Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,920, Salathiel Chapman, Conn.
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Conn. 

Chapman, Salathiel
Amy

NUMBER
W. 4,920

B.L.Wt. 26440-160-55

CONTENTS
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Chapman, Salathiel
Amy

NUMBER
W. 4,920

B.L.Wt. 26440-160-55

CONTENTS
(blank)
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[handwritten]
Chapman,
Salathiel
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[printed form completed in handwriting. There are some tears on the document, where print is not legible]  

22 [tear]  22807
[tear] nnecticut
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Salathiel Chapman
of Samsbury in the State of Conn
who was a Pri in the Com commanded
by Captain ---------- of the Regt commanded
by Col Sherhune in the Conn Troops
for 11 mos - 
Not -
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Inscribed on the Roll of Conn
at the rate of 38 Dollars 99 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of Nov
33 and sent to J.R. [tear]ett West Granby
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[tear] 4th of Sept 33  $97,47
[tear]owance ending Mar 4    19.49
                                                 =====
                                               $116.96

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}
E D Bullock Clerk
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[left margin]
36.66
2.33
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3899
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47247
Ohio Pittsburgh
Amy Chapman
widow of Salathiel Chapman
Conn
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a Pri: & Teamster
Increased from $38.99
Inscribed in the Roll at the rate of 
134 Dollars 99
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pensions issued the
13th day of June 1857
and sent to
F.E. Hassler
Present 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 142 Vol 26
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Cir F.E. Hassler Feby 15/56
Vol. 6-106.
137162 Act Mar 3 
                    May 16 } 55
Amy Chapman wid
Salathiel Chapman
Pri
Ent
[illegible]
Rev War
Rev Pensions
Ohio Feby 48-4726
Nv 26440 Js 
Ad: 160 ac May 23d 56
Boynton

F.E. Hassler
Present
Pd.
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Salathiel Chapman
additional declaration
Conn

7798
1949
-------
9747
J R Semett
[illegible] Franby Ct
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State of Connecticut
County of Hartford ⎬
On this 9th day of October 1833 personally appeared
in open court before the Court of Probate for
the District of Granby now sitting Salathiel
Chapman a resident of the Town of Simsbury
in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut
aged 73 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.
That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers and served
as herein stated-
That on the 19th day of April 1777 he enlisted
into Captain Abijah Savages Company in
Col Henry Sherburn, Regiment that he [illegible]
the Regiment at Middletown on then commanded
by Leuit Collings, that he marched to the
North River and was under marching orders
during the summer and in the month of
November 1777 at Fishkill he enlisted from
this company into Capt Asahel Smiths Company
having served the full term of seven months
in Capt Savages Company in Col Sherburns Regiment
then under the command of Leuit Collings the
Regulations of the service were such that a solder
might enlist from one service to another provided
he enlisted for a longer term of service that he
in the month of November 1777 enlisted into Capt Asahel Smiths company  for the Term
of
three years that his service was the charge of
Continental Team and by Government and Branded
with the contenental braked
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that there were the number of ten privates in a company. That Major Hughs had the command of the Regiment of Teams, that he carried the baggage of the army, the army moved from Fishkill to Red Hack then back to Fishkill and went into winter quarters. That in Spring of the year 1778, he marched sick and was permitted to go home on furlough that he was unfit for actual service during the summer following that he was discharged at Sharon in Connecticut by Major Hughs in November 1778 and notion given him by Captain Smith of this discharge- that in the month of November 1778 he entered the service as a substitute for Sergeant Lathrop of East Windsor and served as a private for the term of three weeks to guard the British Troops surrendered by Gen Burgoyne and was discharged near the town of the State of New York last of November having served the term of three months the officers cannot recollect [unk] refer to his previous Declaration and the testimony of Loomis.
That in the year 1780 in the month of June be enline or the service as a substitute for Ebenezer Chapman in the company of Captain Brian Bissell and Col Levi Wells Regiment, at Horseneck that he was stationed at Horseneck during this term- that was out on some scouting parties- was engaged in no Battle- was discharged at Horseneck in the month of October having served in this term not less than four months- that he has no documentary evidence that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his search (except the affidavits already produced)
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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.
Salatiel Chapman

Sworn to and subscribed he day and year aforesaid.
Joab Griffith
Judge of Probate

The certificate of the clergyman and the interrogatories being on the original declaration now at the Pension Office, and have dispensed with and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
Joab Griffith
Judge of Probate

I Joshua R Jewett Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Granby do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Salathiel Chapman for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 9 day of October 1833 and I also hereby certify that Joab Griffith Esq is Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Granby aforesaid, duly appointed, commissioned, & sworn & full faith & credit are to be given to his affiant acts as such, & also that his signature above is genuine.
Joshua R Jewett Clerk
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State of Connecticut
County of Hartford} ss.
On this 20th day of July 1833 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Granby in the State of Connecticut Salathiel Chapman a resident of the town of Simsbury, in the county of Hartford and state of Connecticut aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1777 on the 19th day of April with Leonard Rogers, Solomon Chapin, Samuel Taylor, Solomon Loomis, Ezra Chapin, and others for the term of nine months and served in Col. Henry Sherburns Regiment of Rhode Island and in the company commanded by Captain Abijah Savage of Middletown in Connecticut then commanded by Lieut Col Meigs marched to White Plains & then to Peckskill in the Hudson River and there crossed at Kings ferry- & then marched to Morristown in New Jersey then back to Fort Montgomery- then to Peckskill, having served the term of seven months, that in the month of November 1777 by permission he enlisted from Capt Savage's company into Captain Hakel Smiths company for the term of three years, That he served under Captain Smith one year and was taken sick and went home on furlough and was discharged in the month of November 1778. That in the month of November 1778 he served
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as a substitute and as a private for Sergeant Lathrop of East Windsor in Captain Forbes company to guard Gen Burgoynes troops through the State of Connecticut, this term of service was twenty one days and was discharged on the last of November at the State line near Sharon. That in the month of June 1780 he entered the service as a substitute for his brother Ebenezer Chapman in the company of Captain Elias Bissell and Regiment of Colonel Levy Wells that he was stationed at Horseneck and was discharged in the month of October 1781 at Horseneck having served the term of four months that he has no documentary evidence and know of no further testimony tho his service that he can procure, 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.
Salathiel Chapman

Sworn and subscribed the say and year aforesaid before me

Joab Griffith
Judge of Probate

To the interrogatories as prescribed by the War Department, the applicant answers under oath as follows-
1. He was born in the town of Saybrook Con. on the 21 day of May 1766
2. his age is on Record on the Town records of Saybrook in Connecticut
3. he lived in East Windham when called into service where he lived until the year 1782 then moved to Montgomery in Massachusetts, lived there 3 or 4 years, then moved to Bristol in Connecticut where he lived until the year 1790
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from thence moved to Bolton in Conn where he lived until 1794 thence moved to Springfield in Massachusetts where he lived until 1798, thence moved to Simsbury in Conn where he has since lived and where he now lives
4. 1st & 2nd Terms enlisted 3d was a substitute for Lathrop and 4th term was a substitute for Ebenezer Chapman and was a private in each and every term of service
5. he recollects Gen Washington at Morristown he recollects Gen Huntington, Gen Palmer, Col Wyllys Regiment, cannot distinctly recollect other officers except this mentioned in the body of this declaration
6. he never received a written discharge from the service
7. he want a name Hon Elisha Phelps, Col Calvin Barber & Jeffery Q Phelps who will testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Salathiel Chapman

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Joab Griffith
Judge of Probate
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State of Connecticut
Hartford County ss. Simsbury}
On this 6th day of August 1844 personally appeared before me Dudley Humphreys Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of Simsbury Amy Chapman a resident of Simsbury in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836. That she is the widow of Salathiel Chapman late of said Simsbury deceased who was a Pensioner in conformity with the law of the United State of the 7th June 1832 and that said Salathiel Chapman, pension bill is dated the 9th day of November 1833, she further declares that she was married to the said Salathiel Chapman on the 7th day of June 1792, that her husband the aforesaid Salathiel Chapman died on the 15th day of May 1844 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period.
Amy Chapman her mark X

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
Dudley Humphreys Judge

I verily believe the above deposition is true.
Dudley Humphreys
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No 5
No. 11.456
Amy chapman
No. 23
Sep 1844 Act 1844
Con
13
Act 7 July 38
M 92 d 44
rejected
June 17 1844
Act 3 March 43
admd
11 mo 21 ds pri
38.99 from
15 day of may 1844
Moses Ensign Esq
Simbury Con:
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State of Connecticut Hartford Co Js.
Town Clerks Office Simsbury September 20th 1844

"June seventh one thousand seven hundred ninety two Salathiel Chapman was married to his second wife Amy Preston"
I certify that that the above is a true extract from the record of the town of Simsbury with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "June 7th 1792"-
Attest Moses Ensign} Clerk of the town of Simsbury
I Moses Ensign above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Simsbury aforesaid and that the above is a true and extract from the records of said Simsbury with the exception above named as certified by me.
Moses Ensign}Town Clerk
Sworn to before me
Dudley Humphreys Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut
County of Hartford Js.}
I Chauncey Howard Clerk of the County Court for the county of Hartford, hereby certify that Dudley Humphreys whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument is at this date and was at the time of the execution of the same Judge of Probate for the District of Simsbury and Justice of Peace for the County of Hartford. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 27th day of September, One thousand, Eight Hundred and forty four. Attest, Chauncey Howard Clerk
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State of Ohio, Licking County, ss.
I Rees Darlinton, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, do hereby certify, That James A Parker Esq., whose name appears subscribed to the foregoing certification, was, on the day of the date, thereof, and acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, as appears on records in my office: that as such, full faith and credit are due to all his official acts; and that his signature above is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Newark, this, 1st day of May 1855,
R. Darlinton Clerk
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State of Ohio 
County of Licking
On this thirtieth day of April AD 1835. personally came before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid. Amy Chapman, aged 87 years widow of Salathiel Chapman= who after being duly sworn, states that she is a resident of the town of Utica in the County & State above written, That she is the widow of Salathiel Chapman, who was a Revolutionary Soldier & a pensioner of the United States , as will appear by his pension papers at Washington city D.C.=That she is as widow of said Salathiel Chapman now drawing a pension of thirty eight Dollars 99 cents per annum as per certificate of Pension number dated at Washington City DC on the 23rd day April in the year 1849
 to which reference is made, for further particulars of her husbands services during the Revolution. That her husband died at Simsbury Hartford County [illegible] on the fifteenth day of May on the year 1844 & that she has never intermarried and is now his widow. She makes this application for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land she may be entitled to as provided for
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by the act of Congress of the 3d March 1853; * hereby constitutes F E Hasseler of Washington City DC her true & lawful attorney to transact her business before Government.
Amy Chapman her mark X

We Samuel Right, L Chapman and C M Bosley residents of Licking County in the State of Ohio, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Amy Chapman in our presence and that we know from a long and personal acquaintance with her, that she if the very identical person she represents herself to be.
Samuel Right
C M Bosley
Salathiel Chapman

The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
James A Parker Justice of the Peace
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Utica Ohio June 18th 1845
J L Edwards Esq
Sir yrs of the 14th in reply to me of the [9th reached me yesterday enclosing a Blank which I am led to think was not intended for me.
After my mother Amy Chapman was placed on the Pension list I learn she recd from H Goodman 2nd of Hartford one years Pension including the back Pension due my father S. Chapman at his decease and I was told that his papers were left with Mr. Grosvenor. If the transfer from the office  is [unk] to Ohio is to the attended with much expense and inconvenience I suppose it might be still be drawn at Hartford with out inconvenience as I am sure once a year and [unk] [unk] at any time with the routine of pension I am not acquainted you [unk] advise me under on 6years. I return the Blank
I am verry respectfully your obt servant
Salathiel Chapman
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No 8
Sept 1855
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER
State of Ohio
County of Richland---88,
On this twenty fifth day of September 18[4]5
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Richland personally appeared Amy Chapman- who, on her [the typed word "his" has been crossed out and "her" handwritten above] oath, declares that she [the typed word "he" has a handwritten "s" in front of it] is the same person who [crossed out text: formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain] is the widow of Salathiel [crossed out text: in the Regiment commanded by Colonel] Champman-deceased [crossed out text: in the service of the United States] ; that her [the typed word "his" has been crossed out and "hers" handwritten above] name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Connecticut from whence she [the typed word "he" has a handwritten "s" in front of it] has lately removed; that she [the typed word "he" has a handwritten "s" in front of it] now resides in the State [crossed out text: (district, or territory,)] of Ohio-- where she [the typed word "he" has a handwritten "s" in front of it] intends to remain, and wishes her [the typed word "his" has been crossed out and "her" handwritten above] pension to be there payable, in future. The following are her [the typed word "his" has been crossed out and "her" handwritten above] reasons for removing from Connecticut to Ohio- to wit- being a window + aged + left almost alone in Connecticut, her children having moved [West?], she was in [induced?] by their kind offers to remove to Ohio and spend the remainder of her life in the family of one of her sons, with whom she now lives in said county in the neighborhood also of two other of her children.
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid.} Charles Saviers J.P.
in
Amy X Chapman
mark
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath, is the person described in the affidavit. the magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
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 be sent with the papers.
Mode of authenticating paper.--In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small 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
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The State of Ohio, Richland County ss.
Personally appeared Cyrus Chapman and makes oath & says that he is & for many years has been acquainted with Amy Chapman who has taken & subscribed in my presence the oath to the foregoing affidavit. I know her to be the person described in said affidavit & I know her to be the widow of Salathiel Chapman decd now resident of Ohio & late a resident of Connecticut & further saith not.
Cyrus Chapman

Sworn & subscribed to before me this 25 day of September AD 1845 & I more over certify that Cyrus Chapman the above affiant is a man of veracity.
Charles Saviers JP

The State of Ohio
Richland County ss. I Elijah W. Lake Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the county and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Charles Saviers Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been taken and whose genuine signature appears thereto attached, was at the time of administering said oath and now is an acting Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and authorized so to act according to Law, and in all whose official acts full faith and credit are due as well in Courts of Record as elsewhere. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court at the Clerks Office in Mansfield this 2d the say of September AD 1845.
E W Lake Clerk
By James E Cox Deputy
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8946
Salathiel Chapman
Connecticut 
11 mo 21 days private
Return
Service as teamster
not admitted 
Joseph R. Jewett
Hartford [illegible]
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
 20th June 1833

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 a 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, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Salathiel Chapman, Connecticut

Period when the service was rendered: Enlist 1777
Duration of the claimant's service: about 8 months
Rank of claimant: Private
Names and rank of the Company officers under whom he served: Capt Savage
Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers: Col Sherburn
Battles in which the applicant was engaged: 
Country through which he marched: New Haven, Horseneck
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period: 72 years, Town of East Windsor
Evidence by which the declaration is supported:

Period when the service was rendered: Enlist 1777
Duration of the claimant's service: about 1 year
Rank of the claimant: Teamster
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served: Smith
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers: Meigs
Battles in which the applicant was engaged: 
Country through which he marched: 
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period: 
Evidence by which the declaration is supported:

Period when the service was rendered: Sub 1778
Duration of the claimant's service: 21 days
Rank of the claimant:
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served: Forbs
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers:
Battles in which the applicant was engaged:
Country through which he marched: White Plains
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period: Hartford
Evidence by which the declaration is supported: Traditionary Evidence and 2 witnesses, one clergyman

Period when the service was rendered: Enlist Sub 1780
Duration of the claimant's service: 4 months
Rank of the claimant:
Names and rank of the Company officers under whom he served: Bissell
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers: Col Welles
Battles in which the applicant was engaged:
Country through which he marched: Peckskill County, Horseneck 
Please of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period: Connecticut
Evidence by which the declaration is supported:


I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. 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 construed 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 service.
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, musicians 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 personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) 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 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, viz:
(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 and subscribed the day 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. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the 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 it 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 corroborating 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 Militia 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 whom?
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 for 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 represents, 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 bis 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 mouths 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 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 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 particulars 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 au embodied corps called into service by competent authority that lie 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 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 officer, under his seal of office. The notes from [a] to [j] 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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[illegible]
[illegible]
26th May 1853
to [illegible] October 18, 1853
[illegible] June 29/54
[illegible] Oct 11/59
FE Hassler
FE Hassler Feb 1855
[illegible]
[illegible]

4726
Ohio [Pittsburg?]
Amy Chapman
Widow of Salathiel
who served in the revolution
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
38 Dollars 99
Cents per annum, to com [page is torn, can infer the word "commence"]
the 4th day of March, 18[torn page, missing year]
Certificate of Pension i[torn page]
238 day of Ap[torn page, can infer "April"]
and sent to [illegible]
Recording on roll of pensioners 
february 2, 1818
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April 23/49
April 18/49
Salathiel Chapman
Enclosed application of
Amy chapman for a
renewal of her pensions
No 7
April 49
Con

47
Commr. of Pensions
Dept. of Interior 
April 23/49
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State of Ohio ss.
On this 18th day of April 1849 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the county of Liking Amy Chapman, a resident of Washington township in the county of Liking, aged eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by that act of Congress passed on the 2nd day of February 1848 granting pension to widows of person who served during the Revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of Salathiel Chapman who served as a private in the Revolutionary war and died on the 15th day of May 1844 in the county of Hartford and state of Connecticut and that she has drawn a pension from the time of his decease till the 4th of March 1848 at the rate of thirty eight dollars and ninety nine cents per annum under the act of June 17th 1844. That she has resided nearly three years in the State of Ohio and received her pension from the agency in Pittsburgh Pa at which place she surrendered her papers. That she [unk] till to what regiment her husband belonged but would refer the department to his papers on file.
That she was married to her late husband Salathiel Chapman in June 1792. That she has not intermarried but continues the widow of the above named Salathiel Chapman and resides in Washington township Liking County Ohio.
Amy Chapman her mark X

Subscribed in the presence of John Dunlap Wm King

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of April AD 1849
Wm King JP
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I do hereby certify that the within named amy chapman is the same person who drew a pension in 1848, as I attested her papers to enable her to draw her pension from the agency at Pittsburg, pa, April 18th, 1849
WM King, J.P.

The state of ohio
Licking county
I Gilbert Brady Clerk of the court of common pleas for and with said county do hereby certify that William King Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and who signed the same officially in his own proper hand writing was on the day of the date thereof an acting justice of the peace. duly commissioned and qualified as appears to us of record. 
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and annexed the seal of said court at Newark this 19th day of April AD 1849 G Brady Clerk
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The State of Ohio
Licking County JS
I Gilbert Brady Clerk of the Court of common pleas for and within said county do hereby certify that William King Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and who signed the same officially in his own proper hand writing was on the day of the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified as appears to us of Record.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & annexed the seal of said court at Newark this 19th day of April AD 1849. Brady Clerk
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Hon Secretary of the Home department
Sir I enclose you the application of Amy Chapman for a renewel of her pension.
The papers were made out in Jany last and forwarded to the Hon D Duncan to present the reason they were forwarded through him was some diversity of opinion as to from &c he has been [unk] to several times but no reply recd his illness has probably prevented. If he has presented it to the office they have made me no communication to me & this should be correct you will be so good as to give me the necessary information to enable the trust to be drawn from some of the arrears.

Respectfully sir you
Salathiel Chapman
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Salathiel Chapman
Declaration 8946
Sept. 6-1832
No 1
Page 35

I Joshua R Jewett Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Granby do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the sd Court in the matter of the application of Salathiel Chapman for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 6 day of September 1832.
Joshua R Jewett Clerk


Salathiel Chapman



I hereby certify that Joab Griffith Esq is Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Granby duly appointed, commissioned & sworn.
attest Joshua R Jewett Clerk
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State of Connecticut
County of Hartford} ss.
On this 6th day of September 1832 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Granby in the state of Connecticut Salathiel Chapman a resident of the town of Simsbury in the county of Hartford, and state of Connecticut aged seventy two 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 into the army of the United States, on the 19th day of April in the year 1777 with Leonard Rogers, Solomon Chapin, Samuel Taylor, Solomon Loomis, Ezra Chapin and others for the term of nine months and served in Col. Henry Sherburns Regiment of Rhode Island and in the company commanded by Captain Abijah Savage of Middletown in Connecticut, that he resided in the town of East Windsor, County of Hartford, and state of Connecticut when he entered the service, that he joined the regiment at Middletown in Connecticut then commanded by Leiut Colonel Meigs, and marched from there to New Haven in Connecticut then to Horse Neck, & then to White Plains there to Peckskill on the Hudson River and other places on the North river and served the term of about eight months that in the month of November 1777 according to the best of his recollection he enlisted into the company of Captain Asahel Smith for the purpose of driving the continental teams, & for the term of three years, that he served as a Teamster as aforesaid
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for the term of about one year and was taken sick and and came home on furlough and was discharged in the month of November 1778, according to the best of his recollection, and that in the month of November 1778 je served as a substitute for Sergeant Lathrop of East Windsor in the company commanded by Capt Forbes of Hartford to guard the prisoners through the state of Connecticut this term was about three weeks. That he again entered the service int he month of June 1780 according to his recollection as a substitute for his brother Ebenezer Chapman who was sick in the company of Captain Ozias Bissell and Regiment commanded by Col Levi Wells that he was stationed during this term at Horse Neck principally that in the month of October according to the best of his recollection his brother resumed his place and he was discharged, having served the term of [unk] months.
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 any agency of any State.
Salathiel Chapman

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me.
Joab Griffith Judge of Probate

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
Joab Griffith Judge
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Amy Chapman
widow of
Salathiel Revolutionary 
claim Ohio
Ad 2d Feb 48

[illegible]
Mr. Anderson
Exd Aug 10-1854
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No 13
Ohio Pittsburgh
Amy Chapman
widow of Salathiel Chapman
who was a private
in the Connecticut line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
38 Dollars 99
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the [ unk]
May 1844 when he died

Certificate of Pension issued the
4 day of Dec 1844 and sent to Moses Ensign
Simsbury Ct.

[Act of JUNE 17, 1844]

Recorded in Book D
Vol. 1  Page 79

Letter to S. Chapman June 14, 1845
" " same June 23d45
To Ohio Pittsburgh from
4 March 1845, 13 Oct
notification to S. [unk]
Utica Ohio

Letter to S Chapman 13 Dec
do to W G Wade
May 25, 1853
do to do
October 11, 1853
L M Class June 29/54
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File no. 4920
Amy Chapman
Wid.
Salathiel Chapman
Pri & Teamster Rev. War
Act: Feby, 2d/48
Index:-Vol. A, Page 728
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Ohio (Pittsburg) Agency
Amy Chapman widow of Salathiel who was a private & Teamster Conn troop
[illegible] Act June 17 1844 & Feb 2d 1848
$134.99 per ann
Can May 15, 1844 when he died deducting former payments at $38.99 per ann
To F. E. Hassler
Present
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Chapman case
Col. Nills will please write
Capt Inplett  our grounds
of objection in the Chapman
case - & day or tomorrow
of possible
GOW
Apl 6/57
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Ohio (Pittsburg) Agency 
Salathiel Chapman who was a private & teamster Connecticut troops.
Ad Act June 7, 1832
11 mo 21 days private $38.99
12 mo teamster 96.00
$134.99
Ca March 4, 1831
[illegible] May 15, 1844, when he died, deducting former payments at $38.99 per annum
To Amy Chapman widow
To F.E. Hassler
Present
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13
Ohio Pittsburgh
Amy Chapman
widow of Salathiel,
who was a pri & teamster
in the Revolution
Incd. from $38.99
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
of 134 Dollars 99
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 15th May 1844
Certificate of Pension issued the 
13th day of June 1857 and
sent to 
F.E. Hassler
Present
[Act June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 36
Vol 1. Page 136
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4726
Ohio Pittsburgh
Amy Chapman
widow of
Salathiel
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
38 Dollars 99
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
23d day of April 1849
and sent to
Hon. D. Duncan
M.C.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 3 Vol 4
Letter to W.C. Wade 25 May 1856
"          " same 11 Oct "
"          ": L.M. Closs 29 June 1856
"          " F.E. Hassler 17 Oct "
" :     "same 13 Jany 1855
"      "    "     6    Feby "
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4726
Ohio
L.M. Closs
Feb 2d 1848-adm.
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22.805
Ohio Pittsburgh
his
Salathiel Chapman, decd
of in the State

who was a private & teamster
in the    commanded
by Captain     of the commanded
by    in the Revolution
Increased from $38.99
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh,
at the rate of1 34 Dollars 99
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1831, and end 15th May 1844
-
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of
June 1857.
and Sent to
.
F.E. Hassler
Present
[Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.]
Recorded by G.T. Getty Clerk
Book. 36 Vol 1 page 62.
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Brief in the case of Salathiel & Amy Chapman
Richland County and State of Ohio
act June 7 1832 &
Act June 17, 1844 & 2 Feb.. '48
Claim, (original, or for increase)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
-
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
On the 7 Nov. 1833, Salathiel Chapman was
pensioned under the Act of June 7, 1832 eleven months  and twenty one days service in the  militia of 
Connecticut. He also [illegible] to have served under the
[illegible] of a teamster Asael Smith
Nov. 1777- But their last service was not consider
(If for increase.)
 Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? what?
mainly for the reason that I us not the service entered in the service [illegible] I claim for presented by Amy  Chapman, widow of the said Slathiel and who under of the
Shine, and who due is  now a pension er a pension her the act 2d Feb 1848, at the same rate her husband received and am 
[illegible] the commissioner has decided 
to admit it due the present  on the [illegible] rate. 
Name and residence of Agent 
Examining Clerk.
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Pension Office,
October 17th, 1854
Sir,
In reply to your request that the papers of Salathiel Capman may be examined with the view to an increase of the amount of pension awarded to him and to his widow, for one years service as a teamster, you are informed that on that issue the testimony has been several times examined by the commissioner of pensions in person who decided against teh claim thus set up.
I am respectfully 
your Obt Servt
LP Waldo
Commisioner


F. E. Hassler Esq
Present
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Brief in the case of Salathiel and Amy Chapman
Richland county and state of Ohio
act June 7, 1832, and acts June 14, 1844,  and 2 July 1848
Claim, ("original,"or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
On the 7th of Nov. 1833, Salathiel Chapman was pensioned under act June 4, 1832, for eleven months and 21 days service in the militia of connecticut. He also claimed to have served twelve months as a teamster under Asael Smith, from Nov. 1777. but this latter service was not considered, mainly for the reason that it was not then believed to be embraced by the pension laws. A claim for it has, however, been presented by Amy Chapman, widow of said Salathiel, and who is now a pensioner under 
(if for increase,)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
act of 2 July 1848, at the same rate her husband received, and, on considering all the facts in the case, the commissioner has decided to admit it-and the present certificates are issued at the increased rate,

Name and residence of Agent
FE Hassler, 
Present

W Ogden Niles,
Examining Clerk
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Utica Pension Dept.
J. L. Edwards Esq
Dear sir,
I enclose you the application of Wd[Widow] Amy Chapman for a transfer[fer crossed out] of [her crossed out] the payment of her Pension to the office in Ohio.
As she is a [illegible] of[?] [illegible] and a distance from the office. She cannot in person [illegible] the money.
You will please give the necesary[necessary] instructions.
I am respectfully
Your Obt Servant
Salathaniel Chapman
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F.E. Hassler
Washington D.C.
May 15, 1857

Appeals from the decision of the Comm of Pensions in the case of Amy Chapman widow of Salathiel Chapman for pension under act of June  7, 1832.

Respectfully referred to the Comm of Pensions for a report [illegible] May 15/'57

Moses Keth 

Ch Clk
rec'd May 15. 1857
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J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of
Patents
Washington
DC


Dec 12 '45
Mr Evans
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Utica O Dec 5th 1845
J L Edwards Esq
Dr Sir near two month since I enclosed to you the application of Amy Chapman (she blank which you forwarded me) for to have her Pension transfered from Connecticut to the State of Ohio and have recd no communication from you please to inform me if the papers are correct and what farther is necesary to enable me to draw the funds for her

Respectfully Sir yrs
Salathiel Chapman
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Sir:
I wish simply to state that Mr. Goddis says he wrote the letter int he Chapman case, and day not known that Mr. Waldo's attention was ever called to it.
Very Respcty
F. F. C. Triplett

Hon. G. C. Whiting
Present
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137162
Amy Chapman
26440
160



26.440
-------
160
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ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS

PENSION OFFICE
Feby 15, 1856

Sir:
The claim of Amy Chapman for bounty land under the act of 3d March, 1855, No. 137.162 has been examined and suspended.
The revolutionary service of Salathiel Chapman the husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this office.
The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN DAYS" to e established by "RECORD EVIDENCE."
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim will be favorably considered.
IT SHOULD BE OBSERVED, that the recorded action in this office, admitting a revolutionary soldier to the list of pensioners upon parole proof, is not considered "record evidence: within the meaning of the act aforesaid. In all applications for bounty land under this act, the papers of the soldiers, or their widows, who have applied for or received pensions, as well as the rolls in this office, are carefully examined for record evidence of service, before this circular is issued.
Respectfully,

J. MINOT
Commissioner

F. E. Hasler Esq
Present

A portion of the service was performed in Col Sherburn's R. I. Regt- but the rolls are imperfect and his name is not found.
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Hon G. C. Whiting
Com Pension
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Washington June 12 '57
Sir:
In the case of Amy Chapman if a certificate issued it will responsible for the immediate return of the one she has now in her possession.
Very Resply
F. F. C. Triplett
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Payment to be made at Pittsburg
by
John B. Guthrie Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of Ohio

Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
2d, 1848, Page 336 Vol. 4
Geo. Jenkins Clerk
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WIDOW'S PENSION

I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Amy Chapman widow of Salathiel Chapman who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty eight dollars and ninety nine cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the interior this 23d day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty nine.

D. C. Goddard
acting Secretary of the Interior

Examined and Countersigned
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

CANCELLED (written over the top)
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Hon. J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Should the herewith enclosed be deemed sufficient evidence for Mrs Amy Chapman to obtain a Pension please forward the same to me- should any other evidence be necessary will you have the goodness to say what it is.

Your most obt. serv
Moses Ensign

State of Connecticut
Hartford County ss Simsbury Sept 30, 1866
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Pension Agency
Hartford Oct. 9, 1845
Sir
In answer to your enquiry as to what time Amy Chapman a pensioner on the roll of this Agency under the act of 17 June 1844 at 38 99/100 Dollars per annum was last paid. I have to inform you that she has been paid to the 4th day of March 1845
I am respectfully your ob serv
H Goodwin Agent

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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Memorandum in the case of Amy Chapman

In my report of 20th inst., it will be seen that I did not confine the rule as to continuous service to the evidence furnished by the Rolls of the Lines of Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York, but merely refered to them as illustrations of it. I cited those lines for the reason that they were admitted to be correct, and (with the exception of that of Massachusetts, which shows no service after 1780,) complete exhibits of the service rendered in them until the close of the war. We have portions of returns of service rendered in other States, which are equally reliable as, for instance, a return of the Line of South Carolina from the initial A to R, both inclusive- and also a return of the Line of North Carolina, from R to Z, both inclusive. There are, too, portions of Rolls of the Lines of other States which are also official, and, therefore, received as evidence.
2d I cannot understand the applicability of the assumption founded upon militia service, nor the force of the illustrations offered by W. Hassler. That gentleman states that the law of Pennsylvania prescribed two months as the
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duration of a tour in the militia- and that, if the name of an officer or soldier is found once in January, once in August, and one in December, without proof as to the duration of his service, and his identity is established, the office at once allows 3 tours of 2 months each. Granted! Yet, I would ask if this proposition is not an admission of the rule which governs this office, as stated in my report, in relation to other service than that of the Line 9- for the Rolls in that case would show that the party belonged to a class and served regularly in rotation. But, admitting that the entries were merely presumptive proof that the party completed each tour of two months- would this office be justifiable in admitting that a party who claimed three tours of two months each, and whose averment was sustained by record proof of one tour only, did serve the entire three tours, "without" a particle of proof "as to the tours not thus sustained.
3d Nor does the practice of this office in reference to parties whose names are borne on the coat Roll of New Hampshire affect the question. The eight months men of that Colony were raised in April and May, 1775, (not 1776) and were promised coats. On the 4th of
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Oct: 1775, when at Medford, Mass., and after having served six of the eight months, they received $4, commutation for said coats. It is a matter of Record that those men completed their engagement, and very generally the parties who have been pensioned for that service have been sustained by competent parole proof.
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Revolutionary
for Increase
of Pension
Salathiel Chapman
Connecticut
1832
Amy Chapman
Ohio- act 2d Feb 48
Col
filed 16 Oct 1834 
F E Hassler
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Washington City DC
October 16, 1854
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
I respectfully request a reexamination of the pension claim allowed Salathiel Chapman, Rolls of Connecticut act 1832, and claim an increase of Pension for one year as Teamster under Asahel Smith Conductor.
It appear that the Department seems to quere the identity of the Salathiel Chapman who appears on the Roll of Conductor Smith upon the ground; that the Salathiel in Smith's company was discharged to perform teamsters duty, loading, unloading of heavy packages; casks; Brees. &c & driving and caring teams by night and by day, & consequently that Salathiel could not be the one who was drafted to perform a march of 15 miles in Nove 1778, with the prisoners then going through that section of the State to N.Y. & Elizabethtown &c for the
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purpose of exchange which took place in 1778, let us see how far a man would have to be disabled to prevent him from performing a march of 30 miles (15 there & 15 back) in the period allowed said Salathiel say twenty one days. I pretend to claim that, loss of an arm or leg would not under these pressing times, form a sufficient excuse for a non compliance with the draft, then so absolutely requisite, and refer to Leonard Rogers affidavit for proof of service.
Yours respectfully,
F. E. Hassler
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Washington City DC
Jany 8th 1855
Hon L P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
I respectfully call your attention to the admitted Revolutionary Pension claim of Amy widow of Salathiel Chapman, of Ohio. In your manuscript letter, you call particular attention to, & lay much stress, upon what I believed by you to be, an Historical error, viz= the guarding of Burgoyne's Prisoners, thru the State of Connecticut, November or December 1778 & to sustain my position, I will cite, Sparks writings of Washington Vol 6, paged 94, 96, 105-122, & especially the following words from page 96- Washington's letter to Congress 22nd October 1778, "I shall make a like requisition to Governor Trumbull, & it will be necessary that the several State in succession, thro which they are to pass, be called upon in the same manner."
The next is we find Virginia providing troops to guard the convention prisoners, in 1778.
Again the letters & memories of Countess de Reidesel who was with her husband, who was one of the prisoners of the convention may be referred to; again the "Bland papers" Vol 1, page 106, 107, 108, 109 will doubtless settle this point of objection raised by the Honble Commissioner of Pensions still I will refer to the admitted case of Joshua Towne
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pensioned Mass US Act 1832, where you will find his affidavit setting forth, that he served four months, guarding Burgoyne's Troops, at Cambridge Mass for which he received a pension, & that consequently Chapman could have served as claimed, in guarding Burgoyne's Prisoners, through the State of Connecticut & as he was allowed one month for a march of 30 miles, he could also have performed this march, although discharged from teamster service on account, of being unable to perform the duties of a teamster. It is self evident a man may be unable to lead a pip of rum, hogshead of sugar &c and still be able to carry a gun & perform a march of 30 miles, in 30 days, even on crutches. Had he been discharged for a fracture of his right arm, or any other limb, & this disabled from raising weights, he still could carry a musket & march, 15 miles in the course of 30 days, and could have been the same man, who performed the service as claimed of teamster previously.
Very respectfully
F E Hassler
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Washington DC
January 10th 1832
Sir,
As attorney of widow Amy Chapman pensioned under act of 2nd Feby 1848 Ohio for the Revolutionary services of her late husband Salathiel Chapman, I request a reexamination of the papers upon which this claim was adjusted, that there may be allowed a tour of 14 mos service as Teamster, with Captain Asael Smith, conducting teams.
By reference to his declaration it will be seen that above the 11 mos 21 days allowed, he claimed to have enlisted from Capt Savage's co R I line, in Nov 1777, as Teamster, into Asael Smith's co, for 3 years- but was discharged after about 12 months service on account of illness, be reference to Captain Savage roll now in your Office it will be found that on the "28 Sept 1777 Salathiel Chapman enlisted for 3 years, as Continental Teamster in Asahel Smith's Co," reference is also requested to the evidence in your Office of Asael on Asahel Smith having been a conductor of continental teams, and one of Thadsworth or Hubbard conductors, and he [unk] therefore entitled to the increased
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of Pension allowed such Teamsters.
As it will be seen that the records show that his enlistment into Capt Asael Smith Co of Teamsters was in September instead of November two months earlier than claimed, it will be but just and right that he should have the benefits of such service, therefore it is requested that a certificate be issued for 14 mos as Ctl Teamster of 88= 10 mos as private " 31/3   33.33
                                                      -----
                                                     $145.33
subject to a deduction of                39.99
per annum, allowed upon the certificate which is herewith returned for correction. A power of attorney authorizing me to act in behalf of claimant is filed with the papers.
I am respectfully your obt servt
W G Wade

J E Heath Esq
Comr of Pensions
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Washington City DC
March 21st 1857
Hon Geo. C. Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
A recent examination of the case of Amy Chapman widow of Salathiel admitted Ohio, act Feby 1848 for a Revolutionary Pension has shown me that the facts on which the office predicted its objections were totally misapprehended.
There is not the slightest variance in the 3 declarations which Chapman, in his life time made. In all he avers that on the 19 April 1777 he entered the service under Captain Savage. The records show it was on the 22nd.
He says he was transferred to the team service in November of that year. The records show it was the 28 September. This mistake of 6 weeks in time after a lapse of 60 years is not surprising and is surely insufficient to overrule his own oath, that of his intress, and above all the record itself which expressly states that he had enlisted in the team service for 3 years. The necessary presumption would be from this entry that he had served out his time and had he been disposed to make a false claim he would certainly have insisted that he did. The fact that he has voluntarily renounced the benefit of 2 years service to which he was apparently entitled is the strongest evidence in his favor. It is argued that as he was well enough to guard Burgoynes prisoners he was not sick enough to leave the team service.
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The reverse of that argument might have some plausibility, though instances have been known of men recovering from sickness and going into active business again. The argument drawn from his alleged mistake in the date of his service in truth turns the other way. By reference to Sparks writing of Washington ps 94, 96, 105=122 of Vol. 6 and to Washington's letter to Congress of 22 October 1778 it will be found that Burgoyne's prisoners were actually started to the South in the fall of 1778 being ordered to Winchester Virginia. Other reference might be given but the fact is too notorious to all moderately versed in Revolutionary History.
He claimed 23 mos 21 days and was allowed 11 mos 21 days the team service being excluded not because it was not regarded as proved but because it was not at that time allowed at all.
I am Respy
F E Hassler
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Rev Pension
Amy Chapman
widow
Salathiel
Ohio admitted
act 1838
Col
filed 2 Feby 1855
F E Hassler
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Washington City DC
Feby 2, 1855
Hon L P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
May I ask that the claim of Mrs Amy Chapman, widow of Salathiel, Ohio admitted 1838 may be reexamined & the team service allowed. It was urged against this claim, that claimants husband had made a false statement as regards guarding Burgoynes troops, Nov 1778, this has been over come, now let us look at the next point, which is noted by your office viz that his other statement disagree. In one he says he left the team service in the spring sick; in another that he was discharged in November from the team service sick, these certainly are not contradictory, for they both show he was sick, and that he doubtless was unable to do teaming during the summer but that he was not exempted from his enlistment until Nov 1778.
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Again the Office call the Guard service as hard service, such as a sick person could not perform, & in order to overcome the erroneous idea on this point, I must ask a perusal of that portion of Bland's papers and the Countess of Riedesels memoirs which describe, this journey of Burgoyne's prisoners, from Cambridge Mass to Charlottesville Va by which it will doubtless be convinced that the journey was one of apparent pleasure & comfort to all. Why should it be otherwise? Here were prisoners; prisoners under a convention; prisoners in the Interior afore County; prisoners guarded by regular troops; guarded by special drafts from the inhabitants; guarded by the mass (every woman as well as man, in the Country & on the line of their march) by their love of Country & liberty, this certainly could not require forced marches & [unk] secret night guards &c & [unk].
I am respectfully
F E Hassler
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J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
DC

June 14 1845
Amy Chapman
Conn
?-1-79
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Utica Licking County Ohio June 7th 1845
J. L. Edwards Esq
Dr Sir, I hold the Pension certificate of Amy Chapman widow of Salathiel Chapman late of Simsbury Connecticut. She has lately removed to this state and is at present residing with Cyrus Chapman in Richland County the certificate is in the following words
War Department
Widows Pension
I certify that in conformity with the act of June 17th 1844 Amy Chapman widow of Salathiel Chapman who was a private and died in the 15th day of May 1844 is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Thirty eight dollars and ninety nine cents per annum, commencing on the 15th May 1844 and terminating on the 4th of March 1848 unless the Pensioner shall marry or die before the last mentioned date in which case the Pension is not payable after the the time of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 4th day of December one thousand eight hundred and forty five.
Wm Wilkins
Secretary of War

Examined and Countersigned
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Patents
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Filed in the book
payment to be made at Hartford by H Goodwin 2d agent for paying pensions in in the agency of Connecticut
payable on the 4th September and 4th March
received in the pension office in Book D Vol 1 page 79
W V Stewart
Clerk
The object of the above communication is to enable you to change the payment to the pension agent in this note should anything further be necessary you will write me as this plan.

Respectfully yrs
Salathiel Chapman
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Report in the case of
Amy Chapman, widow of
Salathiel
May 20, 1837
on the appeal of F. C. Hassler of May 15, 1857 for increase of Pension as Teamster, under act of June 7, 1832

on a full examination of the papers in this case at the suggestion of the Secy of the Interior and finding the arrerments of the statue & well sustained by the record evidence as far as it goes, I am satisfied to allow the years service as Teamster as claimed originally
June 1857
Recd 22 May '57
Mr. Pritchette
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Pension Office
May 20, 1857
Sir,
In compliance with your instructions, I have the honor to make the following report in the case of Amy Chapman, deceased, who was the widow of Salathiel, on the appeal of F. E. Hassler, Esq.
Salathiel Chapman was pensioned under the act of June 7, 1832, on the 7th of November, 1833, for eleven months and 21 days service as a private in the troops of Connecticut. In addition to his service as a private, he alleged that in November, 1777, whilst serving in Capt. Abijah Savage's company, he enlisted for three years as a teamster in Capt. Asahel Smith's company, served one year, and was then discharged in consequence of sickness. The team service was not computed in the adjustment of his pension, or even considered, for at that date it was not recognized as a military service within the meaning of the Pension laws. That description of service is, however, nor recognized, and the claim set up for it was last considered on the 7th inst., and rejected for the reasons set forth in my letter of that date addressed
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to F. C. C. Triplett, Esq. The objections stated in that communication, are, in my opinion, in no war affected by the argument of W. Hassler, which is, in fact, an admission that they were rightly taken, and that the claim cannot be sustained unless we disregard the regulations of this Office, and the common rules of evidence. In support of this assumption, I enclose the necessity of an argument as to the merits of the case. I deem it necessary to add, however, that W. Hassler's statement as to what he terms as rule of this office is founded in an entire misconception of its practice. He says, "that when the time for which a man enlisted is shown and the office could not show him out of service before the expiration of that period, it is the practice  of this office to allow for the whole period." This statement is true as far as it pertains to parties claiming service in the lines of certain States- as, for instance, we have correct rolls of the service in the Lines of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York. Now, if a party alleged that he enlisted in Capt. Chapman's company of Col. Heman Swift's Regiment of the Connecticut line on the 15th of April, 1777, for three years, and served to the end of his enlistment,
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we refer to the entry upon Swift's Rolls, and is we find anything there to controvert his statement, and the evidence of identity is direct, we admit the service. But in ither cases we require proof, either parol or record, to show not only the date of the entry of the party into the service, but when he left it. It is true that from the meagerness of our Revolutionary records and the fallibility of human memory, it is difficult task to ascertain these results. But that difficulty is not justly chargeable to this office- for there must exist some data by which to compute duration of service, and it is the duty of the party interested to produce it. Noe is the case of Asenath Hotchkiss, cited by Mr. Hassler, an exception to our rule. The brief in that case states that Jonah Hotchkiss, Asenath's husband, enlisted on the 13th of March, 1777, for three years- that there is no record proof of his service after May 19, 1778, but that the increase is allowed in pursuance of a former decision which admitted the service of the men who thus enlisted to have been for three years." The former decision referred to, was based upon record proof, and there was parol proof to show that Hotchkiss completed his engagement. There was, therefore, evidence of the commencement and duration of service. From these facts it will be seen that there is no analogy between the cases- for there is not, as
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stated, a particle of record proof to show that Chapman served a single day as teamster, and the parol proof is comprised in a general statement of Leonard Rogers [see paper No. 2] that Chapman served with him in Savage's company during eight months or thereabouts, and "then enlisted for the term of three years and left said company."
In my opinion, the view of the case taken in my letter of 7th inst., is a very liberat one, and however ingeniously the question is presented by Mr. Hassler's argument, the inferences drawn by him are not sufficient to outweigh the requisition for direct proof to show the duration of service as a teamster.
The papers numbered from 1 to 8 are herewith respectfully submitted.
I am, Sir, with entire respect, your obt servt,
Geo C Whiting
Commissioner

Hon. Jacob Thompson,
Secretary of the Interior
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Pension Office
May 7, 1837
Sir,
In compliance with your request, I have re-examined the testimony filed in the case of Amy Chapman, widow of Salathiel, and are of the opinion that said Salathiel did, as is shown by the entry of Capt. Abijah Savage in his book containing the muster rolls of, and accounts current with, his company, enlist as a teamster for three years from the 28th of Sept: 1777, and that he might have, as alleged by him in his declaration under the act of June 7, 1832, assisted in guarding the Convention or Burgoyne prisoners whilst on their passage through Connecticut in the fall of 1778. But his view of the testimony in no degree relieves the case from the objections urged by my predecessor in his letter of the 29th June, 1834; for there is not, as stated by him, a "particle of evidence, either parol or record," to show how long he served as a teamster nor as Chapman's own statement as to the duration of his service as a teamster consistent. He made three declaration. In the first, July, 1833, he states that he enlisted as a teamster
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in November, 1777; that he served one year, was taken sick, and went home on furlough, and was discharged in November, 1778. In his second declaration, July 21, 1833, he repeats the same statement- but, in his third, Oct: 9, 1833, he states that he enlisted in November, 1777- that in the Spring of the year 1778, he was taken sick and permitted to go home on furlough- that he was exempt from actual service during the summer following, and was discharged at Sharon, in Connecticut, by Major Hughes in November, 1778. It is true that if it could be shown that he was furloughed, the time of his furlough would, in the adjustment of his pension, be computed as actual service. yet he clearly did not make his statement of "actual" service in that view; and I merely refer to that fact to show that no reliance can be placed upon the alleged duration of his service as a teamster. But his statements as to the commencement of his service, unless we throw out the Record, is also manifestly error- for that paper shows that he enlisted as a teamster on the 28th of
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September, 1777 not in November of that year. Thus we have two material errors of fact presented, rendering it utterly impracticable to adjust the claim even upon the statements of the party  himself. But, as you well know, such statement are not deemed evidence, however consistent they may be, unless sustained by Record proof, or well known facts. I therefore repeat that unless the duration of service as teamster is clearly shown the increase for that grade cannot be allowed.
Very respectfully,
Your Obdt. Servt.
(Signed,) Geo C. Whiting,
Commissioner.

F.T.C. Triplett Esq
Present
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F. E. Hassler
Washington, DC
May 25, 1857

argument against
 the ruling of the Commissioners
of Pensions 
in the case of Amy Chapman

Respectfully referred to
the Commissioner of
Pensions for appropriate
attention. I deemed only necessary to submit a brief memo in reply & unofficially as that [unk]
Dept: Int:
May 27/'57
Moses Kelly
Ch Clk

Rec'd 27 May '57
Mr. Pritchette
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Washington City DC
May 25, 1857
Honorable Jacob Thompson
Secretary of the interior
Sir,
As the Pension Office in the case of Amy Chapman, on which I have appealed to you, appears to dispute the correctness of the rule I afformed "that if a soldier enlisted for a definite period, the uniform presumption is in favor of his having served it out." A short reply on my part becomes necessary. The reasons on which I showed the rule to be based are incontrovertible, and if it did not exist would show its propriety. But I must vindicate the office from the absurdity of confining to the states of Massachusetts, New York & Connecticut. The case of Asenath Hotchkiss, the brief in which I quoted, (with the exception of the closing words which are "and the present allowance merely carries out the practice of the office") shows that the same legal presumption prevails in the team service, setting aside this legal presumption and there is not I reaffirm, a particle of evidence to show how long her husband served. His son and perhaps one or two other witnesses swear that they had heard him speak of his services, that he was reputed to have served &c. In this second repetition of his casual conversation stronger than
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Chapman's sworn declaration?
But it is not only in the Continental line and in team service that the office allows upon legal presumption. The laws of Pensylvania prescribed 2 months as the duration of a tour in the militia during the Revolution; the laws of most other States prescribed 3 months. Now if upon any militia record the name of an officer or soldier be found say once in January: once in August: once in December: without a particle of proof as to the length of his service, he being identified with that record, to the Pensylvania militiaman the office at once awards 3 tours of 3 months each. This is under the same rule, that the law will presume a man to have done that which his duty required, and faithfully to have served the time he engaged for. To the laws of New Hampshire and Massachusetts gave to those who engaged to serve from May to 31 Dec 1776 a coat, which was paid them in October. If a man's name were found on this coat roll the office always admitted him for 8 months service on the same legal presumption without direct proof of the length of his tour. I will not undertake to say that no case can be produced in which the office has denied this general rule, for I am aware that frequently cases are
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adjudicated there, not upon general principles, but as if each one in itself constituted a separate class, and it is against this capricious violation of precedents often exemplified and particularly in this Amy Chapmen case, that I most respectfully protest; A present a case which is allowed on general and well understood rules of evidence B. brings forward one precisely analogous and upon some impassable distinction is refused Public confidence must needs be shaken in judgements thus vacillating and while I believe in all sincerely that no improper motive actuates the reexaminers, it will be seen what a dangerous power is entrusted to them when governed by no [unk] and publicly known rule of evidence.
I am most respectfully your obt servt
F E Hassler
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Washington City DC
May 13th 1857
Honorable J. Thompson
Secretary of the Interior Present
Sir,
I have the honor to appeal from the decision of the Commissioner pf Pensions in the case of Mrs Amy Chapman widow if Salathiel.
The facts of the case are, as briefly as I can explain them, these.
In September 1832, the husband made a declaration, stating that on the 19th April 1777, he enlisted in Captain Abijah Savange's company, in which he served until November 1777 when in accordance with regulation of the service authorizing any soldier to leave his company at any time he would enlist into another for a period longer than he was then engaged for, he enlisted out of Savage's into that of Asahel Smith as a Teamster for 3 years. That he served about a year, was taken sick, came home furloughed, and was discharged in November 1778. That in November 1778 (same month) he served 3 weeks in guarding Burgoyne's prisoners through Connecticut into New York. That in 1780 he served 4 months under Captain Ozias Bissell.
The team service was then rejected, not because it was
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doubted, but because the evidence of its having been military service had not then been discovered. After this had been done and that service admitted on sufficient proof, the office, in 1854, rejected the application on the ground that there was no evidence, parole or record, that he had ever enlisted into the team service; and that since Burgoyne's prisoners had been marched through Connecticut in Nov 77, he was actually engaged escorting them at the very time he pretended to have been acting as teamster
It was admitted, indeed, there was an entry of his having entered the teaming business, as if it had been a civil contract. The then agent, supposing the office would quote correctly the records in its own possession and would state accurately the historical facts it was supposed to know, acquiesced, and there the matter rested until it fell into my hands.
I showed that in the case itself there was parole testimony that Chapman left Savage's company and enlisted and went into the team service for 3 years. How long he staid the witness did not know. I showed that on Savage's roll, to account for his having discharged Chapman before the expiring of his term , that Officer states distinctly "1777 Sept 28 Salathiel Chapman enlisted into the
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teaming business for 3 years. I showed by reference to Sparks writings of Washington pp 94, 96, 105, 122 vol 6 and other references, that Burgoyne's prisoner left Massachusetts in October 1778, on their northern march; that General Washington intended to call on Connecticut for a militia detachment to guard them thro its borders; and that no rolls of Asahel Smith's company are known to be in existence.
The office now admits that Chapman did enlist as a teamster for 3 years from 28 September 1777 and that might have assisted in guarding the Burgoyne prisoners through Connecticut in the fall of 1778, thus confessing that his statements substantially agree with the record, whose existence was unknown to him, and with the historical facts of which an unlettered man like him could have known nothing except by personal participation.
The Instructions under the act of 7 June 1832, say "The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true; or of detecting the imposition, if one ne attempted." But this very test established by the office is declared unavailing here on two grounds.
The first is, that he made three declarations inconsistent with
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each other, in this. In the first he says in substance, "I served one year, was taken sick, furloughed, went home, and was discharged in November 1778." In the second "I served one year was taken sick, went home on furlough, and was discharged in November 1778." In the third :I was taken sick in the spring of 1778, went home on furlough, and was discharged in November 1778." The letter of rejection says "if it could be shown that he was furloughed, the time of his furlough to the date of his discharge would, in the adjustment of his pension, be computed as actual service. Yet he clearly did not make his statement of "actual service" in that view, which I understand means this; that in his first two declaration he said he served a year, was taken sick, furloughed, and went home and was discharged, after the year's service, while in his last he says he served till the spring of 1778, was taken suck, furloughed, went home, and was discharged. In all his declarations of his recollection, he enlisted in November 1777 and was discharged in November 1778: in all that he served one year ; in al that he was sick, furloughed and returned home before he was discharged. To suppose, then, that in his first declaration, he meant that he was in active service one year
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before he was furloughed, is, to suppose that he imagined there was considerably more than one year between the same month in two different years, as in them all he places his furlough before his discharge. It is evident that the only difference between his declarations is, his specific designation of the time he was taken sick on his last, which he had mentioned only generally on the two others: that there is no variance between them at all. He knew that his service was the gist of the claim; that he was in service from the date of his enlistment to that of his discharge and hence in his first declaration he claims service for a year; in his last he states when he entered; when he was taken sick and furloughed and when he was discharged. Most tribunals try to harmonize a witness statements where it can consistently be done, in order to relieve him of the taint of perjury; here a great deal of ingenuity has been depended in attempting to hasten the taint upon a series of depositions perfectly consistent with each other.
The next objection is, that he placed the commencement of his team service in November, while it actually, according to the records, commenced the 28 September; thus, after the lapse of 55 years, showing that this illiterate man relying solely on his memory, made the wide mistake
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of one months and two days. Now there is no one at all acquainted with the laws of memory who does not know how hard it is to recollect specific dates; how easy to remember definite periods of time. What reader of history has not felt the difficulty of fireing in his mind the day and months and even year of the most important events? What man has not experienced the same trouble in recalling the precise date of important events in his own life? I have known many revolutionary claims admitted, where the claimant did not come within a year of the date of his service, yet clearly showed himself entitled, and in the Pension office now, applicants for Bounty Land who detail clearly the term of their service, miss by as great an error the year of its rendition, though occurring as late as 1813 or 1814. It is plain that he had no motive for misrepresentation and the material fact is admitted, that he did enlist for "3 years." I come now, then, to enquire whether he has established his service in accordance with this rules of the office. A soldier who has enlisted for a definite period cannot resign his functions when he tires of them, but can only escape by desertion or by discharge
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The law will not presume a crime against a man, nor can it infer a discharge, since that would be granted only for good cause. Hence it has always been the rule, when the time for which a man enlisted was shown and the office could not show him out of service before the expiration of that period, to allow for the whole period. Should this fact be disputed, I would undertake, if access to the files were permitted me, to show a thousand cases admitted on this principle. But fortunately the office itself, in the case of Asaneth Hotchkiss Vermont, act 1848, has laid down the rule. Her husband enlisted under Jotham Parker, who was a conductor in the same Brigade with Smith, on the 13 March 1777, for 3 years. "There is no record proof, says the office brief and I will add there is no proof of any sort," of his serving after May 13, '78, but the increase is allowed in pursuance of a former decision, which admitted the service of the men who this enlisted to have been for 3 years." No one will be so absurd as to contend that if a man shows he has served 11 months, you must admit he served 3 years, but if he shows he served a day, you cannot admit it. I have shown the reason f the rule, that it is not arbitrary, but
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founded in reason, and consequently must [unk] every case brought within it thence if Chapman had sworn he served his 3 years, there being nothing to contradict him, he mist have been admitted for the whole time; but as he related the facts, his own honesty is used as a weapon against him, and it is deemed that he served at all. If he is to be believed (and surely a man may be believed who voluntarily swears against his own interest) he served one year, if he is not to be believed, his statement must be totally set aside, and the office is bound to say, he served 3 years. I bring an action against a man upon a bond for $200, but coming into court admit that he has paid me $100, the Court says, "it is true you hold the defendant's note for $200. It is true he has no sort of evidence that he has paid a cent, and of you had claimed the whole, you must have recovered judgement for the whole; but since you confess he has [aid $100, perhaps your memory fails you, and it was $125 or 150, that he paid you; perhaps you do not tell the truth, and he paid you all." This precisely the logic used in this case, I fear I have too much tareed your patience & although many more considerations might be issued, I refrain.
I am very respectfully
F E Hassler
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Amy Chapman
widow of Salathiel Chapman
pend act 38 & 48
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POWER OF ATTORNEY,

STATE of Ohio
County of Licking } ss.

Be it known, that before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly authorised by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Amy Chapman a resident of Utica in the county of Licking in the State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law states that  She is the widow of Salathiel Chapman Late in the county of Hartford and the State of Connecticut who was a revolutionary soldier 
and that she believes the United States are still indebted, under existing laws, for the pension that was due under the application heretofore made, and that she is directly interested as a claimant in the pension for which application was heretofore made as aforesaid, and constitutes and appoints Willis G. Wade, of Washington, D.C. her true and lawful attorney, with irrevocable power to examine into, investigate, and establish the claim for said pension, and do all necessary thereto.
In  Witness Whereof, she has on this 5th day of December 1852, hereunto signed her name, and affixed her seal.
Witness; E S Robertson
Wm King
S Chapman

Amy Chapman X her mark
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me, on this15th day of Decr. 1852
Wm King J.P.
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Leonard Rogers
Salathiel Chapman
PO
July 28 83
July 20-1833
No n
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I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Salathiel Chapman of Simsbury in Hartford County & State of Connecticut for fifty seven years past.-& that he enlisted into the Continental Army on the 19th of April 1777- for the term of nine months in the company commanded by Capt. Abijah Savage in Col Henry Sherbern's Regiment and was with me in said company and regiments at Horseneck, white plains, N York. & many other places on the North River doing his duty as a good soldier during eight months or thereabouts. he then enlisted for the term of three years and left said company 
Vernon 17 July 1832
Leonard Rogers

Tolland County ss Vernon- on this 17th day of July 1832 personally appeared Leonard Rogers & made oath to the truth of the statement made in the foregoing certificate by him subscribed- beofre me- Wm Leonard Rogers is personally known to me and is evidenced as a man of fair character for truth & veracity-
Lebbeus P Tinker Justice of the Peace
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[seal]
I, THOMAS DAY, Secretary of State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
That Lebbeus P. Tinker Esquire, whose name is above written, is, and for more than one year last past has been a Justice of the peace within and for the County of Tollman & in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said Sate, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Justice in Court and Country.

In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary of aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the twenty fourth day of July  in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. 
Thomas Day
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Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for Hartford County in the State of Connecticut Salathiel Chapman who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and 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
1777 1: Term as a private for 7 months
1778-8 2. Term as a private for 1 year
1778 3. Term as a private for 21 days
1780 4. Term as a private for 4 months.
Salathiel Chapman

Sworn and subscribed this 20 day of July 1833.
Joab Griffith
Justice of Peace
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We Allen McLean a clergyman residing in the town of Simsbury County of Hartford and State of Connecticut and Titus Barber residing in the same Town County & State hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Salathiel Chapman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 73 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.
Allen McLean
Titus Barber

Sworn to and subscribed this 20th day of July 1833
Joab Griffith
Judge of Probate

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 Allen McLean who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Simsbury County of Hartford and State of Connecticut and that Titus Barber who has also signed the same is a resident of Town County & State and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Joab Griffith
Judge of Probate
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I Joshua R Jewett Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Granby do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the sd Court in the matter of the application of Salathiel Chapman for a pension. In testimony whereof i have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 20th day of July 1833.
Joshua R Jewett Clerk

I Joshua R Jewett Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Granby do hereby certify that Joab Griffith Esq is Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Granby aforesaid, and also Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, duly appointed, commissioned, & sworn & that full faith & credit are to be given to his affiant acts as such Judge & Justice, and also that the signature purporting to be his, is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have set my hand & seal of office this 20 day of July 1833.
Joshua R Jewett Clerk
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Hezekiah Loomis
Deposition in case of Salathiel Chapman
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I Hezekiah Loomis of Springfield, County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts depose and say that I belonged to the company that guarded a part of the prisoners taken at the surrender of Genl. Burgoine in the year of 1778. And that Salathiel Chapman was a member of the same company of which Capt Forbes Lieut Roberts & Ensign Holland were officers. This company formed the front guard of the 1st Division in marching thro the state of Connecticut about 15 miles into the State of NY when they were delivered up to the Continental troops.
In 1780 said Salathiel Chapman went as a substitute for his brother Ebenezer (who was sick)to Horse Neck and was a member of Capt Bissels company in Col Wells Regt and was int he service four months at this time. His brother Ebenezer recovered and took his place about a fortnight before Col Wells was taken prisoner which happened on the 10th Dec 1780.
Hezekiah Loomis

Hampden ss Sept 4, 1832- Then the above named Hezekiah Loomis personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above and I hereby certify that he is a respectable & trust worthy Inhabitant. Before me
David M Bryant
Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden Co. I John Ingersoll a clerk of the common [illegible] court being in town of [illegible] and County of Hampden do hereby certify that David M Bryant Esq before whom the within deposition was certified is a justice of the peace for the County of Hampden
In testimony whereof I have [illegible] to [illegible] affixed the same w/ the said Common [illegible] [illegible] affidavit this fourth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
John Ingersoll Clerk
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26,440


Uec  Amy
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Mar 3/49

Jan 48

No 6

Amy

Referred to the Court of Pensions
Dept. Interior
31 March, 1848

Hon D Duncan 
MC
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State of Ohio
On this 10th day of January 1849 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the piece of the county of Licking Amy Chapman a resident of Washington township in the County of Licking aged Eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following decleration in order to obtain the benefitts of the pension made by the act of Congress passed on the 2nd of February 1848 granting pensions to Widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary war
That she is the widow of Salathiel Chapman who served as a private in the Revolutionary war and died on the 15th day of May 1844 in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut and that she has drawn a pension from the time of his dicease till the 4th of March 1848 at the rate of Thirty Eight dollars and ninety nine cents per annum under the act of June 17th 1844
That she has resided for better than two years in the State of Ohio an recd her pension from the agency at Pittsburg Pa at which place she surrendered her certificate
That she cannot tell to what regiment her husband belonged but would refer the Com to his papers on file
That she was married to her late Husband Salathiel Chapman in June 1792 and has not interm married but continues the widow of the above named Salathiel Chapman
 Attest W.W. Robertson                    her
       Wm King                       Amy Chapman    Seal
                                                         mark
Sworn to and Subscribed Before me this 10th Day of January 1849
State of Ohio Licking County  Wm King JP
I do hereby certify that the above named Amy Chapman is the same Person that has Drawn a Pension from the Department for the Time of two years Past as I attested her Papers Jan 10th 1849
Wm King JP
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[printed form completed in handwriting]

The State of Ohio,
Licking County, ss.}

I, Gilbert Brady, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said county, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that William King Esq., whose name appears subscribed to the foregoing certificate, was, on the date of the date thereof, an acting justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, as appears on record in my office; that, as such, full faith and credit are due to all his official acts; and that his signature as above is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Newark, this 12th day of January 1849.
[signed] Gilbert Brady CLERK.
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Utica Jany 14th 1849
Mr Dimeau
Dr Sir I enclose you the application of Amy Chapman and wish you to prest it to Mr Edward the Cons on pensions
The reason which           induces me to trouble you are that I weote the com on the subject they ibdirsed onr the act and the printed instructions I presented to Judge McGeary and Hardy the lawyer, they couldn't agree on what was necessary to prove in conformity to the act I have supposed it would only be necessary to establish the fact that Amy Chapman was the identical person that had drawn a pension under the act of the 17th of June 1844 and sees now a vision of the same (initials) SG
I have in the application made  some far this statements and will state to you the circumstances and situations of the above to enable you in care something farther should be required in the application to interlace it and return it to me by mail/ My mother Salathiece Chapman died on the 15th day of May 1844I was the executor her pension  I learned by MrGoodwin the agent at Hartford Con had been paid to mark previous an application was made for her Widow Amy Chapman  and in March 45 I understand she drew the Pension
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The National Archives Form VAM-51 12-5-41
Bounty Land Warrant Record Card
Division of Veterans Administration Archives
Name Chapman, Samuel Grade Private Line Connecticut

Warrant Number 5636 Acreage 100  Issued Jan 25, 1793

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The information concerning the issueance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants issued prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in the National Archives.