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Richard Crum was born 4 Feb 1763 at Haverstraw District, Orange County, New York. At the young age of 14 years, he served from Matross, NY as a drummer and private at Valley Forge with George Washington in Captain John Doughty’s Company under Colonel John Lamb in the Continental Artillery. Following the war, he married Elizabeth Gardner and had two daughters, Elizabeth in 1805, and Rebecca in 1812. He received a military pension S*W25454 for his service. He died 19 Sept 1847, and was buried in the Old First Methodist Church Cemetery, West Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey, in his own churchyard along with his wife, who died 2 Jan 1831.
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