Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,399, for William Mc Gehe, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
McGehee, William
8 32 399
CONTENTS
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and at the Treasury under the act of the 6. April 1838 from March 1834 to 1. May 1836. got Notified 11. Nov. 1841
25. 778 e Alabama
William M c Ghy Brecken Co in the State of Alabama who was a Captain in the Company commanded by Captain Shelton of the Regt. commanded by Col Perkins in the Virginia Volunteer
9 Mo Pr $ 30.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama at the rate of 30 Dollars per annum. A commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of Jan'y and sent to 1834 War Dept. Clay. No of Rep
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833 15.00 Semest. allowance ending 4 Mar '34 15.00 $ 90.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. D. Sprague Clerk, Book C Vol. 8 Page 48
Death not on A. B.

John M. John Pitt
Mr. Clegg
to application for a pension
24509

State of Alabama
Sackson County ss On this 1 st day of January 1833 Personally appeared an Open Court before me Thomas - Russell Rector Judge of the County Court for said County now sitting. William A. Schu President of the County and State aforesaid a man about twenty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declara- -tion in order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated That he entered the service as well as he recollects, in the year 1777 - as a volunteer minutes may under Captain William Hicks Col Peter Perkins; That he then resided in Pulasky County County Virginia - That he was marched from there to Green's Island, That he arrived there on the day before a battle was fought between the Americans and Britis- h and that he was posted as a Centinel at the time the battle was fought; Shortly after which battle he was marched back to Pulasky County Virginia From there he was marched to Cumberland Gap on Yellow Creek where he had a battle with the Shaw- nee Indians - where upwards of thirty Indians were killed From there he was marched home the six months for which he volunteered having expired - at which time he received a discharge but believing that it would never be of any use to him he has lost it - after which time he moved to Henry County Virginia and in the year 1780 he volunteered under Captain Lyfus Shelton and was marched to the waters of Cowan Creek & Fisher River where there were a number of Tories who had embodied

There was amongst the gaolers & when they took about review of their prisoners from they came thru Maudie back home to Henry County Virginia
He states that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can prove and who can testify to his services & that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not in the pension roll of the agency of any state in the United States yet known and in which you now you and I was born in New Kent County and State of Virginia and I think in the year 1753
2 d Have you any record of your age and if so when is it and I have the the record of my age at time in my Family Bible —
3 d When did you begin which could be to the service; When have you lived since the Revolutionary War and when do you now live I lived in Richland County Richland County Pennsylvania and State of Virginia which could be to the service I moved from the State of Virginia to Richland County North Carolina near E. Tennessee when I resided above Henry there going from there to Lincoln County Tennessee when I resided about nineteen years there to Jackson County Alabama when I now reside

4 th How and when you entered into service and your mother did you volunteer or was you a substitute and if a substitute for whom Am. S. Valentine in my instance
5 th State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops when you were such. Continental and State Regiments as you can recall recollect and the general circumstances of your services Col. Peter Perkins Col. William Dick Col. William Frizz Col. Lewis Roberts Lieut. Trimble
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it I received a discharge from Col. Peter Perkins and have since lost it
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are indebted in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your char- acter for veracity and good beha- vior during your services as a Soldier of the Revolution Mrs. John Reed George Reed Lanny Hull Samuel M. Mavord Job Patrat

William Magee mark
We John Williams a clergyman residing in the county of Jackson State of Alabama and John Acward residing in the same county certify that we are well acquainted with William Magee who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
John Williams
John Williams John Acward
Revell Gehr
to application for a pension
24507

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 27 th , 1841.
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 widow of William McGehee, dec'd., a Pensioner on the Roll of the Mobile, Al. Agency, at the rate of Thirty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1834 to the 18 th May 1836.
Respectfully yours,
Wilson S. Norris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Ent
No. 13. Ld. Ld. p.
9/2
William M c Gehee
(Wisconsin)
new Mobile rolls
at 7 June, 1832
$64.84
26 Oct. 1841.
27
Reg no 371 dated 27 Oct 1841
Sent to Treasury 28 Oct 1841
Book H. p. 429

Dr.
the N. S. State
To the Widow of William M c Gehee per Mobile roll Act of June 1832
For his pension from 21 March 1832, to May 1836, the day of his death 2\frac{57}{365} years at $30. per annum, per teacher files herewith $64.84

State of Alabama ss Be it known that upon me, James Fowler a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, this day, personally appeared Dinah McGhee , and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of William McGhee , the identical person who was a prisoner, and is now dead, and to whom a certificate of Pension was issued, of which the following is a true copy:
War Department.
Revolutionary Claims.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832, William McGhee of the State of Alabama, who was a private during the Revolutionary War, is entitled to receive thirty dollars 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 4 th day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
L. W. Cope Secretary of War.
Examined and countersigned.
A. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions."
That the deceased pensioner resided in Jackson County aforesaid for the space of about Eleven years before his death, and that pensioner then be under in the sum of Twenty six Dollars and 87 1/2 Cts per month before
Dinah McGhee mark.
me, this 5 th day of October 1841
James Fowler - J. P. Justice of the Peace
Dinah McGhee mark.
State of Alabama ss  James Fowler a Magistrate Jackson County ss in the County aforesaid do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence viz from the affidavits

of Samuel McGehee and Thomas Reed who are respectable citizens of said County and to me personally known that Deborah McGehee, who has this day appeared before me to take the oath that she is the widow of William McGehee, deceased, late a Revolutionary Prisoner, is the widow of the identical person named in the Pension certificate which she has exhibited before me number- ed 25,778, and bearing date at the War Office, the 4 th day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty four, and signed by Genl Gaps, Secretary of War.
Given under my hand on this fifth day of October eighteen hundred and forty one.
Dist
Frederick A. P. Spencer
I, Clerk of the County Court of Jackson County in the State of Alabama, do hereby certify that Herman Fowler is a disinterested as aforesaid, and that the foregoing signature pur- porting to be his is a genuine.
On Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my official seal, at office in the Town of Bellefont, this 11 th day of October in the year, one thousand eight hundred and for- ty-one.
Moses Jones Clerk of the County Court of Jackson City, Ala.
I, Moses Jones Clerk of the County Court of Jackson County in the State of Alabama, holden at the court house in the Town of Bellefont, in the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court, that William McGehee was a Prisoner of the United States, at

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the rate of Thirty dollars per annum, was a dividend of the County and State aforesaid, and due in the County and State aforesaid, in the year, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-Six, on the day of May, that he left a widow, whose name is Elizena McGehee.
In Testimony whereof, I have subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said County Court, at Effren, in Bellefontaine, this 11th day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty one.
Moses Jones Clerk of the County Court of Pickens County, in the State of Alabama
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No 24507 William M c Gehee Jackson County Alabama.
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To remain on file until Adm. J. Mowatt
$30
Hon. C. C. Clay
Ho of Reps
John Williams (Belfry) Jackson County Alabama

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
29. April 2 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.
A Statement, shewing the Service of William H. Gche Jackson County Alabama
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol. 1777 — 6 — private Coap Dick, Col Perkins 78 years Pittsylvania No testimony, Witness & Clergiman not sworn - paper incorrect, not authenticated.   Vol. 1780 Not Stated Coap Shelton County Virginia  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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, musicians 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 } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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), 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 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
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 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 for a pension.
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 G. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has 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.
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 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.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &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

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? { 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 traditional 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 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 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. 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. 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.
[k] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William McGehee a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. 32 399
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1777 6 mos. ✓ William Dicks Peter Perkins Va.   1780 3 mos. Ebenezer Shelton ✓        
Cumberland Gap on Yellow Creek with Shawnee Indians.
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pittsylvania Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Jan'y. 4. 1833. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Jackson Co., Ala.
Age at date of application, born in 1755 in New Kent Co. Va.
Remarks: he died May 1. 1836 and the arrears of his pension were paid to his widow whose name is not stated in the papers in this Bureau. There is no further family data on file
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1917 Dec. 20. Hist. to Chas. A. Woods &
32 399 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 32, 399
William M c Gahy
Rev Ser no
Act: June 1 st 32 399
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 2163
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Inventory Dept
3 rd Vender = Office
2.6 Oct. 1841.
2 nd Comptroller's Office. Stated by Osborne
October 27 th 1841.
Ex 2 T. Parrington.

FREE
Hagner Bee Annette Washington City D. C.
Beefont 2 Oct 61 D Mc Ghee Rec 295 Am

Beaufort 2 Adr 41 D McGehee Rec 25 Ann
6 1917

Sackum County, Ala. 1841
Hon Peter Heagney 3rd Assistant Secy Washington City In
Enclosed I send you
the papers prepared for the purpose of making me to receive the arrears of pension due on my deceased husband's pension certificate - The Pension certificate is also enclosed - Whatever amount is due me can be remitted to me at Larkin's Fork, Sackum County, in the State of Alabama, near which Post office I reside -
I am, Sir, very respectfully Yours H
Witness P. Saunders 10
W. H. ...

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No. 13444
Mc-Gehe, William
(Widow of )
act 6 april 1838
Coy Bldg.
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RETURNING INVOICES.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Office of the
AUDITOR FOR THE STATE AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS,
Washington, _____, 191____.
Collector of Customs, _____
Sir:
The following-described invoice received from your office, in reply to my request of _____, 191____, herewith returned, viz:
No. Consulate. Remarks.               

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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, William N o Gehr of the State of Alabama who was a Private during the Revolutionary War
is entitled to receive Thirty dollars and 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 4 th day of January - one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four
L. D. 25.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Richard Bleasdale Clerk of the County Court for said Jackson County State of Alabama do hereby certify that the within supplemental proceedings of the matter of the within application of William M. Gaskin for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my private seal this twenty first day of April at office in Biloxi this the 17th day of September 1833.
Richd. B. Bleasdale Clerk
The signature of Richd. B. Bleasdale, who is Clerk of the County Court of Jackson County, Ala., to the foregoing certificates are genuine. He has no seal of office, as I believe.
C. C. Clay
Mem. No 50 25 Declaration

State of Alabama 14 th of September 1833 Before me, Thompson McGehee Saw the said William McGehee one of the judges of the county court for said county, who being sworn to, deposed that he had been at the time of his death the following supplementary declaration intended as an amendment to the declaration of himself heretofore made having date the 14 th day of September 1832 (dated June 1832)
That in the year 1780 he volunteered under Captain Elijah Stewart and served three months and marched under him to Simpson's Ferry — William McGehee sworn to and subscribed before me this 14 th day of Sept 1833 Thompson McGehee Judge of the county court
And the said court do hereby certify as an amendment to the within heretofore that the said William McGehee did affirm in open court & read the above statement as a supplement to the within declaration heretofore made by him and that it is the opinion of the court that he served as he states from Frankford until the 14 th day of September 1833
Thompson McGehee Judge of the county court

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after hearing the interrogatories presented by the War department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and lived as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Williams who has signed the foregoing certificate is a blind man residing in the County of Sumter and State of Alabama and that John Reed who has also signed the same is a resident of said County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit Given under my hand and seal this 12th day of September 1833
Thompson W. Rees Judge of the Court of Claims
I Richard Blethen Clerk of the County Court for Jackson County State of Alabama do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William McGhee for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my priv- ate Seal there being no seal of office at office in Bellefonte this 12th day of Sep- tember 1833 - Richard Blethen Clerk

Rev Sec H11
LA CROSSE LUMBER CO.
LOUISIANA, MO. 12/10/17.
Pension Department, Washington City, D. C., Commissioner of Pensions, Dear Sir:
Will you please give me any data that your office records may contain of one William Magee a Virginia Revolutionary soldier. Tradition has it that he took advantage of the congressional enactment of 1832 granting pensions to all Revolutionary soldiers.
I am, yours very truly,
Chas. A. R. Hood 218 North Main St., Louisiana, Mo.