Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9339, William Hasell Gibbes, S.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S. C.
Born in S.C.

Gibbs,  William Hasell

NUMBER
S. 9339
carded

CONTENTS
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Dead  3507
South Carolina
William Hasell Gibbs
of Charleston in the State of S. Car: who was a Lieut. of Arti: in the _ commanded by Captain _of the Regt commanded by [Major Thomas] Grimball in the S. Carolina line for 3 years from 1777
Lieut. of Artillery
Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina at the rate of 400 Dollars _ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Decr 32 and sent to Pensioner Charleston, S. Carolina
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832  600.00
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Mar: 32  200.00 = $800.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7,1832.
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk,
Book D  Vol. 8  Page 86

Let 14 April 1835 Pensioner
  "    "   "       "   "  Pen agent
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[envelope]
20
J. L. Edwards Esq
Comm. of Pensions
Washington DC

Mail

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SC Apl 27

[postmark]
CHARLESTON SC
APR 24
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Charleston April 21st 35
Sir,
Your letter of 14th Inst. Notifying of an error in a declaration made by W. H. Gibbes, has been
received & I have to reply, that my father (the late W. H. G.) has been deceased for a year past
& that no facts respecting the pension have come under my knowledge

I think however that his Statement relative to the date of his commission was correct (unless you
have positive evidence of the contrary) as he was at much trouble to ascertain every necessary fact

Very Respectfully
Yr Obt Serv
J.W. Gibbs

J.L. Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
Washington
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South Carolina
City of Charleston
On this thirty first day of August A.D. 1832. appeared in open Court before me Thomas Lee, district Judge for South Carolina William Hasell Gibbes  resident of this City aged about 78 seventy eight - years; who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed on 3 June 1832
William Hasell Gibbes solemnly saith that about September 1777, he quitted London to take part with his country men in the war then raging between Great Britain and America that previous thereto he had studied at the Inner Temple in London as a student at Law, and would have been entitled to the degree of Barrister if he would have taken the oath of allegiance to George the Third King of Great Britain, which he could not conscientiously do, feeling himself bound to take arms against him. That deponent arrived at Charleston in March 1778 previous to which he was elected and commissioned by the State as a Lieutenant in the Charleston Company of Artillery then commanded by Major Thomas Grimball which company afterwards became a Battalion of 3 Companies command by Captain Thomas Heyward who as a member of
Congress had signed the Declaration of Independence, Captain Edward Rutledge who had also
signed said instrument & by Captain Joshua Toomer -- that deponent continued to serve in this
Battalion until May 1782 when Charleston was evacuated by the British1 and his services no
longer wanted. That deponent also continued to serve under Captain Thomas Heyward in August
1779 and was entrusted with the reserve band of the company in the neighborhood of Beaufort where a severe skirmish ensued (as reported by Dr Ramsay in Volume 2nd page 13 of his History of the Revolution in SC) between British regulars and Militia -- that deponent at the attack on
Savannah in October 1779 commanded a detachment of Artillerists of said Battalion, and by
order of General Lincoln [Benjamin Lincoln] made approaches to the enemy in concert with the
Continental & French troops and had one man killed by the enemy (by the name Douglass).
Deponent was also continually engaged in the service without intermission ranking as a Captain
Lieutenant at the Siege of Charleston where he was taken prisoner on Parole and afterwards sent by the British on 27 August 1780 with 63 others to Saint Augustine and remained there for 11 months and then sent to Philadelphia to be exchanged -- that from there he returned to South Carolina and immediately
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had signed the Declaration of Independence. Capt Edward Rutledge who has also signed said instrument & by Capt Joshua Toomer - that deponent continued to serve in this Battalion until May 1782 when Charleston was evacuated by the British and his services no longer wanted-- That deponent also continued to serve under Capt. Thomas Heyward in August 1779 and was entrusted with the reserved band of the company in the neighborhood of Beaufort where a severe skirmish ensued (as reported by Dr Ramsay in Vol 2d page 13 of his History of the Revolution in S.C.) between British regulars and Militia that deponent at the attack on Savannah in October 1779 Commanded a detachment of Artillerists of said Battalion, and by order of Genl Lincoln made approaches to the enemy in concert with the Continental & French troops and had one man killed by the enemy (by name Douglass). Deponent was also continually engaged in the service without intermission ranking as a Captain Lieutenant at the siege of Charleston where he was taken prisoner on Parole and afterwards sent by the British on 27 August 1780 with 6 others to St Augustine and remained there for eleven months and then sent to Philadelphia to be exchanged that from there he returned to South Carolina and immediately enrolled himself as a volunteer in a body of militia commanded by General [Francis] Marion and continued with him until the evacuation of Charleston when all military services ceased to wit in May 1782

Deponent further states that being in London in the month of --- 1774
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he together with 29 other native Americans there also subscribed a spirited memorial to his majesty King George intreating and requiring him to desist from carrying on the war with America, as is particularly related by Dr Ramsay in Vol - Page - of his history of the United States and in Drayton's
1st vol of memoirs page 109, also in Garden's second [illegible] of anecdotes during the war (page 30) where the names of the subscribers may be found.
[signed] B Hasell Gibbes

We, Nathaniel Bowen & Wm Drayton do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mr. William H. Gibbes who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be about 78 years of age. that he is reputed & believed where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
[signed] N Bowen Rector of St Michael's Church Charleston Bishop of South Carolina
Wm Drayton M.C. from So. Carolina

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid by W Drayton & by Dr Bowen before me
this 30 Aug. 1832. 
James  Dewey Qc & Dist 

And the said Court doth hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states; and the Court further certifies that it appears to it that the Right Rev. Nathaniel Bowen & William Drayton and Basil Lawrence, Stephen Thomas and Job Palmer are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Thos Lee Dist Judge So. Carolina
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of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states; and the Court further certifies that it appears to it that the Right Rev. Nathaniel Bowen & William Drayton and Basil Lawrence, Stephen Thomas and Job Palmer are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Thos Lee Dist Judge So. Carolina

I James Dewey Clerk of the Federal district Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Wm H. Gibbs for a Pension-

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this thirty first day of August
A.D. 1832.
James Dewey
Dist Clk
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I William H Gibbes do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity except the
present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state Sworn to & 
Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Wm Hassel Gibbes
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We & each of us being duly sworn make oath that W H Gibbes served as Captain Lieutenant in the Charleston Battalion of Artillery in which we were privates during the Revolutionary War
[signed]
Basil Lawrence
Stephen Thomas
Job Palmer

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U12.999
S.C. 

from 1778 [illegible] of artillery
=total 3 years
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On this 6 Nov. 1832 appeared open Court before me the district Judge for South Carolina Wm H. Gibbes who being duly sworn deposeth - that he served Lieut but cannot say whether at first, second or third (his commission being lost or mislaid) from March 1778 to Decr 1782 being four years and nine months with regard to the different grades or times of appointment deponent from loss of memory cannot distinctly say when he was promoted to the rank of Capt Lieut but to the best of his belief thinks he served as such at the Siege of Savannah in Sept 1779, he is certain however that he served as such at the siege of Charleston in May 1780

to the 14 Query-- see the amendment to Judge Certificate
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Deponent was born in Charleston on 16 March 1754 and has resided there ever since except whilst
abroad for Education and whilst called into service - he has a record of his birth in his family Bible [illegible] by hereto
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Judge Lee
[signed] Wm Hasell Gibbes
Sworn to in open court this --- A D 1832
Tho Lee
D. Judge
S, Carolina
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9339
Rev War INVALID.
File No. 9339
William Hasell *Gibbes
Lieut. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 142
[Arrangement of 1870.]

*W.D.G. Jun. 3, 1908
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claims to have served as Lieut from March 1778, Company of artillery in Charleston, and that he continued to serve as such until May 1782

Was at the siege of Savannah, 1727 as a Lieut from the book containing the rolls of the
Charleston. Bat. of Artilley, and a list of name it appears that Wm H Gibbes was commissioned as Capt Lieut on the 1st of July 1781.
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I James Dewey Clerk of the Federal District Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Wm H. Gibbs for a Pension
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this Tenth day of November AD. 1832
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James Dewey
Dist Clk