Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,175, Daniel Chandler, S.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
S.C.
Chandler, Daniel
NUMBER
S. 32,175
CONTENTS
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Illinois 22.360.
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Daniel Chandler of Jefferson Co. in the State of Illinois who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Smith of the Rgt commanded by Colo. Beard in the South Ca. line for two years.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 22d day of Oct 1833 and sent to H. Eddy Shawneetown Gallatin Co, Ills.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833. 200.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34. 40.
[total] $240.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer Clerk,
Book E. Vol. eight Page 55.
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Danl. Chandler
11837
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of Illinois
County of Jefferson SS.
On this 22d day of September 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon. Thomas C. Browne Judge of the Circuit Court for Jefferson County now sitting, Daniel Chandler, a resident of said County and State aged 71 years on the 12th day of May last, who being sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. In Feb. 1776, according to the best of his recollection he turned out as a volunteer under Capt. Larret Smith, to guard the frontiers against the Cherokee Indians. This was in Ninety Six District, in the State of South Carolina, & his march was by Kellet's station on Rabun's Creek, and he was out in the service for four months, & then marched back & was discharged at home by Capt. Smith. He states that he was at the treaty held with the Indians at Dewitt's Corner by Gen. Williamson. Gen. Pickens, was then a major & in actual service on the lines, & was the only officer recollected by this applicant who came round to the different stations. In the next Spring in May, 1777, he was drafted to go on the Florida Expedition against the Tories who had embodied Ft. Augustine. His Capt. was James Lilles, his Col. or Lt. Col. was of the name of Beard, & all under the command of Gen. Williamson. He was marched thro' Augusta in Geo. across Sabina river and on to the Altamaha in Geo. where he was stationed under Capt.
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Frederick Lipham for about a month, for the purpose of guarding the boats in which the army had crossed until it returned. After the army returned, he was marched home with his company & discharged at Ninety Six after being out about three months. After these two tours of service, this applicant was drafted twice for 2 months & 10 days each, and served for that time under Capt. James Liles & Col. John Liles, but in what year exactly he does not remember. It was before Charlestown surrendered and before the battle of Stono and the service was against the Tories, but no fighting, though at Augusta, a small party of which this applicant was one were obliged to retreat before the enemy. The whole force out at these two short periods, did not much exceed a regiment, but Gen. Williamson was head commander. The next of this applicant's service was after the taking of Charleston by the British, when he fled for refuge to Fifers's Mill in North Carolina. This was the last of May or first of June 1780. There he volunteered into a company as a private under Capt. Wm. Smith, in the regt. commanded by Col. John Thomas, and of which Ben. Robuck was Lt. Col. or major. They were called S.C. refugees, & marched back through Charlotte in N.C. & across the Catawby [Catawba] & Broad rivers in S.C., with a view to annoy the British & Tories, who then had possession of the whole state and this applicant remained in service, after thus again entering it, until the said of the war, for the first few months under the officers last above named, with whom he was in the battle with the British & Tories under Col. Ferguson at the Cedar Springs, and also the battle near Musgrove's Mill on the Inaree [Enoree] river. Some little time after these engagements, they made their way down
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towards the lower end of the District of Ninety Six where he found his old regiment to which he had first belonged now under the command of Col. James Liles formerly this applicants captain & the former Col. John Liles, having become rather old, had resigned, and the command of the Company to which this applicant belonged had devolved upon his nephew John Liles. This applicant then joined his company under Capt. John Liles, and was in the battle with the Tories between Tiger River & Fair Forest Creek. Some time after this battle he joined a company of mounted rangers to act against the out-lying Tories, and was elected a Lieutenant of the company, and served in it for four months, the period for which the company had been organized. This company was commanded by Capt. Jeremiah Williams, was under the command of Col. John Hammond & Major Field Perdue, who were field officers of the State troops and commanded or regiment of Dragoons. From the taking of Charleston by the British until the peace of '83, this applicant was constantly in service as above, and for four months of the time as a Lt. in this company of Rangers. He was in several small skirmishes not worth naming. He was never with any of the continental army that he knows of was at one time with Genl. Sumpter at Tuskaseja Ford on the Catawba, & marched with him to Ramsour's Mill and arrived just after Col. Lock[e] had defeated the Tories. This applicant has no documentary evidence of his service, and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who
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can testify to his services. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State or Territory.
Daniel Chandler
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid
Joel Pace Clk

We Zadoc Casey a clergyman residing in the County of Jefferson, Illinois and Rodum Allen, residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Chandler who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be of the age he states; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Zadok Casey
Rodum Allen
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Joel Pace Clk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Zadok Casey who has signed the preceding cer[tificate]
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[cer]tificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Jefferson aforesaid, and that Rodum Allen who has also signed the same is a resident in the same county, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Joel Pace, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Chandler for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 22d day of Sept. 1832.
Joel Pace Clk
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Amendment to the declaration of Daniel Chandler for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7th 1832 
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Jefferson & State of Illinois Daniel Chandler who being duly sworn, deposeth & saith that by reason of old age & consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below & in the following grades: For four months I served as a private under Capt James Smith in the year 1776. For three months I served as a private under Capts James Lisles & Frederick Lipham in the year 1777. For two months and ten days I served as a private under Capt James Lisles in the year 1778. For two months and ten days I served as a private under Capt James Lisles in the year 1779. For two months I served as a private under Capt William Smith in the year 1780: For three years - months - I served as a private under Capt John Lisles in the years 1780 1781 1782 & 1783 & for such service I claim a pension
Daniel Chandler
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 30th day of September AD 1833
Wm W. Pace JP {seal}

State of Illinois
Jefferson County SS.
I Joel Pace Clerk of the county commissioners court in & for the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that William W Pace Esqr. whose signature appears to the
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foregoing certificate is & was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the County & State aforesaid duly commissioned & qualified, and said signature is genuine, & full faith & credit are due to all his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court at Mount Vernon this 30th day of September A.D. 1833
Joel Pace Clk
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Daniel Chandler
Illinois 11,837.

Adm 2 years
$80.

H Eddy
Agent
Shawneetown
Gallatin County Ills
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BRIEF in the case of Daniel Chandler Co. of Jefferson in the State of Illinois
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 71
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
In 1776 volunteered 4 [mos] Cap. Jarrett Smith
May 1777 drafted about 3 [mos] Cap Liles Col Beard Genl. Hamilton
after this drafted 4 [mos] 18 [days]
1780 volunteered " " [Cap Liles] Col Liles
does not specify time except 4 [mos] there as Lieut Cap Smith Col Thomas
5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle at cedar Springs a battle with Tories at Tiger River
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Ninety Six District S Carolina
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? the papers are not attached agreeably to the regulations - nor is the periods or length of service given
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Payson
Examining Clerk.
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Daniel Chandler Sur. File No. 32,175 Rev. War, was allowed pension on his application executed September 22, 1832, while a resident of Jefferson County, Illinois, and stated that he was "seventy-one years of age the twelfth of May last", that he volunteered in Ninety Six District, South Carolina, and served in the South Carolina troops as follows.
February, 1776, Private, under Captain Jarret Smith; four months.
May, 1777, Private, under Captain James Lisle, and Colonel Beard, two months; and under Captain Frederick Lipham, one month.
In 1778 and 1779, he served as a Private, under Captain James Lisle and Colonel John Lisle, four months and twenty days.
Volunteered in May or June 1780, after the taking of Charleston, as a Private under Captain William Smith, Colonel John Thomas, and was in the battles of Cedar Springs and Musgroves Mill; He was under Captain John Lisle in an engagement between Tiger River and Fair Forest Creek, and was constantly in service until the Peace of 1783, four months of which he was a Lieutenant in Captain Jeremiah Williams' company of
Mounted Rangers under Colonel John Hammond.
There is no family data whatever on file.
Very respectfully,
E. C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner.
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JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS, ILL., CHAIRMAN.
WILLIAM J. STONE, MO.
JOSEPH E. RANSDELL, LA.
BOIES PENROSE, PA.
HENRY F. LIPPITT, R.I.
JOHN F. MCCARRON, CLERK

United States Senate,
COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

October 25, 1916.

Hon. E. C. Tieman,
Deputy Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
(Attention of Mr. Austin)

Dear Mr. Tieman:
Please furnish me if it is possible with the records of two Revolutionary soldiers - S. 32,175 Daniel Chandler, who was from South Carolina, and who drew his pension in Jefferson County, Illinois, also W. 13,280 Jesse Gordon, who lived in Jackson County, Illinois.
Very truly yours,
James Hamilton Lewis
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[first column]
32175
Revy INVALID.
File No. 32,175
Daniel Chandler
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32"
Index:- Vol. 2, Page 71.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[second column]
1916 Oct. 28. Hist to Senator James Hamilton Lewis C
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Danl. Chandler
Jefferson Co.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Daniel Chandler which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No
V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled? No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV. + If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ++ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes no: 1-2

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For - year
- months, and - days, I served as a -. For - months and - days, I served as a -; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
+ QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
++ QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Must produce commission on such proof as is necessary to establish the fact he was a Lieut.