Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16465, for Joseph Mc Cune, Pennsylvania
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Service:
Penn
SC

McCune, Joseph

S.16465

carded
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See letter to Madyon Agt 23 Dec 1836 
Date of death not on A B
Indiana 13603 
Joseph McCune 
of Jefferson in the State of Indiana who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Ross  of the    commanded by in the Penna line for 9 months & S. C. 
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 30 Dollars Cent per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of May 1833 and Sent to R. L. Talbott Madison 
Arrears to the 4th of March      60.00 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept    15.00
$75.00  
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}
 Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk 
Book C  Vol. 7  Page 120
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State of Indiana 
Jefferson County ss -  On this fifth day of March 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Circuit Court of the County aforesaid now sitting Joseph McCune a resident of said County and State, aged seventy three 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. -Viz -   
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named offices and served as herein stated. He entered the service of the United States in December 1776 as a substitute for his brother Alexander McCune who had been drafted for two months, under one Captain Ross. He entered the service in Lancaster County, State of Pennsylvania, and was marched directly to Philadelphia through Downingtown and across the Delaware into New Jersey. He was in the Battle of Trentown, at the taking of the Hessions. After the battle, the company of Capt Ross, with two or three other companies was left by Gen. Washington to keep up the fires, while he retreated to Princeton. Owing to this circumstance he was not in the battle of Princeton; but arrived at Princeton, shortly after the battle was over from Princeton he was marched to Morristown, and was there discharged at the end of the two months, and returned home to Lancaster County aforesaid 
The next summer (the summer of 1777) he again entered the service as a substitute for his brother Alexander above named, (who had been drafted for another term of two months,) under the same Capt. Ross, at Lancaster County aforesaid and was marched to the town of Lancaster and employed in guarding British prisoners. At the end of
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the two months he was again discharged and returned home.    
A year or two after, (he cannot recollect the time) he was sent by his father into South Carolina on private business, and there, in the County of Craven, he volunteered for no definite time, in a company commanded by one Capt McClure, under General Sumpter.  He was marched about from place to place in the County of Craven aforesaid and sometime perhaps going out of the County; but not to any place of any note. He was in the service under Genl Sumpter for not less than five months - the principal part of the summer season, and was in the battle at a place called the Hanging Rock, where Capt McClure was killed. Shortly afterwards he was in an engagement at a place called the Rocky Mount.   After five or six months service he was discharged, and returned home to Pennsylvania.  He has no documentary evidence of his service and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services. He hereby relinquishes any claim to a pension or annuity whatsoever except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.  
And in answer to interrogatories he says that he was born the 11 day of January 1760 in Colerain Township, Lancaster County Pennsylvania. He has no record of his age. He was living in Colerain Township aforesaid when called into service.   Since the Revolution, he has lived in Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana and is now living in Jefferson County Indiana aforesaid. He went into the service twice as a substitute and once as a volunteer as before stated. He recollects nothing further
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of the names of his officers of the circumstances of his service than is before stated. He received discharges, while serving as a substitute; but not from Genl Sumpter; but what has become of his discharges he does not know He is acquainted with Rev. Thomas Jones, Richard Wasson, Richard C. Talbott and Andrew Maiden in his neighborhood who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution 
Joseph McCune his mark
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
R. C. Talbott  Clk 
We Thomas Jones a Clergyman residing in the County of Jefferson aforesaid and Richard Wasson & Richard C. Talbott residing in the same County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph McCune who has subscribed and sworn to above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood when he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
Thomas Jones 
Andrew Maiden
Richd Wasson
R. C. Talbott
Sworn to & subscribed Thomas Jones the day year aforesaid }
R. C. Talbott
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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 Joseph McCune was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Thomas Jones who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Jefferson aforesaid and that Richard C. Talbott and Richard Wasson who has also signed the same are credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit   
Elmore Gale Judge
D. Blackmore Assoc Judge 
Jefferson County ss
I Richard C. Talbott Clerk of the Jefferson Circuit Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph McCune for a pension – 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 5 day of March 1833
R. C. Talbott Clk
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No. 24339
Joseph McCune Jefferson County Indiana
from 1776  private
9 months  $30
Capt Ross
Penn
R. C. Talbott Clk Jefferson County 
Indiana Madison
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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 Joseph McCune Jefferson County Indiana
Period when the service was rendered  Sub – Dec. 1776  Duration of the claimant's service. 2 Months   Rank of the Claimant.  Private    Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.  Genl Washington  Cap Ross    Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.  73 years Lancaster County Pennsylvania   Proof by which the declaration is supported. Traditionary evidence & Clergimans Certificate, Witnesses certified credible    papers correct. 
Period when the service was rendered  Sub – Sept 1777   Duration of the claimant's service.  2 months  Rank of the Claimant.   2 months   Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.  Cap Ross        
Period when the service was rendered   Vol.   Duration of the claimant's service.  5 or 6 months  Rank of the Claimant.   Private   Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.   Cap. McClure  Genl Sumpter       
Battle of Trenton, Hanging Rock, Rocky Mount
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  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, 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.
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January 11, 1936 
OWN
BA-J/EEL 
Joseph McCune – S.16465
Miss Elizabeth R. Walker 
804 West 2” Street 
Madison, Indiana 
Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the pension records of Joseph McCuen  (McCune), private, Pennsylvania Troops, and James McClelland, private North Carolina Troops, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.     
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is not possible to comply in full with each request for Revolutionary War data. 
The record of Joseph McCune is furnished herein, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.16465, based upon the military service in that war of Joseph McCune.    
Joseph McCune was born January 11, 1760, in Colerain Town ship, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents are not shown. 
Did not find sol. As of Lancaster Co. Pa. Found a Capt Ross in Lancaster Co – Pa [unreadable]= 3 Pa Cos went into this [unreadable] MNJ
While residing in said Lancaster County, Joseph McCune enlisted in December, 1776, served as a substitute for his brother. For Alexander McCune, as a private in Captain Ross' Pennsylvania Company, and was in the battle of Trenton; he enlisted in the summer of 1777, and again served as a substitute for his brother, Alexander, under the same captain and was stationed at Lancaster,  Pennsylvania, as a guard to the British prisoners confined at that place;  a year or two later, he was sent by his father to South Carolina on personal business and enlisted there, served in Captain McClure's Company under General Sumter in the South Carolina Troops: was in the battles of Rocky Mount and Hanging Rock, where Captain McClure was killed; was discharged after a service of five or six months and returned to his home in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 
This was Captain John McClure
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After the Revolution, Joseph McCune resided in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana.   
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 5, 1833, while residing in Jefferson County, Indiana. 
There are no data as to soldier's wife and children. 
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Joseph McCune (S.16465), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: 
Joseph McCune, Certificate No. 13603, issued May 29, 1833, rate $30 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Indiana Agency. 
Very truly yours A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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No. 16.465 
INVALID. 
File No.  16.465 
Joseph McCune 
Pri Rev War 
Act: June 7" 32 
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 248    
[Arrangement of 1870.] 
1913, Sept. 2. History to Joseph Condit McCune, Letter with cl.S.16193, Thos. McCune 
1929 - Feb. 18. Hist to Mrs. Wm C. Thomas M. E. E. 
1936 Jan 11 Hist to Miss Elizabeth B. Walker EL
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Dec 10 
MADISON
DEC
Jos McCune
Ind. roll
13603 
J. L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions 
Washington D. C.
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Dec 10
MADISON
DEC
Jos McCune
Ind. roll
13603
J. L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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At. State Bank In 
Madison Dec. 3. 1836 
J.L. Edwards} 
Sir 
Shall I pay the enclosed voucher of of Joseph McCune 
Yr respectfully 
G Jas Quinn Prest
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Madison Indiana    
Nov. 20th 1935 
Veteran's Administration Washington D.C. 
Gentlemen: Please send me the Pension Record of Joseph McCuen (McCune) private Penn. Militia 1832, and James McClelland N. C. Private N.C. State troops (Miss) 804 West 
Respectfully 
(Miss) Elizabeth R. Walker 
804 West Second St 
Madison Indiana 
RECEIVED 
NOV 22 1935
MAIL SUB-DIV 
VETS ADM
READER #5
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Wytheville Va 
June 2, 1928 
Bureau of Pensions 
Washington D.C. 
Gentlemen:-  
Kindly advise me of any data you may have of one Joseph McCune (or McEwen or McQurlen) of Lancaster Co. Pa.and oblige yours truly 
Czarina P. Thomas (Mrs. Wm C. Thomas) 
(Over)
U.S. PENSION OFFICE F JUN 4 1928
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Kindly let me have any data you may have of any Rev. soldiers by same name of York Co. Pa. also, as I am seeking the one by that name who had a daughter, Martha married to one James Pettit C.P. 7.
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In reply to your request of   received   a statement of the military history of Joseph McCune a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired formation as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau. S.16465 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.   Dec 1776  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  2 mos.   RANK.   Pri.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Ross  STATE. Pa. 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Summer 1777   LENGTH OF SERVICE.  2 mos.    RANK.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Ross  STATE.  
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  1780   LENGTH OF SERVICE.  5 mos.    RANK.    OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain McClure STATE. S.C. 
The above noted is the only Joseph McCune found on the Rev. War records of this Bureau. Battles engaged in, Trenton, Hanging Rock, Rocky Mount 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lancaster Co., Pa. 
Date of application for pension, Mch 5, 1833. 
His cl. was al 
Residence at date of application, Jefferson Co, Indiana 
Age at date of application, B. [born] Jan 1, 1760, Colerain Twp, Lancaster Co. Pa. 
Remarks: There is no data relative to wife or children 
6 -- 2856 Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section 
MEE/eel 
February 18, 1929     
Mrs. William C. Thomas 
Wytheville Virginia 
Madam: 
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.16465, it appears that Joseph McCune was born January 11, 1760, in Colerain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
While residing in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in December, 1776, served two months as substitute for his brother, Alexander, in Captain Ross's Pennsylvania Company and was in the battle of Trenton. 
He enlisted in the summer of 1777 and again served two months as a substitute for his brother, Alexander, in Captain Ross's Pennsylvania Company. 
A year or two later he was sent by his father (name not stated) into South Carolina on private business, and while there, enlisted in Craven County, served five or six months as a private in Captain McClure's South Carolina Company, under General Sumter, and was in the battles of Rocky Mount and Hanging Rock.
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After the Revolution he lived in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 5, 1833, while a resident of Jefferson County, Indiana. 
It is not stated that soldier was ever married. 
This is the history of the only soldier named Joseph McCune under any spelling, found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau; and in order to identify any other particular soldier surnamed McCune, his full name is essential and as much as possible of the following data; approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow. 
Respectfully, 
WINFIELD SCOTT 
Commissioner.