Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44361, William Case, Conn. Continental.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Case, William
S. 44361
Continental.
CONTENTS

15.093 R New York
William Case
Canandaigua in the state of New York who was a Lieutenant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Warren of the New Hampshire line, for the term of One Year
scribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th of Sep r 1819 and sent to Stephen Phelps Esq r Canandaigua N. York
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1819 334.66 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1820. 120.00 15 Mo \frac{22}{30} $ 454.66 20 320
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Catherine J. B. Church Sam Clark
Notification sent to Stephen Phelps Esq r Sep. 1820. Canandaigua N.Y.

State of New York Ontario County } ss
William Cleave of the town of Canandaigua in the County of Ontario and State of New York being duly sworn and sworn cloth on oath solemnly depose say and declare that he is a native citizen of the United States and that he served this country in the Revolutionary war against the American Enemy and that the deponent enlisted as a Sergeant in 1776 in Colonel Burr Bradley Regiment in Captain Simon Smith's Company in the Connecticut Line in the Continental Service for six months and the deponent further saith that he received an Ensigns Commission in 1777 in Colonel Seth Warner's Regiment in Captain Simon Smith's Company and served as Ensign for a few months and was then placed in Captain Gilead Branscomb's Company as a Lieutenant in the aforesaid Regiment and that he remained in the Continental Service as an Officer last mentioned for about a year and then received permission to leave the army by reason of ill health and the deponent further saith that he is 72 years old and is in very indigent circumstances and he there- fore prays that his name may be placed on the pension list pursuant to an act of Congress passed the 18th day of March 1818 entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war and further the deponent saith that
Taken and acknowledged this 13th day of April 1818 before me Stephen Phelps one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario
his William Cleave mark

State of New York Ontario County ss On the 24 th day of July 1819 before me Stephen Phelps a Judge of Ontario County Personally appeared William Case whose application for a Pension is hereto attached and being Sworn deposed and saith that Col. Warner Regiment to which he belonged as stated in his Declaration was composed of Troops from different States and that he cannot be positive at this time what line said Regiment belong- ed to to the best of his recollection his Regiment a part of the time of his service belonged to Genl. Vans Brigad- as he believes in the Massachusetts Line as he was from that State. Col. Warner was from Connecticut and his Regiment might have been called the Conn. Line that said Regiment was during the whole term of his service Stationed at the Nor- thwest fort Edward & other places in that part of the Country.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
Stephen Phelps (William Case his mark A Judge & C

Ontario County ss
I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Cuse did serve in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy as stated in the preceding declaration and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid Act of Congress - Canandaigua April 13 th 1815 Canandaigua April 13 th 1815 Stephen Phelps
I also certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Cuse did serve for the term of Nine Months or more on the Continental establishment and by my personal knowledge & general information that he is in extreme indigent circumstances & in need of support from Government
Stephen Phelps

In the matter of William Case allied to the up
15093 18 April 1819
Nov. 20

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this twenty first day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) William Case aged seventy three years, resident of the town of Canandaigua in said county, who being, first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
Served first in Col. Burr Bradley Regiment in the Connecticut line six months afterwards in Col. Seth Warner Regiment and served in the State of Vermont and was in the Battle of Hubbardston and afterwards in the Battle of Bennington and afterwards at the taking of Burgoyne at Saratoga in which latter regiment I served for the space of two years as a Lieutenant in the line in Gideon Brimson Company of Infantry under General Poor and that he made application for a Pension on the fifteenth day of April 1815 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 13.098 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day 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, viz.
In Cash twenty seven dollars — 27 00
— and this deponent further saith that on the second day of February last being at the house of William Gooding in the village of Canandaigua he received a fall by which he broke his right thigh bone near the socket and dislocated his hip by means whereof he has ever since been totally disabled and still continues so to be and is now brought into Court and further that during his confinement as aforesaid he has been subjected to very heavy charges for surgeons bills, medicines nursing and subsistence and further that I am by occupation a farmer and that by age and bodily infirmities I am unable to perform any manual labour and that I have no family, and further this deponent saith not sworn to subscribed and declared William Case this 21 st day of August 1820 in open Court Mark before me Wm Rogers A Judge of Ontario Common Pleas
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
I, John Van Dorn Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I farther certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is twenty seven dollars and 00 cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty second day of August 1820
J Van Dorn Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
Ans
October 14, 1927
Mrs. Chas. S. Pasamore 717 W. Granite St Butte, Mont.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 44361, it appears that William Case enlisted in 1776 and served six months as a sergeant in Captain Simeon Smith's Company, Colonel Burr Bradley's Connecticut Regiment; he was appointed in 1777 Ensign in Captain Simeon Smith's Company, Colonel Seth Warner's Regiment, and served a few months, when he was placed in Captain Gideon Bronson's Company, in same regiment, and served as Lieutenant about one year. He was in the battles of Hubbardton, Bennington, and at the taking of Burgoyne.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 13, 1818, while a resident of Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York, aged seventy-two years. It is not stated that he was married.
The above noted William Case is the only

soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

1927-Act. 14-Hist to mso Chas S. Pease & Co.
44361
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 44361
William base
Lieut. Rev. War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index :—Vol. 3 , Page 73
[Arrangement of 1870.]

a new correspondence I am truly yours affectionately J. L. Edwards
J. L. Edwards Esq. Pinehurst N.C. in the Pension Office

Lanand aipna Date 9 th 1819
Sir I know a Certificate for a Pension in favor of Wm Carr of this Town dated Sept 18 th 1819. (N o 15.093) as a Private at the Rate of Eight Dollars per Month all his Proof of Service was under a Commission and he requested me to write to the War Office and see if it was not done through mistake of the Clerks or otherwise which if you will have the Goodness to explain you oblige him
I am Sir your Obedt Servt Stephen Phelps
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Additional Testimony
State of New York } County of Schenectady } I Walter Smith
late an Officer, of the revolutionary army, being duly sworn deposed & saith, that he knew and was acquainted with Lieutenant, William Cane, an Officer belonging to Col. Peter Younkins Regiment, of Continental Troops, on the establishment in the years one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, & seventy eight, and that this Deponent knew him the said William Cane, more than one year in said Regiment and that the said William

care. Lieutenant as aforesaid belongs to the and was accused to the best of the defendant's belief - to the contrary Gideon Brunsone's company in said Regiment - and that defendant and further saith that he is a disinterested witness and further saith not -
Walter Swift
Sworn before me at Schenectady - The 1 st day of July 1819.
Ira Avery Justice of the Peace of said County
State of New York.
County of Schenectady. { I William Lester shall - an Officer of the revolution.

Mary Army. Being duly sworn deposed, and saith, that the aforesaid Affidavit of Walter Swits, late an Officer in the re- volutionary War. is, in all respects true, and correct, reflecting his own case and that this De- pONENT belonged to said Col- Yonkers Regiment at the time and that deponent further saith that he is a disinterested wit- ness and further saith not
Subscribed July the 1 st 1819. Sworn before me
Wm Lighthall
Ira Avery Justice of the Peace of said County
Subscribed - Is - I certify that Walter Swits, and William Lighthall are both credible witnesses.
Ira Avery

State of New York County of Schenectady Clerks Office —
I certify that I am
Henry G. ... whose signature ap- pears to the depositions of the Affi- davit of Walter Smith, and William Lighthall, and the certificate of their credibility, as, and was, a Justice of the Peace of said County at the date thereof. In Testimony whereof, I subscribe my name, and affix the Official seal of the Court of Common Pleas the first day of July 1819.
Illies A. Gould Clerk of the County of Schen- ectady State New York

77 Freeman Meads Affidavit in favor of W m Carr

State of New York
Ontario County ss
On the 30 th day of June 1819 before me Personally appeared Truman Mead to me known to be a credible witness who being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is Personally acquainted with Lieut. William Case Now a President of the Town of Cananda- gua in Said County and that he Defendant well recollects of knowing the said Case in the Revolutionary War in the year 1777 and 1778 and that Said Case the first year served as an Ensign in Col. Seth Warner Regiment and the 2 nd year as a Lieut. in Said Regiment in the Company commanded by Capt. Gideon Branson. and that he Defendant served in Said Company during the term aforesaid as a Private and further and knows that Said Case sustained the character of a good and brave Officer and further saith Sworn to and subscribed Truman Mead The day and year aforesaid before me
Stephen Phelps or Judge of Ontario Com. Pleas

{ Canandaigua Claims of William Cass Lieu!
April 13 th 1818
13 ap l 1818 Committee Col. Warner's reg t 77 Oneida Wanted the proper certificate of the audited circumstances of the claimants
Mr. H. Warner Sept 1818
Further proceedings resuming
The proceedings were closed in the High Court at Canandaigua for the present. Agree Admitted
But the same to which Col. Warner belongs must be settled

State of New York Ontario County ss Clerks office
In Testimony that Stephen Phelps whose name is subscribed to the forego- ing certificate was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the court of common pleas as in and for the county of Ontario and that the same is his signature I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the county seal at Canan- deraga this 6 th day of June A D 1818
Thos M c Naughton

The honorable the Secretary of the war department will please forward my certificate (if allowed) to Stephen Phelps Esq. of Concord clergyman who is my agent April 13 th 1818-
his William X lease Mark
Wilbur Ezra Shepard

JOHN C. CUTLER, VICE-PRES. CHAS. S. BURTON, VICE-PRES. GEO. J. CANNON, SECRETARY & MGR.
HEBER J. GRANT, PRESIDENT.
A. L. MACDONALD, Asst. Secy. BERTRAM F. WILLIS, Asst. Secy. EDGAR S. HILLS, TREASURER.
DIRECTORS:
HEBER J. GRANT, JOHN C. CUTLER, CHAS. S. BURTON, ELIAS A. SMITH, JOHN F. BENNETT, M. S. BROWNING, W. W. RITER, E. O. HOWARD.
DIRECTORS:
LEON SWEET, CHAS. W. NIBLEY, ROBERT C. GEMMELL GUY E. BOWERMAN, GEORGE J. CANNON, REED SMOOT. EDGAR S. HILLS THOS. N. TAYLOR ELIAS S. WOODRUFF
C. S. PASSMORE, AGENT BUTTE, MONTANA
SALT LAKE CITY,
May 23, 1927
The Pension Bureau Washington, D. C. Rev. War Dept.
Gentlemen:
Can you tell me from your records anything of the service of William Case, Revolutionary soldier from Simsbury, Conn who married Alice Tripp? I think he died in New York but he served from Connecticut.
Thanking you for this information, I am
Very truly yours,
Susie M. Passmore
Mrs. Chas. S. Passmore 717 West Granite Street Butte, Montana