Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10228, Charles Craycraft, Va.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE      NUMBER

Va.   Craycraft, Charles   W. 10228
or Cracraft    B.L. Wt. 61361-160-55
Pa. 1792  1793 & 1794  Price, Elizabeth 
CONTENTS
Va. 1796    (Former Widow.)
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Kentucky 27284
Charles Craycraft A
of     County in the State of [illegible]
who was a [illegible[ in the Company commanded by Captain And[illegible]; the [illegible] commanded by Col Cl[illegible] in the Virginia rerfore [illegible] 
$20.00
Certificate issued to Elizabeth [illegible[ his widow.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky the rate of 20 Collars 0 Cents per annum, o commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of August and Sent to  '34 [illegible[ MacKling, Greensburg, [illegible] 
rears to the State of time of his death 
([illegible] allowance ending crossed out) 23 [illegible] 1837
$36.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by J. T. Spencer, Clerk,
Book C [illegible] Vol. 7. Page 9.
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State of Kentucky
Greenup County
On this 19th day of September personally
before me Clement H. Maring a Justice 
county court in & for the county of Greenup
aforesaid duly commissioned qualified and acting as such at the house of Captain Charles Craycraft in the said county of Greenup the said Captain Charles Craycraft who is & for about the last five weeks has been confined to his bed by Sickness & who is wholly unable to appear in court by reason of Sickness and bodily infirmity and who is a resident of the said county of Greenup in the said state of Kentucky aged 66 years who being first duly Sworn according to the law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7th 1832.
That in the year 1781 & when this declarant was going on 14 years of age he entered the Service of the United States in the Virginia Militia in the county of Hampshire as a substi-
=tute for a man by the name of Arnold
He thinks Moses Arnold under Capt Ander or Edmonds from Culpepper county was the Col.
The christain names of these officers he has wholly forgotten. ~~This declarant thinks that he so entered the service in the month of March 1781 ~ That some time after he so entered the service an order was issued authorizing any of the militia to turn out under Major ~ McPherson who commanded the light horse or Rangers thereupon this declarant
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entered the Service under Majr. McPherson as
a light-horseman but the length of time he continued in the service as a substitute for Arnold he does not remember but thinks it was a little upwards of two months
That he continued in the service with McPherson until a short time before the surrender of Cornwallis and York town but his memory does not serve him to state the day or even the month when he was discharged but he thinks he was discharged in September 1781. That after he had served out his time with Majr, McPherson he was verbally discharged and sent back to Capt Anderson under whom he first entered the service to recieve a written discharge but Capt An-
=derson had returned home before this declarant Saw him and he never attended to getting a discharge afterwards because he did not believe it important & did not know that it ever would avail him any thing. That to the best of his recollec=
=tion he was in the service at that time about Six Months or more. That when he volunteered  in the horse under Majr. McPherson Capt Michael Stump was his immediate com-
=mander and this corpse to which he belonged was called rangers and covered the retreat of the light-horse. That in that horse corpse called rangers Samuel Hornbach was Lieutenant. That at the time he entered the service he resided in the county of Hampshire in the State of Virginia upon the South branch of the Potomack. That when he first entered the service he marched to Winchester in Virginia having Rendevouzed at Romley the County  Seat of
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Hampshire - From Winchester. They Marched to Richmond and there drew their arms
Genl Muhlenburg commanded at Richmond at that time. Either on the same or the next day after he so drew arms. A British spy was taken by McPhersons corpse and immediately afterwards his corpse of rangers & the main army were moved out to a place called the Gold mine about  15 miles North of Rich=
=mond and then this declarant was one of two hundred men that was sent back as a kind of rear guards to the big Spring at the end of the lane near Richmond. That these troops had remained there but a few hours when they were assailed by the British Light-horse and put to flight & Cornwallis immediately entered & took possession of the City - The troops to which this declarant then belonged retreated and crossed the ["Rappa" crossed out] Pamunkey & moved up the Rappahannack to keep out of the way of the British until General Wayne and Genl Lay Fayette came on - They then Joined the army - afterwards Waynes army was at a Place called Bottoms Bridges between Richmond and Williamsburg and Genl Lay-Fayette was some few miles from him a Battle was expected at bottoms bridges and the troops to which this declarant belonged were moved there where they had a skirmish with the British light-horse - This declarant then belonged to McPhersons light-horse or Rangers. In that instance they took twelve of the British light-horse which was said to be the front guard of Tarletons light horse. It was McPhersons rangers that took these twelve light horse and brought the army there to
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The American army with Lay-Fayette and Wayne and he believes Genl Muhlenburg at their head pursued after the British army till they got to York town where the British army fortified themselves and after being at York some time this declarant was discharged- that Genl Wayne had a Battle with the British where they were crossing James River but this deponent was not in it. The militia to which this declarant belonged was off to the left but near enough to hear the British guns having understood at that time that Genl Wayne's troops attacked them with fixed bayonet & did not fire a gun.
That in the year 1782 Col. Wilson who lived in Zyger Valley believed there to be part of Monogalia county since called Randolph county appointed this declarant as a Spy in 
 which service he entered in the spring of 1782 & continued for three years during all this time he was scouting [crossed out out ]on the frontiers & spying against the Indians and resorting to the Wilsons fort and Barson's fort and Mamers fort on the waters of Monogalia river - That during this service & when by himself & spying he came in contact with some four or five Indians and the declarant killed one Indian dead and made his escape. That at another time during his service the Indians attacked the house of James Goff near Barson's fort & not being able to break open the doors the Indians retired and secreted themselves intending as this declarant believes to re-commence their attack before day - During the night & when all was quiet this declarant slipped [illegible] the house procured two women who
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were in the house & there children who were with them to open the door and come out He too them safely to the fort. This for is believed to have been in the said county of Monongalia in the state of Virginia. This declarant never recieved any money or compensation whatever for these three years services although this pay was faithfully promised him.
This declarant has no documentary evidence whatever of his aforesaid services. That he knows of no person by whom he can prove any of these services except his brother Joseph Craycraft who is now presence except also persons out of his state and whose attendance it is impossible for him to procure - But to show that his services were approved by his country and that his credit & standing was fair he shows to the department of war what he afterwards recieved two several commissions from the State of Pennsylvania in the frontiers of which he lived at the dates of said commission in her militia which accompany this declaration marked A. & B. - Also an original instruction from the Governor of Pennsylvania to this declarant at the time he was so acting under his commission of Capt (marked C.)   Also a commission from the Governor of Virginia as captain in the Militia of that state marked D. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the
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the pension roll [Inserted: "of the -illegible-of any state] so far as he knows or believes - al=
=though he once made the application for a pension and recieved - a letter from the War department directed to Majr D. Trimble then a member of congress who was then attending to  it & also the letter of said  D. Trimble on the other side thereof to Capt Dupuy the friend and neighbor of this declarant both of which letters also accompany this declaration marked E. This declarant is now very weak and infirm and has given the best account of his services & that his recollection will enable him and although his memory may not sere him to state every circumstance in detail that transpired and perhaps he has not called every t6hing by their right name or placed them precisely in the order in which they happened but he believes in all things he has told the truth and without any hesitation or doubt whatever he rendered the services his.
                          Charles [mark]  Craycraft
   Sworn to and Subscribed  the day  & year first above before me a Justive of the county court as above said                   C H Maring

Also appeared before me at the same time and  place Joseph Craycraft aged about 64 years & 6 months who being duly sworn doth on his oath declare that he knows that his brother Charles Craycraft who has made the foregoing declaration did enter the service of the United States in the month of March 1781  in the Virginia Militia under Capt.- Anderson Major Higgins - Col. Edmond's regiment and that he continues to serve in the militia until about the time Cornwallis Surrendered in the fall of 1781. That this affiant went with his brother Charles into the army as a substitute for his father Samuel Craycraft and this affiant staid with his brother in the army until his said Brother joined the light-horse or rangers under Major McPherson. That the troops to which he and his brother belonged rendevouzed at Romley Hampshire county Virginia then went to Winchester Hence  to Richmond  This affiant was not in the engagement with the light-horse or the British because before the light-horse came to Ricmond this affiant with others was sent back to guard  some baggage which staid with until they got to Brock's bridge on Pamunkey where they left the baggage and went in pursuit of the British Army
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that was then retreating towards York and in the progress of this pursuit the time for which this affiant had turned out [inserted: there] & he was discharged and returned home and never saw his brother any more until his return home in the fall This affiant was not with his brother as a spy against the Indians but he was at the Horse Shoe fort on the lands of James Barons on the Cheat river in the County of Monongalia Virginia when hos brother brought in two weomen & three children that he had taken from a house that was besieged by the Indians in the night time then name of one of these weomen was Polly Anderson and the name of the other was Betsy Cameron or Camrill and this affiant knows the fact that his brother was there in the service as a spy and had been for some-time before and continued for some time afterwards in that service
                                 [his]
                      Joseph [X] Craycraft
                               [mark]

Sworn to and Subscribed before me Clement H. Maring one of the Justives of the county court of Greenup county this 19th September 1832,  
                        C.H. Maring [signature]
We Isaac Malone a clergyman residing in the county of Greenup and William Dupuy residing in the same county in the state of Kentucky hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Charles Craycraft who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty six years of age or thereabouts; that he is reported and believed to be a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion
                        Isaac Malone [signature]
                        William Dupuy [signature]
sworn and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
                        C.H. Malone [signature]
Greenup County Sct
I Clement H. Maring a Justice of the peace and a Justice of the county court of said county [inserted] Greenup duly commissioned qualified and acting as such do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the mater and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war depart=
=ment that the above named applicant was revolu=
=tionary soldier and served as he states and [illegible] hereby further certify that it appears to me the Isaac Malone who has signed the preceding certificare is a clergyman of the methodist Episcopal church resident in the daid county of Greenup and that William Dupuy who has also signed the same is a resident in the saint county of Greenup is a credible person and that their
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statement is entitled to credit - I do hereby further certify that I have on this day attended at the house of the said applicant that he is bed-fast much emaciated manifests great debility and cannot from bodily infirmity attend court at any place. All which is hereby certified to the War department of the United States Its all others whom it may concern given under my hand and seal at the said county of Greenup this 19th day of September 1832. I further certify that I do fully believe that said applicant was a soldier of the   seal (circled) revolution and rendered the services as above stated by him having been myself- personally acquainted with him for the last four or five years and having during all that time heard and understood that he was a soldier of the revolution
C. H. Warring, J. P.  seal (circled)

State of Kentucky
Greenup County } Set
I John Hockady Clerk of the County Court of the County of Greenup aforesaid do hereby Certify that Clement H. Waring whose name is subscribed to the Several foregoing certificates as Justice of the county Court aforesaid is and was at the time of Signing the Same a Justice of the peace in and for the Said County of Greenup County and a member of the Said county court, duly Commissioned qualified and acting as Such and that his Several Signatures to Said Certificates are the proper and genuine Signatures of the Said C. H. Waring Esqr.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my name and affixed the Seal of the Said Court at my office in Greenupsburg this 20th day of September 1832
Atteste John Hockaday Clerk
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The Supplemental declaration of Elizabeth Craycraft widow and relict of Charles Craycraft deceased to the declaration of her late husband Charles Craycraft made before Clement H. Waring Esqr. a Justice of the peace in & for the county of Greenup on the 19th day of September 1832 in order to obtain the benefit o f an act of congress passed June the 7th 1832 for Services performed by him in the war of the revolution - which declaration is made by the Sidi Elizabeth in the Greenup circuit court held at the court house in the county of Greenup in the State of Kentucky on this 10th day of April 1834 and in open court - The said Elizabeth being duly Sworn according to law in open court doth saith upon her oath that She was the lawfuly (lawfully) married wife of the Said Chrales (Charles) Craycraft who made the declaration for a pension as above stated under the act of congress of the 7th June 1832 - That her ^said husband departed this life on the 23rd day of December 1832 ^intestate leaving this declarant his widow and relict and Seven children who are his heirs at law. That this declarant took upon herself the administration of the estate of her said deceased husband which was granted by the county court of Greenup county in which county her said husband resided before & at the time of his death 7 in which county this declarant still resides a certificate of which grant a for administration or a copy from the records is herewith filed as part of this declaration, That she by the laws of this country as she is advised is entitled to all the goods & chattles (chattels) rights & credits of her said deceased husband in her right as administratrix - And further this declarant saith no.  
Elizabeth Craycraft

Also the Supplemental Statement of Joseph Craycraft a witness who deposed originally in this case before Clement H. Waring Esqr. made now in open court as aforesaid on the same day & time of the making of the Supplemental declaration of the Said Elizabeth Craycraft adm't.  as aforesaid - The said Joseph Craycraft being first duly sworn in open court according to law doth on his oath declare and state that Since making his
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former Statement & deposition herein he is enabled from reflection & consideration to say with some confidence that his brother Charles Craycraft who is now deceased did enter the Service (illegible crossed otu) under Col. Wilson who lived in Lyzer Valley in Monongalia county & by= whom his Said brother Charles was appointed as spy on the fifteenth day of April 1782 - This deponent now alludes to the Service stated by Charles Craycraft to have been performed by him under Col. Wilson commencing in the Spring of 1782 & continuing for three years during all which time he was Scouting on the frontiers and spying against the Indians and resorting to Wilsons fort &c. as in his declaration on oath before Clement H. Waring Esqr. is set forth which see & further this deponent saith not.

Joseph Craycraft

State of Kentucky
Greenup Circuit}{ Set   April term 1834
I Robert D. Stockton Clerk of the Circuit Court for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the supplemental declaration of Elizabeth Craycraft & also of the supplemental statement of Joseph Craycraft for the purposes herein mentioned.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed the seal of the said court at my office in Greenupsburg this 10th day of May 1834.
All
Robert D. Stockton Clerk
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Charles Craycraft
deceased.
Kentucky.
b 1781 for 6 mos
$20.
Elizabeth Craycraft widow. Applt. died 23 Dec. 1832
amt. due $36
Cannot allow but six months in the within paper.

Robt. D. Stockton
Greenupsburg
Ken.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
April 11th 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. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement. shewing the Service of 

(a table with columnar headings)
Period when the service was rendered
Spring 1781
1782
The commencement of the service in 1782 is required to be stated with precision

Duration of the claimant's service
Years
3

Months 
6

Days

Rank of the claimant
private of Inf & Earn.}
Spy

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Col. Anderson

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Col. Edwards Maj. McPherson
Col. Wilson

Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
no battles 
some skirmishes
skirmishes

Country through which he marched.
Virga.
Va.

Place of abode when he entered the service , and age at the present period.
Virga.
66

Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
living witness & traditionary

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
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2 REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
 Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 
4. Indian Spies. 

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in stance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
 
State, Territory, or District of 
County of } ss.

On this day of personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers: 

Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered 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 where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day 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. 1 Clerk of the Court of contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of do hereby certify that the foregoing for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this &c. Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but it 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. To a Soldier. Did you receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? To an officer. Did you receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 

The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. 

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, 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 Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such a person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for or [c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. [d] 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 definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the he served, in language so loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: 

Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: --For---year -- For -- months andmonths , andmale , terms with precision thereof were preserved, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months. is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the name FUL THE VILUIS AN highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each their service. This form of a declaration is the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent auterm of engagement; thority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required. [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[I] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no  device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubic seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 

Mode of authenticating papers. 
 In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.  

Proof of Service. 
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the um of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
The notes from [a] to (illegible) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in (illegible) [j] applies to continental troops only. 
[k] 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m]The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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6132
Ohio. Cinc.
Elizabeth Price, formerly
widow of
Charles Craycraft
who served in the Revolutionary
Va
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 22d day of May 1857 and sent to John S. Gallaher.
Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 161 Vol. H

(right hand side of page)
1837 June 10, To Post Master
1859 August 8th Duplicate issued and sent to J. S. Gallaher,
1857 Sept 28 Let to Pity / Present
in Oct 6 New Notification sent to Pension Agent

Agent 4590
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On this 8th day of February A.D. 1851. Personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the peace within and for the county & that aforese. Mrs. Elizabeth Price aged 62 years who after being duly sworn doth make the following declaration in order to obtain any pension monies that might have been due her deceased husband Charles Craycraft (under the act of 4th June 1832) That her husband Charles Craycraft served as a soldier in the Revolutionary Army, & that he enlisted in the United States services on or about the 13th day of March and in the year seventeen hundred & eighty one (1781). In Capt. Anderson's company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Edmerson (or Emerson) and continued therein as a private for Several months  in the Virginia States Service and he was then Chosen as a Ranger by Major McPherson to go before the light horse and remained in that Service till he was discharged honorably, at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis the next spring was called out as a Spy for three years then Commissioned a Lieutenant in the year (1792) in Captain Nathan Beans' company in the Reg. commanded by Col. Williamson and in the State service of [illegible] and the served ten months In the year (ninety five) he was appointed by Col. Birde Washington as a spy for the aforesd. year (1795) the whole of the last mentioned period on the frontiers.
That her husband Charles Craycraft was born oin the State
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of Virginia in the year 1760. That he removed to the State of Ohio in year 1803 and from this State emigrated to Kentucky and in Greenup County where he lived, married and died that She was married to said Cracraft on the 16th day of February A.D. 1828. and lived him upon to the time of his death. That he died on the 19th day of December eighteen hundred and thirty seven aged about Seventy six that his death took place in the day and year aforesaid in the County of Greenup State of Kentucky that her marriage was Solemnized by Jemiah. A. Cavendish who was a resident of the County & State afsd. That She had by the said Charles Cracraft one child (to wit) - Henry. Cla.y Cracraft who was born on the 20th day of January A.D. 1830 who was at the time of his fathers death under the age of Sixteen years and the living      
She further states that afterwards (to wit) on the 5th day of September AD 1841. She intermarried with one John Price who died on the 11th day of [illegible] January 1843 in Greenup county Kentucky. Whilst has remarried Widow ever since the period of her last mentioned husbands death and that by said her husband she had no child nor children. That she has not other means of proving the Services of her husband the said Charles Cracraft, other than by the papers herewith attatched (attached) which in his life rimw
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he died in poession of - And that many times prior to the death up for her said husband Chas. Cracraft he has narrated to her, his suffering & privations during this period of service in the war of the Revolution. And She doth further Solemnly declare that her Said husband said Chas. Cracraft never recovered from the United States any annuity or pension and so her knowledge his never was upon the pension Roll of any Agency in this or any other State. What her name prior to her marriage was Elizabeth Dillon. That the indigence of her circumstances prompts her to make this declaration. That, as the widow Said Charles Cracraft, she prays she may receive the allowance due him as a soldier and Lieutenant in the Service of his Country in the war of the Revolution under the act of June 7th, 1832
Elizabeth Price

Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above mentioned.

I William Corum clerk of the County Court of Greenup County in the state of Kentucky do certify that Capt. Charles Craycraft & Elizabeth Dillon (Now Elizabeth Price) Executed a marriage Bond on the 1stof Februiary 1828 which is now on file in my office - Given under my hand this 13th day of Feby 1851.

William Corum Clerk
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Commonwealth of Kentucky
county of Greenup } Set
I William Corum Clerk of the county Court for the County and state above mentioned do hereby certify that Benjamin F. King whose genuine signature appears above is and was at the time of Signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and State aforesaid duly Commissioned and sworn that all his Official acts are entitled to full faith and credit.
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Greenupsburg this 13 day of February A.D. 1851
William Corum Clerk
'
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Elizabeth Price 
Widow of 
Charles Cracraft 
Lieutenant in Rev. War 

Hon John C. Mason
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E. Man of Vol. C. 120. 

274590 
Act Mar 3/55 
May /57 

Elizabeth Price former wid of 
Charles Cracraft 
an officer, or private, 

61.3.61 [illegible]
June 8th /57

Capt 
Col 

 Ad. 160 Apr 
June 6/ 57 

[illegible] Revolutionary War  

Ohio 536132 
Special Boyton 

John S. Gallaher Washington
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State of Ohio Scioto County SS 
On this 21st day of March A.D. 1857 
personally appeared before me a Notary Public within & for the County & State aforesaid, Elizabeth Price, formerly Elizabeth Cracraft, aged Seventy years, a resident of the City of Portsmouth, Scioto County, in the State of Ohio, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Charles Cracraft deceased, who was an officer or private Soldier she believes in the war of the Revolution, or one of the wars since 1790, & that her said husband enlisted, volunteered, or was drafted, but she cant say which, and continued in actual service in said war for more than fourteen days and that her said husband was honorably discharged, She further states that she was married to the said Charles Cracraft in Greenup County in the State of Kentucky on or about the 18th day of February 1828 by one Cravens a minister of the Gospel, & that her name before her marriage was Elizabeth Dillow, that her said husband died at Greenup County in the State of Kentucky, on the 24th day of December 1832 She also declares that since the death of her said husband Charles Cracraft she was again married to one
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John Price, who is now dead, & that she is now a widow & unmarried, & that said John Price her last husband died in Greenup County in the State of Kentucky, on or about the first of July 1837. & that she has never since been married.
She also states that she has made dilligent (diligent) search for record of her said marriage with the said Charles Cracraft, & that she has been unable to find any. & that she has no family record of the same.
She also states that her said husband Charles Cracraft in his life time made application for a Pension & that after her said husbands death She as the Administratrix of his Estate drew $35, or thereabouts pension money. & that she refers to the evidence affixed in this claim by her said husband Charles Cracraft to establish her claim for bounty land.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under act of March 3d 1855 She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under
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this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
               her
Elizabeth  X  Price
              mark.

We, Jane M. Smiley and James T. Dillon residents of Scioto County in the State of Ohio ^ & Greenup County, Kentucky, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing Declaration was signed & acknowledged by Elizabeth Price in our presence, & that we believe from the appearance & statements of the applicant that she is the identical person that she represents herself to be & that we have no interest in this claim - & that she is now a widow.
Jane M. Smiley
James T. Dillon

State of Ohio Scioto County S.S.
On this 21st day of March in the year 1857 personally appeared before me, Martin Crain a Notary Public of the State of Ohio, within & for said Scioto County, James T. Dillon and Carlisle Hunt both of lawful age, who being duly sworn according to law, says James T. Dillon says that he now resides in Greenup County in the State of Kentucky & has resided there for many years, & that he was personally acquainted with Charles Cracraft prior to his marriage with Elizabeth Dillon (now Elizabeth Price & the applicant herein, & that said Charles
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Cracraft & the said Elizabeth Price were married in Greenup County in the State of Kentucky, On or about the 18rth day of February 1828 by One Cravens a Methodist Preacher, & that he was at the wedding & did see them married (underlined): & that said Charles Cracraft is now dead, & that said Charles Cracraft is now dead, & that he died on or about the 24th day of December 1832 in Greenup County in the State of Kentucky & that he heard of his death at the time & has since had his grave pointed out to him by the neighbors in the same neighborhood & that he has ever since missed him from Community. & that said Elizabeth Price is now a widow. Carlisle Hunt Says that he now resides in Greenup County in the State of Kentucky & has resided there for 25 years last past & that he was personally acquainted with Charles Cracraft former husband of Elizabeth Price applicant herein & he was also well acquainted with the Said Elizabeth Price & that he heard of the marriage of the said Charles Cracraft & the Said Elizabeth Price & that ever after up to the time of the death of the Said Charles Cracraft they lived together as husband & wife & were So regarded & reputed in the
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neighborhood where they reside. & that Said Charles Cracraft [sic] is dead & that he died in the year 1882 some time & that he is now dead, & that he did attend his burial & did see him dead - & that said Elizabeth is now unmarried & a widow.

James F. Dillon
Carlisle Kent {sp}

Jacob Price & John Price also of lawful age being first duly sworn according to law say, that they now reside in Scioto County in the State of Ohio, that they are personally acquainted with Elizabeth Price applicant herein. & that they were also acquainted with her last husband, John Price. & that the said John Price is now dead. & that he died in Greenup County in the state of Kentucky on or about the first day of July 1837, and that they were present when he was dead & did attend his burial & did see him dead. & further they saith not

Jacob (his X mark) Price
John (his X mark) Price
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The foregoing Declaration & affidavits were sworn to & subscribed before me on the day & year first above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be & that I have no interest in this claim.
Martin Crain
Notary Public
SCC

(See my Notarial Commission on file)
last one file! (underlined) M. Crain

Elizabeth Price
former widow of Charles Cracraft Dec.
for
Bounty Land under Act 3 March '55 for 100 acres
See Pension Papers of Chas. Cracroft Act of June 1832

Jno. S. Gallaher
Washington D.C.
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March 16, 1931

Rev.& 1812 Wars Section
AWF:MLB
Rev. William J. Gammon
311 N. High Street
Jackson, Missouri

Dear Sir:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 10228, that Charles Craycraft or Cracraft (son of Samuel) was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, date not stated.

In March, 1781, aged fourteen year, and while living in Hampshire county, Virginia, he enlisted and served six months as a private under Captain Anderson and Colonel Edmonds; and Captain Michael Stump and Major Mc Pherson, in the Virginia militia. On April 15, 1782, he was appointed a spy by Colonel Wilson of Monongalia County, Virginia, and served on the frontiers against the Indians for three years. On November 1, 1792, he was appointed first Lieutenant of the Fifth Battalion of Washington County, Pennsylvania militia.  On December 5, 1793, he was appointed captain of the Fifth company, Third Regiment, First Brigade of Washington County, Pennsylvania militia. On February 20, 1794 he was appointed lieutenant in the company of Captain James Seals of Washington County, Pennsylvania, and on November 9, 1796 was appointed captain in the Fourth Regiment, Second Battalion, First Brigade, Third Division Virginia militia, and on June 28, 1802, was appointed captain of a company in the Fourth Regiment, Tenth Brigade, Third Division Virginia militia.

In 1827 he had six children (names of wife and children not stated). He married February 18, 1828, in Greenup County, Kentucky, Elizabeth Dillon.
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He died December 23 or 24, 1832, in Greenup County, Kentucky, leaving seven children surviving, names not stated other than Henry Clay Craycraft who was born January 20, 1830. 
His widow, Elizabeth, married John Price, who died July 1, 1837.
She was allowed pension on account of the services of Charles Craycraft, on an application executed March 21, 1857, while a resident of Portsmouth, Ohio, aged seventy years.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner

- 2 -
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No 38.148

Chas. Cracraft [Craycraft]
decd [deceased]
Ky
Act 7th June 1832

Letter to Hon: J. C. Mason
May 27 1851
Let Han L. ch. box Jan. 23/55
2422
Act 7th June 1832
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Rejected
See letter [illegible] Feby 1824
to the  Hon D. Tremble
under act of June
11 Apl 37 to
J. Hockaday, Clerk Court of Greenup Co.
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David Hogan made a contract with Wm B Jarvis of Columbus Ohio-dated 13th Decr 1841 by which Jarvis was [illegible] Hogan's pension money from the Fed Gov half half for his services he was to retain - ascertain in the Pension office what Jarvis has done if anything & all that has been in this behalf--
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David Hagan
Memo
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Mr. Edwards if necessary I will attend to examine the handwriting of the late Col. McConnel, but hope it will not, as I am in very feeble health
W. T. Barry

Greenup C H [illegible]

Hon. William T. Barry
Washington City
D. C.
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Greenupsburg August 18th 1834
Hon. Wm T. Barry
Respected Sir, I have this day enclosed
to J. L. Edwards Commissioner of
pensions, the application of Charles Craycraft for a pension - The papers have been at the
Department before & returned for amendment, the tabular form showed the defects, which I hope are now cured, the form has been returned & will show what objections existed - The first was that the precise time of entering the service in 82 was not given-- the day is now proved by the deposition of Joseph Craycraft, & is all the proof on that point that can be obtained the applicant having died a short time after making his declaration - the second objection you will percieve [sic] was that the papers were not connected by a tape or ribbon -- Mr Hockaday, the clerk who certified the original papers has departed this life so that the application could not be answered or the certificate altered by the persons who made either, but the whole are now connected by a ribbon
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& my certificate made to the supplemental  statement,
There can be no danger of any imposition the hand writing of Mr. Hockaday may be seen in the department upon many applications. & I know that the proceedings are all genuine - the handwriting of the whole claim you will no doubt recognize as the hand of the late Col. Jn. M. McConnell - I hope the papers are now in proper form -

And I have taken the liberty of an old acquaintance (though perhaps not recollected as I was quite a youth when I had the pleasure of being in your company) to request you to attend to this claim & have it passed if the papers will justify the department in granting a pension [illegible] them - If they are by any accident not in strict conformity with the rigid rules prescribed by the department, I hope they may be prevailed on to relax some little as the declaration cannot be amended -
It is with reluctance that I call on one who has so much business of importance as you have, to attend to a matter of this kind
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But my anxiety for the family of the deceased must be my apology - If you could bestow a half hour to the examination of this claim at the department you confer a lasting favor on the widow & orphans of the decd. Veteran & very much oblige your friend & [illegible]
Robert D. Stockton
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Portsmouth Ohio June 5 1833.

Dear Sir
Some time since I wrote a letter of enquiry to your office - to which your Mr. S. Cole on the 20th [illegible] replied desiring to know Mr Price husband & where he served -
Mrs Elizabeth Price is the widow of Captain Charles Craycraft - who served in the Revolution Mrs Price has filed her declaration & claim & I desire [illegible] to know how far she has gone & what is the obstacle.
Your attention to this will oblige

J.W. Davis
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Sir
Inclosed I send you a Copy of an Act of the General Assembly passed on the 28th presiding among other things for the defence of the Pr[illegible] and a Commission by which you are appointed Lieutenant of the Company, to be employed in the County of Washington under the Command of Captain James Seals
You will be pleased to apply immediately to Captain James Seals - for insturctions to raise your compliment of non Commissioned Officers and Men, and I rely upon your rendering all the assistance in your power in that respect, as well as upon your zeal and Spirit in executing the other duties of your Commission. -
I am Sir
Your most obed. Serv.
Tho [illegible]

Philadelphia
1st March 1794

T. Charles Cracra[illegible] Esq.
Washington
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In the Name, and by the Authority, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
THOMAS MIFFLIN
Governor, of the said Commonwealth,
To Charles Craycraft Gentleman ~~~~~
Tho Mifflin
K Eposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valeur, Conduct, and Fidelity, I Do, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be First Lieutenant of a Company of Riflemen belonging to the fifth ~~~~~~
Francis Bailey, Printer
Battalion of Militia in the County of Washington You are, therefore, carefully and diligently to [illegible] of First Lieutenant ~~~ by doing and performing all manner of Things hereunto belonging. And I Do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your command, to be obedient to your Orders as First Lieutenant ~~~ And You are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions as you shall. from time to time, receive from the Governor of this Commonwealth (except when the Militia shall be called into the actual service of the United States), or from your Superior Officers, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, and in pursuance of the acts of Congress, or of the Act of the General Assembly of this State. This Commission to continue in Force, until the fame shall be lawfully revoked, annulled and made void.
Given under my Hand, and the less Seal of the State, at Philadelphia, this first - Day of November in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, and of the Commonwealth the Seventeenth ~~~~
By the Governor
A. S. Dallas
Secretary
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No.
The Commonwealth of Virginia,
to Charles Crecraft
Know you, that from the special trust and confidence reposed in your fidelity, courage, activity and good conduct and upon the recommendation of the of Court of the County of Ohio - - - our Governor, in pursuance of the act for regulating the militia of this Commonwealth doth appoint you the said Charles Crecraft Captain of a company in the      Battalion of the fourth Regiment in the tenth Brigade and third - division of the said militia, to take rank as such agreeably to the number and date hereof.
In testimony whereof, these our letters are sealed with the seal of the commonwealth and made patent. Witness, James Monroe our said Governor, at Richmond, this 28th day of June, - 1802.
Jas. Monroe
(REGISTERED)
Sam Coleman.

This commission is enclosed to show the standing of Capt. Cracraft
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In the Name, and by the Authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, THOMAS MIFFLIN, Governor of the said Commonwealth, To Charles Craycraft ~ of the County of Washington - Greeting:
Know That you, the said Charles Craycraft ~~~~(being duly elected and returned.) are hereby Commissioned Captain of the fifth Company in the Third Regiment of the first Washington Brigade of the Militia of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. To have and to hold this Commission exercising all the powers, and discharging all the duties thereto lawfully belonging and attached, for the term of seven years.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~
In Testimony whereof, I have set my Hand, and caused the great Seal of the said State to be affixed to these Presents, at Philadelphia the fifth ~~~ Day of December in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-three and of the Commonwealth the Eighteenth, 

By the Governor,
A S Dallas
Secretary

Tho Mifflin
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Brif in the case of Elizabeth Price, widow of C. Craycraft,, Sciota county and State of Ohio
act 3" February, 1853

Claim, (("original" or "for increase.") crossed out)

Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either state the substance.
Duplicate [illegible] in lieu of one dated May, 22, 1847, which has been lost.
(if for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?

J. S. Gallaher
Name and residence of Agent
Present

S. Cole
Examining Clerk
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No. 6744
Elizabeth Price,
formerly the widow of Charles Craycroft
Scioto County - Ohio
Admitted, act 3d Feby. 1853
at rate of $20 per annum commencing at date of said act
Husband was private of Infantry 6 months
Pay widow
Certificate to 
John S. Gallaher, esq.
Washington D.C.
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Washington - Township, Washington County,
Be it KNOWN that on the 31st day of December - 1794 before me Wm Mutherke Esquire, one of the Commonwealths Justices of the peace in and for the County of Washington came Charles Craycraft of Marin township and said county who took and subscribed the oath of Allegiance as prescribed by an address of his Excellency General HENRY LEE, to the Inhabitants of the four western Counties in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, dated the 8th, day of November 1794. Witness my hand and seal.
Wm. Mutherke [L> S.]
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State of Scioto Countys-personally appeared before me Ezra Osborne one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Scioto and State aforesaid Charles Cracraft now aged sixty one years a resident of Greenup County Commonwealth of Kentucky Born and raised in Loudon County State of Virginia who on his solemn oath says he did enlist into the Virginia line of Troops in the revolutionary war in the month of March 1781 - under Capt Anderson in Col- Edmunson's Regt - for six months, he then enlisted for one year under Maj W Henson to go before the light Horse and remained with him till after the Surrender of Cornwallis and was then Honorably discharged but his discharge by time and accident is now lost - Was in Waynes action with the British at the crossing of James River and was one of the Guard at the time Richmond was evacuated - This deponent is now poor, has six children, but they are unable to support him - and subsists at present upon the Bounty of Capt. William Duprey - This deponent further says he has not any property either personal or real except a scanty supply of common wearing apparel, and has not directly or indirectly made over at any time any part of his property in expectation of receiving it again in order to assist him in procuring the bounty allowed by the United Sates to poor and infirmed seaman
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or Soldiers - neither has he any in expectancy remainder or recursion and further than this deponent saith not -
            his
Charles  X  Cracraft
           mark

State of Ohio Scioto County ss - Sworn and Subscribed before me this 22 of January 1827 - 
Ezra Osborn J.P.

The State of Ohio Scioto County ss} I John B. Clingman Deputy for John R. Turner Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do certify that Ezra Osborn Esqr. before whom the foregoing depositions appear to have been taken, was at the time of subscribing his name thereto, one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified as the law requires and as such due faith and credit are now and ought to be given to all his official acts as well in Courts of Justice as thereout. - 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at the Town of Portsmouth this 23rd day of January A.D. 1827, and of our State the 25th 

John R. Tuner Clerk
By his Deputy J.B. Clingman
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Greenup. 6.h Jan.y 23rd. 1827~

Dear Sir the within statements I presume to be Correct for the said Chals. Craycraft and young-est child is with me since spring 1826 in the manner within. mentid I entertain no doubts of your feeling, towards suffering humanity where whe are the prime life spent In garding fruntiers Against the savage Tribs for a searies years in - Addition To the early part life spent as soldier In survice [sic] United States. he Old and infirm A man in a ward [illegible] and [illegible] I feel no doubts but you will use your Indevour [sic] in procure - ing a pension for him if Anything more is wanting write to me if you should get a pension let me know or not. Chilicothe [sic-Chillicothe] is most Covenent [sic] with due 
Esteem yours In haste William Duprey
Maj D. Trimble E
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Elizabeth Price
Former widow of Charles Cracraft
Application for Pension under act of 3 FEb. 1853
Charles Craycraft was a Revo. Pensioner
Cole
Jn. S. Gallaher,
Washington  D.C.
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State of Ohio Scioto County SS:
On this 21st day of March in the year Eighteen Hundred and fifty seven personally appeared before the Judge of the Probate Court, held in and for said Scioto County, said court being of record, Mrs. Elizabeth Price aged seventy years, a resident of the city of Portsmouth, in the County of Scioto, and in the State of Ohio, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed February 3d 1853:
That she is the widow of Charles Cracraft, who was an officer or private soldier in the war of the Revolution, that she does not know his place of residence at the time he entered the service. That her said husband Charles Cracraft in his lifetime made application for a pension, and fully established his claim, but died shortly thereafter, and that she after his death received thirty five dollars, or thereabout, pension money, as the Administratrix of his Estate, & that She at that time resided in Greenup
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County in the state of Kentucky, & that the pension certificate & other papers of her said husband have been lost. & she cannot now state the amount that her said husband was entitled to per year, but she declares that she believes that the evidence of her said husband's service is on file in the Pension Department at Washington D.C. & she refers to the evidence in her said husband's application to establish her claim, and that said evidence as she verily believes is full and complete. She also states that she has before, & since the death of her last husband, employed one Robert Evans, an Attorney of Greenup County in the state of Kentucky to procure for her a pension, & that has repeatedly inquired of Said Robert Evans what had been done with her claim, but never gave her any satisfactory answer & that he has since left the County & she does not know where he now resides She further declares that she was married to the said Charles Cracraft on the 18th day of February A.D. 1828, that her said husband Charles Cracraft died on the 24th day of December A.D. 1832, that she was afterwards
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married to John Price, and that her said last husband, John Price died on the first day of July A.D. 1837, & she still remains a widow, & was never married after the death of the said John Price her last husband, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed,
She also declares that she has made dilligent [sic] search for record evidence of her said marriage with her first husband, the said Charles Cracraft, in the clerk's office in Greenup County in the state of Kentucky, that being the office where all marriages were then, and now are recorded which were and now are solemnized in said county, & that there is no record evidence of her said marriage to be found in said office, she also declares that she has no family record of said marriage in her possession, and that she cannot find any private record of the same elsewhere.

Elizabeth (her x mark) Price
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written

J. W. Collings Probate [illegible]
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State of Ohio Scioto County SS

On this 21st day of March 1857 personally appeared before me a Notary Public of the State of Ohio, within & for said Scioto County 
James T. Dillon, Carlisle Hunt, Jacob Price & John Price all of lawful age who being duly sworn according to law say:
James T. Dillon says that he now resides in Greenup County in the State of Kentucky & that he has been acquainted with Elizabeth Price applicant herein & that he has known her for 50 years last past, & that he was acquainted with the said Charles Cracraft [sic] prior to his marriage with the said Elizabeth Dillon now Elizabeth Price, & that the said Charles Cracraft [sic] & the said Elizabeth Price were married in Greenup County in the State of Kentucky on or about the 18th day of February 1828
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by one Cravens a Methodist Preacher
& that he (the said James T. Dillon) was at
the wedding & did see them married, & that said Charles Cracraft is now dead & that he died on or about the 24th day of December 1832 in Greenup County in the State of Kentucky, & the reason he knows this fact is because at the time he died, the said Charles Cracraft) he (the said James T. Dillon ) did reside in the same neighborhood, & heard of his death at the time & has since had his
grave pointed out to him by the neighbors in said neighborhood, & that said Elizabeth Price has never been married since the death of John Price her last husband & that she is now a widow & that he has that she has never been married since the death of said Price, because he has ever since Price died, resided in the same neighborhood with her & that she could not have beenagain married without his becoming acquainted with the fact, & further
he saith not
James T. Dillon
Carlisle Hunt says that he now resides in Greenup County in the State of Kentucky & that he has resided there for 25 years last past & that
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he has been acquainted with Elizabeth
Price applicant herein for more than
25 years last past, & that he
was personally acquainted with
Charles Cracraft her first husband Shortly after
his marriage with the said
Elizabeth Price (then Elizabeth
Dillon) & that they were married
On or about the year 1828 in Greenup
County in the State of Kentucky, & that the
said Charles Cracraft & the said
Elizabeth Price lived together peaceably
as husband & wife up to the time
of the death of the said Charles
Cracraft, & were so regarded &
respected by their neighbors in
the neighborhood where they
resided & that there was never
any doubt expressed by their
said neighbors in regard to
their never having been married
& that said Charles Cracraft is
now dead & that he died on or
about the 24th December (1832?) Eighteen
Hundred & thirty two, & that she
did attend the Funeral of the said
Charles Cracraft & did see
him buried, & that said Elizabeth
Price has never been married since
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the death of the said John Price her last husband, & that he has resided near her ever since the death of said Price & he believes she could not have been married without his knowledge, & that She is now a widow & further he Saith not
Carlisle Hunt

Jacob Price & John Price say that they
are residents of Scioto County in
the State of Ohio, & say that they have
read the foregoing Declaration of
Elizabeth Price, former wife of
Charles Cracraft, now deceased
& also of John Price deceased &
they also declare that the said
John Price refered to in the foregoing
Declaration was their father & that
he married the widow of Charles
Cracraft deceased, & also declare
that their father at the time of
said marriage was a widower
& that said Elizabeth Price is no
blood relation to them, but that
she is their "Step Mother" They also
declare that the said John
Price is dead & that he died or or
about the first day of July 1837
& the reason they know
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his fact is because they did
attend his funeral & did see
him dead, & that the said
Elizabeth Price who swore to &
Signed the foregoing Declaration
is the identical person that
she represents herself to be, & that
they have no interest in this claim
& further they Saith not

Jacob
Price
X
his mark

John Price
X
his mark

I hereby certify that the foregoing
affidavits of James T. Dillon,
Carlisle Hunt, Jacob Price &
John Price were sworn to
& Subscribed by them respectively
in my presence on the 21st March
1857 & that I am personally acquainted
with them & that they are
Credible persons, & that I have
no interest in this claim
Martin Crain
Notary Public
C O
(See my Notary Commission on file.)
the last one sent
M Crain
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No. 38.148
Ch 1. Cracraft dcd [deceased]
Ky
Act 7 June 1832-

W. Price 
Pension Papers
R. L. Evans
agent
Greenup C H
[illegible]

Greenup C H
Feb 13 Ky

[crossed off] Hon. J. C. Mason
[crossed off] Washington City D. C.
J.  C. Mason
[illegible]
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June 10 - 1853
Rec: to claim of
Elizabeth Price
formerly widow of 
Charles Craycraft

I. W. David
Portsmouth Ohio

[ripped envelope] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Commission[missing]
Page 62

offical business
[postmark] CINCINNATTI FREE OCT 2

George C. Whiting, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.

[handwritten] Getty
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Pension Papers of
Charles Kracraft dec'd [deceased]
Kentucky
 Jno [John] S. Gallaher
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FREE [postage]

[postmark] PORTSMOUTH O [illegible]
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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V.
61.361

[illegible]
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Pension Agency Cincinnati
Sept 25 1857

Sir
There was presented this day for payment the vouchers of Elizabeth Price formerly Widow of Charles Craycroft under Act 3 Feby 1853 at the rate twenty dollars per annum the certifficate [sic] bears date August Eighth 1857 not having received any Notice of such certifficate[sic]  I of course refused to pay
Yours Respectfully
Joel C. Green
[illegible]

George C Whiting Esq
Commissioner
Washington, DC
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Affidavit as to loss of Pension Certificate for
Elizabeth Price
widow of Charles Cracraft

Jno. [John] S. Gallaher
Washington DC
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District of Columbia,
County of Washington
On this 2nd day of August 1857 before
me came personally Jno S. Gallaher who
being duly sworn declares that the
Pension Certificate in favor of Eliza
beth Price former widow of Charles
Cracroft, which he understands was
mailed to him by the Pension Office
about the 22d June last, never
has been received by him. He
therefore asks a renewal of the same

John S. Gallaher
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 2nd day of August 1857
Thos. Donoho. J.P. [Justice of the Peace]
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Letter concerning Pension Certificate for Elizabeth Price former widow 
of Charles Cracroft [sic]
AO Feby 53  No 6132

McRae

Jno. S. Gallaher
Washington DC
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Washington June 57
Sir,
I respectfully call attention to the fact that a Pension Certificate issued in the name of Elizabeth Price former widow of Charles Craft, Revolutionary Pensioner, has not reached me
Will you do me the favor to issue another, and notify the Pension Agent that the first is not to be of recognized

Very respectfully
Yours.
Jno. S. Gallaher

G. C. Whiting
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State of Kentucky
County of Greenup
SS
On this 3d day of February A D 1857 Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County George Bradshaw Sr O F McCoy who after being first duly sworn doth state that they are well acquainted with Elizabeth Price who has filed her declaration for the Pension due her husband Charles Cracraft a Soldier of the Revolution that the said Elizabeth was married to Charles Cracraft on the 16th day of Feby 1828, who died on or about the 19th day of December 1837
That after the period of said Cracrafts death the said Elizabeth married to John Price who died on or about the 11th day of January AD 1843 and that said Elizabeth has remained a widow ever since that period that she had no children by the said John Price but had one child by said Charles Cracraft [illegible] (Henry Clay Cracraft)  aged about twenty one years of age & that said Elizabeth Price now remains a widow aged about 60 years from the best of their knowledge 
George  Bradshaw Sr
X
his
mark

O F McCoy

Subscribed & sworn to On the day & year above written
The above George Bradshaw & O F McCoy are gentlemen entitled to credit
James Bryan J.P. [Justice of the Peace]
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Commonwealth of Kentucky
Greenup County
Sct
I William Corum Clerk of the County for the County and state aforementioned do hereby certify that James Bryan whose genuine signature appears above is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly Commissioned and Sworn and all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit
Given under my hand and Seal of Office at Greenupsburg this 13th day of Feby AD 1837
William Corum Clerk

O. F. McCoy & George Bradshaw 
Prove death of Lt. Charles Cracraft
Marriage [illegible]
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O. F. McCoy
George Bradshaw
prove death of Lieut. 
Charles Cracraft
Marriage  [illegible]
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Pension Agency Cincinnati
Oct 2d 1857
Sir
I have yours of the 28th last and in reply have to state that the notice to place the name of
Elizabeth Price formerly Widow of Charles Craycroft on the roll of this Agency under act of 3 Feby 1853 (illegible) at the rate of $20 per annum has never been received at this Agency
I would respectfully suggest that it was misdirected and found its way to another agency
I am very respectfully your
Obt  [Obedient] Servant
Joel C. Green
Agent

George C Whiting Esq
Commission
Washington
DC
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20,222
Charles Craycraft
Greenup Co. Ky:

Hon. D. Trimble
H. R.
Recd. [Received] 5th Feb. 1827

A claim for Rev. Pension
The Secretary of War
J L Edwards 
Washington
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The Secretary of War

Sir
Here is a claim for Pension.

yours D Trimble
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Brief in the case of Elizabeth Price, formerly widow of Charles Craycraft, Scioto County and State of Ohio
act: February 3, 1853.
Claim, "original"
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband of Claimant applied for pension
in 1832, "but died before the allowance of his claim The arrears at rate of $20 per annum due him to 23rd December 1832, the date of his death were ordered to be paid to Elizabeth Craycraft his widow (present applicant) Marriage of Claimant to said Craycraft, and
death of her second husband, in 1837, and her
present widowhood proved by several credible witnesses

 Allowance accordingly

John S. Gallaher Esq
Washington, D.C.
residence of Agent
Name and residence of Agent

R. Geddes
Examining Clerk
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State of Ohio Scioto County
Before me Ezra Adam one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Scioto personally appeared Joseph Cracraft aged fifty nine years and being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith, that he is well  acquainted with Charles Cranes formerly of Loudon County Commonwealth of Virginia, and says he was enlisted into the Virginia Line of Troops in our revolutionary war with great Britain in March 1781 under Capt Anderson in Col. Emerson Regiment for six months. He was then chosen by Maj McFerson to go before the light house for one year and remained with him till after the Surrender of Cornwallis where he there was and shortly after was honorably discharged
Sworn and subscribed before me this 8th day of January 1827
Joseph Cracraft
X
his
mark


Ezra Osbourn J. P. [Justice of the Peace]
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No
The Commonwealth of Virginia.
To Charles Crecraft, Gentleman:
Know you, that from the special trust and confidence reposed in your fidelity, courage, activity, and good conduct, our Governor, with the advice of the Council of State, pursuant to the act, "For regulating the militia of this Commonwealth," doth appoint you the said Charles Crecraft Captain of a Company of Rifelmen (Riflemen) to the Second Battalion of the fourth Regiment the tenth Brigade and third Division of the said Militia, to rank as such agreeably to the number and date hereof.
In Testimony whereof, These our letters are sealed with the seal of the Commonewealth, and made patent.
Witness Robert Brooke, Esquire, our said Governor, at Richmond, this ~ 9th ~ day of November  1796.
(REGISTERED.)
Sam. Coleman

Rbt. Brooke
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Rev WIDOW, &c.

File No. 10228
Elizabeth Price
formerly Wid
Charles Craycro(a)ft

Pvit Rev War
Act: Feby 3rd 1853
Index:-Vol. M Page 140
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Hist [History] to A. O. Marshall C/o M. E. Ailes, US. Tres Dept  MEL
C. C. Parker
M. E.

5 letters to E Ailes
[illegible] within
F. J.

Hist to Dr. Wm. G. Bane
AW

July 25/95 Sidney [illegible]

Aug 33/95 Hist
Trenton [illegible]

1895 Dec
Milton
see m

1905 Dec. 12
1920 Jany 29 Hist. to W. E. Lawrence

1924, Feb. 8 Hist. to Early W
U. M.

Crecraft
1931- Mch 16- Hist to Rev

1931 May 8- Rev. Wm. J. Gourmore [illegible]
[illegible] Craycraft [illegible] MNHF
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REJECTED

2422

P. O. Chas. Cracraft

Service: [blank]
Enlisted:  [blank]
Discharged:  [blank]
Application filed:  [blank]
Alleges:  [blank]
Re-Enlisted:  [blank]
Attorney:  [blank]
P.O.  [blank]
 [blank] Recognized
 [blank] Contract
 [blank] Cert. of Dis.
Searched for  [blank], 18

[handwritten] Com [Commissioner] Pen [Pensions]
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O. S. MARSHALL                A. O. MARSHALL
O.S. Marshall & Son,
Sidney Grain Elevator,
Dealers in
Grain, Seeds, Salt and Coal
Sidney Ohio    July 13 1895
Mr. Milton E. Arles  US Treasy Dept
Washington D.C. 
My Dear Milton:
could you find out whether or not the names of the soldiers of the Revolutionary War are on file in Washington, and to whom I would write.
I am trying to find out the record of a Charles Cracraft who was a Major. He died in Washington Co Pa - but- Ii don't know where he entered the service from. but think from Virginia or West Virginia - Yet.
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O. S. MARSHALL.                A. O. MARSHALL

O. S. Marshall & Son,
Sidney Grain Elevator,
Dealers in
Grain, Seeds, Salt and Coal

Sidney, Ohio,     189 
May be from Mass. or Penn. We did have the records several years ago but they are destroyed.
If you can find out as to whether the [illegible] are on file and have (must crossed out) I would get it: 
Thanking you in advance and wishing to be remembered to your wife = I am
Very Truly Your Friend
A. O. Marshall
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(3-469.)
Bureau of Pensions.
Application No.
Certificate No.
NAME OF SOLDIER.

(stamp) FIRST DEPUTY JUL 18 1895 COMMISSIONER

Co.   , Reg't 
INFORMATION DESIRED.
Referred to 
Gen. Dana
Chf. owsu du
for appropriate response to attached letter. Please send to wirter in care of Milton E. Ailes Esq.
U.S. Treasury Dept.
D. I. Murphy
Acting Commissioner 
6-061
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Subject:
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway.
Adjusting Agent's Office
C.C. Parker
Adjusting Agent
Trenton, Mo. Aug. 14th 1895
Commissioner Pensions
U.S.A. Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
I am indefinitely informed that my Great Grandfather Major Cha's. Creacraft or Cracraft 
enlisted either from Pennsylvania or perhaps what is now West Va. as he lived in Washington Co. Va. Virginia, which I can not so far learn to any degree of Correctness
Will you kindly inform what I should do to get a lead in tracing this man's record.  I hold in my possession this mans field surgeons [illegible] case of instruments handed down and down a tradition says that he was an honorable  Revolutionary pensioner & was ceded lands on account of minuteman's military services rendered
Very Caurtuly(?) 
CC Parker
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19/48
December 11, 1905.

Respectfully referred to the Commissioner of Pensions for consideration
Sam Houston

M
Dec 11 1905
COMMISSIONER

Gov & ct
reply through 
DEC 11 1905
desk please
M

(stamp)  U.S. OLD WAR & NAVY
DEC 11 1905
FILES
P. 3 45 PM. B.
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Wm C BANE, M. D.
STEELE BLOCK, 167 & STOUT ST.
DENVER, COLO.
Dec. 7th 1905.
Dr. Sam Houston
My dear Doctor:
Pardon me for troubling you about a personal matter, but I feel you can get as the information I want without much delay
Being a direct decendent [sic] of Major Charles Cracraft (1748 - 1824), who served as Surgeon and ranked as major in Genl George Rogers Clark's Indian Expedition. I wish to get the date of Major Cracraft birth -  service rendered time etc date of discharge and of death.
I understand he was given a grant of land where the City of Detroit now stands as County, but thought so little of it that he never went to see it. However if the records show he was tendered the grant I would like to know it. I wish the date that I may enter one of the chapter of the sons of the Revolution

Merry Xmas to you and yours
very sincerely
Wm C Bane

P. S. If I am asking too much of you kindly refer the letter to some one else.
Yours
WCB
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Address
W. E. Lawrence
c/o
Charles Lincoln McGuire
Attorney
1729 W. 9th St.
Oklahoma City, Okla

Jany 26, 192

W. E. Lawrence
1705 8" Ave
Fort Worth, Texas
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Manse, 311 N. High Street
Telephone Number 432
First
Presbyterian Church
WM. J. GAMMON PASTOR
Jackson, Mo.

March 16th, '31


[handwritten] Aug. 3/16/31
To  Pension Department,
      Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Some weeks ago I asked you for all data regarding a Chas- Cracraft likely of Greenup Co, Ky-, who likely served in Revolutionary War, I find on tombstone in that Co of one Chas-  Cracraft, born in 1783, so that one could not have been in Revolution, but there may have been another Chas from Ky.
I will thank you for a reply giving me all data regarding this Chas, his family, parents, birthplace, etc at your earliest convenience; I mean any Chas from my on your records.
I wish to make this request also please; that you will tell me how many persons named Cracraft are on your pension records, who served in any capacity in the War of the Revolution; and if there be but very few, give names of all. The War Department has recently granted me a favorable reply to this same inquiry, and said that this name, Cracraft, did not occur on their records.
I trust that you will kindly grant the same favor.
This information is desired for one who desires to become a member of the D. A. R. which has always been very loyal to every department of our government.
The reason I make this request, chiefly, is that the idea care to us, that no Cracraft served in the Revolution, except one major Chas- of W. Va., later of Washington Co, Penna-. If the name is on your records, it would prove
that statement unreliable. Hoping for early reply, sincere, W. J. Gammon
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Manse, 311 N. High Street
Telephone Number 432
First Presbyterian Church
WM. J. GAMMON, PASTOR
Jackson, Mo.

Feb- 18th, '35

To Pension Department
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
I wish to make a small request of you please, and his family
Please give me all the data Cracraft (might be spelled Craycraft, or Cracroft) and his family  who was in the Revolutionary war and later drew a pension.
I am very sorry that I have not data concerning him, his company, county state etc: he is said to have died in Ky. and his widow likely applied for and recieved [sic] the pension. I am informed that he lived at one time
in Mason County, Ky.
There is another Col- Chas- Cracraft who was in the Revolutionary War from Monongalia Co, W. Va., and died in Washington Co, Penna, twice married, once to Miss Atkinson, then Miss Ruple, of whom we know: we have
nearly all desired data regarding him: then he likely did not draw a pension.
The Chas Cracraft, first mentioned, is most likely the one one who ever drew a pension thru your office. Please give all data regarding this first Chas-, and please say if other Chas Cracrafts, or any
[handwritten] over
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Cracrafts by any name, drew pensions as soldiers or officers in the War of the Revolution.
I assure you that this information is desired only for historical purposes, and not at all in any way to attempt to establish any claim against the government, any state, or part thereof in interest of any property, money, or anything of that nature.
Hoping for an early reply,
Sincerely,
Wm J Gannon

P. S. PLEASE STATE IF THERE ARE ON YOUR RECORDS NAMES OF CTHER
CRACRAFTS ( or Craycrafts), who have
drawn pensions as for services in
the Revolutionary War.
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Manse, 311 N. High Street

First Presbyterian Church
WM. J. GAMMON, PASTOR
Jackson, Mo.

April 17th, '31 

Pension Department,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

I wish to express sincere thanks for data regarding Chas Cracraft, soldier of Revolutionary War and pensioner, which data you sent in reply to my request of several weeks ago.
Just before this data arrived, I mailed a request to you, which I herewith repeat. I wish to request that you will inform me how many persons named Cracraft (or Craycraft, or Cracroft) are on your pension records as having rendered services in some capacity during the Revolutionary War; and if there are but few, or small number, please give just their names.
I trust that you will give this small amount of data, as the War Department granted the same request, I am rather confident that the number will be very small, or I would not make this request.
This request is made in a basis for securing data to enter the D.A.R., and organization, which has always been very loyal and faithful in support of our government in times of war and peace.
If you can give this data, if on record at all, 
promptly, it will be greatly appreciated.

With many thanks,
By Wm. J. Gammon

[received stamp] PENSION OFFICE
US
APR 20 1931
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DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
MUNICIPAL UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
AKRON, OHIO

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.

My dear Sir:

I write to inquire about the full names of the Cracrafts (sometimes spelled Craycrofts) who served in the Revolutionary War and who were subsequently placed on the pension list. I shall appreciate your interest and assistance in supplying me with these names. The family lived in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.

Yours very truly
Earl W. Crecraft

[handwritten] There is only one in files
Charles Craycraft of Va
send it & say only one 
 
[stamp]
JAN 4 1924
OFFICE
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
February 8, 1924.

Earl W. Crecraft,
Municipal Univ. of Akron,
Akron, Ohio.

Sir:

I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim W. 10228 it appears that Charles Craycraft or Cracraft (son of Samuel) was born in Loudoun County,
Virginia, date not stated. In March 1781, aged fourteen years and while living in Hampshire County, Virginia, he enlisted and served six months as a private under Captain Anderson and Colonel Edmonds; and Captain Michael Stump and Major McPherson, in the Virginia militia. On April 15, 1782, he was appointed
a spy by Colonel Wilson of Monongalia County, Virginia, and served on the frontiers against the Indians for three years.
On November 1, 1792, he was appointed First Lieutenant of the Fifth Battalion of Washington County, Pennsylvania militia. On December 5, 1793, was appointed Captain of the Fifth Company, Third Regiment, First Brigade of Washington County, Pennsylvania militia. On February 20, 1794, he was appointed Lieutenant in the Company of Captain James Seals of Washington County, Pennsylvania, and on November 9, 1796, was appointed
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Captain in the Fourth Regiment, Second Battalion, First Brigade, Third Division Virginia militia, and on June 28, 1802, was appointed Captain of a Company in the Fourth Regiment,
Tenth Brigade, Third Division Virginia militia.
In 1827 he had six children ( names of wife and children not stated). He married February 18, 1828, in Greenup County, Kentucky, Elizabeth Dillon. He died December 23 or 24, 1832,in Greenup County, Kentucky, leaving seven children surviving, names not stated other than Henry Clay Craycraft who was born
January 20, 1830. His widow married John Price, who died July 1, 1837. She was allowed pension on account of the services of Charles Craycraft on an application executed March 21, 1857, while a resident of Portsmouth, Ohio, aged seventy years.
The above noted is the only Craycraft or Cracraft found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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January 29, 1820.
Mr. W. E. Lawrence,
to Mr. Charles L. McGuire,
1729 W. Ninth Street,
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Jan. 29 [illegible]
Sir:
In response to the personal inquiry of Mr. Charles L. McGuire January 26th, 1930, requesting a statement of the history of Charles Craycraft or Cracroft, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, W. File No. 10,888, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and his widow's applications for pension. 
He was born and raised in Loudoun County, Virginia (date of birth not stated.) In March, 1781, aged fourteen  years and while living in Hampshire County, Virginia, he enlisted and served six months as Private under Captain Anderson and Colonel Edmonds; and Captain Michael Stump and Major McPherson, in the Virginia militia.  On April 10, 1782, he was appointed a spy by Colonel Wilson of Monongalia County, Virginia, and served on the frontiers against the Indians for three years. On November 1, 1792, he
was appointed first lieutenant of the Fifth Battalion of Washington County (Pa.) militia. On December 5, 1753, he was appointed captain of the Fifth Company, Third Regiment, First Brigade of Washington County (Pa.) militia. On February 20, 1794, he was
appointed lieutenant in the company of Captain James Seals of Washington County, Pa., and on November 9, 1796, he was appointed captain in the
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Fourth Regiment, Second Battalion, First Brigade, Third Division Virginia militia, and on June 28, 1802, was appointed Captain of
a Company in the Fourth Regiment, Tenth Brigade, Third Division Virginia militia.
His brother Joseph aged sixty-four years in 1832, states that he was also a soldier in the Virginia militia in 1781 and served as a substitute for their father, Samuel.
In 1837 he had six children (names of wife and children not stated). He married February 18, 1838, in Greenup County, Kentucky, Elizabeth Dillon and died December 23 or 24 1838, in 
Greenup County, Kentucky leaving seven children surviving names not stated other than Henry Clay Craycroft who was born January
20, 1830. His widow married John Price, who died July 1, 1837. She was allowed pension on account of the services of Charles Craycraft on an application executed March 21, 1857, while a resident of Portsmouth Ohio, aged seventy years.
Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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Dec. 12, 1905
Sir:
In response to your letter dated December 7, 1905, and received in this Bureau December 11, 1905, requesting a statement of the military history of Charles Craycraft  name also spelled Cracraft, a soldier of the Revolutionary War (W. File No. 10228), you will find below the desired information as contained in his
and his widow's application for pension.
He was born and raised in Loudoun County, Virginia (date of birth not stated.) In March, 1781, aged fourteen  years and while living in Hampshire County, Virginia, he enlisted and served six months as Private under Captain Anderson and Colonel Edmonds; and Captain Michael Stump and Major McPherson, in the Virginia militia.  On April 10, 1782, he was appointed a spy by Colonel Wilson of Monongalia County, Virginia, and served on the frontiers against the Indians for three years. On November 1, 1792, he
was appointed first lieutenant of the Fifth Battalion of Washington County (Pa.) militia. On December 5, 1753, he was appointed captain of the Fifth Company, Third Regiment, First Brigade of Washington County (Pa.) militia. On February 20, 1794, he was
appointed lieutenant in the company of Captain James Seals of Washington County, Pa., and on November 9, 1796, he was appointed captain in the Fourth Regiment, Second Battalion, First Brigade,
Third Division, Virginia militia. [handwritten] And on June 26 1802 he was appointed Capt in the 4th Regt 10th Brigade 3 Div. Va militia
[handwritten] Don't send in this form again Miss W says.
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His brother, Joseph, aged sixty-four years in 1832, states that he was also a soldier in the Virginia militia in 1781 and served as a substitute for their father, Samuel.
In 1827 he had six children ( names of wife and children not stated). He married Elizabeth Dillon on February 18, 1828, in Greenup County, Ky. He died December 23 or 24, 1832, in Greenup County, Ky., and left seven children surviving (names not stated.) except Henry Clay Clark who was born Jany 20, 1830.  His widow married John Price, who died July 1, 1837. She applied for pension on Mar 21,1857 then aged seventy and a resident of Portsmouth, Ohio.
[handwritten] She was al [allowed] pen [pension] on acct of the services of C. C. [Chas Craycraft]

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.


Dr. Wm. C. Bane,
Steele Block, 16th and Stout Sts.,
Denver, Col.
[handwritten] Rejected claim found since this letter was written
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May 8, 1931.

Rev. William J. Gammon,
311 North High Street,
Jackson, Missouri.

Rev.&1812 Wars Section 
MMHF

Dear Sir:
You are advised that the history of Charles Craycraft (W.10228) furnished you on March 16, 1931, is that of the only soldier with that surname (or other spelling) that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.

It is suggested that information in regard to
the military record of other soldiers by that name might be obtained from The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.

Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.