Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7422, for Daniel Mc Donald, South Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S. C. 

McDonald, Daniel 
Elizabeth 

NUMBER
W. 7422
B. L. Wt. 11185-160-55

CONTENTS
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33.246
Georgia
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Daniel McDonald decd.
of [blank] in the State of Georgia
who was a private in the [blank] commanded
by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded
by [blank] in the Revolution 
for 7 mos 10 days
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Inscribed on the Roll of Savannah
at the rate of 24 Dollars 44 Cents per
annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
& Endg 1st November 1835
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Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of 
June 1854 and sent to 
Charles C. Tucker
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Arrears to the 4th of    Present
Semi-anl. allowance ending

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.      }

Recorded by [illegible initials] Weightman Clerk,
Book E.  Vol. 6  Page 98
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Wm McDonald Feby 21, 1857 - 
same May 12, 1857
Manning Cain, Sept 22d/58
Wm. McDonald Sept 3/59

6260
Georgia
Elizabeth McDonald
widow of Daniel McDonald
who served in the Revolutionary
S C
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
24 Dollars 44 Cents, per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 
1st day of June 1854 and sent to Chas. C. Tucker
Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 212 Vol. 3
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92842       Act March 8/55
April 23/55
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Elizabeth McDonald, widow of
Daniel McDonald, priv.
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Capt Maxwell 
Anderson
Rev War
S.C. Mil.
Pensioner
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Ad: 160 acres  Nov. 27/55
Boynton
Geo Feby 48
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J M Roberts
Hog Mountain
Geo.
Vol M1. page  90.

[written diagonally across center of page]
No. 11185 iss Nov 30/55

[written vertically on left margin]
Reps [illegible] H
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Commissioner
of Pension
Washington City

[illegible post mark]

[written vertically on left side]
Daniel McDonald
Ga - wid. Adm
2nd Feby [illegible]
Elizabeth McDonald
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January 10th day 1847
To Commissioner of Pension
Dear Sir
Ef your honor would be so good 
you wold oblig me verry much Ef you 
wold inform me Ef so or not Daniel McDanil [McDonald] naim appears on record as A Revolutionary Soldier
Ef so please State to me Ef thear is any Declaration on file.  My self as one of the hires [heirs] of Daniel McDanul implyed Two Attorney To put A Declaration one of them said the other I have never seen since and for this reason I ask you this favor
You wold Please address me at 
Chinkeypin [chinquapin] Grove Gwinnett County Ga
Yours Respectfully
Wm McDanul [McDonald]
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Claim of Elizabeth McDonald
To Bounty land
Act 3 March 1855

92842
War of the Revolution

Presented by J.M. Roberts
of Hog Mountain 
Georgia
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State of Georgia Hall County
On this the fourteenth day of April
A.D. One thousand Eight hundred and fifty five, Personally appeared before me, a Notary Public within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mrs Elizabeth McDonald, aged about 
100 years, a resident of Jackson County in the State of Georgia who being duly sworn according
to law, declares that she is the widow of  Daniel McDonald, deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary War and she thinks in Capt Maxwells and Capt. Anderson's Companys
of South Carolina Militia.  That her said husband volunteered at Abbeville District in the State of South Carolina in the time of 
the Revolutionary War for the term of about Twelve months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of Seven months and was honorably discharged from said service. She further states that she was married to the said Daniel McDaniel [McDonald] in the month
of February A.D. 1782, in Abbeville District, State of South Carolina by [blank] Thomas, a Minister of 
the Gospel, and that her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Tharpe, that her said  husband died at his residence in Talbot County
in the State of Georgia on or about the 28th day of November A.D. 1835, and that she is now a widow.
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 and refers to the declaration and evidence
accompanying the same for the proof of her said husbands service, their marriage and the death of her said husband.  Under which declaration
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and testimony a Pension Certificate issued in 
her favour on the first day of June AD 1854,
for Twenty four Dollars and forty four cents
per annum, under the Act of February 2d 1848
No. 6260.  Said Pension payable at the Pension
agency in Savannah Georgia, Recorded in 
the Pension office Page 212, Vol. 3.

Elizabeth McDonald  X  her mark

We Green B. Wigley and William Charles
residents of Hall County in the State of 
Georgia, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing
declaration was signed and acknowledged
by Elizabeth McDonald 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 
and that she is well known to us and we 
know her to still be a widow.

Green B. Wigley
William Charles

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 interest in this claim.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
signed my name and affixed my
Official Seal This 14" April AD 1855

James Roberts Notary Public

[seal]
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State of Georgia
Hall County ss.

I William Sitton 
Clerk of the Superior
Court in & for the County & State aforesaid
do hereby certify that James J. G. Tanner,
before whome the annexed Declaration &
affidavit were made, is and was at the 
time of signing the same a Justice of the 
peace in & for said County, duly commissioned
and qualified and legally authorized to 
administer oaths for general purposes
and that his written signatures thereto 
are genuine, and that I am not 
engaged in the prosecution of the claim 
nor interest in the result
Given under my hand & Seal 
of Office in Gainesville on this 
17 day of February AD 1854

William Sitton, Clerk

[seal]
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(1)

State of Georgia
Hall County Sct.

On the fourteenth day of February A.D. One
Thousand Eight hundred and fifty four, Personally appeared
before me, a Justice of the peace, duly authorized to 
administer oaths for general purposes, within and for 
the County and State aforesaid, Elizabeth McDonald
aged about 99 years, a resident of Jackson County in 
the State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according  
to Law, Declares that she is the Identical Elizabeth
McDonald who is making application for a 
Pension for the Revolutionary services of her Deceased
husband Daniel McDonald, that she was married
to the said Daniel McDonald as before stated
in the month of February A.D. 1782 and that 
on 25th day of January A.D. 1783 she became the 
mother of a Female child and called its name
Sarah and that her daughter Sarah McDonald
has since married one William Yarborough
and her said Daughter was still living a few
weeks since in the State of Tennessee and County
of McMinn.  And that in the month of August and about
the 12th day 1784 she again became the 
Mother of a male child and called him Absolem
and that her said son Absolem McDonald died 
about Eighteen years since.  That in the month
of September and in or about the 6" day of that 
month A.D. 1786, she again became the mother
of Another son and called his name Daniel and 
that her son Daniel McDonald in October A.D. 1849
and that on the 29" day of April A.D. 1789 she became 
the mother of another Female child and called its
name Amy who married one J. Bridges and 
now is living in Murray County State of Georgia
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(2)

and that on or about 17th day of December AD 1791
she again became the Mother of another Male child
and called his name Eli, and that her son
Eli McDonald died in the third year of his 
age, and that on the last day of February A.D.
1794 she became the mother of another son and 
called his name John and that her said son 
John McDonald was living a short time since 
in Russel [Russell] County State of Alabama.  She has 
since had two other sons, Alexander and William 
who now reside in Jackson County Georgia
and a Daughter named Basheba who 
now resides in [illegible - starts with J?] County State of Georgia
all of said children was born of her marriage
to her said Husband Daniel McDonald
and that her and her said husband Daniel
McDonald lived together as man and wife,
(and was such) up to the time of the death of 
the said Daniel McDonald, which took place
at the time and place as heretofore stated
by her, in her Declaration, allready on file

Elizabeth McDonald  X  her mark

Attest
William J. Roberts
Thomas Tuck [both] of Hall Cty Georgia

Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day
and year first above written.  And I hereby
certify that the said Mrs Elizabeth McDonald
is well known to me, that she is a woman
of respectability truth and varacity, and whose
Declaration is entitled to full faith and credit,
and that retains her mind and memory to 
admiration for a person of her age, and further certify
that I am in no way interested in this claim nor am 
I engaged in its prosecution 

James J. G. Tanner J.P.
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(3)

State of Georgia
Hall County Ss.

On this the fourteenth day of February A.D. 1854
Personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace,
within and for the County and State aforesaid, Daniel
Madox aged 83 years a resident of Gwinnett
County in the State aforesaid, who being duly sworn 
according to law Declares that he was well 
acquainted with Daniel McDonald and Elizabeth
Tharpe, when a small boy and very distinctly
recollects, that is was a common settlement talk
that the said Daniel McDonald and Elizabeth
Tharpe was married, he was not at their marriage
and does not recollect the date when they was 
said to have been married, but thinks he was 
some Eleven or twelve years old at the time
of their marriage, and believes it was in the 
winter or spring of the year AD 1782.  this was
in Abbeville District State of South Carolina.  the 
said Daniel McDonald and wife Elizabeth
lived together as man and wife and was 
at all times reputed as such, and in about
Eleven or twelve months after the marriage
of the said Daniel and Elizabeth, they had
a daughter born unto them and called her 
name Sarah, who subsequently married one 
William Yarborough and moved to the State
of Tennessee, where he understands they now 
reside and about Eighteen month after
the birth of the said child Sarah, they
had born unto them a son and called his 
name Absolem who has since died.  Mrs
Elizabeth McDonald subsequently had the 
following named children, and he believes
about the time stated by her annexed Declaration
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(4)
which has been exhibited to deponent, to wit,
Daniel, Amy and Eli who died when not 
more than three years old.  she then had
John, Alexander, William and Bashabee [Basheba] 
all of which children was born of the said
Elizabeth McDonald while her and the said 
Daniel McDonald lived together as man and 
wife, and the said Daniel allways called the said
children his children, and they called him their
father, and the said Daniel McDaniel [McDonald] and 
wife Elizabeth lived together as man and 
wife and raised their children untill all was
of lawful age and then untill the death of 
of the said Daniel McDonald which took place
in the year AD 1835.  that the said Daniel
McDaniel [McDonald] was at all times reputed as having 
been a soldier of the Revolutionary War, deponent
has frequently heard him speak of having served
with the South Carolina Militia and of the 
Battles he had been engaged in, and the many
toils and difficulties he had passed through
while in the Revolutionary War.  that the said Daniel
McDaniel [McDonald] and wife Elizabeth removed to the
State of Georgia and Jackson County between 
1805 and 1810.  that deponent to Hall County
State of Georgia and subsequently to Gwinnett
County State of Georgia where he now resides.
and has at all times been well acquainted with
the said Elizabeth McDonald, who is now making
application for a Pension, and know her
to be the same woman who was known and 
reputed as the wife of the said Daniel McDonald
that she still resides in Jackson County
State of Georgia and is still the widow of 
the said Daniel McDonald, and that
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(5)

this deponent is in no way Interested in 
this claim, nor is he engaged in its
prosecution.

Daniel Madox

Attest
William J. Roberts
Thomas Tuck [both] of Hall County Georgia

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day
and year last above written.  And I hereby
certify that the said Daniel Madox is well
known to me, that he is a man of respectability
truth and varacity and to whose testimony
full faith and credit is due, and should 
be given, and that I have no Interest in 
this claim nor am I engaged in tis
prosecution.

James J. G. Tanner J.P.
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State of Georgia Hall County } SS.
On this the Second day of March, in the year of our Lord, One thousand Eight hundred and fifty two.
Personally appeared before me, a justice of of the Inferior Court, within and for the County and State
aforesaid, Elizabeth McDonald a resident of the County of Jackson in the state aforesaid, aged ninety
seven years who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in
order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by all the acts of Congress granting pensions to the
widows of the soldiers of the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Daniel McDonald who was a
private in the Militia of South Carolina, and in the Continental army when he served, in the Continental line. I have heard him say he either joined a company from North Carolina or Virginia, and I cannot now recollect which, and the time he served with the Militia he served in the state of South Carolina and in the adjoining states, and I have frequently heard him call the names of the officers he served under in the Militia and agreeable to the present impression of my mind they were Captains Maxwell and Anderson, and think I have heard him say Anderson was promoted to the office of a Colonel or a General [Col. Robert Anderson], and have heard him speake of serving under a Col. Hunter. The names of the
officers of the regular Army familiar to my memory are Gen’ls. Green [Nathanael Greene], Lee [Lt. Col. Henry Lee], [Daniel] Morgan, [Horatio] Gates and [Benjamin] Lincoln. I have heard my husband Daniel McDonald speake of being in the Battles of Camden and at the battle of the
Cowpens  and have heard him speake of being in many other engagements with the British and Tories, which I cannot now recollect. I heard him speake of being in the
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Battle [of Camden] where Baron De Kalb was killed, and it comes under my personal knowledge that he was at the siege of ninety six, for I could hear the report of the Guns and he frequently returned to his home on furlow while in the vicinity of ninety six, as he lived near that place. And from what comes under my own knowledge and what I have heard him and other Revolutionary Soldiers say,
he was in the army trough the greater part of the Revolutionary war. That her maiden name was Elizabeth
Tharpe, that she was married to the said Daniel McDonald in the month of February A.D. One thousand
seven hundred and Eighty two in Abbeville District State of South Carolina by a man by the name of
Thomas, a Baptist Minister of the Gospel, and who was authorized to Solemnize marriage contracts, that
they was married by the publication of Banns, and there is no private Record of the same that I know of,
nor do I know of any living witness that was present at the marriage. Celia Brynge, who then resided
near, I have no doubt knew of the circumstance of our marriage, but I dont think she was personally
present at the marriage. why I so distinctly recollect the time of our marriage is that I know it took place
in February before the treaty of peace was entered into by the Commissioners on the part of the United States and those of Great Britain and in the same year, but by reason of extreme old age and consequent loss of memory, I have no doubt forgotten most and probably mistated some important facts, tho my memory retains the facts, their details I cannot attempt to relate. That after the close of the war of the Revolution, said McDonald returned to his home in Abbeville District State of South Carolina, where we resided untill in the month of November A.D. One thousand Eight hundred and
Eight (1808) when we
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removed to Clark County in the State of Georgia
and lived there together untill in the month
of November A.D. One thousand Eight hundred
and sixteen (1816) when we removed to Jackson 
County in the State of Georgia, where we resided
together with our children and family untill
in the month of January A.D. One thousand 
Eight hundred and thirty five (1835) when the 
said McDonald and myself removed 
to Talbot County in the State of Georgia
and remained there together untill in the 
month of November of the same year (1835)
when the said McDonald departed this life
that I remained in Talbot County at the 
same place where we resided previous to the 
death of my husband Daniel McDonald untill
in the month of January A. D. One thousand 
Eight hundred and thirty six (1836) when I 
removed back to Jackson County in the State
of Georgia where we formerly resided in 
the life time of my husband, and where 
I still reside  that I have not married since
the death of my said husband Daniel McDonald
and am still a widow and still reside
in Jackson County in the State or Georgia.
That the said Daniel McDonald in his life
time, and shortly after the passage of the 
Act of Congress of A.D. 1832 granting pensions
to certain officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary
War had made out and filed a Declaration 
for the purpose of obtaining a pension for his 
Revolutionary services from the Government of 
the United States, and as she has been informed
said claim was well authenticated by the 
testimony of persons of known respectability who 
was then living and she does not know
that there was anything done with said
claim by the officers of Government previous to
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the death of her said husband Daniel McDonald
and that if said Declaration and testimony is still 
on file in the proper office of the Government of the 
United States, she claims the benefit of said
Declaration and the testimony submitted
therewith in the establishing this her claim
for a pension, and if this declaration refered to is not
on file in the proper office of the Government of 
the United States, it has not been withdrawn or 
removed therefrom by the knowledge or consent
of this deponent.

Elizabeth McDonald  X  her mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day
and year first above written.  And I hereby
certify that Elizabeth McDonald who has sworn to 
and subscribed the foregoing Declaration is well 
known to me, that she is a citizen of Jackson County
in the State aforesaid, and is a woman of respectability
truth and veracity and to whose Declaration full
faith and credit is due and should be given 
And that by reason of old age and extreme
debility and from bodily infirmity, she is unable 
to appear in Open Court, and that she is 
esteemed and looked upon as the widow of a 
soldier of the Revolutionary War.  And I further
certify that the name is indifferently wrote and 
spelt sometimes McDonald and some times
McDaniel both as regards herself and the various
members of her family.

James Roberts J.I.C.
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
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File No. 7422
Elizabeth McDonald
Widow
Daniel McDonald
Pvt. Rev. War
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Feby. 2nd/48
Index: - Vol. M, Page 20
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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No. 92842
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received  Apr. 23rd 1855
Danl McDonald Pri dec
S.C. Mil
Rev. War
11185-160-55

J. M. Roberts
Hog Mountain 
Geo.
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11185


160 acres
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Act 2d Feb. 48.  Geo.
Boynton
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7422
Elizabeth McDonald
One a paper in her case is a 
pencil memo that the husband
papers (Georgia roll 1832) are missing
A Search Nov 27 1880
fails to find any trace of the 
missing papers
Revy Service S. Ca. troops

The Georgia Agency
Book shows nothing 
but the ctf. issued
under Act of 1832 to 
widow after soldiers
death.
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9535
Georgia
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Elizabeth McDonald
widow of Daniel
who was a private
in the Revolution
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
of 24 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843.
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Certificate of Pension issued
the 1st day of June 1834
and sent to 
Chas. C. Tucker
Present
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[Act of March 3, 1843, and 
June 17, 1844.]

Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 2, Page 174
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11672
Georgia
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Elizabeth McDonald 
with of Daniel
who died Novr 1835
of [blank] in the State of Ga
who was a private in the [blank] commanded
by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded
by [blank] in the Revolution 
for 7 mos 10 days
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Inscribed on the Roll of Savannah
at the rate of 24 Dollars 44 Cents 
per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
----------------------------------
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of 
June 1854 and sent to 
Charles C. Tucker
Present
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Arrears to the 4th of  [blank]
Semi-anl. allowance ending  [blank]

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

Recorded by [illegible initials] Weightman Clerk,
Book D.  Vol. 4  Page 321
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No 15077
Elizabeth McDonald
widow of Daniel
Georgia
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Let Jas Sturgers Aug 23/53
Letter to 
C. C. Tucker 28th Decr. 1853
same 21" Jny 1854
same 30" Jany 1854
same March 15/54

see over 
for Act 1832

Act 7th July 1838.

[on right side of page at the top]
38766
Daniel McDonald decd
Ga.

Act 7 June 1832.

[written vertically on right side of page]
Wm McDonald
Sept 3/59
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Hog Mountain Ga
April 18

Free

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.


[written vertically on the left side]
92842

2
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The original application 
made in the name 
of Danl. McDaniel
& by him, is not
found on the files but 
is entered on the Regr.
Act 1832 from Ga
Papers returned for 
[condition?] twice [illegible]
claimant died in 35
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Comptroller Genl's Office
Columbia So. Ca.
31st March 1852.

No 391
Lib J
Issued 27th June 1785 to Mr. Daniel McDonald
for nine pounds 8/6 3/4 Sterlg for militia duty
as private per account audited.
Principal £9.8.6 3/4  Annual interest £0:13:2.
No. 60.

No 491
J
No 60
June 27th 1785 Daniel McDonald his act. of 
Duty in the Militia as private since the 
reduction of Charleston amnts to 
Curry.  £66-- --
Stg     £9:8:6 3/4
[pay?] $42

State So Carolina Dr. to Danl. McDonald
for duty for Col. Anderson's return  £66 -- --
Stg £9:8:6 3/4

July the 14th 1784  I have this recd. from Genl. Richard
Winn the full value of my acct. against the Public
now lying in the Auditor's Office for Auditing and afterward
to get an Indent for the same from the Treasury and I do 
request the Commissioner of the Treasury of the State of 
South Carolina to make out the Indent for the same 
with the interest pursuant to the resolve of the Legislature
in that case to him, the said Richard and accept this as
a receipt in full against the public for the said account

Daniel McDonald  X  his mark

(Signed) Tho Baker J.P.
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Recd the 27 June 1785 full satisfaction for the within
account Indent No. 491 Lib. T [or J] for £9.8.6 3/4 Sterling in 
virtue of an order.

No 549
Lib. X.
Issued the 29th August 1785 to Daniel McDaniel [McDonald]
for six pound ten shilling for militia duty in 
1781 per account passed by the Commissioner
of Accounts.  Principal £6:10.
Annual interest  £0:9:1

No. 57
No. 546
Lib X
29th August 1785 Daniel McDaniel 91 days duty
in the militia as private at 10/curry. p. day in 1781
Amount ..........£6:10

State South Carolina To Daniel McDaniel
1781 To 10 days footman in the service of the State on 
an expedition to Orangeburgh   [illegible] 10 £30.0-
To 31 days as a footman in the Expedition to 
the four Holes       ditto
                            15.10
                          £45.10
                      Stg £6.10/

[in different type of ink]
not claimants husband
His name is McDonald

[back to original ink]
Appeared Daniel McDaniel & made oath that the above
acct. is just & true.  Sworn to before me the 15th July
1784 (Signed) Tho Baker J.P.
I do certify that the above 
act is just & true 21" July 1784.  (Signed) H Hunter [Cole?]

I do hereby certify the foregoing to be true copies
as taken from the Records of this Office.

For comptroller Genl.
James A Black 
Dep.

(No Seal of Office)
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The name is signed McDonald on 1st page
with a X
Danl McDaniel is the name under 
which he applied and the same name is on 
the roll of the S.C. Contl Line
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Washington D. C.  Dec. 24th 1853.

Hon Loren P. Waldo.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir.

I would 
respectfully call your attention to the claim of 
Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald widow of Daniel of Ga.
for a Pension under the Act of July 4, 1836 and 
ask for an early examination of it. -
I presented some time since a Power of Atty.
authorizing me to receive the Certificate and as the 
9th of November filed evidence in support of the 
claim, enough it is believed to establish it.

Very respectfully
Your obt. servt.

Chas. C. Tucker
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Nov. 9, 1853.
Add ev. in 
case of Elizabeth
McDonald
widow of 
Daniel,
Ga.
No papers filed in 
Ga - sus 36-38
Chas. C. Tucker
Present.
Must be original
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Washington D.C.   Nov. 7, 1853.

Hon. Loren P. Waldo.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir.

I send 
herewith additional evidence for the claim of 
Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald widow of Daniel of 
Georgia for a pension under the Act of July 4
1836.  A Power of Atty. authorizing me to 
receive the Certificate has been filed.
An early examination of the claim is 
respectfully requested.

Very respectfully
your obt servt.

Chas. C. Tucker. -
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Elizabeth McDonald - widow of Daniel
Jackson County - Georgia
Dec. [illegible]   97 years of age -
Her husband served in the Militia of 
South Carolina and in the Continental line
served in S.C. - Officers Capts. Maxwell and 
Anderson, the latter she thinks was afterwards
promoted to a Col. - served also she thinks under
Col. Green - He was in the regular army
under Green Lee Morgan Gates and Lincoln was
at the battles of Camden and Cowpens - was
in the battle where De Kalb was killed - was in the 
army throughout the war she thinks
Her maiden was Elizabeth Tharpe
was married in Feby 1782 in Abbeyville Dis. S.C.
by a man named Thomas, a Babtist preacher - Has 
no record of the marriage - nor knows of any one
who was present - They resided in Abbeyville till 
1808 when they removed to Clark Co Ga. - lived
there till 1816 when they removed Jackson Co Ga -
lived there till 1835, when they removed to Talbot
County where in the same year McDonald died -
in 1836 she went back to Jackson Co where 
she now (2 March 1852) resides - Her hus-
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-band [husband] filed papers shortly after 1832
several old pensioners testify to the same 
things -


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Washington D.C.  Jan 18 1854.

Hon Loren P. Waldo.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir.

I have received
the letter from your office under date of Dec. 28, 1853
informing me that the affidavit and accompanying proofs
in the case of Elizabeth McDonald widow of Daniel
of Georgia was received and filed under the Act of 
July 7. 1838 &c. -
There is in your Office more testimony in support
of this claim than the writer of this letter was aware
of.  The claim was made under the Act of July 4.
1836 and appears to have been filed in April or
May 1852 by Joseph Sturges to whom a letter was 
written August 26. 1852.  On the 15th of May 1853
a power of Atty. from the claimant was filed by me
and the claim examined shortly after.  The papers
of the claim then consisted of the claimants declaration 
Affidavits of Celia Brymer. Arthur Hall. Basheba
Roberts. Richard W. Penticost. Bailey Chandler and 
Hill Steed and two certificates from the Comptroller
of South Carolina. -
It is possible that the claim was mislaid at 
the time it was examined by me.  If found and examined
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it will I think be seen that all the evidence
mentioned as necessary in your letter of Dec. 28
has been filed.

Very respectfully
Your obt. servt.

Chas. C. Tucker
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Washington D.C.  Jan. 24. 1854.

Hon. Loren P. Waldo.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir.

I have received
the letter from your office under date of the 21st inst. in 
reference to the missing papers of the claim of Elizabeth
McDonald widow of Daniel of Georgia. -
A copy of the letter to Joseph Sturges will I think
be found with the copies under date of August 23d
1852.  The copy taken by me does not contain the 
first part of the letter acknowledging the receipt of the 
claim but the balance of it is as follows --
"The proof of marriage is not sufficient.  She
must furnish record evidence of the date of that 
event if it can be produced such as a Clerk's 
Certificate. church registry or a family record of 
the births of children.  It must be shown that 
this grade of evidence cannot be obtained before 
parol evidence will be considered.
Her husband must be clearly identified as 
the soldier who performed the service admitted by
the certificate of the Comptroller of South Carolina.
The papers of her husband filed in 1833 were
returned Oct. 31. 1837 to J. H. Trippe Esq. of Clarksville"
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The letter was addressed to "Joseph Sturges Esq.
Present."
As it appears that a claim is due in right
of the soldier under the Act of June 7. 1832, it is possible
that the missing papers may have been filed with
claims under that Act.

Very respectfully
your obt servt.

Chas. C. Tucker
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Elizabeth McDonald, Wid. Daniel.
Georgia.  Acts 1832 & 1836.
------------------------------------
From C. C. Tucker, Atty.         Present.

Washington City,  29th May 1854.

Hon. L. P. Waldo, 
Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir:

In the case of 
Elizabeth McDonald, Widow of Daniel, of Georgia, I have the honor to 
enclose an additional affidavit, which will obviate all objections
to the admission of her claim; and I doubt not you will take 
pleasure in the fact that one of her old neighbors a resident of the 
County of Cherokee, has been found after considerable difficulty, and
brought to see the old lady, whom he has known since 1808,
and that now, being 70 years old next December, he is able to give
a satisfactory account of the family for forty eight years past, viz:
John Epperson, aged 70, that he resided in Jackson Co. Ga.
in the year 1808, about which time he became acquainted with said
Daniel McDonald and his wife Elizabeth, and their family; that 
said McDonald often told him of his Revolutionary services in the 
South Carolina Militia of his being in an Expedition to the four holes
at Orangeburgh, at the Battle of Eutaw Springs, &c. and often heard
his accounts confirmed by comrades who saw him in service; he 
well recollects the names and ages of their children, and particularly
the oldest Daughter, Sarah, who was born as her parents said in 
the early part of (1783) the year preceding his birth which was recorded 
as having occurred 3. Dec. 1784, she being then (1808) 24 years old, in age
when it is not likely she or her parents would have reported her 
any older than she really was, and which he would not have
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[This is the back side of a document where the writing on the other side has bled through the paper.  This side is blank.]
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mistaken nor forgotten so easily as if she had been his junior.
He also states that Mr. and Mrs. Donald [McDonald] were illiterate but seemed 
to have an excellent mind and memory, that each child was
told their age as soon as they were old enough to remember it, and 
he had often heard persons ask them their ages & heard them give
ready answers; that Daniel McDonald died in the fall of 1835
and that said Elizabeth is still his widow; and further that
he is disinterested.  His credibility is duly certified by the 
Justice, to whom he is "well known" and who also certifies
to his own disinterestedness.
These facts, so clearly stated, will clear up most 
of the difficulties in your mind at the time of writing your
letter to me of 15th March last:  indeed I may say all of the 
difficulties, for this witness refers to the excellent mind & memory
of claimant & her husband, and it is well known that persons
who cannot write generally have a great memory of the dates
of their own family affairs and this witness gives the reason why
these dates are correct, viz:  the parents told each child as soon 
as its memory could keep it, as circumstance common in 
almost every family, even to this day, but which is more
apt to be forgotten when there is a record.  This evidence is 
also a confirmation of a part of Margaret Cavender's testimony
and when you recollect that she and Celia Brymer, another
witness, are both Pensioners and that there is so much other
testimony on file shewing that claimants Husband must
have performed a large amount of service, the objections which 
have heretofore existed will vanish from your mind, and 
the claim will be admitted with as much cheerfulness as
any that have recently come under your notice. 
As to the amount, I submit that to your liberality
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with the remark, that as the marriage must have been in 
February 1782, Mrs. Cavinder knows he was out in service after
his marriage, and History tells us the Battles of "Combahee Ferry"
and of "James' Island", were in August 1782, it would seem 
proper to place her under the Act of 1836; and as the
South Carolina Records prove over 8 months service, and from 
all the evidence filed it is highly probable he performed as 
much more, I trust your allowance will not be restricted
to the small amount referred to in the Comptrollers Certificate.
As the widow is fast drawing to the close of life
I will thank you for her Pension Certificate at an early day,
and have the honor to remain,

Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.

Chas. C. Tucker
Attorney.
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Washington D.C.   Feb 24.1854.

Hon. Loren P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir

I send herewith
additional evidence for the Claim of Daniel McDonald
dec. of Georgia under the Act of June 6. 1832, and of 
Elizabeth his widow under the Act of July 4. 1836. -
Evidence to the ages of her children are sent with
this, as required.  In proof of the marriage there is now
the testimony of Celia Brymer that the parties were
married the winter or spring before peace was declared,
her knowledge being obtained from statements made at 
the time by the parties themselves and others who were
present at the marriage.  The testimony of Margaret
Cavinder, now aged 103 years to the same effect who is enabled to 
fix the time as being the winter or spring of 1782 from the 
fact that it was about 12 months before her own removal
to Georgia; and similar testimony is given by Daniel
Madox.  In proof of the soldiers identity with the 
person named in the Certificate we present the testimony
of Margaret Cavinder, that Daniel McDonald served
in the S. C. Mil. after she became acquainted with him in 
1780.  that he was in expeditions to Orangeburgh and 
Four holes in 1781 and that he was in the battle of Eutaw Springs
Her information being derived from the fact of her father and 
intended husband being in the service and of McDonald
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bringing to her intelligence of them, informing her that her
father was killed in the battle of Eutaw Springs.  Celia Bymer testifies that the parties lived in South Carolina and that Daniel McDonald was a soldier of the Revolution
Daniel Madex testifies that the soldier informed him during  his life time that he served in the South Carolina Militia
and there is other evidence showing that during his life time Mr McDonald bore the reputation of having been a soldier  of the Revolution.
With regard to the very general statements of the soldiers since made by the claimant in his declaration,  in naming almost every general officer of the Southern Army, I would respectfully suggest that consideration should be paid to the very great age of the claimant
at the time she made the declaration and the fact that all those she names Gens. Green, Gates, Lee, Morgan & Lincoln were in South Carolina in 1780 and 1781, the period of her
husbands service.  She states that her husband was at the  Siege of Ninety Six.  At this place the American troops were commanded by Gen Green also that her husband
was in the battle when Baron De Kalb was killed, and  at that place (Camden) Gen Gates commanded the 
American troops.  Genl Lee was at the Siege of Ninety Six and Gen Morgan was at the Battle of the Cowpens
where the claimant stated her husband served, and Gen Lincoln commanded South Carolina Militia in 1780. It is not therefore probable that the soldier was under the
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command of all the officers she names.  If not under
the immediate command he was, indirectly, as are all 
privates to superior officers of the Army.  A distinction 
not likely to be made by an old lady of 98 - It will 
be seen that she names two Captains and one Colonel
under whom her husband served.
The Comptrollers Certificate shows that all the 
services of Daniel McDonald were performed after the 
Siege of Charleston (April and May 1780).  This is supported
by the claimants statements respecting the service, made prior 
to the issue of this certificate.  It appears by the history
of that period that not one of the whose names she 
mentions Gens. Greene, Gates, Morgan, Lincoln and Lee
was in South Carolina prior to the siege of Charleston.
and all the battles in which she states her husband was 
engaged, took place after that event.  South Carolina
Militia were engaged in each of these battles and as 
there was a period of six months between them, it is not
impossible that one person should have served in all.
I am instructed to ask that if this claim will not
be admitted for the full amount claimed that a less
amount be allowed.  the arrears due the soldier at his
death only or such arrears and the amount to which 
the claimant would be entitled under the Act of 
July 7. 1838.  The old lady is very infirm and cannot
possibly survive much longer and it is desired that
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she and not those that succeed her receives the 
benefit of the pension or at least a part.

Very respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Chas. C. Tucker
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Danl McDonald decd
Ga
and Elizabeth McDonald - his widow Ga
Admitted under Act June 
7.1832 -
7 mos 10 das Private 
at $24.44 per annum, from 
March 4. 1831 to Nov. 1. 1835. 
in which month he died.
Act July 7. 1838 and subsequent from March 4. 1836 at 
the same rate
Certificate payable to Elizabeth McDonald 
the widow -
Atty
Chas C. Tucker
Present.
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Breif in the case of Daniel McDonald decd
Jackson County and State of Georgia
act June 7. 1832
and his widow Elizabeth McDonald act July 7. 1838.
Claim, ("original, or "for increase".)  [blank]
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
[blank]
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Service - Records in office of Comptr of S.C. & traditionary - 
Marriage & widowhood - & his death - Parol.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent
C. C. Tucker
Present

S. G. Dodge
Examining Clerk.
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To Pension Officer
at Washington City
United States

[post mark]
LAWRENCEVILLE
APR
20
GA.


[written sideways on left side]
Daniel - Ga -
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April the 10th 1857

I read you letter dated Feb
21st 1857 [illegible] sir ef Elizabeth McDonald of
Georgia as the widow of Daniel McDonald ever
Recd a pension for the services as A Revolutionary
Soldier  [illegible] think was fraugent old lady
as I never new of any McDonald esept my Father
of that name
Inform me what attorny prosicuted the claim 
for Elizabeth.
My Mothers name was Mary  My Father
never was in the State of Georgia him nor
any his heirs never reced pension his is [illegible]
he served from the State of Virginia to north
Carolina from thence to South Carolina from 
then to State of Ohio whear he died.
I believe this claim was fraugently obtained
My attorny E[illegible] me and my Fathers
services.  Write at the Chinkepin Po Office
Gwinnett county Ga.

Yours Respectfully
Wm Mcdaniel
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To Washington City
Commissioner
of Pensions
[illegible]
Official business

[date stamp]
PENSION OFFICE
AUG 31
1859

[written vertically on the left]
Daniel McDonald

[written upside down at bottom]
[illegible] S C
Aug 57
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Aug the 22d 
1859

Commissioner of Pension
at Washington City

Dear Sir

I wish to let you know that if
you do not find this Name of
Daniel McDonal [illegible] on the
Maryland or Virgina rols
I do not Claim [illeg] any thing
further But I do know that my father
did serve as A revolutionary Soldier
from that County and I believe I
have been making out of my claim due
some way for I have sent Letters
showing that Danl McDonal name
did appear on this role and that
was intitled as to A Pension

Yours Resptfuly Wm McDonal
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No 14676
Elizabeth McDaniel [McDonald]
widow of Daniel
Ga
Joseph Sturges  Aug 23 1832

Acts June 7 1832 & July 7 1838 &c
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No 38383
Daniel McDaniel [McDonald]
Ga
Let Jos Sturgis  Aug 23/52

Act 7 June 1832
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State of Georgia
Hall County ss.

On this the Second day of March A.D. One 
thousand Eight hundred and fifty two, Personally
appeared before me, a Justice of the Inferior Court
within and for the County and State aforesaid
Basheba Roberts aged forty Eight years, a resident 
of Hall County in the State aforesaid, who being
duly sworn according to Law, deposeth and saith
that from the best information she has of her birth
she was born in Abbeville District State of 
South Carolina, that her maiden name was Basheba
McDonald, that she married one Harden Roberts of 
Hall County Georgia with whom she now lives
that she is the daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth
McDonald, that she recollects residing with her 
father and Mother in the County of Clark and 
removing with them to the County of Jackson as 
stated in her Mothers Declaration, which 
has been exhibited to her, that they removed
from Jackson County Georgia in the month 
of January A.D. 1835 to Talbot County Georgia
where they remained untill in the month 
of November, and she believes about the fifteenth
when her father Daniel McDonald died  She
was present when he died and saw him buried,
that her mother and herself removed back 
to the County of Jackson in the State of Georgia
to the same settlement where they formerly
resided in the early part of the year A.D. 1836.
where her mother Elizabeth McDonald still 
resides.  That she has at different times heard
her father Daniel McDonald relate the incidents 
of his Revolutionary services and of the 
Battles he had been in and at all times
heard him spoken of as having been a 
soldier of the Revolutionary War, that her mother
Elizabeth McDonald is still a widow and has
not married since the death of her husband Daniel
McDonald, that the name is indifferently wrote
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and spelt sometimes McDonald and sometimes
McDaniel

Basheba Roberts

Sworn to and subscribed before me the
day and year first above written.  And I hereby
certify that Basheba Roberts who has sworn to and 
subscribed the foregoing affadavits is a person 
of respectability, truth and varacity, and whose
Testimony is entitled to full faith and credit.
and that she resides in the County of Hall and 
State aforesaid, and I believe her to be
of the age above stated.

James Roberts, J.I.C.



[written vertically on lower left side of page]
No. 15077
Elizabeth McDonald
wid of Daniel
Ga.
July 7, 1838
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State of Georgia
Hall County ss.

I William Sitton Clerk 
of the Superior Court in & for 
the County and State aforesaid, do hereby
certify that James Roberts, whose genuine
signatures appears to the annexed Declaration 
power of Attorney and affidavit is and 
was at the dates thereof one of the Justices
of the Inferior Court of said County and State
(said Inferior Court being a Court of Record
having partial jurisdiction) duly commissioned
and qualified, and that all his official 
acts as such are entitled to full faith and 
credit -
Given under my hand and Seal 
of Office, in Gainesville on this 
Sixteenth day of March A.D.
one thousand eight hundred and 
Fifty two

William Sitton, Clerk 
S.C.

[seal]
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State of Georgia   Hall County

Know all men by these presents, that 
I Elizabeth McDonald of the County of Jackson 
in the State aforesaid, hereby constitute and appoint
Joseph Sturges Esqr. formerly of the State of Georgia
now of Washington City District of Columbia,
my true and Lawful Agent and Attorney
to prosecute my claim for a Revolutionary
Pension that may be due me for the Revolutionary
services of my deceased husband Daniel
McDonald and I hereby authorize my said Agent to 
examine all the papers and 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 the certificate which may
be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish
made payable to James M. Robert of Hall 
County State of Georgia 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 and confirming all that my said Attorney
and agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Witness my hand and seal This second day of March
A.D. 1852.

Elizabeth McDonald  X  her mark   (seal)

Signed and sealed in the 
presence of 
John B Otwell
James Roberts J.I.C.


State of Georgia
Hall County ss.

On this second day of March A.D. 1852
before me the subscribing Justice of the 
Inferior Court for the County and State aforesaid
Personally appeared Elizabeth McDonald
and acknowledged the foregoing Power of 
Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes
therein mentioned.  In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand
the day and year aforesaid.

James Roberts, J.I.C.
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State of Georgia
Hall County ss.

On this the Second day of March A. D. one thousand
Eight hundred and fifty two Personally appeared
before me, a Justice of the Inferior Court within
and for the County and State aforesaid, Celia Brymer
aged 98 years, a resident of the County and 
State aforesaid who being duly sworn, according 
to Law, deposeth and saith that she resided in 
Abbeville District State of South Carolina in 
the time of the Revolutionary War, that she was 
there acquainted with one Daniel McDonald
and Elizabeth Tharpe, that the said McDonald
was a soldier of the Revolutionary War and absent
from home the most of his time in the Revolutionary
War, that she has several times saw hm 
when he would come home on furlow and she 
is confident he must have served more than three
years from the length of time she knows of his
having been absent in the Revolutionary Army.
And in the winter or spring before peace
was made with great Brittain and deponent
believes it was in the year A.D. 1782 or 1783,
the said Daniel McDonald returned home on 
furlow, when him and Elizabeth Tharpe was
married by a Baptist Minister of the Gospel
whose name was [blank] Thomas, his Christian name 
she does not recollect.  She was not present at the 
marriage, but heard several respectable persons
say they saw them married, and she saw them 
together afterward and they told her they was
married, and after the close of the war, the 
Daniel McDonald returned home and him 
and his wife Elizabeth McDonald lived together
in the same settlement where she resided and 
was looked upon and reputed as man and 
wife, and the said McDonald was at all times
looked upon and spoken of as having been a 
soldier of the Revolutionary War, and the said 
McDonald and his wife and family removed
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to the State of Georgia, and as deponent understood
from there to the County of Clark.  this was some 
time between the years 1805 and 1810, but does
not recollect the precise time, and deponent
and her husband removed to Hall County
in the State of Georgia where she now resides, and 
deponent did not see McDonald nor his wife
for several years, not untill they (McDonald
and wife) removed to Jackson County in 
the State of Georgia which was not fare distant
from where deponent resided, and thinks
this was about the year 1816.  that she saw
them at different times since then and knows
them to be the same Daniel McDonald and Elizabeth
his wife which she knew in Abbeville District
State of South Carolina, both before and after their
marriage, and that he is the same man who served
in the Revolutionary War.  that they resided in 
Jackson County in the state aforesaid until some
time in the year A.D. 1834 or 1835, when she 
was informed they removed to Talbot County
in the State aforesaid, when she shortly or not 
many months thereafter understood the said
McDonald was dead.  She knows nothing 
of his death, only from report, but the said 
Elizabeth McDonald within a few months
after her husband was reported to have been 
dead removed back to the County of 
Jackson to the same settlement where her and 
her husband had formerly resided, but 
deponent has not saw her since about the 
year 1840, untill a short time since when 
she saw her and knew her to be the same
Elizabeth McDonald who was the wife of the 
said Daniel McDonald, who is now reported to be 
dead.  that the said Elizabeth McDonald still 
resides in Jackson County when at home, and 
the said Daniel McDonald and wife
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Elizabeth McDonald was persons of as fair
standing as any persons in the community they
lived in, and allways looked upon as persons
of known respectability truth and varacity, and 
was in every respect entitled to full faith and 
credit, and that the Declaration of the said Elizabeth
McDonald, which has been exhibited to me, I 
believe to be correct and that her Declaration is 
entitled to full faith and credit.

Celia Brymer  X  her mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day
and year first above written.  And I hereby
certify that Celia Brymer, who has sworn to 
and subscribed the foregoing affadavit
is a credable witness and that her testimony
is entitled to full faith and credit, and that 
she resides in Hall County Georgia and I believe
her to be of the age above stated.

James Roberts J.I.C.
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State of Georgia
Hall County ss.

On this the third day of March
A.D. 1852 Personally appeared before me, a 
Justice of the Inferior Court within and for 
the County and State aforesaid, Samuel C. Fraser
aged 35 years and Henry W. Blake aged
34 years both resident citizens of the County
and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn 
according to Law, saith on oath that they have 
been acquainted with Mrs. Celia Brymer for
more than Twenty years, that she has at all 
times since their acquaintance with her, sustained 
an unblemished character for respectability
truth and varacity, and that her testimony
is entitled to full faith and credit, and 
that she is a citizen of the County and State
aforesaid, and they believe her to be of the 
age she has within stated.

Samuel C. Fraser
Henry W. Blake

Sworn to an subscribed before me
the day and year above written.  And I 
hereby certify that Samuel C. Fraser and 
Henry W. Blake are both citizens of the 
County and State aforesaid, and are 
persons of respectability, truth and varacity
and that their testimony is entitled to full
faith and credit, and that I believe 
them to be the age above stated.

James Roberts, J.I.C.
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State of Georgia
Hall County
On this the third day of March A.D. One thousand Eight hundred, and fifty two Personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Inferior Court within and for the County and State aforesaid, Arthur Wall. aged ninety three years a resident, of Jackson County in the state aforesaid, who being duly sworn, declared on oath that he resides in Clark County in the state of Georgia. A. D. One thousand Eight nundred and Eight when one Daniel McDonald and wife Elizabeth McDonald moved from Abbeville District. State of South Carolina. to the neighborhood of where [deponent?] then resided in Clark County, that [deponent?] knows he moved from Abbeville District South Carolina, because he had previously been at McDonald house in said District and knew he resided there that McDonald and his wife and family lived near [deponent?] and family in Clark County Georgia Untill in the month of November A.D. One thousand Eight hundred and sixteen. when the said Daniel McDonald and his family and [deponent?] and his family moved to Jackson County in the state of Georgia and settled in the same neighborhood where they and their families all resided on the most intimate terms. Untill in the month of January A.D. 1835 when said McDonald and family moved to Talbot County Georgia and remained there untill in November of the same year 1835 when the said Daniel McDonald died. Deponent was not present at his death, but [illeg] respectable persons that has told him they were present and witnessed his death and burial. that his wido Elizabeth McDonald shortly afterward moved back to Jackson County.
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in the state of Georgia, near where deponent still resided, that she still resides in Jackson County in the state of Georiga near deponent and that she is still a widow and has never married since the death of her said husband Daniel McDonald, that deponent first became acquainted with Daniel McDonald and wife Elizabeth in the fall of the year A.D. 1785, when McDonald and wife resided in Abbeville District South Carolina that they lived together as man and wife and was so reputed at all times up to the death of the said McDonald, he had heard several respectabe persons say they was present when the said McDonald and wife Elizabeth was married, that they raised a family of Children together as man and wife, that the said Daniel McDonald was [illeg] upon at all times as having been a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and deponent has heard old men who was undoubtedly soldiers of the Revolutionary war and men of truth, say they was personally acquainted with the said McDonald in the Revolutionary war, that deponent has frequently heard the said McDonald spake of being in the Revolutionary war and relate the many dangers and difficulties he had passed through in the Revolutionary war. he spoke of being at the siege of Augusta and on an expedition to Orangeburgh and many other circumstances which deponent cannot now recollect, and after the passage of the act of Congress of 1830, the said McDonald had a Declaration made out for a pension for his revolutionary services, but whether it was ever filed or not deponent cannot say (previous to
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the death of the said McDonald, that the said Daniel McDonald and wife Elizabeth McDonald was persons of respectability and of as fair standing as any persons in the Community they lived in, that the said Elizabeth McDonald whose Declaration for a pension has been exhibitted to him is a woman of respectability truth and voracity and to whose Declaration full faith and credit is due and should be given, and that he believes she would or has stated any thing in her declaration but what she believes to be substantially true, and that she is of the age stated in her Declaration, and that the name was sometimes spelt McDonald and sometimes McDaniel and so with his children to the present time. 
Arthur Wall
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. And I hereby certify that the said Arthur Wall is well known to me, that he is a man of respectability, truth and voracity and to whose testimony full faith and credit is due and should be given.
James Roberts, [illeg]
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(1st)
State of Georgia
Hall County
On this the nineteenth day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and fifty four, Personally appeared before me Justice of the peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, John Epperson aged 70 years a resident of the County of Cherokee in the state aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith on oath, that he resided in Jackson County in the state aforesaid in the year 1808, about which time he first became acquainted with Daniel McDonald and wife Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald and their family, that the said Daniel McDonald was at all times reputed as having been a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and deponent has frequently heard elderly persons speak of hainvg known the said Daniel McDonald while a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and while serving with the South Carolina Militia, deponent have frequently heard the said Daniel McDonald tell of his Revolutionary services and of the many dangers and hearsbreadths escapes he passed through while in the Revolutionary war, deponent has heard him tell of being in an expedition with a company of South Carolina Militia to a place called the four holes, and in another to Orangeburgh both in the state of South Carolina, deponent has heard him tell of being in the Battle of Eutace Springs, and of being in several other engagements against the British and tories, but cannot now recollect distinctly at what places they took place. The said Daniel McDonald and wife Mrs Elizabeth McDonald was at all times looked upon and reputed as persons of respectability.
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(2nd)
truth, and voracity, and deponent never heard anything either of them said doubted by any person of respectability. That deponent was well acquainted with the family of the said Daniel and Elizabeth McDonald, he lived near them and was frequently with the family, and distincly recollect the names of all their children then living, and very near their ages, the eldest was a daughter and called Sarah who was married to one WIlliam Yarborough, and they subsequently moved to the State of Tennessee, deponent has frequently heard the said Sarah McDonald and her father and mother (Daniel and Elizabeth McDonald) tell how old the said Sarah was, and he dinstinctly recalls the record of deponents age was bearing the date of the third day of December 1784, and that the said Sarah McDonald was born some time in the year preceding and he believes they siad she was born about the early part of the year. deponent is well satisfied that from what herself and parents said, and from her personal appearance, that she was something older than this deponent, and their next oldest child was a son and called Absolem, and deponent recollects that Absolem McDonald son of Daniel and Elizabeth McDonald was said to be a few months older than deponent and born in the same year, and deponent believes he was about his age from his appearance, and from what Absolem and his parents told deponent, Absolem McDonald died some Eighteen or twenty years since, their next child was a son called Daniel and he died some fourteen or fifteen years since. Their next child was a Daughter and called Amy. She was married to a man by the name of Bridges and resided in Murray County State of Georgia. deponent recollects to have heard the said Daniel McDonald and wife Elizabeth McDonald, speak of having had a son to die in infancy next to Amy. Their next child was a son and called John, the next was a son
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(3rd)
and called Alexander and the next - a son and called William and the next was a daughter called  Bashabee? [Bathsheba??], which was their youngest child. Daniel McDonald and wife Elizabeth McDonald was illiterate, but seemed to have an excellent mind and Memory, they frequently told each child their ages, when they was old enough to recollect them, and each child seemed to have their age always ready on their memory. deponent have frequently heard them asked their ages, and they was always ready to give them. The said Daniel and Elizabeth McDonald lived together as man and wife and was at all times reputed as such, and untill they raised all their children, and until the death of the said Daniel McDonald, which took place in the fall of the year of A.D. 1835. deponent was not present at his death or burial, but have saw? several respectable persons who told him they was present when he died and saw him buried, he has saw the grave where they told him he was buried. deponent have frequently saw his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald since the death of her said husband, who still resides in Jackson County State of Georgia, and who is still a widow and has not been married since the death of her said husband Daniel McDonald. deponent believes from what he has heard the said Elizabeth McDonald say of her age and from her personal appearance, that she must be near One hundred years of age, but seems to retain her mind and memory to admiration. 
That this deponent has no Interest in the pension for which the said Elizabeth McDonald is making application, nor is he engaged in its prosecution.
John Epperson
his mark
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Elizabeth McDonald
Wid. Daniel.
Georgia
Acts 1832 and 1836
Affidavit of
John Epperson.

Ch. C. Tucker
Atty.
Present
Wash. D.C. 
29 May 54
Page 74

(4th)
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written. And I hereby certify that John Epperson, who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affadavit - is well known to me, that he is a credible and disinterested, witness, and that I have no interest in the results of this claim or am I engaged in its prosecution.
James [I?]. G. Tanner, J.P.

State of Georgia
Hall County
I William Sitton Clerk of the Superior Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby Certify that James I.? G. Tanner whose name appears to the above and foregoing, is and was at the date of signing the same, a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly  Commissioned and qualified and authorized to administer [illeg] for General purposes.
Given under my hand and Seal of Office at Gainesville on this 22nd day of May AD 1834
William Sitton, Clerk

[the following is a duplicate of image 73]
Elizabeth McDonald
Wid. Daniel
Georgia
Acts 1832 and 1836
Affidavit of
John Epperson

Ch. C. Tucker
Atty
Present
Wash. D.C.
29 May 54
Page 75

State of Georgia
Hall County
On this twenty eighth day of October A.D. 1853. Personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald, aged 98 years, a resident of Jackson County in the State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to Law, declares that she is the identical Elizabeth McDonald who who made and filed a Declaration for a Pension for the Revolutionary services of her deceased husband, Daniel McDonald, in the South Carolina Militia which declaration was dated (she believes) on or about second day of March 1852. that she was married to the said Daniel McDaniel in Abbevile District State of 
South Carolina, at the time stated in her original Declaration. She further declares that she has no private record of her marriage, and she believes that none was kept, that marriages were not recorded in South Carolina at that time, and she believes that no record of her marriage was kept by the person who married her, it not being usual at the time (period?). She still resides in Jackson County state of Georiga, and still remains the widow of the said Daniel McDonald.
Arthur C. Wilson
James M. Roberts
of Hall Cty Ga
Elizabeth McDonald
her mark
Sworn to and subscribed befroe me the day and year first above written. And I certify that the said Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald is well known to me, that she is a person of respectability, truth and voracity, and I believe her to be of the age above stated, and that I have no interest in the above claim nor am I engaged in its prosecution.
James I.G. Tanner J.P.
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State of Georgia
Hall County
On this 28th day of October A.D. 1853, Personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Moses Wall, aged 45 years a resident of Jackson County in the State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith on oath that he was well acquainted with Daniel McDaniel and wife Mrs. Elizabeth McDaniel from the time of his earleyest recollection that they lived together as man and wife, and was at all times reputed as such, up to the time of the death of the said Daniel McDonald, which was on the 28th day of November A.D. 1835 in Talbot County State of Georgia, deponent witnessd his death and burial and knows that it was on the 28th day of November 1835. by the date of his own marriage, that the said Daniel McDaniel was at all times looked upon and reputed has having served in the war of the Revolution, that deponent have frequently heard him speak of having served in the war of the Revolution and of having served with the South Carolina Militia he has heard him tell of being in serveral Battles, he recollect of having heard him tell of being in the Battle of Eutau[illeg] and of being on an Expedition to the four holes with the Militia, and of having been in serveral other engagements, with the British and Tories. that the said Daniel McDaniel was a man of respectability, and always considered a man of truth and voracity, and his wife Elizabeth McDaniel alway bore a character above reproach. She now resides in Jackson County State of Georgia and still remains the widow of the said Daniel McDaniel and I believe her to be of the age stated
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in her annexed amendment to her former
Declaration; and that he has no Interest in this claim nor is he engaged in its prosecution.

Moses Wall

Attest
Arthur C. Wilson 
James [?] Roberts [both] of Hall Cty Ga.

Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year first above written. And I hereby certify that the said Moses Wall is well known to me, that he is a credible and disinterested witness and resides in Jackson County State of Georgia, and that I have no Interest in this claim nor am I engaged in its prosecution.

James J. G. Tanner  J.P.



State of Georgia
Hall County 

I William Sitton Clerk
of the Superior Court in & for
the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify
that James J. G. Tanner before whom the 
foregoing Declaration and affidavit were made
is & was at the dates thereof a Justice of the 
peace in & for said County, duly commissioned
and qualified, and legally authorized to administer oaths for General purposes - and that his [written?witness] to the same are genuine
Given under my hand & Seal of 
Office in Gainesville on this 3rd 
day of November A.D. 1853 

William Sitton, Clerk

[seal]
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Know all men by these presents that I Elizabeth
McDaniel of the County of Jackson and State of Georgia hereby constitute and appoint Charles C. Tucker Esq. of Washington City D.C. my true and lawful Agent and Attorney to prosecute my claim to a Revolutionary
Pension for the Revolutionary services of my deceased husband Daniel McDaniel, and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim on file in the departments at Washington City or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificates
which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable to James M. Roberts of Hall County of Hall County State of Georgia, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby revoking and annulling all other Powers of Attorney heretofore given by me for the special purposes aforesaid. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Witness my hand and seal This third day of May A.D. 1853.

Signed and sealed in presence of 
Solomon Dykes

Elizabeth McDaniel  X  her mark  Seal

James Roberts Nortary Public
State of Georgia
Hall County ss.

On this the third day of May in the year 1853 Personally appeared Elizabeth McDaniel before me a Notary Public in and for 
said County, and acknowledged the above Power of Attorney to be her act & deed for the 
purposes above mentioned.
Given under my hand and Notarial Seal the day and year above written

James Roberts Notary Public
[seal]
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Rev. Pension Claim
Act of [blank]
Elizabeth McDaniel [McDonald]
widow of
Daniel McDaniel
Power of Attorney
To examine claim
M Cole
Mississippi

Chas C. Tucker
Atty
Present.
Page 80

Joseph Sturges
Present
Page 81

State of Georgia
Jackson County ss.

On this the seventh day of May A.D. one thousand
Eight hundred and fifty two, Personally appeared
before me, a Justice of the peace
within and for the County and State aforesaid,
Richard W. Penticost aged sixty three years,
Bailey Chandler aged fifty nine years, and 
Hill Steed aged fifty three years all resident
citizens of the County of Jackson and State
aforesaid, who being duly sworn according 
to Law deposeth and saith that they have 
all resided in the County and State aforesaid
for upward of forty years, that Daniel McDaniel [McDonald]
moved to the neighbourhood of where deponents
resided in the County and State aforesaid
in the month of November A.D. 1816 with 
his wife and family, that he still remained 
in the same neighbourhood and was intimately
acquainted with the said
Daniel McDonald and wife Elizabeth
up to the month of January A.D. 1835 when 
the said McDonald moved to the County
of Talbot in the state aforesaid, where he 
died in the month of November A.D.
1835.  deponents was not present at his 
death or burial, but report of his death
shortly reached deponents and his widow 
Elizabeth McDonald shortly thereafter
moved back to the immediately neighbourhood
of where deponents resided in the County 
County of Jackson and State aforesaid, where
she still resides and that she has not
been married since the death of her said 
husband, and is still a widow.
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that the said Daniel McDonald was at all 
times looked upon and spoken of as having 
been a soldier of the Revolutionary War and the said McDonald gave in on oath, in 
a Land Lottery authorized by a law of the 
State of Georgia as a soldier of the Revolutionary
War, and that after the passage
of the Pension Law by Congress of 1832 the 
said McDonald had made out a Declaration
for a pension for his 
Revolutionary
services, but what has been done with 
said claim deponents cannot say.  That
the said McDonald and wife Elizabeth
was both respectable citizens, and allways
considered persons of known respectability
truth and veracity, and that they lived
together as man and wife and was
alway reputed as such up to the time
of the death of the said McDonald.  That
the name of the said McDonald was indifferently
wrote sometimes McDonald and sometimes
McDaniel.  That they are well acquainted
with Arthur Wall who has given Testimony
in the case of the claim of the said Elizabeth
McDolald [McDonald] for a Pension.  That he is a man 
of respectability truth and varacity, and to 
whose testimony full faith and credit
is due and should be given, that the 
Declaration of the said Elizabeth McDonald 
is entitled to full credit, she being a woman 
of respectability truth and varacity.

Richard W. Penticost
Bailey Chandler
Hill Steed
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Sworn to and subscribed before me the 
day and year first above written.  And I 
hereby certify that Richard W. Penticost,
Bailey Chandler and Hill Steed are all well 
known to me, that they are citizens of Jackson 
County in the State of Georgia, and are 
men of respectability truth and varacity
and to whose testimony full faith and credit
is due and should be given.

Jesse C. Johnson J.P.



Georgia
Jackson County

I P. F. Houston [Winston?] Clerk of the
Inferior Court of the County and 
State aforesaid do hereby certify
that Jesse C. Johnson is a justice of the peace in &
for said County duly commissioned & qualified
for the term of four years that his commission
was dated on 22nd January 1849 and will 
espire on first Saturday in January 1853 or as 
soon thereafter as his successor should have been
 elected and qualified and that his signature
is genuine.  In testimony whereof I hereunto set
my hand and seal of the office of the 
Inferior Court in and for the 
County and State aforesaid
this 11th day of May 1852

P. F. [Houston?], Clerk

[seal]
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State of Georgia
[blank] County  ss.

On this the first day of September A.D.
One thousand Eight hundred and fifty three
Personally appeared before me a Notary Public
duly authorized by law to administer oaths for 
general purposes, within and for the County and 
State aforesaid, Margaret Cavender, aged about 103
years a resident of Cherokee County in the State aforesaid
who being duly sworn according to Law doth on 
her oath declare that she moved to South Carolina
Edgefield District with her fathers family in the 
time of the Revolutionary War, that she there became
acquainted with Daniel McDonald and Elizabeth
Tharpe.  That she became acquainted with them
in the fall of the year of 1780.  She knows it was
in the fall of the year after Charleston was taken by
the British.  That McDaniel [McDonald] lived in Abbeville
District a few miles from where her fathers family
resided.  That the said Daniel McDaniel was 
in the Revolutionary War as a Militia man 
the most of his time while deponent was 
acquainted with him, and attached to the 
South Carolina Militia.  That the said Daniel
McDonald was on an expedition to Orangeburgh
and another to a placed called the four holes
with the South Carolina Militia.  these
expeditions was performed the year after
she became acquainted with the said Daniel
McDonald.  She saw him each time as he 
returned from these services and he told her 
himself where he had been and on what service
deponents father and intended husband was with
the Militia from North Carolina, to wit:  George Case
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her father and William Cavender, her intended husband
and whom she afterwards married, and the Militia
from South Carolina and those from North
Carolina was frequently together, and as her
father George Case and William Cavender was 
well acquainted with Daniel McDonald when
ever the said McDonald would pass he would 
call and tell the family of the said George Case
all he knew of the said Case and William Cavender.
She knows that the said Daniel McDonald
was in the Battle at Eutaw Springs for she 
distinctly recollects that the said Daniel McDonald
brought the painful inteligence of the death
of the father of this deponent (George Case) who was 
killed in the Battle of Eutaw Springs and 
the said Daniel McDonald said he saw the 
corpse of the deponents father (George Case a short 
time after he was killed in said Battle.
That some time in the winter or spring of 1782
the said Daniel McDonald and Elizabeth 
Tharpe was married in Abbeville District
State of South Carolina. She was not present at 
the marriage, but saw several respectable and credible
persons who told her they was present and 
witnessed their marriage.  that she shortly 
afterwards saw them together and they both 
told her they was married.  deponent is confident
it was in the winter or first of spring of 1782.  they 
was married, because they had been married
about Twelve months before her mother
and family moved from South Carolina
to Wilkes County in the State of Georgia which
was in the early part of the years 1783.
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That the said Daniel McDonald and Elizabeth
his wife lived together as man and wife
and was at all times reputed as such.  that
deponent lived but a few miles from the 
said McDonald and wife in South Carolina
from the time they was married untill the 
Early part of the years 1783 at which time 
she moved with her mother and family
to Wilkes County Georgia, and up to the time 
she left South Carolina they lived together and
was looked upon known and called as man 
and wife, but she believes their was no record
kept of marriages in South Carolina but
married by the publication of banns.  That 
the said Daniel McDonald was in some 
expeditions with the Militia of South Carolina
after his marriage but she does not recollect
to what places through extreme old age and 
consequent loss of memory there is many incidents
which she cannot recollect well enough to give
the details of and can only recollect such 
as some notable incidents impresses upon 
her mind.  That after she removed from 
South Carolina to Wilkes County State of Georgia
That she did not see Daniel McDonald and 
his wife Elizabeth any more untill in the 
gall or winter of 1808 or 1809 when she 
saw them both still living together as man 
and wife.  they then lived in Clark or Jackson 
County State of Georgia she believes it was in 
Jackson County.  She saw them both several 
times since previous to death of the said Daniel
McDonald which she was informed took
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place sometime in the fall of the year of 1835.
that she has a few times since his death [sane?]
the said Elizabeth McDonald widow of the said 
Daniel McDonald who resides in Jackson
County State of Georgia and from my knowledge
of her age she is between 95 & 100 years of age.
deponent now resides in Cherokee County State of 
Georgia and draws a Pension in consequence
of the Revolutionary services of her deceased husband
William Cavender. that she has no Interest in the 
result of this claim.

Margaret Cavender  X  her mark

Attest
John R. West
Stephen Brown

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year
first above written.  And I hereby certify that Mrs.
Margaret Cavender who has sworn to and subscribed
the above affadiavit is well known to me, that 
she is a credible and disinterested witness, and retains
her mental faculties to admiration for a person of 
her age, and that I have no Interest in the result of 
this claim nor am I engaged in its prosecution.
Given under my hand and Notarial
Seal at office the day and year
first above written.

W. C. Cole Notary Public
[seal]
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Mr . Geo. Whiting
Commissioner
Pension Office
Washington City
Dist. of Columbia

[date stamp]
PENSION OFFICE
MAR
[27 OR 29?]
1859
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Georgia Gwinnett
County
March the 15th 1859

Mr. G. W. Whiting

Dear Sir

I take the liberty to write you
again in regard to A pention I 
think William McDaniel is intitled 
to as the heir of Daniel McDaniel
a soldier of the revolution war
[ink smear] you wrote to me that 
Daniel McDonald & Elisabeth McDonald
of Georgia had Drawn a pention
But we are able to Estabish that 
the P as on that I have reference to 
never lived in the State of Georgia
further I had made inquiry in Jackson 
County the County in which said 
Parties should had lived from your 
report also had searched the records
of said County and find no such 
and I find out thrgh a friend that 
one James Roberts of Hall County said
that He mad the application for sad
parties and that they lived in Hall 
County of said State
I hav allso made Deligent search
and find no such person living 
in Hall County
therefore they must be something wrong
about the matter if said roberts hav
made such application is is falsely done
with in him self by using the name 
of my cl [paper fold] if there is 
not [paper fold] same name
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Georgia Gwinnett
County
August the 30th 1858

G W Whiting 
Commissioner of the Pension
Office

Dear Sir

as William [ink smear]
McDaniel is intitled to a pention
that his father Daniel McDaniel
should hav done in the Revolution
War under the command of 
Gen. [Wasa?] and Washington in 
the State Maryland & Virginia
I therefore I wish you
to Lind me A blank Powr
of Attorney & affidavit [illegible]
Directed to Cins Post Office
Gwinnett Couty 

Your obt Sevt
Manning Cain
Aty in fact