Certification of the service of William Jackson and James Crosby
Document 1786The author requests that the rolls be examined to verify certification of the service of William Jackson and James Crosby(?). Both men's widows are applying for depreciations.
June 14th. 1786.
Dr. Sir,
There is a widow of a William Jackson of Cap. Gibb Jones’s Compy. of Indept. Artillery, kill’d at the battle of Brandewine, as said, who applies for his depreciation from 1 Jany. 1777, or subsequent period if inlisted afterwards until his death Would you be pleased to certify after examining the rolls
There is also the widow of James Crosby, 2d. Reg. died 1779 at Somerset forgets the Captain’s name: in the same predicament
I am &c Jno Nicholson
Jos. Howell Esqr.
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