Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 16940, Joseph Cross, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
born.
cross, Joseph Seriah
W 16940
CONTENTS
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11.938 R
New York
Joseph Crofts
of Genesee Co. in the state of N. York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel C. Webb of the Connecticut line, for the term of 3 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence the 9th of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th of June 1819 and sent to Roswell Babbitt, Esq.
Rochester, N. York
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 9\frac{27}{31} 70.96 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4th Sept. 1819 40.00
$126.96
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Genesee County -
Date of soldier's death not enq'd

Joseph Cross application
Joseph Cross, priv. Genesee County, N.Y. 3 years in Col. Chas. Webb's regiment - Connecticut line.
On Roll - 1777 - 3 yrs -
9. May, 1818.
Approved
X
Admitted.
Ralph Parker , judge
Roswell Babbitt, agt. Rochester, Genesee County, N. York.

State of New York
Greene County On this ninth day of May in the year 1818 before me the Subscribed one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Greene and State of New York personally appears Joseph Graft aged sixty one years resident in the County of Greene and State of New York who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to entain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" That the said Joseph Graft enlisted in the month of April in the year 1777 in the town of New London in the State of Connecticut as a private in the Company com- manded by Captain Jonathan Parker in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Leland Charles Webb of the Connecticut line that he con- tinued to serve in the said Company and in the service of the State of the United States until the month of April in the year 1780 when he was discharged from service at Springfield in the State of New Jersey That he was in the battles of White Marsh, Brandywine and that he is in reduced circumstances and now is in need of assistance

of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said Service except his discharge minutes answered — Joseph Cross
Sworn to and declared before me this day and year aforesaid —
I Ralph Parker One of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of the county of Seneca, in the State of New York as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joseph Cross did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy. And I now transmit the proceedings and Testimony Taken and had before me to the Secreta- ry of the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid Act of Congress
Ralph Parker Judge.
And I do hereby further certify that from the oath of Judge Limbecker I am satisfied that the said Joseph Cross is in reduced circumstances and absolutely needs the assistance of the country for his support
Ralph Parker
I hereby certify that the Court of Common Pleas of Seneca County is a Court of Record in the

State of New York and that Ralph Parker Esquire was on the ninth day of May in the year 1818 one of the Judges of the said Court and that the official signatures to the declaration and certificates herunto annexed are his signatures
In testimony whereof I have herunto affixed the seal of the said Court the 8 th of June A.D. 1818 S. Cummings Clerk

3631
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Albany New York
Sarah Coop
widow of Joseph Coop accd
who died in the month of February 1824 of a fever in the State of N.Y.
who was a Private in the Comp. commanded
by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded
by Col. _____ in the Comp. line
for 1 year
Date of widow's death not on W.R.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Octo 1841 to D. Pomeroy Hackney Corner, N.Y.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1841 $840.00
Pemi-annual allowance ending 4th Oct 41 $40.00
$880.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3rd
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk Book _____ Vol. 1st Page 109

V
4581
In the matter of Seriah Crop widow of Neh Crop Pension
application for Pension
Act. July 4. 1836
Married 1778 or 1779
Husband died Feb. 1820
Married 8 Feb 1780 S married 8 Feb 1780 discharged May 1780
admd 2 yrs pri 80 $
No deduction
D. Pomeroy Esq Hickory Lane N.Y.

State of New York
Niagara County, On the Eighth day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before the Judges of the court of Common Pleas of the County of Niagara in said State, Seriah Crop a resident of the Town of Lockport in the County of Niagara and State of New York aged about seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to law, do on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 in relation to the widows of the soldiers of the Revolution & extending to widows the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That she is the widow of Joseph Crop a private soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner that said Joseph Crop resided at the time he died in the then Town of Murray now Clarkson in the County of Monroe in the State of New York and died in February 1820 and that she is the Seriah Crop mentioned in the annexed affidavit of Orastus Crop.
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Crop in the town of Stafford in the State of Connecticut but cannot tell the exact year but that it was after the commencement of the Revolutionary war and that he had been in the service as a soldier previous to the said marriage and that after said marriage of the Defendant with the said Joseph Crop he enlisted as a soldier for three years and served as such to the close of the war. Should think and believe as near as she can recollect that she was married in the year 1778 or 1779 and that to the best of her knowledge & belief there is no record of said marriage. And she further declares that she has not been married since the death of said Joseph Crop but still remains a widow of the said Crop.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Seriah Crop her mark
H. Cooke Clerk      Witness H. Cooke Clerk
I H A COOK of the court of Common Pleas of the County of Niagara and State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings

-Mss of the said Court relative matter of the dissolution of Sarah Corp for a new one and dissolution of Joseph Corp In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand Seal of my office this Eighth day of June one thousand Eight Hundred and twenty nine H. S. Cook Clerk "

The following persons were lawfully joined in marriage agreeable to the law & usages of the state of Connecticut by me Isaac Foote Esquire Justice of the town of Stafford & county of Tolland To wit Uriah Clough to Mary Brutt married November 22 nd 1779
Alexander Glasp & Lemina Gustin } Square And } pond Caleb Carlton & Margaret Day } settlement were married November 22 1779 }
Cummings Peace of Somers & Thankful Cleland were married January 12 th 1780
Jonathan Hitchcock to Molly Wood married January 13 th 1780
Joseph Crop to Zeruiah Warner Married February 8 th 1780 (eighth day of February one thousand seven hundred & eighty)
We Isaac Foote Junior & Hiram Foote of Smyrna in the county of Chenango & State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing is an exact copy from the book of records of marriages made & kept by Our Father Isaac Foote senior without any omission alteration or addition until after the record of the marriage of Joseph Crop excepting that in the original the date is in figures only whereas in the copy the date is written at full length in addition to the figures as in the original record
We further certify that our Father is now according to his record ninety five years old

That he is entirely blind & wholly incapable of transacting any business whatever Subscribed and sworn before Isaac Foote Junr. on this 20 th September 1841: Hiram Foote Nathan Suttill Justice of the Peace
I am intimately acquainted with Isaac Foote Junior & Hiram Foote and know them to be men of truth & veracity & they appeared before me and acknowledged that they signed the above this twentieth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred & forty one - (Sept 20 th 1841)
Nathan Suttill Justice of the Peace
I Certify that I am personally acquainted with Isaac Foote Senior & have been for the last thirty five years & know that he is blind & unable to attend to any business And I further certify that I saw the original record as certified by Isaac & Hiram Foote and know it to be in the hand writing of Isaac Foote Senior
Nathan Suttill Justice of the Peace
I further certify that Isaac Foote junior & Hiram Foote made oath before me that the foregoing certifi- cate by them subscribed is true
Sept 20 th 1841
Nathan Suttill Justice of the Peace

State of New-York, } ss. CHENANGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, ALFRED PURDY, Clerk of the County of Chenango, and of the County Courts of said County, do hereby CERTIFY, that Nathan Suttiff Esq., whose name is subscribed to the an- nexed, or foregoing Affidavit was on the 20th day of September 1841 a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly qualified, and that full faith and credit are to be given to his official acts, as such; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Nathan Suttiff and verily believe that the signature to the annexed Certificate is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the SEAL of the said County, the 24th day of Sept 1841 A Purdy Clerk

March 28, 1936
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Florence Sheehan 131 Chestnut Street Battle Creek, Michigan
JOSEPH CROSS W. 16940 BA-J/MLB Am
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Joseph Cross who served in the Revolution from Connecticut and in 1818 and 1819 was residing in Genesee County, New York.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 16940, based upon service of Joseph Cross in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not shown.
Joseph Cross enlisted in April, 1777, in the Town of New London, Connecticut, served as private in Captain Jonathan Parker's company, Colonel Charles Webb's Connecticut regiment, was in the battles of Whitemarsh and Monmouth and was discharged in April, 1780.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed May 9, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-one years and residing in Murray, Genesee County, New York. In 1819, that part of Murray in which the soldier resided became Clarkson, and in 1821, that part of Genesee County in which Clarkson was located became Monroe County, New York. He died in Clarkson, Genesee County, New York, in 1819, in February, 1820, or in 1821 (all three dates shown).
Joseph Cross married February 8, 1780, Zerniah (otherwise known as Seviah) Warner, in Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut, of which place they were both then residents. Their marriage was recorded in the book of marriage records kept by the officiating magistrate.
Soldier's widow, Seviah Cross, was allowed pension on her application executed June 8, 1839, at which time she was aged about seventy-eight years and a resident of Lockport, Niagara County, New York.

Joseph Cross and his wife, Zerniah or Seviah, reared a family of children, but it was not stated how many children they had, nor were any of their names given.
In 1838, Erastus Cross, nephew of Joseph Cross, was a practising physician and surgeon of Darien, Genesee County, New York, the names of his parents not stated. There are no further family data given in the claim.
Very truly yours
G. H. SWEET Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Sept 22, 1900 High Mrs. Mary W. Cross, Cambridge Mass.
1935 Jan. 26 - Heir to Mrs. Estella Cross Riley - MCB
1935 - Feb. 7 - Mrs. E. C. Riley also heir rent. 3 cent stamp set. MMVB
1936 Mar. 28 - Heir to Florence Sheehan - MCB
16940
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16940
Mary Cross
Widow of Joseph Cross
born Nov 1892
Act: July 24th 1936
Index: - Vol. A, Page 155
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York Genesee County ss 88
Erastus Cross of the Town of Darien County & State aforesaid Physician & Surgeon being duly sworn deposes & says - That he is well acquainted with Sarah Cross of Lockport in the County of Niagara & State aforesaid. That she was married to Joseph Cross an uncle of this deponent in the Year of 1778 in the Town of Stafford in the State of Connecticut. That this deponent was then acquainted with her previous to her marriage and that her name was Sarah Warner that he was not at her wedding but it was published previous to her marriage according to the customs & Laws of Connecticut, & there is no record of it as this deponent is informed & believes. That this deponent has been acquainted with said Sarah Cross ever since said marriage. That she lived & cohabited with said Joseph Cross as her husband until his death which was in the Year of 1821 and since which time the said Sarah Cross has remained a widow to the knowledge of this deponent. That this deponent is a Practising Physician & has been frequently called & prescribed as a Physician in said family of Joseph Cross aforesaid. and that they had a family of Children to the knowledge of this deponent - all of which this deponent verily believes to be true Sworn & subscribed the 28 day of December 1838 Before me, Thomas Riddle Commissioner of deeds for Genesee County
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Genesee County ss: I Thomas Riddle a commissioner of deeds for said county do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with Erastus Cross who executed the foregoing affidavit, that he is of good moral character, and reputable in his profession and consider his testimony entitled to credit.
Thomas Riddle

State of New York } ss. Genesee County
I certify that Thomas Riddle was a Commissioner of Oaths of said county at the time of taking the within affidavit and that the signatures to the certificates thereto are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 28 th December 1838.
M c Alister Clerk

4581 June 15.
Mr. Edw. H.
Claim Senat. Crap.
Edwards
July 18 36
Com. of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington City D.C.

Hon Com' of Pensions
Sir
Enclosed the application of Sarah Crop the widow of Joseph Crop a Revolution -any Pension for a pension as early an answer as possible will oblige
Yours Respectfully Wm L Cummins
Albany Lockport Niagara Co. New York May 8/39

State of New York
Nassau County ss. Seriah Crops being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath further say that she was married to Joseph Crops in the town of Stafford in the State of Connecticut, but cannot recollect the exact year I has no means of ascertaining other than her recollection But is certain that it was after the commencement of the war and after her husband Joseph Crops had been in the service as a soldier, and that after her marriage with him he again became a soldier enlisted for three years and served until the close of the war. As near as this Deponent can recollect she was married in the month of February I think on the 13 th in the year 1778 or 1779. She married against the consent of her parents & friends. And this Deponent saith that she has recently left the town of Stafford aforesaid and has been unable to find any record of her marriage or to find any person who knew her at the time of her marriage and she very well believes that there is no such record in existence.
And this Deponent further saith that she has no means of ascertaining the date of her husband the said Joseph Crops death: but according to her recollection it was in the year 1819 or 1820 that at the time the said Crops obtained his pension and the time it was allowed he resided in the town of Murray in the County of Genesee State of New York. And that he continued to reside in the same place until and at the time of his death.
And this Deponent further saith that she is informed & believes that in the year 1819 a town called the town of Clarkson was formed out of that part of the town of Murray in which the said Joseph Crops resided, and that afterwards the said town of Clarkson was set off from the County of Genesee on to a new County called Monroe County this was in 1821 and that said town of Clarkson is now in said County of Monroe.
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 14 th day of November 1859 Wright Lattin Commissioner of deeds Seriah her X mark Crops

State of New-York Niagara County
On this fourteenth day of November the thousand eight hundred & thirty nine. Leviah Cross came before me and acknowledged that she executed or signed the within affidavit. And I certify that I know the said Leviah Cross who signed the within to be the same person as the one execution was done in my presence & I was also a Subscribing Witness; Wright Lattin . Comm d of deeds
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Niagara County Clerk's Office, }
I William A. Cook do hereby certify that Wright Lattin — before whom the annexed instrument of writing purports to have been proved or acknowledged, was, at the time the certificate of such proof or acknowledgement bears date, a Commissioner of Courts in and for said County, duly appointed and sworn, and authorized by the Laws of said State, to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with his writing, and verily believe his signature subscribed to said CERTIFICATE, of proof or acknowledgement, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of said County, at Lockport, this fourteenth day of November A. D. 1839.
W. A. Cook Clerk.

J. L. Guterius
27 Sept 1839
OL

489 War Department Pension Office 27. Sept 1839
Sir, The paper of Mrs. Leviah Crops widow of Joseph Crops has been examined & filed - The claimant is required to file in a supplemental affidavit the date of her marriage to produce record evidence that as well as the date of her husband's death. She will also give the name of the town & County in which she resided immediately before his death and at the time her claim to a pension was allowed - The date of her marriage. Record evidence of marriage is required in every case similar if attainable. The entry  date of the Such evidence may be found either in the church or in the office of the town clerk of the town in which the claimant resided at the time it took place.
John L. Cartenias Esq. Lockport N.Y.

J. L. Cartwright
20 Dec. 1839

285 War Department Pension Office
20 Dec 1839
Sir The additional supplemental affidavit of Mrs Leviah Cross recited in your letter of the 11 th also has been examined - The proof in relation to the date of the Claimants Marriage is insufficient & no evidence than of cannot be found that fact should be established by a witness who can specify the date of his own knowledge - The record of the birth or baptism of the Claimants eldest child may serve as evidence in this case
J. L. Cartwright Esq. Lockport N.Y.

1824
Mr. C. H. Williams
Lockport
Niagara County
New York
Amesbury 29th June {

State of New York Chenango County } ss
Isaac Foote Esq: of Smyrna in the county and State aforesaid, being duly sworn. Deposeth & saith That in the year 1780 he, this Deponent resided in, and was an Inhabitant of the Town of Stafford, in Tolland County, in the State of Connecticut, and was then a legally appointed and Officiating Magistrate in & for said Town - And that he, this Deponent, was well acquainted with Joseph Crofs and Zerniah Mann, (otherwise called Leviah Mann) then residents of the aforesaid Town of Stafford - And that the said Joseph & Zerniah were, on the Eighth day of February in the aforesaid year 1780, by him, this Deponent, united in Marriage agreeably to the Laws of said State of Connecticut - And further this Deponent saith not.
Isaac Foote
Subscribed and sworn before me
28 th January 1840
Nathaniel Lathrop Justice of the Peace

Smyrna January 29 th 1840
Mr C. H. Williams
Dear Sir,
Your letter of the 13 th Inst. came duly to hand, and I have obtained from my Father the testimony you desired, tho' to obtain the Clerks Certificate which is thereunto annexed has caused some delay, as I have to go ten miles to obtain it.
My Father, by reason of age, is scarcely able to write, or transact any business - Still he has a perfect recollection of the Marriage of Mr Cross, and his record of Marriage, which he has carefully preserved for sixty years, confirm the fact.
great busi
Wishing you success in your undertaking and desiring, for myself & Mrs Foote, to be very kindly remembered to your Wife
I am respectfully Yours
Hiram Foote

the above is a true copy of the original State of New-York, { ss. CHENANGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, ALFRED PURDY, Clerk of the County of Chenango, and of the County Courts of said County, do hereby CERTIFY, that Nathan Silliff Esq., whose name is subscribed to the annexed, or foregoing Instrument of affidavit was on the 27 th day of January 1840 a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly qualified, and that full faith and credit are to be given to his official acts, as such; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace and verily believe that the signature to the annexed Instrument of affidavit is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the SEAL of the said County, the 28 th day of January 1840
Alfred Purdy Clerk

Feb. 13. 1840
The Hon J. L. Edwards
Senate floor
Commissaire of Pensions Washington DC
FREE

Lockport Niagara County NY February 5 1846
Hon. S. Edwards
Sir
Mrs Sarah Crop the widow of Joseph Crop deceased a pensioner having recently ascertained that the person by whom she was married is living and his affi- -davit which with the papers on file will I hope be fully satisfactory Respectfully
Yours John L. Custer Atty

Nov 25
my Add Prof. Service Bros.
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Stearns
Thos
Commonwealth of Public Washington D.C.

Hon J L Edwds
In
I enclose a further affidavit of Leviah Brop widow of Joseph Brop a Revolutionary pensioner which with the previous declaration & accompanying affidavit together will prove satisfactory
Respectfully Yours John L. Cuytunus
Atty Lockport Niagara County N York
Nov 16 1839

J. L. Cummins 10 April 1840
OL

Prison Office
10. April 1840
Sir The affidavit of Isaac Foot relative to the marriage of Mrs Sarah Cross is recd - Mr Foot should give furnish an exact transcript of the record in his possession
John L. Curtinius Esq Lockport N.Y.

cut to arti or
Richardson W.H. Esq. July 31 st
Aug 6. 1841
My Hon. J. L. Edwards Country Prison Washington.

Hickory Corners N Y July 31 st 41
Hon J L Edwards Commissioner of pensions
Sir
Sarah Crops
(The widow of Joseph Crops a revolutionary soldier & a pensioner) called on me yesterday said she made application for a pension some time ago but had not yet obtained it wished me to write you & ascertain what further proof she must make in order to entitle her to it Your reply at your earliest convenience will confer a great favor on a poor & destitute widow
Respectfully
Yours &c
P. Pomeroy

Al. Pomroy
Augst. 9 th 1841
AL

Pension Office Augt 9, 1841
Sir
Your letter upon the subject of the claim of Senah Crops widow of Joseph Crops du ty has been rec d .
The Dept t deems it proper, that the Record of the marriage of Mr Crops now in the possession of Mr Poole of Smyrna should be forwarded to the Office. After an inspection of it, it may be again returned.
From the present proof it appears that the marriage took place on the 8 th Feb 1780 at Stafford in Holland County Conn, only one month and 20 days before the late husband's discharge from his 3 rd service at Springfield N.J. to wit May 1 1780.
Some further explanation is required.
Yours
A. Ranney Esq Hickory Corners N York
July 7, 1826 45 81

Hickory Corners Augt 31 st 1841 Hon J L Edwards
Sir
Yours of the 9 th inst relation to widow Crops' pension was duly recd - I saw her to day & related to her the substance of your communication She wished me to write her story & send it to you & if it is a satisfactory explanation she should be glad - but if it is not - she says she is not able to be at any more trouble You wrote that you wanted the record of her marriage - She says they once sent you some papers from Judge Foote in relation to it & that you replied they were not satisfactory - They then sent to Mr Foote again - his son re- plied to her letter saying his Father had lately had a fit of apoplexy & was blind and nearly senseless & that they could not do any thing more for her - - she then concluded that she never should trouble you any more - - and noth- ing but suffering for the necessaries to support life induced her to ask me to write you You write also that it was only one month & twenty days from the time of her marriage in Connecticut until he was discharged in

Springfield New Jersey - This (she says) is positively a mistake - for she very distinctly recollects that at the time of her marriage Mr. Crops had almost 3 months to serve - and that it was more than three months before he got home again - - The reason why they were married before he was discharged was, Mr. Crops was on business with one of his officers at a place then called Ware-house-point on Connecticut river and only thirteen miles from home that he got leave to go home & as they had for a long time been „Cried off“ (I suppose this term means published under the Connecticut blue laws) they thought best to be married - & Mr. Crops returned in a day or two to his officer at Ware house point - She says she don't know as she can give any further explanation - or do any thing more - for she has not got one cent that she can take to pay any expenses - Mr. Foote sent her a bill of expenses with his first papers for money paid out - - when she sent again - she sent the money - but when the letter got to him the money was not in it & she has not been able to get the money for him - nor enough to pay the postage on a letter to him
This is her own story & in her own words
I am respectfully Your Obt Servt
D. Personay

Hickory Corners N.Y.
Sept 2
James D. Townes
Sept: 10. 1821
D. Comey - resht. widow, crs 13
Hon J. L. Edwards
Comm t of Pensions
Washington D.C.

W. Pomeroy Sept 25 1841

Sir
Gen: off
Sept. 25 th
423.
'41
In reply to yours of 31 st ult in the case of Mrs Seriah Cross I have to inform you that the proof of the alleged date of the marriage is altogether unsatisfactory to show but it is sufficient to show that the relation of husband & wife prior to Aug 94 so as to bring her case within the act of 7. July '38-
Her claim will not be allowed under the act of 4 July '36 unless it is shown by record & documentary evidence that she was married to her late husband at the designated period which was a short time before he fulfilled his 3 rd enlistment while he was in service
D. Pomeroy Esq. Hickory Corner. N.Y.

Oct-14. 1841
Miss Mary Anne May Pike
By Hon. J. L. Edwards Counsel of Pro Se Washington

Nichory Corners Oct 9 th 1841 Hon J L Edwards Court of Pensions - Sir
Soon after I wrote you on the 31 st Aug t widow Crops came to see me again & was so anxious that Judge Foot's record should be had that I went to Smyrna to see if it could be obtained
On account of the numerous records & memorandums of his official acts while magis- trate & Member of assembly in Con. & the same in this state - he was also appointed first judge for the county of Cheneango at the time it was organized & held the off- ice until he was 60 years of age - he has also kept the record of his & all his childrens families in the same book & almost every day he wants them to look in it - therefore his children are not willing that the book should go to Washington while he is living - but have copied all that they & the best counsellors in the county that wo- uld be required or wanted by you - The sa- me I herewith forward to you
I am respectfully Yours
Yours, of the 25 Sept is rec d
D Pomeroy

V N. York
Seriah Crofts
bt. to J. L. Carter 27 Sept. 1837
to same 20 Dec 1837
to same to 4 April 1840
To H. H. Murray Aug. 29th 1841.
to same Sept. 25th 1841
Act July 1836

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10 Cross d 1821
Senah — In 8 Feb 1778 or 1779
Wed May 1779 Apr 77 3rd — died Spring 1778
Apr 1780 —
Cape of P. R. R. but G. H. H. H.
June 5 77 3rd d. May 1 1780 Rills
C. C. P. Mill d. June 1 1778
Cape of P. R. R. d. June 8 1778
On Dec 79 Capt W. along at B. R. R.
a mid 80 — died May 1 1780
a mid 80
a mid 80
On Dec 79

Northfield Falls, Vermont,
Jan. 29. 1935.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
At the suggestion of Brigadier General E. T. Conley, Washington, D. C. I wrote you Jan. 24. asking information as to any genealogical data on re- cord pertaining to one Joseph Grose Soldier of the Revolution. (He enlisted in Conn. June 5 th 1777. Discharged May 1 st 1788) and have never rec'd a answer. I would appreciate a reply to this enquiry at an early date. I am particular anyone to learn the birth place of Joseph Grose, where he enlisted and where he was dis- charged, etc.
Thanking you,
Very truly.
(Mrs) Estella Grose Riley.
Northfield Falls Vermont.
34 stamps enc

Northfield Falls Vt., Jan. 3: 1935
Veterans Administration, Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I am writing to get further details of the record of one, Joseph Gross a soldier of the Revolution. He enlisted in the State of Conn. June 5 th , 1777 as private in Capt. Jonathan Parker's Co., in 2 d regimint; Col. Chas. Webb commanding, discharged May 1 st 1780. I am particular anxious to learn the place of his birth.
Thanking you
(Mrs) Estella Gross Riley

Northfield Falls Vt.,
-12-17-34
Adjutant General, War Department Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I have learned from the Vt. records of the war of

Battle Creek, Mich March 2, 1936
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
May I have the pleasure record of Joseph Cross, a Connecticut soldier, who lived in Seneca County , N.Y. in 1818 and 1819 age 78?
I am particularly interested in knowing his exact place of residence the names of his children if given & any other family data.
Thanking you in advance for any information you can give.
Yours very truly,
Horace Sheehan 131 Chestnut St Battle Creek, Mich

February 7, 1935
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Mrs. Estella Cross Riley Northfield Falls Vermont
JOSEPH CROSS W. 16940 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of January 29, in which you state that you have received no reply to your letter of January 3, in which you requested the Revolutionary War record of Joseph Cross, of Connecticut.
The Revolutionary War records show that the record of Joseph Cross, W. 16940, of Connecticut, was furnished you January 26, 1935. It is presumed that you have received it by this date. Letters in regard to Revolutionary War soldiers are answered as rapidly as possible in order of receipt.
Your three-cent stamp is returned herewith. No postage was necessary in this instance.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

January 26, 1935
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Mrs. Estella Cross Riley Northfield Falls Vermont
JOSEPH CROSS W. 16940 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Joseph Cross who served in the Revolutionary War from Connecticut, under Captain Jonathan Parker and Colonel Charles Webb.
The record of Joseph Cross is furnished herein as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 16940, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given.
Joseph Cross enlisted in April, 1777, in the Town of New London, Connecticut, served as private in Captain Jonathan Parker's company, Colonel Charles Webb's Connecticut regiment, was in the battles of Whitemarsh and Monmouth and was discharged in April, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 9, 1818, at which time he was sixty-one years of age and residing in Murray, Genesee County, New York. In 1819, that part of Murray in which the soldier resided became Clarkson, and in 1821, that part of Genesee County in which Clarkson was located became Monroe County, New York.
He died in 1819, February, 1820, or in 1821 (all three dates shown), in Clarkson, Genesee County, New York.
Joseph Cross married February 8, 1780, Zerniah (otherwise known as Seviah) Warner, in Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut, of which place they were both then residents. Their marriage was recorded in the book of marriage records kept by the officiating magistrate.

Soldier's widow, Seviah Cross, was allowed pension on her application executed June 8, 1839, at which time she was aged about seventy-eight years and a resident of Lockport, Niagara County, New York.
Joseph Cross and his wife Zerniah or Seviah, reared a family of children, but it was not stated how many children they had, nor were any of their names given.
In 1838, Erastus Cross, nephew of Joseph Cross, was a practising physician and surgeon of Darien, Genesee County, New York, the names of his parents not stated. There are no further family data given in the claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator