Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44362, Abel Case, Continental (Conn.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Conn.) Gase, Abel
S. 44362
Discharged 21 Sept 1818.
CONTENTS

7158
New York
Abel Case
of Tioga in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sheldon of the Connecticut line, for the term of 3 years 1780 Continental
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 st of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of Mar 1819 and sent to Hon Mr Drake H of Reps
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 10m. 10/30/31 - 83. 69 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 6 Sep 1819 48.
$131.69
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Abel Case Evidence of (Private) Revolutionary Services Sheldon's Reg. t Connect. Line March 1700 to May 1703. 21 st April 1810.
Adm.
Hon. W. Drake. H. R.
The Judge has not certified as to reduced circumstances of Applicant.

State of New York
Tioga County ss: On this twenty first day of April eighteen hundred and eighty three before me the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Broome Tioga in the State of New York personally appeared Abel Abel Basse aged fifty three years resident in the Town of Tioga in the County of Tioga and State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war", That he the said Abel Basse continued in the Month of March (according to the best of his recollection) in Nineteen hundred and eighty at the Town of Simsbury County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut for the term of three years or during the war in the company of Cavalry commanded by Capt. Hoagland in Col. Sheldon's Regiment in the Continental line. That he the first year after his enlistment attended Maj. Dct. Bronson Surgeon of the Regiment, and immediately thereafter three papers scattered that he continued to serve in the said Corps and in the service of the United States until the end of the war and in the Spring of the year (according to the best of his recollection) in the Month of May Nineteen hundred and eighty three he received a written and honorable discharge from service at Danbury in the State of Connecticut. That he was in the battle at White Plains, and at Morristown but no general engagement. That he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his possession of his said services.
Abel Basse

Sworn to allegiance and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid
Joshua Ferris. one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Tioga
I Joshua Ferris one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Tioga in the State of New York  of Pennsylvania do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Abel Case did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the secretary for the department of war pursuant to the provisions of the aforesaid act of Congress.
April 21. 1818. Joshua Ferris
Tioga County Clerk's Office } I certify that the above named Joshua
Ferris has been duly commissioned and qualified and now is an acting Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts as such - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said County this 7 th day of May 1818.
W. H. Carpenter Clerk

Joshua Ferris one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Tioga, before whom the preceding oath or declaration was made do further certify that I have received satisfactory evidence that the applicant Abel Case is a person in reduced circumstances, & needs the assistance of his country for support. —
February 11 th 1819.
Joshua Ferris

In the matter of Abel base
a pensioner
Schedule & oath
7.158

State of New York County of Steuben ss - on this 18. day of June 1822 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of record for said County Abel Rose aged 60 years in February last, resident in the Town of Bath in said County of Steuben, Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820, that he served in the revolutionary war in the service of the United States, as follows, to wit that he served three years and nine or ten months in Captain Hoagland's Com- =pany in Col. Sheldon's Regiment of Light Dragoons, which said Term of Service ended at the close of the revolutionary war and that he was discharged therefrom in Danbury in the State of Connecticut - that he has Received from the office of the Secretary of War a Pension Certificate under the act of the 18 th of March 1818, which bears date the 5 th day of March 1819 and is num- =bered 7,158 - That his original declaration bears date on the 21 st day of April 1818 and I do Solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the Provisions of an act of Congress entitled

"An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
Schedule
   one Cane $12.00   2 Old Beds 10.00   2 Maple Bedsteads 1.50   1 And Iron the other broken " 50   5 Knives & forks " 30   6 Old Common Chairs 1.00   1 old ax " 70   1 hoe " 50   1 Pickle barrel " 25   1 old Salt Barrel " 25   5 old Iron table Spoons " 25   1 Ten gallon Keg " 50   1-5 Gallon do " 50   part of a set of Shoemakers tools 1.50   2 pine Chests 1.50   1 Inch Chisel " 12   3 Dug hill fowls " 18   1 Soap barrel " 25   1 Nail hammer " 25   1 Powder horn " 25   1 Small nail gimblet " 06   4 Earthen plates " 18  

1 Tea Pat without handle or spout — $0.01 1 Cream Cup 2 water pail & one Pat — 1.35  33.93
My family consists of six persons including myself to wit, my wife Eleanor aged between 30 & 40 years, Jane Lyons, & Fanny Lyons Daughters of my wife by a former husband, Jane aged 10 years & Fanny 8- My two Daughters, Harriet aged 4 years & Eliza aged two years - I have no trade or profession Excepting that I know something about Shoemaking and work a little at that business my health is bad - my complaint is the Rheumatism with which I have been afflicted ever since I left the Service as above stated, tho' in such a degree as to prevent my attending to my ordinary business, until within about a year past during which time I have not been able to do any thing of any consequence
Sworn to and declared in open Court this 18 th day of June 1822 before me
John Metcalfe Clerk of the County of Stephen
Abel Case
I John Metcalfe Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Stephen do hereby

Certify that the foregoing Oath and schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the Opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Thirty three Dollars and Ninety three Cents
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Bath this twenty seventh day of June 1822
John Metcalfe Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Steuben County
In the matter of Abel Case
a prisoner
Schedule & oath
7.158

44362 INVALID.
Revg
File No. 44362
Abel base
Rev. Rev. War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index: —Vol. 3 , Page 73
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N. 46 704
Rec. 11 July 1822
Hon. John L. Calhoun Secretary of War City of Washington Mr. Edwards

Bath, Steuben County, New York 27. June 1822
Sir,
Enclosed is the schedule and oath of Abel Case, a pensioner, in pursuance of the act. of Congress of the 1. May 1820 -
When the case is decided, Please send the notification to me -
I am Respectfully
Your ob t Serv t
Henry Welles
Hon. J. C. Calhoun Sec y of War