Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42120, William Champ, Va
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Va.
Chamh, William
S42120
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Ohio 18.054.
William Champ
of Lickaway Co'y in the State of Ohio
who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Buford of the Virginia
line, for the term of 1 1/2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 of July 1819

Certificate of Pension issued the 27 of Jany 1821
and sent to Caleb Atwater
Circleville, Ohio.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1823, 109:70
Semi anl. all'ce ending 4 Mch 21 48.
13 18/31 4/30 $157:70
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
(1 May 1820)
W

Date of death not on AB
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2 Cases. 4958
Caleb Atwater
P. Mr.
Agt.
Circleville, Ohio.
recd. Octr. 5. 1819.
William Champ
Virga line 8th regmt
Coll Bleuford
3 yrs.

Further evidence of
service wanting-
7. Novr 1819

Circleville (O.)
1819
Sept 18.
Maj. C Van De Veter
Chief Clerk
War Office
Pension Office} Washington City.
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State of Ohio
Pickaway County SS
William Champ now of Pickaway county State of Ohio, being duly sworn
saith that he is desirous to procure a pension
under the late law of the Congress of the United States passed 18 March 1818 that he enlisted into the 8th Virginia Regiment, 
commanded by Colonel Edward
Bluford or Bufford, but in what  year, he can
not now remember-- that he the said William
Champ served as a private soldier
in said Regiment for the space of about
three years next subsequent to his said 
enlistment and was in several skirmishes,
the battle of South Carolina and
in Bluford's defeat at the Hanging Rock,
North Carolina, Tarleton command
the enemy at Bluford's defeat. that
this deponent was honorably discharge
at Hillsborough North Carolina about
one year before the capture of Cornwallis.
that after his said honorable discharge
he enlisted as a volunteer under captain
Thomas Neal  he served with Bluford's regiment and this deponent assisted in
capture of Cornwallis at Yorktown Virginia.
The deponent's discharge, he kept for
many years, but in removing from
place to place it got lost or mislaid
and he cannot now find it, that he
is Sixty five years of age, very infirm
in health and in such reduced circumstances 
that he absolutely stands in
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need of assistance from his country for support.
Dated 14th July 1819
Wm Champ  x his mark

Sworn to and Subscribed Before me this day &
date above mentioned
Wm Seymour Associate
Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas Pleas
Pickaway County

July the 14th 1819
I do hearby certify that Wm Champ is a
Poorman and Stands in need of his country
for support. Given under my hand and seal
this fourteenth day of July 1819
Wm Seymour Associate
Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas 
Wm Seymour

The State of Ohio Pickaway County
I Andrew Huston Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas for said County do hereby
certify that the above named William Seymore
was an associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County at the date of
the foregoing affidavit duly commissioned and
qualified and that the above legislature is 
in his own hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the
seal of said Court at Circleville
this 14th day of 1819.
Andrew Huston Clk
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[Envelope]
Referred &c
Adm
27 Jan. 1821
Free
Caleb Atwater
Postmaster
Circleville, Ohio
Pension Office
Washington City
District of Columbia
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State of Ohio Galloway Common Pleas November Term A.D. 1820 on the 3d day of December Anno domino 1820 in open Court it being a Court of record for the County and State aforesaid William Champ aged sixty eight years resident in the said County of Pickaway  who being first duly sworn according
to law doth on his oath declare that
he served in the Revolutionary War as follows he enlisted into the company of Captain John Savage Col Abraham Hyatt or Hite being the Col and Garet [illegible] Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment at a place called Paddy town (then) on the South branch of the Potomack in the State of Virginia in the month of February 1778. that he spent the most of that year in guarding prisoners  at Winchester and other places on the North Branch of Said Potomack under the command of Capt Savage   that said company and regiment were in the Continental establishment   that in the spring of the year following he was marched to the lower part of Virginia and joined Scotts Brigade at Petersburgh at which place he was assigned to Capt Wallows Company Lieutenant Col Buford's regiment and Marched in said Regiment to the South and remained with it until its defeat at Warsaw's or as it was commonly called the Hanging
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Rock" in the lather part1780 in South Carolina
from which place he escaped from the army and found the Regiment at Chesterfield Court house a short time afterwards and returned again to the South and continued to serve in said Regiment for some months until he was honorably discharged in October following at Hillsborough N Carolina by Col. Buford having served nearly or quite three years in all in different companies-- After this discharge I turned out as a volunteer under Captain
Thomas Neal and immediately marched to Yorktown and there joined the whole United States army commanded by Washington himself at Yorktown Virginia and then and there continued to serve until Cornwallis and his army were Captured by our arms.
After this capture I was employed in guarding 3200 British prisoners on their way to Winchester Virginia and was there discharged honorably. The date of my original declaration is the 14th July 1819 and I do further swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or
any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring 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
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war passed the 18th March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person for me any property or securities contracts or debts due me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
 Schedule of property-- 1 sow
9 pigs three days old $2.50. By occupation
I was a farmer but am too old to do any labour
being enfeebled  be rheumatism  in my right arm which has perished. I have a wife who is sixty seven years of age and very infirm.  I have a daughter living with us Elizabeth by name who is our stay and support but seventeen years of age and no property - she is not very healthy nor very  feeble.  
His
William X Champ
Mark

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
Decr 2nd 1820

The State of Ohio Pickaway County ss
I Andrew Huston Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied
from the original on file in my office and further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property in exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is two dollars and fifty cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court
at Circleville this 10th day of January 1821
Andrew Huston Clk

(SEAL)
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July 28, 1932

William Champ. 42120
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/ELL

Mrs. Margaret B. Stormes
R. R. # 2
Swayzee, Indiana

Dear Madam:

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file
in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.42120, based upon the
military service of William Champ in that war.

William Champ enlisted at Paddytown on the South Branch of the Potomac River, in Virginia, in February, 1778, served as a private in Captain John Savage's Company, Colonel Abraham Hite's Virginia Regiment, and guarded prisoners at Winchester Barracks; in the spring following, he was marched to the south, was transferred to Captain Andrew Wallace's Company, Colonel Abraham Buford's Virginia Regiment, was in several skirmishes in South Carolina and in the battle at Waxhaws in South Carolina, May 29, 1780, known as Buford's Defeat,  and was discharged the following October. After his discharge, he
volunteered, date not given, served in Captain Thomas Neal's Company, Colonel Buford's 
Virginia Regiment, was at the capture of Cornwallis after which he guarded prisoners to Winchester, Virginia.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 14, 1819, at which time he was aged sixty-five years and resided in Pickaway
County, Ohio.
In 1820, he referred to his wife, aged sixty-seven years, but did not give her name or the date of their marriage; and to their daughter, Elizabeth, aged seventeen years. There are no further data as to his family,

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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July 28, 1932

William Champ. 42120
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/ELL

Mrs. Margaret B. Stormes
R. R. # 2
Swayzee, Indiana

Dear Madam:

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file
in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.42120, based upon the
military service of William Champ in that war.

William Champ enlisted at Paddytown (handwritten: Hampshire Co M on old map) on the South Branch of the
Potomac River, in Virginia, in February, 1778, served as a private
in Captain John Savage's Company, Colonel Abraham Hite's Virginia
Regiment, and guarded prisoners at Winchester Barracks, in the spring
following, he was marched to the south, was transferred to Captain
Andrew Wallace's Company, Colonel Abraham Buford's Virginia Regiment, (handwritten:  He said Col Edward Bufort but Col Abraham Buford had a statement in the 
case so used (Abraham)
was in several skirmishes in South Carolina and in the battle at
Waxhaus in South Carolina, May 29, 1780, known as Buford's Defeat,
and was discharged the following October. After his discharge, he
volunteered, date not given, served in Captain Thomas Neal's Company,
Colonel Buford's Virginia Regiment, was at the capture of Cornwallis
after which be guarded prisoners to Winchester, Virginia.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 14, 1819,
at which time he was aged sixty-five years and resided in Pickaway
County, Ohio.

In 1820, he referred to his wife, aged sixty-seven years, but
not give her name or the date of their marriage; and to their
daughter, Elizabeth, aged seventeen years. There are no further
data as to his family,

The above is the history of the only soldier named William Champ
that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

(Handwritten 
Date of 
death not
on AB)

(handwritten)
Could not 
identify
Capt Thos
Neal)
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Dept. of Interior,
Rev. Records
Washington D.C.

Circleville, Ohio
May 1933

(STAMP)
Rec'd
Jun 29, 2933
Mail Sub Div
(illegible) 

Dear Sir: -
Have you the Pension Record of William Champ, private in
Va. Continentals received a pension in Pickaway Co. O. 1821.

Also the record of Conrad Cline or Kline, private in Pa Troops
received a pension in Pickaway Co. O. 1829.

If you have these records will you please send them to me.

Sincerely Yours,
Mrs. Glenn Nickerson
Circleville, O.
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P.2
Swayzee, Ind, June 22, 1932

The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
If you can find a pension record of
following soldiers, will you please send
a full copy of any data that may be given;

1. Charles Williams of N. York Militia,
probably Cayuga Co.) War of 1812.  He served 
under Capt. Martin Barber.  Wife, Lydia

2. William Southworth, of New York, served in 
the American Revolution.  (hand written addition)  none

3.  William
Champe (or Champ) served in
the American Revolution. He was in Virginia
and I suppose was with the Va. troops, but
I believe his early borne was in Maryland, and
following the Rev. went to Kentucky.
(hand written addition) Record S.42120 only one.

4. John Taylor, of New Jersey, was in the
American Rev.  wife, Lucretia. (hand written addition)  None

5.  Richard Benbow, served in the American
Rev, either with the North Carolina or South Carolina
troops. He was born in N.C. Bladen
Co. but I believe finally went to the old Camden
District of S.C., at least his children did.

6. Job Benbow, in the Am. Rev.
Ann
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not positive, whether with the North Carolina
- South Carolina troops, but am sure be
served in one of these state, for he received
pay for his services in Am.
 Rev.
7. Evan Benbow, was an officer in Capt.
William Fullwood's Co., of Volunteer
Militia 1775, South Carolina.

I would be grateful to you for any
information you may send me.

Yours very truly,
(Mrs.) Margaret B. Stormes
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42120
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 42,120
William Champ
Priv Rev War

Act: 18 March 18
Index: - Vol. 8,  Page 84

(Arrangement of 1870.}

1932 July 29 Hist to Mrs. Margaret 
B. Stormes  ell
1933 - June 11 Hist to Mrs. Glenn Nickerson
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William Champ
Certificate
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the bearer William Champ, who informs me he
is now a resident of Pickaway County in the State of
Ohio says that he enlisted with Capt John
Savage, on the South Branch of Potomack, Virginia
in the month of February in the year 1778; that
he was detained most part of that year guarding
prisoners at Winchester; that the spring following
he was marched to the lower part of Virginia, &
that he joined Genl Scotts Brigade at Petersburg.

I hereby certify that altho I do not
personally recollect the above mentioned William
Champ or his particular services as a soldier in
my Regiment yet from hearing him speak
of the marches, countermarches and encampments
of the Regiment to the South, with many
other circumstances which I know occurred, I
an induced to believe and do really think that
he served as a private soldier in Capt
Andrew Wallace's Company in the Revolutionary
war, and was with said company arranged
to my Regiment on continental establishment
in Scotts Brigade to the south, and
remained with the regiment until its defeat
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at Waxsaw in South Carolina on the 29th
May 1780 from which place he escaped returned to Virginia and joined my regiment again at Chesterfield Courthouse the following Summer and marched again to the south with the Regiment. The said William Champ say
he obtained his discharge from me at
Camp near Hillsborough N. Carolina in
October having served in my Regiment between one and two years. Given under my
hand in Scott County, Kentucky, this 15th day of June 1820,
A Buford, late a
Col in the Revolutionary
War

The Commonwealth of Kentucky
Scott County To wit
This day Col A Buford personally came before John Thomson one of the Justices of the peace for the County aforesaid & made oath that the facts contained in the foregoing Certificate so far as they come within his own knowledge are true & so far as they depend upon the information of others he believes them to be true.
Given from my hand & seal this 15th day of
June 1820
Jno Thomson J P (Seal)
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State of Kentucky
Scott County Set

I B. S. Chambers Clerk of
the Court of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that John Thomson Esquire before whom the foregoing certificate appears to have been sworn to was at the time of administering the same & is yet a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid and
duly commissioned & qualified by law and that faith and credit should be given to his official acts as such.
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed the
Seal of said Court this 15th day of
June 1820 in the 28th year of the
Comth
Att
B. S. Chambers Clk

(SEAL)
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Old Cas

Wm Champ
Pickaway Co. Ohio
Caleb Atwater,
Agt
Circleville, Ohio
Recd 23 Jan 1821

The Secretary of War
or  J.L. Edwards Esq
Pension Office
Washington