Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,341, Claiborn Chandler, Va.
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(3-1776)


SERVICE
Va

Chandler, Claiborn or Claibourn

NUMBER
S. 16, 341

carded


CONTENTS
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Date of death na/on 
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                                      5441
                                     Kentucky
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                            Claibourn Chandler
[not visible] Harrison Co in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Logan of the regt. commanded by Col [Colonel] Towles- in the Virga [Virginia] Mila [Militia]
Service for six months, from 1780
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Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 20. Dollars-Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of February 1833 and sent to on
R. M. Johnson HR
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 32---                   $30.---
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mch 33    10.--
                                                              ___________
                                                                $40.---
                                                              ____________
                                             {Revolutionary Claim,}
                                             {Act June 7, 1832.      }

Recorded by Wm.l Allison Clerk,
Book D.      Vol 9      Page 34
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the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application for a pension of Claibourn Chandler--
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto 
Set my hand and Seal of office, this
 11th day of December, A. D. 1832
 and in the 41 year of the Commonwealth.
                                S. Endecott C.H.C.

[seal]

[written perpendicular]
Claibourne Chandler
Declaration Le
21050
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State of Kentucky}
Harrison County  } Sct
                       On this 10th day of Dec.r 1832 before us. Willliam Furnish, Larkin Garnett, L Lewis Day
constituting the County court of Harrison County, which is a court of record now Setting, appeared Claibourn Chandler a resident of Harrison County in the state of Kentucky, aged upwards ^of seventy one years, having been born on the 28th of June 1761; who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Law passed June 7th 1832; That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated; that in the spring of 1780 he was drafted & Entered the Virginia Service  [of- crossed out] for the United ^States for three months under Capt [Captain] Logan, Lieut [Lieutenant] Mercer & Ensign Pool, in the regiment commanded by Colo [Colonel] Oliver Toles or Towles & Major Merriweather-and in the brigade Commanded by Genl [General]  Weedon.  That he marched from Spottssylvania Cty [Spotsylvania County] Va_,, to Williamsburg & thence to Hampton where they was stationed [crossed out-during their tour] the ballance of this time.  The duties performed during this tour consisted of marching from home & as above mentioned, and through the intermediate country as commanded.  That he obtained no discharge nor did any of the Company further than as men dissmissed-that also he was drafted for three months, about the first of August 1781 and Entered the Service of the United States, under Capt [Captain] [crossed out-Henry Stubblefield & [illegible]] ^ Francis Coleman ^ & Lieu [Lieutenant] Ben Robinson in the regiment Commanded by Col [colonel] McWilliams.
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and Major Minor & Genl [General] not recollected-and marched from Spottsylvania [Spotsylvania] County to Williamsburg Thence on to Little York.  That he was in the siege of that place against Cornwallis and assisted in taking him. Thence with the prisoners to Fredericksburg at which time his tour was out & was together with his company dismissed & went home; That the duties performed during this tour consisted of marching from home as above mentioned; to Williamsburg, thence to York and fighting at that siege, which was the only battle he was in during his said two tours.  That he recd [received] no discharge Except a dismissal as before. he verily believes he was in the actual service of the United States full six months including the two tours above mentioned-He states that he well knew the following officers in the regular service viz. Genl [General] Lawson, Marquis de la Fayette, Genl [General] Wayne, Colo [Colonel] Dark [Darke], Colo [Colonel] Posey, Major Hardiman & Major Minor, Capt [Captain] Scott & Capt [Captain] Pike in the militia Service.  Genl [General] Hopkins, Genl [General] Weedon, Colo [Colonel] Toles. Colo [Colonel] McWilliams, Major Minor, Major Merriweather, Capt [Captain] Logan, Capt [Captain] Stubblefield & and as above named He states that he was born in Spotsylvania County Va on the 28th day of June 1761. That he has no record of his age except on his own family book that he was residing in Spottsylvania [Spotsylvania] County Va when he entered the s'd Service in both of s'd tours of duty-that he resided in Spottsylvania [Spotsylvania] County Virginia after the revolution until the spring of 1810 whence he moved to Harrison County Kentucky whence he has
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resided ever since and now resides as he states that there is no person, that he knows of living, that he can prove his services by Except John Jenkins who was with him at the siege of York & who served both of s'd tours with him ^ Edmund Pollard & Francis Robinson who knows of his serving at the siege of York and is now present in court ^ declaring to the same.  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 or Territory whatever.
Claiborn Chandler

Sworn to and Subscribed the day and 
year aforesaid.  S. Endecott C.H.C.

We Edmund Pollard and John Jenkins residing in the county of Harrison and State of Ky hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Claibourn Chandler-Sd who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be upwards of seventy one years of age that he has ^ been & still 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.
Edm.d Pollard
John Jinkens  his X mark

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid   S. Endecott C.H. C.

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states
                             Wm. Furnish J.P.
                              S. Garnett J.P.
                              Lewis Day JP
Commonwealth of Kentucky}
Harrison County--                 } Sct
              I Samuel Endecott Clerk of the County Court of Harrison County do certify, that the foregoing contains
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the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application for a pension of Claibourn Chandler
In Testimony wheeof, I have hereunto
Set my hand and Seal of Office, this 
11th day of December, A.D. 1832
and in the 41 year of the Commonwealth
         S. Endecott. C.H. C. 
[seal]

[written perpendicular]

Claibourne Chandler
Declaration Sd
21050
 
I am well acquainted with 
Edmund Pollard & John Jenkins
they are men of character &
high standing & entitled to
credit
          Rh-M Johnson
       6th Feb 1833
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                                                            November 22, 1933
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Claiborn Chandler
S. 16341
************
Thomas Coleman
S. 16345
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BA-J/MLB

Mrs. James C. Marsh
5311 Irvington Place
Los Angeles, California

Dear Madam;

     Reference is made to your letter in which you request the 
Revolutionary War records of Claiborn Chandler who served as
private in the Virginia militia and was pensioned while a
resident of Harrison County, Kentucky, and of Thomas Coleman who also served in the Virginia militia and received a pension
while living in Woodford County, Kentucky.

     Their records follow as found in claim for pension made to
the United States, based upon their service in the Revolutionary
War.

Claiborn Chandler
S. 16341

     Claiborn Chandler (who signed Claiborn but was pensioned
Claibourn Chandler) was born June 28, 1761, in Spotsylvania
County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not given in the claim.

     While residing in said Spotsylvania County, Virginia, he enlisted in the spring of 1780 and served three months as a private in Captain Logan's company, Colonel Oliver Towles' Virginia regiment.  He enlisted about the first of August, 1791, served three months as private in Captain Francis Coleman's company, Colonel McWilliam' Viginia regiment, was in the siege of Yorktown and assisted in the capture of Cornwallis, after which he was discharged. 

     The soldier continued to live in Spotsylvania County, Virginia,
until the spring of 1810, when he moved to Harrison County, Kentucky.

     Claiborn or Claibourn Chandler was allowed pension on his 
application executed December 10, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Harrison County, Kentucky.

     There are no family data in the claim.
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Claibourn Chandler

from 1780  private
6 months

$20

return

admitted

served 6 months

Hon R. M. Johnson
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
     answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
     Claibourn Chandler, Senr. which require
     further proof or explanation.

      I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

     II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

    III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
          assigned for his not doing so?

    IV.   Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

     V.  *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
           serve, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension
           he is entitled?
                               
     VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?

    VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
           June 7, 1832?

    VIII.   Has the Court given their opinion?

     IX.   Has the Clerk given his certificate?

      X.   Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
             from any other seal?
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      XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to 
            their belief respecting his age and te general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary                     
            service?  No.  two citizens

     XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining 
             it?   No.

    XIII.   If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one 
             living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
   
    XIV.   + If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
              or witnesses as to his service?
              If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
              certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?     No.
              Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the 
              regulations direct?

      XV.   Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
               as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

     XVI.   + Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
    
    XVII.    Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And,
               if not, which of them is not so answered?
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                                                                   EXPLANATORY NOTES  
*QUERE V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
         long he served, he should amend is 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.
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     It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which 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 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 they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must in every case be clearly shewn 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.

+QUERE XIV.   Proof of Service.
      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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

+QUERE XVI.   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 paper 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.
      >In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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Millersburg Ky                                                                Free
25 Decr----

                Hon Lewis Cass-Secy [Secretary of] War
                     War department Pension office
                              Washington 
                                        City


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1 Jan 1833
Ky.
21549
 --52

[faintly written]
4 cases of action 
to Hon R. M. Johnson
{illegible]
certificate to the credibility
of the [illegible]
4 cases will be 
admitted.
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          [ illegible ]  Ky Dec.m [December] 23rd 1832

     Sir
                  Enclosed I send you from declaration 
for pensions-Which I wish Examined, and 
any deficiency pointed out, will 
be supplied if practicable

                   Respectfully
                   N. B. Coleman

Hon [Honorable] L. Cass. Scy [Secretary] War Att: for Declarants
                                                         [flourish]
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Thomas Coleman
S. 16345

     The date and place of this soldier's birth and names of his
parents are not shown in the claim.

     Thomas Coleman enlisted in 1776 in the State of Virginia,
served as a private in Captain Richard Taylor's Company, Colonel
Head's Virginia regiment, was in the battles of Saratoga and
Whitemarsh, and was discharged in 1779, by Lieutenant Colonel Ball.

     He was allowed pension on his application executed June 9,
1818, at which time he was sixty-six years of age and a resident
of Woodford County, Kentucky.

     There are no family data in the claim.

                                         Very truly yours

                                        A. D. HILLER
                                        Assistant to Administrator
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1933, Nov. 22.  Hist to Mrs. James C. Marsh
(see ltr. in claim of Thos. Coleman, S. 16345)-MIT

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                             16.341

                            INVALID.
                   __________**__________

File No.  16.341
        
        Claibourn Chandler

         Pri    Rev    War

                  __________**__________

        Act:  June 7", 32

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