Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 4988, Richard Caswell, Continental. Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Caswell Richard
S 4988.
CONTENTS
Carded

78 Suffolk
15.731 Massachusetts
Richard Lamson of Suffolk in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Havel of the Regt commanded by Col. Know in the Mass line for 12 months Service of Infantry 1 year " of Cavalry Mass. and Continentals. Com'd Art'y Apr. 25th Record completed.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of July 1830 and sent E. D. Kerby Boston Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1831 $106.50 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 Sept. 26.67 $133.17
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M. Atkinson Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 2 a Page 12

Richard Caswell
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Suffolk ss. Boston
On this nineteenth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Municipal Court of the City of Boston now sitting at said Boston within and for the County of Suffolk aforesaid
Richard Gardwell of said Boston aged seventy six years
Who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say
That in the autumn of 1775 about October he enlisted at Cambridge as a substitute for William Gurney in Captain Crafts Company of the militia & Colonel Foss's Regiment. He was at the siege of Boston & served for one month. He knows of no survivor who can prove his service & has no documentary evidence but his own statement. In December 1775, while residing in Watertown he enlisted as a volunteer at Cambridge in the Massachusetts State troops , in Captain Jewell's Company of Artillery, for one year at eight dollars per month. Benjamin Frothingham was Capt. Lieutenant, Mr Randall & Thomas J. Gurney were also Lieutenants & Richard Frothingham, Orderly. Col. Amos commanded the Regiment. His service began on the 1 st of January 1776. Was stationed in Cambridge until March, when he came into Boston. Was stationed on Fort Hill for a few weeks. He afterwards marched through Roxbury to Roxborough & New London, & proceeded from thence by water to New York. After putting this fortification in a state of defence he crossed to Fort Sterling on Long Island. After the retreat of the Americans, he was stationed at the Horn's Hook Fort in the East River, where he was in a severe engagement with the enemy & the Fort was severely cannonaded. He was previous to this for a few days  stationed at stationed at Fort Washington, from thence he marched to Hackensack in the Jerseys, where he fell sick. On his recovery he joined his company at Fishkill & was stationed there until January 1 st 1777, when his term of service expired & he returned. Edward Howard who still survives served with him. He has no other evidence of his service. The whole period of his services was thirteen months. He can find no pay roll or voucher at the Secretary's Office. He can find no pay roll or voucher at the Secretary's Office. =

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity whatever, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State. Richard Baswell Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before me Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.
We Daniel Adams & Charles Lowell , the latter Pastor of the West Church and a Clergyman residing in the town of City of Boston, in the County of Suffolk. Richard Baswell hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Richard Baswell who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be seventy six years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Before me Peter O. Thacher, Judge
Daniel Adams Chas. Lowell
And the said Court thereupon proceeded to propound the following interrogatories, which he answered under oath, as follows:
1. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer,
In Boston, December 5 th 1755
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer,
He has no record of his age, he believes it was destroyed in the great fire of 1760.
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer. I have always lived in Boston except during the siege, & while absent in the army at sea.
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer,
In my first service I was a substitute for William Gannaway, afterwards I volunteered
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 service?
Answer,
I have stated in the foregoing declaration the names of such officers as I can now recall, as well as the particulars of my service.
6. 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?
Answer,
The Rev d Dr. Lowell & Daniel Adams

7. Did you ever receive any discharge from the service, & if so, by whom was it given & what has become of it?
Answer. I received no written discharge - Richard Gassett Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Peter O. Thacher, Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and 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 the Rev d Charles Lowell who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the City of Boston , & that Daniel Adams , who has credibility on, entitled to credit
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
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty
likewise signed the same certificate is resident in Boston aforesaid that both are personally known to them, that they are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk ss
I, Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, a Court of Record in the county of Suffolk, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Michael Gassett for a pension.
also that Peter O. Thacher is sole Judge of said Court & that the signatures on these papers, purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court at Boston aforesaid. This nineteenth of September A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty two.
Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk

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BRIEF in the case of Richard Gaswell Co. of Suffolk in the State of Mass (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     Mgts Militia Dito In 1775 substitute 1 Private Capt Craft Col Bond   Decm 1775 volunteer 1 Artillery Capt Newell Col Knox  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Siege of Boston a Severe Battle with the enemy on east River  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Boston Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional one living Witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not properly attached The Witness is not certified as Credible 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

L. W. B. I. 4988.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
September 10, 1898.
Sir:-
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Richard Caswell made an application for pension on September 19, 1832, at which time he was 76 years of age and residing at Boston, Mass., and his pension was allowed for one year and one month's actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Newell and Col. Knox. He enlisted at Cambridge, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. William W. Flinn,
Highland Park, Lake Co.,
Ills.

Revtran
4988.
INVALID.
File No. 4988
Richard Casmell
Prior Mass. State
Act: June 1 1882
Index:—Vol. M , Page 57
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Mass. and continental,
Records corrected. Apr. 26, 1904. St.
Sept 18'98
W m W. Flinn Highland Park Ills.
Oct 17'99
F N Dyer Cambridge Ma

Sworn to in open court this nineteenth day of September A.D. 1832 Attest, Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court, the City of Boston
I Edward Howard of Boston in the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts a soldier of the revolution & eighty one years of age on oath depose and say that during the revolutionary war about the first day of January A.D. one thousand seven hundred & seventy six I entered the American Army then besieging Boston & enlisted & subsequently served for & during the whole war. I was a member of Capt Newells Company in Colonel Knapp's regiment of Artillery. we entered Boston after the British had evacuated it in March 1776 subsequently we marched to New Bedford & were thence transported to New York in New York I was transferred to Capt Swalls Company in the same regiment. I am well acquainted with Richard Caswell of Boston who this day applies for a pension under the recent act of Congress & have known him well during the last fifty six years. He enlisted in Capt Newells Company marched with us on our expedition to New York & I have every reason to believe from frequent conversations with him that he continued in said Company for the period of one year. He has ever been a man of undoubted truth & veracity & I feel well assured that he served the above period. — I remember him very well when in service. —
Edward Howard
Sworn to & Subscribed in open court on this nineteenth of September A.D. 1832 before me Peter O. Atcher Judge of the Municipal Court

I Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, here by certify, that Edward Howard who has signed and sworn to the within affidavit is, in my opinion, a credible person, and that his statement therein contained is, in my opinion, entitled to credit.
In witness whereof I have subscribed my name on this twenty fourth day of May, A.D. 1833. Peter O. Thacher
Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.
Suffolk ss Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Theodore O. Thacher, clerk pro tem, of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, a court of record in the County of Suffolk, here certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court
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in the matter of the application of Richard Casmell for a pension, also that Peter O. Thacher is sole judge of said Court, and that the signatures on these papers purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Boston aforesaid this for twenty fourth day of May A. D. Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Three
Theodore O. Thacher Clerk pro tem
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This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary war and the war of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary war may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. Aug 6 1898
P. O. W. & N. DIV. REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
Sir:-
In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that the courtesy of furnishing information relative to Revolutionary war soldiers, on account of whose service pensions were granted, is extended by this Bureau only to their descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical or genealogical purposes.
In view of the large number of such inquiries now being made, and of the length of time required to make a proper search of the records in each case, information will not be given to any applicant concerning more than two soldiers.
In order that the claim of the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, it is requested that you furnish as much as possible of the data called for below.
My wife is a descendant of Richard Gasswell and the information is desired for genealogical purposes.
Very respectfully, Mr. W.W. Flinn Highland Park, Ills. Lake Co.
A. C. McLaughlin Commissioner.
Full name of soldier, Richard Gasswell Place of residence before service, Boston. Mass (Town, county, and State.) Place of residence after service, Boston Mass (Town, county, and State.) Approximate date of death, 1841
Given name of widow, Wife died first. (Marcy Barron) Have been informed Don't know that he did! Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension?
Additional information, Have been informed he was in the battle of White Plains, He was a rope maker in Boston. Mass.
Signature, Wm W. Flinn. (Mrs. or Miss to be prefixed if a lady signs.) Post-office address, including street and number, town, county, and State, Highland Park, Lake Co. Ill.

Highland Park. Ill.
July 18. 1898
Pension Office. Division of Revolutionary Pensions Washington. D.C.
C D
Gentlemen.
Will you please inform me if Richard Caswell who died in the year 1841 drew a pension, and if so, from what cause. Also if you have any record of Joseph Dyer having drawn a pension, and if so, from what cause. Thanking you in advance for any information you may render me and awaiting your reply I am Very respectfully yours
W.W. Hixson.
Highland Park. Lake Co. Ill.