Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42963, for Charles Mc Donald, Connecticut

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McDonald, Charles
S. 42963
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New York
Charles M c Donald Capt Warner Sergeant Connecticut line
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In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 d of April 1818 V.A.S.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of Nov 1818 and sent to the Pensioner M c Donald Esq r Esq r Judge of the Rye Westchester County New York
Arrearages to 2 Sept 1818 $ 35.20 Dollo. 12 3/4 $ 35.20
{Revolutionary claims,} {Act 18th March, 1818,}
6 years
Swift Rye, West Chester Co

State of New York Westchester County ss: On this 22 nd day of April In the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and Eighty four before me Aaron Read one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Westchester Personally appears Charles McDonald Aged fifty Nine Years resident in Rye in the County of Westchester and state of New York who is personally known to me and who being first sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following declaration In order to obtain the Pensions made by the late Act of Con- gress Entitled An Act to Provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War;
That the said Charles McDonald on the 20 th of March 1777 at Newburgh - Connecticut State Enlisted as a private soldier in the Company commanded by Capt. Warner & Company in Col. Heman Swift Regiment in the Connecticut line during the War; that he faithfully served his country as a Sergeant in the Army during the Revolu- tionary War against the common Enemy & at the close of the War he received an honorable Discharge and of full pay for all services rendered his Discharge is hereby annexed & transmitted with this Declaration. That he was in the Battle in German Town & Monmouth; and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for Support & that he has no other Evidence now in his power of his services -
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 22 nd day of April 1884 Aaron Read one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas the State County of Westchester

I Aaron Read One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Westchester Do certify that it appears from satisfaction that the said Charles McDonalds did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the Preceding Declaration against the common Enemy And I now transmit the Proceedings and Testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the Department of War. Pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned list of Congress
Westchester County April 22 nd 1818
Aaron Read
State of New York Westchester County ss I Elijah Bransford Clerk of the County of Westchester County aforesaid and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County do certify That Aaron Read whose signature is annexed was at the time of signing the above and now is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid and in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid this 23 rd day of April 1818
Elijah Bransford Clk

Charles McDonalds Application
Notified
J. V. G. 

By His Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq., General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Charles McDonald Sergeant in the Second Connecticut Regiment, having faithfull- ly served the United States from the 20 th March 1777 to June 8 th 1783 and being inlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the 8 th June 1783
Geo Washington
By His Excellency's
Command,
Shubull Intlt
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment
J. Curtis Adjutant.
THE above
Sergeant McDonald
has been honored with the BRIDGE of MERIT for Years faithful Services
Stac H. N. W. & Co.

HEAD-QUARTERS, June 8 — 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.

Charles M c Donald Rye - Westchester Co NY Was a Surgeon Pensioner at p 96 Died 1841 Wife in 1842
Went to Hill's Grove to see his son and to see his
For Washington with his family to see his son and to see his and to see his and to see his

Charles M. Donato
Purcell N.Y.
Low 9 1818
in my account
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

Mr Joy, Sir
Port Chester Oct. 2. 1857
Doctor Sands handed me a note addressed (Physician) after Perusing it I have thought best to give you some of the information I possess
Doctor Charles Mc Donald was married to my sister about sixty two years ago He Died September 12 th 1848 aged sixty three
His wife Died at my House august 16 - 1842 - They Left one child Living at the time of their death she was married has a large family and is now Living in the State of New Jersey
I have twice Recd Letters addressed to Charles McDonald from you, after Reading I have sent them to the Husband of his daughter Expecting he would write you, if you wish to hear from me again address Willet Mosman Port Chester, Ny
yours Respectfully Willet Mosman

42 963 INVALID.
Rey
File No. 42 963
Charles McDonald
Seiz. Nov 1880
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 321
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Act 1828 Sealed at Treasury Cons d with Invalid file # 42.963

No of orig  Pay 190. REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
July 19. 1828
Charles M c Donald, of Rye, in the County of West Chester in the State of New York, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Sergeant. in captain Kimberley's  Second company, in the regiment of the Connecticut line; and that  does not collect with the he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
22 nd July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Charles M c Donald in the Connecticut line
It further appears that Charles M c Donald is now on the pension list of the  any agency, and has been so since the 3 rd of March 1826 at the rate of  at the rate of  dollars per month.
John H. Agnew Auditor

Scarsdale June 19 th 1828
Sir Enclosed I send you my Certificate in accordance with the late act of Congress relating to my for Revolutionary Services I also give you an account of my Revolutionary Services to which I beg your attention in the year 1775 I enlisted for seven months in Colonel Daterbury's Regt Connecticut Troops. Due with Gen l Montgomery at the Siege of Quebec I joined on Lake Champlain in 1776 Enlisted for six months in Col o Heman Swift Reg t & went to Niagara in Jan y 77 served as a volunteer for two months near Albany 18 months New York in which the 20 th 1777 enlisted during the War in as a Colonel Col o Swift Reg t and served faithfully to the end in 1780 Was promoted first to orderly Sgt in Col o Hille's Company Swift Reg t and soon after Was promised a Commission & that promise Was confirmed during the remainder of the War in 1782 & 3 Was told that my name Was returned for that purpose & Was expected daily until I looked in June 1783 I have good reason to believe that a Commission Was made & after among the Officers but did not receive it a few days since I received some blank documents directed to me as Lieutenant which Was ordered me to review the hope that such a Commission Was made should it be found to be the case on examination you Will please to inform me as my Circumstance requires the benefit you Will find my Discharge in with the Badge of Merit in the War Office it Was sent there I think in 1817 the City of Albany County I never received nor no Certificate for that I remember if sending faithfully entitle me to it during the War there is sufficient document at Washington please to direct some to send it post office Towns of Dept Chester County State of New York your humble Servt
Charles M c Donald

Revolutionary Claims
in Act of 5 May 1828 the Com. plan. of the in its was Second that rate for Congress entitled 15 d State 15
State of New-York, } ss. I, Jeremiah G. Bates County of Westchester, }
Clerk of the County of Westchester, DO HEREBY CERTIFY. That John H. Smith - whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Indenture, or Instrument in Writing, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a COMMISSIONER in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized by law to take the proof and acknowledgment of Deeds, and discharges of Mortgages, &c. And further, that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Commissioner, and verily believe that the signature of John H. Smith subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper handwriting of the said Commissioner.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County, the fourteenth day of Dec 18 25
J. Bates
in said county personally appeared Mrs. Mary (widow) Mosenan and Joshua Lyon junior both of the said county who did sw- earally make oath that Charles M c Donald by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have belonged to the Army of the revolution in manner as therein stated Witness my hand this 19 th day of June 1828
John H. Smith Commissioner

Revolutionary Claims
For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution approved on the 15 th May 1828 I Charles McDonald of the town of Hype in the County of West Chester in the State of New York do declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war and continued in its service until its termination, at which period I was a Sergeant in Captain Skunkly's Company in the Second Regiment of the Connecticut line, And I also declare that I do not recollect to have received the certificate for the reward of eighty dollars under a resolve of Congress passed 15 th May 1778 although I believe myself entitled to said certificate.
And I further declare that I was not on the 15 th day of March 1828 on the pension list of the United States. Signed this 19 th day of June in the year 1828. In the presence of Willet Noseman Joshua Lyon Charles McDonald
West Chester County State of New York } ss: Before me John H. Smith a Commissioner duly empowered to administer Oaths in said County personally appeared this day Willet Noseman and Joshua Lyon both of the said County who did severally make Oath that Charles McDonald by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have belonged to the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated. Witness my hand this 19 th day of June 1828.
John H. Smith Commissioner