Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5281, Daniel Gilleland, New Jersey
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New Jersey          Gilleland, Daniel   W. 5281
                         or Gilliland
                                           Mary





                              This envelope includes
                               Final Payment Voucher
                              Received from GAO
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Ohio  = 25.80
Daniel Gilleland (Gilliland)
of Meigs Co. in the State of Ohio -
who was a Pt in the Company commanded by Captain Huddy of the Regiment commanded by Col Nelson in the N Jersey [illegible] militia- 

1 yr{?] 11 Mo 15 [?] [Illegible] 117.50
15 Ds [illegible]                           1.66
                                                 --------
                                              $  119.16

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 119 Dollars 16 Cents per annum.
To commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of July 1834 M. Bosworth, Chester, [Illegible]

Arrears to the 4th of Sept '34             297.90
Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mch "  59.58
                                                          --------
                                                          $ 357.48

                                       Revolutionary Claim
                                        Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. T. Sprague, Clerk
Book E [?]          Vol. 8 Page 9
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See letter to M. Bosworth
Chester, Ohio - 14th April 1834.
[Illegible] - to J. H. Groesbick
14' April 1834 ---------



            Co Ohio
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Rbntiel [Illegible]

Lewis Newsom Aug 30/53

June 14- 1845 - G - 13
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Mary Gilleland
widow of Daniel Gilleland
N.J.
who was a Private
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of April 1844 and sent to M Bosworth 
                 Porueoy [?] Meigs Co. Ohio

[Act of March, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A 138
Vol. 1 Page 158
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The State of Ohio
Meigs County   On this fifth day of February AD 1841 Personally appeared before me Mary Gilleland a resident of Orange Township in the County of Meigs Ohio aged seventy four years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of made by the act of Congress passed July 7th Ad 1838 That she is the widow of Daniel Gilleland who served in the militia of New Jersey in the Army of the revolution but as to the particulars of his service cannot from loss of memory the infirmities of age, state in detail but refers to the statement which her late husband the said Danile Gilleland presented to the Department in order to obtain his pension under the act of the 7th June 1832. She further states that her husband Danile Gilleland was allowed a pension, his certificate was dated January 1834 numbered 25.807 She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Gilleland in the (place or) Township of Cranbury in New Jersey on the third day of August seventeen hundred eighty six, that so far as she knows believes there was no public record of marriage kept in New Jersey. A Family record of births, deaths, marriages, etc. was kept in the Family Bible belonging to the Father of her said Husband (which was then old + nearly worn out) that her son Reuben Gilleland was in New Jersey 22 years ago this winter + transcribed from the said Bible (as he said) into a book called Baxter's Sci[?]tp rest the [?]ate of the birth of her said husband marriage with this department. the said leaf on which said record was transcribed 22 years ago is torn from the book there
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with enclosed, that her husband, the aforesaid Daniel Gilleland died on the fifth day of October AD 1838 that she has remained a widow ever since that period. She further states that her children have written letters to their New Jersey relatives but have never heard from the since the return of the son 22 years ago as her said husband's father was very aged being at that time between 80 and 90 years of age she presumes that he long since deceased she does not know of any person living by whom she could prove the marriage nor does she know whether the record above named made in the old Family Bible is still in existence or if in existence where it is

Sworn to+ subscribed that day + year above written before me
Stephen Smith Justice of the peace

her
Mary Gilleland
mark

witnesses present at signing Stephen Smith A.P. Gilleland

The State of Ohio
Meigs County
Personally appeared before me Reuben Gilleland of lawful age who being duly sworn deposeth + saith that 22 years ago this winterhe visited his Grandfather who then resided in the Township of North Brunswick Middlesex County New Jersey, that in his Grandfathers large Family Bible (which was then old much worn) was a Family record containing the births, marriages + deaths of his Grandfathers family, that he transcribed from that Bible into a book called
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Final Payment Voucher
Received from GAO
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here [?] at the law of Danile and Mary Gilleland late of Meigs County and State of Ohio, do hereby const[?]ale and appoint our brother Reuben Gilleland of Meigs County aforesaid, our tr[?]ce and lawful attorney for us and in ac[?] names, in common with himself to prosecute our claim against the government of the United States [illegible] for [illegible] or any other description of claim which acor[?] said presents one other of Th[?] had for services in the war of the revolution, which was dear to either at the time of their death, and to do such other matters and things relative th[?]s, which he may deem advisable and to appoint one or more attorneys to ap[?]s him.  [?] ratifying and conforming whatever he may in the [?]ses
Given under our hands and seals this Eleventh day of June AD 1853
Executed in presence of us
H. Donnally     witnesses as to the 4 first names
S.S. Paine
Elizabeth Van Pett
Charlotte Lonas
Mary A Davis
Jones Gilleland

Millford Athens County Ohio
In presence of us
J. W. B.  Chadwell
Chester Woodworth
            her
Catherine Lenard
            mark
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The State of Ohio Athens County p.
I, Joseph M Dana. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that J. W. P. Cook Esquire before whom the foregoing Power of Attorney was acknowledged, was at the time of taking such acknowledgment and still is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected commissioned and qualified as such and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have here unto signed my name and affixed the seal of said Court, at Athens, this 14th day of June A.D. 1853.
J. M. Dana  Clerk
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No 3467
Mary Gilleland dec
child of
Unclaimed Pension
7 June 1844   $ 7.48
Reposted Sept 6th 1853
Ret
Reg No 2 541 dated
10 sent to Treasury
12th September , 1853

Final Payment Voucher
Received from GAO
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Statement
Treasury Department
Third Auditor's Office

The United States,

To Reuben Gilleland one of the children of Mary Gilleland dec a pensioner of the Ohio agency, per act 17 June 1844            Dr.

For 6/9 of her pension from 4 March 1845, to June 14th 1845, at Forty dollars and -- cents per year   $ 7.48

Stated, Sept 6th 1853, by Thomas J Hobbs

Treasury Department
Second Comptroller's Office
Examined Sept 6, 1853, by E. F. French
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Final Payment Voucher
Received from GAO
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State of Ohio, Meigs County
On this fourth day of June AD one thousand eight hundred fifty three, personally appeared before me, a Probate Judge in and for said county, Richard Gilleland, who being duly sworn as the law directs, declares that he is the legitimate son of Daniel Gilleland and Mary Gilleland late of Meigs County deceased, that Daniel Gilleland aforesaid was on the 9th day of January 1834 in sc[?] on the pension roll for services in the New Jersey militia in the war of the revolution at the rate of one hundred and nineteen doll on 16/100, per annum under the act of 7th June 1832 and began to draw his pension from 6th March 1831 which he continued to receive until his death which occurred on the 5th October 1838, leaving Mary his wife a widow who survived him until the 16th day of June 1845, at which time she died without receiving continuation of the payment of her said husbands pension, which he said husband was entitled to, if he had lived, as provided by the acts of Congress in such cases made and provided  Therefore for and on behalf of himself and other kin [?] of the aforesaid Daniel and Mary Gilleland to wit Elizabeth Vanpelt, late Elizabeth Gilleland, Mary Ann Davis, late Mary Ann Gilleland, Margaret Leonard, late Margaret Gilleland, John Gilleland, Abraham P. Gilleland, Catharine Larned late Catharine Gilleland. He now makes this declaration for the purpose of receiving the arrear, to which the aforesaid Mark Gilleland, as widow as aforesaid was entitles to, as seceased]?] to her by the act of July 7th 1838
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and other acts in such cases made and provided, and which she did not receive during her life time, and to which her heirs, as legitimate heirs of the said Daniel have an in debatable right, as granted to him in the like cases made and provided by the various acts of Congress, the decisions of the Commissioner of pensions, the Attorney General and the long settled practice of the Government.
I hereby constitute [?] and appoint Lewis Newsom of Gallipolis Ohio, the true and lawful attorney for and on behalf of myself and the other heirs, [illegible]  for and in [illegible] to prosecute the aforesaid claim, for the gratuity or arrear which the said Mary Gilleland acquired a right thereto as a [?]tish interest which she did not receive, hereby authorizing and empowering him to in the premises[?] whatever may be required, hereby satisfying and conforming[?] whatever money[?] do relative thereto
Rueben Gilleland

State of Ohio. Meigs County
We James Ralston and Oren Branch do hereby certify that the following is a true and ecaxt copy of the family record in a Bible now ach[?] by Rueben Gilleland which from its dilapidated and faded appearance we are satisfied it is the original family record to wit: 
Daniel Gilleland born September 1st 1765
Daniel Gilleland and Mary Pardun was married August 3rd 1786.
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Subsequently in same family record, the following record is made, "Daniel Gilleland died Oct 5th 1838 Mary Gilleland dies June 14th 1845 which last entry we are attribute[?] was made by one of the sons of the said Dniel and Mary in whose hands the family record has been kept since their death, We also certify that we are well satisfied that Daniel Gilleland was a pensioner, that Mary Gilleland was his wife, that they are dead, and that the heirs named are the only heirs as far as we are informed
JA Ralston
O Branch

Martin Heckard a Probate Judge in and for the County of Meigs and State aforesaid, sitting on a Court of Record, do hereby certify that the aforesaid Rueben Gilleland, and James Ralston and Owen Branch personally appeared before me, and subscribed the foregoing instruments of writing in my presence, and was at same time by me sworn to the truth of the same to the best of their belief. I also certify that from my long acquaintance with all the parties and their high standing in this community, that I am well satisfied of the truth of their respective statements.
In testimony whereof I have hereto[?] set my hand and to which I have affixed the seal of said Court at Pom[?]y this 4th June 1853
M Heckard Prob. Judge
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State of Ohio 
Meigs County
On this 24th day of July AD 1833 appeared in open Court of the Court of Common Pleas for County of Meigs
Daniel Gilleland of Orange Township in Co, + State aged sixty eight years last September, who first being duly sworn according law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers served as herein stated. "That I enlisted the 1st of Mar 1779 for the term of nine months, under Capt Huddy (Christian name not recollected) of Monmouth County of New Jersey, Liet Wm Starkey + Ensign Amariah Wills. I wore my own clothes and found my own ai[?]s. I was living in North Brunswick Middlesex Co, New Jersey when I enlisted. What after [?] our enlistment we were marched up + down the sea coast[?] through Egg Harbor, Hawkin, Waretown until we met a company commanded by Captain James Morgan who guarded below us - our business was to guard the coast against the British + Tories. In the month of June (I think) we took Capt Smith a Tory Capt + put him in Monmouth Jail. In South Amboy at a place called Cheesquakes we had a skirmish with the Tories which we dispersed except one, whose name was Fagan, whose we caught and hung on a tree. This as near as I can recollect was about the last of July or 1st of August I know that the people had cut their hay - sometime in the month of Sept we had a skirmish with the British + Tories who had landed at Cranberry inlet for the purpose of burning the Union Saltworks, we attacked them in the night + drove them back. I was discharged at David Notts Tavern in Monmouth Co. about the 20th of Dec when I return back to N. Brunswick the same week I enrolled my name in the L[?]  Company
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in the South Brunswick 1st Battalion + 2 Regiment of the New Jersey militia, under Captain John Waglum, Lieut James Prince, Ensign John Gilleland who was my Father Commander Col John Nelson, Maj James Van Embear, commanded by Genl. Herel, I was appointed P [illegible] headquarters were at North Brunswick we were kept marching up + down the river Raritan until early in the spring, I think in march 1780 when an express[?] arrived in the night that the British had landed, we met them about a mile below the city when we attacked them + drove them back. In the morning we found 7 dead on the field our next skirmish was with a company of Horse Commanded by a British Colonel called Synes -  They landed at the blusing[?] star opposite New York + rode to Somerset Court House- fired that before they were discovered: we attacked them on Georges wa[?] + took their Col. -They then dispersed, we followed them to South Amboy where they embarked. This was in June 1782. During the years 1780 + 1781 we were relieved every two weeks in the year 1782 once a month until the British evacuated New York - which was according to my recollection about the month of houi[?]een 1782- The only militia Officers that I recollect was Col David Chamberlain rec'd a discharge for the 9 months service from Capt Huddy which is worn out by him - I have no record of r[?]y age except what is to be found in a book, the title of which I do not recollect. I was born in Middlesex Co. North Brunswick N Jersey in the year 1764 - I resided there until the 16th of April 1809 when I moved to Cayuga Co. N. York where I lived [?] years - Thence to Seneca County N. York where I lived 7 years on the [illegible] - from thence I moved to Marietta in the Co of Washington + State of Ohio where I resided seven years + then I moved to the Co. of Meigs in O State, where I have ever since lived. Her[?] last term of service I was a volunteer
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[?] Aaron Van Pelt residing in Township of Orange + Abraham P Gilleland - of the same place hereby certify that well acquainted with Daniel Gilleland who has subscribed + sworn to the above declaration; + that we believe him to be sixty eight years old last September that he is rep[?]tice + believed in the neighbor h[?]d where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution + that we concur in that opinion = Sworn to & Subscribed Aaron Van Pelt the day and year aforesaid, Abraham P Gilleland
M Bosworth Clerk

[Section Struck Out]

And the P Court do hereby declare this opinion after the investigation of the matter + after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War  Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier + served as he states and the Court further[?] certify that it appears to those that there is no Clergyman[?] living in the vicinity + that Lok[?] Van Pelt - Abraham P. Gilleland who have signed the preceding[?] certificate are residents of the Township of orange + are credible persons that this[?] statements are certified to credit.
Attest M Bosworth Clerk
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Amendment To The Declaration of Daniel Gilleland

I was discharged David Notts Tavern as above stated the day before Christmas (which must have been on the 24th Dec, and recollect that [?] stay'd at the same tavern the next day's kept Christmas as which would make 9 months + 24 days service as an enlisted soldier - When I arrived home the 26th  inst[?] , my Father had left word for me to come out immediately to Sheach[?] Guantius[?]/ City of Brunswick I went + was enrolled I think on the 28th of Dec 1779 where I continued to vis[?] under arms or in garrison - one half of the time until the British evacuated New York. During the period above, I was valium[?] as before states - 
The first period of service was 9 months + 24 days
" 2nd period would be 1 year + eleven + 1/2 months + further laith not  Daniel Gilleland
Sworn to + subscribed before Daniel Gilleland [Signature]
me Oct 14th 1833 - J.C Betow asst. Judge
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The State of Ohio
Meigs County

I Marcus Bosworth Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court of Common Pleas for said County in the matter of the application of Daniel Gilleland for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand + affixed the seal of said Court this 26th day of July AD on thousand eight hundred _ thirty three of our State the thirty first
M. Bosworth Clerk
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The State of Ohio
Meigs County

I Marcus Bosworth Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court of Common Pleas for said County in the matter of the application of Daniel Gilleland for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand + affixed the seal of said Court this 26th day of July AD on thousand eight hundred _ thirty three of our State the thirty first
M. Bosworth Clerk
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War Department
Pension Office
12th August 1832
23 Nov.

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in tabular form. on comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulation will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling [?] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Daniel Gilleland

Period service was rendered
1 March 1779.
28 Dec "
Duration of Service Years Months Days
                                             9          24
                                   1       11         15
Rank of the claimant
                                   Priv
                                   Sargeant
Names and rank of the Field officers under who he served
Cap. Huddy
" Waglund
Col. Nelson
Gen Herd
Major Van Embear
Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service
18 years
Monmouth County N.J.
Proof by which the declaration is supported
Traditionary
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2

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:

1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Voulunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION;

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of County of } ss.

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

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of 

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.               A.B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 

I ______ of the Court of ______ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ____ day of ____
&c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the ____ and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier has served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the ____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, ___ Clerk of the Court of ____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ___ for a pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ___ day of ___&c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier: Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer: Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputedand believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 consequential 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_______months, and _____days, I served as a_______.
For ________months and ______days, I served as a _______; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is importants, in all cases, to determine 
with precision the period for which such applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the 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 kree or four months", is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that 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 a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown 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.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service
(j) 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 claimant's 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 officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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half months.

He moved in 1809 to Cayuga County, New York, and remained about one year, then to Seneca County, New York, remained seven years, then to Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, remained seven years, thence to Meigs County, Ohio.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 24, 1833, then a resident of orange Township, Meigs County, Ohio.

He died October 5, 1838.

Me married, August 3, 1786 in Cranbury Township, New Jersey, Mary, her maiden name is not stated.

She was allowed pension on her application executed, February 5, 1841, at which time she was living in Orange Township, Ohio, and was aged seventy-four years.

She was living in 1844 in Pomeroy, Ohio. She died June 14, 1845.

Children were referred to, no name stated other than Reuben. one Abraham P Gilliland was living in 1833 in Orange Township, Ohio, no relationship shown.

It was stated that the soldier's father was between eighty and ninety years old in 1819, and at that time was living in North Brunswick Township, New Jersey.

There are no further data as to family.

Very Truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No.   5281
Mary Gilleland
Wid.
Daniel Gilleland Pvt. Rev. War
Act:  Mch, 3 43
Index:- Vol. A Page 271

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1929  Apr 10- Hish[?]  to
Albert L. Stokes aevy[?]
1932 Jan 8 Hish[?] to Leonard Bushong [illegible]
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Mary Gilleland
of Daniel
Ohio

rejected
See let, 3rd April 1841 M. Bosworth
Let to W.S. Allison Jany 31 '43

was not a widow until after passage of act of 7 July 1838

A A 7 July 1838
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Daniel Gilleland
Was born sept. 1 1765

Do. Was married August [?] 1786

[Damaged] Gilleland

Jonathan Owen
[?] born Sept the Ninth - - 1801

{Illegible]
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[?] 7745
Mary Gilleland
of Daniel
Ohio


Admitted
12 mo
prior

$411 per annum

Wm Allison
Washington
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Baxter's Saints rest on a blank leaf the record of his Father's birth marriage + that the leaf here with enclosed is that on which the aforesaid record was transcribed, that his mother the said Mary Gilleland was the individual to whom his Father was married on the said 3rd August 1786: that his Father the said Daniel died on the 5th day of October AD 1838 + that his mother the said Mary has remained a widow since that period. Deponent further states that after his return from his visit to new jersey aforesaid, he wrote several letters to his relatives but rec'd no answer + has never heard from them since.

Reuben Gilleland

Sworn to + subscribed before me this fifth day of February AD 1841
Stephen Smith Justice of the Peace
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February AD 1841 of the State of Ohio th[?] 39th
M Bosworth Clerk

7745



Gilleland, Daniel
N.J. W5281
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Ohio 7143

Mary Gilleland
widow of Daniel Gilleland

who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June '32 and who died on the 5th October 1838-
of Meigs County in the State of Ohio-
who was a private in the Co-
commanded by Captain Huddy of [?]
commanded by Col. Nelson 
the N. Jersey line for 12 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of April 1843 and W.S. Allison president

Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending

                             $200.00

Act July 7, 1838
Recorded by W M Stewart Clerk
Book A Vol. 2 Page 2/5
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Ohio
Mary Gilleland




WS. Allison
[Illegible]
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case of Mrs. Mary Gilleland of Ohio, Act 7 July 1838,
Allowed for one years service as a private upon evidence obtained from Office of Secretary of State of new jersey, shewing payment of one years interest. Said payment was for service in part. Her husband ap[?]d upwards of two years service principally as Sergeant, for which he was allowed a full pension.

Respectfully submitted
Wm S Allison
April 24, 1843
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7745             Mar 6. 1841.

Ohio
Mary Gilleland
Act July 7 1838

Christine G   Feb             Fecu

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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The Commissioner of Pensions will please direct any communications to Marcus Bosworth Chester Meigs Co Ohio
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Mar 9 1843

Ohio
Mary Gilleland

J L Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions

W S Allison present
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D-- Sir

Enclosed is evidence of service of Danl Gilleland showing interest due for one year I hope this will be sufficient to authorize the allowance of a pension to his widow Mary Gilleland of Ohio, at the same rate allowed her husband

I am [?]
Your Obt. Servant
Wm S Allison

Mch 9, '43
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FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

Pension Office
Aug 30 1853

Respectfully referred to the Ohio Auditor. 

S Cole
Act Com[?]

F Burt Esq
[?] Auditor
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6/9 of pensions Mary Gilleland dec[?]

from March 4 1845
to J[?] 14 1845

@ 40 per year


Gallipolis O.
Aug. 16th /53
Lewis Newmsom
Rec'd Sept 9th[?] /53

Ohio [?]
Act 17 Imm '44
Pay Reuben Gilleland
[?]
6/9 of the amt
[?] Mary Gilleland
[?]
Mr Randall

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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Pension Office
Aug 29 1853

Sir
Mary Gilleland widow of David, of Ohio was pensioned under the Acts of Jul 7 1838 & 
3 March 1863. at $40 per annum,
Please state to what time she was paid
Very Respectfully
S. Cole
Ac [letter blacked out] Com of Pensions

J. Burlly
3 auditor

Paid fw 4th. March 1845
J. Burl
Auditor
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December 4
Feb 24 1844
Ohio
Mary Gilleland
3 March 1843
$40 within
M. Bosworth
Pomeroy
Ohio
Pomeroy Feb 18th
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
18 5/4
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H
Pomeroy Meigs Co Ap 12th 1844
Sir, I have examined your circular {illegible]  not find the declaration deficient so far as I can understand it but in one respect-- to wit, the fact of her being known to the magistrate which is supplied as you will see below in an additional certificate. 
This by your circular does not seem to be required when the pension 
department which like the one above contains
no such statement the foregoing is in every particular like that except that it states the amt of
pension which her husband drew which I
suppose to be unnecessary
I supposed the department satisfied themselves
as to the character of the claim when the
application was made under the law of 1838
made no reexamination under the law
of March 3d 1843 & only wished to be satisfied
that the claimant had not forfeited
her claim by ceasing
to be a widow
the
I gathered this from the from the
circular-- If there is any thing deficient the
of application
printed form is
deficient & I am unable
to understand the circular-
The application states that she drew a pension under the
act of July 7th 1838. to which is now appended
the certificate of the Magistrate
No application has
been made under the act of March 3 1843 until the widow
has established her claim under the act of July 7th 1838
the paper is authenticated on the same sheet-- The offi
authenticated under seal
these appear to be the requisitions of the circular or I can
not understand the meaning of language & shall
need to be informed as to the particular deficiency if it shall
be found to be deficient as I have exhauled my own
stock of ideas in endeavouring to ascertain a varian
between the foregoing application & the requirements
of the Department
Respectfully
J L Edwards Esq
M Bosworth
Comm of Pensions
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Mary Gilliland
Ohio
addl evidence
art 38 o[illegible]
W.S. Allison
P[illegible]
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Receipts for one years interest paid on certificates given by the commissioners in the several counties to the militia.

Number of [unintelligible] - 29
Number of [unintelligible] - 1650
Date - May 1, 1784
Signed by - 
Payable to - Daniel Gilliland
F.S.O Amount - 17.1.3
L.S.0  - 1.0.4

State of New Jersey
I Charles G. McChesney, Secretary of Note of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the forgoing is a true [unintelligible] from a book, headed as above, as taken from and compared with the original now remaining in my office, and I do further certify that Thomas Henderson Esqr. was by the 5th sector of an act [unintelligible] by the Legislature of New Jersey
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The Deposition of Cornelius Vanderhoof
taken before me John C Bestow one of the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas on
the 21 day of November AD 1833-
That Cornelius first having been duly sworn
to testify the truth the whole and nothing but
the truth, in regard to the application of Daniel
Gilleland for a pension, - That Cornelius
saith after hearing the declaration of this 
Decree said that he well recollects the principal
events named in said Gillelands declaration & that he knows that said Gilleland was in
the service but he was of the impression that
he Gilleland, was in Morgans Company
instead of Huddy, but as the Company's were
so near together, & often at the same place,
such a mistake might easily be made-some
of my relatives were in the same mess
with said Gilleland; after Gilleland was discharged the whole company was massacred except the Capt who was taken to New York. They were destroyed in a Block House on Thoms River.  From my knowledge of said Gilleland in the service & since, I have no doubt but that he served as in said declaration stated,  I am now about 79 years old but the principal events are fresh in my recollection & further saith not.

Sworn to & Subscribed
this 21st day of Nov. 1833
J.C. Bestow Associate Judge:
Cornelius   X -his mark -Vanderhoof
December 21st 1833
I also certify that from my knowledge of said Vanderhoof I believe him to be a credible testimony entitled to credit
J.C. Bestow ast Judge

The State of Ohio:
Meigs County :
I Marcus Bosworth Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas for
said County do hereby certify that John C. Bestow Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition was taken is an acting associate Judge of said County in for said County duly commissioned & qualified
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Jan 18 43
Case Mary Gilliland
Ohio dist 38, Meigs
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Know all men by these presents that I Mary Gilleland of the county of
Meigs and State of Ohio do hereby constitute and appoint William
S Allison of Georgetown District of Columbia my true and 
lawful Attorney for me and for my use to obtain from the
Government of the United States [crossed out] the a pension, as the Widow
of Daniel Gilleland for service performed by him as a Soldier
in the Revolutionary War and do hereby authorize him to
take all such measures as he may lawfully do in my 
behalf in the prosecution of said claim. In witness where
of I do Hereunto set my hand seal this 2nd day of January
AD 1843 Mary Gilliland seal
Executed in the presence of
R.C. Grant
Ruehan Gillilan

The State of Ohio
Meigs County JP Personally appears before me Mary Gilleland above
named and acknowledges that she signed sealed the fore 
going power of Attorney for the purposes therein expressed. In
testimony whereof I here unto set my hand and seal
this 2nd day of January AD 1843
R. C. Grant JP seal
The State of Ohio
Meigs County JP
I Marcus Bosworth Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas for said County do here by certify that Royal C Grant Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in and
for said County duly commissioned and qualified
and that full faith & confidence are and
ought to be given to his official acts as such
Intentionally whereof I here unto set my hand
and affix the seal of said Court at Pomeroy
this 2nd day of January AD 1843
M Bosworth Clerk
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ALBERT L. STOKES
BOX 327
NEW BRUNSWICK NEW JERSEY
April 10 - 1929
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
Please advise me whether or not you have any record of a pension being granted to one Daniel Gilliland or his widow.  Daniel Gilliland was a revolutionary soldier from New Jersey.  (probably Middlesex County).  He died in Meigs County Ohio Oct. 5-1838.

Yours
truly,
Albert L. Stokes
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ALBERT L. STOKES
BOX 397
NEW BRUNSWICK
NEW JERSEY    Sept 3-1928

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
Please search your records of pensions and advise me of any mention of Daniel Gilliland a Revolutionary Soldier from, New Jersey.  
Daniel was born about 1764 or 1765 and died in Meigs County Ohio, Oct 5-1838.  If the records reveal the name of his wife or anthing concerning his family I would appreciate it if you advise me of it.
Thanking you, I am,
Yours truly,
Albert L. Stokes
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3210 Garden Ave.,
Los Angeles, Calif.
1 December, 1931.

Mr. A. D. Hiller
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
I should like very much to obtain all information
possible from the pension records of two
Revolutionary War soldiers from New Jersey-- John [handwritten] O
[underlined] Gilliland, Lieutenant, in Second Regiment, Middlesex
Co. Militia; and DanielGilliland, Sergeant, from
Middlesex Co. I understand that the pension record
of Daniel Gilliland gives additional information
[handwritten] when writing 
Daniel [illegible] 
what is says 
about JDH
I should be extremely gratful for this
service.

Very sincerely,
[handwritten]  Leonard D Bushong
[date stamps] Received Dec 9 1931
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April 10, 1929

Albert L Stekes
Box 397, New Brunswick
New Jersey

Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim W.5281, it appears that Daniel Gilliland
or Gilleland (son of John) was born in 1764 or September
1, 1765, at North Brunswick, Middlesex County,
New Jersey.
While residing in said North Brunswick, he enlisted,
March 1, 1779, and served in Captain Huddy's New Jersey
Company, was in several skirmishes and was discharged,
December 24, 1779. He was enrolled, December 28, 1779,
in the New JerseyMilitia and was second sergeant in Captain
John Waglum's Company, Colonel John Nelson's New Jersey
Regiment (soldier's father was Ensign at this time in
this company), served one-half of the time, sometimes every
[handwritten] skirmishes
other week and sometimes every other month, until in [crossed out][handwritten]Nov
1783. [handwritten] 1 yr 11[illegible] 1/2 [illegible]
In 1809, he moved to Cayuga County, New York, and
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remained about a year, then to Seneca County, New York
and remained seven years, then to Marietta, Washington
County Ohio, seven years [crossed out] and then to Orange Township,
Neiga County, Ohio, where he was living when he was allowed
pension on his application executed [handwtitten] living x July 24, 1833.
He Died, October 5, 1838
The soldier married, August 3, 1786, in Cranbury
Township, New Jersey, Mary, her maiden name not stated.
She was allowed pension on her application executed February
5, 1841, at which time she was living in Orange 
Township, Ohio, aged seventy-four years. In 184[crossed out]3, she was living in Pomeroy, Ohio.
Children are referred to, no name given other than
Reuben.
Respectfully
[handwritten] She d. June 14 - 1845 ab [illegible]
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner.
[handwritten] Abraham P Gilliland
[handwritten] res Orange Twp Ohio
[handwritten] in 1833