Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34269, James Crawley, Mass. Privateer

SERVICE
Handwriting practice: Hand Private
Crawley, James
NUMBER _____
S 34269. B. L. N o 834-100
CONTENTS

(- 834)
James Crawley — private 10 th Regiment Mass. line
Warrant Issued Dec r 20 th 1819
Hon ble J. Cummings — Nelson —

13.558
Massachusetts.
James Crumley of Ipswich in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dapper of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Two Years War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of July 1819 and sent to William Melmore Esq. Boston Mass
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $ 87.69 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept 1819 48 10 mo. 29 dys - amt. $ 135.69
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
James Crumley Ipswich Mass. Revolutionary War

James Crawley, 6 Mass t . Reg t . Revolutionary claim for Military Bounty Land.

Found in the 6th Regt. file 13534
I James Crawley of Ipswich in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, laborer, upon oath make the following declaration, - That I was an indentured apprentice and by my master's consent enlisted for John Savory's class in Bradford in said County in the spring of the year 1781; that I did then enlist as a private as aforesaid to serve during the war with Great Britain and march with part of a company to Boston, thence to Roxbury where I joined a company, drew knapsack, provisions, &c. and was marched by a Continental officer directly to West Point, the place of head quarters, and there joined the Regiment; that I was put into the 5th company commanded by Matthew Chambers in the 6th Massachusetts Regiment in the Massachusetts line of which Nixon was colonel and Smith Lieut. colonel; - that I served in said company two years or more until Nixon's Regiment was broken up, when I was transferred to the 7th company, James Means, Capt. in the 2d Massachusetts Regiment commanded by L t Col o Sprout; that I did actually serve therein until the close of the war and was honorably discharged at West Point by General Knox on or about the third day of December in the year 1783.
That I the said Declarant received written certificates of my discharge, that by carrying said discharge loose in my pocket, it became worn out and entirely destroyed.
That I the said Declarant am the identical person who enlisted to serve as a private during the Revolutionary war and did actually serve to the close of it and was honorably discharged in the manner above declared.
JAMES C. CRAWLEY
I Jeremiah Driskell of Gloucester in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts do on oath testify; That I served during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain as a noncommissioned officer, first in Capt. John Lane's company, called the Major's company, and afterwards in Capt. Matthew Chamber's company in Col o Nixon's Massachusetts Regiment and was transferred to the 2d Regiment, L t Col o Sprout, not long before I was discharged in 1783.
That I was well acquainted with James Crawley, the person now present who has made the above declaration, while in the army and to my knowledge his enlistment was for during the war, that he served in the same company with me, of which Matthew Chambers was at that time commander and in the same Regiment between two and three of the last years of the Revolutionary

war as a private, and to my knowledge he was honorably discharged at the close of said war: and that the manner of his discharge being destroyed is, in my opinion, just and true.
I further testify and declare, that James Crawley, who is now present, is the identical person who enlisted to serve as a private during the Revolutionary war, and did serve to the close of it; and was honorably discharged.
Jeremiah Driskell
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Subs. On this twenty fourth day of November A. D. eighteen hundred & eighteen, the above named James Crawley, & Jeremiah Driskell personally appeared & made solemn oaths to the truth of the above declarations by them subscribed; & I hereby certify that Jeremiah Driskell is a credible & disinterested witness.
Col. Henry Phelps Jus. Pain.
Washington 27 Dec 1819 I Jeremiah Nelson a Representative in the Congress of the U States do hereby certify that Henry Phelps whose name is subscribed to the above certificate was a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Essex in the State of Massachusetts on the 4 th Nov 1818
Jeremiah Nelson

James Crawley, 6 Mass t . Reg t . Revolutionary claim for Military Bounty Land.

James Crawley

Ipswich, Ms. 7th Dec r 1819.
Hon. John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War,
Sir, Please to deliver to the Hon. Jeremiah Nelson, M c H. R. a warrant, when issued, for Bounty Land for Military services rendered during the Revolutionary War, in the 6th Regiment in the Massachusetts line.
I am Sir, respectfully Your obed t serv t James D. Doolittle

✓ Gen. Conway Purvis Supps map Reg. 81-83 - 6 April. 1818
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[Faint, illegible handwriting]
Enlisted, June 12 1819
Admitted
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State of Massachusetts
I James Crawley - a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Ipswich in the County of Essex in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, in the summer of - in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred & eighty one -
I entered and was engaged in the service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the Month of December in the year Seventeen hundred & eighty three.
as a private against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to the Company of Captain Chambers in the Regiment of Colonel Smith for about two years, when I was transferred to Captain Haines Company in Colonel Tappan Regiment, from which I was discharged as aforesaid. I also testify that I served on board the Ship Hunter in the Continental service (before I entered the Army as aforesaid) commanded by Captain Nathan Brown for three months when the vessel was destroyed by the enemy in Penobscot River. And that I left the service in the Month of December Anno Domini Seventeen hundred & eighty three, being honorably discharged - and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of Sixty eight years. I have not any other evidence in my power to offer than is herewith exhibited. My discharge being lost by lapse of time.
And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
James Crawley
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me
the Subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the middle Circuit within the State aforesaid & presiding pro hac vice the abovenamed James Crawley
and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In testimony
Whereof I have unto you my name & the seal of Court
Wm. Wetmore
June 10 1819. I now further certify the Supplement

Supplementary evidence of General James Mearns, which is herewith unto annexed, as to the service of the sd James Corneily, & that on further examination, as to the sd Corneily's circumstances in life it still appears to my satisfaction that he is of some years last past hath been in such reduced circumstances in life as to stand in need of the assistance of his country for his support. Witness my hand & the seal of the said Court as within affixed.
W m Westmore

Ms. A. 9. 2. 22. 8
James Crawley
July 1816 at 25 per 1820
[Large cursive signature or initials]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, James Crawley of Essex resident in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 13,558 - now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM."
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, James Crawley - late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the sixth day of April - one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ."
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"Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty ninth day of July - - one thousand eight hundred and nineteen ."
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
No Real Estate.
Personal estate exclusive of bedding and wearing apparel
  Six old chairs 1 Dollar - one Table 50 2.00 cents.   1.50   One pot 25 cents - keakettle 25 cents - .50   Old crockery ware fold knives & forks - 1.00   3.00 
He enlisted in Matthew Chambers Company in the 6th Regiment in the Massachusetts line for three years and served as a soldier in the above Company & Regiment from 28th of March 1781 till April 1783 - and was transferred to the Company commanded by Capt. James Means in the 2nd Regiment commanded by Lieut. Col. Ebenezer Sprout till

he was discharged in December 1983. —
He is aged fifty seven years he is lame & unable to labour. his wife Abigail is sixty years old & unable to labour which is his whole family.
James Crawler.
Essex ss. July 12. 1820. Then the said James Crawler made oath that the said schedule and statement by him subscribed, are true, before me.
Stephen Minot, Judge of said Court.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, James Crawley do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
James Crawley
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed James Crawley took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me
Stephen Minot , Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
Three dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July A. D. 1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

34 269 Rev INVALID.
File No. 34, 269
James Crawley Rev Rev 1880
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 88
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ypswich, Ms. 7th Dec r 1819. Hon. John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War,
Sir, I enclose the documents to prove my claim to Bounty Land for military services during the Revolutionary war, and have forwarded an order to the Hon. Jeremiah Nelson, M. H. R. to receive the warrant when issued. Henry Phelps, Esquire, I presume is known to Mr. Nelson to be a duly qualified magistrate; if not, the Hon. Mr. Silsbee is well acquainted with him as such & will vouch for him. My claim was examined among a list of names left by Mr. Silsbee last session; and on 24th June last, the Secy of War informed him that it was good and that I must comply with the rules.
I am Sir, respectfully Your obed t serv t Joseph C. Merrill

James Crawley Mr. J. P. No 834

I do hereby certify on oath that James Crowley was Mustered as a Soldier, in the 6 th Matthew Chambers compa- ny in the 6 th Massachusetts Regiment, from March Seventeen hundred & eighty-two, till April Seventeen hundred and eighty-three, as appears by the Muster rolls of Chambers company which are now before me, in June Seventeen hundred and eighty-three, said Crowley was transferred to the company I then commanded in the 2 d Massachusetts Regi- ment commanded by Lt. Col. Spratt, and honorably discharged from the service of the United States at Westport in the State of New York in the month of December 1783 James Means was then a Captain in the Regt.
The 6 th Massachusetts Regiment, was commanded by Lt. Col. Calum Smith in 1782. by Ben m Tappan in 1783. and previously had been commanded by Colonel
Cumberland Jf. Westbrook May 24, 1816 Personally appeared James Means and made oath to the Above deposition by him signed and I do certify that said Means is a man of the utmost degree of truth and veracity and ought to be believed in the fore- going deposition and statement.
Before me Moses D. Gilley Judge

I John Norton of Royalston in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify, that I served in the Revolutionary war with the great Britain, as a serjt in Capt. John H. Smith's Company, in the sixth Massachusetts Regiment commanded by H. Col. Calvin Smith in the years seventeen hundred eighty, two and three, and I was well acquainted with James Crawley, the person who has made the within written declaration that according to the best of my knowledge and belief his enlistment was for during the war, that he did actually serve in Capt. Matthew Chambers Company in sd. 6 Regiment between two and three of the last years of the Revolutionary war as a private soldier and according to the best of my knowledge he was Honorably discharged at the close of the war, and that the manner of his discharge being destroyed is in my opinion just and true
John Norton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss. November 27 th 1819 John Norton above named personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me Stephen Batchelder Jr. Jus. Pacis
Worcester ss. Nov 27-1819 I hereby certify that John Norton subscriber to the foregoing deposition is a person who sustains the character of a man of veracity Stephen Batchelder Jr. Jus. Pacis

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER, ss.
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden within and for said County of Worcester , certify, that Stephen Putnam Junior — before whom the annexed Affidavit has been made, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified for the purpose, acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that his name subscribed thereto is his own proper signature.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County seal, this first day of December
A. D. 1819.
Abijah Bigelow, Clk.
Application of } James Exawley }

Seven Applications, with supplementary Evidence. vs. Wm Kelham
Sabaz Marchant John Hodgkin, James Crawley, Sarah Galt. James Griffin Jr & Nathl. Millitt.
Wm Wetmore Judge Boston, Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency JOHN BROOKS, Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know ye, That Sonson Nash and James
J. WOODHULL. Goss Esquires are Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Essex and that Moses Dumby Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cumberland in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to their Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof,  I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this twelfth day of June A. D. 1819, and in the forty third year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
Helen Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth.