William P. Gillaspie
Mexican War
Records
The following records were transcribed from copies of the originals found at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., and in Smith County Courthouse records
Transcribed by his gggGranddaughter, Janis Garcia.
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Capt. Walton's Co., 1 Regiment Tennesse Infantry
Mexican War
Company Muster-in Roll
William P. Gillaspie, Private
Joined for "12 months" duty and enrolled on June 1, 1846, in
Nashville, Tennessee [his pay was $7 per month].
Company Muster Roll
June 1 to August 31, 1846
Present
Company Muster Roll
September and October 1846
(This receipt says that he joined on May 30, 1846, in Carthage, Tennessee.)
Remarks: Left at Camargo, sick on the 7th Sept. 1846
Company Muster Roll
October 31, 1846 to April 30, 1847
(This receipt says that he joined on May 29, 1846, in Carthage, Tennessee.)
Remarks: Discharged at Camargo, Mexico, Nov 28, by reason of surgeon's
certificate
Company Muster-out Roll
May 23, 1847, in New Orleans, Louisiana
Remarks: Discharged at Camargo 28th Nov 1846 on surgeon's certificate
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Surgeon's Certificate of Ordinary Disability
I hereby certify that Wm. Gillaspie, a private of Capt. Walton's 1st Regiment
of Tennessee Volunteers is incapable of performing the duties of a soldier, for
the following reasons: constitution seriously impaired by [?] sickness,
diarrhea supervening as fever.
And I further certify that during the last two months the said Invalid has been
under medical treatment by me, thirty one days; and in the hospital, thirty one
days. And there, in the opinion of the undersigned, the interest of the Service
requires that he should be discharged from the Army.
Given at General Hospital, Camargo, Mexico
25th day of November, 1846
(signed by two men, whose names are illegible to me)
The above named Private William Gillaspie was enlisted by Capt. W.B. Walton of
the First Regiment of Tennessee Volunteers on the twenty-seventh day of May,
1846, at Carthage, Tennessee. He is five feet ten inches high, thirty-eight
years of age, and by profession a farmer. During the last three months, the
said Invalid Soldier, now recommended to be discharged, has been on the sick
list ninety days, and has been reported fit for duty, during the same period,
[no] days.
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Records show that he was officially discharged on November 20, 1846, on
surgeon's certificate.
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WILLIAM P. GILLESPIE Land Bounty Warrant (Mexican War)
#24,709
Wm. P. Gillespie P. dec'd
Capt. Walton's Co.
1st Reg. Tenn. Vols.
LAND
Ann Gillespie Widow
James A. Gillespie and
Rachael E. Gillespie
Children Heirs at Law
Admd. 160 Acres
Signed: A. Genessie
[?] 1848
Warrant No. 54,378
for 160 acres Land
issued April 7, 1849
and notice sent
P27V24
William E. Jones,
Carthage
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Smith County Tennessee
To any regular minister of the Gospel having the care of souls or any Justice
of the peace for said county, [?]: you are duly authorised and empowered to
celebrate the rites of matrimony between W. Gillaspie, Ann Vaughan and join
them together as husband and wife in the holy estate of matrimony, he having
given bond and security according to law. Given under my hand at office in
Carthage, this 30th day of April 1836.
John J. Burnett Clk
of Smith County Court
I do solemnly affirm that the [?] William Gillaspie and Anny Vaughn are
lawfully married by me.
Branch Nunley, May 1st 1836
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I, Ann Gillispy, widow and relic of William Gillispie, dec'd, of the County of
Smith and State of Tennessee, do by those present for the natural love and
affection I have for James A. Gillespy and Rachel E. Gillispy and heirs of the
said William Gillispie, give grant and forever quitclaim unto the aforesaid
heirs of the said Galispie, dec'd, all the right, title and interest that I
have as widow as aforesaid in and to all the estate belonging to the said
Gillispie, dec'd, whether the same be money, notes, accounts, land, negroes,
household and kitchen furniture, stock of any kind, bounty land as land
warrant, or scrip which he the said William Gillespie, dec'd, may be entitled
to in consequence of his services as Volunteer in the service of the United
States in the present War with Mexico. And I do by these present further autherise
any person or persons who may have charge or control of the same to pay or hand
over to the legal agent of guardian all the effects belonging to the said
estate as aforesaid, and I further bind myself, my heirs, executors and
administrators to forever relinquish as aforesaid all the effects belonging to
the said Gillispie, dec'd, to the above maintained heirs and to their heirs
forever this 8 Sept. 1847.
Ann Gillespie (seal)
Her X mark
Wit:
E.B. Haynie
J.H. Smith
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State of Tennessee, Smith County
Personally appeared before me, John J. Burnett, Clerk of Smith Co. Court, E.B.
Haynie and J.H. Smith, subscribing witnesses to the within deed of gift, who
being first sworn, depose and say that they are acquainted with Ann Gillespie,
the bargainer, and that she acknowledged the same in their presents [presence]
to be her act and deed, upon the day it bears date. Witness my hand at office
the 6 Sept. 1847.
John J. Burnett, Clerk of Smith County Court
Rec'd the 2 June 1848
at 11 o'clock A.M.
Reg. the 3 June 1848 - D.C. Sanders, Reg.
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State of Tennessee
Smith County
Be it known at the County Court of Monthly Sessions held at the court house in
the town of Carthage in said county on this 6th day of June 1848 that
satisfactory evidence was adduced in open court to prove and did prove to the
satisfaction of said court that William P. Gillaspie late of said county
entered the service of the United States as a volunteer for twelve months in
Captain William B. Waltons Company in the 1st Regiment of Tennessee Volunteers,
commanded by Col. William B. Campbell, that the said William P. Gillaspie was
mustered into service after having been transported from Carthage, Smith
County, Tennessee, in Nashville Tennessee by Genl. Hardin on the 1st day of
June 1846 and that the said William P. Gillaspie was transported from Nashville
to Carmargo and continued in service until 29th day of November 1846 at which
time he was discharged by reason of surgeons certificate, that after the said
Gillaspie was discharged and while on his way home on board the ship, Alabama,
at or near Brosas [Brazos] Island on the 7th day of December 1846 the said
William P. Gillaspie died of his sickness and was by order of the commander of
said vessel thrown overboard in the Gulf and at the time of his death he left
two children, James A. Gillaspie and Rachel E. Gillaspie, and his wife, Ann
Gillaspie, who are the heirs and only legal representatives of him the said
William P. Gillaspie, deceased. This record is therefore made in order to
enable them to recover the bounty land, due to them by virtue of the 9th.
Section of the Act of Congress passed the 11th February 1847.
Tennessee
Smith County
I, William V.R. Hallum, Clerk of the county court of said Smith County thereby
certify that the above contains a true copy of the records of said court in the
case of the identity of the heirs of William P. Gillaspie, deceased. In
testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at
office in Carthage this the 8 day of June 1848.
W.V.R. Hallum, Clerk
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Carthage Tennessee
June 9, 1848
D Sir,
I herewith send you the many [papers?] in the case of the heirs of William P.
Gillispie, ds [dec'd] upon which you will please allow this warrent for 160
acres of land. The original discharge, I think, was sent to the 2 auditors
office when his claim was presented for the monthly pay ? which was presented
by me some year ago. If his discharge is not there you will find other witness
with the papers which I have no doubt will be satisfactory. You will discover
that his heirs consist of two children and his wife Ann Gillaspie. I have also
sent you a deed of gift made by this said Ann giving to her 2 children both the
money and bounty land arrising from W.P. Gillaspies services and I wish you, if
you can do so, to issue this warrant to and in the name of the two children,
James A. and Rachel E. My reason for that is that their mother has conducted
herself very badly, having left her husband long before he went into the
service, since which time she has had some black children and has, since she
made the deed of gift, run off with some one and left the county, leaving those
2 children to be provided for by this court of our county.
Respectfully,
Wm. E. Jones
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Tennessee
Smith County
At a County Court, began and held for this County aforesaid in the State of
Tennessee at the courthouse in Carthage on the first Monday in October, Anno
Domini, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and of the independence of the United
States the seventy third year, present the worshipful Thomas W. Wootten, Samuel
P. Howard, John R. James, Nelson Thornton, Joseph C. Dickens, Sampson
McClellan, Daniel Huddleston, Daniel Smith, Edmond S. Bradly, Willis Dean,
Jason R. Sloan, Lorenzo D. Ballow, Lipscomb P. McMurry, William Kirby, Thomas
C. Marchbanks, John Simpson, Stephen Petty, Jas. Trowsdale, Hezekiah Love,
Fredrick Storms, Solomon Dice, Jas. C. Sanders, Wm. B. Whitly, Wm. Shoemake,
Benj. J. Vaden, Jas R. Smith, Francis P. Gill, John W. Paty, Jessee H. Baird,
and Thomas B. Askew, Justices.
The heirs of P. Gillaspie, decd., came here in open court. Johnathan H. Smith
who is personally known to the court and entitled to credit, and said witness
being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that he is acquainted with widow of said
William P. Gillaspie who died in the service of the United States and with the
children of the said deceased, to wit, James A. Gillaspie and Rachel E.
Gillaspie, that the said widow and children are now living. Said witness also
produced in court a paper proved to be the family register of the ages of the
children of said deceased from which it satisfactorily appeared to the court
that said James A. was twelve years old on 26 March 1848, and that said Rachel
E. was ten years old on 21 February 1848, all of which is ordered to be entered
of record and certified by the Clerk.
Tennessee Smith County
I, William V.R. Hallum, Clerk of the County Court of said county, do hereby
certify that the foregoing transcribed is a true copy of the record in the
matter of identity of the heirs and ages of said heirs of William P. Gillaspie,
dec'd. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of
office at Carthage this 21st October 1848.
William V.R. Hallum, Clerk
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(Gillaspie)
Carthage, Tennessee,
Oct 21st, 1848
Sir,
Agreeable to your last request in this case of the application of the heirs of
Wm. P. Gillespie dec'd for bounty Land I herewith send you this record of our
court of the identity of the heirs and the ages of the children. I hope that
this will be satisfactory when compared with the other records heretofore sent
to [?] this [?] to a land warrant which we hope you will approve and send to
us.
Respectfully your obdt servant,
James Massey
To: J.L. Edwards
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State of Tennessee Smith County
On this 7th day of August 1849 personally appeared in open court being a court
of [?] sitting Jonathan H. Smith who on his oath made the following declaration
as the guardian of James A. Gillispie and Rachel E. Gillispie minor heirs of
Wm. P. Gillispie dec'd a late private in Captain Wm. B. Waltons Company (H) 1st
Regt Tennessee [?] mostly volunteers in the late war with Mexico in order to
obtain the [?] of the provisions made by the 1st Section of the Act of Congress
past on 4th July 1836 and 21 July 1848 granting five years half pay to the
minor heirs of such soldiers as died in the service of the United States that
he is the guardian of the above mention James A. and Rachael E. Gillispie who
are the heirs and only children of the said Wm. P. Gillispie and both of whom
are under the age of sixteen years that thare mother Ann Gillispie who was the
widow of the said Wm. P. Gillispie has since the death of her husband the said
Wm. P. Gillespie to wit on or about the ____ day of ____ 1849 intermarry to one
Andrew Payne in Warren County Tennessee as affiant is informed and believes
that previous to her intermarriage she had not appeared for or received any
parts of the aforesaid five years half pay as affiant is also informed and
believes he therefore makes this declaration as the guardian of the said two
children James A. & Rachael E. Gillespie in order to recover for them the
same that they have not heretofore received the same that for further proof of
the hardship[?] of said heirs and thare age he respectfully refers to the
record of the county court of said Smith County identifying said heirs a copy
of which he attaches hereto together with his own appointment as thare
guardian. He further states that the said Wm. P. Gillispie entered the service
of the United States on or about the 1st day of June 1846 for twelve months
that he afterwards left the service on account of sickness which he contracted
while in service in the line of his duty as affiant was informed and believes
that while on his way home and on board a ship Alabama he died of said sickness
and was by order of the commander of said vessel thrown overboard as affiant is
informed and which information he believes.
Sworn to and sub[?] in open court the date above listed
Wm. V.R. Hallum (clerk)
Jonathan H. Smith, Guardian
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Carthage Tennessee
September 1, 1849
D Sir
I herewith send you the many papers in the case of the application of Jonathan
H. Smith as guardian of James A. and Rachel E. Gillispie minor heirs of Wm. P.
Gillispie dec'd as late private in Capt Waltons Co. H 1 Rgt Tennessee Vols in
the late war with Mexico claiming the five years half pay which since the
intermarriage of his widow is due to the said two children and which claim I
hope you will allow and forward to me the certificate as soon as convenient. I
am very respectfully,
Wm. E. Jones
To:
J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Washington City
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Pension Office
September 21, 1849
Sir,
Before the claim to a pension of the guardian of the children of James A. [this
is wrong] Gillespie, dec'd who was a private in Company H 1st regt Tennessee
Vols can be admitted, a certificate of the court shewing that Jonathan H. Smith
is the guardian, and evidence as to the date of the mother's second marriage,
will be required. The amount of pension accruing from the date of the soldier's
death to the day of his widow's second marriage is payable to her.
I am respectfully,
Your ob't servt
J.L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
To:
W.E. Jones, Esq.,
Carthage,
Tenn.
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State of Tenn Smith County
On this 6th day of November 1849 personally appeared before the undersigned a
Justice of the Peace in and for said county Daniel Adcock a resident of said county
aged forty years and made oath in due form of Law that he is well acquainted
with Ann Payne who was formerly the widow of William P. Gillespie the identical
William P. Gillespie who was a private in Capt. Wm. B. Waltons Company 1st Regt
Tennessee Volunteers in the late war with Mexico that after the death of the
said Wm. P. Gillespie his widow the said Ann Gillespie intermarried to Andrew
Payne in Warren County Tennesse on 16th day of September 1847 one thousand
eight hundred and forty seven that affiant was present and seen them legally
joined together affiant further states that at the time of the death of the
said Wm. P. Gillespie he left two children James A. and Rachel E. Gillespie
both of whom are still living and is under sixteen years of age.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the date above
Daniel Adcock (his mark)
James Haynie J.P.
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State of Tennessee Smith County
I, James Haynie, a Justice of the Peace in and for said Smith County hereby
certify that I am well acquainted with Daniel Adcock who has this day appeared
and made oath to the within affidavit before me that he is a man of truth and
veracity and that full faith and credit is due and of right ought to be given
to his statements. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this
6th day of November 1849.
James Haynie
State of Tennessee
Smith County
I William V.R. Hallum clerk of the county court of said Smith County hereby
certify that James Haynie whose name is signed officially to the foregoing
affidavit is and was an acting Justice of the Peace at the time the same bears
date in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified that the signature
thereto purporting to be his is genuine. AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that Jonathan H.
Smith was duly appointed Guardian for James A. Gillespie and Rachel E.
Gillespie at our July term of our said county court holden for said county at
the Courthouse in Carthage on the 5th day of said month and that the said James
A. and Rachel E. Gillespie are the minor heirs of William P. Gillespie dec'd
late a private in Company H 1st Regiment Tennessee Volunteers in the late war
with Mexico and that said Guardian entered into bond and security as the law
directs.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and . . .
William V.R. Hallum
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Carthage Nov 19 1849
J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Dear Sir
Agreeable to your letter of 21st September last I have procured additional
testimony in the case of the children of William P. Gillespie (not James A.)
for a pension and also a certificate from the clerk of our county court
certifying that Jonathan H. Smith is the guardian of said children, all of
which I herewith enclose you, hopeing that it will be satisfactory. I am . . .
Wm. E. Jones
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Pension Office
December 1, 1849
Sir:
The declaration of the guardian of the children of William P. Gillaspie dec'd
is herewith returned, in order that the date of the widow's second marriage may
be inserted in the blank left for that purpose.
In the additional evidence forwarded with your letter of the 19th inst. Daniel
Adcock has testified to the marriage having taken place in September 1847 but
the date of the month is so blotted that we cannot determine it with certainty.
I am, respectfully,
your ob't serv't
J.L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
To:
W.E. Jones Esq.
Carthage, Tennessee
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State of Tennessee Smith County
On this 25th day of December 1849 personally appeared before the undersigned a
Justice of the Peace in and for said county Daniel Adcock and made oath in due
form of Law that he is well acquainted with Mrs. Ann Payne who was formerly the
widow of William P. Gillespie the identical William P. Gillespie who was a
private in Capt. William B. Waltons Company 1st Regt Tennessee Volunteers in
the late war with Mexico that after the death of the said Wm. P. Gillespie she
again intermarried with Andrew Payne in Warren County Tennesse on the 16th day
of September 1847 that affiant was present and seen them legally joined
together as stated in a former affidavit made by this
Sworn to and subscribed before me the date above
Daniel Adcock (his mark)
James Haynie J.P.
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Carthage Tennessee
Decr 27 1849
Sir
I herewith return your letter of the 1st inst and also the 2d affidavit of
Daniel Adcock as to the date of the 2d marriage of the widow of Wm. P.
Gillespie which I suppose will be satisfactory the date of the blank in the
declaration of the guardian of the children of said Gillespie as to the date of
the said 2d marriage cannot now be filled up for the reason that the guardian
Mr. Smith is absent at New Orleans but which I hope will make no difference as
the fact is clearly established by her brother Daniel Adcock.
I hope you will allow the claim and forward to him the certificate addressed to
me at Nashville Tennessee as I shall make that my residence in future.
Respectfully
Wm. E. Jones
To:
J.L. Edwards Esq.
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Handwritten notes at top read: Remarried. Mex. War ???)
Tolosa Tex
March 21, 1901
Mr. Evans, Pension Department
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I take the privalidge of writing you [?] in regard to the bill that passed in
Congress the other day. Can a widow of the Mexican War that has married, since
her first husband died, get a pension? If so how much can she get per month. Please
write and give an answer soon. Mrs. Annie Payne
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