Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,602, Ichabod Case, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Case, Ichabod
S. 31,602
CONTENTS

29.760 New York
Schubert Case Delaware to the State of New York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Pett of the regt commanded by Col Huntington the Penna Key Stone Battery for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of $10 Dollars & 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Feb 1835 and David H. H. H. Johnson H. H.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 140.00 Pension allowance ending March 20.00 $160.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by David H. H. H. Clerk Book 82 Vol. 4 Page 11
Date of death not in use

State of New York } Delaware County } ss On this ninth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty-four, personally appeared before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Delaware (now sitting) John Chase a resident of Franklin in the County of Delaware and State of New York aged seventy eight years the twenty fourth of next October, 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 7 th 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1782 or 1783 under Col Abner Huntington and served in the third Congregational Regiment of the Continental Line, under the following named officers. That after my enlistment service which was in March in the year or years aforesaid under Col Abner Huntington at the town of Goshen & County of Sullivan in the State of Connecticut, I marched from Goshen service under Sergeant Amasa Farnes to West Point in the State of New York where I joined my regiment as a private. My Col's name was Samuel B Webb, and my Captain's name was Stephen Fitts, & my Lieut's name was James Hannan; I served one year & was discharged in March in the year 1782, or 1783 at West Point at the expiration of the term of my enlistment, but I remained at West Point about two months after, That I remained in the town of Goshen & County of Sullivan & State of Connecticut at the time I enlisted & entered the service as aforesaid; I was in no battles, but remained the most part of the time at West Point employed in repairing the fort & building barracks. I was however in the summer season for a short time at Haverpoint (then called) a little below West Point, That I received a written discharge from my officers which I however

(negated as you will see)  have lost. my company I think was the first in the third I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or an an- nuity except the present, and I hereby declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State I move to & subscribe the day & year reference in open Court J. S. Wood Care C. B. Sheldon Clerk.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states.
I, Grenville B. Sheldon Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Delaware, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Baker Care for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this ninth day of December in the year 1832.
C. B. Sheldon Clerk

Rev. Clancy Schabolt Case Cassava - N. York
Desire to see the Papers on File J. B. Brown
Mr Case
Feb 3 1857
By True Feb 57 7.3-

New Road P.O. Jan. 23 1851
Mr L Blanchard Sir
I hereby authorize and request you to examine all papers in the case of my father's pension, viz - Ichabod base, which are on file in the Pension Office at Washington
Polly Fitch
I hereby certify that the above was signed in my presence, by Polly Fitch - - - - - a daughter of the above named Ichabod base, deceased
Daniel Weed Post Master New Road
Postmaster of New Road P.O.
January 23 1851 Delaware Co. New York

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Feb'y 4, 1854.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled, "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States;" and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents,
the three children of Ichabod Coase, dec.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany Agency, at the rate of Forty Dollars and Cents per Annum , under the law of the 1 st June 1832 have been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1843, to the 20 th Dec. 1843,
Respectfully, yours,
J. M. Brooke Comptroller.
29766 act 32
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

October 4, 1935
Ichabod Case-S.31602 Joseph Rue Case-H.6247 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Alice Gary Nelson 938 N. Waller Avenue Chicago, Illinois
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to the following soldiers of the Revolutionary War, all from New York: Benjamin Case, Icabod Case and Joseph Case.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United States, based upon service in that war. A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of any Benjamin Case.
The records of Ichabod and Joseph Rue Case which follow were obtained from claims for pension, based upon service in the War of the Revolution.
Ichabod Case-S.31602
The data pertaining to Ichabod Case furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 31602, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Ichabod Case was born October 24, 1756 Ichabod Case was born October 24, 1756 , place not stated, nor are the names of his parents shown.
While residing in Tolland, Connecticut, he enlisted

sometime in March, 1781 or 1782, served as a private in Captain Stephen Betts' company, Colonel Samuel B. Webb's Connecticut regiment, length of service one year and two months. He also served as a volunteer, one or two months, stationed at New London, no officers stated.
The soldier, Ichabod Case, was allowed pension on his application executed September 9, 1834, at which time he was a resident of Franklin, Delaware County, New York.
Reference was made in 1835 to his family. He died December 20, 1843, leaving three children; the only name given being, a daughter, Polly Fitch, of Delaware County, New York in 1851. Name of soldier's wife not shown, and there are no further data as to his family.
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Joseph Rue Case--R.6247
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 6247, based upon the service of Joseph Rue Case in the War of the Revolution.
The date and place of birth of this soldier are not given, nor are the names of his parents stated.
Joseph Rue Case married May 5, 1785 in Newburgh, Orange County, New York, Elizabeth Owen. He was then in the twenty-ninth year of his age, and she was in her sixteenth year. He died in the month of September, 1816 in Newburgh, New York.
The widow, Elizabeth Case, married March 25, 1828 in Newburgh, New York, Francis Lee who died June 10, 1855 in Newburgh.
The widow, Elizabeth Lee, applied for pension on account of the service of her husband, Joseph Rue Case, on June 23, 1855, then a resident of Newburgh, New York,

and alleged that he was a resident of Orange County, New York, during the Revolution, was a private, was at the taking of Fort Montgomery, and at the taking of Red Bank, and in making his escape was wounded in the arm, and served three years "and upwards".
The pension was not allowed as proof of service as required by the pension law was not furnished.
It is stated that the widow had no children by either husband.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

31602
1935: Oct 4 - list - b. mrs. Alice carynelson
Rev INVALID.
File No. 31,602
Schmidt Case
Rev Rev Rev
Act: June 1 st 1935
Index: - Vol. 3 , Page 65
[Arrangement of 1870.]

32289
New York
Schabod Case Suspended
lett of 5 Dec r 1834 to Hon. N. Johnson
adm d !

Franklin. N.Y. January 30- 1895
Sir
Your letter of 18 th instant is now received. In relation to the former application of Tekahod base for a pension I observe, that he there stated that he enlisted in the month of March 1775 (as he believed but did distinctly recollect) in Tolland, Connecticut, as a private soldier, into the Company commanded by Captain Stephen Bette in a Regiment belonging to the Connecticut State line, for the term of one year and continued to serve until the expiration of one year, when he was discharged from service by Genl Washington. The application was rejected on the ground that there were no enlistments in 1775 on the continental establishment prior to December of that year for a period longer than eight months.
In a conversation with Mr base when he made his declaration & affidavit so a few days past, I discovered that he gave a pretty correct relation of some events, concerning the latter part of the war, but mistook as to the time and years &c. I saw then the reason of his statement in the former declaration being incorrect as to the year &c. He is a man of naturally moderate talents and illiterate and we cannot expect, that such a man would recollect events, times, years &c with a great degree of correctness.
As we had very cold weather in the fore part of this month, I will state the degree of cold in this village on four coldest mornings.

below Zero on Dec 30 th 32 - 33 - 29. being the coldest weather in this latitude, since the settle- ment of this section of the country. And I have not seen or heard of any account of the weather or being so cold, for a week together since the cold winter of the year 1780. Since the 13 th of this month the weather has been very mod- erate.
Yours &c Amos Douglas
Nucediah Johnson Esq.

32,287 In the matter of John Schoell serve for a Junior -
Rolls Bettis - Webb.
Enlisted 12 march '82 no entry of the term or discharge - war ended 3 rd Sept '83
Adm? 12 mo. for 40 pp
Don H. Johnson
on Rolls Bettis - Webb.
March 12 - '82

In the matter of John - - a full share for a pension -

State of New York } County of Delaware } ss I do hereby certify that the town of Swarthmore in the County of Delaware aforesaid being duly sworn says, that in pursuance of an application made by him in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, that he did make application for a pension under the act of Congress passed March 18 th 1818, in that year, & that his said application was as he believes forwarded to Washington in the year 1819. That in said application under the act of Congress 1818 he stated that he entered the service of the United States in the war of the revolution in the year 1775 as he then believed although he stated that he did not distinctly recollect that his said application was rejected on the ground as he was informed that there were no enlistments in 1775 in the Continental establishment previous to December of that year for a period longer than eight months. That upon receiving this information this deponent & applicant although he knew that he had served in the war of the revolution in the Third Connecticut Regiment of Infantry as he believes, of the Connecticut line in the Continental Army, he concluded he would make no further application for a pension unless he should be able to procure the evidence of some one who should know of the time of his enlistment, & this deponent having made diligent enquiry & search for some person who might know the time of his enlistment & his service & not finding any person who knew the same he abandoned all further idea of making an application under the act of 1818. That the reasons for this this deponent & applicant's not having made application sooner under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, are that

he supposed that further evidence of the service of the applicant was required than his own declaration, & not having any such evidence, & knowing of no person living who knew the same he made no application nor supposed that it could be required if he should have made such application - That his discovery that previous mauler & have been granted under the act of Congress June 7 th 1832 was from his knowledge & a guarantee with that that Shomper or a neighbor of this applicant, who knew as he was informed that he had been under the act of June 7 th 1832 upon his own declaration uncorroborated by other evidence - That this applicant then concluded he must make further effort to obtain his pension, inasmuch as he had for some length of time previous discovered that he had made a mistake in the time of his enlistment as stated in his application under the act of 1818 - That the manner of his discovering this mistake was that after the close of his war service in the Continental Army he volunteered to go to New London in Connecticut soon after it was burnt, & did go & remained at New London for one or two months, for which service this applicant never made any application - That upon comparing the time when New London was burnt the only historical event that he can remember in which he was an actor he formed his mistake, as he believes that his services in the Continental Army ended the year or the year before New London was burnt - That he was likewise delayed some in making his application under the act of Congress June 7 th 1832 by sickness which prevented his attendance at Court sooner than he did as stated in his application to which this affidavit is supplementary - That poverty too has been

were influence in delaying him as he has experienced some money in his formal application which he near little while to have - of this applicant further states that although he now may be under some mistake as to the exact time of his enlistment or of the very year of his birth he is well satisfied & verily believes no great or substantial misstatement can be found in the statement as made in his application under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - so that this statement is with not -
Sworn to & subscribed this Ichabod Cass
31 st day of January 1835
before me
Amos Douglas Judge of County Courts of the County of Delaware
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Amos Douglas and know that he is one of the Judges of the County Courts of the County of Delaware in the State of New York duly commissioned and acting as such - Dated Feb. 9. 1835
Noadiah Johnson M.C.
I hereby further certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Ichabod Cass and have known him for a number of years past - that he is a man of moderate talents quite illiterate, but sober industrious and retiring, remaining most of the time at home with his family - From my ac- quaintance with the man I have no doubt of the truth of his statement here-

Substantially, made by him in order to ob- tain a pension.
N. Johnson M.C.

Sept 23, 1935
Bureau of Pensions Civil War Pensions J-2
My mothers uncles 9/26/1 Joseph and  can't ident from Benjamin Franklin Case were soldiers during the Civil War and I would like to have their War Records if possible. They lived in New York and later came west and lived in Illinois and Nebraska but

1857 I do not know the dates.
He
I also wish to inquire where I could get more information regarding some Revolutionary Soldiers. What towns they came from, also the dates. Benjamin Case , who was in the Ulster Co. New York Militia, 2 nd Reg.
Joseph Case , Albany Co. Militia, Thirteenth Reg.
Isaac Case , only Suffolk Co. Militia Enlisted Men, First Reg.

The last two are also in New York.
Mrs. Alice Cary Nelson 938 N. Waller Ave., Chicago, Ill
673

September 27, 1935
BAIB 801
Mrs. Alice Cary Nelson, 958 N. Waller Ave., Chicago, Illinois.
CASE, Joseph and Benjamin Franklin
Dear Madam:
In reply to your communication of September 23, 1935, you are informed that a careful search in the files of the Veterans Administration fails to identify any pension records for your uncles, Joseph and Benjamin Franklin Case. Inasmuch as all records of service in the United States Army are maintained in the Adjutant General's Office, War Department, Washington, D.C., it is suggested that you write to that office for information regarding your uncles' service.
Your inquiry regarding the records of certain Revolutionary War veterans will be answered under separate cover.
By direction,
W. C. BLACK, Chief Clerk.