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Surname: Cable, Smyth
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Hello. My line from Casper is
Casper>Joseph>Daniel>Millard>Casper>Keith>Myself.
I am from the Cable's in SouthEast KY.
The only known records of Casper's Military Service was Published by my
Unlce, the late Raymond M. Cable, Ph.D., in the early eighties.
It contained photocopies of the actual muster of prisoners which lists
a Casper Goebell as a prisoner after the Battle of Trenton.
Also is a muster report from a Hessian Regiment which later lists him as
a deserter.
My Uncle (Who was born on 1905?) remembered the story from his Grandfather,
who remembered from his grandfather so this story is only twice passed-down.
The story is that Casper was captured by Washington at Trenton, joined
the Continentals, was leter re-captured by the Brits who returned him to
a Hessian Regiment, who he in turn deserted and re-joined the Continentals.
My uncle spent YEARS and A LOT OF MONEY researching the family. He NEVER
found any proof of Casper's service with the Continentals. The only real
proof is the fact that he owned so much land after the war which must have
been a grant from Congress (as with many of the Hessians that turned)
E-mail me with any other questions.
Eric Cable