Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12633, Azel Crandell, Conn.

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brandell, Agel or brandall
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14714 New York Sylvester Brandell
Issued me in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Buckley of the Reg't commanded by Col. H. S. for the Revolutionary War for Militia for 30 days
★ Conn. Line. Revolutionary War Records corrected.
Enrolled on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars 33 Cents per annum commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of June 1833 and sent to Park Binghampton N.Y.
Arrears to the 14th of Mar 1833 $ 40:66 Penuant. allowance ending 1/2 Sep 33 10:16
$50:82
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk. Book E Vol. 4 Page 51
Letter to W. H. Patterson, Greene N.Y. and to Pension agent.
Nov 14. 1833. - do. to P. W. Olcott at P. W. Agt. April 3. 1835 - do. to same April 24. 1835 - do. to same Dec. 21. 1835 - D. H. Clarke 14. Oct. 1854.

A. G. Crandall; Declaration 10071.
Geo. Park Ague Pynghamton N.Y.

State of New York
Rose County G. Personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said County of Rose Azel Crandall who being duly sworn saith (in amendment to his original Declaration made before the Court of Common Pleas of said County on the 20 th day of August 1832) that the officers under whom he served as stated in said Declara- tion were Capt. Eliphalet Buckley, and Capt. David Farbox - Col. Obadiah Hosford - Major Jeremiah Mason - He further saith on his oath aforesaid that there is no Clergyman residing in his neigh- borhood or vicinity, which he assigns as the only reason why the affidavit of one was not obtain- ed and annexed to his original declaration.
He further states that he has no documentary evidence and knows of no one living by whom he could prove his services as heretofore stated
Sworn and subscribed this 28 th day of February 1833 before me Geo. Park
Azel Crandall marks

State of New York Rensselaer County } ss
I B. Marion Clerk of said County do Certify that George Park before whom the within affidavit purports to have been taken was on the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for the County - that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and believe the signature of Geo. Park thereto to be genuine
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 26th day of March 1833.
B. Marion Clerk

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
State of New York } G. Broome County }
On this 30 th . day of August 1832. personally appeared in open Court, before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting. Abel Crandall a resident of Chenango in the County of Broome and State of New York aged Seventy Seven 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. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. —
That he entered the service of the United States as a Volunteer at Hebron in the State of Connecticut in the beginning of the Winter in the year 1775, under Capt. Eliphalet Buckley of Colchester (in the State Troops as he believes,) and was marched to Roxbury near Boston where he was stationed for two months and ten days and then dismissed, he enlisted again in the Fall of 1776 in Capt. Farbox's company of Militia, and was ordered to Kings Bridge where he remained two months and 8 days and was dismissed and returned home. He enlisted again under Capt. Farbox at New London, Connecticut. and was stationed at that place a month and a half and was discharged in 1777; that he never received any written discharge, but the troops were dismissed by verbal orders, he cannot recollect the names of any officers of the regular Army, — Gen. Jones commanded at N. London. —
That he was born at Westerly in the State of Rhode Island in the year 1755 on the 31 day of March but has no record of his age, but the record is kept in said town of Westerly by the town Clerk. That since the Revolutionary war he lived

in Polland, Connecticut. until about 18 years since When he removed into Milford Otsego Co. N York where he lived 8 or 9 years thence to Greene Chenango Co. and last Spring to Chenango Broome Co. N.Y. where he now resides. — 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 of the agency of any State —
Sworn to and subscribed the day and Year first aforesaid in open Court
B. Marvin Cluett Crandal mark
We David Chaplin — residing in the town of Chenango County of Broome and State of New York and Jonathan Collins residing in the same hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Asa Crandall who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 77 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 & subscribed the day & year aforesaid David Chaplin
B. Marvin Cluett Jonathan Collins
And the said Court do hereby declare their opin- =ion, after investigating the matter and after put- ting 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 David Chaplin — who has signed the preceding Certificate is a resident in the town of Chenango — in the County of Broome and State aforesaid, and that Jonathan Collins, who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town — And is a credible

person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Barzillai Marvin Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Broome do here by certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Abel Crandall for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 30th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. —
B. Marvin Clerk

Pension Office. 13 th October 1854.
New York Rolls. { Act. 7 th June 1832. } $20.33 per annum. }
Agab Brandell.
To what time paid?
When did he die?
W. Cole
for Commissioner.

Azee Pandal paid to 4 March 1838 V. R. J. Stevens Auditor

Perkins
12,633 INVALID.
12,633
File No. 12,633
Agelbranda
Phil. Row. un.
Act: June 7th 1852.
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

June 19 Mr. Gibbs
Sir,
Hon. Louis Cap Secretary of War
{ care of J. L. Edwards pension office }
Washington D. C.
[Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page]

State of New York
Chemung County } SS
Abel Crandall being duly sworn deposes and says that he received a pension certificate from the Pension office at Washington certifying that he this deponent was entitled to a pension of twenty dollars and thirty three cents per annum from the 4 th day of March 1831 to the 4 th day of the same was received some time in June last by George Park Esquire the agent of this deponent and this deponent further saith that one George Newell of Binghamton Broome County New York went to the agent of this deponent (George Park) and by false pretence obtained possession of the certificate above mentioned and that afterwards to wit on the 1 st day of July 1833 the said George Newell persuaded this deponent to authorise him to draw what money then was due on the said certificate and that papers were made out and signed by this deponent authorising the said George Newell to draw the money due thereon from the 4 th day of March 1831 to the 4 th day of September 1833. And this deponent further saith that the said George Newell did not draw the money owing to a mistake in the papers that he this deponent has since refused to authorise the said George Newell to draw any and demanded the certificate of the said Newell who refused to give the same up to this deponent or his agent. And this deponent further saith that the said Newell pretends to claim the money due thereon for a debt due to him by one Daniel Chaplain and this deponent further saith that he has reason to believe and does believe that the said George Newell intends to defraud this deponent out of the money due on his said certificate and that it would be unsafe for this deponent to authorise the said George Newell to draw the money due on his said certificate and that the said Newell still refuses to give up the possession of the same and this deponent therefore requests that a new certificate may be allowed. And so to this deponent and further saith not.
In the sixth line the words "that the same" written on an erasure before execution
his
In the 31 st line the words "the said Newell" written on an erasure before execution
Abel Crandall
Sworn and subscribed this 14 day of October before me, Warren Gray J.P.

State of New York } Chautauqua County } David Chaplin being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he has heard the within affidavit read and knows the facts set forth therein are true And this deponent further saith that the said Aspel Crandall is the identical person mentioned in a certificate of which mention is within made and further saith not Subscribed and sworn the 14 th Day of October 1855 before me Warren Gray J.P. David Chaplin
State of New York } Chautauqua County } Erastus Woodruff being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he knows that George Newell mentioned in the affidavit of Aspel Crandall has the certificate also therein mentioned and refuses give the same up and further saith that he knows Aspel Crandall who made the within affidavit to be the identical Aspel Crandall mentioned in said certificate And further saith not. Erastus Woodruff Subscribed & sworn the 14 th Day of October 1855 before me Warren Gray J.P.
State of New York } Chautauqua County } David Chaplin being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Aspel Crandall and knows that as from old age and a nervous infirmity that he makes his mark in lieu of writing his name Subscribed and sworn the 14 th of October 1855 before me Warren Gray J.P. David Chaplin

Greene Nov. 22 1833.
Dear Sir
On the other half sheet are affidavits of Mr Agel Crandall, and of Messrs Chaplin and Woodruff by which you will see that the old man will be deprived of his pension without the aid of the department by granting a new certificate, I have enquired into the facts and am well satisfied that Mr Small retains his certificate without better cause, indeed I think it is a case of fraud and one which will warrant the department in interfering in behalf of an old soldier, these affidavits have been retained by me for the purpose of finding out the truth of the whole matter, and I am satisfied that the affidavits contain the truth, Mr Crandall wishes you to grant him a new order, as soon as proper he is an old decrepit man and suffers for the necessaries of life -
Your Obt. Servant
W. M. Patterson A. M. Greene
Hon. Lewis Cap

Chenango Co. N.Y. State of New York Chenango County } ss
Be it known that before me, Warren Gray Esq. a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid. Personally appeared Azel Crandall, and made oath in due form of law, that he is the identical Azel Crandall, named in an original pension certificate, now illegally withheld by George Merrill of Binghamton, N. Broome County, under the following circumstances, viz. The said Azel Crandall on the fourth day of July 1833. made application to said Merrill to make out his papers, and draw the money then due him the said Azel, that said Merrill agreed he would do so. And after procuring the said certificate and the necessary papers which were executed to draw the said money then due the said Azel, declared that he would retain and keep the said Pension Certificate and the said moneys so to be drawn, to pay a debt due him the said Merrill from David Chaplin a son in law of said Crandall, and the said Merrill since so retain and keep the said Pension Certificate, which said Certificate was obtained from the War Department by George Park Esq. of said Broome County and that the said Merrill and that the said Merrill does still retain and illegally withhold and refuse to deliver up the said Certificate to the said Azel, and still holds the said Pension Certificate in his the said Merrill's hands. That there was due him on the 4 th day of March 1835) the sum of Thirty Dollars and forty nine cents, being one year and six months pay. That the said Azel is entitled to a pension of Twenty Dollars and thirty three cents in year on account of services rendered to the United States, during the Revolutionary War, that he served in Captain David Parbat's company of infantry in Col. Hosford's regiment, that he now resides in Greene in the county of Chenango and has resided there for the space of two Years last past, and that previous thereto he resided in the town of Chenango, Broome County. Azel Crandall Sworn and subscribed this 5 th day of March 1835. before me Warren Gray. J.P.

State of New York ) ss Chenango County )
David Chapman of Greene in said County being duly sworn, says, that he is well acquainted with Azel Crandall, who has signed the annexed paper and knows that from old age and inability he is unable to sign his name.
Subscribed and sworn to this 5 th day of March 1835 before me, Warren Gray, J.P.
David Chapman
Know all men by these presents that I Azel Crandall of Greene in the County of Chenango a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint My Attorney for me and in my name to receive from the agent of the United States, for paying Pensions in the City of Albany the amount of my pension due me from the 4 th day of September 1833 to the 4 th day of March 1835.
Witness my Hand & Seal this 5 th day of March 1835 Sealed and delivered in presence of
Orad Gilbert Warren Gray
Azel Crandall mark.
State of New York ) ss Chenango County )
Be it known that on this fifth day of March 1835 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Azel Crandall, to him known and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his free act & deed.
The foregoing whereof I have hereunto set my Hand, the day and year last above written.
Warren Gray, J.P.

State of New York ss Chenango County
Greene March 3 rd 1835 — Conformably to the regulations of the War Department of the 27 th of October 1832. I Warren Gray a magistrate of the County above named do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence from the affidavit of Mr David Chaplin that Abel Randall who this day appeared before me to take the oath of Identity is the identical pensioner he declaring himself to be in the unrescued abundance, and I am also satisfied that the statement made by him in relation to the pension Certificate is true.
Given under my Hand at said Greene the day and Year above written
Warren Gray J.P.

Merch ts & Farmers Bank Albany Pension Agency April 18. 1835.
James L. Edwards Esq re , Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir, In compliance with your instructions of the 3 d inst. I enclose copies of the affidavits in the case of Abel Brandall, whose original Certificate is detained from him. The originals of the enclosures are deposited with this Agency.
I am, Sir, with great respect Yours ob t Serv t ?
R. W. Cleveland Actg Pension Agt.

Oxford Chenango Co N.Y. October 3, 1854
Dear Sir
Azel Brandall formerly of Greece in this County now deceased was a pensioner as a soldier in the "revolutionary war" - He is dead, there is some back pension but his certificate cannot be found. Will you inform me of the date of his pension certificate, the amt of his pension, and to what time the same has been paid.
Respectfully Yours Dwight H. Clarke
Commissioner of Pensions

Dec 7.
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Meek & Farnes Bank Albany Pension Agency Dec r 1. 1835.
James L. Edwards Esquire Comm r of Pensions.
Sir In pursuance of instructions contained in your letter of the 24 th of April last, we paid on the 4 th of June last the semi-annual stipend due to Abel Brandall on the 4 th March preceding, upon Vouchers submitted to you - These Vouchers have lately been returned to us from the Treasury Department, suspended for the want of an authenticated copy of the original Certificate - It being a case when the original was withheld from the Pension, we are unable to furnish a copy, and must therefore ask your aid to enable us to do so.
Very Respectfully
Your ob t Serv t
Thos. W. Cleveland

Free
Abel Brandell at 32 Dey- EE
Official Business
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

10611
Azel Brandall

10611
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Azel Grandall which require further proof or explanation.
 I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? It does  II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? He did  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? He has  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? He has  VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? He has not  VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? He has  VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? He has  IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? He has  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? It is, & is so distinguishable 

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 clergyman's evidence.
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 he has not.
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?
And is the official character and signature of the magistrate 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? They are.
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? They are.
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."

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.