Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,468, for Hugh Mc Clintock, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE Penn
McClintock, Hugh
NUMBER S.16468
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[LEFT SIDE]
625 to 6251

Kentucky
Hugh McClintock of Harrison in the State of KY: who as a prv in the company commanded by Captain Buckanon of the Regt. commanded by Col. Watts in the Pa [PA] line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 20 Dollars -- Cents per annum [covered] 
commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension ifsued [issued] the 26th day of Feby [February] 1833 and (illegible) R. M. Johnson, (illegible)

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1832  311-
Semi-anl. allowance ending on March: 33 111
$40-
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Nathan Rice - Clerk
[illegible] Vol. 9 Page 51

[RIGHT SIDE]
Certificate correctly made out 25 Apl 33 and sent to Hon. R. M. Johnson (do letter to Hon. R M Johnson and of [illegible] and also to Capt., also to Hon. R M Johnson Apl 26, 1834
Letter to Pen Agt [Pension Agent] 20 Jany [January] 1838
Order to pay and letter to J. G. Parks 9 Feby [February] 1838.
Paid at the Treasury use the acts of April 6th 1838 and 23rd Aug 1842.
[illegible] to 4th Sept 1841 Agent modified Sept 22, 1842  

Date of death not on AB
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Nov 20
Mail KY
Hugh McClintock
19251
The Honorable Secretary of War
Washington City D.C.
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State of Kentucky
County of Harrison S.S.
On this 1st day of September 1832 before me Henry O Brown Judge of the Harrison Circuit Court which is a court of record now sitting appeared Hugh McClintock a resident of Nicholas County in the State of Kentucky afsd [aforesaid] aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the law of Congrefs [Congress] pafsed [passed] June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated that in April 1778 he entered as a volunteer under Captain Buchanon and Lieutenant McCoy in the Militia Regiment commanded by Col. Frederic Watts and in the Brigade commanded by Genl [General] Lacey. That he marched from Cumberland County Pennsylvania (where he at one time resided) through the town of Reeding to a place about twenty miles above Phila [Philadelphia] called the Crooked Billet at which place the Battle of the Crooked Billet was fought on the second day after his arrival that he was stationed in the quarter of the county during his whole period of service that certifies his performance consisted of scouting watching the foraging parties of the army then laying in [illegible] and in guarding and organizing supplys being furnished then by the county people - that his term of service consisted of three months. Then he obtained a discharge
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from Col. Watt but that the same has long since been lost or destroyed. [marked out] That the same year or the year succeeding he again entered the service of the United States as a volunteer under the command of Capt. William Blain this was an Indian expedition after the taking by them of Freelands Fort on the Susquehanna does not recollect the names of other officers belonging to the expedition. It was a short tour not exceeding one month. That he set out from Cumberland County, marched through Saulsberry and Northumberland guarded canoes up the Susquehanna crofsed [crossed] the [illegible] mountain and not being able to overtake the enemy returned home. That in the year 1779 he again entered the service of the United States as a volunteer under the command of Capt. William Black, Lieunt. [ Lieutenant] David Logan and Ensign Thos [Thomas] Smiley. This was also an Indian expedition. That he marched from Cumberland through Sualsberry and Northumberland to Fort Rice in the forks of the Susquehanna from thence to Fishing Creek where he remained until discharged does not recollect whether he obtained on this occasion a written discharge or not. His term of service consisted as well as he now recollects of three months. That he believes he was in actual service of the United States upwards of
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Six months including the three service tours alluded to he stating that he was born Cumberland County Pennsylvania on the 28th day of May 1758. He states that he has a record of his age his fathers family bible now in profesion [possession] of his sister in his neighborhood in Harrison County. He states that he resided in Cumberland County until 1796 and ever since that period he has resided in Bourbon and Nicholas Counties Kentucky. He states that there is no person living by whom he can prove his service is except John Morrow who is now present and who served with him during the whole of each of his above described tours of duty - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declaring that his name is not on the pension role of the agency of any state or territory whatever. 
Sworn to and subscribed this day & year [illegible]
Hugh McClintock

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
State of Kentucky [illegible]
I Andrew Moore Clerk of the Harrison Circuit Court do hereby certify that the foregoing containing the original proceedings of the said Court is the witness of the application of Hugh McClintock for Pension. In Testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal of office this 15th day of September 1832 and in this 47th year of the Commonwealth.
A. Moore
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Blanche B. Barge
c/o 145 East Crawford Avenue
Connellsville, Pennsylvania.

[illegible]
Hugh McClintock
s. 16468

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Hugh McClintock who served from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 16468, based upon service of Hugh McClintock in the Revolutionary War.

Hugh McClintock was born May 28, 1758 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania: the names of his parents were not given. He resided there at the time of the Revolutionary War.

Hugh McClintock volunteered in April 1778 and served three months as private in Captain Buchanan's company, Colonel Frederick Watts' Pennsylvania regiment, during which he was in the battle of Crooked Billet. He enlisted afterwards and served one month as private in Captain William Blaine's Pennsylvania company during which he went on an expedition against the Indians in the Susquehanna River. He enlisted in 1779 and served three months as private in Captain William Black's Pennsylvania company, engaged in another expedition against the Indians.

This soldier continued to reside in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, until 1796 after which he moved to Kentucky, where he resided in Bourbon and in Nicholas Counties.

Hugh McClintock was allowed pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War on his application executed September 14, 1832. He was then a resident of Nicholas County, Kentucky. He made no reference to wife or children. 

In 1832, this soldier's sister was a resident of Harrision
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County, Kentucky; her name was not given.

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

Hugh McClintock
Certificate #6251
Issued February 26, 1833
Rate $20 per annun
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours,
A.D. Miller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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16.468
INVALID
No. 16468
Hugh McClintock
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th, 32
Box: - Vol. 1, Page 248
[arrangement of 1870.]

1931 - Jan 16 - Hist to M.S. Conffer [illegible]
1939 - Apr 19 - Hist to James H. Letten
1940 - April 29 - Hist to Blanche B Barge, Ill.
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Hugh McClintock Ky Act 7 June 1832
$20
To What times last paid
Pension Office
20 January 1838
Hugh McClintock is not on our roll
JH
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Jan 20
Carlisle KY
January 12
Free

Hon. James L. Edwards
Commifsioners [Commisioners] of Pension
Washington City
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Carlisle Ky, Jany. 8, 1838
James L. Edwards Esq.
Commisfioners of Pensions [Commissio, and ners]

Sir, at the request of Mr. Hugh McClintock a soldier of the Revolution, I enclose to you his Certificate of Pension and accompanying document. Mr. McClintock is very old and infirm concludes that he would not draw his pension regularly; but would wait until several payments would become due (as you will see on inspection of his papers, and did not apply until in last June or July; when the Pension Agent at Lexington, informed his atty [attorney] that Mr. McClintock's name as a pensioner has been stricken off the books. He therefore prays you to order him to be reinstated and that he may receive the arrearages due him to all of which your friendly attention is respectfully asked.
I deem it proper for me to state, that there is a discrepancy between Mr. McClintock and Mr. Telford, as to the time to which Mr. McClintock has drawn. Mr. Tilford [illegible] me that he had drawn to 4 March 1834, Mr. McClintock states it to be to 4 Sept. 1833 and persists that he is right as he did not receive but $50. The agent's returns, will, I presume decide the matter.

Yours Respectfully
J. G. Parks
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[Seal]
Lexington, KY Jan 31
[illegible vertical writing]
Feb 8

[illegible]
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commisfioners [Commissioners] of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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Northern Bank of Kentucky
Lexington, Jany 30th 1838

Sir
I have your favor of the 22nd Aug and in answer then to inform you that Hugh McClintock a pensioner on the roll of this agency at the rate of $20 for annum was paid from the 4th March 1831 to the 4th of March 1834  amounting to $60.
I am very respectfully
Your Obedient Servt. [servant]
Jno. Tilford Pres
By
Jno Milton, Clk [clerk]
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Payments to be made 
at Lexington, Ky
by the Presd. [President] [illegible]
Agent for paying Pensioners,
in the Agency of 
Kentucky

Recorded by N. Rice
Clerk, in Book D Vol. 9
Page 57
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United Stated, of the 7th June 1832, John McClintock of the State --- of Kentucky -
who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty dollars and -- cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1834, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this 25th day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
Lew Cafs [Cass]
Secretary of War

Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
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SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE
August 30th, 1842.

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," Hugh McClintock, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and -- Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the  4th of March, to the 4th Sept. 1841.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Hugh McClintock
I do certify that Hugh McClintock lives in my congressional district; that I have known him upward 20 years; that he is a man of good character & the most implicit credit may be placed in his statement for a pension. I have no doubt in my mind that he was a revolutionary soldier as reported by his neighbors & he was at service for at least 6 months. I hope a pension will be granted for that period.
Rh. M. Johnson
23rd Feb 1833
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which [illegible] answered in the negative, in red in, will apply to the claim of Hugh McClintock which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

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

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 periods or periods of the war when he served?

V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language as to definite as to enable the "department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?

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

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

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?

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?
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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? No

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No

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?

XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

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?

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

+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 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.

+QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of he certifying officer who authenticates 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 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.
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 accompany the papers.
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[seal illegible]
Rh. M. Johnson

1 Col. J. L. Edwards
2 Pension Office
3 City of Washington
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[illegible]
4th April Kentucky

Dear Sir,
You will discover that you have now opened the  [illegible] certificate to John [illegible] McClintock. It out to be Hugh McClintock look at the papers and rectify the mistake is enclosed the new certificate to May & Wm. K. Wall directs to this place as soon as possible as the old gentleman wants his money. Your friend.
Rh. M Johnson

Col. J. L. Edwards
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MRS. JAMES HERVEY LETTON
VALRICO, FLORIDA 

(Seal) RECEIVEDMAR 4 1939 [Illegible]

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir-
I In 1840 Hugh McClintock a Revolutionary War soldier was living in Nicholas Co. Kentucky - aged 82 years - can you give me any information about him and his family - Did he apply for a Pension? I will be most grateful.

Sincerely,
Mrs. J H. Letton
Valrico, Fla

Mar 2- 1939
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MRS. JAMES HERVEY LETTOR
VALRICO, FLORIDA

Veterans Administration

Dear Sir -
In 1840 Elizabeth Moore - the widow of a Revolutionary soldier was living in Mercer Co. KY - aged 75 - 
If she applied for a Pension will you plase give me as much information as possible about her and her husband Thomas

Thanks -
Mrs. J. H. Letton
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U.G. Couffer
Fulton Building
Pittsburgh, PA

January 8, 1931

(Seal) Deputy Commissioners Jan 28 1931 Bureau of Pensions

The Honorable Edward W. Morgan
United States Commission of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir:
For some time I have endeavoring to locate the services of my ancestors in the War of the Revolution, also in the War of 1812.

They arrived in Philadelphia from Europe, Alsace or Rhenish Prussia, and their names appear in the First Census of the United States, 1790, State of Pennsylvania,
Page 208 Daniel Cougher, also spelled Couher (correction of Coogher and Cooher handwritten)
Page 64 John McClintock, also spelled McClintic
William McClintock (father)
Hugh McClintock (father's brother)
Page 68 Dr. John McDowell
Capt. James McDowell

I have been advised by the State Librarian, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as follows:

"The name, Daniel Cougher, does not appear upon our lists of German immigrants. The names Johan Wilhelm Cufer, Henry Coffer and Martin Cachler (Caochler) are the only names appearing there which might possibly refer to the name Couffer or Cougher (Coogher).

The name Daniel Cougher appears in the census of 1790 as the head of a family in Roxboro, Philadelphia County. The name, Daniel Couher (Cooher), appears as having served in the company of Captain Joseph Hergesheimer in the War of 1812; place of residence not given.

The name, John McClintock (McClintic, McClintick) appears several times in The War of the Revolution has having served in the Cumberland County Militia, Lancaster  County Militia, and Northumberland County Militia. This name also appears as having had a warrant of land surveyed in Lancaster County in 1775."

If any of my ancestors served in the Revolution or in the War of 1812, patrol tour, frontier, or other duties, and you will advise cost of certificates to show such services I shall promptly remit. 

Thanking you in advance for any courtesies that may be extended, I am, 
Very truly yours
Ulysses Grant Couffer [signature]
U. G. Couffer,
4614 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh.

UGC-mc
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THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Uniontown PA.

(Seal) RECEIVED MAR 29, 1940 MAIL SUB-DIV Reader No. 5 VETS ADM

John E. Hess
Manager

Connellsville Penna
March 28, 1940

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:

Will you please advise if you have anything on record regarding the following:

Hugh McClintock, who served in the Revolutionary War in 1778 as a private in Captain Edward Grime's Co., 6th Battalion, 17th Regiment, Cumberland Militia.

Also if he died first and if his wife who was Anne Carouthers McClintock received a pension, the date of their marriage and the date of her death.

Any other information you may have along this line will be greatly appreciated. The same to be used in connection with application for my membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution.

If there is any charge for furnishing this information, kindly advise and I will remit by return mail.

Thanking you for your prompt attention, I am,
Very truly yours,
Blanche B. Barge (signature)
c/o 145 E Crawford Ave.
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April 19, 1950

BA-J/CO
Hugh McClintock
s.16468

Mrs. James H. Letton
Valriee, Florida

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Hugh McClintock who was living in Nicholas County, Kentucky in 1840, and that of one [illegible], whose widow Elizabeth was living in Mercer County, Kentucky in 1840.

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force it is impossible to comply with your request in full. You are furnished herein data contained in pension claim S.16468, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Hugh McClintock, the only soldier by that name, under any spelling, found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Hugh McClintock was born May 26, 1758, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Names of his parents are not shown.

While residing in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Hugh McClintock volunteered in April 1778, served three months in Captain Buchanan's Company, Colonel Frederick Watt's Pennsylvania regiment and was at the battle of Crooked Billet. He enlisted sometime in the same year or in the year following, and served one month in Captain William Blaine's Pennsylvania company, and went on an expedition to the Susquehanna River against the Indians. He enlisted in 1779, exact date not stated, served three months in Captain William Black's Pennsylvania company and went on another expedition against the Indians.

He continued to reside in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania until [illegible] and after that time resided in Bourbon and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky.
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Hugh McClintock was allowed pension on his application executed September 14, [illegible], at which time he was a resident of Nicholas County, Kentucky.

There are no data as to wife and children.

In [illegible] he had a sister living in Harrison County, Kentucky, her same was not stated.

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 Hugh McClintock, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Hugh McClintock
Certificate #6351
Issued February 26, 1833
Rate $20.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency

Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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(handwritten) see future corres under Wm. McClintock in Regt. files July 11-36

January 15, 1931

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section EEL

Mr. U.G. Couffer
Fulton Building
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Dear Sir:

You are advised that this bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made to the United States on account of his services.

A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the services of John or William McClintock, under any spelling of the surname, as described by your or of Daniel Cougher, searched under all spellings, and the War of 1812 records do not show that a claim of pension was ever made on account of the services of Daniel Cougher, under any spelling.

With the information furnished by you it has not been possible to identify the records of the particular James and John McDowell, in whom you may be interested. If you will furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to each, a further search will be made in your behalf: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.

You hare herewith furnished the history of Hugh McClintock, the only soldier of that name, under any spelling, found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.

It appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 16468, that Hugh McClintock was born May 28, 1758, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
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While residing in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, he volunteered in April, 1778, served three months in Captain Buchanan's Company, Colonel Frederick Watt's Pennsylvania Regiment and was at the battle of Crooked Billet.

He enlisted sometime in the same year or in the year following, and [illegible] one month in Captain William Blaine's Pennsylvania Company, and went on an expedition to the Susquehanna River against the Indians.

He enlisted in 1779, exact date not stated, served three months in Captain William Black's Pennsylvania and went on another expedition against the Indians.

He continued to reside in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, until 1796, and after that time resided in Bourbon and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 14, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Nicholas County, Kentucky.

There are no data as to wife and children.

Very truly yours
E.W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner

(handwriting) Date of death not on AB
A sister resided in Harrison Co., Ky in 1832