Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4023, James Gill, S.C.
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SERVICE SC
Gill, James
Mary.
NUMBER R. 4023
Born in N.J.

[Stamp]
This Envelope Includes
Final Payment Voucher
Received from GAO
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Order to pay  20  Feby 1838  Letter to C. C. M. Marable 1st July  1840 
do to  S. W. Strait and Tuscaloosa agent Aug 26 1840 Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 March to 4 Sep 1839 Agt notified 20  Oct 1840  1860 June 5  : special order to pay   
                                    
Alabama  19807  James Gill  of Greene Co. in the State of Alabama who was a private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Wallen [Captain Philip Walker] of the Regt. commanded by Col. __ in the  So. Ca. line for  Full Term Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama at the rate of 80 Dollars and __ Cents per annum to commence on the  4th day of March 1831.  Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of  Sep  1832 and sent to H. Snedicor Eri Arrears to the 4th of Sep '23 $200 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '24 $ 40 = $240                     { Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832 } Recorded by  Go. C. Stiles Clerk,  Book E. Vol. 8 Page 45.
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Declaration of Capt James Gill  to obtain a pension  State of Alabama  Greene County ss On this 29th day of September  1832 personally appeared in open Court Before Anderson Crenshaw  the Judge of the Circuit Court now sitting  James Gill a resident of the County of Greene and State aforesaid  of the age of seventy two 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 the seventh June 1832 that he entered the service of the United States in the year 1776 or 1777 under Capt [Garrett] Smith  in State of South Carolina  called Chester District  was marched as well as he recollects in the spring of 1777 or so he is now  inclined to believe down into Edgefield District in the forks of Broad river & Saluda into a Dutch  settlement known by the name of the Dutch pond  for the purpose of securing some flour & other provisions which the Dutch settlers were secreting for the use of the British and Tories. [Colonel John] Winn as well as he recollects was the Colonel who commanded this expedition after securing the provisions aforesaid he was discharged he thinks he was on this expedition about one month the next expedition was to Orangeburg in the District of Orangeburg in South Carolina here he was stationed some time he does not recollect how long from thence he was marched to the Black Swamps low down on the Savannah [River] where we guarded the river for some time near a place called the two sisters [ferry] for about as well as he now recollects two months. In this expedition Lieutenant Campbell commanded soldiers to Orangeburg & Capt [Philip] Walker the balance of the Campaign & Major [Robert] Ellison commanded the regiment this applicant was in & at the Black Swamp we joined Genl [William] Moultrie who took command of the whole force as well as he now recollects  soon after this the British forces crossed the river and retreated to Charleston closely pursued by the British. After or about the Time of our arrival here General [Casimir] Pulaski who was also with us in this
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( Capt James Gill )  pg. 2                    
 expedition had a skirmish with the British in which Colonel Crivench or Konatel [Colonel Commandant Michael de Kowatch] killed a Col. [Major Benjamin] Huger as well as the applicant recollects got killed by our own men while lighting some Barrels of Tar around Charleston for the purpose of exposing the British if they made any attempts to enter the city that night this happened by a false alarm on the part of our sentinels.  The British here discerning that the General [Benjamin] Lincoln with his forces were in there near withdrew from Charleston to Stono. In this tour this applicant served for about six months for as near as he recollects the first 3 months as a drafted militia man & the balance as a volunteer his next service was after the capture of Charleston by the British as a refugee to North Carolina where the South Carolina & Georgians who refused the protection offered by the  British collected and elected General [Thomas] Sumter. The first engagement he was in after this was under Captain [Alexander] Pagan & [Robert] Cooper Lieut. [Colonel] Richard Winn & Col [William] Bratton were higher in command and this was at William's [Williamson's Plantation or Battle of Brattonville] where we defeated British Captain by the name of Huck & kill him & a Tory  Col. by the name of Ferguson  & many others  & routed  & dispersed the whole of this force - this was some time in July 1780 as well as he recollects & from this time until the close of the war this applicant was constantly in the service. The next engagement was at Rocky Mount  under General Sumter this was on Sunday late and almost all day the next engagement at fort Cary which we took from the Tories making them prisoners this was under Company officers whom he does not now recollect and a Col Patt [illegible] after this we joined Sumter again at Greaves for [illegible] on the Columbia river  from this place this applicant was dispatched with some officers to Walker's mill about 30 miles distant for flour & before his return Sumter was defeated & his men all dispersed
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( Capt. James Gill ) pg. 3  this took place near the mouth of fishing creek on the Catawba river. after this [General Thomas] Sumter collected another force  & this applicant  joined him at fishing creek again  & was in an engagement  under him at Friday or Congaree fort. The next engagement was at Bellville & from thence hearing of a reinforcement we marched to meet them  It turned out to be  a small detachment of British guarding some British wagons loaded with clothing & money for the soldiers These surrendered & the loading was put on board a barge & soon after retaken at Wright's Bluff with some of our men and we crossed Santee [River] for the purpose of retaking this prize from the British & were met by the British near said bluff  & defeated & dispersed in this engagement this applicant got a wound in his right arm which disabled this applicant a few weeks The next service this applicant  was under General Sumter in an expedition down the country to Orangeburg . General [Nathanael] Greene was Commander in Chief  in this expedition at Orangeburg we had some slight skirmishes when General Greene withdrew his troops to the high hills of Santee as this applicant  understood & General  Sumter took  Lee's [Colonel Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee] Light horse & his own force & marched to & demolished a British fort at Biggin's Church when we arrived near the Church Col. [Edward] Lacey & his men were detached with his horse militia to reconnoiter the place & this applicant was at this time under said Lacey when they had a pretty severe skirmish  with the British in which we killed many of the British & took some prisoners this was in the evening this party returned back to Sumter & the next morning  we found the fort & Church  burned & the place evacuated from here we pursued the British down to Huger's bridge where we had another fight tho unsure. crossed from the bridge we crossed Santee & at a place called Sumter's ponds encamped some time and were discharged - After I return
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4 -ed home  I served three months in the regular service as a substitute for my brother George  Gill who was sick this was under Col Wade Hampton  during this time Major [William Buford] Bluford marched around the seabord from Congaree  by the way of Coosahatchey ( this applicant was with him )  the horse shoe & round O killing Tories  & in the next tour he performed he commanded as a Captain under Major John Adair (since that time Governor of Ky ) This expedition was from Fishing Creek  down to a place called the four holes  where a General [William] Henderson took the command at this place we remained for some time & then marched to Orangeburg & thence to South Edisto where we remained for some time from this Major Adair left the regiment & this applicant being the oldest Captain in command took command of the regiment & after scouring the swamps some time without much success  this applicant then marched the regiment back to Chester district & their term of three months being out  & discharged them this was in the summer of 1781 if he recollects  this was the last campaign of any note that he took tho he continued regularly in the service against the Tories & in several scouting parties  protecting the settlements until the end of the war in one of these parties he  & six others his two brothers  Thomas & George Gill  & Capt Hardridge [perhaps William Hardwick] & [Robert] Frost & James Gill & Archibald Gill  cousins of this applicant  hearing that a Tory company were to rendezvous on Sandy river about  20 miles distant rode down the proceeding night  to the place of rendezvous  & in the morning  as the Tories  come to we took them prisoners, disarmed  & confined them in a house until we had taken about 30  in this service we kill but one  & he refused to be taken and started to ride off when Captain Hardridge shot him (his name was Hodges  & was one of who had formerly been driven from Ramsour's)  & in answer to further interrogatories propounded by the court he says he was born the 14th of April
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( Capt. James Gill )  5                              1760 In the State of New Jersey he has a record of his birth in his family Bible transcribed from his father's register he was by his father taken at about six years of age to the place called Chester district South Carolina where he remained until 1811 he removed to Tennessee Davidson County from thence in 1818 he removed to Tuscaloosa County Alabama from thence in 1823 to Greene County Alabama where he has resided ever since he states that he was a volunteer at all times except the two tours above stated with whom he was engaged in the service Captain [John Jr.] Mills, Lieutenants [John] Miller & [Thomas] Gill , General [Andrew] Pickens,  Capts. Barnett & [Joseph] Culpepper & Ross were in the State troops with him  - Cols. [Brigadier General James] Williams , [Thomas] Brandon, Farrow , [Samuel] Hammond, & Henry Hampton & a Major [Samuel] Otterson - he does not recollect that while he was a private he ever had a written discharge if he ever had it is lost nor does he recollect whether he ever had a commission from the time he was appointed or nor if he had he has lost it he recollects receiving his appointment in the spring of 1781 as he thinks from that time on until after the war  - This applicant can prove his service in the war by Hamilton Brown for part of the time he can prove his reputation for the truth by said Brown & Parson John H. Gray  & he thinks by any of his neighbors and also their belief  as to his service etc. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except for the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State . Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid . s/ James Gill  James Yeates Clk.
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Hamilton Brown being duly sworn according to law in open Court saith that he has known James Gill ever since said Gill was a small boy he thinks for sixty odd years & that he was with said Gill in the service of the United States at the Dutch ponds  & at the battle at Friday's ferry or Congeree for and at Belville at the taking of the wagon & at the Battle that ensued near Wright's Bluff and also at the  skirmishes at  Biggin's Church from the Battle this deponent was sent home with said Gill who there received a wound in his right arm this deponent believes that said Gill was in the other services set out in his statement & that he is fully as old as he represents himself to be  he recollects that said Gill was Captain in the latter part of the war tho he does not now remember of ever have being with him in the service while he commanded. He states further that said Gill 's reputation for truth is as good as that of any man he knows of s/ Hampton Brown   Sworn to  & subscribed the day  & year aforesaid .  Attest James Yeates Clk                           
We John H. Gray  a clergyman living in the neighborhood of said Gill & John N Thompson residing in the same  neighborhood & in the County aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Captain James Gill who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration for as that we believe him to be seventy two years of age , that he is reputed  & believed in the neighborhood where he lives in to have been a soldier of the revolution
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& that we concur in that opinion . 
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid  in open Court s/  J. H. Gray John N. Thompson  Attest James Yeates  Clerk 

And the said Court as hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories  proscribed 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 them that John H. Gray who has signed the proceeding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Greene & that John H. Thompson  who has also signed  the same is a resident in the County of Greene , and is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit. And the Court further certifies that it further appears to them that Hamilton Brown is a resident of Greene County and a credible person & that his deposition is entitled to credit. s/ Anderson Crenshaw Judge presiding   

I James Yeates clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Greene aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of James Gill for a pension . In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my said office this 22nd day of September in the  year 1832. s/ James Yeates Clerk.
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James Gill for application Pension State of Alabama Greene County           
Personally appeared before me  the undersigned, a Justice of the peace in and for said County, James Gill, 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 time 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 one year & ten months I served as a private soldier & for one year I served as Captain, and for which services I claim a pension s/ James Gill 
Sworn to and subscribed before me an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Greene aforesaid in the State aforesaid this the 8th day of June  A.D. 1833. s/ Wm M. Murphy  JP
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James Gill for application Pension The State of Alabama Greene County Personally appeared before me  the undersigned , a Justice of the peace in and for said County, James Gill, 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 time 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 one year & ten months I served as a private soldier & for one year I served as Captain, and for which services I claim a pension; s/ James Gill  
Sworn to and subscribed before me an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Greene aforesaid in the State aforesaid this the 8th day of June  A.D. 1833. s/ Wm M. Murphy JP
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No. 4098 Entered , ap James Gill (1 of 6 children of) Tuscaloosa Ala. 
17 June 1832  $ 1.51 
Refs'd Nov. 20. 1860 Ret'd Nov. 21st 1860 
Reg. No. 7102 dated 24th & sent to Treasury  27th Novr 1860  
Act Apr 6 - '38  
 FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO
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STATEMENT . TREASURY DEPARTMENT , THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE  The United States , To  Martha H. Stebbins one of the six children of James Gill dec'd late a pensioner of the Tuscaloosa, Ala. Agency, per act of Congress of June 7 1832 .  For one sixth of his pension from March 4 1842 to April 14, 1842  at $ 80 per annum  $ 1.51 /100 Stated Nov 20 1860 by  Ed T. Mathews CLERK.  TREASURY DEPARTMENT SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE .  Examined Nov 21 1860 by  Jos T. Adams CLERK  FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO
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(round stamp)
Pension Office
Apr 17
1880

Pension Office
June 5 1860
Respectfully referred to
the Third Auditor.  The
payment of this pension
has not been suspended.
John Robb
Chief Clerk

James Gill
Tuscaloosa ala
act 1832. at $80 = per an
pd to Mar 4, 1842

Final Payment Voucher
Received from GAO
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Thomas Dennis William Fox 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29th day of December  A. D. 1859 E. D. Hyde Clerk  Given under my hand and seal of office at Louisville this 29th day of December 1859 E. D Hyde  Clerk
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO
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The State of Mississippi 
Winston County
On this 14th day of March  A. D. 1859 before the  Probate Court of aforesaid within the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Martha H. Stebbins aged about 54 years a resident of the County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of June 7th A. D. 1832 and all other acts [illegible] of the same; That she is one of the children and heirs at law of James Gill deceased who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution and to whom a Pension was granted under the provisions of the said act of Congress that the evidence of his service are on file in the proper Department  at Washington  City, That the said James Gill died on the 14th day of  April A. D. 1842 in the County of Greene and State of Alabama leaving surviving him a widow Mary Ann Gill who died in the County and State aforesaid on the --- day of November  A. D. 1851 - That the following  are the only surviving children of the said
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James Gill at the time of his death  viz. George aged about seventy two years residing in Davidson County  State of Tennessee, Nathan Gill aged about fifty eight years residing in Hempstead County Arkansas, John P. Gill aged about fifty three years residing in Fort Bend County Texas , Elizabeth P. Gill aged about 49 years now wife of Robert H. Dennis residing in Winston County Mississippi and Susanna Gill now deceased who was born on the 6th day of July  A.D. 1812 and died in the June 1845, She was married to J. B. Cherry and left surviving her two children  viz.  Drunetta Cherry aged 18 years and J. G. Cherry aged 16 years both of whom now reside in the County of Monroe and State of Mississippi  and this affiant who is the widow of John H. Stebbins. She further states that her said father  James Gill was married to her mother Mary Ann Gill in the State of South Carolina, that there is no party with a private record
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of their marriage at that time her mother's name before marriage was Mary Ann Fox. That she makes this application for the purpose of obtaining any arrears of Pension due her said father at the time of his death and the Pension to which her mother was entitled from the time of her father's death in about 1842 to the time of her mother's death in November 1837 - She further states that her mother in her lifetime in 1830 made an informal application for Pension which was disallowed for the reason that she failed to prove her marriage with the pensioner. 
s/ Marth H. Stebbins   
Sworn to and subscribed before me  this on the day and year first above mentioned  and I hereby certify that I know the said deponent Martha H. Stebbins and believe her to be the age as above stated and further that I am not interested in this claim as attorney or otherwise. Witness my hand and seal of said Court affirmed by all of said Court now in Session.   s/ E. D. Hyde  Clerk      
[SEAL] PROBATE COURT OF WINSTON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI
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The State of Mississippi 
Winston County 
On this 29th day of December 1859 personally appeared before me E. D. Hyde Clerk of the Probate Court of said County therein said  being a Court of Record Thomas Dennis and William Fox who are to me well known and who are credible witnesses and after being by me duly sworn upon and say that they were each well acquainted  with Mrs. Mary Ann Gill, that they knew her for fifty years prior to her death, that they were well acquainted with James Gill her late husband having known him for fifty years and together as husband & wife, and so reputed to be, that deponents never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned, that the said James Gill died on the 14th day of April 1842 and that Mary Ann Gill died on the __ day of November 1837 and that the following named are the only surviving children of the said claim. viz. George, Nathan, John P, Robert J.  Elizabeth P. Dennis and Martha H. Stebbins
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Rev and 1812 War
AWF HMM
April 7, 1930.
Mrs. William S. Gregson
West Cleveland Avenue
Fayetteville Arkansas.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension
claim R. 4023, it appears that James Gill was born April 14, 1760, in New Jersey. When six years old, he moved with his father (his name not given) to Chester District, South Carolina.
While residing in Chester District, he served from 1776, at various times, as a private in the South Carolina Troops under Captains [Garrett] Smith, [Philip] Walker, [James] Ramsey, [William] Hardwick, [Alexander] Pagan, [Robert] Cooper, [Thomas] Gill
and Colonels [John] Winn, [John] Brown, [William] Bratton, [Edward Lacey] Lacy and Wade Hampton.
He was at the surrender of Charleston, South Carolina in May 1780, battles of Rocky Mount, Williams' [Williamson's] Plantation, Fort Carey, Wrights Bluff where he was wounded in the right arm, Friday's Ferry, Bellville, Orangeburgh, Biggins Church and Huger's Bridge amounting in all to one year and ten months, and served until the spring of 1781 when he was appointed Captain and served three months under Major John Adair and continued to serve as such until the close of the war in scouting parties, and had an
engagement with the Tories on Sandy River, this service amounting to one year a part of the time he served as sub [substitute] for brother George
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 22, 1832, while a resident of Greene County, Alabama. He died there April 15, 1841, or April 14 1842
Soldier married "in the early part of the year 1795", in Chester District, South Carolina, Mary (her maiden name is not stated). She died in December 1850.
Children are referred to in 1861 but no names are stated.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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1926 - June 7 - Hist to Mrs.
E. J. Mashburn awf
1927 - Aug 25- Mrs. L. D. Jordan advised
statement as to date of Mar. corrected
1930 - Apr 7 - Hist to Mrs.
William S. Gregson awf
1931 - Oct 27 - Hist to Mrs
Leila A Gayle. See her letter
in William Gastone S.32265 awf
1932 - June 3 - Hist to Mrs. Guy
Turner awf
1934 Mch 15 Hist to Mrs.
James Alexander awf
1936- Mch 10 hist to Mrs. G. H. McKnight awf

4023 REJECTED
Mary Gill
Service: widow of James
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3rd Auditor's Office May 29. 1838. 
Sir : James Gill  Ala. Roll act 1832, appears to have been paid to  March 4, 1842. Very Respy Robt J Atkinson Auditor  Geo. C. Whiting Esq. Commr. of Pensions
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Pension Office May 28, 1858 . The Third Auditor will please certify the date of death of within named pensioner, and to whom the arrears due as the time of his death was paid.  Very respectfully  John Robb 
For Commissioner
Geddes
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                    Navy Department                        
                    Nov. 25th 1850 .                             Sir, I am requested to transmit to you the enclosed papers [illegible], I believe, a claim for a widow's pension and for bounty land. Be pleased to inform me of the result of the application. I am Very Respectfully your obedt. sevt. s/ Will A. Graham 
J. L. Edwards Esq Com. of Pensions
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James Gill  Alabama 7 June 1832. 
$ 80 per annum  To what date last paid  paid to the 4 March 1835. LH   Pension Office 20 Feby 1838
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No. 4098
Gill, James
Child of
November 1860
Act Apr. 6th 1838
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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James Gill, Alabama  - Act June 7, 1832 m at $80 per ann: Be pleased to say to what time he was last paid and at Pension Office Aug 26 1840. p ofc 4th March 1839 at Mobile is now in Tuscaloosa rab TH
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                                                   Canton, Miss                                   
                                                   Jan. 29th , 1861. To the Commissioner of Pensions                             Allow me to trouble you with the investigation of the claims of the heirs of James Gill to a pension due to his widow from the time of his death (April 1841) to the time of her death (December 1850)  The widow made an application in 1850 but in  it she did not prove the marriage to James Gill and consequently did not succeed. Since her death the heirs have proved the marriage and also that they were the children of James Gill , and Mary Ann Gill, his widow. They have made another application through
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W. S. Bolling Atty . He has not reported what he has done in the matter, but a friend of the applicant who was requested to see him reports that he  (Bolling) has received a draft for $ 1.50 for each of the heirs six in number. A short time previous to making the last application the heirs had a member of Congress to investigate the matter,  who reported the widow's failure and said then were more than $ 800.20 (the amount not being exactly remembered now) due the heirs and ready to be paid over pension they should properly apply for it. Please inform me as soon as convenient. And Oblige Yours etc. J. G. Kirkpatrick ( over )
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My friend Col. Whiting will much oblige me by giving this matter early attention  s/ O. K. Singleton  
P.S. To be plain and sure of being understood. I desire to know whether it was the amount due James Gill from the time of his last draw  4th March 1841 to his death 15th April 1841, Or the whole amount  of the pension due him and his widow that was received by Mr. Bolling and if he received both whether he only received 8 or 10 dollars or 800 or 1000 dollars . Very Respectfully J. G. Kirkpatrick
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Louisville  Nov 7 / 60  To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.  Dear Sir, I now hand you in accordance with your instructions, the affiant of Martha A. Stebbins one of the heirs at law of James Gill [ illegible] a Revolutionary Pensioner . Mrs. Stebbins made an application some months ago for arrears of pension from her father James Gill. I have not the no. of the application. Please give the affiant the proper directions. Yours Respectfully . Wm S. Bolling
 FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO
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Louisville Nov 7/60 
W. S. Bolling  
Rec'd Nov 17/60 
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO 
 [illegible]
4 M 42 
14 Apl 42  
$ 80 pa 
Wm Randall  
[ stamp] PENSION OFFICE NOV 13 1860]
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Louisville April 10/60                       
Commissioner of Pensions         Dear Sir, I  herewith hand you the application of Martha Stebbins one of the heirs at law of James Gill deceased. Please give it the proper attention and oblige Yours very Respectfully  Wm S. Bolling 
[illegible]  
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO
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Louisville Missa
c Apl 10th/60
W. S. Bolling
Recd. June 6th/60
Answd   "  "  "

[round stamp]
Pension Office
Apr
17
1860

Wm Randall.
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Louisville Missa
c Apl 10th/60
W. S. Bolling
Recd. June 6th/60
Answd   "  "  "

[round stamp]
Pension Office
Apr
17
1860

Wm Randall.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 12th, 1840.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United State," James Gill, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Tuskaloosa Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7 June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, to the 4th Sept. 1839.
Respectfully yours,

J Seaner
acting Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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J. G. Kirkpatrick,
July, 28.
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Sir , By the enclosed copy of a letter to Hon. Wm Barkdale , you will perceive that it was the small amount of arrears of pension due James Gill that was probably collected. The claim of Mary Gill was rejected for the reason assigned in the letter  to Wm Barksdale. It is proper to add that the claim of Mrs. Gill (if she be now deceased) could not be recovered by her heirs under any circumstances. This point was decided by the Attorney General in 1857 in another analagous case. J. G.  Kirkpatrick Esq Canton, Miss.
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Pension Office                                                
Jun 7 1858                                  
      Sir,                                                                  
In  answer to the enclosed letter, I have the honor to state that James Gill of Greene County , Alabama was a pensioner of the United States, under act of June 7  1832, as rate if $ 80 per annum, and was paid to March 4, 1832. The small amount of arrears accruing from said rate from date of his death are recoverable before the 3rd Auditor of the Treasury . I enclose the within form of application. The alleged  widow of James Gill made an informal application for pension in 1850, but her claim was disallowed for the reason that she failed to prove her marriage with the pensioner. Very Respy  etc.  Hon . Wm Barksdale  House of Reps
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[post mark] CLANTON AL JUL 4  Mail FREE  Mr. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
 July 15 1840  Mr. Evans
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       Clanton Ala                                                               
        July 3rd 1840                                                 Mr. J .L. Edwards,                                             Dear Sir, you will find enclosed the application of James Hill  of Greene County, one of the pensioners recognized by the Government  - he has lost his claim at the Agency of Tuscaloosa , by not making his application punctually - The object of this addressed is to have the pensioner reinstated , and instruct the agent at Tuscaloosa to peruse over the amt. claimed - application has been made at Tuscaloosa , and the agent there advises this course - I refer you to our Representative in Congress Genl Geo. Crabb, who will satisfy you on the virtue of the claim.  Respectfully yours  Champ C M Marable  AB. Please write on the rec't of this as the Pensioner is very old and infirm and wishes to know.  C. C. M Marable
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Pension Office                                                
Jun 7 1858                                  
      Sir,                                                                  
In  answer to the enclosed letter, I have the honor to state that James Gill of Greene County , Alabama was a pensioner of the United States, under act of June 7  1832, as rate if $ 80 per annum, and was paid to March 4, 1832. The small amount of arrears accruing from said rate from date of his death are recoverable before the 3rd Auditor of the Treasury . I enclose the within form of application. The alleged  widow of James Gill made an informal application for pension in 1850, but her claim was disallowed for the reason that she failed to prove her marriage with the pensioner. Very Respy  etc.  Hon . Wm Barksdale House of Reps
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J. G. Kirkpatrick  Feby 28
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Pension Office, February 28, 1861.

Sir , 
By the enclosed copy of a letter to Hon. Wm Barksdale , you will perceive that it was the small amount of arrears of pension due James Gill that was probably collected. The claim of Mary Gill was rejected for the reason assigned in the letter  to Wm Barksdale. 
It is proper to add that the claim of Mrs. Gill ( if she be now deceased ) could not be recovered by her heirs under any circumstances. This point was decided by the Attorney General in 1857 in another analagous case. 
J. G.  Kirkpatrick Esq 
Canton, Miss.
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Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office
October 12, 1840.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," James Gill, a Pensioner of the Roll of the Tuskaloosa Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, to the 4th Sept. 1839.
Respectfully yours,
J. Seaner
Acting Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Louisville April 10/60

Commission of Pensions

Dear Sir
I herewith
[illegible] you the application
of Martha Stebbens one
of the heirs at law of
James Gill deceased
Please give it the proper
attention as oblig
Yours very Respectfully
W. S. Bolling

Final Payment Voucher
Received from GAO
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Louisville Missa
c Apl 10th/60
W. S. Bolling
Recd. June 6th/60
Answd   "  "  "

[round stamp]
Pension Office
Apr
17
1860

Wm Randall.
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Louisville Missa
c Apl 10th/60
W. S. Bolling
Recd. June 6th/60
Answd   "  "  "

[round stamp]
Pension Office
Apr
17
1860

Wm Randall.
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Louisville
Nov. 7/60
W. S. Bolling
Recd. Nov 17/60

Final Payment Voucher
Received from GAO

4 M. 42
14 Apl 42
$80 p a
J W Randall

[stamp]
Pension Office
Nov
13
1860
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Louisville Nov 7/60
To the Commission of
Pensions Wsahington DC,
Dear Sir
I now hand you in accordance with
instructions, the affidavit
of Martha A. Stebbins one of
the heirs at law of James Gill
deceased a Revolutionary pensioner
Mrs. Stebbins made an application
some months ago for arrears of pension due her father James Gill; I have not the no of the application.
Please give the affidavit the proper direction;
Yours Respectfully
Wm S. Bollinger

Final Payment Voucher
Received from GAO
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Canton, Miss
Jan. 29th 1861
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Allow me to
trouble you with the investigation
of the claims of the heirs of James
Gill to a pension due to his
widow from the time of his death
(April 1841) to the time of her death
(December 1850).
The widow made an application
in 1850 but in it she did 
not prove her marriage to James
Gill and consequently did not
succeed.
Since her death the heirs have
proved the marriage and also
that they are the children of
James Gill and Mary Ann
Gill, his widow.  They have
made another application through
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W. S. Bolling aty.  He has not
reported what he has done in the
matter but a friend of the applicant, 
who was requested to see
him reports that he (Bolling) had
received a draft for $1.50 for each of the heirs six in number.
A short time previous to making
the last application the heirs had
a member of congress to investigate
the matter, who report the cause of the widow's  failure and said then even more than $800.00 (the amount not being exactly remembered 
now) due to heirs and ready to be paid over whenever they should properly apply for it Please inform me as soon as convenient
And Oblige Yours &c
J. G. Kirkpatrick
(over)
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My friend Col Whiting will much oblge me by giving this matter early attention
O K Singleton

P. S. To be plain and sure of being understood.  I desire to know whether it was the amount due James Gill from the time of his last draw 4th March 1841 to his death 15th April 1841. On the whole amount of the pension due to him and his widow that was received by Mr. Bolling and
if he received both whether he only
received 8 or 10 dollars or 800 or
1000 dollars.
Very Respectfully
J. G. Kirkpatrick
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James Gill, Ala roll Act June 7, 1832
at $80 pr ann:
Be pleased to say to what time
he was last paid:
and at
Pension Office
Aug 26 1840

4th March 1839 at Mobile
is now in Tuscaloosa rab
J H
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No. 4098
Gill, James
Child of
November 1860
Act Apr 6th 1838
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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James Gill Alabama 7 June 1832. $80 per annum
To What time last paid
paid to the 4 March 1835.
JH

Pension Office
DO Feby 1838
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Navy Department
Nov. 25th 1850.
Sir
I am request to transmit
to you the enclosed papers
confirming, I believe a claim
for a widows pension, and
for bounty land.
Be pleased to inform
me of the result of the 
application
I am very Respectfully
Your Obedt Sert
Will A. Graham

J. L. Edwards 
Esq
Com. Pensions.
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3d Auditor's Office
Mary 29 1838

Sir:
James Gill
Ala roll, Act 1832
appears to have been
paid to March 4, 1842.
Very Resp'y
Rob J Atkinson
Auditor
Geo. C. Whiting Esq
Commr of Pensions
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Pension Office, May 28, 1858

The third Auditor will please certify the date of death
of within named pensioner, and to whom the amount due at the time of his death was paid.

Very respectfully
John Robb
For Commissioner

Geddes
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1926 June 7 Hist to Mrs EJ. Washburn awf
1927 Aug. 25-Mrs L.D. Jordan advised
statement as to date of Mar. correctd
1930 Apl. 7 - Hist to Mrs. William S. Gregson awf
1931 - Oct 27 -Hist to Mrs
Leila A. Gayle See her letter
in William Gaston S. 3226
1932 - June 3 - Hist to Mrs. Guy
Turner awf
1934 Mch 15 list to Mrs James Alexander wf
1936 - Mch 10. Hist to Mrs. G. H. McKnight  awf

4023
Mary Gill
Service: Widow of James
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Clinton Greene Co Alabama
14th Aug 1840
Mr. JL Edwards Sir
Your letter of 16th July 1840 came to hand in due time containing the pension papers of James Gill which have been presented to the agent at Tuscaloosa who thought it best not to pay that claim there being one of older date. And according to his instructions which I enclose to you which you will please arrange and return a draft on the agent at Tuscaloosa & you will much oblige.
Yours very
Respectfully
S.W. Strait
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Agents Office
[illegible] 28 January 1838
Sir
Yours of the 13th inst is received.  I enclose for your information the Vouchers of James Gill & David Roberts, and Walter Ross.  Pensions for Act of June 1832.  James Gill was last paid on the 4 April 1835.  
From 4 April 1834 to 4 March 1835 @  the rate of 81$ per annum.  David Roberts was last paid on 25 April 1836 from 4 March 1834 to 4 March 1836 @ the rate of 10$ per annum.  and Walter Ross was last paid on the 22 of March 1834 from the 4 March 1831 to the 4 March 1834 at the rate of 30$ per annum.

I am Very respectfully yours,
Geo. S. Gaines
PC

To J.L. Edwards Esq
Commr. of Pensions
Washington City. D.C.
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[stamp on left side]
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

Pension Office
Novr 16th 1860
Respectfully referred to the Third Auditor, as there was a special order to pay issued in this case on June 5th 1860 it is presumed that this affidavit has been misdirected
Respectfully
John Robb
For Commissioner
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The State of Mississippi
Winston County
Personally appeared before me 
E D Hyde Clerk of the Probate
Court in and for same county and state the same being a Court of Record and having a Seal, Martha H Stebbins one of the heirs at law and [illegible] of James Gill deceased a Revolutionary Pensioner who being duly sworn deposes and says, that the Pension Certificate of her said father James Gill deceased  has been lost or mislaid and cannot now be found, that his estate has been long ago settled and the papers thereof either lost or placed beyond the reach or control of this affiant.
s/ Martha H. Stebbins
Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 7th day of November AD 1860
s/ E D Hyde, Clerk
In testmony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and the Seal of said
Court at office in Louisville Miss--
this 7th day of November A.D. 1860
E. D. Hyde, Clerk

Stamp at bottom of page reads:
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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the State of Mississippi 
Winston County
In the Probate Court of said County of Winston in the State of Mississippi, at a special term thereof held at the Court House in the town of Louisville in said County of Winston on Monday the 30th day of September AD 1850 by order of said Court. Present Hon Erastus Huntley, Judge of said Court
Hiram G. Woodruff, Clerk of said Court, John J. Gage Sheriff of said County.
Be it remembered that this 30th day of September A.D. 1850 personally appeared William Fox and Henry Fox, two respectable and highly credible
witness and citizens of the State and County aforesaid both of whom are personally known to one before me Erastus Huntley, sole and presiding Judge of the Court aforesaid, the same being a Court of Record, and in open Court, who being first duly sworn according to law depose and say that they are well acquainted with Mary Gill, now of Greene County in the State of Alabama, and formerly of
Chester District in the State of South Carolina that they have been so acquainted with her personally from about the year AD 1790. that she is the widow of one James Gill, formerly of Chester District in the State of South Carolina and lately of Greene
County State of Alabama, deceased, who was reported to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War
and who to affiants knowledge was a revolutionary pensioner for a long time antecedant to his death, that she, the said Mary Gill, was the
wife and is the widow of the same identical James Gill above mentioned and of the same identical James Gill, mentioned in the certificate of the
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Secretary of War, of which I certify the following to be a true copy.  "War Department Revolutionary Claims"
 I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 James Gill of the State of
Alabama who was a private in the revolutionary army is entitled to receive Eighty dollars per annum
during his natural life, commencing on the 4th March 1831 and payable semi annually on the 4th March & 4th September in every year, Given at the War office of the United States, this 17th day of September one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three"  
s/ Lewis Cass Secretary of War
Examined & countersigned 
J L Edwards  Commissioner of Pensions

On the foregoing certificate is the following endorsements "Payment to be made at Mobile by Pres.t U. S.
"Br Bk. agent for paying pensioners in the Agency of Alabama, Recorded in pension office in Book
E Vol 8 Page 45 By Geo C Stebbs Clk
That they know the said Mary Gill was the wife of the said James Gill as early as the year 1796, that the said James Gill died in Greene County, Alabama about the year 1842, that his said wife Mary Gill survived him and has not since married but is
still his widow and unmarried, that they have the utmost and most implicit confidence in the integrity of the said Mary Gill, and would unhesitatingly believe that her declaration in the premises about the matters aforesaid, stated upon her own knowledge would contain the
whole truth, that they have no pecuniary interest in the application or success of the
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said Mary Gill for pension money. That the said James and Mary Gill were married in Chester District
in the State of South Carolina in the early part of the year 1779, that they were repeatedly and frequently at the residence, and in the family of the said James and Mary Gill in Chester District in the State of South Carolina in the year AD 1793, and were & have
ever been intimately acquainted with both of them, that is to say the said James Gill up to his death and the said Mary Gill, up to this time
s/ William Fox  Henry Fox
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the day & year first above written and in open Court as witness my name & private seal
s/ Erastus Huntley 
Judge of the Court aforesaid

The State of Mississippi
Winston County
I Hiram G. Woodruff Clerk of
the Probate Court of Winston County in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the above and foregoing
proceedings were this day had in the Court aforesaid that Erastus Huntley is the sole and presiding Judge
of said Court and authorized by law to administer oath that he has been and is the duly elected, sworn qualified and commissioned Judge of said Court that said Court is a Court of record, that he has no official seal that the signature purporting
to be his is genuine and that all his official acts in said capacity are entitled to full faith and credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office in the town of Louisville this 30th day of September AD 1850 s/ Hiram G Woodruff Clerk
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The State of Mississippi, Winston County
I Erastmus Huntley sole presiding Judge of the Probate Court in and for said County of Winston and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Hiram G. Woodruff, who has given
the foregoing certificate of authentication is and was at the time of giving the same the duly elected, sworn, qualified and commissioned 
clerk of the Court aforesaid
authorized by law in conjunction with myself to authenticate the proceedings and records of said Court, that he is the keeper of the seal of said Court, that the signature
purporting to be his is genuine that the seal affixed to his said certificate is the true, genuine and only seal of said Court that his said certificate
is in due form of law & that all 
his official acts in said capacity are
entitled to full faith and credit
Given under my hand & seal
at the County aforesaid this the day
of September AD 1850
s/ Erastus Huntley 
Judge as aforesaid

Wm & Henry Fox
To Depositions

The Depositions for
Mary Gill
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James Gill
Alabama
Adm 2 years
H. Snedicar
Erie
Green County
Alabama
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( blank document )                                       WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which  will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of 
Period when the service was rendered.| Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.|Months.|Days.| Rank of the claimant.| Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.| Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.| Proof by which the declaration is supported.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops, "militia," and volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of}
County of }  ss.
On this  day of  personally appeared (a) before
of  aged (c)   years, who being first 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
with and served in the (e) regiment of the    line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I   of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of    for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of  & c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia. except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the   and C. D. residing in (the same)hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with

subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their 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 them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
 The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow
the rule laid down for his guidance.
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the person or persons of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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 amount of pension he is entitled. 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 bust 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."
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 pensions merely state that 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 embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required, The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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 officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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 claimant's 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.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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James Gill
To } Power of Attorney
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State of Alabama Greene County ss
Be it known that before me William R. Smith a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared James Gill, and made oath in due form of law, that he is the Identical person named in an original certificate in his possession of which ( I certify ) the following is a true copy: " War Department Revolutionary claims, I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832. James Gill of the State of Alabama , who was a private in the revolutionary army , is entitled to receive Eighty dollars per annum,  during his natural life , commencing on the 4th March 1831 and payable semi- annually  on the 4th March & 4th September, in every year. Given at the War Office of the United States, this 17th day of September, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three."  Lewis Cass Secretary of War  Examined and Countersigned  J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions : On the foregoing certificate is the following endorsements , Payments to be made at Mobile by Prest. U.S.
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Br Bk agent for paying pensioners in the Agency of Alabama ; Recorded in Pension office in Book. E. Vol. 8 page 45. by Geol Stebbs Clk. 
That he is entitled to a pension of Eighty Dollars per annum, on account of services rendered the United States during the revolutionary war, that  he served in Capts [James] Ramsey's, [Alexander] Pagan's & Capt. [Thomas] Gill's Companys , in a regiment that was commanded by Col. John Winn, after by [John] Brown & Patton [William Bratton]. That he now resides in Greene County Alabama  and has, for the space of about nine years last, past and previous thereto he resided in Chester District in the State of South Carolina.  s/  James Gill  
Sworn to and subscribed this 14th day of June 1836 Before me  s/ William R. Smith J.P.  

The State of Alabama Greene County I, William R. Smith a Magistrate in and for the County above named do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence, as well as, from my own personal acquaintance, as also from the testimony of ___ and ____ that James Gill, who has this day appeared before me
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to take the oath of Identity , is the Identical person named in the pension certificate, which he has exhibited, before me numbered 19.807 - and bearing date at the War Office, the 17th day of September, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, and signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of War. Given under my hand at Greene County the day and year aforesaid. I, Isaac C. Snedecor  Clerk of the County Court of the County of Greene aforesaid  & State of Alabama do hereby certify that William R. Smith is a Magistrate as .... [illegible] foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof , I have hereunto affixed my seal of  office and subscribed my name this  __ day of ___ in the year 1836. I. C. Snedecor  clerk of the County Court of the County of Greene in the State of Alabama. Know all men by these presents , that I, James Gill a resident citizen of the County of Greene and State of Alabama a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, 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
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to take the oath of identity , is the Identical person named in the pension certificate, which he has exhibited before me  numbered 19.807 - and bearing date at the War office, the 17th day of September, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, and signed by Lewis Cass  Secretary of War ; Given under my hand at Greene County the day and year aforesaid . William R. Smith  J.P.  I, Isaac C. Snedecor clerk of the County Court of the County of Greene aforesaid  &  State of Alabama do hereby certify that William R. Smith is a Magistrate as .... ( illegible )  foregoing  signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof  , I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this ___day of ___ 1836. I . . Snedecor Clerk of the County  Court of the County of Greene in the State of Alabama  Know all men by these presents , that I, James Gill a resident citizen of the county of Greene  and State of Alabama , a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, 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
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for paying pensions in Mobile State of Alabama  my pension from the 4th March 1835 to the 4th March 1836  Witness my hand and seal this ___day of __ 1836 Sealed & delivered in presence of __  .  

The State of Alabama Greene County 
 Be it known, that on the __ day of __ 1836, before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared James Gill, above named , and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed ; In testimony hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned. ___J.P.
I, Isaac C. Snedecor this Clerk of the County Court of the County of Greene and State of Alabama , certify that __ is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine; In testimony whereof  I have hereunto affixed my seal of office  and subscribed my name this __ day of __ 1836. I.C. Snedecor  clerk of the County Court of the County & State aforesaid :   
The State of Alabama Mobile County
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for paying pensions in Mobile State of Alabama my pension from the 4th March 1835 to the 4th march  1836 , Witness my hand and seal this __ day of __ 1836. Sealed  & delivered in presence of __ J.P.  [seal] 

The State of Alabama }
Greene County}
Be it known, that on the __ day of __ 1836. before the subscriber  a justice of the peace in and for said County , personally appeared James Gill, above named , and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney  to be his acts and deed ; In testimony whereof  I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above mentioned___ J.P.  I , Isaac C. Snedecor  Clerk of the County Court of the County of Greene and State of Alabama , certify that __ is a magistrate  as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine ; In testimony whereof I  have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this __ day of___ 1836. I. C. Snedecor Clerk of the County Court of the County & State aforesaid : 
The State of Alabama }
Mobile County} SS.
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Be it known that on the __ day of ___  18 __ before the subscribed justice of the peace  in and for said County , personally  appeared ___ the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney and made oath , that the same was not given by reason of any sale , transfer, or mortgage of the pension or arrears of pension therein  authorized to be received by him : Sworn and subscribed the day & year last above mentioned before me  __ J.P.
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The State of Alabama, Greene County.
I ISAAC C. SNEDECOR, Clerk of the County Court, of the County of
Greene aforesaid, do hereby certify that William M. Murphey 
whose signature appears in attestation of the
appended affidavit of James Gill (who
applies for a pension
now is and at the time of his certifying was an
acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly elected, qualified, and commissioned, and that due faith and credit are due, and ought to be given to all his acts as such, and that his
said certificate is in due form of law his signature thereto is Genuine

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand, and caused the seal of my said office
to be affixed, the Eighth day of
June 1833 and of American
Independence, the 57th year.
Attest,
I. C. Snedecor Clerk.

The State of Alabama, Greene County.
I, THOMAS F. MOODY, Presiding Judge of the County Court, of said
County, do hereby certify, that Isaac C. Snedecor, whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate, now is, and was, at the time he signed the same, Clerk of the County Court of said County, and that his certificate is made in due form of law.
Given under my hand seal this 8th day of June 1833
T. F. Moody
Judge of said Court.

The State of Alabama, Greene County
I, ISAAC C. SNEDECOR, Clerk of the County Court of said County, do
hereby certify, that Thomas F. Moody, whose signature appears to the above certificate, now is, and at the time of his signing the same, was Judge of the County Court of said County, duly qualified and commissioned, and that due faith and credit are due to all his acts as such, and that his said certificate is in due form of
law & his signature thereto is Genuine

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and
caused the seal of my said office to be affixed, the Eighth
day of June 1833 and of American
Independence, the 57th year.
ATTEST.
I. C. Snedecor CLERK.
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Marion Junction Ala
March 1st, 1934

Dept of Interior
Washington
D. C.
(oval stamp)
Dept of the Interior
Forwarded
March 3 1934
Secy's Off. Appts., Mans & Files

Would be very grateful if you would send me copy of Revolutionary
Service of James Gill (Capt.
I think) of South Carolina years 1780-81-82. Chester Co. and Capt. William Gaston Chester. Co. South Carolina.
probably served in Roebuck's
regiment. Want service and names
of wives and children of these two men.
Will use for D. A. R. papers.
Thank you-
Mrs. James Alexander
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Prescott Ark.
April 23, 1927

Winfield Scott, Commissioner
Washington

Dear Sir,
I have a copy of the letter you wrote to Mrs. E.J. Washburn, Ardmore Okla as I am a descendent of Capt. James Gill who was born in New Jersey April 1760. He served in the Revolutionary War. I am asking for information
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you say the record shows that he married in the early part of the year 1795.

Our Bible shows that his son John Gaston Gill was born in 1791.

Is it not possible that the record could have been written 1790 and be taken for 1795.

Please look at it closely for me and let me hear from
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you soon.

I notice in your letter "In Reply refer to Rev. and 1812 War Section

Tanking you, I am 
Yours truly,
Mrs. L.D. Jordan
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1108 West Broadway,
Ardmore, Oklahoma.
May 14, 1926.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Sir:
The Adjutant General has referred me to you for information concerning Captain James Gill who served in the
Revolution and who enlisted from York, S. C. Captain Gill's wife was Mary Gaston before her marriage.

I would also like to have information concerning Alex Pagan from Chester, S.C. His wife, before her marriage
was Mary Mills.  I am not sure whether Alex Pagan or his father
served in the Revolution. If you have a Pagan who served will you please advise me, so I can trace and ascertain whether it is the father of Alex Pagan.

Our family tradition has it that my gr-gr-gr-gr grandfather was killed at Col. Sumpters [Thomas Sumter] defeat and that gr-gr-gr-gr grandmother Mills spun and wove cloth and made clothes and attempted to take them to her brothers who had been
captured at Camden, S. C. by the enemy. I have reference to
gr-gr-gr-gr grandfather Pagan.

Any information you may be able to give me will be greatly appreciated.

Respectfully,
Mrs. E. B. Mashburn

(round stamp)
U. S. Pension Office
 May 18 1926
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West Cleveland Avenue
Fayetteville Arkansas
February 4th, 1930

Com. of Pensions
Dep't of Interior
Washington, D.C.

Capt. James Gill, Chester District in 1776 served as a private in S.C. Troops under Capt's [Garrett] Smith, [Philip] Walker, [James] Ramsey, [William] Hardwick, [Alexander] Pagan, [Robert] Cooper, [Thomas] Gill. Colonels [John] Winn, [John] Brown, 
[William] Bratton, [Edward Lacey] Lacy and Wade Hampton. He was at the surrender of Charleston, S.C. in May 1780. Battles of Rocky Mt [Mount] William's [Williamson's] Plantation, Fort Carey, Wrights' Bluff, where 
he was wounded in the right arm. Friday's Ferry, Bellville, Orangeburgh, Biggen's Church, and Huger's Bridge, amounting to one year and ten months. He served until the spring of 1781 when he was appointed 
Captain and served as such until the close of the war. He served in scouting parties and in an engagement on Sandy River. This service amounting to one year. He 
was born April 14, 1755 in New Jersey died Aug. 25, 1809 buried at Bullock Creek S.C.  Statement of service wanted and name of his wife if given in application for a pension.
Mrs. Wm. S. Gregson
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610 East Drive, Hein Park,
Memphis, Tenn. April 24, I932.

Pension Department, Rev. War -
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:-

I am seeking data on a
Revolutionary soldier by the name of
James Gill and shall appreciate your
assistance in this matter.

James Gill, aged 74, and a resident
of Green County; private S. C. Militia; enrolled on Sept. 16 - I833, under Act of Congress of June 7, I832; payment to date from March 4, I83I; annual allowance, $80; sums received to the date of publication of the list, $240, Revolutionary Pension Roll, in
Vol. XIV, Sen. Doc. 5I4, 23rd Congress, Ist Sess, I833 - 34.

Shall be pleased to receive a copy of
this paper giving all family data.
Thanking you, I am
Very sincerely,
Mrs. Guy Turner
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L. S. U. Engineering Library
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Jan. 8, 1936

Sec. War Department and Pension Bureau
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir: -
Will you please mail to me copies of service records in the Revolutionary War of my ancestors, viz., Thomas Wallace, of Chester, S. C.; Robert Dunlap, of Chester Dist. or Lancaster Dist., S.C.; Colonel George Gill, of Chester Dist S.C.; Captain James Gill, of York Dist. S. C.

James Moore, Mecklenburg Co., N.C., or Lancaster Co., Penn.; William Henderson, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.; William Sample, Mecklenburg Co., N. C.; James Alexander, Mecklenburg Co. N. C. Hezekiah Alexander, Mecklenburg Co. N. C.; John McKnitt Alexander, Mecklenburg Co. N. C.

I will appreciate any information concerning those named
above. 
Yours very truly,
Mrs. G. H. McKnight

(round stamp)
RECEIVED
JAN 13 1936
Mail Sub-Div.
Vets. Adm. 
Reader #21
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March 9, 1936.

BA-J/ILL
James Gill
R.4023

Mrs. G. H. Knight
L. S. U. Engineering Library
Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request
the Revolutionary War records of your ancestors, namely, Thomas
Wallace, Robert Dunlap, Colonel George Gill, Captain James Mill,
all of South Carolina, William Henderson, William Sample, James
Alexander, Henkiah Alexander, John McKnitt Alexander, all of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and James Moore of Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania or Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data
and the limited clerical force available for furnishing and in
formation, it is impossible to comply in full with work request
pertaining to soldiers of that war. The record of Captain James
Gill is furnished herewith as found in pension claim, R. 4023.

Very truly yours,
G. H. SWEET.
Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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June 7, 1928

Mrs. E. J. Mashburn
1108 West Broadway
Ardmore, Okla.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 4023, it appears that James Gill was born April 14, 1760 in New
Jersey, when six years old, he moved with his father (his name not given) to Chester District, South Carolina.
While residing in Chester District, he served from 1776, at various times as a private in the South Carolina Troops, under Captains [Garrett] Smith, [Philip] Walker, [James] Ramsey, [William] Hardwick, [Alexander] Pagan, [Robert] Cooper, [Thomas] Gill, and Colonels [John] Winn, [John] Brown, [William] Bratton, [Edward Lacey] Lacy, and Wade Hampton; he was at the surrender of Charleston, South Carolina in May 1780, battles of Rocky Mount, Williams' [Williamson's] Plantation, Fort Carey,Wrights Bluff, where he was wounded in the right arm,
Friday's Ferry, Bellville, Orangeburgh, Biggins Church, and Huger's Bridge, amounting in all to one year and
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ten months, and served until the spring of 1781, when he was appointed Captain, and served three months, under Major John Adair, and continued to serve as such, until the close of the War, in scouting parties, and had an engagement, with the Tories on Sandy River, this service amounting to one year.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 22, 1832, while a resident of Greene
County, Alabama. He died there April 15, 1841. Soldier married in the early part of the year 1795, in Chester District, South Carolina, Mary (her
maiden name is not stated). She died in December 1850.
Children are referred to in 1861, no names are stated.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

[the following statement is written on the side of the document]
- the agency book gives Apr. 14- 1842 & 3" [illegible] [illegible] he was paid to Mch-4-1842 & so the letter of Jan-29-1861-must be wrong
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October 9, 1930.
R-LA
Registrar General, A.S.D.A.R.
Memorial Continental Hall,
Washington, D. C.
Madam:
In reply to your letter of September 9, 1930, wherein you request information concerning James Gill, a pensioner of the Revolutionary War, certificate #107, Alabama Agency,
you are advised that the pensioner died April 14, 1842, in Greene County, Alabama, and left surviving Mary Ann Gill, widow, and the following named children: George Gill, Nathan Gill, John P. Gill, Robert J. Gill, Elizabeth P. Dennis, Martha H. Stebbins and Susanna Cherry.
For the Comptroller General of the United States.
Respectfully,
Chief, Records Division.
Final Payment Voucher
Received from GAO
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v. 1812 1812 Wars sction

August 25, 1927

Mrs. L. D. Jordon
Prescott, Arkansas

Madam:

I have to advise you that the statement relative to
the date of marriage of James Gill, Revolutionary War
pensioner (R. 4023), as shown in the history which
was furnished Mrs. E. J. Mashburn on June 7, 1926, is
correct as it appears in the original papers on file in
this Bureau.

Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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March 15, 1934
XXXXXXX
BA-J/EEL

Mrs. James Alexander
Marion Junction
Alabama

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records
of Captain James Gill and Captain William Gaston, both of South Carolina, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your
behalf and the histories of James Gill and William Gaston are furnished herewith, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in their respective claims for pension, R. 4023 and S.33265, upon their services in the Revolutionary War.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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March 15, 1934
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

James Gill-R.4023
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. James Alexander
Marion Junction
Alabama

Dear Madam:

James Gill was born April 14, 1760 in the state of
New Jersey, names of his parents not stated. He
moved, without the years old, with his father to
Chester District, South Carolina.

While residing in Chester District, James Gill
served from 1776 at various times as a private in
the South Carolina troops, under Captains Smith,
Walker, Ramsey, Hardwick, Pagan, Cooper, Gill, Colonels
Winn, I. Brown, Bratton, Lacy and Wade Hampton.
He was at the surrender of Charleston, South Carolina,
in May, 1780 and in the battles of Rocky Mount, Will
liams' Plantation, Fort Carey, Wrights Bluff, where
wounded in his right arm, battles of Friday's Ferry,
Bellville, Orangeburg, Biggins Church, and Huger's
Bridge; served until the spring of 1781, amounting
to one year and ten months. He was appointed in the
spring of 1781, captain, served under Major Adair,
and continued to serve as captain untill thereof
the war in scouting parties, was in an engagement
with the Tories on Sandy River, his service as a
captain was about one year. A part of the time he
served as substitute for his brother, George Gill,

The soldier, James Gill, was allowed pension
on his application executed, September 22, 1832, then
living in Greene County, Alabama.

He married "in the early part of the year 1795"
in Chester District, South Carolina, Mary, whose maiden
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is not given.

James Gill died in Greene County, Alabama, April
15, 1841 or April 14, 1842.  His widow, Mary Gill, died
in December, 1850.

Children were referred to in 1861, but their names were not stated.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Assistant to the Administrator
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June 3, 1932
BA-J/AWF
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
James Gill
R. 4023

Mrs. Guy Turner
610 East Drive
Hein Park
Memphis, Tennessee

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request information in regard to James Gill,
a Revolutionary War pensioner.

The data furnished herein were obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, R. 4023, based
upon the Revolutionary War service of James Gill.

He was born April 14, 1760 in the state of New 
Jersey, when six years old, he moved with his father,
whose name is not given to Chester District, South 
Carolina.

While residing in said Chester District, he
served from 1776, at various times as a private in
the South Carolina troops, under Captains Smith,u
Walker, Ramsey, Hardwick, Pagan, Cooper, Gill and
Colonels Winn, I. Brown, Bratton, Lacy and Wade Hampton
ton. He was at the surrender of Charleston, South
New and in the battles of Rocky Mount
Mount, Williams' Plantation, Fort Carey, Wrights
Bluff, where wounded in the right arm battles of
Friday's Ferry, Bellville, Orangeburg, Biggins Church
and Huger's Bridge. He served until the spring of
1781, amounting in all to one year and ten months.
He was appointed in the spring of 1781, Captain and
served three months under Major John Adair and continued
to served as captain until the close of the
the war in scouting parties, had an engagement with
the Tories on Sandy River, this service amounting to
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one year.  A part of the time he served as substitute
for his brother, George

He was allowed pension on his application executed
September 22, 1832, at which time he was living
in Greene County, Alabama.

He died in said Greene County, April 15, 1841
or April 14, 1842.

he married "in the early part of the year 1795"
in Chester District, South Carolina, Mary, whose maiden
name is not given.

She died in December, 1850.

Children were [are] referred to, in 1861 but no names
are stated.

Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Assistant to the Administrator
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October 27, 1931.

BA-J/A??/ILL

Mrs. Leila A. Gayle
R. F. D. #4
Selma, Alabama.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to James Gill,
a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

James Gill was born April 14, 1760 in New Jersey.  When six 
years old, he moved with his father (name not given) to Chester District, South Carolina.

While residing in said Chester District, he served 
from 1776, at various times as a private in the South Carolina troops, under Captains Smith, Walker, Ramsey, Hardwick, Pagan, Cooper, Gill 
and Colonels Winn, I. Brown, Bratton, Lacy and Wade Hampton. He was at the surrender of Charleston, South Carolina in May, 1780, and in 
the battles of Rocky Mount, Williams' Plantation, Fort Carey, Wrights
Bluff, where wounded in the right arm, Friday's Ferry, Bellville, Orangeburg, Biggins Church and Huger's Bridge. He served 
until the spring of 1781, amounting in all to one year and ten months.
In the spring, 1781, he was appointed Captain and served three months under Major John Adair and continued to served as such until the close of the the war in scouting parties, had an engagement with the Tories 
on Sandy River, this service amounting to one year.  A part of the
time he served as substitute for his brother, Geroge.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September
22, 1832, while a resident of Greene County, Alabama.

He died in Greene County, Alabama, April 15, 1841 or April 
14, 1842.

1.
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The soldier married "in the early part of the year 1795"
in Chester District, South Carolina, Mary, whose maiden name is not
stated.

She died in December 1850.

Children are referred to in 1861 but no names are stated.

Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller,
Assistant to the Administrator.
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March 10, 1936

James Gill - r. 4023
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. G.H. McKnight 
L.S.U. Engineering Library
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Dear Madam:

The data which follow relative to James Gill were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R 4023, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution. 

He was born April 14, 1760 in the state of New Jersey, names of his parents not stated. He moved, when six years old, with his father to Chester District, South Carolina. 

While residing in Chester District, James Gill served from sometime in 1776 at various times as a private in the South Carolina troops, under Captains Smith, Walker, Ramsey, Hardwick, Pagan, Cooper, Gill, Colonels Winn, I. Brown, Bratton, Lacy, and Wade Hampton. He was at the surrender of Charleston, South Carolina in May 1780 and in the battles of Rocky Mount, Williams Plantation, Fort Carey, Wrights Bluff, where wounded in his right arm, Battles of Friday's Ferry, Bellville, Orangeburg, Biggins Church, and Huger's Bridge; served until the spring of 1781, amounting to one year and ten months. He was appointed in the spring of 1781, Captain and ans served under Major Adair, continued to serve as captain until the close of the war, was out in frequent scouting parties, was in an engagement with the Tories on the Sandy River, service as captain about one year. A part of the time he served as substitute for his brother, George Gill. 

James Gill was allowed pension on his application
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executed, September 22, 1832, then living in Greene County, Alabama. 

James Gill married "in the early part of the year 1795" in Chester District, South Carolina, Mary whose maiden name is not given.

He died in Greene County, Alabama, April 15 1841 or April 14, 1842. His widow, Mary Gill died in December 1850. The date and place of birth are not shown. 

Their children were referred to in 1861, but no names were noted.

Very truly yours, 
G.H. Sweet
Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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The National Archives
Form VAN-51
12-5-41
Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name Gill, John
Grade Private
Line Armand's Legion

Warrant Number 13111
Acerage 100
Issued September 24, 1791
to John McCleland, assignee

* 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.