Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36695, for Shadrack Mc Clendon, South Carolina
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3-1775

SERVICE  S.C.
NAME  McClendon, Shadrack or McLendon
NUMBER S.36695

CONTENTS
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[Left Column]

19825
Louisiana
Shadrack McClendon
of Copiah Co in the State of Mississippi who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Mesick of the regiment commanded by Colonel Marion in the South Carolina line, for the term of two years and six months from August 1778 to 1780

Inscribed on the Roll of Mississippi rate the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 19th day of September 1827.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3 of Nov 1828
and sent to J. R. Nicholson Esq
Gallatin Mississippi

Arrears to 4th of March 1828     $44.49
Semi-anl. all'ce ending              
                                                   $44.49

Revolutionary Claim
Acts March, 18, 1818
and May 1, 1820.

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To Louisiana from 4 March 1845
16 May 1846
notify  [illegible] to show J. H [illegible]

Date of death not on A.B.
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[ State of Louisiana Parish of Catahoula ] SS. On this 12th day of November 1845  before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said Parish of Catahoula  personally appeared Shadrack McClendon who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Misick in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Marion in the service of the United States : that his name was placed on the pension roll of the  State of Mississippi when he has lately removed : that he now resides in the  State of Louisiana where he intends to remain , and wishes his pension to be there payable in future The following  are his reasons  for removing from Mississippi  to Louisiana. That he has  been living  for some years with one of his sons and that  his sons have  within the last two years removed from Mississippi  to Louisiana and  necessity compels him to live with them consequently on account  of their removal he has come to reside in Louisiana. Sworn and subscribed to before me  the day and year aforesaid.  ( his mark X ) Shadrack McClendon  William Campbell ( signed ) Justice of the Peace  [ State of Louisiana Parish of Catahoula ] SS Before me  the undersigned  Parish Judge in  and for the Parish of Catahoula  State aforesaid  on this 15th day of November 1845  personally came and appeared Lewis McClendon of said parish who being duly sworn  disclosed  under oath that Shadrack McClendon  whose name is subscribed by making  his ordinary
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mark  to the foregoing affidavit is the same person discussed in said affidavit  and who   recently removed to the parish and State  aforesaid  from Copiah County in the State  of Mississippi  and that he said Shadrack McClendon  when he resided in said State of Mississippi  drew a pension from government as a revolutionary soldier  said  witness says he is well acquainted with  said Shadrack McClendon and that he  witness has no interest in  said McClendon  obtaining a pension -  ( his mark )  Lewis McClendon Sworn to  and subscribed before me by Lewis McClendon who made his ordinary mark  not knowing how to write.  James G. Taliaferro ( signed ) Parish Judge  [ State of Louisiana Parish of Catahoula ] SS I, the undersigned Parish Judge in  and for the parish of Catahoula  State aforesaid do hereby certify that Lewis McClendon  who made and signed the affidavit  last above  written is a man of respectable character and reputed generally to be a man of veracity and good standing in society . I further certify  that   William Campbell  whose  name is officially subscribed on the foregoing page to the affidavit of Shadrack McClendon a Justice of the Peace of the parish of Catahoula , duly sworn , commissioned and qualified   and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to all his official acts in said capacity. Given under my
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hand and seal at Harrisburg in the Parish of Catahoula State aforesaid on this  17th day of November  A.D. 1845.  James G. Taliaferro ( signed ) Parish Judge
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Declaration of Shadrack McClendon for a pension
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[ The State of Mississippi Copiah County  ] SS. On this eighteenth day of September  one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven  personally              appeared Shadrack McClendon in open Court , it being the Circuit  Court of said County  of Copiah and by the laws of the said State of Mississippi  expressly  made a Court of Record, a resident of the said County of Copiah  , and aged about seventy five years ; who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and the first of May 1820 , That he the said  Shadrack McClendon enlisted for the term of three years in the State of South Carolina in the company commanded by Captain Misick in the Regiment commanded Colonel Marion  in the line of the State of South Carolina  in the continental establishment  the time or day on  which he enlisted  he does not distinctly recollect through  age , but at the surrender or capitulation of  Charleston  South Carolina which he believes was in 1780 had six months only to serve of his three years, that  continually he service about two years & six months. he was ay the Siege of Savannah ,Geo. and then lost his  left eye . and that at the surrender or capitulation of Charleston  S.C. he was taken prisoner  and continued in the  captivity of the British about fourteen months from which he made his escape and returned to Colonel Marion's company. then near  Monks Corner , and obtained a written discharge from the service from Colonel Marion which discharge  has been lost and destroyed in consequence of having been   wet and torn and therefore he in unable to produce it in support of this application. That he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present  that his name is not on the roll of any State except
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South Carolina , and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension . That until a few years past  he has been  able to support himself  by his own labor, and that as long as that was the case, he would not apply  to his country for the debt she may owe him for services rendered her in the  " times that  tried men's souls " , but that  old age , decrepitude and  corporal infirmity press so heavily on him of late , that he is .. ( illegible ) to apply to his country for the scanty pittance allowed for the remnant of that Patriotic Band who achieved the liberties of the  other Colonies of America , and in pursuance of the act of the 1st of May 1820 . I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States , on the 18th day of March 1818 , and that  I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property , or any part thereof with   .. ( illegible ) thereby so to diminish  it as to bring myself within the provisions of act of Congress entitled An act to provide for certain persons  engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary war, passed on the 18th day of March 1818 , and that I have not  nor has any person in  trust for me any  property  or securities , contracts, or debts due to me ; not have I any  income other that what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed  and by me subscribed. viz. one Bay mare worth $45.00 , nine head of cattle most of them young worth $ 40.00 , three sows worth $9 ; fourteen shoats worth $10 . That since the 18th of March 1818  the following changes has been made in my property  to wit. One roan mare worth $50 mother of my present mare. Given to Lewis McClendon my son about one year ago . Rec'd the personal services of said Lewis in the support and maintenance of my self and wife. Shadrack P McClendon ( signed ) This declarant states that his occupation is that of a Planter or farmer that  decrepitude and bodily infirmities render him wholly unable to pursue it, that his family consists of his wife alone, who is between  fifty and sixty years of age, and from corporal imbicility  wholly unable to contribute any thing to their support : and in
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that he is in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself  with the assistance of his  country, except by  private charity - This declarant further states that on the 18th day of March 1818 he had  few cattle, 15 or 20 head of hogs which has occasionally increased and as often  decreased and one small roan mare as above stated, and that for several years past ( except the little assistance of the .. ( blurred out ) stock ) he has depended on the charity of his  sons .. ( blurred out )  are all quite poor ) for support and that .. ( blurred out ) attempt during the last 3 years to get a pension. .. ( blurred out )  is much longer  it is probable that death will remove him and deprive the notion of the opportunity to bestow her gratitude on one of her most indigent and worn out veterans . Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 18th day of September 1827. ( his mark ) Shadrack P McClendon William Barnes ( signed ) Clk  I William Barnes Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Copiah  , and State of Mississippi do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction  of the Court that the said Shadrack McClendon did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the proceeding Declaration, against the common enemy  for the  Term of  two years & six months, under an engagement in the continental establishment - I also certify  that the foregoing  and Schedule hereto annexed are  truly copied from the original which is filed in my office ; and I do further certify  that it is the opinion of  said Court that the total amount in value of property  exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is one hundred and four dollars.
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court  this 19th day of September one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven.  Wm Barnes ( signed / sealed ) Clk      I Joshua Child one of the Judges of the Superior Court of the  State of Mississippi , do hereby certify  that the above named William Barnes is the acting clerk of the Circuit Court of Copiah County - September 19th 1827. Joshua  Child ( signed )            Declaration of Shadrack McClendon for a pension
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20.436 na      Lewis McClendon's affidavit
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[ The State of Mississippi Copiah County ] The Circuit Court September Term 1827  Personally appeared Lewis McClendon ( son of Shadrack McClendon who has applied for a pension )  who after being duly sworn  according to law  deposeth and saith that for the last five or six years he has almost entirely supported  by his  manual labor his Father Shadrack McClendon and his wife , that in consideration of these services his Father gave him an old roan mare, worth about fifty dollars, That he is extremely poor  himself, and in these hard times finds it too difficult to support his Father's family and his own - he further says that all the rest of the old mans relations are very poor and have families to support and further that except the small assistance  afforded from his little stock of cattle  & hogs , his Father is entirely supported by private charity. ( his mark ) Lewis McClendon Sworn to in open Court this 19th day of September 1827  Wm Barnes ( signed ) Clk
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June  30, 1937
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Shadrack McClendon 
S. 16695
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Mrs. B. D. Werner;

You are furnished herein the record of Shadrack McClendon as found in pension claim, S. 16695 based upon his service
Revolutionary War. His surname appears, also, McLendon.

The date and place of birth and names of the parents of
Shadrack McClendon are not given.

Shadrack McClendon enlisted in South Carolina for three years
served as private in Captain Maryck's company, Colonel Marion's
South Carolina regiment, was in the siege of Savannah, Georgia, in
which he lost his left eye, was also at the surrender of the Charleston,
South Carolina, where he was taken prisoner by the British, held
fourteen months, escaped, and was discharged after having served two
years six months; no dates of service given.

Shadrack McClendon was allowed pension on his application
executed September 19, 1828, at which time he was aged about seventy-
five years and a resident of Copiah County, Mississippi. He moved
from Mississippi about 1940 or 1941 to the Parish of Catahoula, Louisiana.

In 1827, the soldier referred to his wife, then aged between fifty
and sixty years, but did not state her name. In 1845, he was still
living in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, with his sons who had within
the last two years moved to Louisiana. The only child whose name was
designated in the claim was Lewis McClendon who in 1845 made affidavit
in Catahoula Parish, his age not given.

In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of
person paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier, you should
write to the Comptroller General Accounting Office, Records

ral, General Accounting Office, Records
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Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Shadrack McClendon
Certificate No. 19825
Issued November 3, 1827
Rate, $8 per month
Comms need September 19, 1827
Acts March 18, 1818 and May 1, 1820
Louisiana Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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(left page ) 1937 Apr.9- Hist. to Mrs A.W. Moore M  `937 June 30 - Hist to Mrs B D Werner - M B   ( right page )  36695 INVALID. Recy No. 86,695 Shadrack McClendon Pri Rev War Act : 18 March 18 " Index : - Vol 2 Page 265 [ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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May 16  46 McClendon Miss . roll H  Hon J H. Harmanson HR ( vertical on page ) (  Pension Office  SC )
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( post mark ) [HARRISBURG SC SEP 28 ]    10   Honl. Robt. J Walker Secty of War Washington City  Dist of Columbia ( upside down - top of page ) (  M 377 Oct 13/45 Com. Pensions ) ( upside down - bottom of page ) ( G. Mayo relative to  the pension of McClendon  Sept 26/1845 ) (   Respectfully requests to Commissioner of Pensions )( Try Dept  Oct 13/45 )
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( Duplicate of page 17 previous - inverted )
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Harrisonburg 26th Sept 1845 Dr Sir, By request of Shadrack McClendon  a Revolutionary pensioner , .. ( blurred and illegible )  to inform you that  Mr. McClendon with a  view to obtaining the money due him as a pensioner has placed in my hands paper of which the following are copies viz. War Department  " Revolutionary claim. I certify that in conformity with the laws of the United States of the 18th Match 1818 .1st May 1820 & 1st March 1823. Shadrack McClendon late a private in the army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension List , Roll of Mississippi Agency at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence on the nineteenth day of September  one thousand eight hundred and  twenty seven. Given at the War Office of the United States this third day of November one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven. ( signed ) James P Barbour  Secretary of  War . Examined and Countersigned ( signed J L Edwards . " To which the seal of the Seal of  the United States affixed  upon a paper annexed to this  I find the following memorandum " paid to 4th March 1839 "  which is suppose a private memorandum to show to what date his
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pension has been paid. And on the back of the paper of which the foregoing is a copy about the  under of the back of the seal are the figures " 19825 "  I suppose to  whom the marker of the certificate. Another paper accompanies this as follows, " Payable  semi-annually  .The first payment on the certificate will be made on the 4th of March in the year 1828 at Natchez by Gabriel Tichener Esq. Pension Agent . Recorded by Benj Lloyd Beall Clerk , in Book Vol. 11 Page 156 ."                                    Mr. McLendon now lives in the parish of Catahoula , Louisiana  , to which place he removed from Mississippi. I suppose his change of residence  prevented his making regular application for his pension as I have not been informed of any other cause that has prevented it. He is very old and indigent living I am informed entirely upon charity  and unable to travel at all, in any way. Will you have the goodness to advise me  what steps will be necessary to enable him to draw his pension regularly , and his back pension. that is  what is due him from the time he drew last until this time. Your early attention to this matter will much oblige.  Your  obt servt  G Mayo ( signed ) Address G Mayo Harrisonburg Louisiana
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Hon . Robt. J Walker Esq Secty of War
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Re'd Dec. 20. ' 45 Washington  Dec. 18,1845 J. H. Harmanson Enq. about Mr. McClendon's pension claim N 393 Reche'd 22/45 Penson Office  Dec 23, 1845  Rec'd W. McClendon  ( upside down on page top ) ( J H Harmanson  HR ... ( illegible ) of the House Wm L Marcy )
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Washington 18th .. ( illegible ) 1845 My .. ( illegible ) I understand from  Mr. McClendon that he has sent his proof to your department  relating to his pension. I suppose it is necessary to  secure the sanction of Congress if so will you  be good enough to furnish me with them, & if the proof is not  complete please let me know. what more will be necessary . I cannot fully understand from  the letter I have in relation to this claim. whether the pension has already been obtained or  whether  lately been sent to your office thus an examination it you please & you will oblige me by giving me an immediate answer. your obt svt J H Harmanson ( signed ) MC
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Washington  14th May 1846 Dr Sir, Will you be  good enough to let me know whether you have rec'd any information respecting McClendon pension, McClendon is now living in the parish of Catahoula La &  he formerly resided in Mississippi. You wrote me some time ago that  you had written to   Miss. on the subject  please inform me of the result. Yours etc J H Harmanson ( signed )
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G Mayo Oct 14. 1845
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199   Pension Office Oct 14 1845  Sir, In reply to your letter of the 26th  ulto, to the  Secretary of the Treasury , which has been referred to this office. I have to inform you that before the pension of Shadrack McClendon  can be paid his name must be  transferred from the Pension agency of Mississippi to that of Louisiana. If he will sent to this office such proof of identity as the enclosed  printed sheet directs, the transfer will be made.   G Mayo Esq Harrisonburg Louisiana     nnm ret 1818
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Pension Agency  Jackson Miss. ( post mark - illegible )  Hon . J. L. Edwards Washington  D.C.  ( vertical notes ) ( Jan 5, 46 Mr Evans )
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Pension Agency Jackson Miss 22 Dec. 1845  Sir, Yours of the 8th ultimo , is at hand enquiring up to what time the Pension of Shadrack McClendon  has been paid. From my books it appears that he has been paid up to the 4th March 1845 - I am very respectfully your obedient svt. D.C. Glenn ( signed )   Hon. J. L. Edwards Washington  D.C.
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(post mark ) [ HARRISONBURG LA NOV 26 ]  20  J L Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City Dist of Columbia  ( vertical note ) ( Dec 8 '45 Mr Evans )
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Harrisonburg  21st November 1845 J L Edwards Esq. Dr Sir, Enclosed please find an affidavit of Shadrack McClendon a revolutionary  pensioner accompanied by proof of his identity and the certificate of Judge Taliaferro under seal, all I believe in conformity  to directions contained in a printed blank forwarded to me from the pension office by  G Wm Crump Esq. by letter dated 14th Oct  ult.  On receipt of this have the goodness to advise me of an other steps necessary to enable the claimant to draw his pension  as his indigent circumstances  make the aid necessary to his comfort.  Very  Respectfully your obt servt. G Mayo ( signed )
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( post mark ) [ HARRISONBURG LA OCT 22 ] 10 PAID Pension Claim No 19825 Hon . Wm L Marcy Secretary of War Washington  City D.C. ( vertical notes ) ( Nov 3 1845 Arrears due Shadrack McClendon ) ( check mark ) ( upside down on page G Mayo Nov. 3 1845 )
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Harrisonburg  21st October 1845 To the hon. Secretary of War. Dr Sir, By request of Shadrack McClendon  a soldier of the Revolution  I am requested to take such steps as may enable him to  procure the payment to him of his pension. Certificates have been presented to me of which the following are copies." War Department Revolutionary Claim I certify that in conformity  with the  law of the United States of the 18th of March 1818 , 1st May 1820, & 1st March 1823  Shadrack McClendon late a Private in the Army of the Revolution  is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of Mississippi  Agency at the rate of eight dollars per month , to commence on the nineteenth day of September  one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven. Given at the War Department Office of the United States this third day of November one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven. ( signed ) James Barbour Secretary of War Examined and countersigned  ( signed ) J L Edwards "                      To this a large seal is
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affixed  which I at first took to be that of the Secretary of State, but I find  the words in the margin to be  the " United States of America War Office ; " On the back of the paper centrally  of the seal is the No. 17825. A certificate accompanies  this of which  the following is a copy: Payment semi - annually .  The first payment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of March in the year 1828 at Natchez by Gabriel Tichner  Esq. Penson agent.  recorded by Benj Lloyd Beall Clerk, in Book  8 Vol 11 page 156 " On a paper accompanying these certificates is a memorandum which I suppose has been made  by the pension agent as follows. " paid to 4th March 1838 "  I am informed that Mr. McClendon is very old helpless and destitute, depending entirely  upon his son for support, entirely unable to  ride, If he has to make any oath to get his money  a judge will have to  be got to go to his house some 30 miles from this place or he will have to take the oath before some Justice of the peace. The destitute condition of this Revolutionary soldier is my excuse for asking that his claim may receive early attention. Very Respectfully your obt servt. G Mayo   ( signed ) Please address G Mayo Harrisonburg Louisiana   Honl. Wm L Marcy Secretary of War
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P.S. The claimant McClendon  I am informed moved from Mississippi to this State some  four years since - I find his name in the census of revolutionary pensioners take in 1840 or 1841  under the head of Copiah County Mississippi. G Mayo ( signed )( envelope addressed at bottom of page - identical to  page  31 previous )
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Dec 26 1845 Hon J H Harmanson
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450   Pension Office Dec, 26th 1845 Sir, In answer to your letter in the case of Mr. McClendon ( Shadrack McClendon I presume )   I have the honor to inform you that he is a pensioner on the roll of the Mississippi Agency under the Act of March 18 1818 at $8 per month and that he has applied to be transferred to the  Agency of Louisiana . On the 8thinst, I  addressed a letter to the Pension Agent at Jackson Miss. requesting to be informed when he was last paid, and so soon as his answer shall have been received the transfer will be made.  Hon J H Harmanson House of Reps
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Gallatin  Miss October 7th  The Honbl. James Barbour Secretary at War Washington  City (vertical note ) ( Pension office Nov 3 1827 )
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Gallatin Miss. October 3, 1827  James Barbour Esq. Dear Sir, Enclosed I send you the Declaration of Shadrack McClendon for a pension, I also enclose the affidavit of his son Lewis McClendon. I could state if it were necessary , that from my own knowledge the old man is a fit subject for the gratitude of the nation, however I hope the Declaration is all sufficient as it follows the forms pretty closely which was transmitted . Permit me to call you r attention  as early as possible to this application , as it is important  if any thing should be done for the old man that it be done speedily - That  he is now suffering for the  actual necessities of life there is no doubt. I have the honor to be very respectfully your most humble servt  J . R. Nicholson ( signed )
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( post mark ) [ RECEIVED MAY 19 1937 MAIL SUB DIV VETS. ADM READER NO 32 ] 2218 West Main  Houston , Texas May 16,1937   Veteran's Administration Washington , D.C.                                Gentlemen : Please send me the  Revolutionary record of (Shadrack McClendon) ( underscored )  , who was a private and enlisted in South Carolina. You will find his record in file no. S. 36,695 . He was 82 years of age in 1835 and resided in Copiah County Mississippi. I would especially like to have the names of his wife and children. Will you please sent me the Rev. record of
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Wommack  ( Blankenship ) ( underscored ) , private , Va. , who lived in  Greene County , Miss. His file is S- 34,652 Very truly yours Mrs. B. D. Werner  ( signed )  ( post mark ) [ RECEIVED MAY  19 1937 MAIL SUB DIV VETS. ADM READER No 32 ] ( notes ) ( send only ans  May 16 )
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( post mark ) [ RECEIVED MAR 10 1937 MAIL SUB DIV VETS ADM READER No. 16 ] 673 E. Main St. Hillsboro , Oregon March 5, 1937  Veterans Administration  Bureau Washington  D.C.  Sirs : - Have you in your records of pensioners of the Revolutionary  War a ( Mc Clendon ) ( underscored ) ( MacLendon or McLendon ) I'm not sure of the spelling . ( note above Shadrack McClendon only one ) . I understand a record is kept there of the names of their children and I am trying to establish  the parentage of a Willie McLendon ( check mark ow 181 son ) born about  1780 in South Carolina . I am  of the impression that he might be a "real " son , if so, would be of interest to local D.A.R. Chapter for marking his grave.
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I would also want the information  in order to establish a new line. Very sincerely yours, Ethel E. Moore ( signed ) Registrar . David Hill Chapter of D.A.R.  Mrs. A. W. Moore, 673 E. Main St. Hillsboro , Oregon
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( post mark ) [ RECEIVED JUN 11, 1937 MAIL SUB DIV VETS ADM  READER No 19 ] 2218 West Main Ave. Houston , Texas June 8, 1937  Veteran's Administration Washington , D.C. Gentlemen, Over three weeks ago I wrote you  for information ( Rev. record, etc ) of ( Shadrack McClendon ) ( underscored )  , who lived in Mississippi after the Revolution . I know  that he was wounded, also that he enlisted from S. Carolina. His file no is S 36,695 . He was ( 82 ) ( underscored ) in 1835 . Can you send me the names of his wife & children with the other data ? Very sincerely, Mrs. B. D. Werner ( signed )
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( post mark ) [RECEIVED JUNE 26 1937 MAIL SUB DIV VETS ADM READR No __ ] 2218 West Main Ave. Houston, Texas June 23, 1937 Veteran's Administration Washington, D.C. Gentlemen :  This is the ( third ) ( underscored ) letter  that I have written you, in regard to a Revolutionary record of service that I want . It is that of ( Shadrack McClendon ) ( underscored ) . I happen to know that it is  there - was in your building two months ago - when I was in Washington. You sent me to the Navy building . Shadrack McClendon was a pensioner . His number is S. 36,695 . This pension list was prepared by Jessie M. Casanova, Washington, D.C.  The information  was taken from records of Copiah Co. , Miss. I dislike having to make
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a trip to Washington , at my expense for this and I want to know if there is any particular reason  ( why ) ( underscored )  you refuse to release it to me, and ( deliberately ) ( underscored )  ignore my letters. The government has never refused before to  give this information. Just ( why ) ( underscored ) are you doing this ? I will wait ( one week ) ( underscored ) for your reply . Very truly yours Mrs. B. D. Werner ( signed )  ( post mark ) [ RECEIVED JUN 26 1937 MAIL SUB DIV VETS ADM READER No. 25 ]
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General Accounting Office ( per Mrs. Hewson )  stated by phone that Shadrack McClendon's date of death is not shown on their records. He signed an affidavit  June 19, 1846, by mark, that he then resided in Catahoula  Parish. La.  where he had resided for  two years and previous thereto  had resided in Miss. and was receiving a pension of $ 8 .00 per month . He was last paid, himself,  July 25, 1846. No family names shown in their papers. Keep tis in our case as a reference. M H Finch April 8, 1937
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April 29, 1937
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Shadrack Mc Clendon
S.34695
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. A.W. Moore
673 East Main Street
Hillsbooro Oregon

Dear Madam
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of a soldier with surname Mclendon (McLendon or McLlandon). You state that you are trying to establish the parentage
of a Willis McLendon who was born about 1780 in South Carolina.

The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched
and only one claim for pension found of a soldier with the surname
given above, under any spelling, who served in the Revolution. It is
the record of Shadrack McClendon or McLendon of South Carolina which
is furnished you herein with the hope that it may prove helpful to
you in your research. The War of 1812 pension records have been
searched and no claim for pension found based upon service in that war
of a Willis McLendon, all spellings searched. Such pension claims
are the source of data furnished by this office in regard to soldiers
of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812.

The data which follow were were obtained from pension claim, S. 34695,
based upon service in the Revolutionary War  of Shadrack McClendon or McLendon.

The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Shadrack
McClendon are not given.

Shadrack McClendon enlisted in South Carolina, for three years,
served as private in Captain Maxyck's company, Colonel Marion's
South Carolina regiment, was in the siege of Savannah, Georgia, in which
he lost his left eye, also at the surrender of Charleston, South 
Carolina where he was taken prisoner by the British, held fourteen months,
and was discharged after having served two years six months, no
dates of service given.
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Shadrack McClendon or McLendon was allowed pension on his application executed September 19, 1839, at which time he was aged about
seventy-five years and a resident of Copiah County,  Mississippi.  He
moved from Mississippi about 1840 or 1941 to the Parish of Catahoula,
Louisiana.

In 1827, the soldier referred to his wife then aged between fifty
and sixty years, but did not state her name. In 1845, he was still
living in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, with his sons who had within
the last two years moved to Louisiana. The only child whose name was
designated in the claim was Louis McClendon who in 1845 made affidavit
in Catahoula Parish, his age not given.

In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of
person paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier, you should
write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records
Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Shadrack McClendon
Certificate No. 19825
Issued November 3, 1827
Rate, $8 per month
Comms need September 19, 1827
Acts March 18, 1818 and May 1, 1820
Louisiana Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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June 30, 1937
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Wommack Blankenship.  S. [illegible]
Shadrack Mc Clendon S. [illegible]
BA-J/ [illegible]

Mrs. B. D. Werner
2218 West Main Avenue
Houston, Texas

Dear Madam:

Reference ia made to your letter in which you requested the 
Revolutionary war records of Wommack Blankenship and Shadrack Mc Clendon. 


Their records are furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrater
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAN-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Name Mc Clennan, William    Grade. Private  
Line Crane's Continental Artillery
                     (Massachusetts)
WARRANT NUMBER  4736
ACREAGE  100
ISSUED Oct. 8, 1790
to ______not shown______


*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.
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