Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7984, for Gerrard King, Virginia
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SERVICE
Va

King, Gerrard
         Kesiah I.

NUMBER
W 7984
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Ohio 31.026

Gerrard King
Hamilton Co. in the State of Ohio
who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Peyton of the Regt commanded by Col. Ewell in the [illegible] for six months

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of march, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of March 1837 and sent to N. P. Gaines Esq Cincinnati

Arrears to the 4th of March 1837
Semi-anl.  allowance ending 4 Feb

$120.00
    10.00
______________
$130.00

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by [illegible] Clerk
Book [illegible] Vol. 8 Page 33
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6007
Ohio     Cin
Kesiah King
Widow of Gerrard King
Who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 0 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of December 1852 and sent to James C. Sabin Lebanon Ohio

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under Act January 9, 1848, page 347 vol. 4
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Declaration

No. 66
Keshia King
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No. 66

Kesiah King

wid of Gerrard

Ohio

Feb 20, 1848
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To the Commissioner of Pensions
The memorial of the undersigned the widow of the late Gerrard King deceased, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, respectully shows that her husband the late Gerrard King aforesaid was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and that from and after the 4th day of march 1831, up to the day of his death, which took place sir the 7th Day of June AD 1840 that he drew a pension, all of which will [illegible] appear reference being had to his Certificate herewith file marked (A) and Numbered 31.026 and dated 20th March 1837.  That the said Gerrard King her husband died on the 7th day of June 1840 and she offered in evidence of that fact the affidavit of Ezra [illegible] herewith sent, that the undersigned was married to the said Gerrard King on the [redacted] (day of) [redacted] in the Year of [blank] and in proof thereof she exhibits the following evidence.  The Certificate of Jacob Van Doren, Clerk of the Court of Berkley County in the State of Virginia and the affidavits of Mary Hawk and John King, respectfully witness she also declates that she is the identical widow of the said Gerrard King who was in the army of
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of the Revolution and who drew a pension as shown by the Certificate herewith filed marked (A) as aforesaid, and that had never since married but still remains the widow of the said Gerrard King.  She therefore claims the benefits of the Act of [illegible] 1848 making further provisions surviving Soldiers of the Revolution, and she requests that her made may be inscribed on the roll of pensioners under that who are paid at Cincinnati in the State of Ohio
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 26th day of April AD 1852
J W [illegible]

Kesiah S. King
her X mark
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[Declaration page 1]

State of Ohio
County of Hamilton S.s.
On this 17th day of November 1836, personally appeared before the common Pleas court of said County of Hamilton Gerard King a resident in the said county, aged seventy seven 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 in the month of August in the year 1777 he volunteered in Prince William County Virginia in a militia company commanded by Capt. Hugh Brent in the Regiment commanded by Col. Jesse Ewell &  on the 8th day of September following marched in said company &
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No. 1,129
Kescah King wid [widow]
of Gerren Ohio 
Jas. C. Sabin Aug 5 1852
3 Aus July 30 18??
Act- 29 July 1848
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no 66
Keziah [Kesiah] King
wd [widow] of Gerrard [King] 
Ohio
Feb. 20 1848
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Revy 
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7984
Kesiah King
Wid.
Gerrard King
Pvt Rev War
Act: Feby 29 [18]48
Index:- Vol. A, Page 400

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[Declaration page 1]

State of Ohio
County of Hamilton   Ss.

On this 9th day of February 1837 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Gerrard King a resident of Sycamore Township in said County of Hamilton and state of Ohio, aged seventy seven years in July last, 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 7th 1832:

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated that in the month of August in the year 1777 in Prince William County in the state of Virginia he volunteered  in a militia company commanded by Capt. Valentine Peyton for the term of three months  and was attached to the regiment commanded by Col. Jesse Ewell;

that they marched to join and actually did join the main army under Genl Washington
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[Declaration page 2]

then near Germantown in Pennsylvania that the route taken by the said regiment to which he the said {Gerrard] King was attached, was through Loudon [Loudoun County, Virginia] to Noland's Ferry [Maryland] where they crossed the Potomac river and from thence marched through Frederick town in Maryland and in to Little York in Pennsylvania 

from thence over the Susquehannah [Susquehanna River] at Harris Ferry [Harrisburg, Pennsylvania] to Lancaster
[Pennsylvania]  and from from thence to Genl. [George] Washington's army that which he the said [Gerrard] King remained. That said army however, did not remain at the place where he joined it but marched to several different places during said term of three months the last of which was a short distance above White Marsh [Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania] 

and then he was afterward informed went into winter quarters at Valley Forge [Encampment at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 1777-78] as well as he can now recollect. That during said term of three months said applicant was not in any battle or skirmish  
with the enemy; that the applicant was on the march to join the main army & had reached Pennsylvania when he
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[Declaration page 3]

first heard of the Battle of Brandywine [Battle of Brandywine, Pa 1777] that the regiment to which the applicant belonged when it joined the main army, stationed on the left;-

that the continental officers who were with Genl. [George] Washington at White Marsh camp [PA] (the last place at which his army was, when applicant left it were Genls. were [Charles] Scott, [Nathanael] Greene, Col. [Daniel] Morgan, [George] Washington beside others, not now recollected,

Applicant further states that while at Lancaster Pa. , on his way to join [General George] Washington's army he heard of the Battle of Germantown [Battle of Germantown,  PA 1777] and of the disgrace of Genl. [Adam] Stephens for disobedience of orders and bad conduct. That applicant after serving out said term of three months, he returned with the Regiment to which he belonged, to Prince Wm [William] County, Virginia his place of residence.

The applicant further states, that in the months of April 1778, he was drafted in Capt [Thomas] Maddin's company for a term of three months, which company was attached to Col. Jesse Ewell Regiment, that the said company with several others of said Regiments were drafted for the purpose of guarding the shore
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[Declaration page 4]

of Potomac river within Price William County, [Va] against the depredations apprehended from the British.

That accordingly he served out the said term of three months as one of the guards of that part of said county of Prince William County  bordering on the said river Potomac part of which term he was at the mouth of 
the Quantico Creek [Virginia], some six or eight days together, that during this period applicant did not go beyond the bounds of said County, nor did he serve with any other troops eight either regulars or militia, than those belonging to Col. [Jesse] Ewell's Regiment, -

that he know nearly all of the officers belonging to said Regiment, but cannot now recollect the names of any of them. After the 2nd and last term of service had expired, applicant obtained from said Col [Jesse] Ewell an honorable discharge for both terms of three months each, and never went into said service afterwards; that he has long since lost said discharges, and now has no documentary proof whatever of his services nor does he know of any living witness by whom he can establish his claim to a pension.
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[round black ink stamp]
NOV 
[illegible words]

Ohio Nov 28.

Free 
C.[Care] of James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
D.C.