Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1596-100, Patrick Crawford, Continental (Pa.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Pa.)
Crawford, Patrick
B. & N o 1596-100
CONTENTS

Patrick Crawford B 9.1596-100 Continental (Penn)
Pat k Crawford N o 397
N o 9285
Cancelled and Warrant N o 1596 (Bono Series) issued

No. 9205. — To the GEOGRAPHER of the UNITED STATES, or to the Surveyors appointed by him to survey the Military Lands.
200 U. S. Vols I hereby certify that Patrick Gannford - late a soldier in the Pennsylvania regt. of artillery -
One Hundred Acres of Land, in any of the Districts appropriated for satisfying the Bounties of Land, due to the late Army of the United States, and return this Warrant to the Board of Treasury, agreeably to the Act of Congress, of the ninth Day of July, 1788.
Given at the WAR-OFFICE, this Fifth Day of November One Thousand, Seven Hundred and Eighty Nine.
Max — x

Proctor, Atty. Genl.
I certify that Patrick Crawford, who by letter of Attorney dated 19 June, 1791, did constitute William Deal his Attorney, for the purpose of obtaining a Warrant or Grant for a tract of land as bounty from the United States, in consideration of his services as a Matross in the Pennsylvania or 4 th regiment of Artillery) was enlisted by me in the year 1777, and did serve as a Matross in said regiment, during the revolutionary war and was honorably discharged at Pittsburgh in October 1783, by General William Irvine. —
Given under my hand at Pittsburgh this seventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred.
Isaac Craig
N o 9205 ip o 5 Nov 1789
Warrant in file not returned.

Senate Chamber 8th Feb. 1830
Wm Gordon-Laye
Sir
I was well acquainted with William Deal, the assignee of Patrick Crawford. He resided in Pittsburgh, and died there some years since. I can clearly certify that William Deal, one of the applicants for the bounty land warrant, is the reputed son and heir of the said William Deal deceased with Mrs Phillips. I am not acquainted but have always understood that she was the only daughter and that her and William, are the two heirs to the deceased. Should you be of opinion, that the foregoing statement will not justify the issuing of a Warrant, I will write to the applicants, knowing they can make the proof required.
With respect Sir I am yours
William Marks

I know all men by these presents that I Patrick Crawford of Allegheny County & State of Penn a Do by these presents grant bargain, Sell and confirm to William Deale of the County and State aforesaid and to his Heirs and assigns One Hundred Acres of Land Agreeable to a Warrant issued or to be Issued By the Secretary of War for my Service as a Soldier in the Army of the United States And I Do hereby Witness of these presents Convey the aforesaid One Hundred Acres of Land and to his Heirs and assigns for a Valuable Consideration Rec d of him the said William Deale
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal this 19 th Day of June 1791
Sealed & Delivered in the Presence of Geo: Wallace
his Patrick Crawford Mark
Allegheny County ss.
Presented before me Geo: Wallace Esq. President of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid Patrick Crawford acknowledged the Above Instrument foregoing to be his Act and Seal In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal this 19 th Day June 1791
Geo: Wallace

Patrick Crowford to Wm Beale
W. Graham
Mr. Graham has been issued to satisfy this claim.
a Warrant was issued for his return

Pennsylvania, Allegheny County To. Presley Nevin Notary Public of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Allegheny in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that George Wallace Esquire before whom the within Acknowledgement was made, at the time of taking the same was one of the said Commonwealth Justices of the said County Presided in the Court of common pleas within the same.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Pittsburgh the seventeenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight.
Presley Nevin Notary.

I now all men by these presents that Patrick Crawford Late Master in Col. Proctor Regt of Penn a Artillery and Capt n Isaac Craig's Company. Have made Ordained, — Determined Nominated and Appointed & by these presents Do make Ordain Authorise and Appoint William Deal my true & Lawfull atty. for me and in My Name and for my use and Benfit. to Ask Demand Receive & Receive of and from the United States of America or any sumpter that is or may be Appointed to Grant Deeds for the Land Gifted by Congress to Soldiers My said Att y . as aforesaid to Receive what is Due to me as a Master in P a Regt. And to Have use and take all Lawfull Ways and Means in My Name or otherwise for the Recovery thereof, and Acquittances or other Sufficient Discharges for the Same for me and in my Name Or otherwise to Do all Lawfull acts and things herein Concerning the premises as fully in every

Respect as I my self might or could do Was generally present
Notifying and allowing see and Whereas My said Atty shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of these Powers
In Witness Whereof I have Set My Hand & Seal this 19th June 1791
Signed Sealed & his Fabrick his Frank D. C. Seal in Presence Mark
John Batten

12 Signed Sealed & his Patrick H. Crawford Esq. Seal'd in Presence Mark
John Barter Geo. Wallace in Allegheny County Pa
Personally came before me Geo. Wallace for and on behalf of Patrick Crawford and acknowledged the above Deed of Gift to be his free act and deed In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Pennsylvania Allegheny County Pa.
Frederick Newell Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County. Do hereby certify that Geo. Wallace appeared before whom the above acknowledgement was made, at the time of taking the same was One of the Commonwealth's Justices of the peace in and for said County & Presided in the Courts of Common Pleas held within the same.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Pittsburgh the seventeenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight.
Frederick Newell Clerk

Patrick Crawford
Wt. e No 1596
issued Feb. 10, 1830 to Wm. Diehl son & other heirs of Wm. Diehl as- signed of Patrick Craw- ford.

State of Pennsylvania } City of Pittsburgh } ss.
We William Diehl, John Philips, and Mary his wife, late Mary Diehl, being severally duly sworn do depose and say. That we are the only surviving heirs at law of William Deal, late of the city aforesaid deceased, who, it appears to us by documents and papers that we we have examined, was the assignee of Patrick Crawford, late a soldier in the Revolutionary war, who by an instrument of writing dated the 19 th day of June, A. D. 1891, did sell and convey unto the said William Deal all his right title and interest in and to one hundred acres of land to which he, the said Patrick Crawford was entitled in consequence of his services as a soldier in the Army of the United States during the Revolutionary war aforesaid. - We do further depose and say, that we have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to said Patrick Crawford on part of the United States, nor do we believe that our Father, the late William Deal aforesaid ever received it or transferred his claim thereto in any manner whatever.
Sworn & subscribed this { 25 th day of January, { A. D. 1890. Before me { one of the aldermen in & { for the city aforesaid. }
William Diehl John Phillips Mary Phillips

Know all men by these presents, That we, William Dickl, John Philips, & Mary Philips aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint the Hon. William Marks Esq. to be our true and lawful attorney, for us and in our names and stead to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to us as aforesaid; and our said attorney is hereby fully authorised and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed. Given under our hands and seals this 25th day of January. A. D. 1830.
Attest.
Robt. C. Smith
William Dickl
L.S.
John Phillips
L.S.
Mary Phillips
L.S.
State of Pennsylvania } City of Pittsburgh } ss.
Before me Robert C Smith one of the aldermen in and for said city personally appeared William, John, Philips, & Mary Philips, the subscribers to the foregoing power of attorney and declaration, and in my presence they severally acknowledged the same to be their free act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 25th day of January, A. D. 1830.
Robt. C. Smith
L.S.

ALLEGHENY COUNTY, { 89. of Pennsylvania.
I, William H. Crawford Prothonotary of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for the County of Allegheny, in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, do by these presents certify, that Robert Christy Esquire, before whom the foregoing Acknowledgment was taken, and who has thereunto, in his own proper hand writing, subscribed his name, was, at the time of taking such Acknowledgment and now is an attorney of the city of Pittsburgh with the power of an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the said county, duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts, as such, due faith and credit are, and of right ought to be given, throughout the United States and elsewhere.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Pittsburgh, in the said County, this 25 day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty thirty five and to the sovereignty and independence of the United States of America, the fifth year.
Attest,
Wm H Crawford Pro

March 28, 1934
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Mrs. B. V. Switzer Blacksburg, Virginia
PATRICK CRAWFORD B. L. Wt. 1596-100 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information relative to Patrick Crawford, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in claim for bounty land based upon military service in the Revolutionary War of Patrick Crawford.
He enlisted in 1777, served as matross in Captain Isaac Craig's company, Colonel Proctor's artillery regiment, and was discharged in October, 1783.
He was living in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in June, 1791, when he assigned his right to bounty land to one William Diehl.
There are no further data on file as to Patrick Crawford and no data as to his family.
The above noted Patrick Crawford is the only soldier of that name, under any spelling, found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Crawford, Patrick GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 9205 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED November 5, 1789
Notation: "Warrant no. 1596 issued 10 th February 1830, to the heirs of William Diehl, who was the assignee of Patrick Crawford, in lieu of this number."
*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.

Hon. William Mark,
Dear Sir,
Inland I send you the papers relating to the Claim of the heirs of the late William Deal, for the Bounty land coming through Patrick Crawford, deceased. They are drawn as near to the form as the witnesses could testify; and I hope they will answer the purpose -
Accept of my best wishes for your happiness,
I am, Dear Sir
Yours truly
Robt. Clift

Patrick Cronin recd. for papers cont. regulations for the heirs of Wm. Deal the age to identify themselves
1596
See Porter of the War Dept. Washington D.C.
Pat Cumford

Recd 17 th Feby 1829 from the War office sundry papers which were deposited there for the purpose of sustaining a claim for bounty land of the United States, by William Deal as assignee of Patrick Cransford of the Penn a line. They are taken to enable the heirs of the deceased to prove themselves, to have a warrant iss d ?
William Marks

Ex. AWS. Div. Rev. 1812-
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mch 7, 1924
The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.
1st name of widow. Sallie  No. of claim, Name of soldier Patrick Crawford  Lancaster Co. Pa.  P. O. address of claimant,  soldier at enlist-  ment & after service Company Coy. Craig Co. Regiment 4th C.illery Reg. State where enlisted Philadelphia Date of enlistment  birth  1723 Date of discharge  death  1787
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.
Continental Troops. Col Thomas Procter
Return attached letter with reply
Washington Guards
Commissioner.

707 WASHINGTON STREET WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA
Feb. 8th 1924
Commissioner of Pensions - Washington, D.C.
Will you kindly advise me whether or not the name of Patrick Crawford (or Patk Crafford) is listed in the records of your office as having served in the war of the Revolution? I think he was born in Ireland but is said to have lived in Chester Co. Penna. prior to enlist- ing at Philadelphia. Have you a record to this effect. Thanking you in advance for a prompt reply. Respectfully Mrs. B. S. Switzer.

Rev.
MRS. HARRY C. PATTON 446 DIVISION AVE. BELLEVUE, PA.
Veterans Administration
Dear Sir,
Do you have service record or any data whatsoever pertaining to John Crawford of 8 th Penna. 1779 who was a resident of Allegheny Co. in 1835, aged 100 yrs. Thank you
Yours Respectfully
Mrs. H. C. Patton
2-6-1932
P.S.
Patrick Crawford also received grant of land in Westmoreland Co for services. 3rd District Donation Land. Dec. 19-1786. This was sold to Wm Chisel Aug 18-1788. Have you a record of this grant.
Mrs. H. C. P.

Blacksburg, Virginia.
March 16 th 1934
The Commissioner of Pensions - Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I am endeavoring to- secure data concerning my ancestor Patrick Crawford's service in the Revolutionary war.
It was established the fact that he was born in Ireland and came to this country - Pennsylvania - in his youth and was married in 1756. Can you give me informa- tion, from your files, as to service rendered by him (Co. Regiment 12) in the establishment of American In- dependence during the war of the Rev.
If not will you kindly refer me to a department where I can get this information?
Respectfully,
(above address) Mrs. B. F. Switzer,

March 8, 1932
BA-J/MLB
Mrs. Harry C. Patton 446 Division Avenue Bellevue, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of February 6, 1932, relative to Patrick Crawford, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in claim for bounty land based upon the military service in the Revolutionary War of Patrick Crawford.
He enlisted in 1777, served as a matross in Captain Isaac Craig's company, Colonel Proctor's artillery regiment, and was discharged in October, 1783.
He was living in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in June, 1791, when he assigned his right to bounty land to one William Diehl.
There are no further data on file as to Patrick Crawford and no data as to his family.
The above noted Patrick Crawford is the only soldier of that name, under any spelling, found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section. B. L. Wt. 1596.
May 28, 1924.
Mrs. B. V. Switzer, 707 Washington St. Winchester, Va.
Madam:
I have to advise you, that from the records of this Bureau, it appears that Patrick Crawford enlisted in 1777, served as a Matross, in Captain Isaac Craig's Company, Colonel Proctor's Artillery Regiment and was discharged in October 1783.
He was living in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in June 1791, when he assigned his right to bounty land to one William Diehl.
There is no further data on file as to said soldier and no data as to his family, and he is the only Patrick Crawford, under any spelling of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of the Bureau.
Respectfully,
Hayo Haymaker
ACTING Commissioner.