Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37,875, Jeremiah Cromett, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Cronett Jeremiah
S 37875
CONTENTS

12086 12886
Maine
Jeremiah Fromell
of _____ in the state of _____ who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wiggens Mass a line, for the term of 3 Years
inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of June 1819 and sent to Rose Augusta, Maine
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819  86.13 emi-anl. all'ce ending 15 Nov 1818 10 21 2 10 30 31  $134.63
Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.
2 Jan 1828
Hope of comg youth R G A Sept 19 1820
Jeremiah - 1828 23

50
407
52
Jeremiah from met
12.086
Sept 1819
Declaration is to be made in the court of the county where the declarant resides
Robert F. Fox. Augusta
Maine.
Seventh of Second Circuit Court of Common Pleas
August Term 1820
Summons and filer
Abner D. Dyer Clerk
Other copy
Abner Dyer Clerk

St. Louis City
Attest — 6 Tom Davis Ch.

copy State of Maine. 407
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
ON this fourteenth day of June , 1820, personally appeared before  in open Court before Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Jeremiah Cromwell aged seventy four years, resident in Jefferson in the County of Lincoln within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain Woodbridge and Regiment commanded by Colonel Wigginsworth afterwards of the line of the State of Massachusetts upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of three years was at the taking of Burgoyne at the battle of Saratoga, and at the battle of Rhode Island
that his original declaration was made before Judge Stephens on the tenth day of April 1818; that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 12086 . And I, the said Jeremiah Cromwell do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 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.
Jeremiah Cromwell
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz: I have no property except the poor clothes upon my back, and have no income from any source whatever. I have no debts due me and some as much as thirty dollars. I have no family I reside with my daughter and am dependant upon my pension for support.
Jeremiah Cromwell
Subscribed, sworn to, and declared before me the oath and schedule on the fourteenth day of June 1820 before me
Nathan Weston Jr. G. G. C. Pleas.

I Jeremiah Cromett of Jefferson in the County of Lincoln, a resident citizen of the United States, on oath declare and say: That in April in the year 1777, I enlisted, as an orderly serjeant, into the Company of Capt. Israel Davis, afterward commanded by Capt. Woodbridge, of Col. Edward Wigglesworth's regiment, in the Massachusetts line, on the continental establishment, in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, and faithfully served out my time in that office. The time and manner of my leaving the service were these: A few months before the expiration of my three years I engaged during the war, and was employed in recruiting. In June, 1780, having procured a substitute who was accepted, I received an honorable discharge, which about three two years ago was, with my other papers, lost by fire at the burning of my dwelling house. Jeremiah Cromett

Jeremiah Cromett further testify and declare that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my country for support. My time term of enlistment mentioned in my declaration was for three years, which I meant so to have expressed. My declaration mentions that I procured a substitute and was discharged in June 1780 . On recollection I am sure it was on the tenth of May that I was discharged, until which time after my enlistment I regularly continued in the service.
Jeremiah Cromett
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Lincoln ss. On the tenth day of April A.D. 1818, before me Josiah Stebbins, a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Second Eastern Circuit, personally appeared Jeremiah Cromett above named, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Declaration by him subscribed, Josiah Stebbins.

New Castle July 30 th 1818
I Certify on Honor that Jeromiah Crummet served as a Sergeant in the 13 th Massachussetts Regiment Between Two and Three Years in the Revolutionary Army At Alex r Cunningham Christopher Woodbridge Capt. in the Revolutionary Army

February 25, 1937
Jeremiah Cromett S. 37875 BA-J/AWF aw
Mr. George Wharton Rice Hotel Thomas Jefferson Tampa, Florida
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Jeremiah Cromett or Crummett, sergeant in Captain Israel Davis' company in Colonel E. Wigglesworth's regiment, died in 1828 in Augusta, Maine.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 37875, based upon the service of Jeremiah Cromett in the War of the Revolution.
The date and place of birth of this soldier were not given, nor were the names of his parents stated.
Jeremiah Cromett (as his signature is shown in the claim) enlisted January 22, 1777, served as orderly sergeant in Captains Israel Davis' and Woodbridge's companies, Colonels Edward Wigglesworth's and Smith's 13th Massachusetts regiment; he was at the taking of Burgoyne, battles of Monmouth and Rhode Island, and was discharged May 10, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 10, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Jefferson, Lincoln County, District

of Maine.
The soldier, Jeremiah Cromett, was seventy-four years old in 1820 and living in Jefferson, Maine, with his daughter. The name of his daughter was not given, and there is no further reference to his family. He died in the month of January, 1828.
In order to obtain the name and address of the person paid the last payment of this pension, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and give the following-
Jeremiah Cromett Certificate # 12086 Issued June 21, 1819 Rate $6.00 per month Commenced April 10, 1818 Act of March 18, 1818 Maine Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

37.875 INVALID.
1937. Feb 25: Irish to George Wharton Rice aug
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File No. 37.875
Jeremiah Cromett Derg Geo 1820
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 88
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Jeremiah Cromett. Dugan Private Col. Wigglesworth Massachusetts Regiment 1777 to 1780 -
3 years
April 10. 1818
[Faint handwritten text, possibly "Q. 215"]
Prof. Capt. Woodbridge A. Bradburn Certifikat Am. Med

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Jeremiah Groomett , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Jefferson , in the said County of Lincoln , in the District of Maine, on the tenth day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by said applicant are hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a noncommissioned officer in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for his support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed. this tenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Josiah Stebbins.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Kennebec ss.
I THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec , hereby certify that the Honorable Josiah Stebbins , Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:—Dated at Augusta , in said County of Kennebec , this nineteenth day of April — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
John Davis

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,
May 10 th 1819
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that Seemich Gromett served as a Soldier in Capt. Woodbridge's Company, and Col. Smith's Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from Jany 22 d 1777 to May 10 th 1780, being three years and three months. eighteen days, - when he was discharged according to Col. Smith's Certificate
Abelard Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
+ formerly Wigglesworth's

State of Maine.
I Nathl. Coffin Clerk, for the County of Lincoln of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and that the original was exhibited in open 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, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is
Nothing  dollars and  cents; and deducting therefrom  the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property  in the opinion of said Court, is  dollars and  Cents:
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this thirtieth day of August 1820.
Nathl. Coffin Clerk of said Court for the County of Lincoln

Tampa, Florida
February 5, 1937
The Administrator, Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.
Sir:
Please accept my thanks for your kind letter of January 29th, with its record of Jonathan Farnam (W. 24231). This information is desired to form a permanent historical record of Boothbay (Maine) men who served during the Revolutionary War; if you can furnish the service record of one more soldier, that will complete the list and oblige me greatly. I do not know that he received pension, but it seems possible.
Jeremiah Crommett (Crummett) was sergeant of Captain Israel Davis's company of Colonel E. Wigglesworth's regiment; service at Valley Forge under General Washington, 1777-1778. Crommett was born at Boothbay, Lincoln County, District of Maine, Massachusetts, lived there after the war and died at Augusta, Maine, in 1828, aged eighty-five.
("Maine Men at Valley Forge," and Hallowell, Maine newspaper, January 23, 1828.)
Very respectfully,
Geo. Wharton Rice
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