Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8428, for James Mc Gill, Pennsylvania
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Service   Penn     
Indian War         War of 1812
James McGill   
            Sarah
Number     W8428
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[Left side]    
let  14 Jun 1835 Hon R. M. Johnson   
Sir 	to Wm DeCourcy   Dec 31  '44
to Hon I W Tubb Attny Feb 9 '45; 

[Sidebar] Notification is sent the 12 Jany 1821 to Hon. J Metcalf, Rept Is P; transferred from Kentucky to Indiana 1 Sept 1829 to take effect from the 4 Sept 1829

[Right side]   [Form]     To Indiana    7·773
From Kentucky 4    James McGill    Bracken County in the state of Kentucky who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brodhead of the Pennsylvania line
for the term of 4 years  _____  
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1st of June 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th of March 1819 and sent to Major Davidson, Washington City.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819                    	
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4th Sept 1819   		
  73.03
  48.
$121.03     				
Revolutionary Claim, Act 18th March 1818
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[Torn form]   ____47[or 9]66   Kentucky      
Sarah McGill        
widow of James [Pennsylvania Svc] 
who served in the Revolutionary war, 
as a private,   
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 dollars 
00 cents per annum to commence on the 
4th day of March, 1848; 
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of July 1849 and sent to Wm De Courcy, Cold Spring, Campbell Co. KY 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act [torn page]  February 2, 1848, Page 244, Vol. 3
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County of Jefferson, ss
On this thirteenth day of August 1829, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Jefferson personally appeared James McGill who, on his oath, declared that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain John Clark in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Daniel Broadhead [Brodhead] in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Kentucky, from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state of Indiana where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable in the future. The following are his reasons for removing from the state of Kentucky to the state of Indiana, to wit, that his children all resided in the latter state, and that he was old and infirm and wished to be near them.
James McGill [his mark]
Sworn and subscribed to, Before me, the day and year aforesaid.
W. G. Wharton  J. Peace
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County of Jefferson  ss.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a justice of the peace within and for the county aforesaid James McGill Jr. who being duly sworn deposed and says that James McGill who made the foregoing affidavit is the person described in the said affidavit. 

Sworn to and subscribed 
before me the day and year aforesaid---			
James McGill Jr   [his mark]
W. G. Wharton   J. Peace

I William G. Wharton justice of the peace as aforesaid do certify that James McGill Jr the individual who made the foregoing affidavit is a man of veracity.
W. G. Wharton   J Peace

I Richard C. Talbott clerk of the court of Jefferson County, do certify that William G. Wharton the person before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn to, is a duly qualified magistrate, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine: In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 18th day of August 1829.
[Seal]               R. C. Talbott, clerk
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[Cover]   James McGill, Sgt   7·773   Sep 1819   Bracken Co.  
Hon J. Metcalf   A.R.
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State of Kentucky    Bracken County Sc.

On this 9th day of August 1820 personally appeared in open court, being a court of record (so declared by law having the power to fine and imprison) for said county James McGill aged sixty-eight years resident in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War --as follows - viz. in Capt Wilson’s, Clark's & Montgomery's company's, 8th Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Col McKay and afterwards by Col Broadhead [Brodhead] for and during the war and was finally discharged by Capt Clarke at Pittsburgh after the close of the war -- he doth not recollect the date of his first application for a pension, not having kept a copy, but supposes it was on the first day of June 1818 -- as on that day his pension commenced -- he has obtained a pension certificate dated on the 18th day of March 1819 and numbered 7-773 and he doth solemnly swear that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that he hath not since that
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time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of his property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring himself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled " an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" paper on the 18th day of March 1818, and that he hath not, nor hath any person in trust for him any property or securities, contracts or debts due to him; nor hath he any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed by him subscribed; viz,
	Schedule of James McGill's property-- I have neither real or personal property except my necessary cloathing [clothing] for myself and family, and a bed and bedding. I am by profession a farmer, but from great exposure in my youthful days I find my constitution tho' [though] originally a good one, destroyed - and that old age is rendering me unfit for labor, notwithstanding, I do what I can by tilling a small piece of poor land, upon which I settled not knowing the owner, nor do I know how soon I may be dispossessed --my wife lives with me and is fifty-eight years of age
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tolerable healthy for her age, and considering she has been the mother of twelve children - I have a son by the name of Samuel aged fourteen living with me - of good health, also William aged twelve years, good health, also Anthony, aged nine years, good health, also Israel, seven years, much subject to convulsion fits, weakly constitution & body -  The two oldest can procure their own support - the third is at present an expense, the fourth will always be an expense, if he continues afflicted as he is now --
Given under my hand Augt. 9th 1820.       James McGill [his mark]

Sworn to and declared on the 9th of August 1820 before me, President Justice of the Peace for Bracken County.        - Robert Walton

Kentucky  Bracken County Sct
I John Payne clerk of the court for the county of [Bracken] do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the
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said court that the said schedule states the truth and that the said McGill is in fact worth nothing except his and his family's wearing apparel and bed and bedding, not sufficient for them -   

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this 9th of August 1820.   [Seal]
John Payne Clerk  Bracken County 

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James McGill   7·773  Sept 1819
Bracken Co.  Hon J. Metcalf
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Sarah McGill   Kentucky  
Hon R. M. Johnson [illegible] Pres Js - _ _
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State of Kentucky Pendleton County  Sct
On the 29th day of January A.D. 1838 personally appeared before me John Ellis a Justice of the [Peace] in and for the county aforesaid. Sarah McGill a resident of Pendleton County State of Kentucky, aged 79 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisionary made by the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836. That she is the widow of James McGill deceased who was a Sergeant and soldier in the War of the Revolution and that he is the identical person named in an original certificate of which the following is a copy  War Department Revolutionary Claim.  I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 18th March 1818 James McGill a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the pension list roll of the Kentucky agency at the rate of Eight Dollars per month to commence on the first day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that having died on the 20th day of September 1834.  The amount due up to the time of his death is payable to Sarah McGill of said deceased. 

Given at the War office of the United States this 18th day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War [Seal]

And she refers to the declaration made by said James McGill and the evidence taken to prove his service all of which she supposes are filed in the War office of the United States. She further declares that she was married to the said James McGill (in Washington County Pennsylvania) on the 20th day of December in the year
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seventeen hundred and seventy-five by _____ Parker, Justice of the Peace, long since deceased, and she knows of no person now living who was present when she was married, and altho' her husband had a book in which he had recorded the time of their marriage and the birth[s] of there [their] children, it was destroyed by the misfortune of getting their house burned with all their property, so that she is left without any Documentary proof of her marriage and can establish it only by Traditionary Evidence.
She further declares that her husband the said James McGill obtained his pension sometime in the year 1819 while he lived in Bracken County Kentucky and afterwards removed to Pendleton County KY and while living in both of said counties, he drew his pension at Lexington Kentucky until the year 1828 when he removed from said Pendleton KY to the state of Indiana and settled in Jefferson County Indiana. And while he lived in Indiana he drew his pension at Coradon [Corydon] in that state until shortly before his death, and after his death she removed back from the state of Indiana to Pendleton County Kentucky in order to live with his son Thomas McGill and that she now resides in Pendleton County KY and therefore prays that his pension which may be awarded her in right of her late husband the said James McGill may be made payable in Lexington Kentucky instead of Coradon [Corydon] Indiana where her husband lastly drew his - That her husband the said James McGill died in Pendleton County Kentucky on the 20th day of September 1834, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed --  Sarah McGill [her mark]

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
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first written before me as Justice of the Peace for Pendleton County State of Kentucky and I do hereby certify that the said Sarah McGill is the widow of the within named James McGill discussed and that by reason of bodily infirmity she is unable to appear in court for the purpose of making the above declaration - Given under my hand this 29th day of January 1838.
John Ellis, J.P.P.C.

State of Kentucky Pendleton County Sct
I John M. Baxter do hereby certify that the aforesaid James McGill died on the 20th day of September 1834 and that the said Sarah McGill has remained a widow ever since.  John M. Baxter
Sworn to and subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid this 20th day of January 1838.    John Ellis   J.P.P.C.

State of Kentucky
Pendleton County  Sct

I James Pribble do hereby certify that in the year 1793 I became acquainted with the within names James McGill decd and Sarah McGill his wife later.  Sarah Brashears in Bracken County Kentucky, they were then living and beding [bedding] together as man and wife and continued to do to his death and I understood by them and her brother Thomas Brashears and, when speaking of our marriages and our difficulties during the revolution that they were legally married in Washington County Pennsylvania in the early part of the Revolutionary War say some time in the year 1775 and from my long and intimate acquaintance with them I have no doubt on my mind but what they were legally married as set forth in her dictation and that the said James McGill died on the
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20th day of september 1834 and that his wife the said Sarah McGill has remained a widow ever since --                 James Pribble
sworn to and subscribed before me a Justice of the peace for the county aforesaid this 29th day of January 1838 --         John Ellis  J.P.P.C.
State of Kentucky. Pendleton County. Sct.

I Reuben McCarty clerk of the court for the county aforesaid do certify that John Ellis is a Justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid and that the three foregoing Signatures purporting to be his is  [are] genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said county court and subscribed my name this eighth day of February A.D. 1838.   
[Seal Pendleton County]            R. McCarty. clerk

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Sarah McGill  Kentucky
Hon R. M. Johnson [illegible] Pres __ __
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Jas. McGill   Petition
8  ¶  Pa ____  on roll as private 
Admitted on roll as private.
[ Sidebar] Given under oath and [on] this 1st day of June 1818          Wm C. Field
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To the Honorable Secretary of War of the United States.
The petition of James McGill states that he is now on his 63d year; that in the year 1776 he enlisted in Pennsylvania -- in the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment Commanded by Col Enos [Eneas] Mackay & Lt Col George Wilson, afterward by Col Danl Brodhead and Lt Col Stephen Bayard for three years and before that time expired he enlisted for the war and serve under the said offices until discharged at the close of the war as a non-commissioned officer (Sergeant) that he was discharged at Pittsburgh in '83--that during the time he was in said service he was in the following battles viz, Brunswick, Bound Brooke, Edge Hill, Brandywine, Paoli & Germantown, that at the battle of Brandywine he was wounded by a musket ball in the arm -- that he has lost his discharge--that afterwards he enlisted under Col Josiah Harmer & Capt Ziegler, served one year & was then discharged, that he was afterwards at
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St. Clairs defeat as a militia man that during the last war he was in the regular service in the northwestern army for eighteen months  -- and was then discharged --that he has lost or mislaid all his discharges, but his services can be made appear [apparent] by the aforesaid officers, by Col James Morrison of Lexington Ky, and by Capt John Clarke by whom he was discharged, that he never applied for or received a pension from the United States or any other state -- that his circumstances are necessitous and requires the assistance of his country. He therefore prays that he may be allowed a pension, pursuant to the act of Congress -  June 1st 1818.          
James McGill [his mark]
attest   John Payne 
Thomas Broshears
Kentucky Bracken County Sct.   
I William Field, President Judge of the
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Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the aforementioned James McGill this day personally appeared in court and made oath to the facts contained in the foregoing petition and upon the interrogation of said McGill [and] being satisfied that he served in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy for the full term  mentioned in said petition & upon evidence adduced that he requires the support of his country  have certified the same. Given under my hand this 1st of June 1818.   Wm Field 

Kentucky Bracken County Sct.   I John Payne clerk of the court for the county aforesaid, do hereby certify that William Field esquire who has subscribed the foregoing certificate now is and was at the time of subscribing the same the presiding judge of said court duly commissioned and sworn and to all his official acts full faith to wit is [illegible] -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 1st day of June 1818.
[seal]     John Payne
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Kentucky Bracken County Sct   I William Field, president justice of the Bracken County Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing attestation of John Payne, clerk of said court is in due form.
Given under my hand this 1st day of June 1818.
Wm Field

[Sidebar Cover]  Jas. McGill Petition    Admitted
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[Letter from National Archives]

January 11, 1938
BA-J/EEL  James McGill-W.8438
 [TO]  Miss Annie J. Johnson, 623 E. Second Street, Madison Indiana
Dear Madam:  Reference is made to your letter in which you request the pension record of James McGill, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who came from Pennsylvania, and received his pension while residing in Jefferson County, Indiana, in 1818.
The record of James McGill is furnished herein, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in Revolution War pension claim, W.8428, based upon his military service in that war.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of James McGill are not shown.
James McGill enlisted in 1776, in Pennsylvania, served as private and sergeant in Captains Wilson's, John Clarke’s and Montgomery’s Companies, Colonels Eneas Mackay and Daniel Brodhead’s Pennsylvania Regiment, was in the battles of Brunswick, Bound Brook. Edge Hill, Brandywine, where he was wounded in the arm by a musket ball, Paoli and Germantown and was discharged in 1783.
Afterwards, he served one year under Captain Ziegler in Colonel Josiah Harmar's Regiment. He was also in the militia at Saint Clair’s Defeat. He served eighteen months in the Northwestern Army during the War of 1812.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 1,1818 while living in Bracken County, Kentucky, at which time he stated that he was in his sixty-third year, but in 1820, stated that he was then sixty-eight years of age.
In 1828, he moved to Jefferson County, Indiana, to be with his children.
He died September 20, 1834, in Pendleton County, Indiana.  [should state Kentucky]
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James McGill married December 20, 1775, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Sarah Brashears, of that county.  The date and place of her birth and the names of her parents are not shown.
Soldier's widow, Sarah, was allowed pension on her application executed January 29, 1838, while a resident of Pendleton County, Kentucky, aged seventy-nine years.
James and Sarah McGill had twelve children. The only names that are given are Daniel and Thomas McGill, their ages are not shown, and Samuel, William, Anthony and Israel McGill, who, in 1820, were aged respectively fourteen, twelve, nine and seven years.
In 1820, one James McGill, Junior, was a Justice of the Peace for Jefferson County, Indiana, no relationship to the soldier and his family stated.
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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[Official Correspondence]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT SECOND COMPROLLER'S OFFICE  
 Feb'y 24, 1854

Sir:  Under the act of the 6th of April 1838, entitled, "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents, 
the Adm'r [Administrator] of James McGill, dec. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Madison, Ind. Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, under the law of the 18" March 1818 has been paid at this Department, from 4" of Sept. 1834, to the 20" Sept. 1834_ 
Respectfully yours, J.M. Brodhead, Comptroller 
2,966 2 Feby 48   
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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[Listing of correspondence from the public related to James McGill]
[Left side]  
Jany 22, 1903 Eliza A. McGill Evansville, Ind
1917, Oct 12 History to Edwd C. Knight, Jr. [?]
1924-Aug 15-Hist to Mrs. H. I. Smith
1927-Aug 5-Hist to Miss Riley Baxter -- M___[?]
1935-Nov 8-Hist to Miss May Hostetter - EL
1936-Jan 6. Hist to Miss Annie J. Johnson E.E.
1937-Oct 6. Mrs. H.I. Smith. names of parents of soldier no file.  M.C.
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[Form]   Pens WIDOW, &c.  File No. 8428
Sarah McGill   Wid. of James McGill    Pvt Rev. War
Act: Feby. 2 1818   Index: - - Vol. BM, Page 20,  [Arrangement of 1870.]
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[Form]
Kentucky 9420  Sarah McGill 
widow of James McGill who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 20th September 1834 of Pendleton Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a Private in the [blank line] commanded by Captain  [blank line] of the eigh [eighth] commanded by Col. Brodhead in the Penn.a  [blank line] for two years
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars ------- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of June 1845 and sent to William DeCourcy, Present  Total amount, $400
[Act July 7, 1838]  Recorded by D Brown Clerk Book D. Vol 1 Page 373
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[Form] 
[Left side] Ohio [Kentucky crossed out]  7014  
Sarah McGill  widow of James McGill who was a private in the Revolution.  
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 dollars ... to commence on the 4th day of March 1843. Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of June 1845 and sent to Wm De Courcy     Present   
Act of March 3, 1843 & June 17, 1844   Recorded in Book A., Vol. 2, Page 183.
[Right side] Refd. [Referred] Transferred to Ohio under the Act of July 1838, from 4 March 1836 and from 4 March 1843 under Acts 3 March 1843 & June 19 1824, notification delivered to          W. De Courcy. Present
Letter to W. De Coursey, Esq. June 13. '46
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free     Coldspring Ky  14 July   Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions   Washington City D.C.
[Sidebar]  4 Mr. Cole   19 July 1849 7014 11
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Coldspring, Ky Campbell Co Ky  14 July 1849
Hon J. L. Edwards   
Sir Enclosed you have the declaration of Sarah McGill the widow of the late James McGill.  Be so good as to give it your earliest attention. As I suppose there will be no difficulty - she may hope for an early action of the department___
Something more than a year since I left the amended papers of Martin St. Clair a volunteer in the war against Mexico at the pension office and understood that there would be a decision on them in two or three days. I did not intend leaving Washington untill [until] it was done but I was taken unwell and left since which I have heard nothing Altho [although] I have written. If possible let me know -- the young man is poor and is very anxious to get his land or [illegible]. 
As ever most respectfully yours Wm DeCourcy
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[Address]
Fm  Publick [Public] Service Pension Department

To the Secretary of War Washington City D.C.
Mail --
[Sidebars] 
[left side] Madison [illegible] 22 Aug 1829
[right side] Pension Office 31st Aug 1829
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Madison, Indiana 18th August 1829
The Hon John H. Eaton  Sct
Sir  Enclosed is the application of James McGill, a pensioner to hear. This name transferred from the Kentucky agency to that of Indiana.  It is desirable that the transfer should be made so as to enable him to make the next draw, to wit, Sept 1829, at the Indiana agency.  Forward to my address a notification of the transfer.  
Very Respectfully Your Obt [Obedient] Servant  Wm [Illegible]
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[Address]  

Coldsprings, Ky   18 Dec 44
Hon J.  L. Edwards Com Pen
Washington City  DC
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Hon J.  L. Edwards   Coldspring   18 Dec '44
Sir, The widow of the late Pensioner James McGill who died about ten years since who was placed on the Pension Roll of Kentucky on 18th March 1819 wishes me to assist her in getting the pension allowed her by the law of 1836. (I think) she says she has employed two or three persons to get it and wonders why she is kept out of it.  I think from what she tells me she is [illegible] entitled to it.  If she has made out her declaration and set it to you, will you be so good as to send it to me that I may she what it requires to be proven; or if a new Declaration is necessary let me know it; and send me the form; she says she married before the last period of his service; with great simplicity she tells that if she would have him he would quit  the service, but she says afterwards he would not quit; she says the family record was burnd [burned] when their house was burnd [burned]. She is very old and frail and of course must soon go the way of all the arth [earth]. If she receives any benefit, what is done must be done quickly. You see at once what I want, viz. If she is entitled to a pension, I want her to get it as soon as possible. Please send me the necessary directions. The Hon L. W. Tibbatts will hand you this enquiry.  He is our Rep in Congress.  I think the old lady told me her husband drew his pension part of the time in the state of Indiana. Whether he was drawing in KY or Indiana when he died she did not inform me.  Yours,  Wm De Courcy
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[Form]   
WAR DEPARTMENT  REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March 1818   
James McGill late a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Kentucky Agency at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the first day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.  
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. C. Calhoun  Secretary of War
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Act '45 7918    '44 -- 683       11,991
Sarah McGill widow of James McGill   Private  U.S. Army   Act 7 July '38   also acts '43 & '44
Kentucky Roll    $80 per an [anum]
married before 1794   husband died in 1834    

Cert: to Wm, DeCourcy   Present
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[Letter] 
Pension Office, February 17th 1845 
Sir,  
I have the honor to enclose, herewith, blank forms under the Acts of July 4th, 1836 and 
July 7th, 1838, from which your correspondent Mr. W. Decourcy will ascertain the course of proceeding in the case of James McGills' [McGill's] widow. The service of James McGill for two years, as a private, as the rolls show is admitted and it only remains for the claimant to prove her identity as his widow and the date of her marriage as being prior to 1794 in accordance with the regulations. If the marriage took place before the service ended the claim comes under the Act of July 4th, 1836; if not under that of July 7th 1838. 
Mr. DeCourcy's letter is herewith returned.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully Your Obt. [obedient] Servant.  J. L. Edward

Hon. I. W. Tibbatts, House of Representatives
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[Letter] 
Pension Office, December 31st 1844
Sir,
In reply to yours respecting the widow of James McGill late pensioner on the Indiana Agency under the Act of the 18th March 1818, I enclose you the regulations for her instruction in asserting her claim.
The date of the marriage may, no doubt, be esablished by the certificate of the clerk of the county in which the license was issued and marriage bond filed.
I am, very respectfully, Your Obt. [obedient] servant, J. L. Edwards

William DeCourcy, Esq, Cold Spring Kentucky
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[Letter]  
House of Rep. [Representatives] 6 Feby 1845
J. L. Edwards Esq  Com of Pensions

My Dear Sir  Your attention to the subject of the enclosed letter & a return of the letter at your earliest convenience will [illegible]
very respectfully [illegible] John W. Tibbatts
P.S. May I again call your immediate attention to the care of ______ [illegible] document.
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[Letter] 
Washington County  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
I A. G. Marshman Clerk of the Court of the Quarter Sessions of the Peace Oyer & Terminer & Orphans Court in and for the County of Washington do hereby certify that the Records commenced in this county in the year A.D. 1781 and previous to that time no papers can be found
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said office at Washington the 14th day of June 1845
A. G. Marshman clerk
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State of Kentucky Pendleton County s.s.
On this 28th day of March 1845 personally appeared before me Wm Ellis a justice of the peace in and for said county Sarah McGill a resident hereof aged eighty-five years who being first sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July the 4th 1836 that she is the widow of James McGill decd who was a sergeant and soldier in the army of the Revolution and that he is the identical person named in an original pension certificate herewith transmitted to the war office obtained under the act of the 18th of March 1818 and dated 18 March 1819 and signed J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War, and as her said husband was a pensioner at his death she refers for the particulars of his services, he drew his last pension from the agency in the state of Indiana. She further declares that she was married to the said James McGill on the 20th day of December 1775 but by reason of old age and loss of memory she is not positive, but she is positive that she was married to him before the last period of his service expired as a Revolutionary soldier. She further states that she has no documentary evidence of her marriage - that her house was burnd [burned] about 20 years since by which accident everything that was in the house was burnt, among which was the Bible that contained the family records of births and marriages. That she knows of no person now living who was present at her marriage
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That she lived in Washington County Pennsylvania at the time of her marriage. That with the exception of the time she lived in Indiana she has lived in the state of Kentucky [inserted: about 50 years] and that she now lives in Pendleton County Ky. Therefore prays that her pension may be made payable in Cincinnati Ohio instead of Coradon [Corydon] Indiana where her husband last drew his pension. She further declares that her husband the aforesaid James McGill died on the 20th day of september 1834 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by refference [reference] to the proof hereto annext [annexed]. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me by the above named Sarah McGill and I hereby certify that she is personally known by me to be the widow of the above named James McGill and that by reason of old age and bodily infirmity she is unable to appear in court for the purpose of making the above declaration given under my hand this 28th day of Marh 1845. I further Certify I have known said James and Sarah McGill about thirty years and during which time they lived together as man and wife until his death and that sarah is a credible person.  Sarah McGill [her mark]
Wm Ellis    Attest Wm DeCourcy

I certify that the words about 50 years interlined under the 3d line from the top was written before signing  Wm Ellis GPPC   State of Kentucky Pendleton County

Be it known that on this 28th day of March 18th before Wm Ellis a justice of the peace in and for Pendleton County personally appeared James Preble aged 81 years and after being first sworn according to law states that he first became acquainted with the above named James and Sarah McGill in the year 1793 and was intimately acquainted with them up to James McGill's death which took place on 20th september 1834, and since which
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time she has been living a near neighbor to me and know her to be said James McGills [McGill’s] widow also that she is now living and has never married since the death of her said husband. He further states that he has often heard of their marriage in Washington County state of Pennsylvania sometime in the year 1775, and that he has no doubt of their marriage at the time stated in the within declaration of sarah McGill, They lived together as man and wife from his acquaintance with them up to James McGill's death and reared a large family of children  His information of their marriage at the time stated was derived from James McGill himself and the Brashers [Brashears] who were Sarah McGill's brothers. He has often heard them speak of the marriage of their sister sarah McGill, they have long since died and she is the only one of the family now living. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28th day of March 1845.  James Preble [his mark]
I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the deponent James Preble and know him to be a credible person whose statements may be relied on.  
State of Kentucky Pendleton County    
Test  Wm De Courcy 
Wm Ellis  GPPC  [Seal]

Be it known that on this 29th day of March 1845 personally appeared before me, Wm Ellis a justice of the peace in and for said county, Sarah Earles and after being first sworn according to law states that she has been intimately acquainted with James and Sarah McGill for the past forty-five years and knows that they lived together as man and wife the whole of that time that is untill [until] his death which took place on the 20th Sep 1834 and that she has often heard them speak of their marriage and have heard others also speak of their marriage as having
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[taken] place in Pennsylvania at the time and place as set forth in the foregoing declaration of Sarah McGill and that she has not the least doubt they were legally married as set forth in said declaration and further that she is knowing to their house being burnd [burned] as set forth in the foregoing declaration sworn to and subscribed before me this day and date above written.   Sarah Earles [her mark]
Test Wm DeCourcy     Wm Ellis   GPPC

I hereby certify that Sarah McGill who has made the written declaration has long since been a regular member of the Christian Church in good standing as Witness my hand this 29th March 1845   State of Kentucky Campbell County   George Fisher E.C.C.
On this 29th day of March 1845 personally appeared the Rev George Fisher who has signed the above certified and acknowledged the same as his signature. 
State of Kentucky Campbell Co. Sct   Thomas Logan J.P.

I Benjamin D. Beal Clerk of the County Court of Campbell certify that Thomas Logan is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 29th day of March 1845 and further that the above-named Elder George Fisher is personally known to me to be a regular ordained preacher of the Gospel of the Christian Church. Commonwealth of Kentucky Pendleton County Sct  Benjn D. Beall C.C.C.C.

I Reuben McCarty clerk of the aforesaid county court do certify foregoing certificates is now and was at the time of subscribing the same a regularly acting Justice of the peace in & for the county aforesaid duly commissioned sworn and qualified. and further that I have been acquainted with James Prebble and Sarah McGill who have subscribed the foregoing certificate and declaration for at least twenty-five years and know them to be credible persons whose statements may be relied. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 3d day of April 1845. 
R.M. McCarty, clk, Pendleton County Court
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J. L. Edwards, Esq
Com. of Pensions  Washington City, D. C.
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[Letter]  

Newport Ky 17th Apr. 1845 
J. L. Edwards Esq  Com. of Pensions-
My Dear Sir, I am personally well acquainted with the Revd George Fisher, William Ellis Esq, and Mag. Reuben McCarty, where depositions have been taken in the case of the application of Mrs. Sarah McGill for a pension, and know them as well as Mr. William DeCourcy to be men of unquestionable respectability and integrity and would place the most implicit confidence in the statements made by them or either of them. Most respectfully, John W. Tibbatts
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 2d of February 1848 entitled an act making further provision for surviving widows and soldiers of the Revolutionary War. 

On this 14 day of May 1849 personally appeared before me William Ellis a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Pendleton and state of Kentucky. Sarah McGill a resident of Said county aged 89 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 2d day of February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of James McGill who was a private in the army of the Revolution (for the particulars of his service she refers to his pension papers filed in the pension office Washington City) and by which he was entitled to, and received, a pension of ninety-six dollars per annum, until his death she further declares that she is still a widow, sworn to and subscribed and sealed before me one day and year above written.  
Sarah McGill [her mark] 	
Attest [illegible] W DeCourcy  Wm DeCourcy  	Wm Ellis  GPPC     [Seal]
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I further certify that I have been well acquainted with the said Sarah McGill for twenty five years and know her to be the widow of the said James McGill named in the foregoing declaration.   Wm Ellis   [Seal]

I further certify the above interlienation [interlineation], and word written in different ink from the main body of this declaration & certificate was done in my presence and before it was signed by the parties.  
William Ellis  GPPC [Seal]

State of Kentucky Pendleton County Sct  I Reuben McCarty clerk of the county court for the county aforesaid, do certify that William Ellis Esq whose name is signed to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission is dated on the 2 day of april 1847 and continues during life and good behavior, and that his said signature is genuine. In witness whereof I hereunto set my name and office the seal of said court this 21st day of May 1849.     Att R. McCarty clk
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State of Kentucky County of Bracken sct
November 21st, 1845,  
Before the undersignee a justice of the peace for the county aforesaid personally appeared. Richard Gregson who being sworn deposeth and saith. That he was seventy seven years old the 4th Day of last July that he was born in the state of Maryland and moved to the state of Kentucky in the fall of seventeen hundred and eighty-five. And in the year of ninty [ninety] two or three became acquainted with the family of Jas. McGill who had a son at that time I think about 10 or 11 years old. Large enough to ride on horseback by the name of Daniel McGill and from the time that he first saw him to the present date he verily believed him to be about sixty-three years old.
Subscribed and sworn to the date aforesaid.   Richard Gregson

And I do certify that the said Gregson is a resident of Bracken County and I have known him for about 38 years. That he is generally reputed a man of integrity of which opinion I also [illegible] and that his evidence is entitled to credit.  
Given under my hand the date above written.  Henry Frank  P. Ble.
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State of Kentucky  Bracken County Sct
I John Payne Clerk of the court for the county aforesaid do certify that Henry Frank is a justice of the peace in and for the county of Bracken duly commissioned and sworn and was at the date of the foregoing certificate, and that to all his official acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given as well in courts of record as therewith. In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 22d day of November 1845.        John Payne

[Cover] May 14 '46  ___________    Sarah McGill    

Wm DeCourcy Present
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[Letter of Inquiry]
Oct 7, 1917
[Administrative note] Stmpd.  encl retd

[Printed] Edward C. Knight Jr. / Newport R. I.
[Handwritten] Claradon Court
Commissioner  of Pensions  Washington D. C.
Dear Sir: -
A James McGill was sergeant in the Penna. Line, Revolutionary War. 
May I trouble you to let me have a report of his record?
My reason for asking is that my mother's father was James McGill of Philadelphia and I am desirious [desirous] of learning, if possible if this Sergeant James McGill was of the same family. 
With apologies for troubling you, I am very [illegible], EWKnight, Jr.
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[Form-Cover]
3-049

Ex. Rev [Initials]    Div  Rev War
Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C. Nov 14, 1922

The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained. Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your posession will permit, and return to the Bureau.
No. of claim [crossed out] 1. name of widow
Name of soldier  James McGill
Address of soldier at enlistment
& after service
Company  Capt. Jonathan Langdon's  Capt. Benjamin Casey's
Regiment  12th Virginia  8th Pennsylvania ?
State where enlisted   Virginia
Date of birth    [blank]
Date of death  [blank]
If unable to furnish company and regiments, give names of commanding officers. 
Col James Wood
Return attached letter with reply.
Washington - Gardner

[[Printed]Commissioner
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[Handwritten note]
Jacksonville, Ill.  Oct. 11, 1922

The Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington, D. C. 
My dear sir:   Can you give me any information about James McGill a revolutionary soldier from Virginia? Any information or suggestion as to obtaining this
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Information will be greatly appreciated. Thanking you for looking up this data, I am  Very sincerely Ruby Baxter 419 Oak St. Danville, Ill.

[Postmark] Oct 14 1992
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Nov. 19  
P.S. I am unable to give name of widow. I [thought] that perhaps you could give me that information.

[postmark]  Nov 22 1922
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information will be greatly appreciated. Thanking you for looking up this data, I am
Very sincerely  Ruby Baxter  419 Oak St.  Danville, Ill. 
[Postmark] Oct 14 1922
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[Letter]

111 East 16th St. apt 414 Indianapolis Ind.
November 6, 1935
Veterans Administration Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me the Revolutionary service of:
John McCammont pensioned from jefferson Co Indiana 1831
James McGill a sergeant in Pennsylvania militia pensioned 1819 from Jeferson County Indiana.
Thanking you in advance for this information, I am
Yours very truly,
(Miss) Mary Hostetter
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#214 ALL STATES HOTEL 
WASHINGTON, D. C.
SEPTEMBER 9, 1937
RECORDS Division  GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C.

GENTLEMEN:
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE NAMES OF THE PARENTS OF THE FOLLOWING REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONER: JAMES MCGILL, REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION CLAIM NUMBER W8428.
ENLISTED 1776 IN PA,
DISCHARGED 1783
DIED SEPTEMBER 20, 1834 IN PENDLETON COUNTY, KENTUCKY. MARRIED DECEMBER 20, 1775 IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, PA.
I SHALL APPRECIATE THIS INFORMATION IF YOU CAN FURNISH IT.

VERY RESPECTFULLY,
MRS. H. J. SMITH

RECEIVED
SEP 9  1937
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GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON
September 16, 1937.
Veterans Administration, Revolutionary and 1812 War Section, Washing ton, D.C.

Sirs:
There is transmitted herewith for your consideration and direct reply letter, dated September 9, 1937, from Mrs. H. I. Smith, # 211 All States Hotel, Washington, D. C., which is self-explanatory.
The writer has been advised of this reference.
Respectfully,
[Illegible]
Chief, Records Division

Incl km
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Madison, Indiana
November, 21, 1935
Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs;
Will you please send me the pension record of a Revolutionary soldier, James MCGill, who re- ceived a pension in Jefferson Co., Indiana in 1818. He came from Pennsylvania.
Yours truly,
(Miss) Annie May Johnson
623 E. Second St.
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Gordon Hotel  Washington, DC 
July 28, 1924

The Commissioner of Pensions  Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Please send me the certificate, service record and personal history of James McGill, who served during the Revolutionary War in Pennsylvania Regiments under Colonels Mackay, Broadhead and Harmar and was pensioned and certificate issued under "WF3828.
Also send the record of Thomas Elder, who served in the Revolutionary War from Maryland or Kentucky.
Respectfully, Mrs. H. I. Smith
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[FORM]  
In reply to your request of  _________[blank line], received ____________[blank line], for a statement of the military history of James McGill 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/Length of Service/Rank Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered (Captain &Colonel/State

1st enlisted in 1776/remained until 1783/Served as Pvt/Sergt/Served under Capts Wilson, John Clarke, and Montgomery
Colonels Eneas Mackay & Daniel Brodhead/8th Penn.[Regt]
Afterwards/1 year/Served under Capt Ziegler & Col Josiah Harmar
Afterwards/was in St. Clair’s defeat in militia
Afterwards/18 Mos/was in Northwestern army during War of 1812

Battles engaged in Brunswick, BoundBrook [Bound Brook], Edge Hill, Brandywine where wounded in arm, Paoli, Germantown

Residence of soldier at enlistment Enlisted in Pennsylvania

Date of application for pension  June 1, 1818.  His cl was al.

Residence at date of application  Bracken County KY

Age at date of application   63d year. He died Sep 20 1834 in Pendleton Kentucky
Remarks: He mar Dec. 20 1775, in Washington Co Pa., Sarah Brashears. She was allowed pension on her application executed Jan. 29, 1838, while 79 yrs. and a res. of Pendleton Co. Ky. Children referred to:  Daniel, Thomas, Samuel, 14, William 12, Anthony 9, Israel, 7 yrs of age in 1820.
					Respectfully,
68 in 1820			Commissioner
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[Letter]           
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section  August 5, 1927   
[To]  Miss Ruby Baxter, Jacksonville, R.R. No. 3 Illinois       
Madam:  I have to advice you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim w. 8438 it appears that James McGill enlisted in 1776 in Pennsylvania, served as private and Sergeant in Captains Wilson, John Clarke and Montgomery's Companies, Colonels Eneas Mackay and Daniel Brodhead’s Pennsylvania Regiment, was in the battles of Brunswick, BoundBrook [Bound Brook], Edge Hill, Brandywine (where he was wounded in the arm by a musket ball), Paoli and Germantown, and  was discharged in 1783.
Afterwards, he served one year under Captain Ziegler in Colonel Josiah Harmar’s Regiment. He was also in the militia at Saint Clair’s Defeat.
He served eighteen months In the Northwestern Army during the war of 1812. He was allowed pension on his application executed June 1, 1818 while living in Bracken County, Kentucky, at
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which time he stated that he was in his sixty-third year but in 1820 stated that he was sixty-eight years old. In 1828 he moved to Jefferson County, Indiana to be with his children in that state.  He died September 20, 1834, in Pendleton County, Kentucky.
Soldier married December 20, 1775, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Sarah Brashears of said county. She was allowed pension on her application executed on January 29, 1838, while a resident of Pendleton County, Kentucky, aged seventy-nine years. 
They had twelve children, Daniel, Thomas, and in 1820 Samuel was aged fourteen years, William twelve years, Anthony nine years, and Israel seven years, the only names given.
In 1829 one James McGill, Junior, was Justice of the Peace in Jefferson County, Indiana, but no relationship to soldier is stated.  
The above history is that of the only soldier named James McGill found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau and it is not stated that he ever lived in Virginia.
					Respectfully,
					WINFIELD SCOTT
					Commissioner

[handwritten note] There is one James MaGill of VA and she first asked for a VA man, then when her reply came it had added to it - 8"  PA-Regt--so that is why I sent this.
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[Letter]

Rev and 1812 Wars Section
Aug 15, 1924
Mrs. H. I. Smith   Gordon Hotel  
Washington, D.C.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 8428 it appears that James McGill enlisted in 1776 in Pennsylvania and served as private and Sergeant in Captains Wilson, John Clarke and Montgomery's Companies, Colonels Eneas Mackay and Daniel Brodhead’s Pennsylvania Regiment; was in the battles of Brunswick, Boundbrook [Bound Brook], Edge Hill, Brandywine (where he was wounded in the arm by a musket ball), Paoli and Germantown, and  was discharged in 1783.
Afterwards, he served one year under Captain Ziegler in Colonel Josiah Harmar’s Regiment. He was also in the Militia at Saint Clair’s Defeat.
He served eighteen months In the Northwestern Army during the war of 1812. He was allowed pension on his application executed June 1,1818 while living in Bracken County, Kentucky
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[added to the letter in handwriting:] at which time he stated he was in his 63rd year, but in 1820 states that he was 68 yrs old.

[crossed out:] aged sixty-two years. [Letter resumes:] He died September 20, 1834, in Pendleton County, Kentucky.
Soldier married December 20, 1775, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Sarah Brashears of said county. She was allowed pension on her application executed on January 29, 1838 while a resident of Pendleton County, Kentucky aged seventy-nine years. 
They had twelve children, Daniel, Thomas, and in 1820 Samuel was aged fourteen years, William twelve years, Anthony nine years, and Israel seven years, the only names mentioned.
Respectfully, 

Acting Commissioner.

[In handwriting:] 
Widow had bro. Thomas Brashears
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[Letter]
Oct 6, 1937
xxxxxxxxxxxx
James McGill, W.2828
BA-J/MCS

Mrs. H. I. Smith
214 All States Hotel
Washington, D. C.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of September 9, 1937, which was addressed to the General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and transmitted to this office for consideration and reply.  You wish  the names of the parents of the Revolutionary War  soldier and pensioner James McGill, W. 8428.
In the papers on filed in the pension claim, W. 8428, based upon the military service of James McGill, the names of the parents of this soldier are not shown.  
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[Letter] 
November 13, 1938
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MMHF/eel
Miss May Hostetter  111 East 16th Street, Apartment 414, Indianapolis, Indiana
Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War  records of John McCammont and James McGill, both pensioners of Jefferson County, Indiana.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data, it is impossible to comply with each request in full, which requires much time and research in regard to soldiers of that war.
The record of James McGillis furnished herein, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.2828, based upon the military servic of that soldier.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of James McGill are not shown.
Jamos McGill enilsted in 1776 in Pennsylvania,    
served as private and Sergeant in Captains Wilson's, John Clarke's and Montgomery's Companies, Colonels Eneas Mackay and Daniel Brodhead’s Pennsylvania Regiment, was in the battles of Brunswick, Boundbrook [Bound Brook], Edge Hill, Brandywine, where he was wounded in the arm by a musket ball, Paoli and Germantown, and  was discharged in 1783.
Afterwards, he served one year under Captain Ziegler in Colonel Josiah Harmar’s Regiment. He was also in the militia at Saint Clair’s Defeat. He served eighteen months In the Northwestern Army during the war of 1812. He was allowed pension on his application executed June 1,1818, while living in Bracken County, Kentucky, at which time he stated that he was in his sixty-third year but in 1820 stated that he was sixty-eight years old.
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In 1828 he moved to Jefferson County, Indiana to be with his children in that state.  
He died September 20, 1834, in Pendleton County, Kentucky.
The soldier married December 20, 1775, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Sarah Brashears of said county. The date and place of her birth and the names of her parents are not shown. 
Soldier's widow, Sarah, was allowed pension on her application executed on January 29, 1838, while a resident of Pendleton County, Kentucky, aged seventy-nine years. 
James and Sarah McGill had twelve children. The only names of children that are given are Daniel McGill;  Thomas McGill; Samuel McGill, who in 1820, was aged fourteen years; William McGill, in 1820, aged twelve years; Anthony McGill, in 1820, aged nine years; and Israel McGill, in 1820, aged seven years.
In 1829, one James McGill, Junior, was a Justice of the Peace for Jefferson County, Indiana, but no relationship to soldier is stated.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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