Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14865, John Wilson, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Penn.
Wilson, John
S. 14865
carded
CONTENTS

let 19 April 1835 to R. H. Hammond, and to Pen agent
N o 11,888 Pennsylvania
John Wilson
Northum o Co. in the State of Penn a who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Gaskins of the Regt. commanded by Col. Kelly in the Penn a Mil. time for 10 months
Enscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of July 1833 and sent to A. Jordan Sunbury Pa.
  Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  66.66    Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 1833  16.66  
$83.32
{ Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by D. Brown Book E Vol. 5
Page

State of Pennsylvania Northumberland County ss
on the 23 rd day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas in & for the County aforesaid William Staddon who on his solemn oath says that he is well acquainted with John Wilson who now resides in Chillisquague Township in the County aforesaid that deponent was well acquainted with him during the revolutionary war & knows that he was stationed at Foulings fort in the aforesaid County for the defence of it in the year 1778. but deponent cannot say the length of time he served - Deponent always understood the said John Wilson served a considerable time in active service in the Militia during the revolutionary war
William Staddon
Sworn & subscribed in open Court the day aforesaid Ed. V. Bright Proth
I hereby certify that William Staddon the above named deponent is a reputable & credible person.
Ed. V. Bright Proth

State of Pennsylvania Columbia County ss.
Personally came before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Columbia John Allen a resident in the Township of Madison in said County: who upon his solemn oath duly administered doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with John Wilson now residing in the Township of Chillisquagua in the County of Northumberland and that to his (deponent's) certain knowledge the said John Wilson did serve in Captain Thomas Gaston's company in the year of 1777 as a drafted militia man for two months above the big Island on the river Susquehanna and from the said not.
Sworn and subscribed
July 24. 1832 before me
Caleb Thomas John Allen
I hereby certify that John Allen the above named deponent is a respectable & credible person that has been long well known to the subscriber.
Caleb Thomas

State of Pennsylvania Columbia County ss
I Jacob Eynly Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia County aforesaid, do certify that Caleb Thomas Pugh was & still is an acting Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid duly Commissioned as such and to all whom Official Acts as such due faith and credit is and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere, and that the signa- ture of Caleb Thomas as within, is the proper hand writing of the said Caleb Thomas Pugh. I witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court at Danville this seventh day of August A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty two Jacob Eynly Proth. Proth.

State of Pennsylvania
Northumberland County ss
On the thirteenth day of September  October 1832 personally appeared John  John Wilson a resident of Chillisquague Township in the County aforesaid aged seventy nine 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 act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. He entered the Militia Company commanded by Captain Thomas Gaskins of Northumberland County aforesaid as a drafted Militia man about June or July of the year 1777. Said Company was first mustered at Warrior run on the west branch of the Susquehanna about 20 Miles from Sunbury, from there we were marched through Sunbury towards Philadelphia to join General Washington's Army, when we got the best part of the way to Reading orders were received from below to return back & Captain Gaskins discharged us when we received the orders and deponent returned home. Deponent's service at this time was about one month. Deponent at the time he was drafted as aforesaid resided at Warrior run in Northumberland County aforesaid. Very shortly after deponent returned from the tour above mentioned in the same summer he was again drafted into Captain Gaskins Company as a Militia man, we received orders to March to the Head of the Great Island up the west branch of the Susquehanna about twenty Miles, we were stationed there till we saved a tour of two months when we were discharged & returned home. Colonel John Kelly commanded at the Great Island, Thomas Gaskins was our Captain, John Clark was our Lieutenant - Captain Foster with a Company from Buffalo Northumberland County was at the Great Island at the same time deponent was there - we were stationed there to protect the Country from the Indians but they did not make their appearance while we were there - After deponent returned from the Great Island he volunteered with a number of others about Warrior run & formed a Company under the Command of Capt. Arthur Taggart, was at the reeking of Feulings fort & was six months in the service defending it against the Indians, but deponent cannot say whether the said service commenced in the year 1777 or 1778 last  first  there  there . Deponent also entered as a substitute for Jacob Houndshott in a Militia Company commanded by Captain Nee at the Minisink about fifty Miles above Eastern on the River Delaware in the State of New Jersey. The tour was for one month, deponent was stationed at the Minisink on the banks of the Delaware in the New Jersey as aforesaid & served all that tour at that place but cannot state the

time of the commencement of this service, nor of its ending. Deponent was born at the White house, six miles from Puchamin in New Jersey in the year 1753. He has no record of his age. He resided at Warrier run in Northumberland County Penn t when he performed the services aforesaid, has resided near there ever since & now resides in Chillisquague township in Northumberland County as aforesaid about 8 miles from Warrier run - he had already stated how he entered the service of the names of the officers under whom command he served Deponent never received a written discharge.
Deponent is known to John Murray esq. late a Member of Congress of Liberty township Columbia County Penn t , Rev d John Bryson late of township Northumberland County, Samuel Heibler Chillisquague township aforesaid Patrick Vincent esq. Milton Northumberland County.
Deponent has no documentary evidence of his said services & knows of no person whose known  first testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except William Haddon & John Allen whose depositions are hereto annexed.
And deponent 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 & subscribed the day John Wilson and year aforesaid
Jacob Gearhart
We John Bryson a Clergyman residing in Turbett township in Northumberland County aforesaid and William Dale residing in Liberty township in the same  Columbia County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Wilson who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be twenty nine years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid John Bryson, William Dale
Jacob Gearhart
And the said Judge Court do hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter & 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 the Rev d John Bryson who has in a Clergyman signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Turbett township in Northumberland County aforesaid and that William Dale who has also signed the same is a resident in Liberty township in the same  Columbia County, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit, and that the said applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court.
Jacob Gearhart Seal

Questions put to John Wilson his answers
1 Where and in what year were you born
I was born at the white house, six miles from Puckamin in the State of New Jersey in the year 1753.
2 Have you any record of your age, and if so, when is it
I have no record of my age
3 When were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and Where do you now live
I resided at Warren run when called into service, I resided near there ever since and now reside in Chillingworth Township Northumberland County about eight miles from Warren run
4 How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom
I served two tours as a drafted Militia man, and one tour as a volunteer, and one tour as a substitute for Jacob Hendershott
5 State the names of some of your officers who were with the troops when you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service
Gaskins, Taggart and Nee, were my Captains Clarke Lieutenant, Colonel John Kelly commanded at the Great Island, Captain Forster with a company from Buffalo North County was at the Great Island
6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it
I never received a written Discharge
7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
I am known to John Murry Esq Rev. John Bryson
Samuel Hinkle and Brother Vincent Sworn to by John Wilson the 13 th Sept. 1832 Jacob Gearhart

12.590.
John Wilson
Admitted
10 mo's
$ 33.33
A. Jordan Esq.
Lumbury
Pa

State of Pennsylvania, Northumberland County ss.
I Edward Y. Bright, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the aforesaid Judge of the said Court, in the matter of the application of John Wilson, for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, at Lunbury, this twenty fifth day of December, light two hundred and thirty two.
Ed. G. Bright. Prof.
Northumberland County Pa
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said County John Wilson mentioned in the foregoing application for a pension who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that the time he served as a substitute for Jacob Hendrickson in a Militia Company commanded by Captain Price at the Minisink as mentioned in the foregoing deposition commenced according to the best of deponent's recollection the latter end of October 1778 and continued one month - Deponent further states that he thinks the six months service at Frelingsfort commenced in the fall of 1777 - Deponent further states 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 to wit for ten months as a private & for such service I claim a pension
John Wilson
Sworn & Subscribed May 6. 1833 before me
Charles Gale

State of Pennsylvania Northumberland County ss
I Edward V Bright Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that Charles Gale Esq who has the tokens signed the within deposition of Edm Wilson is an active Justice of the peace in & for said County duly Commissioned & sworn as such. Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court at Sunbury This seventh day of May 1833
Ed V Bright — Prothonotary

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
L.F. 14865
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Nelson 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June July 1777 1 mo. Pvt. Thomas Gaskin's Penn.   Summer 1777 2 mos. Gaskin's John Kelly   Fall of 1777 6 mos. Arthur Taggart   Oct. 1778 1 mo. See  
Battles engaged in, none stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, Warrior Run Northumberland Co. Penn. Date of application for pension, Sept. 13. 1832 His w. was al. Residence at date of application, Schullisquague Twp. Northumberland Co. Pa. Age at date of application, in 1753 at the White House 6 miles from Puckamin N.J. Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1920 June 23 Mrs. L. G. Christley furnished history.
Reborn
14865 INVALID.
File No. 14,865
John Wilson Priv. Rel. War
Act: June 1 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 413
[Arrangement of 1870.]

May 25
Sunbury Pa May 18
Adm C
for Auto.
Free
Hon. Lewis Caste Egr Secy of War Washington City

Sunbury 1 st May 8. 1823
Sir
I again send you the paper in Johns Wilsons premium case I hope they may be perfectly satisfactory.
Yr. Stable servt
A Jordan

Butler Pa. Rev War June 2, 1920.
U. S. Com. of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Being interested in looking up Revolutionary ancestry in different lines of my family, am writing you to ascertain whether or not the names of now George and now Abraham Selders, also John are on roster of Revolutionary Pensioners. George and Abraham Selders were from the Chestnut Ridge near Ligonier in Westmoreland Co. Pa. That was their home during the Revolution. There is a tradition in the family that George Selders family had to take refuge in Block house several times during Revolution while George Selders the father was in war of Revolution and that Abraham the son during last years of the war was a drummer boy. This tradition

has not been duly authenticated. I would like to know whether they had any part in the Revolutionary war either as a soldier or whether they performed patriotic service of any kind at that time.
John 14 Oct 18 Nelson was a native of Northumberland
Co during Revolutionary period.
I data to identify James Mason  is another name that
would like to know whether it appears among pensioners of Rev. If these names do not appear as pensioners can you tell me to whom to write for further information? I realize they may have been Rev soldiers who perhaps, never applied for pensions consequently their names would not be on pension roll.
If you will kindly grant me the courtesy of an early reply, shall appreciate it so much
Very truly yours
(Mrs L. E) Effie Mason Christley
212 First St Butler Pa