Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 24980, John Crute, Va.

SERVICE
Va.
Crute, John
NUMBER
S. 24980
B.L. Mt. 367-200
CONTENTS

See let to A Ray Sept 1. 1826 Va Agency, Sept 14 1826 See letter 25 Feb. 1837 to Hon. B. F. Butler
Virginia
John Grubb
Captain _____ company of the
Army of the Revolution
Route of discharging,
Date of discharge,
Time of closing the testimony,
Inserted on the Roll of Virginia
at $1.50 Dollars per month, to commence on the 31 May 1830
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 of Sept 1826 and sent to Mary Baltimore Md.
Arrears to 4th of March 1836 $1016.37
Semi-annual all co ending 1 Sept 88 38
$1104.75
Act of the 31 May 1830
Recd. Book F. Vol. 7. p. 58

N o 367.
Alm brute
L t Virginia line
W. J. 28 Nov. 1861
Dr. to W. G. Gannett

Maria Mitchell
John Wright deck
Captain John B. Manta company of the Army of the Revolution
Ratio of disability,
Date of discharge,
Time of closing the testimony.
Inscribed on the Roll of Occumend at 14 3/4 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 rd March 1820 and May 15. 1820
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st of December 1824 and sent to A. May Present.
Arrears to 4 th of Semi-annual all ce ending
Act of the 1 st August 1824. No 76 Vol 7 page 58

State of Virginia
Prince Edward County August 25 th 1834
This hereby certifies that John Lewis, a Lieutenant in a company of Infantry in the Virginia Regiment Continental Army is rendered incapable of performing the duty of a soldier, by reason of wound or other injuries inflicted while he was naturally in the line of duty Viz during an engagement with the British Troops on the _____ day of _____ 1781—
By satisfactory evidence and accurate examination it appears that on the _____ in the year 1781 being engaged with the British Troops at or near a place called Hanging Rock in the State of South Carolina, he received a ball Viz Three on the head apparently with a ball which made it necessary for him to be trepanned and caused the loss of the sight of his right eye, he has been concussed in the left eye, and may lose the sight of it in time . Viz A ball wound on his right shoulder which nearly cut it off, which prevents his raising his right arm higher than a level with his shoulder and also prevents the motion of the arm backward, it also prevents the rotatory motion of the said arm on the shoulder Jointly , A bayonet wound under his right arm which transfixes his breast, when in perfect health this wound appears to cause no inconvenience but when indisposed he constantly experiences pain in his breast connected with the wound. He is thereby not only incapacitated for military service, but, in the opinion of the undersigned, is totally disabled from obtaining his subsistence from manual labor.
D. Wilson Surgeon
B. F. Wilson Surgeon

State of Virginia
Prince Edward County S c
This day Goodridge Wilson and Benj r F. Wilson whose names are subscribed to the within Certificate made oaths before me a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid that the said Certificate is true. And I do hereby Certify that the said Goodridge Wilson and Benj r F. Wilson are highly respectable in their profession of Physicians and Surgeons and that their said Certificate is entitled to full credit. Given under my hand and seal this 25 th day of August in the year 1836. Henry E. Watkins J P seal
I Branch J. Worsham clerk of the court of Prince Edward County in the State of Virginia, certify that Henry E. Watkins is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof
hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 25 th day of August 1836.
B. J. Worsham Clk.

in of P. 1. 6. 426
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
August 2. 1828
John Brute , of _____ in the County of Prince Edward , in the State of Virginia , — has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war
at which period he was a Lieutenant in Col. Buford's regiment of the Virginia line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, three hundred and fifty three 60/100 dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of Virginia .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson.
78492
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
Aug 5 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Lt John Brute — in the Virginia line, amounting to Seventeen hundred dollars.
It further appears that John Brute — — — is now on the pension list of the Virginia — — — agency, and has been since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of $ 14 73 3/4 / 100 — — — per month.
Chas Hagner Aud
same

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15 th of May 1828, I John C. Crute, in the County of Prince Edward, in the State of Virginia, do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such to the end of the War, at which period I was a Lieutenant in the Regiment (detached) and commanded by Col. Abraham Buford and marched to the South as a part of Genl Scott's Brigade. And I also declare, that I afterwards received Certificates (commonly called commutation certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years' full pay, which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress, the 22 d of March 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21 st of October 1780. And I do further declare that I have received of the United States as a pensioner, since the 13 th day of March 1826, the sum of Three hundred and fifty three dollars and sixty cents, paid to me by the agent for paying pensions in the State of Virginia. Witness my hand this 18 th day of July in the year 1828. John Crute
Before me James D. Wood a Justice of the Peace duly empowered to administer oaths in the County of Prince Edward, in the State of Virginia, personally appeared, this day Hezekiah Morton and James Morton of the said

county, who did severally make oath that John Brant by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reported and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated. Witness my hand, this 18 th day of July in the year 1828. —
James D. Wood J.P.
I Branch J. Worsham clerk of the Court of the county of Prince Edward, in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that James D. Wood, before whom the foregoing affiants were sworn, was at the time a Justice of the peace, duly empowered to administer oaths. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court this 18 th day of July 1828.
B. J. Worsham C.C.

Virginia: At a Court held for Prince Edward County November the 22 d 1954. On the motion of Maria M. Motley, the Court doth Order that it be Certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited to the Court that Major John Brute deceased, late of the County of Prince Edward, was an invalid prisoner of the United States, and died on the 6 th day of October in the year 1940. That he left no widow, and the following named are the only children who now survive said John Brute, to wit: Lemelle Brute a son, Harriet Smith Brute a son, Clement Brute a son, Maria M. a daughter who intermarried with a certain Nathaniel Motley which said Motley is now dead, the said Maria M. Motley still surviving him, and Mary a daughter who married a certain Thomas Ellington, which said Ellington is now dead, the said Mary Ellington still surviving him. That letters of administration on the estate of said John Brute have been granted to the said Maria M. Motley who gave bond with satisfactory security in the sum of Eighteen hundred Dollars.
I, Priscilla J. Worsham Clerk of Prince Edward County Court in the State of Virginia, do certify that the foregoing is a true Copy from the records of the said County Court.
Given under my hand with the seal of the said Court annexed this 25 th day of November 1954.
P. J. Worsham Clerk

John Crute, his
Va
Survivor
Act 1 Augt 1854
$14;73 per month.
Comg 3 March 1826 & ending
31 May 1830.
(died 6 Oct 1840)
payable to
Maria M. Mottley.
Administratrix for the benefit of herself.
Mary F. Ellington.
Venables Crute.
Samuel S. Crute &
Clement Crute, only
surviving children.
A. Ray
Present

Hon. L. P. Waldo Comr of Pension
Washington Nov 29 / 54
Sir
Captain John Gantt of the State of Virginia deceased, was among the Revolutionary Invalid pensioners, whose invalid pension was dropped under the 2 d Act of Mar. 15. 1828.
At the last Session of Congress, a bill passed for the relief of this certain class of invalid pensioners, and directed the payment due to Capt. John Gantt from March 1826 to the 31 March 1830.
One of the children has part of the estate of Capt. Gantt, in one form, a bounty for time the amount of the invalid pension, should there be no other and the name of the child is that now living. But she has made no declaration. It is necessary in a case like this, to make a declaration, as in an application for the allowance of a pension, the terms of the law, being complied with in a special case.
If you think a cert. of pension can pass on such evidence without the form of a declaration it will save the party expense & the line result from a Judge or justice of the peace.
I remain Sir
M. S. Orde
Alex. N. Gray

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
MCS/HLM
July 22, 1929.
Mrs. C. B. Crute Fannville Virginia.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the records of this Bureau it appears that John Crute , S. 24980 , enlisted, date not stated, and served until the close of the Revolution as Lieutenant in Colonel Abraham Buford's Virginia Regiment. At the battle of Hanging Rock he received the following wounds: three sword wounds on head which caused the loss of the sight of the right eye, a sword wound on the right shoulder, and a bayonet wound under the right arm which transfixed his breast.
He was pensioned on account of the disability resulting from the above mentioned wounds.
In 1828 his post office address was Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia.
He died October 6, 1840, leaving a widow, but the following children: Venable, Samuel, Clement, Maria M., wife of Nathaniel Mottley, and Mary, wife of Thomas Ellington.
The above noted is the only soldier named John Crute found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Very truly yours
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

24 980 INVALID.
Rev war
File No. 24, 980
John Crute
Capt Rev War Va regt
Act: August 1 st 54 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 86
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1925 Oct 8 His wife Mrs. B. J. Clarke M.D.
1929 July 22 hist. to Mrs. C. B. Crute M.D.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,
JANUARY 10, 1854.
Agreeably to notice, Mr. MASON asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions.
FEBRUARY 7, 1854.
Reported without amendment, and accompanied by a report. (No. 90.)
A BILL
An Act to the heirs of Lieutenant Robert White, and others. To authorize the payment of invalid pensions in certain cases.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be required to pay to the invalid pensioners, officers of the army of the Revolution, hereinafter named, or if dead, to their widows, and if the widows be dead, to the children of said officers, the amount of their several invalid pensions which was deducted or withheld from said officers under the provisions of the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the fifteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, namely: to Lieutenant Robert White, the amount of his invalid pension from

13 the third day of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, to 14 the ninth day of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-one; 15 to Captain John Crute the amount of his invalid pension from 16 the third day of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, to 17 the thirty-first day of May, eighteen hundred and thirty; to 18 Surgeon's Mate Mordecai Hale from the third day of March, 19 eighteen hundred and twenty-six, to the ninth day of Decem- 20 ber, eighteen hundred and thirty-two; to Lieutenant William 21 Wallace from the third day of March, eighteen hundred and 22 twenty-six, to the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hun- 23 dred and thirty-six; to Lieutenant Philip Stuart from the third 24 day of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, to the four- 25 teenth day of August, eighteen hundred and thirty; to Gen- 26 eral William Barton from the third day of March, eighteen 27 hundred and twenty-six, to the twenty-second day of October, 28 eighteen hundred and thirty-one; to Ensign Clement Sewell 29 from the third day of March, eighteen hundred and twenty- 30 six, to the seventh day of January, eighteen hundred and 31 twenty-nine; to Lieutenant James Glentworth from the third 32 day of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, to the thirty- 33 first day of May, eighteen hundred and thirty.
Approved, August 1, 1854.
Department of State, Washington, August 3, 1854.
A true copy carefully collated with the ori- ginal Roll.
W. H. Wirt, Chief Clerk.

Virginia
John Crute
Captain company of the Army of the Revolution
Ratio of disability,
Date of discharge,
Inscribed on the roll of Virginia at 16. 73/100 dollars per month, to commence on the
Certificate of pension issued the of and
Arrears to 4th semi-annual ce ending
Mustered off 13 Augt 1828 under Act May 15 1828 See letter to A. Ray 1 Sept. 1836

Virginia: At a court held for Prince Edward County October the 16 th 1854. On the motion of Maria M. Mottley, administration de bonis non with the will annexed of John D. Gault dec d is granted her, thereupon she with Waddell C. Ames and Benjamin F. Slippen her securities entered into & acknowledged their bond for the sum of eighteen hundred dollars, conditioned according to law, the securities being sworn to as to their sufficiency, and the said Maria M. Mottley took the oath required by law, Certificate for obtaining letters of administration de bonis non, with the will annexed in due form is granted her.
I Francis J. Worsham clerk of the County Court of Prince Edward County, in the State of Virginia, do certify that the foregoing is truly copied from the records of the said Court.
Given under my hand with the Seal of the said Court annexed this 23 rd day of November 1854.
F. J. Worsham Clk,

Sept 6 James J. Edwards Esq.
20 State New War Department Washington D.C.

Baltimore 2 Sept. 3 - 1836
Sir,
Your favor of the 1 st was received yesterday, enclosing me an invalid pension certificate in favor of John Brute, "under the act of the 31 May 1830" pension commencing at that time at the rate of $14. 25 per month.
I have forwarded the certificate to Capt Brute and informed him, that upon his application to the agency where he receives his stipend under the act 15 May 1828, he will also be paid his invalid pension from the 31 May 1830, to the 4 th Sept. 1836. which I presume to be correct.
I remain Sir,
with respectful
consideration Com. Dr.
Alex. Ray
James L. Edwards Esq.

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
14 August 1828.
SIR:
I have the honor to inform you, that John Grute , _____ formerly a Lieutenant in Buford's _____ Regiment of the Virginia line of the Continental Army; and who has heretofore received a pension at the Virginia _____ agency, has been admitted to the benefits of the abovementioned act.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant.
Richard Rush,
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
No 81.

Parmachoo. 27 Nov 1854
A. Ray Esq
Dr. Sir
Your favor of the 25. Inst is before me. I enclose the papers requested.
Please enclose me the warrant & your fee and I will go & see Mrs Mottley. - I have no idea that she can go to Richmond and she will have to collect her money through this Bank.
Very Respectfully
F. N. Watkins

A. Ray
Sept. 1. 1836
G.C.
Record V 36 Page 188 183-

War Dept. Pension Office Sept. 1. 1836
Sir,
The claim of John Crite has to a restoration to the Invalid Pension Roll has been admitted; and I herewith enclose for him a pension certificate. Under the act of the 31 st May 1830 his pension commenced at that time. It would seem from the Surgeon's affidavit in this case that he is totally disabled, but he cannot receive the full pay pension of a Captain, notwithstanding  the rank he held that rank, and is now totally disabled. When he was last paid as an invalid his pension was but $14 \frac{73}{100} per month. It cannot now be increased, because the law which authorized this Dept. to increase the pension of an Invalid Revolutionary Pensioner has by time expired, and has not been renewed.
Alex s Ray, Esq. Baltimore.

Brief in the case of Solomon Crute , H. Edward County and State of Virginia Swindled act
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Allowed by special act of Congress, approved August 1, 1854
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
A. Ray, Name and residence of Agent Present
S. Cole Examining Clerk.

John Crute
Invalid pension No. 106
dropped under act 1828.
restored in 1837. back to 31 May 1834.
Deposited S. M.

Sept 1. 1836 pa
sent to Mrs. Ray Baltimore
n

Virginia Pension Edward Aug 25 th 1836
Sir
In consequence of various wounds, received during the War of the Revolution, my name at an early period of the War, was placed upon the Invalid Pension Roll, at the rate of thirteen Dollars per month, and afterwards increased to fourteen Dollars seventy five Cents per month, which amount I continued to receive till the year 1828 when in consequence of my taking the benefit of the act of Congress "15 May 1828," my invalid pension was withheld or discontinued, I now apply to be restored to my Invalid pension under the act "31 May 1830." The Surgeons Certificate with this letter will be handed to you by my attorney Alex Ray of your City, who will communicate with you upon the subject.
Yours very respectfully
John Crute
James L Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington

Know all men by these presents that I John Crute of the County of Prince Edward and State of Virginia, formerly a Lieutenant in the Army of the United States, do make constitute and appoint John Randolph Jr. Esq. my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to demand, ask for, and receive, from the proper offi- cer of the United States, a land warrant for the military bounty, due to me for services rendered in the revolutionary war, with power also an Attorney or attorneys under him for that purpose to make, and substitute, and to do all lawful acts requisite for effecting the premises; hereby ratifying and con- firming all that my said Attorney or his substitute shall do herein by virtue hereof. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 12 day of December in the year 1803
Jn. Crute
Witness John Furnell John Booker

Prince Edward to wit, Be it known that on the 12 th day of December in the year eighteen hundred and three came before as magistrates for the County aforesaid  me John Brute within named and acknowledged the within letter of Attorney to be his act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year last aforesaid.
Sam l W m Matthews Charles Scott Seal
State of Virginia
I Francis Watkins Clerk of Prince Edward County in the State of Virginia aforesaid do Certify that Samuel W m Matthews & Charles Scott whose signatures to the acknowledgements above mentioned, were at the date of their Certificate aforesaid, qualified & acting magistrates of said County of Prince Edward. — Given under my hand & the Seal of said County this first day of September one thousand eight hundred & seven. —
Watkins Ck C

I certify that John Cruise was a Lieutenant in the Virginia line in our late War with Great Britain and he continued in the Army untill the close of that War.
Given Under my hand this 29 th Nov. 1853
James Morton late Lieut. 4 th Virginia Regt.

Nottoway County to wit
This day Truman Epps personally ap- peared before me Francis Fitzgerald a justice of the Peace for the said County & made Oath to the truth of the within Certificate Given under my hand this 6 day of October 1796
Francis Fitzgerald
Virginia. Nottoway County set
I do hereby certify that at the time of signing the above certificate, the above named Francis Fitzgerald was an acting magistrate in the said County & that as such due faith and credit ought to be attached to his signature. Given under my hand & the Seal of my Office this eleventh day of September eighteen hundred & seven. Francis Fitzgerald J.P. N.C. V.

Nottoway County Aug th 15: 1795. —
I do hereby certify that sometime in the month of November 1784— John Grute put into my Hands a Military Certificate for two hundred & forty Dollars, N o . 17849—dated August the 1 st 1784 signed by John Pierce & A. Discomb; which Certificate was within a few days afterwards lost to me, and has never since been heard of, that I know of. —
Freeman Epes. —

The Petition of John Crute Humbly Shews. That in the Month of November 1794, he Put into the hands of Freeman Eppes of Nottoway County a Continental Certificate for two Hundred and forty dollars. No 7819, dated August 1 st 1784 Signed by John Pierce and A. Dunscombe, which Certificate was accidentally Lost for which your Petitioner has received no Satisfaction. He therefore Prays such relief as shall be consistent, with equity and good Conscience.

Dear Sir,
War Office 11 th Nov. 1807.
I return you enclosed the documents received under cover of your favor of this morning. They are sufficient, with corroborating evidence in this office, to establish the claim of Mr. Perte to land, and I will issue the warrant whenever it shall suit the convenience of Mr. Randolph to call and receive it.
I am, Dear Sir,
with very sincere respect,
Yours F. W. Servant
N. Rogers
to Thomas F. Luckin Esq.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY 3, 1852.
Submitted, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. JONES made the following
REPORT:
[To accompany bill S. No. 89.]
The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "a bill (S. 39) to authorize the payment of invalid pensions in certain cases," beg leave to report:
That by the first section of the act of May 15, 1828, each surviving officer of the continental line of the army of the Revolution was to receive a pension, "to begin on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, and to continue during his natural life." The second section provided, "that whenever any of said officers has received money of the United States, as a pensioner, since the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, aforesaid, the sum so received shall be deducted from what said officer would otherwise be entitled to under the first section of this act; and every pension to which said officer is now entitled shall cease after the passage of this act."
Previous to the passage of the act of May 15, 1828, several officers of the continental line had, in consequence of the wounds they had received in battle, been placed on the pension roll, as invalid pensioners; and having availed themselves of the provisions of that act, their pensions, as invalids, were deducted or withheld from the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six.
On the 31st of May, 1831, an act was passed to "amend" that of the 15th of May, 1828, which provides that the latter "shall not be construed to embrace invalid pensions, and that the pension of invalid soldiers shall not be deducted from the amount receivable by them under the said act."
Since the passage of the amendatory act of May 31, 1831, petitions have been presented to Congress from widows and heirs of officers whose invalid pensions had been deducted and withheld under the operation of the act of the 15th of May, 1828, praying for the payment to them of the amount so deducted or withheld; and the committee find that on the 15th of June, 1836, two acts were approved giving the relief asked: one for the relief of the widow of Samuel Gibbs, and one for the relief of the heirs of Richard Anderson. Another similar act, for the relief of the heirs of Moses White, was approved July 26, 1848; and another on the 8th of January, 1849, for the relief of the heirs of William Evans. The committee have not made a thorough examination, and know not but other acts of the kind may have been passed.

From the legislation in the cases alluded to, it would appear that the Commissioner of Pensions did not place the construction upon the act of May 31, 1831, that was intended, or that the terms of the act were so carelessly drawn that they warranted a construction not intended, and the effects of which it required subsequent legislation to correct. If it were intended by that act that the sums which had been deducted and withheld from invalid pensioners, in consequence of their receiving the benefit of the act of May 15, 1828, should be restored to them by the Commissioner of Pensions, the act was not, perhaps, sufficiently plain and explicit, for he has construed the act to have simply a prospective operation; and hence the subsequent legislation in the individual cases above mentioned.
As early as February 9, 1843, an attempt was made in the other house to enact a law which should embrace all the cases where invalid pensions were withheld under the act of May 15, 1828. A report was then made from the Committee on Invalid Pensions favorable to such a law; and accompanying the report was a statement exhibiting the names of the officers from whom amounts had been withheld, the sum withheld from each, &c. The statement then made contained the names of nine officers, and the total amount withheld is stated to be $9,829 12. Since that period, however, the heirs of two of said officers have obtained the amount withheld, by means of special acts. The chairman having requested a new and correct statement from the Commissioner of Pensions, that officer has furnished the following:

A statement showing the names of the invalid pensioners who were dropped from the rolls in consequence of having availed themselves of the benefit of the act of May 15, 1828; the amount of pensions per month in each case; from what time stopped; if restored to the roll, from what time, to what period payable, and the amount withheld.
   Names. Rank. Amount of pay per month. From what time stopped. If restored to the roll, from what period. To what period payable. Amount withheld.     Robert White..... Lieutenant..... $15 11 \frac{1}{4} March 3, 1826 ..... February 9, 1831..... February 9, 1831..... $894 58   John Crute..... Captain ..... 14 73 \frac{1}{4} .....do..... May 31, 1830 ..... May 31, 1830 ..... 750 40   Mordeica Hale..... Surgeon's mate. 10 50 .....do..... Not restored..... December 9, 1832..... 852 60   William Wallace..... Lieutenant..... 9 06 \frac{1}{4} .....do..... December 31, 1836.... December 31, 1836.... 1,178 06   Philip Stuart..... Lieutenant..... 17 00 .....do..... Not restored..... August 14, 1830..... 907 22   William Barton..... General..... 30 00 .....do..... Not restored..... October 22, 1831..... 2,029 00   Clement Sewell..... Ensign..... 10 40 .....do..... Not restored..... January 7, 1829. 354 98   James Glentworth..... Lieutenant..... 8 66 \frac{1}{4} .....do..... May 31, 1830 ..... May 31, 1830. 441 40   7,408 24  

Act 1828 Settled at Treasury Cons d with Invalid file # 24.980

Prince Edw d Virginia 18 th July 1800
To Richard Rush Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.
Inclosed I send my declaration &c showing my claim to the benefit of the act of the last session of Congress. Should it be sufficient, you will please remit to me by mail, directed to Farnsville in Prince Edward County, the amount due to me. should it be more convenient to you, a check upon the U. S. Bank at Richmond will suit me.
I wrote to Col. Ogden from the notice I saw published, believing he was an agent attached to the Treasury department, but learning since that he is not, I do not wish any communications to me through him.
Respectfully Yours. Ob t serv t
John Crate

Centralia, Va.
Aug. 19 th 1925.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
I am asking information regarding Maj(?) Jno. (L) Crute, a Revolutionary Officer. Archives at Richmond, Va. that he entered the service Dec. 7 th 1776 as a lieutenant with Capt. James Foster (15 th Va.) was taken prisoner with Col. Buford and continued prisoner until end of war.

I found info for Saffell where he was granted 2666 2 / 3 acres of land.
In land office records show that he only took up 407 acres.
In Heikman I find "John Crute, 1 st Lieut. 4 th Va. 30 th Nov 1779;
Captain, — 1780. taken prisoner at Charleston 12 th May 1780 and was a prisoner on parole to 1 st May 1783.
I find in unpublished documents of archives a deposition from
Lieut. James Morton 1 st  th Va. (figures illegible) that Jno. E Crute served with him in Va. line & that he knew the officers of that line & never knew any other Crute so he thinks his Com. mission bearing only John Crute must be a mistake.
In one corner of this document is written Maj. Jno. E. Crute, certificate 2666 2 / 3 acres land - 11 mos. more than 6 years. Va land
Can you give me any data regarding this officer? He has always been spoken of as major Crute and it has been handed down in the family

His son he was badly wounded at Battle of Seven Pines and was found wandering in dazed con- -dition but after trepanning by surgeon was all right. Please give me what data you can as I wish it for membership in D. A. R.
Thanking you I am
Very truly yours Mrs. J. B. Clarke

Lynchburg, Va.
March 29, 1929-
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:- I have copies of Revolutionary Claims of Lieut. John Crete  Crete , Capt. John Crete & a letter written to Maj. John L. Crete about his pension. Now I would like to know if these three are one person.

Thanking you for your trouble - Yours truly - Mrs. C. B. Cook - Farmville, Va.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
764
October 8, 1925
Mrs. B. J. Clarke Centralia Virginia
Madam:
I have to advise you from the records of this Bureau it appears that JOHN CRUTE, S. 24980, enlisted, date not stated, and served until the close of the Revolution as Lieutenant in Colonel Abraham Buford's Virginia Regiment. At the battle of Hanging Rock he received the following wounds: three sword wounds on head which caused the loss of the sight of the right eye, a sword wound on the right shoulder, and a bayonet wound under the right arm which transfixed his breast.
He was pensioned on account of the disability resulting from the above mentioned wounds.
In 1828 his post office address was Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia.
He died October 6, 1840, leaving no widow, but the following children: Venable; Samuel; Clement; Maria M., wife of Nathaniel Mottley; and Mary, wife of Thomas Ellington.
The above noted is the only soldier named John Crute found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner
After careful search have been unable to find any record of unvalid pension on "Register of Pensions" or on "1825 Act" AWT.