Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1855-100, John Chadwick, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R.J.
Chadwick, John
B.L.Wt 1855-100
CONTENTS

Probate Certificate in the Estate of the late John Chadwick

At a Court of Probate held in Newport March 5 th 1832.
Whereas satisfactory evidence was this day adduced to this Court to prove that Catharine McCarty is the sister and one of the heirs of John Chadwick dec d . who was a soldier in the army of the revolution, and that she said Catharine McCarty is a resident of this Town of Newport. a true Copy Witness
Benj B Howland Prob te Clk
State of Rhode Island & Newport ss Newport April 7 th 1832.
Court of Probate Clerk's Office.
I the undersigned do hereby certify that the above relative to the evidence adduced to this Court respecting Catharine McCarty is a true Copy from the records of said Court in this Office
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set My hand and affixed the seal of said Court the day and year last above written
Benj B Howland Probate Clk

Deposition of John Williams, Esq.

Deposition of John Williams Esq.

State of Rhode Island, &c. } County & town of Newport, } I John Williams of the
aforesaid County and town of Newport, Merchant, aged Seventy-one years, being duly sworn according to law - Depose and say, that I was well acquainted with John Chadwick, previous to the revolutionary War - that he the said John Chadwick enlisted and served, as I believe in Col. Olney & Angel's Regiment of the Rhode Island line, in the Army of the Revolution, and that my acquaintance continued with the said Chadwick until after the termination of the Revolutionary War, when the said Chadwick returned to Newport, and soon after his said return, he shipped as a Mariner on board of a Vessel, in the merchant service, belonging to this Port, and proceeded to sea, and that I believe, and it is generally believed that the aforesaid vessel foundered at sea and all on board perished. John Williams
State of Rhode Island } County of Newport } Be it known that on the 2 d day of April
A.D. 1832, Before the Subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for said County, personally appeared John Williams Esq r - subscriber to the above Deposition - a Gentleman well known to me to be of Respectability and truth, and Made Oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed.
E. B. W. Justice of the Peace
for evidence of the official character of E. B. W., refer to the papers in the case of the heirs of Capt. D. Sherman.

Catherine M Harty's Application for United States Bounty Lands heirs of John Chadwick
admitted
Internal evidence of truth incomplete

John Chadwick N. 1855

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
STATE OF Rhode Island } ss. COUNTY OF Newport }
I Catherine McCarty Sistr and heir at Law, to John Chadwick deceased, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, John Chadwick aforesaid, about, or in the Year, 1777 entered, or enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of "During the War:" and, that, he served in Regiment No. _____ of the Rhode Island Line , commanded by Colonel _____; and that, he continued in the service aforesaid, until the close of the War, when he was regularly discharged from the first Regiment of the Rhode Island Line , commanded by Colonel Jeremiah Olney .
I further testify and declare, that my brother, the aforesaid John Chadwick, immediately after the close of the American Revolutionary War went to sea as a Mariner from the Port of Newport and has since been heard from no more.
I further declare, that I have never received a Warrant for the Bounty Land promised to John Chadwick aforesaid, on the part of the United States, nor do I believe he has ever received it, or transferred his claim, in any manner, whatsoever:—
THEREFORE KNOW All Men, By These Presents, that I Catherine McCarty aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Reuben Baldwin of Greeneville, in the State of New-York, to be my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, to demand and receive, from the Secretary of War, of the United States, a Warrant for the quantity of Land due to me and to the other heirs of John Chadwick — as aforesaid. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my mark — and seal, this Eleventh day of August 1831.
Witness: E. T. W. H.
Catherine McCarty her mark
COUNTY of Newport } ss. Personally appeared before me Reuben Baldwin a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid Catherine McCarty — subscriber to the above declaration, who acknowledged the power of Attorney thereto subjoined, to be her free act and deed; and likewise made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration. Dated this Eleventh day of August 1831.
E. T. W. H. Justice of the Peace
STATE OF } ss. COUNTY OF }
In testimony that the above written and take acknowledgments, &c. in the State of _____ was a Magistrate, duly authorized to administer oaths, at the above date, and that his name there subscribed, appears to be his usual signature; I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the _____ and subscribed my name, at this _____ day of _____ 1831.