Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16701, Edmund Chapman, Va.

SERVICE
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Chapman, Edmund
NUMBER
S. 16701
CONTENTS
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Missouri 19.739.
Edmund Chapman of Randolph Co in the State of Missouri who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Madison of the Regt commanded by Col Thorne from the Virginia line time for 6 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of August 1835 and sent to Robert Wilson, Randolph Co. Miss
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 40.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4. Sep. " 10.00
$ 50.00
Revolutionary Claim, Not June 7, 1832.
Recorded by H. J. Evans Clerk Book E Vol. 8. Page 80.

State of Missouri County of Randolph Sec.
On this 21st day of November in the year of our Lord 1832 personally ap- peared in open court before the Hon. Geo. D. Smith the Hon. Dr. Shoemaker Commissioner of the members of the Court Court of Randolph County, now sitting Edward Chapman a resident of Sun- gum Creek Township in the County of Randolph & State of Missouri aged 68 years almost being first duly sworn according to law, took an oath and made the following declaration in order to attain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th of June 1832.
That he entered the service of the of the United States under the follow- ing named officers & served as herein stated. - He entered the service under Capt Geo. Madison, ensign Mr Sam- uel - Lieut. Don't Recollect - Don't Rec- ollect his major's name - & Colonel Anthony Thornton in the Virginia Militia in the mouth of Elkhorn 1781 in the County of Caroline then  then named St. Asaph's (a town in Caroline County, Va.). First marched to Port Royal on the Rappahannock in the after. County & there continued the time of this story - No fighting on this story - Commander of the brigade was Brig. Gen. Lomax - Don't rec- ollect of any regular officer being there.

Station at the afd. place during his said tour 2 nd The next engagement commenced some time in May say the tenth - under Lieut. Col. John Capt. Geo. Tyler, major by & Col. Thomas Mathis (Mathews). On this tour he was a drafted private in the militia service of the United States of the Virginia Line - Reinforced at the same place in Caroline County Virginia afd. marched from there to Williamsburg in the State of Virginia - Stayed here fully one  two months - there was a little fighting here - the British drove this afd. Regiment which was then attached to the a Brigade Commanded by the afd. Brig. Gen. Lord Cornwallis from the afd. town of Williamsburg & after wards one or two hundred volunteers belonging to the same regiment (3d regiment) the same night that they were driven out of the said town went back to said town & attacked the British stationed there in the town they were repulsed by the British several of them receiving wounds from the British shot - next retreated to Richmond, Va. stayed here three days & relieved by another Corps. - The name of the following regular officers here, Major Dunstall (parked his Chust their name was Thomas) Major Walter Baylor, Citizens of Virginia.

on this 2d engagement while they were at Richmond, the British came to Manchester on the opposite side of James River from Richmond & Burned the town & destroyed the property of the inhabitants.
The 3d engagement commenced some time about the first of August in 1862. Col. Francis Thompson, (who was major Ramsey, same Col. & Re- giment as in the other second time) - stationed at Bowling Green County seat of Caroline County Va. from where marched to Martin's Hill on James river below Richmond in Henrico County Va. - Belonged to the Brigade commanded by the ap- -par. Gen. Lomax - Lay here at said place two weeks with the Com- mand of Gen. Lafayette & Gen. Stephens - from thence marched thro' James or Charles City - (Comm- only then known by this name in Va.) Stayed here some two or three weeks at a tavern in said County called Bentley's Old Tavern - while here the British took some twelve or fifteen prisoners of the Americans out on a scouting party - Continued about here till after Wayne's battle near Old Germantown Va. - then moved on & joined the general army of Amer- icans & French Allies stationed at

Williamsburg of a - Reg. Genl. Lafayette & Mayne & Washington perhaps was here & near this place at this time - from thence march to the Hatchett about 2 miles below (Williamsburg was there assessed & went home after the first two months tour, about the latter part of September 1781 - The first tour he went on, was a substitute for Mr Chapman his fa- ther - Chaplet the two last tours served in all fully six months - did not receive any written discharge from then of his engage- ments - he has no documentary ev- idence of his services nor does he know of any person living in the state of Mississippi whom he can prove his services of record - all his services were performed in the Virginia line of militia - he lived in the state of Virginia Caroline county, when he entered the service he was born in said County & state lived there when he left the service - had he was born in the year of 1764 in the month of January - 8th day - since some twenty some 50 years years after the revolution in the state of Virginia then he removed to the state of Ken- tucky lived in said latter state

(5) state from 1805 till 1828 since which time he has lived in the County of Randolph & State of Virginia after he has a record of his age taken from his father's family record - the record of his age is at home in his Bible & Church register - he never received a com- mission during the war.
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He hereby relinquishes every claim now due to a pension or annuity except the present & allowances that his name is not on the pension roll of the age- cy of any state - Subscribed & sworn to before me this 21st day of Feb 1832 Reuben Samuel James Chapman Robert Wilson clerk etc. and Edmund Bartell
residing in the county of Ron- dolph & state of Missouri aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Edmund Chapman who has su- bscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 68 years of age - that he is reputed & believed in the Neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that all concur in that opinion Reuben Samuel
(Signed)
Subscribed & sworn to this 21st day of Feb 1832 Edw Bartell Robert Wilson clerk etc. I find the Court hereby de- clare their opinion of the investi- gation of the matter & after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war-department, that the above- named applicant - was a revolutionary soldier & served as in states - - and the court further certify that it ap- pears to them that the Edmund Bartell & Reuben Samuel who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the county of Randolph & state of Missouri aforesaid, and are both respect- able persons, & that their statement is entitled to credit - Arch. Shoemaker John Dysart
(Signed)
Justices of the county court Robert Wilson Clerk of the county

Court of Randolph County, Ohio. As hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Edmund Chase for a partition. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my private seal this being no seal of office proceeded this 21st day of November 1832
Robert Wilson clk

The declarant Edmund Chapman in addition to his former original decl- aration by him made & to which this is attached, in order to obtain a pension under & by virtue of the act of Congress of 7th of June 1832 allowing pensions to soldiers of the Revolution, further declares as best & says that he entered the service of the U. States with a Corps called into the service by competent authority on the first of February 1781 under the officers therein mentioned & served part of the time in a garrison & the other part in the field - he served a term of two months with the rank & office of Corporal and quit the service at the end of this first term on the first day of April 1781 without any written discharge, but a verbal one - having completed his said first term of two months there - And the said Declarant Edmund Chapman further declares as best & saith that he entered on his second term of duty in his said original declaration mentioned on the first day of May, - as the first term a drafted militia man & served for the second term in the field a private & after serving as a private for the full term of two months, he was verbally discharged in Richmond Va. on the first of July 1781, having fully com- pleted his said second term of duty - under the said officers in his said ori- ginal declaration mentioned - And this Declarant E. Chapman further declares as best & saith that he entered on his third term of duty on the first day of August 1781 a drafted militia man and served as in his said ori- ginal declaration mentioned for the term of two months in the

And, that the reason he the said De- clarant did not in his original Dec- laration produce the Certificate of a Clergyman was because there was none convenient at Court & because he under- stood that it was not in dispensably necessary to have such Certificate - And that he has no documentary evidence of his Service & knows of no person living whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his Service - and believes there is no person living any where by whom he can prove his Service except perhaps one in the State of Ky. but does not know that he is alive -
He hereby relinquishes every Claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present - & declares that his name is not on the list of an roll of the agency of any State - Decree of 1837 Dion, (Ingraham) R Wilson Clerk Edmund Chapman We James Hattiff a Clergyman now residing in the County of Randolph Mo. and Mr Walker - residing in the County of Randolph Mo. hereby cer- tify that we are well acquainted with the declarant Edmund Chapman who has subscribed & sworn to the above dec- laration & that we believe him to be 68 years of age - that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of Revolution and

That we concur in that opinion (Signed) James Kirtland Wm. M. Walker Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the inter- rogatories prescribed by the War Depart- ment that the above named appli- cant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that James Kirtland who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Randolph afd. & that Mr. Walker who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Randolph afd. & is a credit- able person & that their statement is entitled to credit - J. D. Dyer J. R. C. (Signed) J. H. Wiley J. R. C. Archd. Shumaker J. R. C.
I Robt. Wilson Clerk of the County Court of Randolph County afd. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Edmund Clarke man for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and have affixed the seal of said Court at office this 22nd day of May in the year eighteen hundred & thirty three Robert Wilson Clerk

Edmund Chapman Randolph County Missouri Letter 4, 5, 10, 11- 20, 934
Adams County
Robert Wilson Clerk

   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     Feb 3 In 1781 — — 2 — — Private Gen. — Lawson Virg 2   10 May — — — — Capt. Geo. Madison Mil 2   10 May — not stated — — — Col. Anth o Mounts substitute   aug t — do — — — — do Capt. Jno. Tyler drafted   — — — do Col 3 M c Mathews do   — — — do Ditto — do   — — — do Col 3 Lawson do  
5. In what battles was he engaged? in a little fighting — 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Caroline Co 9 — Virg 9 co 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? only the traditional evidence of two witnesses — Certified to be credible persons — 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  papers not attached according to the regulation The private Seal of the Clerk affixed — I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section MCS:MLB
October 29, 1930
Office of the Quartermaster General Cemeterial Branch War Department Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 16701, that Edmund Chapman was born January 8, 1764, in Caroline County, Virginia, and was the son of William.
While a resident of that county, he enlisted and served with the Virginia troops, as follows:
From February 1, 1781, two months as a corporal in Captain George Madison's company in Colonel Anthony Thornton's regiment and was a substitute for his father, William; from May 1, 1781, two months as a private in Captain John Tyler's company in Colonel Thomas Mathews' regiment; from about August 1, 1781, two months as a private in Captain Francis Tompkins' company in Colonel Thomas Mathews' regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 21, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Sugar Creek Township, Randolph County, Missouri, where he had moved from Kentucky.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section MCS/eel
June 26, 1929
Honorable Harry B. Hawes United States Senate Washington, D.C.
My dear Senator:
In response to your letter of June 22, 1929, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 16701, it appears that Edmund Chapman was born January 8, 1764, in Caroline County, Virginia, and was the son of William.
While a resident of that county, he enlisted and served with the Virginia Troops as follows:
From February 1, 1781, two months as a corporal in Captain George Madison's Company in Colonel Anthony Thornton's Regiment and was a substitute for his father, William; from May 1, 1781, two months as a private in Captain John Tyler's Company, in Colonel Thomas Mathews' Regiment; from about August 1, 1781, two months as a private in Captain Francis Tompkins' Company, Colonel Thomas Mathews' Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed

November 21, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Sugar Creek Township, Randolph County, Missouri, where he had moved from Kentucky.
There are no data relative to wife and children. X
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Edmund Chapman, S.16701, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing the following data:
Edmund Chapman, Certificate No. 19739, issued August 29, 1833, rate $20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Missouri Agency.
The place of burial of said soldier is not shown in the papers of the pension claim.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL WASHINGTON
10/24/30
MEMORANDUM TO:
Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Washington, D.C.
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Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Treasury Building, Washington, D.C.
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The Surgeon General, Washington, D.C.
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In order that headstones properly inscribed may be furnished, it is requested that the "Service" of the decedents named on the enclosed applications be verified and returned as soon as practicable to this office.
The regulations provide that the name of the State from which the decedents came be inscribed on the headstones. It is requested that this information be given and that any corrections be made in red ink on the form.
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The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
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The General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C.
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In order that headstones properly inscribed may be furnished for the graves of the decedents named on the enclosed applications, it is requested that you furnish this office the correct spelling of the names and complete designation of the organizations.
Soldier's name Edmund Chapman S. 16701 29/86/
All other correspondence returned to Quartermaster Gen. War Dept. Wash. D.C.

16 701 INVALID.
File No. 16 701
Edmund Chapman
Pr. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 427
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1929 June 26, hist. to Hon. Harry B. Hawes, in case of Bennett Tilley S. 17151. W.C.S.
1930 Oct. 29 Tombstone: lets to Off. Quartermaster Also War Dept. W.C.S.

State of Missouri } County of Randolph } sec-
On this 20th day of May 1833 person ally appeared in open court  Edm before the Honorable his Jno Vily Jno D. Dyer & A. Shoemaker the Justices composing the some sitting County court for the County was of Randolph afd.
Edmund Chapman a resident of su- per Creek T. Ship in the County of Ran- dolph afd. & State of Missouri: several
Edmund Chapman aged 68 years who being first duly sworn according to law took on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress pass- ed June 4th 1832.