .
Application filed: ___, 18  .
"Did not serve 6 mos"

Alleges: 
Re-enlisted:

Attorney:
P.O. 
___ Recognized. ___ Contract,
___ Cert. of Dis. Searched for ___, 18  .
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[This line wither underlined or crossed out:]  Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 8, 1873.,

2543.
P.O.
Wm Crowl[dee is crossed out with 7 vertical lines]
Service: Consolidated April 7 1882
with rej'd widow Sally Crowl
File No 2544
Enlisted: _____________, 18
[illegible]
Discharged:___________, 18
Application filed:   REJECTED [stamped]_____,18
Alleges: ________________________
__________________________________
Re-enlisted: ___________________
_________________________________

Attorney: _____________________
P.O. __________________________
_______________________________
_________Recognized.   ______________Contract.
______Cert. of Dis.   Searched for _______,18
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[checkmark]Wm Crowl
Pennsylvania
     _________
Rejected
     ______
See letter 15 March 37
D. Coney.




did not serve six months
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38,497
Wm Crowl dec
Pa
Hon WHKurtz May 9/[illegible]3

2543


act June 7 1832
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No" 5887
Sally Crowl
widow of William
Pa
[illegible] Rejected,
W.C.Chapman July 21 '55

2544


3rd Feby 18[illegible] 3
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Know all men by these presents that I Sally Crowl,     of York County in the State of Pennsylvania a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, do hereby Constitute and appoint W. C. Chapman of the Said County and State, my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name, to receive from the proper Agent of the United States for paying pensions in the State of Pennsylvania, and arrearages of pension to which I may be entitled and any pension which may become due and payable to me hereafter, under the laws of the United States; and also to procure and receive any warrant for bounty land to which I may be entitled under the act of 3rd March 1855. Witness my hand and seal this ninth day of July A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty five
Sealed and delivered}        her
in presence of           }       Sally  X  Crowl
Wilbe Eppy                            mark.
J.C. Hays
State of Pennsylvania}
York County               }  ss.
Be it known that on the ninth day of July A.D. 1855 before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County, duly authorised by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Sally Crowl  above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed. In testimony
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State of Pennsylvania}
York County               }  ss.
Be it known that on the ninth day of July A.D 1855 before me, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of and in the said County, duly 'authorised by law to administer oaths, personally appeared W. C. Chapman, the attorney named in the foregoing power of Attorney and made oath that he has no interest whatever in the money he is authorised to receive, by virtue of the foregoing power of attorney, wither by any pledge, mortgage, same assignment or transfer and that he does not know or believe that the same has been so disposed of to any pension whatever.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned before. me  W. C. Chapman
Mills Hays

State of Pennsylvania  }
York County                }  ss.
I. J. Holland, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of York County in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby Certify that. Mills Hays is one of the Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas, duly appointed and and [sic] commissioned to act and now acting as such and that the foregoing ore his true and genuine signatures
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand,and affixed this seal of this court this sixteenth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five.
J. Holland,
Protonotary
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York Jany 25 1837
Sir
Enclosed, I send you the papers in the Case of William Crowl and old soldier   From his statement it appears that he was drafted for two months in the Year 1776 served [illegible, because] Participated [ is written over ] in service three months and then Enlisted for six months in the flying Camp for as much as the flying Camp soldiers were disch'd on the 26th of December following three months before their times would have expired had ^they served for six months the time for which they enlisted as Mr. Crowl was then sick in the Hospital at Philad" is the reason he was not discharged with [word crossed out] them that was on duty in Service on the 26th Dec" 1776   As he  Remained sick after he left the Hospital untill [sic] April he knew nothing of any discharge untill [sic]his time was out for which he had Enlisted in [word crossed out] Consequence of being [sick crossed out] so long from the army it appeared in April in 1777 he returned to Philad" to get his discharge the time  for which he enlisted in the flying Camp [illegible] have expired about 1st of April   at which time he made Application for his discharge his Capt McGillehand had left the Army where in December 1776 when he was discharged with the rest of the Soldiers of flying Camp Col Dickson he found in Philad" In Services under anpOfficer belonging to the army whether he was a A Militia Officer or an Officer of the regular Army he has forgot   However he gave Wm Crowl a discharge and he came home to York County a Cripple and has remained such all the days of his life   Whether you will Consider him entitled to Six or more months pension is not for me^to say he is very poor and will be thankful to receive any Sum you think proper to grant him according to your Regulations  If on Examination you find him entitled please send me his Certificate
And  oblige your humble Servant
David Corey
Hon. J. L. Edwards
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Hon. S. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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York July 18th '55
Hon. S. P. Waldo
Com" of Pensions
Sir,
I enclose to day the applications of Mrs Sally Crowl of York County for a pension under the Act of Feb. 3. 1853 and for Bounty land, under that of March 3. 1855.
The widow has no Pension Certificate of her late husband in her possession and the Agent who procured the husband's pension. David Corey of York is dead. I presume however that the name and case of the husband, William Crowl, will be readily found in the Records of the pension Office.  The widow has never drawn a pension and has been a dependant on the bounty of her relations ever since 1840, the period of her husbands death.
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Be kind enough to furnish me with the earliest convenient notice of the receipt of the applications
I am very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servant
W.C. Chapman

P.S. Please inform me whether the widow will be entitled to arrearages from her husband's death or only from Feb. 3. '53.
W. C. C.
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Widow states that her husband was a pensioner, but I have searched the flat files and agency book + fail to find a pensioner of this name. He was probably a state pensioner as in declaration he says is name is not on the pension roll of any Agency or state except the state of Penn.

L.H. July 27, 1911.