Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42643, Levi Chadwick, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New Jersey
Bradwick, Levi or Bradwick
S. 42643 B. & M. 716-100
CONTENTS

19.322.
Ohio
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Levi Chadwick
Knox Co. in the state of Ohio who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Wade, of the regiment commanded by Colonel E. Martin in the N. Jersey line, for the term of the war. (1776.)
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio agency at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 th of March 1824.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of Sept r 1824 and sent to James Smith, Esq. Mount Vernon, Ohio.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1824 - $: 45. 70. Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1825 48. 00
$: 93 : 70
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820, } 1 st March 1825
Knox County -

N o 716
Levi Chadwick alias Chadwick priv.
1 st Jersey Regiment
Warrant issued December 11 th 1818
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Thos Waide attorney

fe 20.987-

By these presents that I Levi Chadwick of the County of Knox and State of Ohio do by these presents constitute and appoint Thomas Write of the City of Washington District of Columbia as my lawful Attor- ney, and he is hereby constituted and appointed as my lawful attorney to ask and receive from the proper office and department of the Government of the United States, the land warrant for the land due me from the United States, for my services rendered the United States (as a private soldier) during the Revolutionary war - and My said Attorney is hereby authorized and empowered to sign with My name all and any receipts or papers necessary to obtain the warrant for the land due me from the United States for my services as before said - and My said Attorney is also authorized, in case he shall be refused the land warrant as aforesaid, to draw up a petition and sign my name thereto state- ing the whole circumstances and proceedings had in the premises for the purpose of obtaining the land due me from the United States, and

present the same to Congress at their next session And I hereby ratify all and singular the lawful acts of my said Attorney in the premises as well in law as tho' I had done the same in my own proper person. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand seal this 10th Day September 1813 - " Levi Chadwick S.
State of Ohio Knox County ss
Personally appeared before me one of the acting Justices of the peace
for said County Levi Chadwick who acknowledges that he signed and sealed the foregoing power of attorney for the purposes and consideration therein expressed given under my hand the day of September 1813. Wm Martin J.P.

The State of Ohio Knox County to I James Smith Clerk of the court of common pleas in and for the County of Knox aforesaid do hereby certify that Benjamin Martin esq. before whom the within Power of Attorney was acknowledged and which has signed his name to such acknowledgment is now and was at the time thereof an acting Justice of the peace in and for Knox County duly commissioned and sworn and full faith thereof is and ought to be given to all his official acts and deeds as such as well in points of records as otherwise out of testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal hereunto to be hereunto The office at Mt. Vernon the 10th day of Sept. 1818 Attest James Smith Clerk

State of Ohio Franklin County
Personally appeared before me Joseph Coleman one of the acting Justices of the Peace for said county, said Chadwick, who being sworn according to law, deposes and saith, that he enlisted into the Seventh Regiment of the Ohio Infantry line, to serve for and during the Revolutionary War, that he was transferred from the fourth Regiment to the First Ohio Infantry Regiment, and that he served in that Regiment to the end of the Revolutionary War, and was discharged from the service of the U.S. at Little Britain, in the State of New York - and he deposes and further states, that he lost his Discharge by the burning of a house, the house was the property of James Johnston, then a resident of Ohio County in the State of Virginia - and he deposes and further declares, that he has not received the hundred acres of land promised by the Government of the United States to such soldiers as served to the

close of the Reconstruction War, and that he has not sold or conveyed his claim to his land, to any person or persons, and that he has not authorized any person or persons to draw his land either by power of attorney or otherwise - and also that the Department has made diligent search and enquiry to find proof of his service as a soldier in the Reconstruction War and has been able to obtain no more than the Deposition of Amos Stackhouse his Mate, and that in all his enquiries he cannot find nor has he any knowledge of either commission- ed, non commissioned officer, Private or noncommissioned officer now living who belonged to his Regiment or company idling discharged - and that the same Levi Chadwick as above stated - Fur the the Department saith not -
Sworn & Subscribed to } Levi Chadwick before me this 9 th day of } Sept r - August 1878 J. Joseph Coleman S.P.

Joseph Coleman an acting Justice of the Peace for County of Knox & State of Ohio do hereby hereby certify that Levi Chadwick who has signed the foregoing deposition and deposed to the same on oath, is a man of truth and veracity, and that full confidence may be placed in the word, declarations, and deposition of said Chadwick when ever given In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand the 9th day of August  Septbr 1818 Joseph Coleman J.P.

The State of Ohio Brock County ss I James Smith Clerk of the Court commencing in and for said County do hereby certify that Joseph Coleman my before whom the within Deposition and Certificate was taken and given is now and was at the time thereof an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned under known and full faith and credit is under oath to give to all his official acts and such as will in courts of record as therein contained whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name under the Seal of said Court to be affixed at Mr. Varnum's the 10th day of Sept. 1818
Attest James Smith Clerk

Levi Charnick -
On final settlement coin Report roll - vol. 1, page 226 -

District of the Fourth circuit of Cordula
On the nineteenth day of March in the year of our Lord 1824 personally appeared in open court West, Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Knox aforesaid of the 14  17 term of March A D 1824 in and for the County of Knox aforesaid on the 14 day of March 1824 being the fifth day of the term said Term personally appeared in open court of being a Court of record by the Laws of the Constitution of the State of Ohio, under which have been solemnly adjudged by the tribunals of said State, to be a Court of record which proved according to the Common of the Common Law with Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a record of their proceedings which have the power of fine and imprisonment for the Fourth Circuit of the State of Ohio Levi Levi Chadwick aged seventy one years the second day of August last Resident in the County of Knox and State of Ohio aforesaid within the United States, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolution army as follows, to wit, I enlisted at Morris County in the State of New Jersey in the month of October or November in the year 1775 in a Company Commanded by Captain Joseph Mekeor in the regiment Commanded by Colonel Lord Sterling in the line of the State of New Jersey that I continued in the service of the United States for the term of one year when I was honorably discharged from the service (being the term for which I was enlisted) That in the month of October or November 1776 I enlisted a second time at Morris County in the State of New Jersey in a Company Com- =manded by Captain Noabdiah Waid in a regiment Commanded by Colonel Ephraim Martin that I continued in the service of the United States until the close of the war at which time I was honorably discharged in Little Britain

in the State of New York in June 1783 (my discharge was burnt with my house) I was in the battle of Monmouth and at the taking of Cornwallis. I do further state that my original declaration was at the mouth of October 1820 and that I have never received any pension. My declaration that my former declaration was put into the hands of one Alexander Ennis, now a resident of this County that as I understood and verily believe was returned for the want of a sufficient number of witnesses that I have not been able to obtain said declaration from the hands of said Ennis.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March 1818. And that I have not now has any person for me in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed, and by me submitted (to wit) one Horse value 15 dollars, one Cow value $6.00, 3 Sheep value $3.00, 2 Hogs value $1.50, one ten Gallon Kettle $1.50, one 13 Gallon Kettle value $1.50. five old pewter plates value $1.00, one old weaving loom $3.00, two old whets $2.00, one old shovel and shovel plow Irons value $4.00, one old meat tub 75 cts, one old pair horse gears & spreaders $2.00, one old log chain 1.00 dollar, one old bucket and churn 50 cents, one old mare saddle $1.50, one Tea Kettle and old broken cake oven value $1.50. I also owe as follows to wit to a M c Richardson,

$2.00 To John Sawyer $1.00 or upwards To Perry Spry $7.50. Ind reu Gilman $1.50 or upwards To Gilman Bryant $3.00 To James Smith of Mt Vernon $10.00
Signed "Levi Chadwick"
I further swear that my occupation is a farmer but from the natural infirmities of old age I am unable to perform but little labor. I have a wife to wit, Sarah, who is upwards of two sixty years of age and from her age has become infirm and capable of contributing but little to our support. I have but one child living with me to wit Sally and about 20 years she is able to support herself but to render but little to our support. My self, wife, and daughter comprise my whole family. Signed "Levi Chadwick"
Sworn to. Subscribed and declared in open Court on the 14 th day of March AD 1824
James Smiths clk
I James Smith Clerk of the Court of common pleas for Knox County in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is forty five dollars. and twenty five cents and that he is justly indebted to the amount of twenty six dollars. Testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal of my office at Mount Vernon the 16 th day of April 1824
Attest James Smiths clk

Revolutionary Claims
Levi Chadwick a private of Capt. John Holmes Co. 1 st N. Jersey Line commanded by Col. Matthias Ogden served to the close of the war. Claims Paid Sept. 28 th 1878.
H. L. Waide
Agent
P. O.
Oct. 1. 1878.
In the list of final allowances certificates there is a man by the name of Chadwick who is not the Levi but none of the names of Chad- wick

JOHN H. CHADWICK STATE'S ATTORNEY DOUGLAS COUNTY
TUSCOLA, ILLINOIS, April 7th., 1904.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
My great grandfather, Levi Chadwick, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was from the State of New Jersey. I have word from the Record and Pension Office of Washington, D. C. that there were at least two and possibly three men from New Jersey by that name, who were Revolutionary soldiers, and wish to trace out which one was my ancestor. That Department is unable to give me any further light on the subject but suggested that I might get the information from your Department. I therefore write you for information.
The bare name, Levi Chadwick, there being three of them, does not identify either of them as being the particular one who is my ancestor, but it is possible that through your Records some information may be gathered, that by or through which I can ascertain which one was my ancestor. I therefore write you to know about the people and about my ancestors..
The first Levi Chadwick that was traced up, served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Captain Joseph Meeker's Company, 1st. Regiment, New Jersey Troops, commanded prior to February, 1778, by the Right Honorable the Earl of Sterling. Chadwick enlisted November 7th., 1775, his name last appears on a muster roll, March 4th., 1783, which shows that he enlisted for the war. The Company was also designated Captain Alexander Mitchell's, Captain John Jolmes' and the 5th. Company, and the

regiment was commanded by Colonel Mathias Ogden subsequent to February, 1779.
The records of the Record and Pension Office of the War Department also show that one Levi Chadwick served as a private in the 3rd. Company, Colonel Mathias Ogden's Regiment, New Jersey troops, Revolutionary War. His name appears on a muster roll dated April 21st., 1783, which shows that he enlisted for the war, and last appears on a muster roll dated May 20th., 1783.
It may possibly be that the two above designated Levi Chadwick's were the same person, as Colonel Mathias Ogden appears to have been the Commander, at one time, of each different Regiment.
The records of said Department further show that one Levi Shaddock, also borne as Levi Chadwick, served as a private in Captain Noahiah Wade's Company of the 4th. New Jersey Regiment, commanded by Colonel Ephraim Martin, Revolutionary War. He enlisted December 4th., 1776, and his service was terminated December 27th., 1780.
Now, what I want is to get the record of these men as far as possible, and of their relatives, and if they left widows or children who received  collected pensions, where did said widows or children reside, and what were their names? I have a list of the brothers and sisters of my grandfather, one James Chadwick, who lived in Ohio, and so did his brothers and sisters, and if the records of your Department will show if either of these Levi Chadwick's, or all of them were pensioners, or their widows or children were pensioners, and where they resided, and their names, it may aid me to procure the information I desire.

JOHN H. CHADWICK STATE'S ATTORNEY DOUGLAS COUNTY
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TUSCOLA, ILLINOIS,
190
My father is long since dead, and I have no relatives living who are able to give me very much light on the subject. I am asking for a good deal, but it is a matter of considerable importance to me, and I would like to have more information, and I will thank you in advance for the favor and a full answer on the above subjects. I enclose stamp for reply.
Very truly,
John H. Chadwick

1804 - this to Lynch Pasadena S.C.
To above birthplace of family
42643
INVALID.
Rev
April 14 from H. Chas
April 26, 1904 The ref. as to nothing further
File No. 42,643
Levi Chadwick
Rev Rev
Act: 18 March 18
Index - Vol. 8 , Page 84
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Levi Chadwick, alias Chadwick Duplicate of N o . 716
See Special Act of Congress "for the relief of Levi Chadwick" Approved March 2 d . 1839
To be filed West 5 N o 716

My Dear Sir, Has the double- ended been found to be more the same as you can give it - it is a little hard to be able to make hard to offend him what must be done
28,
Washington 65.
Hon. Mr. Woodbury
RECEIVED
L 208. June 1 st Recd of Mr. Dyer
RE June 3 rd , 1839

Millersburgh, Holmes Co. Ohio
May 23 rd 1839.
Hon. Levi Woodbury
Sir - A Bill was passed the last Session of Congress for the issuance of a Land Warrant for Levi Chadwick . The old gentleman wishes the Scrip for the warrant, and it may be either sent to me here, or to himself or Columbus Delano, of Mt Vernon, Knox Co. Ohio - who has written and attended to the matter for the old man; either of which, will forward a receipt for the same -
Yours Respectfully &c.
D. P. Leadbetter
June 14 th 1839
The above letter is deemed a sufficient authority for issuing the Land Warrant referred to therein - A Duplicate of Warrant N o . 716. for 100. Acres has therefore issued in conformity with the Act of Congress "for the Relief of Levi Chadwick", and the same has been this day sent to the Gen l Land Office - Mr. T. G. Bradford of the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury has stated that he will give the necessary directions for the transmission of the Scrip due in virtue of said Warrant, to the Hon. D. P. Leadbetter -
M c Gordon. Clk. Bounty Land Office

The State of Ohio } Butler county } ss.
Before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the peace within and for the county of Butler aforesaid, personally appeared Matthias Roll who being duly sworn upon oath and saith that Levi Chadwick, now present, was a soldier enlisted and in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war, and the said deponent further saith that in the latter part of the year seventeen hundred and seventy-seven he became acquainted with the said Levi Chadwick, and he was then and enlisted soldier in the army of the United States, and belonged to the company commanded by Captain Alexander Mitchell, which company belonged to the fourth Regiment of New Jersey line, commanded by Colonel Ephraim Martin, and further that said company was afterwards in the year 1778 transferred to the first regiment of said line, commanded by Colonel Matthias Ogden, and that about two years after said transfer Captain John Holmes took command of said company, and that at which time said Levi Chadwick was a private in said company, and remained so in the said regiment was discharged which was near Newburgh on the North River in the State of New York in the year 1783 in the month of June of said year - and further that said deponent was acquainted with said Levi Chadwick from the year 1777 until his discharge in the year 1783, and that all of which time he continued and was a soldier, in the service of the United States.

and belonged to the same regiment and line that deponent did. And further deponent saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed before this tenth day of March 1824. Isaac M c Connell J P
Matthias Roll
I Ezekiel McConnell @ Justice of the peace in and for the county of Butler and State of Ohio do hereby certify that Matthias Roll is a man of respectable standing in society, that his testimony under oath would be and if considered good in courts of Justice and in public estimation. Given un- der my hand and seal this tenth day of March One thousand eight hundred and twenty four.
Ezekiel McConnell J P

State of Ohio, Butler County, ss. Before me, James M. Dorsey, a justice of peace in and for said County, personally came Ga- briel Hutchings, of said County, and being duly sworn, Deposeth and saith that Levi Chadwick, now present, was a soldier enlisted and in the service of the United States, in the revolutionary war. And the said DepONENT fur- ther saith, That, In the latter part of the year seventeen hundred and seven- ty-six, the said Levi Chadwick enlisted in the Company commanded by Captain Moadiah Wade, which Company belonged to the fourth Regiment of New Jersey line, commanded by Colonel Ephraim Martin; and that the said Company was afterwards commanded by Captain Alexander Mitchell, and further, that the said Company was, in the year 1778, or 1779, trans- ferred to the first Regiment (of said line) commanded by Colonel Matthias Ogden, and that, about two years after said transfer, Captain John Holmes took command of said Company: And that all of which time the said Levi Chadwick was a private in said Company: and remained so until the said first Regiment was discharged, near Newburgh, on the North River, in the State of New York, in the year 1782, or 1783; And further this Deponent saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, at Oxford, March 9 th 1824.
Gabriel Hutchings
James M. Dorsey J.P.
I, James M. Dorsey, a justice of peace in and for the County of Butler, in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the above named Gabriel Hutch- ings is a man of respectable standing in society, and that his testimony under oath would be taken and is taken considered good in Courts of Justice, and in public estimation. Given under my hand and seal, the ninth day of March, in the year eighteen hundred & twenty-four.
James M. Dorsey J.P.

The State of Ohio Butler County ss I John Reily Clerk of the court of common pleas of the County aforesaid. certify that James M Donsey Esquire before whom the within deposition of Gabriel Hutchings was taken And Ezekiel M c Connell Esquire before whom the within stated deposition of Matthias Roll was taken were each at the time of the taking thereof Justices duly assigned to keep the peace in the said County of Butler
For testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal at Hamilton the tenth day of March One Thousand eight hundred and twenty four John Reily

State of Ohio Charlton County
24.987-
Deponent personally appeared before me Thomas Newman one of the acting Justices of the peace for said county. Oath of office who he swore according to Law deponent knew that he was a non commission officer in the company commanded by Capt John Holmes of the First Ohio Light Artillery commanded by Col. Matthew Glass that he the deponent served to the end of the Revolutionary War - and the deponent further states that Levi Chadwick (who is now present) was a private in the above company and Regiment and that he said Levi Chadwick served to the end of the War, and was discharged the same day with the deponent at Little Britton in the State of New York - The deponent further states that Levi Chadwick was a nephew of his and that he the deponent carried the discharge of said Levi Chadwick for some days, as he did others, on his way home, and

at battery with Levi Chadwick, he delivered him his discharge - The deponent adds that Levi Chadwick was a faithful soldier in duty and in officer - also adds that he has no knowledge that any officers or  sergeants are now living save Levi Chadwick.
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 11th day of Sept 1818 - Abel Johnson J.P.
And I certify from my knowledge of the contents of Amos Stickhouse, that full faith and credit may and ought to be afforded to the foregoing description, as the said Amos Stickhouse being a man of truth and veracity - Given under my hand this 4th day of August 1818 - Abel Johnson J.P.

State of Ohio Corhocton County ss-
I mean Johnston Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County hereby Certify that Thomas Johnson Esq: before whom the foregoing deposition was taken and whose name stands subscribed to the Certificate thereto attached as and was at the date thereof one of the Acting Justices of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified as such —
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the seal of said Court at Corhocton the 14 th day of September 1818 —
J. Johnston, Clerk

W Vernon O Sept 14
J. P. E.
Hon. J. C. Calhoun
War department Pension Office
Washington City, D. C.

Mr. Vernon Sept. 10. 1824
Sir,
I again forward to you the paper in the case of George Freeman, they have been returned because the declaration did not state his residence on the 8th March 1818. The Declaration on file in my Office was drawn by myself with the instruction of the Legal department before me; It was drawn agreeably to the instructions and also agreeably to your order  direction the Declaration on file being right. I have taken the liberty of correcting the declaration as you have it now in the enclosed. The error arose in a young man in my Office who copied the original declaration. So it is now as it was  should stand in the original, Mr. Freeman  John Welch is truly a very poor man and if any man deserves the benefit of the Law he does.
Yours Respectfully James Smith
How I. G. Colhoun