Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,800, Vincent Castor, Md.
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(8 - 1776) 
SERVICE 
Md. 

Castor, Vincent 
Hannah 

NUMBER 
R. 1800 

CONTENTS
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[left panel] 
No 06 [unclear] 
Vincent Castor. 
Indiana [underlined] 

June 7, 1832 [underlined] 
J. J. Coombs 
Present. [unclear] 

[right panel] 
No. 14,665. 
Sarah Heaton, daughter 
of Vincent Castor & 
Hannah Castor [name underlined] died 
late of Ohio 

Kirby 

I wish to see any papers 
filed said Vincent Castor 
under Act of 1832, 
or his widow under Act 
of 1838 
J. J. Coombs
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State of Indiana} 
Montgomery County} ss. 
On this 3rd day of 
April AD 1852 personally appeared before 
me a Notary Public in and for 
the above named County and State, 
James Heaton aged 43 years and his 
wife Sarah Heaton aged 41 years both 
residents of the aforesaid County and State 
who being by me first duly sworn 
according to law, do on their oath 
make this following declaration (Viz) 
That the said Sarah Heaton is one of the 
children and heirs at law of 
Vincent Castor and his wife Hannah 
Castor both of whom are now dead 
Viz The said Vincent died in Butler 
County Ohio on the 7th day of July 
AD 1832 aged about Seventy four years 
The said Hannah died in Montgomery 
County Indiana on the 11th day of March 
AD 1852 aged about 86 years 
The above named Vincent was the identical 
Vincent Castor who served five years 
and seven months in the war of the 
Revolution. From the best information 
we
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We can get it was in the "Maryland 
Line." He was under Colonel, afterward 
General Lee, He held the office 
of Corporal, but we do not know 
whether he entered the service as one 
or as a private. A short time previous 
to his death, the said Vincent Castor 
made a declaration and application 
for a pension through John C. Wood 
an attorney who then resided in 
Hamilton, Butler County Ohio, and 
to the papers in that case we refer 
for fuller particulars in regard to 
the time of service, Company, Regiment, 
and names of his officers etc. etc. 
Within a year or two after the death of 
the above named Vincent his widow 
removed to this County and remained 
here until she died. She never 
made any application for a pension 
as the widow of the above described 
Vincent Castor. She never understood 
fully her rights as the widow of the 
said Vincent until within the last 
year or so of her life, and she 
had recently before her death, got 
a few letters written to Washington 
making
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making some inquiries into the case 
but she never made any declaration. 
The name of the said Hannah before her 
marriage was Hannah Shelton 
The said Vincent and Hannah as we 
have always heard and believed were 
legally married in Georgetown District 
of Columbia; then in the State of 
Maryland in the year AD 1792. 
We may be a little mistaken as to 
date and place of marriage but the 
Family Bible containing the record 
is still in the possession of Vincent W. 
Castor in Butler County Ohio 
or was at latest accounts; and to this 
we will refer for further information 
The following is a complete list of all 
the children and heirs at law of the 
above named Vincent Castor and his 
wife Hannah Castor declared. Viz 
[margin notation] 7. 
[margin notation] 1 
[line crossed out] Vincent W. Castor Butler County Ohio 
James Castor Who went away about 
the year A.D. 1832. We have not 
heard from him since. He was a 
widower. He has one child living in 
Butler County Ohio, Viz Caroline Castor
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[margin notation] 2 
Vincent W Castor Butler County Ohio 
[margin notation] 3 
Wm A Castor who had married 
but, he and his wife are both 
dead leaving the following children 
and heirs at law, (Viz) 
{1 Vincent Castor Tippecanoe County Ind 
{2 Andrew J. Castor not known where exactly 
[margin notation] 4 
Vachael Castor who had married 
he is now dead his widow Sabrina 
Castor now lives in Pike County Ohio 
{Their children are Viz. Sarah H, 
{William, Malinda, Mary Catherine, 
{James V, Henry Castor , Nancy, George, 
{and Eve Ann Castor, These are 
{all living with their mother. William 
{and Nancy bieve are dead 
[margin notation] 5 
Sarah intermarried with James 
Heaton these declarants, 
The above so far as we are 
informed in regard to respective 
places of above is correct. 
We have never before made any 
application for a pension as one of 
the children and heirs of the above 
named Vincent and Hannah Castor deceased 
We are not sure whether John Wood 
mentioned herein before has a C in his 
name
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name or not. We make this 
declaration for the purpose of obtaining the 
pension, pay, back pay, extra pay, arrears 
or increase of either, or the bounty 
land to which we may be entitled 
as one of the heirs of the above named 
Vincent and Hannah Castor under 
any law or laws of Congress. 
We refer to the following declaration 
of Isaac H Wade and Jonathan W Pawey 
the said Hannah never married after the death of 
the said Vincent Castor deceased but remained 
his widow 
[signatures] 
James Heaton 
Sarah Heaton 
Sworn and subscribed before me a Notary 
Public in and for Montgomery 
County Indiana on this 3rd day of April 
AD 1852 and I do certify that I am 
fully satisfied in regard to the truth 
of their declaration, and of their identity 
and that they are of the ages respectively 
which they state themselves to be 
The line beginning with William Castor on 
page 3 erased before signing 
Witness my hand & Notarial Seal 
[signature] Samuel Austin 
Notary Public 
for Indiana 
[flourish]
[seal]
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Know all men by these presents that 
we, James Heaton and Sarah Heaton of 
Montgomery County, Indiana, have constituted 
and appointed and by these presents do 
constitute and appoint George H Mousanat 
of Louisville, Kentucky, our true and lawful 
attorney, irrevocably for us and in our 
name to take charge of all business connected 
with the prosecution of our claim 
against the United States, as one of the 
children and heirs of Vincent 
Castor and his wife Hannah Castor 
deceased as set forth in our foregoing 
declaration: to receive from the United 
States any sum or sums of money due 
us as heirs ets [unclear] as above set forth, either 
for pension, pay, back pay, extra pay, arrears 
or increase of either; the bounty land 
certificate or warrant, or any money due 
us by the United States on any account 
whatever, and to which we may be 
entitled by virtue of our foregoing 
declaration. We authorize 
our said attorney to do all 
lawful acts and things whatever 
in the premises: an attorney 
attorneys under him for the 
purposes aforesaid to make and 
at
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at his pleasure revoke hereby confirming 
all and whatever our said attorney 
shall in our name legally do or 
cause to be done in or about 
the premises. Witness our hands in 
Montgomery County, Indiana on this 
3rd day of April AD 1852 
[signatures] 
James Heaton 
Sarah Heaton 
Acknowledged and subscribed before me 
a Notary Public in and for the 
County and State aforesaid the day 
and year above written 
Witness my hand and Notarial Seal 
Saml W Austin 
Notary Public 
for Indiana 
[flourish and seal]
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State of Indiana} 
Montgomery County} ss 
On this 3rd day of 
April AD 1852 personally appeared 
before me a Notary Public in 
and for the County and State aforesaid 
Isaac F. Wade and, Jonathan W. Powers 
aged respectively 41 and 60 years 
both residents of the above named 
County and State who being by me 
first duly sworn according to law 
do on their oath make this declaration 
That James Heaton and his wife 
Sarah Heaton who have signed the 
foregoing declaration are well known 
to us as they have therein set forth 
Viz The said Isaac F. Wade Knew the 
foregoing described Vincent Castor in 
Butler County, Ohio as early as the 
year AD 1829. He was then an old 
man. I do not remember whether I 
ever heard in his life time that he 
had been a soldier of the Revolution 
or not. I have heard so for many 
years past I might have heard it in 
his life time. He was old enough. 
I have always believed it ever since 
I heard it. He died as I believe 
at
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at the time mentioned by the declarants 
James and Sarah Heaton. 
I knew the foregoing described Hannah 
Castor in her husbands life time. I came 
to this county A D 1831. She came 
in a few years afterwards. I knew her 
from the time she came out until 
She died which was on the 11th 
March last ultimor. I was at her funeral 
She remained the widow of the foregoing 
described Vincent Castor. 
The said Jonathan W Powers states that 
he knew the foregoing described 
Hannah Castor deceased for at least 
fifteen years previous to her death 
He always heard that her husband 
had died in Ohio before they 
moved here. She died on the 11th 
March ultimo. She was known to me 
as the mother of the foregoing declarant 
Sarah Heaton. She remained the widow 
Hannah Castor as long as she lived 
And we further swear that we are 
disinterested witnesses
I. F. Wade 
Jonathan W. Powers
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Sworn and subscribed before me a 
Notary Public in and for the 
County and State aforesaid the 
day and year above written 
and I do certify that they the 
foregoing affiants, Isaac F Wade and 
Jonathan W Powers are men of 
undoubted veracity whose evidence 
would be received in any court 
of Justice and that they are of 
the ages respectively which they 
state themselves to be 
Witness my hand and Notarial Seal, 
[signature] Saml W. Austin 
Notary Public 
for Indiana 
[flourish] 
[seal]
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[stamp] REJECTED 
[illegible word under stamp] 
1800 
P.O. Hannah Castor 
Service: __
Enlisted: __ , 18  .
Discharged: __ , 18  .
Application filed: 1852 , 18  .
Too late for printed list 
of that year. 
Alleges: __
Re-enlisted: __
Attorney: __
P.O. __
__ Recognized.  __ Contract. 
__ Cert. of Dis.   Searched for __, 18  .
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No 14,665.
Hannah [smudged] 
of Vincent Castor. 
Indiana [underlined] 
Coombs. [written above name in line below for clarity]
Let J. J. Coomb,
July 31/52, [year unclear]
1800
July 7, 1838.
a
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3-871. [underlined] 
RECORD DIVISION. 
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by ___
Claim No. ___
Certificate No. ___
Claimant ___
Soldier Vincent Castor
Service Rev. War.
Additional Service ___
No ___ claim, State records ___, 190__
No claim, combination records ___, 190__
REMARKS: 
No Vincent Castor,
Coster, or Custor in flat
files, rej. book or Ohio
^Rev. Agency book.
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Chief Division
acm,
July 8, 1911
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369 
Pensio Office 
July 31, 1852 
Sir 
I have examined and filed the 
informal [unclear] declaration of Sarah 
Heation, one of the daughters of Vincent 
and Hannah Castor, [crossed out] claiming the 
benefits of the Act of June 7, 1832 [crossed out] & in [unclear] 
right [unclear] of her deceased parents; and you 
are informed that the name of Vincent 
Castor is not borne on the Rolls of Lee's 
Legion. I have filed the papers under the 
Act of June 7, 1832, 
J. J. Coombs, Esq 
Present
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May 3d. 1852
[underline]
Application of
Hannah
Castor deceased
wid. of John
[underline]
J.J. Coombs Esq 
Present
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Washington, May 3d 1852 
Sir: 
I herewith file the declaration of Mrs. Sarah 
Heaton, one of the daughters of Vincent Castor 
and Hannah Castor his widow, claiming the 
arrears of Pension due her father under the 
act of 1832, and her mother under act of 
1838, &c. You will perceive that it is 
alleged that said Vincent Castor served 
5 years & 7 months in the Maryland Line 
under Colonel, afterwards Genl. Lee. (Lee's 
Legion, I suppose.) If the rolls of Lee's 
Legion will confirm the service claimed, 
it will then become necessary for the 
claimant to be at a good deal of trouble 
and expense in perfecting her papers; 
otherwise it will be useless for her 
to incur such trouble and expense. 
I would therefore be much obliged to 
you to have said rolls referred to prow [unclear] 
to see whether they contain the name of 
said Vincent Castor.
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The Declaration is somewhat informal 
and contains unnecessary allegations 
as to the grand-children of said Vincent 
& Hannah Castor, who can in no event 
be entitled to anything. I do not 
suppose, however, that these useless 
allegations will do any harm if the 
declaration countains, as I think it does, all 
material allegations 
I have the honor to be 
Very respectfully 
your obt servt 
J. J. Coombs 
J. E. Heath Esq 
Court of Pensions