Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43421, Christopher Crumb, New York.

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York.
Crumb, Christopher or Schoonover
S. 43421
B. L. Wt. 2479-100
CONTENTS

12.285 R
Ohio
Christopher Crumb
of Scioto Co — in the state of Ohio — who was a private — in the regiment commanded by Colonel Vancluntlandt of the New York line, for the term of 6 years
Inscribed on the Roll of — Ohio — at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 30 of April 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of July 1819. and sent to Ezra Osborn Esq Portsmouth Ohio.
Arrears to 4th of — Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept r 4 mo 5 / 30 = 33. 29 Dollars. 33. 29.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Christopher Crumb
Christopher Crumb Scioto Co Ohio 20 May 1822 John P. Chambers Esq Columbus Ohio

State of Ohio Scioto County ss On the 30 th day of April 1819, before me the subscriber, President Judge of the eighth circuit of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of Ohio, personally appeared Christopher Grant aged fifty seven years, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, with an his oath, make the following statement and declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late law of Congress entitled, "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" that he is a citizen of the state of Ohio, and resident in the County of Scioto and that he was enlisted for and during the revolutionary war at Minnisink in the state of New York on or about the first day of Decem- ber in the year 1778 under Lieutenant Christopher Cadvis and that he was first under the command of Captain Charles Newhook of the second company of the second New York Regiment commanded by Colonel Philip Courtland Belonging to the Brigade commanded by Brigadier General Clinton and the deponent further saith that he went with Major General Sullivan on the campaign to the Westward against the Indians, that he was afterwards on command under Captain Timbrook on the Northern line in the State of New York where he received a severe wound in his left wrist and also an other in his left hip. This deponent also saith that he continued in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, in the continental army, against the common enemy, until the seventh day of June 1783 when he was honorably discharged from service at Newburgh while under the command of Captain Jacob Wright in the state of New York and that

He was in the service about four years and six months and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and that he has lost his discharge by time and accident and has no evidence in his power, of his service and discharge; other than that which is her transmitted.
Sworn and declared before me the day & year aforesaid Ezra Osborn P. J. his Christopher X Crumb marks
State of Ohio Tuscato County ss I Ezra Osborn President Judge of the eighth circuit of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of Ohio, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Christopher Crumb did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of about four years and six months on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of congress; and it further appears to my satisfaction, that the said applicant is in such indigent and reduced circumstances, as require the aid of his country, pursuant to the above recited act - In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 30 th day of April 1819
Ezra Osborn President Judge of the 8 th Circuit Court of Common Pleas in and for the State of Ohio

State of Ohio guote county ss
I John R Turner Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in & for said County do certify that the Honorable Ezra Osborn before whom the within affidavit & declaration appears to have been made was at the time of subscribing his name thereto the presi- dent judge of the eighth judicial circuit of the court of common pleas for the state of Ohio composed of the Counties of Pike, Jackson, Athens, Washington, Meigs, Gallia, — Lawrence and Scioto, duly commissioned and qualified as the law requires. A full faith & credit is ought to be given to all his official acts as well in Courts of justice as thereout.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of our Court at the Court house in Portsmouth this the third day of May in the Year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred nineteen of our state the twenty sixth. —
John R Turner Cfc
Certificate of Seal of Court 50 cts pay

Portsmouth O.
St. Louis.
Feb. 1.
270
Recd. 14 Feb. 1892
Hon. John D. Calhoun
Secretary of War
City Washington
Ohio
Misc.
Mr. Calhoun

The State of this Lehigh county, ss
As a court of common Pleas continued and held in and for the county of Lehigh, at the court House thereof in the Town of Pottersville, on the seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty and of our State the Eighteenth. Present. The honorable Ezra Dobbins President Judge of our said court, Samuel Burce, John Collins and Lawson Denny Associate Judges of our said court.
On the seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, personally appeared in open court being the court of common Pleas in and for the county of Lehigh Christopher Brumb aged Fifty Eight years resident in said county of Lehigh, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows in a company commanded by Capt. Jacob Wright and in the second New York Regiment commanded by Colonel Philip Schuyler for and during the period of four years and six months commencing in December 1789 and ending 1793. And that he this deponent on this 13 th day of April 1819 petitioned pursuant to the law of the United States passed March 18 th 1818 and received a pension certificate dated the tenth day of July 1819. And number 12285. And I do solemnly swear that I was President 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 any property or any part thereof with intent

Intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself with = in the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, passed on the 18 th day of March 1818. And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property 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.
  Schedule. One pot . . . . . $1 50.   One Bake pan without a cover . . . . . 1 50.   sundry old articles of House Hold furniture as part of a set of Knives & Forks & plates & Tea cups & various Two old chairs &c. . . . . 18 00.   One bow. . . . . 15 00.   One debt due me . . . . . 3 00.     Christopher his Crumb. mark
I do further solemnly swear that I am justly and truly owing the sum of Thirty Eight dollars, That I have no particular occupation that I have heretofore obtained a ready subsistence as a Labourer, that I have always been unable to do a competent days work since the revolution, owing to a wound that I Received during the war while in the service of the United States. That I have a wife living who is aged Fifty Four years and is very infirm and one unfortunate child a- ged fourteen years afflicted with the Hernia which constitutes my family, And also that I am so in- digent and infirm and have helpless a family as to re-

=gains the assistance of my country for our support. And further this deponent saith not. has Christopher Plummer Sworn to and declared, on the seventh March , day of December 1820, before the Court. Attest. John R Turner CLK. Scioto County.
I John R Turner clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid sche- -dule is thirty one dollars and _____ and Int testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand; and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this First day February 1822 and of our State the 20 th . John R Turner CLK. of the Court for the County of Scioto —

Christopher Crumb Pen
N. 2479
Chas. F. Willard
Cincinnati
Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio Jan'y 31-53
Sir! Enclosed is Certificate from the Probate Judge of Scioto County Ohio, as required by Instructions from your Department. I recd. a letter at the same time informing me that a Warrant would issue to the surviving heirs of Christopher Cumb upon such Certificate as is now inclosed.
Please direct Warrant to Isaac Cumb Care of Charles F. Willard Cincinnati, Ohio
Very Respectfully Charles F. Willard Com of Pensions & Washington

Isaac D. Crumb
ans
Octo. 7 th 1852
Christopher Crumb.
N. Y. Line

State of Ohio County of Scioto - September 24 th 1852
Wm. J. C. Heath, Comr of Pensions.
Sir: - Replead to deliver the Land warrant which may issue to me to Charles F. Willard of Gorston, Lawrence County, Ohio
In presence of { Franklin Patterson William but Head mark
Yours Respectfully
Isaac D r Crumb for Schumann mark

State of Ohio County of Scioto
On this Twenty-fourth day of September A.D. 1852, before me, Franklin Patterson, a Justice of the Peace within & for the County & State aforesaid personally came Dae Crumb or Schoonover, a resident of said County, who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that he is the son and legal heir of Christopher Crumb, or Schoonover, who in his life time for the period of several years, drew a pension for services in the Revolutionary War of the United States, that his Father was in Colonel Carrtlands 2d Regiment in a Company commanded, as he thinks, by Capt Wright, that he enlisted from the State of New York & recd. land from that State for his services, that he obtained his pension in the name of Crumb, by which name he enlisted, & which name was his true & real name, that upon his return from the War his Mother, as he has heard his Father say, told him his name was Schoonover, for that time he went by the name of Schoonover — He further states that his Father died in Tippecanoe County, State of Indiana somewhere about the year 1830 or 1831, that he left a Widow, his Mother, who died about 3 years after his Father's death, that of their children only three now survive, viz this declarant & Benjamin Crumb, or Schoonover, who, the last time this declarant heard from him, which was about six years ago, lived in Eastern Texas, and Chandler Crumb, or Schoonover, who, the last time this declarant heard from him, which was more than six years since, lived in the Southern part of the State of Indiana. He refers to the Papers of Christopher Crumb, for obtaining a pension, now on file in the Pension Office, & to the Rolls of said Carrtlands Regiment for confirmation of what he has herein declared, as far as they should correspond.
He makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he may be entitled as the lawful heir of Christopher Crumb, under the act of Congress passed Sept. 16th A.D. 1776, or any other act which may be applicable, passed since that time.

Texas, and Chandler Crumb or Schoonover, who, the last time this declarant heard from him, which was more than six years since, lived in the Southern part of the State of Indiana. He refers to the Papers of Christopher Crumb, for obtaining a pension, now on file in the pension office, to the Rolls of said Cantrall's Regiment for confirmation of what he has herein declared, as far as they should correspond.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he may be entitled as the lawful heir of Christopher Crumb, under the act of Congress passed Sept. 16th A.D. 1776, or any other act which may be applicable, passed since that time.
Isaac his Crumb (or Schoonover) Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written; and I hereby certify that I believe the said Isaac I. Schoonover or Crumb, to be the son of the said Christopher Crumb, as he has stated above.
Franklin Patterson J. P. (Seal)

State of Ohio County of Scioto
On this Twenty-fourth day of September A.D. 1852 before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of State aforesaid, personally came Abijah Patterson and James Mead residents of the State and County aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they have resided in said County for thirty years or more, that they were well acquainted with Christopher Crumb, or Schoonover, during his life time and for the period of several years; that said Crumb was called by his neighbors by the name of Schoonover, but said his real name was Crumb, that they always understood he drew a pension for services in the Revolutionary War in the name of Crumb, that he was a resident of said County as they believe, when he first received his pension & remained in said County for a number of years afterwards, that about twenty one years ago he removed to Tippecanoe County, State of Indiana where they have heard he died not long after his removal to said State.
They further state that they have been acquainted with Isaac D. Schoonover or Crumb the same length for thirty years or more, that when they first knew the said Isaac he was living with the said Christopher, as his son so called by said Christopher, and always so reputed in

in the neighborhood, that the said Isaac use to call the said Christopher his father, and still says the same, and that they verily believe he was.
They further state that they have heard read the above affidavit of the said Isaac D. Schoonover or Crunk and that they believe it to be true, and they swear that they are disinterested witnesses, F. Patterson
James his mark Mead
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year above written. And I hereby certify that Abijah Patterson and James Mead are credible witnesses, Franklin Patterson H. S. C. Hall
State of Ohio County of Scioto
I John R. Turner Clerk of the court of common Pleas in the County & State aforesaid do certify that Franklin Patterson before whom the foregoing pages were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed is his signature
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my Official Seal this 27 th day of September A.D. 1852 J. R. Turner Clerk

43421 INVALID.
Rey
File No. 43421
Christopher Grant Dr. Rev. Grant
Act: 15 March 15
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 106
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Christopher Brant enlisted for "during the war" at Minisink, N. Y. about the 1st Dec r 1778 - He was under the command of Capt. Chas. Stockton 2nd. N. Y. Regt. commanded by Col. Philip Schuyler. Went with Genl. Sullivan, to the Westward against the Indians; afterwards under Capt. Simbrooke on the northern lines, in N. York where he recd. a severe wound in his left wrist & another in his left hip. He continued in the Continental army until 7 June 1783 when he was "honably discharged" at Newburgh, whilst under command of Capt. Jacob Wright in the state of N. York - was in the service about 4 years and 6 months. - Extract from his "Pension Papers."

The State of Ohio } Seventh County p 3 Probate Court
January 18 th 1853
"It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been presented to this court that Christopher Gumb a Revolutionary Pensioner died at _____ on or about the _____ day of _____ leaving a widow who has since died and also leaving Isaac Gumb Benjamin Gumb and Chandler Gumb who still survive and who are his only heirs at law"
I Benjamin Ramsey judge of said court do hereby certify that the above is a correct and true copy from the Journal Record of said court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court this 28 th day of January A.D. 1853
Benjamin Ramsey Probate Judge