Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15,678, Alpheus Crippen, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Griffen, Alpheus or Griffin Phebe
NUMBER
W. 15.678
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8377
New York
Alpheus Crispen
of Chautauqua in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain White of the Regt commanded by Col Wood in the Massachusetts line for 20 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of April 1833 and sent to Mr. Sacha Maline, Franklin Co. N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $133 33 Semiant. allowance ending 4 Sep 33 33 33
$166.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo Cromwell Clerk book E Vol. 4 Page 16
68 E V 6

O.C.
21.382
Alpheus Crippen Act 18 March 1868.
N.7

At a circuit court & Court of Oyer & Terminer and Gaol delivery held at the County House in Marlinton for the County of Franklin State of Maryland on the 8th day of July 1830. Present: Esq. George Briscoe, William Hogan, Russell Bates, Horatio Powell, Samuel Hough & John Vernal Esqrs.
Franklin County ss: On this 8th day of July 1830 personally appeared in open court, it being a Court of Record proceeding according to the course of the common law & having the power of fine & imprisonment & keeping a record of its proceedings in the said County of Franklin, Alpheus Crippen, residing in said County, aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law both on his oaths make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress of the 18th March 1818 & the 1st May 1820, that he the said Alpheus Crippen enlisted for the term of nine months in the latter part of the Month of June 1779 in the State of Massachusetts in the Company com- manded by Captain Wales in the Regiment com- manded by Colonel Wales in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental establish- ment. That he continued to serve in said Corps until the Month of April 1780, the full term of nine months, when he was honorably discharged from the Service at West Point in the State of New York the certificate of which discharge has been lost by accident. That he timely relinquished his claim whatever to a pension except the present That his name is not on the roll of any State and That soon after the passing the said act of 18th March 1818 he made application for a pension under said act, which was not allowed on the ground that he had then the means of supporting himself & that he has since that time made no other application, then the present having been thus far enabled

C to life without the benefit of the government And in pursuance of the said act of 15 th May 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to disinherit it as to bring me myself within the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An to provide for certain persons engaged in the land service of the United States in the revolution any war" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 & that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities in bonds, or debts due to me. nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me sub- scribed. That since the 18 th March 1818 the following changes have been made in my property viz: I at that time owned a farm of about one hundred acres at Albans in the state of Vermont worth about $1200. In 1820 I sold 25 acres thereof to my son Herman Stephen for labor he had performed for me before that time and after he arrived at the age of 21 years it gave him no aid. My son Herman afterwards sold the same to my son Hanson W. Griffith & soon afterwards, I gave to my son Hanson a deed for the whole farm, in giving her a lease in the rental sum of two thousand dollars, condi- tioned for the support of my self and my wife dur- ing our lives. In the year 1822 an annuity must be made between our said son H.

anson, by which the said farm was sold and en- joyed by him to one William H. Wilkins. The bond before mentioned was given up & cancelled, & I received principally in horses, wagons, cattle & doctors bills & other debts paid by the said Wilkins for me the sum of eight hundred dollars, that being agreed on as the value of the said farm after cancelling the said bond. This arrangement was made with a view to remain in company with my sons in the state of Ohio. I also had on the 18 March 1818 two horses, some cows & other stock, necessary for my tools & household furniture, which were dis- posed of at the time of the purchase that the farm was sold to Wilkins. After this disposing my pur- pose in Vermont, abandoning the idea of going to Ohio, myself & my family came to the town of Chateaugay in the County of Franklin of the said & contracted for the purchase of land in that town. When I saw reside & have resided since my removal from Vermont in 1822. I first contracted for the purchase of the one half of a fifty acre lot of James Hatch & paid him $55. Hatch failed in giving me a title & has become insolvent and taken the benefit of the act without repaying any part of the $55.00. I then paid $180.00 toward land contract to the purchases by me & my sons from Isaac Libby which land has been sold, in the month of May last, to satisfy a judgment obtained against the said Libby upon my conveyance of the land to us. Libby is unable to make good the loss. All other property, except what is spe- cified in the following schedule, which I possessed in 1818 or at any time since has been disposed

of, and as economically as possible, in the support yourself and family. No part of any property which I have ever possessed has been disposed of with a view to obtain the provisions of the said act of the 18 March 1818. That by all accounts I am a far more but there in consequence of my age & bodily infirmities, I am, I have been for the last eight or ten years, unable for a considerable part of the time, to labor much I should not now attempt it at all were I not compelled by necessity. My family con- sists of myself & my wife dependent on me for support. My wife Phoebe, aged sixty nine years, has been most of the time during the last 24 years sick so much so as to require medical attendance & care, a considerable portion of the time. She is wholly unable to labor for her support. I have no other per- sons in my family excepting such as are from time to time employed to assist my wife in her household affairs.
Schedule
Real Estate I do not own, nor am I in posses- sion of any real estate, excepting a small log house of only one room - which stands on land belonging to Moses Eggleston of which I have no lease & from the possession of which I am liable to be removed at his pleasure.
Personal Estate except { Bureau $12.12 1/2 cts. $ 12.00 necessary household appur- { tenances.

  1 light stand  1.50  8 chairs  4.00  7 plates des. etc.  1.00  7.00    6 Spoons  3.00  1 set knives & forks  1.00  2 pots & tubs etc.   6.00    Iron Ware  8.00  a few other articles of furniture & working tools   18.00    1 loom  18.00  1 two year old heifer  9.00  1 calf  4.00  28.00    2 hogs  5.00    5.00     $80.00  
Shaw due to me from a man in Canada whose name I do not recollect — $16.00
Due to Physicians & others, which I have no means, except the property & debt above mentioned of paying about — $130.00
Alpheus Crippen
Subscribed & sworn in open Court this 8th day of July 1830 before me
A. Willson, Clerk
Heel Willson, Clerk of the Court of Oyer & terminer & General Sessions for the County of Franklin State of New York, do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfac- tion of the Court, that the said Alpheus Crippen did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding decl- aration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under an engagement, on the Continental es- tablishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath & the order in the matter written, are truly copies from the records of the said Court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is eighty Dollars.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this 9th day of July 1830. A. Willson Clerk

State of New York
Franklin County ss. Moses Eggleston being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Alpheus Crippen, who made the declaration
before officer - Franklin County, N.Y.
I, Alce Willson Clerk of the said County of Franklin do certify that Timothy Beman, whose name is subscribed to the proofs of the removal of fridavits of Harrison W. Crippen, David Crippen and Moses Eggleston was on the days of the dates of said In- dents a Justice of the peace in & for said County appointed & sworn & duly authorized by Law to take such affidavits & further that I am acquainted with the handwri- ting of the said Timothy Beman & truly believe the said proofs to have been signed by the proper hand, the said Justice.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said County the 12th day of July 1830.
A Willson Clerk
cost & disposal of in the manner therein stated - & further saith not
Sworn the 12th day of July
Moses Eggleston
1830 before me - Timothy Beman Justice of the peace
And I do certify that I am well acquainted with Moses Eggleston the above

State of New York
Franklin County ss: Moses Eggleston being duly sworn deposits and avers that he is well acquainted with Alpheus Grippen, who made the declaration a certified copy of which is hereto annexed. That the said Alpheus resides in a small log house standing on lands of this deponent that for sev- eral years past resided there & has during all that time been the nearest neighbor of this deponent. That the said Alpheus is a pious man, & a man of very respectable character & of irreproachable character. That this deponent has read from carefully the annexed dec- laration of the said Alpheus & is well sat- isfied that his present circumstances as well in relation to his property as his health & that of his wife are correctly represented in the said declaration & this deponent further deposits that from his personal knowledge of the affairs of the said Alpheus during the last seven or eight years, he doubts not that the property brought by the said Alpheus from Vermont to the town of Chazy as mentioned in said declaration has been lost & disposed of in the manner therein stated. & further deposes not.
Sworn the 12 th day of July Moses Eggleston
1830 before me - Timothy Beaumont Justice of the Peace
And I do certify that I am well acquainted with Moses Eggleston the above

affidavit. That he is a man of truth, whose character as a witness is is unimpeachable That he has held the offices of captain, major & lieutenant colonel in the Militia of this state - many town offices in the said town of Chautauqua - That he is now one of the assessors thereof. & an inspector of the customs for the district of Chautauqua -
Timothy Brennan Sub Pen

Franklin County Pa: Almon W. Crippen of Chatanooga in said County being duly sworn deposition and saith that his father, Alphons Crippen, now of Chat- anooga aforesaid owned in the year 1818 a farm of about one hundred acres, at St Albans in the State of Vermont: worth about 1200 dollars & that he afterwards sold 25 acres out of said farm to Herman Crippen to pay for work & labor before that time performed for him by the said Almon & that the said Herman sold the said 25 acres to this respondent. That afterwards the said Alphons conveyed the whole of said farm to this respondent, having never given either said Herman a deed for the said 25 acres, in con- sideration that this respondent had executed to him a bond in the penal sum of two thous- and Dollars, conditioned for the support of the said Alphons & his wife, the latter during the of this respondent, during their lives. That after- wards in the year 1822, this respondent & his father & three brothers concluded to dispose of their property at St Albans Vt and remove to the State of Ohio & that the said farm was then sold by this respondent to one Wilkins & in consideration that the said Alphons gave up to be cancelled the bond above mentioned, the said Alphons received of the avails of the said farm to the amount of eight hundred Dollars That shortly afterwards the idea of removing to Ohio, this respondent, his father & brothers contracted for the purchase of lands in Chat- anooga aforesaid. Removed immediately to that place & have since resided there. That the said Alphons paid to James Hatch 55 Dollars for land for which he has not & cannot

obtain a title & that the said Hatch is in debt out. That the said Alpheus paid towards land purchase of Isaac Lebrun 180 dollars which lands were at the time of the sale in cumbance & have lately been sold for the payment of the said Lebrun's debts & that the said Lebrun is wholly unable to make good the lot. That the residue of the property which has belonged to his father since the 18 March 1818 has been economically applied & expended in the necessary sup- port of the said Alpheus & his wife & fam- ily. That this respondent has resided in the immediate vicinity of his said father dur- ing the whole of said time, has been well acquainted with all his affairs, & is posi- tive that no part of his property has been conveyed away with a view to obtaining a pension & that he has not & that no per- son has in trust for him any property or securities other than what is mentioned in the schedule contained in the affidavit of his declaration to which this affidavit is annexed & that the full value thereof does not exceed one hundred dollars. That the said Alpheus & his wife as such have been for many years very infirm & unable to perform much labor & that they are unable to maintain themselves & that the wife of the said Alpheus has for more than twenty years been very in- firm & much of that time so sick as to require the aid of Physicians, to whom the

said Alpheus has been obliged to pay large bills. That this respondent & his bro. the David, who alone of his father's chil- dren have been able to afford him any assistance have lately lost their farms which they had purchased for themselves & their father of Iowa Sobring, & that they are now unable to render him the aid they have been accustomed to and still wil- ling were they able to render him. & further saith not
Alanson W Crippen
Sworn the 9th day of July 1830 before me
Timothy Beman Justice of the peace
I do certify that I am well acquainted with Alanson W. Crippen the above re- spondent. That he is a man of faith and veracity, an unimpeachable witness, and so deemed in the neighborhood where he resides.
Timothy Beman Jus. Peace
State of New York
Franklin County ss: David Crippen being sworn saith that he is brother of Alon- son W. Crippen above named. That he has carefully read over the foregoing af- fidavit of the said Alanson & that had he resided in the immediate vicin- ity of the said Alpheus & Alanson from the year 1818 to the present

time, he has had the means of knowing & also knows that the facts stated are just in the said affidavit of the said Alanson are substantially correct & true. Omitted & written not.
Given the 9th day of July David Crippen 1830 before me.
Timothy Beaman Justice of the peace
I do certify that I am well acquainted with David Crippen the above affi- davit. That he is a man of unques- tionable veracity & well known in the town where he resides.
Timothy Beaman Justice of the peace

I, John Backus, Sheriff of the county of Franklin in the State of New York, do hereby certify that the lands in the town of Schenebary in said county in the occupation of Alphens Grippen & his son David Grippen & Manson W. Grippen & claimed to have been purchased by them of Isaac Sebring were on the 18 th day of May last sold by me at public auction by virtue of a writ of fieri facias issued out of the Supreme Court of said State on a judgment rendered in said court against the said Isaac Sebring on a day in the year 1822 anterior to the conveyance of the said lands by the said Sebring to the said Grippens. That the said lands were sold to a judgment creditor of the said Sebring, who will be entitled to a redemption from me at the expiration of fifteen months from the said day of sale, unless the said lands shall before that time have been redeemed according to Law.
Given under my hand at Malone in said County the 10 th day of July 1830.
John Backus Sheriff
State of New York
For the said county of Franklin. I, Abel Willson, Clerk of the Court of the said county of Franklin do hereby certify that John Backus, Esquire, who signed the foregoing certificate, is known on the 18 th day of May last Sheriff of the said county of Franklin.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said county this 12 th day of July 1830.
A Willson Clerk

old case Alpheus Crippin
the case Vol 22 p 172-3 3rd edition Capt. Warren L. Brown to Capt. a Col of the name of Pote, on the trip a church notes

BRIEF in the case of  Alpheus Crippen  of Chautauqua in the State of N. York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72 years  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.      June 1778, Volunteer  States that he again entered the service about 2 or 3 years ago, and now on file in the Pension Office  July 1780 (Volunteer)  8 As a  Gen. White } 1st Regt. Artillery  Col. Wood } 1st Regt. Artillery  Served at West Point as stated in his Declaration made about 2 or 3 years ago, and now on file in the Pension Office  Gen. Warner } 1st Regt. Artillery  Col. Brown } 1st Regt. Artillery    3  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Alfred — Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? No other than Traditionary evidence adduced but refers to undated testimony filed in the Pension Office  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? they are not attached as the Regulations require 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. Gordon Examining Clerk.

Albany 3178
Phebe Crippen
widow of Alpheus Crippen
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7. June 1832 and who died on the 23. September 1834 of Franklin Co. in the State of N. York
who was a Pvt. Sargt. in the company commanded by Captain White Mass of the reg't. commanded by Col. Wood in the Mass.
time for 8 mos. Pr. 26.66 " " 13 days, Sargt. 17.17 $43.83
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 43 Dollars 83 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11. day of June 1839 and sent to A. Mascal Malone, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 39 131.59 Semi-annual allowance ending 1st Sept. " 21.91 $153.50
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A, Vol. 2 Page 72
Dead
Letter to
to Peter Allen 16 3/4 Aug 1839
23 Sept 1840
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 Sept 1839 to 1 Feb 1840. The day of her death Age notified 20. Oct 1840

Declaration of Phebe Crippen In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1835
State of New York Franklin County S.S. On this twenty first Day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the undersigned Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Franklin in the State of New York being a Court of record Phebe Crippen a resident of Chateaugay in the County of Franklin aforesaid aged seventy seven 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1835 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of Alpheus Crippen deceased who during some part of the war of the revolution was a soldier in the Army of the United States and served his country as such soldier for a considerable term or terms of time but at what particular period of the said war her late husband served or how long or under what Officers she cannot now recollect if she ever knew as the services of the said Alpheus Crippen in the said war were closed previous to her marriage with him excepting as hereafter stated but she further declares that the said Alpheus Crippen several years previous to his death applied for and obtained a pension under the act of Congress of the seventh of June 1832 entitled "an act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution" and at the time of his death was a pensioner of the United States under the last mentioned act

She further declares that she was married the said Alpheus Crippen on the eighth Day of May in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two at Cornwall in the county of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut by one Esqr Isaac a Justice of the peace then residing at Canaan in the same County - that her husband the aforesaid Alpheus Crippen died on the twenty third Day of September in the year eighteen hundred and thirty four (1834) that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz: at the time above stated.
Subscribed and sworn on the day and year above written Before me
Phoebe Crippen Silvester Langdon Judge of the court of Common Pleas of Franklin County
State of New York County of Franklin ss I Silvester Langdon one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas held in and for the county of Franklin in the State of New York (being a court of record) do certify that the above named Phoebe Crippen widow of Alpheus Crippen deceased residing at Chautauqua in said County appeared before me at Chautauqua aforesaid on the day and year above written and subscribed and made oath to the foregoing declaration. That I have examined the said Phoebe Crippen and am satisfied that she cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court to make her declaration Silvester Langdon Judge of Franklin Common Pleas

State of New York Franklin County ss Be it known that on this 20 th day of December in the year 1838 Before the under- signed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Franklin personally appeared David Crippin, Harriet French Reuben Smith of the Town of Chateaugay in said County who being duly sworn by me depose and say that we were well acquainted with Alphons Crippin in his life time and until the time of his death and also with Phoebe Crippin his wife and now his widow that the said Alphons Crippin died in the month of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty four at Chateaugay aforesaid that we have been acquainted with the said Phoebe Crippin ever since the death of her late husband the said Alphons Crippin that she has continued to reside at the said Town of Chateaugay and that the said Phoebe Crippin who is named in and who subscribed and made oath to the foregoing declaration is the same identical person who was the wife of the said Alphons Crippin during his life time and that she has not been married since the death of the said Alphons Crippin but still remains his widow as stated in her said declaration Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first above mentioned Before me David Crippin Harriet French Reuben Smith Silvester Langdon Judge of Franklin County Courts
and the said Judge do further certify that I am person- ally acquainted with the above named deponents and that they are persons of good character and that their statements under oath are entitled to full credit
Silvester Langdon Judge of Franklin Com. Pleas

State of New York } I, Mirah D. Miller Clerk of Franklin County } said County do hereby certify that Silvester Sanjour Esq. before whom the within affidavits were taken and whose name is subscribed to the within Certificate, was on the day of the date thereof a Judge of Franklin County Courts Commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and truly believe that his signa- ture within written is genuine - Given under my hand and the seal of said County the 5th day of January 1839 - M. D. Miller Clerk
Check N 4484 2/10/39 Declaration
Not 23. f. 147. 3 & 13/3 pay days 26 56 8 3/4 per share
Admission Due 3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 Paid 8 1/2 11. 13/3
A. Hascall Esq. Malone New York

3178 4484 Rebe l Crippens Declaration
Hyde Sept 1836
Vol 23. p 197. ms 3. 4/3 my enlg " 26 Sub 8 8 ms penate
Admittat Sug g 3ms 4/3 augs Printed 8 " 11. 13 augs
A. Hasall Esq. Malone New York

In reply to your request of no date , received 30 ultimo for a statement of the military history of Alpheus Griffin N.Y. 15678 a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June or July 1778 8 mos Pri Moyle Mood Mass   June 1779 Apr 1780 Sgt Wales Marshall "   July 1780 3 mos Warner Proctor "  
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Alford, Mass; later resided in Shaftsbury, St Albans Vt and Granville N.Y.
Date of application for pension, July 8, 1830; his claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Chateaugay, Franklin Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born 1760; Sharon Conn.
Remarks: Soldier died Sept 23, 1834 at Chateaugay, N.Y. He married Phoebe, daughter of Samuel Wilcox of Cornwall, Litchfield Co Conn May 8, 1782 at said Cornwall; she was allowed pension on an application Dec 21, 1838 she died Feb 1, 1840 when about 78 years of age. Children: Herman, Alanson W; David and another son is mentioned, name not given.

1909 Feb. 11. Military and family history to Mrs. W. C. Miles. M.S.H. 1909 Dec. 14 Hist. Soc. Emma A. Smith V.L.M.
Maps
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15678
Phoebe Krippen
Widow of
Alpheus Krippen
Sergt. Prov. Mar.
Act July 7 th  188
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York, Franklin County ss
Alanson W Crippin being duly sworn saith that he the said Alanson is son to Alphus Crippin who has made application for a pension and that before the said Alphus moved from Vermont to the deponent paid out the following sums to satisfy the debts of the said Alphus and at his request some of which came out of the avails of the farm before owned by the said Alphus and the remainder out of his personal property.
  for Paid Store bill and Merchants bill  $ 143.24    " To a hired girl  50.00    To a hired man work done before 1815 and since after 1819 before he left Vermont.  100.00    Paid Doctor Blair Doctor Little & Dr. Penhaff  90.16  
And this deponent further saith that since the said Alphus has resided in the State of New York the following expenditures have been made by the said Alphus viz.
  for farm farm on Mr Libby, land and which Mr Libby sold out from under him  $ 50.00    one horse to James Hatch  65    Harp to Mr Smith  25    one Harp to Mr Dubois  35    one Waggon to Mr Dubois  45    To one Waggon to Mr Lawrence  60    for Doctors Bill  63  
And this deponent saith that the items here enumerated with the exception of the farm farm and Doctors bill have been expended and applied by the said Alphus for the support of his family the particular applications not now recollected and further saith not
A. W. Crippin
Sworn and subscribed the 17th day of August 1830 before me Timothy Beman J.P.

State of New York ) Franklin County, ss ) Alpheus Crippin being duly sworn saith that he has carefully examined the preceding Affidavit of Alpheus Crippin with regard to the application and expenditure of his the deponent property therein enumerated and specified is according to the best of his recollection true and that Deponent further saith that his officer's names while in the army of the revolution were first Captain Wales Orderly Sergeant French who was afterwards promoted to a Lieutenant The subaltern officers names does not recollect This Deponent thinks Brigade Major Haskell, and This deponent further saith that his reasons for supposing his Colonel's name was Wales were that he understood from the sergeant under whom he enlisted that his Colonel was brother to his captain, that he had no acquaintance with him and thinks he left the regiment soon after the deponent left it entered it and that such a length of time has elapsed since that time that he has forgotten the particulars of those times and further saith not
Sworn and subscribed the 17th day of August 1830
Alpheus Crippin
Trinity Bowerman & Pierce
State of New York ) Franklin County, ss ) David Crippin being duly sworn saith that he has now and carefully noticed the foregoing Affidavit made by Alpheus Crippin and that he the deponent is acquainted with and has a particular knowledge of all the expenditures and payments therein enumerated and from his knowledge of the facts believes them to be all correct and further saith not David Crippin Sworn and subscribed the 18th day of July 1830 before me Trinity Bowerman & Pierce

State of New York Franklin County ss Herman Crippin being duly sworn saith that nearly twenty years since he leased three years for Alpheus Crippin for which he received received some some compensation afterwards of the said Alpheus twenty five acres of land it being part of the one hundred acres conveyed by the said Alpheus to Alanson W Crippin and further saith not depon and subscribed the 18th day of August 1830 Herman Crippin before me Timothy Brennan Squire
State of New York Franklin County ss Stephen J. Horn being duly sworn saith that he as a physician has frequently been called to all the medical need to the family of Alpheus Crippin particularly his wife ever since they have been in town for such service his bills have been $500 or $840 and this deponent further saith that to his personal knowledge other physicians have been employed in the family of the said Alpheus to a considerable amount and further saith not depon and subscribed the 18th day of August 1830 Stephen J. Horn before me Timothy Brennan Squire
Timothy Brennan Squire

State of Kentucky
Franklin County Clerk's office. I, Abel Willson, Clerk of the County Court of said County of Franklin do hereby certify that in taking the oaths before whom the within affidavits purport to have been taken was at the time of the taking thereof a Justice of the Peace for said County duly authorized & gave the signatures to the oaths of said affidavits in the hand writing of said Justice.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County the 23 rd day of August 1830.
A. Willson Clerk

I know all Men by these presents that I Alpheus Crippin of St Albans in the County of Franklin & State of Vermont for and in consideration of two Hundred dollars to me in hand paid by Alanson W. Crippin of the same St Albans. The Receipt whereof I do hereby Acknowledge have given & granted bargained & sold & by these presents do give grant. bargain & sell & convey to the said Alanson W. Crippin One hundred acres and  parcels acres of land lying and being in St Albans aforesaid as laid on the Plan of said Town being lot one hundred & fourteen
To have & to hold the above granted & bargained premises with all the privileges and appurtenances as thereunto belonging to him the said Alanson W. Crippin his heirs & assigns forever. — And I the said Alpheus Crippin for myself my heirs executors & administrators do covenant to & with the said Alanson W. Crippin his heirs & assigns that I have good right to bargain and sell the same in manner aforesaid that they are free & clear from all encumbrances, and that I will warrant & defend the same against all lawfull claims and demands whatsoever
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this seventh first day of March One thousand eight hundred & twenty one Signed Sealed & delivered N.B. the words in these above are or equivalent before signed in presence of us
W. H. McIntire J. A. Wright
Alpheus Crippin
State of Vermont } St Albans March 1821 Then Personally appears the above named Alpheus Crippin and acknowledged that this instrument is his free act and deed Before me W. H. McIntire Justice of the Peace

State of New York Franklin County ss: Almon W. Crippen being sworn saith that the within is the original Deed from Alpheus Crippen to his Deponent in the annexed declaration of the said Alpheus & in this deponent's deposition taken before John May Beaman Esq. also annexed, mentioned. & that the land herein con- veyed is the same whereof the said Alpheus was seized in the year 1810. & in the within not- Sworn the 12 day of July 3 1830 before me A William Black of — 3 For and in behalf of —
A W Crippen
Deed Alpheus Crippen to A. W. Crippen A. Almon Esq. Clerk office 14th March 1821 Received for Record — and Recorded at length in Book 7th Page 330 & 331 Attest C. A. Rutter Esq.

Clerk's office Washington County
I James Proudfit Deputy Clerk of the county of Washington do certify that John C. Parker whose name is subscribed to the annexed Swats of affidavits was on the day of the date of said Swats a Justice of the peace in and for said county appointed and sworn and duly authorised by law to take such affidavits - And further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature "J. C. Parker" to be the proper handwriting of the said Justice -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county the eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty - James Proudfit Dep. Clerk -

State of New York Washington County ss. Nathan R. Crispens of Granville in the county of said being duly sworn said that Alphens Crispens of Chautauqua Franklin County State of New York is a brother of this Deponent and he well recollects that the said Alphens Crispens was a Soldier in the United States Army at Westpoint in the Revolutionary war in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy nine as he well believes from the best of his recollection, that he was absent from home over nine months from what he then heard of his being in the army and understanding that he had enlisted for nine months, and on his return from the army said Alphens showing a paper writing which was called a Discharge from the army he has no doubt he did enlist for and serve nine months in the army of the United States in the year aforesaid. but what Company or Regiment he served in he does not recollect but well recollects he served in the Massachusetts Line - further saith not -
Sworn this 20 th February 1830
Nathan R. Crispens
Before me John C. Parker Just. Peace and I do certify that I have been acquainted with Nathan R. Crispens above named who has signed the above affidavit that he is a credible and inexpressible witness and had the confidence of the citizens of this Town by many times being elected to different Town offices & notably in said Town the office of overseer of the Poor of said Town
J. C. Parker Peace

State of New York Washington County ss. Joseph Grifpin of present in the County of State aforesaid being duly sworn saith that Alpheus Grifpin of Chautauqua Franklin County in the State of New York is the brother of this Deponent, and this Deponent saith that the said Alpheus Grifpin was in the United States Army in the war of the Revolution, at West point in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine as he verily believes and understood he enlisted for the term of nine months and in the fall of that year this Deponent then went to West point and carried the said Alpheus Grifpin's clothes for the winter and found him in the service of the Army of West point and then understood that he served in the Company commanded by Captain Wales and the Regiment of Colonel Wales for which he enquired in order to find the said Alpheus that the said Alpheus was a Sergeant in the said Company and he believes he served nine months or more as he was more than that time absent from home, and he verily believes that he served faithfully for the term aforesaid and has no doubt from his knowledge of him having in the family and from soldiers in the Army that the said Alpheus Grifpin did enlist for nine months in the said Army as aforesaid - Further saith that he served in the Massachusetts Line further saith not.
Joseph Grifpin
Sworn this 22 nd February 1830
Before me. John P. Parker Just Peace and I certify that I have been acquainted with the above named Joseph Grifpin for more than twenty years and that he is a credible and inexpressible witness and respected by the community in which he lives -
J. P. Parker Peace

Alpheus Crippen Application for Pension
admd 20 mo Pri A6666

State of New York
Franklin County ss: On this 12 day of October in the year 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the County Court of Common Pleas in Herk County of Franklin, now sitting, Alpheus Lipe, a resident of the town of Chateaugay in said County aged 72 years, who being duly sworn according to law, with an lie, with me the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 June 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers & served as hereinafter stated.
That in the month of June or July in the year 1778 he entered as a volunteer as aforesaid in the State of Massachusetts into the service of the Militia of that State commanded by Captain Noble and marched thence to White Plains in New York where he remained some time and was then employed with other troops in making a road for the transportation of stores, provisions &c in the direction of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut. That the detachment employed in making the road was under the command of Col. Wood. Was at the expiration of the 8 months discharged in writing signed as he thinks by Col. Wood. The discharge is lost. That he next entered the service and served at West Point in New York as stated in his declaration made about two or three years ago which is on file in the Pension office of the War Department and he now declares that the facts set forth in said declaration are

True according to the best of his knowledge and belief that he believes an expectation and an calling to mind the circumstances of the service at West Point that he was then attached to a Regiment commanded by Col. Mendenhall.
That after his discharge from service at West Point in the month of July in the year 1780 he entered at Alford Massachusetts as a volunteer in the Militia for three months and served in that period. He was during this time stationed principally at Canajoharie. was employed in guarding inhabitants & in forwarding provisions to Fort Stanwix. He was under the immediate command of Captain Warner Col. Brown was the Chief Officer of the detachment. He was honorably discharged but has no written discharge & does not recollect receiving one. Col. Brown was killed while he was in service in a skirmish with Indians, so he says that he was born in the year 1766 at Sharon in the State of Connecticut. does not know whether there is any record of his age. Resided at Alford in the State of Massachusetts when he entered the service. resided there until the year 1784 or 1785 when he removed to Shaftsbury in Vermont, where he resided about a year. thence he removed to Granville Middle where he resided about three years. thence he removed to St Albans in Vermont where he resided until the year 1822 when he removed to Chalmersburg, afterwards where he has since resided and now resides. He has no documentary evi-

ance of his services other than what is at- tached to his former application as referred to as on file in the pension office and that he knows of no other persons than those whose affidavits are annexed to said ap- plication who can testify to his services.
He refers to Aaron Beman & Benjamin Smith of his present neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. and hereby relinquishes any claim to a pen- sion or annuity except the present & admits that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Subscribed & sworn in open court this 12 th day of October 1832
Alfred Cypress
Sam l G. Clark, CLK.
In witness whereof, We Benjamin Smith of Chateaugay in said County & Aaron Beman late of the same place now of Malone hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Alfred Cypress who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration. That we believe him to be over 70 years of age. That he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion. We also certify that he is a man of unquestionable veracity.
Subscribed & sworn in open court this 12 th day of October 1832 Sam l G. Clark CLK
Aaron Beman Benjamin Smith

Franklin County ss. I, Moses Parmelee, a clergyman residing in the town of Chatsworth in the said County of Franklin do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Alpheus Crippen, who has sub- scribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that I believe him to be about seventy years of age - that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that I concur in that opinion. I also certify that his character for veracity is good.
Subscribed & sworn to in Open Court Oct. 16th 1832
- Moses Parmelee
John H. Russell Def. Clerk

AND the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Alpheus Crippen was a soldier of the Revolution & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Mrs. Mary Parnell who has signed the last preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in said town of Whitinsburg and that Aaron Beman & Benjamin Smith who have signed the first above certificate reside & stated in said certificate. That they are credible witnesses & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Sam d Howard Asahel Bates. } Judges H. B. Jones
I, SAMUEL S. CLARK, CLERK of the Court of Common Pleas  Spencer do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the application of Alpheus Crippen for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 17 th day of October A. D. 1832.
Sam d S. Clark Clerk By John H. Russell Defe. Clerk

State of Connecticut } Court of Probate County of Litchfield } ss. District of Sharon
On this 27 th day of November A D 1838 Personally appeared before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Sharon in the County and State aforesaid in open Court, and being a Court of Record. Lois Wilcox a resident of Cornwall in the County and State aforesaid, aged Eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her Oath Depose, and testify, as follows. That she married Zadock Wilcox late of said Cornwall deceased and is now his Widow. And that upon her marriage with the same said Zadock Wilcox she lived with him at said Cornwall in the same house in which her said husbands father resided, and that Phebe Wilcox a sister of her late husband the said Zadock Wilcox lived in the same house in the family of her Father Samuel Wilcox deceased. And the said Lois Wilcox further Deposeth and saith that in the spring of the year A D 1781 or 1782 (the Deponent is uncertain in which year) she was present and saw the said Phebe Wilcox married to Alphaus Griffin by Nathan Hale Esq d . who was then a Justice of the Peace for said County of Litchfield, and then resided in the Town of Canaan in said County but has long since deceased. The said Alphaus Griffin immediately removed his wife to Green River in the State of New York and after various removals as the Deponent has been informed and believes died in Franklin County in said State where his Widow the said Phebe Griffin now lives. Lois Wilcox
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and

Year first before written before me
William M. Burrall Judge of Probate
At the same Court Personally appeared Joseph Wilcox of Canaan in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut who being first duly sworn according to law, Doth on his oath Depose and say, That he is Seventy Years of age next April and he is the son of Samuel Wilcox late of Cornwall in the County and State aforesaid deceased, And that he is the Brother of Phoebe Griffin (formerly Phoebe Wilcox) and now the Widow of Alpheus Griffin deceased And the Deponent further saith that while he lived with his late Father the said Samuel Wilcox deceased and he believes in the spring of the year A D 1782 he was present and saw his sister the said Phoebe Wilcox married to Alpheus Griffin by Nathan Hale Esq r who was then and for many years after was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Litchfield, but has been long since deceased, The said Alpheus Griffin and his wife soon after remo- ved from said Cornwall and he died as the Depo- nent has been informed and believes in September 1834, And the said Phoebe Griffin his Widow now resides at Chautauqua in the County of Franklin and State of New York
Joseph Wilcox
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and date first before written Before me
William M. Burrall Judge of Probate District of Sharon Connecticut

I William M. Burrall Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the District of Sharon in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut. Do hereby certify, that I am personally acquainted with Lois Wilcox and Joseph Wilcox the aforesaid Deponents, and that they are persons of good Character and Credible Witnesses.
I also certify that I was personally acquainted with Nathan Hale Esq d who was formerly and for many years, a Justice of the Peace in the Town of Canaan in this Probate District, and that he died more than twenty years since and that his wife died about the time of the decease of said Nathan, and none of his children or descendants have since resided in this State and that no part of his Records are known to exist altho frequent search has been made for them.
William M. Burrall Judge of Probate
I Edmund Belden Clerk of the Court of Probate within and for the District of Sharon in the County of Litchfield Connecticut, do hereby certify, that the foregoing, contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Phoebe Griffith for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court This 27 th day of November A D 1838.
Edmund Belden Clerk

Albany N.Y.
Alpheus Crippen on roll act 1832 June 7 th to what time June?
John Harry Esq DCCC 23 Sep 1834 p 4 th that period JH

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 16 th , 1840.
Sir:
Under the act of the 4th 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 child ren of Phebe Grippen, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Sixty Three Dollars and 83 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th July 1838, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1839, to the 1 st Feb'y 1840, the day of her death.
Respectfully yours,
J. Wood B. Carr Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Alpheus C. Appony
Affidavit

State of New York
Franklin County. Alpheus Crippen of Chateaugay in said County of Franklin being duly sworn deponseth & saith that during the time he was engaged in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war at West Point in the State of New York he was employed generally in laboring upon what was then called Fort Arnold, in the erection of barracks & in getting wood near the the south river & he had little communication with his officers. That at the time of his enlistment he was informed by the recruiting officer that the Colonel of the regiment was a very good & fine man & that he was a brother or brother in law of Captain Walis, which is the reason of this deponent supposing his Captain & Colonel to be of the same name. & this deponent further saith that his Colonel was absent from West Point during the principal part of the time that he, this deponent was there & that he does not now recollect of seeing him more than two or three times while in the service. That the brigadier Major or Inspector who drilled the troops was a Mr. Haskell & that Baron Steuben was the officer who mustered the men & seemed to have charge of building the Forts. & this deponent further saith that after a lapse of fifty years he is unable to call to his recollection any other facts in relation to his Colonel, he repeats however that he served in the manner & during the time alleged in his declaration already at the head of this suit & that he has never dishonest

of any property which he ever possessed with a view to obtain a pension from the United States. & His deponent further saith that in August last his wife accidentally broke one of her legs & has ever since that time been confined to the bed on that account he has had to incur many & great expenses which he is wholly unable to pay. & His deponent further saith that if any of the officers or men with whom he served are still living, he is entirely ig- norant of the place of their residence.
Subscribed Broom this 9 } Stephens Capysan 14 th Day of January 1831 }
Before me Asa. Fawcett Justice of the Peace }
State of New York Franklin County Clerk's Office. I, Reuel Willson Clerk of the County of Franklin do hereby certify that Asa Fawcett who signed the Inat of the for- going Affidavit was then & is a Justice of the Peace for said County, duly authorized to administer oaths & that full faith and credit are to be given to all his acts as
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said County the 14 th day of Jan- uary 1831.
R. Willson Clerk

V N. York Phebe Crippen Wt. to A. Howall 1. May 1839
Set July 1838

Alpheus Crippen Bero. N. York
Supp. see letter July 24. 1830 to J. H. Jackson. do. to J. H. Jackson 19 Aug. 1830. do. to same Sept. 6. 1830. do. to Hon. J. Fenwick H. R. Jan. 21. 1831. see letter to J. H. Jackson. 11 th Oct. 1832.

Malone N.Y. Medley of Penn Medley Pat. 1840 Hon J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Malone 21. May 1839
Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir
Your favor of the 1 st inst is received. Your favor of the 1 st inst stating that the papers of Mrs Phebe Grippen widow of Alpha Grippen had been examined and filed that the widow on the proof now at the Department cannot be allowed for nine months service in Capt. Wales Company, Col. Wales Regiment of the Massachusetts militia but may be allowed for eight months service in Col. Wood's regiment as a private and three months and fourteen days in Capt. Warner's Company Col. Brown's Regt. as a sergeant and that if it should be decided to accept a pension for that term a certificate would be issued accordingly.
I have this day seen Mrs Grippen she is not apprised of any additional proof within her reach nor does her son with whom she resides know where to apply for additional proof although from the repeated uniform declarations of their late husband & father they entertain no doubt that he actually performed the said nine months service.

The old Lady is aged infirm and very poor. She is some- what disappointed that she cannot obtain a larger pension but on the whole she has directed me to say that she decides to accept the pension to which she is entitled by the proof which has been furnished and being in quite indigent circumstances she hopes for an early action in her behalf.
I remain Sir Respectfully your obedient Servant Asa Haskell

Free
J. J. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington
7 July 1858
Jan. 14. 1839. H.H. 114874

Malone Franklin Co State of N.Y. January 3 rd 1835
Hon. J. S. Edwards
Sir
I believe the requisite Proof is herewith furnished to entitle the Widow Pippin to a Pension. If it should be allowed you will please send the Certificate to me at this place
Yours H ly
Asa Hascall

John G. ... July 22 1862
Malone N.Y. July 13
Free
Honorable John H. Eaton
Adj. Genl. War.
Washington (Col.)
21382

Mc Aleer July 12 th 1830-
Sir, I enclose an application of Alpheus Lipp- ner resident in this County for a Pension. Edwin shall be allowed his certificate may be forwarded to me at this place Should the evidence be insufficient I should be glad to be informed of it
I am, Sir, respectfully, Your Obedient Servant
J. H. Jackson
Hon. Secretary of War
Washington

Adams Franklin County, N.Y.
To the Honorable
August 20. 1830.
The Secretary of War,
Sir,
I enclose some additional facts, in the case of Alpheus Crippen, an applicant to pension under the act of Congress of March 1818. The explanation in relation to the nature of his colonial be satisfactory is not for me but for the department to determine. In the testimony furnished in behalf of Mr. Crippen is entitled to credit, it is established that he su- bscribed for the term of nine months under one engage- ment in the army of the revolution. That although in 1818 he possessed property to the amount of 10 or 12 hundred dollars, he is now poor & so poor that he "hath not where to lay his head". Even the log hut, which he & his sick wife inhabit, is not his own. It is books utterly impossible for Mr. Crippen, who needs much assistance to furnish an accurate state of his disbursements during the last twelve years. one man in a thousand can do it. Had Mr. C. at that time got rid of some 30 or 40 thousand dollars & had his sons grown rich, while he was growing poor there might have been room for the presumption of fraud. But the contrary is true. He is poor & unable to support himself & his sons are so poor that they cannot help him. It should be noticed that it is positively sworn that Mr. C. received the proceeds of the farm in Vermont, consisting of the 25 acres sold to David Fisk by Heman 20 years ago. That the whole has been lost by misfortune or expended in the support of himself & family.
It certainly cannot be surprising that an old man, with a sick wife, should have expended 7 or 8 or even 12 hundred dollars in as many years & that without any fraudulent intent. At any rate fraud, what is worse, perjury, in the absence of all

proof, ought not to be presumed against him or the Witnesses. That any portion of property he ever possessed has been disposed of with a view to this application is positively denied by him & others having ample means of knowing all the circumstances. I acknowledge that none of the facts disclosed to warrant suspicion further explanation should be given or the application rejected. but I confidently assert that nothing other than a appears. With these remarks I leave Mr. G. to care to the justice of the country, whose independence he helped to achieve.
I am, Sir, respectfully yours J. T. Jackson
Custom Office 2 Sep. 1830
Rev. Mr. Green Rural Trinity church
Albany Aug 24/24
Hon. John 14. Eaton
Secretary of War
Washington

I, Frederick Kellogg of Cornwall in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, do hereby depose and say that I am Town Clerk of said town of Cornwall and have the custody and keeping of the Public Records belonging to said town, and I further depose and say that I have carefully examined said Records and cannot find any entry or record of the marriage of Ephraim Crispin and Phebe Wilcox. Frederick Kellogg Town Clk of Cornwall.
State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss. Cornwall Nov 3 d 1838. Personally appeared Frederick Kellogg, the above named deponent who is a credible witness, and made oath to the truth of the affidavit by him subscribed before me. Peter Bissell Justice of the Peace
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY,
I Geo. C. Woodruff Assistant Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Peter Bissell Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer Oaths and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds . And that his commission was dated on the 29 th day of May A.D. 1835 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A.D. 1839 and that the above signature which purports to be his is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 22 nd day of November A.D. 1838.
Geo. C. Woodruff Assistant Clerk

Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D. C.
The Commissioner of Pensions
Will you send kindly a copy of the military history contained in the application for pension for services rendered by my grandfather, Mr. Crippen in Revolutionary War.
Am not sure whether he enlisted from

Connecticut or Vermont. Tradition says he enlisted twice. Neither Am I sure as to first name but think it was Alpheus. If there is any expense I will gladly reimburse you
Respectfully
Mrs. W. C. Mills Chautauqua Franklin Co. N. York.

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed, by Geo M. Moore
Claim No. Dec 8, 1909
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Alpheus Grifpen
Service _____ Res
Additional Service. _____
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No C.M. & W. or R. as above except W.F. 15678

328 Keyes Avenue
Watertown N.Y.
December 3 rd 1909
Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Kindly give me the Military History of my Grandfathers Ancestor Alpheus Crispen in the War of the Revolution
Over

As I am desiring to join the D. A. R.
Most Respectfully
Mrs Emma A. Bell Smith
Mrs Emma A. Smith. Bot
328 Leyes Avenue
Watertown N.Y.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Grippen, Elisha GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 3841 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Dec. 24, 1791
to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.