Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18121, for William Mc Laughlin, Virginia
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SERVICE
Va.

McLaughlin, William 

NUMBER
S. 18121 

carded

CONTENTS
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'- at the Treasury under the of the 6 April 1838 from March to 4 Sept 1840. age ┃ notified 25th Feb ┃ 1842 

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Virginia 23.772 
William McLaught Rocking in the State of Va who was a in the by Captain commandedof the Regh commanded Col Lewis in the for 2 years
 Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Apr 14 and sink Saml M.D. Reid Lexington Va Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep " to   $ 280- 
⎨ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. 
Recorded by Nath: Rice - Clerk Vol. 2 Page 244 Book
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Rackledge State of it in this page 283 
personally appeared before me Joseph Blair a Justice of the have for the said William McLaughlin applicant for a Pension and being first duly sworn anding to law doth on his oath, make the following amendment to his Declaration to state the time this sign the Revolutionary War rived parentary than he has done in his declaration he state that he entisted first for sum of Two and in his Declara Furlough during this Term be absent before this for Three months and two months firm of Two years expired he be same a such held Lawrence McGuire as stated in his Declaration acquired remaining time was Eight months on this applicant is quire and out this applicant unding time of two months, and this applicant out quires Sum unexpired . 
to of Eight This period of service in all amounts months. Thirty months, including a rough of the month This applicant states that he again inlisted for of Eighteen in ouths as stated in his or laration. He served during this term of enlist ment untill after the Battle with Lord Rawdon
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, at Camden after the battle of Guilford he entire ted for the sum of the War, upon condition of receiving a furlough, immediately. It was given immothately; and he culin need in the service as stated in his Declara till after the Battle of Cambalen when he obtained his promised Finlough Three months, and returned home and when his feeling expened his father not a magistrate of Bedford County on Mill Robert Ewins) to renew his in Bugh on three months longer, and he is expired, the war had closed, borneval is king Defeated. He cannot state prively . 1780 that he enlisted the time in July eighteen months. I think it was about the last of July. He only claims though from the first of August, 1780 to the first of May 1781 the time when et and his furlough, making the whole period of his actual service in this Term of enlistment nine months This applicant there states that he belive that he served during the Revolutionary Marand Private in the Regular Service the Thirty nine in on this in not lessceeding intough of three months 
● making his months of actual service of us. When and in what year were you born? was born in the County of Bedford, Verginice
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in 2 the 19th day of Dec. 1777 . Have you any record of in and to his possession has no record he called into where were you . service where have you lived in the Rev. now my war and where do you now in he was living in Bidland County Cain in Boltonmention listed in Second Tour in lection he the Revo lives the 67 year succeeding in he removed to Bedford ● said I or in and you and to ┃ removed then lived several the came to Robert other has continued to read for 2 years the County to except and year in the State of Ohio, Leon of Rocks aforesaid an answer in his lation at the names of Pres to whom you and known in your might or hood who a to testify city and a soldier of the Revolution your character for recd this lief of your services as the refers William Rowleson Robert Short 4 and Arthur M. Clear & William William this applicant states that from his situa tion in life being ninty totally blind and
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bing altogether distitute of pecumary means
he is unable to obtain the burden that
may the living in Bolton and Redford
until which he might be able to soon
in
be able to a though those Counter
to
He
unto this to the missioner
of Pension, praying a favorable action
upon his case
hereby reling all and every claim
whatsoever to a pension or annuity except
and
the presents that his name
is not on the pension
of my estate.
Roll of the agency
the
William Daughter
mark
Sworn to submitted for
the day and year above within
William
.
. Blair
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State of Virginia
Rockbridge County
on this 31 day of October in the
year 1832 personally appeared before me, Joseph Blair a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid, William McLaughlin a resident in the sd County and state, aged 74. last December, 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 enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1775 or 6 with Cpt [illegible] Scruggs of Bedford, a recruiting officer, and served in the 5th Regiment of the Virginia line and served under the following named officers. He enlisted
in Bedford in the spring of the year, and marched
from New London in Bedford under William
Ervin 1st Lieutenant, Thomas Kennedy, 2nd
Lieutenant, & William Kennedy, Ensign, company
officers to Williamsburg, by the way of Richmond.
At Williamsburg he joined the Regular Forces,
under General Washington, Col Andrew Lewis
from Roanoke in Bottetout, then [illegible]
County. [illegible] commanded his Regiment.
The Forces under Washington were stationed
at Williamshing. He states that his Col. Andrew
Lewis, remained at Williamsburg with the 5th
Regiment, to which this applicant belonged
about one year; during which time, the Regiment was guarding Nansemond, Hampton, 
& Hollis Hole: the British forces being stationed
upon Givins Island. He enlisted for the Term
of Two years. He was taken with the ague
whilst at Williamsburg, 10 or 12 months, after
the time of his enlistment, and came home
upon a furlough of three months: at the
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expriation of which Fenlough, he returned in compamy with several others, and joined General SmallwoodBrigade, at the sign of the Red Lion in Pensylvaried (as he thinks). He thence marched on with
Lenallwood Brigade, and rejoined the Regular
Forces under Washington, and united himself
to the 5th Virginia Regiment, then under val
Richard Parker, from Berginia, about 20 miles
he thinks from Brandywine, on the main road
leading from that place to Philadelphia.
thence marched to Gumatown. and was engagedin the Battle fought at that place. This applicant states that about 2 months before hisTerm of 2 years expired, (as he thinks, and whilestationed near Germantown, and before thebattle there, he had with the consent of his
Office become a destitute for Lawrence M
Quire, an enlisted soldier, from Bedford County
McGuire remaining time of her
we was 8 or 9 months for which this appli
cant became, McGuire's substitute, making
his whole period of service duisthers in tents
nearly three years including his furlough
This applicant states that during the battle
his Col Richard Parker was wounded, and he
was pressed to drive a waggon, containing, Col.Parker, land lol Blackburn, and
Opt, who were also wounded, in this injus
Bethlehem Hospitalment, but Godiah Parker, look bal Richard A
Parker's Regiment. This applicant States
that whilst at the Hospital, he was taken
sick, and remained there for 3 or 4 months
at the end of which them, he was discharged
from the Hospital, not fit for service her
ved a discharge from but Josiah Parker, who
was not considered good at the Picquet guard
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and he was compelled to return when
he received second Discharge from Brigadier Gen. Machburg, which brought him safe by home. Thisdischarge he has lost. It was accidentally despayed unsidually on his arrival home: his mother being susprisons of a soldier garments at them, as soon as thrown off into the Tub and his discharge was destroyed.
This applicant further states he
enlisted for another term of 18 month.
He enlisted in the army of the U. States, in July
1781, for 18 months in Bottetourt County,
with Col. George Skillen of that County, and
served in 5th Regiment of the Virginia line
under the following named officers to Bow
, ap - Eli Perkins 1st Lieutenant-
Samuel Burks. 2d Lieutenant John Blake
orderly Seargeant. This applicant states
that he marched with the new Resuits, from
Botetourt, under left David May to Pill
sylvania Court House, on the Southem
Border of Enjine: There was delivered up to
Ballard Smith, a Continental baptain,
who marched him to Hillsbrough in North Carolina where the recruits were dispersed
fill up the companies, that were broken
up at Bluford defeat, at Hanging
Rock, and Gates defeat at Pine Tree,
at Hillsborugh this applicant joined Greenis
Army as under the Tom Bonger:- Tookup
in his quarter at Hillsborough, marched
the 17th day of March 1781 to Gilford Court
House; and was engaged in that battle,
which was fought against Cornwallis, the
of April 1781. This applicant states that after
the battle of Guilford, he (with others, enlisted
5th
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for the term of the War, upon the condition as he believes of receiving a furlough of 3 months at that him, which was not on the them. He marched on to Camden, and was engaged in the battle fought there with Lord Rawdon, in the same month in which Guilford was fought. After this battle this applicant received his furlough, that had been promised some time before, and came trance ┃ but did not return, after his perlough expiece on account of sickness, and the close of hostilities at the siege of York. He received this 
Menlough at Rugel's Mills. 

He received no discharge con quently, during his last time of enlistment. ● Sworn to & subscribed the day and year above written. his William McLaughlin mark. Joseph Blain, a Justice of the Peace for the County of Rockland aforesd do hereby declare my opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I do further certify that William McLaughlin, the above named applicant is a man of honesty, and in capable of knowingly making a false statement. I further certify that from Blindness and bodily infirmity. the sd - To applicant in the above declaration, is in able to attend at the Court House of the County. 
Blair
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hardness and bodily infirmity, the applicant in the above declaration is in able to attend at the Court House of the County 
                                                                    Blair

 State of Virginia 
Rockbridge County ⎬ 
Samuel and Clerk of the said County in said State, do hereby certify that Joseph Blair Gentleman whose signature appears to the annexed declaration of William McLaughlin, now is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that all his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit and that his signature is genuine- In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal of Office this 

20th Day of December 1832 and in the 
57th year of the Commonwealth 

James Reid
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No 21993
William McDaughten
2
Va


Admit as a
peraly Lyng
$80th
Retur

Samuel McD Reid Clk
Sington Rockbridge County
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Sir, - 
WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, 13 May 1853 
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 Enlist 17756 His who three statement, showing the service of William McLaughlin Rockbridge Co Enlisted 17 July in the ten 12 
┃ eighting Rank of the claimant. Private ┃ Names and Rank of the Company Capt Song Names and Rank ┃ and Filmer. Col Lewis Parker Battles in which ┃ ┃ the applicant was None German Country through which he marched Place of abode when he entered ┃ Aged 74 with the his supofficers under whom he served. engaged. town- ┃ W. Pa ┃ the service, and a at the present period ┃ Royer period of Service nearly 3 years including a furlong for ┃ months ┃ eighteen months Curthwar Gulfor Col Skillen ┃ Camden I am, respectfully Your obedient servant J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. [Et cetera] Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. [Et cetera] 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 places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. 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, musicians 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.
State, Territory, or District of 
County of
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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 provion [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) [blank] , with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers: [blank]
(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. [Et cetera] )
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 [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the da and year aforesaid. A. B.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &c. [Et cetera]
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 subscr9be a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: [blank]
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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 day 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. [blank] who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c. [Et cetera]
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 services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
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 expected. 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.
6. 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?
6. To an Officer: 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 he 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 person, 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 of 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.

(a) 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.
(b) 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.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) 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 amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. [Et cetera] . 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 [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank] . For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank] ; and 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. [Et cetera] 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.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, 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.

[THE FOLLOWING "Mode of authenticating papers" IS {BRACKETED} FOR MORE INFORMATION NECESSARY] 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.
[THE FOLLOWING (j) IS {BRACKETED} FOR MORE INFORMATION NECESSARY] (j) 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 (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
[signature] Dyer Castor, Examinating Clerk
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this said County of Rockbridge and has
been dead for Sixteen or twenty years, and who
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militia Soldier in the Southern Service,
that on the morning of the battes at Guilford,
being sick was sent out with the waggons
and that he saw the said William McLaughan
, and his brother Charles McLaughlin, with
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File
No.
18121
INVALID.
18,121
William McLaughlin
Pri Rev War
Act: June 32.
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 249
Arrangement of 1870.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
Second Comptroller's Office,
Dec. 2nd, 1841

Sir: 

Under the date 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," William McLaughlin, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va Agency, at the rate of Eighty 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 of Sept. 1840. 

Respectfully, yours, 
Nelson K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commission of Pensions,
Present.
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Rockbridge  County
State of Va.

S to wit. on the day
personally appeared before me Joseph Blair his of for the County aforesaid William Rowlin & Robert Short and made oath that they are acquainted with William McLaughten an applicants Pension and a for & Resident and in
of them that they believe himCounty
to be 75 years of age as he states that
he is a man of veracity-- that he has
been reputed and believed always
in his neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary Soldier in the Regular or view, and we concur in that no for the city that we know of no don has ever having existed in his
nigh and hard as to his services. 
I further certify that the above named William Rowlinn Robert Short and respectable men and credible with nesses. Given under my hand this 5th day of August 1833
Blair
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'-
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County
State of Virginia
on this 5th day of August 1833 personally ap
placed before me Joseph Blair
a pair of the Peace for the County afore
said William Miller a Resident in said
County, who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he has been
acquainted with William McLaughlin, of said
Rock and County, and an applicant for
a Pension, since the year 1778 - that heard
the sd William McLaughlin's Father, during the
Revolution, state, in a conversation with
him the sd William Miller, that his son
the said William McLaughlin, had been
in the War of the Revolution, as a Substute for some one he does not recollect for
Severall months, in the Northern
services - he states that the Father of the said
William farther told him, that the same
have his son, was in the battle of Ger
man town, and (as he now believes that the
said William was in an other battle to the
North, the name of which he does not recol
out. The sd William Miller for this state
that in another conversation he held with
the Father of the sd William McLaughlin
he was told by sd William's Father, that the
sd William McLaughlin was then on
an Eighteen months tour to the South
This conversation was held about the 1st of
May 1781-
the said William Miller, further
deposeth, that he has heard Samuel Miller
to wit
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of in he was well ing on to the battle at Guilford on the mor ning on which it was fought. The said William Miller says that he thinks this con versation he held with the sd Samuel Will be , took place soon after the said Daniel Miller returned from the Southern ex pedition. The sd Willer farther deposeth that he has heard the Father of the sd William McLaughlin, say that his son, the sd Will ham was at the battle at Guilfordand that the sd William McLaughlin, had to his father or mother, that during the battle, a man standing next to Wil liam, was shot dead and fell against him The said William Miller further deposeth that from the contents of the sd William M. Laughlin declaration, and from what he has heard from various respectable son as he is confident the sd William McLaugh in was a Revolutionary Soldin, both at the North and at the South, and that he served as he states. further certify that the sd William Mil. as is a highly respectable and credible man and incapable of making a false statement or an exaggerated statement Given under my hand the day an above written 2 Blai
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State of Virginia
Rockbridge county

I Samuel McD Reid Clerk of the County part of said County do hereby certify that Joseph Blair and John F Caruthers Gentlemen whose genuine signatures appear to the annexed affidavits relating to the pension claim of William Langle, now are and were at the date thereof acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified and that their official acts are entitled to full faith & credit In testimony where of I have hereto affixed my official seal and subscribed my name this 25th day of January in the year 1834, and in the 58th year of the Commonwealth
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Sam Clk
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Reckledge County to wit
State of Virginia

On this 22 day of June 1833 personally
appeared before me John S Carter a Justice
the peace for the County of Rockledge aforesaid or their McCluer a Resident in sd County, who being first duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he is well acquainted with William McLaughlin Resident in sd County and an applicant for pension, under the act of Congress-- that he lives him to be a man of character and vera City and that he firmly when he was a Regular Soldier during the Revolutionary War from them incumstances. He was often heard the under Plunkett, formerly a resident in Shoun and United States Pensioner, but now died state in conversation that the sd William Laughten served with him (the sd Alexander Phin Ritt) during the Revolution in the Northern and Southern Service. That he was with him in the Battle of Guilford. From his conversa time in the the sd Alexander Phenkitt, which took place Eighteen years ago, the particulars of which he cannot now recollect, he is firmly pursuaded, that the sd William McLaughlin was a Regular soldier during the Revolution further certify that the sd Arthur McCleris a credible witness. Given under my hand this 22d day of June 1833.
John S. Carretter