Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 444-300, James Crane, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Pa.
or Crane, James Craine
B. L. Wt. 444-300
CONTENTS

N o 4114.
James Braine
Cap t V. L. Smith.
W. H. 1 st Feb y . 1809 &
Sec d to P. C. Brown.

Thomas D Downing of the county of Northumberland do hereby certify that I was well acquainted with the family of the late Capt James Braine, that Maria now the wife of Edwin B Brown is the daughter of the said James Braine, (as far as he has always understood) and his only child, he having died when she was an infant, and that the said Maria was born in the month of February or March one thousand seven hundred & Eighty-seven.
T D Downing
Northumberland county, ss t
The above certificate was interlined in the sixth line, subscribed by Thomas D. Downing and sworn to by him before me, a Justice of the peace for the said county on this 2 d November 1808-
Ric: Edwards.

Virginia, Northumberland County Court,
I Fleming Bates clerk of the court of the said County do hereby certify that Richard Edwards before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, and who hath subscribed his name to the certificate thereof, was at the time of doing the same, and now is one of the Justices of the peace in & for the said County, duly commissioned and qualified according to the laws of the state, and to all certificates by him made as such due faith and credit are and ought to be given as well within courts of Justice as thereout.
In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said County the third day of November one thousand eight hundred & eighty In the 33 d year of the Commonwealth.
Flem Bates.
Virginia, Northumberland County Court
I John Cralle presiding justice of the peace in and for the said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing attestation

of Fleming Bales who is clerk of the court of the said County is in due form Given under my hand Seal the 2 nd day of November 1808
John Cralle Jenn r
Virginia, Northumberland County Set.
I Fleming Bales clerk of the court of the said County do hereby certify that John Cralle who hath subscribed his name to the foregoing certificate was at the time of doing the same and now is one of the Justices of the peace in & for the said County, duly commissioned and qualified according to the laws of the state, and president of the said court.
In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said County the Twelfth day of November One Thousand eight hundred and eighth
Flem Bales

I do Certify that James Braine served as a Captain in the Virginia Continental line till the close of the revolutionary war Richmond January the 6 th 1809
W. H. C. C. late Lieut. Virg. line
I was well acquainted with Captain James Braine, but cannot ascertain his entrance, or time of service in the Army of the United States. I have also had the most intimate acquaintance with the gentleman who signs the above Certificate from his earliest infancy. I know that he served in the Virginia Continental line from the year 1777 until the close of the Revolutionary war. Mr. Heath was always esteemed a brave and meritorious Officer. I consider him a man of the strictest honor and veracity.
Richmond 6 th January 1809
James Wood. formerly B. Genl. Continental Army.
Henrico County Va. This day General James Wood made oath before me that the above certificate is just & true given under my hand this 7 day of January 1809.
David Hylton a magistrate for Henrico County

Virginia to Wit
I do hereby certify that Dan d L t Hylton who Signs the annual Certificate is a justice of the peace for the County of Henrico and that full faith and Credit ought to be given to all things certified by him as Such -
Given under my hand as Governor & under the Seal of the Commonwealth at Richmond the Seventh day of January 1809 -
W m L t Tyler.

The State of Virginia,
City of Richmond, viz:
I do hereby certify, that Capt. James Craine, deceased late of the County of Lancaster, enlisted in the service of the United States, during the revolutionary War, as a soldier in Capt. Parker's Company, who was afterwards Col. Parker; killed at the siege of Charleston, South Carolina, that when the nine additional Battalions, were raised by an act of Assembly, of the State of Virginia in 1776. — Capt. Craine was promoted to a first Lieutenancy. — That he served the whole War, and left the Army at the close of the War a Captain — that he was a deserving and meritorious officer — These are facts within my personal knowledge.
Given under my hand this 5 th Day of Jan'y 1809.
John Kruth Member of the Privy Council of Virginia

Virginia to Wit
I do hereby certify that John Heath who signs the annexed Certificate is a member of the privy Council of this Commonwealth and that full faith and Credit ought to be given to all things certified by him as Such -
Given under my hand as Governor under the Seal of the Commonwealth at Richmond the Fifth day of January 1809 -
M c Tyler m. m.

At about 6 o'clock for the County of Lancaster on the 21 st Day of November 1808.
On the motion of Calvin G. Brown this Court doth certify that it is proved to their satis- faction that James Braine, died about the Month of December in the year 1788.
State of Virginia,
Lancaster County Court. I James Fowles Clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the above transcript is a true copy from the Records of the Court of the said County
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County the 23 rd day of November 1808, in the 33 rd year of the Commonwealth.
J Fowles
Lancaster Set. In pursuance of the act of Congress of the United States of America entitled "an act to prescribe the mode in which the public acts, records and judicial proceedings in each State shall be authenticated so as to take effect in every other State," I James Ball presiding magistrate in the Court of the said County do hereby certify that the above attestation of James Fowles Clerk of the said Court with the seal of the said County thereto annexed is in due form. Given under my hand this the first Day of December 1808
James Ball

State of Virginia, Lancaster county w th
I James Towle, clerk of the court of the said coun- ty do hereby certify that James Ball gentleman who hath signed the within certificate is the presenting magistrate in the court of the said county and that to him as such and all certificates by him given, full faith and credit is due and ought to be given. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand - (the seal of the said county being hereto affixed) as within this the 28 th day of December 1808
J Towle