Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 8567, Archelaus Gilliam, Va.
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(8-1776)

Service
Va.

Gilliam, Archelaus or Achels

Number
S8567

Carded

Contents
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Virginia 16.442
Archelaus Gilliam

Armherst Co. in the State of Virginia who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Talliaferro of the Regt. commanded by Colo. Buckner on the Virginia [-ne] for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia for the sale of 80 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension ifsued[issued] the 21 day of Aug 1833 and sum Jno Mc Cutchen [illegible].

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 

160.0
- 40.0
---
200.00
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Henry H Sylvester, Clerk, Book 8, Vol. 6, Page 9
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Archelaus Gilliam
24536
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Virginia: Amherst County to WU

On this 8th day of April 1833 personally appeared before M Thomas N Eubank, --- 
a Justice of the peace for the county of amherst aforesaid, Archelaus Gilliam a resident of the said county and State of Virginia aged about 78 years, who having first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congrefs [Congress], pafed [passed] June 7th, 1832.

That he entered the Union of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That some time about christmas of the year 1775, he enlisted under Capt. Thomas Patterson of the county of Buckingham Va where he then lived for the period of two years, that soon after his enlistment, he was marched to the City of Williamsburg in Va where he was attached the the 8th Regt. of Virginia troops commanded by Col Mordecai Buckner, that his company officers were Samuel J Cubell Capt and Benjamin Taliaferro and James Barnett subalterns. - That the said Regt. by the 11 Regt. to which he was attached in the character of a private soldier, remained near the said city of Williamsburg at a Camp Call, Springfield, until the fall of the year 1776, when it was marched through Pennsylvania to the State of New Jersey, where it was united with the main army under the command of  Gen Washington. That after joining the army of Gen Washington he was with it, when it was marched to Trenton on the night of the 25th December, 1776 he thinks that they crofed [crossed] the Deleware River at a Ferry called Carne; That he was with Gen. Washington at the partial engagement at Trenton and the taking of the Hefians (Hessians) on the next morning at Princeton. That after this he was marched to Amboy in the State of New Jersey, was at Awack and that during the summer of 1777 he was attached to Gen Morgan Rifle Corps, that will that corps he found the Northern Army under the command of Fen Gates, that he was at the battle of Saratoga and the capture of Gen Burgagne and his army at that time, that at another time he was engaged with the british forces, he thinks at a place called Edge Hill that after these services, he was marched to a place called the Villey Forge, he thinks two years for which he had enlisted, was discharged at that place, about Christmas of the year 1777 when he returned to this residence in Herald County of Buckingham, that some time after this, not the day nor year he does not recollect, he was drafted on command of Capt Charles Patterson whose subalterns were James Barnett and John Barksdale; that his company was marched to Norfolk Virginia where he served out his Tour of three months, when he was discharged. _ That after the last mentioned serviced, but the day nor year he does not recollect, he served a Tour of three months to the best of his recollection as a private and a substitute for his brother Charles Gilliam who had been drafted for the Tour from the Militia of the county of Bedford that the mentioned service was performed under the command of Capt Adam Clements, under whose command he was marched to South Carolina, where he was at the siege and surrender
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of the British first called Ninety Six. That after the expiration of this Tour he returned to the county of amherst, there settled himself and has resided there  ever since.

That he has no documentary evidence to support his said claim, he here will present the testimony of two living witnesses. both of whom testify as to his tour in the regular service and one of them also of the Tour of three months preformed as a substitute for his brother Charles Gillian, that he served in the whole two years and six months-- and he does not know that there are any other living witnesses by whom he could more fully prove his said services.

He hereby relinquishes all claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and all claims that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.

Interrogation propounded to the applicant

1st. Where and in what year were you born?

Answer- I was born in the year 1754 on Tye River at a place then in the County of Albemarle but it is now in the County of Amherst Va.

2d. Have you any mind of your age, and if so where is it?

Answer- I have no mind of my age. I speak from what my parents told me of my birth.

3rd. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live?

Answer- When I enlisted for the first service spoken of in my declaration by [two pg]  I was a resident of the County of Buckingham Va and was living there when raffled for the second service by 3 months also spoken of in my declaration and was living there when I entered as a substitute for my brother Charles and shortly before or soon after the close of the War I removed to the County of Amherst and settled myself, and have here lived ever since.

4th. How were you called unto service, where you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom?

Answer- I first enlisted in the Regular Service for two years, after serving and that time I was drafted for 3 months from the militia, and after serving that Called Tour I substituted and served 3 months in the militia for my brother Charles Gilliam.

5th. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troop, where you served, such as continental and militia Regt as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.

Answer- I once led under Capt Patterson of the 4 Regt had under Capt Saml J Cubell whose subalterns were Benj Taliaferro and James Barnell, Col. Buchner was our Col, during my service in the regular army I saw many Regular officers. Gen Washington, Gen Morgan, Gen Gates and many others, I [?] in the great lapse of time recollect the names of the militia Regts I had served with at any time nor even the name of the militia Regts to which I was attached. My first militia Tour was under Capt Chs Patterson, whose subalts were James Burnes and John Barksdale, my second under Capt Adam Clements, subalterns not recollected and I as [illegible]  where any of them [served] or whether they be [illegible] or not. The general circumstances of my service I have fully and unconditionally set out in the body of my declaration (which the applicant here repeats)
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6th. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it signed and what has become of it?

Answer- I received regular discharges from my various services but I do not now remember by whom they were signed, all of which discharges have been long since lost or destroyed.

7th. State the name of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify to your character for veracity and good behavior and you reputation for services as a soldier of the Revolution.

Answer- I am known to the Reverend John Davis and John D Davis Esq. who I expect will testify to my character for veracity and good behavior, my reputation and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution.

[Signature: Achels Gilliam]

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year afore said.

We John Davis a clergy man residing in the County of Amherst and John D Davis residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Archelaus Gilliam who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 78 years of age as he states, 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.

[Signature: John Davis]
[Signature: Jno D Davis]

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid

[Signature: Thomas Eubank]
And I Thomas N Eubank, a Justice of the peace for the County of Amherst aforesaid do heavily declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting no interrogatory questions by the War department, as well as the reading of the affidavit of Jarratt Gilliam and Jesse Reynolds which are hereto annexed, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And theresaid Thomas N Eubank further certifies that it appears to him that John Davis who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman respected in the County of Amherst, and that John D Davis who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County of Amherst and that the said John D Davis, Jarratt Gilliam and Jesse Reynolds and John Davis are all credible persons and that Revd [illegible] to write. And the said Thomas N Eubank further certifies that the above named applicant Archelaus Gilliam from bodily infirmity is unable to attend the will of his country.

[Signature: Tho N Eubanks]
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Virginia, Amherst County Court

I Robert Tinsley Clerk of the County Court Amherst in the State of Virginia aforesaid do certify that Thomas N Eubank esquire who hath given the foregoing certificate is and was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace for the said county of Amherst duly commifioned [commissioned] and qualified according to the Constitution and laws of the same state. and that his signature thereto appears to be genuine.

[Official Seal]

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty three and in the  fifty seventh year of the Commonwealth.

Robert Tinsley
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RECORD DIVISION. 3- 535.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C., ..., 19...

S.F. 8567

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

[table]
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|Dates of Enlistment or Appointment| Leave of Service| Rank | | Officers Under Whom Servuce was Rendered| | State

| | | | Captain | Colonel | |

| 1775 to | Summer of 1777 | Pvt. | Thomas Patterson, Samuel J Cahill | Mordecai Buckner | 6" Va|
| Summer of 1777| to Christmas 1777 | |  General Morgans | Rifle Corps | |
| Christmas of 1781 | # mos | Pvt. | Charles Patterson, Adam Clement | | |
[/table]

Battles engaged in, Trenton, Princetown, Saratoga, Edge Hill, Ninety Six

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Buckingham Va

Date of application for pension, April 8, 1833, His first at

Residence at date of application, Amherst Co. Va

Age at date of application, born 1754 on Tye River then in Albermarle in Amherst  co. Va.

[marginalia] substituted for the brother Charles [/marginalia]

Very respectfully,
Commissioner

6-2856
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1912 Oct. 19  Hist. to Clarence S. Paine 1921 Apr. 18 Hist. to Roberta W. { W. I. M. Fulbright.

8564

[marginalia] Rev. War [/marginalia]

INVALID.

File No. 8564
Archelaus Gilliam
Priv. Rev. War

Act: June 7th 1832.

Index: - Vol. 14, Page 141

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Archelaus Gilliam's } of
Declaration, and } Va
Paper's in Support, thereoff } "

24538

John Mc Cutchen
Washington

$80 per ann.
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Amherst County S,

Having Jarrat Gilliam make oath before Mr Tho N Eubank a Justice of the peace for said county, that he will remember his brother Archelaus Gilliam : goings & returnings from the [events] of the Revolution, that he has from the home in whereto he lived when went into service, he enlisted for two years service under Capt Cha Patterson from the county of Buckingham.

He was at the first militia Master of the company to which he belonged, Colo. Charles Patterson took Archelaus Gilliam [illegible] with that had service with him, and read them [illegible[ to the company, my brother John Gilliam was one who served with him who is now dead and many others from the same neighborhood to Berry Patterson, James Brown, (Allen & John Brown died in [illegible] ) & Joseph Dykes. He afterwards served a Tour of three months in the militia on a substitute for our brother Charles Gilliam.

[signature: Jarratt Gilliam]

The foregoing statement was made subscribed and sworn to before Mr Tho N Eubank a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid the 13th October 1832 and I do firstly certify that any [illegible] with [illegible] of Gilliam [illegible] that he is a man of respectability & willed to confidence.
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Virginia Amherst County Court
I Robert Tinsley clerk of the County Court of Amherst in the state of Virginia aforesaid do testify that Thomas N Eubank esq. who hath given the preceding certificate is and was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace for the said county of Amherst duly commifioned [commissioned] and qualified according to the constitution and laws of the said state and that his signature thereto appears to me to be genuine.

In testimony whereof  I hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty three and in the fifty seventh year of the Commonwealth.

[official seal] 

Robert Tinsley
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Amherst County SJ

The applicant of Jesse Reynolds who being first sworn on the Holy [?] of Almighty God, said that he will recollect Archelaus Gilliam
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Amherst County

The written affidavit of Jesse Reynolds was subscribed & sworn to before me a Justice of the peace for the County of aforesaid the 12th day of October 1832 and that moreover I am well acquainted with Jesse Reynolds and that he is a man of Respectability and confidence [illegible] to Congress to his statements.

[Signature: Tho N Eubank]

Virginia Amherst County Court

I Robert Tinsley Clerk of the County Court of Amherst County in the State of Virginia aforesaid do certify that Thomas N Eubank esquire who hath given the preceding certificate is and was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace for the said county of Amherst duly commifioned [commissioned] and qualified according to the Constitution and laws of the same state. and that his signature thereto appears to be genuine.

[Official Seal]

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty three and in the fifty seventh year of the Commonwealth.

Robert Tinsley
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Fayetteville [AK]
3/16 1921

[Stamp: Pension Office US Mar 19 1921]

Commission of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

Sirs,

Will you kindly see if there appears the name of Archelous Gilliam as a soldier of the Revolutionary War under Gen Washington,  I am told I have such an ancestor & I desire to join the D.A.R's.

Very resp.,
Roberta Waugh Fulbright
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Nebraska
State Historical Society
Lincoln
Oct. 12, 1912.

Dear Sir:

At your convenience I desire information as to the service in the Revolutionary War of Archelaus GIlliam, supposed to have enlisted from Amherst County, Virginia.

This is for the purpose of establishing right to membership in the Sons of the American Revolution.

Yours very truly,
Clarence S Paine
Secretary.

United States Commissioner 
of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

CSP-MP