Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5752, for Thomas Mc Gee, New Jersey
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New Jersey  McGee, Thomas  S5752
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13.145
Virginia
Thomas McGee
Of Preston Co in the state of Virg. who was a Private in the company commanded by captain (blank) of the regt. commanded by (blank) in the New Jersey time for 10 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 33 dollars 33 center per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of May 1833 and sent to Chas. Byrne. Kingswood Va. PC

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 66.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833  16.67
Total $83.33

Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by B map Galusha Clerk
Book 6 vol. six page 17
Lt. William 
35 Penn Ave
In Byrne cont?
 Date of death not on B.
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23 694
13.145
Thomas McGee
V.A.

Adm for 10 months
from 1776

Charles Byrne Esq
Kingsroad
Preston County
Virginia
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office
186

Sir:  

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of your case in a taular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, hyou will readily perceive that objects exist which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace (thus: }).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

STATEMENT, showing the Service of Thomas McGee V.A.

Period when the service was rendered:
1776 & after
Declaration of the claimant's services:

1 month
Rank of the claimant :
Private
Names and rank of the Field officer under whom he served:
Cp. Irving
Age at present, and place of above when he entered the service:
75 
Proof by which the declaration is supported:

Born in Cumberland Gap N.J. Bridgetown N.J. when called into service now lives in Preston Co. Va
 Period when the service was rendered:
time sub.  
Declaration of the claimants services:
1 month
Name and rank of field officers:
Col Kithum
Period when service was rendered:
again dates?
Declaration of claimant services:
2 months
Name and rank of field officer:
Cp. Foster
Period service rendered:
drafted
Declaration of claimant:
1 month
Name and rank of field officers:
Cp. Duslyone Col. potter and Cps summers
Period service :
and again draft?
Declaration of claimant:
3 months
name and rank of field officers:
Col. Ellis Col. Woodbury
Period service rendered:
States at Dinbrook
Declaration of Claimant:
15 days
Period service rendered:
 1778 Sub
Declaration of claimant:
1 month
Name and rank of Field Officers:
Cp. Laman. Col. Odgen
Proof by which declaration is supported:

Certificate of a clergyman and another citizen
 I was in the service altogether in the War 10 months.

He knows of no one who can prove his service.

I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

J.L. EDWARDS
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
sionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
The Regular Troops.
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Sate, Territy, or Disco ss
County of
On this
day of
personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
of
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
with
and
served in the
(e) regiment of the
line, under the following named officers:
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
1
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
Wellon
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
&c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be exexpected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv-
{To a Soldier, and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
(To an Officer has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
never any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter
The Regent must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which ended the declarant will fall
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
The claimant to the person or person of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served, wetherwise a santractory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
ancient to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year
months, andmonths
and - days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension."
, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
be according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
ing the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration in
be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
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.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubseal
of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses,
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the
case, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Thomas McGee
23694
Pension Application
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State of Virginia Preston County SS.
On this day 14th of January in the year 1833 personally appeared in open court before the county court of Preston County now sitting being a court of record Thomas McGee resident of said County of Preston and State of Virginia aged seventy-five years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed the 7th of June 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under klthe following named officers, and served as herein stated trust I was drafted in the year 1776 and served under the following named officers Captain James Ewing and Joseph Peck Lieutenant.  I recollect at the time I was called into the service near Bridgetown in Cumberland county  State of New Jersey we marched from Cumberland County to  Cooper's ferry there took water to Lamberton near Trenton, thence to Princeton, Kinston, Brunswick & to a placed called the Blaingston ferry where the road crossed the sound to go to Staten Island where we was stationed and kept guard on the Western bank of the river on sound, at this time the main British army was stationed in the City of New York.  I served at this time (one month) and I served a month as a substitute for (Ephraim Seeley the man with whom I lived when at home)  We cross the sound and had a skirmish with a [unable to transcribe ink blotted] that ws left on Staten Island, I served at this time (one month) under Joel Fithen, I then returned home and about the time General Washington was retreating over the Delaware Ephraim Seely and myself was again drafted as the whole of our Militia was called out we marched to a placed called Mount Holly we marched from there and attacked a small part of the enemy and drove them off and o the  next ay we was attacked by a large body of our enemy and we retreated southward one or two days when we heard of the Hessians being taken at Trenton by Gen. Washington we then turned our direction and marched to Bordentown thence to Trenton in the night and before we could receive our rations next morning we called to arms after the cannonading was over we marched that night to Princeton and in the morning was attacked by a party of the British army and received their first fire and a short and bloody battle ensued and we  killed a number of the enemy and took between two and three hundred prisoners who were stationed in the college and I recollect very well of seeing Gen. Mercer after he was killed.
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And the British retreated towards Brunswick & we marched from Princeton to a place called Pluckeimin thence to Morristown where my term of service expired at this time Gen Washington was our commander. but I volunteered and continued in the service and was sent with a detachment to guard the country on the Rarrington River from the depredations of the British where we attacked a stron party of the British plunders and took a number of their wagons I think about thirty in this campaign I served two months under Capt Ezekiel Foster, Elijiah Davis was our Lieutenant or ensign. and I was drafted and went to a fort on the Delaware river called billings port and while there two or three large British ships made their appearance which gave us alarm and next morning about day break we left the Fort and we came to the main Salem road near a Tavern known by the name of the death of the  Fox and we took the road toward Salem when we soon fell in with a party of our enemy. and our artillery began to fire upon them and we choked our gun and we had to retreat and Gen. Newcom who was from the same county that I was from ordered us to halt, and fire upon the enemy which we did for some time retreating until we came to a large bridge where we halted and gave them a [indecipherable due to ink blotting] enemy then retreated  I served at this time under  (one month) drafted and marched to Philadelphia some time about the first of September 1777 and I remained there about a week assisting in removing the Military Stores & before the British took possession of it, and the remainder of the month I spent in guarding the Jersey shore about Cooper's ferry  I was under at this time Col David Potter who was from the same county that I was from and who was taken prisoner by the British  the day they took possession of Philadelphia and I believe Ephraim Lumis was our Captain.  I served at this time (one month) and I was again drafted for during the whole time the British had possession of Philadelphia our militia was frequently called out to guard the Jersey shore.  Hattenfield a large village five miles east of Cooper's Ferry and another village not far below called Woodbury was the chief places of our rendezvous at the time we was at at Woodbury Col Hilman, Col. Joseph Ellis and Major William Ellis was with us and at one time Col Thieves was with us with his regiment or a port of it at Hattenfield and also I
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remember well of seeing Richard Howell marching into town at the head of his regiment or at least a battalion.  I think Richard Howell was a Major in col Thrieves regiment in some of these towns I was at Hattenfield and heard the firing at the battle of Germantown and I was also at Hattenfield when a strong party of the British troops crossed the river at or about Glosterpoint in the night with an evident intent to surprise us in our lodgings  We had no guard at the lower end of town other than light house one of whom gave the alarm that the British was coming and we had scarcely time to leave the town before the British was in it, which was in the dead of night.   and after the British had plundered Hattenfield they marched direct to Cooper's ferry and all our guard stations there fell into their hands except David Seely who made his escape and on the next day we returned to Hattenfield.  I served three different tours while the British occupied Philadelphia as above stated and served in all that time three months and I remember being stationed at Red Bank Fort for Half a month and while there Col Green came with a small party of the Regular Troops and I left said fort a few days before it was attacked by the Hessians. by leave of my officers & sometime about the latter part of March and the first of April in the year 1778 I entered the service as a substitute for Daniel Moore and the first town after I was of age he furnished me with a gun, knapsack & blanket and gave me fifteen pounds (I served one month as a substitute for said Daniel Moore) some time in the winter or spring while the British occupied Philadelphia a strong party of the British came to Salem a bounty town on the Delaware River in the night and took a guard house by surprise and killed all the men that was in it about twenty.  Col  Samuel Ogden with several companies marched to the relief of Salem and I was under at this time said Col Samuel Ogen and either Captain Lumis or Garrison - (I was in the service in all ten months)  I lived  when at home in the neighborhood of the Seat of War 45 miles from Philadelphia which was the cause of my being called out so frequently and the short term of my service in each town and from the long laps of time and also from old age and loss of memory I cannot at this time give the names
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of all my officers under whom I served and a number of the dates I cannot give for the same cause - I was born in Cumberland County State of New Jersey on the 11th of March 1757 and my age was written in my father's bible and was also given in my indentures when I was bound to Ephraim Seely. and they have both been lost or destroyed.  I have lived since the Revolution War in the said County of Cumberland New Jersey and in Monongalia County VA and know in said County of Preston Va.  I never received a discharge from the service to the best of my recollection.  I am known in my present neighborhood by Col William Price, Col John Fairfax, David Trowbridge, John Francisco and Charles Byrne who can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution.  I hereby relinquish every claim to a pension or annuity except the present whatever. and I do declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State and that I have no documentary evidence of my services and that I know of no person whose testimony I can Procure who can testify to my services

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid -

Thomas McGee

We Daivid Trowbridge a Clergyman, residing in the County of Preston and State of Virginia and John Fairfax residing in the County and state aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas McGee who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration and that we believe him to be seventy five years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.  Sworn and subscribed the day and year  aforesaid - 
David Trowbridge
John Fairfax
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after pulling the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the within named Thomas McGee an applicant for a pension was  a Revolutionary soldier and services as he states- and the court further certifies that if appears to them that David Trowbridge who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman resident of this County and State of Virginia and John Fairfax who has also signed the same as a resident of the County and State aforesaid are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit -

I Charles Byrne Clerk of the County Court of Preston County in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Thomas McGee for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my  hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Kingswood this 14th day of January in the year 1833 and the 57th year of the commonwealth

Charles Byrne
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Virginia Preston County

Personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the peace in and for the County of Preston and State of Virginia Thomas McGee who being duly sworn deposith and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as o the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than ten months in the New Jersey militia as a private soldier and for such service I claim a pension -  Wm Price

And I the said Justice do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with the said Thomas McGee for 18 years and I have frequently conversed with him about his being in the Revolution War previous to the passage of the law for the benefit of the Soldiers of the Revolution and I do believe that he served as he has stated in his declaration - Given under my hand this 15th day of January in the year 1853 -
Wm Price

Virginia
I Charles Byrne Clerk of the county Court of Preston County do hereby certify in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that William Price before whom the above affidavit was sworn to was at the time a Justice of the peace for said County and duly empowered to administer oaths and that the above is his genuine signature -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Kingswood this 15th day of January in the year 1833 and in the 67th year of the commonwealth
Charles Byrne
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[Upper right margin] August 17, 1937 Thomas Mcgee S. 5752 BA-J/A[Illegible]F
Mr. Chester H. Kerr
131 S. Scott Street
Sheridan, Wyoming
Dear Sir:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 5752, based upon the military service of Thomas McGee in the War of the Revolution.
Thomas McGee was born March 11, 1757 in Cumberland County, New Jersey. The names of his parents were not stated.
While residing about forty-five miles from Philadelphia, Thomas McGee enlisted near Bridgetown, Cumberland County, New Jersey, in 1776, served as private in various tours, in the New Jersey troops, under Captains James Ewings, Joel Fithian, Esekiel Foster, Ephraim Lummis, William Garrison, and Colonels David Potter and Samuel Ogden; he was in the battles of Princeton and Raritan River, and in frequent skirmishes, one on Staten Island, one near Mount Holly, and one near Salem, length of entire service ten months.
After the Revolution, he moved from Cumberland County, New Jersey to Monongalia County, Virginia, and thenoe to P reston County, Virginia.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 14, 1833, then living in Preston County.
The papers on file in this claim contain no
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reference to the family of the soldier, Thomas McGee.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:
Thomas McGee
Certificate # 13145
Issued May 14, 1833
Rate $33.33 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Virginia Agency.
Very truly yours
GEORGE H. SWEET
Acting Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1937 Aug 17 Hist to Chester Kerr
see his letter in media to
┃ Sowers S. 46548 and
1937 Oct 5 Mrs. Chester Guy

5752
INVALID.
5752
Thomas McGee
Pri Rev war
-- Vol.
June 7th 32
M, Page 245
Arrangement of 1870.}

1894 Dec. 12 ┃
Rev. N. M. Waters, Do
1907 Hist to Estella
L. McGee, AW

1914 June 5 Hist to Mrs
Minnie McGee Reynolds


1916 Apr. 1 Hist to Mrs. L.H. 
Coban
1920 June 25 Hist. to Martha ┃
L. Tiptin Letter in M.F. 2954
1922 Oct 2 Hist to R.L. McGee
1923 June 14. Hist to Mr. Edgar C.
Reynolds Mmhf
1923 June 14 Letter to Miss Estella
McGee how to obtain date ┃
of death
1923 Aug 21. Copies mailed
to Estella McGee, and
1923. Sept. 1 - Hist to Mrs C. G. Radabaugh
. M. F.
1924 May Hills Mrs. John J. Fowler
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Kegwood
Jany 16
of
23694

pension application
Secretary of War
Free
Washington City
D. C
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Preston Court
To the Worshipped Court
in Chancery Siting the
and bill of Complaints
[indecipherable]
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Hon Com of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington City
D.C.

Stamped Adington VA
Apr 5
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Thos McGee     Pen.
Preston County

Entitled
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Thomas McGee, of 33. 35/110
I, the undersigned Thomas McGee, at the requisition of the Secretary of Wars give the following narrative of my age and Revolutionary Services to wit--I am in my 77th year of age, now live in New Jersey and lived there until after peace was made, I was called out in the first registration of Militia from New Jersey (I can't [illegible] in what part [illegible] [illegible] it when I made my declaration), it was about the
time that the British took New York and Boston part of it - I was drafted for one month & marched under Capt. James Ewing to the Blazing Star Ferry & remained there two months, one of which was a substitute for Ephraim sealing there were a good many men at that station under
2 Col Evan Sealey, a short time before the British took Philadelphia. (I cant tell the year I was again drafted for one month March under Capt. William Garrison to Bellings Port- there were from one or two hundred men there under the command of Genl Neecum before the last mentioned term and about the time of Washington's retreat from New York. I served a term of two months this was in the winter season, I was drafted for one month & substituted for the other, see under Capt Forte
this service was [illegible] at Mount Holly, at that place there was about 1000 men under Col Seeley, who has been sent there to draw the British into an engagement as town as an attack was made in [illegible] went around to
to [Burden] town thence to Trenton, marched all night got to Trenton the morning the [illegible] commences & [illegible] Washington's army.
In the year in which the British took Philadelphia and I served a term [illegible] one month I can't now recollect the name of my Captain after this I served four other times of one month each at Halter Field, Mount Holly & Wood Curry.
I am perfectly satisfied that I served ten months in the
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while I live in a region of country where it was absolutly necessary to have soldier in the prely all the and
these latter the worst of Neighbourhood defend and
I have not changed my memory with particular in Upson
thereto and I am asiquent by unable to name my
Captain - In witness whereof I hereto subscribe my
have, 8, 1834, and Byrn unto my Declarator
Thomas McGee
note: this is an honest man, and is entitled to the
Diary..
W. Gangleton
August 28  1834
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FORM 17.
U. S. PENSION AGENCY FOR PAYMENT OF PENSIONS,
Sir,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
You are informed that your letter relative to the case of Thos McGee,
has been referred to the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, to whom further communications
upon the subject should be addressed and who has been requested
to furnish you the information
Very respectfully,
desired
-
SIDNEY L. WILLSON,
, Rev. N. M. Waters
U. S. Pension Agent.
Dubuque, Iowa,
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Form 27.

U.S. PENSION AGENCY.

Washington, D.C., Nov. 17 1894
Respectfully forwarded to
The Hon. Commissioner of Pensions

Old War & Navy Dept with the request that writer be furnished the desired information in Letter of Rev'd N. M. Waters, Dubuque, Iowa, requesting certain information relation to Thomas McGee a Revolutionary Soldier and
pensioner.
[illegible]
U.S. Pension Agent.
Milans, PR

[Stamp] Old War & Navy Files Nov 20 1894
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R. R. 5. Kearney, Nebr.
May 29, 1914.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please send me a copy of the war record of Thomas McGee, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. This is in his application for pension which is found in War Sur File 5752, O. W. & N. D Division. There is one copy here, but I would like another copy of the original. This is to be used in D.A.R. Records
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[Handwritten]
This is [Strikethrough] copy we have is dated Nov. 7, 1907.
Thanking you, I am
Respectfully,
(Mrs.) Minnie McGee Reynolds.
[Stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE D JUN 4 1914
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send history of S5752
Thomas McGee

after service in sisters
applied 1833 died 1849
Mrs. Edgar C. Reynolds
Rural Route #4
Kearney, Nebr

April 24
1923
Requested by a friend
who called at this
Office
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APPOINTMENT.
SERVICE.
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Date of application for pension,
Residence at date of application,
Age at date of application,
Remarks:
6 -- 2856
CAPTAIN.
Respectfully,
COLONEL.
Commissioner.

{blank form}
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This slip was handed this section by Mr. Austin
(Congress). The next day after Miss Maker was up here and left a request for hist, to be mailed to
Mrs. Reynolds etc. So I presume Miss McGee decided she wanted more data for herself-- she said she had once had the hist. but wanted date of death, place of burial etc. trying to locate grave 
[Illegible Name]
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Accounting Division - 

I wish to secure place fo residence post office where Thomas McGee received his pension vouchers date of his death and place of burial if possible applied for pension Preston Co. Va. died probably 1849

Please mail information to 
Estella L. McGee
Sarasota, Fla.

(over)
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[Illegible Upper Right Margin]
[Upper Left Margin] Mt. Lake Park, Md., Sept. 4, 1922.
Bureau of Pensions,
Wash. D.C.
Attention Section of Revolutions any War Records-
Gentlemen:-
Please send me a complete copy of the War Record of [Underlined] Thomas McGee who enlisted in [Underlined] Cumberland Co., N.J. and afterwards lived [Underlined] in Va. Do your records give anywhere the name or maiden name of his wife? Perhaps you may have that in some correspondence. Do they show that Thomas McGee had any children? If so, was one named William? Do your records show where
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the said Thomas McGee lived, when and where he died and where he was buried?
I should like also to have the War Record of a [Underlined] Captain Daniel McGee also from [Underlined] the same County in New [Underlined] Jersey. Do his records show him to have any children? Was one of them Thomas?
We are trying to verify some dates in a line in order to join the D. A. R., and we are in trouble because the records in the case were in Monongalia + Preston Co. and one courthouse burned in 1796 + the other in 1869.
Thanking you, I am,
Respectfully,
Estella L. McGee
(over.)
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After Sept. 9 Address is
Mississippi Woman's College
Hattiesburg, Miss

Teachers' Agency,

September 5 1922 Pension office
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[Stamp] U.S. Pension Office April 11 1924

253-19th Ave
Columbus, O.
April 10, 1924.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs;
I am enclosing a letter which was returned to me from the War Department. According
to records there, there was no Thomas McGee who served as a commissioned officer in the War of the Revolution, but many men of that name served as enlisted men, and I was advised that if I knew where my grandfather's grandfather finally
resided or died, it might be possible to identify his
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service upon application
to the Commissioner of
Pensions, Washington, D.C
As stated in my
other letter he was paid
for his services in a Land
Grant in what is now
Preston, County, W. Va.
and lived in Kingwood
till his death, as did his
son after him, and my
grandfather was born
there. My father says
he is not sure what his
given name was but
thinks it was John.
If you can give me
any information, I
certainly will appreciate it.
Yours truly,
Dora McGee Fowler
Mrs. John T. Fowler
253-19th Ave.
Columbus, O.
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[Stamped]U.S. Pensions Office Apr 11 1924

253-19th Ave
Columbus, O.
March 22, 1924.

War Department.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs; I am trying
to prove my eligibility to
membership in the D.A.R.
but have no very definite
information. According to
relatives, my grandfather's
grandfather, Thomas McGee,
came from Ireland and
settled in New Jersey, near
New York. He was a
Colonel in General
Washington's Army, and
after the war was paid
for his services in a
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Land Grant in what is
now Preston County, W. Va.
my grandfather was born
in
Kingwood
That is about all the
information I have. If
there are records in the
War Department to verify
this I certainly would
appreciate any informyou
can give me
Yours truly
Dora McGee Foules
Mrs. John T. Fowler
253-19th.  Ave.
Columbus, Ohio


Received A. G. O. MAR 26 1924

PENSION OFFICE  APR 11 1924
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Stamped Nov 1 1907
13145

Muncie, Ind., Oct 30, 1907

The Pension Department,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen: -

I am very anxious to get the record of a Thomas McGee who served in the Revolutionary War.  His home was in N.J. and he enlisted in the army from there.  After the close of the war he moved to Fellowsville, W. Va.  He received a pension for his services and got it at Fellowsville.

I am very desirous of belonging to the D.A.R., and I will have to have the exact record.  Rev. N. McGee Waters is a second cousin of mine, and he told me that I could get the War Record of Thomas McGee by writing to the Pension Department.

I will tell you what I want.  I would like to know from what town he enlisted, which regiment he was in, which army the volunteer or continental Army, whether he was in Washington's direct command.  (I have heard that he was and that he was at Valley Forge, and crossed the Delaware through the ice with Washington) the number and names of some of the battles that he fought in.  And if he was a Revolutionary soldier, can you tell me where I can find out who his children were and where
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they lived?  I am basing by claim on being a descendant of this soldier through his son William.  I am the daughter of William Jackson McGee, who was the son of Wesley McGee, who was the son of William McGee, who was the sone of Thomas McGee.  The latter fact is what I am trying to prove.  Rev. N. McGee Waters, whose name was mentioned above told me that you sent him data sufficient to enable him to belong to the Sons of the Revolution.  Rev. Waters is Pastor of the Tompkins Avenue Church in Brooklyn N.Y.

If this Thomas McGee had a son William who settled in Preston County. Va. Now W.Va., I am sure of my claim, and with this proof, I am sure that I will be able to belong to the D.A.R.

Can you tell me who the father of Thomas McGee was. and whether Thomas had any brothers in the army at that time or not?

If you can send me the number fo the record, and the page where it is recorded that Thomas McGee was a Revolutionary Soldier, that is send me the same data that you sent to Rev. Waters in 1894 or 1895, I think that it will be what I want.

Trusting that I have not asked too many questions for you to attempt to answer, I am trusting that you will answer my
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questions as best you can, that you will grant my request as to this record.

Thanking you in advance for the time it takes, and knowing that you will do all in your power to fulfill my mission, I beg to remain,
Very Respectfully yours,
(Miss) Estella L. McGee
Muncie, Ind.

J.A. Stephens,
Willard Block

After the close of the Revolution this Thomas McGee moved to Fellowsville, and remained there the rest of his life.  He is buried there.  That was his P.O. and there was where he got his pension.

Stamped US PENSION OFFICE
Nov. 1 1907
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PENSION OFFICE NOV 30 1894
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Study of
The Main Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev. N. M. WATERS, Pastor.
Rev. D. C. PERRY, Ass't Pastor.
1141 MAIN STREET,
DUBUQUE, IOWA.

Nov. 28, 1894.
To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

My Dear Sir:

My Grandfather Thos McGee was a revolutionary
soldier drew a pension for that service up to the time
of his death which occurred in April 1849 at the age of 93.
His P.O. then was Evansville, Va., Preston Co., & there
is where his voucher was made out by Hugh Evans, J. P.
Now, can you inform me as to
1 Agewer,
place & time of enlistment?
2. He was in the army directly under Washington -- but what
was his regiment, company, the officers of each?
3. What service a how long did he see?
Any information you can give me will be very grateful for
Yours with respect.
for.
Waters
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Ford
PENSION OFFICE NOV 19 1894
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Study of
The Main Street
Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev. N. M. WATERS, Pastor.
Rev. D. C. PERRY, Ass't Pastor.
1141 MAIN STREET,
DUBUQUE, IOWA.
                                                         Nov. 12, 1894.
Col. S. L. Willson,
U. S. Pension Dep't,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Will you kindly refer my letter to the proper authorities
for answer?
Thos. McGeedied in Virginia near Fellows
ville, or Evansville, or Kingwood do not know which was his
post office address, tho' I know where he died in the Spring
of 1849. At the time of his death he was getting a pension
from the Government for services in the Revolutionary war.
That he served through that war & was immediately under
Washington I know, but that is all I know.
Can you find out for me or tell me where I can apply for
information as to
1. When & where he enlisted?
2. What was his regiment; who was his company & regimental
officers?
3. When & where was he mustered out?
4. What was the date of the issue of his Pension,
amount of it, & where did he receive it (His P. O.
mean? Yours very truly, N.W. Waters.
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data
of Thomas
McGee Kingwood
Preston Co West Va
your prompt attention
in giving this information
will be greatly appreciated
Yours truly
Mrs O.G. Radabaugh
759 Locust St
Clarksburg
West Va
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Clarksburg WV

July 20th 1923

Commissioner of Pensions
Department of Interior
Washington DC

Please give information
contained in application
for pension of
Col
Richard Price who
served in Revolution
Probably in Pennsylvania
Died in Monongalia Co WV
and also any family
data
Please give same
information and family

Data
of Thomas McGee Kingwood
Preston Co West Va
Your
prompt attention
in giving this information

will be greatly appreciated 
Your truly
Mrs O.G. Radabaugh
759 Locust St
Clarksburg
West Va
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MRS. CHESTER H. KERR
131 SOUTH SCOTT STREET
SHERIDAN WYOMING
Sept. 23, 1937.

Veterans Administration,
Washington D.C.

Mr. Geo. Sweet,
Acting Executive Assistant,
Dear Sir:
to
head
my
Referring to your letter of Aug. 17 on
Thomas McGee 5752BA-J/AWF, I wrote to the office of
congrefernces grant
the Comptroller General Aug. 22, but have had no reply.
Can you tell me from the pension papers of
Thomas McGee what year he left Cumberland Co. N.J. for
Magnolia Co. Va. and about how long he resided in
the latter before settling in Preston Co. W.Va.?

I have every reason to beleave this man is my
ancestor, because my Grandfather Thomas McGee was born
(now
in Preston Co. Va. His father being William McGee
The Court House of Preston Co. was burned in t
the Civil War, so that I must look in Magnolia Co.
records and to know they years of his sojourn there
would help a lot.
Thanking you for any trouble this letter may be

Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Christy Kerr.
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Miss Estella L. McGee
c/o Mrs. M. G. Hickok
831 E. Charles St.
Muncie [illegible]

personal inquiry Aug. 7, 1923

8 pages (not [illegible]) from
Rev. War pension claim of
Thomas McGee
New Jersey Troops
Sur. File 5752
pa. Aug. 1923
A.S. Wilson
15
8
$1.20

Rev. War Section

(MF 42)
Date: Aug. 21, 23
Name: Thomas McGee
No. S. 5752
Photographic copies wanted of 5

pieces, consisting of pages.
Remarks:
Ext. A. [illegible] Wilson
Chief Rev. War Section
Serial 9650
Law Clerk
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should on
260 29
No )
M 233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
AUG 11 1923 192
Chief

Sir:
I have this day received
from Mrs. Stella L. McGee
Cash No. $1.20
for requesting copies
 as per
letter herewith

Respectfully
O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finn Div.
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This requires no answer as her share
Chief of Pension Section, Gen Accounting Office was
here yesterday to see above his similar inquiy 
and the Clerk in his office in
drawn the wrong vou
was going to make
& Mr Chase

Mr. Washington Gardner, Commission

Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:-

Your letter of the 24th of June was received I
wrote to the General Accounting Office on June 19. To-day
I received a reply, but got no information whatever.
The letter follows: --
case of Thomas McGee, War of the Revolution, Certificate
No. 13145, Virginia Agency, was for the period from
September 4, 1840 to March 4, 1841, a regular semi-annual
payment such payment was made April 5, 1841 to Lewis D.
Crenshaw, Richmond, Va, the duly constituted attorney for
the pensioner. The soldier resided in Washington County,
Virginia. There is nothing in the record to indicate the
date or place of his death.
These vouchers contain no family data except
occasionally, in the case of a final payment after death
the names of widow or children appear.
It is not expedient to attempt to furnish information
from vouchers other than the final payment.
" In reply to your inquiry you are informed
that the last voucher for payment of pension in the
S. M. C.
Respectfully,
J. R. McCarl,
Comptroller General.
( Signed ) Earl Taggart
By C. L. B.
Will you please tell me to whom I should apply
for permission to get the information I desire? In my letter
to the General Accounting Office I asked the following which
I quote directly from the said letter: --
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as
Quoted from my letter of June 19, 1923 to the General Accounting
Office: --

Estella L. McGee.
What was the address to which the Pension Vouchers
were sent? Was it changed at any time? If so please
give me each address.
2. What is the date of the last voucher sent?
To what address was it sent?
Death is reported to have occurred in 1849.
---
Do you have any data as to where this soldier was
buried? If so, please send that to me.
5 -
On the witnesses to the vouchers is there any
reference to members of his family, particularly
to his wife or to this son William Do the names of
Margaret McGee of William McGee occur on these
vouchers?
---
Are there any other persons named McGee who signed
any voucher as witnesses? If so please give me
any data you may have, and also any regarding any
one named Kiser."
Have I asked for any information that could not be furnished
me on account of its being only for the use of the department
only? Has the one who sent the answer even found
the right case? So far as we can find out the Thomas McGee
about whom I am asking never saw Washington County.
Do you think it would be possible to get the information
from the Accounting Office directly if I were in
Washington? We have been working on this for over 12 years and
now to have a clerk the it up in red tape just for the sake
of expediency" seems a little too much.
Thanking you, and trusting that you can put me on
the track to secure the needed information, I am,
Yours respectfully,  Estalla l. Mcgee
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OFFICES OF
DR. L. W. COBUN
BROCK, RIED A WADE BLDG.
Morgantown, W. Va
Rev Sec
H
March 21- 1916
N. S. Dept Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Will you kindly send me a transcrip of the
Revolutionary Pension list of Thomas McGee
Whose last add was fellowsvill W. Va
or died
I about 1820, 1821 or 1852,
and oblige. Mrs. L.W. Coburn
Peabody Hotel.
Morgantown, W. Va
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nformation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for
pension.
in this Bureau.
Thomas McGee S. 5752.
DATES OF
pen-
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
1776.
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
Mort
at various
┃ liver
┃ during War
RANK.
Private
Thomas McGee
S. 5752.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Ewing
Joel Fithian
Ezekiel Foster
Ephraim Lummes
Wm. Garrison
COLONEL.
David Potter
Samuel Ogden
Battles engaged in, Princeton, Raritan River
Residence of soldier at enlistment ⌨ Near Bridgeton in Cumberland Co NJ
Date of application for pension Jan 14, 1833, a
Residence at date of application, Preston Co.,VA
Age at date of application, born Cumberland Co N.J. Mar 11, 1757.
Remarks: No data as to family
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                                                                   October 5, 1937
                                           Thomas McGee
                                            S. 5752
                                            BA-J/AWF n



Mrs H. Kerr
131 South Scott Street
Sheridan, Wy-


Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request to be advised if the papers on file in pen
sion claim, S. 5752, based upon the service of Thomas
McGee in the Revolutionary show what year he felt
Cumberland County, New Jersey for "Magnolia" County,
Virginia, and her long he resided there before set
tling in Preston County, Virginia.
On January 14, 1833, when Thomas McGee applied
for pension, he stated that he had lived since the
Revolutionary War in Cumberland County, New Jersey,
and in Monongalia County, Virginia, and now live in
Preston County, Virginia, and on August 28, 1834, he
stated that he continued to live in New Jersey until
after peace was made
The papers on file in this claim contain no
further reference to his places of residence, other
than he was living with Ephraim Seeley in Cumberland
County, New Jersey, when he entered the Revolution,
and was bound to him.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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                                                         August 17, 1937
Mr. Chester H. Kerr                        BA-J/AWF
131 S. Scott Street
Sheridan, Wyoming

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War records of John and
Thomas Kerr of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania,
William Thomas and Safety McGee of Burlington
County, New Jersey, Michell
County, Maryland, also Philip,
and Frederick Sowers of Pennsylvania, Jacob Sinn of
Frederick County, Maryland.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War
data and the limited trained clerical force
available for furnishing such information, it is
not possible to comply in full with each request.
onary
and
You are furnished with the Revolutionary
War records of Thomas McGee of New Jersey and 
Michael Sowers of Maryland.

Very truly yours

GEORGE H. SWEET
Acting Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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War Section
Rev. and 1812
War Section.

                                                                     May 16, 1924.
Mrs. John T. Fowler,
253 19th Ave.,
Columbus, Ohio.


Madam;

I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 5752, it appears
that Thomas McGee was born March 11, 1757 in Cumberland
County, New Jersey.
He enlisted in 1776 near Bridgetown, Cumber-
County, New Jersey and served as a private at various
times during the War, ten months in all, in Captain
Ewing's Company, Colonel David Potter's New Jersey Regiiment
, and in Captains Joel Fithian, Ezekiel Foster, Ephra
in Lummis and William Garrison's Companies, Colonel Samuel
Ogden's New Jersey Regiment, and was in the battles of Princeton and Raritan River.
He was allowed pension on his application executed Jane
uary 14, 1833, while a resident of Preston County, Virginia.
There is no data on file as to his family,
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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                                                                            June 14, 1923,
Miss Estella L. McGee
Sarasota, Florida
Madam:

In response to your request of April 24, 1923,
I have to advise you that in order to obtain the
date of death of Thomas McGee, S. 5752, War of Revolution
, you should apply to the Pension Section,
Civil Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E Street
Washington, D. C. citing all of the following data:
Thomas McGee, Certificate # 13145, issued May 14, 1833,
rate $33.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act
of June 7, 1832, Virginia Agency.""
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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                                                                           September 1, 1933

Mrs. O. G. Radabaugh
359 Locust St.
Clarksburg, West Va.


Madam;

I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim S. 5752 it appears
that Thomas McGee was born March 11, 1757 in Cumberland
County, New Jersey.
In 1778 he enlisted near Bridgeton, Cumberland
County, New Jersey and served as a Private at various
times during the War, ten months in all, in Captain
Ewing's Company, Colonel David Potter's New Jersey Reg
iment, and in Captains Joel Fithian, Ezekiel Foster,
Ephraim Lummis and William Garrison's Companies, Colonel
Samuel Ogden's New Jersey Regiment. He was in the
battles of Princeton and Raritan River.
He was allowed pension on his application execute
ed January 14, 1833 while a resident of Preston County,
Virginia. There is no family data on file.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.