Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9341, Isaac Gordin, N.C. Va.
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Service
N.C.
Va.

Gordin, Isaac

Number
S.9341


carded
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order to pay 24 Nov. 1836

Certificate
Retnd to the office and marked for B. Bowman
[illegible
]Cont SC
June 18 1833

Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 Sept 1837 to the 23 April 1838, the day of his death.  Agt. notified 18 Jany 1839

12,287
South Carolina

Isaac Gordin
of Spartanbg. in the State of S. Car.
who was a pri: in the Compy commanded
by Captain Ballard of the Regt commanded
by Col: Meredith in the Va
line for 9 months-10 days

Va. and N.C.
Dec 12/84
Records Completed

Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina
at the rate of 31 Dollars 11 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of April 1833 and sent to Saml. M. Gowday.  Gowdaysville S. Car

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  62.22
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept  15.55
                                                        $77.77

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 Page 68
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15331
Isaac Gordin
Spartanburg District
South Carolina

Admit as private 9 mo
and 10 days from 1777
Capt. Ballard
Col. Meredith  Va.
$31.11

Saml M Gowday
P. Master
Gowdaysville
S. Carolina
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Brief in the case of Isaac Gordon District of Spartanburg in the State of South Carolina
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? - 
3.  How old is he?  78
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
in 1777 enlisted
Duration of Service.
about 20 days
Rank.
As a substitute
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Captain Ballard

Period.
in 1778 vol
Duration of Service.
3 months
Rank.
-
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Captain Benton
Colo. Meredith

Period.
in 1780 vol
Duration of Service.
3 months
Rank.
-
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
[illegible] Mathews

Period.
April 1781 vol
Duration of Service.
3 months
Rank.
-
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Captain Bledsoe

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  none
5.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Spartinburg Co Virginia
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary evidence
8.  Are the papers defective as to form of authentication?  and if so, in what respect?  not authenticated

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
John H. Ashton
Examining Clerk
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 8th, 1839

Sir:
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,"  the widow of Isaac Gordon, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Charleston, S. Carolina, Agency, at the rate of Thirty one Dollars and eleven Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1837, to the 23d April, 1838, the day of his death.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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15332
Isaac Gordin
Declaration for a pension
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The State of South Carolina
Spartanburgh District S.S.

On this 28th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court Isaac Gordan a resident of Said District aged Seventy eight 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 the 7th 1832; 

That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers; and served as herein Stated; I entered the Service of the United States, in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, as a Substitute for Moses Gordin, in 1777 under Capt. John Ballard, Lieut. John Holmes, Commanded by Col. Meredith, and marched from Mecklenburg to Hampton County Virginia and then to Portsmouth Virginia, & I was discharged after being in Service about twenty days

I then in 1778 in Mecklenburg County Virginia Volunteered under Capt. John Burton, Lieut. Nathaniel Malone, Ensign Basketfield in the fourth division of the Virginia Militia commanded by Genl. Mathis from Mecklenburg I marched to Portsmouth  & was discharged after being in Service for three month

I then in 1780 in Franklin County North Carolina volunteered under Capt Jenkins Devaney, Lieut. Wm Rush , Ensign John Mosley, in second Regiment North Carolina Militia commanded by Major James Gray, Colo. Robert Hill, and Genl. Allen Jones from Franklin county No. Car. 

I marched to Louisburg thence to Wake Court House , thence to Hillsborough, thence to Salsbury [sic], thence to Charlotte thence to Waxhaws [sic] & was discharged after Serving three months

I then returned to Franklin Co. Nor
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and about the first April 1781 volunteered in a company of Cavalry under Capt. George Bledsoe Lieut Swan Tranton, and marched from Franklin County No. Car. to Hillsborough & thence in Duplin County No. Car. and was there commanded by Col. Youngblood from Duplin County.  I returned to Franklin County and was discharged on the 11th of July 1781 after serving three months - I refer to Joshua Richards to prove my services.
I was born in Mecklenburg County Virginia in 1754.  I have no record of my age.  The first time I went into the service of the United States I was living in [marked out: Hampton] Mecklenburg County Virginia.  The second time I was living in Mecklenburg County Virginia, and the last two times I was living in Franklin County No. Car.  I substituted myself once for Moses Gordin as before stated;  and volunteered three times.  I [marked out: received discharges one from Col Robert Hall, and one from Cap't George Bledsoe but don't recollect what has become of them] don't recollect that I ever received any regular discharge.  I have no documentary evidence of my service as for my veracity and good behavior I respectfully refer to the Revd. Joshua Richards [marked out: Joseph [?] and Michael Goffery], [illegible].  I do also hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on the pension Role of the agency of any state.
In answer to the interrogatories propounded by the Court I refer to the above declaration.
Isaac Gordin
Sworn to in open court
Jno. B. Neall
Pres. Judge
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South Carolina}
Spartanburgh District}
We, Joshua Richards a Clergyman and Smith Lipscomb in Said State & District do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Gordin, who has Subscribed and Sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be seventy eight 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 [interlineated:  Joshua Richards further states that he knows that Isaac Gordin served under Capt [?] and [?] as he has stated.]
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Jno B A Neall           Joshua Richards
Pres Judge              Smith Lipscomb Sr

and the Said Court do hereby declare its 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 and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears that Joshua Richards who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in Said District and that Smith Lipscomb who has also signed the Same is a resident in Said District and is a creditable person and that [marked out: their] his statement is entitled to credit.
Jno B A Neall
Pres Judge
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State of South Carolina}
Spartanburgh district}
I Elisha Bomar clerk of the Court of Sessions of common Pleas in & for said district do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Gordin for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of office this 11th day of October 1832.--
E. Bomar
Clk.
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June 2, 1933

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Issac Gordin, S. 9341  This corres. belongs in [arrow to "Isaac Gordin"]
James Gordon, S. 37955
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Mrs. Edgar R. Gunn
465 Central Avenue
Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of recent date, in which you request the records of Isaac Gordin, of Spartanburgh County, South Carolina, and of James Gordon, of Oglethorpe County, "North Carolina."
Their records follow as found in their claims for pension based upon service in the Revolutionary War:
ISAAC GORDIN, S. 9341
Isaac Gordin (as he signed his name) was born in 1754 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not shown in the claim.
While residing in said Mecklenburg County, Virginia, he entered the service in 1777 as a substitute for Moses Gordon (relationship to soldier not stated) and served about twenty days as a private in Captain John Ballard's company, Colonel Meridith's Virginia regiment; he volunteered in 1778 and served three months as a private in Captain John Burton's Virginia company; while living in Franklin County, North Carolina, he volunteered and served three months as a private in Captain Jinkins Devaney's company, Colonel Robert Hill's North Carolina regiment; he volunteered about April 1, 1781, and served as a private in Captain George Bledsoe's company, Colonel Youngblood's North Carolina regiment, and was discharged July 11, 1781.
Isaac Gordin was allowed pension on his application executed September 28, 1832, while a resident of Spartanburgh District, South Carolina.
He died April 23, 1838, survived by a widow whose names [sic] was not stated. No reference was made to children.
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Planters & Mechanics Bank of So Ca
Charleston November 14 1836

J. L. Eddwards Dsq
Commieeioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Sir
I forward herewith for Authority from you for payment the following vouchers, upon each of which there is twelve month pay due vz
Jn'o Wood
Rowland Johnson
Isaac Gordon
Wm Wingo
I am Respectfully
Your Ob: Serv't
A Spears
Pension Agent
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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 Isaac Gordon
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 amount of pension he is entitled? yes
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? Yes
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? yes
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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? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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? yes
XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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?
XVI. ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them is not so answered? 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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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration pf each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
+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 he belonged. The magistrate who may administer 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.
++QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of teh certifying officer who authenticates the papers in 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 ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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JAMES GORDON, S. 37955
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 37955, based upon the Revolutionary War service of James Gordon. Said papers do not show the date and place of soldier's birth nor the names of his parents.
James Gordon was in the battle of Great Bridge near Norfolk in 1775, officers not stated, he enlisted at Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1776, and served as a private in Captain Everard Meade's Company, Colonel Alexander Spotswood's 2" Virginia Regiment, was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth, in the last of which battles he was wounded; he also received a bayonet wound in Gates' Defeat; exact length of service not stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 9, 1818, at which time he was eighty-six years of age and stated that he was a resident of Georgia. His application was executed in the District of Columbia.
In 1820 the soldier was a resident of Oglethorpe County, Georgia, with post office at Lexington in that county.
James Gordon died February 26, 1825.
There are no family data in the claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section. 

March 29, 1928.

T. O'J. Wilson,
P. O. Box 324,
Bluefield, West Virginia.
Sir:
I advise you that from the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau it appears that Isaac Gordin was born in 1754 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia
While a resident of Mecklenburg County, Virginia he entered the service as a substitute for Moses Gordin (no relationship stated) and served twenty days in Captain John Ballard 's Company, Colonel Meridith's Virginia Regiment.
While living in same county as above, he volunteered in 1778 and served three months as private in Captain John Burton 's Virginia Company.
While a resident of Franklin County, North Carolina he volunteered in 1780 and served three months as private in Captain Jinkins Devaney's Company, Colonel Robert Hill's North Carolina Regiment.
While living in said Franklin County he volunteered April 1, 1781, served as private in Captain George Bledsoe's Company, Colonel Youngblood's North Carolina Regiment and was dis-
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charged July 11, 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 28, 1832 while a resident of Spartanburg District, South Carolina.
Soldier was survived by his widow, but her name is not given and no reference is made to children.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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EASLEY-WILSON COMPANY
REALTORS
MEMBER NATIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL REAL ESTATE BOARDS

REALS ESTATE 
IN ALL ITS BRANCHES 
FIRE INSTURANCE

Bluefield, W. Va.
March 17, 1928

Department of the Interior,
Pension Department,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:-
Please send me copy of pension papers of Rev. War soldier Isaac Gordin, S. or W. 1835, Pen. 3, S. C. No. 50.
Thanking you, I am,
Very truly yours,
T. O'J Wilson
T O'J. Wilson,
P. O. Box 324.
Bluefield, W. Va.
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EASLEY-WILSON COMPANY
REALTORS
MEMBER NATIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL REAL ESTATE BOARDS

REALS ESTATE
IN ALL ITS BRANCHES
FIRE INSTURANCE

Bluefield, W. Va.
March 6, 1928.

War Department,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:-
Please give me copy of pension papers of Revolutionary War soldier Isaac Gordin or Gordon, S or W. 1835, Pen. 3, S. C. No. 50.
Thanking you, I am,
Very truly yours,
T. O'J. Wilson
T. O'J. Wilson,
P. O. Box 324
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9341
Rev War
INVALID.
File No. 9341
Isaac Gordin
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7thf 1832
Index:--Vol. 1, Page 146
9Arrangement of 1870.]

1928 Mch 29. Hist to T. O'J.
Wilson. [initials]
1933, Jan 2. Hist to Mrs Edgar R
Gunn (See ltr. in [?] S. 37953
of James GOrdon)  MLB.