Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 2481, William Crego, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Orego, William
R 2481
Born in Conn.
CONTENTS

State of New York Oneida County
Be it remembered that on the first day of July 1834 Robert Crego of the Town of Western in said County personally appeared before me Joseph Wallack a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Oneida, who being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is personally acquainted with William Crego of the Town of Decatur in the County of Otsego, that he this deponent is a brother of said William Crego, and well recollects that he the said William Crego served in the United States Army in the War of the Revolution, and belonged to a Company of Volunteers commanded by Gideon Dudley stationed at Fort Edward under the command of Major Chipman belonging to Col. Warner's Regiment. This deponent further saith that he recollects that the said William Crego entered the service some time in the summer and continued therein until the next spring thereafter and was stationed at Fort Edward. And he also recollects that during said time he the said William Crego with some other soldiers belonging to Capt. Dudley's Company were stationed at the work of one Doty within about half a mile of the Fort for the purpose of guarding the property of said Doty against the Indians & Tories. This deponent is not positive whether the said William Crego served at the time as an Ensign in said Dudley's Company, but from the best recollection of this deponent, he held some office in said Company. This deponent further saith that he resided with his father at the time the said William Crego went into the service as above stated, that he this deponent was at the Fort and almost daily see his brother William while he was there in service, and is positive that he did belong to and serve in Capt. Dudley's Company of Volunteers. and further saith not.
Taken subscribed and sworn to before me the first day of July 1834 Joseph Wallack Justice
Robert Crego
I certify that I am well acquainted with Robert Crego, who has subscribed & sworn to the above affidavit, and that he is a man of good character and of fair reputation, and his statements entitled to full credit & belief. Joseph Wallack Justice of the Peace

Clerk's Office
Oneida County ss }
I, George Brown Clerk of the said County, do certify, that Joseph Halleck Esquire, before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, and whose name is subscribed to the within Certificate of Credibility, was on the day of the date of the said affidavit & the said Certificate of Credibility, a justice of the peace in and for the said County Commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to act as such, and further that I am well acquainted with his handwriting & verily believe the signature subscribed to the said affidavit and Certificate to be genuine.
Witness my hand & seal of Office at Utica this 15 th day of July A D 1834.
George Brown Clerk By Thos J. Reed Dep.
Schuyler Crippen. Worcester N.Y. Agent

Sir according to your request I give you the following information. I was in the service over eleven months but not quite one year was in the State of NY at the place called Fort Edward I served a volunteer and so was all the company the Captain was not appointed by the Mayor or a line officer but was chosen by the Company his name was Gideon Doolittle the Company belonged to Colonel Wadsworths Regiment under Major Chipman Commander of the fort, it was in the year 1779 or 1780. William Cragg is the name of the applicant

In the Matter of William Grego - An Ensign

State of New York
Olsego County Esq:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County; William Crego of the Town of Decatur in said County who, being duly sworn by me doth depose and say, in addition to his Original declaration heretofore made in open Court for the purpose of obtaining a Pension under the Act of Congress of June 7th 1832 - That he cannot support his said application by any instrument in writing tantamount to a Commission; When he went into the Service at Fort Edward as set forth in his original declaration, he was chosen by the Company to serve as an Ensign under Capt Gideon Dudley; that he thereupon accepted of the appointment from said Company, and entered upon the duties of the Office of Ensign in said Company, and served his Country in that Capacity during the period of time set forth in his said Original declaration - At the time Capt Dudley's Company was dismissed from the Service in April 1776 he this deponent had not received any Commission, and that he never thereafter served in said Company, and never obtained his Commission as an Ensign therein - This deponent was young at the time he was in the Service, and the same Spring after being dismissed from the Service as above stated, he went with his father to reside at Vanloon Schoick a distance of at least one hundred Miles from Fort Edward, and he never thereafter see Capt Dudley or Major Chipman who had Command of the Fort at the time he was in the Service as set forth in his said Original declaration - And he this deponent further saith that he has no knowledge of any person now living, who was in the Service at Fort Edward, at the time he was in the Service at that place, and it is morally impossible for him to procure the testimony of any living witness to prove his said Service, and he has no documentary evidence in his possession, or that he can procure to his knowledge to prove said Service - Nevertheless he this deponent again says and solemnly swears that he faithfully served his Country as an Ensign in Capt Dudley's Company at the time and place and in the manner particularly specified and set forth in his said Original declaration above mentioned
Sworn to and Subscribed before me the 28th day of November 1833 John Chase a Judge of Olsego County
William Crego

I do hereby Certify, that I have known and been well acquainted with the within named William Crego, who hath subscribed and sworn to the within deposition before me, for the period of at least twenty five years now last past. That he is a credible person, and his statements and sustains a fair character for truth and veracity, and his statements are entitled to full credit & belief. Dated at Worcester, Otsego Co. November 28. 1833.
Seth Chase a judge of Otsego County
State of New York Otsego County
ss. I Horace Lathrop Clerk of said County do certify. That Seth Chase, before whom the foregoing Affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, one of the Judges of Otsego County Courts, duly commissioned and qualified; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and justly believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit, and to the above certificate, to be his genuine hand writing and signature. Witness my hand, and seal of Office the third day of December 1833.
Horace Lathrop Clerk.

20 152
William Crega
Schuyler Crispin Worcester County of Otsego New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Nov 18 33
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the informed notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of William Cuyga
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1 st July 1775 — 9 13 Ensign Capt Dudley 73 years Traditionary only  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their 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 them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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, deponeth 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 he believes that he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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 , in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of New York ) ss. On the 9 th day of October 1833 personally Otsego County - appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County, Simon Sillings William Crego of the Town of Deceatur in the County of Otsego and State of New York aged seventy three, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following de- claration 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 here in States - That in the summer of 1775 he was residing with his father about one and a half mile from Fort Edward on the west side of the Hudson River in the State of New York - That on the last of June or first of July of that year a Company of Militia marching near the Fort volunteered into the service for the purpose of garrisoning the Fort, which and that he the said William Crego was appointed Ensign of said Company; And that said Company was commanded by Capt Gideon Dudley and Lieutenant Joseph Dudley. And he further states that said Company went into actual service at Fort George Edward as early as the first of July 1775 for the purpose of guarding said Fort, which was then under the command of Major Chipman who belonged to Col Warren's regiment, which was at that time stationed at Fort George, except sixteen Men of that Regiment under Major Chipman, and Lieutenant Brown with a Surgeon by the name of Smith, who were stationed at Fort Edward - And the said William Crego further states that he remained in actual service in said Company of Militia stationed at Fort Edward and served as the Ensign of said Company under Capt Dudley from the first of July 1775 until about the first of January 1776. And that he the said William Crego about the first of January aforesaid was ordered with a part of Capt Dudley's Company to the House of a Whig by the name of Isaac Doty within about half- a mile of the Fort, and was there stationed for the purpose of guarding the House and property of said Doty against the Indians and Tories who were then committing depredations upon the inhabitants and their property in that section of Country - And he further states that he

Continued at the House of Said Doy with the men under his command for the purpose aforesaid States, until some time in the month April 1776 when he again returned to Fort Edward and was soon thereafter dismissed from the service by Major Chipman who still continues in command of the Troops Stationed at said Fort - And he the said William Crego further states that he was in actual service in said Company and served therein as Ensign of said Company for at least the full period of nine months and a half - And he further states that he was acquainted with Ensign Putman of Col Warrens Regiment and well recollects that he was killed by the Forreign Indians, during the Summer of 1776. That he was shot within about three miles of Fort Edward and was brought into the Fort and there buried - And he further states that Company Bates furnished the Troops which were stationed at Fort Edward during the service aforesaid mentioned and he the said William Crego frequently saw the said Bates while in the service as aforesaid.
And he the said William Crego further declares in manner aforesaid that he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services aforesaid set forth.
And he further declares in answer to the interrogatories put to him by the said Court in conformity with the instructions prescribed by the War Department in manner following that is to say -
1 st That he was born in the Town of Canaan, Connecticut on the third day of January 1759 - 2 d That he has not now any record of his age. 3 d That he resided at Fort Edward  at the time he was called into the service as aforesaid stated within one mile and a half of said Fort at the time he was called into the service as aforesaid stated. That since the Revolution he has resided at Schoenly and in the Town of Cambridge both in the State of New York - from Cambridge moved to Sharon Vermont. From thence to Union River in the same State, from Union River to Catskill New York and from thence to Worcester in the County of Otsego New York, and now resides in

The Town of Decatur in Said County of Otsago
4 th That he has set forth the names of the officers who were with the troops where he served, in the above declaration as fully, as he can now recollect the same - And also the general circumstances of his services as fully as he can now recollect the same 5 That he volunteered into the service in a company of militia and served as the Ensign of said company during the time above stated - and that he did not serve as a substitute for any other person - And that he was not engaged in any civil employment whatever during said service - 6 That he never received any written discharge from said service - and that he did not receive or hold a commission while in said service as such Ensign as aforesaid - That he was appointed Ensign by the said company, but was dismissed from the service before receiving any commission from the government - 7 And he further states that he knows Sampson French and Amos Crippen Esquires - and Gordon Barrows, Deborah Thompson, Orison Parker & Marilla Brown of 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 - And the said William Crego further declares in manner aforesaid that there is not any clergymen residing in the neighborhood or immediate vicinity of him the said William Crego where he cannot obtain the testimony of a clergymen in compliance with the instructions from the War Department - And he further states that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, and the great length of time which has elapsed since he was a soldier or officer of the Revolution he cannot now say positively as to the precise length of time he was in the service, but according to the best of his recollection he served at least nine months and a half as an Ensign in Capt Dudley's company of militia as above stated - And the said William Crego 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 & subscribed in open court With Wm Crego this 9 th day of October 1833. Thomas Lathrop. Clerk.
State of New York Otsego County ss. I Mr Amos Crippen a Justice of the Peace of the Town of Decatur in said County and Sampson French of the same Place do hereby Certify on oath that we are well acquainted with William Crego, who has subscribed his Name to the above declaration, that we have resided in the same neighborhood with him for several years now last past. That we believe him to be seventy three years of age - that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion, and that he sustains a good character for truth and veracity - Sworn to and subscribed before me the 5 th day of October 1833- Seth Chase a judge of Otsego County Amos Crippen Sampson French
I Seth Chase one of the judges of Otsego county do certify that I am and for a long time have been well acquainted with Amos Crippen and Sampson French who have subscribed and sworn to the foregoing certificate and that they are credible persons for truth and we

varily and that their statements are entitled to full credit and belief
Seth Chase a judge of Otsego County
And the said Grant do hereby declare their 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 that Amos Crippen and Samson French who have signed the foregoing certificate, are residents of the Town of Decatur Otsego County, New York; that they are both credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. A. Wood
Seth Chase
Judge.
Eliza H. Foster

State of New York
Otsego County
3 b: c d Horace Lathrop, Clerk of said County, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the same, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of William Crego for a Pension. - and I do further certify, that Seth Chase, before whom the preceding Affidavit of Amos Crippen, and Hanson Struck, purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, one of the Judges of Otsego County Courts, duly appointed & qualified, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit & to the within Certificate, to be his genuine signature. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 19 th day of October 1833.
Horace Lathrop. Clerk.
29 1832 In the matter of William Crego a Soldier of the Revolution
A. Crippen Schuyler Crippen Norester, Otsego County - N.York

28,
Wm Crego New York
Rev. 7.2481
Suspended
See let to Schuyler Grippen May 7. 1854 See let to Hon S. Page May 21. 1854 uff. 21 st to 10 th Crippen - Aug. 11. '31 Act 9 June '32 to Hon. Wm Taylor 5. Feb. '38 over
✓ Let. to Hon. W. Taylor, June 28, 1838.
Reuben Baldwin June 19 th
1.1

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1863.
2481 ✓ am
P. O. William Crego
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Free Mulberry New York add to residence
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner
Washington City
7

Worcester July 21. 1834
Dr Sir
- Enclosed I send you some additional proof in support of the claim of William Crego to a pension, - his application is now on file, and I believe that the proof now furnished will, or at least I hope it may be deemed sufficient.
Yours Respectfully &c Schuyler Clipperton

Dec 18. 1833 add. evidence for W m Clegg. New York State.
Worcester N.Y. December 16.
Free
James G. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Worcester N.Y. December 10.
Free
Dec 18. 1833 addl. evidence for Mr. Gregg. N.Y. State.
James G. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
1833

Worcester December 9. 1833
James L. Edwards Esquire,
In reply your Letter of the 17th Ult. it appears that the papers of William Crego have been examined, the case suspended and the papers placed on file - for the want of sufficient proof to entitle him, to the emolument of the Grade in which he served - Mr Crego has made out an additional statement on Oath in relation to his Case, explanatory of the reason why he is unable to produce a Commission as evidence of the Grade in which he served - It will be borne in mind, that the Service he rendered commenced in June 1775 and continued until in the Month of April 1776, at which early period of the War the Militia of the Country were in a great measure without organization, and consequently many of the Officers without Commissions - At the time he left the Service in April 1776, he removed one hundred Miles distant from Fort Edward, and never after that period served in Capt. Dudgeon's Company, or had any further knowledge of him or Major Chipman who at the time had Command of the Fort - Mr Crego at the time, was quite young, and knew not from whence a Commission could be obtained, and after leaving the station of Country where he served, never after made any exertion to obtain his Commission - No doubt can exist I apprehend but what Mr Crego did serve his Country as he has declared - Those who know him, and have known him for nearly thirty years past, have not the least doubt but his statement is literally true - He is a man above suspicion, possessing a reputation for truth and veracity, without spot or blemish - I have been personally and well acquainted with Mr Crego for about 27 years last past, and knowing him as I do, to be a man of good reputation and strict moral honesty, I have no more doubt but he served in the War of the Revolution as he has declared, than I should have if he had in his possession the Commission under which he performed the Service - I hope on a re-view of his case, with the additional facts now before you, it may be deemed satisfactory, and that his pension may be granted according to the nature of his claim -
Respectfully Yours &c
Schuyler Crispin

San Diego
L. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
San Diego

Worcester May 15. 1834
Sir
Yours of the 7th instant has been received in relation to the Application of William Crego for a Pension - wherein it is stated that "the Supplemental Affidavit furnishes No evidence that the Claimant ever had a Commission as an Ensign or that he acted in that grade under Competent Authority." It is not pretended by Mr Crego that he held a Commission, but that he was appointed by the Company and acted as an ensign therein - It is not in his power to produce any proof further than he has already done, to establish his Just Claim to a Pension, except it be in support of his good reputation - Mr Crego has resided in this section of the Country for a great number of years past, and his Character for truth and veracity, and his general good Moral Character can be supported by every person with whom he is acquainted - It appears that the service which he rendered was in the early part of the revolution, and in the Militia who were inhabitants of the section of Country about Fort Edward that soon after leaving the service he with his father removed from that section to the distance if I mistake not of about one hundred miles - It certainly can hardly be expected that he can now have it in his power to produce living witnesses to establish his services - The great length of time which has elapsed - and his removal from among those with whom he served so soon after he was out of the service, it does appear to me ought to be satisfactory reasons, why he has not produced the testimony of witnesses in support of his Claim - Was I not well and personally acquainted with Mr Crego, and did I not know him to be a Man of strict integrity, not doubting in the least the truth of the facts shown to by him in his declaration, I should not trouble you with this Communication, But when I consider

His Case under the circumstances rather a hard one, an old decrepit infirm Man, with but a scanty living - and having no doubt but he served his Country as he has set forth, I cannot forbear to ask of you to reconsider this Matter, and if possible to grant him his application -
Should you feel authorized to grant him the pay of a private Soldier, he will acquiesce in this. And Altho' his services were rendered in the Capacity of an Ensign yet not having a Commission, I have advised him, and he has so consented, to accept of the Ordinary Pension of a private - and if necessary will sign a relinquish- ment to a pension except as a private - I do hope that this may be granted to him, —
I am Yours Respectfully &c Schuyler Crispin
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm. of Pensions }

April 2, 1846.
Recd.
Hiram Briggs,
Wm Lloyd, Admrs. B. & Co., Commissioners of Pensions.
Washington.
D. C.

Boston, Mass ts , March 30 th 1846.
Sir,
Hiram Crego of this City, has requested me to submit certain enquiries to the commissioner of Pensions, relating to his Father's claim to a Pension; and solicit some information as to the reasons why the same has not been admitted, or if rejected the reasons of such rejection.
Said Hiram alleges that his Father William Crego was a resident of the Town of Decatur or Decatur in the County of Otsego in the State of New York, when he made his application for a Pension, as supposed under the act of 7 th June 1832. That his agent or attorney was a Lawyer of Worcester in said County, by the name of Grippin &c.
I herein enclose for your inspection, part of a letter from said William Crego giving a detail of his services in Col Warners Regiment in the Revolutionary War. Said William Crego resides, as I understand, with his Daughter at Boonville Oneida County N. Y.
Be pleased to reply to the foregoing enquiries, and transmit to me such information as the Department may think proper, relative to the matter of enquiry.
Very Respectfully Sir I am Your Obedient Servant,
Reuben Baldwin.
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington.

Hon Rep. Washington
June 26 th 1838
Sir
I send herewith a letter from Mr. Johnson enclosing an affidavit relative to Mr. Braggs application for a pension also a letter from Mr. Alons relative to the case of Mr. Reynolds
I hope you will give immediate attention to these cases and with your answer please return to me the letters -
I have the honor to be Respectfully Yours & &c W. Taylor
Hon J. L. Edwards

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Crekenboom, Johannes GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 6955 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept. 9, 1790 to John G. Gebhard, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.