Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45628, Joseph Chaplin, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Chaplin, Joseph
S. 45628
CONTENTS

9257 D o
New Hampshire Joseph Chaplin
of _____ in the state of _____ who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Belknap of the Massa: line, for the term of 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 of June 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 of Apr and sent to Judge Biddle Cheshire N.H.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 39  67.83 semi-ann. all'ce ending 18 Sept 19.48 8 30 35 " 557.83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Dead - see roll -

45 628
Rev
INVALID.
File No. 45-628
Joseph Chaplin Rev Rev War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 85
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Joseph Chaplin Private Digelow's Miss't Reg't Spring of 1777. 103 years
a d m r
June 13 th 1818

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Rockingham ss.)
ON this Thirteenth day of June 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Judicature of the State of New Hampshire personally appears Joseph Chaplin
aged seventy seven years, resident in Nottingham West in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he the said Joseph Chaplin enlisted in West Point of the year 1777 in the State of New York , in the spring in the company commanded by Captain Sylvanus Smith of the regiment commanded by Col. Timothy Bigelow in the Massachusetts line on the continental establishment for the term of three years ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the spring of the year seventeen hundred and eighty , when he was discharged from service in Valley Forge in the State of Pennsylvania ; that he was in the battles of Bensington previous to the capture of General Burgoyne and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Samuel Bell Ap l Jus. Sup. Court
I, Samuel Bell one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Judicature of the State of New Hampshire as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Joseph Chaplin for the term of nine months at one time on the continental establishment against the common enemy and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the com- mon enemy ; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
June 13 th 1818 Samuel Bell Ap l Jus. Sup. Court

I David Gregg testify that I am acquainted with the circumstances of Joseph Chaplin within named and that he is very poor, and according to the best of my knowledge and belief, wholly destitute of property.
David Gregg 2
State of New Hampshire June 13 th 1878 David Gregg 2 made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed Before me Samuel Bell Atty. Jur. Sup. Court