Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7209, for Edward Mc Donald, Pennsylvania
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Penn

McDonald, Edward

NUMBER
S. 7209

carded.

CONTENTS
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26.440
Penn - [illegible] Agency

Edward M Lengl
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who was [illegible] in the [illegible]  commanded 
by Captain [G*] of the [illegible] commanded by  [C*] [He* or a*] in the P[illegible]
line for
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Inscribed on the [R*] [illegible
at the rate of  [illegible] Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension of [illegible] the [illegible] day of [illegible] and [illegible]

[illegible]

Arrears to the [illegible] 0.00
Semi-anl allowance [illegible] $3.33
{Revolutionary Claim, [Acs] June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by [illegible] Clerk.
Book [illegible] Vol. [illegible] Page 74
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31.362
Edward McDonald
Pennsylvania
1776 Jan - 8 - 
$26.66

James Nichols
Greensburgh, PA
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State of Pennsylvania Westmorland County
On this Thirty first day of May in the year 1834 personally appeared before Thomas Callack Esq an associate Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas of Westmorland County at his residence in said County.
Edward M Donald a resident of Derry Township in the County and State aforesaid aged seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath
make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed
June 7th 1832.
That in the year 1776 this declarant entered the army as a volunteer in a volunteer Company commanded by Captain Robert Sample of Bucks County in the State of
Pennsylvania the place of my residence.  Declarant thinks it was in the month of October. We marched from Bucks County
through the Jerseys to Amboy.  The British were encamped on Staten Island. We remained at Amboy six or eight
weeks when this declarant and the company to which he was attached returned to Bucks County. Declarant was out this tour two months; our Col. name was
Joseph Hart at Amboy we were under the command of General Robudeau.
In the month of May 1777 this declarant was drafted in the County of Bucks to serve
as a militia man for the term of two months. Our captain was William Pugh our Lieutenant 
Colonel was Robert Robinson.  [Illegible] Tome was our Col. We were marched to Bristol where we remained a month. From thence we marched up the Delaware to a place called Coryell's Ferry, where this declarant remained until the time for which he was drafted had expired.
Both at Bristol and Correll's Ferry we were under the command of General Patter. When this tour expired
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declarant returned to Bucks County.
In the month of August
1777 this declarant was again drafted as a militia man for the term of two months under Captain William Walker. We were commanded by Major Fallawell. We marched
from Bucks County and joined General Washington a few days before the Battle of Brandywine. This declarant
was present at the Battle. He was stationed on the left being none of our company were killed or wounded. After the Battle we retreated to Chester and then to Philadelphia
from Philadelphia we marched out to the White Horse Tavern on the Lancaster Road.  this declarant was present at a Skirmish near the White Horse Tavern in which Major
Bush one of our officers was shot through the thigh. We had to stand in the Road under a heavy rain while the Doctors dressed his wounds. This declarant continued with the army under General Washington until
the expiration of the two months for which he was drafted. He then returned to his Fathers in Bucks County.

In the month of November 1777 this declarant was drafted for the term of two months. he belonged to a company commanded by Captain Joseph Hart our Colonel was John
Lay. We marched to a place called Featherbed Hill above Philadelphia where we encamped for some time. From thence we marched over into Chester County to a place called the Gulph Mill. There we had a severe
skirmish with a party of the British. Their calvary attached us in the rear. A number of our troops were killed and some taken prisoners in our retreat we waded into the Schuylkill. This was a few days before Christmas. We went to the suburbs of Philadelphia and fired some field pieces into the town. From thence we went to the Crocket Bittet where we were discharged at the expiration of the two months for which we were drafted. During the time we were under the
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Command of General Potter. 
This declarant was called out upon different occasions to guard the Roads while the
British occupied Philadelphia to prevent their plundering the inhabitants but is not able to speak with any Certainty as to the time thus spent in the service. Declarant knows of no person now alive who can Testify to his services nor has he any documentary
Evidence. declarant states that he served not less than the [illegible] mentioned below two months under Captain Sample two months under Capt. Pugh two months under Capt Walker and two months under Capt
Heart - in all eight months and for this time he claims a pension. 
Where and in what year were you born
was born? I was born in Bucks County in the State of Pennsylvania in the year 1755.
Have you any record of your age? 
I have no record of my age. 
Where were you living when called into service. Where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live? 
When called into service I lived in Bucks County in
the State of Pennsylvania. after the war of the Revolution i emigrated to Cumberland County Pennsylvania I remained there until the year Eighteen hundred when I removed
to Derry Township within the County of Westmoreland in the same State where I now live
How were you called into the service, were you
drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute? And if a substitute for whom?

The first two months of my service I was a volunteer
The last six months of my service I was drafted
for a more particular answer I refer to my
declaration 
State the names of some of the Regular officers who
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were with the troops where you served such
continental and militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services.

General [illegible] been according to my https://catalog.archives.gov/images/misc/drag.pngrecollection was at the Battle of Brandywine [illegible] was on the night I have the recollection of [any] officers of Regiment at this time, but  trace [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] to hand [illegible] and to it I refer

Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it signed and what has become of it?

I Received a written discharge at the [illegible] [billet] signed by Captain Hart. I know not what has become of it

State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
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Declarant States as pehttps://catalog.archives.gov/images/misc/drag.pngrsons to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood and who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier
of the Revolution the names of 
James Long Esqr
Ephraim A Robinson Esquire 
Nathaniel Doty Thomas
Patterson John Bigham Esqr 
Zebulon Doty Andrew
Campell Samuel Moorhead Esquire 
George Doty
Richard Keenan
and John Newhorton

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any State

Edward X [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]

[illegible] [illegible]
before me this [illegible] day of 
May 1834
[Tho illegible] Pollock
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We Richard Roman
Residing in Derry Township in the County of Westmoreland in the State of Pennsylvania and John [Mewhoster] Residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with 
Edward McDonald who has subscribed and
sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood [sic] where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in the opinion.

Sworn and subscribed before John [Mewhorter] and Richard [Himm]

on this day of May 1834

And the said Thomas Pollock doth hereby declare his 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 said Thomas Pollack further certifies that it
appears to him that Richard Roman and
John [Mewhorter] who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the Town
ship of Derry in the County of Westmorland in the State of Pennsylvania and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit

Thomas Pollock
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[illegible] do [illegible] this testify that the [illegible] Edward McDonald who has sworn and [illegible] the above declaration to [illegible] to appear in Court. [Signature]


Westmoreland County [illegible]
I Randal McLaughten, 
protonotary of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Westmore and in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings on the matter of the application of Edward McDonald for a pension: That the same appears to have been made before Thomas Pollock Esquire one of the Associate Judges of our said Court, and that his signature thereto is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court
at my office in Gramburgh this second day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
Randal McLaughlin Prot
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Service Number
Penn. McDonald, Edward S 7209
contents carded
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June 9th 1834]

[stamp or seal illegible]

June 9th 1834

James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
City

June 9
Edward McDonald [illegible]
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Greensburgh June 2, 1834
Dear Sir,
I transmit you enclosed the declaration of Edward McDonald a Revolutionary Soldier taken in conformity with the directions of the War department. Your early attention to this subject will oblige (?) (?) List.
                                      /s/  James Nichols

/s/ James L. Edwards Esquire
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Bounty Land Warrant Record Card
Name: McDonald, Edward
Grade: Private
Line: Virginia
Warrant Number: 12347
Acreage: 100
Issued: May 29,1792 to Robert Means, assignee