Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 786-300, James Gibson, Penn.
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(3-1777)
SERVICE
Pennsylvania
Gibson, James

NUMBER
B. L. Wt. 786-300 - Captain.
also recorded under
B. L. Wt. 2552-300 - Captain.
Issued April 2, 1791.
No papers.
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CONTENTS [blank]
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STAMP - U. S. PENSION OFFICE K
JULY 24, 1919
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GROVE CITY COLLEGE
DE3PARTMENT OF LATIN
A. J. CALDERWOOD

319 Poplar Avenue
GROVE CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, July 21, 1919.

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Dear Sirs:

In answer to your inquiry for more information concerning Captain James Gibson, [illegible] he was born in Ireland 1747 or 1750; settled in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in 1763; Married Anna Belle Dixon in 1777; She died in 1836.

James Gibson died at Youngstown, Ohio, in 1816 or 1817.  Served as Lieutenant also.  Sons--John (1779) Robert, James Jr., Samuel and a daughter.

Is there any record of James Davidson who married Esther Findley and died at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Cumberland County before 1798.    In 1798 Esther Findley Davidson, his widow, moved to Ohio with three sons--William, James and Robert and 5 daughters.  Esther (who married the John Gibson above,) Sally Lydia, Peggy, and Mary.  James Davidson was Irish.  There is
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GROVE CITY COLLEGE
DEPARTMENT OF LATIN
A. J. CALDEROOD

GROVE CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, ................... 191___

a tradition that he rendered Revolutionary service.

Respectfully yours
Mrs. A. J. Calderwood
Grove City, Pennsylvania
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11029 South Hogne Avenue
Chicago 8/6-24

Pension Bureau
Washington D. C.

There was a James Gibson in the Revolutionary War from Pennsylvania.  Enlisted as Captain, Lieutenant, and Private.

Does [do] the records show wheather [whether] there was a James Gibson from Bedford County, [illegible.....] Pennsylvania.  His age at enlistment and where born.

If you require a form of inquiry, will you please forward same.

Very truly yours
R. W. Gibson
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Revolutionary War Section.

July 18, 1910

Mrs. A. J. Calderwood,
319 Poplar Avenue,
Grove City, Pennsylvania

Madam:

In response to your letter dated the 9th instant, you are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Benoni Dawson.

In order to make a proper search for the record of Captain James Gibson, the subject of your inquiry, in addition to his full name some of the following data is essential:  the name of the state troops in which he served, place of residence at enlistment and given name of his widow, and also state whether he served in any other rank than that of a captain.

Such rolls of the Revolutionary War as are now in possession of the Government are in the custody of the Adjutant General U. S. Army, War Department.  Original rolls and other records pertaining to the Revolution may also be found in the Archives of many of the Original States.

Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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Revolutionary War Section.

August 4, 1919.

Mrs. A. J. Calderwood,
319 Poplar Avenue,
Grove City, Pennsylvania.

Madam:

In response to your letter dated the twenty-first ultimo you are advised that the only James Gibson of the Pennsylvania troops, found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau, is James Gibson to whom a Warrant numbered 2552, was issued on April 8, 1791, for three hundred acres of bounty land, which was allowed on account of his services as a Captain of the Pennsylvania troops in the War of the Revolution.

There is no further information concerning him in this Bureau as there are no papers on file, the same having been destroyed int he burning of the War Office in 1800.

Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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Revolution and 1812 Wars Section.

august 27, 1924.

R. W. Gibson,
11029 S. Hoyne Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois

Sir:

I have to advise you that from the records of this Bureau it appears that Warrant Number 2552 for 300 acres of bounty land was issued a April 2, 1791, on account of the services of James Gibson, a Captain of the Pennsylvania Line, War of the Revolution.

There is no further data on file as to this officer and no data as to his family, owing to the destruction of papers in such bounty land claims when the War Office was burned in 1800.

The above noted is the only James Gibson of Pennsylvania found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.