Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6826, for Andrew Magill, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Magill, Andrew
P. 6826.
CONTENTS

V Andrew Magill Illinois
Rejected
see letter 10 June 1837 Henry Eddy
Volunteered as a militiaman to serve as a wagoner,
6826

Act July 14, 1862, and March 2, 1872
6826
P. O. _____
Andrew Hagall
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

May 23 d
As Oct 1832.
PAID
Hon. Joel R. Poinsett, Secy of War, Washington City.
Claim for Pension -

Shawntown, Ill. May 7 th 1837.
Sir,
I herewith enclose to you the application of David Andrew Magill, a citizen of this County (Gallatin) for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7, 1832.
Please communicate to me the decision of the department thereon.
Respectfully,
Henry Eddy.
Hon Sec. of War Washington City.

Declaration of Andrew Magill, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of Illinois } ss. County of Gallatin } On this 3 rd day of May 1837, per- sonally appeared in open court, before Leonard White, Esq. Sole judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County, the same being a Court of Record, now sitting, Andrew Magill, a resident of said County, and state, aged 79 years on the 22 nd day of this month, who being 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 fol- lowing named officers, and served as herein stated: - That he resided in the County of Glasgow which was afterwards divided & he fell into the county of Edgecomb, in the state of North Caro- lina - that he was the son of a widow woman, and in the month of June 1779, as well as he recollects, when the alarm was ripe that the British were in marching northward from South Caro- lina, he volunteered under Capt. Robert Cook, and render- vowed immediately at Newbern, where, after being organized, the Company joined the Regiment commanded by Col. Washington and Col. Lee, and marched up the river Neuse to a place where it was expected a detachment of the enemy would attempt to cross, and where, after waiting a few days they came up and a skirmish battle ensued in which the enemy were repulsed - If this action had any name other than that of Neuse river, this applicant does not now remember. He is not positive, but believes the British were commanded by a Col. Tarleton - Col. Washington then proceeded up the river about 15 miles where he crossed and his troops and proceeded on towards the Virginia line. Nothing important occurred and they went into winter quarters in Halifax County, on Roanoke river - This applicant was engaged driving a baggage wagon during all this period. During this win-

for this applicant was furloughed to visit his mother, with whom he spent about two weeks and then rejoined his company at Halifax. The next year 1780 he served in the same company in South Carolina, but was in no battle. In the fall of this year the company was marched northward, and the last of this applicant's service was at the battle of the Cowpens, in January 1781, where he served under the same Captain Cook, & under the Superior Command of Col. Lee or Col. Washington. This applicant was not in the battle, being also at this time driving one of the baggage wagons, which was, with all the other wagons, somewhat in the rear. This applicant recollects Gen. Morgan, Col's Washington & Lee, Gen. Green, Col. Howard, and the names of many more too tedious to mention. He was discharged at Tarbury in N.C. but has lost his discharge by time and accident, and he has no documentary evidence, and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service. He was born not far from Snow Hill in Maryland in the year 1758, of which he has a record in his family Bible, where the entry was made by his uncle, as he always understood, his father having died shortly after he was born. This record he now has in his possession. He stated where he lived when he entered the army. Since then he lived several years on Holstein River in Virginia, then seven years in Powell's valley, then in Union County, Kentucky, where he lived 21 years, then in Gallatin County, Illinois, where he has lived ever since, say two years. He knows the Rev. Moses J. Pearce and Lewis Hedges, of his present neighborhood, who can testify to his character for veracity and to their belief of his services. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except

the present, and I declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Andrew his Magill
Sworn to & subscribed the } day & year aforesaid. }
Mark
And the said court does hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after full
We Moses J. Pearce, a clergyman, residing in the County of White  White , Illinois, and Lewis Hedges residing in the same  Gallatin County Ill. hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Andrew Magill, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be of the age he states, 79 years, that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the } day & year aforesaid. }
Moses J. Pearce
Lewis his Hedges Mark
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 revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Moses J. Pearce who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of White and that Lewis Hedges who has also signed the same is a resident of Gallatin County and is a credible person, and that their statements is in

titled to credit.
I Leonard White Judge and Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Andrew Magill for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court at Equality this 3 day of May A.D 1837 Leon White
34058 Andrew Magill James Wilson Claim for a Pension