Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3152, Daniel Chumley, Continental Enlisted In Va.
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Service 
Continental
Chumley, Daniel
Number S. 3152
Enlisted in Va. Carded
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19466
West Tennessee
Daniel Chumley
of Wiloube in the State of WT
who was a pr. in the co commanded
by Captain Triplet of the regt commanded
by Col [unknown] in the [unknown]
line for 2 years 

Inscribed on the Roll of W. L. 
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Sept.
1833 and Robert M
Burton Lebanon

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 200.00
Sems-ans. allowance ending [unknown] 40.00
240.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk
Book E Vol. 7 Page 75
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Declaration of Daniel Chumley in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State of Tennessee
Wilson County
on this 25th day of June 1833 personally appeared in open court [unknown] setting before the worthyfull [unknown] James M Martin and David C [unknown] presiding Justices of said court Daniel Chumley a resident of Wilson County aged seventy four according to family having no register of his age, who being first duly sworn according to doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832-That be entitled for [unknown] of the United States in the Year 1778 [unknown] as he remembers the date from the lapses of time and the failures of his memory) with Robert Ratheshawn a recruiting officer of the Republic Army - he was marched to Alexandria and placed under the command of Capt [unknown] - and was attached to the 16th Virginia Regiment under the Command of Cols [unknown]
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he enlisted in Halifax County, Virginia for three years - he was sixteen years of age when he entered the service - from Alexandria they marched into Pensylvania [sp] - and from there they followed the Brittish [sp] into New Jersey and was at the Battle of Monouth - he ws attached to the Briggade of General Charles Scott and at the battle of Monmouth was under the command of the commander in Chief George Washington - he well remembers that Genl Lee was concerned for his conduct in the battle of Monmouth also perhaps deprived of his commission after the battle of Monmouth the troops as well as he remembers returned to Pensylvania [sp] - they were in Pensylvania [sp], New Jersey Maryland - and perhaps in Connecticut and Newfork - holding these secret in [unknown] for any emergency in the Northern States upwards of this [unknown] Declarent was then placed under the company commander Captain Mitchels and marched to Charleston South Carolina (passing [unknown] in N. Carolina) they joined the Southern Army of Charleston under the command of Bene Lincoln and was at the Surrender of Charleston he was then discharged by Bene Lincoln after having surrend.
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out the whole lenth [sp] of his term of three years - Declarant's moving has greatful led him - he was young when he entered the service - his [unknown] or knowleage [sp] of geography or the news of places - he cannot read nor write - he remembers but few of the officers in command he is consicous [sp] of having faithfully served for three years and rests his claims on his name being found on the muster rools [sp] - which he thinks will be found on proper [unknown] "either Captain Lip[unknown] Company.  he has {unknown] served the regement [sp] of Colo Greifsam [sp] [unknown] or in the Claim whatever to a [unknown] so accept the present company of Captains Mitchel who commanded the company of [unknown] is pension rool [sp] of A [unknown] Lincoln in any State in the United States.

Daniel Chumley (mark)
Sworn to and subscribed in
open court before me
T S McClain Clerk of
Said County Court
(strike out)
I George Smith a resident of Wilson [unknown] that he has known the applicant Daniel Chumway [sp] Daniel Chum instead of Daniel Chumway - for 20 years - he is reported and believed in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the revolution and I concur in that opinion - I believe him to be [unknown] of [unknown] as stated - he is an illiterate honest man and a man of birth
Sworn to and subscribed in open
Court. this 26th June 1833.
Geo. Smith
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And the Said Court - do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant Daniel Chumley was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and that Col George Smith whose Certificate is a respectable person our hand seals, this 26th day of June 1833
D C Hibbitts
B Douglass
M Martin
I Josiah Mclain Clerk of the Court do hereby certify that the fore[unknown] contains the regional proceedings of the said court in Chumley for a pension - In testimony thereof I hare [sp] herunto [unknown] and [unknown] of office this 26th day of June 1833

Signature of J McClain
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No. 25977 West
Daniel Chumly Wilson County
Tennissee [sp]

[unknown] a Roll
on Roll

from 1776 private
a [unknown] 80,
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War Department, Pension Office
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus:}).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
Statement, showing the Service of Daniel Chumly Wilson County Tennessee
Period when the service was rendered. Enlisted Service 1778
Duration of the claimant's service, for three years 3 years 0 months 0 days
Rank of the claimant. privt.
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.  Cap. Triplett, Colonel Gresham, Gnl. Scott
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.  74 years Halifax County Virginia
Proof by which the declaration is supported.  Traditionary evidence, papers correct 
Battle of Monmouth
I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J. L. Edwards, 
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and the Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.  Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION, 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } County of
On this (blank) day of (blank) personally appeared (a) before (blank) of (blank) aged (c) (blank) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) (blank), with (blank) and served in the (blank) (e) regiment of the (blank) line, under the following named officers:
(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy &c.)
He herby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any States, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  A.  B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.  I (blank) of the Court of of (blank) do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of (blank) for a pension.  
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this (blank) day of (blank)
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in not (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the Sate Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a clergyman. residing in the (bland) and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with (blank), who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be (blank) years of age; 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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states,  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. and C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the (blank) and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, (blank) Clerk of the Court of (blank) do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of (blank) for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have heronto [sp] set my hand and seal of office, this (blank) day of (blank) &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.  
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, where he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories [sp] to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1.  Where and in what year were you born?
2.  Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3.  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4.  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom?
5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6.  To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it gen, and what has become of it?
To an Officer {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution.  
The court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and th Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done y a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
(a)  The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b)  The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c)  The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d)  The declarant must mention the period of periods of the war when he served.
(d)  Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, 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 amount of pension he is entitled.  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 [s[] 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 recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For (blank) year (blank) months, and (blank) days, I served as a (blank).  For (blank) months and (blank) days, I served as a (blank); and for such service I claim a pension." 
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 that 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 shown 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.  
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.   
(j) 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 in their affidavits the time of the claimant's 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.
The notes from (a) to (i) are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule is not (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogateries [sp}] must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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February 16, 1937

Daniel Chumley
S. 3152
BA-J/AWF

Virginia Chumley
The Chattanooga News
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Dear Madam:

     Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Daniel Chumley, who served in the Virginia troops, and drew a pension, while living in Tennessee.

     The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 3152, based upon the service of Daniel Chumley in the War of the Revolution.

     The data and place of birth of this soldier were not shown, nor were the names of his parents stated.

     Daniel Chumley enlisted in Halifax County, Virginia, served as a private in Captain Triplett's company in Colonel Grayson's regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth, after which he was transferred to Captain Mitchell's company and marched to Charleston, South Carolina, was in the surrender of Charleston, length of service about three years.

     He was allowed pension on his application executed June 25, 1833, at which time he was about seventy-four years of age and living in Wilson County, Tennessee.

     The papers in this claim contain no reference to his family.

     In order to obtain the date of last payment
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of pension, name and address of the person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and give the following -

Daniel Chumley
Certificate # 19466
Issued September 11, 1833
Rate $80,00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
West Tennessee Agency.

Very truly yours



A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Envelope post marked LEBANON, TEN. 

Return address:
Daniel Chumley
Application for Pension
2.7977

FREE stamp for postage

J. L. Edwards, Esq
Pension Agent
War Department
Washington City

(Mail})
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Lebanon Tennessee
June 28th 1833 - 

J. L. Edwards Esq

Dr Sir

Inclosed [sp] you will find the application of Daniel Chumley (by some he is called Chumway) who belonged to the company of Captain Tiplet [sp] of the 16th Virginia Regiment under the command of Colo Gressam and was attached to the Briggade [sp] command by Gene Scott - his name will either be found in the list of Captain Tiplet's Company or in the company of Captain Mitchel - who composed a part of that Virginia of the Northern Army that was detached to assist Gene [General] Lincoln at Charleston, S. Carolina - the applicant is asertained [sp] ilaterat [sp]-(though strictly an honest man) and therefore was enable to inform me to what Regiment he belonged when he marched to the South - what Troops were attached on that occasion is within the knowledge of the Department - all who knew him believe he was as he states - and I hope you will give his case a careful consideration - if it meets the paramble [sp] actions of the Department you will please forward to me his Certificate made payable at Nashville.

Very Respectfully
Robert M Burton
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF/eel

October 11, 1928.

Mrs. William Cason
727 Clinton Street
Harriman, Tennessee

Madam:

     I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.3152, it appears that Daniel Chumley, enlisted in Halifax County, Virginia, in 1778, and served three years as a private in Captains Tripplett's and Mitchell's Companies, Colonel Grayson's Virginia Regiment, and was in the battle of Monmouth, and at the surrender of Charleston.

     He was allowed pension on his application executed June 25, 1833, while residing in Wilson County, Tennessee, aged seventy-four years.

     There are no data as to family.

Respectfully,



E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
S.3152
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D. C., Oct. 21, 1922

     In reply to your request of Sept. 13-22, for the history of Daniel Chumley, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the soldier's claim for pension.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT,
1778

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
3 yrs.

RANK.
Pvt

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Triplett
Mitchell

COLONEL
Grayson

STATE.
Va

Battles engaged in, Monmouth & sur of Charleston

Residence of (struck out) soldier at enlistment, Halifax Co. Va.

Date of application for pension, June 25-1833 His claim was allowed

Residence at date of application, Wilson Co., Tennessee

Age at date of application, 74 yrs.

remarks:  There are no data as to family.

Respectfully, 
Commissioner.
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June 22, 1933

Mrs. S. D. Williams
Wynnewood, Oklahoma

Madam:

     In response to your letter received May 4, 1933, I have to advise you that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Samuel Lewis, William Adams or Isaaq Adams as described by you.

     In order to obtain the date of death of Daniel Chumley you should apply to the Pension Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E. Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. citing all of the following data: "Daniel Chumley, Certificate 19466, issued September 11, 1833, rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1833, West Tennessee Agency".

Very respectfully,



Commissioner.
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THE CHATTANOOGA NEWS
ESTABLISHED 1888

CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
February 2, 1937.

Date Stamped:  
RECEIVED
Feb 4 1932

Veterans' Bureau, 
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:

     Will you be kind enough to send me the revolutionary pension record of Daniel Chumley, who served in the Virginia troops and drew pension in Tennesse?

     Thanking you very much for your trouble, I am 

Sincerely Yours,
Signature of Virginia Chumley
Virginia Chumley
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S. D. WILLAIMS
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
OFFICE OVER FIRST STATE BANK
WYNNEWOOD, ORLA.

May 1, 1923.

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sirs:

     Several months ago you furnished me with the record of Daniel Chumley who fought in the Rev. from Halifax Co., Va., but who was living in Wilson Co., Tenn at the time of his pension.  Could you furnish his death date?  I know a man who attended his funeral and another who remembers him but they are very old men and do not remember the date.

     Do you have the record of a William Adams who fought from Augusta, Va.?  My William Adams died in Wilson Co., Tenn.

     His brother Isaac Adams fought in the Revolution.  He is said to have shot about 20 English soldiers who surrendered to him at Marion bridge near Yorktown just at the time of the surrender of Cornwallis.  If you have his record, please give it.

     As I am collecting facts of family history, I shall be very appreciative of this information.

Respectfully,
Mrs. S. D. Williams

Stamped:  U.S. PENSION OFFICE May 4, 1923

Handwritten note on the side saying the last four paragraphs are "not as described"
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Wynnewood, Okla.,
Sept. 13, 1922.

Dept. of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:

     Do your records show that Daniel Chumley, a Revolutionary soldier from near Lynchburg, Va. who died in Wilson Co., Tenn near Statesville drew a pension?  Or William Adams who lived and died at the same places?  Also did Samuel Adams who was their Col. and was at Yorktown and who died at Bolinar, Tenn. draw a pension?

     Thanking you for any information relative to these three men or their families as shown in their applications, I am, Respectfully, 

Mrs. S. D. Williams
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Rev War
3152
INVALID.

File No. 3152
Daniel Chumley
Pvt Va, line

Act:  June 1832
Vol. A, Page 64

(Arrangement of 1870)

1922.  Oct 21 - History to Mrs. S. D. Williams

1923. June 22.  Letter how to obtain date of death MMYD

1928.  Oct. 11 - list to Mrs. Wm. Cason - See letter in Samuel Higgason S.4370 [unknown]

1937 - Feb 16 - list to Virginia Chumley