Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,104, Joseph Crawford, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Crawford, Joseph
S. 29,104
CONTENTS

Paid at the Treasury under Act of the 11 April 1838 from 4 March 1837. to 4 Sept 1837. Age not filed 20. June 1838.
15152
Massachusetts
Joseph Crawford
Reside in the State of Massachusetts who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Woodell of the 1st Regt. commanded by Col. Durnen in the Mass. Militia time for 8 Mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 26 Dollars 86 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of May 1833 and sent to B. Freeman Western.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 53. 32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1st Sept. 13. 33
$ 66. 65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 Page 11

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this twenty third day of October in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before Nath Paine Judge of Probate  Joseph Crawford a resident of Western , in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy 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 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he was born at said Western, A.D. 1765-
That there is a record of his birth in the town records of said Western.
That at the time he was called into the service as a soldier in the Revolutionary war, he lived in said Western - That after his return from said service, he resided in said Western about two years - then removed to & lived in Stillwater, in the state of New York nearly six years - then removed to & lived at Kingsbury in the state of New York rather more than a year, at which place he became blind - That he then returned to said Western, where he has ever since resided, with the exception of a residence in Brookfield in said County of Worcester of about six years - and that he now lives in said Western.
That he was first called into the said service in the following manner viz - One William Shepard of said Western was drafted to go to West Point - Not wishing to go, he said Shepard hired as a substitute one Archibald Lemmon, who was brother in law, and guardian to said Crawford - That said Lemmon caused the said Crawford to go to West Point in his place - That for that purpose he went to Springfield, Massachusetts - The said draft was made under Capt. Timothy Goodell a Continental Capt. who was then at home at said Western - By whom said Crawford was accepted as a substitute at the same time as West Point. That he arrived at Springfield in the Spring of 1781, he thinks late in March, or early in April - That on his arrival there, he was placed under the barrack-master Serjeant Brocker - by whom he was sent to the village in Springfield for some paper - That on returning to the barrack, he passed near where some men were rolling cannon balls, that one of the balls struck his leg, & lamed him so badly that he was unable to march to West Point (for vicinity) with the recruits, but was placed in the Springfield Stationed guard - On his arrival at Springfield, he was mustered under Maj. Seth Bannister - The Captain Commanding at Springfield was John Carpenter. He served at Springfield a little upwards of three months, & received an honorable discharge from said Captain Carpenter.
That the officers at Springfield were Col. Stephen Haly & Maj. Seth Bannister - The said Crawford believed that his name is contained in the muster book sent to the War department at the & probably therein was contained the cause of his being left at Springfield -

Bannister - The said Crawford believed that his name is contained in the muster book sent to the War department by , & probably therein was recorded the cause of his being left at Springfield -
That the next service was in Rhode Island - That he then enlisted near the last of in July or August June, with Capt Coarsey of his Western, in the State service of Massachusetts for the term of five months, & went agreeably to orders, to Rhode Island, and was placed in Capt. Elliot's company and Col. Turner's regiment - that he served out the said term of five months as a private soldier, & received an honorable discharge - And that during the said term of five months, he, with several others volunteered to go to New London at the time Gen. Benedict Arnold attacked New London, for the purpose of repelling the violence of the enemy - That on his way there, he, in a skirmish with the refugees, was wounded in the leg, the bone of which was fractured, causing a lameness from which he has never recovered -
The discharges which I received are lost. I have been blind many years, & became therefore unable to take care of my papers, and I can give no account what has become of them - unsuccessful search has been made for said discharges -
Eliphalet Hoone, Rev d Stephen Daxter, Abner Allen, Thomas Damon, Nathan Hathaway live in my neighbourhood, and can testify as to my character for veracity, and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before me Nath l Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Joseph his Crawford mark

We Stephen Baxter a Clergyman residing in the town of Western — and Eliphalet Howe residing in said town of Western hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Crawford who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be about 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 we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before me
Barlow Freeman
Justices of the Peace
Eliphalet Howe
Eliphalet Howe
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 mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Stephen Baxter who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the Town of Western and that Eliphalet
Howe who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I further certify that the Rev Stephen Baxter is informed and unable to attend in court
Nathl Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
I Hughes Wheeler Regd Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Crawford for a pension. 10th Septm and 13th Novm in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this 23 day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two
Hughes Wheeler Regd of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts
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Joseph Crawford Map
Pratt & Maults
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B. Freeman Western Map

BRIEF in the case of Joseph Crawford  60 of Worcester  in the State of Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77  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.     Spring In 1781 Substituted. 3 and more Private Gen. Goodall Maj. Dimes Col. Shepard   July or Aug. 1, volunteers Gen. Bowd Col. Turner   volunteers "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Sherman's Creek and Woundee still lame and now blind  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hutton. Co of Worcester Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary documents and five living witnesses.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George S. Taylor
Examining Clerk.

29104 Rev INVALID.
File No. 29,104
Joseph Crawford Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1824
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 87
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 15, 1838.
Sir.
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States;" Joseph Crawford a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of twenty six Dollars and sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1837 to the 4 th of September 1837
Respectfully, yours,
Merion K. Parrish Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Aug t . 6 th 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Joseph Crawford is borne on a Roll or List of Names of the Officers & Men of Capt. Joseph Elliott Company — but which Roll does not state the period of service, stating only the balances due to the Men respectively on the 27 th of Sept. 1787. The balance stated as due to said Crawford is £ 7. 5. 5. Edward D. Dangs. Secy

Certificate of the Secy of the Commonwealth

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Worcester ss. October 23, 1832. I Reuben Blair, of Brookfield in said County, aged seventy-seven years, do testify and say that in the year 1780, or 1781 in the spring of the year, one John Shep Shepard came to my house in the night, and told me that his father, William Shepard, of said Western, had been drafted by Maj. Reed to go to Glencoe, or West Point, in the state of New York as a soldier for the term of three months and wished me to go to the tavern with him. I did so, and found there the said William Shepard, and among others, one Archibald Lemond, and there in my presence the said William Shepard agreed with the said Archibald Lemond to take the place of said W m Shepard, and the said Archibald Lemond agreed to go as said W m Shepard's substitute as a soldier, as aforesaid - and the price said W m Shepard was to pay to said Lemond was then & there agreed on. - I further know that said Lemond did not go from Western but remained at home, and that it was reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where I and the said Lemond lived that Joseph Crawford, a young man who lived at said Lemond's house went for said Lemond as his substitute in the army - and I know that said Crawford was absent during said term of service of three months - and I nearly believe said Crawford performed said term of service as a soldier - The said Lemond enlisted himself under Capt. Timothy Goodell, at the tavern on the night

aforsaid — This is all I can recollect in relation to the subject — Reuben Blair
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } County of Worcester ss. October 23. 1832 } Then Reuben Blair subscribed the foregoing deposition, and made oath that the said deposition is true.
Before me Barlow Freeman Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the said Reuben Blair is a man of truth & veracity
Barlow Freeman Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Worcester ss. Sept. Sept. 3 d 1832
I David Shepard of Western, in the County aforesaid, aged Sixty-nine years and ten months, do testify and state that during the Revolutionary War, My father William Shepard (now deceased) was drafted to go as a soldier to Claverack, in the State of New York, for the term of three months. My father did not go, but hired as a substitute Archibald Lamon (or Lamon, for I know not how the name is written) who removed, long since, from this Commonwealth.
Said Archibald did not go himself, but employed a young man by the name of Joseph Crawford, of said Western, to whom said Archibald was guardian. Said Joseph left home for the Army in pursuance of said Contract - and after the expiration of said term of three months, returned home to said Western. And my father, the said William Shepard paid the said Archibald for three months services by him promised to be performed in the person of the said Joseph Crawford. It was in the month of March  April that said Crawford left home as aforesaid. The year, I think, was A.D. 1780, or 1781 - I was born in the year 1762, and I was then about eighteen years of age, and said Crawford was about two years younger, & was a very robust young man for his age.
The following circumstances served to impress the recollection of the foregoing facts on my memory.
At the said time my father was drafted as aforesaid, he was somewhat advanced in years, and a principal part of his business was transacted by me - I was knowing to the hiring of said Archibald as aforesaid, & to the said Crawford, going for the Army for & in place of said Archibald. My father gave said Archibald his promissory note of hand (payable when said service of three months should be performed by said Archibald) for one hundred bushels of rye. After the return of said Joseph Crawford as aforesaid, the said Archibald, his said guardian, called on my father for payment.

of the one hundred bushels of rye. Rye was at that season unusually scarce, and my father being unable unable to procure the said quantity, and my father being so pressed for payment of said note, I went to Palmer, Belchertown, & other places for the purpose of procuring the rye, but did not succeed, and an action at law was brought against my father, upon said note, and my father finally paid the same by turning out for payment a valuable pair of oxen -
Said Lockhart and said Crawford were neighbours to me - & I saw them almost daily -
Dated at said Western September 3 d A. D. 1832
David Shepard
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Worcester ss. August 3 d A. D. 1832. Then David Shepard the subscriber to above deposition & statement, made oath that the same is true - Before me Barlow Freeman, Justice of the Peace -
And I further certify that the said David Shepard is a man of truth and veracity Barlow Freeman Justice of the Peace.
David Shepard Deposition

I, Nathan Grage of Spencer in the County of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being seventy eight years of age, do testify and say, That I am well acquainted with Joseph Crawford who now resides in Western in said County of Worcester, - and do testify that he was a Soldier in the same Company with me, I, being a Lieutenant of said Company in the Massachusetts Militia service in the Revolutionary War - The Company was commanded by Capt Joseph Elliott in the Regiment commanded by Col. William Furness - and we were stationed at Butts Hill on the Island of Newport  in Newport Rhode Island which was in the year A.D. 1781. - our Enlistment was for five months. - at the time that New London was burnt a Company was called for out of the Regiment stationed at Newport Butts Hill and the deponent & the said Joseph Crawford, were two of the said said Company, said Company was commanded by Capt. Robinson, we were marched to Newport City where we were stationed about three weeks, when we were marched back again to Butts Hill, where we remained in said Company, until it was discharged - Further the deponent saith not.
Nathan Grage
Worcester ss. Spencer October 18 th 1832. Then the above named Nathan Grage personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed was true - before me William Pope Justice of the Peace
I hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with the above named deponent, Nathan Grage and that he is esteemed highly in town & believed to be a man of the strictest veracity & truth. William Pope

Nathan Grage, Deposition

I Oliver Bliss of Western, in the County of Worcester, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age do depose and say, That in the year 1821, I represented said town of Western in the General Court of Massachusetts, That I presented a petition of Joseph Crawford of said Western, signed by a large number of persons in said Western & vicinity, stating that they were personally acquainted with said Crawford, & with some of the facts stated in said petition, and from satisfactory evidence of their general truth, & that they joined with said Crawford in his said petition - I also presented with said petition the deposition of Samuel Bascom then of said Western, but now deceased, and according to the best of my recollection & belief, the said his deposition stated that said Crawford enlisted for a term of time with Capt. Corree of said Western in the said Commonwealth's service as a soldier - That said Crawford went to Rhode Island, where he served a considerable time & was discharged - The said deposition further stated that in a skirmish about the time Benedict Arnold attacked New London in which he the said Crawford was engaged he received a wound in the leg - The said deposition was signed by said Bascom & his oath certified in usual form by La  mag magistrate - These are all the particulars that I can state from recollection; but for referring to the said petition which is now before me, my belief is that the statement in said deposition, corresponds entirely with said petition, so far as relates to the Rhode Island services in the Revolutionary war - My name is on said petition, at the head of the left hand column of names, & to said petition I refer for particulars -
Oliver Bliss
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, } Then the said Worcester, ss. October 23 d A.D. 1832 } Oliver

Oliver Bliss signed the foregoing deposition, and made oath that the said deposition is true, before me Barlow Freeman, Justice of The Peace
And I further certify that the said Oliver Bliss is a man of truth & veracity -
Barlow Freeman Justice of the Peace
Oliver Bliss Deposition

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Worcester, ss.
I Isaac Skinner, of Western, in the County of Worcester, yeoman, being of lawful age, do depose & say That in the year 1820 Joseph Crawford of said Western lived at my house. During that time I saw, several times, in his possession, & read, a deposition signed by Samuel Bascom of said Western, and a certificate written on the same. That said Bascom had sworn to and subscribed the said deposition before Jacob Mansfield, Esquire, who was a justice of the peace for the said County of Worcester, which certificate was signed by said Mansfield as justice of the peace as aforesaid. I was well acquainted with the hand writing of said Mansfield, and do believe the said signature of said certificate to have been genuine.
I was also well acquainted with said Bascom; he was reputed to be a Revolutionary soldier, in the town where he lived, & was then in the receipt of a pension for services performed as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. And was in my opinion, & by general reputation of good reputation for truth & veracity.
The said deposition of said Bascom stated that Joseph Crawford of said Western served with him the said Bascom, as a private soldier in the Revolutionary War in the year 1780, or 1781 - That he served five months or more, in one of said years, in Rhode Island, where he was wounded in the leg in a skirmish about the time that Benedict Arnold attacked New London. Said Crawford is now to my knowledge alive, and the  deponent saith and further the deponent saith not.
Oct. 20. 1832 Isaac Skinner Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ss. Worcester County, ss. Oct. 20. 1832 Then the said Isaac Skinner in

my presence subscribed the foregoing deposition, and made oath that the said deposition by him subscribed was true — Before me
Barlow Freeman Justice of the peace.
And I further certify that the said Isaac Skinner is a man of truth & veracity Barlow Freeman Justice of the peace
Isaac Skinner's Deposition
15141 Joseph Crampton

The Hon ble the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Humbly represents
Joseph Crossford, of Western in the County of Worcester, that in the year one thousand seven hundred & one seventeen hundred & eighty one in the months of March or April, he enlisted as a soldier, under Capt Goodwin was mustered by Capt Banister, at Springfield, and placed under the com- mand of Capt John Carpenter then, the commandant, at Springfield, at which time and place I served three months, & was honorably discharged by Capt Carpenter — Afterwards in the same year, in the month of July or August, I enlisted with Capt Booe of Western aforesaid in said Commonwealth's service, as a soldier for the term of Five months & went to Rhode Island, agreeably to orders, and was placed in Capt Elliot's Comp y and Col t Turner's Reg t , where I served my term with fidelity and was honorably discharged
He further represents, that in the last five months, at the time Gen d Arnold, basely, attacked N. London, your petitioner volunteered to go, in order to repel the intended violence of the enemy. On his way he, in a skirmish with the Refugees, who were taken, was wounded in the leg, which caused a fractured bone, until this day, occasionally, painful and lame —
Your petitioner having performed the services he has stated as will more fully appear by the Books in the Secretary's Office; and having suffered the injury of which he complains, with- out having received any wages from Government for his service, or any stipend or pension on account of his wound; He now petitions

stated as will more fully appear by the Books in the Secretaries Office; and having suffered the injury of which he complains, with- out having received any wages from Government for his service , or any stipend or pension on account of his wound ; He now solits Your Honor to consider his case and make him equivalent, only, to others who fought & Bled to purchase the Liberty of Our Country - The reasons of this petition,
are, Your petitioner, soon after his service went to the State of N. York - was taken sick - became blind - was Operated upon ten seven times - The pain and derangement of mind made him forgetful of smaller things - Also, he was out of the Commonwealth at the time the Law was made limiting the claims of Soldiers for their services, and at the time it ex- pired, wherefore he he remains a subject of Poverty, Blind, and at have been a subject of Poverty, Blind, and
for him - In this unpleasant & distressing situation Your humble Petitioner prays that Your honorable Body, influenced by Justice & Mercy , will order his wages for services to be paid and make such further allowance, as compensation for his wound , as is wisdom has seem Just & equitable - And as in duty bound shall ever
Yours after D. Hitchcock Joseph Field
his Joseph Crawler's mark
The Governor, acquainted personally with some of the facts before stated, and from satisfactory evidence of his general love to join with him in his prayer to the Legislature
Daniel Tyler

Legislature
(a) Oliver Bliss (a) Selectmen
(a) Joseph Mansdell (b)
(a) (b) of
(a) John G. Cummings (b)
(a) Isaac Dyer (b) Western
(a) Gordon Hughes (b)
Danforth Keyes
Dady Woodgit
John Nelson
Oliver Blair
Lyse Gates
Wenzel Wardsworth
Lydia Smith
and a gain in lib.
at Colchester
James M. ...
Samuel ...
(a) John B. ...
(a) Joseph ...
Abner ...
Daniel Blair
(a) Samuel Knight
Isaac ...
William ...
James ...
Dwight ...
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(a) John ...
Leonard ...
David ...
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Daniel ...
Charles ...
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(a) David ...
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Amos ...
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Stephen ...
Brins ...
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Linus ...
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Henry ...
Isaac ...

[This petition was unsuccessful, on account of the law for benefit of soldiers, such inuendo was expired before its own limitation as within express]
I certify that I am well acquainted with all the persons within mentioned as subscribers to this petition to whose names I have prefixed the letter (a) that the said persons are of good reputation for truth and veracity, and that their statements are entitled to the fullest credit and have no reason to believe the contrary in respect to any of the other signers to this petition. I also certify that I am acquainted with the handwriting of all of the said signers of said petition to whose names I have affixed the letter (b) and that I have no doubt that names are their own signatures in their own proper handwriting. Darrow Freeman - Justice of October. 23. 1832. the peace.
names, as

House of Representatives June 2 nd . 1821
Read & committed to the Committee on Applications from sick & wounded soldiers. Sent up & concurred.
Senior Denny Speaker In Senate June 5 th 1821
Read and concurred John Phillips Pres.
Sick & wounded soldiers
Petition of Joseph Knowland