Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15061, Dennis Cronk, New York

SERVICE
New York
bronk Dennis
NUMBER
S15061
CONTENTS
boarded

Lt. H. A. Ward July 8. 37
Date of death nolan AB
981 New York
Dennis Cronk of Westchester, in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Graham in the New York line for 7 1/2 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per An. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Octo. 1832 and sent to M. Lockwood
Arrears to 4th of Apr. 1832 $34.99 Pension allowance ending 4 Mar 33 11.66
$46.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1831
Recorded by Geo. C. Miles Clerk Book 10 Vol. 5 Page 16

3532
Dennis Cronk application for a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 State of New York County of Westchester
On this twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Sheriffs of the Superior court of the County of Westchester and State of New York, now sitting, Dennis Cronk a resident of the town of Hartford  Greenburgh County and State of New York, aged seventy one 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 act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated: That is to say. He enlisted on or about the first of May 1780 into a company of Service Companions by Captain Daniel Williams in the Regiment commanded by Col. Morris Graham in the line of the State of New York: That he enlisted at the town of Portlands in the said County, and for the term of six months; that he served the said six months at Governor's Island in the State of New York and at the expiration of said term was honorably discharged but that his discharge is lost or destroyed
That immediately after the expiration of the said term of six months to wit on or about the first of November

1780 he again enlisted for the term of one month in the regiment of levies  levies under the command of Colonel Wissenfeldt in the line of the State of New York. He served in the line of the State of New York until the first of December in the year 1780 and was then discharged at Albany in the State of New York on or about the first of December in the year 1780 but he has lost his discharge - that he does not now recollect the name of the commandant of the company in which he served for the last mentioned month - And the declarant further states that he was born in the said County of Westchester in the year 1761, that he has no record of his age  he has no record of his age that he lived in the County of Westchester aforesaid and has lived in the said County every since the Revolution now more than 50 years.
That the names of the persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution are Samuel Youngs and Jacob Foskay -
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present; and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed this 22 nd day of August 1832 before me J Ward Surrogate.
Dennis Cronk

We Samuel Youngs and Jacob Foskay
White Plains
Residing in the town of Harrison County of Westchester and State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Dennis Grant who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy the  one years of age: that he is respected and believe in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed this 22 nd day of August 1832 before me Warren Surrogate
Sam l Youngs Jacob Foskay
And the said Court does hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after 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 him that Samuel Youngs and Jacob Foskay

who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the town of Westchester, and are credible persons: and that their state- ment is entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I Jonathan Ward Surrogate of the said Court have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court this twenty second day August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Jonathan Ward Surrogate.
I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westchester, do certify that Jonathan Ward who has signed the preceding declaration, and Certificates is Surrogate of the County of Westchester in the State of New York, and that the Surrogate Court is a Court of Record, with a Seal, and that there is no Clerk to said Court, and that I am acquainted with the signature of the said Jonathan Ward, and that the signature to the foregoing declaration & certificates are in his proper hand writing.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westchester this 22 nd day of August 1832.
N Bayles Clerk

To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ameri- ca in Congress assembled.
The Petition of Denis Cronk of the County of Westchester and State of New York
Respectfully sheweth.
That your Petitioner enlisted in to the Army of the United States on or about the first of May in the year 1780 in the Company com- manded by Captain Daniel Williams in the Regiment Commanded by Col Morris Graham or James O'Callaghan in the Continental establishment, in the line of the State of New York - That he served in said Regiment for the period of six mon- ths which was the full end of his enlist- ment. When he again enlisted into the Continental Army & continued in the service for one month more that in all he served seven months, when he received his honorable discharge.
And your Petitioner further sheweth that he is now in his seventy first

of the year that he has six children and a wife now living one of his sons namely Stephen W. Cook resides with your Petitioner that your Petitioner and his wife are both crippled & altogether unable to procure their support by their labour & that your Petitioner needs the assistance of his country for support, that he & his wife are now principally supported by the labour of his son Stephen. That he the said Stephen has a wife & two children and no property and no other means of supporting your Petitioner and his wife.
Your Petitioner therefore prays that your honorable body will grant a Pension unto your Petitioner for his services in the continental army for the remainder of his life & your Petitioner will ever Pray &c
James Cook

Westchester County ss. Dennis Crooks being duly sworn on his oath saith that the facts set forth in the above Petition are true to the best of his knowledge and belief.
Sworn this 17 th day of November 1830
Dennis Crooks
before me.
Charles Lee one of the Justices of the Peace for the County Westchester
State of New York
Westchester County ss. Nathaniel Bayley Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Charles Lee Esq r whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit was on the day of the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County residing in said County & duly appointed and sworn and authorized to take affidavits. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 19 th day of November 1830
N. Bayley

Daniel Wilson of Greenburgh in the County of Westchester being duly sworn this day before me says that in the month of May Seventeen hundred and eighty Daniel Brook did enlist for six months in the service of the State of New York and did serve his time out and was duly discharged and this deponent paid him his bounty ---
Sworn before me This tenth day of November Eighteen hundred and thirty
Daniel Wilson
Joseph Bell: Commissioner - etc -

John Odell of the town of Greenburgh in the County of West-Chester - being duly sworn this day before me - says that in the month of May seventeen hundred & eighty - he was appointed a Lieut in a Regt of Levies raised under the authorities of the State of New York for six months - and commanded by Col. Morris Graham that the service of the Regt - was principally confined to the Mohawk river - that he well remembers Dennis Cronk served as a private in that Regt - in the company commanded by Daniel Williams to which company he John Odell was attached - That whilst a part of the Regt - was station -ed at the German Flatts a recruiting offi -cer of the Continental line arrived at that post - with directions to the officers command -ing the levies to encourage a further enlist -ment for thirty days - under the promise of a bounty of thirty bushels of wheat - (the settlements being then much exposed to the attacks of Johnson & Brant) - That Dennis Cronk together with many others did enlist and left that Station under charge of that officer -
Sworn before me this tenth day of November eighteen hundred and thirty
John Odell
Joseph Cooe Commissioner &c -

State of New York Westchester County
I Nathaniel Bay- les Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Joseph Odell whose name is subscribed to the two annexed affidavits was on the day of the date thereof a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County residing in said County duly appointed and sworn and authorized by the laws of this State to take affidavits &c
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 19 th day of November 1830
N Bayles
Affidavit of John Odell in behalf of Dennis Cronk

Abner
7 mo
2823.33 11.661 2
2833 34.99

BRIEF in the case of Dennis Cronk County of Westchester in the State of New York (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before a Surrogate in open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy One 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.     May 1 st In 1780 6 Private Col. Morris Graham   Novem. 1780 1 " Col. Weesinfels  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None Stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Cortlandt - New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary & living testimony  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are correct in form and authentication 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Wm Gordon Examining Clerk.

June 4, 1938
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Mrs. Ored H. Beattie Penn Yan New York
BA-J/ERL Dennis Cronk-S.15061
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Balthus, John and Daniel Cronk(Kronk, Cronkhite) and Martin Oakie(Oakie, O'Kie), Revolutionary War soldiers and the War of 1812 record of William M. Crosby.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War and War of 1812 data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of those wars. The record of Dennis Cronk, a soldier of the Revolutionary War is furnished herein, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in his claim for pension, S.15061, based upon his military service in that war.
Dennis Cronk was born in 1761, in Westchester County, New York. The names of his parents are not shown.
Dennis Cronk enlisted at Cortland, Westchester County, New York, May 1, 1780, served as a private in Captain Daniel Williams' Company, Colonel Morris Graham's New York Regiment and was discharged December 1, 1780, at which time he was in Colonel Frederick Weissenfels' 4 th New York Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 22, 1832, while residing in Greensburg, Westchester County, New York.
In 1830, soldier stated that he had a wife and six children and that one of his children, a son, Stephen W. Cronk, with his wife and two children resided with him. He did not give any further data in regard to his wife nor is her name or the names of the other five children or the name of the wife and children of son, Stephen W. Cronk shown.
Could not find soldier in NY. books but Capt. Daniel Williams was in Col. Morris Graham's Regt

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Dennis Cronk(S.15061), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Dennis Cronk Certificate No. 981 Issued October 23, 1833 Rate, $23.33 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1833 New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

1938-June 6, list to Mrs. Fred H. Beattie OK
15061 INVALID.
File No. 15,061
Dennis Burke
Br. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1852.
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 83
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Official Business
Third Auditor Washington D.C.

This Will Certifie, that Dennis Cron l did Enlist himself out of the Levees, in to the fourth New York Regiment, previous to the 1 st of August 1780, agreeable to an act of the Legislature, made for that purpose, and served in said Regiment the full time stipulated,
Albany July 19 th 1784.
Fred: Weip, enfeoff late Lt Col Command of the 4 th Regt.

Penn Yan, N.Y. May 12, 1938
Veterans' Administration Bldg. Pension Dept. Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly give me the pension record of any on file, of the following persons?
Revolutionary War.
1. ✓ Bethuel Cook (Cookhite - Kronk) served under Gen. Sturtevant . 2. ✓ John Cook (Cookhite - Kronk) 3. ✓ Dennis Cook 4. ✓ Isaac  Chie (Oakie - O'Kie)
War of 1812
1. ✓ William M.  Crosby .
Very sincerely yours
Mrs. Fred H. Beattie

July 8
Mat. Produce
King (M) July 6
see
Hon. J. L. Edward
of the Pomerian
Office
Washington.

King's Ferry July 5 th 1837
Dear Sir
The old Soldier whose name was mentioned in the enclosed certificate, attended the celebration of the 4 th of July in this place yesterday as an invited guest. As I was here he said that at the time he applied for a pension he had misplaced the certificate & he did not get allowed for the time he served in Weyersfeldt Regt., if such is the case, you will no doubt be able to give his name on the rolls of Weyersfeldt Regt. & I hope it is not too late to do the old man justice. Do look into this matter & oblige with the old gentleman &
Your devoted friend A. Ward
Hon. J. L. Edwards