Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,608, Jacob Chrysman, N.Y.
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Service    
NY

Chrysman, Jacob
Chrysman or 

Number
S. 31.608
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Order to pay- 24 Nov 1837

26,602
Indiana
Jacob Chrysman
of Jefferson in the State of Indiana who was a private in the com. commanded by Captain McGregor of the reg commanded by ----- in the ---- line for 6 months NY. 
Died 19th June 1837

Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 20 Dollars - cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1834. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of April 1834 and New York 
Carr Holy 

Appears to the 4th of March    60.00
Semi anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 10.00
$70

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk
Book E Vol. 7 Page 107
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State of Indiana 
Jefferson county ss: On this 15th day of November 1835 personally appeared in open court, before the court of Probates of the county aforesaid now setting, Jacob Chrysman a resident of Graham Township in the county and State aforesaid aged about seventy two years, who being such duly worn 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 (big  That in the summer of the year 1780 as much as he can recollect) he was drafted at or near Fort Herkimer in what is now called Herkimer County in the State of New York and served under Captain Frank at Fort Herkimer for about two years: during the principal part of this time, he was a volunteer, but how much of the time he served under the draft and how much as a volunteer he cannot recollect at the time he entered the service, he resided on the Mohawk River near Fort Herkimer; After about two years from his entering the service, he enlisted at Fort Herkimer under Capt. McGregor for nine months and continued with Capt. McGregor during that period. During this time, he was in an engagement or skirmish with the Indians at a place called Shaaran in what is now Schoharrie County in the State aforesaid about forty miles from Fort Herkimer, les their engagement Colonel Willett commanded and there were eleven whites killed and thirty Indians. After the expiration of the hine months for which he enlisted under Capt. McGregor he again volunteered under his former officer Capt.
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Frank at Fort Herkimer and continued with him until the war of the Revolution terminated. he was in the Battle of Canada cons. about thirty two miles from Fort Herkimer. Col. Willett commanded at the Battle. In this Battle, Capt. Butler, a British officer was killed. During all the time he was in the service, he was stationed at Fort Herkimer and there continued except where he was out on scouting parties; or going to engagements or before states. he has no recollection of the particular days and but a very indistinct recollection of the years where he entered the service; he knows however that in all he was in service a little more than four years. He has no documenting evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. He relinquishes any claim whatsoever to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state: and in answer to interrogations, he says he was born at German Flats man Fort Herkimer in the year 1761 as man as he can ascertain. 
He has no record of his age. 
He was living at German Flats aforesaid when he was called into the service. After the Revolution he lived in the state of New York until about fifteen years ago, when he came to the state of Indiana and he now lives in Jefferson County in the State of Indiana aforesaid. 
He was first drafted into the service, then for a time was a volunteer, then for nine months an enlisted soldier, and then a volunteer till the end of the war, as before stated. 
He served under Capt. Frank, Capt. McGregor, and Col. Willet as before stated.
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He received a discharge from the service from Col. Willett, which he long since lost. 
He had no commission. 
His is known to William G. Farrar and William. F. Henry in his neighborhood who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution but there is no clergyman residing in his neighborhood. 
his 
Jacob x Chrysman
mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
RC Talbot

Mr. William G. Farrar nd William F. Henry residing in the county of Jefferson in the state of Indiana as hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Chrysman who has subscribed and sworn to above declaration that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. 
William G. Farrar
William F. Henry 
Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid
R.C. Talbott Clerk

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogation prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. 
And the court further certify that it appears to them that William G. Farrar and William F. Henry who have signed the proceeding
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certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
Jos. G. Marshall

Jefferson County sp: I Richard C. Talbots, Clerk of the Probate court of Jefferson County aforesaid as hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Jacob Chrysman for a pension. 
Institutionary whereof I have henerunto set my hand and seal of office this 16 day of November 1833. 
R. C. Talbot Clerk J.C.C. 

No. 28.608
Jacob Chrysman
Prelective for a pension

J. Carr Jr. L
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28.609
Jacob Chysman
Indiana 

for the 6
$20 

Hon. J. Carr
R.R.
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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 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. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (these : {) You will , when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compiling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A Statement, showing the Service of Jacob Chrysman 

Period when the service was rendered
Duration of the claimant's service- Years, months days
Rank of the claimant
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served
Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service 
Proof by which the declaration is supported 

The applicant's services should be more distinctly set forth, and the names of the Colonel in whose regt he served in each engagement should be given. 

The applicants services under Cap. McGregor for nine months should be proved. He should state how long he was drafted to obtain a pension for services performed under draft. He could not have been in service as a volunteer for the time stated, excepting for local defense. Troops were not called into service by competent authority to serve as volunteers for any length of time, without proof not more than six months can be allowed
Nov 25, 1832.  

I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant, 
James. 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 constructed 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 to 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 Services
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, mucicians 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       } ss. 
On this   day of   in the county of   and State, Territory or District of   aged (c) 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 7th, 1832. that he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)  , with    and served in the    (e) regiment of the     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 in 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 hereby 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 State, 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         of the Court of         do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of           for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this       day of          &c. 

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 note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State 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, vix:
(k) We, A,B, a Clergyman, residing in the     and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with         , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration ; that we believe him to be     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 to 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 that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the       and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I,      Clerk of the Court of       do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of     for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this    day of       &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, whether 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 corroboration 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 to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or volunteers, except the Milita 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 who? 
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 given, 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 or 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 represent, 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 enquiry 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 the 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 by 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 or periods of the war when he served. 
[e] 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 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." It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period of 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 particular 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 if 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 office, under his seal of office.
 > The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. 
The proof required by rule in note [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 interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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March 12, 1936.
BA-J/ady
Jacob Chrysman
S.31608
Miss Mary Hill
801 E. First Street
Madison, Indiana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Jacob Chrysman, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.31602, based upon his military service in that war.
Jacob Chrysman was born at German Flats near Fort Herkimer in 1761, day and month not stated.
While a resident of said German Flats, he entered the service in the summer of 1779 or 1780 and served under Captain Frank at Fort Herkimer for about two years; he then served nine months under Captain McGregor at Fort Herkimer and then served under Captain Frank at Fort Herkimer to the close of the war, having served a little more than four years in all. He was in a skirmish with the Indians at a place called "Shaaran" and in the battle of "Canada Creek" in which engagements Colonel Willett commanded, and in the battle of Johnstown.
After the Revolution he lived in New York State until about 1818 when he moved to Indiana.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 15, 1833 while a resident of Graham Township, Jefferson County, Indiana.
He died June 19, 1837, leaving a widow, her name or age not given. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
G.E. Sweet, Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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October 31, 1931.
BA-J/ADY
Mrs. Viola Root Cameron,
521 Fifth Avenue,
New York City.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one Jacob Chrysman, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.31602, based upon his military service in that war.
Jacob Chrysman was born at German Flats near Fort Herkimer in 1761, day and month not stated.
While a resident of said German Flats, he entered the service in the summer of 1779 or 1780 and served under Captain Frank at Fort Herkimer for about two years; he then served nine months under Captain McGregor at Fort Herkimer and then served under Captain Frank at Fort Herkimer to the close of the war, having served a little more than four years in all. He was in a skirmish with the Indians at a place called "Shaaran" and in the battle of "Canada Creek" in which engagements Colonel Willett commanded, and in the battle of Johnstown.
After the Revolution he lived in New York State until about 1818 when he moved to Indiana.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 15, 1833 while a resident of Graham Township, Jefferson County, Indiana.
He died June 19, 1837, leaving a widow, her name
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or age not given. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator.
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Madison, Indiana
January 22, 1936
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs;
Please send me the pension record of Jacob Chysman, a Revolutionary soldier, who received a pension in Jefferson County, Indiana in 1832. He was from Virginia.
Yours truly,
(Miss) Mary Hill
801 E. 1st St.
Stamp - Received Jan 24 1936 Mail Sub.Div. Vets, Adm. Reader 24
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Fmaily Histories Compiled and Published
Coats-of-arms and crests
Cable Addresses "Virocam" New York, Paris, London, Berlin, Amsterdam
Viola Root Cameron
Genealogist (International) Executive Offices 521 Fifth Avenue New York
Paris 55, Faubourg St. Honore Bureau 338
London 57, Chancery Lane, W.C.2
October 16, 1931
O#156 #108
Pension Bureau
Dept. of Revolutionary Service
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir;
Will you be so kind as to send us the pensions for
Joseph Frost - Campbell Co. Kentucky Pensioned 1815.
Micajah Frost - Rockcastle Co. Kentucky Age 72. Pensioned 1833
Jacob Chrysman - Service in Virginia Pensioned in Jefferson Co. Indiana 1834 - Age 74.
Thanking you in advance, and hoping to hear from you at an early date, I am
Sincerely, Viola Root Cameron
Stamp - Oct 19 1931
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31608
Revy INVALID.
File No. 31,608
Jacob Chysman Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: Vol. 2, Page 71
[Arrangement of 1807.]
1931 Oct 31 Hist. to [illegible] Viola Root Cameron [illegible]
1936 Mar 12. Hist. to Mary Hill.  [illegible]
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Amended declaration of Jacob Chrysman of Indiana
John Carr
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State of Indiana, Jefferson County SS.
On this 10 day of February 1834, personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probates of the County aforesaid now sitting Jacob Chrysman, a resident of Graham Township in the County and State aforesaid aged about seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth in his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7.1832. That he is aged and infirm, and his memory much impaired by time, and having no papers to refer to, he is unable to state, with accuracy, the period he entered the service, or the length of time he served under the different officers. That he well knows, however that in all, he was in the service four years and little upwards. That he entered the service of the United States in the summer of 1779 or 1780 (or near as he can recollect. He cannot say, which of the years; but thinks it must have been in 1780): that at first, he was drafted at or near Fort Herkimer in what is now called Herkimer County in the state of New York; and served under one Capt. Frank at Fort Herkimer for about two years: during the principal part of this time, he was a volunteer; but what portion of the period he served under the draft and how much of it, as a volunteer, he cannot recollect. At the time he entered the service, he resided on the Mohawk River, near Fort Herkimer. After about two years from his entering the service, he enlisted at Fort Herkimer under one Capt. McGregor for nine months and continued with Capt. McGregor at
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Fort Herkimer for that period. During this time he was in an engagementt or skirmish with the Indians at a place called Shaaran, in what is now Scoharris County in the State of New York aforesaid about forty miles from Fort Herkimer. In this engagment, Col. Willet commanded and there were eleven whites killed and thirty indians. After the expiration of nine months, for which he enlisted, he again volunteered under his former officer, Capt. Frank at Fort Herkimer and continued with him untill the war of the Revolution terminated. He was in the Battle of Canada Creek about thirty miles from Fort Herkimer. At this battle, Col. Willet commanded and in it, a British officer Capt. Butler, was killed. He was in the Battle of Johnstown about twenty four miles from Fort Herkimer. During all the time he was in the service, he was stationed or garrisoned at Fort Herkimer and then continued [illegible] when he was out on scouting parties, or going to engagments, as before stated. He served under the two captains respectively above stated viz. Capt. Frank and Capt. McGregor; and the only superior officer he had any knowledge of was Col. Willet. Col. Willet was not generally at the fort; but in the two skirmishes above alluded to, Col. Willet was the principal commander. He never quit the service from the time he entered, untill the close of the war; and when his service terminated, he received from Col. Willet a discharge; but has long since lost it. He  repeats, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot more distinctly set forth the dates of his service [illegible] thou he has done above, but he distinctly remembers, that he never abandoned
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the service, but was always in it, from the time he first entered, untill the close of the war; and that he was in the service a little more than four years, and was in the engagments or skirmishes before stated. He has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
And in answer to interrogations he says, that he was born at German Flatts, near Fort Herkimer in the year 1761 as near as he can ascertain.
That he has no record of his age.
That he was living at German Flatts aforesaid when he was called into service. After the Revolution, he lived in the state of New York, untill about fifteen years ago when he removed to the state of Indiana and he now resides in Jefferson County in the state of Indiana aforesaid.
That he was first drafted into the service: then for a time was a volunteer: then for nine months an enlisted soldier and then a volunteer till the end of the war; as above stated.
That he served under Capt. Frank, Capt. McGregor and Col. Willet as before stated.
That he received a discharge from the service from Col. Willet
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and that he had no commission --he
is known to Abm Sweet, Isaac Sweet, Chester Farmer and Wm G. Farrer
in his neighborhood, who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution; but there is no clergyman residing in his neighborhood-- (Interlined on second
page before signing)
Jacob Chrysman - his mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
R. C. T [illegible] 
We Abm Sweet, Isaac Sweet, Chester Farrer and William G. Farrer
residing in the County of Jefferson in the State of
Indiana and hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with Jacob Chrisman who has subscribed
and sworn to above declaration; that we believe
him to be seventy two 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-
Chester Farnan
Isaac Sweet
Wm G Thorner
Abm Teet
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
to
R. C. Lane C.R.J.C.
the
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 applica
was a Revolutionary soldier and served as
he states. And the Court further certify
that it appears to them that Abm Sweet, Isaac Sweet ┃
Chester Farmer and William G. Farrer who have signed ┃
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The preceeding certificates are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit-
Jos G Marshaff
Judge of the Court
[illegible] County ss I Richard C. Talbott Clerk
[illegible] Probate Court of Jefferson County
[illegible] do hereby certify that the foregoing
[illegible] the original proceedings of said
[illegible] the matter of the application
of [illegible] Chrysman for a pension
In testimony whereof I
have hereunto set my hand
and seal of office this 10th
of February 1834
A. C. Sauck Ak. JCC
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Branch State Bank of Inda
Madison Novr 17 1837
J. L Edwards Esq.
Comr of Pensions
Sir
Enclosed I hand for 
your examination the vouchers in the case of
Jacob Chrysman Deceased late a Revolutionary
Pensioner, of the United States.
The widow has surrendered the certificate.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
for I F D Lanier Prest
Isaac C. Lea