Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30576, for Alexander Mc Dougal, South Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S. C.

McDougal, Alexander

NUMBER
S. 30576

CONTENTS
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Kentucky
24706
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Alexander McDougal
of Hardin Co. in the State of Kentucky
who was a Pr. & Lieut. in the company commanded
by Captain Blessingham of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Fare in the S. Carolina
line for 18 months    Pr.       60.00
               2 months   Lt.        26.66
                                           $86.66
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Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 86 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Feb.
1835 and sent to Hon. T. Chilton H.R.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '34                   303.33
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March '35   43.33
                                                               $346.66

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.      }

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book E. - 2.  Vol. 7  Page 34



[notes on right side of page]
see letter 7 Feb 1835 to
Hon. T. Chilton & Pen Agt
10 Feb

Paid at the Treasury under the 
Act of April 6th 1838 from Sept. 4th
1840 to 3d March 1841.  Agt notif
June 29th 1842.
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[first line illegible - maybe 23 or 33 something]
Alex McDougal
Hardin Co
Kentucky

from 1778 private
1 yr 2 months

$66 66/100

Can only allow as a private

Elizabethtown

Saml. Haycraft Clerk
Hardin Co
Kentucky
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 18th 1833

Sir:

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

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A Statement, shewing the Service of Alexander McDougal, Hardin Co
Kentucky
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Period when the service was rendered.
From [Jany 8 to 1783?]
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.  Months.  Days.
2 or more [years]
Rank of the claimant.
Priv,  Lieut. one of the times
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Col. W Fare Capt T. Blasingham Gen. Branson
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
91 years  Union Co. S. Cara.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary
Should shew that he was commissioned and 
prove his service as a Lieutenant


I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of   ss.

On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank]
A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District
of [blank] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and
served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. ☛This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
I [blank] of the Court of [blank]
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank]
day of [blank] & c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C.D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank]
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank]
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank]
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] 
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this [blank] day of [blank] & c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; 
but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his 
alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; 
and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. 
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.

1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary
war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, 
and what has become of it?
6. {To an Officer.
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, 
taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.


[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language to
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what
entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. 
who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his 
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  For [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank]
days, I served as a [blank].  For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase  about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars 
respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is 
highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into serivce by competent 
authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.

[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses,
and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
☞ The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in
note [j] applied to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the face.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Joseph Rowen Esq Ck
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,

June 10th, 1842.

Sir:

Under the Act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing
the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing 
the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,"
The Executor of the will of Alexander
McDougal deceased, late 
a Pensioner on the Roll of Kentucky
Agency, at the rate of Eighty Six Dollars and 
66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June
1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 
4th of Sept. 1840, to the 3d March 1841 -

Respectfully yours,

Albion K. Parris
COMPTROLLER.



To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

State of Kentucky
Hardin County Sct

On this 21st day of January 1833
personally appeared in open Court
before the Justices of the Court of 
Hardin County now sitting Alexander
McDougal a resident of Kentucky in the 
County of Hardin aged 91 years next May
who being first duly sworn according to 
law doth on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the 
act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the Service of the 
United States under the following named
officers and served as herein stated
He resided in the State of South 
Carolina in that portion of it afterwards
called Union County.  He was first drafted
for two months as well as he now recollects
and in the year 78 he does not recollect the 
time of the year.  William Fare was the 
Colonel and Thos Blasingham Capt.  he does not now 
recollect the name of the Brigadier Genl.  he 
marched from the place of his residence to Bacons 
bridge about 21 or 2 miles from Charleston Before
the troops arrived there the brittish had embarked
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He states that he was drafted several times
from the year 78 to 83  that about two years
of the time he held the commission of Lieutenant
signed by Thomas Pinckney then Governor
of South Carolina  that during that time Thos
Blasingham was his Capt. William Fare Col and 
Thomas Brandin was the Brigadier Genl
He feels well assured that he was ingaged
more than two years of that time in actual
service.  He started once to march to [Plenrousburg?]
but did not reach there before the brittish 
had left  he was at no time with the regular
army but was frequently marching the swamps
in search and pursuit of Tories,  the army
was once drawn up in the line of battle but 
the tories did not make battle.  he was in no 
regular engagement at the time he went to 
the swamps in pursuit of the tories  there was 
about nine hundred in the army of troops and 
light horse.  Col Heammonds commanded
the light horse  he cannot recollect the particular
day he entered or give the service   he 
had his commission for many years after the 
war but has lost the same or mislaid it.
He knows of no persons residing in this state
by whom he can prove his service but 
presumes he could find Testimony in 
Carolina but his age and bodily infirmity
renders it impracticable to make an effort
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present
and declares that his name is not on the 
pension roll of the agency of any state or if any
only on that of the agency of the state of South 
Carolina

Alexr. McDougal

Sworn to in open Court
21st Jan 1833

William Tarpley JP HC

We Warren Cash a clergyman residing 
in the County of Hardin and Richard
Walker residing in the same County and
State of Kentucky hereby certify that we
are well acquainted with Alexander
McDougal who has subscribed and 
sworn to the above declaration  that we 
believe him to be 91 years old as stated
in the above declaration   that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood where
he resides to have been a soldier of the 
revolutionary war and that we concur
in that opinion

Warren Cash  X  his mark
Richard Walker

Sworn and subscribed 
this 21st day of Jan 1833

William Tarpley JP



State of Kentucky  Hardin County Sct

I Samuel Haycraft Clerk of the aforesaid
County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the 
original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
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the application of Alexander McDougal for a pension 
the Court being of opinion that he was a soldier of 
the Revolutionary War and served as stated in the foregoing 
declaration
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and seal of office
this 24th day of January 1833

Saml Haycraft Clk
Hardin County Court

[seal]




Alexr. McDougal
Declaration for 
a 
pension
23631
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The application of Alexander McDougal
made on the 21st day of January 1833
in order to obtain the benefit of the act
of Congress passed June the 7th 1832
being returned for amendment  The 
said applicant appeared in open 
Court before the Hardin County Court
now sitting on this 22nd day of October
1833 and being duly sworn doth on 
his oath make the following declaration 
in addition to the statements contained 
in his original application 
That he was born in the north of Ireland
on the 1st day of May [AD?] 1742 & in 
the year 1762 sailed thence & in August of 
the same year landed in Philadelphia
Pennsylvania  He continued there three & a 
half years when he moved to Wilmington 
North Carolina where he resided seven 
years & about six months when he removed 
to South Carolina near the Indian 
line in the year 1773 in what is 
now called Union County   In the 
year 1777 he was drafted for two months as
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a private (he thinks in the month of June)
to defend Charleston against Commodore Parker
who menaced it with his fleet  The name 
of his Captain was Thomas Blassingame
that of is Lieutenant John Blassingame
under whom he marched  He was marched 
to Bacons Bridge about twenty miles from 
Charleston & Parker having been repulsed
he remained there until the expiration 
of his term of service & was discharged
& returned home about 220 miles
The name of the Colonel Wm Farr [Fare] of the 
South Carolina Militia - In the year
1778 (he thinks in September) he was again 
drafted for two months to go in pursuit of 
a notorious Tory called Bill Cunningham
who with a party had committed many
murders & burned two Iron works on 
Pacolet river.  He marched under the 
command of the same Lieut. John 
Blassingham & on his march joined 
the main army under the command 
of Colo Hammond of the South Carolina
Militia - They put Cunningham & his party 
to rout & took 9 or 10 of his party & lodged
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them in the Orangeburg Jail for [illegible]
Cunningham himself made his escape 
but was never again heard of in that 
country   After serving out his term of 
service he returned home - In the year 
1780 in the summer he was again drafted
for two months as a private for the defense
of Charleston under the command of the 
same Capt & Lieut Blassingham & 
marched under the command Colo Steen
to Bacons bridge about 20 miles from Charleston 
but the place having fallen into 
the hands of the British we marched 
no farther and was discharged at that 
place at the seperation of his term 
& returned home about 200 miles.  In 
the fall of the year 1781 he thinks October
he was again drafted for two months 
& served as Lieutenant to guard the prisoners
at Orangeburg under the command of 
the same Capt Blassingham  He served
out his term when they were relieved
by a new guard under the command 
of Colo Bratton
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In the year 1780 in January he thinks
he received a commission as Lieutenant
from Genl Brandon signed by Thomas
Pinckney then Govr of South Carolina
under which he served at Orangeburg
as mentioned before which commission
he had for many years but not expecting
it would be of any service to him
he has lost or mislaid  After he 
returned from Orangeburg he as Lieutenant
had the command of a blockhouse
in the neighborhood where he resided
which had been erected for the defence
of the country against the enemy that 
being about 30 miles from the Indian 
line  He served in this capacity about
one year during the years 1781 & 2 the
precise time he can not say by reason 
of old age & consequent loss of memory
but feels confident it was at least one 
year - He never received any written 
discharges from the service and he believes
it was customary for the militia to be
dismissed at the expiration of their term of
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service without written discharges
He has no written record of his age
his parents never having been residents 
of America but from them he received
the information of his age as stated
above -
He lived in South Carolina
at the same place where he resided
when he rendered the services above
stated until the year 1801 when he 
removed to Hardin County Kentucky
where he has resided ever since
He never served under any regular
officers the names of the militia
officers so far as remembered by him 
he has already stated
He is known to Samuel Wortham & Samuel 
Haycraft
of his neighborhood & who will 
testify as to their knowledge of his 
character for veracity & their belief
of his services as a soldier of the 
revolution.

Alexr. McDougal

Sworn & subscribed before me 
October 22d 1833

John Morris J.P.H.C.
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of Alexander McDougal (made in said Court
& attached hereto being the few first pages) made for
the purpose of obtaining a pension, the Court being of
opinion that said McDougal was a soldier of the revolutionary
war, and served as stated in the foregoing declaration
and amendment
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & seal of office this 
22nd day of October 1833 

Saml Haycraft Clk
Hardin County Court

[seal]
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.   

3-525.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.      [blank date]

S. F. 30576

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank]
for a statement of the military history of Alexander McDougal
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for 
pension on file in this Bureau.
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DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
June 1777
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
2 mos.
RANK.
Pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Thos. Blasingham
COLONEL.
William Fare
STATE.
S.C.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
[illegible] 1778
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
2 mos.
RANK.
[blank]
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Lieut. John Blasingham
COLONEL.
Hammond
STATE.
S.C.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Summer 1780
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
2 mos.
RANK.
Lieut.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Thos. Blasingham
COLONEL.
Stein
STATE.
S.C.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
[Oct.?] 1780
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
2 mos.
RANK.
Lieut.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
[illegible]
COLONEL.
[blank]
STATE.
S.C.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
1781-1782
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
1 year
RANK.
Lieut.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
In command of a block house near his residence.
COLONEL.
[blank]
STATE.
S.C.

Battles engaged in,  [check mark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [illegible] Union Co. S.C.
Date of application for pension, [illegible]
Residence at date of application,  Hardin Co. Ky.
Age at date of application,  born May 1 1742 [illegible]
Remarks:  In 1762 he sailed from Ireland landing in Philadelphia 
in Aug. 1762 remaining there 3 1/2 yrs and then moved to [illegible]
N. C. where he resided 7 1/2 years when he moved to South Carolina 
No data as to family.

Respectfully,


Commissioner.
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30576
Revy INVALID.
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File No. 30,576
Alexander McDougal
Lieut. Rev War
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Act:  June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 262
[Arrangement of 1870.]


[notes on the upper right side of page]
1914 Dec. 8  Hist. to Mrs. Kale R. [Salmons?]
1920 Sept. 27  Mrs. E. H. Ray furnished 
date to apply to [illegible] 
for Int. Dept.
1921 May 13  Hist. to Mrs. Eugene Ray.
1922 Dec. 4  Hist. to Miss Mary
McDougall La Rue  MMH
Page 20

25018
Kentucky
--------------------
Alexander McDougal
of Hardin Co in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the com commanded
by Captain Blesingham of the regt commanded
by Col Fare in the S Carolina 
line for 1 year and 8 months
------------------------------------------
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents pr annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
-------------------------------------------
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Nov
1833 and Saml Haycraft
Elizabethtown
------------------------------------------
Arrears to the 4th of Sept                    166.67
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March     33.33
                                                           $200.00

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.      }

Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 7  Page 24


[notes on the upper right side of page]
see letter in June 1834
to pensioner do
16 Dec '36 to Hon t. Chilton
do 23 Dec '34
Page 21

Increase pension
18 mo Pr.  $60.
2 mo Lt      26.66
                $86.66

issued new certificate
and send to Hon
T. Chilton HR
note on Roll, see letter
to Agt Jany 39, 1835
Page 22

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Pension Office
W. City



[written sideways]
Ky  Jan. 28


Hon. T. Chilton
Page 23

Washington City.
Jany 26th 1835.

J. L. Edwards Esqr

Dear Sir,

One of my constituents who 
was wounded in the late war with Great Britain
has called on me to inform him in regard to the 
mode of making out his testimony so as to prepare
his case for the action of the War Department.  He 
intends to seek a pension as an Invalid, but is 
not assured of the character and extent of testimony
which is required at the Department.  He is known 
to me and is a worthy man.  I will therefore, thank
you for a copy of the regulations relating to such cases
and such blanks as will guide him in the preparation 
of his claim.

I am Dear Sir, with high consideration 
yr. mo ob servt

Tho Chilton

P.S.  I enclose herewith the certificate of Alexander
McDougal, which you required previous to increasing his 
pension.  Please forward the New Certificate as early as 
practicable.
[illegible] &c.

C.
Page 24

Payments to be made
at Lexington 
by the Pt of USA Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners,
in the Agency of 
Kentucky


Recorded in the Pension Office,
in Book E  Vol. 7
Page 24 by Danl Boyd
Clerk.
Page 25

WAR DEPARTMENT,
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United
States of the 7th June, 1832, Alexander McDougal
of the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the Army of the 
Revolution
is entitled to receive Sixty six dollars and 
Sixty six cents per annum, during his natural life, 
commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semi-
annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in 
every year.

Given at the War Office of the United
States, this 9th day of 
November one thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-three


Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and }
Countersigned}
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

[written diagonally across the center of the page]
Cancelled
Page 26

virtue of his office
[all proof?] [illegible]
Alex McDougal




Tho. Chilton of Ky
Page 27

State of South Carolina
Union District

Personally appeared the 
Revd Thomas S Greer
and Hezekiah McDougal before me John Rogers Clerk
of the Court of Sessions & Common Pleas for said 
District and deposeth that they were personally
acquainted with the Revd Alexander McDugal [McDougal] during
the Revolutionary War while in the Service
of his country and that the said Alexander
McDougal did Serve one Tour of Duty at 
Orangeburgh as Lieutenant under Capt. Blasingame 
in the year 1781 or 82; and at other 
times repeatedly commanded as Scout as 
Such.  the Said Alexander McDugall [McDougal] was 
considered a Soldier & friend to his country -

Thos. S. Greer
Hezekiah McDougal

Sworn to & Subscribed before me 
this 30th June 1834 -

J. Rogers, Clk


I John Rogers Clerk of the Court of Sessions
& Common Pleas do certify that the Revd Thos.
S. Greer & Hezekiah McDugal did depose
to the above affadvit before me -
Given under my hand & Seal 
of Office at Union Court
House this 30th day of 
June 1834

J. Rogers Clk
[seal]
Page 28

I do hereby certify that I am personally
acquainted with the deponents to the written affidavit
the Rev Thos S Greer & the Rev Hezekiah McDougle
& believe them worthy of credit & I do further certify
that John Rogers before whom the said affidavit
was taken is the Clerk of the Court of Sessions & Common Pleas for Union District in the State of So. Carolina
that he is by virtue of his office a Justice of 
the Quorum

Wm K Clowney

[December 19th?] 1834


addl proof
Alexr. McDugal
Ky



Tho. Chilton of Ky.
Page 29

Troy Missouri
Dec. 3. 1914.

Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen: -

When I wrote you in regard
to John LaRue and Alexander
McDougal I failed to give you
sufficient information, which 
I ask your pardon.
John LaRue was born in 1746
lived in Virginia and moved into
Kentucky in 1785 died in 1792
married Mary Brook [illegible]
Page 30

2

Alexander McDougal was born 
in Dublin Ireland 1738
emigrated to America while a 
young man and settled in 
Wilmington N.C. 1777 after
the Revolution he came to Kentucky
and died 1845 he married
Hanah Doan.

Thanking you in advance
I am,

Respectfully,
(Mrs.) Kate R. Salmons
Troy
Missouri
Page 31

[sideways on the top left]
20

Mrs [Logan?] Ray
Weisinger Guilbert Annex
Louisville Ky
record of Alexander McDougal - S.C. S.30.576
Mrs. Eugene Ray   Apr. 20 1921
Weisinger - Guilbert Annex
Louisville Ky -
Page 32

U
14
[date stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
F
AUG 14 1920
Page 33

306 Weissinger
Louisville Ky.

Pension Bureau:

Will you kindly furnish
data of death and name of 
person to whom the arrears
of pension were paid in 
the claim of Alexander
McDougal -
This man was a soldier of 
the Revolution and on 
the staff of Gen. Washington
Collins History of Ky. gives 
him in 1840 age 101 years
being in Hardin Co. Ky - a 
pensioner -

Thanking you in advance
very sincerely

Mrs. E. H. Ray
#306 Weissinger
Louisville Ky -
Page 34

430 W. 118th St.
New York City, N.Y.
November 8, 1922

[date stamp]
RECORD DIVISION
NOV 9 1922

To:
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Information is desired concerning
Alexander McDougall who it is 
believed served in the Revolutionary
War under the command of General
Marion in South Carolina.  He was 
born in Dublin, Ireland in the 
year 1738, May 12 - I am his grand-daughter
and I wish  to establish my claim
for membership in the Daughters of the 
American Revolution through him.
Any information will be greatly
appreciated -

Respectfully -
(Miss) Mary McDougall LaRue
430 W. 118th St.
New York, N.Y.

[upper left margin written sideways]
Rev Sec
Page 35

Rev. War Sec.

September 27, 1920.

Mrs. E. H. Ray,
306 Weissinger Street,
Louisville, Ky.

Madam:

In response to your letter received the 14" ultimo,
you are advised that in the Revolutionary War pension claim
of Alexander McDougal, S. File No. 30,576 the date of his death 
is not a matter of record.  In order to ascertain the date 
of last payment of pension, names of person paid and possibly 
the date and place of his death you should forward this letter
to the Auditor for the Interior Department, 14" and B Streets
S. W. Washington, D. C.

Alexander McDougal, Certificate No. 29,706
issued Feb. 10, 1835, $86.66 per annum
from March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832,
Kentucky Agency.

Very respectfully,

[F?] D Byington
ACTING Commissioner.