Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8136, Augustus Case, New Jersey
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New Jersey      Case, Augustus       S 8136
Carded
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26,310
Ohio Pittsburgh Agency
Augustus Case
of March 3, in the State of Ohio,
who was a [illeg] in the Company commanded by Captain Dickinson of the Regt commanded by Col          in the New J. militia --
1 Yr P $10.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio [Pvt] at the rate of 40 Dollars -- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of May 1832 and sent to J Faulk, Somerville, Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Mch 3y            120.00
Semi-anl. allowance endng 21 Set      20.00
                                                           ________
                                                         $140.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by J T Sprague Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 8 Page 108
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28801

state of Ohio Wayne County}Ss
On this eighteenth day of March a.D. 1833 personally appeared in open court before the court of common pleas of said county now sitting Augustus Case a resident of Wayne county aged seventy four years in [     ] by A.D. 1833 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 in the year 1776 he resided at Roxbury, Morris county, New Jersey and in the fall of that year entered the service of the United States as a drafted militia man from the place last aforesaid and served as such for one month under Capt. Thomas Dickerson, Col. Stark + Gen Wines, marched to Elizabeth Town, thence to Morristown, thence back to Elizabeth Town the whole army being under the command of Gen. Washington - at the end of this month this applicant entered the service of the U.S. as a carpenter and was employed as such for six months at Morristown aforesaid at the expiration of this term being about the first of June 1777 this applicant again entered the service of the US drafted from the state of New Jersey under the same capt. and during the first month was in and about Elizabethtown aforesaid - the month following this he served as a substitute for one John Baxter who had been drafted into the militia service of the US from New Jersey and during this month marched from Elizabeth town about seventy miles up the North River under the command of Col. Seeley + Gen. Wines the name of the captain not recollected from thence they returned to Elizabeth town - at the end of this mont he  was again drafted from the State militia
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into the service of the U.S. and served for another month in and near Elizabeth Town aforesaid under the command of one Captain Shalar and as applicant believes under Col. Luce. At the end of these three months applicant remained at home one month at the end of this month being as applicant believes about the first of October 1777 he was again drafted into the service aforesaid and served for a month in and about Elizabeth town aforesaid - was again at home a month - then again was drafted into the service aforesaid and was stationed in and about Greenbrook New Jersey and believes under capt. Dickerson and Gen. Wines was again at home a month - again was drafted into the service of aforesaid for a month and was stationed in and near Greenbrook aforesaid under the same officer in the winter of 1778 as he believes during the remaining part of the year 1778 this applicant was alternately a month at home and a month in the service aforesaid one month of which time he believes he served at or near Springfield and another at Hackensack New Jersey under Capt. Dickerson and Gen. Wines.
  This applicant recollects that at the time of the surrender of Cornwallis at York he was again in the service and on the way to York town when they received news of the surrender but cannot recollect how long he served at this time - applicant believes during the 3 first years he was in service at least half the time and believes that after these 3 years he was one month in the service at Amboy New Jersey and knows he was in service at the surrender aforesaid. The following questions were put to the applicant by said court.
Question 1st Where + in what year were you born?
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Answer: In the year 1759 at Roxbury Township Morris county New Jersey July 17.
Quest. 2: Have you any record of your age + if so, where is it. 
Ans. I have a record of my age in my family Bible taken from the family Bible of my father.
Quest. 3rd Where were you living when called into service - where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live?
Ans. When called into service I lived at Roxbury aforesaid - lived there till 1796 - then moved to Green County Penn. and lived there till 1815 - then moved to Wayne County, where I have resided ever since.
Quest. 4th How were you called into service - were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
Ans. I was drafted and served as a militia man except the month I served as a substitute for Baxter as stated in the body of his declaration.
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 service.
Answer. For the general circumstances of my service I refer to the body of this declaration. The names of the Regular officers which I remember are the following. Gen. Washington Regular Col Luce Col Stark or Start Col Seely of the militia.
Quest 6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Ans I do not recollect that I ever received any written discharge from any of my officers. I believe I never did.
Question 7th State the names of persons in your present neighborhood to whom you are known and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
Answer. I am known to Simeon Bell + John Lawrance who I believe can testify
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to my character for veracity and as to their belief of my service as a soldier of the Revolution, Applicant has no documentary evidence in relation - his service and he knows of no person in this state who can testify from his own knowledge as to applicants service. Applicant 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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Augustus Case
We Alpheus French a clergyman residing in the county of Wayne aforesaid and Thomas McMillan and Thomas Sharp residing in the same county do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Augustus Case who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be seventy four years of age in July 1833, that he is reputed + believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and to be a man of strict veracity, that we concur in that opinion and have no doubt of the facts. Tho McMillan Thomas Sharp Alpheus French
Sworn + subscribed the day + year aforesaid. J Sloane Clerk.
And the said [smudge] 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 Alpheus French who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in said Wayne county and that the said John Lawrence and Simeon Bell senr. who have also signed the same are residents in said Wayne county and are credible persons and their statements are entitled to the fullest credit.
I                         Clerk of the court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Augustus Case above named for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this eighteenth day of March A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty three.  J. Sloane clerk
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No 25801
Augustus Case Wayne County Ohio



Adm 1 year
 John Faulk
Jeromeville Wayne Court, Ohio
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Sir
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
18th July 1833
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 cast, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will shew 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.
[Table with 8 columns, headed thus:]
Col 1: Period when the service was rendered
Col. 2-4: Duration of the claimant's service. 
Subcolumn 2: a) years  b) Months c) Days
Col. 5: Rank of the claimant.
Col 6: Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Genl. Washington
Col. 7: Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
Col. 8: Proof by which the declaration is supported. 
_____________________________________________
Line 1: Entered fall 1776 | - | 1 | - | private | Cap Dickerson, Col Stack, Genl Wines | 74 years | Traditionary evidence, pay
Line 2 Entered 1776 | - | 6 | - | Carpenter | Office not [illeg] at Morristown | Morris County New Jersey |  [blank]
Line 3: Draft + entered} 1777 | - | 1 | - | private | Capt Dickerson | [blank] | [blank]
Line 4: Sub. 1777 |  - | 1 | - | private | Col Seely, Genl Wines | [blank] | [blank]
Line 5:  Draft 1777| - | 1 | 1 | " | Capt Shelar, Col Lyes | [blank] |  [blank] 
Line 6: Draft Octr. 1777 | - | 1 | - | " | officers not named | [blank] | [blank] 
Line 7: Draft Decr | - | 1 | - |  " | Capt Dickerson G C Wines | [blank] | [blank]
Line 8: Draft Winter 1778 | - | 1 | - | " | same officers | [ blank ] | [blank] 
Line 9: Served alternately one month each the balance of this year under same officers
Line 10: Served 1781
Line 11: Served     -  1  -  private
 I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE, 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 and 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 cases 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 claiming the benefit of this law as 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 
County of} ss.
On this                    day of
personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of 
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
of
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
u der 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 Iwas 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 that C. D., who has also signed the same is a 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 or 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above 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 who whom ho 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 of 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.
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 the 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
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of his unity; 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, the should fall to be on a series of conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental 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 grade: -- 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 wih precision he 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 three or four months," is too 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 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 o 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 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. The notes from [a] to [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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Honbl J. L. Edwards
Address:
John Faulk Esq.
Jerome ville P.O.
Jerome ville, 
Wayne Co, Ohio
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April 25th 1834

Honbl J. L. Edwards
    Sir the enclosed papers of Augustus Case are amended the 6 months of time are omitted which He, served as a carpenter, and only by the amendments claiming for 12 months of Revolutionary service as a Private, soldier, the old gentleman is aged, and must shortly "Pop off" the theatre of life. He lives with his children. He is a man of truth + undoubted integrity. His service, have never been doubted by any person of his acquaintance, that he has served in fact for two years or more is undeniably true but the frailty of his memory leaves his statements in such a degree of legal uncertainty that he claims only for one year.
Yours John Faulk
N.B. Please address John Faulk Esqr at Jeromeville P.O Wayne Co. office
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTIO   3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS. Washington, D.C. ..........................., 19...
S. F. 8136
In reply to your request of ......................, received for a statement of the military history of Augustus Case, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below he desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
[Table with 5 columns, thus:]
Col 1:  DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | [sub-column a) CAPTAIN |sub-column b)| STATE
Column 1: Fall of 1776 | 
Column 2: LENGTH OF SERVICE. Served at various times 1 year in all | 
Column 3: Pvt. |
Column 4 (a) Thomas Dickerson, Shelar | (b) Starke, Seeley, Luce |
Column 5: N.J.
Battles enaged in, Residence of soldier at enlistment, Roxbury, Morris Cty N.J.
Date of application for pension, Mch 18, 1833 
Residence at date of application, Wayne County Ohio
Age at date of application, Born   July  17, 1759 at Roxbury Twp Morris Co. N.J.
Remarks: In 1834 it is stated that soldier was living with his children their names are not stated
Respectfully,
6-2856    Commissioner.
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13.1897 - History
Mr Samuel Case
Bowling Green Ky
Feby 29, 1904 His to Luva B Kean - Wooster O.
1915 - May 15 Hist. to Mrs. E E McCammon.
__________________________________
Rev War    8136 INVALID
File No. 8136
Augustus Case Priv Rev War
Act:  June 7th 1832
Index:  Vol. 1st, Page 57
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Sept. to --
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Pension Papers. Augustus Case.
Amended papers.
12 months service aged 74 years. 
No. 25,801
Address.
John Faulk Esqr Jerome-ville, Jerome-ville P.O.
Wayne Co. Ohio
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Amendments to Augustus Cases Pension Papers.
1st That this applcant says that in the month of October in the year 1776 he was drafted in the militia of Morris County in the state of New Jersey, and served one month from the first of October 1776 to the first of November 1776 under Captain Dickerson of the Jersey Militia, and that he served the said one month as a private soldier for the whole period of time, that this applicant was attached + belonged to a regimen of militia, under the command of Col Stark, and the General of the Brigade was General Wines, under which officers he served the said one month as above specified, and was at the expiration of said one month verbally discharged from the service, but received no written discharge.
That he served this one month in the army and marched to Elizabeth Town, in New Jersey, and from thence tot a place called Morristown in the state of New Jersey, and from Morristown back again to Elizabeth Town. The whole army being under the command of Genl Washington as the Commander in Chief.
2nd The first of June, 1777, this applicant again entered the service of the United states, as a drafted militia man, and served for one month from the first of June 1777 to the first of July 1777 as a private soldier.  During the whole of said month, that he was drafted for said month in the county of Morris in the state of New Jersey, and served under the said Capt. Thomas Dickerson, above mentioned, and under the said Col. Stark, that applicant was then verbally discharged from the service, at Elizabeth Town in the state of New Jersey, that applicant served the whole of said month at and about Elizabeth town,
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3d Tis applicant was again in the service for the month of July 1777, and served "one month" as a substitute for a man of the name of "John Baxter" who had been drafted to serve in the militia of New Jersey from the county of Morris, that this applicant served under a Captain, whose name he does not at this time recollect, but served said "one moth" as a substitute for said "John Baxter" in a Regiment under the command of a Col "Seeley" and in a Brigade commanded by Genl. "Wines," that this applicant served said one month as a substitute, and during the whole month from the first of July 1777 to the first August 1777 when he was verbally discharged from the service, he served said period as a Private soldier, that during the one month the applicant marched under the command of Col. Seeley and Genl Wines about 79 miles up the North River, and finally returned to Elizabeth Town in the state of New Jersey, and was there verbally discharged from the service as above stated, having faithfully served his said one month as a substitute in the New Jersey Militia.
4th That at the expiration of said month this applicant was again immediately in the service for the term of "one month" that he entered the service on the first of September in the year 1777, and served as a drafted militia man for the period of one month as a Private soldier during the whole of said time when at the expiration of said one month he was verbally discharged from the service by the captain under whom this applicant served his said one month as above stated.
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under a Captain of the New Jersey Militia whose name was Captain "Shelar" and in a Regiment of New Jersey Militia, under command of a Col Luce, that this applicant served his said month lastly above specified in and about Elizabeth Town, in the state of New Jersey, when this applicant was verbally discharged from the service by "Captain Shelar,"
5th and this applicant says that he again entered the service of the United States as a drafted militia the first of November 1777 and served from the first of November 1777 to the first of December 1777 as a Private soldier during said time, for the whole period of one month, that he was drafted and served under Captain Dickerson, and under a Genl whose name was General "Wines, in Col Luce's Regiment, when applicant was verbally discharged from the service by Capt. Dickerson at the expiration of said one months service, that applicant served said one month at a station, called Green Brook, in New Jersey.
6th That this applicant was again at home for a period of one month, when he was again drafted and to serve for a period of one month in the militia of the state of New Jersey, in Morris County, that this applicant entered the service for one month as a drafted militia man, and served under Captain Thomas Dickerson in his company of militia, in a regiment commanded by Col. Luce, that this applicant served said one month. During the month of January 1778 that said one month was served at a place
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where this applicant was stationed during said one month, at a place called Green Brook, in the state of "New Jersey, where he was on the first of February in the year 1778 verbally discharged from the service by Captain Dickerson, as above stated,"
7th.  and this applicant further says that he again entered the service of the United States as a drafted militia man in the month of March 1778 on the first of March 1778 and served until the first of April 1778. and served said one month for the whole period of time as a Private Soldier, at a station called, Springfield, where this applicant was in the service for one month as above stated, and was then verbally discharged from the service by Captain Dickerson, as above stated, and was then under the command of General Wines for said one month as above stated, and this applicant further says that for the balance of the year 1778, that  is from the first of April 1778 to the first of January 1779, this applicant was alternately in the militia service as a Private soldier During the months of May, July, September, and November of the year 1778, making for the balance of the year 1778. from the first of April 1778 to the first of January 1779, a service of the "four months" as lastly above stated, that he was alternately from the first of April 1778 to the first of January 1779, one month at a time in the service and one month at a time at home, making four
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months service from and after the first of April 1778 to the first of January 1779.
  During the months of May, July, September, and November, of the year 1778. all of which times as periods of duty above stated I served as a drafted militia man in the militia of the state of New Jersey, and said four months were each separately served under Capt. Thomas Dickerson, of the New Jersey station, and under the orders of Genl Wines, who was the general, at the time of this applicants service, that some of the time the four months above stated which this applicant served in the year 1778. this applicant served a part of said time in the Regiments of Col Luce and some of the time in the Regiments of Col. Stark, that the whole four months were served as a Private soldier in the militia of New Jersey, that this applicant was on the march with the Army on their way to Yorktown at the time they received the intelligence of the fact that Lord Cornwallis had surrendered to the Americans, that this applicant served a considerable period of time, after the first of January 1779, but this applicant is now so old + infirm that he is quite unable to make such a statement as would comply with the requisites of the Department, and therefore will not claim any Pension for more ta the above mentioned periods of service, being a Revolutionary service of one year, that this applicant served one month at a station
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in New Jersey called "Amboy." that he was drafted and served said month under Capt Dickerson at said station, in the month of June 1781 and in a Regiment under the command of Col. Stark, and Genl Wines was the general, that on the first of June 1778 this applicant was drafted and served from 1st June 1781 to then first of July 1781. when this applicant was verbally discharged from the service by Capt Dickerson, as above stated, and this applicant says, said one month was served for the whole period of time as a private soldier in the drafted militia of the state of New Jersey. and was at each period of service drafted to serve as a drafted militia man, in the county of Morris in the state of New Jersey. that for "one month" of the above period of service this applicant served as a substitute for one John Baxter as above stated and set forth, that during the said one years service this applicant was not engaged in any civil pursuit. and this applicant further says that the above periods of twelve months service were actually performed by him in the New Jersey militia, in the state of New Jersey during the "period" set forth and that during the whole twelve months service this applicant never held any rank or appointment or commission in the army, but served the whole one year as a private soldier as above stated + set forth by me.   Augustus Case
Sworn o + subscribed before me this 11tyh day of April 1834 William Kean, Justice of the Peace.
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State of Ohio, Wayne County, Ss.
I, Augustus Case being duly sworn according to law, depose and state that I am seventy four years of age, and very weak and infirm in both body and mind, and therefore do hereby state that in consequence of the loss of memory and my mind being impaired by age and bodily infirmity, I am unable to state the whole of my Revolutionary service or the precise length of the terms of service other or farther than I have above stated and set them forth in the declaration and the amendments thereto by me subscribed and sworn to, but that the periods therein stated and the service, rendered by me during the Revolutionary War are as specifically stated and set forth, as I am at this time able to make, and set them forth, that by reason of the loss of my memory and old age I am unable to state the precise length of my service, but according to the best of my recollection I served not less than one year, during the periods mentioned and set fort in my declaration and the amendments thereto by me subscribed and sworn to and that the whole period of twelve months I served as a private soldier holding no rank or commission whatever during said period of service, and for said twelve months service I claim a pension. Augustus Case
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 11th day of April 1834. William Kean Just. of the peace
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State of Ohio. Wayne County Ss.}
I John Sloane Clerk of the Court of common pleas in and for the county of Wayne in the state of Ohio, do hereby certify that William Kean who it appears has taken and subscribed the foregoing deposition and proceedings was at the date thereof and at the time of the making + subscribing and sealing thereof one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Wayne, in the state of Ohio, and that all his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal of office this eleventh day of April 1834. J Sloane. Clerk.
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RECORD & PENSION OFFICE  WAR DEPARTMENT AUG 21 1897 490817
Bowling Green O. Aug 19. 97
August Case and Isaac Eakright Rev. War
Samuel Case requests record of same [seal: U S PENSION OFFICE. AUG 26 1897
__________________________________
Record and Pension Office, WAR DEPARTMENT. Washington, August 21, 1897
Respectfully returned to Mr. Samuel Case, Bowling Green, Ohio.
     The name Augustus Case has not been found on the rolls, on file in this office, of any Connecticut, New York, or New Jersey troops in service during the Revolutionary war, nor has the name Isaac Eakright been found on the rolls of Maryland or Pennsylvania troops in service during that war.
    It is proper to add, however, that the collection of Revolutionary war records in this office is far from complete, and that the absence therefrom of any name is by no means conclusive evidence that the person who bore the name did not serve in the Revolutionary army.
    It is suggested as a possibility that the information desired may be obtained from the Adjutant General of the State or States from which the man entered the service.
    It is also deemed proper to suggest that, inasmuch as it is stated that the persons to whom your inquiry refers were in receipt of pensions as survivors of the Revolutionary war, inquiry relative to their military service be addressed to the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C., who is the custodian of the pension records of all wars.
By authority of the Secretary of war: T. C. Ainsworth Colonel, U.S. Army, Chief of Office. 
(800a-a)
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S. CASE, Real Estate Dealer.
Bowling Green, O. Aug 19th 1829
Col. C. F. Ainsworth Wash. D.C.
    Dear Sir At the suggestion of Mr. Walter H. Chase of Toledo O I address you these lines - I am desirous of joining an organization of the Sons of the American Revolution. I  am a 65 years old and both of my grandfathers were Revolutionary soldiers. Augustus Case my grandfather enlisted in the city of New York about 1776 - his father Joshua Case lived at that time in Sussex county New Jersey. the family originally were from Connecticut - I don't know what state he was accredited to - he died in 1852 in Wayne Co. O. at the age of 93 - was born on Long Island Connecticut or New Jersey - don't know which in 1759. He drew a pension of $96 per year until his death - I was 20 years old when he died. have listened to him tell Revolutionary war stories by the hour - Col. Chase thinks you can tell me without difficulty what state and regiment he belonged to --
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CASE, 
Estate Dealer.
Bowling Green, O. 189
My mothers father Isaac Eakright was born in England about 1755 came to America was married in Baltimore (I think) reared a large family in Beaver Co. Pa. came to Wayne Co. O about 1815 where he died about 1830 drew a pension of $96.00 per year until his death - he served during all or nearly all of the war. I don't know when he landed in America nor where he enlisted. he died near Jeromesville Wayne Co. O (a part which now belongs to Ashland Co. O) - by looking at the list of Ohio pensioners at their several dates I have no doubt you can get hold of both parties - 
   Information on both of the above will greatly oblige me
Yours Resp--ly Samuel Case
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8136
3-068.
(Old No 3-649.)
Bureau of Pensions.
Augustus Case
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Mch 18. 1833 - 74
Wayne Co. O.
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Fall 76 Morris Co N.J.
Capt. Thos. Dickerson Col Stark  [illeg] 1 m.
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76                      - - 6 m
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77  Dickerson     1 m
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77  Col Seeley      1 m
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77  Cap  Shelar, Col Luce     1 m
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78      Do  Do    1 m
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81  -- -- 1 m
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Nv.  13th 
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Born Morris Co. N.J. July 17 1759
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153 N. Buckeye St., Wooster, Ohio
February 15, 1904
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
Can you give me any information concerning the record of Augustus Case, who was a soldier in the Revolution from Roxbury, orris Co. N.J. and during the last years of his life was a resident of Wayne Co. Ohio?
I know that he drew a pension and that he died in 1852. His last
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P.O. address was either Wooster or Springville, Ohio. 
   I seek this information to establish proof of my eligibility to membership in the society of the Daughters of the American Revolution as the great granddaughter of Augustus Case. Very respectfully, Lura B. Kean
[seal US PENSION OFFICE F. FEB 17, 1904]
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O.W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Searched by Simmons
Claim No. ..................................
Certificate No. ...........................
Claimant .....................................
Soldier Isaac Eakright
Service Rev.
Additional service ................................
No. Claim, New Records .................................
No. Claim, Old Records ..................................
Remarks  Not I [crossed out]
                      " W
                       " R
See 12847-Inv. (1812)
as Akeright or Eckright. 
.............................................................
                        Chief of Division.
1744b:0m
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S. CASE Real Estate Dealer.  [seal: U S PENSION OFFICE AUG 26 1897
Bowling Green O., Aug. 23rd 1897
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
    Dear Sir Can your department furnish me the desired information asked for in the enclosed letter returned from the war department
 Resply Yours S Case PS Augustus case lived 38 years in Wayne Co. O before his death
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West Ohio Conference Methodist Episcopal Church Toledo District Toledo, Ohio
E. E. McCAMMON, DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT RESIDENCE, 2489 MAPLEWOOD AVE.
OFFICE, METHODIST UNION 620 NASBY BUILDING HOME PHONE 1703
May 11, 1915

Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.}
Sir: Would you kindly send me the record of Augustus Case, Revolutionary Soldier, member of Capt. Peter Dickinson's Company Morris County, New Jersey Militia? I desire the information to perfect my application for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution. 
Yours Respectfully Mrs. E. E. McCammon 2489 Maplewood Ave.   
[seal:  U S PENSION OFFICE D MAY 1`3 1915]
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[small box containing the following information at top left of document: "This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary solders as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of he Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States."]
L. W. B. I. 8136, I. 12847.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTEERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D.C. 
O.W. & n. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Augustus Case and Isaac Eckright, soldiers of he Revolutionary war, you are advised as follows:
Augustus Case made an application for pension on March 18, 1833, at which time he was 74 years of age and residing in Wayne County, O., and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private in the New Jersey troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Dickinson and Col. Seeley. He enlisted in Morris County, New Jersey.
 One Isaac Akeright, a soldier of the War of 1812, made an application for pension on December 19, 1829, at which time he was residing in Indiana County, Penna., (age not stated), and his pension was allowed for his actual service as a private in Cat. Shoals' Company, Penna. Militia, War of 18112.  Length of service not stated. He enlisted in Beaver County, Penna.  The name of Isaac Eckeright has not been found upon the Revolutionary war pension records. Very respectfully,     Acting Commissioner.  Mr. Samuel Case, Bowling Green, Ohio.
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War Department. Pension Office 18th July 1833,
Sir
The evidence in support of the claim of Augustus  Case has been examined. His services for 6 months in 1776 as a carpenter can not be admitted, unless he shall produce to the Department satisfactory evidence, that he was enrolled by competent authority at that time performing actual military service and detailed from the line of the army as an artificer. His services in 1778 are not sufficiently specified - See note of the accompanying brief
                            I am Sir very Respectfully Your Obt Servt J. L. Edwards