Revolutionary War Pension Record of Chisholm GRIFFITH, Frederick Co.,MD

Submitted by Allie Griffith-Nelson, 21 Aug 2006

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                                                                                                         September 17,1938
Mr. Clarence Griffin
P.O. Box 523
[??] City, North Carolina

Dear Sir,

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of 
 
Chisholm Griffith ,who applied for pension while a resident of Franklin County, Virginia.

The data which follow are found in the papers on file on pension claim,G.13855,based upon
 
service of Chisholm Griffith in the Revolutionary War.

Chisholm Griffith was born in Frederick County, Maryland and lived there at the time of the
 
Revolutionary War. The date of his birth and the name of his parents are not shown.

He enlisted about October 1775 and served five months and two days as a private in Captain 

Winchester's company, Colonel Beatty's Maryland [regiment] during which he marched to 

Philadelphia, was at Trenton, New Jersey, just after the battle there and guarded the Hessian 

prisoners during the winter months, and was in many skirmishes. He enlisted in Frederick 

County, Maryland, June 1, 1777, served as a private in Captain R. Hillary's company, Colonel 

Baker Johnson's Maryland regiment, joined the main army under General Washington was in 

many skirmishes and in the battle of Germantown, length of this service at least five months. 

After his return to Frederick County, Maryland, he enlisted in the spring of 1778 in the 

"selected militia" served at different times until sometime in the spring of 1782 under Captain 

Hillary, also under [???] Chisholm's  brother? as ensign, guarding a magazine in 

Fredericktown (the name of his brother not designated), and assisted in guarding prisoners
  
after the battle of Yorktown, in all amounting to at least five months, ending in 1782.

The soldier resided in Frederick County, Maryland, just after the Revolutionary War.

Chisholm Griffith (as his name was [??] on the pension roll) was allowed pension on his
 
application executed November 5, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Franklin County,
 
Virginia; he had resided there since 1811. The soldier gave his age then as seventy-three 

years. He made no reference to wife or children. 

In 1832, Zadock Griffith, was a resident of Rowan County, North Carolina, aged seventy-


seven years and upwards. He stated that he lived in Frederick County, Maryland, during the
 
Revolutionary War and served a part of his time with his brother, Chisholm Griffith.

In order to obtain the date of his last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly,
 
the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the comptroller General, General 

Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:

                                  Chisholm Griffith
Certificate #23489

Issued February 5, 1834

Rate $51.10 per annum

Commenced March 4, 1831

Act of June 7, 1832

Virginia Agency


Very Truly yours,
        

 A.D. Miller
Executive Assistant
To the Administrator.