Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,428, John Chasey, New Jersey
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(3-1776)

Service
[handwritten] New Jersey, Chasey, John

Number 
[handwritten] S.2.428
[handwritten] carded.

Contents (blank)
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New Jersey 30:872
John Chasey of Monmouth in the State of N.J. 
who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Forman of the Rgt commanded by Col in the N Jersey line for 2 years.

from Oct 1818

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 120 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum. [ill.] commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Nov.
1836 and sent [ill.] [ill.] M. Hartshorne Freehold, N.J.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept-1836,          $660.00
Semi-ann. allowance ending [Holland?]  60.00
                                                              _______
                                                             $720.00
                                                              _________
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by [ill.] Clerk,
Book C2  Vol. 3
Page 120
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Claim of John Chasey
a non-commissioned officer
in the revolutionary war
for a pension under the
[late?] act of Congress-

[Handwritten math]
8
10
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28 80 (285
56
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240
224
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160
140
20

1878.9.4
-1878.3.22
5       10/28
8
$40
2.85
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$42.85
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New Jersey
Mommouth County
Be it remembered that on the twenty third day of March in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen. personally appeared before me. William J [Bowne] Esquire one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of [common] pleas in and for the County [aforsaid] John Chasey of the said County who alleges his circumstances are such as to require     aforemtioned for his support [ill.] and being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God [deponents] and Saith that he, this [deponent], did on the Eight day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven enlist as a private soldier in the Army of the United States of America in the revolutionary war with Great Britian in the Company Commanded by Captain Jonathan Forman in the fourth Regiment Commanded by Colonel Ephraim [ill.] in the Jersey line, for the term of three years [ordinary?] {iil.] [ill.] that this [deponent ?] was on the ninth day of March in the year aforesaid and [ill.] as Sergeant in the Company of the said Captain Jonathan Forman and discontinued as [iil.] [iil.] in the service of the United States in the [ill.] as the Jersey line until he received his discharge in writing from the "illegible" Jonathan Forman Captain Commanding the first Jersey Regiment of this Deponents faithfully having served three years "illegible" term United States in the [ill.] Regiment of the Jersey line until the Eighth day of March in the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty when this term of his enlistment [ill.] at which time received is discharge in writing from the Said Jonathan Furman {ill.} Coommanding the [fourth] Jesey Reginment of this depondent's faithfully having served three years the term of his [ill.] enlistment & further this [ill.] saith not.  Give an subscribed before me this 23rd day of March1818

 WM J Bowne John Chasey
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John Chasey
15
Monmouth Cty
[.ll]
31 Mch 18

Sep '18
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County [?] ⎬

On this twenty sixth day of July eighteen hundred and twenty personally appeared in Open Court, being a Court of record, and the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Monmouth, John Chasey aged about sixty five years a resident in the said County who being first duly sworn according to law, does on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows in Captain Jonathan Forman's Company  and in the 4th Jersey Regiment commanded by Col Ephm Martin- and that his original declaration is dated the twenty third day of March eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that the number of  [his?] certificate of Pension is (15)  And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818.  And that I have not since that time by gift, sale or any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent there by so to diminish it as to being myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" [passed?] on the 18th day of March 1818. and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other that what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me [subscribed?]
Schedule
No real or personal property/ having heretofore all been sold from me by the Sheriff and further that my occupation is that of a Shoemaker, though rendered incapable of obtaining a support by it, having nearly lost the fight
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of one eye and the other much impaired; and that my family consists of Margaret, my wife, aged about sixty three capable of supporting herself at present, my Daughter, [Martha?] Chasey, & infant child daughter capable of supporting herself. She is about twenty-eight years old -my grandson, Samuel Chasey, aged about twelve capable of earning a support; my son, Samuel, age of about twenty-one and his wife aged about twenty-one, and their infant child about six months old. Son & wife last mentioned capable of supporting themselves
& lastly myself aged as aforesaid
Sworn to & declared on the 26th day of July 1820. Before me in open Court,
John Casey

Wm J. Bowne

I, William Ten Eyck, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth, in the State of New Jersey - Do hereby certify, that the oregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and, I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said
Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is {blank] Dollars [blank] cents.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
the said Court, on this fourth day of
August in the year of our Lord 1820.
Wm. Ten Eyck Clk
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Casey, John (N.J.)
S-2428
John Chasey Sergt of [Capt Leman Cromhall?] [fourth] Jersey Regmt having faithfully served three years
the Term of his Enlistment [crossed out] and delivering
[ill.] is discharged
[ill.] Mendham | [Jonathan Forman?]
March 8th 80 | Commd the [illegible] Reg
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I certify that John Chasey Served with me a Sergt
in the different Regimt of the Jersey Line from March 8th 1777 until 8th of March 1780 at which period the term of his Enlistment expired.

Given at Monmouth | Jonathan Forman
March 6th 1784. | Late Lieut. Col. late Jersey Regimt

S.F.2428
John Chasey
NJ
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Payable on 4 March
& 4 Sept on each
year by the agent at
the [ill.] [ill.]
Company Trenton, N.J.
John Chasey

[Handwritten math
1820
65
_______
55]

Recorded
Chasey, John
(N.J.)
S-2428
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revy Claim
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES,
the 18th of March 1818,
John Chasey late a Sergeant in the Army of the
Revolution
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New Jersey Agency,
at the rate of Eight dollars [crossed out] per month,
to commence on the 23d day of March one thousand eight
hundred and Eighteen
GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES,
this 31st day of March
one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
J.C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
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[left panel]
char 4 1834 paid to char 4 1834
Sep 11 1834 paid to Sep 11 1834
Mar 9, 1835 paid to Mar 4, 1835
Sep 22 1835 paid to Sep 4 1835
Mar 10 1836 paid to Mar 4 1836
Sep 14 1836 paid to Sep 4 1836
[center panel]
Sept. 25 1818 paid to Sept 4 1818
Mar 19, 1819 paid to Mar 4 1819
Sept 9 1819 Paid to Sept 4 1819
May 5 1820 Paid to Mar 4 1820
Mar 20, 1821 paid to Mar 4 1821
Sept 15 1821. paid to Sep 4 1821
Apr 5 1822 paid to Mar 4 1822
Sept 18. 1822 Paid to Sep 4 1822
Mar. 21 1823 paid to Mar 4 1823
Sept 13 1824 paid to Sep 4 1823
Mar 25 1826 paid to Mar 4 1824
Sep 11 1826 paid to Sep 4 1826
Mar 12 1825 paid to Mar 4 1825
Sep 10 1825 paid to Sep 4 1825
Mar 18 1826 paid to Mar 4 1826
Sep 12 1826 paid to 4 Sep 1826
Mar 23 1827 paid to Mar 4 1827
Oct 8 1827 paid to Sept 4 1827
Mar 31 1828 paid to Mar 4 1828
Oct 23 1828 paid to Sep 4 1828
April 17 1829 paid to Mar 4 1829
[right panel]
Mar 25 paid to Mar 4 1831
Sep 14 1831 paid to Sept 4 1831
Mar 17 1832 paid to Mar 4 1832
Sep 12 1832 paid to Sep 4 1832
Mar 27 1833 paid to Mar 4 1833
Sept 17 1829 paid to Sep 4 1829
Mar 19 1830 paid to Mar 4 1830
Sept 13 paid to Sept 4 1830
Sep 10 1833 paid to Sep 4 1833
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August 29, 1930.
Bureau of Pensions,
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section. | 541
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Rev. War claim for pension of John Chaney
S.2428 | Actual 1 of each page.
 | 90c........6 pages
Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2
in. at top of each page and return
papers in each case in folder with
corresponding name and number.
The word "omit" written in
pencil on those pages which are not
to be copied.
Chief, Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
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M.O. # 160915 - 90 cents
MRS. CHARLOTTE TAYLOR LUCKHURST 
[date stamp FINANCE DIVISION Book Keepers Desk AUG 8 1930 Bureau of Pensions]
REGISTERED GENEALOGIST
156 WESTERN AVENUE
ALBANY, NEW YORK
July 30. 1930
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen-;
Enclosed please find P. O. Order for 90 cts
for photostat copies of Revolutionary War pension
claim od John Chasey, S. 2428, as per
your letter of July 24th.
I thank you, Very truly yours,
Charlotte T. Luckhurst
[Date Stamp Revolutionary & 1812 Wars Section AUG 7 1930 Bureau of Pensions]
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Wars Section.
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
July 24, 1930.
Charlotte Taylor Luckhurst,
156 Western Avenue,
Albany, New York

Dear Madam:

I advise you that photostatic copies of original
papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension Claim
of John Chasey, S.2428 will be furnished you at the
rate of fifteen cents a page.
The number of pages to be copied is six.
Should you desire to have the certified, allow
twenty-five cents additional for them certified, allow
twenty-five cents additional for the set.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this
bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Commissioner
of Pensions.

Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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Mrs. CHARLOTTET TAYLOR LUCKHURST
REGISTERED GENEALOGIST
ISS WESTERN AVENUE
ALBANY, NEW YORK
June 1[illegible], 1930
Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen-;

Among the New Jersey pensioners 1840 I
John Chacey of Middletown Monmouth Co.
aged 85 years,

Will you please advise me if in his application
for pension there is any mention of
his family?,  and also tell me what the cost
of a photostat copy of his application would
be,
I thank you- very truly yours,
Charlotte T Luckhurst
[Date Stamp Revolutionary & 1812 Wars Section JUN 17 1930 BUREAU OF PENSIONS]
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[illegible letterhead]
July 4, 1930
bureau,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen-;

On June 15th I wrote asking for photostat
copies of the application for pension
made by John Chacey, of Middletown, N. J.
The fact I asked if there was any genealogical
data did not mean that the photostat
depended on that information, I want the record
in any case, and am anxious to know if it will
give same dates I am in need of, or if I must
secure them from other sources,
I will forward P. O. Order as soon as I know
the amount, please may I have reply,
[date stamp Revolutionary & 1812 Wars Section JUL 7 1930 BUREAU OF PENSIONS]
Very truly yours,
Charlotte Luckhurst
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List of pages to Charlotte Luckhurst
Sel's, decl Mch. 23-1818-1p
Discharge- 1p
Denise Forman's affid. Mch 23 1818 &
reverse side of Sheet - 2p
sel's decl July 26, 1820-2p
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Rev War
2428
INVALID.
-
File No. 2428

John Chany
Sergt N.J. Line
---
Act: June 7. 1832
Index:--Vol. A, Page 64
[Arrangement of 1870.}

1930 July 24 C.J. Luckhurst adv cost of photos
MMHT
1930 Sept 9 Photos mailed to C.J. Luckhurst
& Fin Div ntsd ADY
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J.M. Hartshorn Nov 10, 36
15
New Jersey
John Chasey, 4
Sergeant
In the army of the U. States.
At $8 per mo: to com. @ 23 Mar. 1818
Cert: issued 31st of March, 1818.
& sent to the Honorable Wm J.
Bowne, Judge & c Freehold,
New Jersey
And to 4th Sept 1818. 5 10/28 mos. $42.85
Rev Claim
Act 18th [crossed out] March, 1818
New Jersey Line
three years
to 1780
Continued, Notification
sent to Wm Ten Eyck 21 Sep
1820, Monmouth, N.J
Monmouth County
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other [illegible] in
this case not
handed to me
& cannot be found
DDA
Nov 28, 36
admd
2 yrs [illegible]
---
120. $
J. M.
1
J.M. Hartshorne
Freehold
Va
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Freehold Oct 25th 1836
Dear Sir
Mr John Chasey who now received
a pension of $96 under the act of 1818, claims
to have served 3 years in the American Army as a
sergeant. You will please refer to his papers
and if they make out 2 yrs service as a Sergeant
he will be entitled to $120 per annum under the act
of June 7, 1832. Commencing 4th March 1831, [crossed out] deducting 
the amount paid him if I understand your letter of the
19 inst. You will please inform me what amount
of service his papers with prove as a Sergeant, and if
it will not amount to 2 yes he will be able to
submit evidence of his service in that grade sufficient 
to entitle him-- I understood from your
letter that it will not be necessary for him to make
a new declaration, if the evidence Submitted upon
his former application, will prove the 2 yrs service as Sergeant
He is willing to surrender his present certificate
upon being allowed a pension as a sergeant.
From an examination of his papers you can
inform me whether any thing, and what will be necessary
to substantiate his present claim, which if done immediately
will oblige Your obt. Servant
N.M. Hartshorne-
James L. Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
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Correct under the law

Free
The Honourable
J.C. Calhoun
Secty of War
Washington City

Mr Boyd
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Freehold NJ. 24 Mar. 1818.
The Honourable
J. C. Calhoun, Secty of war
I herewith transmit the testimony
on the part of John Chasey a NonCommissioned 
officer in the Revolutionary war
to substantiate his claim to a pension under the 
late Act of Congress
Yours Respectfully
Wm J Bowne
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New Jersey | Be it Remembered that on the twenty
Monmouth County ss | third day of March in the year of our
Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen
personally appeared before me William J. Bowne
Esquire one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common 
Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth, Captain
Denise Forman who being duly Sworn on the Holy Evangelists
of Almighty God deposeth and Saith that he was
acquainted with John Chasey a Sergeant in the
Company commanded by Captain Jonathan Forman in
the Jersey line during the revolutionary war with great
Britain, that he served as a Sergeant during his term
of enlistment being three years as Deponent understood 
& verily believes - This Deponent further saith
that the discharge executed to John Chasey by Jona. Forman 
Capt Command'g the 1st. J Regt Given at Mendham
March 8th "80 is in the proper hand writing of the
said Jonathan Forman
Deponents Brother & further that the certificate signed
by Jon Forman Late Lieut folo. late Jersey Regimt.
given at Monmouth March 6th. 1784 is also
in the hand writing of the said Jonathan Forman
decd who was a Brother of this Deponent the
aforesaid discharge & certificate being annexed to the
foregoing affidavit is
Sworn & Subscribed before | Denise Forman
me this 23rd day of March | 
1818. | 
Wm. J Bowne |
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I William J Bowne one of the Judges of the Inferior
Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth, in
the State of New Jersey - do hereby certify to the Honorable
J.C. Calhoun, Secty of War, that it satisfactorily appears
to me that the applicant John Chasey mentioned in the
foregoing affidavits served in the Revolutionary war
against the common enemy, and that the said John Chasey
is far advanced in years and is in indigent circumstances.
Wm. J. Bowne

I Joseph Phillips Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common
Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth
State of New Jersey, Do hereby certify that William
J Bowne Esquire whose name is affixed to the Certificates
of acknowledgment in the within Instruments
of writings is duly enrolled and sworn as Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Monmouth,
and that full faith & credance are due to all his
official acts as such -
In Testimony whereof I have
[seal affixed] hereunto Let my hand and
affixed the seal of the said Court
at Freehold the twenty fourth
day of March in the year
of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred
and Eighteen
J Phillips Clk