Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,997, William Chadwick, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Chadwick, William
NUMBER
S. 11,997
carded.
CONTENTS

New York
William Chadwick
of Lowville in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Stansfield of the Regt. commanded by Col. _____ in the New York line for 6 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 20 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of July 1833 and to _____ Knapp Lowville
Arrears to the 14th of Mar: '33 $ 4 00 Pension allowance ending Nov 33 1 00 $ 5 00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. C. C. Stiles
Recorded by _____ Clerk Book E. Vol. 3. Page 51

18.287
William Chadwick's
Declaration
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State of New York Lewis County } ss:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of Lewis in said County William Chadwick who being duly sworn deposes and says in addition to the declaration hereto annexed that he has no documentary evidence to establish his claim to a pension and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service
That he claims a Pension only for six months service in the Massachusetts State Troops which service he rendered as stated in the annexed Declaration -
Wm Chadwick
I certify that the above named William Chadwick personally appeared before me and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit this 5 th day of May 1833 and that the said Chadwick is now known to me and believed by me to be a person of truth and veracity
Omer Wilson Justice of the Peace
5-4-33 - answered in meadow only

Clerks Office Lewis County
I Carlos F. Leon Clerk of the County of Lewis do hereby certify that Orrin Neilson Esq. before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn and acknowledged was on the day of the date of said Certificate a Justice of the peace in and for Lewis County residing in Lewis County duly commissioned and sworn and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and hereby believe that the signature Orrin Neilson Esq. subscribed within is genuine Given under my hand and seal of Office this 6 th day of July 1883
Carlos F. Leon Clerk

State of New York Lewis County ss
On this eighteenth  twentieth day of September in the year One Thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the State County of Lewis now sitting William Chadwick a resident of the Town of Lowville in the County of Lewis and State of New York aged Seventy years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress Passed June 7. 1832. — That he entered The Service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated.
In the year 1778. in the month of February he enlisted as a volunteer under Captain John Stanford in the Massachusetts State Troops for nine months That at the time he enlisted he was ordered to be ready at a minutes warning but was not called for under about two months from that time; when they were called for and ordered to White Plains New York — When he arrived at White Fishkill New York he was met by a Regular officer and the Company was ordered to stop at Fishkill to guard the Military Stores at that place — That he remained at Fishkill until his term of Service had expired and he was discharged about the first of November of that year making between Six and Seven months actual Service
That he has no Documentary other evidence and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his Service
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension

Roll of the Agency of any state or of any only on that of the Agency of the State of New York
Sworn to and Subscribed The day & Year aforesaid Carlo P. Sorn Clerk
his Wm. Chadwick mark
We Isaac Clinton a Chrygman residing in the Town of Lowville in the County of Lewis and Reuben Bickford residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Chadwick who had subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration and we believe him to be twenty years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that Opinion
Sworn to and Subscribed the day & Year aforesaid
Isaac Clinton Reuben Bickford
Carlo P. Sorn Clerk
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 Isaac Clinton who had signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman residing in the Town of Lowville in the County of Lewis and that Reuben Bickford who has also signed the same is a resident in said Town of Lowville and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit

I Carlos P. Scovil Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Lewis do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of William Chadwick for a Pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this twentieth  eighteenth day of September in the year One Thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
Carlos P. Scovil Clerk

13.287 William Chadwick
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P 359 above d
29 Apr 53
T. Knox Lowville N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of  William Chudwick  of Lowville  in the State of N. York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     In 1778 between 6 & 7 Months Private Col. In Stanford & Majors  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? not stated  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence alone  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? they are not properly attached 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Gordon Examining Clerk.

Per Wm ✓
INVALID.
File No. 11,997
William Chadwick
Priv Boer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 66
[Arrangement of 1870.]
June 4, 1904—With Mrs. Alice G. Ballard Montpelier Vt.

OWEN
E.C.L.
Montpelier Vt. Dec 2 nd 1913.
To the Pension Dept. U.S.A.
I am trying to find some record of a certain John Grissold , soldier in the Revolutionary war . of whom I have a country knit edge gained from the Grissold Genealogy .
Not knowing from what place he enlisted am at a loss to know how to begin.
Thought since he died in service some of his family might have been on the pension list. I appeal to this Dept. for further information. I enclose what I can gather that might help identify him.

John Griswold - { Enlisted under Gen Israel Putnam. Son of { In Aug 1776 at a battle on Long Island contracted cold & died a few weeks later on York or New York St. Had a son John who settled at Springfield in 1772 Married Mary Ward
Joseph Griswold { Son of
John Griswold { Born Aug 15 1652
Son of
Edward Griswold { settled at Lyme Conn on a grant of land given him by his Brother Matthew in 1645
Lorr

His Children were as follows
John Mary Jerusha Grace Lucy Anna Sarah Daniel Huldah Matthew Eunice
His wifes maiden name was Mary Ward.
SEP 18 1903 NORTHAMPTON

Chadwick William Private, Agrippa Hill Co. of Minute men, Col. David Williams Regt. which marched Apr 20 1775 in response to Alarm of Apr 19 1775. service 10 days. Reported enlisted May 1 st 1775 into Army also Capt Hill Co. Col. Asa Whitcomb regt muster roll dated Aug 1 st 1775. Enlisted May 1 st 1775 service 3 mo 7 da
Also receipt for wages Sept 1775 dated. Pompeit Hill also order for bounty coat or equivalent in money dated. Pompeit Hill also order Capt Amasa Sheldon's Co. Col. Elihu Porter's regt. enlisted July 10 1777 discharged Aug 12 1777, service 1 mo 8 da Travel included expedition to northward Also list of enlisted men belonging to Hampshire Co. as returned to Gen Warner at Fishkill by Hon Woodman. Sept for Hampshire Co. year not given Capt Varnum's Co. Col. John's Regt. enlist- ment 1 mo -"

Trusting I shall hear at an early date I am Truly one of Uncle Sam's Daughters.
Mrs. Alice Mervold Ballard
Address # 20 Bailey Ave
Montpelier
Vt.
P.S. I also enclose record of Willard which as I find it in "Mass Soldiers and Sailors of the Rev War."
I wish to know if he was a pension- er and where he lived when drawing his pension & at time of death -
Mrs Ballard.