Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9330, for John Mc Bride, South Carolina
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 SERVICE S.C. 
McBride, John 
Anderson, Frances
Former widow
NUMBER W.9330
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3765 
South Carolina
 Frances Anderson, who was widow of John McBride who died on the 9th January 1791 of Sumter Dist in the State of S. Carolina who was a Private & Lieut. in the company command by Captain Hamilton of the regt commanded by Col. Horry [Lieutenant Colonel Peter Horry] in the S. C. Line for Lieut. 5 mos & 10 days 71.10
Private 20 days 2.22 = $73.32
Inscribed on the Roll of S. Carolina rate of [illegible]
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1842 863.18
Semi-annual allowance ending Mar. ‘43.    36.66 = $879.84
 Revolutionary Claim, 
{Act of July 4, 1836, Section the 3.} 
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk.
Book C. Vol. 1. Page 186.

Reported to Agent 
let to S. Lacoste April 25 ‘43 
“ James A. Black May 28/55
" Same June 11 1855 
" Same June 25 /55 
" same July 17/55. 
Comptroller G S. Carolina
  Nov. 30/55
Let JJ Coombs
11 March 7/56
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Let J. J. Coombs May 20 /56

3765  South Carolina
Frances Anderson widow of John McBride who died on  the 9th January 1791. of SC 
who was a Musn., Lt. & Captain 
in the revolution line for 
18 mo &  18 days musician 
3     “    “ 12    “      Lieut.
2.    “   Captain
Increased from $73.33.
Inscribed on the Roll of Charleston at the rate of 153 Dollars 53 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831, and End 5th March 1843.  
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of April 1856 and sent to J. J. Coombs 
Arrears to the 4th of Present.  
 Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the [blank]
Recorded by GT Getty clerk
Book P  Vol. 2. Page 383.
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State of South Carolina Sumter District } Personally appeared before me Francis Anderson, Widow of John Anderson of Bradleyville Sumter District, who being duly sworn deposeth that the annexed record of Births, Marriages & Deaths was at her request in the year 1817- Copied by Mathew E Muldrow, (my son in Law) and is a true Copy from the original, which was in my possession at that time, Except so much as that which relates to the death of Rebecca Shaw which is in my own hand writing-The  original Family record has since been lost, supposed to have been destroyed by fire when my son in Laws house (Matthew E. Muldrow) was burnt in the year 1829-
Frances Anderson [signature]
Sworn to before me this 19th July 1842- Stephen Lacoste Magistrate }
I certify that to my personal knowledge that Mr Mathew E Muldrew’s dwelling House in Salem County Sumter District, was destroyed by fire in the year 1829 and mostly all the contents was destroyed by the fire as well as the dwelling.
July 15th 1842 }
Sumter District }  Stephen Lacoste 
Magistrate S.D.
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Family Record 
John McBride was Born the 6th. Oct. 1758. 
John McBride Departed this Life the. 9th. Jany. 1791.  
Frances Moore was Born the 17th. Oct. 1763.
John McBride and Frances Moore was married the 27. March. 1781: 
Samuel McBride was Born the 27th April 1782. 
James McBride was Born the 9th. Sept. 1784.
James McBride Departed this Life the. 22. Sept. 1817. 
Rebekah McBride was Born the 8th. Febry 1787 .
Rebeckah Shaw Departed this life the 20 of March 1826 
Jennet McBride was Born the 23rd. April 1789. 
Jennet McBride Departed this Life the 10 Oct. 1792.
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Family record 

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State of South Carolina Sumter District } It is hereby certified by the undersigned Judge of the Court of Ordinary in & for said District & which is a Court of Record, that satisfactory evidence has this day been submitted to said Court by the foregoing affidavit  of John G. McFadden and J D. McFadden that Mrs Frances Anderson deceased formerly the widow of Captain John McBride who drew a pension from the United States, died in this District about twelve years ago and that her now only living child is the present Mrs Sophronia Muldrow of this District. And I certify that I am wholly disinterested in giving this certificate. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Sumterville in said District this Seventh day of May A.D. Eighteen hundred and fifty five. The word District above interlined before signing. 
s/ W. Lewis OSD
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State of South Carolina }
Sumter District } Personally appeared before me an acting Magistrate in & for said District, John G. McFaddin and J. D. McFaddin Citizens of said District, who being duly sworn to law declare that they were personally well acquainted with Mrs Frances Anderson deceased in her lifetime who as formerly widow of Captain John McBride drew a pension from the United States: That she resided in this District and died about twelve years ago, and that her only now living child [“now living child” underlined] is the present Mrs. Sophronia Muldrow of this District. These deponents further swear that they are wholly disinterested in giving this testimony Sworn to & Subscribed this Seventh day of May A.D. 1853. Before me
P. M. Gibbons Magst 
John. G. McFaddin
J D McFaddin
And I the said Magistrate do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the deponents above and that they are entitled to full faith & credit in their statements above and that I am wholly disinterested in giving this certificate Given under my hand day & year aforesaid   P. M. Gibbons 
Magistrate




(Over)
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Know all men by these presents that we Matthew E. Muldrow & Sophronia A. Muldrow his wife, of Sunter District in the State of South Carolina do hereby irrevocably constitute & appoint John Y. Bryant of the City of Washington, District of Columbia our true & lawful attorney for us & in our name place & stead to claim, recover & receive for us any sum or sums of money due & unpaid to the Sophronia A. aforesaid, the only child now living of Frances Anderson, widow of John McBride, and one of the lawful heirs of the said Frances, on account of arrearages or increase of pension which may have been due to her the said Frances, as widow aforesaid: under existing pension laws to fill such evidence as may be required, make such arguments as may be requisite, to secure & collect such sums of money as may be found to be due as aforesaid & to receipt for the same as our attorney - Hereby ratifying & confirming all that our said attorney may legally do or cause to be done in the premises. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands & seals this 2d day of August A.D. 1852 witness 
s/ M.E. Muldrow 
s/ Sophronia A Muldrow 
Witness John F Haynsworth   Harriet M. Haynsworth

State of South Carolina Sumter District}  Be it known that on the 2d day of August A.D. 1852, before the subscriber a Magistrate in & for said District, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Matthew E. Muldrow & Sophronia A. Muldrow above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be the act & deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the day & year last above mentioned 
s/ M.F.B. Haynsworth    
Magistrate Sumter District
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South Carolina 
Sumter District
I W.F. Singleton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Session for said district in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that W.F. B Haynsworth Esq before whom the preceding affidavit was made as appears by his name in his own hand writing attesting the same was at the date thereof a magistrate for the district aforesaid and had been duly appointed and quallified and had signed the Roll Kept according to law in my office 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal office at Sumterville this 3 day of August A.D. 1852  s/ W. F. Singleton CC.Ps & G. S. 
Proof of heirship
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State of South Carolina Sumter District } On this 11th day of May 1842 Personally appeared before the undersigned Mrs. Frances Anderson , widow , aged seventy eight years, a resident of  Bradleyville, Sumter District, South Carolina , who being duly sworn according to law , doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to be entitled to the benefit of the 3rd Section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836, and the act explanatory  of said act passed 3rd March 1857 . That she was married to John McBride dec'd formerly of Williamsburg  District near Kingstree in said State, who was a private and an officer in the  War of the Revolution, that he entered the service in the year 1779 as a private in  a corps of Infantry called the Kingstree Company , under the command of Captains [Edward] Plowden and Hamilton, attached to the Reg't of James [Major John James] command , and afterwards as she believes commanded by Col. Horry Lieutenant Colonel Peter Horry, [General Francis] Marion's Brigade; Deponent saith that she has reason to believe he served at the  fights of Black Swamp [Battle of Black River] or Battle at Shubricks, South of Charleston; White Marsh in North Carolina, Black River near Kingstree So. Ca; Georgetown, Santee and Eutaw. He was also one of 35   men  under Major [John] Postell who captured eleven British Baggage wagons [note inserted Feb 1781 p. 153] at Keithfield , and at other places not now remembered by deponent . This deponent saith that her said Husband John McBride served in this war fifteen months as a private. Deponent saith  that in the year 1780  and as she believes in the month of August upon the occasion of Capt. Hamilton, then commanding the Kingstree company going over to the Tories, James Witherspoon was appointed Captain , and deponent's Husband John Mc Bride was commissioned a Lieutenant in same company  and in that capacity she believes he served to the end of the  War. Deponent saith that she was married to John McBride on the 27th March 1781 as will also be
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shown from an extract herewith sent, taken from the Registry of the Family Bible, That she was married at the house of Robert Dick below Kingstree having to ride some twelve miles that morning to meet the  Rev'd Mr. Hill of the Presbyterian Church at that place who performed the marriage ceremony and afterward this deponent returned the same evening to her Mother's house  , where the rest of the wedding party were  assembled. deponent  saith that John Mc Bride was in the service when they were married ,and continued in the same until the close of the war. Deponent saith that her Husband John Mc Bride died the 9th January  1791 , aged 33 years. Deponent saith that she married John Anderson 30th April 1793  and that said John Anderson died 19th April 1805 and that she is now , and has remained a widow ever since the death of the said John Anderson. Deponent saith  that she is at this time, and has been for a considerable length of time in very feeble health, that there is no  Judge residing within less than thirty miles of her residence. Deponent saith that there is  but only two persons, whom she believes  are now living , by whom she could more fully prove here marriage with John McBride, and they are both ( if living ) residing at a considerable distance from her present residence, and in conclusion  deponent saith that she has no other documentary evidence  but what is herewith  sent. Deponent saith tho she would have made this claim before, but that being ignorant of the Provisions of the Law and of the mode of application , her brother Phillip Moore gave her at length the necessary information , and hopes this department  will make allowances for the nature of her residence in the interior, and the difficulty of obtaining testimony at this late day. Deponent saith that her son Saml. Mc Bride was born 27th  April 1782 , and is now in his 60th year.  Frances Anderson ( signed ) Stephen Lacoste ( signed / sealed  ) Magistrate of Sumter District
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[ State of South Carolina Sumter District ] May  18th 1842  This is to certify that Mrs. Frances Anderson is in  good and regular standing in this  ( Salem Black River ) Church . Geo. C. Gregg ( signed ) Pastor of Salem ( Black River ) Church  Bradlyville So. Ca.
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[ The State of South Carolina Clarendon District ] on this 23rd day of February  1842 personally appeared before me , Philip Moore , a resident of Dorchester Collection District  So. Ca. aged seventy three years, who being duly sworn  according to law  deposeth  that he is the brother of Frances Anderson  , widow of Bradlyville Sumter District  So. Ca that she is  78 years of age and is an applicant for a pension , as the widow of John McBride who served in the war of the revolution - dept. saith , that his sister was married to said John McBride at their mother's house in Williamsburg  Dist. So. Ca. by a Presbyterian minister in the year as dept. believes  1780 , that at the time of said marriage  he knows said John McBride was in the service under arms as a private  in the  Kings tree Company  of infantry commanded as Dept. believes by a Captain Hamilton and Hamilton having preceded Capt. [Edward] Plowden, and that this said company was attached  to the Battalion  commanded by James, which formed a part of General [Francis] Marion's Brigade, Dept said  he has reason to believe  said John McBride  served in the capacity of private in said Corps at least twelve months,  to wit , from and previous to  August 1779  to  August 1780  when Gates was defeated by the British at Camden in So. Ca.  Dept. saith  he recollected well that said Captain Hamilton of  said Kings tree  Company abandoned the cause of the Americans and  joined the Tories, where upon Dept. remembers that James Witherspoon was appointed Captain and joined John McBride Lieutenant of  said Kings tree Company and joined as such in said corps  under arms  until the end of the War. Dept. saith that the facts here detailed  and founded on Depts.  own personal knowledge . Dept. recollects being there several times at the Camp of Marion  and  seeing said John McBride  in the service during the period here referred to,  first when  the said  encampment was at Kingstree,  second on the day of  the engagement between Genl Marion and Watson at the lower Bridge Black
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river, and third when Marion was in Georgetown So. Ca. a few days after  the British  evacuated the  place. Dept. saith he was too young to bear arms , but was in the habit of visiting  the Camp and seeing his brother in law  the said John McBride - In this way , Dept . saith , said McBride was in the service at least  two years, Dept. said his impression is that said McBride  was present with the Brigade  at Black river, Georgetown, Pee Dee, Kingstree, Santee, and Eutaw, that said McBride was born about  the year 1755 , and died about the year 1790 , Dept. saith  that said McBride left one son , Mr. Saml. McBride now residing at said Bradlyville  Sumter Dist. So. Ca.   born in 1780 or 1781, and is  therefore now about 61 years of age. Dept. saith that his said sister Mrs. Frances McBride married about the year 1795 John Anderson who died about the year 1803 or 1804 and that said Frances has  remained a widower  twice. Dept. saith  the reason his sister  has not applied previous to this  time for a pension was entirely owing to the fact of her ignorance of the law making a provision for persons in her situation, nor did she know it until informed  of same by this Dept. last November . Dept. saith that his said sister  is known and  esteemed in  our neighborhood  as a respectable married lady whose statements are entitled to implicit credit. Dept. was born 1  September 1768
Philip Moore ( signed )
the words "said McBride ' I have inserted  2nd page  & the word " and previous to  " 
Sworn to and subscribed before me  the day and year above written  I also certify the credibility of the affiant.     P. Cantwell Not Pub & M Ex off for said District 
Tho . Martin  Magistrate
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Recy WIDOW, &c. File No. 9330 Frances Anderson, for Wid of John McBride Capt. Rev. War Act : July 4th /36 Index : - Vol. A Page 14 [ Arrangement of 1870. ]
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Letter from Jas A Black 21st July ' 55 5th
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Columbia S.C. 21st July 1855 
Hon L P Waldo Com. of Pensions  
Dear Sir, Agreeably to your letter of 17th inst.  in case of Frances Anderson former widow of Capt. John McBride, I send herewith James History of [Gen. Francis] Marion's Brigade. You will find the  entry as to  Capt. McBride at page 153. 
Very respectfully  yr obt servt. 
s/ James A Black 
 for Mrs. Muldrow 
P.S. That [Lt.] Col. Hugh Horry succeeded in the command of Col. [Archibald] McDonald's Reg't  when the latter was prisoner, see page 92. B.
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J. J. Coombs Esq. present
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South Carolina Frances Anderson dcd who was the widow of John McBride who was a musician, Lieut.& Captain South Carolina troops. 
See Act July 4, 1836 
18 mos 18 days musician $68.20 
3 mos 12 days Lieut. $ 45.33 
2 mos Capt. $40.00 = $153.53 
Cer March 4, 1831  
thru March 5 ,1843 when she died deducting former payments $73.33 per Ann 
To Matthew E. Muldrow  Admr  of Sophronia A. Muldrow  org child etc. J.J. Coombs Present.
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Comptroller Genl's Office Columbia Dec. 8th 1855 Hon J Minot  Comm. of Pensions Dear Sir,  In compliance with your request I send the enclosed which is all the information I can give you on the enquiries submitted. Pressure of Legislative business has delayed an earlier reply to your letter. Yours Truly, J. D. Ashmore ( signed ) Comptroller General
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Charleston So. Ca. 22 June 1842 Sir, I beg leave to submit the  annexed proof in  support of the claim of Mrs. Frances Anderson of Sumter Dist. So. Ca. , widow of John McBride , formerly a private in Marion's Brigade  So. Ca. Militia for a pension. I have taken pains to collect all the testimony that could be procured and hope it  will prove satisfactory  to the  Commissioner. Mr. Saml. McBride , son of the applicant  was a witness in the case, has given a reference to Col. John Carter of  Georgetown, D.C. and formerly of So. Ca. as being acquainted with the character and standing  of his Mother., and to the Honble. Mr. Sumter of the Ho. of Representatives as being  acquainted with his own. I propose writing in a day  or two to these gentlemen in reference to this point.  I remain Sir with respect your m  obt  & humble servant. P. Cantwell ( signed )  James L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Dept. of War Washington D.C.
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Columbia So. Ca. 2nd July 1833. 
Hon. L.P. Waldo Com. of Pensions  Dear Sir, Your letter of the 28th ult. in the claim of Mrs. Frances Anderson formerly widow of Capt. John McBride really surprises me , for , having in you letter of 28th  May last frankly acknowledged that you were "satisfied that the claim was not properly adjusted on the 29th  July 1842 when she was allowed for five months & ten days  as Lieutenant  and twenty days as private " , you now  after I have filed Record proof of ten months & 15 days  service as Captain  I have an opportunity of adjusting the claim "properly " upon the highest grade of evidence , say that it " would not authorize you in disturbing the decision made by this office when the claim was originally allowed " although you admitted in the letter of the 18th  May  that record proof or proof  that will show beyond all cavil or doubt that McBride was actually in service as Captain would authorize  an allowance for such service. Now I beg leave respectfully  to submit that your positions are inconsistent with each other & that having proved "beyond all cavil or doubt " by "record Proof "  that he did serve ten months  & 15 days as Captain & 3 months & 15 days as Lieutenant  the claim to this extent is legally & equitably substantiated.
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There is one fact however which you must have over looked in the last proof sent & it is that the John McBride who was paid for 3 mos & 15 days service as Lieut. & 2 months as Captain is identified with the John McBride  who as Captain Certified that John Howard had served 4 months under him in Col. McDonald’s Regt & that James Tisdale had served in his company 6 months & 15 days in Col. Horry's Regt both of Marion's Brigade by the Comptroller's Certificate that the signatures of McBride in his own account & in Howard's & Todale’s case, were all in the same handwriting. I therefore hope that you will notice this fact, which together with the Map of Record proof filed, cannot, I must think, fail to satisfy any Candid scrutiny. If however this should still be deemed insufficient please state the reasons you have which do not allow you to disturb the original decision, which you know  to be erroneous, as also what proof you now require, though I must insist that I have furnished “record proof " as required in your letter of 28th May last.  I could wish that you had the Records of the Comptroller's Office before you, for then I know that the truth would be manifest & sufficient within the rules of evidence and the law of the land. 
I am,
Very respectfully 
Yr. Obt. Sevt.
James A Black
for Mrs. Muldrow.
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Letter from Jas. A Black
19th June 1855
3d.
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Columbia So. Ca:
19th June 1855.
Hon: L. P. Waldo Commr. of Pension 
Dear Sir,  Please find supplemental Record evidence herewith in the claim of Mrs. Frances Anderson decd. formerly widow of Capt. John McBride act 4th July 1836. It will appear from John Wilson's account that he served 5 months from March to Oct 1781 under Lieut & Capt John McBride. Is it not therefore reasonable to conclude that 4 months & 15 days of this, were the 3 mos & 15 days as Lieut.for which McBride was paid? This was in Col H Horry’s Regt. Marions Brigade. In 1781 & 2 Saml Wilson served 3 months under “Capt John McBride”, same Regt & Brigade. Capt John McBride certifies that James Tisdale did 6 mos & 15 days duty in his Company in 1782 in same Regt & Brigade. Capt John McBride also certifies that John Howard  Served under him 4 months in 1782 in Col Archd. McDonald Reg Marion's Brigade. It is clear therefore that the 4 mos &  15 days service performed by Tisdale & the 4 months by Howard were different periods of service under Capt. McBride under different Colonels of the same Brigade & show that McBride was certain 10 mos & 15 days a Capt in Marion's Brigade. Lieut Hugh
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[Lt. Hugh] McCullough certifies that John Howard served at “siege of Charleston “(1780) under him 2 mos & 15 days in Col McDonald's Regt. May not these 2 mos & 15  be the length of time that Robert Dick served in 1780 under McCullough's command & the balance of his service of 14 mos & 2 days may not this have been under McBride who as is shown was Captain in service in 1781 in which year a part of Dick’ s service was rendered? Mrs.  Anderson in her Declaration swore her husband was a Lieutenant in August 1780 & served as such she believes to the end of the war that in March 1781 she married him at Robert Dick's house. This shows that Dick belonged to his neighborhood & the Record shows that Dick served under Captain John McBride not in 1782 but in 1780 or 1781. Wm. McIntosh a U. States pensioner of Marion's Brigade swears in June 1842 that from the great length of time since these trans actions were performed I cannot bring to my recollection all the places I might have seen Mr McBride doing duty in the Revolutionary war. that he had reason to believe that McBride joined Marion's Brigade in Sept 1780 & in 1781 “was Commissioned and continued to serve as an officer during the war”. In speaking of the Officers of Marion's Brigade Judge James in his History of that Brigade say of John McBride that he was always at his post, In this case you have the Comptroller's Certificate showing that many officers of Marion's Brigade never were paid & you can find father evidences of this fact in the case of Capt Peter Dubose, Sumter District So. Ca. Act 1832 pensioned by United States & in
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the case of Mary Clements of Georgia Act 7th July 1838. “One fact is worth a thousand arguments" & I therefore rely on the Record facts herewith & heretofore filed in support of this claim. Lastly touching the pay of Marion's Brigade a part of which were cavalry strictly speaking (see Wm McIntosh's papers act 7 June 1832 & Lt Wm Dick's certificate in record of John Howard herewith) & a part mounted militia on horseback & used Rifle, Muskets or Shotguns” (See Philip Moore's testimony in this case taken in April 1855 in which he states he was 3 several times in the Brigade & thus saw those who “were not strictly speaking cavalry”, you must determine according to your judgment upon these proofs. 
In the hope of a speedy adjustment alike satisfactory to your Department & the ability and circumspection with which it is conducted, & to the justice & Equity of this claim, I am 
with much regard Very respectfully Your Obt Sevt. 
James A Black for Mrs. Muldrow.
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Columbia S. Carolina
Oct 11th 1855.
Hon. J Minot
Commr. of Pensions
In compliance with the request of your predecessor I forwarded to your Department on the 21st of July last James History of Marion's Brigade in order that the claim of Mrs. Frances Anderson widow of John McBryde Capt. should as proposed in the official letter of 17th July last, be finally adjusted. Since that time I have patiently awaited such adjudication but have received no tidings of the the same. Will you be so kind as to inform me of the result at your earliest convenience and oblige,
 Very respectfully
Yr Obt sevt
James A Black for Mr Muldrow
 P.S. Col Wm O. Niles was the examiner before whom this case was presented in May last, when I was in your Office.
B.
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Washington D.C. 24th May 1855 
Hon L. P. Waldo Commr of Pensions 
Dear Sir
In the case of Mr Frances Anderson former widow of Capt. Jno. McBride, the claim is for 105 days Lt and 60 days Capt in 1781 & 1782. in Marion's Brigade of which fact you have the Comptrollers certificate & 497 days as Capt in 1780 & 1781 also shown by Comptrollers certificate. As the evidence is all in your possession, I desire a statement of the proof still required to establish this claim. Please reply soon & oblige 
Very respectfully Yr Obt Sevt 
James A Black
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5611 
Frances Anderson formerly widowed John McBride South Carolina - 
Admitted --- Lieut. 5 mo. 10 days $71.10 
                       Private          20   “.        2.22
                                                           ________
                                                           $73.32 
Cap. Hamilton Col. Harry, S.C. 
died 9 January 1791 6 
Act 4 July 1836 
P. Cantwell, Charleston, S.C
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Brief in the case of Frances Anderson, decd who was widow of John McBride  Sumter District and State of South Carolina. act July 4, 1836 
Claim, (" original " or " for increase.”)
 Proof exhibited, (if original.) Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. Mrs Anderson was pensioned in the 29th of July 1842 at the rate of $73.33 Cts per ann. for the service of her first husband, John McBride, as a private and Captain Record evidence has recently been filed from the office of the Comptroller of South Carolina is deemed sufficient to authorise the present increase. Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?  An Administrator has been appointed on the amount of his bond,  & certified.
Name and residence of Agent 
J.J. Coombs, Present 
Examining Clerk. Ogden Niles
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Washington, April 24th 1856 
Hon. J. Minot 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Sir:  I respectfully solicit your personal Examination of the claim of Francis Anderson decd late of South Carolina, formerly widow of John McBride, in which case an allowance of part of the amount claimed was made a few days ago. The claim was originally allowed at the rate of $73.33/100 for a service of 5 months and 10 days as Lieutenant, and 20 days as private. 
Subsequently, additional record evidence was filed showing conclusively, as I think, Eight months additional service in the rank of Captain for which additional service an increase of pension was claimed. While this claim was pending I had the honor to submit an elaborate brief, in which I think I demonstrated very clearly, that the most favorable construction that can, within the bounds of reason, be given to said record evidence, cannot reduce the service proved by it, in the rank of Captain, below Eight months. That brief is still on file in
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the case, and I beg leave to refer you to it, without repeating the arguments.
The Examiner who had the case in charge made an allowance increasing the pension to $153.53.
This increase, (if I recollect right) was
computed upon a months service as Captain, and some 12 months as private (or fifer) added to the 5 months 10 days as Lieutenant, theretofore admitted
This service in the rank of fifer was found as I understand, upon some rolls in yours office of an earlier date than day of the record evidence presented by the claimant. As neither the claimant or myself had any knowledge of the existence of said rolls, no claim was set up in my brief on account of said service.
Although my client gratefully acknowledges the service of the Examiner in looking up this evidence, the existence of which he was ignorant, yet he cannot consent to forego his claim for six months service in the rank of Captain, which he thinks is so clearly and conclusively proved, and for which no allowance has been made; and acting under his direction, I beg leave to ask your personal review
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of the evidence.  The case is somewhat complicated, but, in my opinion, perfectly clear when carefully analyzed.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully,
Your obt serv
J.J. Coombs
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Letter from James A. Black
6th June 55
2nd letter
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Hon. L.P. Waldo
Commr Pensions
D. Sir
Columbia So. Ca.
6th June 1855.
I have not received your
reply to the claim of Frances Anderson formerly widow of Capt. Jno McBride, and write to request
that it be mailed to me here. Col Niles had written the letter before I left but as the copying Clerk was absent he promised to have it sent to this place. This he may have forgotten - I hope you
will excuse my troubling you again
I am,
Very respectfully
Your obt sert
James A Black
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Comptroller General's Office
Columbia So. Ca. April 4th 1855
No 474 Lib Y
Issued 21 Nov 1785 to Mr John McBride for £51:19 3 1/4  Stg duty as a Lieut of militia  in 1781 & 1782 Pr accot audited. No. 86
Principal £51:19. 3 1/4 
Interest £3:12:8

474 Y No 86 21st Novr 85. John McBride his Acct for 105 days duty as Lieut and 60 days ditto as Capt.
in Col Hugh Horry's Regt in 1781
& 1782 (Marion's Brigade) viz Lieut @ 5£ per day & Captn @ 8.6 3/4 p day Charged Stg £52
Deduct less as Capt 8 3/4
Auth Stg £51:19. 3 1/4

Gentlemen please deliver the bearer Mr. George Warner the Indent for my accompt of Militia duty. 
Dear Gentlemen Your Obediant Sert
(signed) John McBride
To the Commissioner of the Treasury
I certify the above (signed) Gavin Witherspoon J.P.

No 735 Lib Y Issued 31 December 1785 to  Mr Robt Dick for £35:10 Stg for Militia duty in 1780 & 1781 pr account audited No. 96. 
Principal £35:10. Interest £2:9:8
735 Y. No 96 31 Dec 55 Robt Dick for 497 days duty as a private under the command of
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Hugh McCullough Lieut & John McBride Capt. Genl Marions Brigade in 1780 & 1781 @ 10 per day  
Curry £248.10 
charged Stg £35.3.2
add more 6.10 Amt Stg £35:10

Gentlemen, Please to deliver the bearer Mr William Cooper the Indent for my public acct given in Sept 1785. June 12 1786 (Signed ) Robert Dick

To the Commissioners of the Treasury 735 X
I certify the above
(Signed) Gavin Witherspoon J.P.

Recd 31 Dec 1785 full satisfaction for the within "mentioned accompt (signed) William Cooper "

I do hereby certify that the foregoing are true copies from the Records of this office, the foregoing being a copy of all that I can find in the name of John McBride in his own account viz No 475 Book Y and I further certify that I can find no evidence of payment to Hugh McCullough or McCullock for services in Marion's Brigade of any grade whatever.
s/ J.D. Ashmore
Comptroller General
(no Seal of Office J.D.A C.G.)
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Comptroller Generals Office
Columbia So. Ca
April 4th 1833.
This is to certify that I have personally examined the Records of this Office for evidence of the service of Samuel Benton and Gabriel Clements and that I do not find any in their names;
that I have also examined for the services of George Hicks or Hix, Abel Kolb and Robert Side of Syde and do not find any in their names, but that in the names of different persons who furnished supplies or rendered military services in the war of the Revolution. I find ample evidence by the Receipts for supplies & c. Signed
by the Officers themselves at various times, that Samuel Benton
commanded as Lieutenant Colonel a Regiment in Marion's
Brigade from 1781 to 1783, that George Hicks also commanded
as Colonel a Regiment in 1780 in said Brigade and that Abel Kolb
also commanded a Regiment in  same Brigade as Colonel in 1781,
and further that Robert Side of Syde is designated "Major
Robert Side or Syde" (the name being written differently by
different persons, and that payment was made to him for
supplies furnished only and not for militia or other duty.
I further certify that there are no Pay Rolls of Marion's Brigade
in this office, as is the case with Sumters Brigade the services in
the former being shown by detached separate, & scattered individual accounts & Indents, and not in regular order
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as companies or Regiments. 
I.D. Ashland
Comptroller General
(No Seal of Office
I DA 
C.G)
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I hereby certify that Frances Anderson formerly widow of John McBride was paid at this Agency
under the act of 4th July 1836 at the rate of $73 33/100 annum from the 4th March 1831 to the 5th day of
March 1843 to William C Dukes attorney for heirs; and that the said Frances Anderson died on the Fifth day of March 1843, and that the said John McBride was designated as Private & Lieutenant on the records of this Agency
Given under my hand at the Pension Agency for the State of South Carolina this Eleventh day of April 1855
Jno C. Cochran
Pension Agent
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Washington, Dec. 27, 1855.
Sir,
Enclosed I have the honor to present the affidavit of Philip Moore in support of the claim
of Francis Anderson, decd of S.C. formerly widow of
John McBride, for the increase of pension under the act of 1836.
This deposition, it appears to me, must clear away every shadow of doubt resting upon the case, that "John McBride "served at least
3 months and 15 days as Lieutenant
and 8 months and 15 days as Captain in Gen. Marions Brigade is just as clearly proved as record evidence can prove any fact. I respectfully refer you
to my brief heretofore filed in the case, which I think clearly shows that the above amount of service by "John McBride"is uncontestibly proved by the record evidence,
after giving every possible construction against
the claim. The only possible doubt,
therefore, that could be raised in the case, was as to whether there might not have been more than one officer in said Brigade by
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name of John McBride, Every doubt on this point is removed by the enclosed deposition.
Philip Moore, the witness, an educated and intelligent
man, was a precept of said John McBride, and learned to write of him. He has lately examined
the original accounts in the Comptroller General's
Office, of John McBride, James Tisdale, and John Howard, (copies of which are on file as evidence in the case) and he identifies the signature of "John McBride" to each of said 
accounts as the genuine signature of the claimants husband (who was his brother-in-law)
Now as these three accounts of John McBride himself, James Tisdale, and John Howard
are the identical items of evidence that  uncontestably prove the service we claim for
the fact that they are all certified by the same John McBride, and by the John McBride who was claimants husband, in his own genuine hand writing, settle all question as
to identity.
There is one point in this case to which the Examiner having it in charge seems to attach a
good deal of importance, upon which I beg
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leave to submit a few remarks
It is alleged in the original papers, (I do not recollect
whether by the widow herself, or one of her witnesses),
that John McBride was first appointed Lieutenant in 1780, when Capt. Hamilton went over to the Tories, and James Witherspoon was appointed Capt. in his place. It pretty clearly appears, from
Capt James Witherspoon's own account, that he was not a captain till some time in1782, here is certainly a conflict between
the heard testimony  and the record evidence. We clearly show by record evidence that John McBride was a commissioned officer long
before 1782. In fact the very service for which the claim was originally admitted, was, the greater part of it, admitted in 1781.
It is therefore certain, and has been admitted
by your office, that McBride was a commissioned officer before James Witherspoon was a Captain. What there is the unavoidable
inference? Simply, that there is some error in the heard testimony, which fixes McBrides appointment as Lieutenant, at the same time
as James Witherspoon's appointment as Capt
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It is scarcely necessary to say that heard testimony in favor of a claim is not permitted to weigh a single matter where it
comes in direct conflict with record evidence;
and it should not. Ought not the same rule to hold good, where the heard testimony is adverse to the claim? What is the recollection
of a witness, as to a mere matter of date worth for half a centery after the event occurred.
That there is some error in the heard testimony on this point, is absolutely certain. Whether
that error consists in supposing that the appointment of McBride as Lieut took place at the time of Hamilton's defection, when such was
not the case, or whether it consists in supposing that James Witherspoon was made Capt.
at that time, when such was not the case, it is not my material. It is certainly an error
to suppose that McBride was made it at the same
time that James Witherspoon was made Capt, because the record evidence clearly shows
that McBride was a Lieut, and a captain also before James Witherspoon was a captain.
I have no doubt however, that the error in the heard evidence consists  merely in a mistake as to the Christian name of Witherspoon.
There were three Officers in Marion's Brigade by the name of Witherspoon, viz, James,
David, and Gaven. By reference to "James's
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History of Marion's Brigade, you will see that Gaven Witherspoon was a Capt, certainly as early as the beginning of 1781.  Now if
you will suppose that the name of James Witherspoon, was erroneously written in
the parol testimony in the place of Gavin Witherspoon, the parol  testimony and the record evidence are entirely reconcilable,
and corroborate each other.
I have no doubt that Gaven Witherspoon, the brother
of James, was in fact the man who was made Captain at the time of Hamilton defection, and at the same time that McBride was first appointed Lieutenant.
Although the discrepancy between the heard and the record evidence can be this easily reconciled, yet I insist we are not called upon
to reconcile it at all. We do not claim
single day's service that is not clearly proved
by record evidence, and whether the  parol evidence is reconcilable with it or not is wholly immaterial. If the  parol evidence
is not reconcilable with the record, then the parol evidence must be erroneous,
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and it makes no difference to us whether the error is a great one or a small one whether it originated in a mistake as to Christian name, or in the entire mistake as to the whole subject matter to which it relates.
There is one slight discrepancy between the statements heretofore made by Philip Moore, and the deposition which I now present,
upon which I beg leave to remarks.
In his former deposition he stated that his sister was married to John McBride in 1780
and that at the time of the marriage McBride was in service as a private. In the deposition which I now present, he states that McBride was an officer at the time of the marriage, and he refers
to the incident, well calculated to make the impression on the mind of a child which tends to show that he was an officer at that time, entitled to wear a plume,
That he was mistaken as to the time 
the marriage, in his first deposition, is shown by the record of the marriage in
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March 1781. That he was also mistaken (in his first deposition, as to the rank that McBride held at the time of the marriage, is
also proved by record evidence showing that he was a Lieutenant in 1780. That he (there but a small bay,) should have fallen
into a mistake both as to the date of the marriage, and the rank of McBride at the time, is not at all strange. That he should
be enabled to correct the mistake on the latter point, by referring to an incident like that relating to the chicken cock and the plume
is also perfectly natural.
But the point, and the only point, upon which the testimony of Moore is at all material, is in relation to the handwriting of McBride. And his testimony upon this
point is not dependent upon the accuracy of his recollection as to an  event occuring when he was a small boy. On the contrary the accuracy of his judgment as to the
genuineness of the handwriting is a matter that would be likely to improve with time and experience, rather than be
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the and or diminished 
I am, very respectfully 
Your obt sevt 
J. J. Crowly 
Hon J. Minot 
Court of Pensions
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Frances Anderson 
formerly widow of 
John M Bride 
S.C. Act 1836 
Brief 
J. J. Crowly 
Atty for Clk
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Washington, Nov 24. 1885.
Sir,
At the request of James A. Black, Esq. I have examined the papers in the case of Frances Anderson, decd formerly widow of John McBride, of South Carolina for an increase of pension under the act of
4th July, 1836; and now beg leave to submit to your consideration the following views:
That some increase of pension is due in the case, is perfectly manifest, and has been admitted by your predecessor,
in his letter to Mr. Black, dated May
28th 1855. I shall not ask you, in 
adjusting the amount of this increase, to admit a single days service that is not incontestably proved by record evidence. The claim was originally
admitted in 1842 for a service of
5 months and ten days as Lieutenant and 20 days as private; although the record evidence before your Office at the time, showed a service of 3 months
and 15 days as Lieutenant, and two
months as Captain, and the letter of
your predecessor above referred to admets
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that the pension should have been adjusted accordingly. Since then, however, a large amount of additional record evidence has been presented, conclusively proving
as I conceive, a considerable amount of additional service.
This additional evidence consists
of accounts for military service settled by others, in which they are credited with services rendered under the command of Capt. McBride, based, in most instances, upon certificates signed
by Capt. McBride himself
The following is a synopsis of the
credit so allowed to others, for service under Capt. McBride, viz
Robert Dick, for 497 days duty under the
command of Heigh McCullough, Lieut & John McBride Capt. Genl Marion's Brigade, in 1780 & 1781.
497 days
John Wilson, for 135 days duty in
Capt. McBride's Company in 1781. 135 "
Samuel Wilson for 90 days duty in
Capt John McBride's Company,
in 1781 & 1782
90 "
John Howard for 120 days duty
in Capt John McBride's Company in
1781 & 1782-
120"
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James Tisdale, for 6 months and 15 days duty in Capt. John McBride's Company, in 1782      6 mo. 15 days
The only question in the case, as I
conceive, is, how much additional
service, on the part of Capt. McBride
do all these credits incontestably prove.
For I take it for granted, that credits
in the accounts of others, for services rendered under the command of Capt McBride, and leased upon his certificates, will be regarded as just & as conclusive evidence of his service
as payments made to himself. It
should be recollected that all these men were actually paid for the service under Capt. McBride, so credited in their accounts, and that these payments were made directly after the close of the war. When the truth here in relation to said accounts could be easily ascertained, and when the State
was in no condition to indulge in a
blind and reckless liberality, by
paying false and trumped up
accounts, of which could
be so easily ascertained
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It will not be assumed, I suppose,
that there was more than one
Capt. John McBride in Genl
Marion's Brigade.
But even if it should be assumed that such might have been the case
the argument is anticipated
by the Comptrollers certificate
showing that the signatures of Capt.
McBride, to the certificate given
of the services of Howard, Tisdale,
&c. are in the same hand writing as the signature to the order
given by Capt. McBride in his
own account-- which last 
mentioned account has been admitted as evidence in the case of the service of claimants husband.
I now come back to the question.
How much service on the part of
Capt. McBride, do these credits
in the accounts of others 
incontestibly
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tably prove? For I am willing that such a constriction shall be put upon the evidence, as will reduce the service to the lowest possible point, consistent with the facts it clearly discloses.
I am willing to consider, that the 497 days duty for which Robt. Dick has credit, "under the command of Hugh McCullough, Lieut. and John
McBride Capt. in Gen. Marion's Brigade, in 1780 & 1781", may have been rendered in different 
companies, one of which was commanded by McCullough, and the other by McBride, And 
considering this, I admit we have no means of determining with positive certainty, how much of said service was rendered under McCullough,
and how much under McBride. There are very
strong reasons for presuming that by far the greater portion was rendered under McBride,
but I claim no benefit from presumption however relevent. In fact, the only evidence that can be found in the Comptroller's Office
that Hugh McCullough was ever in command at all proves only that he was in command 75 days, at the siege of Charleston (early in 1780).
I am willing to concede, also, that all the various persons who we credited with service
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under Capt. McBride, were serving at the same time, except where the evidence clearly shows the contrary.
But in some of these accounts, the times at which the several terms of service credited were
rendered, are all specified by dates, and by reference to these dates, we can clearly see in what instances it is possible, and in what instances it is impossible, that the services rendered by two distinct individuals,
were embraced in the same period of time.
For instance John Howard is credited with 120 days duty under Capt. McBride, and
James Tisdale is credited with 6 months and 15 days duty under same. Now as these accounts of Howard and Tisdale the both
made out in detail, with the dates of the several terms of service given, and analysis of these accounts will show, that of the one hundred and twenty days service rendered by Howard under Capt McBride, sixty days may be embraced
in the same period of time covered by the 6 ½ months service of Tisdale, while it is absolutely impossible that the remaining
sixty days could be so embraced. For it will be seen that sixty days of Howards service was rendered in 1781, while all of Tisdale's service was rendered in 1782.
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The following analysis of these accounts, will make this proposition perfectly plain.
John Howard's account, drawn out in detail, is as follows:
The State of South Carolina to John Howard 
1780 May 19 To 75 days duty in siege of Charleston at 1/6 10/L5:12:6
x1781 Nov 10 To 60 days duty in General Marions Brigade at 1/6 10/ 4:10 -
x1782 July 15th To 30 days duty in General Marions Brigade, at 1/6 10/ 2:5
xSept. 15. To 30 days "        " at 1/6
10/2:5-
        "        To 60 days duty Light horse at 3/ 20/4:-
making 255 days in all
The tour of 75 days on the siege of Charleston is certified by Hugh McCullough Lieut.
The 60 days duty in the "Light Horse" ("Capt Daniel Conyers troop of horse") is certified by "Wm Dick, Lieut."
And the remaining 120 days duty is certified by "John McBride Capt. So that it is perfectly clear that these 120 days of service under Capt
McBride, are made up by the term of 60 days credited Nov. 10 1781, the term of 30 days credited
July 15. 1782, and the term of 30 days credited Sept 15, 1782, which the designated by a X above
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James Tisdale is credited with 345 days duty in General Marion's Brigade, in 1780 and 1782
and his account, drawn out in detail, is as follows:
The State of South Carolina to James Tisdale Do
1780 Nov 15. To 150 days duty in Genl Marion's Brigade 1/6    L11:5-
x1782 To 195 days duty "1/6 14:12:6
       Days 345                         25:17:6
The above term of 150 days (or five months) dated Nov. 15 1780, is certified by Henry Mouzon Capt. to have been rendered in his company.
And the above term of 195 days (six months and 15 days") credited 1782, is certified by "John
McBride Capt," to have been rendered in his company, in 1782,
Now as the 60 days duty rendered by John Howard ending Nov. 10th 1781, cannot be compressed into the same period of time covered by the 6 months and 15 days duty rendered by James Tisdale in 1782,
these two accounts prove, conclusively, and
beyond all civil or doubt. Eight months and fifteen days service by John McBride as Captain
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Again; an analyses of John Wilson's account produce a similar result.
Said John Wilson is credited as follows:
"1781. To 150 days duty as Sergt in Capt. McBrides Company, as per his order        12 /6.    13:2:6"

But there are endorsements in red ink, in the handwriting of the Auditor General, as follows:
"March  30   "say 2nd Lieut & Capt"
May      30
June      15  "135 only"
July       30 
Oct       30
           -----
          135 days"
It appears by these endorsements of the Auditor General, that these 135 days duty were rendered
between the 1st of March and the last of October 1781. But it appears also that they part rendered
under John McBride as 2nd Lt, and part under him as Captain. This proves that he was promoted from a Lieutenancy to a captaincy, some
time between the 1st of March and the last of October 1781, but at what particular time during  said period, does not appear. This account does not, therefore, conclusively prove any given 
amount of service in the rank of Captain in 1781,
as the account of John Howard does; but
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it powerfully corroborates the positive testimony afforded by said account, (of Howard).
I think I have demonstrated, beyond all controversy, that the record evidence in the case
conclusively proves that John McBride served as Captain, at least 8 months and 15 days besides the 105 days as Lieutenant, which
has heretofore been admitted-- making his service, in both ranks, equal to 12 months viz: 3 1/2 months as Lieut and 8 1/2 months
as Capt.
The probabilities are very strong, that he rendered much more service than is here claimed, but as I have said before, I claim no benefit from probabilities or presenptions
however violent. I ask for no conclusions to be drawn from the testimony, except such
as are absolutely unavoidable, without a violation of the plainest principles of logic.
And now let me ask, what reason
there is to doubt, that Capt. McBride
rendered as much service as this evidence so clearly indicates?General Marion's Brigade was raised in June 1780, and
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was disbanded in December 1782. (see James History of
Marion's Brigade, title page). During the time of its existence this Brigade was in a constant, as active and as arduous service, as any other
corps in the American army during the whole period of our Revolutionary struggle.  Capt
McBride is shown by the evidence to have been a commissioned officer in said Brigade in the years 1780, 1781 & 1782. Although
the private soldiers, being militia, many of them served by short tours, yet the new recruits were constantly coming in to take the places of those whose times had expired,
and the brigade was constantly kept
up, and the commissioned officers kept continually in service. The only time during the existence of the Brigade, at which it was
seriously reduced, was in the beginning of the year 1782, when Gen. Marion, having been
elected a member of the State Senate, left his Brigade temporarily in the command of Col. Peter Horry while he attended the
session of the General Assembly at Jack's
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sonborugh. During this interim, owing to me unfortunate controversy between Col. Peter Horry and Col. McMaham, the Brigade came very near being entirely broken up, and many of the officers, doubtless, retired for a short time, to return to their posts again when Gen. Marion resumed the command. (See James
History, pages 156 to 168).
Mr. James, who was a soldier in the brigade, and who says that he was an eyewitness to many of the same, he describes, in speaking of the peculiar
virtues of some of the officers, says: "John McBride, father of the late friend of the author, Dr. Thomas McBride, was always at his post," &c. (James History Page 153). Is it at all incredible, that an officer, whose peculiar virtue it was to have been "always at his post, in said Brigade, should have served as much as twelve months, during the two
years and a half in which said Brigade was in active service in the field? Nay, is it not almost certain that he was in
service a much longer time, although positive proof of longer service may not
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now be attainable?
Is it claimed, that the account settled by Capt. McBride himself, is conclusive evidence that he rendered no more service
than is credited to him in that account.
I respectfully submit, that this account,
at the most is only prima facie evidence that it embraces all the service he rendered; and when we prove further service, by evidence of equal force and dignity, the prima facie case thus made must give way. We may not be able to give the true reason why this account does not  embrace all of his service, but when we clearly prove the fact that it does not, the reason is not very material.
It is shown by the Comptroller's Certificate, that many officers who are known to have rendered much service in Marion's Brigade, never settled any accounts at all for their services, or if they ever settled any, the evidence of the fact cannot now be found. And it is well known to every one
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who is familiar with the subject, that many who are known to have rendered much service,
settled accounts embracing but little service much less than they can be proved by other evidence to have rendered. Again, many
persons settled their accounts, each one embracing but a small amount of service, but amounting
to a good deal in the aggregate.
Why these account of service were this divided up, and many indents issued to the same individual, instead of one, covering the whole
of his service. I have not familiarity enough with the subject to explain; but I will know the fact, that such is the case in many instances. The Comptrollers certifies, "that there
are no pay rolls of Marion's Brigade in his his office, the services in said Brigade "being shown by detached, separate and individual accounts, and not in regular order as
companies or Regiments". This being the case, it is not at all improbable that Capt. McBride may have settled other accounts for military service, no records
of which have been preserved.
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Again, it will be seen that these 
accounts, settled after the close of the war, which are found in the Comptrollers Office, embrace only such service as was not paid for at the time of its rendition. I never recollect to have seen the instance of such a settlement, in which an indent did not issue for all the service credited in the account. In no instance have I ever seen any deduction made, for any current pay received during the progress of the service. It is to be presumed that in some instances the office and soldiers received some current
pay, during the progress of their service. If so, whatever service was so paid for during the progress of the war, was taken no notice of in the statement of the accounts settled after the close of the war.
I have already adverted to the fact,
that in January 1782, Marions Brigade came very  near being broken up, while he was absent attending the session
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of the General Assembly at Jacksonborough.
As during this interim most of the officers must have temporarily retired, it is not at all inprobable that Capt. McBride may have then
rendered his account, for his service up to that time; and that upon this account, so rendered at that time, an indent was afterwards
issued in 1785. It will be observed, that there is nothing to show that the account was rendered
at the same time that the indent was issued. As to his subsequent service, it may have never been settled for at all, as he did not live  long after the close of the war.
  Or, what is still more probable the service rendered by him after General Marion's return from the General Assembly may have been paid for at the time, for during this session of the General Assembly a confiscation law was passed, for the express purpose of raising the means to pay for military services out of the confiscated negroes and other property of the tories. Gen. Marion, in a letter to Col. Peter Horry, dated Feb 10 1782 (while he was in the General Assembly)
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says: "Two regiments are to be raised, as continental quota, giving each man a negro per year, which is to be taken from the confiscated Estates. A number of large estates are down on this list, and others are amerced, which will give us at least a million sterling as a fund" (James History, page 174 )
I do not pretend to say that I have
given the true reason why the account settled by Capt. McBride did not embrace all of his military service. But having clearly proved the fact that it did not embrace all, it is sufficient if a plausible reason and
be assumed.
In this review of the case, I have 
taken no notice of the parol evidence, for the reason that I claim nothing for any service not clearly proven by record evidence. If there are any conflicts between the parol
and the record evidence, as to dates, &c, the former must necessarily
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give way to the latter,
Philip Moore, the brother of the Claimant is undoubtedly mistaken as to some matters of fact; and Wm McIntosh is evidently mistaken as to the year in which he entered the service, and found McBride
in service as a private. Some facts which he mentions, clearly prove that it was 1780, and not 1781. Not having his deposition now before me, I cannot be more specific.
The claimant, also, has committed an error in her declaration, by not mentioning the promotion of her husband to the rank of Captain. That this was the result of mere inadvertance, is evidenced
by the fact, that accompanying, and
attached to her declaration, she forwarded record evidence that he was a captain.
The explanation of this mistake is to be found in the facts, that she was a very old woman when she made her declaration, and that she entrusted the management of the business
to her brother Philip Moore, who was but a lad during the war, and who, as appears by his deposition, was laboring under this mistake, as to the rank of Capt McBride,
That John McBride, the husband
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of the claimant, was a captain, 
is too clearly proved to admit of a
doubt, and your office has officially admitted the fact, and that the
claimant ought to have been
pensioned for service in that rank
not withstanding her admission to
set it forth in her declaration.
In the confident hope and belief,
that when you carefully examine
and analyze the evidence in the
case, you can come to no conclusion more unfavorable to the claim than those above presented.
I have the honor to subscribed
myself, very respectfully
Your very obedient servant
                        J. J. Coombs
Hon. J. Minot
Court of Pensions
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(Copy)
The State of South Carolina
Darlington District ⎬ I do hereby
certify that Mr John Hill a wounded soldier in General Marion's Brigade in the Revolutionary struggle with Great Britian was a vigilent
and active Soldier for three or four years before and until the cessation of hostilities. Several times personally present with myself
under my immediate command. Given under my hand this third day of September AD 1816
          (signed) Lam Benton
                        John Stewart Junr
Test
Geo. Bruce "
        Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives Columbia So. Ca. 15th May 1835
I do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the Certificate of Lam Benton on file in this Office
in the matter of the application of John Hill for a pension in the year 1816.            W.F. Arthur
(No Seal       State Housekeeper
 of office)         & Librarian
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Sir             Charleston SoCa
                   26 July 1842
In reply to your letter of the 28 June last, I enclose the leaf containing the family record of births
marriages and deaths in Mrs F Andersons family, taken
from the bible, with the affidavit authentication the same; and am instructed to accept a pension certificate for 3 months pay as an officer, and twenty days
as a private making six months service
I Remain Sir
with       respect
your most obedient & Humble servant,
P. Cantwell
James
Edwards Esq
Commissioner Pensions
Pension office
Washington,
⎬
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Sir                      Washington D.C.
                          Aug 1852
Enclosed I send you a power of Attorney from M.E. & Sophia Muldrow heirs of Francis
Anderson, widow of John McBride who drew a pension
as his widow under act 4th July 1836. South Carolina you will please have the papers get out so that I
can examine them.
very respectfully
John Y Bryant
Hon Jas E Heath
Court of Pensions
Washington
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Special Power of Attorney -Carolinian Print.
The State of South Carolina

Know all by these Presents, that I Sophronia Muldrow
of Sumter District in said State daughter of the late Mrs Frances Anderson deceased of same
District & State a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States
under act 4 July 1856
do make, constitute, and appoint, George & Jones Esquire of Washington City District of Columbia
My TRUE AND LAWFUL ATTORNEY for me and in my name to prosecute my claim
for any increase or arrears of pension that may
be found due on the account of the service of John McBride, my mothers first husband and I hereby authorize my said
attorney to Examine all papers & documents touching my claim
on file in the Departments at Washington or elsewhere
file any additional evidence or arguments he may think
proper to insure the recovery of the same.
with power also, an Attorney or Attorneys, under him for that purpose, to make and substitute,
and to do all lawful acts for effecting the Premises, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney or his Substitute or Substitutes, shall do therein, by virtue thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and seal this Seventeenth day
of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two  
                    Sophronia Muldrow
Sealed and Delivered in 
presence of
2 Chas D De Lorme
John L Haynsworth
Be it Known, That on the seventeenth day of March one thousand
eight hundred and fifty two and in the seventy sixth year of the Independence of the United States of America, before me, W. F. B Haynsworth a Magistrate
duly commissioned and sworn, came Mrs Sophronia Muldrow above named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed my seal of my office
in Sumter District in the State of South Carolina, the day and year last mentioned.
W. F. B. Haynsworth             (seal)
Magistrate
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State of South Carolina 
Sumter District
     Be it known that on
the 17th day of March A.D 1832 before me a Magistrate in and for said District personally appeared Mrs Sophronia Muldrow and made oath according to Law that she is the only child of Mrs Frances Anderson dead widow of John McBride who was a private & officer in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner at the rate
of $73.33 per annum, that she has reason to believe that the said pension ought to be increased and that she directly interested in the same, and make this affidavit
to be filed by her attorney with any additional evidence
or documents he may deem necessary in the prosecution of said Claim
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year above mentioned before
            Sophronia Muldrow
W. F. B. Haynsworth
Magistrate
South Carolina, 
Sumter District⎬ I W.J. Singleton
                       Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & Geo Sessions for for said District do
hereby certify that
W. F. B. Farnsworth before
whom the foregoing attestation were made was at the date thereof an active Magistrate for said district duly authorized by law to 
administer oaths the names thereunto subscribed are 
genuine signatures of his.
In testimony whereof have here
under set my hand and affixed
the seal of my office this
day of March in the year
of our Lord one thousand
Eight hundred and fifty
two
W. J. Singleton

C.C.
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Comptroller General office
Columbia So. Ca:
June 12th 1855.

No 983 Lib.Y. Issued 26th Jany 1786 to Mr John Wilson fpr Thirty-five 
pounds 12S 5 ½ stlg for Militia duty in 1781 & 1782 pr. two Accts Audited Principal £35:12.5 ½ interest £2: 9.10 
No 98 Return

983 Y  No 98 26 Jan '86  John Wilson for 4 mos as a private in Col. Hugh Horry's Regt in 1781 - 150 days do as Sergt in Militia in 1781 and 120 days ditto as do in 1782 as pr certifs enclosed charged Stg £31:2:6 Add balce of errors 4:3 Thirty one pounds six Shillings and nine pence
Stg £ 31:6:9 sterling Exd JMc
                 
The State of South Carolina Dr to Jno. Wilson For 4 months duty in Col Horry's Regt as pr Capt Henry Mouzon's order 21 /5 more                          Curry @ 10s pr day £7: 10 Sterg.
120 days  £ 60
1782 For 120 days duty in the Militia as Sergt as pr Capt James Witherspoon's order @12/6 10:10

1781 For 150 days duty as sergt in Capt. McBrides company as pr his order  12S:6.13: 2:6                  days as Lieut & Capt £84:7:6:

The within acct attested to 24th Septemr 1785
J Mc Call.J.P. (Signed ) John Wilson

Gentlemen Please to deliver the bearer Mr James Bradley the Indent for my public acc. I am Gentn yr obt servt (signed) John Wilson

To the Commissioners of the Treasury I certify the above (signed) 
Gavin Witherspoon JP

Received 31 Decr 1786 full satisfaction for my accompt agst the Public for Militia Duty in 1781 & 1782 (signed ) James Bradley

983 Y 26 Jan 86 No 98 John Wilson for 60 days as a priv in Col. Benton's Regt of Militia in 1782 a 10s per day is Currency £30:                                                                                                       stg £4:5:8½
Four pounds five shillings and eight pence half penny Sterling
Ex JMc

State of South Carolina For John Wilson Senr Dr October 10th 1782 For 60 days duty as private  @ 10s £30 £4:5:8 ½
                                                                   
South Carolina Cheraw District John Wilson Senr made oath before me that the above account is just and true and that he has never rec'd any part thereof, Sworn the 12th September 1785 aud 16 Septr 1785
before Elias Dubose J.P. Received 26th Jany 1786 full satisfaction for the within in an Indent No 983 Book Y (signed) James Bradley
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No 628 Lib Y Issued 14 Decr. 1785 to Mr. Saml. Wilson for £19: 5: 8 stg Militia duty  pr account audited No 92  Principal £19:5:8 ½  Interest £1:16:11 

628 Y No 92  14 Decr. 85  Samuel Wilson  for  60 days duty as private in Capt. Henry Mouzon's company in  1781 - 90 days  do as do in Capt. Jno McBrides company  and 122 days do as do in Capt. James  Witherspoons company in 1781 and 1782 the whole in Col. H Horry's Regt and charged Stl £20.5 Deduct less being Chd 1/6 stl instd of 10s currency .19:3 ½  Stl £19.5.8½ Nineteen pounds  five shillings and eight pence half penny  sterling Exo JMc A.G. 

Gentlemen please to deliver the bearer Mr. James Bradley the Indent for my public acct. I am gentlemen  yr obt servt. (signed) Samuel Wilson JP 

To the Commissioners of the Treasury  I certify the above (signed ) 
Gavin Witherspoon J.P. Recd 14 Decr. 1786  full satisfaction for the within mentioned account in an Indent No 628  Book Y ( signed ) James Bradley 

No 796 Lib Y  Issued  31 Decr. 1785  to Mr Jno Howard for £22: 0 Sterlg Militia duty in 1780, 1781 & 1782  pr account audited Principal £22:10 Interest £1:11:6  
796 Y No 96  31 Decr. 85  John Howard for 195 days  duty as a private footman in Genl. Marion's Brigade in 1780, 1781 & 1782  @ 10s pr day also for 60 days duty in same Brigade as horseman in 1781 @ 20s pr day charged Stg £23:12:6  deduct less 1:2:6 amt Stg £22:10  Twenty two pounds ten shillings Sterling Exo JMc

The State of South Carolina to John Howard dr 1780 May 19th for 75 days duty in siege of Charleston at 1/6  10s £5:12:6 
1781 Nov. 10 For 60 days duty in General Marion's Brigade @1/6 10s  £4:10  
1782 July 15 For 30 days duty in General Marion's Brigade @ 1/6 10s £2.5, Sept 15 For  30 days do do  @ 1/6 10s £2.5 
For 60 days duty Light horse @ 3/ 2 of  £9. = £23:12.6  
195 days @10s £97:10  
60 do @20s £60
225 days  157. 10s £22: 10s  Personally came before me John Howard who swears the above acct of Twenty three pounds twelve shillings & six pence is  just and true  . Sworn before me 28 July 1785 (signed) Gavin Witherspoon J.P.  
30 Sept. 1785

This will certify that John Howard in the Militia served under me in the Regiment commanded by Col. Archibald McDonald in the siege of Charleston to the number of 75 days certifyd by me 23 Augt 1785 (signed) Hugh McCullough Lieut.

This may certify that John Howard has served under me in Col. Arch. McDonalds regt of Militia at sundry times amounting in whole to one hundred and twenty days 1782 (signed) Jno McBride Capt. (se pg 9)  

This is to certify  that John Howard has served in Captain Daniel Conyers  Troop of horse belonging to Col. McDonald regiment sixty days certified by (signed) Wm Dick Lieut. 

N 979 Lib Y  Issued 26th Jany 1786  to  Mr Jas Tisdale for twenty four  pounds  12s 10¼  stg for Militia duty  in  1780 & 1782 as pr acct audited 
No 98 Principal £24:12:10¼ 
Interest £1:14:5 No 98
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979 Y No 98 26 Jan 86 James Tisdale for 345 days duty as a private in
Genneral Marions Brigade in 1780 and 1782 charged sterling £25.17.6
Deduct less 1.4.7¾ Stg £24.12.10 ¼
Twenty four pounds twelve shillings and ten pence farthing sterling
Exo. J. Mc

The State South Carolina To James Tisdale Dr.
1780 Novr 15 Fo 150 days duty in General Marions Brigade @1/6 £11.5.
1782 Fo 195 days duty do ...1/6 £14.12.6 Days - 345 £25.17.6.
Curry £72.10
Stg £24.12.10 ¼

Personally came before me James Tisdale who swears the above acct of Twenty five pounds seventeen shillings and six pence is just and true. Sworn before me this 2 Sept. 1785. signed Gavin Witherspoon JP

This to Certify that James Tisdale did five months duty in Col Hugh Horry's
Regiment in General Marion's Brigade in my Company 15th Novr 1780
(Signed ) Hugh Horry L. Col. Comr
Henry L. Cole, Henry Mouzon Capt.

This may certify that James Tisdale did six months and fifteen days duty
in Col. Hugh Horry's Regiment in General Marion's Brigade in my
Company 1782 (signed) John McBride Capt (Signed ) Hugh Horry L. Col Comd 

Gentlemen please to deliver the bearer Mr James Fleming the
Indent for my public acct and for militia duty. I am gentlemen yr obt
senv (Signed ) James Tisdal
To the Commissioners of the Treasury I certify the above (signed) Jno. Dickey J.P

I do hereby certify that the foregoing
are true copies from the Record of this Office and I further certify that upon comparing the signature of
John McBride to his order in his account No 474 book Y, in this office, with the signatures to the Certificate of John McBride Capt" in the accounts above copied of John Howard and James Tisdale, that I am fully satisfied that they are all in the hand writing of the same person.
For Comptroller Genl
Thos. P. Walker
Deputy Comp Genl
(No Seal of Office)
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Comptroller Generals Office
Columbia December 8th 1855.
No 987 Lib Y Issued 26th Jany 1886 to Mr James Witherspoon for thirty four pounds 5 8½ stg for Militia
Duty as private an Lieut in 1780 & 1781 pr act audited
Principal £ 34.5.8 ½
No 98. Interest £ 2. 7. 1

987 Y No 98. 26th Jany 86
James Witherspoon Inr for 55 Days duty as a private, 30 days ditto as
Adjutant, and 70 days do. as Lieutenant in 1780 & 1781 Col McDonalds Regt.
charged Sterling £ 29.2.6
Add balance of Error £5.3.2 ½
= £34.5. 8 ½

Gentlemen Please pay to Mr Archibald Murphey my Indent and special Indents entered into the Auditors Office in September 1785 for Militia Duty, at the same time discount fifteen dollars for Mr Samuel Douglass for one hundred & fifty acres of Land. Your compliance will oblige
Your humble sert
James Witherspoon
3rd of June 1786.

Commissioners of the Public
Treasury Charleston-
Certified by John Dickey, J. P.
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No 976 Book X  Issued 28 October 1785 to Capt Jas Witherspoon for Forty five Pounds 11s" 5 Stg for Militia Duty as Lieut and Captain in 1782 pr acct audited.
Principal £45.11.5
Annual Interest  £3.3. 9

No 976 Book X
Capt Jas Witherspoon
act for £ 45.11.5
Capt James Witherspoon
of 118 days Militia duty
as Lieut & Capt in 1782-
amtg to £48.11.5

State of South Carolina
To Capt James Witherspoon Dr
1782 March 23 Nov 1 Fo 28 days duty in Camp as Lieut 35 S  £49 "  "
[noted] 23d May 1782  
24th June No 2 Fo 33 Thirty three days duty in camp as capt at 60s £99  
23rd Sept No 3, Fo 32. Thirty two days duty in camp £96"  "
16 December No 4 (25 twenty five days duty in do £ 75 " "
  Curry £319.0.0
Stg £45.11.5                                                                                              

90 days Captaincy A 
28   do    Lients
Geo Town Dist
Personally came before me Capt
James Witherspoon who being duly sworn make the oath that the above account is just and true
Sworn before me the 17th July 1783.
Garvin Witherspoon, Q. P.
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(Endorsed) Acct Capt
Jas Witherspoon, No 2,

Col Peter Horree
Georgetown

James Witherspoon Capt
Received 20th October 1785 full satisfaction for the within in an Indent No 976 Book X
James Witherspoon "

I do Certify that the foregoing are true copies of and show all the duty I can find in the name of James Witherspoon, The Pay Roll of Capt Witherspoon is not in this office nor in
any of the State Departments, nor are the Rolls of the Kingstree Company or any of the Regiment or Companies of Marions Brigade- Indents for services in said Brigade having been issued on detached individual accounts as
presented and vouched to the Comptroller General of the State, I further certify that there is no evidence in this office of which I
am aware of the time where Capt. Hamilton went over to the enemy nor do I know how that fact can be ascertained.
J. D. Ashmore
Comptroller General
(No Seal of Office)
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Affidavit of Phillip
Moore as to his sister
Mrs Frances Anderson
decd the former husband
Captain John McBride
and as to Marions Brig
ade & members of the same

No 2
Page 83

State of South Carolina
District of Charleston
Personally appeared before me an acting Magistrate in for said District, Phillip Moore who being duly sworn according to law declares that he has a Record of his birth as having taken place on the first day of September 1768. That he was born and brought up near Black River in what is
now Williamsburg District in this State and resided in the same community until in the seventeenth year of his age viz till the year 1785 when he removed to the City of Charleston where he has resided ever since with the exception of a short interval some years ago. That his
mother was a widow before the commencement of the
Revolutionary war and that his sister Frances Moore was some five years the senior of this Deponent and during the war married Captain John McBride who belonged to Marion's Brigade. That deponent altho not old
enough to serve in the war was frequently among the Whigs of the Community who were in service in Marion's Brigade near his mothers from whom they obtained the use of domestic vessels & articles. That this Deponent was at three different times during the war in the Camps of General Marion's Brigade and on all
of these occasions saw his brother in law Captain John McBride aforesaid one of Marion's officers. That of the neighborhood whigs with whom he was personally acquainted were Robert, John, James & Gavin Witherspoon the latter of whom immediately at the close of the war was Justice of the Peace of the neighborhood. James, John & William Burges, three brothers of the
Matthews family and brothers of the Dick family, Joseph, John & Moses Scott, William George & John Cooper, Major John James, Major McAuly, the McCullough's. John & George
Page 84

White, Capt Mouzon & three or four of the McRees, Edward Plonden, John & James Conyers - John & James Keels, Wm Samuel & Ruffin Taylor & others. That about the close of the war Mr George Warner married this Deponents mother & lived in the same Community. That Captain John McBride aforesaid survived the war but a few years and his said sister Frances remained a widow some eight or ten years and then married Mr John Anderson who died about ten years after his marriage with said sister and that said sister Francis formerly the widow of Captain McBride aforesaid remained a widow till her death in 1843, having received a pension from the United States as
such widow & leaving as her only now living child Mrs Sophronia Muldrow of Sumter District in this State. That said Captain McBride had two brothers
James & Samuel who were in the service. That all Marions Brigade at every time this Deponent saw them
were mounted men and those companies of the Brigade which were not strictly speaking "cavalry, were mounted on horseback & used rifles, muskets or shotguns. That this Deponent is now & ever has been wholly disinterested in giving this testimony. s/ Philip Moore
Sworn to & Subscribed this eleventh day of April 1833 Before me
 s/  William Rhett
   Magistrate
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State of South Carolina
Charleston District ⎬ Personally appeared before me an acting Magistrate in forsaid District
Major William Lasal and James W. Gray who being duly sworn depose that they have for a great
many years been personally acquainted with the
deponent Mr Phillip Moore and that he is a gentlemen who has ever sustained an excellent
character and that he is of sound mind & memory and one to whose statements as above are due
full faith & credit. Sworn to & subscribed this 11th day of April 1855                      W. Lasal
  Before me           
  William Rhett       James W. Gray
   magistrate

I the said Magistrate do
hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the Deponents above the former of whom was
late Treasurer of the Lower Division & the latter is
at present one of the masters in Equity for this District
and that they are both Gentlemen highly worthy of credit and also that I am in no wise interested
in giving this Certificate-
William Rhett
Magistrate
South Carolina
Charleston District Office of Common Pleas and Sessions

I Danl Horlbeck Clerk of Court do hereby certify that Wm Rhett before whom the preceding
affidavits & certificates were attested, is and was
at the time of signing the same a magistrate for the District & State aforesaid; that his
signatures to the same are genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of Court
this eleventh day of April A.D
Eighteen Hundred & fifty five
Danl Horlbeck
CDCPS
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South Carolina
Sumter District
In Ordinary
  I, William Lewis
Ordinary of Sumter District
the said State do hereby Certify
that Matthew E Muldrow is the
Sole and duly qualified
administrator of the Estate of
Mrs Frances Anderson decease
late of said District, formerly Widow
of John McBride did and that
aaid administration was duly
granted to the said Mathew Muldrow according to
the laws of South Carolina
that is to say the said
administrators first entering into
the reseral Bond in such as
with good and sufficient
Security for three thousand
Dollars-
Witness my hand
and Seal of office
this Third day of
April 1856

William Lewis
OSD
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      {Seal of State of South Carolina}
     THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

John P. Richardson
    BY HIS EXCELLENCY
    John P Richardson
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the State aforesaid
To all to Whom these Presents Shall Come.
Know Ye, That P. Cantwell Esq whose Signature appears to the
annexed Document is a Notary Public & Magistrate Ex off for Charleston District
and Stephen Lacost & P.S. Worsham Esquire whose Signatures also
appear to the annexed Documents are Magistrates for Sumter District
in the State of South Carolina and that the said persons have been
appointed by the Legislature and duly commissioned according to Law.
THEREFORE, All due Faith, Credit and Authority is, and ought to be had and given to his proceedings and Certificates as such.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused to be affixed the Seal of the State, in the City of Charleston & State aforesaid the Twenty second day
of June year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Forty Two and in the Sixty Sixth
year of the Independence of the
United States of America.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
M. Laborde
Secretary of State.
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15 May 1842
Saml Mc Bride, Bradyville


25
 P Cantwell
Charleston
So. Ca
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Bradleyville SC
19th June
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15th June 1842 Bradleyville So Ca
Dear Sir,
Enclosed you have Wm McIntoshy
affadavit of which I hope may be sufficiently full.
-
There is but one of the deponents of Sumter District.
Besides those I have already seen whose evidence  could be of any service to the [illegible] who
I calculate to see in a few days. Should his evidence go in any way to strengthen those already in
your possession - I will have it legally taken and send to you.  If not, you cannot collect
any thing more than we have furnished you with viz.
the subject. A large majority of the deponents in
Sumter Dist have emigrated from other States since the American Revolution - and from the earliest information I have had on the subject some of them serve this
county only by playing hide and go seek.
Collecting evidence on those deponents as they [illegible]
may is a matter of no little difficulty, particularly when
no written documents were kept by the soldiers themselves
and in a sparsely settled County such as ours still is.
To give you some knowledge as to our legal situation
at present-- the nearest magistrate lives ten miles from me
the next lives fifteen miles-- and the next some sixteen miles. The nearest Judge which is John S Richardson
lives thirty five miles. He evidently lives  near no where by any other officers of the law, even they thinly scattered.
 Yours Respectfully
S. McBride
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State of South Carolina
Charleston District ⎬ Personally appeared before me an acting
in & for said District Phillip Moore who being duly sworn
according to law says that he is the identical Phillip Moore who has heretofore testified in the pension
application of his Sister Mr Frances
deceased former widow of John McBride an officer in Marion's Brigade in the Revolutionary War
is now past Eighty seven years of age having been born
on the 1st of September 1768. That he has examined
Accounts marked No 474 Book in the name of John
McBride and the other therein signed by John McBride
in favor of George Warner before Gaim Witherspoon
Justice of the Peace and account No 497 book Y in the
name of James Tisdale in which there is a certificate
of six months & fifteen days service signed" John McBride
Capt. 1788 and account No 496 book Y in the name of
John Howard in which there is a certificate of 120 days
service signed "John McBride Capt, all of which said
accounts are in the Comptroller General's Office in this
Charleston City & are for services in the Revolutionary wa
And this deponent says that he knew James Tisdale, John
Howard, John & Samuel Wilson during said war as
whigs all of whom lived in the same neighborhood with
said John McBride & in which this deponent 
& that he knows positively that James Tisdale belonged
to same company with his said brother in law said
John McBride: That said John McBride was an officer in Marion's
Brigade just before he married this deponents said Sister
for the marriage took place in his thirteenth year & he rem
embers having a beautiful white chicken cock which
he prized highly and that his said sister begged of him the
feathers of his chicken to make a plume for her intended
as he was an officer & that this deponent refused her request.
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That afterwards in his absence she plucked the feathers of his
Chicken which enraged him greatly & he never has forgotten
this incident. Further this deponent says that he knows positively that McBride aforesaid was an officer in said Brigade for on three several occasions he saw him in the
Brigade in that capacity. That it was Militia service and his said brother in law would occasionally be at home with them & then
be called out again into service the times of which this deponent
think were generally for three months: That he recollects said brother in law & other of his company being made sick by drinking from barrels
rolled out of Bisson Church when the British had to leave
it. That immediately after the close of the war said Captain
John McBride taught school & this deponent was one of his pupils for about twelve months & was taught to write by said John McBride & has seen him write very many
times and retains a distinct recollection of his manner
of writing his name. And this deponent unhesitatingly believes
that the name of said John McBride signed his order in favor of George Warner who was deponents step father in account
No 474 book aforesaid & the name "John McBride Capt" Signed
to said certificate in account No 979 & 1796 book and aforesaid
are all in the proper handwriting of the said John McBride
his brother in law. That this deponent also knew Captain James
Witherspoon, Gavin Witherspoon & John Dickey the two latter
of whom were justices of the Peace & belonged to the said
vicinity of said John McBride on Black River in the present
District of Williamsburg in this State. This deponent attests to
have been wholly disinterested in giving this testimony.
Sworn to & subscribed this twenty second day of
December 1855
Before me
John A Gyles        Phillip Moore
Magistrate
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State of South Carolina
Charleston District
Personally appeared before me
an acting Magistrate in & for said District J.D. Yates
& William Laval who being duly sworn say that they 
 have long been well acquainted with the above deponent Phillip
Moore, and that they believe him to be of the age he represents
himself that he is of sound mind & memory & write his name
without the use of spectacles and that he is a gentleman of good
character & respectibility & one to whose statements as above
due full faith & credit Sworn to & Subscribed before me this
22d December 1855.
John A Gyles
Magistrate                        JD Yates.
                                         W Laval

And I the said Magistrate, do hereby
certify that I know I D Yates and W
Laval, The former of whom has twice
served as Sheriff of Charleston District and the latter of whom was late Treasurer of the State of South Carolina, and that they
persons occupying an honorable position in Charleston and that full faith and credit should be given to their statement as above.
Given under my hand the
22 Dec 1855
John A Gyles
Magistrate
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The State of South Carolina
Charleston District
Office Court of General
Sessions and Common pleas
I Daniel Horlbeck Clerk of said Court
do hereby certify that Jno A Gyles
whose genuine signature above is and was at the time of signing
the said a magistrate duly qualified
and authorized to administer oaths
that his attestation is in due form
and that full faith and credence are to be given to all of his official acts
as such; and that said Court is a Court of General jurisdiction and Record with a seal
Witness my hand and seal of said
Court at Charleston this 22nd December 1835
s/ Daniel Horlbleck CGS&CP
(Copy)
Comptroller General's Office
Columbia Decr 18th 1855
Major W. Laval
Dear Sir I send you as my Deputy in the Charleston end of this office, Revolutionary accounts on file in this Office, viz Act Book Y, No 474, 735, 796, 628, 983, and 979. This I do at the request of Jas Augustus Black Esqr who desires to prove the handwriting of certain signatures in
them, and which he informs me he can only do by Mr Phillip Moore of
your City, who from his great age and infirmity is unable to attend here for that purpose. You will keep these papers in your office until this is done, & then return them to this Office
Yours very respectfully
(signed ) J.D. Ashmore
Comptroller General

Comptroller Genls Office
Charleston So Car
I do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a Letter from the Comptroller General with the
Revolutionary Acts above referred to enclosed s/ W Laval Dep. Comtr Genl
Decr 22 1855
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Special Power of Attorney -- Carolinian Print.
The State of South Carolina
Sumter District
Know all Men by these Presents, that I Sophronia Muldrow
only living child of Frances Anderson deceased late widow
of John Anderson deceased a Revolutionary soldier and formerly widow of Captain John McBride an officer in the Revolutionary war, said
mother having as said McBride widow relieved a pension from the United States at the rate of seventy three Dollars & thirty two cents under act of Congress 4th July 1836
do make, constitute, and appoint James A Black Esquire of Columbia in this State my presence of
TRUE AND LAWFUL ATTORNEY for me and in my name place and stead to presents to final settlement my claim as such child of said widow pensioner to an increase of pension due my said deceased mother on account of services
rendered by said Captain McBride in said war, and also my claim
to any arrears of pension due my said deceased mother of the late widow of said John Anderson deceased under act 7th July 1838 to
all papers on file in the pension office Washington City and to fill such additional legal proofs and arguments as may secure my recovery of said claim for increase above stated.
With power also, an Attorney or Attorneys under him for that purpose, to make and substitute,
and to do all lawful acts for effecting the Premises hereby ratifying and confirming all that my
said Attorney or his Substitute or substitutes, shall do therein, by virtue thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and seal this the thirtieth day
of March
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five 
                      Sophronia Muldrow
Sealed and Delivered in the presence of                       [seal]
M E Muldrow
R M Muldrow

Be it Known, That on the Thirtieth day of March
one thousand
eight hundred and fifty five
and in the seventy ninth year of the Independence of the United States of America, before me,
P. M. Gibbons
 in & for said District & State duly commissioned and sworn a magistrate, came
Mrs Sophronia Muldrow above
named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affix my seal of office, at my office im Sumter 
District in the State of South Carolina, the day and year last mentioned.
P. M. Gibbons
Magst
Check certification magt on the book
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Mrs. Sophronia Muldrow to James A Black Power of Attorney

South Carolina
Sumter District
James A Black
I G S C DeSchamps
Clerk of the Court of  Common pleas and General Sessions for the District of Sumter and
State aforesaid do certify that P N Gibbon whose
genuine signature appears on the other side of this
Sheet, is and was at the time of signing the same,
and for the District & State aforesaid and
duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official
acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that the aforesaid Court of Common pleas
is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
I also certify that I have no interest in the result of the case, and am not concerned in its prosecution.
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Given under my hand & seal of office at Sumter Court House this second day of April Anno Domini 1855
G.S.C. Deschamps
CCP
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Mem. for the Commission
Claim for Pension
Frances Anderson,  former widow of John McBride, South Carolina, July 4, 1836
Mrs. Anderson was pensioned on the 29th day July 1842, under the Act of July 4, 1836, for 5 months and 10 days service of her first husband
John McBride, as a Lieut and 20 days as private in at the rate of $73.33 per annum.
Mrs. Anderson alleges that her husband entered the service in 1778  as a private in a company  called the kingstree company infantry under the command of Capts Plowden and
Hamilton, attached to the Regiment of James' command and afterwards by Col Horry Marion's brigade.
That he was in several "fights"
and also one of 38 men who captured British Baggage Wagon, at Keithfield.
That he served fifteen month as a private and

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that in the year 1780  and she believes the month of August after the  account of Capt. Hamilton  who then commanded the Kingstree company going over to the tories James Witherspoon  was appointed  Cap. of said company and John McBride who subsequently  became her husband Lieutenant  and in that capacity served to the end of the war. That she was married to the said John McBride on the 27th of March  1781  and which fact was shown by an extract  from the  Church reports at Bradleyville S. C.  The parole proof in support of the  answers  of the declarant  consisted  of the deposition of Philip Moore, her brother  who certifies that his  sister Frances was married  to John McBride as he believes in the year 1780 and that he knows  at the time of said marriage the  said John McBride was in service in the army as a private in the Kingstree  company  and  joined a part of Genl Marion's Brigade that
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he served as a private at least under (illegible) from August 1779 to August 1780 - that after
Gates was defeated at Camden, (Aug 16. 1780,) in consequence of the defection of Capt. Hamilton referred to in declarants' application, the said John McBride has elected (illegible) of the captaincy, and served as that in said compy to the end of the war. Deponet was too young to engage in the duties of a solder, but recollects the facts about which he has testified for the record he was there, several times at the Camps of Marion and proceeds to relate the (illegible) of the camp when he relates it.
The next affidavit is from Wm McIntosh who is a pensioner and of service in Marion's Brigade. He joined Marions Brigade in the latter part of March or the 1st of April 1781. He
frequently saw John McBride during duty in Marions Brigade in 1781 & 1782. He was serving as a private when Wm McIntosh, joined it, and he has reason to believe that
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McBride served a considerable time previous to his, McIntosh joining. He states that John McBride joined Genl Marion in September 1780, and continued to serve under him as a private until the latter part of the year 1781, when there was a Regiment of Regular Note he said, when McBride was Commisioned in said Regiment, and continued to serve as an officer during the War".
The above is all of the parol proof, whereupon before the office as to secure the Attorney presented.
But there has appeared evidence for the office of the Comptroller of South Carolina that a John McBride had an Indent for £51.19:3¼ paid to him on the 21st of Mar. 1785, 105 days duty as a Lieut, & 60 days duty as Capt in Horry's Regiment of Marion's Brigade. The same was examined on
the 28th of June 1842, when some better evidence of the date of the marriage was required, which having been furnished, it was allowed
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on the 28th of Jany 1842 for 5 months and 10 days as a Lieut and 20 days as a private.
As that data the service was reported does not appear, but of saved after the Comptrollers Certificate it is endless mess assisted as 
that certificate that John McBride served 105 days as Lieut and 60 days, as Captain in 1781 & 1782.
Mrs Anderson died a pensioner of the service aforesaid and made the day of her death March 3d 1843 - and her only surviving child, Sophronia Muldrow, Now older, is honoring her mother's [illegible] have the death payments and as addable to the 
payments above rated, Seeing the Records in the office of the Comptroller of South Carolina, on the 24th of May last, James A. Black Esq, Columbia S.C. transmitted to this office The papers marked Nos 1 & 2. The first is a duplicate of the certificate which accompanied
Mrs Anderson's original application, 
(Crossed out - No2 is a )
105        108
  60          60
6/175
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so far as states, to the service of John McBride
but it contains a  [illegible] item showing that a Robert Dick had an  Indent issued to him on the 31st of Dec. 1785, of 497 days duty under the command of Hugh McCullough
Leut., and John McBride Captain Genl Marion's Brigade. No 2, is a certificate showing that certain officers who did service in Marions' Brigade did not present an account of them since and was attached to I suppose, to select the assumption that John McBrides account included all of the actions since rendered by him. He alone [illegible] was considered on the 28th of May last, and a witness for expressed to adjust the laws on the loses of the Comptrollers Certificate of service admitted in the adjustment of John McBrides' account - per 105
days duty as Lieut. and 60 days duty as Captain. But the additional service which A. Black referred was also rendered by McBride, or Captain in particular
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per the claim a Robert Dick, in 497 days, was reported as the person at the collection of  names & the account, together with the fact that
McBride had in 1785 presented an account of only 60 days as Captain, monitor his reference that McCollough & McBride held separate commands in Marions' Brigade, was
that the said 497 days as the award of service medal by Dick under both officers.
On the 19th of June last Mr. Black
forwarded the supplemental object
marked No. 3, where in my opinion, has naturally changed the character of the account. The first item in that certificate, to which I grant much attention, is that marked No. 1
in Red Ink which shows that a John Wilson assumed to have served 150 days duty as Sergeant in Capt McBrides company in 1781 - there is affixed to that item, a memorandum in red ink, said to be in the hand writing of the Auditor General of S.C. as follows
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"2d Lieut. & Capt." The 2d item in Red Ink, is a Certificate signed John McBride, Capt. and apparently dated in 1782 that John Howard served under him in Col Archbald McDonalds' Regt. of Militia at sundry times, [illegible]  to 120 days. the 3d item in said certificate in red ink, is on the certificate Signed John McBride Capt. Pvt James Tisdale served six months and fifteen days in Col Hugh Horry, Regiment & Genl. Marion's Brigade, in his, McBrides' Company. Appended to the certificate of the Comptroller is a supplemental
certificate, that after comparing the signatures to the other certificates, make the certificate to the account of 105 days duty as Lieut and 60 days Captain, this fully satisfied 
that they are all in the hand-writing of the same person; and in the above certificate M. Black called that his [illegible] shows that John McBride served 10 months and 15 days as Captain and 3 months and 15 days
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as Lieut. To show how far this assumption is [Illegible]  it will be necessary to review the list [Illegible] 
In the first place, it is a remarkable picture in the [Illegible]  that the widow of the soldier for above service the claim is specific, makes no allowance whatever to the fact that he ever held the rank of Captain. She alleges that he entered the service in 1779 as a private in a comp. of Infantry called the Kingstree Company and served in the war 15 months as a private. That in the year 1780 in the rank of Sergeant in consequence of the defection of Hamilton who commanded the company, James Witherspoon was appointed Captain and he was made Lieut. in the said company in which capacity he served to the end of the war. She has evidently mistaken the year of Hamilton's defection as far [Illegible]
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manage which took place the 27th of March 1781. Then a natural fact in the case and is sustained by the Accounts one witness. The first is the witness Philip Moon. The [Illegible]
that her sister was named as she believed in 1780 and her [Illegible] saw John McBride was a [Illegible]at the time of his marriage. That it once made a mistake as to the marriage year or to the rank of McBride she could not have erred [Illegible] that he served in the capacity of private at least twelve months to wit from Aug. 1779 to August 1780 again [Illegible] the times of his sisters marriage according to his recollection of its date and next proceeds to relate McBrides promotion to the rank of Lieut. as before stated in which rank he served to the end of war. The next witness is as stated William McIntosh. He joined Marions Brigade in 1781 in the latter part of March
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[illegible] John McBride was serving as a private and [illegible]  believed that he served in that capacity [illegible]  McIntosh,  joined Marions Brigade and further that he has reason to believe that McBride joined Marions Brigade in September 1780 as continued to serve under him as a private until the latter part of the year 1781 at which time there was a Regiment of rifle that [illegible] in which McBride was commissioned and continued to serve as an officer during the war. [illegible] stated a further [illegible]  of the assumptions that Philip Moon [illegible]  mistake as to the grade [illegible]  held in Marions camps when he was married that said camps [illegible] saw until June 1780 [illegible]  in Dec 1782. With the fact that McBride was a private at the date of his marriage.
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March 27, 1781 we can better understand the applicability of the payments of the Comptrollers Certificates. The first certificate No 1 [illegible]  the account of a John McBride for 105 days duty as Lieut. in Col Horrys Regiment in 1781 & 1782. There are no means of addressing his [illegible]  of the said service he made in 1781 or how much in 1782 [illegible]  commissioned as Lieut. a private to a [illegible]  It however in my opinion cared the extra service in those grades of the party who renders it - for it was in the shape of am account prosecuted in 1785 and its presentation generated of all the forms of law and the allegations of honor. This passage that it was the account of Frances Anderson's first husband (John McBride) that the fact that she does not allude to a know of his rank as a captain that it was not known to his brother in law and his [illegible] the marriage in the Comptrollers certificate No 3
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[Illegible]
The first number has certificate referring to a Captain McBride is the copy of the account of John Wilson Jr service in his company as a Sergeant in 1781 said 150 days. That  item has new corrections [Illegible] added- the first, that the service is 135 days and said that McBride was 2d Lieut. & Capt.  Taking the corrected estimate of service as the true one it shows that Wilson served [Illegible] under John McBride. That McBride must therefore have been commissioned as early as the 15th of August 1781 of 135 days nor rendered under him in that year. Has the question [Illegible] was that McBride the first husband of Frances Anderson? McIntosh a companion in arms states that Mrs Andersons first husband
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Joined Marions Brigade Sept. 1780 and continued to serve under him as a private into the latter half of 1781 which could not have been less than 15 months to Dec. 1781. Mrs McBride dates the appointment of her husband as a Lieut. in August 1780 as does her brother Philip Moore. But, as he was [Illegible] serving as a private at the date of his marriage March 27, 1781 he must have served only a brief period  as a Lieut. in 1780 and again [Illegible] entered the service as a private and when again promotedin the ranks [Illegible] March 27 1781. Is it probable that [Illegible]
one year after her marriage that his wife would have no [Illegible] of the fact?
[Illegible]
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the supernumerary officers. Two of the party who were officers or named as such but John McBride is merely referred to as being "not always at his post"
---
The next item is the certificate of the comptroller [illegible] marked No 3, to which attention [illegible] is not marked as [illegible] being a certificate not "John Howard served under me (John McBride) in Colonel Archibald McDonald's Regiment table, at sundry times amounting in the [illegible] to 120 day 1782"

It is easy to notice that the the certificate alleges that Howard served under him, and McBride does not say in his company and also not now the "sundry times" for the [illegible] services rendered

But the "times" are explained by Howards account who has charged his 120 days duty to Monroe's brigade. Then comes the query was [illegible] commonly as Lt & Captain at same time, as and for the Auditors  directives on John Wilsons account and if and of so does not the certificate not
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Was his entire service?The next item in Certificate No 3 is that marked No 3 in Red Ink - being a certificate from John McBride Capt. that James Tindale served 4 months and 15 days in Col Horry's Regiment in his McBrides Company and dated 1782. The time this service was rendered is also secondly the account of the soldier in 1782 and no doubtless in the same Regiment as that to which [Illegible] for Horry had command of McDonalds Regt in 1781&1782, he (McD) [Illegible]
John McBride who also served at least 4 & a half months in 1782. The husband of claimant
[Illegible]
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Captain John McBride in the service of South Carolina and get a certificate of pension for his claim for service as a private [Illegible] least?
I made clear reference to another item in certificate marked No 3 where thereof further doubt upon the question of [Illegible] in the account of Samuel Wilson at the head of the 2d page No 628 the [Illegible] 60 days duty in Capt. Mouzon's company in 1781, 90 days duty in Capt John McBrides company in 1781, and 122 dys duty in Capt James Witherspoons company in the years 1781 & 1782. Now it was to the company of Witherspoon that the husband of the declarant was appointed as Lieut. August 1780, according to Mrs Andersons attestant [Illegible] however that she was mistaken and that he was appointed in August 1781
[Illegible] served as a Captain 90 days in the year of his marriage [Illegible]
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25 May 1842
J Mc Bride, Letter
James Life Marion [illegible] 153

[illegible] dleyville SC 12mo
11 May 
Mr W C Dukey
Charleston, S. C.
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Bradleyville 25th May 1842
Dear Sir
In sending the Documents collect for my mother by last mail to Mr Cantwell I neglected to take copy of them for fear they may be lost, or, Mislaid- Please procure copies of the same and keep them for me untill called for which would be a satisfaction to me and save much trouble 

I also neglected to state to him
that in James History of Marion Brigade Page 153- he will there see some recognition of my Father John McBride. it is the only place where Judge James Mentions his name
The Judge himself was one of Marions Malitia- The History  was published in 1821 by Gouess and Riley Br [illegible]
I feel truly sorry I have to trouble you & much for my neglect - the only excuse I can offer [illegible] of Body caused from the labor I had to under go in collecting  the same  from Individuals
Your attention to my request will oblige
S. Mc Bride
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The following items are referred to in support of the
claim of Wm F. Anderson for a pension.

Judge James States in the title page of his Life of Brigadier
General Francis Marion, "and of the history of the Brigade,
that, it had its rise, in June 1780, and was "disbanded", in
December 1782" --- He further states at p. 153.
27, January 1781. "The party under Major John Postell succeed
in taking Eleven british waggons with soldiers clothing at
Keithfield consisted with the officers of 38 men"_ *__"of these 38
men the only survivor is Richard Green a respectable and
opulent planter on Black river."  * * * * 

There is a list of the names of the Thirty eight, many of
whom fought then and afterwards with great bravery-
John Feithey then a Lieutenant after being promoted to a
Captain was killed in a skirmish at Avants ferry on Black
river.__ Thomas Potts Jun a Leit was twice wounded.__ John Mc Bride
father of the late friend of the author Dr James McBride was
always at his post.

See "life of Brig. Genl. Frances Marion and a history of his
Brigade from its rise in June 1780 until disbanded in
December 1782,"

"By William Dobin James, A. M. During that period
one of Marion Militia at present one of the associate Judges
in Equity South Carolina.
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The State of South Carolina⎬ 
                       Sumter District ⎬ To all whom
it may concern. [illegible] the undersigned do
hereby certify that we have been personally
acquainted with Mrs Frances Anderson of Bradleyville
Sumter District for more than twenty years, and that
from our own observation and the general character
the Sustains in the neighborhood in which she resides, and
from the universal Esteem and Respect entertained for
her by her numerous acquaintance, and from her - 
constant and Exemplary  deportment as a Christian:
we do most cordially recommend her as one in
whom the most implicit reliance may be placed
in any statement she may make.

Witness our hands this 11th day of May
One thousand eight hundred and forty two
M. P. Mayes
Stephen Lacoste P. M. Mt Clios
James E Witherspoon
Wm  Harris
R. Muldow
John Lemmon
Muldrow Post Master at
Bradleyville S.C.
Wm McIntosh P M Salem S.C
James E. Wilson
Hugh Wilson
Wm W Bradley
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Charleston So Ca 28 May 1842

I hereby certify that I have examined a paper
under the date of 11th May last in support of a claim
for a pension, purporting to have been written by citizens
of Sumter District in behalf of Mr Frances Anderson of said
district, and that I knew intimately the Signatures to it of
Stephen Lacosta,  W.E. Muldrow, Wm McIntosh & R. Mul
drow, and that I know all the individuals whose names are
affixed to it except John Lemon John P. Mayes and be
lieve  their signatures to be also genuine

Benjn Gildersleeve
Minister of the Petition Church

I concur with the Revd Gilderslee in affirmingmy
 Knowlege of the above parties and of the signature, with
the exception of Mr John Lemmon with whom I am not acq=
=uainted in truth several of the Signers to the said document
and Citizens of high standing in the up Country. I am the pastor
for many of them in this City
W. C. Dukes
Exchange wharf

We are acquainted with most of the names attached
to a certificate in favor of Mr N. Anderson and 
are all at a highly [illegible] Character

Robinson Caldwell
[illegible] Whaley. Charleston S C
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27 May 1842
Revd [illegible] Gildersleeve
attests that Rev G. C. 
Gregg is a Presby-
terian minister
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Charleston 27th May 1842
This is to certify that the Rev. Geo. C. Gregg is an
ordained Minister of the Presbyterian Church in connexion
with the Presbytery of Harmony and the Synod
of South Carolina & Georgia, and that all his act such
as the solemnization of marriage & an to be respected as
such, and any veripiation of his touching any document
or record of the church is entitled to the fullest confidence
B. Gildersleeve
Stated Clerk of the Synod of
South Carolina & Georgia

P.S. I have since writing the above, seen Rev Geo. C. Gregg's
signature to other Record of the marriage of Mrs Frances Anderson
and from my knowledge of his hand believe it be genuine
B. Gildersleeve
J. C. L. S. [illegible]
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11 May 1842
Certif [illegible]
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State of South Carolina}
                Sumter District}
I George C. Gregg
the present Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of
Salem, South Carolina, Bradleyville, do hereby certify
that the following registry stands recorded in the Family

Bible of Mrs Frances Anderson, Towit
John McBride born 6th October 1758
Frances Moore born 17th October 1763
John McBride and Frances Moore Married 27th
March 1781. Samuel McBride Born 27th April 1782
John McBride died 9th Jany 1791
John Anderson and Frances McBride was
Married 30th April 1793
John Anderson died 19th April 1805.

The above is a true copy taken from the
original this 11th day of May 1842

Geo. C. Gregg

State of South Carolina }
Sumter District}  
This is to certify the above named Geo. C. Gregg is the regular enstalled Pastor of the
Brick Church of Salem Sumter District (as then 
called Bradleyville of the Presbyterial Order)

Sumter District
May 11th 1842 

Stephen Lecoste
Magistrate
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State of South Carolina ⎬
Sumter District                 ⎬ Personally appeared
before the undersigned, Samuel McBride, who
being duly sworn deposeth and saitheth, that
according to the declaration of his mother, and
from the record in the Family Bible, he belives
he is now in the Sixtieth year of his age

Sworn and subscribed
before me this 11th day of
May 1842.

S McBride

Stephen Lacoste⎬
Magistrate.           ⎬
                        SEAL
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The State of South Carolina
District of Sumter
On this 19th day of May 2 Personally appeared before me William Douglas resident of
Williamsburgh Dist. South Carolina aged Seventy four years. who being duly sworn according to law, deposeth that he knew John McBride and Frances Moore, who after my acquaintance
became man and wife- deponent further says he knew them well they all lived near each other, in the neighborhood of Kingstree S.C. that to the best of he collection, they were married in 1780 or 1781. That John McBride Died in the year 1790 or 1791. and that his widow Frances McBride-- afterwards married Mr John Anderson of (Now) Sumter Dist South Carolina Bradleyville which said John Anderson has been dead some thirty or thirty five years ago, and that the said Frances Anderson has remained a widow ever since.

Deponent further sayeth that he is well acquainted with Mr Philip Moore the Brother of said Frances Anderson who must now be seventy two or seventy three years of age. Mrs. Frances
Anderson his sister being some few years the Eldest - deponent  further states from his knowledge that implicit confidence may be placed in what they State.

Deponent also states - that he was too young to enter the service at the commencement of the American revolution, and when of sufficient age to do military duty he was employed in making swords for the Americans-- which deprived him of any personal knowledge of the Military service rendered by John McBride but from the statements he frequently made in his presence during the war - that he the deponent fully believes the said John McBride done his full part of Military duty
of a private and an officer throughout the war-
William Douglas [signature]

Stephen Lacoste Magistrate


State of South Carolina 
Sumter District 
This is to certify that I have been personally acquainted with Wm Douglas for the last 20 years and how him to be a respectable man, and a man of impeachable veracity - S Lacoste Magistrate
May 20th 1842
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South Carolina
Sumter District
On the ninth day of June, Personally appeared before the undersigned Wm McIntosh of Salem County and district of Sumter. Aged 70 years, Port Master of Salem [?] for 35 years and a Revolutionary Pensioner, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath certify that, he was generally acquainted with John McBride who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Defendant saw him frequently doing duty in Marion's brigade in the years 1781-1782. Def. has reason to believe [x] John McBride was with Def. at the taking of a British Scott's Lake on the [x], and at the taking of Fort Nott, Dept. Saw said John McBride at the taking of Georgetown, and Def. saw him at the [javeral?] encampment with Gen. Marion the Santee and elsewhere, from the great length of time since the [x] actions were performed I cannot bring to my recollection all the places I might have seen McBride doing duty in the revolutionary War. Def. joined Marion's early in the year 1781. Thing it was in the latter part of March or first of April, it was June that time that I saw John McBride performing the services which are [x] to the best of my recollection on [x]. I believe I said McBride was serving as a private when [x] joined Marion's Brigade inland of church of Saint [x], and I have reason to believe he served a considerable time previous to my joining Marion's, that, he served under General Moultrie... Black Swamp in 1779, that he won with Marion when Colonel Watson attempted to crop the lower bridge below the Kings Tree. I have reason to believe that John McBride joined Gen. Marion in September 1780 and continued to serve under him as private until the latter part of the year 1781, which could not be less than fifteen months, he served as a private in the latter part of 1781, there was a [x] regular that troops raised, and Mr. McBride was conscripted in said redgment(sic), and continued to serve as officer during the war. So sworn to before me the day year above written. I do certify the credibility of the affiant. 
P.S. Worsham
Magister of Sumter.
Km. McIntosh
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[left side]

Fees $1.00
Paid

[right side]

February 1842
Certif
Comptr  General
No 5611
 _______

No  1
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[page on right side torn off-some words and numbers missing]

Indent Book⎬
Y. No 474     ⎬

SEAL
No 1.

Issued 21 st November 1785 to
Mr John McBride for £ 51" 19 " 
3 ¼ Stg duty as a Lient of Mil
ilia in 1781 & 1782, Per  c/ audited
Principal £ 15 "  19 " 3 ¼ 
Interest     £  3 "  12 "
John McBride

SEAL
No 2

His c/ for 105 days duty
Lient & 60 days duty as Capt
in Col Hugh Horrys Regt in 17
& 1782 Marions Brigade Vizt Lieut
a 5 / per day & Capt 8 @ 6 per Ju day
Charged Fig                            £  52.
deduct [illegible] as Capt           0
Aud Stg                                    _______
        [illegible ]                          £  51 "

Compt Genl Office                 ⎬
Columbia 26th Febry 1842 ⎬
I hereby certify
the foregoing memorandum [illegible ] to be a true
copy taken from the margin of Indent Book
Y. No 474, deposited in this Office:that Po 2.
is a copy of the of audited & for which the
said Indent was issued

Wm F. Arthur
  [illegible ]  Comp Genl