Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18784, John Crossland, S.C.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE S. C.
Crossland, John
NUMBER S. 18784

carded
CONTENTS
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33099
South Carolina
Jno Crossland decd of _____ in the State of who was a Private in the ______ commanded by Captain ______ of the _____ commanded by _____  in the _____line for Revolutionary war

Inscribed on the Roy of Charleston at the rate of 40 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Ending 13 Sept. 1845

Certificate of Pension issued 14 day of Feb. 1853 and sent to Hon D. Wallace H. of R.

Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by R.M. McRae Clerk
Book E Vol 6 Page 72

[right side]

Let Hon. H D. Wallace
May 11/53
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38.085

John Crossland
S. Carolina
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June 7. 1832

Hon D. Wallace
H. R
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Copy
To the Honorable the president and others the members of the Senate of the State of South Carolina
The petition of John Crossland humbly sheweth that your petitioner was a soldier in an Independent company raised and commanded by Captain John Bowie at the commencement of the Revolutionary war for the defence of the Western frontier of this State. That the said Company was ordered to Savannah at the time the unsuccessful attempt was made by the American army to wrest that place from the power of the enemy who was then in possession of it. That your petitioner was placed on the party of Forlorn Hope who attempted to scale the walls of the fortification and Received a wound in his leg in consequence of which he was taken prisoner and confined for five months on board of a British prison ship from which he then effected his escape and was afterwards ordered on an expedition to Briar Creek Georgia in Captain William Kirkland's Company of Militia when in an engagement with a party of Tories he received a second wound in the left side for which last mentioned service he has never received any compensation. Your petitioner is now sixty years old and begins sensibly feel the effects of old age accompanied by the effects of the two wounds he received in his youth and is in indigent circumstances has
five children two of which crippled and a wife to suppart from the produce of his labor. Your petitioner therefore prays your honorable Body that you would take his case into consideration & place his name on the pension list of the State or grant him such other relief as the County of the State may have provided for those who risked their lives & lost their blood in establishing
the happy government under which we now live or such as you in your wisdom may think [illegible] & proper and your petitioner as in
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duty bound will ever pray for him
(Signed) John X Crossland his mark

Personally appeared before me and made oath to the truth of the facts set forth in the above petition.
Sworn to before me this 27 day of Novr 1819 before
(signed) J Alston J.P.

(Coppy) we do hereby certify that the within petitioner John Crossland is a person of good moral
character and is in our opinion entitled to a pension from the State, Given under our hands & seals this 6th day of December 1818.
(signed) S. J. Alston
Wm T. Woodward
James Elliott P.M.

South Carolina 
Abbeville District 
I do hereby certify that John Crossland enlisted in my Company as a private Soldier in the service of the State during the late Revolutionary War - That he was a brave & good soldier and it is my
opinion is entitled to the notice of his fellow citizens - that at the siege of Savannah he was in my Company & when the Storm was attempted he was by some means or other taken prisoner & received his pay from me up to the thirty first day of July Seventeen hundred and seventy nine which I believe is all he has received. (Signed) John Bowie

I certify that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of Major John Bowie and that I believe
the above signature to be in his handwriting
(Signed) Patrick Noble

The Committee on Pensions to whom was refered the petition of John Crossland praying to be placed on the Pension List - Report - that they have had the said
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petition together with the accompanying certificates & other documents under consideration
and being satisfied of the truth of the facts stated in his petition Recommend that the prayer thereof be granted and that he be placed on the Pension List at the advanced rates of Pension
(Signed ) J N Davis

In the Senate 17th Dec. 1819 Resolved that the House do agree to the Report ordered that it be sent to the House of Representation for concurrence. By order of the Senate
(Signed ) Wm D. Martin C.S.
In the House of Representatives

Decr 18th 1819. Resolved that the House do concur in the Report and that the same be returned to the senate. By order of the House
(Signed) R Anderson C.H.R.

Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives Columbia S.C. Novr 17th 1850

I do hereby certify the foregoing to be true copies taken from the original papers & Documents
on file in this office the matter of the application of John Crossland for a pension
For the Clk of House Representatives
Benjamin Hart
Libr.
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South Carolina 
Fairfield District ⎬ S.S. 
On this - day of November 1850 Before me J S Stewart Judge of the Court of Ordinary for the District and State aforesaid Personally appeared John Crossland a resident of said District aged 60 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832,

That this declarant in behalf of himself and the surviving children of John & Sarah Crossland late of Fairfield District both now deceased states that his Father the said John Crossland was a Soldier in the army of the revolution as the heirs have always understood and still believes, and as such he served the United State against the common enemy, from shortly after the commencement of hostility until the close of the war, and was allowed a pension by the State of South Carolina from the year 1826, at the rate of sixty dollars per annum, which was afterwards allowed to his mother, Sarah Crossland. Declarant further says his Father the said John Crossland, Enlisted in the service of his country shortly after the breaking out of the war in Capt John Bowie's company of South Carolina Line, and was constantly in service until the stor
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[stor]ming of Savannah in which attempt he was wounded in the Leg, and taken prisoner by the British and confined on board a prison ship for five or six months from which he made his escape and returned to the service of his country and continued to serve as above stated until the close of the war, and was in the battles of Savannah, Charleston, Eutaw, Kings Mountain, Cowpens and many others not now recollected, but to give all the particulars of his said Father's service declarant cannot, but always understood that a great part of his services in the revolution he was never renumerated for, as he could neither read nor write

Declarant has no record of his fathers service, and does not know of of any person now living by whom his fathers services could be proved. And further says that his father the above named John Crossland died at his late residence in Fairfield District on the thirteenth day of September one Thousand Eight hundred and forty five (1845) leaving his wife Sarah Crossland a widow and the
children issue of their said Marriage and that his widow Sarah Crossland departed this life, in said district the 31st day of December, 1848, and that his brother Abel has not been heard
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From for the last 15 years, and that his sister Amelia Crossland now Amelia Hinnant and himself, the declarant are now the only surviving children and both of lawful age
[signed] John Crossland

Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written, in Open Court
J. S. Stewart
O..F.D

South Carolina
Fairfield District
I James S. Stewart Judge of the Court of Ordinary for the District and State aforesaid do hereby Certify that it has been shown in evidence to the satisfaction of the Court that John Crossland a
revolutionary soldier of this District and pensioner of that State of South Carolina at the rate
of Sixty Dollars per annum died at his late residence in Fairfield District S. C. on the thirteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and forty five leaving his wife Sarah and three children to wit Amy Hennant John Crosland and James Crossland and the said Sarah Crossland has since died, that Abram Crossland has not been heard from for the last fifteen years and that Amelia Hennant and John Crossland are the only known surviving children and both of lawful age I further certify that the Declarant John Crossland is a man to whose statements full faith and credit is due

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
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my name and affixed the seal of my office at Winnsborough this Ninth day of November A.D.
one thousand Eight hundred and fifty
J.S. Stewart
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33.099
South Carolina
John Crossland dec'd of [illegible] in the State of S. C. was a private in the _____ commanded by 
Captain _____ of the  ______  commanded by _____ in the Revolution S. Ca. for two years

Inc from $40
Inscribed on the Roll of Charleston at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, & end Sept 13th 1845

Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Septr 1853 and sent to A. S. Wallace Yorkville, SC
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Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-anl allowance ending

Revolutionary Claim,
Act 7 July 1832
Recorded by H.R. Weight Clerk,
E Vol 16 Page 72
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South Carolina
Fairfield District  
Personally appeared Caleb Powell, a resident of said District aged 65 years past who being first duly sworn according to law says that he has Known John Crossland a revolutionary soldier and pensioner of the State of South Carolina now deceased since his first recollection and was very intimate and was raised within one and 1/4 miles from the said John Crossland who was always regarded as a revolutionary soldier, by the community and was distinguished as a regular soldier
in said war
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Deponent has often heard said John Crossland Speak of his services in the revolution as well as his his imprisonment on Board a British prison ship in Charleston harbor for for five or six month and was nearly eaten up with lice and that he was generally in service untill the close of war but to give the particulars of said service his deponent cannot and is fully satisfied that the above named John
Crossland was in the receipt of his State pension before the year 1832 and knows of his own personal knowledge that the declarant John Crossland is the son of John Crossland and wife Sarah and reputed issue of their marriage and the
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fifth child and is fully satisfied from his own age that the said John Crossland the declarant is
55 of 56 years of age and that William, Polly, Milly and James Crossland older Brothers and sisters of the said declarant and issue of the said John & Sarah Crossland's marriage and always understood that the said John and Sarah Crosland was married and had two or three children before deponent was born to wit William and Polly, and that his statements are made from the record of his own age which he believes to be correct. a copy is hereunto written

Caleb Powell born 17th December 1887. 
[signed Caleb Powell

Sworn to and subscribed before me May 12th 1851
Josiah Hinnant
Mast F.D.


John Stanton aged Eighty three years a resident Citizen of Fairfield District on Oath says that he has been intimately acquainted with John Crossland a revolutionary soldier of Said Dist. a 
Pensioner of the State of South Carolina at the rate of $60.00 per annum for several years
previous to 1832 who is now deceased and always understood and believed that the said John Crossland was a regular soldier in the Revolutionary war which fact has never been doubted as well as five or six months a prisoner of war on board a British prison ship
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in the Harbour of Savanah at which place the said John Crossland was wounded and that after he was released from Captivity he was generally in service until the close of the war  having escaped from the British at Petersburg Va. in company with a man named Ned Griggs who was also known to deponent

Deponent went with said John Crossland to Abbeville Dist. when he was making application for his pension to see Maj. John Bowie who certified to the service of said John Crossland and said in presence of deponent that he though Crossland dead at the Battle of Savannah and took no further account of him supposing him dead until the above named talk.

Deponent lived within three hundred yards of said John Crossland for upwards of fifty years and is inclined to believe that said John Crossland did not know that there was any provision made by the General Government for his services in the Revolution

Deponent migrated to South Carolina from Pennsylvania and settled in Fairfield Dist in 1783 or 1784 the year after the war and shortly afterwards become acquainted with John Crossland who was then married to wife Sarah Crossland but had no children and knows of his own personal knowledge that William, Polly, Milly, and James Brothers and sisters of the declarant John Crossland are older than the declarant John Crossland and is fully satisfied that it was the year after the war that he came to South Carolina as above stated and that the oldest child was born the same year to
wit 1784 and that the said John Crossland
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in the Harbour of Savanah at which place the said John Crossland was wounded and that after he was released from Captivity he was generally in service until the close of the war having escaped from the British at Petersburg Va. in company with a man named Ned Griggs who was also known to deponent

Deponent went with said John Crossland to Abbeville Dist. when he was making application for his pension to see Maj. John Bowie who certified to the service of said John Crossland and said in presence of deponent that he though Crossland dead at the Battle of Savannah and took no further account of him supposing him dead until the above named talk.

Deponent lived within three hundred yards of said John Crossland for upwards of fifty years and is inclined to believe that said John Crossland did not know that there was any provision made by the General Government for his services in the Revolution

Deponent migrated to South Carolina from Pennsylvania and settled in Fairfield Dist in 1783 or 1784 the year after the war and shortly afterwards become acquainted with John Crossland who was then married to wife Sarah Crossland but had no children and knows of his own personal knowledge that William, Polly, Milly, and James Brothers and sisters of the declarant John Crossland are older than the declarant John Crossland and is fully satisfied that it was the year after the war that he came to South Carolina as above stated and that the oldest child was born the same year to
wit 1784 and that the said John Crossland
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would make no statement only that was correct
[signed] John Stanton

Sworn and Subscribed before me the 12 day of May 1851
Josiah Hinnant.
Magt. F C

L J Vaughn aged 64 years a resident citizen of Fairfield Dist on oath says that he was personally and intimately acquainted with John Crossland from his earliest relation and always understood and believed that the said John Crossland was a soldier in the Regular Army under the command of Capt John Bowie and others and as such was generally in service until the close of the war that he was wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of Savannah and was confined some five or six months on board a prison ship during which time he was nearly eaten up with lice from which Captivity he affected his escape and returned and served as above stated. Deponent knows of his own knowledge that the said John Crossland was a pensioner of the State of South Carolina several years previous to 1832 and understood by said John Crossland that he would relinquish his state pension and make application to the United States and Deponent said to him that he had better hold or to what he had for half a loaf was better than no bread, that he [illegible] his advice. Deponent always lived a near neighbour to said John Crossland and that his services as a Revolutionary soldier were well known and duly appreciated and never doubted to deponents knowledge.

Deponent is fully satisfied that two of the children
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to wit Polly and Milly are older than himself
[signed L J Vaughn

Sworn to before me and Subscribed May 12 1857
Josiah Hennant
Magt F D

Wm Simpson a resident of said District aged 79 years makes oath that he was intimately acquainted with John Crossland a Revolutionary soldier of Fairfield District deceased, and
pensioner of the State of South Carolina at the rate of $80.00 per annum upwards of fifty years before his death which take place in 1845, and always understood and believes that the said John Crossland was a soldier in the regular army in the revolutionary war, and as such he continued to serve his country, untill he was wounded and taken prisoner, and was then confined on board a Brittish prison ship for five or six months, when he made his escape and returned to service in which he was generally engaged untill the close of the war; 

Deponent has often heard the said John Crossland, talk of his suffering during his imprisonment, and service in the Revolution and that his services  were well known, and highly appreciated by his neighbors and the community generally, which opinion has been Generally, without any contradiction for the above stated time
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and is fully satisfied that the oldest children of John and Sarah Crossland are sixty six or seven years of age and that John Crossland was a man of strict integrity as well as a meritorious soldier, but to give the particulars of his service, as on names of his officers, deponent cannot
[signed] William Simpson

Sworn to and subscribed this 13th day of May, 1851.
Before me
Josiah Hennant Magt FD

Revered John L. Simpson makes Oath that the church record of the death of the above named John Crossland whose heirs are now applicants for a pension, was made by himself, and is strictly correct a copy of which is as follows to wit- "Father John Crossland, left this troublesome world the thirteenth 13th day of September one thousand Eight hundred and forty five (1845)" and was at his burying, which was done with the honors of war and his widow Sarah departed this life on the thirty first day of December one thousand eight hundred and forty eight, and the funeral was preached on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty nine, before the corpse was interred, and that the statements made by the foregoing witnesses he believes to
strictly correct. - Sworn to
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[signed] John L. Simpson
and subscribed this 13th day of May 1851. Before me
Josiah Hinnant Magt F.D.

I Josiah Hinnant said Magistrate in and for said Dist do hereby certify that Rev. John L Simpson who swears to & subscribed the above affidavit is a respectable clergyman of the Baptist order and is entitled to full credit
Given under my hand and seal this 13th day of May A.D. 1851
Josiah Hinnant Mgst FD

I further certify that the church record as copied is strictly correct
Josiah Hinnant Mgst FD

George Simpson, aged 46, makes oath that the statements made by his brother Reverend John L
Simpson are to his own personal knowledge strictly correct as he was present when the said John, and Sarah Crossland, were buried and heard both their Funerals preached John Crossland, by Daniel Water & and Sarah Crossland by his Brother John L Simpson,
[signed]George Simpson

Sworn to and subscribed this 13th day of May 1858 Before me
Josiah Hennant Magt FD

South Carolina
Fairfield Dist
I, Josiah Hinnant, Magt in and for said Dist. do hereby certify that Caleb Powell, John Stanton, LJ 
Vaughn, William Simpson and George Simpson who have sworn and subscribed the foregoing
affidavits before me are respectable citizens of this District with whom I am well acquainted of sound mind and memory and
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their statements are entitled to full credit, and I further certify that I fully concur with the witnesses in the above statements
Given under my hand and seal this 13th day of May A.D. 1857
Josiah Hinnant
Magt F.D.

I further certify that all the witnesses from their record and appearances are the age they represent themselves to be Given under my hand and seal this 13th day of May A.D. 1837
Josiah Hinnant
Magt FD

The State of South Carolina
Fairfield District
I, O.R. Thompson Clerk  of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for the District of
Fairfield and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Josiah Kinnant Esqr is an acting Magistrate duly commissioned and sworn (is and was at the time of attesting to  the foregoing affidavits, and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine and that full faith and credit is due to his official
acts. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, at Winnsboro S.C. this 13th day of May A.D. 1857
OR Thompson
C.C.P.& G.S.
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South Carolina-
Fairfield District ⎬
Before me Personally appeared  Wm James a resident of Fairfield District aged 70 years who
being first duly sworn says that he was personally and intimately acquainted with John Crossland late of Fairfield District deceased since his past recollection and that he has always understood that the said John Crossland was a soldier in the army of the revolution and as such he served the United States against the Common enemy; deponent has often heard the said John Crossland speak of his services and captivity by the British but to give the particulars of said service deponent cannot but know he was always recognized by the community  a soldier in the Revolution and as such his services were duly appreciated by this State which allowed him a pension for said service

Deponent further says that the the said John Crossland was a man of truth and his oath entitled to full credit
[signed] William Jones

Sworn to and subscribed the 26th day of March 1852 before me Elisha Jones Magistrate 

I the said Magistrate do hereby certify that Wm Jones who has sworn to and subscribed the above affidavit it is a Gentleman to whose statements full faith and credit is due
Elisha H Jones Magistrate
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South Carolina
Fairfield District ⎬ 
Before me personally appeared James Elliott a resident of Fairfield District, aged 78 years past, who first being duly sworn according to law says he was personally and intimately acquainted with John Crossland deceased for some forty years before his death and always understood and believes that the said John Crossland was a soldier of the South Carolina line from the commencement of hostilities for the term of three years and continued to serve until he was wounded and taken prisoner at the siege of Savanah, and was kept a prisoner of war for some time, when he made his escape from the enemy and joined our forces again, in which he was generally in service to the close of the war; but to give the particulars or the names of officer deponent can not

Deponent settled in Fairfield District in 1806 was the Clerk of the Court for said District Sixteen years and has often heard the above named John Crossland as well as other soldier of the Revolution speak of his services as above stated of which deponent never entertained a doubt, in consequence of which the said John Crossland was pensioned by the State of South Carolina which he continued to draw to the time of his death, at the rate of Sixty Dollars per annum and was always pointed our
and distinguished, in public and private as a soldier of the Revolution and
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never heard any other opinion expressed all of which deponent verily believes and thinks the claim highly meritorious
[signed] James Elliott

Sworn to and subscribed Before me 26" March 1852
OR Thompson
Clerk of the Court

South Carolina
Fairfield District 
I. O. R. Thompson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and general Sessions for said District, Certify that I am acquainted well with the Deponent William Jones and personally know him to be a gentlemen of character I am also personally acquainted with the Deponent James Elliott
who is a man much respected and both of these Deponents worthy of full confidence for truth and veracity
I also certify that E. H. Jones Esqr is an acting Magistrate duly qualified to administer oaths and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 26" day March A.D. 1832
OR Thompson
C.J. GS
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Application for Arrears of Pension
Ex Parte
Heirs of John Crossland
Deceased

State of South Carolina
District of Fairfield
I do hereby certify that I was well acquainted with John Crossland dec'd late on the pension roll of South Carolina for military services rendered in the War for Independence that his reputation as a Soldier in the War for Revolution was always believed to be well assured and that he stood high as a good Whig and soldier in said war, and that I believe  all faith and credit is due to his statements made in relation to his said services. That said John Crossland lived and died in Fairfield District, and that the undersigned also lives in said District and aided said Crossland in getting Pension from the State of So. Carolina and knew him well: that William Jones and James Elliot who both live
in Fairfield District were well acquainted with said Crossland in his life time and that they are both
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gentlemen of high standing for veracity and for moral [illegible]. and that all credit ought to be given to their statements and testimony
Given under my hand this 27th March 1852
Jno Buchanan
Member of The State Senate
So. Carolina

Gen'l John Buchanan, whose name appears above, is well known to me He is a senator in the State Senate from Fairfield District S.C. & has been for many years, & is a gentleman of very high Character
D Wallace
MC
April 15th 1832
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Evidence in the case of John Crossland
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State of South Carolina
Richland District
Personally appeared before me Theophilus Wilson who being duly sworn saith that he is now nearly eighty five years of age & a pensioner (Revolutionary) of this State; that he was acquainted with John Crossland deceased late of Fairfield District from immediately after close of the Revolution & that he ever sustained the reputation from deponents earliest recollection of him of having served in the said war and deponent has conversed with him on the subject of his services and of his being wounded at Savannah and had as this deponent understood served generally through said war. That John Crossland was a man of good character & much respected as such & as one of the old
soldiers in the community in which he lived.
[signed] Theophilus X Wilson his mark

Sworn to & Subscribed this 1st December 1852 Before me
James A Black
Notary Public & Ex off Mag.

And the said Notary Public do hereby certify that I know the fact that said Theophilus Wilson is a
pensioner of this State & further that he is of sound mind & memory & enjoys the reputation of a soldier of the Revolution and I believe him worthy of belief in his statements above
James A Black Notary Public
& Ex off. Mag.
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This is to certify that I am well acquainted with the within named witness. Theophilus Wilson and that his statements are entitled to full credence

I further certify that he is a pensioner of the State of South Carolina at the rate of $60 per annum
Jno Buchanan
Member Senate
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South Carolina
Richland District
I, James S Guignard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions in and for the District aforesaid do Certify that James A Black Esq who hath attested the foregoing affidavits is a Notary Public and ex officio Magistrate and was so at the time of the date thereof and that his signature is genuine

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court at Columbia this 4th day of December Anno Domini 1852

James S Guignard
Clerk of Court Comm Pleas & Sessions
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18784
INVALID.
File No. 18784

John Crossland
Pri Rev War
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Act: June 7"" 32
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 83
Arrangement of 1870.
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[two documents]
38.085
Jno Crossland S.C.

Hon D Wallace  Feb 20 1854
Same Aug 18 1857
Same Dec 2 1851
Same May 4 1852
Same July 19 1852
" Aug 25 52

June 7 1832


38.085
John Crossland S. Carolina
Let Hon D. Walton, Feb 20/57
Same Augt 18 1851
Sam Dec 2. 1835
" May 4 /52

June 7, 1832.
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L P Waldo

John Crossland South Carolina
Act of 1832. Admitted
[illegible]

Nancy Davis widow of Thomas
act of 1848 suspended
L.P.W.
Act 38 Augt 15/83
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[illegible]
A man of considerable reputation for truth
Jonathan Layman
First wife deceased in 1810 No [illegible] by last wife
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S. Carolina agency

John Crossland, dc, who was a private
S. Carolina troops

Act June 7, 1832 2 year private
$40 per An

Co March 4, 1831 end Sept. 13, 1845 when he died. payable to
Amelia Hinnant John Crossland & James Crosland and children & c

Hon D. Wallace
H Reps
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[illegible], S. C. Agency,
John Crossland, dcd who was a private S.C. troops

Act June 7, 1832
2 years private
$80 per Ann
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Com March 4 1831
end Sept. 13 1845, ---
when he died -- Deduct former payments at 40 per Ann
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Payable to Amelia Hennant, John Crossland & James Crossland, and children &c

A.S. Wallace
Yorkville S.C.
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Ho Reps A
Washington April 5 1832

Sir,
I herewith enclose additional testimony in the revolutionary pension claim of John Crossland.

The certificate now presented from the Records of the Legislative of South Carolina, shows the character of Capt Bowies service in the line. Capt. Bowie certifies, that John Crossland was a member of his Company, and was wounded taken prisoner at the siege  of Savannah, and was retained as a prisoner for five months:

is alleged by the attorney in this case that the proof as presented, shows, that Crossland enlisted in Capt John Bowies Company in 1775 or 1776 & remained  in that company, until taken prisoner as above stated. Had he never done any service but this, he would be entitled to more
than One Hundred Dollars per annum as the service in which he was engaged was, Cavalry service, to which
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fact, I beg leave to call the Special attention of the Commission to ask in this case an allowance
accordingly

The chief difficulty in the way of the settlement of this claim, as appears in your letter of the 2d December last, is the want of some evidence to show the commencement and termination of Crossland's service-

It is contended that Crossland's Service  was [illegible] with Capt Bowie's. Capt Bowie certifies that Crossland was a member of his Company, was paid up to -- date, that Crossland was wounded taken prisoner at the siege of Savannah. Crossland says, that after he made his escape, he again entered the service the wounded the second time. He was thus under the orders of his officers, & remained under their command until the close of the War. the services & moral character of John Crossland, are fully sustained by the testimony in this case

The report of the 2d December last says the list of continental Soldiers of the South Carolina
line, in this office is believed to be perfect, so far as the letter C  is
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concerned, and his name is not found there.

I would be glad to know her it has been discovered, that the Roll is correct under the letter C but incorrect every where else,

the claim is for service rendered the time of Enlistment in Capt Bowies Company, to the end of the war As a Cavalry Soldier,. The nature of the Service proves that it Cavalry service

I respectfully ask that the testimony be examined, with that herewith shewn & that an allowance be made according to the evidence.

I have the honor to be
Your Obt Sert
D Wallace

Hon J E Heath
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House Reps U S 
Washington May 6th /1832

Sir
am this moment in receipt of your letter of the 4th Inst in which you say

"In the case of John Crossland of S.C. under the act of 7th June I have the honor to enclose you a copy of my letter to you of the 2d December last, since which time, nothing additional has been received."

In reply I have to inform, that since I received your letter of the 2d December last, referred to above, I filed evidence to meet the objections in the said report of the 2d December last referred to above. That evidence is now doubtless on file, but may have been overlooked in the hurry of
business

I have the honor to be
Your Obt Sert
D Wallace

Hon J. E. Heath
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[illegible]ville S.C.
Sep 20 1837

Sir
I have received your letter of the 18th Ult, in reference to the revolutionary pension claim of John Crossland. The tenor your letter,[illegible] me to believe that the main points of the
evidence in this Case have been overlooked

I have first to state that the Records in the Office of the Comptroller General of South Carolina
Afford No evidence of Service in the South Carolina line, except in the case of Soldiers who
served to the end of the war and second, that the South Carolina Rolls of the continental line are
acknowledged to be imperfect by the war Department. They are defective & imperfect in Consequence of the Capture of Charleston by the British in May 1780 that city being at that
time the seat of Government & the place where
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the Records were then kept

Indeed the Records which have been preserved, do not shew the service of the line or Militia Until after 1777, and no service of the line after that date, except as before observed where the service continued to the end of the war, and consequently these Records cannot be expected to show the services of John Crossland, who enlisted Shortly after the commencement of hostilities, & continued to serve until taken prisoner at Savannah, & was kept a prisoner for five months.

The Evidence on fill Will show, that Capt Bowie the Officer under which Crossland served has proved the fact that John Crossland was paid for his services up to the time he was taken prisoner.
Crossland swears that he was five months a prisoner

It is shown by the declaration, that there is no person now living who was in service with John
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Crossland. This Makes traditionary evidence admissible . John Crossland swears that he done service under Capt John Bowie in the South Carolina line & Capt. Bowie, certifies to the same,  & both attest the fact that Crossland Was Paid  up to 1 July 1778, when Crossland was taken prisoner

I have further to say, that evidence has been filed, showing that John Crossland did apply to the
sate of South Carolina for a pension Many years ago &  his evidence  in that Case, was sustained by Capt. Bowie, the office he served under

It seems to me that the Evidence on file makes out the whole case

The time for which the claim is made, is from the time of the enlistment Until five months after the attack on Savannah, to which may be added the time he served in Capt. Kirkland's company

The services of Crossland have been proved, at least in part
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by the officer under whom he served.

I respectfully ask the testimony in this case be reexamined, when the points Submitted. I would not make such a request, except when grounds that I believe to be justifiable & proper, for I believe
that John Crossland has made out his Case

I am Very Respectfully
D Wallace

Hon J.E. Heath
Dept Interior
Washington DC
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Washington Dec 18th 1832

Sir, I have the honor to inform you, that the heirs of John Crossland, a Revolutionary Soldier, late of South Carolina, have some time since filed their declaration in the pension Bureau of the
United States, asking for a pension under the act of 7th June 1832 on account of the Revolutionary services of the said John Crossland. The claim as been rejected as made known to me by a communication of F. F. C. Triplett late Chief Chief Clerk, under date of the 19th July 1852, from which
following is an extract

"Proof of the fact, that John Crossland of S.C. who is seeking the benefit of the act of 7th June 1832,
rec'd a State pension for services in the revolutionary war, is not sufficient to entitle him to a pension from the United States, and there is no other
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proof of service, before the Department of such a character, as the rules of the office require. More reputation of service, is not sufficient.-C"

From this decision, I am requested in the attorney for the Claimant to appeal to the Secretary of the Interior & I do therefore appeal principally upon the following ground
1st
Because the Commissioner has not decided the grounds strictly, uponn which the claimant rest his claim. He (the claimant) does not allege, that the naked fact, that John Crossland received
pension from the State of South Carolina for revolutionary services is sufficient of itself to entitle him to a pension from the United States. The claim rests, as I understand it, upon the following
grounds, When John Crossland applied to the Legislature of South Carolina for a pension, Capt. Bowie, the officer under whom he served in the war of the Revolution, was alive, & Sworn to the services of Crossland as one of
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the company under his command. This Testimony of Capt Bowie, now of Record in the office of the Comptroller Gene of S.C. a Copy of which, duly certified, is on file in this case.

The testimony of Capt Bowie, is abundantly fortified by traditionary proof of the most unquestionable credibility. It is also in proof in this case, that Capt Bowie, is now dead, and cannot
therefore testify again as to the services of the claimant,

The claimant therefore alleges, that as much as the officer under whom he served is dead, the Record of his testimony as given before the Legislative of S.C. should be held competent testimony in his case, fortified as it is, by so much respectable traditionary testimony. That although this record testimony of Capt Bowie may not be such testimony as would be regarded Competent in a court of Law yet it is sufficient to carry conviction to the mind, that the services of John Crossland, were rendered as stated
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by the officer, whose testimony is unimpeached & unimpeachable, under whom he served & that in the administration of the Charity of the government, the testimony of Capt Bowie, Given under the foregoing circumstances, should be deemed sufficient.
2nd
Because the testimony of Capt Bowie referred to above, is not "mere reputation of service, as stated by the Coms, but is in the nature oppositive testimony

The claimant through me refers to the testimony on file in this case, & the several communications
made to the Department in writing by me embodying the merits of the case, as proof of the Justice of this Appeal, and asks the honorable Secretary of the Interior, to readjudge his case, that justice may be done in the premises

I have the honor to be with great respect
your Obt Servt
D Wallace


Hon. Alex H H Stuart
Secretary Interior
Washington D.C.
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Unionville SC
May 20 1837

Sir,
I have the honor to enclose additional evidence in the Revolutionary pension claim of John
Crossland, which I hope will remove every obstacle in the way of the claim

Will you have the kindness to have the claim reported to one at your earliest convenience

I have the honor to be
Your Obt Sert
D Wallace

Hon J E Heath
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The writer of the within Certificate Genl John Buchanan, is a gentleman of high Character & is now & has been for Many years, a Senator in the Legislature of South Carolina
D Wallace
MC
May 19th 1837
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Winnsborough May 13th 1857
The Hon. D. Wallace Esqr
Dear Sir
I am informed by A. S. Wallace Esq. that he has prepared papers with a view of obtaining a pension from U.S. for the Heirs of John Crossland, Mr Wallace requests me to state what I know of the
services of John Crossland in our Revolution, and of the credibility of his Witnesses. 

John Crossland did always sustain the reputation of being a good and true soldier in our revolution. I assisted in getting a State pension for him as a soldier and I never heard his true character as a Whig doubted. You may rest assured  of his having done well his part as a soldier

I know the Witnesses Caleb Powell, John Stanton, J. J. Vaughan, William Simpson, and not Jno L. Simpson and Rev'd George Simpson. They are all credible Witnesses, and would not state any thing
differently from that they believed
I remain respectfully
Your obt srvt
Jno. Buchanan
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Unionville SC
Nov 21 1830
Sir,
I have the honor to enclose the Evidence upon which a pension is claimed for John Crossland, upon which I shall be glad to receive your decision. The report may to me in Washington
I am Very Respectfully
your obt servt
D Wallace

Hon J L Edwards
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Jonesville S.C.
June 6, 1830
Dear Sir
In the case of the Revolutionary Pension claim of John Crossland, I have the honor to enclose a certificate Certified by the proper officer, showing from the Records of the South Carolina Senate
the time at which Capt John Bowie was transferred from the Continental to the State service, which is deemed the commencement of the services of John Crossland

You will observe, that this Certificate is taken from the Senate Records, over which the Comptroller  General has no control. The Clerk of the Senate Genl Martin resides in Charleston. John L.
Goodwyn the gentleman who has Signed this certificate, is reading Clk of the Senate & resides in Columbia.
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and in the absence of Genl Martin, Mr. Goodwyn, has charge of the Senate Records. I am personally well acquainted with Mr Goodwyn, and know these facts to be true, & further, that
there is no man whose certificate is entitled to more faith & credit, than that of this gentleman.
He writes me that the record in the matter of Capt. Jno Bowie,  is quite lengthy, & that he
supposed, that as a single fact only & that date, was wanting, that his Official Certificate, stating that fact would be sufficient. I presume that the rolls of the Continental line of this State, will also show, when Capt Bowie was transferred to the State line. But be this as it may, I will guarantee, to any extent that the certificate of the reading Clk of the Senate Mr Goodwyn, is true

I addressed my last letter upon this subject, to Col. Niles, the Gentleman who reported this Case,
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for the reason, that the former comm of Pensions Committed this case to him & directed me to confer with Col. Niles upon the subject, I had a personal interview with him accordingly & he  admitted the claim, but could not for want of the date now supplied, [illegible] the certificate for the amount I believed to be due. He issued therefore & without prejudice to the claim, a pension
Certificate for a given time, & informed me, that if the date now given will show the commencement of Crossland's services to be at an earlier date, then the record previously showed, a new Certificate would be issued covering the whole time, upon enquiry of him, he
informed me, that as the principle of the case was decided, & as the understanding in reference to the facts now supplied, was had between myself & him, under the direction of the former, my
letter inclosing the evidence of that fact, might be addressed to him & I did so accordingly. Without some
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such explicit understanding, I make it an invariable rule, to address on communication to the head of the Bureau & to him alone.

I was not aware, until I received your letter, that Mr Black had resigned the office of Deputy
Comptroller, it did not occur to me until I rec'd Mr Goodwyn's Certificate, that the fact wanted, is upon  the Senate Records

Hoping that the evidence now supplied, may be satisfactory as I have no doubt of its truth

I have the honor to be
with great respect
Your Obt Servt
D Wallace

Hon L. P. Waldo
Com of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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the Records of the South Carolina line, are in Washington & not in S Carolina

Will the Court have the goodness to cause the search to be made in Washington
---
D Wallace
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Comptroller Genl's Office
Columbia So. Ca
May 18th 1851
Dear Sir
In reply to your enquiries as to what the Records of this office show as to the services in the war of the Revolution of John Crossland I have to state that having examined the Records of the militia service, I am unable to find any evidence of the same

The Continental Rolls of this State, you are aware are said to be in the Pension Office at Washington and if his service was of that character they may show the fact.

I am Very respectfully
your obt srvt
Jas A Black
Dep C.G..

L. Wallace Esq.
Yorkville S.c.
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Ho Reps us
Washington Dec 16th 1852
Sir,
I enclose additional evidence in the Revolutionary pension claim of John Crossland, which I hope 
will be deemed satisfactory to establish this claim

I have the honor to be
Your Obt Sert
D Wallace


Hon. JE Heath
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Brief in the case of John Crossland, Dec Fairfield D. and State of S. Carolina
act June 7, 1832

Claim (" original, or for increase.) Increase
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Satisfactory Record and parole proof of two years since

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent
A.S. Wallace
Yorkville S.C.
.
Examining Clerk.
Ogden Niles
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Brief in the case of John Crossland, dcd Fairfield D and State of S. Carolina
act June 7, 1832

Claim original" or "for increase.)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Satisfactory parole evidence &c of service

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent
Hon. D. Wallace
H. R.

Examining Clerk,
Ogden Miles
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Power of Atty
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Washington, Sep. 7 1853
Sir
A.S. Wallace Esq of Yorkville South Carolina has requested us to enclose to you, the power of
Attorney of Amelia Hinnan, daughter of John Crossland

If we understood Mr Wallace Correctly, he said that the claim had been admitted and that this
paper was necessary to authorise the Pension Office to have the certificate sent to him
Very respectfully
Evans & Fant

Hon L. P. Waldo
Com of Pensions
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[left side]
D Wallace
Apl 6/53
Cole

[right side]
For Col Niles
Pension Bureau
Interior Dept
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Jonesville S.C.
April 6th 1853
Dear Sir
You will remember the pension claim of John Crossland, presented by me, was admitted, but the precise length of service could not be determined from the papers on file. It was agreed that the time of service should begin at the date of Captain John Bowie's transfer from the Continental to the State service, & end at the Battle of Briar Creek

I now, herewith enclose a Certificate of A. Black Esq Deputy Comptroller Genl of S.C. showing the
of Capt Bowie's Commission in the state service, which date was the commencement of John Crossland's Services

You will observe that this commission of Capt Bowie, was dated 7th Feby 1777. You will also observe, by reference to Lieut Col Henry Lee's memoirs of the War in the south & also by reference to
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Batta's history of the Revolution, that the Battle of Savannah was fought on the 9th of October 1779. At this Battle Crossland was wounded & taken prisoner & he says, was retained as a prisoner five months, & that his services terminated at the Battle of Briar Creek. Now Bowie's Commission was dated Feby 1777. from that time to the Battle of Savannah was two years Eight months & two days, during which time Crossland was in the service,

I have not before me the date of the Battle of Briar Creek, but if my recollection serves me right, it was in the spring of 1780. If I am right in this then from the 9th of October, the date of the Battle of Savannah, until the Battle of Briar Creek, was more than five months, the time Crossland was a prisoner according to his own Statement. This five months of imprisonment, & said three months - or if you prefer it one month for the Briar Creek Campaign added to the
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two years & Eight months service under Capt Bowie, as shown above, will fix Crossland's Service at three years, two months, if no more.
-
I wish you to be guarded as to the correctness of the date of Battles in the printed table you shewed me, as according to my recollection, it does not agree with accredited Histories of the war of the revolution. The true date of the Battle of Briar Creek will the fix the period of Crossland's Services.

Will you have the kindness to cancel the pension Certificate, already issued for one years Services to Crossland, & cause another certificate to be issued for the whole term of his service according to the testimony now presented herewith & forward the said Certificate to me in this place. You had the
kindness to say to me, that you would do this, as soon as I could fix the date of Capt Bowie's Commission

Very Respectfully
D Wallace

Col Niles
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Office of Clerk Senate
Columbia S.C.
June 1st 1853.
It is hereby certified that it appears from the papers of Captain John Bowie in the matter of his commutation pay allowed him by this State, that his company was detached from the 5th South Carolina Continental Regiment on the 7th February 1777 Agreeably to a resolution passed by the Legislature of this State.

for Clerk of Senate
John T. Goodwyn
Reading Clk. S.
(No Seal of Office)
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Columbia S.C.
30th Mar. 1853
Hon. D Wallace
Dear Sir
I have made the examination to ascertain when Capt Jno. Bowie assumed the command of the Independent Company as you requested me and find that in 1820 he petitioned the Legislature of this State for the Commutation pay, as he had been taken from 5th S.C. Cont'l Regt & put in command of the Independent Company. In that petition he states that he was commissioned 20th Feby 1776 in 5th Regt (Continental) & detached therefrom according to a resolve of the Legislature & placed in command of the Independent Company on the 7th Feby 1777.

He was allowed the Commutation pay by this State.
-
Very respectfully
Yr Obt Sert
James A. Black

Savannah, Battle 9th Oct 1779
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Captain John Bowie
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(Copy)
The Committee on claims to whom was referred the petition of John Bowie praying payment of his commutation for Revolutionary services, Begs leave to Report that they have had the petition and Documents under consideration and find that the petitioner was an Officer in the Revolutionary War on the continental establishment that as such he would have been entitled at the conclusion to a commutation of full pay for five years or half pay for life.

The Committee also find that the commutation of Captain, of Infantry was twenty four hundred
Dollars and that the petitioner was detached from that service and placed in the State service for the protection of the Frontier of South Carolina. Your Committee also finds, that the Congress by a Resolve which passed that body in the year 1783 undertook to pay to each Officer who should faithfully serve to the end of the war a Commutation of half pay for life or full pay for five years and that the petitioner was detached from the United States service & put into the service of the State upon the express condition that he should be entitled to all the pay rations & emoluments that the officers of the Continental establishment. The Committee therefore respectfully recommend that the prayer of the said petitioner be granted and that the sum of four thousand four hundred and sixteen dollars be appropriated for that purpose. (Signed ) Thomas Carr Chairman
In the House of Representations Dec 7 1821

Resolved that the House do agree to the Report and that it be sent to Senate for their concurrence By order of the House
(Signed) R. Anderson A.R.

In the Senate 19 Dec 1821 Resolved that this House do concur in the Report. Ordered that it be returned to the House of Representations
By order of the Senate
[signed] M. Martin C.S.
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Office of Clerk of House
Columbia So. Car.
March 30th 1852
hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the Report as agreed to and concurred in the matter of the application of John Bowie for his commutation pay, on file in this Office

For Clerk of House
James A Black

No seal of Office
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Amelia Hinnant

A S. Wallace
Yorkville
S. Carolina
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POWER OF ATTORNEY - Revolutionary Pension Claims.

Know all Men by these Presents, That I Amelia Hennant daughter of John Crossland late of Fairfield deceased hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint A.S. Wallace of Fairfield District my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of --- for any amount of  Revolutionary Penson, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises, and revoking all former powers.

Witness my hand and Seal this 8th day April A. D., 1853.
[signed] Amelia X Hennant her mark

Signed and sealed in the presence of
O.R. Thompson
S. Crosby

STATE of South Carolina
Fairfield District
On this eighth day of April A. D., 1853. before me, the subscriber Clerk of Courts for the District aforesaid personally appeared Amelia Hennant and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and seal of office the day and year aforesaid.
A.R. Thompson
[illegible] gen sess

In this blank, if the claimant be alive, he will insert his name, and execute the power. If he be dead, the widow, if alive, will insert her name, (stating the fact that she is his widow,) and
execute the power. If both be dead, then any one of the children may insert his, or her name,
stating the fact that he or she is the son or daughter) and execute the power.

If there be neither father, mother, child, or children, then there is no person entitled under the
existing rules of the Department, and the power of Attorney need not be executed.
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[blank form]
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Claim of __
Act of ____
STATE of _____
COUNTY ____

Be it Known, That on this ___ day of _____ A.D.  eighteen hundred and fifty __, before the
undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared _____ a resident of _____ in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the identical _____ who executed the foregoing power of attorney, and that he is directly interested in said claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or argument as said Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before
J. Peace.

I, _____Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that _____ who executed the foregoing paper, is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
J. Peace,

I, _____ Clerk of the _____ Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that _____ before whom the foregoing papers  were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County,  duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscriber is ______ signature.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal, this _____ day of _____ A. D., 185

Clerk.
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[blank form]
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STATE OF _____
COUNTY OF _____

It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me _____ that _____ was a Revolutionary _____ United States at the rate of $ ___  per annum, and that _____ died on the ___ day of _____  eighteen hundred and _____ leaving surviving _____ and that ______ the only surviving child of the aforesaid. _____

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this _____ day of _____ one thousand eight hundred and fifty ___

NOTE. -- If the original Claimant or person in whose right the claim was made, the alive, then there
is no use for the above certificate, but simply the power of attorney. But if he or she (as the case may be) be dead, then the exact period of his or her death must appear. If the widow execute the power of attorney it must also appear when the marriage took place, and that she is still a widow. If there be neither father nor mother, the period of the marriage, and of the death of each, must appear and also, the name or names of the surviving child or children. If, he, or she, (as the case may be  was a pensioner, state that fact, and also the amount received per annum; but if a claimant merely, state that fact.

The above certificate must be executed by the Clerk of the Court under his seal of office.
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South Carolina
Fairfield District ⎬ 
On this 13th day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty one (1851) Personally appeared John Crossland a resident of the District, and State aforesaid who 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 7th July 1838, 3 March 1843, 17th June 1844. 2nd February 1846 and 27 July 1848

That this declarant the above named John Crossland in behalf of himself and the surviving heirs
of of their said father and Mother John and Sarah Crossland late of Fairfield district decd states that his Father John Crossland was a regular soldier in the South Carolina Line from the time he
entered the service of his country in 1776, under the command of Capt John Bowie untill he was wounded at the Battle of Savannah in March 1779, and taken prisoner and confined on board a British prison ship till the October of the same year when he made his escape and returned to service where he was ordered to the western frontier under command of Capt Kirtland and others and was again wounded in an engagement with the Tories and as soon as his wounds would permit returned to service in which
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he was generally engaged in the regular army and Militia until the close of the war and was entitled to bounty to land for said service.

Declarant further states that his Father and Mother John and Sarah Crossland were married the year after the war to one thousand seven hundred and eighty four (1784) and as husband and wife they lived together untill the death of the said John Crossland which took place the 13th day of September one thousand eight hundred and forty five 1845 leaving his wife Sarah a widow who departed this life on the first day of December one thousand eight hundred and forty eight (1848) not having intermarried after the death of her said husband and was also a pensioner of the state of South Carolina at the rate of $30.00 per annum and would refer the department to the proof now on file and in relation to his Father not Relinquishing his state pension and making application to the United states he would refer the department to the Evidence of L. J. Vaughn who was his Father's counsellor and drew his pension part of the time from the State of South Carolina. That his father could not write and he presumes was entirely ignorant of the Pension laws and being poor
would have been unwilling to
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run the risk of losing the Pension he was drawing from the state and was entitled to bounty land
which deponent thinks he never got but to give a more specific account of his Fathers service deponent cannot but always understood his Father was some five years in service

Declarant further says that he has no record Evidence in support of the aforesaid Marriage and does not believe there is any in Existence but is fully satisfied they were marred in 1784
[signed] John Crossland

Sworn to and subscribed this 13th day of May 1851 in open court,
J. S. Stewart
[illegible] for Fairfied District
.
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State of South Carolina
Fairfield District In the Court of Ordinary

J.S. Stewart, Ordinary for Fairfield District in the State aforesaid, (which Court is a Court of Record) do hereby certify that it has been shown in evidence to the satisfaction of the Court
that Sarah Crossland Widow of John Crossland a revolutionary pensioner of the State of
South Carolina died at her late residence in Fairfield District on the thirty first day of December, One thousand Eight hundred and forty Eight, not having intermarried after the death of her said Husband leaving the following children, to wit Milly Hinnant and John Crossland who are now her only surviving children and both of lawful age 

And that the declarant John Crossland is entitled to full credit

Given under my hand and Seal of Office this thirteenth day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & fifty one & the seventy fifth year of American Independence

J. S. Stewart