Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9909, James Gilman, Continental N.H.
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Continental  Gilman, James    S.9909
N.H.
carded
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5349
New Hampshire

James Gilman
Nichols Co. in the State of New Hampshire
he was a Priv & Sgt. in the Company commanded by Captain (BLANK) of the Regt. commanded by Col. [James] Reed in the New Hampshire line for 
8 mos. a private}
14 mos. Sergeant}

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire
at the rate of 96 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Feb 1833 and sent to James Dana, Groton, Mass.

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832  $44,99
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '33  48.33
[TOTAL DUE] $193.32

{Revolutionary Claim.}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk.
Book D  Vol 1st  Page 157
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Declaration of 
No. 1
James Gilman
(in pencil)
NH
26th May 1820

This case contains five 
Papers. Nos. 1. 2. 3. 4. & 5.

Role Capt. Bradford's
(illegible) Col. Nichol's Regiment 
Sergt. (Sergeant) 2 Months

The applicant desires to
be placed on the Mass. Agency
at Boston & that his (illegible) may
be sent to his agent.
Saml. (Samuel) Dana
Groton, Mass.
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To John Robb Esq. Acting Secy [Secretary] of War

James Gilman of Mason in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire represents
That he served in the war of the revolution twenty three months. 
That he entered the service of the United States, on the nineteenth day of April 1775. having been a minute man, he marched to Cornish from Amherst NH where he then resided and pursued the enemy to Charlestown and very soon after at Cambridge [NH] enlisted for eight months in the Company of Capt. Josiah Crosby, Lts. [Lieutenants] Thompson Maxwell and Daniel Wilkins Junior and his Company belonged to Col. James Reed's Regiment of the New Hampshire forces, this company he was stationed on Winter Hill and there he continued, and did duty until the first of January AD 1776 when having served out his enlistment of eight months, he was dismissed from that service, and he enlisted again into the Continental service for one year in the Company commanded by Lt. Thompson Maxwell in Colonel James Reed's Regiment of the New Hampshire line, his engagement commenced on the first day of January AD 1776 and he was with his Company, and Regiment in the Neighborhood of Boston and in a few days a requisition was made for Sixty men, thirty rifle men, and thirty musket men to proceed to Virginia under Gen [General] Lee, he was detached as one of the musket men and ordered into the Company of Capt. Green of the rifle men, he was said to be going to Virginia , he proceeded to New York City, where lay the [HMS] Asia, the [HMS] Phoenix and Governor's Ship, all belonging to the Enemy, his Company was directed one night to clear the stores from the Grand Battery, which they did, and afterwards proceeded into New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia to Jamestown, and were there as Gen. Lee's life guard, the climate not agreeing with him they returned to New York, proceeded up the river to Albany and were taken to Crown Point and Capt. Green to Gen Gates, from there they were removed to Ticonderoga and in the vicinity he served out his year and was dismissed. In the summer AD 1777 he engaged to go to the Northern frontier for three months and enlisted as a Searjant (Sergeant) in the Company Company of Capt. John Bradford in Col. Moses Nichols Regiment, he proceeded to Bennington, was in the Battle under Gen. [John] Stark, marched to Saratoga, and was at the surrender of Burgoyne, his term had expired, but his Company had been required to remain until the fate of Burgoyne and hereto Lee decided, and they did continue, in Camp, until he had served three months and fifteen days, as well as he can remember, from the time he joined Capt. Bradford's Company having served this campaign as a Searjant [Sergeant] duly answered by Warrant which he has lost by time and evident. In the years service, in AD 1776 he enlisted as a Searjant (Sergeant) and had a Warrant appointing him, as such Searjant (Sergeant), in due form, and Joshua Burnham received a Warrant at the same time he is now a pensioner under the Act of March 18, 1818 this Warrant has lost by time and evident and in this pension certificate he is stated as private he nevertheless was a Searj (Sergeant) and duly appointed when he was required to go with Capt. Green he did not serve as a Searjant (Sergeant) but retained his Warrant, and when he returned from Virginia, he joined his Company at Crown Point, and again did duty as Searjant (Sergeant), and he now claims the benefits of his rank-
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For his service of one year he was admitted to the pension list under the Act of March 18, 1818, and continued thereon untill (until) the 4th March 1820 when he was dropped therefrom on account of his property. He now relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except that provided by the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832, and he herewith transmits his former Certificate No. 17165 and he prays that he may be admitted to the benefit of the Act last aforesaid.
Dated the twenty ninth day of August AD 1832.
(signed) James Gilman
Benjamin Williams of Mason NH
Stephen Barrett of Shirley Massachusetts

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
September 8th 1832 personally appeared James Gilman and, made oath, that the above Declaration by him subscribed, is just and true in all its particulars.-
Before me Saml [Samuel] Dana a Justice of the Peace for all the Country in said Commonwealth-

Middlesex Ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
September 8th, 1832 Then the above named James Gilman personally appeared and acknowledged the foregoing release to be his free act and Deed before me 
Saml [Samuel] Dana Just. Peace
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9909
INVALID
Rev war (sideways script)

File No. 9909
James Gilman
Sergt. Rev war

Act: June 7th 1832
Index-Vol. 1, Page 142
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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(LEFT SIDE)
New Hampshire
17.165
James Gilman,
of Hillsbh. (Hillsborough) Co. in the state of N.H.
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Reed, of the N. Hamps. [Hampshire]
line, for the term of one year.

Inscribed on the Roll of New-Hampshire
at the rate 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 15. of January, 1819.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26. of May '20, and sent to Jedidiah K. Smith, judge, Hillsborough, N.H.

Arrears to 4th of March, 1820. $109.42
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4. Sept. 1820. $48.00
13 mos. 21/31.}   $157.42

{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

(RIGHT SIDE)
14 ob. Jany (January) 19, 1833
S. Dana Esq. Groton
Mass. (Massachusetts)
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James Gilman
No. 2

Payable on the 4th March and
 4th September of each year,
by the Branch Bank, U.S.
in Portsmouth, N. Hamp.
No pension is payable until
the arrival of one or the other
 of the above dates, after the
issue of a Certificate.

Payable up to the 4th of
 March, 1820. Before
any payment thereafter,
a schedule of property
must be exhibited.

Registered, by JH Henshaw
Clerk, in book B, volume 1
page 61.
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War Department.

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, James Gilman, of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire- late a private- in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New-Hampshire Agency, at the rate of Eight- dollars per month, to commence on the fifteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty.

J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.
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Case of 
James Gilman

14 Mos. Sergt (Sergeant)
8 Do ("Ditto"=Mos.) Private

Witnesses must be
certified to be credible.
In his declaration under
the Act of March 18, 
1818, he did not state
 that he served as a 
Sergeant for one year.
This must be explained.

Pension office
Jany (January) 19, 1833

James Dana Esq
Present
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The explanation required is, that by the former law, a private received the same pension as a Sarjeant (Sergeant), and Mr. Gilman might not have mentioned to the Judge that he was a Searjant (Sergeant) his objections to be placed on the pension list at $8 per month being all that a noncommissioned officer or private could obtain under that Act. 
It is believed that Judge/now Secy/Woodbury was the Judge before whom Mr. Gilman made his declaration, and by whom he was directed for James Gilman.

Jany (January) 29th, 1833 Saml. (Samuel) Dana
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Affidavit of No.3
Andrew Leavitt
in the case of
James Gilman
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I Andrew Leavitt of Amherst in the County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire aged eighty years, do depose and say, that I served in the war of the Revolution as by my Declaration on file in the Pension Office, will appear: And I do further testify and declare that I well know James Gilman of Mason in the same County and that he served as a Soldier in that war, that he was a private Soldier, in the Company of Capt. Josiah Crosby in Colonel James Reed's Regiment, in which Company, I also served.
We both enlisted in Capt. Crosby's Company at Cambridge, to which place we had resided in the beginning of 1775 our engagement was for eight months and we were stationed on Winter Hill, we continued till our term of service expired, the last of December AD 1775, or first of January AD 1776.

(signed) Andrew Leavitt

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Middlesex to wit September 26th AD. 1832.
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for all the Counties in said Commonwealth
Andrew Leavitt who subscribed the above deposition and made solemn Oath, that the same is just and true in all its particulars, according to the best of his knowledge and belief.
(signed) Saml. [Samuel] Dana
I hereby certify that the above named Andrew Leavitt is a credible and disinterested witness
Samuel Dana Jus Peace as aforesaid.
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Affidavit of No. 4
Joseph Leavitt
in the case of
James Gilman.
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I, Joseph Leavitt of Amherst in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire aged seventy five years, do depose and say, that I served in the war of the Revolution as by my Declaration on file in the Pension Office, will appear: And I do further testify and declare that I well know James Gilman now of Mason, in said State who served as a Soldier in that war, that he was a private Soldier, in the Company of Capt. Crosby in Colonel James Reed's Regiment, in which Company, I also served. in the New Hampshire forces. When the War commenced, said Gilman resided in Amherst aforesaid, and enlisted, in Capt. Crosby's Company, from that Town and I well know and remember, said Gilman at Cambridge, in that service, and that he continued in his Company until the eight months passed about the first of January AD 1776 when said Gilman again enlisted in the year's service.
(signed) Joseph Leavitt

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Middlesex to wit September 19th AD 1832.
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for all the Counties in said Commonwealth
Joseph Leavitt who subscribes the above deposition and made solemn Oath that the same is just and true in all its particulars, according to the best of his knowledge and belief. (signed) Saml. Dana
I hereby Certify that the above named Joseph Leavitt is well known to me as a credible witness and disinterested.
Saml. Dana jus Peace as aforesaid.-
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No. 5
Affidavit of Joseph Simonds in the case of Joseph Gilman
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I Joseph Senionor of Townsend in the County of Middlesex
and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy five years, do depose and
say, that I served in the war of the Revolution as by my Declaration on file in the Pension Of
fice, will appear:
And I do further testify and declare that I well know James
Gilman of Mason, in the State of Newhampshire who
Sargent
served as a Soldier in that war,
that he was in the Company of Capt John Bradford in Colo.
Moses Nicholes
Regiment, in which Company, I also served. And I further
say that in the year AD 1777. that I lived in Amherst in New
Hampshire in that part which has since been made into
Town, by the name of Mount Vernon, and enlisted into
the Company of said Capt Bradford, some time in the month
of June of that year, and joined company in Albert
and proceeded to Charleston (No 4) and I well remember
that said Lydia Sargent Gilman proceeded with us and
continued with us untill he served out his term of three
months, the he had been sick and set a short time before
the company generally set out
Joseph Simonds
---
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Middlesex to wit September 18th
AD. 1832.
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for all the
Counties in said Commonwealth Joseph Simonds
I
now
to me,
Witness who

subscribed the
above deposition and made solemn Oath, that the same is just and true in all its particulars,
according to the best of his knowledge and belief.
Sam Dana
hereby Certify that the above
Joseph Simonds is well known
to be a credible and disinterested
Saith Dana Jus Peace as
aforesaid
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5570
James Gilman 66
of Hillsborough Co. N.H.

15. January, 1819
New Hampshire Line
12with Col. Reeds regt [Regiment]
Decemr. [December] 1775, to
December, 1776.
Not found on rolls,
Service proved by the
testimony on oath of
two persons certified
to be credible witnesses
-
Admitted.

Jedidiah K. Smith,
judge,
Hillsborough N.H.
recd 1st Jany, 1820.
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I James Gilman a resident Citizen of the Town of 
Masson (Mason) in the County of Hillsborough in the
State of New Hampshire now in the sixty sixth
year of my age do solemnly swear that the latter
part of December AD 1775 I enlisted under the Continental
establishment against the Common Enemy in
the Revolutionary War for the term of one year & served
in the Company commanded by Lieut. Thompson
Maxfield (Maxwell) (my Capt I understood died & his place not
filled) in the Regiment commanded by Col James
Read (Reed) being the 2d Regt in the New Hampshire Line
in which Corps I continued to serve untill (until) about the
first of Dec. AD 1776 nearly a month before my time
expired when Genl Gates gave me a furlough to
return home on account of my being then very sick
& returned unfit for further duty before my time expired
I served eight months in the year AD 1775 & was in Bunker Hill battle & three months in 1777 I was in
Bennington battle. I have never been placed on the
pension list of the United States and am in reduced
circumstances & stand in need of assistance from my
Country for my support. I was discharged with my
furlough signed by Genl Gates at Mount Independence
in New York oposite (opposite) to Ticonderoga (making my service
eleven months in the year 1776). My sd (said) furlough I have
since lost & cannot find it-
(signed) James Gilman

Sworn to this 15th day of Jany. (January) AD 1819 Before me J.G. Smith } Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
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I Joshua Burnam of Milford in the County of Hills
borough in the State of New Hampshire & I Israel
Burnam of Lyndeborough in said County do each
of us solemnly swear that we are well acquainted with
James Gilman who gave his affidavit
on the other side of this paper & know him to be
the same James Gilman who served one year in
the years service AD 1776 under the Continental
establishment against the Common Enemy in the Revolutionary war excepting about one month but he
was to our knowledge honorably dismissed & we
know he was a brave & faithful soldier. We know
that he served the aforesaid time as we both of us served in the same Regt being the 2d Regt in the New Hampshire line
commanded by Col James Read (Reed) in the same
years service our company was commanded by
Capt Jones & said Gilman was in the Company commanded
by Thompson Maxfield (Maxwell) We further testify we have no interest in said Gilman's obtaining a pension
(signed) Joshua Burnam
(signed) Israel Burnam

Sworn to this 15th day of Jany [January] AD
1819 Before me & they are Creditable Witnesses- (signed) J.G. Smith} Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas

State of New Hampshire Hillsborough Ss.⎬ On the 15th day of
January Sworn  Before me the subscriber one of the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Hillsborough personally appeared 
 James Gilman of Mason in
said County in the sixty sixth year of his age and being
duly cautioned made solemn oath agreeably to Law in
order to obtain a pension under the late Act of Congress
entitled An act to provide for certain persons engaged
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in the Land & Naval service of the United [States] in the Revolutionary War

that he enlisted the latter part of December AD 1775
for the term of one year in the Company Commanded
by Lieut. Thompson Maxfield (Maxwell), in the Regiment Commanded by
 Colonel James Read (Reed) in the New Hampshire
Line in which corps he continued to serve untill (until) the
first of December AD 1776 when Genl Gates gave him a
furlough to return home on account of sickness, being returned unfit
for further duty before the expiration of his year's service,
that he is not on the Pension list of the United States & is reduced in
his circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his Country
for his support having recd a furlough at Mount Independence
signed by Genl Gates which furlough he has since lost; From
all which I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the
said James Gilman did serve in the Revolutionary War on
the Continental establishment against the Common Enemy
more than nine months & that he is reduced in his circumstances &
stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for his
support & is not on the pension list of the United States and
I now transmit the proceedings & the testimony taken & had
before me to the Secretary of War pursuant to the aforementioned
Act of Congress.
(signed) J.G. Smith associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas

This certifies that the signatures of J. G. Smith on this paper is in his
own hand writing & that he is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for
said County of Hillsborough In testimony whereof I have here affixed the seal
said Court
Moses Eastman Clerk -