Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9152, Nicholas Casey, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Casey, Nicholas
S 9152
Carded
CONTENTS

13.130.
Virginia
Nicholas Casey.
of Preston Co in the State of Virginia who was a Bty of Compy the Compy commanded by Captain Readman of the Regt commanded by _____ in the Virginia line for six months.
$25: Dead=
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 25. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of May 1833 and sent to Chas. Byrne. C.C. Fingwood. Preston Co Va.
Arrears to the 4th of March '33. 50.00 Semestral allowance ending 4 Sept. 33. 22.50
$ 72.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M. P. Palmer Clerk,
Book 6. Vol. 8 Page 4.
Six

Springwood Va Aug 5 th
11. Jan
va
Pension application
Nicholas Casey
21988
Secretary of the War Department
Dear
Washington City D.C.

Virginia Preston County Court, On this 13 th day of November in the year 1832 personally appeared in open court before the County Court of Preston County now sitting Nicholas Cady resident of said County of Preston and State of Virginia, aged Seventy eight 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 the 7 th of June 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated that he volunteered in the Virginia militia in the month of April or May 1781 in Hampshire County Va as I then lived in said County of Hampshire under Captain Daniel Richardson, first Lieutenant John Harnes, second Lieutenant Robert Cunningham, Ensign Jacob Randal. I volunteered for Six months in a Troop of horse under the command of said officers. we was engaged at in taking and capturing the Tories in said County of Hampshire after we had taken them as prisoners we took them to Winchester in Frederick County Va where they was confined in the Jail of said County, I recollect of assisting in taking the Tories to Winchester at at different times, as we captured and took a great number of the Tories, some of them we would hang for a short time to compel them to tell where others was, so that they also might be taken, we never hung any of them untill they were dead I was in the service in all "Seven" months I served in said County of Hampshire where I then lived during that time except while while we would be going and returning from Winchester where we took said Tories to - and they was there confined in Jail - there was Seventy four privates that belonged to said company company besides our officers, & we was called Rangers - I served one month longer than I had volunteered to serve -

That he was born in said County of Hampshire the 17 th of November in the year 1745, and I have lived since the Revolution War in said County of Hampshire and Preston County with the exception of three years that I lived in the State of Kentucky, and I now live in the said County of Preston and State of Virginia. That he has no documentary evidence of his service that he does not now recollect whether he did received a discharge from the service or not, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service except by John Ryan now a resident of Randolph County Virginia as we was in the service at the same time and served together. 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, — Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Nicholas Gaskin
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 Nicholas Gaskin was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states, and that he is a credible person —
Virginia:
J. Charles Byrne Clerk of the County Court of Preston County being a court of record do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nicholas Gaskin for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 5 th day of January A D 1833 Charles Byrne

The affidavit of John Ryan enclosed proving the applicants service
1000
1000
sign copy of one

No 21088 Nicholas Casey Esq
13.130.
Sir I am for 6 Months from 1787. Cavalry
Charles Byrne Esq Preston County Court Esq

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 subjoined 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 Nicholas Casey Preston Co Va
   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.     Vol 1781, loop of horse } 2 Priv. Capt. Richardson None Wa Aged 78 Hampshire Co Va Living Writ  
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 certificate of service cannot be had. Every applicant must state, with particularity, 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. 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.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration. } 2
G. C. Astor  Exam Clerk

Feb. February 19, 1914.
Hon. William G. Brown.
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Brown:
In response to your letter of the fourteenth instant, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the claim. Sur. File No. 9,152, it appears that Nicholas Casey was born November 17, 1745, in Hampshire County, Virginia where he resided and volunteered in April or May 1781, and served as a Private for seven months in Captain Daniel Richardson's company of Rangers.
He was allowed pension on an application executed November 13, 1832, while a resident of Preston County, Virginia.
There is no data relative to family.
For date of last payment of pension and to whom paid, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department U.S. Treasury Department, citing the following data: "Nicholas Casey, Ctr. No. 13,130, issued May 14, 1833, for $25. per annum from March 4, 1831, under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the Virginia Agency."
Very truly yours,
Commissioner.

Resh
9152
INVALID.
File No.
9152
Nicholas Casey R. Rio War
Act:
June 7 th '32
Index:—Vol.
1st
Page
59
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1913. Aug 27. Hist to Mrs James Vassar French (taken from Card. M.B.H.)
1913, Sept. 3. History to Lorraine H. J. Daniels. Fr.
1914, Feb. 19, History to Hon. Wm. G. Brown. Fr.
1914, Dec. 16. History to John W. Mason. Fr.

Virginia Randolph County Court,
Be it remembered that on this 26 th day of November in the year 1832 personally appeared before me George West a Justice of the peace in and for said County John Bryan a resident of said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following affidavit that he is well acquainted with a certain Nicholas Cozart a resident of the County of Preston Virginia formerly of Hampshire County Va and I am well acquainted the service of the said Nicholas Cozart during the Revolution War as we was in the service together and served in the same company in the County of Hampshire Va we was mostly engaged in taking and capturing Tories as we took a considerable number of them I refer the War department to my declaration that I have made under the act of the 7 th of Dec r 1832 for a pension for further particulars etc I know of said Nicholas Cozart serving under Captain Richardson during the Revolution, Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid - John Bryan
And I the said George West a Justice of the peace in and for said County do hereby certify that the above affidavit was made before me on the day and year aforesaid and I do hereby certify that the above named John Bryan is a credible person - Given under my hand the day and year aforesaid - George West

Hovingwood Preston County 1 st November 25 th 1839
Dear Sir
at the request of Mr. Nicholas Lowrey I have sent you the enclosed affidavit for you to make before some Justice of the peace in your County. you will please to fill the length of time that he served as I have left the time blank. if you will please to attend before him it will confer a great favour on the bearer as he is nearly blind and cannot go to see you and when you make the affidavit please to hand it to Mr. Hancock our mail carrier and the bearer shall give him the letter for Mr. Lowrey
In haste yours &c.
John B. Dymme
John B. Dymme for Lowrey -
Virginia
Randolph County ss
I Archibald Earle clerk of the County Court aforesaid do hereby certify that George Fester esq. before whom the within affidavit appears to have been taken, was at the time of taking the same and Now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that due faith & credit is w ought to be given to all his official acts. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the County Court aforesaid this 26 th day of December 1832
Earle clk R.C.

Nicholas Cressey PM
Preston City
Dead

14 8 92
Nicholas Casey - $25.
This man died in 1833
W. G. Goyette.
Nov. 24. 1834

To the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:- Will you please tell me if there was a Nicholas Casey of Virginia who was a pensioner of the Revolutionary War?
If so, are the names of his wife and children mentioned in his application and what was in what capacity did he serve?
I want particularly to know the names of the wife and children.
I have secured all necessary information concerning Samuel Lawrence, about whom I wrote

you several months ago. His name is on the Va. list of Rev. soldiers and there is a record in Augusta County of his going to Fayette Co., Ky. in 1785.
Thanking you very much for the courteous replies to my former questions.
Very sincerely yours,
Louise A. J. Daniels
230 W. Alvinado Ave.,
Pueblo, Colo.
Aug. 20, 1913

Fort Worth, Tex.
Aug. 16 th 1913
Bureau of Pensions.
Will you please give me a copy of Pension of Nicholas Casey of Preston County Va - Revolutionary War also Pension of Peter Casey, if he served in Revolution - I am a Casey descendant.

Sincerely
Mrs James Vassar French R. F. D. 5 Box 102. Fort Worth Texas

WM. G. BROWN SECOND DISTRICT KINGWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON
Feb. 17, 1914.
Hon. G. M. Saltzgaber, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Saltzgaber:
I am anxious to gather some information in regard to a soldier by the name of Nicholas Casey who seems to have served in the Revolutionary War as a member of Daniel Richardson's Company, a Virginia Company, enlisting in the Spring of 1781. It is thought that he was granted a pension about the year 1832 and that he was at that time residing in Preston County, West Virginia.
Any information you can give me in regard to this matter will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,
A handwritten signature in cursive, reading "Wm. G. Brown", written in dark ink on the right side of the letter.
N.

MASON AND MASON
Attorneys at Law
504 JACOBS BUILDING
Fairmont, West Virginia
March 7-1914
Hon Commissioners of Pensions - Washington D.C.
Dear Sir -
While at your office a few days ago, I was shown the file containing an application for a pension made by Nicholas Casey, of Virginia, for services as a soldier during the war of the Revolution.
Won't you please have sent to my address a statement of Mr Casey's service?
or if not asking too much I would appreciate it very much indeed if you would send me a copy of the application for the pension. I am a great grandson of Nicholas Casey and would like this copy as a valuable part of the family record.
Very Truly
John W. Mason Fairmont, W.V.

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of Nicholas Casey a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. 915-2.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. or May, 1781. 7 mos. Pvt Daniel Richardson ✓ Wa.                                     
Battles engaged in, _____ ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hampshire Co., Va. Date of application for pension, Nov. 13, 1832. His cl. was al Residence at date of application, Preston Co., Va. Age at date of application, B. Nov. 17, 1745. Hampshire Co. Va.
Remarks: There is no data relative to family.  For date of last paymt of pension and to whom paid,  apply to the Auditor  for the Int. Dept. U.S. Treasury Dept. citng the following data.  for $25 per annum fr. Mch 4, 1831  Nicholas Casey, Cert. No. 13,130 issued May 14, 1833, Act June 7, 1832.  at the Virginia Agency. Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Casey, Robert GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 6957 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Mar. 29, 1792 To — not shown —
*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.