Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6877, John Gardner, N.C. S.C.
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
N.C.
S. C

Gardner, John

NUMBER
S. 6877.

Born in Pa.
CONTENTS
Carded
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4390
North Carolina
John Gardner
of Mecklingburgh Co in the State of NC who was a private  in the Company commanded
by Captain [John] Harris of the Regt commanded by  Col Davis [Lt. Col. William Richardson Davie] in the North Carolina Militia for twenty months and 14 days from 1781
[Black star]
N.C. and S.C. July 16, 1904
Records completed. 
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 48. Dollars 21 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of January 1833 and sent Hon. H W Conner H R
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 102.32
Semi=anl allowance ending March 1833   34.10 = $136.42
Revolutionary ... Act June ...
Recorded by Henry H Sylvester
Book D      Vol. 8     Page _

Payd  [illegible]: Let: Agt  Feby 28, '35
Pensioner March 5 1835
Let Agt Sep 14 Remmed, 1830
    "  Dan Alexander Sept 14. --
Dead
Letter to Pension Agt 26th Oct  '43
Paid at the Treasury under the
Act of 6 April 1838 from 4th
March to 22nd July 1842. Agent
Notified 11 April 1844
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State of North Carolina, Mecklenburg County: Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions August Term 1832
On this 28th day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Mecklenburg and State of North Carolina at the August term thereof John Gardner a resident of the County and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he was born
in the State of Pennsylvania in the County of Lancaster in the year 1760 – that he has no record of his age at this time that could be satisfactory – that he has yet in his possession his father's Bible in which his age as he has seen as there entered – but it is now through the lapse of time and use totally defaced and torn out – that the father of said Gardner left the State of Pennsylvania and removed to the State of North Carolina in the year 1764 or 1765 with the said John Gardner where he has resided ever since – And the said John Gardner further declares that he was living in the County of Mecklenburg when first called into service in the revolutionary
war – and that since the termination of said war he has continued to live in the same County. That he entered the service as a volunteer in the State Troop of North Carolina in the winter of 1780 previous to the fall of Charleston when General [Benjamin] Lincoln and his Army surrendered to the British – that Captain William Alexander commanded the company to which he belonged and that General [sic: Colonel] Francis Locke was the officer in command –that they marched towards Charleston and went as far as Camden – where hearing of the surrender of that place and the capture of the American Army – they halted – where he remained in encampment until the time for which he volunteered – that he volunteered for three months – and that he was there discharged 10 days after the expiration of the time – by the said General Locke but which discharge is lost. That he served again under Captain John Harris as a volunteer on a tour of three months – that General [Griffith] Rutherford was the officer in command – that he volunteered in Harris' Company in the year 17__ and was engaged mostly in scouting through the Country – on the
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borders of this State and the State of South Carolina – in what was called the Washaw [sic: Waxhaw] Settlement – that as he understood the object of the duty he was then on was to over awe the Tories – that it was shortly after the fall of Charleston, that during this tour he was in no battle – and that for that service he received from Rutherford
and the officers a verbal discharge – Immediately after Col. Bluford's [sic, Abraham Buford] Defeat in Waxhaw by the British under [Banastre] Tarleton he again volunteered and was out for three weeks under General [sic: Colonel] Robert Irwin of the States Troops – that he was some time under one Captain and then under another as he was ordered out or selected for any particular duty. That they were called out to oppose the advance of the British after Buford's defeat – that after it was ascertained that Tarleton had returned to Camden he was verbally dismissed – but with orders to hold himself in readiness at a moment's warning – and that he was out again on duty with said Irwin in the Waxhaw settlement – for a term of three
weeks – when Cornwallis came through Charlotte in pursuit of General Green [sic, Nathanael
Greene] – he was again out – and was commanded by Colonel [ Lt. Col. William Richardson] Davie  – That he was engaged in the stand that Colonel Davie made against the advance of Cornwallis at Charlotte  and in the fight or skirmish that took place – and was out about six weeks. That he was again out under General Rutherford on a tour of three weeks and was with him at the time intelligence was brought that the Tories had assembled in
Lincoln County at Ramsour's Mill-- upon intelligence being brought – Major [sic: Captain Galbraith] Falls was dispatched to reconnoiter – and Rutherford with his forces moved on in the same direction – he was not with Falls' company – that he belonged to the mounted riflemen – and was dispatched immediately by Rutherford after an express had arrived of the battle being fought – to protect the American forces and to prevent the Tories from rallying – they arrived upon the battle ground –but the Tories had retreated – being effectually routed– That he was
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again on a tour of three weeks – after the Battle of Guilford [Courthouse] under General Francis Locke on the Yadkin [River]–and one John Wilson Captain – that it was expected that Cornwallis would again cross the Yadkin – and that [General Nathanael] Greene would hang on his rear and they stationed themselves at the Yadkin to impede the return or progress of Cornwallis South. That he volunteered again in the service of the States Troop of South Carolina – in March 1781 – that his Captain was William Alexander –his Colonel was Wade Hampton and the General was Thomas Sumpter [sic, Thomas Sumter]-- and that he engaged for ten months – that during the whole of the time he was actively engaged –and was at the taking of several fort – the first was Orangeburg – General Sumter was the commanding officer when that fort was surrendered – the next was Thompson's Fort Thomson's
Fort] – at which place Colonel Lee [Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee] of the Continental line and General Sumter both acted – and the last fort taken was Friday's [Ferry] Fort [Granby] on the Congaree [River]– three miles below Columbia – that that fort was besieged two weeks – by General Sumter – and taken by Lee when Sumter was dispatched against Orangeburg. That at the Six mile house near Charleston he was engaged in a skirmish with a British force – that Colonel Wade Hampton was the commanding officer – that previous to the battle of Eutaw [Eutaw Springs] he obtained a furlough to come home into North Carolina to get clothing that he hired Zachariah Stedham as a substitute in his place – for the three weeks – that his substitute Stedham was in the battle of Eutaw and was wounded in that engagement – that he was discharged by Colonel Hampton at Brown's old fields on the Congaree River – that discharge is lost or mislaid– and that he has no documentary evidence of the fact – unless the be among the papers
of the State of South Carolina – if any there be – that the whole time he was out as a volunteer in the revolutionary war was as herein stated about twenty months and two weeks – he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and
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he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State and that he refers to the
certificate of Robert Hall Morrison a clergyman resident in said County of Mecklenburg and the certificate of William Alexander resident in said County of his character for veracity and for proof of his services --
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid. S/ John Gardner

and the the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and
after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant
was a revolutionary soldier and served as he States - And the Court certifies that it appears to them that Robert Hall Morrison who has signed the following certificate is a clergy man resident in the County of Mecklenburg and that William Alexander who has also signed the same is resident of said County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.

We Robert Hall Morrison a clergyman resident in Mecklenburg County and William Alexander resident in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Gardner who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be 73 years of age –that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the
Revolution and that we concur in that opinion – William Alexander further swears that the said John Gardner served under him as private when he went out under General Locke on a tour of three months and that he again
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served  under him as a private under General Sumpter in
Colonel Wade Hamptons regiment in the States troop of
South Carolina ten months
Robert H. Morrison
William his X mark Alexander
I Isaac Alexander Clerk of the Court of pleas
and quarter sessions of Mecklenberg and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the forgoing contains
the original proceedings of the said Court in
the matter of the application John Gardner for
a pension. In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and seal of office at
office this 28th day of August 1832-
Isaac Alexander Clk
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Washington 11th Jany 1833. I believe that, thou two spent on
pieces of papers were prepared, and submitted to Court at the same time. I have been notified of this application
of Jno Gardiner & requested to attend to it
Henry W. Connor
Lep 25
10918
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John Gardiner
North Carolina
No 10918
return
16.
January 2. 1833
Hon. H. W. Connor
H. of R.
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BRIEF in the case of John Gardiner
of Mecklenburg County   in the State of N C 
 (Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity ?
3. How old is he? 72 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.   Volunteer  In 1780
Duration of Service . 3 Mos, 10 days,
not stated, 3 wks, 3 wks, about 6 wks,
= 9 months, 7 days
March 1781 1 year, 4 months, 21 days  
Rank. As a Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen. Lock, Rutherford                
Capt Alexander, Capt Harris
Col Davis, Capt Wilson
Capt Sumpter, Col Wade Hampton
Capt Alexander
5. In what battles was he engaged?  Forts in South - Tory
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Mecklenburg  County  North Carolina
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?    one living witness in proof & Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect ?
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.
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Copied from A.W.J. hist June 10-1931
February 24, 1932.
BA-J/ADY
Mrs. Maude G. Gillespie
6342 Lindenhurst Avenue,
Los Angeles, California.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one John Gardner, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for
pension, S.6877, based upon his military service in that war.
John Gardner was born in 1760 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He moved with his father, whose name is not given, in 1764 or 1765, to the State of North Carolina.
While residing in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served with the North Carolina troops in 1780 as follows: three months in Captain William Alexander's Company, Colonel Francis Locke's Regiment; three months in Captain John Harris' Company under General Rutherford; six weeks under Colonel Irwin; three weeks under General Rutherford and six weeks in
Colonel Davie's Regiment, and was in the battle of Charlotte. There are no specific dates of service given.
Soon after the battle of Guilford Court House he served three weeks in Captain John Wilson's Company. He volunteered soon after the expiration of this service and served ten months in Captain William Alexander's Company, Colonel Wade Hampton's South Carolina Regiment and was at the taking of the following forts: Friday, Orangeburg and Thompson, also in a battle at the Six Mile House near Charleston, South Carolina.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832, at which time he was living in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
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He died July 22, 1842.
It is not stated that soldier ever married.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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State of North Carolina Mecklenburg County  I Broly Oates clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions  held for the  County  & State aforesaid do hereby certify that  Matthew Wallace whose signature appears  to the within  affidavit  is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said  County  and that the  signature purporting to be his is genuine. I further certify that  John Robinson whose name appears to the attached certificate  is a Minister of the Gospel in good standing and Pastor of the Church which he has stated. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name  and affixed the seal of my office at Charlotte the 5th day of September  A.D.  1835 . B. Oates ( signed / sealed ) C.C.C.  

State of  North Carolina Mecklenburg County  I James H Orr  presiding Justice  of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions  do hereby certify that B. Oates who  gave the above certificate is clerk of  our Court  and that it is in due form of Law, and that full faith and credit is due to him as such . Given under my hand this  5th  day of Sept. 1835. Jas. H. Orr ( signed ) Presiding Justice
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State of North Carolina Mecklenburg County
Capt William Alexander & James Sloan both Citizens of the County aforesaid both being duly sworn in solemn form of Law, deposeth & saith he the sd William Alexander Captn that John Gardner did serve in the Company by him Commanded in the ten months service in the State of South Carolina under Gen Thos Sumpter the full Term of ten months to his his certain knowledge & he the said James Sloan saith that to his certain knowledge John Gardner did serve the term of Ten Months in the State of South Carolina under the command of Gen. Thomas Sumpter and these deponent sd
William Alexander & Said James Sloan further saith not
[signed] William Alexander captain
James Sloan

Sworn to & Subscribed this 16th day of April 1835 before
Tho Wallace JP

I do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with John Gardner since the year 1780. I believe that he was in the service of the American army in what is usually termed the ten months service, in the Company of Captain William Alexander, under the command of Col. Wade Hampton

Given under my hand this 4th day of July 1835.
[signed] Jno Robinson D.D.
Pastor of Poplar Tent Church
Cabarrus County, N. Carolina
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT 
Second Comptroller's Office,
Nov - 8th  1843.
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," and the third section of the Act od August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their Pensions from the pension agents,  Adm of John Gardner, decd a Pensioner on the Roll of the North Carolina Agency, at the rate of Sixty eight  Dollars and 21 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 
1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March -   to the 422nd July 1862.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Pension Office
Fayetteville Oct 3d 1843
James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
Please authorise the payment of the Amr.  of John Gardner
Act 1832 or of b8.21. p Amer.
I am very
respectfully
Your Obt Serv.
Jhn Huske
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Charlotte North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
Dear Sir after my respects to you I inform you that we have obtained as we think sefficent evidence for Mr John Gardners Services in the war of Revolution although we cannot get the evidence that you Required from the Comtroler of S.C,
Mr Gardner says that there is in the City of washington a gentleman the name of Col. Hunter that can certify to his services also sir if these papers lacks any thing or if you Require any thing that is in our power to help Mr Gardner to his pension we will try to do it for he is a poor old man not able to labour for his living & we think he is justly intitled the small sum that you have heretofore allowed him
Yours Respectfully
Dan Alexander
J L Edwards
Comr of Pensions
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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 Gardiner                                                           which require                                               further proof or explanation. 

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes

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 the war when he served? Yes
                                                           
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 amout of pension he is entitled?  Yes
                     

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  Yes
            

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes


IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes


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?  Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes 

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 

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 cannot be had?
                          one living witness in [illegible]


XIV.+ If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified that he, she ot they are persons of credibility? Yes

Has the the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Yes


XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?   Yes 

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?       Yes
                                                          ________________________________
                                                                     EXPLANATORY NOTES. 

QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:

" Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; 
For _____year _____ months, and ____days,
I served as a_____ For_________months   and ______days, 
I served as a __________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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June 10, 1931
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF: MLB

Mrs. W. S. Gillespie
C/o J. H. Wallace
1813 Monte Vista Drive
Whittier, California

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 6677, that John Gardner was born in 1760 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He moved with his father, whose name is not given, in 1764 or 1765, to the State of North Carolina.

While residing in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served with the North Carolina troops in 1780 as follows: three months in Captain William Alexander's company, Colonel Francis Locke's regiment; three months in Captain John Harris' Company under General Rutherford; six weeks under Colonel Irwin, three weeks under General Rutherford and six weeks in Colonel Davie's regiment, and was in the battle of Charlotte. There are no specific dates of service given.

Soon after the battle of Guilford Court House he served three weeks in Captain John Wilson's company.

He volunteered soon after the expiration of this service and served ten months in Captain William Alexander's company, Colonel Wade Hampton's South Carolina regiment and was at the taking of the following forts -- Friday, Orangeburg and Thompson, also in a battle at the Six Mile House near
Charleston, South Carolina.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832, at which time he was living in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
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He died July 22, 1842.
It is not stated that soldier ever married.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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September 23, 1929

Mrs. P. J. Gantt
557 West 12th Street
New York, New York

Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.6877, it appears that John Gardner was born in 1760, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He moved with his father, whose name is not given, in 1764 or 1765, to the State of North Carolina.

While residing in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served with the North Carolina Troops in 1780 as follows:

Three months in Captain William Alexander's Company, Colonel Francis Locke's Regiment; three months in Captain John Harris' Company under General Rutherford; six weeks under Colonel Irwin, three weeks under General Rutherford and six weeks in Colonel Davie's Regiment, was in the battle
of Charlotte. There are no specific dates of service given.

Soon after the battle of Guilford Court House he
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served three weeks in Captain John Wilson's Company.

He volunteered soon after the expiration of this service, and served ten months in Captain William Alexander's Company, Colonel Wade Hampton's South Carolina Regiment and was at the taking of the following forts: Friday, Orangeburg and Thompson, also in a battle at the Six Mile House
near Charleston, South Carolina.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832, at which time he was living in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

He died July 22, 1842.

It is not stated that soldier ever married.

Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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6342 Lindenhurst Ave
Los Angeles, Calif -
Feb. 18th
Veterans Administration
Washington - D.C.
I notice you say you sent in the record of John Garder (S. 6877) on June 10th 1931. I did not receive such. Surely the information contained in the enclosed below should be sufficient to enable one to find records of service. It was taken from various authentic histories - Please try again -  Send papers of John Garder
Very Truly yours -
Maude G. Gillespie

[stamp] RECEIVED FEB 19 1932; RECEIPT SECTION; PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
February 2, 1932.
IN REPLY REFER TO:
YOUR FILE REFERENCE BA-J/ABY

Mrs. Maude G. Gillespie,
6342 Lindenhurst Avenue,
Los Angeles, California.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.

A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of
William Bailey, Johnathan Bailey of William Whitehead as described by you.

This office has no record of services rendered prior to the Revolution.

If you are interested in the record of a John Gardner other than the one whose record ( S. 6877 ) was furnished you on June 10, 1931 please furnish as much as possible of the following data as a means of identifying the record: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.

Very truly yours,
[signed] A.D. Hiller
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator,

[two stamps]
RECEIVED
FEB 19 1932
Mail Sub-Div
Reader 20

RECEIVED
FEB 19 1932
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION
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6342 Lindenhurst Ave
Los Angeles, Calif
Jan 19th '32
Will you please send me the pension papers of John Gardner a Revolutionary Soldier from North Carolina -he was married in 1796 - also those of John Gardner, born in England - served from 1776 -1776 as a private and as a Sergeant in the 5th Va. Regiment under the command of Col. Alexander McClanahan - he married Violet Garder -- Sec. 83145 - 77646 U.S. D.A. R - think he died 1852 -
also
Pension papers of William Bailey - married Sally Webster - one Johnathan Bailey - served

[two rubber stamps]
[stamp that reads RECEIVED FEB 19 1932; MA SUB-DIV; U.S.V.B. READER 20]
[stamp that reads RECEIVED; FEB 19 1932; RECEIPT SECTION; PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION]
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3 years in [illegible]ntal line
land granted as a claim - Febr 1784.
he died in 1784 - Va. Court Record by Crozier - No. 10. p. 27 -

Pension papers of Lieut Col Thomas Milner a Military officer in 1680- from [illegible] Co. Va.

Also there of William Whitehead of Southampton Co Virginia  - he and Patience Boykin - 1790
was Intermarried in Rev War

Please give this matter your attention
Maude Gardner Gillespie
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Whittier, California
1813 Monte Vista Dist.
June 1st
Veterans Administration
Bureau of Pensions
Washington -
Mr. E. W. Morgan -
I am unable to give you any exact data on John Gardner - only know he served in the Rev. War. That he was born in Ju. & served late in to North Carolina - William Bailey, who married Sally Webster, served 3 yrs in Ju. Continental Mil - 1784 - Cause
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granted to him in 1784 - he died same year -
William Whitehead - b. in Ju. enlisted in Ju - & died there. was a Rev. soldier - know nothing further.
I am or very anxious he because the pension papers of the above named person and hope you may be able to secure them for all.
Very Truly yours -
Maude G Gillespie
Mr. W. S. Gillespie
1813 Monte Vista Dist -
Whittier, Cal.
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3-2562
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
UNITED STATES
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington 
May 11, 1931.
Mrs. W. S. Gillespie, c/o J. H. Wallace
1813 Monte Vista Drive
Whittier, California.
Dear Madam:
I advise you that the data furnished by you are not sufficient to enable this bureau to make intelligent reply to the queries contained in your letter.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below, as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this bureau.
First name of widow [blank]
Full name of soldier John Gardner -
Residence of soldier at enlistment Va.
Residence of soldier after service North Carolina & Tennessee
Name of state from which he enlisted Va - (I think) [illegible] North Carolina
Approximate date of birth 174-.
Approximate date of death do not know -
Kindly return attached letter with your reply.
Respectfully,
[signature: E W Morgan]
E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.
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Rev War
6877
INVALID.
_____________
File No. 6877
John Gardner
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index:--Vol. 1st, Page 137
[Arrangement of 1870.]



1929 - Sept 23 Hist. to Mrs. P J Gantt see
letter in George Jernigan S. 8756
1931 June 10 - Hist. to Mrs. W S Gillespie,
1932 Nov. 24  Hist. to Mrs. Maude G. Gillespie