Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5749, for Thomas Mc Dearman, Virginia

SERVICE
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Va.
McDearman, Thomas
S. 5749
CONTENTS
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Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 1 st April 1838 from 4 th March to 24 May 1838, the day of his death. A/c notified 2 nd Oct 1839.
12.08H Virginia
Thomas M c Curran Charlotte in the State of Va who was a 1st: Lieut in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col: Henry in the Va: line for a year —
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 92 - Dollars 10 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of March 1833 - and sent to W Robinson Charlottesville Va
   Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  154 20 -    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4/3/33  46. 5     200 25   
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 Page 17

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 26 th , 1839-
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," The children of Thomas McDearman, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, V a , Agency, at the rate of Ninety two Dollars and ten — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March to the 24 th May 1838. the day of his death —
Respectfully, yours,
Alfred B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

7589
Thomas M c Dearman
5.12.16-
Feb 1, 27, Admity fa 7.8 surf. 36 33 11.22 pm 83.33 2.44 Col: attorney y r $92.10 1776
Dec 6. 1832 W. Robinson Charlotte NC Dec. 1832

7589
BRIEF in the case of  Thomas MacDermott  County of Charlotte in the State of Virginia (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? _____  3. How old is he? 74  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     enlisted In 1775 last Decr 76 # or 14 months private Gen. Capt. R. Ballard 1 st Va   Drafted 80-1 April not stated precisely reg't officer reg't col. P. Henry   ditto 81-1 April not stated precisely sergeant Major J. Epps La Fayette   vol - 81 July ditto 3. Generals Washington & Lee   Drafted 81 ditto 3. Capt. Foulkes Gen. Stevens   Gen. Gates Capt. Savage col.   Short Gen. Lawson  
5. In what battles was he engaged? Long Bridge & Gates defeat Yorktown
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Prince Edward city Va.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional, witnesses & documentary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The affidavits are not attached to the seal as required
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Waugh
Examining Clerk.

State of Virginia Charlotte County To Wit
On this 3 rd day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the County Court of Charlotte now sitting Thomas M c Dearman a resident of Charlotte County and State of Virginia aged Seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832 in relation to the revolutionary soldiers. That in the year 1775 he was a resident of Prince Edward County Va. and in the latter part of the summer of that year he enlisted as a soldier in the regular service for the term of 12 months Robert Ballard was Captain of the Company Edward Garland Lieutenant and John Clayton of the Company  2 nd Lieutenant and Clairborne Lawson Ensign the place of Rendezvous was at Charlotte County the place of The Company then marched all night in the county of Charlotte The Company then marched direct to Williamsburgh Va and there joined the 1 st Virginia Regiment under the Command of Col. Patrick Henry (Prince Gov. of Virginia) Francis Spotts was from one of the lower counties was the Major, who remained at Williamsburgh 2 or 3 months without being engaged in any active service, The company was then marched to the Long Bridge near Norfolk Va to the assistance of Gen. Stevens and arrived arrived there the evening before the battle of the Long Bridge was fought, The deponent was in the engagement and attached to the 1 st platoon commanded by Ensign Lawson The British was under the command of Capt. Fordyce who was killed in the action, Lord Dunmore was at that time on board a ship in the harbor near Norfolk. The deponent thinks the battle was fought late in autumn - after the battle the Americans followed the British (who were retreating) down to Kemp's Landing and there they went into winter Quarters the deponent was engaged in various scouting parties at this place, he formed part of a detachment sent to Norfolk when it was set on fire by the British. The town was fired either Christmas or new years day - The detachment returned to Kemp's Landing and remained there a short time returned to Williamsburgh June 1776 The deponent was, in the latter part of June, Gen. Stevens gave and reached there the latter part of June, and he returned to his the a recruiting commission and he returned to his residence in Prince Edward County and remained there a few days before Prince Edward Court day in November which was on the 5 th Monday in the month. The deponent has since lost his recruiting commission, he

The deponent thinks he was engaged in this service 14 or 15 months, The deponent recruited fifteen men and then marched to the north about the Last of December 1776 he does not recollect the place of Rendezvous but believes he it was near Philadelphia on the Schuylkill when the deponent arrived at this place he was engaged in various scouting parties Gen Washington he thinks was in Philadelphia he was under the command of Marquis Lafayette they had several slight engagements with the British Gen. Lee was in command at the same time he was in the army when Gen. Washington reprimanded Gen. Lee he does not recollect any other particulars of this service but he does not receive any discharge but returned to P. Edward County Va and arrived there in the spring of 1777 The next year About the 1st of April 1780 The deponent was drafted in the Militia at that time a resident of Amelia County Virginia and marched from Amelia under Capt. Fowle to Brookes old Ordinary in Prince Edward County and was there transferred to Capt Owens Company of Prince Edward County and was made an orderly sergeant in said Company. Dudley McDearman the father of the deponent was the Lieutenant, They then marched to Hillsborough N. Carolina and there the deponent joined Gen. Stephens Brigade They then marched to Camden South Carolina and there they joined Gen. Gates and was in the battle commonly called Gates defeat. Col. Porterfield of the of the infantry was killed in the Battle, after the Battle the deponent rendezvoused again at Hillsborough and was marched to Guilford Ct House N. Carolina and there received his discharge which accompanied this declaration the discharge is signed by Major Nath. Morris and dated 8th November 1780 - he acted as orderly sergeant the whole of this service. About the 1st of April 1781 he was again again drafted in the Militia in Amelia County Va but does not recollect his Captain he marched to the place of Rendezvous a few miles below Richmond on James River where the army was stationed under Lafayette he was then attached to the artillery under a Captain Savage from the north and was engaged in various services between Petersburg and Richmond Gen. Phillips commanded the British in Petersburg the deponent was at Petersburg when Phillips was attacked he was in Richmond when Manchester was fired by the British They then marched from Richmond to Culpepper and there disbanded and the deponent reached his residence in Amelia County the Last of June. He remained at home eleven days and then again as a volunteer in reconnoitering parties until the Last of July (Yarnton was at that time passing through the country) The deponent was then drafted in the

Militia in Amelia County and marched under Col. Short of Amelia and marched to James town Va and there he joined Gen. Lawsons Brigade, They then marched to Williamsburg and joined Washington the Army then commenced the siege of Yorktown where there remained during the whole siege and saw the surrender of Cornwallis to the Americans. he was then employed as part of a guard to conduct Prisoners to Fredericksburgh Major Wood Jones commanded the Guard he received no discharge but was told by Major Jones to deliver up his gun and return home and would then receive a discharge. The deponent then reached home in Amelia about the first week in November - There is no person living by whom he can prove this service - The certificate of Nathan Goldson accompanying this declaration will prove his services in the first tour. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. - Thos M c Gearman
We Robert Morton and William Gaines residing in the County of Charlotte hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Mc c Gearman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion - sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid William Gaines R. Morton
And the said Court do hereby declare that their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier as served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Robert Morton and William Gaines who have signed the preceding certificate are -

residents in the County of Charlotte and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit And the said applicant produced produced in Court the affidavits of Adam Johnson and Benjamin Marshall, and the Court certifies that they are credible witnesses.
I William Robinson Clerk of the County Court of Charlotte in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas McDearmon for a pension. - And I do further certify that Robert Newton and Edward W. Kenny are acting Justices of the peace in and for the said County, and that the signature of the former, annexed to the affidavit of Adam Johnson, and of the latter annexed to the affidavit of Benjamin Marshall, are their genuine signatures. -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Seal of Office the 4 th day of September One thousand eight hundred and thirty two - William Robinson C
I Benjamin Marshall the a resident of Charlotte County, do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Thomas McDearmon the applicant and was with him in a tour to the south at Green Defeat - Benjamin Marshall his mark sworn to and subscribed before me & a justice of the peace in the County of Charlotte this 3 rd day of September 1832
Eco: W. Kenny

I Nathan Johnson do here by certify that I was acquainted with Thomas McLean during the revolutionary war both of us belonged to the 1 st Virginia Regiment under the command of Col. Patrick Henry, we were together in Williamsburgh and at Norfolk when it was burnt we did not belong to the same company I frequently saw him during this service Mr. McLean was a resident of Powhatan County.
Sworn to and subscribed before me a Justice of the peace for the County of Charles the 3 rd day of Septm r 1832. R. Morton

September 20, 1938
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BA-J/MCS Thomas McDearman S.5749/
Mrs. W. G. Mason Coalwood West Virginia
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Revolutionary War soldiers, Thomas McDearman, John Murry and William Hill.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.5749, based on the military service of Thomas McDearman.
He was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, in 1758 and was the son of Dudley McDearman, name of his mother not given. He stated that his birth was recorded in the parish register of the Episcopal Church at Sandy River in Prince Edward County.
While a resident of Prince Edward County, Thomas McDearman enlisted in 1775 and served fourteen months as private in Captain Robert Ballard's company in Colonel Patrick Henry's First Virginia Regiment and was in the battle of the Long Bridge near Norfolk, Virginia. He enlisted about December, 1776, and served two months and fifteen days as a recruiting officer. He then moved to Amelia County, Virginia, and about the first of April, 1780, he enlisted and served as orderly sergeant in Captains Foulkes' and Owens' Virginia companies, soldier's father, Dudley McDearman was the lieutenant, was in the battle of Gates' Defeat at Camden and was discharged November 8, 1780. He enlisted about the first of April, 1781, and served three months as private in Captain Savage's Virginia company. He then enlisted in Colonel Short's Virginia Regiment, was at the siege of Yorktown and surrender of Cornwallis and was in service three months ending about the first of November, 1781.

Thomas McDearman was allowed pension on his application executed September 3, 1832, at which time he was living in Charlotte County, Virginia.
He died May 24, 1838, and was survived by children but their names and that of soldier's wife were not given and there are no further data relative to family.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford any information relative to the William Hill and John Murry (searched under all spellings) described by you.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1938 Sept. 20. List to Mrs W. G. Mason. msl
Rehring
5749.
INVALID.
File No. 5749
Thomas McDearman  ★
Sergt New War
Act: June 1 st 32
Index:—Vol. M , Page 245
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Thomas McDearman  ★ Records corrected June 3 1904.