Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8805, for Joseph Mc Lain, North Carolina
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(8-1776)

SERVICE                                
N.C.         
 
McLain, Joseph    
or McLane  

NUMBER   S.8805
                


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CONTENTS
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[This is a form with blank areas written in]
[top line illegible]
7134
North Carolina
Joseph McLane  Deceased
of Guilford Co in the State of North Carolina who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Forbes of the Regt commanded by Col Paisley in the No Carolina M. [illegible] for 2 years from 1776._ Certificate issued in favour of Marshall, John, Mary, Ann, & Margaret McLane, heirs of Joseph McLane Deceased
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Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 80 Dollars ----- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of March 1833 ______ and given to the Hon A. H. Sheppard.
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Arrears to the 4th of
Semianl allowance ending
Amount due to the 23rd December 1832, the time of the decease of Joseph McLane}    $144.20.

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by F. S. Evans, Clerk, Book E Vol 6 Page 48

Joseph McLain*
Records corrected  Oct. 31/04
                                    R.
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North Carolina  }  November Term AD 1832
Guilford County}

On this 20th day of November AD 1832 personally apeared in open Court before the Justices of our County Court the same being a Court of record [and made oath in -- struck out] Joseph McLane Sen aged 80 years [of age -- struck out] and made oath in due form of law to the following declaration by him filed to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th Jan AD 1832

     That he served under the following named officers & as herein after states (to court) that he was born in Pennsylvania [illegible -- struck out]  Philedelphia [sic] County 13th Sept 1752 and moved in the Fall of 1762 into North Carolina and settled in that part of it now called Guilford County in which he has since resided that at the commencement of the war he was known to be on the whig and was constantly exposed to the [illegible; paper torn] inflicted on that party by the [illegible] many of whom there were in his own section of North Carolina - that from the Commencement of the [illegible] 1775 until 1781he spent [struck out] half his time in small towns after this [illegible] sometimes down to [illegible]
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often down to the Caraway mountains in Randolph County under Captain [illegible] Paisley and sometimes under Capt Whiteside, and several trips up on the Yadkin after a tory called Col. Brian ___  that he is unable to give any satisfactory history of any of them owing to his age and impaired memory - that he believes his tour to Fayetteville was performed in the Summer of 1777 and that he must have been out on this tour as much as 6 weeks __ that of the many tours he made among the high Hills of Randolph called the Caraway mountains, down to the Raft Swamps -- down on the waters of Deep or Drowning Creeks and up on the River Yadkin he cannot state their particular dates and length but states that he would be out sometimes a few days sometimes a few weeks, and be at home in like manner __ that the Tories were so plenty in this section of Country that the whigs were almost Constantly forced to go armed and that his neighbors who were whigs formed themselves in a company of
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miniut [sic] men under the aforesaid officers to be always ready when called on and in a miniuts [sic] warning _ that in the Summer of 1780 he volunteered as before and was marched under the command of Captain Forbis to Martinsville.  Thence to Salisbury, and thence to New Providence in the County of Mecklinburg and joined the troops under Genl. Davidson that the Americans shortly [illegible] from New Providence by a Superior force of the enemy under the Command of Rawden & Tarletan that he retreated with his officers back on this side of the Yadkin River that staying here a few days he was marched again South to a creek called [illegible] for the purpose of
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annoying the enemy on their march from [illegible] __ that on their retreat from the aforesaid New Providence the Cavelry Staid [sic] behind and attacked the advanced guards not far from Charlotte __ that as soon as this was known Col. Paisley and Col. Armstrong volunteered and requested others to join them and returned to assist the Cavalry then engaged --  that he and others among whom was his neighbour [illegible] Albright joined them, but they met their friends on the retreat __ that he was discharged in the County of Meclenburg, which discharge he still has and [illegible] &
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and by means of which he is enabled to fix with certainty on the date of this service that no time was allowed him for Service until he arrived at New Providence & joined the troops under Genl. Davidson that his certificate certifies to three months Services but that he was longer from home in marching out to New Providence and home again which must have taken near two weeks __ that on his return home he again set out and joined Capt. Whiteside's company at Troublesome Creek and assisted him in guarding prisoners __ that after the Guilford Battle he marched after and annoyed the Brittish [sic] on their march to the South that in this Service under Capt. Whiteside he must have served 6 or 7 weeks __ that he has no documentary or written evidence of his services [illegible] than he [illegible] that he is known to Geo [illegible] and Wm Albright with whom he done service and who can and are willing from their own personal knowledge to testify to his aforesaid services that he
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hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
      Subscribed and sworn to in open Court
A.E. Hanner CCC       Joseph McLain    
Joseph McLean further states that all his neighbors are willing to testify to his character for truth and their belief as to his services     
Sworn to as above
A.E. Hanner CCC                  Joseph McLain
We William Adams & Benj. Ross
hereby certify that we are well-acquainted with Joseph McLean Sen who has subscribed and sworn to the forgoing declaration that we live in the County of Guilford _ that it is reported and generally believed that he was a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
        Subscribed and sworn to in open Court 
A.E. Hanner CCC                   William Adams
                                              B. Ross
I Wm Paisley  A Clergyman resident in the county of Guilford hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Joseph McLean who has subscribed and Sworn to the forgoing declaration, that I believe him to be 80 years of age that he is reported and believed to have been a soldier of the revolution that I have never heard it contradicted  
A.E. Hanner CCC             Subscribed & sworn to in open court 
                                        Wm. Paisley
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I Geo Reese hereby certify that I have [illegible] long known Joseph McLean who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that it has been read in my hearing and that I know from my personal knowledge that every therein stated is true.
Subscribed and sworn to in open Court
       his
George x Reese
      mark

AEHammer CCC

We Wm Albright and Mattias Irving hereby certify that we have known Joseph McLean who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that it has been read in our hearing and believe from our personal knowledge that every thing he states is true
    Subscribed  & sworn to in open court.
 A.E. Hammer CCC                    William Albright

                                                         his
                                               Mattias x Irving
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And the court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigations of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department that the above named applicant was a Soldier of the Revolution and that he served as he states.  And the court further certifies that it appears to them
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that Wm Paisley who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Guilford and that all the other persons who have signed the preceding Certificates are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit

William Adams JP Seal
F. [illegible] Seal
B. Ross Seal

State of North Carolina
I, Alfred E. Hanner, clerk of the Court of pleas & quarter Sessions for the County of Guilford,
Do hereby Certify, that the foregoing Contains the Original proceedings of the Said Court in the Matter of the application of Joseph McLean for a Pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court & office this 28th day of December 1832
A.E. Hammer CCC

North Carolina  }
Guilford County}
Be it known that on this 19th day of January A.D. 1833 personally appeared before me John A [illegible] an acting Justice in and for the county aforesaid John Finley a resident in said county who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following affidavit (to wit) that he is informed that the foregoing Pension Declaration has been forwarded to his representative the Honourable
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[illegible] himself and means by the [illegible] in his declarations --"that from the commencement of the war 1775 until 1781 he spent half his time in small towns, that he always understood from his father, that he served as private that he Joseph McLean his father died on the 23rd day of December A.D. 1832, and left no widow, his wife having died before him several years - and that he left the following heirs, to wit, Marshal (himself) John, Mary Ann and Margaret

Subscribed and sworn to in open Court
A.E.Hanner CCC                Marshell McLean

And the court do hereby certify that it appears to their satisfaction that the aforesaid Joseph McLean died on the 23rd day of December 1832 - that he left no widow but the heirs mentioned above - And the Court further certifies it appears to them that Marshal McLean who has subscribed the preceding certificate is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit  
William Adams  JP
David Worth JP
[illegible] Millis JP

I, Alfred E. Hanner, clerk of the county court, hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of of [sic] said court in the matter a supplement to the original proceedings of said court as to the application of Joseph McLean for a pension his testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and applied my official seal this 22nd February A.D. 1833                          A.E. Hanner CCC
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State of North Carolina
           I, Alfred. E. Hammer clerk of the Court of pleas & quarter Sessions for the County of Guilford.
           Do hereby certify that John A. [illegible] Esquire whose name appears (in his own genuine hand writing} to the  foregoing affidavits is and was an Acting Justice of the peace in and for said County legally Commissioned & qualified as Such and that due faith and credit [illegible] has been given to all his Acts and Attestations as Such.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the seal of said Court at office this 25th of January 1833

A.E. Hanner  CCC

North Carolina  }
Guilford County}

County Court
February Term AD 1833

On this 21 day of February personally appears in open court before the Justices of said court now Sitting the same being a Court of record Marshal McLean Jun the son and an heir of Joseph McLean mentioned in the preceding declaration who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say he was present when said declaration was drawn or when the statement therein contained was made by said Joseph McLean _ that he understood the applicant to be of the impression that he had served as much as two years in all and that said Joseph believed he had so
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[illegible] himself and means by the [illegible] in his declarations _ "That from the commencement of the war 1775 until 1781 he spent half his time in small towns" that he always understood from his father that he served a private [sic] _  that [illegible] Joseph McLean his father died on the 23rd day of December AD 1832, and left no widow, his wife having died before him _ several years _ and that he left the following heirs, to wit, Marshal (himself) John, Mary Ann and Margaret
Subscribed and Sworn to in open court
AEHanner CCC              Marshell McLean

And the court do hereby certify that it appears to their satisfaction that the aforesaid Joseph McLean died on the 23rd day of December AD 1832 > that he left no widow but the heirs mentioned above_ And the Court further certified it appears to them that Marshal McLean who has subscribed the preceding certificate is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit
William Adams JP
David Worth JP
[illegible] Millis JP
I, Alfred. E. Hanner, clerk of the county court, hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of a supplement to the original proceedings of said court as to the application of Joseph McLean for a pension 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal 
this 22nd February AD 1833
A. E. Hanner CCC
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                                                               MCS
[illegible] & 1812 Wars Section
   
                                              July 28, 1924
Mr. Jay McLean
22 E. 38th St.
N.Y.

Sir:

     I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.8805, it appears that Joseph McLain, Pensioned McLane, was born September 13, 1752, in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

While a resident of Guilford County, North Carolina, he enlisted in 1775 and served on various short tours until 1781, being in actual service about one half the time, as a private in Captains Arthur Forbes' and Whitesell's Companies, Colonel Paisley's North Carolina Regiment.

Pension was allowed on his application executed November 20, 1832, while a resident of Guilford County, North Carolina.

He died December 23, 1832, leaving a son, Marshell McLean (who signed his name this way) and the following heirs:  John, Mary, Ann, Margaret.

There is no further data as to his family.

Respectfully,

Commissioner
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[On the left side of the page:]

1908, Sept 15. History to Mrs. Chas. Harris Baker, Los Angeles Cali.
Letter with [illegible] F. 4180. John Donnell. LN

1909. Feb 26. Two copies of history to Mrs. Chas. H. Baker. Los Angeles, CA.  Letter with ind. F. 4180, John Donnell, FA.

1910 Mch. 2 Hist to Franklyn L. Morgan V.L.M.

1915, Apr. 16. History to Henry A. McLean. F.W.

1924 July 28 Hist. to Jay McLean, M.C.S.

1925. Apr. 23 Hist to Mrs. Roger G. Hannaford MCS

1927 - Aug 30. Mrs. C. H. Baker advised cost of photos. Sat Corres. in claim of John Donnell W. 4180. [Illegible].

1927- Sept. 28 - Photos to Mrs. C. H. Baker.  See corres. in claim of John Donnelly, W. 4180.  [Illegible].

[On the right side of the page]

Rev War
8805
INVALID.
File No.  8805
Joseph McLane
Pri Rev. War
Act:  June 7th 1832
Index: - Vol. 1st, Page 245
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Joseph McLain
Oct. 31, 1904
Records corrected. [illegible]
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These are to Certify that the Bearer Joseph McLean private [illegible] of Capt Forbis' Companey [sic] of the third Reg of Drafts Raised in the District of Solisbury has served three Months as a volintear [sic]  Agreeable to [illegible] & is hereby Discharged

Given under my hand this 25th Day of Nov 1780
Arthur T Forbis Capt Comdt
Wm Davidson B.G. 
To all Whom it may Concern both Civil or Military
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N. C.          Revolutionary War              Discharges

Discharge of Joseph McLean, S. F. 8805 from 3 mos. service as Pvt. Capt. Forbis' Co, 3 regt., Solsbury Dist., dated Nov 25, 1780 Signed by Capt. Arthur Forbis and Wm. Davidson, B.G.

Filed as evidence in claim of Joseph McLain, S.F. 8805.
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[This is a envelope]

[Return address]

The National Archives
Washington 25, D.C.
_____________________
OFFICIAL BUSINESS

[In the left upper corner]
PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID
PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300.
(PMGC)

Fragments of pension application
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Joseph McLaine



return,



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Hon A. [illegible]
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joseph McLane which require further proof or explanation,

I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V.  *Has he mentioned 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 amout [sic] of pension he is entitled?

VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with regulations?

VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?

IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?

X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?

XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV.  +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
          If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
          Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

No

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such as age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?

XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.

*QUERE V.  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 ______  year ______ months, and ________ days, I served as a _________  For _________ months and ______ days, I served as a ___________; and for such service I claim a pension.

                         ___
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  It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be pain according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three of four months [Italics] is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years 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 shewn 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 cops 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.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service. [Italics]
  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 claimants 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 witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.   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 paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape of 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.
  [Manicle] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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Joseph  McLane



Official charters & signature of Jedediah Smith should be certified.

Certified



[Illegible] A. N. Sheppard
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joseph McLane Sen.  which require further proof or explanation.

I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides

II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V.  *Has he mentioned 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 amout [sic] of pension he is entitled?
No

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?

VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?

IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?

X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?

XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV.  +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
          If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
          Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such as age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI.  ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?

XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

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EXPLANATORY NOTES.

*QUERE V.  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 _____ year ______ months, and ________ days, I served as a _____________ For ________________ months and ________________ days, I served as a _____________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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  It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as 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 [italics] is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years 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 shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place of 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.
+QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
  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 the affidavits the time of the claimants 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 witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
++QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
  In every instance where the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper 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.
    [Manicle] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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North Carolina  }
Guilford County}

Be it known that on this 21st day of February A.D. 1833 personally appeared before me Jedediah Smith, an acting Justice of the County Court  Wm. Smith who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that during the revolutionary war he served long and much with Joseph McLean mentioned in the foregoing declaration in a company commanded by Capt. Forbis and Col. Paisley _ that he was a faithful Soldier from the commencement to the end of the revolutionary was and that in all his Service must have Served as much as and not less than two years _ And this affiant further states that he is 80 th years of age, is a revolutionary pensioner and is so weak, feeble, and indisposed that it would be with great inconvenience and fatigue he could be taken to Court to testify as above, he is also known to Him.
Subscribed & Sworn to the day & year aforesaid
AH Shepherd
J h Smith J.P.
William Smith
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And I Jedediah Smith Justice as aforesaid certify that Wm. Smith who has subscribed and Sworn to the above certificate [word below scratched out] [illegible] feeble and bad health, is very weak and could not be taken to court without great fatigue and inconvenience = and that his character is well known known to the Honourable Augustis H. Shepherd

J h Smith Seal

I certify that Jedidiah Smith who has made the above certificate is an acting justice of the Peace & Justice of the County Court of [illegible] Guilford & the signature is [illegible]

[illegible]

6 March 1833
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[Written on the left side of the page}

Joseph McLean

Declaration for a
Pension

filed by A. H. Shepherd
31. [illegible} - 1833
from 1776 private
1 years #80.

Amount due to time of of applicant's decease 3rd December '32.  $144.20/100
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[Stamp}

RECORD

FEB
16
1910

DIVISION






[illegible]
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Los Angeles, California, Feb. 10th, 1910

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:-

Will you please furnish me with data in regard to the military service of Joseph McLean, Guilford County, N. C.? 

He received a pension for service during the war of the American Revolution and I wish to use this as authority in proving my right to join the Daughters of the Revolution.

Your truly,
Eloise Jane Morgan.

Address, 
Mrs Franklin Llewellyn Morgan
#926 West Twelfth Street,
Los Angeles, California.

PENSION
U.S.
A
FEB
15
1910
OFFICE.

FEB 17 1910
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MRS. ROGER G. HANNAFORD
FIFTH & WARREN STREETS
MT. VERNON, WASHINGTON
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will it be possible for me to find whether you have a record of a pension being granted or a war record of Joseph McLean in the Revolutionary war.  He was a private in Arthur Forbis Co. under Col. John Paisley of North Carolina. Born 1756 died1837. also Nethaniel Kerr- born in Philadelphia and died between 1823 - 28- Canithus in his "Old North State: history page 26-8 - 260 tells of his bravery in a skemish [sic] with the Toriess [sic].  He was also in the battle of Guilford County- House, also of Jonathan Whitney born in Mass. in 1746 - died in 1834.'
Thanking you I am
 (Mrs Roger) Judy Hannaford
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Stamped
Pension Office
D
U. S. 
Apr 10 1915
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HENRY ALBERTS MCLEAN
ATTORNEY AND COUNSLEOR AT LAW
SEATTLE, U.S.A.
Alaska Building
1324 Alaska Building
(from env.)
Re: McLean Family History.
April 3, 1915
Bureau of Pensions,
Washingtion, D. C
Dear Sirs:
I am informed that my great grandfather, Joseph McLean was a solider in the Revolutiojary war; that he enlisted in Guilford County, NorthCarolina in 1775 and served to 1781; that he was a private in the Company of Captain Arthur Forbis, whose company served under Colonel John Paisley.
I am further informed that he applied for a pension in 1832.
Will you please inform me what the records in your office show in this particular?
Respectfully,
Henry Alberts McLean
HAM:S
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41 East 70th Street
New York City
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly send me a copy of
Record Division U. S. M.  Sur. file 8805
Revolut. War, Statement of military history of Joseph McLean (McLane) of Guilford County N. C. for use of connection with my application for membership in the Sons of the American Revolution and obligi greatly
Yours truly
Jay McLean
ans July 28-24
stamped
Pension U.S.
Jul 17 1924
Office
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22 East 38th Street,
New York City,
June 23, 1924
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Would you kindly send me a copy of the enlistment record of Joseph McLean of Guilford, County, North Carolina, in the War of the American Independence, which data I need in connection with my application for membership in the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
Thanking you for this favor if it can be granted me, I am,
Yours very truly, 
signed
Jay McLean
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M.C.A
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
April 23, 1925
Mrs. Roger G. Hannaford
Fifth & Warren Sts.
Mt. Vernon, Washington
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, 8.8805, it appears that Joseph McLain, pensioned McLane, was born September 13, 1752, in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
While a resident of Guilford County, North Carolina, he enlisted in 1775 and served on various short tours until 1781, being in actual service about one half the time, as private in Captains Arthur Forbes' and Whitesell's Companies, Colonel Paisley's North Carolina Regiment. 
Pension was allowed on his application executed November 20, 1832, at which time he was a resident in Guilford County, North Carolina.
He died December 23, 1832, leaving a son, Marshall McLean (who signed his name this way), and the following heirs: John, Mary, Ann, and Margaret, their relationship not stated.
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There is no further data on file as to his family.
The above noted is the only Joseph McLean found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WILDER S. METCALF
Commissioner
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for a statement of the military history of Joseph McLain* Cert. issued Joseph McLane. a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) [scratched out] application for pension on file in this Bureau.  S.F. 8805.

The following is in table form.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  1775 served half the time [in tours - scratched out] until 1781.

LENGTH OF SERVICE.

RANK.  Pri. 

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN.  Arthur Forbis.
                             Whitesell.
COLONEL.  Paisley.

STATE.
N.C.


Battles engaged in, [check mark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Guilford Co, N.C.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 20, 1832 Cl. allowed.
Residence at date of application, Guilford Co., N.C.
Age at date of application, B. in Philadelphia Co., Pa., Sept. 13, 1752.

[In left margin]  V.L.M. Mch. 2, 1910

Remarks:  In Nov. 1832 Solder is referred to _____ as Joseph McLean*, Sr.  He died Dec. 23, 1832, several years later than his wife whose name is not stated, leaving the following heirs:    Marshell, Jr. John, Mary, Ann and Margaret

Very respectfully,

[name cut off]