Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3220, Casper Camp, Continental Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental Penn.
Camp, Casper Christiana
W 3220
CONTENTS

N o 8464
Pennsylvania
Casper Camp
of Crawford in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Bowers of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Craig in the Pennsylvania line, for the term of eighteen months from the year 1781 to the year 1783
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 16 th day of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 d of March 1819 and sent to Jesse Elboone Esqr. Meadville Penn a .
Restored to the Roll on the 18 th day of December 1827 and notification sent to Hon. S. Barlow at House of Representatives Pension commencing on the 13 th of December 1827
Amount due on 4th of March 1828 }
$ 21.93
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Acts March 18, 1818, } { and May 1, 1820. }
1 March 1823.
R d List of service
in Moylan's Regt.
Feb. 25, 1791.
R d gratuity for service
in Moylan's Regt.
In Penn a Def ce Fund
Book A. 3
Page 147. 3
20/5/23 Crawford

Jesse Moore, Esq; Judge, Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
 Casper Camp, Pennsylvania line, Revolutionary Claim.
 See endorsement in the case of Dennis Kean.
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Jesse Moore Esq r Meadville Penn a

Statement of Casper Camp, residing in Crawford County in the State of Pennsylvania, who applies for a pension from the United States in pursuance 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" passed the 18 th day of March 1818
Said Casper Camp saith, that in the year 1781 he enlisted for the term of eighteen months in Captain Jacob Bower's company, in one of the regiments of the Penn a line, the number of which Reg t the said Casper Camp does not now remember; the said Reg t was on the continental establishment, and commanded by Colonel Menges, and proceeded with said Reg t and was at the Siege of York Town in Virginia when General Cornwallis surrendered. After the surrender of Cornwallis, the said Casper Camp was marched into South Carolina, and was transferred into the twelfth Penn a Reg t commanded by Colonel Thomas Craig, and was sent from South Carolina into Penn a to be discharged, and at the expiration of the term of his enlistment, the said Casper Camp again enlisted in Captain John Craig's company of Dragoons, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Stephen Moylan in the continental establishment, and remained nine months in said company & Regiment until he was honorably discharged at the close of the war, which discharge he has long since lost. The said Casper Camp hereby relinquishes all claim to any pension that may heretofore have been allowed to him by the laws of the United States, and further saith, that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support
See List No 1

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Crawford County ss
Sixteenth
On the fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen, personally appeared before me Jesse Moore, President of the Sixth Judicial district of Pennsylvania, Casper Camp, whose name is subscribed to the statement on the opposite side of this page, and having been duly sworn as the law directs, did declare and say that the said statement was just and true
Sworn & subscribed the day and year above written before me }
Geo: S. Smith
Jesse Moore
Crawford County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ss
To the Secretary of the Department of War
I the subscriber, President of the several courts of Common Pleas in the Sixth Judicial District consisting of the counties of Butler, Mercer, Venango, Crawford & Erie within the said Commonwealth, do hereby certify, that from the deposition of Casper Camp, which I believe is entitled to full credit, it appears to my satisfaction, that he the said Casper served in the revolutionary war, as he has stated in the foregoing deposition, against the common enemy. In testimony whereof this Sixteenth day of April 1818 at Meadvill in the said county of Crawford I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Seal
Jesse Moore J.P.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Crawford County ss
I William MacArthur Prothonotary in and for the said County do by these presents certify That the Honorable Jesse Moore before whom the deposition on the preceding page of this paper was made and whose name is subscribed thereto in the certificate in his own proper hand write is president of the sixth Judicial district of the said Commonwealth of Pennsylvania comprising the counties of Butler, Mercer, Venango, Crawford and Erie, duly commissioned and sworn, and that he is now acting under the authority of the aforesaid Commonwealth. To whose official acts such faith and credit is due and of right ought to be given as well in courts of Justice of the United States of America as elsewhere.
In Testimony of which I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the county seal at Meadville the seventeenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
William MacArthur Prothro
Crawford county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ss To the Secretary of Department of War,
I the subscriber, president of the aforesaid sixth judicial district in the said Commonwealth do hereby certify, that Cooper Camp the before named applicant, "by reason of his reduced circumstances in life is in need of assistance from his country for support" and herewith enclose documents touching his service, received from Geo. Bryan Esq. Auditor General, and William Blair Esq. secretary of the land office of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In testimony whereof this fourth day of March one thousand eight hundred & nineteen, at Meadville in the said county of Crawford I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal.
Jesse Moore
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Crawford County ss
I William MacArthur Prothonotary in and for the County of Crawford do by these presents certify That the Honorable Jesse Moore whose name in his proper hand write is subscribed to the above certificate is president of the sixth Judicial district of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania comprising the counties of Erie, Crawford, Venango, Mercer that he is duly commissioned and sworn, to whose official acts such faith and credit, is due and of right ought to be given as well in courts of Justice of the United States of

of America as elsewhere
In testimony of which I have hereunto sub- scribed my name and affixed the county seal at Meadville the fourth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy
William Ward Putnam
Adm l
Jesse Moore Esq h Meadville
Pa m

Casper Camp.
Wm
Arthur
8404
23 Mar. 1819
R. sent to Wm Arthur By Meadville Crawford County, PA 4 October 1820
Sep 19

Crawford county
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ss.  On this tenth day of June 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of record in and for the said county of Crawford in pursuance of an act of the legislature of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania establishing it as such a pension for a term of fifty five years.  On the 28 th day June 1820 resident in the said county and Commonwealth who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, - in the year 1781 he enlisted for eighteen months in Captain Jacob Bowers company in the Third Pennsylvania Regt. on the Continental establishment commanded Colonel Thomas Craig; served in said company and regiment during the full term of his enlistment and received an honorable discharge at Somerset in the state of Pennsylvania in the month of January 1783. The said Casper Bamp again enlisted for and during the war in Captain John Craig's troop of horse in the fourth Pennsylvania regiment of dragoons on the Continental establishment commanded by Colonel Stephen Moylan, and served in said company and regiment until about the last of September in the said year 1783. when he received an honorable discharge therefrom.  The said Casper Bamp receives a pension from the United States in pursuance of an act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 on his application thereof dated the 16 th day of April 1818, and the certificate of the hon. Secretary of War placing him on the pension list, is dated the 23 rd day of March 1819 which certificate is numbered 8464.  And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed my property or any part thereof with intent thereby 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 passed on the eighteenth day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities 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.  Sworn to and subscribed in open court for the county of Crawford this 10 th day of June 1820 Before William MacArthur Prothonotary
Schedule of property belonging Casper Bamp. Two hundred & fifty acres of land situate in Mead Township Crawford county on which there are about forty acres in cultivation. The land is subject to

Mortgage for the purchase money amounting the 31 st day of 1820 to nine hundred forty three dollars and ten cents. The horses from seven to ten years old. Five cows three yearling calves, one heifer two years old and four spring calves. One heifer four years old. Nine head of hogs, besides ten small pigs. One light wagon one plough, one harrow household furniture to the value of about fifteen dollars. I have four teen head of sheep, the debts that I owe amount to about twenty five dollars besides the money due on the land as above mentioned and there are owing to me about forty dollars. I have three children living with me who are under age viz one daughter in her seventeenth year, one son twelve years old in March last and one daughter nine years old in October last. I have seven children who are over age, but who are at liberty to do for themselves and have been at their own hands and working for others three of whom are married and have left me for some time. I am and have been by occupation a farmer: if the man to whom I owe the money for the land was to take out execution and sell it it would not bring as much as what there is due on it, in case of my being turned off the same it would be impossible for me from my age to earn a livelihood by labour.  Sworn to and subscribed in open court of the county of Crawford this 10 th day of June 1820. Before me William MacArthur Prothry  L. J. G. L. J. G.
William MacArthur Prothonotary of the court of common pleas for the said county do hereby certify the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed 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 real and personal property returned in the aforesaid schedule is exclusive of the mortgage money therein mentioned, Three hundred and eighty dollars and sixty nine and one half cents.
My testimony whereof I have hereunto have herunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court this twenty fifth day of July Anno Domini 1820
William MacArthur Prothry of the court for the county of Crawford

Set to Pensions 16 Sept 374
9160 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Christina Camp, widow widow of Casper who was a Infantry Private in the Revolution Pennsylvania Line Medal of Honor
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 85 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844. June 4 th 1844
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of April 1854 and sent to
L. M. Crum Canandaigua N.Y.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A, Vol. 2, Page 105

State of Pennsylvania } County of Crawford }
On this 23 d day of August, 1851 in Open Court of Common Pleas held in and for said county personally appeared George Camp aged 53 years resident in Cuscarawgo Township in said County of Crawford, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration under the act of Congress passed on the 7 July 1838 & subsequent acts.
This declarant states that he is the lawful child of Casper Camp late of said county who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the act of 18 March 1818 at the rate of $96 per annum, and who died on the third (3 d ) day of October in the year eighteen hundred and thirty six (1836). This declarant states that he is the lawful child of Christiana Camp who was the lawful wife & widow of the aforesaid Casper; that the maiden name of the declarant's mother was Christiana Schwartz; that the said Christiana & Casper Camp were lawfully married in the county of Berks in the State of Pennsylvania in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three (1783), that the said Casper & Christiana had five children born as the fruits of their said marriage who were born prior to the year seventeen hundred & ninety four (1794) and whose names are John, Jacob, Christiana, Mary Ann, & Elizabeth Camp. This declarant states that the records hereto annexed are the original records of the ages of the children of the said Casper & Christiana Camp; the ages of two of said children being thereon written. That said records have been held in the possession of the family of the said Casper & Christiana Camp ever since the time they were made, and are believed to be correct. This declarant further states that the said Casper & Christiana Camp lived in lawful wedlock as man & wife from the time of their aforesaid marriage up to the period when she died, and that after the death of the said Casper his said widow did not again marry.

but died leaving a widow, that the said Christiana died on the fourth day of June in the year eighteen hundred and forty four (1844). That the said Casper & Christiana Camp died leaving seven children only surviving them, whose names are Mary Ann Lipever, Elizabeth Keeler, Catharine Crawford, Susan Foreman, Barbara Rush, Mercy Lipever and George Camp.
Sworn to & subscribed on the } day & year first above written } & before me in open court } by the court. G. Shaffer
George Camp
Prost. Judge
State of Pennsylvania } County of Crawford } ss
I J. P. A. Wilson Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas held in and for said county do hereby certify that in open Court of record held in and for said county on the 23 rd day of August, 1851 satisfactory proof was made that Casper Camp late of said county who was an revolutionary pensioner of the United States, at the rate of $16. per annum died on the third (3 rd ) day of October in the year eighteen hundred and thirty six (1836), leaving a widow whose name was Christiana Camp, and who did not again marry after his death, & that her death occurred on the fourth (4 th ) day of June in the year eighteen hundred and forty four (1844). That the said Casper & Christiana Camp died leaving seven children only surviving them, whose names are, Mary Ann Lipever, Elizabeth Keeler, Catharine Crawford, Susan Foreman, Barbara Rush, Mercy Lipever & George Camp.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto affix my official signature and the seal of said Court & County this 23 rd day of August, 1851.
J. P. A. Wilson, Pro t. Clerk

State of Pennsylvania County of Crawford } 88
Before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Mary Ann Leferes a resident of Cussawaga Township in said County aged 60 years on the 26th day of December in the year eighteen hundred and fifty (1850) who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that she is the lawful child of Cather Camp who was a revolutionary Soldier & pensioner of the United States at the rate of 96¢ per annum and who died in said County on the 3rd day of October 1836 leaving widow surviving him several years whose maiden name was Christiend Schrewott who also died in said County on the 4th day of June in the year eighteen hundred and forty four and to whom her said Father was married as she has often heard him say in the County of Berks in said State of Pennsylvania in the summer or fall following the close of the revolutionary war which was as she has heard him say in the year 1783 by a Lutheran Clergyman whose name was Laman - deponent also states that five children were born to her said Father & Christiend his Wife prior to the year seventeen hundred and ninety four (1794) whose names were as follows viz John Jacob Christiend Mary Ann who is the deponent aforesaid and Elizabeth -
deponent states that the original record of said marriage and births of children

kept by her said Father was buried in the coffin with her said Mother Christia- na Camp - deponent also states that the record of her own age was written by order of her said Father at the time she was an infant as he has often told her - deponent states that her Sister Christia- na aforesaid was married in said County of Crawford to Peter Foreman on the 6 day of April in the year eighteen hundred and eight (1888) by a Lutheran Clergy man whose name was Philip Muckenton - deponent also states that said Christian a- was twenty years old on the 13th day of October prior to her said marriage as she believed
Sworn to and subscribed Mary Ann Leferve on this ninth day of April 1851
I certify that deponent Mary Ann Leferes is a credible witness
Eliza, Keel al, D.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Crawford County } ss D. A.
Witness my hand and official seal at Annapolis this 13. day of May 1857. J. F. A. Wilson

Translation
" Maria, Christina Camp " " was born 18 th October in the year of Christ 1788 in " Windsor Township in the County of Berks, State of " Pennsylvania her parents were Casper Camp " and Christina whose maiden name was Schweitzer " She was Baptized " They were  She was  consecrated by the Reverend Mr. Frederick Miller " Evangelical Lutheran Preacher "

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Miss Blanche Toland 317 West 13 th Street Kansas City, Missouri
BA-J/ADY Casper Camp, W. 3220
Dear Madam:
The data contained here s were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 3220, based upon the military service in that war of Casper Camp.
Casper Camp, the name in German was spelled "Kamppin", was born June 20, 1755, place, and the names of his parents are not shown.
Caspar Camp enlisted in Pennsylvania, place not stated, in July 1781, served as private in Captain Jacob Bower's Pennsylvania Company, and in Colonel Mentges' Pennsylvania Regiment, was at the siege of Yorktown and surrender of Cornwallis, transferred to Colonel Thomas Craig's Third Pennsylvania Regiment and was discharged in January 1783. He reenlisted in January 1783, served in Captain John Craig's Company, Colonel Stephen Moylan's Fourth Regiment Continental Dragoons and was discharged the last of September 1783.
In 1792, he resided on Sherman's Creek in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and moved to Crawford County, Pennsylvania, in 1802. In 1810, he was living in Mead Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 16, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
He died October 3, 1836, in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
Soldier married in the summer or fall of 1783, in Berks County, Pennsylvania, Christiana, the name is shown also, Christianna and Christiana, Schwenk. She was born in October 1766, day, place, and the names of her

parents are not stated. She died June 4, 1844, in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
Pension due their mother, Christiana, on account of the services of their father, Casper Camp, was allowed the following children living in 1851: Mary Ann(Anna Maria) Lefever, Elizabeth Keeler, Catharine Crawford, Susan Foreman, Barbara Rush, Mercy Judson and George Camp, aged fifty-three years and a resident of Cussawaga Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
Said Mary Ann was born December 26, 1790, and was living in Cussawaga Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, in 1851. Maria Christiana, daughter of soldier and Christiana, was born October 18, 1788, in Windsor Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, married April 6, 1808, in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Peter Foreman, and she died about 1845. John, Jacob and Elizabeth, children of soldier and Christiana were born prior to 1794.
In 1820, a daughter of soldier was in her seventeenth year, her name not designated; his son David was aged fifteen years on March 11, 1823; Mary, a daughter of soldier was aged thirteen years in October 1822.
In 1851, one Jacob LeFever, eighty years old, was living in the Borough of Conneaut, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, no relationship to the family stated. In 1851, one Adam Lefever, aged seventy-five years was a resident of Hayfield Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, no relationship to the family stated. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Q.W.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3220
Christiana Camp Widow
Casper Camp - Pai. Riv. War
Act: June 17-1844-
Index:—Vol. A, Page 113
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1913 Aug. 6. Hist. to Mrs. E. Mabel Rust. P
1935 Sept. 20. E. Mabel Rust unf. rel. to War 1812 service of col. & his place of burial etc.
1935 Dec. 28. Hist. to A. Rhodes A.D. 1935
1940 Apr. 3. Hist. to Blanche Toland. A.D. 1940

0464
Pennsylvania
Casper Camp,
of Crawford County in the state of Penn a who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Craig of the Penn a line, for the term of 1 year & 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 16 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of Mar: 1819 and sent to Pepe Moore Esq r Meadville Penn a
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819 11 mo \frac{13}{20} \frac{4}{31} - 85. 3 Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1819 48.
$133 3
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued
Notification sent Oct 4 th 1820 to Genl McArthur Meadville Pa

Notification sent Oct. 4. 1820. to Wm. M c Arthur Meadville Pa.

11. 268
Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Christiana Camp, decd, widow of Waper who died on the 10th of June in the State of Penns who was a Private in the Co commanded by Captain Luparty of the 3d  Infantry commanded by Colonel in the Revolution Died for 18  Moos  Pri of Infantry 6 " " " Cavalry
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of 8 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 31st day of March, 1836.  October 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of April 1854 and awarded to L. M. Mury
Arrears to the 4th of January Semiannual allowance ending N.Y.
Due from $60 { Revolutionary Claim, } { Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by J. Weygman Clerk. Book L Vol. 1 Page 217

9.160 Pennsylvania Pitt Christiana Campbell, widow of Casper who was a Pirate in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. & Engr.
4 th June 1844 Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of Feby/52 and sent to
L. M. Drury Esq. Canandaigua N.Y.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A 105 Vol. 2 Page 105

D 11.268 Pennsylvania Dits Christiana Camp, decd, widow of Casper Camp who died on the 3 rd Oct r 1836 of Crawford Co the State of Penna who was a Private in the — commanded by Captain — of the — commanded by — in the Revolution line for 18 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 30 th day of March, 1836. October 18 36 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of Feby 1852. and sent to
L. M. Drury Arrears to the 4 th of Semi-annual allowance ending Canandaigua N.Y.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by Wrightman Clerk, Book Vol. 1. Page 213

Increase,
Penn a (Pitt s ) Agency,
Christiana Camp, do who was under a Compt a , who was a private in the Infantry and Cavalry of the Pa. Line.
No. 1000 July 1, 1838, $ 40.
18 mo private & Infantry $ 60
6 mo " of Cavalry 25,
$ 85
3 rd Oct. 1836 per Act. Com. March 4, 1836,
due June 4, 1844, deducting previous payments at $ 60 per ann.
To Mary Ann Leferer, Elizabeth Wheeler, Catharine Brewford, Susan Freeman, Barbara Rush, Mary Jackson Hudson & George Camp, only child.
L. M. Dury Canandaigua, NY.

✓ No 14-449
Christiana Camp widow of Casper N.Y.
Act 7 th July 1838
S. M. Drury. Nov: 19 th 1831

Casper Camp, of Pennsylvania, placed on the rev. roll 23 rd March 1819 - dropt Oct. 4. 1820.
See letters to Hon. P. Far- nely H. R. 2 nd March 1824 and May 4. 1825. See also letter to Hon. S. Barlow, H. R. 8 Dec. 1827.
Restore this man - pension to commence 13 Dec. 1827. Send notification to Hon. S. Barlow, H. R. - Put a new envelope over this.

Casper Camp, Pa. Nov. 18 Mar 1818 & 1 May 1820 - (Pittsburg agency) $8 per month. In what term paid?
H. F. C. Ingram
Pennim & Sping } Paid 4 th Sept. 1836. July 4. 1832. }
B.S. B.
+ on the old Philadelphia Roll.

Canandaigua. N.Y. March 31. 1837
Sir;
Permit me to call your attention to the claim of the widow of Casper Camp. of Penn. under the act of 7 th July 1838
She has been allowed a pension at the rate of $60. per annum for 18 months service of her husband in the war of the revolution.
But upon a personal inspection of the papers, I perceive that the Examiner who had charge of the case, overlooked another term of service alleged by Casper Camp to have been performed.
He states that after his 18 months term had been performed, he enlisted in January 1783. for during the war into Capt Craigie's Co Colonel Moylan's Regiment of dragoons, and served till September of that year - a period of 8 months -
The pension of the widow therefore should have been at the rate of $53.33 - for 16 months service as a Private of Infantry, and for $33.28 for 8. months as Private of Dragoons -
 $ 53.33  $ 33.28   $ 86.61  60.00   $ 26.61 
The sum of $26.61. per annum is therefore now due - Please issue a certificate - if you find this statement accurate -
Hon L. P. Waldo - Washington, D.C.
Very respectfully &c
L. M. Drury

U. States Pension Agency, Pittsburgh, Sept. 6, 1854 }
L. P. Waldo, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir, -
B. B. A. Wilson Esq. of Meadville Pa. administrator of the estate of Christiana Camp, dec d . has made application at this agency, for the balance of pension of the said deceased, payable, according to your letter of the 12 th April 1854, to her surviving children. It appears that the pension Certificate in this case, is now in the hands of L. M. Drury, of Canandaigua, N. York, who upon application being made, has refused to surrender it. - I therefore respectfully request to be informed, whether I am to pay the administrator, B. B. A. Wilson, the Letters of Administration to whom are dated on the 15 th of June 1854; and whether a credit will be allowed me at the Treasury, in so paying.
I have this day received the accompanying papers on the subject, which I submit for your examination
very respectfully,
your obt. servant,
McGrayson
P. Agent.

State of Pennsylvania County of Crawford SS
Before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Adam Seferer aged 75 years a resident of Hayfield Township in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that in the year seventeen hundred and ninety two he settled one mile from Casher Camp who was then residing in Cumberland County in said state of Pennsylvania and continued to live neighbor to said Camp up to the year one thousand eight hundred and two when said Camp settled in the aforesaid County of Crawford - and deponent states that in the year one thousand eight hundred and five he again settled neighbor to said Camp in said County of Crawford and continued to live neighbor until the death of said Camp in the year 1836 deponent further states that said Camp left a widow surviving him - whose name was Christine and that prior to the year seventeen hundred and ninety four (1794) five children were born to the said Casher Camp and Christine his Wife - whose names were John Jacob Christine Mary Ann and Elizabeth and subsequent to the year (1794) several other other children were born to said Camp and Christine - deponent states that said Camp and Christine lived together as man and Wife from the year 1792 up to the time of the death of said Camp in 1836 —

deponent states that Christina aforesaid who he believes was a lawful child of said Camp and Christine his wife - was married to Peter Fosman in the year eight teen hundred and eighty - and that he believes her age to have been at least twenty years at that time
Sworn to and subscribed on this 22 nd day of May 1856. Adam Kepner Before me I also certify that affiant Adam Kepner is a credible witness.
That Steel Section of the Pen
Pennsylvania } ss Crawford County }
Witness my hand and official Seal at Newcastle this 13. day of May. 1851.
W. L. Williams. Esq.

1809 Padbury Township John Camp Singlemans Co Tax $1.00
1810 Mered Township Casper Camp 100 ac. $200. 1 house 12 Co Tax. 2.12
John Camp 50 ac. $100. 1 house 25 Co Tax. 1.25
I Certify that the foregoing is a True Copy of the Assessment of the years 1809 & 10 of Centre County as they now remain in this Office In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County this 13 th of May A.D. 1851 Joseph Brown Clerk
State of Pennsylvania Centre County
Andrew Ryan Esq one of the Commissioners of said County on his solemn Oath saith that he knew Casper Camp & John Camp and that the said John Camp was as he believes the son of the said Casper & that he knew the said John forty or fifty years ago  Sworn to me this 13 th of May 1851 A. Ryan Cooper Ray D.P.S.

I also certify that affiant A Ryan of foresaid is a credible witness
Wash. Pa. 1851
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, )
CRAWFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, F. F. A. WILSON, Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of said county of Crawford, Certify that Cooper Ross Esquire, by whom the annexed and foregoing affidavits was taken, was at the date thereof, an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for the said county, duly qualified, and as such duly authorized to take the same. And Further, that I am acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and believe the signature pur- porting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of the said Court, at Meadville, the thirteenth day of March A. D. 1851.
F. F. A. Wilson Clerk.

State of Pennsylvania } County of Crawford } ss
Before the subscri- ber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Jacob Seifer aged 80 years a resident of the Borough of Con- neautt in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that in the year seventeen hundred and ninty two he settled in the villa- ge of Landisbury then in Cumberland County in said State of Pennsylvania deponent states that at that time Casper Camp late a pensioner of the United States in said County was a resident on Sherm- ans creek one mile from said Landisbury and that they lived neighbors until the year eighteen hundred & two when said Camp settled in said County of Crawford and deponent settled in said County in the year eighteen hundred and three and lived neighbor to said Camp up to the time of his death which occurred in the year 1836 and that he left a widow surviving him several years whose name was Christina - deponent states that the aforesaid Casper Camp had five (5) chil- dren born to his reputed wife Christina prior to the year seventeen hundred and ninety four whose names were John Jacob Christina Mary Ann & Elizabeth and subsequent to that time several others were born as the fruits of said marria- -ge

deponent states that Christina aforesaid was married as he believes to Peter Foreman not exceeding six years after he settled in said County of Crawford in the year 1853 and her age was at that time reported to be twenty years old at the time of her said ma- rriage to said Foreman and that they lived in Laurel Lock up to the time of her death which occurred about 6 years ago and further saith not. Sworn to and subscribed Jacob LeFever on this 10th day of May 1857 I also certify that deponent Jacob LeFever is a credible Witness
Erastus Montague Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Crawford County ss I F. F. A. Wilson Prothonotary & Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby cert- ify that Erastus Montague, Esq. is an acting Justice of the Peace in for said County duly Commissioned and qualified as such, and full faith and credit are due to all his official acts throughout the United States, &c and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine and in his own proper hand writing.
Witness my hand, and official seal this 13 th day of May, 1857.
F. F. A. Wilson Prothonotary

No 14.449 Sept 11 th 1857
App d of Christianna Camp dec d widow of Casper N. Y. su 7 Feb 1838 L. M. Drury Canandaigua New York. H. J. Hops
He died Oct. 3 d 1836, She died June 4, 1844.
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Direct to
L. M. Drury Canandaigua N. Y.

State of Pennsylvania
Crawford County ss.
Personally appeared before M c Gulbertson a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, John Carr, Cabinet maker in the Borough of Meadville, in said County, who after being sworn according to Law, doth depose and say that he made a Coffin, for the Body of Christiana Camp, widow of Casper Camp, of said County, who was, a Pensioner of the United States, on the fifth day of June A.D. (1844), one thousand, Eight hundred and forty four, which corresponds with the date of the charge upon deponents Day Book,
John Carr
Sworn to and subscribed before me this twelfth day of May A.D. one thousand Eight hundred and fifty one
M c Gulbertson J.P.
I also hereby certify, from an acquaintance with the above deponent, John Carr, that his testimony is entitled to a full credit, and belief.
M c Gulbertson J.P.
Pennsylvania } ss Crawford County }
I F. F. A Wilson Prothonotary of the The Court of Commonpleas in and for said County do hereby certify that, M c Gulbertson Esquire who appears to have made the within Certificate, to which his name is subscribed, was at the date thereof, and is now, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly Commissioned, that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all such his official acts accordingly, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Witness my hand and official seal at Meadville this 13. day of May, 1857.
F. F. A Wilson Pro.

Brief in the case of Christiana Camp, D wid of Cooper, Crawford — County and State of Penn te ,
acts July 7, 1838, &c
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.) (Indorse)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Recd evidence that her husband served in Moylan's Regt. of Dragoons, for at least 24 months, in addition to the eighteen months service under Col. Bragg, in which she was originally pensioned.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Committed Commissioners & Chief Clerk.
Name and residence of Agent
L. M. Dury, Camden-on-Ga, Ky.
Examining Clerk.
Osde Rules

Brief in the case of Christian Camp County and State of New York act 7 July 1838
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
There are a few rolls of marriage, documentary.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
L. M. Dury Cannanque N. Y.
Joseph
Examining Clerk.

Canandaigua N.Y. Dec. 2 nd 1851
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 19 th ult. in the case of Christiana Camp under act of 7 th July 1838, I have to state, that I am almost positive, that a certificate of a court of record setting forth the time of her death & the names of her children, will be found in the papers on file, directly following the declaration of the parties -
I am very resp. -etfully Your ob. Servt.
L. M. Drury
J. E. Heath Esq. Court of Pensions Washington D.C.

Christiana Camp, wid of Leasar.
A. G. Tenny
Acts 7 July 1838
Ad Pi. 18 mo $60
per ann from 3 Oct 1836, when her husband died, to 4 June, 1844, when she died.
Payable to Mary Ann Lefer, Elizabeth Keeler, Catharine Crawford, Maria Freeman, Barbara Rush Mary Jackson & George  Freeman her only surviving children.
Cash sent to
J. M. Dury
Canandaigua
N. Y.

Casper Banfe 1 March 1827, on Pym's Roll. (Sept 1819)
Hon. S. Barlow Dec. 15. 1827

To the Hon d James Barbour Secretary of War
Sir
The case of Casper Camp an applicant to be reinstated upon the Pension list I find on examining his Deposition of the 16 th of February 1825 and the Deposition of George Camp and John W. Wallace Esq r it appears that he is poor and destitute of property of any kind
I would certify further that I am well acquainted with said Casper Camp that he lives within three or four miles of me that from my own knowledge of him and his circumstances and from particular enquiry of others who know him well - I verily believe that he is in low indigent circumstances and that his whole effects including his household furniture would not sell for fifty Dollars that he is old and unable to do but little or no labour whereby to support himself and his aged wife - and that he is almost solely supported by his children who are illly able to do so - that he is a man of good character

honest and of sober habits, that if any one is entitled to the provisions of the act for the relief of the Revolutionary Soldiers he is -
That I am also well acquainted with his son George Camp and John D. Wallace Esq r and that I feel confident of the truth of their state- ments of the 16 th and 17 th of February 1820.
Washington Dec r 13 th 1827
Steph D. Barlow
I would further state that he was taken on Expedition for a sum of about fifteen or eighteen dollars and would have been connected to govt when he must have remained or took the benefit of the poor Detention laws had not one of his sons inter- vened and satisfied the demand for a sum less than the demand which the said George Camp was willing to receive or he would not have got anything If consistent I do hope his case may again be
taken up and should the Hon d Secretary be of opin- ion that Casper Camp is entitled to be reinstated upon the Pension roll it may be done to commence on the 16 th of February 1820 the date of his last Statement
Most Respectfully
Yours ob t Steph D. Barlow
Hon d James Barbour Sec y of War

Additional testimony in the case of Casper Camp, who filed his depositions and schedules of property in the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 10th day of June 1820, and the first day of May 1823, copies of which were forwarded to the Department of War shortly afterwards,
Crawford County,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
On this 16 th day of February one thousand eight hundred and twenty five, personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County, being a Court of Record for the trial of civil causes, as established by the laws of said Commonwealth, Casper Camp, who having been duly sworn as the law directs, said before and say, That since the exhibition of his schedules above stated, he has found it impossible to make any payments towards reducing the prin- cipal or interest due on the two hundred and fifty acres of land therein mentioned, for which the same was mortgaged to William Griffith and John B. Wallace — That a few months ago a Scire facias was served on me, to enable the plaintiffs to get Judgment on the mortgage, and knowing that the land must be sold from me if I attempted still to hold it, I was compelled, to save the costs attending on the sale, by the Sheriff, to reconvey the whole of the two hundred and fifty acres of land to the plaintiffs, and that I do not now own nor claim any landed property whatever. In reconveying the land to the plaintiffs, it was the only course I could pursue to save costs, as I well knew that it would not sell at Sheriff's sale for the debt due upon it — This deponent further states, that he became indebted to his son George Camp, who is nearly twenty four years of age, for work and labour done by him since he had become of age. That on a settlement, he had to give his said son George, his horses, cows and other cattle, hogs, waggon, plough and harrow and cutting box, leaving only to myself the sheep and household furniture. Shortly after my son George had arrived at the age of twenty one years, I had to employ him to labour on the farm for me, to enable me to

Support myself and my wife and two children who are under age, and engaged to pay him for the same. That at the time of our settlement, I had no money to give him, and was obliged to give him the property before enumerated. I have no income whatever, and no means of supporting my family. I am not able to labour, and my situation is truly distressing, and unless assisted by my country, must depend upon public or private charity for support
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County this 16 th day of February 1825 (Signed) Casper Camp James Cochran Brothly
Crawford County Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
On the 16 th day of February 1825, personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County, George Camp, son of the before mentioned Casper Camp, between twenty six and twenty seven years of age, who having been duly sworn as the law directs, did declare and say, that after he had arrived at the age of twenty one years, he was employed by his father to work on the farm for him, which he continued to do until a few months since; that on a settlement with his father, he had no money to give him, but gave him the property stated in the foregoing deposition of Casper Camp, towards paying him for the labour done as aforesaid. This deponent further states that there has been no collusion between him and his father to take the property out of his hands for the purpose of making him appear in worse circumstances than he really is, but that the same was given to him for a debt justly due for work and labour done as above stated
(Signed) George Camp Sworn to and subscribed in open Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County, this 16 th day of February 1825 James Cochran Brothly

Crawford County Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ss
On the 17 th day of February, 1825, personally appeared in Open Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, John B. Wallace, who having been duly sworn as the law directs, did declare and say, That two hundred and fifty acres of land in the county of Crawford, belonging to William Griffith and his assignees, were sold some eight or ten years ago, or probably more, to Casper Camp, for the payment of which a mortgage was taken from him; and finding lately that the said Casper Camp could not make payment of either principal or interest, and no likelihood that the same would be done, a few months ago a scire facias was issued against the said Casper Camp, to enable the plaintiff to get a Judgment on the mortgage; that shortly afterwards the said Casper Camp came to this deponent, and agreed to reconvey the said two hundred and fifty acres of land, to save the costs which would otherwise arise from having the land sold by the Sheriff - That this was acceded to by this deponent, and a reconveyance executed by the said Casper Camp, which was a just and bona fide transaction between the parties; and that there was no money paid nor promised to be paid to the said Casper Camp for executing the reconveyance as above mentioned.
Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County, { (Signed) The 17 th day of February 1825 } John B. Wallace
James Cochran Brother

Crawford County Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
I James Cochran, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Crawford in the Commonwealth of Penn- sylvania, do hereby certify, that the fore- going are true copies of original depositions, sworn to and subscribed in open Court at the times therein stated, and that the originals are now on file in my office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this eighteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred & twenty five
James Cochran Prothonotary

J 1 Edwards Lynn Pension affair New Bedford

House of Representatives
Jan'y 27 th 1821
Dear Sir,
I wish you to succeed in the case of Harper Camp of Crawford County Penn a . I know him to be poor . His property returned as owned by him is only $230 which a considerable portion of it consists of horses held purchase through Harrison. The reasons given by the Com on the basis of the Resolutions Pennsylvania in so much to this purpose and balance largely applicable to her case, that I take this opportunity of enclosing them to you If I did not believe him to be poor poor and in need of the pension I would not request a recommendation.
Yours respectfully
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Patk. Henry

Certificate of Record — Carter Camp. Mortgage — April 22 nd 1823 — Greene County. Penn. s —
Fees 50. Cents — Paid. —

Crawford County Pa. Pennsylvania
Be it known, and this will certify, That Casper Camp of said County, as appears by the Records of said County, on the Sixteenth day of March, Anno Domini One Thousand Eight hundred and fourteen, gave a Deed of Mortgage to William Griffith and John B. Hallare, of One hundred and fifty Acres of Land, situated in said County, for the better securing the payment of four hundred and fifty Dollars, due by his Bond, for eight annual Instalments, to commence on the Sixteenth day of March One Thousand eight hundred and seventeen with Interest from the Sixteenth day of March One Thousand Eight hundred and seventeen. Also That the said Casper Camp, on the Twenty first day of December Anno Domini One Thousand eight hundred and eighteen, gave a Deed of Mortgage to the said William Griffith and John B. Hallare, of One hundred Acres & Nine perches of Land, situated in said County, for the better securing the payment of four hundred and twenty Three Dollars & eighty cents, due by his Bond, for four annual Instalments, to commence on the Twenty fourth day of November One Thousand eight hundred and nineteen, with Interest annually on the said Twenty fourth day of November. That no payment or satisfaction appears on the Record, but from a Statement made by both the parties, which has been exhibited to the Recorder, in words and in writing, the sum of Two hundred Dollars only has been paid by the Mortgagor to the Mortgagees. —
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Name, and affixed the Seal of Office of the Recorder of said County of Crawford, the Twenty second day of April Anno Domini One Thousand eight hundred and Twenty Three —
R. Alden Recorder

Crawford County
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
On this first day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty three persons appeared in open Court of Common Pleas Crawford County being a Court of Record for the trial of civil causes established by the laws of said Commonwealth, Casper Camp resident in said county aged fifty eight years on the 20th day of June next who being first duly sworn as the law directs, doth, on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of the 18th of March 1818 the first of May 1820 and first of March 1823. That he the said Casper Camp enlisted for the term of eighteen months on the - day of July 1781 in the State of Pennsylvania in the Company Commanded by Captain Jacob Bowers in the regiment Commanded by Colonel Thomas Craig in the line of the State of Pennsylvania on the Continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said Company and regiment during the full term of his enlistment, and received an honorable discharge at Lancaster in the said State of Pennsylvania In the Month of January 1783 the said Casper Camp, again enlisted for and during the war in Captain John Craig's troop of horse in the fourth Pennsylvania regiment of Dragoons on the Continental establishment Commanded by Colonel Stephen Moylan and served in said Company and regiment until about the last of September in the said year 1783. when he received an honorable discharge from the service of the United States in Lancaster aforesaid.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my 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 passed on the 18th day of March 1818. and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities 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.
(Signed)
Casper Camp
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court of Common Pleas for the County of Crawford this first day of May 1823 Before
J. LeVene Judge

Schedule of property belonging to Casper Camps
Two hundred and fifty acres of land situated in Mead township Crawford County, on which there are about forty five acres in cultivation the whole of the land is subject to mortgages for the purchase money and interest due thereon amounting on the first day of May 1823 to eleven hundred and fifty one dollars and thirty nine Cents - I am not enabled to make any payments on said mortgages either to reduce the principal or interest
Three horses from ten to thirteen years old, Five cows two steers three years old one heifer three years old two heifers two years old eleven hogs of about one year old and six small pigs nine head of sheep one light plantation waggon - one plough and one harrow household furniture besides bedding and wearing apparel not exceeding the value of twenty dollars
The debts I owe to different persons besides the money due for the land above mentioned, amounts to two hundred and forty five dollars for which I am liable at any time to be sued and my personal property sold for the payment thereof
I have two children under age living with me the elder a boy named David fifteen years of age the eleventh day of March last the other a girl named Mary aged thirteen years in October last all my other children are of the age of twenty one years and upwards and doing for themselves My wife was aged fifty six years in October last these three with myself compose my family
I am and have been by occupation a farmer I have been for the last year very sickly, and a great portion of the time have been unable to labour, the purchase money and interest I owe for my land is more than it would sell for, and in case the creditors would take out execution and sell it, which might be done at any time, I would be left destitute of a home and being now unable to earn a livelihood by labour I would have to depend on publick or private charity for support
That since the exhibition of my first schedule, the following changes have been made in my property, viz - five head of sheep killed by the falling of a tree in the year of 1820 others have since died so that my present stock is reduced to nine head notwithstanding the usual increase

Since the date of my first schedule I have not disposed of any of my horned cattle except one I exchanged for an article of household furniture I have killed some for the use of my family at different times as also some of my hogs every year
Sworn to and subscribed in open court (signed) Casper Camps of common pleas for the County of Crawford this first day of May 1823. before
J. Le Herse Prob. J.
The lowest value Casper Camps property as follows viz  two hundred and fifty acres of land, over and above the mortgage money due upon it, would not be worth any thing, as the property unincumbered is not worth more than one thousand dollars
   Three horses Sixty dollars $ 60. ~   Five Cows fifty Dollars 50 ~   Two Steers Twelve Dollars 12. ~   one heifer three years old five Dollars 5. ~   Two heifers two years old eight Dollars 8. ~   eleven hogs and six pigs Twenty two Dollars 22. ~   Nine Sheep Thirteen Dollars fifty Cents 13.50   Light waggon Twenty five Dollars 25. ~   Plough and harrow Twelve Dollars 12. ~   Household furniture Twenty Dollars 20. ~   $227.50  

Pennsylvania Crawford County ss: I Daniel Le. Fèvre Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Crawford. Do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of the said County, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court, having taken testimony in the case, that the total amount in value of the property described in the aforesaid Schedule is Nothing
after deducting payment of Debts due by the said Kasper Camp. Or in other words he has no property either real or personal. —
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Meadville on this first Day of May. Anno Domini. Eighteen hundred and twenty three.
D. Le Fèvre
Proth. Y
Kasper Camp

Boston
Mafus Jan 25-1845

Rank Regiment acres
Camp Casper 2 private 4 th Legion 200 1824 9 th Dist e
In Testimony that the above is a copy from a Book entitled "Return of the Pennsylvania Line entitled to Donation lands reported by the late Comptroller General Remaining in the Land Office of Pennsylvania. I have hereunto set my hand & caused the seal of said office to be hereunto affixed this 25 th day of Jan y . 1819 -
W m Clark Sec y to office

Jan. 26
37
Patrick Farrelly Esq
Macnabbs
P

Auditor General's, Min 26 Jan. 1819
Dear Sir
No case can be more clear than Camp's as to service - when the papers were sent back our copies of records could not have been received at Washington.
Yours sincerely
Geo. Bryan

I certify that it appears by the Pay-rolls of the Pennsylvania Line in the Revolutionary war, that the name of Casper Camp is included as a private in the roll of the 4 th regiment of Cavalry book A. pages 140 and 147, and that he received his gratuity for serving to the end of the war - Witness my hand and seal of the Office of the Auditor General the 25 th day of January 1819 —
P. Bryan Aud. Gen.

REPORT
Of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, on the subject of fixing an amount of annual income, which shall exclude the applicant from a pension, under the law of March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820.
JANUARY 12, 1824.
Read, and ordered to lie upon the table.
The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to whom was referred the resolution, of the 26th December, instructing them "to inquire into the expediency of fixing, by law, the nett amount of annual income, which shall disqualify any applicant from being placed on the pension list, under the acts of 18th March, 1818, and 1st May, 1820," have had the same under consideration; and
REPORT:
That, by the act of 18th March, 1818, the Secretary of War is authorized to place on the pension list every person who served during the war of the Revolution, in the manner and for the term therein specified: provided, he is in such "reduced circumstances as to need the assistance of his country for support." That, by the supplemental act, of 1st May, 1820, the applicant is required to exhibit a schedule and valuation of his property, in order to entitle himself to the benefits of the act of March, 1818, above mentioned; and it is made "the duty of the Secretary of War, to cause to be struck from the list of pensioners every person who shall not, in his opinion, be in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country." The design of Congress, evidently, was to extend the benefits of these acts only to those, whose condition in life, both as to property and bodily infirmity, rendered them dependant on charity for the means of subsistence. Your Committee believe, that this rule has been uniformly observed in their execution; and think it could not, in good policy, be departed from. The rule then being to grant relief to the necessitous only, the Committee are of opinion, that its equal and just operation can only be secured, by trusting its application to the

sound discretion of the Secretary of War. The necessities of the applicant do not depend simply upon the amount of property he has; but, also, on the number of his family; his bodily strength or weakness; and the dearness or cheapness of articles of subsistence in the portion of country in which he lives. Considerations like these, must obviously be referred to the discretion of some one. To fix any amount of property or income as the rule by which applicants shall be excluded, would introduce a principle very unjust in its operation. The incomes of individuals vary, according to their industry, economy, and good management; and the improvident, would be benefitted, while the prudent and industrious might be excluded by such a rule. No amount of property could be adopted as the rule; because, what would be a competent support for one, might be too little or too much for another. The Committee, therefore, believe it impracticable to adopt any rule of valuation which would be just in its operation, or which would not involve great difficulty in its execution; and submit the following resolution:
Resolved , That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of this subject.

Cambridge Springs, Pa July 28, 1913
The Commsnrs of Pensions, Washington, D.C.,
Dear Sir:-
Could you tell me if the name of David Caspar Camp is listed on the war list of those who fought during Rev- olutionary war, and what regiment he belonged to. I don't

know what state he enlisted from, but know he lived latter part of life at Hayfield, Craw- ford County, Penns.
Any information you can give me in regard to enlist- ment, regiment, etc., will be esteemed a favor. Respectfully
E. Mabel Rust Cambridge Springs, Pa.

2012 Beach St.,
Erie, Pa., Sept. 11, 1935.
Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen, -- My Father told me a number of years ago, when living, that his Grandfather, David Caspar Camp , fought in the Revolutionary War , and also went as a Substitute for his son in War of 1812 on account of conditions in the family.
I wrote Washington in 1913 for information as to his having been a Soldier in Revolutionary War, and

give me any information as to the authenticity of his having served in War of 1812 also. If you can locate for me information also as to his burial place in Crawford County from any Record information will be obliged. My Father has been dead a number of years, and I can't ask him about it. The Historical Society here are asking for names of relatives who served

received information which was taken from Casper Camp W. File No. 3, 220, Rev. War , showing where he was allowed Pension on appli- cation executed April 16, 1818, while a resident of Crawford County. According to this information, he died in Crawford County Penn., and must have enlisted from Crawford County for War of 1812 .
I am writing to ascertain whether you can

in War of 1812 , but I like to have official confirmation, although I believe what my Father told me.
Respectfully, E. Mabel Rust.
P.S.- On your file, Caspar Camp W. File No. 3, 220, Rev. War, my Grandmother's name is printed Barbara Rush. Her name was  Barbara Rust

Saegertown, Pa., Dec. 13, '35.
Adj. General's office, Bureau of Pensions,
Information of the military history of Casper Camp , who served in the Revolution, is desired. He was a pensioner, from which we desire the history he gave in application for the same.
Sincerely, A. C. Rhodes.

317 West 13th St., Kansas City, Mo., March 11, 1940.
U.S. Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please send me military history of
✓ Casper Camp , Revolutionary War private, who was granted a pension March 23, 1819, and at that time was living in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
Thanking you, I am
Very truly yours, (Miss) Blanche Toland.

April 1, 1940
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Am
Miss Blanche Toland 317 West 13th Street Kansas City, Missouri
77.3220
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Casper Camp who was pensioned March 23, 1819, while living in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, also the War of 1812 record of John Camp, a resident of Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
In order to identify the record of the particular John Camp who served in the War of 1812 in whom you are interested, should it be on file, as much as possible of the following data in regard to him should be furnished when another search of the records will be made and a report furnished: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of wife or widow.
The Revolutionary War record of Casper Camp is furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

December 28, 1935.
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BA-J/ady Casper Camp, W.3220
Mr. A. E. Rhodes Saegertown Pennsylvania
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Casper soldier of the Revolutionary War.
Data contained herein are obtained from the file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, based upon the military service of Casper Camp
Camp, the name in German was spelled "Kamppin", June 30, 1765, place, and the names of his parents are not shown.
add Pa. next time Camp enlisted in Pennsylvania, place not stated, in July 1781, served as private in Captain Jacob Boyer's Company, and in Col. Mentges' Pennsylvania Regiment, was at the siege of Yorktown and surrender of Cornwallis, transferred to Colonel Thomas Craig's Third Pennsylvania Regiment and discharged in January 1783. He reenlisted in January 1783, served in Captain John Craig's Company, Colonel Stephen Moylan's Fourth Regiment Continental Dragoons and discharged the last of September 1783.
In 1791 he resided on Sherman's Creek in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and moved to Crawford County, Penn- sylvania in 1802. In 1810 he was living in Mead Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 16, 1819 at which time he was a resident of Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
He died October 3, 1836 in Crawford County, Penn- sylvania.
soldier married in the summer or fall of 1783 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, Christians, the name shown also

as Christianna and Christiana, Schwenk. She was born in October 1766, day, place and the names of her parents are not stated. She died June 4, 1844 in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
Pension due their mother, Christiana, on account of the services of their father, Casper Camp, was allowed the following children living in 1851: Mary Ann (Anna Maria) Lefever, Elizabeth Keoler, Catharine Crawford, Susan Foreman, Barbara Rush, Mercy Judson and George Camp, aged fifty-three years and a resident of Cussawaga Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
Said Mary Ann was born December 26, 1790, and was living in Cussawaga Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, in 1851. Maria Christiana, daughter of soldier and Christiana, was born October 18, 1788 in Windsor Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, married April 6, 1808 in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Peter Foreman, and she died about 1845. John, Jacob and Elizabeth, children of soldier and Christiana, were born prior to 1794.
In 1820 a daughter of soldier was in her seventeenth year, her name not designated; his son David was aged fifteen years on March 11, 1823; Mary, a daughter of soldier was aged thirteen years in October 1822.
In 1851 one Jacob Lefever, eighty years old, was living in the Borough of Conneaut, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, no relationship to the family stated. In 1851 one Adam Lefever, aged seventy-five years was a resident of Hayfield Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, no relationship to the family stated. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

September 20, 1935
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E. Mabel Rust 2012 Peach Street Erie, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of September 11, 1935, requesting information relative to the service in the War of 1812 of David Caspar Camp or Caspar Camp and to his burial place in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
In the papers of pension claim, W. 3220, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Caspar Camp no reference was made to his having served in the War of 1812 and the exact place in Crawford County in which he died was not given but in 1810 he was living in Mead Township.
The War of 1812 records of this office fail to afford any information in regard to a claim for pension having been made to the United States on account of the service in that war of a David Caspar Camp or a Caspar Camp.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

August 6, 1913.
Mrs. E. Mabel Rust, Cambridge Springs, Pa.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 28" and received the 29" ultimo, you are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to show the name of David Camp, and that the following is the history of the only Casper (Caspar) Camp found on said records.
Casper Camp W. File No. 3,220, Rev. War, was allowed pension on his application executed April 16, 1818, while a resident of Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
He stated that he enlisted in Pennsylvania, in July 1781, as a Private in Captain Jacob Bowers' company. Colonel Menger's regiment, was in the siege of Yorktown, and was transferred to Colonel Thomas Craig's regiment Pennsylvania troops, and served eighteen months; that he again enlisted in January 1783, in Captain John Craig's company, Colonel Stephen Moylan's 4th regiment Continental Dragoons and served until the last of September 1783; nine months.
Soldier married in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in the Summer or Fall of 1783, Christiana Schwenk; he claimed that he was fifty-eight years of age on June 20, 1823, and that she was fifty-six years of age in October, 1822.

They resided on Sherman's Creek, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in 1792, and removed to Crawford County, in 1802, where soldier died October 3, 1836 and where his widow died June 4, 1844; and her pension was allowed for the benefit of their seven surviving children, Mary Ann (Anna Maria) Lefevre, Elizabeth Keeler, Catharine Crawford, Susan Foreman, Barbara Rush, Mercy Judson and George Camp who was fifty-three years of age in 1851. Name was German, & was spelled "Kampkin".
The following items are all of the additional family data found in the claim.
Children born prior to 1794: John; Jacob; Maria Christina born October 18, 1788. died about 1846. married April 6, 1808 Peter Foreman; Anna Maria (Mary Ann) born December 26, 1790; and Elizabeth.
Other children referred to; a daughter who was in her seventeenth year in 1820; David aged fifteen years March 11, 1823; and Mary aged thirteen years in 1822.
Very respectfully,
E. C. Tienan
Acting Commissioner.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Camp, Casper GRADE Private "in Moylan's Dragoons" LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 9191 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED February 25, 1791 To Charles Colver, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.