Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,245, for James Mc Farland, New York
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sERVICE
New York
CONTENTS
McFarland, James
---
Margaret.
NUMBER
W. 20.245
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7669
New York.

Margaret McFarland
widow of James McFarland,
was a private
the N. York line,
Albany Roll
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence
the 4th day of March, 1843.
on
Certificate of Pension issued
the
14 day of April, 1846
and sent to
Hon. D. Russell,
H. R.
Act of March 3, 1843.
Vol.
2
Recorded in Book A
Page 80-
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Thomas Boyd
Affidavit
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State of New York
Washington County
Thomas Boyd of the
Town of Salem County & State aforesaid being
duly sworn deposeth and saith that he has
resided in the town of Salem aforesaid from
before the commencement of the Revolutionary war
to the present time that he was well acquainted with
James McFarland who also resided in
the same place from before the beginning of the
said war to the time of his death which
took place in the month of August 1815
that the said
James McFarland Served
in the said war in the Militia of the said
State occasionally from the beginning of the
said war to its close, that this deponent
also served in the said Militia beginning
in this third year of the war in the month
of May to the close of the war under the
same officers and in the same company with
the said James McFarland that they both
served after this deponent intend under
Capt Thomas Armstrong and afterwards
under Capt. John Armstrong and in
Col. John Williams Regt. and afterwards
in Col. Alexander Websters Regt. to the end
of the war, that the first time they were
out together they went to Whitehall there
Called Skenesborough, which was in the Spring
Soon after he entered the service, the next
time they were out they went to Lake George
and that they were after out together
to
Whitehall Fort Ann Fort Edward & Lake George
and other places, and this deponent further
saith that he himself was out in the said
service at different time and places
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in all over nine months as appears from
the Records
in the Comptrollers office in Albany
in said State, and from his own recollection
but that he is not able to give the
exact
dates and times he was out nor the length
of time he was in the service each time he
was called out, and this deponent further
saith that the said James McFarland
was in the said service with him on all
occasions when this deponent was out
at the same time and places and that the
said James McFarland had to this
deponents knowledge been after ordered out and had after been in the said Sum
during the first & second years often was
before this deponent intend the
and this deponent further saith that
he was present at the Marriage of the
said James McFarland to Margaret Mathews
at the hour of her Father William Mathews
in the town aforesaid which Marriage
took place soon after the close of the said
was and in the spring of the year
Seventeen hundred and Eighty Six. that the
will married by the Revd James Proudfit
then Minister of the Associate Reformed Church
in said Town, that they lived together
and raised a family, to the time of
his death, which was in the month of
August 1815
and this deponent further
Saith that the said Margaret McFarland
has remained
unmarried
ever since
that her age is about Eighty two,
and that there is no word of their
marriage in existance to this deponents
knowledge
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and this
deponent further says
that he is a Pensioner & has
been for several years in the [illegible]
of thirty three dollars eighty
Cents per annum
Thomas Bryor
 
Subscribed & Sworn before me
this 20th day of December
1845
J A McFarland Justice of the Peace

Feby 25th 1846
I certify, that the above named
Thomas Boyd iI am well acquainted with & that he is 
a credible witness
J McFarland
Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Washington County Clerks Office
I William R Mills
Deputy Clerk of said
County do certify in
that at the date
of the foregoing Juralt& certificate
James A McFarland
was a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly
Elected and sworn and that his signature to said
Jurat and certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
Subscribed my name and affixed the
Seal of said County this twenty Eight
Day of February in the year of Our
Lord one thousand eight hundred
and forty six Wm.R. Mills Dep. Clerk
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Declaration of
Margaret McFarland
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July
1838, entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain Widows.

State of New York
Washington County ss. On this twenty ninth day of September one thousand eight hundred and forty five before me John
McLean First Judge of the County Courts of the said County of
Washington, personally appeared Margaret McFarland
a resident of the town of Salem in the said County of Washington, aged Eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the
act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows"" That is to say
that she is the widow of James McFarland who was a
private or corporal in the war of the Revolution as she is
informed and believes. & that he served as such at
various times in the Militia of the said State of New York
during the continuance of said war; That such
service, as she is thus informed and believes, was rendered
in part in Captain Edward Longs Company in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Alexander Webster in
part in the company of Captain Thomas Armstrong
and in part in Captain John Armstrongs Company in
the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Williams &
afterwards by Colonel Alexander Webster but at what
particular times he entered or left said service. she is in
able to state, nor is she enabled to state the length of time
of the various periods of such service, but as he is informed
& believes such service in the aggregate amounted to about
one year. That the said James McFarland, when said ser
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vice was rendered, resided in the said town of Salem, that in
the rendition of said service he at various times, marched
to Skenesborough, now Whitehall, to Fort Ann to Fort Edward
in the said County to Lake George and to Ticonderoga on
Lake Champlain. That she has no documentary evidence
in support of such service further than the certificate of the
controller of the State of New York, which is to this declaration
attached. She further saith that according to the
best of her recollection and belief she was married to
the said James McFarland in the spring & the
thinks in the month of March in the year
seventeen hundred and eighty
six; and that her
said husband, the aforesaid James McFarland
died in the month of August one thousand
Eight hundred and fifteen
That she was not
married to him prior to his having the service
but the marriage took place previous to the first
of January seventeen hundred and ninety four
at the time above stated. she further saith
that there is no record of her said marriage to her
knowledge and that she has remained a widow
since the death of her said husband James

Margaret her x mark McFarland

Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before
me John Mc Lean First Judge Wash. Co. Courts

And I the said Judge do certify that the above named Margaret McFarland subscribed the said declaration by affixing her
mark thereto for the reason that from bodily infirmity she was
unable to write her name, & that for the same reason she was &
unable to appear in court to make said declaration
John M Lean First Judge Wash. Co. Courts
and I the said Judge do further certify that I have
my known the above named Margaret McFarland, & that
she is a person credibility, in whose statements full faith
& credit should be placed
John McLean First
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[[column 1]
Revy
WIDOW, &c.

File No 20245
Margaret McFarland
Widow of
James McFarland
Pri Rev War
Act March 3d  43 & June 17th 44
Index: Vol. M, Page 24
(Arrangement of 1870.)

[column 2]
March 8/81 Mr Cole MFA
no pension or BL
allowed
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9950. New York

Margaret McFarland,
Widow of James McFarland,
who was a pensioner under the Act of
 and who died on the
August, 1815,
of Washington in the State of N. York
who was a private in the commanded by Captain
commanded by
the N. York
line or by
of the
in
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany,
at the rate of 20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of
April, 1846 and sent to Hon D.
Russell H. R.
Total amount, Book
Vol.
$100.00
Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by Will tenant
Clerk,
Page 169,
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Margaret McFarland
NY
Act 7 July '38

Admd
6 mo pri
20$

also act 42.&44
$20

Hon. D. Russell

Present
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Margaret McFarland
Wid 
Decration for pension

Jan 1 1846

May McFarland

July 7 1838

Dint
Salem
Wash County
N York

Hon D Russell
Salem
Wash Co
NY
Jan 1 46
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State of New York
Washington County Clerks Office William R Wills Deputy
Clerk of said County do certify that at the date of the foregoing
Jurat and certificate John M Lean was sust Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas of said County and that his signature
to said Jurat and certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
Subscribed my name and affixed the seal
of said County this twenty eighth
day of February in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred
and forty six Wm.R. Mills Dep Clerk
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In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled ""An act for the settlement of the pay
of the Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned,
the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
18th Apl 1780.
6th Dec 1779.
25th Apl 1778.
4
3d Nov
2d Ap
26th Ang
Mar
Decr
31st
14th
1780
D
1779
1780.
1781.
James McFar
Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec
in
priv
Corpl
Dec
priv
Corpt
priv
Corpl
prin
Dec
Don
Corpl
priv
Corpe
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1
1
of
of
12
14
11
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14 ┃
of
to
of
Third
5
gain
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, Sept. 16th 1845
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 2,
now remaining in this
office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the
following officers, viz:
First-under Capt. Edward Long
Second " "
Dec
" " John Armstrong
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh
Eighth
Ninth
11
12
13
14
6
66
666
66
6
666
66 ┃
18
Den
De
Dec
Dr
D
Jr
Dr
Dr
D
D
56
66
in Col. Alexr Webster
6
Do
John Williams
46
15
6
6
6
Do
Alexr Webster
6
66
16
15
1
Dec
D
D
Dec
Regt.
15
15
15
D
Dr
Dec
1
D
Philip Phelps
2
Comptroller
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Revd E. Halleys
Affidavit
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State of New York
Washington County.
Ebenezer Halley
being duly sworn says, that he is Pastor
of the associate Reformed Church in Salem
in said County of which, (as he is informed
and believes, the Revd James Proudfit
now deceased, was formerly Pastor, that
no Record of Marriages by the said
Revd James Proudfit has come into
his possession, that he has not been
able to find any such Record, and
and that he believes, if any such Record
was kept by the said Rev James Proudfit
the same has been lost or destroyd
and this deponent further saith
that he has several times been
called upon in relation to such
Record and that he has where
requited, made oath that if any
such Record was made the same
has been lost or destroyed

Henry Haley Minister of
As By Presbytery Congregation
Salem

Subscribed & sworn
before me the 16th
day of Decemr 1845,
J. A. McFarland
Justice of the Peace

25th Feby 1836

I certify that the above
Ebenezer
Halley is a
Credible
witness
J. A. McFarland
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Washington County Clerks Office  I William R. Wills
Deputy Clerk of said County do certify that at the date
of the foregoing Jurat and certificate James A McFarland
was a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Elected and
Seven & that his signature to said final and certificate
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
Subscribed my name and affixed the
Seal of said County this twenty eighth
day of February in the Year of Our
Lord one thousand Eight hundred and
forty Six Wm.R. Mills Dep Clerk
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Washington County
Town of [illegible]
-
I am Cowen of Fort
Edward in the County of Washington and
State of New York being duly sworn deposes
and says, that he was well acquainted with
James McFarland, that she was
acquainted with him several years services
to his marriage and up to the time of his
death which she believes was in the month
of
August in the year One thousand Eight
Hundred and fifteen, that he resided during
that
in the town of Salem in the County
Washington That she was acquainted with
said James McFarland as early as the
war of the Revolution, that she was also
acquainted with Margaret Matthews,
who was the daughter of William Mathis
Also of the said town of Salem, from the
of
childhood up to the present time, that the
said James McFarland and
Matthews were married by the
James Proudfit for who of the Minister
of the appriate reformed Church of the town of
Salem. That he was present at the said
Marriage which took place at her fathers
house
that said marriage took place in
the latter part of March or fore part of April
as she believes 1786 that the fixes the time
of said marriage in the facts. that she
this deponent was seventy five day of
the time
[illegible] was in her twenty third year and
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Jane Cowans Affidavit

that the said James Garland and
Margaret Matthews were married a little
more than five years previous to that time
that they continued to live together as man
and wife from the time of their Marriage
to
the time of the death of the said James
McFarland and that the said Margaret
the
know of any family record, in which said
marriage recorded

Jane her x mark Cousin

Subscribed and sworn before of
me this 31th day of October
1845
 
I certify that the above named Jane Cowen is a credible witness I am well acquainted with that

27th Feby 1846
Timothy Stoughton Justice of the Peace
 
State of New York
Washington County Clerks Office
I William R Wills
Deputy Clerk of said County do certify that at the
date of the foregoing it and certificate Timothy
Stoughton as a Justice of the Peace in and for said
County duly Elected and sworn, and that his signature
me to said Jurat and certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said
County this twenty eighth Day of February
in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and forty six
Wm R. Mills Dep Clerk
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March 4, 1846
Amerdea Dec
May McFarland
No papers died in 1815

Hon J L Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Washington D.C.

1 1/2 oz 30
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Salem Wash Col New York March 17/44
Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir
Wash. C this York March 1776
I return you herewith the
papers in the and Margaret McFarland
wid of James McFarland a soldier of the Revolution
for a pension now I believe duly authenticated &
the indibility of the witness duly established
I am may well acquainted with the witness &
know them to be entitled & respect and confidence
have the goods to Endon to me the certificate
of pension here as soon as your convenance
will put a
I am with great
Respect Your obt
D. Russell
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OFFICE OF
THE GLENS FALLS MESSENGER,
NORMAN COLE, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
A Weekly Republican Newspaper, for the Family Circle, the Workshop and the Farm.

 Glens Falls, N.Y. March 5th 1881
Hon Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C
Please inform Mr. J. H. S. McFarland
Kingsbury, Washington Co. N.Y. whether he
entitled
to half pension until
he was sixteen years old.-- In 1839.he
with his mother, and sister drew half
pension, by reason of the service of
his father, James McFarland, in Capt Morrell's
Co. Col. D. D. Davie's Regt Vermont Vale in
the War of 1812.
Mr McF. thinks he is
entitled by later act, to additional pension
Also whether he is entitled to County
land He is
the only surving child of
said James McFarland deceased,
your reply will greatly oblige.
Respectfully
Yours
Norman Cole
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51-
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
McFarland, James B. Private
WARRANT
NUMBER 10,008
CREAGE
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Pennsylvania
┃ October 31, 1795
to Barnard Merkley assigner
The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.