Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,229, Aaron Gage, Ga.
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Ga               Gage Aaron               S. 2229


Born in NJ                                              carded
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Left side/right corner torn:
See letter 22 
to Mackin Cr
when original der
is returned ifsue a new on
entitling pension to 10 mos pay
as private of cavalry. And write 
to Agent.

New certificate ifsued 
29 Jan 33 at $41.66 per annum
& sent to Maclin Cross 
Pardy, Gene 
See letter 26 Dec ‘33
to be of in 14 1840
transf’d from Jackson to Pulaski 
fr: 4 March, 1839. See let: to
Thos. Martin Pen. agt: 30 
May 1840 - enclosing notifi-
cation of transfer & pen: certify 
Paid at the Treasury under the 
act of the 6 April 1838 from 4th 
March to 4 Sep 1839. Agt. Notifi-
ed 20 Mar. 1840 

Right side (missing part of left side):                to Julaski – 
                                                                                        1912
t Tennefsee – 
Aaron Gage
Nary Co in the State of Tennefsee 
was a private cavalry in the company commanded 
Captain Harry of the regmt commanded
Col. Harmoius in the New Jersey
ne for 10 months


Ga Line Records corrected Dec 9 ‘03
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennefsee
at the rate of 41 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension ifsued the 2 day of Augt
                                      and sent to Maclin 
Crofs Purdy 
Arrears to the 4th of March             83.33
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep  20.83 
                                                      $104.16

                                            { Revolutionary Claim,
                                              Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Dan Boyd          Clerk, 
Vol. 7  Page 79
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             Aaron Gage,s
                 Declaration
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Declaration 
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress 
passed the 7th day of June 1832. 

State of Tennessee }
McNairy County      }  On this 20th day of May in the year of Our 
Lord One thousand Eight hundred and thirty three, personally 
appeared in Open Court before the Circuit Court of McNairy County 
now sitting Aaron Gage a Resident of McNairy County in 
the State of Tennessee aged Seventy four years.  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 State of New Jersey on the 15th day of June in the 
year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and fifty eight 
when verry young his Father moved from the State of 
New Jersey and settled in Rutherford County State of North 
Carolina, hear [sic] he continued to reside until he entered the 
service of his country. That the first of the month of November 
1780 he left his fathers house and went to Augusty in the 
State of Georgia at which place he reached verry [sic] early in 
the month of November as well as he now recollects, hear [sic]
he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer 
soldier in a Troop of Horse which was then called Draggoons 
under Captain Thomas Harvey and was attached to Col 
Samuel Harmons Regment. He volunteered for the Term 
of Ten Months, at Augusty and near that place we 
remained for some considerable length of time, say until 
about the first of May 1781 we received orders to join 
General Greens Army at or near Ninety Six in the State 
of South Carolina, accordingly we took up our line of 
March, and Joined General Green not far from Ninety 
Six. Our Regment was then placed under the command of 
General Pickens, and the whole army commenced the siege
of it, but we failed, we then encamped not far from Ninety 
Six and my Captain Thomas Harvey went out on a 
skouting [sic] party and was killed. I was then placed under
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the command of Richard Johnson Captain, we then 
took up Our line of March and went to the high hills of 
Santee, hear [sic] we remained for a short time, then understanding 
that the Brittish [sic] had encamped at the Eutaw Springs 
we marched to that place, which we reached in September 
1781 When we had a severe battle with the Brittish 
this Ingagement [sic] I was in, the next morning after the 
Battle all of the Draggoons was ordered to march to 
a place called Monks Corner and rout the Brittish [sic] 
from their [sic], but before we reached there we heard
they had left there for Charleston so we marched back 
to the Eutaw Springs where I remained a verry [sic] short 
time and was discharged having served my tour of ten 
months out. The length of time I volunteered for, the 
day of the month I entered the service.  I do not now recol
-let [sic] nor do I recollect [sic] the day of the month I was 
discharged, but know that I served the full term of ten 
months the time I volunteered for, I received a discharge 
from Col Harmon and had it for a number of years 
after the war but it is now lost or destroyed. he [sic] has 
no Documentary Evidence and that he knows of no person 
whose Testimony he can procure who can testify to his 
service, I can prove by Isaac Reed a Clergyman who has 
been acquainted with me for a great many of years. And 
also by William S. Wisdom that they believe me to be seventy 
four years old and that I am reputed and believed in 
my neighbourhood to have been a soldier of the Revolu
-tion, He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a 
Pension Or Annuity except the present and declares that 
his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of 
any State, he also states that directly after the Revolu 
-tionary War he moved to the State of Kentucky where 
he lived three or four years from Kentucky he moved 
to Bedford County State of Tennessee where he lived 
two years then he moved to Lincoln County Tennessee 
where he lived for a number of years then he moved to 
Perry County Tennessee where he lived several
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years from there he moved to McNairy County where 
he now resides ~
Sworn to and subscribed the} Aaron Gage
the day and year aforesaid    }
Maclin Cross Clerk 
of McNairy Circuit Court 

We Isaac Reed a Clergyman residing in Henderson 
County, and Joins McNairy County. And William S. Wisdom 
Residing in McNairy County hereby certify that we are 
well acquainted with Aaron Gage who has subscribed 
and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him 
to be seventy four years of age that he is reputed and 
believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have 
been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in 
that Opinion                                      Isaac Reed
Sworn and Subscribed the                Wm S Wisdom
day and year aforesaid 
Maclin Cross Clerk of 
McNairy Circuit Court

And the said Court 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 applicant was a Revolutionary 
Soldier and served as he states and the Court further 
certifies that it appears to him that Isaac Reed who 
has signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman 
Resident in Henderson County a County adjoining 
McNairy, and that William S. Wisdom who has also 
signed the same is a resident in the Town of Purdy 
and County of McNairy and is a credible person and 
that their statement is entitled to credit 
                                             Wm B. Gurley 
                                             Judge 19th Circuit 
                                             State of Tennessee
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I Maclin Cross Clerk of the Circuit Court of McNairy 
                                    County in the State of Tennessee, do 
  SEAL                          hereby certify that the foregoing contains 
                                     the Original proceedings of the said 
                                     Court in the matter of the application 
                                     of Aaron Gage for a Pension 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and 
affixed my seal of Office.  At Office in the Town of Purdy 
this   [blank]    day of May in the year of Our Lord 1833 and 
57th year of the American Independance. 
                                                 Maclin Cross Clk 
                                                of McNairy Circuit Court 


Along right side:  Aaron Gage Declaration
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                                  APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER. 
State Tennessee 
County of Lincoln    ss
On this 18th day of February 1840 
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of 
Lincoln personally appeared Aaron Gage 
who, on his oath, declares that he is the same 
person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain 
Jesse Johnson in the Regiment commanded by Colonel 
Samuel Hammons in the service of the United States; that 
his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Tennessee McNary [sic] County 
from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, 
or Territory,) of Tennessee Lincoln County where he intends 
to remain, and wishes his pension to be payable, in future at Pulaski. 
The following are his reasasons [sic] for removing from McNary to 
Lincoln Tennessee. He lost his wife in McNary 
county, and remains here            Aaron Gage 
to be near his daughters. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me, }
             the day and year aforesaid.  } 
A N Parkes 
Justice of the Peace 

       The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the 
proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. 
    The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed. 

State of Tennessee } This day John Landess made oath 
Lincoln County         } before me that Aaron Gage whose name is  
subscribed to the above is the identical same, who 
formerly anew the pension as above stated, he has been acquainted 
with him for twenty years, 
 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 24th John Landess 
February 1860 John Landess JW
  Justice of the Peace for Lincoln County Lu
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State of Tennessee
     I Charles Boyles clerk of Lincoln County Court Certify 
that Allen W. Parks and John Lanier before whom the 
foregoing affidavits were made & who has certified 
and signed the same then was acting Justices of 
the Peace in & for said County duly Commissioned 
and Qualified  
                        In Witness whereof I have hereto 
                        set my name & affixed the 
                        Seal of Said Court at 
                        office in Fayetteville this 
                        24th February 1840. 
                                                 C. Boyles Clk
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REV WAR written diagonally on the left
                        2229
                     INVALID.

File No. 2229 
Aaron Gage 
Privt Rev War 


Act: June 7, 1832 
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 136 

[Arrangement of 1870.}
                                           [Checkmark]
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Envelope:

Purdy F}                           Free [postage]
Nov 10 }
T.L. Edwards Esqr 
    Commissioner of Pensions 
           Washington City
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  Purdy McNairy County
                                                                                                                       Tennessee 
                                                                                                              10 November 1833
Sir 
           Enclose you will receive the Certificate of 
Aaron Gage, application was made at the Branch 
of the United States at Nashville for pay on the
same, but the same was not paid because the
department had reported his name to the Agent at
Nashville as being named Adron George instead 
Aaron Gage. You will therefore please issue a new 
certificate for ten months services as a mounted Horse 
man, and have his proper name placed on the 
Pension list at Nashville.
                                         I am yours Respty 
                                         Maclin Cross
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                                               TREASURY DEPARTMENT 
                                                      Second Comptroller's Office 
                                                      August 12th 1840 

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An 
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by 
certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States," Aaron Gage, _____________
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Jackson, Ten. Agency, at 
the rate of Forty one Dollars and 66 Cents 
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has 
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 
to the 4th Sept. 1839. 
                                    Respectfully yours, 
                                    Albion K. Parris 
                                                      Comptroller.


To the Commissioner of Pensions. Present.
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                                                                         Pension Agency 
                                                                         Jackson Ten
                                                                               Apr. 17 1840 

Sir
              Your favor of 4 inst. has been
rec’d of this 
             Aaron Gage, a pensioner now on the Roll 
of this Agency, of the 7 June 1832, has been 
paid up to the fourth of March 1839.
                                Very Respectfully 
                                Your Obt Sert. 
                                Comsr W. Campbell 
                                                       P. Agt.


J. L. Edwards
     Com of Pens.
 Washington City
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J. L. Edwards
     Com of Pens.
 Washington City

Anyone wanting or having information
About this man or his descendants
Contact:
Mr. Peter P. Berendsen 
2332 at Las Pear Road 
NAPA California 

July 1962
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                                            Free

                   J. L. Edwards Esq
                   Commissioner of Pensions
 Mail                   Washington City
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                                                            Pension Agency West Tumper
                                                            Office Bank U. States 
                                                            Nashville 25 Oct. 1835 
Sir
                               A man calling himself Aaron 
Gage has this day presented a Certificate of Pension
under the Act of the 7 June 1832 Av.eg. 126. dated 
the 20 August 1833 and rated at Thirty three dollars 
& thirty three cent - but when I do not find reported 
to this agency- therefore payment is suspended until 
your instructions shall be received- In your list of 
Pensions reported the 6 Aug last there appears the name 
of Aaron George at $22.97 per annum, perhaps this ought 
to have been written Gage-- No man has yet claimed 
the pension under the latter name 
                                           I am most respectfully 
                                             Your ov Ls
                                             Thos H. Fletcher Pres P. a
                                               Illegible line

J.L. Edwards Esq 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City
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                                          Pulaski Mar 1890
J. L. Edwards Esq
              
                    Please find enclosed Aaron
Gage application for a  transfer to this agency
at this place.
                             Yr Ob Sev
                        Thomas Martin
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Purdy Tine
May 23d                                      Free

                              J. L. Edwards Esq
                              Commissioner of Pensions 
                              Washington City 
                              D Columbia
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                                   Purdy McNairy Cty Ten 
                                                23rd May 1833 

Sir,
         enclose you will receive the 
Declaration of Aaron Gage for
a Pension.  You will do Mr.
Gage a great favour of you 
will decide upon his application 
immediately as he is verry [sic] helpless 
and extremely poor, and wants 
assistance as much as any person 
all communications upon his 
Pension address to me.
                      I am Resptly 
                        Your Obt Servt 
                            Maclin Cross
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Aron Gage
Tennesse

from 1780 ferrats 
10 months 
       $33.33/100
        


Maclin Cross clk
McNairy C
           Jesny {?}
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of 
   Aaron Gage                                                              which require 
further proof or explanation. 
I.	Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II.	Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 
III.	If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 
IV.	Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes 
V.	Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout [sic] of pension he is entitled? No. 
VI.	Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes 
VII.	Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes 
VIII.	Has the Court given their opinion? No 
IX.	Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes 
X.	Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? No. #
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XI.	Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No 

XII.	If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No 

XIII.	XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? refers to affidavit of 

XIV.	If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes, but has no seal of office XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes

XV.	Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No 

XVI.	Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? if not, which of them is not so answered? None answered.

                                                  EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For ___ year ____ months and _____ days, I served as a _______.   For _____months and _____ days, I served as a ______; and for such service I claim a pension."
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                                                                                   3 
    It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, 
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of 
the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. 
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service. 
    In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he 
must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits 
the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as 
well as the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may adminis-
ter the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature 
of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[Creased paper, can only read]:--- turing papers. – 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must 
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being im-
properly attached to the certificate. 

# In every case where the Clerk of the 
Court has in public seal of office, the 
certificate of a member of Congress, proving 
the official charter and signature 
of the Clerk should be sent with the 
papers. 


return this brief to the war dept with the 
papers
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Payments to be made 
at Nashville 
by the Pres of U.S. Bank 
Agent for paying Pension+
ors, in the Agency of West 
Tennessee 



Recorded in the Pension Of=
fice, in Book E Vol. 7 
Page 79 by Dan Boyd 
                          Clerk.
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Cancelled written across center
of document        

           WAR DEPARTMENT. 
          Revolutionary Claim. 
              I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States 
of the 7th June, 1832,                Aaron Gage 
of the State of Tennessee --- 
who was a private of Infantry
the Army of the Revolution 
is entitled to receive      Thirty-three dollars and 
Thirty-three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing 
on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, 
and 4th of September, in every year. 
                                                        GIVEN at the War Office of the United 
                                                                States, this Second day of 
                                                                  August one thousand eight 
                                                                  hundred and thirty-three 
                                                                                 John Hobb
                                                                  Acting Secretary of War 

Examined and Countersigned. }
 J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions.