Guilford-Greene County NcArchives Military Records.....Gibson, Jacob January 28, 1833 Revwar - Pension ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Poquette npoq@hotmail.com June 29, 2006, 7:03 pm Pension Application Of Jacob Gibson, Nat’l Archives Series M804, Roll 1174, Application #S10744 Walker County, Alabama, January 28, 1833, Jacob Gibson, aged 70 years: “He says that he resided in Guilford County in the state of North Carolina at the commencement of the Revolution, and that he entered the service as a drafted militiaman on the first day of July 1779, he then being 16 years old and 6 months, and that he was to continue in the service for the period of 18 months. That the regiment to which he belonged was called the 3rd regiment of the North Carolina militia and that the regiment was commanded by Col. Robin or Robert Mebane (or Mabin) and that the captain of his particular company was Redding Blount, and that the first lieutenant was Thomas Allen and that the commanding general was General Hogan, and the commander–in-chief of the North Carolina troops was General Lincoln.” “The manner in which the word draft is used above is this: He states that there was law passed in North Carolina, as he was informed, providing that every tenth man should enter the service, and that he, in consequence thereof, entered the service. That he was marched from North Carolina to the siege of Charleston, in South Carolina. That he was engaged, while at Charleston, in several skirmishes while out on foraging parties, and that he was engaged, at Charleston, in taking a redoubt which was soon afterwards abandoned.” “That he was taken a prisoner at Charleston by the British troops on the 12th day of May in the year 1780. That he was pressed on board a British man-of war; that he refused to work on board of said ship; that he was carried to the island of Jamaica and imprisoned in the Bath Prison on said island. (That there were 4 others pressed at the same time who also refused to work, and were imprisoned at the same place, all of whom died.) That he remained in prison until peace was made, when he was liberated.” “That he was in Kingston when he was liberated, and from thence he went to a port on the north end of the island called Port ?Mira or ?Mera or some such name. That there he found a vessel bearing the American flag. It proved to be a brig from Middleton, Connecticut, commanded by one Joseph Smith of Middleton. That he made his situation known to Captain Smith who kindly took him on board his vessel, clothed him and conveyed him to Middleton in Connecticut and from thence he returned to [Guilford County is crossed out, replaced by] Virginia. That he entered the service the 1st of July, 1779, and remained in the service, and as a prisoner of war until peace was made.” “He says he has no documentary evidence of the facts as above detailed. That when he was discharged from prison in Jamaica, a paper containing his discharge was given to him, which he has lost, and that he knows of no person living by whom he can establish the above facts.” “General Hogan brought with him from the north, 10 regiments to South Carolina, which were called the 1st and 2nd regiments, and when the regiment to which he belonged joined General Hogan, it was called the 3rd regiment.” He says he was born in the state of Virginia, and as he was informed, Frederic County in the year 1662 [he probably meant 1762-the error was the clerk’ not his.] That he has no record of his age, but that his mother kept a record of his age, which was recorded in a Prayer Book, and since her death, has been in the possession of a younger brother who resided in the state of Missouri.” “After landing at Middleton, Connecticut, he proceeded for North Carolina. He got into Pennsylvania, when, for the want of funds to take him home, he stopped and worked for several months. From thence he returned to his native county in Virginia, where he remained about 3 years, from thence he removed to Green County, NC, which said county is now a portion of Tennessee and stayed about ten months, and left in consequence of the hostility of the Indians, and then returned to Guilford County, NC where he remained for 11 years. From thence he removed to Granger County, TN, where he remained for 16 years, and from thence he removed to Alabama and that portion of the state where he resides has been since named Walker County [was once called Jefferson County] where he has resided for more than 15 years.” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/gibson382gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 4.9 Kb