Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 130-400, for William Mc Clure, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
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McClure, William
B.L.Wt 130-400
CONTENTS

No 130 Power of Attorney from Wm W. Elam To Isaac Cole

I know all Men by these presents, that I William M c Clure of Craven County and State of North Carolina late a Regimental Surgeon in the Continental line of the State aforesaid in the service of the United States during the late War with Great Britain do hereby nominate appoint make ordain and constitute Isaac Cole of the County and State aforesaid my true and lawful Attorney to ask for and receive at the War Office or any other place, a Bounty Warrant for Land due me as Surgeon aforesaid and do also empower him the aforesaid Isaac Cole attorney or attorneys under him to make touching the premises herein Ratifying and confirming all my said Attorney or Attorneys under him may do hereby. Witness my hand and Seal at Newbern in the County and State above mentioned June 7 th One Thousand eight Hundred . . . . . 1800
Witness Lowthorp
W m M c Clure
State of North Carolina Craven County } Personally came before me Francis Lowthorp one of the Justices assigned for the County aforesaid, the above named William M c Clure and acknowledged the above Power to be his act and deed. In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed my Seal this 7 th day of June One Thousand Eight Hundred 1800.
Lowthorp. J.O.P.

State of North Carolina Craven County
Francis Lowthorp one of the Justices of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with the within named William McClure for upwards of Forty Years and that I do believe him to be the same man as his his Power of Attorney denominates him to be. Witness my hand & Seal this 25 Day of August 1800.
F. Lowthorp J.P.
State of North Carolina Craven County
Personally appeared before me Francis Lowthorp one of the Justices of the County Court of the County of Craven, in the State of North Carolina; John Davis, who deposed that he knew the within named William McClure to be a sergeant in the second Regiment in the North Carolina line in the War with Great Britain, and that he is positive in his being the same as represented in the within Power of Attorney Sworn before me Aug. 25. 1800. John Davis.
F. Lowthorp J.P.

I do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with William McClure who has signed the within power of Attorney since the year 1788, when he returned from S. Carolina, having been taken a prisoner in the City of Charleston when it surrendered to the British & then understood that he was a Surgeon to one of the N. Carolina Regiments. I do further certify that Francis Lowthorp is a Justice of the peace for Craven County - and that John Daves who has signed the annexed deposition was at the conclusion of the Revolution then a Captain in the N. Carolina line of Continental troops & given under my hand at Newbern in Craven County N. Carolina this 3 d Septem r 1800
Rich d Dobbs Sprague
State of North Carolina Craven County
I Samuel Chapman Clerk of the County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Craven aforesaid, do hereby certify that Francis Lowthorp who has attested the annexed power of Attorney from William McClure to Isaac Cole was at the time of his said attestation an Acting Justice of the peace of the County of Craven and that full faith & credit are due to his attestation as such, given under my hand & Seal of Office at Newbern the 26 th day of May Anno Domini 1801
Sam l Chapman

mmh cm
November 13, 1923
Jo Della Pennington Anadarko, Okla.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau it appears that William McClure was a Surgeon in the Second Regiment North Carolina Line, was taken prisoner when Charleston surrendered and returned to North Carolina in 1781.
In 1800 he was a resident of Newbern, Craven County, North Carolina.
He was allowed bounty land in full satisfaction for services rendered, under Warrant No. 130 .
There is no data as to his family and it does not appear that he ever applied for pension.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

I know all Men by these Presents that Isaac Cole of the County of Craven State of N o Carolina Attorney to William M c Clure (as by his Power dated June 7, 1800 will appear) for to receive his Land Warrant, from the United States; with Power also, to give a Substitutional Authority to receive the same. & You knowe, that I have by these Presents, Substituted, Nominated, and Appointed, the Hon ble William Blackledge for me and in my name to receive the Land Warrant aforesaid and I do hereby give him all the Power that I am invested with, by virtue of William M c Clures Power to me, of the date as abovesaid. Hereby ratifying all my Attorney may do in the premises. In witness whereof I have set my hand and Seal this 16 th day of Feb y 1804.
Witnesseth my hand Wm. Blackledge
Isaac Cole
Pierce Manning
State of N o Carolina Craven County Personally appeared before me Isaac Cole, and acknowledged the above Power of Attorney to be his Act and Deed for the purposes therein men- tioned in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal Feb y 16, 1804.
Seal

State of North Carolina, Clerk, Office of Craven County } Is
I hereby certify, that the within named John Scars Esq d before whom the within power of Attorney appears to have been acknowledged was at the time, and is now, one of the acting Justices of the peace, within and for the County of Craven, and that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given to his attestation as such. as with within County of Justice as witness. Certified under my hand & seal of Office at Newbern the 10 th day of February A.D. 1804.
Sam l Chapman

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Waynesville, N.C.
May 31 st 1921
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I wish to obtain further information in regard to my ancestor William McClure, who served in the Revolutionary war. William McClure served as a surgeon in the 2 d North Carolina Regiment. He was Commissioned surgeon May 1 st , 1776, and was with the Southern Army at Ponpon, Feb 6, 1782.
Please inform me if his name appears on your pension list. If you find his name, let me know date when his pension began also date of expiration; and where he lived during the time he received a pension.
Trusting I may hear from you at once I am
Very respectfully
(Miss) Una Plott Waynesville, N.C.

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK IN AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS STATE OF OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE AND UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATING
EXTENSION SERVICE COUNTY AGENT WORK
Anadarko, Okla., Sept 23, 1923.
Pension Office, Dept. of Interior, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
I should appreciate records of the following men: Mathew Martin Bedford Co., Tenn. ; David Martin of N.C. Col. James Martin , Stokes Co. N.C. ; Dr. Wm. McClure , N.C. , and Edward Dr Haven who died in Fla. Do you also have any record of Lt. Col. Wm. Pope of Virginia ?
Thanking you for your courtesy, I am
Very truly yours,
Jo Della Pennington.
Advised only 2 histories etc

Rev. War Section.
V.L.H.
June 14, 1931.
Miss Una Platt, Waynesville, N. C.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 31 st ultimo, you are advised that it appears from the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau that William McClure was a Surgeon in the Second Regiment North Carolina Line, was taken prisoner when Charleston surrendered and returned to North Carolina in 1781. In 1800 he was a resident of Newbern, Craven County, North Carolina.
He was allowed bounty land in full satisfaction for services rendered under Warrant No. 130.
There is no data as to his family and it does not appear that he ever applied for pension.
Very respectfully,
Washington Gardner Commissioner.
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1921. Sept. 30, Hon. Gideon Weaver M.C. info as above see correspondence in Wm McClure. S.C. Troops S.21366