Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9381, Archibald Casey, Del.

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Del.  Casey, Archibald    W9381
                    Hannah

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Kentucky 17 940
Archibald , Casey
of Harrison County, in the state of Kentucky
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Haslett of the Delaware line for the term of one year.
Inscribed on the roll of Kentucky at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence on the 6th of July, 1818.
Certificate of pension issued the 27th of November, 1821 and (illegible)
Arrears to 4th of September 1820 
semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1821
(illegible)
Revoluntionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818)
P. May 1, 1820
Recorded

(illegible)

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The secretary of state for the state of Delaware, is requested to state from the rolls, the period of this applicant's service.

17, 249
Archibald, Casey
Harrison County, Kentucky
Private
Colonel Haslett Rep
Delaware (illegible)
6th July, 1818
Enlisted in 1773
and served one year
(illegible)

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State of Kentucky 
I, Andrew Moore, clerk of the Harrison Circuit court do certify that John Nimble, whose name is affixed to the within declaration of Archibald Casey, the certificate thereto announced now is and was at the time of signing the same circuit judge of said court duly commissioned and qualified and to all his official acts as such full faith and credit in due and ought to be given in testimony where of I have here unto act my hand this 20th day of July, 1820 in the 29th (XXIX) year of the commonwealth. A. Moore

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State of Kentucky Harrison County and Circuit Sct. This day appeared Archibald Casey before me one of the circuit judges in and for the commonwealth and circuit of and made oath that in the now state of Delaware and at the town of Dover he enlisted as a regular soldier, as well as he can now remember in the fall or winter of the year 1775: that his enlistment was for one year in Capt. Nathan Adams Company of Infantry, Col. Haslett’s Regiment Delaware line on Continental establishment. He further made oath that he served out his full time of one year and owing to some emergency not now particular recollected he continued in the arm some time beyond the term for which he had enlisted - he further stated that during the period of his service he was in the Battle of Long Island and White Plains and also led in taking the Hessians at Trenton and in guarding them to Philadelphia. He made oath that he was discharged at Philadelphia, not long after this affair at Trenton and does not know at his service what became of his discharge - that he is illiterate and not able of writing or reading it when written and being but little engaged in business he has not preserved.

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papers - he further made oath that owing to the great lapse of time and the dispersion of those engaged in the service at the same period with himself, he was now incapable of proving the foregoing facts otherwise than by his own oath, and that from his reduced circumstances in life he stood in need of it from his country for support. Sworn to and declare before me this 6th day of July 1818. John Trimble I John Trimble, Circuit Judge as afore said do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Archibald Casey did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the foregoing affidavit against the common enemy for the term of nine months on the continental establishment. I now transmit the proceedings testimony had and taken before now to the secretary for the department of ware pursuant to an act of congress in such cases made a provided. In testimony where I have (illegible) unto let my (illegible) and a cause of the seal of the said court to be affixed this 6th day of July 1818. John Trimble

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Office of the secretary of the state of Delaware
Dover 25, September 1820
Those in this office are original paper port porting to be " a Master Role of Capt. Nathan Adam, Company of Delaware Regiment of (illegible) Troop commanded by John Haslet in the service of the United Colonies in (illegible) Dover, (illegible) day of April 1776"- from which it appears that a man of the name of "Archibald Casey" enlisted in the said company as a private soldier on this 22 same day 1776 and (illegible) he belongs to (illegible) company and was with it in (illegible), Dover on the 12th April 1776, (illegible) The name of "Casey" is not to be formed (illegible) master roll. Except (illegible master role afore said this is not in this office, (illegible) or master role of Capt. Nathan Adam's company.

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It is required, that the applicant prove by the testimony on the oath, of two or more disinterested and credible persons, certified as such by the judge, that he is the same person certified to be on the rolls of Delaware by the name of Archibald Kersey.

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At a Circuit Court held for the County of Harrison and State of Kentucky at the Courthouse in (illegible) on Friday the Twenty-third Day of June 1820. Archibald Casey filed the following statement and schedule which was (illegible) to in open court and which in ordered to be entered of record in the words and figures following court schedule State of Kentucky, Harrison Circuit. On this 23 day of June 1820 personally appearing in open court being a court of record for the said circuit. Archibald Casey aged about sixty six years resident in Harrison County and Circuit aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law told on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows court in Captain Nathan Adams Company, Col. Haslett’s Regiment, Delaware line on Continental Establishment as set forth in his original declaration upon which no pension has yet been allowed, said declaration bearing date the 6th day of July 1818, and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my

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property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War (illegible) on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person interest for me any properly or (illegible) contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. One half acre lot in the town of Cynthiana with a small indifferent house upon it. Six acres of land in Harrison County broken and injured by a branch running thru it, one small horse creature, 4 cows and a calf, 1 plow, 1 hoe, 3 axes and a (illegible) iron weeder (?), 2 saws, a little cupboard and household furniture. My occupation is that of a post and (illegible) and by age and infirmity particularly the Rheumatism I can work only at times and that at light business, my family consists of myself, my wife who is sickly and aged and capable of doing but little towards the support of the family and 1 daughter about 12 years old given under my hand and seal this 23rd day of Jun 1820. Archibald Casey (his mark)

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I, Andrew Moore, clerk of the Circuit Court aforesaid do certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto amended are truly copied from the record of the said court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property (illegible) in the aforesaid schedule is $200.  In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and officed the seal of the said court this 26th day of July, AD 1820 in the XXIX year of the Commonwealth.
A Moore 
Seal attached

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Kentucky, Louisville
Hannah Casey
widow of 
Del- Archibald, Casey
who served in the Revolutionary War as a 
private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of (?) dollars
"" cents per annum, to commence on the 3rd of February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 20 day of February, 1852 and sent to 
R. H. Forrester
Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 172 Vol. A

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Hannah Casey
Widow of Arhcibald
Ky

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State of Kentucky
Harrison County

On this 9th day of December AD 1853, personally appeared before the undersigned, the presiding judge of the County Court of said County of Harrision, Hannah Casey a resident of the town of Cynthiana, in the County of Harrision and state of Kentucky, (illegible) old age, and bodily and mental infirmity, she is unable to state with accuracy, but has reason to support that she is between eighty and ninety years old, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress, granting pensions to the widows of Revoluntionary soldiers, who were married to them prior to the year AD 1800; that she is the widow of Archibald Casey, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, between the American Colonies and Great Britian; that said Archibald Casey, drew a pension from the United States government for his military services in said ware, but the amount of the pension was paid to her said husband at Lexington, in the state of Kentucky; and during the time he received it, he was a resident of the town of Cynthiana and County of Harrison. 

She further declares that she was married to said Archibald Casey, in Alleghany County, in the State of Maryland, many years before the year 1800, but she is unable to recollect the year; that she has applied to the clerk of said Alleghany County Circuit Court, by whom marriage are recorded for a copy of the record of her marriage, but there is no record of it in said county; that she has lost all memory of persons in said county by whome she could prove her marriage if

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they were living, and is unable to find any such person, although she has made every effort in her power to find them; that her marriage with said Archibald Casey was recorded in the family record of said Casey, in the family bible, during his life, which bible and record have been taken away from her and lost or destroyed, she having been abandoned many years since by all her children and having lived alone without a solitary companion, and since, unprotected and in extreme poverty. The only proof, therefore, which she is able to (illegible) of the fact of her marriage to said Casey, is the testimony of her neighbors that for a period of more than 25 years, she lived with him as his lawful wife, acknowledged by him as such and raised a family of children by him in respectability; that her husband, the aforesaid, Archibald Casey, died on the xx day of AD 182 , but the month and day of the month she is unable to recollect; that she was married to him at the time of his death; that she has remained unmarried ever since and is still a widow; and has never before made application for a pension.

Hannah Casey (Mark)
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year before written, before me, by the aforesaid Hannah Casey, and I do certify from my personal knowledge of the fact, that said Hannah Casey is unable to appear in open court from old age and bodily infirmity and it is therefore necessary that she should be sworn to this declaration at her residence.
Henry Coffmann

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State of Kentucky, Harrison County,

On the 7th day of December 1853, personally appeared before me the presiding judge of the county court of said county of Harrison, Oscar F. Rankin, and William S. Shankleford, residents of said county, who being duly sworn according to law, say that the annexed decloaratin, was signed in their presence by Hannah Casey, whose name is affixed thereto; that they signed their name, to the same as attesting witnesses; and that they personally know that said Hannah Casey, who signed and served to said declaration, to be the idential person she is. Therein represented to be, the widow of Archibald Casey, deceased.

William S Shackleford
Oscar F. Rankin

Subscribed and sworn to by said Oscar F. Rankin and William Shackleford before me and I certify from my personal knowledge that they are credible and reliable persons. Witness my hand this 7th day of December AD 1853.
Henry Coffman 
State of Kentucky, Harrison County, 
I, Perry Wherritt, clerk of the county court of said county of Harrison do certify that Henry Coffman whose signature is attached to the above affidavid of William S. Shackleford and Oscar F. Rankin, and also, to the foregoing declaration of Hannah Casey is and was at the date of the same the presiding jdge of said county court, and that his signature to sworn affidavid and declaration are genuine. 
In testimony whereof  I have here onto set my hand and the seal of said court, this 7th day of December 1853. 
P. Wherritt clerk

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State of Kentucky, Harrison County Before me the presiding judge of the county court of said county of Harrison, personally appeared Hannah Casey, a resident of said county, who is personally know b me to be the same person, who a short time since made oath before me to her declaration to obtain a pension from the United States government as the widow of Archibald Casey, deceased, who being duly sworn, states in addition to said declaration, that owing to her weakness and confusion of mind, she stated erroneously to her attorney who drew said declaration that she was married in Alleghany County, Maryland, before the year 1800; but since said declaration was sworn to by her, and sent to the Commissions of Pensions, her said attorney has been informed by George Kirkpatrick, an aged resident of said county of Harrison, that she was married to said Archibald Casey in said last mentioned county, which information led her said attorney R.H. Forrester, to search the record of marriages in the county court clerk office of said Harrison County, which search has led to the discovery that she and the witnesses Thomas Hogg and John Hamilton were mistaken in their statement, that she was formally married to said Archibald Casey before the year 1800; and she now desires to correct that error and to state that according to said record she was married formally to said Casey on the 23rd

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her name before her marriage day of January 1800, a copy of the record being transmitted herewith. She supports that both herself and said witnesses have been led to make the statements as to the time of the marriage which they did, by the fact that as that early period, marriages were frequently informal, and the parties after living together, in good faith for years, as husband and wife, had marriage evidence of the same. It is her best recollection that this was the Casey with her and her said husband, and that long prior to the year 1800 she was his wife. Being unable owing to her feebleness of mind to speak with certainty from her own recollection of the true date of her marriage, she sub(illegible) the question to the determination of the pensions, upon all the evidence, transmitting herewith the affidavit of said George Kirkpatrick, according to who recollection also, she was married to said Casey before the year 1800. Hannah Casey (mark) Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of January 1854, and I do certify that owing to extreme old age and feebleness of body the said Hannah Casey is still unable to appear in open court and that I have no interest whatever in the prosecution of their claim for a pension. Witness my hand the day and year last written. Henry Coffmann

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State of Kentucky, Harrison County
Before me Henry Coffman, the presiding judge of the county court of said county personally appeared, Lawrence W. Thompson and Oscar F. Rankin who being duly sworn state that Hannah Casey, personally known by them as such, and the identical person reputed in said county to be the widow of Archibald Casey, deceased, signed the foregoing declaration in their presence by making her mark and they affixed their names to the same as attesting witnesses.
Lawrence W. Thompson 
Oscar F. Rankin

Subscribed and sworn to beforeme by Lawrence W. Thompson and Oscar F. Rankin the 14th day of January 1854 and I certify they are credible witnesses. 
Henry Coffman 
State of Kentuck, Harrison County
I, Perry Wherritt, clerk of the county court of same county do certify that Henery Coffman before whom the foregoing declaration of Hannah Casey and affidavid of Lawrence W Thompson and Oscar F Rankin were sworn to was at the time of their execution and still is the preciding jdge of said county court and that his signature to the same are genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of said county this 14th dayof  January 1854. 
P. Wherritt

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(illegible) of marriage recorded in the Harrison County  (illegible) office of state of Kentucky

(illegible) 
1800 23rd (illegible) 
Archibald Casey to Hannah Simkins 
(illegible)

January 1854
Perry Wherrittt
(illegible)

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December 8, 1931.
BA-J/ADY

Mr. Walter E. Casey,
District Public Health Engineer,
Ozark, Missouri

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one Archibald Casey, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein area abstained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.9381, based upon his military service in that war.

Archibald Casey was born in Dover, Delaware, date not stated.

He enlisted in Dover, Delaware, January 22, 1776 as a private in Captain Nathan Adams' Company, Colonel Joh Haslet's Delaware Regiment; was in the battles of Long Island, White Plains and Trenton; length of service over one year. His name was borne on the rolls as Archibald Kersey.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 6, 1818 while a resident of Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky, age about sixty-four years.

He died April 22, 1835.

Soldier married "in Alleghany County in the State of Maryland many years before the year 1800", Hannah Simpkins as stated by her (his widow), on January 23, 1800 in Harrison County, Kentucky, as shown by the records of the County Court of Harrison County, Kentucky.

She was allowed pension on her application executed December 9, 1853 while a resident of Cynthiana, Kentucky, aged between eighty and ninety years.

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It is stateed they raised a family of children, no names given.

In 1830 soldier stated his family consisted of his wife, and one daughter aged about twelve years, but did not give their names.

Very truly yours,

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator

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Re: Ev: (illegible) in 25. not certain purchase.
"Boynton"

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Rev. Widow, & c.
File No. 9831
Hannah Casey
with 
Archibald Casey
Private, Revolutionary War
Act: (illegible), 1853
Index: - Vol. A, Page 116
Arrangement of 1870

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22 April 25 Pension Office 21, January, 1856 Sir, please certify the time to which the named pensioner was a private on the date of his death. Very respectfully, S. Cole for Commissioner Archibald Casey, Act 1818 Died 22, April 1825, Paid. F. Burt Auditor Francis Burt (illegible) Auditor, Treasury

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No. 1,316 4.170
Hannah Casey, widow of 
Archibald Casey
Ky
let to R. H. Forrester
Dec 21, 1853
Hon. J.C. Breckenridge
Dec. 25, 1853

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Cynthiana, Ky December 9th, 1853 LP Waldo E Commissioner of Pensions Sir, I transmit the application of Hannah Casey for a pension as a widow of Archibald Case, deceased, formerly a Revolutionary Pensioner. Her age is so extreme - it is thought by some to be greater than stated in her declaration - that it may be, owning to the decay of her faculties, she has not been able to cite me correctly to the place of her marriage, but I have with what information she furnished (illegible) to find official evidence of the marriage, and have failed. The clear of the circuit court of Alleghany County, Maryland, where she says she was married, will transmit you a certificate on the subject. The (illegible) evidence the nature of the care is (illegible) of is furnished. The old lady has become very destitute, the friend who have (illegible) her having died, and her cabin has nearly fallen down. The care should, therefore, receive as speedy consideration as possible. General Desha of the county will write to Hon. John C. Breckenridge on the subject, that you may have personal assurance of the bona fide character of the application. Yours, R.H. Forrester Attorney at Law P.S. I presume the application will be entitled to the arrearages of her pension.

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 Cynthiana, Ky January 14th, 1854 LP Waldo (illegible) Sir I transmit to your additional affidavits in the matter of the application of Hannah Casey for a pension. As you will see she labored under an error in regards to the time of her formal marriage, or rather, as I suppose, had forgotten that she was formally married in this county; for the testimony of our oldest citizens shown that she had lived with Archibald Casey as his wife, for years before 1800. This failure of memory would not surprise anyone acquainted with the old lady, as she exhibits mark of extreme old age and manifests that failure of recollection of every matter nearly concerning herself, which sometimes attends very advanced age. The period of her residence in the county transcends the recollection of our oldest inhabitants. Having understood that numerous frauds have been attempted on your department, I am (illegible) to be this particular in explaining the apparent discrepancy in this case. If in occasion any doubt I would be glad that you would institute an inquiry through any of our citizens as to the character of the witnesses who have given the affidavit, it would show that they are among the oldest and most reputable inhabitants of the county. General Desha of the county, who has known the applicate for many years, wrote to Hon. J.C. Breckenridge in favor of her application. I trust the evidence furnished will prove sufficient to satisfy the (illegible) of your department in the case. Respectfully, R.H. Forrester

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(illegible) 1853

Comm of Pensions,
Sir,
The caes mentioned in the (illegible) lettter from Gen. L. Desha seems to be an urgent one. (illegible) your early attention to and a communication from you, with the return of the letter.
Your (illegible)
Wm. (illegible)

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State of Kentucky, Harrison County On this 14th day of January 1854, personally appeared before me , Samuel Williams, a Justice of the Peace in the fore said county, John M, Anderson, a resident of said county, who being duly sworn, says that he was a resident of said county, for several years during the lifetime of Archibald Casey, whose widow, Hannah Casey, also a resident of said county is now applying to the United States government for a pension; that he was well acquainted with said Archibald Casey, and said Hannah, up to the time of his decease; that said Archibald Casey was a resident of said county during all the time of his acquaintance with him, and although generally acquainted with the people of said county, he knew of no other individual of the same name living in said county, during the life of said Archibald; that he had personal knowledge that said Archibald Casey was a pensioner of the United States, as a Revolutionary War soldier; that he knows said Archibald went each year to Lexington, Kentucky, to receive his pension; and knew of his making considerable preparations for the journey when he went and he has seen him count over the money which he had received on his return; and that he knows Hannay Casey who is making this application for a pension, and who is a resident of the town of Cynthiana in said county, to be the widow of said Archibald Casey; and that she was the wife of said Archibald Casey; and that she was the wife of said Archibald at the time of his death and for many years before. John M. Anderson Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of January 1854 and I certify that I have no interest in (illegible) this claim for a pension; and that the above John M. Anderson is a credible witness and personally know to me. Samuel Williams

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State of Kentucky, Harrison County
I, Perry Wherritt, clerk of the county court of said county, do certify that Samual Williams, before whom the annexed affidavit was served to, was at the time it was sworn to a justice of the peace in and for said county, duly commissioned, and that his signature to the same is genuine. (illegible) the seal of said county court this 
14th day of January, 1854
P. Wherritt

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State of Kentucky, Harrison County On the 14th day of December 1853, personally appeared before me, the presiding judge of the county court of said county of Harrison, George Kirkpatrick, a resident of said county, aged x years, who being duly sworn according to law, states that he was born and has always resided in said county and in the neighborhood of the town of Cynthiana; that several year before the year 1800, he knew Archibald Casey, deceased, and Hannah, his wife, and that they lived together as husband and wife several years before said year 1800, reputed, and acknowledged each other as such and continued to live until the death of said Archibald Casey; that during said period they continued to reside is said town of Cynthiana; that said Hannay Casey has continued to reside in said town since the death of her said husband up to this time, having remained unmarried and is still a widow and that said Archibald Casey was reputed during his life, in said county to be a Revolutionary soldier. George Kirkpatrick Subscribed and sworn to before me by said George Kirkpatrick the day and year (illegible) above written; and I certify that to my personal knowledge he has long been a resident of said county, and is a gentleman of the highest credibility and respectability. Witness my hand the last-mentioned day and year. H. Coffman

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 State of Kentucky, Harrison County I, Perry Wherritt, clerk of the county court of said county, de certify that Henry Coffman before whom the annexed affidavit of George Kirkpatrick was sworn to was at the time it was made the presiding judge of said court and that his signature to the same is genuine. Witness my hand and the seal of said county this 14th of January, 1854 P. Wherritt

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 State of Kentucky, Harrison County, On the 8th day of December 1853, personally appeared before the undersigned, the presiding judge of the county court of said county of Harrison, John Hamilton, a resident of said county, aged 81 years, and personally long and well known to the undersigned, who being duly sworn according to law, said that in the year 1791 he knew Archibald Casey, then a resident of said county of Harrison, and of the town of Cynthiana; that as that time said Casey was living with Hannah Casey, now his widow, living in said town, as her husband; that from that time from a personal acquaintance with them and general reputation in the neighborhood, he knows that they continued to live together as husband and wife until his death which occurred in the year 1825, but the precise time in the year when he died he is unable to state; that said Archibald and Hannah Casey raised a family of children together in respectability; that during all the time from the year 1791 until 1825 they resided in said town of Cynthiana, in the neighborhood of which affidavit also resided during that period and ever since has continued to reside in said town, without having married again, being in very destitute circumstances, living along, abandoned for many years past by all her relatives and family; and that she is still a widow. He further states that there was no other man of the name of Archibald Casey living in said county during the period referred to, in his knowledge, except the husband of said Hannah Casey; that she is a very aged and infirm women, and that he gives this affidavit in support of her application for a pension from the United States government, as the widow of said Archibald Casey, who is said to have

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been a Revolutionary pensioner. John Hamilton Subscribed and sworn to by said John Hamilton before me the day and year from before written, and I certify from my personal knowledge that he is a credible witness having always sustained in this community the highest character for (illegible) and integrity; and that I have no interest whatever in prosecuting this claim for a pension. Witness my hand this 8th day of December, 1853. H. Coffman State of Kentucky, Harrison County On the 9th day of December A.D. 1853, personally appeared before the undersigned, the presiding judge of the county court of said county of Harrison, Thomas Hogg, a resident of said county, aged xx years, who being duly sworn according to the law, says that he has lived in said county and (illegible) to the town of Cynthiana, all his life without interruption; that for a number of years before the year 1800 he was well acquainted with Archibald Casey and Hannah Casey his wife, who is now applying for a pension; that from his first knowledge of them, which is above stated was several years prior to the year 1800 said Archibald and Hannah Casey, lived together as husband and wife, in respectability raising a family of children, and continued so to live until the death of said Archibald Casey, which took place in the year 1825, but the precise time of the year he does not recollect; that during the whole period of his acquaintance with them above referred to, they lived in the town of Cynthiana in said county of Harrison. He further states that said Hannah Casey ever since the death of her said husband has lived in said town, unmarried and that she is still a widow in very

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destitute circumstances, being a very aged and infirm woman. He also states that he has not known any other person of the name of Archibald Casey, except the husband of said Hannah Casey. He makes this affidavit in support of the application of said Hannah Casey to the United States government and for a pension as the widow of said Alexander (Archibald?) Casey said to be a Revolutionary soldier. Thomas Hogg (his mark) Subscribed and sworn to before me by said Thomas Hogg, this 9th day of December 1893 and I certify from my own personal knowledge that said Thomas Hogg is a credible and reliable person, being a man of undoubted veracity and unblemished integrity. Witness my hand the day and your first before written. Henry Coffman State of Kentucky, Harrison County, I, Perry Wherritt, Clerk of the county, court of said county, do certify that Henry Coffman whose signature is attached to the above affidavit of John Hamilton is and was as the date of the same the presiding judge of said county court, authorizing by law to (illegible) to oaths, and said signature are genuine. Also, that said Hogg and Hamilton are known by me to be aged and respectable citizens of said county, and entitled to full credence. In testimony whereof I here onto set my hand and the seal of said court the 9th day of December 1853. P. Wherritt

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Brief in the case of Hannah Casey, wife of Archibald Harrison County and state of Kentucky act 3 F(illegible) 1853 Claim, ("original") Proof exhibited, (if original) is it documentary, traditionary or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance, Husband was a pensioner under the Act of 18th March 1815 to 1st May 1820 Record of evidence of marriage If for increase. Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? Name and residence of Agent R.H. Forester Cynthiana, Harrison Co. Kentucky S. Boynton Examining clerk

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J.L. Edward 
Pension Office

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Washington city, (illegible) 

J.L. Edwards Sir, Archibald Casey, alias Kersey, whose claim I have so repeated by urged to your attentive (illegible) very (illegible) to me and has at (illegible) where capable for (illegible) labored in his avocation of port and (illegible) upon my firm. Hi is a man of truth and honesty, and I can appease you that the uttermost confidence may be placed in his statements. At the last (illegible) you suggested two objections to his claim. the amount of the clerk, cert., and proof of service. I can (illegible) his (illegible) home to him and caused one of the objections to be removed; the other, he believes beyond his owner except by a trip across the mountains to Dover in Delaware, the place of his

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nativity, and there he is altogether in doubt, whether he has not outlived all who would be likely to recognize him. Before you (illegible) whom a (illegible) revolutionary soldier, who I fear has (illegible) strength to encounter it, and who I am sure has not precursory means without the charitable aid of his friend, I will take the liberty again to urge your attention to his care. (Illegible) as I am (illegible) obtained (illegible) upon their own affidavit of service and nothing more I am sure would be required from him but for the (illegible) of the name (illegible) with his statement being (illegible) hearsay and not Casey, I beg you to recollect that he is illiterate and totally incapable of writing and as I believe of (illegible); this (illegible) with the fact of recruiting of (illegible) at that day, being other likewise, illiterate, (illegible) always carefully will unable you readily to account for the difference in spelling his name; and the (illegible) whom the pronunciation would be nearly the same

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where you correct with their (illegible), the (illegible) of facts obtained by him in his statement, with there where are corrections with the name a little differently spelled. I currently home that you will not (illegible) to delay his pension on that ground. He is now (illegible) really a wreck and (illegible) resist the tide of true (illegible) further procrastination will be always if not quite equal to rejection. I am very respectfully. Wm. Brown J.L. Edward

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The state board of health of Missouri
City of Jefferson Ozark
Nov. 14, 1931
Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Please send me the service record and any other information available on the 2 Revolutionary War pensioners listed below:
John Casey, (Private) Pension began July 21, 1818, age 71. He enlisted in the Virginia line, - received pension from Franklin County, Kentucky.

Archibald Casey, (Private) pension began July 6, 1818, age 75, Delaware line, - died April 22, 1825, - received pension from Harrison County, Ky.

The above information was taken from the "Revolutionary Pension Roll" but we would like to know more of these two men. We have been trying to trace our family history back and we feel sure we are decedents of the John or Archibald mentioned above.
Yours truly,
Walter E. Casey
District Public Health Engineer
Ozark, MO

Stamp:
received Nov. 18, 1931