Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,264, David Gamble, Va. (Pa.) 1774, Also
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(8-1776)
Service
VA
1774, also.
Born in Penn
Gamble, David
S. 32,264
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Left side-Let I Sir 1836 
J.S. Gallaher 3 
Jan 30, 1850 inclosing voucher [illegible] to Isaac C Lea [illegible] date
Right side- 22337
Indiana 
David Gamble of [illegible] in the state of Indiana who was a private in the com commanded by Captain Posey of the [illegible] commanded by Col Crockett in the Virginia line for 10 months and 15 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 35 dollars _ Cents per annum to commence of the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of October 1833 and W.E. Stewart [illegible]
Arrears to the 4th of Sept-87.30
Semi-ani. Allowance ending 4 March- 17.30
$103.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7th 1832
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk Book E Vol. 7 Page 112
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832
On this 10th day of September in the year 1833 personally appeared before the Monaura on the Judges of the Posey Circuit Court at the Court House in Mount Vernon in Posey County in said State of Indiana David Gamble a resident of Posey County in the State of Indiana aged Eighty 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated That whilst living at Pittsburg Pennsylvania in the year 1774 he volunteered at Redstone old Fort sometime in June 1774 under Capt Michael Cresap to fight against the Indians his brother Daniel Cresap was Lieutenant one Daniel was Major commandant crossed the Ohio above the mouth of yellow creek had a skirmish & destroyed a village then to Hockacking where we destroyed another village from thence marched to capture and destroyed a third village returned to Pittsburg about the beginning of September the main army Rendezvoused at Pittsburg under Govenent Dunmore the Anny went by water to Wheeling from whence this Declarant with two others were sent as an express to Colonel Andrew Lewis went down in a canoe to the mouth of the Great [illegible)  where this Declarant joined Captain Evan Shelbys Company was in the Battle fought on the 10th October 1774 recollect the time will from it being 2 days after my birth day fought all day and just before sun at the Indians retreat & crossed the Kanhawa way above the Battle ground was left there by Lewis who marched across the this the [illegible) for the purpose of erecting a Blackhorn was there under the command of said Shelby untill January 1775 when we went into his father on [illegible)  got there Feb 1775 having been 8 months in service in June 1775 volunteered under Captain Russell, James, Knox, & Joseph Crocket [illegible)  for the purpose of guarding the frontier volunteered for three months or until discharged was stationed at Ramsay station near the long Island of [illegible)  .
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Where was discharged so soon as a treaty was formed and a peace with the Indians made was three months out received no discharge Captain Russell was Commandant remained about [illegible)  until the last of May 1776 when this Declarant went to Williamsburg where there were two Regiments of the Virginia Continental line the 2nd and the 7th and this Declarant about the first of June 1776 enlisted for three years in the 7th Regiment under Captain Thomas Posey, John Lafett by [illegible)  out( and as this deponent thinks) Robert McNeely ensign Joseph Crocket was Colonel neither of said Regiments were filled was marched from Williamsburg to Grimes Island on the Chesapeake Bay to drive off Lord Dunmore was under the immediate command of Cap Thos Posey & Col Crockett we there through up intrenchments I was generally on the scout watching the cross of the Rockuck to prevent the carrying away of Tories and [illegible) negros after commanding the Rockuck two or three days Dunmore fell down the Bay was marched back to Williamsburg on his way back from the exposure the [illegible) got the Ague and fever and was put into the hospital at Williamsburg applied for a discharge that was refused Captain Posey agreed if this Declarant would get a substitute to enlist in this Declarants place he should be discharged got Michael Mahone as a substitute in January 1777 and gave said Michael a horse worth about forty dollars & three months pay to become his substitute was in the service seven months received a discharge from Thomas Posey which he has since lost this declarant after his discharge entered to Lancaster Pennsylvania where he was still affected in some degree by his [illegible) until about the first of April 1777 where in the latter part of August in the same year he volunteered for twelve months in a minute Company under Captain James Smith at Lancaster about the 20th September under the said Captain marched from Lancaster and joined the forces under Washington any in the day was wounded in the Calf of the leg and carried off the field towards the valley forge this was in the edge of German Town in the [illegible) of the 4th October 1777 the [illegible) lodged between the leaders and the home and was extracted shortly after the battle was laid up by the wounded not [illegible) and months was in the service at this time two weeks the army under Smith were discharged after the battle & returned home he has for as he could fill annis to do all he could to under
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the service he engaged to perform by his enlistment for the said 12 months in April 1778 when assisting in putting on the[illegible)  bed of a [illegible) waggon in the continental service to be sent to Ediston North Carolina for salt for the public service he produced a rupture which rendered him unfit for active duty he however continued to serve as a minute man until his time was out. He is to this day afflicted by the rupture there produced and now was a [illegible) to remedy the will [illegible) from it returning from Roane County is in the State of North Carolina where he had been on business he joined in the spring of this year 1781 a company of Malitia from the South branch of the Potomac under the command of Captain Lewis as a volunteer was marched towards Guilford Court house before they joined the forces who had been posted in order of battle on the field and after the Battle was commenced Captain Lewis company was attacked by a company of Cavalry and all but 17 of the company was killed or mortally wounded this declarant was wounded in the left shoulder which prevented his traveling for three weeks he was discharged without writing- This Declarant was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on the 8th day of October 1752 had a record of his age in his family [illegible) until about 3 years ago it was burnt in the house of his daughter Sally Gamble in this county has no record at this time lived in Lancaster County until 1752 when he moved to the Western part of Pennsylvania after the Revolutionary War lived in Albemarle County on James River in Virginia where he lived nine years when he moved to Bourbon County in Kentucky where he lived about eight or 10 years when he moved into this country and settled in what is now called Gibson county and has most of his time living there and the neighborhood since this county of Posey [illegible) the said county of [illegible) never recalled that the one discharge in writing given him by Captain Thos Posey which he believed was washed [illegible) in his jacket pocket many years ago No volunteered in all his engagements except in the 7th Regiment of Virginia Continentals where he voluntarily enlisted. He recollects the names of a member of regular officers who served at German Town and at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse there was none in or with Captain Russell [illegible) the most of the [illegible) recollects whilst under Captain Posey [illegible) stated as also the general circumstances of his services are set forth is well acquainted with Thomas Montgomery and William McCormack both living in his neighborhood though in [illegible) County in the said State his acquaintance with them
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27.239
David Gamble
has him of twenty six years standing they he says will testify as to his character for veracity and as to their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution that there is no clergyman who lives in his immediate neighborhood. He has no documentary evidence nor does he the of any person by whom he can prove his services. 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
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
W.E. Stewart Clk
David Gamble
We Thomas Montgomery and William McCormack rending in the County of Gibson in the State of Indiana hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Gamble who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration: that we believe him to be Eighty years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Thomas Montgomery
W.E. Stewart Clerk William McCormick
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 soldier of the Revolution and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that Thomas Montgomery and William McCormack who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of Gibson County in the State of Indian and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to full credit
Saml Hall
Andew Cavett
Samuel McReynolds
I William E Stewart Clerk of the Circuit the County of Posey in the State of Indiana do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David Gamble for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this tenth day of September in the year 1833
W.E. Stewart Clk
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27,239
David Gamble
Indiana
From 1775 [illegible)
35
1750-5-87.50
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office, 
Sir, The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, shewing the service of David Gamble 
1774 age of present-80 -Proof is testimony
1775- 3 months-Private- Captain Russell 
1775-7 months 15 days- Captain Posey -Col Crocket 
I am respectfully, Your obedient servant J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army. and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops, militia, and volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
 Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1.	The Regular Troops. 
2.	The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3.	Persons employed in the Naval Service. 
4.	4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance , make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
 DECLARATION,
 In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory, or District of County of  On this day of County of of . A. B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers: and 
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and state in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
 He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
 And then will follow the certificate of the Court. 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of 
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C.D. residing in the same hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with who has and subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the 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 them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, Clerk of the Court of de hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this_ day of _&c.
 Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission, but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected . All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
 The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live? 
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. To a Soldier Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given , and what has become of it? To Offce Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
A. The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
b. The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
c. The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
d. The declarant must mention the one under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. 
Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so ment as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. 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, anddays , I served as a -. For - months and - days, I served as and for such service claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the person 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 that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the miners, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of 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. 
f. The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
g. The opinion of the Court is always required. 
h. The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
i. The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubseal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 
Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers 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. 
Proof of Service
j. 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 claimant's 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 nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note () applies to continental troops only. 
k. This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
l. If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
m. The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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32264
Reg Invalid
File No. 32264
David Gamble
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 32
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 130
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Princeton for Nov 17
J.L. Edwards esq. Pension Office Washington D.C. 
[illegible]
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fir: 
Mr David Gamble a revolutionary Pension, is desirous of having his pension [illegible], as that allowed him is totally insufficient for his [illegible], may, necessary sustained and he is entirely destitute of other resources 
His declaration is on file in the Dept and from that it can be [illegible] ascertained whether he be entitled to a men liberal allowance 
Be please to inform me whether the Head of Dept have authority to increase pensions or if a fair case be made out, and what come in with [illegible] for the pensioner to adopt in order to obtain an in said allowance. Not having a copy of the Pension Laws within reach, I am entirely in the dark in the subject.
J. L. Edwards Esq
I am Respectfully
Obt Serv
E.S. Terry
Princeton, Gibson c, [illegible]
16 Nov. 1836
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The Hon. Secretary of War
War Department
Washington City
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Mr Vernon 21st Sept 1833
I herewith enclose the "declaration of David Gamble a citizen of this County, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress. 7th June, 1832- I think is a strong case all of us who have been acquainted with Gamble would be ready to vouch, that in our belief, he was a revolutionary soldier, and that he has always been so considered in his neighborhood as he is old, & cannot survive long and is at present destitute, if it were possible. to make an exception in his case, & give an investigation to it, and after it would be gratefully appreciated, not only by Mr Gamble [illegible] his numerous friends and [illegible] more so, than your obt. Servant
 W.E. Stewart 
Enclosed are also some papers sent to me without even saying that they had been seen and I presume they were sent through mistake I hope the department will examine them The papers at Bradley Self 
W E Stewart