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Facts and Events
William Chandley was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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- American Revolutionary War Veteran
Revolutionary War Pension Information
Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 1, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :
Chandley, William - entered service 1777/78 in Staunton, [Augusta County], Virginia according to Rev. War pension application; granted Pension age 63 (original document says age 79) in Greene County, Tennessee, 1818, where he had resided for 27 years. His family in 1820: wife Sarah & six children mentioned but not named, all "small" except one. William Chandley died 9/22/1827, in Sevier County, Tennessee; married abt. 12/20/1799 to Sarah Prather (Marriage Bond 12/19/1799), Greene County, Tennessee; widow married (2) 4/8/1834, to John Lovell, who died 11/30/1845 in Cincinnati, Ohio, while visiting his children. Sarah Prather Chandley Lovell (widow), granted Pension age 73 in Crawford County, Indiana in 1854, when John Lovell's son William B. resided there. Widow granted Bounty Land Warrant there in 1855 abt. age 74, & resided there in 1856; a James Chandley resided there in 1853; Jacob Sarver son-in-law of John Lovell. R515.
References
- Graves, William T. Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters.
Pension Application of William Chandley (Chandly) W5027 Sarah Lovell VA
Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris
State of Tennessee } October Sess 1818
Greene County }
Personally appeared in open Court the subscriber William Chanly and being desirous of availing himself of the provisions of an act of congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons who were engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war and after first being duly sworn made & subscribed the following declaration on oath –
towit that he the said William some time in or about he year 1777 or 78 this affiant enlisted into the continental service in the Revolutionary army at Stantoun [sic: Staunton] state of Virginia in the Company of Cap’n Bell in General Greenes Regiment or the Regiment commanded by s’d Greene of the virginia line [sic: probably Col. John Green] that after his enlistment he was appointed an orderly Sargeant in Captain Bells company, and continued to serve in said Company as sargeant untill the expiration of his period of enlistment which was for Eighteen months – that during his said services he was in the battles of Guilford [Guilford Courthouse NC, 15 Mar 1781] Eutaw Springs [8 Sep 1781] ninety six [Siege of Ninety Six SC, 22 May - 19 Jun 1781] Cambden [sic: Battle of Hobkirk Hill near Camden SC, 25 Apr 1781] and others – and at the expiration of his services he obtained from said Captain Bell an honourable discharge which he kept for many years and has now by casualty lost the same & has it not in his power now to produce it. that he is now aged sixty three years and has resided in Greene County Tennessee twenty seven years & within the united states ever since he left the army that he is now so reduced in his circumstances that he stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. that he never has been placed on the pension list of the United States nor made any application before the present
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court this 29th Oc’t 1818 [signed] Wm. Chandley
State of Tennessee Greene County
District of Washington SS.
ON this 23d day of October 1820, personally appeared, in open court, being a court of record for the said district & county, William Chanley aged about sixty five years, resident in Greene County in said district, & county, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: towit in 1777 or 1778 he enlisted into the continental service and Revolutionary war at Staunton state of Virginia in Captain Bells company in the Virginia Regiment commanded by General Green and Major [Thomas] Ridley was major, and Colonal [John] Green was colonal, and after his enlistment was appointed an orderly sargeant, he states that enlisted for eighteen months, and was at the expiration thereof Honourably discharged by s’d Cap’n Bell and was in the Battles of Guilford Eutaw Springs Campden Ninety six and others and applied by his declaration for pension, which is herewith accompanied of date October 29th 1818 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled “an act to provide for certain person engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War” passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. to wit –
one horse $10
one cow 8
one Table one pot, one oven, 6 plates 6 pewter d[itt]o 6
8 spoons 50
4 sheep 6
3 old chairs 50
1 old loom 1 churn 2 50
6 acres of land at 30 00
64 50 [sic] that he has a wife & six small children all of which are small except one daughter, that he has no trade but that of a farmer and is unable to pursue manual labour for support
Sworn to, and declared, on the 23rd day of October 1820 before the Justices thereof
[signed] Wm Chandley
Green County State of Tennessee. April Session 1821
Personally appeared in open Court Major John Harmon [pension application S1825], and after being duly sworn deposed & stated, that he this deponant resided in Bedford County state of Virginia On or about the year 1780, as well as now recollected, and was well acquainted with William Chandley who is now personally present and states that some short time after the defeat of Bluford [sic: defeat of Col. Abraham Buford at Battle of Waxhaws SC, 29 May 1780], this deponant well knew of said William Chandly haveing enlisted into the continental establishment in the Revolutionary War in Rockbridge County for the term of eighteen months and knew of s’d William having in pursuance to s’d enlistment entered the army and departed and was absent untill the expiration of his term, & then returned home again, and altho this deponant was not with said William after his enlistment yet he can say that s’d William enlisted as aforesaid went into service & was absent more than eighteen months, and returned home as a discharged soldier as was generally understood & known
NOTE: On 18 May 1854 Sarah Lovell, about 73, of Crawford County IN, applied for a pension stating that she married William Chandley in Greene County in Sep 1798, and he died in Sevier County TN 22 Sep 1829. She remained a widow until 8 April 1835, when she married John Lovell, who died some five or six years previous to her application. The file contains a copy of a bond signed on 19 Dec 1799 by William Chandly (sic) and Sparling Bowman for the marriage of Chandly to Sarah Prather. A letter from her agent states that Sarah Lovell had been mistaken about the date of marriage, which occurred two or three days after the signing of the marriage bond. The file includes a letter dated 2 Dec 1845 from Samuel J. Lovell informing Susan and Jacob Sarver of the death of her father. On 11 Sep 1854 William D. Lovell stated that his father, John Lovell, died in Cincinnati OH on or about 30 Nov 1845. On an application for bounty land dated 25 April 1855 Sarah Lovell stated that she married William Chandley about 20 Dec 1799, and that she married John Lovell on 8 April 1834.
http://revwarapps.org/w5027.pdf
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).
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