Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,750, John Gosset, Va.
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(S-1776)
SERVICE: Va | Gosset, John | NUMBER: S. 42,750
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CONTENTS
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15,327 R 
Ohio -
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John Gosset of Washington Ct in the state of Ohio who was a Private in the regiment commande[d by] Colonel Gibson of the Virginia line, for the term of Six Years & nine Months
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Inscribed on the roll of Ohio at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 14th of May 1818.
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Certificate of Penison issued the 21st of October 1818 [above written is also 1819] and Sent to Ezekiel Deming Esqr. Marietta Ohio
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819. 15⁹ᵂ [superscripts illegible] - 18/31+4/30. 12.70 [in dollars]
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th March 1820 ~48.-
$173.70
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}
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120 [illegible]

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Date of death not on AB
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Declaration John Gosset
Virginia line
Col. John Gibson
1776 - 6 yrs

Admitted
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State of Ohio Washington County Ss}
On this fourteenth day of May 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Washington personally appeared John Gosset aged Sixty five years Resident in said County who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War;" That he the said John Gosset Enlisted in the month of October 1776 as a private in the State of Virginia in the company Commanded by Captain Crobus Sullivan and Regiment Commanded by Colonel John Gibson in the Virginia line and that he continued to serve in the said corps or in the service of the United States about six years and nine months when he was discharged from service which discharge he gave to Charles Richards to enable him to Receive the balance of his pay then due him which was about 80 Dollars. During said term of service he served under Captain Benjamin Harrison Captain Uriah Springer and Colonel Richard Campbell and that he belonged to the Light Infantry the whole of the aforementioned time and the Continental establishment and from his reduced circumstances he stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power to prove his aforesaid services by.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year Last aforesaid
Ezekiel Deming [signature]

I Ezekiel Deming Associate Judge &c as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Gosset did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy the term of nine months and more the continental establishment and I do further certify from my own knowledge that he is in reduced circumstances even in abject poverty and that it is shortly expected that he will become a Township charge he not being able to perform but very little labor and I now transmit the proceedings taken and had before me to the Secretary of the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress
Ezekiel Deming [signature]
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Declaration John Gosset
Virginia line
Col. John Gibson
1776 - 6 yrs

Admitted

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State of Ohio, Washington County Ss}
As Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County I do hereby Certify that the Honorable Ezekiel Deming Esquire who hath signed his name to the annexed and foregoing Certificates was at the several times of Signing and Certifying the matters and Things in the said Certificates contained and now at this time is one of the Associate Judges of the said Court duly appointed Commissioned and qualified agreably [agreeably] to the Laws of said State. And that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all things by him thus certified as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere~
In Testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and affix my Official Seal at Marietta in said County this Nineteenth day of July Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and Nineteen.
Geo Dunlevy Clerk [signature]
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John Gosset
No 14,543
Septr 1819
Cont o Sep 11 1820

[written very large and faint]
Con
Near or Sep. 11 1829
Near '20
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State of Ohio Washington County Ss}
On this twenty fifth day of July 1820 personally appeared in Open court being a court of record for the said county John Gosset aged 67 years resident in said county who being first duly Sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows.~ I enlisted in the year 1776 in the regiment commanded by John Gibson and company commanded by Captain Crobus Sullivan afterwards by Captain Benjamin Harrison and then by Captain Uriah Springer~ I made declaration on the 14th day of May 1818 have received a pension certificate Numbered 14,543.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to being myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for my any property or securities contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed.
John Gosset [signature]
his X mark
Schedule [underlined]
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Schedule [underlined]
One mare 8 years old" One old Saddle.
And I owe Colo [Colonel] Levi Barber 7 Dollars and Samuel Brown 10 Dollars
By occupation a farmer but unable to perform any labor in consequence of old age and infirmity. my family consits of one child 12 years old whose name is Abi -
I should have become a township charge before I received my pension certificate had it not been for the credit I obtained in the expectation of it. ~
John Gosset [signature]
his X mark

Sworn to and declared on the 26th day of July 1820 before the court of Common Pleas of Washington County in Session
Attest Geo. Dunlevy Clk [signature]
The court doth certify that the declarant John Gosset from infirmity and old age is rendered unable by any king of labour to procure a living
Attest Geo. Dunlevy Clerk [signature]
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I George Dunlevy clerk of the court of common Pleas within & for the county of Washington in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property Exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Eighteen dollars ~
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court on the twenty eighth day of July Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty.~
Geo. Dunlevy, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Washington County Ohio

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
[letterhead]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D. C., ..., 19...
S. 7.42450
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In reply to your request of___, received___ for a statement of the military history of John Gosset 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.
[list]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Oct. 1776 |
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 
Served 6 yrs and 9 mos .|
RANK. 
Pvt. |
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Sullivan
Benjamin Harrison
Uriah Springer |
COLONEL.
John Gibson
Richard Campbell |
STATE.
13th Va
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Battles engaged in, [check mark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Virginia
Date of application for pension, May 14 1818. His cl was at
Residence at date of application, Washington Co Ohio
Age at date of application, 65 yrs
Remarks: In 1820 Soldier said his family consisted of one child 12 years old whose name was Abi. his no other data
The only soldier of this name & c
Respectfully, [blank]
Commissioner.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
[letterhead]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D. C., ..., 19...
S. 7.42450
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In reply to your request of___, received___ for a statement of the military history of John Gosset 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.
[list]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Oct. 1776 |
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 
Served 6 yrs and 9 mos .|
RANK. 
Pvt. |
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Sullivan
Benjamin Harrison
Uriah Springer |
COLONEL.
John Gibson
Richard Campbell |
STATE.
13th Va
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Battles engaged in, [check mark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Virginia
Date of application for pension, May 14 1818. His cl was at
Residence at date of application, Washington Co Ohio
Age at date of application, 65 yrs
Remarks: In 1820 Soldier said his family consisted of one child 12 years old whose name was Abi. his no other data
The only soldier of this name & c
Respectfully, [blank]
Commissioner.
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The Pension Office
Washington, D.C.
Sirs,
I wish as complete a family record as can be given of one John Gosset, in case he drew a pension for services in the War of the Revolutions. He enlisted as private in the Virginia Continental Line, 1778 assigned to Capt. John Taylor's Company 13the Va. Regiment later known as 9th Va. Regiment Warrant 1071, Book 1, Page 201 in Land Grant Office, Richmond, Va. Would also like records of
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Matthias, Ralph or James Gosset either of Penn. or Virginia. presumably of Virginia.
Thanking you for the favor I am
Respectfully,
Mrs. Ray E. Dew
Holden Mo.
Feb. 22, 1914

(Holden Mo.)
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42750
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 42,750
John Gosset
Pvt Rev War
Act: 18th March 18
Index:- Vol. 5, Page 207
[Arrangement of 1870]

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1914 Mch. 6 hist to Mrs. Ray E Dew. V. L. M.
1933 - May 13. Hist to Dr. JR Gosset EES
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May 13, 1933
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BA-J/EEL [handwritten above is} OUR
John Gosset-S.42750

Dr. J.R.Gossett
Temple
Oklahoma
Dear Sir;
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Gossett and state that you have been informed by the Secretary of State of Virginia that the records show a warrant for two hundred acres of land was issued to one John Gossett.

The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and the record found of only one soldier named John Gosset. His history is given below as found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S.42750, based upon his military service in that war.

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of John Gosset are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.

He enlisted in the state of Virginia in October, 1776, served as a private in Captains Sullivan's, Benjamin Harrison's and Uriah Springer's Companies, Colonels John Gibson and Richard Campbell's Virginia Regiment, length of service about six years and nine months.

he was allowed pension on his application executed May 14, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-five years and resided in Washington County, Ohio.

In 1820, he was still residing in that county and stated that his family then consisted of one child, aged twelve years whose name was Abi. He did not state any relationship or whether he was ever married.

The land to which you refer was probably granted by the state of Virginia and not by the United States.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

[handwritten on right margin of page and arrow pointing to 'Sullivan's']
Sol stated that his capt. was Crobus Sullivan, but do not find a Capt Crobus Sullivan. Capt Jas Sullivan was capt in 13th Va so omitted first name.

[handwritten to right of HILLER]
Searched Va hl. books & did not find any record
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J. R. GOSSETT
DENTIST
TEMPLE, OKLAHOMA

[handwritten to right of letterhead]
No Pension 6/9

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May 2, '33
Pension Bureau Washington, D.C.
Dear sirs; - I am interested in tracing my ancestors, my great great grandfather, Standley Gossett, come from Virginia. Sec of State of Va, informed me that they note a warrant for 200 acres issued to John Garrett. [name underlined] Can you give me any information from your records.
Thanks for any aid
yours truly
J. R. Garrett

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RECEIVED MAY 9 1933 PENSION INDEX SECTION
[to right and on top of signature is a circular stamped ink seal]
RECEIVED MAY 5 1933 [remainder of seal illegible]
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J. R. GOSSETT
DENTIST
TEMPLE, : OKLAHOMA
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Office Phone No. 99
Residence Phone No. 97
[handwritten note below small type]
This had been aud. May 13 -33
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May 12 - 33'
Pension office. Washington D.C.
I am trying to trace my [] ancestors. The War Dept. informs me that one John Gossett was a private in Maj Taylors co 9th Va reg. first appearing on the records Oct 1778th Mar 1779, about Jan 1781 transferred to the 7th Va reg, commanded by Col John Gibson. He last appeared on the roll June 1783, dated [] Pitt July 3, 1783,
If he was granted a pension would like to know it also if you can find out if he had dependents and their names. My Great Great Grandfather was Standley Gossett of Va. Married Mary Anderson of Glosgow Va and, am writing the Com. Gen Land office, Va State Library. anything you give me will be thankfully received
yours truly
J. R. Gossett
Temple Okla
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Declaration John Gosset
Virginia Line
Col John Gibson
October 1776
6 yr 9 mo
[very faint handwriting illegible]
Certificate [very faint handwriting]
Admd
[very faint handwriting illegible; possibly signature]
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Point Harmar, Ohio
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State of Ohio Washington County Ss}
On this fourteenth day of May 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Washington personally appeared John Gosset aged Sixty five years resident in said County who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War;" That he the said John Gosset Enlisted in the month of October 1776 as a private in the State of Virginia in the Company Commanded by Captain Crobus Sullivan and Regiment Commanded by Colonel John Gibson in the Virginia line and that he continued to serve in the said corps or in the service of the United States about six years and nine months when he was discharged from service which discharge he gave to Charles Richards to enable him to Receive the balance of his pay then due him which was about 80 Dollars. During said term of service he served under Captain Benjamin Harrison Captain Uriah Springer and Colo Richard Campbell and that he belonged to the Light Infantry the whole of the aforementioned time and on the Continental establishment and from his reduced circumstances he stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and that he has no other Evidence now in his power to prove his aforesaid services by~ Sworn to and declared before me the day and year Last aforesaid
Ezekiel Deming [signature]

I Ezekiel Deming Associate Judge &c as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Gosset did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy the term of nine months and more on the Continental establishment and I further certify from my own knowledge that he is in reduced circumstances even in abject poverty and that it is shortly expected that he must become a Township charge he not being able to perform but very little labor and I now transmit the proceedings taken and had before me to the Secretary of the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress
Ezekiel Deming [signature]
Wooster September 28th, 1819
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State of Ohio, Washington County Ss}
As Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County I do hereby Certify that the Honorable Ezekiel Deming who hath signed his name to the foregoing Certificates was at the several times of signing and Certifying the matters and Things in the said Certificates Contained, and now at this time is one of the Associate Judges of the said Court, duly appointed, Commissioned and qualified agreably [agreeably] to the Laws of said State. And that full faith and Credit is and ought to be given, to all things by him thus Certified, as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere~
In Testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and affix my Official Seal at Marietta in said County this Twenty-eighth day of September Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and Nineteen.
Geo Dunlevy [signature] Clerk CCPleas
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Declaration John Gosset
Virginia Line
Col John Gibson
October 1776
6 yr 9 mo
[very faint handwriting illegible]
Certificate [very faint handwriting]
Admd
[very faint handwriting illegible; possibly signature]
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Point Harmar, Ohio
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S4.543
Ohio
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John Gosset of Washington Co in the state of Ohio who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel J Gibson of the Virginia line, for the term of six years
[lightly written] War
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Inscribed on the roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14th of May 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 15th of Sep: 1819 and Sent to Ezekiel Deming Esqr point Harmar Ohio
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Arrears to 4th of Sep: 1819 = $125.70
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar: 1820 48.
15mos 18/31 4/30 $173.70
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{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
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