Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29060, Zebulon Caswell, Continental. Mass. Navy.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Caswell, Zebulon
S. 29060
Mass.
Navy.
CONTENTS

30263
William Marshall
Febulou Caswell Madison in the State of New York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Liscorn of the 28th Regt commanded by Col. Walker in the War time for eight months private and eight months sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany New York at the rate of 58 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of March 1826 and sent to Mrs. Mary W. Miller her Rep
Arrears to the 4th of March 1831 293.30 Sem-ant. allowance ending Sept 28.33 $322.63
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by David Lloyd Clerk Book 02 Vol. 4 Page 11
27-745
See Geo R. Henrick
Nov 15 th 1850 26 32 58

27-945 Schulze Cassels Declaration for a Pension

STATE OF VERMONT, } RUTLAND COUNTY, ss. }
On this first day of March  April A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Probate  for District of Rutland Court of the County of Rutland Zebulon Gaselee — a resident of the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 78 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 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States, in the year 1775 and served in Col. Walker
Regiment of the Massachusetts line under the following named officers. That he enlisted in the year 1775 at Sumner in the County of Bristol State of Massachusetts The Major's name was Mitchell of Easton in the same State. — That at the time of his enlistment a man by the name of Tupper was Sergeant who was afterwards appointed Major. He served in Capt. Francis Loomis Company. The Lieut. name was Randal, Esquire, who after the the campaign hung himself in Easton, up. That he enlisted for 8 months towards the full time for which he enlisted and was discharged at Hopkinton Massachusetts, by the Capt. above mentioned That during the service above mentioned he twice assisted in burning the light house on light house Islands near Boston. The first time the Expedition was commanded by Major Vose. The next by Capt. Tupper which consisted of 40 Whale Boats with seven men in a Boat, they then took about 80 British Prisoners prisoners, without the loss of a man. That he has lost his discharge and has not seen it for many years
8 Mo. In the latter part of the winter 1776 he again enlisted at Middlebury Massachusetts in Capt. Nathaniel Wood's Company of Volunteers, for the term of two months, which company was attached to Col. Smith's Regiment at Middlebury up. Served as a guard at Hopkinton & Dorchester for 2. two months, which was after the British Troops evacuated Boston.
1 year That afterwards in the month of April of the same year at Hopkinton up. he enlisted for one year in Capt. Jonathan Allen's Company of Northampton in the County of Hampshire in Col. Wood's Regiment The subject's name was West. That soon after he went to New London Stock Shiping for New York where he remained with his Regiment several weeks from thence he went to Long Island and was engaged in

The Battle fought at that place in 1776. Genl. Sullivan had taken prisoners - That he was wounded in his right arm by a ball passing through the elbow joint & taken to the Hospital in New York. When he remained there three months, when he again joined his Regiment at White Plains where he remained but a few days not being able to do duty his Arm having been severely in consequence of the wound above mentioned. Returned home to Middlebury age 20. when he remained until the time for which he enlisted expired.
That on the 20 th day of September 1778 he enlisted as a Sailor on board the Ocean Frigate at Boston commanded by Capt. Nicholson sailed from Boston on the 20 th of January following on a cruise to the West Indies. Stopped several weeks at Martinico & returned to Philadelphia, the crew being nearly all sick. That he was taken to the Hospital where he remained between two & three months, when he again went on board the Ship sailed on a cruise, captured a ship loaded with Wine (the name of which he has forgotten) and the ship shown carrying 20 or 24 guns took him into Boston when he was discharged having served as a Sailor one year Returned home to Middlebury age 21. - That he has resided in Pomfret in the County of Rutland State of Vermont - for the last twenty years a respectable & supported by the Church of community.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Lebion Caswell
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I S o . H. Merrill Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Lebion Caswell for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, at Castleton this 1 st day of April A. D. 1833.
S. H. Merrill

State of New York Madison County ss
On this 20th day of October 1835, Personally appeared his name, Hanson Hanger Judge of Madison County Court, Sebastian G. Sowell; of whom in said county, and late of Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont; aged 81 years, who first being duly sworn according to law, does upon his oath, further depose & say, in this amended declaration; and in addition to the foregoing declaration, made the first day of April 1833, that in said declaration of 1 st April 1833; he is made to state, that he enlisted in the Army of the United States, in the year 1775, and served, in Colonel Walker's Regiment, of the Massachusetts Line. He did enlist, as a private, in the month of April of that year; he thinks about the middle of said month, in Captain Francis Suse's Company, Colonel Walker's Regiment; & the Company & Regimental officers, names, as set forth in the aforesaid declaration (except that of Adjutant Tupper) who drilled and received the said Regiment, but did not belong to the said Regiment, as an officer, nor did I mean so to state, or have understood by my Attorney who drew said declaration. The name of the Adjutant of said Regiment, he has forgotten, and also the given names of the Field & Company officers, other than is given in the aforesaid declaration. And that soon after he enlisted, he joined said Francis Suse's Company, and marched to Roxbury, near Boston; the latter part of April or first part of May of that year; where he served out the full term of his enlistment, which was eight months, and was discharged thereon part of January 1776 but instead of serving the said eight months, in the Army of the United States, in Massachusetts Line, as stated in the aforesaid declaration, he supposes, on reflection, that the Regiment in which he served was a Regiment of Massachusetts State Troops, and that he has been in the habit of calling all who endured

the United States during the Revolutionary war, as belonging to the army of the United States. All matters set forth in said declaration other than is in this amended declaration, explained and added in relation to the aforesaid eight months enlistment and service is true to the best of his memory & belief. And in relation to his second term of service, of two months, as a volunteer the latter part of the winter of 1776, as set forth in his aforesaid declaration, in Capt Nathaniel Woods Company, & Colonel Smiths Regiment, he volunteered as a private & was then a resident of Middlebury, in Massachusetts, and as he in his aforesaid declaration has stated, that he served as a guard, at Roxbury and Dorchester for said two months, which was after the British Troops had evacuated Boston. He further says, that he was at Dorchester, in said company when the British evacuated Boston, and assisted in fortifying the heights, at Dorchester, and from old age & the loss of memory, he, when he made his aforesaid declaration, was in the belief that, Dorchester was fortified & that the British Troops evacuated Boston, during his first term of eight months service, before mentioned, which belief he is now convinced, was erroneous. The names of the Regimental and company officers, attached to Colonel Smiths Regiment, he does not remember, except the aforesaid. And in regard to his enlistment, in Captain Jonathan Allen's Company, in April 1776 as set forth in his aforesaid declaration, in addition thereto, he says, the name of the Lieutenant of said company he has forgotten, but the Ensigns name was Root, and the orderly sergeants name was Strong, and that he has forgotten the name of the Major. And that he does not know whether the said Regiment was State, or United States Troops, but supposes the latter. And in relation to what is set forth in his aforesaid declaration, in relation to last aforesaid mentioned enlistment he further states, that, while at New York, in said Regiment, a call was made on said Regiment (for draughts, or volunteers, to man Colonel Mose's Artillery, and that he volunteered

for that Service and did serve in said Artillery until in the said battle of on Long Island fought with the British Troops, and set forth in his aforesaid declaration, in which battle, he was wounded.
And After he returned from the Hospital at New York as set forth in his declaration and joined the Regiment at White Plains, at said Colonel Hays Regiment, in which he enlisted, that he joined, and not that of Colonel Hyde, and that he did not remain in said Regiment but for a few days having so far lost the use of his right arm, in consequence of the wound, as to render him unfit for duty, and the commanding Officer of said Regiment gave him his choice to return to the Hospital until he should recover from his wound, or return home, and there remain until he should recover, and he chose the latter, and received a pass from the Colonel of said Regiment to that effect, and did return home, and there remained, until the term of his enlistment had expired, his arm not having recovered from the effect of the wound, in that time, so as to enable him to do duty in the Army, or to labor on nor for twelve months there after. The said Regiment was much out to pieces in said battle, and he was informed and believed that in consequence, this Regiment was in January following disbanded, or the Soldiers composing it were attached to another Regiment, but this he only knows from information received of others. And that when he enlisted in said Regiment, he enlisted as a private, served as such, and the said Regiment marched from Newbury by way of Middlebury, and through the State of Rhode Island, and by way of Norwich, Connecticut to New London Conn, where they took shipping for New York, and that he was a resident of Middlebury aforesaid at the time of his enlistment, but enlisted at Newbury. And while he remained at home, by virtue of said pass, he considers himself as then belonging to the Army, as much as though he had been in the Hospital, as his pass was called a pass of furlough, And further he says that

while he served as a volunteer in Colonel Knowles Regiment of Artillery at New York & on Long Island, he served in a company commanded by a Captain Carpenter, of Farmington, Massachusetts who was killed in said battle, being shot through the heart, and he considers himself, although serving as a Volunteer, in Colonel Knowles Artillery, as belonging to Colonel Ward's Regiment.
And in regard to his enlistment, as a Sailor on the 10 th September 1778, as set forth in his declaration, he was then a resident of Middlebury aforesaid and enlisted as a private Sailor, on board the Sloop Frigate and served as such, and in all things as set forth in his said declaration in relation thereto. And that all the services set forth in his said declaration and this amended declaration, was rendered the United States during the Revolutionary War, and that he in all cases entered the said service under a law, or requisition of the State of Massachusetts or of the United States, and during the aforesaid several terms of service he was constantly in the field, or in garrison, or on board the Sloop Frigate, and under the immediate command of his superior officers, as a soldier, when in the land service, & as a Sailor while in the Naval Service. And during the said several terms of service aforesaid mentioned in his said declaration, he was not engaged in any civil employment or pursuit, and while at home, by virtue of the aforesaid law, by reason of said wound, and for more than a year thereafter, he did not receive the use of his arm, sufficiently to enable him to labor, in any employment, for his support. And that he has no documentary evidence, and knows of no one now living who served with him in either of the aforesaid campaigns or on board the Sloop Frigate, although he traveled from Poultney Vermont to Boston in search of such evidence, and made extensive inquiries, to find some one who served with him without effect, and all the evidence he was enabled to procure, is contained in the

Living, who served with him in either of the aforesaid campaigns or on board the Ship Frigate, although he traveled from Poultney Vermont to Boston in search of such evidence, and made extensive inquiries to find some one who served with him without effect, and all the evidence he was enabled to procure is contained in the certificate of Edward J. Bangs Secretary of State of Massachusetts.
Certificate of Edward J. Bangs, Secretary of State of Massachusetts. In regard to the query contained in the brief accompanying the return of his declaration for correction and amendment, he further says that he did apply for a Pension under the law of 1818 for services rendered the United States, for one year services on board the Ship Frigate, in the months serving at Newbern & Gloucester in the year 1775 & 1776 and that his declaration after renouncing Washington ten years, was brought from him by Mr. Mahony a member of congress from Vermont, with directions that he must prove his services on board the Ship Frigate by two witnesses, which he could not do; & he abandoned the application, and that in that declaration he did not set forth his services in Colonel Hards Regiment, because his Attorney informed him that the law required nine months continuous services in the Regular Army, and that one enlistment, entitled him to a pension under the act of 1818 and his said Attorney informed him that his volunteering into Colonel Knowles Regiment of Artillery, was a new enlistment, and placed him beyond the provisions of the law of 1818 as regards his enlistment & services in Colonel Hards Regiment, as by his said volunteering he did not serve nine months continuous services in Colonel Hards Regiment - This was the true reason why he did not make application in that said declaration for a Pension for this aforesaid term of service under the Act of Congress of 1818. And the reason why this amended declaration was not made in Rutland County Vermont was that the declaration was returned to his Attorney in Vermont, for amendment after he had removed to Madison County New York, & he procured it from him after his removal.  And that all his services rendered the United States during the Revolutionary war. Were first, as set forth in his declaration, and this amended declaration; in the year 1775. Eight months at Poultney, Massachusetts, and in 1776 two months at Poultney & Gloucester, & from April 1776. One year in Colonel Hards Regiment at New York, & on Long Island. &c.

And from the 20 th September in the year 1778. One Year on board the Fleet Frigate making in all two years & ten Months for which he claims a Pension.
Question 1 st . Where and in what year was you born.
Ans. He was born in the Town of Middlebury Plymouth County Massachusetts on the 15 th day of September 1754. as he has been informed & believed.
Question 2 nd . Have you any record of your age, & if so where is it.
Ans. He has no record of his age, but there was a record of his age on the Town book record in Middlebury aforesaid.
Question 3 rd . Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where are you now living.
Ans. He lived, or his residence was in Middlebury aforesaid in all cases when he was called into service, and during the latter part of the Revolutionary War he removed to Fishersfield in the State of Vermont and remained there about 2 years & then removed to Williamsburgh Hampshire County Massachusetts where he resided four or five years, and from there removed to Claremont Cheshire County New Hampshire New Hampshire where he resided as near as he can remember twenty years, and then removed to Hartland Windsor County Vermont where he resided eight years. Middlebury Vermont and then removed to Middlebury Vermont & remained two years before there removed to Panton, Rutland County Vermont where he remained until 1834 & then removed to Madison, Madison County New York, where he now resides.
Question 4 th . How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute; and if a substitute, for whom.
Ans. He in all cases enlisted, was, it is true, & then volunteered.
Question 5 th . The names of officers that he knows and remembers are on board the Fleet Frigate, Capt. Nicholson, 2 nd Lieutenant. Gilband. Sailing master McRever. Boatswains mate. Daniel Dean; and at Roxbury in the year 1775 during his eight months service, he knew Gen. Washington, and

Gen. Putnam, and a Colonel Brewer, and a Colonel Warner.
And at New York, and on Long Island in the year 1776, he knew
Gen. Washington, Gen. Sullivan, Lord Stirling, and a Colonel Ward, other than his own Colonel. Ques 6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service of 75 or 80 by whom was it given & what has become of it?
Answer. He did receive a written discharge from Capt. Francis Lucecomb after the expiration of his term of eight months enlistment in 1775, and that it is lost. He has not seen it for many years. And that at Haverden where he now lives, his said son has been only about one year, and his acquaintance few and limited. But is acquainted with Benjamin Simonds, George Simonds, Barnard Tompkins, Sylvanus Hall, & others besides the witnesses to the the Supplementary declaration. And at Poultney Vermont is acquainted with John Benson, Jonas Gilson, William B. Buelock & John Osborne.
And he further says that after the close of the Revolutionary war when provision by act of Congress made for wounded soldiers of the Army of the Revolution, he applied for a Pension, and found after much inquiry & search that he was a Sergeant & one private of the company of Captain Carpenter in Colonel Ferris Regiment of Artillery who were serving in said company when he knew his company, and procured three affidavits to that effect, and placed these papers in the hands of an Attorney for the purpose of procuring his pension. And after a considerable delay the papers were returned to him said Attorney for some correction. And his said Attorney when these papers were in his hands left the country & never returned. And he took with him his said papers as he was not at home at the time. He would have been glad to have had his son show them to him, or his said son would have been glad about receiving his application.

for said pension, on enquiry he learned, that both the aforesaid Sergeant & private was dead, and he was never afterwards able to find one who served in said company or Regiment, at the time he received his wound, and consequently could never afterwards make the proof that was required. And that he never recovered the full use of his wounded arm, and that after the close of the war in consequence of laboring it inflamed and broke into ulcers at elbow joint where the wound was received, and so remained for about six years & his arm in a great measure paralytic & the fingers of the hand became contracted & useless, and have so remained ever since. And the reason that a clergyman is not one of the witnesses to this supplementary declaration is that at time his residence in Madison aforesaid he had found no acquaintance, with a clergyman, & none live in his neighbor- hood, & consequently could know nothing of him by tradition or otherwise.
Subscribed & sworn this 20th day of October 1855 before me. Hanson Menger , Judge of Madison county courts
Zebulon P. Powell
State of New York } Madison County } On this 20th day of October 1855 Personally appeared, before me Hanson Menger a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Madison aforesaid. Samuel Brownell & Charles Peckham, of said Madison, who being duly sworn according to law do depose and say, that they have been acquainted with Zebulon Powell who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing amended declaration, for about one year past, & have conversed with him on the subject of his the subject of his services, under the United States, during the Revolution I have also heard his declaration of 1st April 1835 read & this amended declaration also, & they correspond with his statements heretofore made to us, & we believe he served as he

States, and consider him a man of truth and veracity, and it is also believed in the neighborhood where he resides, that they have never heard it doubted, & they believe him the govt states Subscribed & sworn this 20th day of October 1835 before me.
Samuel Brownell Charles Beckham
Hanson Munger Judge of Madison County courts
Madison County ss. I Hanson Munger a judge of the county courts of said county do hereby declare my opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Samuel Brownell & Charles Beckham the above named witnesses & that they sustain good character for truth & veracity and I also certify that the above named applicant, cannot from bodily infirmity attend court
Dated Madison, Madison County New York October 20th 1835
Hanson Munger Judge of Madison County courts

State of New York Madison County Clerk's Office } ss. I Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the said County, do hereby Certify that Alanson Munger, before whom the two preceding affidavits pur- port to have been sworn, and also whose name ap- pears to the preceding Certificate, was, at the date of the same, a Judge of the County Courts in and for the said County. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name, subscribed to the said affidavits and Certificate, to be his proper hand writing and signature - Witness my hand and seal of Office this 14 th day of January 1836.
A S Sloan Clk.

29060 Rev INVALID.
File No. 29,060
Jehulon Carroll
Rev Rev 1840
Act: June 7 th 1827
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 64
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York
Rev. —
Lebulon Caswell
Suspended —
In Let to Hon W. K. Fuller
Feb. 25. 1836
Admitted

Navy book p. 46

27945 Zebulon Gannett
Admitted Private - 8 mos Mariner 8 - "
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Am W L Allen Home Rep.
J. H. Merrill Esq P. H. Merrill Esq Castleton Vt

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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, shewing the Service of
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.              
I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
[Faint, illegible handwriting at the bottom of the page]

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 days 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 commutation; 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 produces 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
The service in 1775 may be deemed by Rolls in Office of Secy of State at Massachusetts. A claimant served in 1776 in Mass regt for a year and on 60 and the above facts why was not application made for

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 the 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 inquiry 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 the 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 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 , 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 other.
[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 [j] 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.
pension under the law of 1818? unless rules/acton explanation is given in this point, the claim must be regarded with great doubt

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Jan y 31 st 1834.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Zebulon Caswell, as a private, is borne on a Muster Roll of Capt. Francis Luscombe's Company, in Col. Timothy Walker's Regt. where he is allowed from May 3 d to the 1 st of August, 1775, for services and travel, three months and five days. m 2 3 = 5
Zebulon Caswell, claims for further service under Capt. Francis Luscombe, in Col. Walker's Regt. - the roll, after the 1 st of August in '75, is not found in this Office.
Zebulon Caswell also claims for services under Capt. Nath l Wood, Col. Smith's Regt. and under Capt. Jon a Allen, Col. Ward's Regt. in 1776; - and on board the Frigate Dean. Capt. Nicholson Commander, in 1778; - the rolls which he describes are not found in this Office.
Edward D. Damp, Esq.

South of New York State Samuel May mand being sworn in due form Madison County 3/4 of Law cloth on his oath before said say that he is fifty four years of age and that he Married the Daughter of Zebulon Cosswell who formerly resided in the Town of Claremont in the State of New Hampshire where this Deponent became acquainted with the said Cosswell thirty four or thirty five years ago. This Deponent further says that from his earliest acquaintance with the said Cosswell he has frequently and sorry often heard the said Cosswell recount his services as a soldier in the Revolutionary Army. The said Cosswell always alleged that he had served as a soldier in several and in several of War Vols during the Revolutionary war a number of years and stated the particulars of different campaigns and that he was wounded by a Musket ball in the right arm in one of the campaigns and was in the Hospital for a long time. And this Deponent further says that it was generally reported and repeated in the neighborhood where said Cosswell resided that the said Cosswell had been a soldier in the Revolutionary Army. And this Deponent further says that the said Cosswell has ever been a man of good character for veracity. And that he the Deponent from the statements of the said Cosswell as well as from common report and reputation where said Cosswell has resided that said Cosswell did serve a number of years as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. And further this Deponent says that
Subscribed & sworn before Me this 13 th day May 1835 & I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Samuel May and that he is a person of good character for veracity
Samuel P. May mand

Madison County - 14th Dec 1835 Callison
State of New York Madison County Clerk's Office } ss: I Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that James D. Eldridge, before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County duly elected and qualified. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name, subscribed to the within Affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of Office this 14 th day of January 1836. A Sloan Clk

Liberton Casade
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Washington March 1836
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir -
In reply to your note stating that Johnson Carmel may be allowed 8 months service in Capt Lucas's company & 8 months service in the Leban Frigate I can only state that the poverty of the applicant will prevent his incurring any further expense in proving the necessary proof to substantiate his

Washington Oct 12 George R. Herrick Recd Oct 12/50 Ans d 14 th
Wishes to know why the payment of Pension and Debenture Caswell was suspended Rough informant to the Court of Pensions. K. M. H. so informed 3 rd Auditor's Off ce Octob. 14 th 1850
Oct 15/50
Mr. Cole
Mr. Randall

Washington Oct. 12 th 1850.
Sir,
Lebulon Gasmell , of Madison Co. N.Y. holds a certificate, bearing the signature of "Lew. Cuff" allowing him an annual pension of $ 58. \frac{66}{100} . It is recorded on page 11. of Book E.2. Vol. 4. in Pension Office. He alleges that he has never received anything on it , and I am requested to ascertain the cause of the suspension, or the reason he is not paid. Be pleased to inform me the facts in the case.
Very, respectfully Your ob st Serv t
Geo. R. Herrick
Jn s S. Gallagher Esq. 3 rd Auditor
Pension paid to the 4 th March 1838.