Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19935, James Chappell, Continental R.I.

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SERVICE
Continental
R. I.
Chappell, James
NUMBER
S. 19935

carded

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7,984
Rhode Island
James Chappell, 4
of Newport in the state of R. Island
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Varnum of the R. Island & Continental
line, for the term of one year. 
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Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island
at the rate of 8
Dollars per month, to commence on
the 3d of Sept. 1818.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 20th of Mar 1819
and sent to Seth Wheaton Esq
Providence, R. Island
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Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. [illegible] 48.53
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th.. Sept. 1819 48.00
$:96.53
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Amt due to 4th Mar 1819 [illegible] Pensr. 48.53
Amt paid to 4th Mar 1819 as an
Invalid Pensioner} 33.97
Balance to 4th Mar 1819 - $14.56

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Seth Wheaton Esq
[illegible]
Providence
R. I. 


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James Chappel [sic]
for Col Varnum R. I. regt
1 year
Rhode Island
This Person James 
Chappell, having
engaged in Jan 7 1776 for
the term of 1 year and
having been wounded 
in the service M. T [or L.] at the
end of 8 months and 
16 days,, (for which disability
he rec^d a pension from the M. T.) 
and it not being his
fault that he did not serve the 
whole of the time for which
he engaged this case is therefore
Admitted 
under the Law 18 mar 1818

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I James Chappel of Newport in the County of Newport & District of Rhode Island being now in the 64th year of my age on solemn oath do declare and say that in the year of 1775- I enlisted as private soldier in Capt. James Gardners company & Col Varnums regiments which regiment was of the army of the United States & of the Rhode Island Line - [illegible] service I continued Eight months being the expiration of my first enlistment - and immediately without leaving the service I enlisted in the same capacity in Capt Thomas Coles company & the said Col. Varnum's regiment for twelve months 2 cont times in active service during the most of that time, when in consequence of receiving a severe wound in the battle of Harlem Heights near New York on the 16 September 1776 - I was unable to do further duty from which wound I have never fully recovered - & in consequences of which I was placed on the invalid pensioners List - at the rate of three dollars & fifty cents for [illegible] which pension I herewith surrender the time of my second enlistment commenced the first of January 1776 - & ended the 31st of December of the same year after I received my wound I was placed in the Hospital & was not able to be removed until January 1777 - when I came home, the time of my enlistment having expired -

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I further declare that I am in indigent as circumstances I stand in need of the assistance of my country for support according to the provisions of the late act of Congress - James Chappell
Rhode Island District Sept 3, 1818,
That James Chappell personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing by him subscribed. In testimony whereof I have caused the Seal of the Court to be hereto affixed. 
David Howell
District Judge
I certify the signatures of the Judge and seal of the District Court of the united states for R.I. District to be hereto affixed. 
Witness Benjamin Cowell
CLK R.I. District

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James Chappell

7.9014
Sept.^r [illegible]
Not entitled

Henry Cranson Esq
Newport, R. I.

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State of Rhode-Island & Providence-Plantations.
Newport sc-Court of Common Pleas, May Term, A.D. 1820
ON this Twenty sixth day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record within and for the County of Newport in the State of Rhode-Island, &c. James Chappell aged Sixty five Years residing in the Town of Newport in said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War  as follows:-
Enlisted May 1775 in James Gardners Company Col Jas M Varnums Regiment & served in said Company eight months, then in Capt Thomas Coles Company same Regiment twelve months. 16 Sept 1776 receives a wound from a [illegible] through the hip, in consequence of which used to receive a pension under the old pension law. 
That he made a previous Declaration on the [left blank] Day of [left blank] 1818, and that he has received a Certificate for a Pension, being No. 79184 - And in pursuance of the Act of Congress, passed May 1st, 1820, I do solemnly swear, That I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; And that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. 
Signer James Chappell
A Schedule of Property and Income, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) of

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James Chappell [illegible] Lot of Land Sixty five feet Square
with an old House thereon — 400..
and Desk, 20 chairs, Three Tables one chest and 
a few other old articles of furniture — 40
$440.. [two amounts were aligned and totaled]

My Family consists of myself — wife 62 years
one daughter 22 — one 19, and a grand
Daughter 11 years old.
Sworn to in open Court this Twenty sixth June 1820
HY Cranston Clk.

Clerks Office of Common Pleas for the County of Newport
I hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto
annexed, are truly copied from the records of said Court, that
it is the opinion of said Court, that the amount is value of the 
property exhibited in said Schedule is Four hundred & forty Dollars
I further certify that said Court is a Court of record being so 
constituted by Statute, professing original and unlimited 
Jurisdiction in all Civil Actions, proceeding according to 
the course of common Law and keeping a record of its peace
[covered by seal] testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the
[covered by seal] of said Court this first Day of Sept in the year of our
[covered by seal] AD, Eighteen-hundred & Twenty forty fifth of 
American Independence.
By order of Court
HY Cranston, Clk

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IN REPLY REFER TO 
Rev. War Section.  
3-1884
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
November 20, 1919.
WASHINGTON 

Dr. William A Jack,
1503 Meridian Place,
Washington, D. C.

Sir:
In response to your personal inquiry of the 17”
instant, you are advised that it appears from the papers in
the Revolutionary War pension claim of James Chappell S. File 
No. 19,935 that he enlisted in May 1775 [handwritten insert of “as a pvt”] in Captain James
Gardiner’s Company, Colonel James M. Varnum’s Rhode Island 
Regiment and served [“as a Private” is crossed out] eight months and on January
1, 1776, without leaving the service, he enlisted in the same 
capacity in Captain Thomas Coles’ Company, Colonel Varnum’s
Regiment and was in the battle of Harlem Heights where he
was wounded in the hip, for which he was pensioned from
March 4, 1789.
In 1820 he was a resident of Newport, Rhode Island,
and referred to his wife then sixty-two years old, to two
daughters: twenty-two and nineteen years old and to a grand
daughter eleven years old. No names are stated and there is 
no other data on file as to his family. He died December 13,
1829.
Very respectfully,
E. C. Tieman [handwritten]
Acting Commissioner.
Date of death taken 
from 1835 list of pensioners. [last sentence handwritten at the end of the letter]

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Thee William Hunter
John L. Edward Esq.
Pension Office
War Department
Washington

[information below is upside down]
Mr. Hunter informed on
the 8 Apl 1829 that a cert:
Was opened in favor of James
Chappell on the 20 Mar:
1819 & sent to Seth Wheaton 
Esq. Providence R. Island

[information below is on the seal on top right of document]
NEWPORT R. I.
APR 2

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Newport 2d April 1819.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir:
Mr. James Chappell, who has for the 
utmost [illegible] that he could been a
pensioner of the United States as a wounded
soldier on the continental [underlined] establishment
did by the advice of the officers of
Government here and in conformity to the
true [underlined] circumstances of his case surrender [underlined]
his invalid Pension [underlined] and apply for the
other — he deems himself and in fact is [underlined]
injured with remaining so long, without
either. Unless therefore some real [underlined] improvement
exists I will thank you to forward Mr. Chappels [Chappell’s]
certificate for his last applied for Pension —
respectfully your [yours]
Mr. William Hunter

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The Committee appointed by the Honorable the General Assembly 
of the State of Rhode Island in Conformity to an Ordinance of Congress passed on the 7th day of June 1785 for examining the claims of all 
officers, soldiers, and seamen Resident within the state who have 
been disabled in the service of the United States, do hereby [illegible] 
that upon examination of James Chappel and invalid it appeared that 
the said James Chappel was so far disabled while in the Service 
of the Unite States as to entitle him (in future) to receive a Pension 
of Three Dollars and one half Dollar per month during his Life
as a full Compensation for his disability and sufferings while in 
the Service of the United States. 
Three Dollas & one half
Given under our hand at Newport 
this Sixth Day of May 1786
HJ Sherburne
TJ Helme 
Committee

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I John Pearce of Newport certify & say
that I have been acquainted with James
Chappel [Chappell] of Newport for thirty years last past
& believe him now to be indigent circumstances —
he had always supported a good & 
fair character —
John Pearce

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I Michael Motton of Newport in the County of Newport & District of Rhode Island on oath declare & say that I am acquainted with James Chappel of Newport & formerly a soldier in the revolutionary army - to my knowledge said Chappel enlisted in Capt  [?] regiment on the first of January 1776 & continued in the same, until the 16th or 17th day of September following when in the battle of Harlem Heights he received a severe wound & was carried to the Hospital I was [?] Lieutenant in the same regiment & after the aforesaid battle the american army moved to the whiteplains - that I saw said Chappel but once after he was wounded & then he was at the Hospital - said Chappel was a faithful soldier & I [?] I believe ^him to be ^in [illegible] circumstances & well deserving the assistance of his country
Michael Motten

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Dr Wm A Jack
1502 Meridian [illegible]
Washington 
D C


Personal inquiry
Nov. 17. 1919.

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19935
Revolution
INVALID.
File No.  19,935
James Chappell
Pri Rev War
Act:  [blank]

Index:-Vol.  2,  Page 68
[Arrangement of 1870]

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1919 Nov. 20 Hist. to Dr. W. A. Jack

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(76.3.)
Rhode Island
________
James Chappell
private
Capt Varnum R. I. Line
In the army of the Revolution
R. I.  Our Continental
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Inscribed on the roll as an Invalid
at $3.50, increased to $5.60 per 
mo: by law of 24 April 1816 -
which he relinquished, and was
placed on roll under Law of
18 March 1818, from which
his name has  been stricken
under Law of 1st of May 1820.
____________
Re-instated on roll as
an Invalid pensioner at
$5.60 per mo:  commencing
4th March 1820
________________
Cert. issued & sent to Henry Cranson
Esq. Newport, R. I. 23 April
1821-
_________
Amt. from 4th March 1820 to 4th
Sept. 1821 is $100.