Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1,449, for Joseph Mc Claskey, South Carolina
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(3-17796)

SERVICE                                             NUMBER
S. C.                McClaskey, Joseph    No. 1,449
                      McCleskey
                      McCloskey
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CONTENTS

                    Mary
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                                                  22160
West Tennessee
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Joseph McClaskey
of Lincoln Co. in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Pickens of the regt. commanded by Col. Williamson in the S. C. mili. line for 2 years from 1777
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Inscribed on the Roll of W. Tennessee
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Oct 33 and sent to Robt. Juge Fayetteville
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Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33                   $200
Semi-anl. Allowance ending 4 Mch 34       40
                                                                  $240
[Revolutionary Claim,]
[Act June 7, 1832.]

Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 93
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                                9035
Tennessee, Nashville
Mary McClaskey
widow of Joseph
who was a private
in the Revolution
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1843.
End 19 Nov. 1845
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Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of July 1837 and sent to Mr. E. Jones of Tenn.
Present
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[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 2, page 194
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State of Tennessee]
Lincon County]
On this 7th day of April 1851 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said county William McClaskey a resident of said county age sixty years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration as administrator of the estate of his mother Mary McClaskey as widow of Joseph McClaskey late a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $80 a year (now diseast (deceased) in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress past (passed) 4 July 1836 7th July 1838 3 March 1843 & 17 June 1844 allowing pensions to certain widows.
That he is the administrator of his mother Mary McClaskey the widow of Joseph McCaskey late a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $80 a year and who died on the 25th day of February 1837 that he left his widow Mary McClaskey who after his death applied for a pension in (illegible) of her said husband but which claim previous to her death was not allowed that she died in said county on 19th day of November 1845 that at the time of her death she left the following named children, to wit; George, affiant William, Jane, Mary, Joseph and Sarah, now living - Samuel who died previous to the death of his mother leaving two children their names not known to affiant.  David who died previous to the death of his mother leaving four children viz; Samuel, John, Joseph & Julia - Elizabeth who died since the death of her mother leaving three children, viz; Lucinda, Eliza & James. And John who died previous to the death of his mother leaving children, but the number and names not known to affiant, who are the only heirs at law & legal representatives of her the said Mary McClaskey & who are now living affiant further states that previous to the death of his
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father the said Joseph McClaskey he allways (always) understood from him that he was an officer of a higher grade than a private to wit; a waggon (wagon) master in the South Carolina line in the war of the revolution and he always continued in his lifetime that he should have been allowed a pension accordingly and affiant therefore claims that the heirs of said Mary McClaskey widow of the said Joseph McClaskey should be allowed not only the amount of pension which he would in his lifetime but the increased amount to which he was entitled and which after his death described to his widow affiant further states that the annexed family record which shows the date of the marriage of the said Joseph McClaskey to his wife the said Mary & also the dates of the births of their children is the genuine family record which was copied from the original family record many years ago & which was kept by them in (illegible) lifetime.
                                      William McClaskey
                                      Administrator of Mary 
                                      McClaskey diseast
                                                         (deceased)
            
Sworn to and subscribed
before me the date above
John Moore JP

I John Moore a Justice of the Peace in & for said county hereby certify that the above William McClaskey is personally known to me that the statements as above made by him is entitled to full credit & belief.  Witness my hand this 7th day of April 1851
                                    John Moore J. P.
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State of Tennessee } April Term County Court 1851 
Lincoln County } On this day satisfactory 
evidence was aduced [adduced] in open Court to prove 
& did prove to the satisfaction of said County 
Court now sitting that Joseph McClasky late 
of said County and was a pensioner of the 
United States at the rate of eighty dollars per 
year for services rendered during the Revolutionary 
War [repeated: War] that the said Joseph McClasky 
died in said County on or about the 25th day 
of February 1837 that at the time of his death he 
left his widow Mary McClasky to whom as 
appears he was legally married from their orig
inal family record exhibited to said Court on 
the 17 November seventeen hundred and eighty one 
that his widow survived him untill [until] on 
or about the 19th day of November 1845 eighteen 
hundred & forty five that previous to her death 
she had applied for a pension in rite [right] of her 
said husband but which claim had not 
been allowed that at the time of the 
death of her the said Mary McClasky she 
left the following named children to wit 
George, affiant William, Jane, Mary, Joseph and Sarah now living. Samuel who died 
previous to the death of his mother leaving two children their names not known to affiant - David who 
died previous to the death of his mother leaving four children, viz, Samuel, John, Joseph & Julia Ann -
Elizabeth who died since the death of her mother leaving three children, viz Lucinda, Eliza & James N. - and 
John who died previous to the death of his mother leaving children, but the number and names not 
known to affiant-who are the heirs and only legal 
representatives of her the said Mary Mc
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Clasky dseast[ deceased] and who are now living 
all of which is ordered to be entered of 
record and certified by the clerk
Test 
Henry Kelso Clerk

State of Tennessee }
Lincoln County. } I Henry Kelso Clerk of the 
County Court of said Lincoln County & State of 
Tennessee hereby certify that the above is 
a true copy of the record of said Court in 
the matter of the identity of the heirs of Mrs 
Mary McClasky and widow of Joseph Mc
Clasky late of said County In testimony 
whereof I hereto set my 
hand and affix my seal 
of office at office this 7th day 
of April 1851.
Henry Kelso Clk
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Elizabeth was Maried [Married] August 
the 3 - 1809
William was Maried [Married] October 
the 13 - 1813

Sworn to before me this 19th of November 1838 
Stephen Walker | Mary McClaskey
Justice of the peace | Henry L Smith

State of Tennessee }
Lincoln County } I Charles Boyles Clerk of the 
County Court of the County and State aforesaid 
hereby certify that Stephen Walker Esqr. before 
whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to is an 
acting Justice of the Peace for said County and State 
duly commissioned and qualified as the law directs 
and that the signature thereto purporting to be 
his is genuine.  In testimony whereof I have here
unto subscribed my name and affixed 
my official seal at office in Fayetteville 
this 19th day of November 1838
C Boyles Clerk 

State of Tennessee }
Lincoln County } I George W. Dennis Chairman 
of the County Court of said 
County do certify that Charles Boyles who signed 
the foregoing certificate is now and then was 
Clerk of said County & that his Certificate is in due 
form. Given under my hand & seal this 22nd November 
1839 George W. Dennis Chairman
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Joseph McClaskey and his wife Mary 
was Married November the seventeenth 
in the year of our Lord - 1781 
By James Lusk an acting Justice of 
the Peace in Abiville [Abbeville] Destrick [District] 
South Carolina
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Samuel their eldest sun [son] was born 
December the 12th --- 1782
George was born March 30 - 1784
David was born September 11 - 1787 
Elizabeth was born September 21 - 1789
William was born September 26 - 1791
Jane was born April the 10 - 1794
John was born March - 14 - 1796
Mary was born August - 17 - 1800
Joseph was born February 5 - 1802
Sarah was born October - 17 - 1804
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Joseph McCluskey and his wife Mary was 
married November the 17th in the year of our 
Lord 1781 Samuel their first son was born 
December the 12th 1782
George March the 30th - 1785 
David September the 11th 1787 
Elizabeth September the 23d 1789 
William September the 26 1791 
Jane April the 10th 1793
John March the 14th 1795 
Mary August the 17th 1799 
Joseph January the 5 1801
Sarah October the 17 1804
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State of Tennessee } On the 13th day of February 1843 Person
Lincoln County SS. } ally appeared before me Stephen 
Walker one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County 
and one of the Justices of the County Court of said County Mary 
McCluskey a resident of said County and State aged seventy 
seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law 
doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order 
to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of 
Congress passed July 4th 1836. That she is the widow of 
Joseph McCluskey deceased who was a volunteer in the 
Army of the United States in the War of the Revolution, into 
which service he entered on or about the 9th day of October 
1779, and belonged to a Regiment of volunteers com
manded by Colonel Pickens, during the term 
of his said service, which finally ended in the year 
1784 he was in the following battles to wit, at the Battle 
of Savannah, and others which affiant does not recollect 
and was wounded by a ball in the right arm, all of 
which service was performed in the State of South Caro
lina where he her said husband then resided. She fur
ther declares that she was married to said Joseph 
McCluskey in that part of the State of South Carolina 
then known as the District of Ninety Six (now Abbe
ville District) on the 17th day of November 1781, 
and said marriage was solemnized by James 
Lusk a Justice of the peace of said District, that 
her husband the aforesaid Joseph McClusky died 
on the 25th day of February 1837 in said County of 
Lincoln and State of Tennessee, and that she has
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remained a widow ever since that period, as will more 
fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed, and 
all of which facts will more fully appear by reference 
to her former Declaration and accompanying proof now 
on file in the Pension Office of the United States at the 
City of Washington. She further states that her husband 
the said Joseph McCluskey was a regular Pensioner 
under the General Government at the time of his death. 
She further states that she has no record evidence of 
her said marriage, the office containing the license 
under which her said marriage was solemnized in 
said Ninety Six District (now Abbeville District) and 
State of South Carolina, having been destroyed during 
the Revolutionary War by the British and Tories as 
she is informed and believes, and her family record 
containing the time of said marriage and the fact 
thereof and written by the said Joseph McCluskey 
was also destroyed many years ago by accident, but 
that a true copy thereof is now on file in said Pension 
Office with her said former Declaration. That this is all 
the documentary evidence within her knowledge and 
she is unable to prove that this is a true copy of the 
original, and she has no proof of said marriage 
except the testimony of Samuel McCluskey a brother 
of said Joseph McCluskey who was present at said 
marriage, and whose testimony is intended to acum
pany [accompany] this Declaration.  Mary her X mark McCluskey
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State of Tennessee } Personally appeared before me 
Lincoln County SS } Stephen Walker, an acting Jus
tice of the peace in and for said County and State and 
one of the Justices of the County Court of said County being 
a Court of Record the above named Mary McCluskey 
of whose identify I am well satisfied from personal 
acquaintance, and who from age and bodily infirm
ity is unable to attend Court and made oath that 
the facts contained in her Declaration above are true 
to the best of her knowledge and belief.
Sworn to and subscribed } Mary her X mark McCluskey
before me on this February } 
13th 1843 Stephen Walker }
Attest J. P. For Lincoln Cty }

State of Tennessee } Personally appeared before me Stephen 
Lincoln County SS: } Walker an acting Justice of the peace 
in and for said County and State and one of the Justices 
of the County Court of said County the same being a 
Court of Record Higdon Harper and made oath in 
due form of law that he was personally acquainted 
with Joseph McCluskey mentioned in the above Dec
laration for many years before his death, that he died 
in said County, as in said Declaration mentioned leav
ing the above declarant Mary McCloskey his widow 
and who has remained a widow ever since. He fur
ther deposeth and saith that the said Joseph and 
Mary McCluskey lived together as man and wife and 
he always understood they were married. He further 
states that said Joseph was always reputed to be a
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Revolutionary soldier, and so considered by all his acqua
intances and drew a Pension as such, and that such 
was the fact deponent has no doubt, from information.
He further states that said Mary is highly respectable 
and worthy of all credit.
Sworn to and subscribed | Higdon Harper
before me February 13th 1843
Attest
Stephen Walker }
J. P. For Lincoln Cty }

State of Tennessee } 
Lincoln County } SS

I George W Jones Clerk of the County Court of 
said Lincoln County hereby certify that Stephen Walker before 
whom the foregoing Declaration of Mary McClusky and the 
affidavit of Higdon Harper were sworn to was at the time 
of his attesting the same a Justice of the Peace in and for 
said County duly commissioned and qualified as appears 
remaining of record in my office and by virtue of his office legal
ly authorized to administer oaths, and that the signatures 
purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscri
bed my name and affixed the seal of our 
said County Court at office in Fayetteville 
this 23rd day of February 1843
G.W. Jones Clerk
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I Peter G. McMullen Chairman and Presiding Justice of 
the County Court of Lincoln County in the State of Tennessee hereby 
certify that George W. Jones whose named is signed to the forego
ing certificate is now and was at the time of attesting the same 
Clerk of said County duly elected and qualified and by virtue 
of his office keeper of the records & seal of said Court and that 
the signature "G. W. Jones" purporting to be his is genuine.
Given under my hand this 23rd day of February 1843
Peter G McMullen
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The State of Alabama }
Lawrence County } S.S.

Be it known that, on the 18th day of February 1843 
before me Crockett McDonald an acting Justice of the peace 
in and for said County and State, and duly authorised [authorized] by 
the laws of said State to administer oaths, personally 
appeared Samuel McCleskey (of whose identity I am satis
fied from my own personal knowledge) who made oath 
that he is the brother of Joseph McCleskey who was a regular 
pensioner of the United States Government, and whose widow 
Mary McCleskey is now seeking a pension under the 
act of the 4th July 1836- that affiant is now in the 
seventy eighth year of his age, that he knew said Joseph 
and Mary McCleskey well during the Revolutionary War,  
and affiant further states that they were married during 
the continuance of said Revolutionary War and before the last 
tour of duty performed in it by said Joseph McClesky, but 
from the length of time which has elapsed since said 
marriage affiant is unable to state the year in which 
it occurred, although he was present at the marriage 
between them.  The words - he & war: were interlined before signed by 
the deponent.
Sworn to & subscribed before me } Samuel McCleskey
this 18th day of February 1843 }
C. McDonald JP

The State of Alabama } I Wiley Gallaway Clerk of the County 
Lawrence County SS: } Court of said County certify that 
Crockett McDonald who signs his name C. McDonald 
whose name is signed to the foregoing affidavit now is
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and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice 
of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned 
and qualified, that full faith and credit are due to 
all his legal official acts as such, and that the signa
ture purporting to be his is genuine; I do further certify that 
the above note containing the words "The words he & war: were 
interlined before signed by the deponent" are in the hand 
writing of said Crockett McDonald.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my 
name at office at Moulton and affix 
the seal of said County Court the 18th day 
of February 1843 and of American In
dependence the 67th year.
Wiley Gallaway Clerk

The State of Alabama }
Lawrence County SS } I John B Law Judge of the County 
Court of said County & State certify that Wiley Gallaway 
whose name is affixed to the foregoing certificate is now 
and was at the time of making the same, Clerk of said Court 
duly elected & qualified, that full faith & credit are due 
to all his official acts as such & that the signature aforesaid 
purporting to be his is genuine & that his said certificate is  
in due form of law.  Given under my hand this 18" day of 
February A.D. 1843.
Jno. B. Law Judge of
Said County Court
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Joseph McClaskey
22571

State of Tennessee } Fayetteville Oct. the 16th 
Lincoln County } Tenn 1832

On this the 16 day of October 1832 
personally appeared in open court before William Edward
Samul Ruckhauser [illegible]
Gentlemen Justices of the Court of Please [Pleas] and Quarter 
Sessions now sitting, Joseph McClaskey a resident 
of the County of Lincoln and State of Tennessee aged 
about 76 years who being first duly sworn according 
to law, doth on his oath make the following Decl
aration in order to obtain the benefit of the 
act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832

At the commencement and during the Revolutionary 
War I was a citizen of Abaville [Abbeville] district South Carolina 
& entered the service of the United States as a volunteer 
in the fall of 1776 or 77 tho I have no distinct recalection [recollection] 
at this time the true date of my entering the service 
under Capt. Pickens who was then attached to Colo 
Williamsons Regt. or command; we were ordered to 
march against Capt. Cunningham who was then com
manding a company of Torys near a place called 
Snowy Camp. at that place we captured a few of his 
men and drove the balance out of that neighbourhood [neighborhood] 
we were then imediatly [immediately] marched to Ninety Six to re
enforce that place, which was soon after besieged 
by the [words struck out] Torys. after holding out a considerable 
time our army cappitulated [capitulated]. we were to give 
possession deliver over to the [illegible] two pieces 
of light artilery [artillery] and our troops to be set at 
liberty. from this place we returned home after 
a campaign of about eight months.
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imediatly [immediately] after my return from 96 I was called 
on to march into the State of Georgia.  I was then 
under the command of Capt Weams who was 
attached to Col Pickens Reg. had a small scrummage 
at a place called Kettle Creek. from that place we 
marched under the command of Genl Pickens 
against a Critain McGurt at St Marys commonly 
called the Florda expedition, drove him and his 
party from that part of the country and returned [struck out: home]
after an absence of upwards of two months 
and joined in the seage [siege] of Savannah. we were 
after some time reinforced by the French troops 
but was compeld [compelled] to raise the seage [siege] after considerable 
loss on both sides. we were in actual service during 
this campaign about six months  not long after we
were marched against [illegible] then in possession 
of the British and Torys. we were not successful 
in our attack and left the place and returned 
home after an absence of six weeks or more.

Our next expedition was against the British which 
we met at the Eautaw [Eutaw] Springs where we had 
a severe conflict in which Genl Pickens was [illegible]
during this campaign I was under Capt Pickens a 
relative of the Genls who was in command.  Tjos tapir 
lasted upwards of three months.

Sometime after not now 
recollected how long we were ordered out against Col 
Ferguson and met and defeated him at King Mountain 
was in the engagement, and was attached to the corps 
commanded by Col Campbell; we were ordered 
to reenforce General Morgan which we did, and 
was with him at the Battle of the Cowpens and 
pertook [partook] of the glorys [glories] of that day. soon after we were
discharged after an actual service of upwards of nine 
months.  Shortly after we returned home we were again 
ordered to join General Green which we did and 
marched under his command to the seage [siege] of 96. in that 
engagement I received a wound in my right arm. returned 
home after serving about 2 months.
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this campaign  claim my services against the British about this time the Cherokee Indians greatly distressed our frontiers and an expedition  was put on foot against them, under the command of Gen. Pickens. I was under Capt. Pickens and in  Col. Armstrong's regt.  We  were marched to the Nation and destroyed  some Indian villages ,  Tugalo  and  .. ( illegible ) and some of the  .. ( illegible ) towns destroyed a village a the  three forks of Tennessee with  several others not  recollection  also the Horseshoe Town  a place of some  rate in the Nations after which we returned home after an absence of  more that three months, the second expedition   which we had was into the  lower part of the Nation and crossed the Ohatacoochy  River and destroyed  Nan's Town  and Hotown also  the  village of Subcoa  where we took a good many prisoners them, the Indians had a quantity of  white scalps  of all  sizes on  .. ( illegible ) - we marched to what was called Rein Cagg  Town  where we made headquarters until we  .. ( illegible ) the balance of the  Nation  - made a treaty  or something of the kid and  returned to our homes after an absence of upwards of six months - this campaign if I mistake not closed in the fall of  1783. My whole term of service was a  a month to upwards of three years. I have on documentary evidence by which I cam prove my services  , a part of my service while against the British and all my Indian expeditions  I  have proved by the affidavits of William Eddings, & Thomas Holland  whose affidavits are annexed etc. I hereby relinquish every claim what ever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension  roll of the agency of any  State or Territory. Sworn to  and subscribed the day and date above written . Joseph McLusky ( his mark ) Test Robt. J. Inge ( signed ) clk.
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[ State of Tennessee Lincoln County ] October the 16th 1832 This day  personally appeared in open Court   Thos. Holland of  Sumter County  & William Eddings  citizen of Madison County  Alabama who being first duly  sworn made  and subscribed  the following affidavit ( to wit )  That we were well acquainted with Joseph McCluskey during the Revolutionary  War, he was a citizen of  Abbeville District  South Carolina , we can certify  to the truth  by actual observation of so much of his declaration as relates to the campaign under Genl. Green  against  96  - and all  his  Indian campaigns as we were also in the service at the same time , and in the same corps. We have a distinct recollection  an that he was under the command of Capt. Pickens at the Siege of 96 , and that  his relation of that   affair is correct. We have every reason  to believe that the balance of is declaration is  true  as he states , but have no actual knowledge of it. We know there was such expeditions as he states. We were also out against the Cherokee Indians  under  Capt. Pickens ,Thomas Holland  with McClusky  & William Eddings was in  Capt. Maxfield 's company  of dragoons  the same Captain same corps he mentions and to which he belonged. We know to a certainty  that all the  Indian villages mentioned and many more in his declaration were taken as stated as we were in the service at the same time and  was in them all  or more, the names of our officers a swell as the length of  our   tour of service are correct as stated. Sworn to and subscribed the date above stated. William Eddings Senior ( signed ) Thomas Holland ( signed )
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State of Tennessee }
Lincoln County } May the 29th 1833

This day personally appeared before me the undersigned 
Saml. Todd an acting Justice of the peace, for Lincoln County, 
Tennessee, Joseph McClusky a citizen of Lincoln County, who being 
duly sworn deposeth & sayeth [saith] that by reason of old age & the consequent 
loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length 
of his service but according to the best of his recollection he 
served not less than the periods mention below & in the following 
grade & manner & for so long as he can recollect he
claims & no more.

In my declaration I state that I entered 
the service of the United States about the year 1776 or 77 under 
Capt Pickens & was attached to Leut Williams Regt. how long I 
volunteered for I can not recollect, but was not discharge that of 
eight months as before state but how much longer I cannot say 
in this campaign I received no written discharge.

My second campaign was under Capt [illegible] Col Pickens regt the 
time not recollected during the whole of this tour I was out at 
least as long as I have stated in my declaration six months 
the third expedition of [illegible] as mention in my declaration
I served as well as I now recollect under Capt [illegible] 
& was in the service I will say 30 days but how much longer I 
will not now say.

the fourth expedition at the Eautaw [Eutaw] Spring, I served as stated in my 
declaration, three months.

the next campaign I was marched to King Mountain & after 
at the Cowpens & served under Capt Caldwell as well as I now recollect 
my last was [illegible] Genl Major &c & served nine months.
I again [illegible] under Capt Pickens & marched to 96 - & joined Genl Green 
& was wounded in that expedition as stated in my declaration 
after serving two months.  This closed my campaigns against 
British making a time in all of twenty nine months all of 
those campaigns I was a private. I can give no additional 
information about them, but refer you to my former 
declaration. I have no dockumintry [documentary] nor living witness 
except what I have given that can prove my services.

I was born in the year 1756.

I have no record of my age.  I have seen my age recorded in 
my fathers Bible that is in possession of my eldest brother now  
a citizen of S. Carolina.
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when I was called into service, I lived in Abeville 
district South Carolina from there I moved to Pendleton 
district S Carolina. from there I moved to Smith County 
Tennessee lived there five years from there I moved to 
Franklin County Tennessee & from there I moved to 
Limestone County, Alabama lived there about five years 
from there I moved to Lincoln County Tennessee where 
I now live & have been for the last ten years.

I always served as a volunteer.

In answer to the 5th Integogatory [Interrogatory] I refer you to my 
declaration.

I never received a written discharge in all my services.

In answer to 
the 7th Intgy.  I answer I am known to the Revd. Mr Eddins
Mr. Holland who has certified for me also to 
John B. Todd, Will [illegible], Croft Wills, 
Esqr Pententon & many others &c [illegible]
Saml. Todd [JP encircled] Joseph his X mark McClaskey

State of Tennessee }
Lincoln County }

I Francis L. Kincannon Clerk of 
the Court of please [pleas] & quarter session for Lincoln 
County Tennessee do hereby certify that the signature 
of Saml. Todd is his genuine signature & that 
he is an acting Justice of the peace for said County 
and that full faith & credit is due to his official 
acts as such 
In Testimony whereof I 
have hereunto set my 
hand & affixed the seal 
of office this the 29th of 
May 1833.
Francis L. Kincannon Clk.
By A. J. Blakemon D.C.
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State of Tennessee } Fayetteville 
Lincoln County } October the 16th 1832

We William Eddins of the 
County of Madison Alabama and residing near 
to the neighborhood of Joseph McCloksey and 
E. C. McLaughlin residing in Lincoln County Ten 
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with 
Joseph McCloskey who has subscribed and sworn 
to the above declaration that we believe him 
to be about seventy six years, that he is a man 
of reputable standing and veracity, that he is 
reputed and believed in the neighborhood, 
where he resides, to have been a soldier of 
the Revolution, and that we concur in 
that oppinion [opinion], and one of us know it to be true
Sworn to and subscribed the date above 
written &c.  William Eddins Senior 
E. C. McLaughlin

State of Tennessee }
Lincoln County } October the [illegible] 1832

And the said Court do hereby declare their 
oppinion [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 Court further certifies that it 
appears to them that William Eddins who has signed the 
preceeding [preceding] certificate is a clergyman resident in the County 
of Madison and State of Alabama and E. C. McLaughlin 
who has signed the same is a resident in the County of Lincoln 
and State of Tennessee, and is a credible person and that their 
statement is entitled to full credit.
Wm Eduiston
Samuel Buchanan  
Abner Steed
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State of Tennessee } Court of Please [Pleas] and 
Lincoln County } Qurt Session Oct the 16th 1832 

I Robert S. Inge Clerk of the 
Court of Please [Pleas] and Quarter Session for the 
County of Lincoln do hereby certify that the 
foregoing contains the original proceedings 
of the said Court in the matter of the 
application of Joseph McClaskey for 
a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I 
have hereunto set my hand 
and seal office the day 
and date above written
Robt. S. Inge Clk
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No 22571
Joseph McClaskey
 W Tenn

Lincoln Co
from 1776 private
2 yes
$80

Fayetteville
Robert S. Inge.  Clk.
LincolnCounty Court
Tenn
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office  

                                         183

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and 
the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
_____________________________________________________________Tennessee
A STATEMENT, showing the service of JosephMc Claskey Lincoln Co Tenn

Period when the  service was  rendered.  Duration of the claimant's service Years Months Days 
Vol 1776 - 7                                                          
about 8 Months
about 8 Months                                                                                  
about 6 Months  
                                   42 Days 
                                                                                                                             
upward 3 Months
upward 9 Months
about 2 Months
            3  Months & more        

Rank of   the   Claimant 
Priv.
"
"
"

 Names and rank of the  Company Officers under whom he served.  
Capt 
Pickens 
        
[illegible]
Pickens
 
 Pickens
 
Names and rank of the General and Field officers. 
Col Williamson
Campbell
Genl Pickens
Col Armstrong


Battles in which the applicant was engaged
96
Seige of Savvannah
Eutaw Springs
Kings Mountain
Cowpens


Country through which he marched. 
SC.
Georgia
SC

Place of abode  when he entered the service, and age at present period
Age about 76
Abbeville  District S.C.

Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Living Witness     

 Whole term of service more than 3 years  

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATION UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claim
ing the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.

                                                                  DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory or District of} ss.
County of                                 }

On this______day of_____personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of______in the county of _______and State, Territory or District
of_____aged_______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 he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)____, with  and
served in the_____ (e) regiment of the_____ line, under the following named officers:

(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. ☞This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid._______________A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.

I _____________of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of__________________ for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
________ day of _____________& c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out ___________

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:______________

(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____________ and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we   _____________      are well acquainted with ___________ , who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ___________
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

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. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the___________
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the __________
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, ____________-Clerk of the Court of ____________ do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ____________
for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this ______ day of      ____________ & c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are  know at the Department.  A very full account of  the service of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, 
and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. 
To a Solder.     } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, 
and what has become of it?
To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has be come of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure,
taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months----, and ------------days  , I served as a --------- For -----------months and------- days, I served as a ------; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent 
authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i ] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
                                                                                     
                                                                                          Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
                                                                                        
                                                                                                    Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well 
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the 
witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
☞ The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j]  applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l]  If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m]The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Dyer Castor
[illegible] Clerk _
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Rev. and 1812
War Section.

November 30, 1924.

Mrs. J. M. Taylor,
2014 Marengo St.,
New Orleans, La.

Madam;

I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 1449, it appears
that Joseph McClaskey -- McCleskey -- McCloskey was born in
1756 in Abbeville District, South Carolina.

While residing in said District, he enlisted in
the fall of 1776 or 1777 and served in the South Caro-
lina Troops at various times, under Captains Pickens,
Winan, Caldwell and Colonels Williamson, Pickens, Camp-
bell, Armstrong and was in the battles at Kettle Creek Feb 14 79, the
[illegible dates have been hand written on this line]
Siege of Savannah, Blufort, Eutaw Springs, Kings Moun-
[illegible dates have been hand written on this line]

tain, Cowpens, Siege of Ninety Six, where he was wounded
in the right arm, he was also in the Florida Expedition
and two expeditions against the Cherokee Indians and
destroyed several of their villages, he served in all
about three years.

He was allowed pension on his application executed


[left margin - handwritten note ]

Miss Wilson said give service 
this way
Page 31

October 16, 1832, while a resident of Lincoln County,
Tennessee, and he died there February 25, 1837.

Soldier married November 17, 1781 in District of
Ninety Six, South Carolina, Mary Green, she was living in Lincoln County, Tennessee in 1838 and was aged seventy
four years. She died November 19, 1845.

Their children were-  Samuel, George of George B.,
David, Elizabeth, William, Jane, John, Mary, Joseph and
Sarah.

The pension due their mother, was allowed the fol-
lowing surviving children in 1851- George, William, Jane,
Mary, Joseph, Sarah.
Grand children-  Samuel, John, Joseph and Julia Ann,
children of David; Lucinda, Eliza, James N., children of
Elizabeth, whose husband's name is not stated

Respectfully,

Commissioner.
I did not use dates of birth of children as
the 2 family records did not agree.
Page 32

Rev War
1449
WIDOW, &c.
__________________
File No. 1449
Mary M Closkey
Widow
Joseph M Closkey
Priv. Rev. War
___________________
Act: July 7 1838
Index: - Vol. M, Page  17
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 33

[page pieced together...some text missing]
Apr. 23/9? Incl . Hist. to Miss Flore??e
V. Yeager   Natchy Miss.  [illegible] Eel
__________________________________
Dec. 3' 9? Let  history to
Mrs Mollie J. Taylor
Water Valley Miss
1924 Nov. 20 Hist to Mrs. J.
Taylor awf.
___________________________________
1939. Oct 30. Hist to Mrs. [illegible]
Page 34

11. 141
Tennessee Nashville
Mary McCloskey decd
widow of Joseph McCloskey
who died on the 25" Feby 1837
of Lincoln Co, in the State of Tenn: __
who was a pri[illegible] in the Compy commanded
by Captain Pickens of the Regt commanded
by Col Williamson in the Revolution 
for 2 years
                          SC Line
Inscribed on the Roll of Nashville
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00.  Cents
per annum, to commence on the 25th day of
Feby 1837-
===================================
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of
July 1837  and sent to
Wm E. Jones of Tenn:
===================================
Arrears to the 4th of                            Present
Semi-annual allowance ending

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act July 7,   1838.      }

Recorded by [illegible] Weightman Clerk,
Book D.  Vol. 1.   Page 36
Page 35

[this page ...text is so light or is just illegible except for the last two words]

Fayettvill 
Tenn
Page 36

Mary McCloskey
Tennessee
Josep: [illegible]
Let to N. S. Brown Esq
July 9. 1845

Act 4 July 1836
Page 37

√
Mary M Closkey
Tennessee
_______
Suspended
_______
See let: 4th
Oct. 38 J. B. White
do, 20 March 1839
let 12 July '41 Nath
Brown
let: 14 May 42 Hon:
A.N. Brown
to N. S. Brown 5th April 1843-- Do to
Hon D. W. Dickinson, Aug. 17.
1844-

Act July 1836
Page 38

Joseph McCloskey W. Ten. (Pulaski) Act 7 June '32
to what time paid ?
Pen Office
Oct 4. '38
Decd 25th Feb 1837
P'd to that period
[illegible]
Page 39

May 5. 1851
Claim of Mary
McClaskey's heirs
Reef [illegible]
Smith & Jones
Nashville
Tenn

Hon. J.E. Heath
Comm of Pensions
Washington City
Page 40

Mary McCloskey decd.
Wid of Joseph.
Tennessee.
Act 7 July 38. &c
Alwd 2 yes private $80.00
per an: from 25 Feby 1837
to the 19th Nov 1845, when
she died (except 2 years)
payable to
Wm McCloskey, Alowd for the
benefit of Wm McCloskey
Geo McCloskey, Jane McCloskey
Mary McCloskey, Joseph Mc -
- Closkey, Sarah McCloskey
and Elizabeth McCloskey, only
surviving children
Cert to
Wm E. Jones
of Tenn:
Present
Page 41

Comptroller Genl's Office 
Columbia So. Ca
April 21st. 1851

"No 209 }
Book } Issued the 14th of April 1785 to Mr. "
P } Joseph McCloskey Junr. for two 
hundred and twenty nine pounds sterling 
for waggon [wagon] hire & militia duty from 
1779 to 1781 as pr. account audited. 
Principal £229. No. 36. Annual Interest £16:0:7.
___
"No. 209 No. 36. Book P.
P Mr. Joseph McClesky Jar his accot. of militia 
duty & waggon [wagon] hire done alternately from 1779 to 1781.
[illlegible] to curry £1603 ---- Stg £229----

State So Carolina 

Dr. to Joseph McCloskey 
for duty for Capt Anderson & Capt Carrithey
pay bills comg. in July 1779 & ending in May 
1780 say on horse 120 dys
222
___
351 Dys a 2 of £351---

Waggon [wagon] hire pr acts [illegible]
in 1779 and 1780 274 Days
39 313 Dys £4 - 1252-
Curry. £1603
Stg £229-

"Received April fourteenth 1785"
Page 42

full satisfaction for the above in an 
Indent to No 209 Book P, by virtue of an 
order for Joseph McCloskey Jr.
(signed) Jno Ewing Colhoun

£229-0-0

I do hereby certify that the foregoing 
is a true copy taken from the Records 
in this Office
For Comptroller Genl.
James A Black 
Dep.

(No Seal of Office)
Page 43

State of Tennessee }
Lincoln County } I Henry Kelso Clerk of the County 
Court of said Lincoln County [repeated: County] hereby 
certify that John Moore whose name 
appears officially to the foregoing affidavit 
of William McClasky is now and was at 
the time of signing the same an acting 
Justice of the peace in  for said County 
duly commissioned & qualified that the signature  
thereto purporting to be his is genuine. 
and I also certify that the said William 
McClasky was duly appointed administrator of 
Mary McClaskey dsd on the 6 day of April 
___ 1846 and entered into bond & surety 
in the sum of ___ dollars as the law 
directs all of which is entered of record of 
said Court  In Testimony whereof I hereunto 
set my hand & affix my 
seal this 7th day of [struck out: March] 
April 1851
Henry Kelso Clerk
Page 44

H. Rep May 12, 1842

Dear Sir

Please examine the condition of the within
case _ & communicate the result
V oblige
Yours  & C

A. V. Brown

Honl. Comr. of Pensions}
Page 45

[illegible  Postal Stamp]
May 29, 1845. 
B
[illegible] case
Mary Mc Clusky.
PAID
Ch. No -  10                [illegible]

Hon J. L.  Edwards
Pension Office
Washington City
Page 46

Pulaski Tenn May 16th/45

Dear Sir:

Enclosed you have the deposition of 
William McClusky in the case of Mrs. Mary 
McClusky applicant for a pension & whose papers 
are on file in your office. This deposition has 
been in my hands some time waiting to see 
if any additional proof could be had from 
North Carolina or elsewhere and not being 
able to receive any thing in addition, I enclose 
this, believing by reference to your letter of April 
6th/43 to me, & of May 14th/43, to Hon. A. V. Brown 
that the proof is now sufficient.  This proof estab
lishes the loss of the family record & the manner of 
the loss, & I am unable to see what more would be 
necessary under the law & the rules of evidence as detailed 
in your letters.  Will you therefore please examine 
it, & write me the result.  If this is insufficient 
I fear it will be impossible to make the case any 
stronger.  Your known character however, assures me 
that you will do justice if possible.

Yours N. T. Brown
Page 47

State of Tennessee } This day personally appeared 
Lincoln County } before me Wm. B. McLaughlin 
a Justice of the Peace in and for said County 
William McClusky and after being duly 
sworn according to law, makes the following 
declaration that the family Record of his father 
Joseph McClusky was destroyed in the following 
manner, to wit, That said family Record was
kept in a Holy Bible that his Sister Mary 
McClusky was going to school and use the 
Bible in the school, that some of the girls 
going to school was looking or came across 
the family Record where it spoke of and 
mentioned the ages of his (the deponents) 
Brothers & Sisters and on examing [examining] the 
ages they found that a Brother of this 
(deponent) George B. McClusky was older than 
he had represented himself to be or that they 
understood him to be and he seeming to be 
[struck out: a] displeased at the idea of their finding 
out that he was older than they expected 
took the family Record from the girls and 
tore out the leaf that contained the ages 
of the family of said Joseph McClusky.
Sworn to & subscribed before 
me Wm. B. McLaughlin 13th May 1843 } 
Justice of the peace  } William McCleskey [word Seal encircled]
Lincoln County Tenn }
Page 48

State of Tennessee } 
Lincoln County } I George W. Jones 
Clerk of the County Court of said 
Lincoln County, certify that William B. 
McLaughlin as within is a Justice of the 
Peace for said Lincoln County and that 
the within signature purporting to be his 
is genuine.  In testimony whereof I
have hereunto set my 
hand and affixed 
my seal of office at 
office in Fayetteville 
the 20th May 1843
Geo. W Jones Clerk
Page 49

✓[struck out:3817 Rejected]
Mary McClaskey
Tennessee 
14,361
Act of 7 July 1838
Page 50

Declaration 

In order to obtain the benefit of the Joint Resolution of 
Congress of the 7th July 1838,

State of Tennessee } 
Lincoln County } 

On this 4th day of Sept 1838 personaly [personally] appeared before 
me John Lavin an acting justice of the peace for 
said County of Lincoln, Mary McCleskey a resident 
of said County of Lincoln state of Tennessee, aged about 
74 years who, being first duly sworn according to law 
doth on her oath make the following declaration in order 
to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Joint 
Resolution of Congress of the 7th July 1838.  That she 
is the widow of Joseph McCleskey who was a private 
in the war of the Revolution and was placed on the 
pension Roll under the act of Congress of the 7th June 
1832 that he drew his pension at Nashville and afterwards 
at Pulaski Tennessee and she would refer the department 
to the evidence upon which he was pensioned as proof of 
his services performed in the war of the Revolution. She 
further declares that she was married to the said Joseph 
McCleskey on the 17th day of November, in the year seventeen 
hundred and eighty one, and that her husband, the aforesaid 
Joseph McCleskey died on the 25th day of February 1837 
and that she has remained a widow ever since that period 
as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto 
annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
before me 
John Lavin Justice of the | Mary McCleskey 
peace for Lincoln County Tennessee 

State of Tennessee }
Lincoln County } I John Lavin Justice of the peace 
in & for said County, do hereby certify that the 
Claimant above is unable from bodily affliction to 
[struck out: attend] appear in Court.  John Lavin Justice of the peace
Page 51

The State of Alabama 
Lawrence County S.S. 

This day personally appeared be
fore me Crockett McDonald an acting Justice of the Peace 
for the County aforesaid Samuel McClesky who after being 
duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he is now in his seventy 
third year of life, that he is the brother of Joseph McClesky 
late of Lincoln County State of Tennessee, that they were 
born and raised in Abberville District South Carolina 
that said Joseph McClesky was a soldier of the Revolution 
and before the final termination of the war, (but in 
what year affiant cannot now recollect,) he intermar
ried with Mary Green of said last mentioned District 
and State, that said Joseph McClesky and Mary Green 
were married according to the then existing laws of 
said State in relation to marriages.  That said Joseph 
departed this life in the County of Lincoln and State 
of Tennessee on the day of February 1837 leaving the said 
Mary McClesky his widow who still resides in said 
County and State last named, that the said Mary is 
the identical Mary Green with whom said Joseph 
intermarried during the Revolutionary war, and was 
never divorced from her said husband during his life
time
Sworn to and subscribed before }
me this 8th day of February 1838 } Samuel McCleskey 
C. McDonald J.P.

The State of Alabama 
Lawrence County S.S.

I Wiley Gallaway Clerk of the 
County Court of Lawrence County aforesaid do hereby cer
tify that Crockett McDonald whose name appears to the
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foregoing certificate is an acting Justice of the peace for said 
County duly commissioned and sworn, and the signature to 
the foregoing attestation purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and affixed my seal of 
office, at office, this 8th day of February 
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 
hundred and thirty eight and of American 
Independence the 62nd year 
Wiley Gallaway Clerk

The State of Alabama 
Lawrence County to wit:

I James Gallagher sole Judge 
of the County Court for the County of Lawrence aforesaid 
do hereby certify, that Wiley Gallaway whose name is 
subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is, and was, at the 
time of making the same, Clerk of the County Court for 
said County of Lawrence duly commissioned and qualified and full faith and credit 
are due to all his official acts as such, that his above 
signature is genuine and that his attestation is in due 
form of law.
Given under my hand at Moulton the 8th 
day of February 1838
James Gallagher Judge 
Lawrence County Court 
Ala
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[envelope]
[postmark]
FAYETTEVELLE
Aug 6

Freel
J.L. Edwards
War Dept Pension office
Washington City

[sideways]
3817  Sept 18
Tenn
4 July 1836
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Fayetteville Sept 5 1838
Mr J L Edwards

enclosed I send you the papers in the case of Mary McCleskey who is an applicant for a pension under the Joint Resolution of Congress of 7th of July 1838 if the evidence is not sufficient you will please write to me wherein they are defective and I will try and make the proof necessary for I have no doubt the is justly entitled to the provisions of the law if you will examine you will find the papers on file in your department of her late husband Joseph McCleskey which I am induced to believe will do away with the necessity of proving his term of service in the revolutionary war If anything is wrong let me know your earliest attention to this said will greatly oblige the old lady who is very old and infirm

Yours very respectfully
J B White
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[envelope]
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

[sideways]
Mar 10 '43
Tennessee
Mary McCleskey
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Pulaski Feb 28th 1843
J.L. Edwards Esq
Enclosed I send you the further declaration of Mary M Cluskey of Lincoln County & State of Tennessee, with accompanying proof, with the view to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 4th of July 1836 - you will remember, that her former declaration & proof, with accompanying documents, are now on file in your office-- The enclosed, it seems to me, meets the act of Congress & the rules of evidence under it. I have had much difficulty & trouble in procuring it - and as it at least evinces on undoubted title on her part, under this act, I hope it may be regarded by you, as formal enough to pass the claim. 

You will please examine it as early as practicable, & inform me of the result. If the claim passes, how much it amounts to and I will forward a power of attorney from her if necessary, to draw it, unless you will send it to the Pension agent at this place, where from I can draw it in like manner. And if the
is still any defect, please point it out & I will try to rectify it if possible. The applicant is old & in very needy circumstances, & despatch is very desirable

Yours A.S. Brown
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State of Tennessee]
Lincoln County]

This day personally appeared before me John Lavin an acting justice of the peace for said County of Lincoln Tennessee Samuel Pinkerton of said County of Lincoln aged about 34 years who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and sayeth that he is acquainted with Mary McClaskey of the County of Lincoln Tennessee and knows she is the widow of Joseph McClaskey who was believed to be a revolutionary soldier and that he drew a pension from the Government of the United States as such at the time of his death, affiant states that said Mary has never since married and that he has been acquainted with said Mary for fifteen years and he believes her to be a woman of respectability and thinks her entitled to credit and further this deponent sayeth not.
                                Samuel Pinkerton
Subscribed and sworn to
before me this 4th day of
September 1838

John Lavin (seal)
Justice of the Peace

State of Tennessee]
Lincoln County]

I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Saml Pinkerton who has subscribed the above and that he is entitled to credit.
                             John Lavin
                             Justice of the Peace
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State of Tennessee
I Charles Boyles Clerk of the County Court of
Lincoln County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that
John Lanier whose name is assigned to the foregoing affidavits
and certificates is now and was at the signing of the same
an acting Justice of the peace duly commissioned and
qualified as such, and his acts and entitled to full force
and credit as such, and the signature purporting to be
his is genuine.
In testimony I have hereto set
my hand and affixed the seal
of our Court at office in Fayetteville
the 5th day September 1838
C. Boyles Clk
By his deputy
G. W. Jones

State of Tennessee Lincoln County
I George W. Dennis
Chairman of the County Court of said County
do certify that Charles Boyles, whos name is affixed
to the certificate, is now and then was Clerk of
Lincoln County Court, and that his certificate is in
due form. Given and my hand this 5th day of
September 1838
.
George W. Dennis Chairmjan
Lincoln County Court
381
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FREE

Mr. J. L. Edwards Commr of Pensions
War Department
Washington City

[stamp]FAYETTEVILLE TN NOV 

Tenn Decd
[illegible]
May 
Mail
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Fayetteville Tennessee November 22nd 1838

Mr. J.L. Edwards Commis of Pensions

I received your letter of the 4th Oct last
informing me that the papers in the case of Mrs Mary
McCluskey widow of Joseph McCluskey had been filed
with suspended cases. You state if there be any record of
the marriage or of the births of the claimants children it
should be exhibited. The only record there is of the marriage
or of the births of claimants children is the record in the
family Bible a copy of which is herewith transmitted for
your inspection. This is all the record that can be obtained
for you can know by reference to the laws of South Carolina
where this marriage took place that the magistrate of
that state are authorized to marry persons without licence
and it is not possible to obtain the testimony of any
other witnesses. You will please inform me what more
is necessary to be proved. I think the proof is in
conformity to your rules of evidence the witness has
stated distictly they were married agreeably to the existing
laws of South Carolina at that time and states the period
your rules do not require two witnesses to the same fact.
Please to give this matter your earliest attention the old
woman has been at great trouble to collect proof you
will please to let me know what is your determination
as soon as possible your h s 
J. B White
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Indent Book )
W. No. 576 )
(No. 1)
Issued 25th August 1785
to Jos. McCloskey for one
hundred and Eight two pound 
Eight P. & 6 pence for 
Duty and Waggon hire & 
for 2 hogs all in Militia in
per cs. from Commissioner
Principal £182.8.6.
Anl. Interest £ 12.15.4

(No. 2)
State of South Carolina
to Joseph McClosky Jr.
For duty in the Militia per Col.
Andersons Return £72.0.0
to 297 days waggon service)
in 79, 80, & 81 £4 )  1188
2 Hogs in December 1782 )
not attested to )  17
[Total] Currence £1277
Srg.  £182.8.6
Escd. WR  J. MC
A.G.
Comptroller Genl Office
Columbia  12 Aug 1841 ) I do hereby
certifify that the above memorandum
No. 1 is a true copy taken from the
margin of Indent Book W No. 576 deposited
in this office. And that No. 2  is
a copy of the Account audited & for
which this and Indent was issued
Wm. F. Arthur
Dep. Comptl Genl
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Fees $3.00
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Indent Book
P. No 209
No 1
Issued the 14th of April 1785 to Mr Joseph McClosky Junr for two hundred and twenty nine
pounds Sterling to waggon hire and Militia Duty from 1779 to 1781 as pr. cs. audited
Principal £ 229.0.0
And Interest £ 16.0.7

State of South Carolina
No 2
To Joseph McCloskey for duty pr Capt. Anderson & Capt.  Conyers Pay Bill commencing in July 1779
& ending in May 1780 say on horse 129 days
222 days
[total] 351 days @ 20/
£357.0.0

Waggon hire per cs. annexed in 1779 & 1780
274 days
39
[total] 313 days £ 4 1252
Currency 1603
£299.0.0
Esc Stg. War Rev J.Mc A. J

Compt Gen Office )
Columbia 12 Aug 1841 )
I do hereby certify that the above memorandum No. 1. is a true copy taken from the margin of Order Book P. No. 209 deposited in this Office: and that No.2. is a copy of the cs. audited & for which the said Indent was issued
Mr. F. Arthur
Dp Compt Genl
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[envelope]
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington

[sideways]
July 10, 1841
Tennessee

[postmark]
FAYETTEVILLE
APR 2[?]
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Fayetteville Tennessee )
Lincoln County )
J. L. Edwards Esqr
D. of W.
The declaration & accompanying papers, drawn by an 
Attorney by the name of White, in favour of Mrs. Mary 
McClusky, widow of Joseph McClusky who was 
a pensioner of the United States, from the County and 
State aforesaid, have been submitted to your Department 
for examination, and have been filed away 
with other suspended cases, or returned for the purpose of being 
legally adjusted, Mr. White has gone off and consequently 
left the applicant Mrs. McClusky in an awkward situation, 
not knowing what course to pursue regarding the 
Pension to which she is justly entitled, I have thus 
addressed you, for the purpose of ascertaining, the true 
situation of her claim, should the papers of Mrs. McClusky 
be filed away in your office, and should it be conformable 
to the regulations of your department, I hope you will 
have the goodness, at as early day as convenient, send 
on to her all that may be required to be performed in 
perfecting the claim of the widow, should the original 
declaration & papers be lost or mislaid, Mrs. McClusky 
is able to make sufficient proof to substantiate her 
claim, please direct to me, Fayetteville, Lincoln County 
Tennessee.
with the highest consideration
of respect, I am your obt Servt
Nathaniel Brown

June 26th 1841.
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Joseph McCluskey
Tenn. - Act 1836
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State of Tennessee}
County of Lincoln}
Be it Known, that on this the 10th day of January A.D. 1853 before me, the 
undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared (1)William McCluskey a 
resident of (2)Fayetteville in said County, and made oath according to law that (3)he is one of the legal 
heirs of Joseph McCluskey who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of 
the Pension Act of (4) -----. 
That (5)he is directly interested as a claimant in said pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed as such, additional evidence or arguments 
as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.

Countermanding and revoking all Powers of attorney and authority heretofore given I hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M KNIGHT of 
Washington City, my true and and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of (6)Joseph McCluskey for 
any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents
in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive 
for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington, D. C. Agency; 
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present.
Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do, in the premises.
(7)William ^his X mark^ McCluskey

Sworn to, Subscribed, and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said 
(8)William McCluskey to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party 
therein alleged.
(9)Wm Auld. J.P.
for Lincoln County

State of Tennessee }
County of Lincoln }
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of the County & 
State aforesaid that William McCluskey the party who has sworn to, and 
acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney is the (10)Child of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify,
that (11)William Auld Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and 
acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his I believe
to be genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office,
 this the 10th day of January 1853
(12) George Cunningham, Clerk

1. Claimant's name or names in full. -2. Post Office address.
3. "That he is the identical man", or "that she is the widow of the identical man", or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c.
4. Leave this line blank. --5. "He is," she is," or "they are." -- 6 Revolutionary soldier's full name. --  7. Claimant's signature. -- 8. Claimant's name 9. Magistrate's signature.
10. identical," "widow of," or "child of" 11. Magistrate's name." -- 12 Clerk's signature.
N. B. -- Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.
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October 6 '39
Mrs J. R Coon
Bruceville, Ind.

Pension Of
Washington,
Dear Sir
Was Joseph H. McCluskey, who died in 1845, on the pension roll of the Revolution?

He married Maillia Dickey and was born in South Carolina, the date I do not know. He had a son named 
Joseph, born in 1830 in South Carolina.

Please give me any information you can.

Thanking you in advance

Mrs. J. R. Coon
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Natchez Adams Co. Wis
March 30 1895

[stamp]U.S. PENSION OFFICE APR 3 1895

Pension Officers
Washington D.C.

Sirs,
I am looking for the pension records of a pension drawn by Joseph McCluskey of Lincoln County, Tenn 
for services rendered America in the Revolution of 1776

The Chancery Clerk of Nashville Tenn. referred me to the office in Washington.

I wish to have the records looked up and sent me at once

If there is any
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2
expense incident I shall be willing to pay for it

Let me hear from you at once
---
Respectfully
(Miss) Florelle Virginia Yeager
Natchez Miss

After the death of this Joseph McCloskey his wife Mary Green McCluskey drew the pension and her children & grand children did so  in her name as late as 1850.

The pension came toward the last. I think-- in case of Mrs. Sarah Yeager Tenn daughter of Jos McCluskey
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New Orleans La 10-30 - 24
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Will you kindly send me the American Revolutionary Military record of my Ancestor Joseph McCluskey
who was paid a pension for services rendered during the American Revolution
Very Truly
Mary Josephine George Taylor
(Mrs. J.M.)
2014 Marengo St

[stamp]
US PENSION OFFICE
NOV 3 1924
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Water Valley, Miss Nov. 13/95.

Wm. Lahren Esq.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Department of Interior, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I dislike to annoy you but desire to join the "Daughters of the American Revolution" and to do so it will be necessary for me to obtain some information from your records and if not too much trouble would ask that you kindly give me the following military history of Joseph McCloskey a soldier of the Revolutionary War
Date of enlistment or appointment, -----
Length of service, -----
Rank, ------
State, -----
Officers under whom services were rendered. -----
Captain, -----
Colonel, -----
Battles engaged in, ------
Residence of soldier at enlistment -----
Date of application for pension -----
Residence at date of application ------
Age at date of application, -----
REMARKS: ------
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Your early attention to this will very greatly oblige.

Yours truly,
Mrs Mollie J. Taylor
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October 30, 1939

BA-J/AWF
Joseph McClaskey
W. 1449

Mrs. J. R. Coan
Bruceville
Indiana

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Joseph
McCleskey of South Carolina.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, W. 1449 based upon service of Joseph McClaskey, in the Revolutionary War. The surname is shown also, McCleskey and McCloskey. This is the record of the only Joseph McClaskey, under any spelling of the surname, found on file in the Revolutionary War pension records of this office.

Joseph McClaskey was born in the year 1756, in Abbeville District, South Carolina. The names of his parents are not given.

While a resident of Abbeville District, Joseph McClaskey enlisted in the fall of 1776 or 1777, served
as private at various times with the South Carolina troops, under Captains Pickens, Winan, Caldwell, and Colonels Williamson, Pickens, Campbell, and Armstrong; he was in the battles of Beaufort, Kettle Creek, Siege of Savannah, battles of King's Mountain, Cowpens, Siege of [illegible], where he was wounded in the right arm, and in the battle of Eutaw Springs; he was, also, in the Florida Expedition and in two expeditions against the Cherokee Indians; his service in all amounting to
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O. W. & N. Division.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., December [illegible], 1895.

Miss:

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of JOSEPH McCLOSKEY a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
=========
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERRD. CAPTAIN COLONEL. | STATE.
----------
He first entered the service in the fall of 1776, or 1777, and was discharged finally sometime in the year 1783. having rendered at different times about three years actual service with the South Carolina troops. The following are mentioned as officers under whom he serviced: Capt. Pickens, Col. Williamson, Capt. Winans (?), Col. Pickens, Col. Campbell, and Col. Armstrong.
He participated in the siege of Savanna, siege of '96, and the battles of Eutaw Springs, King's Mountain, and Cowpens.
=========
Battles engaged in, As above.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Abbeville District, S. C.
Date of application for pension, October 16, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Lincoln County, Tenn.
Age at date of application, Seventy-six years.
Remarks: His widow, Mary, to whom he was married November 17, 1781, was also a pensioner. He died February 25, 1837.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner

Mrs. Mollie J Taylor,
Water Valley, Miss.

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O. W. & N. Division.

[illegible]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions, M.E.C.
Washington, D.C., April 23, 1895

Miss -
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Joseph McCloskey a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
========
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. COLONEL | STATE.
--------
He first entered the service in the fall of 1776 or 1777, and was discharged finally some time in the year 1783, having rendered at different times about three years actual service with the South Caolina troops. The following are mentioned as officers and or whom he served: Capt. Pickens, Col. Williamson, Capt. Winans{?}, Col. Pickens, Col. Campbell, and Col. Armstrong.
He participated in the siege of Savannah, siege of '96, and the battles of Eutaw Springs, King's Mountain, and Cowpens.
=========
Battles engaged in, As above.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Abbeville District, S. C.
Date of application for pension, October 16, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Lincoln Co., Tenn.
Age at date of application, Seventy-six years.
Remarks: His widow, Mary to whom he was married November 17, 1781, was also a pensioner. He died February 25, 1837.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Miss Florelle Yeager,
Natchez, Miss.

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                                   2-

about three years.

     Joseph McClaskey moved from Abbeville District, South Carolina, to Pendleton District, South Carolina, to Franklin County, Tennessee, to Smith County, Tennessee, to Limestone County, Alabama, thence to Lincoln County, Tennessee.

     He was allowed pension on his application executed October 16, 1832, then living in Lincoln County, Tennessee.  He died there February 25, 1837.

     Joseph McClaskey married November 17, 1781, in Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, Mary Green.  The date and place of her birth and names of parents are not given.

     The widow, Mary McClaskey, applied for pension September 4, 1838, at which time she was aged about seventy-four years, and a resident of Lincoln County, Tennessee.  The pension was allowed.  She died November 19, 1845, in Lincoln County, Tennessee.

     The names of the children of Joseph McClaskey and wife, Mary, are shown as follows:  Samuel, George or George B., David, Elizabeth, William, Jane, John, Mary, Joseph, and Sarah.

     It is shown, also, that Elizabeth married August 3, 1809, and William married October 13, 1813.

     The widow, Mary McClaskey, was survived by the following children - George or George B., William who was aged sixty years in 1851 and living in Lincoln County, Tennessee, Jane, Mary, Joseph, Sarah, and Elizabeth.

     Samuel McClaskey died before his mother, leaving two children, names not stated; David died before his mother, leaving four children, namely Samuel, John, Joseph, and Julia Ann; John died before his mother,
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about three years.

The soldier, Joseph McClaskey, was allowed
pension on his application executed
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survived by children, names not given; Elizabeth
died 'since her mother', leaving three children,
namely Lucinda, Eliza, and James N.

Reference was made in 1832 to the eldest brother
of the soldier, Joseph McClaskey, who was living in
South Carolina, name of brother not given. His brother,
Samuel McClaskey, in 1843 was seventy-seven years of
age, and testified in Lawrence County, Alabama, that
he was present at the marriage of Joseph McClaskey
and Mary Green.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator