Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2779, for James Mc Callon, South Carolina
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[illegible]
West Tennessee
James McCallon
[illegible]
rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per ann
mmence on the 4th day of March 1831

[illegible]
Arrears to the 4th of March 1883 $80--
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sep 20-
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State of Tennessee ⎬ ss
Blount County
 On this 7th day of August 1832
Personally appeared before me
David  McKamy one of the Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the said County of Blount and State of Tennessee James McCallon a resident
of the said County and State at his own house in the said County of Bladen and State of Tennessee aged eighty nine years who is entirely unable
by reason of bodily infirmity go to Court who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
He lived in York County South Carolina
1776 volunteered two tours of there months each under Capt Andrew Love
and again in the year 1779 volunteered two tours of three month
each under Capt Andrew Love served all four of the above tours and was honorably discharged which discharge accompanies this declaration. Served twelve months in the above four tours
He moved to Lincoln County North Carolina and in the spring of 1781 was taken prisoner by the tories and [illegible] taken to the Camden jail confined there between three and four weeks then released from prison and paroled after some time he got home he thinks about the first of August
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he was a present at that time about the
month
Again when living at the same place
in the last of August 1781 volunteered under Capt James Duff [Luff?] Marched to Kings Mountain was in that battle was in Col Graham's Regiment served three month was honourably discharged but
is not certain whether he got a written discharge as or not
He has no documentary evidence except
the discharge for the four tours above mentioned  and he knows of no person by whose testimony he can prove his actual service. He hereby relinquishes
every claim whatever to a pension or anuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the previous roll of the
agency of any State. 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid James McCallon  his mark
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Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th of August 1832
David McKamy
one of the Justices of the Court of  pleas
and Quarter Session for
Blount County
We John Caldwell and James Caldwell both
residing in the County of Blount and State of Tennessee hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James McCallon who has subscribed and sworn to the above relation that we believe him to be eighty nine years of age that he is
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before whom the above declaration and certificate was sworn to and subscribed and who has signed the certificate as to the credibility of the witness and his belief of the service of the applicant for a pension is an acting Justice of the court of pleas and quarter sessions in and for said county and as such is authorized to administer oaths and that the above signature is in his own proper handwright and that said court of pleas and quarter sessions is a court of record 
In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 7th day of August 1832
7034
JF Foute clerk
James McCallon
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In reply to your request of [illegible] received [illegible] for a statement of the military history of James McCallon a soldier of the REVEOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. SF 2779

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT - 1776
1779
Aug 1780
LENGTH OF SERVICE 
6 mos
6
3
RANK Pri
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN Andrew Love
James Duff
COLONEL Graham
STATE - SC
In 1781 although not in service at that time was taken prisoner by British and Tories confined in Camden jail for three or four weeks and then released on parole arriving home about Aug 7 1781
Battles engaged in Kings Mountain
Residence of soldier at enlistment Blount Co Tenn
Date of application for pension B May 3 1743 in Lancaster Co Pa
Residence at date of application Marengo Ala
Age at date of application, 74 years born in Ireland
Remarks No family data

Very respectfully,
[illegible] the card
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1908 June 4 Hist to Wm C Hayhurst
FW

Rev War 2779
INVLAID
File No 2779
James McCallum 
Pvt SC Mila
Act June 7 / 32
Index Vol A Page 243
[Arrangement of 1870]
*WDG ect 20.06
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South Carolina
Camdon District} I hereby certify that Jas McCallon hath served four tours of duty according to law of which and two in the year mentioned the other two in the year 1779
Certified by me this 7th of August Anno 1783
Andw Love Capt
SF2779
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James McCallon
SF 2779 SC
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State of Tennessee
Blount County} SS on this 6th day of April 1833 Personally appeared before me David McKamy one of the acting Justices of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for said county and state James McCallon a resident of the said county and state in the said county of Blount and state of Tennessee who after being first Duly sworn according to law doth on his oath mak the following amendment to his Declaration for a pension which declaration was made before the said David McKamy Justice as aforesaid and bears date August 7th 1832 and was numbered in the war Department No 7034 and sent back for amendment He was born in Lancaster County Pensylvania on the 3d day of May 1743 He has no record of his age
He cannot recollect the names of the regular officers who were with the troops where he served nor the names nor numbers of the Continental as Militia Regiments nor the general circumstances of his service farther than he has stated in his said declaration his memory is mucth impared by old age and bodily infirmity He is known in his present neighbourhood to be a man of veracity by Robert Love James McKamy Major James Houston James Gillespie Esqr & David Carson all of whom he believes can testify that he is a man of veracity and that they believe him to have served as a soldier of the revolution sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Jas McCallon
his mark
David McKamy
A justice of the court of pleas and quarter sessions in and for the said county of Blount and state of Tennessee

State of Tennessee
Blount County } I Jacob F Foute clerk of the said court of pleas and quarter sessions in and for the said county of Blount and state of Tennessee
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do hereby certify that David McKamy before whom the foregoing amended declaration of James McCallan was made is an acting Justice of the said Court of Pleas and Quarter session in and for the said county and state duly commissioned and sworn as such and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his oficial acts and that the signature anaxed there to which perports to be his is his genuine signature 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at office in Maryville this 12 day of April 1833
Jacob F Foute clk
By his dep JD Foute
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James McCallon
fro 1776 private
1 y $40
James Hair
Knoxville
Ten
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[stamped
CHIEF CLERK
MAY 23 1908
WAR DEPT

Wm C Hayhurst
Physician and Surgeon
Birdo Ill May 21 1908

War Dept
Washington DC
Dear Sir
Would you please let me know as much about James McCallon of the agency of East Tennessee who was a private in the army of the Revolution his pension certificate is dated July 10th 1833 recorded in Book E Vol 7 Page 52
Please let me know if the record shows who he married any information will be very much appreciated
Truly Yours
Wm C Hayhurst

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