Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6646, for John Mc Cord, South Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S. C. 

McCord, John

NUMBER
R. 6646

Born in Va.

CONTENTS
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State of South Carolina

I James McCord Senr. a resident of the 
District of Abbeville, in the state of South Carolina, do 
hereby solemnly swear, that the statements and facts 
mentioned in the declaration made by my brother 
John McCord an applicant for a pension under the 
Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 are substantially 
true and correct, and that there are some facts 
not mentioned by my brother in his declaration which 
with his other statements would prove my brother a  
good patriot, and serviceable soldier in the support 
and defense of the United States in the War of the Revolution
And that this affidavit accompanies the declaration 
of my brother John McCord for a pension under the 
Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832.

James McCord

Sworn to before me this 3rd Nov. 1832
Geo. Shillito J. P.

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The State of South Carolina
Abbeville District

I James Wardlaw Clerk of the Court 
of Common Pleas for the District of 
Abbeville do hereby certify that George
Shillito who hath signed the within affidavit is an 
acting Justice of the Peace in and for the District aforesaid
and that the signature thereto is the genuine signature
of the said George Shillito
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and seal of office at 
Abbeville Court House this fifth day of 
November 1832.

Jas. Wardlaw 
Clk.

[seal]
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20862
Declaration of John McCord
an applicant for a pension 
under the Act of Congress 
7 June 1832.

6 months & 10 days service

State of South Carolina
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State of South Carolina
Abbeville District ss.

On this twenty fourth day of October in the year of 
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally
appeared in Open Court before the Honble Richard Gautt
presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas & Genl Sessions for said State & Dist.
now sitting John McCord a resident of the District and State 
aforesaid aged Sixty nine years who being first duly sworn according 
to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration 
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed
June 7 1832. 
The applicant entered the service of the United States 
as a volunteer at the early age of thirteen years in the summer of the 
year Seventeen hundred and seventy five, that he enrolled his name in 
a Militia company commanded by one Capt. Joseph Pickens who was 
under the command of Col Pickens (afterwards Genl.) and that he 
performed military duty in the company of said Capt. Joseph
Pickens for two weeks or more when Capt. Pickens observed to the 
applicant that as he was both young & of slender frame & weak
habit of body he would excuse the applicant from the severest
part of the soldiers duty and confine him to such duty less
oppressive to the applicant and equally serviceable to the 
company on condition that the applicant would give up
to a more able bodied soldier his rifle, power horn & shot
bag, to which the applicant agreed.  Capt. Pickens then employed
the applicant in various light duties for the benefit
of the company such as shelling corn, carrying it to mill, 
returning with it in meal, procuring other provisions,
assisting in driving & bringing the [beans?] to the soldiers
superintending the provision stores, attending on prisoners
[illegible] the sick when necessary, going messages &c &c.  that 
subsequently in the winter after the battle of the Eutaw in this 
State the applicant volunteered under a Capt. Liddell
and performed under him a tour of duty of at least two 
weeks service, and that after this last duty he enlisted
in a corps placed under the command of a Lieut Matthew
Finley by Genl. Pickens, who authorized & caused this corps
to be raised for the express purpose of guarding the public
property and stores of the Militia, located at a place called
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called Genl. Pickens Blockhouse in Abbeville District, at which place
he performed military or guard duty for the full period of three months
over the public stores aforesaid, and under the said Matthew Finley
who acted as Lieut of the corps guard.  And that in a short 
time after the expiration of his term of three months enlistment
in the guard corps, Genl. Pickens caused a guard to be
raised & drafted from the militia for the protection 
of the said public property and that the applicant
was drafted for the period of two months which term 
of time he faithfully served & fullfilled under one 
Lieut Turk who commanded this drafted guard corps
over the public stores & property at the said Genl.
Pickens Blockhouse - The applicant further declares
that he was called upon by Genl. Pickens to constitute
one of his body guard from Abbeville District or Ninety Six
to a place called Tolls station on Saluda river that 
he volunteered his services & did act as his body guard
with others; fully ten days, which ended the service of
the applicant for the United States, and which in the
aggregate he computes at fully six months and ten days
service he performed for the United States during the Revolutionary
War.

Answers to certain Interrogatories
Ans to 1st.  Inty - The applicant says he was born in Albemarle County
in the State of Virginia on the 25 Novr. 1763.
Ans to 2d Intry. - The applicant says the record of his age is in a Bible
belonging to his brother James McCord who is living in 
Abbeville District in the State of South Carolina
& is in the handwriting of either his father or Uncle
Ans to 3d Inty. - The applicant says he was living in Ninety Six now 
Abbeville District when he was called in to service
& that he has since lived & does now live in the 
same District.
Ans to 4th Inty. - The applicant says that he volunteered at one 
time, was drafted at another & enlisted at 
another, he also volunteered as life guard to 
Genl. Pickens.
Ans to 5th Inty. - The applicant cannot answer this question further 
that what he has declared to already.
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Ans to 6th Inty - The applicant says he was always verbally discharged
Ans to 7 Inty - Majr Andrew Hamilton, Capt. Andrew Hamilton, Moses
Taggart Esqr. Col Alex Bowie, Col Patrick Nobb
are persons to who the applicant is known in his 
present neighborhood & who can testify as to his 
character for veracity & their belief of his services
as a soldier of the revolution.

The applicant also hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a 
pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his 
name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

Jno. McCord Senr

Sworn to and subscribed
the day & year aforesaid

Jas. Wardlaw
Clk.

W Franklin Branch a clergyman residing in the 
village of Abbeville in the State aforesaid and Moses Taggart Esqr
residing in the same District and State hereby certify that we are well 
acquainted with John McCord who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration  that we believe him to be sixty nine 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.

Franklin Branch
Moses Taggart

Sworn to and subscribed the day 
and year aforesaid

Jas. Wadlaw
Clk.

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 Franklin Branch who has signed the 
preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Abbeville District
in the State of South Carolina and that Moses Taggart Esq who has 
also signed the same is a resident in the same District and State
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Richard Gautt P. J.
[seal]
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I James Wardlaw Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and 
General Sessions for the District of Abbeville in the State of South Car [runs off edge]
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the application of John McCord for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand 
and seal of my office, and of the said court
this twenty fourth day of October in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 
thirty two and in the fifty seventh year of the 
Independence of the United States of America.

Jas. Wardlaw
Clk.

[seal]
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20862
John McCord
Abbeville District
S Carona.

Rejected

24 May 33 -

To James Wardlaw Esq
Abbeville C. H. 
So. Carolina
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office, 
[blank date]

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. 
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A Statement, shewing the Service of John McCord
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Period when the service was rendered.
Sumr. 1776   "2 weeks in ma"
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.  Months.  Days.
14 [Days}
Rank of the claimant.
[blank]
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Capt Pickens
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Colo Pickens
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
[blank]
County through which he marched.
[blank]
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
69 years  Abbeville District S Caro.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary & Clergyman & a living witness

Period when the service was rendered.
"  after the battle of Eutaw
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.  Months.  Days.
14 [Days]
Rank of the claimant.
[blank]
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Capt Liddell
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
[blank]
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
[blank]
County through which he marched.
[blank]
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
69 years  Abbeville District S Caro.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary a Clergyman & a living witness

Period when the service was rendered.
[blank]
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.  Months.  Days.
3 [Months]
Rank of the claimant.
[blank]
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Lt. Finley
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
[blank]
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
[blank]
County through which he marched.
[blank]
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
69 years  Abbeville District S Caro.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary a Clergyman & a living witness

Period when the service was rendered.
[blank]
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.  Months.  Days.
2 [Months]
Rank of the claimant.
[blank]
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Lt. Turk
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
[blank]
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
[blank]
County through which he marched.
[blank]
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
69 years  Abbeville District S Caro.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary a Clergyman & a living witness

Period when the service was rendered.
[blank]
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.  Months.  Days.
10 [Days]
Rank of the claimant.
body guard to Genl. Pickens
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
[blank]
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
[blank]
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
[blank]
County through which he marched.
[blank]
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
69 years  Abbeville District S Caro.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary a Clergyman & a living witness

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 constructed to extent, 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 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, etc., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefit 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 the 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 applicants reside. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

                                                                   DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
                                            State Territory, or District of
                                             County of
On this             day of                                personally appeared (a) before  
          A B. a resident (b) of                              in the county of                        and State, Territory, or District of           aged (c)            years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)           , with.        and served in the                (e) regiment of the line,                under the following named offices:

(Here set forth the names and ranks of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service ; (and if he server under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particlar period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                                           A. B.
        (And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                                                                                     of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) 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 (i) this 
                         day of                                          &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the name 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 the 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                             and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. 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 Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the orginal proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for pension.

 In testimony whereof, I 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 orginal 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 hid personal knowledge of the service oh the applicant, and such circumstance connected therewith as may have a tendency to throw lightupon 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 material facts, which can be used 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, it 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 has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.  

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.  

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, fromtheir 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 certity to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deened 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 inquiry whether the belief is general or 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 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 ofice, 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 genine signature.

No payments can be made upon 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 theopinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

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(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 of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldiers 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 depots and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positive as to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grades: ---For____year_____month____days, I served as a ______ for _______ months and ______ days, I served as a ________; 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 service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  ome persons who apply for pensions mere state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  

It must begin every case, be clearly shown under what officer the applicant severed; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corp 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 n 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 fix 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 certified officer, should accompany the papers.                                                   
                                                                  
                                                                    Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certifing officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certiicate 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 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 verify 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 note
 from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is 
The 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.
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.

6646
John McCord
P. O.  [blank]
Service:  [blank]
Enlisted:  [blank date]
REJECTED
Discharged:  [blank date]
Application filed:  [blank date]
Alleges:  [blank]
Re-enlisted:  [blank]
Attorney:  [blank]
P. O.  [blank]
[blank]  Recognized.  [blank]  Contract.
[blank]  Cert. of Dis.  Searched for  [blank date]
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No. 20862
John McCord
South Carolina

Rejected
see letter to James Wardlaw
Clk. of Abbeville Dist
South Carolina
20 May 1833 - 
set let. 18 March 1841
to C. A. Bradford, Pontotoc 
Miss.

6646

Act 7 June 1832
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Pontotoc, Miss.
Feby 23d 1841.

Dear Sir,

Mr. John McCord, an old
man who formerly resided in So. Carolina, has 
applied to me to make some enquiry about his 
application for a pension.  He informs me that 
Mr. Thos. Speering of Abeville S. C. drew up his 
papers and forwarded them either to the Pension 
Office or to Congress (he is too infirm to recollect 
which) and he thinks subsequent to the year 1832.
I infer from this that the application was for a 
pension under the act of that year.  I also learn 
from Mr. McCord that objection was made to 
granting the pension sought for, which was 
communicated to Mr. Speering.  Will you do me the 
favor to inform me what that objection is, and 
what further proof or explanation of Mr. McCord's service
will be necessary, to entitle him to the bounty of the 
government for his revolutionary services.
The Pension Agent at Natchez persists
in refusing to pay the stipend of John White, an 
Invalid transferred from Illinois to this state!!
on the ground that he has not ever yet been 
notified of the transfer.  Justice, though tardy, has
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been done this man in the payment of his old
arrears, but for a year past, the agent when ap-
plied to, states that he has had no notice of the
transfer. Permit me again to ask that this
matter may be corrected.

Very respectfully
I am Sir, your Obt Servt

C A. Bradford

J. L. Edward, Esq
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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME  McCord, Josiah  GRADE  Private  LINE  Pennsylvania

WARRANT NUMBER  9988  ACREAGE  100  ISSUED  August 7, 1789
to Richard Platt, assignee

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* The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.
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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME  McCord, Samuel  GRADE  Private  LINE  Virginia

WARRANT NUMBER  12349  ACREAGE 100  ISSUED  May 29, 1792
to Robert Means, Assignee

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* The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.
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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME  McCord, Thomas  GRADE  Private  LINE  Pennsylvania

WARRANT NUMBER  9903  ACREAGE 100  ISSUED March 31, 1795
to Abm. Foster, assignee

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* The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.