Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5280, Moses Gee, New York

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Service  New York 
                                                   
Number  W.5280  

Gee, Moses
         Phebe

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Ohio.     2779

Moses Gee of Guillia in the State of Ohio, who was a Private in the Company Commanded by Captain Hornbanach of the [unclear] commanded by Col. Wisenvelt in the New York line for 8 months from 1782-

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Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Dec., and sent to Francis LeClercy Gollipolis, O.
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832...39.99
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 [unclear]  13.33
$53.32
_____________________
{Revolutionary Claim,} 
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Nathan Rice, Clerk
Book D Vol. 10 Page 35

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5594
Ohio     -   C
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Phebe Gee widow of Moses Gee, who served in the Revolutionary [NY] war, as a Private
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Twenty six Dollars Sixtyy Six Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
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Certificate of Pension issued the Eleventh day of March 1851 and sent to A.T. Holcomb
Vinton Ohio
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act [edge of page missing]
February 2, 1848, Page 342 Vol. 4

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Moses Gee
Ohio
No. 4338.

From 1 May 1782
8 months Private
$26.66

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Brief in the case of Moses Gee
of Gallia County in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  [No answer noted.]
3.  How old is he?  72 years
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period - [unreadable] in 1782
Duration of service. 0 years, 8 months, 11 days.
Rank. As a Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.  Col. Wisenvelt, Capt. John Hornbarrack.
5.  In what battles was he engaged? -
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Ulster County New York
7.  Is this statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? [No answer noted]
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
           [Area blank]  Examining Clerk.

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Phebe Gee, widow of Moses.
[Act] 7 July 1838

Married 1784
Husb death Feb 1842
[unreadable] 8 mos / [unreadable]
$26.66 per annum
[Acts] 43&44
48

[unreadable]

A. T. Holcomb
Vinton
Ohio

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{The State of Ohio}
{Gallia County}

On this fifth day of July A.D. 1850 personally appeared before me, Moses R. Matthews, one of the associate Judges of he Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Gallia aforesaid. Phebe Gee a resident of said County, aged Eighty one years on the 5th of April 1850, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the acts of Congress providing for paying widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary war, pensions. That she is the widow of Moses Gee who was a Private in the War of the Revolution and died on the sixth day of February A.D. 1842 and being in the receipt of a pension from the United States of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents for services in the Revolutionary War, at the time of his decease.
She further declares that she was married to the said Moses Gee on the 10th day of November A.D. 1784 in the County of Orange in the State of New York; that they lived together as husband and wife from the day of their marriage until the death of the said Moses Gee, that they raised a large family of children.  The first two of which died in infancy, their third child was a daughter (Hannah) who intermarried with Henry Sager in the State of New York, had two children, and died about forth years ago.  Their fourth child was a son [page is cut off]

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[NOTE: This is a continuation from the previous page.]
Their third child was a daughter (Hannah) who intermarried with Henry Sager in the State of New York, had two children, and died about forth years ago.  Their fourth child was a son (Joseph Gee) born March 18th A.D. 1790, married, raised a family of children, died in the State of Ohio on the 29th of May 1838.  Their fifth child was a son (Solomon Gee), he resides in the State of New York. Their sixth child was a son (Moses Gee) born Jun 12th, 1793, he now resides in the State of Iowa.  Their seventh child was a daughter (Sarah) born January 23d 1795 and intermarried with Elijah Gleason and lives in Ohio.  Their eighth child was a son (John Gee) born May 29 1797, he resides in Ohio.  Their ninth child was a daughter and died in infancy.  Their tenth child was a son (Peter Gee) born November 8th 1800 died in Ohio January 22nd 1842.  Their eleventh child was a daughter (Nancy) born January 22nd 1803 and intermarried with Samuel D. Gleason in the State of Ohio, where they now reside.
She further declares that she resided with her husband, the late Moses Gee, in the State of New York until the 27th of May 1819 when they removed to the State of Ohio and settled in the County of Gallia when the said Moses Gee continued to reside until his death and where this deponent now continues to reside.

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The said Phebe Gee further states that she knows of no person, now living, by whom she can prove the marriage between her and the said Moses Gee, and that she is informed and believes that there was no records of marriages left, at that time, under the authority of the laws of the State of New York where she was married; that she has no other means of proving their marriage other than by persons who have long known them and their family, that they lived together as husband and wife, and that their marriage was never questioned or doubted, as will appear by references to the proof hereto amended.  This deponent further states that from age and infirmity she is unable to attend the Court of Common Pleas of this County and further saith not.
[There is an X next to the name Phebe Gee, noted with "her mark"]
Signed in the presence of:
Anselm T. Holcomb
E. Y. [Holcomb]   

Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written.
Moses R. Matthews
Associate Judge

Before me Moses R. Matthews an associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas [page cuts off]

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[continued from previous page]
Before me Moses R. Matthews an associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Gallia and the State of Ohio, personally appeared. Anselm T. Holcomb, of said county, of lawful age, who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says, that he was intimately acquainted with Moses Gee and his wife, the above named Phebe Gee and lived in the immediate neighborhood with them in Gallia County, Ohio from the year 1819 until the death of the said Moses Gee which occurred in February 1842, and is acquainted with the said Phebe since.  That in consequence of the military services of the said Moses Gee, in the War of the Revolution, he was buried with military honors.  This affiant also states that he was well acquainted with many of the children of the said Moses & Phebe Gee, Joseph (who died in the year 1838, has seen Solomon Gee, who is said to reside in the State of New York, when on a visit to see his parents in Ohio, that he was made acquaintance with their some Moses Gee, who has now removed to some of the Western States, that he is well acquainted with their two daughters Sarah and Nancy who intermarried with Elijah & Samuel D. Gleason and now reside in Gallia County Ohio; and that he was well acquainted with their son Peter who died about the year 1842.  This affiant further states that the said Moses Gee and Phebe Gee lived together as husband and wife from the year 1819 to the death of the said Moses Gee in the year 1842 and that the fact of their being lawfully married was never disputed or called in [page ends]

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question to his knowledge and that he has written several letters to the State of New York, at the request of the said Phebe to ascertain is any person could be found living, by whom the marriage could be proven, but cannot find any and that the said Moses Gee and Phebe his wife could not read and write, and did not as he is informed by the said Phebe, keep a family record.
[signed by] Anselm T. Holcomb

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 16th day of October A. D. 1850
Moses R. Matthews
Associate Judge

The [unreadable] of this Gallia County of:
I Joseph Druvillard, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for said County of Gallia do hereby certify that Moses R. Matthews who has [sworn] the forgoing certificate was an [unreadable] and is now an associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Gallia duly commissioned and [served?] and that his [several words are unreadable] signatures thereto [au germaine] - The words of the Court of Common Pleas [unreadable]  signing.

In testimony whereof I hereto place my name and affix the seal of said Court of Gallia this 17th day of October A.D. 1850.
Jos. Drouillard Clerk

Direct to Vinton, Gallia County Ohio

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The State of Ohio}
Gallia County}

Court of Common Pleas
August Term 1832

On this tenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court, being a court of open record, for the County of Gallia in the State of Ohio, now sitting Moses  Gee a resident of Huntington Township in the County of Gallia in the State of Ohio aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make  the following declaration to obtain the  benefit  of the Act of Congres passed June 7th, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein states that is to say that he the said Moses Gee entered he entered the service as a volunteer for the term of eight months,  on or about the first day of May year one thousand seven hundred eighty two (as he verily believes) in the State of New York in the County of Ulster in the Company commanded by Captain John Hornbarrack in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wisenvelt  in the line of New York Militia that he continued to serve in the Corps for the full term of eight months and was stationed in the frontiers  of the said state that he resided of the time of his entering said service in the County of Ulster State of New York.

And was discharged from said service on or about the first of January in the year one thousand seven hundred eighty three near the close of the Revolutionary War in the said State of New York at [page ends]

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At a place called Pine Bush, a frontier settlement of said State to the west of Kings Town (then called Esopus) in a direction from that place to the Delaware River, and that he has no documentary evidence of the facts and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service -

That he hereby relinquishes every Claim whatever to a pension except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any State.

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

[There is an X next to the written name Moses Gee.  The words “his mark” are indicated next to it.]

Francis LeClereq, Clerk C.C. Pleas, Gallia County

We John Holcomb and Sam R. Holcomb residing in the same neighborhood and township of said Moses Gee hereby certify that we are well acquainted with said Moses Gee who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy two 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.
[Signed] Sam R. Holcomb 
               John Holcomb
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
[Signed]  Francis LeClereq, Clerk C.C. Pleas
                                             Gallia County
Interrogatories by the Court
Q: Where and in what year were you born?
Ans: I was born in Dutches[sic] County New York (I think) in the year A.D. 1760.
Q: Have you any record of your age?
Ans: I have not.

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Q:  Where were you living when called into service - where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live —--

Ans:  I resided in Ulster County New York near Esopus now called Kings Town when called into service and in the same County the most of the time served – But I now reside in this Gallia County Ohio in Huntington Township

Q:  Can you state the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served such Continental and Militia Regiments as you were joined to

Ans:  The name of the Commandant of the Regiment that I belonged to was Wisenvelt.  I do not recollect his Christian name.  My Captain was John Hornbarrack.  My Lieutenant’s name was Vanwike – Capts White and Westfall with this Companies were stationed on the same frontiers – near us the Major in our Regiment I think was DeWitt.  There was no other troops that I know of at the time stationed on those frontiers with us.

Q:  Did you ever receive a discharge from service?

Ans: I did not. The troops with whom I served had no written discharges – I was discharged as all the troops were by word.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the Interrogatories of this matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant Moses Gee was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states – and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel R. Holcomb and John Holcomb who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the said County of Gallia and are credible persons and that their statements are intitled[sic] to credit and further that there are no clergymen residents in the neighborhood of the said Moses Gee.

{The State of Ohio}
{Gallia County}

I Francis LeClereq Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Gallia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court.

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Of the said Court in the matter of the application of Moses Gee for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this tenth day of August A.D. 1832
Francis LeClereq, Clerk C.C.P.
                               G.C.



No 4338
Moses Gee
Application for a pension
August tenth 1832


P U

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Rev. & 1812 Wars
Section.        ILL

                                                                                                       November 6, 1930

Mrs. Adelaide Hall
Box 147
Gallipolis, Ohio.

Dear Madam:
	You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 5280, that Moses Gee was born in 1760 in Dutchess County New York.

	While residing near Esopus (later Kingson), Ulster County, New York, he enlisted about May 1, 1782 and served eight months as a private in Captain John Hornbarrack’s Company, Colonel Weissenfels’ New York Regiment.

	He was allowed pension on his application executed August 10, 1832, while a resident of Huntington Township, Gallia County, Ohio.

	He died February 6, 1842, in Gallia County, Ohio.

	Soldier married November 10, 1784, in Orange County, New York, Phebe, maiden name not stated.  She was born April 15, 1769.  They resided in New York State until May 27, 1819, when they moved to Gallia County, Ohio.

She was allowed pension on her application executed July 5, 1850, while a resident of Gallia County, Ohio.

Moses Gee and his wife had the following children:

First two died in infancy.
Hannah born —---- Married Henry Sager in New York State, had two children, died about 1810.
Joseph born March 18, 1790, married, and had a family, and died May 27, 1838 in Ohio.

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Solomon - born November 10, 1791,     resided in New York State in 1850.
	Moses -      “      June 12, 	  1793,     resided in Iowa in 1840
	Sarah -       “      January 23,     1795	    married Elijah Gleason, resided in Ohio in 1850
	John -         “      May 29,           1797     resided in Ohio in 1850
	Daughter, died in infancy.
	Peter -        “      November 8,    1800,   died January 22, 1842 in Ohio
	Nancy -      “       January 22,	    1803,   married Samuel D. Gleason, they resided in Ohio in 1850.


Very truly yours,


E.W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner

Capt. “Hornbarrack” - (not in NY Book) - used: probably “Hardenbergh” (might be “Hantramick”)

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Left side of page (handwritten):
1913 May 3.  History to Charles H. Browning
1913 July 30  George Hewlett - letter to army for Mex. data.
1930 - Nov. 6 - Hist. to Mrs. Adelaide Hall - ILL
Her letter see George Cress
S24983.

Right side of page (combination of typed and handwritten):

Rev. WIDOW & c.
File No. 5280
Phebe Gee
Wid.
Moses Gee
Pvt. Rev. War
Act:  Feby. 2 {???}8
Index: Vol. A, Page 268
Arrangement of 1870

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Left side of page (right side is blank):

8945
Ohio – C
_____________

Phebe Gee
Widow of Moses
Who was a Private
In the Revolution
______________

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
Of 26 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence
On the 4th day of March, 1843.
________________

Certificate of Pension issued
The 11th day of March, 1843
And sent to A.T. Holcomb
Vinton, Ohio
_________________

Acts of March 3, 1843 & June
              17, 1844.

Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2    Page 204

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[Handwritten note]
Mrs. Evans will oblige me furnishing to me a statement of the facts connected with the application of Mrs. Phebe Gee of Vinton, Ohio, for a pension as set forth in the accompanying letter of A.T. Holcomb, Esq.
                                                                                               D.C. Goddard
                                                                                               March 5, 1851

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[This document is typed, with handwritten answers.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Moses Gee, 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 for his not doing so?  [no answer written]
IV.  Has the Declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war he served?  Yes
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?  Yes
VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  Yes
VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  Yes
IX.  Has the Clerk 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 and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in 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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?  Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper office under his seal of office?  [blank]
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 a personal knowledge of the applicant’s service? [blank]
XVI.  Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  Yes
XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them is not so answered?  7 not answered

                                                 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 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.”

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It is important in all cases to determine the period for which the 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.

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 serve his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and his time and manner 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 of the certificate of the certifying who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or 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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[This is a typewritten letter.]

                                                                                        26 April, 1913
The Honorable Commissioner of Pensions
          Washington, D.C.

Sir,

Please send me whatever information your office concerning one MOSES GEE (pronounced Gay, sometime so written, also Geh), who was a soldier in the N.Y. Line, Rev. War.

Same as to one JOHN GEE,
         “        “      #ROSSEL GEE,

Also in same service.

#or “Derosel Gee”.
And oblige.

								Yours truly,

								Charles H. Browning
								Ardmore P.O., Penna.

[included at the bottom of this letter is a round stamp noting: “U.S. Pension office, Apr. 29, 1913”]

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[This is a typewritten form, with answers handwritten]

In reply to your request of __________, received ___________, for a statement of the military history of Moses Gee a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow’s) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

W.  5280

Dates of enlistment or appointment / Length of service:  May 1, 1782 to Jan. 1, 1783
Rank [left blank]
Officers under whom service was rendered:  Capt. John Hornbeck, Col. Weissenfels
State: N.Y.
Battles engaged in: [a checkmark is the only response]
Residence of soldier at enlistment: Kingstown, Ulster Co., N.Y.
Date of application for pension: Aug. 10, 1832 
Residence at date of application: Huntington Twp., Gallia Co., Ohio.
Age at date of application: Born in 1760 in Dutchess Co., N.Y.
Remarks:  Sol. mar. Grange Co., N.Y. Nov. 10, 1784, [unreadable “Ahibe?”] and remvd to Gallia Co., Ohio in 1819.  He died Feb. 6, 1842, and he was allowed pension on her application executed July 5, 1850 while a res. Of Gallia Co.,Ohio at 81 yrs.  17 Apr. 1850.

Very respectfully,
						[no signature - just the word Commissioner]
						Commissioner.
[form #] 6-2856

[also handwritten at the bottom of the page is the following:]
 1850
      81
 1769

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[This document is completely typewritten, but does include a handwritten signature.]

Rev. War Section

							July 30, 1913.

Mr. George Hewlett
Hopland, Cal.

Sir: 

In addition to the military history of Moses Gee, W. File No. 5,380. Rev. War, you are furnished with the following family data from the papers on file.
Moses Gee married November 10, 1784.  Phebe –
Their first two children died in infancy.
3rd.  Hannah married Henry Sager in the State of New York, had two children, and died about 1810.
4th.  Joseph born March 18, 1790, married, had a family of children, and died in Ohio, May 27, 1838.
5th.  Solomon born November 10, 1791, resident of New York State in 1850.
6th.  Moses born June 12, 1793, resident of Iowa, 1850.
7th.  Sarah born January 23, 1795, married Elijah Gleason, resident of Ohio 1850.
8th.  John born May 29, 1797, resident of Ohio 1850.
9th.  Daughter died in infancy.
10th. Peter born November 8, 1800, died in Ohio, Jan. 22, 1842.
11th. Nancy born January 22, 1803, married Samuel D. Gleason in Ohio where they resided in 1850.

Very respectfully,
E.C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner.

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[This document is completely typewritten, and does not include a handwritten signature.]

Rev. War Section

							May 3, 1913.

Mr. Charles H. Browning
Ardmore P.O.     Pa.

Sir: 

In addition to the military history of Moses Gee, W. File No. 5,380. Rev. War, you are furnished with the following family data from the papers on file.
Moses Gee married November 10, 1784.  Phebe –
Their first two children died in infancy.
3rd.  Hannah married Henry Sager in the State of New York, had two children, and died about 1810.
4th.  Joseph born March 18, 1790, married, had a family of children, and died in Ohio, May 27, 1838.
5th.  Solomon born November 10, 1791, resident of New York State in 1850.
6th.  Moses born June 12, 1793, resident of Iowa, 1850.
7th.  Sarah born January 23, 1795, married Elijah Gleason, resident of Ohio 1850.
8th.  John born May 29, 1797, resident of Ohio 1850.
9th.  Daughter died in infancy.
10th. Peter born November 8, 1800, died in Ohio, Jan. 22, 1842.
11th. Nancy born January 22, 1803, married Samuel D. Gleason in Ohio where they resided in 1850.

Very respectfully,
         Commissioner.