Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,796, Loammi Casterline, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Casterline, Loammi Charlotte
P. 1796
CONTENTS
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died in Dec: 1835 let 29 March 1839 to Hon. O. H. Smith Dead. Let to Hon. A. Kennedy Mar 9 1842.
14344
1235 New York
Loammi Castorline Heubenke in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Young of the Reg't, commander in the N. Y. Prov. for Yrs
inscribed on the Roll of New York the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of May 1833 and sent to B. W. Franklin Urbana
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $46.66 Semi-ann. allowance ending Sept — 11.66
$58.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 50

State of New York Steuben County
ss: On this 16 th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Steuben now sitting Loammi Castline a resident of the town of Huley and County of Steuben aforesaid aged sixty nine 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 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated (sic) That this deponent resided at the time he entered the service in the township of Mendham County of Morris and State of New Jersey that he entered the service at the last mentioned place some time about the 20 th of June 1778 as a substitute for his uncle Joseph Castline, that he entered the militia as such substitute under General M c Intosh Captain Robert Young and Lieutenant Ezra Brown that the deponent marched under the aforesaid officers from Mendham aforesaid to New Brunswick in order to join the American Army at Monmouth that they marched about one mile below New Brunswick when they were met by a light horseman who informed them that the bridges between that and Monmouth were all broken down and that it would be useless for them to march farther that they were thereupon ordered to return to New Brunswick and marched from thence to Elizabeth town and from the last mentioned place up the Delaware River to the dwelling of Col Rosamond in pursuit of the Indians that the deponent was discharged at the last mentioned place about the twenty fourth of July 1778 having served the term of a little more than one month. That this deponent at Mendham aforesaid in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey aforesaid enlisted in the State Troops of the last mentioned State under Captain Robert Youngs aforesaid on or about the first day of May 1778 according to the best recollection and belief of this deponent for the term of six months, that this deponent immediately enter

= in the Service of the United States, at Elizabeth town in New Jersey and marched from thence to New- ark in the last mentioned State, where this deponent and about thirty others from Elizabeth town were stationed to guard the lines along the Passaic River at the least mentioned place and served out the aforesaid term of his enlistment under the following officers vizt Major Hayes Lieutenant Elisha Hubbard and Captain John Taylor Sergeant John Frisker Corporal James Harris and Corporal Robert Goula that the deponent did not claim any of the last mentioned term of six months served under Captain Robert Young by whom he was enlisted and that he this deponent being immediately sent to Newark upon entering the Service at Elizabethtown he was unable to ascertain the names of the officers com- manding at the place last aforesaid or if he then knew the names of the said officers he has since forgotten them that this deponent was at the expiration of the aforesaid term of six months duly discharged at Newark aforesaid that during the aforesaid term of six months this depon- -ent was in no engagement being during the whole term stationed to guard the lines at the place aforesaid the British Army then lying in New York City and this deponent further says that he did not upon being discharged at either of the aforesaid times receive a unit- -ten discharge and that he has no documentary evidence -ce of his service and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service that he was born as he has been informed by his parents and believes on the fourteenth day of April 1763 in the township of Morris County of Morris and State of New Jersey aforesaid and that since the close of the Revolutionary war until the year 1824 he has resided in the town of Mendham County of Morris and State of New Jersey aforesaid and in the County of Sus- -sex and township of Vernon in the last mentioned State that in the month of April 1824 he moved from the

resided in the town of and State of New Jersey aforesaid and in the County of Sus- sex and Township of Vernon in the last mentioned State that in the month of April 1824 he moved from the
that in the month of April 1824 he removed from the County of Sussex Township and State last aforesaid where he had resided about forty years into the town of Wheeler County of Steuben and State of New York where he has ever since resided. That he never saw a record of his age but was informed by his sister older than himself that the time of his birth was written down in a Bible belonging to his father when the birth of his family were recorded and that the leaf containing said record was torn out of said Bible while the same was at school and lost before the recollection of this deponent which is all the record of his age this deponent ever heard of that Nicholas Baley a neighbour of this deponent who resided within about one fourth of a mile of him while this deponent was living in County of Sussex and State of New Jersey aforesaid for the space of six or seven years and who has resided in the same ever since this deponent has been a resident of the town of Wheeler County of Steuben and State of New York aforesaid with one and an half miles of this deponent, where the said Nicholas still resides and Daniel Carver a another neighbour of this deponent who also lived within two miles of this deponent in Sussex County aforesaid and who was well acquainted with this deponent while living in said County for the space of four years and who has resided within one fourth of a mile of this deponent ever since he has lived in the said town of Wheeler County Steuben and State of New York aforesaid Likewise the Rev David B. Coriell a Baptist Clergyman residing in the town of Milbank County and State last aforesaid (which said last mentioned town adjoins the town in which this deponent resides) has been acquainted with this deponent for the space of four years last past and who has for the two last years officiated as a clergyman near the residence of this deponent for part of the time can all

testify to this applicant's character for truth and veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the pension and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid M. S. Runsey Dep. CLK. Steuben County.
Joammi Castatine
State of New York Steuben County }
I Nicholas Baley residing in the town of Wheeler County and State aforesaid certify that I am a neighbour of the said Joammi Castatine who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration and that I was a neighbour of the said Joammi Castatine and was acquainted with him for upwards of seven years while said Joammi resided in the township of Vernon and County of Sussex and State of New Jersey and that during said period of seven years I have frequently heard him say that he was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and that he was reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resided during the time last aforesaid to have been such soldier I further certify that I have lived neighbour to said Joammi and been acquainted with him eight years and ever since he has resided in the town of Wheeler where he now resides that he is reputed to be and always has been reputed to be a man of truth and veracity in which opinion I fully concur I further certify that I believe said Joammi Castatine to have been a soldier of the revolution and to have served as above stated in his declaration and to be of the age he has above set forth - Nicholas Baley
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid
M. S. Runsey Dep CLK. Steuben County.

State of New York Steuben County
vs David Carver of the town of Wheeler. County of Steuben and State of New York aforesaid do also certify that I am a neighbour of the above named Loammi Castline that I believe him to be fifty nine years of age, that I lived neighbour to him and was ac- -quainted with him for the period of four years while he resided in the township of Vernon County of Sussex and State of New Jersey, that I have been acquainted with said Loammi and lives within one half mile of him ever since he has resided in the town of Wheeler where he now resides which is right year I also certify that he is reputed and believed to have been a Soldier of the Rev- -olution in his neighbourhood in which opinion I fully concur
Daniel Carver
Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid
Mo. S. Rumsay Dep CLK
State of New York Steuben County
vs David B. Coriell a clergyman residing in the town of Mahan County of Steuben and State of New York do certify that I reside in the town adjoining and within about five miles of the said Loammi Castline who has subscribed and sworn to the above and gratefully that I have been acquaint- -ed with him for four years last past that I have for the last two years officiated as a clergyman in the immediate neighbourhood where he resides for part of the time and frequently been at his house that there is no other clergyman who has officiated in his neighbourhood for the last two years as much as myself that I believe the said Loammi to be fifty nine years of age and to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that he is reputed in the neighbourhood within he resides to have been such Soldier
David B. Coriell
Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid
Mo. S. Rumsay Dep CLK Steuben County
of six months, that this deposit immediately enter

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 Sol- -dier and served as he states - And the Court further cer- -tifies that it appears to them that David B. Conill who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident resident in the said Town of Union and that Nicholas Baley and David Conill who have made each a separate Certificate are residents in the town of Union as set forth in their affidavits and that they are credible persons and that their statements are enti- -tled to credit -
Geo. L. Edwards John Cooper Jr Paul C. Cook
I Martin G. Rumsey Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Steuben do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Anna Caroline for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
M. G. Rumsey Clk Steuben County

No 18236
Leammi Castelin Steuben County New York
admitted
7 yrs Private.
B.W. Franklin, Urbana post office Steuben County New York

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, showing the Service of Loammi Bastine Steuben County New York
   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.     Sub. 20 June 1798 - 1 - private Capt Young G. Wrens Marched from Mendham to New Brunswick 69 Years Mendham Traditionary evidence   Enlisted May 1779 - 6 - private Capt Young Major Hays Marched to Elizabeth Town, - Marched to Newark Morris County New Jersey Clergiman's certificate & Witnesses affidavits & papers not properly attached.  
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 he 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.
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.

ms 8.1.66 Charlotte basket line of Loammi Indiana
Hon. A. Kennedy 1796 H.R.

Be it Remembered that at a regular term of the Blackford Circuit Court held at the Court House within and for Blackford County State of Indiana Commencing on the third Monday of April A.D. 1842, and upon the fourth Judicial day of said Term.
On Motion of Joseph L. Buckles, Esq.
Charlotte Castorline widow of Joami Castorline personally appeared before the Judges of the court aforesaid in open court, and upon her oath made the following declaration. To wit, State of Indiana } ss. In the Blackford Circuit Court Blackford County } April Term A.D. 1842.
On the fourth Judicial day of said Term of said court personally appeared before the Judges of the court aforesaid Charlotte Castorline a resident of the State of Indiana in the County of Blackford aged Seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law took in her oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of congress passed July the 7 th A.D. 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. And that she is the widow of Joami Castorline who enlisted in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy eight in the army. In the company commanded by Captain Crocker (another of the officers of said army was Major Hoags) That he the said Joami Castorline served in the army nine month as private soldier. Six month that he was listed and three month that he volunteered. Said army at the time of said service was stationed in Morris County N.J. Jersey and that he the said Joami Castorline was in one engagement during said service at New York in the state and county last aforesaid private as aforesaid. She further declares that she was married to the said Joami Castorline on the Twenty fourth day of September in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty two, that her husband the aforesaid Joami Castorline died on the fourteenth day of December eighteen Hundred and Thirty five 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 and Ninety four viz - at the time above stated and that she the said Charlotte has not been married since the time of her marriage to the said Swani Casterline & c. Charlotte her Casterline mark Attest Vera Casterline
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written before me. Jacob Brugh clerk of the Blackford Circuit Court
State of Indiana } Blackford County } I Jacob Brugh clerk of the Blackford Circuit Court do hereby certify that the foregoing and complete copy is and transcript from the order book of the Blackford Circuit Court made at the April term of said court A.D. 1842.
State of Indiana Seal Blackford County
Witness I Jacob Brugh clerk of the Blackford circuit court and its official seal at Hartford this 13 th day of May A.D. 1842. Jacob Brugh clerk B.C.C.
The state of Indiana } I David Kilgore President Judge of the 11 th Judicial Circuit of said state do hereby certify that Jacob Brugh whose certificate is annexed to the above and foregoing is and was at the time of making the same the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Blackford County within said Circuit. And that his certificate and attestation is in due form of law signed with his own proper hand and duly sealed with the adopted seal of said Court witness my hand & seal this 27 th day June A.D. 1842 David Kilgore Pres. J. J. C. C.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
R. File 1796
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Loammi Eastline a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     * June 20 1778 July 24 1778 Robert Greene Winds. N.J.   May 1 1779 6 mos. St. Elisha Hubbard Major Hayes  
* substituted for his uncle Joseph Eastline
Battles engaged in, _____  Residence of soldier at enlistment, Mendham Morris Co. N.J.  Date of application for pension, Oct 16 1830  Residence at date of application, Wheeler Station Co. N.Y.  Age at date of application, b. Apr 14 1763 in Deptford Morris Co. N.J.
Remarks: d. Dec 14, 1835  He mar. Sept. 24, 1786 Charlotte --- She was a resident of Blackford Co. Ind. in 1842 aged 74 years.
Very respectfully, older sister of wife to me name
Commissioner.

1913 July 19 Hist. to Mrs. Frank E. Smith.
1796 REJECTED
P. O. Charlotte Casterline widow of Service: Loammi Casterline
Enlisted: _____, 18 . Discharged: _____, 18 . Application filed: _____, 18 .
All List of rejected claims printed in 1852 shows cause of rejection Rejected as follows: "Not a widow under the act."
Attorney: _____ P. O. _____ _____ _____ Recognized. Contract. _____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Charlotte bastards line of Soammi, Indiana
Rejected
Kennedy Mar. 9. 42 See let. 5 th Aug. 42 Hon. A. Kennedy Hon. A. J. Harlan June 14 Same July 28 1854 / 67
(husband was alive 7 June 1832, seeotts Genl. opinion)

Mar 9. 1842.
Mrs Casterline
J. J. Edwards Comm. for H. Kennedy H. R. Washington D. C.

Washington
March 8. 1842.
Dear Sir
I recd. your letter of the 7 th inst. with the accompanying instruction & blank form. which was in reply to the note I had the honor to address to you in relation to the claim of Mr Canterbury I refer to your March 1 st line New Orleans by note of the 28 th Dec.
Mr Canterbury husband is on the present pole of the State of New York. I have his Certificate now in my possession. He was offered on the 21 st day of May 1832.
Whether these facts will make any difference as to the amount the present possessor knows not. I hope I may get further information Yours with respect
A. H. [unclear]
J. L. Edmonds
Commissioner of Revenue

Hm A Kennedy Mar 9 1842.

Pension Office, March 9. 1842.
139
Sir,
On examining the Roll of New York pensioners, it appears that Loammi Leasterline was a pensioner under the Act of June 7. 1832, and was paid to the 4 th of September 1835. The widow, in order to obtain a pension under the act of July 7. 1838, should proceed as directed by the regulations transmitted to you yesterday on the 7 th inst.
Hon. A. Kennedy HQ

5 Aug. 1842
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Pen Office
85
Augt 5, 1842
Sir,
The declaration of Mrs. Charlotte Easton line widow of Loammi Easton line dec d  under part 7 July 1838, has been ex d . The Attorney General has recently given it as his opinion that those widows whose husbands were alive on the 7 th June 1832, are not entitled to the benefits of the act of 7 th July, 1838. The claimant's husband died December 14, 1835. She cannot therefore be allowed a pension. The declaration has been filed in this office.
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Hon: A. Kennedy, H. R.

Home of Reps N.S.
June 13 1854,
Dear Sir,
Herewith I enclose a letter from Mr. Castleton, of Indiana propounding certain queries, which I am unable to answer, & therefore, have referred the same to you, supposing that, the information, at least in part, may be found in your Department. If so I should be pleased to have you give it returning both it & his letter to me at as early a day as possible.
I am truly
Your Ob't Servt
A. J. Racan
Hon L. P. Waldo
Pension Office
Washington City

Jan 14/1914
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732 Pension Office June 14 1854
Sir
I herewith return the letter of Mr Casteline, and in reply, have to inform you that there is an agent of this City of named Isaac A Coffin, but he has not filed any Power of Attorney in the case of Charlotte Casteline widow of Solomon of Indiana. If your correspondent will inform you or me when she died, I can then say whether or not the children are entitled to a pension and give further instruction as to the proper mode of completing the proof.
Hon A. S. Harlan
W. R

Melburyton Aug. 4-42
Sir
If I recollect right there are on file some papers in your office in relation to the pension of Mrs Castleton. I send you the enclosed extracts in her behalf, unless your State White House is in need of anything
Yours in haste
Stearns
Mr. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions

Loammi Castine's
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Loammi Lesterline, New York N.Y., act of June 7. 1832 at $23.33 per annum.
Be pleased to say to what time he was last paid
Plumer's office
March 9. 1842 } p to 4. 1835 D/H

House of Rep N.S. July 26. 1854.
Dear Sir,
Herewith is sent a letter from Mr. Cartwright, of Hartford City Blackford County Indiana. I do not know precisely what he wants; and, therefore, beg your aid. I suppose he wants a Pension of some sort or other, and relies on the papers on file in your office to obtain it. If they are not sufficient Please indicate what else is required.
I am truly A. J. Barlow
Please return Mr. Cartwright's letter.

House of Reps U.S. July 26. 1854.
Dear Sir,
Herewith is sent a letter from Mr. Cartwright, of Hartford City, Blackford County, Indiana. I do not know precisely what he wants, and, therefore, beg your aid. I suppose he wants a Pension of some sort or other, and relies on the broken en file in your office to obtain it. If they are not sufficient, Please indicate what else is required.
I am truly,
H. J. Barlow
Please return Mr. Cartwright's letter.

Pension Office
July 28 1854
Sir
Herewith return the letter of Mr Casteline and have to inform you that there appears to be a small pension due the children of Charlotte Casteline of Ind; But before it can be obtained, they must prove the date of her marriage. This can be done by enclosing to this office the Record of the births of her children which Mr Casteline says is in his possession. — A certificate of court must be furnished showing the exact date of her death and her husband and what children are now alive. The court must then upon where affidavits it bears its certificate, and must certify to the credibility of the witnesses. — An administrator must also be appointed and the amount of his official bond must be certified to this office.
Hon A P Harlan
H. J. R.

Hartford City Ind.
July 17-1913.
Pension Department, Washington D. C.
Gentlemen:-
I am writing for information concerning the Revolutionary War Records of two of my ancestors. I know of one, Loami Casterline, originally from New Jersey, but later moved to, and died in Steuben County N. Y. He drew a pension and there must be some record of his service.

The other record is that of Joshua Smith Jr. born 1750 and 1790. He enlisted in the Militia under Capt. Chas. Smith. He was born and died in Stamford Conn.
I wrote once before concerning this record and the reply was that his name was not on record but I am sure there was an oversight for I have three cousins who became D. A. R.'s through the Revolutionary

War record of this ancestor
I will certainly be very grateful for a careful investigation for these records, and I feel sure that they can be found.
Hoping for a successful reply and with many thanks for the trouble incurred. I am,
Mr. Frank E. Smith, Hartford City, Ind.
521 W. Kickapoo St.

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Bentonville, Fayette Co Ind 16 th March 1839
Sir, At the request of Charlotte Castaline Widow of the decd Soldier named in the within certificate, I enclose it to you, with a request that you will say to her in reply whether she is entitled to any further pension by virtue of any law now in existence - She was married to the decd in the year 1786, and her husband died in December 1835, having drawn his pension during his life. Should the Widow be entitled to any further pension, please enclose a form for such purpose as may be required, Direct your communication to Lewis Cannon Bentonville, Ind.
Respectfully
J. W. Edwards Esq