Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32397, for Daniel Mc Millan, South Carolina
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(8-1776)
Service [ initial under S.C.]

McMillan, Daniel

Number 
S.3239.7
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see
cis. Tu. Oct 24 35
to Illinois from 4th March - July 5 1836. 

[Illegible crossed out wording] 16.968

Daniel McMillan
Kershaw of the State of So Car
was a Pr: [underlined illegible text] in the commanded 
 Captain Rosr of the Regm commanded
Col: Kershaw in the So. Car.
time for 12 mo: [illegible] days

Inscribed on the Roll of So Carolina
as of the rate of 41 Dollars and 55 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 18. Day of Oct 31. Chester [crossed out "ville" and "C.Ki" and sent to Peter Wylie So Ca.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833. 103.87
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar: 1834 20.77
124..64.

Recorded by Nath. [handwritten "{Revolutionary Act of " the remaining page is cut off]

Book E Vol. 6 Page
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D. McMillan
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Application for a transfer.

State of Illinois County of Morgan S.S.
On this twenty fourth day of September 1835 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Morgan personally appeared Daniel McMillan, who on his oath declared, that he is the same person who formerly belonged to a company commanded by Captain Ross in a Regiment commanded by Col Kershaw, a company commanded by Captain Graham, in a Regiment commanded by Genl Henderson. he served three tours under the first named Captain and Colonel and one under the Last, in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War: - that his name was placed on the pension Roll of the State of South Carolina from whence he has lately moved; that he now resides in Morgan County Illinois, and he intends to remain in the State of Illinois, and wishes his pension to be then payable, in future. the following are his reasons for removing from South Carolina to Illinois.  First, to better his conditions, by removing to a new country where the Lands are rich and cheap,
Second to place his family of childrens in a Region of country, when they can possess Lands and a Subsistence
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with less expense and labour, than in South Carolina,-
Daniel McMillan
Sworn and Subscribed to, before me this day and year aforesaid,
Samuel S. Brooks, J.P.

State of Illinois Morgan County.
I Dennis Rockwell clerk of the county commissioners court of said county do certify that Samuel S Brooks whose name and signature appears to the above certificate, is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said county of Morgan, duly elected and sworn into office according to law, In testimony whereof I hereto sign my name and affix the seal of said court this 24th day of September 1835. 
Dennis Rockwell by 
John W Stone depty
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Declaration of Daniel McMillan in order of to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 17th 1832.
State of South Carolina}
Chester District} [to the right a vertical flourish and initials "F.S."] 
On this twenty fourth day of October, 1832, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Peter Ibylir [crossed out words illegible except "of the"] Judge of the Court of ordinary [crossed out words "common" and illegible word] for said District now sitting Daniel McMillan a resident of Chester District in the State of South Carolina, aged, eighty years, who being 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, that he was residing in Camden District South Carolina in the year 1776, and that there was a draft took place in the summer of that year for men to go to Charleston and he was not drafted himself, but volunteered his service and went with those who had been drafted to Charleston in the month of June 1776 and the company with which he went was commanded by Captain John Drakeford. That he remained a few weeks in Charleston and returned again to Camden District with a part of the men who had been drafted and who had been discharged in Charleston. 

That after he returned from Charleston he remained at home in Camden District until the fall of the year 1778 when he was drafted for three months and some time in the fall of that year marched with the company commanded by
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Capt. George Ross from Camden to within about  seven miles of Charleston, where the Regiment remained stationed for a short time under the command of Col. Kershaw of Camden, from that he went across the Country under the same officers by the Salt Catcher [crossed out word is illegible] Jackson's borough and Cooswhatchie to Purisburgh, the British troops at that time being in the State of Georgia and General Moultrie and General Lincoln were about the same time in the lower part of South Carolina opposing their progress. That he remained at Purisburgh until the expiration of the three months for which he had been drafted and then returned home to Camden District. That in the spring of 1779 he was again drafted for three months and marched from Camden to Augusta in the State of Georgia under the same Captain George Ross, and General William now was at the time the commanding officer at Augusta. That he remained in the Augusta until the expiration of the term for which he had been drafted. That during the time he was at Augusta, there was a draft took place in the camps where for the purpose of sending men out to fight the Indians, which he was not drafted himself, but others were and amongst those who were there was a Francis Ross a brother of Capt. George Ross and said Francis Ross was killed by an Indian whom he had taken as a prisoner.  A party was also sent from Augusta into Georgia after some British who had come up into the country, who had a skirmish with them and brought two or three British prisoners into Augusta, one of them an officer by the name of Major Spergen.
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That in the fall of 1779 he was again drafted for three months and marched to the Four holes under the same Capt. George Ross and Colonel Kershaw and remained stationed at the Four Holes until the term for which he had been drafted had expired and General Henderson was the commanding officer at that place at that time. 

That he was again drafted in the summer of 1782 for the term of three months and marched to the South Fork of Edisto under Capt. John Graham from Beaver Creek and remained there under the command of General Henderson  until the expiration of his term that he was born in Ireland 1752.

That he as no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service further than the affidavits of Hugh M Suter, Patrick ["Sayton" illegible spelling] Alexander Fleming of Kershaw District which are hereto annexed. 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

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court

Daniel McMillan
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[Side of Letter] Daniel McMillan

We John L.R. Davies a clergyman, residing in the District of Chester + Dr. John [illegible may be Douglass] residing in the same district hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel McMillan who has subscribed + sworn to the above declaration; and we believe him to be eighty years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he is residing to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn + subscribed the day + year aforesaid in open court
[in brackets] Peter Wylie Judge of the court of ordinary of Chester District. 
[outside of brackets] J. LeRoy Daves
J [illegible] Douglass
 
1st. I was born in Ireland in 1752
2 I have no [illegible] of my age but know it by tradition
3 I am living in Camden District now Kerhsaw District until of my time in Kershaw about 16 years since I have lived in Chester District, where I now live. 
4 I went on a volunteer in the first Charleston expedition after that I was drafted
5 I served under Colo Kershaw and Capt. Geo Ross and Capt. John Drakeford [crossed out Baford] Colo Kershaw regiment of militia I was sent to Charleston from there to Purishburgh by way of the salt Retchers. 
6 I sworn got a written discharge-
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2084?
Daniel McMillan
Chester Dist
S Caro

Rev

Claimed as a private
12 mo & 14 days
$41.55
e./.

Peter Wylie
Chester Dist
So Ca.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
May 20 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form.
On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must 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. 

Statement, shewing the service of Daniel McMillan
Period when the service was rendered. 
June 1776 "a few weeks"
Fall 1778
Spring 1779
Fall 1779
Duration of the claimant's service.
a few weeks 
3 months
3 months 
3 months 
3 months 
Rank of claimant.
Private 
" 
" 
" 
" 
Names and Rank of the Company
whom he served. 
Capt Dr?????? 
Capt Ross 
Capt Ross 
Capt Ross 
Capt Gochene (?)
Names and Rank of the General
and Field officers. 
(blank) 
Col Kershaw 
Genl Williamson 
Col Kershaw 
Genl Henderson 
Battles in which the applicant was engaged. 
(blank) 
Country through which he marched, 
From Camden to Charleston 
From Camden to (ilegible) 
Camden to (illegible) 
Four Hole 
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present. 
80 years 
Camden District S Carolina 
Evidence by which the declaration is supported. 
Traditionary, 
a Clergyman, 
? living witnesses, 
[whole (illegible) are not proper. by authenticated]
 
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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:
The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
S.
Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolla 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, musicians or privates, will in the first in
stance, 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.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
of
On this
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Sate, Territor
County of
day of
personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
with
and
served in the
(e) regiment of the
line, under the following named officers:
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he servunder
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 enered 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,
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
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.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
&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
and C. D. residing in (the same)
-
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age, that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
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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
partment, that the above named applicant was a Revoputting
the winter, and grieved as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
& 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 sertices
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
as witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
If such surviving witness cannot be relate all the material facts, which can be useful
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treatises
also, whether he produce
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 propround 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 person 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 he [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 his 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 [sic] evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry [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 require 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.

[footnotes:]
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which cast 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 so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. [etc.] 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 ____ year ____ months, and ____ days, I served as a ____ . For ____ months and ____ days, I served as a ____ ; 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. [etc.] 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 service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
(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) applies 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 fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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July 28, 1930
MCS:MLB
Mrs. C. E. Pearson
Genoa, Nebraska
Rev. and 1812 Wars Section

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 32397, that Daniel McMillan was born in 1752 in Ireland.

While a resident of Camden District, which was later Kershaw District, South Carolina, he enlisted and served with the South Carolina Troops, as follows:

In June, 1776, two weeks in Captain John Drakeford's Company, Colonel Kershaw's Regiment; in the fall of 1778, three months in Captain George Ross's Company, in Colonel Joseph Kershaw's Regiment; in the spring of 1779, three months in Captain George Ross' Company, Colonel Joseph Kershaw's Regiment; in the fall of 1779, three months in Captain George Ross' Company, Colonel Joseph Kershaw's Regiment; in the summer of 1782, three months in Captain John Graham's Company.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 24, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Chester District, South Carolina, and he lived there about sixteen years.

In 1835 he stated that he had lately moved from South Carolina to Morgan County, Illinois, and he then referred to his children but gave no names.  John and William McMillan were living in Warren County, Illinois, in 1836, but their relationship to soldier is not given.

The above noted is the history of the only soldier who served with the South Carolina troops, by the name of Daniel McMillan, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.

Very truly yours

E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner
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32397
Revy
INVALID.
File No. 39397
Daniel McMillan
Pri  Rev War

Act: June 7  32
Index:  Vol. 2, , Page 263
[Arrangement of 1870.] 

1910 May 17  Hist. to Mrs. C. H. Alexander
1912 Aug. 6,  Hist to Helen Nye Rapp  Letter in 
L.F. 39809  Wm Kelley. 
1930 July 28,  hist to Mrs C.E. Pearson 
1933, Dec. 16  Hist. to Miss Lora M. Pear???
1938 Apr 29  Hist. to Laura Pierce Kendall.
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Yellow Banks, June 7/36 

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir:
I herewith enclose
application of Mr, Daniel McMillan,
of this County,
for a Transfer from
the Pension Roll of South Carolina
to this State. Mr McM. having been
kept out of his pay for a long time
residing in a new country which
requires extra resources to open a
farm, &c.  You are particularly requested 
to attend to the same, as early
as practicable. 
you will please notify the
Pension agent in this State of the transfer
forthwith as Mr McM. wishes to empower 
a gentleman who goes on next
month for other Revolutionary soldiers
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to draw his money at Carmi, at the same
time,
The Attorney will leave before
an answer can reach here, but
not before it would arive at Carmi. 
You have my thanks for your
speedy attention to the transfer of
Mr Lynn in February last. 

With great respect
I am (illegible) 
Your obt Sert. 
J. B. Patterson
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(illegible) 
8th Oct '35 
Daniel McMillan 

J. L. Edwards Esqr. 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington D. C.
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Planters & Mech's Bank of S Car 
Charleston   8 Oct 1835. 

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir
I have this day received your letter of 2d Inst.
respecting Daniel McMillan a pensioner under
Act of 7th June 1832.  about to be transferred to the
Illinois Agency. He has been paid up to the 4th
March 1834 & stands credited for three half years
due 4 Sep 1834,  4 March 1835,  & 4th Sept 1835, 
$20.77 Each.  His transfer is noted and no payment
will be made to him at this Agency. 
I am respectfully
Your Obedt Srt
Daniel Ro???
Carlin
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Daniel McMillan 

So. C. 
to 
Illinois
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State of Illinois,
Warren County 
Be it known, that before me
the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County
aforesaid, personally appeared Daniel McMillan, who, on
his oath declares, that he is the same person who
formerly belonged to a Company
commanded by Capt.
George Ross, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
Ely Hershaw, and also to a company commanded by John Graham, in a Regiment commanded
by General ___ Henderson, in the service of
the United States:  That his name was placed
on the pension roll of the State of South Carolina,
from whence he has removed,   that he now
resides in the State of Illinois, where he intends
to remain, and wishes his pension to be
there payable in future.
The following are his reasons for removing
from South Carolina to Illinois:  That he might
better his condition by removing to a new Country
where he could procure richer lands, on better terms,
and thereby place his family in a more advantageous situation. 
Daniel McMillan 
Sworn and subscribed this 6th June, 1836,
before me
J. B. Patterson  J.P. 

State of Illinois
Warren County 
Personally appeared before me
Messrs. William McMillan and John McMillan,
personally known to me to be gentleman of integrity and veracity, who, on their oath declare
that Daniel McMillan, whose name is subscribed
to the foregoing affidavit, is the idential 
person to whom the subject matter of
the same relates in and is the identical person
who received a Pension in the State of South
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Carolina, for services rendered the United States
whilst belonging to the companies mentioned
in his affidavit. 
Wm McMillan 
John McMillan 
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 6th day of June, 1836. 
J. B. Patterson,  J.P. 

State of Illinois
Warren County,   ss.
I, Daniel McMillan, of
Warren County, and State of Illinois, do solemnly
swear, that I have not received my pension,
or any part thereof (as designed to be paid by the
Government of the United States,) since the
4th day of March, 1834.   Daniel McMillan 
Subscribed and sworn
to before me this 6th
day of June, 1836.
J. B. Patterson J.P. 

State of Illinois
Warren County, We, William McMillan
and John McMillan, do solemnly swear, that, in
consequence of some informality in the application
of Daniel McMillan before mentioned, to the Pension,
Agent at Charleston, South Carolina in March 1835, 
he did not receive his pension then due, and
that in consequence of his removal to this State,
soon after, he has not yet drawn any part
thereof. 
Wm McMillan,
John McMillan
Subscribed and sworn
to before me this 6th day
of June, 1836. 
J. B. Patterson, J. P.
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State of Illinois
Warren County  
I, Daniel McNeil, Jr Clerk 
of the County Commissioners Court, of said
County, do hereby certify that J.B. Patterson, Esq.
whose name is subscribed to the foregoing as a
Justice of the Peace, and before whom the foregoing 
affidavits were made, is, and was at
the time of taking said affidavits, an acting
Justice of the Peace, in and for said County,
duly elected, commissioned and sworn as the
law directs, as appears of record in my 
office, and that full faith and credit is due
and ought to be given to all his official acts,
and that I am well acquainted with the hand
writing of said Justice, and pronounce the signature
purporting to be his to be genuine. 
In testimony whereof I hereunto set
my hand and affix the seal of said
Court at Monmouth, this 7th day
of June, 1836.
Attest  Daniel McNeil Jr  Clerk
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J. L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City 

no evidence of bounty 
wait (illegible) 
Oct 15  '35
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Jacksonville Ill
24 Sept 1835. 

J L Edwards Esqr.
Sir.. I enclose to you the application
of Daniel McMillan to obtain
a transfer of his received from
the pension agency in S Carolina
to this state. 
Respectfully
Your obt Servt 
Wm Thomas
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Yellow Banks, Ill.
June 11. 

FREE 

Hon J. L. Edwards
Pension Office,
War Department,
Washington, D. C. 

July 1 
W Burdonie.
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State of South Carolina
Chester District    SS. 
On this second
day of September 1838 personally appeared
in open Court, before
Peter Wylee Esquire
Judge & Clerk of the Court of Ordinary for
said District, now sitting, Daniel McMillan, 
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 two weeks in the
month of June, 1776, as a private in Capt
John Drakeford's Company, under Col Kershaw.  
For three months in the Fall of 1778, as a
private in Capt George Ross' Company
under Col Kershaw. 
For three months as a private
in Capt George Ross' Company in
the spring of 1779, under Col Kershaw and 
deed
Genl Williamson. For three months in the
fall of 1779 in Capt George Ross' Company,
under Col Kershaw and Genl Henderson. 
For three months as a private in Capt
John Graham's Company, in the summer
of 1782. under Genl Henderson, and for
such service he claims a pension. 
Daniel McMillan 
Sworn to & signed in open
Court this 2nd day of September 
1833 before me 
Peter Wylee
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South Carolina 
Chester District 
 I Peter Wylie Judge
& Clerk of the Court
of Ordinary of said District to
hereby certify that the within Daniel 
McMillan came into open Court
and made oath to the within amendment  

In Witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand
and affixed my seal of
office this 9th day of 
September 1833
Peter Wylie
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FREE 

J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City 

So Ca 
to 
Illinois 

papers returned for amendt. Oct 2 '35 

Mr Burdie 
Oct 4th
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Jacksonville Ill
14 Sept 1835. 

J L Edwards Esqr.
Comsr. pensions, 

Sir.  I enclose to you the affidavit
and application of Daniel 
McMillan Revolutionary pensioner
to have his name transfered from
the agency in South Carolina
to the agency of Illinois  
Very Respectfully
Your obt Srvt
W Thomas
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20843 
Daniel McMillan 

I Peter Wylie Judge of the Court of Ordinary of Chester
District would remark that the within papers were 
first fixed for the Court of Common pleas  that
is the cause of the Erasures the Judge of Common Pleas 
having given his opinion that the court
of ordinary would answer the same purpose
Peter Wylie
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State of So Carolina, District of Kershaw
Personally appeared Hugh McLester Before me
Thomas (illegible) one of the Justices
assigned to keep
the Peace in and for sd. District who being duly sworn
sayeth that Daniel M. McMillan of Chester District
State of So Carolina and formerly a resident here
and in time of the Revolution was out in the army
under Capt George Ross and Colonel Joseph Kershaw   
the time of his service I cannot recolect. 
H McLester 
Sworn this 13 of October 1832
Before me Thomas (illegible) 


State of So. Carolina 
District of Kershaw 
personally appeared Patrick Layton
Senior Before me Thomas Pinyl 
one of the Justices assigned to keep the
peace in and for sd. District
who being duly sworn sayeth that he was
acquainted with 
Daniel McMillan, now a citizen of Chester, at the time of the Revolution and afterward, 
and that he verrily believes that he served in the army under
Capt George Ross and Colonel Joseph Kershaw in the lower part 
of this State   but how long he Cannot Recolect. 
Patrick Layton   his X mark 
Sworn this 13th day of October 1832 
Before me
Thomas Lmysl
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State of South Carolina
Kershaw District 
I Thomas Smyel
a Justice of the Quorum for the
District of Kershaw in the State
aforesaid do hereby certify that I
am well acquainted with Hugh
McLester and Patrick Layton of
the District aforesaid and that the
said Hugh McLester & Patrick Layton
are both entitled to credit. I further
certify that said Hugh McLester and
Patrick Layton are the same who
appeared before me on the 18th of 
October last & swore to & subscribed
the above annexed affidavits. 
Given under my hand & seal
this 24th day of August 1833. 
Thomas Smyel  33
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South Carolina
Kershaw District
I, John J. Blair Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas, in, and for, the
District & State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
David G Leigh, a Justice of the Quorum, and
Thomas Smyel, a Justice of the Quorum, who signed
respectively the three certificates hereunto annexed
now, are, and were at the date of signing said certificates, lawfully qualified Justices of the Quorum
for the District of Kershaw aforesaid, and that all
due faith & credit is, and ought to be given to the
said attestations of the said David G. Leigh and
Thomas Smyrl. 
In Witness Whereof
I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of Office this Twenty fourth
day of August A.D. One thousand
eight hundred thirty three. 
Jn. J. Blair
cccps
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[handwritten]
State of South Carolina
Kershaw District
Personally appeared
Alexander Fleming
before me David G. Leigh Justice of the 
Quorum, and after having been first
duly sworn [unknown]. That he was
acquainted with Daniel McMillon
in the Revolutionary War against
the kingdom of Great Britain and
the afore said Daniel McMillan
was actually attached to the same
Regiment that this [unknown] was in
himself under Col. Joseph Kershaw
on the side of the America. But does not
recollect how long he served.
Sworn to before me this 15th day
of October 1832;
D.G. Leigh 
[signed] Alexander Flemming 

State of South Carolina
Kershaw District
I David G. Leigh
a Justice of the Quorum for the
District and State afore said do
hereby certify that the afore named
Alexander Fleming who made and
subscribed the above affidavit before
me on the 15th of October last
is entitled to credit
given under my [unknown] & seal
this Twenty [unknown] day of August 1833

D.G. Leigh
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[stamped]
U.S.
PENSION OFFICE
E
MAY 5 1910
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[handwritten]
Jackson Mississippi
May the third
Nineteen hundred and ten

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir,

Kindly give me the record
of service of John McKinney Sr.
Revolutionary pensioner, Lincoln Co., Ga
in 1801 also of Daniel McMillan,
a pensioner in Chester Co, S. C.

Respectfully Yours,
Mrs. C. H. Alexander
850 N. Jefferson Street

[stamped] MAY 6 - 1910
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[handwritten]
712 N W 19th
Oklahoma City, Okla
March 21st – 1938 –

Pension Bureau

I shall be so grateful
for any early reply relative to records
of Daniel McMillan a soldier from
South Carolina born 1752 died in
Henderson County, Illinois August 1 –
1838 – He received a pension must
prove he had a daughter Margaret
who married George Carson.
It will not be necessary to send me a
copy if you will read it and see
if this appears.

Very truly
Laura Pierce Kendall

[stamped] RECEIVED
                   MAR 25 1938
                   MAIL SUB-DIV
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[handwritten]
Genoa Nebr June 9 1930

Dept. Interior,
Bureau Pensions,
Washington,
D.C.

[stamped] U.S. PENSION OFFICE
                    JUN 11 1930

Dear Sirs,
Did Daniel McMillan
who served in the Revolutionary War from
Kershaw, South Carolina, receive a
government pension? If so, will you
please send me the data concerning
it, his service, and names of his children
if you have them.
I am his great, great grand-daughter
and am very much interested in finding
out all I can about him.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs C. E. Pearson
Genoa
Nance Co. Nebraska
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1312 Stovall Street
Augusta, Georgia
December 2, 1933

Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Re: Daniel McMillan
Private, Revolutionary War

Dear Sir:
Please give me the various addresses to which
The pensions of Daniel McMillan were sent.  Daniel Mc
Millan enlisted at Camden, South Carolina, June 1776
under Capt. John Drakeford and Col. Kershaw; 1778 under
Capt. George Ross and Col. Kershaw; 1782 under Capt. John
Graham.

Yours truly,

[signature] Lora M. Pearce

(Miss) Lora M. Pearce
[stamped] RECEIVED
DEC 5 1933
MAIL DIV.
VETS. ADM.
PENSIONS
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[form; top of page is rolled; cannot read]
sion on file in this Bureau. [handwritten] Daniel McMillan [unknown] File 32397

DATES OF                LENGTH OF     RANK     OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED     STATE
ENLISTMENT OR    SERVICE                           CAPTAIN                               COLONEL                                  

June 1776                2 weeks           Prt          John Drakeford                       Kershaw                                 SC
Fall of 1778              3 mos                “            George Ross                    Joseph Kershaw
Spring 1779              3 mos               “            George Ross                            “     Kershaw
Fall 1779                   3 mos               “              George Ross                   Joseph Kershaw
Summer 1782          3 mos               “             John Graham

Battles engaged in, ______________
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Camden District, SC
Date of application for pension, Oct 24 1832 His claim was al
Residence at date of application, Chester Dist SC
Age at date of application, born in Ireland in 1752.
Remarks: In 1835 soldier had moved from SC to Morgan
Co. Ill. Children are referred to but no names are stated
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December 16, 1933.

BA-J/MMHF/ILL
Daniel McMillan
S.  32397

Miss Lora M. Pearce                                               
1312 Stoval Street      
Augusta, Georgia.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Various addresses to which the payments of pension made to Daniel
McMillan, of South Carolina, were sent.

The Revolutionary War records of this office have been
searched and the record of Daniel McMillan has been found under
pension claim, S. 32397. The data in regard to that soldier as
found in said pension claim are given below.

Daniel McMillan was born in 1752, in Ireland. [handwritten] copy of history

While a resident of Camden District, which was later Kershaw
District, South Carolina, he enlisted with the South Carolina troops
and served as follow: in June, 1776, two weeks in Captain John Drake-
ford’s company, Colonel Kershaw’s regiment; in the fall of 1778, three
months in Captain George Ross’s company, Colonel Joseph Kershaw’s
regiment; in the spring of 1779, three months in Captain George Ross’s
company, Colonel Joseph Kershaw’s regiment; in the fall of 1779, three
months in Captain George Ross’s company, Colonel Joseph Kershaw’s
regiment; in the summer of 1782, three months in Captain John Graham’s
company.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 24,
1832, at which time he was a resident of Chester District, South
Carolina; he had lived there about sixteen years.

In 1835, he stated that he had lately moved from South Carolina
to Morgan County, Illinois, and he referred then to his children but
gave no names.  John and William McMillan were living in Warren County,
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Illinois, in 1836, but no relationship to the soldier, Daniel
McMillan, was shown.
For information in regard to the date of last payment of
pension, addresses to which the various payments were sent, the
name of the person paid and, possibly, the date of death of the
soldier, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the
following:

Daniel McMillan
Certificate #16968
Issued October 18, 1833
Rate of $41.55 per anum
Act of June 7, 1832.
Illinois Agency. (Transferred from South Carolina Agency).

Very truly yours,
A.D. Miller,
Assistant to Administrater.