Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3124, James Cason, Va.
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VA
Cason, James  S. 3124

carded
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certificate issued 19 June
 ?23 and sent to
James T. Quales


In letter to agent 
23 Sop ??
Jas T. Quales
A
issued 19
and sent
Quarles 
28th Sept. 1853.
Alfred Smith Apl 10/56



3521
West Tennessee
James Cason

I. Jackson in the State of Tennessee
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Quarles of the Regh commanded
by Col. Smith in the Va
line for 1 year from 1777.

Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee
at the rate of 80 - Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Dec 32 and sent to 
Quarte Famsborough, Ten

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832
120-
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar: 32
-
$40 =$160

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Nathan Rice
BxxK  D, vol 9, page 1
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State of Tennessee
County of Jackson August Term 1832

On this 15th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open
Court before John Mower, Willery Pate, William Locke and Thomas D.
Hutcheson Justices of
the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County of Jackson now
sitting (being a court of record) James Cason a resident of said County of
Jackson and State of Tennessee aged seventy four years who being
first duly sworn, according to law doth on his oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he enlisted
in the State troops of Virginia in Spotsylvania County the
said State about the 15 March in the year 1777 with
Lieutenant Thomas Minor and served in the second Virginia
State regiment under the following named officers Captain
James Quarles, Colonel Commandant Gregory Smith, Lieutenant
Colonel Charles Dabney, Major
Lee, Lieutenant Thomas
Minor the ensign not recollected. He resided in said County
of Spotsylvania State of Virginia when he enlisted, served
one year in State of Virginia, marched from Williamsburg and served
under said officers and joined General Washington at Valley
forge in State of Pennsylvania, when the second Virginia State
regiment was added to General Peter Muhlenburg's Brigade.
The second Virginia State regiment joined Genl Washington
at Valley Forge as aforesaid in March 1778, the army then
under the command of General Washington marched to Monmouth
 in New Jersey, where a Battle was fought, in which
the British army gave way; said applicant was in the Battle.
The army then marched to White Plains in State of New York
then returned to West Point in said State, then marched to
Bonbrook where the army went into Winter Quarters in December ┃
in the year 1778. Whilst at Bonbrook William Brent Colonel ┃
Commandant took command of the regiment in which applicant ┃
served and Capt Quarles being promoted Capt Long took
command of the company in which said applicant served.
The army then marched to Smiths Cloves near Hudson river.
The Virginia troops then marched to Stoney point and
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joined General Wayne and was placed in reserve to
cover Wayne's retreat in his attack upon Stony Point,
in case he should retreat. After the battle of Stoney
Point the Virginia State troops marched to Philadelphia,
then to Fredericksburg where said applicant James
Cason was discharged, in the month of March 1780
by Colonel Brent which discharge is lost.
He was born 23rd July 1758. (has no record of his age) in Orange County
State of Virginia.
He declares his name is not on the pension roll of
any agency of any State.

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.

James Cason

William Galbreath Clerk of said Court
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier and served as he states.

John M. Carvis
Weary Pate
William Polk
Thos D. Hutchinson

I, William Galbreath clerk of the said Court of Pleas 
and Quarter Sessions for said County, do hereby certify
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said
in the matter of the application of James Cason for a pension. 
And that said Court is a Court of Record.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
and private seal, there being no seal of office yet
provided, this 15th day of August A.D. 1832

William Galbreath
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3734
James Cason
Tennessee
from 1777
private 2 years
7.10. 16

$840
.
See letter Oct 25 1832 to
Wm Galbreath -
Farnsboro, Ten.

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3734

James Cason opf Jackson County in the state of Tennessee

1. In open court
2.
3. 74 years
4. about the 15th March 1777-March 1, 1778
5. Battle of Monmouth
6. Spottsylvania County, Va
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Robert A Cox, applicant for increase of pension from Jackson County, Tennessee, 

Oct 15 May 1828
Oct 7 June 1832

Alfred Smith, Mt. Vernon, Rackaster County, Kentucky
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"James Cason and Rebecca Cason was married February 17th 1785"
Becca Cason deceased Sept. 8, 1836 aged 70 years"
"James Cason departed this life 12th July 1842 aged 83 years 11 months and 20 days."
?
"Edward M. Cason was born January 3, 1805"
"Susan Cason was born January 1st 1790"
"Eliza S. Cason was born October 17th 1807"

That in the old family when the date of the above dates of births marriages and deaths are recorded are the names of many others of the family relations. That said original record cannot be cut out and herewith forwarded without depriving the family & friends of the record of the record of many of the family friend's relations births deaths & that I am well satisfied from my own acquaintance of the same that the same is genuine & that I am in no wise interested in said claims of the prosecution thereof.

James Pharis, Chairman of Jackson County Court
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State of Tennessee, Jackson County, of the County Court of the said County.

It is hereby certified to the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions that on this day satisfactory evidence was presented in open Court held in & for the County
& State aforesaid now in Session by the
affidavits of Henry Hall & Matthew M. Anderson which were approved and
known by the Court to be respectable
Witnesses and residents of the County aforesaid.
That James Cason who was a United States
Revolutionary Pensioner died in the County
of Jackson in the State of Tennessee on
the 12 July 1842 leaving no widow but
leaving three children to wit Edward
M. Cason, Susannah Cason & Eliza S. Cox
being the only children now alive of the
said James Cason decd he had by Mrs.
Rebecca Cason who departed this life
previous to his decease & was his wife.
And it is further certified that Robert A.
Cox is the Administrator of said deceased
James Cason decd as appears of record
in my office
It is further certified that James
Pharis whose genuine signatures appear
to the foregoing declaration, affidavits
 & certificate is the Presiding
Justice of the County Court of Jackson
County and that said County Court
open Court holden in & for the County
& State aforesaid now in Session by the
affidavits of Henry Hall & Matthew
in Anderson which were approved and
known by the Court to be respectable
Witnesses and residents of the County aforesaid
That James Cason who was a United States
Revolutionary Pensioner died in the County
of Jackson in the State of Tennessee on
the 12 July 1842 leaving no widow but
leaving three children to wit Edward
M. Cason, Susannah Cason & Eliza S. Cox
being the only children now alive of the
said James Cason decd he had by Mrs
Rebecca Cason who departed this life
previous to his decease & was his wife
And it is further certified that Robert A.
Cox is the Administrator of said deceased
James Cason decd as appears of record
in my office
It is further certified that James
Pharis whose genuine signatures ap
pear to the foregoing declaration, affi
davits & certificate is the presiding
Justice of the County Court of Jackson
County and that said County Court
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is a Court of record
In Testimony whereof I have herunto set my hand and affixed
my seal of office at Office
in Gainsboro on an the day
and date above written

S. W. Cassetty Clerk
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State of Tennessee
Jackson County


Be it known that on this the
3rd day of March 1856 personally appeared
before the County Court of Jackson
County holden at the Court house in
Gainsboro Tenn & now in Session
Robert A. Cox a resident of the County &
State aforesaid aged 23 years and made
oath in open Court in due form of law
that he is the administrator of James Cason
decd who was a pensioner of the United States
in the County of Jackson & State of
Tennessee in his lifetime under the act of
Congress passed 7th June 1832 at the rate
of $80 per annum & refers to the record
now on file in the Pension Office at Washington
City D.C. He makes this declaration
for the purpose of obtaining an increase of
Pension as the administrator of said estate
according to law under the act of
Congress passed 15 May 1828 or June 7,
1832 an increase of Pension according to
law at $120 per annum commencing
4th March 1826 - or the 4th March 1831. for
the said Cason's services as an orderly sergeant or a non commissioned officer in the
Virginia line in the war of the Revolution and further declares that the said ┃
James Cason was married to Rebecca ┃
Smith his wife in the County
of Hannover in the State of Virginia
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Virginia in year
or soon
after the close of the Revolutionary war
and before the 1st day of
January 1794 by whom not now
Recollected
That Mrs. Rebecca Cason his wife
died in the County of Jackson
in the State of Tennessee on the
8th day of September in the year 1836
And further said James Cason her
Husband aforesaid decd in the
County of Jackson in the State of
Tennessee on the 12th day of July 1842
leaving no widdow only barly three
children now alive whose names
are viz Susanna Cason Edward M
Cason & Eliza S. Cox, formerly Cason
Being all and the only children now
alive of the said James & Rebecca
Cason Deceased. And further the old
Family Bible Record of the said
Cason and wife decst, showing the
dates of the births of their said children
To Wit "Edward M Cason born 3rd January 1805
Susannah Cason born on the 1st January 1790
Eliza S. Cox born on the 17 October 1807"
And to sustain said claim to the
increase of Pension asked for He
Respectfully Refers the Honl. Commissioner at
Washington City to the Virginia Continental
Revolutionary Rolls on file or State
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Troop Rolls aforesaid also to show
the true date of said James Cason
death the County Court Records of
the County of Jackson State of Tennessee
is referred to on file in Pension office
and the proof hereto annexed and the
application upon which his pension
was granted on file in the Pension office.
All of which is Respectfully submitted.

I do hereby constitute and appoint _____
of Washington
City D.C. my true and lawful attorney
for me and in my name to prosecute
said claim and to Recover from the
United States the pension certificate
which may be issued on said claim
due by virtue of the service of the
said James Cason as a non commissioned
officer as aforesaid and to
do all lawful acts and things touching
te premises with full force of substitute
and I agree to ratify any thing
my said Attorney may lawfully do
in the process.
in Testimony whereof I hereunto sign
my name this day and date first
above written
Attest
Robert A Cox Administrator
H Denton
Henry Hall
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Sworn to and
Subscribed before
the County Court of Jackson County in
the State of Tennessee now in Session on the
day and year first above written and I certify
that I have no interest in the claim or concerns
in the prosecution of the same.

James Thorp
Chairman of the County
Court of Jackson County


State of Tennessee
County of Jackson ⎬ On the day & year first above
written personally came before the County Court
in and for the County & State aforesaid now in
Session Matthew M Anderson & Henry Halls
idents of the County State aforesaid to the Court
well known to be respectable witnesses, who
being first duly sworn according to law
declare that they are personally acquainted with
Robert A Cox who has made & subscribed
the foregoing declaration - that they were present & saw him sign his name to said Declaration & that from their personal acquaintance with him they believe that he is the
identical person he represents himself
to be that they personally know that James
Cason mentioned in the foregoing declaration
was a United States Revolutionary Pensioner
of the County aforesaid in his lifetime and that
Mrs. Rebecca Cason mentioned in said Declar
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ation was his wife. That they have personally well known the said James Cason
and Rebecca Cason his wife for about twenty two
years before their deaths. That they lived together
as husband & wife during the lifetime of
his wife Rebecca, who died first. And both
of whom died in the County of Jackson, State of
Tennessee, about 13 years ago. They further
swear that they are disinterested witnesses in
said claim.

Henry Hall
Matthew M. Anderson


State of Tennessee
Jackson County 

⎬ Sworn to & subscribed before
the Court on the day and year first above
Written.

Chairman of the County Court
of Jackson County Tenn.

James Sharris

State of Tennessee
Jackson County ⎬ Be it Known that before
the Court holden in and for the County &
State aforesaid personally came before said
Court now in Session Henry Hall aged
Sixty seven years & Matthew M. Anderson
aged sixty
six years residents of the County & State aforesaid
known to the court to be respectable witnesses who being by the Court first duly
Sworn according to law upon their oaths
doth make the following affidavits. They say
they were personally acquainted with James
Cason decd and his wife Rebecca Cason dec
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for at least sixteen years before their deaths above mentioned in the foregoing declarations. Were their neighbors and intimate acquaintances for and during all their time of their acquaintances with them & know that they lived together as husband and wife during all of the time aforesaid with which they were acquainted with them, to wit, for the space of about sixteen years and up to the time of the death of the
said Rebecca as aforesaid - They were regarded
as husband & wife by their neighbors, that they
raised children together with whom these
deponents are well acquainted, to wit the said
Edward M. Cason, Susanna Cason & Eliza
S. Cox (formerly Eliza S. Cason) and that the
marriage of the said James Cason &
Rebecca his wife was never questioned
or doubted- And further Mrs Rebecca Cason
his wife died on the 8th day of Sept
1836
in the County of Jackson, Tennessee, these
deponents saw her buried and her said
death was set down and the date thereof
here now present & known to be genuine
by deponents & they further state that James
Cason her husband mentioned in the
foregoing declaration was a United States
Revolutionary Pensioner in his lifetime in
the County of Jackson, Tennessee, and further
the said James Cason died in the County
of Jackson Tenn, on the 12th day of July
1842 these deponents were present and saw
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him buried and deponent Henry Hall
states that he set down the date of his
death in the old family bible here present
at the time or soon after the death of the said
James Cason. And these deponents both know
it to be genuine. and that the said James
Cason at his death left no widow. And
but three children alive whose names are
Edward M. Cason, Susannah Cason & Eliza
S. Cox (formerly Eliza S. Cason) being all & the only
children now alive of the said James Cason &
wife Rebecca, decd. Deponents further swear
that they are disinterested witnesses.

Henry Halsall
Matthew M. Anderson

Seal
Sworn to & subscribed before the
Court on the day & year first
above written and I certify that
I am not interested in this claim
or in the prosecution of the same.

James Sharp
Chairman of the County
Court of Jackson County
Tennessee


State of Tennessee
Jackson County

I, Sampson W. Cassitty
Clerk of Jackson County Court hereby certify
that
James Phariss
Esquire
before whom the foregoing declaration and
affidavits were made in open Court who
has thereunto signed his name was at the
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time of so doing the Presiding Justice of
the peace in and for the County & State
aforesaid duly commissioned & sworn according
to law-- that all his official acts as
such are entitled to full faith and credit
and that the County Court aforesaid is a
Court of record and that his signature
is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and 
affixed my Official seal at
Office in Gainsboro on this the
3rd day of March A.D. 1856
S. W. Cassetty Clerk

State of Tennessee
of
Jackson County 

I James Pharis
Chairman of the County Court of Jackson
County Tenn holden in and for said County
now in Session hereby certify that on the
day & year first above mentioned there was
exhibited & proven the family bible of
James Cason & Rebecca Cason decd and
I hereby certify that the following is a
true Copy from said Old family
Bible of the births Marriages & deaths
of the said James & Rebecca Cason
decd and of the Births of their Children
who are now living. viz
James Cason was born July 23rd 1758
Rebecca Cason was born August 21st 1766.
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3124
INVALID.
File No. 43124
---
James Cason
Pvt, Va. line
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Act: June 7 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 57
(Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of Tennessee
County of Jackson
A
W
November Term 1832 Court of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions

On this 13th day of November 1832 personally appeared in open court
before John Tweed John Welch and William Gray
Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County of
now sitting (being a court of Record James Cason the applicant
in the foregoing declaration made at August Term of said Court of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County, being a citizen and resident of
said county, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his
oath make the following further declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of the provision made by act of congress passed
June 7th 1832. 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 any state.
Sworn and subscribed the day and
year aforesaid
James Cason

William Galbreath Clerk of said Court
And the said to hereby declare their opinion that the above named
applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and
it is ordered that the same be certified by the Clerk under seal of the
Court having been provided at this term and received by the Court.
John Swizia
John Welch
William Gray
I William Galbreath Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter
sessions for said County of Jackson do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court
at August Term 1832 and November Term 1832 in the matter
of the application of James Cason for a pension
artin
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of Office this 13 day of
November 1832
William Galbreath Clerk ┃
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Tennessee
Mail
certif Returned

. Rice
Washington City D.C
Secretary at War
Lewis Cass
tionary pension
Free
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Gainesboro T 
1 Jan 1833
Sir
Sent by last mail from the War Department
certificate to John Wilson for $80 to Ephraim Ellis
for $58.33 and to James Cason for $40. Revolutionary
Claims under Act of Congress 7 June 1832.
There is evidently a mistake in that of James Cason
which I enclose to you. It will be found on examination
of the muster roll and his declaration that he served
in the 2nd Regt of the Virginia State troops from
March 1777 to March 1780 and that he is
entitled to full pay under the act of Congress.
Please correct the error as soon as convenient
as the old soldier is very impatient
Yours, 
Jas T. Quarles
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Payments to be made
at Nashville, Ten:
by the Presd: W.S. Br. Bk
Agent for paying Pension
ers, in the Agency of West
Tennessee

Recorded by N. Rice
Clerk, in Book D Vol. 9
page 145 -
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Gainsboro Te
June 6th
Free
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Mail
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City of

D. C
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Gainesboro T. 6 June 1833
Sir
James Cason who was a regular soldier of the Virginia
State line 2nd Regt. sent his declaration to the War Department
in August last, which was returned, and amended and
sent again in Nov. He states in his decon that
he was in the service 3 years, his claim was allowed
and a certificate sent to him for forty dollars per year
instead of 80 - believing it was a mistake of 
your department it was returned to be corrected. 
Considerable length of time has elapsed, and
we have recd no account of it-- fears are
entertained that it has miscarried more
particularly as other claims have been allowed
which were sent on long since his-- You
would confer a singular favor on the old man
if you will inform him the cause of the delay.
Yours &c
James T Quarles
J. L. Edwards Esqr
agent for Applicant
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
James Cason
which require further
proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension
he is entitled? yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832? No
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguish from
any other seal? no device
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ing it?
Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service?
not required in this case.
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain-
XII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least
one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an
age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
not required in the con
year-
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
and
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, 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 not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: Formonths
, anddays
, I served as a . Fordays
, I served as amonths

and for such service I claim a pension
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of
the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about or
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he
must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits
the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly an
authenticated, as above directed.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.
4
In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or the
certifying Officer, has no public seal of Office
the certificate of a member of Congress, proving
the official character and signature of the
certifying Officer, should be sent with the papers
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Honl Commissioner of
Pensions, Washington DC County
Mt Vernon Rockcastle

Dear Sir

19 March 1856

You find enclosed the application of Robt A.
Cox of Jackson County Tennessee Administrator of
the estate of James Cason (decd) for Increase of
pension. A pensioner at $80 per annum at his decease,
the Family say that Jas Cason dead contended that
he was an orderly sergeant or non commissioned
officer in the Virginia Continental or State troop
Line in the Revolution. If  the rolls show the fact
that he was a Sergeant for two years, his children
I suppose would be entitled to the increase of pension
at $120 per annum to commence the 4th March 1831
under the act of 7th June 1832 to the date he died. After deducting the $80 per annum if he served the
2 years as Sergeant and continued in the said
to the end of the war. The increase would commence
the 4th
March 1826 under the act 15 May 1828.
These remarks is submitted for your consideration. I a 
statement of the case is made after the
form you (?) no particular form in such
application appears -- I suppose the enclosed will be
sufficient.

I notice that the clerks certificate as to record
evidence about their marriage is not in the papers
but as a copy of the Family register appears may
be sufficient. If it is not-- when I receive your report
as to the rights of the heirs to the Increase claim
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should it appear the the record evidence is
lacking-- I can then obtain the Clerks certificate
from the county where the marriage took place
but I flatter myself your Honor, will be satisfied
as to the marriage sufficiently to grant
the claim in case it appears the increase
is actually due the heirs.

I am Dear Sir
Very Truly
Alfred Smith

You will do me the favour to examine the case
soon as convenient and report will very much ?
A Smith
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.


I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, James Cason
of the State of Tennessee, West Ten: Agency
who was a Private in the army of the 
Revolution.
is entitled to receive Forty dollars and cents
per annum, during his natural life, commencing
on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the
4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States
this - 26th day of December
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two-


Lew Cap
Secretary of War

Examined and
Counter
signed. }
J L Edwards
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Gainesborough Ten. August 1853

Sir

James Cason of this county obtained a certificate of
pension for his serving as a Revolutionary services under the
act of June 7 1832. He served in the continental
line or Virginia State line and his name is on the
muster rolls in the War office three years and
also in the militia. But as two years was the
Maximum by that act he only applied for the
time he was a regular soldier. I have not
noticed the several pension laws passed by
Congress since that time- but an informed
that laws have been passed increasing pensions. James Cason
has been
dead several years. He left as
widdow but several children. As I assisted
the old man in drawing his declaration for a pension
his children applied to me a short time ago
to inquire into the matter & ascertain whether anything
is due them as heirs of James Cason under the
act of 1832 or any other act passed since
that time - There are many agents at Washington and
else where holding themselves out attend to
such business but of course they are strangers
to Cason's children. So they preferred to get the
information from the officer of the government. 
You will please write to me as soon as convenient
and give the information desired. 1st whether
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his hiers are entitled to any thing on account of the
services of their father, as a regular soldier and
whether they are not entitled for his services
in the militia for which he did not apply.
I learned from the old man after he had
obtained his pension certificate that during
a part of the time of his service he acted as
1st or orderly Sergeant, but whether that was
while he served as a regular or militiaman
I do not remember but suppose it can be
ascertained. I suppose his children await the arrears of pension due him
at his death. His declaration was sent on
soon after the passage of the law, either
the year it passed or the year after.
Yours, 
James T. Quarles
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the him are entitled to any thing on account of the
services of their father, as a regular soldier and
whether they are not entitled for his services
in the militia for which he did not apply
I learned from the old man after he had
obtained his pension certificate that during
a part of the time of his service he acted as
1st or orderly Sergeant, but whether that was
while he served as a regular or militiaman
I do not remember but suppose it can be
ascertained. I suppose his children deed
due the arrears of pension due him
at his death. His declaration was sent on
soon after the passage of the law, either
the year it passed or the year after
Jos
O
James T. Quarles