Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,611, William Crosby, Va.

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(Index card)

(8-1776)

Service
Va.

Crosby, William

Number
S. 34,611

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Contents

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New Jersey
18.077

William Crosby of Manfield in the State of New Jersey who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Grayson of the Virginia line, for the term of three years.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 30 of November 1820.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 of Mar 1821 and Sent to Ephraim Green, Newton NJ

Arrears to 4th of March 1821 25.29
Semi-anl all'ce ending 4 Sept 1821 18
43.29

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.

1 May 1821

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34 611
Rev INVALID.

File No. 34, 611

William Crosby
Pvt Rev War

Act: 18th March 1821

Index Vol 2 Page 88

Arrangement of 1870

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p 109-

William Crosby
Affidavit for Pension

On roll

Ref J Adm

23 March 1821

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District of New Jersey

Sussex County

On this thirtieth day of November in the ? of November in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Sussex aforesaid in the State of New Jersey, the state court being a court of record having seal ? ? to the ? of ? law, with power to fine and ? ? a jurisdiction in ? in ? ? civil causes and keeping a record of the proceedings William Crosby of the township of Mansfield in the county of Sussex in the said State who being first duly sworn according to law doth upon his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions and by the Acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820 that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, he enlisted under Captain Phillips in the sixteenth Regiment of the Virginia line commanded by Colonel Grayson for the term of three years and continued in that service to the end of the said term. This establishment was in the year 1777 and in the year 1780 that declarant reenlisted under Captain ? ? Regiment commanded by Colonel Green of the Virginia line for the term of one year and six months and continued in the service to the end of this last term and during that time was transferred to the staff department to drive a Waggon. That this declarant was wounded in the Battle of Brandywine and was also in the Battle of Monmouth and this declarant doth solemnly swear that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March AD 1818 and that he has not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of his property or any part thereof with intent whereby so diminish it, as to bring himself 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 ? on the 18th day of March 1818 and that he has not nor has any person in ? for him any property or securities contracts or debts due to

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him nor has he any income other than which is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed and by him subscribed and this declarant says that he is about sixty seven years old by occupation a Schoolmaster but cannot now procure a support thereby that this declarant has no family resident with him.

(Signed)
Wm Crosby

Sworn to an subscribed ? in open court on the 30th day of Nov 1820

(Signed)
Thos Stewart

? the property of William Crosby necessary clothing and bedding excepted.

Real estate none
Personal

A ? bill for $37, a silver watch $10, a lot of school books five dollars. And said William Crosby owes debts for he amount of twelve dollars.

(Signed)
Wm Crosby

Sworn to and subscribed in open court the 30th day of Nov AD 1820

(Signed)
Thos Stewart

It is the opinion of the court that the property upon the above schedule is of the value of fifty two dollars.

? in open court the thirtieth day of November AD eighteen hundred and twenty.

(Signed)
Thos Stewart

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Ephriam Green ? Clerk of the said court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereunto annxed and freely copied from the records 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 fifty two dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this thirty first day of January AD 1821.

E Green