Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6661, for George Purcell, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Var.
Purcell, George
No. 6661
Chandler, Margaret
(Former widow)
CONTENTS

Hon C. P. Smith Jan 11, 49, P. Carey Jan 19/51
Reported
Jan 13/49
74 April 25. 3 Auditor for date to which paid & if to date of death Names of claimants 1874 April 27. Hon M E Noble that no claim to Geo Purcell as he died 1804-5 no connection of the power of atty to Geo Purcell in 1850 with any claim then or subsequently before the office can be found
Paid to March 4, 1855 5004
Ohio Cincinnati
Margaret Chaud widow of George Purcell Va who served in the Revolutionary war, as an Assistant
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 233 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Jan 1849 and sent to
C. H. Brown Washington D.C.

N o 13.408.
Margaret Chandler, of Champaign Co. Ohio, formerly Widow of Geo. Purcell, a Lieutenant, V a Cont t . Line..
Acts 1838, 1843 & 1844.
Marr d befo re 1794 husband d ied , 1804
E. F. Brown, Wash n D.C. Agent. 17, July 1847.

State of Ohio. Champaign County } Township of Concord } ss -
On this 28. th. day of June 1847, personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Margaret Chandler a resident of Concord aged about Eighty four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows & of an Act approved the 23 rd day of August 1842 amendatory thereof" and of the acts of Congress passed March 3 rd 1843 & June 17 th 1844 extending the provisions of the aforesaid act of July 7 th 1838 to five years from the 4 th day of March 1843: that she is the Widow of George Purcell who was an Ensign and afterwards a Lieutenant in the Virginia Continental line in the War of the Revolution, that her husband the said George Purcell lived at the time of his enlistment in the War aforesaid in the County of Prince William in the State of Virginia that he served several years in said War as an officer, was wounded in the hand, and his hand thereby rendered almost useless for life and this declarant thinks said wound was received in the "battle of Germantown": and this declarant farther states, that her husband the said

George Purcell was entitled to leave from the State of Virginia for his services in the War aforesaid, and since the death of said Purcell a warrant or Warrants for the same has been received from the State of Virginia, by Daniel Morgan of Kentucky who was the duly authorized attorney for receiving the same from the Register of the Land Office of Virginia for locating the same in State of Ohio for the declarants children, who were the children of the before named George Purcell; and this declarant states that after her husband the said Purcell was wounded as before mentioned he came home from the Army on furlough for his wound to heal — that this declarant has no documentary evidence in support of her claim — & that she knows of no living person who served with the aforesaid Purcell —
She further declares that her maiden name was Margaret Shaeffer that she was married to the said George Purcell in the County of Prince William in the State of Virginia more than sixty years past, that after her marriage aforesaid she resided in said Prince William until she had six children, and about the year 1795 she with her husband the said Purcell removed to the State of Kentucky, and that her husband died in Mason County in Kentucky in November 1805 or thereabouts —
She further declares that after the death of said Purcell and about the year 1815 she intermarried in the County of Mason in the State of Kentucky with

William Chandler & that her last husband the D r Chandler died in said Mason County, about the year 1820 or 22 - & for more than twenty years last past she has been in the state of Ohio - that she has now no record of the dates of her marriages to either for named Purcell & Chandler or of their deaths, but must procure testimony satisfactory to the Dept t of War from the state of Kentucky which will be herewith or hereafter presented - all which is respect- fully submitted to the Department of War for the United States - And she would add that she was not married to the aforesaid Purcell prior to his leaving the service but before the first day of Jan'y 1794 & ever since the death of the aforesaid Chandler, has remained a widow -
In presence of John Deyo
Margaret the Chandler mark
James X Powell
Sworn and subscribed (The interlineations and alterations being first made) on the day and year first before written before me -
John Deyo S. Peace
State of Ohio, County of Champaign
I, John Deyo a Justice of the Peace in and for said County do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Margaret Chandler the foregoing declarant, that she is a person in good standing & in my opinion a competent witness and in consequence of old age and infirmity appears unable to appear in open Court to make the aforesaid declaration for testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 28 th day of June 1847 John Deyo - S. Peace

The State of Ohio, Champaign County ss. Court of Common Pleas of the term of June 1847.
Be it remembered that on the 29th day of June of the said June Term of said Court 1847, the following entry was made on the Journals of said Court:
"The Declaration of Margaret Chandler a resident of Concord Township in this County, made before John Dugger a Justice of the peace in and for this County on the 28th day of June 1847 in order to enable her to obtain the benefit of the provision, made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows, and of an act amendatory thereof passed August 23. 1842, and of the subsequent acts of Congress extending the benefit of the provision, made by said Act of July 7. 1838, was produced in open Court and approved by the Court, And is ordered to be so certified to the department of War, And that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to all the official acts of said John Dugger."
I Saml. H. Robinson Clerk of the Court aft r certify that John Dugger before whom the attached Declaration was made and deposition taken, was at the time of subscribing the same and now is an acting Justice of the peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, And that his signature thereto written are genuine.
Testimony of all which I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court at Urbana June 30. 1847.
Samuel Robinson Clk

Champaign 60 June 30 - 1847
I am personally acquainted with Mrs Mary Hill & believe her to be a person of good character & in every respect worthy of belief.
Joseph Vance Member of the 29 Congress
No 13. 408.
Margaret Chandler , of Champaign Co. Ohio, formerly Widow of Geo. Purcell, a Lieutenant, Va. Cont. Line. Acts 1838, 1843 & 1844.
Married before 1754 husband died 1814
E. H. Brown, Wash. in Ill. Agent.
17 July 1847.

State of Kentucky
At a court held for Mason County the 12 th day of July, 1819.
Satisfactory proof was adduced to the Court to show that John Purcell, Jane Pritchard late Jane Purcell, Mary Hill late Mary Purcell, Catherine Burgen late Catherine Purcell, Margaret Gilkerson late Margaret Purcell, Charles Purcell, Nancy Pritchard late Nancy Purcell, George Purcell, Malinda Purcell and Alfred Purcell are the legal heirs and representatives of George Purcell deceased, late an Officer in the Revolutionary War, who said George Purcell was the reputed half brother of Col o Charles Simms of Alexandria. That he is the same George Purcell whose will is of record in this Court bearing date the 5 th day of August, 1804. All which is ordered to be certified to the Secretary of War. In testimony that the above is a true copy from the records of said Court I as Clerk of the said Court have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County at the Town of Washington the 13 th day of July, 1819.
Marshall Ky.
I certify that the above is a copy of a paper on file in the V a Land Office; (And I further certify that in the above mentioned will of George Purcell his daughter Jane, is called Jane Tiros.
W m W. Parker 1 st Clk. L. Office, (Register Absent.)
This was enclosed to me in letter dated Sept. 2. 1847. E. F. Brown.

State of Kentucky } County of Mason } ss
The deposition of the  dear Collis a resident of said county taken this 6 th day of July 1847 before me, W. D. Goryell the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly authorized by law to administer oaths, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath state that she is sixty years of age; that she is the daugh- ter of George Purcell & Margaret his wife who was Margaret Randolph; that her father the said George was an officer a Lieutenant in the War of the Revolution in Virginia continental line; that her father the said Purcell first served in said war in Lee's Light Horse but how long this deponent does not know, but was induced by some friend to join the Infantry as Ensign & was afterwards pro- moted to the office of Lieutenant. That she thinks Col Grayson commanded the Reg t & Capt Mc- Kernick the company that he was attached to, & that it was the 3 d Virginia Regiment; that her father the said Purcell was wounded in the battle of Germantown and one of his hands crippled for life; that the foregoing named incidents are what she clearly remembers to have heard her father the said Purcell often relate & which she believes to be correct; that her parents the said George

once Margaret removed from the County of Prince William in the State of Virginia before the year 1800 & that they then had seven children that the eldest living; one older than her having died; that this deponent perfectly remembers the removal before spoken of: That in the month of August 1803 this deponent intermarried with Peter Lavis her first husband at about sixteen years of age that her father the said Purcell died in said Mason County in Nov - 1804 or thereabouts; that she has never seen any family record of the Marriage of said George & Margaret; that after the death of said George the said Margaret this deponent's Mother intermarried with William Chandler in said Mason County but at what time is not now remembered that said Chandler died in said Mason County about twenty years past; that said Margaret now resides in the County of Champaign in the State of Ohio - and ever since the death of said Chandler the said Margaret has remained a Widow And this deponent would further say that she recd a portion of land or its equivalent as one of the heirs of said Purcell, which he the said Purcell was entitled to from the State of Virginia for services as an officer in the War of the Revolution, and that Daniel Morgan of Kentucky was the only authorized Attorney for prosecuting

said land claim — and further saith not In presence of Asa Lynn
Jane Collins
Sworn to and subscribed the word "the her the & deho- nent" being first interlined, on the day and year first before written before me.
N. D. Boyd J. P.
State of Kentucky, Mason County ss. me J. N. D. Boydell a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and Member of the Legislature of Kentucky, of 1846-1847 do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Mrs. Jane Collins the foregoing deponent, that she is a person of good character & standing, & that her deposition this day taken before me is entitled to full confidence & belief & I have no doubt she is as she states sixty years of age and I have known her intimately for many years & that she is the daughter of the said George & Margaret named in the foregoing deposition — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 1 st day of July 1847
N. D. Boyd Justice of Peace

I certify
Lewis County Ky July 6 1847
That I have known The deponent Mrs. Collins for upwards of 30 years when a wife of David that she is the daughter of George Purcell who had the reputation of being an officer of the Revolutionary Army
Mrs. Collins has ever sustained the character of respectability and truth and her deposition is deserving of credit
E. T. Brown Clerk
The foregoing is D. J. Guel U.S.A.
State of Kentucky Mason County See I John James Key clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid, do certify that William O'Connell, before whom the foregoing deposition was taken is, and was at the time of taking the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County Mason, duly commissioned and qualified as such, and that full faith and credit, is due, and ought to be given to all his official acts as such, and that his signature is genuine,
Given under my hand and seal of office at Washington this sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred & forty Seven
John James Key

State of Ohio, County of Champaign and Township of Mad River } ss
The deposition of Melvina Oliver a resident of said Township taken this 30 th day of June 1847 before me David Poudenback — the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the aforesaid County duly authorized by law to ad- minister oaths, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath state, that she is Eighty Eight years of age, that she is the sister of Margaret Chandler The Widow of William Chandler, and also the Widow of George Purcell; that the said George Purcell was an officer (and this deponent thinks a Lieutenant) of Infantry of the Virginia Continental Line in the War of the Revolution; that this deponent recollects there was a rendezvous at this deponent's father's which was in the County of Prince William in the State of Virginia, that the said Purcell was a recruiting officer stationed there for the purpose of en- listing men for Revolutionary services; that the said Purcell served a long time in the said War as an officer but what length of time she cannot now distinctly state but thinks & believes it must have been several years & more than two; that said Purcell was wounded in the hand in some battle but in what battle she cannot now remember; that she distinctly remembers to have seen the said Purcell at home on furlough before his wounded hand was healed; that she was personally acquainted with the said Purcell before and after the War aforesaid; that the said George Purcell inter- married with this deponent's sister the aforesaid Mar- garet Chandler who was Margaret Randolph in the Counties of Prince William in Virginia more than sixty years past: that a few years after the War of the Rev- olution this affiant removed with her husband to and settled in the State of Kentucky in the County of Fleming: that some few years after & before the year 1802, the said George & Margaret his Wife & several Children

removed
To the State of Kentucky, and the said George and family, lived in this Dependants family a few weeks and then settled in the County of Mason Kentucky where they they said George & Margaret continued to reside until the death of said George which took place in said Mason County about the year 1805; that some years after the said Margaret, then the widow of said Purcell intermarried with William Chandler in the State of Kentucky; and that said Chandler died in Mason County Kentucky more than twenty years past and ever since the death of said Chandler the said Margaret has remained a widow, and that the said Margaret now resides in the Township of Concord in the County of Champaign and adjoining the Township in which this Dependent now resides and not more than three miles distant, and further saith not —
In presence of Asa Lyon
her Mildred Oliver Mark
Sworn to and subscribed, the interlineations of "SD" "removed", and "th" being first made on the day and year first before written —
David Soudenback S. Peace.
Mac River, County of Champaign & State of Ohio. To wit I, David Soudenback a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Mrs. Mildred Oliver the foregoing affiant, that she is a person in good standing and correct demeanor, that for a person of her years retains her physical & Mental powers to an uncommon degree, that in my opinion she is a competent witness & that her, the foregoing deposition is entitled to full confidence & belief for testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of June 1847 —
David Soudenback, S. Peace

Know all men by these presents, that we Peter Davis and Leonard Cole, are held and firmly bound unto James Garrard Esq. Governor of the State of Kentucky, and his successors, in the just and full sum of fifty pounds, current money, to the which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs &c, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals, and dated the 1 st day of September 1802.
The Condition of the above obligation is such, that whereas a marriage is intended to be had and solemnized between Peter Davis and Jane Purcell. Now if there be no legal cause to obstruct the same, then the above to be void, else to remain in full force and virtue.
Seal'd Peyton R. Key
S
Peter Davis Leon Cole
(seal) (seal)
With which bond, is filed the following note to wit: to the Clerk of Mason County.
Sir. This will certify that I am willing for a License to issue from your office, for a marriage, intended to be had and solemnized between Peter Davis and my daughter Jane, and this shall be your warrant for the same.
Given under my hand and seal this 1 st day of September 1802.
Best of Leon Cole
George Purcell
(seal)
Upon the back of which is this endorsement.
"Known to be Leonard Cole the 1 st Septm 1802."
M. Key D.C.M.B.
State of Kentucky Mason County Set.
I John James Key Clerk of the County Court for said County, certify that the foregoing are true copies of the Marriage License Bond executed by Peter Davis and Leonard Cole, and also of the accompanying note filed with the same, from George Purcell, purporting to be the father of Jane Purcell mentioned in said Bond, as the same remain on file in my office further certify that there is no record evidence of the Marriage between said Davis and Jane Purcell in my office, the minister not having returned a certificate of which I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, at Washington, this 2 nd day of August 1827.
W. Pa. Key

Virginia Land Office,
Richmond August 23 d 1847.
I hereby certify, that Warrant No. 6425 for 2500 2 / 3 acres, issued 6 th December, 1820, to the Heirs, Devisees and legal representatives of George Purcell dec d was delivered to William Robertson Attorney for the Heirs &c.
And I further certify, that it appears from a copy of the will of the said George Purcell from the powers of Attorney to the said W m Robertson, that the following are the Heirs & Devisees of the said George Purcell. viz.
John Purcell, George Purcell, Jane Pritchard, Alfred Purcell, Margaret Gilkison, George Gilkison, Isaac Burgan, Coaly Burgan, James Pritchard, Charles Purcell, Harmon Pritchard, Nancy Pritchard, Joseph Hill, Polly Hill and Melinda Purcell.
Given under my hand this 23 d August 1847.
W m W. Parker 1 st Clerk.
(Register absent)
Fee 25 cts.

February 20, 1940
Miss Helen Browning c/o First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Greencastle, Indiana
BA-J/MCS CW George Purcell, W.6661
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to the Revolutionary War soldier, George Purcell, who enlisted from Prince William County, Virginia, and later moved to Mason County, Kentucky.
The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, W.6661, based on the military service of George Purcell.
The date and place of birth of George Purcell and the names of his parents are not shown.
While living in Prince William County, Virginia, George Purcell first served in the Virginia line in Lee's Light Horse and on December 16, 1776, he was appointed ensign of the 13th Virginia Regiment and served as such until November 25, 1778; he was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown and received a wound in the hand during the latter battle. He also served as lieutenant of Virginia troops, dates not given.
He married in Prince William County, Virginia, date not given, Margaret Randolph.
George Purcell moved to Kentucky about 1795 and settled in Mason County and at that time he had six children.
He died in November, 1804 or 1805, in Mason County, Kentucky.
His widow, Margaret, married in 1815 William Chandler, and he died in 1820 or 1822 in Mason County, Kentucky.
On account of the services of George Purcell, Margaret Chandler was allowed pension on her application executed June 28, 1847, at which time she was aged about eighty four years and was living in Concord Township, Champaign County, Ohio.

Margaret Chandler died in 1859 or 1860.
George and Margaret Purcell had the following children: Jane Collis, the eldest living child (one older having died), and in 1847 she was sixty years of age, a resident of Mason County, Kentucky, and she married in 1803 Peter Tevis and afterward married --- Collis; Mary who was born in Prince William County, Virginia, and in 1847 was fifty eight years of age, living in Concord, Ohio, married September, 1817, Joseph Hill and moved to Ohio the same year and her mother, Margaret Chandler, was living with her in 1847, she having moved to Ohio in 1823 or 1824; Charles; Caty or Katy; Nancy; Margaret; George; Alfred; and Melinda.
At court held in Mason County, Kentucky, in 1819, the following were referred to as heirs of the soldier, George Purcell: John Purcell, Jane Pritchard late Jane Purcell, Mary Hill late Mary Purcell, Catherine Burgan late Catherine Purcell, Margaret Gilkerson late Margaret Purcell, Charles Purcell, Nancy Pritchard late Nancy Purcell, George Purcell, Malinda Purcell and Alfred Purcell.
In 1820 Warrant #6425 for 2666 2/3 acres of bounty land was issued by the state of Virginia to the following heirs of the soldier, George Purcell: John Purcell, George Purcell, Jane Pritchard, Alfred Purcell, Margret Gilkison , George Gilkison , Isaac Burgan , Caty Burgan , James Pritchard, Charles Purcell, Harmon Pritchard, Nancy Pritchard, Joseph Hill, Polly Hill and Malinda Purcell.
It was stated that the soldier, George Purcell, was "the reputed half brother of Colonel Charles Simms of Alexandria."
In 1847 Mrs. Mildred Oliver, a resident of Mad River Township, Champaign County, Ohio, aged eighty eight years, stated that she was the sister of Margaret Chandler.
No charge is made for furnishing this information.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

The Representatives of George Purcell are entitled to the proportion of land, allowed a Lieutenant of the Continental Line for three years service Council Chamber { J. W. Pleasants. Oct r 6 th 1819. signed James P. Preston. }
A Warrant of 2666 2 / 3 acres of land, N o 6425, issued the 6 th December 1820 to the Heirs devisees or legal Representatives of George Purcell dec d and was delivered same day to Mr Robertson atty for the heirs &c.
A copy from the Records of the Virginia Land Office Teste, S. H. Parker Reg. L. Office

Ohio 8253 Cincinnati
Margaret Chandler say widow of George Purcell who was an Ensign in the Revolution Newbern Ohio in 1804
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 233 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Sept. 1847 and sent to E. G. Brown, Esq. Present.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
recorded in Book S : 2. Page 202.
Reported Hon. C. C. Moore July 21, 49

No 13408 Margaret Chauden pr Q
Act 7 July 1835

Will Hist. to Ad. Shepard Co. San Francisco Cal. M.C. 1922 Jan. 4. Hist. to Hon. Alben W. Barkley. Am. 1935 Oct. 30. Inqst. to Mrs. R. W. Van Buren. M.C.S. 1940 Feb. 20 Hist. to Miss Helen Browning. M.C.S.
Per WIDOW, &c.
Apr. 30/55 L. Pacific
File No. 6661
Margaret Alben W. Widow George Russell East Road West
Act: Feb. 2, 1898
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 115
[Arrangement of 1870.]

To E. Brantley,
our associate judge of Champaign Court of Common Pleas
The State of Ohio Champaign County ss
I Samuel H. Robinson clerk of
The Court of Common Pleas within and for the county aforesaid. do hereby certify that Elisha H. Brantley before whom the foregoing declaration was made and subscri- ptions were taken is the senior Associate Judge of said Court duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are to all his official acts as such and and that
E. F. Brown
Agent
16. Aug. '47

State of Ohio County of Champaign
ss
On this 11th day of August 1847 personally appeared before me Elisha G. Berry the subscriber one of the associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas (being a court of record) in and for the County aforesaid. Margaret Chandler a resident of Concord Township in said County, aged eighty-four years, who being first and duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "an act-granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" and of the acts of Congress passed March 3rd 1843 and June 17th 1844 extending the provisions of said act of July 17th 1838 to five years from the 4th day of March 1844, and of an act amendatory of the first mentioned act passed August 23rd 1842: That she is the widow of George Purcell who was an ensign and after a lieutenant in the Virginia Line in War of the Revolution; that her husband the said Purcell lived at the time of his enlistment in the aforesaid in the County of Prince William in the State of Virginia, that he served several years as an officer in said war was wounded in the hand and his hand thereby rendered almost useless for life and this declarant thinks said wound was received in the battle of Germantown; she further declares that her husband the said Purcell was entitled to land from the State of Virginia for his services in the war aforesaid, and since his death a warrant or warrants for the same has been received from the Register of the Land Office for the State of Virginia by Daniel Morgan of Kentucky who was the duly authorized Attorney for receiving the same from said Register, and locating the same for this declarant's children who were the children of the before named George: and this declarant states that after her husband the said Purcell was wounded as before mentioned, he came home from the Army on furlough: that she has no documentary evidence in her possession in support of her claim and that she knows of no living person who served in said war with the aforesaid Purcell -
She further declares that her maiden name was Margaret Randolph, that she was married to said Purcell in the County of Prince William in the State of Virginia more than sixty years past - that she resided in said Prince -

William County in the State of (Virginia) until she had six children. When she removed about the year 1795 with her husband the said Purcell & children to the State of Kentucky and that said Purcell died in Mason County in Kentucky as this declarant believes in November 1804 or 5.
She further declares that about the year 1816 she intermarried with Williams Chandler in said County of Mason & that said Chandler died in or about the year 1822 & for more than twenty years she has resided in the County of Champaign in the State of Ohio & ever since the death of said Chandler & for more than twenty years past she has remained a widow.
She further declares that on the 28 th day of June last past she made a declaration before John Dugger Esq. a justice of the Peace in and for said Champaign County for the purpose of enabling her to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress before named: that her only reason why she did not apply earlier was her belief that her second marriage was a bar to a pension: and that she has not or does she knows of any record of the marriage or deaths before mentioned. All which is necessary respectfully submitted to the department of war for the United States.
In presence of Joseph Helle Nathaniel Saly
Margaret her Chandler mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above or before written. Before me
E. C. Blevins Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Champaign County Ohio
I certify that the words "war" and "County" were interlined and " necessary " erased before signing E. C. Blevins Associate Judge

State of Ohio Champaign County ss
I Elisha C Berry the subscriber senior associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that by reason - of old age and bodily infirmity Margaret Chan- - dler the foregoing defendant is unable to appear - in open court to make her the foregoing Decla- - ration, and that she is, in my opinion, a com- - petent witness
And I further certify that the declaration of said Margaret Chandler made on the 28 th day of June last past before John Dagge Esqr a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, was on the 29 th day of June 1847 at a court of Common Pleas held in and for said County at the Court house thereof in the town of Urbana, produced in open court, and approved by the court, and so ordered to be certified to the department of War for the United States; and that the subscriber was one of the judges sitting at the time and approving the same - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 11 th day of August 1847
E. C. Berry senior associate judge of Champaign Co. O.

State of the County of } Champaign & town of Urbana } ss
The deposition of Rutha Blanchard, President of said town, taken this 11 th day of August 1847 before the subscriber one of the associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County. Who first being duly cautioned and qualified according to the Laws of said State doth on her oath state that she is fifty four years of age, that she was personally acquainted with George Purcell and Margaret, the wife of said George more than forty five years past, in the State of Kentucky, that said George, had the reputation of serving in the war of the Revolution & of having been wounded in the hand - that the aforesaid Margaret's maiden name was Margaret Randolph, that they, the said George and Margaret, ever lived together as man & wife and had a large family of children, that the following are the names of said children, Jane, Mary, Charles, Hatty, Nancy, Margaret, George, Alfred, and Melinda, that the four first named were older than this deponent, that about forty years past, this deponent removed to the State of Ohio, and some few years after, said senior, Mary who is now Mary Neill, the second named child of George and Margaret also removed to the State of Ohio, and has for the last thirty years resided within a few miles of this de-

ponent; that after the death of the before named George Peucell, the aforesaid Margaret intermarried as this deponent has understood with a man by the name of Chandler that the aforesaid Margaret (who is now Margaret Chandler) removed to the State of Ohio about twenty years past and for the last twenty years, the said Margaret has remained a widow, and resided in the township of Con- cord in said Champaign County and within five miles of this deponent and further saith not in presence of -
A. Lynn
Ruth her Blanchard Mark
James D. Andrews
Sworn to and subscribed the words "in" and "Resided" being first interlined on the day and year first before written, before me
E. C. Berry Associate Judge
State of Ohio } Champaign County } ss
I Elisha C. Berry, the Subscribe Jurat Associate Judge of Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Ruth Blanchard the foregoing deponent; that she is a person of good character and standing and that her the foregoing deposition is entitled to full con- fidence and belief In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 11 th day of Aug 1847
E. C. Berry

State of Ohio County of Champaign - Concord Township } ss
The deposition of Joseph Neill, a resident of said township taken this 11 th day of August 1847 before me, Elisha C Berry Sen Associ- ate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said a County who being first duly cautioned & sworn accor- ding to the laws of said State, doth on his oath state that he is sixty-eight years of age; that in the year of 1795, George Purcell who had the reputation of having been a Lieutenant in the Virginia line in the war of the Revolution removed to the County of Mason in the State of Kentucky and settled in the neighborhood of this deponent's father; that the said Purcell in 1795 had a wife and four if not five children; that the name of the wife of said Purcell was Margaret and her maiden name was Margaret Randolph; that the names of the four oldest children of said George & Margaret were Jane, Mary, Charles, & Cary, that Jane, who is now Jane Collins of said Mason County, is the daughter of said George & Margaret and is sixty years of age that about forty years since the said Purcell died in said Mason Ky. and the said Margaret after said death intermarried, with a man of the name of Chandler; that said Chan- dler has been dead more than twenty years and for the last twenty years the said Margaret has remained a widow and resided in the same township with this deponent; and farther saith
not In presence of Joseph Neill Nathaniel Kelly
Joseph Neill
Sworn to and subscribed on the day of and year first above written before me
E. C. Berry Sen Associate Judge of Champaign Co. Ill s
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State of Ohio Champaign County ss
I Elisha C Berry the Subscribed Senior Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with Joseph Kelle the foregoing deponent for thirty-five years; that he is a man of good character and demeanor and that his, the foregoing deposition is entitled to full confidence and belief; and that full credit is due and ought to be given to the same. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 11 th day of August 1847
E. C. Berry.
Our Associate Judge of Champaign Court of Common Pleas
16. Aug. 47 E. T. Brown Agent
The State of Ohio Champaign County ss
I Samuel H. Robinson clerk of
The Court of Common Pleas within and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Elisha C Berry before whom the foregoing declaration was made and depositions were taken is the senior Associate Judge of said Court duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are to all his official acts as such is and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Urbana this 11 th day of August A. D. 1847
Sam. H. Robinson clk by H. H. Garber Deputy
Set my hand this 11 th day of Aug 1847

W 13408 Marg t Chandler formerly Widow of Lieut. Geo. Purcell
Act, 1838, 43 S44.
Marry before 1794 husband died 1804
E. H. Brown (Agent.)

State of Kentucky } Mason County } ss
The deposition of Sarah O'Call a resident of said County taken this 5 th day of July 1847 before me W. D. Goryell — the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, the being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath state that she is seventy six years of age, that in the year of 1784 this deponent removed from Virginia to Kentucky, that in 1794 she removed to the County of Mason in Kentucky, that in 1795 or 6 George Purcell came to said Mason County for the purpose of surveying and settling a farm, & that said Purcell put up at this deponent's house; that in the fall of 1800 this deponent have become acquainted with the family of said Purcell who had settled near to where this deponent now resides, that the wife of said Purcell maiden name was Margaret Randolph. that said Purcell & wife removed from as this deponent believes from the County of Prince William in Virginia to the State of Kentucky; that the said George Purcell had the reputation of having been an officer in the war of the Revolution — that in the fall of 1800 the said Purcell and Margaret his wife had seven children & that Jane was the oldest; that said Purcell died in said Mason County, as this deponent thinks in November 1804 that this deponent was present at the death of said Purcell. that after the death of said Purcell the said Margaret then the widow of said Purcell inter

married with Williams Chandler of said Mason County That in 1823 the said Margaret removed to the state of Ohio & that some few years after said removal the said Chandler died in said Mason County but this deponent does not now remember in what year; - and ever since the death of said Chandler this deponent thinks the said Margaret has remained a widow & she would further add that said Chandler & wife the said Margaret were parted or did not live together for some years before his death & further saith not -
In presence of Asa Lewis
Sarah P. O'Call marks
Sworn to and subscribed, the word "Deponent" and "now" being first interlined & alterations first made on the day and year first before written before me -
W. B. Goryee S.P.
Mason County, State of Kentucky To wit. I W. B. Goryee a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Mrs Sarah O'Call the foregoing deponent, that she is the a person of good character & standing, & that her foregoing deposition is entitled to full confidence & belief - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 5 th day of July 1847 -
W. B. Goryee J. Peace

State of Kentucky Mason County Set
I John James Key clerk of the County court for the County aforesaid do certify that William D. Boyle, before whom the fore- going deposition was taken and was at the time of taking the same is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Mason, and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such, and that his signature is genuine,
Given under my hand and seal of office at Washington this Sixth day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and forty seven John James Key

State of Ohio, County of Champaign Township of Concord } ss
The Deposition of Mary Hill a resident of said Concord taken this 28 th day of June 1847 before me John Saggler — the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath state that she is fifty eight years of age, that she is the daughter of Margaret Chandler the widow of W m Chandler and likewise the widow of George Purcell that this deponents father the aforesaid George Purcell was as this deponent verily believes & as she has often heard the said Purcell say that he the said Purcell was an officer in the War of the Revolution, that this deponent was as she has been told born in the County of Prince William in the State of Virginia and at about the age of seven years removed from said Prince William to the State of Kentucky with her parents the said George and Margaret. That in November 1805 this deponents father the said the said Purcell died in the County Mason in the State of Kentucky; that about the year 1815 this deponents mother the widow of said Purcell intermarried in said Mason County with William Chandler & that said Chandler died in said Mason County about the year 1822 —
This deponent further states that in September 1817 she intermarried with Joseph Hill and remains that same

year to the State of Ohio, and that about twenty three years since; This deponent's Mother the said Margaret removed to the State of Ohio and she the said Margaret is now living with this deponent, and ever since the death of said Chandler the said Margaret this deponent's Mother has remained a widow, and further saith not.
In presence of Asa Lyon
Mary Hill
James O'Connell
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first before written before me
John Daggett S.P.
State of Ohio
Champaign County } ss
I John Daggett a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Mrs Mary Hill the foregoing deponent, that she is a person in good standing, and that full confidence and credit are due to her the foregoing deposition. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 28 th day of June 1847
John Daggett S. Peace

EDMUND F. BROWN , Attorney and Agent for Claimants, Notary Public and Commissioner for Virginia, Illinois, and Alabama, &c., continues to attend to the settlement of business before Congress and the several Departments of the General Government, and particularly claims for Pensions, Patents, Lands, Contracts, &c.
Office on Seventh street, two doors above the City Post Office.
Letters (postage paid) may be addressed, E. F. Brown, Box 190, P. O. Washington City.
U. S. Agency, Notarial, and Commissioner's Office,
Washington City, 17 th July - , 1847.
Established in 1843.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions.
Sir :
Yesterday I left with you the Pension Claim of Margaret Chandler , formerly Widow of Geo. Purcell , and now enclose a Certificate of the Clerk of Pr. Wm. Co. V a that there is no Marriage Bond in his Office.
As the eldest child is proven to be 60 years of age, and she the Claimant must have been married before 1787, it is presumed that this Certificate will not be objected to because the search extends - only from 1780 to 1789.
Very Respectfully, Yr. Ob d St.
Edm. F. Brown

10340
Reported
Ohio
Margaret Chandler, fag Widow of George Purcell who was a pensioner under the Act of — and who died in the year 1804 of Cincinnati in the State of Ohio who was an Ensign in the Company commanded by Captain — of the Regt commanded by — in the Revolution time for 23 mo. 10 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati at the rate of 233 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Sept 1847 and sent to E. H. Brown Esq Present
Total amount, $1166.65
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by C. Rumpkin Clerk. Book D Vol. 1. Page 388

Mount Vernon, Posey County Indiana March 15 th 1851.
J. E. Heath, Esq.:
Dear Sir:
I herewith enclose you a copy of a letter from S. L. Edwards of your Department, as also one from the Hon. E. Embree, formerly a Representative in Congress from this Congressional District, at the request of Charles Purcell of this county.
An answer as early as convenient, is respectfully solicited, in reply to the letter of the Hon. E. Embree, relative to the claim of Mrs. Chandler.
I have the honor to be,
Very Respectfully,
Your most O bt . Servant,
Text"> Patrick Caney.

Washington D.C. Oct 2, 1857
Sir,
I desire to call your attention to the evidence on which Margaret Chandler widow of Lieut George Purcell was placed on the roll of Ohio (or Kentucky) revolutionary pensioners under Act of 1838. The widow claims that she is entitled to an increase of pension.
Very Respectful,
Your obed Servt -
Thos: Ewing Jr.
Jamies E. Heath Esq Comm of Pensions
AM

A L Edwards
Commission
Pension

Washington 8th Dec 1848
Sir I have been informed that George Purcell served in the revolutionary war as Lieutenant. That his papers to obtain a pension was submitted to the department by John Mason member of Congress from Kentucky and afterwards attended to by Mr Vance of Ohio and that his papers are in the Pension or proper department. I also understand that his widow Margaret Candler received a pension about two years but of this I am not certainly informed.
Will you please have these papers examined into the facts communicated to me
Respectfully
E. Emblen

Mount Vernon Ind
January 24 th 1874.
Dear N. E. Tibbuck
Dear Sir
In reply to communication from Pension Office dated December 18 th 1873, relative to claim,
On account of Revolutionary Services, George Parcell, deceased, I have been informed, departed this life, the last of the year 1804 or first of 1805, in Mason County, State of Kentucky, leaving his wife Margaret surviving him.
Some years after she intermarried with one Chandler, and moved to Urbana in the State of Ohio. And was living there in January 1850, when the Heirs of George Parcell together with Margaret Chandler, gave a Power of Attorney to John A. Corwin to act as their Agent to get their claim that might be coming to them as heirs of

6661
George Purcell, for his services as a revolutionary Soldier
Very Respectfully Yours
James M. Whitworth
Mount Vernon Indiana
Jan 24 th 1871.
Pr L. Whitworth Atty
P.S.
Margaret Chandler the above mentioned died some time in 1859 or 60.
J. M. Whitworth
Pr L. Whitworth
I enclose herewith a copy of a letter addressed to me by the Commissioner of Pensions under date of Dec 18 th 1873 in answer to a letter of James M. Whitworth referred by me. I now enclose Mr. Whitworth's re- -ply which is also respectfully referred to the Commissioner of Pensions -
W. E. Black

( Copy )
Department of the Interior. Pension Office.
Washington D.C. Dec 18, 1873.
Sir
In accordance with your request endorsed on the communication of J. W. Whitworth Esq of Mt. Vernon, Ind. a relative to a claim on account of the revolutionary services of George Purcell, deceased, I have the honor to inform you, that the records in this office are kept by States, and as the residence of the soldier has not been given by your correspondent, the examination of the pension roll has been confined, more particularly to the States of Indiana and Ohio. A general examination of some other States, afford, also no information of an application having been

received, or a pension allowed, for the same other than George Purcell of Virginia, who was disabled in the War of 1812, and aged 41 years in 1815, and therefore born after the close of the War of the revolution,
The unsuccessful investigation is not conclusive, but should another be desired, the residence, about the year of his death, should be given and if a widow survived, her name residence, and death, With this data a thorough examination could then be made with satisfactory results - The heirs of George Purcell presented a petition at the 3 d Session of the 27 th Congress claiming pay as Lieutenants to the close of the war, which was referred to the Committee on revolutionary claims adversely reported No 248, and laid on the table without being taken therefrom so far as known. Mr Whitworth letter enclosed
Very Respectfully your Obt Servt
Hon W. E. Arblack
House of Representatives
J. H. Baker Commissioner

Mr. Camp

Be pleased to state what evidence the records of your Office afford of the service of George Purcell in the Virginia Continental Line as an Ensign and also a Lieutenant.
P. Hagner Esq. Third Auditor
G. C. A. Pension Office July 28. 1847
G. C. A.
3 rd Audit r Off. 29 July 47
George Purcell, commissioned as an Ensign in the 13 th Virg a Regiment on 16 Dec r 1776 & last on Roll for April 1778. Not returned for By d Land or commendation nor as a Supernumerary Officer. This information furnished 19 June 1834, to M rs . Mary Parker Adm rs of George Purcell.
Peter Hagner Adm r

Department of State Washington Aug. 11 th 1847
James L. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions
Sir
In compliance with your request I have caused the Washington Papers to be examined for evidence of the service of George Purcell as an Ensign and a Lieutenant in the Virginia line of the Continental Army, and have to report that no such evidence has been discovered.
I am, Sir, very respectfully, Your Obedt Servt W. L. Denick, Actg Secy.

V a S. Office, Richmond, July 12 th 1847 Edmund F. Brent Esq.
Sir:
Yours of the 9 th inst is at hand and contents noted.
Diligent search, have been made, but I have not been able to find the name of Alexander Sutherland, or Alexander Wallau. It does not appear that any Warrant issued in the name of either. Enclosed you will find the indenture signed in the case of Lt. Geo. Purcell. It appears that the Power of atty was executed to Mr. & John Robertson & David Tremble - the first named atty for the Warrant.
Yours very respectfully, J. H. Parker.
Then being a few cents on hand due you, I shall pay the postage

Scholarly split
Aug 17 '47
Dr. Crump
Present.

EDMUND F. BROWN , Attorney and Agent for Claimants, Notary Public and Commissioner for Virginia, Illinois, and Alabama, &c., continues to attend to the settlement of business before Congress and the several Departments of the General Government, and particularly claims for Pensions, Patents, Lands, Contracts, &c.
Office on Seventh street, two doors above the City Post Office.
Letters (postage paid) may be addressed, E. F. Brown, Box 190, P. O. Washington City.
U. S. Agency, Notarial, and Commissioner's Office,
Washington City, 7 th August, 1847.
Established in 1843.
Dr. G. W. Crump, Chief Clerk, Pension Office.
Sir,
As the Widow and Daughter, of George Purcell, of the Virginia Continental Line, feel confident that he was a Lieutenant; as Virginia granted him a Land Warrant as Lieut.; and as I have proved him an Ensign up to 25. Nov. 1778, I will thank you to cause an examination of the Washington papers in the State Department to be made, in order that the Widow may receive all the Pension to which she is justly entitled.
Very Respectfully, Yr. Ob't Servt.
Edm. F. Brown Agent.

Virginia
Prince William County, to wit:
I John Williams Clerk of Prince William County Court in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that I have carefully examined the files of my Office from 1780 to 1789, for the marriage bond of George Purcell to a Margaret Randolph and that I have not been able to find the marriage bond aforesaid.
In testimony whereof I here to set my hand & annex the Seal of said County Court this 14 th day of July, 1847.
(J. Williams)
Note. — The above was given in reply to my statement that the Widow was believed to have been married about, or before 1787. E. F. Brown.

EDMUND F. BROWN , Attorney and Agent for Claimants, Notary Public and Commissioner for Virginia, Illinois, and Alabama, &c., continues to attend to the settlement of business before Congress and the several Departments of the General Government, and particularly claims for Pensions, Patents, Lands, Contracts, &c.
Office on Seventh street, two doors above the City Post Office.
Letters (postage paid) may be addressed, E. F. Brown, Box 198, P. O. Washington City.
U. S. Agency, Notarial, and Commissioner's Office,
Washington City, 16 th July, 1847. Established in 1843. S. D. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions. Sir: The enclosed papers will be found, I trust, to contain abundant testimony to justify you in allowing Mrs Margaret Chandler , of Ohio, a full Pension for the services of her first husband George Purcell , as a Lieutenant more than two years. — You will perceive that the statements relative to the heirs obtaining land from Virginia, are proven by the enclosed Certificate from the Register at Richmond, and the Books of the Gen l Land Office that the Attorney named by the Claimant, received the Patents, viz: Daniel Morgan of Ky. — Since I received the Declaration, I am informed by the Widow's Agent that she would have applied long since, but for her second marriage, being, until recently, ignorant of the law of 1842, which makes second Marriage no bar. —

The identity of the Widow and the good character of the witnesses are so clearly proven by the certificates of Brig. Genl. Marshall, U.S. Army, and Hon. Joseph Vance, M.C. of Ohio, that I presume you will have no doubt of the justice of the claim.
Altho' the Marriage before 1794 is established beyond controversy, I have written to the Clerk of Pr. Wm. Co. Va. for an examination of his Office, and hope to file his reply before the case comes up for examination.
Very Respectfully, Yr. Obt. Servt.
Edm. T. Brown

I certify that George Purcell was appointed an Ensign in the 13 th Virginia Regiment on Continental establishment in November 1776 and that he served through the campaign of 1777 and that he was wounded in the hand at the battle of Germantown on the 4 th of October, but I do not recollect how long he served after that period.
Uriah Springer.
Sept. 10 th 1879.
Late a Cap t in the Virga Line
Prince William County, State of Virginia, ss:
Before me one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Mr. Hugh Davis, of full age &c - and being sworn according to law, Deposith and saith that he was well acquainted with Lieutenant George Purcell in the Military Virginia Line under Continental establishment - he in the year 1776 was entered the army as an ensign in the 13 th  regiment . I understood immediately afterwards he was promoted a Lieutenant in said regiment and I knew he continued in the army for some time afterwards, I think upwards of three years, as I was at that time a Sergeant in the same regiment and was with him at the battle of Brandywine and at the battle of Germantown where Lt Purcell got wounded in the hand - he the said Purcell was the reputed half brother of Col. Charles Simms.
And this Deponant farther states that he in March 1777 became acquainted with Robert Bell who at that time was a Captain in the regiment aforesaid and served as such upwards of three years - the reason why I know he served for that length of time, I was in the army myself three years and I left said Bell in the service.
This Deponant farther states that he in March 1777 became acquainted with Jeremiah Morgan who then was an Ensign in in the regiment aforesaid and knows he served in said Regiment for upwards of three years as I left him there when I retired.
And farther this Deponant saith not
Hugh Davis.

Prince W m County, to wit:
Personally came before the subscriber, a justice of the peace for s d County, Hugh Davis - and made oath to the truth of the above statement before me
Zach r Ward
Virginia
Prince William County, to wit:
I Philip D. Dawe Clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Zachariah Ward gent. before whom Hugh Davis appears to have made the within affidavit was at the time of taking the same and still is a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified, and that to all his acts as such due faith and credit is and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as thereout - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the s d County this 25 th Septm r 1819.
Phil. D. Dawe
Executive Department
Richmond V a August 9. 1827.
I do hereby certify that the foregoing are true copies of papers on file in this department.
W m H. Richardson Secy Com m

Mary Chandler, formerly Widow of Lieut. Geo. Purcell.
Acts 1838, 43 & 44.
Geo Purcell Ensign Capt M'Connels Com pany of 13. Regt Decr 15. 1775 Mound act 1777 on command June 1777. on Roll April 1778 = no Roll of a Lieut E. F. Brown Med Division Agent Ensign 114. 12. 8 June 23. 1778 23 Mo 10 day

Champaign Co. June 30 th - 1847.
I have been acquainted with Mrs. Oliver from my earliest recollection being her neighbor in Kentucky upwards of 50 years ago and fully concur in every particular of her in the certificate of Sister Lunderback.
Joseph Vance late Member of Congress
The State of Ohio Champaign County ss I Samuel H Robinson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that David Yondertack before whom the within or foregoing depositions appear to have been taken was at the time of subscribing the same and, now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such and that his signature thereunto written is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Urbana this 30th day of June A.D. 1847
Samuel H Robinson Clk

Copies of Letters, J. L. Edwards & Co. Embree, From Charles Purcell, 1857.

(Copy)
Pension Office,
January 11 th 1849.
Sir,
Your letter of the 8 th ult. asking for information respecting the service of George Purcell, has been received, and in reply I have the honor to state, that it does not appear from the evidence submitted by his widow Margaret Chandler, in support of her claim to a Pension that he served in a higher grade than that of Ensign
It appears from the Rolls of the 13 th Regiment of the Virginia Continental Line, that he was commissioned as an Ensign in December 1776, and that he continued in the service until Nov. 1778. The certificate of the Auditor of Virginia, exhibits a transcript of a certificate for pay as Ensign, from 1 st January 1777, to 25 th Nov. 1778, bearing date 2 nd July 1784, which contains all the evidence of his service presented by his widow, Mrs. Chandler, and upon which a Pension was granted to her at the date of 233 22 per ann in September 1847.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully Your Ob t Serv t . J. L. Edwards.
Hon. E. Embree, House of Representatives.
(copy)
Washington 11 th Jan 1849
J. L. Edwards,
Sir: The within letter does not contain all the information desired. I wish to know whether the widow and heirs alluded to within have or can obtain any thing further for the services of George Purcell and if so by what kind of application.
An early answer will oblige
E. Embree
P.S. please return the within letter with your further answer.
E. E.

Lot 43 9349 No 13408
Margaret Chaudry formerly widow of Geo Purcell O.
a ct 7 July 1838
Adm d .
23 Mo 10 days Ensi sn $ 233 33 / 100 per ann from 4 March 1836
Adm d act 3 March 1843 and 17 June 1844 $ 233 33 / 100 per ann from 4 March 1843
Edw d F. Brinn Present

Aud. Off. Augt. 2 nd 1847
Sir
You will receive herein the usual certificate of settlement in the case of George Purcell as Ensign. It does not appear that he settled an account as Lieut.
Respy &c
A. Morton
Aud r absent from the Office
This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line, during the Revolutionary War, as settled their Accounts, and received Certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an Act of Assembly, passed the November Session 1781, that a Certificate issued on the 2 nd day of July 1786 , in the name of George Purcell as Ensign of Infantry for £ 144. 12. 8 , which Certificate appears to have been delivered to Col o Grayson and was given for services prior to the 1st January 1782. To wit - Up to as Ens from 1 st Jan y 77 to 25 th Nov r 1778
{ No Seal of Office. }
Given under my hand, at the Auditor's Office, Richmond, this
2 nd day of August 1847.
Allan Morton V. Ck. acting in the absence of the AUDITOR.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2 nd February 1848, entitled, "An Act making further provision for surviving Widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution." — — —
State of Ohio, } ss: Champaign County. }
On this thirty first day of October in the year Eighteen hundred and forty eight, — personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Mrs. Margaret Chandler, a resident of Concord Township in said County, aged about 85 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2 nd February 1848, granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the Widow of George Purcell, who was an Ensign in the Revolution, in the Virginia Continental Line; that she has drawn a Pension of two hundred and thirty three dollars, and thirty three cents per annum under the Acts of 1838, 1843, and 17 th June 1844, by Certificates dated on or about the 4 th of September 1847; and that she now desires a Pension under the Act of 2 nd February 1848, and that the Certificate be delivered to her Agent Edmund F. Brown, of Washington City. She further declares that she is still a Widow.
Sworn to and subscribed, } on the day and year first } above written, before me. } Nelson Rhodes J. Peace
Margaret her Chandler mark
Attest. N.O. Hill

State of Ohio, } ss: Champaign County. }
I, Nelson Rhodes a Justice of the Peace, do hereby certify that Mrs Margaret Chandler, who has executed the within Declaration, is a respectable resident of this County, and is the person she therein represents herself to be.
Nelson Rhodes
J. Peace.
The State of Ohio, Champaign County, ss;
I, SAMUEL H. ROBINSON, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, do hereby certify, that Nelson Rhodes before whom the within or foregoing Affidavit & Declaration appears to have been made was, at the time of subscribing the same, and now is, an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such. and that his signature above written is genuine
In Testimony Whereof, I the Clerk aforesaid, have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Urbana, in the said county, this 31 st day of October 1848.
Samuel H Robinson Clerk.

Jan'y 11/49
W. L. Chaplin
Please to
list
E. F. Brown

Revolutionary Pension Claims filed in the Pension Office by E. F. Brown, not heard from. —
Act 2. Feb. 1848.
1848.
Oct. 9 or 10. Jane Jackson, Va. — Widow of John. Pensioned Act, 1838, 43 & 44.
Nov. 6. — Margaret Chandler, Ohio — Widow of Geo. Purcell — Pensioned, Acts 1838 &c.
Nov. 27. — Rosannah Harrison, N.C. Widow of John. — Pensioned Act 1844.
Dec. 15. — Ann C. Cameron, Va. — Widow of James. — Pensioned Act of 1844. —
Col. Edwards will confer a favor by having the above issued soon, as the Widows are very impatient.
Very Resp y .
Edm. F. Brown  Edm. F. Brown
Wash n . D.C. } 10. Jan y . 1849. }

EDMUND F. BROWN , Attorney and Agent for Claimants, Notary Public and Commissioner for Virginia, Illinois, and Alabama, &c., continues to attend to the settlement of business before Congress and the several Departments of the General Government, and particularly claims for Pensions, Patents, Lands, Contracts, &c.
Office on Seventh street, two doors above the City Post Office.
Letters (postage paid) may be addressed, E. F. Brown, Box 190, P. O. Washington City.
U. S. Agency, Notarial, and Commissioner's Office,
Washington City, 16 th Aug. 7 , 1847.
Established in 1843.
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Comm r . of Pensions.
Sir:
Agreeably to verbal instructions, I enclose herewith a new Declaration of Marg t Chandler , formerly Widow of Geo. Purcell , taken before a Judge, and two additional depositions, which place the marriage beyond all question. I also enclose a Certificate from the Auditor of Virginia shewing payments to George Purcell as Ensign from 1 Jan y . 1777 to 25. Nov. 1778, and copies of papers on which a Land Warrant was granted by Virginia as a Lieut. for 3 years.
Should you not be satisfied that he was a Lieutenant, as the Third Auditor's Book, shew he entered service on 16. Dec. 1776, and the Auditor of Va. certifies he was paid as Ensign to 25 Nov. 1778, you will, I presume allow that he served 23 months, and 9 days, and grant a pension accordingly.
Very Respectfully Yr. Ob t St.
Edw m F. Brown —

Margaret Chandler
Ohio Hall Act 48
— To see papers
Thos. Smith
Ex by Mr Elvage Jr
Sep. 25-51

I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2 d , 1848, Margaret Chandler, widow of George Purcell, who was an Ensign in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of two hundred & thirty three dollars and thirty three Cents per Annum, commencing on the 4 th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such Marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 13 th day of January One One thousand eight hundred and forty nine. W. L. Marcy, Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Newberg, Oregon, Oct. 13, 1935.
Bureau of Pensions, War Department, Washington, D.C.
Revolutionary War Records.
Gentlemen:-
Please give me such records as you may have regarding
George Purcell, who was Ensign in the 13th Virginia Regiment in the Revolution. He served from Dec. 16, 1776, until November 25, 1778, when he was wounded in the Battle of Germantown in the hand. He married Margaret Randolph, who at the age of 84 years applied for a pension and received it. George Purcell died in 1804, probably in Kentucky for they moved to that state after he had received two land claims of 1000 acres each.
I do not know where Mrs. Purcell was living when she applied for pension, but some of her children moved to Muscatine County, Ohio in 1841 and previous to that time to a place near Urbana, Ohio in 1838 or previous to that time.
Any help you can give me regarding this Revolutionary Soldier, his wife or children will be greatly appreciated as the information is desired by a prospective member of our D.A.R. Chapter.
Very truly yours,
Minnie D Van Valin
(Mrs. R.W. Van Valin)
Regent, Champoeq Chapter, D.A.R.

House of Representatives U.S. Washington, D.C.
Rec mic
January 2nd, 1922.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.,
Dear sir:
I desire to know what your records show concerning the military record of George Purcell , who enlisted in the Revolutionary Army in Prince William County, Va. I think his widow, Margaret Randolph (Purcell) Chandler, applied for a pension in August , 1947.
Thanking you in advance, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Alvin W. Barkley

To Chf. OWM Div. Action SEP 20 1895 COMMISSIONER.
Gen Dana
Please show the papers to Mr Chambers. It is not probable that they contain the information sought
O.W. & N. DIV. SEP 20 1895 Lockhorn CHIEF'S DESK.
Mr. Lockhorn to Mr. Dana

D. A. CHAMBERS,
ATTORNEY,
MOGILL BUILDING, 908 G STREET, N. W.,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
September 19, 1895.
Hon. William Lochren,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Sir:
Under date of April 30 last, you wrote a letter to Mr. A.D. Shepard, Southern Pacific Company, San Francisco, in relation to the military history of George Purcell, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, giving certain information as contained in his widow's application for pension on file in your Bureau.
Mr. Shepard is seeking information in respect to this soldier as a matter of family history, and I called on you in June last to see if I could not have copies of the papers on file. You were indisposed, at that time, to let me have copies, at least until I had further communicated with Mr. Shepard. This I did, and Mr. Shepard would still be greatly obliged if he could have copies of the papers. However, I think the main point in his inquiry is to obtain some information concerning the father of Margaret Randolph, who married George Purcell in 1787.
If the papers in this claim give any further information in respect to Margaret Randolph, or in respect to her father, I would be exceedingly obliged if you would send me an uncertified copy of such portion of the papers as give such information. If the papers do not contain this information, will you kindly advise me of that fact?
Very respectfully,
D. A. Chambers. for Mr. Shepard.

OLD WAR & NAVY APR 19 1895 FILES.
OFFICE OF THE NAVY SECRETARY APR 19 1895 5681
ROBERTS (LILA)
is that coat? A complete copy of the pension papers as obtained and to Mr. [illegible] what was officer's report and how long was it on- Pension application; it is in what amount. Did such pension reach name of his wife and where and when was she born. Mrs. [illegible] and as to birth, and where and when did he die; and as to children

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY,
B.
Office of Local Freight Agent.
San Francisco, Cal., April 8, 1895.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir;
I desire to ascertain if possible some information concerning an officer in the American Army of the Revolution named George Purcell, of Virginia. He was Ensign in 15th Virginia Infantry, December 1776, was wounded at Germantown October 4th, 1777. The data desired is, what was character of the wound; where and when was he born, and where and when did he die; what was maiden name of his wife and where and when was she born. Was Purcell given a pension; if so, in what amount. Did such pension revert to his widow, what was character thereof, and how long was it enjoyed. Can complete copy of the pension papers be obtained, and at what cost?
Yours truly,
A. D. Shepard
W. H. [unintelligible]

Greencastle, Indiana January 29-1940
Bureau of Pensions Interior Dept. War Department Washington, D.C.
" " " Revolutionary War "
Gentlemen: Will you please send me the war record of George Purcell who enlisted from Prince William County Virginia and after the war moved to Mason County, Kentucky. Also send me the pension and all family data you have. This George Purcell enlisted in the 13th Virginia Regiment.
If there is a charge for this information, kindly advise.

Thanking you, I am,
Very truly Yours
(Miss) Helen Browning First Citizens Bank & Trust Co.
Greencastle
Indiana

71
Almeida
cut ADP
in open & sol. of Rev. war
P. H. 25.

Washington D.C. April 23 d 1874
Sir
I refered to you some weeks since some papers from James W. Whitworth Esq. of Mt. Vernon Indiana in regard to a certain supposed claim of the heirs of George Powell deceased, which it seems were mislaid in your Office - I now enclose other similar papers as a substitute for those mislaid. Please inform me whether this letter of Mr. Whitworth of the 20 th inst affords any additional light upon or blew to the case.
Very Truly Yours
W. E. Nickack
Gen J. H. Baker Comr of Pensions Washington D.C.

October 30, 1935
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BA-J/MCS George Purcell, W. 6661
Mrs. R. W. Van Valin Newberg Oregon
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of October 13, 1935, requesting the record of George Purcell who served in the Revolution as ensign in the 13th Virginia Regiment.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 6661, based upon the military service of George Purcell.
While living in Prince William County, Virginia, George Purcell first served in the Virginia line in Lee's Light horse and December 16, 1776, he was appointed ensign of the 13th Virginia Regiment and served as such until November 25, 1778; he was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown and received a wound in the hand during the latter battle. He also served as lieutenant of Virginia troops, dates not given.
He married in Prince William County, Virginia, date not given, Margaret Randolph.
He moved to Kentucky about 1795 and settled in Mason County and at that time he had six children.
He died in November, 1804 or 1805, in Mason County, Kentucky.
His widow, Margaret, married in 1815 William Chandler and he died in 1820 or 1822 in Mason County, Kentucky.
On account of the services of George Purcell, Margaret Chandler was allowed pension on her application executed June 28, 1847, at which time she was aged about eighty-four years and was living in Concord Township, Champaign County, Ohio.
She died in 1859 or 1860.

George and Margaret Purcell had the following children: Jane Collis, the eldest living child (one older having died), and in 1847 she was sixty years of age, a resident of Mason County, Kentucky, and she married in 1803 Peter Tevis and afterward married ---- Collis; Mary who was born in Prince William County, Virginia, and in 1847 was fifty-eight years of age, living in Concord, Ohio, married September, 1817, Joseph Hill and moved to Ohio the same year and her mother, Margaret Chandler, was living with her in 1847, she having moved to Ohio in 1823 or 1824; Charles; Caty or Katy; Nancy; Margaret, George; Alfred; Melinda.
At court held in Mason County, Kentucky, in 1819, the following were referred to as heirs of the soldier, George Purcell: John Purcell, Jane Pritchard late Jane Purcell, Mary Hill late Mary Purcell, Catherine Burgan late Catherine Purcell, Margaret Gilkerson late Margaret Purcell, Charles Purcell, Nancy Pritchard late Nancy Purcell, George Purcell, Malinda Purcell and Alfred Purcell.
In 1820 Warrant #6425 for 2666 2/3 acres of bounty land was by the State of Virginia to the following heirs of the soldier, George Purcell: John Purcell, George Purcell, Jane Pritchard, Alfred Purcell, Margaret  Margaret  Gilkison , George Gilkison, Isaac Burgan , Caty Burgan, James Pritchard, Charles Purcell, Harmon Pritchard, Nancy Pritchard, Joseph Hill, Polly Hill and Malinda Purcell.
It was stated that the soldier, George Purcell, was "the reputed half brother of Colonel Charles Simms of Alexandria".
In 1847 Mrs. Mildred Oliver, a resident of Mad River Township, Champaign County, Ohio, aged eighty-eight years, stated that she was the sister of Margaret Chandler.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev. War Section. Record Division.
aw
January 4, 1922.
Hon. Alben W. Barkley House of Representatives.
In re: George Purcell- W. 6661, War of Revolution.
You are advised that from the papers in the above noted pension claim, it appears that George Purcell, while living in Prince William County, Virginia, was appointed December 16, 1776, Ensign of the 13 th Virginia Regiment and served as such until November 25, 1778. He was engaged in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown at which later he was wounded in the hand. He also served as Lieutenant of the Virginia Troops, dates not given.
He married date not stated, in Prince William County, Virginia, Margaret Randolph † and he died in Mason County, Kentucky, in November 1804, or 1805. She married in 1815 William Chandler, and he died in Mason Co 1820, or 1822. She was allowed pension on account of the services of George Purcell, on her application executed June 28, 1847, while living in Concord Township, Champaign County, Ohio, aged about eighty-four years. She died 1859 or 60

She and George Purcell had the following children: Jane who married, first Peter Tevis, and second ---- Collis, Mary who married Joseph Hill, Charles, Caty, or Katy, Nancy, Margaret, George, Alfred and Melinda.
Very respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.
I could not use data as to heirs because relationship was not stated & it was obvious that some of them were not the children. and