Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38202, for Thomas Mc Gee, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
Penn
McGee, Thomas
NUMBER
S. 38202
CONTENTS

From Ohio 17.245 Virginia
Thomas M. Gee, of Fayette Co. in the state of Ohio, who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hand of the Pennsylv a line, for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14. of December, 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30. of May, 1820, and sent to Thomas M. Garrough, Judge, Washington, Ohio.
  Arrears to 4th of March, 1820.  $: 24. 68    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4. Sept. 1820.  48 "    2 mo. \frac{22}{31} }  $: 69. 68.  
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued File Sept. 20
Notification of Pensions and a Official Certi- -ficate of Pension sent to the Com y of Disb se & Ampt ble see letter Dec. 19. 1825. to Sec. of War. " " Chas. 1830 to J. H. Thomas. " " Myra Chapman Protest n 30 Sept 1840 " " J. W. Stevens July 22. 1853

From Ohio 17.245 To Virginia
Thomas M. Gee, of Fayette Co.: in the state of Ohio,
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hand of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of three years .
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio , at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14. of December, 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30. of May, 1820, and sent to Thomas M. Garraugh, Judge, Washington, Ohio.
Arrears to 4th of March, 1820. $: 21. 68 Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4. Sept: 48 " 2 mo. \frac{22}{31} } 1820. $: 69. 68.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
File Dept. 20
Joseph Jackson of Portsmouth was an a Orphan's  Act -death of Person sent to the Canal  Comptroller see letter Dec. 19. 1825, to Sec. of War. " " Christo. 1830 to John Stevens . Along shore No. 10 Central 1823
" "My father mother" 3 Sept 1840
J. W. Stevens July 22. 1853

Thomas McGee
DISP...
55.
Clerk of the

OATH OF IDENTITY FOR THE WIDOW, ADM'R, CHILD OR CHILDREN OF A DECEASED PENSIONER.
STATE OF Virginia Washington COUNTY, }
BE IT KNOWN, That before me, John N. Humes a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Thomas McGee Jr and made oath in due form of law, that he (he, as the case may be) is the widow (or son, or daughter , as the case may be) of Thomas McGee
the identical person who was a pensioner, and is now dead, and to whom a certificate of pension was issued, which is herewith surrendered, (or if lost or mislaid, state the fact.) That the heirs of the said Thomas McGee, believe that under existing laws of Congress, there is eight years pension due from the United States to the said Thomas McGee, they have been so informed - and if such be true, they the children of the said Thomas McGee ask that it be awarded to them, the said Thomas McGee left at his death the following named children to wit, Thomas McGee, Hannah McGee, John McGee, Mary McGee, Elizabeth - McGee, Sally McGee, and Edward McGee, and if their claim is just, they ask that the arrear of pension or half pay as may be, be paid to them.
That the deceased pensioner resided in Washington Co , in the State of Virginia for the space of 40 or more years before his death; and that previous thereto he resided in
Thomas X McGee mark
Q
Sworn and subscribed, the 19th day of March 1853, before me,
J. N. Humes
J. P.
POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR THE WIDOW OR CHILD OF A DECEASED PENSIONER.
Know all men by these presents, That I, Thomas McGee of in the county of Washington and State of Virginia , son of Thomas McGee Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint John R. Stevens of Abingdon my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in the City of Richmond State of Virginia the balance of said pension from the day of
18, to the day of 18, being the day of his death.
Witness my hand and seal, this
19th
day of March
1853.
Sealed and delivered in presence of
Thomas X McGee [SEAL.] mark
J. N. Humes D. G. Bille

STATE OF Virginia Washington COUNTY, } ss.
Be it known, That on the 19th day of March 185 3 , before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Thomas McGee above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his (or her, as the case may be) act and deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
W. H. Durney J. Peace.
STATE OF Virginia Washington COUNTY, } ss.
Be it known, That on the 19th day of March 185 3 , before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared personally appeared John V. Slivory the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any sale, transfer, or mortgage of the pension, or arrears of pension, therein authorized to be received by him.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned, before me W. H. Durney J. P.
CERTIFICATE OF THE COURT AS TO THE DEATH OF A PENSIONER.
STATE OF COUNTY OF
} ss.
I, holden at
Clerk of the Court of
in and for
do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that
was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of dollars per ; was a resident of the County of
in the State of
and died in the in the State of , in the year
on the day of ;
that he left a widow, or no widow (or child or children, as the case may be) whose name is (or are, as the case may be.)
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at this
[Seal of the Court.]
day of in the year of our Lord 18
Clerk of the
Thomas McGee

5562.
Tho s M c Gee, Fayette Co. Ohio. 14 th Dec r 1819.
Col: Hands reg t . Penn a line, 1775 - 3 years.
Thomas M c Garragh Associates Judge
I have Micham Clerk of the
found on the rolls.
Admitted.
The State of Ohio Fayette County ss
Thomas M c Garragh, Judge, Washington, Ohio. rec d 28. Dec r 1819.

District of Ohio, Fayette County, ss. On this 14 th day of December 1819, before me the subscriber, an asso- ciate judge of the Court of Commonpleas for the County aforesaid came Thomas M c Gee in the sixtysixth year of his age now re- -siding in the above named State and County, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made by the late Act of Congress, intitled "An act to provide for cer- -tain persons engaged in the land & Naval service, of the United States in the Revolutionary War," that he enlisted in the State of Pennsylvania, in the year 1775 but the month and day he doth not recollect, but saith it was in harvest and in a harvest field, not long after the Battle of Breed's Hill in a Rifle company commanded by a captain Cluggage whose Christian name he doth not recollect, nor whether said captain wrote his name Cluggage, Cluggage, or Clug- -gage; and he saith he thinks it was the first Rifle com- -pany raised to go against the common enemy, and belonged to the Regiment under the command of Colonel Hand whose Christian name and number of his Regiment he doth not recollect, but thinks he was a Physician, as he thinks he used to direct the kind and quantity of med- -icine for soldiers; he saith he belonged to the Pennsylva- -nia line on Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the Revolutionary war for three years, but not under the same officers aforesaid, for he saith Col. Hand was promoted to General, and then Colonel Chambers took command, the captain was also promoted. He saith he was discharged at the White Plains or near thereunto, in the State of New York: That he was in the Battle of Monmouth, White Plains, where he had a bayonet run into him, but not deep; and at the taking of the Red- -ians at Trenton, and in a skirmish at Germantown, though not what was called the battle Germantown: he saith he was in the various other skirmishes not so well recollecting. That he is now in reduced circum- -stances, and stands in need of the aid of his Coun- -try for support, and has no other evidence now in his power of his services, but his own oath, though he has travelled and hunted much, to get some of his fellow soldiers, but cannot yet find any of them, and has lost his discharge, in a pocket-book that was stolen from him, long ago. Thomas M c Gee Sworn to, and signed before me this day and year above written, to wit, 14 th December 1819. J. Warrance Associate Judge

I Thomas M c Garraugh an Associate Judge as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Thomas M c Gee did serve in the Revolutionary war as set forth in this declaration, against the common enemy for three years on continental establishment, and that he now  is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the aid of his country for support; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid Act of Congress.
5562. Thos. M c Gee, Fayette Co. Ohio. M c Gee v. 1819. Col. Hanb's reg. Penn a Line. 1775 - 3 years. Found on the rolls. Admitted.
Thomas M c Garraugh, Judge, Washington, Ohio. Rec. d. 28. Dec r 1819.
The State of Ohio Fayette County
I Jesse Millikan Clerk of the
Court of common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid do certify that Thomas M c Garraugh Esq. before whom the foregoing Affidavit appears to have been made, was at the time of taking the same and still is one of the acting associate Judges of the court of Common Pleas for the said county of Fayette Commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such as well in this State as elsewhere.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this 15 th day of December A D. 1819.
Jesse Millikan Clerk

Albany Dec
Free
Dec 1872
The Secretary of War.
Washington City
Recd. Dec. 1872
Ms. B. 1. 6 v. 2 p. 2
mail

State of Virginia } Washington County } } etc.
On this 24 th day of August 1828 personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said county of Washington in the State of Virginia, Thomas McGee aged sixty five years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and the first of May 1820. That he the said Thomas McGee enlisted for the term of three years on the                      day of                      in the year                      in the Town of Bedford in the State of Pennsylvania in the Rifled Company commanded by Captain Cluggage or Cluggage in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Hand on continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said corps until the                      day of                      when he was discharged from the said service at or near the White plains which he believes to be in the State of New York but has since lost his discharge his pocket book being stolen. That when Colonel Hand went to Fort Pitt against the Indians he the said Thomas McGee was commanded by Col o Chambers at the Valley Forge. That when Captain Cluggage or Cluggage was promoted from a captain in the service, he does not recollect the name of the officer who commanded the company to which he was attached, his memory being much impaired by a fall from his horse which fractured his skull. That he the said Thomas McGee was in the battle of Monmouth and the battle of White plains in a skirmish at Germantown & also in a skirmish at Piscataway where he was severely wounded in the left jaw by a shot. That he the said Thomas McGee has no other evidence now in his power of his said services except the affidavit of a certain John Hendrix taken

before William Cartner a justice of the peace in the County of Cartner in the State of Tennessee bearing date the 28 th day of May 1821. which with the certificate of George Williams clerk of the court of said County is hereto annexed.
And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820. I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed the 18 th day of March 1818. and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. That the said Thomas McGee has no real estate & that his personal estate (his necessary clothing & bedding excepted) consists of two cows & calves & a heifer and a small mare not above the value of Twenty dollars, one pot one oven four pewter plates & four tin cups. subscribed by the said T McGee this 24 th day of August 1821.
I John Campbell Clerk of Washington County in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is fifty dollars. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 30 th day of November 1822.
John Campbell

Abingdon Nov r 30 th 1822.
J. C. Calhoun Sec y of War.
Sir Sometime in the fall of the year 1821 the declaration of Tho s Magee of which the foregoing is a copy was forwarded to your office, but for some informality, was sent back returned by the mail and lost. The former old has never been enabled to make another declaration until at the last court, which was enclosed you a short time ago by Col o David Campbell. I now enclose this copy in order that should his claim be allowed his pension should commence on the day of the date of this declaration. The affidavit of John Hendrix formerly annexed to this declaration, was lost in returning by mail, and the said Hendrix has since died so that it could not be again procured.
Yours Jacob Lynch

38 202
Rev INVALID.
No. 38 202
Thomas McGee
His Rev Ward
Act: 1 st March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 265
[Arrangement of 1870.]

April 8. 1853
Power atty re in case of Thomas McGee decd
John res. Stevens Abingdon Va
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. PENSION OFFICE. OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Commiss

Enlisted in 1775 in town of Bedford Pennsylvania, shortly after Battle of Bunkerhill, for 3 years in Rifle company commanded by Capt Cluggage in Reg t commanded by Col d Hand, at Valley Forge transferred to Infantry in Reg t commanded by Col d Chambers, discharged in fall of 1778 at or near White Plains

Thos M c Gee
(Virginia Road Sept 1820)
Recd Jan'y 16. 1876
Hon: B. Estill
H Recd Mr Estill's letter sent to S. of W. by P. Lagrove Jan. 19. 1876.

Payable on the 4th March and 4th September of each year, by the Baugh Bank, U. S. in Chillicothe, Ohio.
No pension is payable until the arrival of one or the other of the above dates, after the issue of a Certificate.
Payable up to the 14 th of March, 1820. . . Before any payment thereof, a schedule of property must be exhibited.
Registered, by J. H. Henshaw Clerk, in book B, volume 19 page 1

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Thomas M c Gee, of Fayette County, Ohio, — " — " — late a private — " — in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Ohio — " — Agency, at the rate of eight — dollars per month, to commence on the fourteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this thirtieth — day of July, — one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
J. B. Calhoun Secretary of War.

The State of Ohio Fayette County ss.
I Jesse Millikan Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid do certify that the Honorable Thomas M c Garraugh who made and signed the within certificate was at the time of signing the same, and still is and has been one of the associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said county about five years past, and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such, as well in this State as thereout.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this twenty sixth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three.
Jesse Millikan Clk
Clerks fees $ .50 cts

State of Ohio Fayette County ss
I do hereby certify that I never received (as I recollect) any Certificate of Pension from the Secretary of War by mail or otherwise for Thomas Whee an old Revolutionary Soldier; who I think I recollect made declaration before me two or three years ago for the purpose of obtaining a Pension under the law of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818
Given under my hand and seal Feb 25 A.D. 1823
J. W. Harbaugh Associate Judge for said County

J L Edwards Esq
Congressional Library Washington D.C.

Wheeling Va
April 25 1827
Dear Sir,
I enclose you the Vouchers of Thomas McCoy, and Mary McMillen for inspection. George S. Thompson Esq. requested me to ask you to return the Voucher of Mary White sent by him to you for examination.
Very Respectfully,
your obt. Servt.
Also am Newmarch
Reason Agent

Sept 3-1876
Pa.
To the
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
FREE

Abingdon Aug. 21 o 1840
Sir
I have accidentally fallen in here with a very old soldier of the Revolution, on the verge of his 100 th year, named Thomas M c Ge. He holds a pension cert. (passing it would seem thro' the Ohio agency) entitling him to 8 dol s . pr r month since Dec. 1814. From some payments of letters in his possession from one Sam. Beck, Greenfield Ohio, he appears to have first rec d this Certificate in 1825. & that at that date there were considerable arrears due to him which it would require a power of att y from him to authorize being drawn. The old man I understand has been, & is now, in the regular receipt of the annuity, but is under the impression he never sent the desired power of att y & never received the arrear to which claim alluded to. Now, he is very old & his memory obviously much impaired, & he may be wholly in error; but, on the other hand, he bears a good character and is very poor, and says he has never had any body to attend to his affairs, so the matter very well deserves to be inquired into. May I beg the favor of you, on his behalf, to look into the facts - & if the sum in arrear referred to has been paid, to whom to whom it was paid & by what authority? and add up your answer to me at this place where I was am now on a visit, & shall remain for a few weeks.
I am Sir
Very Respectfully for
Wynham Robertson

Thomas Magee
Virginia
There is a man of this name on the Ohio roll, for precisely the same service set forth in this declaration —
Sub. Cont:

State of Virginia Washington County
On this 20 th day of November 1822 personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of record for the said County. Thomas Magee aged Seventy years resident in the said County of Washington, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, He enlisted in the summer of 1775 shortly after the battle of Bunkershill for the period of three years, in the Town of Bedford in the State of Pennsylvania, in the Rifle Company commanded by Captain Cluggage in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
Hand on Continental establishment, that he marched from the said Town of Bedford to Boston from thence to Long Island & from thence to the Valley Forge, where he was transferred to the Infantry in the Regiment commanded by Col o Chambers but does not recollect the name of the Captain who commanded him after his transfer to the Infantry his memory having been impaired by a fall from his horse which fractured his skull that he continued in said service until the fall of the year 1778 when he was discharged at or near the White plains — but has long since lost his discharge his pocket book having been stolen — That he was in the Battle of the White plains and in the battle of Monmouth, that he was in a skirmish near Germantown & also in a skirmish at Piscataway where he was wounded in the left jaw by a shot That he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services —
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to

bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed, viz, some more several years old valued at $ — 1 Cow $: 10.00 - 1 pot 1 Oven a few pewter plates, dishes, &c $: 10.00 - 3 falling axes $: 3.00. a debt due from John Nicely of $: 20.00. in all $: 43.00.
his Thomas Magee mark
I John Campbell Clerk of Washington County in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is forty three dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County this 20 th day of November in the year 1822 and in the 47 th year of our independence
John Campbell

State of Virginia Washington County
On this twenty eighth day of March 1823, before me, the subscriber, a justice of the peace for the said County of Washington, personally appeared Thomas Magee who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Cluggage in the regiment commanded by Colonel Ward in the service of the United States, that in the State of Ohio he made a declaration in order to obtain a pension as a soldier of the Revolution, under the Act of Congress of the 18 th day of March 1818, that he has been informed, that his name was placed on the pension roll of the said State of Ohio, but that he never received a Certificate of that fact, nor can he after diligent enquiry ascertain what has become of it, that he now resides in the State of Virginia where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable.
Sworn & subscribed to, before me, the day & year aforesaid
Abraham Bradley
his Thomas Magee mark
State of Virginia Washington County
I John Campbell Clerk of the court of the said County do hereby certify that Abraham Bradley before whom the above affidavit was made & who has subscribed the same now is and was at the time of subscribing the same an acting justice of the peace in and for the said County of Washington duly commissioned & qualified and that due faith & credit is due all his acts as such.
In

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County this twenty ninth day of March in the year of our Lord 1823. and in the 47 th year of the Commonwealth.
John Campbell

Thomas McGee transferred from Ohio to Virginia, the transfer from Ohio to take effect from 4 March 1820 & to Virginia from 1 March 1823
• Sep 20
See document on which a new Certificate was issued filed with the original papers

State of Virginia & Washington County &c.
This day personally appeared before me James White a justice of the peace for said County, Thomas Magee, and made oath that he is the same person who sometime in the year 1821. in the County of State of Ohio, made a declaration for a Pension under the Acts of Congress of 18 th March 1818 and 18 and 1 st May 1820. that he went to the State of Ohio in search of evidence to prove his services, that whilst there being old & infirm, he was persuaded to make a declaration that if a Pension has been allowed him under that declaration, he has never received any part thereof, that he now and has for many years resided in the County of Washington State of Virginia.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 10 th day of January 1823. Thomas Magee mark.
James White
State of Virginia & Washington County &c.
I John Campbell clerk of the court of the said County do hereby certify that the name James White subscribed to the above affidavit of Thomas Magee is the proper hand write of James White esq who now is & was at the time of subscribing the same an acting justice of the peace in & for said County duly Commissioned & qualified.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said County this 11 th day of January 1823
John Campbell

For New Certificate
Recd 27 April 1823
Edinburgh March 1823
Free
Mr. Marshall
The Secretary of War Washington City

Abingdon Va March 29. 1823.
Sir,
You will receive herewith enclosed at the request of Thomas Magee an old soldier, has the certificate of a Judge in Ohio and the affidavit of Magee.
I am asked by James Hillan to beg that you will inform him whether his case has yet been acted on.
Most respectfully
Your Obt serv
David Campbell

Hingham April 1 st 1853
Hon Com
Dear Sir
I hope I shall be pardoned for the presentation of the motion to claim, if I could see a shadow of ground to base it on. I should not apologize to the department, We here have been written to, from Washington, that there is eight years half pay or eight years Arrear of pension due from the United States to their Father Thomas, who was a prisoner, when, or under what I am well grown out of I am unable to see, tho, they base their belief on the ground, that the pension to the old man should have commenced back, eight years, before the first payment. I enclose his Certificate of pension, relying only on what the department may deem right and legal in the premises.
I am Dear Sir Very respectfully Your Obedt St.
John W. Brown
I have had no action The Case merited the
of the Court - Not thinking trouble of the Court & Clerk,

Greenup Co Ky Apr 28 19 Oct 19 Nov 19
Messrs John or Thomas M c Ge
Abington Virginia

Greensburg Ky 25 th April 1851
Edward or Thomas M. Lee
Dear Sir
I learn from a gentleman living in Letcher county Ky (Mr Baker) who that your father was a soldier in the revolution. And that there is due him a handsome sum for half pay for his services in the Revolutionary war - I am engaged in the half pay & Pension business and would be pleased to procure the money due your father; And if you desire me to do so - you can write me all the particulars in the matter. Giving me the name of the gentleman who procured the Pension. And if possible the Regiment your father served in Give me the names of your sisters & brothers
Hopeing to hear from you at your earliest convenience
I am, Truly your friend
Robt S. Evans