Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10934, for John S Kasselman, New York
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(3-1776) 

SERVICE 
New York 

Kasselman, John S. 

NUMBER 
S. 10934 
carded

CONTENTS
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See letter to J. W. Carr July 9. 1834 


20058 
New York 
John S. Kasselman of Johnstown in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Grose in the Regt. commanded by Col Willet in the New York line for 2 Years 
certificate issued in favor of his heirs 
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of Augt 1833 and sent J. V. Berry Johnstown NY 
Arrears to the 20 of Augt ‘32 the day of his death  $116.85 
$116.85 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.} 
Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk 
Book E  Vol. 4  Page 23
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State of New York 
Montgomery County } SS 
on this 9th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before Aaron Haring First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery, and State of New York John S. Cosselman [Kasselman], a resident of the Town of Johnstown in the County and State of New York aforesaid, aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832: That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers and served as herein stated: Your applicant says that in November in the year 1777 he was drafted as a militia man in the company of Captain John Breadbeck [or Breadbake] and entered upon duty in the spring following 1778 and served at the following places, the times when he went out and when discharged, this applicant does not recollect: The first time he went to a place now called St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, do not recollect how long he was out at this time: The second time he was drafted as a waggoner in Sullivans expedition and was out five or six weeks: He also served a term at Fort Plank now in Minden Montgomery County, the length of time he was out at this time he does not recollect. In Fort click [Klock?] he served five on Six weeks. And, also, served two months at a place then called Remensniders Bush, And also served two months, in Fort Dayton situate in Herkimer and then in the County of Tryon as was Remen Snyders Bush at that time in Tryon, but not Oppenheim, Montgomery County: And, also, an other term at Fort Herkimer for four or five weeks. And also served one month & a half at Dilleburgh, situate at that time in Tryon, & now Montgomery County: Your applicant says that he served three different winters during the Revolutionary War, in carrying provisions and implements of war from Albany to Fort Stanwicks, a month or five weeks Each winter: Your applicant says that he served at Fort House at that time Tryon County and now in Oppen heim about one month
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your applicant further says that he drafted in the militia for nine months in the year 1781, and that he went out sometime in the months of April or May and served the full term of nine months under Captain Lawrence Grose, this company was attached to Colonel Marinus Willets Regiment and that they went to Herkimer & then to the battle called Tourlough, Sharon Schoharie County 
In the year 1779 I served or this applicant served at Fort Keyser, then In Tryon County now Palatine, Montgomery County, and served at this Fort in all about three or four months: Your applicant says that he was out during the Revolution on scouts and alarms at different and divers times over and above the number as herein before specified: Your applicant says that at the times he was called into the service he resided at now Palatine Montgomery County Your applicant says that he was born at Palatine aforesaid in the year seventeen hundred and sixty two And has no record of his age.
Your applicant says that he was acquainted with the following regular officers Colonels Gansevoort & Willet & Capt Andrew Finck Your applicant says that he is acquainted with the following persons residing in his neighborhood who can testify as to his character for truth and veracity and their belief of his services as an aficer of the revolution: David J. Zeilly, George Walter Peter C Wormwoods: Your applicant says that he he has no documentary evidence: And your applicant says that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State: Your applicant says that he was in the Tourlough Battle and has served during the whole time he was out at least two years & nine months 
and this applicant says that Captain Hess was his Captain one time when stationed at now Herkimer George Klock Colonel. that Capt Breadbake & Lieutenant Zeilly were his officers most of the time and & that at one time a Lieutenant Finch was his officer that most of the time & nearly all of the beginning of the service under Col George Klock & the latter part of the time under Col Peter Waggoner and as to the rest of his office is unable to relate except that Jellis Fonda was his Adjutant for a while & which was for the nine months service that the fre- [frequency]
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[fre]quency of calls for service for several years & the great distant period when performed & the almost daily changes of command & the constant shifts of tours renders it now out of his power to name all his officers.
[signed] John S Kasselman 
I certify that on the ninth day of August 1832 personally appeared before me the above named John S Casselman and was by me duly sworn to the foregoing declaration and also to the interrogatories required by the War Department and that the said declaration is the truth and that the answers to the interrogatories as embodied in the foregoing is the truth and I further certify that the said John S. Casselman is unable to appear in open court on account of bodily infirmity & Sickness 
[signed] Aaron Haring Judge aforesaid
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We Abraham Van Horn residing in Johnstown and Aaron Haring in the same town hereby certify that we were well acquainted with John S Cosselman during his life time, that we believe him to be seventy years of age, that he was reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided, when living to have been a soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
[signed] Abraham Van Horne [illegible]  Aaron Haring
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
[signed] Geo: D. Ferguson, clerk
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State of New York 
Montgomery County } SS.
On this 20th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery, now sitting George Walter of Johnstown who being first duly sworn says that he was well acquainted with John S Cosselman: Says that sometime in the month of May in the year 1781, John S Cosselman enlisted in the New York State Troops for the term of nine months in Captain Lawrence Groses Company Lieutenant Jacob Sammons, & Ensign Vrooman, belonging to Lieut Colonel Marinus Willet’s Regiment, that he the said John went from Johnstown to Fort Plain and lay there some time and from there they went to an old Block house a short distance from Fort Plain and then back to Fort Plain, and from Fort Plain they this deponent and the said John Went to the Turlock Battle and were in that engagement and then back again to Fort Plain, and remained there until they were called out to Johnstown, where they had an engagement with the enemy, and he this deponent says that the said John was in the Battle fought at that Place and he says the said John did serve the full term of nine months to his certain knowledge and under the above named officers And further says that the said John was a man of truth and veracity: And this deponent says that he has understood and verily believes that the said John S. Casselman is dead and that he died sometime in the month of August last part and further saith not 
[signed] George Walter + his mark
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid
[signed] Geo: D. Ferguson Clerk.
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State of New York 
Montgomery County } ss
On this twentieth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County now sitting at Johnstown in said County, David J Zeiley a resident of Palatine in the County aforesaid, aged sixty two years and upwards, who doth depose & say that John S Cosselman, the above named applicant for a pension, lived with John Zeiley his Father, to learn the art of Farming, about the beginning of the Revolutionary War & until the end of the war, and that during the time the said Cosselman lived with Zeiley in the year 1778 the said Cosselman entered the service of the United States as a Militia man and served at different times during two years he does not know at what time of the year 1778 he entered the service and that he entered the service under Capt Bredbig of the Regiment commanded by Col Jacob Klock. This deponent further says that the said Cosselman returned to his Father's house several times during the two years and that in the year 1781 he was again drafted for nine months and served out that time. Deponent says that he knows that the above named applicant was engaged in the Battle at Tourlock in the County then called Tryon now called Schoharie also in the Battle at Johnstown in Montgomery County. This deponent further says that in the year 1782 the said Cosselman was in the service of the United States at different times, but how long he does not recollect. And this deponent says that the said John S Cosselman died in the year 1832 on the twentieth day of August and was present at his funeral, and that the said Cosselman was a man of truth & veracity and that he was reputed to be a man of truth &
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veracity in the neighborhood where he the said Cosselman resided And this deponent further says that the said John died leaving five children, by the names of John F. Cosselman Jonas Cosselman two sons Maria the wife of John T. Dockstader Nancy wife of Lodewick Beck & his unmarried daughter Betsey, And this deponent says that these are all the children that the said John left and he further says that they are all more than twenty one years of age and upwards And this deponent further says that he died leaving no widow and further this deponent says not 
[signed] David J. Zielley
Sworn & Subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid 
[signed] Geo: C. Ferguson, Clerk
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State of New York 
Montgomery County } ss 
On this 20th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery now sitting Peter Wormwood of the Town of Johnstown said County, who being duly sworn says that he was well acquainted with John S Cosselman during the Revolution; This deponent says that he was engaged with the said John in the militia; That the first time they went out was, as he thinks in the year 1778. that they were into the militia Service, until the year 1782, at different and divers times during those years, he was out on scouts and at the different forts in the then County of Tryon and now Montgomery County That the said John Served under Col. Clock and served in Captain Bredbigs Company and says that the said John served with him in those years at least two years in all 
And this deponent says that the said John was reputed to be a man of truth and veracity. 
[signed] Peter Wormwood  + his mark
Subscribed & Sworn on the day & year aforesaid in open Court 
[signed] Geo: D. Ferguson Clerk
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State of New York 
Montgomery County } SS  I George D. Ferguson Clerk of the County of Montgomery & of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do hereby certify that Aaron Haring Esquire, before whom the affadavit of the within named applicant, John S. Cosselman purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date thereof First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the county aforesaid: And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that the name to said affidavit & certificate subscribed is the hand writing of said Aaron Haring: And I further certify that George Walter David J. Zielly & Peter Wormwood personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas and Each made oath to the affidavit by him subscribed and the said court did declare that the said George David & Peter aforesaid are personally known by the said court and the said Court did declare it to be their opinion that they respectable persons and entitled to credit and the said Court did order me as their Clerk to certify the same to the war department 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & seal of office this 22d day of April 1833.
[signed] Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk 


John S. Kasselman
Admd 2 years pri.
$80
died 20th Aug ‘32
heirs see affidavit


J. L. Edwards Esquire or any of his clerks will please send certificate to Jno. V. Berry. Johnstown N.Y.
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Rev. & 1812 
Wars Section 
ILL 
October 15, 1930.
Mrs. W. R. McCray 
201 Illinois Street 
Charles City, Iowa. 
Dear Madam: 
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 10934, that John S. Kasselman (the name also appears Cosselman and Casselman) was born in 1762 in Palatine, Tryon County, (later Montgomery County) New York. 
While a resident of Palatine, New York, he enlisted in November, 1777 and served from the spring of 1778 at different times on tours of one month or six weeks as a private in the New York militia under Captains John Bradbig and Hesse, Colonels Jacob Klock and Peter Wagoner, was in Sullivan's expedition as a wagoner and was out in scouting parties, service in all about two years. He enlisted in April or May, 1781, served nine months as a private in Captain Lawrence Gross' Company, Colonel Marinus Willett's New York Regiment and was in engagements at Turlock and Johnstown. 
Pension was allowed on his application executed August 9, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Johnstown, Montgomery County, New York. 
He died August 20, 1832, leaving no widow. The name of his wife is not given. 
The following children survived him; John F., Jonas and Betsey Cosselman and Maria, wife of John F. Deckstader, and Nancy, wife of Lodewick Beck. 
Very truly yours, 
E. W. MORGAN, 
Acting Commissioner.
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10934
Rev War INVALID.
File No. 10934  
John S. Kasselman 
Pri Rev War 
Act: June 7th 32 
Index:- Vol. A, Page 200 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 


1930. Oct. 15. Hist to Mrs. W. R. McCray.
JLL
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IN REPLY REFER TO 
Rev. and 1812 
Wars Section, 
ILL 

3-2562 
UNITED STATES 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS 
WASHINGTON 
May 29, 1930. 
Mrs. W. R. McCray
201 Illinois Street 
Charles City, Iowa. 
Dear Madam: 
I advise you that the data furnished by you are not sufficient to enable this bureau to make intelligent reply to the queries contained in your letter. 
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below, as the information. in your possession will permit, and return to this bureau. 
First name of widow Mary Fykes (?)
Full name of soldier John Casselman
Residence of soldier at enlistment Tryon Co. (?)
Residence of soldier after service New York State (Rochester?)
Name of state from which he enlisted New York 
Approximate date of birth 1755 (?) 
Approximate date of death  ?
Kindly return attached letter with your reply. 
Respectfully, 
[signed] E. W. Morgan 
E. W. MORGAN, 
Acting Commissioner.

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Revolutionary and 1812 Wars Section
Oct 10 1930
Bureau of Pensions
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Charles City, Iowa. 
March, 26, 1930. 
Bureau of Pensions, 
Rev. war Dept. 
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Curator: - 
Do you have the record of the service and any payment of pension to the person or family of Capt. John Casselman (Cosselman, Castleman, Caselman), of Tryon Co. N. Y.?
Any information concerning the said John Casselman or any of his family that is available in your files will be most heartily received, as the search is often baffling. 
Your assistance is earnestly solicited. 
Respectfully – 
Helene W. McCray, 
(Mrs. W. R.)

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Revolutionary and 1812 Wars Section
Oct 10 1930
Bureau of Pensions