Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1,052, for Thomas Mc Clanahan, Virginia
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Continental
Va..
Ind. Wars - 1793

McClanahan, Thomas 
 or Mc Lanahan. Tabitha.

NUMBER
W. 1.052
B.L.Wt. 33.771 - 160 - 55.

CONTENTS

[Right Corner Stamp]
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]
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7531
Kentucky
Thomas McClanhan
of Simpson Co in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Green of the 
Rgt [Regiment] commanded 
by Col [Colonel] Christy in the Virginia
line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 80 Dollars - - -  Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of April
1833 and Sent to Hon N M
Johnson Georgetown

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 40.00
$200.00
Rev [illegible]
Act [illegible]
Recorded by Daniel Boyl Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 7  Page 18
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197665. Act 5 March
Aug. 27/55.

Tabitha McClanahan
Widow
Thomas McClanahan
Private
Tabitha viz: Thomas McClanahan

Pensioner
Ky.
{Virginia
Mil.

Revolutionary War.

[ writing over original document]
No 33.771 [illegible]

helig 53 - - 2667
AD: 16 oac july 9 /56
Boyd W

Jones& Smith
Franklin
Ky
[side notation illegible]

{right side of document]
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Vol M 1= 1-106
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[Left Side of Document]
New Notification
sent Decr [December] 10/53
HRW
[Right Side of Document]
2.667
Kentucky
Tabitha McClanahan
widow of Thomas McClanahan
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private
Va [Virginia]Line 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued the
26 day of Oct/53
sent to
Jno [John] S. Edwards
Present
[Rec]orded on Roll of Pensioners under act
[Jan]uary 3,1853, Page 175 Vol. A

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Tabitha McClanahan
-
Declaration
1974.65

James D Smith Attys [Attorneys]
Franklin
Ky
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State of
Kentucky
County of Simpson } SS

On this 11th day of June AD one thousand
eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared
before me Presiding Judge of the County Court of said County
and State duly authorized to administer oaths
Tabetha McClanahan a resident of Simpson County
in the State of Kentucky aged 65 or 66 years,
who being duly sworn according to Law declares 
that she is the widow of Thomas McClanahan 
decd [deceased] who was a Soldier in the
war of the Revolution, and who was a
private in the [Militia - crossed out] Virginia line, That her said
husband was pensioned under the act of
the 7th of June AD. 1832, at the rate of
Eighty dollars per annum, and that she as the
widow of said Thomas McClanahan decd  [deceased] is
now drawing a pension of Eighty Dollars
per anum. She refers, to the pension papers
of her said husband and also of herself
on file in the Pension Office. She states
that her said husband continued in actual
service in said war for longer than fourteen 
days.
She further states that She was married to said
Thomas McClanahan in Logan County Kentucky
on the-____ day of ____by one John Ben
Brooks, and that her name before her said
Marriage was Tabitha Williams
That her said husband died in Simpson
County Kentucky on or about the 1st day of 
September 1845 and that she is still his widow
she refers to her declaration and the proof
of her marriage and the death of her said
husband and file in the Pension Office
by virtue of which she is now drawing the
Pension aforesaid.
She makes this declaration for the purpose
of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she
may be entitled under the Act of March 3
1855, and states that she has not nor has
her said husband applied for or obtained
heretofore under this or any other act of
Congress any Bounty Land Warrant
her
Tabetha X McClanahan
her mark
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We P H Baisean and Arden McClanahan residents 
of Simpson County in the State of Kentucky
upon Our oaths declare that the foregoing 
Declaration was Signed and acknowledged by
Tabitha McClanahan widow of Thomas McClanahan 
decd [deceased] in our presence That we were
acquainted with her said husband, and are
also with her, and that we know her to be
the widow of said decedent, and that she
is the Identical person who as the widow
aforesaid is now drawing a pension of
Eighty dollars per annum [illegible]
P.H. Baisean
Arden McClanahan

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
Geo H Millikin CCC

State of
Kentucky
County of Simpson} S.S.

I Patrick H
Baisean Clerk of the County Court of
said County Do Certify that Geo H Milliken 
whose name appears to the foregoing
Certificate is the Judge of said Court and
exofficio a Justice of the peace for said
County and that the signature purporting
to be his to the foregoing certificate is
genuine In witness whereof I hereto
subscribe my name and
Affix the official seal of
said Court this 11th day of
June 1855.
J. H. Boise an [illegible]
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State of Kentucky
Logan County Set
I James E Wright
Clerk of the County of Logan do certify that
on the 28th day of February 1817 a license
issued from the clerks office of said
Court for the marriage of Mr. Thomas
McLanahan to Tabetha Williams which
license oath the return thereon reads in the
words & following to wit "Logan County Set
Any person legally authorized is hereby
" licensed and permitted to join together in
" the holy and honorable State of Matrimony
" Thomas McLanahan and Tabitha
" Williams he the said Mc Lannahan
" having executed bond & security in
" my office as the Law requires Given
 "under my hand this 28th day of February
" 1817.
Esener Curd Clk
" Executed by me John B. Brooks
this 11th of March 1817.

In testimony of which
and that the foregoing is
truly copied from the records
in my office I hereto set
my name & affix the seal of
Office of said County Court
this 3rd day of October 1853
James E Wright
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Oct 19, 1853
Appl. [Application] of
Tabitha Mc
Clanahan,
Widow of
Thomas,
Simpson Co.
Ky
Oct'/53.
Rev.
John S. Edwards
Present.
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Tabitha McClanahan
Declaration
for Pension under
act Feby 3 1833
filed by
John S. Edwards
Present
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State of Kentucky
County of Simpson} S.S.

On this 19th day of July 1853 personally
appeared before the County Court for
the County of Simpson and State of Kentucky
Tabitha McClanahan, a resident
of said County of Simpson & State aforesaid
aged sixty four years who being first
duly Sworn according to law doth on her
oath make the following Declaration
in order to obtain the benefits of the
provision made by the act of Congress passed
on the 3d day of February 1853 granting
pensions to widows of persons who served
during the Revolutionary War. That she
is the widow of Thomas McClanahan
who was a private in the Virginia line
and who was pensioned under the act
of 7th June 1832 at $80. peranum which
will appear by the papers of said McClaner
have filed in the Pension office, which are
here referred to for proof of his Services.
She further declares that she was married
to the said Thomas McClanahan on the 1st
day of March Eighteen hundred and Seventeen
-
That her said husband died on or about
the 15th day of October Eighteen hundred and
forty five that she was not married to him
prior to the Second of January Eighteen
hundred, but at the time above stated.
She further declares that she is now a
widow.
Attest
Wm. Milliken
P.H. Baisean

Tabitha X McClanahan
her mark
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Sworn to and subscribed on the day and
year above written before the County Court
for Simpson County & State of Kentucky in
Session.
Geo H Millikin J.P.C.C

State of Kentucky
County of Simpson} S.S.

On this 19th day of 
July 1853, personally appeared before the
County Court for the County of Simpson
& State of Kentucky Patrick H Boipeard
Charles W Milliken both residents of said
County, and to the Court well known 
both of whom being Sworn according to
law State that they were acquainted with
Thomas McClanahan of said County in
his lifetime, and that said McClanahan died
some years since in said County, and they
believe the time of his death is truly stated
in the foregoing Declaration of Tabitha
McClanahan his widow. They further
State that they are acquainted with said
Tabitha McClanahan and that she resides
in said County of Simpson, and is now
the widow of said Thomas McClanahan
who was a pensioner of the United States
P.H. Boisean
C. W. Milliken
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Sworn to and subscribed by P H Boisean and
C W Milliken, both of whom are residents
of Simpson County and State of Kentucky
and to the Court will known to be
credible witnesses
July 19th1833 [illegible]
C Millikin J.PC.C.

State of Kentucky
Simpson County Sect.} 
July County Court 1853-
This day Tabitha McClanahan Widow and
Relic of Thomas McClanahan decd. [deceased] appeared
personally in Open Court, and exhibited by
Declaration for the purpose of availing herself
of the benefit of an Act of Congress, which
passed on the 3rd day of February 1853 &
subscribed & sworn to the same to be true - 
And P.H. Boisean & C. W. Millikin this
subscribing witnesses them to being
both being reputable and credible, made affidavit
[illegible] substance to the same & further that she
is the identical persons named in said Declaration, 
and is the widow of said Thomas McCleanahan
decd. [deceased] The witness Boisean having been acquainted 
with her husband ever since 1819 and with her
from 1822 to this date & which is ordered to be
Certified" - I as Clerk of said Court certify that 
the foregoing is truly copied from the original
record in my office & that his signature
thereto is genuine. In witness whereof
I hereto set my signature and affixed the
seal of said court this 19th day of July 1853 
P.H. Boisean Clk CCC
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State of Kentucky
Simpson County} SS.

On this 10th day of
[August - strike out] September 1832, personally appeared in open Court
before the County Court of said County now
siting Thomas McClanahan a resident citizen of
the County of Simpson and State of Kentucky
aged about Eighty 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 7th
1832.  That he entered the service of the
United States under the following named officers
and served as herein stated, viz,
that he was born according to the history of his
family in the County of Westmorland Virginia
and principly raised in the Counties of Fanquier
& Culpeper, that in the latter part of the summer 
or the first of the fall of the year 1775
he entered into the service of the United States
in a Regiment first commanded by Col. [Colonel] Patrick
Henry, Left. Col. [Leftenant Colonel] Christy and attached to a 
company commanded by Capt. [Captain] John Green, Richd [Richard]
Taylor first Left. [Leftenant], John Houston Secd Left [Second Leftenant]and
John Lee ensign. The Rendezvous was at all
Culpeper Court House. From thence he was
marched to Williamsburg and was occasionally
in some little skirmishes with same British Shiping
at Burrells Ferry and old James Town. While
yet detained at Williams Burg Col Henry
left the Regiment entered into the legislature
of Virginia or filled some other Civil post and
the command of the Regiment devolved on some
officer not now remembered. About nine months after 
he first was marched to Williamsburg, the 2nd Vir
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Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. Alexander
Spottswood was brought down to Williamsburg
also and the said McClanahan have was by the
consent of the Said Richd [Richard] Taylor then the capt [Captain]
of the Company, said John Green having promot [promoted]
to the office of Major transfered to the said 2nd
Regiment and carolled in a company in the 
same [strike out - in the place of] commanded by Capt [Captain]
Francis Taylor and took the place of a soldier
by the name of Reubin McKinney and
the said McKinney took said McClanahans place in
the said Regiment in the said company command
by the sd [Said] Capt [Captain] Richd [Richard] Taylor. The said first [illegible]
was not long after marched somewhere to the
North tent the 2nd to which he now belonged
continued at Williamsburg till late in the fall
of 1776. Then the said McClanahan was much
with said Regiment from Williamsburg to Fredericksburg
where they remained but a short time
from thence they were marched through Alexandria
to Baltimore. There they took shipping and
went to Annappolis according to his best recollection
in pursuit as it was there said of Tories who
were said to be embodied on the Eastern 
Shore of Maryland, but found no Tories.
They were thence marched to New Castle
on Delaware River said to be about five
miles from Wilmington where the Regiment
was annoculated with the Small  Pox and
remained till the spring of 1777. when it was
again marched to Philladelpha and there for
the first time furnished with clothing at the
public expense, while there he was one of the
guard to a man whose name was probably.
Dunbar who was hang  in the Subberbs of the City
for some traitoraosis crime not now recollected.
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From Philladepha the Regiment was marched 
through a little Town called Bristow
of Bristol on the Pennsylvania side of
the Delaware River opposite (if not 
misremembered) Burlington. Then across the
River to [Brunswick - crossed out] Trentown on the Jersey Shore
there to Prince Town this place the Regiment reached
not after a battle had been fought there between
the Americans & British in which it was said
General Mercer fell. After remaining here
a while they were marched to Bondbrook
near the Rareton River and which was
quite in the vicinity of the British Army
there [said to be - crossed out] posted at Brunswick and
Amboy. Here the Regiment remained but a few
days in it was march to a place called Middle
Brook at which the main Army Commanded
by Genl [General] Washington was there encamped.
This was in the latter part of the Spring or first of
the summer of 1777. - While said McClanahan
was here there were several small engagements
between Scouting parties of the British and
Americans. Some of them he was in &
some he was not. In one of them there was 
an Ensign White [attached - cross out] and perhaps 20
new attacked in a Ryefield by a party
of British Light Horse and all or nearly all
were cut to pieces together with the said officer
He was in a small fight himself in which one of the
British Guard houses was taken a Major killed
& 13 or 14 men and the ballance taken prisoners
It was here Genl [General] Morgan rendered much effective 
servise and when the British retired with their forces 
again to Brunswick & Amboy killed a great many
of them on their March. Here M. Clanahan was
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one of a file of 12 men who shot a deserter condemned
by a Court Marshall. It was not long after the British returned to Brunswick & Amboy[illegible]
[this illegible informed - crossed out] Genl [General]Washington marched 
the Army to the head of Elk but not [illegible]
knows for a few days before the army moved
he was taken with what was then called the
Camp fever which produced [illegible] on him
for some days. When he [illegible] to himself he was
informed by a soldier in whose case
he was left that the army had marched as above
stated. It was some time before he got to Philladelphia
From there as the British entered Philladelphia.
he together with other sick that were then in said
City [he - cross out] was taken to Burlington. Here having obtained
his health He was tried by a Court Marshall for bagneting [bayonetting] 
a Commissary who attempted to rescue a Butcher
[illegible] McClanahan together with another had arrested
by order of Capt [Captain]William Washington who afterward
commanded a troop of Horse in the South, for
abusive and insolent language to said Washington.
And he was honorably acquited and the said Commissary 
as he understood was discharged from the
Service. From Burlington he went to the main
Army that was there stationed at what was
called the Cross Roads of Chesnut Hill
At this place in a short time he relapsed
into the said Fever. From that time he last
his recoltion [recollection] till he found himself in Easttown 
in New Jersey. From this having got his
health he went to the main Army again
stationed at the Valley Forge and his second
enlistment being nearly expired about the first of the year 1778 he 
enlistment being now nearly expired he 
enlisted in a company of Horse Commanded by
he thinks) Capt [ Captain] William Barrett who belonged to Col {Colonel] 
Baylors Regiment for three years or during the war. one of the conditions of this en
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testment was that he was to get a furlough for three
months and $20 to bear his expenses Home. This together 
with the furlough was accordingly given him
with orders to Rendezvous again in Fredericksburg 
Virginia on the 10th of April 1778. Accordingly
he met the said Capt [Captain] Barrett in Frederickburg 
and there got the said Capt [Captain] to receive one John
Green whose Sister he had in the mean time married
in Culpeper County Virginia [as - cross out] in his (said
McClanahans) place and got from said officer
a full discharge - which discharge was burnt
in the burning of his father (William McClanahan)
House in Culpeper some few years after. Here
ended his Revolutionary services except a short
tour of Militia duty performed afterwards in
North Carolina when Genl [General] Green was retreating
on into Virginia before Cornwallis under
Capt [Captain] James Ward and in a Regiment command
ed by Col [Colonel] Luston.  He went into the service
from Bottetort, County Virginia when he there
lived. He was in two skirmishes with the British
on this tour. One at the Allemants River
and the other at the Rudy fork of Haw River
His first enlistment in the said Regt {Regiment]
commanded as aforesa [aforesaid] by Col [Colonel] Henry was
for 12 months. The next when he entered
the 2nd Virginia Regt [Regiment] Commanded by Col [Colonel]
Spottswood as aforesa [aforesaid] was for two years and
that in said Baylors Regt [Regiment] for three year or
during the War. In conformity with all
of which he served about Three years.
From said Bottetort County Virginia. He moved
 to Montgomery County - From thence to 
Kentucky in 1788 and settled in what is now called
Bourbon County [cross out] and shared largely in the
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Indian War which there & for some time of
was carried on in the west. He was in the
battle at Harmers defeat at the Maumer
Towns. Belonging to the immediate command
of Capt [Captain] David Sharp who together with eve [every]
man of his company was killed in the
engagement except the said McClanahan
and  seven or eight others. He was a Spy in the expedition 
of Genl [General] Wayne under the immediat [immediate]
Command of Genl [General] Charles Scott from
Kentucky 1793 From Bourbon he moved to
Logan County and settled in that part
which since constitutes a part of the said
Simpson County about the 1803 and in
that part he has lived ever since
He has now little or no property a wife &
Small Children living with him having
had in all 20 & as much as any man
needs a pension. He relinquishes hereby
every claim whatever to a pension or annuity 
except the present and declare
that his name is not on the pension 
roll of any state whatever
Sworn to and subscribed the day &
year aforesaid
Thos M Clanahan
We William Lame a clergyman residing in
the County of Simpson and State of Kentucky
and Henry Stratton residing in the same
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted 
with Thomas McClanahan who has subscribed and
Sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him
to be about Eighty years of age, that he is reputed
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and believed in the neighborhood where he [living cross out]
resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and
that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforsr [aforesaid]
[And the said - cross out]
Henry Stratton
William Lowe
And the said Court do hereby declare their
 opinion after the investigation of the matter and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War of
Department, that the above named applicant
was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he
States. And the court further certifies, that
it appears to them that William Lowe
who has signed the proceeding certificate, is a
Clergyman, resident in the said County of Simpson
and that Henry Stratton who has signed
the same is a resident in the same County and is a
credible person and that their statement is entitled 
to credit.
J. M. Robertson J.P.C.C.
Kentucky, Simpson County SS
I John L. Moore Clerk of the County Court of
Simpson County Kentucky do hereby certify that 
the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of Thomas
McClanahan for a Pension. In testimony whereof, I
have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office, this
10th day of September [1832 - cross out] and in the year of our
Lord Eighteen Hundred and thirty two.
Jno  Moore Clk
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[upside down notation}
T. McClanahan decd. [deceased]

State of Kentucky
Simpson County Scl.}

On this 18th day of March 1833
personally appeared in open Court before 
the County Court of said County
now sitting Thomas McClanahan a resident citizen of
Said County and made the following Statement as amendatory to the foregoing declaration in order to obtain the benefit 
of the act of Congress passed June 7th1832. and as in
answer to the 1st 2nd and 7th Interogatories prescribed by
the war department (to wit)
In answer to the 1st Interogatory "Where & in what year were you born"
He saith He has learned from his parents & others he was born in
Westmoreland County Virginia in the year 1753.
In answer to Interogatory 2nd. "Have you any record of your age & if so where
is it [illegible] He saith He hath no record of his age
And in answer to the 7th Interogatory, He states
John L. Moore J. K. Goodwin J. W. Moore Hy: Stratton
and divers other he is well known to in his neighbourhood
and he believes they will testify favourably as
this Character for veracity and of their belief that
he rendered services as a soldier of the Revolution
Sworn to in open Court
attest   Jno X Moore Clk
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State of Kentucky, Sampson County Sct.
I John L Moore, Clerk of the County Court of Simpson
aforesaid do certify that the foregoing amendatory statements
made on the 18th March 1833. and which are endorsed on
the original application of Thomas McClanahan for a
pension, contain the original proceedings of the said Court
so made on the 18th March 1833 in the matter of the
application of Thomas McClanahan for a pension
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set
my hand and seal of office, this 20th
day of March 1833
Jno L Moore Clk

[Seal and ribbon present on left lower corner of document]
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State of Kentucky - Bourbon County Set
This day personally appeared before
me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesd. [aforesaid]
William Thomas aged ninety two years & being first duly
sworn made the following statement of facts. That Thomas
McClanahan, who has made a declaration before the Simpson
County Court in order to obtain a pension under the
act of Congress passed June 7 th1832 is personally known
to him that said McClanahan is now presents that
he has known him since the year 1773 that from that
period & during the Revolution war the father of said
McClanahan & said Thomas lived neighbors to each
other, said McClanahan's father living in the edge of
Culpepper County & said Thomas in the edge of Faquier,
the distance between the two houses not being at
greater distance than two miles. The said Thomas states
that he knows that said Thomas McClanahan in the
year 1775 in the fall of the year entered the service of
the United States under Capt. [Captain] John Green for the Term
of one year. That said McClenahan served out the
year & afterwards in the latter part of the fall of 1776
the knows that he was in the service of the United
State in the 2nd Regiment; said Thomas saw him at
Williamsburg; Thomas at that time acting as Wagon
Master in the 3rd Regiment under the command of Colonel
Marshall. He did not see said McClanahan untill
the year 1778 when he returned home from the
North. He is satisfied that McClanahan was in
the service till that time, as he had [the - cross out] good means
of knowing, Said Thomas further states that he saw & read
the discharge which said McClanahan, got from Capt [Captain]
William Barrett, in Col Washington's troop of Horse And
further this deponent saith not.   [Stamped] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES   William Thomas
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Bourbon County Set.
State of Kentucky
The within Deposition of William Thomas
was this day taken subscribed & sworn to before me
a Justice of the peace in & for sd [said] County and I do further
certify that said Thomas is a credible person & that
his statements are entitled to credit. Witness my
hand & seal this 3rd day of April 1833
Robert Scrogin

State of Kentucky Bourbon County for
I Thomas P. Smith Clerk of
the Court for the County aford [aforesaid] do certify that Robert
Scroggin Esq whose certificate is above is now & was at
the time of giving such certificate an acting Justice
of the peace in & for sd [said] County duly commissioned &
Sworn & that his signature is genuine In [Testimony]
of which I have hereto set my hand
& seal of Office this 3rd day of
April 1833
Tho. P. Smith Clk
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May 8, 1931.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MMHF : ILL

Mrs. Charles Breckenridge Faris
4469 Westminster Place
Saint Louis, Missouri

Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 1052, that Thomas McClanahan
(or McLanahan) was born in 1753 in Westmoreland County, Virginia,
and was reared in Fauquier and Culpeper Counties, Virginia. He
was the son of William McLanahan who, during the Revolution, was 
a resident of Culpeper County, Virginia.

He enlisted in the summer or autumn of 1775 and served
twelve months as private under Captains John Green and Richard Taylor
in Colonel Patrick Henry's Virginia Regiment.

He enlisted in 1776 and served two years in Captain Francis
Taylor's Company, Colonel Alexander Spottswood's Regiment and was
in several engagements near Middle Brook.

He enlisted early in 1778 in Captain William Barret's Company,
Colonel Baylor's regiment of horse and served until April 10, 1778.

While a resident of Botetourt County, Virginia, he afterwards
served a short tour under Captain James Wood and Colonel Preston in
the militia and was in skirmishes at the Alamance River and at Reedy
Fork of Haw River.

In 1788 he moved from Montgomery County, Virginia, to what
was later Bourbon County, Kentucky, and was in General Harmer's
Defeat at the Miami Towns under Captain David Tharp. He was also
a spy in General Wayne's expedition of 1793 under the immediate
command of General Charles Scott.

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He was allowed pension on his application executed September
10, 1832, while a resident of Simpson County, Kentucky, where he
died October 15, 1845.

Soldier married in Culpeper County, Virginia, in 1778, the
"sister of John Green", her name not stated.

He married March 1,1817 in Logan County, Kentucky, Tabitha
Williams who was allowed pension on her application executed
July 19, 1853, while living in Simpson County, Kentucky, aged
sixty-four years.

In 1832 soldier referred to seven children then living with
him, having had in all twenty. No names are stated.

Very truly yours,

E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.



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[Left Side Notation]
1932. Mar 23 hist to Col. W.P. Chamberlain
See Thomas Nornian W.26580 MCS
1932. July 23, Hist to Mrs. A.V. Flint MCS

Stewart
V.L.M.

[Middle Section]
Rev War
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1052
Tabitha McClanahan
Widow
Thomas McClane
Pri. Rev. War

Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index: - Vol. M, Page 17
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[Right Side Notations]
1907 Nov. 29. Hist. to J.A
1909 Mch. 10 Hist to Mrs
E.A.S. Bush L.L.M.
Letter in S. F. 5742)
1909 Dec. 14 J.A. Stewart advised
he has furnished mil. hist. as
above not. The practice of
[illegible] to form & more than one
copy.
1909 Dec 27 Hist to Hon
Swagar Shirley.
1910 Jany 20 Hon. Swagar
Sherley that name of soldiers wife
to whom married in 1778 is
not stated. V.L.M.
1911 Feby 28 Hist. to Mrs
Masie Jones Ragan V.L.M.
1921 June 16 Hist to Mrs. J.B. Harvey
1925. Feb - 9 - Hist. to Mrs. J. M. T. Matthews
MM [illegible}
1931 - Jan 24 - Hist to Mrs. J. S.
Bordevellans.
1931 - Hist to Anna Mc. C. Farris. SLL.
1931 Dec. 2 hist to Mrs
A. E. McClanahan, See letter
in Clus.. Jas. Trousdale. W.4525 MCS.
Page 28

S
33.771

Neo Ames
Page 29

Pension Off,[Office]
24 Oct./53
Sir
Please Certify the time to
which the within named pension
was paid, or the Date of his death.
Very Respectfully,
L P Waldo
[illegible cross out] Commissioner.
Thomas McClanahan
Act 1832 - $80.00 p annum
Paid to 4th Sept. 1845, no
date of death on our
Books
F. Burns
Auditor.
Francis Burt Esqr.
Third Auditor. Tuan[illegible]}
Page 30

15" Oct., 45, Rec: Ev;
"Boyntton"
Page 31

Oct,19th 1785
No 3414
Appl of Tabitha McClanahan
wid: of Thomas.
Simpson Co}
Ky:
Act/53
Rev;
$80 per An - 
com - Feby. 3d. 1853.
Jno: S. Edwards.
Present


[Right Side Label]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSI [BUSINESS]
Commi
Page 32

Will the Court of Pensions again notify the
Pension Agent at Louisville Ky that a certificate
of Pension was Send to Mrs T McClanahan on
26 Oct 1853-
Page 33

Seven small 
pieces [upside down]


Seven small 
pieces
Page 34

is the Certificate
payable at
Nashvile Ten.
Page 35

Brief in the case of Tabiatha McClanahan wid: of Thomas
Simpson County and State of Kentucky
act 3d Feby: 1853,

Claim, ("original," [or "for increase" - crossed out])
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 7"June 1832
Record evidence of Marriage.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Jno: S. Edwards. Esqr
Present,
Name and residence of Agent
J.C. Boytone,
Examining Clerk.
Page 36

L. J. Fleming
to} Certificate
Th. McClanahan
Page 37

State of Kentucky,
Scott County, Sct.

Personally appeared before me a Justice of the
peace in and for said County Leonard J. Fleming,
aged Seventy years on the sixteenth day of June
neat, of Woodford County Kentucky and made
oath to the following facts Viz. That he was a
Volunter in Colonel McClanahans regiment and
Some days before the battle of Guilford he very
distinctly recollects to have seen Thomas McClanahan
in the militia service and the deponent thinks
he belonged to Captn [Captain] Woods's company of militia
from the County of Boltstowel State of Virginia
Given under his own hand this 11th day of April
1833.
Leonard T. Fleming Sen'.

State of Kentucky
Scott County Section
I James Patterson a Justice of the peace in and
for sd [said] County do certify that Leonard J Fleming
Personally appeared before me the subscriber and
made oath to the foregoing facts relative to the
Services of Thomas McClanahan in the revolutionary 
war I further certify that the said
Leonard J Fleming is personally known to me
and that he is a good citizen of this vicinage
and a witness entitled to entire credit
Given under my hand and seal in the
sd [said] County this 11th day of April 1833
 James Patterson J.P.  Seal

State of Kentucky
Scott County Sct
I Ben B Ford Clerk of the Court for the
County aforesaid do certify that James Patterson in before
whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been made
was at the time of taking the Same and now is one 
of the Acting Justices of the peace in and for the
County aforesaid that his Signature is Jenuine
and full faith and credit is and of right
ought to be given to all his offical acts
Page 38

as well within as witheal this Comwealth
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
Subscribed my name and [illegible] the
Seal of the said County to be
affixed at my Office the 10th
day of April 1833
AM Ben B Fordells
Page 39

Statement of
Julius Gibbs
Page 40

State of Kentucky
Scott County Sct [Section]
Apl [April] 8th 1833 - 

Personly appeard before me Andrew Johnson a Justice
of the peace in and for the County afforesaid
Julius Gibbs and made oath to the following
facts that Some time in the first of September
1775 he was acquainted with Thomas McClanahan
In the Revolutionary War in the company of Capt [Captain]
John Green of Culpepper Virginia in the first
Virginia Regt Commanded by Patrick Henry and
afterwards by Col Cristy and Said Thomas
Mc Claanahan Surved one year and was
Honorably discharged about the 1st of Sept
1776 to his the said Gibbses knowledge
and further this Witness sayeth not
said Gibbs is in his 80 year
Signed
Julius Gibbs

State of Kentucky
Scott County Sct
pursonly appeard before me one
of the Justices of the peace in and for
the County afforesaid Justus Gibbs an old
Respectable Citizen and made oath to the
foregoin Statement of facts in relation to the
Survises of Thomas McClanahan in this
Revolutionary War Given under my hand
this 8th day of Apl [April] 1833
Andrew Johnson JPC
Page 41

State of Kentucky
Bull County Sct

I Ben B Ford Clerk
of the Court for the County aforesaid do certify that
Andw [Andrew] Johnson [illegible] before whom the foregoing affidavit
of Julius Gibbs purports to have been taken was
at the time of taking said affidavit and now is 
One of the of the Justices of the peace in and
for Said County that his Signature is Jenuine

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
Subscribed my name and coined the
Seal of the said County to be affixed
at my office in Georgetown the
11th day of April 1833 and 41st
Year of the Comweath

AM Ben B Fordells
Page 42

Statement of 
A Stapp
Page 43

State of Kentucky
Scott County Sct}
Apl 8th 1833-
Pursonly appeard [before] me A Johnson one of the Justices of the peace for the County
afforesaid Achillias Stapp aged 78 the 3d of
Next December and made Oath that he
was acquainted with Thomas McCanahan in
the year of 1777- at Middle Brook in the
State of New Jersey - Said Stapp States
he saw said McClanahan shoot a man
under a suitance of a Court Martial for
desutring [deserting] his post at Peola and giving the
Countersign to the British at that time the
said McCanahan was a soldier in Capt
Frank Taylors Company 2d Virginia Regt in
the Revolutionary War as for the time
of his Inlistmen [enlistment] or discharge said
Stapp knows nothing of
Signed
his
Achillas X Stapp
his mark

Scott County Sct [Section]
Pursonly appeard before me
A Johnson one of the Justices of the peace
for the County afforesaid Achillas
Stapp and made oath to the foregoing
Statement of facts in Relation to the
Survises of Thomas McClanahan in the
Revolutionary War Mr Stapp is an old
and a Respetable man Given under
my hand this 8th day of Apl 1833
A Johnson JPC
Page 44

State of Kentucky
Scott County Sct [Section]

I Ben B Ford clerk of
the Court for the County aforesaid do certify that
Andw [Andrew]Johnson before whom the foregoing affidavit
of Achilles Stapp purports to have been taken
was at the time of taking the same and now
is one of the acting Justices of the peace in and
for the County aforesaid and that his Signature
is Jenuine
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto
Subscribed my name and coined the
Seal of the County to be affixed at
my office in Georgetown the 11th
day of April 1833 and 41st
Year of the Comwealth
AM Ben B Fordells
Page 45


[Far Left Side of Document]
Hon R. M. Johnson

[Middle of Document]
Place this man on the 
West Tennessee ages
from 1775 [illegible]
3 years $80.

[Right Side of Document]
[illegible]
Mrs Johnson
Col James L. Edwards
Pension Case
City of Washington
Page 46

The applicant in this case has
double as much proof as is
required or is necessary. He is
an old friend & acquaintance
& has been Known to me
upwards of 30 years & he
has removed to Green River
& wishes his certificate to [illegible]
payable in Tennessee.  Send
me the Certificate of Pension
as soon as possible & obbyr
Rhen Johnson

J B. the old gentleman will
remain in this neighbourhood 
till get his Certificate
R
Page 47

Danl. [Daniel] Barber
To} Certificate
Thos. [Thomas] McClanahan
Page 48

State of Kentucky
Mercer County Sct [Section]

Personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in
and for Said County Daniel Barber of Danville Kentucky
and made Oath to the following facts viz - that on
the 2nd day of September 1775 Thomas McClanahan (then
called Tom Clanagin) enlisted in the Company commanded
by Captain John Green of Culpepper County Virginia
for one year, in the first Virginia Regiment Commanded
by Patrick Henry; he knows of his own knowledge
That said McClanahan Served in Said Company until
the latter part of July following, he Barber, having then been
called to the North- and knows nothing further of his Services
Said Barber further states, that his own age will 
be should he live until the 30th day of July 1833, Seventy
Six years - given under his own hand this 27th day of
March 1833
Dan Barber

State of Kentucky
Mercer County Sct. [Section]

I M. G. Lance a Justice of the peace in and for said
County do Certify That Daniel Barber personally 
appeared before me - subscribed and made Oath
to the forgoing facts, relative to the service of Thomas
McClanhan in the Revolutionary War - I further 
Certify that the said Danl. [Daniel] Barber is personally known
to me, and that he is a Good Citizen of This place and  
a creditable witness [illegible cross- out]
Given under my hand
and Seal in Danville Ky. [Kentucky] This 27th day of March
1833 - 
M.G. Lance J.P. Seal
Page 49

State of Kentucky   Mercer County Sct} [Section}

I Thomas Allen Clerk of the Court for the
County afsd [aforesaid] do Certify that Michael G Gorice Esq whose
name is Subscribed to the written Certificate is an
acting Justice of the Peace and one of the Judges
of the Mercer County Court in and for the County
afsd. [aforesaid] duly Commissioned and qualified and as
Such full faith and Credit is and aught to be
given to every of his official acts as Such
In Testimony where of I have here:
unto Set my hand and affixed the
Seal of my Office at Harrisburg
this 28th day of March 1833
Tho Allen JP
Page 50

[Return Address]
Mrs. J.G. Harvey
Hanford, Wash.

[Right Sided 1cent Jefferson Stamp and Washington Cancellation]

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

[Left Stamped]
MAY 31 1921
DIVISION

[Addressee]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
D.C.
Page 51

[Return Address]
Mrs. J.B. Harvey
Hanford Wash.

[Stamped Middle of Document]
PENSION OFFICE
D
MAY
28
1921
[Right Side - Corner]
May 23 -921
Rev

Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir, Will you please inform
me whether William Book Sr. from Ky. [Kentucky]
I think Burbon Co. [County] drew a pension, Rev
also did Thomas McClanahan of Burbon
Co [County] Ky [Kentucky] draw a pension? Sincerly [Sincerely]
Mrs. J.B. Eliza Hart Harvey
Page 52

Feb. 19- 1911.
Chief of Pension Office - 
Washington, D.C.,
Dear Sir. - 
Will you please
send me a copy of the pension
papers of Thos. [Thomas] McClanahan of Simpson
Co., [County]Ky. [Kentucky] I think he applied for 
His pension Sept. [September] 10th 1832 - as a 
soldier of Revolutionary War. - 
also a copy of his wife's papers which
were executed July 19 - 1853 in Simpson
Co. [County] Ky. [Kentucky] Her name was Tabitha
Williams McClanahan.
This will greatly oblige
(Mrs.) Masie Jones Ragan
1000 Armour Blvd.
Kansas City, Mo. [Missouri]
Page 53

710 W. Wildwood Ave.,
Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
July 3, 1932.

Pensions Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs, 
I should like to have a copy of the pension papers of one Thomas or
William McClanhan, b. [born] Westmoreland Co. Va. 1753. d. [died] Simpson Co.
Ky. [Kentucky]1845.  He was a pensioner from Simpson Co. [County] in 1832.  I believe
the pensioner was Thomas McClanahan and his father William [Thomas - crossed out] although
both were Revolutionary soldiers.  I am anxious to learn the names 
of his children.
Very sincerely yours,
[signature] Alberta Minor Flint
Mrs. A.V. Flint.
Page 54

987 Crescent Drive
Riverside, California
1 - 6 - 1931

Pension Deptment [Department] Bureau
of Department of Interior
Washington DC.

[Right Side Stamped]
U.S.
PENSION
OFFICE
JAN
10
1931

Gentlemen - 
I should like any information
I may have in regard to the following
who applied for pensions for the Revolutionary war:
1.  Col. Alexander McClanahan of 7th Regt. [Regiment]
Va. [Virginia]troops 1776 - Apr. [April] 1778. He resigned 
May 13, 1778. He probably was pensioner from Pa. [Pennsylvania] I would like any family information.

2.  Thomas McClanaehan (or McClanahan)
1753 - 1845 - Enlisted 1775 under Capt.
John [cross-out] Green & Richard Taylor, Col. [Colonel]
Patrick Henry in Va. [Virginia] troops. Widow applied
for pension.  He was b. [born] Va, [Virginia] d. [died]Simpson Co. [County] Ky. [Kentucky]

My grandmother was a McClanahan and 
I am anxious for family records for D.A.R. [Daughters of the American Revolution]
Sincerely
9Mrs. JS.) Bordwell
3987 Crescent, Riverside
Page 55

[Left Side Stamped]
RECEIVED
MAR 12 1932
[ILLEGIBLE]
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION

2440 16th Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C.
March 11, 1932.

Director of Pensions,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Will you please furnish me any recoids
you may have in any wars regarding the following
individuals:

Major David Lewis, Sr., born about
1685, Hanover Co., [County] Va., [Virginia] died
August,1779, Albemarle Co.,[County] Va. [Virginia]

Capt. Thomas McClanahan, died 1809,
Burbon Co.,[County] Ky.[Kentucky]

Thomas Norman, of Virginia, Orange
Co. [County](?), born 1760, died 1838.
Served in Revolution and is believed
to have drawn a pension.

This information is desired for genealogical
purposes.

Very truly yours,
[signature] W.P, Chamberlain
W.P. Chamberlain,
Colonel, Medical Corps,
U.S. Army.
Page 56

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1ST VICE -PRESIDENT-GENERAL
MRS. A. C. FORD
CLIFTON FORGE, VA.

2ND VICE-PRESIDENT-GENERAL
MRS. CHARLES BRECKENRIDGE FARIS
4469 WESTMINSTER PLACE
ST. LOUIS, MO.

3RD VICE-PRESIDENT-GENERAL
MRS. JOHN M. WILCOX
1402 SCOTT ST., HOUSGTON, TEX.

RECORDING SECRETARY-GENERAL
MRS. W.E. MASSEY
738 QUAPAW AVE., HOT SPRINGS, ARK.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY-GENERAL
MRS. FRANKLIN L. EXZELL
1200 MAIN ST. LUESBURG. FLA.

[Document heading - Right Side]

TREASURE-GENERAL
MRS. GEO. DISMUKES
1409 CHICKASHA, AVENUE
BOX859, CHICKASHA, OKLAHOMA

HISTORIAN-GENERAL
MISS MARION SALLEY
ORANGERBURG, S.C.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL
MRS. ALBERT SIDNEY PORTER
14728 CLIFTON BLVD.
LAKEWOOD, OHIO

CUSTODIAN OF CROSSES OF HONOR AND SERVICE
MRS. JOHN W. GOODWIN
"THE CLOVERLY' SCHOOL LANE
GERMANTOWN, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

CUSTODIAN OF FLAGS AND PENNANTS
MRS. CHARLES GRANGER
4332 CARONDELET ST.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.

[Center Heading]
[flag insignia]
United Daughters of the Confederacy
PRESIDENT-GENERAL
MRS. L. M. BASHINSKY
TROY, ALABAMA

War Dept - U.S. Govt. 
Pension Dept.
Washington D.C. 
[Stamped]
REVOLUTIONARY [illegible]
SECTION
APR 3 1931
[ILLEGIBLE]

My dear Sir.
Will you kindly send me a copy
of Pension paper of Thomas McClanahan
#1052 Revolutionary soldier.
Thanking you very much
for an early reply. I am
Very truly
Arma McClanahan Faris

March 31, 1931
Page 57

807 South Limestone,
Lexington, Kentucky.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

My dear sir:
Thomas Strother McClanahan born inCulpeper county Va, 1758 served in the War
of the American Revolution, did he receive a pension, if so please send me his services
and any data. I also would like to know if you have any record of services for Joseph
Ringo, who perhaps enlisted in N.C. [North Carolina] or Va., [Virginia] but who was born in N.J. [New Jersey] March 17, 1763, and died
in Kentucky after 1810.

Very truly yours,
J.M.T.M.
Mrs. J.M. Turner Matthews, State Consulting Registrar. N.S.D.A.R.


[Bottom Stamped]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
JAN
15
1925
Page 58

[Document Heading Left Side]
SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
JAMES A. TAWNEY, MINN., CHAIRMAN.
HENRY H, BINGHAM, PA.
WALTER P. BROWNLOW, TENN.
WASHINGTON GARDNER, MICH.
FREDERICK H. GILLETT, MASS.
WALTER I. SMITH, IOWA
JOSEPH V. GRAFF, ILL.
J WARREN KEIFER, OHIO'HOWARD M. SNAPP, ILL.
EDWARD L. TAYLOR. JR., OHIO
GEORGE R. MALBY, N.Y. 
JAMES C. COURTS, CLERK.
 FRED P. FELLOWS.
MARCELLUS C. SHIELD.} ASSISTANT CLERKS.

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 
WASHINGTON, D.C.

January 17th, 1910.
Hon. J.L. Davenport,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir,
I shall be greatly indebted if you will kindly furnish
me with a copy of the original pension paper of Thomas McClanahan, 
a revolutionary war soldier, which paper was executed I think on
September 10th, 1832, while he was a resident of Simpson County,
Kentucky.  What I am particularly anxious to find out is the name
of his first wife, "the sister of John Green'.
Your prompt attention will greatly oblige,
Yours very truly,
Svagar Sherley.
Page 59

[Document Heading Left Side]
SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
JAMES A. TAWNEY, MINN., CHAIRMAN.
HENRY H, BINGHAM, PA.
WALTER P. BROWNLOW, TENN.
WASHINGTON GARDNER, MICH.
FREDERICK H. GILLETT, MASS.
WALTER I. SMITH, IOWA
JOSEPH V. GRAFF, ILL.
J WARREN KEIFER, OHIO'HOWARD M. SNAPP, ILL.
EDWARD L. TAYLOR. JR., OHIO
GEORGE R. MALBY, N.Y.
JAMES C. COURTS, CLERK.
FRED P. FELLOWS.
MARCELLUS C. SHIELD.} ASSISTANT CLERKS.

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WASHINGTON, D.C.

December 21st, 1909.
Hon. J.L. Davenport,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir,
I shall be greatly indebted if you will kindly furnish me
at your earliest convenience with an abstract of the pension papers 
of one Thomas McClanahan, a soldier in the revolutionary War; also
the pension papers of Tabitha Williams McClanahan, his widow. I 
understand she made application for pension during July of the year
1853.
Thanking you for your courtesy in this matter, I beg
to remain,
Yours very truly,
Swagar Sherley
Page 60

[Left Corner of Document]
J.A. STEWART, PRESIDENT
R.V. CHEATHAM, VICE PREST.
J.D. AUGUSTUS, SEC & TREAS.

[Right Corner of Document]
CABLE ADDRESS "CESCO"LOUISVILLE
TELEPHONES{ HOME 8221
{CUMB SOUTH 1646-Y

[Center Heading]
CHEATHAM ELECTRIC SWITCHING DEVICE CO.
INCORPORATED
MANUFACTURERS AND OWNERS OF
CHEATHAM PATENTS, IN UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN, GERMANY AND FRANCE.
LOUISVILLE, KY.  [Right: initialed]

[left - notation] Rev.
Dec. 2nd.1909.
Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C. Record, Dep't. [Department]
Gentlemen:-
Will you please give me a copy of the Pension 
papers of Tabitha Williams McClenahan, widow of Thomas 
McClanahan a Revolutionary War Soldier of Simpson Co. Ky.
She was allowed a pension on an application executed July
19th,1853, while a resident of Simpson Co. [County] Ky. [Kentucky]

I am unable to get a copy of this form Simpson co.
Ky. on account of the Court House having been burned there several
years ago and there are no records left.
Yours very truly,
J.A. Stewart.

[Stamped]
U.S.
PENSION
OFFICE
A
DEC
4
1909
Page 61

SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS
IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR.
LOUISVILLE.

November 19, 1907.

Hon. V. Warner,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-
I should like very much to have some information, for family
and genealogical purposes, concerning Thomas. McClanahan, private of
the Virginia line, who drew pension April 25th 1833 of $80.00 at
the age of 80, who resided in Simpson County, Kentucky at that time.
He was a pensioner under the act of June 7th 1832.
I would like very much to know,
The Pensioners service?
The place of enlistment?
The officer under whom he served?
His residence at the time of making application?
Also date of application for pension
Thanking you in advance for this information, I beg to remain,
Yours very truly,
J Adger Stewart
[Stamped]
U.S.
PENSION 
OFFICE
NOV
21
1907
Page 62

Record Division.
December 14, 1909.

Mr. J. A. Stewart,
Cheatham Electric Switching Device Co.
Louisville, Kentucky.

Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 2"" and received the 4"" instant,
you are advised that a certified statement of the service of Thomas McClanahan, Wid. File No. 1,052, Revolutionary War, was furnished you November
29, 1907.
It is not the practice of this Bureau to furnish more than one such
statement to each person.
Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
Page 63

January 20, 1910,

Hon. Swagar Sherley,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Sherley:

In reply to your letter dated the 17th and received
the 19” instant, I have the honor to advise you that in the claim of
Thomas McClanahan, Wid. File No. 1,052, Revolutionary War, the name of
soldier's wife to whom he was married in 1778, is not stated, she is
referred to only as "the sister of John Green" as you are advised in a
letter dated December 27, 1909.
Owing to the lack of clerical force available for such a purpose,
this bureau is unable to furnish full copies of the papers on file in a
Revolutionary War pension claim but any person designated by you will 
be allowed to examine and copy said papers.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Page 64

December 27, 1909.

Hon. Swager Sherley,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Sherley:
In reply to your letter dated the 21"" and received the
23"" instant, I have the honor to advise you that in the claim, Wid. File
No. 1,052, Revolutionary War, it appears that Thomas McClanahan, the son
of William McClanahan, was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia in 1753,
and raised in Fauquier and Culpeper Counties, Virginia. He enlisted in
the Summer or Autumn of 1775, and served twelve months as a private under
Captains John Green and Richard Taylor, in Colonel Patrick Henry's Virginia
regiment, Enlisted [crossout - early] in 1776, and served two years in Captain
Francis Taylor's company, Colonel Alexander Spottswood's regiment, Enlisted
early in 1778 in Captain William Barrett's company, Colonel Baylor's
regiment of Horse, and served until April 1778, when he procured a substitute. 
He afterwards served a short tour under Captain James Wood and Colonel
Preston in the Militia. He was in skirmishes at the Alamance River
and at the Reedy Fork of Haw River and in several others. In 1778 he
moved to Kentucky and was in General Harmer's defeat at the Miami towns,
under Captain David Tharp. He was also a spy in General Wayne's Expedition
of 1793 under the immediate command of General Charles Scott.
Page 65

File No. 1,052, - - 2

He was allowed pension on an application executed September 10, 1832,
while a resident of Simpson County, Kentucky.
In 1778 he married, in Culpeper County, Virginia, "the sister of John
Green", her name is not stated. On March 1, 1817 he married Tabitha Williams, and died October 15, 1845. She was allowed pension on an application
executed July 19, 1853 while a resident of Simpson County, Kentucky,
aged sixty-four years.
In 1832 the soldier refers to seven children then living with him,
having had in all twenty. No names are stated.
Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
Page 66

January 24, 1931

Mrs. J. S. Bordwell
3987 Crescent Drive
Riverside, California
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MMHF: MLB

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 1052, that Thomas McClanahan
(or McLanahan) was born in 1753 in Westmoreland County, Virginia,
and was reared in Fauquier and Culpeper Counties, Virginia.
He was the son of William McLanahan who during the Revolution
was a resident of Culpeper County, Virginia.

He enlisted in the summer or autumn of 1775 and served twelve
months as private under Captain John Green and Richard Taylor
in Colonel Patrick Henry's Virginia regiment.

He enlisted in 1776 and served two years in Captain Francis
Taylor's company, Colonel Alexander Spottswood's regiment and
was in several engagements near Middle Brook.

He enlisted early in 1778 in Captain William Barret's company,
Colonel Baylor's regiment of horse and served until April 10, 1778.

While a resident of Botetourt County, Virginia, he afterwards
served a short tour under Captain James Wood and Colonel Preston
in the militia and was in skirmishes at the Alamance River and at
Reedy Fork of Haw River.

In 1788 he moved from Montgomery County, Virginia to what
was later Bourbon County, Kentucky, and was in General Harmer's
Defeat at the Miami Towns under Captain David Tharp. He was also
a spy in General Wayne's expedition of 1793 under the immediate
command of General Charles Scott.
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He was allowed pension on his application executed September
10, 1832, which a resident of Simpson County, Kentucky, where he
died October 15, 1845.

Soldier married in Culpeper County, Virginia in 1778, the
sister of John Green", her name not stated.

He married March 1, 1817 in Logan County, Kentucky, Tabitha
Williams who was allowed pension on her application executed
July 19, 1853, while living in Simpson County, Kentucky, aged
sixty-four years.

In 1832 soldier referred to seven children then living with
him, having had in all twenty. No names are stated.

The above noted is the only soldier named Thomas McClanahan
found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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July 22, 1932

BA-J/MCS
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Thomas McClanahan
W. 1052

Mrs. A. V. Flint
710 W. Wildwood Avenue
Fort Wayne
Indiana

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of July 3 requesting information
in regard to Thomas McClanahan, a Revolutionary War
soldier and pensioner.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in
the pension claim, W. 1052, based upon the Revolutionary War
service of Thomas McClanahan.

He was born in 1753 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, and
was reared in Fauquier and Culpeper Counties, Virginia. He was
the son of William McClanahan who was a resident of Culpeper
County, Virginia, during the Revolution.

Thomas McClanahan enlisted in the summer or autumn of 1775
and served twelve months as private under Captains John Green and
Richard Taylor in Colonel Patrick Henry's Virginia Regiment. He
enlisted in 1776 and served two years in Captain Francis Taylor's
Company, Colonel Alexander Spotswood's Regiment and was in several
engagements near Middle Brook. He enlisted early in 1778 in Captain
William Barret's Company in Colonel Baylor's Regiment of Horse and
served until April 10, 1778. While a resident of Botetourt County,
Virginia, he afterwards served a short tour under Captain James
Wood and Colonel Preston in the militia and was in skirmishes on
the Alamance River and on Reedy Fork of Haw River,

In 1788 he moved from Montgomery County, Virginia, to what
was later Bourbon County, Kentucky, and was in General Harmer's Defeat
at the Miami Towns under Captain David Tharp. He also was a
spy in General Wayne's expedition of 1793 under the immediate command
of General Charles Scott,
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He was allowed pension on his application executed September
10, 1832, while a resident of Simpson County, Kentucky, where he died
October 15, 1845.

The soldier married in Culpeper County, Virginia, in 1778,
the " sister of John Green", her name not given.

He married March 1, 1817, in Logan County, Kentucky, Tabitha
Williams.

As the widow of Thomas McClanahan, said Tabitha, was allowed
pension on her application executed July 19, 1853, while living in
Simpson County, aged sixty-four years.

In 1832 the soldier stated that he had seven children then
living with him and that he had had twenty children; their names
not given.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section

February 9, 1925

Mrs. J. M. T. Matthews
807 South Limestone
Lexington, Ky.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim W. 1052 it appears
that Thomas McClanahan (or McLanahan ) was born in
1753 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, and was raised
in Fauquier and Culpeper Counties, Virginia. He was
the son of William McLanahan who during the Revolution
was a resident of Culpeper County, Virginia.

He enlisted in the summer or autumn of 1775 and
served twelve months as a private under Captain John
Green and Richard Taylor in Colonel Patrick Henry's
Virginia Regiment.

He enlisted in 1776 and served two years in Captain
Francis Taylor's Company, Colonel Alexander Spottswood's Regiment and was in several engagements near Middle
Brook.

He enlisted early in 1778 in [Cross-out - Colonel] Capt. [Captain] William Bar-
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ret's  [Barret's] Company, Colonel Baylor's Regiment of Horse
and served until April 1778.
While a resident of Botetourt County, Virginia
he afterwards served a short tour under Captain
James Wood and Colonel Preston in the militia and was
in skirmishes at the Alamance River and at Reedy Fork
of Haw River.
In 1788 he moved from Montgomery County, Virginia
to what was later Bourbon County, Kentucky and was in
General Harmer's Defeat at the Miami Towns under Captain 
David Tharp. He was also a spy in General Wayne's
Expedition of 1793 under the immediate command of General
Charles Scott.
He was allowed pension on his application executed 
September 10, 1832 while a resident of Simpson County,
Kentucky where he died October 15, 1845.
Soldier married in Culpeper County, Virginia in
1778 the sister of John Green", her name not stated.
He married March 1, 1817 in Logan County, Kentucky,
Tabitha Williams who was allowed pension on her appli-
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cation [application] executed July 19, 1853 while living in
Simpson County, Kentucky aged sixty-four years.
In 1832 soldier referred to seven children then
living with him, having had in all twenty. No names
are stated.
The above noted is the only soldier named Thomas
McClanahan found on the Revolutionary War records
of this Bureau.

Respectfully,

Acting Commissioner.
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March 23, 1932
BA-J/MCS

Colonel W. P. Chamberlain
2440 16th Street, N. W.
Washington 
D. C.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request
information in regard to Major David Lewis who was born about
1685 and died in 1779, and Captain Thomas McClanahan and Thomas
Norman,
This office has no record of service rendered in the
colonies prior to the Revolution, hence no record of David
Lewis above mentioned.
The records of Thomas McClanahan and Thomas Norman are
furnished herewith.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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March 23, 1932
BA-J/MCS

Colonel W. P. Chamberlain
2440 16th Street, N.W.
Washington 
D. C.

Dear Sir:

The data which follow are obtained from papers on file
in the pension claim, W. 1052, based upon the Revolutionary War
service of Thomas McClanahan, the only soldier by that
name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this
office.

Thomas McClanahan was born in 1753 in Westmoreland
County, Virginia, and was reared in Fauquier and Culpeper
Counties, Virginia. He was the son of William McClanahan,
who, during the Revolution, was a resident of Culpeper County,
Virginia.

He enlisted in the summer or autumn of 1775 and served
twelve months as private under Captains John Green and Richard
Taylor in Colonel Patrick Henry's Virginia Regiment.

He enlisted in 1776 and served two years in Captain
Francis Taylor's Company, Colonel Alexander Spotswood's
Regiment and was in several engagements near Middle Brook,

He enlisted early in 1778 in Captain William Barret's
Company in Colonel Baylor's Regiment of Horse and served until
April 10, 1778,

While a resident of Botetourt County, Virginia, he afterwards 
served a short tour under Captain James Wood and Colonel
Preston in the militia and was in skirmishes on the Alamance
River and on Reedy Fork of Haw River.
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In 1788 he moved from Montgomery County, Virginia, to
what was later Bourbon County, Kentucky, and was in General
Harmer's Defeat at the Miami Towns under Captain David Tharp.
He was also a spy in General Wayne's expedition of 1793 under the immediate command of General Charles Scott,

He was allowed pension on his application executed
September 10, 1832, while a resident of Simpson County,
Kentucky, where he died October 15, 1845,

Soldier married in Culpeper County, Virginia, in 1778,
the sister of John Green, her name not given.

He married March 1, 1817, in Logan County, Kentucky,
Tabitha Williams.

As the widow of Thomas McClanahan, she was allowed pension
on her application executed July 19, 1853, while living in
Simpson County, aged sixty-four years.

In 1832 the soldier stated that he had seven children
then living with him and that he had had twenty children, their
names not given.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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December 2, 1931
BA-J/MCS

Mrs. A. E. McClanahan
Nashville, Route #1
Tennessee

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of November 11, 1931, requesting
information in regard to soldiers of the Revolution.

The data which follow are obtained from papers on file
in the pension claim, W. 1052, based upon the Revolutionary War
service of Thomas McClanahan, the only soldier by that name that
is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Thomas McClanahan was born in 1753 in Westmoreland County,
Virginia, and was reared in Fauquier and Culpeper Counties,
Virginia. He was the son of William McLanahan who, during the
Revolution, was a resident of Culpeper County, Virginia.

He enlisted in the summer or autumn of 1775 and served
twelve months as private under Captains John Green and Richard
Taylor in Colonel Patrick Henry's Virginia Regiment.

He enlisted in 1776 and served two years in Captain Francis
Taylor's Company, Colonel Alexander Spotswood's Regiment and
was in several engagements near Middle Brook.

He enlisted early in 1778 in Captain William Barrets Company
in Colonel Baylor's Regiment of Horse and served until April 10,
1778.

While a resident of Botetourt County, Virginia, he afterwards
served a short tour under Captain James Wood and Colonel
Preston in the militia and was in skirmishes on the Alamance
River and on Reedy Fork of Haw River.
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In 1788 he moved from Montgomery County, Virginia, to
what was later Bourbon County, Kentucky, and was in General
Harmer's Defeat at the Miami Towns under Captain David Tharp.
He was also a spy in General Wayne's expedition of 1793 under the immediate command of General Charles Scott.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September
10, 1832, while a resident of Simpson County, Kentucky,
where he died October 15, 1845.

Soldier married in Culpeper County, Virginia, in 1778,
the " sister of John Green", her name not given.

He married March 1, 1817, in Logan County, Kentucky.
Tabitha Williams.

As the widow of Thomas McClanahan, she was allowed
pension on her application executed July 19, 1853, while
living in Simpson County, aged sixty-four years.

In 1832 the soldier stated that he had seven children
then living with him and that he had had twenty children,
their names not given.

The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford
any information in regard to a Robert Weakley.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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sion [Pension] on file in this Bureau.  Thomas McClenahan [illegible] File 1052
DATES OF
ENLISTMEN OR
APPOINTMENT
[ILLEGIBLE] 1775
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
13 mo.
RANK
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
{John Green 
Richard Taylor
COLONEL.
Patrick Henry
STATE.
Va
DATES OF
ENLISTMEN OR
APPOINTMENT
[illegible] 1776
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
2 years
Francis [illegible]

COLONEL.
Alexander Spottsman
[illegible] Baylor
DATES OF
ENLISTMEN OR
APPOINTMENT
1st [illegible] to Apr 1778
CAPTAIN.
William Barret
James [illegible]
COLONEL.
Baylor
Preston

[illegible phrase] in battle at [illegible] defeat at the
Miami Towns under rgt David Thorp was also a spy in [illegible] Waynes
[illegible] under Gen'l Charles Scottman 1793.
[illegible]

Battles engaged in, was in skirmishes at Alamance River at the Reedy Fork
 of Haw River
[illegible] engagement near Middle Brook
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Culpeper Co, Va.

Date of application for pension, Sept [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Simpson Co., Ky
Age at date of application, Born in Westmoreland Co [illegible] Died Oct 15, 1845
Was the son of William McClanahan & was married in 1778 in Culpeper Co. Va., the sister
of John Green, no name stated then married Tabitha Williams
[illegible] July 19 [illegible]

[illegible soldier to first [illegible to Seven [illegible]
Very respectfully -
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O.W. and N. Division.
3 -- 525,
[initialed] GCK

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,

Washington, D. C., Mch [illegible], 1909
[illegible]
[illegible]
Rev. 
War
Madam
In reply to your request of Feby 10th, received Feby16th
for a statement of the military history of Tomas McClanahan
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Summer or fall 1775
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
2 mos.
RANK.
Pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
{John Green
Richard Taylor
COLONEL.
Patrick Henry
STATE.
Va
John Green
Richard Taylor

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
1776
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
2 years
RANK
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Frances Taylor
William Barrett
James Wood
COLONEL.
Alexander Spottswood
Baylor
Preston
STATE.

[illegible] to Kentucky in 1788 and was in Farmer's defeat the Miami Towns
under Capt. David Thorp. was also a spy in General Waynes Expedition
under General Charles Scott in 1793.

Battles engaged in, {Skirmishes at the Alamance River and Reed Fork of Haw River
 also in Several engagements near Middle Brook

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Raised in Fauquier and Culpeper Counties Va

Date of application for pension, Sept 10 1832 This claim was allowed

Residence at date of application, Simpson Co. Ky.

Age at date of application, born in Westmoreland Co. Va in 1753, died Oct. 1845

Remarks: Soldier Son of William McClanahan, married in 1778 in Culpeper
Co. Va the sister of John Green, no name stated. Mch 1.1817 he married
Tabitha Williams who was allowed pension on an application executed
July 19, 1853 while a resident of Simpson Co Ky aged 64 years. In 1832 Soldier
refers to seven children then living with him, and so having had in all twenty
[illegible] Stated.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. E.A.S. Bush
New Orleans La
 
V. Warner
Commissioner.

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