Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,355, William Craig, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Craig, William
S. 30,355
CONTENTS

+ Missouri 23725  Kentucky + Ken?
William Craig Barreels in the State of Kentucky was a private in the comd commanded Captain Miller of the regt commanded Col Lewis in the Va for 9 months
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scribed on the Roll of Kentucky the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per ann commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
ertificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Nov 1833 and Hon C Thompson Present
  transfers to the 4th of Sept  75 00    Rem-ant. allowance ending March  15 00     90 00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk Book 6 Vol. Page 6
transferred to Missouri 1/ Mar 34. once notice given to Hon C Tompkins H.R. May 8 th 1834
See page 83. Book 6. Vol 8.
Tr. Cr. Dec 10. 1835. M ay 8 th 1836
Re-transf d to Kentucky Jan 4 Mar 1834 - Jan 12. 1836 7 not sent to C. Tompkins, Jr. Glasgow, Ken.
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28433
Wm Craig Barren Co Kentucky
for 1777 points 9 months $30.
William Craig Keokuk Iowa for a pension 1812
Miller Lewis
Rev. C. Tompkins

State of Kentucky } County of Warren } 88.
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On this 18th day of February 1833 personally appeared, in open court before the Justices of the County Court of Warren County, now sitting, William Craig, a resident of the aforesaid County and State, aged 78 years the 21st day of February 1833, who being first duly sworn according to Law, did on his oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. He was born in the County of Amhermarle state of Virginia on the 21st February 1757, & was called out in (the year) 1778, the time of year he can not now remember, to guard Burgoyne's Troops, who were kept prisoners in the Barracks, in Amhermarle, about 5 or 6 miles from Charlottesville. The manner of his being called into service was this, the Company of Militia to which he belonged was divided into 6 Divisions, &isions, & so many men out of each division were chosen by lot to enter the service, and when the lot fell it fell to him to go out of his Division. At the Barracks where the Prisoners were kept, he was under officers he can not now remember, without James Gar. killed at the Barracks, at the meat house by a boy by the name of Mansfield, might be considered an officer. After remaining at the Barracks, in service at least three months, & he thinks it might have been as many as 4 or 5, he was discharged and went home. He cannot now say whether he received a written discharge or not from this service, if he did he does not now remember it, & it is lost or destroyed.
That in the last of the spring or beginning of the summer of 1779 he again entered the service of the United States at Richmond Virginia, and joined the Regiment commanded by Col Lewis, in the Company of Captain John Miller & Lieutenant Brazis Brown, the other officers he does not now remember. He was called out into service

Service this time in the same way that he was called out when he guarded Burgoyne's troops in the Barracks in Ambermarle as is before stated. He had not remained much more (if any) than two weeks, with Col Lewis Regiment at Richmond before troops were wanted at the Manubin Hills, & he volunteered for that service, whither he marched under Captain Miller. Major Boyle commands at the Manu- bin Hills. Boyle was a very large man. Captain Miller was told by Boyle, upon his arrival at Manubin Hills, that he (Boyle) had no use for Cap Miller, he wanted only his men & that Miller might go back to Richmond and join that part of his company which had been left there. Miller refused, upon which his sword was taken from him & he threatened with a court martial. Miller was generally be- loved by his men; & being entreated to submit he at last consented & returned to Richmond, & this Applicant was then under no Captain. At the Manubin Hills Lieu- tenant Bailey was the next regular officer to Major Boyle; but there was a Col Rice, who appeared to hold no Regular commission, but who sometimes acted as Officer of the day. There was no battle at Manubin Hills, while this Applicant was there; but there were some slight skirmishes, in one of which a Centinel was shot, by a British light horse man, through the hand. After this Applicant had remained at Manubin Hills for sometime, he was mar- ched in a direction, which would have taken Richmond in the way, to Little York, but was discharged on the road. After a service of three months on this tour, while on the road road in a direction to Little York, he was discharged, & re- ceived from Major Boyle a written Discharge, but never expecting to have any use for it, it is now lost or destroyed.
In the year 1781 about the last of June or first of July he was again called out from his Company Division in the manner before stated and joined

3 the Troops at Williamsburgh. John Miller was again his Captain. He thinks Genl Nelson Command at Wil- iamsburgh at the time he joined the troops there; but he cannot remember any of the other Officers. He was mar- ched from Williamsburgh to Little York, but was detained sometime on the road. He arrived at Little York about two months before Cornwallis was taken, and at first en- camped in an old field in trees made out of long swamp grass. He was set to work on the fort, & contin- ued working on them until about the first of Octo- ber when he was discharged, having served three months. He received when leaving this service a written discharge from his Col, whose name he cannot now re- member; but the discharge is now lost or destroyed, he never expecting to have any use for it. He can not now remember the name or numbers of the Continental Regi- ment & companies with which he served, being associated with the Virginia Militia. He knows Genl Washington, Genl La Fayette, Genl Nelson, Genl Lawson, Col Lewis, Col Breck, Major Doyce, Lieut and Bailey, & many others whom he knows by sight at that time, but cannot now call them to mind. He has mind. He has no Documentary e- vidence, nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service. He here- by relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state. In answer to the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department he saith: that he was born in Amhermarle County Virginia on the 21 st Feb. 1757; he has a record of his age which was taken from his uncle's Bible & is now in the possession of his brother John Craig in Barren County Kentucky. When he was called into the service he lived in Amhermarle County Virginia; after the war he lived about 30 years in Franklin County Virginia. From thence he moved to Barren County in Kentucky, where he lived two years, then moved to Cumberland County Kentucky where he lived about 10 years & then moved back to Barren where he has lived ever since & still lives. The manner of

4) His being called into service was this: he belonged to a company of Mi- litia in Amhermarle Virginia; that company was laid off into Divisions, & so many men taken by lot out of each Division & it thus fell to his lot to serve. He does not remember the names or members of any Continental Regiment or Companies, as he only served with the Virginia Militia, the Officers he knows were Genl Washington, Genl La Fayette, Genl Nelson, & Genl Lawson, Col Lewis & Col Reed, Major Boyle, Lieutenant Bradley, & many others whom he knows by sight, but cannot now call their names to mind. He received Discharges, which are now lost or destroyed, he cannot remember by whom any of them were given, except one which was given by Major Boyle. In answer to the 7th, he would name John Craig, Wil- iam Pedigo, John Spencer, Samuel Spencer, Williamson Davis, and he could name many others if it were ne- cessary.
Sworn and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
William Craig
We Williamson Davis, it being impracticable to get a clergy man Kentucky and William Pedigo  a clergyman residing in the County of Barren certify that we are well acquainted with William Craig who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration; that we be- lieve him to be 78 years of age on the 21st Feb. next; that he is reputable and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Williamson Davis William Pedigo mark
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certify that Williamson Davis who has signed the proceedings, as life being impracticable to get a clergyman  residing in the County of Barren Ky. and that William Pedigo who has also signed the same is a resi- dent in the same county and both are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I William Logan Clerk of the Court of the County of Barren do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings.

15 I William Logan Clerk of the County Court of Barren County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the ap- plication of William Craig for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal office this 18 th day of February 1833
W. Logan Clerk of the Court of Barren Co. Ky

J.W.
September 17, 1914.
Hon. Henry A. Barnhart, House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Barnhart:
In response to your personal request of the fifteenth instant, for information for Miss Frances E. Emerson, of Plymouth, Indiana, I have the honor to advise you that in the claim of William Craig, Sur. File No. 30,355, Rev. War, the soldier states that he was born February 21, 1757, in Albemarle County, Virginia, where he was living when he entered the service in the Virginia Militia and served as follows:
In 1778; under Captain John Miller; three months.
Spring or Summer, 1779; Captain John Miller's company, Colonel Lewis' regiment; three months.
June or July, 1781; Captain John Miller's company; three months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 18, 1833, while a resident of Barren County, Kentucky.
The only data relative to family is a reference to Soldier's brother John, who was alive in 1833.
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(E. C. Lienan Deputy Commr)

30355 Rev INVALID.
mass for
File No. 30355
William Craig Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1824
Index — Vol. 2 , Page 87
[Arrangement of 1870.]
March 16, 1905 History to Mrs. F. H. Eichorn, Boston, Mass
May 2, 1905
Mrs. F. H. Eichorn Boston No add'l info. - Auditor last payment
Aug 31, 1905 History to above thru Comr desk.
1917 Sept. 17. Hist. to Hon. H. A. Barnhart, thru Deputy Commr desk.
Slip with Cl. W.F. 8639, William Craig. Fr.
1917 July 30. to Mrs. William Rodles letter in 8.31712 Richard Gregory

Wm Craig Application for Transfer

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Barren, Kentucky ss.
On this 16th day of October 1835, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Barren Ky personally appeared William Craig who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Millen in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Lewis, 14 Va. Regt in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Missouri from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Kentucky where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Missouri
to Kentucky . to wit: He first lived in Kentucky when his name was placed on the Pension roll of that state, & then left for Missouri under the impression that he would live there and accordingly he made application for a transfer of his name from the Kentucky to the Missouri Roll, which as he was informed, was done. When he got to Missouri he did not like the country & therefore moved back to Ky. without drawing any thing in Missouri . Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid. S
Jas Munnell J.P.
William X Craig his mark
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.

State of Kentucky, Barren County set:
This day C. Tompkins Jr personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and made oath that he is well acquainted with Wm Craig who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Affidavit - that, to his best recollection, he has attended to the transaction of said Craig's Pension business from the period of his original application & has personal knowledge that he is the same Wm Craig mentioned in his Certificate of Pension for thirty dollars per annum dated 28th Novr 1833 - that in the latter part of the year 1834 or very early in 1835, said Craig, through Affiant & C. Tompkins Jr then in congress, applied for a transfer from the Kentucky to the Missouri Agency, and his application was granted as Affiant afterwards ascertained from a Notification to that effect signed by "J. L. Edwards", the date whereof is not remembered. Affiant afterwards in order to effect a re-transfer of the said Pension name to Kentucky forwarded said Notification to Washington City directed to one J. L. Edwards, but supposes it must have miscarried as he has not as yet heard any thing from it, and he has latterly been informed through the Agent in Lexington Ky that Craig's name was transferred to the Agency of Ohio, which must have been done through mistake.
C. Tompkins Jr.
The above was this day sworn to & subscribed before me by C. Tompkins Jr (who I certify) is a respectable and credible person. Nov. 23 d 1835.
Jas Munn, JP, P.P.
State of Ky Barren County set.
I William Logan Clerk of the Court of Barren County certify that James Munn, before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Wm Craig and C Tompkins Jr were subscribed and sworn to, is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and affixed the seal of my office this 23 d day of November in the year 1835.
W. Logan Clerk of the Court of Barren County
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Wm Craig's Petition for Trans- fer of Certificate to the Missouri Agency

To the Honourable Commission of Pensions:
The undersigned, William Craig, now a Resident of Barren County Kentucky, states that he is about removing to the state of Missouri: County of Pike. That he is now upon the list of Pensioners of the Agency of Kentucky, by virtue of a Pension Certificate dated 28 th day of November 1833, for the sum of $30 per Annum, signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of War, & made payable at Lexington Ky by the Presdt. U. S. Branch Bank. Your Petitioner prays that the payments hereafter to fall due from 4 th March 1834, up to which time he has received payments, may be made by the Agent of the United States for that purpose constituted & appointed for said State of Missouri.
Sworn and Subscribed the 14 th day of April 1834, before me William his Craig mark W. H. Elen J.P.B.C.
State of Kentucky } ss. Barren County }
Be it Known that on the 14 th day of April 1834, before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for said County personally appeared William Craig above named and made oath that the matters & things contained in the foregoing Petition are true to the best of his knowledge. And I certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence from my own personal knowledge that they are true & that he is the Identical William Craig named in the Certificate above referred to. Given under my hand this 14 th day of April 1834.
W. H. Elen J.P.B.C.

State of Kentucky, Barron County set.
I William Logan Clerk of the court of Barron County certify that Thomas J. Helm is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this 16th day of April 1834.
W. Logan Clerk of the court of Barron County
C. Tompkins

dec 2
Mr Craig for transfer no 75125 by Cash
Application for Transfer
How J. L. Eshu or H Com. Pensions
Washington City
[Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page]

Glasgow Nov. 28 th 1830.
Sir:
I remember well that Mr. Craig placed in my hands a Note signed by you informing that his name was transferred to the Missouri Agency; but I have lately received information that it was transferred to Ohio . Please inform me when the retransfer is made.
Respectfully,
C. Pumphrey Jr.

Jan 11.
Mr Grant Maker
J. J. Edwards Esq. Home of Deacons Washington

Officin Bank Rd
Stam, Dec 26. 1835
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir
Yours of the 10 th inst is recd. It appears that William Gray, private, a Pensioner under the act 7 June 1832 was last paid to 4 th March 1834.
I am very respectfully
Yours O C duty
J O'Sullivan Pres.

34 West Cedar Street
Boston Mass.
Dear Sir -
Will you please forward to me any information you have concerning William Craig, who served in the Revolutionary War in a Virginia regiment.
Thanking you
I am Yours Truly
Mrs. F. H. Lockwood

O.M. & H. 34 West Cedar street R Boston Mass.
Mr. V. Warner. Inw file 30355 already sent. Commissioner of Pensions Dept.
Dear Sir,
In reply to my letter concerning the military career of William Craig, Virginia Regiment Revolutionary War, I have that there were two men of that name.
Both men are my ancestors tho' I could not say which is my great-grand-father.

However if you will, send me an account of each, containing all data that you have - i.e. date and place of birth, service in the Revolutionary Army, names of wife and children, date & place of death, I shall have all that is required -
I thank you very much for your patience and kindness in assisting me. Very truly Yours Mrs. F. C. H. Eichorn

J. R. W. Exr. 30355-Inv., 8639-Wid.
May 3, 1905.
Madam:
In reply to your recent communication, you are advised that this Bureau has no information relative to William Craig #30355, in addition to that furnished you or Mrs. F. H. Eichorn March 16, 1905.
The date of his death is not of record. For date of last payment of his pension, apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, at the Treasury Dept., this city, citing the following chea viz. Certificate No.25125, Act of June 7, 1832, issued November 28, 1833, Kentucky Agency.
Craig #8639, was furnished to you or a lady of the same name, at Winona, Minn., October 8, 1903, containing all the information available.
It is suggested that correspondents use a uniform signature and that military histories received by them from this Bureau should be preserved.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. F. C. H. Eichorn, #34 West Cedar St., Boston/ Mass.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Craig a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. 30,355
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1778 3 mos. Pri. John Miller ✓ Va.   Spring or June 1779 3 mos. " " Lewis   June or July 1781 3 mos. " " ✓        
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Albemarle Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, July 18, 1833. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Barren Co. Ky.
Age at date of application, born July 21, 1757 in Albemarle Co. Va.
Remarks: in 1834 he removed to Pike Co. Mo. and in 1835 he returned to Barren Co. Ky.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.