Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L. Wt. 2320-100, Samuel Cross, Del.

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SERVICE
Del.
Cross, Samuel
NUMBER
B. L. Wt. 2320-100.

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Common Wealth of Pennsylvania
Chester County to wit
I James Cross aged sixty years and upwards, the Brother and only Heir at Law of Samuel Cross deceased do upon oath declare and testify that to the best of my knowledge understanding and belief the said Samuel Cross did enlist in the service as a soldier in the war of the Revolution under Capt Kirkwood, and served as a sergeant in the Delaware Regiment, in the State of Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, & Carolina and with the southern army under Col. Washington and that he continued in the service of the Unites States until the war ended.
I further declare that he died at newcastle in the State of Delaware about the year 1795 in the month of Jany. intestate and without issue, and that I am his only Brother and heir at Law, and that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to the land Samuel Cross on the part of the United States nor do I believe that he ever received it or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatever.
Therefore know all men by these Presents that I James Cross aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Hon. Geo. B Rodney of the State of Delaware to be my true and lawfull [sic] attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Hon the Secretary of War of the United States a warrant for the quantity of land due me as heir aforesaid and my said attorney is fully authorised [sic] and empowered hereby to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the purpose aforesaid offered
witness my hand & seal this Twenty ninth day of November Eighteen hundred & forty one
James Cross [signature] seal [hand circled]
Attest
Robert M. Waugh JP

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personally appeared the within named James Cross subscriber to the foregoing declaration and in my presence acknowledged the Power of attorney therto [sic] subscribed to be his act and deed, and deposed as to the statement presiding as just and true
witness my hand and seal the twenty ninth day of November Eighteen hundred & forty one
Robert M. Waugh J.P. seal [hand circled]
In Testimony that the above named Robert M Waugh is a magistrate and authorised [sic] to administer oaths and take acknowledgments of in the common wealth of Pennsylvania at the above date and that the name subscribed to the previous certificate appears to be his usual signature and to whom acts as a magistrate full faith and credit are due
I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name and quality as Prothonotary of the court [illegible] Chester in the county of chester in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania this Thirteenth day of December in the year Eighteen hundred and forty one
Saml. Pinkerton Prot.

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State of Delaware
newCastle County ss
Before me Thomas McDonell notary Public in and for the County of new Castle and State of Delaware personally appeared James Cross, the Brother and only heir at Law of Samuel Cross and known to me as a person of good repute and entitled to credit. who being first duly sworn does on his oath say that he is the Brother and only heir at Law of Samuel Cross decd. who departed this life in the month of January seventeen hundred & ninety five at newCastle in newCastle county State of Delaware. that he always understood from his said Brother and verily believes from his Statements that he enlisted under Capt Kirkwood of the Delaware Regiment in the war of the Revolution and that he served until the war ended and was honorably discharged. that he received the Bounty promised by congress but that he never received his bounty land promised by congress, or his pay for his services, but always said he was entitled to land, and that he never applied for a pension or full pay from the government as he was able to support his family without such gratuity, but that he often heard him say that he was entitled to land and money both for his Revolutionary services which he had not applied for or received. that this deponent is in reduced circumstances and therefore applys [sic] for the arear [sic] of full pay for [illegible lined out] said Samuel Cross as his Brother and only heir at Law. to which he a advised heir entitled and in [illegible]  thereof he has hereunto annexed his signature
James Cross [signature]
witness my hand this the 3rd day of January 1842
Thos. McDonell Noty Pub

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Know all men by these Presents that I James Cross the Brother & only heir at Law of Samuel Cross decd. do hereby constitute & appoint the Hon George B Rodney of Delaware my lawfull [sic] attorney & agent for me and in my name to receive from the united States the amount of pay now due to me as the Brother & only heir at Law of Samuel Cross as a Revolutionary Soldier in the Delaware Regiment which said Samuel Cross was a Sergeant in the Delaware Regiment with the continental line in the army of the Revolution. witness my hand & seal this third day January 1842 -
James Cross [signature] seal [hand circled]
Sworn & delivered in presence of}
Thomas [illegible]
Wm Walker

State of Delaware
New Castle County ss
personally appeared this day James Cross whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed, and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer or of any attachment levy or seizure by any legal process what ever of the pay therein authorised [sic] to be received, but that the said pay is intended to [illegible] wholly to his personal benefit
witness my hand & seal of office the third day of January in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty two
Thos. McDonell

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Cochranville Pe
[illegible]
Free
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C. 

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James Kennedy
Samuel Cross - Revy War
Delaware line
Wt No 2320 for 100 acres [?] to James Cross Brother & only heir, 2d June 1843.
Rec. December 30.44

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Dec 31 44
Jn Gordon C

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Cochranville Chester Coy. Penna.
Dr Sir
I understand proof has been made in your office of the Revolutionary services of Samuel Cross of Pennsylvania but who died in the State of Delaware and that a certificate has been issued allowing him land from the U.S. for services then rendered in the war of the Revolution and that James Cross was represented as the only [underlined] surviving heir to the said Samuel Cross
Now Sir, I claim through my wife, as one of the heirs of said Estate, she being the Daughter of William Cross who was the brother of the said Samuel Cross. She and the said James being equal and the only surviving heirs of the said Samuel I desire to put in my plea to the one half of what the said Samuel may be entitled to from the united States whether it be in land or money I have consulted Lawyers as to her heirship and are prepared on your requisition to prove it to the satisfaction of your department will you please inform me as tot he state of the claim and what course I will take to place my claim fairly before your office and not to settle any claim with the said James Cross until I have an opportunity to establish my ^[insert] equal heirship thereto. Pleas [sic] direct to

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me to Cochranville Post office Chester County Pennsylvania
Yours Respectfully
James Kennedy
Dec. 27th 1844.

Warrt. W 2320 for 100 acres issued the 2d June 1843 to James Cross, the Brother and only heir at law of Saml. Cross decd. who was a Private or Sergeant of the Delaware Line 
Warrt. delivered to the Hon. Geo. B. Rodney

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New Castle
June 9th 1843
J L Edwards Esqr
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2d intending. Said warrant no 2320 for 100 acres issued in favor of James Cross brother & only heir of Samuel Cross decd. who was a soldier of the Del. Cont. line. 
I am very respectfully Yours
G B Rodney

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Samuel Cross
No. 2320
Hon. Geo B. Rodney
New Castle
Delaware
Revolution

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State of Delaware
New Castle county ss
personally appeared John Riddle of New Castle county aged fifty six years who being duely [sic] sworn acording [sic] to Law deposeth and saith that he was personally well acquainted with Samuel Cross, who was a soldier of the Revolution at New Castle, that he heard him say that he was a soldier and was wounded and lost an eye in the service of the united states that he died at new Castle in the State of Delaware in the month of January Seventeen hundred & ninety five, intestate leaving no issue, and that James Cross is reputed to be his Brother and only heir at law. 
Jno Riddle
Sworn & subscribed to Jany 3. 1842 Before }
Thos. McDonnell
witness my hand & notarial seal the 3 January 1842
Thos. McDonnell JP

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Chester County ss
personally appeared Hugh Furey of Said County to me well known aged seventy five years who being duely [sic] sworn according to Law deposes and says that he was acquainted with Samuel Cross who was a soldier of the Revolutionary war that he enlisted as he understood and verily believes in the Delaware Regiment under Kirkwood, for and during the war and remaind [sic] in the service of the united states until the war ended and died at new castle in the State of Delaware many years past without issue.
and he further swears that he is personally well acquainted with James Cross who has always known and reputed & believed to be the Brother of the said Samuel Cross and the only Brother and only surving [sic] heir at Law. no other Brother Sisters or children living.
Hugh his # mark Furey
Sworn & subscribed to November 29th 1841 Before
Robert M. Waugh JP

personally appeared Thomas Charlton aged seventy four years who being duely [sic] sworn doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with Samuel Cross who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. that he enlisted for and during and served to the end of the war and that he died many years past as he understood and believes in the State of Delaware intestate and without issue that he is well acquainted with James Cross, that he is deemed and taken to be the Brother and only heir at Law of the said Samuel Cross as such always believed and that there are no other heirs to his knowledge & belief 
Sworn & subscribed to November 29 1841 Before} Thos Charlton
Robert M. Waugh JP

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personally appeared William Woodside aged Eighty four years to me well known, who being duely [sic] sworn acording [sic] to law deposes and says that he knew Samuel Cross the Elder formerly of London - Derry Township, [?] Penn Township, in the common wealth of Penna. that he had two sons Samuel & James. that Samuel Cross enlisted in the service of the united states in the Delaware Regiment in the Revolutionary war, as he believes in capt Kirkwoods company, and that he served to the end of the war, and as he understood and verily believes died at New Castle intestate and without issue. that he is well acquainted with James Cross and knows him as being always the reputed Brother and only heir at Law of the said Samuel Cross who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, that he knows of no other heir or has he heard of any and is satisfied the said James is the only relative or heir at Law living
Sworn & subscribed to November 29 1841 Before} William Woodside
Robert M. Waugh JP

I Certify that I am personally well acquainted with Hugh Furey Thomas Charlton and William Woodside whose depositions are hereto subscribed, that they are credible and disinterested witnesses, that they are men of truth and veracity, and that full faith and credit are due to their declarations
In Testimony  whereof I hereunto set my hand the Twenty ninth day of November in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred forty one
Robert M. Waugh JP

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Common Wealth of Pennsylvania
Chester County ss
In Testimony that Robert M. Waugh Esquire before whom the foregoing depositions were taken and subscribed is a magistrate and authorised [sic] to administer oaths and take acknowledgments &c. in the common wealth of Pennsylvania in the county aforesaid, at the date the same were taken, and that the name subscribed to the affidavits and certificate appear to be his usual signature, and to whose acts as such full faith and credit are due.
I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name and quality as Prothonotary of the court at West Chester in the county of Chester common wealth of Pennsylvania the Thirteenth day of December in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty one.
Saml. Pinkerton Prot.