Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 910, Moses Crawford, Va.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE Va. 
Crawford, Moses
Nancy
NUMBER W.910
CONTENTS [blank]
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18925
East Tennessee
Moses Crawford
of Bledsoe in the State of Tennessee
who was a Private in the Company commanded of Captain Craugher of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Nevil in the Virginia
line, for the term of 1775 War
Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 8
Dollars per month, to commence on
the 1 of March 1823
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 of April 1823 and sent to R. G. Dunlap Esqr Knoxville Tennessee
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1823 $1 03
Semi anl. [annual] all'ce [allowance] ending 4 Sep 1823 
48
$49 03 [$1 13 + 48. = $49 03 total]
or Roll
Va 4 Regt

{Revolutionary claim,
Acts March 18, 1818,
land May 1, 1820. &}
March 1823
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Affidavit of M Crawford
& John Laurie
the credibility & disinterestedness
of the within witnesses, should be
duly certified to.
25 Sept 1834
Let the applicant
state the date of his second
enlistment for "during the war".
R. G. Dunlap Esq
Knoxville

John Laine
Depo
No 1
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State of North Carolina 
Wilkes County
This day came Moses Crawford before
me one of the Justices of the Peace
for the County aforesaid and being sworn
on the Holy Evangelist of almighty God Deposeth and sayeth that during the Revolutionary War with great Britain
and some time in the month of
February 1775. this deponant did enlist for the term of three years then under the command of Capt William Craughn in the County of Culpeper, Commonwealth of Virginia this deponent further states that he then
was marched to Fauquire Court House in said State & from thence to Williamsburg and from thence to Fredrickburgh and then to the White Plains 
this this deponent states that Colonel John Green
had command of this deponent and perhaps three
other companies until they arrived at the time
Plains where this deponent and with his captains coming
William Craughn was added to the 4th fourth Virginia
Regiment under the com
mand of Col John
Navel where this deponent continued in service
---
for the whole term of his enlistment to wit three years
and at the Expiration of his term of enlistment this
Deponent then enlisted for during the war and
this deponent sayeth that he was enlisted by Captain
brought who had been promoted to May of the
said regiment it being the fourth Virginia
where this deponent continued to serve Charleston
was taken by the British there this deponant was
taken prisoner by the British and this deponent
States that at the time he was taken as aforesaid
he was under the command of Col Richard Parker
held at the age of the City of Charleston
and this deponent further states that at the time of his
enlistment for three years promised a bounty in Lands
and also that he was promised to
that he has never served either
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Bounty in lands nor any other Subportion for his Service as aforesaid. and this deponent further states that Majr William Craughn gave him a Discharge or Certificate Certifying he had served his time and which discharge was taken from this deponent while a prisoner, with the British. and this deponent states that he was buying land in the town of fayettville North carolina when from was made as this deponent believes. So that this deponent never was able to join his Regiment untill The peace took Place most of Said regiment was taken prisoners at the fall of Charleston as well as this deponent who made his escape from the british on 27th July in this deponent was taken in the month of may previous to his Escape. This Deponent further states he is the man he represents himself to be Sworn to and Subscribed before us two of the acting Justices of the peace for sd County this 6 of Octobr 1820
Moses Crawford
m his mark

J. Willborn J.P.
Wesley Reynolds JP
This Deponent further states he recollects well that that the Regiment he this deponent belonged to was part of the Brigade commanded by Regular general Woodford Sworn to before us the day & date first above written
Moses Crawford
M his mark
J. Willborn J.P.
Wesley Reynolds JP
North Carolina}
Wilkes County} I Robert Starr do certify that J are acting Justices of the
the authority of this
should be given to their
my hand at office
23th day of October
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State of North Carolina}
Wilkes County} This Day Came John Laine Before one one of the acting Justices of the Peace for Said County and being Sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty god Deposeth & Sayeth that Some time in the 1777 he Saw Moses Crawford at the white plaines northwardly this deponent does not know whether the white plaines was new york or new jersey and that Said Crawford was a Continental Soldier & belonging to the fourth Virginia Regiment and this deponent Sayeth that he was well acquainted with the Said Moses Crawford as he frequently saw him During the revolutionary war with Great Britain.
this deponent Saw Said Crawford during the battle at Brandywine as they the Said Moses & this deponent Spoke to each other just as the Retreat was ordered. This deponent Sayeth that he knows that Col. Navil did Command the 4th Regiment part of the time and hat Stephen commanded as Col. of said 4th Regiment and this deponent Sayeth that he Saw & knew Said Crawford at Monmouth during the battle also at Germantown 
this deponent further Sayeth that he knows of his own Certain knowledge: that Said Crawford [illegible] knew Inclosed & taken at the Same time & place of this deponents is the man he represents himself to be So far as respects his being a Continental Soldier & in the fourth Virginia Regiment during the Revolutionary war with great Brittain. & that he this deponent knows Col. Green, Majr Craughn and most of the of'ers belonging to 4th Virginia Regiment as this deponent belonged to the 5th Virginia Regiment at the time above mentioned Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 6th October 1820
John Laine
x his mark.

J. Wellborn J.P.
Wesley Reynolds JP

Clerk of Wilkes County Court
Wellborn and Wesley Reynolds Esqrs
pleas for said County and acting under
tate and all due faith and credit
signatures as such given under
and the seal of office affixed The
D. 1820
R. Martin C Clk
By W N Martin D Clk
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[illegible] [cross out]                  [illegible] [cross out]
Wesley Reynolds                        Wesley Reynolds
South Carolina
Wilkes County}  I Robert Martin Clerk of Wilkes County Court do certify that James Wilbborn and Wesley Reynolds Esqrs. are acting Justices of the peace for said Court an acting under the authority of this State and all due faith and credit should be given to their signatures as such given under my hand at office and the seal of office affixed the 28th day of October A.D. 1820
R. Martin CC Ck
By W N Martin AC Ck
      "   "
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on this 21 day of March 181 being the 2d day of the term, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record, so constituted by the Constitution of Said State and an act of the Legislation thereof and having criminal jurisdiction to fine and imprison, Moses Crawford aged sixty and who being first duly sworn according to law; doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision of the act of congress on the 18th of March 1818 and the first of May 1820. That he the said Moses Crawford enlisted for three years on or about the month of February 1775 in the state of Virginia in the county of Culpeper in the company commanded by Capt William Craughn and was from there marched to Fauquier Court house in said state, and from thence to Williamsburgh and from Thence to Fredericksburg and then to the white plaines, that a certain Colo John Green had the command of the Captains Company to which this deponent belonged Capt Craughn and perhaps two or three others till they arrived at the white plaines when this deponent with capt Craughn's company was attached to the fourth Virginia Regiment under the command of Colo. John Nevel when this deponent continued in service for the whole term of his enlistment; this Deponent then enlisted for & during the war, and Saith that he was enlisted by Captain Croghan who had been promoted to Major in said Regiment it being the 4th Virginia Regiment where this deponent continued to serve until the fall or capture of Charleston South Carolina
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by the British forces, then this deponent was taken prisoner, and states that at the time he was captured as aforesaid he was under the command of Col Richard Parker who was killed at the siege of the city of Charleston, and this deponent further states that at the time of his enlistment for three years he was promised a bounty of land, and this deponent further states that he has never received Said bounty or any other compensation for his services as aforesaid. and this deponent further states that Major William Croghan gave him a discharge certifying that he had served the term for which he (this deponent) had enlisted. which discharge the deponent has unfortunately lost & this deponent further states that, he was confined with discharge in the town of Fayitteville North Carolina when peace was concluded with Great Brittain and was consequently unable to Join his Regiment, until after the United States army was discharged
This deponent has no other evidence now in his power except the depositions herewith annexed
And the said Moses Crawford in pursuance of said act of the 1st of May 1820 doth make also the following oath and schedule and Subscribes the same that is to say - I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th of May 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring it myself within the provisions of an act of congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of March 1818
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and that I have not, nor has any one in trust for me, any property or Securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed - that is to say -
One cow supposed to be worth ten dollars
one calf worth perhaps one dollar and fifty cents
one sow and four pigs worth perhaps six dollars
one bed and ordinary bed cloaths - nine plates two basons and one dish (all pewter)
one pot, one oven, one skillet, six knives and six forks - and three or four spoons 
one dozen chickens, and four ducks.
and I Moses Crawford do furthermore Swear that I am by occupation a farmer, but that in congruence of two wounds that I have received, one in the arm and the other in the hand, the one at Babyocks hill and the other at Brandywine, the toil and exposure I underwent and encountered during the revolutionary war in the army and the dierissitude of old age am no longer able by my own labour to obtain a Subsistence - that the family with me are a wife named Nancy of the age of fifty three or four years, who is unable to support her self, and two daughters (unmarried) one aged nineteen years and the other fifteen years, the eldest is named Delilah and the youngest Betsy, and that his said daughters are barely able to support themselves by their labour and exertions - and that I have lost the certificate of my discharge from the revolutionary arm
Moses Crawford
x his mark
Sworn and Subscribed to in open court
Michael Rollins Clk
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State of Tennessee} March Term 1823
Bledsoe County} This day personally appeared in open court Moses Crofford who made oath that he was at the filing of this declaration Citizen of Bledsoe County and that he is now a resident of said County
Moses Crawford
} his mark
Sworn to in Court
March 25th 1823.
Scott Terry D. Clk

State of Tennessee} March Term 1823
Bledsoe County} It seems from this declaration and the Certificate thereon that my name is written in one place "Rawlings", and in another "Rollins" and that same explination as to this difference is required by the War Department. at the time Moses Crofford was Swarne to his declaration I was much engaged in business and requested Colo Wm. Harrold to sine as the said Crofford and certify the same, which he did do & spelt my name "Rollins"
Given under my hand & seal March 25th A.D. 1823
Michael Rawlings Clk
Circuit Court
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Tennessee. C900
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Nancy Crawford
widow of Moses Crawford who was a Private Va in the Revolution - 
___________________
Inscribd on the Roll at the rate of 80 - Dollars ~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Husband died 17. Decr. 1826.
__________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd. day of Aug. 1846. and sent to
Levi Trewhitt, Esq.
Cleaveland,
Tennessee.
__________________
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
and June 17, 1844.
Recorded in Book: A.
Vol. 2. ~ Page 190. ~

[Page 2]
R Sd
2 Acts.
let to L. Trewhitt & Part.
Sept 20 1846.
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State of Tennessee 
Hamilton County [illegible]

On this 25th day of September Eighteen hundred and forty three personally appeared before me Jonathan Wood one of the Justices of the County Court for the County of Hamilton and State of Tennessee  Nancy Crawford a resident of and in the county of Hamilton and state of Tennessee aged Eighty one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration in Order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836 and the joint resolution of July 7th 1838

That she is the Widow of Moses Crawford who was a private in the Army of the Revolution as an enlisted soldier that her said husband was a pensioner of the United States and at the time his pension was granted to him he was a resident of the County of Bledsoe and State of Tennessee and that his pension was made payable at Knoxville Tennessee that affiant heard her said husband say he was first of the Virginia line and was afterwards transferred to the North Carolina Troops.  that she heard her husband say that he was commanded by an officer by the Name of Cohoon And She further declared that She was Married to the said Moses Crawford on the [blank] day of March in the year seventeen hundred and Ninety that her husband the aforesaid Moses Crawford died on the 17th day of December Eighteen hundred and Twenty six and That she has remained a widow. [illegible] once that period [illegible] while miss [illegible] appear by refference to the proof hereto annexed 

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written

Nancy  her X mark  Crawford

Jon Wood
Justice of the County Court of Hamilton County Tenn.
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State of Tennessee
Hamilton County

On this 25th day of September 1843 personally appeared before me Jonathan Wood now of the Justice of the County Court for the County of Hamilton and state of [illegible]. Nancy Crawford the applicant for open [illegible] required in the foregoing pension [illegible] election and [illegible] authorize that [illegible] of [illegible] that she has no record of his marriage either [illegible] or otherwise and cannot now recollect the day of the Month upon which She was married, nor does she Know at this time of any person that was present unto the Marriage that is now living that [illegible] of the persons that was present is dead. and others are [illegible] out of the Knowledge of applicant and at this time not known to affiant whether they are dead or alive & applicant further States that she was married to the said Moses Crawford the deceased pensioner in his pension declaration [illegible] in Burk County State of Georgia by a [illegible] by the Name of George Franklin a baptist preacher by publication affiant does not Know Whether there is any register of said marriage in the county of Burk State of Georgia or not affiant further states [illegible] that has no record of the date of the death of her said husband Moses Crawford except the date which is cut upon the Granite stone viz 17th Day of December 1826 above stated sworn to and subscribed before on this 26th day of September 1843

Nancy  her X mark  Crawford

John Wood
of the [illegible] of the County Court of Hamilton County Tenn
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State of Tennessee
Hamilton County

This day personally appeared before
the undersigned [one notary justice of the [illegible] crossed out]
one of the Justices of the county court for the County
of Hamilton and State of Tennessee John Crawford
a man of undoubtful varacity and entitled to credit
when on oath and made oath in due form of laws
that from the account [illegible] time by his father of
the date of his birth his is now fifty three years
of age and that he is the reported legitimate son
of Nancy Crawford, the applicant named in the
foregoing pension declaration and the son of Moses Crawford the pensioner named in said pension 
declaration that the said Moses Crawford died
the seventeenth day of December Eighteen hundred
and Twenty is that his said mother Nancy Crawford
has remained a widow [illegible] and is now
widow, that from his first recollection and up to
the death of his said father the aforesaid Moses
Crawford the said Moses Crawford and the said
Nancy treated and respected each other as husband
and wife and further states, that they was always
treated and respected of the citizens in the County
in which they lived as husband and wife, that
he heard his father say in his life time that he was
Married to the said Nancy by George Franklin a
baptist preach by publication and that from the
facts above stated he verily believes that the said
Moses Crawford & Nancy Crawford was lawfully married husband & wife and that he is thus legitimate son & oldest child
Jon.  Wood [signature] Justice of the Country Court of Hamilton County, Tennessee
John Cranford [his mark]
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State of Georgia SS.
De Kalb County
personally appeared before the under
signed an acting Justice of the peace for the County
and State aforesaid William T. P. Crawford A man
of undoubted veracity and entitled to credit when
on oath and made oath in due form of law that
he is the son of Moses Crawford deceased late
revolutionary soldier and pensioner of the United States
who departed this life in the County of Bladen and
State of Tennessee in the year Eighteen hundred and
Twenty six but is not a son of his widow and which
Nancy Crawford now an applicant for a pension
from the United States on the account of the death
and services of her deceased husband Moses Crawford, but the son of a former wife which had
departed this life before the Intermarraige of the
said Moses with the said Nancy affiant further
deponeth and saith that at the said time of inter
marriage affiant was verry small and is not
able to testify that he saw said Marraige but
affiant is able to testify from facts and circumstances
in his recollection that said Marraige took
place before the date of (1794) Seventeen hundred and ninty four and affiants best Information is that said Marriage took place in
the year seventeen hundred and ninty
affiant was raised by the said Moses and said
Nancy and treated by the said Moses and said
Nancy as the son of said Mons by a former wife affiant recollection and knowledge
is that they treated each other as husband
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and wife before the year of seventeen hundred
and Ninty four and that during their joint
time they treated and respected each other as
lawful husband and wife and the community
in which they lived treated and respected the said Moses & Nancy as
lawful husband and wife
Sworn to & subscribed
before me this 5th day of March 1845
Wm Cranford [signed]

Thomas L. Thomas
Justice of the peace

State of Georgia
DeKalb County
I Elzy B. Reynolds
Clerk of the
Inferior Court for the County and State aforesaid
do hereby certify that Thomas L. Thomas
before
whom the forgoing affidavit was made is
A justice of the peace for the County as above
named and that the foregoing signature
purporting to be his is genuine and that full
faith and credit entitled to be given to his official acts
as such In testimony whereof
I have here unto set my hand
and affixed my seal of
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office at office in Decatur this 6th day of
March A D 1845
E. B. Reynolds Clk
[8-pointed seal affixed to page]
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No 3
Deposition of Wm P. Crawford

Deposition of Wm. Crawford
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In reply to your request of [blank] received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Moses Crawford a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desire information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
W. File 910
[column headings]
Dates of enlistment of appoint, length of service, rank, Officers under whom service was rendered, state
(?) Feby 1775, for 3 yrs, Private, Capt. William Croghan, Col. John Green, Va.
Reenlisted "for the War" and served to the end thereof.
He was captured at the siege of Charleston but made his escape July 27, 1780.

Battles engaged in,  Balicocks Hill: Brandywine where he was wounded in arm & hand; Stony Point; siege of Charleston.

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Culpeper Co., Va.

Date of application for pension, Oct. 6 1820. His claim was allowed.

Residence at date of application, Wilkes Co., N. C.

Age at date of application, 60 yrs., Died Dec. 17, 1826, in Bledsoe Co., Tenn.

Remarks:  He mar. [married] in Burke Co., Ga. in Mch. 1790, Nancy Dorsey and she was allowed pens. on her applic. exec. Sept. 25, 1843, while 81 years of age & res. of Hamilton Co. Tenn.  Children: Delilah at 19 yrs, & Betsey at 15 yrs. in 1821. John at 33 yrs 1843. Elijah, Elisha, & James ages not stated. William T. P. Crawford son by former wife her name date of marriage & death not stated.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

6-2856
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1910. Aug 29.. Hist to Mrs [illegible]
Weston  M[illegible]
1911 Sept. 25. 20 Mrs. A. M. Ca[illegible]
1914 June 9. Hist to Mrs. Rilla
C. Hemenway letter in S. File
31.659 Elisha Dyar. ¢

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WIDOW, &c.
Revy

File No. 910
Nancy Crawford
Widow
Moses Crawford
Priv Rev. War.

Act: March 3d 1843.
Index: - Vol. A, Page 152
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of Tennessee
Hamilton County} ss.

This day personally affiant before
the undersigned [illegible] of this Justice of the county
court for the county of Hamilton and state 
of Texas for John Hall a man of undoubted
varacity and entitled to credit on oath and
made oath in due form of law. That Nancy
Crawford ^is^ the reputed Widow of Moses Crawford
deceased are voluntary pensioners of the [illegible]
State that she remained a widow ever since the
death of her said husband and is now widow
that after the death of the said Moses Crawford
this affiant [illegible] [illegible] papers to be [illegible]
to James Standifer then a member in
Congress but now deceased and affiant believes
that he mailed the Original pension certificate
of the aforesaid Moses Crawford with 
the other papers, and that the same has been
retained in the war department or lost by Col
Stunder as affiant has never seen the [illegible]
since affiant mailed said papers, to said
Standifer to obtain Bounty lands for the heirs of
said Moses Crawford deceased.

John Hall

Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 25th day
of September 1843.

Jon C. Wood
Justice of the County Court of
Hamilton County - Tennessee
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9765
State of Tennessee
Hamilton County
SS.

I Jonathan Wood one of the Justices of the County Court for the County of Hamilton
and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that
Nancy Crawford who has this day appeared
before me and made the foregoing annexed pension declaration from old age and bodily infirmity is unable to attend and appear before
the court to make her said declaration and I
do further certify that John Crawford Delila Hall and John Hall who have given their affidavits in support of said pension
declaration are persons of undoubted veracity
and Entitled to credit when on oath Given
under my hand this 25th day of September
1843
Jonn [Jonathan]  C Wood
Justice of the County Court of Hamilton
County Tenn
-
State of Tennessee
Hamilton County
I Asahel Rawlings Clerk of the County Court for the  County of Hamilton and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that Jonathan Wood, before whom the foregoing pension declaration of Nancy Crawford was made and the annexed affidavits support of the same was made was at the date thereof and now is one of the Justices of the County Court for the County and State aforesaid and that his signature thereto is in his own proper hand write Given under my hand & seal of office this 25th day of September 1843
Asahel Rawlings clerk 
by B B Cannon D. Clk [Deputy Clerk]
Milton
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State of Tennessee
Hamilton County
This day personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Justices for the county court for the county aforesaid Delilia Hall and made oath that Moses Crawford a revolutionary pensioner named in the pension declaration of Nancy Crawford hereto annexed Died on the 17th day of December 1826
that the said affiant is forty two years of age and ever since her first recollection the said Moses Crawford treated and respected the said Nancy Crawford as his lawful wife up to the date of his death aforesaid and that they always was esteemed and respected in the County where they lived as husband & wife

Delilia Hall

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25th day of September 1843
Jon.n [Jonathan] Wood
Justice of the Peace County Court of Hamilton County Tenn
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Thomas Hall 
[illegible]
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War Dept Bounty Land Office
Jany 21st 1832
Sir

The two cases of claims for bounty land referred to in the letters and affidavits left by you at this office some days ago, have been duly examined. In relation to the claim, in right of Moses Crawford, I have to inform you that
his name is not returned on the records of the Virga [Virginia]  line, on file in this Office, among those entitled to bounty land from
the U. States. The certificate of Azh David, as to the services of Moses Crawford, proves nothing more than his knowledge of him as a Soldier at the Siege of Charleston, and of his being taken prisoner at that time. The essential facts necessary to be proved, namely that he enlisted in the Continental line of Virginia for the term of "during the war", and served to the close thereof, an entirely unknown to him Mr Crawfords pension papers do not afford the requisite proof to sustain a claim for land bounty from the U. States the claim was submitted to this office by the Hon J. C. Mitchell in 1829 and then reported, after full examination, as inadmissible. Mr Jno Hall's,
letter, and the affidavit which accompanied it are herewith returned-
In relation to the claim of Timothy Sexton, I have to inform you that, on reference to his papers on file in the Pension Office, it appears by his own affidavit that he enlisted for three years in the 3d Regt New Jersey line, under the
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command of Col Dayton, and was discharged in the year 1781 these facts and confirmed by the N Jersey Rolls, wherein it appears that he enlisted 8th Feby 1777 for 3 years and was discharged 9th Jany 1780, he is therefore not
entitled to bounty land from the U. States, that County having been promised by Congress to those soldiers only who enlisted for the specific term of "during the War", and who actually served until its termination in 1783 Mr. 
Buckhannans letter on the subject of this latter claim is herewith returned
I have the honor to be
very Respectfully Yours
Wm. Gordon

The Hon.e [Honorable]
James Standifer
House of Reps
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Francis Fox
Depo
CPO - 2

Revolutionary War with Great Britain
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Foxes Deposition
In favor
of Crawford
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State of North Carolina
Wilkes County
this day came before me one of the Justice of the Peace for said County Francis Fox who being sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty  on [illegible][June 6th?] saith that during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain that this affiant was a Continental sold[ier]  in [illegible]  Regiment of the Northern line troops and that short time before the Battle of Brandywine he Saw a man by the name of Moses Crawford who this deponent believes belonged to the Virginia line of Continental  and this deponent further sayeth he believes that he saw the same Crawford frequently while in the continental Service, and this deponent believes it is the same Moses Crawford who now wishes this Deponents deposition to that effect and that he is the man he represents himself to be 
Sworn to and Subscribed before me 
this 12 of October 1820

Francis Fox
X
His mark
Testi
J Wilborn J.P. [Justice of the Peace]

North Carolina
Wilkes County 
I Robert Martin Clerk of Wilkes County Court do certify that James Wilborn Esq
is an acting Justice of the peace for said County and acting under the authority
of this state and all due faith and credit
should be given to his signature as such
given under my hand and the seal of
of office affixed the 23 day of October A R Martin Clerk
By R Martin L Clk
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Moses Crawford priv [private]
Virginia line
1st under Col John Green
2nd: under Col John Neville
who commanded the 4th Regiment
Capt Creighton Compy [Company]

Suspended for testimony of two credible witnesses see letter 
to R. G. Dunlap Esq of Knoxville Tennessee in Washington City 
January 11th 1823.
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Moses Crawford priv [private]
Virginia line
1st under Col. John Green
2nd under Col. John Neville
who commanded the 4th 
Regiment
Capt. Creighton Compy [Company]



Suspended for testimony of two credible witnesses see letter to R.G. Dunlap, Esq of Knoxville,  Tennessee, in Washington City
January 11th 1823.
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State of Tennessee 
Bledsoe County

March Term 1822
of the circuit court
Be it remembered that on the 2nd day of the present term the following order was made by
the court as appears of Record Viz
"The court being satisfied " from the testimony of John Narramore of the incapacity of Moses Crawford to obtain a support & subsistence
without the aid of Government being also satisfied that the property mentioned in the Schedule hereto annexed, of the said Crawford
is all that he possesses. It is ordered that the same be certified to the secretary of the war department of the United States.
In testimony whereof I Michael Rawlings Clerk of said county have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my private seal (having no seal of office,) at office in Pikeville on the 30th day of March 1822
Michael Rawlings [SS] [seal]
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State of Tennessee
To all concern a Greeting
Know ye that Michael Rawlings whose signature is annexed to the foregoing certificate was at the time of signing the same [illegible] is clerk of the circuit court of Bledsoe County & that his attestation is in true form 
In harmony whereof I Charles F Keith am of the
circuit Judges of the State of Tennessee & now
presiding in the Court aforesaid, have hereunto
subscribed my name in the 30th day of March A.D. 1822
Charles F. Keith
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This day personally appeared  Thomas Clark before me David Greyham [sic] & John Narramore justices of the peace for Bledsoe County Tennessee & deposeth to the following facts-- that this deponent served in the revolutionary war with Moses Crafford that Crofford at least three years in the 4th Regt or 3rd Regt 
Commanded by Colo [Colonel] John Neville that this deponent was in the battle of Stoney point with Moses Crafford that Crafford then belonged to the continental army & that said Crofford was taking [sic] prisoner at the surrender of Charleston that this depo- is in no way intended in procuring a pension for Mr Crafford that this deponent is no relation to said Crafford -
Thomas Clark
This 29th day of March 1822 was the said Thomas Clark duly qualified on the Holy evangelist of almighty God to the above deposition
John Narramore
David Graham
acting Justices of the
peace for Bledsoe County
Page 36

State of Tennessee
Bledsoe County
March Term 1822
Ordered by the Court that the Clerk of this Court certify that Thomas Clark appeared in open Court being first sworn on his voir dire and it appeared from the examination of said Clark that he had no interest in procuring a pension for Moses Crawford from the United States, and it also appeared to the satisfaction of the Court by the testimony of credible witnesses that the said Thomas Clark is entitled to credit.
In Testimony whereof I Michael Rawlings Clerk of said Court do certify the foregoing order is a True copy of the record in my Office March 29th 1822
Michael Rawlings Clk [clerk]
By his deputy Scott Terry

State of Tennessee
Bledsoe County
March Term 1822
Charles F. Keith one of the Judge of the Courts of 
for the 7th Judicial circuit do certify that Michael Rawlings was (and now is) Clerk of the circuit court for Bledsoe County, at the time he signed the above certificate and that due credit ought to be given to his official acts.
Charles F. Keith
Page 37

State of Tennessee
I, Scott Terry Clerk of the Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions for Bledsoe County do certify
that John Narramore and David Grayham whose names appears to the foregoing affidavit now and was at that time acting Justices of the peace for said County of Bledsoe that all due faith and credit ought to be given to their official acts as such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal (not having a Seal of Office
at Office in Pikeville March 29th
1822
Scott Terry clk [clerk]
L.L. [seal]
Page 38

The County in which Moses Crawford resides
should be set forth in the Declaration; and some
explanation should be made in regard to the signatures of the Clerk in one place his name is spelt "Rawlings", and in another is written "Rollins".
Page 39

Moses Crawford
Affidavit
Page 40

State of Tennessee
Bledsoe County 
August Sessions
1822

This day came Moses Crawford into open court the same being a Court of record and made oath that he enlisted as a continental soldier of the Revolutionary war with great Brittain [sic] for during the war sometime in the month of Febry 1778 and that he had enlisted provisions to that time for three years under the command of Capt William Craughan and for further information refers to his former affidavit and that his first term of service was expired or very nearly so, before his second enlistment, and that he was enlisted by the same officer William Craughan who was promoted to Major before he enlisted the second time and for further particulars refers
to his first affidavit

Moses Crawford
X
His mark
sworn and subscribed to in said Court this 13th day of August 1822
Geo H. Terry Clk [clerk]
Page 41

9.308
Tennessee Knoxville
Nancy Crawford
widow of Moses Crawford
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818
and who died on the 17th December 1826
of Samilla Co in the State of Tennessee
who was private in the Company
commanded by Captain Craughan of the Reg.
commanded by Col Neville in the Virginia line for the War
Inscribed on the Roll of Knoxville
at the rate of 80. Dollars [blank] 
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 days of
May 1845, and send to Levi Trewhitt Cleveland, Tenn
Total amount, $ [blank] 
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by F. S. Evans clerk
Book D. 
Vol. I
Page 343
Page 42

Washington City January 4th 1829
Dear Sir
From the inclosed [sic] you will see that without the production of proof which I fear you will not be able to produce that no land can be produced from the services of your father in the Revolutionary war
The rule established in such cases looks severe in its application but sir without such a rule great frauds and impositions would [be] practised [sic] upon the government
I am sorry that your expectations cannot be realized.
With much respect your Obt [obedient] humble Sevt [Servant]
J. C. Mitchell
Mr John Crawford
Page 43

The Hon. J. C. Calhoun
Washington City
Page 44

Knoxville Tennessee
April 7th 1823
Sir
The papers relative to Moses Croffords Claim
for a pension with the explination, [sic] as required,
are now enclosed
I am very
respectfully
yours
M. G. Dunlop
Page 45

Cleveland Tennessee
May 22nd 1845
Dear Sir
I have for Two months since Enclosed to the war department the proof taken to sustain the claim of Nancy Crawford for a pension in right of her deceased husband Moses Crawford
a revolutionary soldier of the united states
I must ask of you as Early Examination into the proof as the oppertunity [sic] of your department will admit of as I am constrained to believe that the proof on such as will require of the department the allowance of his
pension, and she stands in great need of the same
Your Early answers to these lines will greatly oblige
Edwards
yours [illegible]
Levi Trewhitt

J. L. Edwards
commissioner of pensions
Page 46

Washington January 25th 1823
Being called upon to declare my opinion of the credit due to Francis Fox and John Lane, two persons who have sworn to and subscribed two depositions relative to the
service of a Moses Crawford in the  evolutionary War: I declare that both James
Fox and John Lane an Inhabitants of Wilkes County in North Carolina, where I reside. They
are both very poor men and are on the pension list themselves. How for the fellow feeling for an old soldier might operate in braking their minds I cannot say, but in ordinary transactions in a Court of Justice. I should feel bound to give their oaths credit. I have never heard the credit of either 
 impeached. They in my neighbors, and I myself am acquainted with the Revolutionary services of Fox
Lane is a Virginian.
M Stokes
The Hon. M. Stoker, who has signed the above is a senator of the U. S. from N. Carolina
J.L.E. [James L. Edwards, Commissioner]
Page 47

Genl Stokes
Certificate relative to Fox and Lane's credibility
Page 48

8668.
[illegible]
Nancy Crawford
Tenn.- Knoxville
Act 3 March 1843,
17 June, 1844
Adm 8668 
2 y private
$80 per annum
Levi Trewitt, Esq.
Cleveland,
Tenn
Page 49

10

Secretary of War
Pension Office Department
Washington City D. C.

[postmark] CLEVELAND TN JULY 24

[illegible]
Nancy Crawford 
May '46

May 5, 1846
Page 50

Cleveland Tennessee
July 23d. 1846

Dear Sir
about the 26th day of May last I enclosed to the Department the application of Nancy Crawford for a continuation of her pension
not having received any answer from the department I am fearful that it has been miscarried or some other accident happened to at Carriage
I therefore beg the Indulgence of the department to Enquire whether it has come to
hand and if so what has been the action of the department therein
I am with due respects &c
Levi Trewhitt

J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City DC
Page 51

Secretary of War
Pension Office
Department
Washington City D. C. 

Aug 24 1846
Return certificate of Nancy Crawford
[illegible]
M Wilson

Nancy Crawford 7900-43
Page 52

Cleveland Tennessee
August 17th 1846
Dear sir
I received by last mail the Pension Certificate of Nancy Crawford dated 3rd day of the present Instant the Clerk who filled the blank in the certificate has described her as the
Widow of William Crawford & which is a mistake, she is the widow of Moses Crawford
as will appear from the files forwarded to the department, the certificate is of no benefit
in the shape it is in she cannot swear that she
is the widow of William Crawford, nor could
her children after her death
I have therefore herein Enclosed & returned
to the department, the Certificate to have said
Eror [sic] corrected, please strike out the word William and in lieu thereof insert the word  Moses, and return the same to me  at Cleveland Tennessee, If the same eror [sic]
has been sent to Mr Lyon the Agent at
Knoxville, I hope the correction of the Eror
will be forwarded to him
I am with due respects your 

Levi Trewitt

J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.
Page 53

20

Secretary of War
Pension offices Department
Washington City D. C.

[postmark] CLEVELAND TN MAY 27

June 4, 1845
8668
Nancy Crawford
March [illegible] 1843

7 July 38
$80
got ho
9.308
Page 54

Cleveland Tennessee
May 26th 1846
Dear Sir
Enclosed is the affidavit of Nancy Crawford the widow of Moses Crawford deceased.  A revolutionary Soldier, the object of which is to obtain the benefit of the pension act of March 43 & June 44 continuing Widows pensions five years longer
Mr Lyon the agent for paying pensions in East
Tennessee at Knoxville has been applied to under the supposition that it was not necessary to make any further application to the war department he[re] or the department being already in possession of his Certificate, which he obtained when he paid her her  pension from the 4th of March 1836 to the 4th
March 1841 But in answer to the application
he says that the law required the amount of her pension (meaning from the 4th March 1836 to the 4th March 1841) to be paid at one time, and the certificate returned to the department with the vouchers. and refused further payment untill [sic] she obtains a new Certificate, under the acts of March 1843 & June 1844 I therefore present her claim for a continuation of her pension under the above mentioned acts, and hope the department will send her a new certificate or give such direction as will authorize Mr Lyon the agent at Knoxville East Tennessee to may her her pension above asked for. please answer the above application to me at Cleveland East Tennessee

Levi Trewhitt

J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D. C.
Page 55

United States of America
State of Tennessee
Hamilton County SS

Be it know that before me Jonathan Wood an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Nancy Crawford and made oath in due form of law that she is the identical person who drew a pension under the act of 7th July 1838 on account of the Revolutionary services of her husband the late Moses Crawford at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, that she now makes this affidavit for the purpose of drawing a pension under the acts of Congress passed 2nd day of March 1843 and the 17th of June 1844 to continue the pensions of certain widows,  that she has not intermarried but continues to be a widow,  that she now resides in Hamilton County and the State of Tennessee and has resided there for the space of four years past and previous thereto she resided in Bleadsoe County State of Tennessee.
Nancy Crawford X her mark

Sworn to and subscribed this 23rd day of May 1846 in the presence of Levi Trewhitt before me.
Jonathan Wood 
Justice of the peace

I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit.
Jonathan Wood
Justice of the Peace
Page 56

State of Tennessee
Hamilton County SS

On this 23rd day of May 1846 before me the subscriber a justice of the peace for the said County of Hamilton personally appeared Nancy Crawford who on her oath declares that she is the same identical Nancy Crawford who was and still is the widow of Moses Crawford deceased  a revolutionary soldier,  that her name as such was placed upon the pension roll of the State of Tennessee, that she received a certificate of that face under the signature and seal of the secretary of War which certificate was surrendered to the pension agent for East Tennessee at Knoxville where her pension was paid to her attorney John C. Gant in the month of June 1845.
Nancy Crawford X her mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid
Jonathan Wood
Justice of the peace for Hamilton County

State of Tennessee
Hamilton County SS
This day personally appeared before me Jonathan Wood an acting Justice of the peace for Hamilton County aforesaid Levi Trewhitt a man of undoubted character and entitled to credit upon oath and made oath in due form of law that he is well acquainted with Nancy Crawford the person who made the foregoing affidavit and well knows her to be the person described in her affadavit.
Levi Trewhitt
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 23rd day of May 1846.
Jonathan Wood
Justice of the peace
Page 57

State of Tennessee
Hamilton County
I William J. Rogers, clerk of the County Court for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Jonathan Wood is an acting Justice of the peace as above and that the foregoing certificate purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof,  I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 25th day of May in the year 1849.
William J. Rogers
Clerk of the County Court of Hamilton County
Page 58

Affidavit of
Nancy Crawford
Page 59

Cleveland Tennessee
March 18th 1845
Dear sir,
I here enclose to you the best evidence that can now be obtained of the marriage of Nancy Crawford to her late deceased husband Moses Crawford a revolutionary soldier & pensioner of the United States.

1.  I send you the Clerk's certificate under the seal of the court; of the court of ordinary Burk County Georgia showing that there is no evidence of marriage in his office prior to the year 1806.
2nd   I here enclosed the deposition of John Hull who has examined the church records and shows that there is not evidence of record in the church in Burk County Georgia and these preach and all of those who were actually present at the marriage ceremony is now dead
3.  I here send the deposition of ?? of Moses Crawford's aforesaid wife that shows substantially they was married before the year 1794
4  Deposition Nancy ?? proves that they returned to their usual place of above and was talked of as having been married ?? till this date a great many years ago.
5.  The deposition of Amelia Farmer proves that she was at the wedding dinner fifty four or five years ago, that she knew them when they had a son called John;  John Crawford's deposition is on file with Moses Crawford's pension Declaration will show his age.
6  Deposition Mary Pryor proves that they was reported as husband & wife &c
Page 60

7th  The deposition of Thomas L Thomas proves that Moses Crawford & Nancy  Crawford had sons in the service of the United States in the years 1813 & 1814

I hope the foregoing proof will be sufficient & satisfactory evidence to ?? the ?? this certificate.  Mrs. Crawford merits the pension & is an object of charity.

Answer will please to be directed to me at Cleveland Tennessee

Levi Trewhitt

Secretary of War
Pension Office No 8
Department

Memorandum of Proof
Page 61

No 1
Certificate of the Clerk of Probate of the Court of Ordinary 
Burk Cty Georgia
Page 62

Georgia
Burke County

I Thomas H. Blount, Clerk of the Court of Ordinary for the County of Burke and State aforesaid do hereby certify that there is no evidence or certificate of any marriage license recorded in my office previous to the year one thousand eight hundred and six 1806 nor is there any evidence in this office of any marriage license issued previous to the above times.

Given under my hand & seal of office at Waynesboro this 17th February 1845 one thousand eight hundred and forty five

T.H. Blount Clerk
Ct of Ordinary Burke County
Page 63

State of Tennessee
Bradley County

This day personally appeared before the undersigned an acting justice of the peace for said county John Hall a man of undoubted veracity and entitled to credit in ?? & made oath in ?? ?? of ?? that he examined the records of the church book from which this written letter was copied and for this deposition and quoth that such written letter is a true copy of the record that said George Franklin is the same identical George Franklin that is reported to have married Moses Crawford to Nancy Dorsey who is his widow and present applicant for a pension and affiant further states upon oath that  he examined church records of Burk County Georgia and that said church records thus examined furnished no evidence of ?? as far back as the year seventeen hundred and ninety to seventeen hundred and ninety four.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10th day of March 1845
John Hall

Sworn to and subscribed before me March 10th 1845
R.M. Swan  JIBC
Page 64

The Reverend and much beloved Brother George Frankling was born the 15th of May 1761.  Entered on the ministry early in life and devoted much of his time in the service of God and was a great blessing to the church that knew him,  He was one of the Convention of this state, afterwards was one of the General Assembly for several years, spent his life much to the satisfaction of his friends and acquaintances and died from home on a rout of preaching on the 16th of February 1816 having been our pastor for nearly seven years

Georgia
Washington County
This is to certify that the above is a true extract from the Regular Church Book of the Baptist Church at Jordan's Meeting House (state & county aforesaid
Given under my hand this 22nd February 1845

Owen C. Pope
Church Clerk

Davisboro
Washington County
Georgia
Page 65

State of Tennessee
Bradley County

This day personally appeared before the undersigned, an acting Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid, John Hale, a man of undoubted veracity and entitled to credit when ??  and made oath that Nancy Cox who is proved to have waited on Nancy Crawford widow & ?? of Moses Crawford deceased at the time she was married to him is reported to be dead in the neighborhood where she lived when alive and as well as Sara Cox and Elizabeth Cox & Strother Crawford who was present when said marriage took place are all reported to be dead in the neighborhood where they lived when alive as affiant has visited said neighborhood to inquire for the ?? and they are all reported to be dead.

John Hall

Sworn to and subscribed before me March 10th 1845
R.M. Swan  JBBC
Page 66

State of Tennessee
Bradley County

I John H. Robertson clerk of the County Court for the County and state aforesaid do hereby certify that Robert M Swom before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to was at the date then of and now is an acting Justice of the peace for the County and state aforesaid and that his signature thereto is in his own proper hand write and there full faith and credit is entitled to be given to his acts and deeds

Given under my hand and seal of office this 18th day of March 1845

John H. Robertson
Clk
Page 67

LEFT SIDE

Sarah Streetman
Affidavit

RIGHT SIDE
No 4
Nancy Streetman
Deposition

proves that marriage a great many years ago- unable to state the date
Page 68

Georgia
Jefferson County

Personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace for said county in the state aforesaid, Sarah Streetman a woman of undoubted veracity and entitled to credit when on oath and made oath in due form of law who states that she was a small girl when Nancy Dorsey and Moses Crawford returned to the usual place of his abode and she recollects hearing the people talking about the marriage and she further states that the said Moses Crawford and Nancy Crawford past as husband and wife as long as they stated in this county and she never heard any thing to the contrary and she recollects very well that she heard some people talking about the marriage and heard they say that Sarah Cox waited on the said Nancy when she was married to the said Moses Crawford and deponent further states that she stayed with the said Nancy a short time after the said Nancy had a child.  But as to the time or what date deponent does not recollect but agreed many years past.

Sarah Streetman x her mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me this nineteenth day of February 1845
James Stapleton J.P.

State of Georgia
Jefferson County

I Thomas W. Battey one of the Justices of the Inferior Court for said County do certify that James Stapleton before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is a Justice of the peace for the County as above named and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine and that full faith and credit is entitled to be given to his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 22d day of February 1845

Thomas W. Battey  JICt JC
Page 69

State of Georgia
Jefferson County

I Ebenezer Bothwell Clerk of the Inferior Court for the county and state aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas W. Battey whose name appears to the foregoing certificate is an acting Justice of the Inferior Court of said County and that full faith and credit ought to be had and given to his attestation as such and that the ?? is in due form.  
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal [obscured} in Louisville this 22d day of February 1845
Ebenezer Bothwell Clerk .ICt.J.C.
Page 70

No. 5
Deposition of
Amelia Farmer

proves she was at the wedding dinner
54 or 5 years ago

Mr Amelia Farmer
Affidavit
Page 71

Georgia
Jefferson County

Personally appeared before me, the undersigned Justice of the peace for said State and County, Amelia Farmer a woman of undoubted veracity and entitled to credit when on oath and made oath in due form of law who states that when she was a small girl about fifty four or five years ago she attended the wedding dinner of Nancy Dorsey and Moses Crawford and that she believes that they were married lawfully and passed for man and wife so long as they remained in this county:  the part of Jefferson that is now at that time be3long to Burke where the wedding dinner was and at the residence of Nancy's grandmother where she lived and she also recollects that they had one child named John while they stayed in this county
Amelia Farmer x her mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me this twenty second day of February 1845
Sterling G. Jordan JP

State of Georgia
Jefferson County

I Thomas W. Battey one of the Justices of the Inferior Court for said County do certify that Sterling G. Jordan before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is a Justice of the peace for the County as above named and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine and that full faith and credit is entitled to be given to his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 22d day of February 1845.
Thomas W. Battey
J I Ct J C

State of Georgia
Jefferson County

I Ebenezer Bothwell Clerk of the Inferior Court for the county and state aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas W. Battey whose name appears to the above certificate is an acting Justice of the Inferior Court of said County and that full faith and credit ought to be hand and given to his attestation as such and that the same is in due form.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Louisville this 22d day of February A.D. 1845
Ebenezer Bothwell Clerk I.Ct.J.C.
Page 72

No 6
Mary Pryor
Proves the reputation of marriage


Mary Pryor's 
Affidavit
Page 73

Georgia
Jefferson County

Personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in and for said State and County Mary Pryor a woman of undoubted veracity and entitled to credit when on oath and made oath in due form of law who states that she was acquainted with Moses Crawford and Nancy his wife and that they lived in Originally Burke but now Jefferson and that she herd it said that they had one or two children while they remained here and that she has no doubt but that they were lawfully married.  She does not recollect the date of the marriage.
Mary Pryor x her mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the twenty second of February 1856
Sterling G Jordan JP

State of Georgia
Jefferson County
I Thomas W. Battey one of the Justices of the Inferior Court for said County do certify that Sterling G. Jordan before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is a Justice of the Peace for the County as above named and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine and that full faith and credit is entitled to be given to his official acts as such.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 22 day of February 1845
Thomas W Battey J I Ct J C

State of Georgia
Jefferson County
I Ebenezer Bothwell Clerk of the Inferior Court for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas W. Battey whose name appears to the above certificate is an acting Justice of the Inferior court of said County and that full faith and credit ought to be had and given to his attestation as such and that the same is in due form.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Louisville this 22d day of February 1845
Ebenezer Bothwell Clerk I Ct J C
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No 7
Deposition of 

Deposition of T.L. Thomas
Page 75

State of Georgia
DeKalb County SS
This day personally appeared before the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace for sd County Thomas L. Thomas, a man of undoubted veracity and entitled to credit when on oath, and up his oath saith that he was well acquainted with Moses Crawford and Nancy Crawford, in the years of our Lord 1813 1814 and 1815 and that he regarded the aforesaid Moses and Nancy as lawful husband and wife.  He also saith that the aforesaid Moses and Nancy was regard by the community as lawful husband and wife and he saith he never herd anything said to the contrary.  He also saith that they has sons in the service of there country under the command of Gen. Andrew Jackson against Britton (there sons names was Elijah & John).  They had other sons viz: Elisha and James Y. and there daughters names was Delilah and he thinks the other ones name was Elizabeth.
Thomas L. Thomas
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6th day March 1845
E.G. Collier Justice of the peace

Georgia
DeKalb County
I Ebzy B. Reynolds Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby certify that Edwin G. Collier whose attestation appears to the foregoing affidavit is an acting Justice of the peace for said County and that full faith and credit ought to be had and given to his official acts as such.  And that the same is in due form of law.  Given under my hand and seal of office this sixth day of March One thousand eight hundred and forty five
E.B. Reynolds Clk.
Page 76

Cleveland Tennessee
September 29th 1843

Dear Sir

I here enclose to the department the pension declaration of Nancy Crawford with such evidence as I have at present to sustain the same.  I have the fullest confidence of its being found, to be a claim well founded, if the want of the record Testimony of her marriage, is not sufficiently accounted for and the same shall have to be further supplied.
I hope the department will be so kind as to inform me the amount of pension that will be due her when the claim shall be sufficiently established.
Yours &c
Levi Trewhitt

Hon J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
Page 77

9765
Nancy Crawford
Ten:
Act 7 July 38
aomd
2 yrs pri.
80.

Levi Trewhitt
Cleveland
Ten:
Page 78

Cleveland Tennessee
April 10th1844
Dear Sir 
From the length of time since I last applied for an investigation of Nancy Crawfords claim for a pension It has again become my duty to
importune the department on her be half. She is very old and on the verge of Eternity Necesity [sic] calls for the County that the Government has seen fit to bestow upon her.
I hope you will cause an investigation into her claim at the most early period possible & send me an answer I am with great respect yours &c.

Levi Trewhitt

Hon. J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pension
Washington Cty [city] DC
Page 79

Levi Trewhitt 
Apl 30 '44
Page 80

W. D. G.
3 -- 871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by A. [illegible] D. 24 /8 /10
Claim No. [blank]
Certificate No [blank]
Claimant born in Scotland? 
              died in Tenn.
Soldier Moses B. Crawford
Service [blank]
Additional Service  Rev.
No [blank] claim, State records [blank]190.
No claim, combination records[blank]  , 190
REMARKS:
No [illegible]
Wid. 7. 910 (Va.)
no other Wid [Widow]
" Rej.
0-8
Chief Division
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349 - Whitehall St.
Atlanta Ga. 9-14-11
Gentleman
Have you
a record of a pension
or land given to Moses
Crawford, Elisha Dyer
and William S Pickell
for service in the
American Revolution
The wives of Moses
Crawford, first wife
was a Miss Pickell {Pickett?]
Page 82

Second wife was Nancy Dorsey-wife of Elisha Dyer was Melvina Wheeler-do not know name of wife of William Pickett-trust you can bill me.  I am great granddaughter of the above mentioned.  Will thank you for any information you can furnish pertaining to this.
Page 83

Matter
Respectfully
Mrs. A. M. Calom
Page 84

In reply to your request of Aug 19, received Aug 22, 1910 for a statement of the military history of Moses Crawford a soldier of the  REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (and/or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Wid [Widow] File 910.
[Column headings}
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT, LENGTH OF SERVICE, RANK, CAPTAIN, COLONEL, STATE
Feb. 1775, 3 Years, Capt. William Groghan, Col John Green & Col John Neville 4th Va, Va
Feb 1778, close of war, [check mark], Col. Richard Parker
Battles engaged in, Brandywine (in which he was wounded); taken prisoner at fall of Charleston and escaped July 27 1780
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Enlisted in Culpeper Co. Va
Date of application for pension, Oct. 6, 1820. Her claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Wilkes Co. N. C.
Age at date of application, and 61 years in 1824: He died Dec 17. 1826 Bledsoe Co. Tenn.
Remarks: Soldier Married Name of wife and date not stated; they had a son Wm J P:  After
death of said wife, date not stated Soldier married in Burke Co. Ga. in Mch [March]1890 Nancy
Dorsey" Children, John 53 years in 1843 and Elijah, Elisha, James Y. and Delilah 19 years and Elizabeth or Betsey 15 years in 1821

Very respectfully,
her claim was allowed on an ap. Executed Sept 25, 1843 at which time she was a resident of Hamilton Co. Tenn. aged 81 years
Commissioner.
4043b5m3-09
Page 85

Hon. J.L. Davenport
Commisioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Have you any record of a
pension having been granted
to one William Smith or to his
wife Mary Deyer. William Smith
was a soldier in
1812; he died Oct 4" 1838. He was
born I believe in
If you have
Virginia
a record, will
you kindly give me all dates
of death & births & places as given in application or grant
I do not know name of any
company he was in. He was wounded three times at the Battle of Lundy's Lane. He was
also granted land for his
services & this land was after
bought back by government
I believe it was thirteen hundred
acres. Can you tell me where to apply to verify the
Page 86

land grant? If is known in
my family that his wife Mary
Deyer was granted a pension.
I am the great granddaughter
of William Smith & Mary Dyer
his wife
I also want to ask if you have
a record of one Moses B. Crawford a soldier of the Revolution he was my
at great great grandfather. He died in Tennessee. We believe he came from
Scotland
Any information you
can give me in
regard to this
will be an appreciated favor.
Very Sincerely
Mrs. C.G. Weston
The Tschopik House
Cherry St
Chattanooga Tenn
Aug 1910