Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,082, James Gaston, S.C.
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S.C.
Gaston, James
[] 23082
Catharine
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31.225
Illinois
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James Gaston
of Wayne Co in the State of Illinois
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Neisbet of the regt commanded
by Col Brandon in the S. Carolina Militia
line for one year one month & 5 days
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Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois
at the rate of 43 Dollars 88 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Oct
1837 --- and sent to Hon:
Z. Casey. N R.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1837              $285.22
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch '35.      21.94
                                                                 _________
                                                                      $307.16
Revolutionary Claim}
Act June 7,  1832.    }

Record by Wm S Allison.     Clerk,

Book E.2 Vol. 8 Page 122

[left side]

let. 22 Oct as to
Hon Z. Casey
43.88
        5
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219.40
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Illinois
________________
Catharine Gaston
widow of  James Gaston
S.C.
who was a.  Private
in the Revolution
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of   43 Dollars 88
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1843.
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Certificate of Pension issued the
22nd day of Jany 1844 and
sent to
Daniel Hay
Carmi
Illinois
_________________
[Acts of March 3, 1843.]

Recorded in Book.  A
Vol. 1   Page 196
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James Gaston, 
Illinois

Admitted for
1 year 7 months 5 days
$43.88


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Hon Z Casey
H R
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Declaration by James Gaston In order to
obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th
June 1832
State of Illinois
Wayne County
On this six day of August in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and thirty seven personally
appeared in open court. Before the Probate Judge for
the County of Wayne and State aforesaid -James Gaston a
resident of the County and State aforesaid aged seventy
six 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 the 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States in the latter
part of the summer of 1778 as a draughted man Served
in the regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Cashaw in the
Company commanded by Capt John Marshall, whose Lieut.
was Charles Robinson. Gen. Benjamin Lincoln was the commanding
general. Was in the battle of the Hanging Rock
was taken prisoner there, and confined in Camden Jail
two months and nineteen days, when he was paroled and
returned home. When he was paroled he left John Adair,
John Moor and Alexander Brown in jail, on his arriving
at home he found his Fathers Farm and every thing thereon
destroyed, threw his parole in the fire and turned out
volunteer in the company of Capt William Ingram with
whom he served until Christmas, when he joined the Company
of Capt William Neisbet for three months, where he
served until the first week in May in 1781. He has
received no written discharge, was born in the State of Pennsylvania
Lancaster County, the 24th July 1761. His Father
moved from Pennsylvania when he was about six years old
to the State of South Carolina. Settled 28 miles north of
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Camden, two miles east of the Hanging Rock, where
he resided near forty years. From there he moved to Christian
County Kentucky in the year 1808, lived there two years, then
moved to Illinois where he has resided up to the present time
That Alexander Clark, John Clark Hugh Stuart
& Wesley Staton all persons residing in his present neighbourhood
who will testify to character for veracity; and their belief of his
services as a soldier of the Revolution
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or
annuity except the present, and declares that his name is
not on any pension Roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn & Subscribed by the
day & year afore said
R.B. Slocumb
Judge Probate Court Wayne Co.
James Gaston
his X mark

We Alexander Clark John Clark & Wesley Staton
who reside in the County of Wayne and State of Illinois
and also in the neighbourhood of James Gaston the subscriber
to the above declaration, do hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with said Gaston, that we believe him to be seventy
six 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 to and subscribed 
the day & year afore said
R.B. Slocumb (Judge Probate)

Wesley Staton
Alexander Clark
John Clark

We William Watkins a Clergyman, residing in the County and State afed
and Danl Turney - residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are
well acquainted with James Gasten who has subscribed and sworn
to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six
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 & subscribed to the day 
& year afore said
R.B. Slocumb Judge Probate 

William Watkins Clergyman
D. Turney
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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 William Watkins who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in the said county & state that Davnl Turney who has also signed the same is a resident in the aforesaid county of Wayne & state of Illinois and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
RB Slocumb Judge Probate
I Rigdon B Slocumb clerk of the county in commissioners court in and for the county of Wayne & state of Illinois do certify that RB Slocumb whose name appears to the foregoing certificate is Judge of the court of Probate in and for said county and that full faith & credit are and of right ought to be given to all his official acts as such In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court this tenhth day of August 1837
RB Slocumb Clk
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8959

Catharine Gaston

Illinois

Act 7 July 38

1 yr. 1 mo. 5 dys [illegible]

43.88 

Carmi
Illinois
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of [] of the 7th July 1834 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, State of Illinois, County of Wayne, SS.
On this 13th day of April 1843 personally [] before [] John Brown [] Justice of the Peace in and for the County being a Court of [] Catharine Gaston aged about seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to the law [] make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the [] made by the act of [] July 7-1838 [] an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows - that she is the widow of James Gaston, who was a private soldier in the War of The Revolution, one tour he served on a volunteer, and one other tour he was drafted and he was taken prisoner by the [] and British and was imprisoned in [] Jail 2 months and nineteen days - The whole senior and imprisonment amounting as the [] to fifteen months or more. He resided where he [] the service in Lancaster County South Carolina and served under Colonel Washington and Marshall for his services [] he was allowed a pension of fourty three dollars and 88 cents per annum under the act of the 7th June 1832- Record Testimony of this service were procured [] she was informed from the office of the [] Court of South Carolina. He resided when [] in the County of Wayne - State of Illinois.
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The [] declares that she was married to the same James Gaston on the 20th day of March seventeen hundred and eighty three in Lancaster County South Carolina by a Justice of the Peace named William Weloh that is license [] for the marriage that she knows of - and that her husband the [] James Gaston [] thhis  [] on the 7th day of March 1840 - found that she has remained a widow ever since that time.that she has no family second of her marriage or of the birth of their children, nor other record evidence [] - that she was not married to her husband prior to his leaving the service, bu the marriage took place [] to the first day of January 1794 [] the time above state.
[] on the day and year above [] Catharine [] Gaston
Before [] John Brown [] Justice of the peace
[] of Daniel Hay
State of Illinois Wayne County SS
Be it known that on the 17th day of April 1843 personally applied before the undersigned [] Justice of the Peace for the county afor-said Jane Bovee who I certify to be a [] and  [] and made oath that she is the eldest living daughter of James and Catharine Gaston. That she was born [] to the statement of her Father on the 11th day of July 1785, being now 54 years of age on the 11th July next. That she recollects [] that took place when she was not more than four years of age [] as for back as the year 1789. That she knows that her Father and Mothers lived together in the marriage relation [] the date [] to the day of his death
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that she has every reason to believe and does verily believe that they were lawfully joined in marriage in the year 1783 - that her Father [] said James Gaston was in his lifetime a [] of the United States, and departed this life on the 7th day of March 1840 and that Catharine Gaston his mother has remained a widow ever since that time
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State of Illinois, White County SS.
Be it known that on the 25th day of April 1843 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Thomas Creighton who I certify to be a respectable person and credible witness, and being sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following statement. 
That in his youthful days he resided in South Carolina - where he had an Aunt - his Father's Sister, whose maiden name was Catharine Greighton. That her husbands name was James Gaston - This deponent was born agreeably to his Father's register on the 13th of August 1785 - That [] daughter of the said James and Catherine, who is now Jane Bovee of Wayne County, [] is about the same age of this deponent above the same year as he has always understood.
This deponent cannot of course say anything as to his own knowledge with regard to the marriage of the same James and Catherine - yet he has reason to believe, and does verily believe, that they were lawfully married as early as 1783 as he knows that they lived together as in the marriage relation from his earliest recollection up to the day of the death of said James Gaston, which took place some three years ago ( from information to be relied on) in the adjoining County of Wayne, some 30 miles from this deponent. And that his Aunt Catherine Gaston is yet living in said County of Wayne from the best information - and he states that he does know that he recollect occurances that took place when he was not more than 5 or 6 years of age. 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me.
John Elliott, [] Thomas Creighton
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State of Illinois
White County.   s.s.

I James Ratcliff Clerk
of the County commissioners Court in and for
said County do hereby certify that John Elliott
whose signature appears to the foregoing af
-fidavit is and was on the day of the date
thereof an acting Justice of the peace in and
for said County, duly commissioned and
qualified, and that as such full faith
and credit is and of right ought to be
given unto any and all of his official
acts

In testimony of which I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said Court
at Carmi this 26th day of April
A.D 1842
Ja. Ratcliffe Clerk

SEAL
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FAMILY RECORD.

MARRIAGES.

THOMAs
GAsTON

was Born the 4 day of May
1790 and Married the
1 day of February 1814.
to Elender Clark and
she was born the
day of 1792

Thomas C Gaston  was
born the 1 day of
Feburey the 1821.

MARRIAGES.

86.    4R
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FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.

Elizer Gaston was born
the 8 Day of November
1814
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Janet Gorton was born
the 5 day of December
1816
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James Wiley Guston
was born December the 27
1817
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BIRTHS.
Savy  Corner was born
the 10 Day of August
the 18?3


William Jackson
Clark was born April
the 10th 1837
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.             3-525
23:670
                                                                   DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
W.  25.580.                                                            BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
                                                                                    Washington, D. C.,        19....


In reply to your request of..., received....
for a statement of the military history of  James Gaston                                 
a soldier  of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his widow's) application for penson 
on file in this Bureau.  W. F. 23082  Only J.G.
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DATES OF                                                                                   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM
ENLISTMENT OR.              LENGTH OF          RANK.        SERVICE  WAS RENDERED.       STATE
APPOINTMENT.                  SERVICE                                       Captain          Colonel
___________________________________________________________________________
Summer 1778                           60 days                Pri.          John Marshall  Joseph Kershaw     S.C.
                                     captured at battle of  Hanging Rock confined in Camden jail for
                                      2mos. 19 days when paroled, then volunteered in Capt Wm Ingrams Co.
                                      and served until Christmas 1780, there
                                      and served until May 1781           
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Battles engaged in, Hanging Rock (Aug 1780)

Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Near Hanging Rock in Lancaster Co S.C.

Date of application for pension,    Aug 6, 1837. His claim was allowed.

Residence at date of application,  Wayne Co., Ills.

Age at date of application,  b in Lancaster Co. Penn. July 24 1761

Remarks: he married in Lancaster Co., S C. Mch 20 1783  Catherine Creighton
he died in Wayne Co. Ills Mch 7, 1840 and she was al pen on ap.
ex. April 13 1843 While a resident of Wayne Co Ills aged 79 yrs Children.
Jane b July 11. 1785  Mar - Bouce; Thomas  b  May 4 1790. Mar Feb 1 1814 Elen 
Clark b 1792.    Grandson. (son of Thomas Jarret b Dec 5, 1816  
[handwritten  note:] add above noted is the only etc
            
Respectfully,


Commissioner

[Handwritten note:]
Other names on Bible leaf not used
or relationship is ot shown

d-285?
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James Gaston

H/C

For Revol. Services

Zadah Casey

H. R.

Fee $5
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
Pierce M Butler
P M Butler Governor and Commander-in-Chief, in and over the State aforesaid
To all to Whom these Presents Shall Come
Know Ye that William Laval is Comptroller General of the state aforesaid and that John T Seibels whose signatures appears to the sheet of paper here unto annexed is his lawful deputy
THEREOFRE All due Faith, Credit and authority is and ought to be had and given to his Proceedings and Certificates as such. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and caused to be affixed the seal of the state in the Town of Columbia the Third day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and Thirty Seven and in the Sixty Second year of the Independence of the United States of America.
BY THE GOVERNOR
BH Saxon
Secretary of State
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State of So Carolina
To James Gaston
For militia duty in Brandons Regt since the fall of Charleston SS Hendersons Return amtg to currency L 200
Stg L 28.11.5
Received 26th May 1786 full satisfaction for the within in an Indent No 2842 Book X
James Gaston
Comptrollers Office
Columbia 3d Oct 1837
I certify the above to be a true copy of the original account of James Gaston for services performed in the War of the Revolution, as settled and filed in this office
William Laval Compt Genl
per 
John T Seibels
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5123
Catharine Gaston
Off
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State of Illinois Wayne County SS
On this 2nd day of October 1843 personally appeared Catherine Gaston, a resident of the said County of Wayne aged seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the pension made by the act of Congress [] the 3rd of March 1843 granting panesions ot widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War - that she is the widow of James Gaston who was a private soldier in South Carolina in the Revolutionary War.
That she has received a pension certificate for a five years pension at the rate of fourty three dollars and 88 cents per annum under the act of the 7 July 1838. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written - and I do certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Catharine Gaston.
James Clark [] Catharine Gaston
State of Illinois SS.
Wayne County
I, Joseph G. Barkley, clerk of the county commissioners County in for said County, do certify that James Clark [] whose name appears to the above affidavit, was at the time of taking  the same, and  now is an acting Justice of the Peace in said county. Duly commissioned and qualified as appears to me of record and as such, full faith and credit is due to all his official acts. 
Given under my hand and the seals of the said court, at Fairfield, this 13th day of November AD. 1843.
Jos G. Barkley clerk
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State of Illinois
Marion County} Be it known that before me the subscriber a Justis of the peace in and for said county personally appeared William Gastin and made oath in due form of law that James Gastin is the identical person named in the foregoing afidavit and certificates who served one tour of three months in the Revolutionary War in the Redgement commanded by Col Joseph Cashaw in the company commanded by Capt John Marshall where Lieutenant was Charles Roberson Gen Benjamin Lincoln was the commanding General William hix X mark Gastin LS
Swornto and subscribed this the 14 day of August 1837 WB Haynie JP

State of Illinois
Marion County} I W M Dobbins clerk of the county commissioners court for the said county of Marion & ex officer Reconean of civil commissions do certify that Wm D Haynie is a magistrate as above and the foregoing signature purporting to be his is ginuine 
In Testimony where of I have here unto set my name & seal with my hand there being no official seal for my office as clerk of the said court done at Salino this 14th day of August 1837
Wm N Dobbins clerk
Seal
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Chase
S C

Stamp

PENSION
O
FEB
26
1917
OFFICE
U.S.
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A. W. CHASE
After 5 days, return to
P. O. BOX 396,
MOULTRIE, GA.
CHASE & MALONE
BANKERS AND INVESTORS
Env. says P.O. Box 396
Moultrie, GA
E.B. Malone
per see
NH

February 24/17
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: Will you please
furnish me with the War record
of one James Gaston, who enlisted
in the Revolutionary army and
served under Col William Thompson
in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment.
I only need this information
to complete my papers for the
Daughter of the American Revolution
and I shall greatly appreciate
any information you may give
me.
Thanking you in advance
for your kindness I am,
Very truly
Mrs. A.W. Chase
304 Fifth Ave. Sth
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The Salem National Bank
Capital and Surplus $75,000.00
Salem, Illinois
June 5 1916
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen: -
Will you kindly furnish me the war record of one James Gaston, who was a revolutionary soldier in the ranks, born in Ireland in 1760, enlisted in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment, commanded by Col. Wm. Thompson, July 24, 1776, died 1840.
The above mentioned revolutionary soldier is an ancestor of mine through whom I wish to join the Daughters of the American Revolution, and desire a somewhat fuller statement than I now possess.
Thanking you in advance for the desired information, I am
Yours very truly,
(Miss) Mattie E Knight
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REV
WIDOW, &c.
No. 23o82
Catherine Gaston
Widow of
James Gaston
Priv Rev War
Act: March 3rd 1843.
dex:--Vol. A, Page 265
[Arrangement of 1870.}

[Right side] [very dark and illegible]
16. June 12: history to
[illegible] Mattie E. Knight
[illegible] Mar 8 Hist to Mrs [illegible]
__________________________.
[illegible] Aug 27 To [illegible]
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£ 200.@ 10 shilling
per day is 400 days.
services or 1 years
one month & 5 days
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James Gaston Ill Oct 32
to what time paid
Pen offi
Oct 22
died 7th March 1840 Paid 1st yr 1840 up to time of his death MLB
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Carmi Illinois
8th December 1843
Sir,
I herewith send you the Declaration of Catharine Gaston for a one year pension under the act of the 3 March 1843. Be pleased to remit to me her certificate.
Respectfully,
Your obt. servt.
Daniel Hay

James L Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Carmi Illinois
26th April 1843
Sir
I send herewith the declaration of Catharine Gaston for a pension under the act of the [] July 1838. The evidence of her daughter Jane Bovee and her nephew Thomas Creighton. Togehter with the proof made by Mr. Gaston when he was pensioned. It is hoped will make her case a plain one - please examine as soon as convenient and communicate to me the resuly.
Respectfully
Your obt. servt.
Daniel Hay

James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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James Gaston
Illinois
_________
Suspended
_________

See letter 11th
Sept 1807 to 16 on

3 Casey
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1889
Catharine Gaston
Illinois

Let to Daniel Hay June 10 18 [illegible]



Act 7 July 1838
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5123
Decembr 20 1843

Ill Catharine Gaston
March 1843

Carmi Ils
11th Decr

$43.88 per ann

James L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City 

Daniel Hay
Carmi
Illinois

Free
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Sept 23
Jas Gaston's 
Lafes
JL Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions 
Washington City

Hn Z Casey
HR
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House of Reps.
Sept 22nd 1834
Sir,
According to my promise I now [] you the papers in the case of James Gaston to be filed and await the information from the [] of South Carolina
Your obt. sert.
Z. Casey

J.L Edwards Esq.
Comr. of Pension
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FREE

Mt Vernon Ill
Oct 12
S
for
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commiss  of Pensions
Washington City

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Oct 22 18[illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible]
Gaston
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Mount Vernon Illinois
Oct 7th 1841
Sir
The late Mr. James Gaston of
Wayne County Ills. was a pensioner,
his widdow is still living as his
enclosed letter. If the facts are
as set forth in said letter is she
entitled to a pension?
Very respectfully
Yours abb servant
Z. Casey

J. L Edwards Esq.
Comm. of Pensions
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[] Illinois
30th June 1843
Sir,
I have received your letter of the 12th [] relative to the case of Catharine Gaston - which informs me that any family record more than twenty years old might afford satisfactory evidence. I have visited the old [] and fortunately have procured a family register, which I presume will fill the requirement - I will add that I have been personally acquainted with old James Gaston and family for 26 years and have always known Thomas Gaston as the son of the old man who was the pensioner. From the same Thomas Gastons family Bible we have now taken  the [] which is there exhibited and is the best attainable evidence now in our power - please give the case your early attention and let me know the result.
I am very respectfully
your obt. sert.
Daniel Hay
James L. Edwards Esqr.
[] of Pen
Washington City
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Washington City
Sept 16 - 1837
Sir
With James Gaston of Wayne Co Illinois who is an applicant for a pension I have been acquainted some 15 or 20 years he is a very old man of exceptionable character and is reputed to have served in the war of the Revolution It is several years since he made efforts to obtain a pension the papers were informally made out and returned [crossed out] afterwards & long after his first making them out they were amended and forwarded to me and destroyed as I have no doubt by the burning of the post office last year The witnesses in his favour have in past died lived he first made application those who testify on his present application are men of faith & good character though not so well acquainted with all the facts which would be servicable to him or some of those who died Very respectfully 
JM Robinson

JL Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
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Washington City
Sept 18th 1834
Sir
In the case of James Gaston for a pension I beg leave to state 1st I am personally acquainted with Wm N Dobbins and know him to be the clerk of the County Commissioners Court of [] County and his certificate in due form according to the laws of Illinois. 2nd I am personally acquainted with Alexander Clark John Clark William Watkins Danl Turney and William Gaston and know them to be men of respectability and in whose word the utmost [] may be placed. 3rd He has been for some time preparing to make application for a pension, had his papers made out last year, sent them on, and they were turned in the [] post-office. I shall be glad for you to [] this case and [] grant the
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appliction - Mr. Gaston is old has a first rate character, and is I believe unevenly behaved, when he is known to have come in [] in the war of the revolution - Gen. Robinson will clarify as to the character of Mr. Gaston.
I have the honor to remain, very respectfully, your obt. servt.
Z. Casey

J.L. Edwards Esqr.
Court of Pensions
[] Enclose I return you the declaration with the letter of [] Robinson.
Z. C.
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Illinois - 7606
Catharine Gaston widow of James Gaston who was a pension under the Act of 1839 and who died on the 7th March 1840 [] in the State of Illinois who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Nesbett [] commanded by Col. Brandon of the So Carolina line for 13 mo: 5 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois - at the rate of 43 dollars 88 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th days of March 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th Sept: 1843 - and [] Illinois
Whole ammount due $219.40
Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by  W.M. Steward - Clerk, Book [] Vol. 2 Page 223
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State of Illinois Wayne County SS
Be it known that on the 27th day of June 1843 personally appeared before the undersigned Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid James Gaston who I certify to be a credible witness and made oath that the family record which in here exhibited in but out of the family Bible of Thomas Gaston his father, who has been dead about ten years - that the said Thomas Gaston was the son of James and Catharine Gaston. The grandfather and grandmother of this deponent which said James Gaston was in his lifetime a pensioner of the United States and Catharine his grandmother is yet living - and that the record aforesaid is in the handwriting of his father to the best of his knowledge and was in the said Bible as long ago as he can recollect anything and he was twenty six years of age on the 5th of December last sworn and subscribed the day and year above written before me
Jerret Gaston
Joseph G. Barkley J.P []
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State of Illinois SS.
Wayne County 
I Joseph G. Barkley clerk of the county [] court in and for Wayne County Illinois do hereby certify that Joseph G. Barkley whose name appears to the within certificate was at the time of signing the [] acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly [] was qualified as appears to me of record and as such, full faith and credit is and ought to be given.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the [] Court of Fairfield this 28th day of June A.D. 1843
Jos G Barkley []