Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,221, for William Mc Cord, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)
Service
Penn. 
McCord, William 
Number 
W. 25.221
Bell, Sarah
Former widow
B.L.Wt. 26164. 160. 55
Comments
[arrow pointing to the name Bell "His name was Robert. no pen. claim']
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[left side of document]
17.264 R
Pennsylvania

William McCord,
of [handwritten "Beaver County"] in the state of [handwritten "Pennsylvania"] who was a [handwritten "sergeant"] in the regiment commanded by Colonel [handwritten "Stuart"] of the [handwritten "Pennsylvania"] line, for the term of [handwritten "three years."]
Inscribed on the Roll of [handwritten "Pennsylvania"], at the rate of [handsritten "8"] dollars per month, co commence on the [handwritten "21st"] of [handswritten "April 1818"]
Certificate of Pension issued the [handwritten "30th"] of [handwritten "May 1820"] and [handwritten "sent to David Drennan Esq.
Beavertown, Beaver County, Pa."] 
Arrears to 4th of [handwriten "March 1820 --$ 179-69"]
semi-anl. [semi-annual] all'ce [allowance] ending [handwritten "4 Sep 1820 ditto [$} 48
22 mo 10/30 & 4/30. $227 - 69
20/78 Beaver"]
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
[handwritten "Continued"]

[Right side of document, all handwritten]
Notification sent to the Hon. Mr. Moore
2 January 1821 House of Rep. [Representatives]
Hon. Davis Ritchie  Jany [January] 18 1833
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4,993
Pennsylvania, Pitts.
[handwritten "Sarah Bell, formerly"] widow of [Handwritten "Wiliam McCord, Penn"]
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a [handwritten "serveant"]
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of [handwritten " 96"] dollars , [handwritten "00"] cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued [handwritten "3d"] day of [handwritten "March 1855"] and sent to [handwritten "C. Hasbrouck Pitttsburgh Pa"]
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page [handwritten " 102"] Vol. [handwritten "a"]
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The
Sarah
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Act March 3, 1832
71373 W/D 16/33
Cu: C.C. Tucker. Oct.18"/55
Sarah Bell wid
for William McCord
Sergeant
Lige
Vital Me
Boile
out
7/17
Rev.
Pensioner
3
252
Charle Luck
Present
C.C.
Tucker Act 1853
Vol M 1. page 160
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William McCord
Sergeant
76 to 79
Broadhead Pennsyla
Regt.
not on Roll
Proof of Service is wanted-
Judge to certify to the credibility
of the witness
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Beaver County fs
On the 11th day of May 1819 before me the subscriber one of the afsociate [associate] judges of the court of Common Pleas for the County of Beaver in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania personally appeared William McCord aged Seventy years resident in Beaver County Pennsylvania who being by me first sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congrefs [Congress] entitled on act to provide for certen [certain] persons engaged in the land and navil [naval] service [crossed out] in [\crossed out] of the United States in the revolutionary war. That he the said William McCord enlisted for three years (and was appointed a sergent) in westmoreland county Pennsylvania in March 1776 in the company commanded by captain Joseph Irwin in a riffle Battalion commanded by Col. Dan'l [Daniel] Brodhead in the Pennsylvania line on the Continental Establishment that he continued to serve in said corps untill it got reduced annd after the battle of Long Island it was incorporated with the 13th Pennsylvania regiment commanded by Col. Walter Stuart. That he continued to serve [crossed out] and [\crossed out] in said corps or in the service of the United States untill he became and invalid and was sent to the Hospatle [hospital] at Trenttown in Jersey and was discharged from the Hospatle [Hospital] as unfit for further service in December 1777 by Col. Nichol Commandant, that he was in the Battles of Long Island N. York and Brandywine and Germantown in Pennsylvania. That he has been a cripple ever since he was discharged and reduced circumstances and needs the afsistance [assistance] of his country for support and that his discharge is lost or worn out. Sworn to and Declared before me the day and year afforsaid. Davd [David] Drennan Wm [William] McCord
The above applicant William McCord made application to me and I took his deposition the 21d day of April 1818 and transmited it to the war office, and it was returned for want of the nefsary [neccessary] certifacate. Davd Drennan
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I David Drennan afsociat [associate] judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Beaver in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William McCord did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the proceding declaration against the common enemy, for the term of nine months at one time on the Continental establishment, and I now transmit the procedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of war, pursuent to the directions of the afforementioned act of Congrefs [Congress], I am also satisfyd [satisfied] that he needs the afsistanses [assistances] of his country for support, in Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of May 1819
Davd [David] Drennan

[written vertically]
William McCord
Sergeant
76 to 79
Broadhead, Pennsylvania Regt.
not on Roll
Proof of service wanted  - Judge to certify to the credibility of the witnefs [witness]

[written horizontally again]
Pennsylvania
Beaver County fs
I Thomas Henry Prothonotary [ie. chief clerk] of the Courts of Common Pleas & in and for said County do certify that David Drennan Esquire who took the foregoing deposition was at the time of taking the same and continues to be one of the judges of the Courts of the said County of Beaver duly commifsioned [commissioned] & sworn to all whose official acts as such full faith & credit is and ought to be given, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Beaver the 2d day of July Anno Domini 1819
Thos [Thomas] Henry Pro thy [prothonotary]
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State of Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
S.
On this Sixth day
of February, eighteen hundred and fifty -
five personally appeared before me, one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas-
-
in and for said County of Allegheny, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the same being a Court
of law and record Sarah Bell, a resident of Ohio
township, in the said County of Allegheny and State
aforesaid, aged Seventy-eight years, who from bodily
infirmity is unable to appear in Court, and
who being first duly sworn according to law
doth on her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made
by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d February 1853,
granting pensions to widows of persons who served
during the revolutionary war: that she is the widow
of William McCord, who was a revolutionary soldier
and Pensioner under the Act of 1818, (as she believes)
and who was paid, as she believes at the Pittsburgh
Agency; (he having received his pension in his lifetime
at some Bank in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and for
a description and proof of whose services, his rank,
the time when he entered and left the service, the
names and rank of the officers under whom the
service was performed, and the place in which he
resided when he entered the service, she refers to
the papers on file in the Pension Office, upon which
he obtained a pension in his lifetime:--
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She further declares that she was lawfully
joined in marriage to the said William McCord
on the thirteenth day of September, eighteen hundred
and thirty: that her said husband died in
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, aforesaid on the Second - day of March eighteen hundred
and thirty-two; that she was not married
to him prior to the second day of January, eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated.
She further declares that she was, after the
death of the said William McCord, married
to Robert Bell, on the fifteenth day of June,
eighteen hundred and thirty-five (or six): and that the said Robert Bell, her last husband, died on
the fourth
day of May - eighteen hundred
and fifty-one (as she verily believes): and that she is now a widow.
Sarah Bell
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
first above written, before me.
(The words "as she verily believes" interlined above before signing -
G. Adams
Assonate Judge
Court Com Pleas
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Pennsylvania
Allegheny County ⎬ ss
I, Edward Campbell Jr.
Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County
of Allegheny, in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, the same being
a Court of law and records
do certify that Gabriel Adams, before whom the
foregoing Affidavit was taken, was at the time
of taking the same, and now is one of the Associate
Judges of said Court, duly elected, commissioned
and sworn; and that his signature subscribed to
said affidavit is in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court
at Pittsburgh, this tenth - day of February,
A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
Edward Campbell Jr
Prothonotary
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State of Pennsylvania
Allegheny County,
City of Pittsburgh
On this Eighth day of
February, eighteen hundred and fifty five, personally
appeared before me, an Alderman in and for said City,
and, ex officio, a Justice of the Peace in and for said
County of Allegheny in the said Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
, Philip Kingsland, aged fifty-six years a
resident of the City of Allegheny, in said County of Allegheny
, and State aforesaid, of whose veracity and credibility
I have the most satisfactory evidence from the
accompanying Affidavit of William B. Shaffer and
the said Philip Kingsland being by me duly sworn
according to law, doth on his oath depose and say that
he was well acquainted with William McCord a
revolutionary Pensioner; and also that he is a son of
Sarah Bell, who are both named in the accompanying
Application for a pension; that the said William
McCord, in his lifetime, to wit, on the thirteenth day of
September, eighteen hundred and thirty, was lawfully
married to the said Sarah Bell (then Sarah Kingsland,)
by James Young Esq. then an Alderman of said City, and ex-officio
Justice of the Peace
in and for said County of Allegheny, at Pittsburgh in
said County: that he the deponent was present at
and saw said Marriage performed; that the said parties
lived together as husband and wife until a certain
day, which deponent can not specify from recollection
but believes was the Second day of March, eighteen
hundred and thirty-two, when the said William McCord
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died at Pittsburgh in the County and State aforesaid
and that the said Sarah Bell has, from that time to
the present continued to reside in the said County
of Allegheny: and that she is now a widow.
That he, the deponent, knows the said Sarah Bell
who is named in the accompanying application for a pension
, to be the identical person whom he saw married
to the said William McCord, a revolutionary pensioner
as above stated, and who was his widow.
That he, the deponent remembers the day of the
month of the said marriage from the circumstance of
its being the anniversary of deponents birthday, and the
year from its being the same in which his, deponents,
eldest son was born; and he also remembers the time
of the death of said William McCord being in the month
of March eighteen hundred and thirty-two, by the same
being the year of a great and unusual flood in the rivers
at this place. He also says that he lately examined the
old family Bible of the said Sarah Bell, (his mother) but
can find no record there of either the time of said William
McCord's marriage or death: and that he, the deponent knows
of no other written evidence of either the said marriage or
death, than that of the marriage contained in a book kept
by said James Young Esq. who is since deceased, and which
book is now in possession of his son, John W. Young.
P. Kingsland
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above
written before me. (The words "Justice of the Peace " interlined on first
page before signing)
Thos. Steel)
Ald,
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State of Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
City of Pittsburgh
ss.
On this 8th day
of February eighteen hundred and fifty five, before
me, an Alderman in and for said City of Pittsburgh
and, ex officio, a Justice of the Peace in and for said
County, personally came William B. Shaffer of said
City, well known to me as a person of veracity and
credibility, who being by me duly sworn according to
law, on his oath saith that he is well acquainted
with Philip Kingsland of Allegheny City in
said County, and that he, the said deponent knows
the said Philip Kingsland to be a person of veracity
and credibility, and of good moral character.-
Wm B. Shaffer
Sworn to and subscribed before me, at Pittsburgh
the day and year aforesaid.
Thos. Steel
Ald.
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State of Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
City of Pittsburgh
On this Ninth day of February
eighteen hundred and fifty-five, personally appeared before
me an Alderman in and for said City of Pittsburgh, and,
ex officio, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County,
John W. Young, a resident of said City of Pittsburgh,
aged, fifty six - years, well known to me to be a person
of veracity and credibility, who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth on his oath depose and say that he
is a son of James Young Esq. late of the said City of Pittsburgh, deceased; that his said father James Young was
in his lifetime, for several years, and on the thirteenth day
of September, eighteen hundred and thirty, an acting Alderman
in and for said City of Pittsburgh; and that he
the deponent now has in his possession a Book containing a Record of Marriages performed by his said
father, and which book is in the handwriting of his said
father, the said James Young Esq. and contains among
others a record of Marriage as follows, to wit:
"Number Eighty-three, William McCorde to Sarah
Kingsland, September thirteenth, eighteen hundred and
thirty," which is a true copy of the said Record, with
the exception of the date and figures which are expressed in
the record in fair legible date and figures, as follows:
83.
---
William McCorde-
s
Sarah Kingsland
Sept.
13,
1830.
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The Deponent further saith that the foregoing is a
true copy of the said Record of Marriage contained
in said Book; and that said record could not be removed
from said book, without destroying or mutilating
other records contained therein, the leaf upon which
it is written containing records of the like kind on
both sides thereof.
John W. Young
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and ┃
year first above written.
And. McMaster
Alderman
I also certify that the above named John W.
Young has exhibited to me the Book above mentioned
and that the above is a true copy, (an exact copy,) of
the record of marriage therein contained and referred
to in the above affidavit.
And. McMaster
Alderman
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Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
ss
I, Edward Campbell Jr. Prothonotary
of the Court of Common Pleas
in and for said County of Allegheny
in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
, the same being a Court of law
and record, do hereby certify that
Thomas Steel Esq. before whom the
annexed Affidavits of Philip Kingsland and William
B. Shaffer were taken; and Andrew McMaster Esq. before
whom the annexed Affidavit of John W. Young was taken
, and whose certificate is appended thereto, were severally
at the time of taking the said affidavits, Aldermen
, respectively, of the City of Pittsburgh, and ex officio,
Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Allegheny
, and still are such, duly elected, commissioned,
and sworn, and authorized by law to administer
oaths for general purposes:- And I also certify
that their signatures subscribed to the said several
affidavits, and to the said Certificate, are in their own
proper hand-writing respectively.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the Seal of said Court at Pittsburgh, this
1
tenth - day of February, one thousand, eight hundred
and fifty-five.
Edward Campbell Jr
Prothonotary
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William McCord
Same as 
Mr. Stewart
17.264
Sept 1820
[initials]
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Beaver County of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
On the 18th day of September 1820 Personally appeared
in open Court being a Court of record for the County of
Beaver William McCord aged Seventy three years who
being first duly sworn according to Law doth on
his oath make the following declarations in order to
obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th
of March 1818 and the 1st of May 1820 that he the said
William McCord enlisted as a sergeant for the term
one year and nine months in the State of Pennsylvania
in March 1776 in the company commanded by Captain
Joseph [illegible] in the Rifle Battalion Commanded by
Colonel Broadhead incorporated with Colonel Stewart
Regiment in the line of the State of Pennsylvania on
the continental Establishment that he continued to serve
in said corps until he became an Invalid and was
sent to the Hospital at Trenton in New Jersey and
was discharged from there and from said service
unfit for duty in November or December 1777 that
he was in the Battles of Long Island and White
Plains & Kings Bridge and that he has been a cripple
ever since and that has no other evidence now in his
Power of his said service except what accompanied
his former application to the war office dated the 21st
day of April 1818 he was placed on the Pension list
Pennsylvania agency as will appear by his certificate
signed by the Secretary of war bearing date the
30th day of May 1820 N. 1754) and in pursuance
of the act of the 1st of May 1820 I do Solemnly swear
I was a resident citizen of the United States on the
18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since
that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed
of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby
to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provisions
of
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of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain
persons engaged in the land and Naval Service of the
United States in the Revolutionary war passed the 18th
day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person
in trust for me any property or Securities contracts or debts
due to me nor have I any income other than what is
contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me
Subscribed
Schedule
1 old horse
1 3 year old colt
3 Cows, 2 two year old
2 yearlings & 1 Calf
8 Sheep & 5 lambs
6 Hogs
1 old Set of wagon wheels
Kitchen & household
furniture not exceeding $20.00

Debts due the declarant
$50.00

Debts owing by the declarant
to James Wallace 13.00
five years wages to my
oldest son-
To Clark Dunlap - 2.00
To [illegible] Sadler
Wm McCord

Declarant Saith his occupation was a Sailor but
unable to follow it or any other business to procure
a livelihood, that his family consists of his wife and
old women and one son a cripple named James
aged 26 years and his Mother in law a helpless old woman aged 
upwards of Eighty and an orphan child Elizabeth
Farner aged 12 years &
Wm McCord
Sworn to and declared in
open court the 18th day of September
1826-
1
Tho Henry Bothy
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Pennsylvania
Beaver County

I Thomas Henn, Prothonotary of the
Court of Common Pleas of said county do
certify that the foregoing oath and schedule
thereto annexed as truly copied from the
records of said court and I do further certify
that it is the opinion of the court that the
total amount in value of the property 
Exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is two hundred fifty
eight dollars & fifty cents. In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said court at Beaver the 13th day of November
AD 1820

Dec 30th 1820
I certify that Wm McCord resides in
the County of Beaver in the State of
Penna
Robert Moore
M
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Act of Mar 3. 1855
Sarah Bell
widow of
William McCord
Original Claim
Pensioner Act of '53
Chas. C. Tucker
Atty.
Present
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State of Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
City of Allegheny
ss
On this fourteenth day
of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-five, before me an Alderman in and for said
city of Allegheny, and, ex officio, a Justice of the Peace
in and for the county and state aforesaid, personally
appeared Sarah Bell aged seventy eight years,
a resident of Ohio township, in said county of
Allegheny and state of Pennsylvania, who being
duly sworn according to law, declares that she is a
pensioner under the Act of 3d February 1853, at
the rate of ninety-six dollars per annum, payable
at the Pittsburgh Agency, as the widow of William
McCord, who was a Revolutionary pensioner under the
Act of 1818: and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose
of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she is entitled
under the Act of 3d March 1855, never having received Bounty Land or knowing that she
is entitled except for the service of her former husband, the said William McCord: and as proof of
her right to the same she refers to the evidence
on file in the Pension Office with her application
for her said pension.
And she hereby constitutes and appoints Chas.
C. Tucker Esq. of Washington, D.C. her attorney to prosecute her claim and procure her warrant; hereby
authorizing and empowering her said attorney to
obtain from the proper authorities at Washington
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City or elsewhere, certified copies of any Army
or Navy records or documents in which her
said husband's services may be recorded, and to
procure any and all other evidence that may
be necessary to establish her claim, as fully as
if personally present: and revoking and countermanding all former authority that may have
been given for the above specified purpose
Sarah Bell
Sworn to, subscribed, and acknowledged before
me the day and year first above written: and
on the same day personally came before me
W. B. Shaffer and D. W. Smith
both residents of the said county of Allegheny
in said state, and both known to me as credible
witnesses, who being duly sworn, declare that they
are personally acquainted with Sarah Bell, who
has made and subscribed the foregoing declaration,
and that she is the identical person who receives a
pension of ninety-six dollars per annum, payable
at the Pittsburgh Agency as the widow of William
McCord, under the Act of 3d February 1853, for
which she holds a pension certificate; and that
she is now a widow. And they further swear
that they are disinterested in this claim.
Wm. B. Shaffer
D. W. Smith
Sworn to and subscribed before me; and I certify that
I am not interested in the claim, or concerned in its
prosecution.
David Nelly Alderman
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ALLEGHENY COUNTY
State of Pennsylvania,
88
I, E Campbell
Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Allegheny, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the same Being a Court of Law and Record,
do by these presents certify, that David Nellie Esquire,
before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken, and who has thereunto, in his own proper handwriting, subscribed his name, was at that time, and now is, an alderman in and for the city of Allegheny and, ex officio, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by law to take acknowledgements, administer oaths, etc. to all whose acts, as such, due faith and credit are, and of right ought to be given, throughout the United States and elsewhere.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Pittsburgh, in the said County, this 14 day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and of the sovreignty and independence of the United States of America, the seventy-ninth
E Campbell PROTHONOTARY
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February 19, 1940.
Guyte P. McCord, Atty.
Tallahassee
Florida
BA-J/ADY
William McCord
W. 25221
Dear Sir:
The data contained herein were obtained from the
papers in the Revolutionary War claims for pension
and bounty land on file under W.25221, based upon the
military service in that war of William McCord.
The date and place of birth and the names of the
parents of William McCord are not shown.
William McCord entered the service in Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania, in March 1776, served as sergeant
in Captain Joseph Erwin's Company, Second Battalion,
Colonels Daniel Brodhead's and Samuel Miles' Pennsylvania
Rifle Regiment and in Captain John Marshall's
Company, Colonel Walter Stewart's Pennsylvania Regiment;
was in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, King's
Bridge, Brandywine and Germantown and was discharged
November or December 1777, from the hospital at Trenton,
New Jersey.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
May 11, 1819, at which time he was aged about seventy
years and a resident of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
He died March 1, or 2, 1832, in Pittsburgh, Penn
sylvania.
Soldier married September 13, 1830, in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, Mrs. Sarah Kingsland. She married June
15, 1835 or 1836, Robert Bell, who died May 4, 1851, in
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Sarah Bell was allowed pension on account of the
Revolutionary War services of her former husband, William
McCord, on her application executed February 6, 1855, at
which time she was aged seventy-eight years, and a resi-
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dent of Ohio Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
April 14, 1855, Sarah Bell applied for bounty
land while living in Ohio Township, Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania. She was allowed one hundred sixty
acres of bounty land, on account of the Revolutionary War
services of her former husband, William McCord, on
warrant No. 26164, under the Act of March 3, 1855.
In 1855, her son, Philip Kingsland, was residing
in Allegheny, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and
was aged fifty-six years. He was born on September 13.
said Philip Kingsland's oldest son, was born in 1830.
his name not given. There is no further information in
regard to said Philip.
In 1820, soldier's family consisted of his wife,
her name and age not given, his son James, aged twenty
six years, his mother-in-law, upwards of 80 her name
not given, and Elizabeth Garner, aged twelve years, an
orphan child, no relationship stated. Soldier's eldest
son was referred to in 1820, his name and age not
designated. There are no further family data.
For information in regard to the location of the
land you should address the Commissioner of the General
Land Office, Washington, D. C., and furnish that
official the number of the warrant, acreage, and the date
of the act.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of
pension, the name of person paid and possibly the death
date of widow, you should apply to the Comptroller
General, General Accounting Office, Records Division,
Washington, D. C., and cite the following data: "Sarah
Bell, former widow of William McCord, Certificate No. 4993, issued March 3, 1855, commenced February 3, 1853
rate $96.00 per annum, Act of February 3, 1853, Pitt
burgh Pennsylvania Agency#.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Cald Ills,
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25221
Sarah Bell
wid of
Wm McCord
Sergt Rev War
---
Act: Feb 3d 53
Index: - Vol. A, Page 55
(Arrangement of 1870.]

Apl.-16-1907
Lida Clarke 
Nov. 29, 1904 Hist to
Mrs. J. Craig Smith
Youngstown, Oh.
-
1910 Feby 5. Hist to Mr.
S. S. Davidson

1940 Feb 19 Hist to Guyte P. McCord See letter in [not able to transcribe]
194 Wm McCord
A.D.H.
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26,164
160 Acres
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5468
Sarah Bell
for: widow
Wm. McCord
Set:to C. Hasbrouck Feb [illegible]/55
Acts
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Sarah Bell
For: wife of
William McCord
Allegheny Co; Pa
Act/53
$96. per an.
Com: Feb. 3, 1853
P[illegible]
C. Hasbrouck
Pittsburgh, Pa.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Pension Office, Official Business
Commissioner
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[illegible] Office
Feby 28th 1855
Sir:
Please certify the time
to which the within named
pension was paid or the date
of his death.
Very Respectfully,
LP Waldo
[illegible]
Mr. Randall
R.J. Atkinson, Esq
[illegible] Auditor Treasury
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William McCord died 1 March 1832 paid.
Rob J. [illegible]
Auditor
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Washington City 15th Jany 1855
Sir
I have recd a letter from C. Hasbrouck
Esq of the city of Pittsburgh Penna to which I
beg leave to call your attention. Mr H
is known to me as a respectable attorney of
good character and I shall be glad if you
can comply with his request consistently with
the rules of your office
Very respectfully
Your obt servant
David Ritchie M.C
21 Dist Penna
Hon L. P. Waldo
Comr of Pensions
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Pittsburgh, Pa. February 10, 1855.
L.P. Waldo Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dr Sir:
Herewith I send
you an Application of Sarah Bell, (widow of
Wm McCord, a revolutionary pensioner) for a pension
to her under the Act of 3 Feb 1853.
Should there be anything more wanted to
establish her claim, it must be attributed to
my own inexperience in preparing the papers.
Hoping however that they will be found
sufficient, I will await a reply.
Very respectfully
Yours &c
C. Hasbrouck
P. S.
I have acted upon the supposition that her subsequent
marriage to Bell, will not prevent her from obtaining
a pension, she being now a widow.
C. H
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Pittsburgh Feb. 21. 1855.
L. P. Waldo Esq.
Commr of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Sir:
Enclosed I send
you Affidavits of John Fagg & Wm A. Adair
in support of the claim of Mrs Sarah
Bell for a pension as the widow of
Wm McCord, forwarded to you by me
ten or twelve days since.
I presume the one of Mr. John Fagg will
sufficiently prove her widowhood, identity &
McCords death, as required by your letter
to me of the 14th inst- the other
corroborative of it, as to her identity &
the pensioner's (McCords) death-
Accept my thanks for your prompt
reply & instructions of the 14th inst.
Very respectfully
Yours &c
C. Hasbrouck
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Brief in the case of Sarah Bell, formerly widow of Wm McCord.
Allegheny County and State of Pa
act 3 Feby, 1853
Claim, (original, for one
Proof exhibited, (if original)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was pensioner under the Act of 18 March 1818 [Cont?] @ the rate of
$96 per an: One witness was present, he swears at the marriage a copy of the Magistrate's record thereof is filed. Pensioner died 1st March
1832, [illegible] at Affidavit of two witnesses & report of the Third
Auditor
Three credible affiants testify to the applicants
widowhood [illegible]
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
C Hasbrouck Esqu
Pittsburgh, Pa
Name and residence of Agent

I.C. Boyton
Examining Clerk.
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Admitted
29 May 1820
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Beaver County  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Personally came before me the Subscriber one of the Judges the Court of Common pleas in and for said County of Beaver William Carson who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and
Saith that in the Summer 1776 he became acquanted with William McCord who was then a soldier or Sergant in Captain Marshalls Company
he believs in Broadheads, which was afterwards Myles regiment in the Pennsylvania line on the Continental establishment in the
revolutionary war, that he is confident said William McCord continued in said Corps or the service of the United States, untill he became an Inviliad in the fall or winter 1777, he was discharged from the hospital in Trent Town Jersey as unfit for further service
Said Deponent further saith that he was well acquainted with said William McCord  and that said William McCord is the same person that said deponent was an enlisted ^ soldier during said time in the afforsaid Regiment commanded by Col Myles [illegible]
William Carson
Sworn and subscribed before me
the 11th of November 1819
Davd Drennan
I do certify that William Carson the above deponent is a man of respectable charractor and a man of verracity -
Dav,d Drennan
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Deposition
Colo. J. Marshall
to the Pension Office
in favour of
Will. McCord,
a Sergiant in the
Revolutionary War

[imaginative designed signature or initials]

[Faintly handwritten below the only word visible is McCord]
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Washington County
Pennsylvania

Be it remembered that on the 20th day of April 18[smudged image]8. Before me William Hughes a Justice of the peace in and for said county, personally appeared Colo. John Marshall, who being sworn according to law, saith, that in May A.D. 1776 when a Captain in the 1st Battalion Riflemen- Commanded by Lieut. Colo Piper in the service of the State of Penn in the Revolutionary War; he, said deponent, became personally acquainted with a certain William McCord, (who is also personally present and known to be the man) a Sergeant in Captain Jos. Irwine's Company of the 2d Battalion Rifle Men, -
Commanded by Lieut Colo. Daniel Brodhead; which two Battalions, with one other of Musqentry were commanded by Samuel Miles, Esq Colo Commandant.
---That on the reduction of the Regiment, [strike outs] it was filled up and placed under the Continental establishment, when the said William, was placed in a Light Infantry company, commanded by this deponent, in the 13th Regiment of Pennsylvania,
Commanded by Colo Walter Stewart, and there continued as appears by his Muster Rolls, untill discharged therefrom as an inviled, sometime in the month of Nov.m or
December at Trent Town in the year 1777-
The said William, is now at this date an Invalid;-
and further this deponent saith not.

Sworn to and subscribed
the day and date aforesaid
Before me
Wm Hughes
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4993 Letter hand stamped with O.W.& N. DIVISION APR 13 1901 RECEIVED
Handwritten script GLW
Arcola, Ills.,
April 9, 1901.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C
My great, great
grandfather, William
McCord was in the
Revolutionary [Revolutionary is underscored twice] War, and
drew a pension of twelve
dollars a month in Pa.
I write to you to get a record of this military service.
He received a farm for his services, and was
married twice. His first
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wife, Rachel Gandy, was
my great, great grandmother

Respectfully,
Lida Clarke
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[In pencil pw Enc]
Ellwood City Pa
Jany 19-1910
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
The War Department refers me to you
to ascertain if you have any record of
William McCord a soldier of the Revolutionary war

An old history of Lawrence Co. Penna records the fact of his being in the said war and would be pleased
to know if you have a record of the same.
Please inform me if have
Yours Very truly
S. S. Davidson
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[Stamp indicating date received NOV 12 1904]

YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, Nov. 10, 1904
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Kindly forward me any information you have on record concerning the Revolutionary soldier, William McCord, who enlisted March
1776, from State of Pennsylvania, County of Westmoreland.
His Colonel was David Broadhead; his Captain was Joseph Irwin.
He applied for a pension in 1818. The claim was allowed, and pension received until his death, which occurred at Allegheny, Pa., in 1832.
Trusting I may receive from you further information, I am,
Very respectfully,
Achsa Ada Smith
542 Bryson St. Youngstown, O.
Address 
Mrs. J. Craig Smith
Handstamp PENSION OFFICE USA NOV 11 1904
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W
J. Craig Smith
8 MARKET STREET
REAL ESTATE
FARM LANDS,
TIMBER LANDS,
MINES AND MINERAL LANDS,
CITY PROPERTY.
[Stamp recording receipt of letter [illegible] NAVY NOV 28 1904 FILES]

Youngstown Ohio, November 25 1904
Hon. Eugene F Ware
Pension Commissioner
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly give me what information you have on record, concerning William McCord, a soldier of the
Revolution, who enlisted from Westmoreland County Penna in March 1776?
In 1818 he applied for a pension and the claim
was allowed.
Trusting you may find it convenient
to give this communication an early consideration, or refer me to some one who can so, I am very respectfully
Mrs J. Craig Smith
542 Bryson Street
Youngstown Ohio
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February 19, 1940.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

BA-JEMHF/ADY
William McCord
S.16194 [handwritten in ink Our]
Guyte P. McCord, Atty.
Tallahassee
Florida
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of all soldiers with the surname McChord and McCord of Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,
Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania, particularly James McCord
whose widow, Sarah, married William Moore in South Carolina
and moved, perhaps, to Georgia or Tennessee.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a James McCord, nor of any soldiers with surname McChord, nor of any soldiers, under any spelling of the name, of Tennessee.
Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, or Mississippi. Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by the Veterans Administration.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of that war.
The records are furnished you herewith of two soldiers, with the name William McCord, which, it is hoped, will aid you in your research.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[Upper left of document's print is missing.}
[missing] ply to your request of Jany 19, received Jany 21, 1910
[missing] tement of the military history of William McCord
[missing] of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
[missing] mation as contained in his (or striked over^and his widow's) application for pen
[missing] s on on f   [one would assume it read sion on file] in this Bureau.
W. File 25221.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Mch 1776
Disch Nov. 2 1777 from hosp at Trenton, N.J.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
1yr. 9 mos.
RANK,
Sergeant
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Joseph Erwine
COLONEL.    
Daniel Broadhead
Walter Stewart
STATE
2 Battalion Pa Riflemen
13 Pa
Battles engaged in, Long Is., White Pl King Br. Brandywine & Germ
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl. Westmoreland Co. Pa
Date of application for pension, May 11, 1819. [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Beaver Co, Pa.
Age at date of application, 70 He died Mch 1, 1832 Pittsburg, Pa
Remarks: 1820 [illegible] to wife ---- son James is 26 yrs. mo inlaw upwards of
80 & orphan ch Elizabeth Garner at 12 yrs. 
Sol. mar at Pittsburgh Pa. Sept. 13 1830 Mrs
Sarah Kingsland; she mar. June 15, 1835 or 6 Robert Bell who died May 4, 1851 she
was alld pens of the former wid of Wm McCord in her [illegible] Feby. 6. 1855
while 78 yrs. of age & a res. of Ohio twp, Allegheny Co. Pa. (In 1855 her son Philip Kingsland was 56 yrs. of age
Very respectfully,
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State of Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
City of Pittsburgh
On this twentieth day of
February eighteen hundred and fifty-five, personally appeared before me an Alderman in and for said City of Pittsburgh, and ex officio, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County John Fagg, a resident of Ohio Township in said County, aged fifty-eight years, and who is well known to me to be a person of veracity and credibility, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath depose and say that he is well acquainted with Mrs Sarah Bell a resident of Ohio township
aforesaid, and who is an applicant for a pension
as the widow of William McCord deceased;
that he, deponent has been acquainted with
her since the year eighteen hundred and twenty
-four: and also that he was well acquainted with
the said William McCord in his lifetime;
that he the deponent knows that the said Willliam McCord was a revolutionary pensioner, and that he was in his lifetime married to the said
Sarah, (then Sarah Kingsland; and that after they
had lived together for some time as husband and
wife, the said William McCord died at Pittsburgh
aforesaid on the second day of March eighteen
hundred and thirty-two, leaving the said Sarah
his widow: that afterwards in the year eighteen
hundred and thirty-five, the said Sarah, widow
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of the said William McCord, was married
to one Robert Bell, who died in the month
of May eighteen hundred and fifty-one, in
said County of Allegheny, since which
last mentioned date the said Sarah Bell
has remained a widow
Deponent for
the saith that the said Sarah Bell is the mother of Philip Kingsland of Allegheny City; and
that he the deponent well knows her the said
Sarah Bell who is an applicant for a pension
as above stated, to be the identical person who
was the wife of the said William McCord in
his lifetime, and whom he left a widow at his
decease as above stated; and that she the said
Sarah Bell is now a widow.
John Fagg
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
day and year first above written
Thos. Steel
Alderman
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Pennsylvania-
Allegheny County ⎬
I Edward Campbell Jr.
Prothonotary of the Court of
Common Pleas, in and for said
County, the same being a Court
of law and record, do hereby
certify that Thomas Steel Esq.
before whom the foregoing Affidavit was taken
and who has thereunto subscribed his name in
his own proper handwriting, was at the time
of taking the same, and still is an acting
Alderman in and for the City of Pittsburgh, and
ex officio, a Justice of the Peace in and for said
County, duly elected, commissioned and sworn
and authorized by law to administer oaths for
general purposes: to all whose official acts
full faith and credit are due.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court at Pittsburgh, this twenty first day
of February, eighteen hundred and fifty five
Edward Campbell Jr.
Prothonotary
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State of Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
City of Pittsburgh
On this twenty first day of
February, eighteen hundred and fifty five, personally
appeared before me an Alderman in and for
said City of Pittsburgh and ex officio, a Justice
of the Peace in and for said County of Allegheny
William A. Adair, aged forty-six-years, a resident
of said City, and well known to me to be a
person of veracity and credibility, who being duly
sworn according to law, doth on his oath depose
and say that he was well acquainted with Willliam McCord, a revolutionary
pensioner who
resided in the City of Pittsburgh, and who was
in his lifetime married to a Mrs Sarah Kings
land, the mother of Philip Kingsland of Allegheny
City in said County: that after they had lived
together as husband and wife for some time
the said William McCord died at Pittsburgh
aforesaid in the month of March, Eighteen hundred
and thirty two, leaving the said Sarah now
Sarah Bell, his widow.
That deponent can
not speak from his own knowledge as to her
subsequent marriage to Robert Bell, or as to
his the said Robert Bells death; but only that the
deponent well knew the said Wm McCord
in his lifetime, and that he knew him to be
a revolutionary pensioner, the fact and time
of his death, and that he left a widow
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who was the mother of said Philip Kings
land as above stated.
that deponent has
not seen her for some years past, but is
informed and believes she is still living
Wm A. Adair
Sworn to and subscribed before me the
day and year first above written.
Thomas Daft
Alderman
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Pennsylvania
Allegheny County ⎬
Edward Campbell Jr.
Prothonotary of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for said
County of Allegheny, the same
being a Court of law and record
do certify that Thomas Daft Esq.
before whom the foregoing affidavit
was taken, was at the time of taking the same, and still is an acting Alderman in and for
the City of Pittsburgh, and ex officio, a Justice of
the Peace in and for said County, duly elected
Commissioned and sworn, and authorized by
law to administer oaths for general purposes
and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court
at Pittsburgh this twenty-first day of February, eighteen hundred and fifty five
Canard Campbell Jr
Prothonotary