Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [BLANK], Russel Chapell, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn.

Chapell, Russel

NUMBER
Dis.
No Papers
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Jan 5, 1907 [?]
AW
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Chapell, Russel

His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of New York submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on March 2, 1795 and printed in the American State Papers Class 9, page 168.

Rank:  Private
Re't:  1st Connecticut
Disability:  Broke the bone of his left thigh, by getting a cannon carriage into a boat, in order to cross the North river.
When and where disabled:  1782, King's Ferry 
Residence:  Schenectady
To what pension entitled:  One-half
Remarks:  Enlisted February 10, 1781; on the rolls January, 1783.
Evidence complete
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME  Chapelon, Peter
GRADE  Private
LINE  Hazen's Regiment

WARRANT NUMBER  12882
ACREAGE  100
ISSUED  August 10, 17--? (torn)
to Richard Platt, assignee

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*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Chapelon, Peter
GRADE Fifer
LINE Hazen's Regiment

WARRANT NUMBER 12887
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED August 7, 1789
to __ not shown __

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*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.