Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7,523, John Gillon, N.C.

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State of North Carolina
Cabarrus County

On this the 2nd day of September eighteen hundred and forty-five personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, Mary Gillon who being first sworn in due form of law deposeth and sayeth that she knows John Gillon and Jane Gillon since the year eighteen hundred, that they lived together as man and wife, and she never heard the legality of their marriage questioned.  She has often heard said John Gillon speak of his marriage to Jane as having taken place on the 20th day of Aug in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three in Lancaster District at the house of Mary Young and that the Rites of Matrimony was solemnized by a magistrate of that District agreeably to the laws of that State.  That John Gillon died on the 6th day of September in the year eighteen hundred and thirty three, and that Jane Gillon his widow has not since been married. 

Sworn to and subscribed the date above written before me J.T. Rumple J.P.

Signed Mary Gillon

I hereby certify that Mary Gillon who has sworn to and subscribed the above affidavit is a woman of respectable character, and that her statement on oath is entitled to full credit.

Signed J.T. Rumple JP

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12199
Jane Gillon
NC
Let to JE Kerr Ad. 27 '45
to same April 8th '46
to same Aug 25. '66
to same DM Barringer
Oct 8th '47
let to same My 13. 48
Aug 7 1838

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This is to certify that John Gillon
his wife
Jean has lived in the bounds of the waxhaw Congregation for several years past and
his behaved themselves as Regular Members of [illegible] and is free
from publick scandal certifyed by me John Halt
Agust the 13th 1754
12 [seal] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES

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the true one, I enclose the affidavit of Wm Rachel McRee, who though not a witness of the marriage just his acquaintance with John Gillon and Wife extends back to the year 1783, when, and for fifty years subsequent she know them as man and wife-
The additional proof of the service of John Gillon in the War of the Revolution, which I have been able to supply, is the certificate of the Comptroller of the State. There is a slight difference in the spelling of the name, but as to the identity, I affirmed, there can not be any doubt.

Very respectfully
Your [ineligible]
James E. Kerr
JL Edwards Esquire

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Raleigh NC
Compt Office
I William F Collins Comptroller of Public Accounting in and for the State of North Carolina do hereby certify that the name of John Gillilen appears of record in my office as having had a special Certificate [illegible] in his favor for Military Service for Thirty five pounds four shillings and two pence (35.4.2) given under my hand and seal this 6th day July 1846
Wm F Collins

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Georgia Murray County
I Franklin B Morris Clerk of the Inferior Court of the County aforesaid do certify that Asa York whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit and certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that full facto and Condit ought to be had and given to his attestation as such and that certifies his signature is genuine
Given under my hand and seal of office this 22nd day of April 1846
Franklin B Morris Clerk

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complete manner - as I myself could do
were I personally present; hereby ratifying &
confirming whatever my said Attorney may
as shall do touchig the [illegible] - In
testimony whereof I have hereto set
my hand & seal this
day of ---
[illegible initials]
Signed Sealed and
Acknobled [acknowledged] in
presence of

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and year above written
George J Irvin JP       Jane Gillon X her mark

State of North Carolina Cabarrus County
I George W Irvin an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Jane Gillon who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration is personally known to me, and that she is still a widow.
In testimony where of I have here into put my hand this the 7th day of April 1847
Geroge W Irvin JP

State of North Carolina Cabarrus County
I RW Foard, Clerk of the Court of Please and Quarter Sessions for Cabarrus County, do certify that Mr. George W Irvin Esquire is an acting Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine

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State of North Carolina
Buncombe County
Personally appeared before me John Burgin one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County Rachael McRee and saith oath in duly form of law that she was well acquainted Jane Gillon who is an applicant for a pension and was also well acquainted with her husband John Gillon. I Recollect that myself and husband settled in Steel Creek Congregation in the County of Mecklenburg and State of NC in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight an soon after that time perhaps four or five years John Gillon and his wife Jane settled in the same congregation they always passed as man and wife and I never heard the legality of their marriage questioned or doubted an any way. i knew them a good many years they were regular attendees of the Church in which my husband was the pastor and was always considered as good religious whether they were members or not I do not recollect. I always understood that John Gillon served some time in the war of the Revolution but how long I do not know but during which time he was very badly wounded so much so that it then was the prevailing opinion that he could not recover. My husband was one of the first men that dressed his wounds and further the deponent sayeth that sworn to and subscribed before me this 11th day of May 1846.
[illegible] Burgin
Rachel McRee

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State of North Carolina
Cabarrus County
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 
July [illegible] 1848
A C McRee makes the oath that he was an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County at the time John Gillon applied and obtained a pension as an invalid soldier of the revolution, that the proof and papers of said Gillon was prepared before him and that to the best of the recollection of affiant a difficulty over an amount of the variance in the spelling of the name of the applicant and the spelling of the name "John Gillilen"  on the revolution roll in the Comptrollers office of North Carolina and that proof was obtained at the time that established the identity of the applicant with the name "John Gillilen" that in former times the name Gillon was spoken and spelt indifferently Gillon, Gillean and Gillelen and that many persons at this time differ as to the pronunciation of the name and its spelling - further affiant states that the time John Gillon obtained a pension as an invalid soldier proof was made of a service extending six months to the best of his recollection. A C McRee

State of North Carolina
Cabarrus County
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
I Kirby Pope Chairman of said court do hereby certify that ACMcRee was qualified in [illegible] to the foregoing statement in open court