Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,052, Joseph W Gabel, Penn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Pennsylvania

Gabel, Joseph W.
or
Gable

NUMBER
S. 31,052

CONTENTS
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No. 7229.
Louisianna
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Joseph W. Gable of Natchitoches in the State of Louisiana who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Hulings of the Regiment commanded by Colonel St. Clair in the Pennsylvania Line from 1775
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inscribed on the roll of Louisiana at the rate of 80 Dollars ________ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of March, 1833 _________ and sent to Honorable E Evarete, Charlestown, Massachusetts 
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Arrears to the 4th of March, 1833 $160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Sept. 1833 $40.00
$200.00 [double underlined]
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by F. S. Evans, Clerk
Book E  Volume 8   Page 33

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Date of death not on A. B.
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State of Louisiana}
Parish of Natchitoches} SS:

On this 14th day of September in the year 1832 personally appeared before the undersigned John C. Carr, judge of the Parish of Natchitoches, Joseph W. Gable, residing at present in said Parish, aged seventy nine years and five months who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.  that on or about the 26th of December 1775 he enlisted in the army of the United State in Captain John Hulings company and Colonel Arthur St. Clair's Regiment at Morgantown in Pennsylvania whereby an arrangement with a field officer then at said  whose name he cannot now recollect, he went up the Juniata & Susquehanna Rivers to [illegible] for the army of the united States & that officers told him for as many men as he could enlist and take to Philadelphia he would receive one dollar for each man, besides being repaid the two dollars bounty he should advance them and the expenses in taking them to Philadelphia, that he enlisted twenty three men paid to each man two dollars bounty out of his own money marched them to Philadelphia, delivered them at the Barracks, where they and himself with them were mustered; but he never received a dollar for what he advanced nor the dollar he was promised for enlisting them.  The regiment was there formed and from there marched through North Jersey, New York, Albany, Saratoga, Lake George, Lake Champlain & down that Lake to St. Johns & Lowell to the three Rivers, where we had a  battle with a detachment of General Burgoyne's Army.  The two Lieutenants of our company, Bird & George were taken prisoners.  We retreated back to the Ilse A Noix where we heard the Declaration of Independence from thence to Ticonderoga by way of Crown Point, where we began to fortify.  Before leaving Philadelphia declarant was made a Sergeant by this Company & continued as such during the whole time he remained in the service. At Ticonderoga he was made orderly sergeant
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soon after,
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Joseph Gabel
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State of Louisiana 
Parish of Malehilo
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July 20, 1935.

Mr. J. R. Gabel
2038 O Street
Lincoln, Nebraska.

BA-J/ILL
Joseph W. Gabel
S. 31052
John Gable
W.C. 21218

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information regarding your ancestor, John Gable, of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a soldier of the War of 1812; you state that a John A. Gable served in the 13th U. S. Infantry, reported by The Adjutant General's Office, also, that Henry Gable is shown as of Pennsylvania in the Census of 1790.

A search of the pension records of both the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 has been made in your behalf and no records found of claims for pension which have been made to the United States based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Henry Gable, or in the War of 1812 of the John Gable who served in the 13th U. S. Infantry.  The record of one Joseph W. Gable of Lancaster County Pennsylvania, War of the Revolution, and the record of John Gable of that county who served in the War of 1812 have been found; these records are furnished you herein as shown in said pension claims, as they may aid you in your research.

JOSEPH W. GABEL--S. 31053.

Joseph W. Gabel entered the service about December 26, 1775, in "Mayors Town", Pennsylvania, and recruited men up the Juniata and Susquehanna Rivers, and returned with them to the barracks in Philadelphia; he enlisted there January 1, 1776, as corporal in Captain John Huling's company, Colonel Arthur St. Clair's 2nd Pennsylvania regiment, went on the northern expedition and was in the battle of Three Rivers, then went to Crown Point, and while there was an assistant to Dr. Potts, Director General of the Hospital Department; after this, he went on board the sloop "Grey Hound" with the fleet under General Arnold and was in the (battle)
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of Lake Champlain, during which engagement, a ball of the enemy struck the boom of the "Grey Hound" and he received a severe wound in his right hand, had his right shoulder dislocated, and was injured in his knees; subsequently, he returned to Ticondaroga, [sic] where he remained until the expiration of service of one year.  He then re-enlisted, about the middle of January 1777, served as sergeant in Captain John Huling's company, Colonel Joseph Wood's Pennsylvania regiment, proceeded to Philadelphia, later assisted in the defense of Mud Fort, was in the battle of Bennington, received a wound in his wrist in the battle of Germantown, was at the taking of Burgoyne, after which he guarded prisoners to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and was sent later to Allentown to take charge of some public property and remained until the expiration of service of eighteen months.  He stated that because of rheumatism and his severe wounds he could not continue longer in active duty.

Joseph W. Gabel was allowed pension on his application executed September 14, 1833, at which time he resided in the parish of Natchitoches, Louisiana.  He stated then that he "came south under the belief that the climate would agree better with him".  He was then aged seventy-nine years and five months; he did not state the date and place of his birth, nor the names of his parents; nor is his residence shown, before he went south.

No reference was made to wife or children of the above noted soldier.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of the above noted pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:

Joseph W. Gable (as his name was borne on the pension roll)
Certificate 7229
issued march 16, 1833
Rate $80 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831.
Act of June 7, 1832
Louisiana Agency.

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JOHN GABLE -W.C. 21218

John Gable enlisted in Little Britain, Pennsylvania, and served from September 2, 1814 to December 5, 1814, as a private in Captain Neel's (or Neal's) company of Pennsylvania militia.  His name was borne on the military roll as John Gavel, or Geavel.

The soldier married at "Fagg's Manor", June 20, 1823, or in Upper Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania, May 31, 1827, Margaret B. Fleming.  Neither party had been married previously.  After their marriage they lived ^ in Colerain, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

John Gable was allowed pension on his application executed April 22, 1871, at which time he resided in said Colerain, Pennsylvania.  He was then aged seventy-six years; the date and place of his birth and names of his parents are not shown.

The soldier died February 10,1878, at his  home in Colerain, Pennsylvania.  He was a member of the Presbyterian Church at the time of his death.

Margaret B. Gable, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed August 3, 1878, at which time she resided in Colerain, Pennsylvania.  She was then aged seventy-nine years; the date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown.

In 1878, when the said Margaret B. Gable made application for pension, Henry Gable, aged seventy-nine years, and Isabella Ewing, aged eighty-seven years, both residents of Colerain, Pennsylvania, stated that they were present at the marriage of John Gable and Margaret, his wife, and that they had resided near them ever since.  No relationship between these persons was stated.

No reference was made to children of John Gable.

Very truly yours,

A.D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

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RECEIVED
JUL 5 1935
MAIL SUB. DIV.
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2038 O Street
Lincoln, Nebraska
July1, 935

Veterans Administration
Washington, District of Columbia

Gentlemen,

My great grandfather, John Gable, was born in Lancaster County on August 26, 1791, and died October 11, 1875 according to a biographical note I have.  I have some slight reason to think that he may have been born a little earlier than the date given.

The biographical note says: "Prior to his marriage an when  your and single, John Gable enlisted in the War of 1812 being detailed as a teamster engaged in transporting supplies for the army.

The Adjutant General's Office at the War Department says in a letter dated February 14, 1935:  "The records also show that one John A. Gable served as a private in the 23th United States Infantry.  He enlisted March 27,
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1813, and, on the roll dated February 28, 1814, he is shown absent sick at fort George.
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Darphim County, Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania in one of the Counties mentioned.  If so, could you tell me something about his record.
I wrote to my uncle in Pennsylvania sometime ago about my ancestor but he hasn't answered yet.
I thank you in advance for any effort you may make.
Yours truly,
J.R. Gabel
*or to a John Gable.  (I know my great grandfather's name as John Gable, but the army may possibly have his name as John A. Gable or possibly with a different middle initial or with John as the middle name.)
P.S. My great grandfather may possibly have spelled "Gable" in some other way than Gable, but I do not suppose so because his father, my great great grandfather, is listed as Henry Gable in the Census Report of Pennsylvania for 1790.
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31052
Revy
INVLAID

File No. 31052
Joseph W. Gable
Priv. Rev. War

Act: June 7th, 1832
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 149

{Arrangement of 1870}


1935 July 20 - Hist. to J.R. Gabel        I.L.L.
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The Honorable R. Rush
Secretary of the Treasury

Received 5 November 1828
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To be rejected.

Sir,

  I hand you the enclosed, in order to ascertain if Mr. Gable can obtain a pension - (illegible) an examination of the Rolls of the Army. When perhaps the fact of his services may be found. 
  Requesting an answer O have the honor to be your obr. Srnt.

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J. S. Johnston
4 Nov. 1828
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1828 papers to be filed with a underscored "d"
OW invoice File # 31,052
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1412
I Joseph Gabel, of Clairborne Parish, State of Louisiana do hereby declare, that on the first day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the term of one year, thence and continued in its service during that time, as a Corporal in Captain John Thubius' Company, in the Second regiment of the Pennsylvania Line, Commanded by Colonel Sinclair.

    I further declare, that immediately after the expiration of my said term of enlistment, I reenlisted in the said company and regiment, the company commanded by the said Captain, the regiment by Colonel Joseph Wood for the term of three years, or during the war;  That I served in the said company under said enlistment about eighteen months; at the end of which time I was discharged on the recommendation of Doctor Potts director general of the Hospital Department having been disabled by two wounds received in the battle; one in the shoulder, received onboard a gun sloop on Lake Champlain during my said first enlistment, and the other on the wrist by the3 sword of a British Light Horseman, in the battle of Germantown. - and I also declare that I never received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, to which I was entitled, under resolve of Congress, passed the fifteenth day of May one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight.
    I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of March 1828, on the pension list of the Unted States.
    I further declare that I have no knowledge of any person now living, other than Doctor John Sibley, of Natchitoches aforesaid (next page)
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capable of proving the facts stated in the foregoing declaration.     
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                                  Joseph W. Gabel
Sworn to & subscribed
at Natchitoches this
24th September A.D. 1828
before me
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John C. Carr
Parish Judge of the Parish of
Natchitoches

    Before me John C. Carr Parish Judge of the parish of Natchitoches, State of Louisiana, personally appeared Doctor John Sibley of the said parish, who being first duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he was at Ticonderoga in the year 1776, and was attached to the hospital department; that Doctor Potts was then and there Director General of the said department;  Deponent was frequently, and almost daily at the quarters of Doctor Potts, and at the laboratory, often assisting therein, and distinctly recollects a man being there employed who deponent understood was attached to the Army.  Deponent saith that it cannot be expected ha can, at this time, identify, particularly a person, after such a lapse of time;  But Mr. Joseph W. Gabell, by whom the above declaration was subscribed, having brought to his recollection a number of circumstances, which the deponent remembers did occur, relating to him the said deponent, there remains no doubt on deponent's mind that the said Joseph W. Gabel (next page)
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was the man he used to see as aforesaid in the Laboratory at Ticonderoga in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six.

Signed John Sibley

Sworn to and Subscribed this 24th day of September A. D. 1828 before me,
Signed C. E. Greneaux
Parish Judge of the Parish of Natchitoches

I, C. E. Greneaux, Clerk of the District and Parish County of the Parish of Natchitoches, in the Sate of Louisiana, do hereby certify that John C. Carr, before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was at the time Parish Judge of the said Parish, and duly empowered to administer said [illegible].

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Parish Court, this seventy fifth day of September in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty-eight.

Signed - C. E. Greneaux
Clerk
SEAL IS ILLEGIBLE