Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1345-100, William Craig, Va

SERVICE
NUMBER
U.S.
Craig, William
B.L.Wt. 1345-100
CONTENTS

Recd the 14 day of September 1828 from the Department of War Warrant No. 1345 for the bounty land of Wm. Craig of the Va. line in the revolutionary war.
Anthony Coons Jr.

Virginia Pilot. No cause continued and held for the County of Bedford the 28 th day of August 1828. Satisfactory evidence was advanced in cause to prove that Sally Carnes is the daughter and one of the heirs at law in fee to William Briggles late a soldier in the Third Regiment of the Virginia line and Continental Establishment.
I, Andrew Wingfield Basing of the County do hereby certify that the above evidence is taken from the books in my office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my official seal this 30 th day of August 1828. A. Wingfield B. Clerk
Anthony Evans Jr to be my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War $100.00

of Virginia County of Bedford
Sally Harris, one of the heirs at law of William Craig do hereby certify and declare to the best of my knowledge and belief that William Craig did enlist in the year 1777 for the term of during the war, and served in regiment Number eight under the command of Col. Mullenburg of the Virginia continental line and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the end of the war
I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to William Craig on the part of the United States, nor do I believe that he ever received it or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever.
Know all men by these presents that I Sally Harris aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Anthony Evans Jr to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid, and my 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. Attorn Evans Jr.                      Sally Harris
Personally appeared the above named Sally Harris subscriber to the foregoing declaration and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subscribed to be her free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned. Adorn Evans Jr.                      G. Stephen J. T.

In testimony that the above written George Stifler was a Magistrate authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgments &c. in the state of Virginia at the above date and that his name thus subscribed appears to be his usual signature I have hereunto affixed the County Seal and Subscribed my name at Liberty the 29 th day of July 1828.
No. C. Mitchell C.B.

March 29, 1933
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RA-J/REL Can William Craig-B.L.Wt.#1345-100
Mrs. W.K. Freudenberger 4496 Maryland Avenue Saint Louis, Missouri
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you furnish information in regard to William Craig, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
Another careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your behalf and no claim for pension found based upon the service of the William Craig in whom you are interested. However, the record of one William Craig has been found on account of whose service in the Revolutionary War a claim for bounty land was made. There is no way for this office to determine whether or not he is the one in whom you are interested. His record is given below as found in the papers on file.
The date and place of birth of William Craig are not stated.
He enlisted, sometime in 1777, exact date and place of enlistment not shown, and served in Colonel Muhlenburg's Virginia Regiment; length of service until the close of the war.
The date of his death is not given.
On August 28, 1828, Sally Karnes, the daughter and one of the heirs at law of the said William Craig, deceased, made application in Bedford County, Virginia, for the bounty land that was due on account of the services of her father, War of the Revolution.
Her claim was allowed.
In order to obtain the location of the land, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department.
3" x 8" in Regt Book given. Left out number

this city, citing the following data: Warrant Number 1345-100.
There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

4496 Maryland Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, March 24, 1933.
Mr. A. D. Hiller, Assistant to Administrator, Veterans Administration, Washington. D. C.
Dear Sir:
Thank you for the information in your letter of the 21st. instant - BA-J/EEL.
As to further information regarding the Revolutionary service of William Craig : - He was a private in Lieutenant Colonel Campbell's Company, 9th Virginia Regiment, commanded by Colonel John Gibson before being transferred to Captain Uriah Springer's Company in 1780. I believe he was the William Craig who was in Captain Dysart's Company at the battle of King's Mountain and with Captain Dysart's Company on its tour through North Carolina. I should like to have this confirmed or definitely refuted if your records can do this. Do you have details of the service of the William Craig who was with Captain Dysart?
My William Craig was born about 1747-8 in Augusta County, Va. Was living in Botetourt - later Greenbrier County - in 1774 and was a Sargent in Captain Robert McClanahan' Company of Greenbrier Valley Volunteers in the battle of Point Pleasant Dunmore's War. . He died in Greenbrier County in 1799 where he had lived continously, I think, after 1774, so his enlistment must have been from there. I do not know the first name of his widow.
Very truly yours,
Ruby W. Freudberger (Mrs. W. K. Freudberger)