Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6626, for Samuel Mc Clung, Maryland
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Service
MD

McClung, Samuel

Number
R.6626
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Left Side Page

SEAL

Address
Geo W. Acheson
Washington, Penna

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30436
Alex McClung
Pennsylvania
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State of Pennsylvania
Washington County

On this 19th day of June 1834 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Alexander McClung a resident of Hanover Township in that county aforesaid and state aforesaid aged seventy-one years on the 5th of March last past, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States in the year 1777 on the last week in June or first week in July under the following circumstances & under the following named officers and served as herein after stated: I lived at the time I entered the service in Baltimore County, Maryland and was generally occupied in driving my father's team of horses & wagon from that place to Baltimore & other places. About the first of July 1777I hauled a load of sugar & salt for Edward Murray to Baltimore which load I delivered to the consignee at Fells Point in Baltimore. Soon after I discharged my load myself and team were pressed into the service
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of the United States by Thomas Goard a forage master in the service by whom I was attached to the division commanded by Col Darby Luk which consisted of five companies under the following named Captains: Edward Oldham, Joshia Rutledge, Joshua Miles & John C Owens and William Harvey which several companies so officered marched in about 4 weeks from Baltimore to join the Regular Army under Washington on the Brandywine. We marched directly towards Philadelphia myself and three other teamsters who were also pressed into the service in Baltimore hauling all the military stores & camp equipage. We did not form a junction with the main army until the 5th day of October following at Germantown in Penna. which was the day after the memorable battle at that place. When we arrived at Germantown the day after the battle I with my team was immediately engaged in hauling the wounded to the neighboring houses & barns which were converted into hospitals for the time being. I think I was detained with my team at and about Germantown for about two months from which place about the first of December we were marched by Gen
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Washington across the Delaware River into the state of Jersey to a place which I think was balled Prospect Hill where the militia were charged and the regulars went into winter quarters - myself and John Deal were detained in the service of the regulars and were dispatched with our teams about the middle of December under the command of Forage Master William Guinn of the regulars with a platoon of soldiers as a guard to each wagon to the North River for two heavy cannon each of which made a good load for a team. I think we brought these cannons from Saratoga in New York. On account of the great distance to be travelled, the extreme severity of the weather and the interruptions of the enemy we did not get back with these cannons until the spring. I think we were engaged about four months in this excursion - when we arrived with the cannon were the main army were encamped they were mounted on a floating battery in the Delaware River - we remained with the army at the place engaged in various services until sometime in the summer of 1778 when it was ordered to march to the south and myself and Deal's com
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-pelled to accompany it - from New Jersey we were marched to Philadelphia from thence to the Susquehanna River - thence direct to Baltimore thence to the Patapsco where Ellicott Mill [illegible] thence (I think) to Georgetown on the Potomac thence across Virginia towards the Carolina's. We scarcely even knew where we were going it was our purpose to just follow the army. Sometimes we would travel one day in one direction and the next in a different direction so that we rarely knew our destination and gave ourselves but little uneasiness on that point. The army had been separated into several divisions before we reached the Carolinas - soon after the detachment to which I was joined reached the Carolinas it being encamped was attacked in the night and driven off by the enemy with the loss of nearly all its baggage. As soon as the camp was attacked myself and Deal's hitched up our teams and started off in the night to save our teams from being destroyed or carried off. We remained in the neighborhood until we learned the fate of our detachment and then started for home in Baltimore Co Maryland which place we reached about the first of November being about one month after the rout of the Americans in Carolina.
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When we arrived in Baltimore on our return, we unloaded the little that remained in our wagons at the magazine at Fells Point and then went directly home having been out in the service full sixteen months. During all this time we were engaged continually either in hauling in provisions from the country under the forage master or hauling the baggage for the army. When on March I was born in Baltimore County state of Maryland in St. James Parish on the 5th day of March 1763. I have a record of my age in my family bible. Which record of my  age and birth & baptism was copied from the Parish records of St. James Parish MD - when I was called into the service & lived where I was born and there I remained until the year 1811 when I removed to Washington County Pennsylvania where I now reside - The manner in which I entered the service I have before stated viz I was pressed or forced into the wagon masters department with my team and wagon - the 5th interrogatory is fully answered in my general statements, I never received a discharge from the army- I beg leave to mention the following named persons as being acquainted with me who can testify to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution. James McFerran, Robert Brierly, Capt. John Fulton
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Wm McCreery late of the House of Representatives, Wm Jones, James Proudfoot Esq, James Dorring & others - the reason why I have not produced a clergyman to certify for me is simply this the Rev Elisah McCurdy who I expected to attend for me has not come to court - he lives 26 miles from the count town & perhaps found it inconvenient  to attend. I know no person living who has a personal knowledge of my services - I have no documentary evidence to prove my services. I never received any compensation for all the services I rendered the United States except one shirt and one pair of shoes which were given me by forage master [illegible]. I drew my rations regularly as the other soldiers and God knows sometimes they were poor enough.

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 of any state.

Sam'l McClung

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

Thomas Officer - Proth

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above-named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - I Thomas Officer Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county & sate aforesaid do certify
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that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Samuel McClung for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 19th day of June 1834.

Thomas Officer - Pro

We James McFerran and William Jones residing in Hanover Township and county of Washington do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel McClung who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be seventy-one years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.

Ja McFarren
William Jones

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 
Thomas Officer - Pro

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 & the court further certifies that it appears to them that James McFarren and that William Jones who has also signed the same is residents in the county of Washington and are credible persons and that their statements are
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entitled to credit.

I Thomas Officer Clerk of the court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Samuel McClung.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 20th day of June AD 1834.

Thomas Officer - Pro.

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Personally appeared before me one of the commonwealth Justices of the peace in and for the county of Washington Robert Bryerly who being sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is aged 64 years and is well acquainted with Samuel McClung having been born and raised in Baltimore County, Maryland within six miles of the residence of Samuel McClung's father, from there he removed to Beaver County Pennsylvania in the fall of the year 1798; that Samuel McClung was reputed and believed many his neighbors of Baltimore County to have been out about the year 1778 as a teamster in the service of the United States; that he has heard his brother Eliazer and Richard Bryerly who were at the Carolina sieges say repeatedly that Samuel McClung served as a teamster in said campaign and was [illegible] as a teamster considering his age; that he has heard John [illegible] declare that Samuel McClung was employed in the service of the United States as a teamster under forage master William Guinn and has also heard other officers whose names he does not now recollect declare to the same effect and further this deponent saith not.

Robert Bryerly

Washington County

I certify that I believe Robert Bryerly to be a credible witness and that full credit ought to be given to the facts set forth in his deposition. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19th day of June AD 1834.

James Orr - Justice of the Peace

Personally appeared before me one of the commonwealth Justices of the Peace in and for the county of Washington, William James who being sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is aged 71 years and is well acquainted with Samuel McClung having been born and raised in Baltimore County within four miles of the residence of Samuel McClung's fathers whence he removed at ten years of age with his father to Bedford County Pennsylvania when after residing for two or three years he removed back to Baltimore County Maryland and from thence again in the fall of 1798 he removed to Washington County Pennsylvania where he now resides: that he has frequently heard from the family and neighbors of Samuel McClung while residing in Baltimore County that said Samuel was pressed into the service of the United States as a teamster and that he was out in the service aforesaid for some considerable time and further this deponent saith not.

William Jones

Washington County

I certify that I believe William Jones to be a creditable witness and that full credit ought to be given to the facts set forth in his deposition. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19th day of June AD 1834.

James Orr - Justice of the Peace
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Washington

I Thomas Officer Protonotary of the court of Common Pleas for said county do hereby certify that James Orr Esq before going proceedings were had was at the time and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and duly qualified and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts.

Given under my hand and seal of office at Washington the 21st day of June AD 1834.

Thomas Officer - Pro.

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REJECTED

6626
Alex McClung (crossed out)
Samuel McClung

Act
Aug 9, 1906
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Too dark to read - can only make out 6626
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Mar 4
Alex'r McClung

Th. M.T. McKennan
Md
 
J.L. Edwards Esq
Pension Office
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Dear Sir

I must be mistaken as to the Christian name of McClung. The person to whom I attend was in wagon service during the rev war and if the services detailed in Alex McClung case are of that desertion please send me a copy of the papers.

Yours very respt.
Th M T McKennan

House of Rep March 3, '36

J.L. Edwards Esq.
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March 1
Sam'l McClung
Pa Case

Th M T McKennan

J.L. Edwards
Pension Office

Th M T McKennan - HR
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The application for Sam'l Barr of Washington County Penn for a pension was rejected at your office, and he has petitioned Congress for relief. Please send me as soon as possible a copy of his declaration & evidence to support his claims.

Yours very respect.
Th M T McKennan
Feb 29, 1836

J.L. Edwards Esq

PS - Sometime since I wrote you for a copy of the declaration & testimony in the case of Sam'l McClung.

March 1
Sam'l McClung
Pa Case

Th M T McKennan

J.L. Edwards
Pension Office

Th M T McKennan - HR