Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30971, Thomas Craig, N.C.

SERVICE
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Craig, Thomas
S 30971
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State of Illinois Montgomery County Set. Court of County Commissioners (Special September Term 1832)
On this eighteenth day of September A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the County Commissioners of Montgomery County now sitting Thomas Craig Saw a resident of New York Township in said County of Montgomery and State of Illinois aged 69 years and 11 months who being 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 under the following named Officers and served as herein stated. He entered the service under Capt Smith as a Militiaman in Colo M c Kisicki's Regt in Burke County in the State of North Carolina in the Spring or Summer of 1781 and after serving nearly three months was discharged in the edge of Lincoln County in the State of N. Carolina. He was in no battle while in the service. He marched against the British and Tories through the Counties of Lincoln and perhaps Mecklenburg in the State of North Carolina. He entered as a detached Militiaman. A few days after his return home he again entered the service as an Indian Spy under Capt Brown and was under the Capt Stinson & Capt Service and under the command of Colo Robinson and continued about twelve months in the said service continuing on the frontiers between the whites and the Cherokee Indians on the Nolachucky River. He was acquainted with Colo Isaac Shelby during this service. He served with no regulars during his service. His services and marches were entirely confined to the watching of the Indians. He has no documentary evidence neither does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.
I Thomas Craig do hereby relinquish every claim to a pension or an annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
(Interrogatories propounded by the Court to the said Thomas Craig)
Quest. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer. I was born in Granville County in the State of North Carolina in October in the year 1762—
Quest. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Ans. I have none—
Question Where were you living when called into the service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live.
Ans. In Burke County in the State of North Carolina I have lived since the revolution in North Carolina Kentucky & Illinois I now live in Montgomery County in the State of Illinois
Quest. How were you called into the service were you drafted

did You Volunteer or Were You a Substitute and if a Substitute for Whom?
Answer. I Was first Called out as a detached Militiaman and Served nearly three months. I Was next a Volunteer Indian Spy in which Capacity I served twelve months Or thereabouts -
Quest. State the names of Some of the regular Officers Who Were With the troops When You served Such Continental and Militia Regiments as You can recollect and the general Circumstances of Your Service -?
Answer. I Was acquainted With none of the regular Officers - my service Was Confined to the Militia and Indian Spies - Neither Was any Regiment but Our Own Lower Ohio M c Kisicki's in Company - and Colo M c Kisicki Was not in the Western Country Question. Did You ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so by Whom Was it given and what has become of it?
Answer. I received a discharge from Colo M c Kisicki for my three months tour of duty. But I do not know What has become of it. State the names of persons to Whom You are known in Your present neighborhood and Who can testify to Your character for veracity and good behavior Your services as a Soldier of the revolution.
Answer. I am acquainted With the Rev d Thomas Potter and Thomas Mann Esq r -
Sworn to and subscribed the date aforesaid -
Thomas Craig Junr Mark
We Thomas Potter a Clugymman Residing in the County of Montgomery and State of Illinois and Thomas Mann residing in the same hereby Certify that We are Well acquainted With Thomas Craig Junr Who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that We believe him to be 69 Years and 11 Months Old 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 to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Thomas Potter Minister of the Gospel Thomas Mann
And the Court 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 Soldier of the revolution and served as he states - and the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Thomas Potter Who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clugymman resident in the County of Montgomery & State of Illinois, and that Thomas Mann Who has

a resident in the County aforesaid And we Signed the same is a Credible person and that their Statement is entitled to Credit —
I Hiram Rountree Clerk of the County Commissioners Court for the County of Montgomery County in the State of Illinois do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings in the matter of the application of Thomas Craig Senr for a pension
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office at Hillsboro this twentieth day of September in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty two —
Hiram Rountree
State of Illinois Montgomery County SET personally appeared before me the undersigned, a justice of the peace in and for said County Thomas Craig Senr 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 Two months and twenty five days I served as a detached Militiaman. For Eleven months and twenty five days I served as an Indian spy making in all fourteen months and twenty days and for such service I claim a pension Sworn to and subscribed before me this Twenty ninth day of December A D 1832
Thomas Craig Senr mark
George H. Anderson
Justice of the Peace for Montgomery County
State of Illinois Montgomery County SET I Hiram Rountree Clerk of the County Commissioners Court for said County do hereby certify that George H. Anderson whose signature appears to the above Certificate of affidavit of the therein named Thomas Craig is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn into Office and that therefore full faith and credit are due to all the acts of the said Justice of the peace in his official capacity.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Hillsboro this twenty ninth day of December in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
Hiram Rountree

Date of death not on AB
6306 Illinois
Thomas Craig late of West Fork in the State of Illinois who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Smith of the Regt. commanded by Bockhuffick in the N. Carolina line for 14 months & 20 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois at the rate of 48 Dollars 84 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Feb 1833- and sent to Hon. S. Duncan H. Rep. Ill.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1832 $73 26 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 24 42 $97.68
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. Brownwell Clerk, Book D Vol. 10 Page 112

Thomas Craig Sun d
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Hon ble Joseph Dunane

BRIEF in the case of Thomas Craig Sur. of West Fork } in the State of Illinois  Township } (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 69 years & 11 months  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. Gen.     Summer In 1781 about 3 Private Capt. Smith Col. McRae N. Carolina Militia   Not Stated about 12 Indian Spy Capt. Brown Col. Robinson  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Burke County N. Carolina  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence alone  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? they are properly authenticated 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Gordon Examining Clerk.

30971 Rev INVALID.
File No. 30,971
Thomas Craig
Rev Rev was
Act: June 1 st 39"
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 87
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas Craig Sen which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Not distinctly V. * Has he mentioned 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? He has, in his affidavit filed in 29 th Decem r . 1832. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? They are all answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years 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 shewn 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 civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Craig, Thomas GRADE Private LINE Virginia
WARRANT NUMBER 11993 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED November 5, 1789
To — not shown —
notation: "On file, not delivered."
*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.