Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1567, William Robert Crawley, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Crawley William Robert
W. 1567
Polly
B. L. W. 3606-160-55
CONTENTS

5889
North Carolina
William Crawley
of Burke Co in the State of North Carolina who was a Priv. of Art y in the Company commanded by Captain Turner of the Reg t commanded by Col Marshal in the Virginia line for Nearns
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 100 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 1 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Feby 1833 and Sent to Genl Patten Ho Raper
Arrears to 1 th of Sept. 1832 — $150.00 Semizant. allowance ending 4 Mar '33 50.00
$200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo Cromwell Clerk, Book D Vol. 8 Page 50
Pay. Wm. L. Agt. Aug. 8. 31 " " Pensions Jan 2 '36
Ad. agent May 4 1831
" " Pensions Dec. 3. 1836 — Pay a sum

State of North Carolina } On this 22 nd day (Bunke County) } of October 1832
personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the court of pleas & quarter sessions now sitting William R. Crawley a resident of the said County & State aged 73 years, the 10 th  of January last. He was born on the 10 th day of January 1758 - his age is recorded in the High Church at Williamsburg State of Virginia - and who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed on the 7 th day of June 1832. That he enlisted in the 22 nd Regiment of Virginia State Troops in the City of Williamsburg Virginia on the month of February 1778 or 9 under Capt n Lamb. Timson Col o Marshal & Col o Mooten Commanded the Regt t (Their Christian names not recollect d ) we marched from his term of enlistment was for three years. We marched from Williamsburg to Little York & from there to a town called Hampton near Hampton Roads where we remained for some months from thence we marched to Fort Nelson near Norfolk. We were marched to

counter Marched from & to different places on scattering duty the country We had a Skirmish with a small detachment of British Troops at a place called "Hot Water Barn" I was there wounded by a musket ball through my left leg it was a flesh wound & has done me no injury since it got well. The wound detained me from duty about three months. I was permitted to go & remained at my Father M c Lean Williamsburg. T ill my wound came up. I then returned to my Regiment & found them at a place called "Bishop's Orchard" on the road leading from Richmond to Man- =ley. Col o Thos d Mathews commanded the Regiment at this time. My leg at this time was not well enough to do duty on foot & I was placed in Maj r Thomas Clays Corps of Horse. We shortly after they had another Skirmish with Col o Lartons Corps of Horse on the main Richmond road where we killed & took a number of Prisoners Col o Mathews run from the battle ground & I have understood was broke for com- =mander Maj r Reed took the command after Mathews run. I got a severe cut on my head at that place from the sword of a British Dragoon. The next important duty was at the taking of Corn Wallis at little York which place I was at under the command of

Col t Marshall after Col n Waller was taken we were marched up to Williamsburg where I was discharged about three or four weeks after Col n Waller was taken.
My discharge was signed by Col t Marshall & Col t Mooten as well as I can recollect
On my return home I gave my dis- =charge to my Father he put it among his papers & I have never seen it
since. When I first enlisted I was sworn in by Col t Charlton Esq r who lived in the City of Williamsburg
He hereby relinquishes every claim what- ever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State whatever. Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid W m R. & Crowder

I certify that I made out this Declaration of Wm Grewly and that they have under --you no change Feb 13 th 1873
Sam M. Carson Sec 6-

Declaration + Pension
Wm R. Crawly
of
Virginia State Troops

15 see Bolls.
William Crawley
Second Bolls
16
Page 233
1 Feby '33
Hon S P Carson H of Reps,

BRIEF in the case of William Crawford of Burke County in the State of N. Carolina (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     February In 1778. & 79.  Enlisted for three years (in Virginia) under Capt. Sam l Tinson in the Reg t Com d by Col d Marshall & Atkinson. Was wounded during this term, and delivered from duty about 3 months. Rejoined his Regiment and was discharged about 3 or 4 weeks after the surrender of Cornwallis.   
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Wounded in a Skirmish  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Williamsburg — Virginia  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? No evidence is adduced  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not attached according to the Regulations 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Wm Gordon
Examining Clerk.

Polly Crawley widow of William Crawley who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private of Arty Va
Knoxville
agency.
Rate  100 Dollars 00 cents per annum.
Commencing  March 4, 1861
Certificate dated  July 12, 1861 and sent to  P. H. Anderson Newport Tenn
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act Feb- ruary 3, 1853, Page 252 Vol.

Polly Crawley William (wid. of Samuel Penn. N.B. roll Act 1832)
Draft etc. Act 3 d July, 1853
L. W. Bennett Atty Present.

State of North Carolina & ss. On this 4 th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, before the undersigned a Judge of the Superior Court of Law held in and for the County and State aforesaid, being a Court of Record, personally appeared Mrs. Polly Crawley who is to me known as a resident of the Town of in the County of  Gary and State of North Carolina aged sixty three 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, approved 3 d February A.D. 1853, viz: That she is the widow of William Crawley deceased, who was a Private of Artillery, in the Virginia Continental line, in the war of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States, upon the North Carolina Pension Roll, under Act of 1832 at the rate of One Hundred Dollars per annum.
She further declares that she was married to the said William Crawley on or about the first day of September in the year eighteen hundred and twelve more fully appear by the proofs hereto annexed: That her husband the aforesaid William Crawley died on the Twentieth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and thirty nine. She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a Pension. Subscribed & sworn to before me this day and year first above written, and I certify that I have no interest in the application as attorney, agent or otherwise. John M. Ellis Judge etc. Polly Crawley Mark
I do hereby constitute and appoint Plant W. Barnett of Washington N.C. any time a lawful attorney for the purpose of presenting this my application for a Pension, to attend to the same while pending and to receive the Certificate when issued and to do all things necessary and proper, as fully as I could do were I personally present. Dated this 4 th May 1853. Witness. John M. Ellis Judge etc. Polly Crawley Mark
State of North Carolina ss. It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me the undersigned Judge of the Superior Court of Law a Court of Record held in and for the said County that William Crawley, late a Pensioner of the United States under Act of 1832, at the rate of $100. per annum, died on the Twentieth day of April eighteen hundred and thirty nine and that he left surviving him the following named widow and children, viz: Polly Crawley (widow), Elizabeth Long wife of Long Alexander Crawley, George W. Crawley, Sarah Crawley & Moses Crawley (children). Witness my hand this 4 th day of May A.D. 1853. John M. Ellis Judge etc.
State of North Carolina ss. I do hereby certify that Hon. John W. Ellis whose genuine signature appears attached to the foregoing declaration and certificate, was at the date of the same a Judge of the Superior Court of Law held in and for said County (a Court of Record) duly commissioned and sworn. Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 4 th day of May A.D. 1853. F. H. Burgess Clerk.

27.053
Act March 3/55 March 31/55
Polly Crawley, widow of William Crawley. min.
Va: Staunton
Rev. War
War of Revolution
Rec Pension Act Feby 3. 1853
Ad: 160 acc. Aug: 9 th 1855
RYM
Bagnall
3606 ip Aug 11/55
Alfred M. Finley Marion McDowell Co North Carolina
NC
July 53 - no. 3553
Vol. 62-102.

State of South Carolina
at 62 mill county 3 on the 24th day of March 1855
Before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace duly qualified to administer oaths within said for the county and hereafter personally appeared Polly Crawley aged 88 years who being first duly sworn according to law declare that she is the widow of William Crawley deceased who was a Private of Artillery in the Revolutionary War and a pensioner of the United States inscribed on the Pension List at the rate of one thousand Dollars per annum - and that she has at the time and her proportion fine original Pension book etc which is now with her in the United States that she is a pensioner of the United States and has her fine proportion of Pension (original of which is herewith) the following is a true copy
Department of the Interior
Widows Pension
I certify that in conformity with the provisions of an act of February 3 1855 Polly Crawley widow of William Crawley who was a Private of Artillery in the Revolutionary War and inscribed on the Pension List at the rate of one thousand Dollars per annum to receive a pension of one hundred and fifty dollars per month during her life and continuing for life unless she should remarry in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage given at the Department of the Interior this first day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
J. C. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions

in order that a true and correct certificate is the following endorsement First Payment to be made at Asheville by J. C. Hardy agent for paying Pensions in the agency of South Carolina) Payable on the 4th September and 4th March. Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensions under act February 3rd 1835 Page 133 Vol A.
Q. I fully believe that the last mentioned fact that contains the order for the above mentioned William Crawley.
A. I have no knowledge of the said reference but I had to be prepared on file in the Pension Office Department
which was filed in preserving the above mentioned certificate
after making this declaration for the purpose of obtaining
the annuity to which she may be entitled under the act approved the 3rd day of March 1835
She also declares that she has not obtained a warrant for family drawing under this or any other act of Congress and that any other application therefor
by the said wife of private Alfred M. Kinley of North Carolina has been rejected and that she has not obtained a warrant for family drawing under this or any other act of Congress
and that she has not obtained a warrant for family drawing under this or any other act of Congress and that any other application therefor
For Polly F. Crawley Moss
(name and place signed hereunto)
and that any other application therefor
by the said wife of private Alfred M. Kinley of North Carolina
has been rejected and that she has not obtained a warrant
for family drawing under this or any other act of Congress

What I am not interested in is the her claim as attorney as otherwise - I give under my hand and seal during and of our first love written
W B Keallerton J.P.
State of South Carolina
McDowell County 4th day of March A.D. 1855
Before me the undersigned a Notary of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized to administer oaths to persons
James William Murphy and William O Walton who are to me
well known to be who are credible persons and who being by me duly sworn, depose and say that they are each well acquainted
with Polly Brantley the above applicant for the land that
they have known her for 25 years past that they have known
to believe and do believe that she is the identical person
the Brantley herself to be and further that they were present and saw her make the foregoing declaration and swear to the facts in the form of law and that they
Wm Murphy Wm O Walton
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of March A.D. 1855
W. B. Keallerton J.P.
State of South Carolina
McDowell County 4th day of March A.D. 1855
Before me the undersigned a Notary of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized to administer oaths to persons James William Murphy and William O Walton who are to me well known to be who are credible persons and who being by me duly sworn, depose and say that they are each well acquainted with Polly Brantley the above applicant for the land that they have known her for 25 years past that they have known to believe and do believe that she is the identical person the Brantley herself to be and further that they were present and saw her make the foregoing declaration and swear to the facts in the form of law and that they

and also that the records in my name was at the time of its being a witness of the peace in and for the county of ... duly commissioned and sworn and that the ... are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal at ... this 24 th day of March A.D. 1933
A. M. ...
27. 1933

Rev. War Section
mm/SA Con
June 12, 1923
Mr. William M. Robinson 701 Marion Building Augusta, Georgia
Sir:
In response to your letter received April 20, 1923, I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 1567 it appears that William Robert Crawley was born January 10, 1758 or 1759.
While a resident of Williamsburg, Virginia he enlisted in February 1779 and served as a Private under Captain Samuel Timson or Simson and Colonels Marshal, Mooten and Thomas Mathews. He was in an engagement at Hot Water where he was wounded by a musket ball in left leg; after this he was placed in Major Thomas Clay's Corps of Horse and was in a skirmish on the Richmond Road where he was cut in the head by a sword. He was at the surrender of Cornwallis and was discharged four weeks later.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 23, 1832 while a resident of Burke County, North Carolina. He died April 20, 1839.
Soldier married September 1, 1812 Polly (maiden

name not stated), who was allowed pension on her application executed May 4, 1853 while a resident of Yancey County, North Carolina, aged sixty-three years. She was living in Sevier County, Tennessee in 1866.
In 1832 soldier referred to his son Richard. The following children survived soldier: Elizabeth who married -----Long, Alexander, George W., Israel and Moses.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
(M rs Tichenor said use the date of the death of soldier which the widow gave.)

1923 June 12 - dist to Mrs. M. Robinson - 15-67 mhs/187
Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15-67
Polly Crawley, Widow William Crawley, Pris. Rev. Wal.
Act: July 29. 1848.
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 102
[Arrangement of 1870.]

4 m 39
✓ Pension Office, 17 Jan'y 1854.
Sir, Please certify the time to which the last instalment =sion was paid, or the date of his death.
Very Respectful,
J. Cole
For the Commission.
William Crawley, act 1832 $100 per annum, Paid to 4 Mar. 1839. No death
F. Barth Auditor
Francis B. H. S. Thos. Auditor, Mass.

May 15. 1853
App. of Polly Crawley widow of William Samuel .
N. L.
Act 3 d Feb 1853 $100 00 Per An. Com: Feb: 3 d 1853. Rev:
C. W. Bennett Present
Pension Office, Official Business

J.W. Anderson, Aug 25 th 1853. R.R. Butler May 4. 1853.
4 March 6
North C widow of
heville
eg ->
who served in the Revolutiona- ry war, as a private of Art y
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars 00. Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 1 st day of February 1853 and sent to C. M. Barnett Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 133. Vol. A

Newport, Tennessee June 19th 1869
Wm. H. Van Arman, Commissioner of Pensions Washington City - D. C.
The Pension claim of Polly Crawley, - is one of Revolutionary merits . Some two or three years ago, she made application for restoration to the Rolls as a Pensioner - sending (with her application) her certificate (I do not now recollect the No. of her application) And by her Petition , I have written several letters to the Pension Department to know why the delay, but cannot hear - And I venture to write this one other, and I hope that you will permit it, as she is very old and feeble and childish and often annoys me to know what has become of her claim. If it cannot be allowed, will you be pleased to return her certificate soon, for she murmurs at me about the delay.
Newport Tenn.
Yours truly J. P. H. Anderson

Polly Brawley.

for Restoration Applications to the Pension Rolls whose names have been dropped under the acts of February 4th 1862
State of Tennessee } Sevier County } On this 23 a  July day of A.D. One thousand eight hundred and sixty six personally appeared before me H. K. McLaughlin Clerk of the County Court, in said State and County the same being a Court of record. Polly Crawley, (widow of William Crawley) who aged Seventy seven years a resident of Sevier County in the State of Tennessee who, being duly sworn according to law, de- clares, she is the identical Polly Crawley who was a pensioner on the roll of the agency at Asheville North Carolina, and whose pension Certificate is herewith returned; That she has resided since the first day of January A.D. 1861; as follows: in Sevier Co. in the State of Tennessee
That during this period her means of support and subsistence have been entirely from the bounty and through the charity of others and that she is almost helpless and that she has not borne arms against the Government of the United States, or has not in any manner encouraged the rebels, or

manifested a sympathy with their cause; and that she was last paid her Pension on the 4th day of March A.D. 1861
This application is made for the purposes of securing the restoration of her name to the pension rolls, and of obtaining a new Pension Certificate such as she may be entitled to under existing laws, reference being made to the evidence heretofore filed in the Pension Office to substantiate her original claim, and
And I hereby appoint P. H. Anderson of present Newport, Tennessee my Attorney to present this my application and perform all that is necessary therein, without revocation, as well as to receive my certificate when issued
{ Elisha L. Morris Polly L. Crawley mark George Paden
In the presence of Also personally appeared Elisha L. Morris and George Paden residents
of Sevier County Tennessee persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn say that they were present and saw Polly L. Crawley make her mark to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicants and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical

person she represents herself to be; and they further swear that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim
3 Elisha L. Morris 3 George Rolen
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 23 rd day of July A.D. 1866; and I hereby certify that I have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim
3 x 3
W.H. McLaughlin clerk
Oath of Allegiance
I, Polly Crawley do solemnly swear, in the presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of States thereunder; that I will, in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of Slaves; So help me God
Elisha L. Morris George Rolen
Polly x Crawley mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 23 rd day of July 1866. I certify that I have no interest in this claim
3 x 3
W.H. McLaughlin clerk

State of Tennessee County of Sevier } On this 17th day of Sept. 1866, before me William Benson an acting justice for said County, personally appeared Polly Crawley a person entitled to full faith and credit, who after being duly sworn according to law, states that she was the wife of the late William Crawley, and that she still continues the said William Crawley's widow, and that she has not aided or abetted Polly Crawley nor sympathized in their cause }
Sworn and subscribed before me William Benson an acting justice the peace in and for said Co. and I hereby certify that the said Polly Crawley is the Widow of William Crawley and that I have no interest in the pros- ecution of the claim of Polly Crawley whomsoever William Benson Clerk Justice of Peace for Sevier County
State of Tennessee Sevier County I William H. H. Huggan do hereby certify that William Benson, whose name is signed to the foregoing is an acting justice of the peace of the peace and is duly authorized by law to administer oaths, and that his

name above written is genuine And I do further certify, that the contents of the said Polly Crawlyp declaration was fully made known to her by me before she signed her name thereto, and that she is still the widow of the said William Crawly, and that I have no interest in the prosecution of this claim derick or remots, In witness whereof I hereto sign my name and affix the seal court and county This 18 th day of Sept 1866
M. H. Huggan clerk
Additional Evidence
Polly Crawly
Restoration

Polky Crawley
Recd
Close ad 1866
Not into Case

No - not known
State of Tennessee Sevier County
This day personally appeared before me W. H. H. Snagg Clerk of the County Court within and for the County and State above given - Elisha L. Morris and John Stewart Citizens of the County of Sevier - credible witnesses - with whom I am personally acquainted, who after being duly sworn depose and say that they are acquainted with Polly Crawley, and were acquainted with her during the war and for many years before the war , and know of our own knowledge that the said Polly Crawley, did not in any manner encourage the Rebelion nor manifest a sympathy for the cause, and that she desired the suppression of the Rebelion, and we further know that she was greatly rejoiced when the Rebelion was suppressed - And that she was an uncomproising Union Lady - from the beginning to the close of the war and that we have no interest in the claim for Pensions, and that the contents of these affidavits were fully made known to us before signing the same.
Elisha L. Morris John Stewart

Sworn to and subscribed before me William H. H. Duggan in this the 20 th day of July A. D. 1868. and I hereby certify that the contents of the foregoing affidavit were fully made known to the above affiant before signing the same and that I have no interest in the prosecution of this claim whatever
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said County in this 20 th day of July A. D. 1868 W. H. H. Duggan Clerk of County Court

Mr Crawley
Apr 14
FREE
N.B.
Sammy L Edward Esq Coun: of Pleas Washington D.C.

Burke County N.C.
5 th April 1836
James L. Edward, Esq.
Comr of Pensions
Sir
Your letter to R. C. Pearson dated the 2 nd Jany last on the subject of my application for a Pension under the Act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832 is now before.
You ask me to state whether I have always been known by the name of W m Crawley or W m R. Crawley? Which the I am? At the close of the war at R. Chmond a Certificate for the bal d of full pay due me; and whether given to myself or my agent?
In reply to your first inquiry I have to state that I was Chris- tend William Roberts Crawley, that I frequently and for many years after arriving at Mansboro used the R. in writing my name, but of late have omitted it — My son Richard has or had in possession a Brand ing Iron used for branding Stock which was made for me W m — The W m being broke off the other two letters answered for him —
My answer to the next ques- tion is that according to the best of my recollection I never rec d nor authorized any other person to receive for me any thing after I was discharged from the ser- vice — I believe it was not

was entitled at the close of the war to 150 acres of lands in addition to what I got for my services, and I am still dissatisfied of that fact
If you can give my friend R. C. Patterson who writes this at my request any information on the subject of my claim to the land of which I speak you will Very much Oblige Your friend H
H. William Branch
I witnessed Mr. Crawleys disqua- lification to the above and I have no hesitation in saying the con- tents of the foregoing are true.
R. C. Patterson

Act of February 3rd 1859 Marion N. C. N Feb 3/59
Payment to be made at Asheville by J. E. Hardy
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of North Carolina
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 133 Vol. A
J. T. Getty Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853,
Polly Crawley, widow of William Crawley, who was a Private of Artillery in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of One Hundred dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this first day of February . one thousand eight hundred and fifty four .
Robert L. D. [unclear] Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
L. M. [unclear] Commissioner of Pensions.

State of North Carolina,
County of McDowell, on this 21 st day of June AD 1853 Israel Simmons personally ap- peared before me The undersigned a Justice of The Peace within and for the county afore- said and made oath according to Law and saith that he was well acquainted with William Crawley who was a Pensioner of the Revolution and his wife Polly Crawley who is now an applicant for a Pension that he knew them before they were married and afterwards but was not present when they were married but has no doubt but that they were lawfully married that they lived in his immediate neighbourhood for many years raised a family and were always recognized as man and wife and that he never heard it disputed by any person whatever.
Israel Simmons
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year first above written and I do hereby certify that the said Israel Simmons is a credible witness And I further certify that I have no interest in the Result of the case and am not concerned in its Prosecution
J. H. Peeples

State of North Carolina
McDowell County } I Samuel J. Neal Clerk of the court of Pleas and quarter sessions for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that Isaac A. Hicks before whom the fore- going affidavit was sworn to and subscrib- ed is and was at the time thereof an acting Justice of the peace in and for the county of McDowell duly commissioned and sworn and his signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court at office the 22 nd day of June A.D. 1853.
S. J. Neal Cth

State of North Carolina,
County of Burke. On this 16 th day of June AD 1853 William Humphill personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace within and for the county aforesaid and made oath according to Law. and saith that he was well acquainted with William Crawley who was a son- -in-law of the Revolution and his wife Polly Crawley who is now an applicant for a Pension. That the said William Crawley was a cabinet workman and done some work for him in the year 1812 that in the month of May or June of said year he left his house and went to one Joseph Dobson who lived some 15 miles off to which place he moved his tools for him that in the Fall of the same year the said William Crawley returned to his house with his wife Polly Crawley with him. and said that they were married that they built a house on his land and lived there for many years raised a family and were always recognized as man and wife and that he never heard it disputed by any person whatever. and that he has no doubt but that they were lawfully married.
William Humphill
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day

and your first above written and I do hereby certify that the said William Hemphill is a credible witness - And I further certify that I have no interest in the result of the case and am not concerned in its prosecution
Thos H Hemphill
State of North Carolina Burke County } I W S Suddeth Clerk of the Court of Com Pleas & Quarter Sessions for sd County do certify that Thos H Hemphill whose signature appears above is an acting Justice of the Peace for sd County & the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office in Morganton 18th June 1853 W S Suddeth C.C.

State of North Carolina } I Alfred M. Finley clerk of the court of McDowell County } Pleas & quarter sessions for the county aforesaid Do hereby certify that John Autry whose genuine signature appears to the within affidavit is and was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace and for the county of McDowell duly commissioned and sworn
I Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court at Marion the 24 th day of November AD 1853
A. M. Finley clerk

State of North Carolina } St.
County of Moore } ss
On this 5 th
day of
appeared before me the undersigned a Justice
David Wallis
and Wesley Gibbs
are credible witnesses, and who being by me duly sworn do acquainted with Mrs. Polly Crawley the deponent known her for 35 or 40 years last past. That they were acq her late husband, having known him for 30 or 35 years pre
William Crawley and Polly Crawley and were reputed so to be, that deponents never heard the fa That the said William Crawley died on the or about 2 said Polly Crawley has been since that day and deponents believe to be the fact. That she has never married since his widow, and that her said husband was the identical man declaration was , and that deponents are disinterested. Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year first above written, and I certify that I am not interested herein.
Attest
John Autrey
Justice of the Peace.

State of North Carolina,
County of Yadkin } on this 27 day of Decem  Febr
1853 Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County Polly Crawley who is to me well known who first being sworn by me duly sworn according to Law - depose and saith that she is the widow of Williams Crawley who was a Pensioner of the Revolution, inscribed on the Pension Roll of North Carolina at the Rate of one hundred Dollars Per annum. That she was married to the said William Crawley by Daniel Brown who was an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Burke State of North Carolina. That there is neither any Family or Public Record of said Marriage to her know- -ledge. Her Polly her Crawley mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year above written - and I certify that I am not inter- -ested herein - Given under my hand Jno P. [unclear] Jr
State of N th Carolina I David McCarles Clerk of the Yadkin County Ct. Court of Yadkin County do certify That Thomas Gibbs is a Magistrate as above and that The foregoing Signature purporting to be his is genuine in testimony whereof I have here- unto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this 27 day of December 1853 David McCarles Clerk of The Court of Yadkin County.

Hon. S. P. Waldo Commr of Pensions. Sir.
Washington Jany 14, 1834.
I have the honor to enclose herewith the additional evidence required by your letter suspending the application of Mrs. Polly Crawley for a Pension under the 2 d Section of the Act of 3 d Feb. 1853.
Very Respectfully, Your Obedt Servt. L. W. Bennett

Brief in the case of Polly Crawley, widow of William, Yancey County and State of N. Carolina, act 31 Febry, 1853,
Claim, ("original," for increase )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under Act 7 th June, 1835. Four Witnesses testifying to General reputation of marriage & Cohabitation,
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
C. W. Bennett Esq., Present. Name and residence of Agent
J. H. W. [Signature] Examining Clerk.

Hon. L. P. Waldo Commr of Pensions & etc.
Washington May 14. 1853.
I have the honor to enclose herewith the application of Mrs. Polly Crawley widow of James  Samuel Crawley deceased (who was a pensioner under act of 1832 on U. S. roll) for the benefits of the act of 3 rd Feby 1853.
Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servt L. W. Bennett
Israel Simmons, McDowell Co. N.C. & Wm Campbell Brattleboro, Vt. Rep. & Co: Family Clin

P/B
Washington
June 30 th 1853.
Hon. S. P. Waldo, } Sir, Com te of Pensions.
I have the honor to enclose herewith the affidavits of William Humphreill and Israel Simmons as additional evidence in support of the claim of Mrs. Crawley, for the benefit of the 2 nd Sect. Act of Feb. 3 rd . 1853, heretofore filed.
Very respectfully,
Your obedt Servt
G. M. Bennett

State of North Carolina } } County of Hertford
I hereby certify the examination of Polly Keracle, by me in McDowell County to a declaration filed in the perish department in Washington, was made in open Court. Same in open Court at Milton Sept. 29 th A.D. 1853.
John W. Ellis Judge of Superior Court of Law & Equity
State of North Carolina } County of Hertford } I John A. Bann Clerk of the Superior Court of Law & Equity of Hertford County, certify that John W. Ellis whose name is signed to the above certificate is one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Law & Equity for North Carolina. Given under my hand & seal of office, at office in Milton this the 29 th day of Sept. 1853.
J. A. Bann CLK

Washington
Oct. 6. 1853..
Hon. S. P. Waldo, Clk Court of Pensions. Sir.
I have the honor to enclose herewith a certificate of Hon. John W. Ellis, Judge of the Superior Court of Law and Equity, of N.C. that the declaration of Mrs. Polly Crawley for the benefit of the Act of 3 d Feby. last, now on file in your office, was made before him in open Court.
Very Respectfully Your Ob t Servt. L. W. Bennett

adm d
2 years per arty
100 $

Declaration Pension
M m A Crawley

State of North Carolina Bunke County 3
I James Reed presiding Justice of the Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County and State aforesaid do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. Given under my hand and seal this 24 th day of October AD 1832. Jas Reed Pr Justice (Lia)
State of North Carolina Bunke County 3
I James Erwin Clerk of the Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the above contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of William R Crawley for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office done at Morganton this 24 th day of October AD 1832
Such J Erwin Clerk

No. 27053
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Mar 31 st 1855
Polly Cramby widow of William Cramby War of Revolution Da State line
Warrant No 2606-160-531
Alfred M. Finley Marines McDowell Co North Carolina

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Revaws

Restoration Brief in the Case of
3.553
Polly Gravelly Widow of William
Battle of 1847 Buena Vista
Iowa
County and State of
Daughters
Monmouth Iowa
Act 2 d Sec 7 th 1853
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
Pensioned at $100 pr Ann. Certificate surrendered. Paid to March 4 1864
Identity and Continued widowhood shown. Witnesses, certified to be creditable witnesses, to the entire loyalty of claimant.
Admitted June 29. 1869 to Pension at $100. pr annum to commence March 4. 1864
Name and residence of Agent.
P. H. Anderson Newport Tennessee
W. E. Frick Examining Clerk.
[Handwritten initials or mark]

No. 1883
Folly Crawley wid: of William Samuel "
Set to C. W. Bennett, " " " Present,
act. 3. Febry 1853

Dec 22
FREE
James L. Edwards Esq. Comm: of Purgious Washington D.C.

Morgantown NC 14 th Dec. 1835
Sir,
M c William Crawley of this County who has heretofore drawn a Pension of $100 per year under the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832 is informed by the Agt. for paying Pensions in Fayetteville that payment on his Certificate is suspended by order of the War Dept.
I am requested by his Son to write you on the subject and ascertain what objection is made to his claim.
Your early answer will
oblige
Yrs Friend H
J. A. Edwards Esq Com d of Pensions
H. H. Pearson

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, William Crawley of the State _____ of North Carolina who was a Private of Artillery in the Revolutionary Army. _____
is entitled to receive One hundred dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 20 th June day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
Lewick
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. Edwards

Wm Crawley
Payments to be made at Fayetteville NC by the Presd. U.S. Br. Bank Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
North Carolina
Recorded by Ino Cromwell Clerk, in Book D Vol. 8 page 50.
lived in Burke 20 years to 1838 - See D. W. before

Department of the Interior. Pension Office.
August 25 th 1866.
Sir:
I have examined and suspended the Claim of Mrs. Polly Crawley.
Proof should be filed that she did not in any manner encourage the rebels, nor manifest a sympathy with their cause, and that she has not intermarried, but remains the widow of William Crawley.
The Clerk of Court before whom her declaration was made, should certify that the contents thereof was made known to the applicant before signing.
I am, Yrs. very Respectfully,
Jos H. Barnett.
Commissioner.
P. W. Anderson, Esq. Newport, Tennessee.

WILLIAM M. ROBINSON, JR. CIVIL AND VALUATION ENGINEER 701 MARION BUILDING TELEPHONE 813 AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
18 April 1923 The Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Sir:
I would appreciate the history and family data of William Crawley, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, which, I believe, will be found in Pension Rolls 5, page 57. This soldier's residence at date of enlistment was probably Virginia.
If you can do so I shall be glad to have data for Robert Robinson of South Carolina, Edwin Conway of Lancaster Co. Washington of Va. and John Dickie of Halifax Co. Va.; but I am unable to cite references.
Respectfully, W. M. Robinson Jr.