Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,101, Joseph Crouse, New York
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[I'm only transcribing the handwritten parts]
New York --- Crouse, Joseph --- S. 29,101
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32.318 [and to the right a scribble]
New York
Let: to Agt. 28. apl.
1845
Joseph Crouse, decd. 
of Montgomery in the State of N.Y.
who was a private in the Co commanded 
by Captain Hess of the regt. commanded 
by Klock in the N. Y. 
line for 10 May 16 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany 
at the rate of 35 Dollars 10 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. & Endg 19 feb. 1839, when he died

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of April
1845 and Sent to 
A A Van Horne
Fonda
Montgomy Co
N.Y.
Recorded by F. L. Swann Clerk,
Book E2. Vol. 4. Page 13
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34,635
Joseph Crouse'
Pension application
as a soldier of 
the revolution
~
all communications
relative to the within
[paper damaged, probably appli]cation to be addressed
[damage, illegible, then probably Jo]hn Nellis Palatine
[damage, probably Mont]gomery Co. N. Y. --

All Communications to be 
addressed to John Nellis 
of Palatine Montgomery Co. N. Y. relative to the within application --
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State of New York,
Montgomery County}. SS. On this 13th day of August, 1838, personally appeared before the Hon. Stephen Yates, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County & of the degree of Counsellor at Law in the Supreme Court of Judicature of said State, Joseph Crouse now a resident of the Town of St. Johns-Ville, in said County, aged Eighty four Years on the first day of January last past according to the best of his information & belief -- 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 7. 1832 -- that he Entered the Service of the United States in the war of the revolution under the following named officers & served as hereafter Stated -- viz -- that on or about the 15th day of March 1776. he Enlisted as a private in a Company of boatmen whereof one Evert Van Eps was the Capt. for the period, he thinks, of 9. Months & that he served said time, unless an injury he recd. in his arm at Schenectady while in said Service prevented him from So doing -- that he cannot recollect how that fact is, & relies upon the documentary evidence that may exist & probably on file in the pension office Depart. to show how long he served under the said Enlistment --
That he Enlisted as a boatman in a Company of boatmen commanded by one Robert Simmons of Schenectady for the period, he thinks, of one Year -- that he is not positive that the name of his Capt is given correctly -- that while in this Service he was at Saratoga at the time that Conl. Burgoyne was taken & recd. a Sleight wound in a skirmish -- that he served out, he thinks, the period for
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which he was enlisted  -- that in this Service he lost his brother Jacob who was drowned in attempting to get from the boat on Shore & who belonged to same Company of Capt Simmons 
that he thinks, but is not certain that he enlisted into this Company in the Spring of 1777 -- that on account of his defective memory he cannot state the precise  period of his said Enlistment -- but believes that Same as well as the length of his Service & period of Enlistment can be easily found & asertained from the Company rolls & other evidence thereof on file probably in the Pension office Depart. --
That he Enlisted he thinks for the period of nine months in the Company whereof Andrew Finck was Capt. in Col. Willetts Regt. -- & that while in this Service he was Engaged in the "Turlock battle" -- that he Enlisted he thinks into this Service in the winter or Spring of 1781. -- & that in this Engagement he shot an Indian & striped him of some of his Clothing -- & believes he Served the period for which he was Enlisted -- that the evidence of this Service can be found on the rolls of the Company no doubt on file in the Pensions Office Depart. --
That from the beginning to the close of the war he Served a great deal in the Cause of his Country -- but on account of his age & consequent loss of memory he cannot at this late period give the particulars of his Services with the date  of each Service & may therefore be mistaken is Some facts --& further states that he served in the militia Company of infantry whereof Christopher Fox
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was Capt for some time -- & also John Hess & perhaps John Klock were respectively for some time Captians [illegible insert] in Col. Jacob Klock' Regt. of Infantry -- & that he thinks he Served as a private in said Company under the Said Officers, thereof, but to give the length & date of Each tour of Service with the name of the officer thereof he will not undertake from memory, but is informed that the rolls of Said Company are on file & therefore would respectfully refer the Department to them for evidence of those Services, -- but would State from recollection that he served among others, on the following tours of duty while, he thinks, he served in said Company , viz -- to the Royal Grant -- to Sharon -- to the Susquahanna river at the time that Genl. Herkimer & Brandt had an interview at Said place -- Little Falls -- Herkimer -- Fort-Stanwix -- Fort Plank -- Fort-House etc.
that he was Engaged in the battle at Stone Arabia when Col. Brown was Killed -- that he Served also on Scouting Parties & Sometimes with Capt. Cristian House, the rolls of whose Company may perhaps furnish Evidence thereof -- that he verily believes on examination that the rolls of the Companies mentioned in this declaration will furnish Evidence of more than 2 Years Services rendered by him -- that his fellow Soldiers who Served with him are nearly all gone, but a few still remain by whom
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he might show & prove Some of the Services mentioned by him, but on account of his lameness infirmity & age (being able to walk but a little distance & poor & nearly blind) he cannot personally procure any testimony required in Support of his Services -- & in that respect would have to depend upon the Charitable if Any evidence Should be required, to be at the trouble of procuring it for him -- that in the said war he considered Palatine his place of residence -- that he served only as a private in said war -- served under said Enlistments -- Sometimes voluntered & at other times was ordered out or drafted, by his officers of the Co. in which he served -- that he has no documentary evidence he knows of of his said services -- & hereby relinquishes Every Claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present  & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State -- that about Six Years ago he applyed to John Nellis to make out his pension papers for a pension -- that for that purpose he attended the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County -- that on account of the Crowd of persons applying for pensions & attending before the Court, he left concluding then to make no applications. & left the County on a visit to his children in State of Michigan & only recently returned to this County (Montgomery) -- &  being poor, lame, nearly blind & infirm, his friends & neighbors advised him to apply now for a pension -- which he accordingly hereby does -- & says in answer to the interrogations put by the said Judge & required by the [illegible—but see next page—image 64] Depart. -- that he was born
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accordingly hereby does -- & says in answer to the interrogatories put by the said Judge & required by the rules of the Depart. -- that he was born January 1. 1754 according to the best of his information & his belief, having no record of his age --when called into the service he resided in the then Town of Palatine -- he lived Since the revolutionary war principally  in the said Towns of Palatine, Oppenheim, & St. Johns Ville in said County -- which two latter Towns were taken from the Town of Palatine -- has resided some temporally at other places, to wit, in Ann Arborn [sic] in the State of Michigan ------
that he Enlisted under Captains Van Eps -- Simmons & Finck as aforesaid -- &  the residue of his services were rendered as volunteer -- drafted & called out by his officers -- that he has no recollection he ever recd. a discharge from the service & if any it has been lost -- that he has been & is well acquainted with the following persons in his neighborhood viz Daniel F. Nellis & Daniel Lodawick who can testify to his Character for veracity & their belief of his Services as a Soldier of the revolution -- & that no clergyman resides in his neighborhood with whom he is acquainted -- & that he has stated the names of officers etc. & further states that Denis Augustus Flander Served with this Deponent in the Company of Capt. Evert Van Eps - is still living as he is informed & drawing a pension -- & he cannot write his name -----
Joseph  his X mark  Crouse
Sworn & Subscribed to }
the day & Year aforesaid}
before me --
Stephen Yates
Judge of Montgomery County Courts
of the degree of Counsellor in the Supreme Court
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August 13th 1838
State of New York,
Montgomery County} SS. We Daniel F. Nellis & Daniel Lodawick
residing in the Town of St. Johns Ville in said County hereby Certify, that we have been & are well acquainted with Joseph Crouse who has subscribed thereon to the within declaration -- that we believe him to be about 84 years of age -- that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion -- & have no doubt & never heard any expressed that said Joseph is Entitled to credit in his Statement.
Daniel F Nellis
Daniel  his X mark  Lodowick

State of New York
Montgomery County} SS. I, Stephen Yates, a Judge of the Court of Com. Pleas of said County & Counsellor in Sup. Court etc. do declare it as my opinion after an investigation of the matter & putting the interrogatories prescribed in the war Department that this aforesaid applicant Joseph Crouse was a revolutionary Soldier & Served as he states -- & that I have no doubt from this concurrent statement of the people that the said Joseph was a soldier in said war -- & that the said Joseph is Entitled to Credit -- & I further Certify that I am well acquainted with above named Daniel F. Nellis & Daniel Lodowick who have signed above Certificate & residents of the Town of St. Johns-Ville in which I reside, & certify from my Knowledge of them that they are credible & of good moral character & reputation -- In testimony whereof I hereto put my hand this 13th day of August 1838 - ------
Stephen Yates Judge of Mont Co Courts, Counsellor etc.
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State of New York
Montgomery County}. SS. Denis Augustus Flander being duly Sworn Says in open Court on oath that Joseph Crouse Served in the Company of Evert Van Eps Capt. as a boatman -- that no other officers belonged to said Company & there were no field officers & no Regt. that he knows of -- that he knows said Crouse was Enlisted on or about the fifteen day of March 1776. in Said Company & that said Flander Served as a boatman in same company with Said Crouse during the period of nine months for which they were enlisted & that  Said Crouse was injured while in Said Service in his arm which disabled him -- that Said Crouse served Some time but Cannot say how long -- that said Crouse lived in Palatine in said County when he Enlisted as aforesaid -- that said injury to said Crouse happened at Schenectady while in the Service as aforesaid. ~
Denis Augustus  his X mark  Flander
Sworn & subscribed 
this 21 Sept. 1832{
before me in {
open court -- 
Geo. D. Ferguson. Clerk

State of New York
Montgomery County{SS. I George D. Ferguson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby Certify that the foregoing is an affidavit taken in the said Court while sitting according to Law -- In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal of Office this 21 Sept. 1832 ~
Geo: D. Ferguson
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State of New York. }
Montgomery County}SS. John Nellis Counsellor at Law of the Sup. Court of said State a resident of the Town of St. Johns-Ville being Sworn, deponent says that he has for about twenty Years been personally acquainted with said Joseph Crouse of same Town -- who was sworn to the Pension declaration hereto annexed -- that at the Court of Common Pleas within mentioned said Joseph requested this deponent to draft his pension papers etc. 
that this Deponent having a press of business on hand, could not immediately Comply with his request -- that when this Deponent had leisure to attend to it he Enquired forsaid Joseph & learned that he had left the Court -- that he then saw the within named Denis Augustus Flander & learning form him that he had seen said Joseph & was well acquainted with him & could swear to within mentioned Service of said Joseph' he this Deponent then list his affidavit & got the said Flander to swear the same as Same purports -- that the said Flander is a credible person with whom this Deponent is well acquainted -- that the said Joseph within mentioned  & who made the foregoing declaration is unquestionably the same Person -- & further says not ---
John Nellis
Sworn to this 13th day of 
Augt. 1838. before me
& I Certify that said Nellis
is a credible Person with 
whom I am well acquainted.
Stephen Yates
Judge of Mont Co Courts
Counsellor etc
Joseph Crouse 
Pension Papers.
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State of New York
Montgomery County}.SS. I hereby Certify that in my opinion the before mentioned Joseph Crouse the applicant, is unable to attend the Court of Common Pleas of said County on account of his age & bodily infirmities -- In witness whereof I have hereto this 13th day of August 1838 put my hand --
Stephen Yates
Judge of Mont Co Courts
Counsellor etc

State of New York
Montgomery County}. Ss. I Alexander J Comrie, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for Said County do hereby Certify that Hon. Stephen Yates before whom the foregoing declaration for a pension of Joseph Crouse purports to have been Sworn, & before whom the Certificate of Daniel F. Nellis & Daniel Lodawick purport to have been sworn & who purports to have signed the certificates of the Said Judge, & before whom John Nellis was sworn to the foregoing affdt. [affidavit] was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, & verily believe that his Signature to the same is his own proper hand writing -- & that that full faith & credit is due to the same-- In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Said County & of Said Court of Common Pleas of said County this 21st day of August 1838 --
A. J. Comrie
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Joseph Crouse
application under the act of 7th June 1832.
________________________________________
Declaration made by sole heir of deceased --
16th Sept 1844.
No 1.
Compl. [illegible] 1607
witness. 9 -- Capt Van Epps.
admd
10 mo. 1601 pri
_______
35.16
to 19 Feby 1839 the day of his death to Joseph Crouse [illegible] only surv. child --
G.F. Yates
Schenectada
N.Y.

A A Van Horne
Fonda
Montgry Co
N.Y.
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State of New York}
County of Montgomery} ss.
On this 16th day of September 1844, personally appeared Joseph Crouse a resident of the town of St. Johnsville in said County, aged sixty ~~ years, & he being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, in consequence of the services of his father Joseph Crouse in the war of the revolution - that his father left him surviving no widow and no children save him this Declarant --
That his said father Joseph Crouse made application for a pension under the aforesaid act & his papers under said act are now on file in the War Department as De-Clarant has heard & believes to be true -- This Declarant has often heard his father declare during his life-time that he served in the year that Burgoyne was taken (1777) in the Company of Captain Reuben Simons, & in the year previous 1776 in the Company of Captain Evert Van Eps --which companies were both Companies of Batteaumen. That he served during said years at least nine months of each year at Saratoga & on the Mohawk river -- His said father served also for other terms & in the militia but Declarant is unable to specify these terms or tours of service, & would state that he always understood his said father to say that he performed the greatest part of his services in companies of Batteaumen
~~~Joseph Crous
Subscribed & sworn this day & year first aforesaid, before}
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me in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County now sitting. Vonn [or perhaps Normn.--the raised end used commonly in abreviations leads me to prefer the name Norman] Kimball Dep Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named Joseph Crouse the father of the Declarant was a revolutionary soldier & served as stated -- That said Joseph Crouse left him & surviving no widow, but the Declarant[I think] only his sole child him surviving. That said Joseph Crouse died on the nineteenth day of February in the year one thousand Eight hundred and thirty-nine (19th February 1839)

I Chester S. Bumley __ Clerk of said Court do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application above made for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my official seal, this 
16th day of September 1844.
Normn. Kimball Dep. Clerk
Chester S. Bumley Clerk is
absent from the County
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Joseph Crouse [underlined]
act of 7th June '32
Afft. respecting __time of Death.__ [underlined]
No. 2.
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State of New York ~
County of Montgomery}ss.
Abraham A. Van Horne of the town of Mohawk in said County, aged fifty-four years, being duly sworn, deposeth & saith, that Joseph Crouse, the same person referred to and described in the accompanying Papers as an applicant for a pension, was previous to his death, a tenant of the Almshouse in said County. That the precise day he departed this life, appears from an entry on the books of Said almshouse; to wit, on the nineteenth day of February in the year one thousand Eight hundred & thirty-nine (1839) --
That he left no widow him surviving, and only one child named Joseph Crouse, who, as Deponent has been informed & believes, is now an applicant for a pension on account of the revolutionary services of said Joseph Crouse his father.

Abm A Van Horne

Subscribed & Sworn this}
10th day of October 1844}
before me; and I certify, } 
that said Abraham A. Van }
Horne is a credible witness}

J Graff justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW-YORK, }
Montgomery County Clerk's Office.} ss.
I, Chester S. Brumley, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Jacob Graff Esq.
whose name is subscribed to the annexed Jurat
was at the time of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace
of said county; and further that I am well acquainted with 
the handwriting of such Justice 
and verily believe that the signature to the said Jurat
_____________________________ is genuine. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county, the 12th day of October 1844
Chester S. Brumley Clerk.
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29101
Revy - INVALID
File No. 29,107
Joseph Crouse
Dw [or Sw?] Rev War

Act: June 7" 32"
Index: --Vol. 2 ........, Page 87.........
Arrangement of 1870.
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32381
Joseph Crouse
Declaration ---
origl.


H.U. Soper
Agent
Batavia
N.Y.
George W. Lay
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State of New York}
County of Genesee} Ss:
Alanson Towsley, of the town of Bennington in said County, being duly sworn doth depose and say that he has been acquainted with Joseph Crouse of Said town for more than twenty years that he has always understood and believed that the said Joseph served in the Revolutionary war -- that he has frequently seen a scar upon the back of the said Crouse which has the appearance of having been made by the stroke of a sword, and that he has been uniformly told by him and has understood and believed for many years that the said scar or wound was received by him while in the battle at the taking of Burgoyne and further this Deponent saith not. --
Alanson Tously }
Sworn and Subscribed this }
2d day of September 1834 }
before me, by the said AlansonTowsley, }
whom I certify to be a man of truth and veracity }
and that his statement is entitled to credit. -- }
H.U. Soper, Comr of Deeds of Genesee County --

State of New York}
County of Genesee} Ss - I, timothy Fitch, Clerk of Said county certify, that Horace U. Soper before whom the above affidavit purports to have been taken and made was at the date of taking the same a Commissioner of Deeds duly authorised to take the same. And that the Signature "H. U. Soper" subscribed to the above affidavit is the genuine signature of said Commissioner
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal this twenty second day of December 1834.
Timothy Fitch Clerk
By B. Pringle Dep. Clerk
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Declaration of Joseph Crouse in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7: 1832 __

State of New York }
county of Genesee} ss.
On this first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four, personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Oyer and Terminer now sitting, Joseph Crouse, a resident of the town of Bennington in the County of Genesee, aged seventy eight 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 7- 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.--
That at the time of entering the service of United States in the Revolutionary war, he resided on the Mohawk River near Schenectady-- That this declarant is a Dutchman, never received any education and is now upwards of seventy eight years of age, that he has become infirm, that his memory is very much impaired and he cannot recollect the precise period of entering the service and is not absolutely certain as to the year but thinks that he enlisted more than a year before the taking of Burgoyne: and is quite sure that it was in the spring of 1776 -- that he was enlisted by one Capt. Andrew Fink or Frink for two years in the continental army and in Capt Finks Company -- Lieut Harris -- the orderly Seargeant was one Peer -- That the summer campaign was made near Ticonderoga and in that section and the succeeding winter he was sent with some other young men to cut Saw logs near Ballston and spent the winter -- that he was in Col Yates Regiment and under Gen Schuyler a part of the time -- that he was with the army in the retreat and at the taking of Burgoyne and in the battle was wounded by the cut of a sword in the small of the back which laid him up for three or four months and he was confined in the hospital at Albany. That in the spring of 1778 he was regularly discharged by Col Yates which discharge he has lost -- that he served as a private. ---
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That soon afterwards but the precise time he has no means of ascertaining and cannot recollect, he enlisted again as a private into Capt. Robert Lymond's [or Symond's] Company in Col Willett's Regiment, John Fox was Lieutenant -- and was under Gen Herkimer -- that he was in the Ressiquiene battle [I'm pretty sure he's referring to the battle at Oriskany, where Herkimer was wounded] -- that Gen Herkimer was wounded there below Rome -- that he served in the neighborhood of Fort Stanwix -- and at the expiration of nine months he obtained a regular discharge which was burnt up in his house many years since --
That he was born on the Mohawk River in Canajoharie on the first day of January in the year 1756 -- that he has no record of his age but believes he is of the above age from information from his parents -- That after the war he lived on the Mohawk River in the town of Herkimer in the County of Herkimer about twelve years -- then to Canseroga a short time, then to Forty Mile Creek in the town of Clinton in Upper Canada and lived there about six years -- then to Oxford, Canada, on the River Thames, where lived about twenty years when he returned to the United States, and resided in the town of Bennington, in the County of Genesee and State of New York, where he at present resides -- that he has not been able to find any person living by whom he could prove his services -- that he heard that one David Moyer who was with him at the taking of Burgoyne, was living last summer somewhere near Cayuga Lake but that he has not been able to find him. --
That there is no clergyman that lives in his present neighborhood with whom he is acquainted -- that Alanson Towsley and Wadsworth Brooks live in the neighborhood with him are well acquainted and can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief in his services as a Revolutionary soldier. --
He hereby relinquishes any 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. ----

Joseph  X  Crouse

Sworn to and Subscribed, the day}
and year aforesaid in open Court }
by making his mark not knowing }
how to write. ----
F. Fitch Clerk
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We, Alanson Towsley and Wadsworth Brooks, residing in the town of Bennington in the County of Genesee and State of New York and in the same neighborhood with Joseph Crouse certify that we are well acquainted with the said Joseph Crouse who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy eight 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.
Alanson Towsley
Wadsworth Brooks
Sworn and Subscribed}
the day and year aforesaid}
in open court -- }
T. Fitch Clerk


And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states: And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Alanson Towsley and Wadsworth Brooks who have signed the preceding certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. --
A. Gardiner
Isaac Wilson
S. Cummings


I, Timothy Fitch, Clerk of the Court of Oyer & Terminer of the County of Genesee, do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Crouse for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 2d. day of September 1834 --
T. Fitch Clerk
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32,381
New York
_______________

Revo. -- 
~
Joseph Crouse
Suspended -- see
let to Hon G. W. Lay
Jun 14. 1835
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N334 Aug 20 18[?]8

Pension Office.

NY. Act 1832.

[what follows is upside down on the image of the envelope]

Palatine NY} ----------- Free
Aug26}

Hon. J. R. Poinsett
Secretary of War
Washington City.
~~

Free.
_______
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Palatine, Montgomery Co.,
N. Y. Augt. 25, 1838.
Hon. J. R. Poinsett.

Sir.
I send you the Enclosed papers of Joseph Crouse, a Soldier of the war of the revolution, applying for a pension under the act of 7th June 1832.  Any Communication relative to his application You will please address to me for him. It will be seen, if he is not mistaken that he has Enlisted at three different times in said war, &  under each enlistment was to serve 9. months.  It is supposed that the rolls on file probably by this time will correct any error he may have fallen into. It will also be seen that if he served out the period of Each enlistment, he is entitled to full Pay without noticing his services at other times, which are not particularly specified & Can also be ascertained from the rolls as is supposed. 
Respectfully
Yours etc
John Nellis
~
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Let to G F Yates Dec.
20th 1844


Act 7th June 1832.

______________________

Le. to John Nellis,
August 31, 1838
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Application in behalf
of Joseph Crouse
___________________
under act of 7th
June 1832 -- renewed.
______________________

Letter showing merits 
of the claim &c [=etc]




G. F. Yates
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Schenectada N.Y. Oct 28th 1844.
Sir. 
I send herewith papers in support of a claim in behalf of Joseph Crouse for a pension under the act of 7th June 1832.
Mr Crouse, as will be seen from these papers, died on the 19th day of February 1839 -- The claim therefore is for pay from 4th March 1831, to the 19th day of February 1839.
You will find the original application on file in your office. The claim is for this occasion only revived or renewed, See paper No 1. 
For proofs of identity & service I refer to the papers already on file --
Document No 2. gives additional proof of the time of Joseph Crouse's decease. The Court also certify to it in paper No 1.
Document No 3. shows all the militia service of Joseph Crouse that is to be found on the books of the Comptroller of N. York. For the rest see proofs on file.
The papers aforesaid show when Crouse enlisted in the Company of Capt. Evert Van Eps, & a claim is set up for his services in said company of Capt. Van Eps from the time
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of his enlistment therein in 1776 until the 1st January 1777. (All enlistments in these Companies were till the 1st January following the oath of enlistment). As to Evert Van Eps having been a regular Captain in the Quarter Master Department on the Continental establishment see papers of the widow of Evert Van Eps & accompanying proofs.
Joseph Crouse served in the year 1777, in the Company of Batteaumen commanded by Captain Reuben Simons. How long the papers will show. That Reuben Simons was such captain in 1777 I am not aware that any doubts are now entertained, several Claims having been already allowed for service in said Company. Gem's [that's the closest I could come to deciphering that word] correspondence & other papers now in your office conclusively prove the fact.
I am very respectfully
Your mo: Obt Servt
G. F. Yates
~~

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Joseph Crouse

Comptroller's certificate

No 3
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[I am transcribing mostly just the handwritten material in this document]
36-  1779. Decr 4| -- 1271 -- Joseph Crouse prive| L --2|  9| 9

37-  1779. Augt 6| --1359 -- Joseph Crouse prive| 
L -- ~| 17| 8 2/4

37-  1779. Decr. 4 | 1313 -- Joseph Crouse prive| 
L -- ~ | 14|. 2 2/3
---- 4| -- 1|  8 [?]
____________________
---- 1.| 16 as pri

[The L is my transcription of what looks like a British Pound sign; the 'prive' I believe to be an abbreviation of the word 'private']
__________________________________________________
Albany, Oct 17th ~~~~~ 1844.
Book No 1.

First-under Capt John Hess in Col _Jacob Klock's_ Regt
Second-under Capt Ditto in Col __Do__ Regt
Third-under Capt _John Hess_ in Col __Do__ Regt


Philip Shelps
Dep Comptroller

10.45

31.33.
  1.77
______
38.10 [doesn't add up, I know]

[sideways to the right of the above]
374

4.50
  .16
_____
4.66
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Ref. ------------------- 4214
New York ---- Albany
Lany Crouse, decd.
widow of Leonard Crouse
who died in the year 1797.
of Fulton in the State of New York
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Seffler of the _________ commanded
by ____________________________ in the ___________
line for 9. Months 29 days.
N. Y. 
______________________________________________
Inscribe on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of __33.__ Dollars __22__ Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. & terminating on the 
6th January 1837.
______________________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of May
1845 and Sent to G. F. 
Yates Present.
_________________________________________________
Arrears to the 4th of 
Semiannual allowance ending
Payable to Leonard  __________________
Crouse only Surviving _________________
child
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act July 4, 1836, }
{Section the ________}
Recorded by F. S. Evans Clerk,
Book 6.    Vol. 1.   Page 109.
Page 34

Leonard Crouse,
app. for widow Lany
Act 4th July 1836

Afft. de Record of Baptism.
Page 35

State of New York}
County of Montgomery} Ss
I Jonas  Snell now officiating Elder of The Reformed Dutch Church of St Johns Vill formerly Palatine District do hereby Certify that as Such Elder I have the Custody of the Records of Said Church, that I have carefully examined Said Records, and do not find therein any entry of Marriage 
the Greater part of the Leavs [sic] of the Book of Records being torn out & Lost, I find however the following record of the Baptism of one of the Children of Leonhard Krouse & Magdalena Krouse viz
of Parentes (Leonhard Krouse, Von Palatine
11th --------(Magdalena Krouse. geb: Klock
Mars --Infam Leonhard
1790 ----------(Johanis Clas
--------Testes  (Gertrude Krouse [some chance testes or testis means witness]
The above entry is copied word for word and figure for figure from the original record of Baptism and from the Same it appears that Leonhard Child of Magdalena Krouse & Leonhard Krouse was Baptised according to the rites of Said church by the Revd Johann Heinrich
Dyplin then Pastor of the above Named Church on the 11th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred & Ninety.
Jonas Snell, Elder
On this 4th day of March 1845 personally appeared before me Jonas Snell above named & Who has signed the above Certifficate [sic] to me well known to be the officiating Elder of Said Church; and the Said Jonas Snell made oath that the facts set forth in Said Certificate are true & Correct
Azel Hough Justice Peace
Page 36

[I'll transcribe only the handwritten parts]
Azel Hough Esqr
Justice of the Peace
Justice
25th 
March 1845
C.S. Brumley
Page 37

6472
In the matter of the application for a pension for Lany Crouse widow of Leonard Crouse decd
_______________________________________________
Declaration of surviving child Leonard Crouse, under act of 4th July 1836.
M79.d97
________________
comp. __________________ 29
Witness is Carl I Leffler. 9.--
--------------------------____
--------------------------9.29
B. F. Yates Atty
~~
aomd
9 mo 29 as pri
________________
33.22~
Page 38

State of New York}
County of Fulton} Ss.
Be it known that on the twentieth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, personally appeared Leonard Crouse of the town of St. Johnsville N.Y. aged fifty four years, and he being duly sworn and examined according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed 4th July 1836, granting pensions to certain widows, in behalf of his mother Lany -- Crouse now deceased, who was the widow of Leonard Crouse ( or Krous) who served in the revolutionary war in manner herein after stated.

That his father the said Leonard Crouse resided in the time of the revolution, in the district of Palatine in the then County of Tryon. This Declarant is unable from his own personal knowledge to give a specification of the services of his said father Leonard Crouse in the war of the revolution- but from his mother the said Lany Crouse previous to her death & others who are conversant with the subject, he understood & believed, that said Leonard Crouse his father served as a Sergeant in the Company of Batteaumen commanded by Captain Johan Loffler in the early part of said war, or in the year 1778. That said Leonard Crouse was the recruiting officer of said Company and served one year as such recruiting sergeant or orderly Sergeant.
Page 39

That he also served in the militia in the Regiment or military beat or jurisdiction to which he belonged.
Declarant is unable to say how long he served in said Regiment, in what years & under what officers, but understood that he served on many occasions as such militiaman.
Declarant recollects, among other things hearing it stated, that he served in several battles and skirmishes during said war, in particular that he served in the battle of Mudder (or Mud) Creek as it was usually termed.
The maiden name of said widow his mother, was Clock (or Klock). The said Leonard Crouse and said Lany - Clock were married by the Revered Mr. Daniel Gross minister of the Dutch Church at Fort Plain. in the commencement of the war in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight That said Leonard Crouse departed this life on or about the year 1797 day of [crossed out]:That since the decease of said Leonard Crouse, the said Lany Crouse his widow, remained single and unmarried, and his widow until the day of her decease -- That she departed this life on the sixth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and Thirty-seven.
That the said Leonard Crouse & said Lany  -- his wife had by said marriage children as follows. The oldest or first child named Anna - was born on or about the Second - day of April -- in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-Nine -- The second child was named charla
Page 40

She was born on or about the Sixth day of April in the year one thousand seven Hundred and Eighty two. The third child named Jacob was born on or about the _____ day of ______ 17__ [apparently the informant didn't know when his sister was born] The fourth child named Lany was born on or about the _____day of _____17 - The fifth Child Leonard Crouse was born March 5th 1790

The youngest child was named Peter 
He was born on or about the ____ day of ____ 17__. The Fifth child above named is this Declarant. All of said children have departed this life, except this Declarant, and he this Declarant as such surviving child aperto this claim on his own account, as the only person entitled to the avails of the pension under said act.
This Declarant further saith, that his father kept a record of his marriage & of the ages or times of birth of his children in a Psalm Book. That the Book which accompanies this Declaration, is the identical one here referred to. That several of the leaves of said Book containing such record have long since been torn out of said Book
That said Book now contains only the names of the two oldest children above named, Anna --and Catharine . --
And the said Leonard Crouse this Declarant, personally appeared as aforesaid, on said Twentyeth day of January

[the end of a word appears in the left margin on the same line as the last line in this image:] ince
Page 41

1845, in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County.
Leonard Crouse
Subscribed and sworn in
open Court as aforesaid
before me
Stephen Wait -- Clerk.

And the Said Court hereby declare their opinion, after an examination of the matter, that the said Leonard Crouse served in the Revolutionary war as stated in the foregoing declaration - That said Leonard Crouse departed this life in the year 1797 day not recollected ---------- That he left Lany his widow him surviving. That she died on the sixth day of January one thousand Eight hundred and Thirty-seven. That the before named Declarant Leonard Crouse is the only surviving child of said Leonard & Lany Crouse. All of which is hereby accordingly certified.

I Stephen Wait Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of the Declarant the said Leonard Crouse for a pension in behalf of his mother the Said Lany Crouse as the widow of said Leonard Crouse.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court this 20th day of January 1845.
Stephen Wait Clerk
Page 42

Lawrence Gross
Affidavit
___________
In the Matter &c
of 
Lany Crouse
Widow of Leonard Crouse
____________________________
Afft. "de" destruction of 
Church records &c
Page 43

State of New York}
Montgomery County} Ss Lawrence Gross of the town of Canajohari of the age of Sixty Eight years & upwards being Duely [sic] Sworn, Says that is in possession of all the papers of the Revd. Johan Daniel Gross which he had Since the Revolutionary war, and that he Deponant never could find any records of the Dutch Reformed Church of which the Said Johan Daniel Gross was Pastor during the Revolutionary war made previous to & during the Revolution. And that deponant had always understood by the Said Johan Daniel Gross & his Family that the Church records of Said Church had been burnt at the time when the Dutch Reformed Church at Fort Plain was destroyed by the Enemy about the year 1781 or 1782 as near as Deponant now recolects [sic] & further says not
Lawrence Gros.
Sworn & Subscribed }
before me this 15th }
day of Jany. 1845 }
C. Nellis Justice of the Peace
I certify that Lawrence Gross the above named Deponent is a credible witness
C. Nellis J. P.
Page 44

[I will transcribe only the handwritten parts]
[the first section is a segment from image 29]
at the time when the Dutch Reformed Church at Fort Plain was destroyed by the Enemy about the year 1781 or 1782 as near as Deponant now recolects [sic] & further says not
Sworn & Subscribed}
[the rest is from Chester Brumley's printed certification form]
Chauncey Nellis Esqr
Jurat to affidavit
of the date thereof
Justice of the Peace
Justice
Jurat
21 day of January 1845
Chester S Brumley
Page 45

Lany Crouse
Widow of 
Leonard Crouse
____________________
Comptroller's record
de militia Service
Page 46

[I will transcribe only the handwritten parts]
16  1779. Dec 4|1278 Leonard Crouse private [pound sign] __|__10|. --8
37  1779 Augt 6|1366 Leonard Crouse private| [pound sign] __|__15|___11 1/4
43  1779 Nov. 7|1710 Leonard Crouse private| [pound sign] 1|___4| __10 2/3
[total] w|11|.5
29 as pri
___________________________________________________

Dec 30th ____1844.}
Book No. 1.
First--Capt. John Hess in Col Jacob Klock's Regt
Second-- Ditto [and ] Ditto
Third-- Capt. John Zielie [in Col.] Ditto 

Philip Shelps [signature]
Dep Comp
Page 47

Peter Fox affidt [just guessing that this is an abbreviation of affidavit, but I have no good reason to think that except that I can think of no other word that this would represent]
Page 48

State of New York}
Montgomery County}Ss And the aforesaid Peter Fox being further duly sworn and examined doth depose and say, that the time as stated in a previous deposition by him made when he was present in the Church called Clock's church in the Palatine District aforesaid & heard the Revd. Daniel Gross the affecting Clergyman in said Church Publi[sh] that Leonard Crouse & Lany Clock were to be married was befor the Year 1779 and before he saw Said Leonard Crouse perform Duty as a Millitiaman [sic] During the war of the Revolution -- The Reason this deponent Recollected this so Distinctly is at the time the Publication took Place in the Church Jacob Crouse The Father of Leonard Crouse Got up In the Church when the Publication was made by the Revd Danel [sic] Gross & Objected to the Marriage of his son with Lany Clock & this Took Place before the Oriskina Battle this ocurrence [sic] makes it fresh in his memory
Peter Fox
Subscribing & Sworn this 3rd
Day of May 1845 before me
& I Certify that Said Deponent
Peter Fox is a Credible Witness
C. Nellis J. P.
Page 49

[I will transcribe only the parts that are handwritten in this document]
Chauncey Nellis Esq
Jurat & Certificate
of the date thereof 
Justice of the Peace
Justice
Jurat & Certificate
5th May 1845
C. S. Brumley

[sideways on the left margin below:]
Peter Fox affi[davit?]
Page 50

Lany Crouse widow
of 
Leonard Crouse
___________________
afft. of H. A. Flander "de"
L. C. being Sergeant &c
Page 51

State of New York}
County of Montgomery} Ss.
Henry A. Flander of St. Johnsville in said County, aged Eighty-four years & upwards, being duly sworn saith, that the sergeant or recruiting officer who enlisted this Deponent into the Company of Captain John Lafler in the year 1778 was Leonard Crouse, & that said Leonard Crouse then hailed from what was then called the Canajoharrie District
Henry  his  X  mark  A. Flander
Subscribed & sworn this 12th day of October 1844, before me, and I certify that said Henry Flander is a witness of credibility
& that the foregoing affidavit
was carefully read over
to him & its contents Explained
before he signed or made his 
mark & sworn to the same
Laurence Marcellus, Justice
Page 52

[I'll just transcribe the handwritten parts of this document]
[first line illegible]
[second line:] was carefully read [illegible] A Flander
[now to the actual document presented here]
Lawrence Marcellus Esqr
Jurat ~~~~
of the date thereof
Justice of the Peace
Justice
Jurat

17th October 1844

Chester S Brumley, Clerk
Page 53

Rev
WIDOW, &c.}

File No. 16935
Lany Crouse
Wid. of 
Leonard Crouse
Priv. Rev. War

Act July 4. 1836
Index: Vol. A, Page 155

Arrangement of 1870.
Page 54


Lang Crouse
widow of
Leonard Crouse
Aff of D.A. Flanders
D S.C. being recruiting of
of
Page 55

State of New York}
County of Montgomery} ss.
Dennis A. Flander of Oppenheim & County of Fulton, aged Eighty-six years, being duly sworn saith, that during the war of the revolution he was well acquainted with Leonard Crouse who then resided in what was called the town of Palatine in said County
That said Leonard Crouse was the Sergeant or recruiting officer in the Company of Batteaumen commanded by Captain John Lafler in the year 1778 & the same person who enlisted Deponent into said Company.
Dennis A.  his  X  mark  Flander
Subscribed & Sworn this }
12th day of October 1844}
before me: and I certify}
that said Dennis A. Flander}
is a witness of credibility;}
& that the foregoing affidavit}
was carefully read over to him }
& its contents explained, before}
he signed or made his mark}
& swore to the same.}
Laurence Marcellus JP
N.B. The five first words in the second from the top were Erased before Execution
L Marcellus JP

State of New York}
County of Montgomery} ss.
I, Chester S. Brumley, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Lawrence Marcellus Esq whose name is subscribed to the annexed Jurat was at the time of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace of said county;  and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice
and verily believe that the signature to the said Jurat is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county the 14th day of October 1844
Chester S. Brumley Clerk.
Page 56

Be particular to ascertain from Henry & Dennis both whether it was Evert Van Eps's Compy in 1776 or John Laffler's Company in 1778 that Leonard Crouse was sergeant in & fill up the blanks accordingly
G.F.Y.
Page 57

Affidavit of 
John Klock
In the matter &c of 
Lany Crouse widow
of Leonard Crouse
_______________________
afft "de" militia service
in 1780. [could be 1785, but that seems too late to be in the militia during the revolutionary war.]
Page 58

State of New York}
Montgomery County} Ss. John Klock being duely [sic] Sworn Saith that in the year 1780 or there about  as he now recollects in the month of October of Said year he was in the Fort at John Klock's, the Deponants Grand Father in the District then called the Palatine District, now the Town of St Johns Ville, at the time when Sir John passed throug [sic] the Valley of the Mohawk with his army burnt & destroyed buildings & grain &c. Deponant then Saw Leonard Crouse (formerly wrote Krouse) in Said Fort. heard reports of guns & heard Said Crouse & others in the Fort say at the time that the Said Crouse had Shot an Indian or Tory off from his horse. & that the horse immediately came running up to the Fort with baggage fastened on his back & neck. Deponant Says that the Said Crouse took posession [sic] of Said horse. The Same day the Said Leonard Crouse & others in the fort went in pursuit of Sir John & his army & overtook them on the flats of Richard Failing about one mile west of Said Fort, where Said Crouse & the others from the Fort had a battle with the Enemy & drove them across the Mohawk river. Deponant was himself a Spectator of Said battle.
Deponant also Says that the Said Leonard Crouse & Lany Klock lived together as man & wife & had children together for about nineteen or twenty years as Deponant now recolects [sic]
John Klock
Sworn & Subscribed }
this 13th day of Jany. 1845}
C. Nellis Justice of the Peace
I certify that John Klock is a credible witness
Che Nellis J. P.
Chester S Brumley Clerk
Page 59

neck. Deponant Says that the Said Crouse took posession [sic] of Said horse. The Same day the Said Leonard Crouse & others in the fort went in pursuit of Sir John & his army & overtook them on the flats of Richard Failing about one mile west of Said Fort, where Said Crouse & the others from the Fort had a battle with the Enemy & drove them across the Mohawk river. Deponant was himself a Spectator 
[this is a fragment of the document recorded in image 14]

STATE OF NEW-YORK
Montgomery County Clerk's Office} SS.
I, Chester S. Brumley, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Chauncey Nellis Esquire whose name is subscribed to the annexed Jurat to affidavit was at the time of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace of said county; and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Jurat is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county, the 21st day of January 1845
Chester S. Brumley Clerk
Page 60

Peter Foxs
Affidavit as to 
Date of marriage
__________________
In the matter &c of
Lany Crouse widow
of 
Leonard Crouse
_______________________
Act of 4th July 1836
Page 61

State of New York}
Montgomery County}Ss. Peter Fox being duely [sic] Sworn Says that he was present in the Church called "Klocks Church" in the Palatine District now the town of St Johnsville when he heard the Revd. Daniel Gross officiating Clergyman in said Church publish .. that Leonard Crouse formerly written (Krouse) and Lany Klock were to be marred [sic]. Deponant to the best of his recollection now thinks it was about the beginning of the Revolutionary war of America.
Deponant further Says that he saw the Said Leonard Crouse among the militia who were called out for some service at the Aforesaid Klocks in Said Dectrict [sic].
Peter Fox [signature]
Sworn & Subscribed }
before me this 15th }
day of Jany. 1845}
C. Nellis Justice of the Peace
I certify that Peter Fox the above Deponent is to me well known, & that he is a credible witness.
C. Nellis J. P
Page 62

STATE OF NEW-YORK
Montgomery County Clerk's Office} SS.
I, Chester S. Brumley, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that _Chauncey Nellis Esquire_ whose name is subscribed to the annexed _Jurat to affidavit ~~~_ was at the time _of the date thereof_ a _Justice of the Peace_ of said county; and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such _Justice_ and verily believe that the signature to the said _Jurat_ is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county, the _21_ day of _January_ 1845_
Chester S Brumley Clerk
Page 63

Katharine Woods
affidavit
de record in Balm Bk
______________________
In the matter &c of 
Lany Crouse widow 
of
Leonard Crouse
Page 64

State of New York}
Montgomery County} Ss. Katharine Wood being duely [sic] Sworn Saith that She was acquainted with Leonard Crouse and Lany Klock his wife. that She has often been with them in their family. Knows that Said Leonard & Lany lived together as man & wife & had children together. Deponant further Says that the German Psalm Book which will be transmitted with this affidavit is the book was kept in the Family of Said Leonard & Lany. Deponant says she often Saw & read in Said book while in their family. Knows the book well now. Deponant further Says that She well recollects that her Father & Mother went to 'tend the Wedding of Said Leonard & Lany before the revolutionary war. Deponant went with them part of the way & was left at her Grandmothers
Katharine  her  X  Mark  Wood
Sworn & Subscribed }
this 15th day of Jany}
1845 before me }
C. Nellis Justice of the Peace
I certify that the Deponant Katharine Wood is a credible witness
Chauncey Nellis J. P.
Page 65

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
Monntgomery County Clerk's Office.}SS.
I Chester S. Brumley, Clerk of said county, do hereby certify that _Chauncey Nellis Esqr_ whose name is subscribed to the annexed _Jurat to affidavit_ ~~~~~ was at the time _of the date thereof_ a _Justice of the Peace_ of said county: and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such _Justice_~~
and verily believe that the signature to the said _Jurat_~~~~~ is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county, the _21,_ day of _January_ 1845_
Chester S Brumley Clerk
Page 66

Lany Crouse
Widow of Leonard
Bible forwarded 14/6/77
File No 16935

[at the bottom right of the image, upside down, is a seal that is only partly readable, but the missing parts can be inferred]

DEPARTMENT OF THE [probably INTERIOR]
JUN 14 18[almost certainly 77]
PENSION OFFI[CE]
Page 67

Bounty Land Div
W.B.E.
Department of the Interior.
PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D. C. June 7th, 1877.
Dear Sir
Please furnish this office with the names and Post Office address of some of the descendants of Lany Crouse Widow of Leonard Crouse late a Private in the Rev. War and who formerly resided in your town.
Application was made for pension by the Son and heir of the Widow -- Leonard Crouse Jr. of St. Johnsville. Fulton Co. N.Y.
A Bible was filed in Evidence -- containing a family record.
It is now desired to return said Bible to the family. 
Please return this letter with your reply.
Very respectfully
J A Bentley [illegible]
Commissioner

To the Post Master}
St. Johnsville }
Fulton Co. NY. }
Page 68

No. 472
Let to G. F. Yates
 [some stuff crossed out: Let to Somebody illegible]

Lany Crouse
New York
Let to G.F. Yates May 2 1845 [the year is hard to decifer, but I think it is 1845]

Act 4th [probably] July 1836
Page 69

Post Office
St Johns Ville, N.Y.
June 11, 1877
Hon
J.A. Bentley Jr
Comm of Pensions Washington DC
Dear Sir, in response to Yours of 7th. I have to State that Peter Crouse of this Village is the only Surviving Grand Child of Laney Crouse Widow of Leonard Crouse late private in Rev War
his P.O Address is St Johns Ville. Montgomery Co. N.Y 
Very Respectfuly
J. H. Egan
P. M.
Page 70

File No. 16.935
B. L. Din
WBE
Department of the Interior
PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. June 19. 1877.

Dear Sir
I herewith transmit to you the family Bible of your Grand parents.
It was filed in this Office in Evidence when Mrs Laney Crouse -- widow of Leonard Crouse made application for pension
Please acknowledge the receipt of the Bible on the back of this letter and return it to this office in the Enclosed Envelope.

Very respectfully
J A Bentley
Commissioner
Pensions

To
Peter Crouse
St Johnsville
Montgomery Co.
N.Y.
Page 71

St Johnsville N York
June 26 1877
J.A. Bentley Com
------------
Recd from Commissioner of Pensins the within described Bible
Your
Peter Crouse
[Oval Seal with the words and dates]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
PENSION OFFICE.
JUN 29 1877

[In the lower right corner of the image] 
File No 16.935
Crouse
________________
Wid [I assume that means Widow]