Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1853, Robert Gordon, Penn.
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SERVICE
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Gordon, Robert
Mary
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NUMBER
W.1853
B.L.Wt. 34985-160-55
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Indiana 13599
Robert Gordon
of Shelby Co in the State of Indiana
who was a private in the company command
[illegible] Captain Moore of the Rgt command
[illegible] Bob Shield in the Virginia
[illegible] for 7 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of May
1833. and [illegible]
[illegible] Indianaplosis (misspelled)
Arrears to the 4th of March 46.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 11Sept 11 66
$58 32
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{[illegible] June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk
Book 6 Vol 7 Page 112
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order to pay 15 Nov. 1836
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Letter to 3d Auditor S J.C.
Sea 10.Aug1839
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Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 11 April 1838 from 4 march 1838 to 4th Sept 1838. Agt notified 31 Aug 1839
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Paid as above from 4th March 1840 to 1st Feby 1841.
Agent notified 20Apl 1845.
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473 Madison
Indiana
Mary Gordon
widow of Robert Gordon
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Pennsylvania [illegible]
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
23 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
5th day of Febry, 1850
and sent to 
Hon. T.R. Young
House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under
February (scratched out) July 29 1848, Page 425 Vol 1 Book D  
[illegible]
Date of death
[illegible]
311581
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Mar 3
211581    Sept/4/55

Mary Gordon wid of Robert Gordon priv

Col Shields

Rev. War

Pen. (illegible) Feb 2 1848
Mar 4 1848

July 48-473
(illegible) July 24/56
Boynton

Alfred Major
Shelbyville, Ind.

Vol G. 100.
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No 24342
Robert Gordon Shelby County Indiana

from 1777 private 7  months $23.33

Moore Shield

J.B. Ray. Indianapolis Indiana
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War Department,
Pension Office,                       183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with the 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. 

A Statement, showing the Service of Robert Gordon Shelby County Indiana

Period when the               Duration of the 
service was rendered.     claimant's service.
Vol. 1777                                     5 months
Vol. 1778                                     2 months

Rank of the            Names and rank of the 
claimant.          Field officers under whom 
                          he served.
private           Capt Moore, Colonel Jno Shields
private           Lieut. White

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
73 years Westmoreland County Pennsylvania 

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary evidence Clergyman's Certificate, Witness certified credible paper correct.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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                                  2
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, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

                DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of    County of} ss.

On this      day of        personally appeared (a) before          A. B. a resident (b) of          in the county of          and State, Territory or District of        aged (c)          years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)        , with         and served in the           (e) regiment of the          line, under the following named officers: 

{Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered; the 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 the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I            of the Court of           do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the application of        for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this     day of    &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the ___    and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ____     years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
{And then will follow the certificate of the Court.}
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the ___  and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the       and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,       Clerk of the Court of         do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of         for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this     day of      &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier. - Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
   To an Officer. - Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
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Robert Gordon was Born February the 7 1805 - Matthew Gordon was Born February the 15 1807 - Agness Gordon was Born September the 11 1808 - Betty Gordon Born February 13 1810
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State of Indiana
Shelby County Ss

Before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, on this day personally came Mary Gordon who being first duly sworn, doth on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of February 2nd 1848. that she has already filed her claim under the act, as well as under the Acts of 7th July 1838. and acts amendatory to the law - that she is not aware that she has ever alleged that she was married in Scott County Kentucky - that she did not marry in that County, but was married by publication by a preacher named Porter, in Adams County in the state of Pennsylvania - that she does not know nor consider herself responsible for, what person, may have stated in relation to the date of her marriage - that she now again asserts that she was married as aforesaid on the fifteenth day of December - in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety four that her first child Robert was born on the 11th day of October 1795 - that the annexed record of the births of her children is true and correct - that it was written by her husband Robert Gordon, at or about the several times of the births of the children there in named, and that it has ever since that time been in her possession. that she has applied long since for the Pension due her, but has been thus far delayed - the amount she claims is small and the Department unquestionably have the power to refuse it to her. -
Subscribed and sworn to this 10th day of January 1850 before me
[signed] Frederick M. Cole Justice of the Peace J.P.
[signed] Mary Gordon x her mark.
[seal affixed]
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State of Indiana
Shelby County Ss

I Jacob Vernon Clerk of the Shelby Circuit Court in and for the aforesaid County and state do hereby certify that Frederich M Cole is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified, and duly authorized by law to administer oaths - that his commission was dated on the 19th day of April 1847 and will expire on the 19th day of April 1852 and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine - 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said court this 13th day of January AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
[signed[ Jacob Vernon Clerk
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State of Indiana
County of Shelby Ss
On this Eighth day of September in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a justice of the peace of said County of Shelby and State of Indiana Mary Gordon aged Eighty a resident of Shelly County in the State of Indiana who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Robert Gordon deceased who was a Private in the Company Commanded by Captain in a Regiment Commanded by Colonel Shields 
She further states that she was married in the State of Pennsylvania to the said Robert Gordon on or about the year 1792 by Reuben Porter a Presbyterian Minister.
That her name before her said marriage was Mary Hunter that her said husband died near Morristown in Shelby County in the State of Indiana on the First day of February AD 1841 and that she still remains his widow She further states that on or about the year 1834 her said husband Robert Gordon after he became a citizen of Shelby County in the State of Indiana She further states that since the death of her
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Mary Gordon Declaration 211581

If allowed please enclose research to Alfred Major Shelbyville Shelly County Indiana
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said husband she did under the Act of Congress of February 2nd 1848 obtain a Pension as the Widow of the said Robert Gordon Commencing on the 4th of March 1848 and Continuing for life unless she again married at which time she filed in the pension office a the city of Washington satisfactory proof of her marriage with the said Robert Gordon and the death of her husband and her present widowhood and that she has never received bounty and she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land she may be entitled to under the "act approved March 3 1855"
[signed] Mary Gordon x her mark
We W W Woodyard and Samuel Jones residents of Shelby County in the State of Indiana upon our oaths declare that her foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Gordon in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
[signed] W W Woodyard
[signed] Samuel Jones

The foregoing declarations & affidavit were sworn to & subscribed before me on the day and year first above written And I Certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim - 
[signed] Frederick M Cole J.P. [handdrawn seal]
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State of Indiana
Shelby County ss
I Jacob Vernon Clerk of the Shelby Circuit Court within and for the county of Shelby and State of Indiana do hereby certify that Frederick M Cole before whom the within declaration and affidavit were sworn to, was at the time and now is and acting Justice of the peace, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to all of his official acts as such Justice, and that his signature within purporting to be his is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of same Court at Shelbyville Shelby County, Indiana this 10th day of September 1855.
                                        J. Vernon
                                                   Ck.
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The State of Indiana,
Shelby County, Ss.
On this 6th day of March 1833, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable the Judges of the Shelby Circuit Court in Shelby County and now sitting, Robert Gordon, a resident of the County of Shelby, and State of Indiana, aged 73 years, who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith 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, being born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1760, he lived there until the year 1777 when he moved into Westmoreland County in the Said State, when, in consequence of the Indian troubles, and general alarm of the country arising from the massacre of the Whites by the Savages, he volunteered to defend Shield's Fort in the Said County of Westmoreland and entered as Such into the Volunteer Militia Services of Pennsylvania, under a Captain Moore who was under the command of Colonel John Shields.  The day & month cannot be recollected, of Volunteering, but it was in the year 1777.  This was about the time that Carnahan's block house was burnt by the Indians, and also Wallace's Fort at which 9 men were killed, after an attack by the Indians, That he was subject to do, and did do militia duty under said Officers in guarding and defending men, women, and children in the Said Fort, doing regular Militia Service for five months, When he was discharged but he does not recollect the time precisely of the discharge, nor was his discharge in writing.  On the year 1778, he again Volunteered his Services, (precise time not recollected) in the Militia Service of Pennsylvania aforesaid, in the said County of Westmoreland, under Lieutenant White, to guard and defend a magazine of the United States on Mount's creek, near the Chesnut ridge, a branch of the Monongahela, which
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contained powder, lead, military stores, provisions &c. to Which he marched, and there remained, defending, guarding, and protecting the said magazine two months, during all which time he underwent rigid discipline under Lieut. White, but was not in any engagement, after Which he was again Verbally discharged in the said State and county, Where he entered into the said Service as a Volunteer as aforesaid.  His only march was to the Said block houses and magazine.  He served with no continental regiment or companies.  He does not recollect any regular Officer in Service at said points.  The said Services were rendered the summer after (illegible) town was attacked and burnt by the Indians.  He never received but three dollars for said Services, although the above and other Similar Service was rendered to his country.  And after peace was concluded, he was ordered out to guard a block (illegible) on the Allegheny River, called Reid's block (illegible), which was attacked by the Indians.  Since that time he has lived in Kentucky and Ohio, and for the last five years had resided in Shelby County, Indiana, Where he now lives.  His recollection is not very distinct as to any Very striking occurrences which took place, during the said Service; and  that he has no documentary evidence in regard to his said Services, and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service.  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. --
   Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
    S B Morris Clerk           Robert Gordon

We Samuel Morrison a clergyman in the county of Shelby and Reason Davis residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Robert Gordon who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be 73 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.
                    Sam'l Morrison
                    Reason Davis
Sylvan B Morris Clerk S. C. C
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the Matter, and after the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served in the States.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Samuel Morrison is a clergyman who has signed the preceding certificate, resident in the County of Shelby af{oresaid}, and that Reasin Davis who has signed the same is a resident of the county aforesaid, and is creditable person, and that their Statement is entitled to credit.
The Clerk of the S'd county do hereby certify, that the foregoing contained the original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of application of Robert Gordon for the pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of my Office this 6th day of March A. D. 1833.
S B Morris Clerk S C C

The following questions were now in open court (illegible) by the said court, and answered favorably, to wit:
1st. Where, and in What year were you born?
2nd. Have you any record of your age, and if so, What is it?
3rd. Where were you living when called into Service.  Where have you lived since the revolutionary war; And Where do you now live?
4th. How were called into Service; were you drafted; did you volunteer; or were you a Substitute?
5th. And if a Substitute, for Whom?
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 Whole Service?
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6th. Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service, and if so, by Whom was it given, and What has become of it?
7th. 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?

Here follows the answers to the said questions, to wit:
To the first said question the said Robert Gordon answers -- I was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania in the year 1760.
To the 2nd question - That he has no record of his age.
To the 3rd question - That when he was called into Service, he lived in Chester county, Penn'a, has lived since the war in Penn'a, Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana, where he now lives.
To the 5th question - That there was no regular officers with the troops with whom he Served - and no continental or militia regiments but those aforementioned, except Gen'l Harris or Hand of Pittsburgh to (illegible).
To the 4th question - That he entered the Service as a Volunteer.
To the 6th question - That he never received any discharge.
To the 7th question - That he would refer to the Reverend Samuel Morrison and the Hon. Reasin Davis of his neighborhood and county.
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State of Indiana
Shelby County Ss.
On this 21st day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and fourty five before the subscriber William H Sleeth Judge of the probate court in and for said County personally appeared Mary Gordon a resident of said County aged seventy 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 acts of Congress passed 7 July 1838 and March 3, 1843, granting pensions and half pay to certain widows that she is the widow of Robert Gordon who was a pensioner at the rate of twenty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum on the roll of the state of indiana she further declares that she was married to the said Robert Gordon on the 11th day of december in the year seventeen hundred and ninety three in the County of Adams in the state of Pennsylvania by publication.
and that her husband the aforesaid Robert Gordon died on the 1st day of february one thousand Eight hundred and fourty one and that she still remains his widow she further declares that she was not Married to the said Robert Gordon prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four at the time and place above stated
                      Mary Gordon {X is her mark}
subscribed and sworn to before Me on the day and first above written
                      Wm H Sleeth Probate Judge

I Certify that Mary Gordon the above declarant who has this day subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration before me is unable from old age and bodily infirmity to attend said Court
                       Wm H Sleeth Probate Judge

State of indiana
Shelby County ss.
Be it Remembered that on this 21st day of October one thousand eight hundred and fourty five before the subscriber William H Sleeth Judge of the probate Court
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in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared James Vanskoyke who being first duly sworn acording to law doth on his oath depose and say that Robert Gordon the husband of the declarant Mary Gordon died on the 1st day of February one thousand eight hundred and fourty one and that she the said Mary Gordon has not intermarried but remains the widow of the said Robert Gordon deceased
subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year above written 
          James vanskoyke {X is his mark}
Wm H Sleeth Probate Judge

I Certify that James vanskoyke who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing deposition before me is a Credible witness which I Certify from my personal knowledge given under my hand this 21st day of October 1845
               Wm H. Sleeth Probate Judge
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12313.
Mary Gordon
widow of Robert
(illegible) 20, 1845
Ind
act 7 July 1838
(illegible) under 1838
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State of Indiana
Shelby County Ss

I Jacob Vernon Clerk of the probate Court in and for said County the same being a Court of Record and so declared by the Law Creating it do hereby certify that William H Sleeth is Judge of the Probate Court duly commissioned and qualified and that the several foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said Court this 27th day of October one thousand Eight hundred and fourty five.
[signed] Jacob Vernon Clk
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Deposition of James Gordon of the County of Preble and State of Ohio of lawful age who being duly sworn according to law by me as hereafter certified deposes as follows, I was personally acquainted with Robert Gordon Dec'd in his lifetime and also with Mary Gordon his wife, or widow who is now living. The said Robert Gordon was married to the said Mary (whose maiden name was Mary Hunter) in Scott County Kentucky in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety six according to the best of my recollection, I can not state what month it was in, but think it was in the spring of the year. I was quite a small boy, but recollect the marriage well. the said Robert Gordon being my father; I also distinctly remember that the said Robert Gordon with the said Mary his wife removed from the State of Kentucky to the State of Ohio, in the year 1798 in the fall season of said year.
And further saith not,
James Gordon
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 2nd day of April 1849
John V Campbell
Notary Public
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The State of Ohio. Preble County SS
I John V Campbell a Notary Public within and for said County of Preble and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing named James Gordon was by me first duly sworn according to law and that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed was reduced to writing by me, and was taken on the 2nd day of April AD 1849. I also certify that the said James Gordon is a person entitled to credit 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal Notarial at Easton Ohio the 2nd day of April AD 1849
John V Campbell
Notary Public
Preble Co Ohio
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October 19, 1936

XXXXXXX

BA-J/EEL
Robert Gordon-S.1853

Ethel McKenney
134 First Street
Shelbyville, Indiana

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Robert Gordon, a soldier of the Revolutionary War who served in the Virginia Troops and was pensioned in 1833, while residing in Shelby County, Indiana.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.1833, based upon the military service in that war of Robert Gordon. Said Robert Gordon served in the Pennsylvania Troops and was erroneously recorded in the Report of the Secretary of War, printed in 1835, as have
ing served in the Virginia Troops.
Robert Gordon was born in 1760, in Chester County, Pennsylvania , and in 1777, moved to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1777. [handwritten note in margin "Could not identify service"] the Indians having become very troublesome, Robert Gordon Volunteered to defend Shields' Fort in said Westmoreland County, and served five months as a private in Captain Moore's Company, under Colonel John Shields in the Pennsylvania Troops; in 1778, he again volunteered and served two months under Captain White in the Pennsylvania Troops and acted as a guard to a magazine on Mount's Creek, near Chestnut Ridge, Pennsylvania. He stated that after peace was declared, he was again called out and acted as a guard at Held's Blockhouse, which was attacked by the Indians; length of this service not given.
After the Revolution, he lived in Kentucky and in 1798 [handwritten note in margin "This date given by his srv James"], moved to Ohio, thence to Indiana.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 6, 1833,
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while residing in Shelby County, Indiana, where he had lived for five years.
Robert Gordon died February 1, 1831, near Morristown, Shelby County, Indiana.
The soldier married in Adams County, Pennsylvania, Mary Hunter. The following rates of marriage are shown 1792. December 11, 1793, January, 1794 and December 15, 1794. No explanation was made for these discrepancies in date. He had been previously married name of former wife, date of their marriage and of her death are not stated.

Soldier's widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application rated October 21, 1845, at which time she was aged seventy years
and resided in Shelby County, Indiana.

In 1849, James Gordon, son of the soldier and his former wife, in Preble County, Ohio. He did not give his age but stated that he was a small boy when his father married Mary Hunter.
The names of the following children of Robert and Mary Gordon shown:
Robert Gordon, born October 11, 1795.
John Gordon, born February 26, 1799.
Mary Gordon, December -- 1800 (day not
legible)
William and Andrew Gordon, born May 11, 180-(illegible)
Hannah Gordon, born November 17, 180- (illegible)
Robert Gordon, born February 7, 1805.
Matthew Cordon, born February 15, 1807.
Agnes Gordon, born September 11, 1808.
Betty Gordon, born February 13, 1810.
In 1845, Nancy McCord, a sister of the widow, was aged seventy - five years and resided in Fayette County, Indiana. The name of her
husband was not shown.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Official Business


To

Commissioner of Pesions
Washington City
D.C --

Postal Cancellation dated September 11
Stamped "FREE"
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V  12313
Mary Gordon
Ind

Lit to Hon O.B Ficktin
Let to James  Dec 12 48
Hon O.B. Fickton  January 2
Same  Feby 8. 49
  "  31 August 1849
Let. to Hon. Y. K. Young Dec 1/4/49
  "    "     "     "  "       "  Jany 14/50

Act 7 July 1838
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34988

No ans
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State of Indiana Fayette County ss

Be it known that on this 20th day of May 1846 personally came before me Joseph Justice, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, Nancy McCard aged seventy-five years who after first being by me duly sworn upon her oath deposeth & says that she is acquainted with Mary Gordon who is the widow of Robert Gordon, late of Shelby County & State of Indiana, dec'd who was at his decease a pensioner of the United States, deponent further says that she is a sister of the said Mary Gordon, and that the said Mary and Robert Gordon were married in the year 1794 does not now recollect the month, deponent says that the reason why she thinks it was the year 1794 that the marriage of the said Mary to the said Robert took place is that the deponent was married in the year 1895 and that her sister (the said Mary) was married about one year previous to the marriage of deponent & further says such
                        Nancy McCard {X is her mark}
Subscribed & sworn to before me the day & year above written
                         Joseph Justice, Justice of the                                 
                         peace {seal}                                                                                                             

State of Indiana
Fayette County ss
I Joseph Justice, a Justice of the Peace within & for said County do hereby Certify that I was formerly acquainted with Nancy McCard named in the above deposition and that she is a person of Credability & respectability & that her mind seems to be but very little impaired by reason of her age or otherwise
Given under my hand & seal this 20th day of May 1846.
                Joseph Justice, Justice of the Peace
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State of Indiana
Fayette County ss.

I Amos R Edwards Clerk of the Fayette Circuit Court do hereby certify that Joseph Justice the within named Justice of the Peace whose name is herein written was and is at the time of the subscribing the same an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly Elected Commissioned and served and that the reputation of said Justice of the Peace as previous and that full faith & credit should be given to his official acts.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Fayette Circuit Court at Connersville this 20th day of May A. D. 1846.
                   Amos R Edwards C. F. C. C.
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[illegible] No 8

[illegible] [illegible] you will find [illegible], in the [illegible] of [illegible] 
applicant from [illegible] 

[illegible] Respectfully
Orlando B Ficklin
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State of [illegible]}
Fayette County}
   Be it remembered that on this 15th day of November 1845 personally appeared before me Joseph Justice, a Justice of the peace within & for said County, Nancy McCard a resident of said County, who, on being by me duly sworn  
upon her oath deposeth and pass that she is seventy five years of age that she is a sister to Mary Gordon, the widow of Robert Gordon and who is applicant for a pension, that this office [illegible] was married in the month of January seventeen hundred and Ninety four (1794) and that she recalls [illegible] well her sister the said Mary was married to the said Robert Gordon in the winter of seventeen hundred Ninety two (1792)
applicant further says that the Robert the late husband of the said Mary was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his [illegible] & that the said Mary has not since the death of the said Robert intermarried but remains his widower
[signature] Nancy [illegible] McCard
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of November 1845
[signature] Joseph Justice [illegible] 
Justice of the Peace

I certify that Nancy McCard who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit is a woman of reputability and credibility that her mind [illegible] [illegible] seem to be [illegible] title [illegible] [illegible],
Joseph Justice J.P.
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The State of Indiana 
Fayette County SS
I Amos R Edwards Clerk of the Fayette Circtuit Court do hereby certify that Joseph Justice Esq before whom the within affidavit appears to have been signed and sworn to by Nancy McCord is & was at the time of signing the same an acting of Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Fayette, that he was commissioned in the 17th day of July 1844 that his term of office expires on the 17th day of July 1849, and that his signaure attached to the jurat of said affidavit is genuine. 
In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 15th day of November A.D. 1845. 
Amos R Edwards Clk
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[A file jacket, writing on the left side]

1936 - Oct 19 - list to Ethel McKenney . Eb

[The file jacket's pre-printed right side, with additional handwritten information]

WIDOW, &c. [Rev. written to the left]

File No.          1853
Merry Gordon, Widow Robert Gordon, P[illegible] Rev. War, 

Act:                 July, 29 - 1848

Index :---Vol.   a,   Page   278

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office,
August 15th 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," Robert Gordon -- a Pensioner on the Roll of the Madison, Ind. Agency, at the rate of Twenty three Dollars and thirty three 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.
Respectfully, yours
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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[Postal Stamp]
CHARLESTON
OCT

Col J. L. Edwards
Com of Pensions 
Washington City DC

20 Oct 48
Mary Gordon
Act 2 Feb 48
Ind
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Charleston Oct 13th HS

Dear Sir
I send you the enclosed claim for investigation.
Very respecty 
Orlando B Ficklin
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[An envelope or cover for a letter]

Shelbyville Ina.
March 1st                    Free

Hon. L. Cass, Secretary of War
City of Washington
Dis.t of Col.a_____

[Written vertically at various locations]
120 [crossed out]
L80 [crossed out]
500

March 2d
JW
24342
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[Breaks added for clarity of transcription] 

Hon. L. Cass, Sec.y of War, 

Sir:

I enclose to you the papers of Mr Morgan, a Revolutionary Soldier, and hope that they receive your early attention.  The response to this application, can be forwarded to me at Indianapolis, Ind.a, or to the old veteran at
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana.

March 8th 1833.

Yrs: Very respectfully, &c.
J. B. Ray.
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[An envelope or cover for a letter]

[A round stamp, with location around the edge and date in the center] 
CHARLESTON Ill. [Illegible] 4

Col J L. Edwards
Washington City D.C

[Written vertically at various places on the envelope or cover]

Addtl. evid.
Mary Gordon
May 16/49

An[illegible]
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[The majority of this page is faded and illegible save for the following handwritten numbers.]

7 3/4
8 1/3
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1-6
2/3
6
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64 1/3
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[A pre-printed form with information written in]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
February 12th 1846.

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," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending
the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, the widow of Robert Gordon decd --- a Pensioner on the Roll of the Indiana --- Agency, at the rate of Twenty three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1840 to the 1st Feb'y 1841-

Respectfully, yours,

Albion E. Paris
Comptroller.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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[An envelope or cover for a letter, folded three times.  On the top fold, the apparent remnants of a wax seal or closer.  On the center fold, a round stamp, with location partially legible around the edge "...ghtown" and an illegible date in the center.  Also, the letter's intended recipient]

Thomas Lumpkins, esq
Washington D.C [the initials crossed out]
District of Columbia

[On the bottom fold, the apparent remnants of a wax seal or closer.]
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Georgetown Dec 21 1849

Dear Sir
The clerks office of this county was burnt in the year 1834 and all the papers were destroyed, there is no proof of the marriage you speak of unless by marriage contract, and Mrs Gordon will know whether she made a marriage contract or not, if she did there will be some probability of finding proof. but not otherwise.
I am yours
James Y Kelly DC
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[Breaks added for clarity of transcription]

Washington, D.C.
Jany 2nd, 1830

Sir,

I herewith enclose you this testimony or letter of the Clerk of Sch County Keny in relation to the marriage of Mrs. Mary Gordon, widow of ______ Gordon, Illinoisean, as of 4th July, 1838. 

She made a mistake in her declaration in saying she was married in 1793. - Her son, has testified 
before the law extending the marriage to 1800, that she was married in 1795, and his statement I have in[illegible] is correct. 

In the absence of evidence from the County in Ken.y where he states his mother was married
and he is certain it took place in 1795, I trust you
will be willing to admit that the marriage did take place prior to 1800, and admit the claim under Act 29th July 1848.

I am, Sir, Mo. [illegible], obt sevt

T R Young

Col. G.S. Edward
Commr. of Pensions
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134 First Street
Shelbyville Ind.
July 13, 1936.

[stamped]
Received Jul 30 1936 Mail Sub-Div Vets Adm Reader #10 

Veterans' Administration
Revolutionary Records Division
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sirs, 
I should like to have the Revolutionary service of Robert Gordon. He served in the Virginia State Troops and was pensioned in 1833 while a resident of Shelby County, Indiana. His name is in the I840 pension list for Shelby County.
I shall appreciate getting his service record.

Yours very truly,

[signed] Ethel McKenney
Ethel McKenney
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1936 - Oct 19. Hist to Ethel
McKenney. Et

Rev.
WIDOW, &c.
_____________
File  No. 1853
Mary Gordon,
Widow
Robert Gordon
Priv. Rev. War
__________________
Act July 29. 1848
Index:-- Vol. A, Page 278

[Arrangement of 1870.]