Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W.3771, William Cashwell, Va.
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VA/Virginia
Cashwell, William
and Betsey
W. 3771
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William Cashwell
of Amherst Co. (County) in the State of Virginia who was a private in the Com. commanded by Captain Stewart of the Army commanded by Washington in the Virginia line for 12 months. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond - at the rate of 40 Dollars -- cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834. 
Increased from $30. --

Certificated of Pension issued on the 21st day of September 1846 -- and sent to JOhn Echols, Lexington, Virginia, 

dif. of Arrears to the 4th of September 46  $155.--
Semi=anl (semiannual) allowance ending 4th March 20.--
$175.--
Increased from $30

Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by D. H. Mood, Clerk, Book 3, Vol. 6, Page 22.
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William Cashwell
declaration for a pension=
19030
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State of Virginia, Amherst County to wit
On this 17th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the Justices of the County Court of Amherst, now selling (?) William Cashwell, a resident of the County of Amherst in the State of Virginia, aged seventy (70) years last February, who being first duty sworn accor-ding to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States as a Militia man from the County of Amherst on February 1779 under the command of Captain David Woodroof and marched from said County to the Barracks in Albemarle County where he was engaged in guarding British Prisoners, a tour of duty which was for three months, at the expiration of which time he was discharged by the captain and returned home to the County of Amherst, where he remained until sometime in September 1780, when he volunteered under Captain John Morrison, who had command of a rifle company, and was marched from Amherst to Richmond, and from there to Petersburg, and was stationed about three miles out of Petersburg at a place then known by the name of the long Ordinary, at this place there were about fifteen hundred men under the command of Gen.l (General) Lawson and Gen.l (General) Steuben. At the end of three months, he was discharged and again returned home to Amherst County. In February 1781 he was called on to perform another tour of duty, and marched under the command of Capt. (Captain) James Franklin from the County of Amherst to join Gen.l Green's Army in North Carolina. He did not reach Green's army before the battle of Guilford, though he was in a few miles and heard the cannon during that engagement, and thinks if his officers had pressed on they might have reached there in time to be part of that engagement. On the day after the battle, the company to which he belonged joined the main Army, and his captain, James Franklin, resigning his commission and returning home - he together with the whole company was placed under the command of Capt. Younger Sandrum and was attached to Lawson's Brigade and Col. John Holcombe's Regiment. he remained with Gen.l Green some time and was discharged at Deep River near the South Carolina line. having then served out his tour of three months, that being the time for which he was called into service. He then returned home and in September 1781 was again called out as a militia man under Capt. John Stewart, and was marched to little York and bore a part in in that memorable seige and after the surrender of Cornwallis he marched with the Prisoners taken in that battle to the Winchester barracks in Virginia where he was discharged and returned home, and this closed his
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services during the War of the Revolution in this last tour he was also engaged three months. In three of the tours of duty which he performed he went as a Militia Man, and in the other he went as a volunteer and performed during the War twelve months service - In his first tour of duty he recollects the following Officers (Viz): Colo. Taylor, Capt. Rice, Capt. Porter, Capt John Woodroof and Capt. David Woodroof and Genl Taylor commander in Chief of all the troops at that post - In his second tour, when he went as a volunteer he recollects the following Officers Viz: Genl Steuben, Genl Lawson, Colo Everitt Mead, Majr. John Holcombe and Capt. Jno Morrison under whom he served - And when he marched to Carolina he recollects Genl. Green, the commander in Chief, Colo Green Colo Stevens, Genl. Lawson, Colo Holcombe, Majr Hubbard and Capt. Landrum - And at York he recollects Genl. Washington, Genl. Lafayette, Genl Wane Genl Lawson, Genl Stevens Colo Holcombe, Colo Tucker Majr Woodson and Capt Jno Stewart - that he has no documentary evidence proving his service, and relies upon his own statement sustained as it is by the certificates of a few of those who knows of his services to establish his claim - the certificates which he has been able to procure are hereto attached - 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 the agency of any State
William Cashwell
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid -

And the Court proceeded to put the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department - 
1. Where and in what year were you born? Ans - I was born in the County of Amherst in the state of Virginia in 1762-
2 - Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
I have a record of my age at home in my Bible-
3 - Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live-?
Answer - I lived in the County of Amherst and have lived there ever since -
4 - How were called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute?
I performed three tours of duty as a drafted Militia Man, & volunteered one tour-
5 - State the names of some of the regular Officers who were with the troops when you served, such continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer - When at the barracks in Albemarle I recollect Genl. Taylor Colo
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Taylor, Capt. Rice, Capt. Porter, Capt. Jno Woodroof and Capt. David Woodroof under whom I served. In my second tour when I volunteered I recollect Genl. Steuben, Genl Lawson, Colo Mead, Majr Holcomb & Capt. John Morrison. and when I served in North Carolina I recollect Genl Green Colo Green Colo Washington, Colo. Lee Genl Lawson, Colo Holcomb Genl Stevens and Capt Landrum under whom I served - And when I served at York I recollect Genl Washington Genl Lafayette, Genl Wane, Genl Lawson Genl Stevens, Colo Holcomb, Colo Tucker, Majr Woodson and Captain Jno Stewart under whom I served -
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from service, and if so by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
I received a ticket of discharge from the Capt. under whom I served, they have been given up long since and are not now to be obtained -
7 - State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer - Bartlett Cash, William Lavender, Philip Smith, William Hartless: Henry Cashwell and Benjamin Higginbotham.

Amherst County to wit
This day William Lavender a Soldier of the Revolution and pensioner made oath before me a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid, that he knows that William Cashwell performed two tours of duty during the Revolution, one was at the Barracks in Albemarle County, and the other was at the siege of York, these tours were for three months each, this Affiant is unable to speak with greater certainty on this point as he served with said Cashwell in both those tours - 
Given under my hand this 17th of Septr 1832
David S Garland

Amherst County towit.
This day William Hartless, Philip Smith and Benjamin Higginbotham made oath before me a Justice of the peace for the County of Amherst, that they are well acquainted with William Cashwell and that they know he served a tour of Militia duty in the War of the Revolution, that he marched from the County of Amherst in 1781 under Capt. James Franklin to North Carolina where he joined Genl Greens Army he was engaged in this service three months, and each one of us was engaged in the same tour - Given under my hand this 17th Septr 1832
David S Garland
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Virginia Amherst County towit
this day Bartlett Cash of the County and
state aforesaid, personally appeared before me William M Waller a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid, and made oath that William Cashwell of the County of Amherst served as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War in the United States service in the company commanded by Capt. James Franklin which company was turned over to the command of Capt. Younger Landrum of Genl. Lawsons Brigade and Col John Holcombes regiment, that the service performed by said Wm. Cashwell was in the year 1781 in the State of North Carolina
Bartlett Cash
given under my hand and seal this 12th day of August 1832
Will M Waller {seal}
Amherst County towit.
This day Wiley Campbell made oath before me a 
Justice of the peace for the said County, that he is well acquainted with William Cashwell, and knows that said Cashwell went as a Militia Man in 1781 from the County of Amherst to the siege of York - he does not recollect the length of time said Cashwell was engaged in that tour, but he knows he was absent from home several months - He does not recollect of any other services performed by said Cashwell during the War of the Revolution, but has always understood that he was engaged in other tours of duty and has no doubt of that fact - Given under my hand this 17th day of Sept 1832
Josiah Ellis
Virginia
Amherst County towit
This day Henry Cashwell of the State of Virginia and County of Amherst, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid and made oath that William Cashwell served in the Revolutionary War as a common Soldier in the State service, and the United States service, in the service of the State at the Barracks in the County of Albemarle in the company of Capt. David Woodroof in the year 1779 for three months, in the year 1780 at Petersburg and its neighbourhood, for three months under the command of Capt. John Morrison - In the service of the United States in the year 1780 in the State of North Carolina under the command of Capt. James Franklin, that Capt Jas Franklins company was turned over to Capt. Younger Landrum of Genl. Lawsons Brigade and Col. John Holcombes regiment in which brigade and regiment the said William Cashwell served three months, that afterwards in 1781 the said William Cashwell served in the
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service of the State at the siege of York in the company of Caapt. John Stewart of the Virginia Militia Genl. Lawsons Brigade
Henry Cashwell
Given under my hand and seal this 11th day of August 1832
Wm M Waller {seal}
And the 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 and served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that William Lavender, William Hartless Philip Smith, Benjamin Higginbotham, Bartlett Cash, Wiley Campbell and Henry Cashwell whose Affidavits are attached to the said declaration are residents of the County of Amherst and credible persons and that their statements are entitled to Credit-

Virginia Amherst County towit
I Robert Tinsley Clerk of the Court of Amherst County do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Cashwell for a pension - I further certify that David S. Garland William M Waller and Josiah Ellis before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken are and were at the time the same bear date Justices of the Peace for the said County of Amherst duly commissioned and qualified
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and Seal of office this second day of October in the year One thousand Eight hundred and thirty two on the fifty seventh year of the Commonwealth
Robert Tinsley
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No. 19030 13,129
Wm Cashwell
Amherst co Virga

Adm for 9, Months
from 1779-

Saml S Garland agt.
New Glasgow
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of William Cashwell
Period when the service was rendered.
drafted 1779
vol 170
draft 1781
Duration of the claimant’s service. Years. Months. Days.
3 months
3 months
3 months
Rank of the claimant.
Private
Names and rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Cap David Woodroof
Cap Jno Morrison
Cap Jno Stewart
Names and Rank of the General and Field officeers.
Gen Lawson and Stevens
Genl Talor
Gen Washington
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
York Town
Country through which he marched.
to Albemarle
Richmond
Petersburg
Little York
to Winchester
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
70 
Amherst
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
William Lavender as to 6 mo
3 Witnesses for 3 Months
Henry Cashwell for 6 mo

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered wand who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of classes are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claim- ing the benefit of this law its officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. 
County of 
On this ______ day of ______ personally appeared (a) before ___________ A.B. a resident (b) of ____________ in the county of __________ and State, Territory or District of ________ aged (c) _______ 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 the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year (d) _______, with ________ and served in the _________ (e) regiment of the _________ line, under the following named officers:
 [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service: (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of ________
 Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. _____________: A.B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
 And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I __________ of the Court of _____________ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of __________ for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ________ day of ________ &c. 
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the _______ and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, __________ Clerk of the Court of _____________ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of __________ &c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge of commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration , (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or if detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribed and be sworn to, one of the declarations also provided, according to the nature of his case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
 6. To a Soldier.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? 
To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement to the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. -If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
[d] The declaration must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
[e] Every continual officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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:-For ____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a ________. For ______ months and _______ days, I served as a _______; and for such service I claim a pension." 
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 reconciling to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase [italicized] about three or four months, is to indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required. 
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 
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 papers 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 not to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
Proof of Service. 
[j] 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 claimant's 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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
[pointing finger icon] The notes from [a] t [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. 
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Act 44 592
13,676
Betsey Cashwell
wid of William
Va
Act 7 July 1838
Married 191
Rejected husband
died 9 June 1847

Admd Act 17 June 44
$40.00 Per An
from 9 June 47

R. H Gray
Lynchburgh
Va
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State of Virginia
Amherst County To Wit
On this 3 day of January 1848, before me John C. Whitehead a Justice of the peace in and for said County, personally appeared Betsey Cashwell - Maiden name, Penn Aged 76 years a resident of said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her Oath make the following declarative, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7, 1837, (March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844) entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows": that she is the widow of William Cashwell decd of said County, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, and a United States pensioner at the time of his death - the 9th day of June 1847 - originally at $30- per annum; which a short time before his death was increased to $40 - per Annum.
She further declares, that she was married to the said William Cashwell on the - day of November 1791 - 
That her husband, the aforesaid William Cashwell died in said County, on the 9th day of June 187, as aforesaid: That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of Jany 1794 - Viz: at the time above stated - as will more fully appear by reference to the proof annexed.
Betsy Cashwell x her mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written - Before me - John C Whitehead J.P.
In presence of
Jas. H Cashwell
Henry G Fulcher
"a resident of said County" interlined before signed-
John C Whitehead JP
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State of Virginia
Amherst County} Sct.
At a Court of Monthly Sessions begun and held for Amherst county at the Courthouse on the 17th day January 1848,
The Declaration of Mrs. Betsey Cashwell, maiden name Penn, was read in Court claiming a pension from the General Government as the widow of William Cashwell deceased of Said County under the Acts of July 1838 March 1843 and June 17, 1844, together with the affidavit of Judith Hanland and Certificate of John C. Whitehead and Joseph R. Carter Esqrs, And the Court having examined the Same do Certify to the War Department, that the Said Betsey Cashwell is the widow of William Cashwell deceased of Said County who was a United States Pensioner at the time of his death, the 9th day of June, 1847 at the rate of $40.- per annum and that it does appear to the Satisfaction of the Court from the Record evidence exhibited in the Case that the Said William Cashwell and Betsey his wife - (Maiden name Penn) - were married in Said County by the Revd Mer. Crawford on the - day of November 1791, That the said John C Whitehead and Joseph R. Carter Esqrs are acting Justices of the peace in and for Said County duly Commissioned and qualified as Such and that the Signatures purporting to be theirs affixed to the Several Certificates in this case are genuine and that Judith Hanland is a Respectable Resident of Said County and that her oath is entitled to credit as a woman of truth and Standing
In testimony whereof I Samuel M Garland Clerk of the County Court of Said County of Amherst in the State of Virginia, have hereunto affixed the Seal of Said Court and Subscribed my name this 18th day of January 1848~
Saml M Garland Clk
Amherst Cty Ct
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3509
Virginia Richmond
Betsey Cashwell
widow of William
Reported Va Cashwell
who served in the Revolutionary
Jany 30/49 war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
40 Dollars ~
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
30 day of Jany 1849
and sent to
pensioner
Amherst
Va

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 144 Vol. 3.
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WIDOW, &C.

File No. 3771
Betsey Cashwell
Pri Wid.
Wm. Cashwell
Rev: War

Act: Feby, 2,,/48
Index:-Vol. A, Page 113
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of the 6. April 1838 from
4 March to 4 Sep 1840. Agt
Notified 16. June 1841
Let to John Echols, 5 Aug '46

13,127
Virginia
Wm. Cashwell
of Amherst Co in the State of Virginia
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Stewart of the Regt. commanded
by Col Washington in the Virginia
line for 9 mos.-
$30.

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 30. Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of May
1833 and sent to Saml.
S. Garland. New Glasgow
A. Co. Virga.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 60.-
Sei=anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 15.00
1833.
$75.00.

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer Clerk,
Book E. Vol. six Page 4.
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513. Richd. Reported
Virginia
Betsey Cashwell
widow of William Cashwell
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Husband Died 9th June, 1847

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
40 Dollars ~ 
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 9th day of June 1847.

Certificate of Pension issued the
10th day of July, 1848
and sent to
R. H. Gray Esq.,
Lynchburg,
Va
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2. Page 135
Page 20

Increase
William Cashwell
Va
Act 7 June 1832
Admd. 12 mo pri
$40.00 per ann
from 4 March 1831
deducting what has been
paid at the rate of $30.00
per ann-

John Echols
Lexington
Va
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William Cashwell Va Act 7 June 1832 $40.00
To what time was he last paid?
G.C.A.

Pension Office
July 5 1848 Paid to 4 Sept 1846
A.B.T.
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State of Virginia, Amherst County to wit.
On this 15th day of July 1848, before me Wm. M. Waller a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly authorized by law to Administer Oaths, personally appeared Mrs. Betsey Cashwell - a resident of said County Aged 77 - years - who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her Oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision  made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2nd of February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons, who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of William Cashwell decd. who was a private of Malitia, in the Revolution, and a U.S. Pensioner - and that the annual amount of pension she recd - as the widow of said William Cashwell under the Act of the 17th of June 1844, was at the rate of 440- cents per Annum and up to the 4th day of March 1848. She further declares, that she is still a widow.
Betsey Cashwell x her mark {seal}
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written - Before me - Wm. M Waller JP
In presence of-
Kitty Cashwell
Ro H Gray

I certify: that above named affiant, Betsey Cashwell - is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension, as stated by her, in the foregoing Affidavit.
Wm. M. Waller JP.
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Satates
State of Virginia
Amherst County} Sct;
At a Court of monthly Sessions begun & held for Amherst County at the Courthouse on Monday the 18th day of September 1848-
The Declaration of Betsey Cashwell was read in Court, claiming a pension from the general government under the act of Congress of Feby 2nd 1848 together with the Certificate of Wm. M Waller Esqr. and the Court having examined the Same do Certify to the War Department that the Said Betsey Cashwell is the widow of Wm. Cashwell deceased of Said County who was a United States Pensioner in Said county and that She is the identical person who received a pension from the general government from Said County under the act of June 17th 1844 at the rate of $40: per Annum. And further that the Said William M Waller Esqr. is an acting Justice of the peace in and for Said County, duly commissioned and qualified as Such and that the Signatures purporting to be his affixed to his Certificate in This case are genuine~
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto Set my hand and affixed
the Seal of our Said Court this 19th 
day of September 1848~
Saml M Garland Clerk
Amherst Cty Ct
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feb 1 '48
Add tes
Betsey Cashwell
wid no fail

Jas L. Edwards Esqr
Com. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
Page 25

Washington City Jany. 29, 1848
Sir,
Enclosed are the papers of Betsy Cashwell
of Amherst co. Va. - widow of Wm. Cashwell decd of said Co. claiming a pension under the Act of July 7, 1838
Rc evidence of Marriage, and identity complete.
you will please forward Certificate t me in Lynchg. Va. when issued.
yours Respectfully -
Ro H Gray atty
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Know all men by these presents that we William Cashwell and Moses Penn are held and firmly bound unto Henry Lee Esqr Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the Sum fifty pounds current money to be paid to the Said Lee as to his Successors for the use of the Said Commonwealth we bind ourselves and each of us and each of us our heirs & Executors and administrators Jointly & Severally firmly by these presents Sealed with our Seals and dated this Seventh day of November 1791.
The Condition of this obligation is Such that where as there is - a - marriage Shortly intended to be had and Solemnized & between the Said William Cashwell Bachelor and Betsey Penn Spinster both of both of Amherst County - if there be no lawful to obstruct the Said marriage then the obligation to be void ~
Will Loving Jr William Cashwell {seal}
Moses Penn {seal}
I Samuel M Garland Clerk of the County
Court of Amherst in the State of Virginia do hereby Certify that the above and foregoing is a true Copy of an original Bond now on file in my Office ~
In testimony whereof I have hereto
affixed my seal of office and Subscribed
my name this 18th day of January 1848~
Saml M Garland ACC
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State of Virginia Amherst County to wit

On this 21st day of December 1847, before me Joseph R. Carter a Justice of the peace in and for Said County, personally appeared Judith Hansford, a respectable resident of said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her Oath say -
That she is 75 years old, and recollects distinctly of having been at the marriage of Wm. Cashwell decd. of said County - who was in the Revolutionary War, and was a pensioner at the time of his death - and Betsy Penn, now alive, and the same person who is claiming a pension from the Genl. Govt. And she is satisfied that they were married in the Fall of the  year of 1791- or about 56 years ago Novr. past. That she is the only wife the said Cashwell ever had from 1791, to the time of his death, which was some time in June last, 1849 - and that she is still a widow, and alive.
Judith Hansford x her mark
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above mentioned.
Before me - Joseph R. Carter J.P.
In presence of-
Jas. H Cashwell
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Lexington Virginia
Septr 5th 1846-

Sir
In compliance with your letter of the - day 
of August, I enclose to you the old certificate
of William Cashwell, who has only heretofore drawn a pension of $30.00 per annum, in order that a new one may be issued for 40.00 per annum to which he is entitled; he is now therefore Entitled to $155.00 back pay, from the 4th March 1831 to the 4th Septr 1846 -, besides a new certificate for $40.00 per annum from the last mentioned, date.
An early reply to this is very desirable.
I am with great respect
Yr Obt Sert
John Echols
Page 29

June 20/46

Cl
Mr Cashwell
for increase.

PAID 10
Paid
Hon J. L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington City
D.C
Page 30

Lexington Virginia
June 16th 1846
Sir,
Enclosed I send you the declaration of
William Cashwell of the County of Amherst in
this State, made in order to draw an additional pension of $10.00 per annum from the 4th March 1841 to this time, as from the evidence on file in the Clerk's Office of the County of Amherst as well as in the Pension Office at Washington, it appears that he served four tours of three months each, which would entitle him to a pension of $40.00 per annum, whereas he has only been drawing $30.00 per annum. Judging that this mistake must have happened from the great number of pension applications made at that time & the consequent press of business upon the pension agents at Washington, I would respectfully ask that you would examine the papers of Cashwell & consider this application of his. Hoping to hear soon from you I am
Yr Obt Servt
John Echols

Hon J. L. Edwards &~
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
State of Virginia
County of Amherst} SS.
On this 25th day of March 1846 personally appeared before me John C. Whitehead a Justice of the peace in and for said County and State, William Cashwell a resident of Amherst County in the State of Virginia, aged 84 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 act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832: That he entered the service of the United States as a militia man from the County of Amherst in February 1779, under the command of Capt Woodroof and marched from said County to the barracks in Albemarle County, where he was engaged in guarding British prisoners, a tour of duty, which was for three months, at the expiration of which time he was discharged by his Captain and returned to the County of Amherst, where he remained until sometime in September 1780, when he volunteered under Capt. John Morrison, who had Command of a rife Company, and was marched from Amherst to Richmond and from thence to Petersburg and was stationed about three miles out of Petersburg at a place then known, he thinks, by the name of the Long Orange at this place there were about fifteen hundred men under the command of Genl Lawson and Genl Steuben, at the end of three months he was discharged and again returned home to Amherst County. In February 1781 he was called on to perform another tour of duty and marched under the command of Captain James Franklin from the County of Amherst to join Genl Green's army in North Carolina, he did not however reach Green's army before the battle of Guilford, though he was in a few miles and heard the Cannon during the Engagement, and thinks if his Officer had pressed on they might have reached there in time to have
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borne a part in that engagement. On the day after the battles, the company to which he belonged joined the main army, and his Captain James Franklin resigning his commission and returning home, he together with the whole Company was placed under the command of Capt George Landrum and was attached to Lawson's Brigade and Colo John Holcombe's Regiment, he remained, with Genl Green some time, and was discharged, at Deep River near the South Carolina lines, having then served out his tour for three months, that being the time for which he was called into service. He then returned home and in September 1781 was again called out as a militia man under the command of Capt John Stewart and was marched to Little York and bore a part in that memorable siege, and after the surrender of Cornwallis he marched with the prisoners taken in that battle, to the Winchester barracks in Virginia, where he was discharged and returned home, and thus closed his services during the War of the Revolution, in this last tour he was engaged three months, In three of the tours of duty which he performed he went as a militia man and in the other he went as a Volunteer, and performed during the war twelve months service. In his first tour of duty he recollects the following Officers viz Colo Taylor, Capt Rice, Capt Porter, Capt John Woodroof, and Capt David Woodroof and Genl Taylor commander in chief of all the troops of that post. In his second tour when he went as a Volunteer he recollects the following Officers viz Genl Steuben, Genl Lawson, Colo Everett Mead, Maj John Holcombe, and Capt John Morrison, under whom he served, and when he marched to Carolina he recollects Genl Green the commander in chief, Colo Green, Genl Stevens, Gen Lawson, Colo Holcombe, Major Hubbard & Capt Landrum and at York he recollects Gen Washington, Genl Lafayette, Gen Wane
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Gen Lawson, Gen Stevens, Colo Holcombe, Colo Tucker, Majr Woodson and Capt Stewart - that he has no documentary evidence proving his services, and relies upon his own statement sustained, as it is by the certificates of a few of those who knew of his services to Establish his claims. The Declarant further states that he had been drawing a pension of 430.00 per annum under the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, that he served as stated above for 12 Months during the revolutionary war & that according to the provisions of said act he was Entitled to $40.00 per annum and that this declaration is made for the purpose of drawing the additional pension which is justly due him on account of the full periods of his service, which he now claims; and that for proof of his different tours of service and length of the same, he refers to evidence now on file in the Pension department at Washington accompanying the declaration, which he originally filed, and that he now asks that a certificate be issued to him for an additional pension of $10.00 per annum from 4th March 1831 up to the present times.
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 the agency of any State, or, of any, only on that of the agency of the State of Virginia.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Wm Cashwell

State of Virginia
County of Amherst} -SS-
I John C. Whitehead a Justice of the peace
above named of the said County and State do hereby certify that William Cashwell above named personally appeared before me on this 25th day of March 1846 and subscribed and swore to the foregoing declaration, that he is a person of
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veracity and that on account of advanced age and bodily infirmity he is entirely unable to attend Court.
Given under my hands-
John C. Whitehead J.P.

Amherst County Court June Term 1846
The County Court of Amherst now sitting, doth order it to be certified to the War Department that the foregoing declaration of William Cashwell was produced in open Court and read 
The Court also Certify that John C. Whitehead before whom said declaration appears to have been made is an acting Justice of the peace for Said County duly Commissioned and qualified according to Law and that the Signatures Purporting to be his is genuine and That the same faith and Credit are due to the Proceedings before the Single Justices of the Same had been held in open Court.
In testimony whereof I Samuel M Garland Clerk of the Court of Said County have hereunto Subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of the Court of Said County this 15th day of June 1846-
Saml M Garland Ck
Amherst Cty Court
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office
June 7th, 1841

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States," William Cashwell
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond Va Agency, at
the rate of thirty Dollars 
per annum, under the law of the 7 June 1832, has 
been paid at this Department from the 4th of March 1840
to the 4th Sept 1840.
Respectfully yours
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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Payments to be made
at Richmond.
by P.N.S. Br. Bank
Agent for paying Pensionsers,
in the Agency of
Virginia

Recorded in the Pension Office,
in Book E.  Vol 6.
Page 4 by Wm. R. Palmer
Clerk
Page 37

WAR DEPARTMENT
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United
States of the 7th June, 1832, Wm. Cashwell
of the State of Virginia
who was a Private in the Army
of the revolution
is entitled to receive thirty dollars 
per annum, during his natural life, commencing 
on the 4th of March, 1834, 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 4th day of 
May one thousand
eight hundred and thirty three.
Lew Cass
Secretary of Wary

J.L.  Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Examined and
Countersigned,