Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2472, John Crawford, Va.

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Va. Crawford, John R. 2472
                      Sarah
                         or
                      Sally
Mar. 13 1832.

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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Acts of Congress of the 15th May 1828, 4th July 1836, and 29th July 1848, -granting pensions to certain Revolutionary Officers and Soldiers and their Widows. 
State of Virginia County of Augusta} ss:
On this fourteenth day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty nine, before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Mrs. Sarah Crawford, (sometimes called Sally Crawford,) a resident of said County, aged seventy eight years in March last, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declara-tion in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions the Acts of Congress above mentioned passed in 1828, 1836, and 1848, granting Pensions to Officers, Soldiers, and Widows, for Revolutionary Services: --
That she is the Widow of John Crawford, who was a soldier and an Officer in the Regular Army in the Revolutionary War and served for several years, first as a soldier and afterwards as an Ensign, a lieutenant, and she believes a Quarter Master; but as she was not married to him until several years after the war, and her memory is weak from age and infirmity, she is not able to state particulars of his service, further than that she has often heard him say he served under General Greene, Morgan, and several other Officers whose names she cannot recollect, and that he was in the Battle of the Cowpens, Guilford Court House, and others which she cannot name, as she has heard him relate hundreds of scenes which he witnessed; that she has often seen the wounds which he received at the Battle of the Cowpens,

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that she has often heard him converse with Officers and Soldiers who served with him, of the many thrilling scenes through which he passed, and that she has now in her possession an Officer's Sword which she has known ever since her marriage and has always regarded as the identical sword used by her said Husband in the War of the Revolution; and that as he was born, and always held his home in this County of Augusta, she believes he was in the Virginia Continental Line to the close of the War:--
That she knows her said Husband never received a Pension, and that she has often heard May & Samuel Bell, a Pensioner urge him to apply for a Pension but her said Husband always replied to him and many others who urged him, that he did not fight for any thing but liberty, and would not have a Pension, especially as he was always able to live without one. -
She further declares that she was married to the said John Crawford in the County of Augusta aforesaid, on the twenty fourth day of February in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety seven (1797) by the Rev. Archibald Scott-; that her husband the aforesaid John Crawford did in said County and in the house which she now occupies, on the 13th January (1832) Eighteen hundred and thirty two; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the services, but the marriage took place previous to the second of January Eighteen hundred, viz: at the times above stated. She further swears that she is now a Widow, and that she has never applied for a pension - also, that her maiden name was Sarah, or Sally Newman. 
Sworn to and subscribed, by making her mark, on the day and year above written, before
John A. Davidson} Sarah herXmark Crawford

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I, John A. Davidson, Justice of the Peace, do hereby certify that Mrs. Sarah Crawford, who executed the foregoing Declaration before me, is a respectable resident of this County, a credible person, and from age and infirmity is unable to attend Court.
John A. Davidson

Virginia, to wit
As a County Court of Augusta, continued and held at the Court house of said County, on Thursday the 31st day of May 1849
This Declaration of Sarah Crawford widow and relict of John Crawford dead of this County for a pension sworn to before John A Davidson esquire a justice of the peace for said County together with the affidavits of William Crawford sworn and subscribed to before the Justice afores-aid- was this day exhibited in open Court, appeared by the Court hereunto be certified to the Pension offices in Testimony whereof I have hereto affixed my seal of office and subs-cribed my name this 6th day of June A.D. 1849 and in the 73rd year of the Commonwealth.
Jefferson Kinney, clk

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State of Virginia Augusta County} ss:
On this 19th day of May 1849, before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared, Mrs. Nancy R. Newman, (formerly Nancy R. Crawford) a resident of said County, aged forty nine years on the twenty fifth of the present month, May, who being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith- as follows:-
I am the eldest Daughter of Mrs. Sarah Crawford, who is now applying for a pension, and is the Widow of John Crawford who was an Officer of the Revolutionary War. From my earliest recollection, I have heard my said Father converse with many individuals relative to his long service in said War and the many scenes in which he participated, particularly the Battle of the Cowpens in which he was wounded in the leg; the Battle of Guildford Courthouse, and several others which I cannot name. My Father was a Member of the Presbyterian Church in this vicinity for many years before I was born and continued a member of said Church to the day of his death, 13th January 1832. The said Church was for many years under the Pastoral care of Rev. Archibald Scott, by whom my Mother was married to my said Father on 24th February 1797: it was afterwards and for many years in charge of Rev. William Calhoun who now resides in this neighborhood, and who attended my Father's funeral on the 14th of Jany 1832:- said Rev. W. Calhoun often visited my Father to converse with him on the subject of religion, and such was my Father's love of liberty that he always mixed into the conversation some of the trials through which he passed while service as an Officer in the Revolutionary War for several years.- I have often seen my Father's Commission and many other papers relative to the War, and have often heard him speak of pressing Waggons,

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and provisions into the service, and how many other statements he has repeatedly made in my hearing I have no doubt he was a lieutenant and Quarter Master, and am certain he was in service at the close of the War. His sword has been kept in the family ever since, and a few weeks before his death he gave it to his youngest son with a charge to keep it, in memory of the service it had done. It is the identical sword which is now in possession of Edmund F. Brown having been delivered to him by my Brother William, to be conveyed to Washington to aid in establishing my Mother's pension claim.- Among my Fathers papers which have been destroyed, was a letter written to him while in service by General Morgan which I [crossed out] once heard my Father read to Mr. Carlisle of Bath County who had been in service with him, and the said letter intimated that Genl. Morgan depended much upon my Father in some engagement which was expected to take place soon. I do not recollect the names of any Officers under whom he served expect Generals Morgan and Greene, but he said he has seen Cornwallis and Tarleton of the British Army, the latter of whom he much despised. During most of my Father's life he owned a large quantity of land and his circumstances were very comfortable, which probably accounts for the fact that whenever pensions were mentioned in his presence he always declared that he never would have one, for he fought for liberty and not for pay and besides, he was able to live without asking Government for help. These expressions I have heard from him more than a hundred times; and his neighbors always considered him a modest man and said his relations of the many incidents of the Revolution were not given in a spirit of boasting a desire for self praise, but he possessed so much genuine patriotism that he could not avoid repeating the many scenes which he had witnessed- this was true to

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to such an extent that some thought he loved patriotism as much as religion.- He having been dead seventeen years I cannot distinctly relate his statements, but I am as certain that he was a lieutenant and Quarter Master to the end of the War, as I am of any thing which occurred before I was born, as I have always understood that he did not return home to live, until the army was disbanded.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year first above written, before 
J B Breckenridge JP} 
[next section located on the right of the curly brace]
Nancy R Newman
I Ossn Calhoon, a Presbyterian minister certify that I have been long acquainted with Mr John Crawford & his family; and their Testimony with respect to what they have heard their father say about his agen-cy in the revolutionary war, is intitled to credit. Mr Crawford was a worthy member of our Church. I have often heard him speak of being in the war, of his agency in the army. I preached his funeral about the time specified by his children in their Testimony in the case, to which this refers.
Ossn Calhoon
Virginia
Augusta County Court Clerks Officer To Wit
I Jefferson Kinney Clerk of the County Court of Augusta in the state of Virginia Do hereby certify that J B Breckenridge esqr before whom the above affidavit was made is now and was at the time the same was made an acting justice of the peace for the County & State aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified as such that he is authorized to take acknowledgements administer oathe vr. that I believe the above signature peerporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Staunton this 22nd day of May 1849 & in 73rd year of the Commonwealth.
Jefferson Kinney Clerk

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5.
Deposition of
Mrs. Nancy R. Newman,
Certified by
Rev. Wm Calhoun.
Pension Claim of
Sarah Crawford,
Widow of John.
E. F. Brown
Att.y
8. June 1849.

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296. aut 29 jun 48.
Declaration.
Acts 1828, 1836, & 1848.
Sarah Crawford
Augusta Co. Va.
Widow of John Crawford
Lieut. & Qu. Master
Also, Deposition of
William Crawford,
who has delivered to
E.F. Brown, to present
with this, the Sword
used in the Revolution
by said John Crawford.

E.F. Brown
Wash. D.C. Atty.

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State of Virginia County of augusta} ss:
On this 14th day of May Eighteen hundred and forty nine, before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared, William Crawford, a resident of said County, aged forty two years on the 30th of August next, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the Son of John Crawford who died on the thirteenth day of January Eighteen hundred and thirty two (1832), that he knows the said date is correct because the reend in the Bible now in his house, reads this, "John Crawford died January 13th" 1832, aged 91 years", and he knows that said record was written a few days after his father's death, which he well remembers, as he attended his funeral; that from his earliest recollection, for more than thirty years, he has always believed, as much as he believes his own existence, that his Father the said John Crawford served through the Revolutionary War, first as a Soldier, but most of the time as a Lieutenant and Quarter Master, and he believes in the Virginia Continental Line, that he has often seen his Father's Commission, Sword, and Receipts and other papers as Quarter Master; that he believes the Commission and other papers have been lost or destroyed, as a large number of his Father's papers were burned and otherwise destroyed as useless after the death of his Father, but that the sword he has this day delivered to Edmund F. Brown to convey to Washington to aid in moving his Mother's Pension Claim, and that from his earliest recollection he has regarded the said sword as the identical sword used in the Revolutionary War having thirty years ago seen his Father exhibit it to his comrades and others as such as relate many of the most thrilling incidents of said War as connected with it

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it; [crossed out] that he has often seen his Father's wounds which he received at the Battle of the Cowpens; that he has also seen among the said papers which are lost, a letter from General Morgan to his said Father, and has no doubt that his Father served under Generals Morgan, Greene and other Officers and took an active part in the Battles of Cowpens and Guilford Courthouse as well as many others the names of which he has forgotten. This deponent further declares that his Mother, Mrs. Sarah (or Sally) Crawford, who is now applying for a Pension, resides with him and has five other children besides himself, the eldest of whom will be forty nine years old on the twenty fifth day of the present month, May 1849, and he believes his said Mother & Father were married on the 24th of February Seventeen hundred and ninety seven.
William Crawford
Sworn to and subscribed,
the day and year first 
above written, before
John A. Davidson J. P.

I, John A. Davidson, Justice of the Peace,
do hereby certify that the above deponent, William Crawford, is a respectable resident of this County, a credible witness, and I believe the statements above made by him are true.
John A. Davidson

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State of Virginia County of Augusta} ss:
On this fifteenth day of May 1849, before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Mrs. Catherine Wallace, a resident of said County aged fifty nine years, who being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that she is a Sister of Mrs. Sarah Crawford of this County who is now applying for a Pension, that she well remembers when a young child that she saw her said Sister Sarah married to John Crawford who was then said to have been a Revolutionary Officer; that she believes said marriage took place about the year seventeen hundred and ninety seven, as she was then only about seven or eight years of age; that she afterwards resided in the family of said John Crawford until the year 1810 when the (this deponent) was married to her present husband, James Wallace; that she knows that the said John Crawford was always respected for his having been a Revolution-ary Officer and done active services in several battles; and that the Sword this day exhibited to her by Edmund F. Brown of Washington City she knows to be the identical Sword which belonged to the said John Crawford and was respected by his family and neighbors as the Sword which was used by said Crawford up to the close of the said War; that she has often heard him speak of incidents of the War in which he took an active part, the particulars of which she cannot now recollect, as the said Crawford has been dead about seventeen years; but she well knows that his service as an Officer though most of all of the Revolutionary War were never doubted by his neighbors & acquaintances, many of whom have viewed with interest the Sword above mentioned many years before Pensions were spoken of in this County, and that she has known said Sword for at least fifty years past: and further that she knows that the said John Crawford was regarded by all his neighbors as a sober, honest, industrious, high minded honorable man, of unimpeachable character, where word was never doubted,

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and she feels certain that all his acquaintances were satisfied that he served as an Officer as he often stated.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written, [crossed out] by making her mark, before
Luke Woodward J P}
[next section located on the right of the curly brace]
Catherine herXmark Wallace

I, Luke Woodward, Justice of the Peace, do hereby certify that Mrs. Catherine Wallace, who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing deposition before me, is a neighbor of mine, and that I have long known her as a respectable resident of his County in whom confidence may be placed: and I further certify that from my knowledge of the history of this County, I am satisfied that the statements made by her one time as stated. Luke Woodward

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[Located on the left side, written sideways]
Mr. E F Brown
Bur 190
Washington City

c.
James E. Crawford
near Paris, Monroe Co. Mo.
4/5 June 1849.
Rec. 15 June 1849.
His affidavit
relative to services
of Lieut. John Crawford
accounts for absence
of the Commission.

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Mouroe Co. Mo. June the 4th 1849
Mr. E. F. Brown Washington City} Dear sir,
I acknowledge the receit of your letter relative to the servi-ces of my Father during the Revolutionary war the object being on your hart to establish a claim for a Pension for my Mother Sarah Crawf-ord and or for the services of my Father John Crawford as renderd by him during said war, first, as it respects my Fathers Commission as Lieutenant, I have not in my possession, neither have I any papers received by him during the Revolution, I have seen and read my Fathers Commission and remembers other papers relative to his services dur-ing that period but have them not in mt poses-ion at this time, I am fully of opinion that they were burnt after the death of my father I well recollect that I assisted the appraisers of my Fath-ers property in examining his papers and all old papers of that kind we considered as worthless and after examining them actively carried them out in the yard put fire to them and burnt them, the am-ount of a sack bag full. I lived with my father untill I was near thirty years old and had the care of his papers and buisness generally, being the oldest son

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living of this last wife and the oldest livi-ng with him at the time. by the 25th of aut next I will be 47 years old. I recollect of hearing my father speak of acting as quartermaster and of incidance that occured during the time. I cannot say how long he served in that capac-ity. I also recollect of hearing him tell of many [crossed out] circumstances relative to his service during the ware, many of which would serve more to amuse than to strengthen the testimony you have in posession, I hard him say he was in several battles, was slitely wounded once, and if I mistake not harmed come Wallace into Carolinea, aided in routing the tories in that section S.C. Also, [crossed out] I recollect of hearing my Fathe-r speak of Being intitled to a pension by law some years before his death, Being inquired of by his neighbours why he did not avail himself of the oppertunity, he said at that time he did not need it, that he could live without it, that he had not served his Country for the sake of money, that he had dided in achieveing the prise wich was liberty, that he had lived to enjoy it, and wa sable to Bequeath the rich inheritance to his Childre-n, and that he was amply paid-
PS (very respectfully yours B.C.
Sir pleas rite me a line and let know what you have done J.E.C.
Ja,, E, Crawford

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Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of June AD 1849 Thos L Barret J P

State of Missouri
County of Monroe} DoR
I Mr. N. Penn Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Monroe do hereby certify that Thomas L. Barret before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been made is now and was at the time of beginning said affidavit an acting Justice of the peace within and for state of county aforesaid, duly states and qualified that his signature thereto is genuine and that all of his official acts as such are and aught to be certified to full faith and credit as true without as within said State
For testimony whereof & have hereto setmy hand and affixed the Seal of said Court of Office in Paris this 4th day of June AD 1849 Mr. N. Penn Clerk

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In the matter of the claim of Sarah Crawford, R. File No. 8,478, you are advised that she applied for pension May 14th, 1849, at which time she was a resident of Augusta County, Virginia, and seventy-eight years of age, having been born in March- - -.
She alleged that her husband, John Crawford was born and always re-sided in Augusta County, Virginia, and served several years as a soldier, Ensign, Lieutenant and Quartermaster, in the regular army from Virginia, under Generals Greene and Morgan; that he was wounded in the battle of Cowpens, and was afterwards in the battle of Guilford Court House.
She also states that he never applied for pension.
The soldier married his "last wife" Sarah Newman, February 24, 1797, in Augusta County, Virginia, where he died January 13, 1832, aged ninety one years. In 1849 three children testified in the case; the eldest daugh-ter, Mrs. Nancy R. Newman born May 25. 1800, eldest son James E. Crawford born October 25, 1802, and William Crawford born August 30, 1807.
This claim was never allowed for the reason that the claimant failed to furnish satisfactory proof that her husband was the identical John Crawford who performed the services alleged by her.
Very respectfully,
[added by hand]
Mr. Geo C. Ross,
Office of the Secretary
[illegible] [illegible]
Personal inquiry nov. 5. 1909
John Crawford S. File 8256 also furnished
[added by typing] 
Acting Commissioner.

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June 7 49
Acts of 1828 & 1848
John Crawford, dec.
Lieutenant & Qr. Master.
and Sarah Crawford
his Widow.
For Revolutionary Pension.
John Crawford Died, 13. Jany. 1832.
Married. 24. Feby. 1797.
Augusta Co. Virginia. 

E. F. Brown, Atty.
Wash. D.C.
8. June 1849.

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296
Sarah Crawford
Widow of John
Virginia
Suspended
See let 9, June 
Let. to E. F. Brown . [illegible] 12 [illegible]
49 E. F. Brown
[illegible] July 48
to [illegible] 5 Sept 49 to [illegible]
and to [illegible] of state 8 Sep : 49
Let to E. F. Brown Sept 8/49
Let to J . P. Wright Sept 18th 1849
Act 29 July 18 [illegible]
2472

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[on the left written sideways]
Application for
Return of Sword
Col V. O. Niles

[on the right]
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Present

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1909 Nov. 9. Hiet. to Geo. C. Ross. C
[added by stamp]
REJECTED
[added by hand]
2472
[added by typing] 
P.O.
[added by hand]
Sarah Crawford
[added by typing] Service: [added by hand] mit. of John
[added by typing]
Enlisted: ___, 18
Discharged: ___, 18
Application filed: ___, 18
Alleges: ___
Re-enlisted: ___
Attorney: ___
P.O. ___

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Lt. John Crawford's
Sword.
Deposition of
E. F. Brown
identifying it.
(see claim)

E. F. Brown Atty
8. June 1849.

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District of Colombia, County of Washington. } ss.
I, Edmund F. Brown, do hereby declare upon oath, that the sword which is attached to this paper with a piece of red tape passing under my National Seal, is the identical sword which was delivered to me on the 14th day of May 1849 while in Augusta County, Virginia, by William Crawford a Son of Mrs. Sarah Crawford; that the said sword is identified in the Declaration of Mrs. Sarah Crawford, for a Pension as the Widow of John Crawford as a lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, and in the affidavits of William Crawford, Catharine Wallace, and Nancy R. Newman, which accompany said Pension Claim; and that said sword is regarded by the said family and neighbors of said John Crawford deceased, as the identical sword worn by said Crawford through most, if not all, of the Revolutionary War.- I further swear that the papers in said Claim which are in my hand writing [added symbol] were so written only because the Justices who swore the parties desired me to do so; and that the parties were very careful in their statements and said they believed much more which they declined swear-ing in consequence of the seventeen years having elapsed since the relation of the events by Mr. Crawford.
[next to symbol] except Mrs. Newman's which was written before a J. Peace could be obtained to swear her. E. F. B.
21. May 1849. Edm. F. Brown
Notary Public.
Sword to and subscribed this 21st day of May 1849.
J. M. Thayer,
Justice of the Peace

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The following is a record of service of John Crawford Sur. File 8256-
and should not be considered with claim of Sarah Crawford Rej. File 2472. though filed as evidence in this claim
Department of State,
Washington, 17th September, 1849.

Sir,
Your letter of the 8th [illegible] has been received. In reply I have to state, that the subjoined abstract contained all the information which the papers in this Department appear to afford, respecting any person of the name of John Crawford who might have served as either an Ensign or an officer of a rank higher than that of Ensign, in the Virginia Line, during the period of the American Revolution.
For an oath of allegiance, administered by General Muhlenberg, on the 12th of May, 1778, and signed by John Crawford, he styles himself a "lieutenant of the 2nd Virginia Regiment."
In a column of a Return without date, retitled, 2nd Virgnia Regiment," opposite to the name, "John Crawford", entered as that of a lieutenant in said Regiment is the Date "1779".
In a paper entitled, "Rank and

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succession of the Field Officers, Captains
and Subalterns, with the date of their
commissions, former and present regiments
arranged, &c, dated February, 10th, 1781,
John Crawford is styled a Lieutenant
in the Second Virginia Regiment, and
said to have been commissioned in ""79" in the place of "Cannon", deceased in a paper endorsed, "Virginia Arrangement, as settled at Middlebrook, May, 1779" . John Crawford is styled
an Ensign, ranking as second Lieutenant
in the Second Virginia Regiment, and
said to have been commissioned 4th
May, 1777
In a paper endorsed, "Arrangement
of the Virginia Line" , dated 1st January
1783, John Crawford is styled a
Lieutenant and said to have been commissioned
20th October, 1779.
In a paper entitled, "General Arrange
ment of the 2nd Virginia Regiment, commanded
by Colonel Alexander Spotswood" , without
date, John Crawford is styled an
Ensign. In this paper are two columns,
one entitled, "Dates of Commissions

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Received", the other, " (Dates of Commissions
to issue " : in the latter, opposite to his
name, as that of an Ensign, is entered
May, 1777, in the former, no date is
entered " (?) May, 1777"; in the former no date is entered.
In a paper entitled, "Arrangement
of the several Regiments in the 1st Virginia
Brigade, commanded by Brigadier
General Woodford, 14th September 1778, the name of John Crawford, as of the second Regiment, is entered, under the head, "Second
Lieutenants to Rank as Ensigns. "
In a paper entitled, "A list of
the Subaltern officers in General
Woodford's Brigade, agreeable to the late
new arrangement, January 18, 1779" . John
Crawford is styled Second Lieutenant
and said to have been commissioned,
4th May, 1777
I am Sir, respectfully,
your obedient servant,
John M. Clayton
J. L. Edwards, Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions

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Proposition to compromise the claims of Mrs. Sarah Crawford, Widow of John, for Revolutionary Pensions.
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Acts 1828 + 1848
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E. F. Brown
Atty.

Wash. D.C.
7. Aug. 1849.

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Washington City 7. Aug. 1849.

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comm. of Pensions.

Sir:
In reply to your letter of 31st. ult relative to the claims of [underline] Mrs. Sarah Crawford [end underline], of Augusta Co. Va, Widow of John Crawford, for Pension under Acts of 1828, and 1848, I have to state, that, having a personal knowledge of the parties, and a firm conviction of the honesty and justice of the claims, I think it one which you can properly [underline] compromise [end underline]; and would state the following facts, as reasons, viz:
[underline] 1st. [end underline] It is not like many cases where the witnesses might have been mistaken, for they have all spent their whole lives in that same neighborhood, and must be correct in what they say they know.
[underline] 2nd. [end underline] The respectable character of John Crawford, his family, and the witnesses, is established beyond all controversy, most of them being strict old fashioned Presbyterians proverbial for truth.
[underline] 3rd. [end underline] The testimony of Elder Robert Craig, and Mrs. Newman, supported by the certificates of Rev. Wm. Calhoun, affortd the most conclusive [underline] parol evidence [end underline] that he served as an [underline] Officer [end underline], and to the [underline] end of the War [end underline].
4th. The Widow being now 79 years old, in very feeble health, having been paralized, (not having married till 1797,) and her children all under 50 years of age, render it impossible for

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[underline page number] 2.
them to name the Officers under whom her husband served.
[underlined] 5th. [end underline] Referring to my letter of 25th, June last, with its enclosures, it is fair to presume that her Husband was the same who was a Private and Sergeant in the Continental Line [underline] before 1782, [end underline] and [underline] promoted after tat time [end underline]; especially as the sword which I filed and identified, was an [underline] Officer's Sword. [end underline]
For the above reasons, I feel confident that Mrs. Crawford is entitled to all she claims, but as the Commission was burnt, and as she desires me to do the best I can for her, and we have no positive proof that he was a [underline] Commissioned [end underline] Officer, I would respectfully propose that you [underline] compromise the case [end underline], by admitting that he was a [underline] Sergeant to the close of the War [end underline], and [underline] pension him as such, under the Act of 15, May 1828, [end underline] and the [underline] Widow under the Act of 29, July 1848. [end underline]

I am, Sir,
Very Respectfully,
Your Obt. Servt.
Edm. F. Brown

Atty. for Claimant

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Proposition to compromise the claims of Mrs. Sarah Crawford, Widow of John, for Revolutionary Pensions.
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Acts 1828 + 1848.
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E. F. Brown
Atty

Wash. D.C.
7. Aug. 1849.

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[underline page letter] B.
Rich. G. Hillyer
Staunton, Va. 20/21 March
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Rec. 22. March 1849.
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Mrs. Harlow - +
John Crawford.
Revy - enquiry^-
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Ans. 24 March 49.
Send paticulars -
See Let. BK.
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This is my first information relative to this Claim, on which I wrote for the Certificates which I filed with the paper on 8th [unintelligble].
E.F.B.
20. June 1849.
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Hauntro March 10, 1849

Edmund F Brown Esq
Sir In year of 15th Inst has came to hand returning the paper I sent for power of attorney, which I have sent this day to Mrs. Harlow, I will forward back to you soon as received, the Land warrant was received in due time, Mrs Harlow
is very poor and impatient for her pay and none as it can be acknowledged? she will feel under many obligations to receive _
their is a widow Lady in this place, the wife of a deceased Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, her statement is that he entered the service as a private + served Seven years wi the time he was promoted to the rank of Lieut, was under the Command of Green + Morgan, was present at most or all the Battles fought under their commands was married about the year 1794 and died in 1832 during his life he was considered wealthy + said he would not accept a pension, his wife now needs and asks for it, his commissions probably cannot be found, his old papers they inform me are pretty much lost, to find a person now living that was in lervis with him will not be

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probable, there is plenty of people I suppose could be found that have often heard him give a history of his Exploits, if such Evidence would answer any purpose_ and it appears to me that then aught to be waight given to strong Circumstantial Evidence, his seven used in the service is still preserved by the family, I have undertaken to look in to the matter as far as it can be, and that I am a going to do; if you feel disposed to express your opinion in the matter for and against its probabilities without fee you can do so, if favorable I will most-likely take a Journey to Washington + see you, would such a journey be deemed advisable - as to the justness of the claim none are probably better, whether it can be made to appear so, will be another question, the large experience you have had in much matters aught to give some decision to its [crossed out] El [end crossed out] result if you think proper to Express your opinion you will please do . his name was John Crawford and entered the [crossed out] army from Virginia
Respectfully yours
Richard G. Hillyer

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PAID

[handwritten] Edmund F. Brown Esq
Washington City
D C

[stamp under the name Edmund]
STAUNTON
MAR 21
Va.

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[underline] 4 [end underline]
Acts 1828 + 1848.
[dividing line]
John Crawford, dec'd.
Lieut. of 2nd Mr. Va. Con. Line.
[dividing line]
+ Sarah Crawford his widow. -
[dividing line]
for Revy. Pension.
[dividing line]
Depositions of 
Mrs. Catharine Wallace
+
Elder Robert Craig -
+ Certificate of Rev. Wm. Calhoun -
[dividing line]

[faint handwriting, perhaps erased or bleed through from a page placed on top?]

E.F. Brown,
Atty.

8. June 1849.

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[curly brace to the right of these two lines]
State of Virginia,
County of Augusta.

Ss:
On this fifteenth day of May 1849, before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared. Robert Craig, a resident of said County, aged fifty six years, who being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith, that he was well acquainted with John Crawford, whose widow Sarah Crawford is now applying for a pension, from about the year Eighteen hundred and six up to the time of his death in 1832; that this deponent has lived all his life on the farm he now occupies, about twelve miles from that on which Said John Crawford lived the most of his life, and died in 1832, that this deponent well remembers hearing Said John Crawford relate many thrilling scenes this which he passed, that Said Crawford often told him he [strikethrough] was a Lieutenant and [end strikethrough] had men under his command, that one incident in particular he recollects, that when some British had stolen some of our cattle, said Crawford pursued, overtook, and recaptured the cattle and drove the British away, and that said Crawford's force was much smaller than that of the British;- that he was in several very hot battles, but so long a time has elapsed that this deponent cannot recollect the particulars, but is confident that Said John Crawford was a Lieutenant and served to the end of the War; and that it was so believed by all the neighbors of Said Crawford, whose character was unimpeachable. This deponent further declares that his Father, Alexander Craig, was in the Revolutionary War and told this deponent that Said Crawford was a Lieutenant in Said War; but Said Crawford was not a boasting man, hence the correction in striking out the word "Lieutenant" in the 14th. line above. _
Sworn to and subscribed, the date above mentioned, before
Luke Woodward

[the following text is to the left a curly brace encapsulating the lines 'sworn to' through the signature]
I OWm Calhoun, a minister of the Gospel in the Presbyterian Church, certify that the above witness, Robert Craig is a worthy [unintelligible] in our Church, and his testimony is worthy of credit 
OWM Calhoun

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I, Luke Woodward, Justice of the Peace, do
hereby certify, that Mr Robert Craig who has executed the foregoing deposition before me, is an old citizen of this County of the highest respectability, and that full faith and credit are due to his statements.
Given under my hand this 15. May 1849.
Luke Woodward
State of Virginia, Any [Augusta] County, to wit:
I, Jefferson Kinney, Clerk of the County Court of Augusta, do certify that Luke Woodward esqr whose name is subscribed to the
the preceeding certificates is a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, Commissioned and qualified as such according
to law and that I believe the said signatures purporting to be his are genuine - I further certify that the Revd. Wm. Calhoon is a Clergy [illegible] in the Presbyterian Church who has resided in the County aforesaid for many years and is a man esteemed in the common
Given under my hand and seal of
office the 16th day of May 1849 and in
the 73rd year of the Commonwealth
Jefferson Kinney, Clk

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[underline] 6. [end underline]
Deposition of James Trimble, Senr.
[dividing line]

Pension Claim of Sarah Crawford, Widow of John.
[dividing line]

E.F. Brown
Atty.

8 June 1849.

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Virginia 
Augusta County to wit:
This day James Trimble personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in Augusta County and made to both that he often heard his father, the late John Trimble and  John Crawford also deceased, late husband of Sarah Crawford who is now applying for a pension, speak of serving in the Revolutionary Army with England together and after his father's death, he frequently heard said Crawford recount the scenes through which he ____ in the Revolution, particularly the occurances  of this day at the battles of the companies at Guilford Court House and of attacking some ____ courts from this army; while he was Quartermaster; that he often heard Crawford say that he ____ ____ and twenty.  C_______ in said _____ and never heard it contradicted. ___ man was troubled by any and what's _____.  that he was ____ _____ there.

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he has _____.   ____ who served in the Revolution, always spoke with animation and trials of the service he remembered in that war; and that it has ____ ____ the _____ of this neighborhood since the revolution of ________that said Crawford was a distinguished soldier and bravery and energy in the Revolution, that said was the ________ testimony of the ____ John Trimble, so far as he knows by observation and hearsay this, the said Crawford's ____ in the Revolution.
And often hears in say that he continued in the service to the end of the Revolution. 
Given under my hand this 18th day of May 1849.
James Trimble

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I do certify that I have been acquainted with Mr ____ R Neuman for twenty five years and she entitled to full credit in Ann she may say,
J B Breckenbridge JP



For Certificate and Seal of th Clerk of the County see the deposition of Mrs Newman filed with this.
EFB Atty

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2.
Proof of Service
[underline]
John Crawford
LT and Q Master,
Va Conti'  Line.
[underline]
1775 to 1783
[underline]
No 172 ___15 Mar 1828, John Crawford of Petersburg VA ____1833 without ____children

E F Brown
Atty
8 June 1849

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This is the record of John Crawford Ser. file 8256 and should not be considered in plain of Sarah Crawford R File 2472 although furnished by her attorney.

(Copy)
I certify rear Lieutenant John Crawford has been an Officer in the Virginia Continental Line ever since May 4, 1777.
March 12, 1783
(signed) William Davies Col.

I certify that from the vest information I can obtain Lieutenant John Crawford was appointed quartermaster in the Virginia Continental line the 26th day of October 1780 and continued to act as such till the first of January 82
March 12.83.
(signed) William Davis Col.
q Master to Campbell's batt.

I do hereby certify that Lieut.John Crawford of the Virginia Continental Line entered into the said Line in the month of August 1775 and continued in actual service till the year 1783.
Feb 20, 1784.  (signed) M Carrington Capt 5 Va Regiment

Executive Department
Richmond Va May 10 1849
I hereby certify that the foregoing are true copies of papers filed in this department
Wm H Richardson Dep Clerk

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This is to Certify, that it appears from a List in this office of such officers and soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and re lived Certificates for the palace of their Full Pay according to an Act of the Assembly, Passed the November Session 1781, that a Certificate issued on the 26th day of March 1783, in the name of John Crawford as Lieut. of Infantry for 128.2.2, which Certificate appear to  have been delivered to himself.  and was given or services prior to 1st January 1782.
To wit - pay as Lieut. in 2nd Va Regt from 4 May 77 to 31st December 1781. Given under my hand at the Auditors Office, Richmond, this 26th day of March 1849.
See other side - Jas E Heath Auditor

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I also further certify that it appears from a List of Officers names who have received certificates for ie and two years advanced pay agreeable to Act of Assembly issued November session 1781. That a certificate issued on the 6th March 1782 for ? 228 ?? in the name of John Crawford a Lieut. of Infantry in the in the Continental Line which certificate appears to have been delivered to himself.  

Given under my hand at the Auditors Office Richmond this 10th day of May 1849.
Jas E Heath

See-other-side

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[underline] 3. [end underline]
Proof of Marriage.
John Crawford +
Sarah Newman
24. Feb. 1797.

[seal smudge/bleed through in lower left]

E.F. Brown
Atty.
8. June 1849.

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State of Virginia}
Augusta County}. Courts
 I Jefferson Kinney Clk of the Court of the County aforesaid do certify that from a record of marriages in my office it appears that in the Twenty fourth day of February one thousand and seven hundred and ninety seven John Crawford and Sally Newman were by the Rev Arnold Scott joined together in the State of Matrimony that they Certificate of Marriage in thus ______ in the Records to wit: "List of Marriages _____ by the Rev Archibald Scott in the year 1797 viz 1797 Feby 24 John Crawford and Salley Newman."
Arch Scott VDM
In Testimony of which I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 10th day of May 1849 and in this 73rd year of the Commonwealth
Jefferson Kinney Clk

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[underline] 7. [end underline]
Deposition of 
Peter H. Eidson
[dividing line]

Claim of Sarah Crawford,
Widow of John.
Lieut. + Quarter Master.
[dividing line]
Acts 1828 + 1848
[dividing line]

E.F. Brown
Atty.

8. June 1849.

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State of Virginia
Augusto Co, to wit
tis day Peter Edison formally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and made oath that he had be acquainted with the late John Crawford for many hears whose widows Sarah Crawford is now applying for a pension, I have often heard him speak of his services in the Revolutionary War with England and was under the command of General Morgan and Green was at the Battle of Cowpens & Guilford Courthouse the former in which the was wounded in the leg.  I have often heard him say that he held the office of Lieutenant , and Quartermaster to the close of the warm and with a force under his command much smaller than the enemy attacked and retook a quantity of Beef Cattle and smelly brought them to camp.  It was seldom when in Company that he was not relating some scenes through which he taped, while in the was of the Revolution, and was always listened to with much attention, but from the length of time since I have recalled to mind the many incidents he used to relate, as appertaining to the war, I have forgotten much of his History - Mr Crawford was a man ardently devoted to the cause of his Country and universally respected and I do no believe there is

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Augusta County to wit
by P H Edison
Sworn to before me this 28th Day of May 1849
J B Breckenbridge JP

I John B Breckenbridge do certify that I have known P H Eidson whose name is subscribed to the above office and and know him to be a mindfully to be relied on for veracity/.
J B Breckenbridge JP

(For Certificate of Clerk of Court as to Squire Breckenbridge, see Deposition of Mrs. Nancy R Newman with this claim.
E F Brown Atty

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Acts 1828 and 1848.
[double dividing line]
E. F. Brown's
Brief of the papers in the
Claims of
John Crawford, decd.
+ Sarah Crawford,
his Widow.

E.F. Brown,
Atty

[lower right with squiggly line to the right]
Washt. D.C.
8. June 1849.

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Washington, 8th. June 1849. 

Col. J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir:
Herewith I enclose sundry papers to establish the Pension Claims of [underline] John Crawford, decd. [end underline], Lieutenant and Quarter Master, under Act of 1828, and of his Widow, Mrs. [underline] Sarah Crawford [end underline], under Acts of 1836, and 1848: viz: _
[underline] 1. _ Mrs. Crawford's Declaration [end underline], setting forth all she recollects of her Husband's service, and identifying his sword. _
Also, Deposition of [underline] Wm. Crawford [end underline], 42, that he had often seen the Commission, and Receipts, as Quarter Master, and the Sword of said John Crawford, which sword he sends with the Claim. Commission, and Receipts believed to have been burnt.
[underline] 2. _ Proof of Service. [end underline]. Certified copies of three Certificates on file in the Executive Department at Richmond, proving that Lieut. John Crawford served in the Virginia Continental Line, from August 1775, to 1783; and was a Quarter Master from 26. Oct. 1780, to 1. January 1782.
Also 3 Certificates from Auditor's Office of Va. _ for [British pound symbol] 128. 2. 2. _ [British pound symbol] 55.4.0_ + [British pound symbol]228.0.0, which further prove said service.
[underline] 3. _ Proof of Marriage. [end underline] Certificate of Clerk of Augusta County

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[underlined page number] 2.

Va. showing that John Crawford and Sarah Newman were married on 24. February 1797, by Revd. Arch. Scott.
[underline] 4th. [end underline] _ Deposition of [underline] Catharine Wallace [end underline], identifying the Sword, having known it over fifty years as that used by said Lieut. in the Revolution; and proving Marriage, and Character as an Officer. _ Also, Deposition of [underline] Elder Robert Craig [end underline], who was acquainted with Lieut. John Crawford from 1805 to 1832, the year of his death, relates the exploit of said Crawford in re-capturing from the British some stolen cattle. _ Elder Craig's character established by Certificate of Rev. Wm. Calhoun, whose standing is attested by the Clerk of the Court.
[underline] 5th. [end underline] _ Deposition of [underline] Nancy R. Newman [end underline], identifying sword, proving his service, death, etc. _ In service as Lieut. + Qr. Master to the end of the War + Died 13. January 1832. These facts corroborated by Revd. Wm. Calhoun, who preached his funeral, and whose (Presbyterian) Church, Crawford was a member.
[underline] 6th. [end underline] _ Deposition of [underline] James Trimble Senr. [end underline] - proving service to the end of the War, the re-capturing the Beef-cattle, etc.
[underline] 7th. [end underline] _ Deposition of [underline] Peter H. Eidson [end underline], to the same effect as the above _ the re-capturing of the Beef_cattle_service as Lieut. and Quarter Master under Gens. Greene, Morgan, etc. _ in the Battles of Cowpens, Guilford C.H. etc. _ Served to the close of the War. _
These Depositions are well authenticated. The parties are all of the most respectable character and were very careful

[following text on a page underneath on the scan]
certificate of Clerk of August County

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[underlined page number] 3.

in their statements, and would swear to nothing 
but what they [underline] felt certain [end underline] must be true. Some of them reside 10 to 14 miles apart. While travelling round among them three days during the last month, I visited all the Deponents, except the two last, whose depositions have been obtained since. I conversed with several others, who gave their opinion that the statements in the Depositions were true, but they could not recollect enough of the particulars to justify them in deposing.
With these papers, I also present [underline] an Officer's Sword [end underline], with my Deposition identifying it; and would add my firm belief that this is a just and righteous claim; that said Crawford was born, married, and died, within 3 or 4 miles of the same spot where he spent all his life except the time which he spent in the Revolution; and that the [underlined] universal belief of the neighborhood [end underline] is, that the statements made in the papers are true. _
The Widow is very feeble and cannot live long. The family are poor, and desire me to urge your [underline] very early [end underline] examination and allowance of the Claims.
Very Respectfully,
Your Obt. Servt. 
Edm. F. Brown,
Atty. for Sarah Crawford.

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[in a separate hand] June 21 / 49

Additional Evidence.
[dividing line]
Sarah Crawford,
Widow of John -
Augusta Co. Va.
[dividing line]
Acts 1828, 1836 + 1848.
[dividing line]
See letter from Pension Office to me, of 9. June 1849.
[dividing line]

E.F. Brown,
Atty.

Wash. D.C.
25 June 1849

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This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia [handwritten] State [end handwritten] Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of the Full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session 1781, that a Certificate issued on the [handwritten] 19th [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] June 1783 [end handwritten], in the name of [handwritten] John Crawford [end handwritten] as [handwritten] a Sergt. of Infantry [end handwritten] for [british pound sign] [handwritten] 78. 17. 9 [end handwritten, which Certificate appears to have been delivered to [handwritten] Maj. ldaggoner [end handwritten] and was given for services prior to the 1st January 1782.

[handwritten] p53 [end handrwitten] {No Seal of Office} Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this [handwritten] 15th [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] June 1849. [end handwritten]
Jas E Heath Auditor.

[double dividing line]
This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia [handwritten] Continental [end handwritten] Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of the Full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session 1781, that a Certificate issued on the [handwritten] 8th [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] April 1783 [end handwritten], in the name of [handwritten] John Crawford [end handwritten] as [handwritten] a Soldier of Infantry [end handwritten] for [british pound sign] [handwritten] 73. 14. 3 [end handwritten, which Certificate appears to have been delivered to [handwritten] Gen. Morgan [end handwritten] and was given for services prior to the 1st January 1782.

[handwritten] p111 [end handrwitten] {No Seal of Office} Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this [handwritten] 15th [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] June 1849. [end handwritten]
Jas E Heath Auditor.

[double dividing line]
This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia [handwritten] Continental [end handwritten] Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of the Full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session 1781, that a Certificate issued on the [handwritten] 12th [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] July 1784 [end handwritten], in the name of [handwritten] John Crawford [end handwritten] as [handwritten] a Segt. of Infantry [end handwritten] for [british pound sign] [handwritten] 20. 8. 4 [end handwritten, which Certificate appears to have been delivered to [handwritten] Maj Lockart [end handwritten] and was given for services prior to the 1st January 1782.

[handwritten] p125 [end handrwitten] {No Seal of Office} Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this [handwritten] 15th [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] June 1849. [end handwritten]
Jas E Heath Auditor.

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[underlined page number] 2

a Lieutenant, under Act of 1828, I am free to admit that [underline] his [end underline] pension was justly allowed, and therefore cannot claim that the husband of my client belonged to the 2nd. Regt. [underline] unless there were [double underline] two [end double underline] Lieutenants of that name in that Regiment, which may possibly appear on the Rolls in your Office; but, as there were in the [underline] Continental Line [end underline] a [underline] Sergeant [end underline] and a [underline] Private [end underline] of that name, and in the [underline] State Line [end underline] a [underline] Sergeant [end underline] of that name, making [underline] four John Crawfords [end underline] in service in Virginia, (unless some of the latter were promoted,) and as we know there [insert via carat] were [end insert] three John Rogers, six John Jacksons, and nineteen John Smiths, it is not improbable that [underline] two [end underline] of the John Crawfords were Lieutenant. I would therefore urge a scrutinizing examination of the Rolls in your Office, and a [underline] liberal consideration of the evidence [end underline], which will be acknowledged as of the most respectable character, as as precise as can be expected from a neighborhood which is comparatively secluded and not very intelligent, altho' it is as honest and moral a community as any in Virginia, being an old Presbyterian settlement of more than 50 years standing. _
To prove that there were two Sergeants and a Private named John Crawford, in service prior to 1. Jany. 1782, besides Lieut. John Crawford of Dinwiddie, I enclose herewith, (marked A) three Certificates of the Auditor of Va., which I have recently obtained, and would remark that I think it highly probably that [underline] John Crawford [end underline] of [underline] Augusta County [end underline] (my client) was the Private and

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[underlined page number] 3

Sergeant of the Continental Line, [underline] promoted to Lieutenant + Quarter Master [double underline] after [end double underline] 1st. Jany. 1782 [end underline], and trust your Rolls will confirm this reasonable conclusion.
To show the ground on which I applied for the Auditors Certificates which I filed with the Claim, I enclose herewith, (marked B,) a letter from Mr. Richard G. Hillyer, of Staunton Va. giving the first information I had of the case, and the hasty sketch given by the family [underline] before it was known to them or to him, or to me, that any record evidence existed. [end underline] _
To confirm the statements of the other members of the family, I also enclose (marked C,) the account given by Mrs. C's eldest Son, James E. Crawford, (under oath) a resident of Missouri, accounting for the absence of his Father's Commission, and corroborating the general facts in the case.
As I before remarked, I am satisfied from [underline] personal [end underline] conversation with the family and their neighbors, all of whom are old Farmers who have lived all their lives some 8 to 20 miles West of Staunton, that the Claimant's [underline] Husband was an Officer at the close of the War [end underline]; and as the Widow urged me to do the best I could for her, (being now poor,) I trust you will relieve her at as early a day as practicable, by a liberal allowance of her Claims; especially as the [underline] Sword [end underline] which I presented is so well identified, and as it

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[underlined page number] 4.
is evidently one which was worn by a Commissioned Officer.
Had the Widow been married before 1794, she might have applied several years sooner, when more Witnesses were alive; but she was ignorant of her right to claim for her Husband, under Act of 1828, as he refused in his life time to do so.

Very Respectfully,
Your Obt. Servt.
Edm. F. Brown
Atty for Mrs. Crawford

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Washington City 7th. Sept. 1849.

[curly brace to right of these two lines]
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Comm. of Pensions.

Sir:
By your letter of 5th, inst, in relation to the claim of Mrs. [underline] Sarah Crawford [end underline], Widow of John Crawford, it would appear that the papers have [underline] not all [end underline] been examined.
You say that "the Witnesses testify to her Husband having had "the [underline] reputation [end underline] of having been a Lieutenant and Quarter Master."
Now Sir, if you will examine further, you will see that [underline]two of his Sons swear positively [end underline] that they have [underline] seen his Commission as Lieutenant, [end underline] and one of them had seen his Receipts as Quarter Master; and the absence of those Documents is reasonably accounted for by them.
Again_ you say, "evidence may possibly be found among the "Washington papers in the State Department, among the lists of Officers as "shown under several different arrangements": but you do not say whether you will cause a search of said papers to be made, or not, and I understand that by a Rule of that Department, such search cannot be made except upon your request.
Feeling certain that it is a just claim, and having understood that clerks in the State Department have sometimes made mistakes in such examinations, I have to request that you will [underline] clothe me with authority to go to the State Department [end underline] and [underline] make a careful search. [end underline]
If you decline this, please despatch [underline] one of your own Clerks [end underline] to the State Department for that purpose.
Your [underline] early attention and reply [end underline], will confer a favor on
Very Respectfully, Yr. Ob. St.
Edm. F. Brown
Atty. for Mrs. Sarah Crawford.

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Col. Edwards will confer a [underline] very particular favor [end underline] by a decision of the Revy. Pension claim of [underline] Mrs. Sarah Crawford [end underline], Widow of John, in which I proposed on 7th. inst. a personal examination, and [underline] compromise [end underline], and gave, in writing, my reasons.
Very Respectfully,
Edm. F. Brown
Atty.

[handwritten in lower left corner with squiggly line to the right of both lines]
Wash. D.C.
27. Aug. 1849.

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Washington City, 16. May 1855.

Hon. L.P. Waldo,
Comm. of Pensions.

Sir:
I have the honor to ask leave to withdraw from your Office a [underline] Sword [end underline] which I deposited there on 8th. June 1849, with the Claim of [underline] John Crawford, dec [end underline], under Act of 1828, and of [underline] Sarah Crawford [end underline], his Widow, under Act of 1848. Virginia
The claims were rejected, and the Sword can be of no use to the Office. It was attached to the papers by a tape, but Col. Edwards, your predecessor cut it loose when I presented it.
The sword now hangs in the Room occupied by Col. Niles.
Very Respectfully,
Your Ob. Serv.
Edm. F. Brown
P.P. I will call in a day or two & receive it.
E.F.B.
Received the Sword above referred to, from Col. W.O. Niles, this 17th. May 1853.
Edm. F. Brown

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Washington City, 18. Oct. 1849.
Sir: Your letter of 18th. ult. stating that the Rolls in the State Department show [underline] but one [end underline] John Crawford who was an Officer of the Va. Line, that that Officer received a Pension under Act of 1828, and that the Claim of [underline] Sarah Crawford [end underline] cannot be allowed for the service of John Crawford, a Lieut. of the Va. Line, has been received. _ Knowing that the worth old lady and her family will be most grievously disappointed if she fails in obtaining a Pension, as they firmly believe that her Husband was entitled to one when he died, in Jany. 1832, I trust you will pardon me for urging one more examination._ You may have overlooked the fact that as several of the witnesses testify that he went into the services as a Private, and came out an Officer at the end of the War, he may have been an [underline] Acting [end underline] Lieut. a short time, and therefore it is [underline] probable [end underline] he was [underline] one of the Sergeants [end underline] for whom I filed the Certificates of the Auditor of Va. _. In view of all the facts, and evidence on file, allow me now to ask that you cause another search of the Rolls in your Office, (and if necessary, in the State Dept. also,) to ascertain whether [underline] one of said Sergeants [end underline] named John Crawford was [underline] in service to the end of the War [end underline]; and if so, to admit that it was Claimant's Husband, as the parol evidence is so strong as to leave no room to doubt._ If you will [underline] admit [end underline] him to [underline] Pension [end underline] as a [underline] Sergeant [end underline], under [underline] Act of 1828 [end underline], and his [underline] Widow [end underline] under [underline] Act of 1848 [end underline], I will [underline] guarantee [end underline] the [underline] she [end underline] and her family [underline] relinquish [end underline] all [underline] further claim[end underline]. _ Please give this case your early + particular attention.
I am Sir, Very Respectfully,
Your Ob. Serv.
Edm. F. Brown
Atty. for Sarah Crawford

[handwritten in lower left corner with curly brace to the right of these three lines]
Col. J.L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

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[underline] A. [end underline]
Auditor of Va.
[dividing line]
Certificates of 3 John Crawfords.
[dividing line]
1 Private, Contl. Line
1 Sergeant, State Line
1 Sergeant, Contl. Line
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This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia [handwritten] State [end handwritten] Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of the Full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session 1781, that a Certificate issued on the [handwritten] 19th [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] June 1783 [end handwritten], in the name of [handwritten] John Crawford [end handwritten] as [handwritten] a Sergt. of Infantry [end handwritten] for [british pound sign] [handwritten] 78. 17. 9 [end handwritten, which Certificate appears to have been delivered to [handwritten] Maj. ldaggoner [end handwritten] and was given for services prior to the 1st January 1782.

[handwritten] p53 [end handrwitten] {No Seal of Office} Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this [handwritten] 15th [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] June 1849. [end handwritten]
Jas E Heath Auditor.

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This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia [handwritten] Continental [end handwritten] Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of the Full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session 1781, that a Certificate issued on the [handwritten] 8th [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] April 1783 [end handwritten], in the name of [handwritten] John Crawford [end handwritten] as [handwritten] a Soldier of Infantry [end handwritten] for [british pound sign] [handwritten] 73. 14. 3 [end handwritten, which Certificate appears to have been delivered to [handwritten] Gen. Morgan [end handwritten] and was given for services prior to the 1st January 1782.

[handwritten] p111 [end handrwitten] {No Seal of Office} Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this [handwritten] 15th [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] June 1849. [end handwritten]
Jas E Heath Auditor.

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This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia [handwritten] Continental [end handwritten] Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of the Full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session 1781, that a Certificate issued on the [handwritten] 12th [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] July 1784 [end handwritten], in the name of [handwritten] John Crawford [end handwritten] as [handwritten] a Segt. of Infantry [end handwritten] for [british pound sign] [handwritten] 20. 8. 4 [end handwritten, which Certificate appears to have been delivered to [handwritten] Maj Lockart [end handwritten] and was given for services prior to the 1st January 1782.

[handwritten] p125 [end handrwitten] {No Seal of Office} Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this [handwritten] 15th [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] June 1849. [end handwritten]
Jas E Heath Auditor.