Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17,693, Thomas Cross, Continental (N.H.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (N H)
Cross, Thomas.
W.P. 17693
Hannah
B.L.W. 26578-160-55
CONTENTS

1- to Hon Pat H. Gillett mrs 1836
at W. S. Wheeler Sept 18th '47
Set to Brown Agt 4800 1835
24164 Warning New York.
Thomas Crofts of Frankfort in the State of New York who was a private in the Comp commanded by Captain Cluff of the regt commanded by Col Poole in the N.Y. State line for one year private
Discharged from $30-
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day Dec 1835 and sent to Asa Hoseell Malone
Arrears to the 14th of March $160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending
20.00 180.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Dan Doye Clerk Book C 2 Vol. 4 Page 11

State of New York } Franklin County } On the 9 th day of October 1832 Personally appeared before the board of Common Pleas held in and for the said County. Thomas Cross a resident of the town of Fort Covington in said County aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1775 in the month of September.
That he enlisted for the term of One year and served during the full period of his said enlistment under the following named Officers. Enock Poor Col. McAlister Lt. Col. Scribner Capt. Lyford Lieutenant Jonathan Heath Ensign
That he enlisted in the town of Northfield in the state of New Hampshire and was at the time of his enlistment a resident of said town. That he was stationed at first at Winter Hill near Boston Mass. went from thence to New Bedford from thence to New York from thence to Albany from thence to Lake George thence to South Lower Canada thence to Montreal from thence to Tiendrago from which last mentioned place was sent as a guard to baggage waggons to Boston arrived there in December and was discharged
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any Agency in any State
Subscribed and sworn } Thomas Cross in open Court the day and year aforesaid before me }
in open Court John H. Russell Dist. Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the inves- -tigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories propo- -sed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.

I, John H. Russell Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Franklin, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application Thomas Bros for a pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court. this 17th day of October A D 1832 -
John H Russell Dep. Clerk
Thomas Bros. Affidavit

State of New York Franklin Co.
Thomas Croop of the Town of Bombay lately called Fort Covington in said County being duly sworn said that he was born in Haverhill Massachusetts and is now seventy six years old according to his belief and the memorandum kept in the family, lived in Northfield New Hampshire when he enlisted with Ensign Heath who was a pensioner and is now dead, after the war lived in Northfield about forty or twenty years or more but his memory began to fail and is not certain as to the exact number of years afterwards lived in Montreal several years engaged in commercial business afterwards came to the Town of Fort Covington in said County of Franklin and has lived there the last twelve years or thereabouts, related the service by voluntary enlistment, recollects Genl. Stark and discern many others but forgets now many to advancing age and loss of memory, was at Mount Hill near Boston for some time early in the year 1776 marched thence to Providence, thence to New Bedford thence to New London, thence by water to New York marched thence to Albany by water, then marched to Fort George on Lake George thence to Ticonderoga thence by Batture down Lake Champlain to Sorel thence to Montreal then returned to St. Johns thence to Isle au Haut then to Ticonderoga, when

his term was out was regularly discharged. but does not know what he became of his discharge among other neighbors I refer to Samuel Sanborn Sen & Benjamin Sanborn as well acquainted with my character and the belief that I have served as alleged there is no resident clergyman in my neighborhood.
Subscribed & sworn before Wilbur H. Clegg First Judge Franklin County Court.
Thomas Croft
State of New York
Franklin Co. }
Benjamin Sanborn and
Samuel Sanborn Senior of Bombay in the County of Franklin being duly sworn severally make oath and say the said Samuel that he has known Thomas Croft the applicant for the Sixty years or more (Deponent & said Croft then resided in what was the Town of Canterbury State New Hampshire, knows that said Croft enlisted in the service against the common enemy and was absent several months and cannot now say how many, during the whole of my war Croft's father lived in Canterbury but Croft enlisted in Northfield with Lieutenant Heath as deponent well knows believes said Croft to be at least seventy five years old and no doubt resided in the country when

Deponent & said Corp then lived at that Corp had done faithful service during the time of his enlistment and Benjamin Sanborn deposing said that he has known said Corp from boyhood, but as a man has known him twenty four years at when Deponent was a boy lived in Northford when said Corp then lived and had mills, has since he grew up and mallets with distinct understood that said Corp had served with Revolutionary war, believes said Corp to be more than seventy five years old, and said Samuel said Benjamin further deposing say that there is no resident Cleryman of any denomination in the Town of Berne
Subscribed sworn the sixteenth day of June 1855 before me
William Hogan
First Judge Franklin Co.
Samuel Sanborn Benjamin Sanborn
I hereby certify that Samuel Sanborn and Benjamin Sanborn are citizens of respectable standing & unimpeached veracity
William Hogan
First Judge Franklin
County, Co.

State of New York } I, John H. Russell, Deputy Clerk Franklin County } of the County of Franklin, Do hereby certify that William Hogan before whom the within and foregoing affidavit of Thomas Bros, Samuel Sanborn & Benja- min Sanborn purport to have been taken, was on the day of the date of same, First Judge of the County Courts in and for the County of Franklin, duly commis- sioned and sworn. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and will believe that the signature to the within certificate is the proper hand writing of the said First Judge and genuine - (the word "of" of the said Judge inter- lined before reading) -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County the 5th day of August A D 1833 -
John H. Russell, Dep. Clerk

V. H. Thomas Crofts
Admitted Private 9 months
11.12.13. 1 st  3 mo disallowed
No rally - comply with regulations in such cases
admitted 12 mo fri 40 $
P 225

BRIEF in the case of Thomas Crofts of Fort Covington 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? 75 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,     Decemr. In 1775. (enlisted) 4 As a Gen.  Capt. Gen. Cluff } N. Hampshire  Col. Enoch Poor }  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Northfield N. Hampshire  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? No evidence adduced  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are duly authenticated 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Gordon Examining Clerk.

2865 New York Albany Hannah Cross widow of Thomas Cross.
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a N.Y. Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Aug 1849 and sent to M rs A. Wheeler Mulane Franklin Co. N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2. 1848, Page 40 Vol. 11
Reported Aug 8/49

In the matter of the application of Hannah Crofts. for a pension.
Declaration.

State of New York, 3 County of Franklin, 305. On this fourteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, personally ap- peared before me, Joseph R. Henders, county Judge of the County of Franklin, Hannah Cross, a resident of the town of Bowling, in the county of Franklin and State of New York, aged eighty-three years, and whose maiden name was Hannah Heath, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the seventeenth day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-four: That she is the widow of Thomas Cross , who was a private in the army of the revolution. That the said Thomas Cross enlisted into the service of the United States, in the army of the revolution, in the winter of the first year of the war but the particular year, and the month of the year, she does not recollect. That at the time of such enlistment the said Thomas Cross resided in the town of Northfield in the State of New Hampshire. That he enlisted into Captain Jeremiah Glonley's company, and Colonel Enoch Poor's regiment, for one year. That soon after his enlistment he joined the army at or near Boston, Massa- chusetts, and afterwards went to L'Isle-d'Orléans and from thence to Sorel, in Canada, with the American army. That from Sorel he re- treated with the Army to Mount Inde-

husband, and soon after the term of his enlistment expired, and the said Thomas Cross returned home to Northfield, which is the only service which, to the knowledge of this deponent, the said Thomas Cross rendered in the army of the revolution.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Thomas Cross on the first day of November, in the year seven hundred and eighty, at the town of Salisbury, in the State of New Hampshire that her husband, the aforesaid Thomas Cross, died on the first day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-six - and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herunto annexed.
Sworn to, and subscribed, on the } Hannah X Cross. day and year above written, before } Mark.
Joseph R. Flanders, County Judge of the County of Franklin.
State of New York, } County of Franklin, } ss. I, Joseph R. Flanders, County Judge of the County of Franklin, hereby certify, that the above named affi- ant did not sign her name to the above declaration in consequence of dimness of eyesight and the infirmities of age. I further certify that the said Hannah Cross is a credible person, and that she cannot from bodily infirmity, attend the Court

to make an declaration. Dated this 14 th day of January, 1848.
Joseph R. Flanders, County Judge of the County of Franklin.
State of New York } Franklin County } for: I Henry S. Brewster, Clerk of the County of Franklin, do hereby certify, that Joseph R. Flanders, County Judge of the said County, was in 1848, County Judge of the said County, duly qualified to act as such, and that his signatures above written are genuine. Given under my hand and the Seal of said County, the 17 th day of January 1848. H. S. Brewster Clerk.

19152. Act. March 3/55 Red in 270 in
Hannah Croft, widow of Thomas Croft, private.
Capt. Jeremiah Blough, Col. Enoch Poor,
Revolutionary Pensioner.
Feb. 48 - 2865
Ad: 1600 ac. May 15/52 M. J. [initials]
M
James C. Spencer, Ogdensburg, N.Y.
Lt to J. C. Spencer July 17/55. W
Feb 48 - 2865
Vol. 62-108.

19,052,
Pointy Land Declaration of
Hannah Cross
Under act of March 3d 1855 for 160 acres.
James C Spencer Attorney Ogdenburg N.Y.

State of New York County of Franklin } p
On this twenty first day of March 1885. personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace in & for said county Hannah Crop. Who being duly sworn says she is the widow of Thomas Crop. deceased late of Bombay in the county aforesaid. Who as she is informed and believes was a private soldier in the revolutionary Army, in the company commanded by Captain Jeremiah Clough and regiment commanded by Colonel Enoch Poor. That her said husband served about a year. That her said husband obtained a pension for said services in 1835. which he enjoyed until his death which took place at Bombay aforesaid April 1 st 1846 and since that time deponent has been enjoying said pension. That deponent was married to said Thomas Crop. many a great many years ago and that she is now ninety years of age. And she is now the widow of said Thomas Crop. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land

to which she is entitled to under the act approved March 3, 1855.
Hannah Mr Cross mark.
We Leffirild Cross and Susan Cross residents of Bombay in the State of New York, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Hannah Cross, in our presence and we know & believe from a long and intimate acquaintance with her, and from her appearance and statements that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. They further state that they are the children of Hannah Cross, & Thomas Cross in her declaration referred to that from the time of their earliest remembrance to the time of the death of Thomas Cross, which occurred to their absolute knowledge, (being present at his death) on the first day of April 1846, at Bombay aforesaid, said Thomas Cross and Hannah Cross, lived together as husband and wife called each other such and were generally so reputed in the place where they lived.

which was at the residence of deponents And deponents further say that said Hannah Cross, has lived in the same house with them at Bombay since the death of Thomas Cross, and they know her to be his the widow of said Thomas Cross. And deponent Peppercross, upon his oath says that some time in the year 1835, his father said Thomas Cross, made application for a pension for his services as a soldier of the revolution, and proofs of service were duly filed in the Pension Department on which a pension was granted of forty dollars for each year, which he enjoyed to the time of his death and after his death, proof of the marriage of said Hannah Cross to said Thomas Cross, and of her being at that time his widow was also filed in the Pension Department upon which a pension was afterwards duly granted unto her, and the usual certificate for the same issued That the certificate of said Pension of said Hannah Cross, was is now in the possession of deponent, and the

sum is of the date of 8th January 1849 and certifies that David Hannah Cross widow of Thomas Cross, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of forty dollars per annum commencing on the 4th day March 1848. and the sum is endorsed as recorded in the pension office on the roll of Pensioners, under act February 2 nd 1848, page 40 Vol 4.
Rippswell N.Y.
Susan Cross
The foregoing declaration & affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. Wm Whippley Justice of the Peace
State of New York } County of Franklin } I Francis D. Flanders Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby that William Whippley was on the day of the date of the foregoing declaration & affidavits a justice of the Peace in & for said county that the signature above purporting to be his is genuine. That I have no interest in the claim to which the affidavits refer. Witness my hand & official seal March 22, 1855- F. D. Flanders, Clerk.

576 mch 20/48 Hannah Cross Maa Thomas N. York. tot 1812 Married 1780 husband died 1812
Adna 12th Jan $40 00 / 100 per m Jan 1 st April 1846
Hen Lawrence Mrs. M. M. N. Y. Wheeler Hudson N.Y.

(A) Thomas Croft Children Born in New Hampshire in Strafford County near Northfield James Croft was Born 1 July 1782 Mercy Croft was Born 13 January 1787 Thomas Croft Junr was Born April 21 - 1789 Helen Croft was Born November 16 - 1791 Lucy Croft was Born 13 September 1794 Melinda Croft was Born 18 April 1799 (Sept 1824) Charles Croft was Born 28 May 1802 (Died 15th) Stephen Croft was Born 21 September 1803 Joseph Croft was Born August 24 th 1810 in Scotland L.C.

State of New York County of Manhattan } ss.
Pepperell Croft of Bombay in the County aforesaid being duly sworn says that he is the son of Thomas & Hannah Croft.
That the said Thomas Croft. died at the said town of Bombay on the first day of April one thousand eight hun- dred and forty six, and left the said Hannah his widow.
And deponent further says that the paper hereto annexed marked A in order to enable deponent to identify it is in the hand writing of his said father Thomas Croft.
That he is well acquainted with his father's hand writing having often seen him write in his life time. And de- ponent further says that the said paper was kept by his father among his private papers, and that he well remembers of seeing it more than twenty years ago.
And deponent further says that since the death of his said father the said paper has been in deponent's possession. And deponent further says that his father was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States.
Sworn & subscribed before me this 8th day of March
1848
Benjamin Reynolds justice of the peace
Pepperell Croft

I certify that I am well and personally acquainted with Pepperall before the above affiant, and that he is a credible person. Benjamin Reynolds justice of the peace.
State of New York } Franklin County } ss: I Henry S. Brewster, Clerk of the County of Franklin, do hereby certify, that Benjamin Reynolds was on the 8 th day of March 1848, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly qualified to act as such, and that his official signature above written are genuine, and further that Joseph R. Flanders is on this 10 th day of March 1848, County Judge in and for said County, duly qualified to act as such, and that his official signature above written is genuine. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, the 10 th day of March 1848. H. S. Brewster Clerk

Children of Thomas Crop, dec d Franklin Co. N. York act June 7, 1832 - Hannah Crop my act July 7, 1838.
Rev. Parker J. D.
J D Wood and Atty

State of New York _____ County of Franklin _____ ss.
On this 24 th day of October 1853 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Pepperell A. Crof a resident of the town of Bonbay in said County aged forty nine years and made oath according to law that he is directly interested in a claim against the United States for certain arrears or increase of pension, supposed to be due to the children of Thomas Crof  deceased who was a Pensioner of the res. died April 1. 1846. and the children of his widow. - Hannah Crof .
and he hereby appoints J. DOUGLAS WOODWARD, Counsellor at Law, of Plattsburg, N. Y., his Attorney to prosecute said claim, and examine all papers and documents in relation thereto, on file in any of the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere, and to receive from the officer authorised to issue the same, a certificate for any arrears or increase of pension to which Deponent may be entitled, and to do all other acts and things in and about obtaining such arrears or increase of pension as Deponent might or could do, were he personally present at the doing thereof; and he hereby revokes all former powers if any inconsistent with the above, and authorizes his said Attorney to appoint Attorneys, one or more, under him, for any or all the purposes aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever Deponent's said Attorney or those appointed under him shall lawfully do or cause to be done in the premises. In witness whereof the said Deponent has hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year first above written.
In the presence of
J. G. Reynolds
Clifton T. Folsom
Pepperell A. Crof
Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged, before me, on the day and year first above mentioned, and I believe the Deponent to be directly interested in the claim above mentioned, and the identical person therein alleged and described, and I have no interest in the result of said claim and am not concerned in its prosecution.
Jacob G. Reynolds Justice Peace.
State of New York _____ County of Franklin _____ ss. I, the subscriber, Clerk of said County, certify that Jacob G. Reynolds, Esq. before whom the above affidavit and Power was sworn and acknowledged on the 24 th day of October , 1853, was at said time a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified, and that I verily believe his signature above written to be genuine; and I have no interest in the result of the claim to which the foregoing paper relates, and am not concerned in its prosecution. Witness my hand and official seal at Malone , in said County this 26 th day of October 1853.
[L. S.]
H. D. Hance , Clerk.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section. Am
February 21, 1927
Miss Martha L. Channell Malone N. Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 17693 , it appears that Thomas Cross was born in Haver- hill, Massachusetts, date not stated.
While residing at Northfield, New Hampshire, he enlisted in December 1775 and served one year as a private in Captain Jeremiah Clough's Company, Colonel Enoch Poor's New Hampshire Regiment, and was on an expedition to Canada and retreat from Quebec.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 9, 1832, while a resident of Fort Covington (which was later Bombay), Franklin County, New York, aged seventy-five years. He died there April 11, 1846 .
Soldier married November 1, 1780 at Salisbury,

New Hampshire, Hannah Heath. She was allowed pension on her application executed January 14, 1848, while a resident of Bombay, New York, aged eighty-three years.
Children-
Amos born July 1, 1782. Mercy " January 13, 1787. Thomas " April 21, 1789. Haven " November 16, 1791. Sucky or Lucky " September 13, 1794. Statine " April 18, 1799. Charles " May 28, 1802, died Sept. 15, 1824 Pepperell or Peperil A. " September 21, 1804. Joseph " August 24, 1810.
A daughter, Susan is referred to, her age is not given.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

1927 Feb. 21 H. H. H. to Martha B. Channell
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1769.2
Henrietta Cross
widow of
Thomas Cross
Dr. Brewster
Act: Feb 22 48
Index:—Vol. 21 , Page 155
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Alma 60

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas Croft which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? None XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? No
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”
There are no rolls of his alleged service - His claim should be therefore sustained as the regulations require in such cases

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
all Thomas Cross's documentary evidence is on file with the Clerk of the House of Reps or the Secy of the Senate see House Report N o 110. 1 Sess. 22 Congress.

Report
498
New-York ably.
Hannah Crof widow of Thomas Crof who was a Private in the Revolution New-York since 1st April 1846.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March April 1846.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of June 1848, and sent to
Wm. S. Lawrence Wm. of Reps
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 108 Vol. 2. Page 88

Certificate within returned as a dead letter 17 May '34.
211164  New - York  Thomas Crabb  of Albany in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Cluff of the Regt. commanded by Col. Poore in the New York line for 9 months
New certificate  Incribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.   Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Nov. 1833 and South Claimant Covington    Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33  $ 75    Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 st M ch 34  15     $ 90  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Rpt June 7, 1832. }  Recorded by G. C. Atlee Clerk Book C. Vol. 4. Page 94. 

FREE
Hon. de F. Huachu
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
B
19.052.

✓ 26,578
S Also Ans.

Mr. Clegg
498,444 NY
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Revenues Washington D.C.

14.052,

Ogdensburgh March 22 1855
Hon. M c Waldo
Dear Sir
Enclosed please find three cases for Bounty denied. Our, Hannah Crop depends upon the evidence on file in Pension Office as to Marriage, she being now aged 90 years, and it being impossible to prove it otherwise than by reputation.
Please give her case a preference in examination & decision if you can &
Yours truly
James C. Spencer,
Ogd.
N.Y.

Malone, Franklin Co. N.Y. Aug. 23 d 1847. Hon. J. S. Edwards, Washington.
Sir:
Thomas Croft, of Bombay in this Co. a Revolutionary Pensioner of the U.S. died Apr. 1 st . 1846, leaving a widow to whom he was married Nov. 1. 1780.
Is the widow entitled to a pension? If so, under what act? An early reply will oblige.
Yours respy.
W. A. Wheeler.

Payments to be made at New York by Fred. C. S. B. R. R. Agent for paying Pension= ers in the Agency of
New York
Recorded in the Pension Of= ice in Book E. Vol. 11, Page 74, by G. C. Castle Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Thomas Cross of the State of New York who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army.
is entitled to receive Thirty dollars and _____ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Guncell
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 7 th day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
L. Walcutt Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Oct 19 M y
Hon J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
free
Annual Report
M y Dams Esq

Malone October 12. 1835
Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir Mr Samuel Crops of Bombay Franklin County New York has requested me to forward to your Department the enclosed Depositions in confirmation of his Application for a pension under the act of 7. June 1832. I learn from Mr Crops that his Declaration was drawn & sent by the late A. Hayward Esq. in October 1832 that further evidence has been required and that his papers are retained at the Department Mr Hayward is dead and perhaps the information which I have derived from Mr Crops is not in all respects correct. The old Gentleman desires that you will please to direct any future communications which you may find necessary to make in his case to me at this place.
I remain with Respect
Your ob l Servant Asa Hascall

Thomas Cope
May 17. 1834
Certif: returned,
W. S. Goss Connington, New York
Rev. Edward G. Hemenway

Thomas Corp. Albany NY act 7 June 32 $400 per
To what time was he last paid 26.4
Pension Office March 20 1848
Paid to 4 th March 1846. B.L.B.

Wash n June 7. /48 J. L. Edwards Esq Clerk of Pensions
Sir
A Mendocino No.
W. A. Wheeler Esq of my county writes me that he made application to your office 'months since' for the transfer of said studies a Part of the U.S. from the Vermont to the D. C. Agency. Will you have the goodness to have this done as soon as convenient.
I am also requested to ask for the examination of the Papers of Hannah Cross who lives near me. I shall be particularly obliged if her case can be examined soon & reported to me
With great respect I am ever yours S. Lawrence

March 20 th 1848
N. A. Wheeler

Mulone, Franklin Co. N.Y.
March 13. 1848
J. S. O'Driscoll Esq. Washington
Sir:
You will receive under the same cover the declaration and evidence in the matter of the application of Hannah Droke for a pension. which I trust will be attended to as soon as practicable. I forwarded long since papers to procure a transfer of Samuel Andrews from the Vermont to the New York Agency. Did the papers reach you?
I am resp. Your obedt Servt. W. A. Wheeler

House of Reps. Dec. 30. 1835
Sir,
Herewith I send you a letter of A. K. Williams Esq. a part of which relates to a matter in your charge. Please furnish me the information which he desires, & return me his letter, a part of which relates to other matters. The gentleman who had the charge of Mr. Crop's papers, Mr. Hayward, is dead.
Yours off Servt R. H. Gillis
H. Edward Esq

I Liferay Liferay of the County of ... ... and that of Vermont aged Seventy Three and a person of the Revolution days and say that I was known to Thomas Gage then of Northfield Vt. near of Boston State of New York entered into the service of the United States in the Revolution wearing ... Colonel's Pass Regiment and Captain ... ... for one year I was in the same Company and stayed with him most of the time ... in Northfield Vt. ... Boston then joined the Army. Staid till March 1776 till after the British evacuated Boston then marched to New London Connecticut where we took shipping and went to the City of New York from there we went Albany from there to Schenectady from there we went to Borel in Canada where our Army retreating from Quebec returned to Mount Independence there Staid till our enlistments were out which was twelve months.
Field Marshal
State of Vermont } at Calais September 9th 1835 Calais County } then personally appeared Liferay Liferay of Calais County of Vermont and State of Vermont and after being duly cautioned lawfully expressed said solemn oath that the fore- going deposition by him subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth before me.  Leonard Durett Justice of Peace  I further certify that Liferay Liferay signor of the above deposition is a credible witness  Leonard Durett Justice of Peace

State of Vermont } I Samuel D. Mattock, clerk Caledonia County } of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Leonard Orcutt Esq. is a justice of the Peace and for the County, aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature within is genuine — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court aforesaid this ninth day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty five — Saml. D. Mattock, Clerk

The words went from the witness in this deposition was done before the deposition took the oath. H. Paddock the Justice of the Peace
I Jacob Garlands of Troy, County of Orleans & State of Vermont aged eighty two years, and a pensioner of the Revolution, depose and says that Thomas Cross of Bamberg, Franklin Co New York, did enlist into the service of the United States, in the Revolution War, in December AD 1775, and that said Cross was in the same company with me under Capt Jeremiah Clough & Col. Epock Poor. Our Lieut's name was Mr Aspel. We enlisted in the town of Northfield N.H. & went from there & went from there to Winterhill and was stationed there until March 1776. & then marched with the Regi- -ment to New London & took shipping to New York. from thence to New Rochelle, from thence to Sourell I.C. return to Albany. Then to Paspera I.C. Thence to Montreal. Thence to St Johns I.C. & return to Mount Independence there staid until fall, & then return with the Baggage Waggons Home, we were both of us in the service Aspel he was out twelve months.
State of Vermont to all to whom these presents shall appear. Jacob Garlands of Troy, County of Orleans State of Vermont and after being duly cautioned and carefully examined, Made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed con- taining the whole truth and nothing but the truth. & further that the said Jacob Garland is a credible witness.
Horace Paddock Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont } Orleans County } p }
I Ira H. Allen Clerk of Orleans County Court do hereby certify that Horace Paddock whose name is within subscribed is a magistrate duly qualified and that I believe the same to be his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have unto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Bar- burgh this 3. day of September 1835.
Ira H. Allen Clerk

In the matter of the application of Hannah Cross Dr. for the benefits of 2d. February 1848?
Declaration &c.
M c Whirter Clerk

State of New York } ss: County of Franklin, }
On this 31 st day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight, personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the peace of the said County, Hannah Cross, a resident of the town of Bombay in said County, aged eighty three years and upwards, 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 2d. February, 1818, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Thomas Cross, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution - that the said Thomas Cross enlisted into the service of the United States, in the Army of the Revolution, in the Winter of the first year of the war, but the particular year or the month of the year she does not recollect - that at the time of the said enlistment, the said Thomas Cross resided in the town of Northfield in the State of New Hampshire - that he enlisted into Captain Jeremiah Clough's Company, and Colonel Enoch Poor's Regiment, for one year - that soon after his enlistment, he joined the Army, at or near Boston Massachusetts, and afterwards went to Tienderoga & from thence to Sorel in Canada, with the American Army - that from Sorel in Canada he retreated with the Army to Mount Independence, and soon after the time of his enlistment,

Expired, and the said Thomas Croft returned home to Northfield.
And this declarant further says that on the 24th day of June 1848, she was pensioned under the Act of 17th June 1844, at the rate of Forty dollars per annum commencing on 12th April 1846, & terminating on the 4th of March 1848, and that her pension Certificate has been surrendered. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Hannah Croft mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me, Benjamin Reynolds
Justice of the Peace
In presence of Pepperell Croft
I certify that the above named Hannah Croft is unable to write her name by reason of dimness of eyesight, and the infirmities of age, and I further certify that I am well and personally acquainted with the said Hannah Croft, and that she is a credible person.
Benjamin Reynolds
Justice of the Peace

State of New York. } ss. County of Franklin. }
William A. Wheeler of the Town of Malone in said County being duly sworn deposed and says that he is acquainted with Hannah Lord the above named defendant that she is still a widow, and is the same person, who on the 24th day of June 1848, was pensioned under the act of 17th June 1841, at the rate of Fifty dollars per annum, & further saith not.
Sworn before me this 6 th day of September, 1848. Joseph R. Flanders, County Judge.
William A. Wheeler,
State of New York } ss. - Franklin County, }
I, Joseph R. Flanders, County Judge of the said County, do hereby certify that I am personally and well acquainted with William A. Wheeler, the person who made the foregoing affidavit, and that he is a credible person. Dated September 6, 1848.
J. R. Flanders, County Judge.

State of New York Franklin County ) ss. I Henry S. Brewster Clerk of the County of Franklin do hereby certify that Benjamin Reynolds was on the 31 st day of August 1848, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified to act as such, and that Joseph A. Flanders is on this 6 th day of September 1848, County Judge in and for said County, duly qualified to act as such, and that their signatures above written are genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County the 6 th day of September 1848.
Henry S. Brewster Clerk

Vernon Clerk of Salisbury. Certificate of search for marriages of Hannah Croft.

State of New Hampshire County of Merrimack, { S.S. Town of Salisbury, }
I, Moses P. Thompson, do depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the County, Town, & State, aforesaid, and that the records of said Town are in my possession, that I have faithfully, and carefully examined the records of said Town for the marriage of Hannah Heath, to Thomas Cross, said to have taken place on the first day of November 1780, but have been unable to find the same on the records of said Town.
M. P. Thompson
State of New Hampshire Merrimack ss Feb. 9. 1848 Personally appeared Moses P. Thompson, subscriber to the above certificate and made oath that the same is true. Before me Thomas H. Pettengill Jus. Peace
The State of New Hampshire, Merrimack ss I Nathaniel B. Baker, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Merrimack aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas H. Pettengill was on the day of the date of the above certificate a justice of the peace in and for said County duly appointed & qualified and that the above signature, purporting to be his, is in my opinion genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office & subscribed my name this 12 th day of February A.D. 1848.
N. B. Baker Clerk

Merrimack ss Feb. 9. 1848 Personal appearance Mr. P
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
I Joel Parker Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature and of the Courts of Common Pleas in the State of New-Hampshire, DO CERTIFY, that Nathl B. Baker Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the papers hereto annexed, is Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Merrimack, and hath the keeping of the files, records and proceedings of said Court, and is by law the proper person to make out and certify copies thereof, and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done as aforesaid ; and that his attestation to the papers hereto annexed, being numbered from one to _____ inclusive, is in due form.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the said Court to be affixed this 12 th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight ,
Joel Parker

State of New York } ss: County of Franklin }
Nancy Wolfe of the town of Bombay in the said County of Franklin being duly sworn doth depose and say that she formerly resided in the town of Salisbury in the State of New Hampshire from whence she removed to Bombay aforesaid about twenty nine years since.
And deponent further says, that she is well acquainted with Hannah Croft widow of Thomas Croft, who also now resides in the said town of Bombay. That the maiden name of the said Hannah Croft was Hannah Heath. & that deponent was well acquainted with said Hannah both before and after her marriage with the said Thomas Croft.
That she deponent was married in the latter part of the winter of the year one thousand seven hundred & ninety three. That she well remembers when the marriage of the said Hannah & Thomas took place, although she was not present at the ceremony. That she well remembers, of hearing at the time of the marriage. That the precise time of the marriage she cannot owing to her faculties being impaired by age recollect although she distinctly recollects, that the said Hannah Croft had three children after her marriage with the said Thomas Croft, before deponent's mar-

riages which took place at the time aforesaid. And deponent further says that she knows that the said Hannah & Thomas lived together as man & wife, a long time before deponent's marriage - that she deponent lived for years not more than one & a half miles from the residence of the said Thomas (cof), And deponent further says that the said Thomas and Hannah cohabited as man and wife until the death of the said Thomas which took place as near as deponent can recollect in the Spring of the year one thousand eight hundred & forty six at Bombay, aforesaid. And deponent further says that at the time of the marriage of the said Hannah she the said Hannah, and also deponent resided in the town of Northfield, adjoining the town of Salisbury in the State of New Hampshire,
That after deponent's marriage she went from Northfield, to said town of Salisbury from whence she removed to Bombay as aforesaid.
And deponent further saith not.
Nancy her P. Rolfe, mark
Sworn and subscribed before me this 8th. day of March 1848. before me.
Benjamin Reynolds justice of the peace
In presence of William A. Wheeler

I certify that I am well and personally acquainted with Nancy Rolfe who has taken and subscribed the above deposition, and that she is a credible person. and I further certify that the said Nancy Rolfe is unable to write in consequence of blindness, and nervous debility.
Benjamin Reynolds justice of the peace

Payments to be made at Albany by E. Ames Esq Agent for paying Pension= ers, in the Agency of New York
Recorded in the Pension Of= fice; in Book E 2 Vol. 1 Page 11 by Chas. Boyd Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Thomas Crops of the state of New York who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Forty dollars and _____ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Third day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five
John C. Calhoun Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

State of New York } Franklin County } ss.
William A. Wheeler of the town of Malone in said County being duly sworn doth depose and say that the annexed Pension Certificate, is the one formerly in the possession of Thomas Croft, late a resident of the town of Bombay deceased. That said Thomas (Croft) died at the said town of Bombay on the first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six. That Hannah Croft, the applicant for a pension, is the widow of the same Thomas Croft, named in the annexed Pension Certificate, and further saith not.
Sworn & subscribed before me this
William A. Wheeler
10th. day of March 1848.
Joseph R. Flanders, County Judge of Franklin County.
I certify that I am well and personally acquainted with William Wheeler the above named affiant, and that he is a credible person.
Joseph R. Flanders, County Judge of Franklin County.

ADIRONDACK CHAPTER MALONE, NEW YORK
Jan. 2, 1927
Commissioner of Pensions, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly advise me whether Thomas Cross , died April, 1846 aged 89 years in Bombay, Franklin County, State of New York was a Revolutionary Soldier?
His wife - or widow, Hannah , died April 8, 1854 aged 91 years and is buried beside him.
Sincerely yours,
(Miss) Martha L. Channell.