Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4005, John Nicholas Gift, N.C.
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N.L.    Gift, John Nicholas   R.4005
                Regina
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[crossed out] Acto of July 14, and March 3, 1873

4005 [illegible handwritten vertical] 
Regina Gift
wid. of John

[stamped] REJECTED
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[illegible]
Regina Gift, widow of
John N. [crossed out] NC
Ohio

[illegible] I. Stephens, [illegible] 

4005

July 7, 1838
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State of Ohio
Preble County⎬
On this 15th day of July A.D. eighteen Hundred and fifty three [1853] Personally appeared before the Jude of the Probate Court Holden at Eaton in and for the county of Preble and state of Ohio Regina Gift a resident of Grates Township in the county of Preble and State of Ohio aged Ninety [90] years who being first duly sworn  according to law dothe on her Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions 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 Nicholas Gift otherwise called John N. Gift who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Henry Whitesell [blank space] in the Regiment of North Carolina Militia commanded by Colonel Basely in the War of the Revolution that her said husband was drafted into the Services of the United States at Guilford county in the State of North Carolina where he then resided on or about the last day of October A.D. 1780 for the term of six months she further States that her said husband was in what is called the Battle of Guilford which was fought about the middle of March 1781 and that his said services was principally confined to the state of N. Carolina and was engaged in defending and protecting the country from the Ravage of the British Army then marching through that state under Cornwallis.  She further states that her said Husband was honorable discharged from the service on or about the last day of April 1781. She further declares that at his time her said husband then started the service of the United States in the said war of the Revolution he resided in Guilford County in the State of North Carolina and served in the militia of [crossed out illegible] that state. She further then states that she had no documentary evidence to offer
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in support of her claim she further declares that she was married to the said Nicholas Gift on this [blank space] day of [blank space] in year seventeen hundred and eighty three [1783]
that her husband the aforesaid Nicholas Gift died on the sixth day [6th] of November in the year Eight Hundred and twenty five [1825] 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 [1794] [illegible] at this time above stated she further swears that she is now a widow and that she has never before made any application of a pension.

Regina Gift    her x mark

Sworn to and subscribed by Regina Gift before me in open court on the 15th day of July. AD 1853-

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
name and affixed the seal of my office a
Judge of the Probate Court of said County of Preble the day and your last aforesaid
John V. Campbell
Probate Judge
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Declaration of Regina Gift window of John. N. Gift for a Pension under Act of 7 June 1832.

any communication in relation to this claim you will please send to send to Eaton Ohio care of I. Stephens.

Regina Gift her mark
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The state of Ohio Preble county as
Before me Isaac Stephens a Justice of the Peace in and for said county came Personally Daniel Christman aged eight three [83] years a resident of Preble County State of Ohio who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says I recollect the Battle of Guilford it was fought in the spring season of 1781 I was then a boy and was living in Guilford County in the state of North Carolina I was Born and raised there. I was acquainted with John N. Gift commonly called Nicholas Gift. at the time of the Battle of Guilford we were living near neighbors and I know this said Nicholas Gift served a six monthly tour of duty in the N. Carolina Militia in the war of the Revolution in Captain Henry Whitesell company of N. Carolina militia. If I recollect right he was drafted or [illegible] [illegible] in to the service in the later part of the summer or fall season of 1780 and he did not return home  until this Spring of 1781 after the Battle of Guilford. I always understood and such was the neighborhood belief that his was in the Battle of Guilford. I was also acquainted with Captain Whitesell and Captain Forbush who lived in Guilford County.  I was also acquainted with Regina Gift who is the widow of said Nicholas. I first became acquainted with her perhaps about two or three year after the Battle of Guilford after her marriage with said Nicholas Gift.  They settled and lived near neighbours [illegible] in Guilford County of a number of years and until they moved to Preble county Ohio and they always lived together as man and wife from the time of their marriage until this death of the said he and they were always so reputed
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in the neighborhood where they resided and
were known they raised a large and respectable family of children and they were
people of Good morals I know that the said Nicholas Gift is dead he has been dead for a number of years he died in Preble County Ohio. I have said I was acquainted with
Nicholas Gift and Regina Gift his wife in Guilford County N Carolina, and we came to this county (Preble) and lived neighbours until the death of said Nicholas
I think no person who knew them ever doubted their having been legally married. this 29 day of July 1853
Daniel Christman his mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me and I certify that the said Daniel Christman is a credible and disinterested witness
Isaac Stephens JP
William Fall being sworn makes Oath and says I was born & raised in Guilford County N. Carolina and I was acquainted with John N. Gift and Regina Gift his wife I became acquainted with them when I was a boy I think about the year 1786 when I first recollect then they were living together as husband man and wife in
Guilford County N. Carolina and they continued so to live together until the death of the said John N Gift and they were so reputed in the neighborhood where they resided. I think no person who knew them ever doubled their being legally husband & wife, and I know that the said John N. Gift in the neighborhood where he resided and was known was believed and reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolutionary War I recollect to have heard
men living in Guilford County say that they had
served with him in the Army of the Revolution
I think no doubt ever existed as to his having
served as I always understood two tours of
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duty in the Revolutionary war in the No Carolina militia. I know that the said John N Gift is dead he died in Preble County Ohio and that the said Regina Gift is now a widow. Wm Fall

Sworn to and subscribed before me and I certify that said William Fall is a credible and disinterested witness. July 8th 1854. Isaac Stephens J.P. 

And also personally came George Whitesell who being duly sworn according to says. I was well acquainted John N. Gift commonly called Nicholas Gift and Regina Gift his wife (now his widow when I first recollect them they were living in Guilford County North Carolina they were there living together as husband and wife and they continued to live together until the death of said Nicholas and they were always so reputed and believed to be husband and wife in the neighborhood where they resided and were [illegible] war. I first became acquainted with them I think about the year AD 1786 or 7 we lived near neighbor in Guilford County N Carolina and we came to this state (Ohio) about the same time and lived neighbors here until the death of said Nicholas. It was always said and believed in N Carolina in the neighborhood where the said Nicholas Gift resided and was known that he was a soldier of the Revolution and that he served a six months tour of duty in the Revolutionary War in the militia of North Carolina. I think no doubts ever existed in relation to his having served a tour of duty as aforesaid, I was well acquainted with Captain Henry Whitesell of Guilford County N. Carolina he was our near neighbor and relative.  I have often heard him say that Nicholas Gift served
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a six months tour of duty as a private in his company in the war of the Revolution and that he was in the Battle of Guilford and such was the neighborhood belief. I know that the said
Nicholas Gift is dead and that the said
Regina Gift is his widow and that she has not
married since the death of said Nicholas
George Whitesell
his mark


Sworn to and subscribed before me and I
certify that the said George Whitesell is a credible and disinterested witness this 10 July 1854
I Stephens J.P.
I am disinterested in this matter, but I expect to be paid for taking those depositions & any other services I may render the applicant
I. Stephens JP
The State of Ohio
Preble County I Lewis B. Ogden Clerk of
the court of Common Pleas in and for said
Preble County do hereby certify that Isaac Stephens before whom the foregoing Depositions were taken and who has certified the same was at the time of taking and certifying said Depositions and now is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said
County duly commissioned and qualified and
that his signature above and within written is
genuine. In testimony where of I have here
unto set my name & affixed the seal of said
Court at Eaton this 10th day of July 1854 Lewis B Ogden Clk
By B. F. Larsh Dept
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division on of Veterans' Administration Archives
Name Gigo, Francis
Grade Private
Line Hazen's Regiment
WARRANT
NUMBER 13132
Acreage 100
Issued August 6, 1792 to Elmer Cushing Admr
The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.