Pension Application of Nancy Critz, widow of Haman Critz: W6755

                        Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris

 

State of North Carolina

County of Stokes

            On this the 6th Jan’r 1841 before me Floyd Webb, a Justice of the peace of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Nancy Critz, a resident of the County of Patrick in Virginia near the County line of Stokes aforesaid aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled, an Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, that she is the widow of Hamon Critz deceased who was a Captain of the Virginia Militia and commanded a company or companies in the service of the United States from the County of Henry Virginia, five years at different periods in time of the Revolutionary War as he informed this applicant. One of a three months tour to the South in N. Carolina, one tour after Tories into Tory Settlements towards the mountains, one tour guarding prisoners that were taken and sent to Albermarle [Albemarle Court House] in Virginia, one tour he voluntarily raised a company of his own accord when he heard of the murder of a certain Letcher [William Letcher of Ararat in present Patrick County] by the Tories and went in pursuit of them without a call from the Col. of the County of Henry and the call was a tour of three months which last service ended and he was discharged with his company in a short distance of Little York [Yorktown] at the time when Cornwallis surrendered to Genl Washington. She thinks the whole of her Husbands services was at least fifteen months, for which services she claims a pension and begs leave to refer the pension department to the lists or Roles of the Virginia Militia for the more satisfactory proof of his services, as also to the evidence that will be annexed to this declaration of his services and her marriage to the said Hamon Critz as she has no documentary evidence to show of either the services or marriage [word illegible] paper discharges &c being all lost or destroyed. further she states that that from bodily infirmities & old age she is unable to travel to Court without great injury to her health to the truth of which statements I am fully satisfied. She further declares that she was married to the said Hamon Critz on the [date not given] day of March seventeen Hundred and Eighty Six, and that her husband the aforesaid Hamon Critz died on the 5 day of August Eighteen Hundred & twenty Eight, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen Hundred & ninety four at the time above stated, and she further declares that whilst she and her Husband remained to live in union together as man & wife she had the following named Children born of her body (to wit)

Fredderick Critz born in the Month of Dec’r 1786

Sally born in Jan’r 1788

William born in July 1790

Hamon born in March 1792

Jabe born in Febr 1794

Elizabeth born in July 1795

Peter born in June 9th 1797

Nancy born in August 1799

Polly born in Nov 1802

& Achilus born in Dec’r 1804

            The family records of the above having been lost or destroyed is set down from memory & sworn to & subscribed the day and year first above mentioned before me

F’d Webb JP                  Nancy her+mark Critz

 

State of North Carolina}

County of Stokes} SS

            Be it known that on the seventh day of January 1841 before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Colo Peter Critz a resident of said County and a person of probaty truth & veracity and he being first sworn according to law declares on his oath that his Mother Nancy Critz who is about petitioning for a pension for Services by his Father Hamon Critz Dec’d. in time of the Revolutionary War has remained unmarried and his said Hamon Critz’s Widow ever since his said Fathers death which happened about twelve years past in August last and that the names and ages of all his Brothers & Sisters as named in her declaration is correct as he has just reason to believe.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written before me

C Banner JP                  [signed] Peter Critz