Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 2184-100, for Peter Mc Cartney, Virginia

SERVICE
McCartney Peter
NUMBER _____
B.L.Wt. 2184-100
CONTENTS

THESE are to CERTIFY that the bearer hereof John McCarthy (Private) in the first Virginia — regiment, having faithfully served the United States from the month of April 1777, to this date — and being enlisted for the war, is hereby discharged from the American army.
Given at the war office the 26 th day of July 1783 —
By order of the secretary at war,
Benjamin
J. R. [unintelligible] Registered in the books of the regiment,
William E. [unintelligible] adjutant.

Recd Jan 4 16 1857
War office, 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the bearer as a discharge, until the ratification of the definitive treaty of peace; previous to which time, and until proclamation thereof shall be made, he is to be considered as being on furlough.
B. LINCOLN.
I do certify that the within Peter McCartney has recd of your Month pay since the commencement of 3d year 57 & 2.
Fort Pitt
2000. they dated 18.2 No 115 6.184-100
Be [unclear] Cat [unclear]

Discharge of Peter M c Cartney Private Virginia line filed by the Hon ble J. M c Clanney Regulations delivered the 16 th Jan y 1857

Tadoussac April 10. 1837
Dear Sir
Incloses, you will find the evidence of Mrs Catharine Mount, the Daughter and heir at law of Peter M c Cartney late a revolutionary soldier, his discharge was deposited in the Department of War by the Hon. John C. Hovey some time during last session of Congress, you will find it in conformity to the usual practice of the office, and the evidence supports his claim, forward to me scrip, if not the warrant,
With sentiments of esteem
I am Your obedt servt Robert Mitchell
Hon: Joel R. Poinsett

Exhibit 8
Deposition
In the case
of
Catharine Stuart

State of Ohio
Washington County ss Before me the subscriber an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, personally appeared James Duke, who being duly sworn according to law, so depose and say, that the deponent was personally acquainted for a long time with Peter McCarty, who was a private in the Revolutionary war in the first Virginia Regiment, that he is the identical Peter McCarty who served as a private from the month of April 1777 until July 1783, at which time he was honorably discharged, by order of the Secy of War B. Lincoln. And that Catharine Mount who now applies for bounty land, is the daughter of the said McCarty, that the said McCarty died upwards of twenty eight years since, in the County of Bradford Pennsylvania, that he never was a pensioner to deponents knowledge, sworn to and subscribed this fifteenth day of July 1837 James Duke
Sam d Thompson Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio Washington County ss. I E. T. Cox Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the said County hereby certify that Samuel Thompson Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition was taken, was, at the time of executing the same, still is, an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified. In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Painesville Ohio 21 st day of August 1837. Attest E. T. Cox Clerk

Peter M c Cartney N o . 2181,
East End, Middlesex

State of Ohio
348
County of Washington
I Catharine Mount, heir at law of Peter M c Cartney, do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that, Peter M c Cartney, did enter the service in 1777, for the term of during the war, and served as a private in the Regiment N o one, under the command of Colonel [blank] of the Virginia line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war. I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to the said Peter M c Cartney on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever. Therefore I Catharine Mount the heir, etc., and heir at law of the said Peter M c Cartney do make this my application, in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 16 th of September 1778. sworn to and subscribed before me this 10 th day of April 1837
Catharine his Mount mark
Sam l Thompson Justice of the Peace
Know all men by these presents, That I Catharine Mount aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Doctor Robert Mitchell, to be my true and lawfull attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes, or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest
Catharine his Mount mark
Sam l Thompson W m Lander

The State of Ohio } County of Muskingum } Personally appeared the above named Catharine Stuart, the subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and made oath to the same, and in my pre- sence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act and deed, for the purposes therein men- tioned. Given under my hand and seal, this 10 th day of April 1837
Wm Lawrence Warren Lillibridge
Sam. Thompson Justice of the Peace
In testimony that the above written Samuel Thompson was a Magistrate, authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, in the State of Ohio, in and for the County of Muskingum, at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the County seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Zanesville in said County this 10 th day of April 1837 E. V. Cox, Clerk.
State of Ohio } Muskingum County } ss At a Court held for said County April term 1837, Satisfactory evidence was offered in Court, to prove that Catharine Stuart was the daughter of, and sole heir at law in fee to Peter M'Carthy late a private in the first Regiment Virginia Military line.
At Court Common Pleas Muskingum County, Ohio.
I Ezekiel V. Cox, Clerk of the County Court, do certify, that the above evidence is taken from the records in my office, In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my official Seal this 10 th day of April 1837
E. V. Cox Clerk