Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,172, Eles Chaffen, N.C.

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SERVICE					NUMBER
     NC			Chaffen, Eles (or)	     S.32.172
			Chaffen, Elles

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See letter to P Agt July 16.1837		Illinois	26.264
	     Dead				Elles Chaffin
						Clinton Co in the State of Ill
Paid at the Treasury under			…was a Pri in the Company commanded
the act of the 16th April1838			…Captain Whitsell of the Regt commanded
from 4th March 1837. to the 30		by Gen’l Green [Greene] in the N. Carolina
Nov 1837.  thee day of his			for Militia
Dealth.  Agent mollified			6 Mo Pr  $20.00
8 Oct 1838
						Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of April
						[left blank] and sent to [illegible] G Slade HR
						_____________________________________________
						Arrears to the 4th of Mch '34  60.00
						Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.       10.00
										           $    70.00
								{ Revolutionary Claim,}
								{Act June 7, 1832.          }
						Recorded by 		J.J.Sprayor  Clerk
						Book 6  Vol. 8  Page 65

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			Application
			       of 
			Elles Chaffin
			for a pension
			     1838
			30.437-
		Add 6 months

			Hon C Slade
			     H. R__
[vertically on the left side of page….] :
I agree to receive a pension for 6 months
	Chas Slade
	     18 April 1834

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State of Illinois
	Clinton County 
		On this third day of June
1833 personally appeared in open court, before
the Judges of the county commissioners court now
setting Elles Chaffen a resident of the county of 
Clinton and State of Illinois aged seventy years
who being duly sworn according to law.  Doth on
his oath declare and make the following declara
tion, in order to obtain the benefit of the act
of Congress, passed June 7th 1832
	That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers, and served 
as herein stated – The first of my service commenced 
in 1781 as a spy, was in a skirmish in Ballingers
or a field where four of our men were killed, we
were then under the command of Capt. Anther
Forbush,- a few moments after our men were killed
the battle of Guilford C.H. commenced being
about 9 to 11 o’clock in the forenoon.  The battle
was not entirely over until some time in the 
afternoon, during the action I received a
wound in my leg _ we retired after this 
battle to a place called the Iron works
when the American Army again collected 
under Genl Green – from the Iron works
I was obliged to return home owing to

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volunteered for six months
the wound in my leg, In this service I 
     Some time after my leg got well, I entered
The service ^ again as a volunteer to go against the
Cherokee Indians under the command of Genl.
Jon Pauly and Capt. Henry Whitesell We
marched to the head of French broad and 
Pegeon River, - on the west side of the Pegeon we
came up with the Indians – after a few fires
the Indians fled – we remained in the Indians
country a that time – we returned home
a short time before the three months had
expired for which I had volunteered
The following interrogatories being propounded
by the court, answers thereunto was made to 
wit
Qu 1   Where and what year were you born
     Ans.     I was born in the state of Pensylvania
	Chester Co in the year 1763
   2   Have you any record of your age, and
         If so where is it
     Ans- yes my residence
3     Where were you living when called into
       into the service; where have you lived since
       the Revolutionary War, and where do you 
       now live
     Ans     In Guilford Co State of North Car

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lived some time in Berk Co N.C. moved from
N.C. to Christian Co State of Kentucky lived there
about Ten years moved from there to the
Territory of Ill in 1811 and have lived in this
Territory & State ever since
4     How were you called into the service, were
        you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you 
        substitute, and if a substitute, for whom
     Ans_  I volunteered
5     State the name of some of the regular officers
        who were with the troops where you served,
        such (scribble) continental and militia Regiments
        as you can recollect, and the general
        circumstances of your service
     Ans     Genl Green is the only regular officer
                   I can recollect
                   All I can recollect at this remote period
                  I have allready stated before the first ques-
                  tions was propounded
6     Did you ever re ceive a discharge
        from the service, and if so, by whom was
        it given, and what has become of it
     Ans – I did not receive a discharge, my

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Capt. Died about two weeks after the
        battle of Guilford C.H. and quitting this
       service in consequence of my wound I
       never applied for one
7     State the names of persons whom you know
        in your present neighbourhood, and who
        can testify as to your character for veracity
       and good behavior, your services as a 
      Soldier of the Revolution
Ans_  I am acquainted with John H Benson
            Christ N Hallstead
	Sworn and subscribed this day
     And year aforesaid     Eles
				Chaffen  (scribble)
     We John H Benson a clergyman residing the county
of Clinton and Christopher N Halstead residing in
the same hereby certify that we are well ac
-quainted with Elles Chaffin who has sub-
-scribed and sworn to the above declarations;
that we beleive him to be seventy years of age
that he is reputed and beleived  in our neigh
-borhood where he resides, to have been a sol-
-dier of the revolution, and that we concur

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in the opinion
	Sworn and subscribed this day and
year aforesaid		[signature] John Benson [hand drawn seal]
			[signature] C N Halstead [hand drawn seal]
     And this said court do hereby declare
their opinion after the investigation of the 
matter and after puting [putting] the interrogatories
proscribed by the War Department, that
the above named applicant was a Revolu-
-tionary Soldier, and served as he states
     and the court further certifies, that it
appears to them that John H Benson who 
has signed the preceding certificate
is a Clergyman resides in the County
of Clinton and that Chris N Halstead who
has also resides the same is a resident in
the county aforesaid and is a credible
person, and that their states is entitled
to credit
			[signature] C N Halstead
			[signature] M O Harrold
			[signature] William Hendall

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I Robert Crockett Clerk of the court of
County Commissions do hereby certify that the
forgoing contains the original proceeding
in the matter of the application of Ellis
Chaffin for a pension
	In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and private seal (there
being no official seal provided) this
Third day of June 1833
[hand drawn seal] [signature] Robert Crockett
				Clerk
This is to certify that I am personally acquainted 
with Robert Crockett whose signature as to
the above certificate and known him to be
Clerk as wherein states and his certificate
to the laws of Illinois	
			[signature] Chas Slade
Washington City
Apr 17. 1834

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I agree to receive a pension for 6 months
			Chas Slade
			18 April 1834
[The remainder of this page is written  vertically with the right-hand side as the top]
application
of
Ellis Chaffin
for a pension
1833
30.437
Agree to 6 months
Hon C Slade
H.R__

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										January 16, 1937
B. J. Walter									BA-J/ILL
Wabash Post #423, American Legion						Eles Chaffen
Mount Carmel, Illinois								S.32172

Dear Sir; 
	Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War record of Eles Chaffen is furnished herein as found in
Pension claim, S. 32172, based upon his service in the Revolutionary
War.  His name was borne on the pension rolls as Ellis Chaffin and
Is shown on the Report of the Secretary of War printed in 1835, as
Elias Chaffin, Clinton County, Illinois.
Eles Chaffen was born in the year 1763 in Chester, County
Pennsylvania; the names of his parents were not given.
	While a resident of Guilford County, North Carolina, he volun-
Teered in 1781, served as a private in Captain Arthur Forbush’s North
Carolina company, was in a skirmish at Ballinger’s Old Field and was 
In the battle of Guilford Court House, in which he was wounded in  the
leg, shortly afterwards returned home.  After recovering, he served
about three months as private in Captain Henry Whitesell’s company,
Colonel John Paisley’s (*) North Carolina regiment, engaged against the 
Indians.  These services amounted to at least six months.
(*) Verified in N.C. Records as Maj. John Paisley.  Guil Co
N.C. p.208 –
	The soldier resided in Guilford and Burke Counties, in North
Carolina, moved from that state to Christian County, Kentucky, resided
About ten years, and in 1811, moved to Illinois Territory.
	He was allowed pension on his application executed June 3,

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1833, at which time he resided in Clinton County, Illinois.  He
died November 30, 1837, survived by a widow, her name and the date
and place of their marriage were not shown.  No reference was made
to children of this soldier.
				Very truly yours,
A.D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

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(looks like the back of  a page; written vertically)
Carmille}						(illegible)
2nd July}

	James L Edwards Esq
	Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City 		(vertically)  July 13

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(illegible) Ill					30th June 1837

Sir
	Enclosed is the pension voucher of 
	Eles Chaffin, a pensioner under the act
	of 1832  sent to you for you inspection
	and order as to the payment – I saw
	him last month, though no at this place,
	I prepared his oath of identity for him –
	informed him that he could qualify to it 
	and send it to me by mail which he has
	done.  There is 18 months pay due him
	he was ignorant of the necesity of apply-
	ing oftener, as his pension was small
			yours with Respect
				Daniel Hay
James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

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								Treasury Department,
									Second Comptroller’s Office
								October 5th. 1838
Sir:
	Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled “An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States,” The widow of Ellis Chaffin
deceased a Pensioner on the Roll of the Illinois_ Agency, at
the rate of twenty Dollars and “_______________” – cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has 
been paid at this Department, from the 4th, of March 1837
to the 30th of November 1837, the day of 
his death
				Respectfully, yours, 
				(illegible) K . Parris
					Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
			Present.

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			AMERICAN LEGION, Wabash Post No. 423
				MT. CARMEL, ILLINOIS
					{seal}
B. J. WALTER
	DEPT. OF MILITARY RECORDS		January 7, 1937.
	AND GRAVES REGISTRATION
The Veterans Administration,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
	Please furnish pension record and any other 
Information available of a one Elias Chafin who served
during the War of the Revolution from the State od
South Carolina.
	This soldier was born in 1760 and died in
the State of Illinois.
				Very truly yours,
				B.J. Walter,
				Dept. Military Records and
				Graves Registration,
				American Legion,
				Wabash Post #423.
					{“received” stamp – Jan 9 1937}
(hand written note on left side of page)
Secy of War-
     Page 11 – Elias Chaffin –
Clinton Co. Ill. Pensioner  - 1832 Act
     (illegible) Apr. 21 – 1834  -

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(left leaf in notebook)
		32172
(illegible)   INVALID
File No.             32,172
	Ellis Chaffin
	(illegible) Rev War
Act:  June 7th 32
Index: - Vol.2 , Page 71
	[Arrangement of 1870.]
(right leaf in notebook)
1937  -  Jan.16  -  Hist to B. J. Walter  -  Ill.

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
	Form VAM-51
	     12-5-41			BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Name  Chaffey, Thomas     	Grade  Private     	Line  New Jersey
Warrant
Number  8221			Acreage  100		Issued  June 11, 1789
							To Matthias Denman,
							Assignee
*The information concerning the issuance 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, 1771, and subse-quent 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 surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.