Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9157, William Cason, Va.
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Service
Va.
Cason William
NUMBER
S. 2157
Carded
CONTENTS
Alive in 1832.
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Let to Am. A.R. Holladay, May 18, 1850 (line drawn through text)

do to Wm L. Barton Aug 12/50 (line drawn through text)

Virginia 12.547
William Cason
of Spottsylvania in the State of Virginia
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Quarles of the regt. commanded by Col. Minor-- in the Virginia line for two years-

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 80 - Dollars per annum to 
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of May 1833 and sent to R. L Stephenson
Spotsylvania C. H. Va.
Arrears to the 4th of March. 3- 160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Sept. 40. 00  = 200-00

Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Rush Meunan, Clerk
Book E - Vol. 6 - Page 4
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7 1832
State of Virginia County of Spottsylvania will
On this 1st day of October 1832 William Cason (crossed out) personally appeared  before the justices of the county court of Spottssylvania now sitting, William Cason, a resident of the
county & state, aged 72 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 7th of June 1832- That he enlisted in
the army of the United States in the year 1776 in the second Virginia State regiment of the state line, under Colnl. Thomas Minor, his Capt being Quarles (his christian name he has forgotten) and his Lieut. Benjamin Edmondson. That he served first under Genrl. Putnam & 
afterwards under Genrl. Whittenburg.  That he fought in the battle of Monmouth under Gen La Fayette, &under Genrl Wayne at the storming of Stony Point.  He lived in the county of Spottsylvania & State of Va. when he 
entered the service- he enlisted as he before stated in the year 1776 (in the beginning of the year) for a time of three years, and that he served out his time and was discharged and that in the course of his service he marched
through the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey & New York & Virginia.  
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity but the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension all of the any agency of any state.

Sworn to & subscribed the day and year afor. William Cason
And the court do hereby declare their opinion that the
above named applicant was a
Revolutionary soldier.
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and served as he states,

I Richard L Stephenson Clerk of the County Court of Spottsylvania do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the court in the matter of the affirmation of William Cason for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have here unto set my hand and seal of office, this, the 2nd day of October 1832

                                    R. L. Stevenson C.C.
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William Cason
Spotsylvania
Va

Admit as private
for two years $80.00
found on Roll of Capt.
Quarles of 2. Va State
Troops -

R L, Stevenson
Spottsylvania CH
Va.
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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 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.  These 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 facilitat the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of William Cason
Period when the service was rendered.
     1776
Duration of the claimant's service.
      3
Rank of the Claimant.

Names  and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
     Capt Quales
Names and Rank of he General and Field Officers.
     Col Miner
     Gen Putnam
      [illegible] 
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
      Monmouth
      Stony Point
Country through which he marched
     Virginia
     Maryland
      Penn
      N Jersey
     New York
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
     72 years
     Spotsylvania   [illegible] Va

I am, respectfully,
    Your obedient servant,
        J. L. Edwards,
            Commissioner of Pensions
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
   The opinion of the Court.
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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 commis- sion; 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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Edward Cason, W. 25383
William Cason, S. 9157
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Laura Pierce Kendall
712 West 19th Street
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request of recent date, for the Revolutionary War records of Edward Cason, of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, bornin 1752 and died in 1832, also, William Cason who served three years with Captain Minor and was also from Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

Their records follow:

EDWARD CASON
W. 25383
The data herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 25383,based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Edward Cason.

He was born in 1752 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not given.

Edward Cason, while a resident of Hanover County, Virginia, enlisted, date not given, served as private in Captain Price's company, Colonel Holt Richardson's Virginia regiment, was present at General Gates' Defeat, and was discharged after having served six months. He then moved to Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and the year after General Gates' Defeat, enlisted, served as private in Captain Legg's company, Colonel Thomas Merriwether's Virginia regiment, and was discharged after having served three months. He again enlisted, date not stated, and served twenty or twenty-five days as private in Captain Croucher's company, engaged in guarding prisoners taken at Yorktown.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 1, 1832, while a resident of Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

He died in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, March 13, 1834.
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Edward Cason married Ann F. Allen, who was born in January, 1785. They were married in 1822 as stated by witnesses, or August 7, 1823, as given by soldier's widow. At the time of their marriage, the soldier was a resident of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, but obtained his license to marry in the clerk's office of Louisa County, Virginia, of which county his wife was a resident.

Soldier's widow, Ann F. Cason, was allowed pension on her application executed May 7, 1853, at which time she was a resident of Hanover County, Virginia. In 1854, it was stated that she was then in Richmond, Virginia, but her place of residence was not given. In October, 1865, she was living with a daughter whose name was not stated, in Henrico County, Virginia, and still living there in 1868 with post office at Richmond, same state.

In 1832, one William Cason stated that he served six months with Edward Cason and was with him at Gates' Defeat, but did not state his relationship to him.

In 1854, soldier's sister-in-law, Mrs. Eliza M. Hillman, and her daughter, Isabella P. Hillman, were residing in Richmond, Virginia. The given name of Eliza M. Hillman's husband was not stated.

In 1868, one Isabella McGruder was a resident of Henrico County, Virginia, her relationship to the family not shown.
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WILLIAM CASON
S. 9157
You are furnished below the record of William Cason, as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 9157, based upon his service in the Revolution.

The date and place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given.

While residing in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, William Cason enlisted in 1776, served as private in Captain Quarles' company, Colonel Thomas Minor's Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth

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and at the storming of Stony Point and was discharged after having served three years, the term for which he enlisted.

William Cason was allowed pension on his application executed October 1, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-two years and a resident of Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

He died November 14, 1851.

There are no family data shown in the claim.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and the name and address of the person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:

William Cason
Certificate #12547
Issued May 9, 1833
Rate $90 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act June 7, 1832
Virginia Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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Rev War
9157
INVALID.

File No. 9157
William Cason
Pri. Rev War

Act: June 7" 1832
Index:-Vol. 102, Page 59
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1917, Feb. 3. History to Mrs. Wallace Delafield. FW
1919. Feb. 8. Hist to Mrs W. W. Walker. AW
1935 May 23 hist. to Laura Pierce Kendall - MLB.
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William Cason
Va
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General Land Office
February 7th 1854
Sir.
Will you please send me the papers upon which a Pension has been allowed-(Act not Known-) for the services of William Cason, a Soldier of the Virginia Line:
A Claim is now pending before this Office for Revolutionary Land [illegible], in which it is important to examine the Pension Papers in connection with those filed in this Office,
The papers shall be carefully examined & returned.
Very Respectfully
Your obdt sevt
John Wilson
Commissioner.

L.P. Waldo, Esqr.
Comr of Pensions.
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H of Rep- May 16th 1850

To Hon. J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir

There is a revolutionary pensioner in Spotsylvania county Virginia named William Cason who has written in a few years past become insane or imbecile & the management of his affairs has been duly & legally committed to Lewis A Boggs of that county.  Mr. Carson for many years receiv'd his pension from the agent in Richmond; for a few years past he neglected to collect the pension.  His committer Mr. Boggs informs me that the agent in Richmond declines to pay the arrears of Casons pension to him on the ground of want of authority to pay in such a case.  Mr. Boggs desires to be informed what steps it is necefsary & proper for him to take to collect these arrears.  Please inclose your answer to me & oblige him

Very Respectfully
Alex P. Holladay
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Wm. S. Barton
Aug 12 1850
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258
Pension Office
Augt. 12 1850

Sir,
I [illegible] to inform you that the vouchers in the case of William Cason, a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832 have been referred to the Third Auditor for payment agreeably to the provision of the Act of 4th Apl 1838 & 23 Augt 1842.


Wm. S. Barton Esq.
Fredericksburg, Va.
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Hon A.K. Holladay
May 18
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555

Pension Office
May 18 1850

Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 16th inst. relative to the case of William Cason, a pensioner under the Act of June 7, 1832, I have the honor to inform you that the enclosed printed sheet will shew his guardian what vouchers are necessary to authorize the payment.
If the pension has been unpaid for fourteen months, the amount is payable at the Office of the Third Auditor, otherwise payment will be made at the Agency in Richmond, Va.

Hon. A.R. Holladay
H.R.

no entry
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Pension Bureau
Washington DC

Rev. Records Div.

[STAMP]
Oklahoma City Okla
May 7
1 PM
1935

[STAMP]
Received May 9 1935
Mail Sub-Div.
Vets Adm
Reader #9
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Please send pension Revolutionary record of Edward and Wm. Cason from Spotsylvania Co, Va.  Wants the names that appear of children or any names mentioned
Wm. served with Capt. Minor - served 3 yrs
Edw. b. 1752 d. 1832

Respt.
Laura Pierce Kendall
712 W. 19th
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
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Rev Sec
[STAMP]
U.S. Pension Office
N
Feb 3 1919

Armstrong [illegible]
Jan 31 1919

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Please send me the Rev. history of my ancestors Edward W25383 Cason & Wm. Cason of Spottsylvania Co.
I want their record to prove claim to membership in the D.A.R.
Respt.
Mrs. W.W. Walker
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5028 Westminster Place,
St. Louis,  Jan 24th

Rev Sec
Pension Bureau

Dear Sirs - 
Will you kindly send me data concerning William Cason who served in the Revolutionary War from Spotsylvania Co and received a pension in 1832 after he had removed to Missouri.  Also the name of his wife & children and
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the record of George Cason who served in the War of 1812 & who was in Capt. Bibb's Co of Va. troops.  He received a pension and I think it was transferred to his wife in 1832 who was living on Mol. and was Maria E. (Partlow) Cason.  Any information you can give me

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U.S. Pension Office
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Jan 26 1917
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concerning these men  & any other of the family I will appreciate very much.
Thanking you in advance,
Very respectfully
Mrs. Wallace Delafield
5028 Westminster Place
Saint Louis
Missouri
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In reply to your request of         , received                 for a statement of the military history of William Cason a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.   SF 9157

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. 
1776
Length of service.
3 yrs
Rank.
Pvt.
Officers under whom service was rendered.
Captain Quarles
Colonel Thomas Minor
State.
Va.

Battles engaged in, Monmouth, Stony Point
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Spottsylvania Co., Va.
Date of application for pension, Oct 1, 1832  His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Spottsylvania Co., Va.
Age at date of application, 72 yrs.

Remarks:  There is no data relative to family, and there is no evidence in the claim to show that he ever lived in Missouri.
The above is the only William Cason of Spottsylvania Co., Va., found on the Rev War records of this Bureau.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.