REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION - WILLIAM CASEY

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The following is William Casey's application for pension. As noted in the 
document below, he was a resident of the 96th district of SC when he volunteered 
for service. Some people believe William to be a son of Abner Casey, although 
I've not seen documentation to support this.

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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 
7th 1832.
The State of Alabama, Autauga County.

On the tenth day of February A.D. 1834 personally appeared in open court before 
the county court of said county now sitting William Casey a resident of said 
county and aged seventy-five 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 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United states under the following named 
officers and served as herein stated. In the year he volunteered in a company of 
which Edward Hampton was captain in the Regiment of which Thomas Brandon was 
colonel, the line not remembered, however _____ Williamson was one of his 
generals under the higher command of General Lincoln. At the time of his 
volunteering as above he was a resident of what was then called the 96th 
District of South Carolina. He marched from there to Augusta, Georgia thence to 
Savannah. He was in the battle of Savannah with the combined American and French 
forces.

After the battle he marched out to Briar Creek near Augusta where received a 
furlough on condition that he should hold himself in readiness at a minute's 
warning. This period of service lasted four months. During this time he was upon 
furlough he was constantly engaged in skirmishing parties against the tories and 
some few scattering British soldiers-not under regular command-but always 
holding himself in readiness to join any army which might come or be raised to 
reconquer that part of the country, which the defeat at Savannah had nearly 
placed again under the British rule. In these services he was engaged at least 
one month.

He was then compelled to leave that part of the country and went to North 
Carolina where he volunteered in the Army of General Mdole (sic McDowell) in and 
near Rutherford County-was placed under Robert Beene as captain and under ____ 
Clark as colonel and was one of the detachment sent by General McDole to take 
the fort (Thickety) commanded by (Patrick) Moore a tory in the 96th district, 
South Carolina. After taking the fort and destroying it he returned to 
Rutherford County, North Carolina. This service lasted one month.

He then went to Franklin County, North Carolina where he joined that were called 
"The County Rangers" whose employment was to watch the movements of the British 
forces under Cornwallis. Swan Trenton (?) was his captain. During this service 
he traversed Franklin, Wake, Halifax and adjacent counties in North Carolina.

At the expiration of this last mentioned service, he volunteered in Franklin 
County, North Carolina under John Robertson as captain and under _____ Malbade 
(?), a Frenchman as colonel and marched to meet General Greene. He joined 
General Greene at what were called Troublesome Ironworks near Dan River, the day 
after the battle of Guilford thence to Ransays Mill on Deep River of Chatham 
County, North Carolina. Cornwallis retreating, he marched to Camden South 
Carolina and a few days before the battle of Camden he, with the forces which he 
joined Greene were discharged. His discharge he has lost and by whom it was 
signed he does not now recollect. This service lasted four months.

He has no documentary evidence to prove his service and knows of no person whose 
testimony he can procure who cant testify to his service with the exception of 
Jesse Brown whose affidavit respecting one of the services above related taken 
before Lott Warren, Judge of the Southern Circuit in Georgia he has procured and 
which is hereto annexed.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the 
present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of 
any state.

To the several Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department to be propounded 
by the court he returns the following answers:

To the first: I was born in Franklin County North Carolina 1759.

To the 2nd: I have no record what ever.

To the 3rd: When I entered the service of the United States, I was a resident of 
the 96th District, South Carolina. Since the Revolutionary War I lived for 
twenty-four years in Wilkes County, Georgia then about ten years in Morgan 
County, Georgia and for the last sixteen years in this county with the exception 
of 1832, when I lived in Shelby County in this state.

To the 4th: In every case I was a volunteer.

To the 5th: My answers to this interrogatory will be found in my declaration.

To the 6th: I received a written discharge only when I left Greene's Army near 
Camden, South Carolina. The loss of it I have before stated.

To the 7th: Peyton Bibb as a clergyman and Thomas Smith.

William Casey

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court.....Joseph Gaffe 
CLk

We Peyton Bibb, a clergyman, residing in Autauga County and State of Alabama and 
Thomas Smith residing in same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with 
William Casey who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we 
believe him to be seventy-five 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.....Thomas Smith

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court.....Joseph Gaffe 
CLk