Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9140, Jacob Castor, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Kastor, Jacob or Kastor or Kester
S 9140
CONTENTS
carded

Pennsylvania 27. 5/8.
Roll Keating Castor.
Captain in the State of Pa in the Company commanded by Peter of the Left Brigade in the Penna Artillery
Roll No 12000
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of August 1834. and sent to H. E. Wolf, Castor, Pa
Arrears to the 4th of Nov 34 51. 00 Pension allowance ending 4 Sept " 11 00 $ 62. 00
Recorded by J. V. Prague Clerk, Book C, Vol. 5, Page 32
Let to H. Ell Wolf, Oct. 7. 18 Same Nov 4 same May 4. 1836. new cert if'd in the of Castor, May 12. sent to H. E. Wolf, on 14 th Penna General.
date of death not on A. B.

State of Pennsylvania Northampton County } ss }
On this Twenty second day of August in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & Thirty four, personally appeared in open Court before the Hon: Garrick Mallery President & John Cooper & Daniel Wagener Esquires associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Northampton aforesaid, now sitting, Jacob Hester a resident of the Township of Plainfield in the County of Northampton & Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, aged about eighty Years, who first being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the seventh day of June in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & Thirty two. That he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer early in the month of July in the Year One Thousand seven Hundred & seventy six, and was stationed at Amboy. General Roberdeau of Philadelphia had command of the militia at that place, Jacob Stroud was the Colonel of the militia regiment, Elisha Barton was Lieutenant Colonel & John Nelson was Captain of the Company to which this applicant belonged. That he was serving at Amboy at the time the Battle of Long Island took place, and left the service in the latter part of October of the same Year. That he afterwards served as a Blacksmith to that part of the army stationed at Easton Pennsylvania, for two Years commencing after his discharge in 1776 & ending in 1778, for which service he received his pay in Continental money which was not negotiable, so that his services were rendered to the Government without ever having received compensation for the same. He was afterwards in the expedition against the Indians to Milford in this State, at that time called Abell's Mills, which expedition was commanded by Col. Jacob Stroud. This applicant cannot remember the Year but thinks it was the latter part of 1778 or beginning of 1779 - the latter he believes to have been the Year as he had worked two Years as Blacksmith in Easton. He served two tours in this expedition. He recollects distinctly the expe-

dition of Gen: Sullivan to Wyoming, and he believes the expedi- tion to Milford took place about that time - John Nelson was Captain of the Company on one of these expeditions, and Hugh Gaston was Captain on the other Tour - John Connolly was Lieu- tenant. - The Applicant was born in Ross Township & resided in Lower Mount Bethel Township at the time he entered the service - These Townships are in Northampton County aforesaid - He has never been in any battle, but heard the report of the Cannon during the affair at Long Island - He thinks a few shot were fired by the enemy on Staten Island, at the militia stationed at Amboy - During one of the Tours to Milford the expedition to which the appli- cant belonged met with Captain Spaldings Detachment of regular troops which had been sent to the relief of Wyoming, at Stroudsburg - The only regular officers whom he knew by name were Captain Spalding, Lieutenant Pettigrew & Lieut Stake. This applicant has no documentary evidence of his service - He received from Captain Gaston a certificate of his service, during the Indian expedition which was stolen from him a few Years since. - Captain Gaston becoming insane no pay roll was kept and of course this applicant received no pay for his service during the Indian expedition - This applicant further saith that by reason of old age and the consequent decay of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period of three months as a private in the militia at Amboy - not less than three months as a pri- vate in the first Tour to Milford & not less than three months in the second Tour to Milford - That he was a volunteer in the service of his Country & was not drafted. -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State to his knowledge
Sworn to & subscribed the day and Year aforesaid
W m Lebring Pat
Jacob Kastor
transcript from the roll of the

State of Pennsylvania
Northampton County ss
On this eighteenth day of April in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty six, before the Honorable John Banks, President, and John Cooper & Daniel Wagener Esqrs. Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County aforesaid, now sitting, Personally appeared Jacob Castor a Resident of the Township of Plainfield in said County, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath, depose & say, that he is the same person who obtained from the Department of War a Pension Certificate dated the Twenty eighth day of August Anno Domini One Thousand Eight Hundred & Thirty four, for the sum of Twenty Dollars per Annum, in the name of "Jacob Kastor" or "Kester." That he does not now recollect whether he signed his name "Castor" or "Kastor" or "Kester" to the Declaration on which said Pension Certificate was issued. That he is an old man and his memory has become defective. That he thinks he has always written his name Castor, and that if he wrote it otherwise at the time he signed his declaration it must have been done inadvertently. —
Jacob Castor
Sworn & Subscribed in Open Court the day & Year aforesaid
Sam l Yoke 1 st N ty
We Thomas Pomp a Clergyman residing in the Borough of Easton in the County of Northampton & Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Martin Seiple residing in Forks Township in the said County do certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Castor who has subscribed & sworn to the above affidavit. That he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that he is the identical person, to whose declaration in the name of "Jacob Kastor" or "Kester," we signed our names as witnesses, and for whom we certified at the August Term of the Court of Common Pleas of

Northampton County aforesaid, in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty four. That he is an aged man with a very defective memory, and from our knowledge of him we do not think that he would be guilty of a fraud for the purpose of benefitting himself.
Sworn & subscribed in Open Court the day & Year aforsaid
Sam l Yoke Proth
Thos s Pomp.
Martin Seipel
And the said Court do declare their opinion after an investigation of the matter that the above named Jacob Castor was a revolutionary soldier - and that the said Thomas Pomp who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Borough of Easton aforesaid and the said Martin Seipel, who has also signed the same is a resident of Forks Township aforesaid, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. —
W m Burks Pres Judge
J n Cooper a Judge
Daniel Wagener Judge
I Samuel Yoke Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Northampton & Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Castor for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this eighteenth day of April in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & Thirty six. —
Sam l Yoke Proth

Mailed without payment
April 14, 1936
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Mrs. H. S. Murphy 319 Gates Street Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
JACOB CASTOR S. 9140 BA-J/MLB Qu
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters of recent date, in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Jacob Castor, of Pennsylvania, and the War of 1812 record of Henry Schoch, also, of Pennsylvania.
The War of 1812 records of this office do not show a claim for pension on file based upon service of a Henry Schoch, under any spelling of the name. Such claims are the source of War of 1812 data furnished by this office.
The Revolutionary War record has been found of only one soldier named Jacob Castor (all spellings searched) and it is given herein as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 9140, based upon his service in that war.
Jacob Castor was born in Ross Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; the date of his birth and names of parents are not stated.
While residing in Lower Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Jacob Castor volunteered early in July, 1776, served as private in Captain John Nelson's company, Colonel Jacob Stroud's Pennsylvania regiment, stationed at Amboy, and was discharged in October, 1776, after having served a tour of three months. After being discharged, he served two years as blacksmith to a part of the army stationed at Easton, Pennsylvania, and was discharged in 1778. He volunteered about the time of General Sullivan's Expedition to Wyoming, on an expedition against the Indians at Milford, Pennsylvania, and served a tour of three months in Captain John Nelson's company, also, a tour of three months as private in Captain Gaston's company, under Colonel Jacob Stroud in the Pennsylvania troops.

Jacob Castor was allowed pension on his application executed August 22, 1834, at which time he was aged about eighty years and residing in the Township of Plainfield, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The soldier signed Jacob Castor, but it was stated that his family used the name Kester. In 1836, he was still living in Plainfield Township, Pennsylvania.
No reference was made in the claim to wife or children.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of Jacob Castor, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
Jacob Castor Certificate # 27578 Issued August 28, 1834 Rate $20 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act June 7, 1832 Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1936 Apr. 14 - Hkt. to Mrs. H.S. Murphy — see 18
Rev War
9140
INVALID.
File No. 9140
Jacob Bastor
Pri. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: — Vol. Set , Page 39
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 2.
W. Taylor
J. D. Edward Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
J. D.
for
March 10th 1832

Easton October 30 th 1895
Sir
Enclosed is the deposition of Jacob Castor explaining the discrepancy existing between the Original declaration and his signature endorsed on the back of his Certificate. I hope this deposition will be deemed sufficient, and that his certificate properly corrected may be forwarded at as early a period as your convenience will permit. —
I am very Respectfully Your Obt. Servt H. H. Wolf
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions

Oct 6
Isaac Kesler Paxton
J. D. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Easton September 28 th 1876
Sir, I enclose the Certificate of Jacob Kester for your consideration. You will perceive by an endorsement thereon that he writes his name "Castor," and in consequence the agent at Philadelphia has declined paying the sum due on the 4 th Inst. — Will you be good enough to have his original papers examined & ascertain the manner in which he then signed his name. — He says he always signed his name "Castor," but I think he at that time signed it "Kastor" or "Kester." I know that his family write their name "Kester." He is an infirm old man and not blessed with a very retentive memory, and may not recollect how he heretofore wrote his name — He is the same individual for whom the enclosed certificate was intended. Be pleased to inform me, as early as convenient, how he is to proceed in order to obviate the difficulty which now exists in receiving his Pension. —
Very Respectfully Your Obt. Servt.
A. O. Wolf
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

31.765 Jacob Kester Pennyl for 1776 p rs 6 mths $20.
can als allm er eben
Horace E. Wolf Easton Pa.
CASTOR, JACOB (PA.) 5-9140

We Thomas Pomp, a clergyman residing in the Borough of Easton in the County of Northampton & Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Martin Seiple of the Township of Forks in said County, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Hester, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration: That we believe him to be about eighty Years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & we concur in that opinion. —
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
W m Sebring Proth.
Tho. Pomp
Martin Seipel "
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, & putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Thomas Pomp who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the Borough of Easton, and that Martin Seiple who has also signed the same is a resident in Forks Township, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Garrick Mallery Pres t Judge
J n o Cooper a Judge
Daniel Wagener a Judge
William L Sebring Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Northampton aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Hester for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 2 nd day of August in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & Thirty four
W m Sebring Proth.

State of Pennsylvania } Northampton County } ss
On the twentyeth day of August. in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & Thirty four personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Northampton William Stenson aged seventy five Years & upwards, & Henry Fell aged about seventy six Years both of the Town- ship of Upper Mount Bethel in the County of Northampton aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to Law depose & say that they are now receiving pensions from the United States for services rendered by them as soldiers during the revolutionary war. That they were attached to the same company with the applicant Jacob Kester while at An- boy and at the expedition to Milford in Pennsylvania. That they verily believe that the said applicant served as a private at Anboy for three months, or one Term which they believe is equivalent to that length of time - and six months on the two expeditions against the Indians - or three months under Captain Nelson & three months under Captain Gas- ton, who were severally captains of the Company to which they were attached on the Indian expedition. —
his Henry Fell Mark William Stenson
Sworn & subscribed this Twentieth day of August A.D. 1834 Before me
John Ziegenfuss
The Subscriber before whom the above deposition was taken & subscribed, do certify that the witnesses thereto are persons of credibility & full reliance may be placed on their statement. Witness my hand & seal this Twentieth day of Au- gust A.D. 1834
John Ziegenfuss

State of Pennsylvania
Northampton County, p.
I William L Sebring prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do certify that John Zeigenfuss Esqr. before whom the within Acknowledgment was made & taken was at the time thereof and yet is an acting Justice of the peace in the said County duly commissioned and qualified to act as such and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such and that his signature thereto is genuine.
Given under my hand and seal the twentieth Day of August A D 1854
W m L Sebring Prot
31.765-
Jacob Heeter
Henry Co
Jan 1776 per
Count
$20.
can not allow a share
Thomas C. Wolf
Easton
Pa.
CASTOR, JACOB (PA) S-9140

May 3 rd
Jacob Easton P.M.
27,578
J. H. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
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Easton April 29. th 1830
Sir
I enclose herewith the Affidavits of Jacob Castor, the Rev. Thos. Pomp & Capt Martin Sciple in relation to the identity of the under Mr Castor who some time since applied for & received a Pension, in the name of Jacob Kaster or Kester, and which was afterwards withheld. - You will perceive that these affidavits were taken in Open Court, and that the witnesses are the same who certified to the character of Mr Castor when he applied for his pension in August 1824. I hope that the enclosed will be perfectly satisfactory, and that the applicant whose life is fast drawing to a close, and who is even now in his dotage, may receive that pension which he has hardly earned & which is justly his due.
I am very Respectfully Your Obl Servt.
H. H. Smith
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Pension Bureau

Easton August 22 d 1884
Sir, Enclose herewith the application of Jacob Kester for a pension under the act of 7 th June 1853. It will be seen that the deposition of Henry Fell & William Stenson is dated the 20 th Inst. As the fact of its date being prior to that of the proceedings in Court might lead to some delay in the action of the Bureau upon this case I have deemed it proper to state, that at the time their deposition was taken the Court was not in session, and as they are both feeble old men & have been for some time in ill health and live some distance from the County town, It was thought best to take their deposition then, than rather than run the risk of losing the benefit of their testimony altogether. — A speedy action upon this application is respectfully requested, and if any error should appear in the proceedings I will thank you to return them to me with such remarks as to the manner in which the application should be drawn, as will prevent any mistake in the case hereafter. — Be pleased to direct to Horace E. Wolf Easton Pennsylvania. —
I am very respectfully,
Your Obt Servt.
H. E. Wolf
J. L. Edwards Esq
Cour t of Pensions
Washington D.C.

State of Pennsylvania Northampton County p }
On the Thirtieth day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & Thirtyfive before me the subscriber One of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County, aforesaid, came Jacob Castor a Revolutionary Pensioner, who being duly sworn according to Law says that he has always been in the habit of writing his name "Castor," and does not not recollect that he ever wrote his name "Kastor" - That if he signed his name "Jacob Kastor" to the Original Declaration filed in the Pension Office at Washington, when he applied for the benefit of the Act of June 7 th 1832, it was through inadvertence - That he is an old man, and his memory has become much impaired, and he may, through inattention or absence of mind, have signed his name at to his Original original declaration, differently from what he is accustomed to write it. That he is the same person to whom a pension certificate was granted by the name of "Jacob Kastor" or "Kester." And further this Deponent saith not.
Sworn & subscribed this 30 th day of October A.D. 1835 Before me J. Weygandt, J.P.
Jacob Castor
State of Pennsylvania Northampton County, p.
I William Sebring prothonotary of the Court of Commonpleas of the County aforesaid do certify that Jacob Weygandt Esquire before whom the above Affidavit was made & taken was at the time thereof and yet is an acting Justice of the peace in and aforesaid County, duly commissioned and qualified as such, that all his acts and full Faith & Credit are due to all his official acts and that his signature thereto is genuine. Given under my Hand and the seal of the said Court at Easton the Thirtieth Day of October A.D. 1835
Wm Sebring Pro

May 11.
Jacobaster Samoa
J. H. Edward Esquire
Commissioner of Revenue
Washington City D.C.

Easton May 7 th 1836
Sir,
I herewith enclose the Original Pension certificate granted to Jacob Castor. I presume the new Certificate will not be delayed longer than the convenience of the Pension Bureau may require, as the old gentleman is quite feeble and cannot last a great awhile. Will he be allowed the arrears of pay due him?
I am very Respectfully Your Obt Servt
HOT: Wolf
J. L. Edwards Esqr. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Payments to be made at Philadelphia Pa by First Second Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Pa
Jacob Caston
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book 6 th Vol. 1 st , Page 32 by J. Spayde Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Jacob Reesler of the State of Pennsylvania, who was a Private during the Revolutionary War, is entitled to receive Twenty dollars and cents per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 18 th day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four
Examined and Countersigned. }

Capt. Nelson's Company, Col. Stroud's Regiment militia →

Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen,
I should like to know the Revolutionary War record of only one Jacob Caster . He was born in Germantown in 1742 and was commissioned May 6, 1777.
Very truly yours,
R. M. Murphy
Mrs. H. S. Murphy.
319 Gates St., Roxboro.
Philadelphia.

Mrs. Herbert S. Murphy 319 Gates St. Roxborough, Phila., Pa.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C. Gentlemen, -
I should like to have the record of Henry Schoch in the war of 1812 . His name is mentioned in a History of Ohio, as being in Fourth Co. Frankford Volunteer Batteryists. Is this correct, and is there any further data? Was he married.
Thanking you, I am Yours truly, R. M. Murphy

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Castor, Philip GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 9155 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED November 27, 179- (torn) to Joseph Pall, 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.