Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1088-300, for John Mc Adam, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
McAdam, John
B.L.Wt. 1088-300
CONTENTS

1088
The heirs of Capt. John M Adams of the Va line
Warrant issued
May 14 1824
J. Taliaferro in behalf of heirs
Mary E Taylor etc.
from old book
Warrant issued
May 14 th 1824

War Department.
Memorandum.
Section of Bounty-Lands. March 5 th 1823.
By the Inscription in Red Ink on the other side this Paper, which was the Envelope of a File of "unfinished Business", left in the War Office, dated, 3 d June 1808, which inscription is deemed to be in the Handwriting of the late Major Horatio Rogers, deceased, heretofore a Clerk in War Office , in charge of the Branch of Military Bounty Lands — it appears satisfactorily that the original Claim for Land in Right of J. M c Adams a Captain of the Virginia Line at the Close of the Revolutionary War, was then duly substantiated: and an application was made for the Land Warrant under the authority of an Administrator, which was deemed admissible ; and it does not appear that said Claim has ever yet been satisfied : the Subscriber hereto is, therefore decidedly of the opinion that the expiration of the Law authorising that Class of Claims, which took place on the 4 th inst. — does not bar the reception on this 5 th of March of the legitimate Evidence of Heirship in the Case, which was of Record at the Court of Northumberland County, State of Virginia on the 10 th of Feb y ult o .: but no New Proofs to substantiate the original Claim, or Right, if any such had been requisite, could have been admitted since the expiration of the Law in question.
J. M c Cutting.

State of Virginia, Northumberland County Court, 10. February 1823.
Be it known to all whom it may may concern that it has been made to appear to the satisfaction of this court that Thomas Brown is one of the heirs of John McAdam who was a Captain in the Virginia line on continental establishment, and that the said Thomas Brown is one of the heirs of Joseph Mc- Adam who was a surgeon in the Virginia line on continental establishment. All of which is ordered to be recorded and certified to the Secretary of War. —
J Fleming Bates clerk of the court of Northumberland County in the state of Virginia do hereby certify that the foregoing is truly transcribed from the records of the said court.
In testimony of which I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County the 10th day of February 1823.
J. F. BATES.

Ent d
Documents lodged by
John Davidson Esq o
On examination it appears that John M c Adams was a Capt. at the close of the war, & was returned for land, it also appears that no warrant has been issued to satisfy the claim. The only question is, whether the Adm l Administrator had a right to dispose of the land. The will encloses leave it doubtful, Capt. M c Adams, as a Virginia Officer, was entitled to Western lands and what lands he could have meant by "Kentucky lands" is difficult to determine.
3 d June 1800.
This question is to be submitted to the Attorney General for his decision immediately on his arrival at the seat of Government.
June 4. 1800.

I know all men by these presents that I Thomas Taylor Administrator of John W. Adam
of the County of Lancaster and State of Virginia have this day bargained and sold, and by these presents do bargain, and sell and assign over to Thomas D. Harris of the City of Richmond, Three Hundred Acres of Land since in consideration of the services of John W. Adam Captain - in the army of the United States to the end of the late war with Great Britain under the command of Col. Charles Scott agreeable to an Act of Congress, and I do moreover request and direct Henry Dearborn, Esquire, Secretary at War for the time being, or his successors, to issue to Thomas D. Harris his heirs or assigns, in his or their own name as Assignee of me, the said Thomas Taylor a warrant for the Land aforesaid, and on receipt of the same I do hereby ratify & confirm any receipt or other instrument in writing, that be the said Thomas D. Harris my necessary sign, or procure to be signed, in touching the premises aforesaid, as fully as I could do, if I was personally present - In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this 14 - day of December 1807
Sealed & Delivered In presence of -
Thos. Taylor (Seal)
Administrator of John W. Adam
Wm B Beane
George Pitman
Not the - County of
This day Thos. Taylor came before the Justices of the peace for the County aforesaid and acknowledged the foregoing bargain and sale and Power of Attorney, to be his hand & Seal, Act & Deed, & for the purposes therein mentioned. Given under our hands this 14 day of December 1807
Griffin Edwards J. H. Fallin

I John H. Fallin a Justice of the peace for the County of Northumberland - - - - - do hereby certify that John McAdam who is named within is the same person who performed the Service stated within, having been well acquainted with him & knew full well the time he entered into the Service of the United States Given under my hand this 14 th December 1807
John H. Fallin
Virginia. Northumberland County Court.
Thomas Barrs clerk of the court of said County do hereby certify that John H. Fallin Griffin Edwards who have subscribed their names to the within certificate of acknowledgment, are Justices of the peace for the said County, and that full faith is due to their acts as such. Given under my hand the 17 th day of December 1807
Thomas Barrs
Lancaster County, to wit:
This day George Pitman reasonable appeared before a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid and made oath that he saw Thomas Taylor sign and seal the within Power of Attorney and that John McAdam who is named within is the same person who performed the Service stated within, the said George Pitman having been a Sergeant in the same Regiment, and enlisted in the same Company with the said McAdam - Given under my hand this 17 th day of December 1807
Thomas Carter

John M. Adams will
Abopy
Copy $..52 cent .35 tax 1.00
Left by wife Jan 1892
Will to be entered cont'd

In the name of God Amen I John McAdam of St Stephens parish and County of Northumberland being of sound sense and Judgment but considering my own mortality and the uncertainty of human life make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form as followeth Vizt I resign my soul to God my Creator and my body to the earth its original hoping for Resurrection of all my failings and offences and a happy Immortality its my desire That if my Father should dye before me and be Buried at once That I Shall be Interred near him and a Tomb Stone put over me and if he Survives me I desire that he may take my Gold Pleace buttons and such of my clothes that will suit him and he may incline to wear Item its my desire that each of my now marri- ed Sisters Should have as Gentel mourning as can be got I also desire that my Sister Janet Brown Should have my Diamond ring but if she dont incline to wear it herself that she shall take it for her Daughter Ann. Item I give to my Brother George Thomas McAdam my silver mounted Pistols and Steel mounted Gun and its my desire that after my Father has ta- ken such of my clothes as he may want that Tommy and Charles McAdams may divide the Balance between them Tommy taking the best, Item its my desire that if there can be as much money raised by the sale of my Kentucky Land my other prop- erty and the debts that are due me as will pay all my just debts and Legacies that it shall be done without breaking on the plantation my Father gave me which he purchased of Cap! John Foushee but if there cannot be money enough raised without its my desire that my executors herein after mentioned may sell as much of that as will discharge all my debts Item Its my desire that all my Earthen and Glass ware Shall be kept by my Father or mother for the use of the House as long as they live and at their death what may remain of it Shall be Charlots property Item I give and bequeath all the rest and residue of my Estate of what

nature soever after my just debts and Legacies are paid to my Sister Charlotte McAdams and her heirs forever Lastly I nomi- nate and appoint Col s Edwin Conway and Col s Thomas Gaskins Juni r Executors of this my Last will and Test.
John McAdam
At a Court held for Northumberland County the 13 th day of December 1784 This last will and Testament of John McAdam deceased was presented in Court by Edwin Conway Esq r one of the Executors therein named who made oath thereto according to law and the Court being satisfied the same was all in the own hand writing of the Testator was admitted to record and on the motion of the said Executor giving security a Certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form
Test
Catesby James C t Cur-
ator North d County Court 14 December 1807 ad monuere bonis non with this will annexed granted Thomas Taylor
Flem Bates C.N.C.
Attest
Flem Bates C.N.C.
Virginia, Northumberland County to wit,
I Fleming Bates clerk of the court of Northum- berland County, do hereby certify that the foregoing is truly trans- cribed from the records of the said court.
In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said County the 12 th day of April 1808 in the 32 d year of the Commonwealth
Flem Bates

Virginia, Northumberland County to wit
I John Galle presiding magistrate in & for the said County do hereby certify that the foregoing attestation of Fleming Barrs who is clerk of the court of the said County is in due form.
Given under my hand the 13 th day of April... 1808.
John Galle sen. r —
Northumberland County to wit— I do hereby certify that according to the best information that I can obtain or to my own knowledge that John M c Adam had no lands in Kentucky or the State of Ohio and that the lands which he alludes to in his Will was land which he was entitled to for his services in the late War with Great Britain.
Thos. Taylor
I do hereby certify that the above Certificate was sworn to before me presiding Magistrate of North d County this 13 th day of April 1808
John Galle sen. r C

Virginia At a Court held for the County of Lancaster on Monday the 15 th day of March 1824 - It is known to whom it may concern that it has been made to appear to the satisfaction of the Court that Martha C. Taylor, who Thomas Taylor hath intermar- ried with is one of the Heirs of John McAdams who was a Captain in the Virginia Line On Continental Establishment all of which is Ordered to be Recorded and Certified to the Secretary of War. - In testimony whereof
J. Benjamin M c Walker Clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court This 18 th day of March 1824 in the 48 th year of the Commonwealth.
J. B. M c Walker

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel
February 4, 1929
M.W.Wood Concord State Normal Athens, West Virginia
Madam:
I advise you from the records of this bureau it appears that Warrant No.1088, for three hundred acres of bounty land was issued by the United States on May 14, 1824, to Martha C., wife of Thomas Taylor, and the other heirs, whose names are not given; on account of the services of Captain John McAdam, who served in Colonel Charles Scott's Regiment, Virginia Line, and served until the end of the Revolution. The dates of his service are not stated.
He was a resident of Saint Stephen's Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia, and was dead prior to 1784, but the dates and places of his birth and death and names of his parents are not on record. It is not stated whether he was married, and the relationship of Martha C. Taylor is not given.
The above noted John McAdam is the only soldier of

that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau who served with the Virginia Troops.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

The Secretary of War will be pleased to deliver the Warrant due — to the heirs of the late Capt. John M c Adam to the Hon ble John T. Livingston — whose receipt will be a good against
Martha C. Taylor one of the heirs at law

Mayor William H. May Genl John D. Cabell. MAY 28 1861 OFFICE Ed. de Comercio del Valle, St. Louis Mo.

I have been referred to Mr Beatie of the Pension Office for all information concerning this Claim

Vespasian Ellis Sept. 16 th 1836
John M c Adam Via Simon N o 1083
300 acres
Hon: Secy of War Henry Lewis Office Washington City
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Sept. 12. 1836

Washington Sep. 11. 1836
Sir
Please inform me, by an answer directed to Accomack C.H. Va., whether Capt Jno McAdam of the U.S. line has ever recd. Bounty Land from the U.S. ? The enclosed letter of authy & the letter of the 3 rd inst. you will please return with your answer.
Very respectfully your obedt Servant
J Ellis

Certificate of Thomas Taylor's action on the estate of John M'Adam dec'd
The bill of John M'Adam must be validated in a court of law before transfer to the

Virginia, Northumberland County Court 14 th December 1807
On the motion of Thomas Taylor a certificate is granted him for obtaining letters of administration with the will annexed on the estate of John M c Adam deceased unadministered by Edwin Conway, he having taken the oath of an administrator with the will annexed and together with John M c Adamson his security entered into & acknowledged a bond in the penalty of four thousand dollars, conditioned as the law directs.
Virginia, Northumberland County to wit,
I Fleming Bates clerk of the court of the said County do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true transcript from the records of the said court.
In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County the 17 th day of December 1807.
Fleming Bates
Virginia, Northumberland County (et,
I John Cralle presiding magistrate in & for the said County do hereby certify that the foregoing attestation of Fleming Bates who is clerk of the court of said County is in due form. Given under my hand the 17 th day of December 1807.
John Cralle

700 N. 64 th St., W. Phila., Pa.
July 10, 1921.
Commissioner of Pensions, Pension Office, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I have been advised that you keep records of services rendered during the Revolutionary War. Am sending you some information about two ancestors of mine - Joseph and John McAdam. I copied it from a letter written by John P. Faulk who states that he was known at the Department at Washington as an officer of the War of 1812 for Richmond and as secretary and Acting Governor of

Florida Territory in 1837, 38 & 39.
Enclosed also you will find copies regarding the issuing of bounty land to Joseph and John McAdam.
Would appreciate it very much if you would verify these records and send me any additional information you may discover in looking them up, as I am trying to become a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Thanking you in advance, I remain, Sincerely,
Genevieve E. Willson

Dr. Joseph McAdam was a Surgeon Mate in the Va. Continental line 5 th Regiment. He obtained a bounty land warrant, Feb. 1784 for 266,675 acres Va He was appointed Feb. 1, 1776 in 5 th Va. Regiment. He was supernumerary in 1787. Then he commanded a troop of horse in Northumberland Co., Va. and at York. He was entitled to 1355½ acres bounty land in addition to what has been received and as he was supernumerary in 1778 under the Va. act, he was entitled to half pay for life as Surgeon Mate or commutation in lieu thereof.

John McAdam, a lieutenant, Va. Cont. line obtained a bounty land warrant of 266,673 acres of land 29 th June 1784. see next page and as Capt. obtained for himself and heirs 266,673 acres in addition 16 June 1809. He was appointed 1 st Lib. 1776 5 th Va. Regiment. He served seven years and ten months to the end of the war and was entitled to commutation pay and bounty land from the U.S.

J. A. P.
[2-4643]
----- B. S. ----- Division Department of the Interior, Pension Office
Washington D. C. May 27. -----, 1881.
Respectfully returned to John F. Cahill St. Louis, Mo.
Ed. El Comercio del Valle
The records of this office show that revolutionary bounty land warrant No. 1088 for 300 acres was issued May 14, 1884 in the name of the heirs of Capt. John McAdam of the Va. line. This is U S Land
(Signed)
J. W. Bentley Commissioner

Military Bounty Land Warrant
Va. Mil. By. Ld. Wt
# 2650 for 2666 \frac{2}{3} acres
Issued in 1704 to John McAdam heir of Joseph McAdam decd. Surgeon Mts. Va. line.
NO. 3286 - for 2666 \frac{2}{3} acres X issued to John McAdam Lt. Va. line.
For information as to issuance of above with application should be made to the proper state offices at Richmond, Va.
Both Wt have been located and patented - for information upon that subject address Court - (General) (?) Land officer.
I copied this from family paper which are too frail to forward to you. Genevieve E. Wilson

Concord State Normal
Athens, West Virginia
April 24, 1928.
only Va. 3rd
HALL FOR WOMEN
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Could you give me any information about Captain John McAdams of the 5th Virginia Regiment, Revolutionary War, who lived at Kenaway, Virginia? I should like to find out the dates of his birth, marriage and death if possible. I have the following information from the Record and Pension Office at Washington, dated March 24, 1904 and addressed to Mr. Eugene Marshall, Winchester, Tennessee:
It is shown by the records that one John McAdams served as a second lieutenant in Captain Henry Featherston's Company, 5th Virginia Regiment, commanded by Colonels Josiah and Richard Parker, Revolutionary War. He was commissioned Feb. 20, 1776; and was promoted first lieutenant Sept. 17, 1776, and Captain May 16, 1778. About May, 1778 the 5th and 6th Virginia regiments were incorporated and designated the 5th and 6th Virginia Regiment until about Sept. 1778, and the muster roll of Captain Minor's Company of the last mentioned regiment for the month of September, 1778, dated Oct. 1, 1778, shows him a Captain, commissioned May 16, 1778, and bears the following entry relative to him; "Virginia; Supernumerary; entitled to captaincy May 16, 1778. His name also appears, with rank of captain, 5th Virginia Regiment, on a list dated at White Plains, Dec. 15, 1778, of the "Arrangement of the several Regts. in the first Virginia Brigade commanded by Brigadier General Woolford, 14th Sept. 1778." This list bears the following entry in his case; "Supernumerary; Has been the Army since Feby. 1776, and supported the character of a good officer. Now left out as a Junior."
I also have a record of him on a supernumerary pay roll (records of the war department) showing the United States debtor to him for twelve months pay allowed as supernumerary captain in the 3rd Virginia regiment, $430. He received on Feb. 27, 1784 39 pounds, 12 shillings and 11 pence as the balance of his full pay. Could his residence perhaps be determined from this last record giving us a clue to the date of his death.
I shall be greatly obliged to you if you can furnish me any further information.
Very truly yours,
Wm. H. Wood

station.
July 28, 1881.
Genevieve T. Wilson, 700 N. 64 St. Philadelphia, Pa.
Madam:
In response to your letter of the 10" instant, you are advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution, unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made against the United States, on account of his services, and a careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Doctor Joseph McAdam, described by you. For information relative to land that was granted by the State of Virginia, you should consult the archives of the state at Richmond, Va.
From the records of this Bureau it appears that Warrant No. 1088, for 300 acres of bounty land was issued by the United States on May 14, 1824, to Martha C. wife of Thomas Taylor, and the other heirs, whose names are not given; on account of the services of Captain John McAdam, who served in Colonel Charles Scott's Regt. Virginia Line, and served until the end of the Revolution. The dates of his service are not stated.

He was a resident of Saint Stephen's Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia, and was dead prior to 1784, but the dates and places of his birth and death and names of his parents are not on record. It is not stated whether he was married, and the relationship of Martha C. Taylor is not given.
It does not appear that pension was allowed on account of his services.
Very respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.
I could not determine whether Thomas Brown was one many bounty land - it does not state so There were none but collateral relatives named in will -