Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43419, Michael Cross, New York

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New York
Cross, Michael
S.43419

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43419
INVALID
RevY
File No. 43,419
Michael Cross
Priv Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index:- Vol. G, Page 106
{Arrangement of 1870]

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(165) New York. V
Michael Cross,
Capt Gibber
private
New York lines
Army U. States 1777 6 years
At $8 per mo: Comd 3rd April, 1818.
Cert: issued 14th April, 1818 sent to Hon. W. Taylor of N.Y. H. of Reps.
Amt to 4th Sept. 1818. 5 Y 31 mos $40.51
(Revy Claim Act 18th March, 1818)

Col Hazen
Continued

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Application of Michael Cross for a pension -

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1600
155 [underlined]
50
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9.4
4.2 [underlined]
6. Y01
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$40.51

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State of New York}
Saratoga County ss.} Michael Cross of the town of Charlton in the county of Saratoga aforesaid being by me duly sworn declares on his oath that he this deponent enlisted a private soldier ^[insert] at the city of Albany in the continental establishment in the revolutionary war in the company commanded by Capt. Gibber in the congress Regiment commanded by Col. Moses Azon in the New York line some time in the month of March in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven for three years and that he this deponent served for that period faithfully, and continued in the service of his country in the war aforesaid during the continuance of the said war to the conclusion of the peace in the spring of one thousand seven hundred & eighty three and he this deponent was regularly & honorably discharged at New Windsor in the state of New York in the spring ____ of the year 1783 - and this deponent further Saith that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is [in] need of assistance from his country for support. and this deponent further saith not
Subscribed & sworn to the third day of April 1818 before me}
John Taylor one of the judges of the court of common pleas in & for the count of Saratoga in the State of New York.}
Michael his X mark Cross ['x' placed between first and last names]
To the Secretary of the department of War. 
I the aforesaid Judge do hereby certify that from my acquaintance with the above

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named deponent Michael Cross and is appearing to me satifactory that the within deposition is true that the said Michael Cross served in the war, as aforesaid, against the common enemy, and I do believe that the said deponent Michael Cross is in reduced circumstances in life and in need of assistance from his country for support pursuant to the act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war". Approved March 18th 1818 - Dated April 3rd 1818 -
John Taylor
I certify that John Taylor is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga & that the above & within are his signatures - April 13. 1818
John W. Taylor

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Michael Cross
Copy
165
Sept 1818

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State of New = York,}
County of Saratoga,} ss.
On this twenty second day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, in the Court of Common Pleas of the said County, the same being a Court of Record for the said County, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Michael Cross of the town of Charlton aged sixty two years, resident in the said County, in the State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: that in the month of March in the year (1776) he enlisted in Capt Gabars company of Infantry Col Hazon regiment called the "congress regiment" that he served in that  regiment Six years and seven months at which time he rec'd an honorable discharge with the badges of mint for his faithful service

That his original declaration was made on or about the third day of April 1818 and that his Pension Certificate is numbered 165.-
And I solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. 
Michael his X mark Cross ['x' placed between first and last names]

Sworn to and declared on the twenty second day of August before me in open court
Thomas Palmer} Clerk

Thomas Palmer ~ Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath ~ and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Nine dollars and fifty cents. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this twenty second day of August 1820
Thomas Palmer
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga

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An inventory or schedule of Michael Cross: the within named deponent and pension
I rent a quarter of an acre of land for which I pay two dollars and fifty cents per year. I have created a small house on said lot eighteen feet by fourteen which affords me a shelter and on said lot of ground I can raise some corn and a few potatoes and a few other vegetables: Real Estate I have none:
Personal Estate. 5 white plates 20cts 2 white bowls 16cts___ $00.36cts
1 cracked sugar bowl 10cts 3 tea cups and saucers 12cts_____    22
1 tumbler ten cents 1 tea cannister 25cts 1 salt suller 6ct_____    41
3 knives and forks 25cts 1 home pot 30cts 1 stone jug 36cts____91
1 old candle stick 6cts 1 candle mould 25cts ____________________31
1 tin cup 6cts mug 6cts 1 old leaky tin pail 18cts____30
1 bread tray 50cts 1 hoe 37cts 1 old axe $1__1.87
1 old table 37cts 1 old chest 78cts 1 tea kettle 75cts _____1.87
1 old broken bake kettle 50cts 1 iron broken pot 25cts ____75
1 iron ? kettle $1.25 5 chairs with splints much worn 75cts ______2.00
1 old barrel 50cts ________________________________ .50
$9.50 [underlined]

My family consists of myself and one daughter after years of age ? years past I have ^[insert] not been able to labour but very little. I had my leg broken during the war and was in the Hospital in Albany one year in consequence of it. I had a grape shot lodged in my arm at the battle of Brandywine which has never been extracted. 
Michael his X mark Cross ['x' placed between first and last name]
Sworn to in open court
Thomas Palmer Clerk