Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,059, Joseph Gilbert, Continental Va. Md.
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(S - 1776)

SERVICE
Continental
Va
Md?

Gilbert, Joseph

NUMBER
S. 40059

CONTENTS
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Virginia
6.256

Joseph Gilbert of Fairfax Co. in the State of Virginia who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Brown of the high commanded by Colonel G. Gibson in the Virginia line, for the term of the war
from      1780 to ---- 1783

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 26th day of May 1818
Restored Dec. 1. 1830: commencing}
Nov 2 1830}

Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of April 1835 and delivered to G. Richards Esq.
Present

Arrears to 4th of
Semi-anl. all' ce ending

} $

{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{ Acts March 18, 1818. }
{ May 1, 1820. }
{ March 1, 1823. }
{ & Mar. 3. 1835. }

Recorded Book D. vol. 7 page 98

D. Brown                               Clerk
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Triplicate Certificate issued 11. April 1835 }
& delivered to G. Richards Esqr Present }
Letter to Pen. Agent April 11. 1835 }
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Joseph Gilbert
-
Durg
Virg line
Col [Passy]
Regiment
The time of enter-
ing service must
be stated

Correct by [unclear]
D.H.

W. C. B. Butler
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The Commonwealth of Virginia to wit,

I William Moss Clerk of the Superior and Inferior
Courts of Law for the County of Fairfax in the Common
wealth aforesaid do hereby certify that William A G Dade before
whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit appears to have
been made is one of the Judges of the General Court and Judge
of the Superior Court of Law within the third Judicial circuit
for the County aforesaid forming a part of the said Circuit
and that full faith and credit is due to all his acts as
such as well in this as other States.

- In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
the said County this 30th day of May
1818 and in the 42 year of the
Commonwealth

Wm Mop [Moss]

Fairfax County to wit
This day Joseph Gilbert made oath before me the sub
scriber, one of the Commonwealths Justices of the peace
that he entered into the service of the United States
as soldier, some time in the month of February
Seventeen hundred and eighty. -- Given under my hand
the first day of February 1819

James Waugh
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Virginia
Fairfax County Court

On this 26th day of May 1818, before me the subscriber, one 
of the Judges of the Genl. Court presiding in the 3{d} Jud{c} Circuit
for the said district, personally appeared Joseph Gilbert aged
seventy years, resident in Fairfax County in the said district, who
being by me first duly sworn, according to Law, doth, on his oath,
make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provifsion [provision]
made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide
for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war; "That he, the said Joseph Gilbert enlisted in Alexandria in Fairfax County in the State of Virginia 
in the company commanded by Captain Windsor Brown of
the first Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel Gibson,
[marginalia: on Continental establishment]
that he the said Joseph Gilbert was marched to and was at the
siege of Ninety six, and was there transferred to the Corps of Artificers,
commanded by Captain Pendleton; that he continued to
serve in said corps until the end of the war, when he was discharged
from the service in Richmond in the State of Virginia,
that his discharge was burnt with his house, that he was in the
battles of Bunkers hill, and at Guildford Court House, at the
latter place he was wounded in the leg at the former he served 
as a militia man) and that he is in reduced circumstances, and
stands in need of the assistance of his country for support;
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And that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said
services,-
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
Wm A G Dade

J. W. A. G. Dade -- Judge vc. as aforesaid, do
certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Joseph
Gilbert did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the
preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the
(marginalia: and that he is very poor and [unclear])
term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and 
I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and
had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War,
pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of
Congress -

Witness my hand & seal this 26th May 1818
W. A. G. Dade
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Loudoun County & State of Virginia to wit

On this 2nd of September 1830 personally appeared before
me a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid Joseph Gilbert
Blacksmith and a resident in said County aged Eighty years &
upwards who being just duly sworn according to law doth on his
Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision
made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and
the 1st of May 1820 that he the said Joseph Gilbert enlisted
for the term during the war, the day not recollected in the year
1779 or 1780, remembers perfectly well it was in the year that
Genl Green Marched his (/northern/) army from the northern to the
Southern States, that he enlisted in the company of Capt. Winser
Brown in Alexandria Fairfax County in the regiment
commanded by Col^o Gibson General Muhlenberg division, that
he continued to serve in the said Corps until the end of
the war, when he was discharged from the service in Richmond
in the State of Virginia, that he has been admitted on the
pension list, and did draw two years pay of the rate of
per year, but has been stopped for several years past, for what
cause he knows not, that he hereby relinquishes every claim
of his
whatsoever to a pension except the present, the number of
pension certificate he does not not recollect, and that he never
before exhibited a schedule of his property, because it never was
exacted of him as he recollects, the said Gilbert further States
that his trade is that of a Blacksmith, which he was almost
continually employed at in the Army, and have ever since until
he was disabled by disease and old age, and now being almost
entirely destitute as will appear from his Schedule, and not
able to work or over to make application to the Court agreeably
to the act of Congress, the said Gilbert now lives with his
Son in Law, who is not able to maintain him. Given under
my hand the day above written & has several children scattered over the
County & his wife dead

R Bayly
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And in pursuance of the act of the Just May 1820 I do solemnly swear
that I was a resident of the United States on the 18th day of March
1818 and that I have not since that time by Gift Sale or in
any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with
thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the
provisions of an act of Congress entitled ""an act to provide for
certain persons engaged in the Land & naval service of the
United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18th day
of March 1818 and that I have not, nor has any person
in trust for me, any property or securities contracts or debts
due to me, nor have I any income other than what is
contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed,
that since the 18th March 1818 there has been no change
in my property, the following is a schedule of what property
I have now in possession

1 Voice } 
2 pr Tongs }
1 Hammer } Schedule valued to $6.50

Joseph Gilbert

London County to wit
Sworn to and declared on the 2nd day of
September 1830 before me. I do further certify that the
valuation of said Schedule is not more than $600

R Bayly

Loudon County to wit

I do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction
from the Oath of said Gilbert and other evidence before
me, that the said Gilbert did serve in the revolutionary war
as stated in the preceding declaration. Witness my
hand this 2nd Sept 1830.

Robt Bayly
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Loudoun County to wit

Personally appeared before me Joseph Gilbert and 
made oath that owing to old age and debility he is not
able to attend Court [illegible] to the act of 
Congress given 
under my hand this 2nd of Sept 1830

Robt Bayly


Virginia to wit
I Charles Binns Clerk of the County Court of
Loudoun in the Commonwealth aforesaid do hereby certify 
that Robert Bayly before whom the above affidavit 
of Joseph Gilbert who is now unable to attend Court
on account of old age and debility was made is a Justice
of the peace for the County Court of said County. I also certify[struck out: and]
that the said Schedule and Oath have been admitted
to the Record of said Court, and that the same are truly
opened therefrom; and I do further certify that it is the
opinion of the said Court that the total amount
in value of the property exhibited on the aforesaid Schedule
is six dollars and fifty Cents

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of the said Court on this 14th day
of September 1830 and in the 15th
year of the Commonwealth

C Binns LSC
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Jos. Gilbert
Va
Pd. to March 4. Sept 1818
Restored for Nov. 2 1830 Pens. Feb 1819-

Struck off &
again restored in
1830
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

July 18, 1927

Mrs. Gladys J. Reed
1673 Park Road, N.W.
Washington, D. C.

Madam: 

I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claims S. 40059 it appears that Joseph 
Gilbert was born February 15, 1750, place not stated.

In 1775, while in the employment of Colonel Stephen
Stewart of West River, Maryland, he enlisted and served
eighteen months, names of officers not stated.

He enlisted at Alexandria, Virginia in February 1780
in Captain Windsor Brown's Company, Colonel George Gibson's
Virginia Regiment, later joined Captain Anderson's Company
in Lee's Legion and was at the battle of Guilford Court
House where he was wounded in the right leg by a spent ball;
was also at the Siege of Ninety Six where he was transferred temporarily to Captain Pendleton's Company of Artificers and
after said siege returned to his company, was in the battle
of Eutaw Springs and served to the end of the war.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May-

[marginalia]

Omitted the Battle of Bunker Hill,
He gave no officers, no county [three] which he marched
served 18 mo - which was long for one service then, & why a submitted
for a Colonel ] This was have put "Little Bunker Hill", but as it all
seemed a little peculiar, I left it out.
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26,1818 while a resident of Fairfax County, Virginia.
 In 1830 his wife was dead and he was living n Loudon County, Virginia with his son-n-law, and had several children living in Loudoun County, Virginia, no names given of any of these persons, nor is date of marriage stated.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, name of person paid and possibly the date of soldier's death, you should apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C. citing all of the following date: Joseph Gilbert, Certificate No. 6256, issued April 11, 1835, rate $8 per month, commenced May 26, 1818 (or November 2, 1830) Acts of March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820, March 1, 1823 and March 3, 1835, Virginia Agency.
Respectfully,

Winfield Scott
Commissioner.
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Left Side Page
40059
INVALID
Rev

File No 40059
Joseph Gilbert
Priv Rev War

Act 18 March 1818
Index:-Vol G Page 195

[Arrangement of 1870.]

Right Side Page

1927, July 18 Hist to Mrs Gladys J Reed - MMF
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HR 472
Joseph Gilbert

Pensions
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6256

Virginia 4

Joseph Gilbert
of Fairfax Couonty in the state of Virginia who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Gibson of the Virginia line for the term of blank

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rat of 8 dollars per month, to commence on the 26th of May 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd of February 1819 and sent to W C Bulter Esqr.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 3 Mo 10/31 = 26.58
Semi-anl all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819 48.00
Total $74.58

Not continental
struck from rolls

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}

ckc "Endorsement
"Col Posey - Va Line - correct by [illegible]
[illegible]
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State Agency not continental

Gave to B. Harrison a form of a schedule for J. Gilbert Aug 20, 1830
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State Agency not Continental

Gave to B Harrison a form of a schedule for J Gilbert Aug 20, 1830
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6256
Virginia
Joseph Gilbert
of Fairfax Co in the state of Virginia who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Brown of the regiment commanded by Colonel G Gibson in the Virginia line for the term of the war

Inscribed on the roll of Virginia at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence on the 26th of May 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd of February 1819 and sent to W C Butler Esqr.

Restored to the roll on the 1st day of December 1830 and notification sent to W B Harrison at Roseville Va. Pension commencing on the 2nd of November 1830.

Amount due on 4th of March 1831 = $32.76

{Revolutionary Claim Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820}
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Duplicate certificate issued 4 Dec 1830 and sent to Wm B Harrison Roseville Va - let to Hon L Cass 27 March 1834.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 18th of March 1818,

Joseph Gilbert

late a private in Captain Brown's company of Colonel G Gibson's regiment in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Virginia Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the 26th day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. This certificate is issued in lieu of one dates 2nd February 1809 supposed to be lost of destroyed which should it hereafter be presented for payment the agent will please to forward to this department.

Given at the War Office of the United State, this first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty.
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Have a certificate in this case - 
acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820
March 1, 1823, March 3 1835
Eight Dollars per month commencing 26 Mary 1818
Va Rev War

G Richards Esqr
Present
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Report of Committee

22nd Cong A sessions report No 191 (House reps)
see page 66 letter of Sec of War of Jan 14, 1832

which applies to "Joseph Gilberts" case

Mr. Richards respecting reply, Mr. Tomlinson to the above in relation to the case he mentions to Mr. T this afternoon.

Hearing passed 4 PM
Feb 19, 1835
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Mr. Gilbert has never received the benefits of the act of 15th May 1828.

F A Dickins

William B Harrison, Esqr
Soldiers Repose
Roseville, Post Off
Loudon

Mr. James Heath 
Letter auditors in
Richmond on the
subject of Joseph Gilbert
old soldier.
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Duplicate to #24

Mr. Gilbert has never received the benefits of the act of 15th May 1828.

F A Dickins

William B Harrison, Esqr
Soldiers Repose
Roseville, Post Off
Loudon

Mr. James Heath
Letter auditors in
Richmond on the
subject of Joseph Gilbert
old soldier.
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Auditors Office
20 March 1830

I do certify that it appears from a list in this office of such of the soldiers in the Virginia Line on Continental establishment during the Revolutionary War as reviewed certificates of war that Joseph Gilbert a soldier of infantry received through H. Anderson on the 31 July 1783 a certificate for $43.16 it being for the balance of his full pay or depreciation on the settlement of his accounts under the act of Nov [illegible] 1781.

Given under my hand the day and year above written.

Jas E Heath, AA

Dear Sir,

I enclose you the above certificate being the only evidence in this office of the military services of Jos Gilbert.

Respectfully

Jas E Heath
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Left Side Page

The commissioner of pensioners will make me a full report in this case.

L.C.

Right Side Page

A
Pension Office
March 28th, 1834
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To the Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War

The petition of Joseph Gilbert respectfully showeth that for services rendered to the U.S. in the Rev Army in the 1st Va State Regiment commanded by Col Geo Gibson he was placed on the pension roll to commence 26 May 1818 and in about two years struck off said roll for the same as alleged that said Regt was not on the Continental establishment that he came off the role till Nov 2, 1836 when he was restored by one of the Sec of War [illegible] now a pension of the states. 

Your petitioner also respectfully represents that in as much as it has been decided by the Sec of War that Col. Geo. Gibson regiment shall be convened as a Continental Regiment from 1777 and he performed services in said Regiment as appears by his declaration he therefor [illegible] asks that this sum which would have [illegible] to him from the day he was struck off till his restoration be allowed him. His [illegible] upwards of 82 years of age very poor and suffering from wounds rec'd in facing his enemies of his county. And your power as in duly bound.
J Gilbert
by G Richards
His Attorney

March 25, 1834
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(Copy)

War Department
Pension Office
March 27, 1834

Sir,

In relation to the case of Joseph Gilbert, I have the honor to make the following report:

When his name was first placed on the pension roll in February 1819, it was not known that Col. George Gibson's regiment was attached to the line of State Troops. After the fact was ascertained, that it was a state regiment the name of Gilbert, with those of several others who belonged to the same regiment were dropped from the roll as the law of March 1818 under which he was pensioned provides for none but those who belonged to the continental establishment. In 1830, the secretary of War decided in consequence of the exhibition of proof that the Virginia Legislature passed an act in 1777 directing Gibsons regiment to supply the place of the 9th Virginia regiment of continental troops taken to Germantown, that the officers and soldiers of that regiment should be considered on the same footing as continental troops under the revolutionary pension laws. Mr. Gilbert by his attorney applied for a restoration to the pension list in 1830, and upon his producing a schedule of property conformably to the act of May 1, 1820 his name was reinstated on the roll of Pensioners and pay was allowed him by the Secretary of War's directions, from the date of his delivering his schedule to this Department, viz: November 2, 1830.

I was under the impression that there had been a written decision in relation to the matter, but I cannot discover from an examination of the papers in such case that the reasons opinioned by the Secretary of War for making the pension to commence at
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the time of rendering the schedule has ever been reduced to writing.

Before Gilbert was dropped from the roll he received pay from May 26, 1818, to the 4th of March 1819.

I have the honor to be
very respectfully
your obedient servant

Signed J L Edwards

Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
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4 March 1819
to
2 Nov 1830

Continued[?] off[?] the Roll
11 years 8 mos
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The case of Joseph Gilbert a revolutionary pensioner of the U.S. on the Roll of the Virginia Agency
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War Department
Pension Office
March 31. 1834
Sir,
I herewith return the petition of Joseph Gilbert
which you addressed to the Secretary of War a few days since, and I enclose at your request, a copy of my letter on the subject, to that officer
I am respectfully
Your Obt. St.
J. L. Edwards
George Richards Esq.
Leesburg
Virginia
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Joseph Gilberts
Petition

April 7 1834
Ref to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions

May 13, 1834
Bill reported No 472

March 78 Rev Wars
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To the Honorable the House of representatives of the United States of America in Congress ****

The petition of Joseph Gilbert now a Revolutionary Pensioner respectfully showeth that on the 25 of March 1834 he presented his case to the Secretary of War (see document marked A) who directed the commissioner of pensions to furnish him with a full report on the case. The report (for a copy of which see document marked B) was presented to the Secretary of War who decided that as your petitioner was struck from the role by virtue of the operation of law, the case was beyond his control and your petitioner can be relieved only by your honorable body.

Your petitioner respectfully represents that as a soldier in the 1st Va Regt commanded by Col Geo Gibson he applied for a pension for as placed on the role in 1818 said regiment being then supposed to have been a continental regiment he was subsequently struck off the roll in March 1819 as his name replaced in November 1830. By reference to the document No 191 last before congress Jan 16, 1832, P. 66 there will be found a letter from the present Secretary of War declaring that Col Gibsons regt. is regarded as ranking as a Continental regiment from Oct 1777 fully 40 years before your petitioner fist application for a pension. Your petitioner asks of your honorable body that the amount of his pension for eleven years and eight months during which he remained off the roll be allowed him and your petitioner as is duly bound will ever pray to.

Joseph Gilbert
by
Geo Richards his attorney
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23d Congress
1st Session

{REP. No. 453]

Ho of Reps.

JOSEPH GILBERT
(To accompany bill H.R. No. 472)

May 13, 1834

Mr. Deming, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the following
REPORT:

The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to which was referred the petition of Joseph Gilber, report:

That is appears that the said Joseph Gilbert served during the war of the revolution, in the Virginia regiment commanded by Colonel George Gibson, for a period of no less than nine months under one engagement, and that for said service his name was placed on the pension roll under the act of March 18, 1818, and that he was paid a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, from the 26th May, 1818 to the 4th March, 1819, when his name was dropped from the pension roll, on the ground that Gibson's regiment was attached to the line of State troops. Subsequently, in the year 1830, the Secretary of War decided, in consequence of the exhibition of proof, that the Virginia Legislature pass an act in 1777, directly Gibson's regiment to supply the place of the ninth Virginia regiment of continental troops taken at Germantown, that the officers and soldiers of that regiment should be considered on the same footing as continental troops under the revolutionary pension laws. Under this decision, the said Gilbert was restored to the pension list on the 2d November 1830. The petitioner asks for the payment of his pension from the time he was stricken from the roll until his name was restored to the pension list. The Secretary of war having decided that under the existing laws he was not empowered to grant the arrears of pension, the committee are of opinion that the petitioner is entitled to relief and report a bill accordingly.
__________________________________
(Gales & Seaton, print,)
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APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.

County of Loudon 
On this 10th day of November 1830, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Loudon personally appeared Joseph Gilbert who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Winsor Brown in the regiment commanded by Colonel Gibson in the revolutionary war in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Virginia that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate was procured by Col Butler several years since and received two years pension this the hands of Mr. Ware of Fairfax County the said war never delivered the certificate who often requested by the said Gilbert, upon application the [illegible] informed him that it was all done away and did not know what has *** of the certificate.

Joseph Gilbert - His X Mark

Sworn to and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid.

Robt Bayly

NOTES. -- The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
☞ If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italica, and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain
one."
The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be.
When a person acting as an Agent or Attorney for a pensioner, lose the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also required, which must be authenticated as above.
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Virginia
Loudon County

Be it known that on this 31st day of March 1835 personally came before me Francis W Luckett a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, Joseph Gilbert who made oath in one form of law that he is now a revolutionary pensioner of the United States and was eighty-five years of the 15th day of February last past. That in the year 1775 he was a servant living with Col Stephen Stewart of West River Maryland who was drafted for eighteen months service and he Gilbert went in his stead as his master's substitute - that he was at the Battle of Bunker Hill in June 1775 and continued in the service for his 18 months [illegible] when he came home and remained out of the service until the year 1780 when he enlisted at Alexandria in Col Gibson's 1st 18th Regiment in a company commanded by Capt. Windsor Brown for and in the war continued to do duty in said Regiment till it was dissolved in 1781 when he was marched to Dumphries where the regiment was dissolved. There also he recollects having seen Major Ewell of the 2nd 18th regiment which he believes was dissolved at the same time - He saw there both Capt. Thomas Ewell and his battalion as above stated. The said Gilbert further saith that [illegible] Dumprhies he joined Lee's legion of the Virginia Line in an Infantry company commanded he thinks by a Capt. Anderson - and was marched to the south in said legion - that he was at the battle of Guilford at once and was wounded in the right leg by a spent ball - that he was at the siege of Ninety six where he was drafted from this company and placed temporarily in Capt. Pendleton's artillery to work at his trade as a blacksmith after the siege he rejoined his company and was on the Battle of the Eutaw Springs and continued on said up until the end of the war. He remembers being stationed on James Island near to Charleston S.C. and to well as he can recollect, they were in the winter of 1782. From James Island he with six more men obtained a furlough and came onto Richmond where he was discharged and rec'd his warrant for Bounty land from Virginia. He further saith that Congress passed an act for his relief at the last session the date of that act he has not been informed of but has understood that it passed the senate the 2nd of March 1835. The account on
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which Congress passed as special Act for is relief is aforesaid - he was placed on the pension roll in 1818 and was struck off in about 12 months because Col Gibson Regiment was thought to have been a State Regiments - he was continued off for eleven years and eight months during which time Col. Gibson's Regiment was decided by the War Department to have been a continental regiment from acts on 1777 - he then petitioned congress to allow him his arrears of pay for said 11 years and 8 months a pension which was granted by the passage of said special act for his relief - The said Gibson further saith that he no resides on a small place owned by the late Major W B Harrison on about 12 miles from Leesburg - This petitioner was presented to congress when informed by the Hon Charles F Mercer of the House of Representatives in 1834 and the Comm. on Revolutionary pension reported a bill for his relief May 13, 1834 Thos W Deming their chairman  - the said Gilbert further saith that he is now very infirm and he cannot remember names as he once could - He swears that the foregoing to be best of his knowledge though in some things he may be somewhat [illegible]

Joseph Gilbert - His X Mark

Sworn and subscribed before me this 31 day of March 1835

Franis W Luckett - JP

Witness to the signing of Joseph Gilbert
George Creager
Francis W Luckett

Virginia
Loudon County

I Charles Binns Clerk of the county court of said county certify that Francis W Luckett is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony where of I have here unto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 1st day of April 1835.

C Binns - clerk of the county Court of Loudon
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Alder Va
6th March

Revolutionary Claim

Wm. Gordon Esqr
War Department Bounty Land
Office in the City of Washington
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Soldiers Repose Loudoun County Va - Feby the 23rd 1831

Dear Sir

Yours of August the 23rd 1831 was received by me and 
in reply to the same by leave to state to you that there
can be no doubt but Joseph Gilbert that enlisted in the 
Revolutionary War is entitled to the United States donation
of land of 100 acres at this late date he has it not in
his power to prove more than he has done & I have no
doubt but you will allow him that small gratuity
intended for him from the proofs [illegible]  here in encl.
In the first place he enlisted for during the Revolution
war & did serve truly & faithfully to the end of the
same & was honorably discharged which does entitle
him to the land before mentioned.  I know nothing
about his services myself but events and circumstances
that did take place which he relates he must have 
been out have been out in the southern states in the
Revolution war.  I have enclosed to you Mr. Heaths
certificate & his own declaration & if you please so
to do send on his land warrant directed to him to
my care I will deliver it to him & send his receipt back 
to you for the same.  I am very respectfully your
&c Wm B Harrison
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James L. Edwards Esq.
Commission of Pensions
Washington DC
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James L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
In
Leesburg April 1835
In reply to your letter of the 20 of March, I am [illegible] the
affidavit [missing] Joseph Gilbert and respectfully ask your attention to tending the Certificate: Every particular
enumerated in your Letter is embraced in the affidavit
I expect to be in the City on Tuesday next and will do
myself the pleasure to call on you if the certificate
should not be sent sooner
I am for. Very respectfully
your [illegible]
Geo Richards
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Roseville
Nov. 29th Revolutionary Claims 
Free 20 
W. Edwards 
[upside-down] pen: to com: Nov. 2, 1830
Pention office 
City of Washington 
[upside-down] Nov 30th 1830 
[upside-down] Pension Office
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1673 Part Road, N.W.,
Washington, D.C.
April 8, 1927

Pension Office

Washington, D.C.

Sirs: 

I am writing to ask if there is any information available as a Revolutionary soldier, Joseph Gilbert, who, it is thought, lived at Aldie [spelling], Loudoun County, Virginia, after the war and drew a pension. I am investigating for membership in the D.A.R. and would like to have any information as to the date of/his birth, marriage or death. If this is on file in your office please cite the name and number of the volume. If such record are not found in the Pension Office please let us know where they can be found. Thank you. .

Respectfully, 

(Mrs) Gladys J. reed
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{The following is handwritten}
Soldiers Repose Loudoun County Virginia Nov 11, 1830

Dear Sir
   enclosed is the deposition of Joseph Gilbert requesting his his {sic} pay certificate as a pensioner it is complyd with as far as you said would be necessary with the papers I left with you the other day when I was in your office. W. were the Gentleman that he swears he gave his certificate to I am not acquainted with lives in Prince William County {missing piece} considerable distance from where this Old Solider present lives & whether he is living at this time is not known & having complyd with what you said would do the result rest in your determination I am with Great Wishes {?}
your {illegible}
{signed} Wm. B. Harrison
any information addressd to me to be forwarded to Rose Hill post office Loudoun County Virginia would be {illegible}
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Revolutionary Claims.
[C.]
Form of a Power of Attorney.

Know all men by these presents, that I, Joseph Gilbert of               in the county of Loudoun in the state of Virginia do hereby constitute and appoint William B. Harrison my true and lawful attorney, with a power of substitution, for me, and in my name, to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due to me, under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828, as a soldier in the 1st {illegible} regiment of the line of the army of the Revolution.
Witness my hand and seal, this 29th day of March in the year of our Lord 1830 his {signed} Joseph Gilbert [L.S.]
{illegible}
Robt. Bagly
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Before me, Robt. Bayly a Justice of the Peace in the county of Loudoun in the State of Virginia personally appeared, this day, Joseph Gilbert whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney, and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed, and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to his personal benefit.
Witness my hand, this 29th day of March in the year 1830
____________________Robt Bayly
I, Charles Bimz {?} Clerk of the Court of the county of Loudoun in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that Robert Bayly before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged, is a Justice of the Peace.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this 30th day of March in the year 1830.
{signature illegible}
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[D.]
Form of Affidavit to be take by Attorneys.
Before me, Robt Bayly a Justice of the Peace in the county of Loudoun in the state of Virginia personally appeared this day, William B Harrison the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not given to him by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to the personal benefit of the person by whom the said power was executed.
Witness my hand, this 29th day of March in the year 1830
Robt Bayly
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I, Charles Bimz - Clerk of the Court of the County of Loudoun in the State of Virginia do hereby certify, that Robert Bayly - before whom the foregoing affidavits were {seal obstructs word}, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace, and duly empowered to administer oaths. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this 30th day of Mary 1830
{signature illegible}
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1673 Park Road, N.W., 
Washington, D.C.
April 8, 1927.


Pension Office,
Washington, D.C.

Sirs:
 I am writing to ask if there is any information available as to a Revolutionary solider, Joseph Gilbert, who, it is thought, lived at Aldie, Loudoun County, Virginia, after the war and drew a pension. I am investigating for membership in the D.A.R. and would like to have any information as to/the dates of his birth, marriage or death. If this is on file in your office please site the name and number of the volume. If such records are not found in the Pension Office please let me know where they can be found. Thank you.
Respectfully, 
{Signature} (Mrs) Gladys J. Reed