Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9827, Joseph Crandal, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R. I.
Brandal Joseph or Brandall
N 9827
B.L.Wt. 17728-160-55
Annis
CONTENTS

In the Matter of Judge Brandt Application for a Pension
14659 ✓
admd 12 mo per 40$

State of New York,  County of Rensselaer } ss.
On this 14 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the undersigned the Court of Sessions now sitting, John P. Brancall a resident of Berlin - county of Rensselaer and State of New York, aged sixty seven years, 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, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That in the year 1780 he resided in the town of Westerly in the State of Rhode Island. That in the spring of that year he entered the service for two months as a substitute for one John Root an enlisted man in what was then called the Continental army whose duty it was to guard the shore against the enemy that he served this term for the said two months under Captain John Gavit and was discharged. That he also entered the service in the spring or fall of the same year for one month as a substitute for a drafted man whose name he does not recollect and went to Newport and served about two or three weeks of the time when he and his associates were discharged. That in the summer of 1781 he enlisted into what was called the Beacon Guard whose duty it was to guard each of the beacons that were erected on the hill in the town of Charlestown in said State and one was also erected on a high hill in the said town of Westerly, then beacons were composed of combustibles, tar, straw &c. which were to be lighted in case of alarm - in order this enlistment he served six or eight weeks when the duty was no longer required and he was discharged - this last mentioned service was a night service - at
He also states that he has heretofore been on the Pension roll of the New York agency as will appear by the annexed Certificate under the act of March 18 th 1818 and was dropped therefrom on account of property - that the services for which he was then inscribed upon said Pension roll was for services (exclusive of the above) as a Private in Colonel Jeremiah Olney's Regiment of the Continental troops for nine months - that he resided in the town of Berlin county of Rensselaer and State of New York -
That he now wishes his whole time put together which will make something over a year - That he has no documentary evidence of his services and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to certify to his services -
To the foregoing interrogatories put by the Court he answers
1. He was born in the town of Westerly aforesaid in the year 1765

That in the Year 1780 he resided in the Town of Westerly in the State of Rhode Island. That in the Spring of that Year he entered the service for two Months as a Substitute for one John Rops an enlisted guard in what was then called the Kentish guard whose duty it was to guard the shore against the enemy that he served this time for the said two months under Captain John Gavit and was discharged. That he also entered the service in the Spring or fall of the same Year for one month as a substitute for a drafted man whose name he does not recollect and went on to Newport and served about two or three weeks of the time when he and his associates were discharged. That in the Summer of 1781 he enlisted into what was called the beacon guard whose duty it was to guard each the beacons that were erected on the hill in the town of Charlestown in said State and one was also erected on each hill in the said town of Westerly, then beacons were composed of combustibles, tar, straw &c. which were to be lighted in case of alarm. Under this enlistment he served six or eight weeks when the duty was no longer required and he was discharged. This last mentioned service was a night service.
He also states that he has hitherto been on the Pension roll of the New York agency as will appear by the annexed Certificate under the act of March 18 th 1818 and was dropped therefrom on account of property. That the services for which he was then inscribed upon said Pension roll was for services (exclusive of the above) as a Private in Colonel Jeremiah Olney's Regiment of the Continental troops for Nine Months. That he resided in the town of Berlin County of Bennington and State of New York.
That he now wishes his whole time put together which will make something over a Year. That he has no documentary evidence of his services and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to testify to his services.
To the foregoing interrogatories put by the Court he answers
1. He was born in the town of Westerly aforesaid in the Year 1765 2. His age is recorded in the town Clerk's office in said town. 3. He resided in Westerly aforesaid when he entered the service and remained there till the Year 1791 when he removed to the

place where he now and has ever since lived, in the said town of Berlin in the State of New York
4. & 5. To these Interrogatories he refers to the above statement -
6. He never received a written discharge in the state service -
7. He is known in his present neighbourhood to John Reeve & Preston Harnum who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution -
For answers to the fifth, sixth & thirteenth Interrogatories returned answered in the negative the applicant makes the following affidavit -
Rensselaer County ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the County of Rensselaer aforesaid Joseph Brandall the above applicant who being duly sworn deposes & saith that to the 13 th Interrogatory he has stated in his above declaration and now again states that he knows of no person living who can testify to his services - to the 6 th Interrogatory he says in addition to the officers under whom he served as stated in his declaration above he recollects in his first & second tours of duty as stated in the above declaration he served under Captain John Gavitt - and in his third months service he served under Captain Daniel Dighton, Lieutenant Shearburn, and as to other officers he cannot recollect - and to the 5 th Interrogatory he says that by reason of old age & 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 one year three months and fourteen days at least I served as a private, and for such service I claim a pension - and that he knows of no evidence of his services sworn & subscribed before me
This 25 th day of May 1833
Joseph Brandall
John Whitford
Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Rensselaer County ss. I hereby certify that John Whitford Esq. before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County. And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature above subscribed to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 28 th day of May 1833.
Henry A. Bristol Clk for H. Howard Sec. Deputy

of the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County. And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature above subscribed to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 28 th day of May 1833. Henry K. Bristol Clk for H. Howard Jun. Deputy
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, or (if any,) only on that of the agency of the State of New York
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Joseph Crandal Archibald Bull Clerk
We, William Satterlee a Clergyman, residing in the town of Berlin and Alonzo G. Hammond residing in Berlin hereby certify that we are acquainted with Joseph Crandal — who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty seven years of age; 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. W. Satterlee Archibald Bull Clerk  A. G. Hammond
And the said Court do 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 Revolutionary Soldier , and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that William Satterlee who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Berlin and that Alonzo G. Hammond who has also signed the same, is a resident in the Berlin, town — and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Archibald Bull Clerk of the Court of Mayors Baint do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Crandal for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ninth day of August 1831. Archibald Bull Clerk

Schedule of all the Property now owned by me -
One bow, eight common chains, two common tables, one small looking glass, one Pine Chest, one small trunk, one cooking stove, one set of spoons common broocking, one set of knives and forks, one set of spoons, one set of tea spoons, two axes, one hoe, one buck saw, one small Billow, shovel & tongs, one dust pan, two pails, one wash tub and my present pension from the Government of the United States of Forty Dollars per annum -
And Deponent further says that he is a Tanner and Shoemaker by trade, but he is unable to follow either of said trades on account of his age and infirm state of health -
And Deponent further says that his family consists of his Wife whose name is Anna Brandall and a small girl named Betsey Black who lives with him, and that his wife is 60 years of age and has been sick and under the Doctor's hands for about one year last past, and has been for several years in feeble health and is wholly unable to contribute any thing towards our support, and that he is unable to support himself and wife without the assistance of his Country - That he did not make a Schedule under the Act of 1820 above referred to, nor apply to be re-enrolled, having then and for some years thereafter sufficient property to support himself without the aid of the Government, but which has been for some time entirely exhausted as before mentioned, with the exception of that embraced in the above Schedule -
Sworn to and subscribed on the 18th day of December 1840 in Open Court -
Geo. Wheeler Clerk
Joseph Brandall

I George Wheeler Clerk of the District Court of the City of New York do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Joseph Cramall did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy for the term of Nine Months under an engage- ment on the Continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule hereto annexed are truly copied from the records 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 less than Fifty Dollars exclusive of the Pension allowed by him
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 18th day of December 1840
Geo. Wheeler Clerk

113.485
113.485
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
Act of March 3, 1855.
Claim of Joseph Coonradt Widow of for Bounty Land
J. M. Coonradt Attorney, Rochester, N. Y.
Steam Press of A. Strong & Co., Rochester, N. Y.

State of New York County of Steuben
On this 21 st day of April One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me Bardwell Eddy Esq a Justice of the peace in and for said County and State aforesaid Joseph Crandall Aged Eighty Nine years a resident of the town of Prattburgh in said County of Steuben who being duly sworn according to Law declares that he is the Identical Joseph Crandall who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war. That he enlisted in the Town of Westerly in the State of Rhode Island in April (the day he cannot precisely state) in the year 1782 That he with others was sent to Philadelphia and joined the Company commanded by Captain Daniel Deyter of the Rhode Island Regiment of "Continental" under Col. Jeremiah Cramy and served there until the close of the term of Nine months for which he enlisted as will appear from the records of said Company. And the said Joseph Crandall further says, that he is now receiving a pension for his services in said war under the Acts of Congress passed in the years of 1818 and 1820 of $96. per Annum that he has never received bounty land heretofore, but makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining Bounty Land under the Act passed March 3, 1855.
H.B. Eddy
Sworn before me this 21 st day of April 1855- H.B. Eddy
Joseph Crandall Mark Justice of the Peace

State of New York County of Steuben } ss.
On this 21 st day of April 1855- We Alman Clark and Mary Clark residents of the Town of Prattsburgh in said County of Steuben upon our Oaths declare that the within declaration was signed and acknowledged in our presence and that we know that the said Joseph Crandall the declarant is the same and the identical person he represents himself to be,
Alman Clark Mary Clark
Deacons
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year above written. and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons and that I am not interested in this claim,
H. B. Eddy, Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above mentioned Joseph Crandall in consequence of the infirmities of old age is unable to write his name and therefore had to make his mark H. B. Eddy Justice of the Peace

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Joseph Crondale of Poultney County of Steuben do hereby irrevocably make, constitute and appoint Philander M. Crondale my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Department of the Interior of the United States, the Certificate or Warrant to which I am entitled for my husband's Military services, as mentioned in the foregoing declaration; and for good and sufficient reasons, do hereby revoke and countermand any and all other powers of attorney, or other authority, that may have been given by me for any such purposes, and vest the same solely and irrevocably in my said attorney, said Philander M. Crondale
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, my hand and seal this 21 st day of April 185 5 . Attest, Osmond Clark Clerk of Steuben ss. H.B. Eddy
STATE OF New York COUNTY OF Steuben ss. On this 21 st day of April 185 5 , personally appeared before me, Basilwell Eddy a Justice of the Peace duly authorised to take acknowledgments in and for the county aforesaid, Joseph Crondale subscriber to the foregoing, and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein described.
H.B. Eddy Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above mentioned Joseph Crondale in consequence of the infirmities of old age is unable to write his name and therefore had to make his mark H.B. Eddy Justice of the Peace
STATE OF New York COUNTY OF Steuben ss. A.W. Campbell Clerk of the County Court in and for the county and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that H.B. Eddy whose genuine signature appears above, is and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such, are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
GIVEN under my hand and Seal of Office, at Bath this 27 th day of April A. D. 185 5 .
A.W. Campbell Clerk

20.836 New York
See letter Oct. 12. 1840 to A. G. Hammond
Joseph Brandak
the following is in the State of New York who was a Private in the Corps commanded by Captain Carrick of the Regt commanded by Col. Olney on the R.R. Island line for 12 months
resided on the Roll of New York the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, commence on the 10th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Oct. 1833 and due to J. H. Hammond Berlin
  Arrears to the 10th of Apr. 31  $ 100    Pension allowances ending 1st N. 34  20     $120  
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by C. C. Stiles Clerk, Book E. Vol. A. Page 93

14659 old Case
Joseph Brandall Rensselaer county New York
adm d
16. 06.
May 6 - 1833
P. 376
A. G. Hammond Berlin
Le 1 er Mars 1833

BRIEF in the case of Joseph Crandall of Reunion co. in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 67  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.     Substituted In 1780 2 Capt. Gantt   do. 14 or 21 days   do. 1781 42 or 56 days   9 Continental X Col. Olney's regiment   the whole "over" one "year"  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Westerly, Rhode Island  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not corrected as required 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. B. Bradford,
Examining Clerk.
X For this service he was placed on the pension list & certificate from War Department of July 20. 1819

5687
1861 Sept 24 Pension agent
New York N.Y.
Annis Crandall, widow of Joseph Crandall
who served in the Revolutionary
A.Y. P war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 dollars 10 cents per annum, to commence on the 3rd February, 1853 13th Sept 1853
Certificate of Pension issued 8 th day of March 1856.
and sent to A. M. Crandall Rochester, New York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under Act February 3, 1853, Page 13 Vol. 16

Pension claim.
Annis Brandall widow of Joseph Brandall. deceased.
Act Feby 3. 1853.
Philander M. Brandall, Attorney Rochester N.Y.

State of New York
County of Steuben ss: On this Eighth day of February A.D. 1856 before the undersigned a Justice of the Court of Sessions in and for the County of Steuben aforesaid (said Court being a Court of Record) Annis Brandall, a resident of Trumansburgh in said County and State, aged 75 years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 d day of February 1853, granting Pen- sions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War: That she is the widow of Joseph Bran- dall, deceased, who was a soldier in Captain Daniel Dexter's Company in the Regiment of Rhode Island Continental: That her said husband enlisted at Westerly in Rhode Island in April 1782, for during the war or for other term to this declarant unknown, and was under command in said Regiment of Col d Jeremiah Owney and that he served until he was hon- orably discharged. For a more full particular descrip- tion of his said service declarant refers to the Records of said service and to the Declaration of her said hus- band upon which the Pension certificate hereinafter mentioned was issued.
That said Joseph Brandall her husband aforesaid died and received a Pension under Acts of 1818 & 1820 of thirty six dollars per annum which was made payable the later years of his life at the City of Albany in the State of New York.
That she was married to the said Joseph Brandall on the 30 th day of October 1825, at Berlin Rensselaer County New York, by one James Justus Justus Hill a clergyman and that her name before her marriage aforesaid was

Annis Taylor and that her said husband the said Joseph Brandall died at Patsburgh aforesaid on the 13 th day of September 1855. That she was not married to him prior to the second of January 1800 but at the time above stated.
Declarant herewith tenders up his said Pension certificate.
She further declares that there is no public Record of her said marriage but she has a private or family Record thereof which she transmits herewith.
She further declares that ever since the death of her said husband she has remained & continued a widow and is now a widow and is unmarried.
Amos Crandall
Subscribed Morn to before me the day and year first above written and I certify that I am not interested in said claim and that said Annis Brandall is unable by reason of bodily infirmity to attend the Court aforesaid.
D. W. Master, County Judge. Justice of the Court of Sessions of said County
State of New York
Steuben County ss: On this 8 th day of February 1856.
before the undersigned a Justice of the Sessions in for said County, personally appeared Olman Clark aged 55 years and Mary Clark aged 56 years, residents of Patsburgh in said County who being duly sworn, depose and say: That Annis Brandall the foregoing Declarant is the widow of the identical Joseph Brandall, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Soldier and Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States as is mentioned in the foregoing Declaration: That said Joseph

brandall and said Annis brandall have for many years past resided with their deponents & have made the home of their deponents their home. That deponents were well acquainted with said Joseph and Annis in his life-time that they lived together as husband and wife and were reputed to be married. and that said Joseph brandall died at Prattburgh aforesaid on the 13 th day of September 1855. That their deponents were present at the funeral and burial of the said Joseph brandall and saw his body after his death.
That said Annis brandall ever since the death of her said husband has remained and continued a widow and is now a widow and unmarried.
That the writing hereto annexed consisting of One Sheet is the Family Record of said Joseph brandall and said Annis brandall taken from their Family Bible; That we have for a long number of years been well acquainted with said Bible and said Record, and that the same has for many years past been in the possession of the said Joseph. Annis other deponents as a family. and that said Record is genuine. and has been known as the Record of the family of said Joseph and Annis. That their deponents have each signed their names upon each sheet of said Record. And they swear that they are disinterested witnesses.
Osman Clark Mary Clark Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year first above written and I certify that Osman Clark and Mary Clark are credible witnesses and that I am not interested in said claim! I further certify that the writing hereto annexed consisting of One Sheet to which I have signed my

name is what purports to be the family Record of Joseph Brandall and Annie Brandall his wife taken from the family Bible this day and that I believe said Record to be genuine.
D. McMaster, County Judge Justice of the Sessions of Steuben County,
Know all men by these presents that I Annie Brandall of Muttisburgh Steuben Co N.Y. do hereby constitute and appoint Philander M. Brandall of Rochester New York my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute my claim to a Pension as is mentioned in the foregoing Declaration.
Witness my hand and seal this 8 day of February 1836
attest.
Osman Clark Mary Clark
Annie Brandall
State of New York
Steuben County ss: On this 8 day of February 1836. before me personally appeared Annie Brandall Subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney and acknow- ledged the same to be her act and deed.
D. McMaster County Judge Justice of the Court of Sessions of Steuben Co

State of New York Steuben County ss.
I. Charles Campbell Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of New York of the County Court in & for said County and of the said County of Steuben do hereby certify that the Court of Sessions in & for said County is a Court of Record having a Clerk and Seal. That J. McMaster whose genuine Signature appears to the annexed paper, is and was at the date thereof a Justice of the Sessions in & for said County duly com- missioned & authorized by law to administer oaths & take acknowledgments in & for said County. That I am acquainted with his handwriting and that said Signature are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Bath this 8 th day of Fe- bruary A.D. 1856.
C. Campbell, C.C.R.

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
JOSEPH GRANDAL
Born Nov. 15th. A. 1765
MAXSON GRANDAL
Born Sept. 14th. A. 1788
BETSEY GRANDAL
Born
Died Nov. 15th. A. 1793
POSEY GRANDAL
Born
BIRTHS.
MARY GREENE
Born Oct. 16th. A. 1761
Died 15th. Aug. A. 1824
ANNIS TAYLOR
Born Nov. 10th. A. 1780
MARY GRANDAL
Born
SARAH GRANDAL
Born
Died March 5th. A. 1822

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
MARRIAGES.
Joseph  GRANDAL  Married  Do  " " "  " " "  " " "
MARY  GREENE
And Do  ANNIS  MAYLOR  Oct. 30th A.D. 1825
Osmun Clark  Mary Clark
D. McMonagle County Judge  Justice of the Court of Sessions  Stuber Co

235. 603 loans d with 113. 2185            Act Mar. 3. '55 February 20. '56
10-20-56
Annid Brandall (Jr). Joseph Brandall (Jr).
Capt. Joseph Dexter. Col. Jeremiah Durney. R. I.
Ent. 12 April 1782. Dis.                                    1783.
Rev. war. Pirate Col Olney R. I. Troops
Special by Comm. Feb. 23/56. ad. 160 ac's Feb 26/56 For Dept
for P. Mrs. Brandall, Rochester. N. Y.
Vol. 52-106. —————

735.603
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
Act of March 3, 1855.
Claim of Annis Brandall Widow of Joseph Brandall
Revolutionary,
Philander M. Brandall
Attorney, Rochester, N. Y.
Stearns Press of A. Strong & Co., Rochester, N. Y.

BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
FORM OF DECLARATION FOR WIDOW OF DECEASED OFFICER OR SOLDIER.
State of New York County of Steuben
On this 8 day of February A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty Six , personally appeared before me, Arnold D. Read , a Justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, Trinity Crandall aged 75 years, a resident of Prattsburgh County of Steuben in the State of New York , who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of the identical Joseph Crandall deceased, who was a Soldier in the Company commanded by Captain Daniel Dexter in the Regiment of Rhode Island Continental commanded by Col. Jeremiah Olney in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, A. D. 1812; that her said husband enlisted at Nestey Rhode Island on or about the 15 day of April  1812 for the term of time unknown and continued in actual service in said war for the term of several months and was honorably discharged at place unknown  on or about the  year A. D. 1813 , on account of services being no longer required as will appear by the muster rolls of said Company. That he did receive a certificate of discharge at said time of discharge, which has been lost.
She further states that there is no public Record of her marriage but she has a private Record a copy of which is hereto annexed
That her said husband applied for Bounty Land under Act of March 3, 1855 and the same was numbered 113.485 , but no warrant has been issued upon said application or upon any application by her said husband or by deponent
She further states that she was married to the said Joseph Crandall in Berlin N. H. on the 30 day of October A. D. 1825 by one Rev. Nathaniel Hall a Clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was Trinity Taylor that her said husband died at Prattsburgh N. Y. on the 13 day of September A. D. 1855 and that she is still a widow.
except as above stated
This deponent further saith, that neither she nor her said husband has ever applied for, nor have they received Bounty Land heretofore, nor is she, to her knowledge and belief, entitled to receive any under any former act of Congress. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the "act granting Bounty Land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States," passed March 3, 1855.
Trinity Crandall
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written. And I certify that I have no interest in this claim, and that I know said claimant, and that she is the same person she represents herself to be.
Arthur Justice of the Peace

AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES.
STATE OF New York
COUNTY OF Steuben
On this 30 th day of Feb , 1856, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace Olman Clark residents of the State of New York and Mary Clark residents of the State of New York who being duly sworn according to law, declare that Amos Crandall is the widow of Joseph Crandall deceased, who was a soldier in the Company commanded by Captain Daniel Sexter Regiment of Rhode Island commanded by Col. Jeremiah Olney
in the war with Great Britain, ended June 18, 1814 . called Revolutionary War . That the said Amos Crandall was married to the said Joseph Crandall deceased, at Berlin in the State of New York on the 30 day of October A. D. 1823, by one John Hall Justice of the Peace a Clergyman; that the name of the said Amos Crandall before her marriage aforesaid, was Amos Taylor ; that her husband, said Joseph Crandall died at Prattsburgh N.Y. on the 13 day of September A. D. 1855, and that she is still a widow. That the above facts so far as they relate to his service and their marriage are stated upon information & belief. That deponents well knew said Joseph Crandall & that they were present at his funeral and saw his body after his death. That the writer on the bottom of the page to which deponents have signed their names is a true copy of the family record of said Joseph & Amos taken from their family Bible. that we are well acquainted with said record that the same is genuine - that foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by Amos Crandall in our presence & that we believe from the appearance & statements of said applicant that she and they swear that they are disinterested witnesses. in the same person she represents herself to be
Osman Clark Mary Clark
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30 day of Feb A. D. 1856. And I hereby certify that Olman Clark and Mary Clark are credible persons; and that I am not interested in this claim. and that the writing on the bottom of this page is a true copy of what purports to be the family record of Joseph & Amos Crandall taken from the family Bible & that I believe said record to be genuine -
Attest Justices of the Peace
   Family Record  Joseph Crandall  Married to    Mary Greene  and to  Amos Taylor  Oct. 30 th A. D. 1823  Osman Clark  Mary Clark   

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Tricia Brandall of Wallburg County of Steuben do hereby irrevocably make, constitute and appoint H. A. Brandall my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Department of the Interior of the United States, the Certificate or Warrant to which I am entitled for my husband's Military services, as mentioned in the foregoing declaration; and for good and sufficient reasons, do hereby revoke and countermand any and all other powers of attorney, or other authority, that may have been given by me for any such purposes, and vest the same solely and irrevocably in my said attorney, said H. A. Brandall
Attest, La No Master Osman Clark
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, my hand and seal this 8 day of February 185 6 . Tricia Brandall
STATE OF New York COUNTY OF Steuben } ss. On this 8th day of February 185 6 , personally appeared before me, Arnold D. Read a Justice of the Peace duly authorized to take acknowledgments in and for the county aforesaid, Tricia Brandall subscriber to the foregoing, and acknowledged the same to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein described.
A. D. Read Justice of the Peace
STATE OF New York COUNTY OF Steuben }
I, Charles W. Campbell Clerk of the County Court in and for the county and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that A. D. Read whose genuine signature appears above, is and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such, are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
GIVEN under my hand and Seal of Office at Bath this 8th day of February A. D. 185 6
C. W. Campbell, Clerk.

Family Record
Births
Joseph Crandall Born Nov. 15 th AD 1765
Maxson L. Crandall Born Sept 17 th AD 1788
Betsy Crandall Born Died Nov 15. 1823
Joshua G. Crandall Born
3
Births
Mary Greene Born Oct. 16 th AD 1761 Died 15 Aug st 1824
Annis Taylor Born Nov. 10 th AD 1780
Mary Crandall Born
Sarah Crandall Born Died March 8 th 1822

Family Record
Marriages
Marriages
Joseph Crandall
Mary Greene
Married So
and To Annis Taylor Oct. 30 th A.D. 1825
Osman Clark Navy Yard

Joseph Crandall Papers For a Pension

Supreme Court Eliab Plume surviving of James Rankin deceased vs Joseph Crandall & others
This may Certify that an execution in the above suit was issued to me June 3 d 1838. and upon which I caused to be sold all the personal estate of the said Joseph Crandall on the 10 th day of January 1839 - and also all the real estate of the said Joseph Crandall consisting of a dwelling house, about ten acres of land & a small farmhouse in the town of Berlin in the County of Rensselaer. The personal property aforesaid was sold to various individuals, and the real estate aforesaid to one Josiah Godfrey - the whole amount of the sale was about fourteen hundred Dollars - out of which I paid the balance due on the above Execution of about nine hundred Dollars the Costs of suit & sale of about fifty Dollars more & the surplus on the an Execution in my hands against the said Joseph Crandall his heirs, in favor of one Walter P. Burlingame, which was received by me on the fifteenth day of October 1838 directing me to pay first hundred Dollars & the Costs with Interest from September 16 th 1835 the date of said Judgment. with my

per.
I do further Certify that I have in pursuance of said Sale made & executed a Deed of the aforesaid Land to the said Josiah Godfrey - S
I do further Certify that the aforesaid Sale was bona fide - & without it being intended to transfer the said Joseph Crandall any further than the payments of the Judgments & Execution aforesaid -
May December 17 th 1820
Cornelius Schuyler Sheriff of Rensselaer County
State of New York
Rensselaer County ss. I, Isabella Crandall Clerk of the County of Rensselaer do hereby Certify that Cornelius Schuyler is Sheriff of the County of Rensselaer duly elected & qualified - and that his signature as here written is genuine - Given under my hand & the seal of said County this 17 th day of December 1820.
Isabella Crandall Clerk

Sup Court James Rankin & Elias Plume
vs Joseph Crandall Mason L Crandall Lushna Ly Crandall
Rensselaer County ss.
Elias Plume surviving plaintiff in the above suit, being duly known, said that the defendant & his deceased party the said James Rankin, had sold to the above named Joseph Crandall & the other two defendants in said suit, for ten or twelve years, all & each of the articles or furniture used on a tract and for which the said defendants became debtor to the above plaintiffs in the year 1832 to the amount of three thousand Dollars. Said defendant discovering that the said defendants became delinquent in paying where evidently becoming embarrassed in their pecuniary concerns, required from them a confession of judgment to secure said debt which the said defendants gave in July 1834 in which a judgment was entered July 19th 1834. For the said sum of three thousand Dollars & Costs of suit. Upon the said judgment remained the said defendants making payments from time to time until the year 1838 when a balance still remained of about nine hundred Dollars on said judgment due and unpaid for which the defendant issued an execution on said judgment to the Sheriff of the County of Rensselaer. & dated

all the personal property of the said defendants, except the trapping articles excepted by an law. & also all the real estate of the said defendants including the dwelling house. Of the said Joseph Crandall, two acres of lease lands & a small tannery owned by him individually. being all the property of the said Joseph Crandall, the whole sale amounting to about fourteen hundred dollars, with which the defendant was paid the balance of his said judgment the surplus was applied by the Sheriff of Rappahannock County in payment of a garnishee judgment against the said defendants in the hands of the same Sheriff - that the said Joseph Crandall by said sale was actually deprived of all said property the same has since passed from him into other hands & the said Joseph Crandall reduced to poverty - that the defendant did to a, mona fide - that said sale made in good faith to secure the defendant's debt

afore said; that there was not the least contrivance, that said sale should be made to enable the said Joseph to obtain a pension or to be restored to the pension rolls. Further deponent did not know he was a pensioner.
That the deponent is satisfied that the misfortune of the said Joseph by which he has been reduced to poverty has arisen from miscalculation but honestly, without any view to any private object - That the deponent has long known the said Joseph Crandall & knows him to be an honest man -
Subscribed before me this 17 th day of Dec r . 1840
Emory P. Hunt
Geo R Davis Judge of Rapp County Court -

State of New York Rensselaer County ss. I Leland Crandall Clerk of the County of Rensselaer do hereby attest that George R Davis is Honest Judge of Rensselaer County Court in & for the County of Rensselaer, duly Commissioned & qualified - and that his signature is alone written to the dispositive of Elias Plummer. Leland Crandall are genuine - Given under my hand At the seal of said County this 17th day of December 1840 -
Leland Crandall Clerk

County of Rensselaer ss. Leland Crandall Clerk of the County of Rensselaer being a duly sworn officer do hereby say that he is well acquainted with Joseph Crandall the present applicant for a restoration to the pension roll, & has been so acquainted with him for over thirty years - that he knows his two sons Marion L Crandall & Isabella G Crandall who were his partners in business, both of whom are now residents of the State of Illinois, and to which place they removed soon after the sale of their property under the execution mentioned in the annexed paper - that they are both poor and without property -
That the said Joseph Crandall is about seventy five years of age - & unable to labor - & has an aged and feeble wife - that the said Joseph Crandall is very poor, and without any property except that mentioned in his application - and the pension therein mentioned - that he came thus poor, without any design to place himself in a condition to claim a pension - but honestly and without any other fault than miscalculation.
Leland Crandall
Sworn to & subscribed to the 17 Dec 1840. before me Geo R Davis
First Judge of Rensselaer County Courts -

De. on in order to be restored to the Pension list, under the Act of First March 1823.
County of Rensselaer, ss. On this 18 th day of December 1840, personally appeared in open Court, before the Superior Court, of the City of Troy, being a Court of record.
Joseph Brandall, Resident in said County aged Seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the Acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and the 1 st of May 1820, that he the said Joseph Brandall enlisted for the term of nine months in the Spring of the year 1782 in the State of Rhode Island in the Company commanded by Captain Dexter, in the Regiment commanded by Jeremiah Olney, in the line of the State of Rhode Island, on the Continental establishment - that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the nine months had expired, when he was discharged from the Service in Saratoga in the State of New York - that his name has been placed on the Pension list, and dropped therefrom on account of his property.
And in pursuance of the Act of the 1 st of May 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby 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 services of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18 th day of March, 1818, 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 - That since the 18 th day of March 1818, the following changes have been made in my property -
In March Eighteen Hundred & Eighteen I was the Owner & possessor of a Dwelling House & Ten Acres of Lease Land on which was a small Farm in the Town of Berlin in the County of Rensselaer worth about Fourteen Hundred Dollars & a very small amount of Personal property, an amount not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars. The particular items of which it is out of my power to give - at this time I was in debt to various persons in all to about Seven or Eight Hundred Dollars.
I continued my Farming business and purchased Hides to carry on that business of Messrs Rankin and Plumb of the City of New London and Hyde Dealers until the balance due them amounted to about Three Thousand Dollars, when I was required by them to secure that balance by giving them a Judgment (and as I think in the sum of Eighteen Hundred & Thirty Five) which I did for about Three Thousand Dollars and continued my business, and from time to time made them payments through leaving a balance then due and unpaid of about Three Hundred Dollars - Within this time Mr Rankin died & Mr Plumb became the surviving Creditor who in the Year Eighteen Hundred & Twenty Eight took out an Execution for the said balance on said Judgment and delivered it to the Sheriff of the County of Rensselaer upon which Execution the said Sheriff sold the aforesaid Real Estate & all my personal property not exempt from Execution making out of said sale about Fourteen Hundred Dollars with which the said Sheriff paid the said Execution & costs & the balance he paid on a Second Execution which he held at the same time in favor of one Walter P Berlingame issued on a Judgment.

obtained against me for about Six Hundred Dol- lars for money which I had borrowed Three or Four Years before of said Bowlingame - which said Judgment was for a Bone Fide Debt. honestly due said Bowlingame - but my property was not sold on this Execution - but the sum plus arising from the sale aforesaid was applied to the payment thereof by the said Sheriff.
And the said applicant in consideration of being restored according to the prayer hereof does hereby re- linquish to the Government of the United States his present pension of Forty Dollars per annum under the Law of Eighteen Hundred Thirty Two & will at any time on the requisition of the proper agents of the Government return his present Certificate to the Pension Office relinquishing every claim whatever to a Pension except the one now applied for.

State of New York
Rensselaer County on this 29th day of July 1840 personally appeared before me George R Danks First Judge of Rensselaer County Court Joseph Waddell resident of the Town of Berlin in the said County of Rensselaer aged Seventy five years the 18th day of November last who being first duly sworn according to law, did on his oath make the following additional declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress of the 18th day of March 1818 and 1st of May 1820 -
That he is now owner & possessor of the following described property & it is all he owns or hopes to own
1 Cow 8 Common chairs 2 Common Wash tubs 1 small cooking pot one pine Chest one small trunk 1 Cooking stove 1 set of Common broomery 1 set of Knives & forks 1 set of Table spoons 1 set of Tea spoons 2 Axes - 1 garden Hoe 1 Buck saw - 1 small willow Shovel & Hoes - 1 Dust pan 2 Spades - 3 Beds & Bedding part of a set of Blue mallets & tools & his pleasant pleasure of 40 acres for year

That the applicant possessed on the 18th day of March 1818 the same or similar articles and also the following articles in addition to wit
1 Horse 2 Sheep 1 horse Wagon 1 horse Harness 10 Common Chains 1 Alder Desk
1 Trunk glass chest probably some small articles of house hold furniture stock of trade move- and things - but not recollect- by the applicant -
That the latter articles (except the horse & 2 sheep which are not the same but other substituted in their place) were all sold by the applicant's creditors on execution as set forth in the applicant's former declaration now on file in the Pension office at Washington -
That the applicant does not now own or possess any other real or personal property whatsoever, than that above set forth enumerated by the applicant - and these articles are sold to the applicant solely from the fact that by the laws of the State

they are except from sale by Execution.
That the applicant further declares that the above or purports no other personal estate on the 18th day of March 1818 than what he has set forth hereinabove or above, unless some small articles may have escaped the applicant's recollection from the great lapse of time.
That the applicant gave in his former declaration a full true & just state of his real estate & the remainder it was taken from him -
Sworn to & subscribed Joseph Brandall on the 29 July 1841 before me
Geo R Davis, First Judge of Rapp County Court
I do certify that I am personally acquainted with the several persons whose names are subscribed to the annexed affidavit They are the most respectable persons Citizens. July 29 1841
Geo R Davis, First Judge re

I am personally acquainted with the character of the within applicant I have been so for over a quarter of a century I know him to be a man of pure & highly respected character & whose merits will be taken any where where known as a party itself
Geo R Danner First Judge of Probate County Court
Hon. S. S. Borne P.P. 2

harg
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9824
Annie Crandall
Wid
Joseph Crandall
Print Rec War
Act: Febry 34  1853
Index:—Vol. A , Page 153
[Arrangement of 1870.]

FREE
Cole Commissioner of Pensions
Washington Additional Evidence of Annapolis Pension Claim
D. C.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
Grande J. Duplante Pension Claim

No 6. 2H11
Annis Crandall widow of Joseph New York
Let P. M. Crandall Fily 19/56
Not Fily 3. 1853.

17.5.28
3
Neo Am

Wadsworth Consolidated with no 113-485
W. H. H. John Fitz
W. Dodge
113485
113485
Joseph G. G. G. Athletic Evidence
John
Water
Washington City D.C.
Common Pleas of Paines
755.603

235.603

Rochester February 14 185-6
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Sometime since I made application to your office for Donally  Land for Joseph Randall a Revolutionary Soldier which was received at your office and is Numbered 113,485- Since Applicant has since died and his widow applies for the same as you will see by the within papers, which I desire to take place of said application aforesaid,
Yours &c
B. M. Grendell attorney

113.485 / met Mar. 3/55
May 2/55
Joseph Crandall
Prin
Capt. 2d Inf Col. Army Ent April 1812
Rev. War
ad Mar 1815 Jan 1844
N.Y. June 22 - 20826
P. M. Crandall Rochester N.Y.

13,351 New York
Joseph Crandall
of Rensselaer in the state of NYork who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Olney - of the R Island line, for the term of 9 months
Enscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of July 1819 and sent to John Bushman Esq. Troy NYork
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 - 10m \frac{80}{30} \cdot \frac{4}{31} 83.69 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819. 48 - $ 131.69
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

It appears by the Regimental Book, That Joseph Brandall, now residing in Rensselaer County in the State of New York, enlisted for, and served the continued term of nine Months a Private Soldier in the Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Jeremiah Clney, in the Rhode Island Line, on the Continental Establishment, and that he was honourably discharged from said Regiment at Saratoga in the State of New York on the twentieth day of December 1782, being the expiration of the term of his said enlistment.
Wm Dexter off Major of said Reg. eodem tempore.
Providence April 16 th 1819. —
10/30 — 2.86 4/31 . 1.3 10m 80 83.89

No 6,2014
Annis Crandall widow of Joseph Stephen Crig - New York Admitted, Act February 3, 1853 at rate of $76 per annum commencing Sept. 13, 1853, when her husband died
Husband private of months in Rhode Island line
Pay widow
Certificate to P. M. Crandall Rochester,
New York

Payments to be made on the 4th of March and 4th of September in each year, by the Agent for paying pensions at the City of New York.
Recorded in the Pension Office, by Francis H. Davis, Clerk, in Book I Vol. 5 page 65

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the laws of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, and May 1st, 1820, Joseph Crandall the a private in the _____ Revolution _____ is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the twenty ninth day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty one
Given at the _____ Office of the United States, this sixth day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty four
M c Porter Secretary of War.
Examined and countersigned,
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Brief in the case of Annis Crandall, widow of Joseph in Stearns — County and State of New York — act February 3, 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase" )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband of claimant was a pensioner at rate of $96 per annum under act of March 18, 1818, and was paid to 4 th September 1853 — He died 13 th September 1853 — as shown by parcel — His certificate has been surrendered.
Marriage (on the 30 th Oct r 1825) proved by authenticated private record.
(If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Husband of claimant as the present widow of the pensioner proved by Beman Clark and Mary Clark — credible witnesses Allowance accordingly
P. M. Crandall Esq. Rochester, N.Y. Name and residence of Agent
J. Geddis Examining Clerk.

Joseph Corrandall
This claim for a pension under the Act of March 18 1818, is in the charge of the Hon Mr Brown of N.Y. The question is as to the disposition of his property since 1818. A schedule and proof is filed with the papers. The papers have been in the Office since the 2 nd inst. 19 th Aug.
The Commissioners

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joseph Grandall of Pensylvania co. N.Y. 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? yes 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? No - Amended - VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? No - Amended - 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? No Amended
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? yes
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? No # Amended
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 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, S r . 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 shown 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.

Joseph Cranwell at Talcott
21 Apr 1818 private
Omni reg d Rhode Island .82 Nine months.
Further proof of service required
Admitted in Major Dexter's Certificate

State of New York Rensselaer County ss.
On this 21 st day April 19 th 18 before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of Rensselaer Common Pleas personally appeared Joseph Brandall aged fifty two resident in the Town of Berlin in the State of said who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War That the said Joseph Brandall enlisted in the year 1782 in the Town of Winsted in the State of Connecticut under Captain Dester in the Regiment commanded by Col Samuel Duryea. That he continued to serve in the said Corps in the Service of the United States faithfully against the Common Enemy for more than nine months when he was honorably discharged in the Town of Saratoga in the State of New York on about the 20 th day of December in the year 1782. And that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. And that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said Services. Sworn before me this day and year aforesaid Joseph Brandall
Daniel Gray Judge of Rensselaer Common Pleas.
I Daniel Gray Esquire Judge of Rensselaer Common Pleas do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joseph Brandall did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary of the War Department pursuant to the provisions of the Act.

Canajoharie - Dated April 21 st 1888 -
Daniel Gray
I Daniel Gray Judge of Rensselaer on Common Pleas of said Rensselaer do hereby certify that the within named Daniel Gray is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his family for support -
Daniel Gray
State of New York Rensselaer County file's office
I certify that Daniel Gray Esq. whose signature is affixed to the foregoing declaration & certificate was on the Twenty first day of April last past one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Rensselaer.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed the seal of the said Court this Twelfth day of June A.D. 1888.
Joseph D. Selden Clerk

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Rensselaer County Clerk's Office, } ss. of Rensselaer, do hereby Certify, that
I, LELAND CRANDALL, Clerk of the County George R Davis Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit I decla- -ration was, at the time the the same bears date I was then now one of the Sitting Judge in and for said County: And further, that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of said George R Davis — and verily believe the above signature to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County, this 29 — day of July 1841
Leland Crandall Clerk.

State of New York Rensselaer County } ss.
A. G. Hoagmire, B. Strater Emerson Hall, Sanford Wheeler, John Whitford, Clark B. Loomis, John Hine, Charles M. Davis, Burton Hoagmire, Joseph Davis, George T. Davis - all of lawful age being duly sworn depose to say that they have known Joseph Brandall Esquire of Pittsfield in the said County for more than twenty Years last past - That he is the same person who the deponents have been informed and believe is now an applicant for an increase of his present pension as a Soldier of the revolution - That the said Brandall up to within some six or eight Years since was engaged in the farming & carrying & shoe-making business to considerable extent and in fair credit and in comfortable circumstances having in his possession property to considerable amount That at about that period he by misfort- unes of various kinds became almost much embarrassed in his money matters and finally failed and as the deponents believe became totally insolvent and unable to pay his debts - That as the deponents are in- formed and believe all his property real and personal was sold by virtue of Executions against him having considerable unsettled demands against him and leaving him dis- titute & poor and without any means of support - and the deponents further say that they are perfectly satisfied that the said Brandall has not disposed of any of his property for the purpose of bringing him- self within the provisions of the Act grant- ing pensions to poor and indigent sold- iers of the revolution - but on the con- trary that he is a highly respectable

and heret men and as these dispensants believe highly intitled to the bounty of the government
A. G. Hammond
B. Stetson
Emerson Hall
Geo. S. Denison
John Whitford
Burton Hammond
Joseph Davis
E. B. Lapham
Samuel Wheeler
Ch. M. Davis
Taken subscribed & sworn before me, the 22 d day of July 1841
By R Davis First Judge of Probate Orleans County

Jan 6. 1841
Jos. Crandall
My No 32
Johnston Under
Act 18 Mar 1818.
J. P. Edwards Esq.
Compt of Revenue
Washington City

Oray Dec 31. 1840
J L Edwards Esq
Dear Sir,
Inclosed I
send you the papers of Joseph Crandall of our County
I have long known Esq Crandall & that he is very poor in custom. and that his poverty is real is equally certain - He is very aged & almost entirely unable to labor & procure the means of support - he with difficulty could even procure the means of coming to this City from his residence about twenty miles distant - I hope his case may receive an early consideration
Most respectfully, y s obedt. Servt. Geo R. Daves

Mr May
Richard D. Herrick Esq
Mr. C. Washington
D. L.
Hn R.P. Herrick 172

Rensselaer County ss.
On this thirteenth day of March 1846 before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said County of Rensselaer personally appeared Joseph Brandall who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Daniel Webster in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Jeremiah Orney in the service of the United States, that his name was placed on the pension roll of the City of New York & is a pensioner under the act of 18th of March 1828. That he now resides in Berlin in the County of Rensselaer N.Y. where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be payable for the future in the City of Albany. The followings are his reasons for wishing for the change Albany is much nearer his residence than New York and can obtain the pension sooner after due and with less trouble.
Subscribed & sworn before me the day and year above written Geo. S. Merrill J. Peace
Joseph Brandall
Rensselaer County ss.
On this thirteenth day of March 1846 before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said County of Rensselaer appeared Holden Sweet who on his oath declares that he is personally acquainted with the above named Pensioner Joseph Brandall and knows him to be the identical person described in the above affidavit and to be the identical man that has subscribed to the above oath.
Subscribed & sworn before me the day and year above written Geo. S. Merrill J. Peace
Holden Sweet
Rensselaer County ss.
I Geo. S. Denison the above named Justice of the peace for said County of Rensselaer do certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Holden Sweet who subscribed and took the above oath and know him to be a person of truth and veracity. witness my hand this 13th day of March 1846 Geo. S. Merrill Justice Peace

STATE OF NEW-YORK, RENSSELAER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, AMBROSE H. SHELDON, Clerk of said County, do hereby Certify, that Geo T. Denson before whom the annexed affidavit was made and whose name is there- unto subscribed, was at the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized by law to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with the hand- writing of the said Justice , and verily believe that his signature to the said affidavit is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, this Sixteenth day of March 1846
A. H. Sheldon CLERK.

Berlin Plentiful Co. N.Y. March 17, 1846
Dear Mr. Herrick Esq
I recd Sir very old kind Joseph Brandall's named in the annexed affidavit dated as pension and some how and for some reasons unknown to me it was made payable in Naddysk City instead of Albany. He now wishes me to assist him in getting it changed to Albany. I have not therefore concluded to send the papers to you and request you to call on Mr. Edwards the commissioner of pensions with this his affidavit he will get him to change the place of payment which I suppose he will readily do should you call upon him in person and should you be willing to take the reasonable expenses Mr. Brandall will be willing to satisfy you for your trouble. I remain
Yours Affec John Whitford
H. M. Herrick Esq

✓ 13.357.
New York
Joseph Brandall of Rensselaer Co in the State of New York, who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colt Olney of the R. Island line for the term of nine months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of eight dol- lars per month to commence on the 29 th of July 1841.
Certificate of pension issued the 6 th day of January 1841 and sent to the Hon ble C. H. Car- roll, House of Representatives
{ Revolutionary Claim Act 18 th March 1818 }
Reported March 20 th 1844 Lt. G. R. Davis, March 20 1844 Lt. Col. H. M. R. D. Davis 22nd Feb 1844
Letter to Pres. April 25 th 1844
To Albany N. Y. from 4 th March 1846. — 31. March 1846. — Notification to Hon. R. P. Herrick. H. R.

Mar 30 46
Mr. Roan,
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioners of Patents Washington D.C.

New York City Pension Agency March 27. 1846
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 25 th in- stant, desiring to be informed to what time Joseph Crandall, a Pensioner on the roll of this Agency, under act 18 March, 1818, was last paid have to state that he has been paid to the 4 th of this month.
Very respectfully
Your obedient Servant
W. H. Secrest
Per R. G.
H. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.

Reup County N.Y. Tray Dec 26 1840
J. L. Edwards Esq.
My dear Sir
Indose a I Send Joseph Crandall - old Certificate to the end that a new one be issued - for an increased pension - hearing date - when last papers were sent in 1841 -
This is the case - I spoke to you personally about - when at Washington in Oct last - I think you was pleased to say - should be done on sending Certificate to
Most truly
Geo R Davis

J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm ee of Pensions Washington D. C.

New York Oct. 8. 1840
J. L. Edwards Esq
My Dear Sir. You will recollect that some time in July last called upon you and stated the case of Esq. Brandal to be restored to his pension under the act of 1818, and you kindly furnished me with a printed sheet of directions which I sent to him in Rensselaer County -
I this day recd the inclosed papers with a request that I would forward them to you and desire you to remit to me his certificate to enable him to draw his original pension & if there is any thing remaining for him to do, to inform me of it & it shall be done -
The applicant is a highly worthy man who has until within a few years enjoyed comparative affluence but is now from various misfortunes reduced to entire destitution - I hope he has brought himself

within the requirements of the Law
With great respect
Your Humble Servt
A. S. Wammess

John A. Shaw, P. Agent
Answered March 25 1844

New York City Pension Agency March 22. 1844
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 20 th instant, desiring me to inscribe on my roll, under the act of 18 March, 1838, the name of Joseph Brandall, Pirk at eight dollars per month, commencing on the 29 th July, 1841, and to pay the same after deducting what has accrued since 29 th July, 1841 and been paid under the act of 7 th June, 1832. I have to inform you that the name of Joseph Brandall is not to be found on the Books of this Agency, and that consequently I am at a loss to know what amount has been paid him since 29 th July, 1841. I presume he is a pensioner on the Albany Roll, & that the order was intended for that Agency. I beg therefore to ask for further instruction.
Very respectfully
Your obedient servant
W m A. Steller
Pension Agt
J. S. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Aug 3. 1841
In at NY
Joseph Brandall on roll
Transmission of Prabod
Prabod Officer
Washington D.C.
H. S. Borne H. R.

Washington Aug. 2. 1841.
Sir
Enclosed are additional papers in the case of Joseph Crandall an applicant for an increase of his pension, these papers I believe are additional to some heretofore presented to the Department. & which I trust will be deemed satisfactory.
Please give as early an answer to the application as may be convenient, directed to Geo. R. Davis Esq. Esq. New York, and oblige
Your Obt Servt
S. S. Browne

Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of Sep r next, in the City of New York at the U States Branch Bank
Recorded

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, /
Joseph Crandall late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York — Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the twenty first day of April — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 20 th day of July — one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

Payments to be made at New York by Pres. A. B. Alston, Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
Act March 18. 1818 $8 per month month
New York to commence July 29. 1841
Hon. C. H. Carroll H. Reps
(deduct payments) Recorded in the Pension Office at New York, in Book E. Vol. 32, page 29 July 29 (1841) Page 93 by Col. Stiles Clerk.
I hereby surrender all Pensions to the within Pensions. Berlin December 11 th 1840 Joseph Loeschke

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Joseph Crandall of the State of New York who was a private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Forty   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   9 day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
45 years 1834

Rochester February 28. 1856
Commissioner of Pensions
Please find the Pension Certificate of Joseph Crennell, which by omission was not attached to the application of Annie Crennell his widow,
Yours &c
P. M. Crennell Attorney
Rochester February 14 1856
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
The within papers on the Application of Annie Crennell widow of Joseph Crennell deceased for his Pension to be changed to her, I trust I have made the necessary proof &c, to entitle her to the same
Yours &c
P. M. Crennell Atty &c

Pension Office March 6. 1856
The Third auditor will please certify the pay- made to within named pensioner under acts of March 18, 1818, and June 7, 1832.
Very respectfully J. Cole, For Commissioner
Leadb -

3 rd Auditor's Office March 7. 1836.
Sir.
Joseph Brandall, was paid under Act of June 1832, to 11 Sept 1843, from which time he was transferred to the Act 1818, & has been paid to 11 Sept 1833.
Very Respectfully, W. H. Johnson
J. Minter Esq. Clerk of Pensions
and etc.