Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6661, for George Purcell, Virginia
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SERVICE NUMBER
Va. Purcell, George W. 6661
Chandler, Margaret
(Former widow)
CONTENTS
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Hon E. Emhee
Jany 18, 49,
P. Carey Jan 19/51
Reported
Jany 13/49
74 April 25. 3d Auditor for
date to which paid & if to date of death
Names of Claimants
1874 April 27, Hon W E McHack that
no claim to Geo Purcell as he died 1804-5
No connexion of the power of atty to J A Corwin
in 1850 with any claim then & Subsequently
before the Office can be found

Paid to March 4 1855
3004
Ohio. Cincinnati
Margaret Chandler
widow of George Purcell
Va
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as an Ensign

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
233 Dollars 33.
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Act Feb - 2, 1848

Certificate of Pension issued the
13 day of Jany 1849
and sent to
E. F. Brown
Washington
D.C.
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No. 13,408.
Margaret Chandler,
of Champaign Co. Ohio,
formerly Widow of Ge. Purcell,
a Lieutenant, Va. Contl. Line.

Acts 1838, 1843 & 1844.

Married Sepm 1794
husband died. 1804

E. F. Brown,
Agent.
Washn. D.C.
17, July 1847.
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State of Ohio. Champaign County}
Township of Concord -} SS
On this 28th day of June 1847, personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Margaret Chandler a resident of sd Concord
Aged about Eighty four 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 provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to Certain widows & of "An Act approved the 23rd day of August 1842 Amendatory thereof" and of the ACts of Congress passed March 3rd 1843 & June 17th 1844. extending the provisions of the aforesaid Act of July 7th 1838: that she is the Widow of George Purcell who was an Ensign and afterwards a Lieutenant in the Virginia Continental line in the War of the Revolution, that her husband the said George Purcell lived at the time of his enlistment in the War aforesaid in the County of Prince William in the State of Virginia that he served several years in said War as an officer, was wounded in the hand, and his hand thereby rendered almost useless for life and this declarant thinks said Wound was received in the "battle of Germantown": and this declarant farther states, that her husband the said
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George Purcell was entitled to land from the State of Virginia for his services in the War aforesaid, and since the death of said Purcell, a warrant or Warrants for the same has been received from the State of Virginia; by Daniel Morgan of Kentucky who was the duly Authorized Attorney for receiving the same from the Register of the Land Office of Virginia & for locating the same in State of Ohio for this declarants children, who were the children of the before named George Purcell; and this declarant states that after her husband the said Purcell was wounded as before mentioned he came home from the army on furlough for his wound to heal - that this declarant has no documentary evidence in support of her claim - & that she knows of no living person who served with the aforesaid Purcell--
She further declares that her maiden name was Margaret Randolph that she was married to the said George Purcell in the County of Prince William in the State of Virginia more than sixty years past, that after her Marriage aforesaid she resided in said Prince William until she had six children, and about the year 1795 she with her husband the said Purcell removed to the State of Kentucky, and that her husband died in Mason County in Kentucky in NOvember 1805 or thereabouts-
She further declares that after the death of said Purcell and about the year 1815 she intermarried in the County of Mason in the State of Kentucky with
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William Chandler & that her last husband the sd Chandler died in said Mason County about the year 1820 or 22 - & for more than twenty years last past she has been in the State of Ohio - that she has now no record of the dates of her Marriages to the before named Purcell & Chandler or of their deaths, but must procure testimony satisfactory to the Dept. of War from the State of Kentucky which will be herewith or hereafter presented - all which is respectfully submitted to the Department of War for the United States - And she would add the she was not married to the aforesaid Purcell prior to his leaving the Service but before the first day of Jany 1794 & ever since the death of the aforesaid Chandler, has remained a widow -
In presence of Margaret Chandler x her mark
Ossa Lyon
James J Powell
Sworn and subscribed (the interlineations and alternations being first made) on the day and year first before written before me -
John Dagger J. Peace.

State of Ohio, County of Champaign
I, John Dagger a Justice of the
Peace in and for said County do hereby Certify that I am personally acquainted with Margaret Chandler the foregoing Declarant, that she is a person in good standing & in my opinion a Competent witness and in Consequence of old age and infirmity appears unable to appear in Open Court to make the aforesaid declaration In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of June 1847 
John Dagger - J. Peace
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The State of Ohio, Champaign County SS. Court of Common Pleas of the term of June 1847.
Be it remembered that on the 29th day of 
June of the June Term of said Court 1847, the following entry was made on the Journals of said Court
"The Declaration of Margaret Chandler a resident of Concord Township in this County, made before John Dagger a Justice of the Peace in and for this County on the 28th day of June 1847 in order to enable her to obtain the benefit of the provision, made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows, and of an Act Amendatory thereof passed August 23, 1842, And of the subsequent Acts of Congress extending the benefit of the provisions made by said Act of July 7, 1838, was produced in open Court and approved by the Court, And is ordered to be certified to the department of War, And that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to all the official Acts of said John Dagger.
I, SAml. H. Robinson Clerk of the Court afsd. certify that John Dagger, before whom the attached Declaration was made and Deposition taken, was at the time of subscribing the same and now is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly Commissioned, and qualified, And that his signatures thereto written are genuine
In testimony of all which I hereto
subscribe my name and affix the seal
of said Court at Arlana June 30, 1847
Samuel H Robinson Clk
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Champaign Co June 30th - 1847
I am personally acquainted with Mrs Mary
Hill & believe her to be a person of good
character & in Every respect worthy of
belief.
Joseph Vance
Member of the 29 Congress

No. 13,408.
Margaret Chandler,
of Champaign Co. Ohio,
formerly Widow of Geo. Purcell,
a Lieutenant, Va. Contl. Line.
Acts 1838, 1843 & 1844.
Married Sepm 1754
husband died 1804

E. F. Brown,
Washn. D.C.} Agent.
17, July 1847.
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State of Kentucky
At a court held for Mason County the 12th
day of July, 1819.
Satisfactory proof was adduced to the Court
to show that John Purcell, Jane Pritchard late Jane Purcell Mary Hill late Mary Purcell, Catherine Burger late Catherine Purcell, Margaret Gilkerson late Margaret Purcell Charles Purcell, Nancy Pritchard late Nancy Purcell, George Purcell, Malinda Purcell and Alfred Purcell are the legal heirs and representatives of George Purcell deceased, late an Officer in the Revolutionary War, The said George Purcell was the reputed half brother of Colo. Charles Dimms of Alexandria. That he is the same George Purcell whose will is of record in this Court bearing date the 5th day of August 1804, All which is ordered to be certified to the Secretary of War. In testimony that the above is a true copy from the records of said Court I as Clerk of the said Court have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County at the Town of Washington the 13th day of July 1819
Marshall Key
I certify that the above is a copy of a paper on file in the Va. Land Office; And I further certify that in the above mentioned will of George Purcell, his daughter Jane, is called Jane Tiers.
Wm. W. Parker 1st Clk. L. Office
(Register Absent.)
This was enclosed to me in letter
dated Sept. 2. 1847. E. F. Brown.
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State of Kentucky}
County of Mason} SS
The deposition of Jane Collis a
resident of said County takne this 6th day of July 1847 before me, W. D. Coryell the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths, who being first duly Sworn according to law doth on her Oath state that she is sixty years of age; that she is the daughter of George Purcell & Margaret his wife who was Margaret Randolph; that her father the said George was an officer a Lieutenant in the War of the Revolution in Virginia Continental line that her father the said Purcell first served in said war in Lee's Light Horse but how long this deponent does not know, but was induced by some friend to Join the Infantry as Ensign & was afterwards promoted to the office of Lieutenant. That she thinks Col Grayson Commanded the Regt & Capt McCormick the Company that he was attached to, & that it was the 3rd Virginia Regiment; that her father the said Purcell was wounded in the battle of Germantown and one of his hands crippled for life; that the foregoing named incidents are what she clearly remembers to have heard her Father the said Purcell often relate & which she believes to be correct; that her parents the said George
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and Margaret removed from the County of Prince William in the State of Virginia, before the year 1800 & that they then had seven Children that this deponent was the oldest living; one older than her having died; that this deponent perfectly remembers the removal before spoken of: that in the month of August 1803 this deponent intermarried with Peter Tevis her first husband at about sixteen years of age that her father the said Purcell died in said Mason County in Novr 1804 or thereabouts; that she has never seen any family record of the Marriage of said George the said Margaret this deponents Mother intermarried with William Chandler in said Mason County but at what time is not now remembered that said Chandler died in said Mason County about twenty years past; that said Margaret now resides in the County of Champaign in the State of Ohio - and ever since the death of said Chandler the said Margaret has remained a Widow And this deponent would farther say that she recd a portion of land or its equivalent as one of the heirs of said Purcell, which he the said Purcell was entitled to from the State of Virginia for services as an officer in the War of the Revolution, and that Daniel Morgan of Kentucky was the duly authorized Attorney for prosecuting
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said land claim - and farther saith not
In presence of
Asa Lyon Jane Collis
Sworn to and subscribed the words "the, her, the & Deponent" being first interlined, on the day and year first before written before me.
W D Coryell J.P.

State of Kentucky, Mason County to wit I, W. D. Coryell a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and Member of the Legislature of Kentucky of 1842 & 1844 do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Mrs. Jane Collis the foregoing deponent, that she is a person of good Character & Standing & that her deposition this day taken before me is entitled to full Confidence & belief & I have no doubt she is as she states Sixty years of age I have known her intimately for many years & that she is the daughter of the said George & Margaret named in the foregoing deposition - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of July 1847 W. D. Coryell Justice Peace
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Lewis County Ky July 6th 1847
I Certify
That I have Known The deponent Mrs. Collis
for upwards of 30 years when a wife of Tuvis that she is the daughter of George Purcell who had the reputation of being an officer of the Revolutionary Army.
Mrs. Collis has ever Sustained the character of respectability and truth and her deposition is deserving of Credit.
Ths Marshall of Lewis
Duy Genl USA

E. F. Brown
Agent

State of Kentucky Mason County Sct
I John James Key Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid, do certify that William D Coryell, before whom the foregoing Deposition was taken is, and was at the time of taking the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County Mason, duly commissioned and qualified as such, and that full faith and credit, is due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such, and that his signature is genuine,
Given under my hand and seal office at
Washington this sixth day of June, in the year
of our Lord Eighteen Hundred & forty Seven
John James Key
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State of Ohio, County of Champaign
and Township of Mad River --} SS
The deposition of Mildred
Oliver a resident of said Township taken this 30th day of June 1847 before me David Laudenback - the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the aforesaid County duly authorized by law to administer oaths, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath state, that she is Eighty Eight years of age, that she is the sister of Margaret Chandler the widow of William Chandler, and allso the widow of George Purcell: that the said George Purcell was an officer (and this deponent thinks a Lieutenant) of Infantry of the Virginia Continental Line in the War of the revolution; that this deponent recollects there was a rendevous at this deponents father's which was in the County of Prince William in the state of Virginia, that the said Purcell was a recruiting officer stationed there for the purpose of enlisting men for Revolutionary Service: that the said Purcell served a long time in the said War as an officer but what length of time she cannot now distinctly state but thinks & believes it must have been several years & more than two; that said Purcell was wounded in the hand in some battle but in what battle she cannot now remember; that she distinctly remembers to have seen the said Purcell at home on furlough before his wounded hand was healed; that she was personally acquainted with the said Purcell before and after the War aforesaid; That the said George Purcell intermarried with this deponents sister the aforesaid Margaret Chandler who was Margaret Randolph in the County of Prince William in Virginia more than sixty years past: That a few years after the War of the Revolution this affiant removed with her husband to and settled in the State of Kentucky in the County of Fleming; that some few years after & before the year 1800, the said George & Margaret his wife & Several Children
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removed to the State of Kentucky, and the said George and family in this deponents family a few weeks and then settled in the County of Mason Kentucky where they the said George & Margaret continued to reside untill the death of said George which took place in said Mason County about the year 1805; that some years after the said Margaret then the widow of said Purcell intermarried with William Chandler in the State of Kentucky; and that said Chandler died in Mason County Kentucky more than twenty years past and ever since the death of said Chandler the said Margaret has remained a widow and that the said Margaret now resides in the Township of Concord in the County of Champaign and adjoining the Township in which this deponent now resides and not more than three miles distant, and further saith not -
In presence of Mildred Oliver x her mark
Asa Lyon
sworn to and subscribed, the interlineations of "sd" "removed" and "the" being first made on the day and year first before written -
David Loudenback J. Peace.

Mad River, County of Champaign & State of Ohio. To wit
I, David Loudenback a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Mrs. Mildred Oliver the foregoing affiant, that she is a person in good standing and correct demeanor; that for a person of her years retains her physical & Mental powers to an uncommon degree, that in my opinion she is a competent witness & that her, the foregoing deposition is entitled to full Confidence & belief - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of June 1847-
David Loudenback, J. Peace
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Know all men by these presents, that We Peter Tevis and Leonard Cole, are held and firmly bound unto James Garrard Esq. Governor of the State of Kentucky, and his Successors, in the just and full sum of fifty pounds, current money,to the which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs afd, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents, sealed with our sesals, and dated the 1st day of September 1902.
The Condition of the above obligation is such, that whereas a marriage is intended to be had and solemnized between Peter Tevis and Jane Purcell. Now if there be no legal cause to obstruct the same, then the above to be void, else to remain in full force and virtue.
Peter Tevis {seal}
Teste
Peyton R. Key} Leon Cole {seal}

With which bond, is filed the following note to wit:
To the Clerk of Mason Court.
Sir
This will certify that I am willing for a License
to issue from your Office, for a marriage, intended to be had and solemnized between Peter Tevis and my daughter Jane; 
And this shall be your warrant for the same.
Given under my hand and seal this 1st day of September 1802.
Teste
Leon Cole. George Purcell {seal}
Upon the back of which is this endorsement.
"Sworn to by Leonard Cole the 1st Septr. 1802.
M. Key D.C.M.C.

State of Kentucky Mason County Sct.
I, John James Key Clerk of the County Court for said County, certify that the foregoing are true copies of the Marriage License Bond executed by Peter Tevis and Leonard Cole, and also of the accompanying note filed with the same, from George Purcell, purporting to be the father of Jane Purcell mentioned in said Bond as the same remain on file in my Office I further certify that there is no record of evidence of the Marriage between said Tevis and Jane Purcell in my office, the minister not having returned a Certificate as I can find
In witness of which I have hereto set my hand
and affixed the Seal of said County, at
Washington, this 24th day of August 1847.
Jno. Jas. Key
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Virginia Land Office, Richmond August 23d. 1847.
I hereby certify, that Warrant No. 6,425 for 2666 2/3 acres, issued 6th. December. 1820, to the Heirs, Devisees and legal representatives of George Purcell decd. & was delivered to William Robertson Attorney for the Heirs &c.
And I further certify, that it appears from a copy of the will of the said George Purcell from the powers of attorney to the said Wm Robertson, that the following are the Heirs & Devisees of the sad G. Purcell viz John Purcell, George Purcell, Jane Pritchard, Alfred Purcell, Margret Gilkison George Gilkison Isaac Burgar Caty Burgan, James Pritchard, Charles Purcell Harmon Pritchard Nancy Pritchard, Joseph Hill Polly Hill and Malinda Purcell
Given under my hand this 23d August 1847 Wm W Parker 1st Clerk. (Register absent)
Fee 25 cts.
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February 20, 1940
Miss Helen Browning First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Greencastle, Indiana
BA-J/MCS George Purcell, W.6661
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to the Revolutionary War soldier, George Purcell, who enlisted from Prince William County, Virginia, and later moved to Mason County, Kentucky.
The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, W.6661, based on the military service of George Purcell.
The date and place of birth of George Purcell and the names of his parents are not shown.
While living in Prince William County, Virginia, George Purcell first served in the Virginia line in Lee's Light Horse and on December 16, 1776, he was appointed ensign of the 13th Virginia Regiment and served as such until November 25, 1778; he was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown and received a wound in the hand during the latter battle. He also served as lieutenant of Virginia troops, dates not given.
He married in Prince William County, Virginia, date not given, Margaret Randolph.
George Purcell moved to Kentucky about 1795, and settled in Mason County and at that time he had six children.
He died in November, 1804 or 1805 in Mason County, Kentucky.
His widow, Margaret, married in 1815 William Chandler, and he died in 1820 or 1822 in Mason County, Kentucky,
On account of the services of George Purcell, Margaret Chandler was allowed pension on her application executed June 28, 1847, at which time she was aged about eighty four years and was living in Concord Township, Champaign County, Ohio.
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Margaret Chandler died in 1859 or 1860.
George and Margaret Purcell had the following children: Jane Collis, the eldest living child (one older having died) , and in 1847 she was sixty years of age, a resident of Mason County, Kentucky, and she married in 1803 Peter Tevis and afterward married - Collis; Mary who was born in Prince William County, Virginia, and in 1847 was fifty eight years of age, living in Concord, Ohio, married September, 1817, Joseph Hill and moved to Ohio the same year and her mother, Margaret Chandler, was living with her in 1847, she having moved to Ohio in 1823 or 1824; Charles; Caty or Katy; Nancy; Margaret; George; Alfred; and Melinda
At Court held in Mason County, Kentucky, in 1819, the following were referred to as heirs of the soldier, George Purcell: John Purcell, Jane Pritchard late Jane Purcell, Mary Hill late Mary Purcell, Catherine Burgen late Catherine Purcell, Margaret Gilkerson late Margaret Purcell, Charles Purcell, Nancy Pritchard late Nancy Purcell, George Purcell, Malinda Purcell and Alfred Purcell,
In 1820 Warrant #6425 for 2666 2/3 acres of bounty land was issued by the state of Virginia to the following heirs of the soldier, George Purcell: John Purcell, George Purcell, Jane Pritchard, Alfred Purcell, Margret Gilkison, George Gilkison, Isaac Burgan, Caty Burgan, James Pritchard, Charles Purcell, Harmon Pritchard, Nancy Pritchard, Joseph Hill, Polly Hill and Malinda Purcell,
It was stated that the soldier, George Purcell, was the reputed half brother of Colonel Charles Simms of Alexandria."
In 1847 Mrs. Mildred Oliver, a resident of Mad River Township, Champaign County, Ohio, aged eighty eight years, stated that she was the sister of Margaret Chandler.
No charge is made for furnishing this information.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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the Representatives of George Purcell are entitled to the proportion of land allowed a Lieutenant of the Continental Line for three years service 
Council Chamber Octr 6th 1819 signed James P. Preston J. W. Pleasants
A. Warrant of 2666 2/3 acres of land No 6425, issued the 6th December 1820 to the Heirs Devisees or legal Representatives of George Purcell decd and was delivered same day to Wm Robertson atty for the heirs &c.
A Copy from the Records of the Virginia Land Office Teste, S. h. Parker Reg. L. Office
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8253
Ohio Cincin
Margaret Chandler for widow of George Purcell who was an Ensign in the Revolution Husband died in 1804
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 233 Dollars 33 Center per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Sept 1844 and sent to E. F. Brown, Esq. Present
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
corded in Book A
2 Page 202.

Reported Hon E. Ember July 11, 49
Sss
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No 12408 Margaret Chandler
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Act 7 July 1838