Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3,393, John Gwin, N.C.
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Service N. C.
Gwin, John
Number S.3393
Contents
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26.893
West Tennessee
John Gwin 26893
Of Carroll Co. in the State of Tenn who was a pr in the Company commanded by Captain Ramsey of the regiment commanded by Col. in the No Carolina line for [illegible]
[illegible] pr $31.88
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tenn at the rate of 31 dollars 88 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of pension issued the 10th day of July 1834 and sent to Mr. T. J. [illegible], Huntington 
Assears to the 4th of Mar 31 93.33
Semi-anl. allowance ending Spt 15.94
$111.60
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by J. T. Sprague C
Book 62 Volume 4 Page 91
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Letter to Isaac Howey
Audit for 17 June 1839
Paid at the Treasury under act of the 11th April 1834 Sept. 1837 to 4 March 183 [illegible] notified 1 July 1839.
Duplicate Certificate 29th Oct. 1839 and sent J. Sampson, Dyersburg, Tennessee
Letter to J. Sampson and 3 auditor 27th June 1840
Paid as above from 4 Sept 18 to 4 Sept 1839 agt notifiec 1 July 1840
Tenn
Date of death [illegible]
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
The State of Tennessee
Carroll County
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 
September [illegible] 1832
On this fourteenth day of September 1832 appeared in open court before the justices of said court of pleas and quarter sessions John Gwin aged fifty nine years a resident of the county of Carroll in the state of Tennessee who being first duly sworn according to oath doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832
This declaration states that in the year 1780 he entered the service of the United States as a enlisted private militia soldier in the regiment commanded by Colonel Edward Gwin of the North Carolina Militia and who was the brother of this declarant in the company commanded by Benjamin Rainey his [illegible] was by the name of William McCulley. This declarant was then about the age of sixteen years and a resident in the county of Orange in the state of North Carolina and in which he was drafted into the regiment aforesaid. This tour of service only lasted about three months when the declarant [illegible], but during this time of service he was in the unfortunate Battle of [illegible]’s defeat at Camden after this defeat having served out his time of service [illegible] substitute for Rendal Elmore instead of returning home this declarant joined the American Army in Guilford North Carolina which was then under the command of Major General Nathaniel Greene
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who after the unfortunate Battle of Camden was [illegible] General Greene in the command of the [illegible]. This declarant was a volunteer and served for two months and became attached to the company commanded by Captain Joseph Grissom in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Taylor of the North Carolin Militia and which regiment was from the county of Orange after this term of service which only lasted for two months him the same named joined the company commanded by Captain William Gwin his brother in the regiment commanded by Colonel William Lytel the brother of Colonel Archibald Lytel then of the regular army commanding the regiment of the North Carolina Continental Line in the brigade commanded by General William Butler General Greene still [illegible] commander in. Next whilst attached to the army in this term of service this declarant was in the Battle of Guilford. The American Army was laid off in three divisions the militia in the center and on the right standing to Hawkins old fields and the regulars on the left facing the immediate command of Lord Cornwallis through the American Army retreated for about two miles and encamped on Troublesome Creek yet on about the hour of the [illegible] the number of the killed was reported to be about two hundred. The number of the wounded not now recollected. [illegible] stated that the [illegible] the part of the enemy was greater there [illegible]. From this place the American Army marched to Ramsey’s Mills on Deep River and laid there about two days, at this place Colonel Henry Lee of Virginia who commanded a legion of cavalry in the army beat up for volunteers.
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This declarant left his company and regiment and joined this legion as a volunteer, from this place (Ramsey’s Mill) the army marched on to [illegible] Camden and proceeded on from there to [illegible], but this declarant was detailed off in the company commanded by Captain Price of the North Carolina Militia in the regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Taylor who was then sick and which regiment was then under the immediate command of Major William McCauley. In this tour the declarant marched on to Wilmington North Carolina but after he reached there he fell in with the enemy at Brown’s Marsh under which battle this declarant was wounded by a musketball passing through his hips. This term of service lasted for about two months, after he recovered from his wounds he again joined the American Army under the command of Caswell and [illegible] with the same to Virginia but from the wound which he had received at Brown’s Marsh he was unable to perform duty nor was he able to accompany the American Army on to Little York Virginia. He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the roll of any agency of any state. [illegible] no documentary evidence nor does he know of any person now living by whom he [illegible]
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid.
Edward Gwin
I John McKernon [illegible] of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid sending in the county of [illegible] and Edward Gwin sending in the same county hereby certify that
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we are well acquainted with John Gwin who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be the age of sixty nine years that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a Militia Soldier of the Revolutionary Army and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed to in open court the day and year aforesaid.
John McKernon
Edward Gwin
Edward Gwin Clk
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the interrogation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a militia soldier of the Revolutionary Army and served as he states, and the committee further certifies that John McKernon is a current officer of this county and state aforesaid and resident of the same and who hath signed the preceding certificate and that I Edward Gwin clerk of this court who hath also signed the same is a resident of the county and state and is a credible person and their statement is entitled to credit and in which this court concurs.
Given under our seals in open court the day and year aforesaid
Saml. Ingram Chairman
Al. Cornell County Court
Henry Wright 
Wilson Lightfoot
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Questions by the court
Question 1st where and in what year were you born?
Ans. In the county of Orange in the state of North Carolina in the year 1769
Question: Have you any record of your age and where is it?
Answer. I have none
Question: Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live?
Answer. In Orange County North Carolina afterward in South Carolina and from there into this state in [illegible] County but now a resident of [illegible] County
Question. How were you called into service, were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if so for who?
Answer. In the first four [illegible] a substitute as I have stated in this declaration, in the remainder of my services I have stated I was a volunteer.
The fifth question is included in my declaration
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State of Tennessee
Caswell County
I Edward Gwin Clerk of the Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for said county and state aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Gwin for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at office in Huntington this 14th day of September A. D. 1832
Edward Gwin Clerk
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April 1, 1938
John Gwin
S. 3393
BA-J/AWF
Mrs. James G. Johnson
1810 Dandridge Pike
Knoxville Tennessee
Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Gwin, who served in the North Carolina Troops, and was pensioned while residing in Carroll County, Tennessee.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 3933, based upon the service of John Gwin in the War of the Revolution.
John Gwin was born December 15, 1764 in Orange County, North Carolina. The names of his parents were not given.
While residing in said Orange County, John Gwin enlisted sometime in July, 1780, served two months as a private in Captain Benjamin Rainey’s company, under Major William McCauley, and was in the Battle of Gates’ Defeat at Camden. His brother Edward Gwin, was wagon master during this tour. John Gwin served two months in Captain Joseph Gresham’s company, Colonel Thomas Taylor’s North Carolina Regiment, out in pursuit of Tories, and was in two skirmishes. He enlisted March 1, 1781, served in Captain William Gwin’s company, Colonel William Lytle’s North Carolina Regiment, was in the Battle of Guilford Court House, after which he joined
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Colonel Henry Lee’s Legion and served a short while, when he was detailed to serve in Captain Price’s company, Colonel Thomas Taylor’s regiment, was in the Battle of Brown’s Marsh, where wounded through the left leg by a musket ball, and continued in the service until October 1, 1781.
The soldier, John Gwin, continued to live in Orange County, North Carolina, five or six years after the Revolution, then moved to Pendleton, South Carolina, then to Sumner County, Tennessee, to Smith County, Tennessee, to Robertson County, Tennessee, thence to Carroll County, Tennessee.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 14, 1832, then living in Carroll County, Tennessee, where he had lived about eleven years.
It was not stated whether soldier was married.
The Captain William Gwin under whom he served was his brother. One Edward Gwin was the clerk of the Court of Carroll County, Tennessee in 1832 and 1834; his relationship to the family is not designated. 
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington D. C., and furnish the following data:
John Gwin
Certificate #26893
Issued July 10, 1834
Rate $31.88 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
West Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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February 11, 1931
Rev .& 1812 Wars Section
AWF:MIB
Mrs. Herbert Fay Gaffney
Pinehaven
Green Island Hills
Columbus, Georgia
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claims, S. 3393, that John Gwin was born December 15, 1764 in Orange County, North Carolina. 
While residing in said Orange County, he served with the North Carolina troops, as follows:
From in July 1780, two months in Captain Bejamin Rainey’s company under Major William McCauley, and was in the battle of Gates’ Defeat at Camden. He stated that his brother, Edward Gwin, was wagon master in this tour. A little later he served two months in Captain Joseph Gresham’s company, Colonel Thomas Taylor’s regiment and was in two skirmishes. He enlisted March 1, 1781, served in Captain William Gwin’s company (soldier’s brother), Colonel William Lytel’s regiment, was in the battle of Guilford, after which he joined Colonel Henry Lee’s Legion and served a short while, when he was detailed to serve in Captain Price’s company, Colonel Thomas Taylor’s regiment, was in the battle of Brown’s Marsh, where he was wounded through the left hip and served until October 1, 1781.
Five or six years after the Revolution he moved to Pendleton, South Carolina, then to Sumner County, Tennessee, Smith County, Tennessee and Robertson County, Tennessee. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 14, 1832, at which time he was living in Carroll County, Tennessee.
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One Edward Gwin was clerk of court of Carroll County, Tennessee in 1834, no relationship shown. 
Very truly yours
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner
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In reply to your request of ____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Gwin a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow’s) application for a pension on file in this Bureau. 
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment
July 1780
March 1, 1781
Length of Service
2 mos.
2 mos.
To Oct 1, 1781
Rank
Officers under whom service was rendered
Bro. E. Gwin was wagon master in first term
Captain 
Benjamin Rainey
Joseph Gresham
William Gwin
deceased Price
Colonel
Maj. Wm. McCauley
Thomas Taylor
William Lytle
Henry Lee’s Legion
State 
N. C.
Battles engaged in, Gates’ Defeat of Camden, Guilford, Brown’s Marsh, [illegible]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Orange Co. N. C.
Date of application for a pension, September 14, 1832
Residence at date of application, Carroll County, Tenn.
Age at date of application, b. Dec 15, 1764, in Orange Co, N. C.
Remarks: His claim was allowed. He stated that Edward and William Gwin were his brothers. No further family data.
5 or 6 years after Rev moved to Pendleton, afterwards [illegible] S. C. about [illegible] to Sumner C. Tenn. Smith Co. Tenn. Robertson Co. Tenn.
Very Respectfully,
An Edward Gwin was clerk of an Court of Carroll Co. Tenn 1834
Commissioner.
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January 31, 1931.
Bureau of Pensions.
Rev .& 1812 Wars Section.    541
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Rev. war claim for a pension of John Gwin, file No. S. 3933. Actual 1 of each page
Remitter: 
Mrs. Herbert Fay Gaffney,
Pinehaven, Green Island Hills, 
Columbus, Georgia.
$1.05……. 7 Pages
xxx
Kindly leave margin of 1½ in. at top of each page and return papers in each case in folder with corresponding name and number. The word “omit” written in pencil on those pages which are not to be copied. 
Chief, Rev .& 1812 Wars Section.
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List to Mrs. H. F. Gaffney:
Sol. Decl. June 9, 1834 5 pages
Robt. Baker and Wm. Parks’s affid. and Court rec. 2”
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Mrs. Herbert Fay Gaffney
Pinehaven
Green Island Hills
Columbus, Georgia
History to above at same [illegible] as [illegible] are mailed
John Gwin S.3393
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January 31, 1931
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir:
Please furnish me photostatic copies (uncertified) of seven pages from the Revolutionary War claim of John Gwin, S. 3933.
Cash $1.05
Receiver:
Mrs. Herbert Fay Gaffney
Pinehaven
Green Island Hills
Columbus Ga.
Received payment
$1.05
Antonia W. Ford
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
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1810 Drawbridge Pike 
Knoxville Tenn.
Veterans Administration
Washington D. C.
Will you please send me the Rev. War record of John Gwin [illegible] who served in the N. C. Militia and received a pension at the age of seventy years in 1833; while residing in Carroll Co Tenn.
Respectfully
Mrs. James G. Johnson
Feb—25—1938.
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John Gwin
S.3393
Supt. Pensions Bureau
Washington,
D. C.
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To the Sup’l Pensions Bureau 
Delphi, Indiana
March 4th, 1912
Sir:
Will you kindly inform me as to whether you have the name of a John Gwin (or Gwinn) on your roll from North Carolina, a lady desires to know in order to go into D. Air, and [illegible] he has been told that he served all through that war of the revolution. Please address Mrs. Newberry J. Howe, Delphi, Indiana
[illegible] D. A. R.
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1912 Mch. 12. History to Mrs. Newberry J. Howe
793 sent to photo mail of to Mrs. H. F. Gaffney and [illegible]
1931 Feb 11 Hist to Mrs. Herbert Fay Gaffney
1938 [illegible] Mrs. Jas. G. Johnson
3393
Invalid
File No. 3393
John Gwin Pri. N. Co. Militia
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:--Vol. A, Page 141
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Treasury Department, 
Second Comptroller’s Office,
June 18th, 1839
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April 1838, entitled “An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,” John Gwin, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Jackson, Ten: Agency, at the rate of thirty one Dollars and eighty eight Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept; 1837, to the 4th March, 1838.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Application for a new certificate
County of Dyer ss.
On this 11th day of September 1839 before me the subscriber, a justice of the peace for the said county of Dyer personally appeared John Gwin who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain David Vestel and Edward Gwin in the regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Taylor in the service of the United States. That his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Tennessee. That he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the secretary of war; which certificate on or about the 20th day of November 1838 at or near Jackson Tennessee was lost by his agent John G. Chambers who had the same in his possession as affiant is informed and believes.
Sworn to and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid
John Gwin
John C. North Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee
County of Dyer ss.
On this 11th day of September, 1839 before me John C. North a justice of the peace for said county of Dyer personally appeared Isaac Sampson with whom I am personally acquainted and whom I know to be a man of veracity, and who declares on his oath that he well knows John Gwin whose
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name is subscribed to the above affidavit to be the same John Gwin described in said affidavit, and that he saw the original pension certificate granted by the secretary of war in the possession of the said John Gwin, in [illegible] whereof he has hereunto subscribed his name
*sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid
Isaac Sampson
John C. North Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee
Dyer County
I Isaac Sampson clerk of the county court of said county of Dyer do hereby certify that John C. North whose name is applied to the foregoing certificates and affidavits is an acting Justice of the Peace of said county duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith is due his official acts as such and that the signatures to the two foregoing affidavits purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and applied my seal of office at office in Dyersburg this 11th day of September A. D. 1839
Isaac Sampson Clerk
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State of Tennessee
County of Dyer
On this 11th day of September 1839 before me the subscriber a justice of the peace for the said county of Dyer personally appeared John G. Chambers who on his oath declares that he is the same John G. Chambers that John Gwin appointed his agent to collect his pension at Jackson Tennessee. That he had said John Gwin’s original pension certificate signed by Lewis Cass secretary of war [illegible] possession, and that he lost the said original certificate at or near Jackson Tennessee on or about the 20th day of November 1838 after having drawn from the pension agent at Jackson the amount due said John Gwin from the 4th of March 1838 to the 4th September 1838. 
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid.
John G. Chambers
John C. North Justice of the Peace
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State of Tennessee
Dyer County
I Isaac Sampson Clerk of the county court of said county of Dyer do hereby certify that John C. North whose name is affixed to the foregoing affidavit is a acting justice of the peace of said county, duly commissioned and qualified according to law and that full faith and credit is due all his official acts as such. And that the signature to the foregoing affidavit purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Dyersburg this 11th day of September A. D. 1839.
Isaac Sampson Clerk
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Treasury Department
Second Comptroller’s Office
July 1st, 1840
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled “An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,” John Gwin, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Jackson, Tenn. Agency, at the rate of thirty one Dollars and 88 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of September 1838, to the 4th Sept. 1839.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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17.367
John Gwin 
Tennessee
1780
9 mos 17 days
$31.88
Thos. J. Jennings
Huntingdon
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Brief objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Gwin, which require further proof or explanation. 
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of war when he served?
V. *Has he mentioned 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? No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X. Is the Clerk’s seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI.	Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief regarding his age and the general belief of his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No
XII.	If the clergyman’s affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII.	If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof can not be had? 
XIV.	If the applicant’s name is not found on the rolls of military service, has be produced a witness or witnesses to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV.	Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or such an age, as to have personal knowledge of the applicant’s service?
XVI.	Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII.	Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? b 
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant can not, 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 first 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 his best 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.”
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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 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 shewn 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 a 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. 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, as to prevent the paper from being improperly attached to the certificate
	In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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Dyersburg Tenn
Oct 12, 1839
John L. Edwards Esq. 
Pension Office
War Department
Washington
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Dyersburg Ten Oct 8, 1839
John L. Edwards Esq. 
Pension Commissioner,
Sir
Enclosed you will receive Mr. John Gwin’s application for a new certificate which has been made up as nearly in accordance with the printed directions as the circumstances will permit. If there is any deficiency or irregularity please do this old pensioner the favor to inform me of it, as the old man is scarce able to get about at all much or to attend to his being in this matter. 
Very Respectfully your obedient servant,
Isaac Sampson
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Thos. J. Jennings agent
Huntingdon Tennessee
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Declaration (amended)
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7th, 1832.
State of Tennessee
Carroll County
On this 9th day of June A. D. 1834 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said county now sitting John Gwin, a resident of the county and state aforesaid, aged about seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following (amended) declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.
This declarant states that he was born on the 13th day of December A. D. 1764 in Orange County in the state of North Carolina. He has no record of his birth. Declarant continued to reside in the county in which he was born until 5 or 6 years after the close of the Revolutionary War, when he removed to Pendleton, and afterwards Greenville, South Carolina and remained in that state about 5 years. He then removed to [illegible] County, in this state and resided there about three years, he then removed to Smith County in this state, where he also resided about 3 years. He next removed to Robinson County in this state, where he resided until he removed to this county, which was about 13 years ago, and he has continued to reside in this county ever since.
This declarant entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and
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served as herein stated.
This declarant, in in the seventh of July 1780, as well as he recollects, joined as a substitute for on Randal Elmore, a company of drafted militia, raised in Orange County North Carolina, commanded by Captain Benjamin Rainey in the regiment commanded by a Colonel whose name declarant cannot recollect (In declarant’s original declaration it is stated that this regiment was commanded by Edward Gwin, this declarant’s brother; but upon reflection declarant knows this is an erroneous statement.) This militia was made by a [illegible] of the gentlemen who drew that declaration, and did not attract declarant’s attention, when it was made to him. He now remembers that his said brother was a wagon master in that Com. but knowing Gwin himself only [illegible] 15 and 16 years old the name of this Colonel has entirely escaped his recollection. 
This regiment was raised in said County of Orange and [illegible] at Hillsford Consistency, as well as declarant remembers of his company is commanded by Captain Price, Graves, Gresham, Rainey, and another whose name is not recollected. Major William McCauley commanded the battalion to which my company belonged, and the other was commanded by Major Anthony Sharpe. We marched for Hillsboro to the [illegible] Rainey where we remained 2 or 3 days and then we joined the Continental Army under Genl. Gates, our Militia Brigade was commanded by Genl. William Butler, We marched from [illegible]’s Creek to Rugeley’s Mill when we were joined by the Virginia Troops the evening before the battle of Camden these last troops were commanded by Genl. Lawson and Stephens and declarant remembers to have seen the [illegible] wound in the arm which he received
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[illegible] in with a party of the British, consisting of about 200 at Brown’s Marsh, and fought a battle with them in the night, in which battle I was wounded by a musketball, which passed through my left hip. Genl. William Butler, Colonel Moore, William Lytle, and Robt. Maben were all in this battle, but which of them was at the head of our party I do not know, tho I think it was Colonel Maben. Genl. Butler was there at the beginning of the action, but left in very soon. Some said the General’s [illegible] got scared and ran off with his horse. How the fact of was I know not. After this battle I was confined by my wound at the Heraw Hillson [illegible] for several months, precisely how many I do not recollect. From this time I left home on this tour under my brother William until I returned again after recovering from my wound I am confident was at least seven months, I know that or this tour I returned the service about the 1st of March 1781 and was continually in the service until some time in February of that year. As to this tour this declarant by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory cannot swear positively as to the precise length of service, but according to the best of his recollection he served on this tour as a private volunteer not less than 4 months. At the end of this tour I received no particular discharge either written or oral.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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. He has no documentary evidence of his claim, and knows no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service. He states that the Rev. Robert Baker Doctor William Parks, Maj. John McKernan and Edward Gwin Esq. clerk of this court are persons
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to support he is known in his neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief in his service as a soldier of the Revolution
John Gwin
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year above written
Edward Gwin Clerk
Rev. Robert Baker a clergyman residing in said county of Carroll and William Park, residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Gwin who was subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be about seventy years of age; and that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Rober Baker
William Parks
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court
Edward Gwin Clerk
And the said court hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after [illegible] 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 Robert Baker who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in said county of Carroll
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before day light on the night preceding Gates’ defeat we set out from Rugeley’s Mills about sunset the evening before that battle, and met the vace of the enemy, as well as I can remember, about half way to Camden, after midnight. After some fighting that night both sides retired. We met the enemy again next day at our 11 o’clock near the same ground, and there the battle was fought on the 15th of August 1780, called “Gates’ Defeat” Here my company were entirely discharged and never reorganized. We now called into service from tour of two months, which I consider myself as having served out, remaining till the end of that time surly. A to orders of my officers. At the end of this tour I received no discharge either written or oral, as soon as my first tour was out I volunteered, and served on tour of two months in the company commanded by Captain Joseph Gresham in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Taylor which was from the county of Orange. The same William McCauley was the other major in this regiment. I joined my company in Guilford county and we joined our regiment on a [illegible] in that county, and became attached in a few days to Genl. Green’s army and during this 2nd tour of 2 months we were marched about [illegible] thro’ Orange and Guilford Counties engaged in [illegible] and watching the movements of the enemy under Cornwallis. During this tour I was in a skirmish again at [illegible] Mills in Orange County, and in another against the same at [illegible]’s Mill in Guilford. During this tour I frequently saw Genl. Green and Col. Archibald Lytle and known of the north I believe continually, and Col. Robt. Maben, who I believe had no particular command at that time. At the end of this tour I do not remember how or by whom I was discharged, or where but if I received a written discharge it is long since lost. About the first of March 1781(and not in the latter part of 1780 as is erroneously stated in the original declaration), Captain Willaim Gwin, brother of this declarant, raised a company from Orange County, which was partly drafted and partly volunteered. In this company
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I volunteered and was placed under the command of my said brother William as Captain. I joined the company on Haw River in Guilford about the 1st of March 1781, as well as I can recollect, and on that [illegible] we joined General Green’s army. Our regiment was commanded by [illegible crossed text] Colonel William Lytle, brother of Colonel A. Lytle of the North Carolina Continentals whom I have already mentioned and under him by the same Majors Sharpe and Miles already mentioned. We belonged to the Brigade of Genl. William Butler, in a few days after we joined the main army on this tour the Battle of Guilford Courthouse took place in which I was engaged. I refer to my former declaration for such a description of this battle as I am about to give. About this time I saw Colonels Henry Lee and William Washington of the Virginia Light Horse. I also saw Col. Green (I think of the Virginia Continentals) I was not acquainted personally with any regular officer during either of my tours. We retreated from the battleground to the same works or Troublesome Creek in Guilford County and marched there to Ramsey’s Mills were he rested about two days. Here, after having serve in Capt. Willaim Gwin’s company about 3 weeks I joined the legion of Cavalry commanded by Col. Henry Lee of Virginia as a volunteer, being  permitted by my officers to do so. From Ramsey’s Mills the army marched to the [illegible] swamps near Camden and from there to [illegible], but before the army reached that place I was detailed (by whose order I do not recollect) from Lee’s Legion, and placed in the company commanded by Captain Price in the regiment of North Carolina Militia commanded by Colonel Thomas Taylor but he being sick, the regiment was then under the immediate command of Major Willaim McCauley. In this tour we marched towards Wilmington North Carolina, but before we reached that place
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and that Doctor William Parks who has above signed the same is a resident in said County of Carroll, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Tho. Hamilton J. P.
Wm. H. A. Bagby J. P.
John Dickson J. P.
I Edward Gwin, clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions of said county of Carroll in the state of Tennessee, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of John Gwin for a pension ([illegible] his amended declaration)
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office in Huntingdon this 9th day of June A. D. 1834
Edward Gwin Clerk