Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10,603, James Chase, R.I.

SERVICE
R. J.
Chase, James Emily
NUMBER
W. 10.603
CONTENTS
This woman applied for pension (and was rejected) as the former widow of Peter Grover, a soldier in the War of 1812. Her minor children by said Peter Grover were pensioned on account of such service under lot # 473. Both these cases are in the rejected files under Ref # 14580.

33.259 New York. Albany
James Chase, decd,
of _____ in the State of _____ who was a private, in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Revolution, time for 13. months. _____
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany _____ at the rate of $ 3, Dollars 33, Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Ending 31 st December, 1848 _____
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of
July 1854, and sent to
Heirs to the 4th of George C. Ames Pension allowance ending Present. _____
{ Revolutionary Claim. Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G. J. Getty Clerk. Book E 2 Vol. 47 Page 14

4.370 New York. Albany Emily Chase, widow of James Chase R D who served in the Revolution-
ary war, as a private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of $3. Dollars 33, Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 22 nd day of July 1853. and sent to
George C. Ames Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 8, 1853, Page 72, Vol. A

State of New York County of Monroe } ss
On the Seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and forty Three personally appeared before me Silas Walker one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Monroe James Chase a resident of the Town of Henrietta in the said County of Monroe and State of New York Aged Seventy seven years, Who being first duly sworn according to Law on his oath makes the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 that he volunteered to serve in the Revolutionary War under Captain William Southard to guard the shores along the Town of Little Compton in the County of Newport in the State of Rhode Island in the Month of September in the year of our Lord 1779 but did not volunteer for any particular Length of Time but for the purpose of Guarding the shores of the Town of Little Compton in the said County & a place called fishing Cove where the inhabitants was con- tinually annoyed by the enemy that he continued to serve un- der the said Captain William Southard from the Month of September 1779 to the summer of 1780, he recollects in warm weather after he entered the service in the year following one John Taggart a member of the Company of Capt Southard was killed and his Captain William Southard was taken prisoner, they was then moved from that guard house to one farther East, and was commanded according to his re- collection by Capt. Ephraim Simmons & Ephraim Simmons Frank Miller and continued to serve un- til the Winter of 1781 according to his best recollection and belief when the Company to which he belonged was relieved by the arrival of a regiment of Troops Commanded by Colonel James Williams, he cant tell the day when the Troops arrived but he recollects it was in the Winter and cold weather of 1781 by a particular Circumstance, which happened Toward a Lieutenant Dexter belonging to Col Williams regiment was viewing the shores along said Town of Little Compton in Company with other Officers & Soldiers at a place called

Black Rock, a rock extending towards the Sea running back from the shore three or four rods, and the sea in a rough time occasionally run over the rock washing away the Earth & leaving a precipice of several feet deep. The sea at the time was rough and occasionally washed over the black rock. Lieut Dexter insisted he could stand on the rock & others he could not, Lieut Dexter taking advantage of a low sea ran in on the highest part of the rock, when the first high sea tossed him up & he was washed over the rock & thrown over the precipice, it was cold weather and made an impression upon his mind that is not yet effaced, he together with others belonging to Captain Southards Company was then discharged soon after the arrival of Colonel Williams regiment, without any written discharge and was in cold weather in the winter of 1781, he recollects of but four living now, who served part or all the time with him, but is informed and believes John Springer, Isaac Simmons, & Frank Wilbur, three of his associates who served with him are still living in or near the Town of Little Compton in the said state of Rhode island by whom he hopes and believes he will be able to prove his services, that he has no documentary evidence of his services that he is so infirm that he can not attend in a Court of record without much suffering, he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state,
Sworn to and subscribed before me James Chase the day & year aforesaid Silas Walker } Judge of the County Court of Monroe County in the state of New York

1843 77 1766 1781 15
We, Fairchild Nichols of Hennetta in the County of Monroe and State of New York & James Mc Hall of the same place hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with James Chase who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy seven 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 Isaac H. Nichols & James Mc Hall aforesaid  Silas Walker { Index of the County Courts of Monroe County in the State of New York
Interrogatories
1 st Where and in what year was you Born
I was born in the Town of Little Hampton in the State of Rhode Island on the 9 th day of February. 1766.
2 nd Question, have you any record of your age & if so where is it.
As Given me by my parents it is set down in my Family Bible with the rest of My Family & records of their ages, that I was born on the 9 th day of February 1766.
3 rd Where were you Living when called into the service where have you Lived since the revolutionary war & where do you now Live
I Lived when I volunteered into the service in the Town of Little Hampton in the State of Rhode Island & have lived there and in the State of New York ever since the revolutionary war, and I now live in the Town of Hennetta in the County of Monroe and State of New York

4 th
How were you called into the service were you drafted were you a Substitute or a Volunteer
I Volunteered to guard the Shores
5 th
State the names of some of the regular officers who were with you & the troops where you served such Continental and Militia regiments as you can recall and the General Circumstances of your service
I remember Colonel James Williams & Lieutenant Dexter, of the regiment who relieved us and when they arrived in the winter of 1781 the Com- pany, to which I belonged called Captain Southards com- pany was soon after discharged, I remember no other Troops that lay with us during the whole of my service, Captain Southards Company to which I be- longed was stationed at Little Hampton at a place called the Fishing Cove in the State of Rhode Island to guard those Shores, which was occasionally visited by the enemy whose Vessels lay in the sound, I remember the Circumstances of the enemys Landing, I recollect their killing John Daggart one of the Company to which I belonged and I well remember when my Captain, Capt Southard was taken prisoner I re- collect no other particular Transactions excepting that the enemy occasionally Landing & firing without doing much mischief
6 th
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it given & what has become of it
I received no discharge
7 th
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present Neighborhood & who can Testify as to your Character for veracity & their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution
Isaac Colwell, Charles Nichols, James McCall, Esq. Morningside. Samuel Webster, are my Neighbors & know me well besides many other respectable people

me well besides many other respectable people
I Silas Walker Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monroe and State of New York hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department that the above Applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and I further certify that it appears to me that Colonel Charles Nichols & James McNeill who have signed the preceding certificate residents of the Town of Honeoye & neighbors to the said Applicant are creditable persons and their statement is entitled to Credit, and that the Applicant is so inform that he can not attend in Court, } Silas Walker } Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County State of New York
State of New York, Monroe county ss.
I certify that Silas Walker Esq. is a Judge of the county courts in & for said county, and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe that the above signatures, purporting to be his are genuine - Witness my hand and seal of office, this thirtieth day of August 1843 - James W. Smith clerk

I Francis Wilbourn of Little Compton in the County of Newport and State of Rhode Island on oath do testify and say that I am now eighty eight years of age and that I am a pensioner of the United States for services in the revolutionary war, and in relation to the services of James Bhae, formerly of said Little Compton now residing in the State of New York, in the revolutionary war I further testify that I was well acquainted with him and knew of his being on duty as one of the guard under Captain Southwick, Gideon and Ephraim Simmons which was the point or Fishing place guard - I was one of that guard I well recollect that his Father was very much opposed to his doing military duty, he being a Quaker but he said that he used to say that his country was as near to him as to any one I recollect of his being on duty from time to time for some length of time - I should think during about the time that I served which was about two years - The service that he performed was the same that was performed by others
Francis Wilbourn
State of Rhode Island
County of Newport ss In Little Compton this twenty fourth day of September A D 1843
Then the above named Francis Wilbourn appeared and made oath to the above affidavit and signed the same in my presence and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with said affiant and that he is a credible and disinterested witness
before me George C. Bailey Justice of the Peace

I Isaac Simmons of Little Compton in the County of Newport and State of Rhode Island on oath do testify and say that I am now seventy nine upward years of age that I always have lived in Little Compton aforesaid and that I am a pensioner of the United States for services in the Revolutionary War and I further testify that I was well acquainted with James Chase formerly of Little Compton now residing in the State of New York and that I know of his being in the service of the State or United States in the Revolutionary War as a soldier on guard. He belonged to the guard stationed at Neponet Point and the Fishing place under William Southard Gideon Simmons and Ephraim Simmons as captains and I distinctly recollect of meeting with him and conversing with him while so engaged. My station was the night above the Point or Fishing place guard at what is called Taylors Land on the west shore of this Town and the south extreme of our guard met the north extreme of that. I will recollect that he was on guard the night that Captain Southard and part of his company were taken.
Col Williams was Colonel of the division of the guard stationed at the Point and at Taylors Land. Isaac Simmons.
State of Rhode Island
County of Newport ss. In Little Compton this twenty ninth day of September A D 1843 Then appeared Isaac Simmons above named and made oath to the above affidavit and signed the same in my presence and I further certify that I am personally ac- quainted with said affiant and that he is a credible and disinter- ested witness. before me George G Bailey Justice of the Peace.

N o 35653
James Chale
N.Y.
Act 7 th June 32
Act 7 th June 1832

Signature of George C'waney
State of Rhode Island, County of Newport }
I Daniel C. Denham Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the County aforesaid being a Court of Record do hereby certify that George C. Bailey is a Justice of the Peace in the town of Newport  Little Compton in the County aforesaid was appointed by the General Assembly and Commissioned by the Governor of this State bearing date the twenty sixth day of June 1843 and is fully authorized to act in his said capacity. And that his signature aforesaid is Genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Newport on this sixteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
Daniel C. Denham Clerk

Emily Chase

State of New York Genesee County ss. Be it known that on this fifth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and fifty Two personally appeared before me, Lancaster Gorton a justice of the peace of the said County and State Emily Chase a resident of the Town of Hales in the County and State aforesaid aged Sixty Eight years and made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Con- gress passed June 7. 1832 and all other acts of Congress granting pensions to Widows and children of Revolutionary Officers and Soldiers of the War of the Revolution -
That she is the Widow of James Chase and was married to him on the fifteenth day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and fifteen in the Town of Brighton in the County of Monroe and State of New York by Elder Gorton a Baptist Minister -
That the said James Chase died on the thirty first day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and forty Eight in the Town of Harnett in the said County of Monroe -
She further declares that the said

James Chase served as a private in the Revolutionary War at and near Little Compton in the State of Rhode Island two years and over but in what Company or Regiment she does not know and he served as aforesaid in the years 1779-1780 and 1781-
She further declares that he resided in the said Town of Little Compton during the said War -
She states the above service of the said James Chase from the statements of the said James Chase in his life time and not from her own knowledge -
She further declares that the said James Chase did not draw any Revolutionary Pension in his life time and that she has not drawn any Pension or money for the Revolutionary services of the said James Chase and has never made any application therefor -
She claims a Revolutionary Pension as the widow of the said James Chase from March 4 th 1831 to the 31 st day of December 1848 on which day he died as aforesaid -
She further declares that she has never married since the death of the said James Chase but has continued his Widow and is now

his widow and was married to him as aforesaid -
Subscribed and sworn to this 5th day of February 1852 before me
Emily Chase
Lancaster Gorton justice of the Peace of said County
State of New York Genesee County } ss. Clerk's office
I, Merrill G. Soper clerk of said County and and of the County Court thereof do hereby certify that Lancaster Gorton Esq. above named before whom the above and annexed Affidavit of Emily Chase was made and taken and who has thereunto officially subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a justice of the Peace of said County duly commissioned and sworn and authorized by law to administer oaths and take affidavits; and that I am well acquainted with his hand signature  that  his hand writing and his signature thereto is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court and County this 15th day of July in the year of our Lord 1852 - (Geo. H. Holden)
Sec. Clerk

State of New York
Genesee County ss. I, Aurora Turner of the Town of Halesburg in the county and State aforesaid being duly sworn do depose and say that I am twenty eight years of age and am the daughter of James Chase deceased and he died in the Town of Henrietta in the County of Monroe and State aforesaid on the thirty first day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and forty Eight and I was present when he died & attended his funeral - The reason why I know that he died on the 31 st day of December is that the next day was New year and the reason why I know it was in the year 1848 is that I have one child and only one child whose name is Emily Jane Turner Turner who will be nine years old on the Eighth day of December next and she was a few days over three years old when the said James Chase my father died - He died in his own own house and I always lived with him ever since I can remember till he died -
I was married to Joseph Turner who is now living on the first day of January 1848 and he also lived with the said James Chase my father from the time we were married till he died as aforesaid

My husband, the said Joseph Turner was also present at the death and funeral of the said James Chase I am also the child and daughter of Emily Chase who is now living and she was the Widow Grove when and before she was with the said James Chase -
I further depose and say that from my own knowledge the said James Chase my father and the said Emily Chase my mother lived together as husband and Wife ever since I can remember till he died as aforesaid and I am the the only child now living that the said Emily Chase my mother had by the said James Chase my father and they were always reported to be husband and Wife and lived together as such - She the said Emily Chase has heretofore made application to obtain the arrears of pension which was due to the said James Chase my father and in February or March 1853 she made appli- cation for a pension as the Widow of the said James Chase and I was present and saw her execute the papers and she has lived with me and my husband the said Joseph Turner ever since the death of the said James Chase

lives with us and I know she is the same identical Emily Chase who is the Widow of the said James Chase deceased and who made the said applications and is the is the same Emily Chase in whom behalf this Affidavit is made and they are all one and the same person and I never saw or heard of any other Emily Chase -
I further depose and say that there is no record of their marriage - or of his death, and the said Emily Chase was present at his death -
Subscribed and sworn to this 27 day of June 1854 before me
H. Gorton Jr. Ream
Aurora Fenn
State of New York
Greene County ss - I, Joseph Fenn of the Town of Hahnemann in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn do depose and say that I am the same Joseph Fenn named and described in the preceding and annexed Affidavit of the above named Aurora Fenn and she is my wife and we were mar- ried to each other at the house of James Chase now deceased in the Town of Haverstraw Orange County New York January 1st 1845 - And she is the daughter of the said James Chase deceased and Emily Chase

I am twenty nine years of age and the said James Chase deceased and Emily Chase lived together as husband and Wife ever since I can remember till he died and he died at his own house in Haverhill aforesaid Decem- ber 31 st  1844 1845 and I was present at his death and funeral and my knowledge as to the time of his death is the same stated by my Wife, Aurora in her said Affidavit which I knew and the said Aurora my Wife was al- ways called the Daughter of the said James Chase and Emily Chase and always lived at home with her father and mother till he died and lived in the neighborhood of them till he died ever since I can re- member - The said Aurora and I have lived together as husband and wife ever since we were married -
I fully concur from my own personal knowledge in all the facts stated in the said Affidavit of the said Aurora James as far as those facts relate to the death of the said James Chase and the identity of the said Emily Chase and their living together as husband and Wife and that there is no record of their marriage or his death
Subscribed and sworn to this 2 nd day of March 1854 before me
Joseph H. Hovey L. G. G. G. G.

State of New York Genesee County ss-
I, Lancaster Gorton of the Town of Alabama in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn do depose and say that I lived in the Town of Henrietta in the County of Monroe and State aforesaid from the year 1815 till I moved to Alabama aforesaid which was in the year 1838 and while I lived in Henrietta aforesaid I resided in the neighborhood of, and near by James Chase and after I moved to Alabama I was frequently at the house of the said James Chase till he died - I was well acquainted with the said James Chase and Emily Chase his Wife before their marriage and before such marriage she was the Widow Emily Gorton -
I was not present at their marriage but they commenced living together as husband and wife as near as I can remember in the month of December th 1815 and they lived together as husband and Wife from that time in Henrietta till he died and they had one child whose name is Aurora and she is now the Wife of Joseph Turner whose Affidavit is herunto annexed and her Affidavit is also herunto annexed - The said James and Emily were always reputed to be husband and Wife which was never questioned by any one and the Chase family were highly respectable -

and the said Emily Chase now residing with the said James and his Wife Catherine and I know that the said Emily Chase for whose benefit this Affidavit is made has heretofore made one or two applications before me as a justice of the peace for a pension or arrears of pension or both and she claimed for services render- ed by the said James Chase in the War of the Revolution and she claim- ed as his Widow and I know that the said Emily Chase is the said same identical Emily Chase who lived with the said James Chase as his Wife and is now his Widow and I never knew or heard of any other Emily Chase - I have frequently heard the said James Chase talk about the Revolutionary War and I never had a doubt and I firmly believed and now believe that he was a soldier of the Revolution & was justly entitled to a pension - The said James and his Wife are persons of good character and are reputable for strict truth and veracity and I place full confidence in their statements -
My Father who is dead, Thomas Gorton was a Baptist minister and told me that he had mar- ried the said James Chase to the said Emily Greene which was but a few days after their marriage and lived in the house with my father -
Subscribed and sworn to this 27th day of June 1854 before me
Leicester Gorton
Richard Smith

I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Suzara Susanna Gummer - Joseph Gummer and Lancaster Gorton and that they are persons of good character known respectability and are reputable for truth and veracity and I place full confidence in their and each of their statements, and that the said Gorton is a justice of the peace and has been such for a number of years past and has the full confidence of the public -
And I further certify that I have no interest in the result of the application of Emily Emily Chase named in the annexed affidavits for a pension or arrears of pension and I am not concerned in the prosecution thereof directly or indirectly Dated June 27 th 1854
Richard Smith,
J. P.
as to Lancaster Gorton.
Reuben S. Dineen William Jones
Lancaster Gorton J. P. as to Susanna & Joseph Gummer

I do hereby certify that Lancaster Gorton Esquire before whom the annexed Affidavit of Horace Turner and Joseph Turner were made and taken and who has thereto officially subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a justice of the Peace of the County of Greene and State of New York duly commissioned and sworn and authorized by Law to administer oaths and take Affidavits and that his signature thereto is genuine And he is a man of high respectability truth and honesty and his statement is entitled to full credit
And I further certify that Richard Smith before whom the annexed Affidavit of Lancaster Gorton was made and taken and who has thereto officially subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a justice of the Peace of the said County of Greene duly commissioned and sworn and sworn authorized by Law to administer oaths and take Affidavits -
married are as are as appears

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 10603
Emily Chase Widow of James Chase Deceased
Act: Feb 1 st 53
Index:—Vol. a , Page 129
[Arrangement of 1870.]

W. 10603
Chase, James Emily
P.S.
This woman applied for pension as the former widow of Peter Grover on account of his service in the War of 1812 and was rejected (R. 14580). Her children (minor) by Peter Grover were pensioned on account of his 1812 service under Btf #473.
Both these cases are in the rejected files under Ref. 14580.
J.W.R.
RICE

564
Emily Chase widow of James N. Y.
Let to G. C. Ames May 19. 1853
Act. Feb'y 3. 1853

N o 35.653. James Chase N.Y.
Suspended Sd to Peter Rice Apr 19. 1844 " " Oct: 23 d 44. " to same Oct. 20 '45 " " same Nov. 13. 1845
Sd to Peter Rice Esq March 25. 1846. Hon. E. B. Holmes June 3. 1847, Geo. C. Ames Oct 27 1852
1832

Emily Chase
[Faint, mirrored cursive handwriting from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original text.]

State of New York Greene County ss - On this 16 th day of February in the year of Our Lord 1853 personally appeared before me J. T. Gorham  Lancaster  Gorham a justice of the peace of in and for the said county of Greene Emily Chase, a Resident of the Town of Alabama  aged sixty nine years the County and State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of February 1853 and all or any other Acts of Congress granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the Widow of James Chase deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary War and served in said War as such private two years and more in the Rhode Island Militia as she has been informed by him in his life time & believes
The said James Chase never obtained a pension but made application for one

and his papers are on file in the Pension Office at Washington City as she has been informed and believes -
She has made application recently for the arrears of pension to which the said James Chase was entitled in his life time and she furnished new and more proof of the said James Chase's service in said War as she has been credibly informed and justly believes -
She further declares that she has no record proof of his service and will wholly rely on the Evidence of his service that he furnished and obtained when he made application for a pension and the Evidence that she furnished and obtained when she made application for the said arrears of his pension all of which are now on file in the said Pension Office -
She further declares that she was married to the said James Chase on the fifteenth day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and fifteen -

She further declares that her husband the aforesaid Soldier, James Chase died on the thirty first day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and forty Eight -
She further declares that She is now a Widow and the Widow of the said James Chase deceased and has not intermarried but has continued her Widow and that She has never before made any application for a pension except for the said arrears of pension as herein above stated -
She further declares that her name before said marriage was Emily Grover and that She has no private or family Record of said marriage or death and knows of no public or other Record of that fact -
Subscribed and sworn to { Emily Chase this 16 th day of February {
Before me and I do hereby certify that I have no interest in or claim directly or indirectly in the said Emily Chase pension mentioned in this her declaration J. T. Gaskins S.P.

State of New York
Genesee County ss - Joseph Turner and Martha Turner of the Town of Holcomb in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn do hereby depose and say that we are husband and Wife and that Emily Chase whose declaration is herunto annexed is our mother to Defendant Martha Turner - We further depose and say that Defendant Joseph Turner is twenty Eight years of age and Defendant Martha Turner is twenty Seven years of age -
We further depose and say that we were equally well acquainted with James Chase named and described in the said Emily Chase's declaration ever since we can remember till he died and he died on the thirty first day of December in the year of our Lord in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty Eight in the Town of Henrietta in the County of Monroe and State of New York and we were both present at the time of his death and funeral -
We further depose and say that we have been equally well acquainted with the said Emily Chase ever since we can remember

to the present time - We further depose and say that the said James Chase deceased and the said Emily Chase lived together as husband and Wife in Haverhill aforesaid without interruption ever since we can remember till he died as aforesaid and Defendant Aurora Fenner is their child and daughter and their only child
We further depose and say that the said Emily Chase's name before she married the said James Chase was Emily Grouver -
We further depose and say that the said Emily Chase has no private or family Record of said death or marriage and we presume and verily believe there is no public Record thereof; and we have no interest whatever directly or indirectly in the said Emily Chase's claim for a pension which is stated and set forth in her said declaration -
Subscribed and sworn to this 16 th day of February 1858 before me
Joseph Fenner Aurora Fenner
J. T. Gorham J.P.

I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Emily Chase, Joseph Fenner and Aaron Fenner who have subscribed and sworn to the preceding and annexed affidavits and that they are and each of them are persons of good character known upstanding and reputable for truth and veracity and their and each of their statements are entitled to full credit and I have no claim or interest in the pension for which the said Emily Chase has applied in her annexed declaration - Dated February 26. 1853
J. T. Goshorn S.P.
State of New York Genesee County Clerk's Office
ss - I, M. G. Soper clerk of said county and of the county court thereof do hereby certify that J. T. Goshorn Esquire before whom the several preceding and annexed affidavits of Emily Chase Joseph Fenner and Aaron Fenner were made and taken and who has thereto officially subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a justice of the peace of said county duly commissioned and sworn and authorized by law to administer oaths and take affidavits and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said justice and that his several signatures thereto are genuine -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal which is the seal of said court this 21 day of February in the year of our Lord 1853 -
M. G. Soper Offr

Know all men by these presents that I, Emily Chase of the Town of Hahama in the County of Genesee and State of New York Widow of James Chase deceased do hereby constitute and appoint George L. Ames Esquire of the City of Washington my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to prose- cute my claim for a Revolutionary pension to which I am entitled as the Widow of the said James Chase and the amount that I claim is the same to which he was entitled from March 4 th 1831 to the 31 st day of December 1848 on which day he died; and I claim such pension for the Revolutionary services of the said James Chase which he rendered in the Revolutionary War, and I am directly interested in the said claim for a pension -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifth day of February 1852
Emily Chase
State of New York
Genesee County ss - On this fifth day of February 1852 personally appeared the above named Emily Chase described in and who has executed the above power of Attorney & acknowledged

James Chase
NY
Inst 2 32
I wish to see the papers in this case 66 Am.
Emily Chase Power of Attorney

before me that she executed the same which I certify - And further certify that the said Emily Chase made oath before me that she is directly interested in the claim for a pension mentioned in the said power of attorney
Lancaster Gaston Justice of the Peace of said county
State of New York Germantown } Clerk's Office }
ss - I, Merrill G. Soper Clerk of the County Court of said County & Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Lancaster Gaston above named before whom the within power of attorney was acknowledged and who has thereto officially subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a justice of the peace of said County duly commissioned and sworn and authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgments and that his signature thereto is genuine -
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court and County this 15 th day of July A.D. 1852 -
Geo. A. Holden dep. C.R.

Supplementary Affidavit of James Chase A Revolutionary Soldier.
State of New York, Monroe County ss.
On the Thirteenth day of June in the year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and forty four personally appeared before me Silas Walker One of the Judges of the County Courts in and for the County of Monroe in the said State, James Chase a resident of the Town of Harnett in the County aforesaid in the said State of New York Aged Seventy Eight years, who being first duly sworn according to Law on his Oath Makes the following additional Declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Acts of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, he says he volunteered, and enlisted as a Volunteer to serve in the Revolutionary War under Captain William Southard who was stationed on the sea Shore in the Town of Little Compton in the County of Newport in the State of Rhode Island on the Tenth day of September in the year of Our Lord 1779. but did not enlist for any par- ticular length of time, but for the purpose of Guarding the sea Shores where he was stationed along the Shores of the Town of Little Compton in the said State of Rhode Island and at a place called Fishing Cove According to his best recollection and belief, that he continued to serve under the said enlistment and under Captain William Southard from the time of his enlistment in 1779. to the summer of 1780 and until the first of of May of June according to his best recollection & belief and until after Captain William Southard was taken  prisoner the company then was moved to a Station farther East and was attached to Captain Gideon Simmons Company & afterwards to Captain Ephraim Simmons Company where he continued to serve until Cold Weather in the Winter of 1781 and until the first of January 1782 according to his best recollection and belief it was after Colonel James Williams Regiment arrived to whose Regiment he belonged, & was  after the Winter after Taking of Cornwallis at York Town, in Virginia that Frank Walker was a Sergeant as he believes in said Company he knows him well that he received no pay, & Each Soldier subsisted upon their parents resources & that furnished by the Inhabitants

That he was Stationed about one & half mile from the residence of his father, in the Town of Little Compton, with whom he resided, Upon what orders he enlisted he can not say, but he well recollects the different Captains of his Company, to wit, Capt. W. Southard, G Simmons Ephraim Simmons, & Sergeant Frank Miller, under whom he served in all Three years, but served under his Volunteer enlistment from the 10 th day of September 1779, under Capt. W. Southard, G Simmons E. Simmons, & Sergeant, Frank Miller until the first of January 1782, according to his best Recollection and belief & after that enlistment at different times precisely how long & the days of his enlistment he can not say James Chase
Sworn and subscribed before me this Thirteenth day of June 1844 Silas Walker
A Judge of the County Courts of the County of Monroe & State of New York
State of New-York } Monroe County ss. } I certify that Silas Walker Clerks Office } was, at the date of the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing a Judge of the County Courts in, and for said County - authorized by Law to take the same and that I am now acquainted with his hand writing and truly believe the signature to said Certificate is genuine
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 25 th day of June 1844
D. J. Miller Clerk

July 1 1844
Ms B. 1. 1 v. 1 p. 10 Adm declaration James Chase
2.
Revolutionary Claims
[Handwritten signature]
Hon Secretary at War Washington District of Columbia

Inclosed is the proof you desire as to the Time of Service of James Chase the Applicant, as he now recollects the same, you will please direct your Communication to Peter Price Esqr Rush Monroe County + State of New York & your Communication will reach the Applicant immed- iately I Remain Yours &c
Ottu Price
J L Edwards
Comm of pension
Washington
it will be seen that the Time of Service is Specy Stated as to one enlistment the other he can not distin- ctly recollect,

Know all men by these presents that I Emily Chase of the Town of Hahnville in the County of Greene and State of New York have made constituted and appointed and by these presents do make constitute and appoint George C. Chase Esquire of the City of Washington D.C. to my true and Lawful Attorney and Agent for me and in my name to prosecute my claim for a pension as the Widow of James Chase deceased for his services as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War and I am directly interested in said claim for a pension. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 16 th day of February 1853
Emily Chase
State of New York
Greene County ss. On this 16 th day of February 1853 personally appeared before me J. T. Goshorn a justice of the peace of said County the above named Emily Chase well known to me to be the person described in and who has executed the above power of Attorney and acknowledged that she executed the same and she made oath before me that she was directly interested in the claim for a pension therein mentioned and set forth and I certify that I have no claim interest relation directly or indirectly in such claim
J. T. Goshorn J.P.

Emily Chase
To
George B. Ames
Power of Attorney

State of New York Genesee County Clerk's Office
ss. I, M. G. Soper Clerk of said County and of the County Courts thereof do hereby certify that J. T. Garham Esquire before whom the within power of attorney of Emily Chase was acknowledged and who has subscribed his name to the cer- tificate of said acknowledgment was at the time of so doing a justice of the peace of said County duly commissioned and sworn and author- ized by Law to administer oaths and take acknowl- edgments & his signature thereto is genuine -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal which is the seal of said Court this 21 day of February in the year of our Lord 1853 -
M. G. Soper Clerk

State of Rhode Island County of Newport -
I Reley Mary of the Town of Portsmouth in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn do depose and say that I am thirty one years of age and am a natural- izing pensioner of the United States at the rate of sixty dollars per annum
I was born in Tiverton near the line between that town and Little Compton and lived there till after the Revolutionary War and moved from Tiverton to this place in the year 1787
I was well acquainted with James Blase who resided in Little Compton aforesaid in Rhode Island during and after the Revolutionary War and I served during said War as a soldier in guarding the shores of Tiverton and its vicinity in Captain Cook's Company in Colonel John Cook's Regiment - and I served in said War till nearly its close - After the said War the said James Blase moved into Tiverton some time and then he moved into the Western part of the State of New York as I was informed and believe -
The said James Blase was a very large young man of his age and served I believe in Captain Southwick's Company in guarding the shore and I saw him frequently in the service in the year 1779 & 1780 as a soldier Tiverton and Little Compton belonged to the same Regiment and the troops that guarded the shores frequently met each other and I frequently saw the said Blase on duty in guarding the shore and I have no doubt and justly believe that I saw him in the service in guarding the shores at Little Compton and vicinity more than one year and he performed and the same kind of military duty.

that I did for which I receive a pension as aforesaid and I understood at the close of the War and I now firmly believe that in the said former Chase served in actual service as aforesaid more than two years, and I always supposed that he was a good and faithful soldier subscribed and sworn to } this 7 th day of June } 1852 before me }
Delegating
Asa Gray Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Delegating and that he is a man of good character, known respectability and respectable for truth and veracity and retains all his mental faculties perfectly well and full confidence should be placed in his statement - Dated June 7 th 1852
Asa Gray Justice Peace

State of Rhode Island Newport County ss - I, Stephen Brownell of the Town of Little Compton in the County and State aforesaid being sworn do depose and say that I am and Ninety years of age and ever lived in the said Town of Little Compton and have resided there ever since to the present time - I am a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum for services as a Soldier which I performed in the Revolutionary War -
I further certify and say on oath that I served in said War two years and three months in guarding the shores of Little Compton and its vicinity and was in Sullivans Expedition and I served in Captain Briggs - Greenwell and Simmons Companies in Colonel Cooks Regiment and during said service I boarded most of the time at home and most of those that served with me and who drew pensions boarded at home the greater part of the time but we were in actual service all the time when it was called service and I served the time of service except when I was in actual service - I further say on oath that I was well acquainted with James Chase long before the Revolutionary War and ever since I can remember and ever well acquainted with him during said War and some time after said War he the said James Chase moved to Tiverton adjoining on the North to Little Compton and lived there some time and then moved to the Western part of the State of New York as I understand and was infor- med - I knew him well after he moved to Tiverton and I lived near him within two miles during said War -
I am heretofore ready an affidavit for the said James Chase when he made application for a pension in his life time; but what the contents of that affidavit was I do not now remember; but I intended to testify and

supposed that I did testify that James Chase served in said War two years or more I further depose and say that the said James Chase was a little younger than I ever and very large of his age and he served as a soldier in guarding the shores as much as two years at Little Compton and its vicinity in the said Colonel Smith's Regiment and he commenced such service in the year 1779 and served that year and in the years 1780 and 1781 and I believe he served under Captain Southwick's Company and I believe that he served in some other companies and I served with him and near by him most of the time and know that he served as a soldier in guarding the shores as afore said two years or more and I always considered that he was a faithful soldier and served faithfully; and I know that he performed the same kind of service that I performed in guarding the shores in said War but I believe he was not in General Sullivan's Expedition. I do not recollect seeing him there
Subscribed and sworn to { this 9th day of June 1852 before me
Stephen Brownell
Oliver Wilbor Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Stephen Brownell and that he is a man of good character known respectability and reputable for truth and veracity and that he retains all his mental faculties to the present time and full confidence should be placed in his statement - Dated June 9th 1852
Oliver Wilbor, Justice of the Peace -

State of Rhode Island &c Newport County - bleks office Supreme Court.
I William Gilpin blek of the Supreme Court within and for the County aforesaid. Do hereby certify that Vitis Milbor and Asa Gray. whose signatures are above written. are Justices of the Peace within and for said County. duly authorized by Law to administer oaths. and take deposition. and that to all acts thus by them attested full faith and credit are and ought to be given. I also certify that they were Justices at the time above noted.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the Tenth day of June A.D. 1852
Wm Gilpin blek. S.C.

Revolutionary Claims of James Chase
3

State of Rhode Island
County of Newport
Isaac Simmons of Little Compton in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn says he is now a resident of Little Compton in the County and State aforesaid and has resided there before in the time and was since the Revolutionary war. That he is well acquainted with James Chase late of Little Compton in the said County of Newport in the said state and has been acquainted with him during the Revolutionary war and was since that the said James Chase now resides in the Town of Kennebec in County of Monroe and State of New York as this deponent is informed and believes that during the Revolutionary war this deponent was a Soldier in the United States since that he was stationed at Seconsett Point and the fishing place so called and is now in the receipt of a pension for his services and this deponent further says that while in the service he was well acquainted with the said James Chase the said James Chase was quite young but large for his age that he well recollects the said James Chase's serving as a soldier in the Revolutionary war under Captains Southard Capt Gideon Simmons and Capt Ephraim Simmons & I distinctly recollect his being on board at the time Capt Southard was taken prisoner this deponent met and and saw the said James Chase then and again in the service and did the same duty this de- ponent did for which he now draws a pension

They belonged to Colonel William Regnier who commanded part of the Army
Joac le Simmons
State of Rhode Island
County of Newport ss. Little Compton
This twenty ninth day of August 1843
Then the within and above named Isaac Simmons appeared and made the within and above written statement on oath and subscribed the same in my presence and I further certify that his deposition in testimony is entitled to full faith and credence
before me
George G. Bailey Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island } ss County of Newport }
I Daniel C. Denham Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the County aforesaid being a Court of Record do hereby certify that George C. Bailey is a Justice of the Peace in the town of Little Compton in the County aforesaid legally appointed; and commissioned by the Governor of this State and is fully authorized to act in his said capacity. And that his signature aforesaid is Genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court on this Thirtieth day of August one thousand eight hundred & forty five.
Daniel C. Denham Clerk

James E Beach Esq Sir
Washington Feby 24. 1853
I transmit herewith the papers of Emily Chase widow of James Chase of New York who claims a Pension under the act of the 3 rd of this month.
Very Respectfully Your obed Servt
Grover May

Push, Monroe County State of New York November 6 1845
Hon
Secretary of War
Your Note of 20 th October 1845. has been Received, by which note you inform us that the papers forwarded by James Chase to the pension Office being Copies only of those already filed adds nothing to the proof heretofore presented, That the department adheres to its decision Communicated to the pensioner on the 23 rd October 1844.
In this communication I apprehend the depart- ment is mistaken, and the Applicant Respectfully asks a review of his Case,
first, because the papers forwarded Last are not all of them Copies of those already on file in the Office, but contains an additional affidavit of Isaac Simmons Taken at Newport Rhode Island on the 29 th day of August 1845, clearly proving that services of the Applicant were rendered, and that the department granted pensions for the same service in the same line
Secondly, because it adds materially to the proof already on file. in this it substantially sustains the documentary Statement of the Applicant, and also the Testimony of Francis Wilbur, Showing that the department has granted pensions in Two instances for the same service in the same line; it also account for the Applicants age he was quite young, but Large for his age.
Peter Price
Mr. Cummings To Peter Price Esq. Push Monroe

State of New York } Genesee County } ss.
I, Merrill G. Soper Clerk of the County Courts of said County of Genesee held at the Courthouse in Batavia in and for the said County of Genesee do hereby certify that satisfactory Evidence has been exhibited to the said Court that James Chase was a Resident of the Town of Henrietta in the County of Monroe and State of New York and died in the said Town of Henrietta on the thirty first day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and forty Eight -
That he left a widow him surviving whose name is Emily Chase and who is now living in the said County of Genesee, and that the said James Chase was not a pensioner of the United States of any kind
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Batavia in said County this 20th day of July 1852 M. G. Soper Clerk

James Chase dec. d N. Y.
Admitted.
Act 7 th June 1832. -
13 months private at $43.33 per annum from 4 th March 1831 to 31 st Dec r 1848 when he died.
Emily Chase widow of James N. Y.
Admitted.
Act 3 rd Feb y . 1853.
13 months private at $43.33 per annum from 3 rd Feb y . 1853.
Pay, Emily Chase, widow.
Certificate to, George C. Ames Esq. Present.

In the Matter of James Chase Revolutionary Claim
Inclosed I send you the additional Testimony of proof produced by the Applicant James Chase, of his being a Revolutionary Soldier, and of his Services rendered as such Soldier, being aged & respectable witnesses (to wit) John Bailey, Edward Miller, Stephen Brownell, and Hannah Gae,
Please direct to Peter Price Esq Prush Monroe County & State of New York, & your communication will reach the Applicant immediately
Yours Truly &c
Jan. 3, 1846
Peter Price
Hon
W. L. Marcy
Secretary of War

Bush Monroe County State of New York September 17 th 1845
Honorable Secretary of War
enclosed I send you Copies with an additional proof of the service of James Chase a Revolutionary Soldier claiming a pension under the Act of 1832 and the Supplementary act to the act  passed by the 22 nd Congress. 1 st Session. See document N o 298 of the House of Representatives in Congress, by which Act. Each of the surviving Officers Noncommissioned Officers Soldiers or Indian Spies who shall have served in the Continental Line or State Troops. Volunteers or Militia , at one or more Terms a period of Two years during the war of the Revolution & not intitled to the benefit of the Act of 15 th May 1828, shall be intitled to his pension to commence on the 4 th day of March 1831.
under the above Act this application has been rejected on the Grounds that the Applicant was too young and secondly that the Line to which he belonged were State Troops
I think a different construction has been given to the Act under which the Applicant Claims, as in the additional evidence of Isaac Simmons, annexed to the enclosed will appear. (The Original of which the foregoing are Copies will be found on file in the pension Office at Washington) It will be perceived by an Examination of the proofs that for the same service, at least Two of the Associated Soldiers of James Chase now are in the Receipt of their pension, (to wit) Francis Wilbur & Isaac Simmons, for like services rendered at the same time.
A review of this case upon the application with the additional Testimony to the enclosed Copies annexed is Respectfully Solicited,
I Remain Yours Respectfully
Peter Price
Pls Please direct to Peter Price of Bush Monroe County & State of New York & any communication will reach the Applicant immediately,
P Price
Hon
Wm L. Marcy
Secretary of War

Brush Monroe County State of New York October 10 th 1843
Hon Secretary at War
enclosed is The application of James Chase for a pension under the Act of June 7 th 1832 for services in the revolution as a Soldier, Any communication addressed in the case to Peter Price Esq. of Brush Monroe County & State of New York will im- mediately reach the Applicant,
Peter Price
Hon Secretary of War Washington

Washington June 12 1854 Hon L P Waldo Sir,
Sometime in July 1852 I filed additional evidence in the Case of James Chase, of New York, act 7 June 1832. In reporting to me upon this testimony it is admitted that "it" is entitled to Much Wright , but it was deemed sufficient to take it out of the 5 years Rule which was then rigorously enforced. Consequently the Claim was rejected. As that Rule has been somewhat modified, I have to ask that it may be again taken up and examined upon its merits.
Chase in his declaration claiming to have served at "Little Compton" from September 1779 to January 1782, more than 2 years, under Capt. Southwick and Sumner. This declaration is sustained by the testimony of four Witnesses, M c Francis Webb, Isaac Sumner, Peleg Allen and Stephen Brinnell, all of whom have been allowed pensions for similar service. These Witnesses did not all serve in the same Company with Chase but were all out at the same time and therefore are enabled to testify from their own personal knowledge.

thru testimony should be received as evidence in this Case. - That there was a Continuous Service kept up at Little Compton for nearly the whole war can be abundantly shown by reference to the Numerous Pairs which have been allowed now on file from Rhode Island, in your Office - particularly for the period during which Chase alleges he was engaged.
Some months ago I filed the applica- -tion of Chase's widow under the act of 3 July 1853 but was informed that it could not be entertained until his claim had been established - Upon a reexamination of the evidence I think it will be found sufficient to authorize the allowance of both Claims.
Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt Geo L. Ames

House of Rep May 22 1846.
J L Edwards Esq
Dr Sir:
I am requested by the enclosed letter to call at your office as to the defects in the proof in the case of James Chase of Henrietta Monroe Co. N.Y.
Will you be so kind as to state the same to me & also give me the view which you take of the case?
Respectfully
Yours
E. B. Holmes.

Pension Office October 27 th 1852
Sir,
I have examined the case of James Chase decd. of N.Y. and while I admit the evidence in the case is entitled to much weight, I have to inform you that the rule of limitation adopted by the Secretary of the Interior, which forbids the re-opening of a case after the decision of the Office has been acquiesced in for five years, without the production of additional evidence, precludes the necessity for making any other report.
I am respectfully your obedient P. C. Johnston, for Commr.
Genl. Amos Ely Present

Washington July 8. 1854 Hon L P Waldo Sir
Enclosed you will find the additional evidence required, in the case of James and Emily Chase of New York, ads 7 June 1832 & Feb 1853, by your letter to me of the 11 th ult o .
Very Respectfully, Your Ob t Serv t Geo B. James

In 1843, Edw. Chase of Me. , aged 77 years, affirmed that he volunteered under Col. William Southard to guard the shores along the Town of Little Compton, R.I. in Sep 1779 , volunteered for no particular length of time, but merely to guard the shores near Little Compton and Fishing Cove , continued to serve from the month of Sep 1779 to the Summer of 1780 . His capt was killed taken prisoner, then moved from the guardhouse to one farther east, commanded by Capt. Gibson & Officers Simmons & Frank Wilber , sergeant served until winter of 1781 .
Francis Wilber testifies to his being in the service, thinks as much as two years.
Isaac Simmons testifies as above Stephen Brownell , Pelegh Almy R.I.
Francis Wilber's service, when British evacuated R.I. terminated 16 Sept. 1779 , served in alternals tours of 1 month
Isaac Simmons did not serve in 1779 or '80 & only served 1 month in 1781. —
Stephen Brownell's service, ended 16 Sept. 1779 as above, of 1 month  alternals tours , Pelegh Almy - Did not serve with Genl. Chase .

Brief in the case of Emily Chase widow of James.
Genesee — County and State of New York.
acts of the June 1832 § 3. Nely: 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
James served as a private in guarding Coast of Rhode Island for thirteen months — proved by Francis Milbourn, Isaac Simmon, and Stephen Brownell who are pensioners for same service. James and Emily married 15 th Dec r 1815 — proved by Joseph Fennel and Aurora Fennel. James died 31 st Dec r 1848. proved by order Court of Genesee N.Y. Emily a widow.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
G. C. Ames Esqr.
Present.
Charles H. Rhetts.
Examining Clerk.

I John Bailey of Little Compton County of Newport and State of Rhode Island do hereby do testify and say that I am now seventy five years of age and that I have always lived in said Little Compton I further testify that I knew James Chase formerly of said Little Compton now residing in the State of New York that I remember him from my earliest recollec- tion of any of my neighbours as he was brought up within half a mile of my father's when I lived I will recollect that he was unusually large of his age that he was a great rough forward boy when I was very young I will recollect the night that the guard near the fishing place were taken and John Taggart was killed He lived in the same house I then lived and now live in I have no personal knowledge of any persons that composed the guard except Mr Taggart who was killed John Bailey

State of Rhode Island County of Newport ss Little Compton December 24 th 1845
Then the within named John Bailey made oath to the within and signed the same in my presence and I further certify that he is entitled to full faith and credence before me George C. Bailey Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island County of Newport } ss
I Daniel C. Denham Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Newport, being a Court of Record do hereby certify that George C. Bailey is a Justice of the Peace in the town of Little Compton in the County aforesaid was appointed by the town aforesaid and commissioned by the Governor of this State and is fully authorized to act in his said capacity, and that his signature afore written is Genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Newport this thirtieth day of December one thousand eight hundred and forty five. Daniel C. Denham Clerk.

I Edward Wilcox of Tiverton in the County of Newport and State of Rhode Island, aged Sixty eight years, being duly sworn do depose and say. That I have been well acquainted with James Chase, now residing in the State of New York, the said James formerly lived in Little Compton, and afterwards removed to this town, and lived within a mile of my residence. I used very frequently to see him at the Four corners, a public place in our neighborhood, and elsewhere. I have often heard him tell of his serving in the Militia in Little Compton, in the revolutionary war, and I recollect one time in particular, when we were at the said Four corners, Mr. Benjamin Wilcox, who lived in Newport, and was a Lieutenant in the revolution, came in, and the said Chase shook hands with him, and they had much talk together about their services in Little Compton, in keeping guards and other military services. I understood by their conversation that the said Wilcox was a Lieutenant in Capt. Palmer's Company, and I think the said Chase said he was in the same Company. I was not of age to know any thing of his services, but when he came to reside in my neighborhood I became acquainted with him, and I understood, and it was the common Report that he was a Soldier of the Revolution. Edward Wilcox
State of Rhode Island County of Newport } ss.
Be it known, that on the 26th. day of December 1845, before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally came Edward Wilcox, and subscribed and made oath to the truth of his above Deposition, and I further certify that the said Deponent is known to me, and he is a person of credibility, and his statements worthy of belief.
Asa Gray Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island } ss County of Newport }
I Daniel C. Peuham Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas County of Newport aforesaid, being a Court of Record do hereby certify that Asa Gray is a Justice of the peace in the town of Tiverton in the County aforesaid was appointed by the town of Tiverton and commissioned by the Governor of this State and is fully authorized to act in his said capacity And that his signature aforesaid is Genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Newport on this thirtieth day of December A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty five. Daniel C. Peuham Clerk,