Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22452, for Cary Quigly, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE   Penn.
Quigly, Cary
NUMBER  S. 22452
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18.945 
Pittsburgh - Agency 
Cary Quigly 
of Washington  in the State of Penn’a who was a Pr  in the Company commanded by Captain Maxwell of the Regt commanded by Col. McGain  in the Pennsylvania line for 
1 Yr & 9 Mo   Private   $70.  
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh Agency at the rate of 70 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831  
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Novr 1833  and Sent to  H. D. Foster, Greensburgh Pa Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 - 175.00 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 34 35.00  
$210.00 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}  
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk 
Book E  Vol. 5 Page 88 
Let Hon J. Klingensmith  Jan. 4 1837
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Cary Quigley
25579
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State of Pennsylvania 
Westmorland County 
On the Twenty Eighth day of October Eighteen Hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open Court Carey Quigley who being duly sworn according to law [unreadable] the following declaration in addition to his declaration made heretofore hereto attached - That he served two months as a private soldier in the Corps called the "Flying Camp” according to the best of his recollection in the fall of the year Seventeen Hundred Seventy Six under the officers mentioned in his declaration heretofor made. That he enlisted as a private soldier in company commanded by Capt Cambell & which was attached to the Corps under the command of Col Archibald Laughrey that we marched from Westmoreland County Penna some time between the first & Tenth of July Seventeen hundred and eighty one according to the best of his recollection that we were marched directly to the mouth of Miami River where we were attacked & defeated by the Indians - that this declarent was there taken prisoner and detained or such untill the middle of December Seventeen Hundred and Eighty two when he was discharged (for the particulars of his captivity he refers to his declaration heretofore made) making in all a service of one year and seven months as a private soldier and for which service he claims a pension.
This declarent further states that he knows
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of no person now living who can prove the length of time he was a prisoner and can procure no evidence but that contained in his own declaration.
This declarant further states James Cain whose deposition is attached to his declaration cannot prove the length of time he was a prisoner for the reason that after we were together we were seperated into different parties and taken in different directions - that he can only prove by him that he was in the service at the defeat of Laughrey
Cary Quigly 
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court this 28th day of Oct 1833 
Randal M Laughlin Prot 
State of Pennsylvania 
Westmoreland County SS  
On the Twenty Eight day of October 1833  Personally appeared in open Court James Cain who being duly Sworn Saith that he is liable to state any concerning the Length of time that Cary Quigley was a prisoner
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among the Indians that he knew said Cary Quigley was private soldier in Capt Cambells Company & was at Laughrey’s defeat by the Indians at the mouth of Big Mami River and was then taken Prisoner - That immediately after we separated into different parties and taken in different directions but have long said Quigley was a prisoner he cannot he does not know as he neither saw nor heard of him during his Captivity  
Subscribed in open Court this 28 day of October 1833 
Randal M Laughlin Prot. 
James Kean his Mark 
Westmoreland County Ss
I Randal M Laughlin Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas of Westmoreland County Do hereby certify that the foregoing is the [unreadable] additional declaration & Testimony in the matter of the application of Cary Quigly for a pension made & taken this day in open court.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at my office in Greensburgh this twenty eighth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three – 
Randal M Laughlin, Prot
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State of Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County Ss  
Before the Subscriber a Justice of the Pease in & for the County of Westmoreland Personally came James Cain who being duly sworn according to Law on saith that in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty one in August he was at at Laughrey’s Defeat by the Indians was a private in Captain Thos Stokeleys Company of Rangers. That he was well acquainted with Cary Quigley who was also a private in a company commanded by Captain William Cambell the whole under the command of Col Archibald Laughrey.  We marched some time to July Seventeen hundred and Eighty one from Westmoreland County. That said Quigly was at Laughreys defeat by the Indians at the mouth of the Big Miami River and was at that time taken prisoner by the Indians.  That this deponant is now seventy three years of age 
James Cain his mark
Sworn & Subscribed before me the 22d day of May AD 1833
William McKinney
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Westmoreland County Ss 
I William McKinney before whom foregoing deposition was taken do certify that I am well acquainted with James Cain the deponent before mentioned & that he is a man of Good Character & well entitled to full credit & belief
William McKinney [seal]
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State of Pennsylvania 
Westmoreland County Ss  
On the Twenty second day of May Eighteen Hundred and  Thirty Three Personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of Westmoreland County in open Court Carey Quigley aged Eighty seven years who being duly sworn according to law makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by act of Congress passed the Seventh day of June Eighteen hundred & thirty Two. That he entered as a private the army of the United States as the declarent believes as a volunteer in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six in the corps then called the “Flying Camp” in a company commanded by Captain Davis Maxwell, Lieutenant John or Jonathan Hortshorn - the declarant does not distinctly recollect who were the General officers but thinks they were sometimes commanded by Colonel McGaw & Major McNeal  - that he entered the Service in  Lancaster County Pennsylvania. That the Company to which he was attached marched through Philadelphia, Trenton, Princeton & Amboy to fort Lee in the fall of Seventeen hundred & seventy six that he was at fort Lee in New Jersey on the north river when Fort Washington was taken on the opposite side of the river -  we then evacuated fort Lee and was marched to Philadelphia where we were dismissed having been in the service about three months – I then removed to Westmoreland County Pennsylvania and resided there untill seventeen hundred and Eighty one in July of that year I enlisted in a company commanded by Captain William Cambell and Lieutenant Saml Craig the whole corps under the command of Colonel Archibald Laughrey - we were immediate ordered to Join General Clark at the Falls of Ohio on a campaign against the Indians we marched
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from Westmoreland County in July Seventeen hundred Eighty one and marched to the mouth of Grave Creek on the Ohio river we then proceeded cross the Ohio in Boats and landed near the mouth of the Great Miami river soon after we landed we were attacked by a body of Indians about five hundred in number & defeated - about one half of our men were killed among the number were Col Laughrey & Captain Cambell and all the rest taken Prisoners - I was taken to New Chillicothe where I was detained untill some time in the winter following from there I was taken to Detroit and delivered a prisoner to the British in the Spring following the declarant was taken by the British from Detroit to Niagara in Upper Canada - I was then taken to Fort Carrolton and from there to a place called Prisoners Island near Montreal where we remained about ten months we were then taken to Montreal put on board a vessel and taken to Quebec where we remained three weeks when this declarent with Eighteen other persons were taken in a Vessel to New York where he remained a few days and were then sent to North River near Fort Lee where there was an exchange of Prisoners - when this declarent was exchanged and delivered to Colonel Smith an American officer by whom we were discharged some time in the Winter of Seventeen hundred & Eighty Two perhaps in December the declarent States he was a private during the whole time he was in the service that he now resides & has resided since his discharge in Westmorland County Pennsylvania
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the declarant States he has no evidence of his service except the affidavit hereto annexed and that he is unable to procure the certificate of Clergyman of the only one convenient to him when he was able to attend church is now dead that he has no acquaintance with his successor
In answer the interrogatories propounded by the Court he answers
1st That he was born in Donegal Ireland 1745 
2d. I have no record of my age 
3d Is answered in foregoing declaration 
5th Is answer to foregoing declaration 
6”  Declarent States that he is acquainted with the Hon John Lobergien one of the Judges of this Court, Major Alexander Cooper & Andrew Byerly Esqr 
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declare that my names not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State 
Cary Quigly
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court the 22d day of May AD 1833 
attest Randal M Laughlin 
Westmoreland County Ss
We Jacob Byerly & Hezekiah Robbins citizens of Westmoreland County hereby certify that we are an acquainted Carey Quigley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Eighty seven years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the Neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion 
Jac Byerly
Hez Robins
Attest Randal M Laughlin
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And the said Court do hereby declare the 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 Jacob Byerly Esquire and Hezekiah Robbins who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in North Huntingdon Township in the  County of Westmorland aforesaid, and are credible persons, and that their statements is entitled to credit.
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I, Randal M Laughlin Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas of Westmoreland County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Carey Quigley for a pension, and I do also certify that William McKinney Esquire before whom the deposition of James Cain, in the matter was taken at the time thereof was & yet is one of our Justices of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned Sworn and acting as such and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my  hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at my office this twenty second day of May in the year of Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three 
Randal M Laughlin Prot
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No. 25579  Westmoreland
Cary Quily or Quigley Washington County Pennsylvania
4 Westmoreland
Admit – 
1 year & 9 mo’s
H. D. Foster, Greesburgh Penn’a
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office, 183 
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, shewing the service of Cary Quily or Quigley Washington County Pennsylvania Period when the service was rendered.   Vol.  fall 1776    Duration of the claimant's service.  3 months     Rank of the claimant.  Private   Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.   Cap Maxwell, Colonel McGaw, Major McNeal   Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.   87 years Lancaster County Pennsylvania    Proof by which the declaration is supported.  Traditionary evidence & one Witness – papers correct
Period when the service was rendered.  Enlisted July 1781   Duration of the claimant's service.  about 1 year 5 months    Rank of the claimant.  Private   Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.  Cap Cambell  Col Laughrey  Genl Clark  .  
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. 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 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 in stance, 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 } ss.
On this day 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 in 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 line, under the following named officers:    
[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 that of Agency in the State of    
Sworn to and subscribed the day 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 of the Court of 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 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. 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.               
I, 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 contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
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 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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? 
To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what Town officer 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. 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 Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed 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 declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can cure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the person 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. 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---yearmonths , anddays , I served as amonths and --- days, I served as 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 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 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.    
[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.               
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.         
[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 wife nesses, 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.          
The witness should state how long he was a prisoner.
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AWF 
Rev. and 1812 Wars Section. 
March 7, 1929 
Miss Agnes M. Robbins
R. D. L. 
Irwin, Pa. 
Madam: 
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 22452, it appears that Cary Quigley was born in 1749 at Donegal, Ireland. 
While residing in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in the fall of 1776 and served two or three months as a private in Captain David Maxwell's Company of the Flying Camp, sometimes under Colonel McGain and sometimes under Major McNeal. After which he moved to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and enlisted in July 1781 and was a private in Captain William Campbell's Company, Colonel Archibald Lochrey's Pennsylvania Regiment , and marched to the mouth of the Miami River, where they had an engagement with the Indians, he was taken prisoner and carried to New Chillicothe and held there until the winter following, when carried to Detroit, from there to Niagara, and then to Prisoners Island near Montreal and held there ten months, then sent to Montreal, any
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then to Quebec, from there to New York, and then to Fort Lee, where he was exchanged in December 1782. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 22, 1833, while a resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. 
There are no data as to family. 
The above noted Cary Quigley is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau. 
Respectfully, 
WINFIELD SCOTT 
Commissioner.
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Revolution 
File No. 22452 
INVALID. 
File No.  22, 452 
Cary Quigly 
Pri Rev War Act 
Act:  June 7th 32” 
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 330 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1929 – Mch 7 – Hist to Miss Agnes M. Robbins AWF
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MISS AGNES MAY ROBBINS 
R. D. 1
IRWIN, PENNSYLVANIA  June 13, 1928. 
Pension Department 
Washington D.C. 
U.S. PENSION OFFICE F JUN 14 1928
Only one
Gentlemen:
Have you any record of Cary Quigly who served in the Navy during the Revolutionary War – My father born in 1824 remembered him.  He must have died after 1830 - he was wounded during the War and had a wooden leg.  
As a Daughter of the American Revolution  I am trying the to locate and mark the graves of these patriots – 
Hoping to receive some information 
Yours truly 
Agnes May Robbins
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Pa.  Nov 1.
Revo
GREEN OCT 29
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Dr Sir  Greensburgh Oct 28” 1833
I rec’d a few days ago the papers of Carry Quigly returned from your department.  I immediately made his additional declaration & the additional deposition of James Cain.  I hope these papers will be satisfactory and that an immediate disposition be made of his case as it is Five or Six months since his application was first made. If this application is rejected I wish you would either return the papers or keep them on file in your office.  
Respectfully your Obt Svt
H D Foster 
J L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
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Hon Lewis Cass July 18 1833