Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9664, Samuel Gann, N.C.

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SERVICE     N.C.

Gann, Samuel

NUMBER  S.9664


Born in Va.


Carded

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5874 per letter 10 Jan 1937 L.P. A. P.
Date of death not [illegible] 


North Carolina
Samuel Gan Sr.
of Rockingham in the State of N. Car.
who was a Prvt [Private] in the compy [company] commanded by Captain Coake of the Regt [regiment] commanded by Col Davis in the Va line for 1 year from 1779 
Samuel Gann, Sr
N. C. line Dec 27/ 04
Records corrected
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina
at the rate of 40 Dollars - cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Feby [February] : 1833 sent here Ast 
Shepperd H. Ress

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832                   60-
Semi- anl allowance ending 4 Mar: 33   20-
                                                               $80-
  Revolutionary Claim, Act 7, 1832.
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk,
Book D Vol. 8 Page 31

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Samuel Gann
recorded card
[signature] A. H. Shepperd

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State of North Carolina
Rockingham County
Personally appeared before me Richard Wall one of the justice of said County Samuel Gann Sr. a resident of said county aged eighty one years 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 of the Act of congress paper 7th June 1832 that he was living in Guilford County N. Carolina at the time of the revolutionary war entered the service of the United States as a private soldier the year not now recollected (but it was to go against the British who were in South + [and] North Carolina under Lord Cornwallis Lord Rowden + Tarleton). for a tour of three or six months he is not certain which under the following named officers (N.C) Captain Thomas Cook, Leuit [lieutenant] John Cook + ensign Thomas Crawley joined the regiment under the following field officers at guilford Court House. Davis was Cole Coudet [Colonel/ Cadet] + Brisbourn Leuit [lieutenant] Cole [Colonel]+ White was our Major were marched on to Salsbury in Rowen County where we were first under the Command of Brigadier Carl Davidson this officer was killed in a short time after this by the British not far from the Cataba River, from Rowan. we marched on to the County of Mechlenburg whence we meet with the British at Charlotte Court House & [and] had a Battle with them. the enemy were too strong for us + our troops were defeated after which we had a great many skirmishes with the British and being sometime after this we had an engagement with the tories at Warsaw Creek Col Daves + Brisbourn conducting that expedition which proved successful we departed them +  took forty seven horse saddles and Bridles. in a short time after wards our term of service having expired we marched to Salisbury + discharged. I was drafted again in a short time after marched home but the citation of my corp signing that I had to stay at home and take care of nor loose it I hired a substitute to go in my place. But in a very short time thereafter another draft opened + I stood my tour. I went into service for a term of three months fortunately for me I fell under the same officers which were on this tour an american officer went to my house + informed my wife that he was a press officer + that he wants provisions for troops.

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he went into my smoke house (as my wife informed me) and took as much of my bacon as he thought propper [proper] which was I suppose between 50 and 100 + gave my wife a piece of writing which he said was a ticket on the govenment [government] for me to be paid for the same. But I never got any thing for my meat the paper was lost + that was the end of my obligation I again joined the army as a volunteer just before that Battle at guilford Court House in General Green's Army on the day of the Battle myself and several others of the troops were detached to take care of some beef cattle for the army. we were ordered to drive the cattle from a place called the iron works to a field within a mile or two of Guilford Court House once there we were to guard them closely all day on the day after the Battle we drove the cattle to Gen Green's Army where they were killed + slaughtered up for the use of the army in a short time afterwards I was discharged + returned home, during the period of the revolutionary war whilst the enemy wernt so very troublesome in our part of the county the militia had to be in a Continental readiness to march against the British + Tories. I was out in a great many different periods of service beside those above mentioned some times for a term of 5 or 6 months + some times for ten fifteen + as high as twenty days + then permitting to return home again. This Constitution of affairs continuing for two or three years.
Sworn and subscribed to this 25th day of August 1832
his mark     Samuel Gann Sr
Richard Mc All JP

this petition states that he is old and decrepit + laboring under such great bodily affliction that he is unable to ride to the court house a distance of nearly eighteen miles without subjecting himself to serious inconvenience or personal endangering his life. 
He herby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his pension is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state 
Question 1 Where and in what year where you born? 
Ans. I was born in Frederick County state of Virginia about 15 miles of Windhurst in the year 1748 or there about. I have no record of my age
2nd q. Where were you living when called into service where have you lived

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Since this Revolutionary War and where do you now live 
Ansr. I was living on the Mayo River in Guilford County N. Carolina at the time I was in the service of and have lived in the same neighborhood ever since and do now live in a small tract of land within two miles of the place I first lived on in time of the Rev'y War which is now County. War which is now Rockingham County which was taken off of Guilford and never was warranty nor subsidy my life. 
[illegible] know where you called into service, were you drafted or did you volunteer. And sometimes I was drafted + sometimes I volunteered.
2nd Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given [?] What was [illegible] 
Answr I received several discharges which I believe were given by my Capt. Cole the whole of them are lost or mislaid.
Qn 7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier in the revolution  ans. old James Scales Sr. the Reverand John L. Wilson + Nicholas Dalton Esqr. also William Weight Jnr.
Sworn and subscribed to 
[signature] Samuel Gann Sr. (his mark)
[signature] [illegible] William Weight 
Test
 Richard Wall JP (Seal) 
We John L. Wilson (Clergyman) and James Scales Sr. and Nicholas Dalton Esqr do certify that we live in the neighborhood of Samuel Gann Sr. the present affidavit that we have frequently heard him speaking of as having been a revolutionary soldier and also as an honest man + a man of truth and veracity and we do hereby concur in that belief. James Scales Sr. certifies that he has perfect knowledge of the present applicants service as set forth in his declaration that he lived in the immediate neighborhood of the applicant at the time of the revolutionary war + has continued to live at the same place ever since
Richard Wall JP (seal)
John L. Wilson clerk
James Scales Sr

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State of North Carolina
County of Rockingham
I Richard Wall a Justice of said Court do herby certify that the written application is (illegible) as he has [illegible] to attend Court, and that John L. Wilson whose certificate is herewith in inserted, is a regular a signing Clergyman and the said Richard Wall do hereby declare his opinion that the above naming applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states 
given under my sign and seal the day + date first above written.
I Robert Gallaway Clerk of the Court of Please and Quarter session of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Richard Wall whose name and seal is affixed to this written and dedicated  is a sworn acting Justice of the peace of said County
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of office the 3 day of August A.D. 1832
Ro. Gallaway Clerk
[bottom left of page] 3681 Gan 17

[rotated page] 
Saml Gann
[illegible]

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3681
Samuel Garr Sr
Rockingham Co
NC
fro 1779 private 
1 year $40 

[bottom of page]
[illegible] 
Robert Gallway An 26 1832 [crossed out] 
Rockingham [crossed out] 
NC 
[illegible] A. H. Sheppard. 
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[at corner right of top] 3681
BRIEF in the case of Samuel Gann Sr
of Rockingham in the State of NC
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before a Judge

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

3. How old is he?  88

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period- in 17____
Duration of Service. 
"3 n [illegible]"
3 mo_ [months]

Rank. 
As a 
pr. [private]

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt Theo Coake - " Davis was called Maj White
Gen Davidson
same officers
Gen Green 

5. In what battles was he engaged?  Chatham County

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? -----

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, b[y] traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  correct


* CERTIFY that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Examining Clerk

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April 16, 1934 

Miss Elizabeth Vaughn
Stocksdale
North Carolina

RA-J/ EEL
Samuel Gann - S.9664
Alexander Lemonds-S.8831


Dear madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Samuel Gann and Alex Lemons [misspelled], soldiers of the Revolutionary War, who received pensions while residing in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claims, S.9664 and S.8831, based upon the military service in that war of Samuel Gann and Alexander Lemonds.

Samuel Gann
S. 9664
Samuel Gann was born in 1748, exact date not shown, in Frederick county, Virginia, within about fifteen miles of Winchester, that county. The names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
While a resident of Guilford County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served (Did not join 1778 or 1779 as date of enl because Davie  (illegible) was not a Col at that time + the battle Charlotte was in Sept 1780.) six months as a private in Captain Thomas Cook's Company (could not identify Capt Cook), Colonel Davie's North Carolina Regiment; was in the battle of Charlotte Court House and in an engagement at Warsaw Creek; shortly after the termination of this tour, he enlisted and served three months as a private under same officers: he enlisted shortly before the battle of Guilford Court House and served one month under Gerneral Greene, but was not in the battle as he had been detached to guard cattle, and was on this duty on the day of the battle. He also served on a number of short tours, dates and officer's names not given and was in a number of skirmishes,
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 25, 1832, while residing in Rockingham (that part which was formerly in


for last enl. he gave 1780 but battle of Guilford was not until 1781

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[continuation of page 10]
Guilford) County, North Carolina. He was then referred toas Samuel Gann, Senior.
There are no data in regard to soldier's family.
Date of death no found

Alexander Lemonds 
S.8831
Alexander Lemonds (the name also appears as Lemon and Lemons) was born February 8, 1761, in Guilford (that part which was later Rockingham) County, North Carolina. The names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
While residing near Spring Garden, Guilford County, North Carolina, Alexander Lemonds volunteered in the spring of 1779, served as a private in Captain John Leake's Company, Colonel Hal Dickson's (probably meant for Colonel Henry Dixon) North Carolina Regiment and was discharged about a month after the battle of Stano: he did not participate in that battle having been sent out on a scouting party the night before the battle; he again enlisted April 15, 1781, served three months as a teamster and transported provisions to Charlotte; officers names not shown
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 30, 1832, while residing in Rockingham County, North Carolina. In 1835, he was still residing in same county.
There is no reference to wife or children.
The name James Lemonds appears: no relationship to soldier shown.
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator

Date of death not on ab

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3-872
RECORDS.
CHANGES TO BE MADE.

CORRECT

Inv. orig. S.7.9664
 "ctf. 
  orig. 
  ctf.

Name Samuel Gann Sr

Service N.C. 

Date filing _   From _


INCORRECT
Va.

P.O. address:
Centerville


COMPANY. REGIMENT. ETC., SHOULD INVALITARLY BE USED.

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1934- Apr 16- Hist to nino
Elizabeth Vaughn [illegible]

9664
INVALID.
Return

File no. 9664
Samuel Gann *
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th, 32
Index:- Vol. 1, Page 137
(Arrangement of 1870.)

Samuel Gann Sr

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State of North Carolina}
Rockingham County}

Personally appeared before before [sic] me, the undersigned, A Justice of the Peace, in a and for said County Samuel Gann Sr., who being duly sworn deposeth and swears that by reason of old age & [hole in page] consequent lack of witnesses he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served no less than the periods mentioned below, that his first tour was as a private soldier in the millitia (sic) of North Carolina, in the year of 1778 or 9, of the war of the revolution, that he served in that engagement a term of six months. In the second engagement which was some few months after the first, I served a tour of three months as a private soldier.

The third tour that he served was about the year 1780. He served about one month in that engagement also as a private solider. He further states that the served several other short tours that he cannot with precision depose to. But according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than one year, [illegible phrase in parentheses above "year"] which he can confidently swear to, for which he claims a record, but is conscious that he may be [illegible] to period of time.

Sworn and Subscribed to this 19th day of January 1833
[illegible]
Samuel Gann Sr.
his mark X

Richard Wall JP [hand drawn seal]

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State of North Carolina}
Rockingham County}

I Robert Gallaway Clerk of Rockingham County Court do hereby certify [hole in paper] that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application for Saml. Gann Sr. for a pension & that Richard Wall whose name appears to foregoing affidavits is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County [word covered by seal] & that his acts are entitled to [illegible] as 

In Witness whereof I have herewith set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court at office the 29 day of January Jay [crossed out] 1833

Ro Gallaway Cl 

[Seal affixed on left center of page]

I know the applicant to be a very worthy old citizen of Rockingham Cy NC. I further certify that - James Scales who has certified a credible witness & that John L Wilson is a regular Clergyman of the Baptist Church
A H Shepperd
6-Feb 1833

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Stokesdale, N.C. 
March 29, 1934

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
My dear sir,
Will you give me data on Samuel Gann and Alex Lemons, two Revolutionary War pensioners, of Rockingham County North Carolina?
Thanks,
(Miss) Elizabeth Vaughn
Stokesdale,
North Carolina

(stamped) RECEIVED Apr 3 1934 
MAIL SUB-DIV. 
READER 18
VETS. ADM.
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