Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 19491, James Gamel, Continental (N.Y.)
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Continental (N.Y.)

Gamel, James
Nancy

NUMBER
W19491

Contents
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17254
New York
James Gamel
of Homer in the State of New York
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel [Warner]
of the New Hampshire
line, for the term of 3 years & 4 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 17th of July 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 of May 1820
and sent to Rockwell Randall Esq.
Cortland Village, New York
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1820 $60.90
48
$108.90
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 [illegible] 
7 mo & 19/31

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
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233. 
New York Album 
Nancy Gamel widow of James Gamel who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Pri

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 

certificate of pension issued the 16 day of June 1848 and sent to 
Hou. H.S. Conger
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4473
James Gamel, private
Gidion Bronson's Company
Col. Seth Warners Regt
-
Enlisted Nov 1776. discharged
22d March 1780

Served 3 yr. 4 M.
Recd July 31, 1819
Proof of service by
Alexander Webster Esq
& William McFarling

Pension to be forwarded
to Roswell Randall
Cortland Village ,
Cortland County N York

Admitted
30 May 1820
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State of New York.

County of Cortland [illegible] On this 17th day of July in the year
1819 before me the subscriber John Keep Esquire first
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said
County of Cortland personally appears James Gamel
aged sixty five years six months resident of the town of
Homer and County aforesaid 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 the said James
Gamel enlisted 
in Albany in the State of New York in November in
the year 1776. in the company commanded by Captain
Gidios Bronson in Col. Seth Warner regiment. that he
continued to serve in the said Corps, or in the service of the
United States until the 22 day of March 1780. having
served three years and four months, when he was
discharged at Fort George in the State of New York.
That he was in the Battle of Bennington in 1777.
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and that he is in reduced circumstances and stand
in need of the assistance of his Country for support.
and in consequence of his discharge being was
out and lost he has no
other evidence now in his
[power ] of his services.

Sworn to & declared before
me, the day & year aforesaid

John Keep first Judge  &c
James Gamel


State of New York
Cortland County [illegible] I John Keep first Judge as
aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction
that the said James Gamel did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against 
the Common enemy, and that from the Testimony of one
Credible Witness it appears to my satisfaction also
that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need
of the assistance of his country for support & I
now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had
before me, to the Secretary for the department of
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'
War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid
Act of Congress
Dated July 17. 1819
John Keep First Judge
as aforesaid
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=
Clerks Office
Cortland County [illegible]

I certify
that John Keep Esqr whose
signature appears to the above before
whom the foregoing
afft was made was on
the day of the date thereof first
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
in and for said County his acts therefore in that case
City are to be regarded as such. And also that I
am acquainted with the hand writing
of the said
Judge and Verily believe his name thereto subscribed
to be his
proper hand writing

In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said County this 21 July 1819

Saml Hotchkiss   Dep. Clerk
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State of New York
Cortland County SS.
On this Twenty ninth day of June
one Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty Nine personally appeared
before the Subscriber William Bartlet a Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas and County Court in and for said
County of Cortland and State of New York the same
being a Court of Record - Nancy Gamel
Resident of the Town of Homer in the County of Cortland
and State of New York, aged Sixty four years
who being first duly sworn according to law doth on
her oath make the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress
passed July 7. 1838 Entitled an act granting half
pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the
Widow of James Gamel who was a Pensioner of the
United States under the act of 18th March 1818 The
Identical person described in the annexed Pension Certificate
No 17.254
she further declares that she was married
to the said James Gamel on the Tenth day of May seventeen
Hundred and ninety three 1793 by a Clergyman by the name of
George Mars in the Town of Hebron in the County of
Washington and State of New York. This deponant further
sayth that at the time of the marriage of her to her
said husband the Clergyman Resided in the Town of
Argyle and preached one half of his time in the town
Hebron and the other half of his time in the Town of
Argyle all in the said County of Washington.
This deponant further sayth that her husband the afore
said James Gamel died on the seventeenth day of January
Eighteen Hundred & Twenty two 1822. That she was not married
to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took
place previous to the first of January Seventeen Hundred
and ninety four
[illegible] at the time above
Stated
Over
_____
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Sworn to and subscribed on the day and
year above written before
William Bartlet Judge of
Cortland County Court

Nancy Gamel

I hereby certify that the above named Nancy Gamel Cannot
from bodily infirmity and old age attend the setting
of the Court

William Bartlet
Judge of Cortland
County Court
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James Gamel
was married to
Nancy Paul
May 10 1793

Mary was  born June [illegible]
John was born March 13th 1796
Jane was born August 11th 1798
Jane was born
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State of New York
Cortland County SS

Be it known that on the first day
August 1840 Personally appeared before me Thomas Mott Jr. Esq a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Cortland and State of New York Jane Gamel, Resident of Homer in said County of Cortland aged thirty eight years , who being first duly sworn according to law doth
depose and say that she is the daughter of James & Nancy Gamel and that the
anexed record is the family Record of my Father and mother which
contain the marriage of my father and mother and also the birth of my self and
 the birth of my Brother and Sister. This deponant further sayth
that she has been acquainted with this Record for as much as  twenty or thirty years 
and had supposed it was lost until a few days since when she went
to her sister in the town of Preble in said County of Cortland and she found
the said record in an old  family Bible of her father at her sisters who
was married to Richmond Macumber who resides in the town of Preble in said County and this deponent further says she saw  the said record cut
from the old family Bible of her father and saw the same attached hereto and
and further this deponent sayth not -----

Sworn and subscribed before me this
first day of August 1840

Thomas Mott Jr. J. Peace

Jane Gamel

I hereby certify that the above named Jane Gamel sustains a good
Character for truth and varacity.

Thomas Mott Jr. J. Peace
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Nancy Gamel 
ade evidence 





Hon . J.C.Clark H.R.
at Mrs. Pitman's
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State of New York
Cortland County  SS

Be it known that on the first day
of August 1840 personally appeard before the Subscriber a
Justice of the peace in and for said County of Cortland and
State of New York Mary Macumber resident of Preble in the County
of Cortland and state of New York
aged forty six years who being first duly sworn according to
law doth depose and say that she this deponent is
the daughter of James and Nancy Gamel and that the anexed
record is the record of my father and mothers family and this
deponent further says that she remembers of seeing this record
in her fathers family Bible for upwards of thirty years and it
contains the record of the marriage of my father and mother
and the birth of myself and the birth of my brother and sister
this deponent further says that at the time she was married
to her husband Richmond Macumber and went to keeping house
she took the old family Bible which contained the anexed
family record of her father and mother which she has this
day cut out from the Bible and is hereto annexed and further
this deponant sayth not-

Sworn to and subscribed before me
the day and year first above written
Mary Macumber

Thomas Mott Jr J Peace

I hereby certify that the above named Mary Macumber sustains a good character for truth and varacity 

Thomas Mott  Jr J Peace
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State of New York
Cortland County ⎬ I Oren Stimson Clerk of Cortland County
Court & Clerk of said County do hereby certify that 
Thomas Mott Jr before whom the within affidavits purports
to have been taken was at the dates of the same a Justice
of the Peace in & for said County duly Elected & qualified
and further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his signatures within are genuine-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
& affixed the seal of said County this 3d day of
August A.D. 1840
O. Stimson Clerk
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July 10
Bee
Hon Amasa Dana Esq
Member of Congress
Washington

Nancy Gamel
Hon A Dana  HR
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State of New York
Cortland County SS.
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John Gamel being duly sworn according to
law doth depose and say that he residing in the
town of Virgil in said County
of Cortland and
State of New York aged Seventy five years this
deponant further says that he is a brother of the
late James Gamel deceased - and that they both
Resided in the town of Hebron in the County of Washington
and State of New York in the year 1793 and
that this deponant well recolects of being preasant
at the marriage of his brother James Gamel to
Nancy Paul in the town of Hebron aforesaid
and that they were married by the Reverand  George
Maris a Presbyterian Priest. On the Tenth day of
May Seventeen Hundred and Ninety three (1793).
The [illegible] in the season of planting Indian Corn -- this
deponent well recolects the time of the aforesaid
marriage from the fact that he this deponant
was married by the same priest six months
after his brother James was married and
that this deponent was married on the
Twelfth day of November Seventeen Hundred
and ninety three - 1793 -
and this deponent
further says that the aforesaid James and
Nancy Gamel lived together as husband and
wife untill the death of the said James Gamel
and further this deponent sayth not ---

Sworn and subscribed this 9th day
1840, before me

John Gamel

Thomas Mott Jr J Peace

I hereby certify that the above named John Gamel sustains a 
good character  for truth and veracity

Thomas Mott Jr J Peace
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State of New York
Cortland County Clerks Office. I Oren Stimson Clerk of
said County do hereby certify that Thomas Mott
before whom the within affidavit purports to have
been taken was at the date of the same a
Justice of the Peace in  & for said County, duly
qualified and that his signatures within are genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & affixed the Seal of said County this 10th day of July AD 1840

O. Stimson Clerk
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Cortland Village Cortland Co
N.Y. July 10th 1840-

Amasa Dana Esq
Sir
I take the liberty of sending to
you the additional Evidence of widow Nancy Gamel
wife of James Gamel deceased of our County - 
Mrs Gamel Claims a pension for five years
and according to the regulations of the Pension Office I believe the proof is sufficient -  together with the affidavits all ready in the Pension Office - 
I hope you will present the papers the first
opportunity and have them acted upon before
you leave for home, and much oblige
your obedient Servant
E. W. Edgcomb
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Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19491
Nancy Gamel
wid' of
James Gamel
Priv Rev. War
Act: Feb. 2nd /48
Index: --- Vol. ? Page 265
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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6119
Albany, N.Y.
Nancy Gamel
widow of James Gamel
who was a Pri
in the NH Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
14 day of Sept. 1844
and sent to D.D. Addison Esq.
Presant
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 74

(Upside down)
2 Certs:
38
43
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8721
New York
Nancy Gamel
widow of James Gamel
who was a pensioner under the Act of
and who died on the 17 Jany 1822
of Cortland in the State of NY
who was a Pri
in the Co
commanded by Captain_____ of the _______
commanded by Col Warren in the NH
line for 2 years
-
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of
80 Dollars ----- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 14
day of
Sept.
1844 and sent to D. D.
Addison, Present

Total amount,
$400 00 
[Act July 7, 1838.]
F. L. Swann Clerk,
Recorded by Book D 
Vol.
Page 159
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Washington June 9, 1848
J. L. Edwards Esq

Sir:  I send you herewith papers
in support of the application of Margaret Houghton
& Nancy Gamel for
pension under the law of
Feby 22 1818
I sent you, sometime since papers in the case
of Mary Andrews, Lydia Owen, Mary Bellors & Anna Brigham. May I hope for an early report on
the same
Yours &c
H.S. Conger
Ho of Rep
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New York

Act July 7. 1838
Nancy Gamel
married 10 May 1793
Husband died 17 Jan 1822
let to E. W. Edgcomb 16. Oct 1839
to Hon. A. Dana 20 July 40
do to Hon. J.C. Clark Aug 21st 1840
" "      D D Addison Aug 22. 1845
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Aug 16. 1844
O.M. assess Nancy Gamel
.
James L. Edwards Esq.
Commisr. of Pensions

D.D. Addison
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Washington August 16th 1844
Sir,
of two
I enclose herewith
Affidavits by two
witnesses who were present at the
Marriage of James Gammel [Gamel] to Nancy
Pall, in the early part of May 1793.
These affidavits
will I believe, remove the
only objection to the admission of the claim
of
Nancy Gammel, under the act of July
7th 1838.
As this claim has now been
before the Dept. 4 or 5 years, I beg that
you will do me the favor to cause it to
be examined with as little delay
as possible.
I am, Very respectfully
[illegible]
D. D. Addison


J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commisr. of Pensions
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July 15. 1840
M
Nancy Gamel
A Dana
Hon H L Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington
City

Hon. A Dana, H.R.
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House of Reps
July 14th 1840

Hon J L Edwards
Dr Sir

Permit me to solicit an
early attention
to the pension application
of Mrs. Gamel of which some additional
papers are inclosed.
Very
Respectfully
Your Obt Srvt
Amasa Dana
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July 20. 1840
A Dana M C
Hon J L Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington City
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House of Reps.
July 20th 1840

J L Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
Dr Sir,
On the 14th Instant
I sent you additional papers in the
application of Nancy Gamel for a
Pension which I shall be glad to hear
from as early as possible
Roy
Very Respy
Your obt Srvt
A Dana
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State of New York  }
Cortland County    } SS.

On this 24th day of February
1844 personally appeared before the subscriber
Eleazer W Edgcomb a Justice of the Peace in
for the said County of
Cortland
Daniel McFarlain resident of the town of
Bristol County of Ontario and State of New York. 
aged 75 years and Mary McFarlain his wife of the town of Bristol and 
County of Ontario aged 71. years
 Who being first duly sworn seperately according to law doth depose & say that they
are on a visit to see one of their children who
resides in the town of Virgil and County of
Cortland and that they are well acquainted with James Gammel and Nancy Gammel his
Wife
and that these deponents further says
that they were present at the marraige
of
James Gammel & Nancy Pall and that they were
married in the fore part of the month of may
1793. by a Scotch Priest by the name of George Mars in the town of Hebron in the County
of Washington and State of New York
where they
then resided. And these deponents well recollect
of being at the wedding of the aforesaid 
James & Nancy Gammel
and these deponents were
married in the same town of Hebron & County
of Washington on the 24th day of May 1793.
And the aforesaid James & Nancy Gammel
attended the wedding of these deponents who
then resided in the same neighbourhood
and were married by the same priest
George Mars And that they lived for
a number of years in the same town &
these deponents further saith that they lived about
25 years ago in the town of Homer &
County of Cortland
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in the neighbourhood of the the aforesaid
James & Nancy Gammel and was at that
time well acquainted with them and have
frequently conversed them about the aforesaid
marriages and these deponents further saith
that they well reccollect that James & Nancy Gammel
were married in the forepart of the month
of May 1793 and that these deponents were
married two or three weeks after in the same
month, and that they have all
lived together as husbands and wives untill
the death of the aforesaid James Gammel
And further these deponent saith not

Sworn and subscribed                 }
the day and year above written  }
before  E W Edgcomb                 }
Justice of the Peace                     }

Daniel McFarlain
Mary her  mark McFarlain

State of New York
Cortland County 
Clerks Office

I Samuel Hotchkiss Clerk of said County do hereby
Certify that Eleazer W Edgcomb Esq before whom
the foregoing affidavit purports to have been taken was
on the day of the date of the Jurat thereof , Justice 
of the Peace in the said County & duly authorized by law to take 
the same also that I am well acquainted with the
hand writing
of the said Justice and verily believe the signature
of the said Justice thereto subscribed to be his genuine Signature
In Testimony whereof I have hereto affixed the seal
of said County and subscribed my name the 28th day
of February AD 1844
Sam Hotchkiss Clerk
I Certify that the above Named Daniel McFarlain &
Mary McFarlain Sustain a good Character for
truth and voracity and that I was acquainted with
them both about Twenty years time-
September 9th 1844-
E W Edgcomb
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
County of Washington SS.

George Mairs Junior being duly sworn, deposes and
says that he resides in the town of Argyle County of Washington and State of
New York; that he is the son of the Reverend George Mairs who is a
clergyman belonging to the Presbyterian Church, that the said
George Mairs was formerly pastor of a Church in Hebron but
for rising of forty years last past has been pastor of a Church
in the said town of Argyle, that this deponent is a clergyman
belonging to the same denomination; that he is and has been
intimately acquainted with the business habits of the said
George Mairs, deponents father; that the said George Mairs never
kept a record of marriages, and this deponent further states that
his father the said George Mairs is a very aged and infirm
man and that his mind is so much impaired that he is incapable
of transacting any kind of business

Subscribed & sworn this
6th day of July 1840
before said  
H Shipherd Justice of the Peace

George Mairs Jr

I certify that I am well acquainted with
the Revd George Mairs Junr above named
and that his character for truth and veracity
is good
H Shipherd Justice of the Peace

State of New York 
County of Washington ⎬ SS.  I Edward Dodd Clerk of the said County hereby
certify that Henry Shipherd Esquire whose name is subscribed to the above
certificates was at the time the same were made a Justice of the peace
in and for said county duly commissioned and sworn and that
his signatures to the said certificates are genuine
Given under my hand and official
seal the 6th day of July 1840
Edward Dodd Clerk
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James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of
Pensions
Washington
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Cortland Village Cortland County
N.Y. June 29th 1839

J L Edwards Esq

Enclosed I send you
the application
of Nancy Gamel Widow of James Gamel for 
Five Years Pension

I am Respectfully
your obedient Servant
E. W. Edgcomb
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June 27 43
Nancy Gamel


J. L Edwards Esq
Commissr of Pensions


D.D. Addison [illegible]
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Washington June 27th 1843
Dr Sir,
I am requested to enquire what
further evidence is necessary to establish
the claim of Mrs. Nancy Gamel
of New York, to a pension under the act
of July 7th 1838. I am informed that affidavits of other witnesses, who were present
at the marriage,  can be procured
, if they would be deemed sufficient.
.
I am very respectfully
[illegible]
D. D. Addison


J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissr of Pensions-
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State of New York
Corland County towit

William McFarling  of Treeton in
said County, aged Seventy two years and nearly two months - being duly sworn doth depose & say
that he is well acquainted with James Gamel, the same
person who has applied to the proper authority for a
pension from the United States, and whose application is
hereto annexed, under date of July 17th last past
that he has known him since the beginning of the year
1777, and ever since - that he knew that he
the said Gamel enlisted in the army of the revolution
in the the Company commanded by Capt
Gidios Bronson
 in Col Warners Regiment, that he saw the said
Gamel frequently while in service - that he is knowing to the said Gamel
served in the aforesaid
Corps for upwards of three years - that
he knows
also, that the said Gamel was in the battle of
(Bunker Hill strike out) Bennington in 1777. that the said
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Gamel was always reputed to be a good
Soldier and that he knows of his being
discharged at Fort George in the State of
New York
& that he has no interest directly 
or indirectly in the said Gamel application
Wm. McFarling

Sworn &  Subscribed before me the 22 day of
September 1819 and I also Certify that the
said William McFarling is a Credible witness, 
 and entitled to
belief and Credit -
B S Campbell J Peace
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State of New York
Cortland County towit
Alexander Webster Esq of Scott in
the said
County aged 57 years and three months - being
duly sworn doth depose & say, that he is well acquainted with James Gamel, and has known him for a great
number of years - that he formerly resided in Hebron
in the County of Washington - now a resident of the
town of Homer in said County of Cortland - that
he this deponent resided within One & a half miles
of the said James
Gamels fathers -  that during the
revolutionary war he was frequently at the house of his
father and heard his parents often speak of their son James
who was a soldier in the army, expressing anxieties for
his safety & - that the said James Gamel was a private
in Col Warners Regiment and faithfully served out the
period of his enlistment of three years - that this deponent knew a man by the name of Duncan Dunn in
whose veracy the utmost confidence can be reposed, that the
said Dunn informed this deponent that he the
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said Dunn was a Sergeant in Col Warners Regiment
in the Revolutionary War that the said Gamel had been
frequently under his command, that he was an excellent
Soldier, and always did his duty.
and
the said Alexander Webster further states that
altho he never saw him the said Gamel in actual
Service , Yet he declares without the least reservation
that he so much believes the said Gamel Served in
the Revolutionary war, and for the space of three
years, and that he was a good soldier, as he believes
that Burgoines Army was taken by the Americans

Sworn & Subscribed before me this 20th day of
January 1820, and I also Certify
that the said Alexander Webster
is a man of veracity and entitled
to credit

Alexr Webster

B S Campbell J Peace
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State of New York
Clerks Office
Cortland County
I Certify that Benjamin S. Campbell whose
Signature appears to the affidavit of William
McFarling and Alexander Webster, hereunto
attached was on the days on which the same
were respectively taken, & still is a Justice of
Peace for the said County of Cortland, duly authorized &c, and
that the hand writing thereto is the proper hand writing of the
said Benjamin S. Campbell -  In Testimony Whereof
I have affixed the public seal of sd County and subscribed
the same the 27th Jany 1820
Saml Hotchkiss [ ] Dep. Clk
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James Gamel 

payable on the 4th March and 4th September of each year by the prest  of the B.  B K. U.S 
in the city of New York. 
No pension is payable until the arrival of one or the other of the above dates, after the issue of a certificate. " payable to the 4th of March 1890. but there after no payments can be made before exhibiting a schedule of property."

Registered, by Jas Renshaw clerk, in book B, volume 5 page 107
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War Department 

Revolutionary claim 

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818,

James Gamel....... late a private, in the army of the revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to com-mence on the seventeenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and nineteen 

Given at the War Office of the United States, this thirty first day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty 

J Calhoun 
secretary of war.
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w.6424
Oct 1843 
5716
Nancy Gamel 
N.Y
Act. 7. July "38"
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ajme 
2yn/cv
-----------
80 - 

also out 3. march
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80---
D.D Addison
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State of New York
Cortland County SS.
S
On this 29th day of June 1839
Personally appeared before me William Bartlet Esq
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and
for said County of Cortland and State of New York
Jane Gamel Resident of Homer in said County
of Cortland aged thirty seven
years who being
first duly sworn according to law doth depose
say that she is the Daughter of James Gamel & Nancy Gamel
 the present applicant for a
Pension. She further declares that her Father
James Gamel Died on the Seventeenth day of
January 1822 Eighteen Hundred & Twenty Two - and
that he was the Identical person described in
the Pension Certificate hereto anexed No 17254 and
that Nancy Gamel this deponents mother still continues
the widow of the aforesaid James Gamel and
further this deponant saith not


Sworn and subscribed before me this Twenty ninth
day of June 1839 One Thousand Eight Hundred
& Thirty nine before me

William Bartlet
Judge of
Cortland County Courts

Jane Gamel

I herby Certify that the above named Jane Gamel sustains 
a good character for truth and varacity where she resides

William Bartlet
Judge of Cortland
County Courts
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State of New York
Cortland County   SS.

Be it known that on the
Twenty fourth day of June 1839. Personally appeared
before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and
for said County of Cortland and State of New York
Nancy McNish aged sixty four years
Resident of Cortland Ville Cortland Cortland  County
and State of New York - 
who being first duly
Sworn according to law doth depose and say
That she is well acquainted with Nancy Gamel and 
James Gamel who is the Identical person described
in a Pension Certificate hereunto anxed - No 17254
and that the said James Gamel was her this deponent
Uncle and that the said James Gamel was
married to his wife Nancy who
is now his widow on the Tenth day of May Seventeen Hundred
and Ninety Three -  1793 in the Town of Hebron in the
County of Washington and State of New York
by a Clergyman by the Name of George Mairs who
then resided in the Town of Argyle a Town adjoining
Hebron in the County of Washington N.Y. who
preached one half of his time in Hebron and
the other half in Argyle the town adjoining
and this deponent further says that she has been acquainted
with the said James Gamel and the said Nancy
for a considerable time before their marriage and
since the marriage and that they lived together
as husband and wife until the death of the said
James Gamel and further this deponent sayth not

Sworn & Subscribed before me
the day and year above written 
Jacob  Badg Justice of the peace

Nancy McNish

I hereby certify that the above named Nancy McNish Sustains ┃
a good Charactor for truth and varacity  where she resides
Jacob Badgley Justice
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State of New York
Cortland County ss 
I Oren Clerk of said County do hereby
Certify that William Bartlet Esq whose name is
subscribed to the within declaration & Certificates
was at the date of the same a Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas in for said County
duly Commissioned Sworn and also Jacob
Badgley Esq  whose name is subscribed to the within declaration & 
Certificate was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace
in & for said County
duly Elected & qualified & further that I am
acquainted with their hand writings & verily believe these signatures
within are genuine

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set
my name and affixed the seal of said County
this 29th day of June AD 1839

O. Stimson Clerk
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Hon. H.S. Conger 
Hofr
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State of New York
Cortland County  SS

On this 24th day of May 1848
Personally appeared before the Subscriber
Eleazer W Edgcomb a Justice of the Peace in
and for the County of Cortland Nancy Gamel resident
of the town of Homer in the County
of Cortland aged Seventy  four years
who being first duly sworn according to law
doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the
provision made by the act of Congress passed
on the 2d of February 1848 Granting pension
to widows of persons who served during the
Revolutionary War that she is the widow of
James Gamel who was a Private in the War
of the Revolution and belonged to the New York
line and was pensioned under the
act of 18th March 1818 at the rate of $96.
per annum and was dropped from the
Roll under the act of May 1st 1820 and
that she was pensioned under the act of
4th July 1838 and 17th June 1844 at the rate of $80.00 per annum.  She further 
declares that she is still a widow-

Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and
year above Written before
E.W. Edgcomb
Justice of the Peace

        her
Nancy X Gamel
       Mark
Witness Jane Bell

I hereby certify that E.W. Edgcomb is a Justice of the Peace in & for the
County of Cortland State of New York that he was such justice on the
24th day of May 1848, that I am acquainted with the hand writing
of said Edgcomb & verily believe his signature above is genuine
June 9, 1818
H.S. Conger
Ho of Rep