Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 2547, John Critchfield, N.C.

SERVICE
Nb.
britchfield, John
NUMBER
R 2547
Born in New Jersey
CONTENTS

State of Tennessee
Clayton County, I do hereby certify that on this the 14th day of
December A.D. personally in open Court before the justices holding the County Court for said County and Noli Selling John Crickfield a President in the Affair and County of Clayton and State above written aged seventy seven years who being first sworn duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the service under the following named officers and served as stated in the following That he volunteered under Captain Wm. Underwood in Surry County in the state of North Carolina; before I volunteered I was in Captain Woodbridge's Company of County Militia; but I found the Volunteers under Capt. Underwood as stated before, the two Companies was 10th of the  organised in the month of January 1881 and another Company the name of the Captain not recollected under Maj r Winston we volunteered for Six months tour and a Battalion was ordered to march on to the South to reinforce Gen l Morgan there; a few days there was before the battle of the Cowpens, we marched in the direction of the Cowpens on through County withs to a creek called Bunings Creek one of the branches of Catawba river and there received the news of the success of Gen l Morgan & Col Washington over Hutton and we was ordered back to Gen

Green to reinforce him who was retreating from Cornwallis; Genl Morgan Main army did join Genl Green and croped Dan river in the edge of Virginia after; when Cornwallis turned back to Hillsborough Col. Hutton was over on the Dor River; undata place called Whetstone mills a detachment of the British fell in with us twice as strong as ours and the order of our Maj or Winston was to us to save ourselves by re- treating we then did retreat in the direction of Genl Green's army but we was unable to to join Genl Morgan and Green until after the battle of Guilford Courthouse which was in the first part of the month of March; having been intercepted by the British; they were still in the country around; Genl Green marched on to the South and Cornwallis marched on to Petersburg. Soon after the battle of Guilford we found Green; our time was out the 10 th of July in 1781 being a Six months term as a volunteer a part of my time of service I was sick and left on the road so when the company was discharged I could not be there on account of my being sick; and I never applied to the Captain for a written dis- charge after; is the reason I have no discharge I have no documentary evidence of my service and I do not know of any living witness by whom I can prove it by; and have to prove it entirely by my own oath; my Capt was alive a few years since but I have understood that he is now dead As a reason why I have not applied sooner I can offer two reasons one is I had only served a Six months term and knew the allowance

would be very small and I was in a situation at that time to live without it; but the main reason was I have lived very sequestered and very much out of the way of correct information was informed that I would have to prove the actual services by two witnesses and I did not know where to find them the only one that lived near me that I knew of died about the passage of the law and I give it up not expecting to be able to prove my services
I was born in Sussex County State of New Jersey moved to Surry County North Carolina when I was and lived about thirty six years on Thomas Creek I was sixteen years old when I moved there and found the services soon after; then I moved to this County and remained some years & moved to Indiana and back again to this County have lived twenty four years here and in Indiana together Joseph Peter was my Lieutenant and Samuel Caloway was the major in our company he hereby relinquishes every claim 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 and has no agent or attorney except his present agent Dr A D Bell of Fayetteville & has sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
John he,  X Gatchfield War.
And we Jacob Cloud residing in the County aforesaid and Joseph Bant for residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Gatchfield who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy six years old that he is reputed and

in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and served as he states and we concur in that opinion Sworn and subscribed the day and year first above written
Jacob Blood
Joseph Hamilton
Court
And the said do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further informs that it appears to them that Jacob Blood who has signed the preceding certificate is a respectable man resident in this county and that Joseph Hamilton is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit on oath And I William Neil Clerk of the County Court of Clackson and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Crotchfield for a pension In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed my seal of office this 22nd day of December 1838
William Neil (Clk)

34.678 John Crouchfield Turnpike

And the said Clerk do further certify that the foregoing question was duly propounded and the answer duly recorded in open Court and in the presence of the Court with all other matters appertaining to the application of the said John Crisfield to be placed on the pension roll of the United States for his revolutionary services given under my hand and seal this 30 th of Decr - 1838
William Neil Clerk of the County Court of Claiborne County
And I Peter Neil presiding justice and chairman of the said Court do certify that William Neil is the Clerk of the said Court which is a court of record and full faith and credit is due to all his official acts given under my hand this fourth day of Decr 1838
Peter Neil Chairman of the County Court of Claiborne County

The following Question was propounded by the said Court in attendance with the instructions from the pension comm- issioners and the answer duly recorded Ques 1 st where and what year was you born in Sussex County New Jersey in the year 1783
2 nd Ques 3 have you any record of your age if so where is it ans r I have no record of my age
3 rd Ques where were you living when called into service where have you

lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live on? in Surry County North Carolina and am now living in Henrico County & Tennessee
4 th Ques? How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute if so for whom Ans. I volunteered
5 th Ques? State the names of some of the reg- lar officers who were with the troops where you served such continental or militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service Ans. I turned out to go to Genl. Morgan under Major Winston in Captain Underwood Company found Genl. Green after the battle of Guilford and discharged in the south
6 th Ques? Did you ever receive a discharge from the service if you did what has become of it?
Ans. I did not receive a written discharge for the reasons before given I was sick 7 th Ques? State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution
Ans. Mr. Cloud Dr. Hamilton Elisha Wallen Peter Hofacker John Pusey and indeed all of my neighbors

And the said Clerk do further certify that the foregoing questions was duly propounded and the answers duly recorded in open Court and in the presence of the Court with all other matters appertaining to the application of the said John Brittonfield to be placed on the pension roll of the United States for his revolutionary services given under my hand and seal this 30 th of Decr 1838
William Neil Clerk of the County Court of Claiborne County
And I Peter Neil presiding justice and chairman of the said Court do certify that William Neil is the Clerk of the said Court which is a court of record and full faith and credit is due to all his official acts given under my hand this fourth day of Decr 1838
Peter Neil Chairman of the County Court of Claiborne County

John Archfield Tennessee
Rejected
See let 26 Jan y 39 Hon. A. McClellan
3547
did not serve six months,
Act of June 1832

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
2547
P. O. _____
John Crouchfield
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Original application for a Pension Revolutionary
From: John Crutchfield Oct 1832.
Three
M c L. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions War Department City of Washington
Dec 20

2 Lawrence B Lee 1838 7th of Jan
Dear
Sir I enclose you the claim of John Critchfield for a pension for his revolutionary services as a volunteer in the state of North Carolina on examination if placed on the pension roll as early notice of the same as is convenient would be desirable he is really needy and is generally thought to deserve it you will please give me the result as soon as you can and very much serve yours Most obediently
Mr J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington