Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45,997, Joel Chapin, Mass.

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Chapin, Joel
S 45,997
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The alphabetical list (see written book) of rejected pension claims under Rejected File No. 1855- has following statement. "Joel Chapin, Act 1818, State N.Y. correspondence with Rev. J.C. Clark July 10, 1826, Invalid File # 45997 identical, rejected papers missing" -
See copy of letter of July 10 1826. in this claim. The papers were then in file. evidently lost between 1826 and time that old rejected book was written. Office note A.D. Aug. 4. 1920
1920 Aug 4. History to Mrs. W.H. Bartledge. A.D.
No.
File # 45997 Rev. War bff. No. 332
Name: Joel Chapin Rank: Sergeant Capt. comm'd. Comp'y: 4th Reg't. Mass. Line Rev. War
New York } Agency
RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT.
1st Issue. { $120 per an Comm'g letf issued Aug. 3. 1829. 2d Issue. { Comm'g 3d Issue. { Comm'g
DATE OF CERTIFICATE, AND TO WHOM SENT.
1st Issue. { Sent to 2d Issue. { Sent to 3d Issue. { Sent to

State of New York
Chenango County ss. - For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act for the relief of certain persons missing officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution approved on the 15 th of May, 1828 I do hereby declare that I entitled in the continental line of the army of the Revolution for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination, at which period I was a sergeant in the Second company commanded at that time by Capt Simon Sarned by Lieut Samuel Chapin in the Fourth Regiment Massachusetts Line at that time commanded by Lieut Col Henry Sackman - and also declare that I afterwards (in the year 1784) at Boston received a certificate for eighty dollars, to which I was entitled under an act of Congress passed the 15 th of May 1778 - and further declare that I was not on the 15 th day of March 1828 on the pension

declared that the annexed paper is the warrant or commission which I received as Sergeant as evidenced from Col. Shephard then Commanding said Regiment. And I further declare that in the year 1796 or 1797 according to the best of my recollection of the account he placed his discharge in the hands of Wm. Shepard then a member of Congress for the purpose of obtaining for me (at the proper departments) my patent for the Land to which I was entitled, and the said discharge has never since been in the possession of this affirmant, and I further declare that I did obtain a land warrant for the lands to which I was entitled, and upon that said discharge was lodged in the proper depart- ment at the seat of government. And I further declare that in case said discharge cannot be found on the files of the department, it will probably not be in my power to obtain it to prove its loss, as the said Wm.

Shepard has been dead for many years, at least twenty-
Sworn and subscribed to the 19th day of June 1828
Before me David Bigelow a Judge of Chenango Common Pleas
Joel Chapin " " " " " "
State of New York
Chenango County ss. Before me David Bigelow Esquire a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Her Leice County duly sworn to administer oaths, in Leice County & State per- sonally appeared John C Clark and Philip M Deering of Leice County, who since several, make oath that Joel Chapin by whom the foregoing declaration is subscribed it generally reported and to him there been a non com missimus officer in the army of the Revolution is now at their station -
Witness my hand & J. C. Clark Philip M Deering This 19th day of June 1828
David Bigelow

Will Randall Clerk of the County of Chenango in the State of New York do hereby that Sevi Bigelow before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County and duly Empowered to administer oaths In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this 28 th day of June in the Year 1828—
Act. 1828
W. Randall Clerk

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Freel Chapin a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ to end of war Sgt. Simon Larned { Shepard Henry Jackson Mass                                                   
Battles engaged in, _____ ✓ _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____ ✓ _____
Date of application for pension, June 19, 1828. His cl. was at
Residence at date of application, Rainbridge, Chenango Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, date & place of birth not stated
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family a date of his death is not on record
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rej: # 1855
Joel Chapin
REJECTED
Identical with Inv. # 45997
Rej: papers missing —
Old Book containing lists of Rejected Revolutionary War claims has opposite this

Postage Stamp paid 7 1/8
Rev. Mr. C. D.
Bainbridge July 7 th 1920,
Dear Sir,
Has the Pension Office any record of Joel Chapin as a Revolutionary soldier?
In the Centennial History of the Presbyterian Church here, of which he was the second minister, he is spoken of as having been a Revolutionary soldier and the "Daughters of the Revolution" desire proof of his service in order to have his grave suitably marked.
No relatives can be located.
Respectfully
Mrs. W. H. Cartledge
Bainbridge
N. Y.

Copied from old letter book
J. L. Blake Esq. Painbridge, N.Y.
War Dept. Pension Office July 10, 1826.
Sir - - - - The claim of Joel Chapin to a pension, has been examined, and I have to inform you that it has been rejected on account of the amount of his property, which is valued at $661, a sum far exceeding that in the possession of any person whose name is on the list of Revolutionary Pensioners and which is considered sufficient to support him without the aid of public or private charity. His papers will remain on our files, agreeably to the regulations of this Department. Signed. J. L. E. -

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
No. of Original Application 441
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
July 26. 1828.
Joel Chapin, of Bainbridge, in the County of Chenango, in the State of New York, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Sergeant in captain Larned's company, in the regiment of the Massachusetts line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
My order of the Secretary, J. D. Perkins.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
30 th July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Joel Chapin in the Massachusetts line
It further appears that Joel Chapin is now on the pension list of the any - - - - - agency, and has been so since the 3 rd March 1826 at the rate of dollars per month.
John Hagner Atty