Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2460, James Crawford, Penn.

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Crawford, James
R. 2460
CONTENTS
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King Crawford Rev Debt Head. Trumbo Feb 13th 1867
act 7th June '72

2460 P. O. _____
James Crawford Service: _____
Enlisted: _____ REJECTED _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: 1776 Capt. Newman Chester Co Penn _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

drafted 76 ^ 4 mo. (Capt. Newman & Maj. Spean - N.Y. Long Is. & White Plains 77 ^ 6 - " March Col. Miller Philad. 78 ^ 6 - " Sharp " Boyd X on Long Is. & White Plains 81 vol. 3 - " Scott. Thru Va. & joined Morgan & was in the battle of the Cowpens

Washington
8 th Feb y 1847
Dear Sir
You have enclosed the Pension papers of James Crawford of Cartago Ky. praying for a Pension. I hope that you may find the records & papers. such as may warrant his being placed on the Pension rolls. He is a very old infirm man. and if entitled to it. it would be very acceptable to him in his present condition
I am Sir
Your kind servt.
J. S. Canan Esqr
A. Lumb
Comm ee of Pension
Washington D.C.

State of Kentucky } ss Carter County }
On this 7 th day of January 1847 personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Carter and State aforesaid, James Crawford a resident of said County and State, aged ninety four years of age, who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States in the year 1776. That he was drafted for four months under the following named officers and served as herein stated - to wit Captain Newman, & Major Spears the Colonel of the regiment he has forgotten. That he was marched from Chester County Pennsylvania via by way of Philadelphia to New York, and was one of those engaged in destroying the Statue of George the Third, and in securing the lead of the same. That at the time two men of war were lying in the Harbor. That they sent a Barge with a Messenger to enquire what we were about, we fired on them and killed one man and wounded two, the Barge returned, when one of the ships weighed anchor, came up & gave us two Broadside. They also gave us three days to clear the town of women and children, when they would level the town with the ground. A short time after this, General Washington came with the army, and shortly after the Battles of Long Island & White Plains my time expired.
See the Spring of 1777 I was drafted again, under Captain Mark or Marsh

I cannot recollect which and Colonel Miller at Philadelphia, to watch the enemy coming up the Delaware, but understanding they were landed at the head of Elk River within 16 miles of my Father's, we were commanded to join the Main army, which we did at Chadds Ford on the Brandywine, shortly after this my time expired for which I was drafted which was six months. In the spring of 1778 I was drafted for six months again, under Captain Sharp, and Colonel Boyd at in Chester County Pennsylvania and marched to Philadelphia, crossed the Delaware, went toward New York, at times was on Long Island and at times on White Plains, we took some few prisoners, while here my time expired.
In the 1781 I volunteered for three months, we were stationed some time at Camp Scott, after which we marched under Colonel Sharp through Virginia until we joined General Morgan, shortly after this the Battle of Cowpens was fought, I was in that Battle. A short time after this Battle my time expired.
Interrogatories
1 st Where, and in what year were you born
Ans On the 13 th day of October 1752 in Chester County Pennsylvania
Q Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it
Ans I have not got it. I lost it on my return from the Southern Campaign  to Kentucky , while crossing Caney Fork of Cumberland River

3
Where were you living when called into service
Ans-
4 th
In Chester County Pennsylvania
Where have you lived since the revolution and where do you now reside
Ans
I have lived in Chester County Pennsylvania, since in Virginia and Kentucky and at present in Carter County Kentucky
5 th
How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom
Ans-
I have stated the manner in which I entered the service in the body of the declaration.
6 th
State the names of Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, & the general circumstances of your service
Ans-
I have a distinct recollection of General Howard, and Colonel Washington, also the officers I have mentioned in my declaration, I have also stated some of the circumstances which occurred during the war, and could state more by studying some time
7 th
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
Ans
I rec d my discharge from General Morgan but lost it with other papers crossing Cane Fork

I hereby relinquish every claim what- ever to a pension or annuity, except the present & declare that my name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State - This deponent states that he knows of no person now living by whom he can prove his services James W. Crawford Sworn to and subscribed mark the day and year aforesaid John Plummer J.P.
We Phillip Strother a clergyman residing in the County of Carter and State of Kentucky and Heram J. Boothe residing in the same hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with James Crawford who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be ninety four years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we entertain the same opinion Philip Strother H. J. Boothe Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Philip John Plummer J.P.
I John Plummer a justice as aforesaid do further Certify that the above named James Crawford by reason of bodily infirmity was unable to make the declaration above set forth in open Court, & that in consequence thereof he the said de- ponent made said declaration before me, and also answered the interrogatories set forth above, under oath Given under my hand this 7 th day of January 1847 John Plummer J.P.

State of Kentucky Carters County
I Joseph R Ward Clerk of Carters County Court do hereby certify that the above named John Plummer - is in full Commission as a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that he is a member of the County Court of said County. Given under my own hand & seal, there being no public seal, Joseph R Ward Atty C.C. Clerk
I do certify that I am personally acquainted with John Plummer Esq. a Justice of the Peace for Carters County Ky. also with Jos R Ward Esq. the clerk of the County Court of Carters and that their respective signatures to the above certificates are in their own hand writing. I have seen them repeatedly write and have no hesitation in saying that they are genuine. I do further certify that I have for years been personally acquainted with the applicant John Crawford & the Rev. Philip Matthew  Sturtevant & Hiram & Brooton Esq. whose names appear to their affidavits and I have pleasure in stating that they are regarded as men of strict veracity.
Washington Ill
8th July 1827.
A. Munroe

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James Crawford
Ken
Act 7. June 32
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