Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45633, Christopher Challis, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Challis, Christopher S. 45633
CONTENTS

4,105
New Hampshire.
Christopher Schallis,
private,
New Hampshire Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of - 8 - Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd of Nov r 1818 and sent to John J. Parker Esq r Exeter, New Hampshire.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. 4 mo. 15/30. 36.00 Semi-ann. all ee ending 4 th Mar 1819. 28.00
$ 64.00
3 years
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
3 years (cont.) East Kingston. Rockingham Co
Christopher Schallis 1818 New Hampshire Line Revolutionary War

I Christopher Challis of East Kingston, County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire Testify and Declare that I entered the United States Service, in the year 1775 and served until the close of the year. I then enlisted into a Company commanded by Capt. Norris, in a Regiment Commanded by Colonel Hale of the New Hampshire Line, for twelve months, and that sometime in the month of April 1777 enlisted for three years into a Company commanded by Capt. Caleb Robinson in the 2 d New Hampshire Regiment having served the time for which I enlisted, I was discharged at the time of my discharge, the Regiment was commanded by Lt. Col. Commandant George Reid of the New Hampshire line of the Revolutionary Army. My Discharge I have by accident lost. I do further say that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, stand in need of assistance from my Country for support.
April twentieth A.D. 1818
Christopher Challis
Rockingham ss Probate Court at Exeter in said County April 20 th 1818 Christopher Challis being duly examined and cautioned made solemn oath before me that the above Declaration by him signed contained the truth and the whole truth. And it now appearing that the said Christopher Challis did serve in the United States Army on the Continental establishment during the Revolutionary  more than nine months then I have hereunto set my name and caused the seal of Office to be affixed.
John F. Parker Reg t Probate.
Daniel Gookin Judge of Probate

No. 4106 Christopher Challis Declaration
No. 9 4106 March 1819
Contenu
Send to Hon. J. Butler H. R. P. Feb. 1. 1821 Major R. Freeman Esq. Plymouth N.H. See letter July 5. 1820

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DISTRICT OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE ss.
ON this twentieth day of June A. D. 1820, personally appeared in open court
before the Hon. JOHN SAMUEL SHERBURNE, Judge of the District Court of the United States for the New-Hampshire District, being a Court of Record, in and for the said District, having the power of fine and imprisonment, Christopher Challis aged about sixty three years, resident in East Kingston in the County of Rockingham in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: viz. that he served in the Revolutionary war, as follows, he enlisted in May 1775 in the Company commanded by Capt Currier in Col o Frye's Regiment of Massachusetts and served eight months in said company, & in December 1775, he enlisted in to the Company commanded by Capt Norris in Col o Poor Regiment of New Hampshire to serve the United States for one year & served in that company one whole year & was discharged at Albany in the State of New York in December 1776. That in April 1777, he enlisted again at Exeter in New Hampshire in Capt Robinsons company in the second New Hampshire Regiment then commanded by Col o Hale, & afterward by Col o Read, in the New Hampshire line on the Continental establishment, to serve the United States for the term of three years & that he served in said corps three years, & at the expiration thereof to wit in April 1780, he was discharged by Col o Read at Danbury in Connecticut - That he was in battles at Monmouth & in the Genessee Country
The date of my original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the 28 th day of April A.D. 1818
The number of my pension certificate is 4,106 I have received a Pension.
And 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, 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. My occupation is that of a labourer
sufficient ability to pursue it only to work at times, not being able to do days works steadily as I could in earlier life -
in family residing with me consists of my wife & one daughter - my wife is weakly & for want of health unable to do much labour my daughter being obliged to reside for the most part at home, to take care of her mother & do the work of the family
Their capacity to contribute to their support is small, so that they need assistance from some other source -
Christopher Challis
New Hampshire District ss at Exeter in the County of Rockingham
Sworn to and declared at a District Court held in said District, on the third Tues. day of June A. D. 1820, before The Hon ble
John S Sherburne
Judge of the said District Court
Attest -
Peyton R Freeman Clerk
I Peyton R Freeman
Clerk of the District Court of the United
States for the New-Hampshire District, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & declaration and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is one hundred five dollars and fifteen cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this
twenty sixth day of June
A. D. 1820.
Peyton R Freeman
Clerk of the said District Court for the New-Hampshire District.

SCHEDULE
CONTAINING the whole estate and income of Christopher Chellis (his necessary clothing and bedding excepted,) by him subscribed, exhibited to the District Court of the United States for the New-Hampshire District, on the twentieth day of June 1820, and annexed to his oath, viz.
Inventory of the estate of Christopher Chellis of East Kingston in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire taken June 16: 1820
  Two thirds of a small dwelling house & a small barn standing on the highway 67-00   One cow 10-00   One swine 6-00   An hoe and shovel & other tools 6-00   Three old chests 0-50   Eight chairs 2-00   Two kettles one pot & teakettle 3-00   Fire shovel & tongs 0-40   Two tables 1-00   Crockery ware 0-25   Brown ware 0-50   Pewter ware 0-67   Wooden ware 1-50   Tin ware 0-33   One old wooden clock 6-00   Total $105-15 
Appraised by us the subscribers subscribed by John H. Pillsbury  Christopher Chellis  Joseph Currier

45633 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 45633
Christopher Challis Rev Rev War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 85
[Arrangement of 1870.]

We the Undersigned Selectmen of East Kingston, doth Certify the House & Barn which Christopher Challis occupies & now resides in, both stand on the public Highway, and cannot be considered as property of any value to him, only by sufferance of this Town
East Kingston Dec. 6 th 1820 John Philbrick } Selectmen John Woodman } of Jonathan Webster } East Kingston
Rockingham Jt Dec. 11 th 1820 I hereby Certify that the above named John Woodman Esq r John Philbrick & Jonathan Webster are the present Selectmen of East Kingston L. Bartlett

We Jeremiah Morrill Gent: and Joseph Currier husband man both of East Kingston in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire of lawfull Age doth Testify & say That living near Christopher Challis we are knowing to his In- digent circumstances; that his Family consists of himself an aged & weakly Wife and one unmarried Daughter of thirty five years of age, who obtains her own living by her industry & makes her home with her Parents to aid occasionally their necessites; that by Gifts from the neighborhood & assistance from his Daughter he has a small House standing on the public highway of 28 feet by sixteen not Clapboarded, but just sufficiently finished to protect from the Storms, that he also has a small barn just sufficient for one Cow also standing on the highway which was partly built by donations and Pension money, these buildings stand by sufferance on the highway, to prevent the Family becoming chargeable to the Town, which if he was obliged to remove them off the highway would hardly pay the expence of removal, that he has no income from any source except his own hand, that he heretofore could scarcely subsist without Charity, and that the assistance he received in putting up his buildings as above mentioned was given to enable him to live without becoming chargeable - That he is a sober industrious Man, a good Citizen, and really a fit object for public Charity. That in our opinion the buildings which he oc- cupies depending on such contingences was vastly too highly appraised, and cannot be considered of but very little value, for if he should be turned out of them he must be chargeable to the Society
And further saith not
East Kingston Dec. 6 th 1820
Jerem: Morrill Joseph Currier
State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss
Dec. 11 th 1820
Then the above named Jeremiah Morrill & Joseph Currier made solemn Oath to the truth of the above Affidavit by them subscribed coram Levi Bartlett Just Peace
Levi Bartlett whose signature I know I believe wrote the above caption & signed it He is a Justice of the Peace, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas Jonathan Hutter M.C.

We the undersigned Selectmen of the Town of East Kingston Certify that Mr Christopher Chubb of said Town is an honest industrious Man of veracity & good deportment; that he is poor paying tax only for his Poll and one house. that in our opinion he comes clearly within the Act for providing Pensions for Revolutionary Soldiers
East Kingston April 13 th 1818
Joseph Cook George Wood John Stevens } Selectmen East Kingston

Christopha Challis Additional evidence for pension susp.
Forwarded to the Pension Office by Hon. J. Butler, House of Reps. Dec. 21. 1820

To the honorable the Secretary of War
The Petition of Christopher Challis of East Kingston in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire
Humbly sheweth
That he being an old Soldier in the Continental service of the Revolutionary War where he served as such upwards of Four years, that having supported his claims as a candidate for a Pension, he has recieved it twice; but now stands suspended up- on the additional Law, for what reason he is unable to learn.
That in appraising what little property he possesses, the appraisers has valued it much too high in the estimation of all any neighbor- hood; but even in their valuation the utmost sum that they could make it stand much short of what the Law allows a claimant to possess. That being in years myself, with a sickly Wife still older than myself to maintain, only with my hands. That the small House in which I live stands in such a precarious situation that I am liable at all times to want a shelter, and that my subsistence heretofore has much depended upon the Charities of an unmarried Daughter now advanced in life who has nothing but her own hands to procure it, and of a kind neighborhood. Therefore your Petitioner humbly prays that he may be restored to his Pension again to enable him to spend the remainder of his days without incurring his neighbors & the Town.
Christopher Challis
East Kingston Dec. 6 th 1820