Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R, William Crouch, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va. _____
brouch, William _____
19 _____
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Act-1828
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Auditor's Office 13. June 1829
It appears by a list of certificates in this office which issued to officers and soldiers of the Virginia line and on Continental establishment during of the Revolutionary army that a certificate issued on the 28 Nov. 1783 to William Crouch a soldier of infantry for £36. 5. 9 — being the balance of his full pay or depreciation on the settlement of his accounts, which said certificate was delivered to Tho: Lumpkin.
J. R. Heath Auditor

Revolutionary Claims.
TRI-
Honorable Secretary of the U.S. Treasury
Washington City

Richmond 13. April 1829
Sir
Enclosed is Mr. French's declaration asking payment of his claim against the U. S. as a soldier in the Revolution under the Act of Congress of 15. of May 1828. which claim I hope will receive immediate attention, the man is a poor man and wants the amount due him badly.
Respectfully
Thomas Underwood att o for Mr. French

as a private and was, a private soldier in the infantry at the close of the War.
William Crouch's Declaration
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act, entitled, "an act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved the 15 th of May 1828, I William Crouch of Goochland in the County of Goochland in the State of Virginia do hereby declare that I enlisted in the year 1780 or early in the year 1781, in the Revolutionary service of my country against Great Britain for, and served to the end of the War, and was commanded at the close thereof by Captain Thomas Parker of, I believe the V th V a Reg t on Cont l establishment, and rec d , my discharge from him just ago about the last of the year 1782 or the begining of the year 1783. which discharge is either lost or mislaid
Witness my hand this 8 th day of April 1829
Wm Crouch
Before me Thomas Curd - a justice of the peace duly empowered to administer oaths, County of Goochland in the State of Virginia personally appeared, this day Robert Redford and William Johnson of the said county

county who did severally, make oath, that William Crouch by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the army of the revolution, in manner as therein stated. Witness my hand this 9 th day of April — in the year 1829. J. W. Burch
I now do hereby by these presents, that William Crouch of the county of Goochland in the State of Virginia do hereby constitute and appoint Thomas Underwood of the city of Richmond my true and lawful attorney, with a power of substitution for me and in my name to act and receive from the United States the amount of pay now due me, under the act entitled, "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution approved the 15 th May 1828 as a soldier in the second regiment of the army of the Revolution. Witness my hand and seal this 9 th day of April — in the year 1829 Sealed and Delivered In presence of
Before me Thomas Burch — a justice of the peace in the county of Goochland in the State of Virginia personally appeared William Crouch whose name is subscribed to the foregoing declaration and power of attorney, and acknowledged the

the same to be his act and deed, and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer or of any attachment, levy or seizure by any legal process whatever, of the pay or the said power of attorney mentioned as therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to his personal benefit. Witness my hand this 9 th day of April — in the year of 1829
Thos. Underwood
Before me Thomas Curd — a justice of the peace in the County of Goochland in the State of Virginia personally appeared this day Thomas Underwood the attorney named therein in the foregoing power of attorney and made oath that the same was not given to him by reason of any transfer, or of any legal process, attachment, levy or seizure, by any legal process whatever of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to the personal benefit of the person by whom said power was intended executed. Witness my hand this 9 th day of April — in this year 1829
Thos. Curd
I William Miller clerk of the county of Goochland in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that Thomas Curd before whom the foregoing

for giving Oath of Slavery was a knowledge and affidavit sworn, was at the time a justice of the peace and duly auth- orized to administer oaths.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 10 th day of April 1829
W. Miller, Clerk