Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 801, for William Mc Allister, Maryland
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Md.

McAllister, William
or
McCallister.

CONTENTS

Number
W.801

B.L.Wt. 35822-160-55

Henrietta
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19336  Order to pay 7. November 1837.
East Tennessee

William MCallister
McMumb in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Sullivan of the right commanded
by Col Dickerson in the Maryland
line for 2 years
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[insc]ribed on the Roll of East Tennessee
rate of 80 Dollars ~Cents per annum
[com]mence on the 4th ay of March, 1831.
---
[Certifi]cate of Pension issued the 18 day of Sept
1833 and Samuel
Frazier Athens
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept    200.00 ┃
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar    40.00 ┃
$240.00 ┃

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Dan Boyd     Clerk
Book  E  Vol. 7  Page 32
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2214
Tennessee Knox

Henrietta McAllister
widow of William McAllister 
who served in the Revolutionary 
Md. 
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
80 Dollars --
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued the 
20" date of Sept 1853
and sent to 
John Hambright
Calhoun
Te

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 
February 3, 1853, Page 183, Vol. A

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Mrs. H. McAllister.
Nov: 24"/54

Died
Nov 15, 1857

[Written horizontally left margin]

219235
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Henrietta McAllister
and of
William McAllister
Prov
Ent
Dec
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4
of
1781
Rev. War
Rec. person-
July 53-2214
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Cole Jr, 2956
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Hurnbright
Culborn
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No. 23039 East
Wm. MCallister McMinn
County Tennessee

from 770 private
2 yrs
5 - [illegible] $80

Samuel Frazier
Athens

Wm. Lowry Athens Tennessee
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BRIEF in the case of William MCallister
County of McMinn in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1932.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 70 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
----
Period.
Entered
In 1778 or 1779
applicant states that he
was in service as a Minute
Man about 3 years.

Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.
Not stated
---
Rank.
As a
Private
---
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen. Hooper
Cap Sullivan, Col Dickerson

5. In what battles was he engaged? None Stated
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Dorchester County Maryland
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary evidence, Clergiman certificate &c. Witness certified credible
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?, not property
attached
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
Richd Key Watts. Examining Clerk.
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219.235
Bounty Land Claim
of Henrietta MCallister
widow of William MCallister
Revolutionary war
---
Send warrant to
---
John Hambright
---
Calhoun Tennessee
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State of Tennessee,
Hamilton
Tennessee
County Hamilton
On this 4 day of October A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for said county and State
aforesaid, Henrietta Mcallister, aged 67 years, a resident of Hamilton county, in the State of Tennessee who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of William Mcallester deceased, who was a private
in the Company commanded by Captain [blank]
in the Revolution, in the Regiment of [blank]
commanded by [blank] in the war with Great Brittain in 1776 that her said husband entered
the service in the State of Maryland on or about the [blank] day of [blank] A.D.18 [blank] for the term of Two years and continued in actual service in said war for five years, and was honorably discharged at [blank] on the [blank] day of  [blank], A.D. 1780 as she understood and believes
She further states that she was married to the said William Mcallister in Hamilton County Tenny on the 8th day of May A.D. 1828
by one Robert Patterson, a Justice of the peace and that her name before her marriage was Henrietta Shipley;  that her said husband died at Bradley County Tennessee on the 3rd day of October A. D. 1842 and that she is now a widow.
She further declares that she ^has never^ [deleted word] made application for bounty land under [deleted words] any other act of Congress nor has not ever received any Bounty Land [deleted words] 
She makes this  declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855."  She further says she has no public or private record of marriage and says she applyed  [applied] for a pension under the act of Congress passed the 3d of March 1853 and a pension was allowed her her pension; certificate was dated the 30th day of 
September 1853 for Eighty dollars per annum; and proof of marriage made by G. W. and Joseph  Campbell which she [illegible] is now in the pension offices}   
                  her
Henrietta    x Mcallister
                 mark
We, Joseph Campbell and Robert Bean residents of Hamilton county, in the State of
Tennessee upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Henrietta Mcallister, in our presence, and that we  believe, from the
appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Joseph Campbell    x
           his
Robert  x Bean        x
           mark
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Maise Blackburn   x
Justice of the Peace.

State of Tennessee   }
Hamilton County       } on this 4 day of October in the year  of one thousand Eight Hundred fifty five personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the acting Justices of the peace for the County and State aforesaid
Joseph Campbell Robert Bean who both reside
in this County and are entitled to full credit and who say they are Disinistered who after being duly sworn according to Law say they were personally aquainted [acquainted] with William Mcallister [illegible]
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who was a pensioner of the U.S. and say that the said William Mcallister and Henrietta Mcallister who has sworn to the above
Declaration associated and lived together as husband and wife and were reputed and believed to be such and say they have not the least doubt but they were Lawfully and legally
married at the time stated in the old lady declaration
affiants was then living in the Neighbourhood where they were married the further say that William Mcallister died on or about the 3rd day of Oct. 1842 and the said Henrietta Mcallister is yet a widow. 
Joseph Campbell
          his
Robert X Bean
          mark
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written before me 
Maise Blokburn
J.P.

State of Tennessee    }
Hamilton County        }
.
I James Clift Clerk of the County Court of said County of Hamilton do certify that Mase Blackburn Esq [deleted words] whose name appears officially to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the peace for said county duly
commissioned and qualified that the foregoing
signature purporting to be his is genuine that
full faith and credit are due all his official [illegible]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office at office
in Harrison the 5th day of October 1853
James Clift Clerk
By J. B. Peters D Clk
for Hamilton County
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DECLARATION
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS PASSED JUNE 7, 1832.
State of Tennessee,  }ss.
County of McMinn   ⎬
On this 7th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Justices of the County Court of said county, William 
McCallister a resident of said county and state, aged about 70 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 act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and
served as herein stated.
That he entered the service in the Militia of Maryland in the County of Dorchester in the year 1778 or 9 under Captain James Sullivan, Lieutenant Harry McCallister, commanded by Col Dickerson or Dickinson & Genl Hooper, as minute men for the purpose of guarding Cambridge and Vienna two seaport Towns in the State of Maryland Dorchester County, at all times to be in readiness, sometimes he was marched to Cambridge for a few days, and then orders would come for us again to march to Vienna, declarant being stationed at a little town about equidistant betwixt those two points ^called New Market^ at one time declarant
with the balance of the troops of the company was engaged about 2 weeks entrenching at Vienna, it one time declarant was marched from the point stationed to Harleys Neck, then came an express to Capt Sullivan that the British and tories were going to attack that point about 20 miles from New Market and through the worst marsh declarant ever saw when he arrived there there was no account of the enemy, remained there, a few days in waiting and then returned to New Market and declarant was again ordered to a place called the draw bridge about 15 or 18 miles, for to assist in contemplated attack by the British and tories
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on a little town at that place, the Tories were
expected to furnish the British with provision at
that place, remained there about 5 days, and the enemy never made their appearance, then received orders to march back to New Market and all the balance of the time for about 3 years
or until Cornwallis was taken declarant was
continually employed in guarding betwixt those
two points before named, declarant never was
in a battle but at one time on marching to Vienna the smoke from the cannonading of Vienna by the British was yet to be seen, and Col Dickinson sent a challenge to them with a flag that he would fight them on land
Declarant removed from Maryland to North Carolina, from thence to Blount County [illegible] & from that to McMinn where he now lives - has no documenting evidence - never having received a discharge-
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the 7th day of September 1832
            his
William X   Mc Callister
          mark
We John G. Likens a clergyman residing in the county and state aforesaid, and William Lowry
residing as aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William McCallister
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; and we believe him to be 70
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 to and subscribed the 7th day of
September 1832
John G. Likens
William Lowry
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigating the matter, and putting the
interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that John G Likens who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, that he and William Lowry who has also signed it, are
resident as they therein state, and that their statement is entitled to 
John Miller
A. B ? R B
Benj Isbell
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I A R Turk Clerk of the County Court of the County of McMinn aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Wm McCallister for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Official seal at office, this 18th day of
September 1832.
A R Turk  Clerk
By his Deputy 
[illegible]Merrill
[evidence of seal]

[several words and or names marked through]

State of Tennessee  }
McMinn County         ⎬
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace for McMinn County in the state of Tennessee William McCallister who being first 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 two years and six months in active service in the manner he has stated in his declaration
as a prive[?] foot soldier without ever being discharged or dismissed but remained guarding the several[?] points mentioned in his declaration and was dismissed by Captain James Sullivan at the expiration of his servitude which was about the time Cornwallis was
taken as stated in his declaration He never obtained a discharge for his service; nor did he ever receive a commission being a private soldier He was acquainted with General Hooper
and Col Dickinson together with the other officers mentioned in his declaration but was not acquainted with any of the officers of the regular line never having served with them
He has no record of his age nor he never[?] has seen a record of his age
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He was born on the 23rd day of March 1762 agreeable to the best information he can get on the subject in Dorchester County State of Maryland Declarant knows of no person living by whom he confirm his service except John Covey who lived with him and a near neighbor [illegible] to him during the term of his service in the revolution and knew that he was out in the service whose certificate is annexed to his
declaration He is acquainted in his present neighborhood with John G Likens a clergyman and William Lowry, who can testify as to his caracter [character] for veracity and their belief of his service as a soldier of the revolution whose certificate is subjoined to his declaration Declarant lived in the County of Dorchester Maryland during the Revolutionary war Declarant was a volunteer under the Officers named in the declaration above and belonged to a [illegible] company as stated in his declaration and that he the said Declarant is the
Identical William McCallister who made the above declaration

             his
William  X  McCallister
           mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th June 1833
Peter Hambright
Justice of the Peace
for said County

I Peter Hambright an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of McMinn and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing amendment to the declaration and proceedings had before me in matter of the application of William McCallister for a pension and I further certify that it appears to me
that John Covey whose certificate is annexed to the above declaration and who made the ^said^ certificate and ^was^ sworn to it before me is about the same age of William McCallister
the declarant, and is a credible person and his statement entitled to credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 8th day of June 1833
Peter Hambright
a Justice of the Peace
for McMinn County

State of Tennessee    }
McMinn County          }
I Arichibald R Turk Clerk of the Court of
Pleas and Qarter [Quarter] Sessions for said County before whom the above amendment and certificates were made and who has signed the same is and was at the time of making and signing the same an acting Justice of the peace for said County duly authorized and commissioned to act as such and do further certify that his signatures to the above amendment and certificates are in his own proper[?]  hand writing and are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at [illegible] this 17 day of July 1832
A R Turk Clerk

[written on right margin] Wm McCallister Declaration [/written on right margin]
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State of Tennessee ⎬ 
Hamilton County      } On this 2 day of May in the year 1853 Personally appeared before me the [illegible] assigned one of the acting Justice of the peace for the County and State aforesaid George W. Campbell & Joseph Campbell who after being duly sworn according to Law Deposeth and sayeth that they were personally acquainted with William Mcallister who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States
and [illegible words] rate of Eighty Dollars per annum and was paid at the pension Agency at Knoxville Tennessee they further say that they are personally acquainted with Mrs Henrietta McAllister who has sworn to the above
declaration and that the said William McAllister and the said  Henrietta was lawfully and legally married in Hamilton County in the State of Tennessee on the 8th day of May in the year of 182? by one Robert Patterson a Justice of the
peace for said County they say that they were present at the Marriage that the said Mcallister died on the 3rd day of October 1842 that the said William Mcallister & the said Henrietta did
live to gether as man and wife untill the day that the said Mcallister died and they further say that the said Henrietta was the widow of the said Mcallister on the 3d day of February last and has been ever since the death of the said Mcallister and is now his widow and say they are entirely disinterested
G. W. Campbell
Joseph Campbell
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last
above written before me and I certify that I am personally acquainted with George W. Campbell & Joseph Campbell who have Sworn to and subscribed the above affidavit they are both Reputable citizens of this County and are creditable witnesses In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 2nd 
day of May 1853
D. S. Jones
Justice of the peas [peace]
for H. C.
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State of Tennessee   }
Hamilton County       }  I James Clift Clerk of the County Court of said County in the State
aforesaid, do hereby certify that D. S. Jones Esq whose name appears officially to the foregoing attestations and certificates was at that time a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine, and
that full faith and credit are due all his official acts, and I further certify that G. W. Campbell and Joseph Campbell who makes the foregoing affidavit are men well known to me, and know them to be men of truth and fairness[?] and in all respects creditable Witnesses, and I also certify that I have searched my office for the original License of Marriage but cannot find then owing to a grate [great] many of the 
Marriage licenses which have been filed in my office being lost or mislade [mislaid] so that they cannot now be found
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at office in Harrison on this the 2nd day of May A.D. 1853
James Clift Clerk
of the County Court
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congressof 3rd of February 1853
State of Tennessee ⎬
Hamilton County      } On this 2nd day of May in the year of 1853 personally appeared before me
the undersigned one of the acting Justice of the peace in and for the County & State aforesaid Henrietta McAllister aged 75 years a resident of
Hamilton County in the State of Tennessee who being 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 act of Congress passed the 3rd day of February 1853 that she is the widow of William Mcallister who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
and drew a pension at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum and was paid at Knoxville East Tennessee
She further declares that she was married to the said William McAllister on the 5th day of May in the year of 1818 that her husband the aforesaid William Mcallister died on the 3rd 
day of October in the year of 1842 in Bradley ^Cty^  Tennessee that she was married to him at the time above stated she further swears that she was a widow at the passage of the act and is still a widow and that she has never before made application for a pension ^having no private record or marriage^ Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written before me
D S Jones JP                                    her
                                          Henrietta  X  Mcallister
                                                          mark


State of Tennessee   }
Hamilton County       }  D.S. Jones one of the acting Justice of the peace for the County  and state aforesaid do certify that Henrietta Mcallister who has sworn to the above declaration is personally known to me and am fully satisfied the above declaration as true and I am fully satisfied the above applicant is unable to appear in Court in order to make a declaration from bodily infirmity caused by Rhumabe [Rheumatism?] pains
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and date above written ⎬
D. S. Jones [illegible]
Justice of the peace
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Mr. Thomas J. Barnes
Magness Memorial Library
McMinnville, Tennessee
Dear Sir:
October 15, 1937
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
WILLIAM McALLISTER
W. 601
BA-J/EELMLB
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record
of William McAllister who served in the Maryland line in the Revolutionary
War and was a resident of McMinn County, Tennessee, in 1833.
You are furnished herein the record of William McAllister (name
appears, also, McCallister) as found in the papers on file in pension
claim, W. 801, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
William McAllister was born March 25, 1762, in Dorchester County,
Maryland. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Dorchester County, Maryland, William McAllister
enlisted in 1778 or 1779, served as a private in Captain James
Sullivan's company, Colonel Dickerson's or Dickason's Maryland Region
ment, engaged in guarding Cambridge and Vienna, "seaport towns of
Maryland, and the coast from attacks by the British and Tories, and
was engaged in this service at various times until after the surrender
of Cornwallis, about two years six months in all.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed
September 7, 1832, while residing in Marin County, Tennessee, to which
place he moved from Blount County, same state, prior to that, he lived in
North Carolina, having moved to that state from Maryland after the
Revolution. He died October 8, 1842, in Bradley County, or Molina
County, Tennessee, both places being given
William McAllister married Henrietta Shipley, May 8, 1828, in
Hamilton County, Tennessee. The date and place of her birth and names
of parents were not given.
Soldier's widow, Henrietta, was allowed pension on her application
executed May 2, 1865, while residing in Hamilton County, Te
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at which time she gave her age as seventy-five years; in 1855, she
stated that she was aged sixty-seven years, with no explanation of
the discrepancy in age, and was still living in Hamilton County;
Tennessee, with post office at Chattanooga. She died
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No reference was made in the claim to children.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension and name and
write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records
Division, this city, and cite the following data:
address of the person paid of soldier's widow, Henrietta, you should
Henrietta McAllister
widow of
William McAllister
Certificate #2214
Issued September 30, 1853
Rate $80 per annum
Commenced 3d of February, 1855
Act February 3, 1853
Tennessee (Knoxville) Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[Left panel]

WIDOW, &c.
Revy

File No. 801
Henrietta McAllister
Widow
William McAllister
Priv. Rev. War

Act: Feb. 3, 1853

Index:--Vol. M, Page 17.

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

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[Notes written horizontally left margin]

1927 Dec. 12 - Hist to Hon Thomas M.  Bell
1928 - July. 14 - " " Mrs. E. E. Mitchell EWY
1934 - July 23 - Hist to JM Wooten EEL
1937 - June 15 - " " Mrs AC Carpenter 
1937, Oct. 13 - Hist to Thos. J. Barnes EEL
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Pension Office
25 July 1853

This case is respectfully 
referred to the 3rd Aud for 
the date of death of Soldier-
and the date to which the 
last payment was made
Very Respectfully 
S. Cole
Chief Clerk

[Note written horizontally across above information]
Sus 29 July 53 for [illegible]
M Cook

D M.C.

William McCallister, Act 
7th June 1832; Paid to 
4th Sept. 1842: - no 
death state on our 
books.
F Burch
Auditor
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May 9, 1853

Appl of Henrietta 
McAllister wid of 
Wm Hamilton Co.
Tennessee

19536
Act 3d Feby 1853
Suspended 29 July 53 for [illegible]
in open Court
Rev: D. M. C.

Admd. $80 per annum 
Comg. 3d February 1853
John Hambright 
Calhoun 
Tenn.

[Written vertically right margin]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
Pension Office, Official Business

No.
2766
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Calhoun Tennessee May 4th 1853

Sir

Enclosed please find claim for pension of Henrietta Mcallister widow of William Mcallister under the act of Congress 3rd day of February 1853 please examine and if allowed direct that [deleted word] it be paid at Knoxville Tennessee

Yours Respectfully
John Hambright

L P Waldo
Commissioner of pensions
Washington City
D C
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Brief in the case of Henrietta Mcallister, widow of William
Hamilton County and State of Tennessee
act 3d February 1853.

Claim, ("original," [deleted "or for increase" [/deleted] )

Proof' exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

Husband was a pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832 at $80 per annum.
Marriage proven by George W. Campbell and Joseph Campbell (certified to be credible witnesses) who were at the wedding

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

John Hambright Esqr
Calhoun, Tennessee
Name and residence of Agent

R Geddes [?]
Examining Clerk.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those 
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of 
William McAllister which require 
further proof or explanation. 

I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  Yes

III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason 
assigned for his not doing so?

IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  Yes

V.  *Has he mentioned 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?  No

VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? 
Yes

VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of 
June 7, 1832?  Yes

VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?  Yes

X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished 
from any other seal?  Yes
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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to 
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolu
tionary service? Yes

XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain
ing it?

XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one 
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  1 witness not 
certified credible

XIV.  †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness 
or witnesses as to his service?  No
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, 
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the 
regulations direct?

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,  
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI.  ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  No

XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, 
if not, which of them is not so answered? No
____________________

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

*QUERE V.  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 recol
lection 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.
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{ 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 month is to in
{ definite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions
{ merely state 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 objection
{ able.  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 places 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 em
{ ployed in any civil pursuit.

†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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 magis
trate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

‡QUERE XVI.  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 paper authenticated, the cer
tificate 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.
👉In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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[Envelope with note]

[Written vertically left margin]

Henrietta McAllister
wid
William 
S Cole

[Two circular mail stamps]
CHATTANOOGA
NOV
17
TEN

CHATTANOOGA
NOV
16
TEN
FREE

Hon L. P. Waldo
Commissioner Pensions
Washington 
D. C
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Chattanooga November 11th [?]

Hon L P Waldo 
Commissioner Pensions 
Dear Sir:
Some time in the 
year 1852 a pension certificate in my right 
from the department for the services of my husband 
William McAllister who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war who was a pensioner during his 
lifetime and who died in McMinn County in 
the State of Tennessee the year 1841 or so.  The certificate in my right was sent to John Hambright 
Calhoun Tennessee who still holds them 

I claim that I am entitled to pension from the death of my husband William 
McAllister [services?] but Mr Hambright 
claims that no certificate to that effect was 
issued I claim also that I am entitled 
to ninety six dollars [per?] year He claims that 
I am only entitled to [?] Eighty dollars 
per annum and [?] with [?]
my attorney 

Now I am an old woman and quite 
ignorant of how the matter stands but 
I think I am entitled to receive more 
than I am getting or have [?]
I address you these lines for the purpose
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of procuring official information of 
the condition of my claim so that I may 
be able to right myself in the event that I 
have not been fairly dealt with by him 

May I therefore ask that you inform me 
at your earliest convenience when my certificate 
did issue that is from what time does it 
[?] date. And for what amount per annum 
and also whether I am not entitled to draw
back pension from the time of my husbands 
death up to the time I made the application 
in my own right Your immediate answer to 
this inquiry is very earnestly solicited And 
such information relative to the claim as you 
may be able to give my earnestly solicited 
I claim that  I do not receive enough 
per annum and I also claim that I am 
entitled to back pension from the date of 
my husbands death If I am correct in 
my opinion I have no other remedy but 
an official statement from under your hands which will enable me to right myself 
My information may possibly be incorrect 
if so I wish to be satisfied about the 
claim 

Will you do me the kindness to 
address me immediatly directing your communication [Henrietta McCollister?] Chattanooga Tennessee and by so doing
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Confer a very great favor on
[I am?] Sir Your Most obt Servt
Respectfully
Henrietta McCollister
Chattanooga Tennessee
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Agents Office East Tennessee 
Knoxville October 25th 1837 
Sir
Hear with you will please find Enclosed
the following applications for payments 

John Patten due from 4 March 1835 to Sept 1837 for $23.88 [?]

Wm McClister due “ Sept 1836 to 4 Sept 1837 for 80.00 [?]
on examination of my Books I find the above to [?] 
on them as above stated; I have retained in my 
possession their original certificate of Pension 

I am respectfully your obt sevt 
Rd. T Pens Agent
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Calhoun Tennessee Sept 20th[?] 1853

Sir
I wish to call your attention to the claim of Henrietta Mcallister widow of Wm McAllister who claims pension under The act of Congress of the 3rd of February 1853 the claim was sent to your office about the ?th of May last and has not been heard of since
Yours Respectfully
John Hambright

L. P. Waldo
Comm. of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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State of Tennessee 
McMinn County }  SS
This day personally came 
John Covy before me Peter Hambright One of the 
acting justices of the peace for said 
County and made oath, that he was well
acquainted with William McCallister the 
Declarant and that he was in the War of 
the Revolution, and that he was Stationed 
in a little town Called New Market, in 
Dorchester County, State of Maryland, about 
equidistant betwixt Cambridge and Vienna
for the purpose of guarding those two 
points and that remained in the Service 
for about 3 years 
John Covey his [handwritten] + mark
Sworn to & Subscribed 
before me this day 
of September 1832
Peter Hambright 
Justes of the Pease

State of Tennessee 
McMinn County  }
I Archd. R. Turk Clerk 
of the Court of Pleas and 
Quarter Sessions for said County, Certify 
that Peter Hambright before whom the foregoing 
affidavit was sworn to, is an acting 
justice of the peace for said County duly 
[commissioned] to act as such, 
Given under my hand & Seal of office at office in Athens this 15th Sept 1832 
A. R. Turk C
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Calhoun Ten
Oct 19th

{official Business 

J. Minot 
Commissioner of 
Pensions 
Washington City
D. C.

[upside down:]
219235
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Calhoun Tennessee Oct. 15th 1855

Sir
Please find Bounty Land Claim of Henrietta Mcallister please examine
Yours Respectfully
John Hambright

J Minot
Comm. pe
Washington City
D. C.
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Toccoa Ga
Sept 30th 1927

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington D. C.,

Gentlemen;
Have you any Revolutionary history of Wm. McAlister of Baltimore M. C.
I have before me a record like [illegible] "William McAlister was born in Scotland 1751, and with his bro. James
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came to [illegible] 1775, and located near Baltimore M. D. [deleted word] both entering the army under George Washington and served in the Rev. War."
"At the close of the war they came west, William settling in McMinn Co. Tenn. & James located in Ky."
Please let me hear from you.

Sincerely
Mrs. E. E. Mitchell
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802 S. Harvard,
Tulsa, Oklahoma.
May 7, 1937.

Office
Comm. of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
Will you please send me ^the^ data from the ^no. W 801^ claim of Wm. McAllister who enlisted in Rev'y War 1778 from Dorchester Co., Maryland, and served two years in the Coast Guard and died ^1842^ in Bradley County (McMinn) Tenn.

Very truly yours,
(Mrs.) A. C. Carpenter.

[stamped] REC'D MAY 19 1937 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS ADM READER #4 [arrow pointing to 3:15] [/stamped]


[in different handwriting] Miss [illegible] [/in different handwriting]
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[stamped]  RECEIVED JUL 8 1934 [remainder of stamp illegible] [/stamped]

Cleveland, Ten.
2620 Parker St.
June 28, 1934.

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:

I am anxious to secure information on the life and death of the following Revolutionary soldiers on the pension list of 1840, and living in Bradley County, Tennessee at that date. Cleveland was the principal town in the county at that date.

1.  William [underlined] McAlister, [/underlined] Sr. [check mark above name]
2.  William [underlined] Dodd [/underlined] [check mark above name]

[The number 3 is to the right of the above names.]

Yours truly,
J. M. Wooten.
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Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.

Gainesville, Ga.  December 8, 1927.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Please have the records examined and advise me if Edward Spearman of Virginia, or South Carolina, of the Revolutionary War, ever filed for pension.
Also advise me if William McAlister of Maryland, ever filed application.

Very respectfully,
Tho. M. Bell

[There is a small o above the word Edward.  There is also a check mark on the left margin beside the word Revolutionary.]
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[Letterhead]
JOHN L. COLVILLE, CHAIRMAN | Picture of | BUILDING ERECTED 1931
THOS. J. BARNES, SEC'Y.-TREAS. | Magness | BY
MISS ERBYE SEDBERRY | Memorial | WM. H. MAGNESS, JR.
MRS. KELLY POTTER | Library | IN MEMORY
MRS. JAMES D. ELKINS | OF HIS 
FATHER AND BROTHER

Historical Committee of the 
Wm. H. & Edgar Magness Memorial Library
Mrs. D. M. Cunningham, Supt. and Librarian
McMinnville, Tennessee  Sept 25-1937.

Veterans Bureau.
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen

Please send me data of pension claim 
of √Wm McAllister, Private in Maryland line, who 
lived in McMinnville County Tenn in 1833 and was 
72 years old.  I especially want the names of his 
children if given by his certificate.

Very Respt.

Thos J. Barnes

[Circular time and date receipt stamp]
Arrow pointing to 2
RECEIVED
SEP 29 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV.
[illegible] ADM.
READER # 29
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Rev.&1812 War Section.

[Note: Copied by A. [illegible]]

July 24, 1926.

Mrs. E. E. Mitchell, 
Toccoa,
Georgia.

Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War 
pension claim, W. 801, it appears that William McAllister 
or McCallister was born March 23, 1762 in Dorchester County, 
Maryland.

While residing in said Dorchester County, he enlisted 
in 1778 or 1779 as a minute man in the Maryland Militia and 
served two years and six months in Captain James Sullivan's 
Company, Colonel Dickerson or Dickinson's Regiment, and 
guarded the towns of Cambridge and Vienna in Maryland.

He was allowed pension on his application executed Sep
tember 7, 1832, while a resident of McMinn County, Tennessee. 
He died October 3, 1842.

He was allowed pension on his application executed Sep
tember 7, 1832, while a resident of McMinn County, Tennessee. 
He died October 3, 1842.

Soldier married May 8, 1826 in Hamilton County, Tennessee, 
Henrietta Shipley.

She was allowed pension on her application executed May 
2,1853, while a resident of Hamilton County, Tennessee. 
There are no data relative to children.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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Rev. and 1812
War Section.

December 13, 1927

Honorable Thomas M. Bell
Gainesville,
Ga.

My dear Mr. Bell:

In response to your letter of the eighth
instant, I have the honor to advise you from
the papers in the Revolutionary War pension
claim W. 801, it appears that William McAllister
or McCallister was born March 23, 1762 in Dorchester
County, Maryland.

While residing in said Dorchester County,
he enlisted in 1778 or 1779 as a Minute-Man in
the Maryland Militia and served two years and
six months in Captain James Sullivan's Company,
Colonel Dickerson or Dickinson's Regiment, and
guarded the towns of Cambridge and Vienna in
Maryland.

He was allowed pension on his application
executed September 7, 1832, while a resident of
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McMinn County, Tennessee. He died October 3, 1842.

Soldier married May 8, 1828 in Hamilton County,
Tennessee, Henrietta Shipley.

She was allowed pension on his application
executed May 2, 1853, while a resident of Hamilton
County, Tennessee.

There are no data relative to children.

The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau
fail to afford any information in regard to any

soldier named Edward Spearman.
Very truly yours
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

[the note below was penciled in]

I did not give age at date of application 1853 as she said then she was 75 yrs & in 1855 was 67 too for apart and
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June 15, 1937

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Mrs. A. C. Carpenter | BA-J/[illegible]
802 S. Harvard | William McAllister-W.801
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Rev
olutionary War record of William McAllister, claim No.801, who en
listed from Dorchester County, Maryland.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in 
Revolutionary War pension claim, W.801, based upon the military ser
vice in that war of William McAlister.

William McAllister or McCallister was born March 23, 1762, in 
Dorchester County, Maryland.  The names of his parents are not shown.

While residing in said Dorchester County, William McAllister 
enlisted in 1778 or 1779, served as a private in Captain James Sulli
van's Company, Colonel Dickerson's or Dickinson's Maryland Regiment; 
was stationed at New Market, between the towns of Cambridge and Vienna,
"seaport towns of Maryland" and was engaged in guarding these towns 
and the coast from the attacks of the British and Tories; he was en
gaged in this service at various times until after the surrender of 
Cornwallis, about two years and six months in all.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 7, 
1832, while residing in McMinn County, Tennessee.  He had also re
sided in Blount County, Tennessee, and in North Carolina, to which 
state he had removed from Maryland after the close of the Revolution.

He died October 3, 1842, in Bradley County, Tennessee or in 
McMinn County, Tennessee; both places are shown.

The soldier married May 8, 1828, in Hamilton County, Tennessee, 
Henrietta Shipley.  The date and place of her birth and names of 
her parents are not shown.

Soldier's widow, Henriette, was allowed pension on her applica
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tion executed May 2, 1853, while residing in Hamilton County, 
Tennessee, at which time she gave her age as seventy-five years; 
in 1855, she stated that she was sixty-seven years; no ex 
planation was made for this discrepancy in age of the widow..

Henrietta McAllister died November 15, 1857.

There is no reference to children.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator.
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July 23, 1834

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Mr. J. M. Wooten | BA-J/EEL
2620 Parker Street | William McAllister- W. 801
Cleveland, Tennessee | William Dodd - S. 3292

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to you letter in which you request informa
tion in regard to William McAllister and William Dodd, of Bradley 
County, Tennessee, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

You are furnished herein the histories of William McAllister 
or McCallister and William Dodd, the data for which were obtained 
from the respective claims for pension based upon their services 
in the Revolutionary War.

William McAllister
W.801

William McAllister or McCallister was born March 23, 1762, in 
Dorchester County, Maryland.  The names of his parents are not shown 
in the papers in the pension claim.

While residing in Dorchester County, Maryland, he enlisted in 
1778 or 1779, served as a private in Captain James Sullivan's Com
pany, Colonel Dickerson's or Dickinson's Maryland Regiment, was sta
tioned at New Market, between the towns of Cambridge and Vienna, "sea
port towns of Maryland," and was engaged in guarding these towns and 
the coast from the attacks of the British and Tories; he was engaged 
in this service at various times until after the surrender of Corn
Wallis, about two years and six months in all. [Note in right hand margin:
Could not find sol. or officers in Md [illegible] officers in Heitman.]

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 7, 
1832, while residing in McMinn County, Tennessee.  He had also re
sided in Blount County, Tennessee, and in North Carolina, to which 
state he had moved from Maryland after the close of the revolution.

He died October 3, 1842, in Bradley County, Tennessee, or in 
McMinn County, Tennessee; both places are shown.
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William McAllister or McCallister married May 8, 1828, in Ham
ilton County, Tennessee, Henrietta Shipley.

Soldier's widow, Henrietta, was allowed pension on her applica
tion executed May 2, 1853, while residing in Hamilton County, Ten
nessee, at which time she gave her age as seventy-five years; in 
1855, she stated that she was aged sixty-seven years: no explanation 
was made for this discrepancy in age.

She died November 15, 1857, place not shown.  [Note in left margin: From AB]

There is no reference to children.

* * * * * *

William Dodd
S.3292

William Dodd was born in 1761, in Buckingham County, Virginia, 
and removed to Wake County, North Carolina.  The names of his par
ents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.

While residing in Wake County, North Carolina, William Dodd 
enlisted in 1778 or 1779, served as a private in Captain Briant or 
Bryant Whitfield's Company, Colonel Heritage's North Carolina Regi
ment and was one of General Caswell's Life Guards; length of serv
ice, eighteen months; sometime afterward, he volunteered and served 
three months in Captain Needham Whitfield's Company under Major Sharpe 
in the North Carolina Troops; dates of this service not shown.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 4, 
1832, while residing in McMinn County, Tennessee.  In 1838, he was 
living in Boone County, Tennessee.

He died September 7, 1844; place not shown. [Note in left margin: From AB]

There are no data as to soldier's family.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER 
Assistant to Administrator.