Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20934, Reuben Cross, New York
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New York
Cross, Reuben
Esther

W. 20934
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Utica, N.Y. 14670
Reuben Cross

County of Oneida in the State of N.Y.
who was a private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Brown of the Regts commanded by Col. Bennington in the ____ line for 
8 mo 15 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Utica, N.Y. at the rate of 28 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of June 1833 and sent to 
I. E. Clark, Utica, Oneida Co, N.Y. 

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833- 56.64
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.  1833- 14.16
$70.80
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by T.T. Franciosi, Clerk
Book E. Vol. 4 Page 1
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Reuben Cross
J. E. Clark
Agent
Utica

May 8
N.Y. 

24853
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State of New York
Oneida county

On this third day of January 1833
personally appeared in open court before
Nathan William Esquire Vice Chancellor
of the State of Newyork at a court of Chancery
now setting Reuben Cross a resident of the
Town of Marshall County of Oneida and
State of New York aged sixty seven 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
that he entered the same of the United States
under the following named officers and served as herein stated


that he is now over sixty seven years of age--
that he was born at New Lebanon in the State of New Hampshire in January 1765 and resided there about ten years then he removed with his Father's family to the town of Pittstown in the State of New York where he resided about nine years during which nine years he performed all the services herein after mentioned in the Revolutionary war thence he removed to the town of Rutland in the State of Vermont where he resided about four years thence he moved to the town of Saratoga in the State of New York where he resided eight years - thence
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he moved to the now County of Oneida and
State of New York where he has resided ever since and now resides - that in the year 1781 while residing at Pittstown aforesaid he voluntarily enlisted into the militia of the State of New york under Captain Brown       Col Warner of Bennington Major Chipman of Allington and served one month and an half this service was performed at Fort Edward - that in April 1782 while residing at Pittstown aforesaid he voluntarily enlisted into Capt Coon’s Company of the Militia of the State of New york Col Warner and served seven months during which time he marched from Fort Edward to Fort Stanwix, that on thus their march they fired upon a party of Indians near west canada creek and killed two and wounded three that while he was stationed at Fort Edward during this service Capt Coon and Lient Phelps were killed between Fort Edward and Lake George by a party of the British Indians and Col Warner was wounded in his shoulder
This service was performed as a substitute
for a person whose name he does not now recollect
during this service at Fort Stanwix a detachment [from the fort] of sixty privates and two Lieutenants were [illegible] surprised and taken prisoners near Oneida Lake -- never served as a substitute except as aforesaid he has a written discharge from the last service but has lost it-- never held a commission has no record of his age/ knows of no one who is acquainted with his services and he hereby
relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the
agency of any state or territory whatever
subscribed and sworn this day of January Reuben Cross
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We Samuel Cross, a Clergyman residing within town of Remsen County of Oneida and State of New York and Martin Tripp of the town of Trenton County of Oneida and State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Reuben Cross who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and we believe him to be sixty seven years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion and the said Samuel Cross says that the said Reuben Cross is a brother of this deponent and he this deponent knows from his own personal knowledge that the said Reuben Cross performed the services in the years 1781-2 as mentioned in said application which he has heard read and he knows from his personal knowledge that the first period of service continued one month and an half and the second period of service continued seven months. 

Samuel Cross
Martin Tripp
His mark

Sworn and subscribed 
the 2rd day of January 1833
before me 
N. Williams,  [illegible]

and the said court do hereby declare the opinion after interrogation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war and testament that the above named applied a revolutionary solder and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Cross who has signed the preceeding certificates is a clergyman residing in the Town of Remsen County of Oneida and that
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Martin Tripp who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Juntors and Currently of Oneida and that they are both credible persons and that this statement is entitled to exist.

N Williams
[illegible]

[Illegible]
[Illegible] Watson Williams, Clerk of the Court of Chancery of the State of New York, for the Fifth Circuit of said State, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Rueben Cross for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this third day of January A.D. 1833.
J. Watson Williams
Clerk in Chancery 
5th Circuit N.Y.

Rueben Cross
J. E. Clark
Agent
Utica

May 8
N.Y. 
24853
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No. 24863
Rueben Cross
Oneida
New York

admitted
8 mo 15 days Private

J.E. Clarke
Utica
Oneida Co.
N.Y.
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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 show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A Statement, showing the Service of Reuben Cross, Oneida Co. New York

Period when the service was recorded:
Vol. 1781
Vol. April 82
this [illegible]
a substitute 
nominated

Duration of Claimant's service
1 month 15 days
7 months

8 months 15 days

Rank of claimant
Private

Names an drank of the Field officers under whom he served
Capt. Brown
Col. Bennington
Maj. Chipman
Capt. Coon
Col. Warner

Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service
67 years
Potstown N. York

Proof by which the declaration is supported
Traditional evidence 
? traditioner swears to the service as set forth

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular 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 instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of                         } ss.
On this____ day of ____ personally appeared (a) before _____ A.B. a resident of (b) _________ in the county of ____ and State, Territory, or District of ____ aged (c)____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on this oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ___, with __ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following officers:
[Here set forth the names an drank of the Field and Company Officers; time he left services, (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged and the country through which he marked. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes ever 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 and State of ____________.
Sworn 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.
I _________ 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 and 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 _____ and C.D. residing in the (same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary War Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. and C.D. who has also signed the same is a resident in the ________. I, ________ Clerk of the Court of _______ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
 the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of __________ for a pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ___ day of ____ &c. 

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his 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 ever 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 ever 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 the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, and who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they belive 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 also 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 even 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 Justices of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper CLerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a 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 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, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

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(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 not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) 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, the different grades in which he served, in language so 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 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 oath, 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 is the following grade:___. For ___ year____months, and ___ days, I served as a ____ . For ____ months and ____ days I served as a ____; and for such services I claim a pension." 

It is important, in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and length of his service. The use of 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 names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; 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 not public 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 paper 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 o office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service
9j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Deparment he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time 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 oath must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrates must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the case of Militia men, Volunteers, and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only. 
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(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.

John Ashton
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Let to Jay Hathaway
and J F. Jenkins
18 Apr 1854

9516
New York, Albany
Esther Cross, deceased

Widow of Reuben
NY
who was a Private
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 28 Dollars and 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843 [illegible] 13 February, 1848. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of April /54 and sent to 
A.C. Cary
Utica, NY

[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Record in Book A Vol. 2. Page 211
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A1 in Records Court beholden before the Recorder of the city of Utica in and for said County of Oneida, on the fifth day of December eighteen hundred and fifty four.

State of new York-
County of Oneida- ss

I Erastus Clark Recorder of said City of Utica, do hereby certify, that satisfactory evidence is [illegible] to from that Esther Cross, late of Farmersville in the County of Cattaraugus, State of New York, deceased, the widow of Reubin Cross, late of Leon, in said County of Cattaraugus, deceased, died at Farmersville aforesaid, on the thirteenth day of February eighteen hundred and forty eight. And further that John Cross of Delta, in said County of Oneida.  Betsy Carrier, wife of Timothy Carrier of Great Valley in the County of Cattaraugus, [?] years, aforesaid: Reubin Cross of Farmersville, aforesaid: Levi Cross of Pennsylvania. Marian Boss, wife of [illegible] Boss of Ohio, near Cleveland)- Polly Brunson, wife of Ebeneser Brunson of Ohio- are the sons and daughters, and only heirs at law, of the said Reubin Cross, deceased and of the said Esther Cross, deceased- or either of them the said Reubin, and Esther- and that the said Reubin Cross, deceased, was a Pensioner of the United States, and drew a Pension, on account
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of services in the Revolution.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands at the City of Utica, aforesaid, on the day and year first above written. Done in open court. 

And certify further [illegible] that said Court is a Court of Record by Statute and having a Clerk and seal. 

Erastus Clark
Recorder of the City of Utica
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John Cross
Son of Reubin and Hester Cross
Revolutionary Pension

Forwarded by 
A.C. Cary
of the City of Utica
N. York

Ester Cross, de
wid of Reuben 
N.Y.
act of July 1838

Set 13 April 1852
He died Oct 2, 1837
She died Feb 13, 1848

A.C. Cary
Utica
NY
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STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF Oneida } ss.
Alexander Rae
do hereby certify that Aaron Hackley, Esq. the Recorder of the City of Utica before whom the following affidavit, subscribed and deposed to by John Cross was signed- was at the time of said affidavit and certificate bear date, the Recorder of said City in and for said County of Oneida and duly authorised to administer oaths, for general purposes. 

And I do further certify that the hand-writing of said Recorder is well known to me, and that his signatures to said affidavit and certificate are his, the said Recorders' proper and writing,, and genuine-

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of said county, at the Clerks Office in said County, this 30th day of December, eighteen hundred and fifty one.

Alexander Rae
Clerk
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Declaration under act of Congress of 2nd June 1832- and of the Acts [illegible]

State of New York
County of Oneida, ss.--

John Cross, a resident of the Town of Whitstown, in the County of Oneida-aforesaid, aged fifty seven years, being duly sworn says that he is a son of the late Reubin Cross and Esther Cross- late of the Town of Leon in the County of Cattaraugus [County] New York. That the said Reubin Cross died at Leon aforesaid in the month of September eighteen hundred and thirty eight- That said Ester Cross died at Farmersville in said County of Cattaraugus, in February eighteen hundred and forty seven.  That the said Reuben Cross was seventy six years of age, at his decease and that the said Ester Cross was seventy four years of age at the time of her decease/ as this deponent has ever been informed and believes. That the said Ester Cross and Reubin Cross were married at Pittstown, in the County of Rensselaer, and State of New York on the day of ____  seventeen hundred and eighty nine. And this deponent further says that the said Reubin Cross was at the time of his decease a Pensioner of the United States, under the act of Congress [illegible] June 2nd 1832.  That said Reubin Cross's said pension was last drawn at the City of Albany- that his power of attorney for drawing said pension was executed before Amasa Roe, Esq.  one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County,
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[] at Deerfield on the 4th day of March eighteen hundred and thirty eight, and that John D. Leeland of Deerfield aforesaid acted as agent for one Rueben Cross in knowing aid pension -
And this deponent further says that the said Reubin Cross left at his decease Betsy Carris the wife of Timothy Carris of Big Valley in the said County of Cattamingus John Cross (this deponent) Reubin Cross of Farmersville aforesaid Levi Cross of   in the state of Pennsylvania Marium Boss widow of Greene Boss of the State of Ohio Polly Browston wife of Elimison Browston of Ohio  That the said heirs of the said Reuben Cross reside so remote from the residence of this deponent that it will be expensive and beyond the ability of this deponent to obtain their signatures to this declaration
That said Esther Cross was never married a second time and that she had not drawn any portion of the pension due her as the widow of said Reuben Cross at the time of her decease.
Subscribed and Sworn in open court at a Recording Court in hold in in the City of Utica County of Oneida this 17th day of Sept 1851 The said County [] in this Declaration before signing the same
Aaron Hackley
Record of the City of Utica
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STATE OF NEW YORK
Fulton County Clerk's Office SS

I Peter W. Plantz, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that WIlliam Sprague Esquire, [] name is subscribed to the certificate of proof & before whom the foregoing affidavit or declaration was made & taken to which this annexed, was on the date of the same a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly qualified, and authorised [authorized] by law to take the same, And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and verily believe his signature to the said Certificate is genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my official seal, at Johnstown, this 25th day of April 1851
Peter W. Plantz, Clerk
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State of New York
Fulton County ss-: John Gifford Jr  a resident of the Town of North Hampton in said County - aged sixty six years - a son of John Gifford who subscribed and deposed to the foregoing affidavit- being duly sworn - says; that he has read the foregoing affidavit- and that he has often heard his father speak of the matters, and facts - to which the statements in said affidavit relates - and that he verily believes the statements contained in said affidavit to be in all aspects accurate and true - and this deponent further says - that he has known said Reuben Cross - and Hester Cross his wife an Aunt and Uncle of this deponent from his early years - that from the earliest recollections of this deponent they then said Reuben and Hester Cross - have lived together as husband and wife - till the deaths of said Reuben and Hester and that they named a large family of (unknown) the sons and daughters of said Reuben and Hester and this deponent further says that his father the said John Gifford has not written during several years last past - in consequence of defective eyesight - and therefore makes his mark - and that the said John Gifford the father of this deponent has a very retentive memory and still retains his mental power and faculties.  John Gifford Jr. Subscribed + sworn before me this 25th day of April 1857 - and I firmly certify that John Gifford Jr is a person well known to me - that he is a reputable person, and that his statements are entitled to the fullest credit
Wm Sprague justice of the peace aforesaid county
The words "from his earliest recollection" interlined 
Wm Sprague justice of the peace
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67                                      AD 6th day of March
16                                            and that

State of New York
Fulton County - ss; John Gifford - a resident of the town of North Hampton in said County - aged ninety years -  being duly sworn says - that he was well 
acquainted with Rubin Cross - and Hester Cross his wife - that he this deponent married a sister of the said Hester Cross - at Pittstown in County of Rensselaer - and State aforesaid in the year seventeen hundred and {ninety} eighty five - That be this deponent  witnessed said marriage - and believes the said Rubin Cross and Hester Cross - now married by the Revd David Irish - then a clergyman of the Baptist Church - That be this deponent attended the marriage of said Rubin and Hester - and saw them married- That the said Hesters name before her said marriage was Hester Miles.
That said Rubin and Hester moved from Pittstown aforesaid - to Floyd  - in County Oneida and State aforesaid - and always  resided in the same residence and lived as husband and wife and raised a large family - - - - - John Mark Gifford subscribed and sworn - before me this 26th day of April 1851 - And this deponent with And I hereby testify that I am well acquainted with said John Gifford - that he is a reputable person - and that his statements are entitled to the fullest credit - And I further verify that said Gifford - is a remarkably active man and retains his mind and memory - unimpaired to a very great extent for a person of his advanced age
WM Sprague Justice of the Peace of said County
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State of New York
Fulton County ss: Mary Sweet - a resident of North Hampton, in said County aged seventy three years- being duly sworn according to law says that she was well acquainted with Hester Miles afterward the wife of Reuben Cross- that said Reuben and Hester resided in the Town of Pittstown in the County of Renssalaer in the State of New York. That in the year seventeen hundred and wighty five as nearby as this deponent can now state the date thereof the said Hester Miles was married to said Reuben Cross at Pittstown aforesaid and even after lived with said Reuben Cross as his wife and they lived together as husband and wife till their decease and that they the said Reuben + Hester as this believes resided in Floyd in the County of Oneida after they left Pittstown aforesaid  Mary Sweet (her X mark)
Sworn and subscribed before me this 25th day of April 1851
And I hereby certify that the said Mary Sweet is well known to me, that she is a reputable person and that her statement is entitled to the fullest 
Wm Sprague justice of the peace
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October 11, 1937
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Mr. N. Y. Green
131 Chestnut Street
Battle Creek, Michigan 

Reuben Cross
W. 20934
BA-J/MLB

Dear Sir:

  Reference is made to your letter in which you request the pension records of Silas Parrish, of Ontario County, New York, and Reuben Cross, of Oneida County, New York, both soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

  Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data, and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such data, it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of that war. You are furnished herein the record of Reuben Cross as found in pension claim, W. 20934, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

  Reuben Cross stated that he was born in New Lebanon, New Hampshire, in January 1765, and when ten years of age, moved with his father and family to Pittstown, Rensselaer County, New York. The name of his parents were not given.

  While residing in Pittstown, New York, Reuben Cross volunteered and served one and one half months in Captain Brown’s (probably meant for Brownson’s) company, Colonel Warner’s regiment, service rendered at Fort Edward. He again volunteered and served in Captain Coon’s company, Colonel Warner’s regiment, length of this tour seven months, during which the soldier stated that Captain Coon was killed between Fort Edward and Lake George and that he was in an engagement with the Indians at West Canada Creek.

  After the Revolution, the soldier moved to Rutland, Vermont, where he lived four years, thence to Saratoga, New York, his place of residence eight years, and from there to Oneida County, New York.

  Reuben Cross was allowed pension on his application executed January 3, 1833, while a resident of Marshall, Oneida County, New York.
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  The soldier lived also at different times in Marcy, New York; in Western, Floyd and Deerfield, Oneida County, New York, and in 1837 moved to Leon, Cattaraugus County, New York, where he died October 2, 1837, at the home of his daughter, Betsy Carrier. His son, John Cross, stated that his father at the time of his death was aged seventy-six years.

  Reuben Cross married in Pittstown, Rensselaer County, New York, in 1785 or 1789 ( both dates given) Esther or Hester Miles. The date and place of her birth and names of parents are not shown. They were married by the Reverend David Irish, a Baptist minister. Soldier’s wife, Esther or Hester Cross, died in Farmersville, Cattaraugus County, New York, in February, 1847, or February 13 or 28, 1848, all dates being given. Her son, John stated she died at the age of seventy-four years.

  In 1851, the following children of Reuben Cross and his wife, Esther or Hester, were living; the dates of their birth were not stated:

Betsey Carrier, wife of Timothy Carrier, of Big Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York.

John Cross, then aged fifty-seven years and living in Whitestown, Oneida County, N.Y. In Jan., 1853, of Marcy, N.Y., and in Dec., 1853, of Delta, N.Y.

Reuben Cross, then of Farmersville, New York.

Levi Cross, of the state of Pennsylvania, but in 1853 of Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York.

Mariam or Merrimack Boss, widow of Green or Greene Boss then of Ohio near Cleveland but in 1853 of Springfield, Eerie Co, Pennsylvania.

Polly Bronson or Bronson wife of Ebenezer, then of Ohio, but in 1853, of Springfield, Eerie County, Pennsylvania 

Lymen Cross, in 1853 a resident of Little Valley, New York, later of Eerie County, Pennsylvania, or the state of Ohio, near Cleveland.

  September 11, 1851, John Cross, soldier’s son, applied in behalf of himself and the other heirs, for pension due their mother, Esther or Hester Cross, at the time of her death. His residence then was Whitestown, Oneida County, New York. The claim was allowed.
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[typewritten, undated document]

The following grandchildren were named, also, as heirs of Reuben Cross.  It was stated that they were the children of Salley Adams, deceased wife of Israel Adams.  Their names were Charity, Israel, Elizabeth and Sarah Adams, all of whom in 1853 were living in Hornellsville, Steuben County, New York.  In 1853, one Israel Adams aged sixty years and Lois Adams aged sixty-two years, were residents of Farmersville, New York; their relationship to each other or to the grandchildren not designated.

In 1833, Reuben Cross' brother, Samuel Cross, was clergyman of Remsen, Oneida County, New York.

In 1851, John Gifford, Senior, aged ninety years, of Northampton, Fulton County, New York, stated that he married a sister of soldier's wife, Esther or Hester, but did not give the name of his wife.  One John Gifford, Junior, in 1851, was aged sixty-six years and a resident of Northampton, New York.

In 1852, one Albert Cross, aged thirty years, and Gifford Cross, aged twenty-three years, were residents of Big Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York, their relationship to the family of the soldier not shown.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

[document is unsigned]

- 2 -
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Battle Creek, Michigan
Aug 17, 1937

Mr A.D. Hiller
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
May I please have the pension record of Silas Parrish, private Swartout's N.Y. Reg. Revolutionary War.  He applied for a pension while living in Ontario County, N.Y.
If it is possible to give two records at one time I would very much like the pension record of Reuben Cross, N.Y. militia, Revolutionary War.  He applied for a pension June 8, 1833 from Oneida County, N.Y.
Thanking you in advance for your kindness.

Yours truly,
(signature of NY Green)
N.Y. Green
131 Chestnut St
Battle Creek, Michigan
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1937.Oct.11- (illegible) to Mr N.Y. Green (illegible) 
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20934
Esther Cross
wid [widow] of
Reuben Cross
Priv [private] Rev. War
Act March. 3rd (illegible). June 17th (illegible)
Index: Vol. A, Page 156
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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James E Heath Esqr
Coms of Pension
City of Washington D.C.
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City of (illegible) Dec 30th 1851
Sir
Enclosed are the affidavits in support of the claim of the late Reuben Cross to the pension due Hester Cross the widow of Reubin Cross, at the time of her decease. The death of Mr and Mrs Cross, will be proved by affidavits of persons residing in Cattarangus Co the place which the died. 
I am Sir Respectfully your Obt Serv. 
Archbd. C Crary
James E Heath Esq 
Com of Pensns
City of Washington D.C.
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City of Union Alvie 12 [illegible]

Sir

Enclosed are affidavits taken in the affiliation of the Heirs of Ester Cross - [illegible] of Reubin Cross, for the [illegible] Money; due [illegible] -

I am Sir [illegible]
Your [illegible]
A.C. Crary

Loren P Waldo [illegible]
[illegible]
City of Washington
D.C.
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Brief in the case of Esther Cross, dec wid of Rueben,
Oneida County and State of New York acts of Jul 7, 1838, March 3d 1843, & & [etc. etc.] 
Claim, (original, or for increase.)
Proof exhibited, (if original.) Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. 
Husband pensioner Act June 7, 1832. Consulted the Commissioner, who decided that the parole evidence was sufficient to establish the marriage prior to 1784.  April 20. 1854 
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? 
Name and residence of Agent A. C. Crary Utica New York
Examining Clerk. Ogden Giles
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Jan. 18, 1853
Addl. evi. in Case
Ester Cross, dec'd wid. of Reubin
A.C. Crary Utica N.Y.

Crosswise:
James E. Heath Esq.
Commr of Pensns
City of Washington D.C.
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Esther Cross, dec who was the widow of Reuben who was a private New York  [troops]
N.Y., Albany
In Acts July 7, 1838 
March 3d 1843, 
June 17, 1844 & 
2nd Feb 1848. [lined out]
$28.32 cts per Ann,
Com Oct 2, 1837, when he died, and Feb 13 1848 when she died.
Payable to John Cross, Betsey Carrier, Reuben Cross, Lew Cross, Marianne Ross & Polly Brunson, only children -
A. C. Crary, Utica, New York.
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14570
Ester Cross dec'd
Wid. of Reuben
N.Y.
Let: to A.C. Crary April 13/52
do.  do.  June 3/53
do.  do. Dec 17/1853
7 July 1838
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14570.
Ester Cross dec'd-
Wid of Reuben,
N. York.
Aev. 7 July, 1838.
Let Apr 13/1852.
A.C. Crary
Utica N. York
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Written sideways:
Ester Cross 
N.Y. July 38

Loren P. Waldo Esq
Comr of Pensns
City of Washington D_C_

Seal: FREE
Postmark: Utica N.Y. 3 DEC
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11649.
New York, Albany,
widow of Esther Cross, decd, 
who died on the Reuben (Oct'r 2 1837 he died)
of ____ in the State of N.Y.
who was a Private in the --- commanded
by Captain -
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Seal: FREE

Written sideways: Esther Cross 
N Y Jul 38

Loren P Waldo Esq
Coms of Pension
City of Washington D.C.

Postmark: Utica N.Y. APR 12
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Supl Affidt
Ester Cross-
Heirs-
Forwarded by
A.C. Crary
City of Utica
N. York
Please to forward
the Pension Certificate
for the Heirs of
Ester Cross- to
A.C. Crary
of the City of
Utica N.Y.-
John Cross- by
A.C. Crary
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State of New York
County of Cattaraugus, ss;
Israel Adams and Lois Adams both a residents of Farmersville in said County - aged forty and Sixty two years - being duly sworn according to law says that they was well acquainted with Reubin Cross, late of Leon, in said County and formerly of the Town of Deerfield in the County of Oneida - deceased, and was also acquainted with Ester Cross, who was the wife of said Reubin Cross - That the said Ester Cross died at  Farmersville in said County of Cattaraugus - on the -  Thirteenth day of February in the year eighteen hundred and forty eight.
That thus these deponents saw the corpus of this Ester -
And these deponents further says, that they has no interest in the claim of the heirs of said Reubin Cross - or the heirs of said Ester Cross - to the pension due the said Ester Cross - at her decease.
Israel Adams Lois A Adams
Subscribed and Sworn before me this 12 day of November 1853 - And I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Israel Adams & Lois Adams who subscribed and deposed to this affidavit =
That they are reputable persons and that their statements are entitled to the fullest credit = I also certify that I am not retained to prosecute the claim above named - and that I have neither directly, nor indirectly any interest in the said claims - -
H Johnson  Justice
The above Erarius was made before signing H Johnson Justice
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State of New York
County of Cattaraugus
Clerk's Office SS

I Enos H Southwick, Clerk of said County and of the Courts of record thereof, do hereby certify that H. Johnson Esquire, before whom the foregoing Declaration was sworn to and subscribed, and whose name is subscribed to the certificate thereof was, at the state of the same, a Justice  of the Peace in and for the said, duly commissioned, sworn and authorized to administer oaths and affirmations, and further, that  I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his signature to said Certificate above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand and affixed the seal of said county
at Elliottville the 15th day of November
A.D. 1833
Enos H Southwick
Clerk of Cattaraugus County

[SEAL]
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State of New York
County of Oneida, ss;
William Johnson a resident of Deerfield in said County - aged forty two years, and [blank] a resident of [blank][blank] in the County aforesaid - being duly sworn say: That they are well acquainted with Reubin Cross, late of the Town of Leon, in the County of Cattaraugus, in the State of New York - and formerly a resident of the Town of Deerfield in said County of Oneida: and a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States; and who is now dead - And further, that they these deponents - were well acquainted with Ester Cross; who was the wife, and subsequently the widow of the said Reubin Cross - deceased - And these deponents further say that the said Ester Cross, died at Farmersville - in said County of Cattaraugus, on the thirteenth day of February eighteen hundred and forty eight = as these deponents - were at the time of the death of the said Ester Cross, credibly informed and verily believe to be true - And these deponents further say that John Cross, of Delta in said County of Oneida - Reubin Cross - a resident of Farmersville aforesaid; Levi Cross, a resident of the County of Erie -/ And then the Town of Richmond in the State of Pennsylvania; Betsy Carrier, wife of Timothy Carrier, Great Valley,  Cattaraugus Co. N. York, Marium Boss, of the State of Ohio; Lyman Cross, of the State of Ohio (near Cleveland) {are the sons, and
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and Polly Brunson, the wife of Ebeneser Brunson; of Ohio - are the sons, and daughters and only heirs at law of the said {John} Reubin Cross, and Ester Cross, and further of the said Reubin and Ester Cross -  And this deponent further says, that he has no interest in the claims of the heirs, of the said Reubin, and Ester Cross, to the Pension money due the said Ester at her decease ---  William T[Thorn] Johnson
Sworn and Subscribed
(by the said William Johnson alone) - before me, this 5th day of December 1853 - And I hereby certify that the said William Johnson is well known to me - that he is a reputable person, and that his statements are entitled to the fullest credit - And I further certify, that I have no interest in the said claims of the heirs of Reubin Cross, and Ester Cross - to a pension - or the pension money due the said Ester at her decease - 
William R Anthony
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
County of Oneida ss; -
John Cross, a resident of Delta - in said County, and late a resident of Marcy in this County aforesaid, being duly sworn says that Ester Cross, the Widow of the late John Cross, deceased, named in the [forejoin] affidavits signed and deposed to by Israel Adams, Lois Adams, of Farmersville Co. of Cattaraugus, and William Johnson, of Deerfield [illlegible] deeds at Farmersville, in the County of Cattaraugus, on the thirteenth day of February eighteen hundred and forty eight -
And this deponent further says that [illegible] this deponent, - Betsy Carrier, wife of Timothy Carrier, of Great Valley - in the County of Cattaraugus; Reuben Cross - of Farmersville - in said County of Cattaraugus - Levi Cross, of Pennsylvania, Marium Boss, wife of [Ebeneser Brunson, of Ohio] Green Boss - Polly Brunson, wife of Ebeneser Brunson - are the sons and daughters and only heirs at law of the said Reubin Cross, and Ester Cross -   John Cross
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 5th day of December 1853 - And I hereby certify that the said John Cross - is the identical John Cross - named and described in the foregoing affidavit -

The words "Erastus Brunson of Ohio erased before signing
William R. Anthony
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York County of Oneida ss;
Jacob Rutt, a resident of the Town of Marcy in said County, aged sixty six years being duly sworn says - that he has read the foregoing affidavit - subscribed and sworn to by William Johnson; that he this deponent well knew Reuben Cross, and Ester Cross, his wife, late of Deerfield in said County - and also in the Town of Marcy; - and in Leon. Callaragus [Cattaraugus] County - deceased and was well acquainted with the facts, set forth in said affidavit, and that said affidavit is in all respects accurate and true. 
And this deponent further says that he has no interest in the claim of the heirs of said Reubin and Ester Cross - to the Pension Money due the said Ester at her decease. 
[Signed J Rutt
Subscribed & sworn before me this 5th day of Dec 1853
Erastus Clark 
Recorder of the City of Utica
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State of New York
County of Oneida, ss;
I Richard Hulbert, Clerk of said County of Oneida, do hereby certify, that Erastus Clark Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit purporting to be signed, and sworn to by Jacob Rutt, and by whom the foregoing certificate was signed was at the time, said affidavit and certificate, bear date this Recorder of the City of Utica, in said County and duly authorized to act as the Judge of the Recorders Court, aforesaid. And that said Recorders Court is a Court of Record by Statute. And I further certify that William R Anthony, before whom the foregoing affidavit purporting to be signed by John Cross and William Johnson (were sworn to and signed) was at the time said last named affidavit bear date a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County and duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes.
And I further certify that the handwritings of the said Recorder and Justice, are well known to me and that the signatures to the foregoing certificate, and affidavit are their the said Recorder and the said Justices proper handwritings, and genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at the City of Utica in said County - on this 7th day of December 1853
[Signed] Richard Hulbert
[There is an illegible seal in the lower left corner of page]
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Revolutionary Pension
John Cross; son and heir at Law of Reubin Cross; & Ester, his wife

Suppl. Affdt.

He died Oct. 2. 1837.
She died Feb. 13. 1848.

Forwarded by
A.C. Crary -
of Utica N. York
Jany 14th 1853 -
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State of New York
County of Oneida SS:
Jacob Rutt & Hugh Richard Severally came personally before me and being duly sworn say that they were well acquainted with Reubin Cross who resided in Marcy in said County and who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, of the United States, and with Ester Cross, the wife of said Reubin Cross - That the said Reubin Cross, and Ester Cross, were the identical Reubin Cross and Ester Cross, named in the annexed certificate as Reubin Cross, deceased and Ester Cross his widow - And the said deponents further say that John Cross named in said certificate as one of the sons of said Reubin Cross, deceased; is the identical John Cross, who subscribed and deposed to the annexed certificate affidavit 
[Signed] Jacob Rutt
[Signed] Hugh Richard
Subscribed & Sworn before me this 14th day of January 1853 - And I hereby certify the said Jacob Rutt and Hugh Richard who
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[illegible] removed to the town of Leon in the County of Cattaraugus in the State of New York and died at Farmersville of the quick consumption on the twenty second day of October eighteen hundred and thirty seven - And this deponent further says, that in his declarations made in his application for the amount of Pension money [illegible] Ester Cross the widow of said Reubin Cross and the mother of this deponent, has mistook the death of his father the said Reubin Cross being the Town of Marcy aforesaid and removing to the Town Leon aforesaid that such frequently visited his brother and other connections residing in said County of Cattaraugus and was accidentally informed that it was in the month of September eighteen hundred and thirty seven and not eighteen hundred and thirty eight that the said Reubin Cross removed from the County of Oneida to the County of Cattaraugus aforesaid. And this deponent further says that on his [illegible] from Cattaraugus County, he stated to his agent in his application Archibald C  Crary - that this mistake and annexed, and that his said agent there obtained the annexed Certificate in order to show the exact time of said decease- and this deponent further says that the same
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mistake in estimating the time to the date of a sale of a piece land by a brother of this deponent which misled this deponent also caused the mistake in reference to the date of the death of said Reubin Cross caused the same application in the affidavit of Albert Cross, and Gifford Cross in January last
[Signed] John Cross
Subscribed & Sworn before me this 14 day of Jany 1853
[Signed] A. Coburn
Justice of the Peace
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Cattaraugus County )
Surrogates Office.    ) ss

I Chester Howe Surrogate of the County of Cattaraugus do hereby certify that I have searched the Records of this Office, and find Records of a proceeding of which the following is a transcript, to wit,
At a Surrogates Court held at the Surrogates Office in Ellicotville in and for the County of Cattaraugus on the 28th day of February 1838.
Present Moises Beecher Surrogate. Reuben Cross appeared in Court and made application for the administration of the estate of Reuben Cross late of the town of Leon in the County of Cattaraugus, deceased. The said Reuben Cross heir being duly sworn saith that Reuben Cross the father of this deponent died on or about the twenty second day of October last past at the house of Timothy Carrier in the town of Leon inn the County of Cattaraugus, that he died of quick consumption after being confined to his bed about ten days, that he left no last will or testament to the best knowledge or belief of this deponent who has made diligent enquiry to ascertain the fact that the said Reuben Cross died leaving Esther Cross his lawful widow and seven children to wit, Betsey Carrier wife of Timothy Carrier who resides in the said town of Leon, John Cross who resides in the town of Marcy in the County f Oneida, Merriam Boss wife of Green Boss and Polly Bronson wife of Ebenezer Bronson (who with the said Merriam resides in Springfield, County of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, Reuben Cross the deponent, and Levi Cross and Lyman Cross who reside in Little Valley in said County of Cattaraugus
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who are of full age, And Charity Adams, Israel Adams, Elizabeth Adams, and Sarah Adams, children of Salley Adams deceased who was wife of Israel Adams, that the last named four children are minors and reside in the town of Hornellsville in the County of Steuben, that the above named seven children and four grandchildren are all the next of kin of the said deceased and are entitled to his property as he verily believes. That the said Reuben Cross immediately previous to his death was an inhabitant of the County of Cattaraugus that he left goods chattels and credits within this State the value of which according to his best information and belief amounts to about two thousand dollars and will not exceed that sum and that this deponent is an inhabitant of the County of Cattaraugus of the age twenty one years which said oath or deposition was reduced to writing and subscribed by the said deponent.
The said Esther Cross having renounced her right to the administration of the estate of the said deceased, which renunciation was in writing and the execution of the same duly proved in this Court. The said Reuben Cross took and subscribed an oath faithfully to perform the duties of such administration according to law, and likewise with his sureties Francis E Buillet and Alexander Chambers executed a Bond in the penal sum of four thousand dollars for the faithful performance of this duty as administrator as aforesaid, which said oath and renunciation together with the said deposition were duly filed in this Office, and the said Bond in like manner deposited.
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Whereupon Ordered that the said Reuben Cross be appointed Administrator of the estate of the said Reuben Cross deceased, and Letters of Administration were accordingly issued. Upon the application of the said administrator Gustavus Warren and Jabez Thompson were appointed appraisers of the personal property of the said Reuben Cross deceased.
And I further certify that the above is a transcript of the cause.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 7th day of January 1853.
Chester Howe
Surrogate
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State of New York
County of Oneida ss;
I Richard Hulbert - Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that Alexander Coburn, before whom the foregoing affidavits subscribed by John Cross; Jacob Rutt; and Hugh Richards, and by whom the foregoing certificate purports to be signed, was at the time said affidavits bear dates, one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for said County of Oneida, and duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes-
And I do further certify that the handwriting of the said Justice is well known to me, that his signature to said affidavits are his the said Justice's proper handwriting and genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, at the City of Utica, in said County, this 14th day of January 1853.
J E Hulbert
Dep. Clerk
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Loren P Waldo Esq
Comr of Pensions
City of Washington
D.C.
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City of Utica Dist [illegible] 1853
Sir
Enclosed is the evidence of the time of the decease of Ester Cross, widow of Reubin Cross, decd and of the names and number of the heirs of Reubin and Ester Cross.
The first affidavit, - was forwarded to Farmersville, to be used for a witness's affd't and to guide in making affidavits, - for the other
witnesses-- The second was written for two witnesses, and was read before the second arrived-
I am Sir Respy
Your Obed Serv
[Signed] A. C. Crary

Loren P Waldo Esq
Comm of Pensions
City of Washington D.C.
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Treasury Department
[illegible] Comptroller's Office
Nov. 16, 1854

Sir,
I return herewith the papers in the pension case of the Children of Esther Cross, referred yesterday by you to this office.
You will find my decision endorsed thereon, authorizing payment of the amount due to such of the heirs as have applied.
I am, respectfully yours,
M Broadhead
Comptroller

Hon L P Waldo
Commr of Pensions
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James E Heath Esq
Comm of Pens
City of Washington
D.C.
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City of Utica N. York
Jany 15-53
Sir
I have received your letter of the 13 of April 1852, in reply to the application of John Cross, for the Pension, due his mother at her decease - and had intended to present a Petition to Congress, for their action in reference to this with several other claims to pensions, when it was accidentally discovered by Mr Cross, that there had a mistake owned in the statement of the time of his father's decease. The enclosed certificate shows that Mr Cross, died
before the passage of the act of July 1838-
I am Sir Respy
Your obdt Sert
[Signed] Archd C Crary

James E. Heath Esq
Com of Penn
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May 2 of 53
Rel. case of Esther Cross decd.
wid. Reuben
Rev'g

Upside down: 
Loren P Waldo Esq
Comr of Pens
City of Washington
D.C.
Postmark: Utica N.Y.
Stamp: FREE

Archd. C. Crary
Utica N.Y.
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City of Utica N. York
May 16th 1853

Sir
I some months since forwarded to the Comr of Pensions, several affidavits showing the time of the decease of Reubin Cross - and correcting a mistake made in the application of John Cross - for the pension money due his mother Ester Cross, at the time of her decease. To these affidavits and the letter accompanyg them I have received no reply -
I am Sir Respfly
Your Obdt Servt
Archd C. Crary

Loren P Waldo Esq
Comr of Pensns
City of Washington
D.C.
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Pension Office
May 30/53

Sir
Please state to what time, Reuben Cross private at $28.32 under Act 7 June 1832 Albany Rolls, N. York, was paid, & when he died.
Very Respectfully
W. Cole
For Comr

On the old Utica Roll, and paid to 4th Sept. 1837; death not known.
F Burt Auditor

F. Burt Esq
3d Audr of Treasury
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State of New York
Oneida Co (Js)

  Leonard Bacon a resident of the town of Deerfield county aforesaid aged eighty four years and Catherine Bacon a resident of Deerfield aforesaid aged 77 years being duly sworn say that they were well acquainted with Reuben Cross and Hester Cross his wife who formerly resided in Western said County of Oneida ( and in Deerfield in said county ( and subsequently in the County of Cattaraugus state aforesaid That the said Reuben and Hester Cross had several children namely Betsey Carrier now aged Sixty two years John Cross now aged sixty years, Merriam Boss aged fifty eight years Reuben Cross aged fifty four years Polly Bronson aged fifty years Levi Cross aged forty eight years Lyman Cross aged forty six years That at the time the said Reuben Cross ( and the deponents became acquainted these deponents had but one child namely Achsah Johnson wife of Charles Johnson, these deponents now have Eliza Warden wife of Thomas Warden a resident of Trenton Village county of Oneida aged fifty four years, Colby Bacon aged fifty years a resident of Trenton county aforesaid, That at the time the deponents just became acquainted with the said Reuben Cross (and Hester his wife the said Reuben and Ester had four children namely Betsey Carrier John Cross Merriam Boss and Reuben Cross above named That the said Reuben Cross was an infant That from the ages
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of these deponents said children they are enabled to recollect and to state positively the time of their becoming acquainted with the said Reuben and Esther Cross and that it was fifty- six years since the time of their becoming acquainted with the said Reuben and Esther Cross That at the time of these deponents becoming acquainted with the said Reuben and Esther Cross the said Achsa was about eighteen months old (and that the said Achsa was fifty seven years of age last May - That the said Reuben Cross was a Pensioner of the United State and that these deponents have no interest in the claims of the heirs of the said Reuben and Esther Cross
                       his          
     Leonard      X  Bacon
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State of New York
County of Oneida ss

Henry Dopp a resident of Rome, in said County, aged eighty four being duly sworn says that he was well acquainted with Reubin Cross and Esther Cross late the wife of the said Reubin Cross, late of Cattaraugus County (deceased) and has known said Reubin and Esther and their children about fifty four years last past. That the said Reubin and Esther, in the year eighteen hundred removed to the Town of Western in said County of Oneida, and lived a number of years in the immediate vicinity of the then residence of this deponent, That the said Reubin and Esther were then living together as husband and wife, and had three children, namely Betsey, now the wife of Timothy Carrier, who was at the time said Reubin and Esther came to Western ten years of age; John Cross a son of said Reubin and Esther, six years of age, Merriam, now Merriam Boss, a daughter  [of] said Reubin and Esther, two or three years of age.
That the said Reubin and Esther continued to live together as husband and wife until the decease of said Reubin -  That they lived within a few rods of this deponent's farm, and residence and had several children after they came to Western, That the marriage of said Reubin  and Esther,
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was never questioned or doubted - And this deponent further says the ages of said three oldest children of said Reubin and Esther Cross at the time said Family came to Western render it certain that the Marriage of the said Reuben and Esther must have been prior to Seventeen hundred and ninety four, or the said Betsey, John, and Merriam been illegitimate. That the said Betsey is now Sixty three years of age.
And this deponent further says that he has no interest in the claim of the children of the said Reubin and Esther Cross, to the Pension Money due the said Esther at her decease. 
Henry [his X mark] Dopp

Affirmed  ["Sworn" is stricken] to and Subscribed this 18th day of February 1854day of February, before me  - And I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Henry Dopp - That he is an intelligent and a reputable person, and that his statements are entitled to the fullest credit - I futher certify that I am not interested in the said claim to Pension Money or the result of the pending application for the same - and that I am not retained, or employed, as the Agent, or Attorney of said Heirs or either of them to aid in procuring said Pension Money. - said Dopp made his mark above &
 he is too [tired?] to write   

Jay Hatheway
Justice of Peace
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Service: New York
Cross, Reuben
            Esther
Number: W.20934
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City of Utica
July 27th 1852

Sir
Enclosed are the affidavits of Gifford Cross and Albert Cross - witnesses to prove the deaths of Reubin Cross - and Hester [Esther] Cross. Reubin Cross drew a pension, and died leaving a widow. The widow of Reubin Cross, survived him eleven years, and died having several children. - The provided application is on behalf of the Children.
The declaration of the applicant - John Cross - a son of deceased and evidences of this their marriage, and (I believe) of the births of the children is on file.
I am Sir Respectfully
Your obdt servt
Archd C. Crary

James E Heath Esq.
Comr of Pensns
City of Washington
D.C.
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Pensions- Heirs of
Hester [Esther] Cross -
widow of Reubin
Revolutionary Pensnr

Supt'y Affidavits

Forwarded by 
Archd C. Crary
City of Utica
New York
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State of New York
County of Oneida, fr. Albert Cross,aged thirty years, and Gifford Cross - aged twenty three years - both residents of Big Valley of the County of Cattaraugus, in the State of New York being duly sworn say that they were well acquainted with Reubin Cross  - late of the Town of Leon said County of Cattaraugus - deceased - and that they were well acquainted with Hester Cross- the widow of said Reuben Cross late of Farmersville deceased. And these informants further say that the said Reubin Cross died at Leon aforesaid the fifteenth day of September eighteen hundred and thirty nine - that said Hester Cross died at Farmersville aforesaid  - the twenty eighth day of Februrary eighteen hundred and forty eight and that the informants were present and knowing of the deaths of said Reubin Cross and Hester Cross - at the times of their decease -
Gifford Cross
Subscribed and Sworn)
before me this 28th day of) Albert Cross
January 1852 - And hereby notify that the said Gifford Cross and Albert Cross -  are persons well known to me that they are reputable persons - and that their statements are entitled to the fullest credit.
D. Gilmore
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
County of Oneida [Illegible] I Dexter Gillmore

State of New York
County of Oneida [Illegible] I Alexander Rae
Clerk of said County of Oneida, do hereby certify that Dexter Gillmore, Esq _ before whom the foregoing affidavit subscribed and deposed to by
Gifford Cross, and Albert Cross_ and by whom
the foregoing Certificate was signed, was
at the time said affidavit and certificate
bear date, a Justice of the Peace in and
for said County, and duly authorized to
administer oaths for general purposes.
And I do further certify that the
handwriting of said Justice is well known
to me, and that his signature to said
affidavit and certificate, are his, this said
Justices proper handwriting and genuine.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said County
this 29" day of January 1852.
Alexander Rae Clerk

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