Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45,552, Jeremiah Gilman, Continental Mass N.H.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Continental
Mass
N.H.

Gilman, Jeremiah

NUMBER
S. 45,552

CONTENTS
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1626
4
New Hampshire Roll
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Jeremiah Gilman
of Tamworth in the state of N. Hampshire
who was a Captain in the regiment commanded by Colonel Nixon of the Mafsachusetts
line, for the term of One Year and Nine Months
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire
at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month, to commence on the 15th of April 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 15 of March 1819 and Sent to Hon'l Silas Murrill Bartlett
Coos Cy NH
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Arrears to 4th of March 1819 10 mos
16/30 & 4/31....................................................213.24
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Sept 1819....120:
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Died Mar 24, 1823........................................$
on Agency Book

(Revolutionary
(Act 18th M

[bottom corner torn off and amounts and partial last two lines missing]
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Notification sent September 7th 1820 to
A Peirce, Dover, New Hampshire
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Jerimiah Gilman
N.H.

Correct
Admitted
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I Jeremiah Gilman a resident citizen of the United States of America an inhabitant of the Town of Tamworth in the County of Strafford in the State of New Hampshire, aged 78 years on oath declare that I Jeremiah Gilman was appointed & commissioned a Captain in the regiment commanded by Colo Nickson in the Massachusetts line in the month of June or July 1775 continued   I was in said regiment as Capt untill the 2d day of April 1777 that I was then appointed & commissioned a Major of the regiment commanded by Col Joseph Cilley in the New Hampshire line. that I continued to serve in said Cilleys regiment as a Major untill the 16th day of June 1779.  that I was then appointed and commissioned Lieutenant Colo of the regiment commanded by said Joseph Cilley and that I served as Lt Colo in said regiment till 24th day of March AD 1780 when the state of my health was such that compelled me to ask leave of my beloved Commander in which to resign my commission and that I was in the battles of Princetown & Monmouth and I further on oath declare that I am not borne on any pention [pension] list & that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance of my country for support.  wherefore I pray that this application may be transmitted to the Secretary of War, to the end that I may be placed on the pention list of the United States aforesaid, agreeable to an act of Congress passed March 18th 1818 entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war.
Jere Gilman
April 15th 1818

I Levi Chubbuck of Bartlett in the County of Coos & State of New Hampshire do testify and say that the above named Jeremiah Gilman did serve as above stated as a Major and Lieut Colo in the army of the United States in the revolutionary war in the years AD 1777 AD 1778 & 1779 as stated in the above application by him subscribed.
Levi Chubbuck

Coos S.S.   April 15th 1818

Then personally appearing the above named Levi Chubbuck and made oath to the above by him subscribed before me
Silas Murrell   Associate Judge of the Court of C.C. Pleas in & for said county of Coos
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State of New Hampshire  Coos Ss

on the 15th day of April AD 1818 before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for said County personally appears Jeremiah Gilman aged seventy eight years resident in the town of Tamworth in the County of Strafford in said State who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the 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 Jeremiah Gilman in the month of June or July in the year AD 1775 was appointed & comissioned a captain in the regiment commanded by Colo Nickson in the Massachusetts line.  that he served two years as a captain in said regiment in the war of the revolution and that he on the second day of April 1777 was was appointed & comissioned as Major in the regiment commanded by Colo Joseph Cilley in the New Hampshire line  that he served in said Cilleys regiment as Major untill the 16th day of June 1779 and that he then was appointed a Lieutenant Colo of said Cilleys regiment and that he served as Lt Colo in the regiment commanded by said Joseph Cilley untill the 24th day of March AD 1780.  that then the state of his health was such that compelled him to ask leave to resign his commission and that he was in the battles of Princetown and Monmouth and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.  and that he has no other evidence now in his power than what is herewith inhibited.  Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid and I Silas Murrell Judge &c as aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Jeremiah Gilman did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and that he needs the assistance o his country for support 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 aforesaid act of Congress of March 18th AD 1818
Silas Murrell  ) Associate Judge of the C.C. Pleas in & for said County of Coos

NB  the above named Jerimiah Gillman is so poor that he lives wholly upon charity--
S. Murrell  Judge &c--
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Jeremiah Gilman
7626.

Con

Sept'r. 1819
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That the date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is 15 April 1818 and the number of his pension certificate is 7626:--That his occupation is that of a husbandman but not of sufficient ability to labour being inform & old; that the number and names of his family residing with him, and their ages and capacities to contribute to their support, are as follows, viz.

his wife Abigail aged 76 years not able to labour.--

Wherefore he prays the opinion of the said Court as to the value of the property contained in the said schedule, and that the same, together with a copy of the premises, be duly certified to the Secretary of War.

Sworn and declared before the said court the 14th day of July 1820.
Jere Gilman

Attest,  A. Peirce, CLERK.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.....STRAFFORD ss.

AT a Court of Common Pleas holden at Moultonboro within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the 14th day of July 1820 before
DANIEL M. DURRELL, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
VALENTINE SMITH, and  ) Associate Justices
SAMUEL QUARLES,         )   of said Court.

The aforesaid schedule and oath and the above declaration duly subscribed and sworn by the said Jeremiah Gilman having been by him exhibited in person, and presented to the court, and the same being seen and considered, it is the opinion of said Court that the value of the property contained in said schedule is --------dollars------cents.  Wherefore the Court order that a copy of the premises, together with the proceedings thereon, be duly certified to the Secretary of War.

Attest,  A. Peirce, CLERK.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE....STRAFFORD ss.

I, ANDREW PEIRCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Strafford, being a court of record, do certify that the foregoing schedule and oath and the declaration annexed, with the proceedings and opinion of the court thereon, are true copies from the Records and files of said court.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, the 14th day of July 1820.
A. Peirce, CLERK.

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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To the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now ssitting at Moultonboro within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the 14th day ["tuesday" stricken out] of July, 1820.

Jeremiah Gilman aged eighty, resident in Tamworth in said County, comes into court, and in pursuance of an act of Congress passed on the 1st day of May, 1820, brings with him, and in his proper person exhibits to said Court a Schedule by him subscribed, containing his whole Estate and Income--his necessary clothing and bedding excepted--as follows:--

no property whatever
Jere. Gilman

And the said Jeremiah Gilman in pursuance as aforesaid produceth to said Court the following oath by him duly taken and subscribed:--viz.

I Jeremiah Gilman do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen 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 my property, or any part thereof, with intent 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 and 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.
Jere Gilman

And the said Jeremiah Gilman doth here in Court further declare on oath, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, viz.  he was appointed & commissioned a captain 1775 in Nixon's Regiment Massachusetts line & served as such two years--then was appointed a Major in Colo Cilley's Regiment New Hampshire line and afterwards was appointed & served as a Lieutenant Colonel for about three years in the same line and was discharged from the service in 1780--
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January 20, 1939.

Dr. James B. Mason
3815 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

BA-J/ILL
Jeremiah Gilman
S. 45552

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the pension record of Jeremiah Gilman (number 72787), who was Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st New Hampshire Line in the Revolutionary War.

The record of Jeremiah Gilman, the officer cited by you, is furnished herein as found in his claim for pension, S. 45552.

Jeremiah Gilman was commissioned in June or July 1775, captain of Colonel Nixon's Massachusetts regiment and served two years, during which he was in the battle of Princeton. He was commissioned April 2, 1777, major of Colonel Joseph Cilley's New Hampshire regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth and served until June 16, 1779, when he was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel, Joseph Calley's 18 New Hampshire regiment from which he resigned March 24,1780 on account of ill health.

Jeremiah Gilman was allowed pension on account of hisservice as an officer in the Revolutionary War on his application executed April 15, 1818, at which time he resided in Tamworth, Strafford County, New Hampshire. He gave his age then as seventy-eight years, but did not state the date and place of his birth, nor the names of his parents.

In 1820, this officer's wife, Abigail, was aged seventy-six years; the date and place of her birth, her maiden name, and the date and place of their marriage are not shown. No reference was made to children.

Jeremiah Gilman died March 24, 1823.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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45552
Revy
INVALID.

File No. 45552
Jeremiah Gilman
Capt. Rev. War

Act: 18 March 1818

Index;-Vol. 3, Page 196

(Arrangement of 1870.)
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1919 Feb. 14 History to Mrs. J. E. Sidney aw
1923 Sept. 20 Hist to Henry D. Warren  mmhg
1929 Dec. 10 Photos to M. G. Adams
Aaron Adams H.9323
1939 Jan 20 Hist to Dr. James B. Mason
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Head Quarters Morristown
24th March 1780.
Sir
I have received your letter of the 14th of March requesting leave to resign, and enclosing the certificates ordered in each case.
You will be pleased to consider this as my approbation of your resignation, while I regret that the state of your health would not admit of your continuance in service.
I am sir
Your very hble Serv.
G. Washington 

Lt. Col, Jere Gilman
1st N. Hampshire Rgt.
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I John Wilson Clerk of the court of common pleas in and for the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify, that the above named Silas Burrell is an associate of the court of commonplace in & for said County of Coos duly commissioned and sworn to the faithful of the duties attached to the office of an associate judge in and for said county of Coos and that the above application is in the hand writing of the said judge in testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said court, at Lancaster the twenty fourth day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighteen.

John Willson C.C.C.
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HENRY D. WARREN
KENDAL GREEN
MASSACHUSETTS

Aug 2nd '23

Comm. of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir:
  Will you kindly send me the military record in the Rev. War of Capt. (illegible) Sp. Col. Jeremiah Gilman of Plaislow N. H. as well as the names of his children, if any are mentioned in his application for a pension (which was granted,) on account of his services as an officer in the War of the Revolution.  I think he moved away from Plaislow after the war. possibly your
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records may show where he moved to, and when and where he died.  Any information that you can give me will be used for the records of New Hampshire. Society of the (illegible), and will be appreciated by us.  Thanking you for your kindness I am 
Sincerely
Henry D. Warren
Ast. Secy.
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Feb. 3, 1919. 
Riv Sic [half circle symbol underneath?]
Bureau of Pensions.
Mr. G.M. Saltzgaber
Dear Sir:
This is
in answer to your letter of
Jan. 25, 1919. The Jeremiah Gilman
I refer to particularly was born
in New Market, N.H. or vicinity,
in 1720(?) and died in 1823.
He was Captain, 5th Continental
Army, Jan. 1st 1776; Captain
1st N.H. Nov. 8. 1776; Major
Apr. 2, 1777; Lieut.-Col. 2nd N.H.
Sept. 20, 1777, transferred to 1st
N. H. March, 5, 1778. As Lieut.
Col. he served under Col. Joseph
Cilley. These are the facts as they
were told to me. The points
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to be cleared up are - the date of his birth and where he was born.  The name of his wife and the place of his death.  He had a daughter Mary (or Molly) who married David Bryant. Have you any record of the names of his children, married or single, or would they all be mentioned in his application for a pension?  I would be extremely grateful, if I could have complete information about the above Jeremiah Gilman, especially the point enumerated as the Registrar General has demanded official information. 
Gratefully
(Mrs.) J. D. Sidley
517 Marion St.
Denver, Colorado
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JAMES B. MASON. M.D.
3818 CHESTNUT STREET
PHILADELPHIA

December 7th, 1938

Veterans Administration
Washington  D.C.

Gentlemen,
  Will you please send the pension data on Jeremiah Gilman, number 73787: who I believe was Lieutenant Colonel of the First New Hampshire Line during the Revolutionary War.

Yours very truly,
James B. Mason, M.D.
Major, Med. Res.
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE.
All inquiries regarding to should refer to Requisition No. 37731
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
Rev + 1812
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To
Aaron Adams
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON
November 29,
Deliver to Room No. 5033
CHIEF, Division of Publications,
Room G 139.
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering
Pension
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE,
EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostatic copies of 2 pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Jeremiah Gilman, S. 45552, Conn. Troops.
No. of copies of page shall form be kept standing? days
For further information see Mrs. M. M. H. Finch
5033
541.
Room No. Phone No. 1929
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Wilkinson
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Chief Clerk of Bureau.
Chief of Division.
NOTE: No order made ""SPECIAL"" unless statement showing necessity is written
below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering
Margaret M Finch
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Correspondance in Aaron Adams N 9323
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
S 40532

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,....................., 19........

In reply to your request of................., received ............ for a statement of the military history of Jeremiah Gilman a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ["(or his widow's)" stricken out] application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[Column 1]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOIINTMENT.
[1]  June or July 1775
[2]  Apr 2 1777
[3]  June 16, 1779

[Column 2]
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
[1]  2 yrs
[2]  to June 16 1779
[3]  to Mar 24 1780

[Column 3]
RANK
[1]  Captain
[2]  Major
[3]  Lieut-Colonel

[Columns 4 & 5]
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.....................................COLONEL.
[1].....................................................Nixon
[2].....................................................Joseph Cilley
[3].............................................................."""

[Column 6]
STATE.
[1]  Mass--
[2]  N.H.
[3]   ""

Battles engaged in,  Princeton  Monmouth

Residence of soldier at enlistment,  not stated

Date of application for pension,  Apr. 15.1818.  His cl. was allowed

Residence at date of application, Tamworth, Strafford Co., N.H.

Age at date of application, 78 yrs  The date & place of his his birth are not stated

Remarks:  In 1820 his wife Abigail was 76 yrs old   He died Mar. 24 1823--The place of death is not stated.  There is no further data on file as to his family

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Death taken from N.H. Agency Book

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Rev. War Section

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MMHF

September 20, 1923

Henry D. Warren
Kendal Green, Mass.

Sir:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 45552 it appears that in June or July 1775 Jeremiah Gilman was commissioned Captain of Colonel Nixon's Massachusetts Regiment and served two years; was in the battle of Princeton.

On April 2, 1777 he was commissioned Major of Colonel Joseph Cilley's New Hampshire Regiment and served until June 16, 1779 when he was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of said Regiment and resigned March 24, 1780; was in the battle of Monmouth.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 15, 1818 while a resident of Tamworth, Strafford County, New Hampshire aged seventy-eight years.  The date and place of his birth, and place of residence at enlistment are not stated.  He died
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March 24, 1823/

In 1820 his wife Abigail was aged seventy-six years.  There is no further data on file as to his family.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.