Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2516, Moses Crosley, Md.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Md.
Crosley, Moses
Rachel
NUMBER
R. 2516

CONTENTS
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Moses Crossly
Pension Application
[illegible]
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State of Ohio Warren County [illegible] On this 4th day of May 1833 personally appeared in open court, before me a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Warren aforesaid [illegible] sitting. Moses Crossly Senior a resident of [illegible] County and state as ages sixty nine years and upwards, 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 4th June 1832 [illegible] states that he enlisted the service of the United States in the Court of Washington State of Maryland sometime about the month of April in the year 1781 as a volunteer under one Captain Joseph Chaplin whose lieutenant [illegible] was Thomas Crampton, the assigned [illegible] was Before swearing in, the place of rendezvous for said company was in Sharpsburgh in said County and state, where we met them approximately[?] twice a week for a considerable time & at which place [illegible] from the Government[?] we were not attached to any regiment or batalion but [illegible] separate company, in which said company he served as drummer except when the company was in pursuit of the tories, when he thrust aside the drum and shouldered his musket--the greater part of the time said company was in service [illegible] engaged in hunting & catching Tories [illegible] Sharpsburgh [illegible] the place where we generally Rendezvous as before stated & where we were compelled to defend at a moments warning. I was not in any battle during the time of my service, but I recollect an express came one night to our Captain to parade his men as quickly as possible, and we were accordingly marched from Sharpsburgh and form [illegible] on the Bank of the Potomac river [illegible] in Virginia, where an engagement was expected [illegible] but they did not make their appearance & we again marched back to Sharpsburgh deponent further states that he was without[?] [illegible] after the time of [illegible] for which he [illegible] under [illegible] he was compelled & did hold himself [illegible] to parade at the off.[?] place of rendezvous whenever ordered so to do which order was frequently given as the tories were troublesome, and we paraded them as often as [illegible] the place of our service[?] was confined to the County of Washington [illegible] as hereafter mentioned. The company to which deponent belonged was called minute men. In fall of the year afsd. [illegible] deponent was marched with said company under the command of Captain Chaplin [illegible]
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Frederick town in Maryland where we stood guard over Cornwallis prisoners for the period of one month, at this [illegible] there was, deponent recollects, about one thousand Hessians who were sheltered in the poor house . At Frederick town Mary, the volunteer company marched and were there [illegible] a Regiment but deponent cannot recollect the name of any of the field officers; he remembers the [illegible] and [illegible] this place the company having served [illegible] but we [illegible] no written discharge nor has deponent any documentary evidence of his services, deponent further states that from age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot state with any more particularity the time of entering the service than [illegible] & for the same reason being unable to state the names of any of the field officers or those of any other grade, except the officers of his own company. Deponent knows of but one witness by  whom he can prove his service and that is his brother William Crossly of Brown County Ohio whose deposition he intends to take and send it with this application unless said witness should die before his testimony can be procured and he [illegible] said his said brother is the only witness. Deponent is [illegible] to the following persons by whom he can prove his claim [illegible] he is reputed to have been a soldier of the revolution, and all of whom [illegible] the neighborhood of deponent viz Caleb [illegible] William Crossly, William Milton Berger, John Miltenberger, Moses Crossly Jr. and Matthias Hopner. He further states that he had a record of his age at his residence from which it appears he was born on the [illegible] day of January 1764 in Washington County Maryland. After the close of the revolution in the year 1791 he removed to [illegible] County Kentucky, where he resided [illegible] and then removed to Warren County Ohio, his home residence, where he has ever since resided. There is no clergyman in his neighborhood who has any knowledge of his services as a soldier of the revolution or of his being formally reputed to have been a soldier of this revolution. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or
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Territory and further saith not.

Sworn to & subscribed in open court this [illegible] May 1833
J.K. Wilds Clk
Moses Crosley

We Moses Crossly Jr, John Miltenberger & Matthias Hopner residing in the neighborhood of Moses Crossly Sr, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Moses Crossly senior who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be about seventy 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 and we further state him to be a man of strict veracity:

Sworn & subscribed in open court May 24, 1833
J.K. Wilds clk
John Miltenberger.
Moses Crosley Jnr
Matthias Hopner

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the within, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it  appears to them, that Moses Crossly, Junior, John Miltenberger & Matthias Hopner, who have signed the foregoing certificate, are residents of the neighborhood of the said Moses Crossly, Senr. and are credible persons and are each entitled to credit

The State of Ohio
Warren County [illegible]

I Jonathan K. Wilds clerk of the court of Common Pleas within & for the county aforesaid do certify that the aforegoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Moses Crossly for a pension--

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court aforesaid at [illegible] this 27th May 1833

J.K. Wilds Clk
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The amended application of Moses Crossley of Warren County Ohio for a pension under the act of the 7th of June 1832--This applicant being first duly sworn says that he enrolled himself as a volunteer in the company named in his original statement to serve for nine months from the 1st of April or perhaps the middle of that month 1781. That he was under arms twice a week from that time till the [illegible] of June following, when said company was called out into actual service to quell & Rein in check the Tories in the neighborhood of Sharpsburgh in Maryland & Shepherdstown in Virginia. That said company was thus engaged from the 1st of June 1781 till the last of Nov[?] 1781, during all which time applicant served as a soldier under arms or drum being used in the service secrecy & silence being indispensible to success, from the last of Nov[?] 1781 till the last of December 1781 said company was engaged as stated in his original application in guarding prisoners at Frederick Town in Maryland & during which months applicant served as a private soldier & not as a musician except about two weeks as a drummer from 1st of Apl to 1st of June 1781--at the end of Dec 1781 he was discharged & never armed afterwards in the revolutionary war. & further saith not

Sworn & subscribed before me this 16th of Sept 1833.
W. Sellers JP
Moses Crossley

At the same time & place came Thomas Corwin who being sworn saith the aforegoing affiant Moses Crossley is the same man who made his application for a pension before the court of common pleas for Warren Co Ohio on the 24th day of May 1833--& whose papers have been returned for amendment.
Sworn & subscribed 16th Sept 1833
W. Sellers J.P.
Thos. Corwin
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the State of Ohio
Warren County

I Jonathan K. Wilds clerk of the
Court of Commons for the County aforesaid do hereby certify
that W. Sellers Esq. who appears to hve taken
& certified the within affidavits was at the time of
the dates thereof & now is an acting Justice of the
peace within & for the County aforesaid duly commissioned
sworn into office & that full faith & credit are due to
all his official acts.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed the seal of
the Court aforesaid at Lebanon this
16th day of Sept A.D. 1833
J. K. Wilds Clk
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19.9 ole
Moses Crosley
Ohio

Adm 9. Months
$30

Hon T Corwin
Lebanon
Warren Co
Ohio
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
24th July 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 shew what is
necessary to be done. Those 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, showing the service of Moses Crossley
Period when the
rendered.
1781.

Duration of the
claimant's service.
Years/Months/Days

Rank of
the
claimant.
Joiner 
& 
Musician

Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Cap. Chaplin

Age at present,
and place of abode
when he entered
the service.
69 years
Washington
County
Md

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary and a
living Witness

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 Four general places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 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, 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 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 
On this    day of
of         personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of        in the county of      and State, Territory or District 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)
served in the (e) regiment of the with and
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. 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
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood w
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.

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 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?
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?
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
.
{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?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what To an Officer has become of it?
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 inquiry whether the beef 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 age 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 part 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
The declarant must appear in open  Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant with follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
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 conferring to the rule
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
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  he served .state count it or move me in the new the Colonel under whom he served; language the Department to determine to what amount of pension he entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot by reason of the
of memory, state precise how war he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason sent than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:-
months, and in the contents of memory, he cannot swear pony as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
hands; and for such service I claim a pension."
with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the
the pension on her error in the State of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
and surnames are in same persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
without selling the tours the name of the other, and other patent respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
every case, be clearly shown me when others the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement
places in the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called to service by competent
that in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
This is his read, and it is no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other sons, or if he has no pubthe
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 contheria
, or other paper authenticated, the ceruncate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
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.
tance where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
herein set forth into the claimants entering these and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
the regiment, company, and time to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witand
the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
for an equally appeal to the cases of Minia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only.
cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and aunt to the War Department, with the declaration.
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3d Aud
Jan 10/56

Ohio 19.906
Moses Crosley
of Warren Co in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the co commanded
by Captain Chaplin of the Rgt commanded 
by ______ in the Maryland
line in the Maryland
line for 9 mos.

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
the rate of 30 Dollars 00. Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Sep.
1833 and sent to Hon
T Corwin, Lebanon, W. Co Ohio

Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1833- 75.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34. 15.--
$90.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer Clerk,
Book E vol 8, Page 5
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State of Maryland
Washington County
I, Isaac Nesbitt Clerk of the circuit Court for Washington County, do hereby certify that it apperars from the Records of said Court, that on the first day of May 1784, a marriage license was issued to the Rev. M. Booth, authorized him to celebrate the marriage between Moses Crosby and Rachael Powell there appearing to him no cause by reason of any consanguinity or affinity to hinder the same.
In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seas of the Circuit Court aforesaid this 18th day of September AD 1855.
Isaac Nesbitt, Clerk
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State of Ohio
Montgomery County
On this 4th day of December AD 1855 personally appeared in open Probate court in and for the county and state aforesaid William Crosly, a resident of said county and state aforesaid aged seventy years who being first duly sworn according to law doth upon his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by the act of Congress passed That he is the only child now living of Moses Crosly who was a soldier of the revolutionary war and a pensioner under the act of June 7th 1832 and that the said Moses Crosly  drew a pension of thirty six dollars per year up to the 4th March 1843 and that he received his pension at Cincinnati Ohio agency.  And that he died at Warren County Ohio on the 13th day of March 1843 leaving his widow Rachael Crosly who died at Montgomery County Ohio on the 8th day of January 1843 and that Moses Crosly and Rachel Powell were married on the first day of May 1784 in Washington County and State of Maryland as witness the certificate to hereunto attached.  He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the amount due his mother Rachel Crosly and widow of Moses Crosly during the time she survived the said Moses Crosly and that Rachel Crosly
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remained the widow of Moses Crosly until she died.
Wm Crosly
Also appeared in open court land Saml Crosly who being duly sworn according to law dothe upon his oath say that the above named William Crosly is the son of the late Moses and Rachel Crosly and their only child now lining and that he the said Wm Crosly resides in the county of Montgomery Ohio and that Moses Crosly and Rachel Crosly died at the time above stated and that I know the above named Wm Crosly is the identical person represents himself to be and that I have no interest in this claim. 
Daniel Crosly
Sworn to subscribed in open court before me this 4th day of December AD 1855.
E Bartlett Deputy Clerk Probate Court 
State of Ohio
Montgomery County
I the undersigned Judge of the Probate Court within and for the said county do hereby certify that the above named Wm Crosley and Daniel Crosley are residents of said County- that they are men of of respectability and well entitled to belief.  And I do further certify that the above named Edmund Bartlett is Deputy Clerk of said Probate Court regularly appointed and duly authorized to administer oaths. 
Witness my signature and the seal of said Court this 18tg day of December AD 1855
Joseph G Crane 
Probate Judge
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State of Ohio
Brown County
Personally appeared before me the subscribed one of the justices of the peace within and for the cunty of Brown aforesaid William Crosley a resident of the said County who being by me first sworn according to law deposeth upon his corporal oath- say- That he was born in Washington county and State of Maryland and that his is on the fifth day of next October seventy two years of age and is the full brother of Moses Crosley senior of the county of Warren and state of Ohio and who is now present for the purpose of taking this deposition and he deponent further states the he knows that said Moses Crosley served as a volunteer in a company commanded by Captain Joseph Charlain who Lieutenant was Thomas Crampton and whose ensign was Benone Swearengin that said company was called minute men and was raised in Washington County Maryland that he deponent and his brother aforesaid both became members of said company by volunteering and served together in said company for the period of nine months and was discharged in December in Fredericktown Maryland in the same year said company was raised that is in the year 1781 that said Moses was a drummer in said company and that said company was engaged in scouring the (illegible) County of Washington after the Torries and stood guard that last month of their service over the prisoners taken at Cornwsallis' defeat some of whom were station at the (illegible) Fredericktown
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That he is certain that said Moses Crosley was engaged in the service of the United States for the full period of nine months in the revolutionary war in the company before mentioned because he served in person with him as a soldier in said Company during the whole time
(signed) William Crosley 
The state of Ohio Brown County
I do hereby certify that the foregoing deposition was sworn to and subscribed by William Crosley on the 30th day of May in the year 1833 before me and that said William Crosley is a resident of Brown County Ohio and is a man of veracity and his statement is entitled to credit in witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed by seal this 30th day of May in the year 1833.
Henry Martin seal
Justice of the Peace 
The State of Ohio Brown County SS
I G W King Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid certify that Henry Martin Esq. is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine- In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name at George Town this First day of June AD 1833 
G W King Clerk of Brown County Ohio
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Rev. and 1812
War Section.
awf
March 19, 1925.

Mrs. E. W. Bowen,
Delphi,
Ind.

Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in
the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 2516, it
appears that Moses Crossley was born January 2, 1784
in Washington County, Maryland.

He enlisted in Washington County, Maryland in
April 1781 and served until in December 1781 as a
private and Drummer in Captain Joseph Chaplin's 
Maryland Company.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
May 24, 1833, while a resident of Clear Creek
Township, Warren County, Ohio, and he died in Warren
County, Ohio March 13, 1843.

Soldier married May 1, 1784 in Washington County,
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Maryland, Rachel Powell, and she died January 8, 1846
in Montgomery County, Ohio.

In 1885, William the only surviving child was a
resident of Montgomery County, Ohio, aged seventy years.

The names of other children are not stated.

Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
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2516.
P.O. _____
To
Rachel Crosley
Service: Moses
Enlisted: ______, 18
Discharged:  ______, 18
Application filed:  ______, 18
Alleges: ______, 18 
Re-enlisted:  ______, 18
Attorney:  ______, 18
P. O. ______, 18 
 ______, Recognized. _____ Contract.
______Cert. of Dis. Searched for  ______, 18

REJECTED

(handwritten)
First endorsement
is on 
reverse side
mst5
1925 Mch 19 Hist to Mrs. W. Bowen awf
1926 Apr 20 Mrs. E. W. Bowen  ad - to af. of Jon aw
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1917 Oct 23 Hist to F.S. Crosley
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Rev Sec
cn

28 BROAD STREET
NEW YORK
Oct 19. 17

Pension Office
Washington. D.C.

Gentlemen
Will you kindly send
me a transcript of the record
as it appears in the Pension
Burns relating to
Moses Crosley
who was placed, I am informed,
on the Pension Roll of
Warren County, Ohio, in
1831 (for services as private
in the Maryland Militia
(Washington County) during the
Revolutionary War, and
notify me of the amount of
any charges
Very truly
F. S. Crosley
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(stamp)
Deputy
Commissioner
Apr 17 1925

Mr. Hays Haymaker
Commission of Pension
Dear Sir
In regard to your kind reply
and pension copy of Moses Crosley. Mar 19
that part which states that in 1855. William
the only surviving child of Rachel Crosley - was a
resident of Montgomery Co Ohio aged 70- raises 
the question of why, 10 years after the death
of Rachel there continues to be some communication
between Wm and the Pension Bureau?
Is there any data other than you have sent,
that would be of any interest to me  - If so I
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would
like a photo copy of same and will
remit any expenses thereto.

In reading this pension over I could not help
but notice the difference of . 8 years between
the last payment and ref to Wm in 1855
and will thank you very much if you would
explain.
yours very sincerely
Della Bowen
Mrs Edward Bowen
Delphi
Ind.
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Revolutionary War Records Section

3-525
Department of the Interior
Bureau of PEnsions
Washington D.C.

R.2576

In reply to your request of blank received blank for a statement of the military history of Moses Crosley a soldier of the revolutionary war you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment - Apr 1781
Length of Service - Dec 1781
Rank - Pvt and Drummer
Officers under whom Service was Rendered
Captain - Joseph Chaplin
Conlen - (illegible)
State - MD

Battles engaged in - none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment - enlisted in Washington Co, MD
Date of application for pension - May 24, 1833 - His Claim was allowed
Residence at date of application - Clear Creek Township, Warren Co Ohio
Age at date of application - born January 2, 1764, in Washington County, MD - died March 13, 1842, in Warren Co, Ohio
Remarks - He married May 1, 1784, in Washington Co, MD Rachel Powell who died Jany 8, 1846 in Montgomery Co, Ohio. In 1855 William the only surviving child was a resident of Montgomery Co, Ohio aged 70 years and names of other children are not stated.

Respectfully
Commissioner

Brother William
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Mrs E. W. Bowen
Delphi Ind
wants - Hist of Moses Crosley - R. 25-16
Personal request Mch 13, 1925
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No
15.375.
Rachel Crosley
Wid of Moses
Ohio
Let J. L. Edwards Jan 22/56
Rejected
July 7, 1838.
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Rachel Crosley, did
application of Wm
Crosley only (illegilbe)
of Wm & Rachael
her
of Moses & Rachael
Crosley for arrears
of Pension (Revolutionary)
-
Ohio
July 7. 1838.

Rejected
He died in . Aug 1843.
She died in 1846.
Cole
Papers of Moses Crosley
to (illegible)  Adie Jan 10/56
filed by
John S Edwards

2516
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State of Ohio
Montgomery County

On this 14th day of December AD 1855 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace within and for the county and state aforesaid Jesse Kelsey who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he was well acquainted with Moses Crosley & Rachel Crosley during their lifetime and that Moses Crosley died at Warren County Ohio on the 13th day of March AD 1843 & that Rachel Crosley his widow died at Montgomery County on the 7th day of Jany AD 1846 and that William Crosley is the son of the above named Moses Crosley & Rachel Crosley and the only child now living and that the said Wm Crosley resides in the county of Montgomery Ohio and that I have no interest in this claim

Jesse Kelsey - SEAL
His X Mark

Attest: J B Kindle

Sworn & subscribed on the day & year above written and I certify him to be a credible person and that he resides in Montgomery County Ohio

Joseph B Kindle - JP
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State of Ohio
Montgomery County

I Adam Miller clerk of the court of Common Pleas of said county do hereby certify that Joseph B Kindle before whom the foregoing affidavit hereunto attached appears to have been taken was at the time of subscribing the same and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned & qualified and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts and that his signature as written is genuine.

Witness whereof I the said Clerk set my hand and affix the seal of said court this 17th day of December 1855 at Dayton Ohio

Adam Miller - Clerk

SEAL
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War Department
Pension Office 24th July 1833.

Sir
The evidence in support of the claim of Moses Crossley has been examined.
The Act of 7th June 1832 under which he claims a pension, does not recognize a man being enrolled and holding himself in readiness to serve as actual Military Service. He is therefore required distinctly to state, how long he was in actual military service, and what portion of the time he was a musician. See note of the accompanying brief.

I am Sir
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
[signature] J L Edwards

Hon Thomas Corwin
Lebanon
Ohio.
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Treasury Department
Third Auditor's Office
Jany 17th 1856.


Sir.
I herewith return the papers in the case of Moses Crosley, decd, Ohio Agency Act of June 1832, at $30.00 per annum, enclosed in your letter of the 16th inst. & in reply have to inform you that his pension has been paid to 4 March 1843.

Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt
[signature] Rob J Atkinson
Auditor

J. Minot Esqr.
Commr. of Pensions
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Pension Office

Jan 22, 1856

Sir

I have filed the application of William Crosley child of Rachel Crosley claiming arrears of pension due to his mother at her death and you informed that there is no law in existence under which she is entitled to get a gratuity. Her husband Moses Crosley who was a pensioner on the Ohio Roll under the act of June 7, 1832, at the rate of $30 per annum died it appears on the 13th of March 1843 and her own death occurred on the 8th of January 1846. She was married in 1784. Under the old contract of the Act of June 7, 1838, she illegible - but on the 6th March
1850, being decided that no orders
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entitled under that act unless she was a widow at its passage. Her decision governed this office until the passage of the [illegible] of 2nd of March 1851 when [illegible] matters are when living 

His claim has been rejected and filed under the Act of July 7, 1838.

J L Edwards

John L Edwards
Present.
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[illegible notation in upper-right corner]

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
R. 2516,

April 20, 1925.

Mrs. Edward Bowen,
Delphi, Ind.

Madam:
In response to your letter which was received the 17" instant, I have to advise you, that on Dec. 4, 1855, William Crosley applied for any arrears of pension that might have due his mother Rachel from the date of death, March 13, 1843,  of his father Moses Crosley a Revolutionary War pensioner, to the date of her death, January 8, 1846, but his claim was not allowed, as there was no provision of law that would have entitled him to such arrears.
There is no further family data in the affidavit of William Crosley, other than that sent you on March 19, 1925, but if you wish photostat copies of said affidavit the same will furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra for certification, if that is desired.
The number of pages to be copied is two.

[handwritten notation on left margin] Do not remove this letter

[handwritten notation on bottom] If paid for send said copies of the two pages of declaration of Wm Crosley dated Dec 14[?] 1855
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The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.

Respectfully,
WILDER S. METCALF
Commissioner.
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The National Archives

Bounty Land Warrant Record Card

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name: Crosley, Nathan
Grade: Private
Line: Hazen's Regiment
Warrant Number: 12924
Acreage: 100
Issued: February 25, 179? (torn)
to Benj Moore, assignee