Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13152, John Gilmore, Mass.
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(8-1776)

Service                                            Number
Mass.               Gilmore, John         S. 13152

                                                         carded

CONTENTS
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Albany 31,677

John Gilmore, residing
    in Upper Canada
of Dec. made in St. Lawerance Co. in the State 
    of N. York
who was a Private in the company commanded 
by Captain Howard of the regt. commanded
by Col Tupper in the Mass.
line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany.
at the rate of 80 Dollars____ (Cents crossed out) 
    per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of 
    Nov.1839 and sent to Hon. John Fine, 
    Present

 Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '39              680.00
Semi-annual allowance 
                     ending 4 Mar. '40              40.00
                                                              _______
                                                            $720.00

       {Revolutionary Claim
         Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk.
Book E.2.  Vol. 4   Page 26
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State of New York}
County of S Lawarence} ss

On this twenty first day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid now sitting John Gilmore a resident of the town of (illegible) in the Province of Upper Canada aged seventy eight year and eight months who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

That he was born in the town of Norwich in the State of Massachusetts on the tenth day of April in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and fifty-nine.  That he has no record of his age nor was there one left to his knowledge That at the age of four years as this Deponent hath even been informed he was bound out by his father John Gilmore to one William Mitchell a farmer living in the town of Glasgow in said State of Massachusetts with whom this Deponent continued to reside up to the time of his enlistment in service afore mentioned.  That this Deponent voluntarily enlisted at Glasgow aforesaid as a private in the service of the United States in the spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty for the term of three years.  That he was enlisted by
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John Hamilton a recruiting officer as this Deponent at the time understood of the said town appointed to enlist the quota to be by that town furnished.  That about a week after his said enlistment this Deponent was sent to Northampton to pass muster and that he went thither with John Frost Abner Coffron and Andrew Gilmore and several other persons whom this Deponent cannot now recollect - At Northampton this Deponent was mustered & returned to Glasgow for his clothes & thence directly to Springfield to join his corps at Springfield which this Deponent did and that this Deponent and the other recruits served under the command of a Lieutenant whose name this Deponent forgets to West Point. That at West Point this Deponent was enrolled in the Sixth Company of the sixth regiment of the Massachusetts Line  The said regiment commanded by Colonel Tupper.  That the son of the said Colonel was adjutant of said Regiment and that this Deponent does not remember the Field or Staff officers of the said Regiment except as aforesaid that Anson or Ansel Howard was Captain of the said Sixth Company and Sarjeant (Sergeant) Russell was the orderly.  That this Deponent remained at West Point aforesaid in Garrison for about
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one year as near as this Deponent can remember and then as near as this Deponent can recollect all the Troops of the Massachusetts Line and one regiment of the New York line at West Point went to Snake Hill when barracks were built and there this Deponent remained until the Treaty of Peace was read - This Deponent well recollects that order as some paper containing the news of the conclusion of the Treaty of Peace was read on parade to the said Regiment by Adjutant Tupper and that the during war men were then discharged  That the Deponent then returned to West Point where he did not long remain before he was detailed to go to Philidelphia to protect the branch of Government which was reported to be in danger from the Soldiery - That Colonel Sprout commanded the said Detachment which was about one hundred men and (illegible) (illegible) was one of said Detachment - That his Deponent arrived at Philidelphia and he cannot say how long he remained there - about a fortnight - after his arrival at Philadelphia this Deponent was very sick and sent to the Hospital where he cannot say how long he remained but should think about two weeks that as soon as this Deponent came out of the Hospital Colonel Sprout gave this Depo-
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nent a pass to go to West Point and that his deponent returned to West Point alone.  that this deponent received some pay at Philidelphia but has forgotten the name of the Paymaster - That this Deponent got to West Point after the the weather became coolish and should think in October 1783.  And that in about five weeks this Deponent received his discharge which this Deponent kept some years and finally it was lost and this Deponent has now no record evidence of his said service except the rolls of the said Regiment since been provided in which can this Deponent confidently expect his name will be found thereon.
From West Point this Deponent returned to Glasgow aforesaid when about three years after the Deponent married and remains in the town of Russell after his marriage (being near Glasgow aforesaid) about five years and then removed with his family to Rutland in the State of Vermont.  That he remained in Rutland about one year and a half and then removed to (Bustard aforesaid where he has since resided crossed out) Madrid in the County of
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ST Lawrence and State of New York and remained there about two years and thence removed to Bustard in Upper Canada aforesaid where he has since continued to reside.  That this Deponent does not remember from where he received his said discharge.  That the residence of this Deponent in Bustard aforesaid is a great distance from any Court of the United States or any of the States and that this Deponent is not able to defray the expenses of bringing witnesses into the said State to prove his identity and character from them but that Joseph Edsall and Samuel Lawrence of Madrid in the said County of S Lawrence knew this Deponent at the time of his residence in Madrid aforesaid and that he confidently expects that the said Joseph Edsall and Samuel Lawrence can prove the character identity and refuted services of this Deponent and that this Deponent does not now know of any living person by whom he can prove his said services
And the said do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named
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applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served in the States
                            his
                    John X Gilmore
                           mark

Sworn & subscribed} 
this 21st, day of} 
December 1837}
before me}
 A C Low clk

I Alvin C Low clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Gilmore for a pension.  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 25th day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty-seven
                        A C Low clk
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State of New Yok}
County of S Lawrence} ss

Charles G Myer of Ogdensburgh
in said County being duly sworn saith -
That he acted as Council for the applicant
John Gilmore in the annual declaration
mentioned. That said Gilmore came from
Upper Canada immediately before making said
application. that upon making the same
this Deponent required said Gilmore to have
witnesses by whom to prove his character and
identity. that said Gilmore named Joseph
Edsall and Samuel Lawrence in the said
Declaration mentioned who he said knew
him many years ago but both just knew
him in said County of S Lawrene. That
after this Deponent discovered that John
Knox and Thomas Gilmore could be
procured as witnesses and that they had 
more perfect knowledge of the applicant
this Deponent advised applicant that
it was unnecessary to put himself to the
expense of obtaining the testimony of said
Edsall & Lawrence who reside some twenty miles distant & Deponent believes
no effort was made to procure their 
affidavits & that said applicant has
returned to Upper Canada as he informed
this Deponent to remove his family
into this State & further saith not
Chs. G. Myer) 

Sworn & Subscribed
this 16th day of
February 1838 before me
A. Abbott J.P.
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State of New York}
County of St Lawrence} ss

Thomas Gilmore of Hermon in said County being sworn, deposeth and saith, that he is the brother of John Gilmore whose application for a pension is hereunto annexed and that the said John Gilmore is the identical person described in the said declaration - That this Deponent was too young at the time to know of the enlistment and service of the said John but that he has always heard and believes the said John served as he states and that this deponent well remembers that the said John on his return from service gave this Deponent a Military coat the buttons whereof bore the figure 6 - and that he distinctly recollects seeing the said of his discharge and having it in his hand - and that he heard it read by his uncle John Stratton and by a man whose name was Phineas Kingsley - 
                                    Thomas Gillmore

Sworn and subscribed}
 this Sixteenth day of Jan.} 
1838 before me}
Silas Williams Justice of the Peace
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13152
Rev War
INVALID.

File No. 13152
John Gilmore
Priv. Rev. War

Act: June 7th 1832
Index. - Vol. 1, Page 142

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Jno M. Gilman in Tupper Regt. Sub in 1780

Only one Contl. Soldier in the army from Norwich Mass in Jany. 1786  He was Forbes Tate, for 4th Regt
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Your letter of the 1st (illegible): is before me and in reply you are informed that, Jesse Warner, was pensioned upon parol proof of his service; no recom thereof, was ever filed, in this Office.  Mr. Warner alleged in his original declaration that he served from April,
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Priv: Oct 7 53    Mass.

Boynton
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John Gilmore
John Gilmore
34,408
Pension case
of Cananda
N.Y - 

Cnt.

Massachusetts} 
3 years service}
Col Tupper. Capt Howard 
Enl. 11th May 1780 - for 3
years - In Vol 33. Page 
619 - 

Admitted
Private 2 years

Hon Jno Fine
    House Rep,
                NY

(Hon R.H. Gillet, 
    Prest. crossed out)
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M. Hamiltons Boarding House
Washington Feby. 7th 1839

Sir,

I send you additional evidence in support of the claim of John Gillmore of New York, to a pension.  The original papers were either presented to you by me, or by C. G. Myers Esq.  My recollection of the case is not sufficiently distinct to enable me to say whether this evidence will obviate all objections though I hope it is.

When you have considered the case in connection with this new evidence, I will thank you send your answer to me here with your frank on so that it may be forwarded if I shall have left the city for my residence at Ogdensburgh N.Y.

Your obt. sert.,
R.H. Gillet

Col J. L. Edwards
Com. Pensions
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Washington July 26. 1838

Sir,

Herewith you will receive the pension application of John Gilmore of New York.  If you can pass upon the case in two weeks, I will thank you to send your communication to M. P. Hamiltons Pa. Av., if not then to me at Ogdensburgh N. Y.  The papers were prepared by a respectable Counsellor, & so far as I know or believe are all got up in good faith.

Your obt. sert.
R. H. Gillet


Col. J. L. Edwards
Com. Pensions
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State of New York}
County of S Lawrence} ss

John Knox of Russell in said County being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he has been acquainted with John Gilmore the person whose Declaration for a pension is hereunto attached for about Sixty nine years - That he first knew said John in Blandford in Glasgo Massachusetts when the said John was living with William Mitchell in the said Declaration mentioned.  That this Deponent knew of the enlistment of the said John Gilmore under one Hamilton a recruiting officer in the Spring of 1780 & as this deponent understood in the 6th Regiment of the Massachusetts Line.  That this Deponent knew said John after he returned from service.  That there was about some two or three years that Deponent has occasionally met him since and is sure of his identity and never heard of his having left the service before his discharge or of any bad conduct on his part in the service and that the character of the said John for truth & veracity is good and deponent verily believes he served as he states

                            John Knox

Sworn & subscribed}
this fifteenth day of January}
1838 before me}
Elihu Phelps, Justice of the Peace
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Hon. Jno Fine
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Ogdensburgh, Nov. 12. 1839

My Dear Sir,

Mr. Phelps has called today on the subject of John Gilmores pension.  He says he once talked with you, & you desired us to write you & make suggestions & in relation thereto.  The papers are on file in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions.  The Com. will of course show you the papers & his letters on reply thereto. The substance of the last objection was, that proof of the service could be found on the rolls of the Massachusetts troops at the office of the Secretary of State, at Boston.  In writing there, the reply was that the rolls had just been sent to the Pension office of Washington.  Mr Phelps desires you will personally read the papers & letters of the Com. on them & then make the search, if necessary among the rolls which he has
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We think by a personal information you will readily understand John Gillmore's case, & be able to show that he is entitled to a pension. 

It is so long since we have seen the papers that we will not attempt to describe them.  You will better understand the case by reading the papers.  

Mr. Edwards final response, please send us.

Your obt. 
Sert.
Gillet Myers


Hon. John Fine
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John Gilmore

R. Blair's Afft
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I Reuben Blair of Blandford County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Mass. do testify and say that I was well acquainted with John Gilmore of said town and know that he enlisted in the Untied State service as a private soldier about the year 1779 or 1780 and served about three years  I heard from him while in the service several times and I understood that he had an honorable discharge - I am not able to say what officers he served under  He returned to said town after the service when I often saw him -  
Dec 31  1838                        
Reuben Blair


Hampden Dec 31 1838
Personally appeared the above named Reuben Blair and made solum oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true - 
Before me Orrin Sage Justice Peace


I hereby certify that the above named Reuben Blair is a respectable and credible witness - 
Orrin Sage Justice Peace
Dec 31 1838
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden ss.  I John Ingersoll Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampden do certify that Orrin Sage Esquire whose signature is affixed to the within certificate was as the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned & acting under the authority of the Commonwealth  That full faith & credit are and ought to be given to his acts & attestations done in that capacity and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Orrin Sage and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas at Springfield on this third day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred7 thirty nine

Joh Ingersoll Clerk
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Feb 8,
(illegible)
NY

John Gilmore

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC

Hon R H Gillet
Present