Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 4965, John Gribbon, Penn

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Gibbon, John Gibbens
W. 4965- B.L.H. 26548-160-55
Margaret
CONTENTS

1861-1865 The War Between the States Margaret Gordon The War Between the States Col. Thompson Revolutionary War
Ad 1600s to 1870s Baptist
Geo F Kennedy Carrollton Ohio
1861-1865 The War Between the States
Vol. 131. 21

Pittsburgh Ohio 19. 774
John Gibbon
of Stark Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Compy. comm'd by Captain Wilson of the Regt. comm'd by Col. Porter in the Penn'a line for 13 Mos.
Was placed by mistake on the Ohio Roll -
Enrolled on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of $3 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Sept. 1830 and due to H. Griswold Canton
Arrears to the 4th of Ap. 33 $108.33 Semi-ant. allowance ending Ap. 34 21.66 $129.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. A. Attkins Clerk, Book E. Vol. 8. Page 112

John Phillip was a Quilt of the  William born served in the Revolutionary was as a Pirate
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 13 Dollars 33 Cts per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of February 1848 and sent to George A. Phillips Esq Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 342 Vol. 4

25244
John Gibbons
Hapus

The State of Ohio Seneca County ss
On this day of April A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County, and a State of Ohio now sitting John Gribben, a resident of Brown Township in the County of Carroll and State of Ohio age about eighty one 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 into the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served, as herein stated.
That some time during the month of December in the year 1776, while he was residing in Lancaster County in the State of Pennsylvania he was drafted as a private into the Pennsylvania Militia, into a Regiment commanded by Colonel Porter the Major was of the name of Smith the Captain's name was Wilson the Lieutenants was Roankey and the Ensign Brown . He served in this Regiment for the term of five months.
That he again, and while still residing in the said County of Lancaster was drafted as a private into the Pennsylvania Militia, in the month of September in the year 1777 into a Regt. having the following Officers Col. l  Grenawalt , Major Cook , Captain Scott , Lieutenant Miller and Ensign Simpson . This time he served for the term of two months.
That some time in the month of November, in the year 1777 he was drafted into the Pennsylvania Militia in the County of Chester in said State, as a private into a Regiment having the following Officers Colonel French , Major Calcutt , Captain Dunn , Lieutenant McNeil .
In this Regt. he served for the term of two months.
That he was again drafted into the said Pennsylvania Militia in the County of Lancaster about a private some time in the month of February in the year 1778, into a Regiment having the following named officers Colonel Bell Captain Brown

Sentiments Yours. In this Regiment he also served for the term of two Months
That some time in the fall of the year 1779, he was drafted as a private into said Militia to go on an expedition against the Indians at Sunbury in Northumberland County Pennsylvania. This took place in said County of Leinster and he thinks the Regiment into which he was drafted had the following named Officers. Colonel Porter. Lieut. Colonel Thompson, and Captain Easton. The order to go against the Indians was soon countermanded, and he did not go but the Corp. remained in constant readiness to start at a moments warning, and attended to no private business during the term of two Months, for which said term of two months said deponent was in the service, as last above stated.
That in the month of September in the year 1781, in said County of Leinster he was again drafted into the Militia as a private into a Regiment having the following Officers Colonel Root, Major Maycl, Captain Walker and Ensign McDevitt.
That when he was in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Porter he was in the battle of Trenton that in going to Trenton he passed through Philadelphia, Bristol on the Delaware, Burlington in New Jersey and Bordentown.
That when in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Grunewalt he was in the battle of Brandywine and a German town, that in going to the battle of Brandywine he passed through New port near the Delaware river and Wilmington down to Shadys Ford (so called) that after the battle of Brandywine the Army returned to Chester in Pennsylvania, and from there it marched to Philadelphia commencing up the Schuylkill and subsequently was in the

in the battle of Germantown.
That when in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Lier was in no general action, but was in some skirmishes.
That the Regiment he was in commanded by Col. Bell was engaged in preventing the Market people from carrying provisions to the British in Philadelphia. This Regt. was in a Brigade commanded by Brigadier General Lacey.
That under Colonel Reed he was in no engagement. He has no documentary evidence of his service and he knows of no one whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.
He is acquainted with no Col. or any man in his neighborhood, or elsewhere who is acquainted with his character or reputation, or who can state whether in the neighborhood where he resides he is reputed to be a soldier of the revolution.
He hereby relinquishes all claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of the Agency of any state.
Questions propounded by the Court with the answers
Question 1. when and in what year were you born?
Answer In the County of Rutland in Scotland in the year 1755 and I immigrated to this country when I was twenty one years of age.
Question 2. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Answer. I have not.
Question 3. Where are you living where called

into the service, when have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live. Answer. When called into the service I lived in Bart Township Lancaster County Pennsylvania and since the Revolutionary war within sixteen years ago, I resided in said Lancaster County about sixteen years ago I removed to Brown Township, then in Stark County, but now, by late Legislative enactment Carroll County.
Question 4 How were you called into the service; did you volunteer, were you drafted, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute for whom.
Ans. I was drafted as stated in the foregoing decla- ration.
Question 5 State some of the names of the regular 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.
Answer. I do not recollect the names of any of the officers, except those before named, and General Armstrong the Commander in Chief of the Penn- sylvania Militia, and who was in the battle of Brandywine, with three thousand of said Militia under his command. The general circumstan- ces of the service of I do not recollect any further than detailed in the foregoing declaration.
Question 6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so what has become of it, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer. At each time that I left the service I received a discharge from the Captain of the company to which I belonged, but I threw them

away some years since, supposing that they would never have been of any use.
I state the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for morality, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Mrs. Charles Miller. Lewis Vail Robert Reed and Alfred Tabor.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid Before me. John Gibbons My Own Clerk
We Alfred Tabor residing in the Township of Brown Carroll Harris in Stark County, and Lewis Vail residing in Canton in said Stark County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Gibbons, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about 80 years of age that he is upright and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Lewis Vail - Alfred Tabor

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant, John Gribbs, was a Revolutionary soldier, and knows as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Louis Vail one of the signers of the foregoing certificate is a resident in Kenner in said County of Stark, and that Alfred Lake the other signer of the foregoing certificate is a resident in Brown Township in Carroll County and that they are credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit.
I John Myles, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Stark County, Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Gribbs for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 13 th day of May, 1855.
J. M. Myles Clerk

Marriage
Margaret M c Kin L S d with her Consent
John Gribben was Married to Margaret M c Hoorn on the Seventh Day of March in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty Eight

James Cook Dear Mother to Jane Gribben on the fifteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one
Robert M c Naughton Departed this life March the 11 th in the year of our Lord 1823 aged 63 years and Nine months

George Gribble Departed this Life on the 14 th of Feby five minutes Past five in the morning In the year of our Lord 1815 Aged 24 years 9 months and 14 Days
John Gribble Departed this Life Feb 17 th in the year of our Lord 1826 At twelve o'clock At night

Death of John Gibbons
— Aged 84 years two months and 18 Days —
Robert Gibbons Departed this life July 8 th forty five minutes past 8 in the morning aged 44 years and six months and 15 days July 8 th 1835
John Gibbons Departed this life July 31 st in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred And forty two In the 89 th year of his age

Isaac Long lost from April 18 in the year of our Lord 1829

Births
George Gribbens Departed this life Oct 14 th forty five minutes past five in the morning in the year 1815 Aged twenty four years and 18 days Months and four -ten Days
John Gribbens Departed this life February 17 th in the year of our Lord 1816 At twelve o'clock at night Aged 24 years Two months and 18 Days

Robert G. Gulliver was born December 24 th In the year of our Lord 1788
George Gulliver was born December 26 th In the year of our Lord 1790
Mary Gulliver was born May 15 th In the year of our Lord 1794

William Gibbon was Born October the 23 in the year of our Lord 1796
Jane Gibbon was Born July the 17th 1799
John Gibbon was Born March the 19th 1802
James Gibbon was Born August the 20th 1805
George M c Lean was Born February 11 th In the year of our Lord 1742
Andrew M c Lean was Born November 14 th In the year of our Lord 1744
Elizabeth M c Lean was Born January 12 th In the year of our Lord 1746

Mary McSwain was Born June 18 th For the year of our Lord 1749
Robert McSwain Born June 16 - 1759
William McSwain was Born February September 19 th 1762
Margaret McSwain was Born September 13 th in the year of our Lord 1765
Mary McSwain Departed this Life December the fifth half past seven o Clock in Even ing 1799 - Aged 77 years & ten Months
George McSwain Departed this Life September 16 th half past Eight o Clock in the Morning Aged Sixty five years in the year 1807

The State of Ohio Carroll County
Be it remembered that on this the twentysecond day of November in the year of our Lord one thous and eight hundred and forty three, personally appeared before me Robert M Eldery one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Carroll, at the residence of her son James Gribbon in Harrison Township in said County. Mrs Margaret Gribbon aged Seventy Eight years on the 13th day of September last past, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benifit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838. Entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows", and an Act approved the 23 d day of August 1842 amending thereto, and a Resolution approved 16th day of August 1842 and also an act Entitled "An act granting a pension to certain (Widows of) Revolutionary Soldiers" approved 3 d March 1843. That she is the widow of John Gribbon who was a Revolutionary Soldier of the United States, that he Entered the Service in the Pennsylvania Militia in Lancaster County Pennsylvania, Declarant cannot specifically state the service performed by her late husband, but recollects to hear him state that he was in the battle of Brandywine, for his services performed to her she respectfully refers to the Declaration of her said husband made in the Court of Common Pleas of Stark County Ohio, which is on file in the Department. For which said service her husband the said John Gribbon drew a pension of Forty three Dollars and thirty three cents, annually. His pension certificate is herunto attached and made a part of this Declaration - She further declares that she was married to the said John Gribbon in Strasburg

Township Lancaster County State of Pennsylvania on the 15th day of March 1788 by the Rev d George Duffield of the Presbyterian Church, that her marriage took place after the said John Gribbon performed the service as aforesaid, and previous to the first day of January 1794 her maiden name was Margaret McIlvain, she has no certificate of her marriage, but she has kept a Family record of their Marriage, the births, deaths, &c of their children which is also attached to and made a part of this Declaration, which said Family record has been kept continually in the Family until the present time - that the said John Gribbon her husband died, at the residence of her Son, on the 31st day of July 1842, of old age - that Declarant has not been married since the death of her husband the said John Gribbon, but still remains his Widow -
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year above written -
Margaret Gribbon
Robert M c Lean Brat Associate Judge
Also at the time and place aforesaid Dan Markham and Charles Miller residents of said County of Converse who being duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith, that for more than twenty years they have been intimately acquainted with John Gribbon and Margaret his Wife they have resided within about one mile from the Deponents, since their earliest acquaintance, they have lived together, and were reputed to be man and Wife they have raised a respectable Family of Children in this vicinity, the said John Gribbon was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and from the East

acquaintance
with the said John Gribbon it is believed in the neighbourhood in which we have resided that the said John Gribbon was a Soldier of the Revolutionary War, and that we concur in that opinion, that the said John Gribbon died at the residence of his Son, in this Township, on the 31st day of July 1842, we were present at the funeral of the said John Gribbon, his Wife Margaret, his Widow is now present and aged, infirm, decrepit, woman, and is now making an application for a pension, -
Charles Miller Dane Washburn
Sworn and subscribed
before me this twentysecond
day of November 1843
Robert M c Elen Associate Judge
Also at the time and place aforesaid, Samuel M c Gain a Minister of the Gospel in the Presbyterian Church, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that for a number of years last past, he has been intimately acquainted with John Gribbon, now deceased, and Margaret his Wife, they have been reputed as Man and Wife, they have raised a respectable family of children in this vicinity, that John was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and died at the residence of his Son in this County, on the 31st day of July 1842. the said Margaret is a Cripple, and very infirm and is now making an application for a pension. She has continued to remain the Widow of the said John Gribbon.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written
Robert M c Elen Esq. Associate Judge

The State of Ohio 4  Franklin County ss. 3 I Robert M c Elroy one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do hereby certify that Margaret Gribben, who has this day appeared before me, at the residence of her son, in said County, is a Lady of good Moral Character, and from her bodily infirmity is unable to appear in open Court to make the Declaration, - her notes attached, and also that Dan Markham, Charles Miller, and the Rev d James M c Cain who have also appeared before me, and were sworn to and subscribed the foregoing Depositions are men of good moral char- acter, and strictly entitled to belief.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this twenty second day of Novem- ber Anno Domini 1843 -
Robert M c Elroy Real Associate Judge
The State of Ohio ss. Daniel M c Cook Clerk Franklin County ss. of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do hereby certify that that Robert M c Elroy before whom the foregoing Declaration was made, and depositions were taken was at the time and now is one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, to all whom official acts of said Judge is and ought to be given, and further that I am acquainted with the signature of the said Judge, and know the one attached to be genuine.

In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my signature and the seal of our said joint at Cambridge this 22 nd day of November Anno Domini 1843.
Daniel M c Cook Clerk

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, John Wilson of the State of Ohio who was a private in the Revolutionary Army, is entitled to receive Forty three dollars and Thirty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 16 day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
Lew C. Chaplin
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. Edward
Commissioner of Pensions.

Payments to be made at Pittsburgh by Mrs. N. M. M. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
Ohio
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book C. Vol. 8, Page 9, by Lo. C. Stiles Clerk.

Act for Bounty Land ~~~~~
Act Mar. 3, 1855. ~~~~~
Mrs Margaret Gibbons
widow of
John Gibbons decd a Revolutionary Soldier ~~~~~
Direct Warrant to "Mrs. F. Kennedy "Carrollton "Ohio"

Claim for Bounty Land.
The State of Ohio Canal County } On this 16 th day of March } AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid. Margaret Gibbons aged 89 years, a resident of Canal County in the state of Ohio, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Gibbons a private in the Revolution- ary Army, Pennsylvania line, (in Col. Thomp- son's Regiment she thinks) Cannot state the time her said husband entered the ser- vice, or when he was discharged — But says that he was in said service more than 14 days. —
She also states that she is draw- ing a pension at this time in conformity with the act of February 2nd 1848, and is "in- scribed on the pension list at the rate of "Forty three dollars and thirty three cents per "annum, commencing on the 4th. of March "1848, and continuing for life", as will more fully appear by the annexed copy of the original certificate from the Department, marked A-
She further states that she was mar- ried to the said John Gibbons in Lancaster Co. Penn on the 15 day of March AD 1788 by one Rev. George Ruffel a minister of the Gospel

and that her name upon her said marriage was Margaret W. Haines. That her said husband died at Harrison T. Carroll (Ohio) on the 31 st day of July A.D. 1852, and that she is still a widow. No public or private record of her marriage exists that she can procure.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved 3rd of March 1855". She has never received any Bounty land & has never made any application for it, other than this one.
Margaret Haines (Widow of John Haines) Signed this 10th day of March 1855.
We Alexander Clark and James Gibbons, residents of Carroll County in the State of Ohio upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Margaret Gibbons in our presence; and that the belief from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. We also declare that we knew the parties, in the life time of the husband, John Gibbons, and knew them (Margaret Gibbons & John Gibbons) to cohabit as husband & wife, and that they were so reputed - Also that the said Margaret Gibbons is still a widow -
Alex. Clark James Gibbons
The State of Ohio Carroll County
The foregoing declaration and

Affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I cer- tify that I know the affiants to be credible per- sons; that the claimant is the person she repre- sents herself to be, and that I have no interest in the claim -
H. W. Greenbacker Justice of the Peace
A
Copy of Certificate.
Department of the Interior Widow's Pension
I certify that in conformity with the Act of "February 2nd 1848, Margaret Gribbon widow of "John Gribbon, who was a private in the Revolu- "tionary War, is inscribed on the Pension list at "the rate of Forty three dollars and thirty three "cents per annum, commencing on the 4 th March "1848, and continuing for life, unless she should "again marry; in which case the pension is not "payable after the time of such marriage.
"Given at the Department of the inte- rior, this twentieth day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
J. Elling
Secretary of the Interior
"Examined Countersigned"
J. L. Edwards. Commissioner

The State of Ohio, Carroll County. ss.
I GEO. F. KENNEDY, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County, do hereby Certify that A. M. Chamberlain before whom the foregoing acknowledgment & affidavit was taken, and who has thereunto subscribed his name officially, in his own proper hand writing, was at the date of the said acknowledgment & affidavit and now is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said Carroll County. authorized by the laws of the State of Ohio, to take acknowledgments as aforesaid, and duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose official acts, full faith and ought to be given
throughout the United States and elsewhere, and that said acknowledgment & affidavit is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of Ohio.
In Testimony Whereof , I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the Seal of said Court, at Carrollton, this 17th , day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five .
Geo. F. Kennedy CLERK.

No 25244
John Gibson Stark Co - Ohio
Paterson
Adm 1. year 8 1. Month
86.66 21.66 118.32
William Griswold Canton Stark Co - Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
5 th June 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
Ohio
A Statement, shewing the Service of John Gribbin Stark
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     18 th Dec r 76 5 Private Col Porter 81 years Traditional evidence stated credibly by the Court. —   18 th Sep r 77 2 Major Smith Lucas   18 th Oct r 77 2 Capt Wilson to 80   18 th Feb y 78 2 Col Gruner Perry   18 th Feb y 79 2 Major Cook von   18 th Sep r 81 1 1 1 Capt Scott   Col Pierce   Major Callahan   Col Bell   Capt Mearns   Col Porter  
I am respectfully, Col Thompson Your obedient servant, Col Rife
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before _____ A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their 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 the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B., who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 services; 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."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
John H. Ashton

28 | Commission of services Washington City D.C. Mail

Ohio Margaret Gribbin Box 200 - No 9361 Bryan 5356
Am S.P. Vach Commiss of Pensions Washington
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE Official Business

No. 578
S
The aim

Canton July 18th. 1855.
Hon. R. P. Atkinson
Sir - I made application for Margaret Gibbons (widow of John Gibbons) of this county, for Bounty land under Act of Mar. 3, 1855. - John Gibbons was a private soldier in the Revolutionary War in the Penn a . line - Mrs. Gibbons has been drawing a pension as his widow since 1848 as the accompanying copy of Certificate issued at that time will show -
I rec d . a few days since the enclosed paper from the department marked 'A' - It appears from that, the claim is 'suspended' on account of there being 'no record evidence' of his (John Gibbons) service -
Now, when I made the application, the facts were all set forth in the declaration, and a copy of the pension certificate was embodied in the declaration -
I supposed I had a 'good case' - I supposed that a declaration of all the facts, with a copy of said certificate was all that was necessary, in order to obtain the warrant at once - as to their being no 'record evidence' in the department as to the service of John Gibbons, it is untrue -

There is full and complete record evidence - If it was not a matter of record before the date of the pension certificate, it has undoubtedly been since Mar. 4. 1848 -
My object in writing you is to have your advice how to proceed in the matter - I cannot see how I can make the evidence stronger in this case.
I noticed in 'the papers' a short time since, that the Department had decided, that applicants for Bounty lands under the late act, must have been in ' actual service ' in war, or in other words at the 'actual seat of war' - If this is so, it will prevent a great number from getting warrants, who have rec- heretofore, under the act of Sep. 1850.
Your advice in regard to the claim of Mrs. G. will be thankfully rec d .
Your family are well - nothing new here - harvest about commencing - The prospect for an abundant crop of wheat, oats and corn was never so flattering in Ohio before.
Yours truly & fraternal Geo. T. Kennedy

Copy
Department of the Interior Widows Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the Act of February 2nd 1848. Margaret Gibbon widow of John Gibbon, who was a private in the Revolutionary War (Pennsylvania Line) is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Forty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March 1848. and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case, the pension is not payable after such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this twentieth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
J. C. Fleming Recy. of the Interior
Examined and Countersigned { J. L. Edwards { Comm. of Pensions "

A
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855. REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
PENSION OFFICE,
Sir: June. 9 th 1855,
The claim of Margaret Gibbon, for bounty land under the act of the 3d of March, 1855, No. 9361, has been examined and suspended.
The revolutionary service of John Gibbon, the husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this office.
The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN DAYS" to be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE."
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim of Mrs. Gibbon, will be favorably considered.
Very respectfully,
L. P. WALDO, Commissioner.
Geo. F. Kennedy Esq., Carrollton. Ohio.

United States Pension Office
July 16 - 1883
Dear Sir,
A friend in Alvin H. Stickney me the enclosed papers. He says he made application for bounty land for the widow of a Revolutionary soldier and who has been receiving a pension as such widow since 1848 - and is informed that the claim is suspended for want of evidence of service.
Will you please, at your convenience, have the case looked into. He thinks that evidence which was sufficient to establish her right to a life pension in 1848 - ought to be satisfactory to procure a land warrant now.
I can of course give him no advice in the matter but will be happy to hear from you and will then advise him accordingly.
With great respect
Your obed't serv't
Robt J. Morrison
Wm L. P. Waldo
Comm of Pensions

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4965-
Mary Gibson Wid.
John Gibson Rev. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 1848
Index:—Vol. 84 , Page 286
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1932 July 16. Mrs Orville D. Bailey rep. to Gen. Account. Office. See Ed. tis. L. 32425.

Ohio
5712 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Margaret Gibbon widow of John Gibbon who was a Private in the Ohio Infantry
husband died 21 July '42
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 43 Dollars 83 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of June 1844 and sent to Wm. W. W. McCleauslin
W. of Rep B
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded Vol.

Reported
let to H. M. G. Tenn Dec 12 1826.
let to Pan Agt. 12 Apr 1847
To Ohio Pittsburgh from T c March 1847. 27. April 1847. Notification to Dan c Wilson Carrollton Ohio
See Agents letter for last pay to Mary Simanton Act 43. no 712. Ohio. — Pittsburgh
For paper indent 1838, see within Rep.

Ohio 10,262.
Margaret Gribbons
Widow of John Gribbons who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 31 st July, 1842 Franklin Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Wilson of the Inf ty . commanded by Col. Posen in the Penn s . — line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of 43, Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of May 1847, and sent W. S. Allison Present
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
by Res d of 23 Jan y . 1845
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 389

9970 Margaret Gribbon Ohio
Act 7 th July 38
Rejected under some certificate issued under Act Mar 3 1831 U.S. Dist. Ct. Mich. Div. June 14 th 1834
Act 7 th July 1838

6041.
Margaret Gribbon Ohio
Act Mar. 3 rd 1843
Ad.
13 m.
1846
$43. \frac{33}{100} per annum
Hon. W.B. McCarroll
H of B

June 12 44
J. P. Collins
Prin. of Princeton Washington City D. C.
Dear Mr. McCauley W.A.
Answered P.B. H.B.
June 19 1944
Dear Mr. McCauley,

Hon. W. C. McCarroll, June 12, 1844
Answered h.
June 12 44
J. G. G. Mils
Rev. J. Church
Worthington City
D. P.
Rev. J. Church Worthington City D. P.

Harve of Prof. June 11 th 1844
Dear Sir,
I am informed, that some time since, Daniel M c Cook of Laval County Ohio, forwarded to you, the necessary papers to procure a pension for Margaret Gibbon the widow of John Gibbon deceased. Will you be so kind as to forward to me the certificate, when prepared. I am requested by Mr. M c Cook, to obtain and forward it to him.
Yours Respectfully W m C arroll Carson
J. L. Edwards
C o of Delaware

Washington, Jan'y 29. 1850
Sir
Herewith I enclose you the application of Mrs Margaret Gibbon of Ohio, (a pensioner under the Act of 1844) for renewal of her Pension under the Act of 2 d February, 1848. She desires that her Pension may be made payable at the Pittsburgh Agency
Very Resp y
W. B. Girt
Geo. M. Phillips
Col J. L. Edwards Court of Pensions

Thomas M. Howe Passion Agt Pittsburgh May 1. 1847
Notice of transfer of Hargart Gubbon not filed up

Pension Agency Pittsfield May 1. 1841 J S Edwards Esq Commissary of Pensions
Dear Sir
With this please receive the notice for the Transfer of Margaret Gribbon from the Cincinnati Agency to this, the
The time to commence the payment of this pensioner is not stated
Am most Respectfully Your Obedt Servt
Thos M c Williams Pension Agent

Sir,
Washington Dec 6/46
Are the papers of Arthur Nilson of Converse County Ohio who is an applicant for pension now on file in your office?
Please furnish me with copies of the papers upon which John Gibbons & John Robins are now drawing Pensions in such form as will enable them to have their names put on the Pa. pension roll -
Respectfully Geo. H. Lewis
Levi L. Edwards

Margaret Gribben

Circleville Ohio 23 rd Nov 1843
Samuel G. Edwards Esq
Dear Sir
I send you the application of Margaret Gibbon the widow of John Gibbon late of this County deceased - for a pension, the application contains the necessary requisitions under the Law I believe - please forward her certificate as soon as the file Declaration has been Examined
Yours Truly Daniel W. Cook

J. L. Edwards Esq.

Canton June 19. 1833-
Sir
From the papers returned in the matter of the application of John Gibbon for a Pension it appears that the only defect therein is that the period that he served under his last engagement - commencing in September 1781 - is too vaguely described. As Mr. Gibbon is so aged and infirm that it is with difficulty any transaction business can be transacted with, or by, him, and as it is not probable he will live long, his son has instructed me to request you to allow a pension for the time of service which is sufficiently described and disregard the rest. I have therefore erased the defective part, and returned the papers for your action on the remainder. This leaves 13 months and the amount of the pension $52. per year.
Your Obt. Servt Hiram Pillsbury
J. L. Edwards Esq.

Declaration of Gribbons under the Resolution of 23 rd January 1845.
Issue a certificate under jointants' 384 joint Resolution of January 23. 1845
✓
W m Allison Post
May 8. 1847. 217

The State of Ohio ss. Be it remembered that on this the Carroll County ss 3 rd third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & Forty Seven, personally appeared before me Joshua D. Patton, one of the acting Justices of the Peace within and for Said County, Margaret Gribbons a resident of Brown Township in Said County, who being duly sworn according to law, makes the following Declaration in Order to obtain the benefit of the Resolution of Congress of the 23 rd January 1845.
Whereas by the Act of Congress of the 30 th April 1844. I was prohibited from drawing a pension for the same period which my husband was a pensioner. I now make the following Statement under oath, to obtain the benefit of the Resolution above mentioned. I am the widow of John Gribbons late of Said County Deceased, who was a private Soldier in the Pennsylvania Militia in the war of the Revolution, I have drawn a pension on account of the services of my Said Husband at the rate of $43. 33 / 100 per annum from the 4 th of March 1843, and now ask for the amount due me from the 4 th of March 1836, to the 4 th of March 1841, and from the 4 th of March 1842. to 4 th March 1843, when my former pension commenced. I made my former Declaration before the 30 th April 1844, and it was filed in the pension office before the 23 rd January 1845.
Sworn and subscribed before Margaret Gribbons the day and date above written.
Joshua D. Patton Clerk
Justice of the Peace
And in the presence of James Gribbons
The State of Ohio Carroll County ss. I Joshua D. Patton one of the acting Justices of the Peace within and for Said County, do hereby certify that I am intimately acquainted with Margaret Gribbons the above Declarant, that she is a Pensioner of the Uni- ted States at the rate of $43. 33 / 100 and that she is the identical

Person that she represents herself to be in the foregoing Declaration.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Signature and Seal this 3 rd day of May A.D. 1847
Joshua D Patten Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio } Carroll county } ss
I, William R Lloyd, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, do hereby certify, Joshua D Patten, whose Signature is attached to the above Certificate as an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly Commissioned and qualified. to all whom official acts full faith and credit are and ought to be given, and that his Signature, attached to said Certificate, is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Signature and affixed the Seal of our said Court, at the Court House, at Carrollton, this 25 th day of May A.D. 1847
W R Lloyd Clerk

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving widows of the soldiers of the Revolution."
STATE OF Ohio Carroll COUNTY. } ss.
On this twenty fifth day of January 18 50 personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Mrs. Margaret Gibbon a resident of Brown Township in the county of Carroll
State of Ohio _____, aged 84 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed the 2d February, 1848, grant- ing pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of John Gibbon _____ who was a soldier in the Pennsylvania Line (Continental) in the war of the Revolution, and that she has drawn a pension at the rate of Thirty = Three _____ dollars and Thirty-Three cents, per annum, under the Act of 17th June, 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow.
In presence of James Gibbon } Margaret Gibbon John H. Lipp }
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED on the day and year above written, before me
M. B. Woodworth Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual she repre- sents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
M. B. Woodworth Justice of the Peace.
The State of Ohio, Carroll county, ss.
I, WILLIAM R. LLOYD, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, with- in and for said county, do hereby certify that
William B. Woodworth _____, before whom the foregoing Affidavit purports to have been made , was at the date thereof and now is, an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; to all whose official acts full faith and credit are due.
Further, that his signature to the foregoing certificate is genuine.
WITNESS my signature and the seal of said Court, at Carrollton, this 26 th of January A. D. 18 50
W. R. Lloyd Clerk.

Application of Margaret Gulliver for a Transfer

The State of Ohio (Carroll County ss) Personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the Acting Justices of the peace within and for said County Margaret Gribben, who being duly sworn says that she is the widow of John Gribben, late of the County of Carroll deceased, that her husband the said John Gribben was a revolutionary pen- sioner of the United States, that her name is inscribed on the Pension Roll of the State of Ohio, at the rate of Forty three Dollars, and thirty three cents, per annum, payable at the Cincinnati Agency. She wishes her name to be transferred to the Agency at Pittsburgh State of Pennsylvania, (where the pension of her late husband was also paid), where she can draw her pension with greater facility, with less expense, and without incurring the risk of having it transmitted through the mail, from Cincinnati a distance of Three hundred miles. Sworn and subscribed Margaret Gribben before me this 30th day of
March A.D. 1847
Joshua D. Patton (Seal) Justice of the peace
and in the presence of
Dan Markham The State of Ohio ss Be it remembered that on this Carroll County p 3 the 30th day of March A.D. 1847. Personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the acting Justices of the Peace within and for said County Dan Markham who being duly qualified

says that for a number of years last past he has been intimately acquainted with Margaret Gibbons who has subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence, that she is the widow of John Gibbons late of said Carroll County, Ohio who was a pensioner of the United States, the said Margaret is now drawing a pension from the United States on account of the service of her said husband, and that she is the identical person that she represents herself to be. I am Markham
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written
Joshua D. Patton Justice of the peace
State of Ohio Carroll County S.S. I Joshua D. Patton of the acting justices of the Peace within and for said County do hereby certify that Dan Markham who has this day appeared before me and subscribed the foregoing deposition is a man of truth and veracity and of good moral character.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature and official seal this the 30th day of March Anno Domini 1847.
Joshua D. Patton J. Peace.
The State of Ohio S. William R Lloyd Clerk of the Carroll County 55 / 3 Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do hereby certify that Joshua D. Patton before whom the foregoing deposition was taken was

at the time And now is one of the acting Justices of the Peace within And for Said County, duly commissioned And qualified, to all whose official acts full faith and Credit is And ought to be given, And further that I Am acquainted with the Signature of the Said Justice And believe the one attached to be genuine -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Signature And the Seal of our Said Court at Canoe Creek this 30th day of March Anno Domini 1847.
W. E. Lloyd Clerk