Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33083, for William Mc Adams, North Carolina
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NC McAdams, William S33083
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Illinois
19.709
William McAdams of Madison Co in the State of Illinois who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Douglas of the Regt
commanded by Col Weale in the (illegible)
line for two years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Aug.
1833 and sent to L.N. Sawyer Evansville (Illegible) Ill

Arrears to the 4th of March 33-160-
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 33.40-
$200.

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Palmer Clerk,
Book E Vol. Eight Page 59

Date of (illegible) on A 13
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19709
William McAdams
Illinois
12.510

(illegible)

Adm 2 years $80
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Brief in the case of William M Adams
of Madison in the State of Illinois
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 72
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
spring in 1779 volunteer
that he served in the
war more than 2 years


Duration of Service.
Years 3 Months, Days


Rank.
As a private
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Cap Canington Col Armstrong 
Cap Douglass Col. (illegible

5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle Savanah River Battle at Haw River
and may skirmishes and tory battles
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Orange Co. N Carolina
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, mentioned.
by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary and two living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? neither the periods of time of service are exactly stated
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
George Payton

Examining Clerk.
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State of Illinois
Madison County
On this fourth day of September in the year
1832, personly appeared in upon Court before
the Honor the Judges of the County      Commissioners Court for Madison County, now sitting William Adams a resident in Madison County and State of Illinois, aged 72 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 he the said William McAdams entered the
service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated he volunteered at Hansfields Orange
County of 1779 and was commanded by a
Captain John Carrington (the other officers names not recollected) in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Armstrong, Brigade by General Butler, that he marched from Hillsborough Orange County North Carolina for Georgia and joined General Lincoln at Stono on the Savannah River, and was in
the battle at that place in June of the same
year and was in the service three
months and received a discharge from
General Butler, and returned home, the
discharge was lost long since
And he further declares that he volunteered
again at the same place soon after his return
one was commanded by Captains William
Douglass and Nathaniel Christress and in the
Regiment commanded by Colonel William
O'Neale. That he was in the battle on Haw River
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when Colonel Piles the Tory was defeated the
continental troops were commanded by
Colonel Lee in the engagement. He was
also in the pursuit and defect of Colonel
Fanning the Tory, and in many more skirmishes
with the tories and British at different places
but the (illegible) are not recollected
He declares that he served from the
time he volunteered till the war was closed
in North and South Carolina, (except about
six months after the first campaign) and
that he served more than two years in the
war of the Revolution, and was in the
actual service of the United States

He declares that he was born in the State of
Pennsylvania in York County, in the
year 1760 but the month or the day of
the month or unknown as there is no
record of his birth that he knows of, but
his parents moved to Orange County North Carolina while he was but a child.
That he lived in that County till the year
1788 or 1789 when he moved to Galiton County Tennessee where he lived till the year 1819 and then came to Madison County Illinois
where he has lived ever since.

He has no documents by which to prove
his services as he never received but two
discharges and they were lost long since, and
he knows of but two persons by whom he
can prove his services, they are John Robinson
of Madison County and Joseph McAdams of
Bond County Illinois who served with him
a part or most of the time he was in the service
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
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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
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid William McAdams (his mark)

Joseph McAdams a resident of the
County of Bond and State of Illinois hereby
certifies that he knows William McAdams
who has sworn to and subscribed the above
declaration, and is well acquainted with him
and was knowing to his performing the
services as therein stated and served with him
most of the time, and believes that he served
more than two years during the war of the Revolution.

Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
Joseph McAdams

John Robinson a resident of Madison
County and State of Illinois, hereby certifies
that he knows William McAdams, who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration and is well acquainted with him, that he knows
that he performed a part of the services as
stated in his declaration as he was with him
a part of the time in the service, and believes
that he served as therein stated, and thinks
that he served more than two years during the
war of the Revolution

Sworn to, and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid

John Robison
And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department
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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 Joseph McAdams is a resident of Bond County and State of Illinois and that John Robinson who has also signed it is a resident of Madison County and State aforesaid, and that they are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.

John T Lush, Clerk of the County Commissioners Court of Madison County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William McAdams for a pension

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of Office this fourth day of September in the year of our Lord 1832
P. Lusk Clerk
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December 14, 1936
William McAdams
S. 33083
BA-J/AWF


Mrs. Lorena Christophel
10318 Thorpe Avenue
Overland, Missouri
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request information in regard to William McAdams, private with the North Carolina troops in the War of the Revolution, and a pensioner in Madison County, Illinois.

The data furnished herein were obtained from
pension claim, S. 33083, based upon the service of William McAdams in the Revolutionary War.

William McAdams was born in the year 1760 in
York County, Pennsylvania, names of his parents not given. He moved when quite a child, with his parents to Orange County, North Carolina.

While residing in said Orange County, William
McAdams volunteered in the spring of 1779, served three months as a private in Captain John Carrington's company, Colonel Armstrong's North Carolina regiment, and was in the battle of Stono. Soon after his return home, he volunteered and served in Captains
William Duglass and Nathaniel Christmas' companies, Colonel William O ' Neale's North Carolina regiment, was in the battle of Haw River, and in the defeat of Colonel Fanning the Tory", and many other skirmishes, and continued to serve until the close of the war

He moved from Orange County, North Carolina in 1788 or 1789 to Gallatin County, Tennessee, and in 1819 moved
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to Madison County, Illinois.

The soldier, William McAdams, was allowed pension on his application executed, September 6, 1832, then living in Madison County, Illinois.

It is not stated that the soldier was ever married.

Joseph McAdams was living in 1832 in Bond County, Illinois, he served a part of the time with William McAdams during the Revolution. It is not shown that they were related to each other.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of
pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this soldier, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and give the following:
William McAdams
Certificate #19709
Issued August 22, 1833
Rate $80.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Illinois Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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33083
Revy INVALID

File No. 33083
William McAdams
Priv Rev War
Act: June 7 32

Index:-Vol. 9, Page 268

Arrangement of 1870
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July 25, 1904 Hist to Mrs. J Osborne
Jacksonville Ills
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Aug. 17, 1904. Mrs. Osborne (above) 
advised to correspond with a "auditor"

1912 Sept. 19. To Miss Gertrude
Converse letter in S.F. 32139
George Bridge

1918 May 6 Hist to Curtise F Pike and 

1919 (illegible) 27 Hist to Mrs. H. H. Wayham

1920, Feb 28 Hist to Minnie C. Ludwig
1920 Mar 3 Hist. to Hon Henry T Rainey - AW

1927 Nov 2 - Hist to Maj W. C. Wood AW

1928 June 6 Hisry to Mrs. W. H. Cartwright AW

1931 June 11 - Hist to MRs. L.F. Mawws AW

1936 Dec 14 - Hist to Mrs. Lorena (Illegible) AW
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State of Illinois
Madison County

Personly appeared before me
the undersigned a Justice of the Peace
within and for the County of Madison
and State aforesaid William McAdams
who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith
that by reason of old age, and the
Consequent loss of memory, he cannot
positively 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 grade - For two years
and three or four months as a private
and for such service I claim a pension
and this deponent further deposeth and
saith that he performed the aforesaid
services in the year of 1779 1780, 1781
and 1782 but the exact parts of the above
named years this deponent cannot positively
swear
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and further this deponent sweareth not

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th
day of May A.D. 1839
William E Starr J.P

I William E Starr an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Madison and State of Illinois hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William McAdams who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and that he is a man of truth and veracity and that I believe the declaration
sworn to and subscribed by him on the fourth
day of September in the year 1832, and this
amended declaration are the truth and
that the said William McAdams is believed
to have been a soldier of the Revolution
by the people of the neighborhood where he
Rendes
William C Starr Justice Peace
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State of Illinois
Madison County

I John T. Lusk Clerk of the County Commissioners Court (and Recorder of civil Commission) for the County of Madison and State of Illinois do hereby certify that William E Starr whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate was on the thirtieth day of May A.D. 1833, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and state aforesaid, and that full faith and credit is to be given to all of his office
al acts as such-

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court
at Edwardsville this seventeenth day of June A.D. 1833

 T. Lusk clk
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White Hall, Illinois
Feb. 11, 1920
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, DC

Dear Sir
I wish to join the Reverend James Caldwell chapter, DAR. at Jacksonville, Illinois. My Cousin Luke McAdams Kehl and Pansy McAdams Moran are members of the St Louis Chapter DAR at St Louis, Mo. but they refuse to
let me have a copy of their credentials, can you help me? Our ancestor William McAdams was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and my
mother was a sister to the above
named cousin's father; Sloss McAdams.
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2001 = 16th St

Postmark
Pension
U.S. Office
D Mar 3 1920

HENRY TRAINEY
ILLINOIS


COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, D. C.
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Dr (Illegible)
If you have the record of the service 
Rev. War of William McAdams.( I (illegible) was a pensioner for Madison Co Illinois) I will be greatly obligated if you will send to me a copy of same and with the names of his children if you have the same.

Sincerely 
Henry T. Rainey
(same as above)
Feb 29/19
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Carrollton Ill

Jan 12, 1920
Pension Dept
Washington, D.C.

Postmark
JAN 16 1920

Sirs:
Wm C. McAdams who fought in the Revolution, under ┃ enlisting at Hawesfield, Orange Co. N. Carolina, under Capt. John Carrington, Col. Martin Armstrong, later under
Capt. Wm Douglass and Wm O'Neale Nathaniel Christman, Col. and received a pension in his later years

From your records I'd be pleased if you would
favor me with further of Revolutionary service
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by sending me the date of the pension also the name of his wife & his parents and
the date of his marriage, with & death of his wife & the death of himself.

Would appreciate any records of dates or information concerning biography of John Flatt who enlisted from Middlesex County
to New Jersey serving only a
short time, also

Likewise, I am solicitors of similar information
concerning The Silkworth (Silkworth later changed to Silkwood). I am not the
Silkwood)
have not the
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knowing of the Christian name of the said Silkworth but think it is Thomas but would appreciate any information concerning
Revolutionary soldiers that name. 

I hope I have not asked too much of your generosity and trust that you may find it convenient to consider my requests and
reply as early as convenient

Thanking you sincerely
in advance for your kindness and favors (illegible) 
Yours very respectfully
Nora F. Wayham
Mrs. Harold H. Wayham
Carrollton Ill
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Jacksonville Illinois
August 8th 1904


E. S. Ware Commissioner
Dear Sir-

I am indebted to you for the information with
reference to the Revolutionary service of William McAdams and that a pension for service was granted him from Mar 4th
1881 in the annual allowance being $80
and that the sums rescind were $200.  Does
that mean back pension money? and would it be possible for you to give me
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the exact number of years that
pension money was paid him
Some old records say that he lived to be 104 years of age, but as We have no actual proof at this late day. I thought the number of years which the pension was paid him would prove the fact beyond a doubt. If he did live to that great age, the pension would have been paid him as late as 1864 as your record gives his birth with as being in 1760

Thanking you for any trouble
this may cause you
Yours &c
Mrs. S.D. Osborne
1220 W. College Ave
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Request by telephone Nov. 2 - 1927
from Major W. O. Wood
Registrar of Treasury,
119 D S.N.E. Wash. D.C.
for history of Rev. War soldier Wm McAdams
Ill pensioner, that a friend of his had received it some years previous but had lost it & had written more than once but had not received
a reply, also said this soldier was in War of 1812.
His phone-
Treasury-- Br. 641
(illegible)
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19709

Jacksonville
Illinois

June 22d 1904

Dear Sir
I am desirous of obtaining further information with regard to Wm McAdams Revolutionary Soldier from the records kept in the National offices of the D.A.R. I find that he was a pensioner under the act of Congress 1832
placed on the pension roll
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Aug 22d 1832 (In the same letter the date is also given as Aug 22d 1833 - do not know
which is correct) at which time he was a resident of Madison Co. Illinois. He
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2 -
ranked as private, annual allowance
$80 - Sums received 200 00
commencement of Pension Mar 4 1831
Description of service N.C. Continental
age 75. Died at age of 103

Please send me his military record in full. In what company he served said in what battles
& he was engaged
Thanking you for any trouble this may cause you

Mrs. S.D. Osbome
1220 College Ave
Jacksonville Illinois

JUN 29 1904
FILES.
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Topeka Kans
April 5/31


Revolutionary War records section.
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C

Dear Sir

I would like a statement of the Military History of William McAdams, a soldier in the Revolutionary war

would like every information it is in your power
to give me in regard to my Great Great Grand Father

and thanking you in  advance
Mrs L. F. Matts
1326 Garfield Ave
Topeka
Kansas


Postmark
APR 9 - 1931
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IN REPLY REFER TO
Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.
EEL
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3 - 2562
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UNITED STATES
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BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
May 14, 1931


Mrs. L. F. Matts.
1326 Garfield Avenue
Topeka, Kansas
Dear Madam:

I advise you that the data furnished by you are not sufficient to enable this bureau to make intelligent reply to the queries contained
in your letter.

Please fill out such of the blank spaces below, as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this bureau.


first name of widow - Miss Hendricks is all we have of his widow'
Full name of soldier William McAdams.
Residence of soldier at enlistment Orange Co. NC. Enlisted at Hawfield
Residence of soldier after service Gallintine CO. Tenn until (Illegible) then to Madison Ill 1819

Name of state from which he enlisted North Carolina 
Approximate date of birth 1760 York Co. Penn.
Approximate date of death

Kindly return attached letter with your reply.
Respectfully,
W. Morgan
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.


He applied for Pension Sept of 1832 and his claim was allowed. Res. was in Madison Co Ill.  He was given his land in Madison Co. from the government about 1819.  The information I have is in the hands of
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Would appreciate very much this information, as I have to have it personally from the government to be able to be member of D.A.R.
Mrs. L.F. Matts
1326 Garfield
Topeka
Kansas
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THE UNITED STATES ASSAY OFFICE AT BOISE, IDAHO,
OFFICE OF ASSAYER IN CHARGE,
Boise, Idaho. April 25, 1928.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.


Dear Sir:

I am writing to inquire whether it would be possible for you to furnish me the Revolutionary war record of an ancestor
of mine, William McAdams.

He enlisted as a private in Captain Richard Cox's Company, Colonel Elias Dayton's Third Regiment, New Jersey Continental Line. This much I get from the New Jersey records. He was pensioned I think in 1831 while living in Madison County, Illinois, where he died about 1843 or possibly a few years later.  He was born about 1760. Tradition says he was born in York County, Pennsylvania, Tradition has it that he also served in the North Carolina Line of the Continental army, but about that I do not know.  He moved with his family from Cumberland, Gallatin County, Tennessee
to Madison County, Illinois, in 1818.

I have mentioned these traditions and facts thinking possibly they may assist in looking up the records. If you can verify them or give me any additional information on the subject, from the record of your office, or suggest where I may find other information possibly, I shall appreciate it very much. If there is any
charge in connection with the search, please notify me and I shall be had to meet it.

Respectfully
Curtis Pile
Box 749, Boise, Ida.

Postmark
Apr 20 1918
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Stamp Enclosed returned
1524 Jersey St.
June 2nd, 1928

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

The enclosed letter from the Adjutant General
to myself will explain my request to you,

Will you kindly reply to my enclosed letter to him as you find your records show and (illegible) over your signature if it is
correct that Mr. William Adams received a pension in 1834 for services in Revolutionary War while living in Madison County in Illinois and say if you can what battles he was engaged in.

I will be under great obligations.
Respectfully
Mrs. W. A. Cartwright
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November 28, 1936

United States Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:

In 1831 William McAdams, )Born in 1760 in York Pennsylvania, died in 1843 in Madison County, Illinois) was placed on the pension roll of Madison County, Illinois for service of
private in the North Carolina Continental Line.

Can you give me a list of his children mentioned in his pension application? I need this, in order to join a patriotic organization, and will appreciate very much any information you may be able to give me.

Sincerely yours,
Lorena Christopher
Mrs. Lorena Christophel
10318 Thorpe Avenue
Overland, Missouri
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June 5, 1928.


Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
Mrs. William H. Cartwright,
1524 Jersey Street,
Alton, Illinois.

Madam;

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 33083, it appears that William McAdams was born in 1760 in York County, Pennsylvania.

When quite a child he moved with his parents (their names not stated) to Orange County, North Carolina, and while residing in said Orange County, he volunteered in the
spring of 1779 and served three months as a private in Captain John Carrington's Company, Colonel Armstrong's North Carolina Regiment, and was in the battle of Stono; soon after this he volunteered and served in Captains William
Duglass' and Nathaniel Christmas' Companies, Colonel William O'Neale's North Carolina Regiment, he was in the battle of Haw River, and several skirmishes and served in all about
two years. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 4, 1832, while a resident of Madison County, Illinois.

It is not stated that soldier was married.
Respectfully,
EF. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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June 11, 1931
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF: MLB


Mrs. L. F. Matts
1326 Garfield Avenue
Topeka, Kansas

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 33083, that William McAdams was born in 1760 in York County, Pennsylvania.

When quite a child he moved with his parents (their names not stated) to Orange County, North Carolina, and while residing in said Orange County, he volunteered in the spring of 1779 and served three months as a private in Captain John Carrington's company, Colonel Armstrong's North Carolina regiment, and was
in the battle of Stono. Soon after this he volunteered and served in Captains William Duglass' and Nathaniel Christmas' companies,
Colonel William O ' Neale's North Carolina regiment, was in the battle of Haw River and several skirmishes and served in all about
two years.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 4, 1832, while a resident of Madison County, Illinois.

It is not stated that soldier was married.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person to whom paid and possibly the date of soldier's death, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing
the following data:

William McAdams, Certificate 19709, issued August 22, 1833, rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832,
Illinois Agency,

Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.

November 2, 1927


Major W. O. Wood, Registrar of Treasury
119 D St., N. E.
Washington, D. C.

Sir:
In response to your telephone request of
this day I have to advise you from the papers
in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 33083, it appears that William McAdams was born in 1760 in York County, Pennsylvania.

When quite a child he moved with his parents
their names not stated) to Orange County, North Carolina. While residing in said Orange County he volunteered in the spring of 1779 and served three months as a private in Captain John Carrington's Company, Colonel Armstrong's North Carolina Regiment, and was in the battle of Stono; soon after this he volunteered and served in Captains William Duglass' and Nathaniel Christmas' Companies
, Colonel William O ' Neale's North Carolina Regiment, he was in the battle of Haw River, and several

This has been written up before but
no history found in it
when written by me Nov 27
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skirmishes and served in all about two years.

He was allowed pension on his application
executed September 4, 1832, while a resident of Madison County, Illinois.

It is not stated that soldier was married.

It does not appear in said claim that soldier served in the War of 1812.

Owing to the very large number of similar
inquiries and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, the Bureau is unable to make immediate reply to each inquiry pertaining to soldiers of the Revolution.

Such information is furnished by courtesy
of the Government and without fee, and letters are being answered as rapidly as possible in the order of their receipt.
Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.