Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7857, Joseph Gillespie, Continental War Of 1812 N.Y. Res. 1812
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Service
Continental

Gillespie, Joseph.        W. 7857
Hyatt, Anna.                  B. L. Wt 97-60-55
        (Geary)
War of 1812.   NY res 1812. Former widow
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75.790 Set Mar 3/33
________ 6/33

Anna Hyatt. _____
Joseph Gillespie _____ _____

Pension certificate no. ______
Col. Samoa’s,
N. Y. Contl. Line

Revolution war
Mich tele 48-4595
AO: 60 Acres Oct: 30/55.
Boyton

E. Mathew
Paw Paw Mich

Out E. Mather Feb: 28/ 56
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And seven, Husband ______ __ __ Sept 22
Married to Anna Garey ___ In August 1722
Garey was Born July the 7 in the year one ____ seven hundred sixty five 

___ was Born May 3 one thousand seven_____ and Eighty ____ & _____ October 19th 18__
____ Gillespie was Born October 20th 1790
______ Gillespie was Born June the 18.. 1793—
James Gillespie was Born April the 30 1895—
Abigail Gillespie was born sept. 28th 1797= sept 28 ____ died December 15th 1810
Hiram Gillespie was born July 12th 1799
Anne Gillespie was Born Jan 2d 1804
____ Gillespie was born sept 2 1807
E. _____ Garey____ was born March 7th 1807

[next three lines are completely illegible]

James Gillespie Died may 4th 1815. 18/
Susan McClure was born Jan 7th 1815
___ died August 20th 1815
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[this page appears to be torn out of a bible]

      the End of the Old Testament.

 Hiram Gillespie was Born July 12th in the year

 Anne Gillespie was Born August 22th 1802
Hiram Gillespie 
Hiram Gillespie Was Born

Alpheus Mc Clare Died February 17 in the year of Our Lord 1820

Hiram Gillespie
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  I certify that I am the Clerk of the ____ of the First Presbyterian church of Goshen Grange County New York and that I am in possession of the marriage records kept by the Rev Nathan Keuferman Pastor of said church and that I find the marriage of Joseph Gallaspy & Anna Gary recorded their on the 15th Just 1788. Viz “married Joseph Gallaspy & Anna Gary on fifteenth day of August one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight”. I certify the above to be a true copy of the said records. Dated Goshen.                     H.M Hopkins Clerk
                                    Of Session

Feb 8th 1847
Sworn & subscribed the 8th February 1847
Before me 
H W Elliott Justice of the peace of said county

State of New York
Orange County } SS
Clerk’s Office

  I, Albert S Benton  *[the name JOHN C. WALLACE is crossed out] Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Orange, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That H. W. Elliot Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the name, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit in genuine.

  In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, the Eight day of February 1847

 A. S Benton
Clerk

*[note misspelled names]
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75191

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State of Michigan
County of Van Buren } Ss

  On the Seventh day of April ——— A D 1855 personally appeared before me a Notary Public within gain for the County and State aforesaid Anna Hyatt aged Eighty Nine years a resident of Van Buren County in the State of Michigan, who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Joseph Gillespie who was a 
Matross in the Revolutionary War. For the evidence of the service of her said husband, the marriage of this deponent to him, & the date of his death she refers to the evidence now on file in the Pension Office upon which she was pensioned under the act of February 2d 1848 & under which act she now draws a pension at the rate of One hundred dollars per annum, her pension certificate being numbered 4595 & dated March 28th 1849 & signed by T Ewing Secretary of the Interim She further declares that she is now a widow at the date of executing  this her declaration, & that she has never received a Warrant for Bounty Land on account of the service of her said husband under act of Congress heretofore passed, nor made any other application therefor than the one now presented.

  She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d 1855

  Anna Hyatt
    Her X mark  

  Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written: And I hereby Certify that I believe the said Anna Hyatt who signed and executed the above declaration, and is now present, to be the Identical woman who was the wife of Joseph Gillespie, and that she is of the age above stated, and that I have no Interest in said Claim.
  Eusebius Mather Notary Public 
    In & for said County.
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State of Michigan Ss
County of Van Buren

  Personally appeared Joseph Saxton and Nelson B Saxton, citizens of said County and state aforesaid who being duly sworn depose and say that they are personally acquainted with Mrs Anna Hyatt and that she is the person now present who signs and executes the within declaration

  Joseph Saxton
     N B Saxton


Sworn to and subscribed before me this seventh day of April A D 1833: and I certify that the said Jospeh Saxton and Nelson B Saxton are Creditable and respectable citizens


  Eusebius Mather Notary Public for said County


  I Certify that Mrs Hyatt makes her mark because she has not control of her nerves enough to write.
  Eusebius Mather
Notary Public
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State of Michigan
Counnty of Van Buren

I StillmanF Breed, Clerk of the County of Van Buren in said State and Clerk of the Circuit Court of said County (a Court of record) do hereby Certify that Eusebius Mather, whose Genuine [illegible] nature, appears to the foregoing affidavits, is a Notary Public within and for said County. duly Commissioned & authorized by law to administer oaths for General purposes, and that all his acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit.

In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name, and affix the seal of said County & Court at Paw Paw this 10th day of April AD 1888
Stillman F Breed
Clerk
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State of Michigan  }
County of Jackson }

  On this Twenty Fifth day of January in the year Eighteen hundred & forty seven personally appeared before me Anna Hyatt, a residant of Jackson township in the County of Jackson & State of Michigan who being duly sworn according to law, deposeth & on her oath doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled and act granting half pay & pension to widows.  That she was eighty years of age on the Seventh of July in the year Eighteen hundred & forty six that she was born July 7th 1766 & that she is the widow of Joseph Gillespy, who previous to his deceased was a resident of Hector Tompkins County New York & emigrated there from the town of Goshen in the County of Orange & State of New York who was a private in the war of the Revolution & served as a fifer under Capt. Gerrshom Mott in Col John Lambs regiment of Artillery of the State of New York that he performed services during said war for about three years & was discharged at the close of said revolutionary war. That most of said service was during the latter part of said war, but the precise dates of such service & the precise length of time she cannot now recollect that she belieaves he he was a Volunteer but does not know positively & she further declares that she does not remember the names of any other officers under whome he served or whether he served under any other than the above named

*[there are misspellings in original script]
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That her maiden name was Geary She further declares that she was married to Jospeh Gellespy at Goshen in said state of New York in the month of August Seventeen hundred & Eighty Eight by the Rev Nathan Carr a Presbyterian Minister & that said Ministers family were present at the marriage & also on Abraham Veal & his Sister but she does not remember her name & that no certificate of said marriage was ever made out as deponent recollects nor does she know whether any record of the same exists at present or not That her aforesaid husband died or was killed in battle during the last war with Great Britain towards the close of the same but at what precise time she does not know except that she understood he was killed as the battle of Queenston in Canada That the second hereto attached was taken from the family Bible now in per possession & was made by her said husband within a year after her marriage with him & is in his hand writing That she was married again on the twenty fourth day of April in the year Eighteen hundred & twenty six by a Mr Brown a Justice of the piece in the town of Hector in the State of New York to one Joseph Hyatt that her last husband died July Seventh in the year Eighteen hundred & forty five in the township of Reading Hillsdale County Michigan & that she has remained a widow ever since as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed 
                                 Anna Hyatt
                                   Her X mark

Sworn & subscribed before me this twenty fifth day

*[there are misspellings in original script]
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Of January A D 1847
Saml Higby
Judge of Probate of said County

I here by certify that Mrs Anna Hyatt who subscribed the above affidavit before me appears to me to be unable to appear personally before the Circuit Court for said County That She appears to be too old & feeble to attend as aforesaid 
Dated Jackson January 25th
A. D. 1847

  In witness where of I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said office this 25th of January 1847

Saml Higby
Judge of Probate in & for said County
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In reply to your request of ________, received ______ for a statement of the military history of Joseph Gillespie a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in [his (or is crossed out] his widow’s) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
WID File 7,857

[this is a form]

Dates of enlistment or appointment.
[first line is a check mark]
1812


Length of service.
3 years
[second line is a check mark]

Officers under whom service was rendered.
Captain 
Greshom Mott
Samuel Ingersoll Greeves’ artillery N. Y. Mil.

Colonel.
John Lamb. 2” contl artillery 

Battles engaged in * soldier was killed in battle with Indians near Lewiston in 1813.

Residence of soldier at enlistment, [there is a check mark]

Date of application for pension, Janey. 25, 1847. Her claim was alld.


Residence at date of application, Jackson Twp, Jackson Co., Mich

Age at date of application, born July 7, 1766

Remarks: Sol { born mar. Goshen N. Y. Dec. 22, 1766 He was killed on 1813
Aug 1788 Anna Geary she mar. Hector, N. Y., 
APL.  24 1826 Joseph Hyatt who died July 7, 1845
Births of “Gillespies”

Over
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Widow, &c.

Rely
File No. 7857
Anna Hyatt
For; Widow
Jospeh Gillespie
Matross Rev: War
Act Feby. Rev: War

Act Feby. 2d 48

Index: — Vol. A, Page 362

(Arrangement of 1870)
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May 13- 1902
Henry La Fayetteville Gillespie
Newton Ohio

1910 Jan 6 History to  H. L. F Gillespie C.
1917 Feb 15. Hist to Mrs. A. P. Howe
1920 May 24 Hist to Laura A. Howe
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8305.           Reported
Michigan
Anna Hyatt for widow of Joseph Gillespie who was am Matross in the Revolution 
Husband died in 1813

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Jany 1848 and sent to 
W W Murphy
Janesville,
Michigan

(Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.)
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 239
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10390.         Reported

Michigan

Anna Hyatt for Widow of Joseph Gillespie who was a pensioner under the Act of —— and who died on the 1813 of Jackson in the State of Michigan who was a Matross in the Company commanded by Captain ———- of the ——- commanded by ———- in the Revolution lines 
for 2 years 

Inscribed on the Roll of Detroit at the rate of 100 Dollars —— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Jany, 1848 and sent to W. W. Murphy, Janesville Michigan

Total amount, $500.00

(Act July 7, 1838.)
Recorded by Tho Lumpkin Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 Page 463
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Coacres [?]
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V. No 13294 Hyatt

Anna Hyatt
Mich

Mess. Humphrey & Howe
April 5. 1847
___ to W. W. Murphey
August 17-47

Act of July 1838
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___ 2d Feb: Mich:

Boynton
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Washington
July 29th 1852

Hon James E Heath
  Comm Pensions

  Sir 
       Will you have the kindness to send me the information asked for in the enclosed letter, as early as may be, and also to return the enclosure with it~
               I have the honor to be very Respectfully yours
    Chas E Stuart
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Hon J L Edwards
[illegible] Mich July 19, 183[illegiblw]
 D. Sir
I enclose you the papers in the care of Mrs. Anna Mrs Anna Hyatt & I [illegible] now I have them in every respect with your last letter of [illegible] as following 
1st for said it must be before a Judge this as 
have done before a Judge of a court of record duly authenticated as well of the Clerk  & the Seat of State--

2 You wanted satisfactory proof that Joseph Gillespie of Lambs Regiment was claimants husband
This we have them by proof
of her marriage, of the fact that they both came from [illegible] [illegible] to Hector N Y. & that he lived in the same lands he drew from Govt &  that he was finaly killed st the
last war.  (See Fausetts afft herein inclued

3 You also wanted an abstract of title to the
records of the Co. in which the lands lay that
Govt gave Gillespie for his services sharing that
her husband was the identical person who [illegible] the land, that it is now in the [illegible] of the family - or that it has been transfered with his concent
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This pert we have pursued by the abstract of title herein circled showing all the ______ up to the [“him of” is crossed out] his death. The ____ of administration have _ my first papers sent ____ Then ___ F_____ swear he has now him for 50 years, that he  _____ they immigrated from Goshen N. Y. Here to ____ That they lived in the land till he died & that he bought 200 acres of Gillespie & his wife- & new _______  we ____ we have ___ it ___ _____ his birth to his death in the last war- That he has served his country in tow wars & this poor old widow need what a ___  ___ & ought to have given long ago the pension so fully due her

        Yours Truly
           W. W. Murphy
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2d Feb 1848
Mr Cole

27 March 49

8305
Mich

[stamped] JACKSON MICH. MAR 19
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Jackson Michigan March 19th 1849

J L Edward’s Court of Pensions

  Dear Sir
             I send you enclosed the declaration of Mrs Anna Hyatt to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress of 2d Feby 1848.
  Please direct the necessary papers to me at this place with such instructions as may be considered necessary 

   Yours Respectfully 
          E Higby
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Hon J. L. Edwards
                     Jonesville Mich Nov 12 1849

Dear Sir
         Your favor of the 17th Aug last came ___ to hand & we have been at some considerable expense & trouble to someone that doubt which your office seem to have of the services of Joseph Gillespie in the Revolutionary war
  Mrs Gillespie swears that her husband was killed in the last war in the frontier towards the close of the same, but at what precise time she does not recollect except that she understood was the battle of Queenston “
  Now that battle was not fought near the close of the war & she also states it upon information & the fact of her understanding it was at the close of the war clearly shows that it was the battle of Lewiston instead of Queenston as she states-
 Now we give additional credence from Capt Samuel Ingersoll under where Gillespie serves
That, Gillespie was with him & was last seen at the battle of Lewiston- & that he went to the frontier in the summer of 1813.- This ____  she doubt about his executing a deed after his supposed death for he deeds land on March 1813 & in the fall Capt Saml Ingersoll testifies he was with him  serving on the frontier in the war with Great Britain-
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When we gave the additional testimony of which L Tillinghast ( State Librarian of NY) whose the said son of Col John Lamb who was a acquainted with Gillespie & swears that he went out a 2d time to the frontier in the summer of 1813 & giving the particulars of his death - The  truth the whole testimony goes to show that there was no attempt to deceive in the applicant of Mrs Gillespie who states according to her best recollection which at any rate must be feeble in a woman 80 years of age at the time of her making the affidavit— & finally we hope that the widow of a soldier who served faithfully in two wars of the republic & was killed while in service will be able to receive her pension

      Yours Truly
W. W. Murphy
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Aug ‘93-9406

No. 13274 [?]
Anna Hyatt formerly widow of Joseph Gillespie 
Mich
Act 7 July 1838
Aow. 2 years Matross
$100.00 Pr an
From 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841
Alwo. Acts 3 March 1843
And 17 June 1844
$100.00 per an
From 4 March 1843
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Anna Hyatt wid of Joseph Gillespie Pension cert  4595

Paw Paw Mich. Feb. 21st 1856

Comm of Pensions.

  Sir.  I received from your office as warrant of 60 acres No. 97 predicated on claim No. 75.190. For 160 acres under act March 3rd 1855
The claimant claims that there must have been a mistake as she isn not aware of Mr Gillespie drawing any land previous. If no mistake please state when & under what act he was granted the 100 acres
             Respectfully 
E. Mather agent for claimant
7194 Janey 25/ 91
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73-190
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Paw Paw April 12th 1855

Comm of Pensions}
Washington City}

  Dear Sir,
            
             Herewith I send you the application of Mrs. Anna Hyatt with what I deem sufficient evidence. (Together with that, that is now on file in your office to draw the certificate for Bounty Land that she would be entitled to under the act of 3rd of March A D 1855. If the evidence is not sufficient or the application is proper form please return with the objections
               Yours Respectfully 
                       Eusebius Mather 
            Agent for Mrs. Anna Hyatt
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Jonesville Michigan 
Feb 27 1847 [or 1849?]

Ha L Ellundy
       Comm Pension

     Dear Sir 

        The enclosed ____ the pension papers in the care of Mrs Anna Hyatt a widow- Will you do us the favor to write & inform whether she can claim pension allowed to the widow of a soldier who was killed in the last war? We can probably procure evidence that he was killed in battle though we ___ you have evidence of that in the New York rolls on file on your office

    Respectfully Yours
       Murphy Howe
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State of New York}
Secretary’s office}

  I certify that it appears by an original return of the officers Non commissioned Officers Musicians and privates belonging to Colonel John Lambs Regiment of Artillery who men discharged at the close of the Revolutionary War and deposited in this office that Joseph Gillaspy was Fifer of Captain Gresham Mott’s company in the same regiment and that a lot of 600 acres was granted him as bounty land dated July 9, 1790 in this State
The said original return is dated April 28, 1785 and signed by Colonel Lamb. The dates of enlistment of said non commissioned Officers Musicians and privates are not not given in the said return nor in any other record or roll in this office
    Arch Campbell
Dep. Sec. of State 

Albany January 8, 18847

*[note spelling of Gillespie]
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State of NewYork }
Comptrollers Office}

  I hereby certify that it appears from a pay Roll of the New York Line for the year 1781 now remaining in its office, that Joseph Gallaspy served as a Fifer one year under Capt. Gresham Mott in Col. John Saabs Reg’t. of Artillery.

Dated Albany 30th Dec 1846
                 Philip Phelps
                    Dep Com.

[note misspelling of Gillespie]
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13294.

Anna Hyatt formerly widow of Joseph Gillespy
Mich
Act July 1838
Married 1788
Husband died 18__

On Roll Certy Mich
Company April 1783
Enlisted 10 Janay 1781
Battle of Queenston Canada
______. ______ Oct 13- 1812
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State of Michigan}
Hillsdale County ss}

  Margaret Saxton
   Being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that she is thirty nine years of age, that she resides in the township of Reading in said county of Hillsdale & has resided there for four years past that she is acquainted with Mrs Anna Hyatt & has been acquainted with her for thirty nine years past 
Knew her before her marriage with said Joseph Hyatt., That she was present at the marriage of Mrs Anna Hyatt to her late husband Joseph Hyatt, that said Anna was married to hi on or about the twenty fourth day of April in the year Eighteen Hundred twenty six at which time she lived & near neighbor to said Anna Hyatt in the town of Hector in state of New York that they were married by one Ebenezer Brown a Justice of the peace then sending in said term of Hector in said county of Tompkins & she further declares that she has heard & believes that said Brown died at Buffalo in the state of New York since that time & deponet further says that she was also well acquainted with said Jospeh Hyatt who sometimes previous to his death ___ in Sid term of Reading & that he died on the Seventh day of July in the year Eighteen hundred & forty Five at Reading in said county of Hillsdale State of Michigan, & that she attended his funeral

             Margaret Saxton
 
Sworn & subscribed before me this 22d day of
 February A D 1847
Augustus F Vaun
     Justice of the peace
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State of Michigan }
Hillsdale- County  Ss}
      Circuit Court for County,

  I Augustus F Vaun 
Justice of the peace in and for said county do certify that I am well acquainted with Margaret Saxton who subscribed the foregoing affiant, that she is a woman of fair character & her reputation ____ ____ ___ her neighbor a good

  State of Michigan } ss
    County of Hillsdale, }. I, John Swegles, Jr. Clerk of the County of Hillsdale and also Clerk of the Do hereby Certify, That  Augustus F Vaun whose name is subscribed to the [8 words have been crossed out] annexed instrument and Theron on written was at the [another 7/8 words crossed out] date of thereof a Justice of the Peace in said County, duly Elected and qualified, and by the law of this State duly authorized to [2 words crossed out] act as such AND FURTHER, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said A. F. Vaun and verily believes that the signature to the said [3/4 words crossed out] writing is genuine [entire sentence crossed out] 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of said Court and County, at Hillsdale, this 
27th day of February A. D. 1841

John Sweglesl Jr. Clerk.
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State of Michigan }
Hillsdale county ss}

  I Augustus F Vaun Justice of the peace in and for said county do certify that I am well acquainted with Margaret Saxton who subscribed the foregoing affidavit, that show is a woman of fair character & her reputation for truth ad veracity among per neighbors are good

  Augustus F. Vaun
Justice of the peace
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State of New York }
Tompkins County Ss}

  Samuel Ingersoll of the town of Enfield in said county being duly sworn deposeth saith that he was a Captain of a company who served in the last war with Great Britain under Col. Greeves that in the year Eighteen Hundred Twelve while I  was Captain of such company & upon the Frontier Joseph Gillespie of Hector Sinices county New York was a substitute in my company that I was well acquainted with said Gillespie and that the said Gillespie returned home in the fall of the year Eighteen Hundred Twelve whiteout being regularly discharged That in the fall of Eighteen Hundred thirteen he returned to my company. While I was stationed at Fort George and wished to form one of my company again & stated that Judge Silas Halsey of the town of Ovid in said Seneca County had coerced[?] him to come back & serve the balance of his time & deponent further saith that as said Gillespie was quite old & would be of but little service or use. I ____ at first to secure him but Col Greeves thought best to take him. I therefore did & said Gillespie then entered the service in my company & did service & duty as a soldier as well as the other soldiers in the same company That in the Morning Lewiston was burned by the British. I recollect well of seeing him said Gillespie a little before day Which I think was about five October in the morning, he had been under arms almost all night & had been for several nights previous Their was an understanding between those at the Fort & we who were at Lewiston That in case we should be attacked we should fire one gun on the Mountain & they at the Fort should fire three & if those at the Fort should fire on gun we at Lewiston should fire three the first gun was fired at the fort as the attack was first made their & the first gun fired from the mountain broke the Elnatmy [?] Screw & of ____ could not be fired any more & we remained in this situation till daylight & then supposed the alarm a false one & as the alarm was not fired as agreed upon I went up the Moutain-

[note misspelling of Gillespie]
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-to learn the cause.  When I was about half way up the mountain I heard the firing of guns & yells of the Indians. This brought me in a situation to see what fighting was done 

The Company I commanded was divided. Deponent with half of his men were at Lewiston & My two Lieutenants was at Fort Wadworth on the Mountain - I have no doubt that Gillespie with others fell in to the hands of the Indians or was killed in that attack for deponent has never seen or heard from him since 
Deponent does not remember positively said Gillespie given hame but thinks it was Joseph & knows that he lived in Hector in Seneca county at the time he joined the army & deponent also knew that he drew his pay from government for his services in said war on the frontier
                
                            Saml. Ingersoll

Sworn & Subscribed to before me this 19th day of Oct AD 1847 
Amos Miller Justice of the peace in and for said County

I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Capt Samuel Ingersoll & that he is a man of good character for truth & veracity & his statements I believe to be worthy of credit


 Enfolded [?] Oct 19th 1847 
Amos Miller J Peace
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State of New York
Tompkins County Clerks office Ss
  I Norman Crittenden clerk of said County do hereby certify that Amos Miller Esq before whom the above declaration or affidavit  purports to have been made was at the date of the same and still is a Justice of the peace in & for said County commissioned and sworn and duly qualified to act as such and further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature to the journal then to and the certificate then under writtinges’ genuine 

  In testimony when of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County at Ithaca this 21st day of October 1847.

  N. Crittenden
    Clerk
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State of New York }
City & County of Albany Ss}

  John L Tillinghast of said city & county being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he is sixty one years of age & now resides in the said city of Albany- That he formerly resided at Catherinestown in the then county of Tioga 
( New Chemung) in the state of New York & resided there from the year 1810 to 1815 or 1816 which was within four miles of Joseph Gillespies residence from which said deponent removed to Elmira in the same county & that from 1810 to sometime the 1813 he was well acquainted with said Joseph Gillespie & saw him a number of times after the declaration of war in 1812 & frequently convened with him
  That sometime in the yer 1813 as this deponent believes said Gillespie left for the Frontier to join as a volunteer, a corps of Artillery part of the Regiment of New York State
Artillery commanded by Col Greeves & went out as a substitute & that deponent is informed & believes said Gillespie was killed on the frontier in an attack of the Canadians & Indians & as he believes & was informed body some year after was found & identified by the clothing found on his person. & that deponent never saw him after he went out to the frontier the second time as has he never  heard of his having been seen alive since that period- Deponent recollects frequently hearing said Gillespie in his life time speak
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- of his service under deponents Grand Father Col. John Lamb, in the 2d New York Regiment of Artillery in the Continental service Commanded by said John Lamb- & deponent knew of said Gillespies ___ a lot of land in the town of Hector then Seneca New Tompkins County for his service in the Revolutionary War and which said Gillespie lived for many years & ———-.-
     John L. Tillinghast

Sworn & Subscribed before me this 8th day of Sept AD 1847

 Charles H Ruggles on of the Judges of the Court of appeals in the State of New York
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State of Michigan ]
County of Jackson}

On this Seventeenth day of March 1849 before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in & for said county personally appeared Anna Hyatt a resident of the town of Jackson in the county of Jackson & state of Michigan who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the act of Congress passed on the 2d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War - That she is the widow of Joseph Gillespie who was a matross in the Revolution & died in 1813__ That her aforesaid husband served in the war of the Revolution under captain Gorsham Mott in Col John Lambs regiment of Artillery in the state of New York & who also served in the last war with Great Britain under Capt Samuel Ingersoll in Col Greeves Regiment - That she is the same individual who drew a pension under the act of June 17 1844 at the rate of One Hundred dollars per annum she further declares she is still a widow 
[Signed] Anna her X mark Hyatt
                        
Sworn & Subscribed on the day year above written before me 
[Signed] E Higby Justice of the Peace

Justice of the Peace - in presence of (2 witnesses) 
[Signed] Hulam Gillespie
[Signed] Silas Hayes
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State of Michigan 
County of Jackson  I hereby certify that the reason that Anna Hyatt did not sign her name to the foregoing Affidavit was on account of old age and bodily infirmity for which reasons she was unable to do so
Given under my hand this 17th day of March AD 1849
[Signed] Edward Higby Justice of the Peace

State of Michigan
County of Jackson
I Clerk of the County of Jackson do hereby certify that Edward Higby before whom the foregoing affidant purports to have been taken was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the peace in & for said County duly authorized, qualified & sworn & authorized by law to take & administer oaths. That his term of office announced on the [cross out: fourth] Seventh day of [cross out: July] April Eighteen hundred forty seven & expires on the fourth day of July Eighteen hundred & Fifty & that his signature above written is genuine

In witness whereof I have hereunto set the seal of said County this nineteenth day of March in the year Eighteen hundred forty nine
[Signed] W Budington
County Clerk
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No [13423 crossed out] 13294
Anna Hyatt formerly widow of Joseph Gillespie
Mich.
Act of July 1838
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1815
Letter of Administration.

The people of the State of New - York,
by the Grace of God, Free and Independent.
To Anne Gillespie of the town 
of Hector in Seneca County  Send Greeting.

WHEREAS Joseph Gillespie late of the
town of Hector in said county
as is alledged, lately died intestate, having whilst living, and at the time of his
death, Goods, chattels or Credits within this State, by means whereof, the ordering
and granting Administration of all and singular the said Goods, Chattels
and Credits, and also the auditing, allowing and final discharging the Account
thereof, doth appertain unto us: And we being desirous that the Goods, Chattels
and Credits of the said Deceased may be well and faithfully administered, applied
and disposed of, do grant unto you the said Anne Gillespie
full Power by these Presents, to administer,
and faithfully to dispose of all and singular the said Goods, Chattels and Credits --
to ask, demand, recover and receive the Debts which unto the said Deceased,
whilst living, and at the Time of his death, did belong, and to pay the Debts, which
the said Deceased did owe, so far as such Goods, Chattels and Credits will thereto
extend, and the Law require : hereby requiring you, to make or cause to be made,
a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits
of the said Deceased, which have or shall come to your Hands, Possession or
Knowledge, and the same so made to exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Office
of the Surrogate of the said County of Seneca at or before the
Expiration of six Calendar Months from the Date hereof; and also, to render a
just and true Account of Administration when thereunto required. And we do
by these Presents, depute, constitute and appoint you the said Anne Gillespie
Administratrix of all and singular the Goods,
Chattels, and Credits which were of the said Joseph Gillespie

In Testimony whereof, we have caused the Seal of Office of our said
Surrogate to be hereto affixed.

Witness Jared Sandford
Esquire, Surrogate of
the said County, at Ovid -- the seventh Day of
February in the Year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and fifteen and of our Independence the thirty-ninth

Jared Sandford
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Letters of administration on the estate of Joseph Gillespie
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State of Michigan
County of Jackson
I James A. Dyer Clerk
of the Circuit Court of the County
of Jackson Clerk of the Jackson County Court
and [illegible] aforesaid do hereby certify that William J Moody was at the time of taking
day was at the time of taking the annexed affidavit of Anna Hyatt, County
Judge in and for said County of Jackson
duly authorized and qualified by the laws
of this State to take said affidavit and to
administer said oath, And further that
I am personally acquainted with the handwriting of said Moody and know his
Signature to the annexed affidavit to be
genuine
In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and seal of office on
this twenty first day of May A.D. one
thousand Eight hundred and forty seven
James A. Dyer Clerk
of the Jackson County Court and
of the Circuit Court of Jackson County
mail
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State of Michigan
County of Jackson
On this Twenty first day of May in the year Eighteen hundred & forty seven personally appeared before me Anna Hyatt a resident of Jackson township in the County of Jackson & State of Michigan who being duly sworn according to law deposeth & on her oath doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 1838 entitled an act granting half pay & pension to to widows That she was eighty years of age on the seventh of July in the year Eighteen hundred & forty six, that she was born July 7th 1766 & that she is the widow of Joseph Gillespie who previous to his decease was a resident of Hector Tomkins [Tompkins] County New York & emigrated there from the town of Goshen in the County of Orange & State of New York who was a private in the war of the revolution & served as a fifer under Capt Gershom Mott in Col John Lambs Regiment of Artillery of the State of New York
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-that he performed seveciss during said war for about three years & was discharged at the close of said revolutionary war, that most of said sevecies was during the latter part of said war but the presice dates of such service & the _____ length of time she cannot now recollect, that she believes he was a volunteer but does not know positively & she further declares that she does not remember the names of any other officers under whom he served, or whether he serviced under any other Thant the adobe named, that her maiden name was Geary. She further declares that she was married to Joseph Gillespie at Goshen in said State of New York in the month of August seventeen hundred & eighty eight by the Rev Nathan Carr a Presbyterian Minister & that said Ministers family were present at the marriage & also one of Abraham Veal & his sister, but she does not remember her name & that no certificate of said marriage was ever made out as deponent recollects nor does she know whether any record of the same existed at
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-present or not, that her aforesaid husband died or was killed in battle during the last war with Great Britain towards the close of the same but at what precise time she does not know except that she understood that he was killed in the battle of Queenston in Canada that the record hereto attached was taken from the family Bible now in her possession & was made by her said husband within a year after her marriage with him & in his hand writing that she was married again on the twenty fourth day of April in the year eighteen hundred & twenty six by a Mr Brown a Justice of the peace in the town of Hector in the State of New York to one Joseph Hyatt that Herr last husband died _____ seventh in the year eighteen hundred ____ live in the township of Reading ____ County Michigan & that she has remained a widow ever sencse as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
                               Anna Hyatt
                                 Her X mark

Sworn and Subscribed this
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21st day of March A D 1847

State of Michigan Ss:

  I hereby certify that the county court of Jackson County in this State is a court of record and that by law the clerk of the Circuit Court is also Clerk of the County Court & that the attestation of James A Cher clerk of the Circuit Court of said County of Jackson is in due form of law.
   In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of Michigan at Detroit this Fourth day of June A. D. 1847.

  Thos. R. Cummings
Deputy Secretary of State

[there is an illegible seal on the left lower side]
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Joseph Gillespie }
Anna his wife }
To George Faussett}

  Deed Conveying 3.15/100 acres of lot no 78 in Hector dated April 15 1805 & recorded in book A of deeds Aug 16 1805 page 348

Joseph Gillespie &}
Anna his wife }
To James M Faussett}

  Deed dated March 10 18__
Recorded on June  9 1815 in book H of deeds   page 390 conveying 34 acres of said lot no 78

Joseph Gillespie}
& Anna his wife to} 
John Swegles}  

  Deed dated Feb 23 1804 recorded 22 Jany 1810 in book d page 114 Conveying 82 acres of said lot no 18 in Hector aforesaid

Joseph Gillespie }
& Anna his wife }
To 
James _ Gillespie 

  Deed dated March 9 1813 recorded 28 March 1817 in book K of deeds page 491 Conveying 100 acres of said lot 78 in Hector aforesaid

State of New York}
Seneca County SS }
   J. Hugh Montgomery-
Deputy clerk of said county
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-do herby certify That I have carefully examined the records of deed in the county & that the above is a correct & true abstract of Deeds recorded therein, purported to have been all the [‘conveyance’ is crossed out] executed b Joseph Gillespie & Anna his wife touching or affecting any part of military lot no 78 Hector

 In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said county of Seneca at Orid this Seventh day of June 1847

H. Montgomery 
Deputy County, Clerk
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State of New York }
Seneca County ss }

  James M Faussett of the township of Lodi being land county ____ duly sworn deposeth & saith that he is fifty five years of age that he was well acquainted with Joseph Gillespie in his life time & knew him as early at te year 1797 & that he was was also well acquainted with Mrs Anna Hyatt who now resides in the county of Jackson & state of Michigan, that he has known her for fifty years past- that she was the wife of Joseph Gillespie in his life time & became acquainted with her at the same time that he became acquainted with her former husband Jospeh Gillespie & deponent further saith that until the death of said Jospeh her said husband they said Joseph his wife Anna always lived on lot no Seventy Eight in the township of Hector which said Jospeh drew of government for his services in the Revolutionary war of the United States & deponent saith that he bought of said Joseph Gillespie & Anna his wife Two hundred acres of aid lot number Seventy eight sometime in the year Eighteen hundred & five for which he obtained a deed duly recorded in the office of the Clerk of Seneca County New York & that she executed said deed with her husband & that she is the identical widow of said Joseph Gillespie
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-formerly of said town of Hector- That sometime after the commencement of the last war with Great Britain said Joseph Gillespie enlisted as a volunteer & went to the line & now deponent always understood was killed at the battle of Queenston Heights for after  his enlistment he never returned, and has he never been heard of since- That deponent knows said Gillespie & Anna his wife imigrated to the town of Hector from the town of Goshen Orange County New York- That this deponent has frequently heard said Joseph saith some of the marches & battles of the Revolutionary war in which he participated, but does not now recollect much about it.
                            James M Faussett 

Sworn & Subscribed before me this 5th day of July [‘June’ is crossed out] 1847

J. H. Sabin, Justice of the Peace in & for Seneca County
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I hereby certify that James Faussett who Subscribed the foregoing affidavit is personally known to one & that he sustains a good character for truth & veracity
Lodi N.Y. July 5th 1847-
[Signed] J. H. Sabin
Justice of the peace for Seneca Co. N.Y.

State of New York
Seneca County SS. ⎬ I, Hugh Montgomery Deputy
Clerk of said County of Seneca do hereby certify that John H. Sabin Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn & whose name is subscribed to the above Jurat & Certificate of character, was at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace, in & for said County duly commissioned and sworn and authorized by the laws
of our said State to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and verily believe, that his several signatures to the aforesaid. Jurat & certificate are genuine
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and in his own proper hand writing,
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County of Seneca this Sixth day of July A.D. 1847
[Signed] H. Montgomery
Deputy Clerk
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7857
Joseph Gillespie 
Jany 25, 1847 - 80
Jackson Mich

F. fw  N.Y.

Cpt. Gershom Mott
Col Jno Lamb
3 yrs

Mar Anna Geary
Aug 15 1788 - Goshen N.Y.
Killed at battle of [Queenston is crossed out] Ft. George Canada - War 1812 
[Oct 1812 is crossed out] May 27, 1813

Remarried Apl 24 1821
Joseph Hyatt at Hector N.Y.
who died July 7, 1845 at Reading Mich
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3-595
O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Searched by ______
Claim No.  ______
Certificate No.  _____
Claimant  _____
Soldier  _____
Service  _____
Additional service  _____
Remarks  _____
Chief of Division.
15444b10m8-1900
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P Co
A. P. HOWE COMPANY
Crawford, Neb.,
April 29th, 1920.

Commissioner of Pensions,

Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

  I would like to get information one Joseph Gillespie, form in Goshen, N. Y., served as fifer in Revolutionary War, also served in the 
War of 1812. In the Revolution, his captain’s name was Gresham Mott, his colonel— John Lamb.
  In the War of 1812, his captain was Samuel Ingersol, Colonel’s name Greaves. He also received a land grant of 600acres in New York, Military Tract No. 78.
  I shall be pleased to have the above facts verified and any other information that may be on file regarding his service and if he received a pension. 
  Thanking you for the favor, I am Yours truly 
   (Mrs.) Laura A. Howe

[ there is a stamp in the right upper corner]
Pension Office
U. S.
D May 3 1920

Ok W 7857
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Chicago Ill Dec 24 1909
56 W ELM St

Commissioner of pensions

Washington D.C.

Dear Sir: I desire a copy of the articles of service and the military record of Joseph Gillespie and of James Gillespie showing in whose companies they served at the time of the fight at Stony Creek. They lived in Schuyler Co N Y at the time of entering service, which I do not know.

Very Truly
H.L.F. Gillespie

[there is a stamp on the right lower corner]
PENSION OFFICE.
U. S.
A
DEC 27 1909
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Geo E Johnson
State Engineer
W. D. Steckelbery
Assistant State Engineer
Geo. K Leonard
Chief Draughts Man

OFFICE OF STATE ENGINEER
OF IRRIGATION, HIGHWAYS & DRAINAGE
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

Rev.- -1 ABH

Board of Irrigation
Highways & Drainage
John H. MOREHEAD, Governor
     President
WILLIS E. REED.
   Attorney General
FRED BECKMANN.
  Commissioner of Public Lands & Buildings

Crawford, Nebraska, Feb. 3, 1917.

Bureau of Pensions,
  Washington, D. C.

  Dear Sir:
  Would you please tell me if you have any record of the services of Joseph Gillespie in the Revolutionary War. 
  He was born December 1766, and served, I think as a fifer in the war. He probably enlisted from Goshen, N. Y. 
  He was married in 1788 to a Miss Ann Gary of Goshen.
  If you have any one on the pension list of this name please let me know and send copy of the record as I want to use it in becomming member of Daughter of the American Rev.
   Yours truly
  (Mrs) A.P. Howe
   Crawford, Neb
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Rev. War Section.

February 15, 1917.

Mrs. A. P. Howe,
Crawford,
 Nebraska.

  Madam:
       In addition to the military history of Joseph Gillespie, W. File No. 7857 Rev. War, you are furnished the following list of his children from the papers on file in the claim.
  Torn—————— Born May 3, 1789 died              October 19, 1817.
 
  Torn————-Born October 20, 1790.

  Mary Gillespie Born July 18, 1793.

  James Gillespie
                  Born April 30, 1795 died May 4, 1815.

  Abigail Gillespie 
                  Born September 23 or 28, 1797 died 
                    December 16, 1810 (?)

  Hiram Gillespie
                   Born July 12, 1799.

  Anne Gillespie 
                      Born August 22, 1802.

Jehiel Gillespie 
                      Born January 2, 1804

 Margaret Gillespie 
                    Born September 2, 1807.

Very respectfully,
  GM Saltzgaber
     Commissioner.