Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38728, William Gibson, N.C.
Page 1

(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
NC

Gibson, William
Gipson

NUMBER
S. 38728

?
CONTENTS
 [blank]
Page 2

15638 R
West Tennessee
William Gibson
Humphries Cty in the state of Tennessee who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Taylor of the North Carolina line, for the term of two years

Inscribed on the roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 17th of March 1819

Certificate of Pension issued the 26th of Octr 1819 and sent to Alfred M. Harris Esq Judge, Reynolds Co. Tennessee

Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819 - $44.93
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1820 $48
[total]                                       $92.93 
5 mo 5/31/   4/30

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

August 2. 1821 and sent County Clerk,
Reynoldsburg, Tennessee

See letter to Ennis Ury
6 May 1825

do to Hon C. Johnson
Nov 23. 1839

let: to do: 31st
Decr 1841

Let. to D. P. Hurley
Sept. 23, 1851
.
Page 3

free

Reynoldsburg Tn
March 29

The Secretary of War
Washington City
D. C

mail

300 Tennessee
Wm. Gibson
Recd 19 April
15.637
Page 4

State of Tennessee
Humphreys County 
Circuit Court
March Term 1821
on this 20th day of March 1821 personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of record for said County, William Gibson aged 69 years resident in said County, who duly swore to and subscribed the following oath, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident of the United States on the 18th day of 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 provisions 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 debts due to me nor have I any income other that what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me Subscribed, viz, 2 head of horses one of
them is a tolerably good one, the other is of no service to me at this time, five head of Cattle one oven one skills two Basons one dish, six plates Six Spoons, Six punch Bowls, this declarants family consists of his wife who is very old unable to contribute any thing of consequence towards their support, one son aged 22 years who is so much subject
Page 5

to fits that he cannot administer food to himself, this declairants [sic] occupation is that of a Farmer to pursue which this declarant is very ill able. This declarant has once received a pention [sic] the pention [sic] certificate was dated the 26th of October 1819 and Numbered 15637
William Gibson

Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court the 20th
of March 1821
Test Joseph Fry Clk

State of Tennessee
I Joseph Ury Clerk of the said Circuit Court of Humphreys County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the Total amount in Value of the property Exhibited in the foregoing Schedule is one hundred and Twenty five Dollars & Seventy five cents-
[seal]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal, there being no seal of Court at office the 29th March 1821
Joseph Ury Clerk of the Circuit Court for Humphreys County
Page 6

State of Tennessee Special
This day personally appeared before me Alfred Harris, one of the circuit Judge in & for the State of Tennessee, the undersigned William Gibson, who being first Sworn deposeth & saith, that he did, in the County of Greenville, in the State of North Carolina some time in the month of June, 1776, enlist, as a soldier on the continental establishment, for the term of two years and six months, in a company then commanded by Capt Phillip Taylor in the Sixth Regiment of North Carolina Continental troops, commanded by Col. Joseph Taylor in Genl Francis Nash's Brigade - That he did faithfully serve against the common enemy, Great Brittain, [sic] during the Revolutionary War, in
pursuance of his said enlistment until the end and expiration of his said term of service, before mentioned, when he did, in Wilmington, in No. Carolina enlist in the same company & regment [sic] before mentioned it during the war & served until the fall of Charleston in 
South Carolina, where he was made a prisoner by the enemy; that he enlisted with the enemy, & deserted, & then served in the Virginia Militia under Capt Whittemore That he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown Monmouth, at the White horse & the Seige [sic] of Charlestown, & some inconsiderable skirmishes - That he is now seventy six years old, & stands in need of assistance for his support; not having the means of supporting himself & being unable to get a subsistence 
by his manual labour
Page 7

He herewith enclose the certificate of his Captain marked A, shewing his said service. He hereby releases all pensions heretofore granted him, by the laws of the United States, except the one hereby prayed for, & prays to be placed on the pension list agreeably to the provisions of a late act of Congress in such cases made & provided-- 17 March 1819-
William Gibson [seal]
X
his mark

Subscribed & Sworn to before me the day & date aforesaid-
Alfred M Harris
Judge of the 6th Judicial Circuit of the State of
Tennessee

State of Tennessee Special
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, for the United States of America

I Alfred Harris, Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, & one of the Circuit Judges in & for the State of
Tennessee do hereby certify, that the above affidavit of William Gibson was subscribed & sworn to before me this day, & the paper enclosed, marked, by him produced-- and that I am satisfied, that he did serve in
Page 8

the war of the revolution, against the Common enemy Great Brittain [sic] in manner & for the term mentioned in his said affidavit therefore
 transmits the same -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17 March 1819
Alfred M Harris   [seal]
Judge of the 6th Judicial Circuit of the state of Tennessee

I Jacob Thompson Clerk in the 5th Judicial Circuit for the State of Tennessee in the County of Humpheys do hereby certify that Alfred M Harris Esq before whom the above deposition of William Gibson was taken is & was at the time of taking the same one of the acting Judges in & for the State of Tennessee given under my hand & own proper seal at office (thereby no publick [sic] seal) this 20th day of March 1819
Jacob Thompson Clerk
of the Circuit Court for Humphreys County in
the 5th Judicial Circuit for the State of Tennessee
Page 9

State of Tennessee Special
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War for the United States -
I Alfred M Harris one of the circuit Judges in & for the State of Tennessee, do hereby certify, that I examined four respectable men in open court, in Humphries county on oath who deposit that the within named William Gibson is in indigent circumstances, & stands in need of assistance for a support. I therefore do believe the said William Gibson is in indigent circumstances, and stands in need of assistance for a support Alfred Harris
Alfred M Harris
Judge of the 6th Judicial Circuit of the State of Tennessee

Given under my hand & seal the 25th Sept 1819
State of No. Carolina Secretarys Office 9th June 1819
I William Hill Secretary of State in & for the State aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears from the muster roll of the Line of this State in the Revolutionary War that Wm Gibson a musician in Capt. Taylor's Company of the 6th Regt was mustered on the 6th of May 77 for the war & a private April 1778 [illegible] June 1778
Given under my hand the date above
Wm Hill

Care of Wm Gibson
Alfred M. Harris
Judge
Reynoldsbg. Tennee.
recd. April 12. 1819.

Admd.

Sent to Wm Hill Esq
proof of service
Service Admitted

The Certificate of the Judge as to reduced circumstances of applicant is [illegible] 

To the Honble. The Secretary of the War Department 
Washington City
Page 10

Know all men by these presents that we William Gibson and Frank Hale, of Greene &c.
our heirs &c are bound unto John Sevier, Esq. Governor and to his successors in Office, in the sum of Twelve hundred and fifty dollars, to be void on condition if there be no just cause or lawful impediment to obstruct the Marriage of William Gibson to Margaret Hale
Given under our hands and seals, this 16th
day of November 1799.
William Gibson [Seal]
Frederick Hail [Seal]

Signed and sealed
in presence of
Dan. Kennedy, C.G.C.

State of Tennessee
I George W. Foute, Clerk of the County Court
of Greene County in the State aforesaid, do
certify that the foregoing transcript is a true copy of the Marriage License Bond of William Gibson taken from the original now on file in my office-
And I further certify that the License authorizing the Marriage of the said William Gibson to Margaret Hale is not to be found in my office, and that it was not then customary to return the License to the Office, after the marriage had been solemnized-
Given under my hand and seal
of Office, at Office in Greeneville
the 16th day of May, 1851.
Geo. W. Foute, Clk.
Page 11

Revy
38728
INVALID.
File No. 38728

William Gibson
Pri. Rev War

Act: 18th March 18
Index: -- Vol. 3 Page 195

[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 12

Let to D P Hurley Sept 23 / 51
[text illegible]
Page 13

[illegible] Tennessee
Applicant aged 69 yrs
wife very old, & unable to support herself
1 son, 22 old very subject to fits, & cannot feed
himself
Amt. of Sched:  $125.75
Cond 
Cond. August 2d 1821
and sent to County Clerk
Reynoldsburg
Tennessee

Service 2 yrs.
Page 14

This certifies that William Gibson to the best of my recollection inlisted [sic] about the month of June 1776 of himself into Major Phillip Taylors Company in the No. Carolina line Regiment for the Term of two years & six months and was part of the time doing duty in my company then transferred to Captn Joshua Bowmans company of light Infantry and I believe He the said Wm Gibson Behaved himself as a faithfull [sic] soldier in the army of the United States until the date of all that of Charlestown  and from his infirmity of body and deteriorated situation of him & family justly entitled to a Pension from the General Government February 23rd 1819
David Williams [illegible]
6th No Carolina Regt.
Page 15

Free 

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

Madisonville Tennessee
May 26


June 3d 1851

Addl. Evi: in case
of Margaret Gibson wid: of Wm.

D.P. Hurley
Madisonville
Tenn
Page 16

Madisonville Tennessee May 22nd / 51

Dear Sir 
Enclosed I send you evidence of the marriage
of Margaret Hale (now Margaret Gibson) to William Gibson, as evidence in the case of the claim of Margaret Gibson, widow of said William Gibson, the declaration of whom and other testimony in relation to said claim are
on file in your Department,
The death of said William Gibson, I believe is set forth and amply proved, in the papers referred to If not you will do me the favor of advising me of the fact and it shall [be]done
You will confer a favor by adjudicating case as early as the rules by which the business of your
Department is regulated will permit
I am very respectfully
your Obt Servt
D. P. Hurley
Page 17

The Comm of Pensions
Washington

Nov 23

Wm Gipson or Gibson,
Humphreys Co Tenn
Page 18

Washington
Nov 20th 1839

Dear Sir

Will you inform me at what time the pension
of Wm Gipson, a revolutionary pensioner for Humphreys County Ten, payable at Nashville was allowed & when his pay commence - he claims two years pay before he actually recd
respectfully
your friend
C. Johnson
Page 19

Free
C Johnson

The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Dec 30. 1841

W. [widow?] Allowed

Wm Gibson
Tennessee 1832

Hon C Johnson
H R [House of Representatives]
Page 20

H of Rep [House of Representatives]
Dec. 29th 1841

Dear Sir,

Mr William Gibson a Revolutionary soldier now receiving a pension under the act of 1832 & paid at Nashville alleges that he served to the close of the Revolutionary war as proved by his
pension papers and that he is entitled to eighty dollars under the Resolve of Congress of May 15th 1778 or that he is entitled under the act of 15th May 1828 as full pay from the 4th of March 1826 up to the time when his pension commenced under the act of 1832-
will you please have his case examined & see
of there is any ground for his claim
yr. friend
C Johnson
Page 21

Free

[from]
Reynoldsburg Ten.
Apl 15th 1825

[to]
Honorable James Barbour
Secretary of War
Washington City

Wm Gibson 
Pension Office
This man has been continued on the Nash Tennessee roll [illegible] 

Recd. 5 May 1825
Page 22

State of Tennessee Humphreys County
Circuit Court March Term 1825
William Gipson having filed his declaration at the last Term of this Court for the purpose of obtaining a pension for his services in the Revolutionary war which was omitted to be entered of record at the last term. It is ordered by the Court that the same be now entered of record, which follows in these words-

State of Tennessee
Humphrey County ⎬ 
On this the 21st day of September
1824 personally appeared in open Court it being a Court of Record for the fifth Judicial Circuit for the State aforesaid, William Gipson aged seventy five years resident in the State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows He enlisted in the sixth Regiment of the North Carolina line in a company commanded by a Captain Philip
Taylor under whom he served nearly two years, after which time he was transfered [sic] to the first Regiment in a company commanded by a Captain Armstrong and was thence transfered [sic] to the corps of Light Infantry and commanded by Captain Joshua Bowman in which service he continued untill [sic] he was taken prisoner at Charlestown South Carolina, at this time his services as a soldier of the revolutionary army closed-
He forwarded to the war Department a declaration of those circumstances dated about the seventeenth day of March one thousand Eight hundred & nineteen, and recd a pension of Eight dollars per month commencing on the fourth of March 1820 by virtue of a Certificate No 15637 and continued untill [sic] this time- And I do solomnly [sic] swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 day of 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 provisions
Page 23

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 18 day of
March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or Debts due me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed and by the subscribed, to wit, two horses, two cows  two calves, one Heifer, two pots, two skillets, ine oven, one axe, two ploughs, Six head of Hogs. I am by occupation a farmer and an almost disabled by age from any action exertions
whatever, my family consists of myself my wife aged about sixty years and a son incapacitated by disease from rendering me the least assistance but requiring those attentions usually bestowed on infancy alone his age is about twenty four years
William Gipson
X
His mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the twenty first day of September 1824 in open Court before P. W. Humphreys Judge of the fifth Judicial Circuit for the State of Tennessee
It is the opinion of the Court that the value of the property is $139.50

I Ennis Ury Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County of Humphrey & State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property
exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is one hundred & thirty nine dollars & fifty cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my private seal there being no seal of office done at Office this 28th day of March 1825
Ennis Ury Clerk
of the Circuit Court of Humphrey County Tenn

[seal]