Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7,521, William Gill, Va.

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Service 
Va.
Gill or Gills, William 
Number
W.7,521
Mary

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No 7769
Declaration of Mary Gill or Gills for pension under act of July 7th 1838
N 84 & 16
Not on present roll of 4 Va Regt
Admo time at Guilford & Yorktown
20$
John H Routon
Newthere
Buckingham Va

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State of Virginia
Charlotte Ct
March 24th 1841-

Sir,
You will find enclose the declaration with accompanying papers, of Mrs. Mary Gill or Gills of Buckingham County, Virginia, who claims a pension under the act of Congress papered July 7th 1838, all of which on inspection, I trust, will prove satisfactory,
I am, Sir, very respectfully your most obl servant
Wm J. B. Bedford
J.L. Edwards esq
Commissioners of Pensions 
War Department

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I Rolfe Eldridge clerk of the county court of Buckingham and the state of Virginia, do hereby certify that R. J. Gillespie before whom the within declaration of Mary Gills was sworn to, is an acting justice of the peace in and for the said county duly qualified according to law and commissioned that the following signature proposing to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have here onto sat my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 31 day of May in the year eighteen hundred and forty three
Rolfe Eldridge clerk of Buckingham County Court

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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
Mee/HMM

January 11, 1930
Miss Mary Louise Gills
Appomattox Virginia.

Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, w. 7521, it appears that William Gill or Gills (his name appears both ways) was born July 18, 1761, place not stated. 
He enlisted in 1776 and served 2 years as a private in Captain Brent’s company, Colonel Lawson's Virginia regiment. It is stated that he was then of Charlotte County, Virginia.
He enlisted early in 1781 and served three months as a private in captain Ambrose Nelson's Virginia company and was in the battle of Guildford. It is stated that he marched from Prince Edward County, Virginia.
He enlisted in 1781, served three months as a private in Captain Williamson Bird’s company under major Charles Allen and the Virginia troops and was at the siege of Yorktown.
He died February 4, 1816. It is stated that he was of Buckingham County.
The soldier married February 5,1784 Mary Wright who was born September 27th, 1760. She was allowed pension on her application executed September 1st, 1840, while a resident of Buckingham County, Virginia.
Their children were:
Thomas Wright born January 7, 1785
Sarah Perkins born April 7, 1787
George W born on March 27, 1789
William Jr. born October 10, 1792
Polly born December 25, 1794
Archibald born March 4, 1797
James born February 12, 1800.