Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41581, John Gillespie, Continental Del.

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Chester County, SS:
On this first day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty Personally appeared in open court of Common Pleas, held at Westchester, in and for the county of Chester, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; being a court of Record, proceeding according to the course of the Common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceeds, John Gillespie aged sixty seven of West Nottingham in the said county of Chester, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; who being first duly sworn according to law, doth make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made of the acts of Congress of the 18th of march, 1818, and the 1st of May, 1820; That he served in the Revolutionary war, in the Company of which Henry Parley was Captain, in the Delaware Regiment commanded by Colo Halsett on the Continental Establishment, and has obtained a pension under the act of the 18th of March 1818, his certificate being numbered 6.846 and I the said John Gillespie do solemnly wear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of march, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income; other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
[signature] John Gillespie

Sworn to, declared and subscribed on the first day of August 1820, in open court of Common please, in and for the county of Chester in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; the said Court, being a Court of Record by the Laws of the said Commonwealth.

[signature] Jno G Wersler Prothonotary.

Schedule of Property

One mare 20 years old $15
Two cows 27
Two jugs 6
One old walnut table .50
2 rush bottom chairs 2.00
3 tea cups & saucers .12
2 Tubs .50
1 old cedar bucket  .12
1 coffee pot 6
6 knives & forks .6
1 iron pot .6
iron tea kettle .75
[illegible ]  $.75
1 set shoemaker tools .75
1 spice & coffee mill .50
6 pewter spoons .10
Total 60.28

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6th May [illegible]
John Gillespie
Private
Col. Hazens
Congress Regt.
1777 6 years
[strikeout on original]
Adm.
Hon. W. Darlington, A.R.

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