Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28676, James Cheesebrough, R.I.

Zebulon Cheesborough Octo 14 1853
33.060
New York - A
James Cheesborough deed
of in the State of
who was a Private in the commanded
by Captain Pendleton of the Regt commanded
by Noyes in the R.I.
line for Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Ending 17. March 1849.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Nov. 1852 and sent to G. C. Amos
Arrear to the 4th of Present Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
R. M. Rae Clerk,
Recorded by Book 152 Vol. 4 Page 14
✓

[Declaration of a Revolutionary Soldier who served in the MILITIA, to obtain a Pension under the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.]
State of New York, } On this 6 th day of December 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting at Buffalo, in said County, James  Chisholm a resident of Elma in the County of Erie and State of New York, aforesaid, aged 72 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That in the early part of the War he served for a considerable time at different periods as a fife while he was yet almost a boy and that in May 1777 (he thinks) he entered the service of the United States & joined a Company under the command of Capt. Joshua Pendleton at Walchottill in the Town of Westerlo County of not recollected in the State of Rhode Island in a Regiment commanded by Col. Norris. Thomas Norris was Lieut. Col. Joseph Pendleton was Major. Nathan Pendleton was Capt. & Ephraim Pendleton was Ensign. That after he so entered the Company he continued in actual service doing duty as a Guard & Patrol on the shore or Beach in Westerlo aforesaid until some time in August he thinks 1778 when he joined Capt. George Stittmans Company and under Col. Joseph Stittman (a part of the troops having been ordered to New York) and proceeded with said Company and Regiment to join in Sullivan's Expedition. This was after Brandywine Expedition. They proceeded on to New Port Island where they stationed at Princes Neck Point in a stone chimney stone House and staid there about one month and then upon Sullivan's retreat from the Island he returned to Westerlo aforesaid & again entered the Company & requiring he had first entered when in before stated and continued to do duty there as a Guard & Patrol until some time after the British left Rhode Island and he should think until some

1781 except that a part was sometimes detached to another place near there to stand guard at another place where danger was threatening. Was generally detached in such cases for one month and in such cases served under other officers than those before mentioned. That he was in month under Capt. Joseph Gant stationed at a house called White Hall on the edge of the Peapack. Can't recall the Officers he was under at other times when he was out. At the end of his service he was verbally dismissed by his Capt. Stittman.
That he was born the first day of January 1761 according to the best of his recollection information. Has no record of his age and knows of none. Was born in the Town of Westerly (Don't recollect the County) in the State of Rhode Island.
That according to his best recollection during his period of service as before stated he served not less than four years as a private soldier.
Was living at Westerly aforesaid when he entered the service and lived there after the War a number of years then removed to Hopkinton in the same State and stayed there five years or thereabouts and a great many times since has moved from place to place until about nine years ago when he moved to his present residence in the Town of Alden in the said County of Erie and State of New York where he now resides. Volunteered with the Service. That there were no regular troops sent with him at any time except during Sullivan's Expedition. At that time he saw at Newport the Black Regt under Col. Greenhead of Col. Oney's Regt but knows nothing about it. Don't now recollect so as to mention Continental or Militia Regt or Officers. That Elder Asa Pundick of Darien in the County of Genesee

the town adjoining Alden has lived in his neighborhood for a great number of years until about a year ago when he moved a few miles from him into Danvers aforesaid and is the only clergyman whose attendance he can procure to make the Certificate required by the War Department. And that the said Asa Pundick & Cabrian A. King a sister's husband who resides in his present neighborhood can testify to his character for truth & veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. And that he has no documentary or other Evidence to prove his services and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to prove his services except Joshua Clarke of Danvers in said County of Essex in the State of New York whose affidavit he expects to procure & annex to this his affidavit Declaration.
He hereby relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a Pension, or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State,
James Chase Croughan
Sworn and subscribed this 6th day of December 1832
Notary Public in and for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

James Cheesbrough 20317
We, Asa Durdick a Clugyman residing in the town of Darien and County of Genesee and Calvin W. King residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Cheesbrough who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be 71 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed and Sworn, this 5th day of December 1832 Noah P. Sprague Clerk of Genesee Common Pleas
Asa Durdick Calvin W. King
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Asa Durdick who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clugyman resident in the town of Darien and county of Genesee and that Calvin W. King who has signed the same, is a resident of the town of Alden and county of Erie and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Noah P. Sprague, Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of James Cheesbrough for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 5th day of December 1832
Joshua Clark of Darien in the County of Genesee being Subj Sworn Deposes and says that he was recently acquainted with James Cheesbrough of the Town of Westerly in the State of Rhode Island in time of the war of the Revolution and knows that the said Cheesbrough served in Capt Joshua Rendleton Comp under the Command of Colonel Joseph Vose of the Rhode Island Militia - thinks said Cheesbrough was in the Service at least one half of the time for four years and was with him a part of the time - Dependent says that his age is 73 - Joshua Clark Subscribed and Sworn before me at Alden Erie County June 7th 1833
William Langton Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am acquainted with the above named Joshua Clark who has subscribed to the foregoing & that he is of good character a credible person
William Langton Justice

State of New York
Erin County Clerk's Office ss: I Noah T. Sprague Clerk of the said County of Erin do hereby certify that William Dayton Affarbachin the within affidavit as deposited was sworn over and the day of the date thereof and still is a justice of the peace in and for the said county of Erin, duly elected sworn and authorized to act as such, and that I am acquainted with the handwriting and signature of said justice and that the signature of said justice to the jurat of said affidavit and also to the certificate following the same are both the genuine signatures of said justice:
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 5 th day of October in the year 1833.
Noah T. Sprague Clerk
James Cheetham Esq. Pension Paper

State of New York } County of Erie }
ss: James Cheseborough of Alden in the county of Erie on a further application for a pension for his services in the Army of the Revolution being duly sworn before Diser Ewell one of the Judges of said County says - That he he was born in the town of Westerly R.I. January 1 st 1762 - That his father's name also was James Cheseborough - That he resided in the town of Westerly during the period of the Revolutionary War - That his first service in the army was in the south part of Westerly near Watch Hill under Capt s Joshua Pendleton in Col s Joseph Noyes Reg t . - That they quartered at the house of Nathan Babcock and drew rations there while he was in the service service or while on duty at Watch Hill - was at at Newport one month when he was drafted to go - thinks it was in the month of August. Gen s Spencer commanded at that place - This place of rendezvous was at the four chimney house (so called) standing upon Brinton's Neck - Says that their duty principally while in the army was to guard the coast and prevent the British from landing and destroying property and taking off property - That their company guarded about four miles of coast from Watch Point east to Capt s John Gavit's station - That they kept up a guard constantly day and night at this place during the war - Says he received his pay of Capt s Pendleton at eight dollars per month - drew his pay several times in a year - This deponent further says that he cannot state the precise length of time that he served in the army - or that he was in actual service from the commence- ment of his service to the end of the war

Says he was enrolled as fife in Capt Pendleton's company a few months after the battle of Bunker Hill. That for the first two or three years thereafter the most of his service in the army was as fife and that for a time he was fife major. That for the last four years or more of the war he carried a musket when on duty in camp - (except at training or parade days he blowed on the fife) - That when not on duty in camp they were drilled twice a week during the whole war. The plan of parade was near Capt. Pendleton's house. Says that for the last four years or more of the war his company was on duty in camp more than one half of the whole time. That during the first part of this period he was on duty in camp generally half of a month but some times a whole month at a time - The latter part was mostly month tours. Says that the whole of his service in the army including his service on drills would amount to near five whole years - as he believes. Deponent further says - That he resided during the war about half a mile from Capt. Pendleton's house and about \frac{3}{4} of a mile from Watch Hill. That deponent's father was also in the army - belonged to a company of artillery that he died before the pension law was passed - - Says that George Dorton was then orderly sergeant and Ephraim Pendleton was ensign well recollects the names of most of the company - among others was Paul Babcock Moses Barber, Nathan Barber, Symeon Hall, David Babcock Jonathan Trask and many others which he could mention. Deponent has been informed that several of these had served

received pensions - some of whom did not seem as to much turn as this deponent - says he was 84 years old the first day this month (January) - That he was married the 29 th day of July 1784 and still lives with his first wife - That he removed from Westerly R.I. thence about the year 1794 to Brookfield Madison Co NY - and from there to Alden Erie Co when he now resides, 23 years ago in February last - That while he resided in Brookfield he applied for a pension which was refused on the ground that he was then in possession (though not real owner) of about 60 acres of land - That he applied again about 12 years since - that his declaration was then taken before the first judge of the court of Erie and is now as this deponent has been informed in the Pension office at Washington and to which this deponent now respectfully refers for further particulars of his service Deponent further says - that a daughter of Capt Pendleton (Mrs Lathrop) with whom he was well acquainted while she resided with her father - now resides in the town of Darien about 8 miles from this deponent and to whose affidavit he refers for proof of his services in the army - Deponent says that he has been informed that his last application was rejected on account of the discrepancy in the affidavits of one of his witnesses (Mr Joshua Clark) which was taken at different times - Deponent says that when the first affidavit was taken before Esquire King, in one of which he says that deponent served near five years in the army and in the other stating that he served two years and three months - Deponent says that in making the first affidavit which was taken before Esquire King, he thinks Mr Clark intended

to estimate the whole term truly that deponent served to the best of his recollection which he stated to be (as deponent thinks) about five years - That when the other affidavit was made which was taken before Edgar Dayton deponent had been advised that two years service was all that it was necessary to form - That this was talked over between deponent and Mr Clark at the time - That Mr Clark acting under the impression ment meant merely to say that deponent served as much at least as two years and three months without meaning to be understood or say that deponent served no more than that length of time - deponent says that he was well acquainted with the said Joshua Clark during the war that he belonged to Capt Stillmans Company Col Kruse Regt -
Deponent says - that they rendered much service to the U.S. during the war - well recollects at one time which the American privateer Harleian with a prize ship (Biddell) was coming into New London was driven ashore near Watch Point by the British ship Recovery which was defended and saved by their pistols - A British ship loaded with sugar and supplies for the army ran upon the Reef which they captured - and saved the cargo for the government - also a British Schooner loaded with provisions was driven ashore in a snow storm - and another ship was driven ashore near the same place about a year afterwards - and other like cases in all of which this deponent assisted - Deponent says that the whole term from the time deponent was enrolled as a private
* probably a new pronunciation

to the end of the war in which deponent was not in some way on duty - as the deponent thinks would not amount to much over one year. That during the war but little farming was done done in the vicinity where deponent resided by the men - much of the work performed the out door labour was performed by the women - and the deponent further says - that he is poor and has no other property than one cow and a few fowls. That neither himself nor wife is able to do much labour Sworn to and subscribed before me this 13 th day of January 1846. James Cheselborough Dexter Ewell Judge of the County Court
Erie County - ss. - William Dayton of Allen in said county being duly sworn says - That he was the Justice before whom the affidavit of Joshua Clark referred to in the above affidavit of James Cheselborough was taken in respect to length of time which said Cheselborough served in the revolutionary war - recollects something of the conversation that passed at that time and believes that the facts as stated by Mr Cheselborough in the above affi- davit relating to that conversation are true - Deponent further says - that he was well acquainted with the said Joshua Clark for some 12 years before his death - that he was of good reputation and unquestioned veracity Subscribed and sworn before me this 13 th day of January 1846 William Dayton Dexter Ewell one of the Judges of the County

We the undersigned do certify that we are and for several years have been well acquainted with James Chaseborough named in the foregoing affidavit - that he is a person of sound mind good reputa- tion and unqualified veracity.
Horace Stanley S.P.
William Dayton
E. H. Burr J.P. A. Kellogg Town Clerk John B. Howe Supervisor
James Barry Joseph Freeman Ex. Judge of Erie Co. Courts
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the persons signing the above certificate and I saw them sign the same and that they are all persons of first respectability and further that I am well acquainted with the said persons James Chasebro and fully concur in opinions
Affidavit given
Dexter Ewell One of the judges of Erie County
State of New York
Erie County Clerk's Office
§ I Mundy Cotton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Clerk of said County certify that Dexter Ewell whose name is subscribed to the proceeding affidavit of James Chaseborough was at the time of subscribing the same a Judge of Erie County Courts in and for said County duly appointed and sworn and acting as such. and further that I am acquainted with the handwriting of said Dexter Ewell and justly believe the signature to said affidavit to be his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said Court of Common Pleas of said County this 20 th day of June A.D. 1846 Mundy Cotton Clerk

20317
James Chesebrough Erie County, New York
Buffalo Cin 60 NY
Sept 20th 1833
with sent paper back as before
C. Jr.
O J susp 2
Col. Draper
Cap. Gervase
4 years
Fillmore & Hall
Buffalo New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
(May 23 1833)
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of James Cheselbrough Erie Co. N. York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     May 1777 4 15 Private Cap Penn Col. Thomas R.I. 71 Walch R. Island Traditionary   " Col. Joseph    
Only 4 years service
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Some proof of service required in Thomas's Regt. There is no such Regt. must be in Dec R. Newman

Washington Jan. 29. 1846
Sir, I enclose you the papers of James Chen =brought for a Pension. I hope they will be found, in connection with his other papers, sufficient to allow him some pension. He is represented to me by Isaac Jackson as extremely poor & needy - I am, very respectfully your abt' list Albert Smith.
Hon. J. L. Edwards } Comm. of Pensions }

Know all men by these presents that I James Duerbrugh of Alden in the county of Erie and State of New-York Administrator he of the of James Duerbrugh deceased late employed and by these presents do hereby bequeath C. Arms of the city of Washing- ton to obtain for me and the other children of James Duerbrugh deceased a Revolutionary pension to which said James Duerbrugh was entitled for Revolutionary Service rendered by him in the Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War.
Witness my hand and seal the 20 th day of August 1851 In presence of Salmon P. Chase
James Duerbrugh
State of New-York
Morning County ss. On this twenty day of August 1851 before me a Justice of the Peace for said county personally came James Duerbrugh to me known to be the same person described in & who executed the foregoing of attaining & Who as he acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the consideration that said James Duerbrugh bequeath to the said James Duerbrugh the sum of directly interest in the estate named in said form of attaining.
Libertus H. Conner Justice of the Peace

James Chesbrough Bauer of City
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I do hereby certify that Francis  Silvester  Grane  H. Grane Esquire before whom the within power of attorney was acknowledged and who has thereto officially subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a justice of the peace of the County of Wyoming in the State of New York duly com- missioned and sworn and authorized by Law to administer oaths and take affidavits and acknowledgments.
H. Putnam
Date M. C. NY-

New York
20.317
James Cheetham
Rev.
Suspended
for let to A. R. Wall
23 rd Nov r 1833 v
let to same Apr 8 '34 v
" to Hon. A. Smith Feb
3 rd 1846.
Set 4. C. Ames Dec 22/57.
Act 7 Jan '32

colinas

Col Miles will examine the papers in Cheesborough's case - just reading the synopsis prepared by Richard A a few nights since - & Report his opinion of the evidence to the K.
JEN

28 676 Rev INVALID.
File No. 28,676
James Cheesbrough Bi Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 10
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York James Cheesborough, a Not June 7, 1832,
Ad 15 mo private $ 50 per An.
Com March 4, 1831 end March 17, 1849, when he died—
Payable to
James Cheesborough, Adm in of himself, Isaac Cheesborough, Lucy Reynolds, Polly Jordan, John L Cheesborough, Zelator B. Cheesborough, Nathan Cheesborough, & Abigail Greene Greenman, & Isaac L. Cheesborough, and children, &c
G. L. Ames, Print

Rev:
New York
Suspended early Fri
letter 23 Nov: 33
M. K. Hall

Sept. 29, 1853.
Let in case of Jan. these brought acc.
William Lloyd 6 Bedford St. case off D. H. Baldwin, Buffalo, N. York.
Enclosed
RECEIVED

James Chesbrow applied from N.Y. Jan '32
I have had to do with this case from Adad Joy

Millgrove N.Y. Sept. 26 th 1853
Sir
My father James Cheesbrough was a revolutionary soldier and lived in Rhode Island in the time of that war A pension has been obtained for his service in 1852 and I wish to know to whom the same was paid at what rate per month it was allowed and what amount was paid - please address me to the care of C. H. Baldwin Buffalo N.Y.
I am your Obedt. Servt,
Hebaldon Cheesbrough
Com. of Pensions Washington D.C.

James E Heath Esq Sir,
Washington July 14. 1852
I enclose herewith Additional evidence in the Case of James Cheesbrough, N.Y. Act 7 June 1832.
In your Communication to me of the 22 d Decem. last. you "Admit that the Service performed under Capt Penitern and Davie of Col Stoyes' Regiment to be Military Service", but require, "record proof if any can be had, or if not the testimony of any persons who served with him" to show that Cheesbrough rendered service under them.
There is no record evidence of that service known to exist, but I present herewith the testimony of two pensioners who served with Cheesbrough which clearly meets the requisitions in your report above referred to. No further objection I hope will be made to the allowance of this Claim.
Very Respectfully Your obed Servt Geo H Ames

Washington Sept 5 1854 James E Beach Esq Sir
Enclosed you will please find Power of Attorney, and declaration of the Writs of James Cheetham who was an Applicant for a pension under the act of 7 June 1832. from N York I wish to have the privilege of examining the papers on file in support of his Claim
Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt Geo. B. Adams
The objection to the admission of this Cause has been removed, Capt Pendleton Grumman who had charge of the Garrison at Watch Hill has been permitted for this Service, by the Secretary of the Navy, - which clearly establishes its Military character as well as its duration Mr Coombs I think had the Cause continued it

Brief in the case of James Cheeseman , ad One _____ County and State of New York . act June 7, 1832.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Admitted for 15 mo service on Rhode Island coast guards. For this service see Rhode Island Records in my Room.
Also cases of Joshua Perdue, Conn. Dist 3 d ; also cases of Ichabod Babcock & William Noyes, Conn 1832, and Thomas Beckwith N York 3 d - and Wealthy Clark. (If for increase) New York. March 3 d 1843. -
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Geo. C. Ames, Present
Examining Clerk.
Casper Miles

State of New York } County of Greene } ss: S usannah Satterthwaite of Darien in said county being duly sworn says - That she was born in Winsted P.E.I. in which town she resided during the Revolutionary War - That she is the daughter of Capt. Joshua Pendleton. That her father was a capt. in the army and was most of the time in the service during the war - says she was well acquainted with James Chaseborough during the war - also knew his father. They resided about half a mile - not over \frac{3}{4} of a mile from her father's - Disputant lived about two miles from Watch Hill - says her father trained his company twice a week during the war when they were not on duty. Their training ground was near her father's house - James Chaseborough was a fife in the company. Thinks he was always present with the company when not on duty at Watch Hill - he belonged to her father's company and always understood that he was with the company when on duty - Disputant has heard read the annexed proceeding affidavit of the said James Chaseborough and fully believes the statements therein made are correct and true - believes this from her own recollection will recollect the incidents therein mentioned and could tell many more - recollects they brought 14 British prisoners to her father - they were captured in the taking of one of the British ships mentioned in her father's affidavit - The prisoners were put into her father's corn-house and a guard put around it, and her mother provided dinner for them - they were afterward exchanged at New York for some of our men who were prisoners - her cousin Benjamin Pendleton was one who was exchanged - Will recollect the burning of New London - saw the smoke - it was in the

afternoon - Recollects the day her father dis- -olved his company after the war closed. it was a joyous day, was a great number of spectators present. The company was disbanded in front of her father's house. Recollects after the com- pany was dissolved that James  Chase  Chase  Chase James Chaseborough came into the house and played on his fife. Recollects he stood upon the hearth and blowed so loud that it almost deafened her. says she cannot tell exactly how many years or months James Chaseborough served in the army during the war - all she can say is he belonged to her father's company and that they were all on duty a great portion of the time This is her recollection - was well acquainted with most or nearly all the persons men- tioned in the aff o of Mr Chaseborough. John Clark was her uncle. Cousin Pendleton was also her uncle - will know Nathan Babcock Jonathan North Lyman Hall Paul Babcock and David Babcock says that for the men belonging to the service had no great time during the war to devote to their own affairs - the old men and children and women done most of the out of door work Subscribed and sworn to Lady Lathrop this 22 nd day of January 1846 before me
James D. Fenkeman a judge of Genesee Co. Courts
Genesee County ss: William Saylor Gary Shaw, Thomas Nye, Scott Burns William Parrish, William Williams and George W. Wing being duly sworn do severally say that they are well acquainted with Mrs Lathrop above named that she is a person of respectability of sound memory and intellect - and that her statements are entitled to the fullest credit Wm. Lathrop Gary Shaw Thomas Nye

Lott Burge                      William Purish William Williams      George W. Hines
Subscribed and sworn to this 22 day of January 1846 before me James R. Jenkins } a judge of Genesee county courts }
And I certify that I am acquainted with the persons making the last preceding affidavit. and that they are persons of credit James R. Jenkins } a judge etc }

James Whipple
Wm Myles Count 32 cd?
Thos Beckwith My 32 cd?

State of Connecticut New London County ss
I, William Vose, of the Town of Ledyard in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn do depose and say that I lived in Westerly in the State of Rhode Island ever since I was 7 years old through the Revolutionary War till about 30 years ago -
I served nearly three years in the Revolutionary War in company John Gurney's Company in Colonel Vose's Regiment of Rhode Island Troops as a private and I served at Watch Hill and Vose's Creek Rhode Island - I was well acquainted with James Cluett who resided near by me in Westerly Rhode Island ever since I was 7 years old till after the close of said War; and some time after said War the said Cluett moved to Hopkinton Rhode Island and I was very intimately acquainted with him till he moved to Hopkinton after I first saw him - I first served in Sullivan's Expedition & I believe it was in 1778 and the said James Cluett served in the said Expedition but I do not know that he served there in Col. Vose's Regiment and the said Expedition continued 2 or 3 months and I think

3 months and I know that he served during all that expedition for I saw him nearly every day during that expedition - The said James Christensen served as a piper in Captain Joshua Pudlitzons Company in Colonel Moyes Regiment from the Spring of 1777 till August or September 1778 considerably more than a year and I know he rendered such service for I saw him serving in said Com- pany and Regiment as a piper therein at Watch Hill Rhode Island not more than two miles and a half from Watch Hill where I lived and I saw the said James Christensen as often as once in a week and once in 2 weeks and sometimes oftener during all the time that he served in said Company and Regiment at Watch Hill and I saw him being in said service and in said Company a great number of times and he told me frequently that he served at Watch Hill in said Capt Pudlitzons Company a year and three months and I know that I saw him serve as much as that time as piper as aforesaid -
I further say that after the said James Christensen closed his services aforesaid I served with him in guarding the sea shore at Watch Hill and Moyes Creek as much as two years and I saw him in actual service

almost every day and I believe he did not then serve as a piper but as a private; but he did not serve in the same company that I did but he served in the same Regiment that I did, that is in Colonel Moyes Regiment - I am very positive that he served in said Regiment and he served faithfully till the British left Rhodes Island which I believe was in 1781 and he was a very honest and upright man and a faithful soldier -
The said Colonel Moyes was once uncle to me and I have frequently heard him say that the said James Buchanan served as a piper in his Regiment fifteen months and that he was a faithful soldier
Subscribed and sworn to { William Moyes this 25 day of May 1852 before me Henry Pearson Justice of the Peace.
I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named William Moyes and that he is a man of good character, known respectability and reputable for truth and veracity and I place full confidence in his statement - Dated May 25 th 1852 -
Henry Pearson Justice of the Peace.

State of Connecticut New London County
Probate District of Warwick ss-
I, Enoch B. Chapman, Clerk of the Probate Court, District of Warwick in the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Henry P. Marion Esq. before whom the within and annexed Affidavit was made and taken and who has therunto officially subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the said County of New London duly commissioned and sworn and authorized by Law to administer oaths and take affidavits. and that his signature thereto is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court of Probate at Warwick this 26 th day of May A. D. 1852 -
Enoch B. Chapman. Clerk
Chesbrough

Grimsbee County ss -
Thomas Beckwith of the Town of Batavia in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he resided in the Town of Lyne in the State of Connecticut during the Revolutionary War and Disponent served in said War as follows - At Black Hall in Connecticut 4 months in Lieutenant Griswold's Company commencing in the month of September 1776 - He also served six months at New London Connecticut in Capt Lays Company in Colonel Thraps Regiment commencing in January in the year 1777 - Also he served in Captain Palmers Company 3 months in Colonel Ely's Regiment commencing in September 1777 and served most of the time in Rhode Island and the remainder of the time in the New London aforesaid and he was in Rhode Island at the time Burgoyne and his Army were captured and while Disponent was so serving in Rhode Island he was at Watch Hill a number of times and there and there Disponent saw James Cluskey in the service and the said Cluskey was there and there a fifer in Captain Riddletons Company and Disponent saw him there as such fifer about two months and Disponent learned

from him and others that he had then served as a piper in the said Captain Pendleton's company from the Spring before - which Deponent believed to be true -
Deponent further saith that the said James Clischbaum moved into the Town of Alden in Erie county more than twenty years ago and Deponent became well acquainted with him and he told Deponent that he served over a year as a piper in the said Captain Pendleton's company The said Clischbaum died a few years ago in Alden aforesaid as he has been informed -
Subscribed and sworn to this 6th day of December
Thomas Beckwith
(1851 inform me John Munro for Justice of the Peace and for the County of Genesee N.Y.)
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Thomas Beckwith and have been so acquainted with him for a number of years past past and that he is a man of high respectability and good character and is reputable for truth and veracity and retains his mental faculties perfectly well and his mem- ory is extremely good and I place full confidence in his statement
Butler Dec 6. 1851
John Munro

Clerks Office Genesee Co. N.Y. do hereby certify that John Munro Jr. Esquire before whom the preceding and annexed Affidavit was made and taken and who has thereunto officially subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a justice of the peace of the County of Genesee in the State of New York duly commissioned and sworn and authorized by law to administer oaths, and take affidavits.
And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said justice and that his signature to the foregoing the said Affidavit is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal this 7 th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty two -
Geo. H. Holden Dep. CLK of Genesee County New York

Payment to be made at Albany N.Y. by Thos W. Olcott Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of
Albany
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book F 2 Vol- ume 4, Page 14, by R. M. Kae Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7 th June 1832, James Cheeseborough deceased, who was a Private in the Revolutionary War, was entitled to a Pension of Eighty Dollars per annum, commencing 4. March 1831 & ending 17. March 1849, when he died
And, that the amount due is payable to James Cheeseborough, Administrator of the said James Cheeseborough dec d for the benefit of himself & others, as surviving children of said James Cheeseborough deceased, viz; Jabez Cheeseborough, Lucy Reynolds, Polly Jordan, John L. Cheeseborough, Enos L. Cheeseborough, Zebulon B. Cheeseborough, Nathan Cheeseborough & Abigail Greenman
Given at the Department of the Interior, this 22 d day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty= two.
Alex H. H. Stuart
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned. } S
Commissioner of Pensions.
Cancelled & another Certificate issued 1 Nov 1872

Brief in the case of James Cheetham decd. County and State of New York act 7 June 1832
Claim, ("original," or " for increase. ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Evidence of service - paid - pension -
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
G. C. Ames Present
Kirby
Examining Clerk.

N York James Cheeverborough private
Act 7 June 1832

James Cheeseborough - private - New York act 7 June 1832
In Dec 1832 James Cheeseborough applied for a pension. In his declaration he alleges that he entered the service in May 1777 in Capt Joshua Pendletons Co: in the regiment of Rhode Island Militia commanded by Col: Noyes, & served as a guard & patrol on the shore until August 1778. He then joined Capt George Stillmans Company & took part in Sullivans expedition, but does not state how long he was was so engaged. When this service ended, he again joined Pendletons Co: & served as a guard & patrol until the British left Rhode Island. [A large portion of the declaration is here torn off & the connection in the statement is destroyed] At the close of the declaration, the claimant alleges that he served one month under Capt Joseph Gavit at a house called White Hall.
The only evidence accompanying this declaration was the affidavit of Joshua Clark who states that Cheeseborough served in Pendletons Co: & thinks that he served at least two years. He (Clark) served part of the time with him. The deposition is vague & gives no particulars of service.
In reply to this application a letter was written from the to Mr Hall, Attorney, for the claimant, on the 28 th Novr 1833, stating that the declaration was objectionable because it did not set forth distinctly the various tours of service as required by the rules of the Office.
In Feb y 1834 an amended declaration was forwarded, setting forth the following service viz: That he was drafted in August 1779 & served one month in Capt Stillmans Comp y - that after after being discharged he immediately joined Capt Pendletons Co: in Col: Noyes regiment & served three months & was discharged - that he immediately joined Capt Gavit's Comp y , served one month & was discharged -

- that immediately afterwards, (he thinks in Feb 1780) he again entered Capt Pendletons Co: & served 2 years & 9 months . He further states that this service was military & during that time he was engaged in no civil pursuit.
Appended to this declaration is another affidavit of Joshua Clark  Pendleton , which states that Chesborough was in service two or three years, he (Clark) having served a considerable part of the time with him. He recollects being with him at Westerly in 1778.
{ N.B. Very great discrepancies exist in these two declarations. In the first, he alleges that he entered the service in May 1777 - In the second, that he entered the service in August 1779 . In the first declaration, he states his first service to have been in Captain Pendleton's Comp: . In the 2 d declaration, he states his first service to have been in Capt Stillmans Co: . There are other discrepancies which will be noticed by comparing the two declarations. }
To this amended declaration, a letter was sent to Mr Hall on the 8 th April 1834, stating that the consecutive service of 2 years & 9 months alleged to have been performed by Claimant was discredited by history - the tours of duty rarely exceeding one month.
In 1846 the claim was revived & a third declaration was forwarded. It alleges the following service.
That his first service was in Pendleton's Company - time not stated - That he served one month at Newport in August (year not given). The declarant goes on to say  state that he cannot state the precise length of time that he served in the army - that he was first enrolled as a piper in Pendleton's company a few months after the battle of Bunker Hill. That for the first two or three years, most of his service was

as Piper, but that for the last 4 years he carried a musket &c - thinks that the whole of his service including drills amounted to five years. The declarant does not give the particulars of service.
Appended to this declaration is an affidavit of Lucy Lathrop who knew James Chessborough in the revolutionary war. In general terms she confirms his statement that he was in service some time, but few or no important details are furnished.
In reply to this additional declaration a letter was addressed to Hon A Smith 3 Feb 1846 presenting the following objections to the claim. 1. That The 3 rd declaration differed from the other two. 2. Sufficient proof of service not furnished & the rules of the Office requiring the various tours of duty to be clearly set forth, not complied with . 3. The records of Rhode Island must be produced to shew that the officers under whom Chessborough alleges he served, were really in service.
The evidence required by this letter does not seem to have been furnished.
In 1851 the claim was again revived and a 4 th declaration was filed by the son & administrator of the James Chessborough. It presents no additional facts.
On the 22 Dec 1851, a letter was addressed to Mr Ames, Agent for admr, stating that the service in Punditons & Gaults was admitted to be military, but some proof must be furnished that Chessborough really performed the alleged service.
In 1852 Mr Ames files the depositions of

4 W m Noyes + Thomas Beckwith. The former states, that Chesborough served in Sullivan's expedition some 2 or 3 months - That he served as piper in Pendleton's company from the spring of 1777 to Aug: or September 1778 - That subsequently he + Chesborough served together in the same regiment as much as two years , guarding the sea shore &c. The latter testifies to Chesborough's services, but is not explicit in his statement as the other witness.
Upon this evidence the claim was allowed by the Examiner, though the pension certificate has not yet been signed by the Commissioner.
The evidence required called for by the letter of the 3 Feb 1846 to Hon A. Smith - to wit - details of the various tours of duty, + the production of some record proof from the State records Dept. of Rh: Island showing that the Officers under whom Chesborough alleges to have served, really served themselves, - does not seem to have been furnished. Nor does the Examiner in his letter of the 22 Dec 1851 admitting the service in Pendleton's + Gants Company, state to what service he refers. The service in these Companies is differently stated by the claimant in his different declarations.
The claim was allowed for 2 years service as private.
R. M.
13 Oct: 1852

Keokuk Returned
21 st March 1854.
J. S. Edwards Gov of Penns yl Washington D.C.

Buffalo March 14. 1839
Dear Sir
I am Enclosed an amended declaration of James H. throughout obvi- ating the objections last made to his claim which was suspended sometime last year
I think
Yours very Resp'y
N. K. Hall

Know all men by these presents that I, James Chesbrough of the Town of Elden in the County of Erie and State of New York do hereby constitute and appoint Morton Farnham and John B. Shinner Esq of the Town of Elden in the County of Wyoming my true and lawful Attorneys and Agents for me and in my name to present the claim for a Revo- lutionary Pension for me and the rest of the children of James Chesbrough late of the said Town of Elden deceased who died March 17 th 1849 at Elden aforesaid which Pension I and the said child- ren claim as the children of the said James Chesbrough deceased for revolutionary services rendered and performed by the said James Chesbrough deceased in his life time in the Revolutionary War And the said James Chesbrough deceased never did in his life time have or receive any Pension and I, the said James Chesbrough am the son of the said James Chesbrough deceased and am directly interested in the claim for such Pension
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 25 th day of July 1851 James Chesbrough

State of New York Wyoming County ss
On this twenty fifth day of July in the year 1857 personally appeared before me John B. Folsom a justice of the peace of the said County of Wyoming the within named James Cliseborough well known to me to be the person described in and who has executed the within power of attorney and acknowledged that he executed the same which I certify -
And I further certify that the said James Cliseborough made oath before me that he was and is directly interested in the claim for a Revolutionary pension set forth and mentioned in the within power of attorney -
John B. Folsom Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that the above named John B. Folsom before whom the above power of attorney was acknowledged and who has thereunto
subscribed his official name was at the time of so doing a justice of the of the peace of the County of Wyoming in the State of New York duly commissioned and sworn and authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgments
H. Putnam
Late M. C. My-

Revolutionary.
Rowa of Attorney from him of J. A. Chesborough
Suspended. New York SUSPENDED Act 1832
New York Filed 16 th May 1833 F. E. Massie Washington
W. Cole May 16/33

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or Heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.
STATE OF Ohio
COUNTY OF Cuyahoga
Be it known that before me Truman S. Wood a Justice of the Peace personally appeared Polly Jordan aged 62 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that she is the Daughter of James  Chesebrough who was a Revolutionary Soldier, or Pensioner of the State of Rhode Island and that he died on the twenty fourth day of March 18 49 and that her mother, named Mary Chesebrough died on the fifteenth day of February 18 80 and that they were married on the sixteenth day of September in the year 17 85 and that they were residents of the State of Rhode Island and that they resided there years, and that she resides in the State and County aforesaid and that her father the said soldier has before made application she thinks under act of 1818 but never received any pension
And that furthermore BY THESE PRESENTS, constitutes, appoints and fully empowers and authorizes irrevocably and with powers of substitution F. E. HASSLER, of Washington City, D- C.
Her true and lawful Attorney for Her and in Her name and stead, to examine into, prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the United States Government Officers Her rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land, that may be due Her as the Daughter of James Chesebrough who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law, custom, or equity She is or may be entitled, and for good and sufficient reasons do hereby revoke and countermand any and all other Powers of Attorney or other authority that may have been heretofore given by me. And that the said Attorney shall have one half for to the above mentioned services
IN WHITNESS WHEREOF she has on this twenty eighth day of January 185 3 hereunto signed her name and affixed her seal.
Witness: A. B. Brindick  Polly Jordan (L. S.) Witness: Chauncy Jordan
Sworn to, subscribed, and acknowledged, before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Polly Jordan to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
Truman S. Wood Justice of the Peace
STATE OF Ohio COUNTY OF Cuyahoga
It is hereby certified, That satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas that Polly Jordan the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney, is the Daughter of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify that, Truman S. Wood Esq., before whom the preceeding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this fifth day of February 185 3
J. H. Cleveland Clerk

Amended Declaration
State of New York
Onondaga Co.
I James Churchman of the Town of Albin in the said County of Erie being duly sworn depose & say that I am the same identical James Churchman who has heretofore made an application for a pension under the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832.
And this deponent further says that about the first day of August in the year 1779 he was drafted into the service of the United States at Westerly, Washington County Rhode Island (at least 50 or 60 miles from Providence) where he then resided - that he was drafted for one month to go on to the Island of New Port and went on to the island about 20 miles east of where he lived & there served as a private soldier one month in Capt. George Stillmans Company in Col. Joseph Noyes Regiment, in which one Stillman this deponent thinks was Major. That he cannot recollect any other officers names as the others were strangers to him until he went into the service - that while he was there doing this month's service the Fort at Groton Heights was taken & New London Burned - that there were other troops on the island among which one which were called Bay Forces - that Genl. Spencer was the General who had the command of the troops to which he belonged - that he was called Granny Spencer by the soldiers - That he believes General Sullivan was on the Island a part of the time he was there - that he served faithfully for the full period of one month & was then verbally dismissed by his Captain - that he was stationed near what was called Branton's Neck Point on the north side of the Island.
1 mo.
That he immediately returned to Westerly aforesaid & a few days after again entered the service of the United States under Capt. Joshua Punderson & was marched to & stationed at a place called "Dickerson's house" near watch Point in Col. Joseph Noyes Regiment - Joseph Punderson was Major in the Regt. and Nathaniel Punderson was Lieutenant in the Company & Ephraim Punderson was Ensign - that this deponent served under the same officers for the full period of three months as a private soldier in guarding & patrolling the Beach - that where they were stationed as aforesaid was about two miles from where he then resided - that they drew their provisions regularly from their commissary during the three months - this deponent thinks their commissary's name was Hull - No other regiments or troops were there at that time - that they had there at that time one mortar Powder & two sixes Powder - That at the end of his three months he was verbally dismissed by
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his Captain returned home -
That immediately after he again entered the service under Capt. Gantt at Noyes Beach in the Town of Westport - that Gantt's Company was also on the command of Col. Noyes - Noyes Beach where he was then stationed was about five miles from where he resided - that the Companies under the Command of Col. Noyes were stationed along the coast three or four miles apart & during this the last period of service deponent & his company were scattered along the Beach for three or four miles every night where they stood on guard during the day they used to patrol the shore & keep watch of the shipping - that the British vessels lay along the shore just out of gun shot very frequently and sometimes got a shot that he served under Capt. Gantt in doing this kind of duty for one month as a private soldier at the end of that time was verbally dismissed by his Capt.
That immediately after the threats in the month of February 1780 he again entered Capt. Dorrance's Perilous Company under the same Officers as before mentioned & in said Col. Noyes Regt. - that the Company was then stationed at Nathan's Battery house where were kept two nine pounders the most of the time but which were moved with his deponent's Company at any alarm - that he continued there under the same officers for at least two years & three months & during all the time aforesaid he drew his rations regularly & done duty every day - That during the time the British 74 Gun Ship Queen was very frequently & for a considerable time near the shore and once she drove the private Harlequin the prize on shore & manned out three Boats to board her but dropped into the deep water were so smartly on the booms as to compel them to return with the loss of most of their men - that some of the British vessels were sometimes run on to the reefs and ashore & he saw one of the American tenders blown up which on following an American vessel had struck on a rock & was held fast - That British vessels were sometimes seen on shore in a storm - That at the end of his service at this time he was verbally dismissed & went home - That during this term he was stationed about a mile or a

half from when he resided
And this Deponent further says that during all the time hereinbefore mentioned he drew regularly the rations of as soldier - that the service was strictly military service - and that he supposes & believes that the troops with which & as a part of which he served were called into service by competent authority and that during all the time aforesaid he was doing arduous & continual duty as a soldier & was not employed or engaged during any part of said time in in any civil pursuit -
Given & subscribed before me this 11 th day of February 1834 James Chase Co-Plaintiff At the Hall Court of Dedham Civil
I certify that the above named James Chase is a credible person as appears satisfactorily to me from the information of his neighbors to At the Hall Court of Dedham for me

Once County Is Joshua Clark of Salem in the County of Genesee — being duly Sworn Deposes and Says that he was well acquainted with James Chasebrough in the time of the Revolutionary war knowing to his being constantly in the service between two and three years & was with him considerable part of the time — was with him at Westerly in the year 1778 when the British shipping lay at that Place was knowing of his going to the Island of Newport the above mentioned services were all performed in the State of Rhode Island — — — Joshua Clark
Sworn and subscribed before me at Alden Erie County February 12th 1834
William Deyton Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named Joshua Clark is a credible person William Deyton

State of New York Erie County Clerk's Office I Noah P. Sprague Clerk of the County of Erie aforesaid and of the County Courts thereof do hereby certify that Na- than K. Hall before whom the foregoing affidavits of James Brunsberg was sworn to whose signature appears to the genuineness of such affidavits. Both certificates following the same, was on the day of the date thereof a Commission of Deputies for the said County duly appointed & known and acting as such and that the said signatures to said final certifi- cate are the genuine signatures of the said William Dayton  James Brunsberg And I further certify that William Dayton whose name is subscribed to the genuineness of the within affidavits of Joshua Clark and to the certificate following the same was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in the said County & that each of said signatures are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & official seal this 14th day of March A.D. 1834 Noah P. Sprague Clerk

State of New York } County of Erie } ss-
On this 28 th
day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and fifty One personally appeared before me C. T. Shattock a justice of the peace of the said County of Erie James Churchbrough a Resident of the Town of Elden in the said County of Erie aged sixty three years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, and all other Acts of Congress granting pensions to officers and soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War and to their Widows and children -
That he, the declarant is the son and Administrator of James Churchbrough, late of the said Town of Elden deceased - That the said James Churchbrough served in the said Revolutionary War as follows as he was informed by the said James Churchbrough deceased in his life time and verily believes to be true and therefore the declarant states the said services upon such information and belief -
That the said James Churchbrough deceased served as a fifer in said War for the term of more than one year in Captain Juditons Company in the

State of Rhode Island but under what Colonel or in what Regi- ment he does not know but he believes the said James Churchbrough deceased called his name Colonel Noyes or Colonel Norris who com- manded the Regiment - he the de- clarant does not know when he served but believes it was in the fore part of said War -
That the said James Churchbrough deceased served in Sullivan's Expedition Expedition; but how long he does not remember nor in what Company or Regiment he served -
That the said James Churchbrough served as a private or fifer two years or more in Rhode Island till the British left Rhode Island but in what Company or Regiment the Declarant does not know -
The Declarant can not state the services of the said James Churchbrough deceased in the said War with any more accuracy than above herein set forth as he has told them on the information and belief aforesaid -
The Declarant further states that the said James Churchbrough lived in the State of Rhode Island when he performed said services and during the War of the Revolution -
He further declares that the said James Churchbrough deceased while he was a Resident of the Town of Brook- field in the County of Middlesex and

State of New York made an application for a Revolutionary Pension under the Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818 and failed for the reason that he did not prove that he served at any one time Nine Months in the Continental Line and in support of that claim he had the affidavits of two or three witnesses who served with the said James Churchbaugh deceased which witnesses are all dead -
The declarant makes the above statement on information & belief -
The declarant further states that the said James Churchbaugh deceased when he resided in the said Town of Elden made another application for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 and failed for some reason unknown to him, the declarant -
The declarant further states that he believes that the Evidence on file in the Pension Office in the two applications is ample and sufficient to establish the service of the said James Churchbaugh deceased in the said War to be more than two years
The declarant further states that the said James Churchbaugh deceased, the aforesaid soldier died in the said Town of Elden in the County of Erie and State of New York on the seventeenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine

and in his life time he did not receive any pension nor was his name on the pension roll of any agency in any state and when he so died he left a widow whose name was Nancy Churchrough and she died in the said Town of Holden on the Eleventh day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty -
The Declarant further states that the said Widow of the said James Churchrough deceased never did in her life time receive any pension in right or as the widow of the said James Churchrough deceased, nor any money belonging to the said James Churchrough deceased in his life time for said services or any part thereof - Nor did she in her life time make any application therefor - The Declarant further states that the said James Churchrough deceased, when he so died left him surviving Nine children who are now all living whose names are Jacob Churchrough - James Churchrough Lucy Reynolds - Polly Gardner - John L. Churchrough - Enas L. Churchrough - Zebulon B. Churchrough - Nathan Churchrough and Abigail Greenman who are all over the age of twenty one years -
The Declarant further states that he makes this declaration as such Administrator as aforesaid to obtain a Revolutionary pension for the Revolutionary services of the said James Churchrough rendered and performed by him in the Revolutionary War -
James Churchrough
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and in the year first aforesaid
C. T. Shattuck Justice of the Peace.

State of New York } County of Erie } ss.
I, Peter M. Vanbrugh Surrogate of the said County of Erie do hereby certify that the above named James Blackbrough is Administrator duly commissioned and sworn of James Blackbrough deceased who is named, mentioned and described in the declaration herunto annexed - And I further certify that satisfactory Evidence has been exhibited to me that the said James Blackbrough deceased was a Resident of the said County of Erie in the State of

New York and died in the Town of Hoback in the County of Erie and State aforesaid on the seventeenth day of March in the year of Our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty Nine - that he left children him surviving Nine in number who are now living whose names are James Chesbrough - James Ches- brough - Lucy Reynolds - Polly Jordan  for John L. Chesbrough - Mary L. Chesbrough Zebulon B. Chesbrough Nathaniel Chesbrough and Abigail Grunman who are all over the age of 21 years -
Further certify that the said James Chesbrough deceased when he so died left a widow him surviving whose name was Nancy Chesbrough and she died in the New York  said Town of Hoback in said County of Erie on the Eleventh day of February in the year of Our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 28 th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty One - P.M. Tabor Notary Public

State of New York } County of Erie } ss
I, Wells Brooks clerk of said County and also clerk of the County Court of the said County of Erie do hereby certify that C. T. Shattock before whom the affidavit or declaration herunto annexed of James Chasebrangh was made and taken was at the time of so doing a justice of the peace of the said County of Erie residing therein, and duly commissioned and sworn and authorized by Law to administer oaths and take affida- vits and acknowledgements, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said justice and verily believe his signature thereunder written to be genuine and in his own proper hand writing And I further certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to the said Court that James Chasebrangh aforesaid named, mentioned and described in the annexed Declaration or Affidavit was a Resident of the said County of Erie and died in the Town of Alden in the County of Erie and State of New York on the seventeenth day of March in the year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and forty nine - That he left nine children him surviving who are now living whose names are James Chasebrangh - James Chasebrangh - Lucy Reynolds - Polly Gardner  Gardner - John L. Chasebrangh - Elias L. Chasebrangh Gileson B. Chasebrangh, Nathan Chasebrangh

and Abigail Greenman who are all over the age of twenty one years -
I further certify that the said James Clusbrough deceased when he so did left a widow him surviving whose name was Nancy Clusbrough and she died in the said Town of New- stead at on the Eleventh day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty -
And I further certify that Peter M. Vasburgh is surrogate of the said County of Erie and that his signature subscribed to the annexed certificate
is genuine & in his own handwriting -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 15 th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty one -
Wells Brooks Clerk for Hon Andrew D. Clark