Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File Mc Connell, for James Mc Connel, North Carolina

Pension Office 24 March 1840
Sir
So soon as the information shall have been received from the Pension Agents at Mobile, as to the period when James McConnel was last paid, his name will be transferred to the Huntsville Agency.
I am H
Hon R. Chapman Ho of Rep.

april 1840
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Hon J. L. Edson Am. Pension Washington City

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
24 March 1840
SIR,
Be pleased to inform me to what time
James M c Combell
a Pensioner now on the roll of your Agency, under the Act of 7 th June 1832 at $6.66 2/3 Dollars per Annum was last paid. As his name will be transferred to the Huntsville Agency, after the receipt of your answer, you will cease to pay him thereafter, and regulate your books accordingly.
I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient Servant,
J. L. Edwards
Recd 4 Sept. 1838 on per adv ce
J. B. Hogan Esq r in Washington City
Agent for paying U. S. Pensioners under the Act of Mobile Alabama
Geo B. Hays 3 April 1840

April 1840
Dear R. Chapman
G. L.
Record (49) page 123

Pension Office 13 April 1840
Sir
I herewith enclose the papers of James M c Connell, for the purpose of obtaining your certificate, that Richard S. Randle, is the clerk of the Court of Marshall County Alabama.
I am H e
Hon R. Chapman Hoo of Reps.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 15 th , 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," James McConnel, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Huntsville, Al. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and Sixty Six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1838, to the 4 th Sept., 1839.
Respectfully yours,
Abner P. Tappan Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

In - at - June 20
Tenn.
Hon. J. L. Edwards Court of Pensions Washington City.
Hon. R. Chapman H.R.

H. of Rep. June 18 th 1838.
Sir,
I beg leave to enclose you the papers relating to the application of James W. Borum of Marshall Co. Ala for a pension - which I have to ask your attention to as early as convenient.
Yours O. S.
R. Chapman
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comt. of Pensions Washington City
P.S. I have annexed my certificate of clerkship. R.C.

April 15. 1840.
Mr. Ewing
Wm. J. L. Edwards Comm r of Pensions Washington City.
Am. R. Chapman H. 2

House of Rep. 14th Apr 1840.
Sir;
In answer to your note of 13 th inst I inform you that I have added my certificate of Clerkship to the application of James McCoonell a pensioner for a longer term which you will find enclosed.
With great respect Yours &c. &c.
Hon J. L. Edwards Com te of Pensions

to the Rev. J. Edw. Hugh- es kids him
life. 64
Aug 25. MAYSVILLE AUG 11 Ala.
H. Ala. recd Jas McConnel
FREE
Hon. J. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions Washington City Dist. of Columbia

-pliantly distinctly asserts "that during his alleged time of service he did not attempt to cultivate his farm as he had not time" &c, and that he was permitted occasionally to visit his home for a part of a day at a time &c. These taken in connection with what is well known to have been the mode of operations in the Southern States during the war of the revolution indicates as much continuity of service as could exist. It is well known that during that war the regular force was stationed principally in the Northern & Middle States and that the greatest part of what was effected in the South was accomplished by men, who to use the sentiments of McCormick "did not attempt to cultivate their farms but gave their whole time to their country."
I trust Sir that you will find the papers regular and that my old friend will in his allotted time be speedily receive from his Country that which he has so justly earned to scatter the clouds of poverty which now darken around his path.
Enclosed and accompanying you will find the aff d of Isaac Doty, old age & decrepitude will prevent the old men ever seeing more of each other. The Court remarked that as they before had certified to the credibility of McCormick & Coad they did not think it was necessary again to do so.
You will please inform me of the result of this application as soon as possible.
I have the honor to be Sir
Your obt serv t
Louis Wyeth

Claysville Ala August 6, 1838 To Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Sir
Your note of June 21, in relation to the claim of James M c Connell for a pension, addressed to the Hon. R. Chapman has been by that gentleman forwarded to me.
In pursuance of your suggestions I directed Mr M c Connell to prepare a supplemental declaration as to the length of the tour during which were the Battles of Rocky mount & Hanging Rock and also as to the reasons which deterred him from an earlier application, in both respects I presume the statement will be satisfactory. This was all you requiring from him
I have also procured the supplemental affidavit of Mr Bro. W. Coal of this County. The Rev Mr Jonathan does not reside in the County, is a circuit or itinerant preacher of the Cumberland Presbyterian denomination and it will be impossible to say when he will be here again, if ever. His affidavit and the first affidavit of Mr Coal corresponds in all respects with the form laid down in the Pension laws p 88 lately published.
In your letter you speak of the Bat. of Black Rock it is presumed it was intended to be Rocky mount, If it is Black Rock in the decl. Mr M c Connell wishes it corrected as it is error
I was somewhat surprised at one passage in your letter to which for a moment I beg leave respectfully to call your attention. You say "The alleged service as a minute man was not continuous". If I mistake not the ap-

-pliantly distinctly aperts "that during his alleged time of service he did not attempt to cultivate his farm as he had not time" &c, and that he was permitted occasionally to visit his home for a part of a day at a time &c". These taken in connection with what is well known to have been the mode of operations in the Southern States during the war of the revolution indicates as much continuity of service as could exist. It is well known that during that war the regular force was stationed principally in the Northern & Middle States and that the greatest part of what was effected in the South was accomplished by men, who to use the sentiments of McCormick "did not attempt to cultivate their farms but gave their whole time to their Country."
I trust Sir that you will find the papers regular and that my old friend will ere his allotted time be spent receive from his Country that which he has so justly earned to scatter the clouds of poverty which now darken around his path.
Enclosed and accompanying you will find the aff ts of Isaac Doty, old age & decrepitude will prevent the old men ever seeing more of each other. The Court remarked that as they before had certified to the credibility of McCormick & Coe they did not think it was necessary again to do so.
You will please inform me of the result of this application as soon as possible.
I have the honor to be Sir
Your obt serv t
Louis Wyeth

State of Alabama } Be it remembered that, on this day Marshall County } being the Twenty ninth day of February, in the year, eighteen hundred and forty, before me, a Notary of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared James M'Connell who on his oath, declares that he is the same person, who formerly be- longed to the Company commanded by Captain David Reed in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Sumpter in the United States' Service; That his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the Mobile Agency but that he resides within the agency at Huntsville, in said State when he intends to remain and wishes his pen- sion to be then paid in future. He resides in said County of Marshall when he made this application for a pension. Subscribed and sworn before me This the day and year aforesaid. James M'Connell George Chinnautt (Seal) D.P.
State of Alabama } Before me, the undersigned Notary of the Marshall County } Peace, in and for the said County of Marshall in the State aforesaid, this day personally appeared Thomas G. Morris who is a respectable person of said County, who on oath declares that James M'Connell, the person who has taken the oath above is the person described in the affidavit. Subscribed & sworn before me Thomas G Morris This 29th day of February 1840 George Chinnautt (Seal) D.P.
Said I, George Chinnautt a Notary of the Peace in and for the said County of Marshall and State of Alabama do hereby certify that the witness above, to wit, Thomas G Morris is to me personally known and that he is a person of veracity herein mentioned this 29th day of February 1840 George Chinnautt (Seal) D.P.

I, Richard S. Randles, Clerk of the County Court of Marshall County in the State of Alabama, certify that George Cheetham before whom the foregoing affidavits by James M. Connell and Thomas G. Morris — were sworn, sworn and was at the time of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that he is duly commissioned to and that the foregoing affidavits purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & private seal this being no public seal of office at office in Clay, Marshall County this 7th day of March 1840.
Teste Richard S. Randles Clerk of the County Court of Marshall County ala
I Reuben Chapman Representative in Congress from the first district in Alabama certify that Richard S. Randles who made the foregoing certificate as clerk of the County Court of Marshall County in said district, is clerk as aforesaid and was at the date of said certificate. Washington City April 13th 1840. R. Chapman

The supplemental declaration of James McConnel a revolutionary soldier now a resident of the County of Marshall State of Alabama to his original declaration made in the Orphans Court of said County & State on the fourth day of June 1838
The State of Alabama } on this sixth day of Marshall County } August 1838 personally ap- peared in open court before the Orphans Court of Marshall County now sitting is being a court of record expressly made so by the act of assembly of the State by which it was constituted James McConnel a resident of said County & State aged about eighty years of age who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make this supplemental declaration to his original declaration made in the Orphans Court of said County & State on the fourth day of June 1838, in order to obtain a pension for revolutionary services and to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That in addition to the statements contained in said original declaration the said James McConnel further states that since he was engaged in the war of service during which the actions of Rocky Mount & Hanging Rock were fought for the space of one month. That the reasons of his not applying to the Department at an earlier period for a pension are as follows That about fourteen years ago he applied to Judge Harris

of Giles County West Tennessee for instructions and assistance in his application for a pension, who informed this deponent that in order to procure a pension under the then existing laws it would be necessary to obtain the testimony of witnesses other than himself to the facts stated in his declaration - that in pursuance of this instruction this deponent made continual exertions to find out some one of those with whom he served during the war of the revolution but ineffectually until in the month of January 1838 he accidentally heard of a man by the name of Doty as residing in Marshall County - this deponent further saith that he called on said Doty & found that he was the son of the person of that name with whom he was acquainted during the revolutionary war, and from the latter then  him obtained the affidavits accompanying this declaration supplemental.
Sworn & subscribed this day & year aforesaid
James M c Connel
Washington P. May Judge of the County Court Marshall County Ala.
I John M. Coal residing in the County of Marshall State of Alabama do hereby certify as supplemental to my certificate appended to the original declaration of James M c Connel an applicant for a pension for revolutionary services and who has subscribed & sworn to the above supplemental

declaration also, that I first became acquainted with the said James M c Connell in Mecklenburg County North Carolina where he then resided in or about the year 1793 at that time I first lived also in the same settlement and was well acquainted with the character of the said James M c Connell, which was that of an honest credible & upright man, he was then reputed & believed to have been a soldier of the revolution in the service of the United States and held that character without any imputation, - that I have often then heard his neighbors speak of his wounds as having been received while fighting for the Independence of the United States - that after he removed from that settlement I saw him for a short time some four or five years afterwards - and never again until he came to my house sometime in the Spring of 1838, I recognized him immediately and know that the same James M c Connell now making application for a pension is the same who in Mecklenburg County North Carolina forty three years ago enjoyed the reputation of a soldier of the United States in the revolutionary war
Sworn to & subscribed The day & year aforesaid
John W. Cal
Washington T. May Judge of the Orphans Court Marshall Co. Ala.

I Richard S Randles Clerk of the Orphans Court of Marshall County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application & supplemental declaration of James M c Connell for a pension and that the paper hereto attached being the affidavit of Isaac Doty is the same which is referred to in the declaration of the said James M c Connell
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & private seal there being no public seal of office at office in Claysville this sixth day of August 1858 and of American Independence the 83 rd year
R S Randles
Clerk of Orphans Court of Marshall County

ROUTE 8, BOX 363 SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 5-5-39
Can't find 2/12/89 K
Pens can't identify 3/10/39 W
Veterans Administration Department Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:
I am seeking genealogical information of one of my progenitors by the name of James McConnel who is supposed to have migrated from Pennsylvania to Virginia and thence to Alabama and died in Alabama. He served according to family tradition from Pennsylvania but possibly was pensioned from Alabama.
This James McConnel may have died before receiving a pension or a short time after getting the pension according to family tradition. Any help that you may be able to give me will be very much appreciated.
I am,
Yours truly C.V. COLEMAN
C.V. Coleman Lockhill School

ROUTE 8 Box 363 SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS JUNE 8, 1939
Revolution no Rec 6/19/39 vhc
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON, D.C.
Dear Mr. Black:
mc S In reply to your letter dated March 14, 1939 file reference BAHB 801- McConnell James I wish to state that about the only additional information I have been able to ascertain was that he was pensioned from LIMESTONE COUNTY, Alabama for REVOLUTIONARY WAR SERVICES. He lived at one time for a while in Russell County, Virginia but it is believed by my line of descent that he came from Pennsylvania to Virginia about the time of the Revolution or during it or shortly thereafter.
Thank you very much for the interest and the time you have devoted to this and would appreciate very much an additional search if I have given you enough information to give you any clues to search upon.
Sincerely yours,
C.V. COMPTON
C.V. Compton

Telephone Call from Mr. Sam Jared, Jr., Room 1101 Arlington Building, stating that Mrs. James M. Anderson of Cookville, Tenn. had asked him to get the records for her, of James McConnell, Sr. of Limestone Co., Ala., aged 75, and John Cook of Elbert Co., Ga., aged 75 yrs., soldiers of the Rev. War. She did not state when their ages were given as 75 yrs.
(Mr. Jared's phone Br-437)
MVH
Aug. 3-33
Both found on 1840 list, but ages not identical.

June 20, 1939.
Mr. G. V. Gampton, Principal, Lockhill School, Route 8, Box 363, San Antonio, Texas.
BA-HB McCONNELL, James
Dear Sir:
This is to acknowledge receipt of your communication dated June 8, 1939.
The matter is receiving attention and you will receive an answer as promptly as possible.
By direction,
AC:HK
W. C. BLACK, Chief Clerk.

March 14, 1939.
BARB 801
Mr. C. V. Compton, Principal, Lockhill School, Route 8, Box 363, San Antonio, Texas.
McCONNELL, James
Dear Sir:
Receipt is acknowledged of your communication of March 5, 1939, requesting information relative to one James McConnell.
In reply, you are advised that this office is unable with the information furnished to identify his record. However, if you can furnish the veteran's rank, organization, dates of enlistment and dis- charge, date and place of birth and death, and home address, a further search will be made.
By direction.
W. C. BLACK, Chief Clerk.
MLD:BC

August 9, 1933
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James McConnel, S.11047 John Cook, S.16343 BA-J/MCS
Mrs. James M. Anderson Cookville Tennessee
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request through Mr. Sam Jared, Junior, Room 1161, Arlington Building, this city, for the Revolutionary War records of James McConnel, Senior, of Limestone County, Alabama, and John Cook of Elbert County, Georgia.
The following data were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 11047, based upon the military service of James McConnel, the only soldier by that name (searched under all spellings) that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
James McConnel was born August 15, 1757, in County Down, Ireland. When he was four or five years of age he came to America with his parents (their names not given) and settled on the Big Saluda River, South Carolina. Some years before the Revolution he moved to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
While living in that county, about four miles from Charlotte, he enlisted in the fall of 1779 and served until late in October, 1781, amounting to twenty-five months in all, as private and orderly sergeant with the North Carolina troops under Captains James Osborne, David Reed and Robert McKnight and Colonel Irwin. He was in the battle of Rocky Mount; he received a bayonet wound in the right arm during the battle of Hanging Rock; he was in the battle of Cowan's Ford; on August 15, 1781, during an engagement near Bacon's Bridge on Goose Creek, South Carolina, he received three wounds, two on the head and one on the left shoulder blade; he also was in various skirmishes with the British and Tories.

He stated that in 1800 he moved to Rutherford, North Carolina, in 1806 he moved to Knox County, Kentucky, in 1809 he moved to near Duck River in Tennessee and lived there and in other places in Tennessee until 1825 when he moved to Alabama and lived in several counties in that state until January, 1838, when he moved to Marshall County, Alabama.
Soldier's Death not on A. B. He was allowed pension on his application executed June 4, 1838, at which time he was living in Marshall County, Alabama. He was living there in 1840.
The papers in this pension claim contain no further data relative to the soldier's family.
***** The following data were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 16343, based upon the Revolutionary War service of John Cook.
He was born December 9, 1761, in Hanover County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Guilford County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served as private with the North Carolina troops as follows: from July 19, 1776, three months under Captain John Leak, Major Thomas Owens and General Rutherford, and aided in destroying sixteen Indian towns in the vicinity of the Tennessee River; from sometime in August, 1780, three months under Captain Richard Vernon and General Davidson; in 1781, about three months under Captain Thomas Cook and Colonel John Pacely; in 1781, three months under Captain Thomas Cook and Colonel James Martin.
About 1789 John Cook moved to Georgia, to what was then Wilkes County but later Elbert County.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 18, 1832, while living in Elbert County, Georgia. He was living there in 1833.
The papers in this pension claim contain no data relative to the soldier's family. wife or children
Very truly yours
Soldier's Death not on A. B. A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator