Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9,450, Samuel Gibson, Va.
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Va  Gibson, Samuel Elizabeth  W. 9450 B.L.Wt.27639-160-55
Born in Penn.
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Ohio 13.076
Samuel Gibson
Highland Co, in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Kincaid of the Regt commanded by Col. Campbell in the Virginia line for two years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of May 1833 and sent to Samuel Bell Hillsboro H. C. Ohio

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  160
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.  40.
                                                         $200.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
recorded by Wm. R. Palmer Clerk, 
Book G  Vol. 8.  Page nine
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5165
Kentucky

Elizabeth Gibson widow of Samuel Gibson
 Va who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private for two years.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of Oct 1849 and sent to
Sellers & Marshall
George Town
 Brown Co Ohio

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 234 Vol. 3 

Date of death not mAB
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90. 578/ Mch. 3/55
Apl. 23/55
___________
Elizabeth Gibson
Void of Samuel
[ineligible]
___________
Capt.
Col.
[ineligible]
Dis.
Revolutionary War
___________
She is a pensioner at 80 [ineligible].
___________
[ineligible] 48--$165
W: 160 [ineligible] May, 20156
[signature]
M
___________
W. F. Thomas
[ineligible] Ken.

Sir. W. F. Thomas Nov. 22/55
[ineligible] same Jany. 12--86

Vol. G. 5H.

[written sideways over half the page]
27639 of May 24/56
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The State of Ohio, Adams County, S.S.
     On this first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas, (in open court) in and for the County of Adams, in the State of Ohio, Elizabeth Gibson, a resident of Kentucky in the County of Lewis, aged seventy-nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" also to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed February 20, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; and of the act passed July 29th 1848, for the relief of certain surviving widows of officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army: That she is the widow of Samuel Gibson who was a Private soldier in the war of the Revolution - who was in the battle of "Kings Mountain". He moved to Highland Co Ohio 4? or 45 years since, and resided there until his death. She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Gibson, on the twelfeth day of April in the year seventeen hundred and ninty one in Burbon Co. That her husband, the aforesaid Samuel Gibson died on the nineteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty five; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated. She further swears that she is and has not been married since the death of her husband S Gibson. She is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension; that the said Samuel Gibson, her deceased husband, was a  pensioner, and was placed upon the pension roll on or about the ___ day of ___
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one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. [two lines marked through] Further that aforesaid Elizabeth Gibson states, that she resided with her husband Samuel Gibson, in Highland Co. Ohio from 1804 until his death in 1835 as aforesaid, and continued to reside there for seven years after that period since which time, I have been residing with my daughter in Lewis County Kentucky. I have no record of the marrige, nor of my husbands service, nor of the time of his enrollment in the Pension List, except of the [illegible] which was transcribed in to a family testament about two years since, in the hand writing of Samuel Gibson deced.
     Elizabeth her mark Gibson
Sworn and subscribed, in open Court the day and year first above written; Given under my hand and seal as Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Adams County Ohio
     J. R. Cockerill Clerk of the Court of Adams Co,  Com Pls
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State of Ohio, Adams County, SS.
     Personally appeared in open court Margaret Boyd a credible witness of Lawfull age, who after being duly sworn, deposed and says, that she was acquainted with Samuel Gibson, now deceased late of Highland County Ohio. Knew him when he moved to Ohio in 1804 and from that time until his death in 1835 - I also knew his wife Elizabeth Gibson, during all the time before stated, from 1804 - and since and now know Elizabeth Gibson & at present before the court, to be the widow of Samuel Gibson de'd as aforesaid. I also know that Elizabeth Gibson has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband Samuel Gibson in 1835.
     Margaret Boyd
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court, at the court house in West Union, Adams County Ohio, on the 1st day of July A D 1849. Given under my hand and the seal of said Court.
     J R Cockerill  Clerk of A.Co.Com. Pleas.
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The State of Ohio, Brown County, SS.
Before me David Ferrier, a justice of the peace in and for Brown County, Ohio, personally came Samuel Horn, of Georgetown Brown County, Ohio, a credible witness, who being first duly sworn according to Law, declared on oath that he was personally acquainted with Samuel Gibson and Elizabeth Gibson, wife of the said Samuel Gibson, both of Highland County, Ohio, in the year 1810. and was there after acquainted with them and their family until the year 1835, at which time the said Samuel Gibson departed this life. He further states that Samuel Gibson was on the Pension Roll for military service in the Revolutionary war, at the time of his death and for a few years prior to that time, and that the hereunto attached affidavit dated May 1st 1849 signed by Elizabeth Gibson of Lewis County, Kentucky, who now makes application for the benefit of the pension Law was signed by the identical Elizabeth Gibson, who was the wife of Samuel Gibson deceased aforesaid, and that she has not been married since the decese of her husband in 1835 as aforesaid. And affiant states that she is intirely disinterested.
     Samuel Horn
sworn to and subscribed before me this 16" day of June 1849.
     D. Ferrier  Justice of the Peace.

The State of Ohio Brown County. SS.
     Before me David Ferrier a justice of the peace in and for Brown County, Ohio, personally came Ellen Horn, of Georgetown Brown County Ohio, a credable witness, who being first duly sworn according to law, declared on oath, that she was personally acquainted with Samuel Gibson and Elizabeth Gibson wife of the aforesaid Samuel Gibson, both residents of Highland County Ohio for 1814 to 1835, where Samuel Gibson departed this life, further that Elizabeth Gibson continued to reside in Highland County, Ohio until the year of 1841 or 1842, when she removed to Lewis County, State of Kentucky. Affiant further states, that the said Elizabeth Gibson
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who signed the hereunto attached affidavit, date May 1st A.D. 1849, is the identical Elizabeth Gibson who was the wife of Samuel Gibson aforesaid, and that Samuel Gibson was on the Pension Roll for Revolutionary services at the time of his death. Affiant further states that she was born on the 10th day of October A D 1801 as she is informed and believes from the statements of the family and from Records that were kept at the time, which she has seen; and that she was the sixth child born of the same parents, to wit: the above and before named Samuel Gibson and Elizabeth Gibson. That she was raised, educated and lived with her parents aforesaid, together with her elder Brothers and sisters before refered to, until her marriage with Samuel Horn, in the year 1820, in the county of Highland, and state of Ohio; and after her marriage continued to reside in highland County, up to the year 1835, when she with her husband and family removed to Georgetown Brown County Ohio, and that her mother Elizabeth Gibson, still remains a widow, not having married since the death of ther father Samuel Gibson aforesaid. Affiant further states that she is entirely disinterested.
     Ellen Shorn
Sworn and subscribed before me this 16' day of June A D 1849  
     D Ferrier Justice of the Peace
     
Brown Common Pleas,
I Gideon Dunham Clerk of the Brown County Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that David Ferrier before whom the above and foregoing affidavits, perports to have been taken, was at the date of making of the same a duly quallified justice of the peace, and that the above is his genuine signature, and that his acts as a justice of the peace are entitled to full faith & credit. Given under my hand and to which I have affixed the seal of said court this 16" day of June 1849.
     Gideon Dunham Clerk B C
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No 13891
Elizabeth Gibson wo Samuel 
Ky
Mama 1791
In service 20 Feb [illegible]
 2 years 
$80.00 per am
[illegible] 4 March 1836 to March 1841
[illegible] Act 3 March 1843
17 Mar 44 $80.00 pa
4 March 43 to 4 March 48
[illegible] Act 2 Feb 48 
$80.00 p am
4 March 1848
Sellers & Marshall
Georgetown Brown Cou. Ohio

Elizabeth Gibson's Application for Pension.
Dear Sir:
     Enclosed is the application of Elizabeth Gibson, for the benefit of the Pension Laws, for Military services under in the war of the Revolution, by Samuel Gibson, her decesed husband.
     If the application is allowed, address Elizabeth Gibson, care of Sellers & Marshall, Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio. 
     If additional testimony is necessary, be so good as to notify us what is necessary and it shall be forwarded, if it can be obtained.
     Respectfully Yours,
     Sellers & Marshall
Col. J. L. Edwards Com of Pensions Washington DC
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[postmark] Paris Ky. Jul 18

Sellers & Marshall
Attorneys at Law
Georgetown Brown County Ohio
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Commonwealth of Kentucky and county of Bourbon
I Thomas P Smith clerk of the county court of said county do certify that Samuel Gibson was married to Elizabeth Baird on the 12th day of April 1791 by Andrew McClure as copied from the records in my office.
     In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 18th day of July 1849
     Tho P Smith Clerk 
     By mat Howard DC
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Claim of Elizabeth Gibson to Bounty Land.

Revolutionary War

Presented by W F Thomas Dover Mason Co Ky
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She makes this application for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March the 3d 1855; and refers to and relies upon the proof which accompanied her declaration for the purpose of obtaining the above mentioned pension (which is now on file in the Pension Office) as sufficent to establish her right to bounty land under said act of March 3d 1855. She further states that she never has applied for or received any county land under any act of Congress heretofore.
     Elizabeth her mark Gibson

State of Kentucky
Mason County ss
     We Margaret Boyd and J F York residents of Mason County and State of Kentucky upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged y Elizabeth Gibson in presence viz; and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; and that she is the bono fido holder of a certificate of Pension, a true and exact copy of which is set out and contained in her foregoing declaration
     Margaret Boyd  J. F. York
The foregoing declaration and affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiant to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in the claim.
     W F Thomas J.P.
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State of Kentucky
Mason County 
     I, Robert A. Cochran Clerk of the County Court of the County aforesaid do hereby certify, that Willoughby F. Thomas is and was at the date of his foregoing act a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts and that the signatures purporting to be his is genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at office in Maysville this 7th day of April 1855.  
     Robert A Cochran Clerk
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No. 24579  13.076.
Samuel Gibson Highland County Ohio

Act for 2 years from 1777.

Saml. Bell Hillsborough Highland County Ohio
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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 a 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 regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which you 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, showing the Service of Samuel Gibson Highland County Ohio
[chart format]
Period when the service was rendered Vol Oct 1771
Duration of the claimant's service Year/Months/Days  1/6/-
Rank of the claimant  Indian Spy
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.  Cap Kincade, Colonel Campbell
Age at preset, and place of abode when he entered the service.  71 years Washington County Virginia
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary evidence & Clergymans Certificate, witness certificates described paper correct
Period when the service was rendered  Vol. 1780
Duration of the claimant's service Years/Months/Days  -/1//4
Rank of the claimant  private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.  Cap Neel, Col Campbell
Period when the service was rendered Draft Sprg 1781
Duration of the claimant's service Years/Months/Days  -/6/- 
Rank of the claimant  private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.  Cap Lewis, Colonel Hubbard

Battle of Kings Mountain

I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 Volunteers.
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}  ss.
     County of}
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, passed
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; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered 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 an 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, and 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 that C. D., who has also signed the same is a 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
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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 ex-
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 reputed
and 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
enquiry 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 consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For---year------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 important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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 three 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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Declaration – for order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed
---
-June 7th 1832
The State of Ohio Highland County⎬ss
On this 9th day of April 1833 personally appeared in open Court
before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas for said County now
sitting Samuel Gibson a resident of the said County of Highland
and State of Ohio aged seventy one 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

"That he entered the service of the United States under the
following named officers and served as herein stated— I volunteered
as an Indian Spy in the last of October 1777 in Washington County
in the State of Virginia under the command of Captain John Kincade
and marched under his command to Richland Station on [????]
river in the said County of Washington— I continued to serve
under this engagement as an indian spy (as a private) for the
term of Eighteen months— we ranged from the Station to the Ohio
River on the waters of big family during said term — I understood
that the destination of the troops at the station was under the
direction of Col Arthur Campbell of the said County of Washington
I was relieved from service by a new recruit of Spys in April
1779 — When I left the service and returned to my Fathers house
on Holston River in the said County of Washington
In September 1780 I volunteered as a private under the
command of Captain William Neel in the said County of
Washington — and marched under the command of Col William
Campbell to Watauga River in North Carolina - where we
were joined by the Regiment commanded by Colonel Isaac
Shelby and    [????] where Col William Campbell
took the command of all the brooks we marched from thence
through North Carolina across the yellow Mountain and through
Augusta in Georgia into South Carolina where we crossed broad
river at the Cherokee Ford – and from thence to Kings Mountains
where on the 8th day of October 1780 I was in the battle called
Kings Mountain— the day after the battle I assisted in burying
the dead and carrying off the wounded— and on the evening
of the same day we took up our line of march with the prisoner
for Guilford Court house in North Carolina — after the
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Benjamin Van Pelt who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the said County of Highland -- and that
Edward Byram who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County of Highland - and is ^a credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
---
I Samuel Bell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Highland do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Gibson for a pension
---
In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 9th day of April A.D. 1833
Attest Samuel Bell Clk.

Interogatories propounded by the Court to the applicant---

First -- where and in what year was you born
Answer -- I was born in Cumberland County in the State of Pennsylvania on the 15th - day of October A.D. 1761

2 -- Have you any record of your age if so where is it
Answer -- I had a record of my age in a bible that once belonged to my Father but it is now lost

3-- Where were you living when called into service - where have you lived since the revolution
Answer -- I was living in Washington County in the State of Virginia when I was called into service - after the revolution I first lived in Washington County in the State of
Virginia and continued to live there untill the year 1790 - I then removed to Bourbon County in the State of Kentucky - where I continued to live untill the year 1806 when I removed to Highland County in the State of Ohio where I have continued to live ever since

4-- How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or was you a Substitute
and if a Substitute for whom
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I first volunteered on our Indian Ship and never was a substitue for any person.
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 several ber______ tally of your service.
Col. Arthur Campbell commanded the Indian Ships where I served the first 14 months - Col. Campbell Col ___ Shelly and Col Peary commanded at the battle of Kings Mountain - when I was drafted against the Indians Capt Aaron Lewis and Col Hubbard commanded - of the further circumstances of my service is detailed in my declaration which is here referenced to bid you ever recieve a discharge from the service if so by where was it served and what has become of it. 
I never recieved any written discharge - I was verbally discharged first by Capt. James Fowler of the Indian Ship. I was discharged verbally by Col Campbell after the battle of Kings Mountain. 
State the names of the persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood - who can testify as to your character for varity and their beleif of your service as a soldier of the revolution.
I am known to Benjamin Campbell a minister of the gospel and Edward Byram both of my neighborhood who can testify as to my character for verity and their belief of my service as a soldier of the revolution.
Sam Gibson
Sworn to and
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.

December 21, 1927

Miss Luella Boyd
Clarksdale, P. O. Box 943
Miss.

Madam:
     I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 9450, it appears that Samuel Gibson was born October 15, 1761 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
     While residing in Washington County, Virginia, he served in the Virginia Troops, as follows -
     From October 1777, eighteen months as an Indian Spy in Captain John Kincaid's Company, Colonel Arthur Campbell's Regiment; from September 1780, six weeks as private in Captain William Neel's Company, Colonel William Campbell's Regiment, and was in the battle of Kings Mountain; and from the spring of 1781, six months as private in Captain Aaron Lewis' Company, colonel Hubbard's Regiment, and was out against the Cherokee and Chickasaw Indians.
     He was allowed pension on his application
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executed April 9, 1833, while a resident of Highland County, Ohio. He died there February 19, 1835.
     Soldier married April 12, 1791, in Bourbon County, Kentucky, Elizabeth Baird. She was allowed pension on her application executed May 1, 1849, while a resident of Lewis County, Kentucky, aged seventy-nine years.
     Daughter, Ellen, their sixth child was born October 10, 1801, was the wife of Samuel Horn in 1849 and living in Brown County, Ohio. Names of other children not stated.
     Respectfully, 
     WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
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9 Hist. to
Ella E. Boyd
Cincinnati O
____________
98. Mrs. Chas, A. Murray
, Wash
____________
Oct 12 '98
Mrs M H Errett
Kewanee, [ineligible]
____________
Jany. 28 '99
Frank O Wilkinson
Cincinnati, Ohio
1913 July 19 His to Dr J.
[ineligible] V.L.M.
1913 Nov. 3 His to Mrs. F. J. [ineligible]
1914 Mch. 16 His to Miss E[ineligble] A
Donnell V.L.M.
________________
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9450
Elizabeth Gibson
Wid. of
Samuel Gilson
Pvt. Rev. War
Act: Feby, 2748
Index: -- Vol. A Page 272
(Arrangement of 1870.)
1894 Nov.
Miss Lee
_______________
Mch. 26
Tacum
1925 Oct. 14 Cong A Vestal (J.C. Keech) for dates of
death of 26 name of
1927 - Dec. 21 His to
Boyd Army
_______________
Mch. 29 [ineligible]
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27.639
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8673
Kentucky.

Elizabeth Gibson
widow of Samuel
who was a Private
in the Revolution
for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of  80  Dollars  00.
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued
the 22nd day of Oct. 1849
and sent to
Sellers & Marshall
George Town
Brown Co
Ohio

[Acts of March 3, 1843 & June
17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol.  2   Page 181
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10754
Elizabeth Gibson
Widow of Samuel Gibson
who was a pensioner under the Act of {illegible} '32 and who died on the 17' February 1835 
of     in the State of      who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Kincaid of the
Regt commanded by Co? Campbell in the Virginia line for two year
Inscribed on the Roll of [illegible] at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of October 1849 and sent to Sellers d Marshall, Georgetown Beaver County, Ohio
Total amount,     $
[Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by JP Chase Clerk
Book [illegible] Vol. 1 Page 369
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Samuel Gibson, O Act 7 June 1832 $80th prem
To what time was he last paid
Pension Office
Oct. 17,1849
Ge. A
Died 20th Feby 1835
per to his death
BLB
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Dover Marow for Thy
Dec 27. 1855,
A. Menor Edgar DrSer
A few days ago received a letter from you stating that the application of Ms Margaret [crossed out] Elizabeth Gibson for Branly Sand under the act of Mard 3rd 1855, had been suspended until record evidence should be produced that he had served fourteen days in the Revolutionary war. Now I relied Holy upon a certificate she she now has in her posetion upon [illegible] she draws a pension from the Government same annualy for her husbands services in the Revolutionary way to obtain her lovely land under the act of March the 3rd 1855, and I think it must be of record in your office the length of time he served in said war or she never could have obtained the pension she now gets from the government. I am sure that he must have served for fourteen days wheather the records show it or not, will you be kind enough to give the matter a careful examination and if the old lady is entitled to it leagly, she ought to have it. I am aware that you are troubled a great deal with such correspondence as this but I hope you will excuse me as I feel some what anxious about this matter as the the old lady is poor and if she is entitled to it I want her to have it. I am almost sure that if he was in the war at all he must have been in it over fourteen days as in [illegible] by the act of march 3rd 1855 to [illegible]
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to the benefit of it.
I am your obt Servant
W. F. Thomas
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marched from thence through North Carolina across the yellow Mountain and through Augusta in Georgia into south Carolina where we crossed broad river at the Cherrekee ford -- and from thence to Kings Mountain where on the 8th day of October 1780 I was in the battle called Kings Mountain - The day after the battle I assisted in burying the dead and carrying off the wounded - and on the evening of the same day we took up our line of march with the prisoners for Guilford Court house in North Carolina -- After the prisoners were delivered at Guilford Court house - I was there discharged  I was in service under this engagement six weeks as a volunteer as before stated - In the Spring of 1781 I was Drafted in said Washington County for a six months tour as a private in the Malitia to march against the Cherrekee and Chickesaw Indians - in the south - I marched under the command of Capt-Aaron Lewis as a private  - our company was attached to the command of Col --- Hubbard  I continued in service until after the treaty of peace with the Indians that was held with them on the Tenesee river which I thin was in September 1781 - I was there discharged - I served under this engagement six months as a private - I then returned home to Washington County in Virginia - I served in the whole during the war of the revolution two years and six weeks as above stated - I never received any written discharge for any of my services - my discharges from my officers were all verbal - I have no documentary evidence to show my service - and I know of no person whose Testimony I can procure who can testify to my service - I hereby relinquish any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present - and declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any state -
     Saml. Gibson
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Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
     Attest  Samuel Bell   Clk

     We Benjamin Vanpelt a Clergyman residing in the said county of Highland - and Edward Byram - residing in the same county - hereby certify -- that we are well acquainted with Samuel Gibson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration -- that we believe him to be seventy one years of age -- that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides - to have been a soldier of the revolution - and we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid    Benjamin Vanpelt  Edward Byram
     Attest Samuel Bell Clk
and the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that is appears to them that Benjamin Vanpelt who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the said county of Highland - and that Edward Byram who has also signed the same is a resident in the said county of Highland - and is a credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit--
     
Seal  I Samuel Bell Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of said county of Highland do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Samuel Gibson for a pension--
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of
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office this 9th day of April A. D. 1833
Attest  Samuel Bell CLK. H. C. P.
Interogatories propounded by the Court to the applicant -
First - where and in what year were you born--
Answer-I was born in Cumberland County in the State of Pensylvania on the 15th day of October A. D. 1761-
2d - Have you any record of your age if so where is it-
Answer  I had a record of my age in a bible that once belonged to my Father but it is now lost-
3d - Where were you living when called into service- where have you lived since the revolution- 
Answer  I was living in Washington County in the State of Virginia when I was called into service-after the revolution I first lived in Washington County in the State of Virginia andcontinued to live there until the year 1790 - I then removed to bourbon County in the State of Kentucky-where I continued to live untill the year 1804-when I removed to Highland County in the State of Ohio where I have continued to live ever since-
4th- How were you called into service were you drafted did you Volunteer or were you a substitute and if a Substitute for whom-
Answer  I first volunteered as an Indian Spy and nevercwas a Substitute for any person
5th - State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served- such Continental and Malitia regiments as you can recollect- and the general cercumstances of your service
Answer  Col Arthur Campbell - commanded the Indian Spyes
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Official Business
Additional to Boynton
No. 90,578.
Elizabeth Gibson [illegible] Samuel
Commissioner of Pensions ⎬Washington D.C.
[Poststamp GEORGE [illegible] Dec 20]
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Georgetown Brown Co Ohio
December 19" 1855
Dear [illegible]
Your letter of the 22nd of Nov. [illegible] directed to W.H. Thomas, Esq, at Dover, Ky, has been handed to me to explain some of the difficulties there in named in the application of Elizabeth Gibson, No 90,578 for Bounty land.
I have not not seen her application as made by Mr. Thomas, - but if all the facts in her case are presented, the Pension office will grant her a 160 acre warrant. I am personally acquainted with Mrs. Gibson, reside only Eight miles from Dover, Ky, made her application for a pension in June 1849, as the Widow of Samuel Gibson then decesed, who have been a pension from the County of Highland, Ohio, and who dies Feb 19, 1835.
Mrs. Gibson was enrolled on the Pension List in 1849, as the widow of Samual Gibson decesed, and is on the Pay roll at Louisville, Ky. If there facts do not sufficiently appear from her papers now on file-they can be made to appear. Her husband seved two years in the Revolution. Preston W. Seller
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5165-48, Ky
Elizabeth Gibson of KY Ohio
charged to Mr Ames
Oct. 17-49
Oct 19/49
Georgetown O
Oct 13
Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Pension Office,
Washington City
D.C.
papers admitted sent
to file Oct 24th by
Genl. Chase file this 
with
M W Allison 
will
answer
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Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio
October 12th 1849
Col. Edwards:-
Dear Sir: Your letter of July 6th 1849, in the matter of Elizabeth Gibson's application for Pension benefits, informed us that her husband's services for two years is admitted; but that you required additional or better evidence as to the fact of marriage prior to 1794. In reply to that letter we procured, and forwarded to your office on the 23rd of July last, The certificate of the Clerk of The Bourbon County, Kentucky, Court, stating that the marriage took place on the 12th day of April 1791. We have as yet  received no answer to letter and certificate and we are fearful it was lost on the way. Will you be good enough to inform us immediately whether you ever received it. The old lady (Mrs. Gibson) is quite needy, and the sooner the matter is attended to the better it will for her. If the proof is not deemed sufficient please inform us immediately. 
Your, very respectfully,
Sellers [illegible] Marshall, atty for Elizabeth Gibson
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Washington City, D.C.
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[stamp]
GEORGETOWN
JUL 
24
O.
[/stamp]

Col. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

Elizabeth Gibson
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Georgetown Brown County, Ohio
July 23rd-1849.
Sir:
Your letter of the 6" inst. was duly received, in which you require further proof of the marriage of Elizabeth Gibson. We had an application made to the clerk of Bourbon County Kentucky Court, immediately, - and he forwarded to us the closed  We really, had but little expation [crossed out] expectation of of finding such as record at so early a day in the West. We suppose the copy now furnished, will make the application complete,
Your letter state that the papers have been filed under the act of July 7th 1838.
We want Elizabeth Gibson to have the benefit of the acts amendatory & subsequent, to the act of July 7th1849 [crossed out] 1838.
Yours Respectfully
Sellers [illegible] Marshall
Col. I. L. Edwards
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3-816.
JSG
Bureau of Pensions,
July 21,1913
Chief of Law Dior
I have this day received from DnJ.G.
Larkin org no 82j98
for $2.20 
Hand copies of declaration as per letter herewith,
Very respectfully,
Louenesspuell
Chief of Division.
4814B2m7-02: Samuel Gibson . Rev. War. M. 94vo-Va.
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[stamp]
WAR & NAVY
AUG 31 1898
FILES
[/stamp]
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August 25 1898
Dear Sir: 
Can you give me any information of the War record of Samual Gibson "my Great-Grand Father who enlisted in Paris Kentucky in the revolutionary War.
Yours truly
Mrs. M. H. Errett
P. O. Box 225
Kewanee
Illinois
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[stamp]
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
NOV 1 1913
COMMISSIONER,
[/stamp]
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Greeley, Leaco
Oct. 28-1913
[stamp]

Sirs:
Will you please give me a statement of the military history of the following Rev. soldiers.
-Henry Lunbeck who married (about 1754) Mary Slide & lived in Green Co. N.J. and later moved to Ohio. He had seven sons & one daughter.
-Wm. Rogers (1750-1824)mar. Phoebe Swarts (or Swartz). He lived in London Co. Va near Alsbury (on Calochon Mt.) but about 1771 went down on Goos (or Gooch C [illegible]) to live. His son, Thomas Rogers, was a Lieu Col. in the War of 1812. Wm. went to Ky-thence to Ohio after war. He was a soldier of Rev. War.
-Hamilton Rogers (father of Wm. (above) married Isabelle-in Buck's Co. Pa. about 1750 & went to London Co. Va.
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Did Jeremiah Byers (wife - Hendricks) have Rev. record? He lived in Hanover Co. Va. near Culpepper Line.

Hoping you may give me some information in regard to these ancestors ( I wish it for D.A.R. data ) and thanking you for same,
I am very resp't'y,
Mrs. F. G. Lunbeck
1211- 11 st. Greeley, Colo.
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[stamp]
PENSION
D
MAR
9
1914
U.S.
OFFICE
[/stamp]
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[pencil marks]
[logo seal for Daughters of the American Revolution]

Lone Tree Chapter
Greensburg, Indiana

Greensburg, Ind., March 6 - 1914.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,
In looking up the revolutionary war record of my an-cestor Samuel Gibson, I find in the Secy of War's report- 18-35, "Pension 3, Ohio 131." Will you kindly give me the record. He was a resident of Virginia, Augusta Co., at that time.
Have you any record of James Edward, also of Va., in the Revolution?
Thanking you in advance for these favors, I am,
Yours truly,
(miss) Emma A. Donnell.
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MISS LUELLA BOYD
P.O. BOX 943
CLARKSDALE
MISSISSIPPI
[handwritten]
Nov. 14 1927
Revolutionary War Records Section
Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Gentleman;
Will you please give me a copy of the record and affidavit of Samuel Gibson a Soldier of the Revolution who made application for a pension April 9, 1833.

His widow made application and the application was allowed May 1, 1849. These records I wish to obtain with a copy of the affidavit Samuel Gibson made when making his application. If there is any charge attached to the copying of his affidavit I will be very glad to pay it. 

Very Sincerely
L.E. Boyd
[/handwritten]
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[gray stamp: RECEIVED MAR 14 1938
MAIL SUB. DIV.
VETS ADM
unintelligible #8]

10059 Highland St.
Eugene, Oregon.
Mar 8, 1938

Veterans Administration Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,

Please send me any data concerning these three men. John Kerns, Jacob Kerns and Samuel Gibson [circled with Samuel Gibson: "only one of _?__"] as to their native state, birth etc. Did any of them have a pension of bounty land for service in Ohio.

Thanking you kindly for
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[handwritten]
this information I am,
Sincerely yours
Edith K. Chambers
[/handwritten]
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[stamp]
OLD WAR & NAVY
OCT 23 1894
FILES.
[/stamp]
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[handwritten]
Cincinnati, October 18 1891
To Honorable Wm Lochren
Washington D.C. 

Charles C. Boyd,
Hardwood Lumber
Room 40, Glenn Bldg.

Dear Sir;
Will you kindly put me in possession of any data you may have of one Samuel Gibson, a Revolutionary Soldier; His widow Elizabeth Gibson applied for and obtained a pension. The application was made either from Dover, Kentucky of Georgetown, Ohio. I am inclined to think it was from the latter place, at what time I do not know.

Any information on the subject will be gratefully received. Address of
                    
Luella E Boyd
Room 40 Glenn Bldg.
Cincinnati Ohio
[/handwritten]
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Hon Commissioner of Pensions:
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly inform me whether the name of Samuel Gibson appears upon the Revolutionary Pension List? He enlisted from either Pennsylvania or Kentucky - I think from the former. I do not know whether he was an officer
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or not. Any information
you can give me
will be gratefully
received.
Kindly address
Mrs Charles A. Murray
901 North K St.
Tacoma, Wash.

March 13th 1898.

US
PENSION
OFFICE
MAR
22
1898
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[handwritten]
Hon H. Clay Evans
Commissioner of Pensions
Washn DC
Dear Sir
I am trying to trace the record of Samuel Gibson a soldier in the Revolutionary War, who served in the Army from Virginia. He enlisted three different times, Oct. 1777, 1880, and the Spring of 1781. He served under Cols Wm Campbell, Arthur Campbell, and Colonel Hubbard of Virginia. He was at the battle of Kings Mountain and Cowpens. He enlisted in Washn Co Va. My wife is a great grand daughter and desires to join the Daughters of the Revolution and I think he or his wife received a pension.
[/handwritten]
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[handwritten]
From the U.S.
Will you kindly have the records of the Pension Department examined and send me a copy of his record. I think he died in Highland County Ohio.
Yours Very Respy
Frank O. Wilkinson
Past of V. Commander in Chief
S of V USA.
Cincinnati Ohio
Jany 13th 1899
Care the John Shillito Co
[/handwritten]
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3-050
Rev War Section AW(?) Ex'r

Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C. July 15 1913

Respectfully referred to the Chief of the Law Division inviting attention to the attached slip of paper requesting a copy of the soldier's declaration in the Rev. War pension claim of Samuel Gibson, Va troops, widow's file No. 9450. No. of words 1300. 

(Dr. (?) J.G. Larkin of Hillsboro Ohio did not have time to wait until words had been counted & pay for copy in person, as he was on way & his train)

AG Wilson
In charge Rev. War Section
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Dr. John C. Larkin, 
Hillsboro, Ohio. 
July 19/13

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

(?) in I reply (?) yours (???) copy of declaration. (???) US Postal money order for 220 & (???) which  (???) possible (???) 

(?) truly yours
JC Larkin 

Hillsboro O

Samuel Gibson
Va. N. 9450
Rev. War.
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Rev Sec [handwritten]

Hillsboro. Ohio. Feb. 1st, 1915.3TO the Commissioner of Pensions. Washington. D.C.

Dear Sir. 
Will you be kind enough to let me know if Andrew Pierce or James Pierce of Allegheny Co. Penn. was pensioned for their services in the revolutionary war. I would also like a copy of the pension record of Samuel Gibson- private in Virginia Militia and was pensioned from Highland Co. Ohio. The name Pierce is also spelled Pearce. I know that-Andrew rendered rev. service but-I can't give you the names of any officers under which he served.

Yours very truly, 
Mrs. P.B. Zink
932 Vine St.
Vine
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[stamp] Law Division

July 31, 1913

Dr. J. C. Larkin,
Hillsboro, Ohio

Sir:

Your letter of 19th instant was received the 21st with money order for @2.20 in payment for certified copies of papers in claim of Samuel Gibson of the Revolutionary War (W. 9450), you will find enclosed herewith copies of the specified papers duly certified in accordance with the provisions of the act of August 24, 1912.

Respectfully, 
[handwritten] E. C. Tierman
Acting Commissioner. [illegible]
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3--

further discernible family data.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the widow, Elizabeth Gibson, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and furnish the following data-

Elizabeth Gibson, widow of Samuel Gibson
Certificate # 5165
Issued October 22, 1849
Rate $80.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1848
Act of February 2, 1848
Kentucky Agency.

If you desire information in regard to location of the land referred to herein, you should apply to The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D.C., and cite the following-

Warrant # 27639- 160 acres- Act of 1855.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the administrator
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[illegible] and 1818
[illegible]Section.
October 14, 1925.
Honorable A. H. Vestal
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Vestal:
In response to your letter of the thirteenth
instant, in which you request information for Mrs.
J. C. Kuch of Anderson, Indiana, I have the honor
to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim, (W. 9450) of Samuel
Gibson and of his widow Elizabeth, it appears that
soldier was born October 15, 1761 in Cumberland
County, Pennsylvania.
He served in the Virginia Troops, was pensioned
in 1833, while living in Highland County, Ohio, and
died February 19, 1835.
He married April 12, 1791 in Bourbon County,
Kentucky, Elizabeth Baird.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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Rev.
War

Law Division

July 31, 1913.

Chief of
Finance Division.

Sir:
Referring to your slip of 21st instant concerning
receipt of money order No. 83798, for $2.20 from Dr. J.
C. Larkin of Hillsboro, Ohio, you are advised that same
is in payment for certified copies of certain papers on
file in claim of Samuel Gibson, Revolutionary War (W. 9450)
and the desired copies have this day been forwarded.
The amount mentioned should be disposed of in accordance
with the instructions of the Hon. Secretary of the
Interior, dated September 23, 1912, based on the act of
August 24, 1912.
Respectfully,
S.A. Cuddy [???]
Chief of Law Division.
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RECORD DIVISION. 3-525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
N.F. 9450 Washington, D. C., _______, 19____
In reply to your request of ________, received _______
for a statement of the military history of Samuel Gibson
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. STATE.]
Oct. 1777. 18 mos. Indian Spy. John Kincaid. Arthur Campbell. Va
Sept. 1780. 6 weeks. [illegible]. William Neel. William Campbell. 
Spring 1781. 6 mos. [illegible]. Aaron Lewis. Hubbard. 
Against [illegible] & check [illegible]
Battles engaged in, Kings Mountain
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Washington Co. Va
Date of application for pension, Apr. 9 1833. His [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Highland Co. Ohio
Age at date of application, b. in Cumberland Co. Penn. Oct. 15, 1761
d. February 19, 1835 in the [illegible]
Remarks:
He [illegible] in Bourbon Co. Ky, Apr. 12, 1791, Elizabeth Baird
She was allowed pension on an application executed May 1, 1849
while a resident of Lewis Co. Ky. aged 79 years, Daughter Ellen
wife of Samuel Horn was their 6th child. She was born Oct. 10, 1801.
Names of other children not stated [illegible] Brown C. [illegible] 1849
Very Respectfully,
Commissioner.
6-2856
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March 29, 1938

Samuel Gibson
W. 9450  BA--J/AWF

Edith K. chambers
1059 Hilyard Street
Eugene, Oregon

Dear Madam:

     Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Jacob Kerns, John Kerns, and Samuel Gibson, of Ohio.
     The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension found based upon the service of any Jacob Kerns, or of a John Kerns, of Ohio.
     The record of Samuel Gibson which follows was obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W.9450, based upon his military service in the Revolutionary War.
     Samuel Gibson was born October 15, 1761 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents were not shown; his father was living on Holston River in Washington County, Virginia, during the War of the Revolution.
     While a resident of Washington County, Virginia, Samuel Gibson volunteered sometime in October, 1777, served eighteen months as Indian Spy in Captain John Kincaid's company, Colonel Arthur Campbell's Virginia regiment, and ranged the country from Richland  Station on Clinch River to the Ohio. He enlisted sometime in September, 1780, served six weeks as private in Captain William Neel's company, Colonel William Campbell's Virginia regiment, and was in the Battle of King's Mountain. He enlisted in the spring
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of 1781, served six months as private in Captain Aaron Lewis' company, Colonel Hubbard's Virginia regiment, out in pursuit of Indians.
     The soldier, Samuel Gibson, continued to live in Washington County, Virginia, until sometime in 1790, then moved to Bourbon County, Kentucky, where he lived until sometime in 1804, then moved to Highland County, Ohio.
     He was allowed pension on his application executed April 9, 1833, then living in Highland County, Ohio. He died there February 19, 1835.
     Samuel Gibson married April 12, 1791, in Bourbon County, Kentucky, Elizabeth Baird. The date and place of her birth, and names of her parents were not given.
     The widow, Elizabeth Gibson, was allowed pension on her application executed May 1, 1849, at which time she was seventy-nine years of age, and living in Lewis County, Kentucky, with her daughter, whose name was not designated. The widow stated that she moved from Highland County, Ohio, in 1841 or 1842 to Bourbon County.
     The widow was allowed one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on her application executed April 14, 1855, at which time she was living in Mason County, Kentucky.
     Ellen, the sixth child of Samuel Gibson, and his wife, Elizabeth, was born October 10, 1801, married in 1820 in Highland County, Ohio, Samuel Horn, and she with her husband and family moved in 1835 to Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio, where they were living in 1849.
     Names of other children were not stated.
     The papers on file in this claim contain no
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further discernible family data.
     In order to obtain the date of the last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the widow, Elizabeth Gibson, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data--
Elibabeth Gibson, widow of Samuel Gibson
Certificate # 5165
Issued October 22, 1849
Rate  $80.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1848
Act of February 2, 1848
Kentucky agency.
     If you desire information in regard to location of the land referred to herein, you should apply to The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D. C., and cite the following--
Warrant #27639-- 160 acres-- Act of 1855.
     Very truly yours
     A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator