Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,735, Caleb Gilman, N.H.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE				NUMBER
N.H.		Gilman, Caleb		S.10.735

						carded.

CONTENTS
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15209
New Hampshire
Caleb Gilman
Sullivan Co in the State of N. Hampshire
was a private in the Company commanded
Captain Shepherd of the Regt: commanded
Col. Scamell in the Mlt as a 
For 10 ms.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire
the rate of 33. Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of Jun
1833 and Sent to
F.A. Sumner Charlestown

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833.        $66.66
Semi-anl. Allowance ending Joseph – 16.66
					  $83.32

			{Revolutionary Claim,
			Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 1  Page 88
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5 5		135
                15930
		59
		$5989





Gilman, Caleb
N.H. S10735
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Received of Caleb Gilman thirty Dollars which 
he brought from my brother that is in the 
army I say Received proves for William Durgan 
Sanbornton march of 12:1778

(in round seal stamp) “THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES”
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Gilman, Caleb
NH S10735
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Received of Caleb Gilman thirty dollars to convey to tab the 
money ____ Gilmantown also Rec’d twenty dollars of said 
Gilman to Convey to the Wife of Ebenezer Smith of 
Moultonborough also Rec’d _______ letter of A Gilman 
Which were Rec’d by the hand of Lt Josiah Samborn 
and I promise to ______ Safely to Convey the said 
to the persons they are Directed to all which money was 
sent from the Continental army by Caleb Gilman of 
meredith, march, '9th 1778-
			for Ebenezer Smith
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Gilman, Caleb
N.H. S10735
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Receive of Caleb Gilman by the hand of Josiah
Samborn thirty Dollars which I promies to deliver
To the wife of William Blackey which ______
Sent to her by her husband by __ Gilman,
Meredith march the 9th 1778 Joseph Senter
		Rec’d ____ ____ 
Received of Caleb Gilman by the hand of Josiah Samborn
Ninety dollars for the wife of Jonathan Penniman of
Moultonborough which I promies to safely Convey to
Said Penniman which __ money was sent to him from
His Son Jona Penniman by Said Gilman –
meredith, march the 9th 1778-
15  ____ for Ebenezer Smith
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24724
Caleb. Gilman
N.H.

Private 10 Months







Frederick A. Sumner
Charlestown
N.H.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 complying with this request greatly  facilitate the investigation of your claim.

(table begins)

A Statement, shewing the service of Caleb Gilman N. H.

Period when the service was rendered
Winter 1776 enter(e)d
June 77 (ditto mark) 



Duration of the
claimant's service.
(1776)   Years -  Months 2  Days --
(1777)   Years -  Months 8   Days --

Rank of the claimant.
Private 

Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.

Cap(tain)  Shepherd  Col(onel) forgotten
Cap(tain)  Grey Col(onel Scamell 

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.  88  born in Exeter N.H.
entered in Rockingham N.H.  now lives in Sullivan Co.  (N.H.)

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
1 Living witness proves the 8 months knows of no one to prove the first 2 months 
Certificate of Clergyman and a Citizen
3 documents

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. 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 (blank) day of (blank) personally appeared (a ) before (blank) A.B.  a resident (b) of (blank) in the county of (blank)  and State, Territory or District of (blank) 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) (blank),  with (blank) and served in the (blank)
(e) regiment of the (blank) 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 (blank) of the Court of (blank)
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of (blank) for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this (blank)
day of (blank) & 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 (blank) and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with (blank)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be (blank)
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 (blank)
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the (blank) and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
 
I,(blank) Clerk of the Court of (blank)
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of (blank) for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this (blank) day of  (blank) &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or (blank)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?
{Tp an Officer{ Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what

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 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 (blank) year (blank) months, and (blank) days , I served as a  (blank) .  For (blank) months and (blank) days, I served as a (blank);: 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 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 place 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 affix 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 (i) 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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Caleb Gilman
Declaration 
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Return to Frederick A. 
Sumner 
Chestertown
N.E.
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

State of New-Hampshire, }  ss.
          County of Sullivan.

	On this 15th day of March 1833, personally appeared in open Court,
Before the Judge of the Court of Probate, now sitting, Caleb Gilman a resident of 
Unity in the County of Sullivan and State of N.H. aged 88 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 7, 1832.
	That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
That in the year 1775, When the revolutionary war commended with great Britain, he lived in Sanbornton in the county of Rockingham State of New Hampshire in the fall of that year or early in the winter of 1776, while the Brittish [British] were in Boston there was a call for men to go to Cambridge to join the Army to supply the places of those soldiers whose time were put, your declarant Then enlisted for Six weeks, in Captain Shephard’s company, thinks, Jonah Sandborn was Lieutenant, does not recollect the name of the Colonel He immediately marched to Cambridge, where and at Letchmere [Lechmere] Point, he was stationed until his time of service had lapsed, his officers with him to stop + serve his country confer, he then ascend to serve two weeks long in, + did so, and at the end of two months he was dismissed + sent home. He knows of no one who served with him now living to testify of his service.
Your declarant further states that in the summer of 1777 he thinks in the month of June, there was another call for men at Sanbornton, to march to the westward in defense of the country, He again turned out + inlisted [enlisted] for the term of Eight months He and others marched from Sandbornton through this place (Unity). + Charlestown where we obtain provisions to last us untill [until] we arrived at Ticondaroga [Ticonderoga] from there to White Hall as (Skenesborough). Where He joined Capt Grays company, Joseph Huntoon was first Lieutenant + Adna Penniman he thinks was 2nd Lieut. Hays Insign [Ensign] His superior officers were Col Scammell; Lieut. Col. Coburn + Henry Dearbourn was Major, He with the company + Regiment were stationed at White Hall, untill [until] after the British took possession of Ticondaroga [Ticonderoga] and Mount Independence, where they were orderd [ordered] to retrat [retreat] to Fort Ann  + further thence to Stillwater, He was in the battle at Saratoga or Stillwater when he had a ball shot through his coat, he received no injury the Army remained at Stillwater untill [until] the surrender of Burgoine [Burgoyne] which he well remembers, + recollects the Brittish [British] taking their Army 
this was on the 17th day of October 1777 soon after 
Did march to Albany,
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untill [until] the surrender of 12 [illegible]
remembers, + recollects the Brittish [British] taking their Arms this was on the 17th day of October 1777 Soon after the Army was ordered +, and did march to Albany. Where he stayed a short time + were ordered across the river + march to King’s Barracks nigh Kingsferry while at Kings Barracks we were ordered to oint ourselves for the Attack, that disorder prevailed in the camp + we did so, While we remained there, some discontent + difficulty arose among the soldiers on account of the want of clothing, + a number of soldiers headed by a sergeant, left the camp + were met by Capt. Beal from Portsmouth, who ordered them back to their duty. The sergeant refused + resisted the Capt. + a contact insued [ensued], in which the Capt. stabbed the sergeant + the sergeant shot the Captain + both died of their wounds In a few days the Army crossed the river + were marched to the southward as far as Valley Forge about twelve miles from Philadelphia + went into Winter quarters, where he stayed untill [until] his time was out; + he was dismissed & went home
to Sandbornton where he thinks he arrived the back of february or forepart of March 1776, the reason why he so believes is when he left the Army a number of the soldiers sent money home by him. For which he took the receipts herto attached when I paid over the money signed by Ebenezer Smith, Joseph Senter + William Burgin Jr. three of them dated the 9th of March 1776 + one on the 12th of the same march which he has ever since had in his possession your applicant would further state that a few days before he insisted the [illegible] time he sold his farm in Sandbornton, + took two hundred dollars of the money and let his brother in law Abraham Sandborne have it at Unity aforesaid when he was on his way to the Army at Skenesborough. -your applicant knows of no one now living who served
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 Sandbornton, + took two hundred dollars of the money and let his brother in law Abraham Sandborne have it at Unity aforesaid when he was on his way to the Army at Skenesborough. -your applicant knows of no one now living who served with him in this eight months service, + has no testimony of the sworn except the affidavit of Deborah Sandborn who saw him When he passed through Unity on his way to the Army, + saw him again soon after his return, which affidavit is herto [hereto] attached your applicant further states in answer to the questions sent him by the court, that he was born in Exeter N. Hampshire on the 15th of July 1745. He has no record of his age only one he made himself. He lived in said Sanbornton When he was called into service, where he lived untill the 24th of March 1776- + there removed to this town (Unity) where he sometime has resided, he was never drafted nor did he ever serve as a substitute. He served as above stated, He does not recollect the genl. officers while at Cambridge but in his last service he recollects Genl. Gates, Genl. Poor, & Genl. Arnold, He also remembers that Col. Coburn died with the wound he rec’d in the finl [final] Battle with Burgoine [Burgoyne], in which battle he had a Ball shot through his coat, He never had a written discharge to his recollection. He is acquainted with the Reverend Moses Ladd, Capt Isaac Sanborn, who can testify on His character and their belief of his revolutionary 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,
									Caleb Gilman
Sworn to and subscribed, the 
Day + year aforesaid Frederick A. Sumner Judge of Probate
We, Moses Ladd residing in Unity and Isaac Sanborn residing in Unity hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Caleb Gilman, who has subscribed and sworn to the above obligation; that we believe him to be 88 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. + that he is a man of truth + honesty
	Sworn and subscribed the 
	day + year afadavid [affidavit]	Moses Ladd
						Isaac Sanborn
				Frederick A. Sumner Judge of Probate

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 certifies, that it appears to them that Moses Ladd who has signed the preceding certificate, is Clergyman resident in the Unity and that Isaac Sanborn, who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Unity and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
						Frederick A. Sumner Judge of Probate
I, Aaron Nettleton Jr. Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Caleb Gilman for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 15th day of March 1833
Aaron Nettleton Jr. Reg Probate
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I Deborah Sandborn of Unity in the country of Sullivan + state of New Hampshire eighty six years of age depose and say that in the forepart of the Summer 1777. I then being in this year with my Husband Abraham Sandborn, recollect that Caleb Gilman who married my Sister Mary came to our house + said he (deleted text) had inlisted [enlisted] into the service of his country he thinks for eight months (is not certain) and say that on his way to join the army he tarried with us over night he thinks + went his way. I know no more of him untill [until] the latter part of the winter of 1778, when again came to our house + agreed with my Husband to go down to Sandbornton + move him + family into this town my husband did so + move him + family here, Where he has lived ever since. I also remember they ___ ____ the last of ____ on The reason why I so well remember my brother in-law Caleb Gilman came _____  ___ house When he was on his way to the Army, is he ____ may have ____ two hundred dollars, also of his coming the winter following to get my Husband to move his family ___ the same Caleb Gilman is now alive and present with me Deborah Sandborn
Present Isaac Sanborn
State of New Hampshire
Sullivan County ~ March 15th 1833
			Personally appeared Deborah Sanborn + made oath to the truth of the forgoing affidavit by her _______
	Before me Frederick A. Sumner Jr. _____
I certify that Deborah Sandborn who has suscribed + sworn to the forgoing affidavit is a person of truth + veracity + intitled [entitled] to credit and witness
	Frederick A. Sumner Justice of the Peace
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I Aaron Nettleton Junr. Register of the court of Probate 
within + for the county of Sullivan + State of New Hampshire 
do hereby certify that Frederick A. Sumner is a justice 
of the Peace before whom the forgoing affidavit was 
Taken + the signatures herto affixed by him are genuine 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 
my hand + affixed the seal of office
This 15th day of March A.D. 1833,
		Aaron Nettleton Jr
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Mrs. Ira A. Sutherland
8 Garrison Street, Apartment 706
Boston, Massachusetts.
BA-J/ILL
Caleb Gilman 
S. 10735
August 3, 1939.
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request
the Revolutionary War record of Caleb Gilman, of Sanbornton, New
Hampshire.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers
on file in pension claim, S.10735, based upon service of Caleb
Gilman in the Revolutionary War.

Caleb Gilman was born July 15, 1745 in Exeter, New
Hampshire, the names of his parents were not given. At the time of the Revolutionary War, he resided in Sanbornton, Rockingham
County, New Hampshire.
He enlisted in the fall of 1775 or early winter of 1776
and served two months as private in Captain Shepard's New Hampshire
company, stationed a part of the time at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
He enlisted in June 1777, served eight months as private in Captain
Gray's Company, Colonel Scammell's New Hampshire regiment, during
which he was stationed at Ticonderoga, afterwards marched to Stillwater,
was in the first battle there during which a shot passed through
his coat, was at the surrender of Burgoyne, after which he marched
to Valley Forge and was discharged there.
Caleb Gilman moved about March 1778 from Sanbornton to
Unity, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 15,
1833, at which time he resided in Unity, New Hampshire. He had continued
to reside there ever since he moved from Sanbornton
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Caleb Gilman married, the day not shown, Mary; her maiden
name and the place of their marriage were not stated. Mary's
sister, Deborah, was the wife of Abraham  born in June 1777
and lived in Unity, New Hampshire. Said Abraham Sanborn went
to Sambornton and assisted Caleb Gilman when he moved with his
wife and family to Unity in 1778. No names of the members of
the soldier's family were given, other than his wife, Mary,
In 1833, when Caleb Gilman made application for his pension,
Deborah Sanborn, Mary's sister, was a resident of Unity, New
Hampshire, aged eighty-six years. Isaac Sanborn resided there
also in 1833, but he did not state his relationship to said
Deborah.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name
and address of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of
this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General,
General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following
data:
Caleb Gilman
Certificate #15209
Issued June 1, 1833
Rate $33.33 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
New Hampshire Agency.
Very truly yours,
G. H. SWEET,
Acting Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Rev War
10.735
INVALID.

File No. 10.735
Caleb Gilman 
Pvt Rev War

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[Arrangement of 1870.]

1912. Apr. 2. Hist. to.
Mrs. W.H. Stuart
1916 July 17 Hist. to Grace E. Shumway.
1925 June 17. Hist to
Victor M. Graves W.C.L.
1925 Nov. 23 Victor
M. Graves. Adv. As to
Date of death, wife, etc. Necs
1939 - Aug. 3 – Hist. to Mrs. Ira A. 
Sutherland. ILL.
Mrs. Anne H. Sutherland
Adv. Only one etc. A.D.Y.
3/25/40.
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S10734
is only one
several and say so
carosel tells abord
daughter 27
Mar 30 1912
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Mrs Wilson
	1407 Elm St. Grinnell, La.
Department of Interior,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir. – Can you give 
me some information 
in regard to one Caleb 
Gilman who was a Revolut-
ionary soldier?  Now there 
were two Caleb Gilmans 
who enlisted from New Hamp-
shire; one from Sanbornton, 
served as a private of Captain 
James Gray’s Company, 2nd 
N.H. Regiment, commanded 
by Col. Alexander Scammell. 
Enlisted May 23, 1777 discharged 
Jan. 10, 1778.  The other Caleb
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II
Gilman served in Cap.Chase Taylor’s company, Col. Thomas Stickneys Regiment of N.H. Militia. Enlisted July 22, 1777, discharged Sept.19, 1777.
	One of thise [these] men was an ancestor of mine, and I am trying to get necessary papers to become a member of D.A.R. Association, but am having some difficulty because of the two men both from same state. I know that my ancestor had a daughter Polly, born April 26, 1776, died July 18, 1869.
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III
She married a James Graves, April 25, 1794. Have no record of her place of birth or marriage, but James Graves was born at South Hampton, N.H. 

Can you find out which Caleb Gilman was Father of Polly, and her birth place. Should also like to have data of the Caleb Gilman other than what I have. 

If you make charges for the work, kindly let me know before doing anything.

					Very truly
						Mrs. W.H. Stuart.
Mar. 25 – 1912.
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Chicago Chapter
of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
MRS. NOBLE CLEMONS SHUMWAY
REGISTRAR
4436 NORTH ROBEY STREET
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
							July 6 1916

Bureau of Pensions
	War Department Washington D.C.

Please send me copy of the pension certificate of Caleb Gilman who served from Sanbornton N.H. during the Revolutionary War in 1776 + 1777. He died in [illegible] N.H.  The information is needed for the application papers in the D.A.R. of an old lady who needs the pension certificate to verify her claim
					Very Truly Yours
				(Mrs.) Grace E. Shumway
					4436 N. Robey St
						Chicago Ill.
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706 Garrison Hall Apts.
8 Garrison St. Boston, Mass,
Mch. 3, 1940,

Gentlemen, - 
	Will you kindly send me the Pension Record of Caleb Gilman of Sanbornton, New Hampshire? He was in the Revolutionary War. Also I should like to know if he were the same Caleb Gilman who is to be found in Mass. Soldiers + Sailors as of Exeter & Wakefield? 
						Thanking you,
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most sincerely 
(Mrs.) Anne H. Sutherland.
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Apt. 706, 8 Garrison St. Boston Mass,
				June 16, 1939.
Dept. of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions,
Revolutionary War Section:
Gentlemen,
	Will you kindly send me the Revolutionary War pension record of Caleb Gilman of Sanbornton, New Hampshire, His name is on the printed Rev. Rolls + in the History of Sanbornton, 
	Thanking you, I am
		Most truly
		Anne H. Sutherland
	(Mrs. Ira A.)

Old notes – Drawn while Miss Stokes was
Away + re written – I.L.L.
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Fred”k Vietor & Achelis,					T. Holt Haywood Dep’t.
Commission Merchants. 						      Cotton Goods.
						                                65 Leonard Street.


3 – 1865 New York
	Mar 21, 1925
Rev + 1812 War Section
	Department of the Interior
	Bureau of Pensions
	Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
	Referring to your letter of June 17th, 1925
Regarding the Rev. War pension claim S 10735 
~ Caleb Gilman ~ New Hampshire In state 
“In 1833 reference was made to his wife Mary”
Will you be kind enough, to write on just what 
this reference was, whether or not his wife has received 
the pension after the death of Caleb + to whom 
where + when the land fragment in their claim 
was made. A full account would 
be very much appreciated. –
			Very truly yours
			V.M. Graves
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DIVISION.
3 -525,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
190_
In reply to your request of ________, received ______
for a statement of the military history of Caleb Gilman
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
S. 10,735

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT. Fall 75 or malix '76
LENGTH OF SERVICE- 2mo
Rank- pvt
Officers Under whom serive was rendered- Captain Shepard,
State NH
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT-June 1777
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.- 8 mo
RANK- Pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN Gray
COLONEL Scammell
STATE-NH
Only soldier ofrance

Battles engaged in, Stillwater; at Burgoynes surrender
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Sambornton Rockingham Co. N.H.
Date of application for pension, Mar. 15, 1833- Cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Unity, Sullivan Co. N.H.
Age at date of application, b. Exeter, N.H. July 15, 1745.
Remarks: Soldier's wife Mary is referred to, and in 1833
her sister Deborah, ac, 86. a resident of Unity, NH. who
mar. Abraham Sandborn, testified in the claims

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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March 25, 1940.

							xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

	Mrs. Anne H. Sutherland				
	706 Garrison Hall Apts.				
	8 Garrison Street,			
	Boston, Massachusetts

RA-J/ADY
Caleb Gilman
S.10735

Dear Madam:

		Reference is made to your letter relative to Caleb
Gilman, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

	The Revolutionary War record of Caleb Gilman,
S.10735, which was furnished you August 3, 1939, is that
of the only soldier with that name that is found on
said records of this office, all spellings of the names
searched. This office has no further information in 
regard to said soldier.

		Very truly yours



				A.D. HILLER
				Executive Assistant
				to the Administrator
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M.C.S.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

November 23, 1925

Victor M. Graves
T. Holt Haywood Dept.
65 Leonard St., N.Y.

Sir:

	I have to advise you that in the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim of Caleb Gilman, S. 10735, it appears that Deborah, the
wife of Abraham Sandborn, of Unity, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, 
stated in 1833 that Caleb Gilman, the Revolutionary War soldier, mar-
ried her sister, Mary, date not given. There is no further reference 
made to said Mary, and she did not apply for pension.

	For the date of last payment of pension, name and address of
person to whom paid, and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary
War pensioner, Caleb Gilman, S. 10735, you should apply to the Record
Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E St., N.W.,
Washington, D.C., citing all of the following data:

	CALEB GILMAN, Certificate 15209, issued June 1, 1833, rate $33.33
per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New Hampshire
Agency.
					Respectfully,


							WINFIELD SCOTT
							Commissioner
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

June 17, 1925

Victor M. Graves
T. Holt Haywood Dept.
65 Leonard St., N.Y.

Sir:
I have to advice you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 10735, it appears the CALEB GILMAN was born July 15, 1745, in Exeter, New Hampshire.

While a resident of Sanbornton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, he enlisted in the fall of 1775 or winter of 1776 and served two months as private in Captain Shepard's New Hampshire Company. He enlisted in June, 1777, and served eight months as private in Captain Gray's Company, Colonel Seammell's New Hampshire Regiment; he was in the battle of Stillwater and at the surrender of Burgoyne.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 15, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Unity, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.

In 1833 reference was made to his wife, Mary.

Respectfully, 
Acting Commissioner