Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11047, for James Mc Connel, North Carolina

SERVICE
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McConnel James McConnell or
S 11047
CONTENTS
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Alabama 31528
James M. Connell Marshall, in the State of Alabama who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Reed of the regt commanded by Col Supton in the S. Carolina line for 8 months James McConnel* & N.C. Line. Pensions awarded.
Inscribed on the Roll of Mobile, Alabama at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Sept 1838 & sent to Louis Wyeth, Esq. Clayville, Alabama.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept '38 $200.00
Pension allowance ending 4 Mar '39 13.33
$213.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D.M. Gandy Clerk Book E 2. Vol. 8. Page 103

Paid at the Treasury -des the Act of the 10 th April 1838 from 4 March 1831. to 4 Sept 1838 - age Notified 19. Aug 1839.
Letter to Pen 4 Nov 1839
do to B. T. Moore 24 Dec 1839
Letter to Hon Mr Chapman & Co to Pen age 24 March 1840
Letter to Hon R. Chapman 12 April '40
To Huntville from 4 Sep 1838. 29. April 1840
Paid as above from 4 Sep 1838 to 11 th Sep 1839. age notified 21. July 1840

The State of Alabama Marshall County } ss
On this fourth day of Nov. 1838 personally appeared in open Court before the Orphans Court of Marshall County now sitting, it being a Court of Record expressly made such by the laws of the State creating it, James M c Connell a resident of the County of Marshall & State of Alabama aged eighty years and nine months who being first 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 7, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - In the fall of the year 1779 he volunteered as a minute man during the war  for the term of nine months under Capt Osborne and served under him with the exception of the time here- inafter stated until after the taking of Lord Cornwallis, During his service under Capt Osborne that officer several times placed him under the command of other officers once under Capt David Reed when he went to fight at Rocky Mount in the State of South Carolina under Colonels Sumpter & Irwin - this deponent was engaged in that battle which lasted between two & three hours the force of the Americans at that place consisted of five or six hundred men under the command of Sumpter & Irwin the latter of Mecklenburg County North Carolina the force of the British & Tories he does not know, they were in a large farm house stockaded round from which the Americans tried to drive them but without success as they were unprovided with can- non - After this Battle & under the command of the same officers he proceeded to Hanging Rock in the State of South Carolina where about two weeks after the battle of Rocky Mount was fought the battle of the Hanging Rock - the British were commanded by Rawdon this deponent believes and the Tories with them from

about the Adkin men under the command of one Bryan his rank as an officer not now remembered by this deponent. The Americans left the British & Tories on the field of Battle - the Americans lost in killed & wounded about twenty five men & took about eighty prisoners the loss of the other party was estimated as much greater. At this battle this deponent states that he was wounded in the right arm by a bayonet thrust by which he was much injured in the use of his right hand. After the Battle of Hanging Rock he was marched back & placed under the command of Capt Osborne under whom he served until the next fall after the Battle of Hanging Rock, during which time he was out scouting being sometimes permitted to return home for a day or part of a day. In the fall of 1780 this deponent was drafted into the militia company of Captain McKnight who served under Major Graham, Colonel Irvine & General Davidson he remained in the service as a drafted militia man three months when he was discharged, this discharge he lost when moving from North Carolina to Kentucky more than thirty years ago. Immediately after his discharge from the militia about the month of December 1780 he returned to the company of Capt Osborne, while with him this deponent in company with ten others when lying in ambush on one occasion at Macanpous Creek at Molly Ormonds ford fired upon a body of Tories about one hundred in number who immediately turned & fled leaving eleven killed & wounded. A few days after this deponent with the same party of ten went to the house of Mr. Mallard in Mecklenburg County who were first rate whigs for the purpose of hearing the news and of getting something to eat. The British at that time lay at Charlotte and a marauding party of them was expected at the house the next day, this deponent went with his companions the next day & lay in ambush for them near the house. When the British came they were fired upon and in a few minutes retreated. They were pursued a short distance leaving a good many

of their party killed, and next day they left Charlotte be- fore sun up. The next battle in which this deponent was engaged was fought at Cowens ford (as this deponent thinks the place was named) on the Catawba when the British were in pursuit of Morgan sometime after the Battle of the Cowpens. The Americans were stationed on one side of the Catawba the British approached on the other the latter rushed into the water and were shot down in great numbers, they fired in return and General Davidson commanding the Americans was killed the Americans retreated and were pursued as far as the house of the Widow Torrence on the road leading to Salisbury this was in the early part of 1781. As soon as Capt Osborn had gathered his company which occupied four or five days they marched back to the neighborhood of Charlotte. But a few days after this deponent got home he marched, with the permission of Capt Osborn, under Capt Penny into South Carolina on which tour he was out four or five months and on the fifteenth day of August 1781 he received three severe wounds two on the back part of his head and one on his left shoulder blade in an engagement near Bacon's Bridge on Goose Creek South Carolina. The British & Americans met near a bend in the road and were close together before they saw each other all were on horseback & used swords both parties also rushed on and after cutting through each other's ranks would wheel & pass back again - this deponent was cut down while cutting his way through for the third time - after he fell he understood the British fled - this deponent was carried by some of his comrades from the battle ground to a private house in the neighborhood where he remained until he so far recovered as by slow journeys he was able to get back towards home - Shortly after he got home news was brought that Cornwallis had surrendered, and shortly after this sometime in the close of October 1781 his company was discharged This deponent then received his discharge as orderly sergeant of the

Company of Capt Osborn which post he had filled during his time of service with him, This discharge was also lost at the same time with the other mentioned before and in this manner - when removing more than thirty years since from the State of North Carolina to Kentucky all his papers were destroyed the rain during a long spell of wet weather he having to convey them a great distance on pack horses & having no good method of preserving them This deponent states that at the time he entered the service he was residing about four miles from Charlotte in the County of Mecklenburg North Carolina that he served as a volunteer for the space of one year & ten months as above stated and three months as a drafted Militia man & that he marched into South Carolina several times - that altho' he was never served in the Continental army he on one occasion acted with them to wit when General Greene lay in winter quarters at Dixie's Creek Mecklenburg County North Carolina This deponent Knew General Greene Col. Morgan & Col. Wm. Washington of the light horse & has seen Generals Francis Marion & DeKalb and served under Sumpter as has been before stated - this deponent saith that he has no documentary evidence of these transactions. During the time speci- fied as being in the service this deponent saith that he attended to no civil service whatsoever never pretend- ing to raise a crop or do any thing but attend to his military duties which required all his time This de- ponent says that he was born on the fifteenth of August 1757 in County Down Ireland that his parents removed to America when he was four or five years of age & settled on Big Santee river South Carolina whence they removed to Mecklenburg County North Caro- lina some years before the revolutionary war - he has no record of his age whatever but speaks from what his parents told him about his age - He lived in Meck- lenburg when he entered the service of the United States and resided there until after the close of the war

until the year 1800 when he removed to Rutherford North Carolina where he resided until 1806 and then removed to Knox County Kentucky where he lived until 1809 - thence he removed to near Duck River in Tennessee & resided there and in other places in Tennessee until the year 1825 - then he removed to the State of Alabama in several counties of which he has been residing until January 1838 when he removed to the County of Marshall where he now resides - The first discharge he received this deponent states was given by Capt Robert McKnight - the second he received from Capt James Osborne both of which have been lost as stated This deponent does not know any living witness by whom testimony he can prove all the facts stated above Altho' he has often made enquiries after his comrades of Capt Osboornes Company This deponent further states that John W. Coal of the County of Marshall knew him when he resided in Mecklenburg County North Carolina and that he believes the said John W. Coal will testify to his character for veracity and his belief of this deponents services in the war of the revolution - that Thomas T. Doty of Marshall County has known him for some time and will also certify as Mr Coal, and that Isaac Doty of Living- -ston Overton County Tennessee is partially acquainted with the services rendered he having known this deponent when in the drafted Militia Company of Captain Robert McKnight
He here by relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any the agency of any state Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me in open Court Washington T. May James McComel Judge of the Orphans Court

Mr Stephen W. Donathan a clergyman, residing in the County of Marshall  Jackson near the Marshall County line State of Alabama and John W. Coal residing in the same  County of Marshall hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James M'Connell, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about eighty 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 & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me in open court Washington G. May Judge of the Orphan's Court
Stephen W. Donathan John W. Coal
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 Revo- lutionary Soldier and served as he states, And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Stephen W. Donathan who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Marshall  Jackson near the Marshall County line and that John W. Coal is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Washington G. May Judge of the Orphan's Court

34.531 James McConnel Alabama
admitted for Imm. Privileges. $26 \frac{66}{100}
Louis Wyeth Leah Cayville Abe
Hon. R. Chapman H.R.

The State of Alabama } Richard S. Randles clerk of the Marshall County. } Orphans Court of Marshall County do hereby that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of James McCannel for a pension in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal not having a public seal of office at office in Gadsden this fourth day of June 1838 and of American Independence the 62 nd year Richd S. Randles Clk
Washington City - June 18th. 1838. I Richard Chapman Representative in Con- gress from the first Congressional District in the State of Alabama which includes the County of Marshall do certify that Richd S. Randles who signed the foregoing certifi- -cate is Clerk of the County Court of said County. R Chapman

June 30, 1939
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BA-J/MCS James McConnel, S.11047
Mr. C. V. Compton Route 8, Box 363 San Antonio, Texas
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to James McConnell, a Revolutionary War soldier who was pensioned from Limestone County, Alabama.
The data which follow were taken from papers on file in pension claim, S.11047, based on the military service of James McConnel (personal signature), the only soldier by that name (searched under all spellings) that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
James McConnel was born on August 15, 1757, in County Down, Ireland. When he was four or five years of age he came to America with his parents (their names not given) and settled on the Big Saluda River, South Carolina. Some years before the Revolution he moved to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
While living in that county, about four miles from Charlotte, he enlisted in the fall of 1779 and served until late in October, 1781, amounting to twenty-five months in all, as private and orderly sergeant with the North Carolina troops under Captains James Osborne, David Reed and Robert McKnight and Colonel Irwin. He was in the battle of Rocky Mount; he received a bayonet wound in the right arm during the battle of Hanging Rock; he was in the battle of Cowan's Ford; on August 15, 1781, during an engagement near Bacon's Bridge on Goose Creek, South Carolina, he received three wounds, two on the head and one on the left shoulder blade; he also was in various skirmishes with the British and Tories.
He stated that in 1800 he moved to Rutherford, North Carolina, in 1806 he moved to Knox County, Kentucky, in 1809 he moved to near Duck

River in Tennessee and lived there and in other places in Tennessee until 1825 when he moved to Alabama and lived in several counties in that state until January, 1838, when he moved to Marshall County, Alabama.
James McConnel was allowed pension on his application executed June 4, 1838, at which time he was living in Marshall County, Alabama. He was living there in 1840.
The papers in this pension claim contain no further data relative to the soldier's family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of James McConnel, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier, it is suggested that you address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., giving the following data:
James McConnel, Certificate 31528, issued September 18, 1838, commenced March 4, 1831, rate $26.66 per annum, Act of June 7, 1832, Alabama Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1933. Aug. 9. hist. to Mrs. Jas. M. Anderson, through Mr. Sam Garet, M.C. 1939 June 30. hist. to Mr. C. V. Compton, M.C.
Rawson
110147 INVALID.
File No. 11.047
James McConnell* Pioneer War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:—Vol. 2 Page 247
[Arrangement of 1870.]
McConnel* Records corrected. Mch 24/05.

James M c Connell Habana
Suspended
let; 21. June 1838 Hon. R. Chapman
Admitted for 8 mos priv
26 66 per ann.

State of Tennessee Owen County ss This day personally appeared Isaac Doty, Jr. before the undersigned a Justice of the peace for said County & made oath in due form of Law. That James M'Connell of Marshall County Alabama, is as he believes most positively & without a doubt, the Identical same James M'Connell who was a private in Capt. McNaught Company, who was under General Davidson & John Lidday was quartermaster Sergeant at Lee Mile Creek. The above statements I believe from circumstances detailed by him, which happened in our youth and age. The said Doty has no doubt of his being the same James M'Connell above referred to whom he subscribed before me this 20 th of March 1838 Deak. H. Coffey Justice of the peace Isaac Doty Jr.

State of Tennessee County of 3 I John D. Daugherty Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid Do hereby Certify that Deeds H. Capps is an acting Justice of the peace as above, and that the signature to the above papers genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Office the 27 th day of March 1838.
John D. Daugherty Clerk

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
August 12 th , 1839.
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," James McConnell, ————— a Pensioner on the Roll of the Mobile, Ala. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and Sixty Six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1831, to the 4 th Sept. 1838, 7 1/2 years.
Respectfully, yours,
William B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Oct 74
Mr Evans
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Huntsville Ala. October 2. 1838
Sir
This day made a representation in person to the Pension Agent at this place for my pension due me the 1 st of September & was informed by the agent that my name was not inscribed on his roll & of course could not pay me. As my Pension Certificate No 31528 and act 7 June 1832 shows me to be a Pensioner that should be inscribed on the roll of this place, you will be pleased to have this omission rectified as soon as possible, as I should not be done before the 4 th day of November it will compell me to make application to Washington for my pension. I have recd my pay to the 1 st Sep 1838 by a draft from the Treasury. I am Respectfully your obedient servant James M c Connel Hon J. L. Edwards Washington City.

In order to save me the trouble of making application again to the pension agent before he is authorized to pay me, you will have the goodness to advise me directed to Cottonville Postoffice, Nassau County, Ala.
Yours Respectfully J. M.
Sir An examination of my roll which was recd from Peculiar the name of J. M. Connell is not inscribed on it
Respectfully Yours. Obt Servt.
for J. M. Vioe pension agent J. H. Huggins Hon. J. V. Edwards Chairman of Pensions City of Washington

Dec. 23/1839
Melrose
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Hon. Joseph L. Edwards Comm r . of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Huntsville, Alabama.
9th December 1839.
Joseph G. Edwards, Esq.
Commr. of Pensions
Washington City
Sir
During the last year Pensions were granted to James McConnel, a Revolutionary Pension and to Thomas F. Doty, an Invalid Pension, and they were inscribed upon the Pension Roll of the Mobile Agency. They were to be paid at the Agency at Huntsville, in said State, they live within the bounds of the Huntsville Agency, being citizens of the County of Cullman, a County composed of portions of Jackson and Blount Counties, at its organization, since which time some small portion of Madison has been annexed to it, the whole of Cullman County and of those Counties from which it was taken is in the Huntsville Agency, but at the time Pensions were allowed to the persons above named, Pensions were not paid either at Decatur, or at Huntsville, to which latter place the Agency was removed from Decatur. The Pensions above named cannot make application under the form presented for a transfer, because they cannot say that they have removed within the bounds of the Huntsville Agency from any other, as they lived within the bounds of the said Agency at Huntsville, at the time they made their declarations for Pensions, and do still and have ever since been situated within the said County of Cullman.
I have this day addressed a letter to Messrs Clay and Chapman of Alabama on this subject requesting them to call at your

Office and show to your satisfaction that the County of Marshall is within this Agency, that it was taken from the Counties of Jackson and Blount, since their formation, with others, were placed in the Agency at Decatur. The Agency at Decatur was established on the 27 June 1834. The County of Marshall was established on the 9 Jan'y 1836. If they should be forced on the transfer to the Huntsville Agency, you can so advise them by letter directed to Cottonville in Miss. State.
I am Sir very respectfully Your obedt Servt. B. T. Mellon.

26. Dec 1839.
Then
B. T. Moore
G. 6
Bucor (1/9) page 130

War Department Pension Office 21. Dec 1889.
Sir
In answer to your letter of the 9 th inst in the case of Thomas J. Doty and James M c Cannell, I have to inform you, that by complying with the enclosed instructions, their names will be transferred to the Huntsville Agency.
I am H
B. T. Moore Esq Huntsville Alabama

Mar 23 1840
Mr Evans
John J. L. Edwards Court of Pensions Washington.
H. R. Chapman A.P.R.

H. of Rep - Washington
March 28 th 1840.
Sir; I beg leave to enclose you the papers relating to the application of James McCormick of Marshall Co. Ala, a prisoner for a change of his place of receiving his stipend from the agency at Mobile to that at P. Westville in said State. Respectfully your O. A. Chapman
Hon J. L. Edwards } Court of Pardon }

24 March 1840
Hon R. Chapman
G. L.
Record No 19 page 362