Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8558, George Giles, N.C. Va.
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
N.C.
Va.

Giles, George

NUMBER
S. 8558

Born in Va.
Carded
CONTENTS
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12.219 Virginia
George Giles
Pittsylvania in the State of Va
who was a pri[blank] in the [blank] commanded by
Captain [blank] of the Regn commanded by Col. Locke in the N.Car [unknown]une for 7 months

N.C. and Va. Oct 17, 1904
Records completed [illegible initials]

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of April 1833 and Smith, William 
Tunstall-Pittsylvania- Va

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 46.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending [illegible] Septm 11.60
$ 78.32

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk
[K?] E Vol. 6 Page 9

Date of Death not on aB
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State of Virginia
County of Pittsylvania SF.

On this 22nd day of August 1832 personally appeared before the County Court of Pittsylvania George Giles a resident of the County of Pittsylvania and State of Virginia aged 70 years who being duly sworn according to the 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 7 1832. That he was born in the County of Westmoreland and State of Virginia and that afterwards his Father removed to the County of Surry and State of North Carolina. That he was drafted as a militia man in the month of March in the year 1780 in the company of Captain James Freeman in the County of Surry and State of North Carolina, Lieutenant Joseph Byers and the name of Ensign not recollected, that he first marched through the State of North Carolina, and near the town of Charlotte in that State became attached to the Company of Captain Gideon Falls under Major James Rutherford and Col Locke, the name of the subordinate officers not recollected, that he continued to march through North & South Carolina as far as Monks Corner in the latter State where General Caswell took command of the militia, remaining at the place about two weeks, from there that Company was ordered to march back, Charleston having been surrendered to the British and his Company being unable from want of time to arrive soon enough to render any service to the army in Charleston. After marching some distance the Company joined the Army under Col. Buford at Nelson's Ferry on Santee River from there they marched up to Camden from there they marched to Cross Creek and he was then discharged after having been in the service about four months. He afterwards moved in the year 1780 from the State of North Carolina to Loudon County in the State of Virginia. In the latter part of August in the year 1791 he was drafted in the Militia of that County in the Company of Captain Hardage Lane & Lieutenant John Wheley and marched to Yorktown in that State.
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where he remained until the surrender of the British on the 19th of October 1781 afterwards he was marched in the Regiment of Col. George West which with others was sent as a guard over the British prisoners to Noland's Ferry on the Potomac river, where he received his final discharge about the last of November 1781. He further states that having been so unfortunate as to have his house consumed by fire, both of his discharges were burnt. The time he served having been in North Carolina four months and in Virginia three months. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present and deal or and that his name is not on the Pension role of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
George Giles

We Griffeth Dickerson sent a clergyman residing in the County of Pittsyvania and M. Hutchings residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Giles who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
Griff. Dickerson Sen
M. Hutchings

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogation 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 Griffeth Dickerson who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman in the County of Pittsylvania and that Moses Hutchings who has also signed the same is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

I William Tunstale clerk of the court of Pittsylvania
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County Virginia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of George Giles for a pension.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto let my hand and seal of office this 29th day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.

Will Tunstall
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death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, George Giles (S.8558), you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

George Giles
Certificate No. 12219
Issued April 10, 1833
Rate, $23.33 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Virginia Agency.

Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Rev War
8558
Invalid
File No. 8558
George Giles
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index-Vol. [illegible], Page 141
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1925-Aug-6-Hisb[t?]: to Mrs. R.I.
Read. MMHF
1938-Mar-11- Hisb[t?] to Mrs. James S. Jones. EL
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Carlsbad N.Mex-
June 12, 1923-

Bureau of Pensions-
Washington D.C.

Dear Sirs can you give me any information in regard to a Lt. Col- [illegible]"neg". Giles
Regt. Amelia militia & want data to join the D.A.R. Please give me any information of George Giles or Josiah, Isiah "neg" Giles all served in Rev War

Pension Office June 16 1925
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I would also appreciate any information in regard to a Major "not as des-" George Moore- any information in regard to Turpins, or McGinnis also of the Loring family Thanks in advance } full names etc.

I am
Mrs. K.I. Read. 
Carlsbad. NM
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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 George Giles 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 the war when he served? yes

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? yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes

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 has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? yes

XIII. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of the military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? no
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 an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? -

XVI. +Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? DC not writtened 

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, 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 not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For____year___mothns, and___days. I served as a___ For___months and ___days, I served as a___; and for such service I claim a pension.
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August 6, 1925

Mrs. K.I. Read
Carlsbad, #441
New Mexico

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 8558 it appears that George Giles was born in Westmorland County, Virginia and afterwards moved with his father (name not given) to Surry County, North Carolina.

He enlisted in said Surry County in March 1780 and served four months as a private, first in Captain James Freeman's North Carolina Company then transferred to Captain Gideon Falls' Company, Colonel Locke's North Carolina Regiment.

Later in 1780, he moved to Loudoun County, Virginia and in the latter part of August 1781 enlisted, served as a private in Captain Hardage Lane's Virginia Company, was at the Siege of Yorktown and after the surrender of Cornwallis, served in Colonel George West's Virginia Regiment guarding the British prisoners en route to Holand's Ferry
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on the Potomac River and was discharged the last of November 1781.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 22, 1832 while a resident of Pittsylvania County, Virginia aged seventy years.

There is no data on file as to his family except the reference to his father already cited.

The above noted is the only soldier by that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

Respectfully, 

Winfield Scott
Commissioner.

Date of death not on aB