Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17,690, Frazee Craig, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Craig, Frazee. Craige or
W 17690
Rebecca.
CONTENTS

Let to Henry Colthac January 21 st 1842 b. a. S. Esq. Jip. 14. 12
Dead Paid at the Treasury under the Acts of April 6 th 1838 and Aug 23 1842 from 4 th March to 15 th June 1839. Agent notifi- ed Oct 7 1842.
let to b. a. S. say. May 25 th 1843.
let to C. A. say July, 21. 1843
17.938
New Jersey  Mazee Craig of Arnold in the State of N. J. who was a Pri - in the Con commanded by Captain Craig of the _____ commanded by _____ in the N. J. _____ time for 12 mo _____
Note
Inscribed on the Roll of N. J. at the rate of 40 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Octo 33 and sent L. Vincent  M. J. Morristown N. J.
Arrears to the 14th of Sep 1830. $ 200 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar _____ 20  $ 220
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3 - Page 106

State of New Jersey Somerset County
On this thirteenth day of August Eighteen hundred and forty two Personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of common Pleas now sitting at Middle- sex ————— Fraser Craig a resident of the Township of Bernards in the County of Somerset & State of New Jersey aged sixty nine years & six months who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declara- -tion in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832 — That he was, Feb- the 12 th 1763 — in the Township of Rhinebeck in the county of Ulster in the State of New Jersey when he resided until the year 1811. When he moved into the City of New York remained there until the Spring of 1829. When he moved to the Township of Bernards in the County of Somerset & State of New Jersey where he now resides That he entered the service under (his father) Captain John Craig in the year 1779 in the militia in active duty being either on guard or scouting parties. The winter following which was the hard winter as it was called he was one of the number of American Soldiers who attacked the British on Staten Island & drove them into Fort Nicholas where they expected to have taken them but the severity of the winter in freezing over the Hudson & the bay near the hills enabled the British to send a reinforcement over on the ice which saved them in the fort — while a militiaman he enlisted in the Company of New Jersey Levies which was also commanded by Captain John Craig this company was raised for one year & drew their rations, pay &c from the United States the same as other regular troops. He served faithfully in this company & was honorably discharged with his fellow soldiers at the end of the service — after this company was discharged

He has no doubt that he was in actual service more than two years - he continues no service to the present.
The time when he can not recollect he again entered the Militia and was appointed an Ensign for Captain Dunham Company & continued to do duty until the close of the war - He was at the battle of Spring Field when the British burnt the town & he was engaged in almost every battle that was fought near Elizabeth Town & the adjacent country after he entered the service - While he belonged to the New Jersey Service - The British & Refugees came over one night when about 40 or 50 of his company attacked them they retreated into a wood which then reached across from a bend in the sound to Raraway river - here the British kept retreating along a road which led through this wood down to a landing after passing the wood it being about day light when he heard a noise behind as on turning round we discovered that the whole woods was lined with the enemy stretching from the sound to the river so as to prevent our retreat - at this moment he was putting his last cartridge in his gun he was standing by the side of Jos. Helfield who he esteemed one of the bravest & best soldiers in the company & who it was his pride to try to imitate - Helfield said they had no other chance than to rush on to the enemys line & brake their way through them or they would certainly be killed or taken - having but a moment for reflection they resolved to make the effort & did effect their escape while the whole of the rest of their comrades not willing to venture it were taken prisoners & carried to New York - He was frequently concerned in retaking stolen goods - in taking small parties of British & Tories when in act of taking supplies of provisions & to the enemy - he could relate if necessary a long list of near escapes & dangerous adventures of his & important services he rendered his country - Since The officers in the New Jersey Service in command with Captain Craig were Lieutenants Minthorn or Minton & - Here the Company was attached to Major Hays Regiment - He hereby relinquishes all claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and see clauses that his name is not on the pension roll of the aforesaid State.  I have subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Joseph Craig

We John C Van Devort Clergyman residing in the Town- ship of Bernard & Pastor of the Congregational Church of Baskingridge and David S Doty residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ezra Craig who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration That we believe him to be sixty seven years old That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolu- -tion and That we concur in that opinion
Sworn and Subscribed John C. Van Devort before me this 10 th day David S. Doty of August AD 1832 John Brees one of the Judges of the Court of Com- mon Pleas
And the said court do hereby declare their opi- nion 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 certifies that it appears to him that John C. Van Devort who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the county and state aforesaid and that David S. Doty who has also signed the same statement is entitled to credit.
A. H. Easton
W. L. Rowen
Elias Brown

State of New Jersey. Somerset County ss: I, John M. Mann Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Somerset do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Fannie Craig for a pension. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Bridgewater this Thirteenth day of August Eighteen hundred and thirty two -
J. M. Mann

Personally appeared before me Saml S. Doty Judge of S. Court Farm being the within named applicant who being duly sworn on his oath saith, that he does not know of any person living by whom he can prove his S. service, other than Dominick Jones, who was his orderly sergeant & whose affidavit is herewith sent. I entered the service in 1779 as a volunteer under my father Capt. John being at Rahway in S. State & done one years duty, guarding the lines. Had quarters at Rahway. Colo. I again had the command - got our rations at least quarterly - When the Jersey Lines were raised I enlisted under the S. Capt. Craig for one year & served my full time. I was near the Link & Mantolokin - E. Link - near This last service was performed about Rahway - Eliz. Town & along the lines - Hays was our place. He was from Newark - I think I got a discharge & if so it is lost. as near as I can recollect I was commissioned ensign by Governor Livingston about six months before the close of the war in which office I served until the close of the war The commission however will show for itself as it is now in the war office I expect having sent it on with my papers when I made application under the present law -
Francis Craig
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 19th day of August 1833 - Sam S. Doty

8411
Rebecca Craige
NY.
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12 mo pri
40 $
Stacy Esr New York

CITY INSPECTOR'S OFFICE, CITY HALL, No. 1.
New-York, September 7 th , 1842
This is to Certify,
That it appears from the Books of Registry of Deaths in this Office, that Hazee Craig , _____ a native of New Jersey , _____ and aged seventy-five years, _____ months _____ days, died in Twelfth-street , of Disease of the Heart , and was interred in the Allen St. Methodist Epis. Ground in the City of New-York, J. L. Lloyd Sexton , on the sixteenth day of June , 1839 one thousand eight hundred and
John L. Griscom City Inspector. J. Glitz Morrison, Asst.

Repeated Dec. 8/48.
2308. New York City. Rebecca Craige, widow of Mazer Craige who served in the Revolutionary war, as a N.Y. Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8. day of December 1847 and sent to
Rebecca M. Irving New York City.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 40 Vol. 4.

State of New York) In Marine Court
New York County ss. Rebecca Craig of Sandtly
On this seventh day of September, eighteen hundred and forty two, personally appeared before the Marine Court of the City of New York, Rebecca Craig, residing at one hundred and seventy two Doveloth Street, in the said City and County of New York, aged, seventy five years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions, made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," and the act to amend said act passed Sept 23 1842 That she is the widow of Mazer Craig, who was a private, during the Revolutionary War, in the Militia or State Troops of New Jersey, under she thinks his father Captain John Craig, in his Company of Troops, Stationed at Elizabeth Town. That he resided, during the War of the Revolution, in the Township of Upper Rahway, in Essex County, New Jersey. That her late husband the said Mazer Craig, was pensioned, by the United States, in the year of 1833, at the rate of forty dollars per annum, that he was in receipt of his pension at the time of his death, that he during his lifetime claimed, an increase of his pension, but he did not succeed, in establishing his claim. She further declares that she was married to the said Mazer Craig, on the twenty fourth day of May, in the year, seventeen hundred and eighty seven, that her husband, the aforesaid Mazer Craig, died on the fifteenth day of June, in the year, eighteen hundred and thirty nine, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz at the time above stated.
Rebecca Craig
Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written before me
Judah Hammond Justice of the Marine Court

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, NATHANIEL JARVIS, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY,
That Isaac Hammond whose name is subscribed to the annexed certificate was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace for said City and that William B Aitken whose name is subscribed to an annexed certificate was a Notary Public for said City and that the signatures of said Justice and Notary to said Certificates I believe to be genuine
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 17 th day of September , 184 7
Nath Jarvis Clerk.

City and County of New York, ss. Rebecca Craig, declarant, after resaid being again duly sworn, says. That the original poetry herewith annexed, is in the hand writing of her brother William Evans, that the circumstance of the drowning of Rachel Freeman Anne Elster, and five others, off Sandy Hook, in the year after that her eldest daughter Hetty, was born, was the cause of said poetry being composed, which original as is herewith annexed was made at the time. The unfortunate circumstance took place, at which time her eldest daughter Hetty was about one year old. That two, of the five other persons as above named viz, Christiana and Euphemia, declarant says was her sister.
Subscribed and sworn in open court the 7 September 1842 before me
Rebecca Craig
Judah H. Hammond Justice Marine Court. —

City and County of New York, ss. Sarah Rogers, of said City and County being duly sworn, says, that she is 39, years of age, that she resides at No. 172. Gveloth Street, that she is the daughter of Rebecca Craig, who has sworn and subscribed to the annexed declaration, that the said Rebecca Craig, is the widow of the said late Frazer Craig, who was a prisoner at the time of his death, at the rate of forty dollars per annum, he at the time of his death which took place June 15 th 1839, resided in Gveloth Street in this City, he was buried in St. John Church yard in this City, that her mother the said Rebecca Craig, has not been again married but still continues the widow of the said Frazer Craig, Deponent further says, that the original family record herunto annexed, is the family record of her deceased father, and mother as above named, that she has always resided with her said father and mother, that she now resides with her mother, and said record, has been kept in deponents possession, until the present time, that said record is made in the hand writing of David, S. Craig, this deponents brother, that the figures of said record has not be altered, but her brother, Stuart Craig, some years ago am a few over some of the figures, out of mischief to see if he could make figures, he was not ten years of age, at the time he marked over said figures,
Sworn and subscribed
the 7 th September 1842
Sarah M Rogers
In the Marine Court
before me
Judah Hammond Justice Marine Court
City and County of New York ss. This day of September 1842 before me, the subscriber personally appeared Sarah M Rogers - subscribed to the affidavit aforesaid, and again made oath to the truth thereof. And I do further certify that the said Sarah M Rogers is a credible witness.
Chas. H. Sandford
Commissioner of Deeds New York

STATE OF NEW-YORK CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, NATHANIEL JARVIS, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Charles W. Sanford before whom the annexed deposition is taken, was, at the time of taking the same a Commissioner in and for the said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized to take the same, and that I believe the signature of said Commissioner thereto subscribed is genuine.
September 1842 M c Rogers - in made oath that the said
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 8 th day of September 1842
Nath Jarvis Clerk.
[Handwritten mark or signature]

United States of America City & County of New York ss:
Be it known That on the seventh day of September One Thousand eight Hundred and forty two before me William B. Pitkin Notary Public in and for the State of New York duly commissioned
sworn and dwelling in the City of New York personally appeared Cesar Craig and being by me duly sworn made the following Declaration under oath that is to say
"I am acquainted with Frazier Craig he resided in Upper Rahway in Essex County in the State of New Jersey I was a slave in the family of Frazier Craig's uncle; my master's name was Timothy Craig, Timothy Craig lived also at Upper Rahway; the farms of the Brothers adjoined each other. I was present at the marriage of Frazier Craig to Rebecca Evans they were married at the house of Timothy Craig by Pastor Richards a Presbyterian Minister who resided also at Upper Rahway; the marriage took place about three years after the close of the Revolutionary war; I know that Frazier Craig's wife had two Sisters Drowned on the Sea Puffs Banks near Sandy Hook about two or three years after the said marriage. I have known Frazier Craig's wife from her infancy, she continued his wife from the time of her marriage to Frazier Craig's death, which happened about three or four years ago; since which time she has not since been married. - I was aged Seventy one years last July and was born a slave in the family of Timothy Craig and was born at Upper Rahway New Jersey
Cesar X Craig
no 8741
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the said 7 th of September 1842 and I also certify that the said statement was taken down from the lips of the witness & in my opinion entitled to full faith & credit.
William B. Pitkin Notary Public

FAMILY RECORD.
DEATHS.
Rachel Evans Died Sep r 25 th 1741
Rebecca Evans Died January 1 st 1742
Elizabeth Evans Died July 21 st 1742
William Evans Died Aug t 31 st 1743
Phoebe Evans Died Sep r 24 th 1743
Lewis Evans Died
DEATHS.
David S Craig Died March 20 th 1826
Effy Craig died October 28 th 1833
Frazer Craig Died June 15 th 1839
4 8 6 7 8 9
Line 17- 1777

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
Offy Evans Born June 30 th 1771
David Evans Born Aug 17 th 1774
Frances Craig was Born Feb 12 1765
Rebecca Evans Born
Aug 30 th 1767
BIRTHS.
Hetty Craig Born Aug 24 th 1788
John Craig Born July 11 th 1790
Cornelia E. Craig Born July 8 th 1794
Euphemia Craig Born Aug 12 th 1796
David Craig Born Oct 13 th 1798
William Craig Born 27 Feb 1800
Sally Craig Born March 14 1803
Stuart Craig Born Oct 11 th 1805

Dear I.S.C. Exr.
Wid.No.17680, Rev. War.
Oct. 7, 1905.
Sir:
In reply to your communication dated September 16, 1905, and received in this Bureau September 18, 1905, I have the honor to advise you that Frazee Craig was chosen Ensign by the Rahway Company in Colonel Moses Jaques' First Regiment of Essex Co., Militia, commission signed January 8, 178- (torn) by Governor Wil. Livingston . Soldier stated that he was appointed ensign about six months before the end of the war and served to its close.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
To the Adjutant General of New Jersey,
Trenton, N.J.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
Oct. 7, 1905 Letter to adjt. Genl. of New Jersey
No. 17690
Rebecca Craige Widow of Francis Craige Dis. Rev. War
Act: Feb 29. 48
Box:—Vol. AS , Page 155-
[Arrangement of 1870.]

On the Death of Seven Persons who were unfortunately drowned at Sandy Hook, on the 18 th of August 1789.
In Sable Skirt behold the maid appears Her trembling breast bedew'd with briny tears Pensive she walks along the Briny shore The gazette, in her trembling hand she bore Tear after tear incessantly succeeds While she the melancholly passage reads Round the fatal place she turns her eyes In this water but a short time

The widows weeps her tears (2) alas are vain They corps lies lifeless in the watry main And you fair sisters here you lost your breath Here in your bloom you fell a prey to Death Your sad companions saw with weeping eye Your bodies sinking while for help you cry They fain would lend their aid, — amara they hand Nor dare they trust the false deceitful Land Not in their power to help altho so near They mourn your fate and shed the friendly tear Like silent monuments of grief they stand And cry to Heaven with uplifted hands Their cries are vain with aching hearts they view Their comrads sink, and bid the world adieu Downward they sink, they plunge to gasp for breath Till they fall at last a prey to death
W 17690 CRAIG, FRAZEE (N.J.)

7463 New York
Rept 25
widow of Rebecca Craig Frazier Craig - who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 15th: June, 1839 of N. Yk C in the State of N. York who was a private in the company - commanded by Captain Craig _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the N. Jersey line for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New - York at the rate of 40 - Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of July, 1843 and sent to C. S. Lay New - York
Whole amount due . . . . . $200.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Nell Stewart _____ Clerk.
Book 4 Vol. 2 Page 92

2189
New-York
City
Reported
Rebecca Craige widow of Fraser Craige who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Dec. 1843 and sent to
Henry Cothcal No 49 State Street N. York.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 104.

82411 V NY NY = chd Set to 6.0, Say Sep. 14. '42✓
act 7. July 38

Major Swards respectfully requests on behalf of the family of the late Mrs Rebecca Craig, the original or a copy of the leaf of the family record of her bible, which accompanied the application for her pension, as the widow of Frazier Craig, pensioner on the N. J. roll under act of 7 June 1836. The application was made by C. A. Lay. Attorney or H. Colthel as attorney, about September or October 1842. Washington City, February 1 st 1849.
Col. J. L. Edwards Commissr Pensions.

No 49 Water Street New York Sep 21. 1843
Colonel
As a relative of Rebecca Craig and at her request I hand you enclosed her decla- ration for the benefit of the act of 3 rd March 1843 claiming the amount now due her
Should the document be found in order and complete, please direct the payment to be made in con- formity to the regulations of the department
I am Colonel
Very Respectfully
Your obed Servant
Henry Cortheal
Col. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City.

Application of Tracey Brang of Somersick Springs for a Patent 4480
Send Certificate to T. A. Hartwell Somersick Springs

State of New Jersey Somerset County ss. I John M. Mear Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby certify that Samuel L. Doty Esq before whom the annexed declaration of the above named Isaac Grady was made was at the time thereof a true & lawful Judge of the court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Somerset in full Commission
My testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Bridg- water this 20 th day of August A D 1833
J. M. Mear

Sept 12. 42
no 841
NY
July 7. 1838
Rebecca Craig
32
J. Edwards
Essex
County of Sussex
Washington 26

Sir
New York September 18 th 1842
Enclosed is the application of Mrs. Rebecca Craig for a pension, under the act of July 7, 1838, and the amendment to said act of Aug 23 rd 1842. The case is desired to be reported to me.
I am very Respectfully Your Obe Serv.
L. A. Gay
Atty for Claimant.
J. V. Edwards Esq r Comm r of Pensions

State of New York
New York County, ss. Be it known that before me the Subscriber, personally, appeared Gideon Tucker, who being duly sworn says: That Mr. Rebecca being who now resides in Twelfth Street in the City of New York, and is applying for a pension, is known to him, to have lived, with her late hus- band Grayer being, as his lawful wife, for at least twenty years previous to the death of the said Grayer being, which deponent says took place in Twelfth Street in this City, about, three years ago, and since which time, the said Rebecca, has not again been married. And this deponent further says that, the above named Grayer being was formally a resident of the State of New Jersey and was at the time of his death a pensioner of the United States. That he drew his pension from the New Jersey Agency. And, this deponent further says, that the above named, Rebecca, being, is a respectable and intelligent woman.
Sworn & subscribed before me this 8 th September 1842 by Gideon Tucker who is well known to me as a person of undoubted good character & respectability, to whom Statute full faith & credit are due. Chas. M. Sanford Commissioner of Deeds
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, NATHANIEL JARVIS, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CER- TIFY, That Charles M. Sanford before whom the annexed deposition as taken, was, at the time of taking the same a Commissioner of Deeds, in and for the said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized to take the same, and that I believe the signature of said Commissioner thereunto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 8 day of Sept 1842
Nath Jarvis Clerk.

New York Decem 14. 1841
Sir
As a relative of M rs Rebecca Craig widow of Francis Craig dec d I herewith enclose her application for the increase of the pension of her late husband for his services performed as a Lieutenant.
The letter of Dr. Lewis Condick accompanying the papers will more fully explain her case.
I am Sir Very Respectfully Yr. son John
Henry Cotheal

Mem. of papers enclosed.
1. Letter of D. Condit dated Aug 16/41 _____ 2. Original pension certificate of Frazar Craig dated Oct 12/33. 3. Certif. Chas. M. Cluney Sec. of State of N. S. dated Sep 21/41

June 1. 1843
N.Y.
R. Haze Craig
Commissy of stations
J. G. Richards Esq.
Washington
D.C.

New York May 30. 1843.
Sir,
Enclosed is the declaration of Mrs Craig, for an increased allowance of her late husband's pension. The proof which is referred to by her, and which she relies upon to establish this application, I am informed has been obtained from the Secretary of New Jersey in the form required, and has been transmitted to the Dept. for a similar purpose, sometime ago, and will, undoubtedly be found, either, with her late husband's papers, or her own, by which she claimed a pension, under the act of July 7, 1838, but was not allowed for the reason that her husband survived a few months after the passage of that law. I am informed that it has been alleged that her husband, served as Lieut. and his Commission, with the date destroyed, has been transmitted as proof, but I have been informed, from men, that knew him in the service, that he did, not, serve as a Lieut. under his father Lieut. John Craig, during the war, but they say he was a private, and was a Lieut. after the war, in the Militia. In relation to that circumstance claimant, knows nothing, but as it looks suspicious, I deem it proper to say, that no allowance is claimed for on that ground. The claimant, Mrs Craig, is a woman of undoubted character, and claims nothing but what she believes she is by law entitled to. If as she alleges, her husband, received, $81, pounds or there about, as pay, for his service, it is very evident that he served more than one year.
I am very respectfully Your obedt Servant C A Lay
J. L. Edwards Esquire Commisr of Pensions }

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Sept. 17 th 1842.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Francis Craig, dec d . a Pensioner on the Roll of the New Jersey Agency, at the rate of — Forty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 — has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March to the 15 th June 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
John D. Dunning
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

Apr 22 nd 1843
Fraser Craig N o . 24 32
J. P. Adkins Esq.
Committee of Presbytery
Washington
Pa.

New York April 20, 1843.
Sir
Mrs Rebecca Craig, widow of Frazer Craig, late - a pensioner of the United States under the act of 7. June 1832, at the rate of $40. per annum, on the Rolls of the New Jersey Agency respectfully desires, that her said husbands papers may be examined, with a view to increas. his allowance, as she asserts that a certificat, of the Secretary of New Jersey, shews. that, he received, about $60.00.00. for his service. That she believes that Mr. Spencer, forwarded such certificate to the Dept, and she now desires that you will inform me, why his claim, should not be allowed for the length of his service thus shown.
I am very respectfully
Your Obedt Servt C A Lay
J. L. Edwards Esqr. Commr of Pensions Washington

Henry Cothcal Esq.
Water St. 49
New York.

Morris Town, August 15 th 1841.
Mr. South
Sir,
Herewith I enclose the Pension Certificate of Fraser Craig. — His claim as a Lieut. was refused, on account of  because the date of his commission was imperfect, the last figure of the year being wanting (178-). it should have been, if perfect, 1780 — & the cypher being wanting, the paper was rejected.
Some time afterwards — I discovered in searching some old Records in the State Treasurer's office at Trenton, a marginal reference of a Certificate, which had been issued by State authority to Fraser Craig, for £66.. 0.. 0. & which had never been before the Commission of Pensions, in the decision of Mr. Craig's case.
After his death, I mentioned this to my son (then living in N. York, on whom the widow called, & through whom alone I heard of her) & advised that she should have her Declaration prepared, claiming the benefit of this evidence for an enlargement of the annuity to her husband's pension from its commencement, as well as for its corresponding enlargement to herself as his widow. As I was conversant with his services & with all the testimony, I advised that she should come & make her Declaration before our Court, & I would aid her in carrying it through to its consummation at Washington. If this was inconvenient or difficult, I proposed it should be done before your City Court, & returned to me, for the purpose of annexing to it the abstract from the Trenton records of the above certificate.
From our conversation at Mr. Potter's, I infer that nothing has yet been done.
It is my impression, that I have deposited in the Pension Office, evidence of this certificate of £66.. 0.. 0 — If however it is not in such form as Mr. Edwards may require, to attach to the Declaration, I can obtain it at Trenton, on paying the office fees for a certified copy &c. — If full justice is done, it will add to the widow's stipend a few hundred dollars.
With best wishes for her success — Your ob t . serv t . &c.
Levi Condict.

THE STATE OF NEW-JERSEY,
TO Mr. George Craig Esquire GREETING:
WHEREAS it hath been certified to His Excellency William Livingston Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief of this State, that you have been duly chosen by the Raraway Company of Militia in Elizabeth  town in the County of Essex (being the first Company in the first  regiment of the said County, whereof Major James Esquire, is Colonel, to be Ensign of the said Company; you are therefore to take the said Company of Militia into your Charge and Care as Ensign thereof, and duly to exercise both Officers and Soldiers of the said Company in Arms: And as they are hereby directed to obey you as their Ensign you are likewise to obey and follow such Orders and
Directions, from Time to Time, as you shall receive from your Colonel or other your superior Officer or Officers; and for your so doing this shall be your Commission. IN TESTIMONY whereof the Great Seal of the said State is hereunto affixed: Witness William Livingston Esquire, Governor, Captain-General and Commander in Chief in and over the State of New-Jersey, and Territories thereunto belonging, Chancellor and Ordinary in the same, at Elizabeth town the 10th Day of January in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and 82
W. Livingston

11/1/80
Stearns Craig
1 year private 40
No evidence has ever been forwarded that Claimant held a com- mission during the Rev- olutionary War. all the of Enniskerry The com- actual service  has mission forwarded was un- been allowed doubtless dated after the close of the war, though the date has been carefully torn off recently from the appearance of the paper.
The actual service performed has been allowed

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 1 st
1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.      
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr George Craig N. L.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county or State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. [c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For ————— year ————— months, and ————— days, I served as a —————. For ————— months and ————— days, I served as a —————; and for such service I claim a pension." It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any other pursuit. [f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. [g] The opinion of the Court is always required. [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The notes from [a] to [e] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. [k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases. [l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

To be used on the application of Frazee Craig heretofore given and -
Additional Proof

Dr Sir
The paper enclosed is the Commission referred to in Mr Fraser Craigs declaration - This paper I saw before the late Persian law paper it was then in the situation you now see it he then said it was executed by his little Grandson at the time of overlooking his papers after mourning when it was considered of little use - Do with it as you think best - the appearance of it was the cause of it not being sent on with the other papers. Though I have no hesitation in saying that I believe it was defaced by the little grandson as above related -
Yours respectfully
Wm. L. Greville Esqr
Sam d J. Dohy Aug t 14 th 1832

Dr Sir
The paper enclosed is the Commission referred to in Mr Fraser Craigs declaration - This paper I saw before the late Prussian law papers it was then in the situation you now see it - he then said it was carried by his little Grandson at the time of overlooking his papers after morning when it was considered of little use - Do with it as you think best - the appearance of it was the cause of it not being sent on with the other papers. Though I have no hesitation in saying that I believe it was defaced by the little grandson as above related -
Yours respectfully
Wm. L. Gurn Esqr
Sam d J. Doly Aug st 14 th 1832

(No. 1.)  Receipts for one years interest paid on Militia Notes.
   N o of Vouch. N o of Certif. Date Signed by Payable to Amount   £ Am t Int. £     113 168 18 May 1784 The Clerk Francis Craig 66.00.0 3.19.2  
No. 2.
An Act to raise by voluntary enlistment Eight hundred & twenty men for the defence of the frontiers of this State.
Sec. 1 Be it therefore enacted by the Council & General Assembly of this State, And it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same. That Eight hundred and twenty five men shall be raised by voluntary enlistment and embodied for the defence of the frontiers of this State to continue in service until the first day of January 1782 unless sooner discharged, and to be stationed in the several Counties in such manner as to afford the most equal and beneficial protection to all the inhabitants on the said frontiers: and that the said Eight hundred & twenty men be distributed and stationed in the different Counties as follows that is to say In the County of Essex. Two hundred and fifty nine men including twelve Commissioned Officers, twelve Sergeants & twelve Corporals four drummers and fourteen horsemen to be raised by the officers hereinafter named, and to be divided into four Companies, as equally as may be. and to be commanded by Capt John Scudder, Lieut David Woodruff. and

Ensign Daniel Baker of the Said County, one to be commanded by Captain Jonas Ward Lieut. Victor King, and Ensign Veniam Mintham of the County of Morris, one to be commanded by Capt Robert Neil, Lieut. Anthony Brown and Ensign John Burnet, and one to be commanded by Capt. John Craig, Lieut. Cornelius Williams and Ensign John Miller of the Said County of Essex. Passed at Trenton Dec. 26. 1780.
State of New Jersey
Charles G. M c Cluskey Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby Certify that the foregoing No. 1 is a true extract from a book wherein "Receipt for one years interest paid on Militia Notes, and that Thomas Clark Esq r . was by the fifth section of an Act passed by the Legislature of this State appointed a Commissioner for the County of Essex for the purpose of settling and adjusting the pay rolls of the Militia and troops of this State and also for signing and delivering out to each and every person a note for the payment of what may be justly due. And I do further certify that No. 2 (herein annexed) is a true extract from a law passed by the Legislature of this State Dec. 26. 1780 - as taken from and compared with the original now on file in my office, and also that there is record evidence in my office of payments made to Capt Craig under said law, for his services amounting to £342. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Trenton in said State this twenty first day of September A.D. One thousand eight hundred & eighty one.
Charles G. M c Cluskey Secy of State

State of New York City & County of New York } p s On this Twenty first day of Septem- ber A.D. 1848 before me, Irving Paris, a Commissioner of Deeds duly authorized by law to administer oaths in & for said city and county, personally appeared Re- becca Craige, a resident of said city, aged eighty three years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, with her oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the pension made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2 d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war: That she is the widow of Grayer Craige who was a private in the war of the revolution and that she received a pension at the New York City agency of Forty Dollars per annum under act 17 June. 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Irving Paris Commissioner of Deeds
Witness
Sarah M Rogers
Rebecca her Craige Mark
I hereby certify that the foregoing declaration is known to me to be the identical person who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration.
Irving Paris Commissioner of Deeds.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK, } ss.
I, James Conner , CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also CLERK of the Court of Common Pleas for said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Witness before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a bona fide copy of Deed duly authorized to administer oaths in and for the said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that I believe the signature of said Conner thereunto subscribed is genuine.
Deed.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the Twenty third day of September 184 8
James Conner Clerk.
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4455
Declaration of Rebecca Craig for the Benefits of the act of 3 rd of March 1813
A. A. V. S. of New York City State of New York
$40 per an
Henry Cotheal N o 49 Water Street New York

State of New York,
City and County of New York, ss.
On this nineteenth day of September, eighteen hundred and forty three, personally appeared before me the undersigned Rebecca Craig, a resident of the City, County, and State aforesaid, aged seventy six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, of the 3 rd March 1843, granting pensions to certain widows, of persons who served in the Revolutionary War,
That she is the widow of Frazier Craig, who was a private in the New Jersey Troops at Elizabethtown in Captain John Craig's Company, and a pensioner of the United States, at the rate of forty dollars per annum, and at which rate she has received a pension for five years in virtue of the acts of Congress of 7 th July 1838 and 23 August 1842.
She further declares, that she is still a widow, and to the truth of her statements I am fully satisfied,
Rebecca Craig
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me,
J. R. Flanagan Commissioner of Deeds
City and County of New York, ss. On the Twentieth day of September A.D. 1843 before me came Henry Botheal of said City, who being by me duly sworn did depose and say that Rebecca Craig, who subscribed the above affidavit, was known to him to be the same person described in said affidavit; which is to me satisfactory proof of her identity - And that I likewise believe her to be the same person described in who subscribed said affidavit -
J. R. Flanagan Commissioner of Deeds

two of the Acts of Congress of 1. July 1838 and 23 August 1842. She further declares, that she is still a widow, and to the truth of her statements I am fully satisfied,
Rebecca Craig
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me J. R. Flanagan
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, NATHANIEL JARVIS, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said City and County, being a Court of record, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That John R. Flanagan before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Commissioner qualified in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by the laws of this State to take the same; and that I believe the Signature of said Commissioner thereunto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 20 th day of Sept r 1843,
Nat Jarvis Clerk.
day of September 1843, who being by Rebecca Craig, who sworn to be the truth is to me I likewise believe qualified said Flanagan Judge of Probate

State of New York
City and County of New York, ss
On this 30 th day of May eighteen hundred and forty three, personally appeared before the Marine Court of the City of New York, Rebecca Craig, a resident of the City and County of New York, aged 76 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain an increased allowance of her deceased husbands pension, by virtue of the act of Congress passed June the 7. 1832. That she is the widow of Frazee Craig, who was a pensioner of the United States on the Rolls of the New Jersey Agency at the rate of forty dollars per annum, with the grade of private, and that since the death of her said husband, an original, official record has been found in the Office of the Secretary of State of New Jersey, showing that he received as pay for his military services during the Revolutionary war, sixty one pounds or thereabouts, which she relies upon to establish this application, as she is informed that by computing the amount of pay that he received for his service into time, will shew that he rendered service beyond what he was previously pensioned for. She further declares that she still continues his widow.
Rebecca Craig Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above above written before D. Randolph One in Open Court May 30 th 1843
Justice of the Marine Court Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, NATHANIEL JARVIS, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said City and County, being a Court of record, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That David Randall, Esq. before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Marine Court in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by the laws of this State to take the same; and that I believe the Signature of said Judge thereto subscribed is genuine & that by Statute said Marine Court is a Court of record.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 30 a day of May 1843
Nath. Jarvis,
Clerk.

State of New-York.
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, ss.
I, BENJAMIN FERRIS, Clerk of the City and County of New-York and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said City and County,
Do hereby certify, That Richard Riker, Esq.
before whom the annexed affidavits were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavits were made, and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of New-York, and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New-York; and that the signature of R. RIKER subscribed to the said Certificate is the proper hand writing of the said Richard Riker.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this fourth day of August 1810
Benj. Ferris Clerk

City of New York 1: Morris Marsh of the City of New York Builder being duly sworn saith that he hath known the within named Francis Craig for thirty years last past that he is now in the employ of this Defendant and is an industrious prudent man who supports a large family by the labor of his hands as a journeyman Carpenter that he is in indigent & reduced circumstances in life and in the opinion of this Defendant is in need of the assistance of his Country
support -
known then June 1819 Before me
P. S. Jay -
Hefer, New York
Hefer was not a Continental Regt. Claim rejected.
Frazer Craig Soldier

State of New-York, ss.
Printed by E. CONRAD, Frankfort-street.
To the Hon. Richard Riker
Recorder of the City of New-York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New-York.
The Declaration under Oath of Frazeer Craig formerly a Soldier engaged in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, now a Citizen of the United States and resident of the City and County of New-York, respectfully sheweth,
THAT the said Frazeer Craig enlisted as a soldier — sometime in the long part of the year 1782 as a soldier in Captain Craig's Company McIntosh's Regiment from the State of North Carolina for one year and was honorably discharged but I have lost it — Frazeer Craig
And the declaration further sheweth, that the said Frazeer Craig is now a citizen of the United States, resides in the city of New-York, and is, by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support
Therefore the said Frazeer Craig conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," approved 18th March, 1818, and requests your Honor will examine into the truth of the matter aforesaid, certify and transmit

the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case made and provided. And in support of the facts above set forth, the said Throze Craig refers to Samuel Jones who was the orderly sergeant of Captain Craig's Company in which I was also a soldier in the year
Throze Craig
City and County of New-York, ss.
Throze Craig of the City and County of New-York, being duly sworn, saith, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Sworn before me this 14 th day of April 1818, }
Throze Craig P. Pike Recorder of the City of New York
City and County of New-York, ss.
Samuel Jones affirmed being sworn , saith, that he was well acquainted with Throze Craig who was a soldier in the revolutionary war in the same company in which I was a sergeant sergeant in the year 1782 in Captain John Craig's company in a Regiment commanded by Major Hays from the State of New Jersey and to the best of my belief he was one year in the said Regiment in the Continental Service Samuel Jones
affirmed Sworn before me this 17 th day of April 1818 }
P. Pike

City and State of New-York, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED , That on this Sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me Richard Pikey Recorder of the City of New-York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record, personally appeared the aforesaid Frazer Craig —
who being by me duly Sworn to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing Declaration and the said applicant is now 55 years of age and from the testimony of the Serjeant who was in the same Company with the said Frazer Craig —
WHEREUPON I being satisfied that the said Frazer Craig — did serve in the War of the United States under the Continental Establishment in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit: for the term and the manner stated in the Declaration of the said applicant; and that the said applicant is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid. THEREFORE I DO HEREBY CERTIFY and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War .
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the said Court, in the City of NEW-YORK, this Sixth day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
R Pikey
City of New York ss: The above named Frazer Craig being duly sworn saith that he hath a wife and eight children whom he supports by his labor as a Journeyman Carpenter, that he hath no property of value, that is in reduced and indigent circumstances in life & by reason thereof is in need of the assistance of his Country for support —
Sworn to me 1 June 1819 before me
Frazer Craig
P. A. Sery

City of New York ss. Moses Marsh of the City of New York Builder being duly sworn saith that he hath known the within named Frazier (being for thirty years last past, that he is now in the employ of this Deponent and is an industrious prudent man who supports a large family by the labor of his hands as a journeyman Carpenter that he is in indigent & reduced circumstances in life and in the opinion of this Deponent is in need of the assistance of his Country for support -
Sworn this June 1819 Before me
P. A. Jay -
Moses Marsh
Frazier was not a Carpenter Total Neg. Rejected.
Frazier Cray Soldier
Peter Augustus Jay Recorder of the City of New York and one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas called the Mayor's Court of the said City do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the within named Frazier Cray is in reduced and indigent circumstances in life and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support. Given under my hand this second Day of June 1819 P. A. Jay -

State of New-York, } ss. I, BENJAMIN FERRIS, Clerk of City and County of New-York, } the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said City and County, Do hereby Certify, That PETER AUGUSTUS JAY , Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavit were made, and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of New-York, and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further, that the said Court is a Court of Record; that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Peter Augustus Jay, and verily believe that the signature of P. A. Jay subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand writing of the said Peter Augustus Jay.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this third day
of June 1819
Benj. Ferris Clerk

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, OFFICE OF ADJUTANT GENERAL.
G W Trenton, September 16, 1905.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sir:
Will you please look in the Revolutionary pension case of Frazee Craig, Widow, Number 17690, and ascertain from the commission of the claimant therein enclosed, in what company and regiment he was an officer in the Essex County Militia? It has been reported at this office that he was an Ensign of the Rahway Militia of Essex County, Fifth Regiment, Colonel Moses Jaques, dated January 8, 178-, and issued by Governor William Middleton.
I am under the impression that this commission was issued after the termination of the Revolutionary War, and I am particular to know whether the Fifth Regiment is correct, or whether it should be the First Regiment.
Very respectfully,
R. Haber Baumeister Adjutant-General.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
NAME Craig, Gerard GRADE Private "in the Invalids" LINE Invalids"
WARRANT NUMBER 12944 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED February 28, 1791 To — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.