Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,061, Thomas Gill, S.C.
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Service    S.C.                                                   
Gill, Thomas                   
Number S.31.061
Contents
Borwin N.J.
He died Aug. 30, 1838 in Illinois
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Illinois 7991
Thomas Gill.
of Palestine in the State of Illinois
who was a 1st Lieut & Capt. in the _ Commanded by Captain [Philip] Walker of the Regt.  commanded by Col [John Laurens] Lawrence in the South Carolina line for two years.
               4 Mos Captain -   80.00
               18 Mos Lieut. - 240.00
                 2 Mos Private -  6.66
              = 24 Mos             $326.66
Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois at the rate of 326 Dollars  66. Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of May 1830 and sent to Hon. TM Robinson. US. Senate. Palestine, Ils
Arrears to the 4th of March. 33               653.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833  163.33 =  $816.65
Revolutionary claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Wm R. Balms 
Book E.  Vol. 8  Page 5
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Order to pay 28th Oct 1831
Dead
Paid at the treasury under the actsof the 6th April 18 __ to 6 of the 9 children 2/3rds of the Pension from 4 Sept 1837 to 30 Aug 1838 the day
of his death. Agent notified
 31. Aug 1839
Paid as above to 2 of the children 
2/9ths Agt notified 30 Oct '39
Let to Hon. J.W. Davis,
Feb 21, '45
let to Hon O. B Ficklin Dec 12 '46
Copies sent May 11/56
to Com'ee on Pensions H. of R.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT . Second Comptroller's Office October 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 , "  Elizabeth  Ryan & Nancy Kitchell ,  2 of 9 children of  Thomas Gill dec'd  a Pensioner on the Roll of the Illinois Agency at the rate of three hundred & twenty six  Dollars and sixty six  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, have been paid 2/9 of his pension at this Department , from the 4th of Dept. 1837  to the 30th  August 1838, the day of his death.  Respectfully yours, Albion K. Parris Comptroller.  To the Commissioner of Pensions Present .
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptrollers Office
August 13, 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 this Treasury of the United States," six of the nine children of Thomas Gill, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Illinois Agency, at the rate of Three hundred twenty six Dollars and sixty-six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, have been paid 2/3 of said pension at this Department from the 4th of Sept. 1837, to the 30th of August 1838, the day of his death
Respectfully yours,
Albion K Parris
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office,
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 pay the same at the Treasury
of the United States,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the _ Agency at the rate of _ Dollars and _ cents per annum, under the law of the
_ has been paid at this Department, from the _ to the _
Respectfully, yours,
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.

Copy
Date of death
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(1) Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th  1832. 
State of Illinois Crawford County 
On this third day of September 1832 personally  appeared in open Court  before the County Commissioner's Court  of said County  now sitting, being a Court of Record,  Thomas Gill a resident of Lamotte Township in the County of Crawford & State of Illinois aged seventy seven years the 27th day of August last, who being first duly sworn  according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration  in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States  under the following named officers and served as  herein stated. that he was drafted as a Militia man in the  Camden District and State of South Carolina the first day of December in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight under Capt. Philip Walker and Lieutenant James Johnson for  three months , the company was attached to  Col. Cashshaw's [Joseph Kershaw] regiment and served three months and was discharged at Winsborough  [Winnsboro] in the  State of South Carolina, the applicant  returned home and in a few days , there was a call for volunteers by  Capt. Walker  & he  volunteered under his former officers and was marched to Genl. [Benjamin] Lincoln's head quarters on Savannah River in the  State of South Carolina , thence to  Coosahatchey [Coosawhatchie River] , thence
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(2) marched back to Tuleyfinny [Tulifinney River] and there we had a skirmish at the bridge, we were commanded by  Col. Lawrence [John Laurens] a regular officer from thence marched to Charleston, he thinks about the latter end of March or the first of April 1779 and there remained until the latter end of August 1779. Then was marched home by Capt. [Philip] Walker and dismissed by him by word of mouth. The applicant further states that in May or June in the year 1780 he again volunteered  under Capt. Alexander Pagan in the  State of North Carolina at Ramsours Mills on the Catawba River & attached to  Col. Thos. Sumpter's [Gen. Thomas Sumter] regiment  thence was marched to the Rocky Mount in  South Carolina & there we had a battle with the British & Tories ; thence marched to the Hanging Rock,  Coles old fields where he was  in another battle with the British & Tories . The Tories were commanded by Col Saml Briant [Samuel Bryan], a Tory , and the Americans by Genl Sumter from thence was marched near to Camden and there, in the month of August 1780 he was elected Lieutenant in Capt. Alex’r. Pagan’s Company.
from thence was marched to Lears old fields [Battle of Fishing Creek] and there Gen’l. Sumter was defeated by Tarlton [Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton]  & Capt Pagan was  killed there  and from  thence he  refugeed till the month of December , then he fell in  with  Genl Sumter in South Carolina near  Winnsboro and then went the rounds with him  until  December 1781  returned home and was there  a few days  there was elected Capt. by his own company  & other volunteers that  joined it ; he thinks about the first of January  1782
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(3) The applicant states that he served as Lieutenant  one year & eight months  & the applicant further states that he served as Capt in the militia  in the service of the U.S.  under  Col. Edward Lacy [Lacey] , who was attached to  Genl [Thomas Sumter] Sumpter's division under the command of Genl Green [Nathanael Greene] one year & four months . The applicant states that during his service as Capt. he was in the following engagements viz . first at the taking of the fort at Congaree, the fort was commanded by Major [Andrew] Maxwell [Siege of Fort Granby], second at the Beggin Church [Skirmish at Biggins Church], third at Eugee [Huger] quarters, all of the above engagements  in  South Carolina. The applicant further states that  the foregoing services were all performed in the horse service, except three months, 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. 
s/ Thos Gill 
We David  McGahey clergyman , residing in the  County of Crawford  and State of Illinois , and Elijah M. Kelog residing in the same , hereby certify that we are well acquainted with  Thos Gill , who has subscribed  & sworn to the above declaration , that we believe him to be seventy seven 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 the opinion. 
s/ David Mc Gahey MG. Elijah M. Kelog   Sworn  & subscribed the day and year aforesaid .
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(4) Interrogations propounded by the Court to the applicant . 1. Where and in what year were you born ? Answer. I was born in the  State of New Jersey  in the year  1755  August 27th 
2. Have you any record of your age & if so where is it ? Answer. I have a record of my  age , it is at home in my Bible. 3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live? Answer. I was living in South Carolina, since the war have lived in the State of Kentucky & I now live in Crawford County  State of Illinois. 4. How were you called into service : where you  drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom ? Answer. I was drafted for three months and then I volunteered the balance of the war. I never was a substitute. 5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served. Answer. Genl. [Benjamin]  Lincoln  & Green [Nathanael Greene], and prior I was with Col. Lawrence [John Laurens]; as to the continental regiments I do not recollect ; the militia regiment that I first served in was  Col. [Richard] Winn's and I was afterwards  attached to  Col. [Joseph Kershaw] Cashshaw's at head quarters . I was in the battle at Tulafine Bridge [Skirmish at Tulifinney Bridge], from thence I was marched to Charlestown, from thence I was marched home and discharged by Capt. Philip Walker by the word of mouth . Next I was in the battle at Rocky Mount ; other circumstances are set forth in my declaration.
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(5) 6. Did you ever receive a  commission , and if so  by whom was it signed & what has become of it ? Answer. I never got a commission . 7. State the name of persons to whom you are known om your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity , and their belief of your service as a soldier of the revolution . Answer. John C. Alexander, Guy W. Smith, John Houston.  s/  Thos. Gill 
 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 officer ) and served as he states ; And the Court further  certifies that it appears to them that David Mc Gahey, who has signed the proceeding certificate, is a clergyman resident in  Palestine Township  County of Crawford and State of Illinois, and that Elijah  M. Kelog who has also signed the same is a resident in the  Township  County  & State aforesaid, and is a credible person , and that their statement is entitled to credit. s/  Asa Norton   John Boyd   James H Wilson Commissioners
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(6) I Edward H Piper Clerk of the County Commissioner's Court of Crawford County and State of Illinois, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of 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 said Court  & of my office this third day of September  A. D. 1832. Edward H. Piper ( signed ) Clerk
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Thos . Gill's application for a pension 8264 Answer to John Robinson  Senate U.S.
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(11) State of Illinois Crawford County Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in  & for said County Thomas Gill, who being duly sworn , deposeth  & saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory  he cannot swear positively  as to the precise length of his service, but according  to the best of his recollection  not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades : For one year  and four months I served as a Captain ,for one year and six months I served as a Lieutenant, and for nine months I served as a Private , and for such service I claim a pension. Given under my hand  and seal this 19th day of April  A.D. 1833. William Wilson ( signed / sealed ) JP
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State of Illinois Crawford County 
 I Edward H Piper clerk of the County Commissioner's Court  in & for said County do hereby certify  that  William Wilson  Esq. before whom the  within affidavit of Thomas Gill was made & whose name appears signed to the same was at the date thereof and still is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified  as such and that full faith and credit is due  & should be given to all is official acts as such . In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand  and affixed the seal of said Court  this 20th April  1833. Edward H Piper ( signed /sealed ) clk
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Stateof Illinois Crawford County 
I Edward H Piper Clerk of the County Commissioner's Court  and State of Illinois  do hereby certify  that the foregoing  contains the original proceedings of said  Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Gill for a pension, and also his amended papers thereto as set forth in Pages 8 & 11 . In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court  & of my office this 20th  day of April  A.D. 1833 . Edward H  Piper ( signed / sealed ) clk
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Rev &1812 Wars Section
May 31, 1924
Mayme Walters
204 South Howard St.
Robinson, ILL
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 31061 it appears that Thomas Gill was born August 27, 1755 in New Jersey.
He enlisted December 1, 1778 in Camden District, South Carolina and served nine months as a private in Captain Philip Walker's Company under Colonels [Richard] Winn, [Joseph] Kershaw and [John] Laurens, South Carolina Troops.
   He enlisted in May or June 1780 and served as a Lieutenant under Captain Alexander Pagan and Colonel Thomas Sumter, South Carolina Troops; one year and six months.
   About January 1, 1782 he was appointed Captain and served one year and four months in Colonel Edward Lacey's South Carolina Regiment. he was in the battles of Tullifiny [Tulifinney Bridge] Hill, Rocky Mount, Hanging Rock, Fishing Creek, Biggins Church, Congaree Fort [Granby] and Huger's Quarter.
    He was allowed pension on his application executed
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September 3, 1832 while a resident of Lamotte Township, Crawford County, Illinois. He died August 30, 1838,
   Nine children are referred to, Elizabeth Ryan and Nancy Kitchell the only names stated, and the name of his wife is not given.

Respectfully,

I could not find the dates of 2 last named battles so Miss Wilson said just put them all together the end of his service.

Acting Commissioner.
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Revy 31061 INVALID . File No. 31.061 Thomas Gill Capt . Rev War Act : June 7th 32 Index : - Vol 2 Page 154 Arrangement of 1870.
1918 May 22 history to Mrs. M. A. Christopher 
1924 - May 31 - Hist to Mayme Walters
1931 - Nov. 2 - Hist. to  A. R. Markle ILL
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Rejected 
let . to Hon R Domen Jan 25 1844  
to same July 25 1844
to Hon. J.W.  Davis  Apl 22 45
to Uri Manly  June 26 45
to Hon J W Davis sp  H 22 Dec 13 1845
4024
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Carmi Ills office of Pension Agent 8th Oct 1837 Sir , Enclosed you have the  vouchers of Thomas Gill  & James  Ryan  for inspection there is 18 months pension due  Thos. Gill  & 8 months pension due to James Ryan.  Respectfully yours  Carson D. Hay  ( signed )
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
7 Oct 1829
Thomas Gill of _in the County of Crawford in the State of Illinois has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, He states that he as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war at which period he was a Captain in Col [Edward] Lacey's regiment of the South Carolina line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March 1826, nothing.
   The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
  By order of the Secretary FA Dickins
not found

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
THIRD AUDITOR"S OFFICE

   It does not appear by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Capt Thomas Gill in the South Carolina line.
   It further appears that Thomas Gill is  not now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been since the 3d March 1826.
The Revolutionary records in this office furnish no information whatever in relation to the services of Capt Thomas Gill in the South Carolina line.
s/ Peter Hagner Aud.
correct
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War Department Bounty Land Office Oct 16th 1829  The name of Thomas Gill is not returned on the  Records of the  South Carolina line , on file in this office, among those who acquired a right to Bounty Land, or to whom a warrant was issued. Wm Gordon ( signed )
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Palestine April 20th 1833 Sir,  The accompanying papers in relation to  Mr. Gill's pension are returned with the amendments as required by the Department  for him to obtain his pension  - and would  consider it a personal favor if his  case can  receive  early attention  . I am well acquainted with the applicant who is a very old, poor and honorable man . With great respect your obt. sevt.  John M. Robinson 
 J.L. Edwards Esq Pensions office  P.S. Answer to the applicant at this place  JMR
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1660                                                                       For the purpose of obtaining  the benefit of an act entitled " an act  for the relief of  certain surviving officers  and soldiers of the army of the revolution "  approved the 25th may  1828. I  Thomas Gill of Crawford Country in the State of Illinois  do hereby declare that I  was an officer in the continental line of the  army of the revolution, and served as such to the end of the war. At which period I was a Captain in  Col. Edward Lacey's regiment of the  __ line.  And I also declare that afterwards I received certificates ( commonly call commutation certificates ) for a sum equal  to the amount of five years full pay ; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress of the 22nd March 1783 instead of half pay for life to which  I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st  Oct. 1780.  Witness my hand this thirteenth day of May in the year 1829. ( signed ) Thos . Gill
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Before me a Justice of the peace in the County of Crawford in the  State of Illinois personally appeared this day,  Alexander M Houston and  Edward H Piper of the said County  who did severally  make oath , that Thomas Gill by whom the forging declaration  was subscribed , is generally reputed  and believed to have been an officer in the army of the revolution , in manner as therein stated. Witness my hand & seal this sixteenth day of May in the year 1829.  ( signed )  D Boatright ( sealed )  J P   I Edward H Piper  clerk of the Court of the County  of Crawford in the  State of Illinois , do hereby certify that Daniel Boatright  Esq.  before  whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn  was, at the time a Justice
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of the peace , and duly empowered to administer oaths. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand , and affixed the seal of the said Court this sixteenth day of May in the year 1829 .  Edward H Piper  ( signed / sealed ) clerk Before me a Justice of the peace duly empowered to administer oaths in the County of Sullivan in the  State of Indiana  personally appeared this day Matthew Mc Cammon of the said  County , and made oath that he was personally acquainted with  Thomas Gill, ( by whom the foregoing declaration  was subscribed ) during the  war of the revolution , and knew him to be an officer in the southern States in the Revolutionary  army of the grade of Captain and that he served and acted as such.
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to the end of the war. Witness my hand  & seal  this fifteenth day of May in the year 1829. ( signed )  James Love JP SC seal  I certify  that the above named Matthew McCammon   well known to me  and that full faith , confidence and credit , is to be place to what he has sworn. Witness my hand & seal  this day and year above written . ( signed ) James Love  J P SC seal .  I, Samuel Colman clerk of the Court of  the  County of Sullivan  in the  State of Indiana , do hereby certify that James Love , before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn , was at the time  a Justice of the peace and duly empowered to administer oaths. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said office  this sixteenth day of May in the year 1829. ( signed ) S Colman clerk
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House Rep
Washington May 16th 1856

Hon J Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir, 
   The Committee on Revolutionary Claims desire a copy of the papers on file in your Dept. on the application of Captain Thomas Gill late of Illinois, who was a pensioner as an officer of the South Carolina line, Rev War, under the act of 1832.
   Please transmit the copies at your earliest convenience.

Respectfully
Your obt sevt
JC Allen
Committee on Rev Claims
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P Strother
for Thomas Gill
Rec 8 June 1829
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8
State of Illinois Crawford County
We the Subscribers citizens of
said County do hereby certify that
we now are and for some time past have been well acquainted with the within named Witness Mathew McCamson that he is a man of
truth and veracity that his Oath is entitled to full credit and belief and also that he is generally reputed
and believed to have been a soldier in
the Revolutionary War - given
under our hands & seal, this 19th day of April AD 1833
s/ Edward H. Piper
John  Ireland
the two gentlemen whose names are noted to above certificate are men of the highest respectability and would not certify to anything but what they know to be correct
with Mr Piper I have been long &
intimately acquainted with Wm Ireland I am well acquainted by character-
Palestine April 19th 1833
s/ John M Robinson
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Personally appeared in open Court Matthew McCameron and after being duly sworn deposeth and sayeth that he is personally acquainted with Thomas Gill who has sworn to and subscribed his name to the above declaration that he was part of the time in the service with said Thomas
Gill in South Carolina and that he was with him at the taking of Congaree fort [Siege of Fort Granby] and that he knew him to be a Lieutenant and a Captain as set forth in his Declaration and he believes that he served the time stated in the Declaration as an officer and that he knew him to be a
private Soldier from his personal knowledge and that he Verily believes that the said Gill served the time stated in his declaration. Sworn to this third day of September AD 1832
Matthew Maccamaron X his mark
Sworn to and Subscribed or marked
in Open Court this 3d day of September 1832
s/ Edward H. Piper clerk
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Palestine Illinois Septr 1st 1829
Sir Your letter has been received
in relation to the application of Capt
Thomas Gill for a pension.
In answer he has to state that he belonged to the South Carolina
line, the regiment commanded
by Col Edward Lacey which regiment
was under the immediate command
of Generals [Nathanael Greene] Green and [Thomas Sumter] Sumpter. He observes his name is to be found on the books kept by one Peter Boquet and that he was paid off in Charleston South Carolina in the
year 1782 or 1783. He has no recollection of the number of his regiment but believes that on a faithful examination his name is to be found among the papers belonging to the department.
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He has written to some of his old
associates in arms for information but as yet has received no answer from them, when received if necessary he will forward it on to the department
He has made every exertion to obtain the necessary information and is in hopes with this the department will be enabled to give him that relief which he believes he is justly entitled to by the laws of his Country
I am Sir respectfully yrs &c
P Strother

The Honble
S.D. Ingham
Secretary of the Treasury
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8 June 48 1157
Palestine Illinois May 22nd 1829
Sir Enclosed is the petition of Captain
Thomas Gill of this county, who claims a pension under the act approved on the fifteenth of May 1828. That he was and served faithfully, there is no doubt. He was
in several of the warmest engagements with the Southern army. His commission he says has long been lost. The number of his regiment he does not recollect, but believes at the close of the war it was commanded by Col Edward Lacey. He is a native of South Carolina, and the emigration from that state to this being very limited, he has not been so clearly able to identify himself, perhaps, as the act requires. The
only person in this section of the country who knew him during the war of Independence is Matthew McCammon a citizen of Indiana
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whose affidavit accompanies this which it is hoped will be satisfactory to the department. Mr Gill is now very advanced in years, and unable to support himself by labour. He is an honest, correct and upright citizen, much esteemed by his neighbors, I am in hopes the enclosed, with what information the department may have will enable him to obtain his pension
when convenient, an answer is respectfully solicited
With much respect
Yours &c
P Strother

The Honble
S. D. Ingham
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Aud #31061
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Thomas Gill Capt
S Car line Rev Illinois
Inv File No 31061
see letter 3762 act 1828 papers
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Daughters of the American Revolution
JAMES HALSTEAD, SR., CHAPTER
ROBINSON, ILLINOIS
The Pension Department
Washington D.C
The James Halstead Sr. Chapter of
Robinson Ill, are going to unveil a Bronze Marker at the grave of Thomas Gill a Revolutionary
soldier on June 14, Flag Day. So far
I have been unable to find suitible data in regard to his service in the War. Could you please tell me out if possible, tell me where he came from, when he entered the service How long he fought and as much as you can He served as captain in the South Carolina Troops was wounded Oct. 9, 1779 also Sept. 8.81. He was pensioned and was buried at Jack Oak Grove Cemetery in 1840. N.W. of Palestine Ill.
Please let me hear as soon as possible as we are to have a program and will have two of our State officers with us and would like to have
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Daughters of the American Revolution
JAMES HALSTEAD, SR. CHAPTER
ROBINSON, ILLINOIS
just right. I also have the name of John Barrack whose grave we would like to mark but can't find out
any thing about him. Do you have any thing about him and James Mullins more inf
Let me hear about Mr Gill first and as
soon as possible.
Respectfully
Mayme Walters, Historic Spots Chairman
204 So. Howard St.
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A. R. MARKLE
HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH BOX506
TERRE HAUTE, IND.
October 16, 1931.
Veterans Administration,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen: Will you please give me what information you have
in your files regarding the children of Thomas Gill, Captain in the South Carolina Troops, wounded at Savannah, Oct. 9, 1779 and at Eutaw Springs, Sept. 8, 1781 and who died in Crawford County, Illinois, August 30, 1838.
His wife, Hannah, died Jan. 28, 1828 and they left a numerous family in Crawford County. A grandson married a grand daughter of Owen Seaney and his wife Honor ( Estell ) who also came from either North or South Carolina and settled in Wayne County, Indiana in 1810.
It is believed that Owen Seaney had Revolutionary service and I would like to have any information in your records showing such service. Thomas Gill is known to have been pensioned but the same is not so certain of Owen Seaney,
Yours truly, s/ AR Markle

OCT 17 1931
RECEIVED
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May 21 1918
Mrs MA Christopher
502 Florence Court
Washington DC
Thomas Gill S31061 SC
Mrs MA Christopher
1224 Stratford Rd
Kansas City MO
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November 2, 1931.
BA-J/MMHF/ILL copied from old notes Thomas Gill S.31061
A. R. Markle
Box 506
Terre Haute, Indiana.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Thomas Gill and Owen Seaney, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished relative to  Thomas Gill are obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, S. 31061, based upon his military
service in that war.
Thomas Gill was born August 27, 1755 in New Jersey.
He enlisted December 1, 1778 in Camden District, South Carolina
and served nine months as private in Captain Philip Walker's Company, under Colonels Winn, Kershaw and Laurens, South Carolina troops.
He enlisted in May or June, 1780 and served as lieutenant under Captain
Pagan and Colonel Thomas Sumter, South Carolina troops; one year and
six months service. About January 1, 1782, he was appointed Captain
and served one year and four months in Colonel Edward Lacey's South
Carolina Regiment. He was in the battles of Tullifinney Hill, Rocky
Mount, Hanging Rock, Fishing Creek, Biggin's Church, Congaree Fort and
Huger's Quarters.
After the war, the soldier lived in Kentucky.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 3,
1832, while a resident of Lemotte Township, Crawford County, Illinois.
He died August 30, 1838.
Reference was made to nine children but the only names stated were Elizabeth Ryan and Nancy Kitchell. The name of soldier's wife
was not given.
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A careful search of the Revolutionary War records of this
office fails to show a claim for pension on file on account of the
services of Owen Seaney, under any spelling of that surname
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.