Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16833, John Baptist Gough, Md.
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Md.
Gough, John Baptist
S.16833

Carded
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Missouri 26.231.

John B Gough of Perry Co. in the State of Mo. who was a Pvt in the Company commanded
by Captain Grenaulds of the Regt commanded
by Col. Adams in the Maryland line for 
[illegible] 
7 Mo. 12 days for $24.66

Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri
at the rate of 24 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of April [illegible]

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 34             74.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept      12.53 
$86.33
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by J.T. Sprague Clerk
Book C Vol. 8 Page 82
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29.085
John B. Gough
Missouri

Brewer
[illegible]
7 Mo. 12 Days

20
 3.33
 1.33
24.66

111
  22
1.33

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Hon W. A. Ashley
Ho of Rep
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
Jany 1834.


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 [sic] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, showing the service of John B. Gough

[Column 1]
Period when the service was rendered
1787

"

[Column 2]
Duration of the claimant's service.
Month 1.
Days 12

Months 6 

[Column 3]
Rank of the claimant.
priv
"

[Column 4]
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Cap. Grenoulds
Cap. Mangers
Col. Adams

[Column 5]
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
19 years
St. Mary's Co
Md

[Column 6]
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary


I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
JAMES 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. 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 }ss.
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under 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
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[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.
I 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 for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
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 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 day 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 do 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 it 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 an Officer. 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 enquiry 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 period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel 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 definite 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 bis 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 mouths and days, I served as a and for such service I claim a pension."
{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 that 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 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 au embodied corps called into service by competent authority that lie 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 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 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.
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 witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] 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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State of Missouri
ss
County of Perry

On this thirtieth day of November eighteen hundred and thirty three person-ally appeared in open Court before the Hon. John D. Cook
Judge of the fourth in the State of Missouri,  now sitting John Baptist Gough a resident of
the County of Perry in the State of Missouri, aged Six-ty nine years and nine months, who being being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit
of the act of Congress, part June 7th 1832. That he volunteered under John Greenouilds in Saint Mary's County State of Maryland, in the month of April in the year 1781 that he was calld to guard the court from the depredations of the British fleet, that he continued in that service for the space of six weeks, that said com-pany commanded by said John Grenoulds was assembled at Leonardtown in Ste Mary's County Maryland and was marched from said Leonard town to the banks of Potomac and the banks of Chesapeake Bay banks frequently during said six weeks for the purpose of aiding in the repelling of depredations, that during that period of six weeks the place of Capt John 
Grenouilds was supplied occasionaly by that of Capt Bennit Coons The Lieutenants of said Company where Clement Norrs and John Heard that he continued as a private in said Company untill about the first of June or July Seventeen hundred and eighty one that at
the time of entering the service under Capt Grenouilds aforesaid he was resident of Saint Mary's County
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in the State of Maryland, that, he being still a resident of Saint Mary's County Maryland about the middle of June or the first of July Seventeen hundred and eighty one this affi-
ant was drafted with others at Leonard town in the said County of Saint Mary's Maryland for the purpose of mar-ching to join the American army to oppose Lord Corn-wallis that this affiant when drafted was attached to a company under the command of Capt Nicholas Mangers and Lutenant [sic] Bettes and Bonum, that a short time after his being drafted this affiant with the Company to which he belonged was mar-ched to Annapolis in the State of Maryland which pla-ce said Company reached sometime in July 1781, and were
attached to the 4th Maryland Regiment under the com-mand of Col Adams and Major Oseford that said fourth regiment, some time in August was marched for Little York in the State of Virginia where they arived some
time in September Seventeen hundred and eighty one and that this affiant in the company to which he belonged was present though not engaged when the British were driven in from Pigeon Hill fort; that from the commencement
of the erections of fortifications, by the Americans until the sur-render of Lord Cornwallis to the American Arms, he the
said John Baptist Gough was engaged twenty four hours on, and twenty four off of duty during that period, that he was present under arms when Lord Cornwallis marched out and delivered his sword to the American General
Lincole and that he said it, that during the period of service as aforesaid he acted as a private of Cpt. Man-gers company that after
the Surender of the British army at Little York the said company under Capt. Mangers still attached to said 4th Maryland Regiment
were detached to guard five hundred British five hundred Hessians & five hundred highlander prisoners
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who ever surrendered at the said Siege of York, that said guard was under the command of Colonel or Major Williams that as one of said guard this affiant marched with said prisoners to the Fredericksburgh Vir-ginia
where the company to which this affiant belonged was detained together with said regiments guarding said prisoners untill the Militia near Fredericksburg was raised to march said prisoners on to Winchester or Leesburg Virginia the place they were destined for.  That after said Militia took charge of said prison-ers this affiant in the company to which he belonged were marched back to Anapolis in the State of Maryland and there having deposited their arms were on or about the
twenty second of December seventeen hundred and eighty one when the said company was discharged and that he received his discharge from Cpt Nicholas Manger
by certificate which certificate this affiant has since lost having been in service under Captain Nicholas Manger on the last or from the middle of June to the 22nd Decem-ber 1781 being six months. This affiant in addition to
the officers before named, he recollects General Washing-ton, General La Fayette, Genl Anthony Wayne, Baron Stuber Enginer at the siege of York and Genl Lincoln, and believes the Brigade to which the fourth Maryland
regiment was attached was commanded by Genl Guest that he has no documentary testimony, by which he can prove his service but can prove by the testimony of Joseph
Manning and Zacheriah Layton who residents of Perry County in the State of Missouri, that he entered the service as before stated
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Q. Where and in what year were you born-
A. I was born in the parish of St Andrews in Saint
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Marys County in the State of Maryland on the twen-ty ninth of February Seventeen hundred and sixty four
Q. Have you any Record of your age
A. I have more but my birth is registered in the parish of Saint Andrews in the County of Saint Marys in the State of Mary-land
Q.  Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live
A.  When called into service I was living in Ste Mary's County Maryland after the Revolutionary War I continued to reside, in said Saint Marys County in the State of Maryland untill the year seventeen hundred and eighty seven when I moved to Henson now now Washington County Kentucky where I remained until the year eighteen hundred and fourteen when I removed to Shelby County Kentucky when in the year eighteen hundred & twenty four or eighteen hundred & twenty five the County of Shelby having been divided, I fell into the County of Spencer in
said State where I continued to reside until April 1832 when I mooved [sic] to Randolph County in the State of Illinois, where remained until October 1833.  and in October 1833 mooved to Perry County in the State of
Missouri, which is my present residence.
Q. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom-
A. In my first tour of six weeks under the command of Capt Grenneld and Capt Bennit Coons.  I was a volunteer, during the tour of six months under the command of Cpt.  Nicholas Mangers I was drafted, I never
a substitute
Q. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served such Continential and militia regiments, as you can recolect and the general
circumstances of your serviceses -
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A.  I reclect [sic] General George Washington, Gen La Fayette, Gnl. Wayn Baron Steuber, Genl. Lincoln, Genl. Guest, Major Williams, Col. Adams, Major Orford, I recollect the 4th Maryland regiment in which, I served to the first second, third and forth regiments of the Maryland line. I was frequently marched during my Six weeks service to the Banks of the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay, Banks but in these Expeditions was in no engagements though it was necessary to keep in armes with a view of delainning(?) the British from landing or repelling the attempts of small parties, of British when landed to commit depredations upon the the property of the Citizens.  I was at the siege of York and assisted in taking that place and was present when Cornwallis surrendered.
Q. Did you ever received discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it.
A. I did receive a discharge from the service, by whom it was given in to me I do not recolect, and is now lost.
Q.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your in character for veracity and good behavior your services as a 
Soldier of the Revolution-
A.  Joseph Manning, Zacharia Layton John Layton and Bar-nard Layton. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the army of any State Sworn and subscribed to
in open Court this 30th November 1833. 
[Signature]
John Bap Gough

Frederick C. Hase Cert.
We Joseph Manning and Zecharia Layton residents in the County of Perry in the State of Missouri do hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with John Baptist Gough, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be sixty nine years and nine months of age, that
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he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resided in St Mary's County Maryland, and in Nelson County Kentucky to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion, that we were well acquainted with the said John Baptist Gough in Saint Mary's County Maryland and of own knowledge know that he entered the american army and to their best of their belief in June or July, Seventeen hundred and eighty one and that he returned about the 25th December 1781.  after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis

[Signatures]
Joseph Manning
Zachariah Layton

Sworn and Subscribed to in open
Court this 30th November 1833
Frederick C. Hase Clerk

We John Brands a Clergyman, residing in the County of Perry and State Missouri and John Layton of the same County do hereby certify that we are acquainted with John Baptist Gough who has subscrib-ed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be
about seventy 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
Sworn and Subscribed to in
open Court this 22 Nov 1833
Frederick C Hare Clk

[Signatures]
John Brand
John Layton 

And the said Circuit Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the mat-ter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and service as he states. And the Court
further certifies that it appears to them that John Brands who has signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman resident of Perry County, and that John Layton who has
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Hon. W H Ashley
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Signed the same, and that Joseph Manning and Zachariah Layton who has signed the preceeding certificate are all residents of said Perry County in the State of Missouri are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Given under my hand this 30th day of November 1833 in open Court
John D. Cook

Frederick C. Hase Clerk of the Circuit Court, for the County of Perry 4th Judicial Circuit in the State of Missouri do hereby certify that the foregoing pages contain a true copy of the Original proceedings in the matter of the application of John Baptist Gough for a Pension, remaining on fill in my Office together with the Record of the proceedings thereon.

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set
of my hand and seal of Office at Perryville
in the County and State aforesaid this 3d of
December in the year of our Lord 1833-

[Signature and Seal]
Frederik C. Hase Clerk
By James A. C. Hase deputy

State of Missouri Fourth Judicial Circuit ss
I John C. Cook sold Judge of the Circuit Courts for the Circuit aforesaid Do certify that the above attestation of Frederick C. Hase as Clerk of the Circuit Court of Perry County in said Circuit, is in due form of law and by the proper Officer
Given under my hand as at Jackson December 12th 1833
[Signature]
John D Cook
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16833
INVALID.
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File No. 16,833
John B. Gough
Pvt Rev War
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Act: June 7 "32
Index:--Vol. 1, Page 147
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Land Office, Annapolis, March 25th 1834.

Sir,

Yours of the 11th [illegible] with the declaration of John Baptist Gough enclosed, was received, I have carefully examined the rolls of the Militia troops in this office, and ┃
do not find the name of John Baptist Gough upon any of the rolls, - I find the name of one Baptist Gough upon the Master roll of Capt Mangers Company [illegible] as also upon a Militia pay roll of discharged soldiers raised to serve nine months, or until the 10th of Dec 1781, upon this roll, he appears to have been discharged on the 3rd of December 1781, and to have received [illegible number] --  on
comparing his declaration with the rolls, I think there can be no doubt but that it is the same person
I am very respectfully
Yr. Obt Svt.
G. G. Brower

J.L. Edwards Esqr