Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3883, William Gamage, N.C. Came From England

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Service: N.6. Gamage, William or Gammage Charity Number: R. 3883
Content: Came from England

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State of Georgia
Houston County SSE

A.D. 1854 personally appeared before me John M Chastarn one of the judges of the Inferior Court of Houston County and State of Georgia, Charity Gamage a resident of Wellborn's Mill County of Houston and State of Georgia, aged eighty nine years, who bring first duly sworn according to Law both on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the bennefit of the provisions made by the act of congress had a a July 4th 1836 and any other act applicable. That she was married to William Gammage who served in the defense of his Country in the Revolutionary War, according to her information and belief in a light horse company in and from the County of Orange State of North Carolina previes to the close of the War, but the exact time of service not known That she had frequent conservations with him in which he spoke of being in battle and killing a Tory and of the manner of marking a charge on the enemy on horse back, and that his father having came over from England, and in all probability having many relation amongst the British Soldiers. I enquired of him how he could reconcile it to himself to be fighting his blood relations, he replies he did not care for he was fighting for his country and they against it and frequently heard him speaking in praise of his officer, and of a captain Allen and captain Douglas and of a Col. Mabum as being a choice man and who was a waylayed and kills do by a Torry, also heard him have many conversations with those who had served and other relating over their sufferings danger, and frivolity born of their names I recollect (ing) a Mr Brooks who had been taken prisoner and kept in a prison ship some time, and with John and Neds Couch who the last I heard of- them one of them lives near Hillsborough of N.C. who knows all about the service of my husband. V
He had in possession the horse he served on and his sword and pistols which i well remember

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She further declares that she was married to the said William Gamage in the latter part of the year 1782 or for part of 1783 and that he died in Wilks County state of Georgia about the year 1809 or 1810 and that she still remains a widow which will mournfully appear by reference to the probes annexed

Sworn To and subscribed on the day and year above written before my she being too old and inferred to appear.John M Chastain J H

Charity X Gamage (Her Mark)

Georgia
Houston County:

Clerks Office county of said court. I, John S. Dobson Clerk of the inferior court for said county do hereby certify that John M. Chastain whose signature appears to the above instrument was at the time of signing the sum a auction of the inferior court for said county and that full faith credit should be given to his acts as such and that the above signature is genuine

Herein under my hand and seal of office this year of 1853,

John S Dobson C.I.G

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W Saxon

James J Miller
Prelent

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J Wiley Saxon of Chambers County in the State of Alabama do hereby certify that about seventy yeras ago I saw William Gammage and Charity Gammage married they were married in Orange County in the State of North Carolina.  That said William Gammage died and was intered in Wilkes County in the State of Georgia about Forty four years ago, That said Charity Gamage has remained a widow ever since the death of said William Gamage J Wiley Saxon is about Eighty years old. 
Wiley Saxon Seal

Sworn and subscribed to before me on the 22 day of December 1852 and I also further certify that Wiley Saxon is of good report and belived to be a man of truth and I believe him to be of the age he represents himself to be

               Allen L Bailey JP Seal
The State of Alabama 
Chambers County

J Samuel Perason Judge of the probate court of Chambers County in the State of Alabama do heeby certify that Allen L Bailey whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of subscribing the same a Justice of the peace in and for said county duly comissioned and qualified to act as such according to Law. and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and

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and affixed my seal of office this 10th day of January 1853.              Samuel Pearson
                                      Judge of Probate
I do further certify that I am both judge and clerk of the court of Probate and authorized by law to keep and certify to the Records of the same.__ S.P. 
  Judge lc

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No 15198
Charity Gambage
Widow of William Ga

3883
July 7 1838

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1919 Nov. 19 Hist. to 
Line Issac Harper.
1936-July 30 . Hist. to Mrs. 
W.H. Flanders_ I.L.L.
1939-Sept. 18 - Hist to Hon
Hugh Peterson_ ILL.
1940.Feb. 5_ Hist to Hon. 
Hugh Peterson ILL.

Rejected
3883
Charity Gambage
Wid of Wm

Enlisted: _______________,18
Discharged:____________,18

Application filed:______,18

A ges: Claim filed too late
to be on printed list of
Reenlisted: 1852 of rejections

Attorney:
P
______Recognized.  _____Contract
_____Cert. of Dis.    Searched for _______,18

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                      Pension Office
                              Aug 10 1954

Sir
The informal application of Charity Gamage widow of William of GA has been examined and filed under the act of July 7 1838 _ I enclose a form for a declaration under that act which must be used by her before a court of record, in which she must distinctly set forth her husband's services and prove her allegations.  She must also show by record or by witnesses who can show here they are enable to recollect it. When she was married,


James J Miller, Esq
Present

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HUGH PETERSON
1st Dist. Georgia
COMMITTIIES:
RIVERS AND HARBORS
PUBLIC LANDS
TERRITORIES
ROADS

Home Address:
AILEY, GEORGIA

SECRETARIES:
BILL HARRIS
MISS GLADYS AARON

Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

Ailey, Georgia
September 12, 1939

Administrator
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

I am interested in securing information regarding Joseph Mitchell.  I am advised by the War Department that "Joseph Mitchel (surname also borne as Mitchell), served in the Revoluntionary War as captain of a company designatedd Captain Joseph Mitchel's Company, 12th Virginia Regiment, commanded by Colonel James Wood.  Joseph Mitchel was commissioned a captain December 9,1776, and was reported on the company pay roll for September, 1777.  He resigned September 3, 1777, with the rank of captain".

I am also interested in securing information regarding William Gammage.  I am advised by the War Department that "William Gammage whose name appears on an account in which he was paid February 14, 1776, as a mate, from August 20 to December 31, 1775, being 134 days, f26. 16; and May 14, 1776, cash paid to William Gammage as mate in the General Hospital from February 1 to May 13, 1776, being 103 days, f20. 12".

I am anxious to learn where these two men were from, and to secure all the data possible as to dates of their birth and death and records of their military service.   I am especially anxious to learn the state, county and locality where they lived.

Thanking you for any information that you can give me about these two men and awaiting your reply with much interest, I am, with best wishes,

Cordially yours,

Hugh Peterson

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Shreveposrt Louisiana
November, 4, 1919
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-
I have written to the Adjt General in regard to some information of some of my relatives service in

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Alcy being the ancestor I wish the record of.  He married Mourning Lawse of the Hugenot settlers of South Carolina This union was blessed with the following William (underlined), Sarah, Matilda, Rachel Davis, Eureka, John, Lizzie and Sallie 
This son William Gammage married Moselle Lawse and their children are named Thomas g, Eliza, gene, Katherine, Robert Davis, Jefferson Rudolph Samuel and Louisa Jane (underlined).  This daughter (Louisa Jane) married Lucius  gartrell Hudson.  Four children bless this union. Mattie Lou (underlined), Annie C., Alma Inez, and Mary Della.
Mattie Lou Hudson married E.L. Harper Sept 14, 1887.  Edward L. Jr. Lena Mae and Hinton Hollis are the great, great, great grandchildren of the ancestors I have written for the records of service of.  Also give me records of Milton Rudolph, George, David, James (Jim) Gammage as well as Alcy and William Gammage
Please give this your prompt attention
Very truly yours
(over)         (Miss Lena Mae Harper

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Address.
Lena Mae Harper
2836 Catherine St.
Shreveport, Louisiana

Circle Stamped: 
Pension 
D
Nov
U 10 S.
1919
Office

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Swainsboro, GA
July 2, 1936

Dept of Interior
Bureau of Pensions

Circle Stamp: 
Received
Jul 10 1938
MAIL-SUS-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER # 73

Dear Sirs:
I am writing to ask if you have any record of William Gammage (underlined) wife Charity for either colonial wars or the Revolutionary War?  I have records to prove that William Gammage resided in Wilkes County, Ga. at this time.  Do you have any record of William Cole (Underlined) wife Salley or Colonial Wars or Revolunary War from Wilkes Co. Ga.?
These men were of an age to have fought at this time and as history says that most every man in this county who was of age fought in the Rev. War.  
I feel certain they both served.

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II
If I have not written to the 
correct Bureau for this information
will you kindly tell me
where in Washington I can
find this data?
Respt.,
Mrs. W.H. Flanders

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Swainsboro, Ga.
July 2, 1936.
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you kindly tell me if you have any records for Colonial Wars or the Revolunary War for William Gammage, wife Charity, and William Cole, wife Sally, from Wilkes County, Ga.?
These men were old enough to serve and resided in Wilkes Co. during the Rev War and before.  If you do not have records and there is any other bureau in Washington that might furnish information will you kindly direct me.
Respt.,
Mrs. W.H. Flanders

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V.L.M 
IN REPLY TO 
Rev. War Section 
3-1864
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
NOVEMBER 19, 1919. 
WASHINGTON 

Miss Lena Mae Harper, 
2836 Catherine Street,
Shreveport, La. 
Madam: 
In response to your letter dated November 8th, you are advised that in the Revolutionary War claim of Charity widow of William Gamage, R. File No. 3,883, she alleged that soldier's father came from England (his name is not stated) and that soldier served in a North Carolina light horse Company in the Revolutionary War, names of officers and details of service not given, that he married in Orange County, North Carolina, the latter part of 1782 or early in 1783, Charity Saxon, and died about 1809 or 1810 in Wilkes County, Georgia, and was buried there. 

She applied for pension July 31, 1854, while a resident of Wellborns Wills, Houston County, Georgia, aged 89 years, but her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of the above statements as to service and marriage. There is no other data on file as to his family. 

Very respectfully, 
E.C. Tiernan
Acting Commissioner.

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VETERNAS ADMINISTRATION
Washington      February 5, 1940.

Honorable Hugh Peterson
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 

BA-J/ILL
William Gamage
R. 3883

My dear Mr. Peterson:

Reference is made to your (underlined) request by telephone (remove underline), that the record of William Gamage, R. 3883, which was furnished you September 18, 1939, be furnished again.  The record of that soldier follows as found in the papers in the claim for pension cited above.
This was beside the above paragraph:  }Mr. Finch.

William Gamage (the name shown also Gammage) came with is father from England to America; the names of his parents were not given.  William resided in Orange County, North Carolina, during the late years of the Revolutionary War.  He married late in 1782 or early in 1783, in Orange County, North Carolina, Charity Saxon; the exact date of their marrisage and the names of Charity's parents were not stated. William Gamage died "about the year 1809 or 1810", in Wilkes County, Georgia, and was buried there.

July 31, 1854, Charity Gamage (Gammage), the widow of William Gamage, applied for the pension which might have been due on account of the service of her husband in the Revolutionary War.  She stated then that William Gamage served from Orange County, North Carolina, in a company of light horse, that he was in a battle (this battle not designated) and that he killed a Tory, but she did not give the names of any officers under when he served, nor any specific dates of said service;also, that he had his own horse, sword and pistols.  The claim for pension was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of the alleged services as required by the pension law.  She gave her age om 1854 as eighty-nine years; she resided then in Wellborne Mills, Houston County, Georgia.

In 1852, Wiley Saxon, aged about eighty years, resided in

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Chambers County, Alabama.  He stated then that he was present at the marriage of Charity Saxon and William Gamage, but did not state any relationship to Charity.

There are no further data regarding the family of this soldier in the papers on file in this claim for pension.

Very truly yours,

A.D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
Washington
September 18, 1939.

Honorable Hugh Peterson
Ailey
Georgia.

BA-J/ILL
William Gamage
R. 3883

My dear Mr. Peterson:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Captain Joseph Mitchell, 12th Virginia Regiment, also, information in regard to William Gamage, who received pay in 1775 and 1776 as mate in the General Hospital.

A search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made in your behalf and no claim for pension or bounty lad found based upon service of the Captain Joseph Mitchell cited by you.  Such claims which have been made to the United States are the source of the data furnished by the Veterans Administration pertaining to the Revolutionary War soldiers.  The record has been found of only one William Gamage (Gammage); the data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pesion claim, R. 3883, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

William Gamage (the name show also Gammage) came with his father from England to America; the names of his parents were not given.  William resided in Orange County, North Carolina, during the late years of the Revolutionary War.  He married late in 1782 or early1783, in said Orange County, Charity Saxon; the exact date of their marriage and the  names of Charity's parents were not stated.  William Gamage died "about the year 1809 or 1810" in Wilkes County, Georgia, and was buried there.

July 31, 1854, Charity Gamage (Gammage), the widow of William Gamage, applied for the pension which might have been due on account of the service of her husband in the Revolutionary War.  She stated then that William Gamage served from Orange County, North

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Carolina, in a company of light horse, that he was in a battle (this battle not designated) that he killed a Tory, but she did not give the names of any officers under whom he served, nor any specific dates of said service; also, the he had his own horse, sword and pistols.  The claim of Charity Gamage was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of the alleged service as required by the pension law.  Charity gave her age in 1854 as eighty-nine years; she resided then at Wellborne Mills, Houston County, Georgia.

In 1852, Wiley Saxon, aged about eighty years, resided in Chambers County, Alabama.  He stated then that he was present at the marriage of Charity Saxon and William Gamage, but did not state any relationship to Charity.

There are no further data regarding the family of this soldier in the papers on file in this claim.

Very truly yours.

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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July 30, 1936.

Mrs. W. H. Flanders
Swainsboro
Georgia.

BA-J/ILL
William Gamage
R. 3883

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Records in the Colonial Wars and Revolutionary War of William Gammage,whose wife was Charity, and William Cole, whose wife was Sally, all from Wilkes County, Georgia.

Revoluntionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from clains for pension and bounty land which have been made to the United Sates based upon service in that war.  This office has no record of service rendered in the Colonies prior to the Revolution.

There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of the William Cole deserid by you.  The record of William Gamage, or Gammage, is given herein as found in pension claim, R. 3883, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

William Gamage's father came from England to America;his name was not given,nor the date when he reached this country shown.  William Gamage lived in Orange County, North Carolina, during the late years of the Revolutionary War.  He harried in that county, late in1782 or in the first part of 1783, Charity, Saxon; the exact date of their marriage, and the names of Charity's parents were not stated.  He died "about the year 1809 or 1810" in Wilkes County, Georgia, and was buried there.

July 31, 1854, Charity Gamage, the widow of William Gamage, applied for the pension which might have been due on account of the serivce of her husband in the Revolutionary  War.  She stated then that William Gamage served in a company of light horse from Orange County, North Carolina, that he was in a battle (not named) and that he killed a Tory, but she did not give the names of any officers nor specific

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dates of service; also, that he had his own horse, sword and pistols.  The claim of Charity Gamage was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of the alleged service as required by the pension law.  At the time she made her application for pension, she was aged eighty-nine years, and resided in Wellborne Mills, Houston County, Georgia.

In 1822, one Wiley Saxon, aged about eighty years, wasa resident of Chambers County, Alabama.  He stated then that he was present at the marriage of Charity Saxon to William Gamage, but he did not state any relationship to said Charity.

No reference was made to children of William Gamage and his wife, Charity.

Very truly yours,

A. D. Miller
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.