Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 3222, John Chrisp, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Chrisk, John or Crisp
S 3222
carded
CONTENTS

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 1 st April 1838 given 4 March 1838 to 1 st Sept 1838 Agt Notified 1 st Aug 1839.
19.
96.
25482
West Tennessee
John Crisp
of Rutherford in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Com ny commanded by Captain Patterson of the reg t commanded by Col Good in the Virginia line for 11 months & 18 days
* Gibson County
John Crisp. Records corrected
Feb y 16 04
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 38 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Jan y 1834 and B D Raines Irenton
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 96.67 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 19.33 116.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by David Boyd Clerk, Book E Vol. 7 Page 73

John Crisp Treasurer.
for 1779 prints 11 nos 18 days. $38. 66 / 100
R. P. Raines Trenton, Treasurer.

Appears to them that Robert F. Hays is a clergyman  of the county of Gibson in the State aforesaid  and that  Daniel Myers  Leigh Wilson John Parker Andrew Miller and John Battenham are also citizens of the county and State aforesaid who have signed and certified that John Crisp is a man of truth and veracity and that he is now  now eight years old and that he is reputed in his neighborhood to be a soldier of the Revolutionary War and a man of truth and credibility and these statements are intended to full credit
John T. Raines (seal) Jas. B. Dibrell (seal) William P. Heat (seal)
State of Tennessee Gibson County 3 I Thomas Fite clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions of Gibson County Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing declara- -tion of John Crisp contains the original proceedings of said county court of pleas and quarter sessions of said county in the matter of the application of John Crisp for a pension
In Testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at office in Dover the 25 th day of December 1855. I 58 th year of American Independence Tho. F. Fite

State of Tennessee County Court of Said Gibson County } County December Term 1833
This day came into Open Court, it being the County Court of Sessions and Quarter Sessions of Gibson County Tennessee began and held at the Courthouse in the Town of Trenton On this the 3 d Monday in December in the Year of our Lord 1833, John Crisp . a resident citizen of said County, aged seventy Eight Years old, who first being 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 the 7 th 1832 for the benefit of Old Revolutionary Soldiers
John Crisp The Applicant states he was born on the 23 d Day of December 1755 as appears by a Record of his age now in his possession and which was taken from a Record Kept by his Father, He states he was born in the County of Prince George and in the State of Virginia While he was a child his Father Moved to Chesterfield County Virginia where he Resided until January 1784. And in the year 1779 and in the County of Chesterfield he entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War Where he served Eleven Months and 18 days as a Volunteer Soldier. In the Month of May the day Not Recollected 1779 he entered the service of the United States as a Volunteer Soldier in the Company

commanded by Capt. David Patterson and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Robert Good they marched from Chestfield courthouse crossed James River at the hundreds and on that night there came on an express that the British were landing on the south side of James River which induced them to change their route.
They then Recrossed James River at Farlers ferry soon after they had crossed there came another express that the British were landing at Hampton on the north side of the River they then crossed James River again at Barretts Ferry and marched to Williamsburgh where the Legislature of Virginia were then in session They remained at Williamsburgh some four or five days waiting further orders from Genl. Nelson at Little York.
They then marched to Little York and were stationed there four or five days From thence we marched to Hampton where we heard the British were landing When we got to Hampton we heard found the British had not landed but their fleet consisting of forty or fifty sail was lying at anchor in Hampton Roads My remained there until the British fleet sailed off making a period of two months in that route that I served as a soldier of the Army I then returned after he was discharged by Col. Good who gave me a discharge which is lost

There were 200 Virginia regular soldiers stationed at Little York commanded by Capt David Mann and also 200 at Hampton Applicant understood those regular soldiers were raised by Virginia and kept permanently stationed to guard those places and were not subject to be called into the continental line except there or at some neighbouring point. Applicant does not recollect any of the officers who commanded those regulars except Capt David Mann as the troops to which he belong did not quarter with them. There were 1400 men raised and marched to Little York under General Nelson but only 200 of that number marched to Hampton under Col. Good the balance was marched three miles below York by General Nelson as a reserve should they be wanting.
Applicant on the first of January 1781 again entered the service of the united States as a volunteer soldier in a company commanded by the same Capt Patterson and in a regiment commanded by the same Col. Good they rendezvous at Manchester in Chesterfield County in January 1781 in number four or five hundred. Applicant's recollection is that on the same day the British landed at Richmond 3000,

regular soldiers commanded by General Phillips and the traitor General Arnold
The day after the Rendezvous at Manches- they marched about ten miles up James River to Opeah Smiths thence they marched in a few days to German Bakers Hill in sight of Petersburg to which place the British had marched from Richmond at which place Applicant believes General Phillips died The whole of the American force collected at that place was said to be 10,000 commanded by General La Fayette and the Baron de Stuben. there was some cannonading and firing at Petersburg between the Americans and British Armies, the British attempted to cross to the American side over Pocahontas Bridge but were repulsed by the Americans. Applicant remembers that General Arnold during the firing between the Armies sent a flag to La Fayette stating that the Lord Phillips was dying and wished to die in peace and requested the firing to cease. The answer returned by La Fayette as understood among the troops was that he would not attend to the flag unless it was brought by General Arnold himself shortly after Col. Abercrombie sent over a flag with the same request When the firing ceased and Applicant understood they then buried General Phillips After this the British then left Petersburg and marched towards Norfolk

2 The American Troops Marched after them They encamped one night at Blankenship thence they went to Leaburn point and thence to Smithsfield on Pagan creek. Applicant was there taken sick and was furloughed to return home where he remained a week or ten days he states he slept before he was furloughed in his last four two months as a soldier in the Revolutionary War Applicant then in a week or ten days returned to the service of the United States as a Volunteer soldier he joined a detachment under the com- -mand of Col Good at Petersburg where they had returned retreating from the British the number of this detachment was about 200. General Lafayette had Marched with the Main Army as he understood to the North side of James River at a place then called four mile creek but now Monticello. Goods detachment moved up the River from the British sometimes they would halt and remain 3 or four days sometimes a week as circumstances would require. It was rumored in the American Army that General Washington had commanded General La- -Fayette not to venture a general engagement with the British force as a French fleet in aid of the Americans was expected in a short time. The detachment under Col Good continued marching and countermarching and reconnoitering the British Army in Chesterfield County

The whole Spring and Summer until they took up their line of March to Little York sometime in August 1781 Applicant recollects to have been with a party of about one hundred & forty men at Sutterbys Springs some time in April or May 1781 on a very rainy day. About sixty of the party having gone to the house to get shelter from the rain were surprised and taken prisoners by Col. Pattons corps said to be about 500 strong. The Balance made their escape Col. Wood in a few weeks afterwards collected the remains of his scattered detachment and took his station in Hucklebury Swamp within a few miles of Manchester From this point Col. Wood with his Brother Thomas Wood John Fowler Matthew Cheatham and William Cheatham mounted their horses and went to make some examination of the British forces but being discovered by some Cavalry belonging to Col. Sempers Legions they were pursued and after retreating about five miles were all five taken prisoners. Applicant does not remember that the detachment to which he belong was engaged in any other skirmish until they Marched to Little York where he was during the whole siege and until the surrender of Cornwallis He was still commanded by Capt. Patterson He thinks the cannonading commenced at York sometime in September and continued until the 19 th of October 1781 When Cornwallis surrendered and the British marched out on the morning of the 18 th Applicant was then discharged whither he had a written discharge or a verbal one he does not recollect but if written discharge he has lost it from the time he was fired home until his discharge he states he served

Seven Months 18- days Applicant states he frequently volunteered and was out in several scouting parties the time not mentioned and is not added in the time he here states. The whole time he thinks that he recollects is 8 lunar months and 18 days exclusive of the several scouting parties he was in as before named. He states in January 1784 he moved to Cumberland County Virginia where he resided until the first of November 1817. When he moved to Rutherford County Tennessee he states he moved soon Rutherford County Tennessee to Gibson County in the month of October 1832 where he now resides. He states he has no document or other evidence in his power directly whereby he can prove his actual services as a Revolutionary soldier. He refers to Deceased Deceased  Deceased John Parker Andrew Miller and John Brittenham who has known him since the Year 1818. and who will certify as to my character for veracity and truth and to the general reputation of the neighborhood as to their belief of my services as a soldier in the war and to my age I know of no living man in my county with whom I am acquainted Applicant hereby retires wishes my claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the service of any state Given to in open court Dec 1855 John Christopher To the Hon. the

David Mares
State of Tennessee We the undersigned is a citizen of Gibson County
John Parker Andrew Miller and John Brattenham all citizens of Gibson County Tennessee do hereby certify that we the said David Mares John Parker Andrew Miller and John Brattenham are well acquainted with John Lusk the present Applicant and have been for fifteen years we believe him to be twenty eight years old as he states in his declaration for a pension we state he is a man of truth & veracity and he is reputed and believed in his neighborhood to be a soldier of the Revolutionary
War & that we concur in that Opinion. John Brattenham John Parker Andrew Miller
State of Tennessee Gibson County And the said Joseph B. Dabrell John H. Raines and William P. Seal three acting justices of the peace for said county and who have been elected to hold the county court of pleas and quarter sessions of Gibson County Tennessee it being a court of record now in session in the courthouse in the town of Trenton on this the third Monday in December 1833 And the said J. B. Dabrell John H. Raines & William P. Seal the members of the court aforesaid do hereby declare their opinion after an investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department to the said John Lusk the present Applicant, and the same being answered to the satisfaction of this court, the court therefore are satisfied that the above named Applicant was a soldier of the Revolutionary and states And the court further certifies that it

No 15517. John Crisp Sen - Rutherford County - Tennessee
from 1779 prints 11 in 48 days $ 38. 66 100
R. V. Racines Trenton Tennessee William Sedovits Murfreesborough Tennessee

BRIEF in the case of John Crisp Sen. of Rutherford County in the State of Tennessee (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? No  3. How old is he? nearly 77.  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. As a Gen.     Vol In 17 79 2 Private Capt Patterson Col Good   Vol - 1781 9 18 " " "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Kermus his  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Chesterfield Co Va.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Reports attached as required by the regulations. Authenticated. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Dyer Castor
Examining Clerk.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
April 15, 1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your communication of a recent date you are advised that John Crisp, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, made an application for pension on December 23rd, 1833, at which time he was seventy-eight years of age and residing in Gibson County, Tenn.
In his declaration he alleges that he was born in Prince George County, Virginia, December 23, 1855; that while he was a child his father moved to Chesterfield County, Virginia, where he, the said soldier, resided until 1784; that in the year 1779, in Chesterfield County, he entered the service of the United States and served eleven months and eight days as a volunteer soldier in a company commanded by Capt. David Patterson, Col. Robert Good's regiment. That on January 1st, 1781, he again enlisted in same company and regiment, that during this enlistment he participated in the Battle at Petersburg and was at the taking of , or surrender, of Lord Cornwallis and was discharged a few days after.
That in January, 1784, he moved to Cumberland County, Virginia where he resided until the first of November 1817, when he removed to Rutherford County, Tenn., and to Gibson County, Tenn. in 1818.

October, 1832.
Information as to date and place of soldier's death can possibly be obtained upon application to the Hon. Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury Department, this city, giving the soldier's full name and service, together with the following data: Cert. No. 25482; Act of June 7, 1832; West Tenn. Agency.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Lieut. R. O. Crisp,
Box 1000, Baltimore, Md.
(1 enc.)

Soldier presumed to Crisp. Dr. Crawford, Md. (M.E.)
15-1899 - History to R.O. Crisp. Bof 1000. Baltimore, Md.
Rev. W. A. ...
3222 INVALID.
Feb. 23/96 Lt. R.O. Baltimore Apr. Lieut.
File No. 3222
* John Crisp Post War line
Act: June 7/93
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 80
[Arrangement of 1870.]
* John Crisp. Records corrected. Feb. 16 '04 9

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 25 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1833 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," John Crisp, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Jackson, Gen. Agency, at the rate of Thirty eight Dollars and Sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1838, to the 4 th Sept., 1838,
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.