Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6699, for Thomas Mc Elroy, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Pen
McElroy Thomas or McElrag
R. 6699
CONTENTS

REJECTED
6199.
P. O.
Thomas M c Elroy
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Thomas Mc Elroy.
Virginia
Rejected
del. 21 March 1835 T.W.V. Pay.
6699

Ms. A. 1. 1 v. 1 p. 1
Nunavut et
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19

The new. M c Clungs. of Pleasant.
Says he is 83 years old - a native of Ireland. Came to the States in 1773. - That in 1776 he volunteered in Philadelphia County Pennsylvania for 120 months. Marched to Brandywine remained there upon the Battle of the Clouds then in other two months. - dont recollect under whom he volunteered - the names of his Captain. believe he saw officers. Was also seen in action at Red Bank - dont know how he got a discharge - dont know that any was given -
In July in the same year he enlisted in Lancaster County for six months, and went to Fort Lee. retreated from there across the Delaware. and on Christmas night he was ordered into Pennsylvania where got Colonel Penn's officers. When Washington army took the H. of Pruney at Trenton - dont recollect under whom he enlisted. saw the commanding Captain. believe he saw other officers on the train.
In the next succeeding year he established he enlisted again for twelve months - States when he marched across Quaker Marches and all had not yet arrived - but when had finished acknowledgment "that in the town he was a Druggist."
This old man is a Shrewd Irishman, & a great informant in my opinion.
M c Clungs Nov. 20. 1834

Letter from heir of Thomas M c Ellroy Esq o va a
Sub s . Act June 7/32
Thompson Woods Present

As one of the heirs at Law of Thomas McElroy, decd. I hereby authorize David H. Wood of Washington D. C. to examine the application of said Thomas McElroy made to the U. S. Pension Office for a Pension for services rendered during the revolutionary war, and report to me the result thereof,
Given under my hand the 1. day of August 1863 -
Joseph W. McElroy

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME McElvain, John GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 10,011 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 10, 1794 to Daniel Steuer, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.