Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39571, William Gilpin, Md.
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Service
MD

Name
Gilpin, William

Number
S.39571.
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Left Side Page

4.149
Virginia
William Gilpin
private
Capt Marbury
Maryland Line 4 in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 8-dollars per month to commence on the 25th of May 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th of Nov 1818 and delivered to the pensioner.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1818 and 7/21 4/30 $26.86
Semi-anl. All'ce ending 4 Mar 1819 $48.00

Total $74.86

{Revolutionary Claim Act 18th March 1818}

3 Years
Jefferson Co
Continued

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Notification sent to Robt G Hite
Charleston, Virginia Sept 1826
Date of death not on it
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William Gilpin
N.4149
CON
Nov 1818

Mar '19
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state of Virginia Jefferson County To Wit

In the record of proceedings in the county court of Jefferson among others in the following. To Wit

State of Virginia
Jefferson County

on the 24th day of July 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the said county, William Gilpin aged sixty-eight years resident in said county who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows; that he enlisted in Carles County State of Maryland in the year 1777 and served three years (as will appear by his discharge filed with his declaration for a pension in November 1818) and was in the Battle of Brandywine on the 11th September 1777, the Battle of German Town the 4th Oct 1777 in the Battle of Monmouth the 28th June 1778 and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident and citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 provision 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 depts due me nor have I any income other that to which is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed - and that i am unable to maintain and support myself by labor and that I have no profession and no family residing with me but my wife who is in her 78th year and I have
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a pension by virtue of a certificate No 4.149

Schedule

I have no property but one small mare and one cow, and I live on the farm of Fernando Fairfax in the mountain being a lease for one hundred acres

William Gilpin
His X Mark

Sworn to and declared in open court 24th July 1820
Rt G Hite - Clerk

I Robert Gates Hite clerk of the court for the county of Jefferson and State of Virginia do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied form the record of the said county and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in said schedule for the personal property forty dollars and for the rent of the land thirty dollars per annum.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the public seal of my office this 31st day of July 1820 and in the 45th year of the commonwealth.

Rt G Hite - Clerk
Jeff County Court
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Commonwealth of Virginia
On this 25 day of May 1818 before the county court of Jefferson in the commonwealth aforesaid personally came William Gilpin aged 65 years resident in said county of Jefferson and being duly sworn according to law in open court doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions 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 William Gilpin enlisted in Charles County in the state of Maryland in the company commanded by Captain Joseph Marbury of the 3rd Regiment of the First Brigade raised in Maryland under the command of Brigadier General William Smallwood; that he enlisted sometime in the year 1777 and continued to serve in the said corps in the service of the United States until the 23rd day of February 1780 when he was discharged form service in Morristown in the State of new Jersey and the said William Gilpin further states that he was in the Battles of Long Island, York Island, White Plains, Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth that he was in the service of the United States and the continental establishment for three years and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his county for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service except his discharge under the hand of Major Archibald Anderson their commanding
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the 3rd Regiment of Maryland the sworn to and declared before the county court of Jefferson the day and year above stated.

Testo: R G Hite - Clerk

Virginia to wit
At a court held for the county of Jefferson the 25th day of May 1818 ordered that it be certified that it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the said William Gilpin did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months on the continental establishment and ordered that the proceedings and testimony had before the said court be transmitted to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of and act of congress in that case made and provided.

In testimony whereof I Robert Gates Hite - clerk of the county court of Jefferson aforesaid do hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of this said county the 190th day of June 1818 and in the 42nd year of this commonwealth.

R G Hite

Virginia - Jefferson County to wit

I John Kearsley presiding Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Jefferson do hereby certify that Robert Gates Hite hath been duly elected and qualified clerk of the county court of Jefferson aforesaid and that the above attestation is in one form.

Given under my hand and seal this 25th day of June 1818

Joh Kearsley - SEAL
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July 17, 1937

William Gilpin
S. 39571
BA-J/AWF

Augusta Gilpin Braus
4730 Summit
Kansas City, Missouri

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of soldiers with surname Gilpin from Virginia and state that Samuel Tyre, and Greene are family names.

The Revolutionary War records of this office have been search and no claims for pension found based upon the service of Samuel Gilpin, Tyre Gilpin or Greene Gilpin.

The record of William Gilpin which follows was obtained from papers on file in pension Claim X.39571 based upon his service in the revolutionary War. It is hoped that this record may be of interest to you.

The date and place of birth of William Gilpin were not given nor were the names of his parents stated.

William Gilpin enlisted in Charles County, Maryland and was in the battles of long island, White Plains, and York Island, dates and names of officers for this tour were not designated. He enlisted in 1777 and served in captain Joseph Marbury's company in the 3rd Maryland Regiment was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and was discharged in Morristown, New Jersey, February 23, 1780 having
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served three years.

The soldier, William Gilpin, was allowed pension on his application executed May 25, 1818, at which time he was sixty-five years of age and living in Jefferson County, Viginia (West Virginia).

he stated in 1820 that his wife was in her seventy-eighth year. He did not give the name of wife and there is no reference to children.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington D C and furnish the following data:

William Gilpin
Certificate #4149
Issued November 6, 1818
Rate $8.00 per month
Commenced May 25, 1818
Act of March 18, 1818
Virginia Agency

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Left Side Page

3957
INVALID
Rev

File NO 39,571
William Gilpin
Priv Rev War

Act: 18th March 1818
Index: Vol 3 Page 195

[Arrangement of 1870]

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1937, July 17 - hist to Augusta Gilpin Braus - AWF
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Gilpin, William

1818 May 25th [illegible]


William Gilpin
S.39571
MD
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Too Light to Read

to hereby [illegible] pay and subscribed [illegible] from the reg on the day of my 

Witness my hand and 
1780

William Gilpin
His X Mark

Armstrong
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do hereby certify that William Gilpin soldier in the[illegible] Marbury's company 

Too light to read
...and quarter master ...23rd day of ...1780

Archibald Anderson

Gilpin, Wm
MD S.39571
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I certify that William Gilpin the bearer hereof has been known to me for more than twenty years; that he was always in indigent circumstances and is still a poor man without the means of supporting himself and an aged wife. I believe that a principal reason of his continued poverty was that five years of the best times of his life had been spent in military service for he served one year before his enlistment as a volunteer and one year after his discharge; that owing to the fraud of another man, who surreptitiously received in his name an allowance made by the State of Maryland for depreciation of the paper money in which the Maryland line (as well as others) had been paid off, he has failed to obtain that benefit and that whilst he happens to set himself down, he was unable to move to better land in the western county; that his
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present prospect of a livelihood now that he and his wife are both grown old and feeble would be gloomy indeed unless there by the generous bounty of his county which I think few persons better entitled to partake of.

Given under my hand this 6th Nov 1818

F Fairfax
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4730 Summit
Kansas City, Mo

June 26, 1937

DATE STAMP: Received Jun 28, 1937 Mail Sub Div Vets Adm Reader #8

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,

I am interested in becoming a D.A.R. Do you have any records of a Gilpin having fought in the Revolutionary War? I do not know what his name might have been but Samuel, Tyre, Greene are family names.
Any information will be appreciated.

Thanking you
I am 
Most Sincerely
Augusta Gilpin Braus

PS - the Gilpins were from Virginia.