Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5785, for Gilbert Jump, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Jump, Gilbert Jumps
R. 5783-
CONTENTS

Gilbert Gump
1832.
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At Hillard's

State of New York County of Green
Be it Known, that on this twentieth day of February  January A. D. 185 3 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Betsy Townsend Marshall Smith, Martha, Betsy, Betsy, Betsy, Betsy, Betsy, Betsy resident of Green & Fulton County in said County, and made oath according to law that they are the only surviving children of Gilbert Jump who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of 4
That they are directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT , of Washington City , my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of Gilbert Jump for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Betsy Townsend
Sworn to, Subscribed, and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Betsy Townsend Marshall  Smith, Martha, Betsy, Betsy, Betsy, Betsy, Betsy, Betsy to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged. Greene County ss - on this 20th day of January 1853 came Betsy Townsend to me known to be the person described in and who executed this her affidavit J. B. Waldron Justice of the Peace
State of New York County of Green
It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Greene County Betsy Townsend Marshall Smith, Martha, Betsy, Betsy, Betsy, Betsy, Betsy, Betsy that Betsy Townsend the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney is the child of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that J. B. Waldron Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office,
this 17th day of February 185 3
J. H. Belden Clk
1. Claimant's name or names in full.—2. Post Office address. 3. "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. 4. Leave this line blank.—5. "He is," "she is," or "they are."—6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.—7. Claimant's signature.—8. Claimant's name.—9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of."—11. Magistrate's name.—12. Clerk's signature.
N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

34.286
V Gilbert Juniper N.Y.
In Vol 5 p 5-
1777 - Capt V. Delancey
15 days -
See Vol 8 p 52 - 4 - 1781

Declaration of Gilbert Tump: In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
State of New York } County of Green. } Gs.
On this 22 d day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, personally appeared Gilbert Tump a resident of the Town of Greenville in the County of Green and State of New York aged eighty years on the eleventh day of January last, 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 th 1832:
That he was born in the Town of North Salem in the County of Westchester and State of New York on the eleventh day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty seven; that the record of his age was in a family bible formerly owned by his father which is now lost or destroyed; that during the whole Revolutionary War this declarant resided in the said Town of North Salem, and was from time to time during the whole of said war called upon to serve the United States as a private in the Militia of the State of New York; and that he did serve the United States as such private in the Militia of the States aforesaid whenever called upon; that by reason of old age and loss of memory he

This declarant can not swear positively as to the precise periods and lengths of time that he so served the United States as aforesaid during said Revolutionary War, but here can state positively that he so served the United States during said revolutionary war as a private in the Militia, of said State for the space of nine months and upwards, as follows viz; that he first entered the said service as aforesaid at North Salem aforesaid in the month of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, the particular day of the month not recollected, under Nathaniel Delevan as Captain, Isaac Keeler as Lieutenant in a regiment of which Gilbert Drake was Colonel and continued at this town in such service at least one month; after the expiration of this term of service, this declarant served at different times when called upon, in the Militia of said State in said Revolutionary War under the aforesaid Officers, to the amount of at least four months which said last mentioned times of service were done in the years 1776 and in the fore part of the year 1777; That he this declarant afterwards at different times when called upon, served the United States during the Revolutionary war as a private in the Militia aforesaid and until the close of said war, four months and more in a company of Militia of which Ephraim Lockwood was Captain in a regiment of which Thaddaeus Crane was Colonel; All the service done by this declarant as aforesaid was done in the Militia of the State of New York along and near the line between the

British possession of New York and the American possession above New York; that when he so served as aforesaid he was drafted or ordered out. That he never served in company with any Continental Regiment or company; that he has seen the American Continental army at Peekskill, and at North Salem aforesaid; that he can not now recollect the name of any Colonel commanding any regiment in the Continental army; that he has seen several officers belonging to said army whose names he can not now recollect; that he never received any discharge from his said service; that he can prove his service as aforesaid by William Tump of the Town of Greenville aforesaid who is the only person that he knows of (except his wife) by whom he can prove his service as aforesaid; that he has no documentary evidence of his said service; that during the time he so served as aforesaid he was not engaged in any civil pursuit; that he is known in his present neighborhood by William Stewart a Clergyman of the Baptist Church, Joshua Baker and other respectable persons of the town of Greenville aforesaid who this declarant verily believes can testify to his good character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution as above stated; and he this declarant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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. Gilbert his Furniss sworn to & subscribed the 22 nd day of mark June 1837 before me. Perkins King Judge of the county courts for the county of Greene

We William Stuart a clergyman residing in the town of Granville in the county of Greene and Joshua Baker residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Gilbert Sumps who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be eighty years of age that he is respected and beloved 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 day and year aforesaid before me Perkins King Judge as aforesaid
William his Stuart Joshua Baker
And I the said Judge do hereby declare my 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 I further certify that it appears to me that William Stuart who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Granville in the county of Greene and that Joshua Baker who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. I further certify that I am of opinion that the said applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend court and further that the aforesaid William Stuart made his mark because he is too blind to see to write his name
Perkins King Judge as aforesaid

State of New York } ss County of Greene }
William Fump of the town of Granville in said county being first duly sworn according to law before Perkins King a judge of the county courts in and for said county deposes and saith that he is brother of Gilbert Fump of said town and is seventy five years of age that deponent and said Gilbert lived with their father in North Salem County Newchester in the state of New York at the commencement of the revolutionary war and that deponent and said Gilbert continued to reside there until in the American service to the end of the war that he recollects said Gilbert was in the American militia service under Captain Nathaniel D. Dwan in Colonel Gilbert's 10th regiment in the year 1777 (at what time in the year whether in the spring or fall he does not recollect) one month or half months that in the year 1778 he was called into the service and served under the same officers one month or more that at other different times he recollects that he was in the same service under the same officers so that in all he was in said service more than nine months during the war as a private soldier. Further saith not.
Subscribed and sworn this 28th day of June 1837 before me
William Fump
Perkins King Judge as aforesaid
I certify that I am well acquainted with William Fump who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit and that he is a credible person and entitled to credit.
Perkins King Judge as aforesaid

State of New York Greene County ss } 5 0 50 00 25 50
I William T. B. Hermance Clerk of the said County do certify that Perkins King Esq. before whom the within declaration, certificates & affidavits were sworn to, was at the date of the same, one of the Judges of the County Courts of the said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature to said the same is genuine
Witness my hand & seal of office this twenty Eighth day of June 1837.
William T. B. Hermance CLR

March 10, 1938
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Captain L. Worrick McFee Saint John's Military Academy Delafield, Wisconsin
GILBERT JUMP R. 5785 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
You are furnished herein the record of Gilbert Jump as found in pension claim, R. 5785, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. His surname appears, also, as Jumps.
Gilbert Jump was born January 11, 1757, in North Salem, Westchester County, New York. The names of his parents were not given.
Gilbert Jump or Jumps applied for pension June 22, 1837, while a resident of Greenville, Greene County, New York, and alleged that while living with his father in North Salem, New York, he enlisted in April, 1776, and that he served at various times during that year and in 1777, amounting to five months, as private in Captain Nathaniel Delevan's company, Colonel Gilbert Drake's New York regiment; that he afterwards served four months as private in Captain Ephraim Lockwood's company, Colonel Thaddeus Crane's New York regiment.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of six months' service as required by the pension laws.
In 1837, Gilbert Jump referred to his wife but did not state her name. The date of soldier's death is not shown.
In 1853, the following children of the soldier were living, some of them in Greene County, and others in Steuben County, New York, the exact residence of each not designated: Betsey Townsend, Sharlotte Smith, Loretta Drake, Horice Jump, Eliza Jump, Russell Jump and Ira Jump.
In 1837, Gilbert Jump's brother, who signed William Jumps , was aged seventy-five years and a resident of Greenville, New York.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

A. W. Markland See 22/33

Pension Office, 364 December 22. 1853.
Sir,
The certificate of service in the case of Gilbert Lemp, a revolutionary soldier filed by you has been received, and filed As soon as a power of attorney is filed the case will be examined. The same remark applies to the case of Isaac Lawson Very respectfully JC
A. A. Markland Esq. } Present }

Washington, Decr 15 th 1853.
Dear S. Praldo,
I inclose herewith evidence of the Service of Gilbert Inup, New York, Suspended act 7 th June 1832.
I am Very Respectfull,
Your O bt Serv t
A. H. Markland

A. H. Markland
Dec 28/63.

770 Pension Office
Decr 28. 1853
Sir
The payments certified by the Comptroller of New York to have been made to Isaac Lawson, do not, in the aggregate, cover a service of six months; and as the parole testimony in the case does not specify the duration of his service the claim cannot be admitted without further proof.
The same remark, as to the inadequacy of the amount of pay certified, applies to the claim of Gilbert Jump, of New York.
A. H. Markland Esq. Present.

July 30
NY.
Act 7 June 1832.
X Gilbert Gump
James L. Edwards Esq Commission of Pensions Pension Office War Department Washington City

Freehold Green Co NY
June
1837
Sir
At the request of Gilbert Sump I transmit enclosed his declaration for a peremptory examination once action thereon
I have the honor to be your obedient servant
Perkins Will
J. S. Edwards Esq

[Persons making application at the Comptroller's, or Secretary of State's Office, for searches, or certificates of service of any person, in the army of the U. S. during the revolutionary war, should give the name and ranks held by such person; the nature of the service; whether in the Infantry, Cavalry, or Artillery, &c.; in the regular army or militia; the names of the officers commanding the regiments and companies at the time of enlistment, service and discharge, as near as can be given. The names should be given with care, and in a legible hand.]
In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1734, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their service in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
   1777. Oct 17 Gilbert Jumps Private No. of Cert'e issued, 20251 £ 1 4 10   " Nov 1 do " " " " 20394 1 8 5   1781 Nov 15 do " " " " 38563 10 7 4 2 / 3  " " "  " " "  " " "  " " "  " " "  " " "  " " "  " " "  " " "  " " "  " " "  " " "  " " "  " " "  " " "  " " "  " " "  " " "  
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, Aug 2
1853
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 5 & 8 now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
   First — under Capt. Samuel Selwan in Col. Gilbert Drake's Regiment.   Second " " Kath l Selwan " " do "   Third " " Ephraim Lockwood " " Thaddens Crane's "  Fourth " " " " "  Fifth " " " " "  Sixth " " " " "  Seventh " " " " "  Eighth " " " " "  Ninth " " " " "  Tenth " " " " "  Eleventh " " " " "  Twelfth " " " " "  Thirteenth " " " " "  Fourteenth " " " " "  Fifteenth " " " " "  
I have examined the rolls for the above, and find £13:0:7 to be correct.
A. W. Lee Examining Clerk.
Philip Schuyler Comptroller.

REJECTED
2485
P. O. _____
Gilbert Gump
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
The printed list of 1852 shows reasons for rejection Alleges: "He did not serve six months;"
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
1913- Sept 2- Hint to Miss Jennie M. Amble, M.B.H. { letter in M. July 20. 225 M. Gump. 1926- Oct 7- Hint to Leta S. Gump, awf 1929- Mar 19- Hint to Mrs. Nellie L Patterson, M.B.H. 1938- Mar 10- Hint to Mr. & Mrs. George Gump, S. 23 282.

Rev. 7/8/38 Rev. 7/8/38 Rev. 7/8/38 St. John's Military Academy
DELAFIELD, WIS.
February 20th, 1938
Veterans Administration Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Please advise me of any service or pension application papers on file in your office for the following three Revolutionary War soldiers, and tell me how to proceed to secure transcripts of the same:
none of these James Dey , born Aug. 28, 1763, in Jersey City, N. J.; died 1845 in the Town of Root, Montgomery county, N. Y.; widow (3rd wife) at death was Hannah Russell; was a Revolutionary War soldier in Middlesex county, N. J.
not as des. Abijah Phelps , born March 8, 1734, in Hebron, Tolland county, Ct.; lived about 1835-38 in Southwick, Mass.; died in Hilsdale, Columbia county, N. Y., 1840, aged nearly 106 years; second wife was Susanna.
he Gilbert Jump , born about 1756 in Westchester county, N.Y., still living there in 1790 according to the census reports, living in Greenville, Greene county, N. Y., in 1837; wife's name was Esther Buckbee.
I trust I have given you enough data to identify the three veterans whose service records and other information I am anxious to secure from your department.
I shall be glad to pay any usual fees for securing copies of information from your files, if you will advise me about the charges.
Yours truly,
L. Worrick McFee
L. Worrick McFee (Capt.)

49 Grape Street Kenton, Ohio Aug. 18, 1926.
The Pension Dept. Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Please send me what information there is on file concerning the following people from the Revolutionary War Records:
(1) Jabez Close - born in 1754, died Feb. 14, 1828. aged 74 yrs. He is buried in the old Venice Baptist Cemetery which township in that day also embraced the town of Scipio. This is in Cayuga Co., N. Y. (2) Gilbert Jump - an early resident of Greene Co. N. Y. - near Greenville and vicinity.
His son, Elijah, later came to Scipio, Cayuga Co., N. Y. I do not know whether Gilbert remained in Greene Co., or whether he, too, came to Cayuga Co., N. Y.
(3) Joshua Banks - of near Stanwich, Conn., who was awarded a farm in Cortland Co., N. Y. as a reward for his services as a Revolutionary soldier.
(4) Do you have any people by the

following names listed:
Seeley, Lamon, Crain, Kisor or Hare?
I should appreciate a reply from you very much as any data you can give me of the above names will be of great help to me in working out my historical records.
Thanking you in advance, I am, Very sincerely, Leta Juff.
P.S. Please tell me, if possible, where Jabez Close came from to Seneca, N.Y. also where Gilbert Jump came from to Greene Co. N.Y.
My gr. gr. grandmother, Abigail Seeley Close, m. Jabez Close. She was born Mch. 20, 1760 d. June 21, 1842. Buried beside Jabez.
My gr. gr. grandfather, Francis Lamon, b. Apr. 19, 1775 m. Philana Crain b. Mch. 26, 1779. These two lived near Watertown, N.Y. probably.
My gr. grandfather, George Kisor, b. May 1, 1794 m. Susannah Hare b. Aug. 1, 1799. She was born in Westmoreland Co., Pa. George in Pa. too.

As there is no endorsement of any correspondence in this claim, the letter from this Bureau notifying this claimant of suspension of his claim has not been found.
M.B.H.
Sept. 2. 1913

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Gilbert Jump or Jumps , 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. No. 5785
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr 1776 1 mo. Pvt Nathaniel Dilevan Gilbert Drake N.Y.   1776 & 1777 called out at various times for about 4 mos.   Afterwards 4 mos Ephraim Lockwood Thaddeus Crane  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, North Salem, Westchester Co. N.Y.
Date of application for pension, June 22, 1837.
Residence at date of application, Grenville, Essex Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 6 Jan 11, 1757 at North Salem, N.Y.
Remarks: This claim was never allowed, for the reason that he failed to furnish proof of six months' actual service required by the pension law under which he applied. His daughter Betsey Townsend survived him in 1853.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. and 1812
War Section
Index
M.E.E. copied from letter by A.W.H.
March 19, 1929
Mrs. Nellie L. Patterson Viola Iowa
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R.5785, it appears that Gilbert Jump or Jumps was born January 11, 1757 at North Salem, Westchester County, New York.
While residing at said North Salem, he stated that he served in 1776 and 1777, at various times as a private in Captain Nathaniel Delivan's Company, Colonel Gilbert Drake's New York Regiment, and that he afterwards served four months in Captain Ephraim Lockwood's Company, Colonel Thaddeus Crane's New York Regiment, and alleged that he served in all about nine months.
The claim was not allowed, as the records did not show that he rendered six months actual service.
Soldier referred to his wife in 1837, but did not state her name. His daughter, Betsey Townsend, survived him in 1853. The date of soldier's death is not on record in this office.
Respectfully,
E.W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

and 1812 war section.
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October 7, 1926
Miss Leta S. Jump 49 Grape St Kenton, Ohio
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 5785, it appears that Gilbert Jump or Jumps was born January 11, 1757 at North Salem, Westchester County, New York.
While residing at said North Salem, he stated that he served in 1776 and 1777, at various times as a private in Captain Nathaniel Delivan's Company, Colonel Gilbert Drake's New York Regiment, and that he afterwards served four months in Captain Ephhaimel Lockwood's Company, Colonel Thaddeus Crane's New York Regiment, and alleged that he served in all about nine months.
The claim was not allowed, as the records did not
miss Wilson said write it like this aw3 .

show that he rendered six months actual service.
Soldier referred to his wife in 1837, but did not state her name. His daughter, Betsey Town- send survived him in 1853. The date of soldier's death is not on record. in this office
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

September 2, 1913.
Miss Jennie M. Antles, 717 South 2d Street West, Cedar Rapids. Iowa.
Madam:
In addition to the enclosed statement relative to Gilbert Jump R. File No. 5,785, you are advised that in an affidavit executed in Green County, New York, February 2, 1853, it was stated that "Betsey Townsend. Charlotte Smith , Loretta Drake , Morice Jump , Eliza Jump , Russell Jump . Ira Jump resident of Green & Stuben County are the only surviving children of Gilbert Jump;" but a line was drawn through all of the names except that of Betsey Townsend who was the only one who signed the affidavit.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

March 10, 1938
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BA-J/MLB
Captain L. Worrick McFee Saint John's Military Academy Delafield, Wisconsin
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of James Dey, born August 28, 1763, in Jersey City, New Jersey, served from that state, and died in 1845 in Montgomery County, New York survived by his third wife, Hannah Russell; Abijah Phelps, born in 1734 in Connecticut, later lived in Southwick, Massachusetts, and died in 1840 in Columbia County, New York, survived by his second wife, Susanna, also, Gilbert Jump, born about 1756 in Westchester County, New York, where he was still living in 1790, but in 1837 was a resident of Greenville, Greene County, New York, and whose wife, you state, was Esther Buckbee.
There are no claims for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolution of the James Dey or Abijah Phelps described by you. Such claims are the source of data furnished by this office in regard to soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
You are furnished herewith the record of Gilbert Jump.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator