Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2428, Rodrick Craig, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. b.
Craig, Roderick
R. 2428
Born in England
CONTENTS

State of Indiana Henry County to wit
In the Henry Probate Court Be it remembered that on this the Eleventh day of November AD 1834 personally appeared in Open Court before the Honorable Jesse Staily probate judge of the County of Henry and State of Indiana Rodrick Craig a resident of the said County of Henry and aged Eighty four years who after being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit Of an act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 the benefit of an act of Congress That he volunteered in Service of the United States in the fall of 1781 in the County of Randolph State of North Carolina Under Capt Elijah Williams and Colonel Belford the names of the other Officers he cannot recollect Owing to his Aged age and bad memory we marched in the said fall of 1781 after the Tories from the said County of Randolph to Moore County in the State of North Carolina aforesaid we there rema- ined there One month watching the movements of the Tories and from there we returned to the said Coun- ty Of Randolph we were then discharged by our said Capt for the space of three days and that in the mean time that we were discharged by our Capt the Tories Returned to the said County of Randolph and Killed our Colonel we then returned and on pur- suit of them the Tories and followed them back to the said County Of Moore and followed them back and forward for the space of two months after our

said three days discharge during all which time we served Three Months he hereby Relinquishes every Claim whatever to a Pension or an annuity of Pension except the present and he declares that his Name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any state
Roderick his Craig Mark
Sworn and subscribed this open Court the day and year aforesaid Eli Murphy Clerk
Whereupon the Court propounded the following interrogatories to the Applicant
Ques Where and in what year were you born Ans I was born in England in the year 1750
Ques Where were you living when called into service Where have you lived since the revolutionary war And where do you now live
Ans I was living in the State of North Carolina when called into service and remained there for ten or twelve years after the revolutionary war and from there moved to the state of Ohio and there remained for six or seven years and from there removed to Henry County Indiana and have there remained ever since
Ques how were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute And if a substitute for whom
Ans I was a volunteer in Capt Williams Company
Ques State the names of some of the regular

Officers who were with the troops where you served and such Continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services
Ans Our officers were Capt Elijah Williams & Col Belford & the general circumstances of
My service is stated in my declaration
2 Did you ever receive a discharge from service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Ans I need nothing but a verbal discharge Ques State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood who can testify to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution Ans There are John Colburn William Stett and the whole neighborhood besides
We John Colburn a clergyman residing in the said County of Henry and William Stett a resident of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Roderick Craig who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be the 84 years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
John Colburn
William Stett
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department

that the above named Applicant was a revolution- ary Soldier and served as he states and the County further Certifies that it appears to them that John Coleburn who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the said County of Henry State of Indiana and that William Dutz who has signed the same is a resident of the County and State last aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Yrs. S. M. H. P. P. H. C. L. Eli Murphy Clerk of the Henry probate Court do certify that the foregoing contains a the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Rodnick Craig for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this the Eleventh day of November 1834 Eli Murphy Clerk A.P.6.

Newcastle Ind a
Oct 9-54
M. Grove -
Enq: whether the name of Roderick Craig - is to be found on the rolls of the Revolutionary Army -
G 97. October 12-1854
3 d Auditor
Recd. Oct. 13 th /54. 14 th ditto
M c Kinley.
No Rolls of the Revolutionary Army on file in this Office.
Respectfully referred to the Commissioner of Pensions.
Third Auditing Office
October 14-1854
Robt. J. M c Kinley
Auditor

New Castle Indiana Oct 9 th 1852.
Hon Secretary of War.
Dr Sir.
Rodrick
Craig. enlisted in the Revolutionary war in the North Carolina Militia (perhaps) and his bil. might have been Belford , of that state. He enlisted probably in Randolph Co. N.C.
These are about all the particulars that I can now give, and Mr Craig has now deceased and his children wish to know if his name can be found upon the Rolls, in your Department Please answer and much oblige Those interested
Respectfully
M. G. Rose

Copied from M.E.E. Hist. July 20-1928.
January 22, 1932.
BA-J/ADY Am
Mr. J. M. Craig, R. R. 2, Knightstown, Indiana.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one Rodrick Craig, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, R. 2428, based upon his military service in that war.
Rodrick Craig was born in 1750 in England.
While a resident of Randolph County, North Carolina, he enlisted in the fall of 1781 as a private in Captain Elijah Williams' Company, Colonel Belford's North Carolina Regiment and served three months.
After the Revolution he remained in North Carolina about twelve years, then moved to Ohio where he lived for sixteen years (county not named) and from there he moved to Henry County, Indiana.
He applied for pension November 11, 1834 while living in Henry County, Indiana, but his claim was not allowed as he did not render six months military service as was required by the pension law.
He died prior to October, 1854, leaving children; date of his death and names of wife and children not given.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Eli Murphy -
July 1831 -
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W. H. 11. P 1831

Department of War Pension Office July 12/1835.
Sir
The claim of Rodrick Craig has been rejected. the service itself is of a very questionable character, but as it amounts to three months only, if its character had been different the claim could not have been admitted.
I am
Ed Murphy Esq. Col. Probate Court Co. Newcastle Ga

Rodrick Craig Indiana
Rejected. —
Sitw 12 July: 1835
Eli Mayshew. — M. Grose 17 Oct. 1834.
2428
1832

Dec 8 Patrick Craig Ind. 2 Henson 3 papers 3
New Castle Ia Nov 11 18th
Free How Lewis Cass
Secretary of war Washington City D.C.

REJECTED
2428 P. O. Roderick Craig Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
1917 Mar. 31 - Hirt. to Mrs. Claribel McMillan, p. 4 1928, July 20, Hirt. to Clarence A. Smith, M.E.E. 1932 Jan. 22 Hirt. to J. M. Craig, Atty.

166 Pension Office. 17 th Oct. 1854.
Sir,
In reply to yours of 9 th instant, I would inform you it is contrary to the rules of this office, to report to you the condition of the claim of Roderick Craig unless you file here a Power of Attorney authorizing your agency. The application of Roderick is upon our files.
W. Grose Esqr. New Castle. Indiana.

Historian Incl Jan 3 rd 1932
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C. Hon. Sir, I am tracing the Records of Roderick Craig a Soldier of the Revolution from Randolph Co North Carolina. I want the Date of His Enlistment his age at time of Enlistment, the reg- ment in which he served, and Name of the Genl in Command Thanking You in advance I am Your J. M. Craig RR.2 Knightstown Ind

Sanborn, N. Mch. 14-17 U.S. Commissioners of Pensions Washington D.C. Rev Ser Dear Sirs: -
Am trying to obtain proof of the war record of my great-great-great grandfather Roderick Craig who served as a soldier during the entire Revolutionary War.
I think he was from North Carolina am not sure it might have been South Carolina, but one of them anyway.

I do not know that he was a Pensioner I am willing to stand any necessary expense in looking up this man's war record.
Can you give me any information?
Respectfully yours.
Mrs Claribel McMillen Sanborn, Ia

HENRY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 614 SOUTH FOURTEENTH STREET NEW CASTLE, INDIANA
February 7-1928.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
July 2/28 Will you kindly furnish our organization with record of service of and any data your files show regard- ing Samuel Ambrom , pensioner of the Revolutionary War, resi- dent of Randolph County, Indiana in 1840 ?
Also of James McCallon, said to have been a pensioner thought to have lived in South Carolina ?
Also of Rhoderick Craig, a reputed servitor who settled at early date in Henry County, Indiana ?
Thanking you for all service,
Very truly yours
Ambrum S. 32095 Clarence H. Smith
Secretary
TP-2428 The Patrick Henry Chapter, S.A.R., of Henry County, Ind.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Rodrick Craig a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( his ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. R. 2,428
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Fall 1781 3 mos. Elijah Williams Belford N.C.                                     
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Randolph Co., North Carolina.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 11, 1834.
Residence at date of application, Henry Co., Indiana.
Age at date of application, born in 1750 in England.
Remarks: after the war he remained in N.C. ten or twelve yrs., then moved to Ohio for sixteen years, & from there to Henry Co., Ind. He died prior to Oct. 1854 - date not given. Names of his wife and children are not stated.
* Claim was rejected on the ground that he did not perform six months' service as required by the act of June 7, 1832 under which he applied.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

M. E. E.
July 20, 1928
Clarence H. Smith 614 South Fourteenth Street New Castle, Indiana
Sir:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 2428, it appears that Rodrick Craig was born in 1750 in England.
While a resident of Randolph County, North Carolina, he enlisted in the fall of 1781 as a private in Captain Elijah Williams' Company, Colonel Belford's North Carolina Regiment, and served three months.
After the Revolution he remained in North Carolina about twelve years, then moved to Ohio where he lived for sixteen years (county not named) and from there he moved to Henry County, Indiana.
He applied for pension November 11, 1834 while living in Henry County, Indiana, but his claim was not allowed as he did not render six months military service as was required by the pension law.
He died prior to October, 1854, leaving children; date of his death and names of wife and children not given.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner