Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,739, Robert Casey, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York.
Casey, Robert Rebecca
N 22,739
CONTENTS

An Act Entitled
For the purpose of Obtaining the benefit of an Act for the relief of Certain Surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved on the 15 th of May 1828, I Robert Casey of the town of Florida, in the County of Montgomery in the State of New York do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the revolution for and during the war and continued in its service until its termination at which period I was a sergeant, in Captain Benjamin Hicks Company in the first regiment of the New York line. And I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the reward of Eighty Dollars to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15 th of May 1828
And I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of March 1828 on the pension list of the United States
The words "An Act Entitled" interlined in first line before signature Signed in presence of
Robert Casey
Elijah M c Lean
Andrew Johnson
State of New York Montgomery County ss Before me David a Commissioner to take Affidavits in the County of Montgomery & State of New York personally appeared before me this day John  St. John and Daniel M c Kinney of the said County who did swornly make Oath that Robert Casey by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed & believed to have been a sergeant in the Army of the revolution in manner as therein stated. Witness my hand this 28 day of June 1828
Daniel M c Kinney
The words "Andrew Johnson" interlined & "Daniel Casey" erased before Sworn to in the first line the word "that" interlined in fifth line "in manner" in twenty line & "John" & "Schuyler" and "in fourth line"
George D. Ferguson Clerk of the County of Montgomery in the State of New York do certify that David  Andrew Johnson before whom the foregoing Affidavit was sworn was at the time a Commissioner and duly empowered to administer Oaths In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the seal of the said Court this 2 nd day of July 1828 Geo: D. Ferguson

Know all men by these presents that I Robert Coasey of the town of Florida in the County of Montgomery in the State of New York do hereby constitute and appoint Platt Potter my true and lawful Attorney with a power of Substitution for me & in my name to receive from the United States the Amount of pay now due to me under the Act for the relief of Certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution Approved 15 th May 1828 as a sergeant in the first Regiment in the New York line of the Army of the Revolution.
Witness my hand & seal this Twenty fifth day of June in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred & Twenty Eight Sealed & delivered in presence of
Ulysses M. H. Glee
Robert Coasey
State of New York Montgomery County ss Before me David Cady a Commissioner to take affidavits and acknowledgements personally appeared this day Robert Coasey whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of Attorney and acknowledged the same to be his act & deed witness my hand this 25 th day of June in the Year 1828
David Cady Com te
I George D. Ferguson Clerk of the County of Montgomery in the State of New York do hereby Certify that David Cady before whom the foregoing power of Attorney is ack- nowledged is a Commissioner duly Authorized to take Acknowledgements.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this second day of July in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred & Twenty Eight Geo: D. Ferguson

State of New York. Montgomery County ss Before me David Cady a Commissioner of the Court authorized to take affidavits in the County of Montgomery and State of New York. personally appearing Platt Potter the Attorney named in the foregoing power of Attorney and made Oath that the same was not given to him by reason of any transfer or of any attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever of the pay therein authorized to be received but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to the personal benefit of the person by whom the said power was executed.
Platt Potter
The words personally appeared this day interlined in the third line of this affidavit before sworn & subscribed
Witness My hand this 27 th day of June in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred & Twenty Eight David Cady Esq.
State of New York Montgomery County ss Robert Casey being duly sworn says that he received a regular discharge, but that the said discharge is not at present in the possession of this deponent, nor does he know where the said discharge now is, further saith not.
Subscribed & sworn this 25 th day of June 1828 before me David Cady Esq.
Robert Casey
State of New York Montgomery County ss Nicholas Hill of the town of Florida in the County of Montgomery and State of New York being duly sworn saith that he this deponent was well acquainted with Robert Casey above named that the said Robert Casey was a sergeant in Captain Benjamin Hicks company as stated in the declaration of the said Robert Casey at one time and that this deponent served as a sergeant in the same company with the said Robert and further

that this Deponent knows that the said Robert Leasey received his discharge at the close of the war on the same day that this Deponent received his, which was on the Eighth day of June Seventeen hundred & eighty three & further saith
not The word "Musician" erased & the word "Sergeant" interlined in the seventh line of this affidavit before sworn to
Subscribed & sworn to this 26 th day of June 1828 before me
Nich d Hill
David Cady Com te
I George D. Ferguson, clerk of the county of Montgomery, and clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the said County, in the State of New York, do hereby certify, that David Cady before the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was at the time a Commissioner, in & for the said County, and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court this second day of July in the year Eighteen hundred & twenty Eight
Geo: D. Ferguson.

1066
New York Albany
Rebecca Casey
N.Y.
widow of Robert Casey who was a Corp d & Sergeant
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 105 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d day of July 1843 and sent to C. E. Jenkins Johnstown, N. York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1. Page 104.
Reported
Ephraim Casey.
8 th October 1853.
87

8900.
Rebecca Casey
N.Y.
out 7. July '88
m 87. d 41.
Bundle 30 33.
Sergt. from 28 Feb 82 to June 83 -
adm'd
15 mo's length
9. Corp.
$105 -
G.E. Jenkins Johnstown N.Y.

State of New York Montgomery County ss: On this eleventh day of April in the year Eighteen hundred forty three, personally appeared before me James Voorhees a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (the said Court being a Court of Record) Rebecca Casey a resident of the town of Florida in said County aged Eighty three years, 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. 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay Pensions to certain widows" - That she is the widow of Robert Casey who, was a Sergeant in the Revo- lutionary Army and a Pensioner under the Act of Congress passed May 15. 1828 at $120 per annum - She further declares that she was married to the said Robert Casey on the tenth day of March in the year Seventeen hundred & Eighty Seven, that her husband the aforesaid Robert Casey died on the twentieth day of August Eighteen hundred forty one; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four, viz. at the time above stated - She further declares that her surname previous to her marriage was Pierce, and that she was married in the town where she now resides by one Mr. Masters a justice of the peace but that he is now dead and has left no record of her marriage - that the only record she has of her marriage is the annexed family record, which was made in the year Eighteen hundred & Nineteen by Mr. William Murray a friend of the family, and is a copy from an old family Bible which was destroyed about that time - and that owing to infirmity she cannot write - Sworn to & subscribed on the 11 th day of April in the year above written before me James Voorhees. Judge of Montgomery County, Court.
her Rebecca F. Casey mark Mintup Farmer Casey

I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the within named declarant and that she is aged and infirm, and on that account, is in my opinion unable to attend Court. Florida April 11. 1843.
James Voorhies Judge of Montgomery County Courts.
State of New York } Montgomery County ss: James Casey of the town of Florida and County aforesaid being duly sworn, deposes & says, that he is forty three years of age, that he is the son of the within named declarant Rebecca Casey - That the annexed family record was made in the year Eighteen hundred & Nineteen by one William Murray - that he saw him make it, and that it was copied from an old family Bible belonging to his father, Robert Casey, which has since been destroyed - He further deposes that his father Robert Casey, aforesaid died on the twentieth day of August Eighteen hundred & forty one, and that his mother Rebecca Casey aforesaid has remained a widow ever since the death of his father -
Sworn to & subscribed this 11 th day of April 1843 before me James Voorhies Judge of Montgomery County Courts.
James Casey.
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named deponent & that he is a credible witness -
James Voorhies Judge of Montgomery County Courts.

David M c Casey was born the 13 th day of May in the year of our Lord 1787
Samuel Casey was born the 3 rd day of April in the year of our Lord 1789
Jemima Casey was born the 13 th day of May in the year of our Lord 1791
Sarah Casey was born the 23 rd day of April in the year of our Lord 1793
Rebecca Casey was born the 23 rd day of April in the year of our Lord 1793
Ephraim Casey was born the 16 th day of September in the year of our Lord 1795
Esther Casey was born the 27 th day of December in the year of our Lord 1797
James Casey was born the 3 rd day of February in the year of our Lord 1800
Robert Casey Jun. was born the 15 th day of January in the year of our Lord 1802
Sophia Casey was born the 14 th day of October in the year of our Lord 1804
Mary Casey was born the 2 nd day of March in the year of our Lord 1806
Lydia Casey was born the 16 th day of October in the year of our Lord 1808
Jane Casey was born the 6 th day of November in the year of our Lord 1811
John R. Casey was born the 5 th day of August in the year of our Lord 1814
ROBERT CASEY , was born the eighth day of March in the year of our Lord 1756, and married Rebecca - Peirce, the tenth day of March in the year of our Lord 1787 -
Rebecca Casey, wife of Robert - Casey was born the 17 th day of April, in the year of our Lord 1769 -
GRANDPA BY WILLIAM MURRAY
Florida 14 th Sept r 1819

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22.739
Rebecca Leasing Wid of Robert Leasing Sergt. P. Res. Cav.
Act March 3 rd  1848
Index: Vol. 4 , Page 121
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York 7273
Refrd May 20 Ltr C.E. Jenkins May 30. 1843.
Rebecca Casey widow of Robert Casey who was a pensioner under the Act of May 15. 28.- and who died on the 20th August, 1841 - of Albany. In the State of New York who was a Corpl Sergeant in the commanded by Captain _____ of the commanded by _____ in the _____ line for 15 months, Sergeant 9 - - Corporal
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany - at the rate of 10 5 - Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th - day of May 1843 - and sent to C. E. Jenkins Johnstown, New York -
Arrears to the 4th of _____ Semi-annual allowance ending _____ $525.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by W. Stewart Clerk, Book A - Vol. 2 - Page 92

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No of orig Pag 355
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
July 28. 1828
Robert Casey, — of Florida, — in the County of Montgomery, in the State of New York — has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Sergeant — in captain Hicks — 's company, in the Fifth regiment of the New York — line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing >
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
July 30 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Robert Casey in the New York Line
It further appears that Robert Casey — is now on the pension list of the any — — — agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of dollars per month.
Peter H. Agnew Aud
correct

May 30 1843.
Ms
Mar 3 d 1843
Rebecca Carey.
Ames
James J. Richards Esq. Rebecca Carey $105.00 a Sumt. of Dollars Half Doz. H. Washington
C.E. Jenkins John Hawn N. York
1562

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. County of Montgomery }
On this 24 th day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty- three before the subscriber, a justice of the peace in for said County
personally appeared Rebecca Casey a resident of the town of Florida in said county, aged Seventy four years who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3d of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolu- tionary war:
That she is the widow of Robert Casey who was a Corporal and Sergeant in the Revolutionary War, and was a Pensioner under the act of May 15. 1828 at $120 per annum. She refers for proof of the regiments in which he served to the papers sent in by him when he applied for a pension under that act.
She further declares that she was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the said act was One hundred & five Dollars
She further declares that she is still a widow. Vowing to informity cannot write
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } and year first above written. }
Jacob Johnson Justice of the peace  Rebecca Casey Mark Wm E. Cutting I Certify that the above declarant is personally known to me. Jacob Johnson J.P.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. County of Montgomery }
I, Henry Cook clerk of said county, do hereby certify that Jacob Johnson was on the day of the date of the above jurat and certificate, a justice of the peace in and for the said county, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature above, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of of- fice and subscribed my name, this 27 th day of May 1843.
H. Cook Clerk

Johnstown May 27. 1843
James L. Edwards Esq. Comm d of Pensions. Sir,
Enclosed I transmit to you the application of Rebecca Tasey for a pension under the Act of March 3. 1843.
Respectfully
Your obed t Serv t .
W. L. Jenkins

Free Revolutionary Claims
The Hon. Richard Rush Secretary of the Treasury City of Washington
Yvonne Ville July 5

Dear Sir Settled at Robert Cooley.
January.
Court with Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Richard J. unl File #22739
Nicholas Blamey

Unionville 1 st July, 1828
Sir
I enclose you the papers and application of Robert Casey for his Revolutionary Claims
His Videntity is given by the Affidavit of Mr Daniel McSperry, and the Rev. Nicholas Heile, both residents of the town of Florida
The copy of his discharge attested by himself His having received it by Mr. Heile
You will please forward your communication to Plato Potter Unionville, Montgomery County New York
Respectfully
Yours &c
The Hon Richard Rush
Plato Potter

8900
ap 17 1843.
NY
July 7 1838
Rob. Carey
1828
Edward Eggleston Commissioner of Patents Washington

Johnstown April 12. 1843
James S. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
Sir:
Enclosed I transmit to you the application of Mrs. Rebecca Tasey for a pension under the act of July 7. 1838. with the proofs in support of her claim.
I would inquire whether I can apply in this case for a pension under the act of 3 March 1843 before a certificate is recd. under the act of July 7. 1838. Can both appli- =cations be made at the same time, but on separate pieces of paper? Also whether it is necessary that the order applying under this act should state the regiment in which the husband served when he was a Pensioner?
It is impossible in most cases to procure that information
I am with great respect
Your obedt Servt
Thos E. Jenkins

May 26 1843
Rebecca Carey Ken. wh 38,
62.00 12.50 33.00 108.50
3 3/4 $10.87 1/2
7.33 87.96 95.29
22 11
John J. Stewart Esq Town of Piqua Wm Lloyd Washington

Johnstown May 23. 1843
James A. Edwards Esq Commr. of Pensions Sir,
Robert Casey the husband of Rebecca Casey was a pensioner under Act of May 15. 1828 at $120 per annum - Will you please inform me why the widow is allowed only $105 per annum and in what way it can be increased to $120 -
Respectfully Yr. obedt Servt. M c B. Jenkins

Minaville, Mont Co New York Augt 5 th 1858.
War Comm ee Pensions
Dear Sir
My Father Robert Casey, who was a Sergeant in the First Regt. New York Line in the War of the Rebellion, under the Act of 1828 rec d a pension of $120. per annum, till the time of his decease some fifteen years since, subsequent to which his widow also rec d a pension. But I am led to believe his heirs are still entitled to an annuity upon such pension.
I therefore desire respectfully to enquire if the provisions of the Act of 1828 have been so extended, or any other act of Congress been passed that would entitle the heirs of said Robert Casey to any annuity or other benefits in consequence of his services, when satisfactory proof of the facts in this case?
Respectfully Yours
Ephraim Casey