Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4,919, Christopher Chaffin, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Chaffin, Christopher Mary Ann
No. 4919.
CONTENTS

Virginia 26.433
Christopher Chapman of Floyd Co. in the State of Va who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain John Nolan of the 1st Regt commanded by Col. James Vance in the 1st Va Infantry Militia
2 Yrs at $80.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 80 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of July and Seal to — 1831 Rev. J. M. Patten W.R.
Arrears to the 4th of Feb 31 240.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 10.00 $250.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. D. Hargis Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 12 Page 7

Ohio
Mary Ann Chaffin widow of Christopher Chaffin who was a Private in the Virginia Line for two years.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Eighty Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th. day of June, 1843. and sent to
A. Knowles, Esquire Felicity, Ohio.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 157.
Rep. June 14.

State of Virginia Fauquier Co. ss
On this 18th day of February 1833. personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the County of Fauquier State of Virginia now sitting Christopher Schefflin a citizen of the said County of Fauquier aged Seventy Six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 4th of June 1832; That he entered the service of the United States as an enlisted soldier in February 1776. under Capt John Morton Col Robert Lawson Col Stephen, for the term of two years, while a citizen of the state of Virginia Cumberland County, he enlisted in Prince Edward Co. in the said State, and served out the full term of the two years of his enlistment, he marched from Prince Edward when he enlisted to Norfolk in Virginia where he remained till late in the fall of 1776, and was in a little encampment there with Dunmore; and from thence he was marched to Trenton, and was there at the time of the taking of the Hessians, which was on the day after Christmas in 1776; and from thence he was marched to Princeton, where he was in a battle with the British; from thence he was marched back to Philadelphia to guard the prison, from thence to Allentown Virginia; from thence he was marched to the Valley Forge, and there he was discharged by Charles Scott Brigadier General. which was in February 1778. That there is no person here by whom he can prove his service that is known to him. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension role of any agency of any State or Territory whatever, he has no record of his age that he can resort to. and he hereby certifies the age and year aforesaid
Christopher Schefflin

We the undersigned, Abner and James H. Higgenbotham residing in the county of Fayette State of Virginia and in the neighborhood of Christopher Chaffin the above applicant for a pension (there being no clergyman to be had) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said applicant who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that in his own words he is seventy six years of age as he states, that he is a native and a resident in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion. Done at and subscribed this 18 th day of March 1833
James H. Higgenbotham Abner Wirt Asbury
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the various questions and interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the above applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and since as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Wirt Asbury & James H. Higgenbotham who have signed, the foregoing certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit, and the court further certifies that there is no clergyman conveniently to be had.
I John Crockett Clerk of the county of Fayette do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Christopher Chaffin for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal (there being no public seal of office) this 20 th day of
November 1833. John Crockett Clerk of the County Court of Fayette

State of Ohio County of Clermont By on this fourteenth day of June 1841 personally appeared before me Elijah Larkin one of the associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas in said County. Mary Ann Chaffin a resident of the City in said County aged Seventy nine years & 10 months Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to ob- tain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of Christopher Chaffin who received a pension from the United States for services rendered as a soldier in the revolutionary war. She further declares that she was mar- ried to the said Christopher Chaffin on the 22 nd day of August 1778 in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight. That her husband the said Christopher Chaffin died on the 10 th day of October eighteen hundred and thirty six and that she was not married to him previous to the time above stated but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four namely at the time above stated and that he has since his death remained his widow. Mary Ann Chaffin sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written Elijah Larkin J.

State of Ohio } Clermont County } ss.
I Elyah Larkin one of the aforesaid Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that from the deposition of William R. Jennings before me taken together with the appearance of the within named Mary Ann Chaffin, I am satisfied that the said Mary Ann Chaffin could not personally attend the Court of Common Pleas, without great endangering her health, by reason of bodily infirmity. Given under my hand & Seal this 14 th Decem 1841
Elyah Larkin J.
State of Ohio } Clermont County } ss.
I personally came on this sixteenth day of June in the year eighteen hundred and forty one before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said county Johanna Harkey a resident of said county who being by me first duly sworn according to law upon her oath says That prior to the year seven- teen hundred and ninety Mary Ann Chaffin the forgoing declarant was the wife of Christopher Chaffin and sustained all the relations of such until the day of the death of the said Christopher Chaffin which happened on the 10 th day October 1836 as this deponent has good reason to believe though not present at his death - And fur- ther that the said Christopher Chaffin whose wife the said Mary Ann was is the same person who for services

in the revolutionary war received a pension from the United States and further that the said Mary Ann has remained single since the death of the said Christopher Chappin and is yet his widow and further says not Julia Harvey
Sworn to and subscribed before me This day and year before written And I certify that from my per- sonal acquaintance with both the foregoing declarant and the foregoing deponent I am satisfied that they are worthy of credit given under my hand and seal This day and year before written
John S. Hallin Jp. Seal

The State of Ohio Clermont County ss. J. D. Morris Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Elijah Larkin Esquire is one of the associate judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County of Clermont duly commissioned and qualified to act as such and that his signature within written are genuine. And also that John S. Hallin Esquire is an acting justice of the peace in and for said County of Clermont legally authorized to act as such and that his signature within written is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Common pleas at Batavia in said County this 19 th day of June A.D. 1841 J. D. Morris Clerk
Mr. H. D. Davis A. A.
7884

The year 1778 - I was not present when my father died but understand and believe that he died on the 10 th day of October 1836 in Fayette County in the State of Virginia and I have been living in the same neighborhood in the County of Clermont and state of Ohio with Mary Ann Chafin Since Dec. 1836 and am cer- tain that she has since then remained single and the widow of Christopher Chafin and further says not Sabitha Harvey
sworn to & subscribed before me this 23 rd day of April 1841 and from my personal acquaintance with the above affiant I believe her to be worthy of credit John S. Hallin J.P.
State of Ohio Clermont County } before me the under signed personally came Margaret Jennings who being by me first duly sworn upon her said oath says as follows to wit. I know that Christopher Chaffin and Mary- Ann Chaffin have lived together as man and wife from thirty three years ago un- till the death of the said Chafin who died in 1836. I have often heard their

The year 1778 - I was not present when my father died but understand and believe that he died on the 10 th day of October 1836 in Fauquier County in the State of Virginia and I have been living in the same neighborhood in the County of Clermont and state of Ohio with Mary Ann Chafin Since Dec. 1836 and am cer- tain that she has since then remained single and the widow of Christopher Chafin and further says not Deborah Harvey
sworn to & subscribed before me this 23 rd day of April 1841 and from my personal acquaintance with the above affiant I believe her to be worthy of credit John S. Hallin J.P.
State of Ohio Clermont County } before me the under signed personally came Margaret Jennings who being by me first duly sworn upon her said oath says as follows to wit. I know that Christopher Chaffin and Mary- Ann Chaffin have lived together as man and wife from thirty three years ago un- till the death of the said Chafin who died in 1836. I have often heard their

marriage spoken of but never heard any doubts expressed of their having been legally married - I have seen their family bible some years ago and am certain so far as I can de- pend on memory that that record placed their marriage in the year one thousand seven hundred and sev- enty eight I have been intimate- ly acquainted with Mary Ann Chap- fin since the death of her hus- band and am certain that she remains the widow of Christopher Chaffin and further says not
Margaret her Jennings sworn to and subscribed before me this 12 th day of May 1841 from my acquaintance with the above affiant I would not hesit- ate to believe her
John S. Fallin Jp.
At the same time and place personally came Martha Wiggins- botham who being duly sworn upon her said oaths says I have been personally acquainted with Christo- pher Chaffin and Mary Ann Chaffin at least thirty three years previous to his death and during that time

They continued to live together as man and wife and I never entertained a doubt but what they were legally ma- rried. and I have always under- stood that the said Christopher Chaffin was a revolutionary soldier and that he was married to Mary- ann Vawter while he was so. and the said Chaffin was for some time previous to his death drawing a pension as I understood for his revolutionary services and further says not Martha Higginbotham
sworn to and subscribed before me this 12 th day of May 1841
from my personal acquaintance with the foregoing affidavit I believe her entitled to credit
John S. Galtin J.P.
at the same time and place per- sonally came Thos. G. Asbury who being sworn according to law before by me the under signed a justice of the peace upon his said oath says I was well acquainted with Christopher Chaffin and Mary Ann his wife while they lived in Fayette County

1 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 in the state of Virginia and was present when the said Christopher Chaffin died in said county on the 10 th day of October 1836 The said Christopher was a pensioner and drew his pension in Jeffersonville in the county of on said I went once with him to Jeffersonville for that purpose I have since been acquainted with Maryann Chaffin and am certain that she remains single and the widow of the said Christopher Chaffin; and further that the said Maryann is old, infirm and very poor at this time and further says not Thomas Asbury sworn to and subscribed before me this day of May 1841 and I do hereby certify that I am now acquainted with the above named affiant and believe him entitled to full credit
John S. Fallin Jp.
Also at the same place person- ally came Maryann Chaffin before me the undersigned a justice of the peace who being by me first duly sworn according to law upon her said oath says that she is in her Eightieth year

and that she was lawfully married to Chris- topher Chaffin on the 22 nd day of August in the year 1778 by a Minister of the Gos- pel by the name of John Hyde Sanders in the County of Powhatan and state of Virginia, and that there was present at their wedding the fol- -lowing persons to wit Richard Rael- ford Cliff John Siggin and wife (who was sister to the said John Hyde San- -ders) Joseph Bondrum, William Watson, William Woodmore, Frank Gardner, and Nathan Chaffin besides many others And that the said Christopher Chaffin was in the service of the United States be- fore she was married to him and continued in the service for several months after they were married and further that her said husband got a family Bible soon after they were married and recorded in it the dates of their birth and of their marriage and that the bible was lost many years afterwards when they were moving to the western part of Virginia She further states that she is poor and depending on her relations for sub-

1 1 1 1 1 1 - sistani - and that she believes her- -self honestly entitled to a pension under the laws of Congress on accou- -nt of the Military Services of her said husband in the revolutionary war for which he in his life time recd. a pension, and further that her relations on whom she now de- pends are poor - and that having suffered much in our glorious str- -uggle for liberty and knowing the ge- -nerosity of this government towards others who shared that struggle she is un- -willing as the relic of a Soldier of that war to ask aid of this town- -ship as a common pauper and that her said husband departed this life on the 10 th day of October 1836 in the County of Fauquier and state of Virginia - and that she has ever since remained the widow of the said Christopher Ch- -afin
her Maryann Chafin sworn to
sworn to and subscribe before me this 13 th day of May 1841 and I do certify that the above affiant is of good moral charac- -ter and entitled to full credit
John L. Fallin J.P.

The State of Ohio Clermont County } S. S. I. J. D. Morris Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that John S. Hallin Esq. is a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Clermont legally authorized to act as such and that his signatures above written are genuine. In Testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Common Pleas at Batavia in said County the 18 th day of May A.D. 1841
J. D. Morris Clerk
No 5365
Mary Ann Chaffin of Christopher Ohio.
Hon. W. D. Drown H. A. 2

Mary Ann Chaffin of Christopher Ohio
Rejected
See let. 1 June 1841 Hon. W. Doane.
married after termination of her husband's service.
Act 4 July 1836

Rey WIDOW, &c.  am
File No. _____
4919
Mary Ann Chaffin
Wid.
Christopher Chaffin
Part. Prop. Line
Act: _____
March 3 rd 1843
Index:—Vol. _____
4
Page _____
128
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mr James L. Edwards

Washington City
Jan 24 th 1834
Sir I will thank you to examine the accompanying papers, and report to me the result.
I have the Honor to be with much respect Your obedt Servt
J. H. Fulton

Ohio 6263
Mary Ann Chaffin widow of Christopher Chaffin
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 10 th October 1836 of Clearmountain the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Com ny commanded by Captain Horton of the Reg t commanded by Col l Lawrence in the Va line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836. 10 th October 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of July 1841 and sent Hon Wm Moore, House of Representatives Arrears to the 4 th of March 1838 $352.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept r 4 th
$ 352.00 { Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by Wm Addison Clerk, Book Vol. 2 a Page 216

State of Ohio Clermont County
On the 10 th day of April 1843 personally appeared before me the under signed a justice of the peace in and for said county. Mary Ann Chaffin a resident of Toluca in the county aforesaid aged eighty two years next July 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 March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war: That she is the widow of Christopher Chaffin who was a pensioner for services in the Revolutionary war and who died on the 10 th day of October 1836 - and that this declarant has received a pension at the rate of $80. per annum since that period up to March 1841 and that the whole amount recd. by her is three hundred and fifty one dollars & 56 cents under the act of July 7 th 1838 - She further declares that she is still a widow
Mary Ann her Chaffin Mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written - And from my personal knowledge of this declarant I know her to be the person she purports herself to be
John S. Hallin J.P. (Seal)

1148 Maryann Chaffin Declaration for pension
$80 per ann.
Send cert: to A. Knowles, Felicity Ohio.

The State of Ohio Clermont County } ss I. J. D. Morris Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that John S. Hallin Esquire before whom the within affidavit of Mary Ann Chaffin appears to have been sworn to and subscribed was at the time of taking and certifying the same and still is an acting Justice in and for said County of Clermont duly commis- sioned and qualified and full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such in all Courts of record as well as elsewhere and that his signature thereunto written is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas at Batavia in said County this 15 th day of April A.D. 1843. J. D. Morris Clerk

Fayville Oct 17. 17 th June 1832,
Mr Sir
I have perused the history in Mr. Chaffin's case that I think will be sufficient. You will do me the further favor by making the inquisition and giving it its proper direction.
Very Respectfully Yours sincerely
Isaac J. Lefils

29.292 Christopher Chaffin Virginia
1776 p 29 p 80.
Thos J. M. Fulton N.R.

Department of War Pension Office April 9 - 1834
Sir:
The claims of Silas Dolsbury and Christopher Chaffin have been examined and that of Dolsbury has been admitted, and his certificate you will find herewith enclosed -
The papers of Chaffin are also enclosed, that he may furnish some other evidence of his having served in the regular Army under an enlistment, his name not being found upon the rolls -
I am Respectfully Yr ob t Servant J L Edward
Isaac J. Liptwick Esq - Wythe C H Va

7884 Mary Ann Chaffin of Christopher Ohio
Admitted
P: 2 yrs #80 Capt. Morton Col: Lawson We
died 10 th Oct. 1836
Act y th July 1838 40 360 666 133
Hon: W. Doan 367.99 H. R.

Washington City May 31 st 1841
Hon
J. L. Edwards Com d of Pensions
Sir I herewith enclose the Papers of Maryann Chaffin widow of the late Christopher Chaffin of Clermont County State of Ohio who was a Revolutionary pensioner. The widow applies for a Pension
I have the honor to be respectfully yours
Wm Dean A B

Washington June 29 th 1841
Hon J L Goddard Com r of Pensions
Sir
I herewith enclose further Testimony in support of the claim of Mary Ann Chaffin of Clermont Co State of Ohio for a Pension
I indulge the hope that it may be satisfactory
I have the honor to be with great respect Yours
Wm Ward Ho Reps.

I John H. Fulton the member to Congress that form the District in Virginia of which Fauquier County is a part, do hereby certify that John Corbett who has signed the foregoing certificate as clerk of the county court of Fauquier, is clerk of said court, and that his signature is genuine, and that he has no public seal of office. Given under my hand this 22 nd day of Nov r 1833.
John H. Fulton
State of Virginia Fauquier County ss.
On this Session the day of June 1834 Personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the county of Fauquier then in session, it being a court of record Alexander Lee who states after being duly sworn according to law, that he then was acquainted with Christopher Whoffin who has made his declaration in this court on the 18 th day of November 1833 for a pension for services of fifty years, that he knew him when he lived in Fauquier County, Virginia and at the time he enlisted in the army of Penn s ylvania under Capt. Norton, for the term of two years, this affiant afterwards saw him at Norfolk Virginia in the service under Capt. Norton during duty, he was then about to take shipping to the north; this affiant saw him fre- quently after he had enlisted, as they troops were rema- noring in about two weeks of the father of this affiant, this affiant knows of his own knowledge that there is a Christopher Whoffin served out the full term of two years the term of his enlistment, and then returned to his farm house in Fauquier County Virginia. Given under my hand the day and year above
A. Alexander Lee
And the court hereby certifies that the above Alexander Lee who appeared in court and gave evidence in relation to the services of Christopher Whoffin the applicant also for a pension, that it appears to them that the said Alexander Lee is a man of good character, and truth, and that his statement is as true to the best of his knowledge.
I John Corbett clerk of the court,

of Fayette County hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit as to the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Christopher Shaffer for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal (there being no public seal of office hereunder)
this 18. day of June 1834
John Brockett Clerk of the County Court of Fayette County.
Christopher Shaffer
29242
of the next administration Blessed by the Hon. Dr.
John H. Fetter
I John H. Fetter the member to certify that from the dis- trict of Virginia of which Fayette County is a part, do hereby certify that John Brockett who has signed the preceding certificate as clerk of the County Court of Fayette County, is clerk of said court, and that his signature thereto is his genuine signature, and that he has no public seal of office. Given under my hand this 24 th day of
June 1834
John H. Fetter