Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4680, James Gilmore, N.C.
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(S- 1776)

SERVICE: NC

Gilmore, James
Gilmor

NUMBER: W. 4680

Born in md.          Easter

CONTENTS: [left blank]
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Georgia 16.937
James Gilmore of Hall in the State of Ga who was a PR in the commanded by Captain of the Rege commanded by Col. Lock in the N Car line for 14 mo: 19 days.

Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 48 Dollars 77 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the [illegible] day Oct 33. and [illegible] Jas. Law Gainesville. Ga:

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 121.92
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar: 34 24.36
146.30

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk
Vol 6 Page 91
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[Page One]
Georgia
Easter Gilmore widow of James Gilmore who was a private in the N. Carolina line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 48 Dollars 77 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Nov: 45 and sent to James Saw, Gainesville, Georgia.

[in brackets]: Act of March 3, 1843 [handwritten addition]: + 17 June, 1844

Recorded in Book A 
Vol 2  Page 173

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2 Certificate
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[illegible]
Private
14 mo 19 days
48.77    12902
4.5.
P 334
Apl [illegible]-'33
[illegible]
[illegible]
22 August
James Law
Gainesville Ga
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12902
Brief in the case of James Gilmore County of Hall in the State of Georgia (Act 7th June, 1832)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 71 - [illegible]
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period
he thinks { in 1778 or 1779 } drafted
then entered another tour of duty
=refers to the Rolls. for State  [illegible]
volunteered as a Ranger 178 against the Indians

Duration of Service.
Months 6, 2, 3, 3 = 14
Days 19

Rank
As a Private Sargeant

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Cap Alexander - Colo Lock
Cap Collins  Major Harris
Colo Arington
Colo Kilgore

5. In what battles was he engaged?  [illegible] - fought with the Indians

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lincoln C. North Carolina

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary and documnetary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? - Neither period,  nor length of service are specified- the papers are not attached agreeably to the regulation

Certify that the foregoing statement and answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor Examining Clerk
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State of Georgia Hall County 
On this day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Personally appeared in open court before Thomas S Tate Joseph Dunagan and Ezekiel Buffington Judges of the Interior Court of said County  [ineligible] thing as a court ordinance James Gilmore of Hall County and state of Georgia aged seventy one years and eight 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 the 7th 1832 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following names Officers - Captain Robert Allexander and Lieut. Charles Mattox Ensign Perry Green Magnus and marched to Macklinburgh Town and there joined Head Quarters under the command of General Reatherford and Colonel Lock commanded the Regiment to which I was attached the month I cannot recollect but to the best of my knowledge  it was in the latter part of the year 1778 or 1779 - that I resided in Lincoln County North Carolina when he entered the service that he was drafted into the service that he was not in any general engagement during that Tour of six months from headquarter we marched to Puring Purrys Burgh and stayed there something like three months in the state of South Carolina and and at the Ten Mile house we joined General Lincoln, previous to our march to Puring Purrys Burgh from thence we marched up to the Two Sisters Ferry on Savener. Savannah River in South Carolina as it is required that I should state some of the Regular officers I was not acquainted with none of the field officers as I recollect at this time I was personally acquainted with one of the Lieutenants of the Regular army whose name was William Adare
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From the Sisters Ferry we marched to Briar Creek to Techforce General Nask but before we [ineligible] that place we met them on their retreat from thence we retreated back to headquarters at the Sisters Ferry - from thence we marched to Turkey Hill and there we remained until we received our discharges and there I received my discharge for one Tour of Duty of six months signed by Captain William McKinley and the discharge I have lost or mislaid it [ineligible] [ineligible] that I am unable to procure it and do not know of any person at this time that I am able to prove the service by -[ineligible]
I then returned home to Lincoln County North Carolina I then substituted in one William Smiths place for one Tour of Duty and entered the service under the Command of Captain Jacob Collins- and from said county we marched to Charleston under the Command of the following Field Officers - Vis. Major Harris Colo. Arrington we was then placed under the Command of General Lincoln I served that Tour as First Sargent   of the Company - and we was there taken prisoners and received a parole for further particulars reference to the Toll will moorefully show as to the dates JC
I then returned home to Lincoln County North Carolina I then was drafted and served two tours of Duty in the Army for which I have the discharges here to show. For further particulars reference to the Discharge will moorefully show I then returned home to Lincoln County North Carolina and remained there until this month of July 1783. I then entered the service under Captain Major Parsons - as a Ranger against the Indians and Torey's and I remained in that situation
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Something like 6 months we was then called to the aid of Colo. Kilgore to go out and burn and destroy the Indians towns - we then had and attack by the Indians at a town called Stocken Town - from thence we returned to guard Colleys Station on the head of the Pacolet River I believe in South Carolina - and I was called out a great many times on scouting parties - that I cannot recollect - against the Indians and Toreys 
EZ Buffington James Gilmore
We Josiah Roberts a Clergyman residing in the County of hall and state of Georgia and David H McCleskey - residing in the same her by certify that we are well acquainted with - James Gilmore who as subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy one or two years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood whare he resides to have bin a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion sworn to and subscribed the day and year of aforesaid
EZ Buffington Josiah Roberts David Hill McCleskey
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And the said court, do hear by declare that from after thare investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the coart further certifies that if appears to them that Josiah Roberts who has signed the presiding certificate is a Clergyman Resident in the County of Hall and state of Georgia and that David H. McCleskey who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Hall and the state of Georgia and is a credible person and that thare statement is entitled to Credit
EZ Buffington Tho. S Tate Joseph Dunagan

I George Hawpe clerk of the court of ordinary do heare by certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application  of James Gilmore for a pension in Hall County and the state of Georgia in testimony where of I have herewith set my hand and seal of office this 3 day of September 1832

State of Georgia Hall County I John Be Nichols clerk of the Interior court of said county hereby certify that Ezekiel Buffington before when the foregoing affidavit was made in an acting justice of the Inferior Court and that the signatures [ineligible] are his genuine signatures given under my hand and seal of office this 4th Sept 1832 John B Nichols
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To the first interrogations the applicant answers - 
I was bornd in the year seventeen hundred and sixty

To the second he answers - 
I have no record of my age my father told me the last time I ever saw him that I was bornd in the month of January in the year 1760

To the third he answers - 
I was living in North Carolina Lincoln County and from thare I moved to the state of South Carolina and from thare I moved to the state of Georgia whare I now live in Hall County in said state

To the fourth he answers - 
I was drafted first for one Tour of 6 months and the second tour I [ineligible] substituted for one Tour of 6 months in the place of William Smith
and the 3 and 4 Tour I was drafted
and the 5 Tour of Duty I volunteered and the ballance of duty I [ineligible] volunteer my services - when [ineligible] required it

To the fifth he answers - 
I do not recollect non of the regular officers - at the time except one Lieutenant by the name of William Adare I do not recollect any of the number of Regiments of the Continental or Militia Regiments. My general circumstance while I was in the army was marching from place to place and some time one thing and then and other

6th for the first Tour of Duty I received a discharge from the Captain McKinley and I have lost it. I have the discharge for a Tour which is hear [ineligible] and my parole [inelligible] before is the day and day
EZ Buffington Thomas Tate Joseph Dunagan
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The following interrogations was then put the applicant for a position in the Militia

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 resided since the Revolutionary Ware and whare do you now live
4. How where you called into service were you drafter did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whome
5. State the names of the some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served sutch Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstance of your service
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whome was it given and what has become of it
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10.87 5
Easter Gilmore 
G a
Act 7th July '38

Married 1783

husband died April 15th '41
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the July 1838 Entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
State of Georgia Hall County
On this twenty third day of March 1844 personally appearance before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Inferior Court in and for the county and state aforesaid Easter Gilmore a resident of the county and state above named aged Eighty three years who being first duly sworn according to the law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the pension made by the act of Congress passed the 7 July 1838, entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, That she is the widow of James Gilmore of the county and state aforesaid the Identical person who was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of the 7 June 1832 at the [ineligible] of $218.77 per annum in Hall County Georgia That said James Gilmore was a private and served in the War of the Revolution in the North Carolina Militia and for proof of his service she refers to the evidence on which he drew his pension and this deponant further state that the aforesaid James Gilmore died on the 15th day of April Eighteen Hundred and forty and in Hall County Georgia And this deponant further declares that she was married to the said James Gilmore on the day of May Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Three by a Justice of the Peace in York District of South Carolina where they resided for the spane of thirty years or more and  removed from there to Tennessee where they resided 3 months and removed to Georgia Jackson County formerly new Hall County where her husband died on the day aforesaid That she has no document any evidence of their having been married as aforesaid their family Register having been destroyed while moving to Tennessee crossing a creek at the foot of Cumberland Mountain their wagon was upset the creek where their family Bible was lost That she know of no person living who could testify to the fact. That she has remained a widow ever since the period  of her husbands death. That she was not married prior to her husbands last services But was married prior to the first day of January Seventeen Hundred and ninety four
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At the time above [ineligible] all of which will [ineligible] appears by reference to proof [ineligible] to [ineligible]
Easter Gilmore
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first written before me a Justice of the Inferior Court in and for the County of Hall and State of Georgia I further certify that from [ineligible][ineligible] Mrs. Easter Gilmore the deponent is unable to attend Court in Testimony where of I have hereinto set my hand this 23rd day of March 1844 David H McCleskey Hall County Georgia

State of Georgia Hall County
Be it known that on the twenty third day of March 1844 before me David H McCleskey a Justice of the Inferior Court for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Ezekiel Buffington and David King residents of the County and state aforesaid being first duly sworn according to law each on their oaths make the following statement That they have been acquainted with James Gilmore (who was a pensioner of the United in Hall County Georgia) and Easter Gilmore the above [ineligible] for the spane of twenty five years or more past they they have been living together peaceably as man and wife from and before their first acquaintance there and were always [ineligible] and beloved in their neighborhood when they have [ineligible] to have been legally married and they [ineligible] in that opinion they further say that they believe some of their children that they (then [ineligible]) are personally acquainted with to be the [ineligible]of fifty years of age. And then deponent further states that the aforesaid James Gilmore died on the [ineligible]day of April 1841 leaving Easter Gilmore as his widow and that she is still his widow Sworn to and subscribed on the day and date above written before me I do further certify that Major Ezekiel Buffington and David King are respectable persons and creditable  witnesses this 23rd day of March 1844 David H McCleskey David K King Ezekiel Buffington Hall County Georgia
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State of Georgia Hall County
Inferior Court April 2nd day 1844
And the [ineligible] record do hereby certify that Ezekiel Buffington and David King are respectable persons and credible witnesses The Declaration of Mrs Easter Gilmore for a pension under the Act of July 7 1838 duly certified by David H McCleskey a Justice of the Inferior Court of Hall County State of Georgia on the 23rd day of March 1844 having been submitted to the Court it doth approve his acts and proceedings and here by [ineligible] the clerk to endorse the approval on the papers
JN Murray Jordan Reese David H McCleskey Joseph Dunagan N Smith

State of Georgia Hall County
I John N Murray Clerk of the Inferior Court in and for the county and state aforesaid certify that David H McCleskey is a justice of said court and that the foregoing signature [ineligible] to be an genuine and I further certify that the foregoing in the general order of said court 
In testimony where of I have hereinto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 2nd day of April 1844 JN Murray
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State of Georgia Hall County
Be it known that before me David H McCleskey an acting justice of the Inferior Court in and for the county personally appears Mrs June Gilmore resident of said county aged sixty years the 28th day of next November and after being duly sworn according to law makes the following statements. That she is the widow of [ineligible] William Gilmore dec. that she  always [ineligible]and [ineligible] believes that her said husband William Gilmore was the legitimate son of James and Easter Gilmore (the said James Gilmore was a pensioner of the United States and died in Hall County Georgia leaving the said Easter Gilmore his widow)
Deponent further says that she became acquainted with the said James and Easter Gilmore in York District South Carolina either in the year 1804 or 1805 is not certain which but distinctly and well recollects that it was generally said that their son William Gilmore was then free (as it was termed) from his father being twenty one years old. and that she was married to the said William Gilmore in the year Eighteen hundred and nine and deponent further says that she always [ineligible] from her said husband and other members of the family that he the said William Gilmore was in his six and twentieth year when she married him
This deponent further says that she first became acquainted with the aforesaid James and Easter Gilmore that they
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had nine living children and two grand children; Deponent is certain that it was either in the year Eighteen hundred and four or five that she became acquainted with the said James and Easter Gilmore from the fact that she married her husband within about four years after becoming acquainted with the family and well recollects that the marriage took place as aforesaid in the year Eighteen hundred and nine from other facts her eldest child James D Gilmore will be thirty five years old in October next and her daughter Elizabeth was born on the first day of Jun 1811 - her daughter Mary Gilmore was born the 24th day of March 1813 and her son William Gilmore was born on the 19th of January 1815

June Gilmore

Sworn to and subscribed before me and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named [ineligible] Mrs June Gilmore and that she is an intelligent and highly respectable person and a credible witness in testimony of which I have hereinto subscribe my name officially this 23rd day of September 1845 David H McCleskey
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State of Georgia Hall County
I John N Murray Clerk of the Inferior court of said County do hereby certify that DH McCleskey whose name appears to the foregoing is an acting Justice of the Inferior Court duly commissioned and qualified and that the aforegoing signature purporting to be his genuine in testimony where of I have hereinto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this the 9th day of October 1845 
John N Murray CLK
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Rev.and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/eel
March 21, 1929
Mrs Carroll M Jones 
15 Union Street
Selma, Alabama
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.4680, it appears that James Gilmore or Gilmor was born in January, 1760, in the State of Maryland. 
While residing in Lincoln County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served with the North Carolina Troops as follows:
In 1778 or 1779, six months as a private in Captain Robert Alexander's Company, Colonel Locke's Regiment; served as first sergeant in Captain Jacob Collins' Company, Colonel Arrington's or Harrington's Regiment, was taken prisoner at Charleston and paroled, May 19, 1780; later in 1780, three months as a private in Captain William Mckenzey's Company, Colonel Locke's Regiment; another tour of three months in Captain William McKenzey's Company, Colonel Bell's Regiment.
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After which he served as a ranger out against the Indians and Tories.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 3, 1832, at which time he was living in Hall County, Georgia. He died there, April 15, 1841.
The soldier married in May, 1783, in York District, South Carolina, Easter, maiden name is not stated.
After their marriage they lived in said York District for about thirty years, then moved to Tennessee and lived three months and then to Jackson (which was later Hall) County, Georgia.
She was allowed her pension on her application executed March 23, 1844, at which time she was living in Hall County, Georgia, aged eighty-three years.
It is stated that they had a large family of childre, only names given being William and Francis.
William married in 1809, Jane, her maiden name is not given. She was born November 28, 1785. In 1845, she stated that she was the widow of said William and that she married him when he was in the twenty sixth year of his age.
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Children of William and Jane Gilmore:
James D. born October --, 1810.
Elizabeth born June 1, 1811.
Mary born March 27, 1813
William born January 19, 1815

Respectfully,
E. W Morgan
Acting Commissioner.
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revy Widow, & c.
File no. 4680
Easter Gilmore
Wid.
Ja, Gilmore
Pvt. Rev: War
Act. Mch 3/43, June 17, 44
Index: - Vol. A Page 271
Arrangement of 1870

1929-Mch 21 - [ineligible] Mrs. Carroll M. Jones [ineligible]
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James Gilmore
W4680, NC
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August [ineligible] 1782
This is to certify that James Gilmore hath faithfully served [ineligible]his country 2 Tours [ineligible]under my hand. Wm. Morrel Cap
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James Gilmore
W.468 NC
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I do hereby acknowledge myself to be a Prisoner of War, upon my parole, to his Excellency Sir Henry Clinton, and that I am thereby engaged until I shall be exchanged, or otherwise released therefrom, to remain at my plantation the parish of in the County of Lincoln in the province of North Carolina

and that I shall not in the mean Time do, or cause any Thing to be done, prejudicial to the Success of His Majesty's Arms, or have Intercourse of hold Correspondence with his Enemies; and that upon a Summons from his Excellency, or other Person having Authority thereto, that I will surrender myself to him or them at such Time and Place as I shall hereafter be required. Witness my had this 17th day of May 1780 James Gilmore Witness I do herby certify that the above is a true copy of the [ineligible] this [ineligible] day signed Maj Stuart {ineligible]
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9712.
Georgia
Easter Gilmore, widow of James Gilmore, who was a pensioner under the Act of 32, and who died on the 15 April, 1841, of Hall (in the State of GA) who was a private in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by Col. Lock in the N. Carolina line for 14 ms :  [ineligible} 19 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Savannah at the rate of 48 dollars 77 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of Nov: 1845 and sent to Jas: Law, Gainesville, Georgia

Total amount, @243.85
Act July 7, 1838
Recorded by WM Stewart and Joint Resolution Clerk, Book D Vol A Page 319
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James Gilmore
James Law
Gainesville Geo:
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Department of Waar
Pension Office
August 22-- 1833

Sir
The papers in the case of James Gilmore have been re-examined and are again returned.
Instead of offering any thing in support of his claim, he has added two tours of Service of three months each to his former claim.
I am disposed to think that drafts in N.Car. were but seldom made from the Militia for six months, upon this point therefore further explanation must be made.  It will be understood also that no allowance can be made while the applicant was on parol [sic].
And as none is made for service after peace was restored, his last mentioned tour of duty which terminated in January 1784, cannot be admitted.
I am respectfully
Your Obt Srvt.
J L Edwards

James Law Esq.
Gainsville [sic]
Ga:
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James Gilmore
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Brief objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of James Gilmore which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides: Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides: Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of war when he served? No
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled: No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VIII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate: Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit as not been produced, is there any reason for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. +if the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or  witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, of not, which of them is not answered? Yes
Explanatory Notes
Quere V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollections he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For - Year - Months, - and - days, I served as a - For - months and - days, I served as a - ; and for such service I clam a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the  officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case by clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper office, under his seal of office.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

The applicant mush show that he was a sergeant and how long he served as such and what has become of his warrants
The rolls of the office proved no evidence of his service - 
The [illegible] documents presented is not deemed genuine - the signature of the applicants has been recently placed upon it
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Raleigh N.C.
Compt Office
I William F Collins Controler [sic] of Public Accounts in for the State of North Carolina do hereby certify that it appears of Record in my office that James Gilmore as apears [sic] in Book G. No 11to have had opened in his favor Certificate for Twenty pounds Fourteen shillings ([pounds sign] 20.14) see page 9  i also appears in Book No 9 page 20 that one other Certificate was opened in his favor for Two pounds five shillings & Four pence ([pounds sign] 2.5.4) which Certificates were opened under the Acts of the Legislature in 1782 for the purpose of paying the officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary Army.  
Given under my hand and seal of Office this 12th day February A.D. 1845
Wm F Collins Compt
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Easter Gilmore
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Pension Office,
April 22nd 1843

Sir;
The additional evidence in the case of Easter Gilmore is satisfactory to establish the service of her husband James Gilmore.  But the proof of the date of the marriage is not sufficient to show at what time it took place; the witness who testify [sic] having known the parties not more than twenty five or thirty years.  If as is alleged, Mrs. Gilmore was married as early as 1783, there should be no difficulty in showing by respectable and intelligent persons, who were their neighbors at the time, the relation of husband and wife between herself and Jaes Gilmore at an ascertained period prior to January 1794.
If Mrs. Gilmore be living at this time, and can furnish satisfactory evidence of her marriage she will be entitled under the Joint Resolution of the 23rd January, last, to a Pension in five years under the Act of July 7th, 1838, notwithstanding her husband may have received one for the same time.
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I am, very respectfully,
Your Obt. Servant
J L Edwards

John H. Kilgore, Esq.
Monroe,
Dalton County, Georgia

Return to be made to James 
Law Gainesville Hull County
Georgia
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Gainesville
Hull County Georgia 7th Aug. 1845

Sir
I herewith send testimony in support of the claim of Mrs. Easter Gilmore.  I have attained the Certificates of the Honbl. John H Lumpkin as to the official character of the Clerk to both affadavits [sic].

Yours Respectfully
James Law
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Pension Office,
September 13th 1844.

Madam,

The papers in the case of Easter Gilmore widow of James Gilmore claiming a pension under the Act of July 7th 1838, have been examined and filed.  The claim under the above named Act is barred by the Act of April 30th 1849, which provides that "no pension shall hereafter be granted to a widow for the same time that her husband received one."  James Gilmore received a pension until April 15th, 1841, the day of his death, and the Act of July 7th 1838, expired on the 4th March 1841.  Should the claim be urged under the Act of March 3rd 1843, the marriage must be proved by record, or documentary evidence, and the service by the certificate by the secretary of State and Comptroller of N. Carolina.  James Gilmore said he served in 1778 & 1779 under Capt Alexander and Colonel Lock; subsequently , date not given, under Capt. Collins, Major Harris, and Colonel Arington and Col. Kilgore.
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I am, Madam,
Very respectfully,
Your Obt. Servant
Geo Wm Crump

Mrs. Easter Gilmore
Gainesville
Georgia
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Monroe Walton County Ga
February 17- 1845

Dear Sir
Mrs. Easter Gilmore has sent her papers to me and request me to comply with the requisitions made  I have procured the Comptroller Certificate of NC proving the services of James Gilmore  But from a copy of his Declaration I see that she has no family Record it having been lost a  And was married in the State of Southcarolina [sic]where their is no Bond filed or License issued showing the date of marriage  By the Statutes and Constitution of Southcarolina [sic] I am informed it is not required of persons who wish to marry to produce any License or file Bond or even publish the Banns where they are not despersed [sic] to do so-- But may go before a Justice of the Peace and marry and take his certificate of the fact which is legal-- tho I have written to the Clerk of the County in which she was married making the inquiry.  And he does not answer my letter  Mrs. Gilmore writes me that she has forwarded the affidavits of John Denton and wife through James Law Esq- of- Gainesville Ga who knew herself and husband to live together as man and wife prior to 1794  I hope you wil modify your requisition under the circumstances of the case so as to enable her to comply--  she has
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"acquaintances" who knew them prior to 1794   any evidence of that grade she is unable to comply with by the affidavit of creditable witnesses

Verry [sic] Respectfully yours
Obedient vt
John H Kilgore
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No 10875
Easter Gilmore
Widow of James
Ga
Act 7 July 1838 and 
Joint Resolution of the 23 
January 1845
[illegible] 141110 1905 per
$218.77 per an

[illegible] Acts 3 March 1843
and 17 June 1844
$48.77 per an
James Law
Gainesville Ga
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Gainesville GA
Paid
James Jordan [illegible]
Clerk Sup Court
Canton
Cherokee County
Georgia
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Affidavit files 
Jane Ponder in
support of the 
claim of Easter
Gilmore
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State of Georgia
Cherokee County

Be it known that on this 28th day of May 1895 Before me John J. Dickinson a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Jane Ponder a resident of [illeg.] County and state aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following statements  That she has always understood and believed that she was born in York District State of Southcarolina [sic] in the year 1776.  That she was personally acquainted with James Gilmore and Easter Gilmore of the same place subsequently residents of Hull County State of Georgia  And that they were living together from her first recollection as husband and wife  That she can designate no particular date that she first became acquainted with them having been acquainted from and before her first recollection  But she recollects distinctly well that they were living as husband and wife prior to the year 1794  That in that year-she-deponent was married in the house of the said James Gilmore and at that time they had five Children born and that William their eldest she believes if alive to be now upwards of Sixty years of age

Jane Ponder
her X mark

Sworn to and subscribed on
the day and year above written
before me
John Dickinson JP
I further certify that Mrs. Jane Ponder 
the afforsaid [sic] is an inteligent [sic] respectable
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witness.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand officially this 28th day of May 1845
I am [illeg.] of
John H. Kilgore    John J Dickinson JP

State of Georgia
Cherokee County
I James Jordan Clerk of the Superior Court in and for the County aforesaid Certify that John J Dickinson is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and the the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine and entitled to all due faith which should be given his attestation as such
Given under my hand and private seal--having no seal--of-- Office this Twentieth day of June 1823.
James Jordan Clerk

Georgia 
Flagler County
I [illeg.] hereby certify that James Jordan is the acting clerk of the Superior Court in the County of Thomas and duly authorized  and [illeg.] to act as such and that full faith and credit is due and right to be given to all his official acts as such.  And I do further certify that the foregoing official signature purporting to be his, I believe to be his own hand
John H Lumpkin
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Gainesville 17th June 1845
Jas Jordon Esq. [illeg.]
Annexed is an affidavit to which I wish your certificate please Sign it and forward it to the Henry H Lumpkin at Rome with a request that he will annex his certificate & return it to me by mail
I will pay your fee when I see you
I have [ileg.] Lumpkin's certificate to the other you signed for me
Your Respectfully
James Law

Canton 20 June 1845

Hon. H. Lumpkin
I have assigned the certificate agreeable to the above request and herewith transmit the same to you--
James Jordan

Rome 3rd August 1845

Mr. James Law
Dr. Sir, My absence from home on a visit to Athens Tennessee, since the 18th of June, will account for the delay, in not attending to your request-  I hope that they will [?] satisfactory--
Very Respectfully
John H Lumpkin
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Georgia           } SS
Hull County     }
Be it known that before me John H Hanson an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Thomas Wilson a resident of said County aged Sixtyfive years in October next who being duly Sworn according to law makes the following Statements    That he is personally acquainted with Mrs Easter Gilmore widow of James Gilmore Ded and that he has known the said James Gilmore from his earliest recollection  that the said James Gilmore resided in York District South Carolina where he first knew him.
Deponent further says that he has a record of his own age made by himself and copied from one made by his father in his family Bible which Record says Deponent was born on the 21st day October 1780  deponent further says that his father did either in the year 1795 or 1796 that he was frequently at the house of the said James Gilmore before and about the time of his fathers death and is well convinced that the said James Gilmore & wife the aforesaid Easter Gilmore were living together as husband and wife and had several children is certain the number they then had was not less than three but believes it was four or five
Deponent further says that he is personally acquainted with Francis Gilmore has known him and frequently seen him for more than fifty years past. that he was generally repute to be the egitimate son of the aforesaid James & Easter Gilmore and this Deponent concurs in that opinion
Thomas Willson
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Sworn to and subscribed before me and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with Thomas Wilson the aforesaid affiant that his is a respectable person and a credible witness. His testimony of which I have hereinto subscribed my name officially this 18th day of September 1845
John Harrison

State of Georgia Hall County
I John N Murray Clerk of the Inferior Court for said County do hereby certify that John H Hanson whose name appears to the above and foregoing is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that the above and foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine in the testimony whereof the seal of said Court this the 9th day of October 1845
John N Murray

Testimony in support of the  [illegible] of Mrs. Easter Gilmore
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Payments to be made at 
Savanah by the Pr. WL Br: Bank
Agent for paying pensioners in the Agency of GA:
Recorded in the Pension Office in Book E. Vol 6
Page 91 by N Rice Clerk
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th of June, 1832, Games Gilmore-- of the State of Georgia--
who was a private in the War of the Revolution is entitled to receive Forty Eight dollars and Seventy Seven cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, an 4th of September, in every y[ear]

Given at the War Office of the United
States this 16th day of
October one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-three
Lew Cass
Secretary of War

Examined and
Countersigned.
Geo. Wm. Crump
Acting Commissioner of Pensions
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State of Georgia
Hall County

Personally appeared before me an acting Justice [of the, crossed out] in and for said county John Moore who being duly sworn saith that he resided in the State of North Carolina in the time of the Revolutionary War and recollects well that drafts were at times made upon the militia for Six  Months and in one or two instances for nine months though deponent says that drafts for that length of time was not often made
Sworn to and Subscribed before
me this 23rd September 1833
E.M. Johnson JP    John Moore
                              his X mark
I hereby certify that John Moore the above named deponent is a respectable and credible person
Given under my hand this 24th September 1833.
E. M. Johnson 

Georgia
Hull County
I John B Nichols clerk of the Superior Court of said County hereby certify that Ephraim M Johnston before whom the above affadavit was made is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that the Signatures above are his genuine Signatures
Given under my hand and Seal of office this 24th September 1833
John B Nichols CK
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Oct 14, 1845
Gainesville GA oct 9
[illegible] Easter Gilmore

JL Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington City

Paid 20
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Gainesville Hall County Ga
9th Octr 1845

C[illeg.] J. L. Edward
[illeg.]
Inclosed [sic] I send further testimony in support of Mrs. Easter Gilmore
Yours Respectfully
James Law
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10875 April 29, 1844
Easter Gilmore
7 July 1838 1843

James L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington City
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3 March 1843 Granting pensions for one year to Certain Widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7 1838. 
State of Georgia    ) SS
Hall County           )
On this twenty third day of March 1844 personally appeared before me David H McClusky a Justice of the Inferior Court for the County and State aforesaid Mrs Easter Gilmore a resident of said County and State age Eighty three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Statement and Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd day of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War  hat she is the widow of James Gilmore who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution in the Northcarolina [sic] Malitia [sic] and was a pensioner of the United States under the act of 7 June 1832 at the rate of $48[.]77 in Hall County Georgia  That she was married to the said James Gilmore on the [blank space] day of May 1783  That he dies on the 13th day of April 1841 having her as his widow and that she is still his widow
                      Easter Gilmore
                       her X mark--
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me and I do further Certify that Mrs. Easter Gilmore the declaimant is personally known to me  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 23rd day of March 1844.
David H. McClusky JIC

State of Georgia
Hall County
I John N Murray Clerk of the Inferior Court in and for the County and State aforesaid certify that David H. McClusky is a Justice of said Court and that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
affixed my Seal of Office and subscribed
my name this 3rd day of April
J. M. Murray Clk
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12902
James Gilmore
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State of Georgia Cherokee County
Be it known that on this the 31st day of May Eighteen hundred and forty five before me Joseph Heard a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared John Denton a resident of said County and State who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statements That he has always understood and verrily believe that he was born in Granville County State of North Carolina and resided there until more than for forty years since where he removed to the State Georgia That he has no record of his age but is now seventy years of age That he has been personally acquainted with James Gilmore who was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of the 7 June 1832 in Hall County State of Georgia and Easter Gilmore the widow of the said James from his first recollection of past events and was raised [illegible] [illegible] and [illegible] with their children that they were living together as husband and wife and continued to live together as such to the time of the said James Gilmores death from (and before) his first recollection of them. and were always reputed such in their neighborhood that he cannot designate the date of his first acquaintance with them but knows that he has a distinct recollection of past events prior to the year 1794 and that they were living together as man and wife prior to that time and had several children William Gilmore their eldest he now believe to be sixty years of age or upwards - deponent further states that the said James Gilmore died
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in the County of Hall - State of Georgia leaving Easter Gilmore as his widow and that he deponent has no doubt but that she is his legal widow and was legally married some years prior to the year seventeen hundred and ninety four
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first written before me
John R Denton R his mark

I further certify that John Denton the affiant is personally known to me that he is an intelligent and respectable citizen a man of unquestionable sanity and is a credible witness for testimony whereof I have hereinto set my hand this the 31 day of May 1845 Joseph Hear BP

State of George Cherokee County
Before me Joseph Heard a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Hannah Denton (wife of John Denton) aged near [illegible] for years after being duly sworn deposeth and saith that according to her understanding and record she was born in the District of Yok State of South Carolina the year 1781 and was raised within one mile of the aforesaid James and Easter Gilmore that they were always reputed in the neighborhood to have been legally husband and wife and lived peaceably together as such from her first recollection and raised a large family of legitimate children and that she was schoolmates and comrades of their children the eldest of which she believes to
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be upwards of sixty years old if in life
That she can designate no particular date of her first acquaintance having been acquainted from her first recollection of past events  But knows that they were liveing together as husband and wife and had children born prior to the year 1794 and continued liveing together until death [ink blot] them in Hall County State of Georgia leaveing Easter Gilmore the widow
Hannah her x mark Denton

Sworn to and subscribed on this the [blank] day of May 1845 before me a Justice of the Peace in and for Cherokee County state of Georgia I further certify that Mrs Hannah Denton the affiant is a respectable and creditable witness 
In testimony whereof I have hereunter set my hand officially this 31 day of May 1845
Joseph Hearde JP
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Georgia Cherokee County
I Langston Worley one of the Justices of the Inferior Court for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that James Jordan whose name appears to the foregoing certificate is acting Clerk of the Superior Court of said county duly authorized and commissioned that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such and that the signature to said Certificate purporting to be his is genuine

Given under my hand this the second day of June Eighteen hundred and forty five
Langston Worley J.I.C.

Affadavit of John L Hannah Denton for Easter Gilmore
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Selma Alabama July 17th 1928
Bureau of Pnesions
Washington D C

Gentlemen : -
Revolutionary Soldier James Gilmer Sr. participated in the "Cherokee Land Lottery" 1838. : of Georgia.

Dis--Sec--Lot.                       District ------County.
18---4----40 James Gilmer Sr -- Martin's----Hall

James Gilmer Sr. is listed in 1840 as a resident of Hall County, Georgia, and he was at this time drawing a pension for his services in the War of the Revolution. Please be so kind as to give me all that is on record about this Revolutionary Soldier, and oblige

Yours very resptfully,

E[illegible] Gilmer Jones
Address : Mrs Carroll M Jones #15 Union Street, Selma, Alabama
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State of Georgia Hall County
Personally appeared before me an acting Justice of the of the Inferor Court in and for said county James Gilmore who being duly sworn 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 he served no less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades

In the year 1778 or 79 I was drafted into service for a six months tour of duty under Capt Robert Alexander as a private Melitiaman and marched to Charlotte the County Scite of Mecklenburg where I joined Colo Locks Regiment under the command of Genl Rutherford and marched to the ten mile house near Charleston where we remained a few days and then joined Genl Lincoln a few miles from this place who had as I was informed seven thousand Regulars under his command from there we marched to a little town on the Savanah River called Purensburg after remaining there about three months we marched to a place called the two sisters Ferry where we entrenched and remained skirmishing with the enemy who were on the oposite side the River for some weeks. We then were ordered to march and reinforce Genl Nash who lay Just above us on the River but we mett him retreating haveing been defeated We returned to head quarters and marched from there to
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place called Turkey Hill where I remained until I was discharged.  I returned home and some time after I substituted in the place of a man by the name of William Smith who had been drafted into Capt Jacob Collins company for a tour of six months. I marched the last day of February or the first of March and went to Charleston and joined Genl Scotts army at the Eutau Spring I was attached to Colo Harringtons Regimnt in this tour  I was taken prisoner after being at Charleston some thing more than two months and parroled & returned home about the first of June

Some time in the same year & towards the end of the year I was drafted as a private malitiaman into Capt Wm McKenzeys company for a three months tour and marched to the Black Swamp I belonged to Colo Locks Regiment this tour  We were then marched up the country some distance and discharged and I returned home.

After remaining at home some time Capt McKenzeys company was called out again I was again drafted for three months and attached to Colo Bells Regiment and marched to the Eclipts near Killis Cowpens and after marching in diferent directions through the county for some time I was discharged & returned home

And I further swear that the printed document or paroal is now as I receved it from the British and that my name was signed to it at the time I receivd it from them. that it has remained in my possession ever since until it was sent to the war department and has undergone no alteration whatever -- I never received a Sergeants warrant but merely an appointment by the Captain
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1 I was born in the State of Maryland but do not know what county some time in the month of Janiry in the year 1760 as I have been told by my father

2nd I have no record of my have and for such service I claim a pension sworn to and subscribed before me this 23rd day of September 1833
James Gilmor
[Illegible] M Mcafe JIC

State of Georgia Hall County I John B Nichols clerk of the Inferior Court of said county hereby certify that John M Mcafee before whom the foregoing affadavet was made is an acting Justice of the Inferior Court of said county and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature

Given under my hand and seal of office this 24th September 1833  John B Nichols Clk
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Declaration under Joint Resolution
23 Jany 1845
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Declaration 
In order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23rd January 1845
Whereas the act of the 30 April 1844 prohibits me from obtaining 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 named. I am the widow of James Gilmore who was a private of infantry of the Northcarolina malitia and was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of the 7 June 1832 in Hall County Georgia I am the identical person who made application for a pension under the act of Congress of the 7 July 1838 in Hall County State of Georgia I made my Declaration before the 30th April 1844 and it was filed in the pension office before the 23rd of January 1845
Easter her x mark Gilmer
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 17th day of June 1845
Allen Langford JP
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavet
In testimy whereof I have hereunto set my hand officially this  day of 1845 Allen Langford JP
State of Georgia Hall County
I John N Murray Clerk of the Inferior Court in and for said County do hereby certify that Allen Langford who has signed the foregoing is a Justice of the peace in and for the said County and State and that the above is his signature
Given under my hand and seal of office this 8th day of July 1845
J N Murray Clk