Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,578, for Mathew Mc Cammon, South Carolina
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Service    S.C.
McCammon, Mathew 
      or. McCemmon 
Number S.17.578
carded
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7271
Indiana
Mathew McCemmon 
of Sullivan Co in the State of Indiana 
who was a private in the company commanded 
by Captain Knox of the Regt commanded by Col Cushaw in the S. Carolina 
line for 10 months. private of cavy
               3 1/2 " " " Inft
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana 
at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of March 1833 and sent to [illegible]
Sullivan Co
Arrears to the 4th of March 33 $106.66
Semi -anl. allowance ending (word unreadable)
$26.66
Equals $133.32
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7,1832
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk 
Book C Volume 7 Page 120
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No 4.563
Pay 131/2 months.
as a private of Infantry and Calvary 
for 1779.
private calvary 10 mo.   $41.66
private infantry 3 1/2 mo.11.66
                                          $ 53.33
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Declaration in Order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of Indiana 
Sullivan County 
On this 13th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before Josiah Mann the Court of Probate.  Now sitting Mathew McCammon a resident of the County of Sullivan and State of Indiana aged 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 passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the state of South Carolina under the following named officers and served as herein after stated.  That he was drafted in to the service of the said state under Capt. James Knox a militia officer of Camden district South Carolina for the term of four weeks whose company was attached to the division commanded by Colo. E. Cushaw all under the command of [illegible] Thos Lumster in which draft the applicant served nine weeks and was remanded home the above service is in the year '79.  In the year Eighty the applicant was again drafted for the term of three months under the command of Capt. Henry Bishop in the service of the above state whose company was attached to the division commanded Colo.
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the command of Major Blauford into the State of Georgia in such state the applicant was in two engagements one of which was with the British within eight or ten miles of the town of Savannah in which engagement there was none of the Americans killed of the enemy seventeen killed.  The other was within twenty or twenty five of the town of [illegible] with the Indians a part of whom was taken prisoners none killed on either side.  The applicant was thence marched as one of the guards over the said Indian prisoners to the town of [illegible] at which place he continued one week during said week the applicant term of Enlistment transpired he was from thence marched back to Orangeburg in South Carolina at which place he was detained three days and was then ordered home with directions to meet at a certain place on the Congoree River on the 15th day of April to receive his regular discharge at which place the applicant met on the date specified.  But Colo. Wade Hampton not attending he could not obtain the said discharge and returned from thence without one.  The applicant hereby relinquishes his every claim whatever is a pension [illegible] except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency to any State to his knowledge.  Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  Mathew McCammon
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[ State of Indiana Sullivan County ] ss
We James Love a clergyman, residing in the county and State of aforesaid (word unknown) George Boon and John Benefield residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mathew McCammon who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.  Sworn and subscribed  the day and year aforesaid.  James Love ( signed ) 
George Boon ( signed ) 
John Benefield ( signed )
The Court put the following interrogations .
1st Interrogatory , was born in the year 1757 in the county of Autsin in Ireland.
2nd Interog.  He answers in the negative they having been destroyed by fire.
3rd Interog.  In South Carolina; since in Kentucky, now Indiana.
4th Interog. Drafted. twice enlisted once 
5th Interog. General Wayne, Major Doyle, Col. White  Capt. Gill circumstances he was at the taking of Congoree Fort, bucks  head, Orangeburg, at The Battle of Eutaw Springs   and at the skirmish of Tory Simon  Girty,13 killed.
6th Interog. Answered in the negative.
7th James Brooks, Samuel Whittlesey, John W. Davis, Bailey Johnson, James K. Ohaver, David C. Nicason.
Thomas Gill personally appeared in open court and after being duly sworn diposeth and saith that he was in the Militia Service with said McCammon and in the same brigade commanded by General Lincoln at Purens Burg, S.C. he further states to he seen him in the Troops light horse  frequently ,that were commanded by Captain Mills. Under Col. Houston, before giving to General Sumter Brigade; in the Revolutionary War.
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I Josiah Mann Judge of the Probate Court of Sullivan County State of Indiana after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department  do declare in my opinion that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that James Love who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County and State aforesaid  and that George Boone and John Benefield who has signed the same is a resident of the afore mentioned County and State and that their statements is entitled to credit. Josiah Mann ( signed ) Judge of Probate Court of the  County of Sullivan State of Indiana  [ State of Indiana Sullivan County ] I Benjamin Wolfe clerk of the Court of Probate in said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of  Mathew McCammon for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my  hand  and seal of said Court  at Miriam this 13th day of August eighteen hundred and thirty two.  Benjamin Wolfe ( signed / sealed ) clerk P.C.S.C.
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Rev and 1812 Wars Section
MCS / [ecl]
June 3, 1929

Miss Gay Edna Calvert
218 West Washington Street
Sullivan, Indiana
Madam

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.17578, it appears that Mathew McCammon, pensioned McCammon, was born in 1757, in County Antrim, Ireland. 
He enlisted in Camden District, South Carolina, in 1779, and served nine months in Captain James Knox's Company, Colonel E. Kershaw's South Carolina Regiment. He enlisted in 1780 and served about one and one-half months
in Captain Henry Bishop's Company, Colonel Wyne's South Carolina Regiment. He enlisted April 15, 1781, and served ten months in Captain John Mills' Company, Colonels Henry
Hampton's and Wade Hampton's South Carolina Regiments; was at the taking of Forts Congaree, Tompson, and Orangeburg, was in a skirmish with the Tories under Simon Girty,
and was in the battle of Eutaw Springs where he received a slight wound. He afterwards served, length not stated, with the South Carolina Troops under Major Bleauford;
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17578
INVALID

File No. 17578
Mathew McCammon
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32

Index:--Vol. /, Page 249
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1925. May 15. Hisiht
Mrs. Belle N. McCoy
M.c.s.
1929.. June 3 Prist to
Mrs Gay Edna Calvert
M.c.s.
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Board of Commissioners
Sullivan County, State of Indiana
January Term A. D. 1833
Personally appeared before the Board Matthew McCammon the applicant named in the annext
paper for the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832 and amends his declaration by stating that he has no documentary or other evidence to
submit in support of his claim, other than that already exhibited to the Department, in the affidavit of Thomas Gill, which is
contained in the accompanying papers--
Mathew X McCann
mark
A. D. 1833
S
Caruthers
Jesse Haddan -
Sworn and subscribed to before the Subscribers Commissioner
of said Sullivan County in open Court this month of January A.D. 1833
Commission
8
of
Sullivan
State of Indiana
Sullivan County ss.
I Benjamin Wolfe Clerk of the said
Board missioner in said County do hereby certify
that the above contains the further procedings
of said Court on the matter of the applicate
of Mathew McCammon
In Pretimony whereof I have
hereto set my hand and seal
of said Court at Miron this 9th
day of January AD. Eighteen hundred
and thirty three
Benjamin Wolfe Clerk
Comr C.S.
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( stamp enclosed ) Sullivan, Indiana December 31, 1928  Bureau of Pensions Washington , D.C.  Dear Sirs ; - Please inform me if a pension was ever drawn by the Revolutionary soldier , John ( Hopewell ) ( underscored )  ( whose wife's name  was Sarah ) . His feet were frozen  in the battle of  Valley Forge. Soon after the War he left Virginia
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to Kentucky , then to Indiana. He bought government land when it was offered 1816 - 17  in  Haddon Township , Sullivan County , Indiana; he was born February 23, 1756 ; and our family tradition says he married a Heal. Any information  about either of the Revolutionary soldiers will be appreciated. Yours truly , Gay Edna Calvert ( signed ) Address Miss Gay Edna Calvert 218 W. Washington St. Sullivan, Indiana
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( post mark ) [ U. S. PENSION OFFICE MAR  17 1925  ] Commissioner of Pensions Washington , D.C. Dear Sir : - I have trying to get some data regarding Revolutionary record of our ancestors - hence am writing to you for help if possible. Our great grandfather Bernard Noel  was granted a military certificate in Franklin Co. Kentucky . His Father was Rice Noel . Any information regarding  either as to record would be very welcome to us. Also any data regarding our maternal  great grand parent - Matthew McCammon of Fayette Co. Kentucky . He name is entered in one of  the Registers of the State Historical Society of Kentucky as holding property : and one of the Iowa State Registrars tells us she had seen
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where he had a land grant in  State of Kentucky. We are trying to trace of course  eligibility to D.A. R. You will advise us as to fee if any. Very truly yours Mrs. Belle N. Mc Coy 2215 University Ave. Des Moines, Ia. Mar. 16, 1925  ( post mark ) [ U. S. PENSON OFFICE MAR 17 1926 ]
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W.C.S.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
May 15, 1925
Mrs. Belle N. McCoy
2215 University Ave.
Des Moines, Iowa
Madam:

I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S.17578, it appears that Matthew McCammon, pensioned McCommon, was born in 1757 in County Antrim, Ireland.
He enlisted in Camden District, South Carolina, in 1779,
and served nine months in Captain James Knox's Company, Colonel
E. Kershaw's South Carolina Regiment. He enlisted in 1780 and
served about one and one half months in Captain Henry Bishop's
Company, Colonel Wyne's South Carolina Regiment. He enlisted
[written on the side One account of battle etc then occurred during this service changed year to 1781] April 15, 1781, and served ten months in Captain John Mills'
Company, Colonels Henry Hampton's and Wade Hampton's South Carolina
Regiments; was at the taking of Forts Congares, Tompson, and
Orangeburg, was in a skirmish with the Tories under Simon Girty,
during his
and was in the battle of Eutaw Springs where he received a slight
wound. He afterwards served, length not stated, with the South Carolina
Troops under Major Beauford; was in an engagement with
the British within eight or ten miles of Savannah, Georgia, and one
with the Indians within twenty or twenty-five miles of Ebenezer.
M.S.