Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34162, John Caswell, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Caswell, John
S. 34162
CONTENTS

1823
Massachusetts Roll
John Caswell Junr Capt White Private Mass. Line 1781. - War
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8. Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 of April 1818 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of Feb 1818 and sent to Hon. Saml Putnam Salem Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept m 1818 - Semi-annual payment ending
4 Mos. 1 st /30 th $ 36.53
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
acknowledged ✓
Marblehead Esqr Cr
Robt. Jackson sent September 20. 1820 to E. D. Mans? atty C. C. Elias Greenleaf Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
I, SAMUEL PUTNAM, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth aforesaid, hereby certify, that the aforesaid Deponents, Jacob Putnam & John Caswell
are credible and disinterested witnesses; and that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Declarant served in the Revolutionary Army on the continental establishment against the common enemy more than nine months at one period of continued service; and I further certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Declarant is in reduced circumstances in life, and stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 30 th day of June Anno Domini 1818.
S. Putnam. Just S. J. Court of Mass.
I, Ichabod Tucker , Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court aforesaid, do certify, that the Hon. Samuel Putnam is a Judge of said Court, that the above is his signature, that the seal affixed is the seal of said Court, that the within named Ralph H. French Esq. who has certified the aforewritten depositions, is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Essex, duly empowered and qualified to administer oaths.
Ichabod Tucker Clerk.

ADDITIONAL
PROOF.
I, John Gaswell — of Middlesex in the County of ESSEX, in the COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, hereby do on solemn oath testify and depose, as follows:—
That my son John Gaswell J r who subscribed the annexed Declaration was a Soldier in the American Revolutionary War in Col. Putnam's Reg t of the Mass s Line and that he served therein without intermission from March 1781 until he was honorably discharged at West Point in 1783. I had his Discharge, and gave it to Park Holland, who was paymaster for 1 st Reg t at Danvers in the County of Essex aforesaid, and received what wages were then due the said John & I left the said Discharge with him, what became of it afterwards I don't know — John Gaswell
Essex ss. June 24. 1818 Then John Gaswell personally subscribed and made solemn oath to the above written affidavit.
Before me Ralph H. Kennebec J. Pairs

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Be it remembered, That John Caswell Junior of Marblehead in the County of Essex in the Commonwealth aforesaid, doth make upon oath the following DECLARATION, to wit,
That he the said John Caswell Jr on the twenty seventh day of March A D 1781 enlisted as a private in the company of under Capt Halfield White , in the Regiment commanded by Col Rufus Putnam in the Massachusetts Line; That the Declarant served faithfully during the years in said company and Regiment, and was honorably discharged at west point in 1783. That he received an honorable discharge and that he has lost the same by time and accident. aged fifty four years
That the Declarant is infirm; that from his reduced circumstances in life he is now in need of assistance from his country for support; and that he hereby relinquishes his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States.
John Caswell Jr

AFFIDAVIT.
I Jacob Putnam of Martha's Vineyard in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, I hereby do on oath depose and testify,
That I was in the same Brigade Regiment with the within named John Cannell and am well knowing to the facts set forth in his declaration that they are true
Jacob Putnam
[Faint, mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
On this eighteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally appeared before me Samuel Putnam one of the Justices of the supreme Judicial Court of the commonwealth aforesaid, the aforesaid John Caswell Junia and
the and in my presence severally subscribed and made solemn oath to the aforeswritten Declaration and AFFIDAVIT, by them respectively made as aforesaid:—And it appearing to my satisfaction, that the aforesnamed John Caswell Junia served more than NINE MONTHS, to wit, from the twenty seventh day of March A.D. 1781 to the 27th day of March A.D. 1782 at one period of the Revolutionary War, on the Continental Establishment, against the common enemy, I do hereby certify the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the Department of War.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the Court aforesaid, at Marblehead , this eighteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass }

John Casswell Jr
18 th Apr l
Atty
Attorney
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss I Ichabod Tucker Clerk of all the Judicial courts of said State in & for the county of Essex do certify that the Hon ble Samuel Putnam is a judge of said Supreme Judicial Court, that the within signature is his proper handwriting & that the seal hereto affixed is the seal of said court Salem April 20 th 1818
Atty Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

1823
John Caswell Junr
Wendell
1823
July 1818
Cost 20/6
1820
Sep 1818

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN ss.
At a Special Session of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Western Circuit, began and holden at Greenfield, within and for the County of Franklin, on Monday the tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, et de die in diem to the fifteenth day of the same month,
PERSONALLY appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Franklin, established as such by the Constitution and Laws of said Commonwealth, John Caswell aged fifty five years, resident in Wendell
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:
In march 1781 he enlisted for three years into Capt. White's company in Col Rufus Putnam's regiment, was afterwards arranged into Col. Vose's regiment, and from that regiment at the close of war honourably discharged.
Applied for a pension the 18 th of April 1818 and received a pension certificate No 1823.

and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my 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,  or property
whatever; I am a single man and, when able, labour for a livelihood. but, for a great part of the time, am unable by reason of a rupture; and for the last 11 or 12 years have depended chiefly on my friends & the public for a support.
John Caswell
Sworn to and declared, on the tenth day of July A. D. 1820, before the said Court.
Attest, E. Alvord CLERK.
I ELIJAH ALVORD, Clerk of the aforesaid Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
John Caswell has no property required by law to be exhibited
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifteenth day of July, 1820.
E. Alvord CLERK.

34 162 Reo INVALID.
File No. 34 162
John Caswell Jr. Pr Rev Inc
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 65
[Arrangement of 1870.]