Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2431, John Crane, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Crane, John Catherine
R. 2431
CONTENTS

Morris Co. N.J.
John Crane died 1821 } married 28 Nov 1776, Catharine Crane died 8 Ap. 1853 }
Catharine Rose  1 Elizabeth 2 Burt 3 Jonathan Crane 3
Mr. Pepper and Agnes Saunders,

No. 8,078 Catharine Graine dec d widow of John
Morris Co. N.J.
July 4 1836 J. D. Potent Burnsville Yancey Co. N.C.

State of New Jersey County of Morris/es
On this the nineteenth day of June A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty four, personally appeared before me Joseph L. Lillie a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Morris and State of New Jersey Jonathan Crane a resident of the County and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed April 10th 1806 and the subsequent acts passed by Congress for the relief of invalid soldiers of the Revolution also the benefit of the acts of Congress passed July 4th 1836 and in 1838 1843 and 1844 for the relief of the widows of the soldiers of the Revolution. That his father John Crane stated he entered the service of the United States declarant believes, under some of the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he enlisted as a private in the Militia or State Troops about the year 1776 in the Company commanded by Capt. Woodah Wade John Sinsley or Sylvanus Sinsley and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Stark or Col. Sinsley. That he was a resident of the County and State aforesaid at the time he enlisted and entered the service of the United States and was continually draughted through the whole war, serving at least four years. That during his service he was wounded in the leg in the battle of Springfield which caused lameness through life. Declarant further says that his father stated that he obtained a furlough to come home when the Smallpox was in his family two years before declarant was born. That he was in the battle of Springfield in the County of Essex in the State aforesaid also that he was in various skirmishes and was finally discharged about the year 1782 if not until the close

of the war. Declarant further states that when he was twelve years old, his father took him to Elizabethtown in the County of Essex in the same State and showed him where the Jersey Troops took the British baggage near Gov. Livingston's house and stated that he was in the engagement. That according to the family record his father was born on the 15 th day of November 1742 and was born in the County of Essex in the State aforesaid and was married to Catharine Davis as appears from the records of the Freybyterian Church in Morristown in the County of Morris on the 28 th day of November 1776 and died on the 26 th day of May 1821 aged Seventy nine years. And that his mother, the said Catharine Cram was born on the 18 th day of December 1757 in the County of Morris and State aforesaid and died on the 8 th day of April 1853 aged ninety six years. That Catharine Rose Elizabeth Purto and himself are the only heirs now living and he knows of no revolutionary soldiers now living by whom he could prove the military services of his father.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his father's name nor his mother's name are not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph Dalrymple Judge of Morris County Common Pleas
Jonathan Crane

NEW TESTAMENT
OF OUR
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JESUS CHRIST:
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Hugh & Sarah I. and Born April 5 th
STEREOTYPE EDITION.
1838 1947
Philip W Williamson Born April 14 th 1848 NEW-YORK: Dennis W Williamson Born Sept 4 th 1848
STEREOTYPED BY E. AND J. WHITE,
FOR "THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY."
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Catharine Crane his wife was born in 1752 December the 10 William Crane born May 14 th 1778 Jonathan Crane born March 23 1780 Child born April 3 rd - - - - - 1782 Elizabeth Crane born May 15 th - - - 1784 Sarah Crane born January 21 st 1787 Phebe Crane born May 15 th 1788 Rosannah Crane born July 8 th 1784 Catharine Crane born October 9 th 1797 John Crane Departed this life May 26 th 1821 Catharine Crane Departed this life Oct 8 th 1855

We William Peppard residing in the county of Morris and Cyrus Sanders residing in the county of Somerset and State of New Jersey hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Crane who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that he is a man of good reputation and that we believe his father John Crane to have been seventy nine years of age That the said John Crane was reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Wm. Peppard
Cyrus Sanders
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Joseph Dubrimspe Judge of Morris County Pleas
And I do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter that John Crane named in the foregoing declaration was a revolutionary soldier and served in the United States And it appears to me that William Peppard and Cyrus Sanders who have signed the preceding certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
Joseph Dubrimspe Judge

State of New Jersey Morris County ss
Cyrus Sanders of the county of Somerset and State of New Jersey aged eighty three years being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with and lived near neighbor to John Crane over thirty years and often conversed with him concerning the revolutionary war that he spoke of his services in said war and of being wounded in the leg (deponent believes) in the battle of Springfield which made him lame for life that he enlisted in the Militia and after the expiration of his enlistment he was continually draughted continuing him in service during most of the war Deponent further says that the said John Crane left a widow and children and that he was a man of good character and believed to be strictly honest and truthful in the neighborhood where he lived
Cyrus Sanders Sworn to and subscribed this 19 th day of June 1854 Joseph Buttemple Judge of Morris County Common Pleas

State of New Jersey Morris County ss
William Pappard of the County of Morris and State of New Jersey aged fifty seven years being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with John Crane for many years and frequently heard him tell of being in the service of the United States in the Revolution in the Army that he enlisted for three months and after the expiration of the term of his enlistment he was draughted many times continuing his service in said war (deponent believes) during most of the war that during his service he was wounded in the leg which made him lame for life Deponent further says that the said John Crane left a widow and children and was a man of good reputation and believed to be strictly honest and truthful in the neighborhood where he resided
Wm Pappard
Sworn to and subscribed this 19 th day of June 1854
Joseph Caton Judge of Morris County Common Pleas

Know all men by these presents that I Jonathan Crane of the County of Morris and State of New Jersey do hereby nominate, constitute, appoint and empower Lorenzo D. Pollock of the County of Yancey and State of North Carolina for self and for other heirs of John Crane deceased our true and lawful attorney both in law and in fact. for us and in our behalf and in our name to ask, apply for, obtain and receive from the Secretary of War, the Commissioners of Pensions, the Paymaster General and from any office or department of the United States or any officer or person connected therewith all sums of money arrearages of pay, extra pay, bounty lands, pensions, claims, allowances, or property of any kind that may be due or become due for or on account of our fathers (the said John Crane), military service. And I hereby authorize our said attorney to take all lawful means for the recovery of the aforesaid or any part thereof and to attend to the final adjustment of all business now pending before either of the offices or officers above mentioned in which we are interested and to do all other acts the same as if I myself or we ourselves were personally present Witness my hand and seal this 19 th day of June A.D. 1854
Jonathan Crane
State of New Jersey Morris County /ss
Be it known that before me personally appeared Jonathan Crane and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purpose therein mentioned. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above written
Joseph Rubincamp Judge of the County of Morris

State of New Jersey /ss Morris County /ss
Be it known that we have this day nominated, appointed and empowered Philip Welch of Chester in the County of Morris and State aforesaid to collect all sums of money that may become due from the Government of the United States to the Heirs of the said John Crane deceased and to transact any business directed by the officers named in the foregoing Power of Attorney. Witness our hands and seals this 19 th day of June 1854.
Jonathan Crane Lorenzo D. Follett
State of New Jersey /ss Morris County /ss
Be it known that before me personally appeared Jonathan Crane and Lorenzo D. Follett and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to the said Philip Welch to be their act and deed for the purpose therein mentioned. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above written.
Joseph Salimphle Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris aforesaid.

I hereby certify that John Crane and Catherine Davis were Married on the Twenty Eighth day of November One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy Six, by Rev Timothy Johnson, as appears from the record of the marriage of the First Pres- byterian Church in Morristown in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey, in the following words and figures viz
"Nov 28. 1876 John Crane & Catherine Davis"
June 20 1884.
John H. Tenney Pastor of the 1 st Pres d Church of Morristown
State of New Jersey Morris County ss
Personally appeared before me Rev John H. Tenney and made oath to the foregoing certificate the day and year above written
Joseph (A simple judge of Morris County Court of Common Pleas
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State of New Jersey } I, Albert H. Stanburough Clerk Morris County S.S. } of the Court of Common Pleas of the } County of Morris do hereby certify that Joseph Dalrinple Esqr. before whom the foregoing Affidavits and acknowledgments were taken was at the time of taking the same and still is Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and that the several signatures thereunto signed is in the proper hand writing of him the said Joseph Dalrinple
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Morristown this Twentieth day of June A.D., Eighteen Hundred and Fifty Four
A. H. Stanburough Clerk

No 8.078 Catharine Graine dec d Widow of John N.J.
L.D. Poteet July 29 1857
Same Aug 8. 1857
Same Sept 16. 1857
Same July 25 1853-
L.D. Poteet Jan 29/56
Same Mar 6/57
Same Dec 16/57
L.D. Poteet L.D. Poteet
July 4 1886

REJECTED
2431
P. O.
Catherine Craine
Service:
John Craine
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Catharine Braine John N. J.
John N. J. Braine Birmingham
Opposite St. Martin's Church Birmingham

The subject of the Security of the state of New Jersey referred to in the correspondence was not placed with the care the 2nd day named it.
P. G.
Jan. 24, 1856.

Connersville N.C.
January 11 th 1856
Sir I deposited in the Pension Office sometime ago the papers of Jonathan Crane of New Jersey who applied for a Pension for the services of her father John Crane of the same state, in the Revolution. All the evidence I could adduce at that time was filed and a certificate from the Secretary of State was forwarded to your office afterwards. Will you please examine these papers?
The rolls in the Office of the Secretary of State fell short of being entire and I know that private persons in the present rolls that should be in that

office. Owing to the condition of the rolls, it is impossible to prove the whole service of the revolutionary soldiers, of that State. Owing to this state of things, I must beg you to report the claim to Congress.
An examination of the papers, you cannot allow the Bureau and can recommend the claim favorably to Congress, you will greatly oblige by so doing.
Please write very soon.
I am Sir
Very respectfully
Yours at the seat
L. D. Belknap

The Peachy keen in this case misplaced by Mr. Capps who copied the paper from Mr. Pitet.

Purnsville NC. July 9 1885 To the Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
In July 1854 I deposited in your Office the Pension claim of the Heirs of John Crane of Meigs Co Tenn for your consideration. I have recently rec d intelligence by Mr Welch of Chester Pa. that Mr Jonathan Crane desires me to carry up the claim before the Legislature of that State. You will please forward Mr Crane papers to me at this place and oblige
Yours etc sent George D. Pollock Atty
As I also deposited at the same time the papers of the Heirs of Robert Hughes of Pa I also a small book I hope that the book will be kept with the papers in your Office as it is a testimony which will be called for
GDP

Burnsville N.C.
September 6 th 1854
Sir
I filed in your office for examination the Pension papers of the heirs of John and Catharine Crane of the County of Morris in the State of New Jersey. Since I left Washington I received a letter from the Secretary of State of New Jersey informing me that he had forwarded to you a Certificate in this case. When at the Pension Office I was informed that the passage of this claim would much depend on the certificate. If any claim from New Jersey has ever passed or allowed on the strength of the Certificate of the Secretary of State surely this claim of the heirs of John and Catharine Crane will also.
After I filed the claim in your office I rec d from you the following in a letter viz,
"A Certificate of Court should be furnished showing the date of John & Catharine's death and the number and names of the children living. The Court must show upon what testimony it bases its Certificate. An Administrator must be appointed and the amount of his official bond must be certified to this office."
Before I proceed to have the above business accomplished

in Court I wish to know if the claim will be allowed from the certificates now in the Pension Office and the testimony (although traditional) accompanying the Declaration provided the above is attended to & forwarded to the Pension Office. This information I desire and it is very important as the heirs are poor and are unable to pay the expenses unless there is a certainty of their claim being allowed. It will be both expensive and troublesome. I hope that the claim will be considered immediately and that I shall receive soon a favorable letter.
I Am Sir
Very respectfully
June 1st. 1846.
Lorenzo D. Poteet
J. P. Malcolm Esq. Commr. of Pensions
John Crane being an invalid - wounded in war which is stated in the Declaration should be placed under the act of 1846. I hope that this will be considered in connection with the act of 1846 on the part of the widow.
J. D. P.

Pension Office August 8. 1857.
Sir
The certificate of the Secretary of State of New Jersey, showing payments to John Crane amounting to £2-012 29- has been received and filed with the other papers in the case of Catharine Crane, deceased, widow of John, of N. J. under the act of July 4. 1836.
The certificate and the traditional evidence do not establish a service by John Crane of so much as six months' duration, which is the shortest term for which a Revolutionary pension is allowable.
I am respectfully Your H on . Servt J. Calh.
Acting Commissioner
L. D. Potent Esq Present

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Washington July 31 1854
Sir
Your letter of the 29 th inst concerning the Crane pension has been rec d . The children of John Crane are unable (like many other revolutionary claimants) to furnish the Department with the testimony of witnesses, who served also in the war. But they can, and will furnish the Department with a certificate from the Secretary of State of New Jersey. Of traditional evidence will not be of any weight, which I believe was considered important in former years, by Mr Edwards, in such cases, the claim is hopeless unless the certificate from the Secretary of State will be sufficient. I hope however that the certificate and the traditional evidence will be sufficient for the passage of the claim. The reason that the widow did not apply in her lifetime is this. She was told by a pension agent that there were no records to prove her marriage, hoping no doubt to make a fine amount by giving the case a very dark color. I learn from Mr Jonathan Crane who made the declaration now in the Department that her mother did make an effort but did not send any documents.

to the Pension Office on account of being discouraged by the pension agent
It appears that this claim could be allowed with justice under the act of 1806 from the testimony of Mr Vanden and Mr Pappard. I am sir
Very respectfully
Your obt servt
Lorenzo D. Powell
Dr Walter En Com d of Pensions