Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,994, Elijah Cheadle, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Gheadle, Elijah or Gheadel.
NUMBER
S. 11,994
carded
CONTENTS

Albany N.Y. 8991
Letter to Hon. M. J. Bovee 15. Sept. 1836
Elijah Cheadle Montgomery Co in the State of N.Y. was a Pri. Hop t in the Company commanded Captain Salhus of the Regt. commanded by Ely in the Connecticut for 8 mos 25 days private 4 " corporal
Reduced from $48.
scribed on the Roll of Albany the rate of $4 Dollars 12 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Sept. 1836 and sent Hon. M. Bovee Amsterdam N.Y.
years to the 4th of Sept 1836 $242.66 ant. allowance ending March 37. 22.06 $264.72
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M. Addison Clerk, Book C2 Vol. 4 Page 11

13.027
D. Alpha Bheadle paper a prisoner
Aug 26. 1836
Admitted
Private 8 Mo 25 days
Corporal 4 "
12.25
Sword
$1-
 2666  278  1467  44.81 3333  1467  48 00 
Wife to Wm Dodge
Houston
on Rolls-Clarkie
July 5. (6mo) to 30 oct. '80
3mo. 25 days
Hon Mr J. Bove Amsterdam N.Y.
2209 2nd 2100 2nd

State of New York Montgomery County ss. Martha Faulkner of the Town of Glen in said county, being duly sworn according to law - before John Hand one of the Judges of the County Courts, of the County aforesaid doth Depose and say, that she was born in the the year AD 1764 - in the month of March - and in the town of Windham - in the County of Windham & in the State of Connecticut - and in the year AD 1769 - her father & his family - of which this deponent was one moved to the town of Norwich - in the State of Connecticut aforesaid - in which last mentioned town she resided about eighteen years, her fathers name was Benjamin Cheadle - and this deponent is at present the Widow of Caleb Faulkner - and this deponent further says that Elijah Cheadle - now present before the Judge aforesaid - is a Brother of this deponent - and was born in the town of Windham aforesaid - and removed to the town of Norwich aforesaid at the time her father moved to that town as aforesaid - and in the year AD. 1777 or in that year as this deponent believes, the said Elijah Cheadle went in the Service as a Soldier in the war of the Revolution - in North America - and this deponent was then informed that said Elijah went to New London in Connecticut aforesaid and thinks he was gone at that time some were about two months, and then he returned home to his father - and this deponent further says that some time in the year AD 1779 as she believes the said Elijah Cheadle - went again as a Soldier in the revolutionary war, to New London aforesaid as she was informed at that time and believes to be true, and was gone several months - and this deponent further says that in the year 1780, as this deponent believes - & in the fore part of that summer of that year 1780 - the said Elijah Cheadle, enlisted as a Soldier in the war aforesaid - for the term of Six months as this deponent was then informed & now believes to be true and he went to the State of New Jersey - as she was then

informed - and in the continental army, and he returned home again same time in the last of the fall - or first of the winter of said year to to his father in the town of Norwich aforesaid - and this deponent further says - that in the year 1781 - as she believes - the said Elijah Cheadle went as a soldier or militia man to a place called west point, as this deponent was then informed know believes to be true - and was gone perhaps four months - and this deponent further says that the said Elijah - is upwards of a year older than this deponent - and that he now resides in the town of Johnstown - in the county of Montgomery State of New York aforesaid - and further this deponent says not -
MARY M c A
Subscribed & sworn to this 8 th day of September AD 1832. before me - John H. Carr one of the Judges of the Montgomery County Courts
J. Carr
I do certify that I have the above affidavit was taken before me, and that I have been personally acquainted with Martha Faulkner - for many years for some years the deponent therein named - and that she is a person entitled to full credit as a witness - that she was unable to attend court, on account of old age and bodily infirmities, at the time the affidavit was taken,
John H. Carr one of the Judges of the Montgomery County Courts
State of New York Montgomery County ss.
I, George D. Ferguson clerk of Montgomery County do hereby certify that John H. Carr before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the date thereof a judge of the judge of Montgomery County Courts, and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting & verify before thee the name of the said judge subscribed to the above affidavit is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed this 20 th September 1832. Geo. D. Ferguson

State of New York
Montgomery County
On this 20 th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before Aaron Hance, Samuel H. Gilbert, John Hand, Henry Dieffendorf, & Abraham Morrell, Judges of the County Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County now sitting as a court of common pleas
Elijah Cheadle a resident of the town of Johnstown in said County & State aged 70 years the 17 th day of May last 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 June 2 nd 1832.
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated viz.
That he was born in the Town of Windham County of Windham & State of Connecticut on the 17 th day of May 1762 that he has a record thereof in his Father's Bible -
That when he entered the Service he lived in the Town of Norwich County of New London in State of Conn. That he first served as a substitute for his Father who was drafted in the year 1777 - That he served at New London Groton & Stonington point (in Fort Griswold at Groton) - That his Captain's Name was Lathrop his Christian Name Samuel recollected that he commenced service about the first of September of that year & was discharged about the first of November regularly but not in company in that Town - That at Fort Griswold Col. Ledyard commanded.
2 Months
That in 1779 he went from the same place as a substitute for Ezekiel Bushnell who was drafted that he was then stationed at New London under Captain Joseph Carew - In Col. Ely's Regiment By Genl. Tyler of the Militia commanded -
1 mo.
That he remained there in service from the middle of July till the middle of August when he was regularly discharged but not in company

3-
2 Mo.
That before he got home he was drafted for two months & lived about & went back to Groton & then to New London where he served out those two months under Capt. Lathrop & Col. Parsons. Regt. - I believe that Genl. Tyler & Genl. McLaren commanded. This was in the fall of 1779.
3 Mo.
3.25
That about the middle of June 1780 he enlisted under Lt. Chapman of the U States Infantry in the Connecticut Line for six months. at Norwich in the County of New London. That he was marched from thence thro' the country to Newland Point opposite West point & put in Col. John Dinklee. Regt. Major Throop's Company. Lt. Dinklee & Lt. Loomis. no captain. That he served till the for had to go home the middle of November. was discharged at Toloway in the State of New Jersey had a regular discharge in writing signed by Lt. Col. John Sumner & Jedediah Huntington B-Genl which is lost.
8.25
4 Mo.
That in 1781 about the first of July he volunteered to go to West point as a corporal That he went in Capt. Joseph Parsons Company from Norwich aforesaid Col. Campfield. Regt. That he served there until the 3 rd day of November when he was regularly discharged & The discharge is hereto annexed.
Sworn
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to & Subscribed the day
Elijah Cheever
& year aforesaid. Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk

We Elisha Gale a clergyman of the Presbyterian Church in the town of Shurton and County of Samuel Giles of the same place
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Doctor Elisha Cheadle who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 70 years of Age that he is respected and beloved in the Neighborhood where he resided to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Signed & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk
Elisha Gale SAM L Giles
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier & served in the States And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Elisha Gale who has signed the above certificate is a clergyman resident in the town & County aforesaid and that Samuel Giles who have also signed the same are residents of the same place and are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit
I George D Ferguson clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing con- tains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application Elisha Cheadle for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 20 day of September 1832.
Geo: D. Ferguson

13. 027
Eliza Chandler matrimony C o N York
admitted
10 mo Private 4 mo Corporal
33.33 14.66 47.99
Mr Lease

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Elijah Cheadle
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1777 2 Private Capt Lathrop 70 years Transcription   1779 1 " Col. Leogard - New a blacksmith   " Capt. Cren Senior a blacksmith   " Col. Bly 60   1780 2 " Capt Lathrop 60   " Col. Parsons - Cont.   " Lt Chapman   5 " Col. Dabree -   July 3 1781 4 6th Capt Cren   Col. Canfield   3 25   1 0 25  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. (This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before the required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

This May Certify that Capt. Chas. H. with David Brannon for & including the in the sum of $1000.00
John Baldwin notary public New York
S. File 11,994 Elijah Bradley.

Eliza Chattle Colkins Capt. Gann's Company Col. Canfield's Regt. Travels in Service Enters the Tired Instant is Discharged from this Service of Duty and hath liberty to pass the ferry and Return to the Place of his abode in Connecticut
Sam d Canfield Col. Comd g West Point Nov 3-1781
My Father's Col o

17027 New York
Elijah Cheadle
of Otterburn Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Lathrop of the Regt commanded by Col Ely — in the Arty line for 10 mo pri H. & Corp.
Enrolled on the Roll of New York at a rate of 48. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of May 1833 and sent to Mrs. J. Dodge Johnstown
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $96.00 Trans. allowance ending 4 Sept. 24.00
$120.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book Vol. 4 Page 49

Set. To J. Fleming 23. Oct. 34 suspending d c " claimant 23 Oct " " " H. M. McLean 23 Oct 35 " " " N. J. Booe 29. April 1836 " " " " 19 May " " " " " Aug. 11 "

Perham
11.994 ✓ INVALID.
File No. 11.994 Elijah Cheadwick Corp. Rev. war.
Act: June 9th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 66
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Soldiers who served with me in the same company in 1839
Alpheus Abel Ebenezer Colbourn James Lathrop Asa Knight Daniel Abbott Zebediah Tracy Henry Wattles Zachariah Huntington
in 1849
Azor Gale, fifer Samuel Laurence, drummer James Greenlitt Thomas Peck Josiah Dodge Josiah Josiah Williams Josiah Nathan Williams Jabez Kingsley Uriah Kingsley Asaph Pettibone Stephen Migeon Darius Batten

Free Kingsboro Vt May 12
Hon. Mathias J Boice Member of House of Representatives Washington
Hon. M. J Boice H. K.

Dear Sir
Yours of the 29 th April was duly rec d for which I feel Myself under obligations of sincere friendship
If I understand the Hon ble Commissioner of Pensions in reference to testimony I think that I can procure such as will be satisfactory in regard to My services in 1777, & 1779 as I had information last fall that there was two or three still living in My place of Abode before I came to this Country and I have written again since the receipt of Yours and think no doubt shall procure such proof as will satisfy as to My services in 1777 & 79 - My tour in Durkies Regt. in 1780 is not allowed to be so long as I think I ought to be allowed for but must submit to the Roll as stated and as to My last tour at West Point 4 Months that is admitted and proved by My discharge as appears by Mr. Edwards letter informing Me of the suspension of My Pension by that 7 months 25 days is allowed of this I suppose no further proof will be required My 4 Months in 1777 & 79 would make 12 months 25 days -
If I can procure the above as I expect in time to send to You before Congress adjourns I shall do it and wish You to do what You can in the cause -
Yours with friendship and Respect
Elijah Cheadle
Johnstown 11 th April 1836
Hon ble Matthias J. Beebe

Kingston Ky
Free
Hon. M. J. Bove M.K. age 26
Elizah [unclear] Hon. Matthias J. Bove Esq. Member of Congress Washington

I wish you to enquire how much and what further proof will be satisfactory I have been writing to my old place of abode in Connecticut last summer and received some information by which I can prove most if not all my term of service in 1777 and 79. as I was informed last August 3 or 4 of Companions in service were then living I wrote for them to send me their affidavits but have heard nothing since if nothing of the kind comes to me as soon as the season will admit of my travelling I design to go myself and if they still are living I shall procure their testimony which I shall forward to you if in time before Congress adjourns but the season will be very late this year as the snow is now nearly 3 feet deep my wish is that you would ascertain whether one or two witnesses will be required to establish my claim for 77 and 79 as to 1780. and 81 those 2 appear By Mr. Edwards letter to be admitted so far as his letter states If further testimony is required as to them it can be obtained and perhaps sufficient proof as to the time or near the time of My Six Months enlistment but I cannot see any reasonable cause why the soldier is not entitled to pay from the time of his enlistment or at least from the time of his marching from the place of rendezvous to the Camp let it be ever so far or take ever so long while he is under the command of his officers and draws his rations out of the publick stores I certainly think he is as much so as if in the Regt. marching from place to place but in this I must submit to my superiors whose duty it is to decide —
Please to give me information as soon as you can —
Your Most Obedient and humbl. Servt Elijah Cheadle
Mathias I Bovee Esq.
P.S. I am in expectation every day of receiving some more information which if I do shall immediately forward it to you.
Yours &c Elijah Cheadle

Johnstown April 9 th 1836
Dear Sir,
My Son in law J. M. Ledgewick told Me last fall that he spoken to You by my request to transact some business for Me at the War office at Washington and you expressed Your willingness so to do - - the business is this concerning my pension there appears to be a misunderstanding or a disagreement betwixt my statement of services in the War of the Revolution My Services as performed and stated by Me were as follows first two months as a Substitute for my Father Benjamin Cheadle who was drafted in the fall of the year 1779 which service was performed in part of Septem r . Octob r and a part of Novem r . Second, in the Summer and fall of 1779 one Month as a Substitute for Ezekiel Bushnell who was drafted if I remember right part in June part in July thirdly Two Months being drafted Myself immediately following the term last mentioned all which terms ware fully and faithfully performed and I regularly discharged but not in writing so that I have no written documents to prove it. forthly in the Summer of 1780 I enlisted into the Continental service for Six Months enlisted some where about or between the 18 th & 20 th of June at Norwich in Connecticut the town of My then residence was marched from thence by Lieutenant Chapman under whom I enlisted to the Camp on the bank of the Hudson River just opposite west point where we arrived after 12 or 13 days march a day or two before Independence I perfectly well remember being at Camp the day of Independence and the day after we were marched to the grand parade thence distributed into Several Regt s and I was put into Col d . Durkies Regt s Major Troops Comp y I was discharged and returned home sometime about the middle or 20 th of Novem r had a written discharge Signed by Jonathan Knight Surgeons Mate John Sumner Lieut. Col d Jedidiah Huntington Brig d Generals was discharge for reason of deafness acquired in the service do not recollect the exact day or date of my discharge as it has been lost to me 50 years or nearly nearly - - fifthly I Volunteered in the year 1781 about the first of

July Served my time out in Capt. Joseph Carew's Comp y was discharged at Westpoint which discharge was in writ- -ing and sent on to Washington with my papers in which I refered to Officers with whom and under whom I served through each of afore mentioned terms my claim was admitted a certificate sent me for a pension which I have received until Sept r 1834 which is since that time suspended the reason of which you will see from the Honn ble Mr. J. L. Edwards Letter of which I send a copy which is as follows - - War Department Pension Office
Octob r 23 d 1834 Sir. Upon a reexamination of your papers it appears that your claim has been impro- -perly admitted your alleged service of Six months in Dunkies Reg t in 1780 is established by the Rolls to have been from the 5 th July to 30 th October of that year this throws such a discredit over the fidelity of your Memors in relation to the alleged tours tours of 77 and 79 that they cannot be admitted without proof if you should abandon them your claim may be admitted for 7 months 25 days, viz, 4 months Corpl. and 3. 25 private Your pension is suspended
I am Very respect d
Your M c Obed t . J. L. Edwards
Now my Dear Sir
You will readily see from my own statement that I did not claim six months service in Dunkies Reg t , in 1780 but stated the time I enlisted and the time I was discharged or returned home as near as I can recollect Col l Dodge who wrote for me marked it in the margin 5 months I told him that it was 5 months from the middle of June to the middle of Novem r . but it might differ a few day from that on the muster Roll as I could not remember the certain day that I enlisted or was discharged and requested him to mention that circumstance he replied that 2 or 3 weeks or even a month as to that would make no difference as as that it would be regulated by the muster Roll and so I let that rest upon his reply - -

I wish you to enquire how much and what further proof will be satisfactory I have been writing to my old place of abode in Connecticut last summer and received some information by which I can prove most if not all my term of service in 1777 and 79. as I was informed last August 3 or 4 of Companions in service were then living I wrote for them to send me their affidavits but have heard nothing since if nothing of the kind comes to me as soon as the season will admit of My travelling I design to go myself and if they still are living I shall procure their testimony which I shall forward to you if in time before Congress adjourns but the season will be very late this year as the snow is now nearly 3 feet deep my wish is that you would ascertain whether one or two witnesses will be required to establish my claim for 77 and 79 as to 1780. and 81 those 2 appear By Mr. Edwards letter to be admitted, so far as his letter states If further testimony is required as to them it can be obtained and perhaps sufficient proof as to the time or near the time of My Six Months enlistment. but I cannot see any reasonable cause why the soldier is not entitled to pay from the time of his enlistment or at least from the time of his marching from the place of rendezvous. to the Camp let it be ever so far or take ever so long while he is under the command of his officers and draws his rations out of the publick stores I certainly think he is as much so as if in the Regt. marching from place to place but in this I must submit to my superiors whose duty it is to decide - -
Please to give me information as soon as you can -
Your Most Obedient and humbl. Servt Elijah Cheadle
Matthias J Bovee Esq.
P.S. I am in expectation every day of receiving some more information which if I do shall immediately forward it to you.
Yours &c Elijah Cheadle

Kingston N.Y. Aug 2
Free
Hon. Mathias J Bovee
Amsterdam Montgomery County

July 30 th 1836
Dear Sir
I send inclosed in this the Letter You requested and also Mr. Edwards. letter informing Me of the suspension of My Pension You will see by that that My claim for services is not rightly construed by him for he says My claim for 6 Months in Durkies Regmt. is only from 5 th day of July to 30 th day of October of the same year 3 months 25 days My statement and claim in My paper I think was exactly as I retated to You - - that as near as I can recollect I enlisted for 6 months about the middle of June was marched for Camp about the 20 th arrived there 2 nd or 3 rd day of July was put into Durkies Regmt. 8 th day was Discharged and returned home about the middle of November making from time of Marching to returning home about 5 months not 6 but left it to them determine - my other terms (viz) 2 months in 77. 3 months in 79. 4 months in 81. calling it in 1830 in Durkies Regmt. will make 9 th - for which My certificate says $48 a year - etc -
Your Friend and Most Obedient
Elijah Cheadle
Hon. N. J. Bovee

Nov 14 Nov 15 Mrs. Elijah Cheadle
Kingston NY 8 Nov
Paid 25
Hon ble J. L. Edwards Esq r . Comm ee of Pensions at Washington
Hon C. McVean

November 5 th 1834 Kingston Worthy County N.Y.
Hon d Sir
Your letter of the 23 rd October, 1834 has been rec d . The contents of which I answer in as plain and concise a manner as possible. You state that My services in - Durkies Regt. appear by the Rolls to be from August 1 st to 30 th of Octo r the same year making a term of 3 Months and 29 days I think and feel very confident that I enlisted and left home not far from middle or 20 th of June joined the Reg t . about the 1 st or forepart of July this has ever been my impression for years past as My Discharge and Copy of enlistment have been lost to Me more than 40 years I have had no written document to recur to my memory may have deceived me in that part I well recollect I had a written discharge the date I have forgotten but well remember it was late in November that I got home and according to my statement in my papers therefore thought myself entitled to about 8 months for that part of My Revolutio n ary service did not claim 6 months the time I enlisted for but only the time I was from home and but if you understand by my papers I claimed the whole 6 months I do not wonder that you apprehend something wrong and thank you for the polite manner you have informed Me and wish it rectified as I do not nor never did wish to obtain any thing unjustly -
If convenient with your time and pleasure you can inform me whether it appears to you from the Rolls that the 1 st of July was the day I enlisted or the day I was enrolled in the Reg t . it appears to me it must be the latter and likewise if the 30 th Octob r appears to be the day of My discharge or the last of my being Mustered in the Reg t . it will be something satis- factory to Me and you will receive the acknowledgment of My grateful thanks
as to the other part of My services which you say cannot be admitted without proof I have to say that they were performed

the length of time and in the years stated in My Papers viz, 1777 and 1779 as for proof I know not that I can produce any more than what I already have done as I know not that any one who was with me is now living it may be and it may be that some one or more has made application for pension and is placed on the pension list if you can discover that any name contained in the memoranda inclosed and will please to give me informa- -tion of the name or names and place of residence I will do my endeavour to find and get their testimony - - -
but if nothing further satisfactory can be done I must agree to except of what you propose in your letter that my claim may be admitted for 9 months and 28 days but as I am now at the advanced age of near 78 years and much depleted I have need of all that is justly due me I ask no more and your kind compliance with this will much oblige me and entitle your Honour to the unfeigned respect of your
Most Obedient and Humble
Servant - -
Elijah Cheadle
Hon. J. L. Edwards esq Commr. Pensions at Washington

NY Feb 19 Elijah Creedle.
J. S. Edwards Esq
Parker Office
Hon. C. M c Lean

Dear Sir
I am well acquainted with Dr Cheetham who addressed to me the enclosed letter. He is a respectable practicing physician and all his statements are received when he is known with the most implicit credit.
I wish you to re-examine the matter and restore him if possible to his former standing as a practitioner.
I am Sir with great respect your most obedt Servt
Colb W. Vaux
J L Edwards Esq
P.S. Return Dr Cheetham's letter to me

Payments to be made at New York by First U. S. Br. Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of New York
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 4 Page 49 by W. L. Williams Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Elijah Cheadle of the State of New York who was a Private and Corporal in the war of the Revolution is entitled to receive Forty Eight dollars and 66 cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 16 day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three
John P. Robb Secretary of War.
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.
Examined and } Countersigned. }

Eliph Chaddle
My Friend
Sept 13
Free M c J. Bane L. L. Edwards Esq r Post Office Washington D.C.

Amsterdam Sept 9. 1836
Dear Sir
I have not recd the certificate of Mr Elijah Wheeler - please forward it to me as soon as convenient
I am yours with respect
Matthias J. Bann
L. L. Edwards Esq.

Aug 26 In Cat-
NY
FREE
Dear James L. Edwards
Mr. B. B. [unclear] Washington City D.C.

Amsterdam August 22. 1836
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you the certificate of E. Chaddle which was given for $48. being 14 mo since as a soldier in the Revolution a part of that time was allowed as a corporal - you state in your last letter that he can be allowed for 12 mo & 25 days but do not say what part of that time was in the capacity of a corporal I have no doubt the old Government served all the 14 months as stated in his application - send me a certificate for as large a sum as the case will admit of do not delay the certificate of Mr Chaddle or Mr Williams Fink
I am your friend
L. L. Edwards Esq. Matthias J. Bance