Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6,663, William Chatham, Penn.

SERVICE
Penn
Chatham, William Nancy
NUMBER _____
W. 6,6663
B. L. Wt. 13195-160-55
CONTENTS

1193
New York
Nancy Chatham widow of William Chatham
Pension who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 21 st August 1854
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of Octr 1854
and sent to Pensioner Nanoga New York
Ltr. Nancy Chatham (returning Bible) Jan 25/56
led on Roll of Pensioners under act Page 2. Vol. 16

21 Aug 1864
Let Mary Chatham
Feb 17/55
33.017
New York Albany
M c Clatham
of Seneca in the State of N.Y. who was a Private in the — commanded by Captain — of the — commanded by — in the Revolution time for 2 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Date of Pension issued the 3 rd day of 1852 and sent to
Mrs. Mary Chatham
Albany to the 4th of Auburn Pension allowance ending N.Y.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. B. Weightman Clerk, Book C. 2 Vol. 4, Page 14

105.898 Act Mar 3 rd /55
April 30 5 /55
Nancy Chatham William Chatham widow per
Capt Morrison Capt Harnes
Revolutionary War Refers to application on file for a pension
Private Capt Chatham Pa Rangers
W.M. July 48 - 1193
Ad. 160 acs Decr 22/55
Dodge
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Nancy Chatham Cannoga Seneca County, N.York
Vol. 64 - 100.

William Chatham Application for a Pension — Affidavits —
Supreme Court, Seneca County, N.Y. Term Read in open Court, Oct 16. 1850 H Montgomery Dep Clerk

State of New York Seneca County } ss
no 1
On this 16th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared before the Supreme Court now sitting in the the village of Ovid in the County of Seneca and State of New York William Chatham aged Eighty-eight years and upwards 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 the Congress of June Seventh Eighteen hundred and thirty two.
That he the said William Chatham was a Soldier in a Company of Volunteers commanded by his father Captain John Chatham that he entered the aforesaid Company of Volunteers in the town of Northumberland in the County of Northumberland in the State of Pennsylvania in the month of June Seventeen hundred and seventy seven and continued in actual service in the same untill the close of the War in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty two,
The precise day of year on which he entered the Service above mentioned and the precise day and month on which he ended said Service he cannot now recollect by reason of Old Age and loss of memory, but he does recollect that he was in the Service for the space of Five years as a Scout and Ranger
He further states that he did not receive a written Discharge for the reason that it was not common to do so among the volunteers in that part of the Country it being a new and wilderness Country on the Susquehannah River
He further states the Company to which he belonged (B Coy) that commanded by his Father Capt John Chatham was under the command of a militia Colonel by the name of Hunter whose given name he cannot now remember

He further states that he was in the service when the Garrison at Breclands Fort surrendered and remembers that a party of soldiers went from Fort Boon to assist the Indians at Breclands Fort and that the Indians ambushed them and but 12 made their escape Captain Boon and Shatzy killed. He further states he was in the service at the time of the Massacre of Wyoming and well remembers the Indians killing several families and then retreating back and his Father's Company to which he belonged following them.
The Company to which this Deponent belonged was stationed at Northumberland for the most of the time for the protection of that part of the country against the Indians and Tories.
And the said William Chatham further states that the reason why he has not made application for a pension before this is he lived for the first 25 years after the close of the war in the new country of Lycoming and then removed into the town of Stuyett in the County of Seneca State of New York where he has lived for forty two years on a small farm and did not know how to proceed to obtain a Pension.
And the said W m Chatham hereby Relinquishes all claims to a pension or annuity except and declaring that his name is not on a pension roll of any Agency of any State in the Union.
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year first above written in Open Court.
H Montgomery Dep Clerk of Seneca Co. in the absence of the clerk.
William Chatham

The said Court do hereby certify a fair Examination of the Rev. Cherry W. Cherry and the Rev. John Odell that they are Respectable Clergymen in the vicinity where they live and that it is the Opinion of this Court that their statements are entitled to full credit and belief
And the said Court also declare it as their Opinion that the Hon. Gerrit V.  the Hon. G. Sackett Hon. John  Smith Jacob S. H. Fryer  Stewart John Oliver John Odell Julius H. Fryer and Julius Bull whose names and affidavits have this day been examined by this Court are entitled to full credit and belief
The said Court further declares it as their Opinion after a fair examination of the whole matter that William Chatham is a Soldier of the Revolution and that he served his country as he states
H. Montgomery Dep Clerk (Clerk absent)

State of New York: Seneca County-
In New York Supreme Court, Seneca Circuit - April Term 1855:
Hon. Henry Wells, Justice, presiding -
On this third day of April, Eighteen Hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before the said Court, said Henry Wells Justice, presiding, Nancy Chatham, a resident of the town of Fayette, in the County of Seneca, and State of New York, aforesaid, aged Seventy Nine years, this present month, who being duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July twenty eight Eighteen Hundred and forty eight: viz; That she the said Nancy Chatham, is the widow of William Chatham, deceased, who was at the period of his death a pensioner on the New York Roll, under the act of June 7, 1832;
She further declares that she was married to the said William Chatham, on the twenty ninth day of January, Seventeen Hundred and ninety five, that her husband the aforesaid William Chatham died on the twenty first day of August, Eighteen Hundred and fifty four, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second day of January Eighteen Hundred, viz, at the time above stated: She further avers that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension, except an informal application in this behalf now on file;
Nancy Chatham
Sworn and subscribed to before me in open Court, the day and year above written, and I am fully satisfied of the truth of each and every of the above statements.
Isaac Fuller, Clerk
Henry Wells, Jus Sup. Court

I. Isaac Fuller Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, in the County of Seneca in said State, & Clerk of the Circuit Court now in Session at the Court house in Waterloo in said County do hereby certify, that the foregoing declaration of Nancy Chatham was duly sworn to by her in open Court before Hon. Henry Wells a Justice of the Supreme Court presiding at said Circuit Court this day - I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice Wells, and certify that his signature to the foregoing Oath is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court, at Waterloo in said County the 3 rd day of April 1855.
Isaac Fuller, Clerk

State of New York,
County of Seneca, ss.
On this 23 rd day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and State aforesaid Nancy Chatham, aged Seventy nine Years a resident of Fayette, in the State of New York, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of William Chatham, deceased, who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Morrison in the regiment of Col Morrow in the war with Great Britain, declared by the Colonies in 1775, or declared in 1776 now the United States that her husband enlisted or enrolee at Northumberland Co., Pa. on or about the day of , A.D. 1778 for the term of during the war and continued in actual service in said war for the term of five years, and was honorably discharged at Northumberland Co., Pa. on the 29 th day of January A.D. 1782. She further states that she was married to the said W m Chatham in Northumberland Co., Pa. on the 29 th day of January A.D. 1795 by one Rev. Mr. Taylor a Episcopalian, and that her name before her said marriage was Nancy Shade; that her said husband died at Fayette on the 21 st day of August 1854. She makes this declaration for the of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act appropriating money for the relief of the widows of soldiers who have been honorably discharged from the service of the United States since the 4 th of March 1855" & that I am the person that has the affidavit now on file in the Pension Office at Washington D.C. Nancy Chatham
We John J. Bachman and James F. Furrer, residents of Fayette, in the State of New York, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Nancy Chatham in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person

105.998
She represents herself to be.
Sworn & Subscribed to before Jordan J. Bachman on this 23 rd day of April 1855 James H. Teyron
W m A. Smith Justice of the Peace in & for for said County."
The foregoing declaration and affidavit I have sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year in the preceding affidavit, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
W m A. Smith Justice of the Peace

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Chatham a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his 4 (for his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. M. 7 6 66-3
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Northumberland, Pa.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 16, 1850. His ch. was al.
Residence at date of application, Fayette, Seneca Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, Born in 1761, In the valley of Little Brandywine Creek, Chester Co., Pa.
Remarks: He mar. Jan. 29, 1795, in Northumberland Co., Pa. Nancy Shade who was born Apr. 4, 1776. He died Aug. 21, 1854, at Fayette, Seneca Co., N. Y., and she was al. pen. on her ap. ex. Jan. 31, 1855 while a resident of Fayette, N. Y. They raised a large family of children, no names stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Side affidavit in case of Wm Chatham of Rochester W Cherry

Onondaga County ss
no 2
The Rev. Chaney W. Cherry (a presbyterian) Clergymen being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and says that he is well acquainted with William Chatham a resident of the town of Fayette in the County of Seneca and State of New York that he knows him to be a man of good moral character and one whose word is entitled to full credit and belief. And the Rev. C. W. Cherry further states that he has lived in the house with him and has often sat and heard him relate over his services in the war of the Revolution and has know doubt but what he served as a Scout and Ranger on the Susquehannah River in the County of Northumberland State and Pennsylv- ania during the war of the Revolution.
And the said C. W. Cherry further states that he has often conversed with the said W m Chatham on the subject of the Revolutionary war and has always found him to tell one uniform story of his being stationed at Northumberland under the command of Colonel Hunter - and that he was in the service at the time of the massacre of Wyoming.
C. W. Cherry
State of New-York, } ss. ONONDAGA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
Cour t of Deeds
I, RUFUS COSIT, Clerk of said County, hereby certify, that R. Woolworth Esq., whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the annexed affidavit, was, at the time of taking the same, a Judge of the Peace in and for said County, and authorized to take the same; that I am acquainted with his hand-writing, and believe the signature to the Jurat of said affidavit, genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 15 th day of Oct 1850
Rufus Cosit Clerk.
Need

Oswego County NY
no 2
The Rev d Chaney W Cherry (a presbyterian clergyman) being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and says that he is well acquainted with William Chatham a resident of the town of Fayette in the County of Seneca and State of New York that he knows him to be a man of good moral character and one whose word is entitled to full credit and belief. And the Rev d C. W. Cherry further states that he has lived in the house with him and has often sat and heard him relate over his services in the war of the Revolution and has know doubt but what he served as a Scout and Ranger on the Susquehanna River in the County of Northumberland State and Pennsylv a during the war of the Revolution.
And the said C. W. Cherry further states that he has often conversed with the said W m Chatham on the subject of the Revolutionary war and has always found him to tell one uniform story of his being stationed at Northumberland under the command of Colonel Hunter — and that he was in the service at the time of the massacre of Wyoming.
C. W. Cherry
Subscribed and sworn before me this 11 th day of October in the year of our Lord 1950
R Moseworth Clerk of Deed

State of New York } ss County of Seneca }
1103
On this Fourteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared before me Sterling G. Hadley a justice of the peace in and for the said County William U Smith a resident of the town of Fayette in the County of Seneca and State of New York aged thirty six years, who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and says that he is well acquainted with William Chatham a resident of the town of Fayette in the County of Seneca and State of New York aforesaid, that he knows him to be a man of good moral character and one whose word is entitled to full credit and belief.
He further states that that the aforesaid William Chatham is reputed and believed in the vicinity where he resides to have been a soldier in the war of the Revolution and that he has often heard the neighbours of the said W m Chatham speak of him as a soldier of the Revolution.
W m U Smith
The cond n the s in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this day and year first above written.
Sterling G. Hadley
State of New York } ss Seneca County }
On this Fifteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared before me William U Smith a justice of the peace in and for the said County of Seneca prob d & Granty of Fayette a resident of the town of the town of Fayette in the County of Seneca aged thirty nine years who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and says that he is well acquainted with William Chatham a resident of the town of Fayette in the County of Seneca and State of New York and that he has known him for thirty years and knows him

to be a man of good moral character and one whose word is entitled to full credit and belief. He further states that the said Mrs. Chatham is reputed and believed in the vicinity where he resides to have been a soldier in the war of the Revolution and this deponent has frequently sat and heard him relate his services in the revolutionary war, and has no doubt of the said William Chatham's services as above stated sworn and subscribed before me Jacob S. Strantz the day and year first above written.
William U. Smith State of New York County of Seneca
On this Sixteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared before me William U. Smith a justice of the peace of the County of Seneca in the State of New York, Rev. John Odell of Fayet in the County of Seneca and State of New York aged fifty three years first being duly sworn according to law, deponeth and says that he is well acquainted with William Chatham a resident of the town of Fayet in the County of Seneca and State of New York and said that he knows him to be a man of good moral character and one whose word is entitled to full credit and belief.
He further states that the aforesaid Mrs. Chatham is reputed and believed in the town and County where he resides to have been a soldier in the war of the Revolution and that he has often heard the neighbours of the said Mrs. Chatham speak of him as a soldier of the Revolution, and that he has never heard a doubt expressed by any one but what said William Chatham had been a soldier of the war of the Revolution and have heard the said William Chatham relate that he had been in said war subscribed and sworn to before me John M. Odell the day and year first above written.
William U. Smith
This is to certify that all the intimation of the words here a Clergymen where made before John M. Odell signed & made his affidavit to above before me Wm U Smith Justice of the Peace

State of New York } ss Seneca County }
no 1
On this Sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, personally appeared before me William A Smith a Justice of the peace of the County of Seneca and State of New York John Oliver a resident of the town of Fayette in the County of Seneca and State of New York aged Seventy years who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and says that he is well acquainted with William Chatham a resident of the town of Fayette in the County of Seneca and State of New York aforesaid that he knows him to be a man of good moral character and one whose word is entitled to full credit and belief. He further states that the said W m Chatham is reputed and believed in the vicinity where he resides to have been a soldier in the war of the Revolution that I have heard at different times the said William Chatham relate that he done service in the Revolution War Subscribed and sworn before me } Do here O Oliver the day and year first above written William A Smith

Wm Smith and J. D. Frantz Affidavit
This is to certify that all the
Supreme Court Seneca County, Spl Term Read in Open Court Oct. 16. 1850 W. Montgomery Dep Clerk

State of New York
Seneca County Clerk's office p. 1 I, Ebenezer Ingalls, clerk of the County of Seneca aforesaid, and also clerk of the County Court of said County, the same being a court of Records, do hereby certify that Sterling G. Headley Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit of William W. Smith was made, and William W. Smith Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits of Jacob S. Frantz, John M. Odell, & John Oliver, respectively, purport to have been made, and whose signatures, appear to the depts and certificates subjoined to the said affidavits, respectively, were at the date of the said proceedings, severally Justices of the Peace in & for said County of Seneca, duly qualified, and authorized by the laws of this state to administer oaths and affirmations. And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of each of the said Justices, and verily believe their said signatures to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court and County this 30 th day of October 1850.
E. Ingalls clerk

Side affidavits in case of Wm Chatham.
Supreme Court, Seneca County, N.Y. Terms Read in Open Court Oct 16. 1850 H. Montgomery Dep. Clk

State of New York Seneca County ss
1206
On this 12 th day of October in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty appeared before me William A Smith a justice of the peace in and for the said County the Hon. Julius Bull Seneca a resident of the town of Seneca Falls in the County of Seneca and State of New York aged forty Eight years who being first duly sworn according to law Deposes and Says that he is well acquainted with William Chatham a Resident of the town of Fayette in the County of Seneca and State of New York aforesaid that he has known him for thirty since years that he knows him to be a man of truth and veracity and one whose word is entitled to full credit and belief
He further states that the said William Chatham is reputed and believed in the vicinity where he resides to have been a soldier in the war of the Revolution and that he has often heard him relate over the services he had rendered his country in the Revolutionary war, and that the said Mr. Chatham is one of the most honest upright men he was ever acquainted with
sworn and subscribed to before Julius Bull the day and year above written
W m A Smith Justice of the Peace State of New York Seneca County ss
On this 12 th day of October in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared before me William A Smith a justice of the peace in and for the town of Fayette in the County of Seneca the John Knox the of the town of Waterloo in the County of Seneca who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with William Chatham of the town of Fayette in the County of Seneca and State of New York that he knows him to be a man of good moral

Character and one whose word is entitled to full credit and belief, the further states that the aforesaid W m Chatham is reported and believed in the vicinity where he resides to have been a soldier of the war of the Revolution and that he has often heard him relate over his services in the Revolutionary war on the Susquehanna
W m Hays
Sworn and subscribed before me ( the day and year first above written William U Smith
This is to certify that all the erasures and Interlineations in the foregoing Affidavits where signed made before they were signed & sworn to in fact the words Hon. Sackett, five, And that he has often heard him relate over the Services he had rendered, his country, in the Revolutionary War, in the Second the words R.P. Hunt, War, before me W m U. Smith Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Seneca County ss. I J. Ebenezer Ingalls clerk of the said County of Seneca. and also clerk of the County Court of said County. the same being a court of Record, do hereby certify that William U. Smith Esq. before whom the within and foregoing Affidavits purport to have been made. & whose signature appears to the within & foregoing jurats & certificate, was at the dates thereof respectively, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified. and authorized by the laws of this state to administer oaths and affirmations, And that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice, and verily believe his signatures aforesaid, to be genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court & County this 30th day of October A.D. 1857. E. Ingalls Clerk

State of New York Seneca County ss: Gary N. Sackett of Seneca Falls in the County of Seneca being duly sworn says he this deponent is of the age of sixty years he is a farmer & has resided in this County more forty years he knows William Heathman of Fayette & has done since 1811 he is a respectable man a Farmer by profession & reputed to be 88 years old he has always since this deponent became acquainted with him sustained a high reputation for truth & veracity
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 14. day of Oct. 1850 W m U. Smiths Justice of the Peace
State of New York Seneca County Clerk's Office ss } I certify that William H. Smith Esq. before whom the above affidavit was made & whose name is subscribed to the above Inat. was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly qualified, & authorized to administer oaths and affirmations, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his said signature to be genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 23 d day of October 1850 H. Montgomery Dep Clerk of Seneca Co. & of the County Court thereof.

Y. Washburn Affidavit
Supreme Court. Seneca County, Sp l Term Read in Open Court. Oct 16. 1850 W. Montgomery Dep Clerk

State of New York ) ss County of Seneca }
On this fifteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared before me William U Smith a justice of the peace in and for the town of Fayette and county of Seneca the Rev. Levi C Boardman a minister of said county, who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and says that he is well acquainted with William Chatham a resident of the town of Fayette and county of Seneca, That he knows him to be a man of good moral character and one whose word is entitled to full credit and belief. He further states that the aforesaid Mr Chatham is reputed and believed in the vicinity where he resides to have been a soldier in the war of the Revolution and that he has often heard the neighbours of the said Mr Chatham speak of him as a soldier of the Revolution and that he has never heard a doubt expressed by any one but the said Mr Chatham had been a soldier of the war of the Revolution
Levi C. Boardman
Subscribed and sworn before me the day and year first above mentioned William U. Smith

No 38073
William Chatham
New York
where the within affidavit was made & where name is subscribed to the within print, as at the date thereof a duplicate of the same in for said County duly qualified & authorized to administer oaths & affirmations that I am well acquainted with his handwriting & verily believe his signature to the said print is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 23 rd day of October 1857.
William G. Doremus Affidavit
of substance thereof before the Court
James
Supreme Court. Dutchess County. Sp l Term Read in open Court Oct 16. 1858 W. Montgomery Dep Clerk

State of New York
Seneca County Clerk's office ss. I certify that William U. Smith Esq. before whom the within Affidavit was made & whose name is subscribed to the within jurat, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly qualified & authorized to administer oaths & affirmations and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting & verily believe his signature to the said jurat is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 23 rd day of October 1857.
H. Montgomery Deputy Clerk of Seneca Co.
of the County Court there
June
No 38073
William Chapman
New York

Report to Mr. Nicholson and

State of New-York Seneca County
ss On this 26 th day of April 1851 personally appeared one James H. Richardson Judge of the Seneca County Court, a Court of Record having a Seal and Clerk, William Chatham aged eighty nine years a resident of the town of Fayette in said county of Seneca who, being by me 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 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, & served as herein stated.
That he was a private soldier & volunteer & entered the service by joining a company of volunteers commanded by Captain John Chatham, his father; that he so volunteered & entered the service in the month of June 1777, but on what particular day he cannot now recollect. At the time he so entered the service he resided in the Town & County of Northumberland, in the state of Pennsylvania. The said company was stationed at the military post at Northumberland, & belonged to the state troops of Pennsylvania. That said company was raised to protect the frontier from the ravages of the Indians; they having at that period of the war, committed many depredations & murders along that frontier. Said Company acted in the capacity of Rangers, Scouts, & Indian Spies, & that he as a member thereof with others in the course of their military operations marched through the Indian Country & the frontier now constituting several of the counties of that part of Pennsylvania bordering on Northumberland. The company consisted of forty men, volunteers and was put in possession of the above named military post as one of the guards appointed to defend the settlements along the valley of the Susquehanna River. The members

of the company were enrolled & daily called out to drill & roll-call. They guarded the inhabitants every night & took regular turns standing sentry; that there was a company of regular, six-months men, stationed with said company part of the year 1778 who were taken prisoners that fall while out on a scout near the border of the Bald Eagle.
That there were two good redoubts made by said company at their post. They were made of two rows of posts with buck twisted in between them, set about four feet apart, & filled in with stone & earth; that two or three acres also were palisaded by the said company at Northumberland, which was done by pulling down several log houses & using the logs for palisades. That he, with the rest of the company, was, most of the time, out in scouting parties through the Indian borders & frontier settlements following up & driving off Indian marauders; that generally only part of the company went out, on these occasions, at the same time; part being left in the fort to defend it. That there were at the said fort five cannon six-pounders, one mortar, & one swivel, which were manned by said company & under command of its Captain. That Captain John Chatham had the immediate command of the post under Col. Samuel Hunter, who was the Colonel in general command on that frontier. The Lieutenant of the company was John Fox, orderly Sergeant John Painter. The names of several of the men were Thomas Martin, John Yrick, Robert Yagard, Richard Martin, John M c Coy,
Col. Harkley of the military service, but whether of the regular army he cannot now recollect came, with his regiment to Northumberland, while he was there in said service, stayed mostly at Sunbury, & he thinks for about a year. While there he stationed his men at various posts on the military frontier. That Col. Cook & Colonel Wittner of the Revolutionary army, but whether of the regular army he cannot now remember, also came with their commands to Northumberland, while he was in said service;

That he recollects to have seen them. He knew all the officers above mentioned.
That he never had any discharge; that no discharge were given to soldiers in the Indian service, on the frontier, to his knowledge; that he has no papers, records, or documents relative to his said service; that there is no person now living, who can prove or give evidence to his said service or any part thereof, to his knowledge or belief; that many of the members of said Company died before he left Pennsylvania & the rest were scattered in other parts of the country, so that he has not heard of any one of them in a quarter of a century.
That he remembers well when Breeland's fort was taken by the British & Indians; that it was situated about eighteen miles from Northumberland, where he was then in the service; that it was rumored the same force would attack that post, & that the garrison prepared to defend to the last; that he was in the service at the time of the massacre at Wyoming, & well remembers the wounded being brought down the river in canoes. Some of the canoes stopped at Northumberland for a short time on the bank of the river.
That he was born in the year 1761 in the Valley of the creek Little Brandy the County of Chester in the state of Pennsylvania that there is no record of his age, to his knowledge; that there are many persons in his neighborhood, to whom he is known, who can testify to his character for veracity, & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution; that of such persons he names Gary B. Sackett, late Judge of Seneca County Court, William H. Smith Justice of the Peace, Jacob S. Frantz, John Odell, John Oliver, the Revs. C. W. Cheny, & Levi C. Boardman.
That he was in the service, as a soldier of the revolutionary war, in the company above mentioned, & under the command of the Captain of the officers above mentioned in the service aforesaid for more than five years, beginning in June 1777, & terminating with the close of the war; that he was constantly in the service during that period, along the valley of the Susquehanna river. The members

that the service was of the most dangerous & laborious character, being an uninterrupted guardianship of an exposed broken & dangerous frontier against the invasions, murders & massacres of the Indians; that were repeated numerous & violent in that section of country during the whole war; that he well remembers many of the Indian murders, & the names of the persons murdered; that among the last was the family of Captain Lees; that his father was celebrated in those times as an Indian fighter, which he supposes was the reason he was appointed to the command of Northumberland. He was two years in the military service in New-Jersey before he was appointed to that command. He served under Col. Cook & Col. James Morrow.
And the said William Chatham further says the reason why he has not before made application for a pension is, that he did not know until less than a year past that he was entitled to a pension, always having before supposed it was only the regular soldiers who were entitled, & he lived for the twenty-five years succeeding the war, in the new & wilderness County of Lycoming in Pennsylvania. And he has lived since that time in Fayette, the town where he now lives, a town where there is not a lawyer, a pension agent, or any one, who would be likely to have information about the pension laws; that he is a small farmer, & has always attended to his own affairs & mixed but little with the world; that he was never informed till the time above mentioned that he was entitled to a pension, & had no knowledge of his own on that subject; that he has always been very much of a home man, frequently not going out of his own immediate neighborhood in several years; that he has not been out of the County of Seneca in twenty years but once, except to see about his pension last fall.
That the first he ever heard about his right to a pension was last summer, from Mr. Benedict, of Auburn New-York. That he is the same William Chatham who made application for a pension by his declaration and proofs made before the Inferior Court in Ocmulgee while sitting in the village of Ocmulgee, in the County of Seneca, state of New-York, & which declaration & proofs are now, as he is informed & believes on file in the Pension Department in the city of Washington. That he is now in too feeble health to appear in open court, to make this declaration & he prays that the affidavits & proofs taken in connection with his said former declaration may be used & examined in connection herewith, as well as in connection with said former declaration.

and proofs made before the Supreme Court in Seneca while sitting in the village of Poul, in the County of Seneca, state of New-York, & which declaration & proofs are now, as he is informed & believes on file in the Pension Department in the city of Washington. That he is now in too feeble health to appear in open Court, to make this declaration & he prays that the affidavits & proofs taken in connection with his said former declaration may be used & examined in connection herewith, as well as in connection with said former declaration.
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a Pension or Annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year first above written
J. K. Richardson County Judge of Seneca County New York
} William Chatham
We, John Mc Odell Joseph H. Pinkham, clergymen residing in the town of Fayette, in the County of Seneca, New-York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Chatham who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration;
That we believe him to be eighty nine years of age; that he is reported & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
John Mc Odell Joseph H. Pinkham
J. K. Richardson County Judge of Seneca County. New York
And I, the said James H. Richardson, Judge of the said Seneca County Court as aforesaid do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter
along the valley of the Senegatchannah River. The members

after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, & served as he states, & I further certify that the said applicant is unable by reason of great age, bodily infirmity & feeble health to attend court to make the above declaration. And I further certify that the said John Odell & Joseph R. Fishbaugh, who have signed the foregoing certificate are clergymen residing in the town of Fayette aforesaid, & are neighbors of the said applicant, & that they are credible persons, & that their certificates are entitled to credit, & that they cannot be produced in Court without too much inconvenience & expense to the applicant. Dated April 26 th 1851
J. K. Richardson County Judge of Seneca County New York
I, Hugh Montgomery, Clerk of the Seneca County Court & of the County of Seneca in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the application of William Chatham for a pension had & taken before James R. Richardson Judge of the said Seneca County Court. And I further certify that James R. Richardson aforesaid is Judge of the said Seneca County Court. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this sixth day of May A.D. 1851
Hugh Montgomery Clerk

State of New York
I, William A. Sachett Member of Congress, certify that the foregoing papers were signed in my presence & that all the interlinations & erasures therein were made before signing, & that I understood the same to the full and complete intent. And I further certify that I have been acquainted with William Chatham the applicant for many years & that he is a farmer & has always been the character of a man of honesty, integrity & truth & that that he has always been regarded in the neighborhood where he lives & is known as a Revolutionary Soldier. May 8 th 1857.
William A. Sachett M.C.

Before Hon John E. Seely County Judge of Seneca County - New York.
In the matter of the application
Nancy Chatham - widow of William Chatham, deceased, for Pension. =
Seneca County ss: Nancy Chatham being duly sworn doth make oath and say - that she was the lawful wife of William Chatham, a revolutionary soldier, now deceased, and who died on the 21 st day of August 1854, at Fayette in said County of Seneca, where the said Nancy did then, and still does reside; - That said William Chatham died a pensioner, his name being on the pension roll, leaving deponent his widow. That deponent's maiden name was Nancy Shade; that she was born April 4, 1776, and is now in her Seventy Ninth year; - that she married the said William Chatham on the 29 th day of January 1795, and continued to live with him as his lawful wife, until the time of his death as aforesaid; - and further says not;
Subscribed and sworn to not perjury
before me this 31 st day of Jan.
Nancy Chatham
Jan 1855;
John E. Seely County Judge
Canoga, Seneca Co
State of New York
N.Y. etc.
Seneca County Court: January Term 1855.
I John E. Seely County Judge of Seneca County do certify that I knew William Chatham

a certificate as to the true identity of the deponent
above named and referred to. That he died at Hoback Seneca County on or about the Twenty First day of August 1854 leaving the above named Nancy Chatham his widow, - That I know the said Nancy Chatham and that she is a woman entitled to full credit - and in all respects of good character -
John E. Seeley County Judge
State of New York
Seneca County Clerk's Office
Watkins January 31. 1855.
I, James K Richardson Deputy Clerk of said County of Seneca Deputy Clerk of the County Court of said County, hereby certify that John E. Seeley Esquire, before whom the within deposition purports to have been sworn to, and by whom the above Certificate is subscribed, is County Judge of said County of Seneca, and duly authorized by the laws of the State of New York, to adminis- ter oaths and affirmations generally; that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge, and verily believe that his signature to the jurat to said deposition this signature to the above certificate are his genuine handwriting. I make this Certificate on account of the absence of Isaac Fuller Clerk of said County & Court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County & Court on the day of the date hereof.
J. K. Richardson Deputy Clerk

Seneca County ss, Town of Fayette John H. Odell & Levi C. Boardman deposite that we are residents of the Town & County aforesaid we have known Mr. Nathan & Nancy Nathan his widow for upwards of thirty Years that they lived together as man and wife raised quite a large & Respectful Family have always understood that they came from Lancaster Co. Now a part of Northumberland Co. Pennsylvania we are well acquainted with Mrs. Nancy Nathan the widow of the late Mr. Nathan deceased a Pensioner who done service in the Revolution War & that there is no doubt but she is his widow from our personal acquaintance with them & that she is now living & is now present at the time this Affidavit is made by us John H. Odell Levi C. Boardman Sworn & subscribed to before me this 14th day of September 1855.
State of New York, } ss. Seneca County Clerk's Office.
I, ISAAC FULLER, Clerk of said County of Seneca, and also, Clerk of the County Court thereof, the same being a Court of Record, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that Wm W. Smith _____ before whom the annexed Affidavit of John H. Odell & L. C. Boardman purport to have been sworn, was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly qualified, and authorized by the laws of said State, to administer Oaths and Affirmations generally. And that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice, and verily believe his signatures to the annexed Certificate and Jurat to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this, third day of October 1855.
_____ Isaac Fuller Clerk.

Seneca County ss, Town of NY Ledyard John M. Odell & Levi C. Boardman deposite that we are residents of the Town & County aforesaid we have known Mr. Chatham & Nancy Chatham his widow for upwards of thirty Years that they lived together as man and wife raised quite a large & Respectful Family have always understood that they came from Leominster Co. Now a part Northumberland Co. Pennsylvania we are well acquainted with Mrs. Nancy Chatham the widow of the late Mr. Chatham deceased a Pensioner who done service in the Revolution War & that there is no doubt but she is his widow from our personal acquaintance with them & that she is now living & is now present at the time this Affidavit is made by us Sworn & subscribed to before me this 14 th day September 1855. Wm. A. Smith Justice of the Peace
John M. Odell L. C. Boardman
I certify that the Rev John M. Odell & Levi C. Boardman mentioned above are creditable citizens of this place have been acquainted with Applicant & witnesses thirty Years. Wm. A. Smith Justice of the Peace in & for Seneca County,

Extract from an original paper remaining on file in this office entitled "A Muster Roll of the Second Battalion of Northumberland County Militia Commanded by Captain Cookson Long now in actual service in Col. James Potter's Battalion"
No. 74 Private William Chatham
This is to certify that the within Muster Roll is a just and true Account of the Men belonging to the second Battalion of Northumberland County on the Third day of December one thousand seven hundred and seventy six.
J. T. Murray Lt. Colonel
To the Honorable The Committee of Safety
Extract from a "Return of Captain Thomas Rempkins Company of Rangers, Engaged in the service, with their numbers and Rank June 1779"
No. 8. William Chatham Private
Thos. Rempkin Captain
Extract from the original Return of the Second Battalion of Northumberland Militia Commanded by Colonel James Murray 1st May 1778, as the same remains on file in this office
   John Chatham Comp. Captain Lieutenants Ensigns Sergeants Drums, Rank & File Total     Capt. John Chatham 1 2 1 4 41 49  
I do certify the above returns to be true as certified me by the above Captain
Samuel Hunter Lieut.

Secretarys Office
Pennsylvania fs.
I do hereby certify that the foregoing and annexed is a true and correct copy of the original papers as the same remain on file in this office
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and caused the Seal of the Secretarys Office to be affixed this nineteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty two and of the Commonwealth the seventy sixth
D. Hughes Secy. of the Commonwealth.

Pension Office, June 6 th 1855.
Madam:
In answer to your letter of the 28 th of last month, I have to inform you that your family Bible has not yet been received at this Office. Whenever it does reach me, your claim shall be attended to.
If the Bible has miscarried, you should prove, by the testimony of the person who transmitted it, that it was duly sent.
I am, Madam, respectfully, Your Obt. Servt,
L. P. Waldo Commissioner.
Mrs. Nancy Chatham, Canoga Seneca Co. N. Y.

Canoga Aug the 29 1855 Mr Minot sir.
Last Feb. I maid out application for my pension as the widow of Mr. Blatham but received notice that it was informade with directions how to make out my application which I did the first of April and forwarded them to the office with such proof as the Judge thought necessary. I then received an answer direct from the office that the papers were placed on file but that I must send my family record as proof of my legal marriage. in the mean time I ascertained that I was entitled to a land warrant I then maid out my application according to directions and placed them within the leaves of my record which I can prove and also the sending of the bill. I then waited untill the last of may without hearing any answer I then wrote and received in answer this letter I then had the express companies examination and they said it had gone through then the first of July I received

This letter dated the 28 of April stating that you had received my application for a land warrant which I knew you could not receive without receiving my bill and of course rested with the expectation that it was all right it seems to me there is either a young game going or a set of apes to attend to it
Nancy Chatham
Said my bill back if you won't send me anything else

Hon. S. Cole Esq. present

Auburn March 17 th / 52
W S. Cole Dr Sir
Agreeable to your suggestions I have written to Harrisburg and you will see by the answer I get from the Military Department that Mr Chathams Father was a Capt of a Company of Rangers as stated in his Affidavit
There can be no doubt but what Mr Chatham served 5 years as he has stated in his Affidavit.
But as to positive proof I don't know whether I shall be able to find any thing more than his own affidavit backed up by his neighbours and those acquainted with his life & character
I have shown that for the first 25 years after the close of the war he lived on a small farm on the Susquehannah River and then moved into the Town of Fayette Seneca Co., where he has lived ever since -
If you can suggest any thing further to be done please write me through Esq Woodward
And oblige Yours Respectfully Ezra Hopkins
Hon S. Cole

Canoga January 14 th 1856 Mr Minott sir
Will you be so kind as to send my family bible which I sent you as evidence of my being the wife of or widow W m Chatham as it contains my family record and likewise is an old relick
Received of J Minott my land warrent No 13195 for 160 acres of government land
Nancy Chatham

Brief in the case of Nancy Chatham Widow of William Seneca County and State of New York act 29 July 1848
Claim, ("original," not for increase )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was a pensioner under the act of June 7 1837 at $80 a year
Family Record of marriage
(If for increase)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Bokahkah , general reputation of mar- riage, her identity as the pensioner's widow, his death and her present widowhood proved by affidavits
Name and residence of Agent
Carmant Canoga NY
Thurston Examining Clerk. Platt

Nancy Chatham Widow of William Seneca Co NY
adm'd 29 July 1848
$80 a year from 21 August 1854
when her husband Died
cert'd Claimant Seneca Falls Canoga NY

PENSION OFFICE,
Ap l 20, 1855.
SIR:
The claim of Nancy M d . N. Chatham No 105:898 for Bounty Land under the Act of March 3, 1855, has been received, and will be attended to in its turn. It is therefore respectfully requested that every applicant will wait a reasonable time before making application to know what has been done in relation to his or her claim. All applications will be disposed of as fast as the nature of the business will admit, and immediate notice given to the parties, or their agents.
I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
L. P. WALDO,
Commissioner.
M d N. Chatham
Canoga
Seneca Co N. Y.

Please refer the case mentioned in the within letter to me
W. S. S. S.

Auburn Jan y 6 th 1837
Hon W m D Sackett
Dear sir on the 3 d of November last I sent to J L Edwards Com r of Pensions William Chatham's Affidavits and papers claiming a Pension for services rendered in the War of the Revolution under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
And as I have had no answer and Mr Edwards having left the Pension office I have to Request that you would call on the present Com r of Pensions and ascertain if Mrs Chatham's papers have been Received and what disposition has been made of them and communicate the same to me at Auburn - and oblige Yours Respectfully Eva Hopkins
Hon W m D Sackett Esq r M c

Brief in the case of Wm Chatham Sue & a 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.
Declares for 5 yrs militia service in Northumberland Co. Pa. No living witness. His name is found on the rolls in December 1776 & June 1779.
Names several who served with him, two of whom were pensioners, (now dead) John Painter, a Lieut & Richard Martin, Pri. — both received full pensions — The Declaration of Mr Chatham, made in 1850, corresponds, with (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? in substance with the declarations of the above mentioned pensioners, and with the general history of the border warfare of Pennsylvania.
Name and residence of Agent
Ira Hopkins, Auburn, N.Y.
J. Cole Examining Clerk.

Secretary's Office Harrisburg April 19, 1852
Dear Hopkins Esqr.
Dear Sir:-
Enclosed you will receive a certificate copy of the service of Wm. Chatham. The name in the former copy was mis-spelled, on account of the papers being in a dilapidated condition, that in many instances it is partially or wholly impossible to decipher the names thereon.
In addition I send you another certificate which after a very careful examination, was found since my last, among a parcel of old papers which were considered of no importance, and have remained undisturbed, most probably since the end of the revolutionary war until the present administration came into power. I think with this additional evidence Mr. Chatham cannot fail to receive what is justly due him for his services rendered during the revolutionary war. I am not aware of the amount of evidence required, but hope this may prove satisfactory to the Commissioner.
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I also append the certificate of his father's service which may go to substantiate his own.
With sentiments of regard
Dear Hopkins, Esq.
Yours truly
Geo. Brainerd
Military Clerk

✓ No 38073
Wm Chatham,
NY
Act 7 June 1832,
Adm d 2 yrs per
$80 per annum
Comg 4 March
1831.
Albany
Ira Hoskins
Huber
N.Y.

Secretary's Office Harrisburg March 10/53
Sir
Yours of the 10 th ultimo has come to hand and its contents have received due consideration. I have made a careful and thorough examination of the papers and pay rolls now on file in this Office, but have been unable to find any thing in reference to the alleged services of Mr. Chatham. I however found that the name of Capt Chatham appears in connection with a company of Rangers, which I presume is the person alluded to as his father. However there is not sufficient data here to prove the length of time he served. There are comparatively so few papers on file here that it is unusual to find more than one name in a dozen, of persons, making application for pensions. From information I have received, I am inclined to think that the record of Mr Chatham's service is on file in Washington City.
Dr. Hopkins, Esq.
Truly Yours
W. B. Laine
Military Clerk

Auburn Nov r 3 d 1850
Honored Sir
I herewith transmit to you the papers and proof sustaining the claim of William Chatham to a pension for his services in the War of the Revolution In accordance with the Act of Congress of June 7 th 1830
All papers in relation to the matter you will please direct to me at Auburn Cayuga Co.
Yours Respectfully
Ira Hopkins
Attorney for W m Chatham

Terns Falls May 9 th 1857
Consumption of Pensions
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you the papers in the case of William Chatham I am well acquainted with the old gentleman I have no doubt of the genuineness of his case; he is a highly respectable old man. I say the peculiar character described in the papers, which undoubtedly is the reason of his not long since being a pensioner. I hope his pension will be granted. The case has been examined when the papers were disputed.
I have the honor to remain Yours & respectfully,

Auburn Jan'y 22 nd 1834
J. E. Heath Esq r
In Sir on the 3 rd of November last I wrote to J. L. Edward Com r of Pensions enclosing Williams Chathams Affidavit and papers claiming a pension for services rendered in the war of the Revolution
and as I have had no answer from the Office (and it being about the time Mr Edward left the Office), I am induced to write you to know if Mrs Chathams papers are on file in the Pension office
Yours most Respectfully Eva Hopkins
H on J. E. Heath
VB please direct to Auburn P Office

Auburn Febr 19th 1851
Hon
J. E. Heath Jr
Sir Your Clerk states that you think Mrs Chatham's claim to a Pension under the act of June 7th 1832 has not been quite satisfactorily sustained - The Only reason given is that there are a number of Pension Agents in the State of New York and that he thinks some of them would have found him and presented his claims before this
I think the Reason given by Mr Chatham in his affidavit is satisfactory to all who know him and his manner of life (he being one of the most home men I ever knew)
Mrs Chatham has shown by his affidavit that for the first 25 years after the close of the war he married and went onto a small Farm on the Susquehannah River (it being a wilderness country) he then with his family moved onto a small farm in the town of Fayette in the County of Seneca and State of New York (it being a wilderness) where he now lives and has lived for 43 years
Mrs Chatham's testimony I think is amply sustained by Rev C. W. Cherry & J. M. Odell two worthy ministers of the Gospel and the Affidavits of Judge Hart Judge Sackett & Judge Oliver and by R. Hunt Julius Bull & W. Smith - All men of high standing and unimpeachable character
For the character and standing of Mrs Chatham and his witnesses I will Refer you to the Hon. Mrs Sackett M.C. whom I have

Requested to call at your office and give you a statement of the character life habits and standing of Mr Chatham and his witnesses
Yours Respectfully
Ezra Hopkins
Hon James E Heath Co. of Pensions

Direct to Nancy Chapman Canoga Seneca Co NY

Canoga April 9 th 1855
Mr. Waldo sir
by the directions which you sent my lawyer understood that you must have an exact copy of my family record which he says is impossible for him or any other man to write at the present day and iff you must have it the Bible with it must be sent. will you please to send me a form of application for my land warrant by which I am entitled to by the act passed this season Nancy, Chatham, by A. S. Chatham
Land form sent Apr 9/55

Canoga Aug the 15 1855 Mr Wallas sir
I care nothing about my land warrant in comparison to my money petition as I am very much in need of it could you not examine my case as the lawful widow of the Rev. petitioner W m Chatham of NY
Yours with respect
Nancy Chatham
Seneca Co NY

Canoga May the 28 1855 Mr Walter Dvir
About the first of April I sent the bible to you (for proof together with other papers) that I was the widow of Mr Chatham a petitioner on the NY list when I sent before I received an answer direct fearful lest my bible should not have reached its destination I send these few lines to request an answer I sent it by the express co.
Nancy Chatham Lydia P. Chatham

Power of Attorney For Ira Hopkins from Wm Chatham

Know all Men by these presents that I William Chatham a resident of the town of Fayette in the County of Seneca and State of New York do hereby order constitute and appoint Ira Hopkins of the City of Auburn in the County of Cayuga and State of New York My True and lawful Attorney for me and in My name to obtain from the Government of the United States My pension for My Services in the war of the Revolution, - And Said Ira Hopkins is hereby authorised to do for me all the business that may become necessary to be done for me in prosecuting obtaining and collecting said pension, with full power from me to direct the whole proceedings for prosecuting and collecting said pension for me and in My name Signed and sealed in presence of I. S. Chatham W m Clark
in the County of Seneca and State of New York this 19 th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two W m Chatham
State of New York Seneca County ss on this Seventeenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two personally appeared before me W m Clark a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid William Chatham the party named in the foregoing power of

attorney and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed for the use and purposes therein mentioned In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written
Wm Clark Justice of the Peace in & for said County
STATE OF NEW YORK,
SENECA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,
} ss.
I, HUGH MONTGOMERY, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, That the annexed instrument is executed and proved or acknowledged in due form according to the laws of the State of New York to entitle it to be recorded therein: Also, that William Clark Esq before whom the same was proved and acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly qualified and authorised to take the same. And I further certify, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature to the said certificate is genuine.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County, this 20 th day of January A. D. 185 2
Hugh Montgomery CLERK.

No 1802
Nancy Hatham Wid of William (Seneca Co) N. York
Payment Aprie 11 1855
Same June 6. 1855
Same Aug 21 1855
Same Sep 7 1855
Same Sept 25/55.
July 29 1848

William Chatham died 21 Aug 1857 paid in full
W. H. Taylor Acting Auditor
Sept 6/57

Pension Office, Sep 6 1855
Sir
Please inform me when William Chatham of N J act 1832 was last paid at $80 a year.
Very Respectfully
R I Atkinson Esq
J. Calhoun
3 auditors 21 Aug 54
CC Pen off
inplets

Address Fanny Chatham Canoga Seneca Co NY

38073
William Chatham
N.Y.
Let J. Hopkins Feb 5, 1851
no answer received Let Mr W. A. Sackett, Aug 8/51
" same 11 March '52
June 7, 1832.

Sons of the Revolution
in the State of New York
Frances Tavern Corner Broad & Pearl Streets
New York City
Sept. 25, 1917.
G. M. Saltzgeber, Esq., Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I beg to thank you for the military service of William Chatham, a soldier of the Revolution.
Yours very truly,
Henry Russell Dromee
Secretary.

Sons of the Revolution
in the State of New York
Frances Tavern Corner Broad & Pearl Streets New York City
Sept. 18, 1917.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you please send me the Revolutionary service of William Chatham who was born in Wilmington, Del., in 1758 or 9, and died in Seneca County, New York, August 21, 1854. We have a photograph of his request for pension dated Canaga, Sept. 29, 1792, in which he says: "I hold a pension warrant for Revolutionary services recorded in the Pension Office in book E. 2, Vol. 4, page 14;" and photograph of a receipt for back pension, signed by Absalom Chatham, son of William, for services in the Revolution to the amount of $1,680., dated June 3, 1852.
Yours very truly,
Henry Powell Browne Secretary.
Rev Rec Died

✓ one 3 3/4 postage stamp
W
Rev. Sec. - W
Rev. Sec. - W
Pension Office - Wash. D.C. -
Is there a record of the services of one William Chatham also John Chatham his Father who served in the Revolution - in 7 th Company Second Battalion - Northumber- land County - Penns. Militia Colonel James Murray May 1st - 1778+

If there is such a record could I get a certificate of same —
Yours truly
Mrs. George Lewis
Brooklyn
Box 120 - N.Y.
Apr. 9-1918

1917, Sept. 24. History to Henry R. Drowne. For 1918, Apr. 16. History to Mrs. Geo. Aquire. For
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6663
Nancy Chatham Widow William Chatham Pitt. Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1848
Index:—Vol. 42 , Page 115
[Arrangement of 1870.]

105.898
Apl. 30 th , 1855
The Bible accompanying this declaration is on my desk.
Adams Room N 86
Lebanon April 29 th 1855 Mr Waldo sir
If you require the number of the regiment I shall have to get it from the sec... of Pennsylvania as I do not know the number of the regiment nor am I certain that I have the colonel's name right but I think I have as I have to recollect it from hear- ing my husband tell of it. You will perceive that my mistake is not serious in the same way the Justice that wrote my application for a land warrant did not

write the others and I cannot write my name on account of being ner- vous I have to place my hand on theirs while they write for me. The exact date of his enrollment I can- not tell neither can I tell his discharge. he was placed in the ranks by his father at 16 years of age I think in 78 and remained in the same during the war he was on the frontier against the Indians Yours in honesty Nancy Chatham by A. P. Chatham Cannoga Seneca Co NY

5
13.195
3
Per Ans

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Pension Office, Official Business,
105-898

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Chatland William GRADE Private LINE Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER 11071 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED April 28, 1791 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.