Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18971, Asa Cranson, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Cranston, Asa Gillam
No. 18971.
CONTENTS

500
New York
Asa Granger
of Madison Co in the State of N. York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Bartlett of the Regt commanded by Col Nelson, in the Mohawk Valley line for three years from 1777
Entered on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of September 1832 and paid to Stephen Chapman - Clockmaker.
Arrears to 4th of September 1832 $120 - Pemi-ant. allowance ending 4 March 1833 40 -
$160.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Am. Wilson Clerk, Book A Vol. 5 Page 76.
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 4. Sep 1840 to 5 Jany 1841. Age Notified 29 Dec 41

Asa Cranson Peterboro Mad. Co. N.Y.
Hamble

State of New York Madison County ss. On this seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen before me the subscriber one of the judges of the court of common Pleas in and for the said County of Madison personally appeared Asa Cranson aged Fifty-eight years resident Seneca in said County who being by me first duly sworn according to law after on his oath make the following declaration in order to ob- tain the benefit of the provision made by the late 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." That he the said Asa Cranston on or about the first day of January 1777 at Ashfield in Hampshire County, Massachusetts enlisted for three years into a company com- manded by Captain Samuel Bartlett in the regiment commanded by Colonel James Wes- ton in the Massachusetts line. That he con- tinued in the same company and Regiment until the termination of the period of his en- listment. That the said company was dur- ing a part of said period commanded by a Lieutenant Noble & a part of the time by a Lieutenant Eddy. That he during the peri- od of his term of service lay a part of the time with his regiment at Fort Dayton on the Mohawk River in New York. That he was for a time with a detachment thereof at

Fort Stanwix at the time it was besieged & after the siege was raised returned to Fort Dayton thence from thence he was marched to Still Water, & remained in that vicinity until after the taking of Burgoyne. That he win- tered the ensuing Winter at Valley Forge & in the following summer was on guard near the principal scenes of action during the battle of Monmouth. That the second winter he remained in the vicinity of Fishkill and was stationed most of the third year at West Point. Continued there until about the first of January 1780 and was then regu- larly discharged after a service of three years thereabouts. That he kept his said discharge for several years, and then supposing it of no real use suffered it to be lost or destroyed. That he knows of no persons with whom he was acquainted in the service nearer than the State of Massachusetts a distance of about two hundred miles, and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.  Sworn & subscribed this 7th April 1819 before me J. Smith First Judge Mad. Co. N.Y.  Al. Eranon
State of New York Madison County ss. Asa Randall and Uri Colgrove of Seneca in said County being

duly sworn do depore and say and each for him- self says he is acquainted with Asa Granson who made the foregoing declaration on oath that the said Asa Granson is aged and in the opinion of the said deponents so infirm as not to be able by his labor to procure a comfortable support for himself and the members of his family, necessa- rily dependant on him for their maintenance That though possessed of some lands under contract for the sale thereof, he in the opinion of these depo- nents has not the means of paying therefor And they believe verily, he is in such reduced circumstances, as to need the assistance of his country for support
Sworn to subscribed this 7th April 1819 before me
P. Smith First Judge Mad. Cty—
Wm G. Grove Asa Granson
I Peter Smith one of the Judges of the Court of common Pleas in and for the County of Madison as aforesaid Do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Asa Granson did serve in the Revolutionary War on the continental Estab- lishment, for three years as stated in the proceeding declaration against the common enemy— And I now transmit the proceed- ings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress.
April 8. 1819
P. Smith First Judge Mad. Cty

State of New York Madison County Clerk's Office
I certify that it appears of record in this office that Peter Smith Virgin was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Madison at the time each of the foregoing instruments of deed to him been taken & acknowledged by him duly authorized to take and certify the same and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and believe his signature to said instruments to be his proper hand Witness my hand and the seal of said Court the 10th day of April 1819 - Thos. Farnis, Clerk
Asa Granson, priv. Madison county, N.Y. 3 years in Col. Weston's regim. Massach. line. of the April, 1818.
Respondent's answer.
on Roll - 177 p 32v
Peterborough.
Peter Smith, Judge, Peterborough, Madison County, N. York.
estate Asa Granson executor Wend - Co. New York
Peterborough, N.Y. recd. Apr 30. 1819.
Peter Smith, Judge

State of New York Madison County ss I Peter Smith before named First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in for the County of Madison aforesaid Do certify that I am acquainted with the before named Mr Colgrove David Randall who have attested to the indigenous of the before named Am Crawson — that they are men of credibility and I am hence satisfied of the truth of the facts they relate
P. Smith First Judge.

State of New York Madison County ss.
Asa Branson of the town of Leroy in said County of Madison being duly sworn Saith that He is the Idential person by the name of Asa Branson who has once been on the Pension Roll and received & now hold a certificate given at the War office of the United States the Seventh day of August in the year one thousand Eight hundred and nineteen and that he drew a pension by virtue of said certificate from the date thereof until the fourth day of the then next March when this Deponants name was struck from the Pension list on account of his having property as he was informed & believes to his true. and that since the fourth of March 1820 this Deponant has drawn nothing that he then resided at the same place in the town of Leroy in said County of Madison & State of New York where he now resides that he was a private soldier enlisted under capt Samuel Bartlett in the town of Ashfield in the County of Hampshire in the State of Massachusetts in January 1777 for three years and served the whole term in the Regular Army of the United States under Col James Warren in General Learned's Brigade and was duly discharged at New Paltz in the State of New York in January 1780 and that he afterwards enlisted for six months and served that term in the same Brigade in Col Michael Jacksons Regiment and further Saith not.
Asa Branson
Subscribed this 23 rd day of July 1822 Before me
Sylvester Beecher Justice of the Peace

State of New York Madison County ss: I Sylvester Beecher one of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Oneida do certify that Asa Crampton who made the foregoing affidavit before me is a Man of Truth Credibility and his statement by him made on oath is entitled to full credit as I am and have been personally acquainted with him for the last twenty years preceding this date July 23 rd 1832 Sylvester Beecher } Justice of the Peace
State of New York Madison County Clerk's Office } ss: I Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the said County do certify that Sylvester Beecher before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn, was, at the date of the same, One of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County - And that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit and also to the above Certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature - Witness my hand and seal of Office this 28 th day of July 1832 - A. S. Sloan Clk

1888 Oct 15 J. D. Rapp - history - Prior
Rep o
let to also agent of S. Snow Aug 21. 1845
6.861
Albany New York
Zillah Cranson widow of Asa Cranson Mass who was a Private,
in the Mass Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 11 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of May 1843 and sent to
S. Chapman Lockville NY
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
June 17. 1844 Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 73

9406 Mark Cranson
Chapman for Puma

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin County ss
On this twenty fifth day of July in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three before me Elijah Paine a Justice of the the Peace within and for said County of Franklin per- sonally appeared Henry S. Ranney of the Town of Ashfield in said County who being duly sworn according to Law by and before me the said Justice doth on his Oath depose and say, that he is the Town Clerk of the said Town of Ashfield the current year and keeps the records of said Town and performs the duties of the same and that the said records remain in his custody, and that he has recently searched the said records for the Marriage of Asa Granson to Lilla Muller, and have taken the following transcript of said records in relation to said marriage to wit "These certify that Asa Granson and Lilla Muller both of Ashfield were joined together in wedlock on the fourth day of July Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and eighty one"
Jacob Sherwin Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the records with the exception of the date which is expressed on the records in fair legible figures as follows.
"4 day of July A.D. 1781"
Henry S. Ranney, Town Clerk
I Henry S. Ranney above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the County, Town and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named or certified by me. And I further depose and say it appears by said Town records that the said Jacob Sherwin was Town Clerk of said Ashfield the same year said Marriage took place. that is to say it appears so by comparison of the hand writing and name.
Henry S. Ranney, Town Clerk of Ashfield
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year above written before me, and I certify that Henry S. Ranney the above de- ponent is known to me to be well reputed of for truth and veracity, and a credible witness
Elijah Paine Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Madison County ss:
On this fourth day of August eighteen hundred and forty three personally appeared before Thomas Barlow Esquire first Judge of the court of common Pleas of the county of Madison aforesaid at the house of Spilla Crosson, Spilla Crosson a resident of the town of Lewis in the county of Madison aforesaid, aged eighty years on the twelfth day of February eighteen hundred and forty three who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" and the acts and resolutions amendatory of the same: That she is the widow of Asa Crosson deceased, late of Lewis Madison County aforesaid who died on the fifth day of January eighteen hundred and forty one who was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death and whose pension certificate has been returned to the office.
She further declares that she was married to the said Asa Crosson on the fourth day of July in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one by Jacob Sherman a Justice of the Peace of the town of Ashfield Franklin County Massachusetts, that her maiden name was Filla Fuller, that she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January eighteen hundred and forty four viz at the time above stated: That Spilla Crosson and Asa Crosson are her two oldest children: That there is a record of her marriage in the town clerks office in said town of Ashfield as she believes: That she has never been married since and is still the widow of the said Asa Crosson: That she believes that Eleanor Fuller is now living who was present when she was married, that she resides in the state of Massachusetts as she believes: That the reason she does not attend court is that she is unable to attend the sitting of the court being very much out of health and unable to travel.
Sworn to and subscribed on this day and Spilla Crosson near above William Crosson
That Barlow First Judge of Madison County New York
And I further certify that from bodily infirmity she cannot attend court and that I am acquainted with her and that she is a person of truth and veracity and that her statement is entitled to full credit. That Barlow First Judge Madison County N.Y. pursuant to the provisions of the act

State of New York Clerks Office Madison County ss. I, Wilson Fairchild Clerk of said county do hereby certify that the Hon Thomas Barlow, before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been taken, was on the day of the date of the same just Judge of the County courts in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit, to be his proper hand writing and signature Witness my hand and seal of office this fifth day of August 1843 Wilson Fairchild Clerk.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Asa Cramson , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
77.18971
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan'y 1. 1777 to Jan'y 1. 1780 Pvt. Samuel Bartlett James Wilson Mass.   ✓ 6 mos. ✓ Michael Jackson        
Battles engaged in, Siege of Ft. Stanwix Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Ashfield, Mass. Date of application for pension, July 7, 1819. Residence at date of application, Conesville, Madison Co., N.Y. Age at date of application, fifty-eight years. Died Jan'y 5, 1841.
Remarks: Widow of Asa Cramson. Enlisted July 4, 1781. Zillah Fuller b. Feb. 11, 1763, and she was allowed pension on her application executed Aug. 4, 1842, while a resident of Lenox, N.Y. She referred to Zillah Woodvine & Asa Cramson as her two oldest children - no others mentioned.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Nov 1896 To My son W Townsend Kalamazoo Mich Aug. 29. 1912. History Co Mrs. J. A. Barney, Mayville, Wis
Rev 18971 WIDOW, &c.
18971
File No. 18971
Hillak Cranson Widow of Asa Cranson Pr. in Rev. War
Act: Mar. 3 rd /43 & June 17 th /44
Index:—Vol. 2 Page 15-5-
[Arrangement of 1870.]

13,743 4
New York
Isaac Hanson
of Madison in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wilson of the Mass a line, for the term of 3 years
Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 of April 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 of Aug 6/19 and sent to Nehemiah Bang Lindon Peterboro N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819 39 46 Semi-ann. all'ee ending
124 1/2 1/30/31 39 46
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

9406 Aug 11. 1843.
Sillah Branson
July 7. 1838  1844
Me.
Columbia August 23
See Ms. A. 9. 2. 10 Asa
Edward Ely born of Persis City of Washington

Blackville August 8th 1849
Dear Sir
I here forward you the Papers in the case of Zillah Garrison Widow of Asa Garrison late a pensioner, with you to grant a pension to her and send the certificate to me and oblige
yours
S. Chapman
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comr. of Pensions
P.S. Asa Garrison resided in Lanes Madison County N.Y. at the time of his death

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Franklin ss.
I, Henry Chapman, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Franklin, do certify, that Olijah Laine Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Olijah Laine and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this Twenty eighth day of July In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Forty three .
H. Chapman Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin County ss
Eleanor Fuller of the
Town of Ashfield in said County being duly sworn deposes and saith, that she is of the age of Seventy eight years, that more than sixty years ago she was well acquainted with Tilla Fuller, then of Ashfield who was afterwards married to Asa Cranson of said Ashfield, and they lived together and had several children among whom were the names of Tilla and Asa many years since they removed from Ashfield into the State of New York. Some years ago she visited her friends in western New York, that on her way she called at the dwelling house of the said Asa Cranson and stayed there over the Sabbath and saw said Tilla his wife & children and she believes the town in which they then lived was called Seneca and further the Deponent saith not.
Elijah Paine Clarissa Warren Witnesses
her Eleanor Fuller mark
Sworn to and subscribed this twenty eighth day of July 1843
Before me Elijah Paine Justice of the Peace
And I hereby certify, that I interlined the word "ago," before the Deponent subscribed her name, and also, that reason why the said Eleanor did not sign her name is, she says, she cannot write in account of a trembling hand, and I further certify, that I am well acquainted with the said Eleanor Fuller, that she is a person of truth and veracity and her statement is entitled to full credit. Elijah Paine Justice of the Peace

Blackville August 3 rd 1882
I have send you the aff id avit of Capt. Asa Lewiston who was a soldier in the Revolution he was struck from the pension List on account of having property he is a fine old man & get strongly attached to his country & virtue please send his certifi- cate to me and he wishes to have the arrangement so made that can obtain his money at Retired as well as a number of others who probably will be put on the pension roll to wit George I. Patnam John Britton John Nelson Benjamin Lamb John Sharp Peter Anderson & probably several others am yours Truly
Stephen Chapman
Hon J. L. Edwards

7119 Apr 21. 1848.
See file 16.
Lillard Cranson,
March 3 1843.
Free
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
D.C.

Madison Co N.Y.
Blackville April 16th 1845
Dr Sir
I herewith send you the application of Widow Zillah Branson for her Pension under the act of the 3rd of March 1843 & the act continuing the same for 5 years Please send the Pension Certificate to me and by Mail and Much oblige The Old Widow and yours &c S. Chapman
Hon. J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions
N.B. Please give my compliments to for Mary & oblige Hon. J. L. Edwards S. Chapman

7119 Zillah Carson
Zillah Carson N o 7119 Act 30 March, 1843
14 June 1844 — N o 543
Adm d : $80 per ann.
S. Chapman Esq. Clockville New-York.

State of New York } County of Madison } ss:
On this fourteenth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty five before the subscriber, Stephen Chapman, a Supreme Court commissioner personally appeared Zillah Cranston a resident of the town of Seneca in said County aged eighty two who, being first 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 rd of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war:
That she is the widow of Asa Cranston late of Seneca deceased. She further declares that she was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the said act was eighty dollars. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written. Stephen Chapman Supreme Court Commissioner
Zillah Cranston
I certify that the above declarant is personally known to me. Stephen Chapman Supreme Court Commissioner
State of New York } ss: County of Madison } Clerk's Office }
J. Harris G. Miner, Dep.
I hereby certify that Stephen Chapman was on the day of the date of the above jurat and certificate, a Supreme Court Commissioner in and for the said County, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature above purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 15 th day of April 1845
J. H. G. Miner, Dep. Clk. Mad. Co.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Dec. 14, 1841.
Sir:
Under the date 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," The widow of Asa Branson, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Eighty — Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1840, to the 5 th January 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Alonzo B. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

7757.
Repo 7th Oct 43
New York
Billah Cranson widow of Asa Cranson
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 5th January, 1841, of Madison in the State of New York, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bartlett of the Regt. commanded by Col. Wilson in the Mass. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Oct. 1842 and sent to J. Chapman Clockville N.Y.
Total amount, $400.
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Thomas Cumplin Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 93.

Washington, D.C. October 8 th 1888.
To The Commissioner of Pensions. Washington D.C.
Sir:
I have the honor to request that I be furnished with the military history of Asa Cranston, who served in a Mass. Regt. during the Revolutionary War. The company & regiment to which this man belonged cannot be given. This information is desired for a family relic, and not for the purpose of a claim.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant. J. H. Rapp.
No. 1705 - 13 th St. N.W.

J. F. Rapp,
City, Oct. 8, 1888. -----
Requests, not for a claim but as a family relic, the mil- itary history of Asa Cranston who served in a Massachusetts Regiment during the Revolution- ary War. ----- 64

Myron Webster Townsend.
Old War Division Kalamazoo, Mich. Nov 10th 1896 Department of the Interior. Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly look up the Records about Asa  Cranson a soldier in the war of 1812. He enlisted from either Ashfield, Mass. or Lenox, Madison Co. N.Y. Was also a soldier of the Revolution and enlisted from Ashfield, Mass. in 1777. I think he was a captain in the war of 1812 but would like to know regiment, time and place of service etc. You have a full record of his service in the Revolution according to James M c Lean acting Commissioner / 1888. Please advise me. Very truly yours, MYRON W. TOWNSEND. Kalamazoo, Michigan

President, LAURA E. MALONEY 61 S. Sibley Street, Fond du Lac Senior Vice President, BELLE RODGERS Antigo Junior Vice President, LYDIA R. WEST Monroe Secretary, AMANDA C. WHEELER 121 Western Avenue, Fond du Lac Treasurer, JENNIE B. WRIGHT Kilbourne Chaplain, KATE WALKER Oshkosh
Headquarters
Woman's Relief Corps
Department of Wisconsin
AUXILIARY TO THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
1912-1913
Counselor, SOPHIA N. STRATHEARN S. Kaukauna Inspector, HENRIETTA BARNEY Mayville I. & I. Officer, MARY HERONIMUS Sheboygan Patriotic Instructor, LUELLA M. SIMPSON Shullsburg Press Correspondent, ANNIE E. NOYES Madison Senior Aide and Chief of Staff, EMMA E. GRINNELL, Beloit
OFFICE OF Inspector
Mayville Wis., Aug 20, 1912
To the Keeper of the Archives of the Revolutionary War,
Pension Bureau or War Dep't.
Is there any record of the Command, company or regiment, of Captain Asa Cranson of the War of the Revolution. He was born in 17 4 1, (I think in state of New York,) died June 5- 1841 at Lenox, Madison County, N. Y.
If the desired information can be obtained please forward to me with bill of costs.
Very Sincerely
Mrs. J. A. Barney
This information is desired by my daughters who are in direct line of descent, great, great granddaugh- ters of said Asa Cranson, and who wish to become members of the D. A. R.

O. W. & H. Div. # 28971 L. W. B.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
November 18, 1890.
Sir:
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Asa Granson, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he made application for pension April 7, 1819, at which time he was 53 years of age and residing at Lenox, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for three years' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. Samuel Bartlett and Col. James Wesson. He enlisted at Ashfield, Mass. His widow, Hilla, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr Myron W. Townsend,
Kalamazoo, Michigan.