Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2763, for Thomas Mc Clelland, North Carolina
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
Continental
N. C.
Penn

McClelland Thomas

NUMBER
S2763

CONTENTS
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4144
Pittsburgh Agency
=
Thomas McClelland
[blank] the State of Pennsylvania
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain McCarter of the Regt commanded
by Col Hartley in the Pennsylvania
line for Private Cavalry - 5 Mo - $20.83
do Inf'ry - 19 " [Mo] - 63.33
$84.16

Pa. and N. C. Line Records corrected by Feby 6, 1904 [illegible]
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh Agency
at the rate of 80 Dollars 16 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of January
1833 and sent to Hon [illegible character] T. M. T. Mckennon, 
House Reps.

Arrears to 4th of Sepr. 1832 - $126.24
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 - 42.08
$168.32

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

Recorded by Vinal Luce Clerk
Book D Vol. 2 Page 200
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No 18931
Thos. McCleland

Suspd 6 Dec. '32
Obj. 5. 16

Hon'ble T. M. T. Mckennon
Ho. of Reps

Admd.
Priv. Cavalry 5 mo. -- 20.85
" Infantry 19 " -- 63.33
$84.16

[illegible] 35
E
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BRIEF in the case of Thomas McClelland
of Washington Co. in the State of Pennsylvania
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]
3. How old is he?  75 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[Table Headings: 1. Period. - 2. Duration of Service. - 3. Rank. - 
4. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.]

1. 1n 1776 Summer - [blank] Years, 3 months, [blank] Days. - As a Private - Drafted, Capt. Paxton, Col. Porter.
2. Afterwards - [blank] Years, 9 months, [blank] Days. - " -  Capt. McCarter, Lt. Gilleland, Col. Harkley, Gen. [illegible]
3. " - [blank] Years, 3 months, [blank] Days. - " -  Officers forgotten
4. " - [blank] 1 Year, [blank] months, [blank] Days. - " - Capt. Moore, Militia 
5. " - some time volunteer in the Dragoons, when he was wounded & acted as - Lieutenant - [blank]
[end of table] 

5. In what battles was he engaged? Trenton, Germantown, Brandywine & others
Camden & Ramsours Mill, wounded in both legs
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? [blank]
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Documentary & traditionary evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Paper improperly attached

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

D. Brown
[flourish]
Examining Clerk.
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18931

Declaration of
Thomas McClelland,
Revolutionary
A Revolutionary Soldier
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act
of Congress, passed June the 7th 1832-

Pennsylvania}
Washington County ss}
On this 13th day of November A. D. 1832
personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas in and for the ^county and State aforesaid
Thomas McClelland a resident of Strabane Township, County
and State aforesaid, aged about Seventy Five, 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 paped June the 7th 1832 - That he
entered the service of the United States under the following
named officers and served as herein stated  viz:

I was born in Ireland, Sometime in the year of 1757, as
I believe from the information received from my parents, but have
no record of my age and do not know the day of the
month, or the month in which I was born.  I came to the
United States of America when I was about sixteen or seventeen 
years of age, and settled between Rock Creek and Marsh 
Creek near Gettysburgh in York County, now Adams County,
and State aforesaid; that sometime in the summer of 1776 I 
was drafted for a three months tour of militia duty,
and marched to York County where I then resided, to
Philadelphia, by the way of the valley forge, [crossed out: to Philadelphia] 
and from thence to Bergen in the State of New Jersey where 
we had an engagement with the enemy in which Col. McAllister 
was wounded and after burying our killed in an action, were
marched to Burlington and different other places in the 
State of New Jersey the detail of which I cannot now recollect,
and returned to Philadelphia, about the expiration of our
term of service, where we were discharged - I do not recollect 
that I obtained a written discharge at that time - if I did
it has been lost or mislaid.  In the above tour of duty I
was marched to Philadelphia under Captn. Paxton. a Col. [Porter]
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[Col.] Porter having the command of the detachment that went from 
York County.  As I have stated before we were drafted
for three months, and served out the whole of the time. 
After my discharge as above, I enlisted to serve a tour
of nine months in the flying camp under Captain
George McCarter, the Lieutenant was of the name of
William Gilliland the names of the other officers I cannot
recollect - Col. Harkley was the commandant of the Regiment 
and we were under the command of Gen'l Putnam; 
we were marched up the Delaware River into the State 
of New Jersey after having been in Bucks County, Pa, for
some time; we were at a place in Jersey called [illegible] 
and during the service of said enlistment or term, was
in several small skirmishes or engagements.  I am not
able to state the particulars of any of them, my memory 
having greatly failed me, - and was also in the battles
of Trenton ^Germantown and Brandywine and in another engagement
in which a number of Hessians were taken prisoners - the 
Hessians were removed to Lancaster and from thence to
Little York.  I think John Skeekley was the first Sargeant
during the whole of this service.  At the end of my
term of service, I received a written discharge from 
Captain Gilleland, who commanded our Company after
Captain ^McCarter was taken prisoner at Long Island - this 
discharge has also been lost by me.

After the expiration of the above tour of service, 
I removed to the neighbourhood of Salisbury in Rowan 
County State of North Carolina, and there entered the service 
of the United States, as volunteer in the militia,
for a tour of three months, the names of the officers
I have entirely forgotten but think there was a Captain
Gillefalls and Col. Davison among them the first of whom
[word crossed out] was ^afterward Killed at at Ramsour's Mill.
We servedout the whole of the three months.

My next service as a soldier, was under the
command of Captain Elijah Moore as a militia
man, in the 1st Battation, the Regiment I cannot
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recollect, or the person who commanded.  I served Twelve
months at this time and was discharged near 
Bacon's Bridge in South Carolina, on the 1st of May
1782, as appears by the discharge of the said Captain
hereto annexed, for which said service I never
received any pay whatever, and have no distinct
recollection of any engagement that we were in, but I
was in the battle of Camden, whether when under Moore's 
command or not, I cannot now say.

I served for some time as a volunteer in the Dragoons
commanded by Col. Courtington probably as much as five 
or six months; was in the engagement at Ramsours's Mill, 
and had the right of Gillfalls [Gilbraith Falls] Company during the battle 
and was wounded badly in both legs below knee 
and have remained lame and crippled to this day 
from the said wound [word crossed out].  I was removed after the battle
to the house of William Stevenson in Rowan County North Carolina
and from thence was taken with others of the wounded to 
the house of Moses Potts, where we were attended by Doctor
Isaac Alexander, who extracted several shot out of my legs.  
Whilst in this service, I was also wounded [crossed out: in a skirmish]
in engagement with some of Col Tarleton's Dragoons 
near Camden and, a wound of seven inches long made 
by a Cuttlass, which should have taken my life but 
for the thickness of my Caf.  I acted as Lieutenant
in this engagement and took the right of the Company at
the request of Gillefalls, who was killed at my side having
received nine balls through his body-- I furnished my own
horse and equipment at my own expense; the horse was valued
at from $86 to $100, and was taken with others, and placed in
a feild with a guard set over them near Monks corner; 
and was taken by the British on a Sunday.  I never
received any compensation whatever from the United States
for this horse, or any part of my equipment - I have no
discharge having lost nearly all my papers; I returned to
the State of Pennsylvania after the War, and settled in York 
County and removed from thence to Huntingdon County, Pa.
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where I lived nine years. I removed to this County in the 
year 1801 and have lived within two and one half miles
Washington, the County Town, from that time to the present

To establish my services and my character for truth
I would refer to Samuel Cunningham Esqr. present Sheriff
of the County, Joseph Henderson Esqr. late Sheriff of the County
William Baird Esqr. the Hon'ble Thomas M. T. Kennon Esqr. 
John Carlson Esqr. David Morris and the Rev'd Boyd Mercer [name crossed out]
all of the Borough of Washington, who can testify to
my character for veracity and who believe that I
was a soldier of the revolution, whose Certificate 
accompany this declaration.

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present, and declare that my name
is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Thomas McClelland his mark [A]

Sworn & subscribed the}
day & year aforesaid in}
open Court.}
Thomas Officer Pro.

We Samuel Cunningham & Rev. Boyd Mercer
residing in the [crossed out: Borough of Washington,] County of Washington
and State of Penna. do hereby certify that we are well acquainted 
with Thomas McClelland of Strabane Township, County and State 
aforesaid, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing 
declaration; that we believe him to be about 75 years of age; 
that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood, where he
resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we 
concur in that opinion
Boyd Mercer
Sam' Cunningham

Sworn & subscribed in}
open Court, Novr. 13th, 1832}
[illegible]
Thomas Officer Pro.
[flourish]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, 
after the investigation of the matter and after putting
the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department
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Corain
Thomas Officer Pro.
[flourish]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter and after putting
the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department
that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier and served as he states.  And the Court
further certifies that it appears to them Rev'd Boyd 
Mercer who has signed the preceding Certificate is a 
Clergyman, resident in the County of Washington & Associate Judge and that Samuel Cunningham [phrase crossed out: - includes names Joseph Henderson, T McKennan, William Baird, John Carlson] who has signed the same is a resident of the Borough
of Washington County & State aforesaid and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Thomas Officer Prothonotary of the Court
of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of 
the application of Thomas McClelland for a 
pension.  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto hand and seal
this 13th day of Novr. A.D. 1832.

Thomas Officer, Pro.

[round seal stamped over a star-shaped paper]
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[illegible initials]
Rev.&1812 Wars Section 

November 22, 1926

Sabra O. Vandenberg
418 North Ave.,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim S. 2763 it appears that [underlined name] Thomas
McClelland was born in 1757 in Ireland, and when about sixteen
or seventeen years of age, came to America and settled between
Rock Creek and Marsh Creek near Gettysburg in what was then
York County, but later Adams County, Pennsylvania.

While a resident of York County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted
in the summer of 1776, served three months as private in Captain
Paxton's Company, Colonel Porter's Pennsylvania Regiment and
was in battle at Bergen, New Jersey.

He re-enlisted, served nine months as private in Captains
George McCarter's and Gilliland's Company, Colonel Hartley's
Pennsylvania Regiment and was in both battles of Trenton,
Brandywine and Germantown and several small skirmishes.

After this service he moved to Rowan County, North Carolina
(near Salisbury) where he enlisted, served three months as
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private in Captain Gillefalls' [Gill Falls] Company, Colonel Davison's
North Carolina Regiment, was in the battle of Ramsour's Mills,
in which he acted as Lieutenant, and where he was badly wound-
ed in both legs below the knees, was in the battle of Camden,
was also wounded by a cut on his head in an engagement with
Colonel Tarlton's Dragoons near Camden.

He enlisted, served twelve months as private in Captain
Elijah Moore's Company of the First North Carolina Battalion
and was discharged May 1, 1782.

He also stated that he served five months in Colonel Washington's 
Dragoons, twelve months more in the militia, officers
names not given, and six weeks as minute man under Lieutenants
Samuel Wason and Purviance and Captain James Purviance.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November
13, 1832 while a resident of Strabane Township, Washington County,  Pennsylvania.

There is no data on file as to his family.
The above noted is the only soldier by that name found
on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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[two-column page]

[left side]
Mch. 24, 1904 - His to
Hon. Saml. J. M. McCarrell

1920 Mar. 26 Hist. to Saml - 
J. McCarrell. [illegible initials]

1926 - Nov. 22. Hist. to Sabra O. 
Vandenberg - [illegible]

[right side]
[sideways, on the left margin] Rev War [checkmark]

2763
INVALID.
File No. 2763
Thomas McClell [illegible]
Privt Rev. War

Act: June 7 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 243

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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I do Certify that Thomas McLalin has
served Eighteen months in my Company
in the first Batallions for [illegible]
he has [illegible] No day given in Comp...
Near Barons Bridge May 1, 1792
Elijah Moore Capt,
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gentiel Men these is to dezire the favour 
of Each of you to give in to the hand of William 
Stevenson Senior the Regels bounty tickets Speci - 
[illegible] discharge and what ever belongs to
mee in any of your hands which I have inpowered 
to receive the claim from each of you
in the hands of Mr Mcmolen - for twelve 
month bounty tickets - a [illegible] of the 12
months pay and discharg for the time served
in the hands of Captain John Reed one speci 
ticket for two months service in the Light hors Service - in 
the hands of Liftenant Joseph Byens a speci ticat 
[illegible] for a touear in the Light Hors Service

a 3 week minit touear under Liftenant Samuel 
Wason a two week miniat service under liftenant 
Purvians - one week miniat service untor Coll. 
James Purvians in the hands of Robert Stevenson
[illegible] on 2-13-9 to be delivered or payed
to [crossed out: him] me - and [illegible] 3 years old in the
hands of John McCleland [word crossed out] Senior.

witness my hand this 10th of November 1783
John Stevenson
Thomas McCleland his mark [M]
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the [illegible] in a courts & sign over to
William Stevenson Senior to receive  the 
same for me to be disposed of according to 
my oarders given under my hand this 10 day 
of November 1783

John Stevenson
Thomas McCleland his mark [M]
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John Stewart
&
Wm Stevenson
affidavits
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State of North Carolina}
Iredell County}

I Abraham Simonton Clerk of the Court of Pleas P
quarter session of said County do hereby Certify 
that James Campbell before whom the foregoing 
Affidavit was made is an acting Justice of the 
Peace in and for Said County to whose official
Acts as Such due faith and Credit ought to be
had and given.  In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of my office
at Statesville the 12th day of
April 1830

[on the left, faint, round seal]

A  Simonton CCK
[flourish]
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Declaration
of
Thomas McCelland
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Pennsylvania
Washington County ss

Before me John Marshel a Justice of the peace in and for
said County personally came Thomas McClelland of the same
county who on his solemn oath by me duly administered, 
deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age and the
consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively
as to the precise length of his service, but according to the
best of his recollection he served not less than the periods
mentioned before, and in the following grades: a tour of
Militia duty for three months as first stated in his
declaration already made - A tour for nine months
in the Flying camp, as also therein stated - A tour
for three months as a Militia man in North Carolina 
A tour for one year as a Militia man under
Captain Elijah Moore as per certificate attached
dated 1 May 1782 signed by the said Elijah Moore. 
A tour of duty for at least five months as a volunteer
in the Dragoons commanded by Col. Washington in
South Carolina principally - Since the term of
making his declaration before refered to, he has 
found a paper which is hereto annexed, dated
the 10 November 1783, which paper is a power of attorney
from him the said Thomas McClelland to William
Stevenson to receive the amount therein mentioned.
And from this paper his memory is so far refreshed
as to enable him to say that his service in the Dragoons 
as before stated was at least five months - And since
the discovery of the same paper, he is enabled further to say
that in addition to the services already stated, he served
a tour for twelve months as a Militia man in South Carolina, 
the other twelve months specified in the said
writing, he thinks and believes, is embraced in his
declaration refered to.  That he served a tour for
three weeks as a minute man under Lieut. Samuel
Wason, a two week tour as a minute man under
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Lieut. Purviance, and a tour for one week as a minute
man under Captain James Purviance; for which 
services he claims a pension - In corrobation
of the affidavit now made by the said Thomas 
McClelland, he asks leave to add the affidavits 
of John Steward and William Stevenson in colation 
to his services in the South, which affiant can [illegible]
annexed - 
Thomas McClelland his mark [a]

Sworn & subscribed
before me 20 December 1823
John Marshel

Washington County ss.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

[on the left, a round seal]

I Thomas Office, Prothonotary of the Court of 
Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify, that
John Marshel Esq. before whom the foregoing
deposition was taken was at the time and
now is a Justice of the peace in and for said
county duly commissioned, and that full faith and credit 
it is and ought to be given to all his official acts Given
under my hand and seal of Office at Washington the
20th day of December A.D. 1832.

Thomas Officer, Prothy
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State of North Carolina}
Redell County}

Personally came John Stewart a resident of said County
who says he is near eighty years of age who being duly
Sworn Saith that in the time of the American Revolutionary
War he was acquainted with and Sometimes Served in
the American army in company with a man of the name of
Thomas McClelland.  The said McClelland represented to 
this deponent that he had served in the Army to the
North before he came Southward and had been in the
Battle of Brandewine Germanton & others.  Deponent says
that he was absent on the day of the battle at Ramsour's 
Mill untill evening:  That Thomas McClelland was wounded
as he was informed in the action that day in both his
legs with musket Balls or buck shot that this deponent
after the battle frequently saw the said McClelland among
other wounded persons at the house of Moses Potts and
was present when Doctor Isaac Alexander extracted
Several Shot out of one of his legs.  And further this
deponent saith not.
John Stewart his mark [x]

Sworn & Subscribed}
this 12th day of April 1830}
before}
J Campbell J.P.
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William Stevenson aged Sixty Six years being also sworn
deposeth and saith that he was acquainted with Thomas
McClelland in the Revolutionary war, who for several years
made his home at the house of deponents father.  Deponent
Saith that McClelland told him that he had served in
Army of the United States for a long time deponent thinks 
two years before he came Southward.  Deponent saith
that McClelland Served Several tours of duty after
he came to live at deponents father - he says he
was almost always out.  McClelland was wounded in
the battle at Ramsour as deponent was informed, by musket 
shot in his legs - He entered to the house of deponents
father wounded and lay there for some time untill 
he was removed to Moses Potts to be near the Surgeon
Deponent says that he afterwards saw him the said
McClelland in the Army in South Carolina, a few
days before the Battle at Eutaw Springs and that [word crossed out] 
he was there [illegible] eighteen months more.  And further the
deponent Saith not
William Stevenson his mark [X]

Sworn & Subscribed this}
12th day of April 1830}
before----}
J. Campbell J.P.
[flourish]
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[initials written over top left text] OWN  ECL

[letterhead] 
[on the left] SAM'L J. M. McCARRELL,
U. S. ATTORNEY.
MIAL E. LILLEY 
[illegible] U. S. ATTORNEY

[on the right of letterhead] TERMS OF COURT
-----
2ND MONDAY IN JANUARY, AT WILLIAMSPORT.
4TH "  " FEBRUARY, AT SCRANTON.
1ST "  " MAY, AT HARRISBURG.
2ND "  " JUNE, AT WILLIAMSPORT.
3RD "  " OCTOBER AT SCRANTON.
1ST "  " DECEMBER, AT HARRISBURG.

[center of letterhead]
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
Office of United States Attorney,
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA,
HARRISBURG.
[end of letterhead]

[rectangular date stamp] [illegible] NAVY March 19 1904 FILES. P. B.

March 16, 1904.

To the Honorable,
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C. 

My dear Sir: -
My Great Grandfather, Thomas McClelland, was a Revolutionary
soldier and as such received, in the later years of his life a pension
from the United States Government, as also an allotment of land in
North Carolina.

The papers showing the regiment in which he served, the date of
his enlistment and term of service have unfortunately been lost or
mislaid in the lapse of years following his death.  I am anxious
to get the facts, and there^for write to respectfully request that you
send me a statement showing the regiment in which he served and the date and term of his enlistment.

I know from statements made by members of the family that he
was in the army for seven years, that he participated in the battle of
the Brandywine where he was thrice wounded, and that he was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.

If you can give me this information, I shall be very greatly
obliged, and remain,
Yours very truly,
Saml J M McCarroll

[round stamp] A MAR 17 1904 U S PENSION OFFICE
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418 North Ave. Grand Rapids, Mich.
Sept 23 1926

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C. 

Please give me theinformation contained 
in the Pension paperfs of my ancestor Thomas Mc Clelland who
was granted pension for services in the war of the Revolution Jan 14, 
1833, then living in Washington Co. Pa.

Pa. Archives 3 Series, Vol. XXIII Pg 542
and oblige

SabraOliver [previous letters "a" and "O" are overstriked] vandenberg

Have you any pension for Robert or James or John Carroll
also from Washington Co Pa. if so will you please tell me the facts 
in the pension papers

handwritted: no Robr [illegible letter]
no Jas or John as [illegible]
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[check mark] 2 & stamp [check mark] rec's. J.N.M

Rev. Ser
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CSW

[letterhead]
[left side] PRESIDENT
HON.  PARLEY SHELDON
AMES

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
LEO  E. STEVENS, ESQ.
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT
DR. GERSHOM H. HILL
DES MOINES
TREASURER
WILLIAM E. BARRETT, ESQ.
DE MOINES 
CAPT. ELBRIDGE DREW HADLEY
DES MOINES
REGISTRAR 
WILLIAM G. HAMLIN, ESQ.
DES MOINES

[right side of letterhead]
HISTORIAN
PROF. W. G. STEVENSION
DES MOINES
CHAPLAIN REV. A. S. WIGHT
SPIRIT LAKE

ADDITIONAL MANAGERS
H. W. GROUT, WATERLOO
CROMWELL BOWEN, DES MOINES
J. R. ANDERSON, CEDAR RAPIDS
REV. E. M. VITTUM, GRINNELL

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
PREST. PARLEY SHELDON, CHAIRMAN
ELBRIDGE D. HADLEY
DR. GERSHOM H. HILL

[center of letterhead]
IOWA SOCIETY

[image of an eagle sitting on a Maltese cross, with circular image in the center, and on top of a braided garland.  Below the cross is a ribbon with writing, mostly illegible: ...S OF ...THE AMERIC...OLUT] [likely SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION]
[end of letterhead]

409 Franklin Ave.
March 23d, 1920.

The Honorable Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Sir: If not inconsistent with the rules of
the Pension Bureau, we would be pleased to receive a statement of the
service in the Revolutionary War of Thomas McClelland said to have been
a private in the troops from York County Pennsylvania and to have reenlisted
in the North Carolina troops and to have been in the battles
of Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown, Camden and Ramseur's Mills and to have been pensioned.

He desires to join this society but his proof of service needs
strengthening.

Very Respectfully yours,
Elbridge D Hadley
Secretary.
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Revo [illegible]

[letterhead, in cursive print]
Twelfth Judicial District
Judges Chambers
Harrisburg, Pa.
[end of letterhead]

March 10th, 1920

To the Honorable
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir:
I desire very much to have information from your
Department in regard to the pension granted by the Government
to Thomas McClelland, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.  The
date of his application was November 13, 1832, and at that
time he was a resident of Washington County, Pennsylvania.

Please send me a certified copy of the application
and of the certificate issued by the Government upon it.  I
will pay whatever the expense may be, and if you desire it in
advance let me know the amount and I will remit.

I desire the information for the purpose of completeing 
applications of some of the family for membership in the
Daughters of the American Revolution.

Your early attention will oblige,

Yours very truly,
Sam'l J M McCarrell
121 Locust St
Harrisburg
Pa.

[round date stamp] D MAR 11 1920 U. S. PENSION OFFICE
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
 
3 - 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., [blank], 19 [blank]

In reply to your request of [blank] received [blank] 
a statement of the military history of Thomas McClelland
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
formation as contained in his ([crossed out: or his widow's]) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S2763

[Table Headings: 1. DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. - 
2. LENGTH OF SERVICE. - 3. RANK. - 
4. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED, CAPTAIN. COLONEL. - 
5. STATE.]

1. Summer 1776 - 3 Mos. - Pri - Captain Paxton, Colonel Porter - Pa.
2. 1776 - 9 mos. - [blank] - Captain McCarter, Captain Gilleland, Colonel Harkley - "
3. 1777 3 mos - [blank] - Captain Gillefalls, Colonel Davison - NC
4. [blank] - 5 or 6 mos - [blank] - Colonel Washington Dragoons - [blank] 
5. 1781 - 12 mos - [blank] - Captain Elijah Moore - [check mark for Colonel] - N.C.
[end of table]

Battles engaged in [illegible] at Trenton, Brandywine Germantown, Ramsour's Mills ^(June 20 1780) where he was wounded in both legs.  Camden and with Tarleton's Dragoons - 
Residence of soldier at enlistments, York Co, Pa. - Rowan Co, N.C.
Date of application for pension, Nov 13, 1832.  His cl. al. [claim allowed]
Residence at date of application, Strabans Twp. Washington Co, Pa.
Age at date of application, Born 1757 in Ireland.
Remarks: No data on file as to family.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.


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