Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,547, Curtis Crane, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conu.
Crane, Curtis Elizabeth
N. 16,547
CONTENTS

1886 Sept 30 B.C. Gardner for the object of the enquiry 1886 Oct 7 C.C. Gardner with history Prior
Albany 1305 Elizabeth Crane w of Curtis Crane
who died on the 14. Oct. 1827 of Chautauqua Co in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Walker of the Regt. commanded by Col. McClain in the Com. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany in rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum. commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10. day of Aug. 1837 and sent to John Crane Fredonia, N.Y.
  Arrears to the 4th of March '37  480.00    Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. " "  40.00     $ 520.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 — }

State of New York Chautauqua County ss. On this twenty sixth day of June A.D. 1837 before me Benjamin Walworth one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas held in & for the said County of Chaut- auqua & State aforesaid at the town of Pamelia in said County, personally appeared Elizabeth Crane a resident of the town of Pamelia aforesaid aged 83 years, and being known to me the said judge to be unable from age and badly infirmity, to attend personally any of the Courts of Record held in & for said County at the place where all such Courts are appointed to be held for said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4. 1836: That she is the widow of Curtis Crane, late of the town of Eaton in the County of Madison and State aforesaid deceased, who was at first a private and afterwards a corporal in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary war. That the said Curtis Crane enlisted for during the war into a Company of Grenadiers commanded by Captain Walker (who resided then at Hartford Conn. as she believes) in Colonel Webb's Regiment at Wethersfield in the State of Connecticut in the Fall of the year 1778, according to the best of her recollection, but in what month or on what day of the month she cannot, from infirmity and loss of memory, now state. That at the time of the said Curtis Crane's enlist- ment as aforesaid, he had been married to this declarant about four years.
That he continued in actual service in the Revolutionary army as she has always been informed by him and other Revolutionary soldiers for four or five years and from the time of his enlistment till the month of June of the year 1783 with the exception of 40 days for which time he had a furlough from the Army to return home and visit his family, his son in his absence having broken his leg.
That he marched with the troops, first to Rhode Island where he was in a fight or skirmish with the British, then back to Wethersfield & down to West Point - thence to New Jersey where he was in a battle or skirmish with the British at Springfield as she believes on the retreat.
That he was discharged from the service of the United States at or near West Point as she believes about the month of June 1783 as she has been frequently informed by him and verily believes and that he returned home about the last of June 1783 and brought home with him his discharge signed by General Washington, which this declarant has often seen, but which he sold or gave away with his claim to 100 acres of land in Ohio to a man whose name this declarant does not now recollect for a quarter of a century.

She further declares that she was married to the said Curtis Crane on the sixth day of Adaph in the year 1774 at Withersfield Conn. that her husband, the aforesaid Curtis Crane died on the fourteenth day of October 1827 at Eaton Madison County N.Y. and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before me.
Elizabeth Crane
W. Woodworth
Judge Chautauqua Comm. Pleas
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Elizabeth Crane the above declarant and do believe her to be a person of good moral character and of truth and veracity.
I do further state from actual knowledge of her situation that in my opinion she is unable from age and bodily infirmity to attend any of the Courts of Record of said County.
Dated June 26. 1837.
W. Woodworth Judge Chautauqua Com Pleas

State of New York } ss. Chautauqua County }
Shebael Button of said County being duly & sworn deposeth and saith that he knew Curtis Crane in his life time - That he resided in the town of Eaton in the County of Madison N.Y. until his death which took place at Eaton aforesaid in October A. D. 1827 and that in the opinion of this deponent the said Curtis Crane at the time of his death was over eighty years of age.
This deponent further saith that at the time of the death of the said Curtis Crane he was currently informed and does merely believe that the said Curtis Crane was a Soldier and served in the war of the Revolution & such was the general reputation, repute and belief of the neighborhood where he lived & died.
Shebael Button
Sworn before me, a Justice of the Peace of Chautauqua County } N.Y. June 19. 1837
Jacob Houghton, J.P.
State of New York } ss. Chautauqua County }
Henry Crane, aged 51 years, being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the son of Curtis Crane deceased and of Elizabeth Crane, the surviving widow of said Curtis Crane. - that he this deponent was born in Withersfield, Conn. where his Father's family resided previous to and during the Revolutionary war and for several years after the close of the war. - That he has always resided with his parents and in the same family until his said Father's death which occurred on the tenth day of October 1827, according to his best recollection & belief, in the town of Eaton in the County of Madison & State of New York, where this deponent and his said parents then resided and that he this deponent continued to reside at Eaton aforesaid after the death of his said Father and with his Mother Elizabeth Crane, until September 1835 when he removed from Eaton aforesaid to the town of Pamfret in the County of Chautauqua N.Y. with his said Mother, where this deponent and his said Mother now reside and live together in the same family & that she has never been since married but is still the widow of the said Curtis Crane deceased.
This deponent further saith that while living in his Father's family he has often heard his said Father, Curtis Crane, converse with his family and with others who were called and generally reputed to be Revolutionary Soldiers

about his service in the war of the Revolution, - the incidents which took place during the war up to its close and about his discharge which was signed and given him by General Washington and about his selling his discharge together with his right and claim to 100 acres of Land in Ohio, or giving them away to a man (whose name this deponent does not now remember) for a quarter of Beef which was called three dollars.
This deponent farther saith that from information derived from his Father and from other well known Revolutionary Soldiers, he does verily believe that he enlisted into Col. Webb's Regiment of Continental troops in the year 1778 for during the war, and that he did actually serve, (with the exception of a period of 40 days for which he had a furlough to go home & visit his family in sickness) the whole of the time from 1778 to the close of the war. Sworn before me a Justice of the Peace of Chautauqua County N.Y. June 20. 1837. One line on first page interlined before signing. Henry Crane
Jacob Houghton, S.P.
I certify that I am well acquainted with Shubael Button and Henry Crane, the foregoing deponents, and know them to be men of truth & veracity. June 20. 1837. Jacob Houghton, S.P.
State of New York, County of Chautauqua I George W. Lew Clerk of the County of Chautauqua, do certify Jacob Houghton was a Justice of the Peace & that Hon Benjamin Walworth was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, at the date of their several acts above & within mentioned - duly commissioned & sworn - And that I am well acquainted with their hand writing, and verily believe the within and foregoing signatures purporting to be theirs, are genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said County this 27. day of June 1837. G. W. Lew Clerk

Wethersfield, Conn. June 12 th 1837.
This certifies all whom it concerns that the late Rev. John Marsh, D.D. my predecessor & for a time my colleague in the ministry kept from Jan'y 12. 1774, a very full record of those who were joined in marriages by him , & of those who owned the covenant & of the children baptized in this place - that in this record there is nothing of the marriage of Curtiss Crane who was an inhabitant here in 1776 - but it is thus entered under a record of the names of those, who have owned the covenant."
A.D.
1776. Jan'y 7. Elizabeth, the Wife of Curtiss Crane ." Also
A.D.
1777. Febr. 7. Curtiss Crane." Also under the record of Baptisms it is thus entered,
A.D.
1776. Jan'y 7. William, Son of Curtiss Crane, Baptized on his mother's account ."
A.D.
1777. Febr. 21. Curtiss, Son of Curtiss Crane.
A.D.
1793. Febr. 17. Nancy & Charles, children of Curtiss Crane;" baptized by Rev. Mr. Brown.
A.D.
1795. Oct. 11. Lydia Platt, daughter of Curtiss Crane."
A.D.
1798. Febr. 18. John Williams, son of

Curtiss Arny, baptized by Rev. Mr. Rowland!!
These two children were baptized publicly , in Church , as appears from the text, that private Baptisms appear to have been always thus entered; "Baptized in private, being sick , or the mother being dangerously sick "; but no such entry is made against either of the individuals before named.
Attest Caleb J. Tenney, Pastor of the First Church in Withersfield -
State of Connecticut
Hartford County } ss Withersfield June 13 th 1837
Then came there personally appeared the above named Caleb J. Tenney, known to me to be the present Pastor of the First Congregational Church in Withersfield aforesaid, and also to be a credible witness, and made solemn Oath to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing Certificate by him subscribed. - Before me Alfred Francis Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut Hartford County - ss
Sarah Wilson of Wethersfield in Hartford County aged Eighty nine Years being duly cautioned & sworn doth depose & say that she was well acquainted with Curtis Crane formerly of Wethersfield & with Elizabeth his wife - that S d Elizabeth is the Sister of this deponent. that deponent is strongly impressed with the belief that she this deponent was present at the marriage of S d Curtis & S d Elizabeth & has no doubt of the facts that she was so present but from her age & infirmity & decay of memory feels unwilling to swear positively to the fact that said marriage she well knows took place before the Revolutionary War. & that S d Curtis & S d Elizabeth had one more children before S d Curtis entered the Revolutionary Army or while in the service which army he did enter in the Year 1775 - & this deponent fur- ther says that S d Curtis & Elizabeth were together as husband & wife from a period before the Revo- lutionary war until their removal from this town raising a family of children & were in good standing & of good reputation. & were always reputed & believed to be husband & wife in this neighborhood & vicinity - If any suspicion had existed that they were not legally married this deponent must have heard of it. as she has always resided within less than half a mile of the place in which they lived while they remained in this town - that they so lived together & were reputed to be husband & wife both before & after S d Curtis entered the service. & further this deponent saith that she is not interested in this matter & will neither lose or gain by the event of this application & further this deponent saith not
Sarah her Wilson mark
Sworn & subscribed this
13 th day of June 1837 before me Alfred Francis Just. of Peace

State of Connecticut Hartford County } ss
Elisha Williams, of Wethersfield in said County being in the Seventy ninth Year of his age & being duly cautioned & sworn doth depose & say that he was well acquainted with Curtis Crane formerly of said Wethersfield & with Elizabeth his wife. that although the deponent was not present at the marriage of said Curtis & Elizabeth, he well knows that said Curtis & Elizabeth cohabited as man & wife & lived in the Family State before the Year 1774 & even afterwards so long as they remain- ed residents of this town, which as this deponent believes was as late as the Year 1800 if not later that during all this period the said Curtis & Elizabeth lived together as Husband & Wife both before & after he said Curtis entered the Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War. & were generally reputed in the neighborhood where they lived in said town & through- out this community to be husband & wife - That they were of good reputation in this community had a family of Children & no doubt was ever expressed in the hearing of this deponent that they were lawfully married. That during all this period the deponent resided within less than half a mile of the said Curtis & Elizabeth. & further this deponent saith not
Elisha Williams
Sworn & subscribed this 13 th day of June 1837 before me
Alfred Francis Just of Peace

O. W. & N. Division.
7816547
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
F. C.
Bureau of Pensions,
M.B.C.
Washington, D. C., April 20, 1895.
Madam:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Curtis Crane --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     He enlisted February 28, 1778, for the war, as a private in Capt. Wooster's company, Col. S. B. Webb's Conn. regiment; promoted to Corporal, June 1, 1781; probably discharged in June, 1783.  
Battles engaged in, Springfield.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Weathersfield.
Date of application for pension, by widow, June 26, 1837.
Residence at date of application, widow, Pomfret, Conn.
Age at date of application, of widow, eighty-three years.
Remarks: The soldier married Elizabeth (maiden name not stated) October 6, 1774, and died October 14, 1827.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. Mary C. Lowell,
Box 5,
Commissioner.
Hastings, Minn.

Apr. 20/75 Will Hist. & Mrs. Mary J. Lowell, Box 5, Hastings, Minn. P.A. & L.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 165-47
Elizabeth Crane
Wid of
Charles Crane
prior to Mar
Act: July 1 st 1860
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 155
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Application of 2409 Elizabeth Crane for a Pension
6 10 28
Returns to be made to
Elizabeth Crane Fredonia Chautauqua Co. N.Y.
or to
John Crane atty at Law & her agent Same place.
Admitted Private 2 years

State of Connecticut Hartford County
Ann Johnson of Wethersfield in the County of lawful age being duly cautioned & sworn doth depose & say, that she was acquainted with Curtis Crane & Elizabeth his wife. That said Curtis & Elizabeth lived together as & were reputed to be husband & wife in this vicinity & throughout this town, both during the Revolutionary war & after its termination. That said Curtis was in the service in the army & during his service as well as before & after lived with said Elizabeth as his wife & maintained together the family state. That while said Curtis & Elizabeth lived in this town this deponent resided for the great part of the time within a few rods of their dwelling & never heard an intimation that they were not legally husband & wife. That they together brought up a family of children & maintained a good & respectable stand- ing in society. That this deponent well recollects the baptism of many of their children - & among the rest was present at the baptism of Henry Crane their son by the Rev. Dr. Marsh.
This deponent is altogether disinterested as a witness & will neither gain or lose whatever may be the result of the application of further this deponent saith not
Ann Robertson Ann Johnson
Sworn to subscribed this 13 th day of June 1837 before me
Alfred Francis Just of Peace

State of Connecticut Hartford County ss
Elisha Robbins of Wethersfield in the County being of the age of Seventy four Years & being duly cautioned & sworn doth depose & say that he was formerly well acquainted with Curtis Crane late of the Wethersfield & with Elizabeth his wife - & resided within about one fourth of a mile of the residence of the said Curtis & Elizabeth - that deponent well remembers that said Curtis & Elizabeth lived together as Husband & wife as early as the Year 1774 & continued to live together in that relation so long as they remained inhabitants of this Town which according to the best recollection of this deponent was as late as the Year 1800 if not later - that they raised a family of Children, were of good reputation, & were generally reputed in the neighborhood & throughout this community to be husband & wife - that they lived together as husband & wife both before & after the Revolutionary war & both before & after said Curtis entered the service in the Continental Army - & this deponent further says that he is not interested in any application for a pension by the said Elizabeth & shall neither gain or lose by the result of the application & further this deponent saith not
Sworn & subscribed this 13 th day of June 1837 before me
Elisha Robbins
Alfred Francis Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut
Hartford County ss On the 13 th day of June 1837 - personally appeared before me Ann Johnson, Elisha Williams, Sarah Wilson, Elisha Robbins & Caleb S. Jenney, the respective deponents named in the foregoing depositions & severally made oath to the truth of said depositions by them respectively subscribed - And I do hereby certify that they are respectively of good character & standing are all personally well known to me & that they are credible, & full faith & credit ought to be given to their testimony - & that their declarations would in this community gain implicit belief.
Alfred Francis Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut County of Hartford ss I Philo A. Goodwin Clerk of the County Court within & for said County of Hartford do hereby certify that Asahel Robertson & Alfred Francis Ely whose names are subscribed to the annexed certificates are acting Justices of the Peace within & for said County, regularly commissioned & qualified as appears to me of record in my office; that I am acquainted with their hands writing & that the annexed are their genuine official signatures - and that full faith & credit are due to their official acts -
Given under my hand & the seal of said County Court this 13 th day of June A.D. 1837
Philo A. Goodwin Clerk

State of Connecticut
Wethersfield
Town Registers Office June 13 th 1837
I hereby certify that I have carefully examined the Marriage Records of this Office but do not find any entry therein of the marriage of Curtis Crane and Elizabeth his wife — who are reputed to have been married to each other in the year 1774 — and that the practice at that period of recording marriages in the Records of this Office does not appear to have been fully adopted —
Attest
Alfred Francis Town Clerk
State of Connecticut } Wethersfield June 13 th 1837 Hartford County
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Alfred Francis, that he is duly appointed Register of the Town of Wethersfield & that full credit ought to be given to his acts that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & know the above signature to be genuine & furthermore the said Francis the day & year last above written personally appeared & made solemn oath to the truth of the above certificate before me
Asahel Root Eldon Justice of Peace

Fredonia Chautauqua Co: N.Y. July 5. 1837
Hon. Secretary at War Washington City
Sir,
Enclosed I send you the application of Elizabeth Crane of this place, Widow of Curtis Crane, late of the Co. of Madison N.Y. deceased, who was for some time a private, & afterwards a Corporal in the service of the U.S. During the Revolutionary War for at least 4 or 5 years.
In addition to the proof afforded by the enclosed affidavits, the Department is respectfully referred to the Returns of Col. Webb Conn: Regt: supposed to be on file in your Department.
The case is one, as far as I can judge, of a bona fide character, and if not already made out satisfactorily, can be done so by supplemental proof even if official returns should be wanting.
I have the honor to be Sir,
M. of Servt.
J. Crane
P.S. as soon as action shall have been had on the case, have the goodness to inform me of the results, addressed as above.
J.C.

(Enlisted July 28 1778 Capt Wooster Colo S D Webb priv motd Rovers both war) June 1 1781
During his absence in Army his son had broken his leg Sullivan's Campaign in 1778 During soldier gave away Shorefield Court June 23 1780
In Capt Wooster Co July 1780
Wooster Superior April 6 1779

F.16547
Asking about a Revolutionary War Pension.
St. Louis, Mo.
Sept 28 1881
The Commission of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sir: I respectfully request to be sup- plied with the record of service on which a pension was granted to Curtis Grane , of Netherfield , Conn.; and also the date and amount of pension and when he died ? — during the Revolutionary War .
Very Respectfully
C. C. Gardiner
404 Market St.
St. Louis
Mo.

St. Louis, Mo. Oct 2 1881
To the Commission of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sir: In reply to the annexed letter I beg to state: —
Curtis Crane was my Great-Grand-Father on my mother's side. His wife's name was Elizabeth , and survived her husband many years. I ask kind and light upon
The object of this inquiry is solely to collect matter for family history.
His full name is Curtis Crane Gardiner Genl J. J. Gardner , 2 nd son of Rev. J., and myself was officer in the same regiment in the war of the rebellion. Please promise my most cordial regards to him
Very respectfully
C. C. Gardiner
404 Market St.
St. Louis, Mo.

O. W. & N. Div.
F.S.
Div.
Ex'r.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., March 15, 1895
Respectfully returned to Mrs. Mary G. Lowell,
Box 51 C.E.H.
Hastings, Minn.
Please state fully the purpose for which you desire the informa- tion. Return your letter of Feb. 25th. with your reply.
I am tracing my genealogy with a view of determining my eligibility to become a member of the "Daughters of the American Rev- olution"
W. Lochren
Commissioner.

Hastings Feby 25 th /95
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Will you please examine the records in your Office of the old revolutionary war pensioners and see if the name of Elizabeth Crane widow of Curtis Crane is on the list of pensioners - She was my Grandmother and I know positively that she drew a pension for several years before her death. She was living in Fredonia Chautauqua N.Y. at the time
Yours Truly Mrs Mary G Lowell Hastings D.kota, C o Minn Box 5-

P.S. any information in regard to Curtis Crane and should be glad to obtain if there are any in your office,
Hastings March. 31 st 1895
Dear Sir
Please write what information the records give in regard to Curtis Crane who was in the revolutionary war. That is all that is necessary
Yours Truly
Mrs Mary G Lowell Hastings Minn Box 5

Old war Div. new M d Ex. new No. _____ Co. _____ Reg't _____
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. Sept 28
Return this letter with your reply.
Sir,
In answer to yours of the 25 th inst. requesting information of Curtis Crane, a Revolutionary pensioner, you are advised that his name is not on record as an applicant for a pension, but a widow of Curtis Crane received a pension.
If a widow of the one of your enquiry survived him, please state her name, as well as the object of your enquiry, and what use it is intended to make of the information and your relationship to the soldier.
Very respectfully
Wm E. McLean actg. Commissioner
Mr L. G. Gardiner 404 Market St St Louis Miss o

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
NAME Grane, David GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 3934 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 24, 1797
to Jacob Griggs —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.