Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,927, James Chandler, N.C. Born In Va.

SERVICE
Nb.
Chandler, James
NUMBER
S.30927
Born in Va.
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7477 Kentucky
James Chandler
of Owen Co in the State of Kentucky who was a Supt Hqr in the company commanded by Captain William of the Pa. L. commanded by Col. Clark in the Va. 6 une for 21 mo 21 days 3 " " "
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 115 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of April 1833 and to with James Sarah Overton
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 230.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept
57.50 $287.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk Book E Vol. 7 Page 5

State of Kentucky § County of Owen § Set.
On this 7 th day of Jan y 1833 person- ally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Owen County Court now sitting James Chandler a resident of said County and State aged 17 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the fol- lowing declarations in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following names officers and served as herein stated that he enlisted into the service of the United States as a private volunteer soldier in the company of Capt John Hall the lieutenant whereof was James Perry upon a tour of three months and was im- mediately appointed orderly sergeant of said company and served as such during the whole of said tour. That he entered the service upon said tour in the month of February 1796 as well as he now recollects and recognized with his company at the Courthouse in Randolph County North Carolina of which County and State he was at the time a resident. That he was marched with his said company from their said place of rendezvous towards Cross Creek where the Tories were collecting in a large body under one McDuffie and they joined General Moore at a

called Rock Fish Bridge on Cropp Creek and were there placed under the command of Col. Alexander Mayhew. He states that soon after he joined General Moore the Tories retreated and the troops under Genl. Moore engaged in the pursuit of them but did not overtake them - they were however met on Moore's Creek by some American troops and totally defeated. He states that soon after the pursuit of the Tories as above mentioned was abandoned he was marched with his Company to Cape Fear River near its mouth and there remained watching the movements of the British Vessels in that river & protect- -ing the country from the depredations of having sent from there till the expiration of his said term of duty and having fully and faithfully served out the same he was discharged by his officers and return- -ed to his home in Randolph County North Carolina.
He further states and declares that being a resident of the same County and State and there being a great opposition amongst the Tories on Deep and Hawn Rivers to embrace themselves he again volunteered upon a term of three months and entered the service accordingly in the month of Septem- -ber 1776 in a Company commanded by Capt. William Beatty. Lieutenant John Delany that he was immediately appointed orderly sergeant of his said Company and served as such during his said term. That he rendezvoused with his said Company at the house of Capt. Beatty and marched from thence directly to the settlements on Deep River and upon the route they were joined by Col. Cleveland who took the command of them that from the settlements on

Keep run they were marched to there on the Hare river and that as they traversed the country the Tories dispersed - from the settlements on the Hare river they marched to the Catawba and from thence to the Yadkin. He states that he was kept engaged in this kind of service moving from one point to another in order to keep them where he was discharged having fully served out the time and returned to his home in the said County of Randolph North Carolina -
He further states and declares that he mustered into the service of the United States as a drafted Militia man and private soldier upon a tour of three months upon a tour of three months in the Company of Capt. Isaac Williams in the month of October 1777 - that he rendezvoused with his said company at the Courthouse in the County of Moore and was attached to a regiment under the command of Col. Clarke that he was marched from thence to Cape Fear river to repel the depredations of some British vessels that he was kept in that quarter of the country for sometime and was one of a party which was dispatched under Capt. Williams against a body of Tories on the Yadkin - that his party came upon them near the forks of that river and after a slight skirmish in which four of the Tories were killed and two of them taken prisoners they were dispersed - He states that he continued in the service till the expiration of his said tour of duty and hav-

ing fully and faithfully served out the time he was discharged and returned to his home in Randolph County.
He further states and declares that in the month of Oct November 1778 he again entered into the service of the United States as a private volunteer soldier upon a six months tour in the company of Capt. John Hall - Lieutenants Williams Pyle that he was immediately appointed an orderly sergeant in said company and served as such during the whole of his said tour - that he rema- -voused with his said company at the Court house in Randolph County together with various other companies and that he was attached to the command of Col. Brann and General Rutherford's brigade and he was marched to Charleston in South Carolina - upon their route they were joined by General Hgh with a stout body of militia - that General Lincoln had the command of the forces at Charleston and about the 1 st of January 1779 the army was marched by Genl. Lincoln from Charleston towards the Savannah River and General Lincoln made his head quarters at Purysburg where they were joined by the remnant of the troops that had been defeated under General Howe
The Army remained stationary for some time - He states that the British Army under General Prevost was on the opposite side of the river - That after sometime the main Army was marched up the Savannah and crossed it and went into Georgia and afterwards returned and followed the British

Army which had crossed the river into South Carolina - that they followed the British through South Carolina to within about 30 miles of Charleston - that while the British Army was stationed in that quar- ter an attack was was made by General Lin- coln on them at Stone Ferry and the Ame- ricans were repulsed - He states that he was personally engaged in this affair and that soon afterwards his term of service expired and he was discharged having faithfully served out the same and return- ed to his home in Randolph County
He further states and declares that soon after his return from the war last mentioned he joined as a volunteer com- pany of minute men under the com- mand of Capt. Garry and served therein as occasion required till about the first of Sept. 1780 - that he volunteered in said company as a private soldier he thinks in June 1779 and that he was fre- quently called upon to act with said com- pany in quelling the disturbances in the country and keeping down the Tories - that they were almost constantly upon the alert and engaged in services of this kind till about the first of Sept. 1780 -
He further states and declares that in Sept. 1780 as well as he remembers he again entered the service of the United States as a private soldier and Militia man upon a tour of three months in the company of Capt. Isaac Williams and was immediately appointed ordery sergeant of said company and served as such during said tour - that

he was was attached to a regiment under Col Campbell - that he joined General Gates at Kingsborough in South Carolina - that the State was then invaded by Cornwallis who soon afterwards retreated and the American Army advanced and took possession of Charlotte where it remained for sometime and General Greene arrived and took the command of the Army instead of General Gates - that soon after the arrival of General Greene this declarant's term of service expired and he was discharged and he returned home to Randolph County.
He further states and declares that he again mustered into the service of the United States as a private volunteer soldier upon a term of six months about the first of April 1781 in the company of Capt Jesse Baze - Lieutenants Isaiah Ray - that he rendezvoused with his company at the house of Capt Baze who lived in the same county with this declarant and they marched immediately to the camp of Genl Greene on Deep River - that he was immediately upon his entering upon this term appointed orderly sergeant of his company and served as such during his said term and that upon their joining General Greene they were attached to the command of Col Read - that soon after the army was marched from Deep River into South Carolina near Camden and they remained in the vicinity of that place for sometime cutting off the supplies of the British garrison at that place - that at last the battle at Hobkirk's Hill was fought near to Camden in which the Americans were worsted and they retreated for some miles - He states that he continued with the main army for some days afterwards

and was then one of a detachment which was sent out for the purpose of assisting in suppressing the Tories who abounded in that State and he did not join the main Army again till after the battle of Eutaw and sometime after that occurrence his term of service expired and he was discharged on the Santee river having fully and faithfully served out his said term.
He states and declares that from his advanced age he cannot swear positively as to the particular times of all of his said services that his memory has greatly failed him and he finds it difficult for him to recollect the names of his commanding officers and the names of many of those who served with the troops where he did but from his best recollection he served at the times and in the manner above stated that he served at the least eighteen months as a volunteer - six months as a Militia Man and six months in active service as a minute man - that he served not less than twenty one months of the time as orderly sergeant of his company and the residue of said time he served as a private soldier - He states that he has no documentary evidence whatever of his said services nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure to prove his said services or any part of them except his sister Sarah Duncaneay by whom he can prove his absence from home and his return.
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year afore said.
Isaac Chandler

Interrogatory put by the court to the above applicant
1 st Where and in what year were you born? Answer I was born in the County of Pendleton and State of Virginia on the 10 th day of August 1755 according to my information.
2 nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Answer I have a record of my age at home in my bible.
3 rd Where were you living when called into the service, where have you lived since the revolution, -any war and where do you now live
Answer I lived in the County of Randolph and State of North Carolina when I entered the service upon each of my tours of duty and after the revolutionary war I remained in said County till the Spring of the year 1795 when I moved to the State of Kentucky and settled in Clarke County where I continued to live till the fall of the year 1812 and then moved to the County of Gallatin now Owsley where I have continued to live ever since.
4 th How were you called into the service, were you drafted did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom?
Answer In four of the tours that I performed I was a volunteer in the others I was a drafted militia man. In the services I performed as a minute man I was also a volunteer.
5 th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general acquaintance of your service.
Answer I recollect to have seen Genl Morgan Greene, Lincoln, Galey, Hough, Col. Lee, Washington.

officers all of whom I believe were regular of- ficers and served with the troops when I served I recollect to have seen also Genl Moore, Asg Rutherford, Davidson and Stephens and Col. Woods, Maybank, Clarke, Brann, Legare, Cam- -bell, White, Cleveland and Beall who I think were militia officers - Upon my first tour I joined Genl Moore at Rock fish Bridge and after the retreat and defeat at Moores Creek Bridge of the tory Genl McDonald I was marched to Cape Fear river near its mouth and there remained till the expiration of my tour which was for three months - in this tour I was a vol- -unteer - In my second tour I was also a vol- -unteer and served three months, having engaged to do so, in keeping down the tories in South Carolina - in this tour I also served as orderly sergeant of my company - Upon my third tour I was stationed upon Cape Fear river and was one of a detachment sent upon the Yadkin against the tories and the folks of that river we had a skirmish with them - Upon my fourth tour which was for six months I again acted as orderly sergeant of my company and we marched first to Charleston in South Carolina and then to the Savannah river then into Georgia and back to the neighbourhood of Charleston and we had a battle at the ferry across Oconee river - In that battle I was personally en- -gaged - After my return home from this tour I volunteered in a company of minute men and continued pretty actively employed with it till the fall 1780 - I think I must have been in actual active service in this company not less than six months - About 1 st of Sept. 1780 I enter- -ed upon another tour of three months and again acted as orderly sergeant of my com- -pany and joined General Gates at Hobkirk's -ridge and remained with the army till the expiration of my tour - The next tour I

performed was one of six months and in this I acted as the orderly sergeant of my company. We joined General Greene at his camp on Deep river and we were marched to South Carolina. During this tour the battle of Hob-kirks hill was fought in which I was personally engaged.
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer I do not believe that I ever received more than one discharge in writing which was signed by my officers and which I have since lost.
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution.
Answer I will name Simon Wiley and John Abbott as persons who live in my neighbourhood and who are well acquainted with me.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
his Jas. L. Chandler mark
We Simon Wiley a clergyman residing in the county of Owen and State of Kentucky and John Abbott residing in the same county and State hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Chandler who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 77 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
S. Wiley John Abbott

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 Samuel Wiley who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Owen and State of Kentucky and that John Abbott who has also signed the same is a resident of the same county and State and is a credible person and their statement is entitled to credit
Wilson B Gail Spoc Jas H Sale Spol J. McVay J.P.
I John C Bacon clerk of the court for the county of Owen  do  to of Owen in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of James Chan for a pension and that the same is of my office
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 7th day of January 1833
J C Bacon c.o.c.

22 Sept
James Charles Owen K
From 1776 private to sergeant 2 years. Sergt. 1.9 mo. - $105. - Private 3 mo. 10 $115. -
Williams Clark N.C.
James Lacey Owensboro Ky

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjoined 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, showing the Service of James Chandler Owen Co. K.
   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.     Vol. July '76. 3 Sergt. Capt Hall Col. Robinson none N. C. 77 Trady's Hospital   " Sept. 76. 3 " Capt Brant Col. Clinton " - " - " -   Disch'd Oct. 77 3 Private Capt Williams Col. Clarke " - " - " -   Nov. '78 1 Sergt. Capt Hall Col. Brannon Horns " H.R. " -   Vol. Jan. 79 14 Private Capt Jones as Col. "   15 Sept. '80 3 Sergt. Capt Williams Col. Campbell "   Vol. Sept. '80 1 Sergt. Capt Brant Col. Reed " S.C.   " Apr. '81  
"He served at least 18 months as volunteer - Six months as a mounted man - Six months as an mounted man. (not less than 21 months as Sergeant.)"
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 , 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 [j] 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.
W. L. Putnam Ex. Clk

November 17, 1933.
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BA-J/ady
James Chandler S. 30927
and
John Chandler S. 30925
Mrs. Helen Luck Chandler 5311 Irvington Place Los Angeles, California
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of James Chandler and John Chandler, Revolutionary War pensioners.
Their records are furnished you herewith as found in the respective claims for pension based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
James Chandler S. 30927
James Chandler was born August 10, 1755 in Pendleton County, Virginia. No reference is made to his parents.
While a resident of Randolph County, North Carolina, he enlisted in February 1776 and served three months as private and sergeant in Captain John Hall's Company, Colonel Alexander Maybon's North Carolina Regiment. He enlisted in September 1776 and served three months as sergeant in Captain William Beatty's Company, Colonel Cleveland's North Carolina Regiment. He enlisted in October 1777 and served three months as private in Captain Isaac Williams' Company, Colonel Clark's North Carolina Regiment and was in a skirmish near the forks of the Yadkin River. He enlisted in 1778, served six months as private and sergeant in Captain John Hall's Company, Colonel Branin's North Carolina Regiment and was in the battle of Stono Ferry. He enlisted in June 1779, served at various times, about six months in all, and to about the first of September 1780 as private in Captain James' North Carolina Company. He enlisted about the first of September 1780 and served three months as private and sergeant in Captain Isaac Williams' Company, Colonel Campbell's North Carolina Regiment. He enlisted about the first of April 1781, served six months

as private and sergeant in Captain Jesse Basey's Company, Colonel Read's North Carolina Regiment and was in the battle of Hobkirk Hill.
In the spring of 1795 soldier moved from Randolph County, North Carolina, to Clark County, Kentucky, and in the fall of 1812 he moved to Gallatin County, (later Owen County) Kentucky.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 7, 1833 while a resident of Owen County, Kentucky.
Soldier's sister, Sarah Dunaway, born in 1765, place not stated, was living in Owen County, Kentucky, in 1833.
John Chandler S.30925
John Chandler was born in February 1764 in Halifax County, Virginia. No reference is made to his parents.
He enlisted in 1781 and served six months as private in Captain Daniel Shaw's Company, Colonel Washington's Virginia Regiment. A few months after he returned home he enlisted and served six months under the same officers. He then raised a company and went out after some Tories, captured one and delivered him to Colonel James Lyon and received a certificate for such service from said Colonel.
He moved from Halifax, Virginia, to North Carolina, where he lived about nine years, then moved to Russell County, Virginia, lived there about nine years, thence to Clay County, Kentucky.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 23, 1833 while a resident of Clay County, Kentucky.
He died March 4, 1842 leaving a child. Name of child and name of soldier's wife not given and no other family data on file.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
Date of death not on file.
Copied from M.M.H.P. hist. Feb. 14 1928.

Samuel Chandler
22924

The Secretary of War will please to write to me at Benton Arrow County Wis. the result of this ap- plication. I do not live there but it is the nearest post office.
James Lacey
James Chandler
22924

Los Angeles, Calif. 6 Nov. 1933.
Mr. H. H. Miller, Administrator, Veterans Administration, Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
Please furnish me with all the information contained in the pension papers of Jno. Chandler , who received a revolutionary War pension while residing in the county of Clay, State of Kentucky.
His pension began 4 March 1831
(over)

at which time he was 69 yrs. old.
Also information contained in the pension papers of James Chandler, Pr. and Ser. N. C. line, who received a revolutionary War pension while residing in Owen County, State of Kentucky. His pension began 4 March 1831 at which time he was 78 yrs. old.
Thanking you in advance for your consideration of the above, I am most sincerely yours
Mrs. Helen Luck Chandler, 5311 Irvington Place, Los Angeles, Calif.

30 927 Rev INVALID.
1933 Nov. 17 Hist. Soc. Mrs. Helen Luck Chandler
File No. 30, 927
James Chandler Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7 32
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 71
[Arrangement of 1870.]

The affidavit of Sarah Dunaway taken at her place of residence in Owen County on the 5 th day of January 1833 to be laid before the green- -ing of the war department of the United States in behalf of James Chandler who is about making an application to be placed on the pension roll of the United States as a revolutionary soldier.
She states that she is a sister of the said Jas. Chandler and about ten years younger than he is that she was born in the year 1765 and was very young when the revolutionary war commenced - that she believes her said brother to be 77 years of age - that she recollects very distinctly of his being often absent from home and staying sometimes a great while during the war and of its being understood in the family that he was out in the Army - she has helped to make his clothes for him when it was understood by all the family that he was about going to the Army - and when he had returned she recollects of his telling all the family about his services and his hardships - she states that she cannot pretend to say how often he was absent in this manner but that it appears to her that he did not spend much of his time at home during the war and that the family used to get a great deal of trouble about his absence.
Sarah her Dunaway mark
Also the affidavit of James Hughes and Alfred Day taken at the same time and place and for the same purpose - These affiants state that they are well acquainted with the abovenamed James Chandler and have known him for many years past - that he is a man of good reputation and we believe him to be 77 years of age that he has lived in Owen County for many years and he is believed by his neighbors and acquaintances to have been a faithful soldier in the revolutionary war and we have never heard the fact doubted and we believe ourselves that he will go serve
Jas Hughes Alfred Day

Quinn Caung Jd
I James H. Sale a justice of the peace in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavits of Sarah Dunaway and James Hughes and Alfred Day were this day taken subscribed and sworn to before me at the place therein mentioned. And I do further certify that the said affidavits are all credible persons and that their statements is entitled to credit. Given under my hand this 5 th January 1833
James H. Sale Jp. ol
I John C. Bacon clerk of the court for the county of Owen in the state of Kentucky do hereby certify that James H. Sale who has signed the preceding certificate was at the date thereof and still is a justice of the peace for the said county of Owen and is a member of the court of which I am clerk and that the above signature is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 7 th day of January 1833
J. C. Bacon clerk