Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22386, for Casper Marsh, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn

Marsh Casper
NUMBER
S.22386
CONTENTS
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No. 18,991
Pennsylvania
Casper Marsh
of North Co. in the State of Penna.
who was a Pr. & Sergt. in the company commanded by Captain Strome of the  commanded by Col. Brobst in the Penn. Troops
line for 2 months Sergeant
10 " [ditto] & 12 days Pr. 
10.00
34.65
$44.65

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 44 Dollars 65 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of
Pension issued the 25 day of Novr.
1833 and sent to R. Brodhead ┃
Easton Pa
---
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833
111.62
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34
22.32
$133.94
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book E. Vol. 5 Page 40
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Revolution
22386
INVALID. 
File No. 22,386
Casper Marsh
Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7 32
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 253
[Arrangement of 1870]
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27785
Casper Marsh

Admitted
2 mos Sergt.
12 " [ditto] 12 ds Private

R. Brodhead Esqr.
Easton Pa.
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
County of Northampton Ss  On this Seventeenth Day of August
in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and thirty three personally
appeared Before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for the
said County Philip Deamer (who being well known to me as a man of
Truth and veracity and I therefore Certify that his statements are entitled to Credit and Belief) who being duly sum according to Law did depose and
say, that he is well acquainted with Carper Marsch of Moore Township
who is about to make an application for a Pension that he will knows
that in the October 1777 he was Drafted and called out in the militia for Two months under Captain John Gregory and was elected a Sargent of the
said Company and marched to Allentown on the Lehigh River where he
joined other forces under the command of Col Brobst that from there he marched
to the Schuylkin near Phila and remained there until the two months
for which he was called out had expired and was then Discharged, that
he was with him all the time - that he will knows that in the year 1778
in the month of November he was Drafted and called out under Captain John Gregory in the Third Class and marched to the upper part of Northampton County in Chesnut hill Township and was stationed at different places in the Township to protect the Inhabitants from the Indians and
served until the Two months for which he was called out had expired
and was then Discharged - that he was with him all the time - that
about Two weeks after his Discharge. He became a substitute for
his Brother Adam Marsh who had been Drafted and called out for
Two months as above stated, and marched under the same Captain
John Ritter into the aforesaid Township of Chestnut hill and was stationed
at different places in the Township to protect the Inhabitants from the
Indians until his Brothers Two months had expired and was then Discharged
- that he will recollects that he became a Volunteer in Captain Horn's Company of Horse and marched up the River Delaware
to protect the Inhabitans from the Indians that he did not go with him
But he seen him start - That he frequently heard that he rendered
other service and he believes it But does not know it of his own Knowledge. 
Philip Diemer X his mark 
Sworn & Subscribed this
17th Day of August A D 1833
Before me
John Ziegenfer Jp
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
County of Northampton Ss
I William L Sebring Prothonotary of the Court
of Common Pleas of Northampton County. Do hereby certify that John
Tjerginfuss Before whom the within affidavit was made, was at the
time thereof and still is an acting Justice of the peace duly Commissioned
and qualified so to act as such, and that full faith and credit
are due and of right ought to be given to all his official acts
and that that the signature thereunto set is the genuine Signature of
the said John Tjerginfuss
In Witness I have here unto set my Hand
and affixed the seal of the said Court this
20th day of August A D 1833
Wm Sebring Prothy
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
County of Northampton Ss  On this twenty fourth Day of August in
the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty three personally
appeared in the open Court of Common Pleas of said County Before the Honorable
Garrick Mallery President & John Cooper and Daniel Wagoner associate
Judges of the said Court. Casper Marsh a Resident of Moore Township in
said County aged Seventy Six years the 12th of January
last past who
being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7
1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the
following named officers and served as herein stated. In the month of
December 1776 he became a Volunteer in the Company of Captain
Henry Shorne, which was raised in his neighborhood. to wit, at Moore
aforesaid, for Two months, and marched under the said Captain to Phila
where they joined other forces which were stationed in a Brick Home and
Barracks a little out of the City, Genl Washington was then in the City and
Remained in the City until the Two months had expired and then the
Company returned and he with them. In the month of October 1777
He was drafted and called out for Two months in the militia in the Third Class under Captain Captain John Grigery, and was Elected Sargent of his
Company and marched from Moore Township to Allentown on the Lehigh
River then in Northampton Co. (now Lehigh) where he joined other forces under the
command of Col Brobst and from there marched to the Schylkill above
Philadelphia and remained there under the command of Genl Erwin
until the Two months had expired and was then Discharged and then came home and remained home until May 1778 he then became a
Substitute for John Walker who was drafted in the first Class Penna Militia
for Two months, and marched under Captain Paul Flick up the River Lehigh above the Lehigh Water Gap to a place Called Knandinhontin
and remained there four or 5 Weeks to protect the Inhabitants from the Indians
and then ordered about 40 miles East near the Delaware River to a place
called Stronasburg near Brodheads Creek and remained there until the ┃
Two months for which he became a substitute had expired & was there
discharged and came home and remained home until November of the same
year (1778) when he was Drafted and called out in the militia for
Two months in the 3d Class and marched under Captain John Gregory
in the upper part of said County in Chesnut hill Township and was
stationed at the House of John Gregory and Philip Shoop and other
Private Dwellings to protect the Inhabitants of the Township from the
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Indians until the Two months for which he was drafted had expired and
was then discharged and Came Home and Remained Home about Two thinks
when his Brother Adam Marsch was Drafted and called out as he
has before stated he was and he became a substitute for Him and
marched again under Captain John Gregory into Chesnut hill Township
aforesaid and was stationed again at Captain John Gregories & Philip Shoops
other private Dwellings in the Township to protect the Inhabitants from
the Indians and remained until the Two months for which his Brother was
Drafted had expired and was then Discharged and came home and remained home until the year 1781 in the Summer when he became a
volunteer in Captain Abraham Horns Company of Horse
and marched up the Delaware about 60 miles from its Junction with
the Lehigh and was there stationed along the Delaware River to Protect the Inhabitants from the Indians until two months and Twelve
Days had expired and was then Discharged making the whole time which
he served Twelve months and Twelve Days (12 mo & 12 Days) and for which he claims a Pension, he has no Documentary evidence and knows
of no person who can testify to his Service except Philip Deamer whose
affidavit is herewith exhibited & there is no Clergyman in his neighborhood
He herby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except
the present and Declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the
Agency of any State or if any only on that of the agency of Penna. 
[illegible signature] 

Sworn & Subscribed this 24th
Day of August in open
Court
Wm L Sebring Prothy 

John Smith and Christian [next word is crossed through] John Fenner being Duly Sworn according to
Law do depose and say that they are well acquainted with Casper Marsh who has sworn and subscribed the above Declaration, that they are his neighbors, that they believe him to be about the age of
Seventy six that he is reputed and Believed in the neighborhood
where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, that they
never heard it doubted and that they concur without hesitation in
that Belief
John Smith
John Fenner

Sworn & Subscribed this
24th Day of August A D 1833
in open Court
Wm L Sebring Prothy
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation
of the matter, and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them
that there is no Clergyman residing in the neighbourhood of the said applicant
who know him, and that John Smith and Christian I Hutter are his
neighbors and will acquainted with him, and are men of high standing
and Credibility and these statements which they have made in the foregoing
affidavit are entitled to Credit and Belief
Garrick Mallery
Port Judge
Jno. Cooper a Judge
Daniel Wagener a Judge

I William L Sebring Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County. Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
[illegible] ional proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application [illegible]
Marsh for a Pension
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my
Hand and affixed the seal of the said Court
this Twenty fourth day of August A D 1833
Wm L Sebring Prothy