Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6787, for Robert Mc Mahan, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)
Service
Penn

McMahan, Robert
McMahon

Number
R. 6787
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33.487
Robert McMahon
Ohio.

6787
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, Passed June , 1832.

State of Ohio
Ross County Ss.
On this 14th day of October 1835 personally appeared in open court before the judges of the court of Common Pleas for said county, now sitting, Robert McMahon, a resident of the County of Ross, in the State of Ohio, aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

That from a record kept by his father he was born in Bedford in the state of Pennsylvania on the 31st day of August 1761.  That he enlisted into the regular Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War and entered the services of the United States from the town of Carlisle in the state of Pennsylvania as a waggoner on or about the 15th July 1779, under John Buchanan Wagon Master General for the term of two years; that he first drove a Wagon loaded with public arms from Carlisle to Philadelphia, then back to Carlisle, then to Rhoad[sic] Island, and back to Philadelphia, thence with public stores back to Carlisle, being then in the winter of 1779&80, when Wagon Master Muchanan resigned, and this deponent was transferred to serve under William Barker, Wagon Master of Carlisle, and continued as a wagoner under him in the service of the United States till about the middle of October 1781, when he returned with a load of public stores[or stones?] from the Vally Forge to Carlisle and received his discarge from said William Barker Wagon Master, who acted under Gen'l Davis, who was the Wagon Master General, this deponent having been in the actual service as a Wagoner in the service of the United States in the revolutionary War the term of two years and three months from the best of his recollection - being constantly engaged with his Wagon halling[sic] for the United States to different places, as the public service regained -- After he was discharged he returned home and remained in the vicinity of Carlisle about five years, when he removed to Pittsburg, from thence to the neighborhood where he now lives, in the County of Ross, where he resided for the last thirty five years - That his discharge has been lost or mislaid and cannot be found, he has no documentary evidence of any of his services, and knows of no person now living by whom he can prove them.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to ap ension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state - 

Sworn to and subscribed in open court Oct 14 1835 
Humphrey Fullerton, Clerk

Rob't McMahan
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We Pleasant Thurman a clergyman residing in theTown of Chillcothe in the County of Ross & the State of Ohio, and W Creighton  residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Robert McMahan who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration; that we believe him to be 74 years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution as he has stated, and that we concur in that opinion, and believe him to be a man of truth --

Pleasant Thurman
W. Creighton

Sworn to & subscribed in open court Ovt 14, 1835
Humphrey Fullerton, Clerk

In the matter of Robert McMahan for a pension the Court 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 futher certifies that it appears to them that Pleasant Thurman who signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Ross and that W. Creighton was has also signed the same is a resident of Ross County and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.

The State of Ohio
Ross County Ss.
I Humphrey Fullerton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid do certify that the above is truly copied from the records in my office

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court this 25th day of November A.D. 1835
Humphrey Fullerton, Clerk
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Hon. W. K. Bond HR.
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In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Robert McMahan a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's[struck thru]) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
R. 6,787
[column headings]
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment | Length of Service. | Rank | Officers under whom Service was Rendered. | [subheadings under previous] | Captain | Colonel | State 
July 15, 1779 to | Oct. 1871 | Wagoner | John Buchanan [wagon master genl struck thru] William Barker [ wagon master. struck thru]| Penn.

Battles engaged in, [check mark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment Enlisted from Carlisle, Penn.
Date of application for pension, Oct 14, 1835.
Residence at date of application, Rose Co. Ohio from about 1800.
Age at date of application, born Aug 31, 1761 in Bedford, Penn.
Remarks: The claim was rejected on the ground that said service as wagoner was not considered actual military service in a duly embodied military corps as required by the pension law of June 7, 1832 under which he applied.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

6-285C
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REJECTED

6787.
P.O. Robert M. Mahan
Service:
Enlisted:_____, 18__.
Discharged: ____18__.

Application filed: ____, 18__.
Alleges: ____
Re-enlisted: _____

Attorney: _____
P.O. ____
_____Recognized. _____Contract.
_____Cet of Dis.   Searched for ____,18__.


1918 Dec. 28. Hist to Miss Sadie Shaefer.
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Rejected. 33,487
See letter 30 Dec 35 
Hon. W. K. Bond

Served as a wagoner
not on Contl. establishment

Robt. W. Nelson
(illegible)

Act. 7 June 1832
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Robt McMahan
Ohio Reg 1832
By C. C.  Markland - Aug - 14 - 1857
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[note card]
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SERVICE
Penn.
[upper center]
McMahan, Robert
McMahon
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NUMBER
R.6787
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Hon. W. H. Bond
30 Dec. 1835

Record Vol. 28, P, 20 L, 5.
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War Dept. Penn Office
Dec 30, 1835

Sir,
The declaration of Robert McMahon has been exd. He alleges that he enlisted in July 1779 as a wagoner, and remained employed with this wagon for the space of two years & three months, During said period is would appear that he was [illegible] engaged in hauling stones from Carlisle and that John Buchanan and William Barker under whom he served under at that place. Those persons did not belong to the Quarter masers Dept on Continental establishments and the simple fact of applicants having been engaged with his own team shows that he was not a wagoner belonging to that establishment and wagoners who did not belong to the continental establishment are not provided for by the act of 7 June 1832. The claim has consequently been rejected and the papers filed in this office.

Hon Wm Key Bond
N R
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(Addressed envelope)

I. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Ohio Dec 22

Hon W.K. Bond
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House of Rep
21 Dec 1835

Dear Sir;
I enclose the application of Robert McMahon for a pension and respectfully request that it may be reviewed and the result communicated to me, as early as your official engagements will allow of

Your Obt St
[signed] Wm Ray Bond

J.L. Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
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Guthrie Center Iowa
Dec 15 1918

Dear Sir, 
Will you please inform me if there was a Revolutionary soldier pensioned at the office by the name of Robert McMahan of Ohio. If not - another by the name of Jacob Hoffman near Boston. [none written in another hand above name of Jacob Hoffman]
Send Obligs.
Sadie Shaefer, Miss.
Guthrie Center, Iowa