Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3978, Thomas Gill, S.C.
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( 3- 1776 ) SERVICE S.C. Gill, Thomas Rebecca NUMBER W.3978 Born in Penn. He died Dec 16, 1839 in S.C.
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( left page ) Letter Pen Agt. 18 April 1837  Order to pay 30th April 1838  Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6 April 1838  from 4 March 1838 to 4 Sept 1838 . Agt notified 10 June 1839. Paid as above from 4 March 1839 go  16 Dec 1839  the day of his death. Agt notified 30 Dec 1840 .  Dead  let to J A Broom Dec 13, 1844  ( right page ) South Carolina 30.473 Thomas Gill of York Dist. in the  State of S. Carolina who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Mills of the  __ commanded by __ in the  S.C. militia line for 9 months.  Inscribed on the Roll of S. Carolina at the rate of 30 Dollars  per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of March 1836 and sent to Hon. J. Rogers H.R. Arears to the 4th of March '36 $ 150.00 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. ' 36. $ 15.00 ( total $ 165.00 ) { Revolutionary Claim Act June 7 , 1832. } Recorded by D. Brown Clerk , Book E. Vol. 6 Page 68
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( left page ) 3450 North Carolina Rebecca Gill widow of Thomas Gill SC who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars  __ Cents per annum , to commence on the 4th day of March 1848. Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of July 1850  and sent to J. B. Sawyer  Esq. Ashville N.C.  Recorded  on Roll of Pensioners under act  February 2, 1848 , Page 210. Vol. 1 ( right page )  Certif issued  & returned July 29, 1854 to J.B. Sawyer Esq Ashville N.C.
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( leaf from Bible ) THE NEW TESTAMENT
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Thomas Gill and Rebekah Curry was married  June the 27th  1793  Tinsey Carson was Born  November the 19 1794 George Gill was Born June the 23 in the year 1798 . Melindah Starm was Born the  July the 1st in the year 1804 Thomas  C.. ( illegible ) ...  the 27th in the year 1806
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33396 Thomas Gill application for Pension No. 1  Admit as private 9 mo $ 30  Capt Mills Militia So. Ca. Hon. J. Rogers HR
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[ State of South Carolina York District ] On this  eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eighteen hundred  and thirty two personally appeared  in open Court  before  William D. Martin  Judge of the Court of General Sessions & Common Pleas, now sitting , Thomas Gill a resident of York District in the  State of South Carolina aged sixty nine years, ten months, 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.  The Petitioner states that he entered the service of the United States under Capt James Gill, under the command of Maj. Adair ; that he thinks it was in the month of June the day of the month not recollected in the year 1779 or 1780  that he entered the service - in this tour he continued for three months , he was stationed at Four Hole  river  about fifty miles above Charleston that he was  in no engagement with the enemy , that he was sent with others from the  Four - Hole station  up to Orangeburg and thence to the  Forks of the Edisto River in pursuit of the renegade & tory Captain Cunningham . The petitioner  further states that in the ensuing fall he enrolled himself under Capt John Mills, who commanded a troop or company of Rangers , in  Chester District , and that he continued in this service about six months - that although he was no battle during this period yet the troop to which he was attached , were  of great service inducing  & keeping in subjection the Tories of Chester & the adjoining  districts and that they were constantly and  always on the
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alert to put down the enemies of their Country  - that he cannot recollect particularly  in what month he left the service - He was living in Chester District  South Carolina , when he entered the service - that he lived there until about thir..  ( missing ) year , since when he removed to York district where he has ever since resided - that he was drafted in the first tour and served as a  volunteer in the second he was engaged in no battle. He ranged the Country  in his first trip from about  forty miles above Charleston , to some distance  above Orangeburg - On the second term of his service , he  scoured the country for 15 or 20 miles on each side of Sandy River in Chester District  South Carolina .  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 . He answers to Interrogatory  1. He was born in  State of Pennsylvania in the year 1762. Answer 2. He has a record of his age now in his possession. Answer 3. He was  living , in  Chester District couth Carolina when called into service - and has resided there and in  York District since the Revolutionary  War - he now resides in York District South Carolina.  Answer 4. In his first service he was drafted the second he went as a volunteer. Answer 5. He names Maj. Adair ( line drawn through name ) & Genl Henderson he recollects no regiments - his service was one of much difficulty  hazard  & inconvenience -
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Answer 6. He never received a written discharge. Answer 7.  He refers to ______________as persons  who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution .  Sworn to & subscribed  same day  & year above written in open Court. Thos Gill ( signed ) A. McWhorter  ( signed ) C.C.C. Ps  We Robert Russell a clergyman and George Davis residing in the State and District aforesaid , hereby certify that we are well acquainted with  Thomas Gill who has subscribed and sworn to the above  declaration  that we believe him to be sixty  nine years of age - that  he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn  & subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court . R. Y. Russel ( signed ) G. Davis ( signed )  A. McWhorter ( signed )  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 he above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the  Court further certifies that it appears to them that R.Y. Russel  who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman   & that G. Davis  is a neighbor  & both  are residents  in York District in State of South Carolina and are credible persons  & that their statement is entitled to credit. Given under my hand this 18th October 1832.  Wm D. Martin ( signed ) Presiding Judge
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I Andrew McWhorter Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify  that the foregoing contains the original proceedings  of the said Court in the matter of the application of  Thomas Gill for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand  and seal of office this 18th day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty tow and in the fifty seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.  A. McWhorter ( signed ) C.C.C. ps( vertical notation ) ( Thomas Gill's application for petition )
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11582 Rebecca Gill SC Act 7 July 1838 Married before 1794 husband died 1839 16th Dec.
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[ State of South Carolina York District ] On this 31st day of December 1843 personally appeared  before John M Ross Judge of the  Court of Ordinary  for the  District of York, Rebecca Gill, a resident of York District in the State of South Carolina aged about seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the  Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, entitled "An act  granting half pay and pensions to certain widows " : That she is the widow of Thomas Gill who was a private in the  Revolutionary War, who was also a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States on the South Carolina Roll, and whose certificate was surrendered on application at the agency  in Charleston for the arrears of Pension due her deceased husband, the said Thomas Gill.  She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Gill on the 27th day of  June 1793, and that her husband the aforesaid Thomas Gill died on the 16th day of December 1839 ;  that she was  not married to him prior  to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January , seventeen hundred and ninety four  viz ;  at the time above stated. She further states  that she in s now, and has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband the aforesaid Thomas Gill. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written in open Court before me . J M Ross ( signed ) O.Y.D.  ( her mark X ) Rebecca Gill .    [ South Carolina York District ] On this 31st day of December 1843 personally appeared before John M Ross  Judge of the  Court of Ordinary  for York District , Williamson Byers who being first duly sworn according to law, saith that he was present at the marriage of Thomas Gill and  Rebecca Curry , now Rebecca Gill and that the marriage took place at the time stated in the declaration of Rebecca Gill above viz on the 27th day of June 1793  and that  the aforesaid Thomas Gill died at the time stated in the declaration above.  Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year  above written in open Court  before me. J M Ross ( signed )  Williamson Byers ( signed )
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Revy WIDOW, &c. File No. 3978 Rebecca Gill Wid.  Thos. Gill Pvt. Rev. War Act : Feby 2 / 48 Index : - Vol.  Page 271 [ Arrangement of 1870 .]
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No. 11582 Rebecca Gill  SC Let to J. A. Brown April 3rd 1845  let to  same  Oct 18'45 let to same March 6 '46  to same June 16. '46  Act 7 July 1838
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12003 I.B. 494 South Carolina Rebecca Gill  Widow of Thomas Gill who was a pensioner under the  Act of 1832 and who died on the 16th Decr. 1839 , of York Co. in the State of S. Carl. who was a Pri in the compy  commanded by Captain Mills of the  __ commanded by __ in the  S.C. militia for 9 mo. Inscribed on the  Roll of Charleston at the rate of 30 Dollars __ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1836.  Certificate of Pension issued the 28yh day of Sept. 2846 and sent to  J. A. Brown  Yorkville S.C.  Total amount $ 150. - [ Act July 7, 1838. ] and W. Res 23rd Jany 1845 Recorded by  D H Wood Clerk , Book D Vol. 1 Page 307
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( left page ) 7951 South Carolina Rebecca Gill widow of Thomas Gill who was a private  in the  Revolution  Husbd died 16th Decr. 1839. Inscribed on the  Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars  __ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1843. Certificate of Pension issued  the 18th day of Sept. 1846 and sent to J.S. Brown Esq. Yorkville , S.C. [ Acts of March 3, 1843  and June 17, 1844 ]  Recorded in  Book A. Vol. 2 Page 166. D. H. Wood clk  ( right page ) Rep. 2 letts '38 & I.R. '45 Acts '43 & 44 Letter to Pension Agent July 3, 1846  Letter to J.A. Brown  Apl 23/50
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Comptroller Genl's Office Columbia So. Ca. Aug 8th /45 [ Book J Indent  263 ] Issued the 31st Sept. 1784  To Mr. Thomas Gill  for  two pounds sterling for twenty eight days Militia Duty in  1782  as pr acct audited. Principal Lbs 2  -- Annl Int. Lb O : 2 : 0 I certify the above to be a true copy from the  Records in this office For Comptroller Genl .  Laval
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Haynesville York District So. Ca. Decr. 18. 1845   Sir, I herewith forward you the certificate of the Clerk there is no record of the marriage of Rebecca Gill in his office. Should a certificate be granted to Mrs. Gill please direct to my care to Hayneville S.C. Very respectfully J A Brown ( signed )  J A Edwards Esq Com. of Pensions Washington City
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Yorkville So. Ca. Augt. 27,1846 Sir, enclose I send you the declaration of Mrs. Rebecca Gill you ill be please to forward her certificate of pension to me at this place. Mrs. Gill has removed to South Carolina , but would prefer drawing her pension in this State. can she remain in North Carolina and make out her power of atty in that  State and draw from the  Agency in Charleston So. Ca. ? Very Respectfully  J A Brown ( signed )
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No. 11582 481, 7068, 1218  Rebeca Gil widow of Thomas S.C.  act 7 July 1838 and 23rd January 1848  Admd 9 mos pri  $ 30.00 pr ann.  from 4 March 1836  Admd : act 3 March 1847  and 17 June 1844  $ 30.00 pr ann. J.A. Brown Yorkville S.C.
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Planter's & Mechanic's Bank of So Ca. Charleston  18 March 1837 .  J L Edwards Esq. Commissoner of Pensions Washington    Sir , I forward herewith for your authority to pay, the undermentioned vouchers  viz  Tho.  Milford having 12 months due , Jno. Osheals  having 12 months due , Jno. McDill having 18 months due , Sam Roberts having 12 months due , Tho. Gill added 12 March 1836  & not called for until one year had lapsed . I am very respectfully  your obt servt.  A. Spears ( signed ) pension  Agent
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT  Second Comptroller's Office  December 16, 1840      Sir : Under the act of the 6th April 1838 , entitled "An act  directing the transfer  of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the  Treasury of the United States, "  The widow of Thomas  Gill a Pensioner on the  Roll of South Carolina  Agency at the rate of thirty  Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June  1832, has been paid at this Department, from the  4th of March 1839 , to the 16th December  1839 , the day of his death Respectfully yours. Albion K. Parris ( signed ) Comptroller     To the Commissioner of Pensions Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 30th 1839
Sir
Under the act of the 6th of April 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Thomas Gill a Pensioner on the Roll of the S Carolina Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars and -- cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1838 to the 4th Sept 1838 to the 4th Sept 1838 6 months 
Respectfully yours,
Albion K Parris 
Comptroller

To the commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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[ South Carolina York District ] Personally came Wm Brown  and made oath that he was personally acquainted with Rebecca Gill the widow of Thomas Gill  previous to the time at which the marriage of the said Rebecca and Thomas was said to have taken place - and that he has known the said Thos & Rebecca since that time and knows that they lived together as man & wife until the death of the said Thos. He further states that to the best of his recollection  the marriage took place in 1791 and cannot be certain which .  Sworn  & subscribed this 1st  September 1845. before me J A Brown ( signed ) Magst. Wm Brown ( signed ) I do hereby certify that William Brown  whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit  is a man of undoubted veracity - And I do further certify  that  Williamson Byers whose affidavit concerning the marriage of  Thos. & Rebecca  Gill was forwarded with the application of Rebecca Gill for a pension, is a man of undoubted veracity  and that any statement made by him is entitled to full faith and credit. Given under my hand Sept. 1st 1845 . J A Brown ( signed ) Mag.
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Payment to be made at Fayetteville by James Huske Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of NC
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 210 Vol 1
HE Robinson Clerk
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERION
WIDOW'S PENSION
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d 1848
Rebecca Gill widow of Thomas Gill who was a private in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Thirty dollars and - cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March 1848 and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this fifth day of July one thousand eight hundred and fifty.

Examined and Countersigned
JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Pension Agency Charleston 20 June 1848  Sir, I herewith forward the vouchers of Rebecca Gill a pensioner  under the Act of 17 June 1844  for authority  to pay the same. I am Sir respectfully your obt srervt.  Jno O . Cochran  ( signed )   J L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
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[ State of South Carolina York District ] On this twenty fourth day of July  , in the year  of our Lord one thousand eight hundred  & thirty five personally appeared in open  Court  before Benjamin Chambers  Judge of the Court of Ordinary for  York District  State of South Carolina, now witting, Thomas Gill a resident of said  State & District , aged seventy one years & seven months , who being first duly sworn according to law , doth on his oath make the following addition to his declaration  heretofore made , to wit ,  October 18th , 1832, in order to obtain  the benefit of the act of Congress passed  June 7, 1832  & to remove the objection to his declaration. The petitioner states that he served under Captain James Gill, three months - under Capt. John Mills , six months - making in all nine months - petitioner served as a private in  both of the tours he made  viz under  Capt.'s  Gill  & Mills as aforesaid - The petitioner states that he has no documentary evidence  nor can  he produce a living witness to substantiate his claim - the proof cannot be had - The petitioner states that the paper which he has in his possession  relative to his age was copied from a record in his Father's Bible, which is not  in witnesses possession, but is in the  State of Alabama as petitioner believes, but he has the copy in his possession  & when in his former declaration he said he had a record in his possession, he meant the copy spoken of above.
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- he has no other record in his possession. Sworn  to  & subscribed  same day & year above written in open Court. Thos. Gill ( signed )  And the said Court do hereby declare  that  Thomas Gill, on oath , made the above statement & that  the above is his signature. Given under my hand this twenty fourth day of July 1835. Benj. Chambers ( signed / sealed ) Ordinary of York District  [ State of South Carolina Your District ] I Andrew McWhorter Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the  District aforesaid do hereby certify  that Benj. Chambers whose  certificate appears above is and was at the time of  certifying  the Judge of the Court of Ordinary  for said District  and full faith  & credit is due  & ought to be given to his official acts as such and the signature purporting to be his is genuine.  Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court at York Curt House this 10th day of Augt. 1835  A. McWhorter ( signed / sealed ) C.C.C. Ps
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Haynesville  S.C. April 13. 1850         Free J A Brown P.M  To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington  City D.C.  ( vertical note ) ( 7951-43-S.C. W. Cole )
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Haynesville York District So. Ca. April 13, 1859 Dear Sir, I write at the request of Mrs. Rebecca Gill such information as may  enable her to again have her name  entitled as a pensioner of the United States . Her husband Thomas Gill was a Revolutionary  pensioner on the  So. Carolina  roll, after his death his  widow the said Rebecca Gill  applied for a widow's pension and was enrolled at the rate of thirty dollars per annum, at the expiration of the time  for which she was enrolled and on drawing the last money  due her, her  original certificate was surrendered to the  Agent for paying pensions in Charleston  S.C. The proof of the service of Thomas Gill  you have on file in your department , as also the proof of the marriage of the said Thomas & Rebecca Gill together will all other proof  which was required of her previous to he involvement . Will you now have the kindness to advise me  under what act to apply for her re- enrollment  , and it any particular form of application is required, will you  please sent me a form as also the act of  Congress under which she will have to apply. The Act under which she was pensioned a also the time at which her pension commenced  & expired is not now recollected - the original certificate  as above stated having been surrendered. Please let me hear from you at your earliest convenience  & oblige.  Very respectfully  J A Brown ( signed )  Com. of Pensions Washington  City D.C.
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[ State of North Carolina Buncombe County ] SS. On this 22nd day of June 1850 - personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the County of Buncombe , Rebecca Gill a resident of the State of North Carolina in the  County of Buncombe , aged seventy seven years, who first being duly sworn  according to law , doth on her oath make the following declaration , in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2nd February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the  Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Thomas Gill who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, that she cannot state positively  as to the regiment in  which he served ( but  would refer to the proof on file in the  Pension Office, furnished on application of the said Thomas Gill for a pension , as also the further proof furnished by deponent on her application for a widow's pension ) and that she received annually under  the act  of 17th June 1844, the amount of thirty dollars. She further  declares that she is still a widow . Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me.  J. B. Sawyer ( signed ) JP  ( her mark X ) Rebecca Gill   Witness Hugh Johnston ( signed )
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[ State of North Carolina Buncombe County  ]  I Robert B Vance Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions  for the County of Buncombe  do hereby certify that  J. B. Sawyer is & was at the time of signing the aforesaid  affidavit a Justice of the peace duly commissioned & qualified according to law  & that  signature purporting to be his is genuine.  Given under my hand  and seal of office at office this the 24th day of June 1850. R.B. Vance ( signed ) clk
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Haynesville So. Ca March 31st 1846  Dear Sir, Yours of the 6th Inst. acknowledging  to receipt of the certificate of the clerk in the case of  Rebecca Gill and also covering a printed form of a declaration to be made out by Wm. Gill was duly rec'd. According  to the form sent by you she will be required to set forth that she has drawn a pension which is not the case - she drew the arrears of pension due her husband at his death - but has never yet been enrolled as a pensioner herself. Will you be kind enough to send me a form that will suit her case - The time at which she made her declaration  ( which you have on file ) has escaped my recollection of it  will be necessary  in making out her declaration now to set forth  the time at which the former one was made, be kind enough  to let me know  the date and give me such other instructions as will be necessary in the case.  Mrs. Gill has removed to North Carolina but would  ( if allowed a pension ) prefer drawing it in this  State . Can she do so ? Very respectfully your obt servant  J A Brown ( signed )  J L Edwards Esq. Com. of Pensions Washington D.C.
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We the undersigned neighbors & acquaintances of Williamson Byers do hereby certify that he is a man of unquestionable veracity of sterling integrity & every way worthy of credit & confidence Sept 1 1845
Geo Steele
GW Williams
JD Groove
FH Wood
JA Alston
JBolton Smith
G Gadler
JDW Thompson
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Declaration  In order to obtain the benefits of the  Resolution of Congress of the 23rd January  1846.  Whereas the act of the 30th of April 1844 prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period, during which my  husband was a pensioner, I now make the following statements under oath, to obtain  the benefits of the  Resolution above mentioned.  I am the widow of  Thomas Gill who was a private in the  War of the Revolution, and to whom a certificate of pension was issued ( date and amount not recollected )  which  certificate was surrendered  on application for arrears of pension due at the death of my said husband, Thomas Gill. I  cannot state positively the date of my declaration, but think that it was made before the 30th of April 1844, and it was filed in the Pension Office before the 23rd of January 1865.At the time that declaration  was made I resided in  York District in the State of South Carolina - I have since removed and am now a resident of  Buncombe County No. Ca. Sworn to and subscribed on this 22nd day of August 1846 before me  William Williams ( signed ) JP ( her mark X ) Rebecca Gill  I certify that the declarant is personally known to me , and that I  believe she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.  William Williams ( signed )  JP
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Ashville  22nd July 1850 Dr Sir, Enclosed you will find the Pension Certificate of  Rebecca Gill . I am of opinion  there must be some mistake  , not long since I sent you  the application of Rebecca Gill  widow of Thomas Gill  I have thought it right  that I should return this and ask you to please look at the application I sent you and you will see the mistake. Your early attention  to this will much  oblige. I am my dear Sir your most obt & very humble servant . J B Sawyer ( signed )    Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington   Please send the certificate of Mrs. Gill as soo as convenient. JBS
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Yorkville So. Ca. Sept 1st 1845  Sir, Enclosed you will find the following  addition at testimony in the case of Rebecca Gill ( widow of Thomas Gill Dec'd )  who some time since made application for a pension viz  The affidavit  of Wm Brown  who knew the parties previous  & subsequent to the time at which the marriage is said to have taken place - a leaf from the family Bible of the said Thomas & Rebecca Gill on which  the marriage is recorded and also the certificate of the Comptroller Generals for twenty eight days militia duty  of said Thomas Gill. I also forward  a certificate of the respectability and credibility of  Williamson Byers who was present at the marriage and whose affidavit to that effect is ow in your possession. You will please return the leaf which contains the record of the marriage.  Should a pension be granted, Mrs. Gill forward the same  to my care at Yorkville So. Ca. Very respectfully your obt servant .  J A Brown ( signed )
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Yorkville So. Ca. December 31st 1844  J L Edwards Esq. Sir, I herewith enclose you the declaration of Mrs. Rebecca Gill made for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of Congress passed 7 July 1838. Should Mrs. Gill be placed on the Pension Roll you will please forward her certificate to this office directed to my care. Respectfully  J A Brown ( signed )
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Ashville  N. Ca. June 24th 1850  Dr Sir, Enclosed you have the application of Mrs. Rebecca Gill  for  a renewal of her pension. Please to give it your attention  as early day as your public duties will allow. I am Dr Sir your most  obt  J.B. Sawyer ( signed )
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[ State of South Carolina York District ] I  Ja Kuykendal  Clerk of the  Court of General  Sessions  and Common Pleas for  York District  do hereby certify that  there is no records in my office of the marriage of Thomas Gill  & Rebecca Gill . Given under my  hand and seal of office at  York Court House  this  twenty eighth day of October 1845. Ja Kuykendal ( signed ) C.C.Cps  I  D. L . Wardlaw  one of the Judges in the  State of South Carolina  do hereby certify that Ja Kuykendal  whose name appears to the foregoing certificate is clerk of the  Court of  General Sessions &  Common Pleas for  York District and that the  foregoing signature purporting to  be his is genuine. Given under my hand  at York Court House this 28th day of October 1845. D L. Wardlaw ( signed )
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Yorkville So. Ca. December 5th 1844. J L Edwards Esq. Sir, The widow of Thomas Gill who was a  Revolutionary Pensioner  of the United States  wishes to obtain a pension. Will you be good enough  to inform me whether under any act of  Congress she is entitled to a pension - if so, under what act and also the form of application - her husband was a pensioner of the United States on the South Carolina  roll and his certificate  was surrendered on application for the arrears of pension due at his death, which took place on the  16th December 1839. The marriage which took place  on the 27th  June 1793  can be proven by her own and the affidavit  of another person who was present at the marriage- if anything  more is required to be proven  ( if she is entitled )  let me know what it is and whether it will be competent to make her declaration  in the  Court of Ordinary , or whether it must be done in the Court of Common Pleas. Your early attention to above will oblige. Your obt servant  J A Brown ( signed )