Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W.3771, William Cashwell, Va.

SERVICE
Pa.
Cashwell, William
NUMBER N. 3771.
Betsey
CONTENTS

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Virginia. 13.129- William Cashwell of Amherst Co. in the State of Virginia who was a Private in the Com. commanded by Captain Stewart of the Army commanded by Washington in the Virginia line for 12 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond - at the rate of $8 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Increased from $30. ~
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Sept. 1846 ~ and sent to John Nichols, Lexington, Virginia
diff. of Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 46 $155. ~
Pension allowance ending 4th March 20. ~
Increased from $30. ~ $175. ~
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. G. Gypwood Clerk, Book E, Vol. 6 Page 22.
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William Cashwell
declaration for a pension -
19030
✓

State of Virginia, Amherst County to wit.
On this 17th day of September 1832 personally appeared an open court, before the justices of the County Court of Amherst now sitting William Bashwell, a resident of the County of Amherst in the State of Virginia, aged seventy years last February, who being first 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 June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States as a Militia man from the County of Amherst in February 1779 under the command of Captain David Woodroof and marched from said County to the Barracks in Albemarle County where he was engaged in guarding British Prisoners a tour of duty which was for three months, at the expiration of which time he was discharged by the Captain and returned home to the County of Amherst, where he remained until sometime in September 1780, when he volunteered under Capt John Morrison who had command of a rifle company, and was marched from Amherst to Richmond and from there to Petersburg, and was stationed about three miles out of Petersburg at a place then known by the name of the Long Ordinary at this place there were about fifteen hundred men under the command of Genl Lawson and Genl Steuben. At the end of three months he was discharged and again returned home to Amherst County. In February 1781 he was called on to perform another tour of duty, and marched under the command of Capt James Franklin from the County of Amherst to join Genl Greens Army in North Carolina, he did not however reach Greens Army before the battle of Guilford, though he was in a few miles and heard the cannon during that engagement, and thinks if his Officer had pushed on they might have reached there in time to have been a part in that engagement. On the day after the battle the company to which he belonged joined the main Army, and his Captain James Franklin resigning his commission and returning home, he together with the whole company was placed under the command of Capt Younger Sanderson, and was attached to Lawsons Brigade and Col. John Holcomb's Regiment, he remained with Genl Green sometime and was discharged at Deep River near the South Carolina line, having there served out his tour of three months that being the time for which he was called into service. He then returned home and in September 1781 was again called out as a Militia man under Capt John Stewart, and was marched to Little York and bore a part in that memorable siege, and after the surrender of Cornwallis, he marched with the Prisoners taken in that battle to the Winchester Barracks in Virginia where he was discharged and returned home, and thus closed his

services during the War of the Revolution in this last tour he was also engaged three months. In three of the tours of duty which he performed he went as a Militia man, and in the other he went as a volunteer and performed during the War twelve months service. In his first tour of duty he recollects the following Officers (viz): Col. Saylor, Capt. Price, Capt. Porter, Capt. John Woodroof and Capt. David Woodroof and Genl. Saylor commander in Chief of all the troops at that post. In his second tour, when he went as a volunteer he recollects the following Officers (viz): Genl. Steuben, Genl. Lawson, Col. Everett Mead, Maj. John Holcombe and Capt. Jno. Morrison under whom he served. And when he marched to Carolina he recollects Genl. Green, the commander in Chief, Col. Green, Genl. Stevens, Genl. Lawson, Col. Holcombe, Maj. Hubbard and Capt. Sandrum. And at York he recollects Genl. Washington, Genl. Lafayette, Genl. Wayne, Genl. Lawson, Genl. Stevens, Col. Holcombe, Col. Tucker, Maj. Woodson and Capt. Jno. Stewart. That he has no documentary evidence of his service, and relies upon his own statement sustained as it is by the certificates of a few of those who know of his services to establish his claim. The certificates which he has been able to procure are hereto attached. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
William Cashwell
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And the Court proceeded to put the interrogatories presented by the War Department.
1. Where and in what year were you born? Ans. I was born in the County of Amherst in the State of Virginia in 1762.
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it? I have a record of my age at home in my Bible.
3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer. I lived in the County of Amherst and have lived there ever since.
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute?
I performed three tours of duty as a drafted Militia Man, and volunteered one tour.
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers who were with the troops when you served, such continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service? Answer. When at the barracks in Albemarle. I recollect Genl. Saylor, Col.

Taylor, Capt Rice, Capt Porter, Capt Jno Woodroof and Capt David Windy under whom I served. In my second tour when I volunteered I recollect Genl. Steuben, Genl. Lawson, Colo Mead, Majr Holcomb & Capt John Morrison, and when I served in North Carolina I recollect Genl. Green, Colo Green, Colo Washington, Colo. Lee Genl. Lawson, Colo Holcomb, Genl. Stevens and Capt Sanderson under whom I served. And when I served at York I recollect Genl. Washington, Genl. Lafayette, Genl. Wayne, Genl. Lawson, Genl. Stevens, Colo Holcomb, Colo Tucker, Majr. Woodson and Captain Jno Stewart under whom I served.
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from service, and if so by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
I received a ticket of discharge from the Capt, under whom I served, they have been given up long since and are not now to be obtained.
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution?
Answer. Bartlett Cash, William Lavender, Philip Smith, William Hartley, Henry Cashwell and Benjamin Higginbotham.
Amherst County to wit
This day William Lavender a soldier of the Revolution and pensioner made oath before me a justice of the peace for the County aforesaid, that he knows that William Cashwell performed two tours of duty during the Revolution, one was at the Barracks in Albemarle County, and the other was at the siege of York, these tours were for three months each, this affiant is enable to speak with great certainty on this point, as he served with said Cashwell in both those tours - Given under my hand this 17th of Sept r 1832
David S. Garland
Amherst County to wit.
This day William Hartley, Philip Smith and Benjamin Higginbotham made oath before me a justice of the peace for the County of Amherst, that they are well acquainted with William Cashwell and that they know he served a tour of Militia duty in the war of the Revolution, that he marched from the County of Amherst in 1781 under Capt James Franklin to North Carolina where he joined Genl. Greene's Army, he was engaged in this service three months, and each one of us was engaged in the same tour - Given under my hand this 17th of Sept r 1832
David S. Garland

Virginia Amherst County to wit.
This day Bartlett Cash of the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared before me William M Walker a justice of the peace for the County aforesaid, and made oath that William Cashwell of the County of Amherst served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War in the United States service in the company commanded by Capt James Franklin which company was turned over to the command of Capt Younger Sanderson of Genl Lawson's Brigade and Col John Halcomb's regiment, that the service performed by said W m Cashwell was in the year 1781 in the State of North Carolina.
Bartlett Cash
Given under my hand and seal this 12th day of August 1833
W m M Walker
Amherst County to wit.
This day Willy Campbell made oath before me a justice of the peace for the said County, that he is well acquainted with William Cashwell, and knows that said Cashwell went as a Militia Man in 1781 from the County of Amherst to the siege of York. he does not recollect the length of time said Cashwell was engaged in that tour, but he knows he was absent from home several months. He does not recollect of any other services performed by said Cashwell during the war of the Revolution, but has always understood that he was engaged in other tours of duty and has no doubt of that fact. Given under my hand this 17th day of Sept r 1833
Josiah Ellis
Virginia
Amherst County to wit.
This day Henry Cashwell of the State of Virginia and County of Amherst personally appeared before me a justice of the peace for the County aforesaid and made oath that William Cashwell served in the Revolutionary War as a common soldier in the State service and the United States service, in the service of the State at the Barracks in the County of Albemarle in the company of Capt David Woodroof in the year 1779 for three months, in the year 1780 at Petersburg and its neighbourhood, for three months under the command of Capt John Morrison. In the service of the United States in the year 1781 in the State of North Carolina under the command of Capt James Franklin, that Capt Jas Franklin's company was turned over to Capt Younger Sanderson of Genl Lawson's Brigade and Col John Halcomb's regiment in which brigade and regiment the said William Cashwell served three months, that afterwards in 1781 the said William Cashwell served in the

service of the State at the siege of York in the company of Capt John Stewart of the Virginia Militia Genl Lawson's Brigade
Henry Cashwell
Given under my hand and seal this 11th day of August 1832 Wm M Walter
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War department that the above named applicant was a Revo- lutionary Soldier and served as he states And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that William Savendoi, Wil- iam Hartley, Philip Smith, Benjamin Higginbotham, Bartlett Cash, Wiley Campbell and Henry Cashwell whose affidavits are attached to the said declaration are residents of the County of Amherst and credible persons and that their statements are entitled to Credit:
Virginia Amherst County Court
I Robert Tinsley Clerk of the Court of Amherst County do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Cashwell for a pension - I further certify that David S. Garland William M Walter and Joseph Ellis before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken, are and were at the time the same bear date Justices of the peace for the said County of Amherst duly commissioned and qualified
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this second day of October in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty two in the fifty seventh year of the Commonwealth
Robert Tinsley

n o 19030 13.129
Ambackmle
Amhurst 6 o Vrij
Adm for 9. Months From 1779
Sam l Garland agt. New Glasgow

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of William Cashwell
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     draft 1779 3 Private Capt Davis Major [?] Capt [?] Gen Lee Gen [?] Gen [?] York Town To Albany Richmond 70 Amherst William Cashwell as to 6 mo   Nov 1780 3 Capt [?] Major [?] Gen Taylor Petersburg Dorchester 3 Months & 10   draft 1781 3 Capt [?] Stewart Gen Nash Gen [?] To Annapolis to [?] 3 Months Henry Cashwell for 6 mo  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after 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 A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person.

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss 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 periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

13.676 ad 44 592
Betsy Cashwell Dad of William Va
act 7 July 1838
Marn 1791
Richard husband died 9 June 1847
ad ad act 17 June 44 $40 00 per man from 9 June 47
R.S. Gray Lynchburg Va

State of Virginia
Amherst County to wit
On this 3 day of January 1848, before me John C. Whitchhead a Justice of the peace in and for said County, personally appeared Betsy Cashwell Maiden name, Penn Aged 76 years a resident of said county who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1837, (March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844) entitled, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of William Cashwell die d of said County, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, and a United States pensioner at the time of his death, - the 9 th day of June 1847 - originally at $30 per annum; which a short time before his death was increased to $40 - per Annum.
She further declares, that she was married to the said William Cashwell, on the - day of November 1791 - That her husband, the aforesaid William Cashwell died in said County, on the 9 th day of June 1847, as aforesaid: That she was not married to him, prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of June 1794 - Viz: at the time above stated - as will more fully appear by reference to the proof annexed.
Betsy her X Cashwell mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written - Before me - John C Whitchhead J.P.
In presence of - Jas. H Cashwell Henry G Fulcher
a resident of said County, included before signed - John C Whitchhead J.P.

State of Virginia. Amherst County } Set.
A Court of Monthly Session be opened for Amherst County at the Court House on the 17 th day January 1848. The Declaration of Mrs. Betsy (Cashmere), maiden name Penn, was read in Court claiming a pension from the General Government as the widow of William (Cashmere) deceased, of said County under the acts of July 1838 March 3rd 1843 and June 14. 1844, together with the affidavit of Judith Randall and Certificate of John C. Whitehead and Joseph R. Carter Esq d . and the Court having examined the same as certify to the War Department, that the said Betsy Cashmere is the widow of William Cashmere deceased of said County who was a United States Pensioner at the time of his death. The 7 th day of June 1847, at the rate of $10. per annum and that it does appear to the satisfaction of the Court from the Record evidence exhibited in the case that the said William Cashmere and Betsy his wife - Maiden name Penn were married in said County by the Rev. Mr. Crawford on the day of November 1791. That the said John C. Whitehead and Joseph R. Carter Esq d are acting Justices of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified as such and that the Signatures purporting to be their affixed to the several Certificates in said case are genuine and that Judith Randall is a respectable resident of said County and that her oath is entitled to credit as a woman of truth and standing.
In testimony whereof Samuel M c Farland Clerk of the County Court of said County of Amherst in the State of Virginia, have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and subscribed my name, this 18 th day of January 1848.
Sam m M c Farland C lerk Amherst Co. Va.

Reported Jany 30/49
3509 Virginia Richmond Betsey Cashwell widow of William Cashwell who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Jany 1849 and sent to Pensioner Mehurst Pa
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 144 Vol. 3.

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3771
Betsey Cashwell
Pr. Wid.
Wm Cashwell
Rev. Wm
Act: Feb. 25/48
Index:—Vol. A , Page 113
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 4 March to 4 Sept 1840. agt Notified 16. June 1841
Let. to John Echols, 5 Aug. '46
13. 12. Virginia.
M m Cashwell.
of Richmond in the State of Virginia who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Stewart of the Reg t commanded by Major Taylor in the Virginia line for 9 mos. -
$30.
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 30. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of May , 1833 and sent to Paul C. Garland. Newbern. a. c. v. r. a. Arrears to the 4th of March 1833.  60.- Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833.  15.00 $75.00.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm P. Palmer Clerk, Book 8. Vol. 8. Page 4. ms

513 Rich. Virginia
Reported
Petsy Cashwell widow of William Cashwell who was a Private in the Revolution Husband died 9 June, 1847
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of July, 1848 and sent to
R. W. Gray Esq. Lynchburg Va
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2. Page 135

Increase William Cashwell VA
act 7 June 1832
Adm. 12 yrs prior $40 00 per annum
from 4 March 1831
accounting what has been paid at the rate of $30 00 per annum -
John Echols Lexington VA

William Cashwell, by act of June 1832/40s
To what time was he last paid? G. C. A.
Pension Office July 16 1848
To wit to 4 Sept 1845 A. B. T.

State of Virginia, Amherst County to wit.
On this 15 th day of July 1848, before me W m M. Waller a Justice of the peace, in and for the County aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Mrs. Betsey Cashwell — a resident of said County aged 77 — years — who being first duly sworn according to law, doth in her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2 nd of February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons, who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of William Cashwell de d who was a private of Malitia, in the Revolution, and a U.S. Pensioner — and that the annual amount of pension she rec d as the widow of said William Cashwell, under the act of the 17 th of June 1844, was at the rate of $ 40 — cents per Mensem and up to the 4 th day of March 1848. She further declares, that she is still a widow.
Betsey her Cashwell (Seal) mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written — Before me — W m M. Waller J.P.
In presence of — Betty Cashwell No H. Gray
I certify, that the above named affiant, Betsey Cashwell — is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual, who drew a pension, as stated by her, in the foregoing affidavit.
W m M. Waller J.P.

Salado State of Virginia Amherst County } Set;
At a Court of Monthly Superior beyond the court for Amherst County at the Courthouse on Monday the 18 th day of September 1848.
The Declaration of Betsy Cashmere was read in Court claiming a pension from the general govern- ment under the act of Congress of July 9 th 1848 together with the Certificate of Mr Wm Watten Esq r and the Court having examined the same do certify to Sheriffs and Peace Officers that the said Betsy Cashmere is the widow of Mr Cashmere deceased of said County who was a United States Pensioner in said County and that she is the identical person who received a pension from the general govern- ment from said County under the act of June 17 th 1844 at the rate of $20. per Annum. And further that the said William Watten Esq r is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified as such and that the signatures purporting to be his affixed to his Certificate in this case are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of our said Court this 19 th day of September 1848.
Sam l M c Guire Clerk Amherst City (CT)

Feb 1 '48 Add us Betty Cahurle Unprofit
Jan. 2. Samuel Top
Home of Hawaiian Washington City A. B. S.

Washington City Jan. 29, 1848
Hi
Enclosed are the papers of Betsy Cashwell of Amherst Co. Va. - widow of Wm Cashwell dec d of said Co. claiming a pension under the Act of July 7, 1838 RC - evidence of marriage, and identity complete.
you will please forward certificate to me in Lynch. Va. when issued.
Yours Respectfully —
No H Gray and

Know all men by these presents that we William Cashwell and Moses Purn and heirs and assigns bound unto Henry Lee Esq Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the sum of fifty pounds current money to be paid to the said Lee or to his Successors for the use of the said Commonwealth we bind ourselves and each of us and our heirs and assigns of our joint Executors and administrators jointly & severally firmly by these presents Sealed with our Seals and dated this Seventh day of November 1791.
The Condition of this obligation is such that whereas there is a marriage shortly intended to be had and Solemnized between the said William Cashwell and Mary Purn Spouses both of both of Amherst County if there be no lawful to obstruct the said marriage then this obligation to be void.
With Savings,
William Cashwell (Seal)
Moses Purn (Seal)
I Samuel M c Garland Clerk of the County Court of Amherst in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true Copy of an original Bond now on file in my office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 18 th day of January 1848. Sam d M c Garland Atty

State of Virginia Amherst County ss
On this 21 st day of December 1807, before me Joseph R. Carter a Justice of the peace in and for said County, personally appeared Judith Hanford a respectable resident of said County, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath say-
That she is 75 years old and recollects distinctly of having been at the marriage of Wm Cashwell dr d of said County - who was in the Revolutionary war, and was a pensioner at the time of his death - and Betsy Penn now alive and the same person who is claiming a pension from the Gen l Govt. And she is satisfied that they were married in the Fall of the year of 1791 - or about 56 years ago Nov r past. That she is the only wife the said Cashwell ever had from 1791 to the time of his death, which was some time in June last, 1807 - and that she is still a widow, and alive. her
Judith X Hanford mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above mentioned.
Before me - Joseph R. Carter J.P.
In presence of - Jas. H. Cashwell

Leesburg Town Virginia Sept r 5 th 1846-
Sir
In compliance with your letter of the — day of August, I enclose to you the old certificate of William Cashwell, who has only heretofore drawn a pension of $30 00 per annum, in order that a new one may be issued for $40 00 per annum to which he is entitled; he is now therefore entitled to $155 00 back pay, from the 4 th March 1831 to the 4 th Sept r 1846-, besides a new certificate for $40 00 per annum from the last-mentioned date. An early reply to this is very desirable.
I am with respect Yrs Obedient Servt John Echols

June 20/46
to Mr Calhoun Pineau
Hon J. H. Schwarz Corner of Pineau Washington City D. C.
Post
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Livingston Virginia
June 16 th 1846
Sir.
Enclosed I send you the declaration of William Cashwell of the County of Amherst in this State, made in order to draw an additional pension of $10.00 per annum from the 4 th March 1831 to this time, as from the evidence on file in the Clerk's Office of the County of Amherst as well as in the Pension Office at Washington, it appears that he served four terms of three months each, which would entitle him to a pension of $40 00 per annum, whereas he was only then drawing $30 00 per annum. Judging that this mistake must have happened from the great number of pension applications made at that time & the consequent press of business upon the pension agents at Washington, I would respectfully ask that you would examine the papers of Cashwell & consider this application of his. Hoping to hear soon from you I am!
Yr Off. Asst. John Eckford
Hon J. L. Edwards Secy

Declarations
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
State of Virginia
County of Amherst } ss.
On this 25 th day of March 1846 personally appeared before me John C. Whitehead a Justice of the peace in and for said County and State, William Cashwell a resident of Amherst County in the State of Virginia, aged 84 years, who, being first 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 June 7. 1832: That he entered the service of the United States as a militia man from the County of Amherst in February 1779, under the command of Capt. David Woodroof and marched from said County to the barracks in Albemarle County, where he was engaged in guarding British prisoners, a tour of duty, which was for three months, at the expiration of which time he was discharged by his Captain and returned to the County of Amherst, where he remained, until sometime in September 1780, when he volunteered under Capt. John Morris, who had command of a rifle company, and was marched from Amherst to Richmond and from thence to Petersburg and was stationed about three miles out of Petersburg at a place then known, he thinks, by the name of the Long Branch, at this place there were about fifteen hundred men under the command of Genl. Lawson and Genl. Sturdivan, at the end of three months he was discharged and again returned home to Amherst County. In February 1781 he was called on to perform another tour of duty and marched under the command of Captain James Franklin from the County of Amherst to join Genl. Green's army in North Carolina, he did not however reach Green's army before the battle of Guilford, though he was in a few miles and heard the cannon during the engagement, and thinks if his Officers had pressed on they might have reached them in time to have

bore a part in that engagement. On the day after the battle, the company to which he belonged joined the main army, and his Captain James Franklin resigning his commission and returning home, he together with the whole company was placed under the command of Capt. George Sanderson and was attached to Lawson's Brigade and Col. John Holcombe's Regiment, he remained with Genl. Green some time, and was discharged, at Deep River near the South Carolina line, having then served out his tour for three months, that being the time for which he was called into service. He then returned home and in September 1781 was again called out as a militia man under the command of Capt. John Stewart and was marched to Little York and bore a part in that memorable siege, and after the surrender of Cornwallis he marched with the prisoners taken in that battle, to the Winchester barracks in Virginia, where he was discharged and returned home, and thus closed his services during the War of the Revolution, in this last tour he was engaged three months. In three of the tours of duty which he performed he went as a militia man and in the other he went as a Volunteer, and performed during the war twelve months services. In his first tour of duty he recollects the following Officers viz Col. Taylor, Capt. Rice, Capt. Porter, Capt. John Woodroof, and Capt. David Woodroof and Genl. Taylor commander in chief of all the troops of that post. In his second tour when he went as a Volunteer he recollects the following Officers viz Genl. Steuben, Genl. Lawson, Col. Ewell Mould, Maj. John Holcombe, and Capt. John Morrison, under whom he served, and when he marched to Carolina he recollects Genl. Green the commander in chief, Col. Green, Genl. Stevens, Genl. Lawson, Col. Holcombe, Major Hubbard & Capt. Sanderson and at York he recollects Gen. Washington, Genl. Lafayette, Gen. Wayne

Gen Lawson, Gen Stearns, Colo Holcombe, Colo Fisher, Maj d Woodson and Capt Stewart - that he has no documentary evidence proving his services, and relies upon his own statement sustained, as it is by the certificates of a few of those who knew of his services to establish his claims. The Declarant further states that he has been drawing a pension of $30 00 per annum under the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832, that he served as stated above for 12 months during the revolutionary war & that according to the provisions of said act he was entitled to $40 00 per annum and that this declaration is made for the pur- =pose of drawing the additional pension, which is justly due him on account of the full period of his service, which he now claims; and that for proof of his different tours of service and length of the same, he refers to evidence now on file in the Pension department at Washington accompanying the declaration which he originally filed, and that he now asks that a certificate be issued to him for an additional pension of $16 00 per annum from 4 th March 1831 up to the present time. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present; and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, or, if any, only on that of the agency of the State of Virginia. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Wm Cashwell
State of Virginia County of Dinwiddie 3-SS-
I John C. Whitehead a Justice of the peace above named of the said County and State do hereby certify that William Cashwell above named personally appeared before me on this 25 th day of March 1846 and subscribed and swore to the foregoing declarations, that he is a person of

veracity and that on account of advanced age and bodily infirmity he is entirely unable to attend Court.
Given under my hand -
John C. Whitehead J.P.
Amherst County Court June Term 1846
The County Court of Amherst now sitting with order is to be certified to the War Department that the foregoing declaration of William Cashwell was produced in open Court and read The Court also certify that John C. Whitehead before whom said declaration appears to have been made is an acting Justice of the peace for said County duly commissioned and qualified according to Law and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine and that the same faith and credit are due to the proceedings before the Single Justice as if the same had been held in open Court.
In testimony whereof I Samuel M. Garland Clerk of the Court of said County have hereunto sub- scribed my name & affixed the seal of the Court of said County this 13 th day of June 1846 -
Samuel Garland Clerk Amherst County Court

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 7 th , 1841.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," William Cashwell — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond Va. Agency, at the rate of Thirty — Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1840, to the 4 th Sept. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Wilson B. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Payments to be made at Richmond. by P. W. B. Bank. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Virginia
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E. Vol. 6. Page 4 by W. W. Palmer, Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Wm Casswell of the State of Virginia, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is entitled to receive Thirty 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 14 day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three .
Lew Lob
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.