Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38606, Edward Chapman, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Chapman, Edward
S. 38606
CONTENTS
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Connecticut Roll.
4,804
Edward Chapman, Capt Darrow
Private 4 Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 26. of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th of Dec r 1818, and delivered to the Hon. W. Gilbert, M. H. R. U. S.
  Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 . . . . .  $ 26. 60    Semi-ann. all ce ending Mar. 4. 1819 . . . .  48. "    ann d 3 m s 6/31  $ 74. 60    4/30.  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
3 years July 82
Continued
Pensioners sent to Thomas Chester 13 Oct 1819 Hartford Conn

38 606
Rev INVALID.
File No. 38,606
Edward Chapman Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 88
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Edward Chapmans
Declaration
not on Roll
Edward Chapman
Private
Col. S. Sherman's R.
Connecticut line
enlisted in April
or May 1781.
Discharged July
1782
Date of Declaration
May 26. 1818
not on Roll

Edward Chapman of Farmington in the State of Connecticut a resident Citizen of the United States, Testifies & declares on oath, that in April or May 1781 he enlisted as a private Soldier in the Continental Army for the term of three years and was in May June of the same year assigned to the Company commanded by Captain David Dorrance, in the 5 th Regiment commanded by Col l Isaac Sherman, & in the 2 nd Brigade of the Connecticut line of the Continental Army and so Brigade was commanded by Gen l Jed. Huntington That he served as a butcher for the army in the Commissary Department under command untill June A. D. 1782, when he was taken with the small pox the natural way & being sick, he hired Abraham Whitticar to take his place & serve out the term of three years for which he enlisted; & so Whitticar was accepted & served out in his room  the remainder of the term till the close of the revolutionary war; and in July A. D. 1782 he the sd Chapman was regularly & honourably discharged at the Highlands in the State of New York, but his sd Discharge is by time & accident lost & is not to his knowledge now in existence. He is now 66 years of age & infirm and reduced in his circumstances in life and is in need of the assistance.

of his Country for support Hebron May 26 th A.D. 1818
Edward Chapman
Tolland County ss Hebron May 26 th 1818 then personally came before me the Presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid, the above named Edward Chapman, & made solemn oath to the truth of the preceding Declaration by him subscribed Sworn before me Sylvester Gilbert Judge of County Ct
State of Connecticut ss County of Tolland May 26 th A.D. 1818
I Sylvester Gilbert Presiding Judge of the County Court within & for the County aforesaid, do certif- fy, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Edward Chapman did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding Declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony had and taken before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the act of Congress in this behalf made & provided Sylvester Gilbert Judge as aforesaid

State of Connecticut ss' Hebron, County of Tolland ~ May 25 th 1818
Personally appeared Zechariah Nollo of Hebron aforesaid and being duly sworn testifies & says that he was a Soldier in the Continen- tal Army in the years 1701 & 1702 being enlisted during the war, and that he saw & knew the aforesaid Chapman to be a soldier in the Company & Regim t & that he served faith- fully in manner & form as he has stated in his preceding Declaration & that sd Edward Chap- man served in the army more than one year as stated in his sd Declaration at one term, and he was honorably discharged after he had hired a man in his room and he is a very poor man & destitute of property & needs the assistance of his Country for support taken & sworn before me
Sylvester Gilbert Judge of County Court
I certify that the above named Zechariah Nollo is well known to me & that he is a man of unquesti- -able veracity, and the sd Edward Chapman is reduced in his circumstances in life & needs the assistance of his Country for support Sylvester Gilbert Judge as aforesaid

Edward Chapman
1864
March 1819
C

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of HARTFORD,
ss. Special County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, holden by order of the Chief Judge of said Court, on the first Tuesday of August, 1820.
ON this 1st day of August, 1820, personally appeared in open Court, the same Court being a Court of record for said County, having the power of fine and imprisonment, Edward Chapman aged (60) years, resident in Hartington in the County of Hartford, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows:
I enlisted under Capt David Parsons Company Col Isaac Sherman regt in Genl Jedediah Huntington's brigade for three years & served the 3 years & was then honorably discharged - my original disch n is May the 6 th 1810 & the number of my former pension certificate is 4064
"And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day 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 so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person 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 hereto annexed, and by me subscribed."
   Schedule of my property in I have saved out of my former pension     1 note of $30.00 good money set out one note of $20   1 old " 67 63 do one do 20   1 old " 30 do one do 50   1 old " 10 do   1 old " 12 not good do do   149 63/100   91 75   $241.30   1 scythe & tackle 1.   1 live - - - - - 0.25 cts   1 ax 50   $91.75  
my occupation is a day laborer on the farm but am most entirely unable to labor having almost lost my eyesight & am quite deaf I am also troubled with a bad rapture & often quite lame & am now unable to support myself my former earnings being about all expended no family but myself & have no place of residence but among those whom I have formerly labored for - sometimes with one & some times with another
his Edward Chapman mark

Sworn to and declared by Edward Chapman on the 1 st day of August, 1820, before said Court, and it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
two hundred forty one dollars and thirty eight cents. excepting 22 dollars thereof in notes not good.
I, Thomas Chester
Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hartford aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of said Court. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 21 st day of August 1820
Th. Chester
Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Hartford.