Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,437, William Gipson, N.C.
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Indiana 19342
William Gipson of Boon Co [sic Boone County] in the State of In^a [Indiana] who was a Seg & pr in the co commanded by Captain Armstrong of the regt commanded by Col Armstrong in the N.C. [missing word] for 18 mo^s private 6 m[?] Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll of In^a at the rate of 90 Dollars -- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Augt 1833 and James M Ray Indianapolis
Arrears to the 4th of March            180--
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept   45--
                                                         225--

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 112

Died Apr 9, 1835 [Handwritten on right]
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Wm Gipson
Ind
from [illegible] private
& sergt 2 yrs
Prv 18 mos   60
Sergt 6 mos  30
                     90
4,5,16
[illegible] 23.33

Hon John Tipton 
P-211
Jas M Ray
Indianapolis
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BRIEF in the case of William Gipson of Boon 
County of in the state of Indiana

Act 7th June 1832


1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge : Before in County

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 79

4. State his service as directed in the form annexed


Period Duration of Service Years Months Days Rank As a Names of General and Field Officers Under whom he served
Volunteered in June or July 1777|almost 6 months|Sergeant|Col. Wm. Armstrong}North Carolina
March or April In 1778 [illegible]|3 months|private| Capt J.P.[?] Armstrong}[illegible]
Some time in the winter of 1779 until October or November [illegible]| not defined|Ranger|Col Piscott Nome Capt. John Haly }Rangers
entered the service about 1st Mar. 1781 & was discharged July 1781|almost 4 months|private| Col Philip Allston}N. Carolina Capt. Crumwell} [illegible]
[illegible] about 1 March 1781 until summer of 1782|not defined| "| Capt. Thomas Hamilton




5. In what battles was he engaged: Brier Creek, Eutaw Spring

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Volunteer Rowan Cy. North Carolina lived in Guilford Cy. N.C.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence or by the rolls? Traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication, and if so, in what respect? Not attached
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas G. Wilcox Examining Clerk
19. Jany 1833
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[all entries handwritten]
William Gipson
Pension Papers
Boon [sic Boone] County Indiana
Care of Hon J Tipton
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and the [stated] Colonel William Armstrong went in company with therein this applicant with the company marched from Roan [sic Rowan] Court house to Randolph court house - thence to Hillsborough thence to Chatham County thence up deep River to the Sand hills - at the latter place the company took several scats[?] tories and there being one of them thence proceeded up Deep River into Moore County, where they met with Colonel Philip Alston's Regiment, and marched with his Regt about 15 miles to [word crossed out] Col A's plantation.  He recollects there was one Capt John Carroll & one Major Irvin belonging to Alstons Regt. At Alstons plantation they left his Regt and applicants company proceeded low dawn on the Big Pedee [sic Pee Dee] River, about the swamps on that River where his company dispersed a lawles[?] of tories - He then, with his company, marched up the Rver to the Grassy Islands where the company haulted and his Captain took out about 30 men, among which number this applicant was one, and went to the lawles[?] end of Randolph County to take or disperse one Hugh McPherson & his associates, tories, who were there collected & forming into a band to commit depredations - This force of 30 men ranged through the [illegible] part of Randolph and Rockingham Counties & went to a quaker meeting house in the Carteret [?] County where they took one Campbell, a lieut in McPhersons company, and from thence immediatly started to meet the balance of his company, left in command of Col Armstrong, (Genl Pack having returned home when the company were at Randolph County
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on their march out) and they proceeded[?] on their journey about 4 days, when at night, some disaffected persons in the detachment, as it was supposed, turned Campbell loose & he made his escape. The company then proceeded and [illegible]Col Armstrong, in the lawles[?] end of Roan County, and the Yadkin River; & then proceeded home, where he arrived about the last of November or first of December to the best of his recollection, making a campign of about six months the term for which he volunteered. During his absince his mother a widow woman was tied up & whiped by the tories, her house burned & property all destroyed. 
2d This applicant wants now set forth his 2d tour of duty as a soldier of the Revolution. In the month of March or April, but the precise month not now recollected, in the year 1778 Genl Pack ordered Col Armstrong with the same company, in detachment to march to the upper parts of South Carolina on the waters of the Pedee [sic Pee Dee] River to disperse certain tories then in the neighborhood collected. This applicant with his company, under the same Col & Capt & other company officers (except he declined serving as sergeant) in pursuence of the Genl's order, in the year & one of the months last above stated, met at Genl Pack's, where they rendezvoused one day, then marched to the above place of destination being about 60 or 70 miles from Roan Court house that he thinks sometime in the month of May, but is not certain he & his companions in arms on some small branch of the Pedee [sic Pee Dee] or Yadkin ingaged with a number of tories & in the engagement Colonel Armstrong received a shot in the hips, which penetrated through & through. In this ingagement there were three of his company wounded & several killed, to the best of his recollection. The tories were [illegible] & a number killed & wounded they were commanded to the best
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his recollection by one Bryant, & is certain the tory company were a squadron of Bryants men. Col Armstrong was taken home, where he shortly after to the best of his recollection died, with his wound above described and after the ingagement above related, this applicant & his company in about 3 weeks returned home nearly direct from [word crossed out] a little town in South Carolina, called Charlotte. The company marched to find Sack's in Roan County, and there this applicant received a discharge from the Genl including his first term of service of six months and the last tour of duty three months, which was certified in the same discharge - the last campaign he thinks terminated in the months of July or August & made nine months, which he had then served his country in the cause of Independence. But the discharge showing these two terms of service, this applicant regrets to say were not esteemed as valuable as the prosperity of his country and the gratitude of the present generation, have since made it and he in a short time afterwards lost or mislaid the same & has no knowledge at this time of its existence.
3 Sometime in the winter of 1789, this applicants family having suffered greatly by the disaffected
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with no little satisfaction, as they were then supposed to belong to [^the] identicle hand who inhumanly inflicts corporeal punishment upon his helpless parent who had committed no other offence that that of earnestly exhorting her sons to be true to the cause of American Liberty.
So notorius was the conduct of this applicant & his party towards to the tories of that neighborhood, that they were compelled to range the country not daring to return home [^to stay anytime] or seperate until about Christmass 1779, when he seperated from his party where he staid for the most part of his time until about October or November 1780.
4 In the months of October or Novembe 1780, there was to the best of applicants recollection a call for a regiment of men in the counties of Gilford Randolph & Moore, & Colonel Philip Alston & Captain Carroll wrote from Moore County, where they resided [word crossed out] to Gilford County where he resided requesting him to join their Regt to go to the Southward. This applicant upon recieving this letter, went without delay, to Col Alstons & in about two weeks after his arrival, the Regt was made up, and on or about the first of November 1780, the Regt marched as it was then said to join Genl Greens army. They crossed the Pedee at the Grassy Islands, thence towards Columbus S.C. & within a short distance of that place had a slight
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"brush" with the enemy. Thence they marched towards Camden across the Watere [sic Wateree] Riverabove Camden. Thence towards the Congeree [^where his Regt joined Genl Pickens Regt who took command] crossed this stream below Columbia S.C.; thence they marched towards Savannah, crossed Brier Creek & within a few miles of the crossing of that creek, they joined the main army commaded by Genl Green. Thence down to the mouth of Brier Creek, where the American Army haulted & the British Army came up & gave battle. This applicant was in gagements. He was close by Col Alston when he hoisted a white handkerchief, upon the hilt of his sword, as a signal of his surrender & this applicant with twenty or thirty of the Regt including Col A, were taken prisoners - and a great number but how many he does not recollect, were taken prisoners from other Regts. The prisoners in a few days were marched towards Savannah, and this applicant with the rest were there confined in an old ship, called the Old RoeBuck, which was placed at a considerable distance out in the Bay. He thinks about 500 prisoners were in the ship, including what were in before, with [^the] number captured at the mouth of Brier Creek. This applicant well remembers the severity of this imprisonment. He & his fellow sufferers were daily tempted to inlist into the Kings army, by gold & promis - a great many listed & many died with disease.  After he had indured for better than a month, his imprisonment, Col Alton proposed to him & several others - particular & personal friends, to make their escape from the ship.
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by throwing certain scantling out of the port hole. This project was accordingly about 10 or 11 o'clock that night put into execution by the Col by throwing a few pieces of scantling out as proposed. The Col got out & this applicant, alone fellow w him, the others not venturing the hazardous interprise. This applicant placing himself upon a piece of scantling, followed his brave Col & together with ["them" crossed out] him, as a good Providince would have it, this applicant was after some little effort & the aid of the tide which was then favorable, carried to land safe. He & the Col entered a swamp, & where they wandered that night. At daylight, they were directed by the sound of an axe to a negro man who was boating[?] wood, or rather towing it out with a canoe. The Col soon made an agreement with the negro to set him & this applicant upon a certain point, not now recollected & the Col was to carry the negro {^to] the British. & set him free. as a reward for his services. & they were accordingly taken to the place. They there left the canoe in the care of the negro, promising him to return soon. & fulfil the agreement. That day after the negro [illegible] then they doged[?] about plantations then being in an enemy county, until night, when the Col left the applicant. & went to a house, where he procured a piece of meet & returned. They attempted, dark as it was,
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to travel on towards the upper part of South Carolina. After several days, they arrived at one Hughs an accquaintance of the Col. He furnished the Col with a negro, a horse money & clothes, and with this applicant traveled to the Naschows[?] Settlement to the widow Jacksons - mother of the now venerable President of the U States to the west of this applicants present belief. At the widow Jacksons they staid two days. There, at the hands of the old lady, they hath received a suit of clothes, the Col was furnished also by her with a horse to ride home. They arrived at the Col residence in Moore County, late in the winter of 1781. There the colonel gave this applicant a discharge, and he thinks the last of February 1781 making about four months. This discharge he also shortly after lost. He returned home to Gilford County there staid a few days, but such was the notoriety of his sentiments & feelings & attachment to the cause of Liberty, among the tories, that he did not feel safe to continue there but for a few days.
5th And about the first of March 1781, with one Captain Thomas Hamilton with about 14 or 15 others volunteered to go, & meet the main army under General Green, then retreating before the British.
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They met the main army at Charlotte S.C.  Their little squad kept along near the main army for several days, until they arrived at Salsbury, and continued on in the same manner, until they arrived at the Moravian towns, and thence through Gilford County.  Crossed Haw River at the high rock ford - thence to Halifax old town in the state of Va where Greens army was [illegible] & the British retreated, & the American army following [illegible] the Haw River at the same place where the British burned thir waggons. But this applicants party arrived on the ground before they were intirly burned. Next morning Capt. Hamilton of this applicants party had a little ingagment with the flanks of the British and this applicant had his horse shot from under him, lost his pistols, sword & cap & made his escape back to the main army. Capt Hamilton procured a horse & equipments for this applicant, & the was again mounted thence they proceeded to Gilford Court house. & the British to deep River meeting house. As these two [illegible]
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the two armies lay preparing for Battle several days. The 14th of March to the west of his recollection Capt. Hamilton advised his party to jooin Col Littles Company and the party accordingly fell in when the left wing of Littles Regt. And [^on] the 15th he was ingaged in the Battle at Gilford Court house. [illegible] army retreated to troublesome [illegible] [^on the waters of River] works on ["works' crossed out] where they rendezvoused for one day with the main army. When with Capt. Hamilton's squad, they again returned to near Gilford Court house, & there discovered the British to be upon the move. They returned back to the main army, but found them just ready to proceede after the British - his party continued to follow the main army, camped with it (if not out at night) for several days, when Green turned again for South Carolina.  Hamilton with his party, left the main army, & went down into North Carolina, to one Colonel Crumps, who commanded a Regt of militia, where this applt with Hamilton's party, staid some days perhaps a week then they crossed the Pedee, in S.C.  Joined a party commanded by one Marian, with whom they staid about 2 weeks, caught one tory, who was left with Marian to deal with. Then Hamilton's party went again to Genl Green army, laying between the Watere [sic Wateree] & Congeree,
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when they came to the army, they were preparing to march to the Euta [Eutaw] Springs, where the British army then lay. The day after they arrived, the army moved towards the Springs, Hamilton's party continued to flank the main army until the day before the ingagment at the springs when they ["day before they" struck out] attached themselves to Washingtons corpse, of horse, & entered into the engagment with that corpse. The horse broke through the brush breast works, inclosing the springs. Washington was taken prisoner, & they retreated back about 5 miles, upon the same road ["they marched in" struck-out] upon which they had marched to the ingagement. There the party under Hamilton, again left the main army & went back towards the springs, to take observations of the enemy - whom they found retreating & they returned again towards Greens army & found him advancing again towards the springs. They proceeded with the Americans harrasing[?] the British until the lath[?] took shelter in Charlestown. Green marched then  up to what was called "the 4 holes" to winter over a short time after thin going into winter quarters the army had cause to celebrate & rejoice at the fall of Ld. Cornwallace's
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Soon after this memorable event this applicant took sick - went about 4 miles from the main army & lay at a private house all winter, sick & in the meantime his party under Hamilton returned to N.C. In March or April he went into camp where he found that Hamilton had left a discharge with one Col [blank] of the regular army and a recommendation or paper certifying the good conduct of this applicant, both of which this applicant lost or mislaid in the very few years. He returned home the summer of 1782 on foote, having the winter before lost his horse. He he hereby relinquishes all & every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & hereby declares that his name is not upon the pension Roll of [^the [illegible] of] any state or Territory of the U State. This applicant in answer to the interrogatories necessary to be put by the War department would state that - He was informed by his mother that he was born in the year 1753 but he has no record of his age.
When called into service, he was living in Gilford County N.C., but volunteered in Roan [sic Rowan] County in the same state.  He was as he is informed born at Monks [sic Moncks] Corner S.C.
Since the Revolution, he lived 3 years in Gilford County N.C.  - 2 years in Winchester Virginia - then 1 year in Rockingham County NC - 1-2 years in Wilkes
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& Rowan Counties N C - there about [blank] years on Clinch River Va; in 1800. he moved to Ky where he resided until 1829, when he removed to this state and has resided in Boon County & in the same neighborhood for the last two years.
He would further state that he knows of  no person now living (["yet presumes there are persons" struck out] living who has any personal knowledge of his services as set forth. That he has no documentary proof of such service. That he not being able to write his own name until he was about 40 years of age was & is yet incapable of preserving his papers. 
He does ["not" struck out] recollect the names of ["no" struck out] other officeres in the regular army but the list would be too tedious should he go over other names than those set forth
He is well acquainted with John Turner a clergyman living in his immediate neighborhood who is now laying very sick & unable to attend court also he is acquainted with Jacob Johns one of the Boon circuit court before where the
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declaration is made and William Turner who resides in this applicants present neighborhood & who can testify as to his good character for truth & veracity. 
Wm Gipson
Sworn & subscribed the day & year first above written in open court} 
David Hoover Clerk
["The" struck out] Jacob Johns who says he has been well acquainted with the said William Gipson who signed & swore to the above declaration in the state of Kentucky & this state for about thirty years last past and also William Turner who has also been acquainted with him about 17 years in KY & Ina & who resides in the same neighborhood of the [aforesaid] applicant: that they believe him to be seventy eight or nine years of age that he is reputed & believed in the several places they have known him to have been a soldier of the Revolution & they concur in that opinion.
{Jacob Johns
{William Turner
Sworn & subscribed in open court the day & year first above written
Davidd Hoover Clerk
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatiories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Jacob Johns and William Turner who signed the preceeding certificate residents of the said county of Boon and in the immediate neighborhood of the applicant are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
Signed in behalf of the Court
B F Morris [illegible]

I David Hoover Clerk of the Circuit Court of Said County do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the application of William Gibson for a pension.

Boone County Seal [Handwritten & outlined like a postage stamp]

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of my office this nineteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
Cornelius Westfall Deputy 
F[illegible] David Hoover Clerk
I David Hoover Clerk of the circuit Court of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Gipson for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this twenty second day of April win the year of our lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty three
David Hoover Clerk
Boon County Seal [Diamond shaped Seal affixed sideways]
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Wm Gipson's Application for a pension returned & corrected. Any communication on the subject, please to direct to James M. Ray, or Calvin Fletcher of Indianapolis Indiana.

N.[?] B.  The sec'y at war would confer a favor on one, who is considered by those who know him, to be a revolutionary worthy of great merit, should there be any doubt as to the merits of his application, by calling on the Pres. of the UStates, who, the appt says he believes is personally acquainted with some of the facts set out in the 9th page -

from private 
& Sergt 2 yrs
Pension   60 --
Sept 6     30 --
              $90 -- 
James M Ray,
Indianapolis Ind.
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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 William Gipson 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? No
[illegible]
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 regulations? Yes

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

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes

IX. Has the Court 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 or another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting 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? Yes

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? Yes

XIV. * If the applicant’s name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?

If he has produced direct proof as to service, as 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 of 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? 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 services 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 __ year ____ 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 be 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 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 authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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The State of Indiana}
Marion County}
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Marion and State of Indiana, William Gipson, 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 greades -: For fwo years and five months, I served as a private soldier: and for six months, I served as an orderly, or first sergent and for such service I claim a pension.
And the said Gipson Further upon his oath says that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise months of the several years he entered the service to perform the respective tours of duty, set out in his application, but the periods of the war when he served are therein mentioned to the best of his recollection-
Wm Gipson

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd day of May 1833 as witness my hand & seal  Caleb Scuddle [or possibly Scudder], Justice of the peace   [handwritten seal]
Office of Secretary of State of Indiana}
J William Sheets Secretary of State for the State of Indiana do hereby certify that the the above named Caleb Scuddle is an acting Justice of the Peace for the county of Marion and state aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified according the statutes of the state aforesaid.
In testimony whereof I have hereto placed my name and caused the state seal to be affixed at Indianapolis this 3d day of May, A.D. 1833  W. Sheets Scy of State.
[Seal affixed left bottom is illegible]
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State of Indiana            Secretary's Office

I William Sheets Secretary of State for the state aforesaid do hereby certify that the written named Caleb Seudder is and was at the time of taking the above deposition an acting Justice of the Peace for Marion County and that aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified according to law, and that the signature purporting to be his are genuine, and that the written named David Hoover, who has certified the proceedings of the 
(unintelligible) Circuit court, is the clerk of said court, duly commissioned and (unintelligible). 

in testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the State of Indiana, this 3rd day of May 1833.

Wm. Sheets, Sec't (Secretary) of State
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Mrs. Omer Bock
Greencastle
Indiana
Dear Madam:
December 13, 1937
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/EEL
William Gipson-S.17437
Indiana.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to your great grandfather, William Gipson,
a Revolutionary War soldier, who is buried in Boone County, Indiana.
A very careful examination has been made of the papers
on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 17437, based
upon the military service of William Gipson, in that war and
his history is furnished herein as shown in those papers,
William Gipson was born at Monk's Corner, South Carolina,
in December, 1753. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Guilford County, North Carolina, William
Gipson volunteered in June or July, 1777, and served as
orderly or 1st sergeant in Captain James Armstrong's Company,
Colonel William Armstrong's  Company,
Colonel William Armstrong's North Carolina Regiment, went in
pursuit of the Tories and served six months; he stated that while he was away on this tour, his widowed mother was tied
up and whipped by the Tories, her house burned and all her property destroyed, "her only offense being that she earnestly
exhorted her sons to be true to the cause of American liberty."
He enlisted in March or April, 1778, served three months as private in
same company and regiment and was in engagement with the Tories
where Colonel Armstrong received a mortal wound; later he served as a private under Captain John Haley and Colonel Risdell Moore, in the Rangers, captured several prominent Tories, he said and served until Christmas: he again enlisted, (written script: he said 1780 but as Briar Creek was in'79, did not use date) served as a private in Captain Carroll's Company, Colonel Philip Alston's
North Carolina Regiment, was in the battle of Brier Creek, where he was captured with his colonel and a number of the regiment,
 was taken to Savannah, and placed on board the British did not use
ship, "Roebuck", from which he and Colonel Alston made their
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escape by throwing pieces of scantling out of the port holes,
then jumping into the water and floating with a tide which
happened to be favorable, to the shore, after which they made
their way through the country, often through swamps, to the
home of Colonel Alston in Moore County, North Carolina, Soldier
stated that while on the way, they stopped at the home of
the widow Jackson, mother of President Jackson, who gave them
clothing and the colonel a horse to ride and where they remained
two days. Mrs Jackson was then living in the Waxhaw Settlement.
William Gipson volunteered March 1, 1781, served in Captain
Thomas Hamilton's North Carolina Company, was in an engagement
on the Haw River, in the battle of Guilford Court House, where
he was under Colonel Lytle, and in the battle of Eutaw Springs,
under Colonel Washington in the Light Horse. He stated that he was discharged some time after the surrender of Cornwallis and
lay ill at a private house all the winter following and did not
reach his home until the summer of 1782. He stated that he
served in all two years and five months as a private and six
months as orderly or 1" sergeant.
After the Revolution, William Gipson lived in Guilford
County, North Carolina, three years; in Winchester, Virginia,
two years; in Rockingham County, North Carolina, one year; in
Wilkes' and Rowan Counties, North Carolina, twelve years, then
on the Clinch River, in Virginia, and in 1800, moved to Kentucky, where he resided until 1829, when he removed to Indiana.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October
19, 1832, while residing in Boone County, Indiana. He died
April 9, 1835, place not shown.
There are no data as to soldier's wife or children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension,
the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of
death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, William Gipson (S. 17437),
you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting
Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
William Gipson, Certificate No. 19342, issued August 27, 1833,
rate $90. 00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832,
Indiana Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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17437
File No. 17437
William Gipson
Sargt. Rev. War
Act: June 7th, 32
Index :- Vol. 1, Page 422
{Arrangement of 1870}

1912 May 28th  History to 
Mrs. N. H. Lafferty . [cent sign]
1912 July 8 Mrs. P. H. Myers
1920 Nov. 3 Hist. to Mrs H. G. Dwney
and Charles Gipson
1929 Jan. 31 - Pierre E. Haynes
add. [? cast of ] photos.  See Rev. War. cl. of Mathew Kidwell, S.30523 -[NMHF]
1929 July 26th Photos to Pierre E. Haynes.
See Rev. War Clm. Mathew Kidwell, S. 30523
[Findlin, ntfd.9D.Y.]
1934 Dec. 13 - Hist to Mrs. Omer Beck - EEL
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Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

[stamp]
PENSION OFFICE
JUL 1 1912

[stamp]
THORNTOWN IND.
JUN 29 9 AM
1912

[stamp]
U.S. POSTAL CARD
ONE CENT
McKINLEY
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Thorntown, Sir
Commissioner of Pension July 28, 1912
Washington D.C
Kindly send me the record of William Gipson
 Revolutionary Soldier
whose pension was granted in
Brow Co. Indiana
Mrs P. H. Myers.
Thorntown, Indiana.
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Circle Stamp

Pension Office
U.S. 
May 20 1912
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Comissioner of Pensions
Pension Dept
Washington D.C
Dear Sir
I would like to get
the Revolutionary War
record of William Gipson.
He was in a North Carolina
regiment and
fought in the battle of
the Cowpens. He
received a pension for
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service in the Revolution
while living in Boone
County
Indiana
William Gipson
was born in North Carolina
December 25, 1753 and died
in Boone County
Indiana April 9, 1835.
Resp
Mrs W. H. Lafferty
New Albany
Kansas
May 18, 1912
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2 Stamps:

1st Stamp:
     Pension Office
     U.S. 
    Oct 23, 1920

2nd Stamp:
     Record Division
     October 25, 1920
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Revo [illegible]
Dept. of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Rev. War. Sec.
Gentlemen - I am writing to ask that I may have a copy of the record of William Gipson, a Rev. War Soldier, as given by him in his application for pension, In Oct. 1832
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Also Will
you please send a
Copy
of same to
Mr.
Charles
Gipson
Trenton MO
Thank
you for your
courtesy I am
very sincerely
Mrs.
Hallie
Gipson Downey
4725 Southern
Parkway
Louisville
KY

(Seal:) Received Oct 26 1920
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AI / Machine-Generated
(2 months ago)
Greencastle Ind.

Dec. 2, 1937.
Dear Sir:
I have been elected to membership
in Washburn chapter of D.A.R. in Putnam Co
Indiana. I, and a great grand daughter of
William Gipson a Revolutionary Soldier buried
in Boone Co. Indiana near Thorntown.
Boone Co, erected monuments to all Revolutionary soldiers buried in the County. His monument shows he was born 1754, died
April, 9, 1835

Have you any record where he filed for
pension. If so what would a photostat cost me
Have you any record of the service he
rendered.
I would appreciate any information you
might give me to help complete my
application
Yours cordially.
Mrs Omer Beck
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Stamp:

Received 
Dec 4, 1937 
Mail Sub-Div.
29
Vetr. Admin
(unintelligble)
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE.
1-681
PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 33728

Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
CHIEF, Division of Publications,
WASHINGTON
Room G 137.
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering
Pension
July 13,1929
Deliver to Room No. 5033


(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE,
EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job
photostatic copies of 18 pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of William Gipson, N.C. Troops, S.17437.
No. of copies
1 of each 

Shall form be kept standing?  days
For further information see Mrs. M.M. H. Finch


Room No.5033
Phone No.541

Chief Clerk of Bureau.
Margaret H Chief of Branch
NOTE: No order made ""SPECIAL"" unless statement showing necessity is written
below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering
Check Work Desired
Duplicate
Multigraph single or double space? facsimile signature?
Mimeograph one side or both sides?  facsimile signature?
Folding once or twice?
Assembling
Stapling  Once? Twice? End?
Electric typewriter Fill in addresses?  Dated?
Addressograph from list
Envelopes, size
Proof list
Labels (submit sample)
Fill in letters

Cards, size
Pay rolls
Corrections
Tabulation sheets
Photostat  Size actual  Official Use?  Repay? yes $2.85 
Blue Print  Size  Official Use? Repay? $
Remarks
(over)
(Handwritten on side: See claim of Mother Kidnell S. 30523 for correspondence)
Seal: Division of Publication July 13 1929
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NOTE: Routine changes of addresses may be made on this blank wi [illegible] formal reference thttps://catalog.archives.gov/images/misc/drag.pnghrough or initialing of chiefs of branches or c [illegible] of bureaus. 
(Date)
INDICATE BY AN X IN PROPER SQUARE ACTION TO BE TAKEN. 
Make a new addressograph plate
Change present addressograph plate
Destroy present addressograph plate 
On list
as follows: 
Now reads 
1
2
3
4
5
Should read
1
2
3
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5
FOR USE OF DUPLICATING AND ADDRESSING SECTION
ADDRESSOGRAPH
The above change was made 192 .
Operator
Multigraph 
Operator Date Type set by Date
Remarks: 
MIMEOGRAPH 
Operator Date Cut by 
Remarks:
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See Rev. War. of Mathew Kidwell
for other corres
To Inn.
to expel that
S
PIERRE E. HAYNES
EAST AURORA, N. Y.
The Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.

Jan. 22nd, 1929.
Gentlemen:
I would like to obtain a photostatic copy of
the Pension Bureau record of
WILLIAM GIPSON OF GIBSON
---
He was mentioned in the Senate Documents (1833 - 1835 ) as
having been in the North Carolina Militia during the Revolutionary
war. In 1833 he lived in Boone County, Indiana and
was 81 years old at that time.

Yours very truly,
Pierre E. Haynes

(Handwritten text:) See Rev. Ward Cl.z Mathew Kidree for other (illegible)
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Sur. File No. 17, 437.
In November; Private in Colonel Alston's regiment; he was
close to Colonel Alston when he surrendered at the battle of
Brier Creek, and was captured with others of the regiment,
marched to Savannah, and was confined in the British ship " Roe
Buck", from which Colonel Alston and he made their escape by
throwing pieces of scantling from the port holes, jumping into
the water and floating to shore with a favorable tide; 4 months
Volunteered March 1, 1783, under Captain Thomas Hamilton;
was in the engagement on Haw river, battle of Guilford Court
House under Colonel Lytle, and Eutaw Springs in Washington's
Corps of Horse; and was discharged some time after the surrender
of Cornwallis.
Served as a private for two years, five months; as Sergeant for six months,
He also stated that while absent on his first tour of
service his widowed mother (name not given) was whipped, her
house burned, and all of her property destroyed by the Tories.
Soldier died April 9, 1835.
Very respectfully,
JL Davenport
Commissioner.
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Rev. War
Mrs. N. H. Lafferty,
New Albany,
Kansas,
May 28, 1912.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 18th and received the
20th instant, you are advised that William Gipson was allowed pension
(typeover) 1737 Rev. War, on his application executed October
19, 1832, while a resident of Boone Co., Indiana.
He stated that he was born in December 1753, at Monks Corner
, South Carolina, and resided at Guilford Co., North Carolina,
when he served in the North Carolina troops as follows.
Volunteered in June or July 1777; First Sergeant, Capt.
James Armstrong's co., Col. William Armstrong's regt., in the pursuit
of Tories, and captured one Lieut. Campbell who afterwards
escaped; served 6 mos.
Ordered out in March or April 1778; Private, same company
and regiment, and was in the engagement against Tories under
Bryant, in which Col. Armstrong was mortally wounded; 3 mos.
Winter 17 -- Private, under Capt. John Haley and Colonel
Risdell Moore in the Rangers, assisted in capturing Hugh McPherson
and the brother of Lieut. Campbell; served until Christmas.
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Rev. War Surv. File 17437.
In November; Private, in Col. Alston's regt.; he was close to Col. Alston when he surrendered at the battle of Brier Creek, and was captured with others of the regiment, marched to Savannah, and confined in the British ship "Roe Buck", from which Col. Alston and he made their escape by throwing pieces of scantling from the port holes, jumping into the water and floating to shore with a favorable tide; 4 mos.
Volunteered March 1, 1781; under Capt. Thomas Hamilton, was in engagement on Haw river, battle of Guilford C. H. under Col. Lytle
and Eutaw Springs in Washington's Corps of Horse; and was discharged some time after the surrender of Cornwallis.
served as a Private for 2 yrs. 5 mos. Sergt. 6 mos.
He also stated that while absent on his first tour of service his widowed mother (name not given), was whipped, her house burned,
and all of her property destroyed by the Tories.
Soldier died April 9, 1835.
Very respectfully,
J L Mansport
Commissioner.