Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,861, Thomas Craig, Penn.
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( [3?] -1776)                                        

SERVICE                             NUMBER

PENN.    Craig Thomas    S. 40.861

B.L. [unknown] 409-500.  Col.
Issued Feb 27,1792.
No papers.

CONTENTS
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Certificate of Ths Crang
copies sent to Hon. D.D. Wagner
14 Augt 1834
Discontinuance notified in a note to Hon T ,J.  Rogers, H.R. 26 Feb, 1822

3066.
Pennsylvania Roll.
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Thomas
Craig Esqr
Colonel
Pennsylvania line 77 War
In the army of the United States during the Revolution.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month, to commence the 20th of April 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 28th of September and sent to Colonel Craig at Pastern Northampton Cty. Penn
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Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818- 4mos- 15/30-90
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4th March 1819___120 
$210

75/22

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
Discontinued
[Illegible]
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State of Pennsylvania
Northampton County
                                       On the twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen Before me the subscriber President of Third Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania personally appeared Thomas Craig Esquire aged seventy five years and upwards in the County of Northampton in the State ? aid who being by me daily sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to maintain the provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" That he the said Thomas Craig ? was commissioned as a Captain of a company in the third Pennsylvania Regiment on the fifth day of January 1776 and continued as such ? some time in the month of September 1776 when he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and on the first day of August 1777 was appointed Colonel of said regiment in which capacity he continued until the end of the war That he was in the battles of Brandiwine, Germantown, Monmouth and was present at the taking of Cornwallis and that he is reduced in his circumstances and stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for support and that the commission herewith transmitted is considered sufficient evidence of his service.

Sworn to and declared before one 
the day and year ? aid
R. Porter
President of the third judicial 
district of Pennsylvania

I Robert Porter Esquire President of the Courts of Common ?  of the third Judicial District of the state of Pennsylvania do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Thomas Craig Esquire did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding Declaration against the common enemy
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Omit
Pennsylvania
Northampton County 
I, Henry Spering Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Northampton in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Certify that Robert Porter Esquire before whom the
foregoing proceedings were had, at the time of taking the same was and now is President of the third Judicial District of Pennsylvania, consisting of the Counties of Berks, Northampton,
and Lehigh, and that full faith and credit is due to his acts as such. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and seal of the said County of Northampton Court of Common Pleas 
this twenty first day of April in the year of Our Lord one of the thousand Eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Commonwealth the forty second 
H Spering Prothy

County of Northampton
in Pennsylvania
upon due enquiry and deliberation I the subscribed am satisfied that the within applicant Thomas Craig Esquire is in indigent circumstances and needs the support of his country. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the Court of Common pleas in & for the said County of Northampton to be affixed this eighteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
R Porter
President of the third Judicial district of Pennsylvania
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Lehigh County ss:

Among the records of the Court of Common pleas for the County of Lehigh aforesaid it is thus contained

That Court of Common pleas for the County of Lehigh aforesaid held at the borough of Northampton in for said County of Lehigh, on the twelfth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and twenty three before the Honorable Robert Porter Esq. President and Jonas Hartzell and John Fogel Esqrs. Judges of said Court

Declaration
In order to restore to the Pension list under the Act of 18 March 1823

State of Pennsylvania  
Lehigh County 
On this twelfth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three personally appeared in open court of Common Pleas, being a court of record in and for the County aforesaid Thomas Craig now resident in the said County aged eighty years and upwards who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1. the first of May 1840 and the first of March 1818. that he the said Thomas Cong entered into the war of the revolution as a volunteer upon the advice of Mr John Allen who gave him letter of introduction to Col. Thompson who commanded the Pennsylvania. Maryland and Virginia troops then raised, and went with him to Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts, was appointed a captain in the regiment commanded by Col. St. Clair on the 5th of January 1776 and immediately marched into Canada. He afterwards in June 1777 joined the main Army at Morristown in New Jersey having been appointed a Lieutenant Colonel in September preceding and after the battle of Short's Hill
was promoted to the command of a regiment. On the fifth of November after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, he was ordered to join the south Army in South Carolina under General Green, to which army he remained attached until at the certification of the treaty of Great Britain. That he the said Thomas Craig was from the commencement to the end of the revolutionary war on the continental establishment in the Pennsylvania line, that his name has been placed on the pension list and dropped therefrom on account of his property

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons in gaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contract, or
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debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed vis
As yearly pension of one hundred and eighty Dollars from the State of Pennsylvania, and no other income whatever
L Craig
That since the exhibition of my first Schedule the following changes have been made in my property.
Two lots of Mountain land situate in Towamending ] Township. ┃
Northampton County one of them containing Eleven acres and the other of them sixty one acres conveyed to Elisa Kraemer by Deed dated the 30th Nov. 1822, in consideration of boarding, washing and lodging furnished
in my late sickness by said Eliza and for her care and attendance in the same.
Of the bonds mentioned in my former schedule there were but two
of $300. each in my [Illegible] at that time (the word "three " having been inserted by mistake, and one of $200 payable as in my former schedule mentioned in which bonds I have been obliged to sell and dispose of towards ┃
the payment of my debts.
A disputed Judgment against Michael Dreisbach for about $20. which is desperate
A Judgment in Columbia County on which I received one hundred and thirty Dollars, in full, which money has been expended in
supporting myself to this time.
Household furniture now reduced to the value of fifty Dollars and in use at my Lodgings.
Outstanding Demands against individuals amounting to twenty or thirty thousand pounds.  Desperate and impossible to be collected.
One share of the Nescopeck Bridge Company of no value
One share in the Berwick Turnpike Company- worth nothing 
L Craig
I have further to state that I follow no occupation or employment at this time being 
the greater part of my time confined to my chamber by sickness and age and that I have no family or part of one residing with me, but
self in the family of Daniel Kraemer my son in law, who keeps a tavern 
in the County now of the County of Lehigh aforesaid
L Craig
Sworn and declared on the 12th day
of May 1823 in open Court
R. Porter presidents of the
third Judicial district of Pennsyl'
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Lehigh County
State of Pennsylvania

Charles Craig of Towamensing Township in the County of Northampton, and state aforesaid being duly sworn according to Law, doth depose and say that this deponent and his brother Thomas Craig, sometime in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventeen purchased of their Father Thomas Craig Esquire a Tavern stand with thirty acres of mountain land for the sum of three thousand two hundred dollars, and to secure the payment of the said money among other bonds (which have long since been paid & Satisfied) Gave two (bonds) to wit, one bearing date the seventeenth day of march 0ne thousand Eight hundred & eighteen for three hundred dollars, payable the first day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty six; and the other
bearing the same date for two hundred Dollars, payable May the first one thousand eight 
hundred and twenty seven. That this deponent paid his said Father Thomas Craig four hundred dollars
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in money, and furnished him with provisions, to an amount above the nominal sum mentioned in said Bonds; and took up the said Bonds which are set in his possession.

That this deponent doth further depose and say, that the said sum of money, so as aforesaid
paid, by this deponent, paid to his Father, Thomas Craig Esquire, has long since been laid out and expended by him; and that without the assistance of this deponent, ad interim, his said father could scarcely have subsisted. And that this deponent hath found the maintenance and support of his father, a burden which has become almost insupportable.
Charles Craig [signature]

Sworn & subscribed this 15 March 1824 before me Jacob Stern one of this associate judges
of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Lehigh State of Pennsylvania
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Lehigh County ss.
This is to certify that Jacob Stern is at present an
associate Judge of the courts of the County of Lehigh in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, lawfully commissioned and that the signature to the above oath is his signature. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the
seal of court this fifteenth day of March Anno
Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty
four.
Charles L. Fuller Proth
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To All People to whom these presents shall come Thomas Craig Senior of the Borough
Northampton in the County of Lehigh and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Greeting Know Ye
that the said Thomas Craig as well for and in consideration of the natural love and affection which he beareth to Eliza Kraemer who is the eldest daughter of the said Thomas Craig and intermarried with Daniel Kraemer of the Borough aforesaid as for and in consideration of the sum of one Dollar to him in hand paid by the said Eliza at and before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt and payment whereof is hereby acknowledged hath granted bargained and sold released and confirmed and by these presents doth grant bargain Sell release and confirm unto the said Eliza Kraemer her heirs and assigns all that certain perches [illegible] and two contiguous tracts or pieces of land situate in Lehigh or Towamusing township in the County of Northampton and State aforesaid. the first of them beginning at a black Oak on the banks of the Lehigh thence North Twenty degrees East fifty perches to a stone North forty nine degrees west forty one perches to a Stone and North eighty degrees west twenty Eight [illegible] to a post on the bank of said river Lehigh and thence down the said river to the place of beginning containing Eleven and a quarter acres of land with the usual allowance and the other tract beginning at a black oak a corner of the before described tract thence by the same North twenty degrees East fifty perches to a stake North forty nine degrees west forty one perches to a stone and North eighty nine degrees West twenty eight perches to a post on the bank of the River Lehigh thence down the same North forty nine degrees West fifteen perches to a post twenty seven perches and a quarter to a stone thence by vacant land South sixty one degrees east eighty nine perches and five tenths to a black oak south twenty degrees East seventy four perches & a quarter to a Chestnut Oak South Fifty Two degrees and the quarters west ninety one perches to a large Birch tree thence North fifty one degrees West three perches to the bank of the said river Lehigh and thence by the same North Twenty degrees west twenty five perches to the place of beginning containing sixty one acres and forty four perches of land and the usual allowance of Sipper &c - they being the same two several tracts of land which Jacob Stern and Magdaline his wife by their Indenture duly executed bearing date the twenty ninth day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and Thirteen and recorded in the office for recording of Deeds at Easton in and for the County of Northampton in Book A. Vol 4 page 189 & granted and conveyed to Jacob Hart his heirs and assigns who together with Mary his wife by their Indenture dated the Eight day of April in the year last aforesaid and recorded in the said Book A Vol 4 page 190 & granted and conveyed the same to the said Thomas Craig his heirs and assigns Together with all and singular the buildings, improvements, ways, woods, waters, watercourses, rights, liberties, privileges hereditaments, and appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining and the reversion and remainders, and issues and profits thereof and also all the estate right title interest property claim and demand whatsoever to him the said Thomas Craig in law or equity otherwise howsoever of in to or out of the same To have and to hold the said [illegible] and Two tracts or pieces of land hereditaments and premises hereby granted or mentioned or intended so to be with the appurtenances unto the said Eliza Kraemer heirs and assigns to the only proper use and behoof of the said Eliza Kraemer her heirs & assigns forever in witness whereof the said Thomas Craig hath hereunto at his hand and offend his seal this thirtieth day of November in the year
of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Two
T. Craig [signature]

Sealed and Delivered in presence of
Leonard Nagle
Henry Wilson

Lehigh County ss
On the Twenty first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight Hundred and Twenty two before me the subscriber One of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Lehigh aforesaid personally appeared the above mentioned Thomas Craig, and acknowledged the above written deed post as and for his act and deed and desired that the same might be
Recorded as such according to law In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and year aforesaid
Leonard Nagle ℗
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Northampton County.
I do certify that the within is a correct Exemplification of a Deed Poll, Entered for record in the office for recording of Deeds, at Easton, in and for the County of Northampton

Witness my hand and the seal of the said office
Geo W Deshler Recorder

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Exemplification of Deed
Thomas Craig
to
Eliza Kraemer

75 cts fees paid recorder
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February 5, 1837
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BA-J/MCS       (OUR)
Thomas Craig, S.40861

Honorable Compton I. White
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. White:

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 40861, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Thomas Craig.

The date and place of his birth and names of his parents were not given.

He entered the service in 1775 in Colonel Thompson's Pennsylvania Regiment, was commissioned Captain in Colonel St. Clair's Pennsylvania Regiment on January 5, 1776: he was commissioned lieutenant colonel in September, 1776, and he was commissioned Colonel of the Third Pennsylvanian Regiment on August 1, 1777, was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth, and at the taking of Cornwallis and served until after the ratification of the treaty of peace.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 20, 1818, at which time he was seventy-five years of age and was living in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

In 1822 he was living in Towamensing Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.  In 1823 he was living in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, with Daniel Kramer or Kraemer who married his eldest daughter, Eliza.  In 1828 the soldier was living in Allentown, "otherwise called the Borough of Northampton", in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

Thomas Craig died January 14, 1832.
(note  see Agency Book under Act of 1828)
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The following children of Thomas Craig were mentioned:  Charles who was living in Towamensing Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in 1824;; Thomas; Harriet who died September 30, 1822, at the home of Daniel Kramer or Kraemer.  The name of the soldier's wife was not given and there are no further data relative to his family.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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1922 July 11 Hist to Mr. James B McKelvey MMM
1925 April 14 copies mailed to Mrs. Baird Sanders MMM
1927 Oct 11 J N Musselman adv.  name of wife not given
1929 June 21 Hist to Mrs. Alva J. Coulter AWF

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Mrs. P. Ivey
Wm P. Stevenson
N.Y. In El
city
Chas Brodhead
M.E.L.
Allen Craig
Pa M.E.L.
Will
J. Craig
polis, Ind.
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40.861
INVALID
File No. 40.861

4.0.861
Thomas Craig
Col Rev War
Act: 18 March 1888
Index: - Vol. 3 Page 103
Arrangement of 1870

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1920 Jan 14 history to Mrs. S Vernon Mann (see her letter in John Craig 84059) AWB
1921 April 22 Hist to Mrs. R. G. Brown AW
1921 July 25 Hist to [illegible] Craig

1937 Feb hist to Hon. Compton J. White for Mrs Sadie Joseph. See corres in Rev
, John Craig D. 40859 MCO

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1880. Jany 7, To [illegible]
Jan 31/93 Mil. Hist. to 62 Williams St. New York c/o Thomas E.W. Smith, 56 Wall St. N.Y.
July 15/93 Hist. to Bethlehem Pa
July 21 Hist. to Mauch Chunk
Nov. 14/1898. Mrs. H. [cut off] Indianapol [cut off]
Dec-10-1900 C.J. Craig In [cut off] no record of ances[cut off] Coat of arms
1914 Feb. 28. To James B. Laux
1915 Apr. 14, aud ans due for  data for last payment
1915 May 3. History again sent to James B. Laux, seee above
1916. Jan 21 Hist to Alonzo F Geith war dept& only one of ba & enclosures
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Mr. Edwards
March 1823
Tho. Craig
Rec'd 30 June 1824

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Free
Hon. John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington D.C.
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Allentown, Pa June 25. 1824
Dear Sir         of two conson on a
It is act without considerable reluctance that I again tumble on the subject of placing the name of Gen: Thomas Craig upon the pension List of the United States, but his necessitous situation is such that I cannot forbear calling your attention to his case.
On the first of March last, he was required to furnish proof of the appropriation [Illegible] Judgment, returned in his schedule of property, as a preliminary to his claim being allowed. Owing I presume to the inability to compensate a respectable gentleman of the bar for doing the business, and too proud to ask it as a favour, the old man imprudently employed a very improper and incompetent person to comply with the requisition from your department, and in consequence the informal and unsatisfactory, affidavit was procured, which I had the honor of transmitting to you before I left Washington and which, as might have been expected, was found to be insufficient. Since my return the enclosed affidavits have been furnished, which show, as far perhaps as is practicable, what has been done with the monies receive for the two bonds, which are as stated in the affidavit of Charles Craig, and are now lying before me and of the Judgement in Columbia County. There is no doubt of the facts stated in the affidavits being true, and though they are not so explicit as might be wished; yet, as the Lawyers say, they are explicit to a common intent and may be sufficient for the purpose of doing substantial justice between the claimant and the United States. One thing is very certain, and that is the extreme poverty
of the claimant, and the inability of his friends to maintain him, which with the statement herewith forwarded, will, I am sure, secure for his claim a fair and candid consideration.
I am Sir, respectfully,
your obedient servant
Henry Wilson

[Stamp]
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES

John C. Calhoun, Esq}

CRAIG, THOMAS
(PA.)
S-40861
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CRAIG, THOMAS
(PA)
S-40861


CRAIG, THOMAS
(PA) S-40861
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Gen: Thomas Craig a/c age with Charles Craig

To Cash paid for him to Shff. McMichael in the suit of John Christman & Thomas Craig Esq. in Northampton County, to April term 1821 Ap. 21, which cash was paid on the 17th March 1822 --- $49.83.

To Cash paid and serving ordered in the suit of George Klein & Thomas Craig Esq.: in Northampton County, to A. D. 1821. No. 117. which cash was paid & services were rendered between the  time of the institution of said suit and the Term of Jany 1823. --- 84.95
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To Cash paid Geo. Wolf Esq. att for def in the above suits 15.00

To do . Said John Evans Esq do. --- 5.00

To Do paid to Gen. Craig, to defray the expenses of this Journey to the seat of Government, in order to procure them from the Gov. of this Commonwealth the office of Register & recorder for Northampton County - which cash was paid to him on the third or fourth of November last past --- 40. 00
$174.78

Lehigh County ss
Charles Craig abovenamed duly sworn saith that the above statement is just and true to the best of his knowledge and belief, that the two bonds mentioned in the Schedule of property rendered by Gen: Craig on the 4th February 1818 and March 16. 1818; on whereof payable on the first of May 1826, for the sum of $300. and the other in one year afterwards the sum of $200, which said bonds were transferred to him by Gen. Craig, on the 4th of Nov. 1822, for the consideration of four hundred dollars, and that the balance due, after deducting the above account, he has since paid to Gen. Craig on sundry times, as the signing of the loans required - and dep. further saith that the statement in said schedule respecting the said bonds is incorrect, only one of said bonds being for the sum of three hundred dollars.
Charles Craig [signature]

Sworn and subscribed before me one of the Justices of the peace of said county, this 24th
day of June 1824
Nick Saeger
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Lehigh County ss
Charles Kramer being duly sworn saith, that he received from Gen: Thomas Craig, at sundry times between the 22nd of Aug: 1823 & the date hereof, the sum of twenty five dollars and eighty two cents for sundries delivered to him, at his request and for his use, as to account
rendered.
Chas Kramer---

Sworn & subscribed before me one of the Justice of the peace of said county the 24 day of June 1824
Nich's Saeger

Lehigh County ss
William Wilson being duly sw rn, saith that he recd from Gen. Craig, at sundry times, payment in full of the following bill of merchandize, rendered to himself or order. - -viz
Jan. 23. 1822. To Merchandize $3.21
May 21 "-To Do $4.56
Aug. 6. " - To Do - 4.00
" 17-- To Do 2.50
 " 30 -"- To Do 15.00  - $29,27-
and that the said payment were made by the said Gen. Thomas Craig in person
Wm Wilson

Sworn and subscribed before me one of the Justices of the peace of said county this 24 day of June AD. 1824
Nich's Saeger

Lehigh County Ss.
Doctor Jacob Martin being duly sworn saith that he attended the above named Gen: Thomas Craig, as his physician between two and three years last past that he received money at
sundry times from said Craig for the medicine and attendance rendered That Deponent cannot distinctly recollect the individual sums paid or their aggregate amount; but he well recollects having on occasion received the sum of twenty dollars
Jacob Martin

Sworn and subscribed before me one of the of the peace of said county, this 24 day of Jan 1824
Nich's Saeger
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Gen: Thomas Craig, in a/c with Daniel Kramer
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Dr To boarding, washing lodging and attendance, from Nov. 30. 1822 until the date hereof - say 79 weeks at $2.00 per week $158.00
Room rent and sundries- 50. 00
To boarding Harriet the minor daughter of Gen. Craig, 26 weeks Oct. 1, 1822, at $1.00 a week
26.00 
attendance, physicians bill and funeral expenses for the said Harriet, who died at the house of the Deponent on the 20th Sept. 1822 50. 00
$284.00
By cash Me? in part, at sundry times 135.00 yet due.- $149.00

Lehigh County
Daniel Kramer above named being duly sworn saith, that the above account is just and true, according to the best of his knowledge and belief; and the said deponent further saith that he knows that the said Gen. Craig paid at sundry times, for firewood, during his residence with deponent, different sums of money amounting all to at least forty dollars, which monies deponent believe him to have record for his son Charles Craig
D Kraemer

Sworn and subscribed before me one of the Justices of the peace of said county, this 24 day of June A.D. 1824
Nich's Saeger

State of Pennsylvania
Lehigh County ss
I, Charles L. Hutter, Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of said County of Lehigh, Do Hereby Certify that Nicholas Saeger, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavits, was, at the time of subscribing the same, and now is one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said county, with full power and authority to administer oaths and take affidavits, and full faith and
credit is and ought to be given to his official acts accordingly. In Witness whereof I have  hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said court this twenty fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four.-
Charles L. Hutter Proth.
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Pennsylvania
Thomas Craig Colonel, served from 1777 to end of war

1st Schedule, dated 28 Jan. 1822 contains one tract of land of 11 acres on the Blue Mountain, and another un patented right to 61 acres of land on the Blue Mountain, for which last he owes the purchase money with interest which far exceeds the value of the land. Three bonds against
Capt. Craig and Thos Craig, Jr for $300 each payable 1st May 1824 -5 & 6 and one bond $200, payable 1st of May 1827 - all amounting to $1,100
A disputed judgment for a judgment in Columbia County 22.00
Has many demands outstanding to the amount of $53,333.00 which he is confident can never be collected - House hold furniture worth $200.00
$54.653.00

He receives from the State of Pennsylvania a pension of $180, annually also owns 1 share in the stock of the ?copeck Bridge Company, and 1 share in the stock of the Berwick Tw[illegible] 
Company

Claimant owes about $40 states that the 11 acres of land offers him a residence only, yielding no income, and that the 61 acres are utterly incapable of improvement.

Schedule under act of March 1823, 12 May 1823, sets forth nothing more than a year pension of $180 for the State of Pennsylvania

Accounts for decrease of property by having conveyed to Eliza Kraemer his daughter, the real estate mention in first schedule; in consideration boarding, washing, and lodging, furnished by said Eliza, during his late sickness, and for her care and attendance in the same. An authenticated
copy of the deed dated 30 Novr 1822, is exhibited. The bonds mentioned in his first schedule of $300, each, were stated to be three by mistake, then were two only of that amount, wherewith that for $200, he has been obliged to dispose of towards the payment of his debts - The  disputed judgment for 20, is desperate. The judgment in Columbia County, on which he receive
$130, in full, has been expended in his support outstanding demands again individuals amounting to about $53.333, desperate, and impossible to be collected-- The two shares of
stock worth nothing-- Household furniture reduced to the value 150, and in use at his lodgings
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[illegible]
in confined by sickness and old age - and has no family or part of one residing with
him but resides himself with his son in law Daniel Kraemer

see letter 13 Apr 1824 to
Hon H. Wilson H. R.

States in a letter, that he thinks the foregoing statement will be sufficient to entitle the claimant to receive a pension for the very brief space which the old man has to remain 
on this side of eternity.
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Since the letter of the 13th of April 1824 to the Hon. H. Wilson, of the H.R. he has furnished affidavits, showing the appropriation of the proceeds of two bonds and a judgment, returned in a former Schedule of property: which see, in letter marked H.
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Pennsylvania
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Thomas Craig (Col.)
served from 1777, during the war
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aged 80 yrs no family lives with his son in law
susp see letter to Hon. H. Wilson March 1. 1824

Shed: exhibits 11 acres land on the "Blue Mountain" 61 Acres do not paid for. Holds bonds against ? Craig & Thos Craig $300, each payable in May 1824-5-6- and one other bond for $200,
payable in May 1827
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Has outstanding accounts the amount L[pounds] 20,000 L 30,000 but no of of collecting any of
the same
over

receives a pension from State of Pennsylvania 180 pr year. about L150 furniture, worth $200.

The acres of land affords applicant a residence, but no income owns one share of bridge stock & 1 share of Turnpike Stock but not of any value !! 

Amount of Sched: $484.47

off 26th Feby 1822- application for restoration as per Sched. dated the 12th May 1823 States in 2d Sched; that the land exhibited in 1st Sched has been deeded to Eliza Kramer, on the 30 Nov 1822 (his daughter) in consideration of taking care of him.
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Tho. Craig

off 26 Feby 1822

March 1819
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Lehigh County ss:
I Christian F. Beitel Prothonotary or Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Lehigh in Pennsylvania do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Thomas Craig did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months and upwards under one engagement on the Continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said courts. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is fifty dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the twelfth day of
May 1823
Christian F. Beitel
Prothonotary or Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas of Lehigh County Penn
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In the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County

John Chrisman v Thomas Craig Esq,
April Term 1821-21
Certiorari to Peter Steckle Esq [illegible] Jan 29 1813 Report filed finding for defendant
●
George Klein v Thomas Craig Esq.
August Term 1821- 117
Certiorari to George [illegible] And now Nov. 24, 1821. Judgment confirmed
From the Record
Matthew Gress Prothy
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Geo. W. Deshler, Printer, Easton, Penn.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Northampton County, ss.
On this twenty eighth day of January 1822, personally appeared, in open court, at a court of Common Pleas, holden at Easton, in and for the aforesaid County of Northampton, the said court being a court of record proceeding according to the course of common law with jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount & keeping a record of the proceedings, Thomas Craig Esquire aged seventy five years, resident in Towamensing township, in said county, a pensioner of the United States, under the act of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818, (his certificate being numbered ____ ,) and then and there exhibited to the said court, the following schedule, subscribed by him, and had and produced before the same, the following oath also taken and subscribed by him.

I Thomas Craig do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled ""An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War,” passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or
securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained
in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
T Craig [signature]

Sworn and subscribed the 28th January 1822. In open Court
R. Porter president of the third judicial district of Pennsylvania

Schedule of property, referred to in the foregoing oath 9necessary clothing and bedding excepted.)
I have 11 acres of land in Towamensing Township on the Blue Mountain, I purchased an unpatented right to 61 acres of land situate on the Blue Mountain & for which the purchase money with interest is still due & which far exceeds the value of the land I hold the following bonds, against Charles Craig & Thomas Craig Jr, viz, three for $300 each payable May 1st 1824-5-6 & one bond for $200 payable May 1st 1827. I hold a disputed Judgement for $20. I hold one other Judgement in the County of Columbia, Pennsylvania, the monies which may be recovered uncertain. I had many demands outstanding to the amt. of L20,000 or L30,000, which
I am confident can never be recovered. I receive a pension from the State of Pennsylvania of $180 payable semi-annually the next payment whereof becomes due the 26th of April next. I owe about L150, I have household furniture to the amnt of about $200. The eleven acre tract 
affords me a residence but no income. - The 61 acre tract is utterly incapable of improvement. That I have in cash $9.37. I further own one share in the stock of the Nescopeck Bridge  Company & one share in the stock of the Berwick Turnpike Company
T. Craig [signature]
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not entitled
see letter to Hon J. J. R.
26 Feb. 1822

Hon. J. Rogers, H. R.
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Northampton County, ss.
I, William Lattimore Esquire, Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of the county
aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is four hundred & eighty four dollars and forty seven cents

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, this first day of January 1822
For William Lattimore Prothy
J. N. Lattimore
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Act 1828
Settled at Treasury

Cons'd with Invalid file #40.861
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act entitled "an Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldier of the Army of the Revolution"" approved on the 15 of May 1828, I, Thomas Craig of Allentown otherwise called the Borough of Northampton, in the County of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental Line
of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such to the end of the war, at which period I was a Colonel in the third Regiment in the Pennsylvania Line. I also declare that I afterwards received
Certificates (commonly called commutation certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress of the 22d of March 1783, instead of the half pay for life to which I was entitled under the Resolve of the 24th of October 1780

And I do further declare that I have received of the United States, as a Pensioner since the third day of March 1826 the sum of Six hundred Dollars paid to me by the Agent for paying Pensions
in the State of Pennsylvania (which said sum of six hundred however includes the sum of one hundred & twenty Dollars which was payable to me on the 4th of March 1826 being the amount of my pension for the six months immediately preceding that date my pension being two hundred & forty Dollars per Annum. I have actually received for two years included between the 3 of March 1826 and the of March 1828 the sum of four hundred and eighty Dollars)

Witness my hand this fourteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
T Craig [signature]
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Pennsylvania Lehigh County ss
{Seal}
Before me a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Lehigh aforesaid in the State of Pennsylvania personally appeared this day Henry King, James Hall and Daniel Framer all of said County who did severally make oath that Thomas Craig by whom the within declaration is subscribed is generally reputed
and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution in manners as therein stated.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & seal this 14th day of June A.D. 1828.
John Ealer

Lee
Pennsylvania Lehigh County ss
I Charles L. Hutter Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Lehigh
aforesaid in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that John Ealer Esquire before whom the forgoing affidavits were taken & sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County of Lehigh and as such duly
authorized & empowered by Law & his commission to administer Oaths_
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this fourteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight
Charles L. Hutter Prot
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mine
Col Craig entered the Army in 1775 as a volunteer. in the early part of the year 1776 was appointed a captain in the Penna line and went in the expedition to Canada. In 1777 was
appointed a Col. and was generally with Washington's Army till after the capture of Cornwallis, immediately after which time he was with his own & two other Regiments Ordered from Yorktown to join the Army of the South with which he remained till propositions for peace were sent out of Charleston to Gen. Green, who dispatched Col Craig with these  propositions to Philada. where Congress was then sitting_
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Allentown P.
March 16.
Free [postage?]
Hon
Henry Wilson esquire
a member of the house of Representatives
on Congress
Washington
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Allentown Pa. March 16th 1824
Dear Sir
Your favour of the first instant was duly
received, and a part of the arduous task prescribed to me
by Mr Edwards has been of, I presume, complied with, as will
appear from the deposition enclosed. But in regard
to the appropriation of the 130 dollars, I can only say
I sent to Columbia, Mr Heburn, not being at home
nothing could be had to throw any light on the
circumstances under which that sum of money
was obtained. But as to the appropriation, it is
equally impossible to procure the evidence required
on the part of the war office. The fact is this money
was laid out and expended in very many different
ways as Horse hire - fire wood-servants wages
(for I have been unwell & infirm, and generally for
supporting myself and to prove the different subjects
to which the 130 dollars were applied would
be an endless and expensive lack indeed. I am now
living in a Tavern at considerable expense and
altogether by borrowing and anticipating my 90
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all of which is already expended. Should I after all
these difficulties be so fortunate as to get the pension
in question it is not probable I shall enjoy it long
for the State of my health is very low.
Present my cordial respect to the
President and suffer me to return you my sincere
& grateful thanks for the part you have taken
in this business.  And with a great deal
of respect and esteem.
Dear Sir
Your most obedient
and humble Servant
Th Craig
Hon Henry Wilson Esq
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John C. Calhoun, Esq
Secretary at War
Washington
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Congress Hall, April 5. 1824.
Sir,
Some time since, I had the honor of transmitting to you some
testimony, taken in the case of Gen: Thomas Craig, showing the disposition
made of the proceeds of certain bonds, on account of which, his name was
stricken from the pension list. As I am well convinc'd that you would
not willingly add to the already great sufferings of this unfortunate old
man, the painful uncertainty of "hope deferr'd", I must request the
favour of being inform'd, whether the testimony added, has proved
satisfactory, and whether his name has again been placed upon the list
of United States pensioners.
Very respectfully &c
Henry Wilson
John C. Calhoun Esq
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Thomas Craig,
Col.
Pennsylvania line-
Revolutionary Claim
---
Rolls of Pennsylvania
not yet received at the
pension office of the
War department: -
The commission is deemed
sufficient evidence to
prove the service, in
lien thereof. -
The judge is desired to
certify, under the seal of
the court, that he is satisfied
the applicant is in
indigent circumstances,
and needs the support of
his country
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No of orig Pay 146                                    8
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
9 July 1828.
Thomas Craig of Allentown in the County of Lehigh in the State of Pennsylvania has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the  15th of May, 1828.  he states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war,
at which period he was a Colonel in the third Regiment of the Pennsylvania line; and that he received commutation certificates for five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1788; and further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, the Sum of four hundred and Eighty dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of Pennsylvania.The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, 
A. Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE
10th July 1828

It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates has been issued (the following is crossed out for the commutation of five years full pay) to Thomas Craig-Colonel-in the Pennsylvania line, amounting to Three Thousand seven Hundred and Twelve dollars.  and forty five cents being the balance of the commutation of five years full pay.  It further appears that Thomas Craig is now on the pension list of the Pennsylvania agency, and has been since the 3d March 1826 at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month.
Peter Hagner Aud
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Mr Edwards
Hon: John C. Calhoun
Secretary at war &c
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Congress Hall March 20. 1824
Sir.
I herewith send the testimony calls[called] for by the decision heretofore
made in the case of Gen. Tho. Craig, and trust it will be found
sufficient to entitle him to receive his pension, for the very brief space
which that old man has yet to remain on the side of eternity.
Very respectfully Yr
Henry Wilson
Hon. J.C. Calhoun
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Rev Soc

JAMES B. MCKELVY
545 SOUTH LINCOLN ST.
DENVER, COLO.
5/27/22
Honorable Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir
I would like the
Revolutionary Military Record of
Col. Thomas Craig of Pennsylvania
as shown by his application for a
Pension. He was pensioned under the
act of May 15th 1828.
He was an ancestor of
mine and I wish evidence of his
Military Service for the purpose
of Proving Eligibility to become a
member of the Society Sons of the
Revolution
Thanking you in advance
for this information I am
Yours very truly,
James B. McKelvy
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IN REPLY REFER TO
3 -- 1865
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
* Photostat copies of 14 pages and one certificate from
the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 40861 of
Thomas Craig, Penn. Troops,
for Mrs Baird Snyder, Jr.
1624 Mahantonga St.
Pottsville, Penn.
received payment $2.35  March 31, 1925.
W Wilson
Chief of Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

FINANCE DIVISION
MAR 31 1925
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

* make two negative Copies of each of the
seven pages
one set to be certified
one set without certificate
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M 233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
Mar. 31, 1925.
Chief Rev Seck Division.
Sir:
I have this day received
from Baird Snyder
Cash....No. ....
for $2,35, requesting
copy [Struck Thru -post office address] as per
letter herewith
Copies mailed and Finance Div. Ntfd.
Respectfully,
O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Div.
W. C. S.

M 6
Request for Photostating
(To be prepared in duplicate )
Ex. AW
OFFICE OF CHIEF CLERK
Job No. 1889    |Date .. Ap.r. 4. 25
Subject ..Thos. Craig Rev. S40861
2 copies of 4 pieces consisting of 7 pages to be
(No.)          (No.)        (N0.)
forwarded when completed to the Rev. & ???Sect. [Division-Struck Thru]
Remarks..Plese make 2 negative copies of each page
Approved:
AE Wilson
Chief Sect     Chief Clerk
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[letterhead}
WESTON DODSON & CO. INC.
MIERS AND SHIPPERS
ANTHRACITE AND BITOMINOUS COAL
BETHLEHEM, PA.

GENERAL OFFICES
DODSON SUIDING
BETHLENEM, PA.
T. M. DODSON VICE PRESIDENT

BRANCH OFFICES
PHILADELPHIA
NEW YORK
BALTIMORE
NEW HAVEN
JOHNSTOWN
SCRANTON
BUFFALO
[end letterhead]

May 19, 1927.
Department of Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:
I am attaching hereto copy of letter written by your Department on July 15, 1895 relative to Thomas Craig.

In studying up the history of the Craig family for genealogical purposes, there seems to be some difference in opinion as to the full name of said Thomas Craig's wife, and I would appreciate if you would be good enough to search through your records and advise me
what name is shown on the pension application.

Yours very truly,
J.A. Musselman
Sec'y to T. M. Dodson.

[stamp]
US PENSION OFFICE
R MAY 20 1927
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Chicago, Ill. - 2 - 9- 29.

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

I wish to have the war record of Thomas Craig ["S. 40861" written above], who enlisted in the Continental Army in 1775 in the Regiment of Colonel Thompson, Pennsylvania.

Thanking you for same,
Yours truly
(Mrs. Alva J.)  Aldine Craig Coulter
744 N. Rockwell St.

U. S. PENSION OFFICE
O
FEB 11 1929
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1915 Apl. 7. 
James B. Laux
2 West 129th St.
New York.
3-871
---
RECORD DIVISION
Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
---
Briefed J.S. C
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier Thomas Craig
Service Genl. Penn. Rev.
Additional Service
No. ...claim, State records....., 191
No claim, combination records..., 191
REMARKS:
No claim.
6-1944  Chief Division
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Rev Sec
Returned to writer

2 West 129 St
New York
Mch 27/15

Sir:
Your favor of Mch 24th with the military records of John and George Shannon recd for which pray accept my best thanks

I would be greatly obliged to you for the military records of Gen'l Thomas Craig and Colonel John Siegfried of Northampton Co Penna who served during the Revolutionary war. Gen'l Craig was for a brief period located in Montgomery Co Dates of birth, marriages &c especially desired

Respectfully Yours
James B. Laux

Hon Geo Saltzgaber
Washington D.C.
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2 West 129th
New York
May 3/15

Hon. G.M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC

Sir
On the 27th of March I wrote the enclosed letter to your department asking for information concerning the military Records of Gen'l Thomas Craig and Colonel John Siegfried of Northampton Penna during the Revolutionary war

On April 7 I received the enclosed reply, informing me that no mention either could be found in the records of the Bureau Pensions

On April 17 I received the enclosed letter from the Auditor for the Interior Department showing
that Thomas Craig of Northampton Co. Penna had been a pensioner. In the printed volumes published by the U.S. Govt 9in 1835 I think) his name is also given Oct. 15, 1818 as a pensioner
Page 51

I am loath to believe that the failure to find any mention of Thomas Craig - (he was a
General of Militia after the Revolution, but a Colonel the Penn line in the Revolution) by the clerk
designated to make this search was due to indifference or to a perfunctory performance of duty;
nevertheless, the fact that Colonel Craig was a pensioner leads me to hope that another search
may yield the desired information

Inasmuch as the information asked for is for historical use, and not for the gratification of personal family pride and vanity I am sure you will appreciate the difficulties I must labor under if any doubt is raised as to the accuracy of statements coming from our department in reply to requests for historical data

I am also anxious to secure information concerning Captain John Craig & Northampton Co. Penna 
(See Enclosed letter from the Auditor), and also of John Carey of Northampton Co Penna, both of whom were pensioners and served in the Penna line

Kindly return the enclosed letters and oblige
Your Respectfully
James B. Laux
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Rev  ED

Denver Colo
7/10/21

The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir - 

Will you kindly give me all the information you can of Colonel Thomas Craig enlisting in the revolutionary war from Penn - 

I have had all this information but have lost the letter, and I am very much in need of this
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at the present time.

Thanking you in advance for same I am -
very truly yours,
Ada J. Craig
1420 Logan

RECORD DIVISION
JUL 13 1921
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Rev MH

March 24th 1921
Greenville Tenn.

Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Gentlemen

Please send me a statement of the military history of Thomas Craig,

U. S. PENSION OFFICE
MAR 26 1921
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Rev  MH    

March 24th 1921
Greenville Tenn.

Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Gentlemen

Please send me a statement of the military history of Thomas Craig,

U. S. PENSION OFFICE
MAR 26 1921
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a soldier of the Revolutionary War.  His widow applied for pension on April ["?" written above] 20th 1818.

Thanking you - 
I am
Sincerely yours
Marguerite C. Brown
Mrs. R. F. Brown
Greenville Tenn -
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MHW 3 Rev Sec

3 Jan 20. 1818
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir
See last Paragraph of indorsement of the Adjt Genl

Will you please give such information as you can relative to service

Respy
Alonzo F. Getty
Room 454 War Dept

wants record of Col Thos Craig of Pa. S. 40861.
report of Adj. Gen. & a copies of records from Pa. Archives returned to A.F. Getty
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152 West 131
New York
Feby 20/14 -

Hon G.M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Sir
Replying to your favor of the 6th herewith enclosed-- that the records of our bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Duncan McArthur "I beg to enclose a letter from the Auditor for the Interior Department" which shows conclusively that Duncan McArthur was a pensioner and indicates that somewhere among the Revolutionary Pension Records his application for a pension should be on file   -------------------- ^ see above wrong statement  ^

It is possible with the enclosed information a closer search may result in its discovery -

Essex Co. was originally part of Washington Co where Duncan McArthur Enlisted during the
Revolution The early scribes sometimes wrote the name, McArter, Macarter - there are other forms quite possible
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I am very anxious to obtain all the information concerning his Duncan McArthur, who was a
Kinsman of Major Genl Duncan McArthur of the War of 1812 and Governor of Ohio, subsequently

I would be obliged to you also for information concerning the Revolutionary service of the following named pensioners.

Colonel Thomas Crane S. 40.861
of Northampton Co. Penn

Sergeant Abraham Horn S.39.718
of Northampton Co. -(or Philada) Penn

Stephen Cisna - or Cessna S.43.647
of Ohio Enlisted in Penn

When done with kindly return the enclosures submitted - & oblige
Yours very truly
James B. Laux

[stamp]
US PENSION OFFICE
D FEB 24 1914
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[letterhead]
H.J. Craig
WHOLESALE DEALER IN The Celebrated H.J. CIGARS
30 When. Blvd
Indianapolis Ind.

FACTORIES:
KEY WEST FLA.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
McSHERRYSTOWN, PA.
IRISHTOWN, PA.
TWO TAVERNS, PA.
LITTLESTOWN, PA.
Leaf Tobacco Warehouses
EAST PETERSBURG, PA.
HANOVER, YORK CO. PA.
MIAMISBURG, O.
STERLING O
JANESVILLE, WIS.
McSHERRYSTOWN, PA.

Our Leading Brands:
HERBERT SPENCER
ROTHSCHILD'S PERFECTO
H. J. PERFECTO
H. D. LONDRES
CALIXTO GARCIA LONDRES
CALIXTO GAROIA PERFECTO
CRAIG ' S CHARLIE BOY
CRAIG'S OLD HAT
CRAIG ' S CHAMPION
LAFLOR DECRAIG
ROYAL PERFECTO
LITTLE TROOPER
LA PATRIA
ROUND TOP
LILLIAN BLADVELT
CONOWAGO OHIEF
GO-WON-GO
PICOADORA
RED FLOWER
INDIANA
[end letterhead]
Dec. 3 1900
Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Gentleman
I would like to know from what country the ancestors of Colonel Thomas Craig (who was made Colonel of the 3rd Penna. August 1st, 1777) came. Also I would like to know the Code of Arms
of this Craig family if there is any. If you do not know and it is in your power to give me any information in finding this, I will very thankfull.

Your respectfully
Chas. J. Craig
[stamp]
US PENSION OFFICE
DEC 5 1900
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[letterhead]
H.J. Craig
WHOLESALE DEALER IN The Celebrated H.J. CIGARS

FACTORIES:
KEY WEST FLA.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
McSHERRYSTOWN, PA.
IRISHTOWN, PA.
TWO TAVERNS, PA.
LITTLESTOWN, PA.
Leaf Tobacco Warehouses
EAST PETERSBURG, PA.
HANOVER, YORK CO. PA.
MIAMISBURG, O.
STERLING O
JANESVILLE, WIS.
McSHERRYSTOWN, PA.

Our Leading Brands:
HERBERT SPENCER
ROTHSCHILD'S PERFECTO
H. J. PERFECTO
H. D. LONDRES
CALIXTO GARCIA LONDRES
CALIXTO GAROIA PERFECTO
CRAIG ' S CHARLIE BOY
CRAIG'S OLD HAT
CRAIG ' S CHAMPION
LAFLOR DECRAIG
ROYAL PERFECTO
LITTLE TROOPER
LA PATRIA
ROUND TOP
LILLIAN BLADVELT
CONOWAGO OHIEF
GO-WON-GO
PICOADORA
RED FLOWER
INDIANA
[end letterhead]

106 Monument Place,
Indianapolis ,Ind
Nov. 3 1898

Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen
Please give me all the information you have on record of Thomas Craig soldier in the Revolutionary War enlisted from Pennsylvania and if I am informed right he was a General in
the Revolutionary war - Hoping to from you as early as possible

I am Very Truly Yours
Mrs. H J Craig
106 Monumel Place
Indianapolis Ind
[stamp]
US PENSION OFFICE
H NOV 7 1898
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CHARLES BRODHEAD
BETHLEHEM PENNA  July 5th 1895

The Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C

Dear Sir
some of the heirs of Col. Thomas Craig, of one of the Penna Regiments during the Revolutionary War, are desirous of knowing something more about him that the meager facts which have come down to them from tradition

Col Craig, was, I think first commissioned at Lieut Col. or Capt. in 1776. In the Re-arrangement of the Penna Troops in 1781, he was Col. of one of the Penna Regiments the 6th I think. I have suggested to them that the Ancestor was a pensioner, either under the Act of 1818 or 1836 & that therefore, his own statement of his life

[stamp]
US PENSION OFFICE
A JUL 9 1895
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(2)
CHARLES BRODHEAD.
BETHLEHEM, PENNA.

[Departmental Stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
A
JUL 9 1895

and services would be found amongst the
papers in yr files, upon which his pension was allowed,
They, therefore, have desired me to write
to you & ascertain whether there is such
statement on file & also ask you for a copy of the same.
Respectfully yours
Charles Brodhead,
Bethlehem, Penna
.
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S 40861
March Chunk
22 July 15

Dear Sir I'd like a copy of the pension application of Thomas Craig (or that of his widow) a soldier of the Revolutionary war. I understand it was filed in your office, 20 April 1818,
my reason for asking is, that I am a descendant of his & am about setting up a narrative of his life & services. If you can point me any place when I may get additional information I shall be great obliged,

I will remit the costs of this copy, as soon as you can let me know what it is
Sec
Allen Craig

to
The Hon. Comm of Pensions
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[Seal of the SONS OF THE REVOLUTION]
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
C.
56 WALL STREET,
(Room 5. )

New York, January 8th 1895
Chief Clerk, O.W.M. Division
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Wm St. N. Y. City
Will you kindly send me the military service
Col. Thomas Craig, a revolutionary soldier from
Pennsylvania, whose pension was granted under Act of May 15th,1828. Died Jan. 14th, 1832.
This application is made in behalf of Wm P. Stevenson, 62 Hm St. N.Y. City
Respectfully yours
Thomas E. V. Smith
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WM. P. SNYDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ALLENTOWN, PA.

Allentown, Pa
Dec-22-1879

Hon. John A Bendy
Washington, D.C.

Vizonor Sing
Please have kindness to inform me by return mail. What there is in your office of everything concerning the services rendered by
Col Thos. Craig for the government in the Continental Army.

He equipped a regiment of (?) friend - and kept them at his own expense
for quite a time. The goverment promised
to recompense him, but failed
to do it. He lived till 1830 - 
without getting a penny. Oblige by
 (?) mail.

Sec of War informed me that the costs were probably in your office.

Yours very truly,
Wm P. Snyder SKPC
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Rev. and 1812
Wares Section
AWF/eel

June 21, 1929


Mrs. Alva J. Coulter
7448 N. Rockwell Street
Chicago, Illinois

Madam;

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.40861, it appears that Thomas Craig entered the service in 1775 in Colonel Thompson's Pennsylvania
Regiment, was commissioned January 5, 1776, Captain in Colonel St. Clair's Pennsylvania Regiment; in September, 1776, was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel and
August 1, 1777, was commissioned Colonel of the Third Pennsylvania Regiment and served to the close of the war.  He was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth,
and at the taking of Cornwallis.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 20, 1818, at which time he was living in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, aged seventy-five years.

In 1823, he was residing in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania with Daniel Kramer, who married his daughter, Eliza.  Other children mentioned are: Thomas, Charles and
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Harriet, who died September 30, 1822 (at h. David Knowle). The name of the soldier's wife is not given, and there are no further
data as to family,
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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S 40861

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.-----------, 19----

In reply to your request of ----------, received ------------- a statement of the military history of Thomas Craig a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[A table with the following columns]	

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
        1775
        Jan 5, 1776
        Sept 1776
        Aug 1, 1777

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
	and served to end of War.

RANK.
	[a checkmark]
	Capt.
        Lt Col.
        Col.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.	COLONEL.
        [Blank]	Thompson
	[Blank]	St. Clair
	[Blank]	[Blank]
	[Blank]	3” Regt

STATE.
    Pa
    Pa.
     “
      “

[End of table]

Battles engaged in,  Brandywine, Germanton, Monmouth & attaking of Cornwallis

Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated

Date of application for pension, April 20, 1818   His cl.was al.

Residence at date of application, Northampton Co. Pa.

Age at date of application, 75 y Date & place of birth not stated

Remarks: In 1823 he resided in Lehigh Co. Pa. with [“his son in law” lined through] Daniel Kraemer who married his dau. Eliza.  Other children [“referred to” lined through] mentioned are Thomas, Charles and Harriet [“Craig” lined through; an illegible note in the margin]. The name of his wife [“and date of mar.” lined through] is not stated.  He is referred to as Gen Thomas [“Craig but it is not stated in said claims where or how the rank of general was conferred on him.” lined through]

[An apparent note added to the above] Parts with line drawn thru were omitted in letters of Jan 14 1920 and Apr 22, 1921

Of note  During the period of Thomas Craigs service the 3” Pa. regt was at some time called the 2" Pa [illegible] also see [illegible name] record in Heitman, that is why I omitted the no of regt until he became Col          aw

	Respectfully, 

	Commissioner
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J. H. Musselman
Bethlehem Pa.

Sir:

I have to advise you that in the papers of the pension claim of Thomas Craig the name of his wife does not appear and there is no record of a claim for pension having been filed by the widow of said Thomas Craig.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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[Breaks added for clarity of transcription] 

May 5, 1915.

Mr. James B. Laux,
2 West 129th Street,
New York, N. Y.

Sir:
In response to your letter of the 3d instant, you are advised that in replying to your request of March 27, 1915. for the Revolutionary war history of General Thomas Craig, you were told that there was no information in regard to the soldier
described by you, for the reason that this Bureau has no record of any soldier of that name who served as a General during the Revolution.  As you had been given the Revolutionary War
record of Colonel Thomas Craig of Pennsylvania on February 28, 1914, it was not understood that you desired the same record again.

You are herewith furnished the histories of Thomas Craig sur No. 40,861, John Craig sur. 40,859, and John Carey sur. No. 40,793.

The two reports of the Auditor for the Interior Department and the Bureau letter of April 7, 1815 are enclosed.

Very respectfully,


Commissioner.