Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 174, for John Mc Laughlin, North Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
NC

McLaughlin, John
Mathis, Eleanor
(Former widow)

NUMBER
W. 174

CONTENTS
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2982 -
Georgia
John McLaughlin
of Warren - in the State of Georgia
who was a Private in the compy. commanded
by Captain Smith of the Regt. commanded
by Col: Polk - in the N. Carolina
line for 3 years from 1776 -

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

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of Decr. "32
and sent to Thomas
Gibson (clk) Warrenton, Geo:

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832                   120 -
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Marc 33  40 -
                                                             $160-

{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{ Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by A. Rice - Clerk.
Book D Vol. 8 Page 138 -


Thos. C. Sullivan  May 17, 1855
(widows form sent)

1856

237405
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$10.00 for Weed & Clark
Present legal fee
July 13/72, A.J. Williams (illegible]
[illegible] from "O" & oath of allegiances
Voucher[illegible]
[illegible]

Date of death not re AB -

No. 5981
Georgia
Eleanor Mathes "former
widow of John McLaughlin
who served in the Revolutionary war,
as a Private
Colo. Polk N.C.

Washington City agency.
Rate 96 Dollars
cents per annum.
Commencing July 27th 1868
[illegible] payments made [illegible]

Certificate dated Sept .19th 1870
and sent to Pension Agt"
to Attrny.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act Feb-
ruary 3, 1853, Page 240  Vol. - H -

Anderman Clerk.
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Americus Ga July 23rd 1872

J. H. Baker Esqr.
Commissioner

[oval shaped stamp]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
JUL 27 1872
PENSION OFFICE.

Sir

Yours of the 13th instant has been
received containing blank vouchers and oath of Allegiance and I hasten to inform you that 
D. C. Cox Pension Agent enclosed to me the same kind of Blank Vouchers and oath of allegiance on the 15th of May last
which my Brother (Hiram J. Williams) and myself executed according to his directions and sent to him and he wrote back to us, that the matter needed some explanation for the Reason that our names were Williams, Our Mother's name Mathis and she drew the pension as the Widow of John McLaughlin.
I then sent the Agent (D.C. Cox) the Certificates of two respectable citizens who were present at the Marriage of Eleanor Williams
(our mother) to John McLaughlin on or about the 5th of October 1825) explaining the matter and who certified that myself and Brother were the only heirs of Eleanor Mathis decd. and that they had known all the parties ever since the Marriage of
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our mother & John McLaughlin. all of which I ex plained in my letter to your office of the 3rd instant and still the draft has not come. On the 10th of this month I wrote a letter intending to send it to the Pension Agent, asking him to return to me my mother's Certificate of Pension & the Blank Vouchers we had signed if he did not intend to pay us what was due our mother at her Death. But as I had
said something about not receiving it in my
communication to you of the 3rd instant I concluded not to send it for the present. I enclose the first letter I recieved [received] from D.C. Cox Agent after I informed him of the death of our mother. I have misplaced
his second letter (referred to above) acknowledging the receipt of the certificate & vouchers &c or I would
send it also. We cannot fully comply with your
instructions for we have already sent our mother's Certificate of Pension Number 5981 & have also signed vouchers and oath of allegiance and sent them to the Pension Agent at Washington City D.C.
See to this matter. Let me hear from you
by return mail. This is small amount
to cost so much trouble but we want our
Turn over
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rights, though small
Hoping to hear from
you soon I am
respectfully your
Obedient Servant
A.J. Williams

P.S. my full address }
is A J Williams }
Americus Ga }
Key Box 601 }


Mathis

[oval shaped stamp] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
JUL 27 1872
PENSION OFFICE.

Williams
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John McLaughlin

3806
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State of Georgia } On this Thirteenth day of Warren County } Eighteen Hundred and Thirty- two personally appeared before the Inferior Court of the county of Warren County, John 
McLaughlin a resident in the County afforesaid, [aforesaid] aged Seventy-Six (January last)
years who first being duly sworn according to
law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832-
That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1776, under Capt. Robert Smith, and served in the fourth regiment of the Continental line of North Carolina, under the following named officers - First under Genl Nash; Second & Capt. McIntosh; Some of the Colonels under which I served were, Polk,
Mabin, Faxton & Wm. L. Davidson - After my ser vices under Capt. Smith, I served under several different officers of the same grade, all of whose names I do not recollect. The term of my first service was three years; and I was discharged in 1779. - After this term of service
I did not enlist any more; but served during the War as a Volunteer under Genl. Davidson, and several other Officers; & part of my time as a Sergt.  under Genl. Rutherford. - I was in the following Battles. The first at Sullivans Island, Second at Brandywine, Third at Germantown, 4th at Camden, in So. Carolina, in which last battle I was wounded and taken prisoner, and
remained a prisoner until Cornwallis was taken.
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.
John his X mark McLaughlin
 Sworn to and Subscribed }
before us this 13th August 1832 }
Aaron W. Grier J.JC
Jethro Darden J.J.C
Q.S.C. Franklin J.J.C.
Thomas Neal JJC
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We, Richard Dozier, clergyman, residing in the
County of Warren, and state of Georgia, and Samuel Torrence resident in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John McLaughlin who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 76 years of age; that he
is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion C.
Richard Dozier, M.G.
Saml. Torrence
Sworn, & subscribed, the day and }
year aforesaid }  C.
Test.
Aaron W. Grier J.J.C
Jethro Darden J.J.C
QLC Franklin J.J.C.
Thomas Neal JJC

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 certify, that it appears to them that
Richard Dozier, who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the county of Warren and State of Georgia & that Samuel Torrence, who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County & State, and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit
Aaron W. Grier J.J.C
Jethro Darden J.J.C
QLC Franklin J.J.C.
Thomas Neal JJC
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I Thomas Gibson, Clerk of the Inferior
Court of Warren County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application
of John McLaughlin for a pension.
August 13th 1832.
Thomas Gibson, Clk.
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Georgia
Warren County ⎬ "These are to Authorize and
and (sic) permit you to join in
the Honourable [Honorable] State of Matrimony
John McLaughlin of the one part and
Mrs. Elinner Williams
of the other part according to the rites
of your Church provided there be no
Lawful cause to obstruct the same and
this shall be your authority for so doing

Given under my hand as the Clerk of the
of Ordinary of the County aforesaid
this 30th day of September 1825
To any Minister of
The Gospel Judge Justice Thos. Gibson QClk
of the inferiour [inferior] Court
of Justice of Peace to celebrate

I do Certify that John M Laughlin
and Mrs. Ellinor Williams were joined
together in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony by me
on the first day of October 1825
Georgia }         Rubin Rogers JP
Warren County } I Henry R Coay Ordinary in
and for said county do hereby certify
that the above is a true and correct copy
of the marriage licenses of John M Laughlin
to Mrs. Elliner Williams as recorded in
my office
Given under my hand and seal of office
Oct. 2nd 1856
Henry R Coay
Ordinary

[seal]
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Eleanor Mathis
wid         Geo.
John Laughlin
Mrs. E. McLaughlin's
declaration for
a pension.
[illegible]
John
Rd '32
2982

Triplett

Thomas C. Sullivan Agt.
Americus
Georgia
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State of Georgia } ss. On this 17th day
Sumter County }  of September AD 1856.
Personally appeared before the Honorable Alexander A. Allen Judge of the Superior Court during the session of the said court at September Term. thereof Mrs. Eleanor
Mathis, a resident of the county & state aforesaid, aged sixty one years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd February 1853. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war
That she is the widow of John McLaughlin a
soldier of the Revolution and who died on the 16th February 1836. and who at the date of his death was a pensioner of the United States for services rendered during the Revolution. She does not know what rank her husband John McLaughlin held (if any) in the U.S. Army, nor what services he performed, but supposes that the testimony which he once furnished the department to enable him to draw a pension whilst in life is yet on file, and to that evidence she most respectfully refers the Comr. of Pensions, nor does she know under which act he was pensioned. but believes he was paid at the agency of Savannah. She further declares that she was married to the said John McLaughlin on the fifth day of October 1825. and departed this life on the 16th day of February 1836. and at the time of his death he was in the receipt of a pension from the U. S. for his Revolutionary services. That she was not married to him prior to the 2[?] January 1800. but at the
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time above stated. She further declare that
she is now a widow and has been ever since
the 2nd day of May 1855.
Eleanor her X mark Mathis

We,[crossed out] Warren Durden and Elbert Darden [crossed out] citizen resident of the county & state aforesaid on his
oath declares that he was well acquainted with
John McLaughlin while in life. that he was
present & saw him married to Eleanor Mathis
who at that time was named Eleanor Williams
That one Reuben Rodgers a Justice of the peace performed the ceremony on the 5th October 1825. in the county of Warren & state aforesaid. that said John McLaughlin was reputed among all of his neighbors as a revolutionary solder and was at the time of his death a pensioner of the U.S. Government and that he departed this life about the 16 February 1836. and that Mrs. Mathis the above applicant is his widow
That since his death she married one John
Mathis who also died about 2nd May 1858. and that she is now a widow. He knows that John Mathis is dead.
Warren Darden

Georgia  }  I do hereby certify that the
Sumter County } above declaration & affidavit were sworn to & subscribed before me in open court by Eleanor Mathis, and Warren Darden &
Elbert Darden [crossed out]. Given under my official signature this 17th day of September 1856,. Alex A. Allen
Judge SC, SWC
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Clerks office, Supr. Court.
Georgia }   I Andrew G. Ronaldson clerk
Sumter County } of said County, do certify that 
Alexander A. Allen whose signature is attached
to the foregoing certificate is Judge of the Superior Courts of the South Western circuit in said State. that his signature is genuine and
entitled to full faith & credit I further certify
that I am well acquainted with Warren
and Elbert Darden and know them to be credible
men and worthy of credit.
Given under my official signature this
day of [blank] 1856.
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April 10, 1933
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

John McLaughlin-W.174
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Milton Morris
603 W. 19th Street
Austin, Texas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request information relative to John Laughlin and Owen Owen, soldiers of the War of the Revolution.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office
are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in that war.

A careful search of the records fail to show
such claims on file on account of the services of either John Laughlin or Owen Owen, under any spelling of those surnames.

The record of one John McLaughlin has been
found, who was of Ireland and later lived in North Carolina. His record is given below as found in the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.174, based upon his service in that war.

John McLaughlin was born in January, 1756 and ran away from his father in Ireland, and came to America about the first of the Revolution. The names of his parents are not stated.

John McLaughlin enlisted May 6, 1776 and served in Captain Robert Smith's company, Colonels Polk's and Thackston's Fourth North Carolina Regiment, and was in the battles of Sullivan's Island, Brandywine, Germantown, and was discharged May 14, 1779. He later
volunteered under General Davidson, served a part of the time as sergeant under General Rutherford, was in
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the battle of Camden, where wounded and taken prisoner and held until the surrender of Cornwallis.

John McLaughlin was allowed pension on his
application executed August 13, 1832, then a resident of Warren County, Georgia.

John McLaughlin married October 1 or 5, 1825
in Warren County, Georgia, Mrs. Eleanor or Elliner Williams, who was born August 29, 1795. He died February 15, 1836. It is stated that he left no children.

His widow, Eleanor McLaughlin, married in 1838 John Mathis or Matthews, who died May 2, 1855.

The widow, Eleanor Mathis (Matthews), was
allowed pension on account of the services of her husband, John McLaughlin, on her application executed September 17, 1856, a resident of Sumter County, Georgia, where she was still living in 1866.

Her sons, A. J. Williams and Hiram Williams,
were referred to in 1872, as the only heirs of the widow, Eleanor Mathis or Matthews.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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174
Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 174
Eleanor Mathis formerly
Widow
John McLaughlin
Priv. Rev. War

Act Feb. 3d 1853.
Index: - Vol. M., Page 1

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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[text cut off at top]
1866 Oct. 6. Pension Agent
Georgia (Washington City)
Eleanor Mathis former
widow of
John McLaughlin
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 80 dollars --
cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th September 1860

Certificate of Pension issued
7 day of July 1866
and sent to Claimant
care of a J Williams
Americus
Geo.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3 [illegible] 240 Vol. 26
Sent
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5.981
Georgia
Eleanor Mathis for[?]
widow of
John McLaughlin
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 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued
27th day of Novr. 1856.
and sent to
Thomas C. Sullivan
Americus,
Georgia.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 240. Vol. 26.

[illegible]

let. Henry K. McCuy
Oct. 17/[illegible]
H.K. McCuy, Apl. 27" 66,
3d. Audr. June, 28 '66.
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No. 6.459
Eleanor Mathis,
formerly widow of
John McLaughlin
Georgia
Let. Thos. C. Sullivan [crossed out]
October 2, 1856 [crossed out]

Act Feby 3. 1853
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Pension Office Nov 21 1856
Sir
Please inform me when John McLaughlin of Ga
was last paid at $80 a year under the Act of 1832.
Very Respectfully
[illegible] Robb
R. I. Atkinson Esq.
3 Auditor

Tipett 
for Commiss.
Lieu 11 Feby 1836


3d editors office
Novr. 24. 1836
Sir:
John M Laughlin
Georgia, Act 1832,
at $80. per annum
died Feby. 16, 1836,
& his pension has
been paid in full
to that date.
Very Respy.
Rob [illegible]
Auditor
Geo. C. Whiting Esqr.
Commr. of Pensions
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Restoration Certificate No 5981
Mrs. Eleanor Mathis. widow of
John McLaughlin.
Application for increase of Pension under
provisions of Section 13. of Act of July 27th
1868.
Post Office address of Eleanor Mathis
Americus
Georgia.
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Sumter Co.
Americus Ga  July 3rd 1872

Myself & brother (Hiram J. Williams) sent
to the pension office our mother's Certificate
of Pension & blank voucher &c for the balance
due our mother at her death, but we
have not as yet received it. Why is it We fixed
up all the papers proving all that was asked
of us & again sent the certificates of two
persons after being asked to explain &c
A. J. Williams
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Eleanor Mathis
widow of
John McLaughlin
Revolutionary pension

[oval shaped stamp]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
JUL 8 187[?2]
PENSION OFFICE
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Payment to be made at Savannah,
by
James S. Harel, Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of
Georgia
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853, Page 240. Vol. 26.
G.T. Getty Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
WIDOW'S PENSION.

I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853,
Eleanor Mathis formerly
widow of John McLaughlin,
who was a - private, - in the revolutionary war:
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Eighty, - dollars and - cents [crossed out] per annum, commencing on the
3d February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the
time of such marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior,
this 27th day of November,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty six.
R McClelland
Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and countersigned.
[illegible]
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Americus Ga. Sept. 10th 1870

W. T. Collins Esqr.
Agent for Paying Pensions
Washington City D.C.

Sir
yours to me, mailed
the 15th of August last enclosing blank form
of application for Pension due me after the 4th of this month was duly received. and I should have sent on directly after the 4th of this instant. but I had sent on to have my Certificate increased to or
respond with the Act of July 27th 1868 in creased. to correspond with the Act of July 27th 1868 increasing the hay [pay] of the widows of Revolution soldiers. I sent
my Certificate of Restoration that was signed the 7th day of July 1866 to Messrs. Weed & Clarke Attorney at Law No. 525 - 13th Street N.W. Washington City D.C. sometime in April last for them to prosecute before the Court of claims. And in August last they wrote to me that the Application and Certificate had got misplaced in the pension Office and asked
me to send them the number of my Certificate and the name of the person on whose account I received my pension, which I did and I have heard nothing from them since The cause of the delay &c
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[oval shaped stamp] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
SEP 14 1870
PENSION OFFICE.

I cannot account for. I hope to hear from them 
soon as I am in need of the money that may
be due me very much. Can you give me
the cause of the delay &c
your Obedient Servant
Eleanor Mathis
Pensioner of United States

PS. I send you the number of my old Certificate
It was 5981 and John McLaughlin was the
Person on whose account I receive Pension
(& John Mathes was my last husband) and died
in the year 1855. I am still a widow & living
at this date. Sept 10th 1870. and I was 75 years
old the 29th day of last August. I live in Sumter
County Georgia. my post office is Americus Ga.
(Box 60)                                 Eleanor Mathis

P.S Is there no way for me to get my pension now due without me having my Certificate
E. M.
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U. S. Pension Agency,
Washington, D.C. Sept. 27' 1866

Sir
Will you be kind enough to inform
me whether I can pay the claim of Eleanor
Mathis, a Restored case from Georgia, the
certificate is dated 7" July 1866. Application
has been made for payment
Very Respectfully &c
Robert Clarke
Pension Agent


To Commr. of Pensions
Washington D C

St.
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Brief in the Case of Eleanor Mathis, formerly widow of John McLaughlin, W City 5981
For restoration,
Sumpter County and State of Georgia,
Act 3d Feby. 1853 the 2nd. Section.

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,

PROOF EXHIBITED,
Claimant was pensioner on the Georgia roll, at the rate of $80. per an: Her loyalty, widowhood, and identity is shown by two credible witnesses and the surrender of
her Original Crt: of Pension.
The [illegible] Auditor reports
her pension last and Sept: 4" 1860.
Claim allower
at the rate of #80. per an: Commencing the
4" of Sept: 1860, and to continue during
widowhood
July 6" 1866,

Name and residence of Agent [crossed out]
Claimant,
care of A.J. Williams
Americus, 
Geo:

R [illegible]
Examining Clerk.
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Brief in the case of Eleanor Mathis widow of
John McLaughlin of Georgia
Act 3 Feby 1853

Her husband - John McLaughlin - was pensioned
under the act of June 7 1832 at $80 a year and
died in 1836 -

Record of marriage,

Cohabitation, general reputation of marriage,
her identity as the pensioner widow, his death,
the, death of her second husband the present
widowhood proved by credible witnesses,

Agent
Thos. C Sullivan Esq.
Americus
Georgia

Thornton Miplett
Examiner
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[circular stamp]
PENSION OFFICE
OCT 8 1860.
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Americus Geo.
Oct 8th 1860.

Commr. Pensions
Mrs. Eleanor Mathis
widow of John McLaughlin, as
pensioner, of the U. S. as the
widow of a Revolutionary, 
soldier, has applied to me to
[illegible] her a land warrant.
Her pension certificate is
1856. The proof of her marriage,
service of her husband & is
now 'almost impossible';
but is all on file in
the Pension office
As I understand
it this proof [illegible] [illegible]
Will you please
send, out the form of
application
Yours
Henry K [illegible] Leuy
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from 1776 private
3 years
$80.
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State of North Carolina
Secretary's Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the state aforesaid, do certify that it appears from the musterrolls of the continental line of this State, that John McGlaughlin a private in Capt. Smith's Company of the 10th Regiment enlisted on the 6th day of May 1776 for the term of three years and was discharged on the 14th day of May 1779.
Given under my hand this
30th day of November 1832.
W. Hill
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DEPARTMENT [illegible]
APR [illegible]
PENSION OFFICE

Payment to be made at Washington City
by
Robert Clarke
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of Washington City 
DC
Payable on the 4th the September and 4th
March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853, Page 240 Vol. H
E D Collier Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTER
WIDOW'S PENSION.
5981 Restoration

I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853,

Eleanor Mathis former widow of ---
John McLaughlin --- who was a --- Private ---
in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of 
- Eighty - dollars and --- cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of September 1860,
and continuing for life, unless she should
again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior,
this Seventh day of July
one thousand eight hundred and Sixty
Six
Jas. Harlan
Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and countersigned,
Thomas Pearson.
Acting Commissioner of Pensions.
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Coo[?]
Direct
pen Agt. to
pay #10, fees
to Weed & Clarke
as per Comr.
endorsement
within
JMB
Oct 4/70

Rev. War.
Increase
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Revolutionary WAR
Washington City
C
Feby 3 1853
&
ACT OF JULY 27, 1868.
CLAIM FOR INCREASE OF WIDOW'S PENSION.
Supplemental to case in which certificate No. 5981 was issued July 7, 1886.

BRIEF in the case of Eleanor Mathis formerly, Widow of John McLaughlin, Private in the Army of the Revolution
Resident of Sumter, County, and State of Georgia
Post Office address: Americus, Georgia

DECLARATION AND IDENTIFICATION IN DUE FORM
PROOF EXHIBITED.
She was pensioned under Act Feby 3 1853 on Novr. 27, 1856 at $80 per annum, commencing at that date and her pension was [illegible] as a Southern pensioner July 7, 1866, at the same rate, to commence from date of previous payment, viz., Sept. 4 1860.

She now applies for increase under the 13th
Section of the Act of July 27 1868, making
application therefor, proving her identity, and
surrendering her pension certificate - Continued widowhood proven -
Before Weed & Clarke, Washington DC
(not filed)

Issue certificate for Ninety six dollars per annum, under acts of Feby. 3 1853, and July 27, 1868, commencing July 27, 1868, deducting former payments.
J.D. Wilson, Examiner.
Passed Sept. 15, 1870.
APPROVED: [illegible initials]
Oct. [illegible] 1820
Fees as per schedule [illegible]
#10 [illegible] Clark

[left margin]
Agent,
and his P.
O. address.
Not filed
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
MAY 2 1870
PENSION OFFICE
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JNO. J. WEED,
Late Asst. Sol. of the Court of Claims.

WM. PENN. CLARKE,
Late of Cooley & Clarke.

WEED & CLARKE,
Attorneys - at - Law and Solicitors of Claims,
NO. 525 THIRTEENTH STREET, N.W.
Washington City, D.C., April 30th 1870.

Hon. H. Van Lernam,
Comr. of Pensions,
Washington City, D.C
Dr. Sir:
On the 11th inst. we enclosed you the application of Mrs. Eleanor Mathis for an increase of her Pension under the 13th Section of the act of July 27, 1868. We now enclose you a Letter of Attorney authorizing us to act as the Attorney of Mrs. Mathis, to whom her certificate may be forwarded.
Respy. yours,
Weed & Clarke.
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[oval shaped stamp]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
APR [?14] 187[?0]
PENSION OFFICE
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JNO. J. WEED,
Late Asst. Sol. of the Court of Claims.

WM. PENN. CLARKE,
Late of Cooley & Clarke.

WEED & CLARKE,
Attorneys - at - Law and Solicitors of Claims,
No. 525 Thirteenth Street, N. W.
Washington City, D. C., April 12th 1870.

Hon. H. Van Lernam,
Comr. of Pensions,
Washington City, D.C.

Sir:
We have the honor to enclose for the application of Mrs. Eleanor Mathis, for an increase of her Pension under the 13th Section
of the act of July 27th 1868, which we ask may receive prompt attention. As soon as received, we will a Letter of Attorney from Mrs. Mathis,
authorizing us to act as her Attorney.

Respy. yours,
Weed & Clarke.
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Eleanor Mathis
formerly widow of
John McLaughlin
Georgia
admd. 3 Feby 1833
$80 a year from
the passage of the
Act.

[? Cert?]
Thos. C. Sullivan Esq.
Americus,
Georgia
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[oval shaped stamp]
DEPARTMENT [illegible] INTE
APR [illegible] 7
PENSION [illegible]
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State of Georgia }    L S
County of Sumter } On this the siseth [sixth] day of April A.D. 1870 Personally appeared before me Andrew J. Williams one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County
Eleanor Mathis who being duly sworn according to law, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Provisions of Section 13 of an Act of Congress relating to pensions approved July 27th 1868. Said Act increasing the pay of Widows of Revolutionary soldiers from Eighty- dollars to Ninety sise [six] dollars per
annum (she not having received the increased pay allowed by said Section 13) That the person on account of whose death the Pension was granted was John McLaughlin who was a Private in the Revolutionary War (the Proof of which is on file in the Pension Office) That the Pension Certificate numbered (5.981) 
Restoration and bearing date July the 7th 1866 is herewith returned and that she is still the widow of John McLaughlin and John Mathis
who was her last husband And that Claimant appoints Weed and Clarke Attorney at Law & Solicitors of Claims Washington City D.C.
her Attorney to prosecute the above claim and that her residence is in the county of Sumter & state of Georgia and that her Post office
Address is at Americus Georgia (Box 14)
Sworn to and subscribed before me
This April the sixth 1870
Nicholas Darden
Robert M. Dozier
Andrew, J. Williams J.P.
Eleanor her X mark Mathis
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State of Georgia }
County of Sumter } Also personally appeared before me
Andrew J Williams a Justice of the Peace
in and for said County Nicholas Darden and Robert M Dozier
resident Citizens of said County. Persons whom I know and certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who after being duly sworn by me say they were present and saw Eleanor Mathis, the Claimant make her mark to the foregoing declarations. that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of said claimant and their acquaintance with
Eleanor Mathis that she is the identical person that she represents herself to be and that she has not remarried since the death of her last husband John Mathis and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this the
siseth [sixth] day of April 1870       
Nicholas Darden
Andrew J. Williams J. P.       Robert M Dozier
And I hereby certify that the contents
of the above declaration and affidavits were fully made known and explained to the applicant and witnesses before swearing and that I have no interest or claim direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim
Given under my hand and seal this the day and
date last above written
Andrew J. Williams J.P.   LS
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State of Georgia }     S.S.
Sumter County }    I Andrew G Ronaldson
Clerk of the Superior Court of
said County and State aforesaid do certify that
Andrew J Williams is one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified. that his commission was dated on
the first day of May 1869 and to continue during the time pointed out by the Constitution of the
state of Georgia and that his signature above
written is genuine.
Given under my hand
and seal of the County of Sumter this the
sixth day of April 1870 
AG Ronaldson
Clerk SC
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[oval shaped stamp]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
JUN 27 [illegible]
PENSION OFFICE.
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Americus June 21st 1866
Commiss. Pensions
Enclosed please
find my application for [illegible]
of my pension. Please direct
to me at Americus Geo. care of
my son A. J. Williams.

Respectfully
E.  Mathis
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Wilson

Washington DC
Sept 12. 70

Respectfully forworded [forwarded]
to the
Commissioner of
Pensions

W. T. Collurs
ref Pension Agt
M

[oval stamp]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
SEP 14 1870
PENSION OFFICE
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Thos. C. Sullivan
Act 3.
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Pension Office,
October 2, 1856.

Sir,
I enclose full [illegible], and forms
to enable Eleanor Mathis formerly the widow
of John McLaughlin, properly to present her
claim for pension under act of February 3. 1853.
The marriage must be proved by
record evidence if any exist, either public
or private, and her identity as the widow
of the pensioner named in her Declaration
and his death, and the death of her second
husband must be proved by two witnesses
certified to be credible
The official character of the Judge
before whom her declaration was verified
has not been certified by the Clerk of
the Court, nor attested by the proper seal
A new one must, therefore, be handwritten


Very respy.
Thomas C. Sullivan Esqr. }
Americus, }
Georgia }
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Americus. May 10th 1855.
Hon. L P Waldo
Dear Sir
Mrs. Ellinor, Mathis
has requested me to lay her case before you and requests your advice. She is the widow of John McLaughlin a Revolutionary Soldier. Mr. McLaughlin was an Irishman by birth; ran away from his father when a boy residing in Ireland, & came to the United States about the commencement of the Revolution, and while yet a minor enlisted for the war: through
which he served honorably. Under the pension
Act of 15th of May 1828 he received a pension
of $80 per annum. He died in 1836. since which time his widow. the present Mrs. Mathis has received nothing from Government. She intermarried with her last husband Jno. Mathes in 1838 & he is now deced. Under this statement she desires to know. 1st Is she entitled to a pension? 2nd If she
is at & from what period will it commence to [illegible].
3rd If she has any claim for back pay, will she not get the interest on the annual instalments?
4th Is she not entitled to bounty land & how much?
She is a very estimable old lady, but in very
indigent circumstances & McLaughlin left
no children. Please write me on the subject
at your earliest convenience & oblige
very respectfully your
obt. srvt.
Thomas C. Sullivan
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[oval stamp]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE[? RIOR]
MAY 2 187[?]
PENSION OFFICE
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Sold by
John C. Clark & Son,
230 Dock Street,
Philadelphia. 

State of Georgia }
County of Sumter }

Know all men by
these presents the[?]
I, Eleanor Mathis, now a resident of [crossed out] Sumpter Co. Georgia, being the
identical person named in a pension
Certificate No. 5981, dated July 7, 1866, and
having applied for the increase of pension
allowed by Section 13 of the act of July
27, 1868, do hereby constitute and appoint
Messrs. Weed & Clarke of the City of Washington D.C. my true and lawful attorneys, with full power of substitution, to prosecute
my said claim for increase pension, and
to receive the said certificate of such
increase
April 20th 1870
Eleanor her X mark Mathis


Witness = }
N.A. Buchanan }
Nicholas Darden }
Andrew J. Williams J.P. }

[seal]

State of Georgia }
County of Sumpter }    s.s.
Personally appeared
before me this 20th day of April 1870
the above named Eleanor Mathis, known
to me, who being duly sworn acknowledge
the above to be her own free act and
deed, and I have no interest in the
claim.
Andrew J Williams J.P.
( Justice of the Peace )
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Eleanor Mathis

America, [illegible]
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State of of Georgia
County of of Sumter      SS

Before Wm. H Brower a Justice of the Peace for said County & State
I Eleanor Mathis a resident of said County & State do solemnly swear in the presence of Almighty God that I will hence
forth faithfully support, protect & defend the Constitution of the United States & the Union of the States thereunder
thus and in like manner above by & faith fully support all laws & proclamations which have been made during the existing, or later [illegible] reference to the Emancipations of slaves, so help me God
Sworn to & subscribed before me, this 21st day of June 1866 & I certify that the same was
read over to the affiant before signature.
[illegible] Wm. H. Brewer J.P.
Eleanor her x mark Mathis
[seal]

Georgia
Sumter County I Andrew G. Ronaldson
clerk of the Superior Court of said County
certify that William H. Brewer is
Justice of the peace for said county, duly 
qualfied by Said to administer oaths
Witness my hand & seal
of office the 21 June 1866,
A G. Ronaldson
Clerk Supr. Court of
Sumner County Georgia
[seal]
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State of Georgia
County of Sumter
On this 21st day of June
AD. one thousand eight hundred and
sixty six personally appeared before me
Andrew J. Ronaldson clerk of the Superior Court of said county, the said Court being a Court of record Eleanor Mathis aged Seventy
--- years a resident of said County & State of Georgia who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the identical Eleanor
Mathis who was a pensioner on the roll
of the agency at Savannah Georgia & whose
pension certificate is herewith returned
that she has resided since the 1st day of
January AD 1861. as follows to wit in the
County of Sumter as her usual & former
place of abode that during this period
her means of subsistence have been
the care & subsistence of her son A. J. Williams-
That she has not borne arms against
the United States [crossed out], government of the United States or in any manner encouraged the rebels, or manifested a sympathy with their cause, & that she was last
paid her pension on or about the --- day of
of November AD 1860 & up to the 4th day of
September 1860
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This application is made for the purpose of securing a restoration of her name to the pension rolls & of obtaining a new pension certificate such as she may be entitled to under
existing laws. reference being made to the evidence heretofore filed in the pension office to substantiate her original claim - & she further states that she is still a widow, & has so continued since the date of the last payment of her pension as above stated
Sworn to & subscribed before
me this 21 June day of 1866.
[stamp]
Eleanor her X mark Mathis
A. G. Ronaldson
clerk Supr. Court
Also personally appeared before me
Bedford J. Head and Andrew J. Buchanan
--- residents of said County of Sumter persons
known to me & whom I certify
to be reputable entitled to credit
& who being duly sworn say that they
[illegible] present & said Eleanor Mathis
sign her name to the foregoing declaration
& they further swear that
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they know the said Eleanor & that they
have every reason to believe from the
appearance of the said Eleanor & their
acquaintance with her that she
is the identical person she represents
herself to be, & they do further
swear that since 21 January 1861 she has resided, as she has above stated & has depended for subsistence as she has there stated & they do further swear, that she has not [illegible] arms against the government of the United States, or in any manner encouraged the rebels, in the late rebellion or manifested a sympathy with their cause.
And they do further
swear that they have no interest in
the prosecution of this claim & that 
the said Eleanor is still a widow
BJ Head
A.J. Buchanan
Sworn to & subscribed before me this
21st day of June A.D. 1866
and I hereby certify that I have no
interest in the prosecution of this claim
direct or, indirect & I do further certify
that the contents of this paper
now made known to the said Eleanor
and the said
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before they or either them signed the
[illegible].
Given under my hand and
seal of office this 2[?]rd day of June 1866
A. G. Ronaldson
Clerk of the Superior
Court
Sumter County
Georgia
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Boynton
Eleanor Mathis
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[official stamp]
DEPARTMENT
[illegible]
[illegible] 16 1866
PENSION OFFICE


Americus Georgia
April 10th 1866

Commissrs. Pensions
Washington D.C.,

Sir
Mrs.
Eleanor Mathis widow of
John McLaughlin has a pension
certificate No. 5981, as of
Feby 3rd 1853 Vol. H. Page 240
dated 29th Nov. 1856, commencing
3rd Feby 1853. for her life
Pension has been drawn
up to 4th Sept. 1860.
Can she now
draw the arrears [illegible, If she
can, will you please send
me directions & forms by
which to draw it. Mrs.
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Mathis has been loyal in
feeling to the [illegible], of the
[illegible] during the late troubles
very respectfully
Henry K. McCay
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[circular stamp]
numbered 1-12
RECEIVED
MAR 21 1933
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
PENSION [illegible] 3
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683 W. 19th St
Austin Texas
Mar. 18- 1933

Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.

Can you give me any
records of John Laughlin
& his wife Jane Mathias.
They came from Belfast Ireland
to America 1753 - & settled in
Pa. about 1772. The family
moved to Sullivan Co Tenn.
near Bristol?
He served in the Revolutionary
war, but I have no dates of
birth, marriage or death -
yours truly
Mrs. Milton Morris.
over.
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Also, Do you have any
records of Owen Orven
& wife Margaret
They lived & died in
Pa.? Three of their
of their
children were Thomas,
David & Margaret.
Respectfully
Mrs. Milton Morris
603 W. 19th St
Austin Texas

[circular stamp]
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Warrenton Ga.,
Oct. 3rd 1932

Com. of Pensions
Washington City

Dear sir:
Please send me information
contained in the pension
records of John McLaughlin, who
died in Warren county, Georgia
in 1836 leaving a wife, Eleanor.
In his will he mentions
the pension received for
his services as a Revolution-


[circular stamp] numbered 1-12
RECEIVED
OCT 5 1932
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION [rest illegible]
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ary soldier.
Thanking you, I
am,
Very truly yours,
Mrs. W.F. Wilhoit
Official Historian Warren Co.
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Edgefield S C 
Box 275
Sept 2-30

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Georgia Rev. pensioners
pension Roll / session 23
Congress

wish information on John
McLaughlin, Page 50
from Warren Co Ga
1835 -.

Please give me any information
you have on John Blockburn
also on Daniel Blockburn, was
living in Burk Co Ga in 1786,
may have died in Perry Co. Ala

William Blockburn died in Newberry
Co SC before 1790.
Sincerely
Mrs. D B Hollingsworth
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[oval stamp]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
JUL 27 1872
PENSION OFFICE.
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United States Pension Agency,

D. C. COX,
PENSION AGENT.

Washington, D.C. May 15th 1872

A. J. Williams
Americus, Ga

Sir,
I have yours of 9th inst
informing me of the death of your mother.
I enclose a blank which you and your
brother can execute for the amount due
her. See that the certificate of the clerk
states who survive - the deceased as heirs.
The pension certificate must also be
surrendered with the paper sent-
Letters of Administration are unnecessary.
Your brother should send a note directing
the check for amount of pension to be made
payable to you.
Very Respectfully
D C Cox
PA

You should both sign,
depositin, receipts & C.
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[oval stamp] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
JUL 3
PENSION OFFICE


Boynton
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Treasury Department,
Third Auditor's Office,
June 30" 1866.

Sir,
In repely [reply] to your inquiry of the 28"
inst I have to inform you that the pension 
of Mrs Elenor Mathis (on the Georgia roll,
under 2" sec. of act 3 Feby '53) appears by
the books of this Office to have been
last paid to 4 Sept. 1860.
Very Respectfully
John Wilson
Auditor


Hon. Jos. H. Barrett
Comr. of PensionJ M.

JTH.

H.H.R
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Georgia }  In person before me this day came
Sumter County } Warren Darden who after being duly sworn saith that he was well acquainted with John McLaughlin & Elliner Williams before they intermarried, That he was present & saw them at the time they were married to each other & witnessed the ceremony. That said John McLaughlin he
knows is dead as he as he witness lived at the time of his death within a mile & a half of his residence. This affiant also knows that
Mrs. McLauchlin was said to have intermarried after the death of McLaughlin with one John Matthews and to witnesses' knowledge
lived with him as his wife for some fourteen or fifteen years & affiant knows that John Matthews is dead and his estate has been administered upon. Matthews has not been dead more than two years. This affiant further
swears that Elliner Matthews who makes this application is the identical person who intermarried with John McLauglin & was recognized as his widow.
Sworn to & Subscribed before me
this 14th of Novr. 1856.     Warren Darden
N. A. Smith J.I.C.
Georgia Sumter County.
I do hereby certify that I am
well acquainted with Warren Darden the above affiant and that I believe him to be a credible witness & a man of truth. that he was legally sworn before me & signed the above affidavit in my presence,
Novr .14th 1856
N. A. Smith J.I.C.
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Georgia }  Clerks office of the Supr. Court.
Sumter County }  I do hereby certify that Nathan A Smith who signed the within certificate is one of the Justices of the Inferior Court of Sumter County and duly authorised [authorized] to administer oaths. I also certify that I have been long acquainted with Warren Darden & believe him to be a man of truth and a credible witness.
Given under my official signature this
14th day of November 1856.
Andrew G Ronaldson
Clerk
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Americus Lumber Co. Ga Nov 14th / 56.
To the Hon. Comr. of Pensions.
Dear Sir
Enclosed you
have the record of the marriage license of 
Mrs. [illegible] & her former husband John McLaughlin. I should suppose the discontinuance of his pension, which occurred as far back as near twenty years ago would be sufficient evidence of his death. He was while in life in the receipt of a pension. Mrs. McLaughlin soon after his death intermarried with John Matthews & during John Matthews
life [illegible] not entitled to a pension and this is the reason she never applied before, and a further reason may be found in the fact that her after marriage cut her out of any right till the last pension act opened the door for her again. It is not every old woman of the country that is expected to be fully apprised of their rights. I could get any quantity of evidence to prove the death of John Matthews but deem it unnecessary.
Respectfully your obt. sevt.
Thomas C. Sullivan.
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October 27, 1932
XXXXXXXXXXXXX

BA-J/AWF
John McLaughlin
W. 174

Mrs. W. F. Wilmot
Warrenton
Georgia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the record of the Revolutionary War pensioner, John McLaughlin of Warren County, Georgia

The data furnished herein were obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, W. 174, based upon the Revolutionary War service of John McLaughlin.

He was born in January, 1756 and ran away from his father (name not stated) in Ireland, and came to America about the first of the Revolution.

John McLaughlin enlisted May 6, 1776 and served in Captain Robert Smith's company, Colonels Polk's and Thackston's Fourth North Carolina regiment. He was in the battles of Sullivan's Island, Brandywine, German
town, and was discharged May 14, 1779. He later volunteered under General Davidson, served a part of the time as sergeant under General Rutherford, was in the battle of Camden, where wounded taken prisoner and
held until the surrender of Cornwallis.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 13, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Warren County, Georgia.

He married October 1, 1825 in Warren County,
Georgia, Mrs. Eleanor or Elinner Williams, who was born August 29, 1795.

The soldier died February 16, 1836. It is

[handwritten on right margin] left out William L. Davidson as he was only a Maj.
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stated that he left no children.

The widow, Eleanor, married in 1838 John Mathis
or Matthews, who died May 2, 1855.

She was allowed pension on account of the services of John McLaughlin, on her application executed September 17, 1856, then aged
one years and living in Sumter County, Georgia, where she was still living in 1866.

Her sons, A. J. Williams and Hiram J. Williams
were referred to in 1872 as the only heirs of the
widow Eleanor Mathis or Matthews.

Very truly yours

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

AWF:MLB

September 29, 1930

Mrs. D. B. Hollingsworth
Box 275
Edgefield, South Carolina

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 174, that John McLaughlin was born in January, 1756. It is stated that, while a boy
residing in Ireland, he ran away from his father, whose name is not stated, and came to America.

He enlisted May 6, 1776 and served in Captain Robert Smith's company, Colonels Polk, Thackston and William L.  Davidson's
4" North Carolina regiment. He was in the battles of Sullivan's Island, Brandywine, Germantown, and was discharged May 14, 1779. After the above services, he volunteered under General Davidson and served a part of the time as sergeant under General Rutherford.
He was in the battle of Camden where he was wounded, taken prisoner and held until the surrender of Cornwallis,

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 13, 1832, at which time he was living in Warren County, Georgia.

The soldier married October 1, 1825 in Warren County, Georgia, Mrs. Eleanor or Elinner Williams, who was born August 29, 1795.

The soldier died February 16, 1836. It is stated that he left no children.

The widow, Eleanor, married in 1838 John Mathis or Matthews, who died May 2, 1855.

She was allowed pension on account of the services of John McLaughlin, on her application executed September 17, 1856,
at which time she was living in Sumter County, Georgia, aged
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sixty-one years. Her sons, A. J. Williams and Hiram J. Williams are referred to.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner