Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15275, David Crowel, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Crowel, David or Crowell.
NUMBER
S. 15275
CONTENTS
carded.

15-559 New Hampshire
Karen Crowell
of Nottingham in the State of N. Hampshire who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Gage of the _____ company by _____ in the Mass _____ time for 14 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of $6 - 67 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of Aug 1833 and sent to Mrs Kelly Axton N.H.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $95.34 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4/1/33 20.33 $116.67
Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by _____ Clerk, Book _____ Vol. _____ Page _____

State of New-Hampshire.
County of Rockingham, ss.
ON this fourth day of September 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before the judges of the Probate of Wills &c
now sitting at Derry in said County of
Rockingham David Crowell a resident of Sandown in the County of Rockingham and State of New-Hampshire, aged Seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832:
That he enlisted in the Revolutionary service in December 1775 under Captain Timothy Eaton in the Massachusetts line for the term of two months and was discharged in February following; during said time he was stationed at Roxbury Mass. In 1776 he enlisted again in said service under Captain James Wilson of Northern Mass. for the term of three months in the Massachusetts line and was stationed at Providence and Bristol Rhode Island and served out his term of enlistment and was discharged. In 1777 he again enlisted under Captain Johnson of Rawley or Bradford Mass. in the Massachusetts line for the term of four months and belonged to that class denominated the thirty days men and marched to Albany Saratoga and served out his term of enlistment. The same year he again enlisted under Captain Nathaniel Gage of Bradford Mass. for the term of four months and served out his term of enlistment at Winter Hill. He afterwards enlisted again the precise time not now remembered, at Haverhill Mass under a Captain Adams for the term of three months and was stationed first at Boston then marched to Norwell Connecticut and served out his term. In 1778 in the fall of the year he enlisted again under Captain Stephen Webster in the Massachusetts line for the term of three months and was discharged a few days before the expiration of the term at Albany - He was out at other times but has not recollection sufficient to state precisely how often or how long at each time.
He is not able to find any person or persons living by whom he can further prove his services as stated in this declaration, other than the affidavits of William Beard & Thomas Smith which accompany this declaration. The whole of the several terms of his service as above particularly stated amount to one year and four months. He at no time rec d any written discharge at the expiration of his several terms of service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
David Crowell
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
John Kelly Reg d Probate

Haverhill Mass under a Captain Adams for the term of three months and was stationed first at Boston then marched to New Bedford and served out his term. In 1778 in the fall of the year he enlisted again under Captain Stephen Webster in the Mass Chusetts line for the term of three months and was discharged a few days before the expiration of the term at Albany - He was out at other times but has not recollection sufficient to state precisely how often or how long at each time
He is not able to find any person or persons living by whom he can further prove his services as stated in this declaration, other than the affidavits of William Beard & Thomas Smith which accompany this declaration. The whole of the several terms of his service as above particularly stated amount to one year and four months. He at no time rec d any written discharge at the expiration of his several terms of service
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
David Crowel
John Kelly Reg t Robt Co

And the said Court hereby declares its opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the new department. But the above named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to the Court that John M. Adams who has signed the accompanying certificate is a Clergyman resident in said Town of Londonderry and that John Fisher who has also signed the same is a resident in said Londonderry and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Richard H. Harkness 10-817 Edward Branswell
John Harvey Judge of Probate
I John Kelly Register of Probate for the County of Rockingham aforesaid and Clerk of the said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David Crowell for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court of Probate this fourth day of September A.D. 1832 John Kelly Reg d Probate
CEB/1832

We John R Adams a clergyman residing in the town of Sandwich and John Fisher of the same Sandwich hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Crenshaw who has subscribed the within Declaration and sworn to the same that we believe him the seventyfour years of age that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
John R. Adams John Fisher
Sworn and subscribed the fourth day of September A.D. 1832.
On testimony returned of him having been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion John R Adams John Fisher

State of New Hampshire County of Rockingham ss
On the Ninth day of May 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of Probate of Wills &c now sitting at Derry in said County of Rockingham David Cramell a resident of Sandown in the County of Rockingham State of New Hampshire aged Twenty five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in addition to his declaration made at the same Court on the fourth day of September Anno Domini 1832 to which this is annexed in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 that he served as a private in the revolutionary service at the times mentioned in his declaration and to which this is an addition and annexed thereto, excepting a very short time that he served as a Sergeant, according to the best of his recollection, but at what part of the period of his said services he so served as a Sergeant, he does not now recollect. While on his tour of service at Winter Hill as stated in his former declaration and to which this is annexed, Col. Samuel Johnson was the commander of the Regiment to which his company was attached, Major Benjamin Gage was the commander of the Battalion in the same Regiment so far as his recollection serves him. The number of the Regiment he does not recollect. At the short periods of time that he was out the company or companies to which he belonged were always not attached to any particular Regiment.

He further declares deposes and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his last period of service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned in his first declaration to which this is annexed. The last period of service mentioned in his first declaration he cannot state with any greater precision than he has in his first declaration and to which this is annexed. He can state with precision that he was in the service fourteen months. David Crowel
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid John Kelly Reg. Probate
I John Kelly Register of Probate and Clerk of the Court of Probate for said County of Rockingham do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David Crowel for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this Ninth day of May A.D. 1833
John Kelly Reg. Probate

10,817
David Crowell
586. interrogations not completed until Nov 28/1832
W. G. E.
h th Nov 14 Monthly
$107.
Mrs Kelley
Exp ts mt

10,817
BRIEF in the case of David Crowell of Londonderry  of Rockingham Co in the State of New Hampshire  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? about  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? —  3. How old is he? 74  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Dec 75 - Feby 76 — 2 — Private Gen. Capt. Eaton   276 to 17 — 3 — " Capt. Meloon   277 — 1 — " Capt. Johnson   " — 4 — " Capt. Gage   afterwards — 3 — " Capt. Adams   '78 - in the fall — 3 — " Capt. Webster  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Haverhill Mass 
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  by living witnesses  2 living Witnesses - Tradition etc 
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Right 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. C. Easton Examining Clerk.
I was discharged a few days before expiration of time

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
Ans Am
August 25, 1927
Edwin E. Laycock 7 Summit Ave Methuen, Mass
Sir:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 15275, it appears that David Crowel or Crowell enlisted and served as a private with the Massachusetts Troops, as follows-
From December 1775, two months in Captain Timothy Eaton's Company; in 1776, three months in Captain James Meloon's Company; in 1777, one month in Captain Johnson's Company, and in same year, four months in Captain Nathaniel Gage's Company, Colonel Samuel Johnson's Regiment; in the fall of 1778, about three months in Captain Stephen Webster's Company. He also stated that he served three months in Captain Adams' Company, no date given, and that he was a sergeant for a short tour, no details.
He was allowed pension on his application

executed September 4, 1833, while a resident of Londonderry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, aged seventy-four years.
There are no data as to family.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

P. 15245 INVALID.
File No. 15, 275
David Crowel
Dis. New war
Act: June 7 th 32
Index: Vol. 1, Page 83
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1927 Aug 25. Hrst to Edwin E. Sargwell. See letter in Williams Anthology S. 334, 10003.

10,817
David Crowell
Property attached to the certificate... for under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being in- corporated with the attached paper by a piece of tape or similar paper, the seal of office must written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the in every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the paper is not
Rev Kelley Exeter NH

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of David Crowell which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [Blank] IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes The last period not VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? No The names of the col's not stated VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Yes Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes
XVI. † Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days. I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

I William Beard of Dunbarton County of Merrimack in State of New Hampshire of Seventy four years of age testify and say that I know David Grouse of Londonderry N.H. & that he served with me the United States as a soldier in the revolutionary war for the term of three months in the year 1774 being in the fall of said year, we enlisted some time in September & served in Capt. Stephen Webster's Company of Middlesex Co. Massachusetts, and were dismissed a few days before the three months expired at Albany - William Beard
Merrimack ss? August 20-1832 Then the above named William Beard made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before me
John Gould Jus. Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said William Beard, & that his character for truth is good
John Gould. Jus. Peace

Merimack ss. The State of New Hampshire I Moses Eastman Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature within and for said County do hereby certify that John Gould whose name is subscribed to the within certificate was at the time of executing the same a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, and I believe the same to be his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and subscribed the same with my own hand this Twenty third day of August Anno Domini 1892.
Moses Eastman

I Thomas Smith, of Methuen in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged eighty one years and say that I know David Gravel of Londonderry N.H. and know that he served the United States as a soldier in the Revolutionary War for the term of two months, in the line of the Massachusetts Militia, under an engagement for two months in the winter of 1775 & 1776 I enlisted at the same time with him and served in the same company & was dismissed at the same time having served out our term of engagement. We enlisted in December 1775 & were dismissed in February 1776. we were under Capt Timothy Eaton and were stationed all the time at Roxbury near Boston.
Thomas Smith
Essex ss. August 14 th
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss August 14 th 1832. Personally appeared the above named Thomas Smith and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed was true
Before me John Tenney. Jus. Peace
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named Thomas Smith. the deponent, and that his character for truth is good.
John Tenney. Jus. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. I John Prince clerk of the court of common Pleas for being a court of Records said county of Essex certify that John Tenney Esq r is a justice of the Peace for said county & that his within signature is genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at Salem
this 28 th day of August
AD 1832.
John Prince Clk
for 50/100