Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9,431, for Archibald Mc Corkle, North Carolina
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[3-1776]

SERVICE
N C

McCorkle, Archibald

NUMBER. 
S.9431

carded
CONTENTS
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North Carolina 30,9[Illegible]

Archibald McCorkle
of Mecklenburg in the State of N. Ca [North Carolina]
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Hagins of the Regt [Regiment] commanded
by Col. Polk in the N. Ca [North Carolina]
line for 7 mos [months]

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Ca [North Carolina]
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Jany [January]
1837 and sent Hon. H. W. Connor Ho of Reps [House of Representatives]

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1836 $140.31
Semi=anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 Mar ’37 13.66
153.97
{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by [Illegible], Clerk
Book E Vol. 642 Page 66
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State of North Carolina} 
Mecklenburg County} SS

On this 22nd day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty four [1834] personally appeared before me Pearsall Thompson an acting Justice of the peace for the County of Mecklenburg and State aforesaid Archibald McCorkle, a resident of Mecklenburg County and State of North Carolina aged Seventy-five years past, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.

That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein this after stated. That he was born in the State of Pennsylvania in the County not recollected in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and fifty Eight [1758] in the month of March of said year, that his age is recorded in his father's family Bible (which is now in the possession of his brother Matthew McCorkle), that he removed from the State of Pennsylvania when he was about Six or Seven years of age to the State of North Carolina and settled in the County of Mecklenburg, where he has resided ever since. 
That he entered the Service of the United States sometime in the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Six [1776]. Sometime in the month of November in that year and served as hereinafter stated. 

That the first Tour he served under the following named officers (Viz.) William Hagins [William Hagan] was his Captain, Foster was Lieutenant; Thomas Polk his Colonel, and Rutherford [Griffith Rutherford] his General and commanding officer. That this tour was one month against the Scotch about what is now called Fayetteville that he was regularly discharged, but that he has lost it. [words crossed out] The next Tour he served as a private
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under Captain Hagins in the expedition against the Cherokee Indians. that he entered as a volunteer that he does not recollect the name of his Col. That Rutherford was the Genl. [General] and commanding officer. That he was marched to the head of Catawba River, and after serving the time for which he volunteered he was discharged at the head of the Catawba River at Cathey's Fort, which discharge is lost. This Tour was in the year 1775 [sic, 1776]. The next expedition and Tour that he Served was in the Cavalry [word crossed out] That he volunteered under Captain Bartley [Robert Bartley], William Davie [William Richardson Davie] was Lieutenant and Nathaniel Alexander was Ensign. Butler was the commanding officer of the Infantry to which they were attached. This was in the year 1776 [sic, 1779] as well as he can recollect, he served in this expedition Six months and was in the battle of Stono near or not far distant from Charleston where they met the Brittish [British] and fought them, that they were also at Augusta in Georgia during this expedition, that he was regularly discharged in South Carolina near Charleston, our Captain Bartley was broke of his commission during this time by Court Martial for intemperance and Davie assumed the Command of the company, he then returned home to Mecklenburg and volunteered under Davie who was then promoted to the rank of Major, that he was frequently out and protecting the Country from the British who were advancing into the Country. That he was at the Battle of Hanging Rock in South Carolina. That he was continually from this time under the command of Davie untill [until] the cessation of Hostilities, and was [words crossed out] with Davie & Genl [General] Rutherford when the battle of Ramsour's [Mill] was fought in Lincoln and arrived with the Main Army on the battleground immediately after it was fought and aided in assisting the wounded
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and in burying the dead, he was under Capt. Martin [Samuel Martin] at the battle of Guilford, he then Served under Capt. Summerville in the expedition to Wilmington under Genl [General] Rutherford in Cavalry Graham [Joseph Graham] was the Major, he served at least one month, he is confident, that he was in the United States Service at least four years and he verily believes more, that from old age and infirmity of mind and body he is unable to make a clear specific and definite statement of all the details of his Services, and he also States that from old age and bodily infirmity he is unable to attend Court to be this examined as the Law in such cases requires, and that he lives about twenty miles from the Court House: he begs leave therefore to refer for corroborating evidence of his statement to the certificate of Andrew Walker and George McWhorter which are attached to and made a part of this declaration. He 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. [word crossed out]

Sworn to & subscribed before me the
day and year above written. 
S/ P. Thompson 
S/ Arch'd [Archibald] McCorkle

State of North Carolina Feb 22nd 1834 Mecklenburg County 
We James Houston & John Houston - Residing in the County of Mecklenburg and State of North Carolina do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Archibald McCorkle who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be Seventy five 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 
James Houston 
Sworn to & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid. John Houston 
P. Thompson JP
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State of North Carolina} 
Mecklenburg County} I. Pearsall Thompson an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Mecklenburg State aforesaid, hereby declare after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War departed that [^ [Illegible] the before mentioned applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and Served as he Stated; and I do hereby further certify. That James Houston & John Houston whose names are subscribed to the foregoing certificate are residents of the County of Mecklenburg (in the immediate neighborhood of the applicant), and that they are entitled to credit & that they were 
Sworn to & Subscribed  
before me
this 22nd day of February AD 1834 
P Thompson J.P. 

State of North Carolina} 
Mecklenburg County} Court of pleas & quarter 
Sessions February Sessions 1834 
[indented] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and Served as he States & this Court further certifies that it appears to them that [word crossed out] James Houston & John Houston who have signed the preceeding [preceding] certificate are resident in the County of Mecklenburg and that they are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit; 

State of North Carolina} 
Mecklenburg County} I Braly Oates Clerk [of] the Court of pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Mecklenburg State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court; in [ink smear] of the application of Archibald McCorkle for a [ink smear] 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 27th day of February A.D. 1834
B. Oates Clk. [Clerk]
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[upper right corner] Au[Illegible] own

Rev. and 1812 War Section. 

May 5, 1926

Mrs. Roy Reierson
Houston, Box 971
Tex
Madam:

I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 9431, it appears that Archibald McCorkle was born in March 1758 in the state of Pennsylvania. 

When six or seven years old, he moved to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and while residing there, he enlisted in 1775 and served at various times as private in the North Carolina Troops, under Captains William Hagins, Bartley, Davie, Martin, Summerville, and Colonels Thomas Polk and Kershaw, and was in the battles of Stono, Hanging Rock, Guilford, and expedition to Wilmington. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed February 22, 1834, while a resident of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. 

It is not stated that soldier was married. 

Respectfully, 

WINFIELD SCOTT 
Commissioner.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[left side] 1926 – May 5 – Hist [History] to Mrs. Roy Reierson

[written sideways] Rev War 
9431
INVALID

File No. 9431

Archibald McCorkle
Priv Rev War

Act: June 7th, 1832
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 246

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Archibald McCorkle
N. C.
N

Ad.d 7 mo. pen [7 months pension]
$23.33. N C
Militia

Hon. H. W. Connor 
HR [House of Representatives]
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Washington Jany 2nd 1837. In consequence of the loss of mind & memory, by old age & infirmities of A McCorkle, I am confident, other testimony than such as presented cannot be obtained, and I will receive the 7 months. pension for him 

[right side] Henry W Connor
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Certificate

of Andrew Walker
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State of North Carolina} 
Mecklenburg County} This day personally appeared before me Pearsall Thompson an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Mecklenburg Andrew Walker a resident of the County and State aforesaid and who after being duly qualified deposeth and saith as follows Viz: That he is well acquainted with Archibald McCorkle who is a resident of the County and State aforesaid and that he the said Archibald McCorkle was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, that he was then a resident of said County of Mecklenburg and State of North Carolina. That he the said Andrew Walker was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, that he the said Archibald McCorkle served with him the said Andrew Walker one month Tour in the year 1775 in an expedition to Cross Creek in North Carolina, the place where Fayetteville [^ is now situated] to quell the Scotch [word crossed out] Tories; that they both served in the Same company and under Captain William --Hagins. This deponent further saith that he was in another expedition with said Archibald McCorkle in the Revolutionary War in the year 1775 as before stated --
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and in the [^ Same] company with the said A. McCorkle viz; The expedition against the Cherokee Indians that they were in that expedition [words crossed out] commanded by the said William Hagins that Thomas Polk, was their Colonel; Rutherford was their Genl [General] this was a tour of Three Months as this deponent is very certain. The foregoing affidavit was 
Sworn to and subscribed before 
me this 7th day of December 
A.D. 1833.
Andrew [his X mark] Walker
P Thompson JP

State of North Carolina} 
Mecklenburg County} 
I Braly Oates Clerk of the Court of pleas & quarter Sessions held for the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Pearsall Thompson before whom the foregoing affadavit [affidavit] was made is an acting Magistrate in & for said County & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
[indented] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 
my name to affixed the seal of my Office 
at Charlotte the 18th day of February AD. 
1824 
B. Oates Clerk 
of Mecklenburg Co. Ct
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State of North Carolina} 
Mecklenburg County-} This day personally appeared before me the Subscribing Justice of the peace for said County, Thomas Winchester & William - Wilson both citizens of the County aforesaid and stated that they were well acquainted with both Andrew Walker & George McWhorter whose depositions are annexed to the foregoing declaration and have been - intimately acquainted with them for many – years, that they are persons of respectability and so esteemed by all who know them.
Sworn to & subscribed before
me - this 24th October 1836 
P Thompson J. P. 
Thos [Thomas] Winchester
Wm [William] Wilson

State of North Carolina} 
Mecklenburg County} I Braly Oates Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions held for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Pearsall Thompson before whom the above affadavit [affidavit] was made is and was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my name and affixed the seal of 
my Office in Charlotte the 7th day of October A.D. 1836 
B. Oates Clerk of 
Mecklenburg Co Court
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Hon. H. W. Connor
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State of North Carolina} 
Mecklenburg County} This day personally appeared before me Pearsall Thompson an acting Justice of the peace for the County of Mecklenburg, George McWhorter, who is a resident of the County [words crossed out] of Mecklenburg and State aforesaid who after being duly qualified deposeth and saith as follows viz. That he is personally acquainted with Archibald McCorkle who is a resident of the County of Mecklenburg and State of North Carolina and that he perfectly well recollects that the Said Archibald McCorkle was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and a staunch whig [Whig] that he the said George McWhorter Served in a campaign with said Archibald McCorkle during the Revolutionary War and in the Same Regiment with him the Said McCorkle that he believes the Said McCorkle entered the Service of the United States as a Volunteer -- that the Regiment to which your affiant and the Said McCorkle were attached marched from the County of Mecklenburg in the State of North Carolina in the year 1780 as well as this deponent now recollects -- that they
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were marched from the County of Mecklenburg aforesaid to Bacons Bridge in the State of South Carolina on Ashley River, that they there met the Main Army Col. Kershaw was the Col. that Lincoln [Benjamin Lincoln] was the General that at Bacon's Bridge this deponent was discharged and saw no more of the Said McCorkle, but from information he does believe that the said McCorkle still continued in the Service of the United States a long time after this deponent was discharged and that during all the time he continued in such service he was a true friend to his Country and that he endured many hardships and suffered many privations to achieve that independence which we now enjoy. The aforementioned was a Three months Tour
Sworn to and subscribed 
before me this 7th day of 
December 1833. 

George McWhorter

P. Thompson, JP
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State of North Carolina} 
Mecklenburg County}

I Braly Oates Clerk of the Court of pleas & quarter Sessions held for the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Pearsall Thompson before whom the foregoing affadavit [affidavit] was made is an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
Set my name & affixed the seal of my 
Office at Charlotte the 18th day of 
February A.D. 1834. 

B. Oates Clerk of Mecklenburg Co. Ct.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

Houston, Texas
March 10th, 1926.

Department of Interior,
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C. 

Dear Sir; 

Will you please send me the military record and as much family data as you may have on the files of Archibald Mc Corcle [McCorkle] shown as a Revolutionary Pensioner of North Carolina, Page 77 - Volume 22 of the records. 

Yours truly, 
Mrs Roy Reierson.

Mrs. Roy Reierson,
Box 971 – Houston, Texas.

[circular stamp] PENSION / C / MAR / 15 / 1926 / OFFICE / U. S.