Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3114, Caspar Dull, Penn

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SERVICE
Penn

Dull, Casper

NUMBER
R.3114

CONTENTS

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State of Indiana } ss.
Tippecanoe County }     In Open Court

Present Hon. Judge Turpie,
Presiding

On this 15th day of October AD 1855 before the Tippecanoe Circuit Court held within and for the County aforesaid, commencing on Monday Oct 8, 1855, personally appeared George Dull, aged Fifty Eight years, a resident of Lafayette in said County & state, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain in behalf of himself and two brothers, John Dull aged seventy-four years and Casper Dull aged sixty-three years, the benefits of the Provisions of the Act of Congress approved May 15, 1828 entitled, "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution." That he is one of the children and heirs at law of Casper Dull, late of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, deceased, who was Lieutenant and Captain in a Company of foot in the first Battalion of Militia in the County of Philadelphia in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as appears by his original commissions dated Nov. 20, 1777 & September 10, 1778, herewith filed. That his said father entered the service of the United States in the Army of the Revolution but has no documentary evidence to prove for what period or how long he served. That his father was married, as appears by the family record, on September 20, 1774. That his mother Hannah M. Dull died Feb'y 21, 1826, and that his said father died at the house of deponent's Brother Casper Dull in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania on July 23, 1829, leaving sur-

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-viving him children Catherine, who died June 1838; Elizabeth, who died in 1844; Hannah, who died Feb. 25, 1837; Libby, who died in 1833; Joseph, who died in 1847; and John, Casper and George (this Deponent) who still survive, John being born July 8, 1781, Casper Dec. 25, 1791, and George (this deponent) July 17, 1797. There is no public record of the marriage of his parents that he knows of, nor private record except the family record kept by his father from which he makes this statement. That his brother John lives in Pittsburg, Carroll County, Indiana, his brother Casper resides in McVeytown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, and that this Deponent (George) resides in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. He believes that his father never applied for nor received any pension, commutation or other pay from the United States for any services rendered in the Army of the Revolution. That his said father died intestate and without any property, and that therefore there never was any administration of his property, or Executor appointed. This declaration is made for and in behalf of himself and his brothers John Dull and Casper Dull aforesaid, with him children and heirs at law of Casper Dull dec[ease]d, Captain as aforesaid, he this deponent having the original papers in his possession and being requested so to do by them who together with this Deponent have executed our powers of attorney hereto attached, bearing the one by John & George Sept. 1st, 1855, and that by Casper Sep. 22, 1855, to Isaac H. Wright of Lafayette in the County of Tippecanoe, State of Indiana,

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our true and lawful attorney for us an in our name and stead and for our use to prosecute this our claim as heirs at law of said Casper Dull dec'd under said Act of May 15, 1828.

George Dull

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 16th day of October, 1855. Witness my hand and the seal of our said County at Lafayette.

[signature illegible]
by [signature illegible]
Clerk of Tp. C. Court

State of Indiana              } ss.            
County of Tippecanoe   }                In Open Court

Tippecanoe Circuit Court

Present Hon. Judge Turpie,
Presiding

It is here by certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before said Court, which evidence is hereto annexed, viz. the Deposition of James Langton, that Casper Dull who as reputed was a soldier of the Revolutionary War of the United States in the first Batallion of Pennsylvania militia, died on the 23d day of July, AD 1829, leaving surviving him children of whom John Dull, Casper Dull and George Dull alone now survive, John Dull residing in Pittsburg, Carroll County, George Dull in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, both in the State of Indiana, and Casper Dull residing in McVeytown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, and that they are the only surviving children

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of said soldier aforesaid.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto by order of said Court set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 16 day of October, AD 1855.

Otho K. Weakly ch
Ned W. Cobden

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Ins.                             Reg[istere]d 3114
Old war

Department of the Interior
Pension Office

Washington, D.C. November 12th, 1885

Sir,

In answer to your request of the 18th and 22d ult. for information of Casper Dull who, it is supposed, served in the war of the Revolution from Pennsylvania, to be used in the history of Mifflin County, Penn., I have to state that as he did not survive the passage of a law under which he would have been entitlted to a pension, there is not on file a history of his services in any war which was made by himself. Three sons, in 1855, then his only surviving children, submitted a general statement that their father served in the Revolutionary War, but were unable to give any details, nor the names of any Officers under whose command he rendered the service which they claimed, but they filed two commissions issued by the State of Pennsylvania, one of which was as Lieutenant of a Company, dated Nov. 20, 1777, and the other as captain of a company, dated Sept. 10, 1778, both in a Battalion of Philadelphia County Militia, and a certificate that he was appointed a cornet in a company of Philadelphia County Light Dragoons.

They also furnished from the family record the following data: Casper Dull was married Sept. 20, 1774, to Hannah

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M. . . . . . . . He died July 23, 1829 at the house of his son Casper at Moore's Farms in McVeytown, Mifflin County, Penn., and she died Feb'y 21, 1826. The children named are, John, born July 8, 1781, living in 1855 in Pittsburg, Carroll Co., Ind[ian]a; Casper, born Dec. 25, 1791, living in 1855 in McVeytown, Mifflin Co., Penn.; George, born July 17, 1797, living in 1855 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Ind[ian]a; Libby, died in 1833; Hannah, died Feb'y 25, 1837; Catherine, died June 1838; Elizabeth, died in 1844; Joseph, died in 1847.

Very respectfully.

Commissioner

Mr. D. H. Lusk  
702 Twelfth St. N.W.
Present

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1885 Oct. 16 D. H. Lusk - Case rejected because died July 1829 prior to the passage of the act of Jun. 7, 1832, the only law applicable to the military service claimed to have been rendered by him                                           Prior
1885 Oct. 21 D. H. Lusk to state what use will be made of the information requested of the soldier                                                           Prior
1885 Nov. 12 D. H. Lusk with history [as?] found herein                                                           Prior



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P. O. Casper Dull
Service:

                     REJECTED
Enlisted: _____________________________, 18
Discharged: __________________________, 18

Application filed: ______________________, 18

Alleges: _________________________________
________________________________________
Re-enlisted: _____________________________
________________________________________

Attorney: ________________________________
P. O. ____________________________________
_________________________________________
______ Recognized.  _________________Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis.   Searched for _________, 18

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1193
Casper Dull, dec'd
Indiana

I. H. Wright Oct. 24, 185[?]
same Dec. 11 1855

Hon. D. Mace June 19, 1856

See revocation of power of attorney to Wright, within



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May 15, 1828

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To
The Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,

I hereby revoke a certain Power of Attorney executed and delivered to Isaac H. Wright of Lafayette, Indiana, dated Aug. 22d, 1855, to prosecute a claim of my father Casper Dull against the U. States for services as an officer in the Army of the Revolution.

Ge. Dull

Lewistown }
May 27th, 1858 }

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To
The Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,

I hereby revoke a certain Power of Attorney executed and delivered to Isaac H. Wright of Lafayette, Indiana, dated Aug't 22d, 1855, to prosecute a claim of my father Casper Dull against the U. States for services as an officer in the Army of the Revolution.

Lewistown, May 27th, 1858 }

Casper Dull

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In the Name and by the Authority of the FREEME[N of]
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

The SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
of the said Commonwealth

To Casper Dull, Gentleman:

We, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be first lieutenant of a company of foot in the first Battalion of Militia, in the County of Philad[elphi]a. You are therefore carefully [and] diligently to discharge the Duty of first Lieutenant by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging. And We do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as first Lieutenant. And you are to observe, and follow such Orders and Directions as you shall from Time to Time receive from the Supreme Executive Council of this Commonwealth, or from your superior Officers, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, and in Pursuance of the Acts of Assembly of this State. This Commission to continue in Force until your Term, by the Laws of this State, shall of Course expire.

GIVEN under the lesser Seal of the Commonwealth, at Philadelphia, this twentieth Day of November in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and seventy-seven.

Thos. Wharton, [illegible]

No. 5
Attest.
T. Matlack, Sec[retar]y

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In the Name and by the Authority of the FREEMEN of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

The SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
of the said Commonwealth

To Casper Dull, Esquire:

We, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be Captain of a company of foot in the first Battalion of Militia, in the County of Philadelphia. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of Captain by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging. And We do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as Captain. And you are to observe, and follow such Orders and Directions as you shall from Time to Time receive from the Supreme Executive Council of this Commonwealth, or from your superior Officers, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, and in Pursuance of the Acts of Assembly of this State. This Commission to continue in Force until your Term, by the Laws of this State, shall of Course expire.

GIVEN under the lesser Seal of the Commonwealth, at Philadelphia, this tenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and seventy-eight.

Attest.
T Matlack, Sec[retar]y

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Lafayette, Indiana
Oct. 17, 1855

Hon. Comm[issione]r of Pensions

Sir,
Enclosed please find certain papers in the case of the application of John, Casper, and George Dull, only surviving heirs os Casper Dull, dec'd, late of Mifflin Co., Penna., who was a Lieut., Capt. & Cornet in the Rev. War, asking as such heirs the benefits of the Act of May 15, 1828.
Certain papers daily expected from the office of Sec. of State of Penna., showing Mr. Dull's commissions as Cornet & Captain as above will be transmitted to the Dept. as soon as rec[eive]d.

Please acknowledge receipt of these papers and notify me of final action in the case as soon as possible. If [illegible] is not complete please [illegible] what is necessary.

Respectfully yours,

Isaac H. Wright

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Lafayette, Nov. 17, 1855

J. Minot, Esq. }
Comm[issione]r of Pensions }

Sir,

Your letters of Oct. 22 & 24 in relation to the claim of the heirs of Casper Dull dec'd are rec[eive]d. In reply I would say that I made out that application under the 1st Sec. of the Act of May 15, 1828, under the impression that said Dull was in the Continental line, supposing that the militia gotten up as his company was was committed with that line. Your letter corrects my mistake.

I would ask therefore if some law does not exist by which his heirs can receive recompense for his services, he being a commissioned officer. If so, please inform me what act & send the instructions & the applications will be made accordingly.

I am informed by his heirs that at the time he was Captain he sold his farm & expended its proceeds to uniform & prepare his company for service. That he heard his father say he never rec[eive]d anything in return. Whether a claim for this can be made [illegible] is now doubtful, but the fact is of importance as showing the value of the service done by

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the father and the propriety of granting to the heirs all that is [partly?] them due.

I hope if such act exists you will refer me to it, & send forms.

Respectfully yours,

Isaac H. Wright

Enclosed I send certain official papers relative to his service from the Archives of the State of Pennsylvania. Please file them in the case.

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Know all men by these presents that I, Casper Dull of McVeytown, County of Mifflin and State of Pennsylvania, a son and (with George & John Dull of Indiana) heir at law of Casper Dull dec'd late of said County, who was a cornet in Philadelphia light dragoons & a Lieutenant and Captain in the first Battalion of Militia in the County of Philadelphia and served in the army as such in the Revolutionary War & died in said Mifflin County, Penna. on July 23d, 1829, do hereby constitute and appoint (in connexion with my said brothers) Isaac H. Wright of the City of Lafayette, Indiana, my true and lawful attorney for me & in my name & stead & for my use to do and perform all acts necessary & proper in the premises to obtain from the proper authorities at Washington or elsewhere copies of army records in which the service of my said father may be recorded and to procure all evidence necessary to establish his claim to pension or Bounty from the Government of the United States for said services, and to do all things necessary to prove my right as one of the heirs of my said father to any monies or land due us under any law of the Congress of the United States as the heirs at law of said Casper Dull dec'd & for me & in my name & stead & for any use to prosecute said claim & use my name & do any & all things necessary and proper to be done in the premises in the asking & receiving said claim as fully as I could do if personally present. Hereby ratifying & confirming all & singular the acts of my said attorney legally done. As witness my hand & seal.

Witness present } Casper Dull (seal)
D. M. Dull }

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State of Pennsylvania      }
Mifflin County                   } ss.

Before the subscriber, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County personally came Casper Dull and acknowledged the signing and sealing of the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed for the purposes therein contained.

Witness my hand and the seal of our said court at Lewistown in said County this 22d day of Sept. A. D. 1855.

T. F. McCoy, Prothonotary

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Know all men by these presents, that we, George Dull of Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, and John Dull of Pittsburg, Carroll County, Indiana, sons & heirs at law of Casper Dull dec'd, late of Mifflin County, State of Pennsylvania, who was a cornet in Philadelphia Light Dragoons and a Lieutenant & Captain in the first Battalion of Militia in the County of Philadelphia and served in the Army as such in the Revolutionary War and died in said Mifflin County Penna. on July 23, 1829, do hereby constitute & appoint Isaac H. Wright of the City of Lafayette, Indiana, our true and lawful attorney for us and in our name and stead and for our use in connexion with our brother & only other heir to do and perform all necessary acts proper in the premises to obtain from the proper authorities at Washington or elsewhere copies of Army records in which the service of our said father may be recorded and to procure all evidence necessary to establish his claim to pension or Bounty from the Government of the United States for said services and to do all things necessary to prove our right as the heirs of our said father to any monies or land due us under any law of the Congress of the United States as the heirs at law of said Casper Dull dec'd and for us & in our name & stead & for our use to prosecute said claim and use our names and do any all all [sic] things necessary & proper in the premises in the asking & receiving said claim as fully as we or either of us could do if personally present. Hereby ratifying & confirming all and singular the acts of our said attorney.

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legally done. Given under our hands & seals this 1st day of September, A. D. 1855.

Witness present        }              George Dull (seal)
James H. Stewart      }                  John Dull (seal)
Margaret Dull             }

State of Indiana      }
Carroll County        } ss.

Before the subscriber, Clerk of the Carroll Circuit Court in the State of Indiana, personally came the above named George Dull & John Dull and severally acknowledged the signing & sealing of the foregoing powers of attorney to be their act & deed for the uses & purposes therein contained.

Witness my hand and the seal of our said Court at Delphi in said County this 11 day of September, A. D. 1855.

James H. Stewart
Clerk, C. C. Court

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State of Indiana  }
Clinton County   } ss.

Before me, John Barner, Clerk of the Clinton Circuit Court in the State of Indiana, personally came James Langdon, aged sixty-one, a resident of Frankfort in said County, who being duly sworn according to law says that he was acquainted with Casper Dull dec'd late of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, who was father to Casper Dull of McVeytown, Mifflin Co., Penna., John Dull of Pittsburg, Carroll County, Indiana, and George Dull of Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. That he was well acquainted with the said Casper Dull [illegible], dec'd, in his lifetime and resided as his neighbor at the time of his death which occurred on or about the 23d day of July, A. D. 1829 at the house of Casper Dull above named, his son, on the "Moores Farm," said County, & was buried at McVeytown in said Mifflin County and that the said John, Casper and George Dull above named are the sons and only surviving heirs of the said Casper Dull dec'd aforesaid. And further says not.

James Langton

Sworn and subscribed before me at my office in Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana. Witness my hand and the seal of our said Court this 11th day of October, A.D. 1855.

John Barner, Cl[er]k, by D. P. Barner,
Dep. Clerk of C. C. Court

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____________________
| Sold by
| John C. Clark & Son,
| 68 Dock Street,
| Philadelphia.
| ____________________

"Roll Light Dragoons for the County of Philadelphia with the Battalions annexed to their names they belong to including part of the City."

"Names Battalion"

Lieutenant David Snyder
Cornett Casper Dull

Dragoons

Owen Farris, 7th Battalion
Griffith Jones, " "
George Haas, " " 
Jacob Renner, " "
Charles Porter, 6th Battalion
Jacob Gross, " "

Wm Coates,
Lieutenant, Phila. County "

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"Commissions to be got for the following Officers of Colonel Husters Battalion" viz.

"Captain George Egart, appointed 4th May 1778
1st Lieutenant Krider " 4th May 1778
2d Lieut. Henry Foust " " " "
Ensign Jacob Brown " " " "
Captain Casper Dull " 6th May 1778
1st Lieutenant George Harple " " " "

These are to Certify that the above Officers were chosen or appointed according to Law.

Jacob Engle
L. L. B. C.
September 2d, 1778

1778 Septem[be]r 11th Received of Timothy Matlack, Esq., Secretary, Commissions agreeable to the above list of Officers except Krider.

Arch[ibal]d Thomson
C. L. "

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____________________
| Sold by
| John C. Clark & Son,
| 68 Dock Street,
| Philadelphia
| ___________________

Secretary's Office

Pennsylvania SS.

I do hereby Certify that the foregoing and annexed are true and correct extracts from the original Papers as the Same remain on file in this Office.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and caused the Seal of the Secretary's Office to be affixed at Harrisburg, this Twenty-Sixth day of October in the Year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and fifty-five and of the Commonwealth the Eightieth.

A. G. Curtin
Sec[retar]y of the Comm[onweal]th

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(3—469.)

PENSION BUREAU

___________________
| PENSION OFFICE
| 
| OCT
| 12
| 1885
|
| CHIEF CLERK
| __________________

Application No. _______________________
Certificate No. ________________________

NAME OF SOLDIER,

_______________________________________
Co.____________, ________ Reg't _________

INFORMATION DESIRED

_______________________________________

Casper Dull (or Doll) Entered the Service of the Revolutionary War from the State of Pennsylvania. Please give his Status.

Address

D. H. Lusk
702 12 St. NW
Washington
D. C.


[12730–25 M.] STEREO'S.

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Harrisburg, Oct. 2. 1885
D. H. Lusk, Esq.

My Dear Sir,

After saying that we have nothing new here and all is quieted down since the Sentennial [sic] and that we are all well except Jennie who has been quite sick for the last week from cold. To day she was well enough to be up and will be all right again in a few days. We had a sudden death yesterday, Col. Richard Haldeman died of heart trouble, he had been unwell but was walking around and had just said that as soon as he got well he would to Atlantic City and in less than

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_________
( PENSION )
( U OCT 26 1885 S )
( OFFICE )

five minutes he was dead. What has become of [name illegible]? I never hear from him. I had expected to go to Washington but things moove [sic] so slow that the thing may as well run its self. I may go over next month. I wish you would go to the apartment where you can find the rolls of the old revolutionary company. My Grandfather was I think a captain but we do not know what regiment or who he served under. I thought you could find out if you have time please look the thing up and give us any information you can gather about him. The reason I want it done is this: there are two men who are writing up the history of [illegible] Mifflin and Huntingdon they want to say something about all of the early settlers. You will oblige me much by attending to this ?
J. J. Dull

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Respectfully returned to the Commissioner of of [sic] Pensions.

My application appears to have been misunderstood. What I want by "Status" was the date of Enlistment or Entry in to Service, the Regiment to which belonged and his Rank. Please return this Paper with information endorsed thereon.

Washington DC } D. H. Lusk
Oct. 18, 1885 } 708 12th St NW

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Ins.
Old war

 _________
( PENSION )
( U OCT 20 1885 S )
( OFFICE )

Department of the Interior
PENSION OFFICE

Washington, D.C. October 16th, 1885

Sir,

In answer to your request of the 10th inst. to be informed of the condition of the application for a pension on account of the Service of Casper Dull or Doll, of Pennsylvania, in the war of th Revolution, I have to state that it was rejected for the reason that his decease, in July 1829, was prior to the passage of the act of June 7, 1832, the only pension law applicable to the military service claimed to have been rendered by him.

Very respectfully,

John C. Black
Commissioner

Mr. D. H. Lusk
718 12th Street N.W.
Present

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Old war Div.
Ins. ex'r.
____ No. ________
________________
Co. ___ Reg't ____

Department of the Interior
PENSION OFFICE
Washington, D.C. October 21st, 1885

Sir,

Yours of the 18th inst. is received requesting information of Casper Dull, a Revolutionary soldier, but before furnishing the same be pleased to State your relationship to the soldier, the object of the request, and what use will be made of the information.

Very respectfully,

John C. Black
Commissioner

Mr. D. H. Lusk
708 12th Street N.W.
Present

Respectfully returned. The enclosed letter from Mr. Dull, Grand Son of Casper Dull will explain [Illegible] he is a Brother in Law of mine, that is the relation. 

Respectf. D. H. Lusk
October 22d, 1885