Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36694, for William Mc Murry, South Carolina
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
S.C.
McMurry, William
NUMBER
McMurray
S36694
CONTENTS
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19.220
Louisiana
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William McMurray
or McMurry
Felician in the State of Louisiana
who was a Sergeant in the Compy commanded
by Captain Doggett of the regiment commanded
by Colonel W Henderson in the S. Carolina
, for the term of 1777 to 1782 on Roll
Rescribe
at the
and on the Roll of Louisiana
rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 17 of December 1823
Certificate of Pension issued the 22d of March
his & the Honble
H. Johnson U.S.
to
Arrears to 4th of March 1824
20.90
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1849
48
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6.90
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$68.90

Revolutionary claim,
Acts March 18, 1818,
and May 1, 1820.
March 1833
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Veteran's Service: S.C.
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M Murry
persion papers
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state of Louisiana
Parish Feliciana ⎬ 
William McMurray came before
me Charles Bushnell, Judge of the Court of the Third Judicial district of the State of Louisiana and made oath, that the certificate of discharge originally granted to him by the War department
has been worn out and destroyed by being frequently wet and used rubbed in carrying it about. That he served as a Sergeant in the Regiment commanded by Col. Henderson in Captain Dagged's
company of the South Carolina line in the
revolutionary war about three years. That he resides in the Parish of Feliciana
State of Louisiana that he has resided there for the last five years previous to which he resided in York district in the State of South Carolina. That he was battle of Hanging rock, Rocky Mount and Camden that he was in other engagements & Skirmishes
during said War and was also in the
Expedition against Augustine
subscribed & Sworn before me
this 17th day of December 1823
Chas. Bushnell
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Judge 3 District
William McMurray
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19.1999 190

In the matter of Wm McMurray's (Wm Mc Murry's)
application for a pension

[illegible]
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S
District Court of the State of Louisiana in and for the third judicial
that in the Parish of Feliciana
PRESENT the Honorable Charles Bucknell Esquire Judge Parish of Feliciana ss. it Remembered, That on the Seventeenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three
personally appeared in the District Court of the State of Louisiana for the
third Judicial District sitting at Jackson in the Parish of Feliciana
in open court, the said court being a court of record for the said Parish and District proceeding according to the course of the civil, common and Statute Laws with a selection,
unlimited in point of amount. keeping a record of their proceeding and having the power of fines and
imprisonment William McMurray about seventy nine years
who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: that he enlisted at York County now district
in the State of South Carolina on the [blank] day of [blank] in the year
one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight or in capt. Dogges [?]company  Sixth Regiment of United States Infantry commanded by
Colonel William Henderson in the capacity of a Sargeant for the year
that he continued in the service of said Company and Regiment
until the day [blank] day of [blank] of in the year one thousand seven
hundred and eighty two when he was honorably discharged as a Sergeant at Charleston in the State of South Carolina that he was in the Battle of Camden, Rocky Mount
Hanging rock & was in many other skirmishes - That he enlisted at Tochan Swamp (sic) and was discharged at [insert Charleston] that said day of one thousand seven
hundred and eighty three  he has by casualty lost his discharge and he has no other or further evidence in his
power than what is contained in the said declaration or affidavit
and this declarant doth hereby relinquish all and every claim
heretofore made or given to him by the United States, and saith
that he never has made application for a Pension before, before he
did not know in what method to proceed
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[following text is struck out] day of
one thousand eight hundred and
and that his pension foreate is No.
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AND I do solemnly
Swear
that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the
18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, " An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
to wit:
Schedule

Real Estate  I have non neither in illegible]

Person Estate
one old Rifle gun                  15 - 
Sworn & Subscribed before me
this 17 December 1823, __

William McMurry


[illegible] Bushnell
Judge 3rd District
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State of Louisiana 
3rd Judicial District Court
Parish of Feliciana

I, Benjamin Collins Clerk of the the District Court of the State of Louisiana for the  Judicial District and Parish of Feliciana
Do hereby certify, That the foregoing Declaration -  and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Five Dollars

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this seventeenth day of December 1823

B. Collins Clerk
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Rev. and 1812
WarsSection
AWF/ eel

May 17,1929

Mrs. W. M. Newton
29Marion Avenue
Spartanburg, South Carolina

Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim, S. 36694, It appears that William 
McMurry or McMurray, enlisted in York District, South Car-
olina, in 1779, and served three years as a sergeant in 
Captain Doggett's Company, Colonel Henderson's South 
Carolina Regiment, and was in the battles of Rocky Mount,
Hanging Rock and Camden.

He states that he was in other engagements and skir-
mishes and was also in the expedition against St. Augus-
tine; no details of this service given.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
December 17, 1823, at which time he was living in the 
Pariah of Feliciana, Louisiana, having moved there from
York District, South Carolina.

There are no data as to family.

Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Comissioner.
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36 694
Revy INVALID
File No. 36 694
William McMurray
Serg  Rev  War
Act: 18th March 18
Index: - Vol. 2 , Page 265
[Arrangement of 1870]

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1929 May 17 - Hist to
Mrs. W. M. Newton
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Pensioner's Andavit.
William Mc Murray  came before me, one of the
justices of the Parish of Feliciana in the state of Louisiana and made oath
that he is the same William Mc Murray to whom the original certificate,
in his possession, was given, of which the following is a copy:
WAR DEPARTMENT.
I certify, that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 18th of'March, 1818, 
                              late a                                                                                                    in the
line of the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the pension
list roll of the New-York agency, at the rate                                dollars,   
of cents per month, to commence on the.          day of                  one
thousand eight hundred and

Given at the War Office of the United States, this
day of.                      one thousand eight hundred and

[Rectanglar Seal
inside the following letters]
L. S.

J. C. CALHOUN,
Secretary of War.


That he served as a.                   in the regiment commanded by Col.
         in Captain.                                                                                          company of the
line in the revolutionary war, about.                                                        years:
That he now resides in the                  of                  in the county of  
 and has resided there for the last.                                 years, previous to which he resided
in.
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In the Matter of the application
of Wm McMurray for a pension

State of Louisiana
Parish of Feliciana

Samuel Neely a resident of
said Parrish and state being sworn says that
he was formerly a resident of South Carolina 
that deponent served in the Militia of the state of 
South Carolina during the Revolutionary war 
That he was acquainted with William
McMurray who is about to apply for a pension
_ That for a number of circumstances which
came to knowledge of Deponent, deponent believes
that said McMurray served in the Florida
Expedition during the Revolutionary war 
and also on other occasions during said
War - That said McMurray was taken sick
after said Florida Expedition was incapacitated 
by a fever which seised him after
said Expedition from further service_
Deponent well known that said McMurray
has no property whatsoever

Samuel [[illegible]

Sworn this 1st day of
December 1823
In open court the third
District of Louisiana
Char Bushnell
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PENSION
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1928
OFFICE


Nov. 28, 1928

Could you give me any
war record of William
Mc Murray who faught (fought) 
in the revolutionary owar. He
was sergeant in Capt Jos.
Bakers Company commanded
by Lieut Col Henderson.
Will Appreciate any 
information I can get:
I Am
 Mrs. W. M. Newton
291 Marion Ave.
Spartanburg, S.C.