Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25446, Obed Crosby, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Crosby, Obed Jerusha
No. 25446
CONTENTS

11.742
Wisconsin
Verusha Crosby, dec d —
law of Obed, Crosby died on the
Co t in the State of was a Corporal the commanded Captain of the commanded in the Revolution for 2 years.
inscribed on the Roll of Milwaukee the rate of 88. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 7th day of March, 1836. and 20 th February 1839.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of March 1833. and sent to
to the 4th of J. B. Edwards Semi-annual allowance ending Present.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act July 7, 1838. }
G. T. Getty
Clerk.
Recorded by Book
Vol. 1.
Page 497.

Declaration of Jerusha Crosby widow of Obad Crosby February 19, 1839 Act July 7, 1838.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
State of Ohio } ss- Trumbull County }
On this 19 th day of February A D 1839 personally appeared before me Francis Freeman one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Jerusha Grashy a resident of Tilton Township in the County of Trumbull aged eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of Obed Grashy who was as she believes a Corporal in the army of the United States in the Revolutionary that the war that she had learned from him & others that he enlisted for three years and served the full term of his enlistment the period when he entered the service and when he left she cannot tell but believes he enlisted in the year 1775 under Theodore Woodbridge who was afterwards a Major in the service that said Obed Grashy then lived in Hartland County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut that he had a journal that he kept in the time of his service and other writings that were preserved many years after their marriage but are since all lost & destroyed
She further declares that she was married to the said Obed Grashy on the twenty eighth day of October in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one at Hartland aforesaid by Eleazer Ensign a justice of the Peace
That her husband the aforesaid Obed Grashy died on twenty ninth day of January Eighteen hundred and thirteen. That she was not married to him prior to

his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety-four viz at the time above stated Jerusha  Crosby  his mark Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Francis Freeman Associate Judge
And I do hereby certify that the said Jerusha Crosby is a credible person and that from bodily infirmity she cannot attend Court
Francis Freeman Associate Judge
State of Ohio Trumbull County } ss
Be it known that before me an Associate Judge of the County aforesaid personally came James King who being duly sworn according to Law Deposeth & saith. That he was well acquainted with Obed Crosby and his family for more than twenty a number of years previous to his death. That he was a person of truth & unblemished character. That the deponent had often heard him the said Obed Crosby tell of his services in the Revolutionary War always understood that he was several years in the service and in several hard battles the battle at Monmouth I think was one. The tradition of his service before general with all his old acquaintance that I have known and undisputed. He died in Vernon Township in said County the twenty ninth day of January A D Eighteen hundred & thirteen. Jerusha Crosby the widow of the said Obed Crosby has resided in said Vernon Township since his Crosby's death and still remains his widow - James King
Sworn to and subscribed this 19 th day of February A D 1839 before me
Francis Freeman Associate Judge
And I also certify the aforesaid deponent is a person of truth and veracity and that the answers made in the fourth and ninth lines of his deposition were made before signing
Francis Freeman Associate Judge

The State of Ohio Humboldt County ss
I John Hutchins Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Francis Freeman whose proper hand and name is sub- scribed to the foregoing Deposition and certificate is and was at the time of sub- scribing the same one of the associate Judges of said Court in said County of Humboldt duly appointed commissi- oned and sworn and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to all his official acts
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Warren this 4 th day of March A D 1839 John Hutchins Clerk

The State of Ohio Franklin County ss: Before me, Wm. D. Bright a justice of the peace in and for the County of Franklin, ss: my personal appearance Lebbicus Beach, who being duly sworn says, that they were well acquainted with Obed Crosby and family, that they first knew Obed Crosby in Hartland Vt. and man went to in Vernon Ohio where he lived some forty one years ago. His children consisted of two daughters and one son. Their eldest daughter's name but knows that she married and is now the wife of Chauncy Jones formerly of Vernon Ohio and now a resident of Madison. That the second daughter's name was Priscilla who married James King and Alice in Vernon Ohio some years since Ezra Bransby the only son of the said Obed some years after left the country and affiant has been informed is dead though knows not of its truth and further saith not
Lebbicus Beach. Hopkinton
Sworn to and subscribed before me and in my presence this 2nd day of August 1854
Wm. D. Bright Justice of the Peace

THE STATE OF OHIO,
TRUMBULL COUNTY, ss.
I, Jonathan Ingersoll, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Trumbull, certify that Wm S. Wright Esq. by whom the annexed and foregoing acknowledgment was taken, was at the date thereof, an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for the said County, duly qualified, and as such duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine, and that the instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of Ohio.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court, at Warren, the 14 th day of August A. D. 185 4 .
Jonathan Ingersoll Clerk. By A. A. Kellogg Dep.

State of Connecticut
Hartford County ss Hartland December 15 th A D 1838
On the day and year above above written, before the subscriber, a Justice of the peace within and for the said County of Hartford, personally appeared Candace Goodyear, to me well known as a creditable Witness, who after being duly cautioned to speak the Truth, deposes & says,
That according to her best knowledge and belief, she is now about Sixty Six years of Age - that she is the Daughter of Eleazer Ensign late of Hartland Deceased, who was for many years a Justice of the peace residing in said Hartland - That said Justice Ensign kept a regular Docket or Record of his Official acts, which since his Death (in 1802) has been kept by his heirs, and is now in her her possession - That on said Docket or Record is the following extract extract of the the Entry of which the following is a true copy, with the exception of the Date, which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures, as follows - 50 October the twentyeighth A. D. one thousand seven hundred and eighty one, that I married Obed Crossby unto Jerusha Phelps, both of Hartland - 99, and the Deponent says, that she has in her possession the above mentioned Record of Justice Ensign in the Town County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Record on said Docket, with the Exception above named - and this Deponent further says that said Marriage ceremony was performed at her Fathers Room in said Hartland, and in her presence - and further this Deponent saith Not - in presence of
Candace Goodyear
Ira Beach } Jesse Ives }
Sworn and subscribed to at Hartland The day and year above written - before me Nathaniel Brewster Justice of the peace

State of Vermont, S.S. Office of the Secretary of State Dec 25 th 1838
I hereby certify that Oliver Ensign Esq. was a justice of the peace within and for the County of Litchfield in the year 1785 as appears of record in this office and I certify that the Town of Hartland in the year 1785 constituted a part of Litchfield county and has since been annexed to the County of Hartford and I certify that Nathaniel Bassworth Esq. of Hartland is a justice of the peace within and for Hartford county and has been since the 20 th day of June last as appears of record in this office, and that his signa- ture annexed to the accompanying statement is his genuine signa- ture
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the public seal of this State and signed the same at the above date
Tracy A. Kimball Secretary of State

The State of Ohio
Ottawa County, ss
Personally appeared before me William G. Green, a justice of the peace for the township of Portage, in the county of Ottawa, and State aforesaid, Obed Crosby, who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is a grand son of Obed and Frensha, Crosby, deceased, that his father's name was Ezra. That he has often heard it said, that his said grand father, the said Obed Crosby, had been a revolutionary soldier. That his said father, the said Ezra Crosby, and son of the said Obed and Frensha, Crosby, is now dead, having died on the 9 th day of December A.D. 1848.
Subscribed and sworn to before me This 14 th day of April A.D. 1852.
Obed Crosby
William G. Green.
Justice of the Peace.
The State of Ohio } Ottawa County ss }
Before me William G. Green, a justice of the peace for the township of Portage, in the county and State aforesaid, personally appeared Norman H. Green, who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he was acquainted with the late Ezra, Crosby, of Carroll township, Ottawa county, Ohio, and knows that he is now dead having died late in the fall or early in the winter of the year 1848.
Norman H. Green
Sworn to and subscribed before me This 5 th day of July A.D. 1852.
William G. Green.
Justice of the Peace.

The State of Ohio Ottawa County ss
I Sylvester A Smith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Ottawa and State of Ohio do here by certify that William G Green
Whose name appears to the within instrument is and was at the time of taking and signing the same an acting justice of the Peace in and for the County of said being duly Commissioned by the Governor of said State and that his official acts are entitled to full credit and lawful authority
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 5 th day of July AD 1832
Sylvester A Smith Clerk
Answer to P. Curtis - Sheron Mayne C o M y .

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1838 Entitled "An act granting Half Pay and Pensions to Certain Widows"
Territory of Wisconsin County of Grant ss On the 28 day of September 1846 in open Court, holden in, & for the County aforesaid at Lancaster in said County, personally appeared before the Court Ursula Jones of Platteville in said County aged Sixty Years, the 16 th day of August 1845. Who being first sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 4 th of July 1838 Granting Pensions to Certain Widows - That she is a daughter of the late Widow of Obed Crosby Esq. Ursula Crosby, whose husband was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution, and died on the Twenty Ninth day of January Eighteen Hundred and Thirteen, leaving a Widow Ursula Crosby, whose maiden name was Phelps, to whom he was Married in the Town of Hartland, Hartford County, Connecticut Prior to 1794 viz as early as the 28 th day of October, Seventeen Hundred & Eighty one by Oliver Elisha Esq. That her said Mother died on the 20 th day of February 1839 - (Eighteen Hundred & Thirty Nine) That this Deponent, as the only surviving Child of the said late Widow Ursula Crosby, makes the following & above Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the above named act of Congress That this Deponent's said Father lived during the Revolutionary war in the town of Hartland Litchfield (now Hartford) County Ct. That he enlisted in the Spring of 1776 or 77 for Three Years, and served during that time, as an non-Commissioned officer, in a Regiment commanded by Col. Herman Smith - That this Deponent thinks the office held by her said Father, was that of a Corporal - That as the only surviving child of the aforesaid Widow Ursula Crosby deceased, this Deponent makes the aforesaid Declaration & application for the Pension due to her said late Mother, being the Widow at her death of the aforesaid Obed Crosby, who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution Subscribed & sworn before the Court in open Court at the day and date last above written Ursula Jones
Chas Dunn, Presiding officer of the Court
The Court certify that it appears to their satisfaction that Obed Crosby, who is reported to have been a Soldier in the Revolutionary war, died on the 29 th day of January 1813, leaving his Widow Ursula Crosby who died her Widow on the 20 th day of February 1839, leaving

The following named Child, being the only Child her Surviving to wit Ursula, who is the wife of Chauncy Jones of Pottawattamie County Wisconsin Territory - That the said Ursula is a respectable person and of the age of 21 years and upwards
Thus it appears to the satisfaction of the Court from the annexed testimony of Libbina Brach - William Jones - Mary Jones, and Ruth Brach when affidavits were duly exa- mined
Cha s Dunn, Presiding officer of the Court
Territory of Wisconsin Grant County ss. I Serhart A. Shrader, Clerk of the Court in, and for said County, certify that Charles Dunn was the Presiding officer of the Court held at Lancaster, in the aforesaid County on the 28 th day of September, 1846 - That the proceedings in the matter of the application of Ursula Jones for a Pension were had in open Court, the day & year aforesaid - and that the signature of Charles Dunn, to the within, & foregoing, purporting to be his, is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 28 th day of September, 1846
S. A. Shrader Clerk

State of Ohio
Guadalupe County ss. Personally Appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County Aforesaid, Liberus Beach Esq. of Hartford in said County Aged Sixty Nine Years - After being duly sworn according to their oaths and faith, That Forty Years Since and upwards, he became per- sonally acquainted with Obed Crosby, formerly of Hartford Ct., and also with his wife Penelope Crosby. That at that time, the said parties were living together as Husband and Wife, and had the reputation of having been married. That they continued thus to live together until the death of the said Obed Crosby in 1813 - (Eighty four years and his wife) That said Crosby had the reputation of having been a Soldier in the War of the Revolution - That the said Penelope Crosby, since the widow of the Aforesaid Obed Crosby on the 20th day of February 1839. (Eighty four years and thirty nine) leaving the following named Child being the only child he surviving viz. Ursula, who is the wife of Chauncy Jones of Plattville, Grant County, Wisconsin Territory. and that the said Ursula wife of the said Chauncy Jones is a respectable person and of the age of twenty one years and upwards. The facts set forth in the foregoing deposition by me are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Liberus Beach
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd day of April 1846 and I certify that the foregoing "(to my knowledge)" was made before me this day personally appearing
Lucian C. Foulk
Eug. L. Beach is a person of undoubted truth and veracity.
State of Ohio
Guadalupe County ss. Personally Appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County Aforesaid William Jones of Hartford in said County Aged Sixty Years - After being duly sworn according to law, deposes and saith That More than Forty then Years Since, he became person- ally acquainted with Obed Crosby, and with Penelope, his wife, and with their family. That the said Obed, and Penelope Crosby, were then living together as Hus- band and Wife, and had the reputation of being such. That they continued to live together in this relation until the death of the said Obed Crosby which took place in the year 1813. That the said Crosby had the reputation of having served in the War of the Revolution - That that

the following named child being her only child her
Deponent always understood, and believed that the aforesaid Crosby kind, when he enlisted, in Hartford, Connecticut - That he served with the troops of said State for three years, as an Non-Commissioned Officer - This Deponent thinks, the Office which the said Crosby had the reputation of being held, was that of a Corporal. That Ursula, who is the wife of Chauncy Jones of Platteville, Wisconsin Territory is and always has been considered a child of the aforesaid Oliver & Deborah Crosby, and is of the age of sixty years, and upwards. That she is a person of respectability. That the said Deborah, died the widow of said Crosby on the day of February 1829 - (Eighty hundred and thirty nine) - leaving the following named child being the only child her surviving, viz - Ursula, wife of Chauncy Jones of Platteville, Grant County Wisconsin Territory.
Wm Jones
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3 rd day of April AD 1846, and I hereby certify that the interlineation (to my knowledge) and the erasures were made before subscribing, and that for fifteen years I have been acquainted with the above named Wm Jones personally and that his reputation for truth and piety is unquestionable, Andrew C. Jones.
Justice of the Peace
State of Ohio } Guadalupe County ss } Personally Appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in, and for the County aforesaid, Mary Buckley of Salem in said County aged eighty years - After being duly sworn according to law - Deposits and saith - That fifty years since and upwards, she was personally acquainted with Oliver Crosby and his wife Deborah, which acquaintance was continued with the said persons until - That at that time they had the reputation of being husband and wife - were living together as such, and continued so to live until the death of the said Oliver Crosby in 1829 - That this Deponent has always understood, that the said Crosby lived during the Revolutionary war, in the State

of Connecticut, and I say in said was as much as two or three years. That at the time that I became acquainted with the said Obed and Hannah Crosby, Connecticut, their daughter Ursula, who is now the wife of Chauncy Jones of Wisconsin Territory was about ten years old. That the aforesaid Hannah Crosby died in this town, the widow of the said Obed Crosby  on the day of  1839, (February  the day of  the day of having the following named children being the only children she then living) viz: Ursula who is the wife of Chauncy Jones of Flat Rock Grant County - Territory of Wisconsin -
Mary Brumley
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3 rd day of April AD 1846, and I certify that Mrs Brumley is apparently of sound mind and bears a reputation so far as I know of truth and veracity, and that the errors in the foregoing deposition were made before subscribing Lucian Jones, Jus. Peace.
State of Ohio ss Personally appeared Ruth Brach before me, a Notary Public in and for the County of Franklin, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County aforesaid, of the County of Vernon in said County aged sixty four years, after being duly sworn according to law, deposes and saith that she was acquainted with Hannah Crosby the widow of Obed Crosby and that said Hannah Crosby died in this town on the 20 th day of February AD 1839. (Eighteen hundred and thirty nine) being the widow of the said Obed Crosby at the time of her death.
Ruth Brach
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3 rd day of April AD 1846
Lucian Jones Jus. Peace
I am acquainted with Ruth Brach and have no hesitation in certifying that she is a person of unqualified truth and veracity and that any statement she may make is entitled to full credit - Obed Crosby, who died on the 20 th day of February 1839, having

State of Ohio ss I Warren Jones Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Scioto County, do hereby certify, that Lucien C. Jones before whom the foregoing Affidavit was executed, was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in, and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified according to all their official acts full faith and credit an Affi- avit further that the signature purporting to be his, is genuine — in witness my hand, and the seal of said Court at Warren this 4 th day of April 1846. Warren Jones Clerk Robt M c Clafferty Dep
Answer to John F. Curtis, Sheriff Wayne Co. NY

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. W. 25446, Con
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
May 20th, 1898.
Sir:-
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Jerusha widow of Obed Crosby, made an application for pension on February 19, 1839, at which time she was 82 years of age and residing in Trumbull County, Ohio, and her pension was allowed for the actual service of her husband as a corporal in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war, for a period of two years; a part of the time he served under Capt. Woodbridge and Col. Swift. He enlisted at Litchfield, Conn.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Dr. John I. King,
Martel, Ohio.

Answer to the Complaint of the Plaintiff
State of Ohio } Trumbull County ss }
Personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace in and for said County, S. J. Mattock of Vernon in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith, That he is and has been for many years engaged in the merchantile business in said Vernon Township. That thirty years since he became personally and intimately acquainted with Sarah Crosby, widow of Obadiah Crosby, late of said Vernon, now deceased. That he knows the death of the said Sarah took place a number of years since and he has no doubt it was about the 20 th of February A.D. 1839 (eighteen hundred and thirty nine) for the following reasons. He finds on his day book under date of February 21 st A.D. 1839 James H. King charged with a bill of articles, as lifting handles brass screws, bolts, cambric etc. which he has no doubt were purchased, for the use of the coffin used for the interment of the said Sarah as the said King was a son-in-law of the said Sarah and she, the said Sarah, had her home with him. That at the time of the death of the said Sarah she had but two children her surviving, viz, Ezra and Ursula, the wife of Chauncey Jones. That for a number of years last past, the said Ezra had not been heard from, and from his habits of life it was presumed he might be dead, nor was it till recently that, he deponent, had learned what had become of him - he has heard that he, the said Ezra, died some two years since. That the said Ursula Jones is now the only surviving child of the said Sarah Crosby, deceased.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2 nd day of July A.D. 1852 William Graham Justice of the Peace
S. J. Mattock

I certify that the said S r . J. Mattocks sustains an unswerving stable character for truth and veracity and as such his statements are entitled to full credit and belief
Morton Graham Justice of the Peace
State of Ohio
Tuscarawas county ss } Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Martin Smith, who on his solemn oath says
That he is ninety years of age, - he establishes his age by a Record, That he was well and intimately acquainted with Obed and Sarah Crosby from the time of their marriage till the death of each respectively, and was acquainted with Obed previously to his marriage. At the time of their marriage and for a number of years afterwards they lived in Hartland, Litchfield Co. Conn. That the said parties lived together as husband and wife till the death of the said Obed which took place some thirty eight years since. That the said Sarah the widow of the said Obed Crosby died in the winter of A D 1839 - he thinks in the month of February in the town of Kirtland, in the State of Ohio. That she left two children her surviving, whose names were Ezra and Ursula. That the said Ezra was of dissipated habit and had not been heard of by his friends till of late they learn he is dead, so that the said Ursula is now the only surviving child of the said Sarah. This deponent has frequently heard Obed Crosby tell of being in the war of the Revolution. He, deponent, was acquainted with a man by the name of Israel Tanner who claimed to have been a Lieutenant

in the same Regiment with Obed Crosby, he expressed great friendship for Crosby on account of having been old companions in arms. The said Sumner is now dead. I went and subscribed before me.
This 29 th day of July A.D. 1832 } Martin Smith Milton Graham Justice of the Peace
I certify that the said Martin Smith sustains an unimpeachable character for truth and veracity, and is highly respected in the community in which he resides, and as such his statements are entitled to full credit and belief. And further that his mind appears strong and memory good.
Milton Graham Justice of the Peace
State of Ohio } Trumbull County ss. } Sumner
Mr Woolf of Vernon in said County being duly sworn deposes and says that he is forty eight years of age. That from boyhood he was acquainted with Obed and Jemima Crosby of said Vernon, now deceased. That the said Obed died many years since, when this deponent was a boy. His deponent's father was a soldier in the war of the revolution and he afterwards was and he has heard his said father and the said Obed Crosby often relate their experience in the service in said war. That a short time subsequent to the death of the said Jemima widow of the said Obed Crosby, gravestones were erected at her grave, the inscription on which is as follows. "Jemima Crosby died February 25 th 1839 aged 82 - years". This deponent knows from facts

which he can call to mind in connection with his own family that the death of the said Jonathan took place in the winter of A.D. 1839. That Ursula Jones now a resident of Grant Co. Wisconsin is the only surviving child of the said Obed and Martha Crosby.
Sworn to and subscribed before me } this 29 th day of July A.D. 1852
Samuel de Wolf
Milton Graham Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above deponent is a highly respectable man - has been and now is a Justice of the Peace & that his statements receive as they are entitled to, full credit and belief, and I further certify that the within answers and interlinations were made before signing -
Milton Graham Justice of the Peace
State of Ohio } Sumner County ss. }
I Jonathan Ingersoll Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Milton Graham Esq., by whom the annexed and foregoing affidavits were taken, was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace, within and for said County duly qualified, and as such duly authorized to take the same, And further that I am acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice, and believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Wapakoneta the 4 th day of August A.D. 1852,
Jonathan Ingersoll Clerk By A. A. Robbins Dep

ans Jan 12/55 Proc Edwards Jan 22 1855 J. V. Edwards v. Fieley. 1855.
3 years Appeal
No 13100
Jemima Crosby and Ohio Combs Rel to J. H. Curtis Nov 19. 46. Rel to Buckland & May June 18th '47 J. F. Curtis Act 21. 1851 J. F. Curtis Dec. 11/52 Hon. B. C. Eastman 24 th Jan. 1854. Hon. B. C. Eastman 28 th Jan. 1854. Hon. B. C. Eastman 17 th Nov. 1854. Act July 1838 over

MAY 20 1898
D r J. P. King Martel, Ohio
Ref
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25,440
Jemima Crosby Widow of Abel Crosby Corp. Rev. War
Act July 4 th 1858
Index: Vol A , Page 157
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Jemima Crosby, widow of Obed, last half 7. 1838 Claim Febuary 19. 1839
Says that her husband served under Theodore Wood bridge Enlisted in 1775 for three years & Was married October 28, 1781 Husband died January 29, 1813 1839 82 1757 1781 24
Mrs. Ursula Jones, Declaration Sept. 28, 1846 60 yrs. 1786 Daughter of Obed Crosby who died January 29, 1813 leaving a widow Jemima, Married October 28, 1781, Jemima died Feb. 20, 1839 died with only surviving child, (Husband deceased above)
Libbess Deane April 3, 1846 aged 69 years B. 1777 Knew the parties to her together as husband & wife forty years & that they lived so until Obed's death in 1813 Jemima died Feb. 20, 1839, leaving Ursula Jones the only surviving child
Mrs. Jones April 3, 1846 aged 60 yrs. 1786. — like the friends. Both say "Obed had the reputation of having served in the war of the Revolution."
Mary Tinkley 80 yrs. April 3, 1846 1766. — acquainted with parties fifty years and upwards Reports to have been husband & wife & understood that Obed was a soldier in the war. Ursula was her first daughter about ten years old. Only child surviving

Nathl Beach April 3, 1846 64 years 1782
Jemima and Feb. 20, 1839 re
Grandma Goodyear Dec 15, 1838, about 66 years old 1772
Daughter of Eleazar Duryea late of Haverland also?
Find a record of marriage of Obed Crosby and Jemima
Phelps October 28, 1881
Memories testify that Duryea was then a justice
Obed Crosby April 5, 1852
Says his father's name was Ezra. Often heard & said that his grand father Obed was a revolutionary soldier. His father then said Ezra is now dead. Died Dec. 9, 1848. —
Merriman H. Green same date
Says he was acquainted with Ezra Crosby & that he died Dec. 9, 1848. —
D. J. Maltbys July 29, 1852
Says that on the 21 st day of Feb. 1839 he told James King artist for the burial of Jemima Crosby. —
Heard that Ezra died some two years since.
Martin Smith July 29, 1852 90 years old 1762
Has known parties since their marriage. Lived together as husband & wife. Know Obed before their marriage. Has frequently heard him tell of being in revolutionary war. Know a man by the name of Cyril Tanner who was dead in recent days. He — Jemima died in 1839 left two children. Ezra was of dissolute habits & was not here for some time. His friend now knows that he is dead.

Samuel De Woolf, July 29, 1872 48 years of age
Understood that Obed was a soldier of the revolution. Tomb stones as follows. Jerusha Crosby died July 20 1839 aged 82 years. Ursula Jones is now here only surviving child.
Abner Mason, Dec. 15, 1834 aged 66.
Was well and intimately acquainted with Obed Crosby & with his family. He removed from Hartford Co. Conn. to Muskingum Co. Ohio in the year 1800. — Died in the year 1813, leaving a widow Jerusha Crosby & three children to wit, Ursula Crosby now Ursula Jones, Ezra Crosby and Jerusha Crosby who often said I am King Jerusha King and before her mother. Ursula is the only surviving child.
What evidence in this case shows the husband of Ursula to be the Obed Crosby who was a soldier in the Revolution?

No 13100.
add widows in case of Ursula Innes formerly widow of Baruch  Crosby for Rev Pennim Ohio - Oct 1838
Cole
filed by John Sedgewick
State of Wisconsin Nov 11 1838

State of Wisconsin County of Grant ss
Be it known that before me the judge of the county court of said county of Grant duly authorized by the laws of said State to administer oaths personally appeared Albin Moses aged 66 years who being duly sworn according to law says that he is well acquainted with Mrs Ursula Jones of said county of Grant formerly Ursula Crosby of Tinnabell County Ohio, and that he was well and intimately acquainted with her father Obed Crosby late of said Tinnabell County Ohio deceased and with his family that said Obed Crosby removed from Hartford County in the State of Connecticut to said Tinnabell County Ohio in the year of our Lord 1800, but did not bring his family until the year 1801 or 1802, that he the said Obed Crosby died in said Tinnabell County Ohio in December 1812 or early in the year 1813, leaving a widow Ursula Crosby and three heirs to wit Ursula Crosby now Ursula Jones Ora Crosby and Ursula Crosby who afterwards married James King, that he was well acquainted with the Town of Vernon in said Tinnabell County Ohio and knows there was no other Obed Crosby in said Town of Vernon up to the year 1839, at which time deponent moved west, that said Ursula Crosby afterwards Ursula King died and deponent was at her funeral at which in the year 1839, that said Ursula Crosby married Chauncy Jones her present husband and in the year 1839 as he believes removed to Grant County in the State

of Wisconsin where she and her said husband now and has ever since resided. That said Elna Crosby the only son of said Obed Crosby deceased and had a son whose name is Obed Crosby that said Elna Crosby as deponent believes after said removal and settled some where in the western part of the State of Ohio and also says that he knows that said Elna Crosby mother of said Obed Crosby died but cannot state the precise time but thinks it was a very short time after the death of her daughter Pamela Kings which he believes was in the year 1839. That after the death of said Obed Crosby his property was divided among his heirs the said Elna Crosby, Elna Crosby and Pamela Kings, that he has often heard the said Obed Crosby in his life time speak of being blessed in the service in the way of the resurrection.
Almer Mather
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 15 th day of December A.D. 1834 and I hereby certify that the said Almer Mather the deponent is a credible witness to whom statements under oath the utmost credence would be given by all who know him.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto the seal of said County Court to be hereunto affixed and have hereunto my name this day and year above mentioned.
Stephen O'Paine County Judge

Additional Evidence in case of William Jones only heir of Louisa Crosby wid of Obed Crosby for arrears of Pension
filed by John G. Edwards
3 July 1849 19 Aug 1849 13 Sept 1849

House of Reps.
July 2. 1855.
Sir,
In the matter of the application of Isabella Jones wife of Chauncy Jones of Wisconsin as the only surviving child of Sarah Crosby wife of Obed Crosby. I beg leave to state: That I am well acquainted with the said Isabella Jones who is a lady of high character and standing, and as much as any woman I ever knew entitled to the respect of all persons - that whatever she states is true to her best belief. The whole family of the Jones' and Crosby are eminently entitled to the most credence in their representations.

They belong to the old family of Con- necticut "Yankees" who are the most thrifty and honest people in the vicinity in which they reside whose whole character is simplicity & integrity, and I know of no lady whose veracity I would not sooner doubt than theirs. Mrs. Jones is the honored wife and mother of as honest men as ever lived. They are known for and were as such.
Respectfully,
Your affec. Son
Oliver P. Eastman
Hon. L. P. Wells

N.O.
I am therefore, as atty. in fact of the said Cecilia Jones, John H. Edwards &c, to act for me in prosecuting the claim of the said Cecilia for Reunion. I well state that I have no interest in the claim for Reunion above named, only con- sented to act as Special Agent to prevent the said applicant from being further delayed in the same.
Paul Sarrazin

House of Reps
Jan, 22. 1857
Sir
I have recd. a power of Attorney from Mrs. Ursula Jones of Platteville Grant County, Wisconsin who is daughter and sole heir at law of Obed and Penuha Crosby, authorizing me to prosecute her claim for whatever arrearage of Pension may be due her as the daughter of said Obed and Penuha. This pension is due for Revolutionary services in the Connecticut line and the case it appears was last decided at one time as appears in the private books of rejected cases p. 357. Various persons, Agents have written Mrs. Jones soliciting the Agency of the case but as she many years ago had appointed an Agent she has refused until now to reassert her authority. I have to ask that this case may be speedily acted upon.
Respectfully Your obt. Servt Olin P. Eastman
Hon. L. C. Waldo Com. Pensions.

Comptroller's Office Hartford Feb. 21 st 1855
Dear Sir,
Your letter of the 17 th ult. was recd. in my absence from home, which must be my apology for not answering it sooner.
I have now examined our documents, and find that Obed Crosby of Hartland, served in Col. Swift's Regt. as a Corporal from May 26 th 1777 to Jan'y. 1 st 1781 = 3 yrs 7 months & 5 days. The evidence that he belonged to Hartland, is the certificate of the Select Men of that town, which is on file in this office, with the receipt for the balance of pay due to the said Crosby, on the settlement with him for his services.
I am very respectfully your obedt. servt. Geo. Robinson For Comptroller

Sturges Wayne Co. N.Y. June 30. 1851 Dear J. E. Heath
Sir,
I respectfully request your attention to the proof furnished in the case of Ursula Jones of Plattsburgh Grant Co. Wis - an applicant for the Pension due her late Mother Jerusha Crosby who was the widow of Obed Crosby, a soldier in the war of the Revolution. I do not know of any additional proof in the case that can be furnished. The proof on file in your Office is more full and explicit than in several other cases in which I have recd Pension Certificates and yet in this case it has been withheld. If you will take the trouble to examine the proof in this case and make up your mind upon it uninfluenced by previous decisions, I think you will be satisfied that the claim is a just one and will at once issue a Certificate.
Respectfully Yours
John H. Curtis
P.S. Jerusha and Obed Crosby died in Ohio

20 13.100 Nov 6, 1846
by James Buchanan Jan 1, 1847
Hon. J. E. Edwards Court of Peers Washington City D.C.
Warren M. Cummings Oct 31

1 Huron Oct 30th 1846
Hon. A. S. Edwards
Sir — Inclosed is the Declaration of Neula Jones . Claiming the pension due her mother Jemima Crosby — I also Inclose the Declaration of the Widow, that was Executed on the 19th of Feby. 1839. The Widow Died the next day after her Declaration was was Executed. Consequently it was not for to Washington — The proof of Marriage was obtained at that time, which will probably be satisfactory. For proof of Service, at present I rely on Records in Your possession
Yours with due Respect John H. Curtis

Aug 19/82
Addison in Ralston Devensha Crosby
Official Business No. 4 Quilts St. Joseph Ky.
James B. Heath General Manager Reading Machine City, O. L.
King

Newbern Aug. 11, 1852
To the Com.
The enclosed proof in the case of Louisa Grady of Ohio, does not comply with all the requirements in the Report of Nov. 17th 1846 - but I may be allowed to suggest that on a careful examination of the old testimony on file, with the inclosed, the proof will be deemed satisfactory.
With due Respect I think H. Austin

Yonel Yernika Crosby
Call
No. 13. 6. Eastman H. R.

[Power of Attorney.]
Know all men by these presents, That I, Ursula Jones, daughter and sole heir at law of Obed and Sarah Bradley, deceased,
have constituted, ordained, and made, in my stead and place put, and by these presents do constitute, ordain, and make, and in my stead and place put, Ben C Eastman Esquire, of Platteville Grant Co. Wisconsin of Washington, in the District of Columbia, to be my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name and stead to prosecute my claim to whatever arrears of pension may be due me as the daughter of said deceased, and to receive such certificate as may be issued, hereby revoking any power of attorney heretofore given, and confirming all things that my said attorney may lawfully do in the premises. Giving and hereby granting unto my said attorney full power and authority in and about the premises; and to use all due means, course, and process in the law, for the full, effectual, and complete execution of the business above described; and in my name to make and execute due acquittance and discharge; and for the premises to appear, and the person of myself the constituent, to represent before any governor, judges, justices, officers and ministers of the law whatsoever, in any court or courts of judicature, and there, on my behalf, to answer, defend, and reply unto all actions, causes, matters and things whatsoever, relating to the premises; also, to submit any matter in dispute respecting the premises, to arbitration or otherwise, with full power to make and substitute, for the purposes aforesaid, one or more attorneys, under my said attorney, and the same again at pleasure to revoke; and generally to say, do, act, transact, determine, accomplish, and finish all matters and things whatsoever, relating to the premises, as fully, amply, and effectually, to all intents and purposes, as I the said constituent, if present, ought or might personally, although the matter should require more special authority than is herein comprised. I the said constituent ratifying, allowing, and holding firm and valid all and whatsoever my said attorney or his substitutes, shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, in and about the premises, by virtue of these presents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
Signed, sealed, and delivered, in presence of us.
Ursula Jones
Chauncey Jones Jr Girum M. Burhwell
[L. S.] [L. S.] [L. S.] [L. S.]
Acknowledged before me, the day and year last above written.
Chauncey Jones Jr J. P.
State of Wisconsin } ss. County of Grant }
I, Nathan W. Kendall, Clerk of the circuit circuit court within and for said county and State, do hereby certify, that Chauncey Jones Jr before whom the foregoing acknowledgment was taken, was at the time thereof an acting Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and confidence are due to his acts as such. I believe his signature to be true and genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said Court to be affixed to these presents, this Sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
N. W. Kendall, Clerk. By L. O. Shuler, Deputy.

Lower Sandusky Ohio May 28 th 1847
Dear Sir;
We have been requested to obtain information in regard to pension money said to belong to the Estate of Obed Crosby, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and as such entitled to a Pension. He died in 1813 without applying His Widow Hannah Crosby applied in 1838 and the application was allowed, but she died in February 1839 without drawing the money. There are three children of Obed & Hannah Crosby now living who are their only heirs.
We wish to ascertain whether there has been an allowance made to as above stated and if so what is necessary for the heirs to do to enable them to draw the money. What proof of heirship etc.
By giving us the desired information at your earliest convenience You will much oblige the heirs and Yours most Obedient Servt Hon I L Edwards      Buckland V Hayes Commissioner of Pensions Washington DC

Rec'd of June 12/11 Jerusha Crosby deeds
Archibald
Hon. J. L. Collins
Memphis Tenn Washington D.C.

Wattenwiller Wis. Nov. 9 1832
Sir I enclose herewith a paper to be filed in the case of the application of the heirs of Paul Asby for pension.
Respectfully Yours
Ben C. Eastman
Hon. J. P. Waldo.
Com. Pens.

Deed in the case of Jerusha Grosley de d widow of Obed.
Grant - County and State of Wisconsin.
act 7 th July 1838.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Obed served as a Corporal of Infantry from Hartford Connecticut for two years. - proved by Certificate of the Comptroller of Connecticut, D. S. Mattack, &c.
Obed and Jerusha married 28 th Oct. 1781. - proved by Martin Smith, Laurence Goadyear, L. Beach, &c.
Obed died 29 th January 1813. - proved by Wm Jones, Mary Trunkey, and Martin Smith.
Jerusha died 20 th February 1839. - proved by Copy from Grant Stone, D. S. Mattack, and Samuel De Wolf. Ursula Jones, only surviving child. - proved by D. S. Mattack, Martin Smith and Mary Trunkey.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
This claim admitted by direction of Commissioner.
Name and residence of Agent
J. S. Edwards Esqr. Present.
Charles H. Rhet.
Examining Clerk.

Jerusha Crosby die? widow of Obed.
Wisconsin.
Admitted.
Act 7 th July. 1838.
2 years Corporal Infantry $88. per annum from 4 th March 1836 to 20 th Feby. 1839. when she died.
Pay.
Ursula Jones, only survi- ving child. —
Certificate to,
J. S. Edwards Esq.
Present.

Crosby
Wrote to Kenyon July 17, 1875
J. S. Crosby

(Copy)
Pension Office 24 th Jan'y. 187.
Sir,
The claim of the Teresha Crosby de d widow of Obed of Ohio, has been examined. The proof is unsatisfactory as to the date of the marriage of Obed & Teresha of Teresha's death; and as to the names and number of the surviving children. The private record of the marriage, alleged to be in possession of Candace Woodyard, should be exhibited per D.
Hon. B. B. Eastman, House of Representatives.

That he was well acquainted with the above-named signs and knows him to have been for many years an active officer of the Peace in said Township. He, deponent, does that he has seen and heard a number of the said persons since his discharge.
Loburn Beach,
23 rd March
I do hereby certify that I am in kind and acquaintance with the above-deponent, at Loburn Beach, that he has been for many years an active officer of the Peace in said Township, and that he has been well acquainted with the persons mentioned in his affidavit.
Milton Graham Justice of the Peace in & for said Humboldt County
State of Ohio I, Jonathan H. Pigeon, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, held at Warren in said County on the 24 th day of March A.D. 1853 do hereby certify that satisfactory proof has been exhibited to said Court that Martha Crosby was the widow of Abel Crosby that she died on the 20 th day of February A.D. 1852 that she left the following children her surviving, viz: Mrs. Mary the wife of Chauncy Jones and Mrs. Abigail and that the said Abigail is now dead. I further I hereby certify that Milton Graham Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken was at the time of taking the same an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly qualified and as such duly authorized to take the same and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Warren this 24 th day of March A.D. 1853.
Jonathan H. Pigeon Clerk
Wasp of seal torn off - Must be corrected.

JOHN ICILIUS KING, M. D.
Office
Com. Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Martel, O. May 9 1898
Dear Sir:—
Will you be obliging enough to search the records of one Obed Crosby (said to have been a Revolutionary soldier) from Connecticut, giving his rank, company, regiment, Captain's name & date of enlistment, date of discharge and age if possible. He died in Ohio in 1813. Also does the name of his widow, Jerusha, appear on the records as a pensioner and was he a pensioner? His wife died in Ohio in 1839. Decoration day is coming. Tradition has it he was a Revolutionary soldier; if he was, he is entitled to have his grave decorated by the G.A.R. if not, he does not. He was my great-grandfather. I have been referred to your office for the information.
Yours respectfully, John D. King.