DECLARATION of SERVICE Andrew Chaudoin Transcribed by Jeter Grimsley of Virginia (probably ca 1975) Found in the Estate Papers of R. S. Sanders 1832 August 22 STATE OF KENTUCKY, GREEN COUNTY (--) On the 22nd day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Green Circuit court for the county and state aforesaid Andrew Chadoin a resident of the county and state aforesaid, aged 71 years next November 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 of the 7th day of June 1832. That he was drafted for 18 months as soldier in the Continental army of the United States in Revolutionary War in Buckingham county, state of Virginia, which was the place of his residence at the time of his being drafted as above stated. the time of his being drafted was sometime in the year 1781, the month he cannot remember. he served in the company commanded first by Captain Love[ly] tho the officers of the company were changed frequently, sometimes he thinks the company was commanded by Capt. Crawford. the Regiment was commanded by Col. William Davis. He recollects [Von Stueben] was an officer in the army at the same time & was with the troops when they were stationed at Chesterfield Courthouse Virginia which was the place of Rendezvous. He served out 14 months of his time and procured a substitute of the name of John Pea[ce] [could it be Pearce...ash] to serve the remainder being four months as will appear by a discharge from Gen'l Muhlenberg dated 26 Septr 1782 which is marked so & made a part of this declaration. He served also two tours in the militia during the revolutionary war, the first for three months according to the best of his recollection & another for one month in the Virginia Militia. This service he is unable to prove by any [person] that he knows of except a brother who only knows that he went from his home [and that he served] as a soldier & return[ed] after being in the army some considerable time---while in the Militia he was in the Company commanded by Capt. [Homer] Harris, and the second tour he was in the company commanded by Captain James [Benny]--The Regiment he does not now remember who commanded--he does not remember that they had any colonel--the first tour was in service to Old Williamsburg & from there to Little York the second was guarding Hessian prisoners as the Albemarle Barracks--He hereby relinquishes ever claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity Except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state--Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. /S/ Andrew Chadoin Personally appeared in open Court in the Green circuit court [ holden] for Green County Kentucky on the 22nd day of August 1832 Francis Chadoin who being first duly sworn makes the following statement in relation to the military service of Andrew Chadoin in the above declaration, to wit, he states that he is a brother of the applicant and they both resided in the state of Virginia the said Andrew Chadoin resided in Powhatan county and the said Francis in Buckingham, that he states thate he has a perfect recollection that the said Andrew left home twice to serve in the militia to the best of his recollection the first time was three months, and the second one month He also states that after the periods of three and one month had expired--the applicant returned home--he states he has no recollection of the year that these services were performed, tho it was during the american revolution, it was always spoken of and understood that he had served a tour for eighteen months, or at least part of that tour--This conversation & report was common and believed amongst the acquaintance ofhis brother and no one ever doubted that he had served as he has stated -- He knows himself that his brother was from home for a year or more, as it was then & always since has been stated in the service of his country as a soldier of the revolution--He was not himself in the service with his brother but does not doubt his services as stated but upon the contrary, he served as stated. Subscribed and sworn to this day & date above named---the brother's place of residence when the 18 months service was performed was in Buckingham county Virginia but when he served the other tours he lived in Powhatan county, same state. /S/ Francis Chadoin Jeter Grimsleys indicates: 1. Although a discharge is mentioned, I did not find a copy with the declaration in the pension file. 2. The original declarations were in very dim, hard to read longhand. Some words were illegible. Words which I have underscored [bracketed above by ASH] represent my best efforts, but may not be accurate. 3. Spelling and punctuation are as in the original declarations and I have place in the typed lines the same number of words as was in the handwritten documents. 4. Andrew's statement was followed by what appears to be the testimony of an acquaintanceto his good reputation. the name was completely obliterated and the testimony so illegible that I could not salvage it, even with a magnifying glass. 5. The statement of Francis Chaudoin was started on the last page of the paper on which Andrew's statement was written.