Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2423, Charles Craft, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Craft, Charles
R. 2423
CONTENTS
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New York Revo:
Charles Craft
Suspended
let to M Myers 16. New York 29 June 1835 see letter 20 Dec r 1833 to Hon. A. Hall
2425
Act 7 June '32

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
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P. O.
Charles Craft
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

May 18. 1846.
Recd of Charles G. Lusk Oliver Shaw, Jr.
Hon. J. L. Schouler Commr. Customs New York City.
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Hambleton Young County Ohio May 6th 1846
Sir we are the agents in the following cases and if you will inform us what is to be done to establish their claims it will enable us to under take their cases with much more certainty of success. For we are doing all we can to establish all the patent claims in our knowl- edge first Charles Craft made a declaration from Orange County State of New York he said some person has misrepresented that that he was a bad boy which he contends is false 2nd Olive Shaw widow of Wm. Shaw of Marion made a declaration from Huron County Ohio please inform us in this case 3rd Mary Vanhorn widow of James Vanhorn made a application from Marion County Ohio and she thinks has the same on file in the Pension Office if so please inform us what is to be done in this case 4th widow Prudence Greenfield widow of Wm. Greenfield made application under the act of July 27th 1835 from Huron County Ohio Please inform us 5th John Sotphine a Revolutionary Sold- ier made application for a Pension from Lyons Wayne County State of New York in the year 1833 and died in the 1833 the widow died in 1842 the heirs are entitled Please inform us the exception taken to his Claim Messrs Herty, Jones Elliott & Hathaway Hovey L. Edwards Com. of Pensions

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State of New York New York County } 85
Personally appeared before me the Undersigned a Notary Public of the State of New York, dwelling in the City of New York,
Charles Craft, who being sworn deposeth and saith, that he has re-examined the Declaration made by him before the Justices of the Marine Court on the 28 th November 1832, and that the facts as set forth in said Declaration are true and 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 as a Private Three Years and six Months or thereabouts and that he never quitte d the service from the time of his entering into the Army until he had served as above mentioned.
Sworn to before me this 24 th day of June 1833
Charles Craft
Solomon Leixas
Notary Public

State of New York 3 City & County of New York 3
On this 28 th day of November 1832, Peter 15 appeared in open court, before the judges of the Marine court of the City of New York now sitting Charles Craft a resident of the State of New York, City and County of New York aged 71 years and upwards, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he was born in the town of North Castle in the State of New York, in the month of February of the year 1761, but he has no record of his age, that he joined a Volunteer company on or about the 29 th of August 1776, commanded by Captain Beake attached to Col o Hobbys regiment of Westchester Militia in the State of New York and served for near two years and was in charge of 23 Penobscot Indians, under the orders of General Washington to supply them with provisions out of the Commissaries store, then under his charge, and to keep them in order, he then joined a company called the Bedford Rangers commanded by Capt Beake and attached to Col o Hobbys Regiment, and for about 8 months had charge of the sick and wounded, after the battle of White Plains under orders from Col o Thomas, Doctors McWright and Husted were the attending Surgeons, he was, altogether, about two years and six months under Capt o Beake, after Capt o Beakes company was disbanded, he entered Capt o Moseman's company of Militia in Col o Hobbys regiment and was engaged as a Picket Guard on the lines against the Cow Boys, until the British troops came from Morristown and drove them off, he then went to Dutchess county and joined Capt o Gabriel Regua company in Col o Deakes regiment, and

Served in the same about seven months, he has lived 9 years in Phillips Manor Westchester County, then he removed to New York where he resided 14 years, and then removed to Newburgh Orange Co. N.Y. where he lived 8 years, then removed to New Warwick in Ulster Co. N.Y. and resided there 6 years, and then removed to New York City, where he now resides, he never deemed it necessary to take discharges, not contemplating to make a claim on the government, that he served in all about four years, that all of his Officers are now dead, that he is now old and infirm and very poor, and unable to obtain a livelihood by labour, and that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any state.
Sworn and subscribed The day and year aforesaid in open court
Charles Craft
John Barberie, Clerk,
We Jonathan Lyon a clergyman residing in the city of New York and Richard P. Bush residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Charles Craft, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 71 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he has resided to have served in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed The day and year aforesaid in open court John Barberie, Clerk
Jonathan Lyon R. P. Bush

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above-mentioned applicant, was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, And the court further Certify that it appears to them that Jonathan Lyon who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the City of New York and that Richard P. Bush who has also signed the same is a resident of the City of New York, and is a credible person, and their statements are entitled to credit
By the Court
John Barbere, Clerk
I John Barbere Clerk of the Marine Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing, contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Charles Graft for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this seventy eighth day of November 1832
John Barbere