Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16952, for William Mc Quie, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.....
McQuie, William McQuay
S. 16952
CONTENTS
carded

See letter of Jan'y 1835 from Mr. N. Ashley do. 6 Apr. 1836.
Missouri 29.014.
William M. Duce or like to in the State of Missouri who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Anderson of the 1st commanded in the Virginia.
6 Mo Pr $20.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of July 1834 and and  and  and 1834 Rev. Wm. Hickley H.R.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1830 50.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Oct 31 10.00 $ 60.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. D. J. Spagn Clerk.
Recorded by Book C Vol. 8 Page 85

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
August 6, 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of W m M c Quire
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1775 1 6 P r . Capt Anderson 75 Va. none.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
 State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }  On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers: 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (s) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
 If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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 and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (1) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier, { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years, in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Mr. M c Enie Perseverance
1776 for 1776 p Growth.
$20
only six months can be allowed for first year and later years can be allowed, if not having been at work in the office at 10 dollars a month the same will be allowed for the first year for Mr. McEnie
Dear Mr. McEnie, Sincerely,
K
In renewing the application of Wm McEnie I copied the old Declaration into the one now sent and added another tour of service. The objections refered to in this brief still exist. But it is hoped that he can succeed on account of the last tour of service set out in the Declaration now sent. If any thing further is necessary to be done on behalf of this claim I feel anxious to hear what, as soon as may be convenient to the department. I shall continue to lend the old man my aid as long as I can be of service to him.
Your old servant Progers.

State of Missouri County of Pike 3/5
On this 14 th day of December in the year One thousand Eight hundred and thirty three person duly appeared before Thomas Kerr - - one of the Justices of the County court within and for the County of Pike afore- said in the State of Missouri William M c Guire a Residant Citizen of the County of Pike aforesaid aged Seventy five years in the month of May last past. Who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he enlisted in a Company of Virginia Troops in the month of March or April in the year 1775 in the County of Mecklenburg in the State of Virginia Commanded by Captain Anderson (he thinks James Anderson) The Lieutenants names were William Bartlefield the name of the Ensign was John Holmes at the same time and place there was another Compy. any of Troops raised which was commanded by a Captain Ballard in a few days both then Companies Commanded by Anderson and Ballard were marched off to Williamsburg at this period of service he does not remember the names of the Colonel or Major in Command owing to the great length of time, when these Companies reached Williamsburg there was a great many Troops there who as he then understood formed part of the Virg- -inia line, but who had Command he does not remember? in a short time, he does not rem-

umber Now many days after reaching Williamsburg then troops were marched to Hampton with a view to intercept the move- ments of Govr Dunmore but a short time before these troops reached Hampton Dunmore had taken refuge on a vessel. in a few days after the troops reached Hampton this declarant was taken sick and with the permission of Capt Anderson was removed to the house of an acquaintance distant about eight miles from Hampton where he remained several months during which time the troops under command of Captains Anderson and Ballard and other troops not recalled remained at Hampton what these troops were engaged at during that time he does not know. after recovering his health he was required by Capt Anderson to return to the Service, which he did. soon afterwards the troops were marched from Hampton to Portsmouth where these troops commanded by Anderson and Ballard and other troops were engaged building a breast work on the bank of the River on which some Cannon were placed. he does not remember who had command of that place. The Company commanded by Captains Anderson and Ballard was there on the 11 th of July 1776. when the news of the Declaration of Independence reached that place. these Companies in a short time afterwards were discharged and permitted to return home. This Service occupied the space of Eighteen months or two years afterwards in the month of August or Sept.

in the year 1780 he again enrolled himself in a company of Militia commanded by Captain Oliver in the County of Rockenbergs in the state of Virginia as a substitute for William Davis who was drafted for the term of one year. There was an officer he thinks a Lieutenant in said Company by the name of John Finch. This Company of Militia drafts were marched by the said Captain Oliver to the swamps. When they were joined by other Militia from the different Counties in Virginia who were commanded by Col. Beers Jones. These Militia remained at that place for some time he does not recollect how long. Watching the movements of the British Army who were encamped on the opposite side of the swamps. during which time the Militia had some skirmish- ing with the British foraging parties and succeeded in capturing some of the party. - - These Militia were marched by the said Col. Beers Jones to a place called Cabin Point and were there attached to the command of Genl. Lafayette. and the troops under command of Genl. Lafayette were soon marched off in the direction of Little York to intercept the British troops under command of Genl. - Cornwallis. Before reaching York the term of service of the Company of Captain Oliver has expired and they were discharged and permitted to return home he thinks in the month of August or September at any rate it was but a few days before the surrender of Genl. Cornwallis

This Service accepted the space of one year
He states that he has no written or other Evidence of the services as set forth by him in this Declaration. and in answer to questions propounded to him by the Justice of the County Court for Pike County he says - that - He was born in the County of Amelia in the State of Virginia in the month of May 1758. He has a record of his age in a book kept for that purpose - He was living in the County of Mecklenburg in Virginia when he entered the Service at both the periods mentioned in the foregoing Declaration. He continued to reside in said County of Mecklenburg until the year 1790. when he removed to Kentucky where he has lived since the war until the year 1830. when he removed to Pike County Mo where he now lives - - - the first time He went into the Service under an enlistment. the second time he was a Substitute for William Davis who was drafted. He does not recollect the names of the Regular officers when he served except Lafayette more over he remembers the names of any of the Continental or Militia Regiments except the Command of Col Thomas Jones the general circumstances of his services as far as he is able to recollect them are set forth in this Declaration. He never received a discharge that he now recollects if he did he has long since lost it. He says that he is known

to the undersigned. Timothy Ford and Nathaniel Montgomery who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. He states that he is known also to Hon Robert P. Fletcher of Kentucky and Hon William L. Barry who can also testify to his character for veracity and truth.
He states that for many years a great many persons with whom he has transacted business have been in the habit of spelling his name McQuay instead of McLeod as it should be spelled.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or colony only on that of the agency of the state of Virginia.
Given to and subscribed before me this 11 th day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
John McQuay
Notary Public of the County Court of Pittsylvania

State of Missouri County of Pike 35
I Nathaniel Montgomery a resident citizen of the County of Pike in the state of Missouri do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William McClellan who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that I believe him to be seventy five years of age that he is educated and received in the neighborhood wherein he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion. Nathaniel Montgomery Subscribed and sworn to before me a justice of the peace within and for Pike County in the state of Missouri on this 11 th day of Decem- ber 1833. Wren W.

State of Missouri § County of Pike § 3.
I Timothy Ford a preacher of the gospel in the Methodist Episcopal Church residing in the County of Pike aforesaid Do Certify that I am well acquainted with William McGuire and have been for several years in Kentucky and since he removed to Missouri - that I believe him to be seventy five years of age that he was respected and beloved in the Neighborhood where he lived in Kentucky to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion Subscribed and sworn to before me a justice of the peace within and for Pike County this tenth day of December 1833 -
Timothy Ford
Gabriel Phillips Justice of the peace
State of Missouri § County of Pike § 3.
I Michael S. Doyen clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Pike aforesaid in the state aforesaid Do hereby Certify that James Rogers and Gabriel Phillips who have signed the foregoing certifi- cates of Nathaniel Montgomery & Timothy

Where at the age of their respective certificates acting Justices of the peace in and for said County of Pike duly Commissioned and qualified according to law and that their said are genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County Court at office in the town of Bowling Green in Pike County this 31 st day of December A.D. 1833.
M. J. Hays Clerk
State of Missouri County of Pike S ss
I the said Thomas Herr one of the Justices of the County Court within and for the County of Pike in the State of Missouri do hereby declare my opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and I further declare my opinion that because of the age and bodily infirmity of the said applicant that his health would be prejudiced were he to attempt to attend the session of the Court at the Court house at this season of the year; and I further certify that Timothy Ford who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Certificate is a preacher of the gospel and that Nathaniel Montgomery who has also subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Certificate is a man of honesty probity and good demeanor and has full faith and credit ought to be given to the certificates of the said Ford and Montgo

Given under my hand this 26th day of December 1833. Thos. Herr
State of Missouri § County of Pike §
Michael I. Boyes, clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Pike aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas Herr who has signed and attested the foregoing proceedings in the matter of the application of William McDivis for a pension is now one of the Justices of the County Court within and for the County of Pike and was such on the day of the date of his said certificate and that his said signature is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County Court at office in the Town of Bowling Green this 31st day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
W. I. Boyes, Clerk.
in a short time, he was not seen

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William M c Guire a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. F. 16,952.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     March or April 1775 1 1/2 or 2 yrs Pri. James Anderson ✓ Va.   Aug. or Sept. 1780 1 yr. Oliver Binnas Jones  
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Mecklenburg Co. Va. Date of application for pension, Dec. 11, 1833. His cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Pike Co., Mo. Age at date of application, Born in May, 1758, Amelia Co., Va. Remarks: There is no data relative to family
He moved to Kentucky and remained until 1820, when he went to Pike Co., Mo. For a number of years many people had called his name McRury instead of McGuire in their records.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

16.952 INVALID.
1914, Dept. 30. History to Mrs. Harriet V. Rowley. Fr. (for monument) 1914, Oct. 16. Full history to Mrs. Harriet V. Rowley Fr. 1919 Oct. 22. To Mrs. E. O. Hind. c
File No. 16.952
William H. Lien Mc Quay Dr. Geo. Mar
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

Washington July 25 th 1834
Sir,
I return the declaration of Mr. William M c Quin as amended. I beg to give the subject your attention as early as may be convenient. I have also thank you inform me what disposition has been made of the case of William Young submitted on the 27 th ultimo. He claims a pension as an invalid
With great respect
Yr Obedt Servt W. H. Ashley
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions

Rev
Bowling Green, Mo., Sept. 24, 1914.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly tell me if Wm. M c Quire, a Revolutionary soldier from Virginia, drew a pension? He was in Capt. Mallory's company and entered the army at the age of 16.
He is buried in our city cemetery and the Bowling Green Chapter D. A. R. wishes to mark his grave if his service can be proven.
If he drew a pension it was probably while a resident of Pike Co., Mo.
Respectfully, Mrs. Harriet V. Rowley, Regent Bowling Green Chap.

Boohig Green, Mo., Oct. 12, 1914.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir; -
Will you please send me a copy of the Revolutionary War service of Wm. M c Guire who was born in May 1758 in Amelia Co., Va. and a resident of Pike Co., Mo. in 1833.
He was allowed a claim which is recorded in the claim Sur.

File No. 16, 952
Respectfully,
Mrs. Harriet V. Rowley.
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Indianapolis Ind 333 Whittier Place Oct 8 - 19
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly give me any information in regard to William McQuie who enlisted in 1780 under Capt. Oliver at Nicklingbury Co. Va. & served to the close of the Revolutionary war? He was granted a pension in 1833.

What office did he hold at the close of the war? I am a descen- dant of his. Being his great great grand daughter I am anxious to become a D. A. R.
Any assistance you can give me will be greatly appreciated
Sincerely
Mrs. E. O. Skind
nee Shrummer

JN. Rev. War Section.
September 30, 1914.
Mrs. Harriet V. Rowley, Bowling Green, Mo.
Madam:
In response to your letter of the 24 th instant, you are advised that from the papers in the claim Sur. File No. 16,952, it appears that William McQuie served in the Virginia troops, in the Revolutionary War. He was born in May, 1758, in Amelia County, Virginia, and was a resident of Pike County, Missouri, in 183 3 4.
Very respectfully,
G. M. Saltzgeber Commissioner.
(N.B. - A tombstone letter.)