Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9554, for Peter Mc Donald, Virginia
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SERVICE
Va.

McDonald, Peter
Catharine

NUMBER
W. 9554

CONTENTS
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11, 530

Indiana Nct
Catharine McDonald
widow of Peter McDonald die?
who died on the
of Va in the State of 
who was a Priv. in the____commanded
by Captain ____ of the ____commanded
by ____ in the ____
line for Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll of New Albany
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836. Ending 14 Jany 1841

Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of
July 1853 and sent to
J J Combs
Mist.

Arrears to the 4th of ____
Semi-annual allowance ending ____

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 7, 1838.}

Recorded by R. McRae Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 Page 427

1877 May 21 Jas Whitside giving
military & family history of soldier
1826 July 17 D B McDonalson, no evidence
of date of birth - His son James State his father
was born at Cape May 
Prior
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State of Indiana
County of Clark SS.

James McDonald of the
said County aged 62 years being sworn does
on his oath make this following declaration
(Viz) He is one of the sons of Peter
McDonald and Catherine McDonald his
wife both of whom are now dead
(Viz) The said Peter McDonald died in
this County on the 18th day of March
AD 1825 (Eighteen Hundred and twent five)
leaving the said Catherine his
widow who survived him and remained
his widow and also died in the same
County on the 14th day of January AD
(Eighteen hundred and forty one)
leaving at her death the following named
her surviving and only surviving children (viz)
1. Mary McDonald
2. John McDonald
3. Sarah intermarried with Andrew Mitchell
4. James McDonald his declarant
5. Parmely intermaried with David Copple
6. David McDonald
For record of Births see my annexed
Statement as also my Statement in
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relation to the marriage of the said Peter
and Catherine.
The said
Peter McDonald in his
lifetime had the reputation of having been
a soldier in the service of the United States
in the War of the Revolution.
The following is my reccollection of
what I have often heard him tell of
his services in connection with the War
of the Revolution (Viz)
He was born at Cape May
and lost his father when he was a boy.
His mother married a second husband
named M Laughlin and settled in Berkley
County Virginia and in that county
my father enlisted in the Eight Regiment
of Virginia Infantry. I do not remember
how long he enlisted for or whether he
served more than one enlistment, I do not
remember the name of his Captain. I have
heard him speak a great deal of Captain
Savage and that he was living with
the said Savage when he was married
I remember that a son of Captain Savage
came to see my father here this County 
and stayed a day or two with
him
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him. He was on his way moving to
Missouri as he told us; this was at least
Forty two years since
I have heard him speak frequently of
Colonels Bowman [inserted:], and Markham and of
Major Darke and General Scott.
I have often heard him speak of
his fellow soldiers but the only name
I now remember was one he called
"Ned McCarty", who was in the same
company I believe, perhaps the same mess.
From the familiar manner in which
he always spoke of him.
I have heard him say that he
was marched to South Carolina Soon after
enlistment under command of General
or Colonel Lee.
I have heard him say he was in the
Battle of Brandywine and recollect one
incident in connection therewith (Viz)
He did not know that the American Army
was retreating until the above named
Colonel Bowman caught hold of him and
turned him round.
I have heard him say that he was at
the Battle of Germantown and was taken
as
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as a prisoner there by the British forces
His statement of it it was this (Viz)
The above named Marham was their Colonel
but he gave up the command to Major
Darke above named who advanced and
brought on the attack. General Scott
was their general at this battle. Darke
led his command too far in pursuit of
the enemy and they found that they
were cut off from the main army and
had to surrender as prisoners of war,
They were taken to Philadelphia and
I have frequently heard him say that
he was kept in prison there for Eight
months and twelve days. He was
about the expiration of that time exchanged
I have heard him say he was
at the "Battle of Monmouth"
I do not remember where he was discharged
from the service; but have
heard of him speak of his discharge altho
I do not remember of ever seeing one
My Father moved to Kentucky after the
War and lived near where the City of
Louisville now stands until about the
year AD 1794 when he moved to this
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County where he remained until his
death. I always believed his
statements to be true
I do not know of any person
living by whom I can prove any of
his services. I never knew any of
his fellow soldiers as such.
I make this declaration in
behalf of myself and the above
enumerated heirs for the purpose
of obtaining the pay of pension
money or bounty land to which we
may be entitled by virtue of the facts
set forth in my above declaration
under any law or laws, Resolution
or Resolutions of the Congress of the
United States to the benefit of which
the Secretary of the Interior may deem
us entitled. 
Witness my hand and 
Seal in Clarke County Indiana on
this 11[crossed out: 2]th day of October 1852
James McDonald
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State of Indiana
County of Clark ⎬ SS
On this day and year above
written James McDonald of the said County
came before me a Justice of the 
peace
in and for the said County and subscribed
and swore to the foregoing declaration
and I do certify that I am fully
satisfied of the truth of his foregoing
declaration and that he is one of the
sons of the foregoing described
Peter McDonald who I am fully
satisfied did in his life time hear
the reputation of having been a
soldier in the service of the United
States in the War of the Revolution
I believe the said James to be of the
age he calls himself, The words "him
and "and "on third page interlined before
signing
Asa Glover J. P.
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[Illegible] of Tobaco Cost 342 what will [illegible]
[Calculations for several lines]
Kity Mitchell was born July 21 1812
Hary McDonald was born in the year of our Lord
January the 6th 1784
John McDonald was born in the year of our lord
October the 25th 1785
Sarah McDonald was born in the year of our lord
September the 28th 1787
James McDonald was born in the year of our lord
November the 13th 1789
Catharine McDonald was born in the of our lord
August the 29th 1791
Daniel McDonald was born in th year of our lord
September the 6th 1793
Elisabeth McDonald was born in the year of our lord
August the 20th 1795
Rachel McDonald was born in the year of our lord
Aprial the ?th 1798
Permely McDonald was born [page torn]
September 15th 1800
David McDonald was born [page torn]
April the 1?th 1803
Peter McDonald was born in the year of our lord February
18th 1806
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[Very faint writing in the middle, illegible.  Page greatly deteriorated with time]

James McDonald

Ledger Book
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Oct 27/?2
14,809
Catharine McDonlad
decd wid of Peter
[Crossed out: Laughlin
Catharine McDonald
decd formerly wid. of Peter McDonald]
By James McDonald, Attn.

For benefit of the Act
of 7th July 1838

Ind.

pay- 212
L 23-0-5
Cert. Duplicated

no such

J. ?. C[illegible]
Present
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Copy of the Record of the
Births of the children of Peter and
Catherine McDonald as registered in
the back of an old Scholl book of
James McDonald one of the said
children (Viz)
Mary McDonald was born in the
year of our Lord January the 6th 1784
(Seventeen hundred and Eighty four)
John McDonald was born in the
year of our Lord October the 25th 1785
(Seventeen hundred and Eighty five)
Sarah McDonald was born in the
year of our Lord September the 28th 1787
(Seventeen hundred and Eighty seven)
James McDonald was born in the
year of our Lord November the 13th 1789
(Seventeen hundred and Eighty nine )
Catharine McDonald was born in the
year of our Lord August the 29th 1791
(Seventeen hundred and ninety one)
Daniel McDonald was born in the
year of our Lord September the 6th 1793
(Seventeen hundred and ninety three)
Elizabeth McDonald was born in the
year of our Lord August the 20th 1795
(Seventeen hundred and ninety five)
Rachael
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Rachael McDonald was born in the year
of our Lord April the 14th 1798
(Seventeen  hundred and ninety Eight)
Permely McDonald was born
September 15th 1800
(Eighteen hundred)
David McDonald was born
April the 10th 1803
(Eighteen hundred and three)
Peter McDonald was born in the year
of our Lord February the 18th 1806
(Eighteen hundred and six )

State of Indiana
Countyof Clark ⎬ SS.
Jamie McDonald of the
said county being Sworn does on his oath
say that the annexed and foregoing copy
of the births of the children of his father
and mother Peter and Catherine McDonald
was written by him the said James at least
Forty two years since while he was going to
School; and that at that time he copied
the same from the original Family Record
of his Father the said Peter McDonald
which original Family Record I believe has
been lost or destroyed for at least thirty
years
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years from the fact that about that time
my father the said Peter called on me for a
copy of it and told me that he had
lost his Record, I do not now remember
how, I gave him a copy but do not
now know where that copy is.
I do not now remember that I ever
saw any record of the marriage of my
Father and mother the said Peter and
Catherine McDonald but I have always
heard and beleived that they were lawfully
married in Berkley County Virginia and
from the fact that their first child was
born in January the 6th 1784 (seventeen
hundred and Eighty four), they must
have been married in 1782 seventeen
hundred and Eighty two) or in 1783 (seventeen
hundred and Eighty three) I always heard
they were married a very short time
after my father came home from his service
in the Revolutionary War,
My Mothers Maiden name was Catherine
Wise. Witness my hand in Clarke
County Indiana on this 18th day of
October AD 1852 James S McDonald
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State of Indiana
County of ClarkeSSS
On this day and year
above written James McDonald of the
said County presented to me an old
copy book which he represents, [inserted: on his oath that] he
made when a school boy for the
purpose of setting down his work when
he was studying Arithmetic
I have carefully examined the same
and find by some entries therein that
it is dated in 1809 Eighteen hundred
and nine) which entries I am fully
satisfied were made by the said James
at that date.
And I do certify that the foregoing
is a true copy of certain entries found
on the annexed leaf which I this
day cut from the said copy book.
with this addition (viz)
That the date of the year in the
Copy is set down in writing thus
In the record of the birth of
Mary McDonald(Seventeen hundred
and Eighty four) whereas in the
original it is set down only in
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figures, and so of the rest down to
the entry of the birth of Peter McDonald
in 1806 (Eighteen hundred and six
and at the same time the said James
McDonald subscribed and swore to the
foregoing declaration and I am
fully satisfied that the entries on the
annexed above named leaf contains
the record of the births of the children
of Peter and Catherine McDonald decd
made in the handwriting of the said
James McDonald when he was a
School boy as he has set in
his foregoing declaration
There are other entries on the above
named annexed leaf but it is considered
unneccesary to copy them here
The words "on his oath that" in this
certificate interlined before signing,
Asa Glover J.P.
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State of Indiana
County of Clarke SS.
Martin Huckleberry
of the said County being sworn does on his
oath say that he is about 79 years old
And that about the year 1790 (seventeen
hundred and ninety) in Jefferson County
Kentucky he became acquainted with
Peter McDonald and his wife Catherine
who were then living together as husband
and wife and had at that time three
children Viz Mary, John and Sarah,
I also believed that said Peter and his
wife Catherine had been lawfully married
and never heard it called in question
by any person and that the name of the
said Catherine before her marriage was
Catherine Wise
The said Peter McDonald in his life time
had the reputation of having been a soldier
in the service of the United States in the
War of the Revolution and his statements
in relation thereto were always believed
by those who knew him so far as I ever
heard for he was considered a man of
undoubted truth and veracity
I have often heard him tell of having 
been
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been in several Battles in that War
I do not now remember what ones
He told me that he served three years
as a regular Soldier in the Virginia
Line and that in some Battle he was
taken as a prisoner by the British forces
and so detained for some time and
that they kept him in prison and that
some of the fellow prisoners tried to break
out by digging under the walls but that
they were discovered by a woman who
told on them
I have often heard it spoken of
among our neighbors here that the said
McDonald and one Peter Strutt a Hessian
who lived in this county had fought
against each other in some Battle in
the Revolutionary War. I do not now
remember what battle, I do not remember
whether I ever heard McDonald and
Strutt talk together about it; but have
often heard it said that McDonald
would have his laugh at Strutt when
they got to talking about it and that
McDonald would tell him that he
was the man who shot him in
the
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the Shoulder in that Battle, and the
agreement between them was that they
had fought against each other, Viz
McDonald in the American Army and
Strutt in the British Army-
The said[ inserted:] McDonald moved to this county about
the year 1794 and we followed them
the next year and again settled near
him and lived neighbor to him until
he died, he and his wife Catherine
having all that time continued to live
together as husband and wife
I knew all of these children (Viz)
1. Mary, 2 John,  3 Sarah 4 James the
foregoing declarant 5 Catherine, 6 Daniel
7 Elizabeth 8Rachael, 9 Permely 10 David
and 11 Peter McDonald
The above named Peter McDonald died
in this county as I believe in the year Ap
1825. (Eighteen hundred and twenty five)
and I was at his funeral.
Catherine survived him and remained his
widow and died in this county as I believe
in 1841 (Eighteen hundred and forty one
leaving at her death the following
named her surviving and only surviving
children
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children (viz) Mary, John, [crossed out: James the] Sarah
now the wife of Andrew Mitchell
James (the foregoing declarant) Pemerley
now the wife of David Copple, and David
McDonald, Her other children Viz )
Catherine, Daniel, Elizabeth, Rachael and
Peter had been dead some time before their
mother died according to my belief for
many years past. And I further state
that I am a disinterested witness
Witness my hand in Clarke County
Indiana on this 12th day of October
AD 1852
Martin Huckleberry

Sworn to and subscribed before me
a justice of the peace-
in and for said County on the day and year
above written and I do certify that said
Huckleberg is well known to me, I
believe him to be a man of undoubted
truth and veracity of the age he calls
himself and to be a disinterested witness
The word "McDonald" interlined
before signing
Asa Glover J P
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State of Indiana
County of Clarke
John Gibson of the said
County aged 62 years being sworn does on his
oath say that James McDonald who has signed
the foregoing declaration is well known to him
as one of the sons of Peter McDonald and his
wife Catherine McDonald both of whom are
now dead (Viz)
The said Peter died in this County, I
remember in the spring of the year AD 1825
(Eighteen hundred and twenty five) and
left the said Catherine his widow who 
remained his widow and also died in this County
as I believe in the year AD 1841 (Eighteen
hundred and forty one)
I first knew the said Peter and his
wife Catherine about the year AD 1800
(Eighteen hundred) in this county and was
well acquainted with them all their lives
afterwards. They were living together as husband
and wife when I first knew them and so
continued to do during the lifetime of said
Peter. I always believed they had been
lawfully married and never heard it called
in question by any person. I knew all
of
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of their children Viz in the order of the
ages as follows 1. Mary, 2 John, 3 Sarah
now the wife of Andrew Mitchell
4 James McDonald the foregoing declarant
who I well remember was near my ow age
5 Catherine 6. Daniel, Elizabeth, 8 Rachael
9 Permely now the wife of David Copple
10 David, 11 and Peter McDonald and
that, Catherine, Daniel, Elizabeth, Rachael
and Peter the youngest all died before their
mother, so that she left at her death
the following children only Viz
Mary McDonald,[inserted:] John McDonald Sarah wife of Andrew
Mitchell, James McDonald the foregoing
declarant, Permely now the wife of David
Copple and David McDonald
And I always heard and believed the name of
said Catherine before her marriage
was Catherine Wise
The above named Peter McDonald was a
man who in his life time had the reputation
of having been a soldier in the
service of the United States in the War
of the Revolution. I hve frequently
heard him speak of having been in several
Battles in that war. I do not now remember
the particular ones. I remember he
told me he had been taken as a prisoner
by
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by the British forces and so detained for
some length of time, and of the hardships
he endured in his captivity. I do not now
remember the names of his officers or
what Regiment he served in; but he told
me a few years previous to his death that
he knew of but one of his messmates there
living and he was somewhere in the state of
Kentucky whose name I have forgotten.
His statements were always believed by those
who knew him so far as I know or ever
heard and he was considered a man
of undoubted truth and veracity
I remember there used to live near us
here in this County a Hessian named
Peter Strutt who was wounded in the right
shoulder in some Battle of the Revolution
I have often heard the said McDonald in a
[inserted: in a humorous way] tell said Strutt that he was the man
who shot him in that battle. I do not
now remember which Battle it was in but
the understanding was that they were both
in that Battle the said M Donald in
the American Army and the said Strutt
in the Hessian Yagre. And I further
sour Army in a company of
state that I am a disinterested
witness.
Witness my hand in
Clark
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Clarke County Indiana on this [crossed out: 14th] {inserted:] 12th day of
October  AD 1852 John Gibson

Subscribed and sworn to before me
Justice of the peace
in and for Clark County Indiana on the
day and year above written and I do certify
that the said Gibson is well known to
me, I believe him to be a man of undoubted
truth and veracity of the age he calls himself
and to be a disinterested witness. The words
"John McDonald" on second par and the words
"a humorous way" on third page were interlined
before signing. The date "14th" erased and
12th interlined before signing
Asa Glover JP
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Know all men by these presents
that I James McDonald of Clarke
County, Indiana administrator of
Catherine McDonald deceased who was
the widow of Peter McDonald deceased
a soldier of the War of the Revolution
as set forth in my foregoing declaration,
do hereby constitute and appoint
Joseph J. Coombs of Washington
City D.C. my true and lawful attorney
for me and in my name to
prosecute against the United States
 before any Department thereof
and all claims I have as administrator
aforesaid to pay, pension or arrears
under any Act or Acts, Resolution
Resolutions of the Congress of the
United States.
Said Attorney is moreover
in my name authorized to demand
at any Department of the Government
a reconsideration of my Decision wither to
or hereafter to be given touching my
interests, and to receive from any
Department or the archives thereof
any and all information or evidence
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of whatever character relating to or
any wise bearing on the claim
or claims which we hereby seek
the investigation of
Said Attorney is moreover
authorized in my name to receive
the certificate of Pension or Bounty
land or other character of Drafts
or evidences of the amount due
me and to appoint one or more
Sub-Attorneys under him and to confer
on him or them all the
powers herein conferred on Joseph
Coombs hereby ratifying and
confirming all that my said
Attorney may do by virtue of these
presents.
Witness my hand and
seal in Clarke County Indiana
on this 12th day of October
AD 1852

James McDonald
admr
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State of Indiana
County of Clarke ⎬ SS
Be it known that
on this 12th day of October AD
1852 personally appeared before me
a Justice of the peacein
in and for said County James McDonald
the subscribed to the foregoing Power
of Attorney and acknowledged the
signing sealing and delivering
the same to be  his own Voluntary
act and deed for the uses
and purposes therein set forth
In Testimony of which I do
hereto set my name
Asa Glover J P

State of Indiana Clark County SS.
I Charles P. Ferguson Clerk of the Clerk
Circuit Court [inserted: certify that Asa Glover Esqr] whose signature
appears to the certificates hereunto
annexed, is and was on the days of the
respective dates of said certificates, an
acting Justice of the peace within and
for said County of Clark duly Commissioned
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& sworn & that full faith
and credit are due his said official
Acts (Interlined before signing}
In Testimony whereof I hereto
subscribe my name and affix
the seal of said Court at
Charlestown the 12th day of
October 1832
Charles P. Ferguson

[For text written sideways, see document #11]

[Notes added on bottom of page:]
Enlisted in Capt
[illegible] Westfalls Co
Feby 14, 1770
See latter part of 
8 Virginia state Regt
part 11.

Prisoner 9 mos 1 day

Rolls
[Illegible] 8 Regt part 1
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13006
Katherine McDonald
decd
Indiana
Act 7 July 38

[Written lightly at the bottom:]
This [illegible] case
will [illegible]
McDonald admitted [illegible] 11.532
the date of her death
being in this [illegible] Jun 1
3 years later [illegible]
[illegible] in the admitted
case
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State of Indiana
Clark County
I Eli McCalley Clerk of the Probate Court
of the County of Clark in the State of Indiana do certify
that administration of the goods chattles rights credits
moneys and effects which were of Katharine McDonald
late of the said County, deceased who died intestate
is granted unto Andrew Mitchell is authorized to
administer the same according to law
Witness my hand and the seal of the
said Court the 12th day of August
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and forty six -
Eli McCalley Clerk

State of Indiana
Clark County
I Eli McCalley Clerk of the Probate
Court in and for the County of Clark and State of
Indiana do certify that Andrew Mitchell named of the foregoing
letters of administration is duly authorized to act in the capacity
of administrator on the estate of the deceased Katharine
McDonald therein named and that it has been proved to
satisfaction that the said Katharine McDonald was the widow
of Peter McDonald who was said to have been a Revotionary
Soldier from the State of Virginia and that the
said Katharine McDonald left the following named
Children who are now known to be living Viz: Sarah
Mitchell, James McDonald, John McDonald and Permelia
King- Given under my hand this 14th day of
August A.D. 1846

E McCalley Clerk
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State of Indiana
Clark County Ss
On this 14th day of August in the
year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty six personally
appeared before the Circuit Court for the County of
Clark in the second Judicial Circuit of the State of
Indiana, in open Court Judicially sitting and
being a Court of Record Andrew Mitchell a Resident
of said County aged seventy two 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 provision made by the act
of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled An Act
granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
and the supplemental acts amendatory thereof
in the extention of the provisions of said Act
Dated August 23d 1842 And March 3d 1843 and
of June 17th 1844. That he is the same identical
person and administrator named and described
in the foregoing letters of administration on the estate
of the said Katherine McDonald deceased who was
the widow of Peter McDonald deceased
That the said Peter McDonald was a private
in the Army of the Revolution from the State of
Virginia.
That the said Peter McDonald resided in Fauquier
of Hampshire County in the State of Virginia and
either enlisted or was drafted to serve in the 
continental line or State troops in the early part of the
Revolutionary War, the day month and year, County
and state when and where he entered the Service
is not exactly recollected
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This declarant cannot state the name or No
of the Regiment to which he belonged but that he 
belonged to the Regiment in the Continental line
composed of the companies from Fauquier and
the adjoining counties and he is also ignorant of his
Captains name but believes it was Captain Morgan
a part of the time and perhaps Captain Woodrow 
another part of the time
The said Peter McDonald was taken prisoner he
believes at the battle of Brandywine and was taken
to Philadelphia or near there and remained a prisoner
about eleven months. Major Drake or Dark was taken
a prisonere at the same time, and after he was
released from his imprisonment he returned to the
service in the same troop company and regiment
and remained with it in the service until the
close of the war in October 1781 Virginia only paid
him off for the time he was in actual service
as he said and not for the time of his imprisonment
That he served a period of at least three years
exclusive of his said imprisonment from the
year 1777 to the close of the war in 1781
This declarant cannot state the battles he was
in nor the County through which he was marched
nor is it possible for him to state the day month
or year when he entered the service nor the time
when he left it nor has he any documentary
evidence in behalf of the claim, but believes it
must be upon the files of the department or
Archive of Virginia.
That the said Peter McDonald after the War
removed to Jefferson County Kentucky about the
year 1790 and afterwards removed to Clark County
in the State of Indiana and died there on the
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6th (Sixth) day of March in the year 1825 without
having applied for a pension in his lifetime but
leaving a widow Viz Catharine McDonald
He further declares that the said Katharine
McDonald (whose maiden name was Wise) was 
married to the said Peter McDonald in the County of
Fauquier in Hampshire in the State of Virginia
on or about the first day of April in the
year 1782 that she was not of married to him
prior to his leaving the service but the marriage
took place previous to the fist day of January
seventeen hundred and ninety from namely at
the time above Stated _
He further declares that the said Peter
McDonald and Catharine his wife lived together
as man and wife from the time of their said
marriage until the death of her said husband as
aforesaid and had the following named children
who are now living viz: Sarah (who is now 
intermarried with Andrew Mitchell) James McDonald
John McDonald & Parmelia ( who is now 
intermarried with James ILLEGIBLE). That the said Catharine
McDonald remained the more of the said Peter
McDonald without intermanying from the time
of his death until her death which took place on
the fourteenth day of January in the year 1844
in the County of Clark and State of Indiana _
and that the said Katharine McDonald
applied for her pension in her lifetime
And that this declaration is now made by
he administrator to obtain the amount
of her pension due to her up to the time of
her death as aforesaid for the benefit of her
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said children under the several Acts of Congress passed
for that purpose. And that there is no family record
of marriages or births of children
Andrew Mitchell
Sworn to & subscribed in
open Court Judicially sitting
this 14th day of August 1846

State of Indiana
Clark County
I Eli McCalley Clerk of the Circuit Court
in & for said County of Clark in the 2nd Judicial Circuit
of the State of Indiana do certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of said Court in
the matter of the application of Andrew Mitchell
as the administrator of the Estate of Katharine
McDonald decd And I do further certify that satisfactory
Evidence was this day exhibited to said Court
while judicially sitting that the said Katharine
McDonald widow of Peter McDonald died in the
County of Clark and State of Indiana on the
14th day of January 1844 and that she left the
following named four only children Viz: Sarah
Mitchell James McDonald John McDonald and
Parmelia King that the said Katharine McDonald
was a resident of the said County of Clark
and State of Indiana and that said Court
is a Court of Record
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name & affixed
the official seal of said Court at
Charlestown this 14th day of August
Anno Domini 1846-
Eli McCalley Clerk
Page 35

State of Indiana 
Clark County ⎬ Ss
On this 14th day of August AD. 1846 personally
appeared before me Joel M. Smith one of the Justices of the
peace in and for said County Martin Huckleberry a
Resident of said County aged seventy years past and
being by me first duly sworn according to Law
on his oath says that he was personally and well
acquainted with Peter McDonald and Katharine his wife
and their children named and specified in the foregoing
declaration and accompanying papers - that he first
became acquainted with them in the County of Jefferson
State of Kentucky about the year 1791 = that the said
Peter and Katharin McDonald removed to Jefferson
County Kentucky about that time from Virginia
as they then said that the said Peter & Katharine
were then being together as man & wife and had
then one or two children = that they lived together
as such man and wife until his death and lived
as such good and respectable citizens as a family that the
said Peter McDonald and wife removed from Jefferson
County Kentucky to Clark County Indiana in the
early settlement of that country and lived there until
his death, that the said Peter McDonald died about
the year 1825 (of which he had a personal knowledge
in Clark County Indiana and was in his
lifetime reputed and believed to have been a Revolutionary
soldier of the Virginia line or troop -
that the said Katharine his widow lived after the
death of her husband in Clark County Indiana without
intermarrying until she died in said County of
Clark & State of Indiana on or about the 16th day of January
1844 that her said four children viz Sarah
Page 36

Mitchell, James McDonald, John McDonald & Pamela King
he was personally and well acquainted with and believes
they are all now living & further saith not
Martin Huckleberry
Sworn to & subscribed before me
this 14th day of August 1846 ⎬
Joel M. Smith J.P.

I Joel M Smith the justice of the peace before whom
the foregoing affidavit was made do certify that the said Martin
Huckleton is a man of truth & veracity and that his statements
are entitled to credit which I certify from my own personal
knowledge. Given under my hand this 14th day of
August A.D. 1846
Joel M. Smith J.P.

State of Indiana
Clark County  ⎬SS
I Eli McCalley Clerk of the Circuit
Court in & for the County of Clark State of Indiana do
certify that Joel M. Smith Esq whose official signatures
appear to the foregoing affidavit and
certificate now is and was on the day of the date
thereof an acting justice of the peace within
& for said County duly commissioned & qualified
and that full faith and credit are due his
official acts and that his said signatures
[illegible] are genuine _
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed
the Official seal of said Court
at my Office in Charlestown in said
County this 14th day of August 1846
Eli McCalley Clk
Page 37

Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
EEL

April 28, 1930

Miss Edith Wood
Y. W. C. A.
Elkhart, Indiana

Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, W. 9554, it appears that Peter McDonald
was born at Cape May, date not given. His father died
when he was a boy and his mother married ---- McLaughlin
and settled in Berkeley County, Virginia. The names of
his parents are not shown.

While residing in Berkeley County, Virginia, he enlisted
sometime in 1777, exact date not stated, served in
Captain Morgan's Company, Colonels Bowman and Marham's
Virginia Regiment and also in Captain Woodrow's Virginia
Company, was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown,
where he was taken prisoner and held for eight months and
twelve days and Monmouth, and served until October, 1781,
his entire service amounting to at least three years, exclusive
of the time held prisoner.

[Note, handwritten, inserted in margin and a line drawn to "Woodrow" in the paragraph above:]
I could not verify Capt Woodrow so used this service separately

In 1780, he removed to Jefferson County, Kentucky,
and and in 1794 to Clark County, Indiana.

He died March 6 or 18, 1825, in Clark County, Indiana.

The soldier married April 1, 1782, in Berkeley County,
Virginia, Katharine or Catherine Wise. The date of
her birth is not given.

She died January 14, 1841, in Clark County, Indiana.

Their children were:

Mary McDonald born January 6, 1784.
John McDonald .. October 25, 178?.
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Sarah McDonald born September 28, 1787, married
Andrew Mitchell.
James McDonald born November 13, 1879.
Catherine McDonald born August 29, 1791.
Daniel McDonald born September 6, 1793.
Elisabeth or Elizabeth born August 20, 1795.
Rachel McDonald born April 14, 1798.
Permely or Permelia
McDonald born September 15, 1800, in 1846,
it was stated that she was the wife
of James King, and in 1852 of David
Copple.
David McDonald born April 18, 1803.
Peter McDonald born February 18, 1806.

The following also appears on the family record:
Lucindy McDonald, daughter of James McDonald and Nancy
McDonald, his wife, born December 17, 1815,

Kitty Mitchell, born July 21, 1812.

[Inserted in the margin, handwritten:]
There was other data but all above "Lucindy McDonald" was too pale to read - had to be omitted.

On October 12, 1852, James McDonald, administrator
of the estate of Catherine McDonald, applied, on behalf
of himself and the other surviving children of Catherine
McDonald, namely Mary McDonald, John McDonald, Sarah
Mitchell and Permeley Copple, for the pension due their
mother on account of the service of her husband, Peter
McDonald. The claim was allowed

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
Page 39

May 3 /77 Letter to Z. B. [Illegible]
that no evidence of age, or
place of birth is in the [illegible]
White

1908 sent 9. History to
Mrs. Alice Worrell, 228 Meigs Ave.
Jeffersonville, Ind. F.W. 

1930 Apr 28 - Hist. to Miss
Edith Wood. EEL

1930 July 17, Miss Edith
adv that she was
furnished hist. on
Apr 28 1930 EEL


Revy
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 9554
Catharine McDonald
Wid. of
Peter McDonald
Pr. Rev. War

Act: July 1738
Index: -- Vol. M  Page 21

[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 40

14,$809

Catharine McDonald a
wid of Peter

Indiana.
Let. J. J. Combs
April 14/53
Let same May 10/53
July 7, 1838.
Page 41

V
13006

Katherine McDonald
Indiana
Let to J. P. Cooper Sept 28 ??
to same August 30/- 47
Let. to Ctto Oct 9- '47
Hon J [Illigible] Jany 16, 47

Act 7th July 1838
Page 42

This is to certify, That it appears from a List in this office of such Officers
and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line, during the Revolutionary War,
as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of their Full Pay,
according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session 1781, that a Certificate
issued on the 26th day of March 1784, in the name of
Peter McDonald as a soldier of Infantry
for £23. [illegible], which Certificate appears to have been delivered to
Mr Woodrow and was given for services prior to the 1st January 1782.

Given under my hand at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this
27th day of July 1847.
Jas E Heath AUDITOR.

p 212. {No Seal of Office}
Page 43

3 -- 871.

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

Briefed by L.D. L.
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier Peter McDonald
Service Va.
Additional Service Rev War
No. claim, State records
190
No claim, combination records , 190

REMARKS:
No claim, except
Wid #9554.

Chief Division
Page 44

Peter McDonald
Cont
212 $23.05

Died 6 March 1825
m. 1 Apl. 1782.
W. d. 14 Jany 1844
Page 45

House of Representatives
Jan 3d 1849.

Dear Sir
There is a revolutionary claim
in your Department in favor of Katharine
McDonald of Indiana. I should be
glad to hear from you respecting it.

Respectfully yours

Hon J L Edwards

JW [Illegible]
Page 46

Memphis Ind Apr 14th 1871

Dear Sir: I wish to know
if Peter McDonald is upon
the army roles of those who
served in the war of the
revolution. He entered the
army at the age of Eighteen
his son James McDonald,
received his pension in 1850,
which accrued before his
death. If you please furnish
me the desired information,
address a card to me stating
who will.
Address
James F. Whitesides
Memphis Clark Co.
Indiana
Over
Page 47

P. S.
If his name and age
birth place is given, please
return me the particulars
as they are what I sadly
need

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[Illegible] OFFICE
APR 25 1877

[Crossed out: Old???]

[Illegible]
Page 48

Jeffersonville, Ind
July -11- 86
To Commission
of Pensions⎬

Dear Sir
Wil you please to look
in your File of Revolution
Soldiers an tell me wher
one Peter McDonald, was
Born. He Inlisted at
Berkly County Va. an
probably in one Cap Savages
Company - We think he was
in a British Prison at one
time during the Revolution
If you have his Discriptive
List- and they give Birth an
Nativity -the favor will not be fergot
Resp _ D B McDonald
Page 49

Catharine McDonald
Wid. of Peter

Appointment of
Jas. McDonald
admt
Page 50

State of Indiana Clark County SS
I Charles P. Ferguson Clerk of the Clark
Circuit Court and Ex Office Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas of said County,
certify that James McDonald has been
legally appointed and qualified as
the administrator of the Estate of Catherine
McDonald decd late of said County,
as appears from the records in my office
In Testimony whereof
hereto subscribe my name &
affix the seal of said Clark
Circuit Court the 12th day of
October 1852
Charles P. Ferguson Clk
Page 51

Brief in the case of Catharine McDonald, widow of Peter
Clark County and State of Indiana
act 7 July 1838

Claim ("original," [crossed out: for increase].")

Proof exhibited, (if original

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
The rolls of this Office show more than two years service of Peter
McDonald, and the parol testimony clearly identifies him as
the husband of the said Catharine. The marriage prior to 1794 is
proven by both record & parol testimony. Peter died in 1825 and his
widow on the 14th day of January 1841. Pension is allowed at
of $80 per annum from March 4, 1836 to Jan. 14. 1841

[Crossed out, these two lines:] (If for increase.)
Has filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Payable to James McDonald Administrator for the benefit
of the children.

Name and residence of Agent
J J Coombs
Present


A H Evans
Examining Clerk.
Page 52

Washington, April 19th 1853


Sir:
Your letter of the 14th inst, in relation to
the claim of Catharine McDonald, decd
widow of Peter is received, for which
you say that when "a new declaration
made before a Court of Record, during
its session is presented, the Rolls
of the 8th Virginia Regiment will be
examined, as also the Depreciation
list of the the Virginia Continental
line, for evidence of said Peter's service"
As the making of a declaration
before a Court of Record will be attended
by trouble and expense, and in case
no evidence of service shall be found
will be altogether useless, I respectfully
request that said Examinations be had
before the parties are put to the trouble
and expense of making a new declaration
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
J. J. Coombs

Hon L. P. Waldo
Commr of Pensions
Page 53

Washington, Oct. 27th 1852

Sir:
Enclosed please find the application
of the Administrator of Catharine McDonald
decd widow of Peter, for pension under the
act of 7th July 1838.
You will receive that it is alleged
that McDonald served in the 8th Va
Regt. Please have the rolls of said
Regt, and also the Depreciation roll Examined
for evidence of his service.
The declaration is not very certifically
 drawn, but is, I believe, sufficient
in substance.
I am, very respectfully
hour obt servt
J. J. Coombs

J.E. Heath Esq
Commr of Pensions
Page 54

Marshall Black County, Illinois
Sept 13th 1847.

Sir.
Yours of the 30th Ult is is before me in the case of
Katharine McDonalds claim to a pension widow of Peter
M Donald, Decd late of Indiana, Requiring some more
specific form of statement with the names of his Officers so as
to enable you to trace his name in the Virginia Rolls, to
identify the payment made with the husband of Mrs. McDonald

I have recently obtained a more specific statement, than I
had when the declaration was drawn relative to his service.
I will now give it to you in this "form" & hope it may
answer, it is as follows, to wit
"Peter Donald first enlisted, (but captis name is not
known) in the 8th Regiment of Virginia Infantry Major
Dark perhaps belonged to the Regiment under command of
Genl Lee as is believed from recollection of what he
detailed of his service in his life time
"He was first marched from Pa to South Carolina 1st Battle
he was in was at Luthren Island: 2nd at Brandywine 3d at
Germantown, where he was taken prisoner + left in close confiment
by the British 8 months & 12 days, was released & was then afterwards
at Battle of Monmouth & shortly after that was discharged."
This is from a son ____ lately sent me
Querre} would proof of last discharge & its contents, be of utility
if the above statement of service should not be the satisfactory.
Page 55

There is no marriage record to be found in the County where
they were married: nor is there any family record that I
now recollect, of being advised of

Please advise, if required what further proof will be
admisable & the kind to establish either service or marriage.
Perhaps, present reference of description of mine will
satisfactory
I have the honor to be
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
J. P. Cooper

J. L. Edwards. 
Comm of Pensions.⎬
Page 56

Washington, May 11th 1853

Sir:
Enclosed please find [crossed out: address]the certificate
of Court of Common Please of Clark
County Indiana, in the case of Catharine
McDonald, decd widow of Peter. Also,
additional evidence of Identity.
As the marriage has been heretofore
admitted, I presume the evidence I
now file makes the case complete.
I think if you will have the rolls of the
8th Regiment examined, you will find
evidence of more service than the amount
of depreciation covers. He is alleged to have
served three years. The fact that his name
is on the depreciation roll, clearly proves that
he was regularly enlisted in the Continental
line. The enlistments in that line were
generally, if not always for as much as three
years, in the Virginia Regiments
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your obt servt
J. T. Coon

Hon L. P. Waldo
Commr of Pensions
Page 57

Catharine McDonald
Widow of Peter
Indiana
July 7 1838

Private $80 per Annum
From March 4 1836
To Jany 14 1841

Payable to [illegible] McDonald
administrator, for
the benefit of the
Children
Mary McDonald
John McDonald
Sarah Mitchell
James McDonald
Permely Copple
& David McDonald

I J. Coombs
Presents
Page 58

Marshall Clark County, Illinois
August 20th 1846.

Hon J L Edwards
Comm of Pensions

Sir
I have the honor to [illegible] herein
to you the pension claim of the heirs of Katharine Mc Donald
widow of Peter McDonald Decd late of Clark co. In.

I am the attorney for the claimants, please respond & enclose
to me at this place in relation to the claim.
Most Respetfully
Your Obt Sert
J. P. Cooper

P.S. I fear there is no record evidence of marriage in Pa.
I have a letter from the Clerk of Hampshire Co. who informs
me, that it is not to be found & the affidavit of Mr.
Huckleberry was sufficient as to manage &c.
yours &c
J. P. Hooper

Hon J L Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Page 59

In the matter of Catharine McDonald
Widow of Peter. Indiana

James McDonald, the administrator, declares that
heard his father say he enlisted in the 8th Regiment of
the Virginia infantry. I have heard him speak of
Col Bowman & Markham of Major Darke (all these were
officers in the 8th Regiment.) Have heard him say he was
at the battle of Brandywine, Germantown & Monmouth
(The 8th Va. Regiment was in these battles.) He says his
father told him he was taken prisoner at the Battle [crossed out: of Brandy-]
Germantown and detained a Prisoner by the British for
8 or 9 months (The roll of Prisoners show a Peter McDonald
a prisoner for nine months) _ (Certified credible)

Asa Glove (J. P.) says that Peter McDonald in his life
time bore the reputation of having been a revolutionary
Soldier. _
-
Martin Huckleberry _  Says the said Peter McDonald in
his life time [inserted: had the reputation] of having been a revolutionary soldier &
his statemenst [inserted:] relative thereto were always believed _ as he was
considered a man of undoubted truth & veracity. I 
remember hearing him say he was in the Va Line and
that in some battle he was taken a prisoner by the British
Page 60

forces, and detained a long time in prison. He has
known the said Peter since 1790. (Certified credible)
John Gibson, has known Peter McDonald since
the year 1800 _ always had the reputation of a 
revolutionary soldier. Have heard him speak of being
in several battles. He told me he was once taken
prisoner & detained for a length of time. _ He was
considered a man of undoubted truth & veracity
(Witness _ certified credible)

The Court certifies that he was a revolutionary
soldier by reputation. _

Upon an examination of two large volumes
old rolls of the 8th Va Regimen _. I find
that Peter McDonald & but one of that name
enlisted Feby 14, 1776 _ & is borne regularly on
from that time to Octo. 4th [inserted:] 1777 at the Battle of
Germantown when he is reported "a prisoner" _
The rolls of Prisoners, show but one Peter
McDonald _ & that on a prisoner for
9 mos & 1 Day _ I think the identification
too clear for doubt. These rolls
had certainly never been examined by
claimants. _ They  corroborate in
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every particular the old man's statements
as testified to by all the witnesses.
Page 62

State of Indiana
County of Clark ⎬ SS.
Martin Huckleberry of the said County aged about
79 years, being sworn does on his
oath [inserted: he became acquainted with Peter M Donald] about the year AD
1790 (Seventeen hundred and ninety )
in Jefferson County Kentucky and
lived near him until the said M Donald
moved to this County and the next year
we followed him and settled near
him in this County and lived near
him up to the time of his death which
took place as I beleive in 1825, and I
was at his funeral.
I knew Catherine McDonald the wife
of the above named Peter; They
were living together as husband [inserted:] and wife
when I first knew and continued to
do so during the lifetime of the said
Peter McDonald, My reccollection is
that they had three children Viz
Mary, John and Sarah. I always believed
they were lawfully married and I
never heard it called in queston
by any person and that the maiden
name of the said Catherine was
Catherine
Page 63

Catherine Wise; I knew all of their
children (Viz) 1 Mary, 2 John
3 Sarah now the wife of Andrew
Mitchell 4 James McDonald who
has signed the foregoing declaration
5 Cathrine who had married but 
died before her mother.
6 Daniel who had been dead for
Several years before his mother
7 Elizabeth who had married and as
I believe from having heard it had
been dead many years before
her mother
8 Rachael who had married but
was dead many years before her
mother
9 Permely who is now as I have
been told and believe is the wife
of David Copple
10 David M Donald
11 Peter M Donald who I had
heard and beleived was dead for
several years before his mother
The above named Peter McDonald
had the reputation in his lifetime
of having been a Soldier in the
service of the United States in
the War of the Revolution.
Page 64

I have frequently heard him speak of
events connected therewith and that
he had been in several Battles
I do not now remember what ones
But I remember that he told me
that he served three years in the
Virginia Line as a regular soldier
and he told me of having been a
prisoner for some time in close captivity
in prison and he told me about some
of the prisoners trying to get out by
digging out but that they were discovered  
by a woman who told on them,
I remember of having often heard
it spoken of any among our neighbors that
The said McDonald used [inserted: in a hummorous way] to tell one Peter Strutt a Hessian who used to live 
near us that he (McDonald) had shot  
him (Strutt) in a Battle [deleted: in a hummorous 
way] (the said Strutt had received a
wound in his shoulder in some
Battle in the Revolution. I forget now
whether I ever heard McDonald tell
Strutt so himself or whether I have
heard of it. I remember we used
in the neighborhood frequently to speak
of it. I knew the above named
Catherine after the death of
her
his
Page 65

husband the said Peter. She remained
his widow and died in this county
as I believe in 1841.
And I further state that I am
a disinterested witness.
Witness my hand in Clarke
County Indiana on this 12th day of
October AD 1852. The statements 
of the said Peter McDonald so far as
I ever heard were received as true
He was always considered a man
of undoubted truth and veracity
Martin Huckleberry

Sworn to and subscribed before me a justice
of the peace in and for said County on
the day and year above written and I
certify that said Hucklebury is well known
to me. I believe him to be the age he
calls himself and to be a disinterested witness
the words "he became acquainted with Peter McDonald" and
"and" on first page and the words"in a humorous way"
on third page and the same words on same page
erased before signing. Asa Glover J. P
Page 66

Catherine McDonald
decd
wid of Peter

Ind. Act 1838

Addt Evidence

J. I. Coombs
Present
Page 67

State of Indiana
County of Clarke ⎬ S.S.
James McDonald of the
said County aged 62 years being sworn does
on his oath say that he is one of the
Sons of Peter McDonald a reputed
soldier of the United States in the
war of the Revolution [inserted: in the Virginia Line] and his wife
Catherine both of whom are now
dead (Viz) the said Peter died in
this County on the 18th day of March
1825 leaving Catherine his widow who
remained his widow and died in this
County on the 14th day of January 1841
leaving at her death the following
named her surviving and only
surviving children (Viz)
1 Mary McDonald
2 John McDonald
3 Sarah intermarried with Andrew
Mitchell
4 James McDonald this declarant
5 Primely intermarried now with
David Copple
6 David McDonald

Witness my hand in Clarke
County
Page 68

County Indiana on this 12th day of
October AD 1852
James McDonald

Sworn to and subscribed before me a
justice of the peace in and for the
said County on the day and year
above written and I do certify
that I am fully satisfied in regard
to the truth of his foregoing declaration.
I believe him to be of the
age he represents himself to be
The words "in the Virginia Line" interlined
before Signing
Asa Glover J. P.
Page 69

State of Indiana, Clark County Ss
I Charles P. Ferguson Clerk of
the Clark Circuit Court certify
that Asa Glover Esq. whose genuine
signature appears to the
foregoing affidavits was at
the respective dates thereof
an acting Justice of the
Peace within & for said County
of Clark duly commissi
Sworn & that full faith
are due his said Official act
In witness whereof I hereto subscribe my name
and affix the seal of said Court the 30th day
of December 1852
Charles P. Ferguson
Page 70

State of Indiana
County of Clark ⎬SS.
John Gibson of the said
County aged 62 years being sworn
does on his oath say that James
McDonald who has signed the foregoing
declaration is well known to him as
one of the Sons of Peter McDonald
and his wife Catherine McDonald
both of whom are now dead (Viz.)
The said Peter McDonald I remember
died in this County in the year AD
1825 (Eighteen hundred and twenty
five) and the said Catherine survived
him and remained his widow and died
in this county as I believe in the year
AD 1841 (Eighteen hundred and forty one)
I knew the said Peter and Catherine
from about the year AD 1800 (Eighteen
hundred) up to the time of their respective
deaths. I knew all of their children
(Viz) 1 Mary, 2 John, 3, Sarah now the
wife of Andrew Mitchell, 4 James
5 Catherine who was married but died before
her mother 6 Daniel who died before
his mother, 7 Elizabeth who was married
but
Page 71

but died many years before her mother
8 Rachael who was married but died
before her mother, 9 Permeley now
married to David Copple 10 David
11 Peter who died as I believe before
his mother.
The above named Peter McDonald
and Catherine were living together as
husband and wife when my acquaintance
began with them and continued
so to live up to the time of the death
of the said Peter.
The foregoing declarant James McDonald
and myself grew up together as neighbor
boys about of the same age, he
was younger than his sisters Mary and
Sarah and his [inserted:] brother John
I have always believed that the
above named Peter and Catherine
were lawfully married and I never
heard it questioned by any person
and that the Maiden name of the
said Catherine was Catherine Wise.
The said Peter McDonald always
had the reputation of having been
a slodier in the service of the United 
States in the in the War of the Revolution.
I have frequently heard
Page 72

him speak of being in several Battles
in the War of the Revolution. I do 
now remember the particular ones
I remember he told me that he
was taken as a prisoner by the British
forces and so detained for some time
I forget how long but he often
spoke of the hardships he endured
during his captivity.  I do not now
remember the names of his officers
or what Regiment he served in
His statements were always regarded
as true by those who knew him
So far as I knew or ever heard
He was considered a man of undoubted
truth and veracity.
I remember one incident (Viz)
There was once a German Hessian in this
County named Peter Strutt who was
wounded in some Battle of the Revolution
by being shot in the right shoulder. He and
The above named Peter McDonald lived
neighbors here in this County and I
used to see them together and the said
McDonald would tell him humorously
that he was the man who shot him
in Battle, I do not remember which Battle
it was in but the understanding was
Page 73

That they were both in that particular
Battle: the said McDonald in the American
and the said Strutt in a company 
of "Hessian Yagers" in the British Army.
And I further state that I am a disinterested
witness.
Witness my hand in Clarke
County Indiana on this 12th day of
October AD 1852 John Gibson

Sworn to and subscribed before me a
Justice of the peace
in and for said County on the day and
year above written and I do certify that the
said Gibson is well known to me
I believe him to be a man of undoubted
truth and veracity of the age he calls
himself and to be a disinterested witness
The word "Brother" interlined before signing
Asa Glover J P
Page 74

Catherine McDonald
decd widow of
Peter _

Ind. Act 1838

Additional Evidence
Page 75

Pension Office,
May 10th 1853.
Sir:
In compliance with the request contained in your
letter of the 19th ult, you are informed that it appears
by the Records of this Office, that Peter McDonald, a private
of the Virginia Continental Line, received a certificate for
L 23, 6s, 5d for the balance of his full pay on the 25th
of March, 1784, agreeably to an Act of the Assembly of
Virginia, passed November Session, 1781.
I am, respectfully
Your Obt Srt,
S P Waldo
Commissioner

J. J. Coombs Esq.
Present
Page 76

State of Indiana In Court of Common Pleas
County of Clark ⎬January Term 1853
Wednesday January 5, 1853
Present Hon Amos Lovering
Sole Judge of said Court

Upon this day Satisfactory evidence was
Exhibited to the Court that Peter McDonald
a reputed Soldier of the United States in
the war of the Revolution, died in this County
on the 18th day of March AD. 1825 (eighteen
hundred & twenty five) leaving Catherine
McDonald his widow who survived him
and remained his widow and also died
in this County on the 14th day of January
AD 1841 (Eighteen hundred & forty One)
leaving at her death the following named
her surviving and only surviving children,
Mary McDonald, John Mc Donald
Sarah intermaried with Andrew Mitchell
James McDonald Pamela intermarried
with David Capple, David McDonald.

In testimony that the foregoing
appears of record in said Court
and is truly copied thereform, I
Charles T Ferguson Clerk of
the Clark Circuit Court & Ex officio
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas,
hereto subscribe my name & affix
the seal of said Clark Circuit
Court at Charlestown the 10th day
of January 1853.
Charles P. Ferguson Clk [Illegible]
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Marshall, Illinois Augt 9th 1847

Dr Sir.
I enclose herein to you a certificate from the
Auditor of Virginia, of the service of Peter McDonald
husband of Katharine McDonald, whose claim for a Pension
is on file, (of Indiana.)
I have not been able to find
any record evidence of their marriage in Hampshire or
Fauquier Co. Pa. The Clerk [illegible] me there is no such
evidence to be found.
You will see by reference to
the affidavit of Martin Huckleberey accompanying
the affidavit for this claim, who was then 70 years
past, swears to the parties being man & wife in 1791 &
has known them ever since, until their deaths, of which
he also proves & their identity &c.

Please enclose to me at this place.

Mmost respectfully
Your Obt Servt
J. P. Cooper

Hon J. L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions.
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L. L. V.
Page 79

Jeffersonville, Ind. Aug. 31, 1908.

V. Warner, Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-
Have you any record of the Revolutionary services of
one John Dietz, who served as commissary at Philadelphia during the
Revolution? If so please send me all information you can.
I would like also the record of Peter McDonald who served in Virginia
under a captain Savage. After the war he removed to Clark Co.
Ind. and died there 1825.
If there is no pension record of either of these will you kindly
refer this to the War Department, and oblige,

Yours Respectfully,
Mrs. Alice Worrell,

228 Meigs Ave.
Page 80

In answer to your request of the 11th inst
for the date of the Birth of Peter McDonald
who served in the Rev War from Va I have
to state that the only soldier of that name in Va
of whose service a pension was allowed enlisted in Berkley
Va & although there is no mention [inserted: in the ?] of his age 
or the date of his birth, yet his son James States that
his father was born in Cape May,
This office has no discription list of Soldiers
Serving in the also named war, nor is it known
that there are any in the possession of the General Government
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Rev &1812

Y. W. C. A.
Elkhart, Indiana
June 5, 1930

DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR
RECEIVED 
IND [Illegible]

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK
JUN 7 - 1930
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Secretary,
Department of Interior,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

In an endeavor to trace ancestry, I have
been referred to your Department and wonder if you
can send me a copy of the record showing a land
grant to -

PETER McDonald [handwritten: only]

who served in the 8th Virginia Regiment of Infantry
during the American Revolution.

I am particularly interested to learn the
date and place of his birth, names of his parents,
or his age at any given date.

Any information you may be able to give
me will be more than appreciated and if I have been
directed to the wrong Department, will you please
pass this inquiry to the proper Department?

Thanking you in advance for any information
you can give and a very prompt reply I am,

Yours very truly,
(Miss) Edith Wood.

If there is any charge for this record, or work
involved kindly advise and I will be glad to send
check.
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Elkhart Ind
April 2, 1930
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
Dept. of Interior
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-- About a month ago
I wrote your office requesting informtimon
on my ancester Peter Donald who
was a soldier in the 8th Virginia Regiment
during the war of Revolution
will you kindly send me any information
you may have on this soldier? I
am particularly anxious to learn his
age at any certain time in an endeavor
to find the names of his parents.

Any information at all that you may
have will be more than appreciated
and if there is any charge kindly
advice and I will be glad to send
check imediately

Very respectfully
Miss Edith Wood
Y. W. C.A.

U. S. [Illegible] OFFICE
APR 4 1930
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1
Miss Ethstood
N.C.
Elkhart, Ind
March 8, 1930
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
On February 18, 1776 or 77, Peter
McDonald, enlisted in the 8th Virginia
Regiment of Infantry in Berkley County, Va
In an effort to have his ances by I
have been referred to your office by the
U.S. War Dept, as a possible source of
information
I am particulary anxious to ascertain
his age at the time of enlistment or at any
particular time and the names of his
parents go all of this information will be
of great benefit to me, and I will
very much appreciate any information
of suggestions you may have
Yours very truly
Miss Edith Good
the
Elkhart, Ind.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
EEL

July 17, 1930

Miss Edith Wood
Y. W. C. A.
Elkhart, Indiana

Dear Madam:

I advise you that on April 28, 1930, you were furnished
the history of Peter McDonald, W. 9554, the only
soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records
of this bureau.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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F. W.
Record Division

September 9, 1903.

Alice Worrell,
28 Meigs Avenue,
Jeffersonville, Ind.

Madam:

In reply to your letter dated the 31"" ultimo, and received the 2" instant,
you are advised that from the papers in claim W. File No. 9554
it appears that Peter McDonald enlisted in Berkeley County, Virginia, in
1777 as a private, under Captains Morgan and Woodrow, Colonel Markham and
Bowman in the 8th Virginia Infantry; was in the battles of Brandywine and
Germantown, in which he was taken prisoner and retained as such for 8 months
and 12 days; was also in the battle of Monmouth; served for three years,
exclusive of imprisonment and was discharged in 1781.
Soldier was born at Cape May; he lost his father (name not stated) when
a boy and moved with his mother (whose name is not stated) to Berkeley County
Virginia, where, soon after his return from service, he married Catharine
Wise. Their children were: Mary, born January, 6, 1784; John, born October
26, 1785; Sarah, born September 28, 1787, married Andrew Mitchell; James,
born November 18, 1789; Catharine, born August 29, 1791; Daniel, born September
6, 1793; Elizabeth, born August 20, 1795; Rachel, born April 14, 1798;
Permely, born September 16, 1800, married David Copple; David, born April
10, 1803; Peter, born January 18, 1806.
There is no claim on file for the soldier; he died March 6, 1825, in
Clark County, Indiana, where his widow died January 14, 1841, and the
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F. W. 
Wid. File No. 9584

pension to which she would have been entitled on account of his services,
was allowed in 1853 for the benefit of their only surviving children:
Mary, John, Sarah Mitchell, James Permeley Copple, and David.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner
Page 87

Wid. File No. 95?4.

pension to which she would have been entitled on account of his services was
allowed in 1858 for the benefit of their only surviving children: Mary, John,
Page 88

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

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME McDonald, Robert GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 9901 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED January 15, 1793
to not known-

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.