Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,065, John Gibson, N.C. Va.
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SERVICE                                       NUMBER
N.C.            Gibson, John           S. 31,065
Va?
Born in Va.
CONTENTS
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John Gibson
Kenneth

April 1776
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He was immediately marched to his regiment and Maj Winston war the major in the regiment they marched on to Dan river and from there into the state of Virginia in pursuit of some tories that were assembled near the state line they came up with them had a skirmish in which some were killed and some taken prisoner and after this skirmish they continued their march on to various parts of the frontier scouting after the indians and tories then marched back to Carolina for the purpose of hunting some tories that had assembled in the neighbourhood but before they reached the place they had fled the army pursued them down dan River where they remained for some time in order to prevent their return they remained there & the vicinity untill his time expired & he was honorably discharged by his Capt & returned home
in the spring 1778 a call as made for men and a draft was to be made and he voluntured under the same officers for three months under the
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same Capt [illegible]Enisgn and was attach to the same regiment and was immediately marched on to the frontier of North Carolina where they were kept for some time as it was then understood that a body of indians was coming into the settlement they remained there for some weeks that is in that region of country and the indian army did not appreciate Roark & his Company with this declarant then again marched on to the state of Virginia where it was said tories war collecting they dispersed and routed several parties and four tories were killed they continued marching from place to place some times in North Carolina until his term [illegible] & he was again by his Capt Honorably discharged
in the Spring of 1779 he was again drafted for three months under the same Capt [illegible] & Ensign and joined the same regiment and was again marched on to the state of Virginia and marched down
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Dan River from there back to North Carolina and on to the frontier that is his Company and was stationed about the frontier guarding the frontier keeping off the indians & tories and scouting about untill his term was [illegible] in this tour he was not in any skirmish or engagement tho often routed small parties that were [illegible] and after having forth fully served his term was honorably discharged by his Capt for these three tours he obtained written discharges which he was long since lost but [illegible] when or where he cannot tell soon after his return he moved to the state of virginia Henry County and in the spring 1780 he was drafted for three months under Capt Mathew Sinall - Lieut Benjamin Kinsey he does not now recollect the name of his insign he immediately under who served in Colo Penns regiment and was to be on the frontier of
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virginia for a short time when all but Capt Smalls Company marched down the country but where he cannot state and the company to which he belonged was retained where about the blue ridge frontier purchase mostly of searching for and [illegible] [illegible] who were lying and and endeavauring to join the tories. he was kept on that line for and during the time for which he was drafted and was again Honorably discharged by his Capt in the fall of the same year a call was again made and he volunteered under the same officers & in the same regiment and immediately marched on again to the blue ridge where there was a number of [illegible] none but Capt Smalls Company remains where several reporters war taken and at the end of one month they returned home & he was discharged in this tour he states that he served
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entered the service of the united States and was marched on to Dan river and from there back to the night [illegible] from where he started and Capt Smalls Company was again detached and sent on to the blue Ridge in pursuit of loners and deserters that had assembled there and they were routed and disperced upon the approach of our company we were constantly kept tarrying and scouting on the frontier untill my time expired  & was again honorably discharged by his Captain soon after his discharge Cornwallis surrendered and he was not again called into service and in the spring following moved back to north Caralina & settled where he moved from he positivily states that he faithfully served the above named tours as a private malitiaman in the army of the Revolution in a corp called into service by compilance with only 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 and for which
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service he claims a pension
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except
the present and declares his name
is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
He further states that from his old
age and bodily infirmity he is unable
to attend Court that he lives in a
remote part of the County & has not
lived there long that there is no
Clergyman living in the neighbourhood of this Declarant nor is he acquainted with any Clergyman in the County the short time
he has been here owing to his confined situation he has made but few acquaintances here
1.
Where and in what year were you
Born. Answer I was born on the
twenty first day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
fifty in the County of Hanover
in
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The state of Virginia agreeable to the information of my parents which I believe true

2. Have you any record of your age if so where is it
Answer I have not nor did I ever have any more record as my parents told me
3.
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3
State of Tennessee Hawkins County where 
I lived Several years then I moved to
Pulasky County State of Kentucky
where I lived several years say Eight
or nine then I moved to Clay County
Kentucky there I staid (stayed) two years
then I moved to
Virginia See County where I staid about one
year I then moved back to Kentucky
Knox County staid (stayed) there a few years
then I moved to Morgan County
Tennessee where I lived a few years
untill last fall when I moved to
Cumberland County Kentucky
where I 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
Answer part of the tours I was drafted
and part I volunteered as stated in
the body of my declaration
5
State the names of some of the regular
officers who were with the troops where you
served such Continental and malitia (militia)
Regiments as you can recollect and
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3
the General Circumstances of your service
Answer I was with no regular troops during my
service nor was I with any regiments but my own or those to which I belonged as my duty was to guard and attend to the further duties as before stated and the general Circumstances of my services I have stated as correctly as I can.
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from
the service and if so by whom was it given
and what has become of it
Answer I received three discharges Signed
by my Capt & the balance of my
services I received discharges by Parole
and those which were written I
long ago lost but how when or
where I do not know
7th State the names of persons to
whom you are known in your
present neighbourhood and who
Can testify as to your character
for veracity and their belief of your
services as a soldier of the Revolution
Answer I have been here but a short
time but have some acquaintance
and with some of the present
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neighbours I had some acquaintance only
a short time I am acquainted with Mr.
John Scott Solomon Prewette and
Soloman Prewitte Jr.

and others all of whom I believe would
speak will of my character for veracity & their belief of my services as a
soldier of the revolution
Subscribed and sworn to the day and
year of
Wm Spearman J. S. C. C. 
John Gibson

We John Scott Solomon Prewitte [[Sen]] and
Solomon Prewitte Jr.
Certify that we are well acquainted with
John Gibson who has subscribed and
Sworn to the above declaration that we
believe he is Eighty four 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 & we further Certify
that there is no clergyman residing
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in the neighborhood of said Gibson
& that he the said Gibson is aged and
from bodily infirmity he is unable 
to attend Court to make this
Declaration that he is a man
of good character and we have
no doubt that he did serve as
he states
John [his X mark] Scott
Solomon [his X mark] Prewitte Sr.
Solomon [his X mark] Prewitte Jr.
State of Kentucky
Cumberland County
I William Spearman one of the Commonwealths Justices of the peace in and for
the County of Cumberland of do hereby
Certify that on this 29th day of
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May 1834 John Gibson Subscribed the
above and foregoing declaration in my
presents and that he was by me duly
Legally and according to law sworn to
the same and I do hereby declare
my opinion after the investigation
of the matter and after putting
the interrogatories prescribed by the
war department that the above
named John Gibson the applicant
was a revolutionary soldier and
served as he states and I further
Certify that said Gibson is a man
of good report that he is old and
infirm & from his bodily infirmity
he is unable to attend Court for the
purpose of making his declaration
I further certify that there is no
Clergyman living in the neighbourhood of said Gibson, he said Gibson residing in a remote part of the County and I further certify that
John Scott Solomon Prewitte Sr.
Solomon Prewitte Jr.
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April 15, 1935

BA-J/EEL
John Gibson-S.31065

Mrs. A.E.Allen
709 Locust Street
Greencastle, Indiana

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.31065, based upon the military service of John Gibson in that war.

John Gibson was born November 21, 1750, in Hanover County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown.

While residing in Surry County, North Carolina, John Gibson enlistedred [red erased] and served three tours of three months each, from Sep-tember, 1777, in the spring of 1778 and in the spring of 1779, against the Torries and Indians, in Captain David Roark's Company, Colonel Martin Armstrong's North Carolina Regiment: soon after the termination of the last tour, he moved to Henry County, Virginia, enlisted there in the spring of 1780, and served threemonths in Captain Mathew Small's Company, Colonel Penn's Virginia Regiment; enlisted in the fall following and served one month under same of-ficers; enlisted in February, 1780, and served three months in cap-tain Thomas Henderson's Company, Colonel Penn's Virginia Regiment and was in several skirmishes with the Tories; on his last tour, he enlisted in July, 1781, and served for three months in Captain Small's Company, Colonel Penn's Virginia Regiment.

[Handwritten note on right margin reads: Could not identify any officers except Col. Penn. There was a col. Martin Armstrong of N6 but he's not in Nutman]

In the spring of 1782, he returned to Surry County, North Carolina, and lived for some years; then moved to Hawkins County, Ten-nessee, and lived for several years; then moved to Pulaski County, Kentucky, where he resided for eight or nine years; thence to Clay County, Kentucky, and lived two years; thence to Lee County, Virginia, and lived on year; thence to Knox County, Kentucky; thence to Morgan County, Tennessee, and lived a few years; thence to Cumberland County, Kentucky.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 29, 1834, while a resident of Cumberland County, Kentucky.
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There are no data as to family of John Gibson.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revo-lutionary War pensioner, John Gibson(S.31065), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

John Gibson, Certificate No. 26921, issued July 10, 1834, rate $63.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLIER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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NC  Gibson, John   S 31,065
 Va
Born in Va
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Case Examined
(unclear) 28 - Nov / (unclear)
by S.B.True
Present
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April 15, 1935
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BA/J/EEL
Mrs. A.E.Allen
709 Locust Street
Greencastle, Indiana

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you  request informa- in regard to Captain Mark Hardin, born in Virginia, in 1750, died in Washington County, Kentucky, in 1839, served from Pennsylvania and received pension in 1833, while residing in Washington County, Kentucky; also in regard to Colonel John Hardin (1753-1792) killed by the Indians; and John Gibson living in Cumberland County, Kentucky, in 1840.

A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of a claim for pension or bounty land having been made to the United States based upon the military service in that war of a John Hardin, as described y you.  Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office. 

The records of Mark Hardin and John Gibson have been found and are furnished herewith. 

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.