Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16709, Nathan Chadwick, Conn. Vt.
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SERVICE
Conn.
Vt.

Chadwick, Nathan

NUMBER
S. 16709

carded
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337 24.958
New York
Nathan Chadwick Orleans Co in the State of New York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Gates of the reg't commanded by Col. Wait in the ['N.Y. war' crossed out] Vt. and Conn. for 4 mo
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of March 1824 and sent to Hon G. Hard H Repo's
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Arrears to the 4h of March 1834. $90.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 15.00
$105.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4 Page 130
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Nathan Chadwick
27551
Gideon Hard N.Y.
G. Hard N.Y. 
admd
9 mo. pri 30$
Hon. G. Hard
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State of New York
Orleans County } ss
On this 17 day of September in the year 1833, personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the court of Common Pleas of the county of Orleans now sitting at the court House in Albion in and for said County - Nathan Chadwick, a Resident of the Town of Clarendon in the county of Orleans & State of New York aged Sixty Eight 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1834. That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers, and Served as herein stated 
That he was born in the Town of Lime (Lyme) county of New London & State of Connecticutt, on the 22nd day of October in the year 1764. that there is a record of his age Recorded in the said Town of Lime that he was Living in the Town of Norwich in the County of Windsor & State of Vermont when he first entered the service as a soldier, and he was living in the Said Town of Lime the second time he entered the service as hereinafter stated - that in the year 1789 he removed again from Lime into the said Town of Norwich, Windsor County, Vermont where he lived till 1792 when he removed to the Town of Clarendon Orleans County State of New York that in 1831 he removed to the County of Steuben State of New York and in the month of April 1833 Removed again back to Clarendon, Orleans County New York where he now Resides 
That in the year 1781. on or about the first of April he volunteered into the Vermont State Troops into a company of Rangers for Six months under Captain Gates in Colonel Thomas Wait's Regiment. that when [margin note: 6- ] he thus volunteered he was living in the Town of Norwich in the County of Windsor State of Vermont that they marched first to Bethel on White River, & from then to Peacham, that his services consisted in [margin note: Windsor Vt - Col Thomas Wait] scouting and guarding the frontiers, that about the middle of September 1781, they marched to Corinth where they remained until the first of October and until his time of enlistment had expired when he was discharged that he received a written discharge signed by Said Thomas Wait, but which is now Lost. that he saw no officers of the Regular Army during this Term of Service. that after his said discharge he went to the Town of Lime in New London County State of Connecticutt, where he remained until the first January 1782 when he went into the service again as a substitute for one Reed a militia man in the Connecticutt Militia, for three months that he first marched to New London where he was stationed
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in Fort Turnball (Turnbull) in Captain Abner Comstock's Company in Colonel Latham's Regiment that he remained there for three months and untill his said Term had expired when he was discharged that he Received a written discharge signed by his said colonel. But the same is now Lost that he was discharged in the month of April 1782 that during the term of Service he does not Recollect of serving any officers except those of his own Regiment & that he cannot recollect the given name of this Mr Reed for whom he went as a substitute. that the whole time of his service at Both the lines above stated was nine months and he is positive that he served as above stated during the full Term of Nine months. that he has no documentary evidence of any of his said services and that he knows of no person whose Testimony he can procure who can Testify to any part of his said Services and that after making inquiry he can find none. that he is acquainted with Daniel Crossett & James Winn who Reside in his neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution that he has been acquainted with the said Crosett & Winn for several year and that they resided in his neighborhood while he lived in Washington County above stated - 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state
/s/Nathan Chadwick
Sworn to & subscribed this 17th day of September 1833 in Open Court
/s/A.B. Mills Clerk
We, Daniel Crosett and James Winn Residing in the Town of Clarendon in the county of Orleans and State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathan Chadwick who has sworn to, and subscribed the above declaration that we believe him to be Sixty Eight year of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood and that we concur in that opinion. that we were acquainted with him while he resided in the county of
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Washington in the State of New York and that while living there he the said Nathan Chadwick universally sustained the Reputation of having been a Soldier of the Revolution and in we have no doubt such was the fact - 
/s/James Winn
/s/Daniel Crosett
Sworn & subscribed this 17th day of September 1833 in Open Court /s/A B Mills Clerk
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 Daniel Crosett and James Winn who have sworn to & signed the preceding certificate are Residents in the Town of Clarendon in the County of Orleans aforesaid and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to full credit, and it further appears that there is no clergyman Residing in the neighborhood of the said applicant - 
/s/Alern Ward } 
/s/Abm. Cantine }
/s/Sam'l Tappan }
Judges of the said Court of Orleans Common Pleas
I Abraham B Mills Clerk of the Court of Orleans Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathan Chadwick for a pension
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of my office this 17th day of September 1833
/s/A.B. Mills Clerk
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State of New York
Orleans County ss
Be it Known that before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for the County of Orleans aforesaid Personally appeared Martin Coleman who being first duly sworn according to Law, makes oath and Says that he resides in Byron in the County of Genesee about five miles from Nathan Chadwick who is endeavoring to obtain a pension for services rendered as a Soldier of the Revolution. that said Nathan Chadwick resides in the Town of Clarendon in the county of Orleans aforesaid: That he is acquainted with said Nathan Chadwick that he believes him to be Sixty Eight years of age. that he has made inquiry in the neighborhood of said Nathan Chadwick of his neighbors & acquaintances with regard to the belief in said Neighborhood whether said Nathan Chadwick was a Soldier of the Revolution and that he finds the belief prevalent that said Nathan Chadwick did serve as a Soldier of the Revolution, and that he fully concurs in that belief. that he this deponent is a clergyman and pastor of a Church in Byron aforesaid
/s/Martin Colman
Subscribed & sworn this 15 day of January 1834. before me /s/Clark Hayes } Justice
I the said Justice of the peace before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed & sworn hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Martin Coleman. that he is a Clergyman of Regular Standing & a man of Truth & Veracity - And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Nathan Chadwick that I believe him to be a man of Sixty eight years of age. that he is a man of Truth & veracity. and that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution  Done the day & year aforesaid - 
/s/Clark Hayes } Justice
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Orleans County 
Clerks Office ss } I do hereby certify that Clark Hayes before whom the within certificate of character and affidavit purporting to have been taken was at the date of the said certificate and affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Orleans duly qualified according to law and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature of Clark Hayes thereunto subscribed is genuine
[court seal affixed] In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 17th day of January 1834 at Albion
/s/ABMills Clerk of Orleans

Nathan Chadwick
27551 
Gideon Hand N.Y.
G. Hand N.Y.
admd 9 mo. pri
30$
Hon G. Hand
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January 18, 1940
Mrs. Roy O. Gage [may be Cage] 
R. Y. D. 2, Box 238
Hemet, California.

BA-J/ ILL [illigible cursive]
Nathan Chadwick
S. 16709

Dear Madam: 
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claims, S. 16709, based upon service of Nathan Chadwick in the Revolutionary War. 

Nathan Chadwick was born October 22, 1764 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, where his birth was recorded. The names of his parents were not given. 

While a resident of Norwich, Windsor County, Vermont, Nathan Chadwick enlisted April 1, 1781 and served six months as private in Captain Gates' company, Colonel Wait's Vermont regiment. While a resident of Lyme, Connecticut, he enlisted in January 1782 and served three months as private in Captain Abner Comstock's company. Colonel Latham's Connecticut regiment. 

This soldier lived in Lyme, Connecticut, until 1789, then moved back to Norwich, Vermont, where he resided until 1792, then moved to Washington County, New York, and resided until 1829, when he moved to Clarendon, Orleans County, New York; in 1831, he moved to Steuben County, New York, and in April 1833, moved back to Clarendon, New York.

Nathan Chadwick was allowed pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War on his application executed September 17, 1833, at which time he resided in Clarendon, Orleans County, New York. 

The name of the wife of this soldier and the date of his marriage were not given. He died about 1841, 1842 or 1843. His daughter Mrs. J.T. Means, was a resident of Springfield, Green County. Missouri.
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in 1878. A Mrs. Lizzie N. Means resided in Springfield, Missouri,
in October 1878, but it was not stated that she was identical
with said Mrs. J. T. Means.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name 
of person paid and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner,
you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting
Office, this city, and furnish the following data:

Nathan Chadwick
Certificate #24958
Issued March 26, 1834
Rate $30 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
New York Agency.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

2.
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[handwritten letter]
16.709
24.958

Springfield Green Co Missouri
Oct 14 - 1878

Mr John A. Bentley

Dear Sir - 
I wish to get a true Copy of all the Books show in Washington of Nathan Chadwick, a revolutionary Soldier & Pensioner, who died in 1841 or 42 or 3 - the dates &c, having been lost - Please answer & send the desired information immediately and the statement will have to go into Court, - 
Yours Respectfully 
Address
Mrs. Lizzie H. Means.
Springfield Mo.
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[handwritten letter]
16709
Springfield Green Co Mo
Oct 1st 188

To the Hon. Commissioner of Pension
Washington D.C.

Sir
I am very anxious to learn where my father, Nathan Chadwick was born. also the date of his birth. He was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War and was a pensioner for many year he died I think in about 1842. I am investigating some very important matters relative to his affairs and am unable to get the date I desire, in regard to where he was born and the date of his birth without refering to the records enough to have the examination made for me and let me know the result
Very Respectfully
/s/Mrs. J T Means
Per J. B. Dexter
[receipt stamp: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PENSION OFFICE OCT 5 1878]
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[typewritten letter]

January 18, 1940.
BA-J/ILL
Nathan Chadwick
S. 16709
Calvin Chadwick
S.C. 12830

Mrs. Roy C. Cage
R. F. D. #2, Box 238
Hemet, California.

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Nathan Chadwick, Lyme, Connecticut, Henry Fletcher of New York, and the War of 1812 record of Calvin Chadwick, Fort Ann or Clarendon, New York.
A search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of a Henry Fletcher. The Revolutionary War record of Nathan Chadwick-S. 16709, and the War of 1812 record of Calvin Chadwick, S.C. 12830, are furnished you herewith. 
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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[typewritten letter]
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section. [initials: AWD]

April 21, 1926.

Mr. A. H. Ayrs
Nickel Place Milling Co.
Painesville, Ohio.

Sir:
I have to advise you, that Mrs. Paxon was furnished on Dec. 3, 1925, with the history of the only soldier in the Revolution named Nathan Chadwick, found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau. 
Said records consist only of the claims for pension and bounty land made on account of service in the Revolution. 

Respectfully, 
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.
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[typewritten letter]

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section [initials: MMHF]

December 3, 1925

Mrs. Blanche A. Paxon
121 West Washington St.,
Painesville, Ohio

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 16709 that Nathan Chadwick was born October 22, 1764 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut.
While a resident of Norwich, Windsor County, Vermont he enlisted April 1, 1781 and served six months as a private in Captain Gates' Company, Colonel [margin note: I did not use Thos. as it was Benj.] Wait's Vermont Regiment.
While a resident of Lyme, Connecticut he enlisted in January 1782 and served three months as private in Captain Abner Comstock's Company, Colonel Latham's Connecticut Regiment. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 17, 1833 while a resident of Clarendon, Orleans County, New York. he died about 1841 or 1843.
The name of his wife is not given. His daughter Mrs. J. T. Means [margin note: Miss Wilson said use it] was living in Springfield, Green County, Missouri in 1878. [margin note: his [illegible] signed [illegible] it did not say it was his father]
Respectfully, 
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.
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[handwritten letter]
R.F.D.#2 Box 238
Hemet, California
January 5, 1940
[receipt stamp: RECEIVED JAN 12 1940 MAIL SUB-DIV Reader No. 14 VETS ADM]

Dept of Interior
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen: Can you inform me if a pension was issued to 1. Nathan Chadwick, Lyme Connecticut, Revolutionary soldier
2. Henry or ['Flethcher' crossed out] Fletcher Van Normer New York Revolutionary soldier. 
3. Calvin Chadwick, Fort Ann New York in Clarendon  "  "
War of 1812.

Very truly yours, 
/s/Mrs. Roy C. Cage
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[typewritten letter]

[letterhead: E. D. MAYHEW, President W. E. PROUTY, Vice President E. L. JOHNSON, Secretary GEO. MORSE, Treasurer A. T. WHITE A. E. BATES GEO. MURRAY
The Nickel Plate Milling Company
FLOUR, GRAIN AND WHEAT IN STRAIGHT AND ASSORTED CARS
[logo: NPMC]
[logo: 'Eat More Wheat' encircled with wheat] Painesville, Ohio]
Apr. 18th,/26

Winfield Scott, Commissioner,
U. S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir: - 
The writer is taking up with your department in behalf of Daughter, Mrs. Blanche A. Poxon of #121 West Washington St. this City, and would respectfully refer you to your letter under date of Dec. 3rd, /25, your file Rev. 1812 Wars Section in which you wrote my Daughter giving her information relative to war records of Nathan Chadwick
My daughter was after this record to enable her to become a member of the D. A. R., and after getting your letter giving the record of one Nathan Chadwick, and getting the ancestor record in full of her relative Nathan Chadwick we find that either the record you furnished was in error, or record is of another Nathan Chadwick, likely the latter
as her relative Nathan Chadwick was born Apr. 24th, 1734, died Nov. 17th, 1801, was married to Jerusia Gleason who was born Mar. 24, 1738 and died July 11th, 1834, Nathan Chadwick was the son of Joseph Chadwick, Nathan Chadwick to think enlisted from Mass. at any rate served with in Mass. Companies in and about Weston, now Warren and Brookfield, Mass.
I am taking up with your department asking if you will very kindly give me if possible this Nathan Chadwick war record or any thing else to make my Daughters application to the D. A. R. more complete than we now have, we have not been able to locate any Mass. Revolution War record books, they have several state books here, but none from Mass.
Thanking you in advance for any further information you may be able
to furnish,
Sincerely yours,
/s/A. H. Ayrs
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Painesville, Ohio
Oct. 31, 1925

Pension Bureau

Washington, D.C.

U. S. Pension Office Nov 2 1925

Dear Sirs:
Will you please find the record
of pension of service of the two following
names, Nathan Chadwick (from Vermont)
and John Ripley (from Vermont or
Massachusetts, I don't know which)
more information
I have been told that aid John Ripley
was body-guard to Washington, but
cannot find his record in any book.
I am anxious to become a member of
the "Daughters of the American Revolution,"
and would be glad of your assistance
Thanking you, I am
Sincerely yours
121 W. Washington St.
Mrs Blanche A. Poxon
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W

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,

Washington, D. C.

Sir:--

I am advised by a member of the 'Sons of the Revolution'
those who have reason to believe their ancestors drew a pension from
the Government under the Acts of 1818 and 1832, can obtain through you
a record of their military service.

I am desirous of obtaining a record of the military
service of Nathan Chadwick, my great grandfather, who served in the
Revolutionary War, and, I understand, from good authority, received
a pension from the government later.

I shall be grateful to receive this information from
you, as it will assist me greatly in proving my eligibility to the
Society of the 'Daughters of the American Revolution.'
Thanking you in advance, I remain,
Yours very truly,
Chicago, Ill. Oct. 8, '03.
#236 LaSalle Avenue.                          Mrs. Edw. T. Schoff.

U. S. Pension Office.
OCT 10 1903
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[verso]
16.709
INVALID.
File No. 16,709
Nathan Chadwick
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32"
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 427
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[recto]
Let. 11/78 Mrs. Means called upon for further data. White.
Let. 19/78 Date and place of birth given to Mrs. Means White
Oct. 20 - 1903 - Histy to Mrs. Edw'd T. Schoff
Chicago Ill
1925 - Dec. 3 - Hist to Mrs Blanche A. Paxon - 1MMHF
1926 Apr. 21 A. H. Ayre inf'd the only one AW
1940. Jan. 18. Hist. to Mrs. Roy C Cage ILL