Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,907, Joseph Cheuvront, Va.
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SERVICE          
Va                                 Cheuvront, Joseph                                      R. 1907
                                                        Sarah
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Virginia
Harrison County, S.S.
Sarah Cheuvront personally appeared before me C.W. 
Patton a Justice of the Peace for the Said County, and after 
being duly sworn made the following declaration in addition 
to a former one in order to obtain a widows pention agreeable 
to and ask of Congress, that her late husband Joseph 
Cheuvront who was a private in the Revolutionary war 
with Great Britton of 1776 and that he had an 
honorable discharge from service, and that the 
said discharge remained in her possession for 
several years after the death of her said husband 
and that she gave it to an itinerant Preacher 
who promised to secure her a pention but who 
Some time after receiving the "discharge" report to 
her that he had lost it, and never made any 
application, This preachers name was Worthington 
and soon after this last report left the country 
and since that time she has not heard of him
save a report that he was dead, and if 
living she has no knowledge of his residence 
nor no means of ascertaining it, that the 
said Discharge Certificate to Eighteen months
service to the best of her recollection, and
that her said husband was enlisted in the 
said war in the State of Virginia
Sarah [his wife] Cheuvront ┃
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State of Virginia
Harrison County S.S.
Caleb Cheuvront personally appeared before me E. W. 
Patton a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid and 
after being duly sworn, made the following Statement, 
That he is the Son of the late Joseph Cheuvront died 
who was a private Soldier in the Revolutionary war with 
Great Britton of 1776 and that Sarah Cheuvront who is 
and applicant for a widows pention is his [Step mother(there is a line through both words)]
and was the lawful wife of his father the said Joseph 
Cheuvront, and that he was drafted in the State 
of Virginia and served in [one of (above and between 'in' and 'the')] the Virginia Regiments 
and was at the "Surrendering of Cornwallis" and that 
to the best of his recollection he served in said 
war for the term of six months, Caleb Cheuvront
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th 
day of December 1834 and I further certify 
that I am not interested in the procurement of 
the aforesaid pention
E. W. Patton J.P.
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Sworn to and subscribed before me & I further
certify that I am not interested in the procurement
of the aforesaid pention December 4th 1854
E. W. Patton J.P.
State of Virginia
Harrison County
I, Phineas Chapin Clerk 
of the County Court of Harrison
County in the State of Virginia
hereby certify that E.W. Patton
who has subscribed his name
to the forgoing certificate is
and was at the time of the
date of the same a Justice
of the peace in and for said
County duly commissioned
and sworn and that his 
signature above is genuine
Intestimony whereof
I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court
this 5th day of December
AD 1854
P. Chapin Clk
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State of Virginia
Jackson County To wit
On this 29 day of November 1853 Aaron Cheuvront
personally appeared before me W. Reed a Justice of the
peace for the County and State aforesaid and after being
duly sworn according to law deposeth and sayeth,
That Joseph Cheuvront decd (late husband of Sarah
Cheuvront who is an applicant for a widdows pention
agauable to an act of Congress passed February 3rd 1853
was a private in Captain [blank space] Company
of [blank space] in the Revolutionary War with Great
Britton of 1776 and that he served [blank space]months
in said War, and received an honorable discharge
from service I Aaron Cheuvront deponant is son of 
the husband of the applicant for a pension as above
I distinctly recollect that soon after my Fathers death 
my self and others were examining my Fathers a
pers and I saw his discharge form services rendered
during the revolution but for how long a term of service
or the Name of his capt I dont [don't] recollect I remember
to have heard him frequently say he was at the taking of 
[the sentence continues along the right edge of the paper]
cornwallace at Layeth

Subscribed and sworn before me this day and
year first above written and I further certify that
I am not interested either directly or indirectly in the
procurement of the aforesaid pention Given under my
hand &c
Warren Reed J.P.
State [appears to be erased]
Virginia State
County of Jackson Court
I James Greer Clerk
of the County Court of Jackson County
in the State aforesaid certify that
Warren Reed before whom the foregoing
acknowledgment imports to have been
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made and whos names assigned thereto
ware at the date of said acknowledgment
and now are acting Justice of the peace
in and for said County duly commission-
ed and qualified to whose official
acts as such full faith and credit are
due and ought to be given and that 
the said signature of said Justice are
Genuine
In testimony whereof I have
heretofore set my hand and
affixed the seal of the said
Court at Riply the 29th
day of November A.D. 1853
James Green Clerk
of Jackson County Court
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State of Virginia
Jackson County To wit
On this 29 day of November 1853 Edward Bollen
personally appeared before me Warren Reed a Justice of
the peace for the County and State aforesaid and after
being by me duly sworn according to law deposeth
and sayeth, That he was personally acquainted with 
Joseph Cheuvront decd late husband of Sarah
Cheuvront who is an applicant for a widdows
pention agreeable to an Act of Congress passed the third
day of February 1853, and that he was personally present
at the time of the marriage of the said Joseph Cheuvront
to the said Sarah and that they were duly married
according to law, in the State of Ohio on the 2d
day of December 1802 and to his own knowledge they
lived together as man and wife up to the time of the
said Joseph, death which occured in the year 1832
Edward
Bolton
Subscribed and sworn before me this day and year
above written and I further certify that I am not
either directly or indirectly interested in the procurement
of the aforesaid pention Given under my hand etc
Warren Reed J.P.
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State of Virginia
On this Twenty fourth day of November 1853 personally
appeared before E.W. Patton Sarah Cheuvront a resident of
Harrison County in the State of Virginia aged Seventy two
years who being duly sworn, according to law
doth, on her oath, make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions
made by the Act of Congress passed the third day
of February 1853 - that she is the widow of Joseph
Cheuvront who was a private soldier in the
Revolutionary war of 1776 and that he recived an
honorable discharge from service which has been lost
she further declares that she was married to
the said Joseph Cheuvront on the [blank space]day of
December in the year 1802
that her husband, the aforesaid Joseph
Cheuvront died on the [blank space] day of [blank space]1832
that she was married to him at the time
above stated. She further swears that she
was a widow at the passage of the act and
is still a widow, and that she has never
before made application for a pension. She
further swears that from old age and bodily
infirmity she is unable to attend the sitting
of the Court of the County in which she
resides, the distance from her residence
to the Court House aforesaid being
about twelve miles
 Sarah Cheuvront  [there is an X next to Sarah and the words her above the X and mark below the X, meaning the X is her mark (signature)]
Sworn & subscribed on
the day & year above
written, before me
and I further certify that I
am not interested in the procurement
of the aforesaid pention
E. W. Patton J.P.
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Virginia
Harrison County to wit.
I Phineas Chapin Clerk
of the County Court of Harrison County
in the State of Virginia, do hereby
certify that Ebenezar W. Patton
who has subscribed his name
to the foregoing certificate is now
and was at the time of the date
of the same, a Justice of the
peace in and for said County
duly commissioned and sworn
and that his signature aforesaid
is genuine
In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set
my hand and
affixed my official
Seal this 24th day
of March AD 1854
P. Chapin Clerk
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VA.
CHEUVRONT,JOSEPH
SARAH
R 1907
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Cheuvront. The name of the soldier's former wife was not given and there are no further data relative to his family.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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5,817
Sarah Cheuvront
Mrs: of
Joseph, Va
1907
 
set to Hon. C. S. Lewis Dec 21/
Hon J. S. Carlisle Feb 15 /56
ACft53
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[stamp] Received Apr 27, 1934 [rest illegible]
6511 Colby Street, Lincoln, Nebraska,
April 23, 1934.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen;
I am writing to you to ask for any information you may have in your records pertaining to the Revolutionary War in regard to the Rev. Joseph Cheuvront.
The enclosed letter is a copy of the last words of the Rev. Cheuvront and from his statement in the fourth paragraph:
"In the year 1781, at the siege of Yorktown, God delivered me from all tormenting fear and gave me two seals to my ministry."
We are of the opinion that he held some position in the Revolutionary army, probably as a Chaplin or some similar office.
We are unable to determine the meaning in his statement "--and gave me two seals to my ministry." It might refer to state honors or to some honors conferred within the Church.
We know only a little of the life of this ancestor and we would appreciate any information that you could give us from your files.
Yours very truly,
[signature] Margaret Cheuvront
Miss Margaret Cheuvront
6511 Colby Street,
Lincoln, Nebr. [Nebraska]
(Great-great-great-great-grandaughter of Rev. Jospeh [Joseph] Cheuvront)
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Last words of the Rev. Joseph Cheuvront who died at his home near West Milford, Harrison, County, Virginia, (now West Virginia) March 25, 1832.
Since it has pleased God to Deprive me of the power of speech, I bless His Holy Name that I enjoy my mental faculties; my fingers can communicate my wishes on the slate.
I address this to you, my children, as a memento which I request each of you to transcribe and keep for future generations.
I was born in the city of Strasburg [Strasbourg] in the Empire of France on the second [2] day of February, 1755, was reared in the city of Nantes and received my education when very young. In the year 1771, in the fifteenth [15th] year of my age, I went to England where I remained until 1774, when I embarked for America and landed at Fredricksburg, [Fredericksburg] Virginia, in 1778. I was converted to God in the year following. I united my self with the despised Methodists and by them have been employed in various stations 9viz.) as class-leader, exhorter, steward, local preacher, travelling preacher and presiding Elder, in all of which I have, I believe, given satisfaction to my brethern [brethren]. I have now been in the church fifty-three [53] years and have never had a charge brought against me. I do not say this to boast, but to stimulate you to support and maintain a good character.
In the year 1781, at the siege of Yorktown, God delivered me from all tormenting fear and gave me two [2] seals to my ministry. I have filled some important stations in the state, in all of which I have endeavored to establish mine and your character.
I have tried to be to you a father and through great difficulties, I have raised you to be what you are. I have often conselled [counselled] you and have endeavored to set good examples before you, yet some of you who profess religion are, I fear, very superficial and luke-warm. I am going to leave you. Must I leave you in the hands of the wicked one?
May the Good Lord hear and answer my prayers in your behalf. Try to set the fear of God before your eyes. Do not grieve one another. Live in peace and love together. Be good to your mother, and do not lay anything in her way that might distress her. This is the last advice of your dying father. I now bid you farewell. I am truly resigned to the sufferings I experience.
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I have long looked for and desired the hour of my disolution [dissolution]. I love God and all mankind. I feel that I am bound for the kingdom of Glory. Glory to God in the Highest.
(signed) Joseph Cheuvront
The foregoing is a copy made by Margaret Rae Cheuvront from a copy made by Walter G. Cheuvront, from a copy made by Thomas J. Cheuvront, from a copy made by Lemuel G. Cheuvront, from a copy made by Andrew Cheuvront, from a copy of the original made by Aaron Cheuvront, a son of the Rev. Joseph Cheuvront, in whose memory and at whose request it is thus preserved.
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1934 May. First to
Miss Margaret
Chenout, Mich
[above tex is in 
the upper left hand corner]



July 4, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
[is lined out and stamped REJECTED]
1907
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Sarah Cheuvront
Service: Widow of
Joseph Cheuvront
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Pension Office
December 21st 1854
Sir:
The claim of Mrs Sarah Cheuvront, for a pension as the widow of Joseph, has been examined & suspended.
The claimant should prove her husbands service, & more clearly
establish her marriage.
Her widowhood and identity should be established with more certainty & he witnesses certify to be credible. It is proper for me to remark that no evidence whatever of her husbands service has been filed.
Thare etc: etc:
Honr: C.S. Servis
Ho. [House] of Rep. [Representatives]
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1853
Hon [Honorable] John S. Carlisle
Feby {February] 15th 1856
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Pension Office
Feby [February] 15 1856
Sir

I have the honor to return the letter of Mr Patton and to inform you that the case of Mrs Sarah Cheuvront of Va has been suspended for the want of proof that her husband rendered service in the war of the Revolution and for
more satisfactory evidence of her marriage. The first difficulty must be overcome by the testimony of witnesses who know that he did render as much as six [6] months service and who can so detail the circumstances of his enlistment & as to enable me to Judge of the accuracy of their recollection. The second must be met by a public or private record or the absence of such evidence must be satisfactorily accounted for, when [parol] testimony will be considered
Hon John S. Carlisle
H of Reps [House of Representatives]
1853
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State of Virginia
Lewis County

William Powers  On this 17th day of November 1854 [the name George Collins is lined out and the name William Powers is written above on the same line as the "On this 17th.....] personally appeared before me William W. Warder a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid and after being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith, That he was personally acquainted with Joseph Cheuvront Dec'd [deceased] late husband of Sarah Cheurvont who is an applicant for a widdows [widow's] pention [pension] under an act of Congress passed February 3rd 1853, and that to his own knowledge said Joseph Cleuvront had an honorable discharge from service in the Revolutionary War with Great Britton [Britain] of 1776 and to the best of this
officiants reccolection [recollection].   I also recollect of having him say he was at the siege of York [Yorktown] at the taking of Cornwallis   I also recollect of hearing him say he was marching and was taking sick with a disease and called on a woman for a remedy which she [illegible] him. That gave him deaf and loss of hearing. He say while in the service they was out provisions and he called [illegible] for provision which he obtained.  Said W. Powers knows the said Sarah Cheuvront is the wife of Joseph Cheuvront.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this day and year first above written and I further certify that I am not interested either directly or indirectly in the procurement of the aforesaid petition. Given under my hand and seal the 17th
day of March 1854
W. W. Warden  J.P. [justice of the peace]
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Virginia
Lewis County
I John Morrow Clerk of the Court of Lewis County certify that William W. Warder whose name appears to the foregoing deposition is an acting Justice of the peace duly commissioned a qualified and that full faith and credit is
due and right to be given to all his acts as such and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. I further certify that I have no interest in the prosecution of the forgoing claim and am not interested in the prosecution thereof
In Testimony whereof  I have hereunto affixed the seal of my office and subscribed my name this 17th day of March 1854
John Morrow Clerk of
Lewis County Court