Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1,449, for Joseph Mc Claskey, South Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
S.C.
McClaskey, Joseph
No. 1,449
McCleskey
McCloskey
CONTENTS
Mary

22160
Wes Tennessee
Joseph McClaskey of Lincoln Co. in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Pickens of the Regt commanded by Col Williamson in the St. Mule line for 2 yrs fr 1717
Inscribed on the Roll of W. Tennessee at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Oct 33 and sent to Roll 1. Inge Fayetteville
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33 $ 200 — Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 mo 30 100 —
$ 21.0
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. Clifton Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 93

9035 Tennessee Nashville Mary McCloskey widow of Joseph who was a private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. Sent 19 th Nov r 1845 Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of July 1837 and sent to
M m E. Jones of Tenn: Present
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A, Vol. 2. Page 194

State of Tennessee, on this 7 th day of April 1857 Lincoln County, personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County William McClasky a resident of said County aged Sixty years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration as administrator of the estate of his Mother Mary McClasky and widow of Joseph McClasky late a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $80 a year (now deceased) in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress part 4 July 1836 7th July 1838 3 March 1843 & 17 June 1844 allowing pensions to certain widows
That he is the administrator of his Mother Mary McClasky and widow of Joseph McClasky late a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $80 a year and who died on the 25th day of February 1837 that he left his widow May McClasky who after her death applied for a pension in right of her said husband but which claim previous to her death was not allowed that she died in said County on 19th day of November 1845 that at the time of her death she left the following named children to wit, George, affiant William, (deceased), Mary, Joseph and Sarah, now living - Samuel who died previous to the death of his mother leaving two children their names not known to affiant, - David who died previous to the death of his mother leaving four children viz Samuel, John, Joseph & Julia deceased - Elizabeth who died since the death of her mother leaving three children viz Susanna, Eliza & James, and John who died previous to the death of his mother leaving children: but the number and names not known to affiant, who are the only heirs at law & legal representatives of her the said Mary McClasky and who are now living affiant further states that previous to the death of her

father the Said Joseph McClasky he always understood from him that he was an officer of a higher grade than a private to wit a wagon Master in the South Carolina line in the war of the rebellion and he always continued in his lifetime that he should have been allowed a pension accordingly and affiant therefore claims that the Mrs. of Said Mary McClasky widow of the Said Joseph McClasky should be allowed not only the amount of Pension which he received in his lifetime but the increased amount to which he was intitled and which after his death descended to his widow affiant further states that the amount family record which shows the date of the marriage of the Said Joseph McClasky to his wife the Said Mary & also the dates of the births of their children is the genuine family record which was copied from their original family record many years ago & which was kept by them in their lifetime I swear to and subscribe before me the date above
William McClasky
John Moore
administrator of Mary McClasky deceased
I John Moore a Justice of the peace in & for Said county hereby certify that the above William McClasky is personally known to me that the statements as above made by him is entitled to full credit & belief witnessing hand this 7 th day of April 1857 -
John Moore

State of Tennessee Albany Sumner County Court 1857 Sumner County 3 on this day Satisfactory evidence was ad d in open Court. to prove & did prove to the satisfaction of said County Court now sitting that Joseph M c Clasky late of said County and was a prisoner of the United States at the rate of Eighty dollars pr year for services rendered during the revolutionary war was that the said Joseph M c Clasky died in said County on or about the 25 th day of February 1807 that at the time of his death he left his widow Mary M c Clasky to whom as appears he was legally married from their orig- inal family record exhibited to said Court on the 17 November Seventeen hundred and Eighty one that his widow survived him until on or about the 19 th day of November 1845 Eighteen hundred & forty five that previous to her death she had applied for a pension in re of her said husband but which claim had not been allowed that at the time of the death of her the said Mary M c Clasky she left the following named children to wit 3-18, affiant Williams, James, Mary, Joseph, and Sarah now living - Samuel who died previous to the death of his mother leaving two children their names not known to affiant - David who died previous to the death of his mother leaving four children viz Samuel, John, Joseph & Julia Ann - Elizabeth who died since the death of her mother leaving three children viz Lucinda, Eliza & James Jr. - and John who died previous to the death of his mother leaving children but the names and names not known to affiant - Who are the heirs and only legal representatives of her the said Mary M c

Blacky desert and who are now living all of which is ordered to be entered of record and engrossed by the clerk
Test
Henry Nelson
clerk
State of Tennessee Sevier county. 3 I Henry Nelson clerk of the County Court of said Sevier county & State of Tennessee hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record of said Court in the matter of the identity of the heirs of Mrs Mary McElasky and widow of Joseph Mc Elasky late of said County In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office this 7 th day of April 1857.
Henry Nelson
clerk

Elizabeth was Married August the 3 - 1809
William was Married October the 13 - 1813
Sworn to before me this 19 th of November 1838 Stephen Walker Mary M c Cluskey Justice of the peace & Henry L Smith
State of Tennessee
Lincoln County
I Charles Boyles Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid hereby certify that Stephen Walker Esq m before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to as an acting Justice of the Peace for said County and State duly commissioned and qualified as the law directs and that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have here-
unto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal at office in Fayetteville this 19 th day of November 1838
C Boyles Clerk
State of Tennessee
Lincoln County
I George W. Dennis Chairman of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that Charles Boyles who signed the foregoing certificate is now and then was Clerk of said County & that his certificate is in due form & true under my hand & seal this 22 nd November 1839 George W. Dennis Chairman

Joseph McEliskey and his Wife Mary was Married November the Seventeenth in the year of our Lord - 1781 By James Sisk an acting Justice of the Peace in Abbeville District South Carolina
Samuel their Eldest Son was born December the 12 th - 1782
George was born March - 30 - 1784 David was born September 11 - 1787 Elizabeth was born September 21 - 1789 William was born September - 26 - 1791
Sarah was born April the 10 - 1794
John was born March - 14 - 1796
Mary was born August - 17 - 1800
Joseph was born February 5 - 1802
Sarah was born October - 19 - 1804

Joseph McColiskey and his wife Mary was married November the 17 th in the year of our Lord 1781 Samuel their first son was born December the 12 th 1782
George March the 30 th - 1785
David September the 11 th 1787
Elizabeth September the 23 rd 1789
William September the 26 1791
Jane April the 10 th 1793
John March the 14 th 1795
Mary August the 17 th 1797
Joseph January the 5 th 1799
Sarah October the 12 th 1801
James March the 15 th 1803
William March the 18 th 1805
Samuel March the 21 st 1807
Elizabeth March the 24 th 1809
John March the 27 th 1811
Mary March the 30 th 1813
Joseph March the 2 nd 1815
Sarah March the 5 th 1817
William March the 8 th 1819
James March the 11 th 1821
Samuel March the 14 th 1823
Elizabeth March the 17 th 1825
John March the 20 th 1827

1 The State of Tennessee On the 12 th day of February 1843 Person Lincoln County W. 3-ally appeared before me Stephen Walker one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County and one of the Justices of the County Court of said County. Mary Mc Clusky a resident of said County and State, aged during her term, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1834. That she is the Widow of Joseph Mc Clusky deceased who was a Volunteer in the Army of the United States in the War of the Revolution, into which service he entered on or about the 9 th day of October 1779, and belonged to a Regiment of Volunteers Com- manded by Colonel Pickens, during the term of his said service, which finally ended in the year 1784 he was in the following Battles to wit, at the Battle of Savannah, and others which affiant does not recollect and was wounded by a Ball in the Right Arm, all of which service was performed in the State of South Caro- lina where he her said husband then resided, She fur- ther declares that she was Married to said Joseph Mc Clusky in that part of the State of South Carolina then known as the District of Ninety Six, (now Abbe- ville District) on the 17 th day of November 1781, and said Marriage was solemnized by James Lusk a Justice of the peace of said District, that her husband the aforesaid Joseph Mc Clusky died on the 28 th day of February 1837 in said County of Lincoln and State of Tennessee, and that she has

remained a Widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed, and all of which facts will more fully appear by reference to her former Declaration and accompanying proof now on file in the Pension Office of the United States at the City of Washington, She further States that her husband the said Joseph McClusky was a Regular Pensioner under the General Government at the time of his death. She further States that she has no Record evidence of her said Marriage, the Office Containing the License under which her said Marriage was Solemnized in said Newry Six District (now Abbeville District) and State of South Carolina, having been destroyed during the Revolutionary War by the British and Tories as she is informed and believes, and her Family Record Containing the time of said Marriage and the fact thereof and written by the said Joseph McClusky was also destroyed many years ago by accident, but that a true Copy thereof is now on file in said Pension Office with her said former Declaration, That this is all the documentary evidence within her knowledge and she is unable to prove that this is a true Copy of the Original, and she has no proof of said Marriage except the testimony of Samuel McClusky a Brother of said Joseph McClusky who was present at said Marriage, and whose testimony is intended to accompany this Declaration, May her McClusky mark

State of Tennessee Personally appeared before me Lincoln County ss & Stephen Walker, an acting Jus- tice of the peace in and for said County and State and one of the Justices of the County Court of said County being a Court of Record the above named Mary Mcclusky of whom identity I am well satisfied from personal acquaintance, and who from age and bodily infirm- ity is unable to attend Court and made oath that the facts contained in her Declaration above are true to the best of her knowledge and belief. Sworn to and subscribed. his Mary Mcclusky mark before me on this February 13 th 1843 Stephen Walker Attest J. P. For Lincoln Co.
State of Tennessee Personally appeared before me Stephen Walker an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and State and one of the Justices of the County Court of said County the same being a Court of Record Heigdon Hensler and made oath in due form of law that he was personally acquainted with Joseph Mcclusky mentioned in the above De- claration for many years before his death, that he died in said County, as in said Declaration mentioned leav- ing the above declarant Mary Mcclusky his Widow and who has remained a Widow ever since. He fur- ther deposes and saith that the said Joseph and Mary Mcclusky lived together as Man and Wife and he always understood they were Married, He further states that said Joseph was always reputed to be a

Revolutionary Soldier, and so considered by all his acquaintances and drew a Pension as such, and that such was the fact as far as has no doubt, from information, He further states that said Mary is highly Respectable and worthy of all Credit, Sworn to and subscribed before me February 13 th 1843 Attest
Heigdon Harper
Stephen Walker J. P. For Lincoln City
State of Tennessee Lincoln County ss
I George W Jones Clerk of the County Court of said Lincoln County hereby certify, that Stephen Walker before whom the foregoing declaration of Mary McCloud, and the affidavit of Heigdon Harper were sworn to was at the time of his attesting the same a justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified as a proper remaining of record in my office and by virtue of his office legally authorized to administer oaths, and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County Court at office in Fayetteville this 23 rd day of February 1843 G. W. Jones Clerk

I Peter G. M c Mullen chairman and Presiding Justice of the County Court of Lincoln County in the State of Tennessee hereby Certify that George W. Jones whose name is signed to the forego- ing Certificate is now and was at the time of attesting the same Clerk of said County duly elected and qualified and by virtue of his office Keeper of the records & Seal of said Court and that the signature "G. W. Jones" purporting to be his is genuine.
Given under my hand this 23 rd day of February 1843
Peter G. M c Mullen

The State of Alabama } Lawrence County } ss.
Be it known that, on the 18 th day of February 1843 before me Brockett McDonald an acting justice of the peace in and for said County and State, and duly authorised by the laws of said State to administer oaths, personally appeared Samuel McCleskey (of whose identity I am satis- fied from my own personal knowledge) who made oath that he is the brother of Joseph McCleskey who was a regular pensioner of the United States Government, and whose widow Mary McCleskey is now seeking a pension under the act of the 4 th July 1836 - That affiant is now in the seventy eighth year of his age, that he knew said Joseph and Mary McCleskey well during the Revolutionary War, and affiant further states that they were married during the continuance of said Revolutionary war and before the last tour of duty performed in it by said Joseph McCleskey, but from the length of time which has elapsed since said marriage affiant is unable to state the year in which it occurred, although he was present at the marriage between them. The words - the deponent -  he & were were interlined before signed by the deponent - Sworn to & subscribed before me } Samuel McCleskey this 18 th day of February 1843 } B. McDonald } J.P.
The State of Alabama } Billy Galloway Clerk of the County Lawrence County ss. } Court of said County certify that Brockett McDonald who signs his name B. McDonald whose name is signed to the foregoing affidavit Now is

and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified, that full faith and Credit are due to all his legal Official acts as such, and that the signature purporting to be his is Genuine; I do further Certify that the above Note Containing the words: "The words he & War; were interlined before signed by the deponent" are in the hand writing of said Brockton McDowell.
In testimony whereof I have set my name at office at Montevallo and affixed the Seal of said County Court the 18 th day of February 1863 and of American Independence the 67 th Year.
Wiley Galloway Clerk
The State of Alabama
Laurens County ss.
I John B. Saa Judge of the County Court of said County, & State Certify That Wiley Galloway whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate is now and was at the time of making the same, Clerk of said Court duly elected & qualified, that full faith & Credit are due to all his official acts as such & that the signature appearing purporting to be his is genuine & that his said Certificate is in due form of law. Given under my hand this 18 th day of February A.D. 1863.
John B. Saa Judge of said County Court

State of Tennessee Lisical county
Fayville Oct. 16 th Tenn 1832
On this the 16 day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before William Ednan Daniel Warkham  Hearne  Stear Gentlemen Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarters herein. Now sitting. Joseph M c Clasky a resident of the County of Lincoln and State of Tennessee aged about 76 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following decl- aration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of bankruptcy passed June the 7th 1832.
At the commencement and during the Revolutionary War, I was a citizen of Abbeville District, South Carolina. I entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the fall of 1776 or 77 tho' I have no distinct recollection at this time - the true date of my entering the service under Capt. Pickens who was then attached to Col. Williamson's Regt. or Battalion; we were ordered to march against Capt. Cunningham who was then commanding a Company of Tories near a place called Muddy Camp. at that place we captured a few of his men and drove the balance out of that neighborhood. we were then suddenly ordered to Spring Hill to reinforce that place. which was soon after besieged by the British Army. after holding out a considerable time. our Army capitulated. we were to give prisoners. delivered over to the enemy less pieces of light artillery - and our troops to be set at liberty. from this place we returned home after a campaign of about eight months.

immediately after my return from 96. I was called on to march into the State of Georgia. I was then under the command of Capt Williams who was attached to Col Pickens Regt. Had a small skirmage at a place called Little Creek from that place we marched under the command of Genl Dickson against a British McGirt at St Marys . commonly called the Florida expedition , drove him and his party from that part of the country and returned home after an absence of upwards of Two Months and joined in the siege at Savannah we were after some time reinforced by the French troops but was compelled to raise the siege after considerable loss on both sides. we were in actual service during this Campaign about Six Months that long after we were marched against Burford then in possession of the Mittak and Rovys . we were not successful in our attack and left the place and returned home after an absence of Six Weeks or more -
Our next expedition was against the British which we met at the Eatons Springs where we had a severe conflict in which Genl Dickson was wounded during this Campaign I was under Capt Pickens a relative of the Genl who was in command. This service lasted upwards of Three Months -
Some time after that we received our orders out against Col Gorgason and met and defeated him at King's Mountain was in the engagement, and was attached to the Corps commanded by Col Casy of Shill ; we were ordered to reinforce Genl Morgan which we did, and was with him at the Battle of the Cowpens and partook of the glory of that day - soon after we were discharged after an actual service of upwards of Nine Months - shortly after we returned home. we were again ordered to join Genl Graw which we did and marched under his command to the siege of 96 - in that engagement I received a wound in my right arm - returned home after serving about 2 Months -

this campaign claimed my services against the Miamis about the time the Choctaw Indians greatly distre- -ssed our frontiers and an Expedition was put on foot against them, under the Command of Genl. Pickens. I was under Capt. Pickens and in Lieut. Armstrongs Regt. We moved towards the Nation and destroyed some Indian villages, Sugalo and the weeps - and some others. Loafagofy Town was destroyed a village at the mouth fork of Tuskawilla with several others not recollecting. Also the Horse shoe Town a place of some note in the Nation after which we returned home after an absence of more than three months - the second expedition which we had went into the Nation. Took at the Nation and crossed the Chickasawhatchy River and destroyed many Towns and Huts also the village of Julicoa - where we took a good many prisoners. Here the Indians had a quantity of white shells of all sizes on hand - we marched to what is called Reine Coss Town where we made Head Quarters until we subdued the balance of the Nation - made a treaty or something of the kind and returned to our homes after an absence of upwards of six months this campaign if I mistake not claimed in the fall of 1783. My whole term of service will amount to upwards of three years. I have no documentary evidence by which I can prove my services, a part of my service while against the Miamis and all my Indian expeditions I have proof by the affidavits of William Eddings, Thomas Holden who are affidavits now on file.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency of any State or Territory.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the day and date a forementioned is Feb 10th 1800. Joseph M. Laskey mark

State of Tennessee Lincoln County ss
October the 16th 1832
This day personally appeared in open Court Thomas Holland of Lincoln County to William Eddings Citizen of Madison County Alabama who being first duly sworn made and subscribed the following affidavit (to wit)
That we were well acquainted with Joseph McElashney during the Revolutionary war he was a Citizen of Abbeville District South Carolina we can certify to the truth by actual observation of much of his declaration as relates to the Campaign under General Green against 96 - and all his Indian campings as we were also in the service at the same time and in the same Corps we have a distinct recollection that he was under the command of Capt Pickens at the siege of 96 and that his relation of that affair is correct we have every reason to believe that the balance of his declaration is true as he states but have no actual knowledge of it we know there were such expeditions as he states than as Holland we were also at the Cherokee Indian with McElashney under Capt. Pickens the same Capt the same to William Eddings was in Capt. Maxwell's Company of Dragoons some Corps he mentions and to which he belongs we know to a certainty that all the Indian villages mentioned and many more in his declaration were taken as stated as we were in the service at the same time and were in them all and more; the names of our officers as well as the length of our term of service are correct as stated
Sworn to and subscribed the date above stated
William Eddings Senior
Thomas Holland

State of Tennessee Lincoln County
May the 29th 1883.
This day personally appeared before me the undersigned Sam L. Lord an acting Justice of the peace for Lincoln County. Tennessee. Joseph McElwee a citizen of Lincoln County, who being duly sworn deposes & saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he can not swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below, & in the following grade & manner - &c. for so long as he can recollect he claims & no more.
In my declaration I state that I entered the service of the United States about the year 1876 or 77, under Capt. Perkins & was attached to Col. Williams Dept. how long I volunteered for I can not recollect but was not discharged at that time as before stated but how much longer I can not say in this campaign I received no further discharge. My second campaign was under Col. Perkins. Col. Perkins left the time not recollecting - during the whole of this term. I was out at least as long as I have stated in my declaration six months the third expedition against Blount as mentioned in my declaration.
I served as well as I now recollect under Capt. Perkins & was in the service. I will say 30 days, but how much longer I will not now say.
The fourth expedition at the Sauter Springs. I served as stated in my declaration, three months.
The next campaign I was attached to Maj. Preston & after at the Campers & series under Capt. Caldwell as well as I now recollect my last was Col. Caldwell. Genl. Major - H. & served nine months.
I again left under Capt. Perkins & moved to 96 - & I am Genl. Green & was wounded in that expedition as stated in my declaration after serving two months - this closed my campaigns against the Cherokees making a term in all of twenty nine months all of these campaigns I was a private & received no further discharge.
I served two other campaigns against the Indians as stated in my declaration as a private - I can give no additional information about them, but refer you to my former declaration. I have no documentary nor living witnesses except what I have given that can prove my services -
I was born in the year 1856 -
I have no record of my age. I have seen my age recorded in my father's Bible that is in possession of my eldest brother now a citizen of Tennessee.

when I was called into service. I lived in Marengo district South Carolina. from there I moved to Benetton district - S Carolina. from there I moved to Smith County Tennessee. lived there five years from there I moved to Franklin County Tennessee. & from there I moved to Sumter County Alabama. lived there about five years from there I moved to Lincoln County Tennessee where I now live & have been for the last ten years -
I always served as a Volunteer -
In answer to the 5th Interrogatory I offer you to my discharges. I never served a warrant, in all my service -
In answer to the 7th Interrogatory.
I assure I am known to the Revd Mr Eddings Mr Hallad who have testified for me also to John B. Ford. Will leave left Mills Gap Pentecost & many other people can
Land Lord
Joseph his M. ... mark
State of Tennessee Lincoln County
I Francis L. Muncannon clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Lincoln County do hereby certify that the signature of David H. D. is his genuine signature & that he is an acting Justice of the peace for said county and that full faith & credit is due to his official acts as such &
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of office this the 29th of May 1883.
Francis L. Muncannon C.C. By J. H. ...

State of Tennessee } Lincoln County }
Fayetteville
October the 16 th 1832
We William Eddins of the County of Madison Alabama and residing near to the Neighborhood of Joseph M c Cluskey and E. C. McLaughlin residing in Lincoln County Tennessee Certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph M c Cluskey who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about seventy six years of age that he is a man of reputable standing and veracity 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 and each of us knows it to be true
We am to and subscribe the date above written & William Eddins Senior E. C. McLaughlin
State of Tennessee } Lincoln County }
October the 16 th 1832
The said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented 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 William Eddins who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman residing in the County of Madison and State of Alabama and E. C. McLaughlin who has signed the same is a resident in the County of Lincoln and State of Tennessee and is a credible person and that their statements is entitled to full credit - J
Wm Eddins Sen Samuel Buchanan Abner Steele

State of Tennessee County of Decatur Patent of Release and Quit Claim Oct the 16 th 1882
I Robert S. Ingersoll Clerk of the Court of Decatur and Decatur Superior Court for the County of Decatur do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph McClusky for a Release.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the day and date above written
Robt S. Ingersoll Clerk

No 22571 Joseph McClasky W. Tenn Lincoln Co. from 1776 private 2 yrs K. #80.
Fayetteville Robert S. Inge, clk. Robert S. Inge clk Lincoln County Court Tenn

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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.
Terre Haute
A Statement, showing the Service of Joseph M c Claskey Lincoln Co
   Period when the service was rendered Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol 1776-7. about 8 Priv Capt Picken Col William Son 116. Siege of Savannah S.C. Ga. Aged about 76 Abbeville District S.C. Survey Writings   about 6 " Picken Eutaw Springs   upward 3 42 " Picken Campbell King's Mountain   " 1 " Picken Genl Picken Wauhatchie S.C.   about 2 " Picken Col Armstrong   3 1/2 more "   6 1/2 more "   Whole term of Service more than 3 years  
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 (f) 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 day 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 (l) 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 enquiry 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 [j] 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.
Dyer Custis Sam l Clark

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
November 20, 1924.
Mrs. J. M. Taylor, 2014 Marengo St., New Orleans, La.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 1449, it appears that Joseph McClaskey-McCleskey-McCloskey was born in 1756 in Abbeville District, South Carolina.
miss Wilson said your source this way While residing in said District, he enlisted in the fall of 1776 or 1777 and served in the South Carolina Troops at various times, under Captains Pickens, Winan, Caldwell and Colonels Williamson, Pickens, Campbell, Armstrong and was in the battles at Kettle Creek, Jan 14-79 Siege of Savannah, Oct 9-79 Blufort, Jan 2-80 Eutaw Springs, Oct 7-80 Kings Mountain, Oct 17-81 Cowpens, Jan 17-81 Siege of Ninety Six, where he was wounded in the right arm, he was also in the Florida Expedition and two expeditions against the Cherokee Indians and destroyed several of their villages, he served in all about three years.
He was allowed pension on his application executed

October 16, 1832, while a resident of Lincoln County, Tennessee, and he died there February 25, 1837.
Soldier married November 17, 1781 in District of Ninety Six, South Carolina, Mary Green, she was living in Lincoln County, Tennessee in 1838 and was aged seventy four years. She died November 19, 1845.
Their children were- Samuel, George or George B., David, Elizabeth, William, Jane, John, Mary, Joseph and Sarah.
The pension due their mother, was allowed the following surviving children in 1851- George, William, Jane, Mary, Joseph, Sarah.
Grand children- Samuel, John, Joseph and Julia Ann, children of David; Lucinda, Eliza, James N., children of Elizabeth, whose husband's name is not stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
I did not use dates of birth of children, as the 2 family records did not agree.

Levhas
1449
WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
Mary M c Closkey Widow Joseph M c Closkey Priv. Rec. War
Act: July 7/1838
Index:—Vol. M , Page 17
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Apr. 23/91 Mel. Hist. 6 Miss Florida V. Yeager Natchez Miss. in Ed.
Dec. 31/91 Mel. history to Mrs. Hollie J. Taylor Water Valley Miss 1924 Nov. 20 - Hist to Mrs. J. J. Taylor Aug 3. 1939 Oct 30. Hist to Mrs. J.

11. 141
Tennessee Nashville
Mary McCaskie nee widow of Joseph McCaskie who died on the 25 th Feby 1837 Lincolndo, in the State of Tenn. who was a brigadier in the Compy commanded by Captain Pickett of the Regt commanded by Col Williamson in the Revolution for 2 years Service
Inscribed on the Roll of Nashville at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 25 th day of March, 1836. Feby 1837 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of July 1837 and sent to Mrs E. Jones of Tenn.
Arrears to the 4 th of Semi-annual allowance ending Present
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by Wightman Clerk, Book 1. Vol. 1. Page 30

Big Book - Mr. G. Smith in the book of some package No 22-194 Wm. Eldins, see the index the index to the book of some package
don't you like to look Well for it all in

Mary M c Claskey Tennessee Joseph Will M c Brown Esq. July 9. 1845.
|| Act 4 July, 1836

V Mary M c Clusky Terrebonne
Suspended
See let; 4 th
Oct: 38 J. B. White
do. 20 March 1839
let. 12 July '41 Nathl.
Borum
let: 14 May '42 Hon:
A. N. Brown
to N. S. Brown 5. April 1843 - do. to
Hon D. W. Dickinson, Aug. 17. 1844 -
Act 44 July 1836

Joseph McLeskey W. Jr. (Palaski) a cphne's to what time paid? Pm office Oct 4. '38
Died 25th Feb 1837 p. 1/2 that senior 1838

May 5. 1857
Claim of Mary McClasky's heirs
Dear Sir,
Smith & Jones
Nashville
Tenn.
J. E. Heath Com mi of Pension Nashville City Ala.

Mary McCloskey died, Wid of Joseph, Tennessee.
Acts 7 July 38. H.C.
Adm o 2 yrs private $80.00 pa An: from 25 Feby 1837 to the 19 th Nov 1845, when she died. (except 2 years)
Payable to
W m McCloskey, Adm t for the benefit of W m McCloskey. Geo McCloskey, Jane McCloskey Mary McCloskey, Joseph Mc- -Closkey, Sarah McCloskey and Elizabeth McCloskey, only surviving children.
Bequeathed to
W m E. Jones of Lenoir. Present.

Comptroller Genl's Office Columbia S.C.
" No 209 Book P
April 21 st 1851
Spent the 14 th of April 1785 to Mr. s Joseph McClosky junr. for Two hundred and twenty nine Pounds Sterling for Wagon Hire & Militia Duty from 1779 to 1781 as per account audited. Principal £229. N o 36. Annual Interest £16:0:7.
" N o 209 N o 36. Book P
P Mr. Joseph McClosky junr. his acct. of Militia Duty & Wagon Hire done alternately from 1779 to 1781 amortg to Curry £1603 - - - Stg £229 - - -
" State of Carolina
Dr. to Joseph McClosky for Duty per Capt. Anderson & Capt. Carrithers Pay Bills Comg in July 1779 & Ending in May 1780 say on Horn 129 Days
222 351 Days at 20 of £357 - -
Wagon Hire per Accts amnd in 1779 and 1778 274 Days
39 313 Days £4 - - 12 52 - - Curry £ 1603
Stg £ 229 - -
" Received April fourteenth 1785

full satisfaction for the above in an Indenture 209 Book R P by virtue of an order for Joseph McCloskey Jr.
(Signed) McEwing (Johnson)
L229.0-0-
I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true Copy taken from the Records in this Office
For Comptroller Genl. James C. Black Dep.
(No Seal of Office.)

State of Tennessee, Lincoln County ss I Henry Kels. clerk of the Court of said Lincoln County do hereby certify that John Moore whose name appears affixed to the foregoing affidavit of William McClasky is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine and I also certify that the said William McClasky was duly appointed administrator of Mary McClasky and on the 6 day of April 1846 and into bond & surety in the sum of _____ dollars as the law directs all of which is entered of record of said Court In testimony whereof I have set my hand & affixed my seal this 7 th day of March April 1857 - Henry Kels. clerk

H. Rep. May 12 th 1842
Dear Sir
Please examine the condition of the western case - & communicate the result
Very truly
yours &c
A. W. Brown
Hon. Comt. of Pensions

May 29. 1845
B.
Admiral's case
May 29. 1845
ch. no-10
J. H. -
J. L. Edwards Pension office Washington City

Pulaski Tenn. May 16 th /45
Dear Sir:
Enclosed you have the deposition of William M c Clusky in the case of Mrs. Mary M c Clusky applicant for a pension & whose papers are on file in your office - This deposition has been in my hands some time, waiting to see if any additional proof could be had from North Carolina or else where - and not being able to receive any thing in addition - I enclose this, believing by reference to your letter of April 5 th /43 to me, & of May 14 th /43, to Hon. A. V. Brown that the proof is now sufficient - This proof establishes the cap of the family record & the mother of the cap - & I am unable to see what more would be necessary under the law & the rules of evidence as detailed in your letters - Will you therefore please examine it, & write me the result - If this is insufficient I fear it will be impossible to make the case any stronger - Your known character however, assures me that you will do justice if possible
Yours N. J. Brown

State of Tennessee - This day personally appeared Lincoln County 3 before me W m B. McLaughlin a Justice of the Peace in and for said County William McElusky and after being duly sworn according to law makes the following declaration that the family Record of his Father Joseph McElusky was destroyed in the following manner (to wit), That said family Record was kept in a Holy Bible that his Sister Mary McElusky was going to School and use the Bible in the School, that some of the Girls going to School was looking or come across the family Record where it spoke of or mentioned the ages of his (the deponent), Brother Histon and on examining the ages they found that a Brother of this (deponent), George B. McElusky was older than he had represented himself to be or that they understood him to be and he seeming to be displeased at the Idea of their finding out that he was older than they expected - took the family Record from the Girls and tore out the page that contained the ages of the family of said Joseph McElusky -
W m B. McLaughlin 13 May 1843 Justice of the Peace Lincoln County Tenn
sworn to & subscribed before me William McElusky

State of Tennessee Lincoln County ss George W. Jones Clerk of the County Court of said Lincoln County. Certify that William B. McLaughlin as written is a Justice of the Peace for said Lincoln County, and that the within signature purporting to be his is Genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Fayetteville the 20 th May 1848.
Geo. W. Jones, clerk

V387 Rejected Mary McBlarkey Tennessee
14361
Act'y July 1838

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Joint Resolution of Congress of the 7 th July 1838,
State of Tennessee
Lincoln County
On this 4 th day of Sept 1838 personally appeared before me John Sartin an acting justice of the peace for said County of Lincoln. Mary McCleskey a resident of said County of Lincoln state of Tennessee aged about 74 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 Joint resolution of Congress of the 7 th July 1838. That she is the widow of Joseph McCleskey who was a private in the war of the revolution and was placed on the pension Roll under the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832 that he drew his pension at Nashville and afterwards at Pulaski Tennessee and she would refer the department to the evidence upon which he was pensioned as proof of his services performed in the war of the revolution. She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph McCleskey on the 17 th day of November, in the year nineteen hundred and eighty one, and that her husband, the aforesaid Joseph McCleskey died on the 25 th day of February 1837 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
I sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
John Sartin Justice of the Peace for Lincoln County Tennessee.
State of Tennessee Lincoln County I John Sartin Justice of the peace in and for said County, do hereby certify that the Claimant above is unable from bodily affliction to attend appear in Court. John Sartin Justice of the peace.

The State of Alabama Lawrence County S.S.
This day personally appeared before me Crockett McDonald an acting Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid Samuel McClesky who after being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he is now in his seventy third year of life, that he is the brother of Joseph McClesky late of Lincoln County State of Tennessee, that they were born and raised in Abbeville District South Carolina that said Joseph McClesky was a soldier of the revolution and before the final termination of the war, (but in what year affiant cannot now recollect,) he intermarried with Mary Green of said last mentioned District and State, that said Joseph McClesky and Mary Green were married according to the then existing laws of said State in relation to marriages — That said Joseph departed this life in the County of Lincoln and State of Tennessee on the day of February 1837 leaving the said Mary McClesky his widow who still resides in said County and State last named, that the said Mary is the identical Mary Green with whom said Joseph intermarried during the revolutionary war, and was never divorced from her said husband during his lifetime.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8 th day of February 1838 { Samuel McClesky McDonald J.P.
The State of Alabama Lawrence County S.S.
I Wiley Galloway Clerk of the County Court of Lawrence County aforesaid do hereby certify that Crockett McDonald whose name appears to the

foregoing certificate is an acting Justice of the peace for said County duly commissioned and sworn, and the signature to the foregoing attestation purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at office, this 8 th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight and of American Independence the 63 rd year
Wiley Gallaway Clerk
The State of Alabama
Lawrence County to wit:
I James Gallagher sole judge of the County Court for the County of Lawrence aforesaid do hereby certify, that Wiley Gallaway whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is, and was, at the time of making the same, Clerk of County Court for said County duly commissioned and qualified and full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such. That his above signature is genuine and that his attestation is in due form of law.
Given under my hand at Moulton the 8 th day of February 1838
James Gallagher Judge Lawrence County Court Ala

3817 Sept 18 Tenn. 4 July 1836
Free
J. L. Edwards Esqr. War Dept. Pension Office Washington City.
ms. 1. 1.
ms. 1. 1.

Fayetteville Sept 5- 1838
Mr J L Edwards Sir.
enclosed I send you the papers in the case of Mary McCleskey who is an applicant for a pension under the Joint Resolution of Congress of 4th of July 1838 if the evidence is not sufficient you will please write to me wherein they are defective and I will try and make the proof necessary for I have no doubt she is justly entitled to the provisions of the law if you will examine you will find the papers on file in your department of her late husband Joseph McCleskey which I am induced to believe will do away with the necessity of proving his term of service in the revolutionary war. If anything is wrong let me know your earliest attention to this case will greatly oblige the old lady who is very old and infirm
Yours very respectfully
J B White

Mar 10 '43
Homeless
Mary M. Clancy
Ms. A. 1. 1. 20
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Pulaski Feb 28 th 1843
J. L. Edwards Esq
Enclosed I send you the further declaration of Mary M c Cluskey of Lincoln county & state of Tennessee, with accompanying proof, with the view to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 4 th of July 1836 - You will remember, that her former declaration & proof, with accompanying documents, are now on file in your office - The enclosed, it seems to me, meets the act of Congress & the rules of evidence under it - I have had much difficulty & trouble in procuring it - and as it, at least evinces an undoubted title on her part, under this act, I hope it may be regarded by you, as formal enough to stop the claim -
You will please examine it as early as practicable, & inform me of the result - If the claim passes, how much it amounts to. And I will forward a power of attorney from her if necessary, to draw it - unless you will send it to the Pension agent at this place, w whom from, I can draw it in like manner - And if there is still any defect, please point it out, & I will try to supply it if possible - The applicant is old, & in very needy circumstances, a desert patch is very desirable
Yours & N. S. BROWN

State of Tennessee
Lincoln County } This day personally appeared before me John Lakin an acting justice of the peace for said County of Lincoln Tennessee Samuel Pinkerton of said County of Lincoln aged about 34 years who being first duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith that he is acquainted with Mary McCleskey of the County of Lincoln Tennessee and knows she is the widow of Joseph McCleskey who was believed to be a revolutionary soldier and that he drew a pension from the Government of the United States as such at the time of his death, affiant states that said Mary has never since married and that he has been acquainted with said Mary for fifteen years and he considers her to be a woman of respectability and thinks her entitled to credit and further this deponent saith not Subscribed and sworn to Samuel Pinkerton before me this 4 th day of September 1838
John Lakin (Seal) Justice of the peace
State of Tennessee
Lincoln County } I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Sam l Pinkerton who has subscribed the above and thereby is entitled to credit
John Lakin Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee
I Charles Boyles Clerk of the County Court of Lincoln County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that John Lanier whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavits and certificate is now and was at the signing of the same an acting Justice of the peace duly commissioned and qualified as such, and his acts entitled to full force and credit as such, and the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our Court at office in Fayetteville the 5 th day September 1838
C. Boyles Clk By his deputy G. M. Jones
State of Tennessee Lincoln County,
I George W Dennis Chairman of the County Court of said County do certify that Charles Boyles, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate, is now and there was Clerk of Lincoln County Court, and that his Certificate is in due form Given under my hand this 5 th day of September 1838
George W. Dennis Chairman of Lincoln County Court
381/

Jenn. Dec 6
add c/money Mary
Subject to 20 c
MAIL
PHILA
Mrs J of Edwards Commrs of Pensions War Department Washington City

Grayville Tennessee Novm 4. 22 nd 1838
Mr J L Edwards Commr of Pensions
I received your letter of the 4 th P st last informing me that the papers in the case of Mrs Mary M c Cluskey widow of Joseph M c Cluskey had been filed with suspended cases. you state if there be any record of the marriage, or of the births of the claimants children it should be exhibited. the only record of there is of the marriage or of the births of claimants children, is the record in the family Bible a copy of which is herewith transmitted for your inspection this is all the record that can be obtained for you can know by reference to the laws of South Carolina where this marriage took place that the magistrates of that state are authorized to marry persons without licence and it is not possible to obtain the testimony of any other witnesses you will please inform me what more is necessary to be proved I think the proof is in conformity to your rules of evidence the witness has stated distinctly they were married agreeably to the existing laws of South Carolina at that time and states the period your rules do not require two witnesses to the same fact Please to give this matter your earliest attention the old woman has been at great trouble to collect proof you will please to let me know what is your determination as soon as possible yours &c
J B White

Indent Book No. 576
No. 1.
Spent 25 th August 1785. To Col. M c Cluskey for one hundred and eight two pound eight pence for Duty and waggon hire & for 2 Hogs all in Militia in 1 st of Jan y from Commissioner Principal £ 182. 8. 6. And Intrest £ 12. 15. 4.
State of South Carolina
No. 2.
To Joseph M c Cluskey Esq. For duty in the Militia in Col. Andersons Return £ 72. 0. 0 To 297 days waggon service in 79. 80. & 81. £ 4. } 11 88 2 Hogs in December 1782 not attested to } 17
£ 1277. £ 182. 8. 6 Esq. No. R. J. Mc A. G.
Comptroller Genl Office
Columbia 12 th June 1841
I do hereby certify that the above memorandum No. 1. is a true copy taken from the margin of Indent Book No. 576 de- posited in this Office. And that No. 2. is a copy of the Account stated for which the said Indent was issued
Wm. F. Arthur Genl Compt. Genl

Due $3.00

Indent Book P. No 209
No. 1.
Issued the 14 th of April 1785 to Mr. Joseph M c Bloskey Esq r for two hun- dred and twenty nine pounds. Sterling to Wag- gon Hire and Military Duty from 1779 to 1781. as per M c . account Principal £ 229.0.0 Int d Interest £ 16.0.7
State of South Carolina
To Joseph M c Bloskey Esq r To duty per Capt d Anderson Capt d Conithers Pay Bill commencing in July 1779 & ending in May 1780 say on horse 129 days
No. 2.
222 351 days 4.20/. £ 357.0.0
Waggon Hire per M c account in 1779 & 1780 274 days
89 313 days £ 4.12.6 Currency 16.0.3
£ 229.0.0
Compt d Genl d Office } J. M c Columbia 12 th Dec r 1784 } S. G.
I do hereby certify that the above memoran- dum No. 1. is a true copy taken from the margin of Indent Book P. No 209. deposited in this Office. And that No. 2. is a copy of the of account for which the said Indent was issued
W m H. S. H. S. Genl d Compt d Genl d

July 10 1841
Fayetteville
W
15
J. S. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington

Fayetteville Tennessee Lincoln County
J. L. Edwards Esq. Defn.
The declaration & accompanying papers, drawn by an Attorney by the name of White, in favour of Mrs. Mary McClusky  McClusky , widow of Joseph McClusky who was a pensioner of the United States, from the County and State aforesaid, have been submitted to your Department for examination, and have been filed away with other suspended cases, or returned for the purpose of being legally adjusted, Mr. White has gone off, and consequently left the applicant Mrs. McClusky, in an awkward situation, not knowing what course to pursue, regarding the pension to which she is justly entitled, I have thus addressed you, for the purpose of ascertaining, the true situation of her claim, should the papers of Mrs. McClusky be filed away in your Office, and should it be conformable to the regulations of your Department, I hope you will have the goodness, at as early day as convenient, send on to me all that may be required to be performed in perfecting the claim of the widow, should the original declaration & papers be lost or mislaid, Mrs. McClusky is able to make sufficient proof to substantiate her claim, please direct to me, Fayetteville, Lincoln County Tennessee, With the highest consideration of respect, I am your Ob t Serv t
Jan 26 th 1841.
Nathaniel Brown

Joseph M. Fluskey
Mem. — Feb 1836

State of Tennessee County of Lincoln
Be it Known, that on this the 10th day of January A. D. 185 3 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared William M c Cluskey a resident of Grayetterville in said County, and made oath according to law that he is one of the legal heirs of Joseph M c Cluskey who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of 4 That he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT , of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of Joseph M c Cluskey for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
William M c Cluskey his mark
Sworn to, Subscribed, and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said William M c Cluskey to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
Wm Held for Lincoln County
State of Tennessee County of Lincoln
It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of the County & State aforesaid that William M c Cluskey the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney, is the Child of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that William Held Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this the 10th day of January 185 3
George Cunningham, Clerk
1. Claimant's name or names in full.—2. Post Office address. 3. "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. 4. Leave this line blank.—5. "He is," "she is," or "they are."—6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.—7. Claimant's signature.—8. Claimant's name.—9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of."—11. Magistrate's name.—12. Clerk's signature.
N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

Oct 6-
October 6, '39
Pension Off, Washington,
Mrs J. R. Coan Bruceville, Ind.
Bruceville
Dear Sir:
Was Joseph H. M c Cluskey, who died in 1845, on the pen- sion roll of the Revolution? He married Martha Dickey and was born in South Carolina, the date I do not know. He had a son named Joseph, born in 1830 in South Carolina.
Please give me any in- formation you can
Thanking you in advance
I am
Mrs J. R. Coan

WMC Ketchy, Adams Co. Miss March 30 - 1895.
Pension Office Washington, D.C. Ind.
I am looking for the pension records of a pension drawn by Joseph M c Clusky of Lincoln County, Tenn. for services rendered America in the Revolu- tion of 1776.
The Chancery clerk of Nashville Tenn. referred me to the office in Washington.
I wish to have the records looked up and sent me at once
If there is any

2 expense incident I shall be willing to pay for it.
Let me hear from you at once Respectfully (Miss) Florida Virginia Yeager Natchez Miss.
After the death of this Joseph M c Closkey, his wife Mary Green M c Closkey drew the pension, and her children & grand children did so in her name as late as 1850.
The pension came toward the last - I think - in care of Mrs Sarah Yeager - Tenn. daughter of J. M c Closkey.

New Orleans La 10-30-24
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Will you kindly send me the American Revolutionary military record of my ancestor Joseph McElashay who was paid a pension for services rendered during the American Revolution
Very Truly Mary Josephine Geauga Taylor (Mrs. J. M.)
2014 Maringo St.

W. 1949 Water Valley, Miss Nov. 13/95.
Wm. Lahren Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Department of Interior. Washington.D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I dislike to annoy you but desire to join the "Daughters of the American Revolution" and to do so it will be necessary for me to obtain some information from your records and if not too much trouble would ask that you kindly give me the following military history of Joseph McCloskey a soldier of the Revolutionary War:-
Date of enlistment or appointment,-----
Length of Service,-----
Rank,-----
State,-----
Officers under whom services were rendered.-----
Captain,-----
Colonel,-----
Battles engaged in,-----
Residence of soldier at enlistment,-----
Date of application for pension,-----
Residence at date of application,-----
Age at date of application,-----
REMARKS:-----

Your early attention to this will very greatly oblige,
Yours truly,
M rs Maria J. Dayton

October 30, 1939
BA-J/AWF Joseph McClaskey W. 1449
Mrs. J. R. Coan Bruceville Indiana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Joseph McCleskey of South Carolina.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, W. 1449, based upon service of Joseph McClaskey, in the Revolutionary War. The surname is shown, also, McCleskey and McCloskey. This is the record of the only Joseph McClaskey, under any spelling of the surname, found on file in the Revolutionary War pension records of this office.
Joseph McClaskey was born in the year 1756, in Abbeville District, South Carolina. The names of his parents are not given.
While a resident of Abbeville District, Joseph McClaskey enlisted in the fall of 1776 or 1777, served as private at various times with the South Carolina troops, under Captains Pickens, Winan, Caldwell, and Colonels Williamson, Pickens, Campbell, and Armstrong; he was in the battles of Beaufort, Kettle Creek, Siege of Savannah, battles of King's Mountain, Cowpens, Siege of Savannah , where he was wounded in the right arm, and in the battle of Eutaw Springs; he was, also, in the Florida Expedition and in two expeditions against the Cherokee Indians; his service in all amounting to

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., December 3, 1898.
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of JOSEPH McGOVERN a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.      He first entered the service in the fall of 1776, or 1777, and was discharged early sometime in the year 1778. He re-entered at different times about three years after service with the South Carolina troops. The following are mentioned as officers under whom he served: Capt. Pickens, Col. Williamson, Capt. Mearns (?), Col. Pickens, Col. Campbell, and Col. Armstrong. He participated in the siege of Savannah, siege of '78, and the capture of Fort Mims, Fort St. Marks and Savannah.   
Battles engaged in, see above. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Abbeville District, S. C. Date of application for pension, October 12, 1832. Residence at date of application, Lincoln County, Penn. Age at date of application, Seventy-six years.
Remarks: His widow, Mary, to whom he was married November 17, 1781, was also a pensioner. He died February 25, 1837.
Very respectfully, Wm. McRae Water Valley, Miss.
Commissioner.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
N. A. C.
Washington, D. C., April 26, 1895.
Miss:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Joseph McCloskey --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.      He first entered the service in the fall of 1776 or 1777, and was discharged finally some time in the year 1783, having rendered at different times about three years actual service with the South Carolina troops. The following are mentioned as officers under whom he served: Capt. Picken, Col. Williamson, Capt. Winans (?), Col. Picken, Col. Campbell, and Col. Armstrong.  He participated in the siege of Savannah, siege of '96, and the battles of Rattler Springs, King's Mountain, and Cowpens.   
Battles engaged in,
As above.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Abbeville District, S. C.
Date of application for pension, October 16, 1852.
Residence at date of application, Lincoln Co., Tenn.
Age at date of application, Seventy-six years.
Remarks: His widow, Mary, to whom he was married November 17, 1781, was also a pensioner. He died February 25, 1857.
Very respectfully, Miss Mabelle V. Vanger,
Hatchez, Miss.
Commissioner.

about three years.
Joseph McClaskey moved from Abbeville District, South Carolina, to Pendleton District, South Carolina, to Franklin County, Tennessee, to Smith County, Tennessee, to Limestone County, Alabama, thence to Lincoln County, Tennessee.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 16, 1832, then living in Lincoln County, Tennessee. He died there February 25, 1837.
Joseph McClaskey married November 17, 1781, in Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, Mary Green. The date and place of her birth and names of parents are not given.
The widow, Mary McClaskey, applied for pension September 4, 1838, at which time she was aged about seventy-four years, and a resident of Lincoln County, Tennessee. The pension was allowed. She died November 19, 1845, in Lincoln County, Tennessee.
The names of the children of Joseph McClaskey and wife, Mary, are shown as follows: Samuel, George or George B., David, Elizabeth, William, Jane, John, Mary, Joseph, and Sarah.
It is shown, also, that Elizabeth married August 3, 1809, and William married October 13, 1813, whom Brady they married was not stated. after which date
The widow, Mary McClaskey, was survived by the following children- George or George B., William who was aged sixty years in 1851 and living in Lincoln County, Tennessee, Jane, Mary, Joseph, Sarah, and Elizabeth.
Samuel McClaskey died before his mother, leaving two children, names not stated; David died before his mother, leaving four children, namely Samuel, John, Joseph, and Julia Ann; John died before his mother,

about three years.
The soldier, Joseph McClaskey, was allowed pension on his application executed

survived by children, names not given; Elizabeth died "since her mother", leaving three children, namely Lucinda, Eliza, and James N.
Reference was made in 1832 to the eldest brother of the soldier, Joseph McClaskey, who was living in South Carolina, name of brother not given. His brother, Samuel McClaskey, in 1843 was seventy-seven years of age, and testified in Lawrence County, Alabama, that he was present at the marriage of Joseph McClaskey and Mary Green.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator