Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,245, for James Mc Farland, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
McFarland, James Margaret
N. 80 245
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7669. New York.
Margaret M c Farland, widow of James M c Farland, who was a private, in the N. York line,
Albany Roll
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of April, 1841, and sent to Hon: D. Russell,
D. R.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
27 June, 1841
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 80 -
Recd. 15th April
2 certificates

Thomas Boyd
Affidavit

State of New York Washington County ss: Thomas Boyd of the Town of Salem County & State aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he has resided in the town of Salem aforesaid from before the commencement of the Revolutionary war to the present time that he was well acquainted with James M c Farland who also resided in the same place from before the beginning of the said war to the time of his death which took place in the month of August 1815 that the said James M c Farland served in the said war in the Militia of the said State occasionally from the beginning of the said war to its close, that this deponent also served in the said Militia beginning in the third year of the war in the month of May to the close of the war under the same officers and in the same Company with the said James M c Farland, that they both served after this deponent intnd under Capt. Thomas Armstrong and afterwards under Capt. John Armstrong and in Col. John Williams Regt. and afterwards in Col. Alexander Webster Regt. to the end of the war, that the first time they were out together they went to Whitehall (there called Skene's boro) which was in the Spring soon after he intnd the service, the next time they were out they went to Lake George and that they were after out together to Whitehall Fort Ann Fort Edward & Lake George and other places. And this deponent further saith that he himself was out in the said service at different times and places

in all over Nine months as appears from the Records in the Comptroller's office in Albany in said State, and from his own recollections but that he is not able to give the exact dates and times he was out nor the length of time he was in the service each time he was called out, and this deponent further saith that the said James M. Garland was in the said service with him on all occasions when this deponent was out at the same times and places and that the said James M. Garland had to this deponent's knowledge been often ordered out and had often been in the said service during the first & second years of the war before this deponent entered the service and this deponent further saith that he was present at the marriage of the said James M. Garland to Margaret Matthews at the house of her father William Matthews in the town aforesaid which marriage took place soon after the close of the said war and in the Spring of the year Seventeen hundred and eighty six. that they were married by the Rev. James Proudfit then Minister of the Associate Reformed Church in said town, that they lived together (and raised a family) to the time of his death, which was in the month of August 1875 and this deponent further saith that the said Margaret M. Garland has remained unmarried ever since that her age is about eighty two, and that there is no record of their marriage in resistance to this deponent's knowledge.

And this deponent further says that he is a Pensioner & has been for several years in the receipt of thirty three dollars eighty eight cents per annum.
Subscribed & sworn before me This 20 th day of December 1845 Thomas Boyd J A M c Farland Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named Thomas Boyd I am well acquainted with & that he is a credible witness July 28 th 1846 J A M c Farland Justice of the Peace
State of New York Washington County Clerk's Office } Deputy Clerk of said County do certify that at the date of the foregoing jurat & certificate James A M c Farland was a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and sworn and that his signature to said jurat and certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County this twenty eighth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six Wm. R. Mills Dep. Clerk

Declaration of Margaret M c Farland.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July, 1838. entitled, "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain Widows."
State of New York:
Washington County ss. On this twenty ninth day of September one thousand eight hundred and forty five, before me John McLean First Judge of the county courts of the said county of Washington, personally appeared Margaret M c Farland a resident of the town of Salem in the said county of Washington, aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows": That is to say, that she is the widow of James M c Farland who was a private or Corporal in the war of the Revolution, as she is informed and believes, & that he served as such at various times in the Militia of the said State of New York during the continuance of said war: That such service, as she is thus informed and believes, was rendered in part, in Captain Edward Lous's Company in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Alexander Webster; in part in the company of Captain Thomas Armstrong, and in part in Captain John Armstrong Company, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Williams & afterwards by Colonel Alexander Webster, but at what particular times he entered or left said service, she is unable to state, nor is she enabled to state the length of time of the various periods of such service, but as she is informed & believes such service in the aggregate amounted to about one year. That the said James M c Farland, when said ser:

vice was rendered, resided in the said town of Salem; that in the condition of said service he, at various times, marched to Skeneateles, now Whitehall, to Fort Ann, to Fort Edward in the said County, to Lake George and to Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain. That she has no documentary evidence in support of such service further than the certificate of the controller of the state of New York, which is to this declaration attached. She further saith that according to the best of her recollection and belief she was married to the said James M c Farland in the Spring & she thinks in the month of March in the year then hundred and eighty six; and that her said husband, the aforesaid James M c Farland died in the month of August, one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated. She further saith that there is no record of her said marriage to her knowledge, and that she has remained a widow since the death of her said husband James M c Farland
her Margaret X M c Farland mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day & year above written before
Me John M c Lean First Judge Wash: Co: Coats And I the said Judge do certify that the above named Mar- garet M c Farland subscribed the said declaration by affixing her mark thereto, for the reason that from bodily infirmity she was unable to write her name, & that for the same reason she was unable to appear in court to make said declaration.
John M c Lean First Judge Wash: Co: Coats And I the said Judge do further certify that I have long known the above named Margaret M c Farland, & that she is a person of credibility, in whose statements full faith & credit should be placed. John M c Lean First Judge Wash: Co: Coats

must that can be to.
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
March 8/81 Mr. Coles m for no Pension or B. & allowed. Widow
File No. 20245-
Margaret McFarland Widow of James McFarland Dis. Rev War
Act March 3 rd 1890 same 19 th 44
Index: Vol. M , Page 24
[Arrangement of 1870.]

9950.
New York.
Margaret McFarland, Widow of James McFarland, who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the August 11 1815, of Washington in the State of N. York who was a private in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the N. York line for 6 yrs
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany, at the rate of 70 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14. day of April, 1846 and sent to Hon. D. Russell, H. R.
Total amount, $ 100.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by W. H. Stewart Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 — Page 169.

Margaret McFarland N.Y.
Act. 7. July '38
admt Comopri 20 th
also act 43.044 $20
Hon. D. Russell Present

Margaret McC Farland Wid L c Declaration L c for Prison
Jan. 1. 1896.
Mary McC Farland. Aug 7. 1898.
Direct to D. Russell Salem Wash. County N. York
Hon D Russell Salem Wash Co NY Jan 1 '46

State of New York Washington County Clerks Office } I William R. Mills Deputy Clerk of said County do certify that at the date of the foregoing jural and certificate John M c Lean was Just Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County and that his signature to said jural and certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said County this twenty eighth Day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six Wm. R. Mills Dep. Clerk
Th e same proffered

In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz :
   18 th Ap l 1780. James Mc. Farlin Priv £ 1 12 0   6 th Dec 1779. De Corp t 1 14 8   25 th Ap l 1778. De De m 11 2   " " " De Priv m 10 5   3 rd Nov 1780. De Corp t 2 14 0   " " " De Priv 2 9 9   2 nd Ap l De De Corp t m 17 1   " " " De Priv m 16 0   26 th Aug t 1779. De De 1 10 2   " " " De De 1 10 2   31 st Mar 1780. De Corp t 1 4 9   " " " De Priv 1 3 1   14 th Dec r 1781. De Corp t 2 18 8   " " " De Priv 1 6 8  
STATE OF NEW-YORK, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, Sept. 16 th — 1845.
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 2, now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz :
   First—under Capt. Edward Long in Col. Alex r Webster Regt.   Second " " De " " De "   Third " " John Armstrong " " John Williams "   Fourth " " De " " De "   Fifth " " De " " Alex r Webster "   Sixth " " De " " De "   Seventh " " De " " De "   Eighth " " De " " De "   Ninth " " De " " De "   Tenth " " De " " De "   11 " " De " " De "   12 " " De " " De "   13 " " De " " De "   14 " " De " " De "  
Philip Phelps Dep t Comptroller

Rev. E. H. Hovey.
affidavit

State of New York Washington County ss: Ebenezer Hovey being duly sworn says, that he is Pastor of the Associate Reformed Church in Salem in said County, of which, (as he is informed and believes, the Rev d James Proudfit now deceased, was formerly Pastor, that no Record of Marriages by the said Rev d James Proudfit has come into his possession, that he has not been able to find any such Record, and and that, he believes, if any such Record was kept by the said Rev d James Proudfit the same has been lost or destroyed and this deponent further saith that he has several times been called upon in relation to such Record and that he has when requested, made Oath that if any such Record was made the same has been lost or destroyed
Subscribed & sworn before me the 16 th day of Decem r . 1845. J. A. M c Farland Justice of the Peace Ebenezer Hovey Minister of the Gospel Salem N.Y.
I certify that the above named Ebenezer Hovey I am well assured that he is a credible witness 25 th Feb y 1846. J. A. M c Farland Justice of the Peace

State of New York Washington County Clerks Office } I William R Mills Deputy Clerk of Said County do certify that at the date of the foregoing draft and certificate James A McFarland was a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and sworn that his signature to said draft and certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of Said County this twenty eighth day of February in the Year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six Wm. R. Mills Dep. Clerk
Rev. E. H. Hovey. affidavit

Washington County Town of Fort Edward p 3
I am Crown of Fort- Edward in the County of Washington and State of New York, being duly sworn depose and say, that I was well acquainted with James McFarland, that I was acquainted with him several years previous to his marriage and up to the time of his death which she believes was in the month of August in the year One thousand eight hundred and fifteen, that he resided during that time in the town of Salem in the County Washington. That she was acquainted with the said James McFarland as early as the war of the Revolution, that she was also acquainted with Margaret Matthews, who was the daughter of William Matthews also of the said town of Salem, from her childhood up to the present time. That the said James McFarland and Margaret Matthews were married by the Rev. James Providence who was then Minister of the Associate Reformed Church of the town of Salem. That she was present at the said marriage which took place at her father's house. That said marriage took place in the latter part of March or first part of April (as she believes 1786) that she fixes the time of said marriage from these facts. That she this deponent was seventy seven years old the eighteenth day of October 1845. That at the time of this deponent's marriage she (this deponent) was in her twenty third year, and

That the said James McFarland and Margaret Matthews were married a little more than five years previous to that time that they continued to live together as man and wife from the time of their marriage to the time of the death of the said James McFarland and that the said Margaret still remains the widow of the said James McFarland that this deponent does not know of any family record, in which said marriage is recorded
Subscribed and sworn before me on this 31 st day of October 1845- Jane Hoveen her mark
James Hoveen Justice of the Peace I certify that the above named Jane Hoveen is a credible witness
27 th Feby. 1846
James Hoveen Justice of the Peace
Jane Hoveen. Affidavit
State of New York } Washington County Clerks Office } William R. Mills at Deputy Clerk of said County To certify that at the date of the foregoing, jurat and certificate Timothy Doughton was a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and sworn, and that his signature to said jurat and certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub- scribed my name and affixed the seal of said County this twenty eighth Day of February in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six Wm R. Mills Dep. Clerk

March 24, 1846
Amended dec
Mary McFarland
No papers, died in 1815.
Rev.
J. A. Edwards Conner's Prisoners
Washington D.C.
1 1/2 04 30

Salmon Wash. 6 th New York March 17 th 46 Hon. J. F. Edwards
Sir I return you herewith the papers in the case of Margaret M c Farland wid. of James M c Farland a soldier of the Revolution for a pension. Now I believe club authorized & the credibility of the witness club established I am very well acquainted with the witness & know them to be entitled to respect and confidence Have the goodness to enclose to me the certificate of pension here as soon as your commission will permit it
I am with great respect your Ob d Serv t .
D. Russell

OFFICE OF
THE GLENS FALLS MESSENGER,
NORMAN COLE, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
A Weekly Republican Newspaper, for the Family Circle, the Workshop and the Farm.
Glens Falls, N. Y., March 5 th 1881 Hon Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Please inform Mr. J. H. S. McFarland of Kingstown, Washington Co., N. Y. whether he is entitled to half pension until he was sixteen years old , - In 1839, he with his mother, and sister drew half pension, by reason of the service of his father, James McFarland , in Capt. Morrill's Co., Col. D. D. Dane's Regt Vermont Vols in the war of 1812. Mr. McF. thinks he is entitled by later act, to additional pension. Also whether he is entitled to bounty land. He is the only surviving child of said James McFarland deceased. Your reply will greatly oblige.
Respectfully
Yours,
Norman Cole

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME McFarland James GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 10,008 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED October 31, 1795 To Barnard Merkle, 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.