Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16194, for William Mc Cord, Virginia
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(3-1776) SERVICE NUMBER
Va. McCord, William S. 16194
Carded CONTENTS
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Letter B. H. Thomas and auditor 21 Sept 1893.
Paid at the Treasury and the Act of the 6th April 18[illegible] from 4 March to 4 Sept 1838 Agt notified to Act 1839.
Letter to J. [illegible] 4th nov '39 Paid as above from 4 Sep 1838 to  March 1839 Agt notified 9 Jany 1848
Date of death no on AB
1814 Indiana
William McCord of Knox in the State of Indiana who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain Rice of the Regt commanded by Col Edmonds in the Virginia line for 9 months from 1780.
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate fo 30 Dollars _ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Nov. 1832 _ and delived to JE Ceale Washington DC.
Arrears of 4th of Sept 18 [illegible] 45.
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4- 15 -
March 1833 $60
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7 1832.}
recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk Book D Vol. 9- Page 189-
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is signed to the above certificate is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Kent duly Commissioned & qualified & that due faith & credence is & aught to be given to all his Official Acts as such _
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand & affixed the seal of my office this 17th day of September A.D. 1832
P.C. Johnson clerk
from 1780 9 months private $30
Mr Edwards will place [illegible] the certificate on and was to E J Eacle
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832
State of Indiana County Knox}
On this 17th day of September 1832 personally appeared before me G W Johnston Justice of the peace in and for the County of Knox aforesaid, at my office in [illegible] Wm McCord an old inhabitant of said County now aged Seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, that he was born in Frederick County, Virginia, in the year 1762 that in the year 180 or 1781 he entered a Militia Company at Winchester in said County and state , under the command of Capt [illegible] belonging to Col Edmonds Regiment, as a substitute for one Danl Savers, then residing then residing in said town, & he marched to Fredericksburgh from thence to Richmond, in the neighborhood of which place the company encamped after this he was sometime stationed in Richmond when a retreat was ordered to the mountains and Genl Wayne joined with a reinforcement of troops; that after the reinforcement with Genl Wayne his three months expired and he recd his discharge in writing, which is now lost' that immediately afterwards he joined a Company at the Barracks a few miles
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from Winchester under Capt Jacob Grimes for a term of three months, and he was stationed at said Barrack to guard Hessions, and other prisoners sent from the south; that when his three months expired, he was discharged and the next ensuing year joined a Militia Company in Winchester aforesaid under Capt Taylor, and was stationed for three months in said place doing Garrison duty, and guarding British & Scotch prisoners; that at the expiration of his three months service he was discharged & does not remember wheather he received a written discharge for the two last terms, but for the first term as he then related, he knows he had a [illegible]; he has no documentary evidence now in his possession & he knows of none of his old companions whose testimony he can procure nor of no other person who can testify to his service that he removed from said county of Frederick Virginia, about forty years ago, lived about seventeen years in Lawrence County South Carolina, then moved to Ohio State, and lived in said state about two years, then removed to Knox County, Indiana, and has now resided in said County of Knox about twenty two years. He hereby
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relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any state.
William McCord X the mark of

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
G. W. Johnston J.P.

We Daniel Hollingsworth & John Simpson residing in said County of Knox, hereby certify that we are well acquainted for many years, with Wm McCord, who has subscribed, and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy years of age; that he is respected & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Danl Hollingsworth
J. T. Simpson

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid
G. W. Jonston J.P.

After investigating the matter sworn to by the aforesaid applicant for a pension, Wm McCord, and after putting to him the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, and ascertaining his inability to appear during the late session of the circuit court, I do hereby declare my opinion, that the said applicant Wm. McCord, was a revolutionary soldier, and served
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as he states. And I do further certify that Danie Hollingsworth and John T. Simpson who have signed and sworn to the preceding certificate, are well known to me personally as respectable citizens of Knox County creditable in every respect, and their statement in this case is entitled to full credit.
Given under my hand & seal at Vincennes this 17 September A.D. 1832.
G. W. Johnston J.P.

State of Indiana Knox County SS
I Daniel C. Johnson Clerk of the Knox Circuit Court do hereby certify that General W. Johnston whose name is signed to the above certificate is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Knox duly commissioned & qualified & that due faith & credence is & ought to be given to all his official acts as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my office this 17th day of September A.D. 1832
D. C. Johnson Clk

(written vertically)
from 1780
9 months private
$30

Mr. Edwards will please send the certificate or answer to E. J. Coal
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February 20, 1940

Guyte P. McCord, Attorney
Tallahassee
Florida

BA-J/AWF
William McCord
S. 16194

Dear Sir:
The data which follow were obtained from
papers on file in claim for pension, S. 16194,
based upon military service of William McCord in the War of the Revolution.
William McCord was born in the year 1762,
in Frederick County, Virginia. The names of his
parents were not given.
William McCord enlisted in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, sometime in 1780 or 1781, served as a private in Captain Rice's company, Colonel Edmunds' Virginia regiment, marched to Fredericksburg, thence to Richmond, length of this service three months. He enlisted and served three months in Captain Jacob Grimes' company, was stationed
in the barracks a few miles from Winchester,
to guard the Hessians, and other prisoners. The
next year, he served three months in Captain Taylor's company and was stationed in Winchester doing guard duty. Definite dates of his service were not stated. 
He moved from Frederick County, Virginia, about the year 1792, to Laurens County, South Carolina, where he lived about seventeen years, then moved to Ohio, and about two years moved to Knox County, Indiana. 
William McCord was allowed pension on his appli-
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cation executed September 17 1832, at which time he was living in Knox County, Indiana.
There are no discernible data in regard to the family of William McCord shown in this claim.

In order to obtain the date of last payment
of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city and furnish the following data:
William McCord
Certificate # 1814
Issued November 12, 1832
Rate $30.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Indiana Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Veteran's Administration,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please give me the data on one William McCord Private in Virginia Militia? He was pensioned in 1831 at the age of 72, appears on the 1840 census as again pensioned at 80 years.
Will you please give date and place of birth; service record; number of pension