Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,925, John Chandler, Va.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE     Va

Chandler, John

NUMBER     S. 30.925
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CONTENTS
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                         Kentucky
________________________________________________
                 John Chandler
of Clayles in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the conn commanded
by Captain Shaw of the regt [regiment] commanded
by Col [Colonel] Washington in the Virginia
line for  6 months

_________________________________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 20 Dollars -- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
_________________________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 2.d day of Dec.r
[December]     1833 and Abner
   Baker Manchester
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept                      50.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March     10.00
                                                               ______
                                                                60.00
                                                               _______
                     {Revolutionary Claim,} 
                     {Act June 7, 1832       }

Recorded by Danl Boyd  Clerk
Book  E    Vo. 7   Page  6

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Paid at, the Treasury under
the Act of the 6th April, 1838
from 4th Sept, 1837 to 4 Sept
1838.  Agent Notified 31 Aug
1839.
____________________________________
Paid as above from 5th March
1840. to the 4 March 1841 Agent
Notified 7 Dec 1841
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            Dead
Paid as above from 4 Sep 1841
3 March 1842. Agt Notified
18 Sep 1844
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28.305

John Chandler
     Kentucky

from 1781 Private
6 months

$20




can only allow for 6 months




clk.
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State of Kentucky}
Clay County         }  Sct
                                          
On this 2d. day of -[crossed out- April, July] ^ April 1833
personally appeared in open Court
before the Judge of the Circuit
Court for the County & State afsd. [aforesaid]
John Chandler a resident of Said
County aged 68 years Since
July last, who being duly Sworn 
according to law, made the following
declaration in order to 
obtain the benifit {benefit] of the provisions
of the act of Congress passed 7th June
1833.  that he was drafted into the
Service of the United States in the
Revolutionary War, in Henry County
State of Virginia the date he does 
not recollect that it was in the Same
year of the battle at Gilford [Guilford] Court
house.  He marched under Capt [Captain] Danl. 
[Daniel] Shaw. to a place called the burnt Iron
Works in the State of North Carolina
and there Joined Genl [General] Green, Colo [Colonel] 
Washington was his Col [Colonel[. [word crossed out]
Geo Watkins, Leut [Lieutenant].  his other officers names
he has [word crossed out]forgotten
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We marched tho [through] North Carolinia  [Carolina] from
the Iron Works to [crossed out-Caroline] South-
Carolinia [Carolina] and were Stationed Some^time
at a place called Log Town, by some
pine trees in Sight of Camden-& [crossed out-then] 
from there we were marched home. & discharged.  His 
draft was for Six months and he served it out in actual
Service-.  In a few months after he returned home, he was 
drafted again for 6 months ^and went out under the 
Same officers thru [through] the same County and
there were four Tories outlying who had done a
great deal of Mischief in the County by the name of
Bowman, four brothers.  This applicant raised a company
& went after them & caught one of them. ^ (Torait) 
Isham Bowman and dilivered [delivered] him up to 
Col.o [Colonel] James Lyon and he was then upon 
discharged from his draft ^ of 6 months and receivd [received]
a certificate for 18 months service ^ { (including his 6 months tour considered then finished) from the Revl. [Revolutionary] 
[illegible] ^a receipt for 12 months Service having been
promised to any man ^ who should catch one of those Tories.
He knows of no person living by whom he can prove his 
Services.  He was acquainted was well acquainted, Green,
Butler, Lawson
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Generals and Colo, [Colonel] Washington
of the regular army.  In answer to interrogatories
propounded by the Court he Says he was
born in Halifax Co. Va in the year 1764.  He has
no record of his age.  He moved from Halifax Va. to
N. C. and stayed there about 9 years & moved back
to Russel Co. and lived there about 9 years & from
there to Clay Co. Kentucky where he now lives.  He 
was drafted each tour.  He received discharges but
they are all lost.   He has no documentary evidence,
and knows of no person by whom he can prove his
Service.  He was acquainted with no regular officers
except those named.  He hereby relinquishes all
claim to a pension or annuity except the present
and declares that his name is not on the roll of the
agency of any state whatever.  Sworn to & Subscribed
the day & year aforesaid.
                                           John Chandler
                                             [flourish]
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And. [Answered] at the October Term of the Said
Clay Circuit Court and on the third day the [illegible] 
George Stivers (a Clergyman) and James Love Esq.
Came into Court and Made Oath that they had been 
acquainted with the Said Applicant for many years
and that they had no doubt that his Statements in 
the foregoing declaration were true.  That he is a man 
of veracity and that it is reputed & believed in the 
neighbourhood to have been a soldier in the 
Revolutionary and the Said James Love further 
States that he has heard the Said Chandler Speak 
of his Services in the [word crossed out] Revolution
Some years ago-that they have no doubt he is
as old as he is present himself to be.
     And the Said Court do Certify that after
an investigation of the matter and after putting
the interrogatories prescribed by the War 
department, that is the opinion of the Said
Court that the Said Applicant was a
revolutionary soldier and Served as he States,
and further certify that the Said James Love and 
George Stivers are credible persons
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and that the said George Stiver is a Clergyman
living in Said County of Clay.

State of Kentucky
Clay County-----}  Sct
        I Abner Baker Clerk of the Clay
Circuit Court do Certify that the foregoing
Contains the original proceedings in the 
matter of the application of John Chandler
for a pension and that this Sheet and a half
paper were attached by me.
                      In testimony whereof I have
                       hereunto Set my hand and
                       affixed the Seal of Said Court
                       this 30th day of Octr. 1833.
                                          A Baker
                                          [flourish]

[seal attached on left side]
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Rev. &1812 Wars Section.                                                        MMHT



                                                            February 14, 1928

Mrs. A. S. Dolch,
204 Avenue Two.
Attica, Indiana.

Madam:
          I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim, S.30925, it appears that John Chandler
was born in February 1764 in Halifax County, Virginia.
          He enlisted in 1781 and served six months as private
in Captain Daniel Shaw's Company, Colonel Washington's
Virginia Regiment.
          A few months after he returned home he enlisted
and served six months under the same officers.
          He then raised a company and went out after some
Tories, captured one and delivered him to Colonel James
Lyon and received a certificate for such service from
said Colonel.
          He moved from Halifax, Virginia to North Carolina
where he lived about nine years, then moved to Russell
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County, Virginia, lived there about nine years, thence
to Clay County, Kentucky.  He was allowed pension on
his application executed April 23, 1833 while a resident
of Clay County, Kentucky.
          He died March 4, 1842 leaving a child.  Name of 
the child and name of soldier's wife not given and no other
family data on file.
          The amount of your check, $1.00, will be refunded
to you in due course of time.  No charge is made for this
service.

                                                    Respectfully

                                                    WINFIELD SCOTT,
                                                          Commissioner.
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                                   15822

                   3-2233

        BUREAU OF PENSIONS
             Finance Division

                            Feb 13, 1928
Chief Rev and 1812 Wars Section
 [crossed out Division]
     I have this day received from
Mrs. Bessie L. Dolch
check in the amount
of $1.00, requesting
photostat copy as per letter herewith


Finance Div.
notified amount
to be refunded-
Feb. 14-28 [illegible initials]
           Q. J. RANDALL
           Chief, Finance Division.
                                         H.C.L.
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[written at angle in right corner-check $1,00]

                                             MRS. A. S. DOLCH
                                             204 AVENUE TWO
                                                  ATTICA, IND.         Feb. 8, 1928

Bureau of Pensions,
         Department of Interior,
                  Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:
                                  REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS
            For D. A. R. lineage purposes I would appreciate your sending
me the family data shown on the pension papers of William candler who
was transferred from Madison county, Ky., to Orange county, Ind., when he was about 85 years old.  His service was in Virginia.
             Would also like the family data shown on pension papers of
John Chandler who lived in Clay county, Ky., when he was 75 years old.
          I inclose [enclose] check for $1.00.
                                                           Yours truly,

                                              (Mrs A. S.)  Bessie L. Dolch

[written in right hand margin S. 35832]

[stamp of Finance Division near top]
         FINANCE DIVISION
         BOOK KEEPERS DESK
              FEB 13 1928
       BUREAU OF PENSIONS

[stamp indicating receipt at pension office near bottom]

                                         PENSION OFFICE
                                         U. S.
                                          Feb 11 1928
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.                    3-525
                                                                                     ______________

                            DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
                                 BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

S. F.  30.925                                     Washington, D. C.,_________________,  19______.


        In reply to your request of ___________________, received_____________________
for a statement of the military history of      John Chandler
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his [crossed out (or his widow's)] application for pension on file in this Bureau.
____________________________________________________________________________________
[Column 1]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
, 1791
In a few months. after return home
[Column 2]
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
6 mos.
6 mos.
[Column 3]
RANK
Pvt.
[Column 4]
OFFICERS UNDER WHO SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Dan'l Shaw
      "
COLONEL.
Washington
      "
[Column 5]
STATE
Va.

Battles engaged in,   None stated.
Residence of soldier at enlistment,   enlisted in Henry Co. Va.
Date of application for pension,  Apl. 23, 1833  His cl. al. [claim allowed]
Residence at date of application, Clay Co. Ky
Age at date of application,  B. Halifax Co., Va. Feb. 1754
     Remarks:  Soldier died Mar 4, 1842 leaving a child
whose name is not stated.  There is no further
data on file as to his family.

                               Respectfully, 
             
                                                                    Commissioner.

d-2850
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                                                          November 17, 1933
                                       
                                                           xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx   [initial] OM

                                                          BA-J/ady
                                                           James Chandler  S. 30927
                                                                      and
                                                           John Chandler  S. 30925
Mrs. Helen Luck Chandler
5311 Irvington Place
Los Angeles, California
                            [hand drawn arrow pointing to John Chandler]
Dear Madam:

          Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
records of James Chandler and John Chandler, Revolutionary
War pensioners.

          Their records are furnished you herewith as found in
the respective claims for pension based upon service in the
Revolutionary War.

     James Chandler
     S. 30927

       James Chandler was born August 10, 1755 in Pendleton County, Virginia.  No reference is made to his parents.

     While a resident of Randolph County North Carolina, he enlisted in February 1776 and served three months as private and sergeant in Captain John Hall's Company, Colonel Alexander Maybon's North Carolina Regiment.  He enlisted in September 1776 and served three months as sergeant in Captain William Beatty's Company, Colonel Cleveland's North Carolina Regiment.  He enlisted in October 1777 and served three months as private in Captain Isaac Williams' Company, Colonel Clark's North Carolina Regiment and was in a skirmish near the forks of the Yadkin River.  He enlisted in 1778, served six months as private and sergeant in Captain John Hall's Company, Colonel Branin's North Carolina Regiment and was in the battle of Stone Ferry.  He enlisted in June 1779, served at various times, about six months in all, and to about the first of September 1780 as private in Campain James' North Carolina company.  He enlisted about the first of September 1780 and served three months as private and sergeant in Captain Isaac Williams' Company, Colonel Campbell's North Carolina Regiment.  He enlisted about the first of April 1781, served six months
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as private and sergeant in Captain Jesse Basey's Company, Colonel Read's North Carolina Regiment and was in the battle of Hobkirk Hill.

     In the spring of 1795 soldier moved from Randoph County, North Carolina, to Clark County, Kentucky, and in the fall of 1812 he moved to Gallatin County, (later Owen County) Kentucky.

     He was allowed pension on his application executed January 7, 1833 while a resident of Owen County, Kentucky.

     Soldier's sister, Sarah Dunaway, born in 1765, place not stated, was living in Owen County, Kentucky, in 1833.
    [handwritten in right margin-Date of death not on AB.]

     John Chandler
     S. 30925

     John Chandler was born in February 1764 in Halifax County, Virginia.  Nor reference is made to his parents.

     He enlisted in 1781 and served six months as private in Captain Daniel Shaw's Company, Colonel Washington's Virginia Regiment.  A few months after he returned home he enlisted and served six months under the same officers.  He then raised a company and went out after some Tories, captured one and delivered him to Colonel James Lyon and received a certificate for such service from said Colonel.

     He moved from Halifax, Virginia, to North Carolina, where he lived about nine years, then moved to Russell County, Virginia, lived there about nine years, thence to Clay County, Kentucky.

     He was allowed pension on his application executed April 23, 1833 while a resident of Clay County, Kentucky.

     He died March 4, 1842 leaving a child.  Name of child and name of soldier's wife not given and no other family data on file.

                                   Very truly yours,

                                    A. D. HILLER
                                    Assistant to Administrator
[handwritten in right margin-Copied from M.M.H.T. hist. Feb 14-1928.]
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                  30925
             Revy INVALID.

                -----***-----

File No.     30.925

               John Chandler

               Pri    Rev   War

              Act:  June 7   32"

Index:--Vol.   2   ,    Page   71

       [Arrangement of 1870]

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1920 May 21.  Hist to Buel Leopard.  Wd
1933 Nov. 17.  Hist to Mrs. Helen Luck Chandler   A. D. Y.
See her letter in James Chandler, S. 30927.
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    Rev Sec  2                                            909 Lowry Street
                                                                Columbia, Missouri
                                                                April 23, 1920.

The Commissioner of Pensions
(Rev. War Section)
Department of the Interior
Washington, D. C.

 Dear Sir:

          Will you kindly tell me what information,
if any, your files contain regarding James Perkinson,
a Revolutionary soldier from Virginia?  Call for more data?
          I should also like a record of the services 
of John Chandler and any other data regarding him
and his family while may be a part of the record.
The "Census of Pensions for Revolutionary or Military 
Services" published in 1841, shows that in 1840 
this John Chandler resided in Clay County, Kentucky
with Joseph Philpot.
          Thanking you for any information you
may be able to give me, I am,

                                     Yours respectfully,
                                       Buel Leopard

[stamp indicating receipt at Pension office]

PENSION D
OFFICE 
U.S.
MAY 1, 1920
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                      TREASURY DEPARTMENT
                                  Second Comptroller's Office
                                  Dec-  1, 1841.


Sir:

          Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States," John Chandler---
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at
the rate of Twenty- dollars and ----Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7" June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4" of March, 1840,
to the 4" March 1841.

                             Respectfully, yours,

                               Albion K. Parris
                                      Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
                                              Present.
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GIDEON, PRINTER


                            TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
                                            SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,

                                                                  June 8th, 1843.

Sir:

          Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled " An Act
directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners,
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United
States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending
the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the 
pension agents, The child of John Chandler, decd.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky--
Agency, at the rate of Twenty-- Dollars
[crossed out-and     Cents] per annum, under the law of the 7" June
1832, has been paid at this Department, from the
4" of Sept. 1841, to the 4" March 1842.

                                 Respectfully, yours,
                                    Albion K. Parris
                                          Comptroller.


To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
                                                              Present.
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                          TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
                                      Second Comptroller's Office,
                                             August 15, 1839.

Sir:

          Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioner's, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States,"  John Chandler---
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars [crossed out-and     Cents] per annum, under the law of the 7" June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4" of Sept. 1837,
to the 4" Sept. 1838.

                                 Respectfully, yours,
                                  Albion K. Parris
                                    Comptroller.


To the Commissioner of Pensions,
                                 Present.