Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32403, for Matthew Mc Clurkin, South Carolina
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SERVICE  SC
McClurkin, Matthew
McCluskin
NUMBER S32403
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22128
Indiana
Matthew McClurkin
of Union Co in the State of Indiana
who was a private in the com commanded by Captain Sumpter [sic] of the Regt commanded by Col Sumpter [Thomas Sumter] in the S Carolina line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana
at the rate of 20 Dollars _ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Oct 1833 and [sent to] Edghill
Burnside Liberty
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 50.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 10.00 = $60.00
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 120
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Order to pay 4th Oct 1837.
Letter to J. L Lea & 3d Auditor
14 Nov 1839
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6th April 1838
from 4th Sept 1838 to 4 March
1839. Agt notified 7 Jany 1839

Date of death not on AB
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No 24350
Matthew McClurkin Union County Indiana
Adm 6. Months
1/4  $20
Edghill Burnside 6th Union County Indiana
Liberty
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 31 1833
Sir: The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }) You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Matthew McClurkin Union County Indiana
Duration of the claimant's service. Vol. - not stated
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Lieut. [John] Houston, Col [Thomas Sumter] 
Age at present, 72 years
and place of abode when he entered the service.
Chester County South Carolina
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
traditionary evidence, witnesses certified credible, no clergymans certificate & no reason given -  papers
not properly attached

The applicant states that he served ten months, but gives no periods or terms of service

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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[printed instructions]
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to miliwere
occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaris
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular
Four general
places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
classes of cases are embraced in this law:
2
The Regular Troops.
S.
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Serit
County of
On this
day of
of
A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
years, 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
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
with
line, under the following named officers:
and
(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
A. B.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
and C. D. residing in (the same)
who has
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
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 A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Clerk of the Court of
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
do hereby certify that the foregoing
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the serupon
the transaction.
vices of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be exexpected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
To a Soldier.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
, and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow
the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amet
and 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, anddays
, I served as a-
-- Formonths
and --- days, I served as aand
for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority
; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
┃ The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seat, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses
, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Pleas held at the Court House of Union County in the Sixth Judicial Circuit of the State of Indiana on the first Monday of September in the year of our Lord 1833 Before the Honorable Charles H Test president Judge of said Circuit & Robert Swann & David Ogden Esquires his
Associates, Judges of said Union Circuit Court.
Be it remembered that on this day to wit the Seventh Judicial day of said Term & the ninth day of September in the year aforesaid Matthew McClurkin comes personally into open Court and makes and files the following declaration to wit:
State of Indiana Union County
On this 9th Day of September 1833 personally appeared in open Court Before Robert Swann and Daniel Ogden Associate Judges of the Union Circuit Court now sitting, Matthew McClurkin of Union Township Union County and State of Indiana, 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 the 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 That General Sumpter [Thomas Sumter], Col. Weere [Richard Winn?], Col. Lacey [Edward Lacey], Col. Middleton [Charles Starke Myddleton], Major [Robert] Crawford  and Adjutant Miller were the names of the officers during the time this claimant was in the service of the United States, That he was under the Command of Lieut. Houston, the only officer that commanded the Company in which this applicant served.
That in the spring of the year 1780 he entered into the service of the United States as a volunteer soldier and was engaged as such during the time he was in the service, and that he was not engaged in any civil pursuit, the time he left the service he does not recollect
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That at the time he entered the service he resided in the  County of Chester State of South Carolina, That he entered the service as a volunteer under Lieut. Houston at Indian lands near Catawba River, whether in North or South Carolina, he cannot tell, but then it was near the line between the two States, At the Indian lands a small company was formed, Commanded by Lieut. Houston and of which company this applicant was
one, and the forces and company at this place were commanded by Col. Sumter, that the volunteers were under the Command of Col. Sumter marched from the Indian lands to a place called the hanging rock near the Catawba River, and at the hanging rock near the Catawba River
early in the morning they attacked a company of Tories who were commanded as this applicant
understood by one Col.[Samuel] Bryan, that this applicant was engaged in this attack that the Tories were defeated, the British soldiers being encamped about half a mile from the place where the Tories were attacked by the volunteers as
aforesaid, That a short time after the defeat of the Tories the British made an attack upon the volunteers, the volunteers maintained their ground until evening, that this applicant was in this engagement That in the evening the volunteers left the place called the hanging rock and
marched to Bigger's ferry on the Catawba River. At this place the volunteers were attacked by
the British forces and the applicant was severely wounded on the head, and that the scar of the wound is plainly to be seen at this time, and that he was taken prisoner by the British troops, This applicant with other prisoners was taken to Charlotte in North Carolina, and confined
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in jail and from Charlotte was sent to Camden in South Carolina and there confined in a prison -- This
Applicant thinks he was confined as a prisoner about 10 weeks, from Camden he was sent to Charleston to be put aboard a prison ship, as this applicant understood, and on the way about 16 miles from Camden, he and the other prisoners overpowered the guard and made their escape --
That about two weeks after his escape as aforesaid he again entered the service as a volunteer under Col. Sumter, the time and place this applicant is unable to state, but a short time after he entered the service a second time under Col. Sumter, the volunteers under Col. Sumter took a British Garrison at Col. Thompson's [William Thomson] about 3 miles South of the Congaree River that he continued in the service some time with Col. Sumter, the length of time he is unable to state and in the South part of South Carolina he was again taken prisoner by the British and was sent to Camden and confined as a prisoner how long he remained a prisoner he is unable to state, he obtained a parole from the British and returned to Chester and
a short time after he returned home peace was declared between the United States & the British
government, That he received from the United States about $60 for his services, sometime after peace was declared, but the time he is unable to state. This applicant says he was in the service not less than six months, and that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he
cannot swear positively as to the precise time of his service, but thinks he served about ten months and is very confident he served not less than six months.
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He has no documentary evidence of his services and that he knows of no witnesses by whom he can prove his services. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and
declares that his name is not on the agency of any pension roll of the agency of any State, And the following questions were propounded to him by the Court and the following answers received, where and in what year were you born? He was born in Ireland the time he cannot exactly recollect, but thinks it was in the year 1761. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? He has no record of his age. Where were you living when called into service, where
have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live? He lived in Chester South Carolina when called into service, and that since the revolution he lived in South Carolina
a number of years, then he removed to Tennessee and from Tennessee to Indiana where he has resided for 20 years, and that he now resides in Union County in the said State of Indiana. How were you called into service -- were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom? He entered the service as a volunteer. State the names of some of the
regular officers who were with the troops where you served, such Continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service? Col. Sumter, Col. Weere and Adjutant Miller and Lieut. Houston were the names of some of the officers under
 whom this applicant served. That Lieut. Houston commanded the Company in which this applicant served, that the Circumstances of his services are stated in the body
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of his declaration above recited. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it? That he never received a written discharge. State the names of
persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution? That he is known by David Bonner & Thomas Wright who are residents in his neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution
and that no clergyman lives in his vicinity with whom he is acquainted.
S/ Matthew McClurkin
S/ Edghill Burnside, Clerk
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Matthew McClurkin in open Court the day year above written
Edghill Bunnell Clerk

I David Bonner residing in Union County and State of Indiana, hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Mathew McClurkin who has
sworn & Subscribed to the above declaration, more than forty years, that about 4 miles from the said Matthew when he lived in South Carolina. that he was reputed and believed to be a soldier of the revolution in the neighborhood where he resided in South Carolina 
(Signed) David Bonner
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Bonner in open Court the 9th day of September 1833 
s/ Edghill Burnside Clerk
We David Boone and Thomas Wright residing in Union County and State of Indiana, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Matthew McClurkin who has sworn and subscribed to the above declaration
that we believe him to be seventy two years old that
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that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a soldier of the revolution, and
that we concur in that opinion signed, David Bonner
Sworn to & subscribed by the said David Bonner & Thomas Wright
on the day & year above written 
s/ Edghill Burnside Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation
of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories proscribed by the war department, that the above named
applicant is a revolutionary  soldier and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that David Bonner and Thomas Wright who have subscribed and sworn the preceeding certificate are credible persons, and are entitled to credit and that it does
appear to them that there is no Clergyman residing within the neighborhood of the applicant, with which he is acquainted
s/ Edghill Burnside Clerk of the Court of Union County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of of the said Court in the matter of the application of Mathew McClurkin for a pension
In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand & seal of office
this eighteenth day of September 1833.
s/ Edghill Burnside Clerk.
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May 15, 1937
BA J/EEL
Matthew McClurkin S.32403

Elnora P. Campbell
1113 Ridge Street
Richmond, Indiana

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War records of Matthew McClerkin (McClurkin) who received pension in Union County, Indiana; George Rinker and David
Thomas, both pensioned in 1831 and Henderson Hervey or Harvey, of
Pennsylvania, who died in Union County, Indiana.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and
the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such
information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request
pertaining to soldiers of that war. The record of Matthew McClurkin is furnished you herein, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in his claim for pension, S.33403, based upon his military service in the Revolutionary War.
Matthew McClurkin was born in Ireland about the year 1761.
The names of his parents and the date of his arrival in America
are not given.

While a resident of Chester County, South Carolina, Matthew McClurkin volunteered in the spring of 1780, at the Indian lands on the Catawba River, served under Lieutenant Houston and Colonel Sumter, was in the battle of Hanging Rock and in an engagement at Biggen's Ferry [Skirmish at Biggers Ferry], where he was severely wounded on the head and taken prisoner, was held in the jails at Charlotte and Camden was then started for Charleston to be placed, as he understood, in a prison
ship, and on the way, the prisoners overpowered the guards and made
their escape, and in about two weeks, soldier rejoined the army under Colonel  Sumter and was in an engagement at Colonel Thompson's [Wm Thomson] after this he was again taken prisoner but received a parole and returned home.
After the Revolution, he resided for a number of years in the 
[handwritten notes] Biggens Bridge or Church was before Hanging Rock was unable to identify this engagement. I presume he refers to Thompson's  [sic] Plantation
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state of South Carolina, then moved to Tennessee, thence to Indiana.
Matthew McClurkin was allowed pension on his application executed September 9, 1833 while residing in Union Township, Union County, Indiana.
It is not stated that soldier was ever married.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner Matthew McClurkin
s.32403), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Matthew McClurkin
Certificate No. 22126
Issued October 12, 1833
RaTE $20 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Indiana Agency
Very truly yours
A. D. Hillyer
Ex. Assistant to Adminr
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32403
Revy INVALID.
File No. 32,403
Matthew McCluskin
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index: --Vol. Q, Page 263
Arrangement of 1870

Mar 6. 1906. Hist to Mrs RA Bratty
1906 Aug17 History to Mrs. Emma L Robertson
1910 Apl 12 To J. H. McClurkin
1916 Nov. 15. Hist to Mrs. GJ Welborn
1937 May 15 Hist to Elnora F Campley
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3-871
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by W.T.C.
Claim No. 4/6/1910

REMARKS:
No claim as above. Try
OWIF. 32,403. (McCluskin)
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office,
Dec. 30th 1839
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, Mathew McClurkin, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Madison Agency, at
the rate of Twenty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept 1838 to the 4th March 1839
Respectfully, yours
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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Branch State Bank of Indiana
Richmond, 9 Mo. 25, 1837
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
[Illegible]
I enclose for liberty of payment, the vouchers of Matthew McClurkin a
Pensioner of this District, whose last payment was made Mar. 4, 1836.
very respectfully
Elijah Coffins, cashier
Acting for Samuel Merrill
Pension Agent, Indiana
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[stamp] US PENSION OFFICE NOV 16 1916
Princeton Indiana
Bureau of Pension
Washington . C
Dear Sirs:  Some few weeks ago I wrote to your department asking
you to please send me all
information you have about
Mathew McClurkin
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who fought in the Revolutionary War from Chester Co S. Carolina.
He applied for a Pension from Union Township Union County Indiana in 1833. Is there a record of this in the Pension Office? Any expense connected with this will gladly be paid.
Yours respectfully Mrs GJ Welborn 1430 Hall St.
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[stamp] OLD WAR & NAVY FILES FEB 7 1906
Chief Clerk Pension Bureau Washington DC
Dear Sir: Have you among your Pension Records that of Mathew McClurkin. He fought in the Revolutionary War was in Sumters or Sumners (am not sure how it is
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spelled) division of the South Carolina troops. I think he drew a pension and his voucher was found at Liberty Indiana where he was living at the time. Any information you can supply regarding his
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war record will be greatly appreciated by me
Yours truly Rose McClurkin Bratty
address Mrs RA Bratty
Southern Hotel
Columbus, Ohio
[stamp] US PENSION OFFICE FEB 6 1906
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Rev/ P
Bureau of Pensions
Washington DC
Will you please give me all the information you have about Mathew McClurkin a Revolutionary soldier who fought in the war from South Carolina Chester Co.
He applied for a pension from Union Township Union County Indiana in the year 1833.
Yours Respectfully Mrs GJ Welborn 430 Hall St
Princeton, Indiana
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File with 1095157
[stamp] MILITARY SECRETARYS OFFICE AUG 4 1906
1153323 WAR DEPARTMENT
Sparta, Ills
Aug 2 1906
Matthew McClurken
from S.C. in Rev War
Emma L Robertson
Requests the record of
above named her ancestor.
[stamp] OW &N DIV. AUG 14 1906
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Sparta, Ills.
August 2. 1906
Pension Office War Department
Washington, D.C
I write you for
assistance in tracing the record of my great Grandfather Mathew McClurken, who was a soldier in the Revolution enlisted in South Carolina, died in Ohio and drew a pension until the date of his death which is unknown to me. my father who is 84
old remembers but little-- a hand to hand fight - pension - place of enlistment, and death.
Will you kindly give me the date of his death, his regiment, in fact the record in full if possible,
Mrs. Emma L. Robertson
Sparta Illinois
[stamp] US PENSION OFFICE AUG 13 1906
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Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.
Sirs: Do you have any record of
kind? and what may it be? of
Matthew McClerkin or McClurkin who was supposed to have received a pension from Union Co. Ind. in 1831 & 1840. also
George Rinker pensioned 1831. and
David Thomas " 1831 and also
Henderson Hervey (or Hervy or Harvey) from Pa and died & buried in
Union Co.
Mary, many thanks, in advance for
your trouble
Sincerely
Elnora R. Campbell
1116 Ridge St.
Richmond
Indiana
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[letterhead]
HALLOWELL & HENRY
32 BEAVER STREET
Telephones, 4996-7-8 Broad
INVESTMENT SECURITIES.
New York March 25, 1910
Hon. Comm of Pensions:
Dear Sir
Washington D C
Please send me as complete a record as possible of the military and pension record of
Mathew McClurkin
Who served in Revolutionary War in So. Carolina and la er became a pensioner. I desire all data you have relating to his military service. If there is any fee for compiling this information in proper form, Kindly advise, and I will remit
Very respectfully
J. H. McClurkin
240 Madison St
Brooklyn
N Y
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In reply to your request of _
received _ for a statement of the military history of Matthew McClurkin
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau. Sur File 32,403
Volunteered at the Indian lands on the Catawba river in the spring 1780
under Lieut. Houston and Col Sumter in SC troops; he was wounded in the head & captured at Biggins [Bigger's] Ferry, confined in jail at Charlotte NC
& Camden S.C. and while in route to prison ship at Charleston, he
escaped from the guard & vol again under Col. Sumter; was captured in the southern part of S.C. imprisoned at Camden, paroled, & returned home shortly before peace was declared.
Battles engaged in, Hanging Rock and Biggers Ferry
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Chester, S. C.
Date of application for pension, Sept 9, 1833.
Residence at date of application, Union , Union Co. Indiana
Age at date of application, born 1761 in Ireland
Remarks: no family data