Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 19110, Jason Crawford, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Bonny
Crawford, Jason Strobridge, Bethsheba Strowbridge
W 19110
CONTENTS
This woman's other husband, George Strobridge or Strowbridge also served in the Revolutionary War.
(Former widow)

(2,759)
New York Roll
✓ Jason Crawford
Private Connecticut line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd of Sept r 1818. and sent to Rops and Read, Homer N. York
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 4 M th 15/30 — 36 90 Semi-ann. all ee ending 4 th March 1819 — 48 —
3 years 1779 $ 83 00
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 19th March, 1818. }
Contiguous Bradley 30 Nov. 27 Virgil Portland Co
Application work ver. 4 th 1820 to Joshua Ballard Barnesville Village N. York

State of New York Cortland County ss
Jason Crawford of the town of Virgil in the county of Cortland & State of New York under oath declares on being examined by me John Rupp First Judge of the court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Cortland aforesaid that he was an Inhabitant of the town of Woodstock County of Windham & State of New York Connecticut at the com- mencement of the Revolutionary War - That he the said Jason enlisted in the month of July One thousand Seven hundred & Seventy six into Captain Stephen Lyons company of Infantry at the town of Woodstock for the term of Six months & was discharged from said company on the twenty fifth of December following by Capt Lyons - That he the said Jason enlisted into Captain Eli Catlin's company of Infantry at the town of Woodstock aforesaid in the Regiment commanded by Philip Burr Bradly in the latter part of April or the fore part of May Seventeen hundred & Seventy Seven for the term of eight months & before the eight months expired to wit on the  following or about the last of July or the first of August he the said Jason enlisted into the company of the said Eli Catlin in the Continental army for the term of three years - the said Catlin's company then being in the Regiment commanded by Philip B. Bradly & Brigade of Genl Sedediah Huntington in the Connecticut line - that before the three years ex- pired to wit on the last of August or the first of September One thousand seven hundred & Seventy nine he the said Jason enlisted at Nelsons Point in the county of Dutchess & State of New York into the Infantry company of Captain Elijah Chapman in Col d Philip B. Bradly Regiment & Genl Sedediah Huntington's Brigade in the Connecticut line & in the Continental Army for & during the period of the

war - that the said Jason was discharged at in the woods between West point & Puskkill about the ninth of June 1782 with other soldiers at the close of the war - This deponent took his discharge at that time - and being a single man left it at a friends of this deponent in the state of Vermont after which this deponent sent for his discharge but as this deponent then was in prison it was lost which this deponent very much believes to be true - This deponent knows of a resident inhabitant within the united states of America - The said Jason further saith that from his reduced circumstances in life he needs the sum assistance of his country for a support and this deponent never has had a pension granted him and believes all others and this deponent was a laborer in the revolutionary war as appears by the annexed warrant which was granted this deponent with a soldier - subscribed and sworn this 20th day of April 1818.
Before me John Keep First Judge of Cortland Common Pleas
State of New York
Cortland County
I do hereby certify that the above named Jason Crawford appeared before me and under oath declared the above facts to be true & that I am satisfied that the said Jason Crawford served in the Revolutionary war during the period above mentioned on the Continental establishment & that he comes within the provision of the aforesaid act & is legally entitled to the pension therein provided for a private soldier. Dated April 20. 1818.
20 April 1818
John Keep First Judge of Cortland Common Pleas

Clerk's Office Cortland County Court
I hereby certify that John Nels Berg whose signature appears to the within affidavit is now & has been for eight years anterior to this time first judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County - his acts therefore in that capacity are to be regarded as such & also that the same are acquainted with the hand writing of the said John and verily believe his name to the affidavit aforesaid is his own proper hand writing. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County to be hereunto affixed this 9th July 1818 Sam! Hotchkiss K, Dep. Clerk

District of New York
Cattaraugus County Court of Common Pleas
On this Twelfth day of September 1820, personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Common Pleas and a Court of record within the said District Jason Crawford aged sixty two years residing in said in the County of Cattaraugus and District aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, that he served three years in the 5 and 2 Connecticut regiments under Col. Brundage and General Swift in Capt. Cutler and Robinson's Company that he has a pension Certificate Number 2759
And I do solemnly swear that I was a naturalized citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of the 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, passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
  1 pig  $3.00    1 cow  1.00    1 old kettle & spurn  1.00    1 old iron kettle    1 set of hanging  1.50    1 hay rake  .12     $6.62  
  1 set of old cups     1 sum & 4 knives & forks  50    1 cast iron plate & 2 plates  25    2 milk pails & old shovel  12    1 hammer & 2 pails  55    1 old pine table & 2 old chairs  2.00     3.72     6.62     $10.34  
The occupation of the declarant is a farmer, but unable to pursue steadily any kind of business on account of a lame foot and the total loss of one eye which lameness has been gradually increasing since the year 1780, but not wholly to prevent him from labor till the year 1809 the number of his family is three viz, Betsey his wife, 58 years of age and Robert aged fourteen years  Jason Crawford  Sworn to & declared on the 12th day of September 1820 before  Beulah Miller, Canard C. Read, Judges of Common Pleas  Oliver Wiswell

Joshua Ballard Clerk of the County of Scotland do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule hereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said Court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Eleven Dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this 12th day of September Eighteen hundred & Twenty
Joshua Ballard
Jason Crawford
245 11 Eleven
Jason Crawford
En. C
Eleven

1494. Mary R. Albaugh Bethlehem Stockbridge widow of John Crawford
Reported
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of August 1848 and sent to
W. S. Lincoln Newark Valley Tioga Co. N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 186 Vol. 1

THE NEW TESTAMENT Of our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST,
Translated out of the ORIGINAL GREEK;
And with the former TRANSLATIONS
Diligently Compared and Revised,
By His MAJESTY's Special Command.
Appointed to be Read in Ch
EDINBURGH:
Printed by MARK and CHARLES KERR, His Majesty's Printers. MDCCXC.

Sophia Crawford was Born in Middlesex County of Rutland State of Vermont June the 1785 / Jason
Marcus Crawford was Born in Athens in the County of Windham State a fore said July the eighth 1788 /
Samuel Crawford was Born in Athens County of Windham State of Vermont October the 1790 /
Crawford was Born in Washington County Vermont State of Vermont - February eighth 1794 /
was Born in Washington County of Vermont State of Vermont - June the eighth 1796 /
Sarah Crawford was Born in Washington 1799 / Amanda 1802

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress of the 14th July 1838, and the 23d August, 1842
Compts of Tioga Co. Pa. On this 18th day of July 1844 personally appeared before the Subscribers a Judge of the Court in and for said County, Bethshaba Strobridge, a resident of Tioga in said County and State, aged Seventy eight years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the acts of Congress, passed July 14, 1838, and the 23d of August, 1842, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she was the widow of Jason Crawford who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States. She also declares that she was married to the said Jason Crawford, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five, in Westminister, Westminster County Vermont, that her husband thereafter known as Jason Crawford died on the 23d day of November 1823, Eighteen hundred and twenty three, in Tioga County Pa. was a citizen of the United States. That she was not married to him prior to her leaving the Union, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty five, at the time above stated.
She further declares, that after the death of her husband aforesaid, she was married to George Strobridge in the year 1829, Eighteen hundred and twenty nine; and that he died in the year 1838, Eighteen hundred and thirty eight; and that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me Hanson Munger First Judge of Tioga County
Bethshaba X Strobridge marks
I certify that the above named Bethshaba Strobridge is a person of good faith, and that I consider her to be of the age of seventy years, and that she cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court.
Hanson Munger First Judge of Tioga County
State of New York
County of Tioga ss. Personally appeared before me a Judge of the Court in and for said County, Robert Crawford of Tioga in said County aged thirty eight years and upwards, after being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that his wife Bethshaba Strobridge who is left by him for some time as the late wife of Jason Crawford late a pensioner of the United States, is the daughter in law of his mother, and that the said Jason Crawford the late pensioner was the eldest son of the said mother, all of the same father and mother, that the attached family record is the original family record of the deceased parents said father and mother's family, that it is the identical old record that was used by them in their life.

know of his said father, and at the first recollection of this deposition, that this deponent said father, Jason Cady, died in Nags Head, Dukes County, New York, a Commissioner of the United States on the 23 rd day of November 1820, Eighteen hundred and twenty three, leaving his widow Beth. The day the present application, this deponent's mother, a widow, who afterwards married me 1829, Eighteen hundred and twenty nine, to George Smith, who died in the year 1838, Eighteen hundred and thirty eight, leaving the said Beth, his widow, who still remains a widow. This 19 th day of July 1848
Robert Lawford
Alanson Manger First Judge of Tioga County
I certify that the within and above named Robert Lawford is a respectable person. I also certify that the word "Judge" in the foregoing deposition was written on an erasure & the words "the peace in a poor" were erased.
Alanson Manger First Judge of Tioga County
State of New York Tioga County
I Moses Stearns Clerk of the said County of Tioga do hereby certify that Alanson Manger Esquire before whom the foregoing and within depositions were taken was at the time of taking such depositions, First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, duly qualified in the said County, Commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge Alanson Manger and truly believe the signature to the said depositions an genuine.
Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County at Oswego the 19 th day of July A.D. 1848
Moses Stearns Clerk
11245
Bethshaba Strobridge
N.Y. at 7. July 38
advised 2 yrs since 80.
No 6576 ack 1843
also act James
43
80
Chas Foy wid Seneca Co N.Y.

To Jason Crawford Grading
By Virtue of the Power and Authority to me given by the Delegates in Congress assembled, I do by these Presentes. constitute and appoint you to be a Corporal in the second Connecticut Regiment in the service of the United States of America; you are therefore Carefully and Diligently to discharge the Duty, Pursuant to the trust reposed in you; and you are to observe such orders and Directions as you shall from time to time receive from me; or from your superior Officers according to the Rules and Discipline of war. Given under my hand this first day of January Annoque Domini 1781
Given under my hand this first day of January Annoque Domini 1781
El Lemuel Safford Col. Q. Commr. Genl.

11245
Aug 17 44
N.Y. July 7 1838
Bethesda Shrubbery
Dear Dr. L. L. Edwards
Caret. of Penn Washington D.C.
I
for dec. 23 a person

Ovid Augt 14th 1844
Hon J. L. Edwards
Com d of Pensions
Dear Sir
I beg leave to inclose application & proof in the case of Mrs Strobridge, with an att d family record, I see not why the case is not well made out, I inclose a negative certificate, that no record of her marriage can be found - I remark that she has as I am informed applied before probably in April or May last, or it is possible that she is mistaken, let that be as it may I am now & have long been her Atty & I have made out her papers & here send them, I have her appointment under her own hand the inclosed papers will speak for themselves, I ask only justice to the widow
Respectfully Your Ob d Servt. Arad Jay

Westminster 18 May 10th 3
True Pufford PM
Andr Joy Esq
Quid
Seneca 60
NY

Westminster May 9, 1844
Dear Sir,
There is no record of marriage of M rs Crawford in the books of this town or the town of Putney where Esquire Sabine resided. Esq r S r was notoriously negligent in causing his marriages to be recorded.
Yours &c
Henry Safford

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19110
Bethsheba Strobling Former Widow of Jason Crawford Dis. Rev. War
Act: Feb 29 48
Index:—Vol. M Page 247
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Jason Crawford, New-York Roll, Act of March 18. 1818 - died in 1823.
Be pleased to say to what time he was paid.
Perkins offer } Jan 3 rd 1845. }
Died 30 th Nov. 1823 Paid in full to the day of his death. R. B. Bryan

Albany 6289 New York
Bethsheba Stratbridge for: widow of Jason Crawford who was a Private in the Rev. War
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d day of October 1844 and sent to
Arad Joy, Esq. Ovid. New York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A June 1 st 1844 Vol. 2 Page 85
2 Certs. 1838 5 1843 3/40
Also: under act Set to Agent, Octo. 24. 1844 let to Hon A Dana Jan 4 '45

8809
New York
Bethsheba Strabridge for widow of Jason Cranford who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 23 Nov 1823 of Niagara Co in the State of NY who was a Pri in the Co commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the Conn. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of October 1844 and sent to Mrs Joy Leg. Ave. N.Y.
Total amount, $ 400.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. B. Swann Clerk, Book Vol. 1 Page 181.

Mrs. Strawbridge papers for arrears of her former husband Jason Crawford's Pension
Mr. Edwards will please ascertain the amt due & inform me and I will attend and sign the necessary papers.
A. Dana
Dec. 1/44

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by W. Rice
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier George Strobridge
Service or Strobridge
Additional Service _____
No _____ claim, State records _____, 191_____
No claim, combination records _____, 191_____
REMARKS:
No Surv. or Rejd. found except S. 11487, which cannot be identified with Bethesda Strobridge's husband 3 - 1911 - (no service given in Wid's claim, Chief Division residence different)

State of New York
County of Cortland ss. Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County Gideon Messinger of Virgil in said County aged sixty  forty four years, after being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that from 35 to 40 years since he made the acquaintance of Jason Crawford & his then wife Bethsheba who is now widow Bethsheba Strobridge & who is applying for a pension on account of her first husband the said Jason Crawford who was a pensioner of the United States, and who died in Virgil in November 1823 eighteen hundred and twenty three, that at this defendants first acquaintance, in the year of the Great Eclipse in 1806, the said parties then had children young men & women grown, the eldest 18 or 20 years of age, that the said Jason Crawford, the said pensioner at his death left a widow, to wit Bethsheba Crawford, who was married to George Strobridge in 1829 eighteen hundred and twenty nine, and the said George Strobridge her said second husband died in 1838 eighteen hundred and thirty eight leaving as his widow the said Bethsheba Strobridge, the present applicant for a pension, as the late widow of Jason Crawford, & this defendant deposeth & saith, that she is the identical person, who was the wife of the said Jason Crawford at his first acquaintance. Subscribed & sworn before me, that she is still a widow.
this 3 rd day of Aug - 1844
Gideon Messinger
Caleb Whitney Jr. Sub.
I Certify the above named Gideon Messinger is a highly respectable person Caleb Whitney Jr. Justice.
State of New York
County of Cortland ss. Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Henry  Henry Dufrenning of Virgil in said County aged sixty  seventy seven years, after being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that from thirty five to forty years since he made the acquaintance of Jason Crawford and his then wife Bethsheba who is now widow Bethsheba Strobridge and who is applying for a pension on account of her first husband the said Jason Crawford who was a pensioner of the United States and who died in Virgil in November 1823, eighteen hundred and twenty three; that at this defendants first acquaintance in the year of the Great Eclipse in 1806, the said parties then had children young men and women grown, the eldest 18 or 20 years of age; that this defendant deposeth and saith that the said Jason Crawford, the said pensioner at his death left a widow to wit Bethsheba Crawford who was married to George Strobridge in 1829, eighteen hundred and twenty nine, and that the said George Strobridge her said second husband died in 1838, eighteen hundred and thirty eight, leaving as his widow the said Bethsheba Strobridge, the present applicant for a pension, as the late widow of Jason Crawford; and this defendant deposeth and saith, that she is the identical person, who was the wife of the said Jason Crawford at his first acquaintance; and that she is now a widow -
Subscribed and sworn before me this 3 rd day of Aug - 1844
Henry Dufrenning
Caleb Whitney Jr. Justice
Henry Dufrenning
I certify that the above named Henry Dufrenning is a respectable person
Caleb Whitney Jr. Justice

State of New York
County of Cortland S.S. Personally appeared before me the Subscribers a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Ezekiel Miller of Virgil in said County aged Sixty one - years, after being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that thirty five to forty years since, he became acquainted with Bethshba Strobridge then Bethshba Crawford, the wife of Jason Crawford a pensioner of the United States; that they afterwards became at that time personally acquainted with the said Jason Crawford late a pensioner and his then wife, the present applicant for a pension Bethshba Strobridge and her family; that this deponent in 1806, the year of the "Great Eclipse" deposeth and saith, that the said parties Jason Crawford and Bethshba his wife had children young men and women grown the eldest 18 or 20 years of age at that time; that the said Jason Crawford died in November 1823, eighteen hundred and twenty three leaving a widow, the said Bethshba Crawford, who after a few years, in 1829 eighteen hundred and twenty nine, married to George Strobridge, who died in 1838, eighteen hundred and thirty eight, leaving as his widow the said Bethshba Strobridge the present applicant for a pension and late the widow of the said Jason Crawford a pensioner, and that she is still a widow.
Ezekiel Miller
This 3 rd day of Aug. 1844
Caleb Whitney Jr Justice Ezekiel Miller
I certify that the above named Ezekiel Miller is a respectable person
Caleb Whitney Jr J.P.
State of New York
County of Cortland S.S. Personally appeared before me the Subscribers a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Abraham Smith of Virgil in said County aged Sixty seven - years, after being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith, that thirty five to forty years since, he became acquainted with Bethshba Strobridge, then Bethshba Crawford, the wife of Jason Crawford a pensioner of the United States; that this deponent became at that time personally acquainted with the said Jason Crawford, late a pensioner and his then wife, the present applicant for a pension Bethshba Strobridge, and her family; that this deponent in 1806, the year of the "great Eclipse" deposeth and saith that the said parties Jason Crawford and Bethshba his wife had children young men and women grown, the eldest 18 or 20 years of age at that time; that the said Jason Crawford died in November 1823, eighteen hundred and twenty three, leaving a widow, the said Bethshba Crawford, who after a few years, in 1829 eighteen hundred and twenty nine, married to George Strobridge, who died in 1838, eighteen hundred and thirty eight, leaving as his widow the said Bethshba Strobridge the present applicant for a pension and late the widow of the said Jason Crawford a pensioner and that she is still a widow.
Abraham Smith his Mark
This 3 rd day of August - 1844 John Chamberlain
Caleb Whitney Jr Justice 2 Witnesses
Abraham Smith
I certify that the above named Abraham Smith is a respectable person
Caleb Whitney Jr Justice

Cortland County Clerk's Office SS
I Samuel Hotchkiss Clerk of said County do hereby certify that (Caleb Whiting) an Esq. before whom the within affidavits were taken was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in the said County duly commissioned and sworn and authorized by law to take the same Also that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and truly believe his name subscribed to the within several certificates to be his genuine signature.
Witness my hand and the seal of said County at Cortlandville the 5 th day of August A.D. 1844
Sam Hotchkiss Clerk
Ovid Aug 14th 1844
Dear S. L. Edwards
Comt of Pension
Dear Sir
The reason that the 3 last dispositions on the attached sheet, were not executed by the persons named in them is that they were dead, and the Justice found other persons that were acquainted with the same for all this will account for the erasures & interlineations I enclose the letter recd with this sheet in order stating there you'll
Respectfully Yours A. B. Sweet
Thos. L. Jones

J. G. H Mrs. Strahuder Aug 6. 44
20
Shad Day Exp. Ovid
Virgil my Augst 63
Seneca 60 A. M.

Virgil August 6/46.
Mr Enclosed you have three reports which I hope will be satisfactory. Those Persons you named were dead or left town —
Respectfully yours
J. C

a. 2 6289
Admitted
W. S. Lincoln Newark Valley Tioga Co NY

State of New York } S.S. Rutger County } ss
On this 12th day of July 1848 Person- ally appeared before the undersigned William Slosson of the District of the Peace in and for said county. Betsheba Storbridge a resident of the town of Otego in the County of Rutger and State of New York aged Eighty four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2nd February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of George Storbridge who was a Private in the war of the Revolution and that under the act of 17th June 1844 she has received Eighty Dollars per annum until March 4th 1848
She further declares that she is still a Widow
Sworn to and subscribed on the 3rd day of July 1848 day and year above written before Betsheba X Storbridge Mark
William Slosson Justice M. L. Lincoln Witness to the mark Rutger County ss.
We the undersigned certify on oath that we are acquainted with Betsheba Storbridge above named and that she is the widow of George Storbridge and has been drawn a pension as above stated to her
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 12th day of July 1848 William Slosson Justice
Chas. R. Lincoln Geo. M. Slosson
I certify that the above named Betsheba Storbridge cannot write.
William Slosson Justice

State of New York Troya County
I, Moses Stevens clerk of the county court of the county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William D. D. is a justice of the peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his commission was dated on the 1 st day of January 1845 and will expire on the 31 st day of December 1848, and that his signature within written is genuine,
Given under my hand and the seal of the said county this 24 th day of July 1848.
M. Stevens clerk