Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11039, Joshua Gamblin, N.C.

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Service N.C. 
Gamblin, Joshua 
Number W11039
Mary 
Number B.L.Wt. 34984-160-55

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22255
Kentucky

Joshua Gamblin of McCracken in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the cores commanded by Captain [illegible] of the [illegible] commanded by Bob Shurlock in the Virginia line for 21 months  N.C.

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 70 dollars – Cents per annum, to commend on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Oct 1833 and [illegible] Lyon Eddyville

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 3 $175
Semi-anl. Allowance ending 4 Mar 35
$210

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 11

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4284
Kentucky
Mary Gamblin
widow of Joshua Gamblin who served in the Revolutionary War, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 70 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d of February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued 26th day of June, 1854 and set to C.C. Tucker Present

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 1853, Page 174 Vol. a

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210. 83-8 [illegible] 3

Sept 12

Mary Gamblin (wid)
Mary [illegible]: Joshua Gamblin.
Joshua Gamblin Pri
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 No. 3498.4 of Aug
Nola

New W[illegible]
New Pensioner
[illegible] 53- 4284
At; 160 A. C July 24/56
Boynton

L Anderson
Mayfield
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Vol. G. 10.

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Joshua Gamblin’s 
Declaration

Lyon

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147 100
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State of Kentucky
County of MCracken

On this 16th day of October Eighteen [illegible] area of thirty two personally appeared in open court before Rezin Davidge Judge of the Circuit court of McCracken County now siting. Joshua Gamble a resident of the county of sate above aged about seventy years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath made the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of an act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States in place of Benjamin Harris as a substitute for six months and served the whole time in the fall of 1777 or 1778 under Capt. Kendrick in Chatham County North Carolina Lieutenants name not recollected. Ensigns name he believes to be Hodge, he proceeded thereon to Hillsboro and joined a regiment belonging to a briggade under command of Genl. Sanders hence to Salisbury thence to a town called the Pine Low, thence to Sabana and after remaining there a short time in view of the enemy he marched to a placed called the two sisters on the Sabana River near that place he had a severe engagement with the enemy and was compelled to retreat across the river under Genl Clarke he then remained in eight of the

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discharge which has been since lost. The then returned to Catham County North Carolina and remained there about twelve months and in consequence of some threats from the forces of the neighbourhood he claimed A [illegible] to be fighting the Battles of his county, then to remain at home, he then joined the army again for six months as a volunteer and served the whole term in a company commanded by Capt. Minter and joined a briggade commanded by Genl Davis at Salisbury – he thence marched to the [illegible] when he had an engagement with the British under Genls Cornwallis & Tarlton a few miles below Beatys ford on [illegible] River He thence marched towards the Joakim River and joined Genl Greens army on that river Thence he marched to Guilford House where he had a severe engagement with the British From Guilford he marched through Chatham

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County in pursuit of the enemy under Lord Cornwallis who was overtaken at Yorktown in Virginia he was there during the whole of that siege and had the great pleasure of seeing his Lordship surrender his Army to the Americans under Genls Washington and La Fayette at that place he was in the army 21 months in all In returning home from Yorktown he did not march with his company – and at a subsequent period the exact time not recollected he was directed to go to Hillsboro for the purpose of receiving his pay and getting his discharge but was prevented by a severe spell of sickness from going. He further states he never received any thing for his services except the bounty of twenty five dollars when he entered service as a substitute

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state 

Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid. 
Joshua Gamblin
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the 16th October 1832
Attest Braxton Small Mcc
[illegible] Saml M Johnston a clergyman residing in the county of McCracken & state of Kentucky and Benjamin Bourland residing in that same hereby certify that we are well acquainted

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with Joshua Gamblin who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration and we believe him to be seventy years of age that he is respected and he lived in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Seml M. Johnston Ben J Bourland

Sworn & subscribed in open court this day & year aforesaid 
Attest Braxton Small Mcc

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of this matter and after putting the interrogation prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Johnson who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the same county of McCracken and that Benjamin Bourland who has also signed the same is also a resident of the said county of McCracken and is a credible person and that their statement is [illegible] under my honor as judge of the said court the day & year aforesaid
Rezin Davidge

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Kentucky, McCracken Circuit Crt

I Braxton Small Clerk of the circuit court of the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of this said court in this matter of the application of Joshua Gamblin for a pension 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said court this 19th day of October 1832
Braxton Small

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State of Kentucky
Graves County

On this 4th day of September [illegible] thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me presiding Judge of Graves County Court in the State of Kentucky Mary Gamblin aged 72 years a resident of Graves County in the State of Kentucky who being duly sworn  according to law declares that she is the widow of Joshua Gamblin deceased who was a private soldier in in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] in the regiment of [blank] in the Revolutionary War that her said husband enlisted at North Carolina on or about the day [blank] for the term of [blank] months and continued in actual service in said [illegible] for more than 14 days and was honorably discharged at [blank] on or about the [blank] day of [blank] as well appear by reference to the musters rolls of said company – his original certificate of discharge having been lost or mislaid. She states that for the services of her said husband she has [illegible] a pension under the act of 1853 as will appear by reference to her application therefor which the proceedings therein are [illegible] on file in the Pension office

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At Washington – She further states that she was married to the said Joshua Gamblin in Hopkins County Kentucky on the [blank] day of [illegible] one. Jesse Ford a minister of the Gospel and that her name before him said morning was Mary Obrian and that her said husband died at Graves County on the [blank] day of [blank] 1845 and that she is now a widow all of which with the marriage license between her & said Joshua Gamblin are on file with her application for her pension and which is here referred to as part of this application. 

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she is entitled under the act passed March 3rd 1853 [illegible] having received Bounty Land under this or any other act of [illegible] or made any other application therefore 

Mary her mark Gamblin

Mr Lucian Anderson and T.B. Whitlemore residents of Graves County in the State of Kentucky upon our oaths declare that this foregoing declaration

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was signed and acknowledged by Mary Gamblin in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant and that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. 
Lucian Anderson
Thomas B. Whitlemore

The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I [illegible] the affidavit to be credible witnesses and that the Claimant is the identical person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim  AR Boon [illegible]

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State of Kentucky
Graves County Set

I William Beadles clerk of the county court for the county aforesaid, do certify that A.R. Boon whose name is signed to the [illegible] Certificate is & was at the time of signing the same who presiding judge of said court that [illegible] faith and credit are due all his official acts as such and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
[illegible] My hand and seal of office at Mayfield. The 4 day of September A.D. 1853
WM Beadles Clerk

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State of Kentucky
County of Graves

On the 27th day of April 1856  [illegible] appeared before me WR Gough [illegible] said County & state Mary Gamblin a resident [illegible] County & state age [illegible] first duly sworn according to law [illegible] make the following declaration [illegible] the benefits of the [illegible] of Congress [illegible] 1853 graves county [illegible] to pensions of persons [illegible] the Revolutionary war [illegible] that she is the widow of Joshua Gamblin dec who was a private in the war of the Revolution [illegible] where [illegible] in actual service about [illegible] for his services drew a pension Government of the United States of $80 per annum under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. She refers to the evidence on file in war department at Washington City to [illegible] the [illegible] of the service above [illegible] she further declares that she was married to the said Joshua Gamblin on the [blank] day of [blank] 1817 – in Hopkins County [illegible] by Jesse Ford a minister of the Gospel of Christ her name before her said marriage Mary OBrian and that her husband the aforesaid Joshua Gamblin dec in Graves  County [illegible] on the 17th day of December 1844

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And that she here remains a widow since [illegible] death of her said husband

Mary Gamblin

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me. 
Wm R Gough J.P.G.C

I Wm R Gough a Justice of the peace in and for said county of Graves state of Kentucky do certify that I am & have been for [illegible] per [illegible[ acquainted with Mary Gamblin widow of Joshua Gamblin dec and that [illegible] said Mary & Joshua Gamblin lived together as man & wife & were regarded as such & I further certify that my [illegible] is a court of [illegible] of said Mary Gamblin [illegible] is credible to [illegible] under my hand April 27 1854
WMR Gough J.P.G.C

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Act 3. Feb. 1853
Revolutionary
Mary Gamblin
Graves Co. Kentucky

Widow of Joshua Gamblin
A Pensioner under Act of 
7 June 1832 at $80 [illegible]

Presented by Ch. C. Tucker,
Attorney
Present.
12. May 1854.

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Commonwealth of Kentucky
County of Graves Set
 I William Beadles clerk of the county court for the county aforesaid do certify that WmR Gough whose (illegible] signature appears to the foregoing certification is now & was at the time of signing the same an [illegible] Justice of the peace in aforesaid county and that [illegible] are [illegible] all his official acts as [illegible] 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office at Mayfield this [illegible] day of May 1854
Wm Beadles clerk

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I Orlean Bishop clerk of the County Court for the county aforesaid do certify that on the 3rd day of December 1817 there issued from the clerk office of said Court a license for the marriage of Joshua Gamblin & Polly Obryant as appear by a bond executed and on file in my said office in the word & figures following to wit “Know all men by there present that we Joshua Gamblin & Reddick OBryant are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the penal sum of fifty pounds current money the payment of which well and truly to be made unto the [illegible] Commonwealth we bind ourselves our [illegible] & jointly and severally  firmly by there present sealed with our seals and dated the 3rd day of December 1817. The condition of this obligation is such that whereas there is a marriage [illegible] by intended to be solemnized between the above bound Joshua Gamblin & Polly Obryant for which a license is about to be issued now if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the marriage then this obligation to be void or else to remain in full force and virtue [illegible] 
Joshua Gamblin Esq
Sam Woodson  Redick OBryant Esq

I certify that the foregoing is a true [illegible] of the marriage bond of Joshua Gamblin as the same same remains in my office I further certify that I can find no certificate of the

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marriage of said Gamblin & Polly OBryant in my office 
In testimony whereof I have herewith subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office the 16th day of May 1854
Orlean Bishop clerk

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Joshua Gamblin
Ken
From 1778 private
21 months
$70

[illegible] C. Lyon
[illegible]
Ken

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War Department,
Pension Office,
June 10, 1833

Sir;
The evidence in support of your claim under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked with a brace, {thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to the Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

Statement, showing the Service of Joshua Gamblin

[column headings: Period when the service was rendered.  Duration of the claimant’s service.  (Years. Months. Days.) Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.]

Sub: 1777&8     6  Pr.  Genl Sanders                   70                Traditionary
                                         Col not mentioned     Catham Co.
Enlisted              9   “    Col Shurlock                    N.C.
Vol.                      6  “     Gen Davis 

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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Regulations Under the Act of June 7, 1832

The following regulation have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms “Continental Line,” “State troops,” militia,” and “volunteers,” all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as office, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } 88.
County of 

On this     day of              personally appeared (a) before              A.B. a resident (b) of           in the county of         and State, Territory or District  of            aged (c)         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 made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)            , with             and served in the                 (e) regiment of the              line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers:) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not of the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of              
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.

I                        of the Court of                            do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                       for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my head and seal of office (i) this                             day of                                         &c. 

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (f) points out            Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers, or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the                            and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are will acquainted with                       , who has subscribed and sworn in the above declaration, that we believe him to be            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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And 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 further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who signed the preceding certificate is a clergymen, resident in the                and that C.D. who has also signed the same is a resident in the                             and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I,                   Clerk of the Court of                 do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of                      for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this             day of        &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. {To a Soldier.] Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
  {To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. 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 service as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers in these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinion of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons – one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein required to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[Footnotes]
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
[c] The age of the claimant must invariable be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 a 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.” 
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he 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 that 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 shown under what officers supplicant 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 when the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required. 
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or If he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers. [bracket marked in ink]
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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. 

Proof of Service [bracket marked in ink]
[j] 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 their affidavits the time of the claimant’s 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 office. 
[ ] The notes from [a} to [illegible] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. 
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to [illegible] interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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Eddyville K. July 30th 1833

JL Edwards Esq 

Dear Sir

I return you the paper of Joshua Gamblin They have been attached by him in the manner Required, by the clerk under his seal, Mr G has no further evidence to offer, he is a man of respectablitity and [illegible] integrity 
Very Respectfully
Your obt Serv Chill Lyon

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Mayfield KY Sept 5th 1853

Dear Sir
I send you the declaration of Mary Gamblin for Bounty Land which I hope will receive your attention.
Respectfully
L Anderson

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[illegible mark]
34.984
[illegible mark]
[illegible]

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Washington City, 12 May 1854.

Hon. L.P. Waldo,
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,
I have the honor to enclose herewith, the claims of Mary Gamblin, of Graves Co. Kentucky, Widow of Joshua Gamblin, a Pensioner under Act of 7 June 1832, at $80 - per year; -  for Revolutionary Pension under Act of 3 Feb. 1853, and that you will find the papers satisfactory. 

Please forward me her Pension Certificate as early as practicable.

I have the honor to be, very Respectfully, Your Obt. Servt. 

Chas C Tucker – Attorney

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Treasury Department,
Third Auditor’s Office
May 16, 1854.

Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 12th inst. In relation to the pension of Joshua Gamblin of Ky. I have to inform you that it appears from the records of this office that he died 11th Dec 1845. It has been paid in full at $70 per annum.
I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant,
F. Burt
Third Auditor 

C.C. Tucker, Esq
Washington,
D.C.

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State of Kentucky
Graves County

On this day Wiley Croft & William McIntosh who are personally known to me to be credible persons appeared before me WR Gough a Justice of the peace for Graves County Kentucky & made oath that they were well acquainted with Joshua Gamblin dec in his lifetime who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of [illegible] Co. Ky. & that they are also well acquainted with Mary Gamblin, & that she is the widow of the identical Joshua Gamblin late a Revolutionary Pensioner of [illegible} Co Ky. that she has not [illegible] but [illegible] her [illegible]

William McIntosh
Wiley Croft

Sworn to & subscribed before me this 12th day of June 1854.
WR Gough J.P.G.C.

Commonwealth of Kentucky
County of Graves Set

I William Beadles clerk of the county court of the county aforesaid certify that Wm R Gough whose name is signed to the above certificate is now, & was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in aforesaid county & that full faith and credit are due his official acts as such. 
In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said court at office in Mayfield this 12th day of June 1854
We Beadles Clerk

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Washington D.C. June 23, 1854

Hon. L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir
I send enclosed additional evidence for the Revolutionary Pension Claim under the Act of Feb. 3 1853 of Mary Gamblin widow of Joshua of Ky. being such as is required by the letter from your office dated May 15, 1854.
An early issue of the certificate is respectfully requested. 

Very respectfully,
Your obt. Servt.

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State of Kentucky
Graves County

On this day Mary Gamblin personally appeared before me Wm R Gough a Justice of the Peace in & for said county & state & made oath that there is no record showing her marriage with her husband Joshua Gamblin dec. & that the minister whose name is Jesse Ford who solemnized the marriage between her & her said husband is now dead & that there is no family record showing their marriage.  Mary Gamblin

Sworn to & subscribed before me this day 12th day of June 1854
Wm R Gough J.P.G.C.

Kentucky, Graves County Set
I William Beadles clerk of the county court for the county aforesaid do certify that Wm R Gough whose name is signed to the above certificate is now, and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in aforesaid county and that full faith and credit are due all his officials acts as such

In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said court at office in Mayfield – this 12th day of June 1854
Wm Beadles Clerk

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Brief in the case of Mary Gamblin wid of Joshua, Graves County and State of Ky:
Act 3: Febry: 1853.

Claim, (“original,” [struck-through]) 
Proof exhibited, (if original.}

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Joshua was a pensioner under the act of 7th June, 1832.

[illegible] proof of marriage 

(If for increase)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? 

Chas C Tucker, Esq
Present 
Name and residence of Agent

S.C. Boynton
Examining Clerk

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210.8[illegible] 8

Commission of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
Mail

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210.8[illegible] 8

Commission of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
Mail

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Recd June [illegible]

Rev. of Pensions Claim
Act of 1853

Hon. L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington D.C.

[Signatures] Mary Gamblin
Joshua
Boynton

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1922 Apr. 12 Date to Hon. A.W. Barton
(See letter [illegible] Jno Brimmage
S38568.

Revolution
North Carolina
Widow, &c.
File No. 11039
Mary Gamblin
Wid of Joshua Gamblin
Priv Rev War
Act: Feb 3rd 1853
Index: - Vol. A, Page 263
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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No. 4670
Mary Gamblin
Wid of
Joshua

Set: to C.C. Tucker. May 16th/54

Act [illegible]

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Mary Gamblin
Wid
Joshua

Boynton

Revolutionary – Act 1853

Hon. L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Present

Rec May 13th 1854

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May 13th 1854
Mary Gamblin
Wid of
Joshua 
Graves Co:
Ky

Act/53
$70.00 per An:
Com: [illegible] 3.7853

Rev

C.C. Tucker
Present

Department of the Interior
Pension Office, Official Business

Commissioner

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Act 2. Feb. ‘53
Revolutionary
Mary Gamblin,
Graves Co. Ky.
Wid. Joshua
Proof Marriage

C.C. Tucker
Atty.
Present.
12 May ‘54

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State of Kentucky
County of Hopkins} Set

On this twelfth day of December A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Three personally appeared before the County Court in and for the County of Hopkins in the State aforesaid Meredith Sisk a resident of the county and state aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, doth upon his oath declare that he witnessed a solemnization of the rites of matrimony between Joshua Gamblin and Polly O’Bryan (sometimes called Mary O’Bryan) in the County and State aforesaid in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and Seventeen, that he was well acquainted with the said Joshua Gamblin and Polly Gamblin for five or six years after their said marriage, during which time they resided in Hopkins County in the State aforesaid, visited and received visits as husband and wife appeared at public places, as such, and were recognized by their neighbors friends and relations as husband and wife, and reputed to have been lawfully married, that several years after their said marriage the said Joshua & Polly Gamblin moved to the “Kentucky Purchase” west of the

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Tennessee River, and affiant is informed and believes that the said Joshua Gamblin died in McCracken or Graves County Kentucky, eight or ten years ago, that said Polly Gamblin survived him, is still a widow and now resides in Graves County Kentucky, He also declares that said Gamblin was reputed to have been a soldier in the American revolutionary War, and affiant has heard said Gamblin say that he was.
Meredith [his mark] Sisk

Subscribed and sworn to in open court by Meredith Sisk on the day and year first aforesaid
Orlean Bishop clk

State of Kentucky
County of Hopkins} Set
On this twelfth day of December A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Three personally appeared before the county court in and for the county and state aforesaid Pendleton Sisk a resident of said county who being duly sworn according to

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law declares upon oath that he witnessed a celebration of the rites of matrimony between Joshua Gamblin and Polly O’Bryan (sometimes called Mary O’Bryan) in the county of Hopkins and state aforesaid in the year AD 1817 [words struck-through] that said Joshua and Polly Gamblin continued to live in said county of Hopkins for five or six years after their said marriage during all of which time affiant was intimately acquainted with them that during their residence in said county after their marriage they visited, and were visited, and appeared in public places as husband and wife, were recognized by their neighbors friends and relations as such, and were reputed to have been lawfully married. He declares that several years after their said marriages the said Joshua and Polly Gamblin moved to McCracken County Kentucky, and he had been informed and believes that said Joshua & Polly Gamblin moved from McCracken to Graves county, that said Joshua died in Grave County, that the said Polly now lives in Graves county and is still a widow He also declares

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that said Joshua was reputed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War
Pendleton [his mark] Sisk

Subscribed and sworn to in open court by Pendleton Sisk on the day and year first aforesaid
Orlean Bishop clk
State of Kentucky
Hopkins County} set

At a county court held for the county aforesaid at the courthouse in Madisonville on Monday the 12 day of December 1853 an entry was made in the record of the proceedings of said [illegible] in the words [illegible] following towit  This day Meredith Sisk & Pendleton Sisk residents of Hopkins County Kentucky who are well known to the court to be men of good character produced in court and severally subscribed and sworn to declarations before the court proving a marriage between Joshua Gamblin and Polly OBryan (sometimes called Mary OBryan) which is ordered to be certified
I Orlean Bishop clerk of the County Court aforesaid hereby certify that the foregoing is truly transcribed from the records of said court and that the foregoing declarations of Meredith Sisk and Pendleton Sisk are the same that are mentioned referred to in said entry. In Testimony

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Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office the 17th day of December 1853  Orlean Bishop clk

State of Kentucky
County of Hopkins} Set
I Samuel Morton Presiding Judge of the Hopkins County court do certify that Orlean Bishop whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificates, is and was at the time of subscribing the same clerk of said court duly commission and qualified, and that he is and was the proper custodian of the seal of said court which he has affixed to the last of said certificates, and I also certify that said court is a court of record so declared by the 5th Section of Article 22 of chapter 22 of the Revised Statues of Kentucky and that said court has power to fine and imprison. Witness my hand this 19th day of December 1853
Sam Morton