Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,787, John Cass, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Cass, John
R 1787
CONTENTS

State of New York,
Rensselaer County } ss
On this twenty eighth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before me George H Davis, one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas, in and for the said County of Rensselaer.  John Gaps aged seventy one years, he will be 72 the last day of December 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 th 1832.  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That he enlisted in the year 1776 on the first Tuesday in May  in May That he enlisted for one year and received his bounty twenty shillings, That he enlisted in a company commanded by Captain Aaron Shayer and of which Samuel Waufel was lieutenant and Deborah Pickering ensign and that the Regiment to which said company belonged was commanded by Colonel Benjamin Read, That orders came throughout the State of Massachusetts (in which State he then resided) that fourteen men were to be taken out of each company and if they did not enlist they were to be drafted, if they enlisted they were to receive 20/- bounty but if they did not enlist but were drafted they were to receive no bounty, that his Captain read over the order to the company which he had received calling on him to furnish that number of men drafted or enlisted and that he the deponent enlisted for the term of one year as above stated That in the month of August the day he does not recollect in the same year he was ordered to march to Rhode Island and that he marched with others out of his company in all fourteen in number from Mendon where he resided near to Rhode Island & within about a mile from the shore, that they there received order they were not wanted, and were there dismissed, That they were there met by Colonel Gilniss and by him dismissed, that while out at this time Elijah Thayer the orderly Sergeant of the company to which he belonged when he enlisted with

command of them that he was out at this time actual in service of the United States, ten days, that he was not again called out during the year for which he enlisted as above but that he was required to hold himself in perfect readiness to turn out at a moments warning and to be fully armed and equipped and have every thing in perfect order for immediate duty, that he did hold himself in readiness & had every thing in order he was directed as as above stated during the whole year for which he enlisted, as above stated , that at the expiration of the year he was discharged or dismissed, That the ensuing year 1877, on the first Tuesday in May he again enlisted for one year under the same officers and was in the same manner in which he enlisted the preceding year and received his 20 0 monthly That he was again required to hold himself in readiness fully armed & equipped in perfect order for immediate duty the same as he was the year previous, that he did so and remained in that situation during the whole year for which he last enlisted as above and at the expiration thereof was dismissed, That during these two years, he stood an enlisted Soldier in the service of the United States ready to march at any time at a moments warning and that he considered his time belonged to the United States and that he was the same as in their service during all this time and actually stood an enlisted Soldier during that time although not called upon to turn out & march but once which was the time above specified That he has no documentary evidence of his services, nor does he know of any person living who was personally knowing to his having served or being enlisted as by him above stated, that he is aged & infirm and in consequence of his bodily infirmity is unable to attend court, which is held in the county where he resides, at the city of Troy

about twenty three miles from his residence
1 st That he was born in the town of Mendon in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts in the year 1760 2 nd That he has no record of his age, that it is recorded in Mendon in the Town Clerks office 3 That he was living when he entered the service of the United States, at Mendon aforesaid and that he has lived since the war Revolutionary in Mendon aforesaid and in Adams, in the State of Massachusetts and Smithfield in Rhode Island and in Pawtucket in the State of Vermont and in Petersburg in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York and from there to the town of Hoosick in the county of Rensselaer about eleven years ago where he has resided ever since & still continues to reside — 4 th That he entered the service by enlistment & was a volunteer 5 th That the names of all the officers that were with the Troops where he served are fully stated in his declaration above, and that no continental or militia Regiments except that to which he belonged were with the Troops with whom he served at any time during his enlistments and service and that the general circumstances of his service are as fully stated in the above declaration as he can from his recollection or knowledge state the same 6 That he never received a written discharge 7 That the names of the persons to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution are Luther P. Blodgett John Bliss

As hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid } John his Cafs mark Go R Davis Pres of Ct Judge of Pensions Court
We Luther P Blodgett a clergyman residing in the town of Hooick in the County Rensselaer and State of New York and John Blafs residing in the same place hereby certify that we are acquainted with John Cafs who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy one 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 & subscribed the day and year aforesaid } John Blafs Go R Davis Pres of Ct
State of New York Rensselaer County ss. I George R Davis, one of the Judges of the County Courts of said County, hereby certify that John Cafs, who has subscribed (with his mark) the above declaration to the same, is, from bodily infirmity unable to attend at any of the Courts of record of said County. That after investigating the matter & putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, it is my opinion that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. That Luther P. Blodgett who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman residing in Hooick, & John Blafs, who has signed the same, is a resident in the same town, & is a credible person; & that their statement is entitled to credit. Go R Davis Pres of Ct of Pensions Court
inflammatory information understood by me Go R Davis Judge etc

1787
RECEIVED
P. O.
John Cass
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
1852 List of suspended claims printed in 1852 shows cause of suspension Re-enlisted as follows: "Not in actual service six months."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

N York John Bass Let. to C. M. Davis 1. June '38.
1787

Edinburgh John Capps
Application for a Pension
22054

State of New York Rensselaer County ss. Henry R. Bristol Clerk of the said County do Certify that George R. Davis Esqr. before whom the foregoing application for a Pension purports to have sworn & before whom the preceding Certificate purports to have been signed was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the County Courts of said Coun- ty of Rensselaer. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature subscribed to the above to be genuine. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County This eighth day of January 1833. Henry R. Bristol Clerk

State of New York
Rensselaer County ss. Charles M. Davis of the City of Troy in the County of Rensselaer being duly sworn, says, that he has been familiarly acquainted with John Goss, the Applicant for a Pension in the affidavit declaration for the last ten years that he is in firm that he has been so for many years, that his infirmities are produced by Inflammatory Rheumatism That he is generally confined to his Home upon a large portion of the time is unable to dress or undress himself And this deponent further says from conversations held with the said John Goss prior and to the passage to the Pension act of 1832, this deponent has no doubt the said John Goss was in the Service as by him stated and that the said John Goss is a man of truth and integrity - where statement is entitled to full credit -
Sworn before me this
13th day of December 1837 - Ch. M. Davis
Geo R Davis Judge of Renss. County Court ss

State of New York
Mariposa County of Eastern Southwestern of the Town of Shoshone in said County aged seventy seven years. having duly sworn says that she is well acquainted with John Cope the Applicant for a Pension in the affixed declaration and has been for the last seventy years that they were born & resided in the same neighborhood. for many years And this deponent further says. she distinctly remembers that the said John Cope. Enlisted in Captain Thompson's Company in the Spring of 1776. for one year and shortly after his enlistment was ordered to Rhode Island. & remained about some days. that it, was stated. that a draft was to be made. and that drafts would not be entitled to a Bounty but those that enlisted would receive a Bounty. and this deponent further says. she heard. at the time she heard that he again enlisted in the year 1777 - for one year.
That it was at the time the subject of General Cornwallis in the neighborhood that the said John Cope was a soldier for the said two years subject to be called into service at a moment's warning & that he was obliged

role in all respects Exempted from said Summ. - That it was more generally talked of from the fact that this department & some of the members of said dep. father's family together with many other families in the neighborhood, belonged to & were members of the Society of Friends, and it was therefore a source of regret that said John Cope had turned Soldier. And this department further says that said John Cope is a man of truth & sincerity, & his statement is entitled to credit -
Sworn before me this day 9 th day of December 1837. Esther L Southwick Clerk
I certify that the above named Affirmant is entitled to credit - Nathan Wait Justice of the Peace

State of New York Rensselaer County ss. William Brewster of the Town of Hoosick in said County being duly sworn says he has herein since as you acquainted with John Bap. the Applicant for a Pension in the foregoing declaration affixed for the last ten years shown frequent conversations with him in relation to his Revolutionary services This deponent has no doubt said Bap was a soldier of the Revolution and performed the services set forth in his said declaration
And this deponent
further says. The information of the said John Bap. with his extreme poverty entitles him to the favor of the Government -
And this deponent further says. That the said John Bap. is a man of truth & veracity -
Sworn before me this 9 th day of December 1837 -
William Brewster
Henry Patterson Commissioner

State of New York Rensselaer County ss. I Henry M c Intosh Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that George R d Davis Esq. before whom one of the foregoing affidavits appears to have been sworn was at the time of taking the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Rensselaer. Also that Nathan Hart before whom one of said foregoing affidavits appears to have been sworn was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County. And also that Harry Patterson before whom the within affidavit appears to have been sworn was at the time of taking the same a Commissioner of Pleadings in & for the said County of Rensselaer. That each & all of said officers were at the respective dates of said affidavits duly Commissioned & qualified. And that their respective signatures to the said foregoing affidavits are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said County this 13 th day of December A.D. 1837 Henry M c Intosh Clerk

Dec 16
Why or d. No. cases,
Yours & Friends
Benj. Prentiss Washington
W.K.E.

Sir Incl and I send you the papers in the box of John Bap. please attend to his papers at your earliest con- venience
Yours &c.
Ch. Mc. Lewis
May 20 th 1837—
Jas. L. Edwards. Esq.

Chas Davis
1. June 1838
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War Department Pension Office
June 1 st May 1838
Sir
The papers of John Cope, enter an applicant for a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832 have been examined and filed - The claimant, as appears from his own statement, belonged to a company of  was a minute man and held himself in readiness, according to the terms of engage- ment, to for two years to serve when called upon; during the two years called out that he was not in actual  on except on one  one occasion and then for ten days only - The act provides for actual service only; The claim is therefore rejected
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C. M. Davis Esq. Troy N.Y.