Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 2795, for Andrew Mc Donough, North Carolina
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
N.C.

McDonough, Andrew

NUMBER S.2795

Carded

CONTENTS
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13:638
East Tennessee
Andrew McDonough
of Bledsoe in the State of Tennessee
who was a Private in the Company command
by Captain McCullough of the Regt command
by Col. Lowry in the N. C. Militia
line ['line' crossed out] for 11 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee
at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of May
1833
and [illegible] Clerk
Bledsoe: Ten

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833          $ 73:32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 33   18.33
                                                           $ 91:65
{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk,
Book E   Vol. 7 Page 52
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4960
Andrew McDonough
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4960.
Declaration
for a
Pension
Andrew McDonough
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State of Tennessee }
Bledsoe County }
County Court }          S.S.

On this fifteenth day of August in the year
1832 personally appeared in open court before
the worshipful Justices of the county court for the county of Bledsoe now sitting, Andrew McDonough a resident of the county of Bledsoe aforesaid in the State of Tennessee
aforesaid aged Seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. He entered the service in the Militia of North Carolina in Beaufort county under the ['under the' crossed out] in the year 1779. He was a substitute for a certain John Barrow. he draft by which Barrow was called into the service took place in October
of that year but this applicant did not 
[ ? interact] until in the following November when he was marched to Kingston [Kinston] on the Neuse river where the soldiers were [illegible] and he was placed under the command ensign John McCullar or McCullough Lieutenant William Boyd
Captain Matthew McCullough Lieut. Col. John Lowry Col. [illegible] the commanding officer at the place John Shepherd, he remained at Kingston [Kinston] three or four weeks and marched from there to Wilmington in
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North Carolina where he and the troops with him were placed under the command of General Lillington [illegible] then he marched under Lillington to Georgetown in South Carolina-from Georgetown to Moncks Corner,
from there to Dorchester-from [illegible] to Charleston where he remained until the expiration of his tour which was something about five months, having served two months in North Carolina and three in South Carolina
- his time he served as a substitute for John
Barrow and at its expiration received his discharge from his Captain Matthew McCullough - he returned home from
the [illegible] in which he was Barrows substitute in April 1780 - Shortly afterward he thinks [illegible] of that year he was drafted in Beaufort county and then returned the service under the command of Lieutenant [illegible]
Captain William White under whom he marched to Kingston [Kinston] and from there he marched to join General Gates passing by the place where Fayetteville now stands
then called Cross Creek - and between Cross creek and Camden met some of Gates' troops in a [ ? precise] state returned who gave the first news of Gates' defeat &c with those marching with him, was ordered to
fall back and did so to Cross creek where
he met General Herington going to join Gates
Army - [illegible] his term of service expired he was discharged & returned home, this having been a three months tour. In the summer of 1781 he thinks in June he was in Beaufort county drafted again for three months
and then entered the service again
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under the command of Captain Edmund McKeel under whom he marched through Kingston [Kinston] Bladen County and to 
Rockfish creek where he was stationed for
a short time waiting for reinforcements - his expedition was intended against the British soldiers who were at that time stationed at Wilmington. At Rockfish creek he was under the command of Major Griffin and Colonel Kinnon but before reinforcements arrived
at Rockfish creek the British came out from
Wilmington and [ ?drove] Griffin and Kinnon
[illegible] forces, declarant [illegible] a soldier
and returned back to Neuse river having crossed Goshen Bridge in the retreat. He then passed over to the main road
leading from Kingston [Kinston] to Newbern [New Bern] and camped at the same place where Cornwallis had camped shortly before in passing from the South to the North.
[illegible] declarant remained for a short time until his tour of service (which was for three months) expired and he was then finally discharged.
having in all served eleven months.
He was born in Beaufort County in the State of North Carolina on the 30th day of November 1759
He was no record of his age - his father had which he has seen since he arrived at manhood and before - and which may still be in Beaufort County
When called into service he lived in Beaufort
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County State of North Carolina -
For four or five years after the revolutionary war he resided in Beaufort county North Carolina - from then he moved to Plymouth in Tyrrell County North Carolina on the side of Roanoke river where he continued about three years - from there he moved to Raleigh where he continued fourteen years. And from there he moved to Bledsoe County Tennessee
where he now resides and has resided for the
last twenty three years.
The first tour he served was as a substitute for
John Barrow- the second and third he was drafted
At the time he was stationed in Charleston General Lincoln, and General Hogan and Colonel Washington [illegible] there with the regulars, General Scott was at Fort Moultrie in command-
He received three discharges, one from Captain Matthew McCullough, one from Captain William White and the other from Captain Edmund McKeel but from accident or inattention they were long since lost this declarant not being careful of them not supposing they would ever be of any value to him
He states that he is known in his present neighbourhood [neighborhood] to John Dalton a clergyman James Standifer rept. in
Congress Eli Thurman Sheriff of Bledsoe county
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James Roberson at present a representative in the Tennessee legislature John Bridgmon a merchant of Pikeville and others who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a soldier of the revolution.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year
aforesaid.
Andrew McDonough [signature]

We John Dalton a clergyman residing in Bledsoe county Tennessee and James Roberson, Eli Thurman James Standifer & John Bridgmon residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Andrew McDonough who has subscribed and
sworn to the above declaration. that we believe him to be Seventy two years of age -
that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he resides to have been a soldier of the
revolution, and that we concur in
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that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year
aforesaid.
John Dalton [illegible initials]
J. Bridgman
James Standefer
James Roberson
Eli Thurman

State of Tennessee,
Bledsoe County, County Court, August Session 1832.
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 certifies that it appears to them that John Dalton who has signed the preceding
Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Bledsoe, and that
1 John Bridgmon, James Standefer, James
Roberson and Eli Thurman who have also signed the same are residents in the County aforesaid, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
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The State of Tennessee,
I, Scott Terry Clerk of the
County Court of Bledsoe, do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of Andrew
McDonough for a pension-
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and private seal
(not having a Seal of Office) this
16th day of August 1832-
Scott Terry Clk

S.S. [encircled]
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4960
Declaration
for a
Pension

Andrew McDonough

State of Tennessee }
Bledsoe County } February the 1st 1833
Personally appoint before me the
undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the
county of Bledsoe aforesaid Andrew McDonough
the identical person who made the foregoing declaration who having duly sworn deposeth and saith that he has
no documentary evidence
his service nor does he know
of any
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of any person whose testimony he can procure
who can testify to his service. And he further states that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grade; for eleven months I served as a common soldier - &  for such service claim
a pension.
Andrew McDonough
Subscribed & sworn to before }
me the date above }
Alexander Boyd
Justice of the peace for Bledsoe County

State of Tennessee
I Scott Terry clerk of the County Court,
of Bledsoe County, do certify that Alexander Boyd esquire whose signature appears to the foregoing Declaration and certificate of Andrew McDonough, is now and was
at the time of signing the same, an acting justice of the peace in and for said County of Bledsoe, duly commissioned and qualified to act and that due faith and credit is given his official acts as such -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed my private seal
Not having a seal of Office, this 4th day of
February 1833 -
Scott Terry Clk

S.
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State of Tennessee,
I James Standefor member of
Congress from the Third Congressional District
of the State of Tennessee certify that Scott Terry
esqr. whose signature appears to the two foregoing certificates is now, and was at the time of making the same clerk of the County Court of Bledsoe County, that due faith and credit are given his official acts as such - that the same are his genuine signatures and that his said certificates are in due form of law -  and that there is no seal of office for said Court
Given under my hand this 16th
day of March 1833. -
James Standefor
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April 27, 1939

BA-J/AWF
Andrew McDonough
S. 2795

The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Andrew McDonough, private with the North Carolina troops, in the Revolutionary War.

The data furnished herein were obtained from
papers on file in claim for pension, S. 2795, based upon service of Andrew McDonough in the War of the Revolution.

Andrew McDonough was born November 30, 1759 in Beaufort County, North Carolina. The names of his parents are not given.

While residing in said Beaufort County, Andrew
McDonough enlisted sometime in November, 1779, served five months as private in Captain Matthew McCullough's company, Colonel John Shepherd's North Carolina regiment. He enlisted sometime in June, 1780, served three months in Captain William White's company. He enlisted sometime in June, 1781, served
three months in Captain Edmund McKeel's company, Colonel Kennon's North Carolina regiment.

About five years after the Revolution, Andrew
McDonough moved from Beaufort County, to Plymouth, Tyrrell County, North Carolina, lived three years,
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then moved to Raleigh and was there fourteen years, when he moved to Bledsoe County, Tennessee.

The soldier, Andrew McDonough, was allowed
pension on his application executed August 15, 1832, then living in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.

The papers on file in this claim contain no
discernible family data.

The application for headstone for Andrew
McDonough is returned herewith. There was no
correspondence enclosed.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Rev War
2795

INVALID.

File No. 2795
Andrew W. Donough
Pvt. N.C. Mila

Act: June 7"/32
Index:--Vol. A, Page 243
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

1930 - June 5 - Hist to Cecil E. Beeson
See letter in William Wiggins S.17781
1936 - June 22 - hist to W T McDonough [illegible]
1939 - Apr 27       "    "  Memorial [illegible] [illegible]
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Rev War

2795
INVALID.

File No. 2795
Andrew McDonough
Pvt. N.C. Mila

Act: June 7"/32
Index:--Vol. A, Page 243
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

1930 - June 5 - Hist to Cecil E. Beeson
See letter in William Wiggins S.17781
1936 - June 22 - hist to W T McDonough [illegible]
1939 - Apr 27 " " Memorial [illegible] [illegible]
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Andrew McDonough

$36.66
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BRIEF objection to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Andrew McDonough which require further
proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  yes

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?  no

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?  yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Private seal.
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  No

XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. +
       +Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  No

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____days, I served as a _____.  For _____ months and _____days, I served as a _____ ; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be [he] belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly 
authenticated, as above directed.

+
+QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

+
+In every case where the Clerk of the Court
or other certifying Officer has no public seal
of office, the certificate of a Member of
Congress, proving the official character
and signature of the certifying Officer
should be sent with the papers.
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United States Post Office
McMinnville, Tennessee
April 5, 1937

_____CLASS
IN REPLYING
MENTION INITIALS AND DATE

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

IN RE: ANDREW McDONOUGH - S.2795

Your records show that the above Revolutionary War veteran was granted a pension August 15, 1832, on his war record.

Kindly inform me the date the pension was discontinued, the cause of such discontinuation and date of death, if shown on your records. Does your records shw [show] his address as Pikeville, Tennessee, or some other post office in Bledsoe county, Tennessee? Did his address change after the pension was granted?

Gratefully yours,
W.G. McDonough [signature]
W.G. McDONOUGH
Postmaster

[circular seal] [illegible except for] 
APR ??37
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United States Post Office
McMinnville, Tennessee
June 10, 1936

[circular seal]
RECEIVED
JUN [? ] 1936
MAIL SUB DIV.
VETS ADM
[illegible] 17

_____ CLASS
IN REPLYING
MENTION INITIALS AND DATE

Veterans Administration
Pension Department
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

Please give me all information you have with reference to Andrew McDonough and John Thaxton or John Thomas Thaxton, Revolutionary soldiers from North Carolina.

Very truly yours,
W.G. McDonough [signature]
W.G. McDONOUGH
Postmaster
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April 28, 1937.

Mr. W. G. McDonough
Postmaster
McMinnville, Tennessee.

BA-J/ILL
Andrew McDonough
S. 2795

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request in formation in regard to date of death and last payment of pension of Andrew McDonough, pension claim, S. 2795, also, other residences in Bledson County, Tennessee.

August 15, 1832, when Andrew McDonough made application for his pension, he stated that he had resided in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, for the last twenty-three years; he did not name any particular towns in that county.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and cite the following:

Andrew McDonough
Certificate #13638
Issued May 29, 1833
Rate $36.66 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832.
Tennessee (East) Agency.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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June 22, 1936

Andrew McDonough-S.2795
Thomas Thaxton-R.10482
BA-J/AWF

Mr. W. G. McDonough
Postmaster
McMinnville, Tennessee

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Andrew McDonough and John Thaxton or John Thomas Thaxton, Revolutionary War soldiers from North Carolina.

The Revolutionary War records of this office
fail to afford any information in regard to John
Thaxton or Thackston.

You are furnished herein the Revolutionary War
records of Andrew McDonough and Thomas Thaxton, as found in claims for pension based upon their service in the War of the Revolution.

Andrew McDonough-S.2795

Andrew McDonough was born November 30, 1759 in Beaufort County, North Carolina. The names of his parents were not stated.

While residing in said Beaufort County, he
enlisted sometime in November, 1779, served five months as private in Captain Matthew McCullough's company, Colonel John Shepherd's North Carolina regiment. He enlisted sometime in June, 1780, served
three months in Captain William White's company. He enlisted sometime in June, 1781, served three months in Captain Edmund McKeel's company, Colonel Kennon's North Carolina regiment.

About five years after the Revolution, he moved
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from Beaufort County to Plymouth, Tyrrell County, North Carolina, where he lived three years, then moved to Raleigh and was there fourteen years, when he moved to Bledsoe County, Tennessee.

The soldier, Andrew McDonough, was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1832, then living in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.

The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the family of the soldier.

********************

Thomas Thaxton-R.10482

The date and place of birth of Thomas Thaxton
are not given, nor are the names of his parents
stated.

During the Revolutionary War Thomas Thaxton
lived in the District of Hillsborough, North Carolina, and in 1788 moved from there to Pendleton District, South Carolina. He married May 19, 1807 in Pendleton District, Hannah Williamson.

They moved from Pendleton District in 1811 to
Allen County, Kentucky, where Thomas Thaxton died, August 29, 1824, aged about eighty years.

His widow, Hannah Thaxton, applied for pension, April 23, 1856, then aged sixty-seven years and living in Allen County, Kentucky.

She alleged that her husband, Thomas Thaxton, served eighteen months with the North Carolina troops, under General Green, part of the time was in charge of baggage wagons, was in the battle of Eutaw Springs and
in many skirmishes, and remained in the service until the British evacuated Charleston, South Carolina in
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1782.

The claim was not allowed as proof of service
as required by the pension law was not established.

The following data in regard to the children
of Thomas Thaxton and his wife, Hannah, are found in the claim-

Williamson Thaxton aged about forty-seven years in 1856 and living in Illinois. George T. Thaxton died at the age of twenty in Allen County, Kentucky. Matilda Thaxton married, date not given, William Logan, and in 1856 was living in Illinois. Thomas Thaxton residing in Logan County, Kentucky in 1856.
Milly Thaxton died, date not shown, in Simpson County, Kentucky. Phebe Thaxton living in 1856 in Allen County, Kentucky. Sarah Thaxton married, date not given, Reuben Logan, and living in 1856 in Illinois. James H.
Thaxton in 1856 thirty-four years of age and living in Illinois.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section

AWF:MLB

June 5, 1930

Cecil E. Beeson
P. O. Box 261
Hartford City, Indiana

Dear Sir:

I advise you from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 2795, it appears that Andrew McDonough was born November 30, 1759, in Beaufort County, North Carolina.

While residing in Beaufort County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served as a private with the North Carolina Troops, as follows:

From November, 1779, five months, in Captain Matthew McCullough's Company, Colonel John Shepherd's North Carolina Regiment; from June, 1780, three months, in Captain William White's Company; from June, 1781, three months, in Captain Edmund McKeel's Company, under Colonel Kennon.

About five years after the Revolution, he moved to Plymouth, Tyrrell County, North Carolina, where he lived three years, then moved to Raleigh and was there fourteen years, when he moved to Bledsoe County, Tennessee.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1832, at which time he was living in Bledsoe County, Tennessee. There are no data as to family.

The above noted Andrew McDonough is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau, and said records fail to afford any information in regard to Daniel Petty, who served with
the North Carolina troops, or to any Jesse Jenks, all spellings of the surname Jenks searched.

Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner