Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,616, Robert Gault, S.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE  
S. C.

Gault, Robert
Phebe

 NUMBER  
N. 25.616
B.L. Wt. 19773-160-55

Bovier S. C.
Contents
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16.470

16.470
South Carolina

Robert Gault 
of Mion [printed] in the State of [/printed] So. Car 
[printed] who was a [/printed] Pri in the [blank in MS] command 
[printed] by Captain [/printed] [blank in MS] [printed] of the [/printed] Reg [printed] commanded 
by [/printed] Col. Brandon [printed] in the [/printed] So. Car 
[printed] line for [/printed] 12 months

[printed] Inscribed on the Roll of [/printed] Soth: Carolina 
[printed] at the rate of [/printed] 40 [printed] Dollars [/printed] [blank in MS] [printed] Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. [/printed]

[printed] Certificate of Pension issued the  [/printed] 2[?] [printed] day of [/printed] Augt. 33 
[printed] and [/printed] John Rogers.
Union C H. [?] [?] [?]

[printed] Arrears to the 4th of [/printed] March 1833
[printed] Semi-anl. allowance ending [/printed] 4 Sept

80
20
$100

[printed] {Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7. 1832.} [/printed]

[printed] Recorded by  [/printed] Nath Rice [printed] Clerk, 
Book [/printed] E [printed] Vol. [/printed] 6 [printed] Page [/printed] 68.

[second page] Letter to Ag[?], Mar. 15, 1837. [/second page]
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Act March 3 / 43
119,292}     May 7 / 53
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Phebe Gault
widow of
Robert Gault.  private
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Private Col Brandon
S.C. Troops
Revolutionary 
War
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Pension under Wact Feb 3 / 58
S. C. Feby - 3801
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Ad. 16 [illegible] Mar1 3 / 56
Dodge
[illegible]
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Thos D Perkinson
Acworth.
Cobb Co. Geo.

No 19773 of Act 4/ [illegible]6
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June  12.72 pen agt giving a
transcript of increase
issue.
Cooke
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Deid January 3/75
Paid in full Apri
21/75= $13 33
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The Books of P. Apent [illegible]
show the above. Hon B. H. Hill
informed as above pagment
L.C. White
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[right side]

Increase       No. 3801
Gorgia
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Phebe Gault
widow of Robert Gault
SC
who served in the Revolutionary war,
as a Private
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Washington City agency.
Rate 96 Dollars 00
cents per annum.
Commencing July 27. 1868
Deduct payments made since
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Certificate dated April 16, 1869
and sent to Claimant
Care of W H Wallace
Union C.  H.
So Carolina
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 239 Vol. H
July [illegible] 1868
J N  Smith
[illegible]
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State of South Carolina
Union District

To wit.

On this 4th day of October 1832,
personally appeared in open court before the
Judge of the court of Common Please and
[?] now sitting for the  [crossed out] the [/crossed out] District of 
Union, Robert Gault, a resident of 
Union District, aged sixty seven years, who 
being first duly sworn according to Law 
doth on his oath make the following 
Declaration in order to obtain the 
bemefot of the act of Congress passed by [?]
1832. that he [?] ghd service under the 
following named officers and served as 
[?] soldier [blank in MS] in the service in 
the year 1780. in November, as a subsitute 
for my Father, William Galt, his Captain 
[?] [?] in Col Brandons Regiment 
then under command of Liut. Col. Was
tarr, at Union South Carolina, And moved 
to [?] River to here we joined D[?] Sumpter 
and in a few days [?] in the Battle of 
Blacmstocksford [?] [?], where I was 
taken as prisoner by the British, under Com
 mand of Col Sartton; And was carred by 
them to Little River in Fairfield and then 
to [?] and then to [?] den, where 
I was thrown into Jail, about the first of 
December following when I [?] in at 
the first of May 1781, when I was taken 
to Charleston, [?] prisoner, and placed 
on board of a prison ship, and detained 
once [?]. I was then transpoerted by 
the British to James Town, [?] and 
[?] others. Williamsburgh, where I remained 
about one month, under the care of Phili
[?] - not having recovered from the 
small pox, which I contracted [?]
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in Camden I [illegible], from there I was carried to the Hickory [illegible] Church where I was under the care of [illegible] own physician and friends and was [illegible] about one week. I was there discharged by Dr. Tucker with a passport to South Carolina, when I arrived about the 25th December 1781. In [illegible] men of 1782. I performed a tour of duty for one moon,under Captain Woodson at the block house at Brandon Mills. I have no {illegible] and know of no one, now alive who [illegible], or suffered with me.I do [illegible] relinquish my case to a [illegible] except the [illegible] and [illegible] that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the [illegible] of any State. In answer to the Interrogatory put by the court I am [illegible]. I was born in Lancaster District (then Camden)on the 1st December 1764 and have [illegible] the Record of my age which now lost. 
3 I lived in [illegible] District when called into Service and have lived here ever sine the [illegible].
4 and 5.. See the written Declaration 
6. I never received any discharge except from Dr Tucker, which is Capt.
7. I refer to the Rend Issac McKissick and Christopher Brandon to prove my character for truth and [illegible]
Robert Gault
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year {illegible]
Jon B O Neall
Dist Judge
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Claim of Wid
Phebe Gault Widow
Presented by
J M Gadberry
[?]ville
S. C

1853
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[ State of South Carolina Unio District ] ss. On this eleventh day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and  fifty nine personally appeared before me B Johnson  Judge of the Court of Probate and Ordinary of the District and State aforesaid Phebe Gault a resident of the same District & State aforesaid aged seventy three years , 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 3rd February  1833  granting pensions to certain  widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary  War. That she is the widow of Robert Gault who was private  as declarant supposes and believes , but she does not remember the rank her husband held in the army of the Revolutionary War, that her husband  the said Robert Gault  was a pensioner at  a certain  pension per annum during his life and up to the 17th or  18th  day of May  when he died. That she made application for and received the balance or arrears of pension due her said husband at his death & which  papers now on file in the Pension office at Washington  including the original certificate of Pension of the said Robert Gault, and  surrenders to that office by this declarant some time  in the fall of the year 1837  when she made application for said arrears of Pension. To which  papers & documents  she  expose for proof  & refer  as well as to the Pension rolls for proof of her husband's service & her marriage with the said Robert Gault.
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and also the affidavit of William Beris  herewith annexed  showing  her marriage with the said Robert Gault and her present widowhood. She further declares that she was married to the said Robert Gault  on or about the  12th day of January  eighteen hundred and fourteen . That her said husband  died on the 17th or 18th  day of May  eighteen hundred a& thirty seven as before stated. That she  was not married to him prior to the second day of  January eighteen hundred , but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow. Phebe Gault ( signed ) worn to and subscribed before me  the day and year above written in open Court. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand  & affixed the seal of the said Court at my office this 11th day of July  AD 1853. B. Johnson ( signed / sealed ) Judge of the Court of Ordinary of Unio Dist. So Ca [ State of South Carolina  Union District ] ss. On this eleventh day of July  AD eighteen hundred & fifty nine  William Beris appeared before me B Johnson Judge of the Court of Probates & Ordinary  for the District & State aforesaid  in open Court  & after being duly sworn  according to law deposes  & says that he was  present when Phebe Gault  whose name appears to the foregoing  declaration  was married to the said Robert Gault. That they were married about the time stated in her
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declaration , That the said Robert Gault died about the 17th or 18th day of May 1837  and that the said Phebe Gault  is  still a widow never having  married again. That he is not interested in said claim. Wm Beris ( signed ) Sworn to and  subscribed before me  in open Court the day  & year  above written and I certify that the said William Beris is entitled to credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at my office  this 11th day of July  AD 1859  B. Johnson ( signed / sealed ) Judge of the Court of Ordinary  of Union District So Ca
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State of Georgia
County of Chandler
On this Twenty seventh day day of March eighteen hundred and fifty five personally appearing Before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and state aforesaid Phebe Gault aged seventy four years a resident of Cherokee County in the state of Georgia who being duly sworn according to Law declares that the is the widow of Robert Gault who was a private in the Revolutionary War. That she is The Identical Person named in an original Certificate in her possession of which([I certify) the following is a true copy

"I certify that in Conformity with the 2nd section of the Act of Feb 3 1853 Phebe Gault widow of Robert Gault who was a private in the Revolutionary War is inscribed on the Pension list at the Rate of forty dollars per annum Commencing on the 3rd February 1853 And Continuing for Life unless she should again marry in which Case the Pension is not payable after the time of such Marriage

Given at the department of the interior This Eighth day of March One Thousand eight and fifty four
R M Cleland
Secretary of the Interior
Examined and countersigned
L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions

That she has not intermarried but continues the widow f the abovementioned Robert Gault
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that she now resides in Georgia and has  resided there for the space of one year and seven months past and that previous thereto  she resided in Unio District South Carolina . She further declares that she never has applied nor received any Bounty land  under any Act of Congress. She makes this declaration  for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land  that  she may be entitled  under the Act approved 3rd day of March 1855. Phoebe Gault ( signed )  We William Perkinson  and John Reid residents of Cherokee County in the State of Georgia upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Phebe Gault , that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical  person she represents herself to be. William Perkinson  ( signed ) John Reid ( signed )  The foregoing declaration  and affidavit  were sworn to and subscribed before me  on the day and year above written and I certify that  I know the affiants  to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that she is now a widow. and that I have no interest in this claim Henry G. Ellison ( signed )  J.P
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119.292

Bounty land Claim
of Phebe Gault
Act of March 3rd 1855.

Filed by
Thomas G Perkinson
Acworth
Cobb County
Georgia
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[State of Georgia Cherokee County ] I Jasper L. Keith clerk of the Superior Court  for said County  of Cherokee do hereby certify that  Henry G. Ellison , Esq.  before the forgoing declaration and affidavit  were made is and was at the date thereof an acting  Justice of the Peace within  & for said County of Cherokee duly commissioned and  qualified  by law  to administer oaths and  take acknowledgements  for general purposes , that his official acts are de full faith  and credit and that his signature  thereto is genuine. Given under my hand  and seal of said Court at  Canton  May 1 1855 J. L. Keith ( signed / sealed ) C.S.C. C.C.
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Brief in the case of Phebe Gault widow of John
Union District and State of So: Carolina,
act 3rd Feby : 1853.
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Claim, ("original,")
proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
/4/ husband was a prisioner under act of 7"
June, 1832,
In milifility 1. mas/ senit at
the Marriage & [illegible]to general reputation & Cohabitation.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim ? If so, what?

J M Gadberry Esq
Unionville So Carlina
Name and residence of Agent

S C Boynton
Examining Clerk.
king
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State of Georgia S S
County of Cherokee
on this Twenty fourth day of April A D One thousand eight and fifty personally appeared before me James C Hedgecock A Justice of the Peace In said state and County the same being a court of record Phebe Gault aged Eighty five years a resident of Cherokee County in the state of Georgia who
being duly sworn according to law declares that the is the identical Phebe Gault who was a pensioner
on the roll at the Agency at Charleston South Carolina and whose pension Certificate is herewith returned that she has resided since The first day of January A D 1861 as follows Cherokee County and state of Georgia that during This period her means of subsistence have been the charity of her relations and Friend she being unable to work for her support and that she has not in any manner
encouraged the rebels or manifested
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sympathy with their Cause and that she was last paid her Pension on or in AD 1859 as near as she Can recollect

This application is made for the purpose of securing a restoration of her claim to The Pension Balls
and of obtaining a new pension Certificate such as she may be entitled to under existing laws reference being made to the evidence heretofore filed in the Pension office to substantiate, her original claim

I Phebe Gault do solemnly swear in the presence of Almighty Lord that I will henceforth faithfully support protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and the union of the States Thereunder That I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and Proclamations which have been made during the Existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves
so help me God 
[signed] Phebe Gault
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Also personally appeared Reuben H Phillips and Thompson H Beed Residents Cherokee County Persons whom I Certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being by me 
duly sworn say they were present and saw Phebe Gault sign her name to the foregoing declaration
and They further swear that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that the is the Identical person she represents. herself to be and they further swear That they have no Interest in the prosecution of this claim
Reuben H Phillips
Thompson H Reed

The foregoing oaths of applicant and witnesses were sworn  to and subscribed before me this 24 day of April A D 1866 And hereby certify. that I have no Interest direct or indirect In the prosecution of this claim
James C. Hedgecock J.P.
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Payment to be made at Charleston
by
John C.  Cochran
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
.Agency of
South Carolena
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853, Page 143 Vol. A
G. T. Getty, Clerk.

[right side stamp]
DEPARTMENT
OF THE
INTERIOR
[illegible] 1  [illegible]
PENSION OFFICE
1
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
_________________
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the  act of February 3, 1853,
Phebe Gault, 
widow of Robert Gault
_______________________________________________
who was a Private --- in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of forty
dollars per annum, commencing on the
3rd of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again
marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior
this Eighth day of March.
one thousand eight hundred and fifty four,

R Mc Clelland
Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and Countersigned
 L P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions.
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mucurricude
February 22nd 1854
Hon L P Waldo
Sir
Enclosed I send
affidavit of Major Charles Gault in support
of his Step monthers claim which
I conclude will sufficiently establish the
claim  Both will [illegible] he states possitively
that she is the widow of the identical Robert
who was a pensioner I add for fear
you may doubt on amount of relation
ship that Mrs Phebe Gauth is at this
time in an other state and Knows nothing
of the making of this affidant and her I
am positively sure he (affidant) has no
expectation of benefit indeed he would
not secure it if offered him there
being ill feeling between them
Respectfully
J M Gadberry
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Phebe Gault

To

J M Gadberry


Power
of
Atty
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[ State of South Carolina Union District ] ss. know all men by these presents that I Phebe Gault  widow of Robert Gault who was a Revolutionary  pensioner of Union District & State aforesaid  have nominated and appointed and by these presents do nominate and appoint James M. Gadberry  of the same District & State aforesaid my true  & lawful attorney for me and in my name to ask for and receive any pension from the United States due to me under  Act of Congress passed 3rd  day of February  1853 or under any  provision of any other Act of Congress allowing pensions to widows of Revolutionary soldiers and my said attorney is hereby authorized to receive said pension in cash or by certificate from the  Commissioner of Pensions and gibe receipt and  adjustments for the same and to do all other acts necessary to the establishment of my claim for pension against the United states as full and effectively  as I could do were I personally present acting  & doing for myself, hereby ratifying & confirming  all lawful acts of my said attorney done in the  premises. Witness my hand and seal this eleventh day of July 1853. Phebe Gault ( signed / sealed ) Attest Wm Berry ( signed ) Signed , sealed and acknowledged before me the day and year above written. Benj. F. Authur( signed ) Magistrate
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State of South Carolina } S
Union District                    } S

I J G Mckessick Clerk of the
Court of Common Plea and General Session
for the District & State aforesaid [illegible]
certify that B F Arthur Esquire before whom
the within Power of attorney was signed
and acknowledged was at the time
of  undoing a magistrate within and
for the District aforesaid duly commissioned
and sworn
In testimony whenof I
have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the Seal of the
said Court at my office
this Eleventh day of July
AD 1853
J G Mckessick
CCP
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Robert Gault
March 2 - 1833
P. 280
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of                                  Robert Gault                                               which require                                               further proof or explanation. 

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?                                                     

V.* Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled?  the declaration is so  large that it is 
impossible to determine the time of service  - .                    

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  
            
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? 

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  

[math computation not transcribed]
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2
XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 


XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  


XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 


XIV.+ If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? 

If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? 

Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  


XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?   


XVll. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  

                           

                                                          ________________________________
                                                                     EXPLANATORY NOTES. 

QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:

" Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; 
For _____year _____ months, and ____days,
I served as a_____ For_________months   and ______days, 
I served as a __________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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3

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too  indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pension merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embolied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either the field or  in garrison and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper  authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying oflicer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 

☞In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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[ No 2383 Book X ] Issued 26 May  to Mr. Robert Gault for Lbs. 26.1.5 Sterling duty done in Brandon's Regiment Annual Interest Lbs. 1.16.5 No 112  26th May  '86 2383 , X Robert Gault for Militia duty in Brandon's Regiment since the fall of Chston p Anderson's return  Amounting to Curry Lbs .  182. 10 Stg Lbs. 26. 1.5  State of South Carolina To Robert Gault  for Militia duty in Brandon's Regt. since the fall of Chastown pr Anderson's Return  Amotg . to Curry Lbs. 182.10 Stg Lbs. 26.1.5  Gentleman Pleas to deliver to Samuel Davidson an Indent  to the amount of my account and his receipt shall be a discharge from me. Robert Galt  January  the 8, 1789  To the Treasury  Before me Thomas Gillham J.P.
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Recd 26th February 1789 full satisfaction for
the within accot, in an indent No 2838. Book K by
an Order.
Samuel. Davidson
==================================
Comptroller General Office  }
Columbia March 19th 1856 }
I hereby certify the foregoing to be
a true copy from Indent "Book K.    No 2838" as also of the account
upon which said Indent was issued -------

Given Under my hand
W M R Huntt
Deputy Compr Genl

No Seal of Office
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Acworth Ga. March 26, 1856 J. Minot  Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City  Dr. Sir, enclosed you have an  exemplification from the office of the  Comptroller General of South Carolina in relation to the service of Robert Galt as a revolutionary soldier his name being  on the  pension roll . I hope  will be of sufficient evidence of his service. I am making  application for a Land Warrant in  favor of his widow the declaration for which you have. If the evidence is not  sufficient  be so good as to inform me what it lacks, if it is sufficient you will please enclose me the  Warrant and much oblige. Your  Hble servt. Thomas D. Parkinson ( signed )
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119.292 Acworth Ga May 5th  Free Hon L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Department of the Interior Washington  D.C.
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Acworth Cobb County Ga. May 1, 1855  Hon. L.P. Waldo Com. of Pensions Pleas find enclosed Bounty Land Warrant  of Phebe Gault , John Galloway and James M. White, & John Perkinson  filed under the  act of March 3, 1855 . I am  their authorized  agent  and when their claims are acted upon  Please enclose  to me notice of any deficiency  or want of additional evidence which may be found wanting  as also  the warrants when issued. Your Obt. servt.. Thomas D. Perkinson  ( signed )
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Revy WIDOW ,&c. File No. 25. 616 Phebe Gault widow of Robert Gault  Pri Rev War Act Feb. 3"  1853 Index: Vol. A Page 266 [ Arrangement of 1870 ]
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1853 38012 Rev War Phebe Gault want date of ctf & signed from Pension office  .. ( illegible ) of her allowance description of certificate. Mch 4/72
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Pension Office 1st March  1854  $ 49 D   17 May  57 Sir, Please certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid  on the date of his death Very Respectfully S. Cole ( signed ) Fourth Commissioner . Robert Gault  Act 1832  $ 40  per annum , died 17  May  1837 paid  F Burt ( signed ) Auditor   Francis Burt  Esq.   Third Auditor Treasury  ( vertical note )"Boynton "
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3801 Phebe Gault War of 1812  ( post stamp ) [ PENSION OFFICE 1812 DIVISION JUNE 11 1872 ] Case .. ( illegible initials ) Cert sus  Jn 11/72 ( notes across text )  3801- call up "Smith "  admitted - Feb. only  Gault  on record is Polly No.  7854
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Adm P. 6 of  the exact amount and  charter of this pension and sign also that  the office is  unable to give the signature to the certif .. ( illegible ) June 11/ 72 (?)
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19,773 Rev army
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1/ms : 1. Co: & ref 17 or 18' May  37 "Boynton "
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July 1, 1857  Appl. of Phebe Gault  , widow of Robert Gault Union District S. Carolina  16470  Act 3rd Feb. 1853  $ 40 .00 per an : Com: Feby 3rd 1853 Rev.  J.M. Gadberry Unionville S. Carolina  ( vertical note ) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Pension Office, Official Business
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No. 2689 Phebe Gault wid of Robt.  Lt to J. M. Gadberry  28" Sept / 53 Act 3 Feby  1853
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Phebe Gault wid Robert  Boynton Feb 28/54 ( vertical on page ) ( post stamp ) [ UNIONVILLE S.C. FEB. 28 / 54 L P Waldo Commissioner of Pensions  Washington City DC
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Acworth Ga March 25th  Free J. Minot Commissioner of Pensions Washington City  ( vertical notes ) Robt. Gault  Ga Robert Gault  Boynton
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Restoration  3801 Georgia ( Washington City ) Phebe Gault widow of Robert  who served in the Revolutionary  war as a Private Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 dollars  )) cents per annum, to commence on the 4 September 1860 . Certificate of Pension issued 4 day of June 1866  and sent to  Thomas D Parkinson  Acworth Georgia Recorded on  Roll of Pensioners under act  February 3, 1853 Page 239 Vol. H
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Increase
Briefin the Case of Phone Gault Widow of Robert Gault
Private Rev. War Union Ville
Union County and State of South Carolina
Act 2d [illegible] 3 1833
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSIO CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED
Pensioner {illegible] 40 per annum. Certificate returned
Claim increase as provided by Dec 1{illegible] Act
July 27, 1868
Personal identify and continued [illegible]
{Illegible} April 14, 1869 to pension as $96 per annum to case {illegible] July 27, 1868 deducting pay made since(?)
Name and residence of Agent
Claimant
[illegible] W.H.Wallace
Union C.H.
So Carolina.
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Unionville S.C. June 7th 1869 To Hon Com.  Pensions Sir, I herewith enclose the application of Mrs. Phebe Gault for the payment of her pension. She has  not  rec'd any  of the increase under the Act of  1868 . I have left blank the time from when  to when she  is entitled to payment  as she has been paid at the old rate since she was entitled tot he increase. Will you oblige the old woman  by directing  the atty who draws the money  as to  filling up this blank. Pleas remit a check to Mrs. Gault to my care. Very Respectfully yours W. H. Wallace ( signed )
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Brief in the Case of Phone Gault widow of Robert for restoration.
Cherokee County and State of Georgia
Act 3d Feb 1853, [illegible] 2d Section
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
Claimant was pensioner on the South Carolina Roll at the rate of $40 per annum when the Rebellion Commenced
Her widowhood and [illegible] is established by four Credible Witnesses. Loyalty is shown by the Credible Affidavits. The Heirs Charter reports that her pension was [illegible] to the 4th of September 1860.
  The Claim is allowed at the rate of $40 per Am Commencing [illegible] Sept. 1860 and to Continue during widowhood.
June 4 18[illegible]

Name and residence of Agent
Thomas D. Parkinson [illegible]
Acworth, Georgia
[illegible]
Examining Clerk
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Treasury Department Third Auditor's Office May 26 1866 Sir, In reply to our inquiry of the 24" inst. , I have to inform you that the pension of Mrs. Phebe Gault  ( on the South Carolina roll  under 2" sec of act 3" Feby ' 53 )  appears by the books of this office to have been last paid to 4 " Sept. 1860. Very Respectfully  John Wilson ( signed ) Auditor  Hon Jos. H. Barett Com. of Pensions  J.W.
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[ State of South Carolina Union County ] ss. On this the  24th day of March  AD  one thousand eight hundred & sixty nine  personally appeared before me A D Spears  clerk of the Court of  Court of Common Pleas for the County & State aforesaid  Mrs. Phoebe Gault aged eighty  eight years a resident of Union County & State aforesaid who being duly  sworn according to law declares that she is the identical person to whom was granted  pension certificate No. 3881 payable at the rate of  forty dollars per annum issued under the Act of  1853: that she makes this declaration in order to secure the  increase of  her pension to which she is entitled under the thirteenth section of the  Act of July 27th  1868 . , that  she has not remarried . My Post  Office  address is as follows  Phebe Gault ( signed ) Unionville - SC  Sworn to   & subscribed before me  24th day of March AD 1869  A . S. Spears ( signed ) Clk & Ex-off Magst.  Also personally appeared William Beris  & William H Wallace residents of the
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County  & State aforesaid  persons whom I certify to be respectable & entitled to credit  & who being  by me duly sworn  say that they were present  & saw  Phoebe Gault sign her name to the following declaration  , and  they further swear that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant  & their  acquaintance  with her that she is the identical person she  represents herself to be & that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim W H Wallace ( signed ) Wm. Beris ( signed ) Sworn to & subscribed before me this 24th day of March AD 1869  . I hereby certify that  I have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim. A.S. Spears ( signed ) C.C.P.
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Know all men by these presents that I Phoebe Gault  widow of Robert Gault  deceased do hereby constitute and appoint __ my true and lawful attorney  for me and in my name to receive from  the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in Washington  District of Columbia my increase of pension all that may be due up to the 4th day of March AD 1869 . Witness my hand  & seal this 24th day of March 1869 . Phebe Gault ( signed / sealed ) Wm Beris ( signed ) WH Wallace ( signed )  [ State of South Carolina Union County ] ss. Be it known that on the 24th day of March  1869  before the subscriber a Magistrate in  & for the said County personally appeared Phoebe Gault  above named and acknowledged the  foregoing power of attorney  to be her act & deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand  the day  & year  last above  mentioned. W K Thomas ( signed ) Mag. UC  over
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[ State of South Carolina Unio District ] ss. I AD Spears clerk of the Court of Common Pleas  of the County  & State aforesaid  do hereby certify that  William K Thomas is a Magistrate in  &  for the  County aforesaid  duly  qualified  & commissioned that his commission was dated on the 2nd day of March  1860   & will expire  on the  __ day of __  & that his signature above written is genuine. Given under my hand  & seal of said County this 24th day of March . A.S. Spears ( signed / sealed ) C.C.P.
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Union CH SC March 24th 1869 Hon. C.C. Cox Sir, Enclosed please find application by Mrs. Phoebe Gault for increase of Pension as to the form of the application please instruct me if  incorrect. remit  the check to Mrs. Gault to my care. Very Respectfully yours W. H. Wallace ( signed )
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[ State of Georgia County of Cherokee ] SS. On this the fifteenth day of May 1866 personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in and for said County Presley  Hames and Robert Pages  who are to me well known to be residents of the  County and State aforesaid and credible witnesses and who being by me first duly sworn deposed  and say that they are well acquainted with Mrs. Phebe Gault of said County  that they have known her  for at  least thirty years last past that she is the widow of Robert Gault a revolutionary soldier that she is the identical person  to whom a pension has heretofore been granted, and that she is still a widow, we also declare that she has resided in  or immediate neighborhood  during the late war or Rebellion as it is called, that we  know of no act nor deed that she did to encourage the Rebels in the  rebellion  against the United States Government , that I Presley Hames say I know that she did all she could to prevent
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some of her relations from going  into the war against the United States  Government, but as the laws of this Country  required all men  between  certain ages to go she could not prevent  them from going into the  Confederate army . We also further declare that we have no interest in this  claim.  Presley Hames ( signed / sealed ) Robert Pages ( signed / sealed )  Sworn to  and subscribed before me  this 15th day of May 1866. James C. Hedgecock  ( signed ) J.P.
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Acworth Ga May 17th 1866 Joseph H Barrett Esq. Com. of Pensions Dr. Sir, Enclosed you will please find the additional evidence  in the claim of Phebe Gault  for renewal of Pension. Respectfully yours , Thomas D Perkinson ( signed ) Acworth Ga.
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Acworth Cobb Co. Geo. April 26th / 66 J H Barrett Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.  Sir, Inclosed I send you the claim of Mrs. Phebe Gault to be restarted on the Pension Rolls . Truly your obt. servt. Thomas D. Perkinson  ( signed )
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Acworth Cobb County Geo.  April 5th 1866 Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir, Enclosed I sent to your department  the claim of Mrs. Phebe Gault for  amount of Pension due her as  a  widow of a revolutionary soldier her claim has been  audited several years ago  and has drawn for several years  previous to  1859  and has drawn  nothing since.  You will find from the  .. ( illegible ) sent  by  reference to the   .. ( illegible ) in your office  how the whole matter stands. Truly your obt servt.  ( Name of  signer not shown )  acting agent for Phebe Gault. Name cut off for  address to Off : W: nothing able to determine what  w is  Boynton
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Payment to be mad at Washington City  by Robert Clarke  Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of Washington City DC Payable on the 4th  September and 4th March . Recorded in the Pension Office  on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3rd, 1853. Page 239 Vol. H. E D Collier ( clerk   ( post mark ) [ DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PENSION OFFICE MAR __18 __ .. (illegible ) ]
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Department of the Interior WIDOW'S PENSION  3801  Restoration   I certify, that inconformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1852 . Phebe Gault  widow of Robert Gault  who was a private in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the Pension List at the rate of forty dollars and __ cents per annum, commencing  on the  4th of September 1860  and continuing for life, unless she should again marry , in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. Given at the Department of the Interior , this fourth day of June one thousand eight hundred and sixty six.  W. T. Otto ( signed ) Acting  Secretary of the Interior  Examined and countersigned  Joseph H. Barrett ( signed )
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( left page )  3801  South Carolina Phebe Gault widow of Robert who served in the Revolutionary war as a private. Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3rd February  1853. Certificate of Pension issued  the 8th day of March 1854  and sent to  J M Gadberry  Unionville S.C.  Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853 Page 143 Vol. A ( right page ) Tho. D. Perkinson  Apl. 16" 1866 do May 2 66 3rd Aud. May 24  66
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Payment to be made by  __  Agent for paying pensioners in the  Agency  Payable  on the 4th Sept.  & 4th March  Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act Feby 3, 1853 Page 143 Vol. A
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[ State of Georgia Cherokee County [ ss. Be it known that before me  a Justice of teh Peace in and for said County personally appeared Phebe Gault  and made oath in due form of law  that she is the identical person  named in an original certificate in her possession of which  ( I certify  )  the following is a true copy. " I certify that  in conformity  with the  2nd section of th Act of February  3rd 1853  Phebe Gault widow of Robert Gault  who was a private in the Revolutionary War is  inscribed on the  Pension list at the rate of forty dollars and  __ cents per annum commencing on the 3rd day of February  1853  and continuing for life unless she should again marry in which case the pension is not  payable after the time of such marriage. " Given at the department of the Interior this eighth day of March  one thousand eight hundred and fifty four.  R. McClelland Secretary of the Interior Examined and countersigned
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L P Waldo Commissioner of Pensions . That she has not  intermarried  but continues the widow of the above named Robert Gault, that she now resides in  Cherokee County  Georgia, and has resided fort the space of about eleven years past and that previous thereto  she resided in  Union District South Carolina to the truth of which statements I am full satisfied. Phebe Gault ( signed ) Attest Armistead T Abbott ( signed ) Sworn to and subscribed this  __March 1866 before me  James C. Hedgcock  ( signed ) JP   3801
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[ State of Georgia Cherokee County ] I O. W. Putnam  clerk of the Superior  Court  within and for  Cherokee County , do hereby certify that  James C. Hedgecock  Esq.  whose genuine signature appears to the  foregoing is and was the date of the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said State and County  of  Cherokee duly commissioned  and qualified , that  his official acts  are due full faith and credit and that his aforesaid  within signatures  are genuine. To certify  which I hereto  set my official signature and affix the seal of my office at Canton  this April 4th  A.D.  1866. O. W. Putnam ( signed  ) clerk
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Revolutionary  Widow  Be it known that I Phebe Gault  do  solemnly  swear that I am the identical  person mentioned  & named in an original certificate in my possession which certif. No . 3801  In conformity  with the  2nd Section of the Act of February 3, 1853   & July 27/ 68  that Phebe Gault  widow of Robert Gault  who was private in the Revolutionary  war is inscribed on the pension roll at the rate of  ninety six dollars per annum  commencing on the 27th July  1868  and  continuing for life unless she should again marry in which case the  pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. Given at the Department of the Interior this sixteenth day of April 1869  & signed by W.T.  Ottos Commissioner of Pensions . That I have not intermarried but continue the widow of  the above mentioned Robert Gault , that I have resided in Union District & State of South Carolina  for two years a & 7 months. Also I do hereby constitute and  appoint  ___ my true and lawful attorney for me an din my name to receive from the agent of the United States  for paying pensions in  Washington  City  District of Columbia my pension from the  __ day of  __  186 _ to the  __ day of  __ 186 _ . Witness my hand  & seal this
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this the 7th day of June  1869 . Phebe Gault ( signed / sealed ) Signed , sealed & delivered in presence of W. H. Wallace ( signed )  R W Lemorts ( signed )  [ State of South Carolina Union  County ] Be it known that on  the 7th day of June  1867 personally appeared before me the above named  Phebe Gault & exhibited her  pension certificate dated the 16th day of April  1869  & made oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing statements subscribed by her  & acknowledged  the above power of Attorney to be her act & deed. T Munro ( signed ) Magistrate [ State of South Carolina Union County ] I , A. D/ Spears clerk of the Circuit Court  of the County  & State aforesaid do hereby certify that  T. Munro  is a Magistrate duly commissioned  & qualified , that his commission was dated 6th day of March  1860  & will expire on the 21st day of  June 1869  & that his signature above written is genuine. Given under my hand  & seal tis 7th day of June 1869. A. D. Spears ( signed ) C.C.P.
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[ State of South Carolina Union County ] Be it known  that on the  __ day of __ 1869 before me  personally appeared the Attorney named in the foregoing  power of Attorney  & made oath that he has no interest  whatever in the money he is authorized to receive by virtue of the foregoing power of Attorney  by any  pledge, mortgage,  sale, assignment, or  transfer and that he does not know or believe that the same has been disposed of to any person whatever. Sworn to  & subscribed before me the day  & year last above named.
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We Isaac Mc Kissick  a clergyman  residing in Union District and  Christopher Brandon residing in the same  do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with  Robert Gault who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration  - that  we believe him to be sixty seven years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Isaac McKissick ( signed ) Chris. Brandon  ( signed ) Sworn to  & subscribed  the day  & year aforesaid  Jno. B O'Neall ( signed ) Pres Judge and the said Court does 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 said Court  further  certifies that it appears that  Isaac McKissick   who has signed the above declaration is a clergyman residing in Union District and that Christopher Brandon who has signed the same is a credible person and  their statements entitled to credit. Jno B O'Neall ( signed ) Pres Judge
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I, John Rogers clerk of the Court of  Common Pleas and Sessions do certify that  the foregoing contains the original proceedings  in the matter of the application of Robert Gault for a pension . In witness  whereof I have hereunto set my hand  and seal of office this 15 day of October 1832.  J. Rogers ( signed / sealed ) clk  ( vertical notes ) Robert Gault's Declaration  15281  Admit  as private 12 mo. $ 40.00  J Rogers Union CH So. Ca.
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Supplemental to claim of Phebe Gault  presented by J M Gadberry  Unionville SC
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[ State of South Carolina Union District ] Onn this the  tenth day of February  AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty four  personally appeared before me Major Charles Gault who I certify  is a person highly entitled to credit and after being duly  sworn according to law deposed & says that he is well acquainted with Phebe Gault  that she is deponent's  step Mother having married his  Father about the year eighteen hundred and fourteen, that he was not present at the solemnization  of the marriage between his Father Robert Gault a, but understood the ceremony was performed by one  James Lance  a Magistrate ,that his father and the said Phebe Gault lived together as  husband  & wife until his death about May  in  the year eighteen hundred and  thirty seven leaving a will and appointing  this deponent his Executor. That his Father the said Robert Gault  was a Revolutionary pensioner and that as his  Executor  this deponent drew from the Pension Office his  arrears of Pension and paid the same over tohis widow the said Phebe Gault. That he is satisfied the said Phebe Gault was married to his father the said Robert Gault for the additional reason that they made a marriage settlement which the deponent has often seen and holds in his possession at this time, for these reasons the deponent  states positively that the said Phebe Gault
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is the widow of the identical Robert Gault who was a Revolutionary pensioner at the rate of  __  dollars per annum  and further  this deponent says  he is in nowise  interested in the claim of the said Phebe Gault and does not expect to be benefitted on count by the allowance of her pension. Charles Gault ( signed ) Sworn to  and subscribed before me the day and year above written  & I certify the said  Charles Gault is  entitled to credit. J M Gadberry ( signed ) Magistrate  [ The State of South Carolina Union District ] I J G McKissick clerk of the Court of Common  Pleas for the District  and State aforesaid  do hereby certify that  J M Gadberry   Esquire before whom the foregoing  affidavit was made and who has thereunto subscribed his name was a the time of so doing a Magistrate  for said District duly commissioned and sworn. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court  at my office this 22nd day of February  A.D. 1854. J G McKissick ( signed ) clk
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[ State of South Carolina Union District ] .. ( illegible ) appeared  before me  and deposeth  as follows in order to  explain further  more  explicit his application for a pension under the act of June 7th 1832. and saith that he entered the service of the United States in the year  1780  as a Revolutionary soldier in November of that year as a substitute for  William Gault the Father of this deponent  in  Capt. Grant's company in   Col. Brandon's Regiment in  Union District So Carolina & joined Genl. Sumpter on Tyger River , was in the Battle at Blackstock's ford & in that engagement was taken prisoner and continued ( as stated in  my declaration  ) a  prisoner confined in jail until the  last of May  1781 , was then sent to  Charleston  & put on board a prison ship, was afterwards sent  a prisoner  to Jas. Town Va.  where I was exchanged the middle of July 1781 , and after  my exchange was  confined in the Hospital two months on account of diseases contracted  while a prisoner, and after  having received from Dr. Tucker a discharge  & started on my way home to So. Carolina  relapsed & was  not
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not able to arrive home until the 25th of December 1781 . Again in the  summer of 1782  I again received another tour of duty  of one month at the Block house. This deponent was either in service or a prisoner from the month of November 1780 to July 1781 , and from that time until  25 Dec. 1781  was getting home from my great indisposition  & my  one month tour at the Block house making in all fourteen months . Robert Gault ( signed ) Sworn to  & subscribed before me this 4th day of June  1833 . Wm Mitchell  ( signed ) JP  I William Mitchell do certify that Robt. Gault is a man of veracity   & entitled to full  credit as such. Given under my hand  & seal  this 4th June 1833. Wm Mitchell (signed )
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[ State of South Carolina Union District ] I John Rogers  Clerk of the Court of Sessions & Common Pleas for said District o certify that William Mitchell  Esq. is an acting Justice of the peace  & properly authorized to administer oaths and his  official acts as such are entitled  to full credit and his signature is genuine.  Given under my hand  & seal of office at Union  Court House this 4 day of June  1833. J. Rogers ( signed / sealed ) clk