Adam Casner Sr (1747 - abt. 1836)

Born 10 Aug 1747 in Germany

Descendants

Died about 2 Jun 1836 at about age 88 in Pendleton County, VA, (WV, USA)

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Sources

• http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/surnames.casner/12.35/mb.ashx

http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/pendleton/vitals/Births.txt

http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Adam_Casner_(1) Will Extract of Adam Casner

I Adam Casner...wife to have choice of one of my horses and one of my cows and one of the beds, and one saddle and bridle and $50 for her maintenance. Personal property to be sold.

To daughter Barbary $5 out of my estate and no more.

To son Wendle $20 out of my estate and no more.

To daughter Elizabeth $20 out of my estate and no more and this is to be paid first.

To son, Daniel $100 for my maintenance and to him and my son Solomon to have my lands in full possession free for five years after my decease and then to be sold a public sale.

To son Adam his heirs $1 out of my estate and no more.

Balance of estate to be equally divided among the balance of my heirs.

John G Miller to be executor. 15 April 1836. Wit: Henry Mallow and Leonard Mallow. Will proved 3 August 1836

[edit]▼Records in Virginia Adam Casner [Bk. 70:522] 31 Dec 1821, 90 acres on the mountain between Mill Creek and the south fork adjoining two tracts of his father's. [Pendleton County Land Office Patents & Grants]. 59 L CASNER ADAM 118 (acres) NEAR WALNUT BOTTOM 16 NE. [1823 Land book for Pendleton County, West Virginia]. 60 L CASNER ADAM 23 (acres) NEAR WALNUT BOTTOM 16 NE [1823 Land book for Pendleton County, West Virginia]. 61 L CASNER ADAM 57 (acres) NEAR WALNUT BOTTOM 16 NE [1823 Land book for Pendleton County, West Virginia]. 62 L CASNER ADAM 90 (acres) ON MT 16 NE NEW GRANT [1823 Land book for Pendleton County, West Virginia]. Indenture 19 Apr 1841 between John Casner & Eve his wife, Paul Casner & Margaret his wife, John G Miller & Mary his wife, Philip Casner & Mary his wife, Samuel Casner & Catharine his wife & Solomon Casner & Teny his wife of the one part and Daniel Casner of the other part, all of Pendleton Co., VA. For $2 paid by said Daniel Casner they sell to Daniel Casner 184 acres on a branch between the south fork and South Mill Creek, adjoining & between the lands of George Mallow & George Casner, it being the same land granted to Adam Casner by patent 25 Aug 1835. [Pendleton County, West Virginia Deed Book 13, pg. 179-181] [edit]▼Revolutionary War Pension Information Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 1, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Casner, Adam - entered service 1778 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; born 8/10/1747 in Germany; came to america with family of father in 1764; resided Franklin County, Pennsylvania, after Revolutionary War; to Brooke County, Virginia, 1814, where received Pension in 1833 & resided 1835. R495.

[edit]▼Notes ADAM CASNER BROOKE COUNTY PRIVATE PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA $30.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE $90.00 AMOUNT RECEIVED MAY 9, 1833 PENSION STARTED AGE 86 [Source: Virginia Pension Roll of 1835, Report from the Secretary of War].

Adam Casner was listed as a Private on the Muster Roll of Capt. Patrick Jack's Company in the Sixth Company of the Fourth Battalion of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, commanded by Samuel Culbertson, Lt. Colonel, 24 October 1782. [Source: Pennsylvania Archives, pg. 450, pub. 1897]