Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30327, Zebedee Chandler, Mass
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SERVICE Mass 
Chandler, Zebedee NUMBER S. 30327
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10257
Massachusetts
Zebedee Chandler of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Martin of the Reg commanded by Col Jacob in the Mass line for 9 Months 

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Apl 1831 and sent J.B. Thomas Plymouth Mass

Arrears to the 4th of March 33 $60.00 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 15.00
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$75.00 
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Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. 

Recorded by D D Addison Clerk
Book Vol. 2 Page 10 

Date of death not on A. B.
78 Plymouth
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Zebedee Chandler 
Plympton Massachusetts 
No. 6184.
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REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, SS. 
On this thirteenth day of August 1832, in open Court, before [blank] in the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Plymouth and for said County of Plymouth, Zebedee Chandler a resident of Plympton in said County of Plymouth, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Sixty Eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. He hereby relinquishis 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. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. 

I Served in Capt Colon Curtis Company and in Colo Jacobs Regiment three months as a substitute for David Churchill of Plympton who Enlisted for twelve Month Campain at Rhodisland but employed me and others to do the Duty Elbor Churchill took my place after I served three month R Island at Tivertown and on the Island in the year 1778 at the time Sullivan Retreated of said Island
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In July 1779 I enlisted in Captain Edward Shorrows Company and 6 months in Colo. Filers Regiment for Six Months stationed at Providence and Bristol in the State of Rhodisland and Served Six months in said Sparrows Company I Believe Dismist from Said Service January 1780 

For the two described campains I served Nine Months then Resided in Plympton and always to the present Resided in Plympton. My Birth was in Plympton in the year 1764 - I Never Received any written Discharge I am known to Joshua Eddy Esqr Middleborough Jonathan Parker Plympton Zodock Thompson Town Clerk of the town of Halifax- 
Zebedee Chandler 

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid in the court of Common Pleas
Jno Thompson
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We, Elijah Dexter a clergyman, residing in the town of Plympton and Lewis Bradford Town Clerk residing in the Town of Plympton hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with the said Zebedee Chandler who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion 
Elijah Dexter 
Lewis Bradford 

Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. in the Court of Common Pleas.
Attest Jno. B Thomas

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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Elijah Dexter who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Plympton and that Lewis Bradford who has also signed the same, is a resident in the Town of Plympton and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
by order of the Court
Attest John B Thomas

I John B. Thomas of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Zebedee Chandler for a pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twentieth day of August office, this in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirtythree
Jno. B Thomas
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Zebedee Chandler 
Massachusetts No 6184, 

Private 9 month
30. 
2 
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60 
15 
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75 

J B Thomas Esq Plymouth Mass
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BRIEF in the case of Zebede Chandler of Plymouth County in the State of Massachusetts (Act 7th June, 1832.) 

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court 
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he? 68 years 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
[table headings]Period. | Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days. |  Rank. | In what battles was he engaged? | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. 
[row 1]In 1778 | " 3 " | As a substitute for David Churchill | Col Jacobs Regmit Capt Carter's Compy 
[row 2]1779 Enlisted | " 6 " | Private | Col Taylors Regment Capt Sparrows Compy

5.  none  
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Plymouth County Mass
7. s his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Two living witnesses for the whole time 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
Chas Litte Examining Clerk
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August 10, 1934.
Mr. R. M. Sherman 114 Summer Street Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

BA-J/Ill
Zebedee Chandler S. 30227

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Lieutenant Zebedee Chandler of Plymouth, Massachusetts. 

The record of Zebedee Chandler is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 30327, based upon service in the Revolutionary War. 

Zebedee Chandler was born in the year 1784, in Plymouth, Massachusetts ; the day of his birth and names of his parents are not shown. 

While a resident of Plymouth, Massachusetts, he enlisted some time in 1773, and served three months as private in Captain Calvin Curtis company, Colonel Jacob's Massachusetts regiment; he enlisted in July 1778, and served six months as private in Captain Edward Sparrow's company, Colonel Tyler's Massachusetts regiment, in Rhode Island. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 18, 1832, at which time he resided in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He had always resided in said Plymouth. 

There is no reference to wife or children of the soldier. 

For information in regard to the last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of the soldier, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following Zebedee Chandler, Certificate 10357 issued April 8, 1833, rate $30 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Massachusetts Agency. Very truly yours, A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.
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I Gideon Shurtliff of Carver in the County of Plymouth State of Massachuseth of the age of sixty years testify and say I was a soldier in the war of the American Revolution and served in Captain Sparrows Company and in Col Tyler's Regiment Six Month Stationed at Providence and Bristol in the State of Rhodeisland 

I knew Zebedee Chandler of Plympton who was in said Sparrows Company the same term of Six Month From July 1779 to January 1780 I have always known said Chandler to the present time and has resided in Plympton
Gideon Shurtliff
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County SS Plympton August 1832 then Personally appeared the within Named Gideon Shurtleff before the Subscriber and made oath that the within Deposition by him Subscribed is true 
I certify Said Deponant is a credible witness and is to be believed 
Jonathan Parker 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth SS

I Jno. B Thomas Clerk of the Courthouse of Common Pleas being a court of Record in the County of Plymouth certify that Jonathan Parker Esq before whom this affidavit was sworn is a Justice of the Peace in the County of Plymouth - and that his name is his true and proper signature. 

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on the thirtieth day of August A.D. 1832 
Jno. B. Thomas
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I Jacob Loring of Halifax in the County of Plymouth State of Massachusetts of the age of Seventy years testify and say that I was a soldier in the war of the American Revolution and was at Rhodeisland in Capt Colver Curtis Company and Colo Jacobs Regiment twelve months from January 1778 to January 1779 Stationed at Tivertown and other places. I further testify and say that I knew Zebedee Chandler of Plympton who served three Months in said Curtis' Company at the same time 

I have always known said Chandler and has resided in Plympton to the present term Jacob Loring
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Plymouth County SS 
Plympton August 11th 1832 
then Personally appered the within Named Jacob Loring before the Subscriber and made oath that within within Deposition by him subscribed is true 
said Deponant is a credible witness 
Jonathan Parker Justice Peace 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Plymouth SS 
I Jno B. Thomas Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas being a Court of Record in the County of Plymouth hereby testify that Jonathan Parker Esquire before whom the above affidavit was sworn is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth and that his name that thereto subscribed is his true and proper signature-- 

In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County on this thirtieth day of August A.D. 1832
Jno. B. Thomas
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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 Zebedee Chandler which require further proof or explanation. 
1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes 
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes 
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? Yes 
V. Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled? yes, 
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes, 
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes, 
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes 
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes 
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? yes
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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 the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 
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? Two Living for the whole period 
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? yes, two witnesses 
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? Yes 
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes,
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? 
yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes 
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes 

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 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 recol- - lection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; Foryear  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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3 It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for 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 past three or four months in definite, 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 attached to the certificate. under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of certifying officer, should accompany the papers. office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
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ROBERT M. SHERMAN, TREAS. 
HENRY W. BROOKS, FACTORY MOR. 
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July 28 1934. 
Department of the Interior. Bureau of Pensions. Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen: I much wish I could receive a copy of your Revolutionary War records of one Lieutenant Zabedee Chandler of Plympton, Mass. Hope you have dates of his birth and death 
Thanking you in advance for your kindness, I remain 
R. S. M.
Respectfully yours, R. M. Sherman 
[stamp: RECEIVED JULY 30 1934]
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1934 - Aug. 10 - Hist to Mr. R. M. Sherman J.L.L. 

30324
Revy NVALID. 
File No. 30327  
Zebedee Chandler 
Priv Rev War 
Act: June 7" 32" 
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 75
 [Arrangement of 1870.]