Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7,523, John Gillon, N.C.
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Service
NC
Gillon, John
Jane
Number
W.7.523
B.L.M.-26445-160-55
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No 26445 May 26/54

133397 A N Mar 3 - May 16 '55

Cir J.E. Kerr Feby 25/56

Jane Gillon Widow
John Gillon Priv.

Capt Read
Col. Davis

Ent.
Dis.

Rev War

Rev'l Pensions
N.C. Feby 48-4704

Ad:160 AG Ma. 23d/56

Illegible signature

James E. Kerr
Salisbury, N.C.

Vol. G. 54
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4704

North Carolina

Jane Gillon
widow of John Gillon
NC
who served in the Revolutionary War as a private.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
44 Dollars ___ cent per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Apr 1849 and sent to 
James E. Kerr 
Spring Grove, NC
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Seventeen hundred and eighty three, and that her husband the aforesaid John Gillon died on the 6th day of September in the year eighteen hundred and thirty three, 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, and that she has never been married since.

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before.

Signed with her mark
Jane Gillon 

Before J.T. Rumple J.P.

I hereby certify that Jane Gillon who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing dictation is unable from bodily infirmity to attend Court.

State of North Carolina 
Cabarrus County

Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
April term 1846

The foregoing declaration of Jane Gillon before John Rumple an acting Justice of the Peace of said County was submitted to and approved by this Court, and the proceedings in relation thereto ____  of record.

I hereby certify that Reah P. Harris was the clerk of the court of said County at the time he affixed his seal of his office in authentication of said declaration.

Signed S.B. Kroniming
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State of North Carolina Cabarrus County

On this the 2nd day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five, personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Jane Gillon, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, aged Eighty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to the law, doth on her oath, make the following declarations, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by Act of Congress, passed July 7th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of John Gillon who was a private in the War of the Revolution, in the North Carolina militia that he entered the service, according, the best of declarants knowledge and belief, in the year of 1780 and continued in the service until the Termination of the War, with the exception of an interval when disabled by wounds, that he served part of the time under Capt. John Reed who commanded a company of cavalry, that he resided at the time entered services in Lancaster District South Carolina, that he was a volunteer. She further declares that her deceased husband John Gillon was an Invalid Pensioner and had at the time of his death a certificate issued from the war department - the tenth day of march one thousand eight hundred and twenty three reciting that John Gillon a private in the United States is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the North Carolina Agency and that said certificate is now in declarants possession. 
She further declares that she was married to the said John Gillon on the 26th day of August in the year
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State of North Carolina Cabarrus County
I Reah P Harris clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify that Peter Rumple Esq whose name appears to the foregoing certificant is an acting magistrate for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the signature purporting to he his is gen In testimony which I have whereinto set my hand and affix to the seal of my office at Concord this 4th day of September 1843 and the 70 [illegible]of our [illegible] [illegible] Reah P Harris

12199
Sept 12 1845
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Jane Gillon
Bounty Land Claim
Act of 3rd March 1855
Original Application
133397
Address
James E Kerr
Salisbury 
NC
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State of North Carolina
County of Cabarrus
On this 25th day of April, AD, one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace [illegible] and for the County and State aforesaid, June Gillon, aged 97 years, a resident of Cabarrus County, in the State of North Carolina, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Gillon deceased, who was a private in the revolutionary war, in the Company commanded by Captain John Reed, in the regiment commanded by Conl, Davie and confirmed in actual service in said war for fourteen days: she first states that she was married to the said John Gillon on the 26th day of August 1783, and that her name before her said marriage was Jane Young; that her said husband died on the 6th day of Sept 1833, and that she is now a widow: She further states that she was placed on the pension list under the Act of February 2nd 1848, at the rate of Forty Four dollars per annum, and that her pension certificate has been dated the 17th day of April, 1849, and she now refers to the papers on file in the Pension Office upon which her said certificate was granted for proof of the service of her said husband, of her marriage and the death of her husband.
She further declares that she has not heretofore made application for nor obtained under any Act of Congress any bounty land warrant, and she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be
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entitled under the act approved March 3rd 1855.
Jane Gillon X her mark

We, William N Gillon and William Fleming residents of Cabarrus County, in the State of North Carolina, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by June Gillon in our presence, and that we believe from the appearances and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she presents herself to be.
Wm N Gillon
Wm Fleming
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State of North Carolina
Cabarrus County
I JW Scott Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said county do certify that Peter Rumple is an acting Justice of the Peace in aforesaid county as above and that his signature is genuine.
In testimony where of I have hereinto set my hand and affixed the seal of office at Concord 4th day of May 1855
JW Scott
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau
John Gillon WF 75-23
Dates of Enlistment of Appointment.
1780
Length of Service: 12 mos
Rank: Prt
Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered:
Captain John Reed
Colonel William R Davie
State: NC

was wounded in service for which he was pensioned from Sept 4, 1808 *

Battles engaged in,
Residence of solder at enlistment, Lancaster Dist SC
Date of Application for pension, Sept 2, 1845 [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Cabarrus Co NC
Age at date of application, she was 88 years old
Soldier married on Cane Creek Lancaster Dist SC Aug 26, 1783 Jane Young who was a native of Antrim Co. Ireland he died Sept 6, 1833
Very Respectfully, 
*Sect c. book 1835
Gillean
Gillilese
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1893, June 27 Hist. to
Robert L. Rodgers
Atlanta, GA
1911 Lang 11 host. to Mrs. JG Lang

[illegible] Sept 6, 1833
Widow, &c.
File No 7523
Jane Gillon
Wid.
John Gillon
Pvt. Rev. War
Act: Feby [illegible]
Index:--Vol. A Page 272
Arrangement of 1870.
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12202
Sarah Hansbroug
Virginia
Act 7 July 1838
See letter 21 Oct. 1834 [illegible]
JS Barbour
misplaced
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26445
[illegible]
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Let. to James E Kerr
Nov 17. '48
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North Carolina
John Gillon
Private
Army of the Revolution
Subscribed on the roll of the N. Carolina Army at $3 per m. increase to $4.80 by the law of the 24 April 1845 to take affect from the passage of the act. 
Formal paid [illegible] March 18th and sent to Province Spring Grove NC
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Duplicate formal certif. issued 10 March 1823
and sent to the pensioner Spring Grove N.C
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ACT. 3 -- 871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by a. mar D. 5 /1 /11
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant Jane
Soldier John Gillen
Service D.C.
Additional Service Rev.
No. claim, State records ,191_
No claim, combination records, 191_
REMARKS:
Wid. F. 7,523
Jane
6 -- 1944 Chief Division
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8466
North Carolina
Jane Gillon
widow of John Gillon
who was a Private
in the Revolutionn
husband died 6 Sept. 1833
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
44 Dollars --
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
27th day of Jany 49
and sent to
Hon D M
Barringer
[illegible] of Defs
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June
17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book a
Vol. 2 - Page 155
---
|
Reported
certificate corrected and
returned to Hon D. M Barringer
Feb 6. 1849,
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Reported
North Carolina
Jane Gillon
Widow of John Gillon
who was a pensioner under the Act of
and who died on the 6th Sept 1833
of Cabarry in the State of N. C
who was a Private the Comp 7.
commanded by Captain of the
Reg commanded by Col in
the Revolution for 13 mo 6 days
Inscribed on the Roll of N C
at the rate of 44 Dollars --
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of
Jany '49 and sent to Hon
D. Barringer
[illegible] of Defs
Total amount, $
-
(Act July 7, 1838.)
Recorded by Th Lumpkin Clerk
Book D Vol 1. Page 291
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Salisbury, NC
March 12th 1855

Dear Sir,
I have lost a pension certificate issued to Jane Gillon, widow of John Gillon, under the act of 1848, for Forty Four Dollars per annum during life. Will you do me the favor to inform me what proof I will be required to make to obtain a duplicate of the lost certificate.
Very Respectfully
[illegible]
James E. Kerr

to the Comm: of Pensions
Washington City
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Gillon,John
W.C. W7523
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Gillon, John
WC W7523
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State Creek Novr 10. 1796.
That John Gillon & Jean his wife have
resided nearly for the space of 10 years in this
Congregation, & during that time conducted
themselves in an honest, [illegible]; & Christian 
Manner is certified by James McRee
State Creek Congregation
[stamp] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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Ho. of Reps.
Jany 22, 1849.
Sir,
I enclose you a letter from
Col Wm Polk of the Revolution &
shew that the name of Gillon was
in differently spelt Gilln & Galland
to obviate one diffrintly suggested in
the case of the application of the
widow of John Gillon a revolutionary
pensioner- I had hoped [illegible]
fully satisfied myself that the
old lady was justly entitled that the
proof wete satisfactory at the office.
I enclose you also a letter from
a most respectable gentleman, J.
E. Kerr Esquire-
[illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
D M Barringer
J. L. Edwards Eqr
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Ho. of Reprs.
Jany 21. 1849
Sir,
The year is not filled up
in the Certificate - I send
for correction - Please return
it immediately as soon as
it is rectified-
.
[illegible]. [illegible]
D.M. Barringer
J.L. Edwards Eqr.
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Spring Grove March 27th 1846
Dear Sir
In your letter returning the declaration
of Jane Gillon, you instruct me to have "the
proceedings before the single Magistrate 
submitted to, and approved by a court of record."
I am not certain that I understand the action
intended to be had by a court on the declaration
The applicant, as the declaration states, is
unable to be taken to Court, & the fact of
the Justice of the Peace being regularly commissioned He is certified by the Clerk of the
County Court (a Court of Record) of Cabarrus
under the seal of the Court
I exhibited the papers to a court of the
County, but the court thought that they
could not legitimately take any action
on them, & that the declaration had already
all the authenticity that a Court could
give them, unless the applicant declarant
were present-
I must request you to write to me, and
give me more directions on this subject-
I am, very respectfully,
Your Hbl Svt
James E Kerr
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[sideways] ale3946
Spring Grove N.6  Paid 10
March 28
J.L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. le
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Spring Grove July 13th 1846
Dear Sir
I forward again to the Pension Office
the declaration of Jane Gillon. I have had
the declaration taken before the [illegible] magistrate
"submitted to and approved by a court
of [illegible],"
& a certificate of the presiding magistrate to
that effect, appended to the declaration
I have had the affidavit of John Stevenson
taken again, who was present at the marriage
of John Gillon & Jane Young, for the purpose
of supplying the certificate of his
credibility, which was omitted in the affidavit
accompanying the declaration when first sent
on. I discover, that from failing memory
on the part of the affiant, or an error by the
Justice of the Peace, the date of the marriage is
1776 or 1777, whereas, in the affidavit in
your possession by the same person the date
of the Marriage is in August 1783 which is
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Spring Grove April 10th 1849
JL Edwards Esq
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you the declaration of Jane Gillon under the Act of Congress of February 2nd 1848 - She received a pension under the Act of 17th June '44. I have set forth such facts in the declaration as seem to be required in the act under which the application is made.
Very respectfully
Your [ineligible]
James E Kerr
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[illegible]
May 10, 1848.

Sir,
I enclose [illegible] additional evidence as to the marriage of Jane Gillon - widow of John Gillon, received an applicant for a pension - 
There must be some error as to the appearance in the of the commissioner in regard to the name - she was undoubtedly the wife John Gillon - a pensioner - and was married before 1794 - 
[illegible]
DW Barringer
Col JL Edwards
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No. 12199
Jane Gillon
Wo of John
NC
Act 7 July 1838
[illegible] 13 [illegible]
$44 [illegible]
[illegible] 4 March 1836
[illegible] Acts 3 March 1843
[illegible] June 44
$44 per an
[illegible]4 March 1843
[illegible]DM Barringer
House of [illegible]
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12199
Sept 12 1865

Jane Gillon
Aug 7 1898


JL Edwards Esq
Comptroller of Pensions 
Washington City D.C.
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Spring Grove [illegible] NC Sept 6th 1845 or 1865

JL Edwards Esq
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send the declaration of Mrs Jane Gillon for a pension under the Act of Congress 1838. I have Included the certificate of John Gillon hoping that is may [illegible] you to the declaration [illegible]on which it is based, and furnished proof of the service of said Gillon, for I find it will be a matter of great difficulty to [illegible] that proof by living testimony and [illegible] [illegible] has hot [illegible] proof of his service, and if the husband had any it has been transmitted to the war department.
Very respectfully
your [illegible]
James E Kerr
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Concord, N.C.
Sept. 22. '47
Sir,
I am requested to know what has been done in the application of Jane Gillon wife of John Gillon, a revolutionary soldier for a pension John Gillon received a pension for many years -- and there is no doubt of this marriage before [illegible] 1794
Very Respectfully,
D. M. Barringer
Col. J. L. Edwards
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Spring Inn NC 
Sept 2nd 1848

Dear Sir
I believe an affidavit of Jane Gillon to correct an error in the declaration in your office is also a statement of ACM [ineligible] made an oath in the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Cabarrus County, showing that the name of John Gillihan in the certificate of the Comptroller of North Carolina, is but a variance in the spelling of the name Gillon, and is the name and a reference to the services of John Gillon the husband of the applicant, Jane.
I learn from a communication from your [ineligible] to the Hon. DM Barringer (forwarded to me) that the proof of the marriage is deemed satisfactory and that the service of the husband is also established by the [ineligible] certificate, but that the proof is deficient as to the term of service. 
I trust that the proof now forwarded may be deemed satisfactory as to the remaining difficulty.
I am, very respectfully,
Your [ineligible]
James E Kerr
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[ineligible]
Feby 6 1869

Sir,
Several days since I returned to your address a certificate in favor of Jane Gillon, widow of John Gillon, a revolutionary soldier, for a pension - which contained a very plain error or rather omission in the date of the year - I desired it to be corrected and returned to me. It has not yet been received. It is important that it be done at once - as the old woman in pennyless and on the brink of the grave  - The certificate was filled by [ineligible] in  your office.
[ineligible]
DM Barringer
Col. Edwards
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Georgia Murray County
Personally came before me Asa York an acting Justice of the Peas in and for said county John Stevenson and being duly sworn deposeth and sayeth that Jane Young now Jane Gillon was lawfully married to John Gillon Robert Montgomery Esq in the State of South Carolina in Lancaster [ineligible] at the house Mary Young near the close of the war in 1776 or 1777 the exact time I cannot recollect which marriage was according to the laws of the State of that time
Sworn and subscribed before me this 22nd day of April 1846
Asa York John Stevenson

Georgia Murray County 
I Asa York do certify that I have been acquainted with John Stevenson the deponent of the above affidavit for some years past and knows him to be a man of truth and verasity and would believed any where he is known in witness where of I have here set my hand this the 22nd day of April 1846
Asa York
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Spring Inn NC July 4th 1848
JL Edwards, Esq
Dear Sir
You will please to send me the declaration of Jane Gillon widow of John Gillon forwarded to your office some two years ago. I have a letter from you so the Hon DM Barringer in which you say that the widow is sufficient to establish the marriage but still [ineligible] as to the amount of service of the husband. There is an error in the declaration stating the "John Gillon entered the service in South Carolina" - the fact is that John Gillon entered the service in North Carolina, as is apparent from other parts of the declaration, which it states that "he served in the Company of Capt Reid in the regiment commanded by Col Davie" - I wish to amend the declaration in this particular, and to supply additional proof as to the length of time of the service of the husband.
Very respectfully
Your [ineligible]
James E. Kerr
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State of North Carolina Cabarrus County
On this the 31st day of July AD 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County Jane Gillon, who first being sworn in due form of law makes the following statement in order to correct an error in her declaration under the Act of Congress of July 7th 1838, that her husband John Gillon did not enter the service in the State of South Carolina as she is informed her declaration recites, but entered the service in the State of North Carolina in the Company of Capt Reid in the regiment commanded by Col Davie and served in all in the war of the revolution near twelve months. Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written
Rumple   Jane Gillon X her mark

State of North Carolina Cabarrus County
I, RH Foard Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Services for said County do hereby certify that Peter Rumple is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly [ineligible]
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and qualifies and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony where of I have here unto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this the 5 day of August Anno Domino 1848
R W Foard
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Raleigh Aug 15 1809
Sir
The following [ineligible] [ineligible] will be [ineligible] for you to swear to in order to draw you money as an invalid pensioner. Yours Will Polk

State of North Carolina Mecklenburg County
This day personally appeared John Gilland before me one of the Justices of the Peace for the county aforesaid and being sworn in due form of law, deposeth and sayeth that during the revolutionary war fighting against the enemies of the United States, he received several wounds by the [ineligible] [ineligible] That he was examined by Physicians and near [ineligible] as being entitled to receive a pension from the State that he was accordingly placed on the pension list of the State and has drawn his pension there from [ineligible] [ineligible]service the day of in the year 17 and as he is [ineligible] is now [ineligible] to the pension list of the United State as an invalid.
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of the district of North Carolina. That he is now and has ever been since he was placed on the list as a inhabitant of the [ineligible] [ineligible] and is the identical said John Gillon which was on the pension list aforesaid . That he has not sold or otherwise transferred his right to the pension or any pacts through which is coming or [ineligible] him. Sworn to and subscribed [ineligible]
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Certificates issued  between the 4th March and the 4th September are not payable until the 4th September. Those issued between the 4th September and 4th March are not payable before the 4th March. The stipend due to the within named Pensioner will be paid at Fayetteville NC by the Present M. L Branch. This certificate is paid in lieu of one supposed to be lost or destroyed which if it should here after be presented at the Bank the Agent will please transmit to the War Department
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Duplicate
INVALID PENSION
I certify that, in conformity with the Laws of the United States, John Gillon late a Private of the army of the U. States is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the North Carolina agency at the rate of three dollars per month
The allowance of this pensioner was increased from three dollars per month to four dollar and eighty cents by the Law of 24 April 1816 to take effect from the [illegible] of the Act.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this tenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty three.
J C Calhoun
Secretary of War.
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Spring Grove 15th February 1822
[ineligible] JL Edwards,
Sir enclosed is an affidavit to identify myself to be the [ineligible] who was placed on the pension list of N. Carolina at the conclusion of the Revolutionary War and was afterwards transferred to the pension list of the U States. I have further to draw to my pension without any trouble till lately, I made application in writing, to the Branch Bank of the U States at Fayetteville when I was informed that my demand could not be paid without a certificate from the War Department and this form of an affidavit was sent to me with instructions, That it must be [ineligible] [ineligible] and forwarded to you, who would on the receipt of it forward to [ineligible] the required certificate.
You will perceive from this affidavit that I am now a resident of Cabarrus County N. C, I primarily reside in Lancaster District, just within the limits of S. Carolina but as my services were all rendered in NC  I was listed for pension in that State. I have been
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thus expected to the end that no further delaying [ineligible] be ocassioned. Your early attention to the foregoing will much obliged.
Your humble servant
John Gillon

PS you will please enclose to my directed to this place, day Spring Grove Rowan NC
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State of North Carolina Cabarrus County
On this the 9th day of April AD 1849 p[personally appears before me an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid Jane Gillon a resident of the State of North Carolina, Cabarrus County aged ninety one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declarations, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed the 2nd of February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. that she is the widow of John Gillon who was a private in the war of the Revolution and served in the company of Cavalry commanded by Captain John Reid in the regiment commanded by Colonel William Davie, and that she has received a pension under the act of Congress of 7th of June 1844 amounting to forty four dollars per annum. She further declares that she is [ineligible] a widow
Sworn to and subscribed on the day
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In testimony where of I have affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this the 10th day of April AD 1847
RW Foard clerk of Cabarrus County Court
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Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D. C., June 1899
Sir
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of John Gillen, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in the Bureau.
Dates of Enlistment 1780
Length of Service not stated
Rank Cavalry Private
Officers under whom service was rendered.
Captain John Reed
Colonel William Davies
State N.C.
He received several wounds and pensioned for disability
Original papers are not now on file
Battles engaged in, places, where and date when not stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lancaster District S.C. near N.C. line
Date of application for pension, about 1784
Residence at date of application probably Waxhaw Congregation N.C.
Age at date of application, not stated.  He died Sept 6, 1833
Remarks Married in Lancaster District S.C. August 26, 1783 to Jane Young from about 1755 in [illegible] (moved to Steel Creek, Mecklenburg Co N.C. in 1783 and there in 1796 and in 1809. In Cabarrus Co N.C. 1822 and 18[illegible]3. Widow alive in 1849)
Very respectfully,
Commissioner
Robert L Rodgers Esq
16 1/2 Whitehall St - Room 11
Atlanta Georgia
7941b-3m
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12199
Jane Gillon,
[illegible] John,
N Carolina
Aug 7, 1838
Married before 1794
husband died 1823
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Georgia Murray County
Personally appeared before me Kinchen W Hargrove Justice of the Inferior Court of said county John Stevenson and after being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is about ninety five years of age that he has or had a half sister whose maiden name was Jane Young a native of the County Antrim in Ireland but now a resident as he believes of the County of Cabarrus North Carolina that the said Jane was married to a certain John Gillon who was a soldier of the Revolution that said marriage took place about two years after the taking of Charleston in SC but that deponent from his extreme old age cannot recollect the date that the marriage ceremony was performed by Robert Montgomery an acting Justice of the Peace that said marriage was [illegible] at the house of deponents mother on the waters of Cane Creek South Carolina now Lancaster District in said state of South Carolina that said Jane if still living is about eighty nine years of age according to deponents recollection.
Sworn to before me April 29th 1865
KW Hargove 
John Stevenson
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State of N Carolina
Buncombe County
I Alexander Henry clerk of the County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions do certify that John Bergin as an acting Justice of the Peace for said county his name to the foregoing affidavit  purporting to be his is genuine and his official acts are entitled credit.
In testimony where I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said court at the office of Asheville the 18th day of May 1846
Alex. Hendry clk
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being a court of record, and further that said AC McRee is a credible person. Given under my hand this the 20th day of July Anno Domini 1848
Kirby Pope

State of North Carolina
Cabarrus County
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 
July [illegible] 1848
I RW Foard Clerk of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said county, do hereby certify that Kirby Pope Esq is and was at the time of signing the above certificate, Chairman of the Court of said County and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine and that [illegible] and credit should be given his official acts.
In Testimony where of I have here into set my hand affixed the seal of said court at office this the 20th day of July Anno Domini 1848
RWFoard CLK
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Mr Edwards
For New Certificate
Recd of 7 March 1823

The Honorable John C Calhoun
Secretary [illegible]
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The Honorable John C Calhoun
Sir an old soldier is under the [illegible] of troubling you and your wife. See from the annexed affidavit for the purpose of procuring another evidence of his right to a pension Sometime in [illegible] [illegible] I forwarded my certificate together with the other necessary papers by a friend to the U States Bank at Fayetteville in order to get the money, then draw my  [illegible] of Pension my friend either left my certificate in the Bank or lost it on his way home, I have therefore to beg the favour of you to have another one [illegible] for me and forward it to the office [illegible] Spring Grove Rowan NC
Your ready attention to the above will confer a particular favour on a defender of his country
Your humble servant
John Gillon
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State of N Carolina Cabarrus County
This may certify that this day [illegible] John Gillon personally before me
One of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said county and made oath that he was fully in possession of a certificate of Pension from the war office showing that he had served in the Revolutionary War as a private soldier in the company of cavalry commanded by Capt John Reid under Col. William R Davies of the N Carolina militia in which service he was wounded whereby he became enrolled first on the pension list of N. Carolina and afterwards on the that of the U States as [illegible] by said certificate which certificate is lost or misplaced and for the want of which he the said John Gillon is [illegible] his pension. Sworn to and subscribe before me this day of February [illegible] John Houston
John Gillon
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State of North Carolina 
Cabarrus County  }

I Memucan Hunt Clerk of Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Cabarrus county do hereby certify that John Houston Esq whose signature appears on this sheet is an acting Justice of the Peace in said county, duly qualified and that all just faith and credit is due to his official acts as such.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto  set my hand and affixed the seal of the county at office 18th day of February 1823- M Hunt CCC
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State of North Carolina Cabarrus County  }

I John Travis Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Cabarrus County do hereby certify that William Fleming Esq whose name is affixed to the amended affidavit was then and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid and all due faith and credit are due his official acts as such.-

In testimony  whereof I have hereunto set my hand and faffix the seal of the county this 15 day of February AD 1822 [signed] John Travis CCC

No. Carolina
Cabarrus County  }

I  M Hunt Chairman of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions of the county aforesaid do hereby certify that John Travis whose signature appears above is acting Clerk for the county aforesaid, duly qualified, and that all faith and credit [crossed out - and all due faith and credit] are due to his official acts as such. Given under my hand and seal 15th day of Feby 1822  M Hunt, CCC
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State of N Carolina Cabarrus County
Be it known that John Gillon this day personally appeared before me William Fleming a Justice of the Peace for said county of Cabarrus and in his oath declareth, that he is the identical John Gillon who was placed on the pension list of the State of North Carolina for service performed during the Revolutionary War and was afterwards transferred to the pension list of the United States, that he never received any certificate from the War Department of the United States that he resides in Cabarrus County NC and has during the space of [ineligible] mos [ineligible] years 
Sworn to and Subscribed before me on this 11th day of February 1822
William Fleming
John Gillon
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THE SOUTHERN LAW AND COLLECTION EXCHANGE
Robert L. Rodgers, Attorney and Counselor
Room 11, Over James' Bank, 16 1/2 Whitehall St.
Will Give Special Attention To
COLLECTIONS, CONVEYANCING, SETTLING ESTATES
Notary Public and Ex-Officio Justice of the Peace.
Blackhall, West End, 530th District, G. M.
Carlos W. Rodgers, Collector. Theo. D. Ormsby, Constable.
Suits for Land, Examining Records, Foreclosure of Mortgages, Tracing Lost Relatives or Missing Heirs, Negotiating Loans, Discounting Bills and Notes.  Reliable Correspondents at all Accessible Points.
Refers by Permission to Merchants Bank, Gate City National Bank, Kiser, Moore, Draper & Co., Everett-Ridley-Ragan Co.
Very Truly Yours,
Robert L. Rodgers, Atlanta, Ga. May 29, 1893
The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
I herewith enclose a letter and return remarks, which will fully explain themselves to you, and my wishes and purpose.  Will you please give attention to the matter, and notify me what will be the charge for making the full investigation from the old records of the Revolutionary War?
I desire to obtain official record information of my ancestors for special use personal to myself.
Very Respectfully,
Robert L. Rodgers.

Very
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Room 11 over James' Bank 
16 1/2 Whitehall Str
Atlanta GA Maty 15/93

Matthew Rodgers and John Gillon
NC War of Revolution
1776-1781
Robert L Rodgers Atty
Requests record of service of above named men, also copy of enrollment, for the purpose to show by record that he had ancestors in the war of Independence

Record and Pension Office
War Department
Washington May 17, 1893
Respectfully returned to
Mr. Robert L Rogers
Attorney,
Atlanta, FA
The records of the Revolutionary War are on file in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington DC
By Authority of the Secretary of War
FC Ainsmith
Colonel, US Army, Chief of Office

Pension Office
May 31, 1893

June 5, 1893
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THE SOUTHERN LAW AND COLLECTION EXCHANGE
Robert L. Rodgers, Attorney and Counselor
Room 11, Over James' Bank, 16 1/2 Whitehall St.
Will Give Special Attention To
COLLECTIONS, CONVEYANCING, SETTLING ESTATES
Notary Public and Ex-Officio Justice of the Peace.
Blackhall, West End, 530th District, G. M.
Carlos W. Rodgers, Collector. Theo. D. Ormsby, Constable.
Suits for Land, Examining Records, Foreclosure of Mortgages, Tracing Lost Relatives or Missing Heirs, Negotiating Loans, Discounting Bills and Notes. Reliable Correspondents at all Accessible Points.
Refers by Permission to Merchants Bank, Gate City National Bank, Kiser, Moore, Draper & Co., Everett-Ridley-Ragan Co.
Very truly Yours,
Robert L. Rodgers Atlanta, Ga. May 15- 1893.
The Honorable
The Secretary of War
Washington, D.C.
Sir.
I desire to obtain some information from the records in your department, with regard to names of two men who were soldiers in the War of the Revolution 1776-1781. They were soldiers from North Carolina, so I am informed, but I do not know in whose Company or Regiment.
I am anxious to ascertain the record of their service.  Their names were Matthew Rodgers, and John Gillen.  They were my paternal great-grandfathers. I want to get copy of their enrollment, if it can be obtained.  My purpose is to show by record that I had ancestors who were soldiers in the War for Independence.  
I will pay any reasonable sum for the transcripts of record, or for the search for it.
Very Respectfully,
Robert L. Rodgers.
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January 2, 1911 -

Commissioner J.L. Davenport,
Washington, D.C.,

Sir:-
In compliance with instruction given in your
letter dated December 29, I am forwarding the required information.
My great, great grandfather, John Gillen, served in the Revolutionary War under Capt. John Reed and Col. William Davis, North Carolina.
Their residence was Lancaster District, South Carolina, at time of enlistment. He, I think, resided in Waxhaw Congregation North Carolina, when he applied for his pension.
He died Sept. 6, 1833.
He was married in Lancaster District, South Carolina, August 26, 1783, to Jane Young,
who was born in Antrim, Ireland, about 1755.
Very Respectfully
Mrs. S. G. Lang