Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 905, John Chapman, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Chapman, John Lucy B.
W. 905
CONTENTS

John Chapman of Chamberlain in the State of Kentucky was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Birch of the Regt. commanded by Col. Lewis in the Virginia line for 8 months and 25 days
Enrolled on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 27 Dollars 43 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of May 1833 and Sent to M c King  Burksville
Arrears to the 4th of March  58.86 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept  14.71 $73.57
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 5
dated Dec. 25, 1833
See Q. 83

Tennessee 1252 Nashville, Agency
Lucy B. Chapman widow of John Chapman who was a private in the Virginia line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 29 Dollars 43 — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31st day of July, 1843 and sent to Wm Dabney Albany Kentucky
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 — Page 217
Report of P. D. Dugay
Date of widow's death not in AB.
25 Dec 43

Declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the acts of congress passed the 17th day of June 1832,
State of Kentucky
Cumberland County } on this the 20th day of August 1832 personally appeared me George Swope a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Cumberland aforesaid, being one of Justices of the county court of said county duly authorized to hold the county court at said county together with the other Justices of said county, which court of which I am a member, where being on oath of record, John Chapman being a citizen of the county of Cumberland aforesaid in the state of Kentucky at his own dwelling house, and after being sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration that he will be aged 70 years on the 16th day of October next, that he is blind utterly and in a state of health so that he is unable to attend or go to any court of record and for this reason has called upon some member of a court of record to take his declaration in my presence out of court at his own house and doth on his oath in order to obtain the benefit of the said act of congress passed the 17th day of June 1832,
that he declared the service of the united states of america

under the command of Joshua Paine his captain, that he was drafted, and Entered the service under Capt Paine in Halifax county Virginia where he then lived that he started some time in the month of December 1780 the precise day not recollected with orders to stand at Babbs old fields near Rancey and river and then joined head quarters in January 1781 and served a three month Paine frequently going out on the lines, and several marches through the dismal swamps toward the latter end of the three months later Capt Paine died he was put under the command of Capt Howel Oldridge, who it was said lived in Brunswick county and from him I got my discharge about the first of April 1781 and returned home from service about the middle of April in the same month to Halifax county, and stood at home about eight days, and substituted in the place of Betsy Bowmer who had been drafted in Halifax county and I marched away under a captain Edward King and Mackie to Salisbury in N Carolina and from there to 96 and then put under Colonel Lewis and stood at 96 - 17 or 18 days and then returned to the cutdown Bridges in 7 miles of Charleston and then to a hospital and from there I guarded about sixty prisoners to Salisbury and crossed Broad river

and was discharged there is about six or seven miles of Sallaway in the mouth of Ruby Still in the year of the preceding day of the month I got my discharge not recollected my discharge I got from the same Captain King that I started with and served three months lower and was discharged accordingly. I then returned home to Malheur County Oregon and lived there three or four months and moved to North Carolina Wilkes County I got in to North Carolina in November 1861 and was put on the list and in February was drafted 1862 and was put under Captain John Reed and marched off some time in the same month the time of the month not recollected and marched from Wilkes courthouse to serve a three months lower against the Indians to a place called the middle of the Indians said to be in or near the frontiers of Georgia said to be about three hundred miles from Wilkes courthouse where we first entered said service and then staid the number of days not rec- ollected and then returned to to Wilkes courthouse North Carolina where we had started from and was then discharged, and was discharged by Captain Reed some time about the first of April not lacking some few days of serving the full three months we were under General McDowell, and Col. Cleavel the given names of either not recollected

I was in no general Engagement during the whole of my service in the whole three Forces, but during my second Tour and while at 96 there was firing by the British and Americans both for many days, and there was a certain Nathan Sombay that through the shoulder by a musket ball as was believed as he was whirling to fire in a breast with others and myself and he was so near me that I believe I could have touched him with my hand before he fell. I do not recollect the particular of the high officers in command during my first and second Tour, I was then young and did not understand the gradation of the officers during the second Tour General Lee I understood was highest in command when we was at 96.
I have no documentary Evidence of my services since my three discharges among my papers for a great many years in Virginia and since I left Virginia after I left North Carolina, and moved back to Virginia but they are all lost, and I know of no person that served with me that I can prove my services or any part thereof that I know to be living.
They requesting my claim what soever to a pension or annuity Except the pension, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any State that I have

he knows of soon to be subscribed John Chapman before me this 20 th of August 1832 Geo Shropshire
1 I understand that where you were born, are in Halifax County as I am informed the 10 th day of October 1745 as I believe
2 I question by the question have you any record of your age and if so where is it,
ans I have none and has never had, I have seen the record of my age as kept by my mother in a prayer book, and by my mother's brother George Tyre George Tyre in his large bible
3 where were you living when called into the service and where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live
ans I lived in Halifax County Virginia when I was called into the service of the united states against the common enemy the time I was called into service the first and second time, when I was called into the service the third I lived in Wilks County North Carolina I returned to Halifax County in the year 1783 and there lived about 48 years I was married in 1791 and lived there until the winter of 1828 when I moved to Cumberland County Kentucky where I still live

4. How were you called into service were you drafted. did you volunteer were you drafted or a substitute and of a substitute for whom,
answer
I was first drafted when I served the first — term, and the second term I substituted in place of Bibby Bower and the third term I was drafted
5. State the names of some of regular officers who were with the troops where you served such continental and elite regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service
answer. I do not recollect the numbers of the regiments, nor any very partic- ular circumstances further than I have detailed in the body of my declaration
6. did you ever receive any discharge or if so when it from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it,
answer
I have had three discharges for three three months terms the first from Capt. The road  of Bridges. The second from Capt. King the third from Capt. Solomon  Lee and from Col. Smith. I believe they are all still

in and for the county of Cumberland aforesaid being a member of the county court aforesaid for the do declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrog- atories, prescribed by the war depart- ment that the above applicant is a revolutionary soldier and served the state and that he is unable to attend court from bodily infirmity further certify that it appears that Jonathan H. Young who signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman residing in the county of Cumberland State of Kentucky and Cedar L. Dalton who has also signed the same is a resident in the same county and state and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to full credit
And I further certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings as transacted before me in the matter of the application of John Chapman for a pension
In Testimony whereof whereof I have set my hand and seal this 20 th day of August A.D. 1832
Geo. Shupe

to whom you are known in your power and who can testify to your character and veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier in the revolution
Assured Alexander Beatty Robert Morris Miles Horton and Ambros Bramlett and I think my neighbors generally
We Johnathan H. Young Chapman, residing in the county of Cumberland, state of Kentucky and Carter T. Dalton, residing in the same do hereby certify that we are acquainted with John Chapman, from the report of his neighbors who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration that we believe him to be the 70 years of age from saying  saying  his  his and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion sworn to and subscribed This 20 day of August 1832 Jonathan H. Young Carter T. Dalton
State of Kentucky Cumberland County George Swope a Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee Fentress County } ss
On this the 26th day of Septem- ber 1838, personally appeared before me Evan D. Frazee a Justice of the peace for the county of Fentress State of Tennessee Lucy B Chapman aged Sixty nine years old the fourth day of December next, she being Born the 4th day of December 1769 agreeable to her undoubted account and agreeable to her Sisters record of the same who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the bene- =fit of the act of Congress of the united States passed the 7th day of July 1838 that she is the widow of John Chapman Deceased who was a private in the army of the Revolutionary War, who was a Revolu- tionary Pensioner at the Rate of about Twenty nine dollars and some few cents (as well as she now recollects) under the act of Congress passed the 7th June 1832, and enrolled for payment as such in Lexington Kentucky; she further Declares that she was Married to the said John Chapman on the first day of February one thousand Seven hundred and ninety one Halifax County in the State of Virginia, that her said marriage with her said husband John Chapman was solemnized by Obadiah Eckhols a Baptist preacher of the gospel, and that her said husband John Chapman died in Cumberland County State of Kentucky on the 22nd day of December 1833 that she has

remained a widow since that period of his death as she thinks will fully appear from by reference to the proof hereto to be annexed, that her maiden name was Lucy B. Williams,
Sworn and subscribed this 26th day of Sep tember 1838 before me
Ebenezer D. Fogg
Lucy B. Chapman mark
Justice of the peace
State of Tennessee } Lucy B Chapman a Fentress County } resident of said County on this the 26th day of Sep tember 1838. as above set forth the aforesaid Lucy B Chapman widow of the said John Chapman as above set forth on her oath further Declares that she has no record written or Documentary evidence of her said marriage, and that she lives a long distance from where she was married but Believes that she can prove by her own fam- ily and by Mr Daniel Singleton things that will probably be satisfactory as to the time of her said marriage to her said Deceased husband
Sworn and subscribed this 26th day of Sept ember 1838 before me
Ebenezer D. Fogg
Lucy B Chapman mark
Justice of the peace
State of Tennessee } ss Fentress County }
on this the 26th day of September 1838 personally appeared

before me Evan D Frogge a Justice of the peace in and for said County. John Chapman who is entitled to credit, and after being duly sworn for that purpose on his oath states that agreeable to his account, from his dece- ased father John Chapman that he is thirty six years old the 21st day of last April being Born in the year 1802 agreeable to his undoubted account from authentic sources that there was four of his said father and mothers Children born in Lawful wedlock, of the bodies of said John Chap- man and Lucy B Chapman, his said parents, that Rawley Chapman his oldest brother of him said witness was born the last day of June 1793, and upwards of two years after the marriage of his said parents, agreeable to the account he has always had from his parents and from all surrounding circumstances, that his said oldest brother has four children that are grown or nearly so, that his said brother was married in Virginia in the year 1813. he witness states that he is as well satisfied that his said mother and father were married on the first day of February 1791 as he is of any matter that he was not an eye witness to sworn and subscribed this 26th day of September } John Chapman 1838 before me } Evan D Frogge } Justice of the peace }
State of Tennessee, Fentress County } I Evan. D. Frogge a Justice of the peace in and for said County certify that Lucy B Chapman the said applicant for a Pension is wholly

unable to attend court from bodily infirmity and that I believe from an intimate ac- quaintance with her and her oldest son Rawley Chapman, and from conversing with her and the family that her whole Declaration is true.
Edward Grogge Justice of the peace

23629.
John Chapman Cumberland Co Kentucky.
From 1780 print 8 months 25 days.
$29. 43 / 100
Burksville
M. King Blehm Cumberland Co Kentucky.

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, shewing the Service of John Chapman. Cumberland Co. Kentucky.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Dec 1780 " 3 " Priv Capt. J. Paul. " H. Eldridge 70 years Halifax Co. Va. Traditionary.   1781 " 3 " " Col. Lewis. Capt. E. King.   1782 " 3 " " Gen. McDowell Col. Blevins. Capt. J. Leach  
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 days 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 the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [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.
Joseph Rowen Esq.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
Own
File No.
905
Lucy B. Chapman
Widow
John Chapman
Priv. Va. Line
Act: March 3 rd 1843
Index:—Vol. A , Page 127
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Samuelson V. V. V. Grainy, Tennessee Sept. 27th 1838. Enclosed in the letter is the Declaration of Mrs. Lucy B. Chapman Widow of John Chapman Deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner and died in the edge of Kentucky, Mrs. Chapman lives in Tennessee, in Fayette County. She has no intimate acquaintance in her neighborhood, as I learn that knew her in the time of her marriage, but according to one who was acquainted with her in a short time after her marriage with her deceased husband, I do not know that it is improper to inform you that I am intimately acquainted with Mrs. Chapman, and the family, and with her son Hawley, who has a large family and two children, that I would suppose the youngest of the two to be upward of twenty one years old I would have no hesitation in saying from what I know of the family and from conversations that I have had with her deceased husband John Chapman that I have scarcely a doubt, but that she was married to her said husband precisely at the time she has stated in her Declaration. She is now in a spell of Bilious fever, I think will probably survive, I do not know whether, marriage celebrated at the

at the time and place the alledged is to be Supposed are regularly recorded or not or if so whether it was recorded by church Regis- -tration or by the clerk of their courts of Virginia. please to give me all the information that you may consider fair to ask that is in your power, if the present is not satisfactory
your most humble and Obedient servant
Robert A Dabney
The honorable James L Edwards
Washington City D.C.

786
ap 26 1843
Conn: - Stam
Mar 3 rd 1843
Lucy B. Chapman
Albany Ky. Apr 16 th 3
S. Edwards Comr of pensions.
Washington City D. R.

Albany N.Y. April 15 th , 1843.
Sir:
I enclose the Declaration of Lucy B Chapman formerly a pensioner under act of 7 th July 1838.
Your Humble Servt M rs Dabney.
J. L. Edwards. Comm r of Pensions. Washington City D. C.

George Swope
23629

Kentucky Cumberland County ss. Milton King Clerk of the County Court for said County do Certify that George L. Wolfe esquire whose signature is subscribed to the foregoing affidavits of John Chapman, Jonathan H. Young and Carlos T. Doltow, was a Justice of the peace duly Commissioned and qualified to administer Oaths in said County. That his attestation are in due form of law, and his official acts are in- vited to Credit.
Given under my hand and the seal of my Office in Parkersville this 14 th day of January 1833
M. King Clerk

2283
Tennessee.
Lucy B. Chapman widow of John Chapman, Dec
who was a pensioner under the Act of June 1832 and who died on the 25th December 1833 of Herths 6 o in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Compy. commanded by Captain Powell - of the Regt. - commanded by Col. Lewis - in the Virginia line for 8 Months & 25 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Nashville, W. T. at the rate of 29 Dollars 43 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of April 1839 and sent to Robert A. Dabney, Morgan Co. House, Tennessee
Arrears to the 4th of March 1839 $88.29 Semi-annual allowance ending 1 st Sept: - 14.72
$103.01
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by Wittewart Clerk, Book A - Vol. 2 - Page 206

2223
Ancey B. Chapman West Tennessee
admitted Pa. 8 mo. 25 days $29.43/100
Age 4
period of marriage state in her husband's destination
Rel t A. Vabney Morgan C. H. Tennessee

State of Tennessee Fentress County
On this the 26th day of September 1838 personally
appeared before me Evan D. Frogg a Justice of the peace in and for said county. Daniel Livingston a resident citizen of Fentress County whose statement is entitled to credit, and and after being duly sworn for that purpose states that he was well acquainted with Lucy B Chapman (Widow of John Chap- man deceased) and her said husband John Chapman deceased, a Revolution- ary Pensioner who died in the edge of Kentucky a few miles from where he Witness lives, he was was acquainted with them after they were married and before their oldest child Rawley Ch- apman was born, that in Halifax County Virginia, and that he knew them there a great many years after, that they were reputed and spoken of as husband and wife and that he has no doubt of the facts of their being married in 1791
Sworn and subscribed this 26th day of September 1838 before me
Daniel Livingston notk.
Evan D. Frogg Justice of the peace
State of Tennessee Fentress County
I John H. Richardson clerk of the County Court of said Fentress County hereby certify that Evan D. Frogg is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing signatures purport- ing to be his are genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this 27th day of September 1838
John H. Richardson — clerk of the County Court of Fentress County By John H. Richardson. D.C.

State of Kentucky 3
Clinton County 3 on this the 13 th day of April
1843 personally appeared before George Swope, a Justice of the peace in and for said county Lucy B Chapman a Resident citizen of Franklin County, State of Tennessee living near the Kentucky line about one mile and a half south of it, and and after being duly sworn for that pur- pose on her oath makes the following Declaration, in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress passed the day of 1843 granting to widows of Soldiers of the Revolution one years Pension to commence on the 4 th day of March 1843 to such as were entitled to the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, she states she is the ident- ical Lucy B Chapman to whom a certificate of Pension did issue per act of 7 th July 1838, for a Pension at the Rate of twenty nine dollars and some few cents the precise number of cents not now Recollected with certainty (though perhaps for forty three cents) she this Declarant was born the 4 th day of December 1769 she was married to her decease husband John Chapman the first day of February 1791, in Halifax County State of Virginia, by Oby Eckholts a Baptist preacher to John Chapman, a deceased Pensioner, who died the 25 th day of December 1833 in Cumberland County State of Kentucky, in the bounds of now Clinton County Kentucky it is most convenient for her to make.

in Kentucky living near, and being near to George Swope Esquire the same Justice that her husband made his Decla- -ration before, she has not intermarried since the death of her said husband but is now his widow, she is seventy three years old last December
Lucy B Chapman mark
Sworn to & subscribed This 13 th day of April 1843 before me Geo Swope B.B.
State of Kentucky Clinton County
I George Swope a Justice of the peace in and for said county certify that I have this day taken the foregoing Declaration of Lucy Chapman, the widow of John Chapman, I took the Dec- laration of her husband John Chapman in order to obtain his Pension when I was a Justice of the peace for Cumberland County Kentucky and have been acquainted with Mrs Chapman ever since, and know her to have remained a widow ever since the death of John Chapman, her husband who due a Pension. I have the most undoubted convictions of the truth and Justice of his claim. I believe the foregoing Declaration is in all things true. I further certify that she is unable to attend court from old age and bodily infirmity.
Given under my hand

as an acting Justice of the peace for Clinton county at the house Jonathan Wilson in Clinton county Kentucky, this 13th day of April A.D. 1843 Geo Swope J.P. etc
State of Kentucky } Clinton county }
I Rice Maney clerk of the County court of Clinton aforesaid certify that George Swope Esq is a Justice of the peace as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal there being no public seal of office yet provided; done at office in Albany this 14th day of April A.D. 1843.
Rice Maney by W W Maney