Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42645, Michael Chapman, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Chapman, Michael
S. 42645
CONTENTS
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Ohio 19.950
Pittsburgh Agency
Michael Chapman
of Huron Co in the State of Ohio who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Smith of the regiment commanded by Colonel Bradley in the Connecticut line, for the term of nine months, from 1776 to 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh Agency at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 19 day of April 1828
Certificate of Pension issued the 5, of July 1828 and sent to P. R. Hopkins Esq. Milia Ohio.
Arrears to 4th of September 1828 $ 36. 26 Semi-ann. all'ce ending
$ 36. 26
{ Revolutionary Claims Acts March, 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820.

Michael Chapman
Declaration for Pension
This day Came Michael Chapman in open Court and filed his original declaration for a pension due a schedule of his property which are in the words and form following - To Wit - Original Claim - Declaration in order to be placed on the pension list under the act of Congress of 18 th March Eighteen hundred and eighteen and first of May Eighteen hundred and twenty
State of Ohio
Stearns County ss
Court of Common Pleas
On the eighth day of March Eighteen hundred and twenty eight personally appeared in open Court the same being a Court of Record for the County of Stearns aforesaid Michael Chapman a resident of said County aged twenty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision of the acts of Congress of the Eighteenth of March Eighteen hundred and eighteen & the 1 st of May Eighteen hundred and twenty - That he the said Michael Chapman Enlisted for the term of nine months on the twentieth day of May in the year seventeen hundred & twenty six in the State of Connecticut in the Company Commanded by Capt. Smith in the Regiment Commanded by Col. Phillips B. Brady in the line of the State of

Connecticut on the Continental establishment
That he continued to serve in the said Corps until the 25 th day of February seven term here and and twenty term where he was discharged from the service in Bethlehem in the State of Pennsylvania That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present - That his name is not on the pension list of any State and that the said Chapman possesses now one Calf and one year old heifer worth about sixteen Dollars - he possesses no real estate nor did he on the eighteenth day of March Eighteen hundred and eighteen - That he is a Carpenter by occupation and that he is not able to earn more than one quarter of the ordinary wages by his diligent daily labor - That he has one daughter living with him of the age of twenty years who is able to earn the greater share of her support - And that the reason that he did not make earlier application for a pension is that he was almost ten years younger than he now is & had the ability to earn much more than he now can - That he did not know that he should lose his property as hereafter stated and with the little property he then possessed and his own labor he could support himself & family with the ordinary necessaries of life until these changes took place and that he supposed he was not within the provisions of the act - And in pursuance of the act of the first day of May Eighteen hundred & twenty I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the eighth day of March Eighteen hundred and twenty Eighteen & that I have

not since that time by gift sale or in any manner dis- posed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for Certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, passed on the eighteenth day of March Eighteen hundred and Eighteen: And that I have not nor any person for me any property or security contracts or debts due to me - nor have I any income other than that which is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me sub- scribed - that since the eighteenth day of March Eighteen hundred and eighteen the following changes have been made in my property. To Wit: I was possessed at the time aforesaid of about four hundred Dollars worth of prop- erty principally Cattle and horses in the summer of Eighteen hundred and Eighteen - I furnished work & materials for one Simon Pease to build a house and before he paid me for them he failed by which means I lost the amount of seventy Dollars - I lost one ox by the murrain worth forty Dollars also one Cow which cost me twenty five also two other Cows which were worth ten Dollars each and which I raised and possessed at the above time - Also two horses worth one fifty Dollars and the other sixty Dollars - The balance I have used and consumed in my family the necessary support of myself and family except the above named three animals
Michael Chapman
And now the Court having heard the testimony of the said Chapman produced in open

Court of his services in the Revolutionary War in the Connecticut line of the Continental establishment - do find from the testimony of two credible disinterested witnesses that the said Michael Chapman did serve in the Company commanded by Capt Smith in the Regiment commanded by Col Phillip B. Brady in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment for the term of nine months under an enlistment as a private soldier, as set forth in said Chapman's declaration. And do also find upon the testimony of two credible witnesses that the said Cattle & Horses have been lost in manner in manner stated in said declaration. And also that the said Henry Ruppel is still indebted to said Chapman as set forth in said declaration & that he is totally insolvent and unable to pay anything on said demand and that the note is of no value. And also that the property now owned by said Chapman does not exceed twenty five Dollars.
Sworn to and declared on the Eighth day of March A.D. Eighteen Hundred & Seventy Eight before me David Gibbs Clerk.
I David Gibbs Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Huron & State of Ohio do certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Michael Chapman did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the foregoing Declaration against the common enemy, for the term of nine months under an engagement on the Continental establishment. I do also certify that the forgoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are
truly copied from the records of said Court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule does not exceed twenty five dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this nineteenth day of April A.D. 1828.
David Gibbs Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in Huron County State of Ohio

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October 2, 1924
Kate T. S. Johnson 82 South Gratiot Mount Clemens, Mich.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 42645 it appears that Michael Chapman while living in Bethlehem, Litchfield County, Connecticut enlisted May 20, 1776, served as a private in Captain Smith's Company, Colonel Philip B. Bradley's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged February 25, 1777.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 8, 1828 while a resident of Huron County, Ohio aged seventy years.
In 1828 he referred to his daughter aged seventeen years. There is no further data on file as to his family.
Owing to the great pressure of current work and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, only two histories are furnished each inquirer.
The above noted is the only soldier named Michael Chapman found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner
date of death not in DB.

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Depositions of Mark and Chapman for a petition
Filed March 7 th 1828

Asa Coombs of Watertown in the county of Litchfield and state of Connecticut, of Lawful age depose and say that I am acquainted with Michael Chapman formerly of Bethlehem in said county of Litchfield now residing in the town of Union, in the state of Ohio, and was knowing to his enlisting into the United States service, on or about the twentieth day of May 1776 in Colonel Bradley's Regiment in a company commanded by Capt. Smith, in the Connecticut line of the Army. and the deponent further says that, as he served in the same company, and Regiment with the said Chapman, that he was knowing to his serving in said company and Regiment till the 16 th of Nov. 1776 when he  the  company was taken prisoners at fort Washington, and further the deponent saith not.
Asa Coombs
Litchfield county ss. Bethlehem August 25 th A.D. 1827 personally appeared Asa Coombs whose name is subscribed to the foregoing deposition and made oaths to the truth of the same before me
Nathan Burton Jr
Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Asa Coombs the subscriber to the foregoing deposition sustains a fair character for truth and veracity
Nathan Burton Jr
This foregoing Deposition was taken at the request of the said Chapman who expects to improve it in attempting to obtain a pension, as a revolutionary soldier, from the government of the United States
Nathan Burton Jr
Justice of the Peace

I Frederick Woodworth, clerk of the County Court, or Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, certify to whom it doth or may concern, that at Waltham  Benton Esq. was on the twenty fifth day of August A.D. 1827, & that he now is, a Justice of the Peace within & for said County legally commissioned & qualified, & that he has a right by the laws of said State to take affidavits and that the signatures to the preceding certificates which purport to be his, are, as I verily believe genuine, & his proper hand writing. - Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court at Litchfield in said County this fifth day of September A.D. 1827. -
 Frederick Woodworth, clerk. 
Asa Cowlis is a Petitioner now on the list at Washington

I Elyzer Green of Bethlehem in the county of Litch- field and state of Connecticut of lawful age depose and say, that I am well acquainted with Michael Chapman of Huron in the county of Huron & state of Ohio, that he formerly lived in Bethlehem in the county of Litchfield in the state of Connecticut, and that, in the year of our Lord 1776 he enlisted into the revolutionary army, on or about the twentieth day of May in said year, and that he served in Colonel Bradley's Regiment in a company com- manded by Capt. Smith in the Connecticut line, — and I further testify that on the 25 th of Dec. 1776 (while on the march to Trenton to the taking of the Hessians) I saw the said Chapman, near the Delaware in Pennsylvania, and that said Chapman was sick and apparently near his end, but that he recovered, and returned to Bethlehem some time after, I should think, in the course of the winter. further the Deponent saith not
Elyzer Green
State of Connecticut Litchfield county ss. Bethlehem August 25 th
AD 1827
Personally appeared Elyzer Green, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Deposition and made oath to the truth of the same before me.
Nathan Burton Jr.
I hereby certify that Elyzer Green the subscriber to the foregoing Deposition sustains a fair character for truth and veracity
Nathan Burton Jr.
The foregoing Deposition was taken at the request of the said Chapman, to be improved by him in an attempt to obtain a pension from the government of the United States, as a soldier of the revolution
Nathan Burton Jr. Justice of the Peace

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Hon. James Garlow Secretary of War Washington City
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Huron Co. O. Milan June 20, 1828.
Hon James Barbour.
Sir I again enclose to you the evidence of Michael Chap- mans claim for a pension under the acts of 1 st May 1820 & 18 March 1822. together with the depositions of his services. His services are clearly proven to bring him within the last acts of May 3 rd 1828. if not to bring him within aforesaid acts he wishes to come under the act of May last - as he has not as yet been placed on any pension list as yet.
Yours with due con- sideration & respect
Hon James Barbour. D. Hopkins
Secretary of War

June 10, 1936
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Judge Edgar G. Martin Court of Common Pleas, Huron County Norwalk, Ohio
BA-J/MSF:MLB MICHAEL CHAPMAN S. 42645
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War claim for pension of Michael Chapman, of Connecticut, who served in Captain Smith's company, whose record was furnished you in 1921 from pension claim, S. 42645.
Photostatic copies are furnished at the rate of twenty-five cents a page. The number of pages to be copied in this claim is nine.
Please make remittance of $2.25 by money order drawn to the order of the Treasurer of the United States when the copies will be made and mailed to you.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

EDGAR G. MARTIN JUDGE OF COURT OF COMMON PLEAS HURON COUNTY NORWALK, OHIO
April 7th, 1936
Pension Bureau, Revolutionary War Record Department, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I am writing inquiring if it is possible to secure photostat or other copies of the records of Revolutionary War Pensions?
I am interested in the record of Michael Chapman, who enlisted from Connecticut, June 27, 1776, discharged January 13, 1777 from Captain Smith's Company.
Yours very truly,
Edgar G. Martin
MR

July 25, 1933.
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BA-J/MMHF/ADY Michael Chapman S.42645
Mrs. Charlotte T. Luckhurst 158 Western Avenue Albany, New York
Dear Madam:
In compliance with your request of July 14, photostatic copies are furnished you herewith from Revolutionary War pension claim of Michael Chapman, S.42645.
In regard to your inquiry relative to cost of photos, it became necessary to increase the rate from fifteen cents to twenty-five cents a page.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
Small letter margin of 1/2 inch at top of each page and return pages to open book in which the correspondence came and went. The word "index" is written in pencil on these pages which are not to be copied.
9 pages

July 19, 1933
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
541
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Rev. War pension claim, Michael Chapman,
S. 42645.
Actual
1 of each page
$2.25
9 pages
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Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2 inches at top of each page and return papers in each case in folder with corresponding name and number. The word "omit" is written in pencil on those pages which are not to be copied.
Chief of Rev. & 1812 Wars Sect.
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Pages omitted from Charlotte J. Luckhurst Order: 1 page, which says "Deposition of Michael Chapman for perjury. Filed March 7, 1828" 1 page. back page of letter to Hon. James Barbrow Secy. of War, June 20-1828. Huron Co., O. Milan.

July 11, 1933.
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Mrs. Charlotte T. Luckhurst, 156 Western Avenue, Albany, New York.
BA-J/MMHF/ADY Michael Chapman S.42645
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request to know the cost of photostatic copies of original papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim of Michael Chapman, S.42645.
Photostatic copies of papers in the above noted claim will be furnished you at the rate of twenty-five cents a page. The number of pages to be copied is nine.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this office by money order drawn to the order of the Treasurer of the United States.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

MRS. CHARLOTTE TAYLOR LUCKHURST REGISTERED GENEALOGIST 156 WESTERN AVENUE ALBANY, NEW YORK
July 14. 1923
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Referring to- BA-J/MMHF/ADY
Regarding the pension papers of Michael Chapman, (S. 42645.)
Enclosed please find P.O. for $2.25. as per your letter stating there was 9 pages, and the charge per page 25cts.
This charge seems out of proportion to the usual charge of 15 cts per page, Why?.
Trusting I may have these soon I am
Very truly yours,
Charlotte T. Luckhurst-

MRS. CHARLOTTE TAYLOR LUCKHURST REGISTERED GENEALOGIST 156 WESTERN AVENUE ALBANY, NEW YORK
June 5. 1933
Pension Bureau, Rev. Division. Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen-;
According to a D.A.R. record Michael Chapman born in Conn, served in that State in War or Revolution, had 9 months pension and died in Huron, Ohio.
Please advise me as to cost of photostat copy of his application papers,
Very truly yours,
Charlotte T. Luckhurst

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 Michael Chapman 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.     May 20. 1776 Feb. 25. 1777 Smith Philip B. Bradley Conn.                                            
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Conn.
Date of application for pension, Feb. 8. 1828. His d. was al.
Residence at date of application, Huron County Ohio
Age at date of application, 70 yrs.
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family.
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Respectfully,
Commissioner.

LOUIS W. WICKHAM EDGAR G. MARTIN
WICKHAM & MARTIN ATTORNEYS AT LAW NORWALK, OHIO
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Norwalk, O. Jan 25, 1921
Pension Department, Revolutionary War Record Division, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
For purposes of family history, please send me certified copy of Revolutionary War Record of my great grandfa- -ther, Michael Chapman.
He was a Private in the - Connecticut Continentals and was a few resident of Huron County, Ohio when he was placed on the Pension rolls, under date of July 5, 1828 under act of Congress of March 18, 1818.
Yours truly,
Eugene G. Martin

L. G. Fouse, President. Alex. M c Knight, V. President. O. C. Boalslyshell, Treasurer. W. S. Campbell, Sec't & Solicitor. J. C. Bolling, Supt. of Agents.
Dr. Horace G. Hill, Dr. J. R. Levan, Dr. John L. Ward, Medical Directors.
THE FIDELITY Mutual Life Association OF PHILADELPHIA.
The Fidelity Mutual Life Assn. E. J. SHEFFIELD, MANAGER FOR NEW ENGLAND STATES, 113 DEVONSHIRE ST.,
Boston, Mass., Aug. 17, 1897. 189
To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:--
Will you kindly give me the first name of the Chapman who received a pension at Huron, Ohio, for service rendered in the War of the Revolution? I am a descendant of that Chapman, and wish his first name to establish my claim. Please let me hear from you, and greatly oblige,
Yours respectfully,
Thos Woodward 113 Devonshire St Boston Mass
Hept. M c Knight

42 645 INVALID.
Revge
File No. 42, 645
Michael Chapman Rev. Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 84
[Arrangement of 1870.]